[19:16] <Kotono> * Alicia lands before the marilith, lining herself up along an axis with it and the arrow demon, thankfully beneath the flying Antenora. Gesturing forward, she issues forth a cacaphonous blast of spellfire that surges away through the marilith and arrow demon both!
[19:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 24 reflex half
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 86." [18d8=6, 7, 5, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, 5, 4, 8, 6, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5]
[19:16] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+14 ref
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:16] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+13 arrow demon
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 arrow demon and gets 18." [1d20=5]
03[19:19] * Utsuhotoro is now known as Demedais
[19:21] <Kotono> The great line of Mystra's spellfire rocks through the two demons in a massive line! The marilith's stomach is half gone after that, able to see through her! Through that you can see the arrow demon, left side of it's torso nothing but airy dust now! Yet both cling to unholy life!
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC - Arrow Demon is up.
[19:22] <Kotono> The arrow demons walks a step backwards, vanishing into a twisting gate of dimensions! Meanwhile, still no sign of a mateiral succubus girl! OOC - Demedais.
06[19:26] * Demedais continues his focus on the vrock, hoping to off it soon.
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC - Start comfirming your crits?
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 1
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 1 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 2
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 2 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 3
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 3 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC - Two crits and two normal hits.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC - Kersplattery incoming.
[19:29] <Demedais> roll 12d6+144
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+144 and gets 180." [12d6=2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1]
[19:30] <Kotono> What follows is an utter massacre! The vrock is torn from wing to wing, chunks of it's body tosses dozens of feet in each direction! Demedais is relentless, shredding this incarnation of hateful chaos! As it fades, what little left of it returning to the Abyssal home it hails from...OOC - Marie up.
03[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais>Marie(17)>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
07[19:32] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[19:32] <Alicia> Marie flies up sixty feet and looks around to see where that arrow demon went to, if it was somewhere on the surface. If not then clearly he'll be down in the cave.
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC - Spot check?
[19:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[19:37] <Kotono> It's hundreds and hundreds of feet away, glimpsed distantly. As Marie can see him, the Marilith snarls! "My glorious plans of carnage, you've ruined them!" her wail is a mourning one of anger, "I swear that you'll bleed for this!" With that, it closes into the paladin and takes a hack at her!
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC - STrike.
[19:37] <Kotono> It's hundreds and hundreds of feet away, glimpsed distantly. As Marie can see him, the Marilith snarls! "My glorious plans of carnage, you've ruined them!" her wail is a mourning one of anger, "I swear that you'll bleed for this!" With that, it glares at Alicia, a curtain of blades wrapping around her again! OOC - Ref.
[19:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 53." [15d6=2, 5, 1, 6, 6, 1, 1, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4]
[19:40] <Kotono> The blades wrap around Alciia, forceful barriers ripping at her sacred body! Eudard meanwhile creeps around to the side and around of the Marilith! Antenora looks around, scowling at the vanished spot where the ARrow Demon was, before largely flying back towards the battle! Pollyanna takes this chance to fire some arrows!
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 crit?
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 crit? and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 7." [1d8=3]
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 10." [1d8=6]
[19:40] <Kotono> The arrows again have trouble penetrating the marilith, firing away nonetheless! OOC - Alicia.
06[19:43] * Alicia grits her teeth as she's painted with blades of force, stepping out of the field and towards the marilith, although not yet in melee range yet. "Worthless!" she spits. "Your tactics were inept, your leadership insipid! And those blades you carry are mere decoration!"
[19:43] <Alicia> Levelling her flaming sword at the snake-woman, she dispels her mirror image, standing alone bloodied but unbowed. "Come at me if you have an ounce of courage in your blackened heart!"
[19:44] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Marie can see the arrow demon repeat the teleport, vanishing entirely from her sight this time! "Then you'll have it!" The Marilith snaps! OOC - Demedais.
06[19:47] * Demedais advances to the edge of the blade barrier quickly, before uttering a prayer to Helm for victory in battle for his friends! OOC: Prayer. +1 luck bonus to attack/damage/saves/skill checks, -1 for the Marilith if she enters range (SR check applies).
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC - CL check.
[19:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 right
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 right and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[19:50] <Kotono> The Marilith's unnatural form seems to resist the prayer, even as Demedais' allies are bolstered! OOC - MArie.
[19:52] <Alicia> "The arrow demon just teleport away, don't know where it is!" Marie calls down, deciding to make herself useful and protect Alicia from the attack she so unwisely provoked by flying down behind her mistress, sheltering inside the ground beneath her feet while her aura extends above.
[19:53] <Kotono> The Marilith unleashes it's fury on Alicia with a primal scream, attacking her full out now, head to head!
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (-3 PA)
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (-3 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[19:55] <Kotono> Alicia is fortunate, as the swordblow is fueled more by anger than accuracy! She deflects it aside, whizzing by her head harmlessly! Eudard approaches, supporting Alicia as well! Antenora, meanwhile, charges by, doing a fly-by attack and stabbing the Marilith with all she has!
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 5/8, +2 charge, +6 smite, +1 flying, +2 bane, -10 PA)
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 5/8, +2 charge, +6 smite, +1 flying, +2 bane, -10 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+2d6+68
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+68 and gets 92." [2d8=3, 8][1d6=5][2d6=6, 2]
[19:58] <Kotono> Flying by, the Marilith is raked by Antenora's spear, it's back torn open! As it staggers under this, Antenora ending up about twenty feet away from her, Pollyanna continues to fire arrows patiently, this time trying a single precise shot!
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 crit?
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12+1d8
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12+1d8 and gets 30." [3d8=4, 2, 6][1d8=6]
[20:00] <Kotono> The arrow goes right into the back of the marilith's neck, a perfect shot! Alicia can see the tip of it jutting out of the creature's front-throat, as trickles of blood come out from it! The Marilith's voice cries out, impossibly garbled by this wound! OOC - Alicia.
[20:02] <Alicia> "Also you lack discipline," Alicia concludes coldly as she parries the strike before leveraging it into a vicious slap with the flat of her blade at the demon's wounded midsection, pivoting on her heel before striking with the reverse on its tail. She follows this up as much as necessary to incapacitate her foe.
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: using bracers, channeling 1 5th level slot, divine might
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: also nonlethal
[20:04] <Alicia> 2d6+21+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+21+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 53." [2d6=2, 5][2d6=4, 6][1d6=5][5d4=2, 1, 2, 1, 4]
[20:10] <Kotono> The Marilith is knocked out cold by this, crumpling down onto the floor from that savage beating! OOC - No visible foes, free act.
06[20:10] * Demedais muses. "Was this all, then? We lost the arrow demon, it seems..."
06[20:10] * Alicia proceeds to cast Message to link everyone together. "That succubus could be hiding nearby - Demedais, check the cave, Pollyanna you guard the snake. Everyone else fan out," she instructs quickly as she and Marie proceed to move off and scan the surrounding area for evil auras.
[20:13] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods, opening his eyes up for chaos as he heads down into the cave.
[20:14] <Kotono> As they start to spread out, "It wasn't as hard a battle as I expected..." Eudard observes.
[20:14] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to guard the snake, while the party fans out! (More)
[20:15] <Alicia> "They were stupid," Alicia replies through message. "Only the marilith bothered to use her special abilities, and she was still easily goaded into a melee."
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 belated SR for channeled enervation
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 belated SR for channeled enervation and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:20] <Kotono> Hesitating a moment, "The arrow demon fought well," she observes, "Fortunately it didn't have a chance to turn the tide." As you fan out, no sign of the succubus. Demedais checks out the cave! No sign of the succubus in there, either. However, there's some scattered papers littered around as well as a clear crystal prism, with a few bits of splotchy red-purple blood floating in it.
06[20:25] * Demedais looks it over for magic.
[20:26] <Alicia> After a moment of searching the surface Alicia calls a halt. "It could be anywhere by now. We'll have to ask our captive." And so she returns to the snake-woman and sees about seperating her from her swords.
[20:26] <Kotono> It radiates faint magic.
[20:26] <Kotono> The swords are seperated. Pollyanna smiles a little to that, "Good. The damned thing rather disturbed me. What creature needs all those arms?
[20:26] <Kotono> "
06[20:27] * Demedais tries to identify the magic based on what Alicia and Seira have taught him.
[20:27] <Kotono> "Promoted whores of the Abyss?" With a glance to Alicia, "Was that about that battle on the Astral?"
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC - Spellcraft
[20:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 support!
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 support! and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:28] <Alicia> "And yet still has no legs," Alicia agrees as she the sword of the sealed gate after putting the demon's blades away twenty feet from her fallen form. "They're very short tempered. After I accused one of having slept her way to her current form she all but admitted it."
[20:28] <Kotono> Faint divination.
06[20:29] * Demedais looks over the rest of the room for magic, before gingerly picking up the crystal and papers.
[20:29] <Kotono> "They're creatures of chaos. Higher f unctions like intellect and patience are scarce," Antenora kneels down, helping remove the swords as well. There's no other magic about the cave that Demedais sees.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Yeah, like law really values independent free thinking," Marie replies indignantly.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Everything okay down there, Demedais?" Alicia asks through the message spell, ignoring the ethical debate springing up nearby.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Within the confines of acceptable rules, yes." Antenora glances back at Marie. "It's called structure, not slavery."
[20:31] <Alicia> "So you admit that it's limited," Marie nods, having reverted to physical form, seemingly satisfied to call this one a win.
[20:32] <Demedais> "No sign of anyone down here." he whispers back, giving one more sweep around the room normally before carrying the papers and crystal up.
[20:32] <Alicia> "What'cha got there?" Marie scoots over to Demedais as he climbs back up with his haul.
[20:33] <Kotono> Antenora starts to say something, but cuts herself off. Instead, Eudard approahces Demedais. "Papers? Arcane scrolls, perhpas?"
[20:33] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to Demedais' side, "We should get that wound of yours patched up," she says quietly to him.
[20:33] <Demedais> "Some papers and this prism." Demedais replies. "I don't think they're scrolls?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "What do they say?" Marie angles to try and get a look at the scrolls, conjuring up some dancing lights for everyone else. Alicia's glowiness might be nice but you'd still strain your eyes if you read by it.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOc - What languages can you read, Marie?
[20:36] <Alicia> OOC: All of them~
[20:38] <Kotono> The writing is in Abyssal. It looks to be apprasals of the human lands here from a scout. It's judging which would be best for a first massacre in the name of Seira.
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know of any demons called Seira?
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know of any demons called Seira? and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:40] <Kotono> Marie doesn't recalla nything relevant to that. The only person she knows of named Seira is, well, Seira.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Um... it looks like these demons are working for someone called Seira," Marie observes as she fidgets uncomfortably. "I don't suppose anyone's heard of any other Seiras, no?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "It's... not a common name," Alicia admits with a frown. "Well, perhaps our captive can shed some light on it..."
06[20:42] * Demedais seemingly blanches for a moment, before recovering and turning steel-faced. "...Yes, this is likely the case."
06[20:43] * Alicia holds up the sword of the sealed gate above the marilith before she pauses, glancing towards Antenora with a speculative look. After a moment of hesitation, she channels an alter self spell into it and then gently whaps the demon enough to both employ the dimensional anchor and channel her spell to transform the giant multi-armed snake into a far less threatening tiefling.
[20:43] <Kotono> "We'll get the information from it, oh yes," Antenora glances back at the Marilith in the young night, "There's surely a good story behind this, I just know it.
[20:43] <Kotono> "
[20:47] <Kotono> The Marilith shrinks down to the form of a tiefling on command, anchored away!
[20:48] <Alicia> "Antenora and Marie, you two stand ready to hit her if she acts up - she can still use that blade wall even now that I've done this to her," Alicia instructs, finally casting voice of the archon to bolster her persuasiveness before she begins to heal the transformed demon.
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: lay on hands up to 17hp, will stop when she wakes up
[20:52] <Kotono> As Eudard positions back safely, Antenora positions to hit the transformed Marilith! 15 HP get it back to awareness, eyes snapping open! It starts to sit up, before glancing down at it's mere two arms!
[20:53] <Alicia> "Stay down," Alicia suggests, her tone not entirely hostile but not friendly either. "We'd like to ask you a few questions."
[20:57] <Kotono> The marilith look up at Alicia, glaring - and then blades start to appear around Alicia! Then...
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal)
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) crit?
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) crit? and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 3d8+27+2d6+3d10
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+27+2d6+3d10 and gets 67." [3d8=3, 6, 5][2d6=1, 6][3d10=7, 2, 10]
[20:58] <Kotono> WHAM! Right back down she goes, the butt of Antenora's spear sending her back to dreamland.
06[20:58] * Alicia sighs. "We could be in for a long evening," she rubs her temple in irritation.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Did you expect anything else from a failure of a marilith," Antenora sighs.
[20:59] <Kotono> "We can't really drag it back to Balmuria, though, can we?" Pollyanna shrugs, "If we're safe, we can at least camp for the evening if this takes awhile?"
[20:59] <Alicia> "I nearly tapped myself out there. Can someone else wake her up this time?" Alicia asks.
06[21:00] * Demedais nods and comes forward. "I'd second camping here. This being said..."
[21:00] <Demedais> First Demedais uses his lay on hands!
[21:01] <Demedais> OOC: 28.
[21:01] <Kotono> That heals the marilith, but not quite enough to waken it!
[21:01] <Demedais> "Hmph." Demedais grunts, before focusing more energy on her. "How bad -did- you hit her?"
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 3d8+6 (sac Magic Circle against Chaos)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+6 (sac Magic Circle against Chaos) and gets 16." [3d8=2, 6, 2]
[21:02] <Kotono> "Hard," Antenora says, "I saw how Marie and Alicia got cut up by that wall."
[21:02] <Kotono> THat does it. The Marilith snaps awake again!
06[21:02] * Demedais nods in reply to this.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Don't make us do that again," Alicia sternly tells the transformed fiend as she looks down.
[21:03] <Kotono> "What do you want," The fiend snaps. "You won, finish the battle."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Two of yours retreated - the succubus and the arrow demon. I want to know where they went," Alicia replies.
[21:08] <Kotono> "What are you going to do, cry until I tell you?" Glaring up at Alicia, "You don't have the heart to make me talk."
06[21:08] * Alicia nods to her familiar, who chirps out a cheery, "Talk!"
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[21:09] <Alicia> "Oh, I hate spell resistance," Alicia sighs. "Well, I can scertainly try again. Tell us everything we want to know," she instructs after Marie's suggestion fails.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:10] <Kotono> The Marilith smirks, "Your magic is nothing to us." Crossing her arms, "I'm not going to tell a stinking paladin"
[21:10] <Kotono> The Marilith smirks, "Your magic is nothing to us." Crossing her arms, "I'm not going to tell a stinking paladin anything!"
[21:11] <Kotono> Antenora smiles a little at that, "She'll make yout alk and make you her friend, one way or another." Almost cheery at that, although ominous, "Save yourself a lot of pain."
[21:11] <Alicia> "I admit I prefer swordplay over magic, unlike yourself," Alicia concedes. "But I have a lot of spells nonetheless." Casting it again she has Marie go first, although her familiar looks a bit put out at having to do a repeat.
[21:12] <Alicia> "Tell us because they abandoned you to your fate and it'll be fun to think about what we'll do to them when we find them?" she suggests breezily.
[21:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 c'mon
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 c'mon and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:12] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 will save, perhaps modded since it's so reasonable?
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC - You're not getting a -9 or better, so it's moot.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Go to Hell." Rolling her eyes at them again, "Kill me and be done with it.
[21:14] <Kotono> "
[21:14] <Kotono> "
[21:15] <Alicia> "The sooner you answer our questions the sooner we send you back where you came from," Alicia suggests with a frown.
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 yadda yadda
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[21:16] <Kotono> "And give you the satistifaction of knowledge? You don't deserve it!"
06[21:17] * Alicia decides to just forgo the spells for the moment since they're more trouble than they're worth. "We beat you," she replies, leaning towards the fiend. "You, a supposed general of the Abyss and tactical genius? Perhaps if you're helpful enough I could even reward you with some knowledge by explaining just how badly you handled that battle?"
[21:19] <Kotono> "Why should I trust you?" Looking back, "You're trying to use me."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Because I'm a paladin, as you so astutely pointed out a moment ago?" Alicia asks in return. "One of those stupid do-gooders who keep their word and have silly weaknesses like compassion and honour?"
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC - Make a diplo check? +2 bonus.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[21:23] <Kotono> "The succubus fled. Stupid bitch was more interested in going to seduce and corrupt mortals than knowing her place." With utter hatred and disdain, "The archer demon willr eturn to the wastes to regroup and try to find others as planned."
[21:23] <Alicia> "Alright, where would it regroup? Are there any others besides the ones with you today?" Alicia asks, pleased they're getting somewhere.
[21:25] <Kotono> "A few stragglers securing our rear. Babau, far in the waste."
[21:25] <Alicia> "Is there a specific location they operate from, like this one?" Alicia gestures to the concealed cave entrance. The wastes are awfully big, after all.
[21:26] <Kotono> "No, they can find each other," she answers.
[21:26] <Alicia> Probably best to just try scrying on the arrow demon, in that case. "Okay, did the succubus mention any locations or mortals in particular it would be interested in?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Big cities. The bigger the better," With a look of disdain, "She mighte ven go to your city. She's daring enough to be that reckless."
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[21:31] <Ebiris> "I look forward to meeting her, in that case. Alright, one more thing - your notes made reference to serving someone called Seira," she gestures towards Demedais and the scrolls he holds. "Care to elaborate?"
02[21:31] * Alicia (WinNT@user-5443d6e5.lns6-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Ebiris))
03[21:31] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[21:33] <Kotono> "Why, Captain Seira of the Crimson Guard," With a narrow, vicious look, "She likes to bend her knees to the strong."
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive, say it ain't so
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive, say it ain't so and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 these things have good social skills
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 these things have good social skills and gets 28." [1d20=4]
06[21:35] * Demedais eyes the demon at this.
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 uh-huh, really?
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 uh-huh, really? and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[21:35] <Kotono> "How casually impudent!" Pollyanna exclaims. "Do you really want to die that badly by insulting us?"
06[21:36] * Alicia narrows her eyes. "You say she bends her knees to the strong, yet you claim to serve her yourself? I'll need you to better explain how this all works."
[21:37] <Kotono> "She took the mark of Gurlan, the balor lord of the Green Castle." Answering that with a vicious little smirk, "Her heart isa s dark as any demon's."
[21:37] <Alicia> "She's done a pretty good job of hiding it," Marie marvels. "I never suspected a thing!"
[21:39] <Alicia> "Green Castle? I even remember her mentioning that, back before the war with Malmuth..." Alicia looks somewhat shocked by this. "So... if she's a servant of this balor, what's your connection to her?"
06[21:39] * Demedais raises an eyebrow. "Oh, that's what this is about."
[21:39] <Kotono> Antenora glares down at the tiefling, but says nothing for the moment.
06[21:39] * Alicia looks towards Demedais in surprise.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Tell me. Has she been giving you orders, then?" Demedais asks, voice neutral.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Yes." The Marilith smirks at that, "To burn down and kill."
[21:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 has she, now?
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 has she, now? and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 these things have good social skills
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 these things have good social skills and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 me too
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 me too and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Alicia> "Okay, this is far too important to risk the chance that you're lying," Alicia declares, casting her spell of persuasion once more before clearly intoning. "Tell me everything about Seira's relationship with Gurlan."
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21, please roll low
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:45] <Demedais> "Huh. How fascinating." Demedais says, carefully pocketing the items and papers before looking to Alicia with a startled, somewhat frustrated expression..
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: strike my bit
[21:48] <Demedais> OOC: strike my line as well, rephrasing
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Right-o.
[21:51] <Demedais> "Huh. How fascinating." Demedais says with a deep frown, turning around to put the papers in his backpack. As he does so, he whispers through Message, "Complete bull. I know what's going on and will explain it later. Would like to trick her into believing we swallowed it. Don't ham it up." With that, he turns back around, a stiff expression on his face. "Once we're done here, you can begin looking into this more, Alicia. For
[21:51] <Demedais> "Once we're done here, you can begin looking into this more, Alicia. For now, however, I think we may as well finish up here."
06[21:53] * Alicia does not have to act at all to seem upset right now. "That's enough," she raises her blade before intoning, "Return to the Abyss, fiend," as she brings it down.
[21:54] <Kotono> Stabbing the demon, it return sto the abyss in a howl of stinking sulphur wind! Once it's gone, "...its' not true, is it?" Eudard asks quietly.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Explain. Quickly, please" Alicia insists as she turns towards Demedais.
[21:59] <Demedais> "She's on our side even more strongly than she was before, if such a thing is possible." Demedais shakes his head in reply. "My knowledge of the situation was as follows; she fell into a trap within Irenes' castle, and was cursed by said Gurlan - this did have the effect of cursing her to the heart. However, the curse was removed by the same golden dragon that gave us the dragon to defeat Malmuth." Demedais shakes his head.
[22:00] <Demedais> Demedais shakes his head. (More)
[22:03] <Demedais> "The dragon gave his word that Seira was cleansed, and Seira herself has passed my scrutiny since then." Demedais pauses. "I would not have accepted or allowed her assistance since then. This being said, I wasn't aware this hadn't been disclosed fully."
[22:04] <Alicia> "No. Neither of you felt the need to mention it after returning from Irenes' lair, though I can't imagine why," Alicia replies in frustration. "Clearly it's better for all concerned that I get to hear it from the lips of a demon claiming to be acting in her name."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Ask Seira why..." Rubbing her temple a moment, "Seira's incredibly lucky that she got out of that so easily, too."
[22:07] <Demedais> "Partially because it was completely resolved by that time, and because it's not my business to be the bard for every single trial she gets herself in?" Demedais replies with about equal frustration. "I'm not disagreeing with her luck. But the issue was, from my impression, finished." Demedais says, shaking his head.
[22:08] <Alicia> "Why would a demon just curse her and let her go like that?" Alicia still seems dubious. "Bah. I will ask her myself - pack up everyone, we're going home. Marie, see if you can get anything from where I hit that arrow demon that could help in scrying on it."
[22:08] <Alicia> Marie dutifully flies over to where the arrow demon was standing when it took a spellfire blast, searching for blood-spatter or dismembered body parts without complaint. Better than being around Alicia right now, as far as she's concerned.
[22:09] <Kotono> There are several swords left behind, as well as a bit of jewelry. One bangle looks to be made of silver, with a design of a snake eating a vulture.
[22:10] <Demedais> "Because the curse did, for that time, make her probably about as blackhearted as them." Demedais replies wearily. "I'd guess the demon was leaping at a chance to corrupt someone with... the potential Seira has."
[22:12] <Kotono> There's not much left - just a little bit of blood soaking into the grond.
[22:12] <Kotono> Ground.
[22:12] <Alicia> "You don't corrupt someone with a magic spell that can be removed by the first dragon she bumps into," Alicia scowls as she gathers up the jewellery while Marie scrapes some blood onto a small stone and flies back. "There's more to this."
[22:13] <Demedais> "The dragon was a bloody godlike great wyrm ghost on his way to enlightenment, and likely the mount for one of Torm's friends during the time period where he was still virtuous."
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100 for the garrison
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 for the garrison and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d2 1 Alicia 2 Demedais
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 1 Alicia 2 Demedais and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[22:22] <Kotono> That evening, as Alicia prepares to lie down in her bed, 'Seira in Kesse, captured, could be dying. Sharrans hold her in cathedral. Kort, Armanda, Albert of royality. Coming in morning. Celebrimbor.'
[22:23] <Alicia> "What? Oh Mystra..." Alicia is caught off guard enough to waste words in replying, "Okay, will let everyone know. We'll wait for you at the garrison." Turns out she didn't need that many, anyway.
06[22:25] * Alicia gets up and gets dressed again, going to tell Antenora and Marie first of all before she goes to inform Obureth, Demedais, Elle, and Donald. In that order.
[22:27] <Kotono> The next morning is a bleary eyed one for many. With sleep being interrupted, many gather in the garrison. Antenora sits besides Alicia, almost definately untired. Donald paces besides a wall, wearing his full armor and muttering. Elle has even come, sitting primly, though her eyes are slightly red. Commander Oberuth leads Celebrimbor in. The old elf has a staff with a dragon's head, using it to help him walk. He wears a deep red cloak, hints o
[22:27] <Kotono> using it to help him walk. He wears a deep red cloak, hints of scrolls seen rolled up in his belt.
[22:28] <Alicia> Marie stands on the table between Alicia and Antenora while the former gets up as the elf enters. "Good morning, Lord Celebrimbor."
[22:28] <Kotono> Getting a seat out for Celebrimbor before he goes to sit, "If you ahven't met him face to face, this is Lord Celebrimbor Drake, scion of the House Drake." Oberuth says, "But onto business.
[22:28] <Kotono> "
[22:30] <Kotono> "I wish I could say this was a good morning," Celebrimbor's tone is solemnly graven. "Yesterday I cast Sending to contact Seira, as she was a few days late in returning the teleportation ring she borrowed from Pallanth."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Yeah, she's in Kesse. She took those mercenaries home. The group with the big guy, the blind guy and the bitchy girl," Donald adds, looking up briefly.
[22:31] <Alicia> "Did she go after Albert herself or did they come after her?" Alicia asks, wondering.
[22:32] <Kotono> "The reply I got was highly disturbing. To quote, 'I'm sorry, They caught me. Land of Kesse. Alicia knows. Held in cathedral. Sharrans, local royal family. Albert, Kort, Armanda. Help. I'm on borrowed time.'"
[22:32] <Alicia> "Have you had any further communications?" Alicia asks, wanting to have an up to date situation before she commits to any planning.
[22:32] <Kotono> "I don't know." Celebrimbor sighs there, "Our exchange of information was very limited. I intend to try Sending her once I commit this information to you."
[22:33] <Alicia> "Can you do so now?" Alicia asks. "It'd be best to know exactly what her situation is before we start making plans."
[22:33] <Alicia> "And how she got into it."
06[22:33] * Demedais rubs his head. "I can try to perform a divination as well. It may prove useful."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Very well." As Celebrimbor begins to cast, minutes slipping by, "By all means," Commander Oberuth says. "If Seira's gotten into trouble...losing her would be a blow to the guard. Further, anything that can do that to her is a threat. Further.." Starting to narrow his eyes, "Weren't they the ones behind the Erenholm massacre?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods grimly. "It sounds like the entire rulership are followers of Shar - we can't count on having any friends over there."
[22:35] <Kotono> Antenora crosses her arms, glancing back at Alicia. Mentally, 'Seira's popular today,' she observes, though her voice grows more chilly as Oberuth speaks. 'Oh yes, Erenholm. I'm coming. They need to be stopped by any means we have.'
06[22:35] * Demedais nods slightly, before going to a side to perform the divination, beginning his prayers to Helm to get something out of Seira.
[22:36] <Alicia> 'This is more important than the demon's innuendo,' Alicia replies mentally. 'I don't really believe she's working with them anyway, but even if she is we can't leave her in the hands of Sharrans. If she's still alive.'
[22:39] <Demedais> A slight sigh, before a prayer of thanks, then, "She's escaped the evil..." Demedais begins as he finishes his divination, "but it sounds like there's something in Kesse we need to address nonetheless. It sounds like she's not on this plane anymore, either."
[22:40] <Alicia> "She's alive then," Alicia nods. "Lets see what she tells Celebrimbor."
[22:40] <Demedais> A pause, before Demedais recites the divination in its whole. "'Seira has gone afar from the world to escape the evil, but the greatest danger lies in what she left behind in her flight.'"
06[22:40] * Demedais nods to this and sits down.
[22:40] <Kotono> Celebrimbor continues to chant! As he does, "What she left behind?" Oberuth asks.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Psychotic evil worshippers of the goddess of loss?" Alicia hazards in reply. "Who happen to rule an entire kingdom?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Ah." Shaking his head, "Nevermind then."
[22:41] <Demedais> "If she was taken capture?" Demedais' face is dark. "While it might mean that, it likely also refers to the items she had with her and couldn't recover before her escape."
06[22:42] * Alicia winces. "We're in trouble in that case. Bad enough when they could shadow walk here, but her ring of teleport and the elves' greater teleport ring? To say nothing of the Second Resort..." she shakes her head, "We may be in for reprisals."
[22:42] <Kotono> "Ah shit," Donald's face goes colorless there, "I think she carries almost everything with her. It's in that bag of holding of hers."
[22:43] <Alicia> "They could pop up anywhere," Marie shivers and looks around worriedly.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Wonderful," Celebrimbor winces, "This presents another problem. The ring was lent to Seira as a special gift by His Majesty Lorthan. If it's lost, it will cause deep strain between the Baronies and Pallanth."
[22:43] <Demedais> "We'll likely need Seira to help catch anyone using those rings." Demedais replies. "But we can try and figure out a way to reclaim the rest of it."
[22:44] <Kotono> On finishing the spell, Celebrimbor scowls darkly. "No response. However, if she is afar on the planes, the sending could have failed for that reason."
[22:45] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia takes a deep breath and spreads her palms on the table. "Kesse is deeply hostile territory further than any of us have travelled. Further, we'd be remiss not to expect them to attack us if they caught Seira attacking them - which they can do with impunity using that ring." (more)
[22:46] <Alicia> "That means if we all went racing over to Kesse we'd be leaving Balmuria defenceless. So I propose that Marie and I attempt to first find a path there by long distance teleporting through the jungle. Once there we'll take note of the situation and try to lay some groundwork for taking down the royal family, then come back to collect others. How does that sound?"
[22:47] <Kotono> "I can manage greater teleport," Celebrimbor speaks up here, "However, I've never been to Kesse and I need at least a reliable description of a place there to teleport."
[22:48] <Demedais> "I can describe the temple in the jungle that Eudard and I were in. That might be close enough for a short leap for you three?" Demedais hazards.
[22:48] <Alicia> "And the only people who could provide that went away with Seira," Alicia frowns. "Where was this temple, Demedais?"
[22:50] <Kotono> ""I don't care as long as I can kick their royal asses," Donald calls, "Just take me along when it's time. "
[22:50] <Demedais> "Within the jungle." Demedais shakes his head. "I would guess it was about in the middle; that was about the impression I received." A thought, before: "Maybe someone in the bar they frequented heard enough stories of Kesse that they can give an accounting of the situation."
[22:51] <Kotono> "They talked to a few regulars when they were at Seira's, but they weren't there all tha tlong," Donald speaks up, "I know where they were staying before, though."
[22:51] <Demedais> "That may be our best option, then." Demedais nods.
[22:51] <Alicia> "I really need to know where it is in relation to a place I've been - like 400 miles northwest of Kelara or something like that," Alicia explains. "Otherwise I can't really target it. Still, the jungle can't be that big - one or two teleports could surely get me clear across it then I could get better directions from a town on the other side."
06[22:53] * Demedais nods slightly. "I can't help much more unless we have a map of the jungle, which is unlikely."
[22:53] <Demedais> "So our best bet is finding someone who can tell us all about it,
[22:53] <Kotono> "We don't." Oberuth adds here. "Our farthest maps are of Kelara and around that. The jungle's a large dead end, from what I recall hearing."
[22:53] <Alicia> "Even back home no one had ever crossed it completely that I ever heard of," Alicia agrees. "Or at least, crossed it and come back."
[22:57] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia takes a deep breath after that silence. "Besides that, they'll clearly be on guard for further visitors from our part of the world, so we'd need to be very careful about being inconspicuous." She takes out a Baronies minted gold coin and presses it on the table.
[22:57] <Alicia> "I'll need to change my money for jewels or something then sell them on the other side for local coins. And probably travel in disguise - according to that monk they've heard of me over there."
[22:58] <Alicia> "Better not wear your distinctive armour as well," Marie points out.
[22:59] <Kotono> "Yes, wearing Mystra's holy symbol would be a death warrant," Antenora agrees, "I could loan you mine if you want?"
[22:59] <Kotono> "I'll come with you," Celebrimbor says, "So two of us can manage the teleporting if something happens to require that."
06[23:00] * Demedais nods. "Indeed. That's likely a good idea."
[23:00] <Kotono> "For that matter," Donald starts to grin, "Hey Demedais, you should wear a wig if you go over there."
[23:00] <Alicia> "I'll probably just take a chain shirt from the armoury, but thank you Antenora," Alicia nods to the erinyes. "Mithral by itself is distinctive, and I want to do everything I can to avoid notice. Do you have spells for disguising yourself, Lord Drake?"
[23:02] <Kotono> "Naturally, I can memorize as such," Celebrimbor says before he leans back. "My spellbooks are extremely well stocked."
[23:03] <Alicia> "Okay then, lets go see if we can buy some jewels first of all then get stocked up for our trip. Anyone have any suggestions before that?" Alicia looks around the others present.
06[23:04] * Demedais thinks for a few moments. "I'll give you all some advice just in case your time in the jungle is longer than expected. There are some quite dangerous animals in there."
[23:04] <Alicia> "Just animals or anything fantastic?" Alicia asks.
[23:04] <Kotono> "Demedais, are there any other divinations you can use to help?" Oberuth asks, "Our priorities are rescuing Seira, recovering the lost treasures and capturing or killing those accursed royals. As far as your orders go, they're dead men walking."
[23:05] <Demedais> "My only other thought... Her message seems to point out the three royals specifcally guilty - Albert, Kort, Armanda..." A pause, before Demedais thinks on Oberuth's questions.
06[23:05] * Alicia nods to the Commander. "For now I just want to gather information and establish some groundwork for when we come over in force. I don't want to get in over my head like Seira did - they can hardly be amateurs to have captured her, after all."
[23:05] <Kotono> "The entire royal house is infested," Antenora nearly spits at that, "We had wondered if it was just one deviant prince before."
[23:06] <Kotono> "Yes, absolutely," Oberuth agrees, "If you get into any trouble, retreat. Don't make a stand."
[23:06] <Alicia> "Looks like we'll be following in David's footsteps," Alicia comments with a dry smile at Antenora. "Hopefully we'll do better than he did."
[23:07] <Demedais> "There still may be innocents amongst them." Demedais replies to Antenora, before saying to Oberuth, "It is possible that a priest at the temple will be able to commune with Helm, but I cannot myself as of yet. That could provide more information on what they plan to do with Seira's items."
[23:08] <Kotono> "Heh, heh," Antenora smiles right back, leaning a ltitle more than Alicia. "While Demedais is right, it's imperitive to not let the Sharrans hold onto an entire country. It'll infect and rot into a hell all it's own."
[23:08] <Alicia> "We might be able to get some informants in the palace while we're there - I intend to try at any rate," Alicia nods. "Like I said, I'll see what I can do to lay some groundwork so that when we do hit them it'll be when they're at their weakest."
[23:10] <Kotono> "There's another point. This royal family...is it normal for them to worship Shar, or is this a new deviation? If it's new, who started it?" Celebrimbor stops here, tapping his forehead, "Think. Things happen for a reason and not out of the sky-blue. They mentioned a cathedral - this isnt' just a little cult, it speaks of being established."
[23:12] <Alicia> "From what Serge and the others said, Shar wasn't publicly popular over there, at least. But there's no telling what's beneath the surface," Alicia muses. "The fact of the matter, though, is that no matter what people believe in, the royal family is in charge and can count on levels of support we simply won't have over there."
[23:15] <Kotono> "At best, we may have three friends over there," Antenora says. "Even if we tell them the truth, who will believe us over there?"
[23:16] <Alicia> "I can be pretty persuasive," Alicia smiles grimly. "But if Seira was captured we can't really count on Serge and the others. If they're captured as well we'll help them, but if they're not... it would be a risk."
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Refresh me on what your cunning plan was?
[22:21] <Alicia> OOC: First teleport to Kelara. Then teleport 1,400 miles north-west-west of Kelara. See where I end up and figure stuff out from there.
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Can you actually do that? I was under the impression you needed to have at least seen an area once for regular TP.
[22:30] <Alicia> OOC: Hmmm. You may have a point. Clear idea of location is fine (distance and direction relative to starting point), but it also says I need a clear idea of the layout, so perhaps that does nix that. New plan. Does Cel know plane shift?
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: Actually, no that doesn't work for future travel since the point was for me to determine a path
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: He can cast seventh and has a good selection of magic, so he could, yes.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Demedais also offered to describe that temple in the jungle if that helps.
[22:32] <Alicia> OOC: Okay, I'll rely on Deme's dubious description of that temple and hope for the best by TPing there from Kelara, then see if we can fly high enough to see the edge of the jungle.
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: CElebrimbor has Greater TP for it, remember. He can get you there easily enough.
[22:36] <Alicia> OOC: Okay, lets see if the description's good enough for Cel to manage that, first off. If not we can take our chances with regular TP since at worst we'll take a little scramble damage then wind up in the closest similar area.
[22:36] <Kotono> ---
[22:38] <Kotono> Demedais and Celebrimbor spend some time chatting, then Celebrimbor briefly vists Eudard. By the time the two meet at the garrison again, it's about noon. Celebrimbor stands out here, common soldiers giving the elderly elf a wide berth of respect. "I believe I have enough to make an attempt. This temple rather stands out, so it makes my job far easier."
06[22:40] * Alicia is dressed in a simple ash coloured tunic and pants right now, her hair tied back in a ponytail and a quarterstaff in one hand. "From there we'll see if we can see the edge of the jungle - if not I can just shoot blindly for it, although we may get slightly scrambled in the process." She doesn't sound overly thrilled at the prospect, but nonetheless resigned to it.
[22:40] <Alicia> Marie sits on Alicia's shoulder for now, still wearing her lovely plainswalker robes.
[22:45] <Kotono> "An unhappy prospect. Teleport is notorious for failing at the wrong time," Celebrimbor agrees, "Give me your hands and I'll begin the magic."
06[22:45] * Alicia takes Celebrimbor's hand easily enough while Marie flies down and clasps both of her tiny limbs around his other hand.
[22:48] <Kotono> "Distances of the world, compress to my will! In the name of Shaundakul part the winds and reveal the true path!" The world momentarily twists around you, transforming as you are carried on the wings of mighty magic! (More)
[22:49] <Kotono> It is a sea of green. Not the watery-green of the Bay of Sparkling Stars, but a verdant green. A green of trees, leaves and life. You stand at the top of a great path atop a mammonth hill, looking ahead. Oh...! Your vision is transfixed with the view! Before you is an endless green sea, infinite tree-tops below you. The top of a great jungle canopy, warm sunshine and air flowing around you in the morning light. (More)
[22:49] <Kotono> warm sunshine and air flowing around you in the morning light. (More)
[22:50] <Kotono> As birdsong fills your ears, you glance a path with statues ascending up to this point. It plunges back into the jungle, dark and hidden by the canopy. Behind you is a gigantic temple, cast of weathered gray rock.
[22:51] <Kotono> The scents of this place are overwhelming - of plant life, of pollen, of exotic scents. It's like a dozen perfumes mixed together, fresh as can be. It's intoxicating and too much and not enough at once, flowing upward from the jungles all below.
[22:52] <Alicia> "This must be it..." Alicia spends a moment looking around, smelling the verdant aroma of the jungle and basking in the warm sunshine before she addresses her familiar. "Marie, fly up as high as you can until you can see the edge of the jungle to the West?"
[22:52] <Alicia> "Got it!" Marie grins. "At least there's no clouds here," she cheers before zipping up up and away.
[22:53] <Kotono> As Marie soars up, Celebrimbor turns and studies the temple. "It's enormous. I had not though the means to construct such a building would exist in these lands. Had it not been Demedais telling me it in such a serious situation, I would not have believed it."
[22:55] <Alicia> "It's probably very old," Alicia muses as she rests her hand on the stonework. "There's no telling what this place was like when it was built."
[22:56] <Kotono> "If I had leisure and time..." Celebrimbor murmurs, "But Demedais also said that it's still used by the natives for religious purposes. Talos, no less," A snort there, "This world continues to deal me surprises. I had thought that I had uncovered most of what there was to see in this existance."
[22:58] <Alicia> "A lot of preconceptions have been challenged this past year," Alicia agrees, sitting down and rolling up her sleeves before she leans back to soak up the sunshine while waiting on Marie. "The part of the world we know - from Kelara to Pallanth or Malmuth - just how small is it?"
[23:00] <Kotono> Celebrimbor follows suit, carefully placing his weathered body down. "I've heard of lands beyond this on occasion. Little things, old fragments or fourth hand stories of questionable veracity. But to the south-southwest are the wastes, to the west-northwest are the jungles, and to the east is Chillander's domain and unexplored mountains. There's surely more world beyond. But, for all practical p urposes, it's irrelevant to all but a rare few."
[23:00] <Kotono> But, for all practical p urposes, it's irrelevant to all but a rare few."
[23:01] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Marie rises up! She's ascending, but so far all she sees is more jungle! Lots more jungle in every direction. There's a small break near the hill with a raging river, the canopy coming apart ever so slightly to show it.
[23:03] <Alicia> Marie doesn't have a reason to stop just yet, she can fly a lot higher.
[23:03] <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia nods to Celebrimbor, "Even this thing with Kesse is beyond the limits of reasonable travel. War or trade or diplomacy are meaningless between two kingdoms so far apart."
[23:07] <Kotono> "Yet here we go." Looking upward at the sun, "Seira has the sort of spirit to challenge that. Her father had it to a lesser degree, a burning desire to see what's beyond the next hill and horizon. No matter how pointless and dangerous it is, they'll keep going as long as it keeps their fancy. Sometimes, the rest of us have to try and keep up."
06[23:10] * Alicia shakes her head. "I don't really see it that way. Kesse struck at us first by massacring the inhabitants of Erenholm. We had to respond... I just wish she hadn't done so by herself."
[23:12] <Kotono> "Of course. Still...They never would have, if not for whomever prompted this. Be it their dark Goddess Shar or another, we would have otherwise never have gone to deal with Kesse. But being headstrong, that's also Seira." After a thoughtful pause, "I hope she lives to regret this mistake. I've never heard her so shaken up."
[23:13] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Marie goes higher! Below her the temple is growing smaller, Alicia and Celebrimbor dots on the ground! The jungle expands in all directions! Far to the east, Marie can catch a glimpse of blue ocean.
[23:15] <Alicia> "You heard Demedais, it sounds like she's fine," Alicia shrugs. "Probably stroll into Balmuria in a day or two as if nothing happened, knowing her."
[23:17] <Kotono> "I wonder." After another moment, "You don't sound so worried now."
[23:18] <Alicia> "I'm more worried about reprisals against Balmuria. Seira can handle almost anything, but not everyone's so lucky," Alicia reasons, briefly craning her neck up to see if she can spot Marie at all before she resumes studying their surroundings.
[23:25] <Kotono> Nope, Marie's pretty high up now. As she goes even higher, she can see that there's way more jungle on the horizon. Things are starting to get dicey from here, she's so high up.
[23:26] <Kotono> "Mmm. Curiously, do you know what drew this attack in the first place?"
[23:26] <Alicia> Marie decides that there's not much point in continuing and so starts to descend. Very fast. Whee!
06[23:28] * Alicia scowls. "My name was mentioned, although I think it was more of a side bonus that they thought they might kill me. Albert trained a man living in Erenholm who then talked a woman living there into helping him murder everyone as part of some sick ceremony to Shar." (more)
[23:28] <Alicia> "At the time I wondered if perhaps he was acting so far afield so as to avoid any suspicion back home, but clearly with the whole royal family being in on it that theory holds no water."
[23:29] <Kotono> "Have you done anything to particularly irritate Shar?" Celebrimbor considers, "With the Gods waking up, you could be a prominent target now."
[23:32] <Alicia> "Not really," Alicia shrugs weakly. "When I was a teenager not long after joining the church I helped apprehend some followers of Shar in Kelara but they were just deluded fools - there wasn't a legitimate cleric or anything among them."
[23:32] <Kotono> "Curious." Celebrimbor considers, "There's usually a cause and effect leading to things. There are no coincidences, just events endlessly spinning and colliding with each other. What's the event that provoked Erenholm?"
[23:37] <Alicia> "Perhaps we'll have opportunity to ask," Alicia replies. "The massacre itself seemed to be prompted by a woman's descent into madness after her husband and son died in an accident, egged on by Albert's disciple. But why Albert chose to train that particular man living so far away? I have no idea."
[23:39] <Kotono> Celebrimbor glances up as he speaks, soaking in the sun. "Oh, your familiar's coming down," he says, and then, "I hate saying 'Because Shar told him so', even if it may be valid. I'd prefer if there's a solid reason I can put my hands on, some meaning to that meaningless slaughter."
[23:41] <Alicia> "There likely is, but guessing doesn't really do us much good," Alicia gets up to greet Marie.
[23:41] <Alicia> "I saw the sea to the East so we're probably not very far in the jungle. It was getting too high to really see, but I didn't see an edge of the jungle to the West," Marie explains as she slows down to flutter beside the pair.
[23:42] <Alicia> "Hmm, we're going to have to risk an unguided teleport then," Alicia winces in anticipation of the discomfort to come. "Are you going to be alright with this, Lord Drake?"
[23:43] <Kotono> "I can survive, I believe. I'll take a preparation first." Closing his eyes and murmuring words, vitality and life fill Celebrimbor!
[23:43] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10
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03[23:44] * Alicia sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[23:44] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10
[23:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d10+10 --> [ 1d10=2 ]{12}
[23:45] <Kotono> After a pair of spells are cast, Celebrimbor stands next o Alicia. "I'm prepared.
[23:45] <Kotono> "
[23:48] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia takes the elf's hand while Marie lands on her head and squeezes her eyes shut. "Let the Weave supplant earth and air to speed us on our way!" the paladin intones, visualising the Western edge of the jungle with clear open terrain on the other side.
[23:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80
[23:48] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+80 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{89}
[23:51] <Kotono> Wink! The two of you and Marie vanish! A moment later you stand at the bank of a vast river. It runs with water, hundreds of feet from bank to bank. Behind you is endless jungle, ahead of you - less dense jungle, starting to segue into sparse forest. Ont eh opposite bank, near where the s parse forest starts, is a stone monument of some sort. Six feet tall and well kept. There look to be wildflowers growing around it.
[23:52] <Alicia> "This looks more promising," Alicia looks around to get her bearings. "Marie, want to take a look at that monument there, see if it says anything?"
[23:52] <Alicia> "Aye aye!" Marie gives a zippy salute before she flies over to examine it.
Session Time: Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Kotono> On the other side, Marie can read an inscription on the sturdy stone. 'Dedicated to all who ventured into the jungle, in honor of my father. May there be a happy end to your path.'
[00:01] <Alicia> Marie flies back to report her findings and then Alicia asks her to fly up until she can see any sign of civilisation in the distance.
[00:01] <Alicia> Which she dutifully does.
[00:03] <Kotono> Going up a ways, Marie can see a village in the distance. It connects to a road going north - the road seems to end at that village.
[00:06] <Alicia> Marie flies back down to report her findings. "Alright," Alicia nods, "We'll go there - we don't know if the village is part of Kesse or not so we should probably go in disguise. Marie, you'll have to hide in my backpack."
[00:06] <Alicia> Her familiar grumbles but nonetheless climbs in and makes herself comfortable while Alicia casts alter self to transform into a slightly overweight middle-aged woman with thoroughly grey-streaked hair and warm, matronly features.
[00:07] <Kotono> "You'll fit in well," Alicia hears from Celebrimbor. "Shall we?"
[00:08] <Alicia> Has Celebrimbor disguised himself?
[00:09] <Kotono> Celebrimbor takes a few moment, looking like an elderly, very slender human male now.
[00:10] <Alicia> "We'll see if anyone there has a map or failing that we'll ask for directions?" Alicia suggests, casting voice of the archon before she takes Celebrimbor's hand and teleports them all onto the road about half a mile from the village.
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
[00:10] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 seen once --> [ 1d100=98 ]{98}
[00:10] <Kotono> OOC: Moment.
[00:10] <Kotono> OOC: Lemme open up the SRD for that hilarity.
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 mishap
[00:10] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+80 mishap --> [ 1d20=4 ]{84}
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[00:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d10 --> [ 1d10=2 ]{2}
[00:11] <Alicia> OOC: similar area to the road leading to the village... well that's fine
[00:14] <Kotono> Guuuuuh! The teleportation leaves you feeling scrambled and out of sorts. Your body feels jostled, bruised and faintly misused! As you look around, dazed, you find yourselves on a road. A road leading to a quiet, dull looking village. The road leads right into the center, where a scaffolding has been assembled. You can see dozens of people around it, though no one's atop the scaffolding.
[00:14] <Kotono> "Ugh...your advice was apt," Celebrimbor's grimace is faint and passing, "The effect seems not to have been too deletrious."
[00:15] <Alicia> "Owww!" Marie yelps from inside Alicia's backpack. "Careful!"
06[00:16] * Alicia rubs her forehead briefly. "Yes... at least we still seem to have arrived where we wanted to? Come on, lets head in." Using her quarterstaff as an impromptu walking stick, she offers Celebrimbor her arm as they start walking.
[00:18] <Kotono> Celebrimbor takes it as the two advance in. The buildings are sturdy, stone with a relative minimum of wood. As you get closer, you can see someone working through the crowd. "Make way! Make way for the condemned!" A loud man's voice declares. "Make way!"
[00:20] <Alicia> "Ugh... has to be an execution day..." Alicia grimaces, heading into the village and looking over the crowd.
[00:22] <Kotono> "Distasteful if neccisary," As Celebrimbor comments quietly, you see the crowd is dressed mostly in black. From young children to the elderly are here. As you look, a man comes out of the crowd, dragging a woman with him. She is wearing a filthy dress, her hair a dirt color and greasy, showing no hygeine at all. Her head is bowed, face apprehensive. The crowd looks at her with complete disdain and disfavor, hatred flowing like an ungerground sp
[00:22] <Kotono> hatred flowing like an ungerground spring tapped. "Make way for the condemned!" As they go aronund the back and climb up, another man comes from behind with them. A big man with muscles, wearing a black hood and carrying a heavy sword.
[00:23] <Alicia> "What did she do?" Alicia quietly asks someone in the crowd as she checks over the people present for evil.
[00:24] <Kotono> A wife with baby in hands looks back at Alicia at the question. "Stole a horse," she answers, tsk-tsking. "She should have known better."
[00:25] <Alicia> "That's it?" Alicia sounds appalled. Stealing is wrong, certainly, but a capital offence?
[00:27] <Kotono> "That's it? It's against the law," The woman turns back, as the dirty prisoner is taken to the center of the scaffolding. She's put on her hands and knees, the man guilding her going to tie her down. Meanwhile, the masked man speaks. "Elenia of Whitestone has been duly convinced of greater theft and sentences to death. Her sentence will be carried out to benefit the community and to purge this criminality from our midsts!"
[00:28] <Alicia> "It's a horse!" Alicia blurts out, perhaps a bit too loudly. "Can't she pay a fine or work it off?"
[00:29] <Kotono> Gently taking her shoulder, "This may not be your place..." Celebrimbor murmurs. Meanwhile, a few people turn. An older man just looks at Alicia, "Stranger, the law is the law."
06[00:33] * Alicia doesn't want a fight here, but she can't let such a grossly disproportionate sentence pass unjudged. "What sort of law puts an animal above a human? It's monstrous! Surely she can pay for her crime without paying her life?"
[00:35] <Kotono> There's a stirring at that, slowing the process as people turn. Amid the murmuring, the masked man steps forward to the edge of the platform. "I dont know you, stranger," he calls back, "But interfering with a lawful execution is a crime against the Crown. This woman has been justly sentences to death by a legitimate authority."
[00:36] <Kotono> The prisoner looks up a moment, her eyes catching Alicia's. They are full of fear.
[00:39] <Alicia> "Are you telling me then that this woman will die for having stolen a horse, and that no argument, compensation, or punishment short of death will suffice?" Alicia asks as she locks eyes with the masked man.
[00:41] <Kotono> The man's eyes are strong ones, strong as the steely-gray color they are. "Her judgment has been passed on. The time for compensation is over - her compensation will be her life." OOC - Make a diplo check?
[00:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38
[00:41] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+38 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{45}
[00:43] <Kotono> "Still..." He does consider, "What stake do you have in this woman? Why are you interfering?"
[00:45] <Alicia> "Because the punishment does not fit the crime," Alicia replies firmly. "I am a stranger here, true, but I am still a strong believer in justice and law - seeing such a disproportionate sentence shakes that belief."
[00:47] <Kotono> "But the judgment is passed," The man calls, "There isn't anything more to discuss. The law and the judge passed the sentence, so it is just by definition."
[00:49] <Alicia> "There must be some right of appeal, something that can be done?" Alicia asks. "Are all crimes here punished by death, no matter how minor?"
[20:08] <Kotono> > The man's eyes are strong ones, strong as the steely-gray color they are. "Her judgment has been passed on. The time for compensation is over - her compensation will be her life." OOC - Make a diplo check?
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+38
[20:08] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+38 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{45}
[20:08] <Kotono> > "Still..." He does consider, "What stake do you have in this woman? Why are you interfering?"
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Because the punishment does not fit the crime," Alicia replies firmly. "I am a stranger here, true, but I am still a strong believer in justice and law - seeing such a disproportionate sentence shakes that belief."
[20:08] <Kotono> > "But the judgment is passed," The man calls, "There isn't anything more to discuss. The law and the judge passed the sentence, so it is just by definition."
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "There must be some right of appeal, something that can be done?" Alicia asks. "Are all crimes here punished by death, no matter how minor?"
[20:09] <Kotono> "Justice was already passed. Only the King or a High Judge has legal right to overturn a judgment." The masked man answers, and then, with a faint hint of sheepiness at Alicia's tones, "There's really no other legal way."
[20:12] <Alicia> "What about the judge who passed the sentence, can't he or she reconsider? If not who's the closest High Judge?" Alicia presses. She'll be damned if she lets a woman be killed over a horse on her watch.
[20:13] <Kotono> "Three days away at the prefecture capital," The masked man replies, as the crowd watches Alicia and the man, back and forth, back and forth. Elenia watches, eyes transfixed on Alicia, filled with fear and hints of desperate hope.
[20:18] <Alicia> "You'll have to forgive me because I'm not long out of the jungle and I only really came here for directions," Alicia admits, "But where is the prefecture capital? And can the execution be postponed until a High Judge has reviewed this sentence?" She spreads her arms in a beseeching gesture, "I simply cannot stand by and see a woman condemmned to death over such a petty crime - it's inhuman and makes an absolute mockery of justice."
[20:21] <Kotono> That touches off a storm of murmuring and staring at Alicia! Rippling through the crowd like electricity, "From the jungle?" "But she looks like a housewife!" The masked man lowers his heavy sword, "To appeal before a high judge requires an Advocate. Are you one?"
06[20:27] * Alicia sighs and rubs her right temple. Why must Mystra test her so? "No. I'm just an interfering old woman who got a bit lost and walked right into this horrid situation," she admits. "I have no station or influence here, only my sharp tongue and sense of right and wrong. And to any outside observer, this whole situation screams out its wrongness - you don't kill someone over a horse!"
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC - Make another diplo check +3 bonus?
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+41
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+41 and gets 45." [1d20=4]
[20:31] <Kotono> "But..." The masked man's voice shows hesitation, slowing, "It's the law!" As the crowd buzzes with chatter and growing excitement, "If we ignore the law, then we'll become savages, no better than wildmen." (More)
[20:31] <Kotono> The other man, keeping Elenia tied down, looks up to the masked man. What he said can't be heard over the crowd, but it makes the masked man look to him sharply.
[20:36] <Alicia> "Savages have their laws," Alicia retorts. "I've seen plenty of them in my time - cross the chief, look at someone the wrong way, steal someone's pet - they'll kill you for it and tell you it's their law." She takes a deep breath and continues in a more composed tone, "The measure of a law comes in how just it is. Some people deserve to die, it's true - the ones who're so wicked and have done deeds so foul that they're a danger to eve
[20:36] <Alicia> "Then there's those who've made a mistake, given in to temptation in a moment of weakness, maybe just been down on their luck and desperate. That could be any one of us - but such mistakes can be learned from, people can better themselves and make themselves into valued members of the community. But a corpse can't learn a damn thing."
[20:36] <Alicia> *done deeds so foul that they're a danger to everyone around them."
[20:39] <Kotono> As the buzz of the crowd goes larger, more defiant, "Maybe we shouldn't..." One woman can be overheard saying, while another says, "She talks like the voice of the Crown...!" The masked man bows his head here, "Very well. I will postphone the execution of her sentence until a High Judge of the Crown has a chance to hear an Advocate for her matters."
[20:41] <Alicia> "It would be for the best," Alicia agrees, starting to smile in relief. "I worry about the sort of judge that would impose such a sentence - was there any relationship between the judge and the accused?"
[20:42] <Kotono> "Of course not! The law must be impartial," One of the men near Alicia blurts out. Elenia looks at Alicia as the man holding her gets her up, and mouths, 'Thank you!' as she's lead off the scaffolding.
[20:48] <Alicia> "You're right it should," Alicia nods to the man after giving Elenia a brief smile. "No one answered my earlier question, though - do all crimes get punished with death here no matter how minor they are?" If so then getting the High Judge will just be a big fat waste of time.
[20:50] <Kotono> "The Law states that greater theft, treason, murder, rape, arson, sedition, imitating the Crown are all capital offenses," The same man says, as the scaffolding is cleared. Celebrimbor murmurs after that, "Alicia...time may still be of the essence. We should not dally here."
06[20:54] * Alicia nods briefly to Celebrimbor before resuming her conversation. "That's mostly sensible, although I'd argue whether livestock rustling constitutes greater theft, especially if it's just one animal. Anyway, hopefully the High Judge will see reason and now I can see to my original purpose for entering this village." She has a knowing lopsided smile as she realises how foolish this sounds after making such a scene, "Where are we?"
[20:56] <Kotono> "This is Dolo, prefecture Gany, in the nation of Evrai." The same man again just stares at Alicia, much of the crowd transfixed.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Must've really gotten lost in that jungle..." Alicia shakes her head in a self deprecating manner before looking up, "I don't suppose anyone around here knows the way to Kesse? Or better yet does anyone have a map I could look at?"
[20:58] <Kotono> That changes the mood of the entire lingering crowd. Their expressions become far less enjoyable, far less kind. "You're from KEsse, stranger?" The man asks.
06[20:59] * Alicia shakes her head. "No but one of my friends went there and never came back, so I'm trying to find her."
[21:01] <Alicia> "Sounds like you folks might know a thing or two about some bad business there, I'd wager," she adds more calculatingly.
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo one more time, -2?
[21:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 54." [1d20=18]
[21:14] <Kotono> The crowd calms, as most are starting to depart. A few hover around Alicia and Celebrimbor. "Kesse is our kingdom's enemy. They've tried to conquer us many times, but our superior army holds them at bay."
[21:15] <Alicia> "That's good to know," Alicia smiles. "I've heard a thing or two about the people running the show over there, and none of it good. That's why I'm worried about my missing friend."
[21:16] <Kotono> "Good luck," Another says, while a third man, a wiry man with a limp, approaches. "Good day, traveler. Were you interested in a map of Kesse?"
06[21:18] * Alicia turns to the limping man. "Yes," she nods. "The directions I had were rather poor, which is probably why I ended up here. A map would make things go far more easily, though."
[21:19] <Kotono> "I run a general shop here. I can sell you any maps you'd need. Why don't you come with me," With a warm, comforting smile, "Right this way."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Excellent!" Alicia smiles. "I don't have any coins on me but I have a few gems I can trade - we'll probably want to stock up on a few supplies, anyway, so lead on good man."
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: What else do you want besides a map?
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: a couple of changes of clothes. Nothing fancy or anything, basically just stuff in local style so that any Balmurian tailored garments won't stand out
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Comes up to 10 GP. Subtract that from your sheet. It's mostly wool and sturdy clothes. I'll PM you some relevant info from the map.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: once suitably equipped we'll leave town and TP for just outside the closest village to Kesse itself. If Cel can make us invis that'd be swell but if not we'll manage.
[21:45] <Kotono> The city of Kesse has several villages within a day'st ravel. One of them is Starla, Alicia gathering details and ready to teleport after about an hour of buying, selling and preparing! OOC - d100?
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[21:53] <Kotono> Woosh! Uner the cover of invisibility, the two vanish and reappear next to a small but bustling village! It's well built and populated, the rugged, hilly ground home to small field shere and there.
06[21:55] * Alicia looks around the inhabitants of the nearby village and selects a random older woman, committing her build and features to memory. "Pick someone here to disguise yourself as when we go into Kesse proper," she whispers to Celebrimbor. "If we can claim to be from here rather than foreigners we'll attract far less notice."
[21:56] <Kotono> Celebrimbor nods as an older man passes by, using a cane to help him walk. "That man," he says, voice coming from nowhere Alicia can see. "The one with the cane."
[21:59] <Alicia> "I can cast alter self on you if you don't have any appropriate disguise spells prepared," Alicia confirms after examining the man. "Come on, lets get moving towards Kesse - because of how far we've travelled West it's only mid-morning, so we should reach the city well before dusk."
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 64." [1d100=64]
[22:24] <Kotono> It's a fairly long trip mostly due to bad luck. There's a few minor delays - there are guard outposts you have to walk through and two of them happen to have unrelated incidents with other travelers that slow you down. But come near duskfall...(More)
[22:26] <Kotono> As you approach, you see that it is a walled city. Walled and circular, quite large. It stands in a slight valley, tall walls giving ample cover to everything inside. To the north-south on the far side, a river flows, further defensibility addded. A few river barges and ships can be glimpsed as you approach. Most of the city is built well on itself, favoring multiple floors within it's walled boundaries.
[22:26] <Kotono> A few river barges and ships can be glimpsed as you approach. Most of the city is built well on itself, favoring multiple floors within it's walled boundaries.
[22:28] <Alicia> About a mile from the city Alicia finds a quiet spot where she can transform herself into a thin and slightly wrinkled tall woman with chestnut brown hair just starting to show its first grey streaks. "Can you change yourself or want me to?" she asks Celebrimbor.
[22:28] <Kotono> "Can you extend it onto me?" Celebrimbor asks, "Alteration spells are usually limited to the caster."
[22:30] <Alicia> "I've got a few tricks," Alicia smiles, channeling an alter self spell into her quarterstaff and very gently tapping the elderly elf to turn him into a copy of the old man he indicated earlier.
[22:30] <Kotono> "...aaah. Superb. How do you do it," Celebrimbor glances at himself a few times.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Effectively I cast the spell into my weapon - it's a bit like how you'd make a potion or a wand, except temporary. Unless I discharge it it'll dissipate on its own within eight hours, but it lets me bypass certain restrictions on common spells, and I can do it without verbal or somatic components." She smiles proudly, "As far as I know, I'm the only person who can do it."
[22:35] <Kotono> "You should write a treatise on it after all this. Such knowledge needs to be preserved," Celebrimbor says thoughtfully, "Modifying a spell like that isn't easy, either."
[22:37] <Alicia> "I have one back home, I've been working on it off and on for a while," Alicia nods. "I hope I can teach it to someone myself some day, but at worst I've taken steps to ensure the knowledge won't die with me."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Another time, though, we must hurry," Celebrimbor picks up his pace. "Especially if they close the gates at night."
[22:39] <Alicia> "We can sneak in if we have to, but hopefully it won't come to that," Alicia agrees, casting voice of the archon before pressing on towards the city.
[22:43] <Kotono> Thus the duo head into the city! The guards at the gate nod to them, but don't overly inhibit them besides a few brief questions. The way into the city looks open...OOC - Are you going to do anything but go in and see what's up
[22:43] <Kotono> ?
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[22:45] <Alicia> OOC: we're heading in, the first thing to do is secure accomodation, but before that we need cash - I'll look for any shops where I can sell my gems for local currency first of all
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[22:46] <Kotono> There's an money and gold exchange inside the gates. It looks to be just closing, though - there's a man doing something to the front door as the sun begins it's red crimson creep into night.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Oh, excuse me!" Alicia calls to the man as she approaches. "I know you're closing, but could you re-open for just one quick transaction?" she asks hopefully.
[22:49] <Kotono> The man, a tired faced, plump man with hanging skin, rubs his forehead, "How much is it?" he asks.
06[22:51] * Alicia looks around briefly, as if suspicious of any ruffians or the like before she steps closer and lowers her voice. "I think about one thousand gold coin's worth."
[22:51] <Kotono> Raising both eyebrows, he opens the door. "Well, why didn't you say so? Come in, come in."
[22:51] <Kotono> Celebrimbor chuckles at that, doing just so and walking in.
[22:53] <Alicia> "You don't really want to advertise that you're carrying that much money around," Alicia mutters worriedly as she follows him inside. "I couldn't get a decent exchange back in the village so I thought the city might be better."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Naturally. What exactly do you have? Gold bullion? Gems? Trade goods? Script?" Lead inside to a small room with comfortable chairs, gesturing for the two to sit, "We accept all of those, though only Kessian script issued by an accepted noble, wealthy or royal source."
[22:57] <Alicia> "Gems," Alicia confirms, reaching into her backpack for the bag (and being careful not to tickle her remarkably patient and good-natured familiar in the process) and setting it on the table or counter as appropriate. "My friend here is certain they're worth about a thousand gold coins, all told," she briefly gestures to the wise looking old Celebrimbor, as if his word were utterly unimpeachable.
[22:59] <Kotono> Celebrimbor nods gravely. "I believe so."
[23:00] <Kotono> The man takes out a little magnifying glass, looking over each gem carefully. "Mmm...a sapphire, an opal...some sun-stone....yes, these all seem to be in order. The standard size is off, but they're undoubtably valid gemstones." I takes him about ten minutes to reach this conclusion. "A thousand gold is acceptable. Would you like gold coins of small or larger denomination?"
[23:01] <Alicia> "Lets say eight hundred in large coins and two hundred in smaller? That should be managable," Alicia nods agreeably.
[23:03] <Kotono> "Excuse me." Stepping out, the man returns with two cloth bags. One is bulging with many small shapes, and the other has smooth, large circles pressing out of it. "The Gold Discs are worth 50 gold each. Any trader will accept them at face value. The rest are loose gold coins of 1, 2 and 5 gold value, as well as a few large silver coins mixed in."
[23:05] <Alicia> "Oh, so many!" Alicia spends a moment giving them a cursory count to make sure she's not being short-changed. Assuming she's not, "Thank you, I should be able to spend this a lot easier than those funny crystals."
[23:06] <Kotono> The small coins look to be about in roder. Can't be sure without counting. You do have 16 gold discs, which are flat, thin circle-discs of hardened gold. They are stamped with '50 golden mountains' on each side, along with a portrait of what looks to be a royal man wearing a crown.
[23:07] <Kotono> "If you have any other business while you're in town, we're open all day," The fat man smiles expansively.
[23:07] <Kotono> Celebrimbor stands up, "Thank you. It's late, we do need to find rest and a hot meal soon."
06[23:07] * Alicia doesn't want to spend all day counting and this should probably be enough for her purposes. "Thank you," she smiles. "But my friend here is right, it's been a long trip so we should find lodgings first of all."
[20:38] <Kotono> ----
03[20:38] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[20:38] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Okay Alicia. First of all use a gather info for the tavern tripping and then we'll resolve Marie's flying adventures?
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: For this I'll be wearing the form of a pretty young blonde and doing my best to seem innocently curious - basically I'll chat to people normally and when the 'where do you work' question comes up I'll steer it towards info gathering if they work at the castle and move on shortly if they don't
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 25
05[20:41] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:41] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
[20:43] <Kotono> Alicia spends the evening talking to drunks here and there, as well as barkeeps and patrons. She gets a handle on the local news simply by exposure and small talk: King Denegren's looking even worse than usual, a local mercenary group came back from being presumed dead, there was a border skirmish with Sanaxt according to rumors. All of this is interesting but not really germaine. (More)
[20:46] <Kotono> It takes some time to find castle workers. You find one, a young stablehand. He mentions that most servants stay in the castle at night because the drawbridge closes and it's impossible to get and out unless you're a mage. He doesn't know too much - mostly who comes and goes. Prince Kort has been in and out a few times in the past few days, as has Princess Armanda. One thing he notes - the Prince has a new sword he seems to like, a jewelled sw
[20:47] <Kotono> One thing he notes - the Prince has a new sword he seems to like, a jewelled sword. Wistfully he notes that he could buy an entire county with it and retire rich if he had it. (More)
[20:48] <Kotono> Meanwhile...Marie goes to look at the castle! It's walled in, a closed up drawbridge. There are a set of two towers one can see, most of the castle three stories. There's a courtyard inside past the drawbridge, then the massive castle proper. It's mostly made of shapes connected to each other, squares and triangles and curves. One large rectangle dominates the center.
[20:49] <Alicia> OOC: not meanwhile, Marie won't go castle exploring until really late, like 2am or so
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay. Fair enough.
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Will that change anything? If not, carry on.
[20:51] <Alicia> Having voice of the archon thoughtfully precast on her by Alicia, Marie flits through the darkened sky above the castle, firstly getting an overview of the castle's plan before she carefully descends towards the tallest tower, whichever it may be, keeping alert for both evil and magic below.
[20:51] <Alicia> OOC: assume she takes 10 for 34 on hide throughout this excursion
[20:53] <Kotono> There are two towers, both five stories tall. One is more easternly and one is more westernly. Preference?
[20:53] <Alicia> Lets start East and work our way West!
[20:55] <Kotono> Inside of the top floor is a single large room. The windows inside are reasonably large, contrasting the more slit like windows on the lower floors of the castle. Here a pair of men sit. One has a horn on a table next to some papers, and the other keeps a slow circuit of the windows, glancing out of them.
[20:56] <Alicia> Using her incorporeal form, Marie phases in easily enough and finds a secluded position from which she can take a look at the papers without being seen by either of the two guards.
[20:58] <Kotono> Most of the papers are maps of the city. They're fairly detailed along with a key and notes of what each building or block of buildings is.
[20:59] <Alicia> Potentially interesting but they're focused on the castle itself and not the city, so Marie sees no need to dally further here. Assuming this room takes up all of the top floor of the tower, the eladrin descends to the next.
[21:01] <Kotono> The next floor is mostly a winding stairway leading upward. There's a few closets here - supplies, tables, old maps, that sort of thing. Nothing too fascinating. The floor below it and the second are used for bow and arrow storage. Many of the slitted windows are fitted from the inside for easy bow firing access.
[21:02] <Alicia> Marie continues dilligently exploring this tower until she reaches the ground (unless it has a basement) until she chances upon any signs of activity, magical or evil auras, or a laundry room.
[21:03] <Kotono> There is a basement(The first floor is just entry access and barricadable stations before the stairway.). It looks to be addtional bow storage, nothing fascinating. There's no magic amid it, though the bows do look well maintained.
[21:04] <Alicia> Slipping out through a wall on the fourth floor, Marie flies over to the West tower that mirrors this one so she can give it a cursory inspection in the same manner, just to make sure there's no differences.
[21:05] <Kotono> It's about the same. Not much interesting in them at all. Just a few nighttime guards and lots of mundane bows and arrows.
[21:06] <Alicia> Tallest towers check. Now for the perimeter - Marie stealthily makes her way to the gatehouse where the drawbridge is so she can check over it before making a circuit of the outer walls.
[21:07] <Kotono> There's a pair of guards on watch inside the gatehouse. A complicated looking stone and metal mechanism mans the gates, good solid chains able to lower them if desired. The outer walls are quite sturdy and solid, nothing of note about them.
[21:08] <Alicia> From the gatehouse if one were to head straight into the courtyard, what would be the next part of the castle they'd encounter?
[21:09] <Kotono> They'd go right through a set of main gates inside of the castle. Like going in the main entrance, past the courtyard and a few detached buildings/stables.
[21:10] <Alicia> Since they seem small and easy to quickly search, Marie decides to go and check out the stables next.
[21:11] <Kotono> There are several horses in here as well as a single bored guard. He has a clothespin over his nose, noisily mouthbreathing. Unless you like horse offal there's very little of note here.
[21:12] <Alicia> Okay! Now for the smaller extraneous buildings before she delves into the castle proper!
[21:14] <Kotono> The other detached buildings are living quarters fo the stablehands and a few guards. Most of them are asleep, save for a few drinking and jesting in one of the rooms. Unless Marie wants to take some time to be nosy and search, most of it is entirely mundane. One the stablehands is faintly evil, though.
[21:15] <Alicia> Alicia said she'd prefer a maid uniform, so nothing worthwhile for Marie to investigate here. Any other structures besides the keep itself?
[21:16] <Kotono> There are lots of extensions and the like attached to th ekeep, so it's rather rambling off the center. But that's the main game left.
[21:17] <Alicia> There's probably a way to do this in an orderly fashion, but Marie isn't the one to ask. She heads in through whatever looks to be the main door first of all.
[21:17] <Kotono> THe main door leads into a grand front hall. Here tapestries and paintings hang, the main path leading dead ahead. Several doors and other paths branch off in other directions.
[21:18] <Alicia> Hmm... what do they say to do when you're in a maze? Marie takes the first door/corridor to the left.
[21:19] <Kotono> This leads to a winding side path to the kitchens. The kitchens are empty and quiet at this hour. It connects to a grand dining room, a few less formal ones, and to several hidden or secondary paths that snake about the castle.
[21:22] <Alicia> Marie continues in this vein, spiralling through the first floor of the castle as she explores every nook and cranny. Magical or evil auras, laundry rooms, activity/conversation, or the chambers of nobility/royalty should get her attention for more indepth investigation.
[21:22] <Kotono> The first thing Marie happens on is the throne room. The throne, a mammonth wood and gold thing of beauty, radiates moderate magic.
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
03[21:23] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[21:24] <Alicia> Marie doesn't get too close. It's magic but not one of Seira's stolen items, nor is there anyone on the throne barking out orders to capture her attention, so she moves on.
[21:25] <Kotono> Most of the first floor is mundane things. Kitchens, barracks, rooms, storages, all the things a castle needs. On the far eastern part Marie finds a laundry room.
[21:29] <Alicia> Briefly reverting to her corporeal form, Marie purloins a clean maid uniform and folds it up as neatly as she can before picking it up and turning incorporeal once more! Now she goes up to the second floor to resume her routine.
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: There's still ab it more first floor if you want to finish that first. Sorry, really wasn't clear.)
[21:31] <Alicia> OOC: finish off first floor first, then
[21:35] <Kotono> Doing her loops back around, Marie doesn't find much too interesting until the end. Near the center, missed by happenstance as Marie meandered about in no real order, she happens on a beautiful royal room. It is a woman's room, with soft things and a large mirror. It is quite clean, a woman sitting on the bed. She stares at the wall, chestnut brown hair falling down her shoulders. She wears a plain white nightgown. Her expression has a faint, e
[21:35] <Kotono> She wears a plain white nightgown. Her expression has a faint, empty melancholy. She's in her twenties, perpahs.
[21:36] <Alicia> Is she evil? Any magic around?
[21:36] <Kotono> She's not evil. A ring on her finger radiates strong magic.
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:38] <Alicia> Didn't Seira have a ring of protection? Marie inches a bit closer and tries to tell if the ring looks like any Seira occassionally wore.
[21:39] <Kotono> If the woman sees Marie, she doesn't react. The ring is a golden one with a sigil on it - two mountains parted by a river. As Marie studies it, the woman stands up. "It's time..." she says aloud.
[21:40] <Kotono> It oesn't look like any of Seira's rings.
[21:41] <Alicia> Doesn't look like Seira's, she thinks... she never looked too closely, sadly. Keeping well hidden, Marie elects to spy on this woman a little bit longer in case she talks to herself some more or perhaps goes off to partake in some vile Sharran mass.
[21:41] <Kotono> She walks towards one of the walls. She taps a stone on the wall twice, which makes a small segment slide open! She steps into the dark passage with a sure step.
[21:42] <Alicia> Wow, she'd never have spotted that! Marie waits for her to either close the wall or keep walking before she follows.
[21:46] <Kotono> The wall closes behind her a few seconds later. Following, Marie finds herself in a pitch black, narrow, dusty passage. It goes straight ahead and then turns a few times. The woman feels the wall on occasion, but has no problem navigating it. Twists and turns, twists and turns! It eventually leads into a a ten foot wide room. A few pillows and blankets are about here as well as a pair of candles. A young man, ruggedly handsome and with a warm s
[21:46] <Kotono> A young man, ruggedly handsome and with a warm smile, awaits. "Pri-Giselle," he stands up to take her hand. He wears a soldier's garb, well kept.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Thank you..." she murmurs in a quiet, whisper-like voice, going to sit down next to him. "You came."
[21:47] <Alicia> Is he evil? Are there any other exits from this room? Any magic?
[21:47] <Kotono> "You asked," With a bit of as mile to her, "What do you need at this late hour?"
[21:48] <Kotono> There's no magic in the room besides the ring. There's another secret door o the other side, ajar. He's not evil. "I need to ask you a special favor." Giselle says, voice hard to hear, even for Marie.
[21:48] <Kotono> "Ask it," he says nobly, "The castle guard lives to serve the royal family."
[21:49] <Alicia> Marie hides nearby and eavesdrops, hoping this will be useful information for Alicia.
[21:49] <Kotono> "...bed me," she says, raising her eyes to look into his. "Take me as a woman."
[21:49] <Alicia> Or... not?
[21:49] <Kotono> The man's eyes widen a moment, before he stops and shakes his head. "Princess...your father's orders...."
[21:49] <Kotono> He takes a long moment to gather himself, "I've heard thes tories about the other two. I don't want to be exiled..." He look saway, "You're a beautiful woman..."
[21:50] <Kotono> "And I could have pick of a noble husband..." she whispers as soft as falling snow. "That's...not possible. Rannan, I...I command you to take me."
[21:51] <Alicia> Maybe Alicia can find some way of using this... but personally Marie doubts her mistress has quite the imagination required to fully take advantage. Well, she'll stick around long enough to see how it resolves one way or another but if they get intimate she'll give them their privacy.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Princess?!" That gets Rannan to simply -stare- at her. "You're commanding me to..." He backs away, standing up. "I can't. I am your servant, Princess, but...not this."
[21:52] <Kotono> "No," Still whispering, she reaches up to take and hold his wrist. "I command you. I COMMAND you." The last utterance of command is slightly louder and as sharp as a knife-blade.
[21:52] <Kotono> "W..what in the name of Kossuth..." He jerks his hand away. "Princess Giselle, have you no honor? What would your father think of another scandal? Youll break his heart and send him to the grave!"
[21:53] <Alicia> Maybe that's what she intends? Who can tell with these crazy Shar worshipping royals? For her part, Marie is engrossed in the enfolding drama.
[21:53] <Kotono> "I command you. Fill me with your life." She says, looking up into his eyes. Tears fall down her cheeks, silent near sobs. "Do it. I want to feel alive again. I need to..."
[21:53] <Kotono> With a look of stark shock, "P-Princess, I should go," he says, backing away to the ajar secret door.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Please..." Falling to her knees, "Rannan, I need to feel alive inside of me again..." Cradling her stomach with both hands, "I can't be empty inside of my belly much longer! If you're a man, do it! I swear I won't tell who the father is! You won't get banished!"
[21:56] <Kotono> "The help you need...it's not help that I can give you in good faith. Goodbye, Princess." Turning away, the soldier leaves out the secret door.
[21:57] <Alicia> Marie sticks around briefly, wondering what the spurned princess will do.
[21:59] <Kotono> Giselle stares after him, "Empty...still empty..." Holding her stomach, "Gods, why? Why? Why can he even deny me this? But..." Whisper soft again, "I'll give you a sister for the next time I see you..and I'll feel alive again."
[22:00] <Kotono> Stroking her stomach, "I can still have life inside of me. I can still have life inside of me," she chants to herself. "I'm not empty. I'm not empty. I'm not empty."
[22:01] <Alicia> Marie thinks this royal family is really messed up. She almost wants to comfort the strange girl, but Alicia's firm orders that they must never know she was there, and the worry that the princess might gleefully sacrifice her to Shar both temper her judgement. For now she heads through the secret door that the guard fled down, wanting to see where it leads before she moves on to the second floor.
[22:01] <Kotono> It winds about, leading eventually to a small, dusty closet full of napkins and tablecloths. Only a few faint footsteps betray anyone having been in here in a long time.
[22:02] <Alicia> Emerging to find out where the closet was, Marie memorises the location before heading upstairs.
[22:03] <Kotono> It's near the barracks. Heading upstairs, Maire finds more storages. Nothing too interesting here in general until an isolated wing on the second floor. A door there has a ward written over it, faintly pulsing with sky-blue light.
[22:04] <Alicia> Is the ward in text she can read? If not she'll rely on her talent for magical detection!
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[22:04] <Kotono> It's magical, but Marie can only glean the general meaning with her magic. It means 'Warding the outside'.
[22:05] <Alicia> Might be worth checking but it's a potential risk so Marie leaves this for the moment and moves on to search the rest of the second floor.
[22:06] <Kotono> Rest of the second floor is mostly rooms, though w ing to the north is set aside. Guards stand watch at it's front door, a door of engraven gold, ivory and a pair of ruby red gemstones with a line of blue gemstones through the center. It's like the sigil that was on Giselle's ring.
[22:07] <Alicia> This looks juicy! Ensuring there's no magical wards or anything, Marie flits through the wall to sneak into this section.
[22:09] <Kotono> The front room is large, more guards at the far doors. It's a vast sitting room with a large fireplace. SHelves of books are about, all tidily put away. The other side wings is a room full of hunting trophies and heads, a small library and study room, and a room full of paintings of what look to be kings and queens. The main room is a bedroom, a covered bed with an old man sleeping on it. HIs color is terrible, his breath coming in snoring sno
[22:09] <Kotono> HIs color is terrible, his breath coming in snoring snorts.
[22:10] <Alicia> Must be the king. Is he evil? And any magic around here?
[22:11] <Kotono> The king is not magical. Two things radiate magic: A crown that rsts on a pillow, on a table near the bed, and the canopy around the bed.
[22:11] <Kotono> No evil.
[22:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 crown
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 crown and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[22:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 canopy
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 canopy and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:13] <Alicia> Probably a charisma booster and an alarm/protection spell, Marie figures. Well, time to move on - up to the third floor!
[22:15] <Kotono> The third floor is mostly bedrooms for servants and soldiers. A few suits are isolated to the west, noble quality and quite pleasant. Despite that, Marie doesn't find much too interesting on the third floor.
[22:16] <Alicia> Was the castle three storeys or is there anything above this floor?
[22:16] <Kotono> The castle was three stories.
[22:17] <Alicia> Any towers or outbuildings she's missed?
[22:17] <Kotono> Nope, this is about it.
[22:18] <Alicia> Did she see any stairs leading down on her circuit of the ground floor?
[22:19] <Kotono> There arew a few, yes.
[22:20] <Alicia> Time to check out the basement, then!
03[22:22] * Demedais is now known as taifk
[22:23] <Kotono> There are a few unconnected basements. One holds enough supplies and food to feed the castle for several weeks. Another has several gravestones and bare earth. The gravestones are rather old. A third has a few deep wells.
[22:24] <Alicia> Okay, now for that warded room - Marie circles all around it to see if there's any other entrances or windows or anything, first of all.
[22:25] <Kotono> No windows, though Marie could presumably go through the wall ifs he wished. It borders the edge of the building there, so she could go from inside or outside.
[22:25] <Alicia> Is the magic just on the door or does it encompass the walls as well?
[22:26] <Kotono> Just the door is magical.
[22:28] <Alicia> Okay! Marie phases in through the floor of the room from below, though she does so slowly and takes care to sense for any magic/evil on the other side before she emerges entirely.
[22:30] <Kotono> As she peeks above, she can notice the floor is very thick here, reinforced. Further, on peeking out, Marie is bombarded with various magical auras! She comes in in a narrow room here, a small walk in closet backed with books, beakers, vials, detached eyeballs, a stuffed lizard, and far far more.
[22:31] <Alicia> Do the dimensions of this room fit with what she determined of its perimeter from the outside, taking the increased wall/floor thickness into account?
[22:32] <Kotono> Not even close. There's a door leading out as well. Really, it's just a closet.
[22:33] <Alicia> Okay then. Marie gives the books a cursory look over their titles for anything exciting as well as looking for any of Seira's belongings or containers that could hold the same.
[22:34] <Kotono> IT's mostly in draconic and elven. 'Applied theory of abjuration' 'Summoning arcana' 'Weave and magic', that sort of thing. Nothing here looks like Seira's goods.
[22:35] <Alicia> Therefore Marie comes out of the closet!
[22:37] <Kotono> It's a bright new world out here. Actually it really is. She comes out into a room full of magical diagrams. The walls, floors and roof are covered with various arcane extractions and equations. They focus towards the center, where a pasty man in noble's clothes sits on a stool. He reads a book, a rod sitting in his lap. Notably, it's familiar. It's Seira's wand of lesser empower.
[22:38] <Alicia> He's certainly up late! Marie sneaks around the room looking for any of Seira's other belongings.
[22:41] <Kotono> Marie doesn't see anything like that around. The room is mostly empty besides the designs, though there are several doors connecting to other rooms. Oen is open, leading to a small library.
[22:41] <Alicia> Time to check those out, then. Marie takes one of the closed doors first.
[22:43] <Kotono> The closed door leads to a room. There are bookshelves, a table and a dresser as tall as Rods. The books radiate magic, as does the dresser.
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 books
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 books and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 dresser
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 dresser and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[22:45] <Alicia> First of all Marie skims over the titles on the books for anything interesting.
[22:46] <Kotono> They are non titled. Each book is bound in a scarlet red or a deep, deep, deep green.
[22:47] <Alicia> Since they're not directly relevant at the moment, Marie dismisses them and looks to see if there's anything on the table.
[22:47] <Kotono> The table is bare.
[22:48] <Alicia> Alright, now to take a look inside the dresser! By phasing through the door.
[22:49] <Kotono> Marie phases in! Inside there are several things - vials fo diamond dust, a set of black oynx, gold coins with strange runes on them, carefully gathered sand and rose petals, grasshopper legs, a minature trumpet and more. However, as Marie phases through, she can hear a gentle bell tingling outside.
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC - SCratch the part about the bell.
[22:51] <Alicia> Just spell components. Alright, done with this room so she goes back into the main one - how many doors left unexplored?
[22:51] <Kotono> Two. The m an there is flipping a page in his book, continuing along.
[22:52] <Alicia> Is the man evil, by the way?
[22:53] <Kotono> The man is not evil.
[22:53] <Alicia> Or does he have any magic auras on him?
[22:58] <Kotono> The man has several.
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft lets just say one roll for the lot
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft lets just say one roll for the lot and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[23:04] <Alicia> Marie pauses and stares at the man for a moment. Several of those spells have durations measured in minutes, not hours... so why would someone cast them while reading a book at 2am in the morning?
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 sense motive, is something up with his demeanour?
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 sense motive, is something up with his demeanour? and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[23:05] <Kotono> He is tense, reaidng the book. It's like he's poisd for something to happen.
[23:06] <Alicia> Marie goes to check out the other unopened door, keeping an ear open for anything happening back here while she does so.
[23:06] <Kotono> The other door leads to a laboratory. It looks like an alchemy and wizard's lab. Lots of fizzy beakers, strange things, complex symbols and so on.
[23:07] <Alicia> A quick inspection is made for any of Seira's gear in this room.
[23:07] <Kotono> Marie doesn't see naything like that.
[23:08] <Alicia> Alright, now for the last door - Marie goes to search the library.
[23:09] <Kotono> As Marie enters in, she hears a book close abruptly from the previous room. THen, "Aaaah..."
[23:10] <Alicia> Making sure to stay well hidden using the doorframe as cover, Marie looks to see what's happening back there.
[23:12] <Kotono> The pasty man has stood up, the book under his arm. He walks towards the room with the untitled books and table and dresser.
[23:12] <Alicia> Peeking out a bit to keep her eye on him, Marie watches to see what he does.
[23:13] <Kotono> He goes into that room and closes the door behin dhim.
[23:14] <Alicia> Rather than following through the door, Marie circles around and emerges through the wall above the dresser, using it for cover as she spies on the strange man who stole Seira's rod.
[23:15] <Kotono> He's put the book back in the shelf, then goes to sit at the table. He yawns once, covering his mouth. "Aaah...I should sleep soon..." he mutters. He strokes the rod he has in his hand, getting and opening the dresser with a few murmured words. He puts the rod in there, closing it back and murmuring another set of words.
[23:17] <Alicia> Marie memorises the words in case they prove important later on and continues her sneaky spying.
[23:17] <Kotono> Going back to the library, she finds i'ts full of books. Lots of books. Booooks.
[23:19] <Alicia> OOC: I meant continuing to spy on the paranoid dude by following him around
[23:20] <Kotono> OOC: Oh.
[23:20] <Kotono> OOC: Strike. Pick up her etomorrow.
[20:06] <Kobrb> <Alicia> Peeking out a bit to keep her eye on him, Marie watches to see what he does.
[20:06] <Kobrb> > He goes into that room and closes the door behin dhim.
[20:06] <Kobrb> <Alicia> Rather than following through the door, Marie circles around and emerges through the wall above the dresser, using it for cover as she spies on the strange man who stole Seira's rod.
[20:06] <Kobrb> > He's put the book back in the shelf, then goes to sit at the table. He yawns once, covering his mouth. "Aaah...I should sleep soon..." he mutters. He strokes the rod he has in his hand, getting and opening the dresser with a few murmured words. He puts the rod in there, closing it back and murmuring another set of words.
[20:06] <Kobrb> <Alicia> Marie memorises the words in case they prove important later on and continues her sneaky spying.
[20:06] <Kobrb> > Going back to the library, she finds i'ts full of books. Lots of books. Booooks.
[20:06] <Kobrb> <Alicia> OOC: I meant continuing to spy on the paranoid dude by following him around
[20:06] <Kobrb> > OOC: Oh.
[20:06] <Kobrb> > OOC: Strike. Pick up her etomorrow.
[20:07] <Kobrb> The paranoid man wanders back into the room he was in before. He stretches out, before heading out. He goes to the warded door, opening without incident from this side, and steps into the mundane hallways outside.
[20:08] <Alicia> Marie phases through an adjacent wall to follow him to wherever he goes.
[20:11] <Kobrb> He goes to the third floor, ndoding to a few guards as he goes to one of the nice suites there. He heads in, starting to undress as he heads for a comfortable looking bed. He yawns a few more times, rubbing his eyes.
[20:12] <Alicia> This is just bizarre. Alicia spends most of her time waiting for inevitable surprise baatezu attacks, but even she doesn't cast short-duration defensive spells while sitting around the house and reading. Something's up here and Marie intends to find out what!
[20:15] <Kobrb> Stripping down to his bare skin(Not exactly an attractive man, either), the magician slips under the covers. Yawning once more, he puts his head down and looks to go to sleep.
[20:16] <Alicia> He's not fooling her! Marie continues to watch and wait for the other shoe to drop.
[20:19] <Kobrb> Ten minutes pass. Many of his spells peter out, durations ending. The magician begins to snore.
[20:20] <Alicia> Too damn weird. Marie decides to give his chambers a thorough search for anything incriminating.
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for... 11
[20:24] <Kobrb> This chamber is pretty normal. There's some dirty clothes, a few books, some spare wood for the fireplace, that sort of thing. Nothing incredibly fascinating.
[20:25] <Alicia> How utterly vexing. She's almost tempted to interrogate him, but doesn't want to upset Alicia by betraying her presence, so she goes back to the warded room to have a look in the library.
03[20:27] * taicls is now known as tai-clsprep
[20:27] <Kobrb> The time is passing by. Marie's spend well over an hour at this and night is wearing on. As she reaches the library, she finds it full of books as expected. OOC - Doing anything in particular for it?
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: looking in particular for any books about the castle itself, or maps of same - she wants to try and find something that'll point to more secret passages
[20:32] <Kobrb> Most of the books here are about arcane study and matters. Things like 'Planar Arcana', 'Sword of the Arcane Order' 'Practical Metamagic', 'Maximize versus Empowering: the endless choice', 'Demonlogy' 'Eye Tyrants and myth', and so forth. There's a few non magical books here about a variety of subjects. Two are about the castle or close to it. One looks to b ea royal genelogy and family tree for Kesse, the other is a study of defensive magic tri
[20:32] <Kobrb> b ea royal genelogy and family tree for Kesse, the other is a study of defensive magic triggers in the castle.
03[20:32] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
[20:34] <Alicia> Well the defensive magic triggers might be something Alicia will care about so Marie grabs that one - Celebrimbor can read it over tonight and she can return it before anyone wakes up. Now she goes to check out the library in the King's chambers.
[20:37] <Kotono> The royal library has lots of books on kingly matters. Heraldry, etiquette, diplomatic relations, geography, ecetera. There's also a smattering of books in dwarven, talking about dwarven-human trade and craft. That sort of thing.
[20:38] <Alicia> Well, she's done all she can here, so Marie heads back to the inn. Celebrimbor's hopefully finished his trance so he can peruse this book while Alicia sleeps and Marie takes a well earned break after working so late.
[20:41] <Kotono> The next morning has the three getting back together. Over breakfast in the inn room, Marie recounts her findings. "That was Seira's rod? Ugh." Shaking his head, "I tried a Sending this morning, but I got no reply." Steepling his hands together, "That Princess sounds quite disturbed as well."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Hmm... tempted to interrogate this wizard but I don't want to tip our hand too early," Alicia considers after Marie's returned from putting the book on magic castle defences back where she found it. "I'm concerned that none of the people Seira mentioned in her first reply were there, nor for that matter anyone Marie could sense as being particularly reprehensible."
[20:45] <Alicia> "That cathedral must be elsewhere... If you can get a sending through to her you should perhaps ask where it is?" she suggests to Celebrimbor.
[20:46] <Kotono> "I plan to, yes," Leaning back in his chair as he thinks, "If she's still alive."
[20:47] <Alicia> "Demedais said she got away safely, I'm sure she's fine," Alicia declares confidently. "It's still pretty early, so it could be that she's just asleep, or else her being on another plane is interfering somehow."
[20:49] <Kotono> "I'll try again later, then," Concluding that, "What are you going to do this day, Alicia?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Couple of things," Alicia begins. "Firstly, we need to find out where this cathedral is - I can try asking around discreetly for that and Marie can look around town for any strong auras that could belong to say a priest or priestess of Shar."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Secondly, we need to find a building to rent where our people can stay while we're operating here and be assured a degree of privacy and security that an inn won't provide. Do you have any suggestions yourself, Lord Drake?"
[20:53] <Kotono> "If we have a secure stronghold, I can attmept meant sto make it safer. I can deal with that while you attempt to find the cathedral?" Celebrimbor says.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia takes out her coin-bag and divides it up, giving Celebrimbor 500gp worth of the large coins and 50gp worth of the smaller ones. "If you want to see about finding a place for us that amount should easily pay for a few weeks and ensure no one asks any questions - meet up outside this inn around lunchtime, say?"
[20:56] <Kotono> "So be it." OOC - Skip along now? What were you going to try and gather info on, Alicia? I'll resolve you first then Marie's searching.
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: for this I'll be looking kinda like the crazy woman who participated in the Erenholm massacre, not identical but a fairly strong resemblance. I'll appear fairly depressed about a family tragedy and indicate I'm looking for some sort of spiritual guidance to make sense of it all because none of the conventional answers seem to work for me. I'll be detecting evil throughout as well, just in case I chance on any likely suspects.
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC - Roll GI?
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:14] <Kotono> Alicia mucks around for the morning in this guise. She tests the waters, finding several people listening to her tale. She gets fragmented advice: Go to the church of Kelemvor is the most common one. No sign of Sharrans trying to lure her in for that time, as far as she can find. Meanwhile...
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[21:18] <Kotono> Marie flies around the city, looking about and searching! About a half hour before the lunchtime meet up, Marie happens down an alley near the river. Between tall buildings, she sees something interesting. A man with a moderate evil aura leans against a wall, chatting with a woman. This woman happens to be J. They're talking in low pitched whispers.
[21:19] <Alicia> J! This is too damn juicy to pass up, that's for sure! Marie sneaks nearby so she can eavesdrop on them.
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: continuing to take 10 for 34 on hide
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[21:21] <Kotono> "...500." The man says in a flat voice. He's short and muscled, wiry framed and clean shaven. He wears normal clothes of decent make ,nothing interesting about him on a look.
[21:21] <Kotono> "350." J crosses her arms, "You owe Rods back from the incident with the hill giant."
[21:22] <Alicia> Excellent, she's caught them in the bargaining phase, that means the best is yet to come.
[21:22] <Kotono> "Tsch." Clicking his tongue loudly, "Fine, 350." Spitting into his palm, he offers his hand out to J. J does the same, the two shaking hands. "Remember, total discretion. Maximum discretion. You screw this up, we both end up in a merc's grave."
[21:23] <Kotono> "I'll find her if she's still alive," Smirking now at J, "I ain't never failed to turn up quarry."
[21:24] <Alicia> Oh, looks like they've already talked about what the deal was. Still, she can infer that J is hiring the suspicious man to find a woman on the sly. Perhaps Seira?
[21:24] <Kotono> "Keep it that way," J says tersely, turning away and walking out of the alley.
[21:24] <Kotono> The man watches her go for a few moments, before turning away and going out the opposite alley.
[21:26] <Alicia> It's a tough choice to decide who to follow, but after a moment Marie elects to pursue J. She was one of the last people they know were with Seira, so hopefully they've got info that can be used.
[21:28] <Kotono> J keeps up a fast, smooth pace. She weaves into another alley, down a side street, through a tavern's kitchen, calling the cook by name(Anthony) in passing as she goes out the front. She heads into a quieter part of town - Marie's etherealness and flying at the only things that let her easily keep up.
[21:29] <Alicia> She is a fast flier! And she has a knack for finding cover to suit her tiny form so she's quite capable of following her quarry without anyone catching sight of her.
[21:29] <Kotono> She leads Marie to a non descript building amid many. It looks like a plain house, J slipping inside.
[21:30] <Alicia> Marie sneaks in by phasing through the wall, as is her habit.
[21:31] <Kotono> Inside is a dirty one room house. THere's some beds, a cooking area, all of it rather unkept. Sitting on one of the beds is Rods, using a cloth and a gauntlet covered hand to shine his gnomish axe. "How'd it go," Rods asks J, not looking up.
[21:32] <Kotono> "He's on it, ran for 50 below what we guessed," With a momentary smile that fades quickly, "Rods, I'm really worried. I sure as shit don't like Seira vanishing after she went to check out the castle."
[21:32] <Alicia> That just leaves Serge. Now to hopefully get some exposition! It sounds like they didn't have anything to do with Seira's disappearance, at least...
[21:33] <Kotono> Grunting, Rods works, "Yeah, she's probably dead. If she was alive she'd have contacted us or we'd be dead too. Not much to be done about it but avenge her." Working away at his axe all the while, focused, "She took good care of us and those fucking rich assholes made her dissapear."
[21:34] <Kotono> Sighing, J slumps down onto the same bed next to Rods. "Ah dammit, you idiot," Hitting hsi shoulder, "You didn't have to say it like that. I liked Seira and she really was good to us, yeah."
[21:35] <Kotono> "YEah, yeah, I'll whisper sweet lies into your ears tonight then," Looking up to muss J's hair with his free hand, "That's the way the world is. You hear the stories about what Seira was into back in the Baronies. Anyone who lives this life is gonna die early. You know that."
[21:36] <Kotono> "Asshole," Repeating that as she looks down, "Yeah, figures. We'll take it out on who's responsible and get rich while we're doing it."
[21:37] <Alicia> Marie considers exposing herself to reassure them of Seira's escape, but decides it probably best to leave the matter to Alicia. It sounds like they're clear of suspicion as far as she knows, though, so she leaves and resumes her search for notably evil souls, intending to meet with Alicia and Celebrimbor at the appointed time.
[21:38] <Kotono> MEeting together in the inn room again, this time over lunch, conversation starts. "I have a good lead on a property we can rent. It'll take some more time to line up, but I like it. Thick stone walls and a deep basement. Stopping detection, especially in the basements, is key."
06[21:40] * Alicia nods, keeping her voice low. "We may need to hold prisoners there, yes," she agrees. "No luck on my end so far, but Marie says she found the mercenaries who brought Seira here, and they're as worried about her as we are. I'm thinking of contacting them this afternoon. How long do you think before we'll be clear on the property?"
[21:41] <Kotono> "A few days. There's talking and people to deal with." Waving his hand, "To break the pattern they expect would only bring suspicion on us, as much as I'd rather not waste more time."
[21:43] <Alicia> "We'll stick with more passive information gathering until then, then," Alicia decides. "A few more nights at the inn won't break the bank, at least. I'll get Marie to stick with you for the rest of the day so you'll know if I run into unexpected trouble with the mercenaries - meet here again at dinner-time?"
[21:43] <Kotono> "Right." Celebrimbor agrees. OOC - SKip along?
[21:44] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[21:45] <Kotono> Going to the nothern part of town, Alicia finds that it's quiet. Not too many people in the streets, though a keen eye can see more in alleys or just glimpsed as they hurry along in the shadows. The building Marie saw is utterly unremarkable, a single door shut.
[21:47] <Alicia> Right now Alicia is reprising the role of a slightly overweight middle-aged woman with steadily greying hair, seeming altogether nonthreatening and unassuming. Counting along the buildings till she reaches the one Marie told her about, she stops in front of the door and knocks three times.
[21:48] <Kotono> There's several seconds of silence, and then, "Yeah?" Rods calls, voice distant. "Who is it?"
[21:51] <Alicia> Not wanting to yell out her name, Alicia settles for replying with, "A recent friend."
[21:52] <Kotono> There's several more seconds of quiet, then the sound of a deadbolt being drawn. The door opens, Rods looming through the narrow entrance. "Yeah?" he asks, left arm out of sight.
[21:53] <Alicia> "My you're in a fine mood today, Rods," Alicia replies with a smile. "Then again, a person can be forgiven for suspicions when their friends go missing, am I right?"
[21:54] <Kotono> Without a particular hestiation at all, "Really now? Try telling me who the hell you are."
[21:55] <Alicia> "I'd rather not say out here," Alicia briefly looks to her left and right. "Suffice to say that I'm sure Serge would be far happier to see me again than you are."
[21:57] <Kotono> Narrowing his eyes, "Really? I wonder. What's the name of your best friend, then?"
06[22:01] * Alicia blinks. The thought of a 'best friend' briefly takes her back to childhood, she hasn't really quantified people in that sense much ever since. The answer's obvious but also a bit strange all things considered. "Antenora's what she goes by these days. Now are you going to let me in or shall I be on my way?"
[22:03] <Kotono> There's a pause, before Rods grins. "Sonuvabitch, what are you doing here," Grabbing Alicia's arm, the middle aged woman is yanked into the house, door closed behind her!
[22:04] <Kotono> Inside, she can see a messy, one room holding it all. Shimmering, J appears nexst to one of the beds, magic fading around her. "Alicia?" she asks.
06[22:05] * Alicia endures the manhandling with good grace. "That's better," she smiles before turning to J. "In the flesh and bigger than ever," she confirms before her demeanour turns more serious. "As if it wasn't obvious I'm here about Seira. Someone contacted her with a Sending spell the day before yesterday and got a very alarming reply back."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yeah, shit got messed up, "Going to sit down on one of the cots, taking his axe from besides the door, "Last we heard of her, she was going to try and infiltrate the royal castle and the roayl family, trying to find a reliable agent in there."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Well something went wrong," Alicia confirms. "She was being held in a Sharran cathedral and named Kort and Armanda as being in on it just as much as Albert. Thankfully we know she escaped, but haven't been able to make contact with her since."
[22:09] <Kotono> "Fuck," J says softly, "We went over the KEssian royal house with her and Armanda got her interest."
06[22:12] * Alicia sighs and rubs her head. "She seems to have a weakness for pretty noble girls..." she mutters. "Well, I had the castle scouted last night and identified Giselle and Denegren as being resident but couldn't be sure of finding Armanda or either of the two princes."
[22:15] <Kotono> "Really?" Rods raises an eyebrow, and them mutters himself, "Figures...projecting..." After that moment, "Figures. Oh dammit, this went all wrong."
[22:15] <Kotono> "I have someone looking for Seira. He's very good. If he can't find her, she's not to be found," J speaks up.
[22:17] <Alicia> "We believe she's currently on another plane - she was definitely safe yesterday morning, although hopefully we'll get a Sending through soon enough to confirm exactly what her situation is," Alicia replies. "Now, I understand you were planning on going after those responsible - now that you know how deep this runs, are you still planning on that?" she asks seriously, looking between the two to gauge their reactions.
[22:19] <Kotono> "Yeah," J says quickly, biting down on her bottom lip, "If we pull this off we'll be made for life...and hell, Seira was good to us. Is good to us. Whatever. I'm not going to let that go without somoene doing something about it."
[22:21] <Kotono> "Yeah, besides...if Seira talked or will talk, we're dead anyway. At worst, might as well go down fighting," Rods grins.
06[22:21] * Alicia nods. "I don't know about profit - if nothing else we need to recover Seira's belongings. One of them was actually a loan from the Kingdom of Pallanth who are understandably going to be distraught if we don't return it soon. But we're going to be taking down those Sharrans hard, and that'll probably put us at odds with the whole damn kingdom."
[22:25] <Kotono> "Yeah, I'm not thrilled about it...but hell. Doubt J's gonna let it go now, and Serge....hell, he'll probably follow you." Rubbing his forehead for just a scant moment, "What I'm saying is that I guess I'm in too then. Though knowing how this is going, we are gonna get the entire damn kingdomon us."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Chances are if we knock over the heirs, given Denegren's health, then Evrai will make a push on Kesse - I had a brief stopover there yesterday and they really don't like you guys," Alicia admits. "But that doesn't concern the United Baronies. What matters to us is punishing those responsible for Erenholm and recovering Seira's belongings - borrowed or otherwise."
03[22:30] * Yukino is now known as CC
[22:30] <Kotono> "Well yeah. Evrai and Kesse haven't gotten along for a good long while," J rubs her arm as she listens. "But yeah, I agree. War's gonna happen no matter what. Plust there's a few other royals as well."
[22:33] <Alicia> "Giselle seems to have severe intimacy issues, although she might not be involved in the cult. Same for Deregren - the latter part, I mean, but we won't know for sure until we find someone who is involved, which I've had no luck on yet. From checking the castle last night, none of them seemed like die-hard followers of the Lady of Loss..."
[20:05] <Kokokokokoko> -----
[20:08] <Kokokokokoko> In the morning Celebrimbor stays bed first thing, sitting cross legged as he murmurs words of arcane power for ten minues. At the end, as Alicia is going through her morning prayers, "Got her!" he says aloud.
[20:08] <Alicia> "You have? Great!" Alicia smiles in relief. "Where is she? How is she?"
[20:09] <Kokokokokoko> roll 1d20+24
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokoko rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[20:11] <Kokokokokoko> "She's near the Gulnan basin in Malmuth, heading towards Atva. As I recall, it's a small town that has a local garrison." Standing up, slowly stretching his old bones, "I'm going to send word to her and then Balmuria. There's stillt he matter of retrieving her, but with teleportation magic it should be a trivial affair."
[20:14] <Alicia> "That's good," Alicia nods. "Are you going to go and pick her up? It'd probably be better to take her to Balmuria rather than back here, at least until we have that building set up. She's too distinctive to be seen walking around Kesse, right now."
[20:15] <Kokokokokoko> "Simplest would be for me to teleport home, use a scroll of scrying with a sending to SEira doesn't resist, and then teleport to her." Celebrimbor strokes his chin. "Take her back to Balmuria so we can debrief her. Considering the importance of it, it may be best if you come with us for this."
03[20:16] * Sierra_OHGODTHELIGHTTHELIGHT is now known as Bookworm_Sierra
[20:18] <Alicia> "I can probably get us back to here afterwards with my own teleports," Alicia agrees after a moment. "Alright, lets pack up our things and go?"
03[20:35] * taifk is now known as Demedais
[20:38] <Kokokokokoko> Seira's return to Balmuria and the garrison is a rapid one, only a stop to get freshened up happening first. Word spreads quickly, people coming to the garrison room. Commander Oberuth is already there, waiting. "Good to see you back in one piece," he says. Demedais and then Donald enter, the latter grinning. "Ah, I knew they wouldn't get you," he says. Celebrimbor goes to sit down carefully, rubbing his shoulders and flexing his joints.
[20:38] <Kokokokokoko> ubbing his shoulders and flexing his joints.
06[20:38] * Seira looks up at Demedais and Donald, before quickly lowering her eyes.
03[20:39] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
06[20:39] * Demedais nods with a slight smile to Seira. "It is a relief to see you back, Seira."
06[20:39] * Seira nods hesitantly in response.
[20:40] <Kokokokokoko> "What's wrong? They didn't do something unspeakable to you, did they? They didn't rape you or rip out your vocal cords?" Donald walks forward, looking Seira over.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Donald, sit down and shut up," Alicia snaps at him after that horribly insensitive comment.
06[20:41] * Demedais stiffens at Donald's comment, before rubbing his head as Alicia handles the chastisement.
[20:41] <Kokokokokoko> "Aaaah!" Blushing at Alicia's words, "I'm just worried is all!" He nonetheless scurries to a seat.
01[20:41] <Seira> "I can speak," Seira says, before looking at Alicia. "I-- they might still come after me. You have to hear what I found out there as soon as possible."
[20:41] <Kokokokokoko> "That's wise," Commander Oberuth nods, "Seira, sit down and tell us what happened. Everything."
[20:41] <Alicia> "There are better ways-" Alicia begins before pausing to let Seira speak. "Go on then, we're listening."
[20:43] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods at this.
06[20:44] * Seira chooses to stand, finding herself a corner of the room to claim for herself. "I took Serge, J and Rods home, because I just wanted to do something for them while I still had the ring. (more)
01[20:44] <Seira> Once there, they expressed a desire to bring down Prince Albert for his crimes, and I... I wasn't sure what I would do, but I wanted to help with that, too. I spent a few days gathering what information I could about the royal family, and so did they. In the end, I had several options. (more)
01[20:46] <Seira> I chose to try an find an ally among the royal family to approach, and see whether any charges could officially be brought up against Albert. The crown prince, Kort, was portrayed as an ineffective fool, and the first princess as a loose woman with no ambitions. The rest of the family was in no position to help, and the king was ailing. That left Princess Armanda."
[20:47] <Kokokokokoko> Celebrimbor's frown is like an icy dagger, "Princess Giselle is demented."
[20:47] <Kokokokokoko> "Sssh," Oberuth says quietly. "Go on, Seira. We can pick this over later, once we've heard everything."
[20:47] <Alicia> "She needs help," Marie puts in more kindly, though she shuffles somewhat awkwardly as she recalls what she witnessed.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Figures. I wouldn't try to recruit a kid and bring it into danger, so I thought I had only one shot at this." Seira sighs. "I observed the palace as well, and the court mage was weak enough I didn't see him as a threat. With that in mind, I approached the princess. She seemed cautious, but heard my case.
01[20:49] <Seira> Professing no understanding of magic, she convinced me to allow her to bring a mage she trusted in for consultation. It was that same mage I saw before, and I didn't see the danger. But it must have been Albert in disguise. I never suspected a thing, until it was too late."
[20:51] <Alicia> "What did they do?" Alicia asks the natural question.
01[20:55] <Seira> "I woke up in their cell. He wanted to know who knew about them, other things. I don't remember it well. He said something about strikes and blindness and I just went berserk when he tried to stab my eye.
01[20:55] <Seira> I escaped, and I hid. It was a cathedral, and Kort and Armanda were there, along with their followers. Armanda was... I think she must be their priestess. They killed...." Seira shakes her head. "I couldn't escape. I hid. I searched almost everywhere, but I couldn't find a way out.
01[20:55] <Seira> The only thing I could do was activate their portal, but it lead to Shadow. You know those times you think anywhere is better than here? It's not always true."
06[20:56] * Demedais shakes his head silently, but keeps listening.
[20:57] <Alicia> "They have a portal? This gets worse and worse..." Alicia grimaces.
[20:57] <Kokokokokoko> "The Shadow Plane. It's disturbingly logical that a temple to Shar would have such a place" Celebrimbor murmurs, rubbing his forehead.
01[20:57] <Seira> "I know the layout of that place, and I think it must be important to them. And it must be recent, too, at least in the current form," Seira says. "Because the portal was not fully complete."
[20:58] <Alicia> "I've never been to a temple of Mystra with a portal to Elysium," Alicia mutters under her breath. "Well we'll shut it down as well," she declares more loudly.
[20:59] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh good. That means they're gonna die all the easier," Donald nods to himself. "We can kick their asses right through there and into Shar's embrace!"
01[21:00] <Seira> "They had shadows. More than I saw, judging by the way some chambers resembled others. For followers, I estimate from six to eighteen, judging by their personal effects. I only saw the former, but it could have been three times as much, most of them not in attendance. And... they had other holding cells. I didn't hear anything from them." Seira lowers her head.
01[21:00] <Seira> "I didn't look too hard. I couldn't even get myself out."
06[21:01] * Demedais nods. "Without any assistance, and in that situation? Likely wise."
01[21:01] <Seira> "They summoned... I think it was a Nightmare, shortly after I broke out of my cell. They were angry about something."
[21:01] <Kokokokokoko> "Tsk," Oberuth says, "Prisoners or sacricices or worse? Judging from Erenholm...but yes, Demedais is correct. There'll be another day to correct that."
[21:02] <Kokokokokoko> "Planar binding, perhaps," Elle's voice is heard as she enters the room. A few moments later Antenora follows in behind her. "Sorry I'm late. Seira!" Coming over to her, "Gods, you look horrible."
06[21:03] * Seira chances a look at Celebrimbor. "I only came upon Lagann when they found me again. It was all I could do to flee, and even that was a close call. I couldn't get it back. I'm so sorry!"
[21:03] <Alicia> "It's alright, Seira," Alicia consoles her. "You did get out, and you'll be able to go back with us when we shut them down for good. You couldn't have helped anyone if you died in there."
[21:03] <Kokokokokoko> "I'm here to ensure we get it back." Celebrimbor says, calmly.
[21:04] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora goes to sit besides Alicia. Oberuth shoots her a brief look, but there isn't any reply.
06[21:04] * Seira bites her lower lip. "Are you here... alone?"
[21:05] <Kokokokokoko> "Yes. Right now, King Lorthan knows and no one else. Retreiving this treasure of Pallanth is a high priority for many reasons."
[21:05] <Kokokokokoko> "It is," Commander Oberuth speaks up again, "But keep going, Seira."
06[21:06] * Seira nods hesitantly again. And, as if only then seeing Elle, latches onto the older mage in turn.
[21:07] <Kokokokokoko> Elle pats her, "Sorry, sorry," she murmurs to Commander Oberuth, going to sit next to Seira, patting her on the back. "Not trying to interrupt."
01[21:09] <Seira> "Keep going," Seira repeats mechanically, before shaking her head and looking about the room. "It would be better if I drew the cathedral."
[21:11] <Alicia> "What about what happened when you went through the portal?" Alicia asks.
01[21:13] <Seira> "There were more shadows. Large shadows. I tried to resist, but they took me. And there were many shadows. Thousands of souls. I lost my mind," Seira babbles. "Everything was dying. And I jumped. And I couldn't hear anymore, and there were terrible eyes everywhere. And... and...."
[21:14] <Kokokokokoko> roll 1d20+24
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokoko rolls 1d20+24 and gets 29." [1d20=5]
06[21:15] * Alicia is sorry she asked, reaching out to clasp Seira's shoulder. "It's alright," she interrupts the babbling. "You don't need to go on."
06[21:15] * Seira hyperventilates. "I was drowning. Because I jumped again. But it was Malmuth, then. And you came to get me."
[21:15] <Kokokokokoko> "That many shadows?" Celebrimbor asks as he thinks, bowing his head and closing his eyes. "That sounds like the Towers of the NIght? Shar's divine realm."
[21:16] <Kokokokokoko> "Jumped?" Elle asks, frowning, but gently shakes Seira's shoulder instead. "Slow down, you're going to pass out. Shh, calm down."
01[21:16] <Seira> "It was the gate," Seira says solemnly. "I couldn't pass the gate. The gate was wrong and I had to step away or I would be trapped and unable to jump."
06[21:17] * Demedais shakes his head, still just trying to understand what happened.
[21:19] <Kokokokokoko> "You're back now." Oberuth looks to the others, "That's enough, Seira. Can any of you add anything to that? Did you learn anything that could help in Kesse, Alicia?"
03[21:19] * Kokokokokoko is now known as KotonoIbis
06[21:21] * Demedais turns to Alicia at this.
06[21:22] * Alicia clears her throat as she turns to address the group. "We arrived in Kesse without much incident - it seems they're on bad terms with nearly all of their neighbours, by the way. From the sounds of it Prince Kort is now walking around with the Second Resort placed proudly on his hip, and I believe the court wizard mentioned earlier has one of Seira's metamagic rods. The other items are still unaccounted for." (more)
[21:24] <Alicia> "When we scouted the palace it didn't seem that Kort, Albert, or Armanda were present. In fact no one there seemed to be an obvious Sharran, which heavily implies they're based elsewhere."
[21:24] <Alicia> "Lord Drake has made some progress in obtaining a defensible property we can use as our base of operations in Kesse, and I've made contact with Rods and J, who were quite worried about what happened to Seira and are willing to assist us even knowing we'll likely be up against everything the royal family can muster."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Albert has the Flash," Seira adds quietly. "I saw it. And...." She pauses. "Armanda mentioned some... dogs? Saxant? She and Kort were going to do something about them."
[21:26] <KotonoIbis> "Sanaxt," Celebrimbor speaks up here, "It's a kingdom north of Kesse. I took the time to study a map. Also on bad terms with Kesse."
01[21:27] <Seira> "I think they were planning an attack on them, but everything is just so cluttered up here...."
[21:27] <Alicia> "We stopped over in Evrai briefly," Alicia adds. "It's to the South. People there gave us some really nasty looks when they thought we were from Kesse."
[21:29] <KotonoIbis> "They could be an ally in this," Commander Oberuth leans forward, towards Seira. "The enemy of my enemy applies well here."
[21:31] <Alicia> "I don't know about attaching ourselves to any neighbouring kingdoms, but it's almost a certainty that once we eliminate the royal family - or even just the strong heir candidates - then Kesse's neighbours will be fairly quick to descend upon it," Alicia observes.
01[21:32] <Seira> "Yes," Seira agrees with Alicia. "They could just betray us. You'll trust them, but they'll just turn it around and have a laugh at how foolish it was to come to them."
[21:32] <Demedais> "Which is in and of itself problematic. Plus, Seira's comment holds true; if Kesse is this far infiltrated, then we must be cautious who we approach in other countries." Demedais nods.
[21:33] <Alicia> "Possible," Alicia nods in support of Seira. "We know nothing about them, after all. We can handle this without their help, I believe, but they're welcome to pick over what's left once we're done."
[21:33] <KotonoIbis> "Perhaps not. If the old social order is goin gto collapse, we would be better served to ensure a stable, new, approved one is installed, rather than letting things fall to anarchy and war."
[21:33] <KotonoIbis> OOC - Gah.
[21:34] <KotonoIbis> "Perhaps not. If the old social order is goin gto collapse, we would be better served to ensure a stable, new, approved one is installed, rather than letting things fall to anarchy and war." Antenora finally speaks up here, "How many will die if things turn into a regional brawl?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "The problem is how," Alicia shakes her head. "We're strangers there, we don't know anyone - to get a trusted person in power we'd have to install one of our own, and that would simply cause rebellion from Kesse and suspicion or even outright hostility from its neighbours."
[21:36] <KotonoIbis> "Decapitaing the old royal family and installing a puppet regime is a tall order," Elle frowns, "Even if we take out the puppet part. IS ther eanyone in the royal family that isn't aSharran or disturbed?"
[21:37] <Demedais> "Even presuming the two capitals practically border each other, quite a few." Demedais shakes his head. "There is no easy way to influence the situation over there." At Elle's comment, he turns to Seira. "You sent three names with your Sending; were any others also a part of this cult, that you noticed?"
06[21:37] * Alicia shrugs in response to Elle. "I didn't really have time to investigate ancillery royals, I've only heard of the direct heirs."
01[21:37] <Seira> "They seemed so nice," Seira says quietly. "They had such interesting ideas for patrols, and people were being taken care of. I thought we could help each other so much...." As Elle and Demedais speak, Seira tries to recall her briefing on the family. "They have a really young girl whose job is to look pretty. I think she isn't evil."
[21:38] <Alicia> "Kesse itself doesn't seem unpleasant, at least on the surface that I've seen," Alicia reluctantly concedes Seira's point.
01[21:39] <Seira> "The king... Kort has him wrapped around his finger. And the younger princes don't stand out even compared to the weak, negative images the older royals have. That alone says much."
[21:40] <Alicia> "I think before we go further we really need to be perfectly clear on our goals here," Alicia fixes the Commander in her gaze. "Is the Archbaron aware of the situation, sir?"
[21:40] <KotonoIbis> "They might just be marginalized. THat could be salvagable," Oberuth considers, "AS I'm seeing it now, our mission to Kesse is three pronged. The first is to eliminate the Sharrans. The second is to recover our artifacts and magical property. The third is to try and prevent a general war from breaking when the royal family is pared down."
06[21:41] * Seira agrees with two of those goals.
[21:41] <KotonoIbis> "I've sent word, yes. No official word, but unofficially?" A shrug comes, "We could even declare war and no one would know over there. Unless I get orders otherwise, you have a free hand using your own discretion when orders don't apply."
[21:41] <Demedais> "Hm. But how to ensure a capable leader takes the throne?" Demedais shakes his head. "We have no idea how corrupt any of these folks may turn out down the line."
[21:42] <KotonoIbis> "We don't. But ten or thirty years down the line isn't our concern," Oberuth continues.
[21:42] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia nods. "Then the third goal is really the point of contention - the other two we can handle easily enough with a minimum of fuss, but that one is a problem. As I see it, we have the following options:" (more)
[21:44] <Alicia> "Firstly, propel one of Kesse's minor heirs to the throne and support them in consolidating power. Not knowing any such royals I have no idea how feasible this is. The second is to install someone of our choosing - as I said earlier this is likely to foster a great deal of local resentment."
[21:44] <Alicia> "The third is to support one of Kesse's neighbours in decisively conquering Kesse with a minimum of bloodshed. Again our lack of local knowledge hampers us here. Does anyone have any other suggestions?" she looks around at the group hopefully.
06[21:45] * Demedais muses. "I cannot directly think of one, no."
01[21:45] <Seira> "Do they need royalty to lead them?"
[21:46] <Alicia> "Doing so keeps things strictly legal within Kesse's own framework," Alicia shrugs. "It'd damp down on any potential for a civil war."
[21:46] <KotonoIbis> "I wish I could. I think the first is best. The third will likely breed insurrection on a local level and general disorder, no matter how bloodless." Antenora thinks here, "We have three friends in Kesse, we could use them to help ensure the royal family is acceptable after the fact?"
01[21:47] <Seira> "And if the ruler is stripped of much of their power, being not much more than a figurehead, that also work. That entire family...." Seira trails off again.
[21:48] <Alicia> "We could place that young Princess as Queen and install someone of our choosing as Regent until she reaches majority," Alicia considers as she rubs her chin. "This would let us groom her to be an acceptable ruler and give us control in the interim."
[21:48] <KotonoIbis> "Install a weaker king and a council? That can work well, it's been fine in Pallanth for endless ages," Celebrimbor says here.
06[21:48] * Demedais just leans back, lost in thought.
06[21:48] * Seira nods.
[21:48] <KotonoIbis> "Heh, how about that Rods as regent. He's a fun guy..." Donald speaks up, "You got a lotta options here for it. IT'll be a bad idea if we don't have this sorted out before we kick their asses, though?
[21:49] <KotonoIbis> "
01[21:50] <Seira> "We can't get the same people who are supposed to keep an impartial eye on things directly involved. I think." Seira winces. "It didn't only sound stupid to me, did it?"
[21:50] <Alicia> "That wasn't the only reason," Alicia agrees.
[21:50] <KotonoIbis> "We do need to have a plan or two in place for it. However, it's the third priority. And no, I understand what you mean. We have people helping Claris in the background and others just watching. It's good common sense to have advisors and watchers."
06[21:51] * Demedais nods to this. "Putting in a government that has a built-in catch in case of failure on the leader's part is best, but...
[21:52] <Alicia> "Effectively we'll be turning Kesse into a puppet state of the United Baronies. We'll be the catch, and I don't think whomever we put in charge is going to forget it," Alicia can't help but smirk a little there.
06[21:53] * Demedais grimaces at this, but doesn't object.
[21:53] <KotonoIbis> "How about we decide pending checking up on the remaining royals?" Celebrimbor speaks up here, "Regardless of how we resolve the problem of the nation afterwards, we still have goals that are both pressing and important."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia nods. "We're far from done in laying the groundwork for the first two points, so we have time to consider our options for the last one."
[21:54] <KotonoIbis> "Very well," Oberuth says here, while Antenora clears her throat.
[21:54] <KotonoIbis> "There's one matter unrelated to this that Seira needs to hear about," she says. "ABout the demons."
[21:55] <Alicia> "Hmph... I had even forgotten amid all this..." Alicia snorts and shakes her head. "Seira, we finally went after those vrocks Esthan told us about. Well, it was a lot more than just vrocks, but anyway, they claimed to be acting on your behalf."
06[21:58] * Seira laughs stiltedly.
[21:58] <KotonoIbis> "I wonder. Did you insult Tymora about a week ago or two?" Elle asks in wonder. "It's a miracle you're alive with all this."
01[21:59] <Seira> "I might as well," Seira mutters. "Can things get any worse? At least I can still commit suicide here. I've been to places that wasn't an option."
[22:01] <KotonoIbis> "Alright. As it stands now, your orders are officially this: Eliminate the Sharrans, Retreive our properties, install a stable regime in our control. They go in that priority from first to last. Dismissed, get working on it."
01[22:02] <Seira> "Why would they single me out?" Seira asks Antenora, approaching her upon the dismissal.
[22:02] <Alicia> "Demedais said that the balor Gurlan put a curse on you to make you evil but a dragon lifted it," Alicia goes on to Seira. "The demons either still think you're on their side, or more likely they want to discredit you. Something you might want to be aware of."
01[22:03] <Seira> "Oh." Seira looks worried. "That wasn't exactly what happened, but I didn't think he would come after me."
[22:03] <KotonoIbis> "What Alicia said," Antenora stands up, "The thread is mostly eliminated now, beyond a succubus and an arrow demon."
01[22:04] <Seira> "Good riddance."
[22:05] <Alicia> "Seriously though, it would have been nice if you'd told me. Hearing it from a marilith wasn't especially comforting," Alicia concludes. "I wouldn't have been happy to hear it from you either, admittedly, but it would have been a little better."
01[22:06] <Seira> "I made a deal with that balor to save my father, and then I reneged on it with Waukeen's help. I don't suppose he or his demons would be happy with me, but they just never showed up till now and we were in the midst of a war with Malmuth. Once that blew over, I thought they cut their losses."
[22:10] <Alicia> "Seems they're mostly just spiting you rather than going after you seriously, so there's at least that," Alicia commiserates. "Anyway, we should probably head back to Kesse to resume our work there. I take it from the lack of mention that everything's quiet here?" she addresses Antenora with that last part.
[22:11] <KotonoIbis> "Nothing particularly relevant," Antenora agrees.
[22:14] <KotonoIbis> As people funnel out of the room, Celebrimbor lingers with Seira. Once they are alone, "Are you going to be up to all this," he asks plainly. "You've endured a considerable trauma."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Anything I tell you wiil probably be a lie," Seira responds with a sigh. "Before you came to get me, Malmuthian soldiers refused to help me, even the way I looked, and it took a lot from me not to strike at them. It is for the best that I'll stay here a few days, all things considered."
[22:17] <KotonoIbis> "You need the rest. Others will carry the torch while you regain yourself." Leaning on his drake styled staff, "I'm thankful you're still alive. I had feared the worst."
01[22:19] <Seira> "That made two of us," Seira admits quietly. "I'll never forget the hours I spent seriously considering a permanent escape."
[22:20] <KotonoIbis> "Don't forget it. Turn the memory of it into a weapon to strike the Sharrans down," Celebrimbor says. "And...your father won't let you get away with it if you did do that. He'll fin da way to drag you back, kicking and screaming.
[22:20] <KotonoIbis> "
01[22:23] <Seira> "He probably would," Seira agrees. "Celebrimbor, just how bad is it? If someone in my position lost a relic like that... and you first introduced me to the king, too...."
[22:25] <KotonoIbis> "It'll cause a lot of lashback. You'll alienate the council and severly damage the trust you've built up. It'll reduce my own standing as well," Despite that, Celebrimbor looks on with composure, "Which is why I'm here to ensure it's returned safely so none of that happens."
01[22:25] <Seira> "And that's why it's kept a secret?" Seira asks. "From everyone? So no one knows, even on the council?"
[22:26] <KotonoIbis> "In short. The council will likely know by the time we return - King Lorthan keeps his own council ultimately and may choose to reveal this to them. That is out of my hands. All we can do is ensure that we get it back."
01[22:27] <Seira> "How long do we have?"
[22:27] <KotonoIbis> "Weeks, months if need be. I can get us sufficient time," Celebrimbor says.
06[22:28] * Seira nods slowly. "This... is really hard for me to ask. Umm. About Amaryl. She's in the dark, too?"
[22:29] <KotonoIbis> "She doesn't know." A nod to that, "Unless the King chooses to tell her."
01[22:30] <Seira> "I'm not sure if I should be relieved, or a bit sad. Maybe a bit of both."
[22:31] <KotonoIbis> "Go rest," Nodding ot Seira, "I need to get going with Alicia. There's still more matters to prepare so that this royal family can be eliminated."
01[22:31] <Seira> "Please be careful," she bids him.
03[22:32] * Demedais is now known as taifk
[22:34] <KotonoIbis> Thereafter, Celebrimbor joins Alicia out in the hall. "Will it just be three of us returning," he asks, "Marie, you and myself?"
06[22:35] * Alicia nods. "Even though nothing's happened yet I'm still concerned we could face reprisals here. Besides that we're still only gathering information, so a larger presence would only attract unwanted attention."
[22:37] <KotonoIbis> "Shall we, then?" Celebrimbor says, "Can you amange the teleports?"
[22:38] <Alicia> "I'm thinking we can probably get there with two," Alicia nods. "Here, take my hand," she asks as she focuses on the valley just outside of her old home in Lorasce.
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d100 call it studied carefully
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 call it studied carefully and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[22:41] <KotonoIbis> Rain. It's raining in Kelara. A gray drizzle comes down around the three, the valley wet and quiet. No birdsong, no noise besides the pitter-patter of rain.
[22:43] <Alicia> "At least we're just here for a moment," Alicia comments. "Do you have any invisibility spells prepared? I want to teleport directly into the city but can't be sure we won't land near a witness."
[22:44] <KotonoIbis> "I do," Celebrimbor calls on a few words, vanishing from sight.
06[22:48] * Alicia also casts alter self to assume her harmless older lady form and taps Celebrimbor with her quarterstaff to change him into his own favoured disguise before she teleports them onto the alley running alongside of the inn they were staying at in Kesse.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually?
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually? and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[22:49] <KotonoIbis> They thus appear there without incident. It's also raining in Kesse - a harder, heavy rain. It's rather soaking, rumbles of thunder heard every few seconds.
[22:50] <Alicia> "Wasn't the weather nicer when we left?" Alicia grimaces after confirming no one's around. "You can dispel the invisibility and we'll go inside to get our room rented again today?"
[22:51] <KotonoIbis> The invisbility is gone! Speaking up over the thunder, "A summer storm. Unfortunate timing. Let's." OOC - AFter you rent a room, then what?
[22:52] <Alicia> Alicia's happy to wait in the room for the storm to blow over but she'll callously send her familiar into the cold and rain to scout the castle some more.
[22:56] <KotonoIbis> OOC: Anything in particular there?
[22:57] <Alicia> OOC: looking for any of the three prime suspects, if she gets a clear shot at the chancellery she can snoop around there, otherwise on the alert for notable magic/evil auras. Has voice of the archon cast on her in case needed, taking 10 for 34 on hide throughout.
[20:27] <Ko-Saulfangirl> --------------------------------
[20:28] <Ko-Saulfangirl> > The invisbility is gone! Speaking up over the thunder, "A summer storm. Unfortunate timing. Let's." OOC - AFter you rent a room, then what?
[20:28] <Ko-Saulfangirl> <Alicia> Alicia's happy to wait in the room for the storm to blow over but she'll callously send her familiar into the cold and rain to scout the castle some more.
[20:28] <Ko-Saulfangirl> > OOC: Anything in particular there?
[20:28] <Ko-Saulfangirl> <Alicia> OOC: looking for any of the three prime suspects, if she gets a clear shot at the chancellery she can snoop around there, otherwise on the alert for notable magic/evil auras. Has voice of the archon cast on her in case needed, taking 10 for 34 on hide throughout.
[20:31] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Thus Marie begins to fly about, hidden and hiding! The first half hour isn't without incident...but it's when she reaches the throne room that something happens. The king is there, looking waxy-gray pale and leaning forward. A dirty, exhausted man kneels before him. "...and it was like ice," he says solemnly. Several richly dressed older men are listening with faces of worry and shock. Besides the king are two women. One is Princess Gis
[20:31] <Ko-Saulfangirl> One is Princess Giselle, dead faced and distant. The other...(More)
[20:34] <Ko-Saulfangirl> She wears the clothes of a nobleman, with a distinctly feminine cut. Her brown hair is kept back in a ponytail, her form rather short and springy. She's not particularly pretty, but she's not hard on the eyes at all. The King coughs four times, shuddering and clutching his chest for several seconds. "Sanaxt...so the entire royal family..."
[20:35] <Alicia> Is she evil?
[20:35] <Alicia> Paydirt! Marie settles in to eavesdrop a while.
[20:35] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Yes, our spies in the palace all say the same thing. Slaughtered or frozen alive." The man says, "Not a soul in the family survived the night time attack."
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 sense motive, do I get any feeling she's responsible?
05[20:37] -sebben.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:37] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:37] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 sense motive, do I get any feeling she's responsible?
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 sense motive, do I get any feeling she's responsible? and gets 17." [1d20=8]
03[20:37] * Taishyr is now known as taifk
[20:37] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "How reprehensible...fools or not..." Coughing again before straighting up, King Denegren sighs. "Once it becomes official, send royal condolences."
[20:38] <Ko-Saulfangirl> There is some murmuring amid the rich dressed men there, Princess Armanda shaking her head. "I don't believe that. The entire royal house dead? That's not possible...unless it's an act of the Gods."
[20:38] <Alicia> Yeah! Shar! But Marie has more sense than to blurt that out.
[20:39] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Giselle continues to stare ahead, seeing nothing. "No God is that cruel..." Denegren grimaces, "Very well. Tell more to Kort when he arrives...I need to rest." King Denegren rises, a pair of guards coming to help him stand.
[20:40] <Alicia> Marie thinks that Armanda would be the most productive person to follow after this meeting.
[20:40] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Father..." Armanda takes a step forward, extending her hand out. A worried frown crosses her face, "Let Prince Kort handle it. You needen't stress yourself."
[20:41] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Armanda...you have duties to see to..." Denegren rasps, as he is helped away.
[20:41] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "As you wish, Father." Bowing her head from the rebuke, "Sister, come with me," Armanda says, Giselle following her without a single word.
[20:41] <Alicia> And Marie follows both!
[20:42] <Ko-Saulfangirl> roll 1d20+21
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Ko-Saulfangirl rolls 1d20+21 and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[20:44] <Ko-Saulfangirl> They head back to Giselle's chambers. Once in there, Giselle goes to sit on her bed. There are a pair of servants there, but Armanda speaks. "Begone. We have a private matter to discuss," Armanda commands, the room emptying. Once it is so emptied, Armanda steps forward, taking a hold of Giselle's head by the chin. "There's still time to change your mind, sister." With an icy smile, "Kort is not yet King." Looking down, "You'll have scar
[20:44] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Kort is not yet King." Looking down, "You'll have scars...but if you give this penance, you will be allowed to join us."
[20:45] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Giselle looks Armanda in the eyes, a dead look with a serene smile. "Tell brother that I won't. No matter if he kills me...or does it in torment...I will not. I will feel alive. I will feel alive. I will feel alive," she chants.
[20:45] <Alicia> Trying to induct their innocent (for various meanings of the term) sister into their warbed cabal? Marie is tempted to intervene but Alicia would disapprove and can probably handle things better when the time comes...
[20:46] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Smack! The movement of Armanda's palm is lighting fast, leaving a reddening welt across Giselle's cheek. "So you can father more worthless bastard children? Kort's mercy won't extend once he's King. Remember when we went to the dungeons on a lark as children, sister? Our dungeons...are worse."
[20:46] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "I will be alive. I will be alive. I will be alive, I will be alive, I will be alive," Giselle chants, starting to rock back and forth on the bed.
[20:47] <Alicia> So tempted to smack the horrible Sharran with some magic missiles...
[20:50] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "So you can father more bastard children with the scullery cook and the carpenter, or perhaps the stablehands?" Another smack, this one sending a few droplets of red blood from Giselle's nose. "No matter how many times you do that, it's futile. There is no life. Only the coming end. If you refuse to see that..." Armanda straightens up, "Think about it, sister."
[20:52] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Giselle looks straight ahead at nothing, whispering, "I will be alive...I will be alive...I will be alive..." Armanda leaves her at that, exiting the bedroom.
[20:53] <Alicia> Marie pursues Armanda, rather wishing Alicia hadn't bothered with Voice of the Archon since the temptation to issue an educational command to the princess is hard to resist.
[20:58] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Princess Armanda heads to the third floor. Here one of the noble suites has a thin man surrounded by muscial intruments. Princess Armanda curties to him, "Good afternoon, teacher."
[20:59] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Ah, Princess. You're on time today, how rarely nice." He speaks in a dry, cool voice. "His Majesty expressed a desire that you continue to work on the lute for the end of summer festival."
[20:59] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Of course, teacher," Frowning, with a cute look on her face, "But I so hate these lessons! I would much rather go practice with a sword or with my bare hands!"
[21:00] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "It's your father's will, Princess." With a stern voice and exasperated look, "If you don't study you'll dissapoint him."
[21:00] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Yes, Father mustn't be saddenend now. Even the slightest burden could be too much," Her rebellious voice calms down, as she goes and selects a lute from amid the instruments about. "I suppose I have no choice but to follow the lesson then."
[21:01] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "It's also far more ladylike. You 'fight' like a barroom brawler," Tsk-tsking, "It's not suitable for a Princess of Kesse!"
[21:01] <Alicia> Or slit the throat of some unfortunate to please your dark goddess... Marie really doesn't like this woman who acts like a girl. Who does she think she's fooling? Evidently the whole stupid kingdom...
[21:02] <Ko-Saulfangirl> As she readies her lute, Armanda giggles. "It's far more graceful than that, teacher! A well aimed punch or kick is an art all to itself!"
[21:02] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "I'd hardly call it graceful. Ballet is graceful. Ballroom dancing is graceful. Bare knuckled fighting is not graceful. Now then, if you'd practice the songs for the summer festival today?"
[21:03] <Alicia> Once Armanda starts playing Marie elects to spend five minutes quickly scooting around the castle to search for any other moderate or stronger evil auras before she comes back. She can rely on her target staying in place for that long, at least.
[21:07] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Marie searches about but has no luck in five minutes. She does a quick sweep of the castle - lots of room for error when going that fast.
[21:07] <Alicia> Back to sit on on Armanda's music lesson, then.
[21:09] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Armanda is a pretty fair talent at the lute. Not a contest winner, but she knows how to play it. An hour of this passes, various upbeat songs tried. Most of them are quite pleasant. When it's done, Armanda rises as her teacher applauds. "That was a good practice today. Keep that up and you'll do well at the festival."
[21:10] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Thank you," Smiling widely at that, "In two days then?"
[21:10] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Yes," The teacher says, as Armanda leaves the room.
[21:10] <Alicia> While Armanda plays Marie observes her for magic auras and checks to see if she's wearing any recognisable rings.
[21:12] <Ko-Saulfangirl> No identifiable rings, though Marie does see a few other things.
[21:13] <Alicia> Marie continues to sneak around after the only real viable target in the castle at the moment.
[21:16] <Ko-Saulfangirl> This time she heads to another royal's quarters. Here a man wearing simple, loose blue clothes waits. He's well muscled and has brown hair, alone in his audience room, standing before the fire. A ring on his left finger looks familiar. One of Seira's rings. Spellstoring, she believes. Armanda comes to him, "I have a few hours," she says.
[21:17] <Alicia> Is he evil and does he have any other magic auras?
[21:17] <Ko-Saulfangirl> The man's eyes are a striking black, alluring in a way that makes Marie's legs feel weak. "We'll go, then."
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft for the evil beneath his pants
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft for the evil beneath his pants and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[21:25] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Hm?" Albert looks about, back and forth. "Tsch! There's a lurking secret in the room." With a momentary twist of his smile into a gruesome grimace, "You shouldn't keep secrets from me."
[21:27] <Alicia> That is surely cheating. Not wanting to tip them off to her presence, Marie has little choice but to retreat by phasing into the ceiling, but not so far that she can't hear them still talk nor keep track of their locations by their vile auras.
[21:27] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Armanda scans about as well, "Really? This castle is lousy with divination and spies lately." Marie hears that, somewhat muffled.
[21:29] <Alicia> She should be pretty secure here for the moment, so Marie continues spying, although she wonders just how he detected her - there wasn't any sign of divination magic on him, and that's the only explanation since if he spotted her he wouldn't have been so circumspect.
[21:30] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Shhh." Albert says, a silence settling in. Several seconds pass with no noise at all.
[21:30] <Alicia> Being ethereal is a nice way to ensure absolute silence, even if she is inside a solid object. Marie keeps an eye on their auras to ensure they aren't sneaking off or anything.
[21:39] <Ko-Saulfangirl> After a few minutes, the two are going to another room. Looks like into the bedroom.
[21:39] <Alicia> Staying within the ceiling, Marie heads in the same direction.
[21:43] <Ko-Saulfangirl> They pass through the bedroom, going to the closet. Herein, Marie can here words of arcane power being spoke!
[21:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft to id spell being cast
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft to id spell being cast and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[21:44] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Marie can't identify it! A few moments later, the auras are gone.
[21:45] <Alicia> Well, Marie enters into the room and settles for trying to identify the lingering aura that's left.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[21:45] <Ko-Saulfangirl> No luck for Marie. It's a walk in closet - no lights, so it's rather dark and shadowy.
[21:46] <Alicia> Shadows do not exist when you have darkvision! Anyway, time to search this closet and bedroom for clues or loot.
[21:47] <Ko-Saulfangirl> OOC: Taking ten or twenty or rolling search?
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: lets take 20 for 21
[21:50] <Ko-Saulfangirl> Marie takes her time! There's not much of interest in the room - lots of learning and fancy books, good clothes, a mirror, a few half written love letters. Nothing particularly telling or worthwhile, unless Marie wants to steal the loose gold and silver coins he keeps in a drawer.
[21:50] <Alicia> No not really. Does he have a hairbrush or anything lying around?
[21:51] <Ko-Saulfangirl> There's a hairbrush, yes.
[21:52] <Alicia> Briefly turning corporeal, Marie yanks a few strands of hair from it before turning incorporeal again and going to find Alicia and Celebrimbor.
[21:53] <Ko-Saulfangirl> It's not raining anymore. A rainbow can ge glimpsed in the sky, puddles of water all over town. Celebrimbor and Alicia are found in the inn room where they are expected to be.
[21:57] <Alicia> After Marie reports her findings Alicia is less than pleased. "It sounds like they're preparing for something big... and we're still lacking in progress. Although with those hairs... do you think you could try scrying on Albert, Lord Drake?"
[21:58] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "I could try on the morrow. I don't have it prepared," Celebrimbor nods with a look of complete distaste. "Or have executed a big move, or part of one. The attack on Sanaxt is almost certainly the handiwork of these depraved royals."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Having two rings of teleportation gives them a great deal of tactical flexibility," Alicia nods sadly. "And they're not shy at all about using it - of course, neither are we, so at least we're not particularly disadvantaged there. I think it would be best to attempt scrying once we know he's out of the castle - Marie said he'll likely be back in a few hours, so she can try and gather more information then."
[22:05] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Right. Then I should go pursue this safehouse in the meanwhile, so it is available as soon as possible," Rising up now, "I will return in af ew hours."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Since the weather's improved I think I'll go see if I can scour up some more information - hopefully find some people familiar with the castle wandering about this time of day." Alicia proceeds to disguise herself as a skinny teenage girl looking not dissimilar to how Beth was when she left Kelara.
[22:12] <Ko-Saulfangirl> OOc - GI again?
[22:13] <Alicia> OOC: yes, focus this is on the hangouts of the royal family besides the palace - fancy townhouses, countryside villas, that sort of thing.
[22:14] <Ko-Saulfangirl> OOC: Roll away.
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: take 10 for 25
[22:17] <Ko-Saulfangirl> By late afternoon, Alicia is sitting at a mid-scale bar next to a tired looking woman. She drinks deeply from a mug of sweetened mead, "Oh yeah, I do cleaning at the castle. Hard work. What, are you thinking about trying to get on board with it, girlie?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "I'm a hard worker," Alicia insists earnestly. "And Prince Albert... he's so dreamy..." she sighs wistfully for a moment. "So anyway I was thinking, the castle probably has all the staff it needs, but what about other royal residences? Seasonal work, you know, for when they're holidaying or partying?"
[22:21] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Well, the King's not so well," Keeping her voice in a whisper, "Most of the royals aren't too far away now. But in the fall, after the end of summer festival, it's traditional to go to Halla. It's a mountain retreat to the west, lovely place. If they go this year you might have a chance of getting on board."
03[22:24] * Haruka is now known as Cidward
06[22:24] * Alicia nods. "That's a thought, I guess if I can wait that long. Hmm... they probably need people to look after places like that even when they're not there? In case they skip off for a day or so's getaway?" she asks hopefully.
[22:37] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "There's some permanent staff. Might not be a bad job if you can get it," Rubbing her chin as she says it, "It would beat cleaning in the main castle for sure!"
[22:38] <Alicia> "What places do you think it might be worth asking at?" Alicia prods with a guileless smile.
[22:42] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Tell you what, I can introduce you to the girl in the castle that handles that. Will you be here in a few days?" she asks.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Unless something happens, sure," Alicia shrugs brightly in reply.
[22:44] <Ko-Saulfangirl> "Meet me here in three days," she says, "The girl who does it is back then and I'll bring her over for drinks. You can get the inside track that way."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia agrees. "So what's it like working there, anyway? I mean, you probably see a side of the people in charge that most folks don't, right?"
[19:57] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Unless something happens, sure," Alicia shrugs brightly in reply.
[19:57] <Kotono> > "Meet me here in three days," she says, "The girl who does it is back then and I'll bring her over for drinks. You can get the inside track that way."
[19:57] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia agrees. "So what's it like working there, anyway? I mean, you probably see a side of the people in charge that most folks don't, right?"
[19:59] <Kotono> "Well...." Tapping her chin as she drinks, "Yes, sometimes."
[20:00] <Alicia> "What're they like?" Alicia leans closer and grins in a conspiratorial fashion. "Really?"
[20:03] <Kotono> "His Majesty's not so bad," Lowering her voice into a whisper, "But he's so sick these days. I think he's going to go home to Kelemvor soon."
[20:04] <Alicia> "That means it'll be King Kort, won't it?" Alicia lowers her voice to match, mostly just prodding enough to keep the discussion going so the maid can vent.
[20:06] <Kotono> "Yes. King Kort..." Biting her lip, "He's kind of quiet. He's polite and not rude at all, but he's...well..." A shrug, "He doesn't pay much attention to the maids. He's acting more like a King these days."
[20:08] <Alicia> "Something wrong with him, then?" Alicia suggests quietly.
[20:13] <Kotono> "No, no..." Shaking her head, "I just wonder if..." Blushing now, "There was a rumor a little ago...that...he's deviant. He's not interested in the Princesses of the world."
[20:13] <Alicia> "Oh!" Alicia blushes herself. "That'll make getting an heir difficult, won't it?"
[20:14] <Kotono> "Yes! The rumor is that he was seen coming out of a room with men more than once!" Whispering back, "And they immediately split up and tried not to be seen."
[20:15] <Alicia> "My, my... well, at least Albert's not that way, right?" she suddenly looks worried, "He isn't, is he?"
[20:15] <Kotono> "Oh no!" Her color turns a litlte more calm, finishing her mead off. "He's very friendly to the ladies."
[20:17] <Alicia> "The stories say he's a bit of a playboy. Is it true?"
[20:18] <Kotono> "Oh yes. About two years ago he got friendly with one of the maids. It started leaking out...you know, sowing his royal oats? She's not a maid anymore...I hear she got transferred to a really cushy job out in the country somewhere. So yes, he's a playboy..." But with a longing sigh, "But one of the good ones. He could tell her to go to the Abyss and no one would've batted an eye. But he took care of Axandra instead."
[20:20] <Alicia> Nothing worse than a villain with good publicity, Alicia thinks. "That sounds like a way to get ahead," she forces herself to quelch her feelings of disgust and giggle, "Where was she sent off to?"
[20:22] <Kotono> "Oh, out west. Now that I think about it, I think it was Halla." Waving over another mug of mead and putting down a silver coin in payment, the barkeep comes and goes. After, "She's a nice girl, sweet and innocent. She's a dear, if you make it out there I'm sure you'll meet her."
[20:24] <Alicia> "I can hope," Alicia smiles. "Still... I doubt it would be so easy for me. They're not all handsome princes, after all - so what are the princesses like?"
[20:26] <Kotono> "Well, there's Princess Giselle..." Sighing there, "She's not bad to work for now. It's like working for a doll. Poor girl...she slept around and got her heart tangled up with the common person. His Majesty wouldn't tolerate it. She had two bastards, you know.
[20:26] <Kotono> "
[20:27] <Alicia> "That's a bit unfair, isn't it? Albert gets away with it but not her?" she shakes her head sadly.
[20:30] <Kotono> "That's life. I hear His Majesty was going to marry her off to someone, one of the minor city-states to the southeast. That's just the old rumor, but..." A sweet smile there, "One the cherry is popped, the fruit's no good to sell."
03[20:31] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
06[20:32] * Alicia snorts. "What pig actually cares about that? Do they get turned on by hurting their wife on the first night?" She shakes her head in disgust. "I suppose Armanda would have to be on her best behaviour to avoid the same, wouldn't she?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "That's how men play," A shrug there again, "Armanda's not so bad. She's a tomboy...she might be like Kort and not be producing an heir, either. She insists on wearing men's clothing! It's scandalous. She even learned to fight with her bare hands. But she hasn't slept around, so His Majesty seems to tolerate it."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Not very dignified for a princess, is it?" Alicia agrees. "Why the interest? Has she ever been attacked or had to fight for real?"
[20:36] <Kotono> "Not that I know of," Frowning at that, "She's always been like that, though."
[20:38] <Alicia> "Strange..." Alicia muses. "She must not have much faith in her bodyguards, then."
[20:41] <Kotono> "Dunno," Admitting that, "She's not unfriendly."
[20:43] <Alicia> "Mmmm..." Alicia nods, accepting that. "Any other interesting rumours going around the castle, do you know?"
[20:43] <Kotono> "Prince Denegren got in a fight with one of his servants, or so it goes. He's a bit spoiled...I hear her threw his soup in the poor man's face."
06[20:44] * Alicia laughs. "How old is he, again?"
[20:48] <Kotono> "Fourteen, but spoiled," Drinking again from her mead glass, "Very spoiled."
06[20:49] * Alicia tuts. "You'd think he'd have grown out of it by now," she agrees. "Anyway, it's getting on and I should probably go see about dinner. I'll see you around?"
Session Close: Sat Jan 10 20:55:56 2009
Session Start: Sat Jan 10 20:55:56 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:55] * Disconnected
02[20:56] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[20:56] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[20:56] * Topic is 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais>Marie(17)>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
03[20:56] * Set by Kotono on Sat Jan 03 19:34:27
03[20:56] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[20:58] <Kotono> "Be well," she says, as Alicia goes off! OOC - What's your plans now?
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: Does the map I bought earlier show where Halla is? If not I'll try to locate a new map.
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Halla's well to the west, in the higher hills. There's roads and such that lead to it. This reminds me, net quiet day we need to work on that map of Kesse.
06[20:59] * Alicia heads back to the inn and waits for Celebrimbor to show up so they can plot their next move.
[21:01] <Kotono> That early evening, Celebrimbor returns. Over dinner, "The purchase is going well enough. I can have us using it tomorrow," he says.
[21:02] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia nods. "We can start bringing people over then and prepare to step things up. From asking around a bit I've found out the royals have a residence in Halla to the West. Albert apparently sends his playmates there, so I'm thinking it could be worth investigating since the castle itself seems barren."
[21:15] <Kotono> "I can get a description of it tomorrow and get us over there," Celebrimbor volunteers. "Far easier than travelling overland."
06[21:18] * Alicia digs out the map and shows where Halla is to Celebrimbor. "We don't have time for overland travel," she agrees. "I could probably teleport there as well myself from the map, but we could wait till tomorrow. Say once we've set ourselves up in your building we can go check out Halla then return to Balmuria?"
[21:19] <Kotono> "Pending on how it resolves out, yes," Celebrimbor agrees. "Another day at the latest if we get delayed.
[21:19] <Kotono> "
[21:19] <Alicia> "I hope it is there," Alicia sighs. "The city seems utterly dry of Sharran activity. If we can't find that cathedral we're going to have to take our targets right out of the palace."
[21:21] <Alicia> "You can still scry on Albert on one of his trips if it doesn't pan out," Marie volunteers brightly.
[21:23] <Alicia> "Speaking of that, they should be back by now - want to go take a look around the palace?" Alicia turns to her familiar. Marie gives her ready assent and heads off to scour the place for the evil auras of Armanda and Albert.
03[22:27] * Sierra_Comatose is now known as Sierra_Mikain
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Searching for just evil auras?
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: she'll use them as a guide but she'll stop if she sees anything interesting. Also looking for magic auras.
[22:37] <Kotono> As Marie wanders the evening halls of the palace, she comes on something interesting! On the third floor, in one of the nicer rooms, there is a man. He is gaunt faced but composed, serious brown eyes as he sits on the floor. He meditates, a magical pair of bracers worn and a symbol of a pair of scales hanging from his neck.
[22:37] <Alicia> Is he evil?
[22:37] <Kotono> He is not evil.
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:38] <Alicia> OOC: any knowledge check for what the scales mean?
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Religion.
[22:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[22:40] <Alicia> Marie marks this location and moves on. If she doesn't find any of her real targets lurking around then she can spy on this guy a little in case he does anything of note.
[22:43] <Kotono> Marie does see Giselle in her room. She's sitting there, a maid brushing her wet hair. Giselle wears nothing, as another maid rubs a smooth lotion into her back. She doesn't seem to particularly care about her state, though. Albert and Armanda aren't seen in their rooms. OOC - Any of this itnerest you or continue on?
[22:43] <Alicia> OOC: move on
[22:45] <Kotono> Going by the King's chambers, Marie finds an interesting scene there. The King is in bed, Kort besides him, sitting in a chair. The man of Kelemvor she say earlier is there, chanting over the King and praying.
[22:46] <Alicia> Is Kort evil? And is he carrying the artifact gnome sword?
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[22:48] <Alicia> Well, looks like Marie's found their priest. She settles in to discreetly observe things.
[22:49] <Kotono> "I'm sorry, but there's nothing to be afraid of," The priest of Kelemvor speaks, "It's His Majesty's time. But worry not, Kemelvor is an open, fair judge of the dead. Death is not something to be feared."
[22:49] <Kotono> Prince Kort closes his eyes, "Father..." he says, reaching hands out to touch his father's hand, holding it.
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 sense sincerity
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 sense sincerity and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[22:50] <Kotono> King Denegren coughs twice, "I could have told you that...it was my time, priest," he says with a dry remnant of humor. "Kort..." He turns to his son.
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[22:51] <Alicia> Huh. Two swords? What a show-off.
[22:51] <Kotono> "Father," he says, "Kesse will prosper. You needn't worry."
[22:52] <Alicia> So tempted! Why oh why is Alicia forcing her to keep quiet? If only she could speak up and tell them what's what!
[22:52] <Kotono> "Good..." Denegren coughs several more times, "My son...I'm proud of you..." He wheezes, then looks up to the priest. "Go. I wish to be with my son...I may yet live longer, but..."
[22:52] <Kotono> "As you wish. Do not worry, The Lord ofthe Dead will judge you fairly," Bowing to the king, the priest leaves the room.
[22:52] <Alicia> Marie on the other hand does not!
[22:54] <Kotono> "Oh Father..." Kort smiles, reaching his hand out. He takes a pillow, reaching out and putting it over Denegren's face. "It's time to go to sleep, Father." There are a few faint sounds and weak coughs from Denegren as he struggles weakly! "Now that it's certain that you're dying...Heheheheh. All your work with me...everything...everything will be laid low, Denegren. Shar is waiting for you, go to her!"
[22:54] <Kotono> Denegren. Shar is waiting for you, go to her!"
[22:56] <Alicia> Ahahaha! Screw what Alicia said, Marie isn't going to sit by and let this pass! Turning corporeal, she draws her bow and proceeds to unload a flurry of arrows at him from above the door as she yells quite shrilly, "Leave him alone!"
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC - Three hits.
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 3d4+9+3d6+3d4
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4+9+3d6+3d4 and gets 31." [3d4=3, 1, 1][3d6=3, 1, 6][3d4=4, 1, 2]
[22:58] <Kotono> The arrows catch Kort offguard as she turns corpreal, shocking and bursting Kort! He staggers, the hold on Denegren broken! "Ugh!" He gasps, turning, "You!" OOC - Initiative.
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:58] <Kotono> "What the hell are you?" He coughs, "A pixie?"
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Kort Kesse>Marie'
[22:59] <Alicia> "Mystra's wrath, come to bring you down!" Marie might reflect she's been spending too much time around Alicia, really.
[23:00] <Kotono> "Grovel and die, Mystrite!" Kort draws the Resort in one smooth motion, closing into slash Marie!
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-4 PA, Resort Smite)
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-4 PA, Resort Smite) and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC - Marie's AC?
[23:01] <Alicia> OOC: hahaha, not that (28 vs evil)
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 3d8+22+1+6d8 (1 is vile)
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+22+1+6d8 (1 is vile) and gets 63." [3d8=4, 5, 4][6d8=7, 7, 2, 1, 6, 4]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia's init, she's channelling an enervation into her staff and teleporting to the room adjacent to Denegren's bed
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia's init, she's channelling an enervation into her staff and teleporting to the room adjacent to Denegren's bed and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[23:05] <Kotono> The Second Resort cuts into Marie with sickening, staggering ease! It nearly bisects her, the God-King's long lost power smiting her smoothly! She hangs onto life, feeling utter agony at this touch of divine and unholy power mixed into one! (More)
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+10
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+10 and gets 14." [2d8=1, 3]
[23:06] <Kotono> As Marie is cut into, Kort quickly touches himself! Almost instantly some of his wounds heal! OOC - Okay, so Alicia's going to react via empthatic link and teleport in here?
[23:07] <Alicia> OOC: she's not going to wait a second if she's feeling Marie in that much pain, no
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: It'll take a round for you to materialize(You'll basically appear after Marie acts, tied with Kort. Roll the d100 for TP?)
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[23:09] <Alicia> Marie cries out in keening wail of utter agony, turning incorporeal and fleeing into the ceiling to escape!
03[23:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Kort Kesse>Marie'
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC - Go, Alicia.
06[23:11] * Alicia appears just in time to see her familiar fleeing in utter agony before her eyes lock onto Kort. "Those swords," she begins with a dark look as she brings her staff into a guard position before incanting a spell and firing a crackling ray of negative energy at him, channeling another enervation into the weapon as she does so. "They don't belong to you!"
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 ranged touch and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[23:14] <Alicia> A nimbus of holy light surrounds Alicia as she vents her arcane fury upon the Sharran Prince!
[23:14] <Kotono> The clatter of combat is heard as a pair of guards rush into the room! Alicia's ray hits Kort, reducing his life force! Denegren coughs weakly as the guards gawk, "Trouble in the King's room," one calls back, while Kort whirls and goes after Alicia, "Alicia Renyes! Your head is mine!" Kort declares!
[23:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-3 drain, using Maim from the resort)
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-3 drain, using Maim from the resort) and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC - AC?
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: 20
[23:17] <Kotono> roll 3d8+14+1 (1 is vile)
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+14+1 (1 is vile) and gets 19." [3d8=1, 1, 2]
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC - nix the damage.
[23:17] <Kotono> roll 2d4+2 cha damage and one physical damage, misread maim
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4+2 cha damage and one physical damage, misread maim and gets 4." [2d4=1, 1]
[23:18] <Kotono> The blow shudders Alicia, making her feel less than she is, reduced! The magic drains her very apperance! OOC - Alicia, assuming MArie's hiding and whimpering.
[23:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20-2 unrelated
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-2 unrelated and gets 9." [1d20=11]
06[23:20] * Alicia grimaces at the blow before turning her glare upon Kort. "Enjoy your petty triumph, Sharran, for it is your last," she intones before unloading a vicious flurry of staff strikes to utterly brutalise and ruin her foe!
[23:20] <Alicia> OOC: divine might, 4th and 2 3rd level channel, using bracers
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[23:21] <Kotono> OOC - 28 and above hits.
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 2d4 enervations
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 enervations and gets 4." [2d4=1, 3]
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 5d8+55+50d4
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+55+50d4 and gets 184." [5d8=2, 5, 1, 6, ]
[20:24] <Ko-DieEliDie> OOC: No last lines, since I think we all remember you doing massive damage and draining to poor Kort. Meanie.
[20:24] <Ko-DieEliDie> ----
05[20:25] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:25] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:25] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:29] <Ko-DieEliDie> Gathering arcane might into her quarterstaff, Alicia slams out! Her arms crackle with eldritch-blue fire as she slams the but of the quarterstaff into Kort's chest! His armor gives way as he staggers back, Alicia advancing forward! SLAM! A blow into his head, sending blood all over! Staggering Kort, Alicia brings her quarterstaff up once more! So dizzied, Kort doesn't have a chance to evade as Alicia thrust the burning staff through the t
[20:29] <Ko-DieEliDie> chance to evade as Alicia thrust the burning staff through the top of Kort's skull! The crack of skull and bone is mammoth, Kort going down in a spray of sizzling, burning away gore! OOC - Yeah, he's dead thanks to the drains on top of it. Free act and more coming.
[20:30] <Ko-DieEliDie> The guards in the room gape in horror, "Prince Kort!" One of them screams, as you can hear noises coming from the hallway. Lots of noises, "It's an assassination!!!"
[20:32] <Alicia> As Alicia straightens herself up and breathes out from her exertions, Marie sneaks back in. "Kort tried to kill Denegren!" she shrieks.
06[20:32] * Alicia quickly looks between the guards and the king. "Armanda and Albert are in on this as well, your highness," she speaks quickly, not wanting to stick around unless this can be rapidly defused. "Tell the guards to stand down and I'll explain, else I am gone."
[20:33] <Ko-DieEliDie> The king is lying on the bed. HIs face is ashen pale, his eyes wide open! His eyes are starting to glaze over, a bit of drool coming. He's...not looking like he's breathing much. A look of total shock is plastered onto his face.
[20:36] <Alicia> "Hells!" Alicia curses, things not working out well at all right now. Since she landed right next to the bed, she reaches down and grabs the king's arm, channelling healing spellfire into him to see if that has any effect while Marie continues to rant shrilly about how Kort was trying to suffocate the king.
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 15." [5d4=3, 1, 3, 2, 1]
[20:37] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d20-2
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d20-2 and gets 11." [1d20=13]
[20:39] <Ko-DieEliDie> Kort lies on the floor, the Second Resort besides him. His lifeblood stains in a pool around as another four guards rush in, along with a man in a shining breastplate, "No!" he calls, "You won't have them! We won't fall like Sanaxt!" The spellfire passes into the king, a few ragged breaths coming from him! He breathes a little, but then hsi breath starts to slow again, weakening! In front of Alicia swords are drawn, while some do look at
[20:39] <Ko-DieEliDie> In front of Alicia swords are drawn, while some do look at Marie's babbling. "It's not possible!" one says in shock!
[20:41] <Alicia> "The king is dying!" Alicia yells sharply, hoping someone will have sense. "Get the priest of Kelemvor!" Marie chimes in. "I have no interest in further bloodshed - stand down!" Alicia barks afterwards.
[20:42] <Ko-DieEliDie> OOC - Make a diplo check? Apply the +2 bonus for your aura but also a -8 circumstancial aura. The crown prince IS dead in front of them, y'know.
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[20:46] <Ko-DieEliDie> "Call the priests!" The breastplated man calls, as you hear more noise from the hall. He looks levelly at Alicia, "Surrender your weapon. If you are innocent you will be treated justly."
06[20:49] * Alicia shakes her head. "Kort was but one of the conspirators. Albert and Armanda are just as involved, and are guilty of high crimes against the United Baronies. I will not rest until they are likewise brought to justice." She gestures down at the second resort. "That sword is a national treasure of my nation. Did you think Kort simply found it under a bush?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "Hey Alicia, think you could heal me?" Marie whines as she bobs in the air behind the paladin, "If I was corporeal right now I think I'd be in two parts... owww."
[20:50] <Ko-DieEliDie> More soldiers rush into the room, another six! This time, the man's voice is low, "Surrender or be taken. I care not for what you babble of, nor of what this Baronies are." These men look to be guards, many of them with weapons drawn. Some stare at shock at the Prince, others at the King!
[20:52] <Alicia> "Have it your way!" Alicia snaps, tossing her worthless quarterstaff across the chamber towards the guards before casting teleport to transport herself, Marie, the corpse, and its gear back to the inn room with Celebrimbor.
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 48." [1d100=48]
[20:55] <Ko-DieEliDie> Wooosh! The living duo and Kort are transported to the inn room! Celebrimbor is there, starting as he stares at the slain Prince. "What happened," he asks quickly, Kort now staining the inn room floor red.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Our cover's blown," Alicia sighs in disgust as she finally gets around to healing Marie. "But Kort was in the process of violently succeeding the throne from what Marie says... though from what I saw of Denegren I'm not sure he'll see the dawn, whether his other children finish the job or not."
[21:00] <Ko-DieEliDie> Celebrimbor rubs his eyes wearily, "This is Kort? The other two royals remain untouched? If the King is dying, who takes the throne then?"
[21:01] <Alicia> "I think Albert's next in line," Alicia shakes her head. "We're probably safe here since they have no reason to know about our other identities, but I'd rather not risk it - do you have any other teleport spells, Lord Drake?"
[21:03] <Ko-DieEliDie> "I have a few uses of mundane teleport. They can get us to Balmuria, assuming nothing else fails. I also have a few emergency scrolls, but I'd prefer to use those only if things go wrong with teleport."
[21:04] <Alicia> "It'd probably be best to return to Balmuria with them now, I think," Alicia suggests. "We need to inform the others, and we can try to scry on Albert from there tomorrow - I don't think we can wait around much longer."
06[21:06] * Alicia belatedly stops glowing.
[21:12] <Ko-DieEliDie> "Let's go, then...are we going to take Kort with us?" Celebirmbor asks.
[21:14] <Alicia> "They'll probably turn him into a death knight or something if we leave him behind, so why invite future problems?" Alicia shrugs. "We can have him cremated in Balmuria."
[21:17] <Ko-DieEliDie> "Let us go then," Celebrimbor steps towards Marie, Alicia and the body. "Will you be alright, Marie? You're still wounded."
[21:19] <Alicia> "I'm a little better now, although I think I'll need to go to church to heal all of it," Marie replies bravely. "Never thought I'd see a mortal who could inflict vile wounds..."
[21:20] <Ko-DieEliDie> "Now then...first the jungle temple,' CElebrimbor begins to chant, calling on the gods of wind and travel to open the true path ahead!
[21:20] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d100
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[21:21] <Ko-DieEliDie> Woosh! It's quite pitch black here - only a beautiful, diamond expansy of the starry sky shedding any light at all. Night's cloak is thick as molasses here, at least for Alicia. "Success. Now for the second leg," Celebrimbor begins to chant again!
[21:21] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d100
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[21:22] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d10*1d10
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d10*1d10 and gets 32." [1d10=4][1d10=8]
[21:22] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d9
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d9 and gets 5." [1d9=5]
[21:24] <Ko-DieEliDie> Wooooosh! Again you travel on the wings of teleport, but there is a strange jarring! You stand amid mountains. You can see quite well, the air crisp and cool and thin. These rugged moutnains stretch out around you, the party on a cliff overlooking a bowl shaped miniature valley. But all around you there is an electric blue glow - dozens; nay, hundreds of crackling spots of eletric blue light line the ground, the stony heights, the cliffs,
[21:24] <Ko-DieEliDie> hundreds of crackling spots of eletric blue light line the ground, the stony heights, the cliffs, everything! Countless shocker lizards are all around you!
[21:24] <Alicia> "Ah... you have another teleport available, right?" Alicia draws closer to Celebrimbor, recalling how one of her predecessors in the Crimson Guard met her demise.
[21:26] <Ko-DieEliDie> Celebrimbor stares for several moments. "It's...gorgeous," he murmurs, as if a thousand eletric blue souls were lighting the mountainscape around you. Nonetheless he quickly shakes his head, "I have a scroll. Hold on and pray that nothing happens as I cast. Shield me, just incase!" For even as Celebrimbor begins to react, the lizards turn to stare at the trio! OOC - I'm calling initiative here to see if the lizards are fast enough to try
[21:26] <Ko-DieEliDie> OOC - I'm calling initiative here to see if the lizards are fast enough to try anything unfortold.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d20+6 oh shit that's a lot of lizards
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d20+6 oh shit that's a lot of lizards and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[21:26] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d20+2
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
03[21:27] * Ko-DieEliDie changes topic to 'Alicia=Shocker Lizards>Marie>Celebrimbor'
[21:27] <Ko-DieEliDie> OOC - Go ahead and go, 'icia?
06[21:27] * Alicia quickly incants a spell to protect Celebrimbor. "Weave of magic, protect my ally from the elements!" she calls as the elf is warded against electricity.
[21:28] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 2d3
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 2d3 and gets 5." [2d3=2, 3]
[21:29] <Ko-DieEliDie> The lizards band together! From them two great gouts of shocking lighting come forth, one at Marie and one at Celebrimbor, great gatherings of pure electric oomph! OOC - Ref saves yout wo.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: Marie laughs at electricity and proclaims that it feels nice and tingly in her special place
[21:30] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d20+6
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[21:30] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 12d8
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 12d8 and gets 44." [12d8=3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 8, 1, 1, 8, 3, 6, 5]
[21:31] <Ko-DieEliDie> The great bolts turn the sky blue-white with current! Marie is struck by one, unaffected! Celebrimbor is hit byt he other, arcane wards of Alicia springing to life as he endures! While most of the energy dissipates away from him, he still is shaken and staggered! Rocking back," Enough of this place!" Celebrimbor says with a cough, "Wind and earth, move us from this place in an instant!"
[21:31] <Ko-DieEliDie> roll 1d100
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Ko-DieEliDie rolls 1d100 and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[21:32] <Ko-DieEliDie> With a woosh, the party appears in front of Seira's inn! You find the streets are lit exceedingly bright, several torches and lanterns about! A band of guards is on march down the hill, eight strong and with weapons drawn.
[21:33] <Alicia> "Well, that was an unpleasant detour. Do you require healing, Lord Drake?" Alicia offers.
[21:34] <Ko-DieEliDie> Celebrimbor exhales, "I do, but not immediately," he says, going to lean near the door of Seira's inn. It looks pretty late, the doors are closed and the streets are empty. "Get some guards to haul the corpse."
[21:35] <Alicia> "There's some there," Alicia takes a few steps towards the patrol before calling over, "Guardsmen! A little help back here?"
[21:36] <Ko-DieEliDie> The guards turn, hurrying over to Alicia. The leader, Wedge, salutes. "Sir!" he says crisply. "I'll have two of them detatch to help with what you need. We're patrolling after the attack on the Mystran Temple, so the rest of us must hurry along."
[21:37] <Alicia> "The temple was attacked?!" Alicia's eyes widen. "Is everyone okay? What happened?"
[21:37] <Ko-DieEliDie> "There were fatalities int he guard. Creatures of shadow." Reporting, "It happened a few hours ago."
[21:38] <Alicia> "Shadows? Dammit, it was those Sharrans from Kesse, wasn't it?" Alicia curses, clenching her fist. "Right, well give me two men to help carry this load back to the garrison, I'll get the full story there."
[21:19] <Kotono> ---
03[21:20] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
05[21:20] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:20] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[21:20] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:20] <Kotono> As Seira, Demedais, Antenora and Eudard discuss with Commander Oberuth, just wrapping up? Alicia, Marie and Celebrimbor enter into the garrison, escorted by a few soldiers. As they enter, the Commanderl ooks up. "Back from Kesse? Did word of the attack reach you?"
06[21:22] * Demedais looks to Alicia and Marie, confusion giving way to alarm. "What happened?"
[21:22] <Alicia> "No," Alicia shakes her head. The familiar on her head looks very bloodied up and still somewhat woozy. "Prince Kort just tried to succeed the throne. Violently. I suspect Prince Albert will be King Albert by this time tomorrow." She glances at Seira before presenting a pair of swords her way, "These are yours, I believe."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Wonderful," Antenora observes drily, sitting down and looking somewhat withered, somewhat less even in her armor. "So does this mean Kort's dead?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Stinking up the mortuary as we speak!" Marie proclaims from atop Alicia's head.
06[21:25] * Demedais stands and heads to Marie, healing her up with a tap before leaning against the wall. "Alright. How much was retrieved?"
06[21:25] * Seira looks at Alicia in surprise, before wasting no time in approaching. "Which of you needs a pick me up most?"
[21:26] <Alicia> "Marie, but we'll need to visit the temple to heal her," Alicia looks rather upset. "Kort was able to inflict vile wounds with your sword." Digging into her pouch she hands over a ring and a crystal to the half-dragon, "Think these are yours as well."
[21:27] <Kotono> "One down," Oberuth observes as he listens, "But that only means so much if Albert's about to become King."
06[21:27] * Seira accepts them, cluthing the returned swords to her chest. "A vile wound? Albert could strike with those as well, so I hope he didn't pervert them."
[21:27] <Kotono> Celebrimbor goes to sit, looking rather smoky and a bit charred. "If it's a true artifact, I doubt he could pervert it."
01[21:28] <Seira> "There is an ancient curse for that, Sir," Seira interjects. "May your reign last days, while your death, years." She does her best to heal Celebrimbor, adding, "So how about we go and make that happen?"
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 24." [2d8=7, 7]
06[21:28] * Demedais nods. "So, Kort tried to kill the king? ...And from the sounds of it, he succeeded, at least in part."
[21:28] <Alicia> "On the plus side he's probably not prepared to be king, if everything was riding on Kort. We have some of Albert's hair, on that note, so scrying on him should be simple." She takes a deep breath, "We've lost our advantage of surprise, though... that said if they're sending shadows and nightwalkers to attack us here, I don't think we can really afford to dally."
[21:29] <Demedais> "This makes... getting access to Albert an issue. Still, there was no reason to hesitate if his son was so depraved as to kill his father just to hasten his ascent."
[21:29] <Alicia> "He suffocated him with a pillow!" Marie exclaims. "I shot him to stop, and then Alicia beat him up, but Denegren seemed *really* out of it. They were already saying he was on death's door and that'll probably push him over even if Albert or his sister don't finish the job."
[21:29] <Kotono> Celebrimbor's wounds heal. "Yes, there was an attack at the Temple of Mystra," Oberuth says. "We're sending out patrols in the morning to see if there are any others hiding outside of town.:
[21:30] <Kotono> "How fast can we go," Antenora asks, "We used spells and took injuries defending the temple. We're not at full capacity yet, and I'm worried we will need to be."
[21:31] <Alicia> "I do have a possible lead on where the Sharran cathedral is," Alicia volunteers, "I was planning to investigate tomorrow, but we may be better served simply scrying on him and teleporting over, depending on where we find him."
01[21:31] <Seira> "We could use the time to rest, and strike during the evening. I doubt their agents would move until midnight, which gives us a window of opportunity."
06[21:32] * Demedais nods to Antenora. "The temple of Helm should be able to restore you, at least. We do take a risk in leaving while those nightwalkers still roam, but..."
[21:32] <Alicia> "We have to rest," Alicia agrees. "Lord Drake and I have used most of our most powerful spells simply travelling back and forth today. It's my hope that they'll be so thrown off guard by Kort's demise that they won't be able to mount an effective counterstrike, but they may act rashly anyway..."
01[21:33] <Seira> "They used plane shift, which means they can't return until midnight at the earliest, without the intervention of the very people we'll be trying our best to kill."
06[21:34] * Demedais nods. "If we have to rest, then it cannot be helped. It would still be ideal for everyone here who's been injured to get healing at any temple capable of providing assistance, as we can't afford laxness - this also gives us a chance to prepare ourselves a bit better."
[21:34] <Kotono> "This may be our best plan with how the situation has developed," OBeruth agrees after some thought, "Who will go to Kesse then, and who will stay here to defend?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "I have to go," Seira says, not really intending to consider the alternative.
06[21:36] * Demedais muses. "I... believe that I should, at the least, stay. Alicia and Seira are both needed to go, as they know potential layouts and locations of the temple that is our target. I would probably be best served defending home ground in this instance."
06[21:37] * Seira looks at Demedais in surprise, though she doesn't raise objections.
[21:37] <Kotono> "I want to go." Antenora says quietly. "No doubt about it, but..." Eyeing Demedais, "If we're fighting shadows and other undead, we'll need restorations. Be it you or another source."
[21:38] <Alicia> "If we get a scroll of greater teleport somewhere, Seira could take a small force directly to the cathedral. It would save a lot of guesswork and scrying on our part - even if Albert and Armanda aren't there, destroying their unholy power centre has to be done regardless," Alicia suggests.
[21:38] <Alicia> "There's a fair chance we could even finish and then return quickly enough that unless they attack at the exact same moment we do that Balmuria wouldn't be left defenceless."
01[21:38] <Seira> "I purchased Death Ward scrolls. We might as well use them just before the teleport to make restorations moot," Seira tells Antenora. "If a few minutes aren't enough, well...."
06[21:38] * Demedais glances to Seira, before adding, "There is one further consideration. If one of the remaining two chooses to strike here, we want as much force as we can afford here without losing effectiveness in the attack force."
06[21:39] * Demedais looks to Alicia with a slight nod. "A potential method, yes, but to give away our knowledge of their main location without finishing one or the other off..."
[21:40] <Kotono> "I can help defend the city," Eudard says, "How many can go to KEsse?"
01[21:41] <Seira> "As long as Armanda or Albert are there, it is enough," Seira says quietly. "Just one of those is enough." She nods. "Alright, it does make sense for you to stay. Celebrimbor, what if you took us to the cathedral? It should be a simple teleport from there to J's place, and she got me the use of a scrying mirror. If we don't find Albert at the cathedral, Alicia could teleport you over and scry from there."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Very well," Celebrimbor agrees. "I can take four others with me if I cast the teleportation myself. I could make multiple trips if prepared, of course."
[21:43] <Alicia> "I suggest if we find one of them alone it might be a good idea to take them alive for questioning," Alicia adds. "It looks like Seira's belongings have been spread quite widely so we might need help tracking them down." She shrugs before adding, "That said, there are spells to draw truths from the lips of dead men, provided the body remains reasonably intact."
[21:44] <Kotono> "Speak with the Dead?" Celebrimbor smiles ever so slightly. "A fine suggestion."
06[21:44] * Seira winces at the mention of such spells. "Nevertheless, they cannot possibly give an artifact the likes of Pallanth's ring to a subordinate. And retrieving it would be enough, even if nothing else."
[21:47] <Kotono> "Get Kort to talk and then work from there," Oberuth commands, "Get going, if the churches need payment tell them the garrison will take care of it."
06[21:49] * Demedais nods. "I will ask if anyone at the temple has Speak with Dead prepared. Where should I bring them?
[21:49] <Kotono> "The morgue, where the body was presumably taken." A sharp nod to that, "The rest of you, forget about going on the patrols. Go sleep and rest up. Dismissed."
06[21:50] * Alicia salutes and heads to the temple to heal Marie and hopefully get some lesser restorations for herself and Antneora before going to bed.
06[21:50] * Demedais nods to this and salutes, before looking to Seira. "Will you want to be present to make sure the proper questions are asked?"
01[21:51] <Seira> "I'll be there."
[21:51] <Demedais> "Right." With this, Demedais departs to check for an available priest.
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: So okay, you two are going to dig up someone to speak with dead on Kort while Alicia and Anty and Marie go get rested up and healed?
01[21:52] <Seira> OOC: Seems so. It's just some questions, I'll rest after.
[21:52] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, pretty much.
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Wer eyou going to look for an evil cleric like you said in #elysium?
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: I can ask around, need me to do it IC?
[21:54] <Demedais> OOC: If there's one at the temple of Helm or if Seira knows one at the Temple of Waukeen, sure.
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[21:59] <Kotono> The morgue is a quiet, mournful place. There are several wooden coffins, most empty. One, however, is full. A stripped down Prince Kort Kesse lies in one, top parts of his head ruined and body burnt. Despite his horrible deeds, there is a strange, peaceful, dead serenity on his face. Father Ceiar follows Demedais and Seira, "I can get 4 questions from him, assuming this misdirection makes the spell work. I have several minutes to work with, so
[21:59] <Kotono> his misdirection makes the spell work. I have several minutes to work with, so you don't need to rush overly much."
01[22:01] <Seira> "The first question should be whether anyone else in the Kesse royal family was involved in Shar's worship beyond Kort, Albert and Armanda," Seira suggests. "Unless we want to just demand to know the full names of all those involved in the cult. I'm wary of that, since the answers are supposed to be brief, if I recall."
06[22:01] * Demedais nods. "Still, we want to get the questions as accurate as possible, and as brief as possible, yes - they will avoid long answers."
[22:02] <Kotono> "They are, and often cryptic. The spell has considerable limitations, and after this, the corspe won't respond for a week. Go for simple, concise questions that count." Father Ceiar stands over the body, holding his holy symbol of Helm in his hands. "I would recommend writing them down as well."
01[22:03] <Seira> "The former, then, brushed up some more if possible. Then, who has the ring of greater teleport taken from me. How the Nightwalkers were able to attack us with such a pin-point strike. As for the last... where evidence of their wrong-doings could be found, perhaps? A cache consisting of a membership list or of their safe havens might be of use."
06[22:05] * Demedais nods. "We can provide written questions, and I can record the answers after the questioning is done, Father. Hold on a moment." Withdrawing inkbottle and paper from his paper, he looks up to Seira for a moment in thought.
[22:05] <Kotono> "Very well." Another nods as he bows his head, "Eternal Watcher, grand us the wisdom this day to ask the proper questions of the departed." Starting to preform rituals and between chants, "It takes several minutes to cast this spell. As long as they are done in ten minutes, it's fine."
06[22:06] * Seira nods in return. "So we're fine with the first three? If you want to refine the phrasing, now would be the time."
[22:06] <Demedais> "The first question: 'Who else in the Kesse royal family was directly involved in the worship of Shar besides Kort, Albert and Armanda?'"
06[22:06] * Demedais looks to Father Ceiar. "I want to clear all these with Seira, then I'll write them down and hand them over."
01[22:06] <Seira> "Works," Seira agrees. "Next?"
[22:07] <Kotono> "Go on," Father Seira continues.
[22:08] <Kotono> *Ceiar
[22:09] <Demedais> "Second question: 'What is the name of the person who possesses the ring of greater teleportation taken from Seira?'"
[22:10] <Demedais> "Third question: 'What was the method used to send the Nightwalkers to attack the temple of Mystra in Balmuria with pin-point precision?'"
01[22:11] <Seira> "Alright," Seira agrees. "And a thought for the last question. Why not ask the name of the being who approached the Kesse royal family to convert them to Shar's worship? If no such person exists, we hardly lose anything by trying. But if the answer is, say, the name of a fiend we know...?"
06[22:12] * Demedais looks to Seira, before nodding. "So the final question... 'What is the name of the being that converted the Kesse royal family to Shar's worship?'"
01[22:13] <Seira> "Pretty much. Even if the answer is one of those three, we might know how it started to spread."
06[22:13] * Demedais nods.
[22:14] <Kotono> With misdirection cast and Father Ceiar ready, the ten minutes pass! At last, with lines of divine power traced around the body and Ceiar's voice booming, "IN the name of the Watcher of All, I bid you to speak, mortal remnants of Kort Kesse!" To these words, the body sits bolt upright! It's eyes open, blank, dead eyes! It stares at Father Ceiar, waiting without a sound, without taking a single breath.
[22:15] <Kotono> without taking a single breath.
06[22:16] * Demedais hands the scroll to Father Ceiar, nodding.
[22:16] <Kotono> "Very well. Answer me this: Who else in the Kesse royal family was directly involved in the worship of Shar besides Kort, Albert and Armanda?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "Not worthy...not worthy...the others were not worthy!" Kort says, "Except Giselle...Giselle...Giselle...Giselle..."
[22:17] <Kotono> Father Ceiar listens well, and when the choking, slow voice finishes speaking, " What is the name of the person who possesses the ring of greater teleportation taken from Seira?"
06[22:18] * Demedais nods to this, writing down the response.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Albert...Albert...Albert...Albert...Albert...."
[22:18] <Kotono> After that, the name said overa nd over and over, "Right. Now then, What was the method used to send the Nightwalkers to attack the temple of mystra with pin point precision?"
[22:19] <Kotono> "The ring...the ring...the ring...the ring...kill Alicia..." Kort says. "Kill Alicia...Kill Alicia...Kill Alicia..."
[22:20] <Kotono> Frowning at that, Father Ceiar takes a breath. "Good. Now..." A moment to quickly look to Seira and Demedais.
06[22:20] * Demedais pauses Ceiar at this for a moment.
[22:21] <Kotono> "The last question is still effective." He says it as a statement but looks at Demedais and Seira, "This is the last one."
[22:21] <Demedais> "Are we sure there's nothing else we need to know?" Demedais asks Seira. "I realize knowing if a fiend was involved would be quite useful, but... is there anything else we need to know, first, knowing these three answers?"
01[22:24] <Seira> "Maybe which artifacts Albert possesses?" Seira ventures, shrugging. "Nothing matters terribly, I think, not with the scope of answers we're working with here."
06[22:25] * Demedais nods. "Then should we ask the name of the temple's location, for an insurance factor?"
01[22:26] <Seira> "Might as well. Our course is set, and the important questions had been answered."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Then..." Father Ceiar speaks, "What is the location of the Temple of Shar?" Father Ceiar asks.
06[22:27] * Demedais nods, before looking to Father Ceiar. "Final question. 'What is the name of the area in which the cathedral to Shar that Seira was held in is located?'"
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC - Strike, sorry.
[22:27] <Kotono> "Then..." Father Ceiar speaks, "What is the area in which the cathedral to Shar that Seira was held in is located?"
[22:28] <Kotono> "Below Halla...Below Halla...The Shadowkeep...The Shadowkeep...where none but the shadows can go..."
[22:28] <Kotono> At this, Kort goes still a moment, falling back into the coffinw ith a thump
[22:28] <Kotono> .
[22:29] <Kotono> "It's done," Father Ceiar says, "I hope it was useful. The attack on the Temple of Mystra could've happened to any of us."
06[22:29] * Demedais nods to Father Ceiar. "Thank you very much, Father - this will be greatly helpful in planning."
01[22:30] <Seira> "We need a Hallow effect against undead as well," Seira mutters. "I'll talk with the temple about that."
06[22:31] * Demedais nods to this.
[22:38] <Kotono> ---
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: When you gusy are ready, list prepartions and anything and I'll have Celebrimbor teleport?
[22:41] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia casts Shield, Enlarge Person, and Voice of the Archon. She uses Channel Spell to cast Shield on Antenora as well.
01[22:43] <Seira> OOC: I'll cast Mage Armor, Shield, Heroism, False Life, See Invisibility, Stoneskin, Invisibility
[22:43] <Alicia> OOC: actually, axe enlarge person on me
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Right to both. Deme cast Ghost Touch Weapon on Antenora, Donald and Alicia. That it?
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: Death Ward x4 will be cast on everyone but me, and one of the ghost touch scrolls on the Resort. And Anty is welcome to borrow Flash for the cha boost.
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: ghost touch is Seira, Donald, Anty
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Celebrimbor casts mage armor on himself as well.
[22:44] <Kotono> Right.
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Anty will take you up on it, sure.
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 15." [1d10=5]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+10 and gets 15." [1d10=5]
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Bear's Endurance aw well.
01[22:47] <Seira> OOC: And Blur on me as well, just because
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: resist energy, cold for me as well
[22:48] <Kotono> So weaving all the p rotective magics around the party, the five are ready to go! Celebrimbor nods, "I'm ready. If the four of you are..." With that, he calls on the proper names, looking to teleport the party into the temple of Shar!" (More)
[22:49] <Kotono> There are several moments of darkness, then...the party is in the garrison, in the exact room they met in. Celebrimbor blinks several seconds, before a savage scowl takes over his face. "Damnations! Something's interfering with the teleport."
01[22:50] <Seira> "Maybe it's that room? Can you try the central area?"
[22:51] <Alicia> "It must be warded... lot of that going around," Alicia likewise seems displeased. "If this fails we'll have to simply go to Halla and fight our way in."
[22:52] <Kotono> "DIsagreeable, but I suppose it can't be helped." Rubbing his temple, "I can try, but if this is reactive to killing Kort, I doubt they've left an easy opening to use."
[22:53] <Kotono> "Ah damn," Donald scowls, hefting his bastard sword, "I was hoping to get to cave in some cultist faces this evening. I -hope- we can at least get to Halla."
01[22:53] <Seira> "It's better to try, isn't it? We'll still have a teleport left to get to Halla," Seira's disembodied voice agrees.
[22:53] <Kotono> "So to the temple again and another room, or Halla?" Celebrimbor asks.
01[22:54] <Seira> "Try to aim for the center of that mockery of a cathedral?"
[22:55] <Kotono> "As you wish," Celebrimbor begins to cast again! He calls on all the names of travel, arcane names that mean nothing and everything to the right ears! There is a flash...and you still stand in the garrison afterwards, the darkness not parting way to the twisted cathedral.
01[22:56] <Seira> "Halla it is. Within a mile of their retreat, perhaps, Alicia?"
06[22:57] * Alicia rubs her temple. "We're going to have to go to Halla and fight our way in, giving them ample warning as we do," she agrees. "Aim for just outside," she unfolds the map once more to show to Celebrimbor, "No sense wasting any more time when we have short duration protection spells on us."
[22:58] <Kotono> "If I do this, I'll have to use my scroll and I'll be out of greater teleports until resting. I'll have to rely on normal teleport," Celebrimbor warns, "Which means we can't zip back to Balmuria as easily if we need to. If you're alright with that, I will."
[22:59] <Alicia> "I'll reserve two of my own teleport spells for that," Alicia nods in understanding. "It only really takes a few seconds longer doing it that way, assuming no mishaps."
01[23:00] <Seira> "Balmuria is well-protected with Demedais and other remaining behind. Between us three, we should be able to return reasonably swiftly."
[23:01] <Kotono> Thus, Celebrimborn takes out a silk wrapped scroll. It shimmers with arcane fire as he calls forth, "Let the dimensions of the road fade into meaninglessness as we travelthe world at once!" At that, the world blinks and shifts around you! OOC - Pause here, work hell looms. We'll pick up for a short session tomorrow?
[20:07] <Kotono> -----------
[20:08] <Kotono> The heights of great, jagged mountains loom ahead on the western horizon. The sun has already sunk behind the massive peaks, hints of red and violet gushing down from the sky. It's warm but thin-airred up here, reminding faintly of the great arctic mountains east of Respite. (More)
[20:14] <Kotono> You stand in a deep, very gently sloped valley. Small hills rise up and down it, artfully formed with walking paths leading through thick bunches of pine trees. Through a wide path you can see a small cluster of houses here, the road leading through the middle of them. Past that is a large manor home, iron wrought fence encapsulating a vast open lawn before the manor home.
01[20:15] <Seira> "Let's go see if someone's there?"
[20:16] <Alicia> "Somehow I expected it would be bigger," Alicia remarks as she nods to Seira and starts walking towards the manor, eyes alert for evil in the vicinity. Besides the obvious.
01[20:17] <Seira> "It is, once you get down far enough."
[20:19] <Kotono> There's no evil about. IT takes a minute to reach the edge of the village. As the sun is starting to dip away, you notice no lights have come on. No one is about immediately...it's quiet here. Very quiet. Otherwise, walking down the path through the village looks like it'll be easy and innocent enough.
[20:19] <Kotono> "No immediate evil," Antenora murmurs, casting her gaze about, "Anyone see anybody?"
[20:19] <Alicia> "Everyone living here's probably in the cult. Could be they're all in the temple right now?" Alicia suggests, picking up the pace a bit since she'd rather not have their defences expire before even getting there.
01[20:20] <Seira> "In the cult or a victim," Seira agrees quietly, matching speed with Alicia. "Either way, we have to get there quickly."
[20:24] <Kotono> Thus the party walks through the village! After about a half minute they've hustled through about 3/4ths of it. As they do, however, one of the buildings nearby has it's front door open! The buildings are made of a sturdy mountain stone, looking durable. As it opens, a slender woman with a big smile beckons. She's an adult, pretty and not yet aging seriously. "Come here..." she calls, "Visitors, come here!"
06[20:25] * Alicia turns to the woman and speaks with a note of command in her voice. "Lead us to the hidden temple of Shar," she instructs.
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 will
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[20:28] <Kotono> The woman laughs, spreading her hands. "I can't," she admits, "The path to the temple cannot be reached from this world."
[20:28] <Alicia> "Then how do you get there?" Alicia presses, unamused.
[20:29] <Kotono> As the ruby rays of sunset continue to fade down, light slightly slipping away into memory, "Prince Albert can take you..heheheheheheh...there's only one way...you have to travel through the realm of endless shadow."
[20:30] <Alicia> "Okay... it's buried underneath that manor though, isn't it?" Alicia points to the structure.
[20:30] <Kotono> Antenora eyes the woman with a cold, composed gesture. Her gaze then sweeps about, keeping watch.
[20:31] <Kotono> Donald just flexes his shoulders a few times, even as the woman replies. "Maaaybe. Eventually."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Take us to the ground directly above it, then," Alicia insists.
[20:33] <Kotono> The woman walks out, starting to lead you down the path and towards the manor house. Donald shrugs and starts to follow, "You know," he whispers as he passes, "This might be a trap."
01[20:34] <Seira> "A pretty woman, secretely evil? No way," Seira whispers back.
[20:35] <Kotono> "It can happen," Antenora's own smile twists a little bit, "If only fiends were as obviously twisted as their souls."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Not secretly," Alicia mutters as she follows the woman, alert for any cohorts she might have. "How did the temple get built if it can only be accessed by shadow walking?" she then asks their enforced guide.
06[20:37] * Seira takes advantage of her own magic allowing her to see the invisible, in the hopes of warding off attack if the trap is a literal one.
[20:38] <Kotono> "That is a secret that has not been revealed to me," she answers as the party walks along! It takes another minute and a half to reach the iron gates. (3 minutes gone so far.) There, the woman takes a key outa nd unlocks the gates. The light is really starting to fade now, the high mountains hastening night's arrival.
01[20:39] <Seira> "The two Nightwalkers are hiding in the shadows ahead," Seira whispers quietly, giving their position before moving away from the others to better coordinate the attack.
[20:41] <Alicia> "The rest of you can hang back a little, I'll open things up with a display of Mystra's power that you don't want to get too close to," Alicia suggests to the group, intending to detonate a blast of spellfire once they're close to the nightwalkers, which should also ruin the landscaping all around.
06[20:42] * Seira decides to switch over to the recent purchase, the silvered holy blade, otherwise awaiting Alicia's attack to launch her own right after it.
[20:42] <Kotono> The woman leads inside...OOC - How far away are you going to be before you strike?
[20:43] <Alicia> A pair of scorching rays are channelled into Alicia's sword as she walks. Once she's eighty feet from them she'll move forward forty and release the spellfire. She'll suggest that the others stop twenty feet beforehand so they're at least sixty feet from Alicia.
06[20:44] * Seira will naturally abide by Alicia's suggestion, although she wouldn't be staying with the others but off to the side.
[20:44] <Kotono> Celebrimbor hangs towards the back, mouhting a few arcane words in preparation. Antenora says close to Alicia, while Donald strides a little away and behind. At one hundred feet away, the woman pauses a moment, though she says nothing.
[20:47] <Alicia> "I suggest you keep your head down and don't interfere with us," Alicia tells their guide curtly as she tenses to rush forward and hopefully catch the Nightwalkers by surprise. "Unless life has lost its allure to you and you'd rather go to the Nightsister."
06[20:48] * Seira prepares an explosive spell should the Nightwalkers seem to lunge forward or attempt to call on their magical abilities.
01[20:49] <Seira> "They're leaning forward, timed with our guide's hesitation," Seira whispers, continuing to observe.
[20:49] <Kotono> "Shit," Donald whispers, "Charge or wait or what?"
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, neither side is surprised thanks to Seira thoughtfully casting detect invis. Let's do initiative.
[20:50] <Alicia> "Wait for it," Alicia tells him as she begins to move forward to engage the enemy.
01[20:50] <Seira> "Do you even need to ask?" Seira asks grimly. "We'll wait on Alicia and take them out."
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 walker 1
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 walker 2
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 walker 1 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 walker 2 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Cele
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Cele and gets 22." [1d20=20]
03[20:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Celebrimbor>Walker 2>Alicia>Seira>Walker 1>Antenora>Donald'
03[20:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Alicia>Seira>Walker 1>Antenora>Donald'
[20:55] <Kotono> At this, a pair of horrible things happen! Two miasmas of greasy, cloying darkness burst around the party! One envelopes Donald, another going after Celebrimbor! Then two more come, a pair at Antenora!
[20:55] <Kotono> OOc - Strike.
[20:55] <Kotono> At this, a pair of horrible things happen! Two miasmas of greasy, cloying darkness burst around the party! One envelopes Donald, another going after Celebrimbor!
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 donald will
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 donald will and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 celebrimbor
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 celebrimbor and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6/2 Donald
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6/2 Donald and gets 22.5." [5d8=1, 3, 3, 6, 5][2d6=5, 4]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6/4 Celebrimbor
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6/4 Celebrimbor and gets 31." [5d8=6, 4, 5, 7, 8][2d6=2, 2]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC - Wait, I don't think it did that right. Rerolling and going to do the halving manually.
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 Donald
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 Donald and gets 30." [5d8=1, 8, 6, 4, 1][2d6=5, 5]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 Celebrimbor
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 Celebrimbor and gets 35." [5d8=8, 6, 5, 1, 6][2d6=6, 3]
[20:59] <Kotono> The miasmas torment both, unholy ravages striking them! Celebrimbor gasps but stays upright, as Donald grimaces but then grins! "Hiya, cocksuckers!" he calls! Meanwhile, Celebrimbor quickly vanishes from sight with a few snapped arcane words! OOC - Alicia.
[21:00] <Kotono> A moment later, one of the nightwalkers appears visible!
06[21:00] * Seira quickly checks that the invisible one is still where it was!
01[21:01] <Seira> "The overconfident creeps haven't moved an inch," Seira whispers. "Let's take them out and ruin their temple."
[21:01] <Kotono> The woman smiles and turns, "I will lead you if you are strong enough to survive the path," she says, walking ahead, as if unconcerned by the darkness arrayed in front of the party.
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
03[21:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Woman>Alicia>Seira>Walker 1>Antenora>Donald'
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC - Line stands, carry on.
[21:04] <Alicia> "Oh, you stupid bitch!" Alicia glares at the woman's back as she starts to walk. "Stay right the hell where you are or you'll die!"
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: holding for Seira
01[21:05] <Seira> "Stupid Sharrans," Seira mutters as she invokes the haste spell on all of her allies she can get within range.
[21:14] <Kotono> Turning back and smilingw ith a sick detachment, "Everyone dies and returns to nothingness. There is nothing but a promised oblivion at the End, the forgotten void." Meanwhile, Seira's haste effect wraps around the party!
[21:15] <Alicia> "Your choice," Alicia replies bitterly, a nimbus of golden light surrounding her as she surges forward seventy feet towards the enemy, said glow swiftly subsumed in a bright nova of pure arcane fury that lays waste to the grounds of Halla, pulverising the ground beneath and blasting into all those foolish enough to stand within sixty feet of Mystra's servant!
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 24 reflex half
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 69." [18d8=4, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 7, 4, 3, 2, 6, 3, 7]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 woman
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 woman and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 walker 1
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 walker 2
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 walker 1 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 walker 2 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
03[21:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Seira>Alicia>Walker 1>Antenora>Donald'
[21:18] <Kotono> The spellfire bursts out like an inferno! Alicia now stands in a sixty foot deep crater, the ground pulverized! Above her she can see one of the nightwalkers, silently reeling back in pain! Ahead of her the front of the manor house is ruined. You can see the remnants of a large, grand entryway. Light gushes into it, the faint light from outside seeming like strong sunlight to the utterly black depths inside of it. The walking woman is gone, ut
[21:19] <Kotono> utterly black depths inside of it. The walking woman is gone, utterly consumed by the wrath of Mystra! OOC - Walker 1 is up.
[21:19] <Kotono> Two more unholy blights detonate around - this time both at Alicia, as the other nightwalker appears! It retreats nimbly back and up the crater hill, up towards the darker, now exposed manner house entryway! OOC - Two wills, Alicia.
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 halve this
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 halve this
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 halve this and gets 34." [5d8=7, 3, 4, 5, 5][2d6=5, 5]
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 halve this and gets 38." [5d8=6, 8, 1, 5, 6][2d6=6, 6]
[21:21] <Kotono> The pair of blights try to sicken Alicia, but she endures! As that nightwalker appears, Antenora charges forward and into the air! ALmost pouncing onto the one that attacked Alicia, "Go back to mewl to Shar!" she commands, spear thrusting out!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +2 FS 7/8, +7 smite 2/3 left, -7 PA)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +2 FS 7/8, +7 smite 2/3 left, -7 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:23] <Kotono> The Black Horn spear thrusts forward, gleaming with holy power! However, the thrust has too much power, sacrificing aim to isntead powerfully cleave the air besides the Nightwalker! OOC - Donald's up.
[21:24] <Kotono> Donald grins as he advances forward and down the crater, channeling power into him with a few snapped arcane words! OOC - Animalistic power. Second walker is up.
[21:25] <Kotono> The second nightwalker retreats back into the shadowy building, before another two smites detonate around Alicia! In her mind, as it falls back, she can hear, 'There is no hope for your cause...you will never reach what you seek...' whispers tug and tear at her mind, insidious and chilling! OOC - Two wills.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 halve
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 5d8+2d6 halve
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 halve and gets 29." [5d8=3, 6, 8, 2, 1][2d6=5, 4]
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+2d6 halve and gets 40." [5d8=7, 8, 4, 8, 8][2d6=2, 3]
[21:29] <Kotono> AGain more unholy power warps Alicia's body, staggering her as the touch of inky, c orrupting darkness wounds her sanctified body! Meanwhile, a massive set of jaws appears around the nightwalker that Antenora attacked, chewing and chomping at it!
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 CL
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 CL and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[21:30] <Kotono> The teeth seem unable to harm the shadow creature, however, uselessly chewing against it! OOC - Seira, you're up.
01[21:30] <Seira> Taking to the air, Seira charges the Nightwalker Antenora had attacked. From their different angles, they might even try to flank the thing once Antenora can maneuver!
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 charge, +2 heroism)
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 charge, +2 heroism) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d8+7+2d6 silvered holy?
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+7+2d6 silvered holy? and gets 18." [1d8=8][2d6=1, 2]
[21:34] <Kotono> Seira charges in, her silver blade cutting through the nightwalker like it's as soft as a baby's flesh! The gleaming blade slices well into it, dealing solid damage as Seira appears, invisibility gone! 'No hope,' Seira hears whispered into her head, 'This time...you will lose your eyes!' OOC - Alicia.
01[21:35] <Seira> "You first!" she snarls at the undead monstrosity.
06[21:35] * Alicia rushes up the side of the crater she dug, moving towards the nightwalker currently taking the most flak so she can leap up and scythe her blade through its hip!
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[21:37] <Kotono> Alicia comes close, but with uncanny speed, the surrounded Nightwalker weaves and avoids the blow! It looks around, surrounded, before two Unholy Blights blast around it's body, hitting everyone close enough to strike it! OOC - Will savesx2 for Alicia, Seira and Antenora.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 CL
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 CL and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this Seira and Alicia
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this Seira and Alicia
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this Seira and Alicia and gets 32." [5d8=3, 8, 6, 8, 7]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this Seira and Alicia and gets 17." [5d8=3, 1, 4, 6, 3]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6 add this to 1
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 add this to 1 and gets 8." [2d6=4, 4]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6 add this to 2
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 add this to 2 and gets 11." [2d6=5, 6]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 12d6 quarter this due to save+mortalbane halving damage on outsiders
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 12d6 quarter this due to save+mortalbane halving damage on outsiders
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 quarter this due to save+mortalbane halving damage on outsiders and gets 27." [12d6=2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 4, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2]
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 quarter this due to save+mortalbane halving damage on outsiders and gets 46." [12d6=3, 1, 6, 6, 2, 1, 6, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 27/4
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 27/4 and gets 6.75."
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 46/4
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 46/4 and gets 11.5."
[21:42] <Kotono> The blights rock the party, leaving Alicia panting and gruelling, body crumbling under the assault! "Alicia!" Antenora says in quick alarm, using her spear lenght to disengage safely, flying around to touch Alicia on the shoulder, even as holy fury mends her wounds! OOC - FS 6/8, +22 HP, Alicia. Donald's up.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC +2 more, forgot cha bonus right now.
06[21:43] * Alicia nods her appreciation to Antenora, wondering why she's even bothering to keep her guard up when these things refuse to engage her in melee. Sadly she doubts they're as easy to taunt as mariliths are.
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (+1 haste, +1 str, +2 charge, +20 true strike, using daily quick cast, -9 PA)
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 (+1 haste, +1 str, +2 charge, +20 true strike, using daily quick cast, -9 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=3]
[21:45] <Kotono> Glancing at the surrounded one, "Damn," Donald says, before running around and reaching the last open side of the huge abomination, flanking it and proceeding to slash and hack at it as best he can!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d8+17
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+17 and gets 18." [1d8=1]
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 SR for channelled scorching ray
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 SR for channelled scorching ray and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+3d6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+3d6 and gets 29." [1d8=3][3d6=2, 1, 4]
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 3d4 as well
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4 as well and gets 9." [3d4=4, 1, 4]
[21:49] <Kotono> The cut has trouble penetrating the dark creature, but it is nonetheless completely surrounded. Alicia has like problems, but her blow at least cut deeper into the shadowwalker! OOC - Walker 2 is up.
[21:49] <Kotono> Unbothered by the characters, it advances closer, before letting loose a bitter cone of cold at the entire party, the other nightwalker seemingly unaffected! OOC - Refs fore veryone but Celebrimbor.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 CL
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 CL and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 cold resist 30
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 cold resist 30 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 ref
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 ref and gets 18." [1d20=13]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 15d6 halve this for Alicia and Seira politely nulls it.
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 halve this for Alicia and Seira politely nulls it. and gets 53." [15d6=5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 2d6 mortalbane.
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 mortalbane. and gets 7." [2d6=3, 4]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: 59 base total.
[21:55] <Kotono> The cold leaves the party chilled, but they endure it well and avoid the worst! Meanwhile, a ball of pure acid-fire bursts around the party! Yet it gracefully is crafted and shaped as to not touch a single one of the heroes, only bursting in earnest! Meanwhile, a chanting hum takes place, as the manyjaws maintain themselves and go after the other nightwalker!
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 fireball
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 fireball and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 jaws
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 jaws and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 37." [10d6=2, 5, 3, 6, 3, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 37*1.5
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 37*1.5 and gets 55.5."
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 41." [10d6=3, 3, 6, 2, 4, 6, 4, 2, 5, 6]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[21:57] <Kotono> Jaws and acid-fireballs hit the nightwalkers in tandem, splashing and chewing both, directed by a force currently unseen! OOC - Seira and then Alicia.
01[21:58] <Seira> Finding herself flanking the Nightwalker, Seira doesn't waste any time in trying to carve up its ugly head!
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism)
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism)
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism) and gets 26." [1d20=2]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism)
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 flank +2 heroism) and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC - One hit.
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d8+7+2d6 holy silver, sadness
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+7+2d6 holy silver, sadness and gets 20." [1d8=6][2d6=5, 2]
[21:59] <Kotono> Cutting into it again, Seira weakens the body of the shadowy fiend even more! It buckles and shudders, surviving if wounded horribly to it's unholy existance! OOC - Alicia.
06[21:59] * Alicia follows Seira's example, hacking into the Nightwalker with a vengeance to topple its overlarge shadowy form!
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, haste, flanking and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC - Four hits.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 CL for scorching ray
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 CL for scorching ray and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8 and gets 53." [1d8=8][3d6=6, 5, 2][3d4=2, 4, 2][1d8=5]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8 and gets 37." [1d8=7][3d6=1, 1, 2][3d4=1, 3, 2][1d8=1]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8 and gets 46." [1d8=3][3d6=6, 6, 5][3d4=1, 2, 2][1d8=2]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+3d6+3d4+1d8 and gets 45." [1d8=8][3d6=1, 5, 4][3d4=1, 1, 1][1d8=5]
03[22:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Seira>Alicia>Antenora>Donald'
[22:03] <Alicia> "Antenora, get ready to charge the other one when it casts," Alicia mouths to the erinyes via message, her back to the other nightwalker so it has no chance of lipreading her tactical suggestion.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Donald, you do the same?"
[22:04] <Kotono> Under the savage tide of blows, the surrounded nightwalker at last relents! It's body tearsapart into fading shadowstuff, oblivion coming to claim another of Shar's servants! Antenora immediately takes to the air, waiting and prepared! Donald nods, "Yeah, sure," he whispers, turning around to the nightshade! Indeed, as it begins to act, thet wo charge it at once!
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +7 smite 1/3 left, -4 PA, FS 5/8 +10 HP Alicia.)
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +7 smite 1/3 left, -4 PA, FS 5/8 +10 HP Alicia.) and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+38
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+38 and gets 49." [2d8=7, 4]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +1 str)
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, +1 str) and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 concentration DC 44
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 concentration DC 44 and gets 41." [1d20=13]
03[22:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Donald=Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Seira>Alicia>Antenora>Donald'
03[22:07] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[22:07] <Kotono> The two charge, Antenora's spear hitting into it's stomach area as Donald narrowly misses! It's arcane powers fizzle out, disrupted just in time! Meanwhile more teeth tear into it!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 36." [10d6=3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 5, 3, 3, 6, 3]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
03[22:07] * Seira changes topic to 'Antenora=Donald=Walker 2>Celebrimbor>Seira>Alicia>'
[22:08] <Kotono> This time there is no mercy, only a forceful rending that nearly tears the nightwalker apart, leaving it clinging alive! OOC - Seira.
06[22:08] * Seira charges the Nightwalker, eager to sink her sword into what passes for its eye socket!
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 charge +2 heroism)
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 haste, +1 flight, +2 charge +2 heroism) and gets 42." [1d20=18]
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d8+7+2d6
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+7+2d6 and gets 23." [1d8=7][2d6=6, 3]
[22:09] <Kotono> With that last push and stab, Seira impales the night-creature through it's eye! It falls apart into shadow-death, oblivion claiming like it's twin! The battle is over, a dark mansion house ahead as night continues to creep on! OOC - Free act.
[22:10] <Alicia> Healing herself with her own power, Alicia takes out her wand of healing and hands it to Antenora. "Use this on whomever needs it?" she suggests to the erinyes before casting detect magic and peering into the darkened mansion where it's been opened up.
01[22:10] <Seira> "The haste won't hold long, and neither would the measures against the shadows," Seira notes once their enemies had been destroyed. "Do we try to dig deeper into the ground, or look in the manner?"
01[22:10] <Seira> *manor
03[22:11] * Kotono is now known as Ko-Nitorifangirl
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1 for Donald, not doing mass heal-spam since Alicia's going to dig a hole in a round or two
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 for Donald, not doing mass heal-spam since Alicia's going to dig a hole in a round or two and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> Healing herself with her own power, Alicia takes out her wand of healing and hands it to Antenora. "Use this on whomever needs it?" she suggests to the erinyes before casting detect magic and peering into the darkened mansion where it's been opened up.
[20:08] <Kotono> <Seira> "The haste won't hold long, and neither would the measures against the shadows," Seira notes once their enemies had been destroyed. "Do we try to dig deeper into the ground, or look in the manner?"
[20:08] <Kotono> <Seira> *manor
[20:08] <Kotono> * Kotono is now known as Ko-Nitorifangirl
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d8+1 for Donald, not doing mass heal-spam since Alicia's going to dig a hole in a round or two
[20:08] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 for Donald, not doing mass heal-spam since Alicia's going to dig a hole in a round or two and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[20:08] <Alicia> OOC: any magic visible inside the ruined mansion?
[20:09] <Kotono> The mansion ahead's front room is mostly distinegrated. There are doors to the side on the surviving parts, as well as a half gone stairway up anda second floor and third floor glimpsed. On the first floor, a set of beautiful stone doors are opening. There is no magic immediately visible in the mansion. Meanwhile, Antenora heals Donald!
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[20:11] <Alicia> "Everyone move back!" Alicia instructs, positioning herself about ten feet from where the front door of the mansion stood and casting fly on herself.
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: 9 rounds of haste. It's been 4 minutes for the other enchantments, Ghost Touch Weapon is nearly out.
06[20:13] * Alicia sends a blast of spellfire straight down below her feet to dig a 250 feet deep shaft into the ground below!
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 6d8 DC 24 if anyone happens to be down there
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8 DC 24 if anyone happens to be down there and gets 27." [6d8=3, 8, 8, 1, 6, 1]
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: strike my last line and roll
[20:14] <Kotono> The door opens! Out comes a maid - a young woman dressed all in black, hair like wisps of midnight-air. The shadows seem to cling to her, carress her body. She makes a simple curtesy to Alicia, looking ahead at the obliteration of the mansion front with calmness. "Welcome, Alicia Reynes. Welcome, Seira. My name is Axandra. I come to welcome you to Halla and to welcome you to your final mortal resting place."
06[20:15] * Alicia levels her flaming blade at the woman. "Unless you consider yourself mightier than two Nightwalkers, or Prince Kort, I strongly suggest you stand down," she replies coldly.
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 intimidate
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 intimidate and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: 8 rounds instead, since SEira's lacking her +1 CL stone.
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[20:16] <Kotono> Meanwhile, as this all goe son, Donald is healed more!
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1 40 charges now
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 40 charges now and gets 8." [1d8=7]
06[20:17] * Seira merely holds the drawn Resort at the shadowy woman. "If I'm going to die here, it won't be alone."
[20:18] <Kotono> The woman's composure cracks, a look of fear crossing her face. "I-I cannot. For even if you slaughter all of us here, your quest is futile."
01[20:18] <Seira> "Slaughtering all the Sharrans here? Sounds exactly like our quest."
[20:19] <Kotono> Antenora has he rspear in one hand, even as she heals Donald. "Don't throw your life away. As long as you're alive, you can throw away all the filth Albert's spread into you. IF you care...:"
[20:19] <Alicia> "Is it?" Alicia replies. "Those who performed the massacre at Erenholm are dead. Kort is dead. Albert and Armanda will soon follow, they only seek to throw your life away in a fruitless effort to slow us down. Surrender and you have a chance."
[20:22] <Kotono> "Why? Oblivions is our f-fate." Licking her lips here, "We all die. We all return to nothing. Shar will be supreme on the Last Day when everything returns to the final, beginning void. If I die here, it is only my destiny."
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: 7 rounds on haste now.
06[20:22] * Seira laughs suddenly, a touch of hysteria creeping in. "This is a waste of time. A waste of time. She's delaying us for a trap. We'll all die if we just let her."
[20:23] <Kotono> Antenora's face becomes colder, stone-like. She heals Donald again, saying nothing as she stares at the woman.
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[20:23] <Alicia> "Destiny and fate are crutches for those too afraid to live their own lives - and Seira is right. Either stand down or hurl yourself on my blade, it is your choice to make." With that Alicia fires a blast of Spellfire into the ground straight below her feet.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 24 if anyone's unlucky enough to be in the way
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 24 if anyone's unlucky enough to be in the way and gets 22." [5d8=3, 2, 6, 5, 6]
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: How deep does it go?
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: 250 feet
[20:25] <Kotono> The Spellfire cascades straight down into the ground! The narrow hole it makes is quite dark, no sign of an end noticed. (More)
[20:27] <Kotono> Axandra holds her stomach now, "Then come...you'll all just be e-eaten and die here." Her stomach begins to distend!
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Something's coming and it's not nice. LEt's go into initiative here?
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 CElebrimbor
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 CElebrimbor and gets 17." [1d20=15]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Axandra
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Axandra and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 ??????
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 ?????? and gets 11." [1d20=1]
03[20:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Axandra>Seira>Alicia=Celebrimbor>????>Donald'
[20:31] <Kotono> Antenora drops the healing wand, eyes narrowing. 'Alicia,' She asks in a quick moment, the question and all of it's weight implied.
[20:32] <Alicia> 'Aim for her stomach,' Alicia suggests.
[20:32] <Kotono> 'Right!' Antenora quickly takes to the air, beating eveyrone out! In a headlong charge, she goes right for the woman!
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, -2 PA FS 7/8 +10 HP Alicia)]
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, -2 PA FS 7/8 +10 HP Alicia)] and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, -2 PA FS 7/8 +10 HP Alicia)] crit?
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+1 haste, +2 charge, -2 PA FS 7/8 +10 HP Alicia)] crit? and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 2d8+26
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+26 and gets 33." [2d8=4, 3]
[20:35] <Kotono> Covering the ground in an instant, as Alicia's wounds heal, Antenora impales the woman throught he arm! Only a slight slip prevents her stomach from being pierced! Holy fury overtakes Antenora, "What have you done?" she demands of her. Axandra rocks back, coughing up a black fluid! "Everything dies, doesn't it..." she asks, concentrating!
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d4+1
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+1 and gets 4." [1d4=3]
03[20:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Axandra=Shadows>Seira>Alicia=Celebrimbor>????>Donald'
[20:37] <Kotono> Four shadows appear in the darkness around Axandra! They pounce on Antenora with a predator's speed, two going on her and two more screening ahead of her!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 11." [1d20=8]
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[20:38] <Kotono> The touches come close to Antenora, but a shield of pure force springs up to stop it entirely! OOC - Seira.
[20:39] <Kotono> Donald peers ahead, "What the hell?" he asks.
01[20:39] <Seira> "Shut up!" Seira screams, charging forward as lances of fire lash out at the creepy woman. "Get out of my head!"
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 35." [1d20=19]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 22." [1d20=6]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC - Three hits.
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 4d6 fire
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 4d6 fire
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 4d6 fire
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 fire and gets 17." [4d6=4, 2, 5, 6]
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 fire and gets 11." [4d6=3, 1, 2, 5]
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 fire and gets 11." [4d6=5, 1, 3, 2]
[20:41] <Kotono> The triple-rays burn Axandra badly, making her body shake and quake! She staggers back, flesh turning black from the assault and withthree lancing holes in her chest! OOC - Alicia and Celebrimbor.
06[20:43] * Alicia moves forward thirty feet before invoking her magic to cancel Axandra's... or whatever is in her womb. "In the name of Mystra, Mother of all Magic, let this foul dweomer be laid low!"
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:44] <Kotono> As this happens, a threesome of acidic rays of scorching acid spring from nowhere, striking out at the woman!
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: actually, moving forward 70 feet, DC 20 will saves or shadows get banished
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 4d6 acid
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 4d6 acid
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 4d6 acid
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 acid and gets 10." [4d6=5, 1, 1, 3]
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 acid and gets 10." [4d6=1, 1, 5, 3]
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 acid and gets 18." [4d6=4, 6, 2, 6]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 12." [1d20=8]
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 7." [1d20=3]
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
03[20:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Seira>Alicia=Celebrimbor>????>Donald'
[20:47] <Kotono> As Alicia finds her dispel magic fails, her backsword nontheless banishes the shadows! As this happens, three acid rays preforate Axandra! She collapses with a cry, even as her stomach bursts! Dripping with blood and pink fluids, a curled up baby floats in the air above it's mother. A rotted umblicial cord dangles from it's belly, the tiny creature's skin rotted black. In the minds of all, 'Kill...You killed Mommy...heheheheh...You returned her
[20:47] <Kotono> In the minds of all, 'Kill...You killed Mommy...heheheheh...You returned her to the void!' At that it lets loose a massive, twisting cry! OOC - Fort save and a will save, Antenora and Alicia.
03[20:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Seira>Alicia=Celebrimbor>Baby>Donald'
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 fort
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 fort and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:48] <Alicia> rll 1d20+21 fort
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 fort
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 fort and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 will
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 will and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[20:50] <Kotono> The cry echos around the two! Antenora grimaces, as Donald gawks as he rushes closer! OOC - Antenora's up.
01[20:51] <Seira> "You! YOU!" Seira is barely coherent as the abomination appears. "You can't take me! Void? You want void? I'll give you void!"
[20:52] <Kotono> "Go to sleep," Antenora's voice is calm as she says this, thoug her hand noticibably shakes. "I'll spare you from an eternity of this. Dream of what your life should have been."
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.)
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.)
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.) and gets 19." [1d20=1]
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.) and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.)
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.) and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.)
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (+1 haste, -3 PA FS 6/8 +10 HP Alicia.) and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[20:53] <Kotono> Despite the words, her hand shakes too much! The blwos are errant, uncontrolled and missing! OOC - Seira.
01[20:54] <Seira> Beyond normal speech, Seira charges into knife range, letting loose a blast of holy fire!
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 6d8 fire
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 fire and gets 28." [6d8=8, 6, 1, 4, 2, 7]
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 2d8 holy
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8 holy and gets 12." [2d8=4, 8]
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
01[20:55] <Seira> OOC: DC15
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[20:56] <Kotono> The tiny baby avoids most of the fire, only some of it scorching it's body! It takes the abuse with a disturbing well-ness, enduring! OOC - Alicia and Celebrimbor.
[20:59] <Alicia> Since the spell has done whatever it meant to do there's nothing for Alicia to dispel, so she moves up alongside Seira and stabs her blade into the creature!
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa, charge, divine might, 2nd level channel
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa, charge, divine might, 2nd level channel and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d8+27+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d4
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+27+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d4 and gets 51." [1d8=6][2d6=4, 6][1d6=2][1d8=4][2d4=1, 1]
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 belated knowledge devotion
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 belated knowledge devotion and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: +1 damage
[21:01] <Kotono> The baby is stabbed in it's stomach! It's torn apart through that, yet stays together, hanging intact by a few stands of flesh! IT giggles to this, laughing and laughing and laughing! 'You're not scaaared of the void! Take it then!' From it's body a great red-black wave of darkness erupts! OOC - Does everyone have death ward on
01[21:02] <Seira> OOC: Except me
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Will save, Seira?
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: And I'm sorry, I meant fort. What's your fort mod?
01[21:03] <Seira> OOC: Minus one
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: You only take 1 negative level.
[21:04] <Kotono> While most are shielded by sacred power, SEira finds her spirit assaulteD! SHe resists the worst, buts still feels weakened! Meanwhile Donald closes in, taking a swipe as he growls, "All this twisted crap...wasn't Febras bad enough?"
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+1 haste, +1 str, -4 PA)
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+1 haste, +1 str, -4 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[21:05] <Kotono> But the blow glances off and away, just missing! OOC -5 rounds of haste, Antenora's up.
[21:05] <Kotono> Antenora doesn't say a word - she just tears into the baby now, putting raw power into it!
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia)
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia)
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia) and gets 22." [1d20=4]
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia) and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia)
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia) and gets 17." [1d20=4]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia)
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (+2 flanking, +1 haste, -5 PA 5/8 FS +10 HP Alicia) and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d8+17
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+17 and gets 24." [1d8=7]
[21:07] <Kotono> Amid that Antenora manages to land one deep blow, scraping the baby's leg apart! Black fluid trickles from the wounds but it still refuses to die! OOC - Seira.
01[21:07] <Seira> "I won't go along! I'll send you there first! You just see!" Seira swears, lashing out angrily with the Resort.
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level) and gets 43." [1d20=20]
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level) and gets 30." [1d20=7]
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level)
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 (+2flanking +2heroism +1haste +flight -1negative level) and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: 3 hits.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 claw
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 claw and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: That hits too.
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 9d8+27+1d4+3
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+27+1d4+3 and gets 68." [9d8=3, 2, 3, 8, 3, 2, 3, 5, 5][1d4=4]
[21:10] <Kotono> Clawing and stabbing in a desperate fury, SEira tears the baby apart! It's body parts rain down onto the ground, a soft, innocent cry coming as it dies! "Mo...mmmy...." it mewls, then lies in a puddle of it's own black, vile fluids! OOC - Free action.
06[21:10] * Seira breathes heavily. "Darkness... always with the darkness...."
[21:10] <Kotono> "You know what?" Makin ga face at the baby, "Lathander, we really need to get on with killing these royals."
[21:11] <Kotono> Antenora exhales heavily, "You going to be alright," she asks Seira.
[21:11] <Alicia> "First we need to cleanse this pit," Alicia replies to Donald. "Antenora, can you see anything down that shaft I dug?" she points to the hole just in front of the mansion's door. Or where said door was.
06[21:12] * Seira giggles at Antenora's question, hands shaking. "No more voices in my head!"
[21:12] <Kotono> Celebrimbor appears now, walking towards the party as Antenora goes to peer down the hole Alicia made. Antenora stops at that, "Seira, come with me. Let's go outside, there's still a little bit of light with sunset left."
[21:13] <Kotono> "How horrible. What was the point of that," Celebrimbor asks with obvious disgust, his face twisting with disapproval. "It's barbarism for the sake of barbarism."
01[21:13] <Seira> "I don't think you understand just how badly I want to kill these bastards," Seira tells Antenora with a smile. "I'm not going anywhere."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Hmph. Shar once offered her blessings and power to my sister. She decided she'd be better off selling her soul to a devil," Alicia comments. "If that doesn't tell you everything about that wretched excuse for a goddess, I don't know what will."
[21:14] <Kotono> Antenora pauses, before simply nodding and going to the hole. She peers down, "No, it's a dead end at the bottom. Nothing but rock," she calls back. OOC - four rounds on haste.
[21:15] <Alicia> "I'm going to expand it - everyone stand back," Alicia instructs before descending fifty feet down the shaft.
[21:17] <Kotono> Alicia goes down the shaft with skill bourne of much flying down shafts, apparently. As the others back away, "Hey Seira, I know this might not be the time, but um..." Donald lowers his voice, "Sorry about that back there at the garrison." Scratching the back of his head, not so effective because of his helmet, "I guess I didn't really appreciate what these bastards were capable of."
[21:18] <Alicia> After confirming everyone's clear via message, Alicia detonates a wide blast of spellfire to carve out a near sphere in the ground, 60 feet in all directions except up, so that she can be spared having any unsupported earth falling directly atop her.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 24 yadda yadda
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 24 yadda yadda and gets 17." [5d8=1, 1, 6, 3, 6]
01[21:18] <Seira> "Don't worry," Seira tells Donald. "I won't let them take you alive."
[21:19] <Kotono> The hole expands! The ground collapses above, parts of the mansion starting to sink! There is a groaning ofs tone as the undersupports for the mansion start to crumble! IT sags forward somewhat, the damage started.
03[21:19] * Sierra_ShinDeaderVampy (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-74-104.washdc.east.verizon.net) has joined #dunes
06[21:19] * Alicia flies up a bit and looks down at her handiwork to see if any subterranean chambers have been exposed.
[21:21] <Kotono> No such luck at all. Just lots of earth, dirt and stone.
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: 2 rounds on haste, by the by.
06[21:22] * Seira screams in frustration. "There won't be any escape! I'll keep on hounding you to your last day! Hiding won't change a thing, do you hear me?!"
03[21:22] * Sierra_ShinDeaderVampy is now known as Devourlord_Sierra
[21:23] <Alicia> Absorbing an enervation spell into herself to fuel her spellfire, Alicia descends to the midpoint of slope where the mansion has collapsed down into and fires a line of pure magical energy down at a 60 degree angle towards the centre of the mansion. "Antenora, come and tell me if you can see anything down this shaft," she asks afterwards.
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d3 in order
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 in order and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 24
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 24 and gets 24." [5d8=8, 1, 3, 6, 6]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Kotono> The ground shudders, the mansion shaking from the beam! Nonetheless it holds solidly enough. Coming downa nd peering down the hole next to Alicia, "Just stone," she says, "I don...oh wait, there is one thing. Back of that, about under the middle of the mansion or so...the gray stone is replaced by a harder looking black stone. Looks like basalt, maybe?"
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: 1 round on haste. I doubt it's going to matter, if nothing happens in a minute assume it's gone. Ditto with Ghost Weapon.
[21:28] <Kotono> Peering deeper in, "It's a line of it. Maybe...ten feet and it looks tog o up and down?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "Were the walls of that cathedral basalt, Seira?" Alicia glances over to the half-dragon.
01[21:31] <Seira> "Think so," Seira responds, sounding eager. "They were certainly black!" she adds, rejoining Alicia.
[21:32] <Alicia> "Okay, it'll be a tight squeeze but we can head down this shaft and I'll punch through the wall when we reach that section," Alicia suggests, crouching a bit as she starts to descend, her holy nimbus providing enough to see any changes in the geology by.
[21:33] <Alicia> She also absorbs a fly spell to fuel her dwindling spellfire reserves.
06[21:36] * Seira contributes a remove curse spell to said reserves.
[21:43] <Kotono> "Hey," Donald calls down, "What about me? Wait up, I'll need to take of fmy armor to follow down.
[21:43] <Kotono> ""
[21:44] <Alicia> "Oh, come on, it's not that cramped," Alicia insists.
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, strike, had a stupid moment.
[21:45] <Kotono> The party follows along! As they approach, they see a ten foot wide cylinder of black basalt amid the ground. Above them, the ground groans ever so slightly.
[21:46] <Alicia> "In retrospect, doing it this way is probably very dangerous," Alicia admits. "Lets back out and I'll make a tunnel going down from above, that should be safer."
[21:46] <Kotono> Antenora looks up and quickly starts backing up.
[21:48] <Kotono> As Donald extracts himself out, "You know, yes, that's a good idea. But what about if the cross section of a horizontal tunnel and then a vertical one makes the first layer crumble down?"
06[21:48] * Seira doesn't waste time on grumbling. Anything that gets them to the part where they kill the Sharrans faster is fine by her.
[21:49] <Alicia> "Then it crumbles down with us being above it instead of below it," Alicia reasons, moving to directly above where the basalt cylinder was once on the surface, then another ten feet past it perpendicular to the original shaft. From here she blasts straight down!
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 4d8 DC 24
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 DC 24 and gets 19." [4d8=6, 4, 2, 7]
03[21:51] * Kotono is now known as Infinite_Ko_Loop
[21:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia advances ahead, near the doors Axandra came through and then sets herself up! She fires straight down, burrowing a hole of spellfire into the earth! It makes a clean chasm, going 250 foot down! Antenora peers down, "Still stone," she reports dutifully.
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02[21:54] * Alicia (WinNT@user-54431695.lns4-c7.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Celenu))
03[21:54] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia advances ahead, near the doors Axandra came through and then sets herself up! She fires straight down, burrowing a hole of spellfire into the earth! It makes a clean chasm, going 250 foot down! Antenora peers down, "Still stone," she reports dutifully.
03[21:54] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
06[21:56] * Alicia sighs. "Okay, going just dig deeper from here," she announces, floating down to the very bottom of the shaft and blasting straight down even more.
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 22." [4d8=4, 3, 7, 8]
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia flies 250 ft straight down! She fires again! Another straihgt, coring hole! Antenora flies down with Alicia, peering. After a moment, "...more basalt," she rubs her eyes. "It can't be much farther...unless it's going to be a lot farther, I think."
[21:58] <Alicia> "We'll find it even if we have to level this whole mountain," Alicia announces, casting an enervation spell which she promptly absorbs herself before descending again to the bottom and coring another 250ft extension to this particular shaft.
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 11." [4d8=2, 2, 6, 1]
[21:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia fires, vaporizing more stone! Another 250 feet, another bottom. The ground around you groans a little at this, the walls making strange, earthy sounds.
[22:00] <Alicia> "We could just be going past it," Alicia admits, "And I dislike the potential for being entombed. I'm going to level the mansion and just start pulverising the ground as I go." With that she flies up and casts yet another enervation which she absorbs before asking everyone to clear out.
[22:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The party clears out! As they do, "I hope this is correct," Donald observes, "We're destroying a lot and killing a lot of time here."
[22:02] <Alicia> "They wouldn't have this place so well defended if it wasn't important, since they had no way to know we knew about it," Alicia notes. "Besides which we haven't even been out of Balmuria for ten minutes."
01[22:02] <Seira> "Not that much time," Seira mutters, casting water breathing and dismissal on Alicia in turn.
[22:03] <Alicia> Once everyone's clear, Alicia positions herself at the centre of the mansion on ground level and releases a wide blast of spellfire all around.
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 17." [4d8=1, 2, 7, 7]
01[22:04] <Seira> "Donald, Antenora, how about you check out the rest of what passes for this stupid village?" Seira asks. "Maybe more creeps are hiding here, just waiting to be questioned and show us the way in."
[22:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Sure," Donald starts to walk, "Careful while we're gone."
[22:06] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Meanwhile Alicia goes to the center of the mansion! This turns out to be a lovely dining room, good silver and paintings of royalty about...until Alicia decides that redecoration is needed! She blasts a globe of spellfire all around her! Very fortunately, that's enough to clear through the roof! For a moment she stands in a perfect circle of nothing, the mansion's core gone...and the rest crumbles down, a crash of stone, wood and dirt
[22:06] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> the mansion's core gone...and the rest crumbles down, a crash of stone, wood and dirt! The din is heavy, a cloud of dust cloaking Alicia ni the newborn night!
06[22:07] * Alicia floats up a little and waits for the dust to settle, first of all.
03[22:07] * asdgsdfasdf is now known as CatCatCatCatCatCat
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> This takes a couple of minutes, the dust kicked up considerable. There's now a ruined mansion about, parts of it lying in a crater where the center was. Meanwhile... OOC: Death ward's gone.
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 4d8+4 35 charges left, using on Donald
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 4d8+4 35 charges left, using on Donald and gets 27." [4d8=4, 5, 8, 6]
[22:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 4d8+4 31 charges left, using on Antenora
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 4d8+4 31 charges left, using on Antenora and gets 21." [4d8=6, 5, 2, 4]
[22:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> At last the dust settles. It's now safe to proceed as Alicia wished. The crater has some debris from the crumbling mansion, as well as bits of loose rock.
[22:09] <Alicia> Floating down to the lowest point of this new crater, Alicia proceeds to double its depth and destroy all the gathered debris that has settled at the bottom.
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 16." [4d8=3, 8, 1, 4]
[22:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Another burst of spellfire pulverizes more ground! Much more of the mansion is gone down, a large 120 deep crater where the mansion was! The ground is blasted away, totalled! Dust is again kicked up, relatively less than last time.
[22:11] <Alicia> Down Alicia goes, repeating this arduous process!
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 14." [4d8=6, 5, 1, 2]
[22:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> As all of this goes on, Celebrimbor watches. "Mighty magic...It must be taking a deep toll," he observes to Seira. "Throwing that amount of power around is a strain."
[22:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 180 foot! Alicai stands now in a large crater, deep deep deep into the ground! 180 feet, lots of space to work with now.
[22:13] <Alicia> Two scorching rays are cast and summarily absorbed, and Alicia descends once more to continue her excavation.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 16." [4d8=6, 6, 1, 3]
01[22:13] <Seira> "Anything?"
[22:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC - Another crater, or going all 750 foot down in the narrow hole and burrowing again?
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: another crater
[22:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 240 feet! Alicia stands in a deep, deep crater, lik ea strip mine or a meteorite's impact zone, or a dried up lake! The ground around her has been vaporized - bits near the new walls crumble down and to the bottom, sagging from each blast and vaporized in the next.
06[22:15] * Seira floats down towards Alicia, another spell of remove curse and two of spider climb channeled into the older woman.
06[22:17] * Alicia nods her thanks to Seira before descending to the bottom once more and releasing the briefly held magical energy in a catastrophic burst.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 10." [4d8=1, 2, 5, 2]
[22:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> This blast isn't quite as effective. There just isn't quite neough kick to it - the ground is mostly gone, but a few bands and bits of rock survive to tumble down. This only makes it 270 foot deep instead of 280, due ot the falling debris. Still nothing, though the mansion is gone and now an excavation hole remains.
[22:21] <Alicia> "This is becoming absurd. How could they possibly have excavated it to start with?" Alicia wonders despairingly as she floats down and makes the 120 foot wide pit even deeper.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 18." [4d8=5, 1, 5, 7]
01[22:21] <Seira> "Maybe Shar helped. That vile, vile-- thing."
[22:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 330 feet! Celebrimbor peers down as Alicia destroys more rock! "Perhaps we should try and get information from anyone in town before continuing this?" he calls down, "If we must continue this, so be it, but perhaps we should gather information first?"
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 self-heal
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 self-heal and gets 26." [3d8=8, 2, 1]
[22:22] <Alicia> "Yes. Followers of Shar get Nightwalkers and armies of shadows. I get Marie," Alicia mutters, deciding to follow Celebrimbor's advice and fly back up. "Not saying she's not useful or anything, but it's pretty obvious who's trying harder."
06[22:23] * Seira blinks. "What if we do try to get her? Do you have enough for a round trip?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "Yes, but it'll leave me bereft of any further teleports," Alicia replies. "And it would take her even longer to search than this excavation's taking, since she's blind while within the ground."
01[22:26] <Seira> "Donald and Antenora are looking around, and we haven't seen anyone else around. Even if we communicate with Balmuria, that would easily take more than we've spent so far. How do you propose we gather information?" Seira asks Celebrimbor, hoping for the insight of age.
[22:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "See if they can find anyone in town. If not, we have no choice to continue, but information beats effort and exhaustion."
01[22:27] <Seira> "How many of those blasts are you good for without a recharge?" Seira asks Alicia next.
[22:28] <Alicia> "Actually I'm empty right now," Alicia admits. "I can feed off my own spells, and I have a lot of them left, but naturally I'd like to reserve some for actual combat."
01[22:28] <Seira> "Naturally," Seira agrees. "Let me take over for a while? I need to vent, anyhow."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia absorbs a few spells while she waits, regardless, since she'll want to use spellfire on the Sharran altar when they find it.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 6d8
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 and gets 27." [6d8=3, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8]
[22:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Seira, you're basically going to be breathing on the ground and trying to melt the stone down to expand?>
01[22:30] <Seira> OOC: Yes, let's see what happens. I can float over it.
[22:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: How long are you going to be at it?
01[22:30] <Seira> OOC: Trying the once to see what happens.
[22:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The hot dragon flames weaken the stone bottom of the crater! There's some scorching and a bit of melted stone-magma now, though not a ton. The stone here is pretty hard and doesn't melt very easily.
[22:32] <Alicia> "I can go another hundred and eighty feet," Alicia comments after absorbing some spell levels. "That woman did confirm that the cathedral is down here, just very deep. We just have to persevere," she tells Celebrimbor before descending.
06[22:33] * Seira tries to get a bit farther before Alicia returns, trying again.
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 6d8
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 and gets 27." [6d8=8, 3, 1, 8, 5, 2]
[22:34] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> A little more stone melts. There's a puddle of melted stone thanks to Seira's dragonb reath, hot and radiating heat.
01[22:35] <Seira> "Right. This won't be getting far."
03[22:35] * Devourlord_Sierra is now known as Sierra_Mikain
[22:35] <Alicia> "Fly up a bit so you're clear?" Alicia suggests to Seira as she floats just above the slag, waiting for her to do so before she explodes with magical fury.
01[22:35] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees. "I can cool that down for you with ice storm if you'd like."
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 20." [4d8=5, 4, 8, 3]
06[22:37] * Seira decides to fly high enough to get a vantage view of the area. Coupled with her ability to see past the invisible, she might be able to spot something of note.
[22:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 390 feet! More stone is gone now, broken apart by spellfire. The crater is mammoth, parts of the walls above coming down and piling on the bottom. It expands that way as well. Seira flies up, getting a good view of everything. Night has fallen. In the dark village, Seira can see lights are now on in one house, notably, it's door open. The area around the mansion is quiet, cratered.
06[22:41] * Seira flies down to ground level. "One house is extending us an invitation," she tells Celebrimbor and Alicia. "Want to keep on digging as we check it out, or go together?"
[22:42] <Alicia> Again!
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 18." [4d8=2, 6, 6, 4]
[22:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 450 feet! More earht is destroyed, Alicia descending! Still more stone and rock ahead, but she stands in a huge crater now. Looking up, it's hard to see the lips of the crater for Alicia. She's really deep in the hole now.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Go ahead!" Alicia calls back. "I'll find you if I find anything."
01[22:44] <Seira> "Likewise, be on the lookout for my flare."
[22:44] <Alicia> And so we repeat the monotonous cycle of violence.
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 4d8
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8 and gets 20." [4d8=2, 4, 8, 6]
[22:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: How many more times are you going to blast, Alicia?
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: lets say 3 more (absorbing 2 2nd 2 1st, 1 3rd, and 1 4th spells after this one), 4d8 each time
[22:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia blasts 760 feet into the earth! The crater is enormous, but she begins to notice something. Little wisps of blackness are creeping out of the stone now, like steam that dissipates.
[22:51] <Alicia> Finally! Alicia flies up and goes to collect the others since it looks like one more will probably do it.
[22:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: I'll intro you into #evil in a few.
[20:27] <Kotono> (Crossposting from #evil.)
[20:27] <Kotono> * Alicia casts light on a convenient rock and tosses it down, holding the woman half over the dizzying edge. "The temple's just through a little more rock - we're going to breach it in a moment and destroy it," she states matter of factly. "That's what happens to those who follow the Lady of Loss - they LOSE."
[20:27] <Kotono> > The rock vanishes into the mists. The mists swallows up the stone's light, leaving it lost.
[20:27] <Kotono> > "I..." Your captive falls to her knees, crying and shaking.
[20:27] <Kotono> <Seira> "I'm as ready as I'll ever be," Seira says firmly. "Let's take out their damned altar and gate, at least."
[20:27] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Don't run, unless you just want to go and tell those hiding in the caves that they should come out and surrender," Alicia tells her. "We'll find you if you run." With that she descends down towards the bottom of the pit, ready to hopefully make the final breach. A teleport spell is absorbed to power this last burst of spellfire.
[20:27] <Kotono> > OOC: Roll?
[20:27] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: do I detect any magic/evil as I near the bottom? (besides my light spell)
[20:27] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
[20:27] <Kotono> -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#evildunes- Infinite_Ko_Loop invited Hatbot into the channel.
[20:27] <Kotono> * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #evildunes
[20:27] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
[20:27] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[20:27] <Kotono> * Alicia attempts to dispel the magic first of all.
[20:27] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
[20:27] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: To clarify, it's been about 11 minutes now.
[20:31] <Kotono> Alicia calls the strongest power of Mystra she can channel! She casts it at the overwhelming magic! It seems to recede slightly, about a ten foot hole in it now! OOc - What are you doing now, Alicia?
[20:34] <Alicia> "Shar herself stands against us, now," Alicia declares, taking a deep breath to prepare herself. "But we will not yield!" And with that she descends down to the very base of the pit. Assuming she doesn't immediately die horribly, she'll blast out hopefully the final breach with her spellfire.
01[20:34] <Seira> "Fuck Shar," Seira mutters, ready to follow once Alicia's cleared the path.
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC - Roll the spellfire?
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 24
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 24 and gets 25." [5d8=4, 4, 7, 3, 7]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[20:39] <Kotono> The spellfire cascades down in a burst! As it does, absolute black shadows clash with it! Horrible screams of magic are heard in a deafening cascadence, echoing out! Great plumes of black and gold fire fly up and off, turning the night sky as bright as noon! (More)
[20:41] <Kotono> The ground shakes several times! Gushing out from the hole, pure shadowstuff comes flying out! It lands on rocks, turning them shadowy and incoherent! It flies all about, threatening everyone down this far! OOC - All of you need to make fort saves.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 fort
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 fort and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC - Donald there.
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Celebrimbor
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Celebrimbor and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[20:45] <Kotono> The shadowstuff goes flying! Thepit and the crater, and grounds above are half shadow now, half real. Everything is distorted and twisted, seemingly unbalanced. Yet the heroes seem to avoid the worst! Above, the black and gold flames continue to dance, lighting the path ahead! Below...Seira can identify it immediately. The black pews with purple rim. The altar. The sacrifical spot, blood drenched and coated. Below you lies the cathedral of Shar
[20:45] <Kotono> blood drenched and coated. Below you lies the cathedral of Shar!
[20:45] <Alicia> Are there any cultists milling about? Or shadows for that matter?
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[20:46] <Kotono> The cultist you brought along is hit with a bit of shadow! Her body twists, shudders! Half of her is shadow, half is real! The two parts seem to be doing battle with one another!
[20:47] <Kotono> Below, you can see a pair of cultists staring up, hooded faces seen, lined with complete shock!
01[20:47] <Seira> "CLOUDKILL!"
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: DC24
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: I'm going to give each of you a surprise round here. I'll resolve Seira's cloudkill first.
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:57] <Kotono> The two cultists hack and cough, caught int he cloudkill! Antenora flies into a holy fury, healing energy mending Alicia's body further! OOC - 7/8, +10 Alicia HP. Alicia?
[20:58] <Kotono> "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" From above, you can hear your captive cultist scream, voice gurgling!
06[21:00] * Alicia flies down into the cathedral itself, well away from the cloudkill and in the opposite direction that it's spreading in.
06[21:00] * Seira follows on the heels of her cloudkill, eager to have some of the cultists die on the blade of the Resort!
[21:02] <Kotono> As Alicia flies down, Donald and Celebrimbor begin to descend. Celebrimbor murmurs af ew words to do so, his red cloak glowing as he descends! Donald starts hopping down the crater's slope, glancing at the poor cultists a moment before hurrying along! OOC - Celebrimbor and Donadl'll need a bit to catch up. Initiative. I'll describe what Alicia sees while you do that.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 nerveskitter
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 nerveskitter and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:03] <Kotono> Inside the temple shee sees what Seira saw. All of it in detail again. Only two cultists are here - all the doors are otherwise closed. At the moment there is a cold silence about, save for the hacking and coughing of the cultists. Alicia is near the souther door that leads to the three doors and the shadow trap Seira triggered.
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 cultist
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 cultist
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 cultist and gets 19." [1d20=17]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 cultist and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Donald if he gets in range to do much
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Donald if he gets in range to do much and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Celebrimbor
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Celebrimbor and gets 13." [1d20=11]
03[21:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Donald>Cultists>Alicia>Antenora=Celebrimbor '
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
01[21:08] <Seira> "I'll head towards the room where the leaders were plotting," Seira whispers, cloaking herself in invisibility as she avoids the cloud of death to head to her destination.
[21:09] <Alicia> "I'll hold things here until everyone else catches up, yell if you need help," Alicia replies.
01[21:09] <Seira> "Oh, there will be yells," Seira promises darkly.
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 forts on Seira's turn
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 forts on Seira's turn
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 forts on Seira's turn and gets 14." [1d20=6]
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 forts on Seira's turn and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:18] <Kotono> The cultists, hacking and coughing, come the southern way out of the cloud! They gasp for air, pallid faced and weakened! Seira reaches the northwestern door on the north wall in the meantime, as Donald continues to race down! OOC - Alicia.
06[21:19] * Alicia rushes up towards the two cultists, moving in between them before her sword slashes out to hopefully bring one down!
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -7pa
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -7pa and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+2d6+1d6
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+2d6+1d6 and gets 41." [1d8=4][2d6=3, 5][1d6=3]
[21:21] <Kotono> With that heavy blow, the cultist is decapitated! He falls over, slain and pallid faced! Blood jets out, staining the floor and Alicia's ankles! Antenora flies down swiftly, repeating the performance on the other or trying to!
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20+19 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, -6 PA)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20+19 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, -6 PA) and gets 44." [1d20=5]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, -6 PA)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, -6 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 2d8+42+1d6
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+42+1d6 and gets 58." [2d8=5, 8][1d6=3]
[21:23] <Kotono> Impaled through the heart, the other cultist falls swiftly! There are noises otherwise, however, starting to come froms everal doors - including the one Seira's at! OOC - Free action for the mometn.
06[21:24] * Alicia goes to open the door leading to the trapped passage with the shadows that Seira spoke of.
[21:25] <Kotono> Looking towards the altar, "Look at that...how many died on it?" Looking over the dead cultists, Antenora keeps watch for the moment. Meanwhile, Alicia goes and opesn the southern door. A vast,long hall is here. It is decorated to Shar, blackened metals and nightblack gems about. It leads to three more doors at the far end.
06[21:25] * Seira holds her position by the door quietly, so that when it opens in the other direction, she would be ready to strike out with the Resort!
06[21:27] * Alicia moves to open the door to the right of the one she just opened, wanting to deal with anyone rushing towards the main hall before she goes after the shadows.
[21:28] <Kotono> This door has a melted metal lock, easily opened. It leads to a stairway going down in the middle, with a another door past and around that. Two more cultists are running out of that door! Meanwhile, a door on the western wall opens, three cultists! Further, the door Seira's at has noise coming - something's coming! OOC - Back into initiative, I think.
06[21:29] * Seira has been waiting for this moment!
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Anty, not rolling Celebrimbor and Donald until they get down here.
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Anty, not rolling Celebrimbor and Donald until they get down here. and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 cultists near Alicia
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 cultists near Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Other cultists from the west
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Other cultists from the west and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 ??????
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 ?????? and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
03[21:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>CultistsAlicia=CultistsWest>????2>Alicia>????1'
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC - Go Seira.
06[21:34] * Seira doesn't waste any time in invoking a fireball to explode amidst the cultists! As an innate power, there would be no traces to give up the game for those behind the very door she's occupying.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 10d6 fire
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 fire and gets 32." [10d6=2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 2, 5, 2, 2]
01[21:34] <Seira> OOC: DC18
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 8." [1d20=5]
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 7." [1d20=4]
[21:35] <Kotono> The trio is burnt and put afire, robes searing and belching flames as they shudder! Antenora, meanwhile, darts to them and looks to put another down!
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 flying, +2 charge, -6 PA, FS 7/8 +10 HP Antenora)
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+1 flying, +2 charge, -6 PA, FS 7/8 +10 HP Antenora) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC - That should be +17, for 20. Still hits.
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 2d8+34
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+34 and gets 43." [2d8=7, 2]
03[21:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>CultistsAlicia=CultistsWest2>????2>Alicia>????1'
[21:36] <Kotono> Getting one of them through the chest, he is impaled! "S-Shar..." he groans, "Curse...the..."
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC - Alicia's gaggle of evil is up.
[21:38] <Kotono> The two advance to the stairway! One of them gestures and a horrible boar appears, charging at Alicia! It's flesh is red and hellfire angry!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOc - AC?
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: DC 20 will save when it's within 30 feet or banished
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: AC is 33, anyway
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[21:40] <Kotono> Poof! As it comes close, the boar vanishes! The other makes quick gestures, a miasma of greasy darkness appearing around Alicia! OOC - will.
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 4d8 halve this
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8 halve this and gets 17." [4d8=4, 1, 4, 8]
[21:41] <Kotono> The greasy darkness is not nearly as horrible as some Alicia has endured! She avoids the worst of it with almost a casual ease! The western cultists are wracked! One, close to Antenora, attempts to touch her!
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 touch
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 touch and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 LC check
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 LC check and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[21:44] <Kotono> He touches Antenora on the arm, but black sparks come from the touch, nothing happening otherwise! The other gestures at Antenora, a greasy cloud appearing around her!
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 CL
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 CL and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:45] <Kotono> But this one fades as well, doing nothing! Seira can easily here something coming out from the door she's in. However, as she's acted, she can't stop it from easily coming out! Squeezing through the door with some struggle, a Nightwalker emergees! It's pitch black gaze sweeps over the room, gazing righ tat Seira, 'Quiver!' it commands! OOC - Will. Mind affecting fear.
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 will first
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 will first and gets 26." [1d20=12]
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 fly, +2 heroism)
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 fly, +2 heroism) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit and passed your save.
06[21:49] * Seira lashes out at the vile thing as it emerges, sending out a belated command to Lagann to sense for what remains behind the door.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 26." [3d8=2, 8, 7]
01[21:50] <Seira> OOC: +2 more
[21:51] <Kotono> Seira cuts into the nightwalker, her Resort having problems, but still landing an acceptably powerful blow! OOc - Alicia.
[21:52] <Alicia> "Everyone focus on the Nightwalker! The rest of these fools are inconsequential!" Alicia yells, preparing to rush over and stab it when it tries to manifest its powers. She's not going to suffer that horrible unholy blight spam again.
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're at near the polar opposite position from that door to this one and you have a bunch of pews to get around. It's too far for you to reach there and have a readied action. You'd have to full move.
[21:54] <Alicia> OOC: I can fly!
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: What's your speed?
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: 60, so 120 for a charge
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, you can make it then.
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[21:56] <Kotono> As Alicia rushes over and positions, noise is heard from above! On one of the balconies - the veyr same balcony Seira hid on - a robed cultist looks out! He waves his hands, an unholy blight springing up around Seira!
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC - Will.
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>CultistsAlicia=CultistsWest2>Nightwalker>Alicia>Balcony-Cultist'
03[21:57] * Sierra_Mikain is now known as Sierra_Naptime
[21:57] <Kotono> OOc - Strike.
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[21:57] <Kotono> As Alicia rushes over and positions, noise is heard from above! On one of the balconies - the veyr same balcony Seira hid on - a robed cultist looks out! He waves his hands, an unholy blight springing up around Antenora!
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 CL
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 CL and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[21:58] <Kotono> But the spell fizzles outa round her! OO C- Seira.
06[21:59] * Seira steps sideways to allow Alicia easier access to the Nightwalker, drawing her backup weapon with a smooth motion. And then, she doesn't waste any time in attacking!
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 bite
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 bite and gets 23." [1d20=5]
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d8+7+2d6 holy silver
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+7+2d6 holy silver and gets 19." [1d8=7][2d6=3, 2]
[22:01] <Kotono> Seira's holy silver blade cuts into the nightwalker! It's a solid, heavy slice, finding no resistance this time! Antenora, meanwhile, takes to the air! Engaging it's tall form above the others, she goes right for it's head!
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, +7 smite 0/3 left, -7 PA)
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+1 flying, +2 charge, +2 FS 6/8, +7 smite 0/3 left, -7 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 2d8+50+1d6
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+50+1d6 and gets 58." [2d8=3, 3][1d6=2]
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 knowledge devotion so I don't forget
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 knowledge devotion so I don't forget and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[22:03] <Kotono> Plugnign her black spear into the nightwalker's head, she rips away much of it! This blow is only a painful inconvience to an undead horror, however! Alicia's cultists come out, casting magic amid themselves! Meanwhile, the two burned survivors retreat back down the door they came! OOC - Nightwalker is up.
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC - It's going to use a quickened SLA, Alicia. Going to take yoru readied action?
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: I don't think I can interrupt that, but assuming it also casts a regular SLA I'll interrupt that. Otherwise I guess I'm just randomly hitting it.
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa smite, divine might
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa smite, divine might and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC- Hit.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+30+2d6+1d6
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+30+2d6+1d6 and gets 47." [1d8=7][2d6=3, 3][1d6=4]
[22:06] <Kotono> As Alicia drives her blade into the nightwalker, a greasy cloud surrounds it! OOC - Will saves Antenora, Alicia and Seira.
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 28." [1d20=5]
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this and gets 21." [5d8=4, 8, 1, 2, 6]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 Antenora SR
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 Antenora SR and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 10d6 halve this
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 halve this and gets 41." [10d6=2, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 6, 5, 2, 6]
[22:07] <Kotono> The blight is painfula s the Nightwalker lashes outw ith it's mammoth body at all in range!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 slam 1 Seira
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 slam 1 Seira and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 slam 2 Antenora
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 slam 2 Antenora and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 slam 3 Alicia
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 slam 3 Alicia and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC - aCs?
01[22:08] <Seira> OOC: AC34, I also have Blur
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 31
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d100 Seira blur
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 Seira blur and gets 5." [1d100=5]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 2d6+16 Alicia ow
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+16 Alicia ow and gets 25." [2d6=4, 5]
[22:09] <Kotono> Seira's blurriness saves her as she dodges, a narrow miss! Antenora's breastplate stops it's fist, though Alicia is rocked back from a heavy blow in retort! OOC - Adjusting initiative.
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>CultistsAlicia=CultistsWest2>Alicia>Nightwalker>Balcony-Cultist'
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Balcony dude is up.
[22:11] <Kotono> The balcony cultists reaches into his robes, withdrawing a chakram that he throws downward at Antenora!
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[22:12] <Kotono> But the throw is bad, the chakram hitting the floor and boucning under a pew! OOC - Seira.
03[22:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Nightwalker>Balcony-Cultist'
06[22:13] * Seira maneuvers into a better position to utilize Antenora's help. There's really no place for a witticism or a war cry, just a very strong desire to put the undead to rest.
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 33." [1d20=12]
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d8+7+2d6
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC - One hit.
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+7+2d6 and gets 18." [1d8=3][2d6=3, 5]
[22:15] <Kotono> As Seira tearsi nto them again, the center door opens wide! She is clad in familiar things - Seira's shades and cape are noticed in particular. Armanda moves like a flash, grinning, "You're here," she says, even as she runs out the door! She moves like utter lightning, two cultists behind her. "I'll sacrifice you in the name of Shar!" In a blink she's at Alicia's side, striking out twice!
03[22:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Armanda=CultistsAntenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Nightwalker>Balcony-Cultist'
03[22:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Armanda=Cultists>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Nightwalker>Balcony-Cultist'
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 33." [1d20=12]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC - AC Alicia?
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: 31
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2 and make a fort save, Alicia?
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and make a fort save, Alicia? and gets 4." [2d8=1, 1]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[22:18] <Kotono> The blow hits Alicia in the stomach! She resists a horrible wave of sickness and stunning, even as Armanda backflips backwards twenty feet and out of range, atop one of the nearest pews! The cultists behind her chant quickly, one focusing on Armanda, as the other unleashes a black ray at Antenora!
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 CL
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 CL and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[22:18] <Kotono> But the ray fizzles out, doing nothing! OOC - Antenora.
[22:20] <Kotono> Antenora stays on the nightwalker, assaulting it thrice quickly!
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+1 flying, +2 flanking)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+1 flying, +2 flanking) and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (FS 5/8, +10 Alicia HP)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (FS 5/8, +10 Alicia HP) and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d8+9
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+9 and gets 11." [1d8=2]
[22:22] <Kotono> The blow isn't very strong this time, having trouble seriously wounding the nightwalker! The cultists Alicia dealt with creep closer, casting more magic, one of them going upa nd touching Armanda! OOC - Alicia.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Hahaha!" Alicia actually laughs. "You actually bruised me! Just lie down and wait for death, spoiled little Sharran princess, you're not even a threat." With that contemptous appraisal of the opposition she hops onto the Nightwalker's knee as her flaming blade slices up its opposite thigh, then floats up the length of its body while slashing repeatedly at it, Hell Striker moving too quickly to follow!
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 41." [1d20=12]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 37." [1d20=8]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers crit check I can crit undead
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers crit check I can crit undead and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC - Evertyhing but the 32 hits.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 5th level channel, divine might, flying, using bracers and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC - And the thirty and the other thirty 2.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Roll seperately.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 53." [1d8=8][2d6=6, 4][1d6=5][5d4=2, 3, 2, 1, 3]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 41." [1d8=2][2d6=4, 1][1d6=4][5d4=3, 3, 2, 2, 1]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 51." [1d8=8][2d6=5, 1][1d6=6][5d4=4, 2, 1, 4, 1]
[22:26] <Alicia> roll 2d8+38+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+38+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 79." [2d8=8, 7][2d6=6, 5][1d6=4][5d4=3, 1, 2, 4, 1]
03[22:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Armanda=Cultists>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Balcony-Cultist'
[22:26] <Kotono> Savaged by Alicia, the nightwalker is torna part as she flips off it's body! The entire black beast breaks apart into shadow-stuff, destroyed and put back to rest! AT this, the balcony cultists runs back through the door anda way! OOC - Seira.
01[22:29] <Seira> This date had been long in coming, and Seira leaps into the air, somersaulting, with the Resort coming down on Armanda's head in a powerful slash to smite the evil princess! Her other sword is relinquished to Lagann, who doubtlessly wants to have words with the Sharran as well for her treatment of him.
01[22:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 impromptu SA, smite
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 impromptu SA, smite and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, d100.
01[22:30] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 79." [1d100=79]
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+4d6+6d8
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+4d6+6d8 and gets 60." [3d8=8, 2, 1][4d6=4, 4, 3, 5][6d8=1, 6, 2, 4, 4, 5]
[22:31] <Kotono> Charging in, Seira is able to stab Armanda right in the shoulder! She cries out in pain, then grins feriously! "Good...good...I'll kill you here, you stupid escaping bitch!" she says, "Idiot! Someone as stupid as you sh ould never have made it this far!" With that, she attacks Seira all out!
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann can attack first, though.
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[22:32] <Kotono> A silver longsword takes to the air, but Armanda smoothly sidesteps it!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 26." [1d20=3]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit check and AC, Seira?
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit check and AC, Seira? and gets 43." [1d20=20]
01[22:32] <Seira> OOC: AC34, blur... stoneskin will save me?
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100 crit first
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 crit first and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 4d8+4 and fort save, Seira.
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+4 and fort save, Seira. and gets 26." [4d8=8, 3, 6, 5]
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[22:34] <Kotono> Only one of these blows hits! Only a mere one, but right in Seira's stomach! The blow makes her stomach erupt in agony, as she falls to her knees and drops the Resort! As her shoulder stains red, "Idiot!" she jeers again! The cultists behind her quickly rush to Armanda, touching her!
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 2d8+6
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 2d8+6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 and gets 20." [2d8=8, 6]
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 and gets 20." [2d8=6, 8]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC - Antenora's up.
01[22:36] <Seira> Stunned by the attack that slipped past her guard, all Seira can do is cough violently.
[22:36] <Kotono> "Dammit! Seira!" Antenora calls, whirling in the air! She goes after Armanda from above, looking to impale her head on!
03[22:36] * Demedais is now known as tai-cls
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+1 fly, +2 charge, +2 FS 4/8, -3 PA, racial smite)
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+1 fly, +2 charge, +2 FS 4/8, -3 PA, racial smite) and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+1 fly, +2 charge, +2 FS 4/8, -3 PA, racial smite) crit?
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+1 fly, +2 charge, +2 FS 4/8, -3 PA, racial smite) crit? and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 83." [1d100=83]
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 4d8+112+1d6 Well.
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+112+1d6 Well. and gets 139." [4d8=3, 6, 4, 8][1d6=6]
03[22:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultists>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Balcony-Cultist'
[22:40] <Kotono> Charging with a pure fury, "To hell with you! To Hell with Shar!" Antenora snarls, thrusting out! Armanda starts to dodge, but she misreads it! Instead of dodging, she goes right up...so that the spear impales her through the center of her forehead! She makes a gurgling noise as he brains exit out a new hole in the back of her skull, collapsing!
[22:40] <Kotono> The cultists watch this display, before snarling! they step back and throw chakrams at Antenora!
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:40] <Kotono> But both miss, neither able to land a serious blow. OOc - Alicia.
06[22:41] * Alicia flies over to stab into one of the two cultists by the corpse formerly known as Armanda.
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -7 pa
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -7 pa and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+2d6+1d6
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+2d6+1d6 and gets 46." [1d8=7][2d6=4, 3][1d6=6]
03[22:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>Balcony-Cultist'
[22:42] <Kotono> Impaling one with her doublesword, Alicai downs that one by cutting it's head in two! OOC - Seira, balcony cultist is gone.
03[22:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>CultistsAlicia2>Alicia>'
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Seira's stunned this round, hur.
[22:43] <Kotono> The remaining cultist stares in utter horror, "No...Princess..." he whimpers, before raising his hands. "S-spare my life and I'll surrender!" he offers.
06[22:44] * Seira can't do a thing about it, but hopes that Lagann, at least, can!
[22:44] <Kotono> Lagann continues to hack away, this time driving the sowrd at that same cultist!
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2d6+1
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2d6+1 and gets 15." [1d8=6][2d6=2, 6]
[22:45] <Kotono> It cuts deep into it's leg, drawing considerable bloodshed as an artery is surely hit! OOc - Antenora's up.
[22:45] <Kotono> Antenora, for her part, goes after the other two a little away from the pleading cultist!
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+5 various bonuses, -7 PA, 3/8 FS)
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+5 various bonuses, -7 PA, 3/8 FS) and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora swings too heavily this time, missing the blow entirely! The cultists step backa nd start running! They head right for the western wall and the southern most door on it! OOC - Seira, you're nauseated this round and cn take a move actin.
01[22:47] <Seira> "Stop them," Seira rasps, reaching for the Resort. "That's where the shadow seal was."
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC - Alicia, sorry, I some how glazed over you. You're up. Strike Seiras' action for the moment, though she'll probably do thes ame thing anyway.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Surrender is an option," Alicia tells the begging cultist, before she wheels about and soars after the two running away, attempting to eviscerate one of them. "Retreat is not!"
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -7pa
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -7pa and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+2d6+1d6
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+2d6+1d6 and gets 49." [1d8=8][2d6=6, 4][1d6=5]
[22:49] <Kotono> Racing forward, Alicia kills one fo the cultists in a head long charge, catching up and stabbing it straight through the stomach! The begger throws himself on the ground, "Call it off! Spare me!" OOC - Seira, you're up.
03[22:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>CultistsAlicia1>Alicia'
[22:50] <Kotono> As this goes on, you can hear, "You guys okay down there," Donald calls, "Got problems up here!"
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: Same action, and my words apply to Lagann as much as they do at the others
06[22:50] * Alicia looks upwards, wishing Donald would be more specific.
[22:50] <Kotono> Lagann directs the sword to follow, but can't follow far enough with a 30 ft range! The surrendering cultist is meanwhile begging for life! OOC - Antenora.
[22:51] <Kotono> Antenora looks up, rubbing her face. "Right," she calls, flying up and out! As she does, "...Alicia! Seira!" she calls quickly.
[22:51] <Kotono> The last cultist reaches the door, throwing it open! OOC - Alicia.
01[22:51] <Seira> "What?" Seira asks, sounding pained and relying on Message for the most part.
[22:51] <Alicia> Can Alicia see what's happening up there? It could have some impact on what she does!
[22:52] <Kotono> Alicia looks up! You can see several blotchy shadows of various shapes lumbering forward! There is still faint fire in the sky to see with. While most are destroyed, Celebrimbor and Donald back to back, one persists. It is one of a great, huge giant, threatening Donald.
03[22:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>Donald>CultistsAlicia1>Alicia>Shadow Giant>Celebrimbor'
06[22:53] * Alicia summons a small gaggle of fire elementals to deal with the remaining cultist before he releases the shadows before she starts to fly up.
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
03[22:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>Donald>CultistsAlicia1>Alicia=Elementals>Shadow Giant>Celebrimbor'
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC - Go for it, 'licia. Roll it up?
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: actually, strike that, if I can since I already rolled?
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead.
03[22:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>Donald>CultistsAlicia1>Alicia>Shadow Giant>Celebrimbor'
[22:54] <Alicia> "Be there in a second, can't let this idiot release the shadows!" Alicia calls as she rushes forward to decapitate the last one with any fight in him.
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -7pa
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -7pa and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+2d6+1d6
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+2d6+1d6 and gets 43." [1d8=4][2d6=4, 6][1d6=3]
[22:55] <Kotono> He won't. Alicia simply slays him by impalement, sending him to die a fool's death on the floor of Shar's temple! The shadow giant looms above Donald, striking down at him in one overpowering blow!
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+53
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+53 and gets 65." [1d20=12]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 4d8+30
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+30 and gets 47." [4d8=8, 3, 4, 2]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 fort
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 fort and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[22:56] <Kotono> Donald is sent flying down, half sliced by a massive, overpowering shadow-fist blow! He skids dozens of feets, coughing as he lands at the lip of the entrance downward! OOC - Celebrimbor.
[22:57] <Kotono> Celebrimbor scatters back, weaving magic around him! Afireball bursts around the shadow, then a set of jaws!
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ref 90 damage fireball
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ref 90 damage fireball and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 sudden maximized empowered many jaws
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 sudden maximized empowered many jaws and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[22:58] <Kotono> The fireball and jaws tear into the shadow, who manages to lumber and move! It's shadowy body is considerably torn apart, but stays intact! Wobbling, "It hits like a fucking out of control wagon," Donald gasps, "Keep doing that, Celebirmbor!" OOc - Seira.
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Cultist>Antenora>Donald>Alicia>Shadow Giant>Celebrimbor'
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 religion to ID wtf that is? (I can roll planes if it's an avatar, since that'd be an outsider, technically)
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 religion to ID wtf that is? (I can roll planes if it's an avatar, since that'd be an outsider, technically) and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: Planes, actually.
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 this'll do for knowledge devotion as well
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 this'll do for knowledge devotion as well and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:01] <Alicia> "Just keep your distance, that thing can't survive on the material plane for long!" Alicia suggests.
01[23:02] <Seira> "Move, even flinch, and fucking burn," Seira tells the cowering cultist, flying over to a spot she can see above.
[23:03] <Kotono> Seira flies up and out! She can see the shadowy crater now, the giant looming like a horrible juggernaunt! There don't look to be too many more threats about, at least.
[23:03] <Kotono> OOC - Antenora's up.
01[23:03] <Seira> OOC: Umm. Distance to it?
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, were you also doing something? Say 40 feet?
01[23:04] <Seira> OOC: Yes, I wanted to know how far I was! Can a cone hit it?
01[23:04] <Seira> OOC: And only it?
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, CElebrimbor scrambled away and Donald got beaten away.
06[23:05] * Seira reaches up with her right claw, summoning a massive blast of fire to sweep the monstrous shadow giant away!
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 14d6 fire
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 14d6 fire and gets 38." [14d6=1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 6]
01[23:05] <Seira> OOC: DC25
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[23:06] <Kotono> This fire buckles it's body further! The entire thing struggles, pulses...and fades apart into dozens of bits of intense shadow! In rains down, twisting the ground further! OOC - Battle's over, the anomaly couldn't stay intact long. Luckily for you guys. Free act.
[23:06] <Alicia> OOC: has the cloudkill moved away from the altar yet?
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[23:07] <Kotono> Donald picks himself up, dusting his armor off. "LAthander dammit, that was rough," he grouses, "Everyone okay down there?"
06[23:07] * Seira returns to the cultist, binding his limbs briefly, before snatching up her shades off Armanda's corpse and striding inside the living quarters.
06[23:07] * Alicia strolls over to the altar and channels her last spellfire directly into it, much as she did with the altars in Erenholm.
[23:07] <Kotono> Antenora gently alights on the lip of the entrance ot the cathedral's roof. She takes a few breaths before floating down, "We did it." she observes brilliantly, and then, "You alright, Seira?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "Some are still hiding. Am I alright?" Seira laughs haltingly. "Not yet. I'm heading in."
[20:13] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: has the cloudkill moved away from the altar yet?
[20:13] <Kotono> > OOC: Yes.
[20:13] <Kotono> > Donald picks himself up, dusting his armor off. "LAthander dammit, that was rough," he grouses, "Everyone okay down there?"
[20:13] <Kotono> * Seira returns to the cultist, binding his limbs briefly, before snatching up her shades off Armanda's corpse and striding inside the living quarters.
[20:13] <Kotono> * Alicia strolls over to the altar and channels her last spellfire directly into it, much as she did with the altars in Erenholm.
[20:13] <Kotono> > Antenora gently alights on the lip of the entrance ot the cathedral's roof. She takes a few breaths before floating down, "We did it." she observes brilliantly, and then, "You alright, Seira?"
[20:13] <Kotono> <Seira> "Some are still hiding. Am I alright?" Seira laughs haltingly. "Not yet. I'm heading in."
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Evil, Seira.
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Terror.
[20:15] <Kotono> As Seira runs off to eliminate more cultists, Alicia channels spellfire into the altar! This time the altar splits apart into seven even chunks, burst into spellfire and fading away! Alicia feels a momentary thrill of joy pass through her body.
[20:16] <Alicia> "That's that," Alicia smiles at the faint giddy sensation of metaphysically sticking her fingers up to Shar. "Seira wait, we shouldn't split up!" she calls to the half-dragon, checking that the other three are well enough to follow before she pursues her errant superior officer.
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01[21:39] <Seira> [21:28] <Kotono> > Alicia and Seira head deeper in! Chasing, they find the two cultists in the common rooms, frantically searching! One turns, hooded face dark! "Hurry," he rasps. OOC - Let'd do initiative here? You're about 20 feet away from them.
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{23}
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{14}
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:34] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{25}
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Alicia>Cultists'
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:36] <Seira> A fireball explodes around the men! While Seira would like to argue Alicia's point of allowing surrendering scum of such magnitude the chance to do so, she has no problem with the other part of Alicia's approach, which means anyone still fighting of fleeing to fight another day is fair game.
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:36] <Seira> Should any of them survive, Seira would move right next to them, while urging Lagann to take the targets out.
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:36] <Seira> roll 10d6 fire
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:36] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 10d6 fire --> [ 10d6=34 ]{34}
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:36] <Seira> OOC: DC22
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:37] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, 23
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:37] <Kotono> With the fireball, the already wounded men cannot endure! The beds and men are set aflame, screams as the worshippers of Shar are sent to her oblivious embrace! OOC - They died even on a save. Free act.
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:38] <Seira> "Not quick enough, scum," Seira mutters. "Lagann, can you tell what they were looking for?"
01[21:40] <Seira> [21:39] * Alicia doesn't really care to search. "It doesn't matter, they'll never find it now," she observes. "We should probably go back so we can seal that portal before doing a room by room search."
01[21:41] <Seira> "I'm wary of living someone around to find a way to alert their allies, or a key to unseal the shadows," Seira returns. "We can spare a few moments for this, I think."
01[21:41] <Seira> *leaving, sigh
[21:41] <Alicia> "Alright, lets be quick about it then," Alicia acquieses. "You know this place best so lead on."
06[21:42] * Seira commands Lagann to bring the metal item over to her.
[21:42] <Kotono> A few silver and gold coins come, as well as a sharp, serrated dagger. While not gnomish, it's clearly been designed for pain.
01[21:43] <Seira> "As long as the others are in the central chamber, none should really pass them on the way down," Seira says, observing the room as she passes up on the dagger and coins. "We'll check the living area fully, and then the cells here."
06[21:44] * Alicia nods, happy to just peek in each room for any remaining cultists rather than bothering to actually search their belongings and such. They can worry about that once the place is cleaned out thoroughly.
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: So just cultist searching for now?
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: And prisoner searching, in this section of the building
[21:45] <Kotono> The western part of the temple is quiet. The metal cells where Seira was kept are silent, the balcony above quiet. On checking that, they can see Antenora and Donald below, binding up the surrendered cultist. It's quite dark here now - the fires in the sky have died out. Not that it seems to bother either of them.
01[21:46] <Seira> "Alright," Seira says curtly. "Can we get to the prisoners before taking out the portal?"
06[21:46] * Seira doesn't bother heading back down the stairs, merely leaping off the balcony and gliding down.
[21:47] <Alicia> "Lead on," Alicia is content to follow Seira just in case she runs into anything nasty.
[21:47] <Kotono> Donald looks to Seira as Antenora neatly ties the cultist up. "Celebrimbor went back up to check on our other captive," he says. "Need a hand with anything?"
01[21:47] <Seira> "Stay here, please, and kill anyone non-allied venturing into this room," Seira returns, heading straight for the holding cells and hoping someone might be found alive inside.
[21:53] <Kotono> Thus, Seira and Alicia head to the holding cells. The scent of human suffering, sweat and waste are pungent into the air. It's hard not to gag, the wooden doors of each room ahead not stopping vile, piteous smells.
01[21:54] <Seira> "This is a breakout!" Seira calls out loudly, checking the first door on the right.
[21:55] <Kotono> There are slender metal bars over a window, letting Seira see inside. Inside...a...man? A man who has stumps for arms and legs. A horrible rotten, fetid smell comes from him. He wears no clothes, lying in a puddle of what is surely things best not considered. His eyes are held open with pins, no blinking....and no point, as his eyes are gone. "Gi...giselle...?" he whimpers.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Oh, Gods..." Alicia winces at the smell. "You really were lucky to get out of here," she observes before following up on Seira's declaration, "We've come to rescue you!" she calls, hacking open the opposite door from the one Seira opens.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Help..." A man's voice from another cell calls weakly.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Lagann! Open these doors!" Seira commands.
[21:56] <Kotono> The metal hinges of the doors creak, cracking away! The door falls down a little, loosened and freed from it's metal holdings. I tshould be fairly easy to open now.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Antenora!" Seira calls out into the corridor. "If you hear me, I could use your help!"
[21:57] <Kotono> Antenora comes at a hurry after Seira's voice echos. "Yes," she asks as she descends down into the smelly pit.
01[21:58] <Seira> "They... they...." Seira shakes her head. "Please get them out. I can't."
[21:58] <Alicia> "These prisoners are going to need healing, use the wand as much as necessary," Alicia tells the erinyes as she goes to open the door that the other man called out from behind.
[21:59] <Kotono> This man has his arms but no legs. He lies flat on his back, his groin and gender gone, impaled with a dozen horribly rusty knives and hooks. He lies unclad as well, the stench overwhelming. "Please, please please free me," he cries like a baby, one eye gone but another green one peering at Alicia, tears coming from it.
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora takes the wand wordlessly, going into the arm and legless man Seira freed. She looks to Seira, "Can you summon some water to cleanse him first," she asks, "He deserves that much."
01[22:01] <Seira> A wave of her hand summons water in a cloud above him, and then Seira repeats it when her aim is slightly off.
[22:02] <Alicia> It takes years and years of self control and having seen so many horrific things to let Alicia keep her composure, though it's a close thing. "You're safe now," she manages, though what sort of life he could have in this state... Casting her last enervation spell to feed her spellfire reserves, she approaches and kneels beside him. "I'm going to pull these out - it'll hurt, a lot," she tells him, unable to sugarcoat it, "On three, okay?"
06[22:03] * Seira forces herself to see the other cells. There is only so much Alicia and Antenora could do for everyone on their own.
[22:03] <Kotono> With the worst of the filth washed away, the man shivers silently. Antenora begins to use the wand, three charges used. "Shh...we'll help you. The Sharrans are dead." Antenora takes his chin with a hand, very gently touching him. "We'll help you."
[22:03] <Kotono> Alicia hears his voice again, "If...if it does me in...tell Giselle that I'll always love her...and to tell our child."
[22:05] <Kotono> Seira goes to check the back two cells. One is mercifully empty, mercifully. The other has an ancient dwarf, surely as old as the sun itself. His weathered body is crucified on the back wall, clean shaven and eyeless. Writhing maggots infest a dozen festering wounds all over his body. His ears are full of a metal - lead, Seira thinks at a glance.
[22:06] <Kotono> From Antenora's cell, you cah hear half incoherent, sob-like gasps.
[22:06] <Alicia> So much for her lovers being exiled... "If it comes to that I will," Alicia promises, before gathering up the ends of the torture implements in hand. "One... two... three," and on that number she tears them out as quickly and cleanly as she can, proceeding to heal him with her spellfire almost as soon as they're out, hopefully before the pain can fully register.
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+4 and gets 11." [4d4=1, 2, 3, 1]
01[22:06] <Seira> "L-Lagann?" Seira's voice wavers. "Can you help him? Without hurting him?"
[22:07] <Kotono> There isn't much blood. Not much blood at all. The spellfire mends the tears instantly, as much as there can be repair. The man will never be a man again, yet he lives. "Oh...Bless you...Kelemvor and Kossuth bless you," he gasps, his good eye on Alicia like a laser. "Are you...the legendary guardians that will escort us to our judgment with Kelemvor?"
06[22:09] * Seira tries to fall back on Antenora's request, cleaning his body and washing off the maggots from his festering wounds.
06[22:09] * Alicia shakes her head. "No. I'm a servant of Mystra. I'll take you to our temple in Kelara, you'll be cared for there," she assures him, slinging Hell Striker on her back. "Come, I'll get you out of here," she adds, picking him up gently in her arms.
[22:18] <Kotono> The bugs are washed away, gently pushed out of infected wounds. "You.." an ancient voice rasps, "Are you...if you're not one the royals...touch my nose," he says, shakingly.
06[22:19] * Seira shivers, but does so, approaching to tap it lightly.
[22:19] <Kotono> Holding to Alicia, one eyes wetting with tears, "Bless you, bless you..." he says, "Oh..." he shudders, then begins to simply sob.
[22:20] <Alicia> Carefully holding her passenger, Alicia murmurs soothing sounding nothings as she carries him back to the shattered cathedral, where he'll be out of this squalor and able to see with his remaining eye the ruin they've visited upon Shar's followers. Best to get them all there together before she takes them away from here.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Listen to me...The Kessian Royal Family...rotten to the core. If you've come here to oppose them..." He coughs, "Kort, Armanda and Albert are the three vile ones. But...below the temple...I failed to stop them when I stumbled on this evil. You must destroy them all, or Kesse will become a bleeding wound that poisons everything around it.
[22:20] <Kotono> "
06[22:21] * Seira brushes her hand across his face, cupping the dwarf's cheek. Her mind made up, she asks Lagann to remove that which keeps the dwarf crucified, ready to catch him in her arms.
[22:21] <Kotono> As Alicia does that, Antenora comes with her prisoner. Her face is stony as the two end up walking together. But in Alicia's mind, 'I would at least understand this from devils or demons,' she says, 'These humans...they had a real choice. They've damned themselves as throughly as any fool in the Pit.'
[22:22] <Kotono> The nails are removed, the dwarf gasping as he falls! "Oh...thank you...it hurt so much," He licks his cracked lips, "But please...below thet emple. I don't know what it is, but I heard that...that it's the source of this. They took my hearing for finding this out."
06[22:23] * Seira taps his nose again, the only way she knows without Antenora around to communicate to him that she understands.
06[22:23] * Seira brings the dwarf out, afterwards, cradling him in her arms.
[22:24] <Kotono> "If you have the power to stop the royals...kill what infected them as well. By all the Gods that have ever heard my prayers, I beg you!" His voice becomes stronger a moment, before he sags under Seira's arms.
[22:24] <Alicia> 'I said once before that there were gods mightier than any fiend, didn't I?' Alicia replies in the same vein. 'There are also those more foul. Shar is one of them.' She sets the man down on one of the remaining pews. "Wait here until I get the other prisoners out? Donald and Antenora will keep you safe," she points to the two in turn.
[22:24] <Kotono> Coming out, the three find Donald staring. His eyes go wide, "Oh...Lathander..." he says with a lurch in his voice, before grimancing.
01[22:24] <Seira> "Antenora!" Seira calls out, louder this time, as she rushes into the central area. "You have to heal him!"
[22:25] <Kotono> Antenora puts her bundle down on one of the pews, gently resting him there. She comes over to the maggot infected man, touching him several times with the wand...
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 5d8+5
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+5 and gets 22." [5d8=1, 5, 4, 2, 5]
[22:25] <Kotono> His wounds mend somewhat, maggots forced out! Antenora continues this.
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 5d8+5
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+5 and gets 25." [5d8=8, 2, 1, 4, 5]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 5d8+5
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+5 and gets 41." [5d8=8, 8, 5, 7, 8]
06[22:25] * Alicia goes back into the cells to find any others still there while Antenora heals the dwarf.
[22:25] <Kotono> After that, it is finally enough. His wounds are restored, mended as best simple magic can.
[22:26] <Kotono> Alicia goes back into that stinking pit, but finds there are no others.
01[22:26] <Seira> "It's... dangerous, to take the lead out," Seira says, moving on to place him gently by the others. "I can't do it here. He... he asked that we destroy what's below the temple. He tried to do that...."
[22:27] <Kotono> "We'll do that, then," Antenora looks up from her healing. "It's time to bring it's sins to bear against it."
[22:27] <Alicia> Coming back out, Alicia looks over the three survivors. "I'm going to take these three to the temple in Kelara, they'll get the best care possible there, and I'll be back afterwards," she suggests. "I won't have any teleports left, but Lord Drake does, and Seira's ring might have a charge left in it as well, so we should be okay."
01[22:27] <Seira> "I'll bring us back," Seira swear.
06[22:28] * Alicia hands the sword of the sealed gate to Seira. "Just in case I have a mishap returning, there's no sense leaving that portal until tomorrow," she notes, approaching the three mutilated figures. "By Mystra's will, let us away from this vile pit!"
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar, main hall of Kelara's temple of Mystra
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar, main hall of Kelara's temple of Mystra and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: What's your range?
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: 1,400 miles, I've been using Kelara as my stop-off between Kesse and Balmuria up till now, so it should work...
06[22:29] * Seira accepts the sword, and goes to kick in the door where the weapons were proudly on display during her escape.
[22:30] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia appears in said hall! The three figures lie on the floor. The main hall is quiet, a few globes of light shedding. A young faced acolyte is walking the halls, smothering a yawn into his face. He stops cold here, staring at Alicia and her rescued prisoners with utter, complete shock.
[22:31] <Alicia> Does Alicia recognise the acolyte?
[22:32] <Kotono> He's pretty fresh faced. Alicia dimly recalls him at ime or two in recent visits. His name starts with a C...C-something, ite scapes Alicia.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: #evil a few, Seira?
[22:33] <Alicia> "Wake Taldeer, and any others gifted at healing," Alicia addresses the acolyte without preamble. "These men have been tortured at length by followers of Shar."
[22:35] <Kotono> "S-Shar?!" He gasps, before running off at top speed. The armless, legless man whimpers at that name, shivering all over.
[22:36] <Alicia> "It's alright," Alicia kneels down and takes the man's shoulder. "You're far from her reach, now. We're hundreds of miles from Kesse, and this temple is a beacon of Mystra's grace. You'll be well cared for, her."
[22:38] <Kotono> The man with one good eye sobs again at that, "Free...oh...are we really free? Shar consumes everything in the end," he shudders.
[22:38] <Kotono> Behind Alicia she can hear bustle and noise starting up in the temple. "DWEOMERKEEPER! PRIESTS! EMERGENCY!" The young male voice can be heard echoing.
[22:40] <Alicia> "No she doesn't," Alicia shakes her head. "You won't be consumed, you're safe."
[22:43] <Kotono> Taldeer comes out in record time, wearing a long towel wrapped over her body. She drips water, looking at the men with a look of complete dismay, "Oh, Goddess..." she stares.
[22:45] <Alicia> "I'm sorry to be so abrupt, Dweomerkeeper, but we found these men imprisoned the Sharran temple in Kesse. Can you do anything for them?" she looks hopefully at the priestess as she straightens up.
[22:46] <Kotono> Another female priests hurries along, carrying a heavy cloak and robe. She shields Taldeer so she can dress in a few hurried moments, and then, "We'll do what we can. It's a true miracle they're even alive with these wounds."
[22:47] <Alicia> "They've been horribly mistreated," Alicia agrees. "Anyway, we still haven't finished clearing that eyesore of a temple, so I can't stay much longer. I'll just be happy that they're in safe hands with you."
[22:48] <Kotono> "Hurry then. Finish that, this Sharran temple sounds unspeakably vile," Taldeer kneels down as other clerics come rushing.
[22:49] <Alicia> "I'll return as soon as I'm able," Alicia confirms before teleporting back to where she was a moment ago.
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[22:50] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia reappears in the hall! Donald's there, no sign of Antenora. "Back? Antenora's helping Celebrimbor now, and Seira went thataway," he points to the center-northern door past the former altar.
[22:50] <Alicia> "He needs help?" Alicia cranes her neck upwards, "What's happening up there?"
[22:51] <Kotono> "Something happened to that cultist girl we captured. She got hit with some of that weird shadowy stuff that came out when we burst in."
[22:51] <Alicia> "What did it do to her?"
[22:52] <Kotono> "They were shouting to talk - he said it's metastizied into her body. It doesn'ts ound so good up there. Not that she didn't have it coming," Donald adds with a shrug, going to sit down on a pew.
[22:54] <Alicia> "I can't say I'll shed any tears over someone who murdered her best friend in order to get in good with Shar, no," Alicia agrees with a brief glare at their other prisoner.
[22:54] <Kotono> He's tied up and being very quiet and obdient, or so it looks. "Wanna go a round with getting him to talk," Donald asks. "I figure there's something useful up in that brain of his."
06[22:55] * Alicia points to the South door. "I know there's three doors down that passage, and there's shadows behind at least one of them. What else is there?" she asks the cultist in a very plain and no-nonsense manner.
[22:56] <Kotono> "The left room is where you come in from the Shadow Plane," he answers, "The other two are trapped with shadows."
[22:56] <Kotono> *rightmost
[22:57] <Alicia> "How many?"
[22:59] <Kotono> "Several in each," he answers.
[22:59] <Alicia> "Several," Alicia repeats before stepping closer. "Numbers, imbecile. How many?"
[23:00] <Kotono> "I don't know," he answers honestly, "Laza handled shadows, not me!"
[23:00] <Alicia> "Who's Laza?" Alicia asks. Probably someone they killed already, but no harm in asking.
[23:00] <Kotono> As they chat, Seira returns from the north-center door. "He's dead,"Licking his lips, "You killed him."
01[23:01] <Seira> "We're talking?" Seira asks acidly, kicking a stray bit of ruined altar aside. "Good. What's beyond the trapped door I just saw? Lying means death."
[23:01] <Alicia> "Couldn't have happened to a nicer man, I'm sure," Alicia replies drolly. "Alright... oh, Seira," she spots the colonel, but pauses on further conversation in light of her enquiry.
[23:01] <Kotono> "Which trapped door," He asks, "The one with the Throne of the Kingdom?"
01[23:02] <Seira> "There was a throne. It broke satisfactorily."
[23:02] <Kotono> "I do-don't know what's past that. It's forbidden for any but the royality to go down there," he answers, "It is a secret only to them."
[23:03] <Alicia> "Lets seal the portal then kill all the shadows then go look down there?" Alicia suggests a plan of action.
01[23:03] <Seira> "That dwarf said there was vast, corrupting evil below the temple," Seira tells Alicia. "What if he wasn't talking about the portal? There was a stairway down, there, and the area was black, as Shar does for places sacred to her."
[23:04] <Alicia> "Antenora should still be able to see through it, and I have my blindfold," Alicia points out, "And there probably is something important down there if it's so secret. But the portal is right here, so why leave it standing any longer?"
01[23:05] <Seira> "I broke it, so the darkness is gone." Seira shakes her head. "That's not important! What is, is that I couldn't open it before while trying my best, but now it was easy to bypass the trap! Someone must've gone there in a hurry, and only the royals are allowed inside!"
[23:06] <Alicia> "Here, give me my sword, I'll go seal that portal while you get Antenora to come back down, then we'll go check it out?" Alicia offers, holding out her hand.
06[23:06] * Seira returns it at once. "No heroics. Right?"
[23:07] <Alicia> "Right," Alicia agrees, going through the door leading directly to the portal.
[18:29] <Kozzz> <Alicia> "Lets seal the portal then kill all the shadows then go look down there?" Alicia suggests a plan of action.
[18:30] <Kozzz> <Seira> "That dwarf said there was vast, corrupting evil below the temple," Seira tells Alicia. "What if he wasn't talking about the portal? There was a stairway down, there, and the area was black, as Shar does for places sacred to her."
[18:30] <Kozzz> <Alicia> "Antenora should still be able to see through it, and I have my blindfold," Alicia points out, "And there probably is something important down there if it's so secret. But the portal is right here, so why leave it standing any longer?"
[18:30] <Kozzz> <Seira> "I broke it, so the darkness is gone." Seira shakes her head. "That's not important! What is, is that I couldn't open it before while trying my best, but now it was easy to bypass the trap! Someone must've gone there in a hurry, and only the royals are allowed inside!"
[18:30] <Kozzz> <Alicia> "Here, give me my sword, I'll go seal that portal while you get Antenora to come back down, then we'll go check it out?" Alicia offers, holding out her hand.
[18:30] <Kozzz> * Seira returns it at once. "No heroics. Right?"
[18:30] <Kozzz> <Alicia> "Right," Alicia agrees, going through the door leading directly to the portal.
[18:32] <Kozzz> OOC: Okay, right. Alicia, #evil.
[18:33] <Kozzz> Seira flies up. On exiting the newborn crater, she finds Celebrimbor and Antenora kneeling a little away from it, in the remnants of a pleasant green lawn. Your captive lies there...but her body has become a sullen splotchy black. She lies on the ground, twitching occasionally.
01[18:36] <Seira> "Antenora, can you spare the time?" Seira asks, barely glancing at the cultist. "I think I found something, and Alicia's gone to seal off the portal."
[18:40] <Kozzz> "Yeah," Antenora turns, "She's not awake, anyway."
03[18:40] * Sierra_Semilife is now known as Haruka
01[18:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
01[18:41] <Seira> "It looks a lot like Albert used it to escape recently," Seira tells her, hurrying back.
[18:48] <Kozzz> As the two fly back down, meeting Donald? The temple abruptly shakes before Donald can say a word! The concussive force sends all three down onto the ground hard!
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[18:49] <Kozzz> OOC - Strike.
[18:49] <Kozzz> As the two fly back down, meeting Donald? The temple abruptly shakes before Donald can say a word! The concussive force sends Donald to the ground, making everything quake for several long seconds!
01[18:50] <Seira> "Donald," Seira commands, grimacing. "Cast see invisibility if you haven't alread, grab my ring and cloak and wait here. Antenora, we'll have to delay that little expedition. Let's go check up on the portal!"
[18:52] <Kozzz> "Right," Donald says as Antenora and Seira rush to the portal! Going to it's room, they find it gone. Completely gone, as if wiped away. In it's place are burna nd explosion marks, charring the now denuded ground! "A...Alicia?" Antenora looks around.
01[18:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 arcana, what happened here?
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 arcana, what happened here? and gets 37." [1d20=17]
01[18:54] <Seira> "Tch, feedback," Seira mutters. "Let's go back, we need Celebrimbor for this."
[18:59] <Kozzz> Antenora nods quickly, "Yes, let's," she murmurs, as the two return to Celebrimbor above. He's still attending to your captive.
01[18:59] <Seira> "Is it safe to touch her?" Seira asks without preamble.
[19:02] <Kozzz> "It should be," Celebrimbor nods, "The shadow that effected her has spread to her body, but it doesn't look to be seeping out ward."
01[19:03] <Seira> "Right." Seira picks her up. "We need to be together. Can you get into the temple easily?"
[19:03] <Kozzz> "I can fly," Celebrimbor says simply.
06[19:05] * Seira nods, setting the woman down some distance from their bound prisoner, though close enough for Donald to observe easily. "Alicia got caught up in the gate's energies, from what I've seen. She must've been flung somewhere, similar to what happened to me."
06[19:05] * Seira takes out a scroll of Sending. "Could you try getting in contact with her, please? Tell her that by tomorrow, we'll get to her and bring her back, if she needs us to."
[19:06] <Kozzz> OOC: Who'd you give the scroll to. Celebrimbor?
01[19:07] <Seira> OOC: Yes. Donald can watch over him, while Anty and I check out that pit
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[19:09] <Kozzz> Antenora and Seira thus go as Celebrimbor takes the scroll. REturning to the now non-throne room, Antenora looks to the stairs, "Ready," she asks.
01[19:10] <Seira> "Might as well brings me back to strength, first," Seira says, recasting Blur on herself while hoping Antenora has a couple more charges left in her wand.
[19:11] <Kozzz> roll 2d8+2
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=2, 5]
[19:11] <Kozzz> roll 1d8+1
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[19:11] <Kozzz> roll 1d8+1
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
06[19:13] * Seira heads on!
[19:17] <Kozzz> The two go down the stairs! It is almost silent here, only the sound of feet on stone making any noise at all. IT goes down for about twenty minutes, surely hundreds of more feet into the earth. It's utterly dark here, only magical visions allowing any sight at all. At the end you find the stairs to flow into a wide platform with a metal lever in the center.
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06[19:18] * Seira exchanges a look with Antenora. "Looks disturbingly familiar, doesn't it?"
[19:19] <Kozzz> "Yes, I'm having unpleasant memories of nearly going to STygia," Antenora goes to inspect the platform, "I wonder if the gnomes are at th eroot of this, then?"
[19:20] <Kozzz> After a moment of starting to look, Antenora scowls. "Why don't you try," she mutters in irritation.
03[19:21] * Kozzz is now known as Kotono
01[19:21] <Seira> "What?" Seira asks in surprise.
[19:22] <Kotono> "I can't search effectively. That thrice cursed deck. I just CAN'T." Scowling and glaring at the floor, "No matter how hard I try, it's jus tnot there anymore."
01[19:23] <Seira> "What are you looking for?" Seira asks, looking confused.
[19:24] <Kotono> "I was going to look around, see if anything was wrong. It was just an impulse," Crossing her arms now, "And I ran headlong into that."
01[19:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
01[19:25] <Seira> "The deck," Seira mutters. "If you think that's bad try being grounded."
06[19:26] * Seira pulls the lever. "Let's see where the hell this goes."
[19:26] <Kotono> "Nightmarish," Antenora smiles a little, "I'd rather be grounded than go back to Hell, but it's not that distant a thing." As she speaks, the platform begins to slowly descend! (More)
06[19:28] * Seira has the Resort drawn, looking around warily. "If I'm right about this, shutting down what's below would land a fatal blow to Shar's influence here. Whatever the cost, we have to do that."
[19:28] <Kotono> IT goes at a decent clip, down a smoothly polished stone shaft. The walls are covered with arcane runes and writing, glowing as the party passes. Seira can take some time to read them as she descends ifs he wants, they're in draconic.
06[19:28] * Seira declines, not having the option of detecting for magic and telling whether it's a trap.
01[19:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
06[19:30] * Seira finds herself changing her mind as the trip takes longer than expected.
[19:31] <Kotono> These are binding runes. They are runes to bind a strong creature in - in this case 'A dragon of the shadow realm'.
[19:31] <Kotono> The runes are intact and masterfully made. Nothing's getting out of them easily, whatever is bound here.
03[19:32] * DoomKo (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
06[19:32] * Seira chokes. "A bound shadow dragon?!" she exclaims.
03[19:32] * DoomKo is now known as Anastasia
03[19:32] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Anastasia Anastasia
[19:33] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+14
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 22." [1d20=8]
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[19:34] <Anastasia> Antenora raises an eyebrow, "A dragon? A shadow dragon?" Antenora grimaces, "Fitting, I suppose, but an incredibly dangerous opponent." Meanwhile, the elevator continues to go down, "They have breath that can drain your life force away with devastating speed. It's not a foe we should take on alone."
01[19:36] <Seira> "It is an unenviable situation," Seira mutters. "We can't leave it behind, either, not as long as Albert remains free. And we can't remain in the temple to guard it since we need to return to Balmuria quickly and attempt to scry on Alicia."
02[19:37] * Kotono (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:38] <Anastasia> The elevator continues to smoothly descend, the walls continuing. Seira can note the runes are starting to slacken off.
[19:38] <Anastasia> OOC - Gah.
[19:39] <Anastasia> The elevator continues to smoothly descend, the walls continuing. Seira can note the runes are starting to slacken off. "We have a choice then...assuming the elevator doesn't lead us right to it," Antenora considers.
01[19:40] <Seira> "We could always try to fly up on our own," Seira muses. "Or try teleportation." She pauses, looking away. "The old me would just plow in and bet on her luck. Now, though... do you want to come with me?"
[19:41] <Anastasia> "I'll go with you either way," Antenora says with a faint smile, "No way I'm going to let you go alone here. But I'm willing to retreat if you're willing. We can fight another day when we're not at the end of our strength."
06[19:43] * Seira bites on her lower lip. "I can't only proceed when it's absolutely safe. I have to try, or I'll never be able to take on a risk again. But I won't throw your life away! We'll go on, for now."
[19:43] <Anastasia> "If we get in trouble, flee," Antenora agrees.
01[19:44] <Seira> "I have a scroll of teleportation. Be ready to stick near me if it looks bad."
[19:45] <Anastasia> "Right," As Antenora gets close to Seira, the elevator goes down further! The walls end to the west and north, opening up into a vast open cavern! As the elevator settles down, Seira cans ee with her darkvision! It's huge - black as night, peering up wtih eyes like shadow pools! This dragon dominates the otherwise empty cavern, voice a silibant whisper. "You've come this far?" it asks aloud.
01[19:47] <Seira> 'Is anyone else around?' Seira thinks, brushing up against Antenora to gain her attention, while she responds out loud, "So it seems. Who bound you this way?"
[19:49] <Anastasia> 'Hm?' Antenora asks, and after a repeat, 'Cavern's empty besides the dragon, she says with steel in her voice. "You are Seira of the Crimson Guard....and the fallen fiend, cohort of Alicia Reynes!" His voice doesn't change even when it says that, "Will you bow to the Lady of Loss? She has given me a vision in this prison - you must bow to her or you must be destroyed."
01[19:50] <Seira> "Are you the one who reached out to the Kesse royal family, or did they seek you out?"
[19:51] <Anastasia> Rearing up onto it's hind legs, "They came to me...I showed them the true path..." His voice hisses gently, "Little Albert stumbled into my prison as a child. Now, events move forward for the Lady of Loss...but you are here. Bow or perish!" Motes of shadow and wisps of smoke gather around it's mouth!"
01[19:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
06[19:55] * Seira takes a deep breath, before smiling cockily. "How about we send you back to Shar instead?"
[19:55] <Anastasia> With that, the dragon roars! OOC - I'm calling initiative here as things go sour.
[19:55] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+10 dragon
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+10 dragon and gets 17." [1d20=7]
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[19:56] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=15]
03[19:56] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira>Antenora>SHADOW DRAGON OH FUCK DRAAAAAGON'
01[19:58] <Seira> Looking far braver than she truly feels, Seira flies closer before letting loose with a an orb of acid!
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 touch
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 touch and gets 37." [1d20=19]
01[19:59] <Seira> roll 5d8+4d6
[19:59] <Anastasia> OOC - Hit.
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8+4d6 and gets 40." [5d8=5, 4, 2, 6, 5][4d6=6, 5, 4, 3]
[20:00] <Anastasia> Following that, Antenora burns with holy fury! "Return to the Dark Goddess that spawned you, horror!" she calls, charging forward with all she has left!
[20:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 FS 7/8, +12 ignorance, -12 PA)
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 FS 7/8, +12 ignorance, -12 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[20:02] <Anastasia> Antenora is indeed quickon her feet, but not quick enough! The speartip bounces off the dragon's scales! A moment later Antenora's boots glow as she falls back at Seira! (More, dragon is up.
[20:04] <Anastasia> The dragon rears back, a cone of shadowstuff coming from it's mouth, a whirling miasma of it engulfing Antenora and Seira! OOC - Fort saves.
[20:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d4-1
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d4-1 and gets 2." [1d4=3]
[20:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[20:05] <Anastasia> OOC: Only 2 negative levels each.
[20:06] <Anastasia> Thereafter the dragon flies 30 feet back, wings flapping and making a small gale! OOC - Seira.
01[20:07] <Seira> Scowling, Seira retaliates with three lances of fire, falling back towards the lift herself.
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 19." [1d20=3]
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 35." [1d20=19]
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[20:07] <Anastasia> OOC: Three hits. SR?
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 21." [1d20=5]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 4d6 fire
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 fire and gets 20." [4d6=6, 6, 6, 2]
[20:11] <Anastasia> Two of the flames sputter out against it's scales, bu thte hirt burns a mark across them! The dragon seems barely phased as Antenora charges headlong at it again!
[20:11] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -2 levels, +1 flying, +2 FS 6/8, -2 PA)
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -2 levels, +1 flying, +2 FS 6/8, -2 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[20:12] <Anastasia> Clang! Antenora's spear can't penetrate it's scaly body, deflecting off! Antenora then immediately retreats back again, "No good, I can't land a decisive blow," she says.
[20:12] <Anastasia> OOC - Dragon's up.
[20:16] <Anastasia> The dragon roars out, charging ahead at the two! Somehow the two don't buckle in fear, even as Seira finds herself on the end of a dragon's bite!
[20:16] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+32
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 46." [1d20=14]
[20:16] <Anastasia> OOC: Anything relevant?
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: No, it hits
[20:19] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+7+1d6 and one negative level, Seira.
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+7+1d6 and one negative level, Seira. and gets 20." [2d8=8, 2][1d6=3]
[20:20] <Anastasia> The bite is lined with shadowstuff, ripping Seira's flesh and shriviling her spirit! The dragon looms over them now, like a giant catastrophe! "You won't have it," it hisses, "You will not be the ones as long as you have hope in your hearts!"
[20:20] <Anastasia> OOC - Seira.
01[20:22] <Seira> "Fuck," Seira coughs. "Antenora, you know the plan." Her wings flap and she tumbles through the air backwards, summoning ten sets of fiery jaws to harass the dragon to cover their escape even as she mentally commabds Lagann to trigger the lever and raise the lift.
01[20:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 tumble
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 tumble and gets 16." [1d20=2]
01[20:23] <Seira> roll 5d6+5d6 (fire+force)
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d6+5d6 (fire+force) and gets 39." [5d6=2, 2, 6, 5, 4][5d6=3, 2, 5, 4, 6]
01[20:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 CL
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 CL and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[20:23] <Anastasia> The jaws snap and bite away, but fizzle against the dragon's body! Antenora falls back as well, unable tod odge as well as Seira!
[20:24] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+32
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 33." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Anastasia> But the blow misses her entirely, luck on her side as she reaches Seira! "Well," she asks, even as healing energy aids Seira! OOC: FS 5/8, +10 HP Seira.
06[20:24] * Seira spends a brief moment to see if Lagann can manage to activate the mechanism. If he can't, they'll have to fly up.
[20:25] <Anastasia> Meanwhile, the elevator shaft goes back up! It begins to rise up at Lagann's pushing command, the dragon fading out of sight! It roars in fury as the elevator ascends, taking you away from the dragon! It moves as if to fly up and follow, but buts agaisnt the air itself, doing nothin but stopping!
06[20:26] * Seira sags. "Thanks. We tried, but it was futile. At least the bindings are holding, and no one was there to free it."
[20:27] <Anastasia> "Yet," Once you're covered by runed walls again, Antenora sits down on the lift. "We need to get Alicia back and rest, though. Now. If Albert or competent reinforcements show up now, we're in serious trouble."
01[20:28] <Seira> "We'll kill him," Seira swears. "That's all there is about it."
Session Close: Sat Jan 17 20:31:33 2009
Session Start: Sat Jan 17 20:31:33 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:31] * Disconnected
02[20:32] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[20:32] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[20:32] * Topic is 'Seira>Antenora>SHADOW DRAGON OH FUCK DRAAAAAGON'
03[20:32] * Set by Anastasia on Sat Jan 17 20:00:10
[20:33] <Anastasia> "Both him and the dragon. There's no other way," Antenora agrees, "I doubt either will repent. They have to be stopped then."
02[20:33] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-181-11-248.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Marianne))
03[20:33] * Marianne is now known as Seira
03[20:33] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[20:34] <Seira> "Let's touch base with Celebrimbor before deciding on our move," Seira suggests, sheathing her sword.
[20:47] <Anastasia> The two reach Celebrimbor nearly a half hour later. His brow is furrowed, "Alicia didn't reply to the sending," he reports.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Disturbing," Seira mutters. "Has there been word from Balmuria?"
[20:50] <Anastasia> "No," Celebrimor reports, "It's been quiet."
01[20:51] <Seira> Seira's lips become a flat line. "How are we doing on the transportation front? How many teleport spells do you have left?"
[20:55] <Anastasia> "I havet wo standard teleports. That can get us home, but..." Spreading his hands out wide, "If we go off course, we'll have difficulties."
01[20:56] <Seira> "I have a scroll, and there's a chance my retrieved ring is still charged," Seira responds. "Alright. We'll have to abandon this place and return, but I can't do that without destroying what I can in case Albert's forces make it back before us."
[20:57] <Anastasia> "Right," Celebrimbor agrees. OOC - What are you going to trash?
06[20:58] * Seira intends to first examine the room where Armanda was holed up, since she never got to see inside it. She can torch the vile library next to it afterwards.
[20:59] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a search check for that room?
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: Can you tell me what is there? What it looks like, etc?
[21:03] <Anastasia> There's broken glass on the floor and the remnants of a throne. There were mounted chakrams on the walls, but those were ripped away. The room's fairly spartan beyond that.
06[21:05] * Seira relies on Lagann to bring the metal he had ripped out back into the central area, before examining the next door.
[21:06] <Anastasia> OOC: The library, you mean?
01[21:07] <Seira> OOC: The other one
[21:08] <Anastasia> Going to this door, Seira opens it! Inside she finds a prayer room, small and cozy up front, but expanding long in the back. In the far back are several mounted knives on the wall, some still stained a rusty dried blood red.
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 search traps
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 search traps and gets 22." [1d20=4]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 search
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 search and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[21:12] <Anastasia> Seira doesn't find any traps. There's a few slender books in here - full of vile writings about the worship of Shar. The knives are horrible things int he back, and there is a semi hidden drawer, full of a nasty looking ice blue powder.
[21:14] <Anastasia> The powder is in a fairly large bag - there's quite a bit of it. It's tied up but not too tightly.
06[21:14] * Seira doesn't like to leave behind things she doesn't understand, carefully taking the powder bag outside. "What the hell is this blue powder?" she demands from their captive.
[21:19] <Anastasia> The captive looks up, "Bone powder, mixed with a numbing agent," he says dully, "It's used for torture. After the numbness wears off in three hours, the next two hours the affected areas burn like fire, only worse."
06[21:22] * Seira deposits it in a corner, returning to the deceptively-cozy prayer room. "Lagann, those blades are an eyesore," she declares, before taking a deep breath and releasing it over the vile books of worship!
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 8d8 burn
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 burn and gets 25." [8d8=6, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3]
[21:23] <Anastasia> The books are burnt apart, as the daggers are ripped into scrap metal! This is done, smoke and broken metal now in the room instead o fintact evil.
06[21:24] * Seira slams the door behind her as she returns to question the Sharran. "Next, what about that room," she asks, pointing at where all the weapons were stored. "That black armor and the rest... who made it, and for what purpose?"
[21:26] <Anastasia> "They were gathered over time by Kort and Albert," he answers, "I know of the armor. It's a demon's armor, it lets you fight as one. And...the Dreadmaster's old falchion is in there now, Unseen."
01[21:29] <Seira> "Unseen/ You mean invisible?"
[21:29] <Anastasia> "No, the name of it is Unseen," he geos on, "The blade is adamantite, but it's invisible when Kort wills it to be. When it can't be seen, it's far more powerful."
01[21:31] <Seira> "We'll take that as well to seal away," Seira declares, making a note to get Lagann to ruin the regular weapons and torch that room as well afterwards. "What about that warded room?" She gestures towards the door located between the living quarters and what she believed to be the exit from the cathedral.
[21:32] <Anastasia> "The shadows rest there. Some sacrifices are turned to Shadows to serve Shar," hea nswers quickly. Meanwhile Donald watches from sitting on a pew, Antenora leaning against one.
01[21:34] <Seira> "How do you open it? And how many shadows are within?"
[21:34] <Anastasia> "Charming," Donald drawls, "That's like blasphemy atop blasphemy. It's like two blasphemies or double blasphemy."
[21:35] <Anastasia> "I believe a few dozen...there are keys to it...or..." He licks his lips, "You can force it."
01[21:35] <Seira> "No thanks. Where are the keys? All the keys."
[21:36] <Anastasia> "Hidden in the living quarters, hidden well." He answers. "In Laza's quarters."
01[21:37] <Seira> "Which quarters are his? And how do the keys look? I'll find them." Seira considers. "And what else could be just lying around in the quarters?"
[21:44] <Anastasia> "They're hidden...secret wall socket," he explains, a pair of metal keys. "Scrolls...a few tools. Search."
01[21:45] <Seira> "Hmph." Seira decides to be thorough, retrieving the vile artifacts according to her plan, leaving that chamber in ruins.
[21:47] <Anastasia> OOC: All five of the magical items in there?
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: One by one, but yes
[21:49] <Anastasia> The wavy, blood dripping sword feels normal to touch. So does the falchion and armor, as well as the skull helmet. However, on touching the greasy looking knife...OOC - Fort save?
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[21:50] <Anastasia> The grease seems to cling to her skin, but nothing unpleasant occurs. Once those are removed, the room is trashed according to Seira's desire
[21:50] <Anastasia> .
01[21:51] <Seira> "Antenora, does anything look wrong?" Seira asks, wincing. "That greasy knife felt... weird."
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
06[21:53] * Seira makes sure it's carefully wrapped up so that the grease or whatever the hell it might be wouldn't seep through, at least not within a couple of hours.
[21:54] <Anastasia> The grease doesn't look to seep through immediately.
01[21:55] <Seira> "Alright. Alright. Still okay, here." Seira thinks. "I'll trash their rooms."
[21:55] <Anastasia> "Need help," Donald calls as Seira comes out.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Sure. You need a break from watching that scum, anyway."
01[21:56] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 20 for 38, D could help for hopefully 40?
[21:57] <Anastasia> roll 1d20-1
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20-1 and gets 17." [1d20=18]
[21:57] <Anastasia> Seira finds the following noable things on searching:
[21:57] <Anastasia> Several caches of coins and coin bags. (More)
[21:57] <Anastasia> 9 scrolls in total. (More)
[21:58] <Anastasia> A gold necklace burned black, scribbed with horrible words of praise to Shar. (More)
[21:58] <Anastasia> The keys! (More)
[21:58] <Anastasia> A long, tapered short sword with a razor sharp blade. It occasionally glows with a dark light. (More)
[21:59] <Anastasia> A small bag of pretty gemstones.
01[22:00] <Seira> It gives Seira a certain pleasure to torch the quarters afterwards, checking with Lagann that no metal or hidden compartments had been missed during the thorough search.
[22:02] <Anastasia> None that Lagann can detect.
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 8d8 burn
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 burn and gets 34." [8d8=6, 2, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6]
01[22:03] <Seira> "So we have the keys," Seira declares upon returning. "And I don't want to leave any shadows behind here. All they need is the one to make more."
[22:04] <Anastasia> Flames take to the beds and wooden things, torched asunder and filling the air with choking smoke! Antenora considers, "That many is a danger to us as it stands. If they overwhelm us...we'll join them," she scowls. "And with an open path out, we'll set loose a plague on Kesse."
06[22:05] * Seira nods. "But if we leave those scum hiding in the cave nearby, they can just get here and try to force the door, doing the same."
[22:09] <Anastasia> "Perhaps we can do something better?" Celebrimbor suggests, "There should still be rubble about fromthe last blast. We could seal the entryway and camoflague it? If they're scared enough and discouraged, it might buy us a day."
01[22:10] <Seira> "It might work," Seira agrees. "Myself, I'm going to examine that door Albert supposedly used to get here. It would help if I had someone along."
[22:10] <Anastasia> "I'll do it," Donald volunteers quickly. "I'm getting bored sitting around."
06[22:11] * Seira leads the way, carefully looking for traps, either the one she triggered before or fresh ones
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[22:31] <Anastasia> Searching the way along to the outer hall Seira finds nothing of note. The rightmost door isn't trapped, either.
06[22:32] * Seira continues searching for those nefarious traps all the way until the door at the very end of the corridor, including said door. Only if it is all clear would she try to open it.
01[22:32] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 28
[22:32] <Anastasia> No traps. The rightmost door is in front of Seira, the full sign of Shar over it.
06[22:33] * Seira tries to open it!
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[22:33] <Anastasia> The door opens! Inside is a small square room. The edges of the room are shadowy and instinct. A large unholy symbol to Shar dominates the room, the center like a whirling black mass of shadows.
01[22:35] <Seira> "Do you have anything left to demolish this place?" Seira asks of Donald.
[22:35] <Anastasia> "Some scorching rays and enough swordwork," Donald says, "It'll be rough but I can do some damage."
01[22:36] <Seira> "Let's try those rays, first."
[22:39] <Anastasia> "Right!" Donald gestures and speaks arcane words! Fire comes from his hands!
[22:39] <Anastasia> roll 4d6
[22:39] <Anastasia> roll 4d6
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 4d6 and gets 12." [4d6=6, 1, 2, 3]
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 4d6 and gets 17." [4d6=2, 6, 5, 4]
[22:40] <Anastasia> Two beams of fire hit the floor, melting a little of it and leaving scorch marks clashing with the unholy symbol.
06[22:40] * Seira decides to breath on Shar's symbol herself.
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 37." [6d8=3, 6, 4, 7, 1, 3][2d8=6, 7]
[22:41] <Anastasia> The fire burns on it! It's further scorced and desecrated, stone patterns melting and blurring slightly. A few wisps of shadow comes up after the breath.
06[22:42] * Seira hacks off a small bit of stone from a nearby wall, and tosses it inside the room, where things seem blurry.
[22:44] <Anastasia> The stone looks slightly blurry once it lands there.
06[22:44] * Seira frowns, and waits a bit before trying to scorch the pattern further from the relative safety of the corridor.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 39." [6d8=7, 8, 7, 1, 1, 2][2d8=8, 5]
[22:45] <Anastasia> The pattern is further ruined! The blurring ripples gently at this, the unholy symbol somewhat melty from the contact of dragonfire now!
[22:45] <Anastasia> "You know, I wish we'd brought the hammer now," Donald grouses.
01[22:47] <Seira> "I considered it," Seira admits, "but Alicia's sword was made for it. Unfortunately... well. We never thought the portal would react like that. See if you can grab something to bar this path with like we'll be doing for the warded shadow container? I'll try to demolish this a bit further, meanwhile."
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 31." [6d8=2, 5, 2, 6, 3, 1][2d8=8, 4]
[22:52] <Anastasia> Wooosh! More flames go as Donald goes off! The symbol burns further - a few more wisps of shadow escape.
01[22:53] <Seira> She's clearly succeeding, but in what? Seira resolves to keep on trying until Donald returns.
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 34." [6d8=2, 8, 2, 4, 4, 6][2d8=1, 7]
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 38." [6d8=1, 4, 7, 1, 8, 2][2d8=7, 8]
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21." [1d20=13]
01[22:56] <Seira> A delayed fireball should finish the job, Seira muses, closing the door and jamming the lock to the best of her abilities.
[23:00] <Anastasia> This goes without incident, the lock quite securely jammed.
06[23:02] * Seira goes to repeat the same thing with the middlemost path, intending to snag Donald if she comes across him. Judging by her past experience, four shadows is something she could handle together with him.
[23:06] <Anastasia> The two go in the center door. "So we're going to flush the shados out now," he says, sword drawn.
01[23:07] <Seira> "In a controlled fashion, hopefully," Seira agrees, looking out for the trap to trigger the door. "I also want to see what they're guarding, if anything."
[23:08] <Anastasia> It look sto be the same pressure plate set up as the last. It's almost identical to the trap Seira tripped several days ago. It could be tripped with ease whenever she wants.
01[23:09] <Seira> "Ready?" Seira draws the Resort, and triggers it as soon as Donald responds positively.
[23:12] <Anastasia> Donald nods, ready!
06[23:13] * Seira opens the door, ready to breathe fire over the shadows!
[19:02] <Kotono> ----------------------------(Shadow Ko)---
[19:03] <Kotono> <Seira> A delayed fireball should finish the job, Seira muses, closing the door and jamming the lock to the best of her abilities.
[19:03] <Kotono> > This goes without incident, the lock quite securely jammed.
[19:03] <Kotono> * Seira goes to repeat the same thing with the middlemost path, intending to snag Donald if she comes across him. Judging by her past experience, four shadows is something she could handle together with him.
[19:03] <Kotono> > The two go in the center door. "So we're going to flush the shados out now," he says, sword drawn.
[19:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "In a controlled fashion, hopefully," Seira agrees, looking out for the trap to trigger the door. "I also want to see what they're guarding, if anything."
[19:03] <Kotono> > It look sto be the same pressure plate set up as the last. It's almost identical to the trap Seira tripped several days ago. It could be tripped with ease whenever she wants.
[19:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "Ready?" Seira draws the Resort, and triggers it as soon as Donald responds positively.
[19:03] <Kotono> > Donald nods, ready!
[19:03] <Kotono> * Seira opens the door, ready to breathe fire over the shadows!
[19:05] <Kotono> As the pressure plate is stepped on, the door ahead opens! Four shadows come out of the darkness at Seira! OOC - You're ready so you can resolve your breath before initiative.
03[19:05] * Marianne is now known as Seira
03[19:06] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[19:06] <Seira> Getting into position, Seira tries to end this engagement before it's even started!
01[19:06] <Seira> roll 1d100
05[19:07] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[19:07] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[19:07] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
01[19:07] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[19:08] <Kotono> Woosh! Seira's flames crackle out, but to no avail! As they pass through, a pair of scorching rays go at one of the shadows from Donald!
01[19:08] <Seira> roll 1d4
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=1]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 second ray man
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 second ray man and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 27." [1d100=27]
01[19:08] <Seira> Undeterred, Seira entrusts Lagann with the silver blade!
[19:08] <Kotono> OOC -Initiative.
[19:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[19:09] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, sorry.
[19:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[19:09] <Kotono> Despite all of this, not a single thing connects! They all pass through the shadows harmlessly, not a shred of luck to be had! OOC - Initiative. Donald has a 19.
01[19:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[19:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Shadows
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Shadows and gets 11." [1d20=9]
03[19:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Donald>Shadows'
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
[19:11] <Kotono> "Daaaammit," Donald drawls, "Seira, got anything else quick?"
01[19:12] <Seira> "Hmph. No choice but to push them back, then!" Seira declares. "We'll charge! I'll save that something else for if things go sour."
01[19:12] <Seira> And with those words, she's off!
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 not really charging
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 not really charging and gets 23." [1d20=4]
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 65." [1d100=65]
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 3d8+11
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11 and gets 28." [3d8=5, 6, 6]
[19:13] <Kotono> Hacking quickly, Seira eliminates one of the shadows with a powerful swordblow, cutting it to ribbons! Lagann follows suit on a second as the first singing shadow, praising Shar, fades into her oblivion!
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 9." [1d100=9]
[19:13] <Kotono> But the silver sword again passes harmlessly through the shadows! OOC - Donald.
[19:14] <Kotono> Again a pair of scorching rays come for the shadows, Donald sizzling with fire!
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 81." [1d100=81]
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 4d6
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and gets 12." [4d6=4, 1, 5, 2]
[19:14] <Kotono> One of the shadows is pierced by a ray but survives, Donald then advancing to support Seira! OOC - Shadows are up.
[19:15] <Kotono> Two shadows go on Seira, while a third paws uselessly at the silver sword!
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/ and gets 23." [1d20=20]
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/ and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/ crit but I don't think it matters
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC Seira/ crit but I don't think it matters and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[19:16] <Kotono> The touch is deft and uncanny, shadows misting around Seira and sapping her vital power! OOC - Go Seira.
[19:16] <Kotono> "Grph," Donald grunts, "Wish Claris or Demedais was here right now...just tell them to go run away and they'd do it."
06[19:17] * Seira has plenty of power to spare! She lashes out at the weakened shadow, seeking to take it out! Only then would she consider switching targets. "And run off into the civillian population, and then Kesse was full of zombies?" Seira asks, hacking at the undead.
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 11." [1d100=11]
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[19:18] <Kotono> Seira's blade passes twice through the shadows, but neither time lands a serious blow! Lagann goes for the weakened shadow this time!
[19:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[19:18] <Kotono> Yet a blow still can't be landed in the least! Donald grunts as protective mists cloak him and Seira!
[19:18] <Kotono> A shadow goes for Donald, while two stick on Seira!
[19:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[19:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Seira
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Seira and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Seira
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Seira and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[19:19] <Kotono> Yet all of them are fended off, the two blocking, parrying and deflecting the incorpreal touches of these damned shadows! They weep-sing paeans to Shar all the while, echoing in the halls around you! OOC - Seira.
01[19:19] <Seira> OOC: AC is 25, 27 with D
01[19:20] <Seira> Missing earlier doesn't discourage Seira from trying again!
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19." [1d20=5]
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 27." [1d100=27]
01[19:20] <Seira> "Just a little bit longer till I can set them on fire, again," she mutters, staring down the undead balefully.
[19:21] <Kotono> Again, the Second Resort can't land ab low, "Okay, hell with this," Donald growls, "I'm going to get a weapon capable of harming these things after this." With that he engages a fresh Shadow!
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 36." [1d100=36]
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 85." [1d100=85]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+7
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+7 and gets 9." [1d8=2]
[19:22] <Kotono> Donald manages to bloody one, as Lagann attacks the one still weakened but living by Seira!
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[19:22] <Kotono> d100
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls d100 and gets 68." [d100=68]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+2d6
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+2d6 and gets 13." [1d8=3][2d6=4, 5]
[19:23] <Kotono> This is enough at last! The shadow is caught right in it's incorpreal body, ripped apart and fading into it's destined oblivion! Two down! One on each of the heroes now as they're assailed!
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Seira
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Seira and gets 11." [1d20=8]
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 22." [1d20=19]
01[19:23] <Seira> "Always a good idea!" Seira agrees. "Having silversheen on hand can't hurt, either. I wonder if you could make a substance imitating the touch of iron...."
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[19:24] <Kotono> Donald grimaces as his body is ravaged by the undeath touch! "Talk about it later...just finish them!" OOC - Seira.
01[19:24] <Seira> "Hey! Eyes on me!" Seira cries out, lashing out at the shadow daring to turn away from her in a fight.
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 88." [1d100=88]
01[19:25] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 25." [3d8=1, 7, 8]
[19:25] <Kotono> With a savage blow, Seira rips the third one apart! Only one injured shadow remains, which Lagann goes for!
[19:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[19:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[19:25] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+2d6
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+2d6 and gets 8." [1d8=1][2d6=2, 4]
01[19:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
01[19:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[19:26] <Kotono> With a final sacred blow, the last shadow is ripped apart! It fizzles into shadow stuff! OOC - Free act.
01[19:26] <Seira> Snorting, Seira goes to examine the door for further traps, checking the floor as well. "I'm thinking, Donald, that if more of those assholes try to surrender when we go after them, we could lock them behind one of those doors."
01[19:30] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 28
[19:30] <Kotono> "Good idea," As Seira searches, she doesn't find much else. The door can be closed inside the room or outside of it by pulling it down. Inside is a simple, otherwise empty orom with runes on the wall.
01[19:31] <Seira> "You remember how to open the door, right?" Seira asks Donald, taking a look at the runes as well as measuring the space within.
[19:31] <Kotono> The runes are magical runes, though Seira would need to study them a bit to puzzle out a meaning. (KA if you want.) "Yeah, I do," he says. "That plate?"
01[19:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
01[19:33] <Seira> "Yeah. Hit it if I get locked inside."
[19:41] <Kotono> "Sure," Donald says as Seira searches. The runes are warding runes to hold the shadows in and not phase through the walls.
06[19:44] * Seira nods to herself, and commits the design to memory before leaving the door open as she goes to see the third path. "I've already been here, so I don't know if they reset the trap. Might as well check."
[19:44] <Kotono> Thus the two go down it! On tripping the trap...they find it's empty of shadows. The design of the room looks the same as well.
01[19:45] <Seira> "Think we should be good for at least a dozen of those freaks," Seira muses, taking a look inside. "Alright. I'll torch the library and we could go and see about that cave full of assholes who killed their best friends or family to join this depraved death cult."
[19:48] <Kotono> "Right," Donald says agreeably, "I like the way you think about this. Let's just burn it all, eh?"
01[19:49] <Seira> "Yeah. Listen, if they left something open, just... don't look at it. Trust me." She leads the way back.
[19:50] <Kotono> Heading back to the libarary, Donald hangs back. He glances around, before watching Seira's back. The libarary is as Seira remembered it - one of the big books still open to ritual sacrifice and murder, too.
06[19:50] * Seira takes a deep breath, and then another--
01[19:50] <Seira> roll 8d8 burn
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 burn and gets 45." [8d8=4, 6, 5, 8, 8, 3, 4, 7]
01[19:51] <Seira> No spot is to be spared!
[19:51] <Kotono> Flames gush out and engulf the library! Flames crackle and books burn, ancient unholy knowledge put to the torch! They burn quite well and rapidly, Seira finds.
06[19:53] * Seira leaves the books to their fate, returning to touch base with Antenora and Celebrimbor. "We're going to see about the rest of the scum. Meanwhile, Antenora, do you think you could pat down the one that was smart enough to surrender and gag him? I've heard all I needed from him."
[19:53] <Kotono> "Yes,"
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC - Gah.
[19:53] <Kotono> "Yes," Antenora goes to do just that. As she does, "The other cultist is still out," Celebrimbor advises, "Are we ready to depart this cursed place?"
01[19:55] <Seira> "As soon as I deal with them one way or the other," Seira agrees. "At the first sign of trouble, head back. I have my own scroll with me for emergencies."
[19:56] <Kotono> "Right," Celebrimbor agrees.
01[19:58] <Seira> "Shouldn't take long," Seira promises, and flies up, intent on trying to see if that wretched woman's instructions are clear enough to locate the cave complex she mentioned.
[19:59] <Kotono> Into the dark of night Seira goes, searching about! With the knowledge they're there and patience, Seira finds the caves in about 20 minutes. It's a nest of them, hidden by briars and thorns. Her keen nightvision lets her peer into them, seeing a few clusters of poeple hiding within.
06[20:02] * Seira waves Donald over, pointing ahead towards the caves. "I'll appear, and they will have a brief chance to stand trial and delay the deaths they have earned," she tells her companion. "If they choose poorly, you will have the honor of being there by my side as we wipe out this cancer personally."
[20:03] <Kotono> Donald nods, Guardianil drawn and ready. "I'll be ready," he agrees.
06[20:05] * Seira drops down out of the sky, using her wings to break her fall just short of the ground. "Surrender or die, Sharran scum," she demands, the Resort pointed at those who thought to escape her vengeance.
[20:07] <Kotono> The noise stirs those in the caves! One man steps forward, near the barrier of briars and throns, "For the glory of Shar!" he declares, coming out with a bastard sword in hand! OOc - ?You can act here if you want.
[20:07] <Kotono> The others aren't acting for now, staring out balefully at Seira.
01[20:08] <Seira> "You chose poorly," Seira snaps, breathing fire at the charging man.
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 46." [6d8=7, 1, 7, 8, 8, 4][2d8=5, 6]
01[20:08] <Seira> OOC: DC15
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[20:10] <Kotono> The flames engulf the man! His clothes catch aflame, knees buckling as he falls! He screams out, a sound of the utmost agony! Even as he falls, "For the eternal glory of Shaaar!"
[20:12] <Kotono> The others stare, one approaching hestiantly. He draws a dagger, then others follow with small weapons as well. Nearly a dozen, all told. "We will not surrender to you!" His words quiver with each letter, but they stand there!
06[20:13] * Seira briefly debates stabbing him with the Resort, but doesn't want to taint it further. Instead, she raises it skywards, which is a sign for Donald to arrive. She would not think of depriving him from this, not after what he had seen here.
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC - Initiative, yes.
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 4." [1d20=2]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 mob
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 mob and gets 15." [1d20=14]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Mob>Donald '
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC - Go Seira.
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC:T hey're are clustered close together.
06[20:15] * Seira truly regrets not having Cloudkill, lashing out with a pair of rays, one at each Sharran.
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 crit?
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC - Hit and a crit.
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 4d6+4d6 SA
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6+4d6 SA and gets 20." [4d6=1, 2, 3, 2][4d6=1, 6, 1, 4]
01[20:16] <Seira> roll 8d6+4d6
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d6+4d6 and gets 47." [8d6=5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 4, 1][4d6=3, 3, 5, 6]
[20:16] <Kotono> Two members of the mob are slain quickly by Seira! A few take halfhearted attacks at her!
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[20:16] <Kotono> None go anywhere, failing miserably! A few others break and run back to the cave in the meantime! Meanwhile, Doanld approaches, two scorching rays going for a cultist!
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 8d6
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 and gets 26." [8d6=6, 1, 4, 5, 1, 1, 6, 2]
[20:17] <Kotono> This cultist is penetrated by Donald's rays, falling over and bursting into flame! OOC - Seira. 9 still alive, 3 retreating back.
06[20:18] * Seira is almost eager as she lights up as many of them as she can!
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 44." [6d8=3, 7, 6, 6, 7, 5][2d8=2, 8]
01[20:18] <Seira> OOC: Still 15
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 13." [1d20=8]
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 7." [1d20=2]
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 10." [1d20=5]
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC: Hardly matters anyway.
[20:19] <Kotono> Seven of the cultists are caught, breathed into fire and oblivion! Only two survive, one staring in shock as he charges Seira, crying out for Shar! The other breaks and runs back into the caves!
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[20:19] <Kotono> But his club misses her, slamming only the wide open air! Donald quickly fires more beams at him!
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 8d6
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 and gets 28." [8d6=3, 5, 2, 1, 2, 6, 3, 6]
[20:20] <Kotono> With that, the mob of Sharrans is set alight, defeated save for one in retreat! OOC - Go ahead and free act.
01[20:22] <Seira> There can be no retreat, not after her generous offer of surrender was tossed back in her face! Seira perforates him with an array of magic missiles.
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 5d4+5
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d4+5 and gets 18." [5d4=3, 2, 3, 1, 4]
[20:23] <Kotono> The magic missiles get the Sharran in the back, toppling him over! He falls face first down into the dirt, lifeblood sprinkling onto the night soil! Once that's done, "Idiots," Donald sighs, "You know, normal people would thinka bout surrender or not dying there."
01[20:24] <Seira> "They knew what their future held," Seira declares, marching inside. "Once I've made certain none of them lurk here still, we'll go. We've just about done all we can, so far."
[20:25] <Kotono> Seira and Donald spend some time searching. They don't find any more hiding Sharrans, however, or any signs of them.
01[20:25] <Seira> From that point, it is a simple matter to return to Antenora and Celebrimbor.
[20:25] <Kotono> Antenora and Celebrimbor are at the bottom of the cathedral. They've gathered up the two survivors, bound, gagged and restrained. The shadow-girl is still out cold.
01[20:27] <Seira> "How many can you transport, Celebrimbor?" Seira asks. "Five total, correct?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Yes," Celebrimbor confirms.
06[20:29] * Seira nods. "If you're serious about that thing that even refuses to accept responsibility for its crimes, Antenora," she says, looking at the bound shadow-infested cultist, "then lock her in one of the shadow-warded rooms. We will return for her within a day or two at the most."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Are we taking the other one with us," Antenora asks, looking at the gagged and bound man.
03[20:32] * Ebiris (WinNT@90.240.86.11) has joined #dunes
03[20:32] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
01[20:32] <Seira> "I won't say stupid crap like 'I will become like him if I execute him here and now'," Seira responds. "I just want to see him tried, and we might need more information. Also, of the two, he is the more troublesome one to leave back here."
[20:33] <Kotono> "Alright." Antenora agrees, "She'll need food and water left behind, though."
01[20:34] <Seira> "People don't die from not eating forty eight hours. I would know," Seira says darkly, expecting that to be the end of any argument.
[20:43] <Kotono> "I know that too," Antenora looks down at her, "She's comtemptable and a damned fool...but...I've inflicted enough pain today in the name of Good. I won't leave her to suffer once she's surrendered, no matter how much she deserves it. She put ourselves and our mercy, and I'm going to be better than the Sharrans were."
03[20:44] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
01[20:46] <Seira> "We are," Seira grinds out. "That's why the scum isn't going to be kept where THEY kept their prisoners! No, that doesn't describe what they were to them at all...." Her hands form fists of their own accord. "Let her fast and reflect on gleefully volunteering to SACRIFICE HER BEST FRIEND TO SHAR!"
[20:47] <Kotono> Very quietly, Celebrimbor steps forward. He puts a hand on Seira's shoulder. "Enough of this." His voice is like a whisper-knife, cutting and subtle. "This is not the time or the place for a morality debate. She can live well enough, our duty is to save ourselves, regroup and help find what happened to Alicia," The last is with a hooded look to Alicia.
[20:47] <Kotono> *Antenora
[20:48] <Kotono> Antenora's gaze narrows a little, but she curtly nods. "Alright," Without another word she picks up the female prisoner in her arms. "Where are we putting her, down the southern path?"
01[20:49] <Seira> "Donald can show you the place," Seira says, turning away.
[20:51] <Kotono> Donald and Antenora take care of that. Whiel they're gone, "Are you going to be able to hold your composure," Celebrimbor enquires softly.
01[20:52] <Seira> "As long as we're not throwing galas to unrepentant Sharrans, I'll manage," Seira says, perhaps more snappishly than she intended because she lowers her eyes afterwards.
[20:54] <Kotono> "You're right. I don't understand why you'd care that much about one." With a look to the southern passage a moment, "What a strange time for compassion."
01[20:57] <Seira> "I felt like crying, too, when they had me," Seira admits haltingly. "Or when I fled. It didn't mean I wanted to surrender to the other side and embrace Shar, and neither was that one sincere in any way. That she could be brainwashed otherwise... it's not fair. Not when there are people who made genuine missteps that need others to help them."
01[20:57] <Seira> She snorts. "But I guess it's not all that glamorous to do that, is it? Not many heroes jump at the chance."
[21:34] <Kotono> Smiling a little, "Let's go,"he says, as Donald and Antenora return. "Everyone ready?"
06[21:36] * Seira makes sure she has a good grasp on Armanda's corpse. "Oh yes."
[21:37] <Kotono> With that, Celebrimbor casts the words of travel around the party and captive!
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[21:37] <Kotono> After a brief stop at the jungle temple, the party appears in Seira's inn!
01[21:40] <Seira> "Can I count on you to handle the prisoner?" Seira asks of Antenora. "Have him kept under heavy guard at all times, as well as bound and gagged. Unconscious, if he so much as twitches wrong. Donald, I'll need you to make arrangements for Armanda. Celebrimbor and myself will touch base with the Commander."
[21:43] <Kotono> "I can," Antenora agrees, as the two go to do just that. As the two travel through the dark, well lit night, Celebrimbor pauses as you go down the hill. "Can you manage this," he asks, "All that magic casting at once took a higher toll on me than I like to let on."
01[21:45] <Seira> "Don't tell anyone," Seira whispers back quietly, "but I've been badly drained, myself. There have only been two times in my life where negative energy ate at me worse, and you would know of one of them."
[21:45] <Kotono> A nod there, "Yes, this entire fiasco was far too draining," he agrees.
06[21:49] * Seira snorts. "That's a very bad joke. If I didn't like you so much, I would hit you, foreign lord or not."
[21:53] <Kotono> Smiling, "The mood needed lightening," With a weak cough after, the two proceed to meet Commander Oberuth. He's in his office, yawning and drinking a steaming mug of something that smells sharp. "Report," he says as thet wo come in.
01[21:56] <Seira> "The bad news, first," Seira says, brushing some soot off her cape. "Albert was not present at the temple, and while taking the portal to Shadow permanently out of commission, there was feedback.
01[21:56] <Seira> I believe Alicia has been cast off somewhere; a plane where she is prevented from receiving a Sending." Or dead, but Seira doesn't mention it. People are remarkable about latching on to excuses to give up, and even these exceptional ones might be tempted. She wouldn't risk it.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Of course, it could be that the area she found herself in was itself shielded, not the entire plane. We must attempt to contact her come morning."
[22:03] <Kotono> "Wonderful," OBeruth scowls, "Yes, you must. At least it was a victory." After that period of thought, "There was good news here. An inevitable after you was confronted and defeated; Demedais is going to resolve the last matter about it."
01[22:05] <Seira> "Score," Seira says, although her cheer is lacking. "Only that stupid balor and that stupid pit fiend can ruin my day at random, now. And Albert, but not Armanda or the rest of their group, because they're all dead except the one we took prisoner."
[22:07] <Kotono> "There's more to it," Oberuth holds up a hand, "It was defeated, but from it's words it's quite possible it was forced into attacking us. It came to us openly and demanded you, or it would execute captured, innocent hostages. According to Elle, that's outside of it's programming and normal methods.
[22:07] <Kotono> "
01[22:07] <Seira> "What."
[22:09] <Kotono> With a twitch of a smile, "My words as well. From our best guesses, something may have forced it's hand. Demedais is gone right now to recover the hostages safely now that the kolyarut is dead."
01[22:10] <Seira> "Sir," Seira says quetly at length, "have I become a liability?"
[22:10] <Kotono> Blinking there, "Seira?" He asks in surprise. "No. Where did that come from?"
06[22:12] * Seira shakes her head. "Demons going around dragging our name through the mud, golems from other planes abducting our citizens. This mess? Even if I didn't start it, my actions couldn't have helped, and we haven't even gone into the reprecussions, both here and abroad."
[22:13] <Kotono> "Seira, you're one of our greatest heroes. You're an asset, no matter what disagreeable fools come to dispute that," Leaning forward a little now, "You are not a liability in the least."
03[22:14] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
06[22:14] * Seira inclines her head slightly. "With your permission, then, I will go and assist Demedais in what I can. Celebrimbor could fill you in on the rest of the details, as well as provide all the details necessary for what preparations must be made to assist Alicia as soon as possible."
[22:17] <Kotono> "AS you wish." A nod, "He'll be checking houses on the bay coast."
01[22:18] <Seira> "Then I will join him there," Seira announces and walks outside steadily, not showing any sign of weakness.
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: I'll have you join #terror in a little.
[20:36] <Kotono> -----(Planar Ko)--
[20:37] <Kotono> Giltaral gathers the group to hold hands, "Now...LEt the Golden Lady show us the path to profit and success!" His words echo int he party's mind as they are traveled between the planes! Platforms in the void...stairs connecting, probing into the hazy black sky that is close andfar away all at the same time. The air here is neither cool nor warm, simply air. It smells like nothing, scentless.
06[20:39] * Demedais looks around with interest. "This is bizarre. At least it looks relatively tame... Marie, can you sense her?" he asks, looking up and down the stairs to see if he spots any movement.
[20:40] <Kotono> Antenora looks about here and there, "Alicia," she tries calling, before starting to survey the stairs. OOC - Spot check if you like, Deme.
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[20:40] <Kotono> Gilartal wears quite new and undamaged chainmail, clinking under his robes. He casts his eyes about, but mostly stays quiet for the moment.
01[20:40] <Seira> "Nice place," Seira admires. "Let's try and see if we can find out where the portal to Abyss is? It's as good a place to start as any."
[20:41] <Alicia> "No," Marie shakes her head sadly. "I'm just worried how she found out the portal led there... she didn't sound herself in those replies we got quoted."
[20:42] <Kotono> "I know," Antenora says quietly, "I'm worried the chaos of the Abyss has hurt her. We need to try and find her as fast as possible."
06[20:42] * Demedais shakes his head after a few moments, dazed. "This place is immense... Does it lead everywhere?" After a moment, he nods to Marie. "Let's start looking. Hopefully, by having a person in mind, we can navigate this place faster... maybe." Demedais shrugs. "I don't know anything about this place..."
[20:43] <Alicia> "The astral plane sort of works that way. Here..." Marie looks thoughtful...
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[20:46] <Kotono> "It does," Antenora says to Demedais, "It's an infinite staircase in effect. Look at that," Pointing to one stair, upside down and twisting side to side, "There's no order to it."
[20:46] <Alicia> "No, not really," she shakes her head before carefully fluttering over to sit on Antenora's head. "Don't try to fly or teleport, by the way, you could end up anywhere if you do. Um... if we run into Lilends they could lead us to a particular doorway, but finding a person here would be a lot harder."
01[20:47] <Seira> "Let's try going down," Seira suggests. "As much as we can, anyway. I just visualize the Abyss being there, and we might come across someone soon enough."
[20:47] <Demedais> "Lilends?" Demedais muses. "Well, let's begin looking. Down's as good as anywhere."
[20:47] <Kotono> "Right," Antenora goes for a downward stair along with Seira, the party going down. Thus they beginto descend!
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 4d12
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d12 and gets 31." [4d12=9, 4, 6, 12]
[20:48] <Alicia> "They're kinda like harpies with snake-tails instead of legs," Marie informs Demedais. "They're really nice, I'm sure they'd help us."
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[20:52] <Kotono> Seven hours of this have passed...climing and walking and going! OOC - Fort saves, all.
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+ Antenora
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ Antenora and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=3]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Gil
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Gil and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[20:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 kay
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 kay and gets 26." [1d20=8]
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[20:56] <Kotono> IT's tiring but the party is going on well enough. But the stairs continue to stretch on. Gilartal rubs his back and sighs, "I do wish that this had been anything but stairs," he says.
[20:57] <Alicia> "At least we have each other for company, Alicia doesn't even have that. Maybe we could sing while we walk to pass the time better?" Marie suggests brightly. "It might even attract some Lillends!"
[20:57] <Demedais> "What are Lillends?" Demedais asks Marie directly at this point.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Lucky us," Antenora glances at Marie.
01[20:58] <Seira> "Let's not sing. It might prove fatal for some of us."
06[20:59] * Seira shivers, switching cloaks and wrapping herself in the familiar flaming-red one, taking comfort in the grinning, tastefully-drawn burning skull.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Harpies with snake tails?" Marie repeats. "They're chaotic good outsiders, like eladrin."
[21:02] <Kotono> "We can perhaps simply bribe them if need be," Gil considers, "Expediency may be w orth good coin here."
[21:02] <Demedais> "Ah." Demedais nods, before a shrug and a nod to Gil. "Assuming whatever here is interested in monetary and not other forms of wealth, yes."
[21:03] <Alicia> "They'd prefer a good song or story to any material wealth," Marie sounds quite sure of herself.
01[21:04] <Seira> "If they're bad, we'll fight them. If they're smart, we'll bribe or befriend them! And good, helpful travelers? I'm sure befriending will be on the agenda as well." Seira shrugs. "So how about a good story to pass the time, then? Maybe one of your home?"
[21:08] <Alicia> Marie regales everyone with the exciting tale of a Baernaloth who led a great army of Yugoloths to raze Elysium in ancient times, who was defeated in a fierce battle with Talsid the Lion, and who has been held bound in a secret citadel in Elysium to this day.
[21:09] <Kotono> As the tale passes and a little more time goes...OOC - Deme, make a spot check.
[21:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 42." [1d20=17]
06[21:13] * Demedais looks up, craning his head for a moment, before pointing to a spot in the sky. "Is that one of those Lillends?" he asks Marie quickly.
[21:14] <Alicia> Marie looks up in the same direction to look!
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: What's your spot mod, pixie-din?
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: +6
[21:18] <Kotono> Marie stares, but she can't make anything out!
01[21:18] <Seira> "What's the best way to lure them over, if it's them?"
[21:19] <Demedais> "Should I yell to catch its attention?" Demedais asks.
[21:20] <Alicia> "Does it look like this?" Marie asks, conjuring up an illusion of a woman who looks a lot like Pollyanna except with a long snake's tail instead of legs, and a set of rainbow-coloured feathery wings. She's also twice Pollyanna's size.
[21:20] <Kotono> "Something to get it's attention," Antenora begins, raising an eyebrow at Marie.
01[21:21] <Seira> "How loudly can you sing?"
[21:21] <Demedais> "Yes." Demedais replies, before going back up about five steps and bellowing "MADAME LILLEND!" to the rather large extent of his lungs.
[21:22] <Alicia> Marie dismisses the illusion and resumes looking up. She can't really match that sort of volume.
[21:22] <Kotono> Antenora looks at Demedais long, before just shrugging and shouting, "LILLEND! WE NEED YOUR HELP! AN INNOCENT COURRE ELADRIN NEEDS YOUR HELP!"
[21:22] <Kotono> Gilartal stops walking, though he doesn't yell.
[21:22] <Alicia> "That didn't even rhyme," Marie pouts from atop Antenora's head.
[21:22] <Demedais> And just in case, he repeats the bellow in Celestial.
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[21:23] <Kotono> "Here's hoping she heard it anyway," Antenora says.
[21:24] <Kotono> Demedais can see the creature stop and slow down, peering in your direction. It holds a harp in it's hands, and after several moments, beginst o fly your way. The party can begin to see the lillend approach!
06[21:24] * Demedais waves to the lillend, before settling down a bit to wait for it.
[21:26] <Kotono> It approcahes, strumming it's harm a few times. The notes are a pleasant break from the footstep noise of walking. In common, "Travelers, do you need aid?" she asks. "Whatever for?"
01[21:27] <Seira> "To help a friend who got sent here against her will. She's all alone, and we can't just let that pass."
[21:27] <Demedais> "My apologies, but we are attempting to find a friend, who appears to be lost in this plane." Demedais replies in Common. "Is there any assistance you could provide us in trying to find her, or at least the door she seems to have come to here from?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "It would depend on the door she came from," THe answer is musical, her voice singing, "Where did she come from?"
[21:32] <Alicia> "... the Abyss..." Marie replies, before blurting out, "She didn't mean to go there in the first place, though! And she might be hurt!"
01[21:33] <Seira> "She didn't sound quite alright when she said she managed to get here from the Abyss," Seira adds. "Can you help?"
[21:33] <Kotono> The lillent's singing becomes stormy, harsh! "The Abyss?" Like a discordant note she looks on you, "Is she a demon or a demon worshipper?"
[21:34] <Alicia> "No!" Marie sounds offended. "She's a paladin of Mystra! A really good one, too!"
01[21:35] <Seira> "She was sealing a portal to an evil, vile place in the temple of Shar we attacked when there was backlash!" Seira exclaims. "Don't call her those things!"
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[21:36] <Demedais> "No." Demedais replies calmly after Marie and Seira's outbursts. "She is a paladin, and was aiming to destroy a portal to the realm of Shadow. Her blow apparently went awry, and from what we got via Message, she was sent either here or the Abyss and wound up here."
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: One of you can make a diplo check. Your choice on who of those who lined.
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 aid
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 aid and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 if support doesn't work, disregard
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 if support doesn't work, disregard and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+ makes it anyway
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ makes it anyway and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Kotono> Listening well and at last focusing on Marie, "I can help you with a trade." STrumming her harp, "These depths are so silent. Is there not a song or music that you have that can lighten them?"
[21:41] <Alicia> "I know a few songs, but Antenora here has the best singing voice of all of us," Marie replies slyly, patting the erinyes on the head.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Yes, many would pay to hear her sing," Seira agrees.
06[21:41] * Demedais blinks at Marie and Seira, confused at this, before glancing to Antenora.
[21:43] <Kotono> Antenora looks to all of them, turning as red as hellfire. "Um..." Before she quickly draws in a breath. "Very well then, I'll try."
06[21:44] * Demedais nods, tapping Antenora on the shoulder with a smile. "I'm sure you'll do fine." OOC: Eagle's Splendor.
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (Thanks Deme)
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (Thanks Deme) and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[21:47] <Kotono> Antenora sings! It can be said that Hell has many a thing it perverts and yet presents as desirable. However, domination of a good singing voice wasn't one of Antenora's gifts, apparently. It's....not very good. She sings in Celestial, a song about angels at battle. However, her high notes are too high and her low notes hit more of a sultry, sexy deep voice instead of a real singing tune. The lillend's face turns from interested to bored, holdi
[21:47] <Kotono> real singing tune. The lillend's face turns from interested to bored, holding up a hand halfway. "That's enough."
[21:49] <Kotono> Looking to Marie first of all, then the others, "Sorry," Antenora says in a little voice, "Can anyone else try?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "You're a bit out of practice," Seira agrees. "I'm Seira. What was your name?"
06[21:49] * Demedais glares at Marie and Seira both, a bit annoyed, before turning to Antenora. "It's okay. Don't worry about it."
[21:50] <Alicia> Marie has the good grace to look embarrassed. "I'm sorry," she whispers to Antenora. "You do have a nice voice... it must just be nerves."
[21:51] <Kotono> "Song of the Stars," She replies to Seira, "Can you sing, dragon-ling?"
01[21:52] <Seira> "How about you play something, and I'll try to improvise? If I can keep up, that's worth the trade. If not, I'll do something else. I'm not really one to give up at the first hurdle."
[21:52] <Kotono> "Heh, why not?" Smiling a little at that and nodding, she begins to play a soft, introspective tune! OOC - Performcheck, +2 bonus. You nicely played on her chaotic nature there.
01[21:53] <Seira> OOC: Just as planned? With taking 10, that's 21
[21:55] <Kotono> Seira sings! She makes it up as she goes along...but wow. Seira realy can sing! She's talented at it, not great, not a bard, but quite a competent songbird! The two make beautiful music together, the lillend smiling and then grinning as it goes on! When the song winds down, "Oh, you aren't bad at all. You'r ethe first singing dragon I've met besides that dragon bard."
06[21:57] * Demedais idly makes a soft comment to Antenora in the back after Seira finishes, "I'm glad it didn't come down to me, I'm okay some days but most of the time it's a frog trapped under a warm rock croaking."
06[21:57] * Seira grins back with genuine happiness. "I don't do it nowadays, but we used to sing a lot, me and Elfy!"
[21:57] <Kotono> Antenora cracks a brief smile at that, "Then we'd have to hope Marie's on key today."
[21:58] <Kotono> "Good. Very well then. What is the name of your friend? Her full name."
[21:58] <Demedais> "Her ever being on key would take more miracles than any group of outsiders would ever manage."
01[21:59] <Seira> "Alicia Reynes, a knight of Mystra," Seira responds.
[21:59] <Alicia> "Hey, back in Dweomerheart I was renowned for my great performing skills," Marie whispers indignantly.
06[21:59] * Demedais nods to Seira's comment, pointedly not responding to Marie.
[22:00] <Kotono> "I do wonder what kind of performances." Antenora observes tartly, smiling back to Marie.
[22:00] <Kotono> "Very well...Alicia Reynes..." There is long murmuring as she seems to cast a spell. Then..."This way. Follow me," she declares, starting to head down. "It will take time, but I will find her."
[22:01] <Alicia> "All kinds of things. Versatility is my watchword!" Marie insists.
[22:01] <Kotono> "If you can't be good at one thing, you may as well be bad at all of them?" Antenora bats righ tback.
01[22:01] <Seira> "I love vesatility as well!" Seira agrees, before following the Song. "Great! I wouldn't want to keep her waiting. It's horrible, getting stuck all alone on a hostile plane."
06[22:02] * Demedais nods. "Thank you, Song of the Stars." he says, following.
[22:07] <Kotono> After about an hour of walking, Song of the Stars stops. "Something's ahppened. Your friend has left the Endless Stairway," she says.
06[22:08] * Demedais stops and stares at Song of the Stars for a very, very long moment.
[22:08] <Alicia> "So she found a way home then?" Marie asks hopefully.
[22:08] <Demedais> "What."
01[22:08] <Seira> "Is there a way of finding out her destination?" Seira asks far more realistically.
[22:09] <Demedais> "We... let us very urgently hope that she did, Marie." Demedais grimaces. "Either that or she picked a door at random."
[22:09] <Alicia> "She wouldn't do that," Marie shakes her head, "Alicia hates randomness."
01[22:10] <Seira> "She didn't sound quite right, remember?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "She might've picked a wrong door out of ignorance, mind you..." the eladrin then concedes.
[22:10] <Kotono> "That's possible. The Abyss might have her thinking that randomness is good now, too." Antenora sighs very long, "Dammit."
[22:11] <Demedais> "It's possible something began attempting to pursue her, too." Demedais grunts. "I... we thank you, Song of the Stars, for what you've done for us; our apologies that your effort seems to have resulted in no end."
[22:12] <Alicia> "The Abyss really isn't a good example of how great chaos is," Marie mutters. "I think she could use a better inspiration for coming around to that."
[22:13] <Kotono> "Limbo?" Antenora jabs as she looks to Demedais and Seira, "Now what? Return home and try another sending to find outwhere she is?"
[22:13] <Demedais> "That'd probably be best." Demedais says, somewhat annoyed.
[22:14] <Kotono> "I can't, my power only extends to this existance here," Song of Stars answers Seira.
06[22:14] * Seira sighs. "Back to Sendings, then. Any chance you have one to spare, or a scroll, Gilartal?"
03[22:15] * Haruka is now known as Sierra_Comatose
[22:16] <Kotono> "I brought a scroll since I know how popular it is," Smiling thinly, "Shall I?"
01[22:16] <Seira> "Is it an arcane one?"
[22:16] <Kotono> "Divine. Why would I have an arcane one?" Gilartal challenges. "I can cast it, unless your friend here wants to."
01[22:18] <Seira> "To sell it, of course!" Seira responds with a smirk. "And yes. Alicia might not be in the right frame of mind, unless she did manage to find the way home. Then, having someone closer to Alicia speak to her might be of great help. Just hearing a friend's voice when you're so--" Seira shakes her head. "We'll reimburse you, naturally."
[22:18] <Kotono> "Alright, I'll add it to your loan payback," he says, passing the scroll to Seira.
06[22:19] * Seira snorts. "I'm good for it, or I will be soon enough." Accepting the scroll, she offers it to Demedais. "First, encourage her. Tell her she's not alone. Then ask her where she is, if she can stay safe for a day, and to provide details for us. Works?"
06[22:20] * Demedais nods slightly, accepting the scroll from Seira once it's handed to him. A slight pause. "It's been a while since I've done this..." With that, he begins trying to cast the spell written up, nodding to Seira at her words.
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 here's hoping part 1
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 here's hoping part 1 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: roll a d100 for palanr failure chance.
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Planar, even.
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Success. Say your sending in here and I'll port it to #evil.
[22:22] <Demedais> "We're coming, Alicia. Stay strong, you're not alone. Requesting current location, ability to stay there safe for a day, details. Will get there soon. Demedais."
[22:25] <Kotono> Demedais gets the reply after, Alicia telling of her position in Mount Celestia.
[22:25] <Demedais> "Base of Mount Celestia." Demedais exhales. "She's safe."
06[22:26] * Seira nods. "We'll return, then. If she is not back or has not been in contact until noon tomorrow, we'll try again."
[22:26] <Alicia> "From the Abyss to Mount Celestia? She sure gets around, doesn't she?" Marie observes.
[22:26] <Kotono> Antenora breaks into a relieved grin. "Oh...thank everything," she sighs in relief."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Naturally she needed a ordered influence after her trip to the Abyss," Antenora says lightly.
01[22:27] <Seira> "As long as it's not Mechanus, I suppose...."
[22:28] <Alicia> "Celestia isn't so bad," Marie allows. "Some of my best friends are lantern archons!"
[19:36] <Kotono> ----(Ko)--
[19:36] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 285." [5d100=58, 25, 56, 47, 99]
[19:36] <Kotono> roll 1d98
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d98 and gets 90." [1d98=90]
[19:36] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 5." [1d9=5]
[19:38] <Kotono> So casting Plane Shift, the party returns to the Prime! They appear in darkness, plains and the night sky around them. It's quiet, dark, warm. Looks peaceful enough here, though you seem to be in the middle of nowhere.
06[19:39] * Demedais looks around. "Alright. Willing to take us back to Balmuria from here, Seira?"
[19:40] <Kotono> "Nowhere in particular?" Antenora asks, glancing about. "Nothing close."
01[19:40] <Seira> "I can try. I certainly know the destination, and the way plane shift works, we should be in range. Ready?"
[19:40] <Alicia> "At least we're not surrounded by hundreds of shocker lizards?" Marie offers brightly.
[19:41] <Demedais> "Indeed, Marie. Indeed." Demedais replies with a slight glance to the familiar, before nodding to Seira.
01[19:41] <Seira> roll 1d100 home
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 home and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[19:42] <Kotono> Home! The party arrives in the back of Seira's inn. As he stretches his back wearily, "If we need to go to Mount CElestia, it'll have tow ait until at least the late morning. I need to rest, pray and so forth." Gilartal says bluntly.
01[19:42] <Seira> "I doubt Alicia would need our help to get back at this point, but it's always nice to be prepared," Seira agrees. "Thanks again for your help today!"
[19:43] <Demedais> "Understood. Thank you for your time." Demedais says with a slight bow to Gilartal. "I would like to assist in the patrol in case Albert tries anything tonight, so waiting until then would work best."
[19:43] <Alicia> "Alicia can probably sweet-talk a friendly deva or someone into giving her a lift home before then, anyway," Marie opines with a confident nod.
06[19:43] * Demedais then nods to Seira and Marie's comments.
01[19:44] <Seira> "So. Antenora, Demedais, fancy taking on a nasty shadow dragon?"
[19:44] <Kotono> "When?" Antenora asks.
01[19:45] <Seira> "Pretty much now," Seira responds. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be, and all I've done today is walk for eight hours or so."
06[19:45] * Demedais considers this, looking up at the night sky.
06[19:47] * Demedais nods slightly. "If Alicia is safe... the odds of a strike after this point in the night is less likely, if they prepare to strike and retreat using the same spells. Thus dealing with the dragon now carries little risk and disarms one more road of attack Albert could use. I would support this line of logic, so long as Oberuth is notified that Alicia is safe and will either be retrieved or will be returning sometime later today or early tomorrow."
[19:48] <Kotono> "Could you do that, Marie?" Antenora looks to the pixie-eladrin. "While we go fight the dragon then?"
[19:49] <Alicia> "Sure," Marie nods as she takes off from Antenora's head. "I'll look after things here in case Albert or those shadows do show up, so you guys go on and do your thing!"
[19:49] <Demedais> "Alright. Thank you, Marie." Demedias says with a somewhat wry grin.
[19:50] <Kotono> "The dragon's strong," Antenora continues on from there, "It resisted my best shots without too much trouble, so we'll need to hit it hard. Further, it can drain energy."
01[19:51] <Seira> "I had an idea about that, and I think that if we come in strength and spread out, it would have a harder time of focusing on someone in particular."
[19:51] <Alicia> "Remember, discretion is the better part of valour!" Marie carols as she flutters off towards the garrison.
01[19:51] <Seira> "If I didn't remember that, we wouldn't be standing here, discussing another go at it!"
[19:52] <Kotono> "Good idea," Antenora says after a few more moments of thought. "We can always fall back as well if need be, it seems unable to escape the cavern below the temple."
06[19:53] * Demedais nods to this. "Draining energy and high defenses... We'll have to go cautiously, but I have some abilities that might put us on even footing with it. Worst come to worst, we test your ideas, Seira, and then return with a full group to finish it off. Hopefully it lacks much capability to heal its wounds down there.
[19:55] <Kotono> "We can hope," Antenora murmurs, "Are we ready then? I can't imagine Albert will leave it alone for long, with his power base damaged and siblings dying at a pleasantly agreeable clib."
[19:55] <Kotono> *clip
[19:55] <Demedais> "Indeed."
01[19:56] <Seira> Leading the way to Celebrimbor's room, Seira elaborates, "The idea is pretty simple. We treat it like a really large bull and spread out to strike at it. If the dragon focuses on one of us to the exclusion of everyone else, it will regret that. I have a few spells that might irritate it enough to come after me, too, and I'm the one who can get away from its clutches the easiest.
01[19:56] <Seira> As long as we remember that retreat is an option, this should work as a trial run."
[19:57] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "And it may focus on me, which I'm prepared for so long as I can cast a few spells right before engaging it."
[19:57] <Kotono> "If it goes well, we need not another run," Antenora says hopefully. Celebrimbor stays in a quiet room in Seira's inn, sitting on his bed currently, a book floating in the aira s he reads from him.
01[19:59] <Seira> "I'm thinking we should end that evil dragon's existence before Albert decides it's a good idea to free it in a burst of suicidal stupidity," Seira announces.
[19:59] <Kotono> "Prudent." Gesturing so that the book falls to the bed with softness, "How is Alicia?"
[20:00] <Demedais> "In Mount Celestia, after a few... apparent incidents." Demedais replies.
06[20:00] * Seira nods. "She managed to make it over to safe haven, and her last response sounded much better."
[20:01] <Kotono> "I see. Is she alive?" Looking at the two, "Your answer leaves in in doubt, considering her devotions."
01[20:01] <Seira> "Even mine?" Seira pouts. "She's alive, yes."
[20:01] <Demedais> "She is." Demedais replies hastily, rubbing his head.
[20:03] <Kotono> "At this juncture, I would not take anything for granted," With a slightly sardonic smile as he stands, "To Halla?"
01[20:04] <Seira> "To Halla."
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[20:10] <Kotono> Donald is quickly mustered, the party returning to Halla on the wings of Greater Teleport! It is deep night when they appear atop the crater's lips, looking down. It's quietly serene here on a glance, though it's a little cold. It's also very very dark, mostly a problem for Demedais.
06[20:11] * Seira picks up a small rock, using faerie light on it before handing it to Demedais.
06[20:11] * Demedais grimaces. "Any objections if I provide some light?"
[20:11] <Demedais> "Or you could do it. Thanks." Demedais nods to Seira.
01[20:12] <Seira> "And it's very pretty," she comments, casting see invisibility and heroism.
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+10 and gets 15." [1d10=5]
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 14." [1d10=4]
[20:12] <Kotono> Celebrimbor casts various magics as well, weaving them around himself. As Antenora peers down, "There's something wrong deeper in the crater,"s he notes.
06[20:13] * Seira follows Antenora's gaze.
[20:13] <Demedais> "Tell me once we're within 120 feet of the entrance; I have a few short-term spells- ..." At this, Demedais attempts to peer down into the crater.
[20:14] <Kotono> Seira can see well enough, though Demedais has a much harder time of it thanks to the darkness. Only a bit of faerie light plus his incredible vision allow himt o see as well. But below, the edges of the crater seem...shadowy. Dark. Incorpreal.
[20:15] <Demedais> "... okay, that doesn't look like a good sign at all." Demedais comments.
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[20:16] <Kotono> "Shadow-stuff again." Celebrimbor peers down, before he shakes his head slowly. "Such a dimensional disturbance may have longer lasting effects on this area."
01[20:16] <Seira> "Annoying," Seira mutters. "Think the protections snapped back after a day?"
[20:17] <Kotono> "It's possible but unlikely. This could just be from yesterday s well. The entire area was drenched in material and energy from the Plane of Shadow." Celebrimbormurmurs a few words and gestures, before starting to fly down.
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[20:18] <Demedais> "...Possible, or something about the temple is spreading a plague." Demedais watches Celebrimbor fly down, before looking to Donald with a slight grin. "Guess I'm the only one without capability of flight here now, eh?"
01[20:18] <Seira> "If we can't just enter, I could try a short-ranged teleport to the room Albert was seemingly using to shadow walk into the temple," Seira suggests.
06[20:19] * Demedais nods slightly. "That'd work too."
06[20:21] * Seira intends to see Demedais head in first, before going in herself.
06[20:21] * Demedais waits for the rest of the group to descend most of the way before slipping the ring of feather fall on and leaping into the middle of the crater, using the slow descent to steer his fall.
[20:22] <Kotono> Thus the party goes down! As they fly or fall, they see that the way into the temple is clear besides some thin shadow-mist. Indeed, the falling Demedais passes through it without difficulty.
01[20:22] <Seira> "If taking out the dragon that bitch Shar left here won't help, we are filling this damned place with lava."
[20:23] <Demedais> "What about filling it with lava anyway?" Demedais comments. "Still, should make sure the dragon's dead and gone first."
01[20:24] <Seira> "It serves better as a monument," Seira responds, leading the way towards the lift. "In any case, the trip is about twenty minutes. I timed it before, so I'll let you know when it's safe to prepare if things go according to plan."
[20:24] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods.
[20:26] <Kotono> The party descends down without incident. It's a lot of stair descending again, though hardly a patch on the marathon in the Endless Stairway. They reach the lift without incident.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Here goes nothing," Seira announces, giving the lever a nudge once everyone has piled on. If things do go as planned, she intends to cast shield upon herself a minute before they should reach their destination.
06[20:27] * Demedais nods, using a rope to secure his grip with a wry grin and waiting until Seira begins casting to prepare his own spells.
06[20:29] * Seira taps both Donald and Demedais after her shield spell, blurring their outlines slightly. "For luck," she explains with a shrug, ready to cast her stronger invisibility spell just as the lift should reach its destination.
[20:34] <Kotono> Thus the party is prepared as they descend down! The elevator goes into the chasm! In the darkness of it, a pair of horrible eyes stare out from 50 feet away! There is a titanic, deafening roar! "YOU WILL NOT DEFY ME! THIS TIME YOU WILL PERISH!" OOC - Thsiis not a happy dragon. Let's roll initiative?
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 nerveskitter
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 nerveskitter and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 dragon
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 dragon and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Celebrimbor
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Celebrimbor and gets 17." [1d20=15]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[20:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 kay
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 kay and gets 6." [1d20=5]
03[20:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Dragon=Celebrimbor>Antenora>Demedais>Donald'
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: You be up, Seira.
01[20:39] <Seira> "About that," Seira says steadily, drawing upon Waukeen's gift to move closer to the dragon as a fiery orb gathers in her hand, only to toss it at her enemy and move sharply off to the side, drawing the Resort.
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 touch
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 touch and gets 34." [1d20=15]
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 10d6+3d6+4d6
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6+3d6+4d6 and gets 60." [10d6=3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5][3d6=6, 1, 3][4d6=4, 1, 3, 2]
[20:42] <Kotono> Acting quickly and under the shield of invisibility, Seira fires an orb of pure force at the dragon, trailing fire! It hits it right in the gullet, a direct hit before it can even act! OOC - Dragon and Celebrimbor.
[20:44] <Kotono> Celebrimbor moves just as the dragon rears back to spew shadow all over the party! First a ball of acid bursts around the dragon and then a ball of fire!
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 CL 1
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 CL 1 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 CL 2
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 CL 2 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 ref 1
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 ref 2
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 ref 1 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 ref 2 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 31." [10d6=3, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1, 6, 1, 1]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 31*1.5
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 31*1.5 and gets 46.5."
[20:47] <Kotono> As the breath spews out over everyone but Seira and Celebrimbor, the dragon is wracked by fireballs! The acidball only grazes it, but the mammoth fireball takes it right in the face! OO c- Forts aves, all but Seira/Celebrimbor.
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[20:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 righty-o
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 righty-o and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Antenora let's see if it's academic
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Antenora let's see if it's academic and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Savers(Everyone but Donald) take 2 negative levels. Donald takes 5.
[20:51] <Kotono> As Antenora is staggered by the breath, she pounces right into action, charging!
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (-2 negative levels, +2 FS 7/8, +2 charge, +1 flying, +6 smite 2/3 left)
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (-2 negative levels, +2 FS 7/8, +2 charge, +1 flying, +6 smite 2/3 left) and gets 37." [1d20=8]
[20:53] <Kotono> Antenora's charge is a good one, but it hits a field near the dragon! Raw force armor blossoms around it's body, deflecting the blow! OOC Demedais.
06[20:54] * Demedais grimaces and veers to the other side from Seira, trying to land a cut on the other side of the dragon with hasted feet!
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC - Dragon has reach on you, Deme.
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: You okay with aoovile?
[20:56] <Demedais> OOC: ...Worth a shot, I guess.
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 bite
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 bite and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC - AC?
[20:57] <Demedais> OOC: 35 since I hasted instead of used the Protection buff.
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 2d8+7 and 1 negative level, Deme.
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+7 and 1 negative level, Deme. and gets 18." [2d8=3, 8]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: Attack.
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d100 oh yeah
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 oh yeah and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d4-1
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4-1 and gets 0." [1d4=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC - Forgot to resolve it's breath.
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (-3 Negative Level, +3 Smite, +1 Prayer, +1 Haste, -9 CE at this point I'm in this for the flanking assist with Seira or something)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (-3 Negative Level, +3 Smite, +1 Prayer, +1 Haste, -9 CE at this point I'm in this for the flanking assist with Seira or something) and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[21:03] <Kotono> Demedais charges and swings, but the dragon's scales are way too hard to be penetrated! Donald staggers to the sides, body reduced and his hands shaking! Nonetheless he quickly traces arcane lines of fire to fly at the dragon!
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 CL
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 CL and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[21:04] <Kotono> But the fire fizzles againt the dragon's skin! OOC - Seira.
[21:04] <Kotono> As he is surrounded, defending well, "The oblivion will consume all of you! You will not triumph!" it calls, "The only thing waiting for you is nothingness!
[21:04] <Kotono> "
01[21:05] <Seira> "Celebrimbor, try dispelling the bastard!" Seira calls over the roar. "I'm going in!" And she is, but only after sending a fiery cone to engulf the dragon and Antenora both.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: CL.
01[21:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[21:06] <Kotono> The fires crackle and vanish around the dragon, doing nothing! It roars back as Celebrimbor casts dispellation on it, continuing to circle around it, "Your magics are useless, dragon!"
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[21:07] <Kotono> The armor of force shatters around the dragon at that spell, as it rears back and catches Demedais and Antenora in the breath again! OOC - Fort.
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:08] <Kotono> The armor of force shatters around the dragon at that spell, as it rears back and catches Demedais and Antenora in the breath again! It splits into two, engulfing both of themin quick, seperate streams!
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC - I forgot the negative mods from the drain but it doesn't matter.
[21:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Two more each.
[21:10] <Kotono> The two are racked by it, Antenora shaking in the blast! But both resist as best they can, even as the damage done is more severe! Antenora quickly amnages to fly back, before trying another desperate charge!
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-4 NL, +2 charge, +2 FS, +1 flying, +7 smite excuse me, forgot flash)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-4 NL, +2 charge, +2 FS, +1 flying, +7 smite excuse me, forgot flash) and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC +2 more flanking with Deme there.
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d4-1 recharge
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4-1 recharge and gets 0." [1d4=1]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22+1d6
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22+1d6 and gets 42." [2d8=6, 8][1d6=6]
[21:11] <Kotono> This time she manages a blow, stabbing into the dragon's scales harshly! As he wings struggle to keep her alight, "Get it on the other end," sh ecalls to Demedais. OOC - Deme.
06[21:14] * Demedais nods to this, adjusting the newly-felt weight of his armor as he quickly lays four blows into the dragon, attempting to carve into its flesh with the blessing of law's power!
[21:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking, +6 Smite)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking, +6 Smite) and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[21:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking) and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking) and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (-5 negative level, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +1 Prayer, +2 Flanking) and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 crit check (rolling this since Antenora's roll hit it)
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 crit check (rolling this since Antenora's roll hit it) and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 6d6+24
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+24 and gets 44." [6d6=1, 2, 6, 3, 3, 5]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC - Hit and a crit, yeah.
[21:19] <Demedais> OOC: +1 smite damage! >_>
[21:20] <Kotono> Under that assault, Demedais carves up the flank of the dragon like steak! It's already been burnt and scorched and stabbed, which makes this beating all the harder! It's weakening considerably as Donald flanks it further, shooting off another scorching ray!
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[21:20] <Kotono> But this one is for naught as well! OOC - Seir.a
06[21:21] * Seira smirks, channeling the arcane power of the Resort. It feels so good to be facing an evil dragon in melee when things are actually going their way!
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +1 luck, +2 invis) smite
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +1 luck, +2 invis) smite and gets 46." [1d20=19]
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +1 luck, +2 invis) smite?
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +1 luck, +2 invis) smite? and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC - Well, you got it. Crit.
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 fun!
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 fun! and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff.
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 9d8+33+4d6+6d8
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+33+4d6+6d8 and gets 104." [9d8=3, 4, 5, 3, 7, 2, 3, 2, 5][4d6=5, 4, 5, 2][6d8=6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 3]
[21:25] <Kotono> With a massive strike, Seira thrusts into the heart of the dark dragon! Blood gushes like a stream from the wound as it falls to the ground, "This...isn't...hahahahahahaaaa...the oblivion..." It's eyes close as it's body hits down hard! "Have mercy...Shar..."
06[21:25] * Seira throws her head back and laughs. "Mercy? From Shar?!"
06[21:26] * Demedais grins, wearily leaning on his sword. "Hmph. Any need for its heart, Seira?"
[21:26] <Kotono> After that, it's body goes still, wisps of shadow escaping it's mouth. OOC - Free act.
06[21:26] * Seira appears to sight, grinning. "That felt great!"
[21:27] <Kotono> "It's done," Celebrimbor bows his head a moment, "A pity a noble beast such a dragon served Shar."
[21:27] <Kotono> Antenora leans heavily on her spear, before staggering to Demedais and using him and his sword. "Those life drains are exhausting," she notes, "We need to get restorations as soon as possible."
01[21:27] <Seira> "Yeah well his loss," Seira says dismissively.
06[21:27] * Seira nods. "Let's go up? I don't think teleporting from here is a good idea."
06[21:28] * Seira does wonder whether even imprisoned dragons keep mementos, and takes a brief moment to check with detect magic.
[21:28] <Kotono> There's no magic in the cavern. No horde, either - just a dead, imprisoned dragon.
01[21:28] <Seira> "Right! Let's go!"
[21:29] <Demedais> "Alright. There were no more loose ends in this place?" Demedais asks.
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Are you guys just going to go up and teleport back?
01[21:30] <Seira> OOC: Hahaha, I was waiting to see whether Anty remembered the imprisoned cultists. Sounds like not~
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: I was asking you guys if you had anything here but TPing back. Seriously, is ther eanything else you wanted to here, cultists aside since she was going to brin ghtat up?
01[21:31] <Seira> OOC: Nah, it's cool
[21:32] <Demedais> OOC: I can't think of anything since this is my first time in the temple!
01[21:33] <Seira> "Going to bring the prisoner along?" Seira asks.
[21:33] <Kotono> "We should," Antenora says as the party returns back up to the cathedral proper.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Any chance you can spare a flight spell for Demedais?" Seira asks Celebrimbor in the meantime. "I don't fancy teleporting from here, or him climbing out."
[21:34] <Kotono> Going to the trapped room, Celebrimbor shakes his head, "I only m emorized one. I rely on this otherwise," he taps his cloak, "He can borrow it on the worst."
01[21:35] <Seira> "The hole is wide enough," Seira muses. "Donald and myself might be enough to merely carry Demedais outside. Let's give this a try, first?"
[21:35] <Kotono> As they open the sealed door for the prisoner in the meanwhile, they find her still lying there. She's still unconcious, deeply asleep.
06[21:35] * Demedais shrugs and nods, making sure the armor has been re-sent to Balmuria.
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: You used the calling property of your armor?
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Uh, yes? Hell. >_>
[21:39] <Demedais> OOC: Or at least I would have tried.
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 74." [1d100=74]
[21:39] <Kotono> The armor vanishes without incident as normal.
[21:40] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Antenora knees to check on the prisoner. After af ew checks, "She's breathing, but cold as ice." she calls back, "As well as asleep.:"
01[21:41] <Seira> "Once we get back, you can get a cleric to take a look at her," Seira calls over. "Let's go?"
[21:42] <Kotono> Getting out of the crater takes time but goes without incident. Thereafter, Celebrimbor returns the party to Seira's backyard again! Once you're there, "Demedais and I should seek restoration," Antenora says, "The sooner the better. I can have her checked on as well."
06[21:42] * Demedais nods to this. "That would probably be wise."
06[21:42] * Seira nods. "She's your responsibility, with all that this implies."
06[21:43] * Seira pats Donald on the shoulder. "Fun fight, right? You should go with them, too."
[21:43] <Kotono> "Seira and I can handle any details with your Commander," As Donald quietly goes to join Demedias and Antenora. Celebrimbor speaks, before starting to walk away.
[21:43] <Kotono> "Yeah, I know," he says quietly, "That fight was horrible. I feel horrible now."
06[21:43] * Demedais nods. "Ditto. Let's get this fixed up..." he says with a note of exhaustion.
06[21:44] * Seira is quite cheerful, herself. "All that's left is the lava~"
[21:47] <Kotono> The report is mostly like the last - good news and a dragon dead, more to go. As that happens, all unknown to Alicia...she sits in her nightclothes, talking to Marie. From her room she can hear someone coming in. The clank of armor is heard as well.
[21:49] <Alicia> Marie wears a rather squicked out expression as she listens to Alicia relate events from Shendilvari, although both pause at the sound of someone entering. "Could be Antenora - lets find out how they did with that dragon?" the eladrin suggests, Alicia nodding and heading out into the hallway with her familiar.
[21:50] <Kotono> Exiting out, the two find Antenora in the living room. She's slowly putting someone down on the couch - it's dark in here but it doesn't seem to bother Antenora at all, of course. Thereafter, she goes to sit next to that person, peering down at her silently.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Antenora?" Alicia asks as Marie helpfully tosses up some illumination for the non-outsider to see by.
03[21:52] * Demedais is now known as tai-grum
[21:52] <Kotono> "Alicia!" Antenora looks up quickly, as you can see the shadow-woman from the temple here. "You're back and safe! Where were you?" The questions come rapidly, thereafter looking down. "Don't worry, she's asleep and I don't plan to keep her here long. From what Shankar said, she'll be asleep a long while."
[21:53] <Alicia> "What happened to her?" Alicia dodges Antenora's question for the moment, peering at the figure she recalls from Halla.
[21:54] <Kotono> "The shadows changed her as far as we can guess." Looking down, "I'm not sure she's been awake since she was infected." Then looking back up at Alicia, "What about you?"
06[21:56] * Alicia sighs. "There was an unexpected reaction when I tried to seal the gate - I was just telling Marie about it," she gestures to her unhappy looking familiar. "Sent me straight to the Abyss."
[21:57] <Kotono> Shivering at that, "I see..." Antenora stands up there, looking between the two, "Are you...alright?"
[22:00] <Alicia> "I'm alive and uninjured," Alicia manages gamely, though she wraps her arms tightly around herself in a manner that doesn't exactly hint at inner self confidence. "I almost lost my mind, though... and I picked up a new enemy who I think is probably on the same level as a duke of hell." She snorts, "The Queen of Succubi likes me, though."
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora's face twists and turns death pale, "Malcanthet?!" She chokes, "That...that...thing?!" AS she does, there is a knock on Alicia's front door.
[22:01] <Alicia> "Yes, I arrived right on her- oh. Popular tonight," she chuckles, tightening her robe to ensure she's decent before going to answer the door.
[22:03] <Kotono> Going to open it, you find Seira is there, waiting.
06[22:04] * Seira smiles as soon as she sees Alicia, grabbing her in a hug! "I came as soon as I heard you made it back!" she gushes happily. "Welcome back!"
06[22:05] * Alicia returns the hug with a bit of trepidation, "It's good to be back," she replies earnestly. "Why don't you come in? Uh... Marie was saying you fought a dragon?"
01[22:06] <Seira> "Yes," Seira agrees, stepping inside. "It was a bad dragon. In fact, it was a bad Shar-following dragon that recruited Albert somehow from within the underground, warded temple."
[22:07] <Alicia> "I thought he built the temple?" Alicia asks in confusion, closing the door as they retire to her living room. "Well, it's dead now, at least? Were there any other problems at the temple after I was sent away?"
01[22:08] <Seira> "I think he was renovating it," Seira suggests. "And it's dead, and I pretty much combed the place and the only thing remaining is that sealed door with the shadows kept within. It can probably wait until we take Albert out, since I fortified it and grabbed the keys with me."
[22:09] <Alicia> "Has he caused any trouble here lately?" Alicia asks. No one mentioned it, so even if he did it can't have been anything major...
01[22:10] <Seira> "I'm sure I would've been told," Seira says honestly. "Unless he is going for subtlety, I doubt it. He's the only one left, right, and there must be the issue of succession to resolve. Albert probably doesn't have the time." She looks around the living room. "You know, I think this is the first time I'm visiting."
06[22:12] * Alicia searches her memory and comes up blank. "I think you're right." That also brings up the issue of proper manners for a hostess, "Can I get you anything to eat or drink?" Hopefully not, it's way too late to make anything.
[22:13] <Alicia> Marie, as the one most likely to have to prepare said hospitality, also hopes not.
01[22:13] <Seira> "Umm." Seira considers. "Something to drink would be nice, I guess? I haven't really had any...." She pauses. "I think the last time was on another plane? Anything you have is fine!"
[22:15] <Alicia> "Alright, I'll just be a second. Antenora, Marie, do you two want anything?" Alicia asks, eliciting a surprised look from her familiar.
[22:15] <Alicia> "Ahh... not for me, thanks," Marie shakes her head.
[22:15] <Kotono> "I'm fine," Antenora says, lying back on the couch. "But let me get it," Getting up, "Alicia, sit down."
06[22:17] * Alicia blinks at Antenora's bouncy indecisiveness. "Alright..." she proceeds to sit down. "Sorry you had to go to all the trouble of looking for me on that staircase. I found some Mercane who sold me a scroll of dismissal I thought would get me home sooner, but it must have been defective."
01[22:19] <Seira> "Trouble?" Seira asks in surprise. "It's only... we had to go after you! Isn't that obvious? We would have followed you and had Marie teleport over with my ring after you disappeared from the staircase, too, if it were anywhere but a safe place." Seira looks embarrased. "To tell you the truth, I was a bit worried I made the wrong call in not doing that until I came over."
[22:20] <Kotono> Antenora comes back with water. After giving it to Seira, "We were worried. Your replies sounded...distraught."
06[22:21] * Seira drains it after a brief nod of thanks, her attention focused on Alicia.
[22:21] <Alicia> "Celestia was fine, I found a choir of Archons who were happy to send me home after I'd had a chance to rest," Alicia smiles a bit before her expression clouds over. "Malcanthet's realm wasn't kind to my mental well-being." She shudders, "If it weren't for Hell Striker, I'm not sure if I'd have made it out of there."
[22:22] <Kotono> Antenora goes to linger behind Alicia, then to her side. "What happened," she asks quietly.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Hell Striker is a really good friend, then!" Seira exclaims. "You have to treasure him."
06[22:25] * Alicia nods. "He helped me realise just how close I was to losing it," she agrees. Briefly she runs her hand through her hair as she considers, "That's the worst part - my own strengths were used against me. All the demons sent to kill me, I dispatched them with ease."
[22:25] <Alicia> "But each one I killed... it's like she got inside of me and..." she trails off, looking disgusted while her cheeks tinge crimson. "Apparently it was a sign of her favour, according to the very friendly succubus who helped me reach the staircase," she concludes without elaboration.
01[22:27] <Seira> "At... at least you found a friend there?" Seira stammers.
[22:28] <Kotono> Antenora's face turns paler, her lips nearly sucked into her mouth. "The chaos and evil was lying to you," she says, a little harshly nd very sharp.
[22:29] <Alicia> "I know that," Alicia practically snaps at Antenora, before grimacing and looking away guiltily. "Sorry... but it... it felt so good I almost stopped caring. I can still feel it even now... like an itch that I have to scratch." Seemingly without noticing, she starts rubbing her thighs together while talking.
01[22:31] <Seira> "I... I think it's more the evil. Not the chaos. The lying part, I mean," Seira starts babbling. "And you made it back! No more evil like that here!"
[22:31] <Kotono> Antenora looks away at the snapping, "Sorry," she says as well. Her eyes are cast down, though she puts a hand on Alicia's shoulder. "There's no evil here. Right Marie? Right Seira?"
[22:32] <Alicia> Marie nods energetically. "You're safe here," she affirms. "We wouldn't hurt you or take advantage of you like that."
06[22:33] * Seira gives the couch a pointed glare. "None that could take advantage of you!" she swears to Alicia.
[22:33] <Kotono> "She's only here temporarily. If she has problems, she'll go back to sleep harder," Antenora replies with a hint of cold iron in her voice, before she sighs. "Sorry."
06[22:35] * Seira pats Alicia's hand awkwardly. "Speaking of temporary... uh... I'm sure that is, too. You're stronger than any loser demons and their influence!"
06[22:35] * Alicia shrinks in on herself a little bit, but still nods. "It's something I can deal with. I know these feelings aren't real," she sighs heavily, "Spending some time in Celestia helped bring that into focus, but still... just knowing how close I came to throwing away everything I've ever believed in and fought for, for nothing more than... nice feelings!"
[22:35] <Alicia> Looking up to Seira seriously, "You can still count on me for when we go back to Kesse. I can hold myself together," she declares with a hint of desperation.
06[22:36] * Seira returns the look. "Wouldn't have dreamt of doing it without you."
[22:36] <Kotono> "Nice feelings..." Antenora considers the word with a snort, "It can enslave anyone as well as a soul pact. But you're stronger than that, and you're going to be with us, Alicia."
[22:37] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia manages a smile. "I think I'll take a break afterwards, but I can still get through this as long as I'm needed."
01[22:38] <Seira> "I've been thinking about one myself," Seira admits. "Umm. I was going to go on a trip with Amaryl since she wanted to try the adventuring life, but you're welcome to join us. I was planning on taking her far away from it all."
06[22:40] * Alicia shakes her head, squeezing Seira's patting hand. "You two should enjoy yourself together. I was thinking of something more quiet and less adventuresome for myself, anyway."
[22:41] <Kotono> "I can go with Alicia, then," Antenora says, "Both of you could use long rests after this and someone to make sure you're alright."
06[22:41] * Seira nods. "I'm always just a sending away."
06[22:41] * Alicia glances askance at Antenora before shrugging and nodding. "We have to deal with Kesse first, anyway. Since we've dealt with that temple and Armanda, we only have Albert left?"
[22:42] <Kotono> "That's right. The dragon seemed like it was a trapped source of corruption, but..." With a light shrug of her shoulders, "The temple has been cleared. I would like to learn more from Albert, but the priority is stopping him cold."
01[22:42] <Seira> "I might remain for a bit of cleanup," Seira admits. "Seeing that vile woman made me realize... I don't want the whole lot of them to try this again. I'll whip the leadership into shape, or just take over if that fails."
[22:44] <Alicia> "Well, we have at least someone who can tell others about exactly what Albert and his siblings were all about," Alicia gestures briefly at the shadow-afflicted woman on her couch.
[22:44] <Kotono> "The taint of Shar does have to be fully purified," Going to stand behind Alicia again, protectively around her, "Hopefully we've done more of it, but there could always be sleepers or contingencies."
[22:45] <Kotono> "If she ever wakes up," Antenora goes to check her again, "Shankar said it appears that she'll be asleep for the immediate future."
01[22:45] <Seira> "We do have the other prisoner," Seira adds.
[22:45] <Alicia> "What about the ones she said were hiding in the caves?" Alicia asks.
01[22:45] <Seira> "They refused my generous offer of surrender."
06[22:46] * Seira doesn't add anything to that.
06[22:46] * Alicia nods understandingly. "I'm sure Shar will reward them as they deserve."
06[22:47] * Seira snorts suddenly. "That dragon was crying out for Shar's mercy when he died!"
[22:47] <Kotono> "Until tomorrow night, or will we go back there earlier?"
[22:48] <Kotono> Antenora's lips turn up at that, "The creature was kind of pathetic. For all it's power, it was trapped in a cage and it's allies made no attempt to save it."
01[22:48] <Seira> "Allies of convenience, more like. I refuse to believe scum like that can truly understand what the word means."
[22:49] <Alicia> "It's allies probably didn't want it usurping their control," Alicia concludes. "Anyway, I'll have all my spells refreshed tomorrow so it only depends on when the rest of you can recover from battling that wyrm?"
01[22:49] <Seira> "By the evening, but I think we want to make a statement. Let's try teleporting the next day while there's light out. We'll find Albert, hopefully surrounded by his court, and execute him for all his crimes!"
[22:50] <Kotono> "It'll be a battle," Antenora considers, "I don't believe that he'll make it easy. If he's a strong sorcerer as well as a skilled martial artist and devotee of Shar..." Thinking, "We can't let that stop us, though."
01[22:51] <Seira> "I think Demedais is right in that he might strike at us come nightfall. In that case, it only makes sense to greet his forces here with all of ours, before retaliating."
[22:52] <Alicia> "Kesse is several hours behind us, so night-time here might still be day-time there," Alicia notes. "But I'm not scared of Albert," she shakes her head. "He can't possibly stand against all of us."
[22:53] <Kotono> "Yes. He reaped this whirlwind, it's time for him to harvest it." Antenora smiles just a little bit here, "He's finished."
01[22:53] <Seira> "We'll take him down, we'll take down those who continue to cling to him, and cow the others into reason," Seira declares. "And that would be the last time I ever visit that forsaken part of the world."
[22:55] <Kotono> "Yes. But...we all need to rest, it's late at night." Antenora says this now, "If we're to go before dusk tomrorow we all need sleep."
01[22:56] <Seira> "Alright. I'll come visit again," Seira promises, and gives Alicia another hug, whispering, "Take care."
[22:57] <Alicia> "My door's always open," Alicia replies as she returns the hug with a bit less reserve than earlier. "Really, it's been nice having you over. Good night, Seira."
[22:59] <Kotono> Once Seira leaves out the door, Antenora approaches Alicia, going to sit next to her. "Hey," she puts a small smile on her face. "We're all glad to have you back now.'
06[23:02] * Alicia cocks her head and regards the erinyes. "I know that look," she comments dourly. "You don't need to worry so much - I'm going to be fine. They're not going to get the best of me."
[23:03] <Kotono> "I know that." Antenora smiles a little more, "But I'm really worried, Alicia. I've never seen you like that before...except once. They really shook you. I know that you might not want to...but could you tell us about it? Let it out so it's not stewing up inside of you?"
[23:05] <Alicia> "I'll probably never get any peace unless I do?" Alicia concludes, rolling her head back against the rest of her chair. "Fine. So I landed in a beautiful hilly landscape of clear skies, verdant meadows, and crystal clear streams. You know, I actually thought I was in Bytopia or Arcadia?"
[23:06] <Alicia> "Bytopia has a mirror landscape in the sky," Marie points out needlessly, before looking abashed. "You know... for future reference."
[23:07] <Kotono> "Just talk, Alicia." Antenora takes one of Alicia's hands, glancing at Marie.
[23:09] <Alicia> "Uh, yeah. Let it all out," Marie seconds, going to sit on Alicia's lap.
[23:09] <Alicia> "So I walked to the nearest village, finding it filled with beautiful and affectionate people, who naturally were thrilled to see me. One invited me into his home to tend to the wounds I incurred when the portal exploded around me," Alicia goes on, paying less attention to the two outsiders as she related her tale.
[23:09] <Kotono> A squeeze of Alicia's hand, but Antneora otherwise listens.
06[23:12] * Alicia continues on, relaying events up until Mikelcea revealed his intentions in his 'rape-room', except she spoilers future events by revealing at this point that he was actually Radiant Sister Ebony.
[23:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know this bitch?
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know this bitch? and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Antenora as well
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Antenora as well and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[23:14] <Kotono> Antenora's face slips into anger several times, and one time a near fury. Nonetheless smiles at Alicia most of the time, staying right there. "That's another one we have to stop one day," Antenora says quietly, but otherwise doesn't interrupt.
[23:16] <Alicia> "I've heard of her..." Marie mutters. "She's supposed to be a psycho even by tanar'ri standards."
[23:17] <Alicia> "Yes well, personally I'm glad she was so blunt, it gave me the impetus to finally respond properly and fight back before trying to find my own way out instead of relying on fiendish mercy," Alicia shrugs. "I didn't waste time fighting in case reinforcements arrived, I just got out of there and made my way to the Puzzling Hedge."
[23:18] <Kotono> "Small mercies," Antenora agrees, " Then what?"
06[23:22] * Alicia continues on, outlining her intention to manipulate G'renna into helping her reach the centre of the maze, and then Malcanthet's 'touch' as she killed the glabrezu and blackguard sent after her by Ebony.
[23:22] <Alicia> She doesn't belabour the details too much, only that G'renna appeared an entirely forthright and reliable ally throughout the whole experience, admitting her preference for Alicia to enter Malcanthet's servitude but never forcing the issue despite her overall seductive manner, and avoiding several opportunities to take advantage of Alicia's ignorance or weakness.
[23:22] <Alicia> Things do become a bit disjointed as she struggles with the memories of that mind-numbling pleasure Malcanthet provided her with on each successful kill, reaching their conclusion at the centre of the maze when she admits to all but losing her mind and demanding Ebony appear so she could feel that pleasure from slaying the Radiant Sister.
[23:22] <Alicia> Hell Striker talked some sense into her enough for her to realise it was a bad idea, though pride compelled her to stay until after a minute when Ebony still hadn't arrived. So at that point she left and entered the Endless Stairway.
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 has Marie heard of G'renna?
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 has Marie heard of G'renna? and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[23:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Antenora as well
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Antenora as well and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:36] <Kotono> > "Small mercies," Antenora agrees, " Then what?"
[20:36] <Kotono> * Alicia continues on, outlining her intention to manipulate G'renna into helping her reach the centre of the maze, and then Malcanthet's 'touch' as she killed the glabrezu and blackguard sent after her by Ebony.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Alicia> She doesn't belabour the details too much, only that G'renna appeared an entirely forthright and reliable ally throughout the whole experience, admitting her preference for Alicia to enter Malcanthet's servitude but never forcing the issue despite her overall seductive manner, and avoiding several opportunities to take advantage of Alicia's ignorance or weakness.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Alicia> Things do become a bit disjointed as she struggles with the memories of that mind-numbling pleasure Malcanthet provided her with on each successful kill, reaching their conclusion at the centre of the maze when she admits to all but losing her mind and demanding Ebony appear so she could feel that pleasure from slaying the Radiant Sister.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Alicia> Hell Striker talked some sense into her enough for her to realise it was a bad idea, though pride compelled her to stay until after a minute when Ebony still hadn't arrived. So at that point she left and entered the Endless Stairway.
[20:37] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 has Marie heard of G'renna?
[20:37] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 has Marie heard of G'renna? and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[20:37] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+16 Antenora as well
[20:37] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Antenora as well and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:39] <Kotono> Antenora smiles at the end, "No matter what they did, they couldn't quite break you. They tried, but you managed to turn away from it. That's hard to do, very hard. It hit you with something that was so incredibly difficult to resist and with doing something you're so good at."
03[20:40] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[20:40] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
[20:40] <Alicia> "She's right," Marie seconds. "Even if you feel bad now, you already overcame the worst of it, so things can only get better!"
[20:42] <Alicia> "That's kind of both of you," Alicia nods to each. "But even so... part of me still wants to feel that again, even knowing it was a lie, even knowing it was forced on me by a demon. Words can't really do justice to how good it felt."
03[20:42] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[20:43] <Kotono> "It's something you'ven ot paid much attention do," A delicate cough follows here, "Alicia, it's something you're used to not feeling. I imagine that's why it hit you there."
06[20:45] * Alicia frowns a bit. "I'm not some pure and chaste maiden, Antenora," she replies peevishly. "Even if I haven't done it a while, I'm quite familiar with a woman's pleasure. It's nice, but that demon-spurred feeling was... transcendant, is the only word I can use."
[20:46] <Kotono> "Yes, but..." Antenora wavers a hand. "It's hard enough for someone satisfied to resist mere sexual pleasure. Something stronger and without being in practice? The point is that it hit you below the belt with it. From your descriptions, it was, ah, special. Very special feeling."
[20:49] <Alicia> "I suppose so..." Alicia concedes. "Is this where you tell me I need to get more of that kind of satisfaction so I won't be caught off guard next time?" she follows up challengingly.
[20:49] <Alicia> Marie blushes and looks away. "That's up to you..." she squeaks out.
[20:50] <Kotono> Antenora smirks, "No. I think you can live richly without it. It's makes it all the more admirable that you survived."
[20:51] <Kotono> After a moment, her smirk resettling down and Antenora's human mellowing, "It's also a lesson. The Abyss tried to pervert several good things into a miasma of corruption. In the Abyss, nothing is safe."
[20:55] <Alicia> "Oh, I won't argue that," Alicia replies emphatically. "It makes me wonder how anyone can possibly go there and hope to win any sort of victory."
[20:56] <Kotono> "Hope?" Looking Alicia squarely in the eyes there, "And you won a victory there."
[20:58] <Alicia> "At best I'd call it a draw," Alicia shakes her head. "It's not like either side gained anything from it." Picking up Marie and setting her on the armrest of her chair, she gets up, "Anyway, it's late and I'm tired. I think I'll go to bed, now."
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[21:01] <Kotono> "Sleep well," Antenora stands up, going to embrace Alicia lightly. "I'm proud to know anyone that survived the Abyss. Even if they are still stinky from touching a succubus. I mean...ugh."
[21:03] <Alicia> "You think I smell now, you should've been around me right after I left," Alicia snorts after returning the hug. Choosing not to elaborate further, she heads up the stairs with a final, "Good night, you two."
[21:07] <Kotono> Once Alicia's gone, 'Was she feeling any better at the end,' Marie hears in her mind.
[21:10] <Alicia> 'She was,' Marie replies. 'It seemed to cheer her up. Also, good job distracting her by getting her annoyed at the implication she was a blushing virgin. You'll probably be paying for it later but I think it did her some good!'
[21:12] <Kotono> 'Heh, heh,' Antenora rubs the back of her head, like Donald. 'Just let's keep this in the 'family'? Especially the part about her and that succubus.' Her face darkening a little, 'I still remember our trip into the Storm of Talos. She's like a mother, a sister, a superior and a friend rolled into one. Calling her something so crude as...'
[21:15] <Alicia> 'Not bad for someone like a twentieth of your age,' Marie opines cheerily. 'Anyway, it's not like she actually had sex with the succubus or anything. But sure, I've got no reason to tell anyone about my master's private life.'
[21:15] <Kotono> 'Good.' Antenora smiles there, then in a normal voice, "Good night, Marie. Tell me how she does over the next few days?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "I'll keep you posted," Marie affirms, floating the living room. "Go get some sleep yourself, I'll watch over your shady new friend."
[21:17] <Kotono> "No. I'm going to take her to a cell. We don't have time to watch over her now." Going to pick her up, "They can watch her and make sure she's taken care of until she awakens, then we'll see if she's serious about changing."
[21:18] <Alicia> "Suit yourself. I'll be here anyway," Marie shrugs.
[18:16] <Ko-AlexisAkiko> --------(Teleport Ko)--
03[18:17] * Ko-AlexisAkiko is now known as Kotono
[18:18] <Kotono> As night approaches, the Crimson Guard and close allies gather in the garrison. Seira, Demedais, Alicia, Antenora, Donald and Celebrimbor are there. "Finally," Donald mutters too loudly under his breath.
[18:19] <Kotono> OOC - Strike.
[18:19] <Kotono> As night approaches, the Crimson Guard and close allies gather in the garrison. Seira, Demedais, Alicia, Antenora and Celebrimbor are there. "Let's go," Antenora says impatiently, lingering close to Ailcia allthe while.
01[18:20] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 11." [1d10=1]
[18:20] <Alicia> "First stop, the temple of Mystra in Kelara," Alicia announces, performing the requisite spell.
[18:20] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[18:22] <Kotono> The Temple of Mystra is quiet this dusk-creep, only a few priests going through prayers to sustain the Weave of magic during the coming night. However, the leader of them happens to be Taldeer.
[18:22] <Kotono> roll 1d10+1
06[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+1 and gets 9." [1d10=8]
[18:22] <Kotono> OOC +9 more, so 18.
06[18:23] * Alicia approaches said priests. "Dweomerkeeper?" she greets the middle-aged elf respectfully.
[18:23] <Kotono> Taldeer pauses the ritual, "Alicia. Friends." She smiles briefly to them. "Have you come about the prisoners you liberated from Shar?"
06[18:24] * Seira shies away from the mention of those prisoners, more than comfortable in letting someone else handle this part.
[18:25] <Alicia> "Actually we're about to make our strike against the last remaining orchestrator of their pain, which means we need to use the temple scrying mirror," Alicia begins. "But how are they doing, anyway?"
[18:26] <Kotono> "It's going to be a long process." Taldeer's smile fades, "Not only are they maimed, but they have vast amounts of mental disturbances and damages."
06[18:29] * Alicia nods understandingly. "The crimes of that group are almost beyond measure. Still, I can't think of a better place for them to convalesce. Speaking of recovery, though, how is Kelara doing of late?"
03[18:29] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
06[18:29] * Demedais shakes his head with a grimace. "That... I wish I could say it was surprising, but from what I've seen of their cultists..."
01[18:30] <Seira> "You really should go and see them to have a hint of what they went through," Seira tells Demedais quietly.
[18:32] <Demedais> "I will while the scrying is prepared." Demedais replies.
[18:37] <Kotono> "Things are settling down, thank the Goddess." Taldeer lowers her voice, leading the party back away from this room. "Lord Roth has been making noise about re-representation but nothing has coalesced there yet."
[18:38] <Alicia> "I suppose it's only been a couple of weeks," Alicia admits. "Still, I hope it turns out to be more than just a lot of hot air."
[18:40] <Kotono> "Politics move on," Taldeer says with her own knowing smile. "Your parents are jockeying for position as well after you were granted a title."
[18:42] <Alicia> "Well if they can manage it, more power to them. I'm not going to do any special favours," Alicia shrugs, reaching into a pouch in her belt and handing over a clump of hair that her familiar purloined from Albert's hairbrush to Seira.
[18:43] <Kotono> "Right, scrying. Come this way..." Taldeer leads the party deeper in! OOC - Were any of you going to do anything besides diddle around for an hour?
[18:44] <Alicia> OOC: nothing here
[18:44] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais would likely go to see if any of the three prisoners were awake, but it can be handwaved?
[18:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then. PM a moment.
[18:47] <Kotono> OOC: You guys were going to have Taldeer cast the scrying?
[18:47] <Alicia> OOC: Seira
01[18:47] <Seira> OOC: I'll try first. Then Cel-chan if I fail.
[18:47] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:49] <Kotono> An hour passes as Seira invokes and casts at the silver mirror! She invokes all the right names and calls on her vision to see Albert of Kesse! OOC - CL check.
01[18:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[18:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 DC?
06[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 DC? and gets 21." [1d20=16]
01[18:54] <Seira> OOC: 23!
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[18:55] <Kotono> It's fuzzy and flickering, the image pained to appear. But nonetheless it does! Albert sits on the Throne of Kesse, surrounded at his flanks by two unnaturally tall men, and behind them four men in dark but plain clothes. A pair of soldiers kneel before him. "...Androth is going to fall by next noon, Sire," one of the kneeling soldiers says. "Sanaxt is in completely disarray."
03[18:55] * Alicia sets mode: +o Taishyr
06[18:56] * Alicia casts shield and resist energy (cold) on herself as Seira concludes the scrying spell.
01[18:56] <Seira> "Yes!" Seira cheers, casting heroism hurriedly. "He's in the throne room talking about the conquest of neighbors. Kesse is such a shithole the blatant assassination attempt on their king didn't set them straight."
02[18:57] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-223-229.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Broken pipe)
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02[18:58] * Demedais (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-169-22.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[18:58] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[18:58] <Kotono> Albert has a familiar fiery staff in one hand, almost like a sceptre. A familiar ring of spellstoring is on his finger as well! As this happens, the party quickly casting...OOC - Another CL check, Seira.
03[18:58] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
01[18:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[18:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
06[19:00] * Demedais casts Magic Circle against Evil as the scrying spell concludes, waiting for any signal.
[19:00] <Kotono> As they do,t aking the time to prepare, Celebrimbor weaving his own magics, an insignia of an eye begins to glow! OOC - Go ahead and act now, since you took a turn to buff.
01[19:02] <Seira> "Hold on," Seira tells them, focusing on her magic. "I'll try to anchor him as soon as I'm there, and then we'll take care of the small fry."
01[19:02] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 75." [1d100=75]
[19:05] <Kotono> Thus the party teleports! They reappear in the throne room to Kesse! Screams are just going up, calls of, "Magic in the Throne Room!" Guards holler! While the party appears close, the two tall men have surrounded the front and side of the throne, blocking it with their bodies! The black garbed men are preparinga s well! OOC - The eye means they aren't surprised, guys. I'm calling initiative here. You're 30ft away all.
01[19:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 21." [1d20=8]
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[19:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[19:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 woo, initiative
06[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 woo, initiative and gets 12." [1d20=11]
[19:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Celebrimbor
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Celebrimbor and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[19:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (Nerveskitter) Albert
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (Nerveskitter) Albert and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[19:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 tall man
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 tall man 2
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 tall man and gets 17." [1d20=11]
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 tall man 2 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 gaggle of dark clothed men
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 gaggle of dark clothed men and gets 16." [1d20=14]
03[19:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Tall Man 2>Seira>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Tall Man>Antenora=Dark Clothed Men>Demedais'
[19:11] <Kotono> "You've come!" Albert calls with a rakish grin on his face, wiping at his lips with the back of his hand. "You've signed your death sentence by opposing the King of Kesse!" As this happens, the second tall man opens his hand! From it, a great freezing gust of cold comes out toe nvelop the party! OOC - Ref saves, all.
[19:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 (+2 vs evil, thanks Deme)
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 (+2 vs evil, thanks Deme) and gets 18." [1d20=3]
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Celebrimbor
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Celebrimbor and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Antenora (Already has a resistance bonus to saves)
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Antenora (Already has a resistance bonus to saves) and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[19:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (definitely an AoE attack >_>)
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (definitely an AoE attack >_>) and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 54." [15d6=3, 4, 1, 1, 6, 4, 1, 6, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 6, 1]
[19:13] <Kotono> OOCV: All three PCs passed the save, as did Antenora.
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 54-18
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 54-18 and gets 36."
[19:15] <Kotono> The burst of cold is chilling to the bone, as Celebrimbor blinks and vanishes, appearing at the other end of the throne room! A moment later, a miasma of darkness envelops the party as well! OOC - Also CL ing the cone of cold, forgot SR.
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 unholy blight
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 unholy blight and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[19:16] <Kotono> OOC - Fort all.
01[19:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[19:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
[19:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[19:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this and Deme quarters it.
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this and Deme quarters it. and gets 19." [5d8=2, 7, 1, 8, 1]
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 10d6 Antenora halves this
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 Antenora halves this and gets 32." [10d6=2, 6, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2]
[19:18] <Kotono> As the bursts of arcane power fill the throne room, the tall man who attacked speaks! "There is no hope for you. Beg for your oblivion to come quickly!" OOC - SEira.
01[19:18] <Seira> Calling upon Waukeen's divine gift, Seira takes off into the air to get a better look at Albert, using her scroll of dimensional anchor to ensure that he would remain there for the fight. His escape at this point would be unthinkable.
01[19:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 touch
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 touch and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[19:19] <Kotono> OOC: Unsurprisingly, that's a hit. Caster level check.
01[19:19] <Seira> OOC: There's no CL
01[19:20] <Seira> "Death!" Seira calls out loudly. "Only death awaits betrayers and usurpers, False King Albert!"
[19:20] <Kotono> The thin beam of dimensional power hits Albert, anchoring him down! OOC -Albert's up.
[19:21] <Kotono> Albert stands where he is, looking up briefly to Seira! "Suffer for eternity in the darkness!" At that, a 20ft wide sphere of darkness engulfs her! The others can see something around his waist glowing with ahorrible, dark malevolence!
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 4d6 and more in PM, Seira.
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and more in PM, Seira. and gets 12." [4d6=3, 2, 2, 5]
[19:23] <Kotono> Albert thereafter stays where he is, calling, "These are the revoluntionaries that wiped out Sanaxt!" he calls to the guards, "They seek to lay all of our sacred institutions low!" OOC - Alicia.
01[19:24] <Seira> "Kill you!" Seira screams. "Rip you to pieces! You'll die for this, Albert! Die!"
[19:24] <Kotono> "They're..." One guard can be heard, staring, "You're the bastards that killed Prince Kort and His Majesty!"
[19:24] <Alicia> "Don't make me laugh you despicable Sharran!" Alicia snaps back. "People of Kesse, see for yourselves the horrors that Albert surrounds himself with!" she calls, dispelling the magic on one of the nightwalkers standing next to the king before moving towards Celebrimbor.
[19:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 targetted dispel, lemme know if there's any other checks needed
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 targetted dispel, lemme know if there's any other checks needed and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC - Two other checks, yeah.
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[19:29] <Demedais> "We're from a country you decided to attack with nightwalkers, Albert - or did you forget the distance between us?" Demedais retorts drolly, before glancing to the guard. "Kort of Shar killed your liege; we failed to stop that atrocity. I realize this may be very hard for you to believe, but please stand aside here; I'd rather not harm innocents."
[19:30] <Kotono> The magic shatters around the tall man! While his form stays where it is, other magic is dispelled! OOC - Moving or is that it, Alicia?
[19:30] <Alicia> OOC: I moved 40 feet towards Cel
[19:30] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[19:32] <Kotono> Celebrimbor staggers, staring at the throne and Albert! He doesn't reply, but instead weaves arcane words in an overwhelming blitz of fiery and acidic power, two fireballs bursting around the King and his servants protecting him!
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 32." [10d6=1, 6, 4, 1, 6, 6, 3, 1, 2, 2]
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 32*1.5
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 32*1.5 and gets 48."
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Albert 1
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Albert 2
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Albert 1 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Albert 2 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Tall Man 1
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Tall Man 2
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Tall Man 1 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Tall Man 2 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 group saves for dark men
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 group saves for dark men and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 group saves for dark men 2
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 group saves for dark men 2 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
03[19:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Tall Man 2>Seira>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Tall Man>Antenora>Demedais'
[19:36] <Kotono> The various dark garbed men burst aflame and are acid-seared to the bone! They fall as one, obliterated! Albert backflips atop the throne, avoiding the acid-ball, then leaps high and lands as the massive fireball rocks around the throne, unhurt by it all! The tall men are both somewhat burna nd scorched by it, but the stronger fireball fizzled against them! OOC - Tall man 1.
[19:37] <Kotono> The first tall man stays where he is as well! He gets Demedais and Antenora in a cone of cold, then sends an unholy blight at them!
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 cone of cold CL
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 cone of cold CL and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 unholy blight CL
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 unholy blight CL and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC - Fort save only, Deme.
[19:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 fort check
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 fort check and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 5d8 quarter this
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 quarter this and gets 20." [5d8=5, 2, 8, 4, 1]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Antenora ref, forgot +1 extra due to flash
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Antenora ref, forgot +1 extra due to flash and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20 whatever, only fails on one for fort on unholy blight
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 whatever, only fails on one for fort on unholy blight and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 15d6 halve this for Antenora
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 halve this for Antenora and gets 61." [15d6=5, 4, 2, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 5]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 10d6 halve this for Antenora
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 halve this for Antenora and gets 40." [10d6=2, 5, 6, 6, 4, 2, 2, 1, 6, 6]
[19:42] <Kotono> The barrage of spells does little to Demedais, the crackling cone of cold not touching him and the unholy blight having little power over him! Antenora is hit far worse, ice forming on her armor and body battered, bruised bythe blight! OOC - Antenora's up.
[19:44] <Kotono> Antenora charges forward, pouncing the tall man that froze her so bad as holy fury mends her injuries! OOC - +10 HP Antenora, 8/9, keep forgetting Flash.
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +7 smite 2/3 -5 PA)
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +7 smite 2/3 -5 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 2d8+42
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+42 and gets 51." [2d8=4, 5]
[19:45] <Kotono> Antenora stabs the tall man right in the stomach, before quickly jetting back and away 50 feet! OOC - Demedais.
06[19:47] * Demedais grimaces before rushing in up close with the tall man Antenora struck at, hoping to act as a distraction for the attacks the two bodyguards are throwing out while wearing down the one who damaged Antenora so badly!
[19:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+6 Smite, +2 Charge, +1 Haste, -5 PA)
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+6 Smite, +2 Charge, +1 Haste, -5 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[19:49] <Kotono> OOC - No crit on it, but hit.
[19:49] <Demedais> roll 2d6+24 aw boo.
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+24 aw boo. and gets 26." [2d6=1, 1]
[19:51] <Kotono> Demedais closes in, stabbing the tall man in the gut! It's not a deep wound, it's body resisting the stabbing! At this point the throne room is in panic! Guards are running about and preparing weapons, while others are stunned and af ew are frozen solid from the cones of cold going about! The doors of the throne room break open, more guards running in, six of them! OOC - Going to roll intiaitive for the misc horde here.
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 3." [1d20=3]
03[19:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Tall Man 2>Seira>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Tall Man>Antenora>Demedais>Allt he rabble'
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC - Tall man 2 is up.
[19:52] <Kotono> Wounded by Demedais and Antenora, the tall man looks down at the paladin chopping at his body! With terrible words of unholy reverence, it says, "Crumble before me, magic!"
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 what spells do you have active, Deme?
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 what spells do you have active, Deme? and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: CL of them as well.
[19:52] <Demedais> OOC: Uh, Magic Circle against Evil, caster level 6. >_>
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: Gone.
[19:53] <Kotono> A moment later, as the Magic Circle crackles into oblivion, an unholy blight bursts around Demedais!
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 CL
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 CL and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC - Fort.
[19:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 sure
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 sure and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 5d8 quarter this.
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 quarter this. and gets 13." [5d8=3, 2, 1, 3, 4]
[19:53] <Kotono> Unholy darkness ravages Demedais, but doesn't get the worst of him, not by far! OOC - Seira. You're surrounded by darkness as said in PM. You can't see anything.
06[19:54] * Seira doesn't even vocalize entrusting Lagann with the silvered blade, but they've fought side by side enough a small part of her mind is confident that he would follow her lead. "You'll pay for what you put me through, you damned Shar-worshipping freak!" she screams, dropping blindly through the cloud with the Resort to zoom in on the last place she saw Albert at, adjusting herself mid-flight.
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC - Will save.
[19:54] <Demedais> "Uh huh." Demedais replies. "Stop wasting my time and fight."
01[19:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[19:55] <Kotono> Seira is able toe scape the tearing oblivion around her! She comes down out of the sphere, able to approach Albert with her swift action from above! OOC - Travel devotion is nice.
01[19:55] <Seira> OOC: Yes it is. Can Lagann help me flank him for this?
01[19:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (+1 fly, +2 heroism) diving, spellruin
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (+1 fly, +2 heroism) diving, spellruin and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:58] <Kotono> OOC: He could, but it's utterly moot now. He'll roll to hope for alucky hit anyway.
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
01[19:58] <Seira> Cursing, Seira flips back and away.
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 tumble
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 tumble and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[20:00] <Kotono> Seira dives and then falls back, Albert swiftly avoiding the strike as it goes errant! He braces on the throne, as a sphere of darkness envelops Alicia this time! Even as it does, "Worthless!" He snaps back, smirking, "You're as defenseless and stupid as last time!" OOC - Damage in here and something in PM, Alicia.
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 4d6
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and gets 17." [4d6=4, 6, 6, 1]
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: 17 damage and Alicia's up now. See PM, you're cloaked in darkness.
01[20:01] <Seira> "As the time you stabbed me in the back when I came to Kesse on a mission of peace?" Seira yells at Albert. "Or the time you attacked our defenseless citizens? Or in the Halla temple to Shar, where you sacrificed so many? Which is it, you scum?!"
[20:01] <Kotono> "All of them." With a suave smile as he looks up at Alicia, "You're as worthless as gutter trash!"
[20:02] <Alicia> After having seen exactly what that 'impenetrable darkness' looked like from the outside when it hit Seira, Alicia isn't too bothered. Continuing on in the same direction she was headed, she approaches Celebrimbor, expecting to be free of the darkness quite quickly.
[20:02] <Demedais> "I do hope everyone just heard Albert's little confession there." Demedais remarks drolly again, calling out to the soldiers behind him.
[20:02] <Kotono> OOC - Wills ave, Alicia.
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
01[20:03] <Seira> "What you did to your own sister's lovers will be nothing compared to your torment!" Seira vows. "And then... and then, when I allow you die... you'll face Shar's mercies for your failure! That's your damned future!"
[20:03] <Kotono> Alicia is able to escape the clinging darkness and come closer to Celebrimbor! OOC - You're up with the rest of your turn, Alicia.
[20:04] <Alicia> After escaping she decides to try another dispel, this time on the other Nightwalker. "How many Nightwalkers has Shar given you, anyway? Doesn't she know when to give up on a lost cause?"
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 assuming 3 again this time
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 assuming 3 again this time and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC - 3 checks.
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[20:06] <Kotono> Only one spell crumbles around the Nightwalker, Alicia's magic only going so far! OOC - Celebrimbor is up.
[20:08] <Kotono> A powerful Manyjaws springs into life, and a quick Sonorous Hum follows to maintain it, as the jaws strike at the wounded tall man!
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 37." [10d6=3, 6, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2, 1]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 37*1.5
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 37*1.5 and gets 55.5."
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[20:10] <Kotono> The jaws painfully ravage the tall man, ripping into him like an elemental force! It's body is shredded severely, blood coming from a dozen force inflicted gnaws! OOC - Fresher tall man is up.
[20:11] <Kotono> The other tall man fires off a quick pair of unholy blights - one at Demedais and one at Antenora!
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 CL Deme
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 CL Deme and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 CL Antenora
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 CL Antenora and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC - Fort saves.
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20 a lot
[20:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 sure
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 a lot and gets 3." [1d20=3]
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 sure and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 5d8 quarter
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 quarter and gets 20." [5d8=3, 8, 1, 6, 2]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6 halve
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 halve and gets 36." [10d6=6, 3, 5, 1, 6, 4, 6, 1, 2, 2]
[20:12] <Kotono> Both are maimed by the darkness, but boht endure ! Demedais is in good shape, while Antenora sags int he air heavily! OOC - Antenora.
[20:12] <Kotono> Quickly darting at the injured tall man, Antenora looks to finish him off!
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (Same mods as before, +10 HP 6/8, -9 PA)
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (Same mods as before, +10 HP 6/8, -9 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 2d8+58
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+58 and gets 67." [2d8=6, 3]
03[20:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Tall Man>Antenora>Demedais>Allt he rabble'
[20:14] <Kotono> Antenora's spear penetrates the unnaturally tall man deeply, making his body turn to a shadowy mist that fades away in the Throne Room's air! OOC - Demedais.
[20:14] <Kotono> She also flies 50 feet back after with her boots.
[20:15] <Demedais> "Oh hey look at that an undead monstrosity guarding Albert I wonder why?" Demedais quips, stepping over to quickly slice up the other tall man!
[20:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+6 Smite, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+6 Smite, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[20:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[20:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[20:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC: Isn't it three attacks and one at full attack due to haste? You did them all descending.
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, smite. Okay.
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC - Two hits.
[20:18] <Demedais> roll 4d6+38 aw boo.
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+38 aw boo. and gets 52." [4d6=4, 5, 3, 2]
[19:25] <Kolunch> > Antenora's spear penetrates the unnaturally tall man deeply, making his body turn to a shadowy mist that fades away in the Throne Room's air! OOC - Demedais.
[19:25] <Kolunch> > She also flies 50 feet back after with her boots.
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> "Oh hey look at that an undead monstrosity guarding Albert I wonder why?" Demedais quips, stepping over to quickly slice up the other tall man!
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+6 Smite, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
[19:25] <Kolunch> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+6 Smite, +4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
[19:25] <Kolunch> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
[19:25] <Kolunch> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
[19:25] <Kolunch> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 (+4 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[19:25] <Kolunch> > OOC: Isn't it three attacks and one at full attack due to haste? You did them all descending.
[19:25] <Kolunch> > OOC: Oh wait, smite. Okay.
[19:25] <Kolunch> > OOC - Two hits.
[19:25] <Kolunch> <Demedais> roll 4d6+38 aw boo.
[19:25] <Kolunch> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+38 aw boo. and gets 52." [4d6=4, 5, 3, 2]
03[19:25] * Kolunch sets mode: +o Demedais
[19:27] <Kolunch> Demedais grapples and stabs into the tall man, meeting him head on! He cuts deeply into the creature's strange flesh, unnatural wounds parting before his enhanced blade! As this happens, the crowd of soldiers are in confusion! The words of both the party and Prince Albert echo around as the battle rages! OOC - Could one of you three here make a diploc heck? Only one. I'm going to have one of you and Albert make opposed rolls here to see how th
[19:27] <Kolunch> I'm going to have one of you and Albert make opposed rolls here to see how the guards are taking all of this. The other two will be assumed to be aiding another for a +4 modifier to the diplo'ers roll.
[19:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[19:29] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+29
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+29 and gets 48." [1d20=19]
[19:31] <Kolunch> The guards, by and large, side with Prince Albert! Two sprint in front of him, spears brandished with quaking hands. "S-stay away from his M-majesty!" OOC - Deme, they had to pass close to you to protect Albert. You can AoO one if you want.
[19:35] <Demedais> "As I said, I don't want to hurt any of you..." Demedais grimaces, before lashing out at the spear of one of them in an attempt to sunder it!
[19:37] <Kolunch> OOC: Opposed attack rolls. You get a +4 bonus since you have a two handed weapon.
[19:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+4 Law Devotion, +4 Two-handed weapon, +1 Haste; presuming Haste/LD apply)
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+4 Law Devotion, +4 Two-handed weapon, +1 Haste; presuming Haste/LD apply) and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[19:38] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+8 (+4 two handed weapon for him, too.)
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+8 (+4 two handed weapon for him, too.) and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[19:38] <Kolunch> OOC: Damage.
[19:39] <Demedais> roll 2d6+8
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+8 and gets 15." [2d6=5, 2]
[19:40] <Kolunch> CRACK! With all the force he can muster, Demedais just barely manages to sever the wooden haft of the spear! It's now two neatly parted hunks of wood on the ground! Meanwhile, a pair of soldiers charge at Celebrimbor from the sides!
[19:40] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 (+2 charging)
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 (+2 charging) and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 (+2 charging)
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 (+2 charging) and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[19:45] <Kolunch> roll 1d8+1
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[19:46] <Kolunch> One of the soldiers manages a scraping wound as Celebrimbor staggers forward closer to Alicia! He glances back at them, "Stand down unless you wish for your life to burn away here!"
[19:47] <Kolunch> Meanwhile, the other four rushing guards go around the side, two going to engage Alicia and two at Antenora! "Surrender! We won't give up like those Sanaxian fools!"
[19:47] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
[19:47] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=9]
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[19:47] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 Antenora
[19:47] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+6 Antenora
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=16]
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+6 Antenora and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[19:47] <Demedais> "Focus on the followers of Shar!" Demedais bellows back. "I'll aim to disarm the soldiers!"
[19:47] <Kolunch> They jab and thrust at the two women, but neither scores anything on them! OOC - Seira.
01[19:50] <Seira> "The lives of those protecting this murderous usurper are forfeit!" Seira declares, gaining altitude again and incidentally getting a better view of the chamber. "Sanaxt fools? Albert's agent Yann is the one who got them killed on his orders. You are the fools. And if you continue staying by his side, you will die with him."
01[19:50] <Seira> An orb of force gathers in Seira's hand, and she reminds to Albert where to focus his attention.
01[19:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 touch
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 touch and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[19:51] <Seira> roll 10d6
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 and gets 30." [10d6=5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 1, 1, 2]
[19:51] <Kolunch> OOC - Hit.
[19:54] <Kolunch> An orb of force flies out, htiting Albert right int he arm! His flesh breaks at that, a nontrivial wound as he grimaces! Yet more darkness blossoms around, this time engulfing Antenora! Then Albert leaps back past the throne, falling back to the other end of the throne room!
[19:54] <Kolunch> roll 4d6
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 4d6 and gets 16." [4d6=5, 5, 4, 2]
[19:55] <Kolunch> Antenora is encased in darkness, as...OOc - Alicia.
06[19:57] * Alicia ducks and weaves away from the two men attacking her and approaches Celebrimbor, channeling a burst of healing spellfire into his body. "Lord Drake, it would please me greatly if you were to remove that eyesore of a Nightwalker from this throneroom," she requests politely.
[19:57] <Alicia> roll 11d4+11
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 11d4+11 and gets 34." [11d4=4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3]
[19:58] <Kolunch> OOC: You'll get an AoO from the spearmen since you're coming within their range. You okay with that?
[19:58] <Alicia> OOC: tumble
[19:58] <Kolunch> OOC: Okay.
[19:58] <Kolunch> Celebrimbor perks up instantly, "I will endevor to end it's existance," he says calmly, concentrating! The empowered manyjaws continue to tear first!
[19:58] <Kolunch> roll 10d6
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 10d6 and gets 45." [10d6=3, 4, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1, 6]
[19:58] <Kolunch> roll 45*1.5
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 45*1.5 and gets 67.5."
[19:58] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+11
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[19:58] <Kolunch> roll 67/2
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 67/2 and gets 33.5."
[20:00] <Kolunch> Thereafter, a great acid fireball bursts around the nightwalker, shaping so that it only damages it! There is a flow during it, it's power increasing massively!
[20:00] <Kolunch> OOC: Sudden maximize used.
[20:00] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+11
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[20:00] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+14 SR
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+14 SR and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[20:01] <Kolunch> The fireball bursts with pure acid, but fizzles against the nightwalker! OOC - Tall man is up.
[20:02] <Kolunch> Focusing on Demedais, the tall man gazes at him with horrible eyes, before an unholy blight rips into him again! OOC - Unholy blight makes a fort save, but Deme's immune to the fear gaze. Fort Deme.
[20:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 hehehe demestalllll
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 hehehe demestalllll and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:03] <Kolunch> roll 5d8 quarter this
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 5d8 quarter this and gets 18." [5d8=3, 5, 3, 3, 4]
[20:03] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+21 SR first too
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+21 SR first too and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[20:03] <Kolunch> OOC: No damage.
[20:03] <Kolunch> Demedais simply resists the spell, blotting it out as if it had never been cast! OOC - Antenora.
[20:04] <Demedais> "Hmph, pathetic!" Demedais growls at the tall man.
[20:05] <Kolunch> Still sagging in the air, Antenora charges forward to the tlal man! She throws alls he has into this, spear throbbing with white light!
[20:05] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +2 FS 6/9 heh, +7 smite 0/3 left, -12 PA)
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +2 FS 6/9 heh, +7 smite 0/3 left, -12 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[20:06] <Kolunch> roll 2d8+1d6+70
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 2d8+1d6+70 and gets 85." [2d8=7, 2][1d6=6]
03[20:08] * Kolunch changes topic to 'Seira>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Antenora>Demedais>Allt he rabble'
[20:08] <Kolunch> As weak screamse echo from the darkness Antenora escapes, she stabs the nightwalker in the head! It's body rippled before falling apart, into shadowystuff and then oblivion! OOC - Deme.
01[20:08] <Seira> "And then, there was one!"
[20:10] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais replies to Seira, before quickly aiming to sunder the other guard's spear!
[20:10] <Demedais> OOC: Accepting AoO attempt.
[20:10] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+4
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[20:11] <Kolunch> OOC - Caryr on. Opposed attack rolls.
[20:11] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+8
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[20:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+4 Law Devotion, +4 Two-handed weapon, +1 Haste, -4 PA)
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+4 Law Devotion, +4 Two-handed weapon, +1 Haste, -4 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[20:11] <Demedais> roll 2d6+16
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+16 and gets 22." [2d6=3, 3]
[20:12] <Kolunch> CRACK! This spear is obliterated as well, shattered! As this ripples through...OOC - Make another set of diplo checks? One of you make a check with a +4 for aiding and an additional +2 untyped bonus.
[20:12] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+29
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+29 and gets 38." [1d20=9]
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 and gets 49." [1d20=14]
[20:13] <Demedais> "Listen well, those who would guard this corrupt king." Demedais calls out in his sword-swing. "We must perform our duty. What Seira says is true; men of your own king struck Sanaxt down. We have come to end this plague upon your land."
[20:13] <Kolunch> At this, with magic and darkness and power being thrown around the throne room like nothing at all, the guards break! Several of them turn and fall back, while others freeze up! One even turns to Albert, "It can't be true, the rumor..." OOC - Guards aren't doing anything effective this round, they aren't hindering you. You're up, Seira.
06[20:13] * Seira dives at Albert across the throne room, wings folded behind her for better gliding as she races alongside Lagann's blade to put everything she has into this one strike and make it count!
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +2 charge) diving, smite
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 (+1 fly, +2 heroism, +2 charge) diving, smite and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[20:14] <Kolunch> OOC - Hit.
[20:15] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+8 Lagann
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+8 Lagann and gets 12." [1d20=4]
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 6d8+22+6d8
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+22+6d8 and gets 65." [6d8=4, 8, 2, 2, 1, 7][6d8=3, 1, 5, 4, 4, 2]
06[20:16] * Seira flips back afterwards. "Even your own men are deserting you, Albert! Your vile reign has come to an end!"
[20:17] <Kolunch> Seira manages to cut into his stomach, a serious wound on the King! Despite that he spreads his arms wide and smiles, blood staining his clothes! "Then so be it! Let everything fall into oblivion! But now..." His gaze travels through the room, settling on Alicia! He rushes forward with inhuman speed, running into her with fists blazing with arcane power. "You, in the name of Shar, DIE!"
[20:20] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +6 level six spell sacced(2 6th, 3 4th)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +6 level six spell sacced(2 6th, 3 4th) and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[20:21] <Kolunch> 2d8+6+24d4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 2d8+6+24d4 and gets 79." [2d8=7, 5][24d4=1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 2, 3, 1, 4, 4]
[20:21] <Kolunch> OOC: +1 vile as well.
[20:21] <Alicia> OOC: see #e
[20:21] <Kolunch> OOC: Strike that action then.
[20:29] <Kolunch> Seira manages to cut into his stomach, a serious wound on the King! Despite that he spreads his arms wide and smiles, blood staining his clothes! "Then so be it! Let everything fall into oblivion! It's too late to stop it! This entire region will break into war!" A moment later he makes arcane words, vanishing from sight!
[20:31] <Kolunch> OOC: Alicia.
01[20:31] <Seira> "Get the doors!" Seira screams. "He can't be allowed to escape!"
[20:32] <Alicia> "Lord Drake, if you would cover the rear exit?" Alicia asks, taking out a freshly purchased scroll and casting from it to erect an invisible wall of force over the currently open main door. Anyone running into that will be in for a rude surprise.
[20:32] <Kolunch> Holding one of her ravaged arms briefly, "You're mad," Antenora calls, "You have a life anyone else in the kingdom would dream of! Why Shar? Why bring so much suffering? You had a choice!"
[20:33] <Kolunch> Celebrimbor does likewise, invisible walls of force springing over each doorway and sealing them! OOC - Deme.
06[20:35] * Demedais grimaces at this. "You've heard his words, guardsmen of Kesse." he tosses out to the guards. "He himself wishes for this entire region to fall into chaos - is that who you want to serve?" OOC: Holding for now, can't do much.
06[20:35] * Seira springs into the air once more, getting fifteen feet up for a better vantage point before calling upon the magic to break through Albert's attempts at evading a tortured death.
[20:36] <Kolunch> The guards are rattled, some turning to listen to Demedais with apined, shocked faces! Other stare at where Albert vanished! OOC - PM Seira.
06[20:40] * Seira flies ten feet closer to the wall, gesturing with the Resort at the invisible would-be king of Kesse. "He cowers piteously here," Seira proclaims. "Demedais, cut off his escape with your wall of fire. Let's smoke him out like a wild animal!"
[20:41] <Demedais> "I know it's not easy to believe or imagine, but...!" Demedais turns at this! "Very well!" At the area Seira points at, Demedais erects a half-circle of broiling water in that section of the room, forcing all the heat inward like an oven!
[20:42] <Kolunch> OOC: roll a d100? 51-100 means youa ctually get him in the wall,s ince you're somewhat guessing here with invis.
[20:43] <Kolunch> OOC: Otherwise it'll just be the 2d4 for within 10ft damage.
[20:44] <Demedais> OOC: He can take the 2d4, I'm more interested in pinning him in.
[20:44] <Kolunch> roll 2d4
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=3, 1]
[20:45] <Demedais> "Oh, and... stay away from that wall, you guys, it hurts." Demedais notes to the guards, his attention toward the wall fading almost instantly.
03[20:46] * Kolunch changes topic to 'Seira>Demedais>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Antenora>Allt he rabble'
[20:47] <Kolunch> The wall forms around Albert, heat boiling him inside of it, glimpsed! Albert holds his stomach, arcane energies whirling as his wounds rejuvenate slightly! OOC - Alicia and Celebrimbor are up again.
06[20:47] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold of blindsight and starts walking towards the large wall of boiling water.
[20:48] <Kolunch> Alicia approaches close to it, not quite in range! Celebrimbor holds his magic for the moment as well! Antenora mends her wounds in the meantime! OOC: +10 HP 5/9. Rabble is up.
[20:48] <Kolunch> "What's goin gon," One of the disarmed guards gawks at the wall of water, as others are transfixed and scared! OOC - Seira, you're up.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Kort killed Denegren with a pillow. I killed Kort with a stick. Now we see whether Albert gets boiled to death or jumps onto Seira's sword," Alicia helpfully informs the guards.
06[20:50] * Seira dives at Albert again!
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[20:50] <Kolunch> OOC - Hit.
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 6d8+22
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+22 and gets 48." [6d8=1, 1, 8, 6, 5, 5]
01[20:51] <Seira> "I am merciful, aren't I?" Seira asks Albert, twisting the blade in his gut. "I am. I won't let you say I'm not, because I'm killing you quickly instead of the years of torture you deserve. This is my mercy."
06[20:52] * Seira steps back afterwards, looking at Albert with an eerie smile.
[20:53] <Kolunch> Diving forward, Seira splashes through the wall! AS she does, her invisibility seeing eyes let her see Albert see the look ofs hock on his face as the Second Resort goes deep into his gut! One of his hands goes up to it, motes of arcane fire forming and fizzling! "Guh...No..regrets...brother...sister..." His eyes look at Seira, unfocused and shutting. "You think...you've..." Then his words cease, blood flowing out of his wounds as he goes stil
[20:53] <Kolunch> hen his words cease, blood flowing out of his wounds as he goes still. OOC - Free act.
01[20:54] <Seira> "Won?" Seira asks, throwing her head back and laughing. "Yes! The Sharran leaders are all dead!"
[20:55] <Kolunch> Antenora sags at that, leaning on her spear as she sighs deeply. "Ugh." Supporting herself up and looking around at the stunned guards, she goes to walk towards Alicia.
[20:55] <Alicia> Hearing Albert's death rattle, Alicia pushes her blindfold back up so she can see normally. "Well, this didn't go at all according to plan, but we've achieved or original aims," she remarks. As Antenora approachs, Alicia channels some spellfire into her wounded frame.
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 11d4+11
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 11d4+11 and gets 34." [11d4=4, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1]
06[20:55] * Demedais bows his head for a moment at this, before turning to the guards. "There is, so far as our knowledge goes, no other Sharran support in the castle. At the very least, I will be back to explain the full story, as far as I know it."
01[20:56] <Seira> "You!" Seira calls out to no single guard in particular, merely resting her eyes on all those nearby in turn. "Bring the captain of the guard here, and any army generals you have in the capital!"
[20:58] <Demedais> "Seira, he has the ring?" Demedais inquires.
06[21:02] * Seira calls upon Lagann to seek out all that which was taken from her by force and deceit that Albert's corspe might have in response to Demedais's query, her glare daring any of the gathered Kessians to disagree with her voiced orders.
[21:26] <Kolunch> A few of the guards flee out at that, the Throne Room mostly empty. The party has a few moments. On searching him, Seira finds her ring of spellstoring as well as Seira's staff. He also has an amulet around his neck, a black belt around his waist under his clothes and a ring with the insignia of KEsse on his other hand.
06[21:27] * Alicia drops the wall of force after a few guards bump into it, proceeding to channel a voice of the archon spell into hell striker and approach Seira. "This'll help you negotiate," she tells her before bopping the half-dragon lightly.
[21:27] <Kolunch> He also has the Elven Ring of Teleportation in his pocket.
[21:28] <Alicia> After improving Seira's people skills, Alicia goes to see if any of those felled by the wild attacks of Albert and the Nightwalkers still breathe, asking Antenora to do the same.
06[21:28] * Demedais assists Alicia and Antenora.
06[21:28] * Seira dips her head in a curt nod. "Thanks. This war was never against Kesse's people, and I'll try to make them see reason." Taking the elven ring, she approaches Celebrimbor, straining to keep a neutral expression. "We finally got it back."
[21:29] <Kolunch> The three search and look! The ones caught in it are blighted into obivion or frozen solid, save one. One was grazed by an unholy blight, still breathing.
[21:29] <Kolunch> "At last," Celebrimbor sighs in relief. "Once this matter is soon resolved, I can settle this affair with King Lorthan.
[21:29] <Kolunch> "
06[21:30] * Alicia gets him back on his feet with her Mystra granted healing ability.
01[21:30] <Seira> "I'll come with you," Seira promises. "I won't let you shield me from my mistakes. Think... think he might like something from the dragon we slew? Shadow dragons are rare here, aren't they?"
[21:32] <Kolunch> "It would be a good offering," A short nod ot SEira, as the others get the man helped up! He grimaces and looks about, dazed still. As he does, a man comes striding in. He wears a well polished breastplate and a plumed helmet made of adamantine. He has a fierce, bushy beard and mustache, a saber at his hip. "What in the name of Kelemvor is going on here?" he asks.
01[21:32] <Seira> "Who might you be?" Seira asks, striding over to meet him.
[21:33] <Alicia> "Fight's over, relax," Alicia tells the wounded man gently before she goes over to stand near Seira with all the imposing presence she can muster.
[21:33] <Kolunch> "General Andram," he says sharply, "Where is HIs Majesty?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "I am Seira, Colonel in the Crimson Guard of the United Baronies," she announces, ignoring that question for the time being. "Albert Kesse and his siblings, Kort Kesse and Armanda Kesse, committed numerous acts of war against our nation and its citizens. Our attempts to resolve this diplomatically failed when I was attacked on a peaceful mission to your land a few days ago. Now, we've returned.
01[21:35] <Seira> I ask of you, General Andram, is this aggression an indication that Kesse itself intends to fight the Baronies to the bitter end, much like Albert's aggression against the royal house of Sanaxt?"
[21:39] <Kolunch> "What are the Baronies?" He asks as he listens, puzzlement in his voice. "We have a war against Sanaxt, but that has nothing to do with..." He starts and then pales, "What? Albert did that?"
[21:40] <Kolunch> Antenora hovers back as all this happens, staying close to Alicia stilll.
01[21:40] <Seira> "All that and more, General," Seira tells him. "Underneath Halla there is a vile temple to Shar where unspeakable tortures and sacrifices to that dark goddess were being committed by those three and their followers for years." She can't restrain the shudder that goes through her at that. "Albert, being the ringleader, sent agents to many countries both near and far. One of them was the United Baronies."
[21:42] <Kolunch> "Why?" He asks, dazed as he stares baout the damaged, iced, darkened and boiled throne room. "Princ...King...Albert ordered us to secure the border and attack Sanaxt while it was in disarray, but I never imagined he had anything to do with that. IT was just good tactical sense..."
01[21:43] <Seira> "We in the Baronies are of the opinion that when the crown prince smothers his ailing father with a pillow, neither he nor his co-conspirators can rightfully enjoy the ensuing benefits," Seira tells him matter-of-factly. "Therefore, we are inclined not to see him as Kesse's monarch and thus not have his acts represent Kesse."
[21:43] <Alicia> "I understand the leadership of Sanaxt was frozen by arcane cold?" Alicia speaks up, glancing meaningfully at the iced over corpses of Kesse's guards. "Albert's two oddly tall guards are responsible for all the ice you see here, and likely did the same thing in Sanaxt."
[21:44] <Kolunch> "That was the rumo..." he begins, before looking ot the ice and paling. "Oh KElemvor..." he mutters, "Did you say Shar?" The Black Bitch?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "Tactical sense," Seira muses, seemingly to herself. "The last time we were attacked in such a base way, we waged war alongside our allied nation of Pallanth. The barony of Valandia joined us as a result, and Malmuth was in need of new leadership. Here, we won't even need to lift a finger beyond providing proof to Sanaxt of who is truly responsible. Proof we hold."
[21:46] <Kolunch> "I see..." Looking to Seira, "You said you're willing to consider these actions the actions of a man that did not represent Kesse?"
01[21:47] <Seira> "We are willing to go one step farther," Seira tells him, returning the look evenly. "We can work towards settling the war with Sanaxt before further bloodshed takes place. We can also work closely with you to hunt down the rest of Albert's agents, sleepers and other worshippers."
[21:48] <Alicia> "At the time we were first attacked, King Denegren ruled Kesse," Alicia interjects. "Kort's murder of his father proves that the ruler of Kesse at the time was not involved with the conspirators."
06[21:49] * Seira nods at that. "Alicia is right. Albert's short reign could be overlooked, which is my intention if these negotiations succeed."
[21:50] <Kolunch> "There is much to do, but..." General Andram looks to all the destruction, "There's no helping it then, is there? Princess Giselle is in her room...in this crisis, she may have to become Queen."
01[21:51] <Seira> "She has been wronged by her siblings," Seira says neutrally. "If she can overcome that, then her allegience, at least, is not in doubt."
06[21:52] * Demedais nods as well, looking over the men. "That is likely, but it is possible that she will need counseling; the effects of her siblings on her, from our understanding, is... harsh."
01[21:52] <Seira> "It is not something we should discuss in detail under this setting."
06[21:52] * Alicia nods in agreement with Seira.
06[21:53] * Demedais nods silently, stepping back.
[21:53] <Kolunch> With a slight darkening of his face, "There is much to do, but..." he nods. "Until that time, I will take control. I will send orders to have the army pull back and cease the attacks."
01[21:55] <Seira> "If you draft an offer of a cease fire, I will ensure that the current Sanaxt leadership gets it," Seira tells him. "Also, cold as that might sound, we want to keep an eye on things. Not all of the sleeper agents have been ferreted out just yet, and one would be enough to wreck things yet again. Since we took an active role, we'll keep at it until things have been resolved to our satisfaction."
02[21:58] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) Quit (Client exited)
[22:00] <Kolunch> "Very well," The general nods. Soon matters progress that evening, and as night passes into it's short summer dance, the party goes to Giselle's quarters. Seira and Alicia enter, Antenora trailing behind her. Giselle sits on her bed, wearing a simple nightgown of silk. Her gaze is downward, to the ground.
[22:01] <Kolunch> A set of guards come with them, as well as General Andram.
01[22:01] <Seira> "Your Highness," Seira greets her with a nod.
[22:01] <Alicia> "Majesty," Alicia corrects in a whispered aside, since she just got promoted from princess to queen.
[22:01] <Kolunch> "What is all this," she asks quietly, "General? What is going on?"
06[22:03] * Seira hopes this visit to a Kesse princess goes better than the previous one. "There is no way to sugarcoat it, Highness. Shar ordered your siblings to strike at us, and while taking quite a toll from us, we endured and retaliated."
[22:03] <Kolunch> "Princess Giselle." Taking a moment to come forward and kneel before her, "Your brother, Prince Albert...is dead. In this time of crisis, you are the only surviving royal who can immediately take the throne. Under these circumstances, a Queen is acceptable."
[22:04] <Kolunch> Giselle half listens to the general, eyes jerking up as Shar is mentioned. Her face smiles at that, "Oh, did she?" she asks, "And Albert is dead?" Her voice is...disinterested. Deathly calm.
01[22:04] <Seira> "We have also freed your consorts from his grasp," Seira proceeds. "They are alive, though a full recovery will take a long time."
[22:05] <Alicia> "As is Armanda," Alicia adds, eyeing Giselle and recalling Marie's description of the sisterly abuse she doled out on Giselle.
01[22:05] <Seira> At the mention of Armanda, Seira can't conceal a scowl.
[22:07] <Kolunch> "Heh...Albert is dead..." Laugher goes through her, a dead, cold freezing laugh. "Hahahahahahguh!" Her laughter chokes at that, a sharp look at Seira. "...what?" Her face starts to twitch, "T...I was never to see them again! Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?" Abrupty Giselle springs up,grabbing Seira by the arm. "Kort...no..." her voice coldens again, "You won't make me cry this time. Not again. I know this is a trick. I know this is a trick. I
[22:07] <Kolunch> I know this is a trick. I know this is a trick. I know this is a trick." Letting Seira's arm go, Giselle starts to rock back and forth. "I'll feel alive again, brother. I willl. I will."
[22:08] <Alicia> "No," Alicia goes and puts her hand on Giselle's shoulder. "Kort's gone. You're safe - none of them can ever hurt you again," she tries to encourage the poor woman.
06[22:08] * Seira looks at Alicia. "Could you take us to the temple of Mystra in Kelara along with Princess Giselle and several of her bodyguards?" she asks. "It might be the only way."
[22:10] <Kolunch> "No...Kort is never gone! They're always here!" Whirling onto Alicia, giggling ferciously like she can't stop, "I know this is a trick, brother! You're making me see all of this! I won't let you see me cry again!"
06[22:11] * Seira adds for General Andram's benefit, "Even under those inhumane conditions, they only thought of the Princess and wished for her health. If seeing them alive could help both sides on the way to recovery, we have to try it."
[22:11] <Kolunch> General Andram stands, looking at Giselle with a long, contained sigh. "Princess..." he says, "It may be best, yes.We have little choice under these exceptional circumstances."
06[22:12] * Seira takes a step to hold her arms around Giselle, not thinking about what is appropriate at the moment. "We understand," she whispers to her. "Just a little bit, perhaps, but we understand. Find within yourself to trust another just one more time."
[22:12] <Alicia> "They may be alive, but they're hardly well," Alicia notes in a worried whisper before returning her attention to the new queen. "Giselle?" she speaks in a motherly tone, stroking the distraught woman's hair, "Please, it's alright. I'm going to take you to see them. It's a safe place, you'll be alright coming with us."
01[22:14] <Seira> "They need hope above all else," Seira tells Alicia, though her words are intended for everyone. "Only Princess Giselle can give it to them right now. Not us, and not the priests."
[22:18] <Kolunch> Giselle twitches, "Prove it," she says sharply, "I command it! Prove it!" she shakes.
01[22:19] <Seira> With the rings of teleportation, Seira could get them back on course in the rare chance of an accident. However, she only has one reliable charge in them, and defers to Alicia. "Five people, which means two guards, correct?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "Come with us and I will," Alicia tells her, not being able to teleport an unwilling subject. "Just relax and trust me, please." Glancing back at Seira she nods briefly. "You, me, Giselle, the general, and one of his men?"
06[22:22] * Seira stills holds onto Giselle, and pulls her head back just enough to give the princess a tentative smile. "You've made the right choice. Decent people really do exist. It's alright to trust; we'll prove it to you right now."
[20:08] <Kotono> <Seira> "They need hope above all else," Seira tells Alicia, though her words are intended for everyone. "Only Princess Giselle can give it to them right now. Not us, and not the priests."
[20:08] <Kotono> > Giselle twitches, "Prove it," she says sharply, "I command it! Prove it!" she shakes.
[20:08] <Kotono> <Seira> With the rings of teleportation, Seira could get them back on course in the rare chance of an accident. However, she only has one reliable charge in them, and defers to Alicia. "Five people, which means two guards, correct?"
[20:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Come with us and I will," Alicia tells her, not being able to teleport an unwilling subject. "Just relax and trust me, please." Glancing back at Seira she nods briefly. "You, me, Giselle, the general, and one of his men?"
[20:08] <Kotono> * Seira stills holds onto Giselle, and pulls her head back just enough to give the princess a tentative smile. "You've made the right choice. Decent people really do exist. It's alright to trust; we'll prove it to you right now."
[20:09] <Kotono> "You two," General Andram gestures to two guards, "Go with her."
[20:10] <Kotono> With a cracking smile, "Okay. But I'll find a way to get you when it's a lie, Kort!"
[20:11] <Alicia> "Antenora, stay with Lord Drake and Demedais until we get back?" Alicia asks the erinyes before having everyone join hands. She's somewhat worried that seeing the state of her former paramours won't really help Giselle, but maybe she's wrong. "We're going to the temple of Mystra in Kelara. It's the safest place in the world from Shar's influence." At that, she whisks them all away!
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100
05[20:11] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:11] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:11] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 83." [1d100=83]
[20:14] <Kotono> The Temple of Mystra's main altar room is quiet. The night has passed over Kelara deeply, the silences of rest muting everything. It is so quiet that you can hear your own breathing, not a soul immediately around you.
[20:16] <Alicia> "Come with me," Alicia instructs, heading to the quarters that Taldeer earlier mentioned the maimed victims of Shar were staying in while they did their scrying.
06[20:17] * Seira hovers close to Giselle, ready to support her should the need arise.
[20:18] <Kotono> It's deep and in the back of thet emple. The hallways are dim, only a few light sorces that shed eternal light adding any illumination. The guards follow dutifully, casting little gazes about when they have chances. Giselle walks along upright. They are in three seperate rooms next to each other, each one with a closed door. A scroll nailed to the door says, 'Do not disturb without permission of the Dweomerkeeper!'.
06[20:21] * Alicia thinks these are special circumstances, and she doesn't really want to wake Taldeer for this. On the other hand, she's an elf and doesn't even sleep - she probably won't trance until well after midnight. "Just a moment and I'll get Dweomerkeeper Taldeer," she says. She's pretty sure Giselle was never involved with the dwarf and doesn't want to disturb him with this...
[20:22] <Kotono> Thus the tohers wait. As Alicia goes, Giselle looks aroudn imperiously. "I'm not going to break down while you make me wait," she says aloud.
[20:22] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Alicia hurried to get Taldeer. She's in her chambers, roused from reading and coming to meet Alicia. "What do you need at this late hour," she asks.
06[20:22] * Seira can't really say anything to that.
[20:23] <Alicia> "We've almost concluded our business in Kesse," Alicia begins. "The new Queen knew some of the Sharran victims and wanted to see them. Firstly do you mind us disturbing them, and secondly which ones are in which rooms?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "I see. You have permission; there are acolytes in there with them constantly. Knock on the doors. The dwarf is in the leftmost and the humans are in the other two."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Got it, thank you," Alicia nods. "I'll catch up with you later?" After that she returns to the Kessian contingent and delicately raps her knuckles on the middle door.
06[20:32] * Seira steels herself for coming face to face with the rescued prisoners once more.
[20:33] <Kotono> "Yes," A woman's voice calls gently from the room. "Who is it?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "It's Alicia," Alicia begins. "I have Princess Giselle with me to see our guest." She really wishes she'd had time to get their names.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Oh, honored champion of Mystra. The dweomerkeeper said you might come. Please, enter." the woman calls back.
03[20:36] * taizombie is now known as taicls
06[20:36] * Seira glances at Giselle. "As Alicia said, it won't be easy. But there's nothing that can't be overcome."
06[20:36] * Alicia blushes a bit. "No need to lay it on so thick," she demurs, nonetheless opening the door and stepping inwards, holding it open for Giselle.
[20:38] <Kotono> The door is opened! Giselle merely glances at Seira, "Such l-" she begins, her gaze taking in the room! A large window shows night, a bed laying besides it. Here the armless and legless man lies, covered save for his face. His eyesockets have a gentle white cloth put over them, blindfolded. Giselle stares for several long seconds, frozen in place.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Do you recognise him?" Alicia asks in a gentle whisper.
06[20:40] * Seira forces herself to step inside the room, waiting on further reaction from Giselle.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Hah...hah...hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaahahahahahaaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahahhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Giselle doubles over, laughing! Roaring with it she turns to Seira and Alicia, "YOU BASTARDS! IT WASN'T ENOUGH, WAS IT? IT'S NEVER ENOUGH FOR YOU!" Her voice turns into a scream, as a broad smile cracks her face open. "NEVER ENOUGH! YOU CAN DO YOUR WORST! RIP MY WOMB OUT, ALBERT! I'LL FIND A WAY TO FEEL ALIVE! YOU WON'T FOOL ME!"
[20:45] <Alicia> Vindication, it is such a sad thing. "It wasn't us!" Alicia insists, grabbing Giselle's arms. "Albert is dead! So are Kort and Armanda! We killed them!"
[20:45] <Kotono> The guards shrink back at this, staring with mouths agape.
01[20:46] <Seira> "Can you only think of yourself when someone who needs your help lies here?" Seira asks her, taking Giselle's head and forcing her to look at the bed. "Yes, they were scum, and what they did to you was inhuman. But like Alicia said, they're dead now! If you don't get past that, you're just letting them win in the end!"
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, -20?
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[20:56] <Kotono> GIselle whirls onto Seira, "You're lying to me," she snaps! "ALWAYS LYING!"
[20:56] <Kotono> "Ugh...Gi..selle..." The maimed man murmurs now, "Giselle...?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "So this is a lie?" Seira asks her, gesturing at the bed. "A lie?! The only lies being told here are those you use for yourself, to protect herself. But a queen doesn't have the luxury of retreating into a safe little world in her head. And neither does a woman who has people she loves, which need her help right now to get better."
[21:01] <Kotono> "Everything is a lie!" Grimacing at those words, looking between the man and Seira, going back and forth, Giselle shudders.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Go on, then," Seira says, gesturing at the bed once more. "If it's just a lie made to torment you, and not the reality you run away from, kill the man lying there with your own two hands!"
[21:03] <Alicia> "It's not," Alicia speaks up simply, adopting a more gentle tack. "This is reality. It hurts, it's unfair, and you wish you could have something better... but this is what we have to live with."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Giselle...oh...please, let that be you, Giselle? Do you remember?" The man's voice is horribly raspy, the female acolyte going to get a bit of water for him. "Please, Giselle, let me feel your hand on my chest again! Let me smell you! Please! Please don't be another dream!"
01[21:09] <Seira> "You know this is not a lie, Giselle," Seira says quietly, laying her hands on the princess's shoulders and leaning forward to rest her forehead against the older woman's. "Teleportation magic only works on the willing. Back in Kesse, you agreed to trust us. You realized the truth. You're just... you're just scared to accept it, but you don't have to be alone for that."
[21:12] <Kotono> "No!"Snapping as she turns away from Seira and Alicia, tears starting to come, "You're dead..you have to be dead and gone. They wouldn't..." She shakes all over again, "Grantire..."
[21:15] <Alicia> "Please, Giselle. Just talk to him?" Alicia asks softly. "Listen to what he has to say? Let him hear your voice?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Giselle...PLEASE!" The maimed man pleads. OOC - Make your own diplo check, Alicia. -17 mod.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 should've cast voice of the archon on myself
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 should've cast voice of the archon on myself and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[21:21] <Kotono> Giselle wavers long, listening, looking back and forth. For several moments she's paralysed, shaking like a leaf. Then, with nary a sound, runs outof the room.
06[21:23] * Alicia sighs. "These things take time..." Looking towards the maimed man. "I'm sorry... Grantire? Her siblings hurt her deeply, it may be a while before she's ready to see you again."
[21:23] <Kotono> Grantire leans forward, as if seeing with his lost eyes, "That was her? Was it really her?"
06[21:23] * Seira doesn't need another excuse to leave the room, running after Giselle.
[21:26] <Kotono> The guards follow suit after Giselle, as the female acolyte goes to him. "It's alright," she soothes him quickly, while glancing at Alicia.
[21:26] <Alicia> "It was," Alicia nods, letting Seira handle Giselle rather than crowding her. "She's the Queen, now. But after what she's been put through I'm not sure she's ready for the role..." Shaking her head she approaches the limbless figure on the bed. "I'm sorry your reunion went like this."
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira.
[21:29] <Kotono> "What happened to her," he asks in a cracking voice. "She was the brightest person I know. That was her voice...but itw asn't her."
[21:31] <Alicia> "Kort, Albert, and Armanda... they could torture you as they pleased. But they couldn't harm their sister, at least not in any way that could be seen..." Alicia pulls up a chair opposite the one used by the acolyte. "So instead they tried to break her mind."
[21:33] <Kotono> "Oh Gods..." Grantire whimpers with his entire body, "They'd do that, too. "
06[21:34] * Alicia reaches over to pat his shoulder. "They can't hurt her or anyone else ever again. But... they still cast long shadows even when gone."
[21:36] <Kotono> "They're dead...thank you for that, at least." Turning towards Alicia, "You have a kind voice. Promise me something...I'm a ruined shell of a man. I don't want to live any longer..I'm so tired. Could you...make sure Giselle is taken care of?"
[21:39] <Alicia> "I'll do what I can for her, but I promise you I'll find a way to heal the three of you," Alicia tells him seriously. "Please, hang on until then?" she clasps his shoulder tightly.
[21:40] <Kotono> "Alright," he says, "I've waited so long...but if you fail...set me free," he asks, "Of this ruined body.:"
[21:43] <Alicia> "Please don't ask that," Alicia's voice catches a little. "I won't fail, though. Even if there's no one in the world who can cast the spell to regenerate your body, I've been to others."
[21:46] <Kotono> Paling as she makes the crippled man drink water, the acolyte smiles to Alicia.
[21:46] <Kotono> "Go then adn try," he says, after sipping water.
06[21:48] * Alicia lets out a long breath. "I will," she affirms, briefly returning the acolyte's smile before getting up. "Once Giselle feels better, we'll bring her to visit again," she promises before heading out and closing the door behind her.
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Going to wait or find Seira or...?
[21:51] <Alicia> OOC: I'll go look for Seira and Giselle, but once I find them I'll just stand back and let them hug it out
[20:11] <Kobrb> ------------(Rodent grave Ko ;_:)--
03[20:11] * Kobrb sets mode: +o tai-zombie-canitbemigrainetime
03[20:11] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[20:11] * tai-zombie-canitbemigrainetime is now known as Demedais
03[20:11] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
05[20:11] -sebben.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:11] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-68-88-203.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:11] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:15] <Kobrb> As Alicia, Demedais and Antenora travel in the city itself, they see that it' returning to normal. There are still some signs and posters up - warning of attacks and proclaiming the rule of King Albert. The air buzzes with rumors and gossips, electric as people try to live their lives. Going to the merc's hideaway, they find the door quietly shut as usual. Despite teh hustle in the rest of the city, this street is as quiet as ever.
06[20:16] * Alicia knocks on the door!
[20:16] <Kobrb> There's a long pause, before from the other side, "Yeah?" J's voice is ever so tense while being friendly enough. "Who is it?"
[20:17] <Alicia> "Alicia. And friends," Alicia answers.
[20:17] <Kobrb> Seira is also along, hanging back and being quiet. Thoughtful even, with the burden of all that's gone on lingering to her.
[20:18] <Kobrb> The door opens after a few clacks of locks giving way. J ist here, looking them over. "Hey...Seira." Sighing in relief, "You're in one piece. You gave us a helluva scare when you vanished and then Alicia showed up. Come in." Stepping aside, "What the hell is happening in the castle? Albert's king and now rumors are flying and no one seems quite sure yet of what's going on."
[20:19] <Demedais> "Hopefully things start settling down now.
[20:19] <Alicia> "Albert's dead," Alicia nods quickfire as she steps in. "Sorry we never really had much chance to work with you guys on all this, but having my familiar catch Kort in the act of smothering his father really upset our timetable."
[20:20] <Kobrb> "I was worried about that, too," Rods says. He's sitting on one of the plain cots, buffing his armor and barechested. "Damn. This was supposed to be long and careful, but nothing works out when it happens."
[20:21] <Kobrb> "Good," J sighs again, "Freak can go bug Shar himself. Who's in charge now?"
[20:23] <Alicia> "Queen Giselle, officially," Alicia considers. "Although she's not really fit to lead at the moment... her siblings did their very best to ruin her, after all. For the time being it looks like General Andram is holding things together."
[20:24] <Kobrb> No sign of Serge offhand, as Rods puts his armor aside and sticks a hand out. "Still, thanks. At least this thing blew over. We missed a chance, but I wasn't o hot on fighting the entire fucking kingdom."
[20:24] <Kobrb> "Hah," J smirk at that, "QUEEN Giselle? That's still a nice change, no matter how dented up she is."
06[20:25] * Demedais shakes Rods' hand, before leaning against the wall. "Let's hope it stays a nice change."
06[20:26] * Alicia briefly clasps Rods' hand. "As far as the United Baronies are concerned this effectively ends our hostilities. Whether Sanaxt will be so quick to accept peace still remains to be seen - the general is sending a recall order to the army Albert sent against them, but whether that'll be enough to satisfy your neighbours I couldn't say."
[20:26] <Kobrb> "Yeah, well..." Rods shrugs, "Shit's going down up north from all the word. A war means easy work for us, as hired soldiers or as filling in gaps opened up by the war. Knowing Sanaxt I'd call it a coinflip at best. Knowing what happened with the royals there, according to the rumor, makes it a roulette."
[20:28] <Kobrb> "Even if peace is gotten, no one's going to forget Kesse attacking when they were down." J observes as she goes to get a small keg, working on getting it open. "Probably have the next war sooner than later."
[20:28] <Alicia> "Killed by Albert's undead minions," Alicia confirms. "If I never see another Nightwalker again it'll be too soon..." she adds with a disgusted shake of her head.
[20:28] <Kobrb> "Nightwalker? What's that?" Rods asks, "One of those -gon devil things you talked about? Sounds about part...though those aren't undead, are they?"
[20:29] <Kobrb> Antenora smiles a little, "It's an undead horror from the Plane of Shadow, not a devil. All the ones we found are obliterated."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Huge shadowy monsters. Shar seemed to have a revolving door of them being spat out for Albert and his siblings to play with," Alicia elaborates irritably.
[20:30] <Kobrb> "Aaah, a revolving door and a woman. Isn't that familiar?" Smirking as he goes to join J at the keg, the latter hits his shoulder lightly before getting a bunch mugs. "Shut up, you big jerk. Who' thirsty?"
[20:32] <Demedais> "I'll take one." Demedais nods politely.
[20:33] <Alicia> "Thanks, but I don't drink," Alicia shakes her head. "To be honest though, once things settle down you might find work becoming more scarce - what we got out of Armanda and Kort seemed to imply that they deliberately kept Kesse and its surroundings unstable so that mercenaries would be too busy with various crisises to look too closely at the royal family."
[20:33] <Kobrb> As Rods brings Demedais a drink and takes one of his own, "So the entire cult's wiped out? Damn. We didn't have an idea until we heard from you guys. Then again, Serge says that Shar's abouts ecrets and darkness and shit and we should expect a lot of surprises."
[20:33] <Kobrb> "I'm fine," Antenora stays close to Alicia, behind her politely.
[20:34] <Kobrb> "Ah shit," J scowls, then shrugs. "Eh, we'll find something. We have some capital still for saving up for the jungle trip back in Balmuria. Plus if border relations go down again...sooner or alter there will be another war, and that'll fix it."
06[20:34] * Demedais nods in thanks, drinking a bit of it before thinking. "On a side note, do either of you know of a Sa'grim Rockstall?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "Well," Alicia demurs. "We destroyed their temple. Very thoroughly. And the leadership is dead. But they had various roving agents out and about - we'll be doing our best to hunt them down before they can cause more trouble, though." Pausing she adds, "Speaking of Serge, where is he? Haven't seen him either time I've visited."
[20:35] <Kobrb> "I do," J speaks up a bit, "He's not really local, but he's a purchaser of certain arcane items on occasion. Very low key, buys third and fourthhand discreetly. I've had to track down a few things through him."
06[20:36] * Demedais nods at this. "We're likely going to need to talk with him at some point fairly soon."
[20:36] <Kobrb> "Right now, he's been snooping to find all he can out about what's happening. He doesn't like sitting on his hands much when he has something on his mind." A shrug there, Rods drinking deeply. "He gets likethat sometimes."
[20:38] <Kobrb> "I can work on that," J says, "You'l need to head west, though. He'd a dwarf and likes the mountains."
[20:39] <Demedais> "I guessed from the name." Demedais replies before taking another drink. "Does he have a spot he usually meets with people?"
[20:40] <Kobrb> "Yeah. He has the money and connections with the right people to make you have to travel to him." Sipping again, "It's about a week west, give or take a few days depending on the weather. 'course, teleporting around in the blink of an eye makes it easier for you guys."
[20:41] <Demedais> "Ideally, we'd teleport right to the area." Demedais replies with a grin. "Could you describe the area in as best detail as you can manage?"
[20:43] <Kobrb> "Did you guys get that fancy teleportation ring back? I can teleport and send magic word to him much quicker if you do. Once you get there, the spot's easy to memorize. He has a taste for style."
06[20:45] * Demedais nods. "That'd probably be better. We have the ring back, but... do we need its charge for anything?" Demedais asks Seira, looking for just a yes or a no.
[20:46] <Kobrb> Seira nods.
06[20:46] * Demedais nods.
[20:47] <Demedais> "Alright. That'll work, then." Demedais replies.
[20:47] <Kobrb> "We can go whenever you want then," J agrees. "Just be on your best behavior and don't piss him off."
[20:48] <Demedais> "Understood." Demedais nods.
[21:00] <Kobrb> ---
[21:01] <Kobrb> It is a quiet room that serves as the resting place for Albert Kesse. He rests in a simple pine box for now, arms crossed over his chest. He looks oddly serene now, peaceful. J peers down at him, "Jerk looks like h'es taking a nap."
[21:01] <Kobrb> The cleric of Kelemvor, Garag, nods briefly. "Are you familiar with how this spell works?" he asks.
[21:02] <Kobrb> Antenora hangs back again, staying near Alicia.
06[21:02] * Demedais looks at J with a odd cross between sternness and amusement, before nodding to Garag. "We are. While you prepare the spell, we will write the first four questions; the fifth will likely be dependent upon the first four. Is this acceptable?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "He looks a lot better than Kort and Armanda," Alicia notes before nodding to the cleric. "Yes, we've employed it before quite recently. I understand he's likely to resist unless it's cast by one who shares his moral laxity - with J and his belt we should be able to fake it enough for the spell to run smoothly."
[21:04] <Kobrb> With thin white lips purses together, the cleric nods. "I understand. Prepare the proper questions and magic then? This spell takes a little time to invoke."
[21:05] <Alicia> "J, do your bit," Alicia instructs the wizard before doing as Demedais says and writing down her first four questions.
[21:06] <Kobrb> J nods, getting with the spellcasting! SHe weaves Misdirection around Garag, leaning against the side wall after. "Magic or not,t his spell makes my skin crawl."
[21:06] <Alicia> She then passes over a piece of paper with the following. 1: What happened to Giselle's children? 2: What other assassinations were you plotting that had yet to come to fruition? 3: What did you do with Seira's belongings that were not given away or split between you and your siblings? 4: What was your relationship with a devil called the Walker?
[21:09] <Alicia> "I think it's more the belt than the spell," Alicia tells J. "I don't know what it does, but it can't be anything good."
[21:09] <Kobrb> "Very well." With that, the magic is cast! Calling on Kelemvor, Albert sits up in his coffin! Garag looks at him, "Rise from your judgment in front of Kelemvor and speak the truth in my name! What happened to Giselle's children?"
[21:11] <Kobrb> Albert smiles, "Enlightenment as demanded by the true faith."
[21:12] <Demedais> "Well isn't that mighty cryptic of him." Demedais mutters.
[21:12] <Kobrb> "That's normal," Garag adds, "Some answers are cryptic or only make sense to the departed. It takes time and wisdom to p uzzle out those meanings."
[21:12] <Alicia> "We can ask for clarification with the last question," Alicia shrugs. "Keep going."
06[21:13] * Demedais nods to Garag. "Well aware. Just mildly annoyed."
[21:13] <Kobrb> "What other assassinations wer eyou plotting that had yet to come to fruitition?" The question is asked, the second one fired. In reply, "Evrai...shatter them into sacred hopelessness!"
[21:14] <Demedais> "A message to Evrai may be in order." Demedais nods at this.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Or we could ask for clarification on that one - it may be more urgent," Alicia mutters.
[21:15] <Kobrb> The third is then asked, Garag's face turning pallid. "The sacrifices...to ruin what is beautiful to an enemy is a great worship!"
06[21:15] * Alicia sighs. "Seira won't be pleased by that."
[21:16] <Demedais> "Understatement writ large. Though he may just mean Seira's familiar... we can hope." Demedais replies. "Not that that isn't bad enough."
[21:17] <Kobrb> "That's a large loss." Frowning, "I can surrender my share of the loot. With those losses she'll need it to recover." Antenora speaks up here.
[21:17] <Alicia> "A familiar isn't really a belonging," Alicia shakes her head. Glancing back at Antenora, "Although that might cheer her up some."
[21:17] <Demedais> "We'll decide on that when we get there. No reason to rush that just yet."
[21:18] <Kobrb> The fourth is then asked! Albert looks to Garag head on, "The Walker came to us as a friend. He understood."
[21:19] <Alicia> "That wasn't very helpful. Alright, the situation with Evrai seems most urgent. Unless anyone has any better ideas, we ask who the target is in Evrai and who the assassin is?"
06[21:20] * Demedais nods. "Sounds ideal."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia nods before reciting her question to the priest. "Ask this: Who did you send to Evrai on your mission of murder and who was their target?"
[21:22] <Kobrb> "Right." With that, Garag asks jus tthat question! "The time had not yet been right, almost, but not yet. The target was those that would lead them and resist the coming of Shar."
06[21:23] * Alicia cocks an eyebrow. "To me that sounds like the plot was merely theoretical. I don't think anything had been put into practice before he died."
[21:24] <Kobrb> At this, Albert falls back into his coffin. Garag looks on, before murmuring words to Kemelvor. "Such horrible words and horrible Goddess invoked. There is no oblivion to fear..." he sighs. "You fool."
[21:25] <Alicia> "And how many years did he and his siblings perform their foul worship without anyone catching on?" Alicia asks pointedly. "A warning to Evrai is probably still in order, even if nothing had actually been set in motion. No sense taking chances. Beyond that... think Helm could offer insight, Demedais?" Alicia relaxes slightly into a smile, "I understand He has a soft spot for children."
06[21:25] * Demedais nods slightly, before shaking his head. "It's still probably a good idea to warn them.
06[21:26] * Demedais nods. "I will inquire to him regarding the state of Giselle's children."
[21:27] <Alicia> "Alright, I think we're done here. You've both been very helpful and earned your pay," Alicia nods to J and Garag in turn.
[21:28] <Kobrb> "Thanks," J straightens up, "I promise I won't blow all the money on drink and men. Just some of it."
[21:29] <Demedais> After Demedais has found a quiet room to phrase his spell, he falls into a trance to Helm, before requesting, "Helm, I ask your assistance in resolving this matter; what is the fate, and if possible, the location of Giselle's children?"
03[21:29] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: CL?
[21:30] <Demedais> OOC: 8.
[21:35] <Demedais> "..................." Demedais stands and looks to Alicia. "That belt. We. are. BREAKING IT."
[21:37] <Kotono> Antenora eyes Demedais, "The belt?" she asks quietly. "You mean that...?"
[21:38] <Alicia> She still has the belt in her pack from when J used it as a spell prop. "Never really liked it anyway," she affirms, taking it out of her pack without asking further questions.
[21:39] <Kotono> The belt feels unclean to Alicia's touch. Not even in a dirty-sorta tempting good way like Malcanthet's realm, but a horrible unclean. Like she'll wash her hands forever and never be clean.
[21:39] <Demedais> "Their souls are trapped within." Demedais states, voice edged. "It isn't possible to break it right now - not in any way that will save them, from what I understand. I will remain vigilant for this. But the belt will not be sold or given away, nor will there be any attempts to purify it. They will be released from there."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Breaking it won't release them?" Alicia's eyes widen. "But... what will, then?"
06[21:41] * Demedais feels his shoulders slump. "I... don't know yet. But I feel I will when I see it."
06[21:41] * Alicia shudders and puts the belt away. "Gods, I didn't think they could get any more vile... We can't tell Giselle this."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Absolutely," Antenora agrees. "They're dead. It doesn't make up for what they did, but at least no one can be hurt by them any more. It's a good consolation."
[21:42] <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais' voice is almost supremely calm now. "It will not assist the situation."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Since... Helm sounds like He has a plan for this, do you want to hold onto the belt?" Alicia offers. She really doesn't like touching it, herself.
[21:45] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods, taking the belt and placing it into his bag.
[20:16] <Kotono> --------(Dwarf Ko!)------
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: Who all is going with J's teleport? Alicia, Deme and...Seira suggested Celebrimbor for easier teleport access later.
[20:17] <Alicia> OOC: I can teleport fine, but if Cel wants to come along more power to him
[20:17] <Alicia> OOC: I'm really just along for the ride on this one
[20:20] <Kotono> The three meet with J at the Merc's safehouse. "Alright, I did what needed to be done. But remember - mind your manners. If you offend him this won't go anywhere," she warns. "It'll reflect bad on me too and I'll be in deep trying to fix it up."
03[20:22] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
[20:22] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods.
[20:22] <Alicia> "Aren't we planning on forcing him to hand over a probably expensive magic item that he probably paid money for?" Alicia clarifies.
06[20:24] * Demedais looks to Alicia with a somewhat baffled expression. "First, we have no proof of any wrongdoing, so force shouldn't be a factor at this point. Second, if he did in fact pay money to get this, as is quite likely the case, we may need to enter into a deal between him and the State to get him recompense for the amount he paid."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Then bring your sweet tongue and words," J says shortly. "Just don't turn this into a fight."
[20:27] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia shrugs, deciding not to mention Seira's comments about dwarf-punching.
[20:28] <Kotono> "Now then..." Invoking the ring of teleportation, the four are whisked away!
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[20:30] <Kotono> The four-some appears atop a rocky vista. You are high up - the air is coola nd thin. Not nearly as bad as the eastern tundra mountains are, but noticable. Ahead of you is a magnificent view of a valley far below, the sun sinking into the horizon. Amid this spray of red and gold, a carved, raised bit of stone is patterned like a table, ancient and weathered. Surrounding it are seven statues of humanoids holding offerings of gold and leaves to t
[20:30] <Kotono> Surrounding it are seven statues of humanoids holding offerings of gold and leaves to the heavens. Sitting in a wooden chair at this 'table', waiting patiently, is a dwarf. (More)
[20:32] <Kotono> He sips a shot glass full of a brown-gold liqiud that shimmers in the sunset's rays. He is well built, like a tiny house layered with muscles. He wears earthen colored clothes and a wide brimmed hat. Behind him stand two burly dwarves in full armor, greataxes at their sides.
[20:32] <Kotono> "Sa'grim?" J steps forward, tones kept respectful as she nods deeply to the dwarf. "Thanks for seeing us on this short notice."
06[20:32] * Demedais glances to Alicia briefly, before nodding to the dwarf as well.
[20:33] <Alicia> Content to let Demedais and J handle the negotiations, Alicia merely checks for evil auras in the vicinity. Can't be too careful with someone that Albert and company felt like dealing with on friendly terms, after all.
[20:33] <Kotono> He drains his glass in one slow, extended sip, before putting it down with a clatter. "Always good to see you on business, J. How's Serge?"
[20:34] <Kotono> "Busy." With a momentary flicker of a smile, "This Dem-" she begins.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Demedais, Alicia, Celebrimbor," he says. "I'm familiar with them."
03[20:35] * Cidward is now known as Sierra_Naptime
06[20:35] * Alicia raises an eyebrow. Hearing of her and Demedais is one thing - the Kessian royal family surely blabbed something. But Celebrimbor? He should surely be unknown here. "You're very well informed," she compliments cautiously.
06[20:36] * Demedais raises an eyebrow slightly, but has a small little patient smile affixed. With a slight nod to Alicia, "Indeed. To have heard of us is something I hadn't been expecting this far away from our home."
[20:37] <Kotono> "I try. Being caught unawares ruins business opportunities." Gesturing, he motions to other seats at the crude table. "Now then, what matter of business do you want with me? I assume J's just the contact in this case?"
06[20:37] * Alicia silently takes a seat towards the side.
[20:38] <Kotono> Celebrimbor watches the dwarf, electing to stay standing, leaning on his magical rod.
[20:38] <Demedais> "I'm afriad so. We retrieved your name from a source and were thus led to believe you could help us, sir." Demedais confirms respectfully, also taking a seat.
[20:38] <Kotono> "Yeah," J goes to sit down, "Demedais and Alicia are the ones that want to see you."
[20:39] <Kotono> "How can I help you, then?" Going on with that, looking at Demedais as he strokes a long, black beard he maintains.
[20:41] <Demedais> "Some items were taken from a friend of ours - currently unable to be present, sadly." Demedais says simply, looking him over for chaos as he speaks. "We are seeking their retrieval, and believe you have come into possession of at least one of them."
[20:44] <Kotono> "It is entirely possible," he agrees, "If you have descriptions of them...?"
06[20:45] * Demedais nods slightly, first describing Seira's pendant, mainly describing the basic function while avoiding getting into its sentimental worth.
[20:47] <Kotono> "I may have possession of that, yes," he nods slowly.
06[20:48] * Demedais nods slightly. "As an aside, you are aware of who sold it to you, I presume?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "I bought it from a trusted source. Who he may have purchased it from, or that person purchased it from is not something I ask," he says quite blandly, as if talking about the weather with his dry words.
06[20:50] * Alicia starts looking vaguely irritated at all this double-speak, but remains silent and lets Demedais handle things.
06[20:55] * Demedais inclines his head slightly. "Very well, we shall leave it at that, then. How much did you purchase it for?"
[20:58] <Kotono> "I purchased it as part of a larger lot of magical items. We traded in both coin and other goods and services. An approximate price would be...25,000 gold."
06[21:05] * Demedais nods slightly after a few moments. "I see. Of the larger lot of magical items, could you please inform me what was present there?"
[21:06] <Kotono> "A slightly used wand of invisibility, a vest that auguments precise strikes and stealth, a blessed spellbook, the amulet, and an enchanted bow." Looking up to them at this, "Are you interested in the entire lot?"
06[21:09] * Demedais inclines his head, a slight musing. "How much was the entire lot purchased for?" he asks after a moment. "I confess that I am not sure that these are all hers, but."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Sounds like it, depending on what sort of enchantment is on that bow," Alicia notes quietly.
[21:12] <Kotono> "Approximately 90,000 gold." Now smiling a little, "If you're interested, yes, perhaps we can come to some sort of arraingment regarding them. I could be willing to sell them at cost."
[21:13] <Kotono> "That's enough to buy yourself a life and a life for your kid's grandkids." J whistles.
06[21:15] * Demedais tilts his head slightly. "I am glad to hear that you are willing to sell them at cost. However, the actual discussion of fund transfer may need to occur with two other people present... Still, I am pleased to hear that you would be willing to make this deal. What is the arrangement you are thinking of?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Buying them all as one lot." he answers to that, "But tell me, whoa re the other interested paraties?"
[21:16] <Kotono> *parties.
[21:19] <Demedais> "The person whom they were stolen from and a party who will be handling payments, either to us in repayment or to you." Demedais replies.
[21:21] <Kotono> "I have no objections. Bring them here tomorrow at this time and we can begin the relevant details in earnest." Standing at this as the sun sinks into the horizon, night creeping over the view like a cloak, "Good evening to all of you."
06[21:23] * Demedais nods slightly at this. "I would request at least the bow and amulet be brought; the bow for verification that it is hers, the amulet for verification of ownership. Past that, we shall endeavor to bring both at this time." Demedais stands and bows slightly. "Thank you for your time."
06[21:23] * Alicia likewise gets up, ready to teleport everyone back to J's safehouse when she's ready.
[21:24] <Kotono> As the party gets up, returning to each other, "That went well," Jm urmurs. "Who's booting the bill?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "Kesse is. They can try asking Albert's corpse what he did with the first 90,000, I suppose," Alicia shrugs. "Everyone ready?"
[21:25] <Demedais> "Given who stole the equipment? Likely the government, based on what details I heard." Demedais replies. "Seira may be willing to make a deal with them, and worst comes to worst I'll cover most of it and get payment for it later."
[21:27] <Kotono> "We'll have to talk Andram into it," Celebrimbor murmurs, "If anyone can approve it now, it's him." Meanwhile, J teleports the party back!
[21:27] <Kotono> roll1 d100
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls d100 and gets 1." [d100=1]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll1 d100 making sure it read that right
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls d100 making sure it read that right and gets 43." [d100=43]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, hurdur. Roll Alicia? Let's goa head and get this moving.
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually?
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually? and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 48." [1d20=19]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: How much are you offering to cover, Deme?
[21:35] <Demedais> OOC: Hold on a sec.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Put bluntly, how much will they cover?
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: The government can cover up to 50k without a huge problem - they have some gold reserves. Any more than that and it's a matter of it cutting into needed funds. War springing up+royal turnovers are a bit costly.
[21:41] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais will agree to cover the rest, but will subtly make the point that he may be requesting favors at a later point, since it's lower than he had hoped.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: They're happy to exchange coin for favors, yes. Okay then. Do you want Anty or Donald to contribute at all as well? They're willing to take some of the strain off of you.
[21:42] <Demedais> OOC: Nah, let them use their loot to focus on upgrading their own skills. Better tradeoff.
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. This goes without incident. Deme covers 40k then and also goes GRIMDARK. Loot otpic post coming.
[20:20] <Kotono> -------(NINJA SUPER KO 9000 OH YES)--
[20:22] <Kotono> As events wind down, there are still a few that require Seira's attention. One such is several days after hostilities come to a screetching halt. In a quiet, well decorated meeting room in the castle, representatives from Sanaxt arrive. (More)
[20:26] <Kotono> General Andran and a few aides sit on one side of the table, along with Seira. A guard comes in and announces, "Storm Leader Greelay has arrived," he calls. Who follows his is a wiry, whipslender man with an obvious limp. He uses a cane to help himself, a wooden clatter as he walks forward. A few men in breastplates styled black and green follow him in, one going to pull out a chair for him.
[20:26] <Kotono> "General," he says as he goes to sit, "Speak. What are your terms and reasons for this?"
01[20:27] <Seira> "I believe that would be my cue?" Seira asks Andram.
[20:29] <Kotono> "How is your foot, Storm Leader?" With the faintest hint of a barbed smile, "There are more...details to be elaborated on, but in essence this current war was a mistake that needs to be stopped."
[20:29] <Kotono> With a look to Seira, before a curt look back, "Go on," he says to both of them.
01[20:33] <Seira> "I don't think a mistake is quite the right term to use, here," Seira comments, looking at the Storm Leader as she speaks. "Albert was quite specific about his wishes, both in arranging for his undead followers to slay the leadership of Sanaxt and in trying to utilize that by sending the Kesse army after you.
01[20:33] <Seira> Unfortunately, that doesn't cover all the facts, such as allies of his in that cabal smothering their own father to seize power in Kesse by fell means. It was my hope that by explaining the situation, a more lasting solution than a temporary truce could be found."
[20:35] <Kotono> Greelay's face turns to utter stone at those words. "A peace can be arrainged. We seek a status quo peace, with return to our previous borders. Under the circumstances we can pretend this never happened."
[20:37] <Kotono> "We have no objection to this," Andram says with his own control in effect, words as polished and lifeless as a stone. "If we agree on the fundamentals, the rest is simple enough."
06[20:38] * Seira shrugs. "The public face put on the resolution is out of my hands. But I did want to add that Albert considered Sanaxt, Evrai and the Baronies, a farther land which is I come from, to be filled with heretics in need of domination or eradication.
01[20:38] <Seira> The reason for that was that he had deals formal and under the table with the others. Now that the extent of his vileness had been revealed, it is my hope that those he thought an anathema to his way of life would band together."
[20:41] <Kotono> With a slight nod to Seira there, "I thank you for your services in eradicating Albert." Storm Leader Greelay says, hands resting on the top of his cane resting before him. "Then if a neutral peace is desired, our scribes and aides can draw one up. The swifter one is established, the better."
03[20:43] * Sierra_Comatose is now known as Stealth_Sierra
06[20:43] * Seira nods. "Any chance you would know of this Yann character? Might go under a different name, though I doubt he would bother changing his features as well. Creepy Sharran spy, though I bet he'd keep that hidden, too," Seira asks, giving a description of the man she had received from their captive.
[20:44] <Kotono> With a slight nod, "The matter will be resolved in due time. I may have an inkling..." Drumming his fingers together, "Are there any other matters to attend to with this?"
01[20:50] <Seira> "I would be a bad servant of Waukeen if I didn't casually extoll the benefits of trade towards building better relations between people and countries atop of the usual pluses," Seira says happily to that opening, "so how about setting up a promenade on a section of your mutual border? Complete with temple, an enormous marketplace, the works.
01[20:50] <Seira> Someone or something has to work on rebuilding the trust of the common man, and who better than Waukeen?"
[20:52] <Kotono> "No point to it. It'll just be destroyed at the next war." Storm Leader Greelay smiles thinly, "I won't say no if you want to spent the money on it."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Why should there be a next war with one's natural ally? That always surprises me in humans."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Ally?" Standing up now, "Andram, idealism doesn't suit you or your friends." Storm Leader Greelay begins to walk away. "Educate her, the comedy is not well received."
06[20:58] * Seira tilts her head. "Is this a bit about only respecting strength? Cause that I can display."
[20:59] <Kotono> "Don't," Andram speaks up here to Seira. Then to Greelay as he continues to walk, "I assume you have the authority to sign the treaty? We'll do it as soon as one is written out."
06[21:00] * Seira defers to him, wanting to ask the general a few things in a more private setting.
[21:01] <Kotono> Once Greelay is gone, "You mean well," he begins, "But we've had dozens of wars over the centuries. You may as well ask angels and demons to lair together."
01[21:02] <Seira> "Hmph. You think where we come from it's all sun and roses? We made it past that... hell, the elves came out of their self-imposed isolation. If they can break millennia-long habits, the human nations could make an attempt, too, can't they?"
[21:03] <Kotono> Taking a long breath, "By our own admission, our royal family slaughtered theirs and started this war. I'm thankful that he's even taking the peace after that - and I bet the only reason is because that they're in turmoil and discord because of those murders."
01[21:06] <Seira> "And because the more belligerent side will get on my bad side," Seira adds bluntly. "If he has access to halfway decent spies, that might be part of the reason. But it doesn't matter, since I've found what I want to do. Are you particularly attached to the strip of land that constitutes your border with Sanaxt?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "If you want to establish that temple, you're welcome to." He nods curtly to that, "Reinforcing our defenses to go around south of that part shouldn't be too terribly disruptive, and the trade roads are harder to defend in any event. They're a natural pathway for armies."
01[21:10] <Seira> "I'm thinking of taking it one step farther and establishing an official presence there. On top of providing some very real security, I would like to think it gives Sanaxt pause if to make war with you, they first have to go through us."
[21:11] <Kotono> "How...large a presence?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "A small garrison. What matters is which flag it would fly, and not its actual strength, after all. Since if it were to fall to an invasion, our response would not be late in coming, and would, of course, be quite overwhelming and disproportionate."
[21:14] <Kotono> "It won't stop them," he says, "Even at worst, they'll just go around the garrison. The flag of a country that they've never heard of won't cool a head down."
01[21:20] <Seira> "Oh, I'm not naive enough to think there won't be a first attempt. I just have the confidence to state that it would not be followed up on. As for the matter of land to cover, several such small garrisons could be placed across the borders, and a mutual defense pact between our countries would be in place to specify how they would be activated."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Even if so, can you really man a garrison this far from your kingdom? Are you planning to use mercenaries?"
01[21:24] <Seira> "Mercenaries and a special force that will be created for this purpose," Seira responds. "That we can do so is manifestably true. It would be no different from your farther patrols, except magic would replace horses for troop circulation and carrier pigeons for communication. Establishing the framework on the ground would take time, and that time would be well-used on our side."
[21:29] <Kotono> "I will consider it," Andram says at last, after a silence of quite a long time. "Such a decision needs not to be made immediately, not before P-Queen Giselle is installed and the situation has solidified."
06[21:34] * Seira nods. "It would make me pretty happy if you did build a promenade to Waukeen, though. Perhaps even two." She presents him with a handwritten list. "I wish I could call this a bill but that's mean and unhelpful. What it is is a list of my belongings that are still missing, and since Albert might have given some away, I would appreciate your help with recovering those.
01[21:34] <Seira> I didn't write down a total because that always made me sad when I sad down to do it, but even a simple glance should show why I really need that bit of sunshine and happiness I asked for."
[21:34] <Kotono> "I see," Scanning the list, "From what I recall about magic prices, that is quite a fortune."
01[21:35] <Seira> "I helpfully included the prices, except for that one amulet that was never appraised and, being unique, is likely pricess anyway."
[21:36] <Kotono> "I'll see what we can do," Andram nods.
[21:54] <Kotono> -----(Insane Ko!---
[21:58] <Kotono> Princess Giselle can be found in her room. She sits on her bed plainly, a quiet maid brushing and then braiding her hair. A pair of guards stand just inside the room, which is otherwise quiet as Seira is allowed to enter.
06[21:59] * Seira waits to be noticed, observing Giselle. She could appear perfectly normal even previously, so the real test might be when she spots Seira.
[22:00] <Kotono> Giselle's gaze is downward, as if studying the floor as her hair is worked. Her apperance is withdrawn, quiet, regally reserved.
06[22:01] * Seira takes the first move, then. "I could brush your hair for you, if you'd like," she offers, coming closer.
[22:04] <Kotono> Giselle looks up at that, "There is no need. Cerella is sufficient." Said maid continues to work, binding her hair up into a manageable set of braids.
01[22:06] <Seira> "It's probably a good call," Seira notes, crossing her hands in front of her chest. "I'm not really versed in the local fashions."
[22:08] <Kotono> "I hear I am to become Queen," Giselle says after, going to look back down as the maid finishes.
01[22:09] <Seira> "If you want to," Seira agrees. "No one will force you. Leadership is something people should seek rather than being granted, I feel. Do you want to become queen?"
[22:17] <Kotono> There isn't ar eply immediately. Instead, the maid finishes with her hair and stands, then bows to the Princess before departing. Once she is gone, "I will do what must be done."
01[22:19] <Seira> "This is where I normally would joke," Seira mutters. "Great, and I mean it. I don't think you would be saying it like that unless you've made up your own mind instead of having others's wishes just piled on to you and accepting passively. Do you need anything from me to make things easier?"
[22:21] <Kotono> "I will be alive," Giselle murmurs. "I will be alive...that is enough."
01[22:26] <Seira> Disturbing, but not overwhelmingly so. Seira chooses to nod curtly. "I've made my proposal to General Andram which I'm hoping would help. Once things calm down enough to properly study it, I'm confident it will get the proper consideration it deserves, since it wasn't made lightly.
01[22:26] <Seira> But that's state business. If you need anything I could help you with, perhaps not now but later down the line, call me. I'll leave an easy way for it, so don't be shy or hold it in when you have someone to talk to. Someone who could come to your aid, and not because you're the queen of a country."
[22:29] <Kotono> Another small nod there, "I will remember it, Seira."
06[22:32] * Seira gives Giselle a small smile that isn't forced this time around. "I have to go home, but since you are in charge, I will be back again. I really want to see the country someone who wants to help others from the very bottom of her soul would make."
[22:33] <Kotono> "I will," Giselle looks up. "Shar won't get me...I have to believe that."
01[22:35] <Seira> "She gave it her best shot, and she failed. Now that you're free and amongst friends who would help you oppose her? Not a chance!"
[22:36] <Kotono> "Shar won't get me...Shar won't get me," Giselle breathes, one of the guards coming up to Seira. In a whisper, "General Andram requests that you not linger if The Princess gets excited again," he says. "Her composure is critical."
06[22:38] * Seira nods to him lightly, and heads out of the room, pausing at the doorway to wave at Giselle before leaving.
[20:01] <Kotono> ----------(Rabbit Ko)--
[20:04] <Kotono> After rest and recovery, Seira is ready to head to Pallanth and the Gaial estate. It's a pleasantly cool day in the fall when she arrives, the sun tricking down through the leafy foliage. The servants about don't jump or start at her apperance, looking and a few bowing to her as she arrives.
01[20:06] <Seira> Part of this is, no doubt, as she'd taken to using her elfin disguise again. Seira returns the greetings, proceeding inside. She knows the layout well enough, and if she's allowed to head inside, she wouldn't bother one of the servants asking for directions she knows by heart.
[20:08] <Kotono> A servant at the front door, a lithe female elf wearing dainty maid clothes, curtseys to Seira. "Can I help you," she asks.
01[20:11] <Seira> Ah, a maid. "If Amaryl is here, I would like to surprise her," Seira responds with a smile. "And if she's not, I would like to wait inside... and surprise her. One might say that my plan remains unchanged regardless of the circumstances."
[20:14] <Kotono> "Lady Amaryl is meeting with family," Bowing her head to Seira, "If you'd come this way to wait? She won't be available until after that."
01[20:15] <Seira> "Okay. Anyone in particular, or the whole family?"
[20:18] <Kotono> "Family matters," Shaking her head, "Some of the family."
01[20:20] <Seira> "Fun." There is no way Seira can say it without sarcasm seeping in, wondering if they're harping about her. "As long as it's not something I have to rescue Amaryl from, I'll just wait patiently."
[20:24] <Kotono> Seira is taken to a pleasant, airy, sunlight room. Here wine and fruit is provided for her, servants catering to her whims for about two hours. At last the maid does return, bowing. "Lady Amaryl is free now," she says with a slight smile, "She's resting in her room if you want to go see her unannounced."
01[20:24] <Seira> "Thanks!" she returns, stretching out after loafing around for hours. "I know the way."
[20:26] <Kotono> Thus Seira goes! Amaryl is sitting in her sitting room quietly. She's staring ahead at nothing at all, eyes half closed. A scroll rests in her lap, hands clasped around it.
01[20:28] <Seira> "You know, if every family meeting gets you this exhausted, maybe something should be done about that," Seira notes, closing the door behind her. "I have a radical suggestion, which includes inviting me to the next one, for I have fire and the will to use it."
[20:31] <Kotono> "Ah!" Amaryl starts, eyes opening wide as she eeps out! She turns to Seira before breathing a long sight, "S-sorry, you startled me!" Tucking the scroll away into her clothes, she comes over to Seira. "Don't worry about my family. How are you?"
01[20:32] <Seira> "To be perfectly honest, I'd rather worry about your family, really," Seira responds. "What's on the scroll? Is it bad, or really bad?"
02[20:32] * Sierra_Mikain (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-69-168.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.53=-)
[20:33] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles a little, her cheeks pale. "It's...just...foolishness," she shakes her head. "Don't worry about it, Seira. It's just family foolishness."
01[20:33] <Seira> "Oh, come on!" Seira pouts. "You're asking the impossible, you know?"
[20:35] <Kotono> "It's..." Amaryl looks down and away, "It's nothing important at all. They're mad at me, but...I don't care." A wan smile shows on her face as she looks up, "Please, don't worry about it. I'm not going to, either."
01[20:37] <Seira> "I'll take my cues from you, then," Seira relents. "Just... don't hold it in if it gets bad, alright? And if there's anything I can do... you know that I could buy some title, if that's the problem." Seira smirks. "I'll just ditch Donald with the actual responsibility!"
[20:38] <Kotono> Blushing, "Thanks..." murmuring that, she takes Seira's hand and leads her to a comfortable divan. "But, how are you? Have you been hurt since last time?"
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01[20:40] <Seira> "I finally met my match and almost died, although they clearly failed in that," Seira responds, allowing herself to be easily led to the couch. "I got some time off as a result. A lot of time off. Pretty much indefinitely, in the absense of a major cataclysm back home."
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[20:41] <Kotono> Sitting down next to her, "I'm glad you're safe." Looking Seira over before blushing a little, "
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC - GAaaaah.
[20:42] <Kotono> Sitting down next to her, "I'm glad you're safe." Looking Seira over before blushing a little, "Are you going on your vacation now?"
01[20:44] <Seira> "That really depends on you," Seira responds with a shrug. "I remember how you wanted to go out into the world, and mentioned having some downtime yourself. Going somewhere far away would be nice. Staying here and annoying your relatives by existing also has certain merit, though not nearly as much."
[20:45] <Kotono> "If you're ready..." Smiling now, smiling even as her hands shake, "Let's go. I can be ready by the morning."
01[20:46] <Seira> "If we sneak out before dawn, we could even achieve both goals," Seira suggests with a smile of her own. "You could leave a note?"
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[20:50] <Kotono> "Maybe...maybe." Amaryl squeezes Seira's hand. "I've been training fairly hard like you asked." Her eyes darken a little, "It's hard work even when you get better at it. There hasn't been a point where it breaks and becomes simple, but I'ms till making progress."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Things would get boring if such a point existed. Plus, it doesn't feel right, not working for one's reward." She smiles brighter. "Progress is good, though! We'll probably even put it to the test, since there are lots and lots of bad people and they are overwhelmingly stupid! A mere warning is rarely ever effective."
[20:56] <Kotono> "Does that mean killing people," Amaryl asks, looking Seira in the eye. "I know there are times when it's acceptable to kill, but sometimes I wonder if I can do it when I need to."
01[21:00] <Seira> "In a war, yes," Seira responds, returning the look. "When negotiations fail, you can't wage war by being nice to the other side. In fact, the best thing to do is end it as swiftly as possible, and that's just not something you can do without striking at the enemy's leaders.
01[21:00] <Seira> With fiendish invasions, the choice is even easier. And with law enforcement... there, it becomes a more difficult choice that depends on the circumstances. It is my belief that if we can contain the criminals by other means, we should try to do so.
01[21:00] <Seira> If not, if we lack these means, then should they escape, their future victims's blood will be on our hands, and we should not allow those people to survive."
[21:03] <Kotono> "Yes. That sounds like the arguments my philosphy instructor would give me," With a faint smile to that, "There are times when you have to kill, like war. Those rare creatures of pure evil...there's no other choice. But...what is it like to do that, Seira? Does ite ver bother you to have taken another's life?"
01[21:07] <Seira> "There was one time, and though I didn't strike the blow, I share the responsibility fully," Seira responds slowly. "We had several sources all suggesting an inevitable attack on our population by a crazy, reclusive mage. That he was crazy and reclusive was true enough, but the attack was actually planned against a would-be Malmuthian invasion.
01[21:07] <Seira> It would have likely endangered our own forces as well, but still, it bothers me that things went down that way." She frowns. "But inaction in that situation was unacceptable, and I don't believe I was ever involved in another deadly fight that didn't involve a person who truly deserved to die."
[21:12] <Kotono> "I'm glad," Amaryl murmurs, squeezing Seira's hand again. "Even if it's needed, I don't like having to have blood on anyone's hands."
01[21:14] <Seira> "There are times," Seira tells her quietly, "where people exist that not only deserve to die, but you wish you could have killed them yourself. Or more than once. Terrible people. I hope you'll never come across them."
[21:17] <Kotono> "Like King Ferdi or his henchmen?" Amaryl says that as she looks up at Seira. "Those sort of horrible people?"
01[21:20] <Seira> "He was plenty horrible, but the only hench -- more of an ally, really -- he had that warranted that was Irenes," Seira says with a grimace. "There're... the omnicidal maniacs that need to be put down like rabid dogs, and then, there are those who go farther, much farther. If you ever have the misfortune of coming across such monsters, you'll know instantly."
[21:24] <Kotono> A slight nod, Amaryl licking her lips, "You have?" she asks softly. "
[21:24] <Kotono> A slight nod, Amaryl licking her lips, "You have?" she asks softly. "I hear that demons are like that."
01[21:28] <Seira> "I've yet to see a fiend as vile as some very special mortals, though I'm sure they exist somewhere," Seira says, sounding subdued. "It's... probably a bad topic." She smiles suddenly. "We really should be talking about lighter things, like how I missed you, or how I could visit more often or just stay in touch now that I have both teleportation and sending as part of my usual magical repertoire!"
[21:32] <Kotono> "That would be nice...though if we're going off on a vacation, we don't need to worry about that right now," Amaryl promises. "You're growing in skill. TEleportation is difficult magic, from what Scion Celebrimbor has said."
01[21:33] <Seira> "One day I'll even manage it without the occasional mistake!" Seira boasts, before coughing. "I mean. Without the occasional diversion Waukeen sends me on."
[21:35] <Kotono> With a warm laugh, "Is that common for mistakes to happen? Still, if you can travel hundreds of miles in a few seconds...that has to be more than worth it?"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Only happened twice, I swear! You're totally safe traveling with me!"
06[21:37] * Seira coughs again. "And it's over a thousand miles, now."
[21:38] <Kotono> "That's even more impressive! Speaking of, that reminds me of what I heard of your victory in the frozen reaches of Lord Kortan's domain. Did you truly defeat a dragon twice, back to back?"
01[21:41] <Seira> "Well, I guess I kinda defeated it once, but really, the honors fall on the others. I did bring down another dragon recently, though! It was very bad and had to die." Seira suddenly seems very shifty. "Celebrimbor was bringing it back as a sort of gift. Any chance you know how that went? I've been kinda worried."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Oh yes, that." Nodding, "I wasn't there but the Council was discussing it later. King Lorthan says it's a gift for the entire incident with the ring...well, no, but that's what Lord Ambrose said is the case when you read between the lines."
01[21:44] <Seira> "It's not like I needed the subterfuge!" Seira protests. "But Celebrimbor was also involved, and I just had to leave the handling up to him-- and did you just say entire incident with the ring?"
[21:44] <Kotono> A nod there, "It came out in council while Celebrimbor was gone. There was some discussion about it, but the ring was returned soon after, so it went nowhere."
01[21:45] <Seira> "Umm. What exactly came out?"
[21:46] <Kotono> "That the ring was lost, but it was recovered, so it's okay." Amaryl says slowly. "Lord Chillander and myself both said it would be fine. Scion Silverleaf was more caustic, but..."
01[21:47] <Seira> "I'm really sorry about that," Seira says sadly. "It's like that saying, no good deed goes unpunished. I only wanted to help a few stranded people...."
[21:47] <Kotono> "It's fine." Taking Seira's hand again, "You proved myself and Lord Chillander right, so there wasn't any harm."
01[21:49] <Seira> There was plenty of harm, but she's not particularly keen of going there. "If a dragon-shaped apology is enough to smooth everything over, then it's alright. I've been worried about this, and about a lot of other things. That was not a good week for me."
[21:49] <Kotono> "It was fine. The Council didn't make a big deal about it and King Lorthan looked happy at the end of it."
01[21:53] <Seira> "There is something else you should know," Seira all but blurts out. "There are demons going around spreading lies about me. Like how I'm sending them out or commanding them. The only truth in that is that I once bargained with a balor so I could live long enough to escape him and save my father. Waukeen helped me in the aftermath, but it sounds like he wasn't too pleased about that...."
[21:55] <Kotono> Blink-blink. Amaryl stops there at the abrupt change of supbject, "Oh. Well. Um." Biting down on her lip, "If we see any demons we can set them straight about it?"
01[21:58] <Seira> "I don't want you to think that I'm... well... someone who sends demons to kill people." Seira shifts, looking uncomfortable. "I was pretty... well, upset wouldn't begin to cover it. And we had the Malmuthian war to worry about. So I didn't really advertise it.
01[21:58] <Seira> But in the end, some of my friends ended up hearing about this from the demons who put their spin on things. And when I think that you might end up finding out like that... I don't want that."
[22:00] <Kotono> "Seira, I don't think you'd summon demons." Putting her hands on her hips, "That's just...stupid and silly!"
01[22:01] <Seira> "I... I guess it is, isn't it? I could, you know! But I won't."
[22:08] <Kotono> "Alright." Smiling now, "That's like the equivalent of malicious gossip and ruining your reputation on a grand scale, isn't it? Nothing else?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "That's what it seems," Seira agrees. "It was timed for when I mysteriously disappeared, and I can't help but wonder if that was planned. Probably not, and just bad luck overall. I always thought it would take something pretty powerful or a numerous force to really bring me down, and I still do. That sort of demons wouldn't be able to achieve it."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Good!" Brightening with a smile, "Seira, were are we going exactly?"
01[22:15] <Seira> "You're going to decide." Seira smiles back fondly. "But I was going to propose Malmuth for a start. Things are still bad there, and there would be plenty of chances to right wrongs and help out. At the same time, we could see for ourselves if Queen Tant is managing it well, or if she's getting overwhelmed by the treasonous elements within. And I've been meaning to travel more through that land.
01[22:15] <Seira> After that? Demedais and I have been wishing to visit our capital at last for... has it been months, already? We might do that, too."
[22:18] <Kotono> "Those are fine!" Amaryl smiles warmly there, "I'm more than happy to follow you there."
01[22:19] <Seira> "They seem to really hate me in those parts, so I'll use these full time," Seira says, tapping her right earring. "People expect to see the dragon me, so even though I look pretty much the same where it counts, no one really connects the two appearances. Kinda weird, but I guess that's how people are."
[22:20] <Kotono> "People expect tos ee a well dressed elf surrounded by wealth and honor when they think of Lady Gaial, not a woman travelling in human lands..." Amaryl murmurs. "That's how it'll go as well, won't it?"
01[22:23] <Seira> "Probably," Seira agrees. "We could masquerade as humans, if you want to. You would make a pretty human woman and no amount of cheap clothing is going to hide that, though."
[22:31] <Kotono> Another blush colors Amaryl's cheeks, "Thank you," she says.
01[22:32] <Seira> "For saying the truth? Any time!"
[22:35] <Kotono> Reaching over to hug Seira, "We'll see the world, have adventures and come home safely in the end?" she asks, whispering to her.
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01[22:38] <Seira> "That's the plan," Seira says, easing into the hug with a contented sigh. "There's a lot of the world to see, Amaryl, much more than any of us ever expected. And I want to see it all with you one day."
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[22:40] <Kotono> "I can't wait," Amaryl says fondly. OOC - Seira, are you good with skipping ahead now? Also, if so, was there anything you wanted to do in Pallanth before you guys leave in the morning?
01[22:40] <Seira> OOC: Nothing I need to do IC. I assume she's on break, basically?
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Basically.
01[22:57] <Seira> OOC: Let's go, then. Human template go?
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:15] <Kotono> --------------------(Arrow Ko)--
[18:18] <Kotono> The next morning starts early, well before dawn. The two meet under the cover of night, the Gaial estate nearly silent. Amaryl stands before Seira, wearing a finely polished chain shirt, a quiver of bows on her back and a longbow over them. A plain gray cloak covers her shoulders as she shifts, the clink of glass bottles coming from a bag tied to her side. "So...how do I look?"
01[18:21] <Seira> "I was right. You still look pretty," Seira returns, eyeing the chainshirt appreciatively. "But I think it's missing something." She fishes around her pack, before offering an amulet to Amaryl. "Our, well, our family is pretty young since Dad's an orphan and everything, but if we had stuff like heirlooms, this would be it. I think it'd look great on you. If you want it. It's okay if you don't."
[18:25] <Kotono> Looking over the amulet, Amaryl takes it in her hand. "I like it...is it magic?" Peering down at it, "What does it do?"
01[18:27] <Seira> "It uses the power of bad dragons to keep you safe! There was that one that used all sorts of shadowy stuff, and one that really liked lightning... and now, so could you! But in a good way."
[18:28] <Kotono> Slowly draping it around her neck, "Thank you, Seira," she embraces her briefly, "I'll tell you how much I like it once we're gone from the Citadel. How fast and quietly can be leave here?"
01[18:31] <Seira> "Unless your house recently acquired wards against dimensional travel, and I mean within the last few hours, we can leave right now. My ring should take us far enough, and it's pretty quiet!"
[18:33] <Kotono> "Let's go," Taking Seira's hand quickly, "Let's go far away and not worry about anything in Pallanth, Seira."
06[18:37] * Seira adjusts her disguise to appear as she would have, having been born a human, and thinks about Valandia, the next best thing to Malmuth. "One day you'll trust me enough to share those worries," she says, activating the ring.
01[18:38] <Seira> roll 1d100
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01[18:38] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[18:41] <Kotono> OOC: Where in Valandia?
06[18:42] * Seira pictures an area next to the summer home Claris promised for her.
[18:46] <Kotono> Under the blanket of late night, Seira and Amaryl appear! Ferdi's palace in Valandia is quiet - a few guards are about at the door in the distance, but nothing is awry otherwise. To a glance in the darkness, this part of Valandia is asleep until dawn's first light.
01[18:48] <Seira> "I don't believe the Waukeen temple here is anywhere near completion," Seira says sadly, "but there are caravans going to and from Malmuth all the time. We could just join one of them. Want to go look around as the city wakes up in the meantime?"
[18:50] <Kotono> "Sure," Amaryl says cheerfully, taking Seira's hand in her own still. "Can you show me aroudn the city...it's so different from the Citadel or other elven cities. It looks different, smells different...there's so few trees, just like Balmuria."
01[18:52] <Seira> "Of course I can!" Seira agrees readily. She had been there before, which is as good as knowing all the good spots to visit. "Let's start with a tour to the temple of Lathander, because they'll be the first ones up, and given Claris goes there it's the most impressive temple here. Until ours gets built!"
[19:05] <Kotono> Valandia is well patrolled, that much is obvious. Regiments of guards walk the streets, though Seira's words and identity are enough to deflect any stoppages. You reach the Temple of Lathander just before dawn. It's doors are closed for now, two white robed priests standing and peering at the horizon intently, waiting.
01[19:08] <Seira> "Let's wait and see what happens?" Seira suggests to Amaryl. "I've never actually seen it for myself before."
[19:16] <Kotono> As the two hang back, the two robed priests wait. As the night begins to fade, they stare ever more intently at the horizon! As dawn approaches, they abruptly move! With swift actions they open the door to the temple! It's timed flawlessly, opening just as a ray of sunshine peeks up over the night sky's end. The light spills into the temple inside, a large, golden sun engraved into the floor. It catches the light there, glowing like a secondary
[19:16] <Kotono> It catches the light there, glowing like a secondary sun coming to life. Music begins to play from within, a melody of awakening and growth from a flute.
[19:18] <Kotono> Amaryl watches it raptly, smiling by the end. "How pretty!" she stares at the sun coming to life.
01[19:19] <Seira> "Very nice," Seira agrees. "They should charge admission."
[19:24] <Kotono> One of the door openers smiles, a young man who sighs as the sunlight becomes to rise from the night. "That would be heresy. Lathander gives his gifts of renewal to all that ask. Dawnbringer Claris will be intoning the morning sermon, if you'd like to attend."
06[19:25] * Seira glances at Amaryl. "He's pretty cool. Wanna come in and take a look?"
[19:28] <Kotono> "Yes! It sounds fun." Amaryl looks inside, peering. You can see stained glass windows of fine construction, showing scenes of the sun rising and a youthful man holding a baby in his hands up to the sun's light.
01[19:29] <Seira> "Then it's settled!" Seira agrees. "Maybe Claris would point us in the right direction afterwards, too, so we'll have time to tour the rest of the city without worrying about a caravan contract."
[19:32] <Kotono> Thus the two come inside. Inside has no pews or chairs or anything. It's all open space around the sun and a single altar of wood, the scent of the morning air ciruclating in. Within minutes the room is as well lit as noon, people starting to file in. Mostly lay people, some waiting, while others are talking amid themselves. A pair are even discussing something and signing some papers.
06[19:33] * Seira finds a spot in what passes for the first row. It has to have the best view!
[19:41] <Kotono> Within ten minutes the church is filled. Coming from the back is Claris, wearing robes of white and gold, carrying a single vibrantly red rose in one hand and a holy symbol of Lathander in another. He places both down on the altar and clears his throat. Silence sweeps over the hall as he looks about, gaze lingering on Seira for a little time.
06[19:43] * Seira gives him a little nod when he looks her way, smiling.
[19:46] <Kotono> "Another day has come, the promise of renewal realised for all. Today, I'd like to talk about the renewal of Valandia. It has been some time since the end of the war." There's some light murmurs there, an undercurrent that drowns back down once Claris pauses a few moments. "When things look the darkest, like the time just before the dawn, it is easy to lose hope. Valandia had lost much at the end of the war. Many of our friends gave their lives
[19:47] <Kotono> Valandia had lost much at the end of the war. Many of our friends gave their lives in defense of the city, or in the seige aftewards with the loyalist forces of General Olburt." (More)
[19:49] <Kotono> "It was a time when many despaired, when the dawn looked as if it would never come." He pause shere, looking over the gathered worshippers. "Yet today, I bring this to you - Valandia has reached that dawn. The scars of war have begin to heal and vanish. Prosperity has begun to return, trade and bounty restoring what was lost. The walls are repaired, the buildings restored. While nothing can bring back those who have left our company, new lives
[19:49] <Kotono> While nothing can bring back those who have left our company, new lives are born every day in Valandia." (More)
[19:51] <Kotono> "In this morning light, I ask you to ponder and see how our fair city rebuilds and is rewened. In this promise the light of Lanthander willl eternally blossom. No matter the darkness that comes over us, there will always be another dawn. So it is written by the hand of Lathander and so it shall be forever more." After, there is clapping from the assembled.
06[19:53] * Seira claps herself in approval. "I've been worrying about this," she whispers to Amaryl. "If Valandia was going to recover any time soon. Hearing Claris talk, it sounds like we're on the right track."
[19:54] <Kotono> "It was uplifting," Amaryl whispers back as she joins in the clapping. Claris steps away from the altar, a short nod to Seira as he approaches. "It's good to see you. We can talk in length within the hour in private quarters, but for now, my duties call to the faithful."
01[19:55] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees, keeping her voice low. "I'll stop by in an hour or so, then? We can do introductions properly then, too."
[19:56] <Kotono> "You can stay here if you want, I won't be on official duties until af ew hours into the morning," he says back. "Meet me here and ask one of the priests to take you back, or meet me at work."
06[19:58] * Seira nods, turning towards Amaryl as Claris moves on to the faithful. "Back when Valandia joined the Baronies, there was a lot of bad blood towards us. But the worst part were the lies and rumors, most of them having to do with King Ferdi. You sometimes have to fight fire with fire, so I arranged for our own propaganda to counter theirs.
01[19:58] <Seira> It isn't too early in the morning to go and check up on that, if you'd like."
[20:07] <Kotono> "It's not open yet," Glancing back, "It doesn't open for an hour or two, but I can have that waived if you'd like a tour." Claris says. "You'll have it all to yourselves.":
01[20:08] <Seira> "How about it?" Seira suggests. "A private tour sounds fun, too!"
[20:15] <Kotono> "Sure," Amaryl smiles a little to Claris, "Thank you very much."
01[20:16] <Seira> "Thanks!" Seira echoes her.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Let's go then," Amaryl says brightly, "I want to see what this is now."
06[20:21] * Seira is quite excited herself to see the show!
[20:26] <Kotono> The trip in the early morning is without incident. People are rising and going to work in Valandia, a backdrop as they arrive at Ferdi's old palace. M uch of the damage has been restored. at least from the outside. A set of guards stay at the front door, parting to let the two in. One eyes Seira long, "The bulk of it's up the stairs and in the repaired room. I think you know the way."
06[20:27] * Seira does, as a matter of fact. She nods in thanks, and leads the way up. It's strange, but she hadn't been back ever since that day. And she didn't think herself especially prone to nostalgia, too.
[20:30] <Kotono> The door inside lead to the front stair. The side passages are cordoned off with rope, making it essentially a one way path. An engraved plaque has been placed on a small stone pedestool next to the stairs.
01[20:30] <Seira> That certainly looks like a nice touch. Seira pauses before the plaque to read it.
[20:33] <Kotono> In Common it reads the following: Ahead lies the pride of one man and the ruination of a country. Ponder well the follies of pride and the downfalls it leads even mighty men to.
06[20:36] * Seira reads it aloud, finding herself nodding to the words. "I do hope it doesn't make me a hypocrite to agree," she mentions to Amaryl, "since I'm not quite at that stage I'm willing to let go of my own pride. But hey, it hasn't lead my nation to ruin yet, right?"
[20:39] <Kotono> "Right," Amaryl smiles to Seira, starting to walk up the stairs, "I gathered this is where you defeated King Ferdi?"
01[20:43] <Seira> "His final moments were pretty funny," Seira responds with a smile of her own. "But still, what a waste. We all went out of our way to accomodate him, and he just struck at us for no reason that could be considered good. If we hadn't done this, how many soldiers would have lost their lives? And how many of our citizens, from their idiotic firebombing runs?
01[20:43] <Seira> And the Valandia siege... we caved in again to outside pressure, because Queen Tant wanted to make a point. I wonder how many could've been saved had we just taken down Olburt ourselves."
[20:52] <Kotono> "There's a saying Lord Ambrose taught me...that politics are about compromising while still doing what's right," Amaryl murmurs as they crest the top of the stairs, the door leading into Ferdi's old improptu throne room ahead.
[20:53] <Kotono> "I don't know how true it is, but...which is more important? That sounds llike what you're getting at."
01[20:55] <Seira> "I think that's true," Seira agrees. "And it certainly gives us a good result in the end. But sometimes, I wonder. What if things could be different? Better? I think... I think that one day, I will be powerful enough to see if I could make a change in the entire way this game of politics is played."
[21:00] <Kotono> "I don't know..." Amaryl murmurs, "That's a lot to do. Lord Silverleaf...he didn't say it to me, but it stuck anyway. 'Politics only reinforces our base nature.' Can that really be changed?"
01[21:05] <Seira> "I think it can be," Seira states with the utmost conviction. "That's what I'm trying to do when I'm spreading Waukeen's word. If one's nature could not be changed, then I'm plainly wasting my time. But I've seen too much to believe that. Plus... we're all given a choice the outsiders lack, aren't we?
01[21:06] <Seira> The ability to decide right from wrong, to choose our path in life? We're not devils, or angels, or animated clockwork golems from Mechanus. We have our will. If that's so, it's just a matter of showing people a better way of life."
[21:06] <Kotono> Amaryl nods you come up to the door. She's quiet for a little while, then, "The ones that choose not to listen...they're the enemies and the horrible men?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "The ones who choose not to listen are the stupid ones, really," Seira responds. "It's those that weigh everything and choose the wrong path that are inevitably our enemies, more often than not."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Yes." Amaryl merely nods to that, then, "Shall we go in?"
01[21:14] <Seira> With a curt nod, Seira pushes the door open.
[21:18] <Kotono> As you enter inside, magic is woven! Images form in the air! Here you can see King Ferdi, General Olburt, Alicia, Seira, Claris and Demedais! It's more or less like that confrontation is unfolding again, albiet with slightly exagerrated lines.
01[21:20] <Seira> Ferdi's guard was clearly edited out to refocus the scene into what must amount to a battle of ideas between their sides, with Ferdi's fate being sealed in the end. Seira approves of the change, observing the reenactment and Amaryl's reaction to it.
[21:23] <Kotono> Everyone is quite wordy - it's a descontrution of Ferdi's ideas, with the king's arguments being rebutted with good arguments. As it unfolds, "You look so majestic..." Amaryl gushes.
06[21:26] * Seira barely stops herself from laughing. But cheesy or not, this had to have been effective in helping turn the mood of the populace and, perhaps, even trickled back to Malmuth proper to counter the old guard's lies. She has trouble believing Claris would've allowed it to proceed otherwise.
03[21:33] * taisick is now known as taisicker
[21:38] <Kotono> Then the battle begins! It's an epic one, with Ferdi and Olburt slowly losing! They're outmatched but fight hard, until at a dramatic point, the dragon comes! The ceiling seems to vanish, the vast golden wyrm seen above! It roars as it passed judgment on the corrupt regime!
06[21:38] * Seira cheers!
[21:46] <Kotono> Amaryl watches as the dragon obliterates Ferdi into ash! As it finishes, "How lovely! It was like watching a real event!"
01[21:48] <Seira> "Yes! The dragon was the best part!" she comments brightly. "He was a bit longwinded and stuffy, but that's okay because he set Ferdi on fire until he died from it!"
[21:54] <Kotono> As the images fade, you see that there are several plaques on the throne and walls now. Amaryl steps forward, "It must have been a difficult battle."
01[21:57] <Seira> "And as all truly difficult battles, it was very brief," Seira murmurs, going to the plaque on the wall to her right, intending on circling the room to read them all in order. "Ferdi cheated. You don't really see it here, but in a single move he took most of us out before we even had a chance to strike.
01[21:57] <Seira> He wasn't very thorough, however, and even while not in our right minds, we were capable of bringing him down. That was his mistake, I suppose."
[22:03] <Kotono> "You were still impressive," Amaryl says as her face splits with a smile, "It was inspired to make that. Surely it's shown many about the truth of the matter?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "I hope so!" Seira agrees, smiling back. "It's a step in the right direction."
[22:07] <Kotono> "Shall we go see Claris now?" Amaryl asks, "He seemed like a nice man. You fought with him here?"
01[22:08] <Seira> "Yes," Seira affirms, starting to head back downstairs. "It made him question his faith, facing a man he thought highly of, a monarch he once swore allegience to. We fought together in the desert wasteland, too, against demons and the forces of Irenes. Claris is one of a select few I trust without question."
[22:10] <Kotono> The plaques have more details and lessons about King Ferdi's crimes. Interesting stuff, though Seira's familiar with it on a firsthand basis already.
06[22:11] * Seira is curious whether there is a journal of some sort where the visitors could leave their impressions. If certain questions, doubts or counter-claims exist, it might be prudent to adjust the presentation to address them.
[22:15] <Kotono> No such luck there, as far as Siera can see.
01[22:16] <Seira> Then that would have to be her suggestion for improvement, when she sees Claris. And Seira sees no reason to delay the reunion any further.
[19:16] <Kotono> <Seira> "And as all truly difficult battles, it was very brief," Seira murmurs, going to the plaque on the wall to her right, intending on circling the room to read them all in order. "Ferdi cheated. You don't really see it here, but in a single move he took most of us out before we even had a chance to strike.
[19:16] <Kotono> <Seira> He wasn't very thorough, however, and even while not in our right minds, we were capable of bringing him down. That was his mistake, I suppose."
[19:16] <Kotono> > "You were still impressive," Amaryl says as her face splits with a smile, "It was inspired to make that. Surely it's shown many about the truth of the matter?"
[19:16] <Kotono> <Seira> "I hope so!" Seira agrees, smiling back. "It's a step in the right direction."
[19:16] <Kotono> > "Shall we go see Claris now?" Amaryl asks, "He seemed like a nice man. You fought with him here?"
[19:16] <Kotono> <Seira> "Yes," Seira affirms, starting to head back downstairs. "It made him question his faith, facing a man he thought highly of, a monarch he once swore allegience to. We fought together in the desert wasteland, too, against demons and the forces of Irenes. Claris is one of a select few I trust without question."
[19:17] <Kotono> > The plaques have more details and lessons about King Ferdi's crimes. Interesting stuff, though Seira's familiar with it on a firsthand basis already.
[19:17] <Kotono> * Seira is curious whether there is a journal of some sort where the visitors could leave their impressions. If certain questions, doubts or counter-claims exist, it might be prudent to adjust the presentation to address them.
[19:17] <Kotono> > No such luck there, as far as Siera can see.
[19:17] <Kotono> <Seira> Then that would have to be her suggestion for improvement, when she sees Claris. And Seira sees no reason to delay the reunion any further.
[19:21] <Kotono> Atop the third floor of the Temple of Lathander, there is a wide open glass view to the east and west. It lets in the gushing morning sunlight over a personal office. Here Claris sits at a table near the window, eating breakfast and looking out as the sun begins to ascend into the sky.
01[19:23] <Seira> "We're back!" Seira announces brightly, stepping over to Claris's table. "Thanks for the pass, having the place for ourselves was great!"
[19:24] <Kotono> "Help yourself to the morning bread if you're hungry," Claris gestures easily as Amaryl follows Seira. "I'mg lad you liked it. Opinions on it vary quite sharply."
01[19:26] <Seira> "It's a bit overdone, to be honest," Seira admits, waiting for Amaryl to sit down before taking a seat next to her. "But it's a really good step in the right direction. In fact, I was thinking we should keep a scribe to note down all those opinions so that we could improve the presentation even further."
[19:28] <Kotono> "We erred on the side of being direct," Claris agrees as he eats his breakfast. "In all truth, it may win the undecides, but the true loyalists aren't going to be budged. At least the openly militant ones have nearly ran their course."
[19:29] <Kotono> Smiling as she takes a few small tears of bread, "I heard there were quiet problems with partisans on occasion?"
01[19:30] <Seira> "It was never really going to erode the loyalists, but it might make them quieter and less effective if their arguments could be countered by everyone," Seira notes.
[19:31] <Kotono> "They whisper it's lies and propaganda. But yes, there were partisan problems but they're fading. There's no evidence of Malmuth supporting them that we've found, which is a blessing unto itself."
01[19:32] <Seira> "They probably don't want to give us another barony," Seira states rather bluntly. "That aside!" She turns towards Amaryl. "I don't believe you've ever been formally introduced, right?"
[19:33] <Kotono> Rising up, "Dawnbringer, I am Amaryl Gaial, of House Gaial," she makes a delicate curtesy, "I'm honored to meet you."
[19:34] <Kotono> Claris smiles, "Claris, govenor of the Barony of Valandia," He nods back to her, "That's enough formality."
01[19:35] <Seira> "Yes," Seira agrees. "Claris is a really great priest. He kicks much evil ass."
[19:38] <Kotono> "That's...a way of putting it. Though I punish paperworks and governing more now," As he eats a bit of buttered bread, "How has your end of things been, Seira?"
01[19:39] <Seira> "Pretty horrible. Thus my vacation." Seira frowns. "Although that's not quite right, either. I was going to go on vacation anyway."
[19:43] <Kotono> "I've heard murmurings here and there about problems with outsiders and devils. Nothing concrete...I don't get all that much gossip from Balmuria." With a certain wry amusement as he eats, "At least not about those matters."
01[19:44] <Seira> "If you really want to stay up to date on the gossip, I could arrange it," Seira offers. "If you mean you're actually not getting informed on our moves, then that's pretty horrible and you can be damn sure I'll arrange for a change in policy."
[19:46] <Kotono> "It's fine." Claris shakes his head, "Between my duties here and Valandia, I hardly hav etime to invest myself in Balmuria's going ons. But do go on if you wish."
01[19:47] <Seira> "Since some of our actions must affect Valandia, I'll work on this once I return," Seira promises. "Hell, we're even informing our allies! It's downright uncivil to keep a governor on our Malmuthian border in the dark."
[19:51] <Kotono> With an ever so slight smile, "If you're bend on it, a few quiet word to my aides would be most effective, I think. They're admirably dedicated to their duty, to the point of being cloying in certain matters, such as this."
06[19:56] * Seira blinks. "They're fat?"
[19:57] <Kotono> Claris simply blinks at that. "What?"
01[19:57] <Seira> "Cloying, you said?"
[19:58] <Kotono> "Nevermind," Claris shakes his head. "So you're going to vacation? Where are you going?"
01[19:59] <Seira> "Malmuth," Seira responds with a glance at Amaryl. "We're sorta going in disguise. What do you think? Is it a good disguise?"
[20:04] <Kotono> "Good enough. Can you adjust it in case someone makes a connection or gets lucky?" Pushing away his cleaned plate now, "Even if Queen Tant is friendly, I doubt all of Malmuth will be."
01[20:05] <Seira> "Do we need papers to go there? Legally, I mean?"
[20:06] <Kotono> "No. I can arrainge for an easier border crossing, though. You shouldn't have any problems with that."
[20:06] <Kotono> As Amaryl nibbles on bread, "I-I have a question about this," she murmurs.
06[20:07] * Seira pauses as she's about to thank Claris. "What is it?" she asks, giving Amaryl her attention.
[20:09] <Kotono> "I heard all about how humans are too barbaric to unite as one race. Well, in my studies as a child, that is." Putting aside the little nibbles of bread, "You two talk about it like it's accepted and normal in your eyes. Borders, papers, wars...why? All of the humans I've met here or in Balmuria don't seem barbaric in word."
01[20:12] <Seira> "We have good rulers. Some of this is due to leading by example, some of that trickling down," Seira responds. "I'm not really sure why it's barbaric to have borders. It's the same thing as how our baronies are banded together under a single banner, but are pretty autonomous in most things, just on a bigger scale."
06[20:14] * Seira considers the situation in Pallanth, which might be easier for Amaryl to understand, before adding, "You have land, right? Lots of it? And you respect Sir Ambrose, agreeing with him on many things. But does it mean you would hand over your land to him if he asked?"
[20:17] <Kotono> "No, but he's not the King. I understand the point, still," Smiling a little to Seira, "I think I do."
06[20:19] * Seira smiles back. "It's just one answer! I bet others would have their own. Maybe we could ask as we travel?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "That would be fun to find out," Amaryl smiles right back, thinking. "I'd love to find out."
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Skip ahead?
01[20:26] <Seira> OOC: Sure
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: How far ahead do you wanan go?
01[20:30] <Seira> OOC: We would like to go with some caravan to the nearest Malmuthian town, so until something happens. Something doesn't have to mean combat, either.
03[20:38] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
Session Close: Mon Feb 09 20:38:52 2009
Session Start: Mon Feb 09 20:38:52 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
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03[20:39] * Topic is 'Seira>Demedais>Albert Kesse>Alicia>Celebrimbor>Antenora>Allt he rabble'
03[20:39] * Set by Kolunch on Sun Jan 25 20:49:59
03[20:39] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
03[20:39] * taisick is now known as tai-cls-woomphwoomphwoomph
[20:44] <Kotono> The trip to the Malmuthian border is without incident. The countryside is quiet and normal enough in the cooling fall breeze. Without much in the way of the ocean to moderate it, it feels chillier down here, winds from the northeast bringing light shivers. Nonetheless you travel on. The caravan you go with is pretty unremarkable - a bunch of traders stationed in Valandia, who go as far as Purinn to Arad depending on how business takes them. The
[20:44] <Kotono> who go as far as Purinn to Arad depending on how business takes them. They're not much for talking, though. (More)
[20:48] <Kotono> On the third night travelling, as the caravan breaks for the night, "Seira," Amaryl slides close to her, "I think some game would compliment the trail rations tonight, don't you think so?"
06[20:50] * Seira freezes. "Well... yes," she agrees with a wince. "Umm. Remember how I'm bad with letters and stuff? I'm also kinda bad with games like that, so you'll have to teach me."
[20:54] <Kotono> "You don't know how to hunt?" Amaryl blinks. "Oh, well, I suppose it's easy when you can just magic up food."
01[20:58] <Seira> "Oh!" Seira exclaims. "That sort of game!" She looks abashed. "And actually, no, I don't really know how to do that, either. I'm pretty horrible at the whole survivalist deal. Hence me always traveling with a group or a guide?"
[21:00] <Kotono> "What did you think I meant, then?"A maryl blushes at that, "But..um...I can teach you! You know how to shoot a bow and have a lot of experience fighting, don't you?"
01[21:02] <Seira> "I'm out of practice but I don't have to keep on practicing to put an arrow through game," Seira confirms, nodding. "And I was thinking... you know, games? Campfire stories? Ghost stories? Dancing, maybe?" She looks uncomfortable. "See, I read about this stuff! But I never got to do it. I don't know how normal people travel and keep entertained."
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[21:11] <Kotono> "Maybe after we have dinner?" Amaryl suggests, "That's what bards are for, but maybe we can wing it?"
01[21:12] <Seira> "I can fake being a bard," Seira agrees. "I spend enough time around one and everything."
[21:18] <Kotono> "Really? Can you sing?" Amaryl asks, blushing a little, "Can you?"
01[21:20] <Seira> "I'm somewhat proud of my voice," Seira confides in her. "But it feels like people in my position aren't expected to do that, so I don't, usually."
[21:21] <Kotono> Taking Seira's hand as he cheeks color darkly in the fading sunlight, "Why don't you sing as we go out to find some game, then?"
06[21:28] * Seira can't help but think it incredibly cute, and finds her resistance crumbling. "Well, alright," she concedes, ducking her head. "An elven song is alright, isn't it?" Without waiting for an answer, Seira begins singing the lyrics to Whisper of a Flower.
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Make a performance(singing) check?
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: I'm fine with 10 for 20? I rarely go out of my way on skills.
[21:31] <Kotono> As you walk into the fading day, Seira's song fills the air! Amaryl listens ot it and by the end claps. "Oh, that's good," she says, "You have a good voice, Seira! You should've become a bard!"
01[21:33] <Seira> "It's really the song, not me," Seira responds. "It's melancholic, but strangely uplifting at the same time. And it's quiet, but without lulling you to sleep. Something about it draws you out."
[21:37] <Kotono> "I really liked it. Do you know any others like that?" As dusk falls on the plains, Amaryl's eyes are sweeping about.
05[21:39] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Seira invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:39] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-68-88-203.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[21:39] * Seira sets mode: +v Hatbot
01[21:39] <Seira> "I know all sorts, but I've only ever really sang children's songs before, so it might not be the same without some practice," Seira admits. "I do know of a song with a more powerful impact! It feels like it drives you onwards-- I think that without the accompanying music it won't really be the same, but there's only one way to find out."
01[21:39] <Seira> And no better time to do that than now!
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 3d6
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d6 and gets 15." [3d6=6, 4, 5]
[21:44] <Kotono> This time Seira hits it way out of the park! She sings like she's never sung before! Amaryl stops and listens, her scanning for possible prey coming to an abrupt stop! "Oh...oh..."
01[21:46] <Seira> "It's, well, it's about a chance meeting turning into destiny," Seira starts to babble as soon as the song fades away. "And gazing, and letting go if I have to, but really wanting to hold someone with both hands, and a loneliness otherwise, and about dreams...."
[21:48] <Kotono> "Oh..." Amaryl's eyes sparkle as she stares right ahead at Seira. "That was so gorgeous...I..."
01[21:51] <Seira> "You're the inspiration," Seira blurts out. "Because it was for you."
[21:52] <Kotono> Glomp. Seira finds Amaryl hugging her tightly, wordless but pressed against her.
01[21:56] <Seira> That means she liked it, Seira thinks, but finds herself at a loss for words. Maybe singing more often would be a good idea.
[21:59] <Kotono> She stays this way for a little while, before turning fire red and breaking away. "Oh! I nearly forgot about hunting!"
01[21:59] <Seira> "It was worth it," Seira voices.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Yes..." Blushing hotter again, "That song was so...so...Seira." Taking a moment, "Do you know any romantic songs at all?"
01[22:06] <Seira> "Not from start to finish," Seira says regretfully. "I mean. Not something bards would call a romantic ballad. I know a few verses here and there. But I could learn, if you'd like."
[22:08] <Kotono> "That would be...good." Her blush turns hotter, and abruptly Amaryl turns away. "Yes...yes...but let's fine some game a-already?"
01[22:09] <Seira> "Let's," Seira agrees, drawing her bow. "It's your show from here, Amaryl," she says warmly.
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC - Spot checks both of you then?
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[22:15] <Kotono> Seira has no luck, but after about ten minutes Amaryl stops. "Shhh, there's a few rabbits low onthe ground, about 70 feet away," she whispers, "A pair or three of them would suffice."
06[22:17] * Seira has no problems whatsoever with following Amaryl's lead, waiting for her to point them out clearly and prepare herself. Surely, her eyes would not fail her then!
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Move silent checks, both of you?
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[22:32] <Kotono> The two creep forward with ease, a clutch of four rabbits within sight! Amaryl carefully draws her bow! "Ready?"
01[22:33] <Seira> Her bow already drawn, all that's left is for Seira to notch an arrow and give Amaryl a cocky grin and a nod.
[22:42] <Kotono> "On three...one...two...three!" Amaryl quickly fires an arrow that splits into two!
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=4, 3]
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 whee~
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 whee~ and gets 25." [1d20=9]
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d8+1+5d6 splat
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1+5d6 splat and gets 24." [1d8=7][5d6=4, 3, 2, 1, 6]
[22:45] <Kotono> Two rabibts are impaled by arrows! Both are slain instantly, the other twor unning off. "That should be enough," Amaryl murmurs, and then, "See? It's simple enough. Rabbits are a small target but if you catch them by surprise they're easy prey."
06[22:46] * Seira nods. "I would've just used magic on them, which is overkill. This was more fun!"
[22:47] <Kotono> Hurrying over, "I practiced on rabbits when I was training." Going to check thet wo over, "They're good practice."
06[22:48] * Seira catches up at a more sedate pace, stowing the bow away. "Did you have to practice on your own, or you managed to find some help?"
[22:53] <Kotono> "I found some help," Kneeling as she starts to work the rabbits, "I was able to get some and spend plenty of time with him...Sir Ambrose helped me." A faint pause here, Amaryl looking down at them. "It worked out okay."
01[22:55] <Seira> Ambrose seemed like a pretty okay guy but Seira can't help but hate him a little. "You know how you can have two conflicting emotions at the same time?" Seira says, kneeling by Amaryl to help out however she can. "I'm really happy for you, but I'm also pretty jealous. The worst part is that it's not really rational at all, too, and I know it."
[23:04] <Kotono> "Really?" Amaryl blinks there, "...oh, you mean...?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "He's pretty great all around, and you spend most of your time with him," Seira says with a shrug. "You know? That's really the worst part. I sometimes wish I had some reason to dislike him!"
[23:11] <Kotono> "Oh." AMaryl turns really bright, "Seira, I...don't worry about Sir Ambrose, alright? I mean, just....Well...I'm here with you. I don't want to go back to Pallanth anytime soon. Let's not worry about any of that."
01[23:16] <Seira> "I'm running out of things to worry about," Seira grumbles good-naturedly. "Okay. I just. There are things, not a lot of things, but there are things I lack confidence in. That's all. But the longer I'm with you, the less I let them bother me." She throws her hands up in annoyance. "Oh, I must be explaining it badly!"
[16:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "He's pretty great all around, and you spend most of your time with him," Seira says with a shrug. "You know? That's really the worst part. I sometimes wish I had some reason to dislike him!"
[16:03] <Kotono> > "Oh." AMaryl turns really bright, "Seira, I...don't worry about Sir Ambrose, alright? I mean, just....Well...I'm here with you. I don't want to go back to Pallanth anytime soon. Let's not worry about any of that."
[16:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "I'm running out of things to worry about," Seira grumbles good-naturedly. "Okay. I just. There are things, not a lot of things, but there are things I lack confidence in. That's all. But the longer I'm with you, the less I let them bother me." She throws her hands up in annoyance. "Oh, I must be explaining it badly!"
[16:04] <Kotono> "A-a little," Still colored q uite red, "L-let's just take these back to camp now? I'm getting hungry."
01[16:08] <Seira> "A camp is good," Seira agrees, accepting the change of topic. It's the best she can do until she can find the right words to express herself, anyway. "So how is it so far, just traveling like that?"
[16:09] <Kotono> "My feet hurt," Amaryl gathers up the rabbits, "All the walking and riding leaves me sore." Making a face at that, "I didn't imagine that part at all."
01[16:10] <Seira> "I can help with that!" Seira offers. "Even without magic! This happens to be one of my skills."
[16:12] <Kotono> "Can you?" As you start to walk back into the dawning night, "I'm getting blisters on my feet."
06[16:15] * Seira grins. "Sure! That's a promise."
[16:27] <Kotono> Thus the night and then the next day continues on. Soon the Malmuthian border is passed without incident, the caravan being waved through without any overt difficulties. Once you pass through, Amaryl lingers towards Seira. "You wanted to visit the first town past the border, didn'tyou?"
01[16:29] <Seira> "See the mood, check if there's anything they need, learn more about what's going on in the rest of the country," Seira agrees. "These things always take time, unless you take unethical shortcuts, since you can't just show up in Queen Tant's throne room and demand to know what plagues her country."
[16:31] <Kotono> "I heard there was one a few hours from here. The caravan master said it's called Perseph. Shall we," Starting to continue along, "We'll make it there by noon hopefully."
06[16:33] * Seira nods. "I've never been there, so it sounds perfect. I do hope they treat random visitors better than they did me last time I was in Malmuth, though."
[16:34] <Kotono> "Really? What happened?" As you travel under the cloudy sky, a chilly wind gusting in from the northeast, Amaryl shivers.
03[16:36] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
06[16:37] * Seira comes a bit closer, sharing her cloak with Amaryl. "I came across two soldiers who were extremely rude, and I was... in a really bad state. They were lucky that I kept my cool, and the sad part is that they did not even realize it until I've left.
01[16:37] <Seira> I really hope my troops aren't like that when I'm out of earshot, all filled with anger to the point it blinds them to their duties and the best interests of their country."
[16:42] <Kotono> Huddling into the cloak for warmth, "Did you do anything to anger them, or was it because of the war?"
01[16:43] <Seira> "The war, really," Seira says, frowning, "but it seems the anger was there even before it. It's funny, how I came to represent the secession of the Baronies from the Empire, even though I was nowhere near the human lands at that time."
[16:48] <Kotono> "Maybe you're just covinent, being a big symbol of the Baronies in the last war?" Amaryl hazards, "It's not really fair."
01[16:50] <Seira> "Better me than someone else, then," Seira says with a shrug. "But just for a while, I'm taking a vacation from that me."
[16:51] <Kotono> With that, the two continue on! Perseph is a moderately sized village clustered around a small lake and hill. Trade roads connect to it, caravans passing through on the way to Purinn or perhaps taking the long way towards Tauret. The buildings are sturdy ones, many of them looking older.
01[16:54] <Seira> Purinn, Tauret... Seira doesn't really have a preference for their next destination, and decides to just see where the road takes them. "We could try to find an inn and listen to all sorts of exciting rumors before staying for the night," she offers. "Sounds good?"
[16:55] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl agrees to that. Your travels take you to a well kept - if run down anyway - inn called the Silver Foolsmith. OOC - Do you want to try to seek out info with RP or roll a gather info check, Seira?
01[16:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 this time
06[16:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 this time and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[16:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 trying to aid
06[16:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 trying to aid and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[17:04] <Kotono> Seira finds out the following:
[17:05] <Kotono> Armas the leatherworker died last week in a drowning accident in the lake. Services were today and the entire town is still reflecting on the misfortune. (More)
[17:07] <Kotono> The town is becoming prosperous lately. Being near the new border and the changes it engenders means more traffic passes through this town. A few new merchant shops are looking to open within a few weeks. (More)
[17:10] <Kotono> Jerek One-Eye recently came into a considerable sum of gold as a result of finding a large cache of treasure. An old adventurer who's lingered around Purinn and Malmuth for ten years, he's looking to settle down in this town. This ties in really well to the prosperity thing, adding even more money into the town as he has a dream house/fortress constructed a few miles away. (More)
[17:12] <Kotono> A few townspeople wish and reflect that the rest of Malmuth - one says ALL of Malmuth, with a dirty look northward - was doing so well. Queen Tant's been consolidating power and slowly starting to pare back the military because of all the expenses. (More)
[17:14] <Kotono> The latest rumor from Purinn says that Queen Tant's doing as huffle of town and city govenors and military generals. Less charitable folks say it's a purge, but only in soft whispers.
01[17:16] <Seira> "Purinn it is, then," Seira tells Amaryl quietly in their room at the end of a day spent listening in and chatting up people for the latest news from Malmuth. "Where there's a purge, there are lots of disgruntled people plotting to rebel and all that nasty stuff. I don't know if we could be there at the right time, but we'll certainly be going to the right place."
[17:23] <Kotono> Amaryl lies in the bed, her armor, bow and arrows put carefully down ont he floor. She lies in a soft green tunic and long skirt, eyes half closed. "Purge is such an ugly word. We would never do it like that in Pallanth." After a pause to yawn, "It reminded me of the Council. No one really agrees with each other, but the Queen does what she wants after listening to them. Except, it's being played out over an entire country instead of over a few
[17:23] <Kotono> played out over an entire country instead of over a few scions."
01[17:26] <Seira> "We don't really have purges, either," Seira agrees. For her part, she's by the window staring outside, her cloak keeping her warm. Once in a while, her gaze travels over to Amaryl.
01[17:26] <Seira> "But there's no sense in sugarcoating the truth, here. Sometimes, bad people seize power. Corrupt people. And they become so entrenched they are a phenomenon the rulers have to deal with, and no longer just a bad seed or two."
[17:33] <Kotono> "Human kingdoms are so strange at times." Amaryl marvels, "How can someone become entrenched in such a short period of time. Even a long serving human would not go more than thirty years, and that would be a rare one?"
01[17:33] <Seira> "Easily. Think in terms of dynasties."
[18:09] <Kotono> "Mmm." Amaryl isn't noisy for a little bit as she considers that. "You mean that corruption begets more corruption?"
01[18:12] <Seira> "The children of the corrupt, raised in that atmosphere and never knowing any better? Witnessing first hand how genuine reform is punished?" She closes the window, making her way to the bed to sit upon it. "It's all too easy to see how this might happen."
[18:12] <Kotono> Craning her neck to look to Seira as she does, "Oh?"
01[18:15] <Seira> "Most of us have role models," Seira elaborates. "But not all role models are good ones, and children are very impressionable."
[18:16] <Kotono> "So you blame it on customs and parents?"
03[18:19] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@pix050-144.pix.wmich.edu) has joined #dunes
01[18:22] <Seira> "Teachers. Older siblings. When everyone around you is like that, pretty soon...." Seira pauses. "Power has a lure as well, and unless your upbringing teaches you proper values it would be pretty easy to just give in."
[18:27] <Kotono> "Mmmmm. I wonder..is that why I have so many teachers and so many lessons?" Amaryl ponders.
01[18:29] <Seira> "It's probably because you're really, really rich," Seira tells her with an amused smile. "But it might account for the quality of your teachers!"
03[18:30] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[18:38] <Kotono> Smiling at that a little, "I suppose it might...say Seira. You've never talked about how you grew up. There was the business with Filetta and SAul, but...what was your childhood like?"
03[18:47] * Sierra_Dreaming is now known as Devourlord_Sierra
01[18:48] <Seira> "What little I can remember was okay, with Dad teaching me little things. A bit of magic, a few tricks like that? Nothing fancy." She settles more comfortably on the bed. "Then he was tricked by Irenes and I was shuffled off to this boarding school, sort of. Once Filetta took over and stole Dad's cash, life got pretty damn bad and eventually I ran off to look for Dad."
06[18:48] * Seira frowns. "It was pretty upsetting to learn that he didn't have a real reason to not check in on me."
[18:54] <Kotono> "From all I know, your Dad seems to care about you. Why didn't he checkin on you, then?" Turning so she can easily look to Seira, "In the first place I mean."
01[18:59] <Seira> "Oversight?" Seira sighs. "The smartest of people can make the stupidest mistakes. He claimed he didn't want to get me involved in danger, and I get that. I would try to keep you safe from the worst parts, too, but cutting someone you love off like that? It feels wrong. Maybe... maybe Mom's death affected him a lot, and he didn't know how to deal with me?"
[19:06] <Kotono> "Maybe." Amaryl considers that, "Maybe he did just make a mistake. Sorry."
01[19:10] <Seira> "You... really don't have anything to apologize for, believe me." Seira shakes her head. "And that school wasn't too bad. I even had friends! Though only one stayed that once I didn't have money anymore."
[19:11] <Kotono> "She's a true friend?" Amaryl smiles a little there, "And you're fabously rich now, too."
01[19:14] <Seira> "I'm pretty rich now, yes," Seira agrees with a little smile of her own. "And she's a good friend, yes. But I didn't hear back from her despite writing, so I'm a bit worried. Maybe it's because I'm bad at writing letters?"
[19:16] <Kotono> "Say...where does she live?" Amaryl asks.
01[19:19] <Seira> "Elfsander. Maybe we could stop by for a brief visit later?" Seira offers.
[19:24] <Kotono> "We can go check on her." Amaryl agrees with a smile, on ethat splits into a yawn. "Tired...traveling leaves me wanting to sleep like a log."
01[19:29] <Seira> "There's that," Seira agrees. "Hey, if you'd like, I could conjure up comfortable cabins for us to rest in for the rest of our trip."
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. You're going to be travelling towards Purinn?
01[19:35] <Seira> OOC: I was thinking it might be fun to talk to that Jerek guy, but after that, pretty much. Does this work?
[19:36] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[19:39] <Kotono> The next morning you go hunt around. A few miles out of town a large stone fortress and house combination is being build. Workers lug heavy stones into place and polish them, the start of a home in progress. Overseeing them is a man with grey-white hair, arms crossed and wearing well worn leather armor. "Yeah?" He asks with a glance back as Seira and Amaryl approach.
06[19:44] * Seira checks whether this man has only one eye!
[19:44] <Kotono> He indeed only has one eye! He has an eyepatch over his left eye and a wicked scar running down from his hairline to the top of his neck.
01[19:46] <Seira> "I hope you don't mind," Seira tells him, smiling pleasantly. "We've been passing through Perseph and heard that an admirable adventurer decided to settle here, and it seemed like a good idea to pay our respects."
[19:47] <Kotono> "You two in the business? You look it," Eyeing both of them intently, "Only way two women travel alone like this is if they can take care of themselves."
01[19:49] <Seira> "You could say that!" Seira agrees. "So are we in the way? If not, it would be nice to hear a story or two!"
[19:52] <Kotono> "Eh, why not?" He looks the two over, "Jerek One-Eye. Lost it at the hands of a really pissed off troll." Sticking his hand out to Seira, "You two are?"
01[19:56] <Seira> "Trolls are nasty," Seira agrees with a sympathetic wince. Losing an eye leads to bad thoughts, and she hurriedly introduces herself as she takes his hand. "Seira and Amaryl! We're traveling to Purinn together."
[19:58] <Kotono> "Seira, eh?" Taking the hand and shaking it with a firm grip, "Far from Balmuria, aren't you?"
01[20:00] <Seira> "Can never be too far with teleport," she responds. "Maybe I should introduce myself under an assumed name, since I'm on vacation. Am I really the only Seira in the world?" She glances at Amaryl. "It never seemed like that unique a name."
[20:04] <Kotono> "Yeah. Lotta people I know wouldn't spit on you to put you out if you were on fire." With a cracked smile, "Well, you're famous around here. When at raveller named Seira is mentioned, you were the first thing I thought of."
06[20:06] * Seira frowns. "I'm actually fireproof, but that's not a nice thing to hear. I like Malmuth, at that, so it's pretty sad."
[20:07] <Kotono> "Yeah, well..." He rubs his face, "Ah hell, I'm not up to talkinga bout this without something to drink. C'mon, tents are on the other side. We'll sit downa dn talk there." Starting to walk, "Your last name isn't Gaial, is it?" he asks Amaryl.
01[20:08] <Seira> "Assumed names, or the vacation won't get anywhere," Seira mutters.
[20:10] <Kotono> "...yes." Amaryl blushes hotly, "You know about us? I've gotten the impression most humans don't."
[20:11] <Kotono> "I survived this long because I made a point of knowing as much as I could," You go around the construction site. IN back are several tents, large and spaciously spread out on the plains. Going into one, you find a bed and table there, as well as af ew casks in the back.
01[20:12] <Seira> "I got the impression most elves didn't," Seira says in surprise, opting to stand as she looks around the tent. "Judging by Celebrimbor, anyway."
[20:14] <Kotono> It's pretty plain, though a few sets of clothes are also about. "It's good ale, if that's good enough for a hero and a noble elf." Tapping one of the casks and pouring a glass, "Either of you want?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees, extending a hand.
[20:18] <Kotono> "I'm alright," Amaryl demurs, as two mugs are poured. Going to sit down at the table, "But yeah. You got the people who hate you because you killed King Ferdi, then you got the people who hate you because you and your Baronies tore Valandia away as war booty. Oh,a nd there are those that hate anything from the Baronies for breaking away from the first place.
[20:18] <Kotono> "
01[20:22] <Seira> "It was not just spoils of war," Seira says, accepting the mug. "Before all else, it was designed to send a message to the Olburts of the world. He sent what amounted to demands for our surrender even as the rightful monarch, Queen Tant, was demanding his." Seira snorts, trying the ale.
01[20:22] <Seira> "It was a bad idea, and we got a buffer zone in case of another surprise attack as a result. I suppose it is a bit complicated to just spread around as the official version, though."
[20:29] <Kotono> It's pretty goods tuff, though very mild. "I'd say it was a good idea. You won, you made sure they'll have a harder time of it next time around." Drinking his own, "Just that you're on the Empire's shit list now, no matter how many soothing noises Queen Tant makes."
01[20:30] <Seira> "So you know all sorts of things, right?" Seira says. "How is the Queen, really? I've never got a chance to meet her, since emergencies kept on popping up, but maybe I will have the chance on this trip. Is she one of those who'd rather set me on fire and watch me burn, too?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "Nah. She's pretty even keeled from what I've heard. Talked to a few people who have met her. Really doesn't like Ferdi and wants to pull things back together. She's also smart as a whip."
01[20:33] <Seira> "I suppose she didn't like him having purges through his own family, yeah," Seira mutters, drinking more of the ale. "Unpleasant business, that. Still. Even though we're not here in any official capacity and all that, if there's anything we could do for the Malmuthians while just passing through...."
[20:35] <Kotono> "Suit yourselves. You're right, don't go blathering your identity to every and anyone. Some peasants might not get it, but anyone smart enough to be dangerous will. There are some people in Malmuth who would be happy to see your head on a pike, Seira." Drinking down more ale, "Which would be a shame for the both of you, you're both young and pretty."
01[20:36] <Seira> "They will find that to be very difficult and leading to tears," Seira says with confidence. "I've recently acquired a vengeful streak and an almost paranoid caution against ambushes." She glances at Amaryl again. "Say, you look like an Amy to me. What do you think?"
[20:51] <Kotono> With a faint blush and smile, "Amy? That would be acceptable."
01[20:52] <Seira> "You can name me if you'd like!"
[20:57] <Kotono> After a few moments of thought, "I have two ideas. Xerandalla or Sarah."
01[20:58] <Seira> "An easy choice. Xer-something or other it is!"
[21:00] <Kotono> "Xerandalla," Amaryl smiles, "It's such a pretty name!"
06[21:01] * Seira doesn't want to admit she was kidding, in case Amaryl is actually serious. "On second thought, I've never heard a human called like that, which is bad for my disguise. I will have to reluctantly settle for Sarah."
[20:23] <Kotono> > After a few moments of thought, "I have two ideas. Xerandalla or Sarah."
[20:23] <Kotono> <Seira> "An easy choice. Xer-something or other it is!"
[20:23] <Kotono> > "Xerandalla," Amaryl smiles, "It's such a pretty name!"
[20:23] <Kotono> * Seira doesn't want to admit she was kidding, in case Amaryl is actually serious. "On second thought, I've never heard a human called like that, which is bad for my disguise. I will have to reluctantly settle for Sarah."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Oh. Well...Sarah isn't bad, either," Amaryl says at last.
06[20:27] * Seira avoids wincing by a truly heroic effort. "I could use that other name when we go visit some other plane?" she offers.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Oh, that would be nice," Amaryl smiles then a little.
01[20:34] <Seira> Doesn't she know that names like that belong to evil people, Seira wonders briefly, before dismissing the thought, having dodged that problem for the time being. "So that takes care of our disguise, pretty much," she muses. "And if we're going to get back to the subject of sharing some tales, would you mind if I asked you just what exactly is being told about us in these parts?"
[20:36] <Kotono> "Eh," Jerek shrugs, "You mean the gossip about the dangerous and deadly Seira of the Crimson Guard?"
01[20:37] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees with a shrug of her own. "I like to check it from time to time. It's quite amusing!"
03[20:37] * taiphoon is now known as taiclsarrrrrrgh
[20:38] <Kotono> "Most of it in Malmuth isn't so nice. You got away with putting a sword into Ferdi's guts and helped break away Valandia. You're talked about as both a conquerer and a monster in these parts. Oh, some listen to Queen Tant about peace and all, but..."
01[20:39] <Seira> "And Amaryl?"
[20:40] <Kotono> "Not much. The elves get some nasty comments on occasion, but any bad will is towards what they did, or maybe the opportunistic King Lorthan." Answering that after drinking down deeper, "The Elven Council isn't well known to casual gossips here."
06[20:43] * Seira is somewhat confused, but decides not to press it. "Ah," she says, before changing the subject.
01[20:44] <Seira> "And if we revisit the topic of Queen Tant, again, what would be the best way to secure an audience with her?" Seira asks. "If there is a loyal, trustworthy servant of hers that I could contact towards that goal, it would probably go much more smoothly than the alternative."
[20:47] <Kotono> "Dunno. I haven't been to Malmuth much since the transition of power. I might be able to direct you to someone in Malmuth who would know, though."
06[20:48] * Seira smiles. "That would be great. Any recommendations to visit nice places in Malmuth would also be well-appreciated!"
[20:52] <Kotono> "I'll be glad to...but you know how it goes. I need a favor." Looking to the two, "It should be a really simple matter for someone as powerful and charismatic as you, anyway."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Depends on the favor, of course," Seira responds, not particularly bothered, as she waits for him to elaborate.
[20:56] <Kotono> "There's a woodworker in Perseph by the name of Drenan. I'm having a long argument with him for how much he'll charge for a special table I'm having him make. I want to get him down to 500 gold, but he won't go past 750. It's a lot of work and material, but I know it's not worth that much."
06[20:57] * Seira blinks. "Sure. We can, uhh, go and talk to him sternly." She glances at Amaryl to see if she minds the brief detour.
[20:58] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles and shrugs.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Just get him off his high horse. The money's not that important, it's the moral of it."
06[20:59] * Seira laughs. "Waukeen knows I've done my share of pointless deeds just to teach people a vital life lesson. Alright, you've got yourself a deal."
[21:03] <Kotono> Sticking his hand out to shake, "G'luck. Just tell him you're here on my behalf to get in to talk to him if he's busy."
06[21:04] * Seira accepts it, still amused. "We'll be back, then."
[21:08] <Kotono> As you walk out and away, Amaryl looks to Seira. "...how it goes? What did that mean?"
01[21:10] <Seira> "Jerek thought that what I was asking for was in the area of a favor, since we're pretty much strangers who share a profession at most," she tells Amaryl without missing a beat, looking back at her. "Therefore, it was well within his right to ask us for a favor of the same caliber.
01[21:10] <Seira> Personally, I like the way this works, since it allows two parties to lay the foundation for a successful, profitable working relationship in the future."
[21:11] <Kotono> "I understand that...oh, I see." Nodding as you travel back out, "You scratch his itch, he scratches yours?"
06[21:13] * Seira laughs. "Yes, except for the actual scratching part. That kind of favor is a bit too intimate, don't you think?"
[21:15] <Kotono> "Ah!" Amaryl blushes, "I-i-i didn't m-mean...!"
06[21:17] * Seira laughs anew. "I know," she admits, wiping off a stray tear out of the corner of her eye. "I was being selfish and wanted to your you blush prettily. Forgive me?"
[21:22] <Kotono> "Seiraaa!" Protesting as she blushes hotter, "You're really making me blush now!" Indeed, her cheeks are like freshly set spring fires.
06[21:23] * Seira would feel guilty if she didn't enjoy herself immensely. "Mission accomplished?" she suggests teasingly.
[21:29] <Kotono> Thus the two continue on! Casting Heroism safely, Seira finds the shop in question. It's a big one story building at the edge of town, sprawling out with lots of space. There's several piles of wood stacked on the sides of the woodwooker's shop.
06[21:30] * Seira peeks inside to see if Drenan is in!
[21:32] <Kotono> Inside you find two young men hefting a large cabinet of wood out towards the door. "Hey, move!" one calls to Seira as she looks in. "Taking this outside!
[21:32] <Kotono> "
01[21:33] <Seira> "I'm looking for Drenan!" Seira calls over to them, moving out of the way obligingly, and then stepping away from the route she estimates the wooden cabinet would be taken through.
[21:36] <Kotono> Once they're past, "He's in the back. Call for him from the front room," one grunts, still taking the time to give the two women an eye. A smile starts on his face, "Tell you what. HEY BOSS! CUSTOMERS!" he bellows.
06[21:38] * Seira raises an eyebrow, otherwise content to wait and see what this loud yelling might accomplish.
[21:41] <Kotono> After a few moments, a middle aged man in a tanned leather apron comes out. Wood chips and shards cling to his boots, callused hands with a few small cuts here and there. "Drenan," he nods to them. "What can I do for you, travelers?"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira smiles pleasantly. "We're actually friends of Jerek's, and he told us all about a special table of exceptional craftsmanship he commissioned from you. Could we impose on you just long enough to see the masterpiece for ourselves?"
[21:46] <Kotono> Wiping his forehead with his forearm, "Yeah, sure, I guess. What's that old codger doing sending cute girls like you here, though?"
06[21:50] * Seira giggles. "Oh, it just seemed like it would be a fun trip! Right, Amy?"
[21:54] <Kotono> "Oh yes, Sarah!" Amaryl blushes lightly as she giggles back. "It's just about having fun!"
06[21:59] * Seira smiles at her briefly.
[21:59] <Kotono> "Whatever suits you." With an easy shrug, "C'mon this way." Drenan invites.
01[21:59] <Seira> Taking Amaryl's hand, Seira is quick to follow!
[19:07] <Kotono> > After a few moments, a middle aged man in a tanned leather apron comes out. Wood chips and shards cling to his boots, callused hands with a few small cuts here and there. "Drenan," he nods to them. "What can I do for you, travelers?"
[19:07] <Kotono> <Seira> "Hi!" Seira smiles pleasantly. "We're actually friends of Jerek's, and he told us all about a special table of exceptional craftsmanship he commissioned from you. Could we impose on you just long enough to see the masterpiece for ourselves?"
[19:07] <Kotono> > Wiping his forehead with his forearm, "Yeah, sure, I guess. What's that old codger doing sending cute girls like you here, though?"
[19:07] <Kotono> * Seira giggles. "Oh, it just seemed like it would be a fun trip! Right, Amy?"
[19:07] <Kotono> > "Oh yes, Sarah!" Amaryl blushes lightly as she giggles back. "It's just about having fun!"
[19:07] <Kotono> * Seira smiles at her briefly.
[19:07] <Kotono> > "Whatever suits you." With an easy shrug, "C'mon this way." Drenan invites.
[19:07] <Kotono> <Seira> Taking Amaryl's hand, Seira is quick to follow!
[19:08] <Kotono> Once inside, the two women are taken to the back. Here a finished table lies. It is carved with the images of a falcon, a panther, a shocker lizard, a harpy, a dragon and a stereotyped demon or devil. It's made of a light wood, polished and shiny. "It's a piece of work, isn't it?"
01[19:12] <Seira> "Shocker lizards." Seira pouts. "Evil little things." She steps around the table in an attempt to briefly appraise it. Bullying craftsmen is one thing, but she prefers it when they actually deserve it.
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[19:17] <Kotono> "Isn't it a beauty, though?" Drenan crosses his arms, "It's worth every bit of gold and sweat and wood I put into it.
[19:17] <Kotono> "
01[19:18] <Seira> "Why devils instead of angels?" Seira asks curiously, nodding at Drenan's appraisal.
[19:22] <Kotono> "I don't know. I just did the commission." Drenan says. "You'd have to ask Stubborn One-Eye."
01[19:27] <Seira> "I probably will," Seira agrees. "Stubborn, though? Jerek is always so pleasant and agreeable when he talks to us."
[19:30] <Kotono> "He's a stubborn son of a b-of a sword." Coughing there, "We've been arguing over the final price."
01[19:31] <Seira> "Awkward," Seira says sympathetically. "Didn't you agree on one ahead of time? You did mention it's a commission, after all."
[19:33] <Kotono> "We did, but it's since degenerated somewhat in principal." Scowling now, "So the table's sitting here."
01[19:36] <Seira> "Hey, I could buy it!" Seira offers with a smile. "What was the original price?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "A thousand. He's been trying to get it down to 500."
01[19:44] <Seira> "That's not very nice," Seira muses. "I certainly never heard that from him. Did Jerek give an actual reason besides... well, not wanting to pay the full amount?"
[19:49] <Kotono> "He threw around some crap about relative prices and how much it should be worth. But if you want to buy it..." Giving Seira a looking eye, "I could go as low as 800 to such a lovely lass as yourself."
01[19:53] <Seira> "It's a shame, but I don't have that kind of cash," Seira says with regret that isn't even feigned.
[19:55] <Kotono> "Ah well. Pity. Unless..." Looking Seira and Amaryl over, "ARe the two of you adventurers, by chance?"
01[19:56] <Seira> "That's how we know Jerek, actually," Seira agrees. "But it doesn't mean we carry hundreds in gold around, sadly, you know?"
[20:00] <Kotono> "Well...there is something I need done," Rubbing his chin thoughtfully now, "Maybe if you two do it for me I'll give you the table as a reward."
01[20:03] <Seira> "How about it?" Seira asks Amaryl, quite amused by this turn of events.
[20:04] <Kotono> "Why not?" With a half smile, and in a much lower voice, "Are we fetch servants now? This is the second time this has happened in an hour."
01[20:05] <Seira> "We're enjoying the randomness of life," Seira whispers back, smiling herself. To Drenan, she says, "So what's got you down? How could a pair of adventurers help you out?"
[20:10] <Kotono> "Well...several days to the west the Galkass mountains. There's a little grove of a unique tree I use for special projects there. It's a bit dangerous thanks to natural hazards, so I can't just send anyone and I haven't had time to go harvest some wood lately."
01[20:14] <Seira> "Shocker lizards," Seira says dourly. "Are you looking for wood from any particular tree, or any spot that you have in mind? Or is it more that general area?"
[20:20] <Kotono> "Okay, see...you have to travel to the edge of the mountains straight west, then find a small stream that's mostly stopped up by a big green, moss covered boulder. You go northwest of that for an hour and find a cave. Pass through that and you'll come into a small valley with the grove."
06[20:22] * Seira listens, mentally taking notes, and nods at the appropriate times.
[20:23] <Kotono> "That's not so hard at all. If it's just some lizards, it shouldn't be any problem," Amaryl smiles winsomely.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Lizards are dangerous," Seira says with a wince. "Alright, though. How much wood would you need?"
[20:29] <Kotono> "Take one tree's worth, that should be enough." A nod to that.
06[20:33] * Seira takes out an empty scroll and quickly notes down the terms of Drenan's agreement with the lovely two adventurers visiting him, accurately summarizing the deal. "When a written contract exists," she says, presenting it to the shopkeep, "people don't waste time jumping through hoops to avoid it later. Isn't that better?"
[20:43] <Kotono> "Sure," He reads it over and nods, "Wood in exchange for the table."
[20:43] <Kotono> OOVC - Gah.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Sure," He reads it over and nods, "Wood in exchange for the table." On finishing a slow reading scan of it, "No objections to it." He goes and gets a n inkpot and pen, signing it.
06[20:46] * Seira pockets the signed contract with another smile. "Then we'd best be on our way. Have a nice day!"
[20:47] <Kotono> Once you're outside, Amaryl stretches back. "I still feel like a page, but...it's rather fun. Go off into the unknown and brave danger to retreive an exotic good?"
01[20:54] <Seira> "And you never know what could happen!" Seira agrees. "Plus, there is a very key difference. We're choosing to do this, unlike pages who pretty much have to accept the task as part of their job. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Someone has to do it." Looking up, "Maybe we can start in the morning with the trip? My feet are still sore. Seira, can we take the rest of the day off and rest in an inn? I'd love a bath right about now."
06[21:00] * Seira was about to suggest she teleport them over to their destination, but Amaryl's offer easily beats shocker lizards. "It's not even a contest," she mutters, and nods solemnly. "If that is the sacrifice we must make, I am willing to do so."
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Skip a long a bit then?
01[21:07] <Seira> OOC: Sure
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: I have secure shelter, so we'll stay in cabins throughout!
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Link me in #elysium to tha treal quick? Just need to scan it.
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 80." [1d100=80]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100+20
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+20 and gets 81." [1d100=61]
[21:18] <Kotono> The trip begins uneventful. Each day the two travel long, resting each night in a secure shelter. This forms a comfortable pattern after a few days, the plains alternating with magical protections. On the fourth day, about halfway between noon and duskfall, you see dust on the southeastern horizon. At this distance and flat ground, it's easy to detect that something's coming for you. From the dust it's kicking up, it's likely mounted riders.
[21:18] <Kotono> From the dust it's kicking up, it's likely mounted riders.
01[21:20] <Seira> "We'll have a difficult time of getting away if the riders are coming after us," Seira notes, "except for the use of the teleport ring. And I figure we could always use it in a pinch, later on. Let's prepare and see what these people want?"
[21:21] <Kotono> "Right," Amaryl takes a breath and checks over her bow. "Do you think they'll be friendly? They aren't human bandits, are they?"
01[21:24] <Seira> Heroism is cast without waiting for the riders to get any closer, although shield and draconic might would wait until later, to avoid being wasteful.
01[21:24] <Seira> "No idea, I'm afraid. We haven't heard any reports of bandits in these parts, but it's certainly possible." She tilts her head. "The way I see it, if these are bandits, it is a good thing they have decided to come after us, since we would make sure they won't have a chance to pray on helpless travelers ever again."
[21:34] <Kotono> As they gt closer, Amaryl peers ahead! OOC - Both of you make spot checks?
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:37] <Kotono> Seira can see it's ten riders and horses. Scruffy men in light armor and with bows, arrows and longswords. Amaryl takes a step back, "Seira, they have weapons and they're ready to use them..." she says worriedly.
01[21:41] <Seira> "We're good," Seira assures her, putting a hand on Amaryl's shoulder as she turns halfway towards her to address her. And if that conceals her casting, that's just another bonus. "I have just the spell in mind. And one for you as well, just in case."
01[21:41] <Seira> Unlike her previous plan, Seira casts Draconic Might on Amaryl as a precaution, before giving the other girl a wink. "We won't attack first. We don't need to."
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 15." [1d10=5]
[21:48] <Kotono> As Amaryl's eyes go wide, "The power..." she whispers! Meanwhile the riders come closer! They're within 200 feet now! Seira can see that some of them indeed have bows and arrows readied! OOC - Goa head and react, yout wo?
01[21:51] <Seira> "You're a dragon, now!" Seira tells Amaryl, giving her a thumbs up, before turning to face the riders exuding confidence. "Hey there!" she calls over to them, waving. "What's the hurry?" And if the answer is not to her liking, well, those men are not the only ones who are ready, and her summoning spell would do a lot more harm to them than a few arrows to her, even should those find their marks.
[21:58] <Kotono> No reply! The nasty men are readying their bows and advancing! One does take the time to bark back, "Surrender or die!"
[22:03] <Kotono> The men wear generally mismatching armors and clothes. They don't fly any banner of note that SEira can see.
01[22:03] <Seira> "Hey, that's a good one!" Seira agrees, raising her hand to the skies, palm up, as midnight-black tentacles rise out of the very ground the riders are passing, ensnaring the helpless archers and the speaker. "How about mine? Surrender or be violated!"
01[22:03] <Seira> OOC: 20ft radius, let's grapple~
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, we'll say you get five of them with it. Roll grapples.
01[22:07] <Seira> OOC: Cool. I'm favoring the archers
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+21
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+21 and gets 129." [5#1d20+21 = 22, 24, 26, 29, 28]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 5#1d20+6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5#1d20+6 and gets 89." [5#1d20+6 = 20, 20, 11, 17, 21]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+21
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+21 and gets 164." [5#1d20+21 = 34, 37, 37, 22, 34]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 5#1d20+9
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5#1d20+9 and gets 98." [5#1d20+9 = 11, 20, 16, 22, 29]
[22:11] <Kotono> The five riders find themselves pinned down, horses and all, utterly held by the black tentacles! With a scream, the other five riders promptly wheel and retreat! "It' sa fucking mage! RETREAAAAT!"
01[22:13] <Seira> "Hey, no fair running away!" Seira calls after them angrily. She gestures at the nearest escapee. "Let's shoot him and get the rest to surrender!"
[22:15] <Kotono> "Why? They're running away...no need to hurt one now," Amaryl says.
01[22:18] <Seira> Giving chase, Seira cuts off their escapse, conjuring up a wall of shifting darkness ahead of the riders remaining free, its very appearance inspiring fear within the mind of the common man! "Surrender at once, or the next attack is a lethal one!" she demands forcefully. "Immolation is a bad way to go!"
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 will saves
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 will saves and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 will saves
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 will saves
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 will saves
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 will saves
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 will saves and gets 8." [1d20=5]
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 will saves and gets 14." [1d20=11]
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 will saves and gets 5." [1d20=2]
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 will saves and gets 18." [1d20=15]
[22:24] <Kotono> The other five horseriders stop cold at the wall of gloom! One of them screams in utter terror, while another turns back! "S-spare us!"
01[22:26] <Seira> "Throw your weapons away, dismount, lie on the ground!" Seira commands, intending on dismissing the spell holding the archers captive once the others have complied with her orders. "Follow my orders, and earn your lives back."
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: Make an intimidation check? +6 circumstancial bonus.
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+32
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 and gets 43." [1d20=11]
03[22:27] * Sierra_DEAD is now known as Cidward
[22:28] <Kotono> This happens with remarkable speed! Weapons are thrown down, horses abandoned as they lie on the ground, "Don't send our souls to the Abyss," one man blubbers. "Have mercy on us, magus!"
06[22:30] * Seira waves Amaryl over once all ten of the men have surrendered and disarmed themselves. "You," she calls over to the one who demanded their surrender. "When I greeted you, the response I got was surrender or die. Explain what you meant by that to me, if you will. I am looking in truth, not pointless groveling."
[22:32] <Kotono> The man looks up, a week's worth of beard scraping against the ground. "You..." he gulps, "Looked like easy marks alone."
01[22:33] <Seira> "Well, that's clearly wrong," Seira states calmly. "What if we were, though, easy marks as you've suggested? What was to be our fate?"
[22:35] <Kotono> With a gulp, "Well...." He shivers all over, "Unmarked grave."
[22:36] <Kotono> Amaryl hangs back, her bow readied just in case.
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+7 let's practice sense motive
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 let's practice sense motive and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 19." [1d20=15]
01[22:38] <Seira> "I suppose that makes us lucky," Seira muses. "I've seen worse fates planned by bandits for innocent travelers. Now, then, would you mind enlightening Amy here as to what those of you not caught by my first spell would have done, if allowed to retreat in peace?"
[22:39] <Kotono> Shivering, "W-we'd have shot you full of arrows and taken anything valuable." Looking to 'Amy', "S-sorry."
06[22:41] * Seira snorts. "I was thinking they would have preyed on other travelers less capable of defending themselves, not learning anything from this encounter," she muses out loud. "Turns out they've learnt even less." Seira glances at Amaryl. "Still, do you understand why I thought it was important to stop them in the here and now?"
[22:44] <Kotono> "I do," Amaryl nods very slowly, "What are we going to do with them, then?"
01[22:47] <Seira> "We're going to get this tree, right? Well, I figure our new friends would be happy to carry it back. Maybe we could even get several. As bandits go, they are actually rather nice, what with not intending to rape us to death." Seira begins the process of tying up her prisoners's arms behind their backs, as well as binding their ankles securely.
01[22:47] <Seira> "We'll sadly have to frogmarch them to our destination, but I don't think they would complain since it's legal to just execute them on the spot for what they tried to pull." This may well be false for Malmuth, but Seira doubts any of the dimwitted bandits is a barrister.
03[22:48] * Cidward is now known as Sierra_Blugh
[22:50] <Kotono> "No objection," Amaryl smiles a bit, "They can make our trip back a lot less bothersome. Do we have enough food to feed them, though?"
01[22:51] <Seira> "They had to have enough for a day or two, unless--" Seira pauses, and looks down at the talkative bandit once more. "Are there more of you? Or do you have... what do you call it, a secret lair?"
[22:51] <Kotono> With a slight sigh, "We have a lair with plenty of food."
01[22:53] <Seira> "Neat! Is it far? We're already taking a detour, we could do this. Oh, and Amy, darling, think you could get their horses to come along? No sense in just abandoning them in the middle of nowhere like that."
[18:53] <Kotono> > "No objection," Amaryl smiles a bit, "They can make our trip back a lot less bothersome. Do we have enough food to feed them, though?"
[18:53] <Kotono> <Seira> "They had to have enough for a day or two, unless--" Seira pauses, and looks down at the talkative bandit once more. "Are there more of you? Or do you have... what do you call it, a secret lair?"
[18:53] <Kotono> > With a slight sigh, "We have a lair with plenty of food."
[18:53] <Kotono> <Seira> "Neat! Is it far? We're already taking a detour, we could do this. Oh, and Amy, darling, think you could get their horses to come along? No sense in just abandoning them in the middle of nowhere like that."
03[18:57] * taihover is now known as Demedais
[18:57] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl - Amy rounds up the horses in the meantime. Once that's done, bringing them over, "To that lair then? That's so exciting, it's like a storybook when the heroes defeat the horrible unwashed human bandits!"
06[19:01] * Seira laughs. "Isn't it? Yes, the lair it is!" The horrible, unwashed bandits will get tied on to another, which should make their escape even less likely.
[19:02] <Kotono> OOC: So you're gonna bind 'em all up and have them lead you back to their lair?
01[19:02] <Seira> OOC: Yep
[19:03] <Kotono> OOC: Make a use rope check?
01[19:03] <Seira> OOC: They're already tied individually, and sure
03[19:05] * Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
03[19:06] * Kotono sets mode: +v Kobot
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: "You can take the ten or roll, whichever floats your boat now.
01[19:06] <Seira> OOC: 10's fine
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[19:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[19:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{8}
[19:09] <Kotono> The bandits march along largely without incident. A few struggle on occasion, but not much comes of it. You are lead to a dilapidated farmstead about ten miles away, tucked away in the open plains. To the old farmstead several creaky wooden shacks have been attached.
01[19:11] <Seira> "Any of your friends here?" Seira asks cheerfully.
[19:13] <Kotono> "Two wounded," One of the men answers. "They're in the main farmstead, first floor. One's got a bum leg and can't run, other's probably asleep."
06[19:15] * Seira nods. "Amy, want to watch this crowd while I get those two?"
[19:15] <Kotono> 'Amy' looks to them, "Okay, Se-Sarah." She has her bow at the ready, "Careful in case they turned into a devious trap to catch us."
01[19:16] <Seira> "Sure thing! As my own piece of advice, I offer this! It's okay to shoot bad people. As long as it's not in the head, I could patch them up later."
[19:17] <Kotono> "Or in the heart?" Keeping her gaze on them and swallowing, "Okay, Sarah. Got it."
01[19:17] <Seira> "Aim for the groin, then?" Seira offers with an amused snort, heading inside.
[19:21] <Kotono> "Aaaah!" A few of the bound men whimper aloud as Seira heads in! The old front room of the house is a wreck now, broken furniture and an intact but filthy couch noted. On the couch lies a man with bandages all over his elevated left leg. Lying against a dirty wooden wall is another bandit, this one with bandages wrapped around his head. He snores softly.
06[19:25] * Seira draws her silvered backup weapon, and taps the slumbering bandit on the head with the hilt lightly. "Hello!" she announces to the two. "I'm here to dispense justice! Please don't resist and bleed all over my nice boots!"
[19:25] <Kotono> "Ugh...fuck," the couch bound one grunts, unmoving. "Caught and I can't even fucking run or defend myself." The snoring ones tirs, blinking and rubbing his eyes. "The hell?"
01[19:27] <Seira> "Hello, Mister Unwashed Bandit," Seira greets him. "We've caught all your little friends, and now we've decided to collect the set! Please don't resist," she repeats. "It would end in tears."
[19:27] <Kotono> He gropes around, finding nothing useful like a weapon. Looking up at Seira's silvered sword, he sighs. "SHIT! Don't stab me, you got us."
01[19:28] <Seira> "Smart bandits, my favorite kind!" Seira pauses briefly, and peers down at him. "Well, actually, wealthy bandits are my favorite kind, but don't tell Amy. Is there a remote chance you bandits are wealthy, what with your ill-gotten gains and such?"
[19:33] <Kotono> Even as his eyes clear, "Will it do anything for me if I tell you where the loot is," the sleepy one asks quickly.
01[19:35] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees. "Your fate will be better than that of the others, if I have any say in it." She shrugs. "I'd wager I have plenty of say in it."
[19:36] <Kotono> "Second floor, master bedroom. Panels under the bed are fake." he says quickly, "That's where the good stuff is."
01[19:38] <Seira> "Nice!" Her mood even better than it had been, Seira uses this chance to tie the remaining two bandits up before ensuring they really don't have anything useful as a weapon nearby, and searching the house.
01[19:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 search traps on the master bedroom
[19:38] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+19 search traps on the master bedroom --> [ 1d20=14 ]{33}
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 search said bedroom
[19:39] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+19 search said bedroom --> [ 1d20=16 ]{35}
[19:40] <Kotono> They don't, really. Searching the bedroom, you find it's not trapped. Under a few false panels is a few bags of gold coins, small gemstones, and bits of jewelry. It's highly mismatched and assorted.
06[19:43] * Seira returns to Amaryl, pretty pleased with her findings. "So I'm thinking," she says, "that we'll get our friends to carry their wounded buddies along, get our tree -- or trees -- and head back. Unless you want to see what a bandit's hideout looks like? Excellent chance for that, if so!"
[19:51] <Kotono> "I'll pass. The smell's nasueating from here." Waving a hand in front of her face, "Why don't bandits bathe more regularly?"
01[19:54] <Seira> "It's an image thing. Hard to present yourself as menacing if your nails are perfectely tended to, and if you bath in scented water," Seira responds with a shrug. "Anyway, let's get going once these guys have grabbed the other two."
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+9 sure
[19:58] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+9 sure --> [ 1d20=5 ]{14}
[20:11] <Kotono> "They haven't dealt in politics then," Amaryl cracks a hesitant smile, as the bandits have themselves in order. With that, the party continues towards the mountains! OOC: Skip along?
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: Sure!
[20:16] <Kotono> With these many trailers, travel slows down a bit. Still, days pass and you come closer to your destination. But one early morning, just after an hour's travel, youc ome to the edge of the mountains. The plains become rocky, the Galkass Mountains starting to infringe on the horizon.
01[20:19] <Seira> "Change of scenery!" Seira cheers, before asking Amaryl in a more quiet voice, "You're wearing the amulet, right?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "Yes," Amaryl whispers right back, "I've been wearing it"
01[20:25] <Seira> "Underestimating swarms of the nasty lizards that live here is always a bad idea," Seira tells her. "Alright. Might as well proceed. We're pretty close, I think."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Are we going to go alone and leave them? Our band of men isn't so merry, surely." A look back to them can show that the bandits are holding upw ell enough, though they certainly don't look happy. Oh now.
01[20:29] <Seira> "We'll take them along," Seira decides. "Just keep an eye on them. We're taking them back to the authorities once we return, so I don't want to risk any of the bandits running away."
[20:29] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl checks over her bow again, "We're supposed to find a stream with a mossy boulder in it now, I think?"
01[20:31] <Seira> "Think so," Seira agrees. "Then, a cave which we'll need to pass through. Worst case, I'll just fly around to scout."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Right." Thus, the two continue on! Finding said stream isn't too hard, then traveling northwest isn't killer, either. The mountain starts to rise, a small path leading up to a cave. It's a fairly small cave entrance, but goes farhter on than Seira cna see - it may be small, but it's deep.
06[20:39] * Seira can see in the dark! "I'll go first," she offers. "Want to round up the bandits and follow them in?"
[20:48] <Kotono> Amaryl does just that as Seira heads in! The cave is dark and fairly narrow. Only about ten feet across, staying roughly that way for 200 feet. Here the passage widens out a bit and twists to a slightly more westerly course. OOC - Make a spot check, Seira?
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
[20:48] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{18}
01[20:51] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
[20:51] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d10+10 FL --> [ 1d10=6 ]{16}
01[20:52] <Seira> One Seira becomes several, before all of her double's hands ignite!
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
[20:52] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d4+4 --> [ 1d4=2 ]{6}
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Burning hands? What are you firing at, some of the lizards you glimpsed?
01[20:55] <Seira> OOC: Yes, was just waiting to see if it's my go
01[20:57] <Seira> The cone of fire would be a pathetic one compared to what Seira could truly command, but it should be enough to sear a few of the closer lizards and get the rest of them to back off while she, Amaryl and their prisoners cross the tunnel.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Rolld amage and goa head and resolve it.
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 5d4 FIRE
[22:25] <Kobot> Seira rolled 5d4 FIRE --> [ 5d4=12 ]{12}
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[22:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[22:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
[22:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{9}
[22:27] <Kotono> The fire hisses out into the tunnels as the lizards retreat! Three of them are badly burnt as they scurry away down them and out of sight! OOC - Go ahead and act for now.
01[22:28] <Seira> "Shoot a lizard if you see one," Seira calls back to Amaryl, proceeding at a quickened pace through the dark cave, her own eyes on the small tunnels to the sides.
[22:30] <Kotono> Amaryl does likewise! But the lizards seem to have given up the ghost! The party proceeds through a long passage about 600 feet long, sunlight at the end of it! Outside of it is a small valley, several tall, massive trees growing here. A few deer lie amid them, rabbits and birds about as well. There's a thin layer of grass, despite the relatively rocky ground.
06[22:32] * Seira eyes the trees, estimating how many she can get away with making the bandits carry in addition to already hauling their two wounded comrades along.
[22:33] <Kotono> A fair bit of it, certainly. The trees are rather big, though, so it's likely everyone would need to carry some unless you use alternate means. The prisoners look at the trees and the area, while Amaryl steps forward. "What huge trees! Beautiful."
01[22:35] <Seira> "It's a nice place," Seira agrees. "Would be a shame to take more than a couple."
[22:37] <Kotono> "He wanted just one, didn't he," Amaryl says, "It'll be a fair bit of work to cut it down and put it into pieces to carry."
01[22:39] <Seira> "Yeah, but it's a bit dangerous for a carpenter to travel through bandit and shocker lizard-infested land, so I figured I'd toss in a bit of service. Doesn't really cost us anything, does it?" She smiles. "And you could spend a bit more time here. One of the perks of adventuring!"
03[22:40] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[22:40] <Kotono> "That's true," With a pleasant smile, "Let's get to work then?"
01[22:44] <Seira> "I'll just let a few of our friends do the work," Seira muses. "It might not be very pleasant for them, still being tied at the ankles and all that, but that's certainly better than the alternative. I could watch them on my own, so if you want to look around, go ahead. Or you could just sit in the shade next to me. Whatever you prefer."
[22:45] <Kotono> "Let's sit. My feet are killing me," With a slight grimace, "All this walking is still giving me blisters."
01[22:49] <Seira> "We could ride on our way back? Going slowly enough to not push the bandits past their limits, it might even be pleasant," Seira offers, going to untie two of the bandits from the rest. "See that tree?" she asks them, pointing in the direction of the nearest one.
01[22:49] <Seira> "I need it cut down. But I don't need it so much I would hesitate setting it ablaze along with you two and the rest of your friends if you decide to get smart. Well, get stupid, really. Angering mages? Bad idea."
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: MAke another intimidation check? +5 bonus since these poor saps have been worked over and scared by the scary mage.
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
[22:50] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+29 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{37}
[22:52] <Kotono> The bandits gulp and sweat, quickly getting to work! As Amaryl and Seira settle into watch, the held men doing a frantic job of chopping down the tree, "This isn't quite what I expected. I mean, I thought bandits and magical beasts would be more dangerous."
06[22:54] * Seira repeats the same instructions with another pair of bandits, and a second tree away from the first, before rejoining Amaryl. "Well, they are, but I'll admit that being alert makes a lot of difference. So is being with a really great mage! And I'm sure nastier critters and people will come across our path soon enough!"
[22:55] <Kotono> "Mmm." Leaning against Seira and yawning, "I'm okay with this for now...let's learn slowly and carefully. Besides, I'm really tired."
06[22:56] * Seira puts her arm around Amaryl. "It's a really nice spot for a rest. Go ahead, if you're tired. I'll watch over you."
[22:59] <Kotono> Amaryl falls asleep quickly. Her breathing is very quiet and regular, a faint little exhale and inhale of breath lost over the sounds of woodchopping. With a TIMBER! the tree goes over, then the bandits get to chopping it up. As they do...OOC: Seira, make a spot check.
01[23:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
[23:00] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{17}
01[23:03] <Seira> Yawning herself, Seira uses her free hand to gesture at the cave, willing a fireball to explode within. Shocker lizards merely need reinforcement from time to time, that's all.
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 10d6 SP FIRE~
[23:03] <Kobot> Seira rolled 10d6 SP FIRE~ --> [ 10d6=33 ]{33}
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 25#1d20+5 this isn't really relevant
[23:04] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 25#1d20+5 this isn't really relevant --> [ 1d20=13 ]{18}, [ 1d20=7 ]{12}, [ 1d20=10 ]{15}, [ 1d20=12 ]{17}, [ 1d20=11 ]{16}, [ 1d20=6 ]{11}, [ 1d20=1 ]{6}, [ 1d20=12 ]{17}, [ 1d20=16 ]{21}, [ 1d20=5 ]{10}, [ 1d20=10 ]{15}, [ 1d20=15 ]{20}, [ 1d20=1 ]{6}, [ 1d20=11 ]{16}, [ 1d20=17 ]{22}, [ 1d20=6 ]{11}, [ 1d20=8 ]{13}, [ 1d20=12 ]{17}, [ 1d20=20 ]{25}, [ 1d20=13 ]{18}, [ 1d20=7 ]{12}, [ 1d20=6 ]{11}, [ 1d20=2 ]{7}, [ 1d20=9 ]{14},
[23:05] <Kotono> A flash of fire explodes inside of the cave! The scent of burnt lizard wafts out and a bit of black smoke follows! Amaryl doesn't stir, though the bandits stare and gape! The electric sparks seen in the cave seem to fall back again, out of sight.
06[23:06] * Seira presses her index finger to her lips to indicate to the bandits that they should stay silent. Or else, naturally.
[23:10] <Kotono> The bandits shiver and shudder and go back to work! Soon the wood is chopped upa nd put on the horses, the work done! Amaryl is still asleep on Seira's side. Nos ign of more shocker lizards, either.
06[23:13] * Seira leaves the less restricted bandits to tend to the loaded horses, and picks Amaryl quietly, trying not to wake her, gesturing for the bandits to proceed outside. She's certainly had plenty of time to study the area, and they can always visit it alone later on.
[23:17] <Kotono> Amaryl's still out. She's snoozing away very peacefully. Loading up the horses, the bandits and wood are ready to go on Seira's leave.
06[23:18] * Seira indicates for them to proceed. She still has plenty of fire and other options to deal with any lizards, should they show up, and that gets the majority of her attention. At least until they've left through the cave.
[23:19] <Kotono> OOC: Carrying her on foot or on a horse?
01[23:19] <Seira> OOC: On foot for now.
[23:23] <Kotono> Going back into the cave, you find many a charred shocker lizard corpse on the ground. The stench of cooked meat is in the air, fried scales blasted about. No sign of your electric friends at all...
06[23:24] * Seira shrugs lightly. Perhaps they've learnt their lesson for now. All that's left is to get out of the cave to not tempt the little fiends.
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100+9
[23:25] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+9 --> [ 1d100=93 ]{102}
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: MAke a listen check?
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
[23:28] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{20}
[23:29] <Kotono> Seira and company have traveled about halway down the shocker lizard tunnel infested part of the caverns. 300 feet down, 300 to go.
06[23:31] * Seira gestures for the bandits to pick up speed, watching out for any traces of electricity or movement and ready to teleport away in case of an attack.
[23:32] <Kotono> 200 feet! Still nothing! 150 feet! Nothing! But Seira can hear the sounds in the wall, growing ever louder! It's note ven easy to miss now - a steady, stone scratching, rapid fire sound. The bandits look about, "The damned hell, more of those stupid lizards?"
06[23:34] * Seira scowls, shifting Amaryl slightly to summon an opaque wall of darkness to cover the left wall. Even should the critters come out into the open, that should hopefully cut their numbers down in half.
[23:35] <Kotono> "Mmm...Seira?" Amaryl stirs at that shifting, as a Wall of Gloom appears! "What's going on...are we in the cave again?"
01[23:36] <Seira> "Unfortunately," Seira agrees, proceeding onwards. With the wall's appearance, she can focus more on the right, as well as glance behind her and upwards from time to time. "They're really stupid, and it stings when they swarm you, but we're almost out."
[23:39] <Kotono> 100 feet! The sound from the left wall goes quieter, as the right wall picks up noise! "Can we do that to the other wall?" Amaryl asks.
01[23:42] <Seira> "Not that effectively," Seira responds, though she reaches into her pocket for a copper coin. "I'll toss a globe of darkness at the lizards to disorient them, if I have to."
[23:43] <Kotono> "Right!" 50 feet! At this point, the tunnels start to glow electric blue! You can hear a crackling electric sound from within!
[23:44] <Kotono> *The right side tunnels.
[23:47] <Kotono> The bandits are just about out of the tunnels.
[23:48] <Kotono> *the shocker lizard tunnel part of the caves. Bleh.
06[23:48] * Seira waits for the bandits to fully leave! She can't teleport away before that happens, and when it comes to that, Seira believes in her chances. Not so much that she passes on a chance to imbue Amaryl with draconic might again.
[23:55] <Kotono> OOC: Not moving, just casting?
01[23:55] <Seira> OOC: I can do both!
[23:59] <Kotono> 20 feet away! As Amaryl is filled with Seira's dragon might, the tunnels on the right glow bright blue! The smell of ozone is drifting out of the tunnels!
Session Time: Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 2009
06[00:00] * Seira can travel faster than usual at certain times, and this seems like one such time. Given the alternative is being electrocuted, she picks up speed, intent on putting this tunnel behind her!
[00:01] <Kotono> Seira and Amaryl race out of the tunnel! As they escape, af ew moments later it is filled with lightning! The tunnels burst out with massive bursts of electricity, careening out and turning the corridor behind you into a deathtrap! But you're past it, safe and sound!
01[00:02] <Seira> "Nasty things," Seira remarks, looking back, and then down at Amaryl. "Comfortable?"
[00:04] <Kotono> Amarly looks behind her, "....I...I'm very glad we didn't try and stay behind," she manages.
01[00:06] <Seira> "I could probably avoid it," Seira muses, sending a fireball into the tunnel, specifically towards the wall uncovered by her shadowy spell. "Now you believe me that they're dangerous in swarms, right?"
01[00:06] <Seira> roll 10d6 burn~
[00:06] <Kobot> Seira rolled 10d6 burn~ --> [ 10d6=39 ]{39}
[00:09] <Kotono> A burst of fire hits as the lightning rain ends it's course! Afterwards, the tunnel is dark and quiet again. The walls are burnt, with cooked lizards on the far end where the grove is found.
06[00:10] * Seira shrugs, and makes way towards the bandits. "Well, let's get back, then."
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[00:11] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=45 ]{45}
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100-10
[00:11] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100-10 --> [ 1d100=11 ]{1}
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100-10
[00:11] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100-10 --> [ 1d100=51 ]{41}
[00:12] <Kotono> The trip back is about a week but it's completely without incident. Perseph awaits you one afternoon, the bandits following along with you, quietly in line by Seira's mystic force.
06[00:13] * Seira decides to head to Jerek's home. The settled down adventurer should know where to find the local authorities, and might even turn the bandits in himself for her, if she asks really nicely.
[00:18] <Kotono> Jerek's home is still being built. Jerek is there, casting a long eye on the lot of them as they approach. Crossing his arms, "Bandits from the looks of it. Bandits and wood, why now?"
01[00:20] <Seira> "Now's as good a time as any," Seira says. "In any case, you said you were willing to pay five hundred gold for that table?"
[00:22] <Kotono> "
[00:23] <Kotono> "That's right," Jerek eyes the motley lot of bandits, "That was what I wanted to pay that stubborn old mule."
06[00:24] * Seira nods. "If you're still interested, I'll happily accept that fee of five hundred and bring you your table now."
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > Jerek's home is still being built. Jerek is there, casting a long eye on the lot of them as they approach. Crossing his arms, "Bandits from the looks of it. Bandits and wood, why now?"
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Seira> "Now's as good a time as any," Seira says. "In any case, you said you were willing to pay five hundred gold for that table?"
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "That's right," Jerek eyes the motley lot of bandits, "That was what I wanted to pay that stubborn old mule."
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Seira nods. "If you're still interested, I'll happily accept that fee of five hundred and bring you your table now."
[19:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Yeah," Going back to his tent and coming back with a bag of heavy coins, "That should do it. We'll talk when you bring the table back."
01[19:24] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees. "Oh. A few bad people tried to attack us and kill us and bury us in a shallow, unmarked grave. They seem to be bandits. What should I do with them?"
[19:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "There's a garrison outpost in Perseph. Take them to it, they'll deal with the rest," he jerks a thumb back in the direction of town.
01[19:25] <Seira> Then that's where Seira will go!
[19:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The garrison outpost has a few Malmuthian soldiers standing guard outside of it. It's a stone building, sturdy and time weathered, with a sprawling side yard and stables. The soldiers on duty eye the group as they approach, "Troublemakers? Bringing them in for a bounty?" one of them asks, "About a dozen?"
01[19:28] <Seira> "Amy and I would appreciate one," Seira agrees. "Bandits. Chose the wrong people to attack. Won't be making that mistake again any time soon, eh?"
[19:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> A soldier runs off, bringing back several more of his friends. They go to the bandits, cataloguing them and checking them over. "Come back tomorrow for the bounty, once we figure out what these ones have done. Anything special to say about any of them?"
01[19:36] <Seira> "Yes, actually! One of them cooperated." Seira points out the bandit with the bandaged head. "He seems smarter than the rest. Why, he'll probably tell you everything about his buddies if you treat his sentencing better than you do with the others."
[19:36] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> There's some quiet, deadly looks thrown at the bandaged bandit by the others, while the guards drag them along. "Alright. Thanks...oh yes, and your names?"
[19:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl, staying quiet and listening for the majority of this, "Sarah and Amy."
06[19:38] * Seira nods at Amaryl's words. "Sarah, here."
[19:41] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Sarah and Amy. Right." Going off,t he guards and soldiers haul these bandits off into captivity! Once they're gone, "I can be thankful that nothing bad happened," Amaryl says with a hesitant smile. "I don't know if I would have done so well if I'd been alone. Your magic's so strong, Sarah."
01[19:43] <Seira> "My magic, your archery. I'm sure that if they decided to fight despite the odds, those bandits would have realized that every mage's reserves are finite and they just need to outlast them. That's where you would come in to turn the tide back in our favor!"
[19:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Y-yes..." A fierce blush comes to her at that, "L-let's go get the table?"
01[19:48] <Seira> "A table will be gotten," Seira agrees, leading the way!
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Getting table for trees goes without incident. On hauling it back to Jerek, his eyes light up. "Ah, you came through. Great, I figured you'd be a person of your word with all the fame you've gotten."
01[19:55] <Seira> "I believe in following though on deals," Seira agrees. "But even beyond that, if I can help and it doesn't take me too far out of my way, why not do it?"
[19:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Yeah, c'mon,"W ith a hearty nod at that, "Oen of you quit working and haul this table somewher einside," he bellows, as crafters come to his command. He leads Seira and Amaryl to his tent again, putting his feet up and drinking. Once comfortable, "Better than being a cut-purse who lies and runs. Had to deal with more than a few of those and they usually have sad, lonely ends. Anyway, you wanted information?"
01[20:00] <Seira> "Yes! But first, can I ask a question? Why demons and not angels?"
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[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "On the table? No real reason." As he drinks down, "I wanted something that looked impressive."
01[20:01] <Seira> "Fair enough."
[20:02] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl sits gently down on a chair, hands in her lap. "So you know most of Malmuth well?"
06[20:09] * Seira waits on Jerek's answer, curious to learn more.
[20:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I know these regions well, yes. I spent long enough travelling them," Drinking deeply, "I know a bit about Balmuria - I was in the area a few times in the rebellion, but I never got too invovled."
03[20:11] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[20:11] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
01[20:11] <Seira> "It's changed quite a bit since," Seira comments.
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It has. You've turned that backland into a real power. Never would've believed it myself." Drinking down further, "It was that then the desert. Before it all got bad, who cared? It was Malmuth's little backyard."
01[20:23] <Seira> "We have some very talented, very determined people working on making life better for everyone," Seira responds with a smile. "It is my hope that Balmuria, nowadays, is a place where anyone would want to live."
[20:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Must be." Raising his mug to that, "Which means you're gonna go muck around Malmuth and Purinn?"
01[20:26] <Seira> "Please don't misunderstand," Seira insists. "If I'd had any desires whatsoever of ruling Malmuth, I would have given it a try long ago. I'm just hoping the two of us could give Queen Tant the help she can't officially ask for."
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Aye. Hope that works out for you. So anyway, you wanted names and information to aid along on that?"
01[20:32] <Seira> "Pretty much!"
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "So you need to see someone in Malmuth proper that can get you in touch with someone who can get Queen Tant's attention. There's a woman who can help you: Mariweather of Faran. She runs a quiet boarding house in Malmuth called the Silver Apple. She'll help you along."
01[20:44] <Seira> "If I might ask, do you know of her by reputation, or is it a personal acquaintance?"
[20:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I know her. I did a few jobs for her back in the past. She's reliable if you say that Jerek sent you."
01[20:47] <Seira> "That's reassuring," Seira tells him. "What about Purinn? Is there anything you've heard about the trouble rumor suggests is taking place there? If we can't really find anything out, I might be tempted to just seek out Queen Tant through an intermediary first."
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Purinn's dealing with being the new Valandia," With his feat up and arms behind his head, "No matter how well you get along with your neighbor, your biggest city close to the border is gonna need fortifications and garrisons, just in case."
01[20:57] <Seira> "A healthy approach," Seira agrees. "But some of the incumbents didn't welcome a change to the status quo?"
[21:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You're not going to please eveyrone all the time." Another shrug there, "Things are upset and people are unhappy, or dealing with what they didn't have before. So essentially yes."
01[21:02] <Seira> Not wishing to decide on her own, Seira glances in Amaryl's direction. "So should we go to Purinn, as was our original plan, or try the capital first?" she asks her. "Both approaches have merit."
[21:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I want to see the capital," Amaryl says after bowing her head, "If you don't mind, Seira."
01[21:06] <Seira> "Whatever makes you happy, I'm going along with," Seira says with another smile. "I thought we've established that already. Why would I possibly mind?"
[21:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Well..." Casting her eyes down and coloring brightly, "I didn't want to take you from what you wanted to do here, either..."
01[21:09] <Seira> "I'm sure we'll get our chance," Seira reassures her.
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Then...let's go in the morning and start to travel?" Amarly says, "We hav ea ways to go."
01[21:15] <Seira> "If it's the capital, I can actually take us by teleport," Seira muses, standing up. "But it's sensible to rest in advance. Jerek, it's been nice meeting you!"
[21:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Ready to hop along now? GImme a few to do a quick note review on the capital if your'e TPing htere.
01[21:25] <Seira> OOC: Sure. I'll teleport to that same out of the way alley I used for when we went to get Claris.
[21:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The next morning Seira and Amaryl rise. On getting their gear together, "We need to stop by the garrison first for that bounty," she says, "Then we can teleport quietly to Malmuth?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "We can teleport more quietly if we use invisibility," Seira responds. "I'll try to get us over there without issue, anyhow. We'll just need to leave the town normally on the way to Purinn to avoid unnecessary suspicion."
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus the two go to the garrison! They're taken inside to a man with a sack of coins in front of him. This older soldier is missing a leg, sitting heavily in his chair. "Sarah and Amy? The bandits you got had caused enough trouble to get a bounty. Since you captured the entire band of them, and they're 20 gold a head, that's 240 gold. If you'd sign your names here?" Sliding a sheet of parchment towards Seira, "You'll get your payment."
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Seira, "You'll get your payment."
06[21:47] * Seira writes down her assumed name, using much of Elle's handwriting as basis.
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl does the same, writing Amy down. The bag is passed over, "Queen Tant thanks you for your service to the Empire," he says, "Safe travel."
01[21:50] <Seira> "Thanks! Did the smarter one cooperate?"
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "He is. It won't be settled right away, but he is,
[21:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "He is. It won't be settled right away, but he is." Leaning back, "Be couple of days before it's dealt with."
01[22:00] <Seira> That's all she promised, really. To put in a good word and help with his fate. Considering the matter closed, Seira nods and glances at Amaryl. "Ready to get going, Amy?"
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Right," Getting up and walking with Seira out of the garrison, "Lead on them, Sarah?"
01[22:08] <Seira> With a wave back at the soldier, Seira heads out of the garrison, intent on leaving town towards Purinn. Traveling for an hour's time should be enough to make sufficient distance from the town, before she could try to teleport into the capital.
01[22:11] <Seira> First, Seira imbues Amaryl with Heroism in case of a misdirected teleport into a battlefield, which seems to happen more often than one would think. Then, she makes the two of them invisible in quick succession, just to be on the safe side. And then, that alley beckons!
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d100
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01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[22:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The city is bright with morning. IT is a massive city and massive alle you appear in! Walls six times as tall as Seira loom about her, endless expanses of stone buildings looming! You can see a gate ahead, large enough to pass a dragon through! Malmuthian soldiers and a mass of citizens and travelers pass through it, coming and going along in a large throng.
01[22:22] <Seira> "I'll drop the spell when we have a good chance of stepping outside without being noticed," Seira whispers to Amaryl, studying the crowd outside. It would not do to head into the main street only to get separated by the throng of travelers.
[22:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The crowd is pretty busy, but slackens off and has slow parts once in awhile. AS Seira watches, "So much stone...so many humans. The city is as tall and vast as the forest1"
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01[22:35] <Seira> "It's pretty nice," Seira agrees. "A difference kind of nice than the Citadel, but still...." She shakes her head. "Anyway, just remember not to gawk too much at the people. That would probably fare badly for our disguises. Let's just enjoy a tour of the city for no-- I think there's a lull right now, so we could blend in if we hurry!"
[22:41] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Let's," Amaryl gulps and nods, following SEira's lead! The two go out into the city! OOC - Are you going to do anything in particular or just take in the sights of MAlmuth?
01[22:43] <Seira> Since it's pretty early in the day, Seira is content with just walking around seemingly aimlessly, much like travelers from the country might, but not so much so that she and Amaryl would be picked up by the soldiers for loitering or something equally unsavory. They would surely find a decent tavern to have lunch at, and see how things are.
[19:06] <Anastasia> <Seira> "It's pretty nice," Seira agrees. "A difference kind of nice than the Citadel, but still...." She shakes her head. "Anyway, just remember not to gawk too much at the people. That would probably fare badly for our disguises. Let's just enjoy a tour of the city for no-- I think there's a lull right now, so we could blend in if we hurry!"
[19:06] <Anastasia> > "Let's," Amaryl gulps and nods, following SEira's lead! The two go out into the city! OOC - Are you going to do anything in particular or just take in the sights of MAlmuth?
[19:06] <Anastasia> <Seira> Since it's pretty early in the day, Seira is content with just walking around seemingly aimlessly, much like travelers from the country might, but not so much so that she and Amaryl would be picked up by the soldiers for loitering or something equally unsavory. They would surely find a decent tavern to have lunch at, and see how things are.
[19:06] <Anastasia> Thus, the two take to wandering the city! Malmuth proper is warm today, not a cloud in the sky or hint of the coming winter. Malmuth proper is largely composed of stone on stone on stone and in vast quantities. The scale of the city is massive, yet with all the citizens, it barely seems like enough. People fill every niche and hole, coming and going in waves and throngs.
[19:06] <Anastasia> Malmuthian soldiers, clad in blue and with armor and weapons well kept, are about. They keep things moving, spread out and often standing out from the rest of the rabble. As the city folws under their watchful gazes. The city is sprawling on an oversized scale. A typical street can take up to ten minutes to walk. Street stalls are rare, everything taking place inside the stone buildings.
[19:06] <Anastasia> The first thing of note you pass is a park. It's well tended and kept, criss-crossed with paths. Statues stand just off the paths, many of them covered by small domes. They all seem to be of old Malmuthian rulers. You don't see one for Ferdi offhand.
[19:06] <Anastasia> You then wander into a vast building of stone. The entire interior is made of color glass, from tables to chairs to wall pieces to windows. People wander it, mostly traveling types or children with parents. Amaryl spends time staring and smiling at the glass, marveling. The main attraction is of a glass reproduction of a man being crowned Emperor. Emperor Malmuth the First, according to the plaque.
[19:06] <Anastasia> Moving on, the two pass through an inter-city gate, a gate dedicated to a long ago triumph. Sarah and Amy wander into a quiet restaurant. It's here that the two break for lunch, sitting in a tucked away courtyard and drinking sweet wines as you wait for you foot. Amaryl puts her feet on another chair, "It's so huge, Sarah. Everything here is sized like the forest."
01[19:10] <Seira> "The people here really love stone," Seira comments, resting her elbows on the table, while her head finds purchase on her arms in turn. "It felt a bit strange at first, but now, I think I'm getting used to it. And having a fire-proof city of this size is a good idea, probably."
[19:16] <Anastasia> "A stone city lasts a lot longer than wood, doesn't it? Well, deadwood, anyway." Closing her eyes as she leans her head back, "I think we saw enough people to man an entire army. It was sobering, I've never so many living beings before. So many, completely countless."
01[19:18] <Seira> "It was a first for me as well, to see so many in one place like that," Seira agrees. "Just maintaining the peace must be a daunting task at times."
[19:22] <Anastasia> "I'm surprised they had the attention to look outside of their borders. Then again..." Thoughtfully drinking down her wine, "Maybe we're lucky that we were able to get an easy out of that war. I'd heard about the hordes of Malmuth, but this...this makes it reality."
06[19:25] * Seira lowers her voice. "The lucky ones are these people," she tells Amaryl. "Because no matter how many people they threw at us, the result would have been the same. We couldn't exactly negotiate when they sought our dissolution at best. In the end... in the end, all of us might have been forced to do terrible things."
[19:28] <Anastasia> "What if they'd broken through Balmuria, though?" Amaryl lowers her voice, "If you couldn't stop Ferdi or...nevermind, that's horrible to think about. No. I won't."
01[19:31] <Seira> "I remember being really angry those days. Frustrated, to be more exact. The situation seemed to be like you described, and all those in leadership positions seemed like zealots or fanatics." Seira sighs. "And at my back were the civilians I was sworn to protect. I don't think I would have remained in my post past the war, but until it was over... I don't know.
01[19:31] <Seira> I think I would've fought until the moral of the common soldier on the enemy side finally broke."
[19:37] <Anastasia> "Thank everything that is that it never went that far," Amaryl takes Seira's hand into her own. "I can't imagine how many would have died."
01[19:40] <Seira> "We were lucky that the tide turned, that someone like Queen Tant was around to negotiate with," Seira agrees. "But I don't want to rely on luck anymore. I think it's better to become more active, and to make sure conflicts of that scale are prevented before they can even truly start. When we return, I hope to convince Lord Salman of that."
[19:43] <Anastasia> As you talk, Amaryl doesn't reply. A woman comes with your food, fresh deer and salad. It's put down before she saunters off. "I hope you do. Even at best, another war would devastate Valandia and Purinn."
06[19:46] * Seira smiles. "Thanks." She starts with the salad.
[19:47] <Anastasia> It's pretty fresh and good for a salad. "I think I see now why you need to be so strong. If it's not devils or monsters, it's countless soldiers and a catastrophic war."
01[19:48] <Seira> "And I'd like to advance Waukeen's cause in this world and others I travel to, while I'm at it," Seira adds, her smile widening. "My schedule is quite booked."
[19:54] <Anastasia> The meal goes without incident. Thereafter Seira and Amaryl go to hunt up Jerek's friend. You find the Silver Apple partially because it's secludedly obvious, standing out in the shadows. It's down several side streets, a four story building with wooden shutters and painted to have a silvery sheen. This catches the sunlight, making the entire thing earn it's name. A sign of a well painted apple hangs over the door, which is sunken into the g
[19:54] <Anastasia> well painted apple hangs over the door, which is sunken into the ground and reached by a few steps.
06[19:55] * Seira heads inside ahead of Amaryl, intending to secure a room for them to stay in, first of all.
[20:00] <Anastasia> Inside you find that a women in a silk dress waits just inside. "Good afternoon. You two are here early," she raises an eyebrow. "What can I do for the two of you?" The insides of this room are lush, silks and softness everywhere. A fire burns in af ireplace, incense and vanilla filling your noses. "
01[20:01] <Seira> "Early?" Seira asks curiously. "Why do you figure that?"
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[20:02] <Anastasia> The woman has blonde hair with af ew streaks of gray in it, tied back into a bun. Her nails are perfectly manicured. "We don't get most of our clients until the evening hours. You don't look like our normal clients...more like...adventurers. You look and smell like it, too."
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01[20:04] <Seira> "Hey, we took a bath last night," Seira grumbles. "That smell remark really makes me sad."
[20:05] <Anastasia> Amaryl colors really brightly red at that.
[20:05] <Anastasia> "Apologies. Now then, what are you here for," she continues.
01[20:08] <Seira> "First, a room," Seira announces, nodding at the apology. If only they weren't here on business, she'd tease Amaryl a bit, but it would really be counter-productive if this woman is Mariweather. "Let's make it two days, and see how it goes from there?"
[20:10] <Anastasia> With raising an eyebrow, "Well. Isn't that fascinating," With a droll smile as she nods, "20 gold for two days. Do you have any preferences about your service?"
01[20:12] <Seira> "Only an aversion to the cryptic and the vague," Seira responds, smiling back at her. "Wouldn't we first need to know about the available services before we could choose?"
[20:13] <Anastasia> With her own smile growing, "You don't know, do you? This is a pleasure house, girl. If you're merely looking for an inn room, you'd best come to another place."
[20:13] <Anastasia> Amaryl colors crimson, "Pleasure house. You mean...?!" A sputter follows this, "Seira, I thought this was just a boarding house!"
06[20:14] * Seira laughs. "It makes much more sense, now! Would you happen to be Mariweather?"
[20:14] <Anastasia> "The very same." She agrees to this, "I presume you have some manner of business for me?"
01[20:16] <Seira> "Oh yes," Seira agrees. "Jerek said that if we stopped by, you might be able to help us. He also said this was a boarding house. I bet he is laughing his ass off right now, that bastard."
[20:18] <Anastasia> "Oh yes. I thought it was something like that. I was going to have to charge you extra if it wasn't." Smiling smoothly now, "Come, sit down. Aribetha, come in here and bring us some refreshments." Raising her voice to call, "What did Jerek send you here for?"
[20:18] <Anastasia> Amaryl tries to speak a few times, but only blurbles of uncomposed words leak out.
06[20:19] * Seira loops her hand through Amaryl's, pulling her over to find a spot to sit down together. "Do you aprpeciate people who are direct? And sometimes blunt, but not really offensive in their own right?"
[20:21] <Anastasia> "There are times and places fo rit. In this sort of business, it's an asset. In my primary business, it's a liability." A pretty young teenage woman in a silken dress comes out, "Mother, guests," she comes, a tray of dainty, sweet finger foods and crystal clear purple wine presented.
[20:22] <Anastasia> "So since I presume this is my secondary business, be blunt, by all means. I don't expect subtlety from someone old Jerek sent anyway." Resting her hands into her lap now, a big gold and ruby ring standing out on her finger, "How is he doing? I heard he was going towards Purinn again last I saw him."
06[20:22] * Seira waves at Aribetha, smiling once more. "I suppose I could dance around this for a while. Diplomacy is not beyond me," she responds. "Jerek actually settled down in Perseph. Built a house there and everything."
[20:24] <Anastasia> "Hahahahah. I knew he was getting old, but I thought he was too stubborn to settle down." Taking a little sponge cake and nibbling on it, "Now then...Seira, was it? That's a fascinating name."
01[20:27] <Seira> "Isn't it? It's really a large part of the reason I think being straight and to the point would suit us both best, but the choice is, as always, the host's." Seira takes a similar cake, abstaining from the wine for now.
01[20:27] <Seira> "I wouldn't presume to deny you the pleasure of conversation about old friends, and I have quite a few travel stories to share. If you would prefer that option, then I must inform you that you heard it wrong. It's Sarah, which sounds a lot alike, I must admit, and surely was the reason for the confusion."
[20:28] <Anastasia> "OF course it was. My apologies, my ears aren't what they used to be. Age is something no one can outrun, sad as it is. So tell me about Jerek then." As Amaryl continues to not do much besides glow a merry red, your hostess focuses her gaze on SEira.
01[20:35] <Seira> "I wouldn't blame it on age," Seira responds, sounding reasonably honest. "Both you and your sister are still very young and beautiful. Jerek, then, was it? He's quite the amusing person. With all his wealth, he had decided to commission furniture suiting his new home, but refused to pay the full price once it was done.
01[20:35] <Seira> So he haggled and haggled for weeks over several hundred which must surely be small change for him. Not to mention that the table alone should be worth about as much as the house he built. It was very strange."
[20:37] <Anastasia> "Jerek is stubborn as the rocks are old. When his mind wraps on something he's unyielding as a dwarf. You did some service relating to him for it? Jerek so loved saving himself busy work when he could help it. Favors for favors."
01[20:39] <Seira> "It was a fun way to pass the time, and we discovered a very pretty, out of the way grove together in the process," Seira says, nudging Amaryl lightly. "We really should visit it again, don't you think?"
[20:40] <Anastasia> "Y-yes..." Amaryl gulps, grabbing a little glass of wine and swallowing most of it down.
01[20:42] <Seira> "That must have been quite the shock," Seira says, shaking her head. "Your family will hate me even more for this, won't they?"
[20:43] <Anastasia> "Marvelous fun. I remember Jerek's stories when hw as drunk. The ones that weren't all meaningless bloodshed were amazing." Nibbling again on a cake, your hostess doesn't press it.
[20:43] <Anastasia> "I-I'm not going to tell anyone that you took me to a pleasure house!" she yelpw, "I mean, it's a misunderstanding and it sounds so degenerately horrible and scandalous1"
06[20:44] * Seira laughs, disguising it as a cough as she turns away.
[20:44] <Anastasia> "Degenerate, Scandalous? This is a pleasure house, not a cheap whorehouse. There is quality, restraint and refinement here, young lady."
[20:44] <Anastasia> "Aah..." Another few sputters from Amaryl, "Sa-sarah, c-can't we just talk about what we came here for," she says, looking into her eyes. "PLEASE."
06[20:46] * Seira is still amused, but she's hardly cruel. She gives Amaryl a light nod, and then directs her attention back to Mariweather. "Jerek, drinking heavily? You'll be pleased to hear that it's one habit he hadn't parted with, then, since it does lead to quite a few amusing stories."
06[20:46] * Seira sighs theatrically. "I wish I could go into them, but perhaps another time. I can't really refuse a plea like that, can I?"
[20:48] <Anastasia> "That would be inhospitable of you. So tell me, what is your business here," Leaning forward now, "Looking for work?"
06[20:49] * Seira covers Amaryl's mouth in advance.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Tempting, but no. In fact, we would like to pay our respects to Queen Tant."
[20:54] <Anastasia> "Really now?" With a slight smile on her face, "Jerek sent you to me to guide you along, I presume?"
01[20:57] <Seira> "One would think so," Seira agrees. "I will be frank and admit that I don't know whether you have that much clout, or if you could merely point us in the right direction. Instead, I will add to my original request that I am very determined, and since I'm just seeking a brief off-the-record audience I believe my goal is within reason."
[20:58] <Anastasia> "I can arrainge that, given adequate time and compensation. Doing so requires certain wheels to be greased and favors to be called in."
01[21:01] <Seira> Thinking it safe by now, Seira removes her hand from Amaryl's mouth, brushing her fingertips against the elf's lips briefly before letting it settle on her shoulder. "With compensation, you would be seeking out something similar to Jerek? A favor in return?"
[21:03] <Anastasia> "Money or a favor, it depends on if I need a favor done. Hm..." Very thoughtfully looking the two over, "Are you two..." she twists two fingers around each other.
01[21:05] <Seira> "I suppose money is also an option," Seira agrees, choosing to answer that part of the question as she stalls, observing Amaryl. As red as she is, could she get away with pushing her a bit more?
[21:06] <Anastasia> Amaryl blushes even hotter at this, trying to speak and generally not succeeding at all.
[21:06] <Anastasia> "Money is an option. If it isn't, that means you aren't offering enough," With a narrow smile at that, "I was thinking...for this great service, 500 gold is sufficient."
01[21:07] <Seira> "I could cover it, if the favor you'll ask doesn't catch my fancy," Seira assures Mariweather. "This only leaves time, doesn't it?"
[21:10] <Anastasia> "Time is everything, isn' tit? You can never buy any more." Looking to Seira now, "As for the favor?"
01[21:11] <Seira> "Just so we're on the same page, is my request clear?" Seira asks in an attempt to clarify things. "We would like to meet with the Queen of Malmuth unofficially, but the entire point is that Queen Tant herself knows who is asking for this audience."
[21:13] <Anastasia> "I'll make sure it's understood crystal clear." A short nod to that.
01[21:13] <Seira> A matching nod is the response. "Then, the favor in question?"
[21:20] <Anastasia> "I need you to find someone. His name is G'lem. It's short for Gallem, Gallem Thurua. He got drunk and hurt one of my girls a few weeks ago and seems to have made a getaway. You understand that I can't allow that to happen to them and let him get away with it."
06[21:22] * Seira considers the request. "I will question him to get his side of the story. That said, however... would you like this man delivered to the garrison?"
[21:23] <Anastasia> "To me. Don't worry, I'm not going to kill him. I just want to pass him over to a particular official. It's cleaner that way."
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01[21:26] <Seira> "I'll need a description and some background information, but that can probably wait for tomorrow," Seira tells Mariweather. "We were planning on spending the day on sight-seeing, since it's our first time in the capital. Speaking of that, do you think you could point us towards a few tourist spots?"
[21:31] <Anastasia> "Go to the Silver-Arch Masoleum. An old nobleman had his entire fortune spent on a resting place. It's breattaking to wander through. Oh yes, and one other matter. My business relies on a certain...discretion. I trust you understand that?"
01[21:32] <Seira> "Naturally," Seira agrees, standing up and offering her hand to Amaryl. "Thank you for your hospitality today."
[21:33] <Anastasia> Amaryl manages to rise, blush finally starting to retreat. "You're welcome. Enjoy Malmuth."
06[21:33] * Seira smiles. "We will."
[21:40] <Anastasia> Thus the two exit out! Amaryl is still tongued tied and faintly blushing when you come back outside into the sunshine.
06[21:42] * Seira finds the directions for the mausoleum while Amaryl regains her composure. Only once they're on their way does she ask, "Amaryl, would it have embarrassed you if I answered back there?"
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[21:44] <Anastasia> Gulping down air, "I -I don't know. I was so embarrassed anyway. I can't believe he didn't tell us it was that sort of place! What was she thinking about us at first?!"
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01[21:47] <Seira> "To be honest? Probably the same thing she was thinking about us as we left," Seira responds with a snort. "If it helps, the only time she was looking down on us was where she entertained the possibility that we just went there accidentally, instead of being set up. I doubt she seriously believed we were there for the services, or she wouldn't be smiling so much at the start."
[21:48] <Anastasia> "I hope so...just..." Sighing, "I'm so embarrassed, and shouldn't I have been composed instead?"
01[21:51] <Seira> "I think it's alright to be embarrassed in that situation," Seira tries to reassure her. "I'm just weird and nonconformist that way."
[21:55] <Anastasia> "Thanks.." Amaryl looks ahead, down the sunnys treet, "What was that tomb she mentioned gonig to visit?"
01[21:56] <Seira> "The Silver-Arch Mausoleum. Some nobles go for extravagant tombs to leave behind... a legacy, I suppose. It's worth a visit, even if we end up finding the thing in bad taste."
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[22:03] <Anastasia> OOC: Skip along to it?
01[22:03] <Seira> OOC: Okay
[22:10] <Anastasia> The Silver-Arch Mausoleum is massive! The silver arch that is the entrance towers over the buildings of it's area, as tall as any mage's tower. Beneath it is a pristine green lawn, a wide door big enough to fit thirty abreast leading into it.
06[22:11] * Seira raises an eyebrow. "I wonder if this noble was also a mage," she comments to Amaryl, her eyes trailing the arch.
[22:12] <Anastasia> The arch is made of what look sto be maintained, polished silver. "Oh wow..." Amaryl gasps, "He must have been to create that!"
01[22:12] <Seira> "Or hired one."
[22:14] <Anastasia> Starting to walk ahead, "This is just the outside, too. What's the insides of the tomb like?"
06[22:15] * Seira certainly hopes it's not a mummified corpse on grisly display, tagging along.
[22:20] <Anastasia> Walking into the inside, you find that the floors are expensive, polished white marble. The walls are veined with silver. It's massive here, stone pillars supporting the ceiling. Fountains flow and statues of one man dominate. Dozens of them about, many cast i pure silver. People wander about, looking and gawking.
06[22:22] * Seira idly wonders how they keep the more unsavory types from stealing all the silver. "The fountains and the marble really contribute to the atmosphere," she chooses to say, finding the mausoleum a pleasant place.
[22:25] <Anastasia> There are soldiers about on watch here and there, casting a careful gaze over all of it. Amaryl slows down to admire a fountain, as Seira can see ahead. Stairs lead downward, stairs of marble as people climb up and down them. "The stonework is so nice. Is it dwarven? I think it might be."
01[22:32] <Seira> "I'd bet money on it," Seira affirms, before subtly pointing out a small group climbing up the stairs. "Let's follow them and see where it takes us?"
[22:35] <Anastasia> "Sure," Amaryl and Seira go up! The stairs are long and easy to climb, coming out in a grand room. Here a coffin sits in the far back, mounted on a pair of twin statues of angels. Everything here is gold, the walls written with a vast story on them. It looks to be a book's worth in this gigantic hall, starting on one end fo the wall and ending dead opposite it. A few people are reading it, slowly walking along as they do.
06[22:36] * Seira chooses reading a story written in gold over glancing in a coffin!
[22:37] <Anastasia> *Silver, nto gold, oops. Had the wrong channel in mind for theme.
[22:41] <Anastasia> It's the story of a nobleman's life, told in rosy and complimenting tones. It tells of his battles, his riches, his loves and so on. Not a flaw to be seen in it, either.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Perfection lacks a certain... flavor, don't you think?" Seira asks Amaryl. "It's like salt. It can hurt like hell if it gets in a wound, and too much of it would ruin your entire meal. But without it, you just don't feel satisfied." Seira frowns ever-so-slightly. "I think this story lacks in salt."
[22:46] <Anastasia> "It's artificial...the writing glazes over any flaws. Still, it's impressive." It's taken some time to read it, slowly pacing the chamber. "The scale and overindulgence of it is enthralling."
01[22:47] <Seira> "I think I'd prefer a simple plaque of 'She saved the world a lot'," Seira mentions with a snort.
[22:50] <Anastasia> "Hehehehe. Have you truly saved the world before," Whispering now lower, "I mean from a complete apocalypse?"
06[22:53] * Seira considers. "Well, not single-handedly. But a duke of hell manifesting himself on our world definitely qualifies as an apocalyptic event, doesn't it?"
[22:55] <Anastasia> "Yes it would, I suppose," Amaryl brights again at that, "I think you told me that, now that I think about it."
01[22:58] <Seira> "I tell you most things," Seira affirms. "That time had a really dramatic and timely resolution. Nothing else I've faced so far was really as immediate a threat to the world, but I'm still pretty young. I'm sure it'll happen again."
[23:01] <Anastasia> "I hope not." Amaryl whispers, "One time was dangerous enough."
01[23:02] <Seira> "There would be at least one more time," Seira reminds her, her own voice kept suitably low. "You remember my ultimate obligation, don't you? It would make that failed apocalypse pale by any comparison."
[23:08] <Anastasia> "That bad? How bad do ou think it would be," Amaryl's color drains, "You always say it's so erious."
01[23:11] <Seira> "I could bend the truth a bit, if talking about it makes you uncomfortable," Seira says, shifting awkwardly. "I mean. It's serious, alright. But I wouldn't be pressing on forward if I thought it was hopeless, so I clearly have a chance to bet on. And hey, I take shocker lizards seriously, too!"
[19:21] <Kotono> <Seira> "I tell you most things," Seira affirms. "That time had a really dramatic and timely resolution. Nothing else I've faced so far was really as immediate a threat to the world, but I'm still pretty young. I'm sure it'll happen again."
[19:21] <Kotono> > "I hope not." Amaryl whispers, "One time was dangerous enough."
[19:21] <Kotono> <Seira> "There would be at least one more time," Seira reminds her, her own voice kept suitably low. "You remember my ultimate obligation, don't you? It would make that failed apocalypse pale by any comparison."
[19:21] <Kotono> > "That bad? How bad do ou think it would be," Amaryl's color drains, "You always say it's so erious."
[19:21] <Kotono> <Seira> "I could bend the truth a bit, if talking about it makes you uncomfortable," Seira says, shifting awkwardly. "I mean. It's serious, alright. But I wouldn't be pressing on forward if I thought it was hopeless, so I clearly have a chance to bet on. And hey, I take shocker lizards seriously, too!"
[19:29] <Kotono> "Heh..." Blushing now, "I heard Scion Celebrimbor cursing them in passing recently. Apparently they have something of a reputation for being bothersome."
01[19:30] <Seira> "They cheat! With... with their hordes, and their twitchy noses, and the lightning!"
[19:36] <Kotono> Giggling at that, "They're quite dangerous then,a ren't they?"
01[19:37] <Seira> "It boggles the mind, but enough of those pests could rival a dragon's breath," Seira mutters.
[19:39] <Kotono> "They live in the Galkass Mountains? Are they any sort of danger to Balmuria and the BAronies?" Keeping her voice low in the tomb, "I mean, we ran into them, didn't we, but they weren't a serious problem then."
01[19:42] <Seira> "Well, we've encountered them elsewhere as well, but that's probably the closest to home," Seira responds, thinking about it. "There was a time in my life where I just wanted to destroy them all, but I'm over that now."
[19:43] <Kotono> "Why do you hate them so much?" Amaryl glances bakc, seeing no one that close to the two of you. "They are just lizards, even electric, aren't they?"
01[19:46] <Seira> "They killed one of my few friends," Seira tells her quietly. "We thought they were just lizards, too."
[19:47] <Kotono> "Oh." Amaryl bows her head, "Sorry."
01[19:51] <Seira> "The smallest, most insignificant-seeming thing could be deadly," Seira says. She nudges Amaryl's shoulder. "So that's why we're not taking any risks while traveling all over, alright?"
[20:00] <Kotono> "I get it. Nothing can be overlooked, since one mistake can do it?" Amaryl looks around, "I don't want to have anyone worry about building something like this for me any time soon"
06[20:03] * Seira won't let Amaryl die. It's as simple as that. "Want to go look at the palace before we'll find us an inn for the night?" Seira asks her, changing the subject.
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[20:11] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl smiles. OOC - Move along?
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: Sure
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[20:18] <Kotono> There's no luck on going into the palace. No tours are available today, they seem to do them once every couple of days. By the time you find that out and get out, dusk is slinking along and it's time to rest. OOC - Going to go rest or do anything else before you go see Mariwether again
[20:18] <Kotono> There's no luck on going into the palace. No tours are available today, they seem to do them once every couple of days. By the time you find that out and get out, dusk is slinking along and it's time to rest. OOC - Going to go rest or do anything else before you go see Mariwether again?
01[20:19] <Seira> OOC: We'll try meeting her next morning
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[20:22] <Kotono> After another night's rest, you return to the Silver Apple. Sitting down with Mariwether again, "Ah, so how did you like the Masoleum?"
01[20:24] <Seira> "It was very ostentatious," Seira responds. "But well worth the visit! You seem to know some nice dating spots, so we'll probably stop by for more advice again, if that's alright."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Ah, of course." Smiling at this as her hands rest in her lap, "Now then, to business at hand?"
01[20:26] <Seira> "Sure thing."
[20:29] <Kotono> "You need information on Gallem Thurua. Tall man, a little over six feet tall. No distinguishing characteristics. Brown hair, brown eyes. He's like a hundred other people in any given town, it's made finding him bothersome by mundane means."
01[20:30] <Seira> "What about personal connections?" Seira questions. "Family, friends, workplace?"
[20:34] <Kotono> "None in the area. He has some money of his own and is a traveler by all accounts. He was canny enough to get away before he was captured, too." Folding her hands together, "I'm hoping that you'll be able to warm up the cold trail he's left. I do know one thing: He likes the Rising Cockatrice bar."
01[20:38] <Seira> "Since I know nothing about him, the best way would be to try learning as much as possible about this man before attempting a scrying," Seira muses, although a frown develops almost instantly. "However, I am not in the habit of traveling with prohibitively expensive mirrors, access to which I would need to cast that spell."
01[20:38] <Seira> She briefly details the requirements for such a mirror, before asking, "Would it be possible to gain access to one for an hour? That should be enough."
[20:41] <Kotono> "Magic isn't my forte. I can look into finding someone who can perhaps be convinced to loan you one. It'll take a few hours to make the needed contacts."
01[20:44] <Seira> "It would be for the best. Should my scrying attempt succeed, I could either retrieve him in a flash, which would be... flashy, pun unintended, or have the means of tracking this Gallem down without anyone being the wiser," Seira informs her.
01[20:44] <Seira> "It's hardly my only option, however, merely the fastest one. We could also check out that bar while you see about the mirror, instead of committing to a single course of action just yet."
[20:45] <Kotono> "That's agreeable to me," she says, rising then. "Come back here after lunch."
06[20:48] * Seira nods, standing up herself. "You seem to be getting used to it," she whispers to Amaryl on the way out. "Since you're overcome this hurdle, want to try going to a seedy bar with me next? I bet the Rising Cockatrice is one!"
[20:52] <Kotono> "Seedy bar?" As her blushes return in full force, "It must be seedy to be open this early in the day, but..."
01[20:54] <Seira> "I won't force you if you don't want to go. You know that, right?"
[20:56] <Kotono> Coloring even more, "I don't want to hold you back, either," she whispers back. "I...I...what do you think I should do, Sarah?"
01[20:59] <Seira> "I've been hoping you'd come to the same realization I did, but maybe it's a bit mean of me?" Seira muses. "Amy, it's not like there's anything wrong in going to places like that, is there? The stigma is from some of the things that might be going on in such places, but as long as it's not what you're there for, what's the problem?"
06[20:59] * Seira winks. "Weren't you the one who said your family's opinion didn't matter? It's the same thing. As long as you're not doing anything wrong, does it really matter what people might think?"
[21:01] <Kotono> "Well...yes, ?I suppose...that does make sense." Amaryl's words are soft and for Seira only, as your hostess cracks a little smile and scoots back and away. "But there's really nothing wrong with going there?"
01[21:04] <Seira> "You just need to be prepared so no one gets the jump on you or steals from you. Happened to me once." Seira snorts. "Amateurs."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Did you catch them?" Now straightening herself up, "What happened/"
06[21:12] * Seira laughs. "It was in Arad. So they ran, right? I caught them with that spell I used on the bandits. Then I got them to become acolytes to atone for their actions. We could actually visit them later and see how they've been progressing in their training."
01[21:12] <Seira> Looking amused, Seira adds, "I was a bit angry at the time and used all sorts of fire spells to intimidate that pair. The guards heard the witnesses's accounts and were on guard combing the city for a demon. It was pretty funny and we all had a laugh about it after I sorted things out."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Oh. Yes, I suppose magic makes it easy," Amaryl agrees, before nodding, "Okay then, I think I can do it. When you put it all lik ethat..."
01[21:15] <Seira> "Magic also put the entire city on guard, since they already had a curfew at the time, so we'll try to avoid it this time," Seira mutters. "Just keep your eyes open and stay alert? It's the same as hunting, really, from what you've taught me."
[21:15] <Kotono> "On target and focused. I'll do that," Amaryl stands up now, "I won't let anyone slip one past me."
01[21:17] <Seira> With Amaryl onboard, all that's left is getting decent directions and they can proceed to that wretched hive of villanry!
[21:20] <Kotono> The Rising Cockatrice is the third floor of a huge stone building. On enterin ginside, you find the ceiling has several 'cockatrices' hanging from it. The scent of beer and booze fills your nose, only one or two people here right now, as well as a barkeep and barwench.
01[21:23] <Seira> The counter is where Seira leads them, ordering a drink. It never seems right to try and gain information in a bar or tavern without sponsoring the establishment.
[21:24] <Kotono> The coins are taken and a mug is put in front of Sarah and Amy. "New 'round here? You're not regulars, and w eonly get regulars at this hour," the barkeep, an ancient man with a slow limp, presents the drink.
06[21:25] * Seira makes a show of glancing around the bar, in part to make certain no one fitting Gallem's description is present.
[21:25] <Kotono> Nope. One of the barflies is too old, and another is a man without an arm and quite the gut. Neither fits.
[21:26] <Kotono> Amaryl keeps her eyes moving methodically, on each one a few seconds intently.
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01[21:28] <Seira> "We're new, alright," Seira agrees with a pleasant smile. "When does it start to fill up, then?"
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[21:30] <Kotono> "Near dusk, after everyone gets off work or duties," A shrug there, "Like every other bar in the city."
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01[21:34] <Seira> Figures, really. And it might be for the best that they're starting small; it should be easier on Amaryl to adjust. "Makes sense," Seira agrees, drinking from the mug. "But at least the regulars are around," she comments. "Most of them, anyway."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Not really. This is just the few who aren't at work or don't have anything to do." The barkeep coughs, turning his head away. "WE get a few more during lunch, and then not much until everything ends."
01[21:43] <Seira> "That would make even more sense," Seira comments, before deciding a reasonably straight-forward approach might be sufficient for her task. "I must admit I am particularly interested in a certain mutual regular, and came here in hopes of chancing upon him."
[21:49] <Kotono> "Got a name?" The barkeep asks. "I know most of 'em."
01[21:52] <Seira> "Gallem Thurua," Seira supplies, her smile growing as she continues to speak. "A mutual regular, as I've said. It would make me extremely happy if I could get in touch with him."
[21:53] <Kotono> The barkeep starts to polish the bar. "Good luck. He skipped town. I don't knwo where, sorry."
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+5 orly?
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01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+5
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+5 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13." [1d20=7]
01[21:57] <Seira> "That's very unfortunate." Seira's smile drops somewhat, even as she discreetly checks whether anyone is listening in, or in range to overhear them.
[21:59] <Kotono> No one seems to be in range besides the bar wench, who lingers by the bar and yawns. She looks quite bored.
01[22:00] <Seira> "You don't mind if I talk to myself, do you?" Seira asks the barkeep. "I do that sometimes when I drink."
[22:01] <Kotono> The barkeep shrugs. "I don't mind." He leans back and sits down on a stool nearby, rubbing his lower back.
01[22:04] <Seira> "I hear all sorts of things," she says, drinking from the mug again. "Things about Gallem, and how he is a rowdy, violent sort. How he crossed the wrong kind of people." Seira waits for some sort of reaction from the man, but if he doesn't take the bait, she'll just keep on talking to herself.
[22:07] <Kotono> The barkeep keeps his gaze on anything but Seira. He plays with the hem of his shirt and nods a few times withou tlooking.
01[22:07] <Seira> "I hear about how there are two ways that sort of thing can play out. Nicely, where everyone gets along, and where loyalty to the right people would be remembered." She returns her mug to the counter with a bit more strength than necessary, the suddenness of the act designed to startle him more than the dull thump. "Or not so nicely. That would be unfortunate indeed."
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Make an intimidation check? +2.
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[22:10] <Kotono> The barkeep's gaze whips to the slammed down mug, his eyes widening as he tears them away to look at Seira! Amaryl jumps at the noise, a soft, "eeep!" coming from her lips.
[22:11] <Kotono> "Oh...well...in that case..." Licking his lips, "I mean that...well...He really did split town. He got in some trouble with a rented girl."
01[22:13] <Seira> "So he did," Seira agrees. "And that trouble will only keep on growing, I'm afraid, and getting all his acquaintences involved in that unfortunate mess. Really, the best for everyone involved is for Gallem to come in... or for someone to find him."
[22:16] <Kotono> "I really don't much. All I know is that he talked about going north. He was pretty rattled." Looking away now, "He wouldn't tell me where, I even asked. Said it would be stupid to tell someone stayind behind."
01[22:18] <Seira> "I suppose so." Seira nods. "Did he leave on his own, then? And is there anything up north he might have? An old girlfriend, a family?"
[22:19] <Kotono> "I don't know. He never talked about himself much." With a cautious look to Seira, "Never had anything but rented girls. Always had money, though."
01[22:20] <Seira> "That's strange, see," Seira muses, tracing a circle on the bar lazily with her index finger. "If you don't know anything, and Gallem just up and left, then why all the worry earlier?"
[22:23] <Kotono> "Had a bad run in with a bounty hunter who thought I was holding out. But look, I'm not holding out anything! I told you everything. Just...go. Don't even worry about anything else here. Just go!"
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+5
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+5 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
01[22:32] <Seira> "There's no need for that," Seira tells him, her smile appearing once more. "That bounty hunter you mentioned? If he or someone like him ever has a... bad run with you, let's say, look me up. I think you'll know where to go to leave me a message. Like I said, certain things are remembered."
[22:33] <Kotono> Amaryl stands up, "Sorry," she murmurs to him, half bowing. The barkeep just shakes his head, hands shaking as well. "I have an idea."
06[22:34] * Seira finishes her drink, returning it to the bar with a gentle tap, and starts heading outside.
[22:36] <Kotono> "Wow," Amaryl follows Seira out, "You made him shake with fear just like that!"
01[22:37] <Seira> "It's really because he didn't know I wasn't going to follow up on the threat," Seira responds once they are outside and well out of hearing range. "Sorry about not warning you in advance."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Is that how you deal with people like that? Scare them into cooperating?" Amaryl blinks in the watery sunshine, the fall change of weather gradually filtering down.
01[22:40] <Seira> "There are really only three main approaches, here," Seira muses. "Intimidation, bribery, and stealth. Magic could be used to cheat as well, of course. I don't always know just what I'll use until I am in a certain situation. I feel it's best to leave things open to be able to adapt."
[19:18] <Kotono> <Seira> "There's no need for that," Seira tells him, her smile appearing once more. "That bounty hunter you mentioned? If he or someone like him ever has a... bad run with you, let's say, look me up. I think you'll know where to go to leave me a message. Like I said, certain things are remembered."
[19:18] <Kotono> > Amaryl stands up, "Sorry," she murmurs to him, half bowing. The barkeep just shakes his head, hands shaking as well. "I have an idea."
[19:18] <Kotono> * Seira finishes her drink, returning it to the bar with a gentle tap, and starts heading outside.
[19:18] <Kotono> > "Wow," Amaryl follows Seira out, "You made him shake with fear just like that!"
[19:18] <Kotono> <Seira> "It's really because he didn't know I wasn't going to follow up on the threat," Seira responds once they are outside and well out of hearing range. "Sorry about not warning you in advance."
[19:18] <Kotono> > "Is that how you deal with people like that? Scare them into cooperating?" Amaryl blinks in the watery sunshine, the fall change of weather gradually filtering down.
[19:18] <Kotono> <Seira> "There are really only three main approaches, here," Seira muses. "Intimidation, bribery, and stealth. Magic could be used to cheat as well, of course. I don't always know just what I'll use until I am in a certain situation. I feel it's best to leave things open to be able to adapt."
[19:20] <Kotono> "So you can adapt?" Amaryl nods as the air of the outside buffets you. Coming down and out, she looks around. "So now what do we do?"
01[19:25] <Seira> "Yeah, it was really his fault for being so shifty," Seira confirms. "If we had more time to set things up, or he seemed greedy, we could've tried something else. As for what now, how about checking with the guards at the northern gate? Maybe we could find out if he was seen leaving, and if so, whether he was traveling alone."
[19:29] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, just go ahead and make a gather info check for this next part then. It's pretty simplistic.
01[19:30] <Seira> OOC: There is no bot! But I'll take 10 for 21 if I can?
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: Your call either way, though I'm about to spawn my bot.
01[19:33] <Seira> OOC: Sure, fire up the bot, and I'll go with 21 for now
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[19:35] <Kotono> Chatting up the guards doesn't turn up much at all. They see hundreds of people every day, and even if someone sticks out, it's hard to remember them in the throngs.
01[19:36] <Seira> It's unfortunate, but far too common. After touring the city for a bit more, Seira decides to check back in at the Silver Apple and see if the easy magical option has become available to them or not.
[19:40] <Kotono> Returning to the Silver Apple, you find that a mirror has been procured. It stands in the front room, polished and impeccably shiny. "It's done." MAriwether says. "It's here for the next day or two."
01[19:43] <Seira> "Unless some deity decides to shield that sap from me, I doubt we'll need it for that long," Seira says with a snort. "And getting a suitable mirror on such a short notice is quite the feat. I know I asked for one, but I'm still impressed." She circles it, admiring the silver. "I don't suppose there would be an item belonging to Gallem, such as a shirt or a piece of one?"
[19:44] <Kotono> "No, Idon't think so. He left a scrap of shirt but that got thrown away the night that it happened," A shake of her head.
06[19:46] * Seira shrugs. "It's not strictly needed for the spell," she says, placing her spellbook on a table and beginning to flip through it to the right spot. "I will require about eighty minutes overall, since this magic takes a great deal of preparations."
[19:50] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, casting? He gets a +5 modifier since you've only heard of him secondhand. Anything else relevant you can bring to the table for this, and what's your DC?
01[19:51] <Seira> OOC: DC is 21. If he rolls high, I'll just spend the rest of the day looking for his stuff to get a boost of my own for next time.
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:52] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
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[20:02] <Kotono> The mirror flickers to life at Seira's command! She can see an open field - the subject wears a traveling cloak agaisnt the wind, hiding his face. He's riding a horse off the beaten path, traveling at a steady, ground eating speed. It's pretty plain around him - looks like a typical bit of Malmuthian plains.
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01[20:09] <Seira> "He's riding away," Seira tells Amaryl, not looking away from the mirror. "Since he has a horse, we can't really track him down inconspicuously." She frowns. "I don't really have much in way of subdual spells on me, so I'm thinking, we use invisibility and teleport over to snag him with the bandit-stopping spell?"
[20:11] <Kotono> "Sure," Amaryl agrees, "If that doesn't work, maybe just shoot his horse?"
01[20:12] <Seira> "Works for me. Do we bother with invisibility, then?"
[20:14] <Kotono> "Well...shouldn't we be safer than sorry?" After considering that, "Since if you make one mistake you can get in trouble?"
01[20:16] <Seira> "Safer it is!" With that decision made, all that's left is to cast a few spells, and then teleport to a spot several feet behind Gallem and off to the side.
01[20:17] <Seira> OOC: Cat's Grace on Amaryl, Invis x2 using the wand, teleport~
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 1d100
[20:18] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=32 ]{32}
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[20:31] <Kotono> Woosh! The two appear in the sunlit plains! It's just past noon with plenty of sunlight, only a few slow moving clouds breaking it up. The grasses are up to your knees as you look about! Your quarry is about 50 feet away now and moving at a good speed, on horseback. OOC - Go ahead and act? He has no way of knowing that two invisible women just appeared.
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06[20:34] * Seira calls upon Glitterdust in an attempt to paintlessly stop their runaway, advancing once she becomes visible with the casting of the spell.
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 17." [1d20=13]
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: DC?
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: Oh, sorry, 19
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 horse
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 horse and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[20:46] <Kotono> Golden dust rains down, the horse thrashing and the man crying out! "My eyeees! What the fuck isg oing on?!" Meanwhile, Amaryl aims her bow and shoots for the horse!
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 10." [1d20=6]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and gets 12." [2d8=6, 4]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1 oops, thre hits
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 oops, thre hits and gets 4." [1d8=3]
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2 more, Cor pointed out it's blinded and loses a bit more AC
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 more, Cor pointed out it's blinded and loses a bit more AC and gets 13." [2d8=5, 6]
[20:51] <Kotono> As the horse thrashes, a storm of arrows comes for it! The three arrows impale the horse in various spots, making it shake badly from the impacts and keels over! The rider tumbles down hard onto the ground!
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
06[20:52] * Seira looks to see whether there's anyone else nearby before she would approach Gallem.
[20:53] <Kotono> It's open plains. No one seems to be about, save for a few birds flying well overhead.
[20:53] <Kotono> Amaryl appears, nodding, "Not bad...I didn't even get close enough to be precise and I took the horse down."
06[20:55] * Seira gives her a thumbs up, getting close enough to Gallem to whisper, "Didn't anyone tell you that abusing people was bad?"
[20:56] <Kotono> "Guuuuuuh!" Gallen gasps and sucks in air as he rubs his eyes. "What the fuck? Where are you? Who areyou? What are you?!?"
[20:56] <Kotono> *gallem
06[20:57] * Seira presses his head to the ground with the sole of her boot. "The important question is, why did you do it?"
[20:58] <Kotono> "Do what?" Struggling under the boot as watery tears gush from his giltterdusted eyes, he coughs on the dirt his mouth is forced down onto!
01[21:01] <Seira> "Come on," Seira says scornfully. "What was it? The girl wanted too much of your hard-earned gold? Being angry I understand. Taking it out on someone you've hired for the evening, though? That's just in bad taste."
[21:03] <Kotono> The man goes still as a frozen lake at midnight. "Tsh! So what are you gonna do?" Amaryl meanwhile comes closer as your stunned captive speaks, bow drawn. She nudges the horse with her foot, then rubs the tip of it to get off the blood. "Horse is quite dead."
01[21:05] <Seira> "This one is still alive," Seira says brightly. "But he's really pushing it by not telling me what the entire thing was all about. It really would be too much of a hassle to lug him all the way back, wouldn't it?"
[21:07] <Kotono> "Ugh!" Rubbing his eyes again, prying his hands under his ground driven face under Seira's boot, "Things went wrong, but what the fuck do you care? Aren't you just a bounty hunter?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "What, we can't be allowed to care?" Seira asks him. "It's been pretty damn tedious tracking you down, so hearing a good story to help me make sense of things is only in your benefit, I'm thinking." And just so that he would think so as well, Seira presses his mouth into the dirt for a few moments before easing up.
[21:11] <Kotono> Coughing and sputtering from his dirty faceful, "Shit, just don't kill me. Fine! We didn't get along and things got out of hand, alright?"
01[21:12] <Seira> "Oh well." Seira sighs theatrically, moving to bind Gallem's hands behind his back. "It is unfortunate, Amy, but things really were as straight-forward as we were told."
[21:15] <Kotono> Keeping an arrow nocked and ready, "Did you think there was something more to it, Sarah?"
01[21:17] <Seira> "Sometimes there is," Seira responds, searching the man for any weapons before hoisiting him up and bindng his ankles together to keep him from doing something stupid like run away. A blindfold would finish the job.
01[21:17] <Seira> "It's one thing to take on a job, and quite another to do it mechanically without trying to determine all the facts. It's not like we know Mariweather enough to simply take her at her word just yet, do we?"
[21:20] <Kotono> He has a shortsword, a dagger, and a long rope that could be used as a lasso. "Ugh..." Gallam grunts as he's tied up, but isn't able to resist as his blindness wears off, only to be replaced with a blindfold. "So you keep questioning things, then? The overlying story isn't always the whole story? It's something that Sir Ambrose taught me about politics. This keeps reminding me of it. You're making sure it's all there is and not the tip of somet
[21:20] <Kotono> You're making sure it's all there is and not the tip of something bigger."
01[21:21] <Seira> "For the most part," Seira agrees, dismissing Gallem from her mind as inconsequential now that he is properly restrained. "Of course, this could've just been a dispute between them, and not some grand conspiracy. That might've changed my mind about bringing him in as well. You never know."
[21:22] <Kotono> Lowering her bow now and checking her arrows in the horse, "Are we going to teleport back as well now?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "Actually, we'll need to wait until morning. Midnight, technically, but there is no rush, is there?"
[21:27] <Kotono> "Okay. We can camp out here then?" Amaryl says, "There's plenty of light, I can hunt something for dinner?"
01[21:28] <Seira> "A bit away from the horse, but yes," Seira agrees once more. "And off the road, so we don't bother anyone."
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Good with skipping along a bit? Also, make a use rope check?
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: Sure. I've got nothing to do but watch this idiot.
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 48." [1d100=48]
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Going to basically keep an eye onhim?
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 12." [1d20=8]
[21:37] <Kotono> Your captive quarry struggles with his ropes occasionally. Nothing much comes of it, he's well enough tied up. Sunset and dinner comes, Amaryl bringing back a few small game animals to eat. As night settles in, Gallam looks to be asleep. Sitting near a campfire as a chilly wind starts to blow in, "This is so nice," Amaryl says, warming her hands in front of it. "No worries, just the open air and nature."
[21:37] <Kotono> "No worries, just the open air and nature."
01[21:39] <Seira> "It is, isn't it?" Seira says, curling up comfortably by the fire. "Far too often, when I travel, it's pretty inhospital. Sometimes to the point where secure shelter or even an extradimensional hideaway are better than just camping under the stars. But not in this case."
[21:40] <Kotono> "That must be fun at least at first." Smiling as she inches closer to the fire, "Seira, do you get homesick often? For Balmuria, when you're gone like this?"
01[21:42] <Seira> "Not often," Seira admits. "It's weird. Balmuria is home in all that matters, but at the same time, I don't feel this strong need to return there. I've only really felt homesick once, I think."
[21:43] <Kotono> "I don't really feel homesick. In fact...sometimes I don't want to go back." Looking into the fire, "I like this. I can run around and not worry about anything. Can Balmuria be like that as well, SEira?"
01[21:46] <Seira> "I guess, though the only times I don't want to go back are when I'm with you," Seira says, prefering to stare up at the skies. "The rest of it, I don't have much of a preference besides wanting to explore and see new things, meet new people, help... help everyone I can, whether it's a person at a time or an entire country in need."
[21:48] <Kotono> "Seeing new things. Seira, how far does the world go?" Amaryl looks up to her, "I've been reading and listening to your stories. You saw the eastern mountains in Chillander's realm, and you've been far west. Does it just keep going? Does it come to an edge and everything falls off?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "I don't think that would make much sense," Seira admits, "but I don't have a better explanation, myself. One day, I'll find out, and if there is an edge to the world, I'll take you there to see it."
[21:50] <Kotono> "I'd like that. I'd like to keep traveling as far as we can go," Amaryl's face breaks into a grin, "Forget Pallanth. I want to see how far everything can go."
01[21:52] <Seira> "Maybe if Malmuth doesn't pan out, we could keep on traveling south, as far as we could get?" Seira offers. "I can summon horses that might well tread on air, and we'll get farther than anyone from either Pallanth or the Baronies had ever gone in our lifetimes!"
[21:53] <Kotono> "You'd need them. There's ocean to the south and wastes to the west," Amaryl adds. "Though you've managed the wastes one before."
06[21:54] * Seira smiles. "And I can manage the ocean as well. It might well depend on Queen Tant, and how things go with her."
[21:59] <Kotono> "I can't wait!" Amaryl says quickly, "We just have to return him back..." OOC - Ready to hop along?
01[21:59] <Seira> OOC: Actually, I'd like to chat a bit, if that's cool
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
01[22:00] <Seira> "This is probably a strange question," Seira asks suddenly, after a quick glance to make sure Gallem is still asleep, "but what does Sir Ambrose think of me?"
[22:01] <Kotono> With a moment to blush, "Seira!" Amaryl laughs, "I don't really want to betray Sir Ambrose's trust in me. Though he's been more restrained about talking about you since I mentioned we were spending more time together."
01[22:04] <Seira> "It's just... it seems like every time he has a chance to learn more about me, I show him this ugly side I have." Seira sounds frustrated. "There's more about me than that, but I never get a chance to display it. And, well, and he's important to you. I can't just come up to him and ask him if he can see past my few mistakes, though, can I?"
[22:05] <Kotono> Now Amaryl really blushes. "Seira, well...don't worry about Sir Ambrose for a while, alright? It's not like we're going back to Pallanth any time soon."
01[22:11] <Seira> "Oh, this is different. I'm not worrying. I mean, I don't think I am." Seira finds herself pretty confused, either way. "But... why do you keep on telling me not to worry about him? Does it mean he actually hates me? Then I'll apologize. But if he doesn't, then I'll just make a fool of myself if I do that."
[22:14] <Kotono> "Well..." Amaryl's eyes escape to look downward, "It's just that...well...Don't worry about it. He asked me to keep certain things private. I'm not even supposed to tell you that." With redness creeping down her neck and up to her forehead, "So don't worry about Sir Ambrose and what he might think. He's off in Pallanth and we're here."
01[22:18] <Seira> This just isn't right and she's totally going to investigate this further on her next visit. "I understand about the need to keep some things private," Seira says. "Though they're usually official, political things that I'm regrettably forbidden from saying. For what it's worth, there's not much of them and they aren't harmful to you or anything."
01[22:18] <Seira> And that's as much as she'd say on that subject, so it's time for a new one. "Do you have other friends?" Seira asks instead. "Besides the person I shouldn't talk about?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Oh." Looking back into the fire, "Not many. I had a few other noble family friends, but being Scion of the family? I haven't seen them in years. It's not long compared to how humans measure time, but I feel like I've lost touch with them. My life's so different."
01[22:23] <Seira> "I understand. I really do. Want to pay them a visit after we get in touch with my own absent childhood friend?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "Not right now. They're in Pallanth. I want to see what lies beyond the ocean, not go back there," Amaryl says, "I'm sure they're fine."
01[22:30] <Seira> "You don't have to go back. If you don't want to. Even after we go to the ocean, I mean," Seira finds herself offering. "It's like you said, right? I'm rich? You wouldn't lack a thing. Or you could keep on traveling with me. I'm sure it would work out!"
[22:36] <Kotono> "I'd love that," Amaryl looks right to SEira, "Thank you, Seira." Her face creases into a smile as she scoots over, going to rest against her shoulder. "Let's see how far the world goes, together."
[22:48] <Kotono> Morning blossoms bright and cheery. Gallam is awake and quiet, bound up securely still. Looking up over at the dawn after stretching, "Are we ready now?" Amaryl asks.
06[22:50] * Seira nods, gathering the last of her possessions. "A teleport straight to the boarding house. Let's try that." She deigns to treat Gallem with a glance. "There are two ways you could come along, willingly or beaten into unconsciousness. Please choose now."
[22:51] <Kotono> "I'm tied up and blindfolded. Like I can doanything," he snaps.
01[22:51] <Seira> "You could resist pointless and make us angry," Seira points out, but then grabs him by the arm and extends the other to Amaryl. "Let's go."
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 1d100 teleport spell
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 teleport spell and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[22:58] <Kotono> The teleport is quick and accurate! The two appear in the front room. Mariwether is there, her daughter following her directions as she cleans up, wearing maid's clothes. "Ah!" With a bit of a start, "Ah, that looks like him! Gallam you little prick," Smirking as she comes over, "Thank you for this, Sarah. It's such a bad example to let his sort get away with what he does."
01[23:00] <Seira> "It is, isn't it?" Seira agrees, smiling in approval over the way the maid outfit fits Mariweather's daughter. "He is not a nice man, so please show him the error of his ways."
[23:02] <Kotono> "Oh yes. Daughter, would you go summon the proper authorities for this," she says, and once she's hurried out, "That was fast, impressive work. We'll get you that audiance as soon as possible."
01[23:05] <Seira> "I'm afraid I rushed through it," Seira admits, "but there seemed to be little need for finesse. Still, there you go." She drops Gallem into a nearby chair and ties him to it for good measure. "We could stay out of your way and tour the capital a bit more while you work on that audience you've mentioned. Got any more suggestions for places we could visit?"
[23:07] <Kotono> "Don't. It won't take that long," Smiling with frost to your captive, "You didn't keep me waiting long, so I'll return the favor."
01[23:10] <Seira> "That's even better," Seira responds, looking for an out of the way spot she and Amaryl could spend waiting for Mariweather to come through.
[23:11] <Kotono> There's a few chairs in quieter parts of the room that could work for that.
06[23:12] * Seira utilizes one to memorize Voice of the Dragon in the time they have to wait.
[23:16] <Kotono> In 5 minutes, a pair of burly soldiers come and drag your captive off. In an hour Mariwether returns, "It's ready. There's a man waiting outside for you, he'll take you into the palace. Best behavior now, he's not just a normal page."
06[23:18] * Seira nods, and casts the spell on herself. "Naturally," she says, her voice carrying a slight, almost undetectable resonance. "Is this man in the know about us, or just here to deliver us to our destination?"
[23:19] <Kotono> "He knows," Mariwether answers, "His name is Cendi."
01[23:20] <Seira> "Thank you." Seira stands up, smiling, and extends a hand to Amaryl. "We'd best be on our way, then."
03[23:29] * taifk is now known as tai-bangbangbangbang
[23:40] <Kotono> Going outside, the two find someone waiting for them. He wears plain clothes, a middle aged man with a wooden cane. He has a neatly trimmed beard and short white hair.
06[23:41] * Seira gives him a smile. "Hello," she says. "Would you be Cendi?"
[23:42] <Kotono> "I would be," Presenting a smooth hand out to Seira, "You would be Seira? You would be Amaryl as well," he then turns his attention to Seira's girlfriend.
06[23:44] * Seira takes the offered hand, shaking it without squeezing it overly. "It is a pleasure," she responds, leaving it to Amaryl to greet Queen Tant's messenger if she so chooses.
[23:50] <Kotono> Amaryl repeats this, adding a bow to him. Once that's done, "Likewise. Queen Tant is expecting you in about an hour. If you'd come with me then?"
01[23:53] <Seira> "Of course," Seira agrees, more than willing to follow. Still having her teleportation ring in reserve does wonders to calm her in preparation of meeting another royal far away from home, as does going to see her with Amaryl by her side.
[16:53] <Kotono> > Going outside, the two find someone waiting for them. He wears plain clothes, a middle aged man with a wooden cane. He has a neatly trimmed beard and short white hair.
[16:53] <Kotono> * Seira gives him a smile. "Hello," she says. "Would you be Cendi?"
[16:53] <Kotono> > "I would be," Presenting a smooth hand out to Seira, "You would be Seira? You would be Amaryl as well," he then turns his attention to Seira's girlfriend.
[16:53] <Kotono> * Seira takes the offered hand, shaking it without squeezing it overly. "It is a pleasure," she responds, leaving it to Amaryl to greet Queen Tant's messenger if she so chooses.
[16:53] <Kotono> > Amaryl repeats this, adding a bow to him. Once that's done, "Likewise. Queen Tant is expecting you in about an hour. If you'd come with me then?"
[16:53] <Kotono> <Seira> "Of course," Seira agrees, more than willing to follow. Still having her teleportation ring in reserve does wonders to calm her in preparation of meeting another royal far away from home, as does going to see her with Amaryl by her side.
[16:54] <Kotono> The trip through Malmut is a quiet one. Surprisingly, you don't go for the palace at all. You stop well before it, going into a plain stone building's rear, a stairway leading into a basement. "This way. Don't be alarmed, we're taking an indirect route."
06[16:56] * Seira is not one to be alarmed so easily, merely nodding at this. She'd really prefer to cast a spell or two going in, but that would surely be in bad form.
[16:59] <Kotono> The stairway is fairly long, leading to a heavy door that is opened as you approach. Inside this basement are a six set of guards, as well as a heavy metal door on another wall. It's opened as you approach, showing a torch lined and soldier manned tunnel. "All things told, it's an honor to meet you face to face. The stories are often so distorted or exaggerated."
01[17:02] <Seira> "So I've learned," Seira agrees with a crooked smile. "It seems some people both praise and blame me for things that happened before I was even born at times. That gets a bit awkward."
[17:08] <Kotono> "Oh yes. Unless you're far more than human, then it's merely damning by faint praise." Guards salute as you pass into the tunnel, the smell of dry earth strong. "Queen Tant speaks well of you."
06[17:10] * Seira nods at the guards as she passes them by. "Really?" she asks. "I've been wondering about that. For our part, we see the Queen in very high regard back home."
[17:13] <Kotono> "Ah yes, it's good we have agreement on that matter. Our recent relations under past rulers have been turbulent. Such high opinions will do much to calm it."
01[17:17] <Seira> "I sometimes wonder whether there's anything we could do aside from leading by example, here," Seira muses. "Some of the problems are so daunting it's easy to give up and wait on a new generation to come, which won't have the same prejudices."
[17:22] <Kotono> "There's no guarantee of that," Cendi remarks as you travel along, Amaryl examining the corridor as you pass down it. "Grudges can foster and grow in the dark places of the heart, and transfer down the generations."
01[17:26] <Seira> "True enough. Maybe, though, we'll find a way to change this. If Queen Tant has some ideas she would like to try, I could easily see myself going along with them."
[17:30] <Kotono> "We'll see soon enough. Come." Cendi leads you along the tunnel. It's a fairly long walk. Twenty minutes, perhaps? It's a little hard to tell underground. At last you come to a stairway leading up, into an empty, large stone room. Guards stand aplenty here, some with weapons out. They salute Cendi and allow you to pass, down into a dim, sparsely lit corridor. "This way."
01[17:32] <Seira> There's hardly a need for this many guards, but Seira does not comment on that, content to follow Cendi to their destination, whatever it might be. At least the darkness is hardly a disadvantage for either she or Amaryl.
[17:37] <Kotono> You travel down several corridors, taking many a split path and hurrying along. This part of the palace is dark and quiet, little of note about it or much splendor. Eventually you come to a simple, unobtrusive door. The only thing th at makes it stand out at all is two guards in heavy golden armor and with enough muscles to wrestle a vrock. Cendi stops here, "Queen Tant will see you inside. Shall we?"
01[17:38] <Seira> "Certainly," Seira agrees, letting him open the door, as she is but a guest here.
[17:38] <Kotono> Amaryl quickly checks herself over, "I wish we'd though to clean ourselves up before this," she murmurs to Seira.
01[17:39] <Seira> "We could," Seira voices. "If that would be alright with our hosts, a simple spell takes care of that."
[17:40] <Kotono> "By all means," Cendi agrees, waiting. "Go on."
01[17:40] <Seira> Prestidigitation is a very handy spell, and as such, Seira has it ready!
[17:42] <Kotono> Using this magic, Amaryl and Seira are cleaned up. As it finishes, "Are the two of your eady now?"
01[17:42] <Seira> "Sorry for the wait!"
[17:56] <Kotono> "Come." Cendi opens the door! Inside, you see a short hall, perhaps fourty feet long. It is decorated well and richly, lit by two braziers int he rear, on either side of a throne. Here the ruler of Malmuth sits. Her face is round and weathered, her hair a bunned up mass of black and gray. She wears a noblewoman's rich clothes. "Seira of the United Baronies." Her voice lacks the defining, enthralling timbre of her predecessor. It's an old woman
[17:56] <Kotono> enthralling timbre of her predecessor. It's an old woman's voice, delicate and precise.
01[17:59] <Seira> "Your Majesty," Seira says, approaching the throne, dropping into a curtsey an appropriate distance from it. "Thank you for seeing us on such short notice."
[18:00] <Kotono> Amaryl follows and does the same as Seira. "I thank you for this honor, Majesty."
[18:04] <Kotono> "You did Malmuth a service in stopping Ferdi's mad ambition. Rise." Queen Tant commands. "You wished a private, discrete audience with me. You have it."
02[18:05] * xorntoro (~ferixstad@141.218.228.98) Quit (And now I get to go for a thirty-minute walk in a blizzard.)
01[18:07] <Seira> "A situation most Malmuthians sadly don't see that way, Your Highness," Seira responds, straightening up. "It is encouraging to hear you say it."
[18:11] <Kotono> "Most don't understand anything beyond the simple desire to return to what was. The dual losses pained Malmuth, both seemingly against a foe that should have been easily crushed. By the numbers, the Baronies are hardly a match, and few can see past that."
06[18:16] * Seira can't really argue with that. "And because the current leaders are cut from a different cloth, they can see past that, as you have said, Majesty." She pauses briefly. "What I would like to learn is whether the most our countries could ever be is uneasy neighbors locked into a perpetual state of armistice, and nothing further."
[18:20] <Kotono> "Right now...It is difficult to say. Many view the loss of Valandia as a crippling blow that must be remedied. Old guards from Ferdi's regime that still have power, nationalists, or those who simply resent the loss or have suffered from it. My view is that the main healing factor will be time and patience, augumented at the right time by actions."
01[18:23] <Seira> "That would probably be right, in the absense of a common enemy to unite against, and I wouldn't wish such a so-called solution on anyone, Majesty," Seira agrees. "It is my hope, however, that lines of communication could be opened with this visit.
01[18:23] <Seira> Time, patience and education are important; actions made at the right time, however, may not go far if they are not coordinated or reciprocated on the other side."
[18:31] <Kotono> "Yes, I have no objection to this. One of the few successes of Ferdi's reign was the Kondrux affair and it's quick resolution." A nod to Seira there, "Contact would best established in Valandia for mundane matters, obviously."
01[18:35] <Seira> "Claris is a good choice for that, yes," Seira agrees once more. "And unless I am mistaken, our trade took a serious hit shortly before the war, and never truly recovered. Valandia's temple to Waukeen should be nearing construction soon, however, and would respond most favorably to any attempts to revitalize this avenue."
[18:38] <Kotono> "This is agreeable. Prosperity brings peace in it's own time," Tant does stop here, looking to Seira. "What of your own realms? I hear that Balmuria prospers."
01[18:42] <Seira> "It does, as a result of advances in trade, magic and better relations with our neighbors," Seira responds honestly. "It is my hope that one day we might recapture the glories of the past without the accompanying arrogance that lead to our ancestors' downfall, and then, surpass them altogether."
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[19:11] <Kotono> "It is a dream that Ferdi had in his own twisted way. With the right touch, it is a good dream to have."
01[19:20] <Seira> "I believe there are plenty of wonders to be discovered," Seira comments. "Certainly enough for everyone, without having to fight over them."
[19:20] <Kotono> "
[19:20] <Kotono> "Agreed," Amaryl speaks up here, "King Lorthan shares the same view."
[19:22] <Kotono> "This is a wise stance to take. It's quite markedly opposite Ferdi's, so that's usually true." With the faintest, regal smile crossing her face, "Do you have any specific s to that, or merely sentiment now?"
01[19:23] <Seira> "I do, Your Majesty," Seira responds. "But first, might I inquire as to how Malmuth is adjusting to the somewhat-recent influx of magic in the world? The wards holding us isolated from the other planes are slowly coming undone, and the first time it has happened wasn't pleasant to either of our countries."
[19:26] <Kotono> "We are doing well enough with it. There are...disturbances. A necromancer arose far in the south, only put down with concentrated effort. There have been hints of deviltry as well. There are also religious movements forming, scattered here and there."
01[19:33] <Seira> "Much like in our lands, except for the necromancy." Seira nods. "There are many things I wish to see, but without a focus, none is likely to be realized. So what I would like to offer is to work together on restoring the lands that had been ruined by the carnage of the gnomish war.
01[19:33] <Seira> We have already made some headway into studying the wastes past the Desert Fiefdoms, and the once-impenetrable jungle bordering on Kelara had finally been traversed. But that is only a beginning, and our efforts might benefit from a fresh perspective and from capable mages and researchers alike."
[19:35] <Kotono> "To the west, as the Galkass Mountains end, is the waste as well. Over the years various souls have tried to survive it, but none have survived. A solution to it would be a bounty to all our nations."
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01[19:38] <Seira> "Since we have been working on this for a while, we managed to make headway. But the progress is just too slow for my tastes, and even should we succeed, I fear we will have to start all over again for each damaged spot on this world. Having more effort put into solving this problem will surely be a step in the right direction."
06[19:38] * Seira gives Amaryl a brief smile, before returning her attention to Queen Tant. "Besides, we want to see what lies past the edge of the world. Wouldn't you, Your Majesty?"
[19:40] <Kotono> "Perhaps. Malmuth is kingdom enough for me." To that she smiles faintly, "There is enough land in it for me to worry about every day."
01[19:44] <Seira> "We happen to be on vacation right now, Your Highness," Seira says lightly. "If there is a particularly troublesome spot where it would be inadvisable for the Crown to exercise its influence due to the circumstances on the ground, we might just pass through it. Accidentally, of course."
[19:46] <Kotono> "Of course." With the faintest smile again, "There is not at the moment, though I will keep your offer in mind in the coming weeks. Well no...actually, there might be one." Stopping there, "There might just be one."
06[19:47] * Seira waits patiently, projecting an image of casual curiousity.
[19:51] <Kotono> "Far to the east of Tauret, in the Enaldis Mountains, is a small town, Catamact. There's been reports and hints of a religion taking shape there, but finding out which is proving elusive."
[19:51] <Kotono> "If it's an innocent religion, I would rather not antagonize them by direct action if avoidable. If they're not...well..."
01[19:54] <Seira> "Yes," Seira says, her demeanor changing in an instant. "If they're following one of the evil gods, that is something that needs to be nipped in the bud."
[19:56] <Kotono> Amaryl nods as well, "That's close enough to the Barbarian Lands to be a concern for Pallanth as well."
[19:59] <Kotono> "Then go and see." Tant says, "Carefully. If they are foul and evil, it will not be an easy task."
06[20:01] * Seira bows. "And yet, a task that must be completed, lest evil have a chance to grow and fester." She straightens up. "It is my hope, of course, that the religion is innocuous, but we've been burnt with such things far too much to merely let it go without an investigation."
[20:04] <Kotono> "Yes. I'm glad to see you understand this," Tant says.
01[20:06] <Seira> "And speaking of evil...." Seira doesn't really want to go into this, but Queen Tant did mention devils earlier. "There is a devil going by the name of Esthan, seemingly helping people out of the goodness of his heart. Knowing what we do of devils, things are not as they seem.
01[20:06] <Seira> Though we've yet to determine his goal, we do know that he seeds discord subtly wherever he goes, and that he is the most powerful mage on our world, without question."
[20:12] <Kotono> "I see. I know nothing of this devil or that name, but...It must be remembered then," she says, "Has he been in Malmuth?"
01[20:13] <Seira> "I don't have knowledge of Esthan appearing outside of Pallanth, although a devil of that caliber and magical know-how would be able to appear anywhere he wished. If we manage to discover more specific information pertaining to him, it will be shared via a Sending spell straight away."
[20:17] <Kotono> "That would be appreciated, thank you," Queen Tant nods to that.
06[20:20] * Seira nods herself. "I believe it is time for us to proceed with our vacation, then, Your Majesty," she says, glancing at Amaryl briefly. "I've always wanted to visit Tauret, after all."
[20:25] <Kotono> "You're dismissed. Enjoy Tauret." As Queen Tant says this, Amaryl bows again. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your time and graciousness."
01[20:26] <Seira> This time, it is Seira who follows Amaryl's lead.
[20:26] <Kotono> Thereafter, the door leading in here opens. "This way," Cendi can be heard.
06[20:27] * Seira backs away from the throne, before turning towards the sound of Cendi's voice, ready to be led outside.
[20:28] <Kotono> Once outside, "I'll take you back. Any questions before that?" Cendi asks.
[20:28] <Kotono> Amaryl breathes out a sigh, and quietly to SEira, "That went well."
01[20:30] <Seira> "Far better than my expectations, though I've learnt to keep those low," Seira responds quietly, before raising her voice. "Just one, I suppose. Would we follow the same protocol if we were to return, say after our vacation to Catamact?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "Contact Meriwether, she can pass ont he approriate signs," he agrees, "We'll be expecting you in due time."
01[20:32] <Seira> "Have you been to Tauret?" Seira asks Amaryl. "I haven't, so it would be a long trip. Although I suppose I could get us part of the way over."
[20:33] <Kotono> "I've never been," Amaryl agrees to that with a shake of her head, "Should we leave in the morning then?"
01[20:35] <Seira> "I could take us as far as the Gulnan Basin," Seira suggests. "It should be far closer. If you'd like to spend another night here, we can wait until morning. It doesn't really matter either way."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Let's just get an inn room and rest? It feels strange to leave late in the day," Amaryl admits, "A day of rest before travel would be pleasant, too."
01[20:42] <Seira> To be perfectly honest, Seira is not very eager to return to the spot where she was demeaned shortly after escaping from hell, quite literally at that, and the prospect of coming against an evil cult is likewise offputting. Spending the day with Amaryl in their inn room, once suggested, quickly takes precedence, and she finds herself nodding to the suggestion. "Sure thing. We can afford it."
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20-9
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[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20-9
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-9 and gets -4." [1d20=5]
[20:55] <Kotono> That night, sleep has come. As Seira rests in her bed, there is a very soft knock on her inn room door.
01[20:56] <Seira> People waking her up in the night, never a good sign. Seira comes over to the door, asking quietly, "Who is it?" so as to not wake Amaryl.
[20:57] <Kotono> AMaryl is quite fast asleep. In a very quiet voice, "Celebrimbor. Come out, we need to talk."
01[20:58] <Seira> Seira's eyebrows climb all the way into her hair, it seems. She grabs the Resort, and only then opens the door, slipping outside.
[20:59] <Kotono> Celebrimbor is in the dark hall, wearing a hood that he pushes back as Seira opens the door. His face is quite composed, not a hint of a smile on his face at all.
01[21:00] <Seira> "I would say it's a very pleasant surprise, but you don't look happy to see me," Seira says, leaning against the door. "What's wrong?"
[21:01] <Kotono> "We need to talk about Amaryl. Come with me," he says, starting to walk down the hall.
01[21:02] <Seira> "Let's talk here, then," Seira tells him. "She's asleep, and you know where we are. I can't just leave her like this."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Fine." Going to rest against the opposite wall from Seira. "Was it her idea or your idea for her to abandon Pallanth and her family?"
01[21:05] <Seira> "What do you mean by that?" Seira asks in surprise. "The council is on a break. We're just using that chance to go and see the world."
[21:05] <Kotono> "It was hers," he nods, "Are you familiar with the note she left behind when the two of you left the Citadel?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "I told her to write one," Seira says. "Her family... is there a problem with them? They always seemed so nasty to her, so leaving without saying goodbye in person seemed like the right thing to do." She frowns. "In fact, I was going to try and see you soon, perhaps by using a Sending to invite you over.
01[21:08] <Seira> Celebrimbor, just how badly is Amaryl treated back home? Whenever we talk about it, she just looks away and tells me not to mention it."
[21:11] <Kotono> "By any normal standard, she's treated well. She's rich and the head of a noble family. She has an apex of power at a very young age. If you're thinking outright abuse in that manner, no." Quietly now, "Does Amaryl talk about her family much to you?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "No. In fact, she claims everything is fine. But I... I don't know, I don't buy it. The way she looks those times makes me uneasy. And then, there is Sir Ambrose. She thinks the world of him, but at the same time, wouldn't talk about him either. Is there some grand secret I'm being kept from? Should I push? Should I back off? I just don't know. But you can help me make sense of things, can't you?"
[21:15] <Kotono> "This is more or less accurate, with gaps filled in by my listening and ob servation. But have you ever wondered how Amaryl became scion of the family when she's obviously so ill suited for it?"
01[21:15] <Seira> "They wanted to control her. It's either that, or there is some subtlety of Pallanth law that made her the only possible applicant."
[21:20] <Kotono> "Well, no. Lavandear Gaial, the last Scion, died unexpectedly and swiftly. The family was ill prepared for it, with no clear successor. The summary of the entire affair is that through a lot of internal struggling, Amaryl became scion. It was partly a compromise and partly an accident."
01[21:21] <Seira> "Sucks to be all those schemers," Seira says, not particularly caring. "Except they made her life crap, and I take it Amaryl decided to just run away from it all?"
[21:26] <Kotono> "I think the blame lies solely on Lavandear's untimely death. In better circumstances this would not have happened the way it did. But yes, I suspect that's the ultimate result of the situation. As for Ambrose?" Stopping now, "It's easy to tell that Amaryl thinks the world of her. But...you needen't worry. From what he's said to me, he thinks of her as a daughter to nurture."
[21:28] <Kotono> *world of him
01[21:28] <Seira> "I only worried for her," Seira admits. "Well. After the first time she told me not to worry about him. Amaryl was very convincing. Umm. But that doesn't really matter." She shakes her head. "Anyway, it's a huge relief that the man she practically worships isn't mistreating her. Really. Huge. Enormous! I was really worried, because I like him. Not as much as I like you! But--"
06[21:28] * Seira stops herself a second time, taking a deep breath. "Let's start over. So the problem is solely with Amaryl's family, and nothing further? There are no wider issues with the Council or King Lorthan?"
[21:31] <Kotono> "Not that I'm aware of. She's only ever been polite to me. Until very recently and your influence, she's been so soft spoken that it's difficult to imagine her provoking anyone like that, or being provoked." Stopping here, "However, the family is a concern. Her note was well meaning and very polite, but various members have gone form reading between the lines, to inventing entire stories of subtext based on nothing."
01[21:31] <Seira> "I think I will need to ask you to tell me what the note says, first, Celebrimbor."
[21:40] <Kotono> Reaching into his robes, a sheet of paper is flicked towards Seira.
06[21:42] * Seira unrolls it, giving the paper a glance.
[21:46] <Kotono> It reads the following: 'Dearest Family Gaial: 14 years ago I became the scion of this house. It is a great honor...but not one I can live to. My heart yearns to go where it feels love and where I can feel alive. I am going with my closest friend, one who will keep me safe from all harm. I am sorry if my recent trainings or this leave has offended any of you. But...I will follow the path that I wish to with all my heart, not the path that I mus
[21:47] <Kotono> not the path that I must.'
01[21:48] <Seira> "This reads like she's abdicating," Seira notes in surprise, her eyes rising to meet Celebrimbor's.
[21:48] <Kotono> "It doesn't say so in so many words, but it does, doesn't it? It leaves a lot to be inferred."
01[21:50] <Seira> "This is too much to deal with on such short notice," Seira mutters. "Especially with Amaryl not present for it. Which brings us to my next question. If this is contained to Amaryl's family, why did you come instead?" She frowns. "In fact, and please don't take this the wrong way, but what is the purpose of this visit? To inform us of the problem, or to try and take her back against her will?"
[21:51] <Kotono> "I wouldn't dream of it. It's really not my business." With the faintest smile, "I'm being a meddling old elf. I caught wind of this and gathered the needed information. I had a suspicion that you m ight be at least partly in the dark."
06[21:53] * Seira snorts. "You really are a great friend. I'm sorry I doubted that for even the briefest of moments." She smiles wryly. "I'm afraid that any subtext Amaryl's nasty family is reading into is probably true, as long as it doesn't involve me using my magic on her or anything likewise distasteful."
[21:56] <Kotono> "It's your business. For my two coppers, it's to be expected. I'm glad this rebellion is only this and not something self destructive. However, while they owuldn't do something so odious as hurting you or Amaryl...they might send someone to find her by various means, or even deal with you if they suspected foul play. Scion or not, if they suspect someone's possibly kidnapped a member of the Gaial family, they won't let that go unopposed."
[21:56] <Kotono> they won't let that go unopposed."
01[21:58] <Seira> "Do you think we can take this indoors?" Seira asks. "Much as it pains me to disturb her rest, I would like to... oh, I don't know what I'd like, but it involves talking. And a tiny bit of annoyance for not relying on me enough to tell me about her problems."
[22:04] <Kotono> "You can. I'd rather keep my role in this affair between you and me." With a nod of his head, "While I can handle it, being accursed of meddling in a private family affair will needlessly antagonize whomever takes the Gaial position in the Council."
01[22:05] <Seira> "It might help if she thought she could have support," Seira argues. "You know. From you, and from others. It doesn't have to go beyond that room."
[22:06] <Kotono> "She needs your support, not mine." Shaking his head now, "Be there for here, if she matters that much to you. That will mean mroe to her than anything I could ever do."
06[22:07] * Seira nods. "It might well be that I'll need your help, then. Are you staying at this inn as well?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "No. I'm planning to return to Pallanth as soon as this is done," he replies, "I can return if you'll need me, as long as it's kept quiet."
01[22:10] <Seira> "I think I might," Seira says, sighing. "This would be simple if it only involved me. I would instantly know what to do, I feel it! But in this situation...." She shakes her head. "So I think I might need to rely on you, discreetly. If you can't wait while I talk things over with Amaryl, do you think you could return tomorrow?"
[22:11] <Kotono> "I can. Scrying on Amaryl is simple enough," he says, "Evne if you're not here."
01[22:12] <Seira> "Ah. About that. Please, erm, don't scry on us," Seira requests, sounding embarrassed all of a sudden. "A Sending is fine. We'll be here for the next day."
[22:13] <Kotono> "Ah, of course. I had no easier way to find you." Smiling at that, "Good luck."
06[22:14] * Seira rolls her eyes. "Thanks. I mean it. This way, we have a chance of doing something about the problem, rather than have it come after us when we least expect it." She turns around, opening the door to their room, and steps inside.
[22:14] <Kotono> Amaryl looks to be still asleep. She's wrapped up in blankets and quite comfortable looking.
06[22:16] * Seira was comfortable, too, and there's no way she can fall asleep now. An application of faerie lights illuminates the room, and then Seira shakes Amaryl awake, leaving the Resort on the nightstand.
[22:23] <Kotono> "Hm?" Amaryl sits up easily, "What is it, Seira?"
01[22:25] <Seira> "I'm going to be talking about things you don't like me to broach, so I'd like to apologize in advance and tell you that I love you," Seira says bluntly, sitting down on the bed next to Amaryl. "Just remember that, alright?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "Huh?" As she blinks and stares, "W-what's going on now? Did something happen?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "It seems your family believes that you abdicated and then eloped with me, although some of them feel that I've kidnapped you and might be sending people after us to bring you back," Seira says, although her speech begins resembling a rant as she rambles on.
01[22:30] <Seira> "That would be bad. But I'm also troubled that you didn't tell me just how bad things were. And while we're on the subject of things troubling me, wouldn't I qualify as more than a friend, however close or special? I thought it was a necessity of your post to be vague about that, since we're not married and all that, but if you're giving up your old life like that, does that really matter?"
[22:38] <Kotono> "Seira...how..." she begins, before coloring and looking away. "I...I didn'tw ant to think about any of that. I just wanted to go. I wanted to go with you and forget all about Pallanth."
01[22:41] <Seira> "Of course--" Seira rubs her forehead. "Of course you can go anywhere you want. And I'll be there with you. But it won't be very pleasant if a bunch of bounty hunters are tracking us down, would it?" She sighs. "And you can't run away from your problems. Forgetting about them? That never works. What you can do is put them behind you, one way or the other.
01[22:41] <Seira> Do you know what you want, beyond all doubt? If so, let's go and make them all understand! I'll be right by your side the entire time, I promise."
[22:45] <Kotono> "Seira..." Sniffling now, "I wnat to keep going with you. I know that. I've known that since I started. I don't have to worry about anything like what I had to when I was there in Pallanth."
01[22:49] <Seira> "So the hardest part is over," Seira tells her with a smile, putting her arm around Amaryl's shoulders. "I want to be with you, too. But are you certain that you want to leave your home country altogether? If you want me to, I could move in with you, and no one would bother you again.
01[22:49] <Seira> Even if you don't want to serve as a Scion anymore, do you want to turn your back on Pallanth itself? It's... it's not a simple choice between merely existing back home and abandoning everything to live with me. There are a lot of ways to have the latter without cutting all ties with your past."
[18:58] <Kotono> -------------------(Bazooka Ko!)--
[18:59] <Kotono> <Seira> Do you know what you want, beyond all doubt? If so, let's go and make them all understand! I'll be right by your side the entire time, I promise."
[18:59] <Kotono> > "Seira..." Sniffling now, "I wnat to keep going with you. I know that. I've known that since I started. I don't have to worry about anything like what I had to when I was there in Pallanth."
[18:59] <Kotono> <Seira> "So the hardest part is over," Seira tells her with a smile, putting her arm around Amaryl's shoulders. "I want to be with you, too. But are you certain that you want to leave your home country altogether? If you want me to, I could move in with you, and no one would bother you again.
[18:59] <Kotono> <Seira> Even if you don't want to serve as a Scion anymore, do you want to turn your back on Pallanth itself? It's... it's not a simple choice between merely existing back home and abandoning everything to live with me. There are a lot of ways to have the latter without cutting all ties with your past."
Session Close: Mon Feb 23 19:07:05 2009
Session Start: Mon Feb 23 19:07:05 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[19:07] * Disconnected
02[19:07] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
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03[19:07] * Topic is 'Jessica>Balor>Pollyanna>Donald>Antenora>Oberuth'
03[19:07] * Set by Kolunch on Thu Feb 19 20:38:31
03[19:07] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[19:07] <Kotono> "I thought about this a long time after I visited you in Balmuria," Amaryl begins, "Seira, Balmuria and the outside world was alive. There wasn't the same routine and same endless obligations just beceause of who I was. PAllanth is like a suffocating cage. I don't want to be caged in there anymore. Let someone who wants and appreciates the power have it."
01[19:14] <Seira> "You are in a position to change it," Seira says, after a brief pause. "If you wish it, it should be possible to leave and explore the outside world. To learn from it. And to return one day, even if it's years later, to break the cage for everyone who couldn't get away."
06[19:14] * Seira sighs. Is it wrong to see Amaryl's move as right and applaudable, and still expect more from her? It is one question Seira doesn't know the answer to.
01[19:15] <Seira> "At first I thought you were giving up, but that's not it, is it? You're leaving everything behind, and it's a very brave choice. I'm sorry I didn't see it right away. But what if you'll be strong enough to challenge Pallanth's ways one day in the not-too-distant future, but won't be able to make a difference, as you'll have become an outsider?
01[19:15] <Seira> What if your family uses this chance to put another innocent girl as the new head of family?"
[19:19] <Kotono> "That won't happen." Amaryl murmurs, "I can't imagine it will again. But...I don't want to change PAllanth, Seira. I just want to get away from it. I know I can't change Pallanth."
06[19:24] * Seira sighs again. "I can't blame you. I did the same thing myself, after all." When she was much younger. "Alright. Alright. Balmuria would love having you, and you already know my friends there. They like you, too. It would work."
[19:29] <Kotono> "Thank you," Amaryl sighs as well, relief filling her face. "I just..." she hesitates here, then embraces Seira without another word.
06[19:31] * Seira laughs, though it comes off forced. "Don't thank me yet," she tells her, letting her chin drop lightly on Amaryl's shoulder. "We have to return immediately. Unless we leave Pallanth properly, making a clear cut with your past, it will always keep on haunting us. We can't let that happen, Amaryl."
[19:36] <Kotono> No reply at first, Amaryl resting against Seira. "What about Queen Tant's request?"
01[19:39] <Seira> "Teleport. If I bug Celebrimbor about it, he might help us get to our destination even faster than I could take us. Unofficially and all that." She smiles crookedly. "I'm glad you're going along with this. The next plan best thing to a plan the Guard has is another try at the elven wards holding Pallanth's Resort. Taking you along on that without settling things properly... heh, awkward's too tame."
[19:51] <Kotono> "Well..." Blushing hotly at that, "When will that be?"
01[19:53] <Seira> "There were... problems. With our last campaign." Seira shudders in Amaryl's grasp. "Probably a few weeks at the earliest. Possibly several months still."
[19:54] <Kotono> "..S-Seira?" At those shudderings, "Seira? What's wrong?" Holding her, "You're shaking!"
01[19:56] <Seira> "Badness. Let's deal with the badness ahead of us, first." Seira closes her eyes. "Can you promise me that you won't regret it? Going with me?"
[19:59] <Kotono> "Yes," Amaryl says instantly, "I can. I don't regret it and I won't."
01[20:02] <Seira> Elves live pretty long lives, but Seira decides to trust in that promise. "We'll leave with first light," she says, brushing her hand through Amaryl's hair. "We'll put things in order, and then we'll be free to go on wherever we choose."
[20:06] <Kotono> "Alright," Amaryl says, resting against Seira. "Until the morning...?"
[20:14] <Kotono> Night passes in a restful sleep thereafter. Amaryl falls asleep against Seira. With morning's light the day returns...OOC - Ball's in your court at the moment.
06[20:15] * Seira will memorize the teleport spell and a few others that should help them afterwards, before stirring Amaryl from sleep.
[20:17] <Kotono> Amaryl gets up and puts her gear on. She looks about the room, shifting and quiet as SEira prepares.
01[20:18] <Seira> "Are there any precedents for what you're about to do?" Seira asks her, done with her own preparations. "Do we go to the crown? Or is it settled more privately?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "It's a family matter, but I..." Amaryl looks down, hand held at her chest. "King Lorthan has domain over all. Perhaps...perhaps he could help too."
01[20:25] <Seira> "I'll get us to the Citadel. Then, how about we seek out Sir Ambrose?" Seira proposes. "If we approach the King with him, it might be the best possible solution, and any spies your family might have in place would be fooled and caught off guard, too, unable to meddle effectively."
[20:27] <Kotono> Blushing at that, "Ah...Sir Ambrose..." Gulping down, "O-Okay."
01[20:29] <Seira> "Hey," Seira says, catching her attention. "You've made a difficult choice, and now you're struggling to make it work. I'm sure he will understand and support you, Amaryl."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Okay." Breathing in and out for several breaths, she look sto Seira. Her smile wavers and shakes, "I can do it. WE can do it. Okay?"
06[20:30] * Seira smiles at her. "Right!"
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01[20:34] <Seira> roll 1d100 Cel
05[20:35] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Seira invited Hatbot into the channel.
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01[20:35] <Seira> roll 1d100 Cel
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 Cel and gets 49." [1d100=49]
03[20:38] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[20:38] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
[20:48] <Kotono> Woosh! Celebrimbor's estate is quiet irght now, appearing in his rear gardens. Not an elf is to be seen, only well kept and weaved nature.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Let's sneak outside," Seira whispers, perhaps needlessly. "We can pay him a visit when we're not pressed for time. You'll need to lead the way."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Okay..." Amaryl pulls the hood of her cloak up, hiding her face and keeping her head bowed. "This way, Seira."
06[20:52] * Seira follows, herself adjusting her features to appear yet another elf. Her human disguise might not fit so well here, after all.
[20:54] <Kotono> The Citadel of Light is a peaceful place, a chilly breeze rustling through the leaves and buildings. Winter's breath comes closer and closer to the forest as the two approach the abod eof the Highsun family. It is a large building in the shape of a disk, golden as the sun itself at it's zenith. Amaryl lead syou to the entrance, pulling up her hood as you knock on the door. To the servant there, she says, "Could you inform Sir Ambrose that Amary
[20:55] <Kotono> she says, "Could you inform Sir Ambrose that Amaryl Gaial is here to see him? Quietly."
06[20:56] * Seira studies the location quietly while Amaryl handles this part. It seems like her old place would not be quite so hospitable to her appearing there in the future.
[20:58] <Kotono> The grounds around it are denuded of trees, tall grasses growing. It lets the sun's watery fall light shine right on the golden building. The servant bows, "Ah, Sir Ambrose left instructions if you came. This way, please," the elf bows deeply.
06[20:59] * Seira gestures for Amaryl to step ahead, following her after resetting her disguise to what it normally is, her preferred form of dealing with people she is not particularly close to.
[21:05] <Kotono> The mansion has a theme of noon and the sun. The floors are often engraved with the sun's light, sunroof windows letting plenty of it in. You are lead down halls towards the center of the building. Hoewver, midway down one bright hall, Ambrose comes out of a door. He nearly double-takes, before approaching. "Ah, Amaryl! Seira of the Baronies as well?"
01[21:06] <Seira> "It is nice to see you again," Seira responds, nodding in greeting, "though I wish this could have happened under better circumstances."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Yes," Meanwhile the servant bows and departs, Ambrose locking eyes with Amaryl. "Amaryl, your family depended on you. Why then? Why run off like that?"
06[21:13] * Seira will let Amaryl answer that. As long as she doesn't falter or rely on Seira of her own initiative, Seira is content with letting her see her decision through.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Sir Ambrose..." Looking down and away again, holding her hands to her chest, "I...I'm sorry. You'll say that I let my family down and you're right. But...my family let me down. Scion? Me? You know how bad an idea that was!"
01[21:15] <Seira> "I don't know the full story yet," Seira adds. "But Sir Ambrose, if I might ask, what sort of family would drive Amaryl away from her birth country altogether? This is hardly some whim of hers."
[21:22] <Kotono> Ambrose Highsun listens to this, then, "Amaryl, you have the potential to be a fine Scion. You've been showing it as you've begun to take your first steps to maturity. You've always had the talent in you, just not the confidence to use it. Lavandear spoke well of you many a time before he passed from this world." (More)
[21:28] <Kotono> "Amaryl, I taught you that strength comes from in there," Pointing to her heart, "Nothing truly forces you save your own heart. It is a stout heart of a brave woman. Is running away truly the wish of your own heart, or of your fears?"
[21:30] <Kotono> Looking down further, "Maybe if this hadn't happened, you'd be right someday. Maybe you even are anyway. But...I don't care anymore. I don't care if it means I'm a coward or weak. I want to run away. My family can have the power and authority and influence."
01[21:32] <Seira> "I offered to find some way and make this work," Seira voices. "Like... like moving in, or finding a regent or something, if that's possible, while taking a long vacation to make up her mind." She shrugs. "But I believe in Amaryl, and I know she'll shine just fine wherever she chooses to be. Since she's so intent on making a life for her in Balmuria with me, could you support her?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "What about the rest of your family? Another struggle for succession will erupt, and this one will play on the fractures you know exist within your family. It could take centuries for those cracks to repair, in which time your family's power will be steadily eroded." He stops here, an unreadable look to Seira. "Amaryl...is that what you truly want, no matter the consequences?"
01[21:34] <Seira> Nice family. It takes quite an effort for Seira not to voice her thoughts.
[21:36] <Kotono> "I..." Here she stops. She looks down at the floor, hanging her head. "Si-....Se....yes." she says in a little, tiny voice. She whispers it a few times, looking up. Raw fear is on her face, fear and utter, stark terror. "I'm so sorry I let you down."
06[21:38] * Seira takes Amaryl's hand, giving it a squeeze.
[21:41] <Kotono> "In a way, you've made a mature choice by choosing to follow your heart. If ou've chosen to run, then why are you back in Pallanth?"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Seems like we've made a mess of things the way we left." Seira gives him a wry smile. "While I wouldn't mind starting a war over Amaryl, Commander Oberuth back home would yell at me for it. Not to mention that any unpleasantness could be averted by returning and setting things straight.
01[21:43] <Seira> After all, I would never try to influence Amaryl's decision unfairly, even if I happen to disagree with her, as you can see."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I need to talk to King Lorthan at least...and I wanted to say how sorry I am to you, Sir Ambrose." Clearing her throat now, "Seira's right, I need to at least settle this."
01[22:07] <Seira> "The people who love you won't be disappointed in you," Seira whispers to Amaryl. "You don't need to worry about that. Because it's a choice you made yourself, they will be proud."
[22:11] <Kotono> "I'll make the arraingements," Ambrose says after a short pause. "Discreetly."
06[22:12] * Seira looks uncertain. "Should I be there with you? Can I even be there with you?" she asks Amaryl.
[22:14] <Kotono> "I'd like you there," Amaryl says back. Ambrose simply agrees to that. "Yes, I don't see it being any more of a problem."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Great!" Seira exclaims, feeling relief.
[22:22] <Kotono> The two of you ar eescored to a quiet room to wait briefly. This goes without incident, giving you af ew minutes to rest or do anything if you wish. OOC: Doing or want ot say anything, or skip along?
01[22:24] <Seira> "Even if we settle everything, Amaryl," Seira tells her quietly, "we still won't be coming back for a while. Do you need anything picked up from your old home?" She winks. "We too can be discreet when necessary."
[22:25] <Kotono> "No. I took all I wanted to," Amaryl answers, shaking her head. "I already made my peace with that place."
01[22:26] <Seira> "I always got the sense that your maids liked you," Seira voices. "I mean, they always played along when I wanted to surprise you, and were nice to me. And they spoke well of you. Unless you think they were only pretending?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "They were nice, but I left them a note, too. Privately." Smiling ever so little at that, "As well as a secret pension for the services they gave me."
06[22:31] * Seira laughs. "Let's leave them another note. In about three weeks a Baronies ship is scheduled to arrive at Elfsander. It's chartered by the temple of Waukeen, and anyone looking for fun, gainful employment could be given free passage upon it."
[22:41] <Kotono> "O-okay," Amaryl nods that slowly. "You want them?"
06[22:43] * Seira laughs harder at the question. "Not the way you make it sound, but yes. It'll be great fun for all involved!"
[19:27] <Kotono> > "No. I took all I wanted to," Amaryl answers, shaking her head. "I already made my peace with that place."
[19:27] <Kotono> <Seira> "I always got the sense that your maids liked you," Seira voices. "I mean, they always played along when I wanted to surprise you, and were nice to me. And they spoke well of you. Unless you think they were only pretending?"
[19:27] <Kotono> > "They were nice, but I left them a note, too. Privately." Smiling ever so little at that, "As well as a secret pension for the services they gave me."
[19:27] <Kotono> * Seira laughs. "Let's leave them another note. In about three weeks a Baronies ship is scheduled to arrive at Elfsander. It's chartered by the temple of Waukeen, and anyone looking for fun, gainful employment could be given free passage upon it."
[19:27] <Kotono> > "O-okay," Amaryl nods that slowly. "You want them?"
[19:27] <Kotono> * Seira laughs harder at the question. "Not the way you make it sound, but yes. It'll be great fun for all involved!"
[19:29] <Kotono> OOC: Skipping ahead, yes? Right.
[19:35] <Kotono> The three of you take a quiet, back route into the palace. Here you wait for King Lorthan to admit you into the throne room. Nervousness settles in as you wait, but at last...Your names are called as you enter the seat of elven power, finding the King sitting on his throne. Seira and Amaryl approach...
06[19:36] * Seira curtsies respectfully, staying slightly behind Amaryl. She can't help but reflect on how much this mirrors the visit they paid to Queen Tant, down to the swapping of their respective roles.
[19:38] <Kotono> Amaryl bows deeply to the King. There is a pause before she speaks. "Your Majesty," she begins, "I...I trust you have heard of my recent actions?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "I have," he speaks now, the hall quiet of the normal council members, voices echoing lightly. "I bade you to explain yourself."
01[19:41] <Seira> As with Ambrose, Seira only intends to intervene to support Amaryl or directly in response to the King, should he choose to address her. A part of her hopes that Amaryl manages to get through this trial on her own.
[19:43] <Kotono> "Your Majesty, I...I cannot fulfill the role my family has taken for me. I wish to step aside and allow another to take this power. King Lorthan, I know that you know the events of my ascendance to this position and the death of Lavandear Gaial. My appointment was a fluke of circumstance that must be corrected."
[19:46] <Kotono> "Amaryl, you will leave your family in turmoil, and part of Pallanth in turmoil as well." King Lorthan is reserved as he speaks. "As long as you understand the consequences, I will make no move to interfere in this business of the Gaial family." (More)
[19:48] <Kotono> His attention then shifts to Seira, "One does not travel lightly with a scion or former scion of Pallanth. Considering your position as well, it would be devastating if tragedy befell Amaryl under your guidance. Many of the Gaial clan would see you as little better than a reckless murderer. Do you understand your responsibility here as well, Seira?"
[19:48] <Kotono> "I have thought of them and had them shown to me," Amaryl bows again, "Your Majesty, my mind is determined."
01[19:50] <Seira> "I won't say something corny like 'I'd die for her', Sire," Seira responds, bowing herself. "Instead, I'll repeat something I've told Amaryl once. Those who wish to come against us better not even bother without an army."
[19:54] <Kotono> "You have proved resilient, even when you lose something valuable," His Majesty merely addresses that point. "Pallanth wishes you no ill will at all, Seira. It only asks you to protect it's wayward child as she goes out into the world."
06[19:56] * Seira smiles genuinely. "It heartens me to hear you say that, Your Majesty. Please rest assured that there won't be a moment where Amaryl and her safety would escape my thoughts, even if this over-protectiveness embarrasses her to no end."
[19:57] <Kotono> "Thank you," Amaryl bows again.
[19:58] <Kotono> "Seira..." she breathes a moment after, coloring.
01[19:58] <Seira> "Like now!" Seira adds brightly, smiling even wider.
[20:00] <Kotono> "Go then," King Lorthan says, "Be safe in your travels."
01[20:02] <Seira> "Thank you, Your Majesty," Seira repeats after Amaryl. "And for what it's worth, I disagree with Amaryl. I think she was a good Scion, and would only have gotten better with time. It just wasn't in the cards."
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[20:32] <Kotono> "It is my opinion that this may have been so, or not. But it's irrelevant now," King Lorthan says, "Go, and travel with the grace of Pallanth on you."
01[20:35] <Seira> That certainly went better than she expected, and Seira decides to quit while she's ahead, completing the ritual by a respectful curtsy and a retreat from the throne. Once far enough that she can get away with it, she takes Amaryl's hand and smiles at her. "This is it," she says quietly. "We're really leaving."
[20:40] <Kotono> Taking Seira's hand at the same time, "Say the words and take us away from here," Amaryl says. "Let's go and see the world!"
01[20:44] <Seira> "The word will have to wait until we're out of the palace," Seira returns, smiling at her. "It's bad form to teleport on the grounds."
[20:45] <Kotono> "Seira...this one, the hell with it," Amaryl says, "Please, let's just go!"
06[20:46] * Seira snaps her fingers, thinking of her inn! And really hoping she doesn't run into an ancient defense system that horribly disfigures them in the process.
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[20:51] <Kotono> Wooooosh! The two appear in Seira's backyard, just as planned!
01[20:52] <Seira> "We didn't die horribly," Seira says cheerfully. "I think that calls for a celebration!"
[20:54] <Kotono> Looking around, "Yes," Amaryl agrees, sighing deeply, "Let's celebrate today!"
01[20:56] <Seira> "I'm tapped out as far as teleports go, anyway, so just let me leave a few instructions for Donald to set things up and we'll go invite Elle?" Seira suggests.
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: You wanna chat with Elle, basically?
01[21:00] <Seira> OOC: Yes!
[21:01] <Kotono> Elle is found in her shop as usual. Alice is manning the desk as Elle is in conversation with a dashing elf. The two are whispering back and forth to each other, secluded away, half hidden by a standing suit of magical armor.
06[21:02] * Seira decides to approach Alice instead, in this case. "Hi!" she says, trying not to raise her voice so much that she would interrupt Elle's fun. "Who's Elle's friend?"
[21:03] <Kotono> With a faint smile, "A messenger from the elven mission. They seem to be getting along well. Can I do anything for you today, Seira?"
01[21:05] <Seira> "Sure! Just help me with a couple transactions while Elle does her getting along well thing? I have a cloak I've outgrown and a Mystra-blessed sword that stabbed many a Sharran!"
[21:07] <Kotono> "Certainly," As this goes down, Amaryl looks about. She raises an eyebrow, scooting closer to Seira. She doesn't speak yet, however. "How exactly do they work? Have they been previous identified?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "Oh yes! Elle made me the cloak, and I simply fell in love with the simple effectiveness of it, but now I believe that I am ready for something new." Seira grabs a hold of the cloak she wears and shows it to Alice. "So I've tried out this purchase, and it fits me well. I don't really feel too guilty about switching one of her works for another, so...."
01[21:09] <Seira> Rather than trailing off at that point, Seira lists the properties of the cloak, before laying the silvered holy longsword on the counter. "And I realized I didn't really need two backup melee weapons, either."
[20:00] <Kolunch> <Seira> "Oh yes! Elle made me the cloak, and I simply fell in love with the simple effectiveness of it, but now I believe that I am ready for something new." Seira grabs a hold of the cloak she wears and shows it to Alice. "So I've tried out this purchase, and it fits me well. I don't really feel too guilty about switching one of her works for another, so...."
[20:00] <Kolunch> <Seira> Rather than trailing off at that point, Seira lists the properties of the cloak, before laying the silvered holy longsword on the counter. "And I realized I didn't really need two backup melee weapons, either."
[20:01] <Kolunch> "Ah." Taking them and giving them a brief once over, "What's the other end of the transaction?"
01[20:03] <Seira> "I can't quite replace my old diadem just yet, but I have enough for a reduced version," Seira responds. "Then, there are those boots I talked to Elle about before. And finally, I've actually been wondering...." Seira takes off her shades, placing them on the counter before Alice. "How hard do you think it would be to let me see bad people with those?"
[20:06] <Kolunch> "Bad people?" Alice raises an eyebrow as she takes the shades and looks at them. Meanwhile Elle's laughter is heard tinkling out, Amaryl craning her neck to get a good view of the elf with her.
06[20:06] * Seira nods. "The world's full of them!"
[20:08] <Kolunch> "Do you mean evil?" Alice holds the shades up to the light, peering at them.
01[20:10] <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees. "If it's possible, I might have another request further down the line, but this is really the crucial point. Because they can appear nice and then they stab you in the back, so it's always good to be prepared."
[20:15] <Kolunch> "Mmm. I'll talk to Elle about it," she promises, discreetly looking over. After a moment, "Countess, there's business here for you," she calls.
06[20:16] * Seira glances over at that, curious whether the elf is the same one she had seen with Elle before.
[20:17] <Kolunch> He looks familiar, yes. Elle looks up and nods, whispering something to the elf before coming over. "Alice, why don't you go take a break?" she says sweetly to her, then turning to Seira. "So Seira! Here on business today?"
01[20:18] <Seira> "Business and pleasure, as it so happens. How have you been?"
[20:20] <Kolunch> "Oh, very very good. Money keeps coming and coming. Oh, and you brought Amaryl today? What's the occasion?"
06[20:21] * Seira glances at Amaryl, before smiling tentatively at Elle. "She's going to be living with me from now on. We're actually kinda here to invite you to her welcoming party."
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[20:31] <Kolunch> "Oh!" A moment of surprise passes over her openly, "Oh. Oh yes, certainly. I'll be over there in a little bit. I'll need to deal with Alice first."
01[20:33] <Seira> "We can invite her, too!" Seira offers. "It's not like we're snubbing her or anything, we just came to see you first."
[20:35] <Kolunch> "We'll see." With a too broad smile, "I'll see you over there? We can talk about the business later?"
01[20:37] <Seira> "Yeah, most of it wasn't too serious, so I just gave Alice the details. I'll leave everything here, and we can sort it all out afterwards." Seira shifts, before hugging Elle briefly. "Thank you for letting me stay till now."
[20:38] <Kolunch> "It's fine. I think Donald's lonely, he's been spending a lot of time here helping out lately." Smiling to that now, "He probably misses you."
06[20:39] * Seira laughs, rubbing the back of her head. "I think I can deal with him better, now, and he surely learned something. Maybe? Ah well, one out of two ain't so bad...."
[20:42] <Kolunch> "Well..." Elle laughs as well. "Maybe one day?"
01[20:43] <Seira> "Maybe," Seira agrees, smiling. "So who else is in town? You were our first stop and all."
[20:51] <Kolunch> "Alicia's been in and out. I think she's out right now, off challenging Hell. Demedais has been busy...Donald's around, I ran into Pollyanna a few days ago..." Ticking off her fingers, "That's about it offhand,b ut people can leave in such a hurry now that teleportation is becoming more common among us."
01[20:55] <Seira> "True enough," Seira agrees. "I think I saw Donald briefly, but it wasn't the right time to talk to him yet." Pretty much because he's bound to find some way to insult or embarrass Amaryl and her own visitors-filled inn is the worst possible place for that. "We'll hit the temples and see if the Commander is around, then. Hope you'll be free by the time we're done!"
[20:57] <Kolunch> "Right." A short nod there, "See you then!" Amaryl smiles as well at this.
[21:16] <Kolunch> OOC: SKipping along right.
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: Yep
[21:19] <Kolunch> Seira's inn is bustling this evening! Gathering her friends there: herself, Amaryl, Mia, Donald, Gilartal, Jessica, Commander Oberuth all show up. There's some others as well, mixing and chatting. Mia and Donald are chatting away about something - alchemy and weapons comes up a lot. Jessica's laughing, on the arm of a familiar young man to Seira. Roald, she believes, memories of at ime long ago coming to mind.
01[21:23] <Seira> Feeling nostalgic, Seira leads Amaryl over to those two. "It is a pleasure to have you here, today," she says, smiling pleasantly. "Amaryl, you've met Jessica briefly before, I believe, but not Roald, right?"
[21:24] <Kolunch> There's something about Jessica. A radiance, an appeal. It makes Seira blink and look twice at her. "Thanks," Roald grins, "Seira, how have you been? It's been ages! You should drop by more often...you know your money's no good at our bakery."
[21:24] <Kolunch> Amaryl smiles politely. "It's an honor," she says.
01[21:27] <Seira> "I should, but like Elle says, once you have the teleport spell it's hard to stay in one place for long," Seira agrees, before studying Jessica openly. She mulls it over before stating bluntly, "You look very radiant and overall prettier than usual." She eyes the two of them. "Are congratulations in order?"
[21:30] <Kolunch> A hot blush goes to both their cheeks! "Aaah!" Jessica waves her hands, "N-no! I mean..." As she sputters, Roald tries to say something amid his redness. "She went b-beyond the w-world...I mean..." The two look to each other.
01[21:31] <Seira> Must be the sex, then. "Okay. I won't allude to what we're all thinking," Seira offers magnanimously. "How are your families, then?"
[21:33] <Kolunch> ""SEIRA!" JEssica blushes even hotter.
06[21:34] * Seira is the very image of innocence!
[21:34] <Kolunch> "Oh...well..." scratching the back of his head now, "Mom and my brother are doing well. The bakery's doing so well with more people in Balmuria."
01[21:34] <Seira> "You're keeping up with all the demand with no problem?" Seira asks Roald curiously.
[21:36] <Kolunch> "Well, we sometimes go short of flour or grain, but the Baronies make so much food that it's never a long shortage. Plus we usually sell out these days. There's almost no waste. We've hired a few more helpers and may even buy the building next to us."
01[21:37] <Seira> "How about opening another store altogether?" Seira wonders out loud. "Like in Valandia or the capital? Today, the Baronies. Tomorrow, the world!"
[21:40] <Kolunch> Clinging closer to Roald, "MAaaybe." She smiles at that, "Roald's taught me how to bake well too. Maybe we'll open a shop together some day?"
[21:41] <Kolunch> Roald laughs and blushes hotter, "W-we'll see..."
01[21:42] <Seira> "If starting capital is ever a problem, Waukeen will guide your way!" Seira says brightly. "Don't forget that!"
[21:43] <Kolunch> Roald smiles at that. "I'll remember that. Say, Seira," With a murmur of something to Jessica, "Can we talk a moment?"
06[21:44] * Seira frowns. "We are talking. But. Do you mean the two of us, in private, kind of talking? We can do that, too."
[21:44] <Kolunch> Blushing a little more, "Yes. Why don't your friend and Jessica get to know each other?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "Okay! Amaryl, I'll be back before you know it!"
[21:47] <Kolunch> As you go you can hear Amaryl say, "He looks so enthralled with you!" to Jessica, as the two go a bit away, to aquiet corner. Once there, "Seira, I wanted to ask you. How much money can the temple loan out at once? Is 500 gold too much?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "There are special rules for me," Seira tells him. "It's because I can cover much greater sums even if my entire investment tanks. Even a couple thousand would not be a problem with my recommendation, and you'll get a very reasonable rate."
[21:49] <Kolunch> "Oh, thank you. I...need a bit of money to buy something soon." Smiling now, "If it's not too much trouble, could I get that recommendation?"
01[21:51] <Seira> "Sure. I'll stop by next morning and come along with you, or drop off a note, depending on the situation," Seira offers. "Got anything special in mind?" She can guess, but it's more effective to just ask.
[21:53] <Kolunch> Another blush comes, "Well...it's a secret, but...I want to make Jessica an honest woman," he says.
01[21:55] <Seira> "Good luck!" Seira pats Roald on the shoulder to congratulate him. "I favor the so-called living in sin approach myself, but I've been told I have some strange views at times."
[21:58] <Kolunch> As his blush mellows down and out, "Just don't tell anyone. I want to surprise her, and I'll bet Jess will want to surprise her sister and friends."
01[22:00] <Seira> "I deal with secrets regularly, I'm sure I'll manage," Seira tries to reassure him. "Now, let's get back before they think something fishy's going on?"
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[22:02] <Kotono> As you return, you find Amaryl and Jessica laughing. "Oh, Roald, there are you are!" Going back to his arm, "Let's go get some wine and mingle?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "And we should say hi to the Commander," Seira adds, offering her arm to Amaryl in a similar fashion. "Did I ever tell you how I first met him?"
[22:05] <Kotono> "How," Amaryl gently holds onto Seira. "He's such a big man too. He's kind of intimidating."
01[22:07] <Seira> "He saved me from bandits," Seira whispers to her, leaning over slightly. "I know, I know. Hard to believe, right? But I was really just a kid back then. All I had was this acid spell and a crappy dagger that was more dangerous to me than anyone around me."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Oh." As you approach, Amaryl whispers back, "He could certainly scare off and rout bandits from the looks of him. But yes, hard to believe."
01[22:13] <Seira> "He is incredibly manly," Seira agrees, before waving happily. "Hi! Commander! Are you having fun? Do you need anything? A drink? A better drink?"
[22:18] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth is standing ab it apart from everyone else, drinking a mug of ale. "I'm fine, Seira. Lady Gaial," he lifts his mug to Amaryl. "Welcome to Balmuria again."
01[22:21] <Seira> "Yes!" Seira exclaims. "Welcome, Amaryl! Because it's your welcoming party!"
[22:35] <Kotono> "Thank you," Amaryl laughs as she colors red, "Thank you, Commander."
[22:36] <Kotono> "Enjoy it. If you have any problems, come to Seira o rmyself." he says before he drinks again.
06[22:39] * Seira is both amused and touched by the offer, but embarrassment over her behavior takes precedence and she scrambles to change the topic. "How has Balmuria been?" she asks. "It feels that even when I am around lately, most of the time is taken with preparations for all sorts of trouble abroad that have to be dealt with. I didn't even have much time to drop in on the recruits to the Guard, sadly."
[22:42] <Kotono> "Relatively peaceful. Relatively." Jerking a thumb at Mia and Donald, "Ask Mia about exploding alchemical weapons sometime."
06[22:43] * Seira laughs at that. "Sounds like a fun story! I'll be sure to do that later today. So just the usual suspects stirring up trouble, then?"
[22:46] <Kotono> "For now," Oberuth agrees. "Enjoy it while it lasts."
01[22:49] <Seira> "You know me," Seira says, smiling broadly. "Peace is not my thing. Just gets me to travel." A contemplative expression comes over her. "Speaking of traveling, I would like to finally visit our capital. It has to be the only one I've never been to, strange as it sounds. But if I happened to come by, and Lord Salman happened to be present, just what is the procedure one might follow to secure an audience?"
[19:54] <Kotono> * Seira is both amused and touched by the offer, but embarrassment over her behavior takes precedence and she scrambles to change the topic. "How has Balmuria been?" she asks. "It feels that even when I am around lately, most of the time is taken with preparations for all sorts of trouble abroad that have to be dealt with. I didn't even have much time to drop in on the recruits to the Guard, sadly."
[19:54] <Kotono> > "Relatively peaceful. Relatively." Jerking a thumb at Mia and Donald, "Ask Mia about exploding alchemical weapons sometime."
[19:54] <Kotono> * Seira laughs at that. "Sounds like a fun story! I'll be sure to do that later today. So just the usual suspects stirring up trouble, then?"
[19:54] <Kotono> > "For now," Oberuth agrees. "Enjoy it while it lasts."
[19:54] <Kotono> <Seira> "You know me," Seira says, smiling broadly. "Peace is not my thing. Just gets me to travel." A contemplative expression comes over her. "Speaking of traveling, I would like to finally visit our capital. It has to be the only one I've never been to, strange as it sounds. But if I happened to come by, and Lord Salman happened to be present, just what is the procedure one might follow to secure an audience?"
[19:57] <Kotono> "Go to Lord Salman's offices and request one. Your presence alone should do so," Commander Oberuth says, "Without any problem at all."
01[19:59] <Seira> "I sometimes like to do things the normal way," Seira responds. "Keeps my head from the clouds, I think. I'd hate to become really conceited and take shortcuts wherever I go."
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[20:05] <Kotono> Laughing now, "Be that as it may, you're one of the greatest heroes out country has. Getting an audience should be the height of simplicity."
01[20:07] <Seira> "It's settled, then. I'll stop by when I get a chance."
[20:07] <Kotono> Amaryl whispers at that, "You're held in that high a regard, Seira? I mean even with your King, lik ea member of the Elven Council?"
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01[20:09] <Seira> "I guess, if the Commander says so," Seira whispers back, frowning. "I really should check on the rumors they have about me. Most of it is bound to be pointless hero worship, which is a bit sad. It would be far better if people just listened closer to what Waukeen is trying to teach them instead."
[20:17] <Kotono> "Well..." Blushing at this, "If they'd ever seen you, I could s-see why?"
01[20:18] <Seira> "That's... very sweet of you." Seira can't help but color a bit as well at the compliment.
[20:19] <Kotono> Giggling at that, "Isn't that true, though?"
01[20:22] <Seira> "I suppose I try to be memorable for the people I fight with," Seira allows, giggling herself. "Want to say hi to Mia? I think you know her best here, and it sounds like she's got a funny story to tell."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Sure," Amaryl says as the two go over to Mia. Her and Donald are chatting as they approach, "...It cost enough to make in the end." Mia sighs. "It's totally unbelievable that it workedo ut that way, yes."
01[20:28] <Seira> "What's totally unbelievable?" Seira asks loudly, standing behind Mia.
[20:32] <Kotono> "Oh, Seira!" Donald and Mia speak at the same time, voices overlapping. Then Mia scowls, "Oh, just some unfortunate business over in the temple of Gond. Tell me, how useful does this sound: A weapon that has a hidden compartment fo ra payload of alchemical material?"
06[20:33] * Seira smiles at the two. "I'll ask how much you're willing to pay for one."
[20:36] <Kotono> "
[20:36] <Kotono> "Hey, Seira," Donald smiles, "Hi Amaryl."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Well, it depen...wait, what? What do you mean by that?" Mia looks righ tto SEira, "Did you beat me to it?!"
06[20:38] * Seira laughs in amusement. "Tempting as that is, I'm afraid not. Think about this. Your product must cost less to make than people would be willing to pay for having it, right? Everything is possible, and I have two ideas already of how to accomplish such a weapon, but their actual implementation depends on the restrictions we're working with concerning pricing."
[20:44] <Kotono> "Well, I tried once. It didn't go so well," Mia sighs, "The explosion was rather magnificent for a failure."
01[20:47] <Seira> "Did you try to use magic?" Seira queries. "I suppose we could make it the hard way, but if what you're going for is a... half an enchantment, I suppose, then we could cook something up quite easily."
[20:50] <Kotono> "Well, no. I was going for something more mundane at first," Going on at this, "That idea was to make it so that it could be done and done cheaper than magic. Undercut the market, you know?"
01[20:54] <Seira> "There are quite a few mages still in their infancy as far as their power and skill is concerned, yet that would be able to craft a device suitable to your needs," Seira points out. "And the designs would not be easily copied like with a mundane sword, unless no one you sell it to would ever lose it in combat. Still, I must return us to the question at hand. How much do you intend to charge?"
[20:55] <Kotono> "I was hoping for a few hundred gold," Going on, "Something affordable compared to amagical weapon."
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06[20:56] * Seira frowns. "That's flat out impossible. Don't forget that any weapon made with a shred of skill already costs a few hundred gold. You would want to at least double that and aim for a range of six, seven hundred."
[20:58] <Kotono> "Yes well...I'm getting that idea." Mia sighs, "I'm still working on various prototypes anyway. There's a lot of money to be found in this if it works out1"
[20:58] <Kotono> Donald smiles a little as he listens, "Oh hey, Elle..." he murmurs, promptly going straight for the front door.
01[21:00] <Seira> "I'm serious. You don't want to be working at cost, do you?" Seira asks, not really paying attention to Donald as he leaves due to the interesting discussion. "And don't forget that alchemical substances take a really long time to make, and have a non-trivial price as well. Unless you intend to do all the work yourself, materials and work hours will have to be financed somehow."
[21:06] <Kotono> "Yes, yes, I've been looking at that," Mia rubs her temples, "I'm starting to wonder if this is even going to work out as a return on the seed money. It seemed like a good idea at the start."
01[21:08] <Seira> "It actually is," Seira tells her. "Your bottleneck is actually the ammunition. Unless you can mass-produce cheap alchemical...." She trails off, blinking. "Maybe you could get the goblins to do it for you? If you order in bulk, it might work."
[21:10] <Kotono> "Goblins?" Blinking again, "Why goblins...oh yeah, goblin alchemy!" Snapping her fingers, "What a perfect stupid labor market!"
01[21:11] <Seira> "I heard there's been some changes in leadership, so that might work in your favor if you bargain smart," Seira adds. "In any case, I have access to the most brilliant metal crafter in existence. Or, at the very least, on our world. Come get me tomorrow morning, and we'll take a look at your sword designs? If there's a nonmagical trick to this, he'll find it."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Sure," Mia smiles brightly at that, "Thanks Seira!"
01[21:12] <Seira> "No problem! Ten percent consulting fee is fine, right?" Seira's smile is even brighter, if that were possible.
[21:14] <Kotono> Mia's smile turns into a whimper as she slumps. "Aw damn! I guess I can't fualt that, though. How about 5%?"
01[21:15] <Seira> "It's really in your best interests to have me as a junior partner," Seira tells her casually, her own smile staying on. "I travel past the borders of the known world, and I meet influential people at every point. Marketing is what you really need to get things off the ground, isn't it?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Well, that's true. When you put it that way..." Mia then smiles once more, "10% it is. You weren't going to take any less anyway, where you?"
[21:17] <Kotono> Meanwhile, one can notice a few more people entering. Elle is there, Donald coming to 'escort' her in. Alicia's following not far behind. The inn's party continues onward, epople drinking and talking. Manly bardsong fills the air in the background.
01[21:18] <Seira> "Not really," Seira admits. "But I might have helped for free. It really depends on my whims. But don't feel too bad! With that ten percent, you get my commitment to the project, which alone should worth it!"
[21:18] <Kotono> "True. Okay, work it out tomorrow...oh, I wanted to catch some other people and the Commander. If I can get the garrison interested as well...!" Looking about and seeing Commander Oberuth, "SEe you, Seira!"
06[21:19] * Seira waves happily, before her eyes widen. "Hey, Alicia's here after all, Amaryl!" she exclaims. "Let's go say hi!"
[21:20] <Alicia> Having heard Seira was back in town, Alicia made her way to the inn to catch up with the colonel. Briefly looking around it takes her a moment to spot her currently disguised superior, but she approaches soon enough. "Hello, Seira, nice to see you again," she greets the half-dragon with a smile, before curtseying to Amaryl. "Lady Gaial, also a pleasure."
[21:20] <Kotono> Amaryl, having been quiet and watching, "Certainly," she says, "That Mia...she's so excitable. Money keeps her running around like a hummingbird."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Oh, Alicia," Smiling to her, "It's nice to see you again.:
[21:21] <Kotono> "
01[21:22] <Seira> "Excitable and funny, yes!" Seira agrees, smiling at Alicia's greeting. "It's great that you could be here today for Amaryl's welcoming party. I didn't think your schedule would allow it, so the surprise is really pleasant!"
[21:22] <Kotono> "Thanks, Donald," Turning away from him, "Oh, glad I finally made it," Elle says, "The two of you look so happy together."
01[21:23] <Seira> "It's because so many people came to celebrate with us!"
[21:23] <Alicia> "Well, I heard you were in town and it's been a while," Alicia begins before her eyebrows head upwards. "Welcoming?" She wonders if that's some elven euphemism Taldeer never shared...
[21:24] <Kotono> "I'll be around more now," As her cheeks color, Amaryl smiles winsomely as she clings close to Seira. "Thank you for coming. All of you seem so kind and interested. I keep finding that humans arne't what many elves thought they were at all."
[21:26] <Kotono> "But..." Elle looks around, "I'll talk later, I'm going to get a drink first. You know," With a chuckle, "Before devils and horrors come calling. Speaking of, how was your trip, Alicia?"
[21:26] <Alicia> Seeing the way Amaryl clings to Seira seems to bear out Alicia's suspicion. "Well, we do try," Alicia demurs in response to what's probably a compliment. "So, you two are making it official? Congratulations, then," she gives them both a quick hug before turning to Elle. "Nothing bad happened, but nothing good either - we can talk about it some other time, though, rather than spoil the mood."
06[21:27] * Seira startles. "We have devils coming? Are there devils coming? Why, why are the devils coming?!"
[21:27] <Alicia> "There aren't any, no," Alicia quickly shakes her head. "Don't worry about it, really."
[21:28] <Kotono> "Don't worry about it," Elle echos, "I'll explain what I meant later."
[21:28] <Kotono> Amaryl frowns, before she laughs a little. "Oh, that was an attempt at humor, was it not?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Oh, sister!" Jessica calls from over at the bar, "You're here!"
06[21:29] * Seira laughs herself.
[21:31] <Alicia> "Hello, Jessica," Alicia waves over to her sister, then adding, "Hello, Roald," to her companion. "I heard Seira was back in town so I thought I'd catch up - I didn't know there was a special occassion, though."
[21:32] <Kotono> Going over and getting a glass of wine, Elle departs for a bit. Amaryl looks to Alicia, "You look so radiant as always. Your sister looks well also."
01[21:32] <Seira> "I just had this thought," Seira admits. "Of Demedais and Pollyanna exchanging vows, as a devil teleports in to wreck the ceremony. And with the guest list they'll have, being blown to little, tiny bits. I bet those two would be annoyed at first, but it'll become a funny memory before long."
[21:32] <Kotono> Roald grins, the two lovebirds sharing a glass of wine, occasionally having the other sip from it. They're blushing and laughing, giggling away.
06[21:33] * Seira pauses at Amaryl's words, and looks closer at Alicia, examining her from several angles.
[21:33] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia beams at Amaryl, "Actually we really do look a lot better than normal," she leans closer, "Have you ever heard of Evergold?"
05[21:35] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Seira invited Hatbot into the channel.
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01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
01[21:37] <Seira> "Evergold?"
[21:39] <Alicia> "It's a sacred spring in Brightwater where goddesses such as Sune, Liera, Sharess, and sometimes Hanali," she nods to Amaryl while mentioning the elven goddess of beauty, "All bathe. We visited it a few days ago." She then adds, "Before you ask, we never actually met any goddesses."
01[21:41] <Seira> "That might have been awkward," Seira agrees. "Are you supposed to stay in the water if a goddess decides to show up?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "I imagine if they didn't want you to stay you wouldn't have much choice in the matter," Alicia decides after a moment thinking about it.
01[21:42] <Seira> "True enough. So in essense, you bathed and got radiant? I cannot describe in mere words how utterly cool that is!"
06[21:44] * Alicia smiles. "It felt wonderful beyond words - and it healed all my scars as well!" She tugs down the shoulder of her dress to show off her left bicep, "Look - I used to have a really long one up here from a barbazu's glaive, but now it's as smooth as the day I was born!"
06[21:45] * Seira reaches out, stopping herself at the last moment with a questioning glance, seeking permission.
[21:45] <Kotono> Amaryl looks, "Oh, that's lovely. That's so smooth and soft looking, your skin, that is."
[21:45] <Alicia> "Go ahead," Alicia nods, not minding. It's just her arm not someplace intimate, after all, even if she does almost show off some other areas by pulling down her garment in this fashion.
06[21:46] * Seira runs her finger down, not feeling any scars marring the skin. "It must have been wonderful, yes."
[21:48] <Alicia> It's soft skin, although the hardness of dense muscle packed beneath shows very little give to Seira's finger. "It was. And better yet, as lovely as it was for us, I understand it would be extremely hazardous to devils - so I've got two barrels of water from it in the house," Alicia goes on, refixing her attire afterwards.
[21:49] <Kotono> "Oh, that's just a superb bonus," Elle says as she comes back, a glass of wine in hand. "What a lovely spring."
06[21:49] * Seira perks up. "Do you think it could--" She stops briefly, debating it, before asking, "Do you think it could be used to speed up regeneration, too?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "Well, it would probably work for cosmetic issues certainly. I'm not sure if it would heal a true maiming, though," Alicia hazards. "On that note, I actually picked up some scrolls of powerful regeneration magic from Dweomerheart, so those men we rescued from Halla have all been healed, now."
06[21:52] * Seira clasps her hands impulsively. "That's great news, Alicia!"
[21:53] <Alicia> "They were all happy - although how the two lovers of Giselle are doing in competing for her affections now, I wouldn't speculate..."
[21:53] <Kotono> "Two of them?!" AMaryl colors at that hotly, "That sound so scandalous!"
[21:54] <Kotono> "Well, isn't she a Princess?" Drinking her wine down, Elle smiles lopsidedly, "Princesses have the authority."
01[21:54] <Seira> "I don't see a problem," Seira says instantly. "It's not my thing, but consent is all that matters here."
06[21:54] * Seira does wonder whether Giselle is at a stage where she can give it, however.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Queen now," Alicia corrects. "Considering how many kings have mistresses I suppose it's a royal perogative. Whether the men can stand sharing, though..."
01[21:56] <Seira> "I could understand them," Seira muses. "I'm not big on sharing, either. But they all know what they'll be getting into from the start, so...."
[21:56] <Kotono> "If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander," Elle concludes. "Oh, I'm going to go mingle. This will be so much fun. Oh, there's that stuffy head of Waukeen's church. He wanted to buy some talismans, too."
06[21:57] * Seira laughs. "Gilartal would only be stuffy next to Elle, I swear."
[21:58] <Alicia> "Anyway," Alicia speaks up, "What about you two? What have you been up to this past while - I heard you were either in Pallanth or Malmuth, but no one was sure."
01[21:59] <Seira> "Well, we clearly started in Pallanth, and then we went to Malmuth to mingle and travel and sightsee. We also got an audience with Queen Tant at the end, before we had to return in a hurry."
[21:59] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes here, though holds her peace.
[22:00] <Alicia> "Why'd you have to return in a hurry?" Alicia asks, deciding that's probably more pressing than what the audience entailed.
06[22:01] * Seira looks around to ensure that no one is close by aside from Alicia, first. "Well, in a way, you could say we had to receive King Lorthan's blessing."
[22:03] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes even more, staying close to Seira.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Oh?" Alicia looks between the two of them, deciding it must be some formality of the elven feudal system. "That'd make it official, I suppose," she nods. "I'm not that up on elven culture, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but will one of you be taking the other's name?"
[22:04] <Alicia> As far as she knows Gaial is the more important family, but Seira's father isn't a nobody, either, and there could be all sorts of intricacies she's missing.
[22:05] <Kotono> Amaryl turns even brighter at that, sputtering a few times. "U...uh...uh...A-Alicia..."
01[22:06] <Seira> "Do you want to?" Seira asks Amaryl, turning towards her.
[22:06] <Alicia> Ooops, she just commited a faux pas! "Er, sorry, was that impolite? The only elf I really know well is something of an oddball..." she tries to explain her transgression, blushing herself.
[22:07] <Kotono> "Um..." As red as a fire unchecked, Amaryl tries to speak a few times. "I mean...just...um....it was about...I think what you mean isn't entirely what...it was about family matters..."
06[22:08] * Seira looks a bit upset at that. "Yes, that's one family that won't be throwing any parties. Some of them had this crazy idea I abducted Amaryl against her will!"
[22:09] <Alicia> "It... wasn't?" Alicia becomes even more embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I think I may have misunderstood..."
[22:10] <Kotono> "What did you..." Amaryl begins to ask, "I...kind of...wlel...ran away from my duties at first."
[22:12] <Alicia> "Nevermind what I thought," Alicia shakes her head, smiling pleasantly. "So, you ran away from your duties so King Lorthan approved you leaving the council and now we're welcoming you because you'll be living in Balmuria?" she neatly summarises her new understanding of things. And wonders if it still merits congratulations.
[22:12] <Kotono> "More or less," Amaryl now smiles a little, "I think that covers the general idea of it."
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01[22:14] <Seira> "He approved of you living with me, didn't he?" Seira asks, frowning again. "Because if I misunderstood that part, I'll have to return and just ask him directly."
06[22:15] * Seira crosses her hands in front of her chest. "He told me to care for you and never hurt you and everything! Did I really misunderstand?"
[22:16] <Alicia> This looks like a good time to discreetly leave them to it. "Oh, I think my sister needs me - I'll talk to you both later?" Alicia offers before retreating.
[22:16] <Kotono> Now blushing again, hotly, "Seira...um...I think I meant....Just..." Taking her arm, "Let's go have ad rink and see what's going on? I didn't mean ti like that, jut that..."
06[22:21] * Seira breathes out. "Alright. It's probably some pointless misunderstanding, again. But just so the most important person doesn't misunderstand, I'll say it as clearly as I can.
01[22:21] <Seira> Amaryl, I want you to stay here with me, and not because I want to hire your maids. I want you to travel the world with me until we both get tired of it and find another occupation. If you want to do the name-changing ceremony, I'll get a last name just for that. Alright? Was that clear enough, just now?"
[22:25] <Kotono> "I know," Smiling a little, "I get the idea, Seira. It's very clear."
06[22:26] * Seira looks a little embarrassed. "That's great, then. Let's catch up to Alicia so she doesn't have to feel awkward anymore at the party?"
[22:27] <Alicia> Alicia is currently learning all about how to bake bread! So much she never knew...
01[22:29] <Seira> "I think we worked out the misunderstanding," Seira brightly announces, whispering to Alicia as she comes closer, "You no longer have to seek refuge in bread and its intricacies."
06[22:32] * Alicia decides to move along rather than draw further attention to her faux pas, "It's actually interesting. I used to do a little bit of baking myself, but it was always so plain compared to what Roald here can do," she smiles. "So, what was that you were saying earlier about visiting Queen Tant?"
[22:33] <Kotono> Roald and Jessica are laughing as they chat with Alicia, drinking up. "Oh Alicia, it's like you never seem to see him," Giggling, Jessica touches her sister's arm. "Roald, you should make sure Alicia gets more of your bread. It really is good."
01[22:34] <Seira> "She is a very kind person," Seira is happy to inform her. "The Queen is also very practical, and seems to hold both peaceful coexistence and us in high regard. She thanked us for dealing with her predecessor, and I got the feeling it wasn't just because it landed her the job."
01[22:35] <Seira> "I have discussed greater cooperation with Queen Tant. Any cooperation, to be honest, as well as opening up communication channels to Malmuth. We haven't had that avenue ever since Claris joined us."
[22:36] <Alicia> "Well for some reason we always have so much bread in the house that I never need to go shopping for it..." Alicia remarks innocently, before nodding to Seira and feeling a bit awkward at the two conversations at once. "Well, it's good to know she's reasonable. Not been much of that going around in royalty we've encountered lately."
06[22:38] * Seira nods briefly. "Yes, sadly." She leans closer still, whispering, "Any chance I could talk to you in private before I leave tomorrow morning?"
[22:39] <Alicia> "You're leaving? Well, sure - where do you want to meet up?" Alicia asks, likewise lowering her voice.
01[22:39] <Seira> "It wouldn't take long, I think. Whenever and wherever is convenient to you."
[22:41] <Alicia> "I can come by after dawn?" Alicia offers, wondering what this could be about.
[22:44] <Alicia> The next day, Alicia arrives at the inn bright and early, currently all geared up since she intends to go and see how badly the guards have slacked off without her regular training sessions after this. For now, however, she's all Seira's...
06[22:46] * Seira leads Alicia to the backyard, which is suitably out of the way and private for her needs. "It is a bit embarrassing, but I need some advice. I don't really know who to ask. I mean, I can't ask Dad! And I don't have any other family...." She trails off helplessly.
[22:47] <Alicia> "If it's anything I can help with, I'll do what I can," Alicia replies with an encouraging smile. "Is it about Lady Gaial?"
01[22:48] <Seira> "Yes. Umm. You don't have to call her that if you don't want to. I'm sure she would like more people to treat her closer, like a friend." She sighs suddenly. "See? It's even things like that. She sometimes sounded sad when she talks about not being allowed to have friends, but does it mean she actually wants more people to treat her normally and call her Amaryl like I do?"
[22:51] <Alicia> "Well, if you think she'd prefer informality - I suppose since she's left her family... have they formally disowned her? Actually, wasn't she the head of the family, so can they even do that?" Alicia asks, puzzling it over. "From what you were saying last night, it sounds like there's some bad blood in there."
01[22:54] <Seira> "Yes. Her family doesn't like me. I'm fairly certain they don't really like her, either. Would you try to run away from a place you were loved? From your own family?" Seira scowls.
01[22:54] <Seira> "The only thing the King took from her was the position and title of Scion, so at least they won't be able to hurt her again the way you suggested. And even that... there seem to be all sorts of status even for ex Scions... and we're getting off topic. Anyway. I don't understand Amaryl sometimes. Maybe if I did, she wouldn't feel like her only option was to run away with me."
[23:01] <Alicia> "Well, you know her better than I do - the most time I've spent with her was actually when we first met, the first time in Pallanth," Alicia begins. "The impression I got was that she's rather impressionable - she seemed to be taking all her cues from Lord Highsun, but was also very receptive to what I said, even if it was mostly diplomatic niceties."
[23:01] <Alicia> "I don't doubt that she's also very attentive towards everything you do, Seira, and is using you as an example of someone who lives their life on their own terms and comes out better for everything she does." She leans against the wall surrounding the inn's garden, "Have you actually advised her on how she should handle her problems or is she just copying you out of instinct?"
06[23:05] * Seira snorts. "She handled it differently than how I would, even after I voiced my contradicting opinion. Or both Lord Highsun and King Lorthan. Amaryl's changed quite a bit, and I'm very proud of the way she's standing up for herself. We'll just have to work on the blushing part next." The amusement does not last long.
01[23:05] <Seira> "But leaving your home is painful, and I feel that it's my fault. I wasn't observant enough, I didn't see how bad things were for her. What if I make that mistake again?"
[23:10] <Alicia> "Well, realistically Seira - how much did you actually see?" Alicia asks. "She lived on the other side of the continent and you only ever had quick visits - that's a world away from being with someone day in day out. Any time you appeared would've been a break in her natural routine, giving you a far different picture than you'd get if your presence was taken for granted."
01[23:12] <Seira> "I suppose I'll see her more, now," Seira allows slowly. "She-- it wouldn't be a problem if Amaryl came along sometimes, would it? Training only gets you so far, and I would be really worried about her adventuring alone."
06[23:14] * Alicia blinks, the thought of Amaryl fighting and killing horrific monsters really not meshing with her image of the girl from previous encounters. "She actually wants to do that?"
01[23:15] <Seira> "She actually wants to do that," Seira confirms. "She's been working really hard, too."
[23:20] <Alicia> "I see... well, if you think she's up to it," Alicia replies slowly. "That's surely a big if, though. I mean, the sort of things we face these days can kill an unprepared foe with horrifying ease. I'd want to see for sure where she stands before going along with something like that."
[23:20] <Alicia> She takes a breath, "Anyway, that's a tangent, we were talking about her decision to run away. Did you ever have much interaction with her family yourself?"
01[23:23] <Seira> "They always looked at me like I was beneath them, and Amaryl was always very tired after 'talking' with them," Seira says, making air quotes. "And a bit down, too. But she would always tell me it's nothing and not to worry about it. Even this time...." Seira looks upset. "I think I'm a shallow, selfish person. In the end, there is something that bothers me even more, and it's all centered on me."
01[23:30] <Seira> "Amaryl told her family that she wanted to live with someone she loved. And she called me a friend in the same breath. It's like... it's always like this. I should just be happy to have her, but sometimes I wonder if there's a part of her that's embarrassed about being with me. I don't know what to do about this! I feel bad just for thinking about it!"
[23:34] <Alicia> "It does sound like perhaps you should have pressed on the subject of her family," Alicia admits. "Instead of confronting her problems she saw you as representing an escape which she's eagerly leapt upon." Pushing off the wall, she puts a hand on Seira's shoulder, "But it's obvious you care about her a lot, and she cares about you - I saw how she was hanging off you last night."
[23:34] <Alicia> "Even if her words and blushes convey uncertainty, her other gestures show a lot of comfort in your presence. I don't know her well enough to really speculate on her motivations and feelings, but there's definitely something there. Have you asked her directly? How - forgive the bluntness - how intimate have you gotten?"
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06[23:43] * Seira colors at that. "I really, really shouldn't worry about how she feels. I should know that. It's just... when we're not in private...." Seira pauses. "I know I didn't misunderstand, back in Pallanth, and neither did she. Should I propose? Is that what people do? Is she waiting on me to?"
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[23:46] <Alicia> That sounds like confirmation, so Alicia accepts it as such. "That depends on how serious you are - do you see yourself spending the rest of your life with her?" she asks firstly.
[23:46] <Alicia> "But in my opinion you should hold off on something like that until she's truly comfortable - if she has issues with having your relationship 'on display' as it were she's probably going to get cold feet over something so formal."
01[23:51] <Seira> "Maybe that's it," Seira agrees, mulling it over. "I-- it's not like I want to display anything." She looks away. "But the denials hurt, even if they're softly-worded and roundabout. She keeps on telling me that... and that she's sure. And that I shouldn't worry. And I try not to, most of the time. But the few times I do, it's really lonely because I don't know what to do, or who to ask for advice."
[23:53] <Alicia> "I'm here for you," Alicia offers with a smile. "You could try asking Marie as well since she has more experience with these kinds of relationships than I do, but personally I'd take it with a large grain of salt. Although..." she hums for a moment,
[23:53] <Alicia> "It sounds like she's denying there's any problem between you in the same way she used to deny there was any problem with her family - does that sound right?"
01[23:55] <Seira> "Without the tired and upset part," Seira says hesitantly. "I'm really not forcing her into being a person she doesn't want to be, into doing what she doesn't want to, like they had for fourteen years, at least, and who knows how long before."
Session Time: Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 2009
06[00:00] * Alicia nods. "Okay," she accepts that. "I think next time you talk about why she's so hesitant in front of others you really need to force the issue and not let her give you a vague or non-answer. Until she clears things up you're just going to be fumbling in the dark."
[00:00] <Alicia> "It could be she's just not used to these kinds of relationships, or it could be she's looking for something different than you are - but it's no good guessing."
01[00:03] <Seira> "I'm... not used to it, either," Seira admits. "Or at all. And I don't have the heart to force it. Every time I tried, I just couldn't."
[00:08] <Alicia> "You really have to," Alicia suggests, adopting a more instructional approach since Seira could perhaps benefit from it. "It might even lead to a fight, and that's fine - I know when you're young it's easy to think a fight can doom a romance because everything has to be perfect, but nothing could be further from the truth."
[00:08] <Alicia> "Love requires work, and sometimes it hurts, but in the long run it's necessary - think of it like pulling out a splinter. Sure it's a sharp shock, but if you don't then problems can fester and grow far out of proportion."
06[00:11] * Seira nods seriously. "I'll have to do it. I'll need to ask Amaryl again." With a pleading look, she adds suddenly, "But you don't really think she wants something else, do you?"
[00:12] <Alicia> "I'm sorry, Seira, I really don't know her well enough," Alicia shakes her head apologetically. "Certainly she seems to enjoy your company a great deal, that much is plain to see."
01[00:17] <Seira> Seira's expression is unreadable for a few moments, before she says, "I hope that when we'll return from the second trip to Malmuth, you could congratulate us again, and this time, Amaryl would accept that with a smile. At least with you. With my closest friends. At least there I want her to be confortable enough with this."
[00:19] <Alicia> "I hope so too," Alicia gives Seira a hug, although her armour makes it less enjoyable than it might otherwise be. "Good luck, Seira."
06[00:25] * Seira returns it. "Thanks, Alicia. I'll trust in Amaryl's words to me. And I won't forget this."
[19:34] <Kotono> -------
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: What were your plans for th enext morning? Go over Gulnan via TP or something else?
03[19:34] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
01[19:36] <Seira> OOC: If it's alright, I'd like to have a couple scenes in Balmuria before going there. We can leave just fine around ten or so, I think. The temple part can surely be handwaved, but I'd like to try and help Mia with Lagann's designs, and ask Abby how are things.
01[19:36] <Seira> OOC: The purchases are also settled, right?
[19:39] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Temple stuff is without incident. What are you going to do with Lagann, just try and use it's powers to help Mia?
01[19:39] <Seira> OOC: Sure, it doesn't really need a scene if it's a matter of a roll
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head and make an int check?
01[19:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[19:45] <Kotono> It takes some time of working with Lagann, but soon a prototype is made. It's made of iron and adamantine in theory, looking pretty good if you resolve about two dozen 'quirks' Lagann added. Mia is quite pleased.
01[19:46] <Seira> "It's good to have quirks, actually," Seira comments. "Makes it harder to copy the design if you're not in the know."
[19:51] <Kotono> Mia beams, holding the prototype, "Well, yes, once it's tandardized, but thank you!"
01[19:52] <Seira> "Lagann is great at what he does!" Seira responds, giving credit where it is due. "He is an amazing partner!"
[19:54] <Kotono> "Isn't he? Say..Seira..." Eyeing Lagann openly, "Does it have a brother? Or a sister, or whatever?"
01[19:57] <Seira> "No, but if one of my projects goes through, we'll have something even better in the end," Seira answers rather mysteriously. "I'll be leaving again, now, so hold down the fort in the meanwhile? If there's something, use a Sending to get in touch with me!"
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[19:57] <Kotono> "I will." Mia smiles broadly. "Until then!"
01[19:58] <Seira> Giving her a parting wave, Seira decides to touch base with Abagail. It's a precious chance that won't repeat for another few weeks, and she'd been neglecting the girl as it is.
[19:59] <Kotono> Abagail is found to the west of Balmuria. Just outside the city gates a building is being constructed. Several men are working on it, Abagail keeping an eye on them and hleping out with a few cantrips here and there.
01[20:02] <Seira> "I'm sorry we didn't have much of a chance to speak lately," Seira apologizes as she comes closer. "Things kept on happening one after another. I'm here now, however."
[20:05] <Kotono> "Oh!" Turning around in a little bit of surprise, a hand ot her chest, "You startled me!" With sharp tones, "I was concentrating, I didn't even notice you come up."
01[20:06] <Seira> "Don't feel too bad, I'm very sneaky!" Seira says, winking at her. "How are we doing?"
[20:07] <Kotono> "Second house of the month." Looking them over again as they work, men slowly erecting the framework for a simple enough home, "It varies a lot. Some take to the work and the nature of it, but some are irredeemable curs who try to sneak away or cause trouble. This group right here is the best group we have so far. They're fairly reliable as they go and do decent work."
06[20:10] * Seira nods. "That much is to be expected," she muses, sighing. "Even if it's regrettable. Aside from congratulating you on a work well done, of which I had no doubt, I've also come to consult with you on a few matters. Abagail, do you think some of those in our program would prefer a military life? I'm thinking more of manning remote outposts than doing parades, naturally."
[20:13] <Kotono> "Most of these...mph. Some might. Some are bandits or brigands who had a order of sorts in there. Plus a few are interested in a fresh start away from everything. How remote are you thinking about?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "Very remote. And very confidential, at least right now." Seira's voice lowers accordingly. "I've yet to approach Lord Salman with the idea, but I would like to create a special branch in our military forces. One that would alert us to threats to our peaceful coexistence far in advance, and from which we could draw upon to fight them, if necessary. (more)
01[20:16] <Seira> I feel so strongly about this that if I don't secure that approval, I will likely proceed with it on my own by forming it as a mercenary army."
[20:19] <Kotono> "That important?" With a long look, "I do declare that you look entirely serious on this matter. Most of them aren't that trustworthy for it, but there are a few who may fit that mold."
01[20:21] <Seira> "I'll likely require the signing of a magically-binding contract for those who would like to volunteer, to ensure that they are on the level. They won't be forced into it, after all." Seira shrugs. "But I realize how hard it must be for those who have been convicted of a crime to receive recognition and a second chance. This might offer them a second start, far away from here, while still doing good."
[20:22] <Kotono> "I'll start to gauge them for those who would be receptive. How long would it be before you start to muster them?"
01[20:25] <Seira> "No sooner than a month, but soon after that. I'll need as much for further preparations on my end," Seira informs Abagail. "At the same time, though it might be a bit taxing, do you have enough confidence in this program to take it out of the experimental stage? It benefitted Balmuria, and there is no reason to think Valandia would not fair as well. And then, it might spread throughout the Baronies!"
[20:29] <Kotono> "I think the fundamentals are good enough. It would be a matter of training people to handle them. It does need a fair bit of labor and attention to work," Abagail considers, "They are simple ruffians at first, remember."
01[20:31] <Seira> "I do," Seira agrees. "Are any of the graduating class, so to speak, motivated enough to be educated as additional trainers?"
[20:36] <Kotono> "Mmmm. Maaaybe," Wavering a hand back and forth, "I'm not sure yet."
01[20:38] <Seira> "This is where we should be prudent and wait until you're absolutely confident," Seira agrees. "I'll see if I can also find someone who could assist you."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Thanks," Smiling a little, "That's downright noble of you."
01[20:41] <Seira> "In a year, I hope that everyone in the Baronies knows of your work," Seira says sincerely. "What you're doing here, it's not only very important, it's downright revolutionary!"
[20:43] <Kotono> "Such hopefulness...hopefully these ruffians can be reached and made into respectable sorts." Looking at the house being built now, "That would be pleasant."
01[20:45] <Seira> "It would be," Seira agrees, and reaches in her bandoleer, retrieving a scroll case. "It's nothing fancy, but I just wanted to leave you with something. A personal, short-term goal, in a way." She hands it over. "We were talking about having a place to stay while traveling, remember? This is no mansion, but the spell creates a very comfortable dwelling for the night, and adequately warded, too.
01[20:45] <Seira> I hope you can master it quickly."
[20:47] <Kotono> "Oh, thank you!" Looking the scroll over and smiling, "Oh yes, it will be something to work towards. Handy for the next time I must travel, too."
01[20:48] <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees with a smile of her own. "Once you can cast this freely, you are just one step away from being one of the top mages in the world."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Heh, heh," Blushing at that, "One day!"
[20:54] <Kotono> ---
[20:55] <Kotono> Amaryl is found preparing in the morning. She eats a late breakfast of porridge and cream, her quiver of arrows lying on the floor against her chair. "Good morning!" she says agreeably enough, "Are you back now, Seira?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "Yes," Seira calls back, finding it strange to be leaving her eyes uncovered after wearing her shades for so long. She closes the door behind her, moving another chair to be opposite Amaryl before taking a seat. "It seems that those I'm sponsoring are doing well with themselves. It's always pleasant to see. I hope they'll go far."
[20:59] <Kotono> Wiping a little cream off her upper lip, "Good. That's what you were going to see? I think you menionted it, but last night is a bit of a blur now."
01[21:00] <Seira> "I made an appointment with Mia, there was a slight business with Roald -- wish him the best, really, and then I visited Abby. I never got a chance to talk to her last night, and I couldn't just leave again without that."
[21:05] <Kotono> "Oh." Smiling a littl enow, "Will be leaving soon now that those matters are done, Seira? We're still going back to Malmuth, aren't we?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "We are," Seira confirms. "I'll take us to Gulnan, and then I'll summon steeds to take us even further. If there's trouble of some sort, we'll still have a teleport left in reserve." She barely avoids wincing, taking a deep breath instead. "But first, can we talk a bit? I tried to understand on my own, but I can't, so I need to ask you something."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Oh?" Putting aside her breakfast bowl, "What is it, Seira?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "It's really difficult for me to ask, but I'll try." Seira wrings out her hands, before noticing what she's doing and placing them firmly on the table before her. "I told you last night what it is that I want. Even if it's mostly a blur, you remember that part, don't you?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "I think so?" Amaryl says afte ra moment, "I drank a bit of wine and that made everything get blurry."
06[21:22] * Seira blanches. Does she really have to say all that again? The very thought is mortifying. "I told you," she forces herself to say, "that I wanted to be with you. Not as friends. As... a couple." Color returns to Seira's face, until she's blushing. "It's really unfair that you're making me repeat it, Amaryl! Do you... do you want the same?"
[21:24] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, "Seira, I...after what we did...is there any doubt?" Turning redder and redder, "I won't do that with just anyone!"
01[21:28] <Seira> "It's not like I, either--!" Seira exclaims. "Amaryl. If it's like that, then why does it feel like we have to pretend in front of our friends? I don't care about the people we come across, people we don't even know, but are you embarrassed if our closest friends know?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "No!" Blushing even more, "No...just...it's not proper to advertise a relationship that openly!
[21:29] <Kotono> "
01[21:31] <Seira> "Even to people closer to us than family?" Seira asks in surprise. "In some ways... they're really my family."
[21:34] <Kotono> "Seira, it's just..." Fumbling for words, "Relationships are between two people. Not...not between two people and the rest of the world."
01[21:39] <Seira> "I understand! I understand," Seira repeats. "But when Celebrimbor came across me, after I escaped from a really horrible place...." She lays her head on her hands, observing the table's surface aimlessly.
01[21:39] <Seira> "A part of me was happy that you weren't worried, but there was also a selfish part that really wanted to hear from you. To know that you thought of me. If he knew, maybe he would have told you. Maybe you would've come along. It was difficult, being on my own. To the point I asked Elle to let me stay."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Oh..." Looking down at the table, studying smooth wood with an almost religious ferver, "Seira, I...That's why I wanted to go with you, too. You've always been running of to the next insane danger."
06[21:43] * Seira laughs suddenly. "Would you believe I wasn't even looking for trouble that one time?"
[21:44] <Kotono> "I think you said that," Amaryl blushes a little more now, "...I'm sorry. I upset you, didn't I?"
01[21:46] <Seira> "I'm really happy to hear that you want to keep me safe," Seira says. "It's not something I really hear. People either fight alongside me, or look towards me for protection. It's a really nice feeling, hearing that."
[21:48] <Kotono> "....thanks..." Coloring once more, "Seira, I..." Getting up and goign to Seira, red-hot as she wraps around her in a hug. "Don't be mad at me. I don't want you to be mad at me."
06[21:53] * Seira leans into Amaryl's hands. "If I'm mad, it's at myself. I knew you had problems back when you used in Pallanth, but I would always back off on questioning you about them, even though I knew I really should. I just don't want to make that mistake again. I never want you to be uncomfortable, or feel you have to hide anything from me. I never want to see you troubled again, assuring me that you're fine."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Oh..." Hugging Seira tightly, "Thank you, Seira..."
03[22:01] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[22:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
01[22:03] <Seira> -------
01[22:04] <Seira> Once their preparations are over, and Donald receives his instructions for the next few weeks, as well as a promise to take him along on the next trip Seira intends to take, she adjusts her disguise to what it was in Malmuth, takes Amaryl's hand and concentrates on the road sign she had seen on her way back to Balmuria after appearing in the basin.
01[22:04] <Seira> roll 1d100 seen once?
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 seen once? and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[22:07] <Kotono> Woosh! The two appear at the sign! It's raining this morning, heavy raindrops splattering the two adventurers instantly. Amaryl holds her arm just above her eyes, "Rainstorm? What horrible luck!
[22:07] <Kotono> "
06[22:08] * Seira laughs. "We're right where we are, which is more than I can say for the last time I appeared in these parts. The bottom of the basin, if you're wondering." She smiles crookedly. "The rain won't stop me from providing horses for us, and once we're out of it, I'll dry us up, alright?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "How?" Amaryl looks long at Seira. "And certainly. WE're traveling to the east, towards Tauret and past it?"
01[22:13] <Seira> "I was escaping Pandemonium," Seira responds, getting ready to conjure up the first Phantom Steed. "Trust me, the bottom of the Gulnan Basin was a step up. And that's pretty much right. On our trip back, we can finally stop by Purinn. As you can see, it's less than a day's ride from here."
[22:25] <Kotono> ""Ah," Nodding in the rain, "Let's go then?"
06[22:30] * Seira leaves their generic map of the area in Amaryl's hands, given her own cursed handicap with geography, and once both horses have been conjured is more than ready to proceed towards their destination!
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d100 for random possibilites
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 for random possibilites and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d100 borderline reroll
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 borderline reroll and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[22:37] <Kotono> Thus the trip begins. An few hours into it the two stop for lunch. This ends up being a very long, interesting lunch for both of them., one thing leading to another. It's quite the enjoyable encounter, but ultimately the two continue their trip. Slowing down at one point in the midafternoon, low mountans and hills all about, "SEira," Peering at the map, "I'm having to do a lot of guesswork here since we're moving so fast, but I think we're goin
[22:37] <Kotono> "I'm having to do a lot of guesswork here since we're moving so fast, but I think we're going to reach there tomorrow or late tonight?"
01[22:39] <Seira> "Late tonight would be ideal," Seira responds, quickly calculating the time she has on the conjured mounts. "It would allow us to arrive under cover of darkness, without too many observers, and also let me conserve my spells for tomorrow. Let's aim for that?"
[19:30] <Kotono> Thus the two continue on! Amid the hills of the Enaldis Mountains the two come to Catamact several hours past sundown. A chilly wind is blowing as they approach it. It is a cluster of buildings tucked in between a few hills, unremarkable to an eye that look sat it at night and briefly.
01[19:32] <Seira> Time to see if the cluster of buildings contains an inn, Seira decides, dismounting. Once Amaryl has followed suit, it would be simple to dismiss the steeds. Should they need a swift escape, the ring of teleportation exists for that.
[19:43] <Kotono> Dismounting and joining Seira, "An inn?" she asks, "Will we sleep and work in the morning or...?"
01[19:45] <Seira> "We'll try to find a place to stay, and see how things go," Seira responds, dismissing their mounts. "If news of the cult have reached the capital, they must not be particularly secretive, and likely try to recruit travelers." And doesn't that sound disturbingly close to the Kesse approach? Seira decides not to judge before seeing the cult for herself, however.
[19:50] <Kotono> Thus the two head into the town! Only a few buildings have lights on. One does look to be an inn - one big room, a small communal inn. Several cots and beds are about, a single woman waiting in here. She's ancient, old and toothless as she rises up with her cane. "Aaah, evening, evening travelers! What brings you into here so late in the night?"
01[19:53] <Seira> "We misjudged the distance," Seira responds, shrugging. "And you know how hard it is sometimes to give up with the goal just ahead? A night's sleep in an actual bed over a bedroll by the side of the roll sounds so much better!"
[19:59] <Kotono> "Well, come in dearies," Smiling with black gums and no teeth, a deep lisp in her voice, "The inn's free, take a bed and rest well."
01[20:00] <Seira> "Free?" Seira asks in surprise, even as she steps inside and unfastens her cloak. "Does it run on donations?"
[20:02] <Kotono> "No, it's ran by the community." Smiling again now, "Anyone out this far deserves a place to rest. You can donate a coin to running it if you want, but there's no requirement."
01[20:05] <Seira> "I think I will," Seira muses, draping her cloak over the nearest bed, while mentally asking Lagann whether it senses anything resembling weapons or spring-based traps nearby. "Sounds like a great community, doesn't it, Amy? It's a friendly approach many others should well pick up on."
[20:11] <Kotono> Lagann doesn't detect anything beyond some metal in a bag a ways away. Coins. "It's so nice. Most communities aren't so open," seh gushes.
01[20:14] <Seira> Lagann can keep watch overnight, just to be on the safe side. With that taken care of, Seira gestures at the next bed. "Let's rest up?" she suggests with a smile. "Pleasant though it is to hear about this, the community will still be here in the morning."
[20:24] <Kotono> Thus sleep comes...(More)
[20:30] <Kotono> It's raining coins. Gold coins? Yes, gold coins and silver coins and copper coins and platinum coins. Coins and coins and coins and coins! There are coins falling alla round Seira, like free money from the skies. She stands outside in an open field, as money showers her from the clear blue sky.
06[20:33] * Seira is taken aback. The symbolism is plain to her, but why now? Does Waukeen wish something of her? Did she do something wrong and needs to be shown back on the right path?
[20:39] <Kotono> The coins continue to fall! Seira is up to her hips in them! Her shoulders! Her facE! She's finding herself drowning in coins...no, in water. IN cool water. She's in the ocean now, laughing. Uatu is laughing with her about s omething. She's not sure what, but she knows it was funny. Otherwise, why would she be laughing?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC - Oolu. Go me.
01[20:43] <Seira> It's probably something perverted, knowing that lech, but Seira can play along just fine! Besides, he's funny and harmless, and she can appreciate that.
[20:47] <Kotono> "Now," Oolu goes on, "What about you?"
01[20:49] <Seira> "If you think that's funny, I've got a better one right here for you," Seira responds, smiling. She can breathe just fine in the water, likely due to her ability to breathe water, and merely floats in it, relaxing. "I traveled through time, twice. Once to the future, and once to the past. You could call them prophetic dreams if you'd like, but each helped me immensely in its own way.
01[20:49] <Seira> And now, it's happening again. How cool is that?"
[20:56] <Kotono> Amaryl giggles and blushes, neck deep in the bathwater as she splashes Seira. "That was cool. But what about that?" she says, pointing at the large troll right besides Seira.
01[20:58] <Seira> "A minor inconvenience," Seira responds, calling upon a cone of fire to smite it.
[21:01] <Kotono> As the troll burns..."Seira?" Amaryl says. Seira sits up in her bed, a bit of smoke and heat around her face. Her shoulder is being shaken. "Seira, wake up!"
01[21:02] <Seira> Seira's eyes snap open, as she instantly takes stock of the situation! Heat doesn't bother her, but there shouldn't be any!
[21:07] <Kotono> She's lying in her bed. There's a bit of smoke in the air! "Seira, you were talking in your sleep and then breathed a bit of fire. Are you alright? Bad dream?" Amaryl says all in a rush.
01[21:11] <Seira> "A strange, lucid... dream?" Seira doesn't sound certain as she says that part, calling upon the Detect Magic cantrip before looking at herself. Could a Nightmare had been cast on her, or a similar effect? She refuses to believe that she simply lost control like that without outside interference.
[21:12] <Kotono> There's no unusual magic around. Sunlight is coming in from windows, watery sunlight. There's a bowl of porridge besides Seira's bed. That's about it. No magic, nothing unusual.
01[21:13] <Seira> "This is impossible," Seira insists. "I have never lost control like this. Never."
[21:17] <Kotono> "What's impossible," Amaryl blinks at Seira. "OVersleeping?"
06[21:18] * Seira blinks. "That too. But the breathing of fire, weird dream combination. You were also in it."
[21:23] <Kotono> "How odd," Amaryl says carefully, "Maybe it was the late night's fault?"
01[21:24] <Seira> "I guess we'll see when we stay here again," Seira muses, batting at the smoke to disperse it. "Where's our host?"
[21:56] <Kotono> "She brought that porridge and went to bed. No one's here right now," Amaryl answers, "It's closer to lunch than breakfast, though."
01[21:57] <Seira> "Let's take a look around once I've eaten?" Seira suggests, a mischievous smile appearing. "I don't have a problem reheating it, after all."
[22:01] <Kotono> Laughing at that, "I'm glad no one was around ot be surprised by that."
[22:05] <Kotono> Breakfast goes without incident. After, "Let's look around town," Amaryl suggests, "Anything in particular?"
01[22:07] <Seira> "How the people here are treating the kids," Seira muses. "You can often tell by that. Plus, they hear more than we think, and don't have much of a problem with sharing it."
[22:12] <Kotono> "Aw," Amaryl smiles a little, "LEt's go see the children then?"
06[22:12] * Seira smiles back. "Let's!"
[22:15] <Kotono> Looking about, you find the children laughing and playing in the fields. About a dozen of them, running about happily enough.
01[22:18] <Seira> "Hey!" Seira calls over to the kids, catching up. "What'cha playing? Can I join, too?"
[19:18] <Kotono> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[19:19] <Kotono> <Seira> "I guess we'll see when we stay here again," Seira muses, batting at the smoke to disperse it. "Where's our host?"
[19:19] <Kotono> > "She brought that porridge and went to bed. No one's here right now," Amaryl answers, "It's closer to lunch than breakfast, though."
[19:19] <Kotono> <Seira> "Let's take a look around once I've eaten?" Seira suggests, a mischievous smile appearing. "I don't have a problem reheating it, after all."
[19:19] <Kotono> > Laughing at that, "I'm glad no one was around ot be surprised by that."
[19:19] <Kotono> > Breakfast goes without incident. After, "Let's look around town," Amaryl suggests, "Anything in particular?"
[19:19] <Kotono> <Seira> "How the people here are treating the kids," Seira muses. "You can often tell by that. Plus, they hear more than we think, and don't have much of a problem with sharing it."
[19:19] <Kotono> > "Aw," Amaryl smiles a little, "LEt's go see the children then?"
[19:19] <Kotono> * Seira smiles back. "Let's!"
[19:19] <Kotono> > Looking about, you find the children laughing and playing in the fields. About a dozen of them, running about happily enough.
[19:19] <Kotono> <Seira> "Hey!" Seira calls over to the kids, catching up. "What'cha playing? Can I join, too?"
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: You're in a human disguise, yes?
01[19:21] <Seira> OOC: Yep!
[19:25] <Kotono> The children run around Seira and Amaryl. Grassy dust is kicked up in the cool air as they do. "Oh, new people!" One of them sings. "New people, new people! We're playing tag!"
01[19:27] <Seira> "I wanna play!" Seira insists, and glances at Amaryl. "How about you? It will be fun!"
[19:28] <Kotono> "Oh...it would be fun, wouldn't it?" Amaryl smiles kindly down to the children, "Can you show us how to play?"
06[19:28] * Seira winks at the kids, before tapping Amaryl on her nose. "You're it!"
[19:30] <Kotono> "H-hey!" Amaryl sputters as the children laugh and run off in all directions! "You can't catch us...!"
06[19:31] * Seira gives her a mischievous smile, and skips back, arms held innocently behind her, before taking off after the kids!
[19:37] <Kotono> The children are laughing and running as Amaryl starts for another few seconds, before she takes off following! She gives hot pursuit to the children and Seira, but has no luck immediately! It takes her a good couple of minutes to get anyone, finally getting a larger boy who is out of breath, tagging off onhim.
06[19:39] * Seira takes it as her cue to appear behind Amaryl and tap her shoulder. "Wouldn't be standing here if I were you," she suggests helpfully. "Out of breath or not," Seira continues in sing-song, "you're still within easy reach!"
[19:52] <Kotono> CAtching her breath for just a moment, "Yes, yes," she eyes Seira with a little smile, "Why me first?"
06[19:53] * Seira matches the smile. "You asked for it. Literally." Taking Amaryl's hand, she runs off with her before the boy Amaryl had tagged is ready to proceed.
[19:56] <Kotono> The two run off! The game continues! The children tend to go after Seira and Amaryl somewhat, but it's not too hard to avoid them. After awhile the children slow down and slacken, breath caught and the game waning. The big boy puts his hand son his hps, "Hey now, now what? Let's play something different!"
01[19:58] <Seira> "Do you have a ball?" Seira asks, squatting down. "I know some great games for that!"
[20:00] <Kotono> "I can get one," A little girl smiles at that, hands on her knees. "You're fun!"
01[20:01] <Seira> "I don't get to play often," Seira laments, before adding sagely, "You must never miss a chance to do it!"
[20:03] <Kotono> The girl runs off at this, "I'll get it!" she carols, as the big boy looks up at Seira. "Where are you from?"
03[20:04] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-544690da.lns5-c12.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[20:04] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
01[20:05] <Seira> "Well, we started in Valandia, but we've traveled all over since that time," Seira responds. "We even went to the capital! It's really, really huge!" She gestures with her arms, leaping a foot. "The walls are five times higher than that, and there are lots and lots of people!"
[20:05] <Kotono> "Woooooooow!" The children's eyes go large at this. "Really?!"
06[20:08] * Seira nods enthusiastically. "There was also this really large house, where everything was made of silver! It had flowing fountains and crystal and marble, and everything there was shiny."
[20:09] <Kotono> "It was really pretty. You could see your reflection ine verything," Amaryl smiles widely.
[20:10] <Kotono> "Cooooool!" One of the kids gushes!
01[20:10] <Seira> "It's our goal to travel everywhere and see everything," Seira declares proudly, straightening up.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Cool!" The kid repeats, "Even here?"
03[20:17] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
01[20:17] <Seira> "Even here!" Seira echoes him. "Hey, hey, what should I see here?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "You mean like showy things, big things," The big boy scratche sths die of his head, as the other kids flock around. "Ooooh!" one calls, "Go see the broken hill!
[20:21] <Kotono> "
06[20:22] * Seira tilts her head. "Broken hill? What's that? Where's that? Why is it cool?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "It's several miles away. We're not supposed to go there except one the grown-ups take us. It's like the hill got broken into two!"
01[20:26] <Seira> "It must be okay for us to go, then," Seira says with a shrug. "Where's away?" She points to her left. "That way?"
[20:29] <Kotono> Pointing to the northeast, "That way. Follow the stream ahead, it passes by it."
01[20:31] <Seira> "Great! Sounds like a nice place to take a walk to in the afternoon," Seira muses. "We won't get in the way, would we?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "Get in the way of what?" One child asks, as Amaryl looks that way, peering ahead.
01[20:32] <Seira> "Other people sight-seeing," Seira explains. "You said your parents take you there sometimes, right? We're guests, so we should be polite and stuff!"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Oh no. No one's going there I think?" Frowning, "We usually only go rarely! It's supposed to be dangerous for kids!"
01[20:34] <Seira> "Dangerous places are even better!" Seira exclaims. "We visited this really beautiful place with trees and shade, and there was all the wildlife... but it had shocker lizard so we had to run away!" Seira laughs. "But it was still fun!"
[20:36] <Kotono> "Shocker lizards?" One child asks, "What are those? Are they scary?"
01[20:38] <Seira> "They're lizards who are mean and shock you!" Seira tells them, gesticulating. "If it's one, it's like prickling your finger. But if there's more, you have to run away or they'll keep on shocking you! They're like the bandits of wildlife!"
[20:39] <Kotono> One child whimpers at that, while the big one puts his hand sonhis hips. "That doesn't sound that scary!"
01[20:40] <Seira> "Oh?" Seira smiles smugly. "How about bees? Have you ever seen those?"
[20:42] <Kotono> "Yes..." The child says.
01[20:44] <Seira> "It hurts when one stings you, right? But the pain goes away. But if a hundred bees chase you together, all wanting to sting you, you'll run away, won't you?"
[20:47] <Kotono> "...oh." Shivering, the big kid looks disgusted. "EW!"
01[20:48] <Seira> "It's okay! They're bad at tag, so I think all you guys will be alright!"
[20:54] <Kotono> The children all look creeped out at this. "Really...?"
[20:54] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles to them, "Really. Don't worry, aren't we going to see the broken hill, Sarah?"
01[20:57] <Seira> "Oh? Ah!" Seira nods a few times. "It's not all monsters, out there, so once I'm back we can talk some more, okay? I can tell you the story of the dreaded djinni pirate who was on fire!"
[21:00] <Kotono> "Yay!" The children look interested at that, "A pirate is cool!"
01[21:01] <Seira> "Great!" And maybe they'll play with that ball, too, once she and Amaryl are back. A few miles shouldn't take them more than a couple hours of travel at most.
[21:02] <Kotono> Once the two take off from the children, Amarylt urns to Seira. "You really like children?"
01[21:02] <Seira> "Kids are great," Seira responds. "Because they're honest, and they have all this energy and potential before them."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Humans have so many at once. It must be so hard to keep track of them. But then again, they reach maturity so fast," Marveling at this, Amaryl smiles to Seira. "Did you have a good childhood?"
01[21:06] <Seira> "There was that elf family I came across that had three kids. I guess it takes all kinds?" Seira muses. "As for me? It's really a mixed bag. The parts spent training with the Guard were more fun than most moments at the seminary. It was pretty diverse, you could say."
[21:07] <Kotono> "That a lot," Amaryl marvels, "That mother must have been blessed with fertilty. Oh." At that Amaryl continues on, finding a stream and starting to follow it. "Mmm. Do you thinkt his broken hill is it?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "It might be something worth seeing. Or it might have monsters we could deal with. Or something new entirely! It's fun to be surprised!"
[21:12] <Kotono> Thus the two travel along! The Broken Hill is reached after an hour and a half o walking! It's a steep hill with a deep collapsed center, in the shape of mor eor less of a line. Like the cut a sword would make, almost, only on a vast, huge scale. The hill is barren and rocky, quite steep.
06[21:13] * Seira takes a few moments to observe the landscape, wondering whether it was a natural formation or the cut of a sword is an apt euphemism after all.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: What knowledges do you have, SEira?
01[21:14] <Seira> OOC: I could... roll architecture or nature or arcane if you'd like?
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Nature's fine. SEc.
01[21:15] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 25?
[21:29] <Kotono> The gash isn't really normal. A normal hill shouldn't crumble like that. There could be a natural cave under it, it could be an odd fissure line or sinkhole, or there could be an outside, non-natural explanation.
01[21:30] <Seira> "Maybe there was an exciting battle here?" Seira asks, sounding eager. "Let's go take a closer look!"
[21:40] <Kotono> "Lead on," Amaryl says, starting to walk around the long way of the hill, going to the bottom of the gash. "Maybe you should goa head, since you can fly?"
06[21:42] * Seira tilts her head. "Sure thing." She casts Voice of the Dragon upon herself, and afterwards switches rings, giving the one capable of teleporting to Amaryl. "Don't hesitate to use it to get away if you need to, alright?"
[21:43] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl takes the ring, putting it on. "Careful in there. I can fire arrows if you need to get away from something, remember."
01[21:44] <Seira> "Sure!" And with that, she takes off into the air! It must seem weird to see Seira fly without wings, the motion slightly awkward in comparison to magical flight and bound to confuse those who are both observant and familiar with it.
[21:53] <Kotono> Flying up, Seira takes off into the air! The gash goes very deep into the hill. Much of the hill looks hollow, weathered out. She can't see the bottom very well, though she can make out that there's a ton of rubble and the like there.
01[21:55] <Seira> With an application of Shield and Mirror Image, Seira descends below. Ten minutes or so should give her ample time to look through the area, after all.
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+4 and gets 6." [1d4=2]
[21:57] <Kotono> Descending down, Seira can see that the bottom is about 100 feet downf rom the gash. The ground is covered with tons of heavy rock, shattered and laying a thick bed and dead end here. The rock under the gash is a little more weathered, more pebbly and wet. The rock to the sides are bigger, more uniform.
01[22:00] <Seira> How odd, Seira decides, tossing an empty scroll case down.
[22:01] <Kotono> The scroll case lands at the bottom! It hits the rocks, bounces lightly once, and settles.
06[22:02] * Seira shrugs, and goes to pick it up. Perhaps actually walking about the area would give Seira a fresh perspective. And if not, she can spare the time to look around for anything unusual.
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Make a search check?
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[22:10] <Kotono> Looking about, Seira fidns a few things. First off, the bottom rock tends towards a dark gray. The rock of the walls is a lighter gray. However, at a few points just at the rockline, Seira can notice something. The edge of what looks to be burn and sear marks, darkening the gray stone.
06[22:10] * Seira checks whether it's recent, as this catches her attention. Enough to call upon the stored spell of Heroism to gain a temporary boost!
[22:14] <Kotono> It does not look recent at all. It looks ancient, so deeply burnt into the rock as to turn the outer layer of it to a scorched stone. Terrible heat did this.
01[22:15] <Seira> Very impressive. "I think it's safe to come closer!" Seira calls over to Amaryl, flying up to the top once more.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[22:23] <Kotono> Amaryl slowly comes to the bottom of the gash, peering down into it. "Any idea what it is?" she asks.
01[22:24] <Seira> "A sword of fire," Seira says with a shrug. "Really hot, too! One day I might be able to do that. Want to see it for yourself?"
[22:28] <Kotono> "If it's safe, sure?" Amaryl peers down again, "The ground looks solid, I think?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "I touched it," Seira says, frowning. "Let's try to hover down, and I'll teleport us back if I missed something." She extends her hand. "Hold on?"
[22:31] <Kotono> Amaryl takes Seira's hand and holds on!
06[22:32] * Seira can hardly fly in this state, but she can try a controlled glide to the bottom.
[22:43] <Kotono> This goes well enough. Seira aligns down with Amaryl safely. "Rocky," Amaryl observes.
[19:26] <Kotono> > Amaryl slowly comes to the bottom of the gash, peering down into it. "Any idea what it is?" she asks.
[19:26] <Kotono> <Seira> "A sword of fire," Seira says with a shrug. "Really hot, too! One day I might be able to do that. Want to see it for yourself?"
[19:26] <Kotono> > "If it's safe, sure?" Amaryl peers down again, "The ground looks solid, I think?"
[19:26] <Kotono> <Seira> "I touched it," Seira says, frowning. "Let's try to hover down, and I'll teleport us back if I missed something." She extends her hand. "Hold on?"
[19:26] <Kotono> > Amaryl takes Seira's hand and holds on1
[19:26] <Kotono> * Seira can hardly fly in this state, but she can try a controlled glide to the bottom.
[19:26] <Kotono> > This goes well enough. Seira aligns down with Amaryl safely. "Rocky,"A maryl observes.
01[19:28] <Seira> "That's what I thought," Seira agrees. "I don't know. Besides being impressive, I'm not really seeing anything. But I haven't really poked around, either. Want to spend the time looking this place over thoroughly?"
[19:29] <Kotono> "If you think it's a good idea," Amaryl says, "Do you think anything will come of it?"
01[19:30] <Seira> "Wasted time might come out of it," Seira responds with a shrug. "But I don't have any pressing engagements lined up for me today."
[19:31] <Kotono> "Let's look then," Amaryl smiles bac to SEira, "Where do you want to start?"
01[19:33] <Seira> "Here, at the edge, where the rock goes between shades of gray...."
[19:35] <Kotono> Thus the two search! They take an hour checking every single bit of stone over carefully, leaving no angle unchecked! At first it looks like this isn't going to yield fruit. However, near the end of the search, Seira finds a few loose rocks between two bigger ones. What's interesting is that there is still faint, faint, faint lines on them. Like some part of a drawing, perhaps? It's only a handful of rocks the size of gumballs, giving only the
[19:35] <Kotono> It's only a handful of rocks the size of gumballs, giving only the faintest hint of what might be.
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
06[19:42] * Seira makes a note of their findings, and collects the rocks in question. Even if she can't make heads or tails of them here, there's always her laboratory back in Balmuria, and Elle, her Dad or Celebrimbor might have a clue as well.
[19:44] <Kotono> "Just some rocks...I feel like a dwarf now," Amaryl stretches back, "Going to go digging for rocks next, Seira?"
01[19:45] <Seira> "Why not?" Seira answers with a shrug. "Hey, Lagann, anything digging-worthy around here?"
[19:46] <Kotono> There is metal a bit to the off-center and deep in, just at the edge of Lagann's senses. It's not too much metal. There's also a few smaller bits scattered here and there.
01[19:47] <Seira> "Doesn't look like they have gold or mithril here, so let's not waste our time," Seira voices. She places her arm around Amaryl's waist, asking her, "Ready to return?"
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: Going to return to town now?
06[19:49] * Seira intends to use Dimension Door to get them back on the trail, as far as she can make it. The rest would be a pleasant walk back, with a brief half hour pause to memorize the spells she had not replaced yet.
[19:52] <Kotono> It's well into the afternoon when SEira and AMaryl reach Catamact again. The town is bustling down, the sunset coming earlier in a day. A cold wind blows in, winter just around the corner. OOC: Ball's in your court to do whatever you like.
01[19:54] <Seira> It seems like Seira can afford to unwind a bit, and spend the rest of the day playing with the kids for a bit before they have to return, and then rest up and wait for a brand new day. If she and Amaryl remain in the town for that long, perhaps their very presence would draw attention or even an attempt at recruitment.
03[20:01] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-544705e9.wfd82a.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[20:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
[20:03] <Kotono> The day passes well enough. That evening, the toothless woman brings Seira and Amaryl dinner. It's wild deer meet and bread, nothing too fancy. "Eat up and enjoy," she smiles that toothless grin at them, "Did you have a fine day around? I hear you played with the children."
03[20:03] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
01[20:04] <Seira> "That and we did a bit of sight-seeing," Seira responds. "I'd say it was definitely a fine day, yes."
[20:10] <Kotono> I see, I see," She turns away. "Children are very pleasant. They are young and full of new life."
01[20:11] <Seira> "They are!" Seira agrees. "It's always fun to find time to spend around them!"
[20:14] <Kotono> "Will you remember them, though, in a few weeks?" Asking this as she starts to linger, "Memories fade easily."
[20:15] <Kotono> Amaryl tucks into her food, looking up only at that. "I'm s ure I will when I think about my journies. They were very lively and cute"
01[20:16] <Seira> "What Amy said! And my memory is pretty great normally, so I bet I would." Seira laughs. "I think a better question is whether we'll be remembered by them once we're gone."
[20:17] <Kotono> "I'm sure you will," The toothless woman says easily, slipping back and away now. "Enjoy your dinner."
06[20:18] * Seira sees no reason to, wondering as she eats whether the weird dream last night was just a fluke, or something exists about this place to cause it.
[20:21] <Kotono> The night slips by. Seira wakens just at dawnbreak from the grips of a forgotten dream. The remnants of it are unknown, but her heart beats like a drum in overdrive. Sweat dots her face and body, a cold sweat that leaves her shivering under her blankets. She can't remember a thing about it...except a flash of a hand going for her face.
01[20:23] <Seira> 'Alright, this is an important question,' Seira thinks, doing her best to regulate her breathing. 'Lagann, did you hear or sense anyone come near me during the night?'
[20:25] <Kotono> 'No,' Lagann says, 'Metal, want metallllll.'
01[20:28] <Seira> "Ah, this is such a pain," Seira mutters, looking around for Amaryl.
[20:29] <Kotono> Amaryl is at the next cot. She's drinking some water and looking at Seira. "Oh, you're upe arly too. Mroning," she smiles over the water. "What's a pain?"
01[20:30] <Seira> "Weird dreams, second night in a row. How about you?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "No problems. You looked dead asleep last time I saw you, about five minutes ago, before I went to get water?" Amaryl sips at her water, "Want some?"
01[20:34] <Seira> "I'm good, thanks," Seira tells her. "Do you have any plans for today? I'm thinking of cheating, but that's me."
[20:36] <Kotono> Blinking hard a tthat, "S-s-seira?" she says in a small little voice, "What do you mean by that?"
06[20:37] * Seira frowns, before leaning closer and whispering, "Remember what I told you in the capital? About ways of approaching a problem?"
[20:37] <Kotono> "Oh! Amaryl gasps, "OH! Yes, yes, you mean magic then?"
01[20:37] <Seira> "Yes, I mean that thing I didn't want to name in case there is an actual problem here and someone might be listening in," Seira confirms quietly, nodding.
[20:39] <Kotono> "What are you going to do then," Amaryl whispers right back.
01[20:40] <Seira> "Nothing nasty. Just the usual, sneaky stuff," Seira muses. "Let's go take a walk and see the area some more. I'll pick the right tools, and then we could check and see what the adults are doing with their time, here. And, as always, I'm open to suggestions."
[20:41] <Kotono> "I think we need to get a good breakfast and then try to find someone that'll talk," Amaryl says, "The longer we stay here the more attention we'll get. IF they're hostile, it's best to end it on our terms and not theirs, right?"
01[20:43] <Seira> "I've been kind of hoping they aren't," Seira says with a sigh. "It would be depressing. And also, I think I need to fast. My paranoid side is rearing its head, so going without breakfast to calm it is the least I could do."
[20:44] <Kotono> Breakfast is porridge with a bit of cream. IT's simple enough, dawn past and the early morning bright as the two prepare to go out...OOC: Just going to go walk and mingle nad see the town?
01[20:44] <Seira> OOC: And switch my spells somewhere a bit out of town
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Edit your spells and let me know when that's done?
[20:51] <Kotono> The town is lively this morning. A group of hunters looks to be departing town just now, women are going to the wells for water, farmers are dealing with animals, and so on. Pretty routine on aglance.
01[20:52] <Seira> Finding a bit of cover, Seira casts a spell to be able to hear the surface thoughts of the townspeople. Her first priority, however, is to see whether an intelligence beyond what one expects to find in such a town is present.
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: What's your DC on it, just for reference? But right now you're just skimming for smart people?
01[20:55] <Seira> OOC: Yes. DC is 21.
[20:56] <Kotono> Most of the people are average, around 8 to 12 intelligence. There's a few outliers of note. One fieldhand, smiling and whistling as he works, has an intelligence of 6. One of the women getting water from a well has an intelligence of 15. An older man, sitting on his porch and watching the day go by, has an intelligence of 16.
06[20:57] * Seira is fairly curious about their generous host as well!
[20:59] <Kotono> The toothless woman is found just going to bed, passed by as she leaves the inn for some water. She has intelligence 12.
01[21:04] <Seira> "Do you need help with that?" Seira offers, feeling a slightly bit guilty for using magic to glance into the thoughts of people who have been nothing but kind to her. But so was Armanda, she reminds herself, until-- "It's the least I could do while taking advantage of your hospitality!"
[21:06] <Kotono> Holding out the bucket of water, "How kind of you," she smiles,s lurring the words, "Thank you."
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 22." [1d20=18]
06[21:08] * Seira takes it from the woman's grasp, adjusting her strength to what merely a very fit human her age might have. "That's alright! People here help you all the time, don't they? We should all do our part whenever we can."
[21:11] <Kotono> Falling ins tep with Seira and Amaryl, "Thank you still. You're an outsider to this town, there was no obligation to help an old townswoman." Smiling at that as you head down thes treet, "So I thank you."
01[21:12] <Seira> "I guess there is a selfish motive!" Seira pipes up. "Everyone wants to be remembered, don't they?" She smiles. "What better way to do it, then?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "Death does come to everyone. No one wants to be forgotten here," she says to that, "Bein gan old woman gives you an added perspective to that."
01[21:15] <Seira> "Dragons escape it," Seira muses, setting the bucket down safely. "Unless they become a menace and heroes gather to kill them and take their things."
[21:17] <Kotono> "Dragons?!" With a shocked look, "I suppose they do, but even dragons die eventually from force of arms, do they not? The last dragon I heard of, Kondrux, died in a neighboring country."
01[21:18] <Seira> "I heard the story, too! Maybe I should tell it to the kids before I go?" Seira looks uncertain. "Then again, it might be a bit scary for them."
[21:19] <Kotono> "It's been told," she says as they reach a small cottage. "I can take it from here. Thank you so much, both of you."
01[21:21] <Seira> "Don't mention it!" Seira tells her in parting, before going to find another person to chat with. The old man she passed by earlier doesn't seem like he's busy, so she decides to try talking to him next.
[21:30] <Kotono> The older man has a white stubble of whiskers and drinks from an old bottle. His feet are up on a chair, his smile genial. "Oh, you're those adventurers I heard wre in town." he says, "I heard you were playing with the children."
01[21:31] <Seira> "It seems we're easy targets for gossip," Seira agrees, smiling at him. "Although it beats me what people are saying about us." And to be fair, she is a bit curious.
[21:32] <Kotono> "Oh, nothing too important. Just that you like to play with teh children and went off to Broken Hill." he sa ys, drinking from his bottle.
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 10." [1d20=7]
01[21:34] <Seira> "You know, that place is pretty impressive!" Seira exclaims. "It's like some really powerful magic struck from the heavens and split it in two!"
[21:36] <Kotono> "I always figured it was a odd sinkhole," He shrugs as he drinks again, "That or a sign of a God's wrath."
01[21:37] <Seira> "Oh, no! No, no, no!" Seira insists. "It's not a sinkhole! I study nature as a hobby, and that's definitely not a natural formation! No chance of it!"
[21:37] <Kotono> "Really?" Raising an eyebrow now, "It does look odd, now that you mention it."
06[21:40] * Seira nods enthusiastically. "All over the world, places exist just like it," she confides in the man. "Some are really obvious, like the wastes. Others are downright eerie -- I heard tales of a forest where a wind doesn't blow, and time itself has stopped for its inhabitants. And this hill you people have... whatever made it was hotter than a dragon's flame. It was definitely powerful magic.
01[21:40] <Seira> Maybe even divine magic, like you suggested!"
01[21:40] <Seira> It's not, not really. At least Seira doubts it. But the story does sound better this way.
[21:42] <Kotono> "I've heard of the wastes," he allows, "I wonder sometimes, though..oh yes! Ages ago a wizard passed through the town and looked at the Broken Hill. Nothing came of it, I think. At least I remember him leaving town looking dissapointed."
06[21:44] * Seira looks disappointed herself, as if she were trying to hide it but not too successfully. "Oh, is that so?" she asks. "Well, that's a wizard. They don't always specialize in the right things, preferring to, you know--" Seira throws her hands up, "--boom! And there was lots of fire."
[21:45] <Kotono> "Oh, I wouldn't know. But still..." A long shrug again, "Have you ever met any wizards?"
01[21:48] <Seira> "Of course!" Seira straightens up, showing pride in her accomplishments. "Several! Fireball is a really strong spell, and it's pretty impressive up close. Well, not too up close. But reasonably, within half a mile, up close."
[21:49] <Kotono> "Ah." He nods a little at that, "It must be amazing to see them in action. I've never had the chance."
01[21:49] <Seira> "The wizard who came through never did anything?" Seira asks sympathetically. "That's just cold of him."
[21:50] <Kotono> "He was pretty focused on that hill once he caught wind of it," he shrugs, "That's what I remember. Not the most social fellow."
[21:53] <Kotono> Amaryl keeps a more polite distance, "I hear most wizards are old men who stay in cobwebbed old towers," Amaryl adds.
01[21:54] <Seira> "Well, they can't all be that or we would never come across them," Seira reasons logically. "Besides, one wizard I met was an older woman. She fought with a dog. Used all sorts of spells to make it really strong and invicincible, from what I got told. Really cute dog, otherwise, so I couldn't really tell."
[21:55] <Kotono> "How curious. A dog..." A long shrug there, "Ah well. I've seens tranger."
01[21:56] <Seira> "I actually asked. I mean, why dog?" Seira shrugs. "The answer really made sense, too. Think about the reaction if she traveled with a huge tiger. Bad, right? And staying at inns is really nice. Much better than camping out!"
[21:57] <Kotono> "Oh, I suppose....What's a tiger?" He asks after, "Couldn't a wizard just make them go along with it, though," He waves a hand.
01[21:58] <Seira> "A really large cat with really large teeth," Seira responds, before tilting her head. "Huh. Never thought of that. I suppose a wizard could. I mean, wizard, right? Anything's possible."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I suppose," he says again, drinking long from his bottle.
06[22:06] * Seira maintains small talk until it is polite to excuse herself, deciding to call it a day. "I think we've seen all we could here," she tells Amaryl. "Let's set off tomorrow morning, with the whole day open before us?"
[22:06] <Kotono> "What's going on," Amaryl asks as theyw alk away, "Did you get something useful from him?"
01[22:09] <Seira> "We were suspicious, but I think we've managed to alleviate his concerns," Seira fills her in quietly. "Given the way gossip about us made the rounds, it's likely so will the contents of our conversation here. However, he had a stray thought about some new church that sprung up here, and how he hoped we wouldn't get involved or it might lead to trouble." She shrugs.
01[22:09] <Seira> "It doesn't even have to mean what it suggests, but we should leave formally and consider our next move. Scrying might do, and barring that, sneaking back in with magic to cover our tracks."
[22:10] <Kotono> "Ah, okay," Amaryl says agreeably tot hat, "Let's get out of here and then set up camp a ways from here?"
06[22:11] * Seira frowns. "I was thinking of pretending to sleep and see just what's been bothering me the past two nights, but I won't gamble with your safety. Are you that set on leaving without staying another night?"
[22:13] <Kotono> "Oh. No, I thought you meant we'd leve right now. Sorry." Amaryl smiles, "Let's do that then?"
01[22:14] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees. "Just remember to never take off that ring." She pretends to recall something just then. "Oh, and that man thought you were really pretty. What a nice, honest person!"
[22:15] <Kotono> "Oh!" Turning red at that, "Um...um...."
[22:17] <Kotono> Night comes along! Seira lies down in bed, pretending to be asleep while not! The evening slips by slowly...and slowly...and slowly...A bit past midnight she feels sleepy, bu tnothing out of the ordinary has happened yet.
01[22:18] <Seira> Given the way spells of this nature would fail to affect her, only divine magic or her own weakness would make her submit to slumber. And Seira can surely wait just long enough to make it to the morning, where they'll leave town and teleport to a safe haven.
[22:19] <Kotono> The night passes. Come dawn Seira is outright tired, but nothing unusual has happened. Amaryl is up on her bed, waiting. OOC: You're fatigued, Seira.
01[22:22] <Seira> Even without illusion magic, Seira can appear cheerful and avoid strenuous activity to pass as having rested. "Let's leave all our silver coins as donations?" Seira suggests to Amaryl. "Before we leave."
[22:29] <Kotono> "Sure," she says, "When do youw ant to go?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "As soon as you can get ready? We'll just say goodbye to our host and leave."
[22:30] <Kotono> Getting ready to go goes without incident. Your hostess smiles to the two, "Leaving Catamact now?" she asks.
01[22:32] <Seira> "Yeah," Seira agrees. "Two-three days is plenty to see a place, don't you think? It is when your life's one big adventure, anyway." She laughs a bit. "We met the people, made friends with some great kids and saw the local sights. That's pretty much it, wouldn't you say?"
[22:33] <Kotono> "It is," she agrees, "Travel safely, the both of you."
01[22:35] <Seira> "Thanks!" Seira gives her a little wave. "Maybe we'll come again some time!"
[22:36] <Kotono> "Thank you for being so generous," Amaryl bows slightly, "May your town prosper and grow."
01[22:40] <Seira> Seira's plan is simple enough. Leave town. Travel at a relaxed pace for an hour or two, and if there's no indication that they're being pursued, to teleport back to her inn with the teleport spell.
[22:41] <Kotono> This goes without incident, two hours passing with no signs of pursuit!
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Roll tP?
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[22:43] <Kotono> Woosh! The two appear safely back in Seira's backyard!
01[22:45] <Seira> Tired. Tired, tired, tired. "I'll just drop the exciting rocks we found with Elle and get some sleep, alright?" Seira tells Amaryl. "I think trying to scry on the townspeople at night would give us the best result. There's clearly a church, so once we see why it has to be secretive, we'll be one step closer to solving our riddle."
[22:46] <Kotono> "I can take them over," Amaryl offers, patting Seira on the shoulder, "Go get some sleep?"
01[22:48] <Seira> "Thanks, you're a lifesaver," Seira says, smiling despite her fatigue. "See if you can borrow Elle's mirror while you're at it? I swear I'll get one of my own some day, with the use the scrying spell's been getting. Maybe something more portable...." Seira trails off, yawning.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along?
01[22:51] <Seira> OOC: Yeah. I'll get Scrying for all my lvl4 spells, keep lvl5 blank and fill lvl1 with equal parts message and detect magic. lvl2-3 is as posted.
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Want Amaryl there with you?
01[22:52] <Seira> OOC: Yep
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: I know them but that's it, so it'd be dc23
[22:53] <Kotono> The two gather in Seira's bedroom, a silver, polished mirror in front of them! OOC: Ball's in your court here, Seira. Declare who you're scrying?
01[22:55] <Seira> "Let's see if we can scry on that old man?" Seira suggests. "My weaker spell worked on him, which gives me hope for this one, and he certainly knew of the church we are to investigate."
[22:57] <Kotono> Thus Seira casts!
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: DC 23, that means I need to actually check if any of the mods apply.
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: Unless there are special mods, like I said, it's 0
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: If their church is on another plane, I will laugh
[22:59] <Kotono> Seira sees the old man! He's lying in a rocking chair in front of a warm fire, a blanket over him. He's asleep, chin resting on his chest.
01[23:01] <Seira> Unfortunate and annoying. But Seira will keep on watching until the spell runs out, if only for the chance that someone might show up. She also takes this chance to examine the man's surroundings, in case anything of interest can be spotted within the range of her sensor.
01[23:01] <Seira> roll 1d100 casting DM
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 casting DM and gets 99." [1d100=99]
[23:02] <Kotono> Detect magic fails through the scrying sensor.
[23:03] <Kotono> Nothing seems to be happening at all, besides an old man sleeping in front of the fire.
06[23:05] * Seira decides to try scrying on the dimwitted fieldhand next. If she were recruiting for a cult, that would be just the sort of man she would want for it as muscle. If she were recruiting and evil, that is.
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 and gets 18." [1d20=19]
[23:05] <Kotono> The fieldhand is currently carrying a backpack, walking in the night. He's whistling to himself.
01[23:06] <Seira> That looks like she's getting somewhere! Seira keeps at it, casting Message and Detect Magic through the link in succession.
01[23:06] <Seira> roll 1d100 Message
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 Message and gets 40." [1d100=40]
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d100 DM
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 DM and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[23:07] <Kotono> No magic on the man at all as he advances on. He goes into a normal looking farmhouse of stone. Inside the lights are on, a few men and women there. A bunch of scrolls, ink pots, and odd vials are about. "Here you go," he says cheerfully!
06[23:08] * Seira looks on cheerfully! If the vials are nonmagical, then the scrolls would get her attention, as well as the faces of the people and the location of the farmhouse. Worst case, she struck out again and would have to try her luck elsewhere.
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 Message and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Seira> roll 1d100 DM
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 DM and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > No magic on the man at all as he advances on. He goes into a normal looking farmhouse of stone. Inside the lights are on, a few men and women there. A bunch of scrolls, ink pots, and odd vials are about. "Here you go," he says cheerfully!
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Seira looks on cheerfully! If the vials are nonmagical, then the scrolls would get her attention, as well as the faces of the people and the location of the farmhouse. Worst case, she struck out again and would have to try her luck elsewhere.
03[19:54] * taislp is now known as Demedais
[19:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The vials are non-magical. The people are vaguely familiar - she saw them in Catamact, though none got her attention. On the papers, she can make out writing. It looks to be lists of people's names, causes of death, and an outer plane.
01[20:00] <Seira> Which outer plane, Seira wonders, as she commits the names listed to memory.
03[20:00] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-5af0e4f7.wfd96.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
01[20:01] <Seira> And she can't help but briefly scan the lists to see whether the causes of death are violent in nature.
03[20:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
[20:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> It varies. Mostly neutral and good aligned ones, though one 'Magrat Syl' is going to the Abyss. Most of the deathsa re utterly mundane. Age, sickness, accident. The ink is sprinkled with powder from the vials, a gray-white, dusty looking powder.
03[20:12] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
06[20:13] * Seira wonders whether she'll catch any interesting conversation before the spell runs out. Even if not, she still has another scrying spell in store to further study the weirdoes creeping her out.
[20:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The people there write and write and write! The big man stumbles off as they do, waving and leaving the room.
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06[20:16] * Seira makes a special mention in her memory for those names being currently written, as it might be helpful to know whether those deaths have occured already, before sadly following the farmhand outside.
03[20:17] * Seira sets mode: +v Rei-chan
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{23}
01[20:19] <Seira> If the man is leaving for home, Seira will make the most of it and study the route, so that she might be able to isolate the house she had just scried upon.
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The man goes outside and stars up at the sky for awhile, before heading home. The house is a little outside of town, a dirt path leading to it. The man's house is a small house, lingering outside awhile, looking up at the sky, before he falls asleep on his front porch.
01[20:21] <Seira> How unfortunate. But Seira decides to use her last prepared scrying spell to look in on the group she had spotted during her previous divination. She arbitrarily picks the person who wrote Magrat Syl's name, and hopes that the group hadn't disbanded in the hour that it took her to finish preparations.
[20:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+7
[20:22] <Rei-chan> Infinite_Ko_Loop rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{23}
[20:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Seira takes an hour to cast and prepare, but the scrying regretably fails at the end.
06[20:25] * Seira begins to take it a bit personally, and spends some time with her spellbook, memorizing two more scrying spells. She can't just let things end like this! Her target this time around is entirely random, just a person glimpsed at that gathering, preferably one of those she had met in town earlier while sight-seeing and exploring.
[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d100
[20:26] <Rei-chan> Infinite_Ko_Loop rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=51 ]{51}
[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+2
[20:26] <Rei-chan> Infinite_Ko_Loop rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
[20:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Grabbing a person at random turns out to be a housewife. She's currently kneeling in front of a common room's fireplace, putting a few more logs on it. She rubs her hands together infront of it, blowing into her hands. "Brrr..." she murmurs.
[20:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOOC: Strike, sorry, I misread your line.
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+6 resaving since it was the wrong target, my fault
[20:32] <Rei-chan> Infinite_Ko_Loop rolled : 1d20+6 resaving since it was the wrong target, my fault --> [ 1d20=5 ]{11}
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The image of the three appears again! They are still at the scrolls, working away dutifully.
06[20:33] * Seira has thirteen minutes on the clock and hopes the cultists say anything in that time that would help her make sense in the weirdness, pretty much. As well as using the time to study them and their work more closely.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The three continue to work. They write names in a near trance, sprinkling them with that strange dusty powder after. At about ten minutes in, one of the three stops. "My trance has ended," he announces. "Lord Jergal has no more for me to record this evening."
01[20:42] <Seira> So that confirms her guess, which reassures Seira somewhat. Only curiousity keeps her attentive to the scrying mirror until the spell runs out.
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Nothing much happens until it runs out, the three continuing to work. Thus the spell ends.
06[20:44] * Seira frowns, and briefly goes over the list of names. Though chances are slim, she wonders whether any of them match people she came across.
[20:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> None of them are familiar. It's a varied set of names from different regions and with no apparent pattern. Amaryl looks on after all of that, "Jergal?" she asks, "Who or what is Jergal?"
01[20:48] <Seira> "Some death god, sort of," Seira responds. "Not a nasty one, from what I can recall. It's quite possible that the people being written down are going to die or have done so recently. Actually, it should be possible to confirm this, given we have easy access to the resources of both the Baronies and Malmuth for this.
01[20:48] <Seira> All in all, we'd better first check with the church of Waukeen to consult, in case I'm remembering this wrong."
[20:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Are they open this late," Amaryl asks with a smothered yawn.
01[20:50] <Seira> "Well, they could, but we don't have to go right away. How about we time it to see the services? Might be fun!"
[20:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "The morning ones you mean?" Amaryl yawns again, "That's fine. It's just late now. Scrying takes too long to cast."
01[20:52] <Seira> "Yeah," Seira agrees. "To both. All. Whatever. Let's catch a few hours of sleep, then?"
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: ARe you just going to be info-digging for Jergal stuff or is there more do it?
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: to it?
01[20:56] <Seira> OOC: I'd like to hear the info first
01[20:56] <Seira> OOC: There might be more! I don't really know just yet.
[20:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Taking some time to ask and check libraries, Seira is able to find out the following about Jergal:
[21:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Jergal is the seneschal of Kelemvor. He is the god of fatalism, proper burials and the guardian of tombs. He's a very minor, obscure God, rarely seen out of Kelemvor's shadow. His cults are exceedingly rare and focus on recording the deaths of every living mortal being in existance. It is whispered that some clerics of Jergal long ago were granted undeath with Jergal's blessing, so that they can continue to scribe for all eternity.
[21:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> ergal's blessing, so that they can continue to scribe for all eternity.
01[21:05] <Seira> Well. If Seira ever wants to be an immortal bureaucrat, she knows who to worship. It seems that her investigation does not need to proceed, and she can report to Queen Tant next morning, once she'd rested up a bit and regained her ability to teleport long distances.
01[21:09] <Seira> And there is actually something that she can do in the meantime. It shouldn't be too difficult to find an artist capable of rendering the faces of those involved into serviceable sketches, and Seira decides to have that done before her teleport seeking a repeat audience.
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> All of that goes without incident. Getting an audience with Queen Tant is fairly painless, everyone seems to be waiting and expecting Seira. She is escorted through the tunnels once more, taken to the throne room hidden back away in the depths of the Malmuthian Palace. Here Queen Tant sits, "Welcome back," she calls as the two enter, "Has your mission been successful?"
01[21:17] <Seira> "I believe so, Your Majesty," Seira responds, once the pleasantries are dealt with. "I believe that the religion spoken of follows Jergal, and aside from being fairly morbid, the biggest threat it currently presents is from boring someone caught in one at their gatherings to death."
06[21:17] * Seira pauses. "I have prepared a report, should Malmuth wish to act upon this in any way, which goes into the cult's active participants and the philosophy they adhere to."
[21:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl cutsies deeply to Queen Tant, staying behind Seira. To this, Queen Tant speaks, "Thank you for your service. Jergal...that is an obscure God, is it not? I do not recall him being in our speculation son whom they may worship."
01[21:23] <Seira> "A demi-god might be a better way of putting it, Your Highness," Seira elaborates. "He follows Kelemvor, which should become obvious in retrospect for anyone who spends a few days in that town, mingling with the denizens. A brief synopsis of what we know of his domain and worship is included with this report."
06[21:23] * Seira withdraws a few rolls of parchments, bound together with a string, bowing her head as she presents it.
[21:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The scrolls are taken. "Our Empire thanks you for your selfless act of service, Seira."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Working towards a better world is hardly selfless, Your Majesty," Seira comments, curtsying at the praise. "I, too, have to live in it, after all."
[21:34] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You speak with wisdom beyond your years," Queen Tant nods slightly to that.
01[21:38] <Seira> She's being called too young again, probably. But isn't being young a compliment? Not letting any signs of her confusion appear visibly, Seira decides to just proceed onwards.
01[21:38] <Seira> "Thank you for those kind words, Your Highness. And as for the other matter of rejuvenating the damaged sections of our world, I will arrange for those involved in the project on our end to contact you, if it is still Malmuth's wish to proceed with this joint project."
[16:17] <Kotono> > The scrolls are taken. "Our Empire thanks you for your selfless act of service, Seira."
[16:17] <Kotono> <Seira> "Working towards a better world is hardly selfless, Your Majesty," Seira comments, curtsying at the praise. "I, too, have to live in it, after all."
[16:17] <Kotono> > "You speak with wisdom beyond your years," Queen Tant nods slightly to that.
[16:17] <Kotono> <Seira> She's being called too young again, probably. But isn't being young a compliment? Not letting any signs of her confusion appear visibly, Seira decides to just proceed onwards.
[16:17] <Kotono> <Seira> "Thank you for those kind words, Your Highness. And as for the other matter of rejuvenating the damaged sections of our world, I will arrange for those involved in the project on our end to contact you, if it is still Malmuth's wish to proceed with this joint project."
[16:20] <Kotono> "We are," Queen Tant agrees to that.
01[16:22] <Seira> "The matter might take some time to come together on our end," Seira tells the queen. "If Your Highness can prepare a reciprocal team of qualified mages while I handle the logistics at our facilities, things should go all the smoother for it."
[16:24] <Kotono> "This is agreeable," Queen Tant says again, "If the last west can be reclaimed, it would be a coup for both our nations."
01[16:25] <Seira> "Indeed," Seira agrees. "It is hard to believe, but such things are finally within reach."
[16:26] <Kotono> "Yes. Are there other matters you wished to address during this time, Seira?"
01[16:31] <Seira> They're already covered the avenues of communications, and settled on Valandia and Claris as the point of contact from Malmuth's side. The financial matters are tied strongly into that. And the only thing left is....
01[16:31] <Seira> "Your Majesty, this is a... request of a personal nature, I'm afraid. If you are still willing to hear it, I would be honored."
[16:32] <Kotono> After a moment, Queen Tant nods. "Speak, Seira."
01[16:34] <Seira> "I am trying to promote better understanding between all our neighbors and ourselves through education, by means of the magic school I have established," Seira elaborates. "Though it might be presumptious of me, if I could request to have the chance to acquire several Malmuthian students, I believe that the exchange will be good for everyone involved."
[16:39] <Kotono> There's a longer pause at this, before Queen Tant nods slightly. "This is a serious request. We will take your words on this under consideration for acceptance, and if so, how many."
01[16:43] <Seira> "That is all I ask," Seira responds. "Children are the future, and mages grow up to be the pillars of society. If only enough of them knew each other, grew up with one another and felt that they could trust the others, what seems like insurmountable problems today may be easily solved by working together, not one against the other, in the future."
03[16:53] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[16:53] <Kotono> "Your optimism springs deep and strongly," Queen Tant observes.
01[16:55] <Seira> "Even though people have a choice, I believe they are naturally inclined towards goodness!" Seira says brightly. "All they need is for that sense of right and wrong to be nurtured!"
[17:00] <Kotono> "Such is the question, is it not?" Queen Tant considers again after some time. "Very well, we will consider this request, Seira."
06[17:00] * Seira bows deeply. "Once again, you have my gratitude, Your Majesty."
[17:03] <Kotono> "Mine as well, Your Majesty," Amaryl adds in there, bowing.
[20:41] <Koaway> OOC: You wanna talk to Gil, Seira?
01[20:41] <Seira> OOC: Sure thing! Up to Amaryl if she comes or wants to stay at the inn.
03[20:42] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:44] <Koaway> Amaryl and Seira head to the Temple of Waukeen. Amaryl looks about at the wealth absently, not at all enthralled as you head back to Gil's private quarters. Once there, Gil sips a glass of wine and looks out the windows. "The planes again, eh?"
01[20:46] <Seira> "And for a cause just as noble," Seira agrees, herself excited to be near so much wealth. It always symbolizes change for the better to her, since the temple isn't hoarding it merely for the sake of having the gold. "I could bring you into confidence on this matter, though it can't go past this room," she suggests, the offer carrying a warning.
[20:48] <Koaway> "Go on," Sipping long at his wine, "Information is always worth hearing."
01[20:49] <Seira> "It concerns Kesse," Seira says, joining him by the window. "You are aware of what went on with the royal family there, of course."
03[20:49] * Koaway is now known as Kotono
[20:54] <Kotono> "I've heard some of it. Gruesome business, the attack on th e Temple of Mystra was intolerable. To think some tinpot kingdom would attack us over a trifling matter?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "It was more than that. They opposed everything we stood for, apparently. To the point where Shar herself commanded them to destroy us." Seira shrugs. "Well, they failed. I think we've done as much as we could under the circumstances to help the kingdom rebuild. I'm still working on keeping the peace in the region. And that leaves the woman at the helm, the newly-minted Queen, Gizelle.
01[20:58] <Seira> Gilartal, the Shar-worshipping royals were evil and twisted beyond what your mind could conjure, and the people we've rescued from them, after several years of capture, no longer resembled men. Giselle, however... she was with them her entire life. You understand what that means, don't you?"
[21:01] <Kotono> "That she's a broken shell of a woman, if she's been allowed to live by both you and them?" He ventures, "The only think that makes sense is that she was an innocent that they tormented and you propped up?"
01[21:04] <Seira> "The military propped her up," Seira says, shaking her head. "I only allowed it after reaching her, and hearing from Giselle herself during a lucid moment that she wanted the burden of leading her country. But you see my dilemma? I also offered to help. This trip is designed to do just that, in the best way I can think of. Giselle needs therapy, and I can't provide it to her.
01[21:04] <Seira> But that doesn't mean I can't hire someone who could, and I know what I'm looking for."
[21:05] <Kotono> "A worthwhile goal for Kesse." Leaning back as he puts aside his wineglass, "Kesse is beyond the reaches or our normal travel and trade, is it not?"
01[21:06] <Seira> "For now. However, I have designs for that as well, medium-term designs that would assure any trade they have with us is truly exclusive."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Magic, I see. You mean instances of regular teleportation?" Gil raises an eyeborw now, "That could raise startlingly choice amounts of money, if it could be done reliably and afforably."
06[21:10] * Seira throws a quick glance at Amaryl. "Yes. That, and a flying ship. The only thing holding me back right now is a lack of available funds, but once I've recovered my capital to the point it was before Kesse's attack, I will be able to proceed with both in parallel."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Mmmph. Fascinating at the implied odds of great profit later," Folding his hands under his head now as he leans forward, "Naturally, such trade would travel through the proper channels?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "It won't be a black market," Seira affirms. "Kesse is to build two promenades to Waukeen, and they may not stop there, either, once the idea takes off. It's present leadership is pragmatic, and... not really as antagonistic as you might expect it to be, under the circumstances. They seem cautiously friendly, and I hope it's true, and not an act." She snorts.
01[21:13] <Seira> "And if it it, then it's just one more reason to help get Giselle back on her feet."
[21:16] <Kotono> "That makes good sense. So you say you need to go to Elysium or thereabouts for this?" he asks.
01[21:18] <Seira> "I want a good person who will be close enough to Waukeen to understand all the aspects of what we're trying to accomplish," Seira responds to that. "Perhaps, if she approves of this quest, she will arrange for a meeting. All in all, the trip should be a pleasant one and allow you to make important acquaintances, while not putting you in any danger. What do you say?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "Waukeen's Realm..." Stroking his chin, "I'll take you there if you want. But, I'd rather not stay in Brightwater. I'll have time enough for that when my years here run out. From what I've been reading, it's far too easy to end up never leaving."
01[21:27] <Seira> "Elysium it is, then," Seira decides. "If we can't find what I seek there, then we'll try elsewhere. I'm certain that even if we don't visit directly, Waukeen will provide."
[21:33] <Kotono> "Technically that's in Arborea," Rubbing his chin, "Not Elysium. My mistake, thinking on it. But Elysium works fine as well."
01[21:34] <Seira> "When would it be possible for us to leave?"
[21:35] <Kotono> "Tomorrow," Gilartal stands, "For the return trip, can you manage to use a scroll successfully?"
01[21:36] <Seira> "It's possible," Seira says, though she seems doubtful. "You wouldn't want to visit Elysium with us?"
[21:38] <Kotono> "No. Honestly, I'd rather leave the great beyond to after I die." With a shrug there, "There's enough here to keep me busy."
01[21:39] <Seira> "I should be able to get back, somehow," Seira muses. "It's not really a hostile place. Having gold would make it possible, if nothing else."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Alright then, we'll leave in the morning," Gilartal agrees. OOC: Ready to skip ahead?
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: Sure. Can Amaryl bring her pegasus?
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: If you like, I think Gil has the capacity to bring it over as well. Lemme quickly readu p on Elysium and review it.
01[21:42] <Seira> OOC: Yeah, I'm pretty sure he can handle the equivalent of four people
01[21:42] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, five
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: There's no size mention in it, only of up to 8 willing creatures joining hands. I'll assume that joining hoof to hand is sufficient. Okay, moment tor ead up on Elysium.
[21:54] <Kotono> The four gather in the stables, Gil sniffing the air as he joins hands with Seira and Amaryl. "This is it? Got everything you need?"
06[21:55] * Seira smiles at Amaryl. "We'll manage!"
[21:57] <Kotono> "We will," Amaryl shuffles back and forth, "This is so exciting."
01[21:59] <Seira> "It is, isn't it? I never got much of a chance to take it easy traveling the planes before, but this will be different!"
[22:03] <Kotono> At that, Gilartal calls on the magic, traveling the group to Elysium!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 5d100
03[22:03] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 109." [5d100=9, 68, 4, 21, 7]
[22:05] <Kotono> Woosh! You stand amid beautiful, green, rolling hills. Bits of forest dot the landscape, pristine and untouched by mortal hands. A sense of belonging, a sense of bliss fills Seira like an intoxicating brew. Gilartal looks about briefly, already starting to invoke the proper names again! Amaryl's eyes go wide, giggling, "Oh..Seira...!"
01[22:07] <Seira> "It's a pretty great place," Seira says approvingly.
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
01[22:11] <Seira> "There should be all sorts of towns and encampments here," Seira voices, and picks north. "Let's go there until we come across something?"
[22:12] <Kotono> Gilartal vanishes without further comment. Amaryl sighs and slows down, "Oh, this is..." She cries a little, wiping away a few tears. "It feels like I'm home, Seira. It's calling to me strongly. Do you feel it too?"
01[22:13] <Seira> "I can," Seira affirms. "A lot. It's constant bliss." She coughs. "No matter how good a plane can make me feel, however, I'm not going to forget what's important."
[22:19] <Kotono> "Y-yeah," Amaryl looks around, going to hold Seira and lean against her. "Mmm. Close to you and here...I'm so content."
01[22:21] <Seira> "I'm glad I rate above a plane, however good it might be," Seira says, laughing.
[22:25] <Kotono> Thus the two start to wander north!
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[22:28] <Kotono> Afte ran hour or so, they crest yet another hill. This one leads to a little village, a cluster of pristine, beautiful houses about. A brook babbles through town, idyllic sunshine and gentle warmth in the air. A few chimneys let out a bit of gray smoke.
01[22:28] <Seira> "Seems like we're in luck so far!" Seira chirps. "Let's go and say hellow?"
[22:31] <Kotono> Amaryl skips along, laughing like a child. Pulling Seira's hand as her face splits with a grin, "Let's go!"
06[22:32] * Seira is far too easy to pull along, finding herself relaxing on what is really a working vacation.
[22:35] <Kotono> Hopping and skipping to the town, the two head along! As they enter into town, they see each building is classical and big, built of good wood and stone. One of the doors open, a half elf with honey blonde hair emerging. She wears a simple peasant's dress, her skin tinted gold. "Why hello there!" she beckons.
01[22:36] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets back. "I'm Seira and this is Amaryl. We're visiting Elysium!"
[22:37] <Kotono> "Oh, you're new here," shes miles nicely, "I'm Tanatha." With a sweet, loving smile, "Could you do me a small favor while you're here?"
06[22:39] * Seira blinks. Visitors from other planes must be really frequent here if she can just laugh it off and ask for favors. "Sure! What's the favor?"
[22:40] <Kotono> Pointing at the brook about 100 feet away, "Could you fetch me a pail of water, please?"
06[22:40] * Seira tilts her head. "I didn't bring a bucket along. Do you have one I could borrow?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Oh, right here," She briefly goes back into her house, coming out with a sturdy wooden bucket.
06[22:44] * Seira smiles at her, and crosses the distance to the rivulet to get the young woman her pail of water.
[22:46] <Kotono> On returning, the woman smiles and takes it. "Oh, thank you! Now I can finish lunch. Would you like to join me?"
01[22:47] <Seira> "If we won't be a bother," Seira agrees. "Where are we, exactly?"
[22:53] <Kotono> "Amoria. This is the village of Brooksong," she says as you're lead inside. You go into the kitchen, a lovely meal spread out on a table. Using thew ater to pour mugs of water, more than enough food for three here, "Please, sit down and eat!"
06[22:54] * Seira accepts the invitation, overriding her instinctual hesitation.
[22:58] <Kotono> Amaryl follows! The mean is fragrant and incredible, a chef's masterpiece. Each food is succulent and rich without being cloying, a true joy to eat. Amaryl's eyes go wide, "This is better than...!" she says as she nibbles on a slice of orange.
01[22:59] <Seira> "It's not!" Seira exclaims. "Is it? It might be." She eyes Amaryl. "What did you mean?"
[23:02] <Kotono> "It's really good!" She says, going into her food with a passion. Tanatha giggles at this, "Please, just enjoy. We can all talk after the meal."
06[23:03] * Seira takes it as a matter of personal pride that she eats calmly, must like always. Control is ever-so-important, particularly when intense emotions are involved!
[23:05] <Kotono> The meal is beyond merely good, it's superb. It's possibly one of the best meals Seira has had the pleasure to eat. When it's done, she's full without being heavy or tired in the least.
01[23:07] <Seira> "It's one of the best meals I've ever eaten," she tells her host honestly, "and I've traveled all over the world and eaten at the tables of kings, sometimes quite literally so. It was a pleasure, and all for a simple chore. I feel bad about that, so is there anything else I could help you with, Tanatha?"
[23:13] <Kotono> "Oh, yes, there is something." Taking a folded piece of paper out of her scroll, "Take this to the last house on the northern part of the village? It's for an elf named Yisil."
06[23:14] * Seira is really curious by this point, but decides to treat it as a riddle for now. "I can do that," she agrees, accepting the folded up paper. "We can chat a bit once I'm back, alright?"
[23:19] <Kotono> "Of course," With a sunny smile, the two are bid off! Once they're out of the house, "Oh, that was so nice..." Amaryl says, "Just being here is so nice, the food is incredible...is everything better here?"
06[23:21] * Seira pauses. "We can find out later, I guess?" she suggests, before proceeding north at a leisurely pace. "It certainly makes me question a few things."
[23:23] <Kotono> "Like?" Amaryl say sas they walk along the perfectly clean town path. Not a sign of normal waste or offal, just pure air and impossible clean-ness.
01[23:25] <Seira> "The overall fairness of things. Immortality and its importance. If nothing you experience throughout your life truly compares to this so-called rewards in the afterlife, isn't it really a curse and a burden?" Seira frowns. "So I think there is more to it, but I can't quite put my finger on it yet beyond a vague concept."
[18:13] <Kotoro> <Seira> "It's one of the best meals I've ever eaten," she tells her host honestly, "and I've traveled all over the world and eaten at the tables of kings, sometimes quite literally so. It was a pleasure, and all for a simple chore. I feel bad about that, so is there anything else I could help you with, Tanatha?"
[18:13] <Kotoro> > "Oh, yes, there is something." Taking a folded piece of paper out of her scroll, "Take this to the last house on the northern part of the village? It's for an elf named Yisil."
[18:13] <Kotoro> * Seira is really curious by this point, but decides to treat it as a riddle for now. "I can do that," she agrees, accepting the folded up paper. "We can chat a bit once I'm back, alright?"
[18:13] <Kotoro> > "Of course," With a sunny smile, the two are bid off! Once they're out of the house, "Oh, that was so nice..." Amaryl says, "Just being here is so nice, the food is incredible...is everything better here?"
[18:13] <Kotoro> * Seira pauses. "We can find out later, I guess?" she suggests, before proceeding north at a leisurely pace. "It certainly makes me question a few things."
[18:13] <Kotoro> > "Like?" Amaryl say sas they walk along the perfectly clean town path. Not a sign of normal waste or offal, just pure air and impossible clean-ness.
[18:13] <Kotoro> <Seira> "The overall fairness of things. Immortality and its importance. If nothing you experience throughout your life truly compares to this so-called rewards in the afterlife, isn't it really a curse and a burden?" Seira frowns. "So I think there is more to it, but I can't quite put my finger on it yet beyond a vague concept."
[18:16] <Kotoro> "I don't know. The religious types always say that we work in life to have this in death," Amaryl says, "Maybe this is like eating your dessert before dinner? It spoils the entire meal?"
01[18:18] <Seira> "It's not really true, though," Seira muses. "When they talk about making sure you deserve it, that's mostly staying true to yourself and the ideals you follow, not some back-breaking job out in the fields."
[18:20] <Kotoro> "Mmmm..." Amaryl considers, "I don't really know, then."
01[18:25] <Seira> "The only idea I have, and it's not exactly clear," Seira says, walking ahead, "is that when you struggle to do good while alive, the reward is in the knowledge that you help people. It's not something tangible like the bliss, here, but it's a very pleasant feeling all the same."
[18:26] <Kotoro> As you walk, you come to the last house on the northern part of the village. Amaryl stops here.
[18:27] <Kotoro> OOC: GAh.
[18:27] <Kotoro> As you walk, you come to the last house on the northern part of the village. Amaryl stops here. "Maybe that is it," she considers, "I do wonder if our viewpoints are becoming warped because we're in the afterlife while alive, though."
01[18:29] <Seira> "Any sort of afterlife affects you," Seira admits. "I guess I should just enjoy being in the nicest one so far, and not worry too much." She knocks on the door, resolving to shelve her concerns for the time being.
[18:31] <Kotoro> The door opens after a few moments. A handsome male elf with silvery skin opens it, "Oh, hello," he gushes, "What can I do for you two?"
01[18:32] <Seira> "I'm playing mailman!" Seira tells him brightly. "Or would it be mailwoman?" She tilts her head quizzically, even as she hands the folded up paper to him. "This is from Tanatha, for you."
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[18:54] <Kotoro> Taking the letter and smiling, "Oh, thank you! Come in, come in," he gestures, smiling widely. "You look like travelers. What brings you to here?"
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01[18:56] <Seira> "Thanks, Yisil," Seira tells him, deciding to follow the elf inside. "We're traveling, and it's in part a vacation, another part just sight-seeing and one last part where we're seeking a bard to aid us."
[18:57] <Kotoro> "A bard, eh?" Smiling as you're lead inside, to a grassy interior where you can sit freely, "Why do you need a bard?"
01[19:01] <Seira> "One of my acquaintances was broken by disciples of Shar," Seira states bluntly. "I don't know if I could truly help her even if I dropped everything. However, where I might fail, a bard is bound to succeed. They are master listeners, and it is certainly within their skills to befriend you and be quite convincing."
06[19:01] * Seira pauses. "What this woman needs is someone who would be willing to do all that, just be there for her, without a hidden motive. And if that someone had the ability to modify especially bad memories with her consent, well, that can only be a plus."
[19:04] <Kotoro> "Oh, I know just the person!" Snapping his fingers, "He's a strange sort, though, but he's the best talker I've ever met. Great with a song, too."
06[19:05] * Seira smiles. "That's wonderful news!" she exclaims. "Songs lift the heart, so--" She seems to catch herself, coughing into a fist. "I mean, could you please tell us where we could find your bard friend?"
[19:10] <Kotoro> "Go a few miles west. He lives by himself out there. He's a half celestial, half mortal." Nodding to this, "Tell him you're looking for his services to help someone."
01[19:12] <Seira> "Thanks!" Seira shakes the elf's hand enthusiastically. "I knew coming here would be a good call!"
[19:15] <Kotoro> Shaking Seira's hand back, "His name is Dominion."
01[19:17] <Seira> "A very ominous yet surely ill-fitting name," Seira says instantly. "Thanks again. We'll go see him once we've said goodbye to Tanatha."
[19:20] <Kotoro> "Be safe," Yisil says. Amaryl just smiles sweetly at that, "Thank you so much! I was wondering if we'd need to spend a long time working, but it worked out so good instead!"
01[19:22] <Seira> "Waukeen must be guiding our way," Seira insists. "It's difficult for her to intervene directly without giving all sorts of nasties an opening, but as long as we keep at it, she'll find indirect ways of helping us get closer to our goals!"
[19:22] <Kotoro> "It's reassuring," Amaryl says easily.
03[19:23] * Kotoro is now known as Kotono
01[19:25] <Seira> "And funny, in some ways," Seira continues, waving at Yisil as she heads back to Tanatha's house. "The only way this would work is if you're ready to go through the long route. If we'd just counted on her help and showed up in Elysium, I doubt she would help, since it would be pretty presumptious and downright ungrateful of us."
[19:32] <Kotono> "It's funny, yeah." Thet wo reach Tanatha's house, said petitioner waiting just at the door. "How did it go?"
01[19:35] <Seira> "Better than our wildest expectations, really," Seira admits, studying the half-elf. "Mmm, I don't want to be a terrible guest, but did you actually know we were coming or have some idea about what we're looking for?"
[19:37] <Kotono> "Hm?" With a little smile, "No, I don't. But why worry about it? Things have a way of working out here."
01[19:39] <Seira> "It's weird, visiting what might well be our afterlife," Seira voices. "But in a good way, you know?"
[19:41] <Kotono> "It makes me feel so good. I almost want to stay here," Amaryl murmurs, "I'm so content and happy inside I could cry. It's like I've finally come home."
01[19:42] <Seira> "But we're still going back," Seira adds quickly.
01[19:43] <Seira> "I kind of wanted to ask you about the favors," she says. "I'm really curious. It's just, where we come from, people wouldn't really ask for such simple things, so I don't really get it."
[19:44] <Kotono> "It's always good to help. Thank you for it," Smiling, Tanatha goes on. "It was so kind of you to help someone you just met."
01[19:46] <Seira> Weird people. Definitely. "Are you kidding?" Seira asks. "What does it matter, when someone asks you for an innocent thing like that?" She offers Tanatha her hand. "You're welcome to come and visit us on Prime, even though you probably wouldn't want to leave all this. But the offer's there anyway! If you ever feel like a vacation and such."
[19:49] <Kotono> "This is my home...but I thank you," she says warmly.
01[19:50] <Seira> "Maybe we'll visit again, some time down the line," Seira tells Amaryl with a shrug. "It could be nice, as long as we don't overstay our welcome each time."
[19:50] <Kotono> "Maybe...or maybe..." Amaryl looks down, "Visit, yes."
01[19:51] <Seira> "What's wrong?" Seira asks her, somewhat concerned. "You're not thinking about staying, are you?"
[19:54] <Kotono> "Oh!" Blushing very red, "I guess I can't lie to you, but...Don't you feel it, Seira? I know you feel it, it's just...." Shaking her head quickly, "I'm so happy here. I'm happy all over. There's no darkness in me, no sadness, only happiness. Everything's so perfect."
01[19:57] <Seira> "It's not real," Seira says quietly. "Perfect things don't exist. Bliss is meaningless, if there's nothing to compare it to."
[20:01] <Kotono> "Are you mad?" Amaryl blinks, "Can't you feel it all over? It's as real as everything here."
01[20:04] <Seira> "Then maybe I just feel a bit useless," Seira says, feeling upset. "I bet you would feel that everything's perfect even if I weren't here. I bet that's what I'd feel as well, if I stayed here too long. But even if I'd feel that, it's still wrong, so I don't want to accept it."
[20:07] <Kotono> "Seira, I..." Amaryl looks down and away hard. "...maybe we shouldn't be here then? I mean...this is paradise. It's what everyone wonders about all their life. We're still alive, we still care, we still...don't entirely fit in here, maybe?" Trying that, "I'm sorry, just...I don't meant to make you feel like that."
06[20:09] * Seira sighs. "Let's go, then. It's only a few miles to the west, right? We'll be there in no time."
[20:10] <Kotono> The two travel quietly enough. It's a decently pleasant trip, in spite of Amaryl looking abashed. It's just that everything feels good here. Holding on to anger, sadness and hurt is like holding the wind in your hands, passing and momentary. You come to a pleasant house sitting in the middle of asmall grove of trees. It's a three story affair, quite sturdy and normal looking from the outside.
01[20:13] <Seira> As they arrive to their destination, Seira takes Amaryl's hand, and leans over to whisper, "I have my friends back home, and I have you. That's all the bliss I need, and that's what I believe in." Not waiting for an answer, she goes to knock on the door.
[20:16] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes and smiles a little, unable to reply as she knocks on the door! A gentle trumpet plays at that, one that is clarion clear and beautiful. It comes from nowhere Seira can discern.
01[20:17] <Seira> "That's really nice," Seira comments. "Maybe I should get something like that to announce my visitors, too." Otherwise, she waits to be acknowledged.
[20:21] <Kotono> After a few moments the door opens with alittle puff of air. "Come in, come in, come in," A man's voice, like silvery trumpet notes, beckons unseen.
01[20:21] <Seira> "Thanks for having us," Seira calls back, accepting the invitation.
[20:27] <Kotono> Inside is a winding golden stair leading upward. Notes from a piano sound in the air, unseen. The stair is only a few loosely floating bits of golden stone that bob up and down to the music notes. Floating down is a golden skinned man, seven feet tall. His wings are feathered white and a vibrant red. HIs face is narrow and sharp, eyes pools of golden radiance. Little gusts of wind play around his silk toga clad body as he descends.
01[20:29] <Seira> "Hi! You're very pretty!" Seira greets him. "It is truly a shame that we didn't just come and visit you to share a few tales. I bet you have some great ones!"
[20:30] <Kotono> Wind gusts, musical notes playing in response. He looks down at the two as his feet touch down to the floor. "Such lovely words and lovely maidens. What do you come to Elysium for, then?, for your words speak of a heavy business."
01[20:33] <Seira> "Yes." Seira steels herself. "It's not a pleasant tale, but trust me when I say that I wouldn't seek help on the outer planes lightly. I have... a friend, yes, she must be one after all. All her life, she had been tormented terribly by her own siblings, who took the worship of Shar even as she resisted throughout the years. But the experience has left her broken."
06[20:33] * Seira glances at Amaryl briefly. "It's... bad. I can tell you all that I know. The worst thing that might come to your mind? It's probably right on the mark."
[20:38] <Kotono> "You come for a noble reason. Then tell me. Tell me everything of that sordid tale of Shar's foolish blasphemies," Dominion says, "Also, I'm Dominion, lovely mortal."
01[20:39] <Seira> "Seira," she says, offering her hand to him and waiting on Amaryl to introduce herself.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Amaryl Gaial," She curties to the celestial.
01[20:46] <Seira> "This... would be difficult to hear," Seira tells Amaryl, biting on her lower lip in worry. Even though Amaryl said that she wanted to travel with her, would hearing about Kesse change her mind?
[20:48] <Kotono> "I..." Amaryl considers, taking Seira's hand. "I'll be okay."
01[20:54] <Seira> Taking a deep breath, Seira begins the story of their involvement with those royals, from Albert's orchestrated attack that was contained and defeated by Alicia, to trying to warn Armanda of the danger her sibling presented, only to be caught off guard and captured. Of what she saw in that cathedral, before escaping, and what they learned after returning in strength. (more)
01[20:54] <Seira> About the rescued prisoners, about Giselle, about Giselle's children. Her story ends on an oddly positive note, of how seeing those rescued allowed Giselle to finally accept reality, and of how Alicia managed to restore the bodies of the captives with the regeneration spell. (more)
01[20:55] <Seira> "But there is no spell that would heal Giselle's soul," Seira says. "Only time and effort. No one in her court could do that. Even if someone on Prime existed that was capable of helping my friend, I might worry about their motives. But I had hope that by going to Elysium, I might find the person I seek. Can you be that person, Dominion?"
[20:58] <Kotono> Gentle harp notes sound at the end of the story, like tears in the wind. Dominion bows his head, a prayer spoken low. "Those three are vile as any demon or devil I have ever seen. The hateful, pointless degredations they sullied themselves with, hurting everyone around them...!" With a look of utter disgust, "I understand. After that long, discordant song, it is clear that peaceful music must play freely after."
[20:58] <Kotono> Amaryl's color is waxen, holding close to Seira. "Yes," she murmurs.
01[21:01] <Seira> "It started as a practical idea," Seira says. "Look for a spell. Try to see if there is anything I could do to alleviate her suffering. And after I realized that bards possessed one such spell that would prove useful, I decided to look for one.
01[21:01] <Seira> But during that process, I realized that what I was really seeking was a person who could help by being there for her, not just by using the magic repeatedly to solve the problem. I understood that I was subconsciously seeking out bards, because their temperament would be just what is needed."
[21:05] <Kotono> "To become a special person in her life," A few whispers of flute notes sound in the air, "It would be noble to set her back on a life she can life in happiness. I have not been to the Prime in some time, either. It would b egood to go again."
01[21:10] <Seira> "I'm happy! I'm really happy!" Seira tells him. "But to avoid, umm, oh hell. The part where she might already be involved was clear, right? It might not be healthy. It probably isn't. But forcing the issue with her would probably go badly, and when you said special person, that's not what you meant, right?"
[21:13] <Kotono> "I could do that if she wished, and if not, so be it. I get the impression that she is so fragile right now that doing so might even be a mistake," Dominion says as he begins to walk.
01[21:15] <Seira> "Then I managed to communicate it well," Seira agrees. "Yes, that's my thought as well. And I don't want to rush you by my next question, but could you tell me when you could be ready to return with us? Being on Elysium like this is trying for Amaryl and I, even though it's so... so...." Seira can't quite describe it.
[21:16] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes quickly here, "I want to stay more the longer I stay." she adds. "It's like home."
[21:17] <Kotono> "We can go now. I have a scroll of planar travel that will suffice," Withdrawing it out from seemingly nothing at all, "Are you ready? Where on the Prime are we going?"
01[21:20] <Seira> On the one hand, she certainly feels like Amaryl, and with her around, Seira's desire to return is eroding even more. But on the other, she can't let something like finding her personal heaven stop her from doing what Gil might say would actually earn her that spot in the afterlife.
01[21:20] <Seira> "We can aim for Kesse's capital," Seira suggests. "From my understanding of planar travel, that would place us within teleport range, and I'll get us the rest of the way over."
[21:25] <Kotono> Thus, the scroll is invoked! THet wo blink away!
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 5d100
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Three.
03[21:25] * Kotono sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 5d100
[21:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 5d100 --> [ 5d100=230 ]{230}
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d9
[21:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d9 --> [ 1d9=7 ]{7}
[21:26] <Kotono> Gah! You appear standing amid tall mountains, rocky peaks everywhere! The air is thin and weak, making your lungs start to burn.
06[21:27] * Seira focuses on the entryway into the castle, willing them all to teleport the rest of the way to their destination!
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d100
[21:27] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=9 ]{9}
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Anywhere in particular in the castle?
01[21:28] <Seira> OOC: There was a moat, right? I want to appear before it, so that I could seek entrance officially.
[21:34] <Kotono> THus the two appear in Kesse! The moat ahead of you has guards at it, who are currently doing a doubletake at seeing the group that just appeared.
01[21:35] <Seira> OOC: Three~
06[21:36] * Seira approaches the guards, nodding at them as she stops within a respectable distance. "Please inform General Andram that Seira requests an audience with two of her companions."
[21:41] <Kotono> A guard salutes and goes to do that, while others stare at Dominion and Seira and Amaryl. Dominion makes a motion with his hand, his wings vanishing and his appearing turning into that of a comely human. "Fear not. I come on a mission of mercy."
06[21:44] * Seira is in her own half-elf guise, and returns to Dominion's side, smiling. "Just another word of caution," she tells he and Amaryl quietly. "There are many vicious rumors, but not many truly know the story. And given Giselle's position as head of state for a nation recovering from all those recent calamities, it might be bad to disclose much to the populace at this time."
[21:46] <Kotono> Dominion merely nods. "I understand." A few moments later a guard comes back, escorting the trio in. General Andram is a quiet meeting room, a few aides reporting to him. They silence themselves at Seira and company's arrival.
01[21:47] <Seira> "General," Seira greets him, nodding. "May I introduce Amaryl Gaial and Dominion?" To them, she says, "This is General Andram, who leads the Kesse armed forces."
[21:52] <Kotono> "General," Amaryl curties. Dominion offers a hand out, taking GEneral Andram's in his own.
[21:53] <Kotono> The General looks them over, "Well met. You come to Kesse for business?"
01[21:55] <Seira> "Can we speak freely?" Seira asks. "This concerns Queen Giselle, and I don't know of a tactful way of asking whether your aides are brought into your confidence on that matter, General."
[21:56] <Kotono> Two of the aides go, one stays. "Speak now," Andram says.
06[21:57] * Seira nods curtly, and then gestures at Dominion. "This is a friend of mine. He hails from Elysium. I believe that he could help her, if only given the chance. And I am here to ask that this chance is given to him."
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[21:59] <Kotono> With a bow to the General, "I can help heal minds and hearts with time. I have heard of Queen Giselle's plight and I wish to aid her recovery from the vile ravages inflicte don her."
[22:03] <Kotono> "This would be useful. GIselle spends most of her days sedated or with her paramours. She's..." A shake of his head here, "It's difficult for her. At times she seems to be in another reality all her own."
01[22:04] <Seira> "It's not an instant fix, but I believe," Seira declares, "that with the same strength Giselle used to resist Shar's pull and with Dominion's help, there will come a day when she has made a recovery."
[22:12] <Kotono> "Try, by all means," General Andram invites, "Dominion, this way," he says, "I'll walk to and introduce you to Queen Giselle."
06[22:13] * Seira is ready to come along, but lets Dominion handle the meeting in a way of his choosing.
[18:12] <Kotono> * Nao (Mokou@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[18:12] <Kotono> * Seira nods curtly, and then gestures at Dominion. "This is a friend of mine. He hails from Elysium. I believe that he could help her, if only given the chance. And I am here to ask that this chance is given to him."
[18:12] <Kotono> > With a bow to the General, "I can help heal minds and hearts with time. I have heard of Queen Giselle's plight and I wish to aid her recovery from the vile ravages inflicte don her."
[18:12] <Kotono> > "This would be useful. GIselle spends most of her days sedated or with her paramours. She's..." A shake of his head here, "It's difficult for her. At times she seems to be in another reality all her own."
[18:12] <Kotono> <Seira> "It's not an instant fix, but I believe," Seira declares, "that with the same strength Giselle used to resist Shar's pull and with Dominion's help, there will come a day when she has made a recovery."
[18:12] <Kotono> > "Try, by all means," General Andram invites, "Dominion, this way," he says, "I'll walk to and introduce you to Queen Giselle."
[18:12] <Kotono> * Seira is ready to come along, but lets Dominion handle the meeting in a way of his choosing.
[18:16] <Kotono> Thus Seira tags along! Going to Giselle's quarters is a mundane, uneventful thing. Giselle sits alone in her room on her bed, legs over the edge. Her eyes are closed, a distant, faraway look on her face.
[18:16] <Kotono> Dominion comes in front of her, bowing. "Good day, Majesty. Are you there?" he asks.
[18:19] <Kotono> Giselle doesn't look up to him, nor react. Dominion shakes his head, "Ah yes, you mentioned she was often sedated." Going to her and giving her a brief examination, "Is she prone to outbursts that require this?"
06[18:19] * Seira is interested in hearing the answer to that as well, looking at General Andram expectantly.
[18:22] <Kotono> "She often becomes erratic, yes. She has at times had fits and demanded protection from her siblings, or at other times had fading breaks from reality. Other days she is more or less coherent...today isn't one of those."
[18:23] <Kotono> "Tsh. Too many chefs in the stew," Dominion murmurs, going to sit next to Giselle. "A mind scrambled into submission. Magic should dispel the sedative easily enough, unless it's particularly strong magic?"
[18:24] <Kotono> "It's a compound based on mountain herbs," General Andram clarifies, "It's not magical."
01[18:24] <Seira> "The allure of an easy retreat would just grow, the more it is used?" Seira asks Dominion.
[18:25] <Kotono> "Yes. Though I would suspect she's not always taking it willingly," Stroking the woman's head gently, light flares from Dominion's fingers! Giselle's eyes clear as he begins to whisper into her ear.
[18:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
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03[18:27] * Kotono sets mode: +v Kobot
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[18:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{32}
[18:28] <Kotono> "Hum...?" Giselle turns to him after he whispers, "Did I fall asleep again?" Blinking and rubbing her eyes, "I see..."
[18:29] <Kotono> "My name is Dominion, Majesty," Dominion continues on in a more audible voice, "Your mind was as good as asleep. But worry not on that. I've come to brighten your life with song and musics; your friend Seira brought me here for you."
[18:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:30] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=59 ]{59}
06[18:30] * Seira takes it as her cue to approach her. "Hi, Giselle," she says, smiling at the queen. "It's only a brief visit, but I didn't want to leave without seeing you."
[18:31] <Kotono> "Seira?" Looking to Seira and Dominion, Giselle smiles a little. "Good...will you make me feel alive inside," she asks, a hand going to her stomach, "Will you, Dominion? That's why she brought you, isn't it?"
01[18:33] <Seira> Spending time around her is always disturbing, but Seira maintains her smile. "I'm here to tell you that it is entirely up to you, Giselle," she says. "The future is yours to seize as you wish, and no one would stand in your way."
[18:34] <Kotono> "I'll try and make you happy," Dominon says with gentle airs, "I'll do so, certainly."
[18:34] <Kotono> Giselle smiles a little, giggling, "Good....please, my brother....my brother is a hard man, Dominion. He doesn't want me to feel alive."
[18:35] <Kotono> Amaryl's color has turned waxen pale, looking on with her eyes as wide as saucers.
[18:36] <Kotono> "Shh, shhh," Dominion whispers, "Your brother isn't here. Let me sing you a song, Majesty. Music is the fuel of the soul, and nothing more can make you feel alive."
01[18:36] <Seira> Normally, she would jump right in and insist that the brother in question is dead and won't be coming back. But that approach was tried and ultimately only took them so far. It is time to leave it to the professionals, and Seira steps back as Dominion handles himself as she expects.
[18:38] <Kotono> Before Giselle can speak again, Dominion begins to sing!
[18:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[18:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{45}
[18:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20 needs a 20, really
[18:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 needs a 20, really --> [ 1d20=7 ]{7}
[18:39] <Kotono> It's a song in Celestial, a song of peace and renewal. Giselle quirks her head as she begins to listen, a little smile playing on her face. "Oh, it's so pretty," she murmurs. "You'll make me feel so alive inside..." With a sappy little smile, Giselle listens.
[18:40] <Kotono> General Andram turns away now, "It would be best to take our leave while Her Majesty is content and relatively calm," he suggests quietly.
06[18:41] * Seira nods, taking Amaryl's hand and squeezing it before following the general outside.
[18:44] <Kotono> Once outside, "Just as well her lovers aren't with ehr today..." A shake of hsi head, "One reason we sedate her is that it upsets both fo them when she paws at a random man."
[18:45] <Kotono> Squeezing Seira's hand back, "It's so horrible and disturbing when you know wh at she means by feeling alive and why. My...no, it's her eyes. I looked into her eyes. I've never seen anyone, elf or human, with eyes like those."
01[18:47] <Seira> "Do you need me to talk to them?" Seira asks, making it clear that she wouldn't stop at mere words if they don't prove compliant. "Jealous outbursts or fighting over Queen Giselle are not to be tolerated, no matter the hardships they suffered."
[18:48] <Kotono> "It's not needed." Andram says, "Thank you for this, Seira. Hopefully this Dominion will help calm Giselle."
01[18:49] <Seira> "Waukeen wishes her the best," Seira responds, accepting that as meaning that they have the situation under control. "I believe that from the bottom of my heart." She gives Amaryl a hesitant smile. "Giselle will recover. I know that."
[18:51] <Kotono> "I hope so," Amaryl says, and then..."Let's go home, Seira?"
06[18:54] * Seira nods once again. "That's all we came for. It vexes me, but there's nothing more I can do right now." She offers her hand to General Andram. "General, if there's anything else, no matter how slight or insignificant, please contact me."
[18:54] <Kotono> The hand is shaken, "Until we meet again then," he says. OOC: You good there, Seira?
01[18:55] <Seira> OOC: Yes. Do I get my EVILVISION GOGGLES?
[18:56] <Kotono> OOC: Moment, loot thread.
03[19:39] * Kobot is now known as Devilbot
Session Close: Tue Mar 10 19:47:27 2009
Session Start: Tue Mar 10 19:47:27 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[19:47] * Disconnected
02[19:48] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
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03[19:48] * Topic is 'Thief 3>Thief 1>Astrid'
03[19:48] * Set by Kotono on Mon Mar 02 10:08:59
02[19:51] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-179-130-149.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
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03[19:57] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[19:59] * Marianne is now known as Seira
03[19:59] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
03[19:59] * tailurkpart496 is now known as Demedais
03[19:59] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:00] <Kotono> ----------
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, just to refresh: Who's going and how are yo ugoing?
03[20:01] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
[20:02] <Demedais> OOC: Presumably teleport since I'd expect it to be somewhat feasible, Alicia+Seira(+Amaryl?)+Demedais+Pollyanna.
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, that
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: Declare who's taking who and make relevant TP rolls?
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d100 Amaryl+Pegasus, Donald
[20:05] <Devilbot> Seira rolled 1d100 Amaryl+Pegasus, Donald --> [ 1d100=35 ]{35}
[20:05] <Alicia> roll 1d100 for Alicia plus Deme and Polly, aiming for a bit outside Eastern gate
[20:05] <Devilbot> Alicia rolled 1d100 for Alicia plus Deme and Polly, aiming for a bit outside Eastern gate --> [ 1d100=58 ]{58}
[20:10] <Kotono> Woosh! So magicked, the party appears in two groups! The capital of the United Baronies appears before you! It is a large city framed by the light of the morning sun, a tall city wall framing it. The buildings look fairly white on a glance, the entire city looking somewhat rambling and new from the outside. The eastern gates ahead are open, a dusty path coming from the desert leading into the city proper. A few guards stand guard here.
[20:10] <Kotono> path coming from the desert leading into the city proper. A few guards stand guard here.
06[20:10] * Alicia looks around for the elf plus horse contingent.
06[20:11] * Seira likewise seeks out the highly visible paladins!
[20:12] <Kotono> The two groups find themselves quickly. The gate guards are starting to draw weapons, preparing while one makes a shout back. They look on with wide eys.
06[20:12] * Demedais eyes the capital, looking to Pollyanna as he takes a few steps forward, before realizing Alicia isn't following.
[20:12] <Kotono> Donald stretches, cracking his neck. "Man, I remember when I had to take a horse everywhere."
06[20:12] * Demedais then looks back to the gate. "Reminder: teleport us farther away from gates if possible so we don't have to startle guards."
[20:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna smiles a little, "Um, Demedais, telling them who we are might be a good idea?"
01[20:13] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets the guards, striding over in the red cloak that signifies belonging to the Guard.
[20:14] <Alicia> "Glad we all made it," Alicia comments as she joins Seira and the others, before noticing the distant figures at the gate who're starting to look a mite aggressive. "I actually was aiming for further away... sometimes it's innaccurate, especially if I'm not too familiar with the location, though."
[20:14] <Kotono> As Seira approaches the guards gawk and stare at her. They look at Demedias and then Alicia, before stiffening to attention and saluting quickly. "Sirs!"
01[20:15] <Seira> "I prefer the alleys, myself," Seira returns. "Always try to find one in every town." She returns the salute to avoid keeping the men at attention.
06[20:15] * Demedais follows Seira at Pollyanna's comment, with a slight smile to Pollyanna and a nod to Alicia before he reaches the guards. At the reaction, he shakes his head. "Apologies for the surprise, gentlemen. We've gotten used to this method." He finishes the comment with a salute as well.
[20:15] <Kotono> "Sirs!" One guard repeats, "Welcome! Oh, are you really-" he begins, before cutting his own words off. "Sirs!"
01[20:16] <Seira> "It's just a convenient disguise," Seira says for her part. "So that people aren't startled. I suppose it is ruined when you teleport unannounced."
06[20:16] * Alicia trots after Seira and likewise snaps off a quick salute, wondering just how official this visit is going to be. Since Seira's the ranking officer, she gets to decide at this point.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Will you desire an escorts, sirs," One of the two asks, as just inside the gate, you can see a squad of about thirty soldiers coming at a good clip.
01[20:17] <Seira> "Someone to help us familiarize ourselves with the city and its defenses would be most welcome," Seira responds. "If you could spare them."
[20:18] <Kotono> "Of course!" Saluting again, "The Crimson Guard is here!" The soldier calls back to the approaching soldires! "Summon an honor guard immediately!"
01[20:19] <Seira> "Ah, an honor guard might be a bit much," Seira says instantly. "We're not here to interrupt daily life."
[20:19] <Kotono> Amaryl murmurs to Seira, "They treat you like Scions, almost."
01[20:19] <Seira> Plus it's terribly embarrassing, and she winces when Amaryl points that out.
[20:19] <Kotono> "Sir!" The guard calls back, "Just a normal guard on second command!"
[20:20] <Alicia> "Can probably thank some exaggarated rumours for that," Alicia remarks quietly to Amaryl. Then recalling what she first heard of the Crimson Guard involving a dragon named Kondrux, she's forced to amend, "Then again, they might not even need to be exaggarated at all..."
06[20:20] * Demedais seems to quietly back up, his face a blank mask at this. "Right. Normal guard would be nice. I'd rather not..."
[20:21] <Kotono> "Oh, they don't need to be," Donald grins, speaking relatively quietly for his standards. "Oh come on. We're heroes here, aren't we? Why not get treated like them?"
[20:22] <Demedais> "So long as you don't claim to be me, you can take all the praise you want, Donald. I'll pass." Demedais shakes his head.
01[20:22] <Seira> "Arrogance is not something you cultivate," Seira tells him simply. "And it would give the people we serve the wrong idea if it appears we want to be worshipped instead."
[20:23] <Kotono> A group of five guards approaches from that group ahead, the rest disengaging and retreating back, though many slowing to gawk or stare. A few people come from the streets, commoners looking on.
[20:23] <Alicia> "And we won't get a proper impression of things if we're shown around by people wanting to show off," Alicia mutters as she hangs back, content to follow Seira's lead since she was the one most adamant about coming here.
[20:23] <Kotono> "Sirs," The lead of the five comes forward, a man with ad ark brown beard and strong looking shoulders, saluting to the guard and then Seira, "A normal guard was requested?"
01[20:24] <Seira> "Can I ask someone to see to the pegasus, while we go on the tour? Anything to avoid drawing the extra attention would be welcome," Seira requests, before noddin at the guard
01[20:24] <Seira> OOC: Bah
[20:24] <Kotono> "Of course, sir," The bearded man says a few words to one of the gate guards, who hurries to the pegasus and takes it's reins. "Is ther eanything else you require?"
01[20:25] <Seira> "Can I ask someone to see to the pegasus, while we go on the tour? Anything to avoid drawing the extra attention would be welcome," Seira requests, before nodding at the guard. "It was. As I've stated, we would like a tour of the city and its defense, if it is not too much trouble."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Of course. I an Lieutenant Viyse," HE wears a polished breastplate, greaves and carries a sword at his side, though he lacks a helmet. "You are Colonlel Seira, Captain Alicia Reynes, Captain Demedais of Helm, yes, and followers and aides?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Heh, I wouldn't dream of being Demedais," Donald snorts, pausing as his attention is wrested back and forth, his reply late. "If you're going to risk your life fighting evil and terror, you can at least get the up sides to it, or so I say. It's not fair that only evil gets the perks."
06[20:28] * Alicia nods in recognition of her own name.
01[20:28] <Seira> "Donald here actually has a rank," Seira adds, lips quirking in a smile. "What was it, again? Lieutenant?"
06[20:29] * Demedais nods to Viyse's recognition, rubbing his head "Apologies for the stir."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Sir," Saluting to Donald as well, "There's no problem. We're honored that you've come," he says. "There is a ceremony tomorrow," Starting to walk into the gate, "If you are in the city, you would be more than welcome to grace it with your presences."
06[20:31] * Demedais follows Lieutenant Viyse, curious in part. "What is the ceremony regarding?"
01[20:31] <Seira> "We would be honored to," Seira feels obliged to say without, regardless of any feelings she might have on the matter.
[20:31] <Kotono> Donald eyes Seira, "Oh, I do. And yeah, what ceremony, anyway?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Lord Salman has proclaimed that the capital will be renamed, in honor of our victories in the east and to rededicate the city." He answers, going just inside to a street that runs right along the walls. Ladders occasionally rest against the wall, letting one climb atop it. "As you can see, we are positioned so that our archers can have height and reach in any event of an attack from the west."
[20:35] <Alicia> "They're renaming the city?" Alicia blinks as she follows along. That sounds rather silly to her.
06[20:35] * Seira snorts. "I can only say I approve. Is the new name a tightly-guarded secret?"
[20:37] <Demedais> "I see." Demedais muses, glancing along the walls and at the ladders. "Probably allows for speed in scaling the walls regardless of original position..."
[20:37] <Kotono> "I'm not privy to it, no," The lieutenant says as he leads you along the walls. The walls look fairly new and well kept, as do the buildings you pass. People look out o fthem, a few pointing and gawking! A young man, just into his teenage years and growth spurt, even runs up. "Oh...Sir Demedais?!?! Is that you?!"
[20:37] <Kotono> "It's just a name?" Pollyanna shrugs a bit, "What's the occasion for it?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "Name's have history. Tradition!" Alicia argues. "You don't just throw all that away!" Okay, she did just rename her new festhall, but it's practically an entirely new business with no continuity to its previous life as a bordello so that doesn't count.
06[20:38] * Demedais looks over to the man, clearly a bit startled. "Yes? Um. Yes, it is?"
[20:39] <Kotono> Amaryl stays close to Seira, "That is a point, tradition is important at times. But..." Eyeing the young boy, "...like heroes and scions rolled into one..."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Oh...Oh HELM!" He gushes, "Oh, I've wanted to meet you since I heard you wrestled Kondrux the terrible blue dragon and broke his neck with your bare hands!"
01[20:39] <Seira> "Sometimes, it takes courage to replace that which isn't working," Seira says with a shrug.
[20:40] <Kotono> "Someone's popular," Donald mutters under his breath, "Wrestling a dragon, though? Come on."
[20:41] <Kotono> Lieutenant Viyse stops his walk here, "Child, restraint," he says to the boy, "Sir, since you said you didn't want trouble, I'll be glad to escort him home."
[20:42] <Kotono> At that noise more people gawk, pointing. Some point at Seira, some at Alicia, a few at the others.
06[20:44] * Seira decides to let Demedais decide what to do with his fan. Getting him home might work, but Demedais might have a better solution in store that would actually change the hero-worshipping attitude into something productive.
06[20:45] * Demedais seems to stop dead in his tracks, a glance to Donald and then Viyse. "Ah. First, let me set the record straight; I cut it up with the help of the entire guard. And..." A momentary pause, before he shakes his head. "Let me be blunt; it is not a matter of heroism. It is a matter of doing what must be done. You follow Helm, I take it?"
[20:46] <Kotono> "Of course! You follow him!" The boy blurts as he blushes, "Sir Demedais, I also heard that you defeated an entire Malmuthian army then slew an entire bridage of war trolls! That's being a hero, isn't it?"
[20:47] <Kotono> Donald just smiles a little, dangerously close to a smirk. "Still..." He murmurs to Seira and Alicia, "It might just become a bit grating if the entire city is like this..."
[20:48] <Kotono> "LIsten to him," Pollyanna says to the child, "He's very wise about these things. He's telling you something important here."
01[20:48] <Seira> "I had no idea," Seira whispers back. "And I'm under a disguise, at that! I knew there were rumors, but this is downright ridiculous!"
[20:49] <Kotono> "I know." Donald crosses his arms, "Sure, it's not too hard to get a free meal in Balmuria or get to cut in line if you're in the Guard, but this is way more than that. Then again, I suppose the women would be the sam eway..."
01[20:50] <Seira> "I will physically hurt you if you have been doing those things intentionally," Seira whispers sternly. "You know that, don't you?"
[20:51] <Kotono> "Oh, I get a free meal once in awhile, but I don't abuse it. It tends to wear off when you see the same shopkeepers every day. But yeah, yeah, yeah, no abusing the position." Sighing now, "But sometimes people insist themselves."
[20:51] <Demedais> A very large pause, before: "A bit of advice; rumors very rarely hue to truth so closely. Listen. What we have done shows the capability of humanity - all of humanity - more than anything else. If you wish to follow this road, go and devote yourself to training." He seems on the verge of adding about seven other comments, but falls silent at this for a moment, before continuing, "Go, and protect your family, and follow the road your heart
[20:51] <Demedais> " and follow the road your heart seeks."
[20:52] <Kotono> Listening well to Demedais, "If that's what you say, I'll take it to heart!" he says, thumping a hand on his chest. "I will then! I'll makes ure Mom and Dad stay safe!"
01[20:52] <Seira> "It's alright when they do," Seira agrees. "Protesting too much just looks bad and would hurt their feelings."
[20:52] <Kotono> "Yeah." A glance back to Alciia, "That ever happen to you? I figure it does too?"
01[20:53] <Seira> "I bet there is no shortage of freshly-baked bread in the house."
[20:53] <Kotono> "Good then," Lieutenant Viyse nods briskely, "Go home to your family now, child."
06[20:53] * Demedais nods with a smile. "Then go." To Viyse once the kid goes, "My apologies. I didn't feel right saying nothing."
[20:54] <Kotono> "Of course, sir," He nods a little to that, "The stories from Balmuria are lurid. The celebrations when word came that the Crimson Guard defeated Ferdi and forced Malmuth to the negotiations table was euphoric. You can see the impact of it."
[20:56] <Kotono> "At least they're idolizing us instead of Ferdi and his regime?" Pollyanna tries to smile a little, taking Demedais' hand. "Let's go see the rest of the fortifications?"
[20:56] <Demedais> "... Some days, I'm convinced I will never understand." A slight pause, then a smile to Pollyanna. "And imagine if there had been anyone available to gossip about our last trip..."
06[20:56] * Demedais nods to this, taking Pollyanna's hand.
[20:57] <Kotono> "Oh yes. Defeating that horror and the purification at once...all of that...in that sandstorm, too. I can hardly believe it when I think back," Pollyanna murmurs.
01[20:57] <Seira> "Some things are better left unsaid," Seira says, recalling her own last trip somberly.
[20:57] <Alicia> "People sometimes stare," Alicia admits. "Not as many try to learn as I'd perhaps like."
[20:57] <Kotono> "So what don't you understand," Donald raises his voice to Demedais, "I mean, you kicked the crap outta Ferdi and everyone likes you. What's wrong with that?"
[20:58] <Kotono> "Well, you're famous...and gorgeous," Amaryl admits quietly, "Stares happen, don't they?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "The most obvious problem here, if I might cut in," Seira voices, "is the concern that people would see that as the natural state of affairs and would grow used to being protected, without doing anything on their own."
[20:59] <Demedais> "What Alicia said, Donald." Demedais replies, not looking to the duskblade, "as well as what Seira just said. We cannot bear all burdens; the people must understand this, or the impact..."
06[20:59] * Seira pauses. "They can stare at me for the second reason, though," she says with a wide smile. "Being pretty is a terrible burden one must bear with dignity."
[20:59] <Kotono> "That may be so. Yet, we have many new recruits into the army and town forces that cite the Crimson Guard as inspiring them," The lieutenant adds. "It's not all idle hero worship."
01[21:00] <Seira> "Thats the kind of impact we actually love to see!"
01[21:00] <Seira> "Well. I would prefer if more joined the worship of Waukeen as a result. But still!"
[21:01] <Demedais> "Good." Demedais nods to the lieutenant. "At the least, that is a relief.
06[21:01] * Alicia nods to Amaryl. "When I was a little girl there was a swordmaster I used to watch all the time. I was so inspired by seeing his movements when he practiced that it put me on the path to becoming a warrior myself, until I was good enough for him to take me as a student. I like to think I can encourage the same reaction in others."
[21:02] <Kotono> "I remember seeing Seira defeat a powerful hawk in front of the Council with her bowwork," Amaryl murmurs to that, "Yes, I think I understand that."
[21:05] <Alicia> "Seira says you've become quite good, too," Alicia smiles at the runaway noble. "So you must have taken it to heart."
[21:06] <Kotono> "I've tried!" Amaryl smiles brightly at that.
[21:06] <Kotono> The party is lead around the perimeter of the city. The wall defenses are pretty thick and solid, about what you'd expect for a wall meant to hold archers. Once that's done and you're back at the eastern gate, "Would you like to see the siege engine reserves and the main city miltiary garrison, sirs," he asks.
01[21:08] <Seira> "You've seen one siege engine, you've seen them all," Seira responds with a disarming smile. "What I'm interested more in is hearing about the city and the daily life in it."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Of course, let me take you to Victory Square," He offers, "It's the main pulse of the city and our central market. Also, the best inns are not far removed from it. Lodging can be arrainged at the best of them if you'd like, sirs."
06[21:10] * Demedais looks to Seira. "I would not mind seeing either one, but that can wait." he says with a nod.
01[21:10] <Seira> "They really do look the same," she says with a shrug. "It's a design thing."
[21:12] <Kotono> "Well, a nice bed would be good," Amaryl admits, "Sleeping on the ground's not very fun."
01[21:12] <Seira> "It's still too early for that!"
[21:13] <Kotono> "Well, it got brought up," Amaryl blushes, "So..."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Well, let's go see that square," Pollyanna starts walking, "Unless we want o gos ee more military matters?"
06[21:14] * Seira laughs. "Alright, I get it." To Pollyanna, she says, "We can always return to the garrison afterwards."
06[21:14] * Demedais nods and follows Pollyanna, at this point just trying to go along with the flow of things. "I suspect we all have something we can do here."
[21:17] <Kotono> Victory Square is quite large - about three dozen buildings could stretch, the square right in the center of the city. White painted buildings and more classical multistory affairs loom over everything. Open shops and open stalls sell a wide variety of goods. Various signs hang, blaring advertisements in loud colors: 'Water of Life: Heals any ache and pain!' 'Vegetables for good copper here!', that sort of thing.
[21:19] <Kotono> The people are about, many looking as murmurs run through the crowd. The party gets a lot of attention, many people even gaping wide with shock and awe. Parts of the square are slowing down entirely as the party enters.
01[21:20] <Seira> "I'm not sure if the solution is to appear more often or not at all," Seira murmurs to the others.
06[21:20] * Alicia finds herself wishing they'd come in disguise instead of going with the big official inspection thing. Still she's a nice person so she smiles occassionally in response to the stares she's getting, hoping the novelty will wear off eventually.
[21:21] <Kotono> "It's sweet," Pollyanna murmurs, uneasiness and a frown showing. "But it's also kind of overwhelming."
[21:22] <Demedais> "I'm not sure there is a solution." Demedais replies just as quietly, nodding to Pollyanna slightly as he looks around at all the stalls to see if there's anything terribly interesting, or at least worth braving the crowd for.
[21:22] <Kotono> One man begins to approach, looking at Alicia. "Exc-excuse me," he calls. "Are you Alicia Reynes?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "Now I really, really want to know what they've been saying about us here," Seira mutters. "Lieutenant, might I trouble you with a strange request and ask just what the rumormill goes on about?"
[21:24] <Kotono> Most of the stalls are normal enough goods. There's a shop at one point called 'Arkhan's Scrolls' that could be of interest, and another stall that has a sign saying 'Protective relics'.
[21:24] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia nods pleasantly to the man. "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?" She is after all a public servant. Even one who gets paid less than a prostitute does.
[21:25] <Kotono> The Lieutenant lower shis voice, "It varies, but alway spositive after Malmuth was beaten," he answers back. "Defeating the Empire so quickly after the last war was seen as a miracle."
[21:25] <Demedais> "I'm not sure whether trying to set the record straight would lessen up the issue or just cause more gossip..." Demedais shakes his head.
[21:26] <Kotono> "Could you...bless this again," he asks, presenting a plain golden disk. "I-I bought this a few months ago, but I worry that it's luck has faded since you haven't touched it in a time." The disk doesn't look terribly interesting or familiar to Alicia.
01[21:26] <Seira> "At least it's positive and we're not encouraging some horrible practices inadvertantly," Seira mutters.
[21:26] <Kotono> "Isn't Lord Salman here? You could ask him to do something about it," Donald suggests.
[21:26] <Alicia> "Er... again, you say?" Alicia peers at the disc. "I think you may have been conned, I'm afraid, for I don't recall blessing it a first time."
01[21:27] <Seira> "That's actually a very good idea," Seira tells Donald. "Worth a try, certainly."
[21:27] <Kotono> The man's face falls, "That dirty lying....thief!" He says hotly, then bows his head, "Sorry, ma'am, I didn't meant to say that in front of you. He said he was selling relics you'd blessed in the name of Mystra."
[21:27] <Kotono> "See, I have them sometimes," Donald eyes Demedias.
[21:28] <Demedais> "You do indeed." Demedais nods to Donald. "More than sometimes, actually."
01[21:30] <Seira> "For how much?" Seira inquires, joining Alicia.
[21:30] <Alicia> "Sorry," Alicia gives him an apologetic smile. "But the blessing of relics is the purview of the clergy - I'm merely a sword of the church. Just how many relics did he have, out of interest?"
[21:30] <Kotono> "10 gold," he answers, "That's a lot of moeny, but I thought it would be worth it!"
[21:30] <Kotono> "A few dozen," he says, "I even asked him about that. He said you blessed many of them to spread Mystra's blessings."
01[21:31] <Seira> It's not so much that she would get involved herself, but she would certainly support Alicia if she decides to dispense justice personally rather than let the regular soldiers handle this.
06[21:32] * Alicia sighs and shakes her head. "What a shameless liar. I'm sorry for your misfortune, sir. I don't suppose this con-artist is still around, is he?"
06[21:32] * Demedais suddenly undergoes cognitive dissonance for a moment at hearing the old man's story, before shaking his head slightly and letting Alicia and Seira deal with it as he looks to Lieutenant Viyse again. "How much trade does this place get within a day, would you say?"
[20:04] <Kotono> > "10 gold," he answers, "That's a lot of moeny, but I thought it would be worth it!"
[20:04] <Kotono> > "A few dozen," he says, "I even asked him about that. He said you blessed many of them to spread Mystra's blessings."
[20:04] <Kotono> <Seira> It's not so much that she would get involved herself, but she would certainly support Alicia if she decides to dispense justice personally rather than let the regular soldiers handle this.
[20:04] <Kotono> * Alicia sighs and shakes her head. "What a shameless liar. I'm sorry for your misfortune, sir. I don't suppose this con-artist is still around, is he?"
[20:04] <Kotono> * Demedais suddenly undergoes cognitive dissonance for a moment at hearing the old man's story, before shaking his head slightly and letting Alicia and Seira deal with it as he looks to Lieutenant Viyse again. "How much trade does this place get within a day, would you say?"
[20:05] <Kotono> "He's a traveler, long gone," With a long sigh, "Dammit...but it's good fortune to meet you, ma'am." Looking to Alicia now, "Thank you. I lost friends to the bastards in Malmuth."
[20:05] <Kotono> "A fair deal," Answering that to Demedais, "Trade from the Desert Fiefdoms has increased, with more also passing further east to Balmuria. Trade from Balmuria heading east also goes this way now. It's trickled down well."
[20:06] <Alicia> "We did our best to end things swiftly there," Alicia nods, patting the man on the back. "Look on it as a lesson not to be taken in so easily next time? There's no end of cheats out there, after all."
03[20:07] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
06[20:07] * Demedais nods. "That is good news. Hopefully the trade routes will continue to expand...."
05[20:07] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:07] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.114.105) has joined #dunes
[20:07] <Kotono> "Sad but true," He commiserates, "Thank you. Thank all of you," He looks to the others, "For everything."
03[20:07] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:09] <Kotono> "It does bring a lot of wealth," The lieutenant agrees, as more people peer at the party. "Is there anything else you wish to see in the square, sirs?"
[20:10] <Alicia> "You're welcome. May Mystra bless you, since that trinket won't," Alicia gives the man a half-smile as she bids him farewell.
[20:10] <Kotono> With a look about as she glances back at the man, "Pft, con artists. Deplorable, lawless louts."
[20:10] <Kotono> OOC - Gah.
[20:11] <Kotono> With a look about as she glances back at the man, "Pft, con artists. Deplorable, lawless louts." Pollyanna turns back to Demedais then, "Is there anything else you saw that caught your eye here?
[20:11] <Kotono> "
01[20:11] <Seira> "Any landmarks? Historical spots?" Seira shrugs. "Locals always know more about these things, so if you've got the time, Lieutenant, show us more of the city?"
[20:12] <Demedais> "Nothing that's worth inciting the crowd by walking through it." Demedais shakes his head to Pollyanna slightly.
06[20:14] * Demedais then nods to Seira's comment slightly.
[20:14] <Kotono> "This way," Leading the party along through the square, into a side street, "Momuments to the last war are the first thing, and they're nearby." The party is lead along a few streets down, to a quiet, oak infested grove. In the center is a small stone building, a paved path leading to it. "A copy of the formal signings between the new United Baronies and the Empire of Malmuth are kept here on display."
06[20:15] * Seira perks up at the mention.
[20:16] <Kotono> Amaryl looks about, "Did an elf design this? I would think humans would have something grander and not so forest-like."
06[20:18] * Demedais glances around as well, attention mainly focused on the small stone building as he takes a few steps toward it in curiousity.
[20:19] <Kotono> "The Archbaron wished for something serene, to so embody the peace the Baronies had hard won from Malmuth. It's intentionally quiet and out of the way for that reason. The city owns the buildings around it and keeps them low noise and volume to facilitate that." The stone building is plain and sturdy, save for an inscription above the door. It reads: 'For tranquil peace, bought at the price of a thousand lives. Blessed be those that sacrifice e
[20:19] <Kotono> It reads: 'For tranquil peace, bought at the price of a thousand lives. Blessed be those that sacrifice everything so that we can live as we wish.'
01[20:21] <Seira> "It wouldn't be a bad thing to bring trainees here before they are allowed to graduate," Seira muses. "If only to help them understand their position and responsibility better."
06[20:21] * Demedais nods distractedly to Viyse, reading the inscription. "A worthy cause, indeed... I'd approve, Seira."
[20:21] <Kotono> With a growing smile at that, "Officers trained in this city do just that," he says, "It's a tradition for every graduating class of officers in this city."
06[20:22] * Demedais nods approvingly to Viyse at this, before quickly ducking into the building to read the copy.
06[20:24] * Alicia reflects that her familiar would probably appreciate the sentiment on the inscription a lot more than she does. But she doesn't betray her feelings, simply looking around in polite curiousity.
[20:24] <Kotono> Inside of the building is a heavy stone table, decorated with inlaid precious metals, sparkling gold and gleaming silver. Glass cases surround the documents there, statues of various people about. You can see one of Lord Salman, and one of Commander Oberuth as well.
06[20:24] * Seira nods at the latter in approval.
06[20:25] * Demedais looks to see if anyone else is familiar at a glance, before going to look at the documents.
[20:26] <Kotono> There's a few others, none ring any bells as you look at the documents. They're treaties, ending the war between Malmuth and the new United Baronies. They're written nicely enough, official documents without all that much interesting to them.
06[20:27] * Demedais shrugs a bit to himself before looking around one last time and ducking back out.
01[20:27] <Seira> "You mentioned graduating officers," Seira asks Lieutenant Viyse. "How many are we talking about, annually?"
[20:30] <Kotono> "A dozen, perhaps? They fill military and city appointments." Answering that, "It's not thes ame training regimen as the Crimson Guard uses, I believe. It more focuses on producing traditional military officers."
[20:31] <Alicia> "How is the training different, anyway?" Alicia asks Seira, not having gone through Crimson Guard school herself.
06[20:31] * Seira laughs. "That's a very interesting way to refer to us inadvertantly. But true, I suppose. Let's see the rest?"
01[20:31] <Seira> "The training itself? Probably not so different," she tells Alicia. "But the way
01[20:31] <Seira> "The training itself? Probably not so different," she tells Alicia. "But the way we apply it differs a lot."
[20:33] <Alicia> "I wouldn't know, I suppose..." Alicia murmurs as she lets the matter drop, not having been trained as a traditional soldier, either.
01[20:35] <Seira> "There is the traditional training, melee, archery, whichever your focus is. There is tactical training, what you'd want to see in an officer. Ways to train leadership." Seira shrugs. "But we really operate like irregulars more than anything, so we don't do many stuffy things normal officers would."
[20:36] <Demedais> "Stuffy?" Demedais asks with a slight grin.
01[20:36] <Seira> "Well yeah! When's the last time we arranged a parade?"
[20:36] <Demedais> "When's the last time we've been in Balmuria for long enough to do so?"
[20:37] <Kotono> Pollyanna laughs at that, "Yes, it's always teleporting off to do this or that, or defeat the next horrible horror a few kingdoms away."
01[20:37] <Seira> "We don't leave it that much, it's more that it's not part of our duties. Neither is arranging for patrol schedules, though we are expected to have some experience doing that."
[20:38] <Alicia> "It's actually better now that we can teleport," Alicia points out. "Before there were weeks and weeks of travel time to factor in."
06[20:39] * Demedais inclines his head to Alicia. "True. Though it does cause its own stirs."
06[20:39] * Seira wholeheartedly agrees. "Even though we might miss out on meeting strange ghosts out at sea."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Ghosts?" Amaryl's eyebrows raise.
01[20:40] <Seira> "Demedais befriended the last one."
[20:40] <Kotono> The lieutenant listens well enough, as he leads the party away from the quiet little grove. "I can take you to Lord Salman next, the official residences are an impressive sight as well."
[20:40] <Kotono> "Oh yes, I remember that story," Pollyanna smirks a little at that, "Poor child."
[20:41] <Demedais> "Let's... let's not get into that incident." Demedais grimaces a bit. "Still glad it happened, but." At Viyse's comment, he nods. "What part of town are they located in?"
[20:45] <Kotono> "Northern," he answers, leading the party along. The official residences are a pretty series of buildings, a conencted mansion surrounded by a tranquil park of sorts. People come and go on it's paved paths, the building a richly painted white/blue. It's four stories tall.
[20:48] <Demedais> "I see..." Demedais says. "How often is Lord Salman in residence here?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "Inside are various official offices and the like. He is most of the time when he's in the city," So answering that as he leads you inside, guards saluting and double-taking afew a few moments, "Other barons usually come to him for important matters, instead of the other way around."
[20:50] <Demedais> "Also understandable." Demedais nods, following their guide in this.
[20:52] <Kotono> Lead inside, workers, servants and common people all brush aside. Some seem to reconize the party, eyeing them with open awe and shock. You are lead into a grand wooden door, where a pair of guards stay on alert. They stay impassive, barring the way. Lieutenant Visye confronts them, "The Crimson Guard has come from Balmuria. It is only proper that they pay respects to Lord Salman while they are here."
[20:53] <Kotono> The guards draw swords and raise them in salute, before parting away from the door. "Enter," they say.
06[20:54] * Seira returns the salute, ready to follow the lieutenant inside.
06[20:54] * Alicia doesn't really think they should be bothering him, but is just going with the flow on this whole trip. Giving the guards a salute with her hand, she follows everyone inside.
06[20:55] * Demedais nods and salutes in return, before making sure he's a half-step behind Seira as they head in.
[20:58] <Kotono> Inside is a sunlit office, comfortable and plush. There is a small working desk and table, a man standing from it. Lord Salman looks over the party, "Hail and well met, Crimson Guard! We have heard that you have come to this fair city; we all welcome you." About the room are several sets of comfortable chairs, a large fireplace, animal heads mounted on the walls, and so forht.
[21:01] <Kotono> "It's good to see you again, Archbaron," Amaryl says formally, a bow to him.
01[21:01] <Seira> "It is an honor, Sir" Seira adds, bowing respectfully herself. "From the looks of things, our visit was a timely one, considering tomorrow's ceremony."
[21:02] <Demedais> "It is an honor and a pleasure to be here, Lord Salman." Demedais bows as well, before letting Seira speak here.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Thank you for your welcome, my lord," Alicia chimes in with the formalities as is proper.
[21:03] <Kotono> "Lord," Pollyanna bows as well.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Yes, your timing is well receieved." Donald follows along as the party introduces themselves, waving and bowing. "You are all welcome to attend as honored guests, if you wish."
01[21:06] <Seira> "It would be a pleasure, Lord Salman," Seira says, reaffirming her previous stance on the matter. "If there is any way we could help with the proceedings, we are, as always, at your disposal."
[21:07] <Kotono> "Or if you could tell us what the name is going to be," Donald chimes in. "I thin keveryone's wondering, aren't we?"
01[21:07] <Seira> "Some things are worth waiting for," Seira mentions.
06[21:09] * Demedais nods at Seira's statement to stay in the city for the ceremony.
[21:11] <Kotono> "It would be only proper to wait," Lord Salman looks to Donald, "Then we will have lodgings made available for you immediately," Lord Salman declares. "Until the morrow; apologies, but the business of the day and preparatinos for the ceremony loom nigh."
[21:12] <Kotono> "Thank you for your generosity." Amaryl curties this time.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Thank you, indeed." Demedais nods. "We will not disrupt you further, then."
[21:16] <Kotono> The group is taken to a high class inn, a night passing in comfort and rest. OOC: Seira/Deme, are you switching up spells at all, or should we move along?
[21:17] <Demedais> OOC: Go ahead and move on.
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: done
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:20] <Kotono> The next day dawns sunny and warmer. An arid wind comes from the west, as if chasing the rising sun in the eastern sky. The ceremony proper starts at noon, the party can get there any time before that as they wish. OOC: If you have anything you want to do or any preference to arrival, say so?
06[21:22] * Seira intends to ensure nothing goes wrong during the ceremony, deciding to try the spell matrix magic to store a sonorous hum in reserve. In the worst case, she would only feel a bit queasy and waste a couple of spells.
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d6
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:26] <Kotono> The party arrives at 11 AM. The main city square has been converted for this, buildings closed and stalls shuffled aside. A grand stage of wood has been erected overnight, painted red. People by the hundreds fill into the square, more looking out from windows of the various taller buildings. AS befitting their stature, the Crimson Guard is given a spot of honor on the stage, offcenter to the left. Plain chairs are there to sit on if they wish.
[21:26] <Kotono> Plain chairs are there to sit on if they wish. As noon creeps closer, they can see the square fill up. Many people point and look to the Guard...
[21:27] <Alicia> So much for just observing the ceremony like anyone else would... Alicia is nonetheless the picture of stoic dignity as she stands throughout.
01[21:29] <Seira> "Here's to hoping it's a really good name," Seira says quietly as they gather for the ceremony.
[21:29] <Alicia> "I still think changing it is a bad idea," Alicia whispers in return.
06[21:29] * Demedais is standing a bit farther away and to the side from the chairs, sweeping over the crowd as the tries to keep an eye out for anything. At Seira's crack, he smiles, before, "Do we want Message up?"
[21:30] <Kotono> "So many people," Amaryl looks over them, blushing reds tinting her cheeks like a spreading heat. "It depends on the name? If it's a really pretty name..."
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 mmm?
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 mmm? and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[21:32] <Kotono> "How about they name it Demedaispolis?" Pollyanna's lips crack upwards at that, "Or Seiraville, or the City of Alicia?"
01[21:32] <Seira> All it takes is one to try and mess with the ceremony, or just take advantage of it to assault Lord Salman. But they should be ready for it. Hopefully.
01[21:33] <Seira> "I would rather have a market named for me."
[21:33] <Demedais> "I uh yeah no."
[21:33] <Alicia> "It's a nice name for a person, not a place," Alicia replies with a serene smile.
06[21:33] * Demedais does smile a bit at Pollyanna at that, though.
[21:34] <Kotono> Amaryl laughs out loud, covering her mouth with her hand. "That's being silly. Then again...I hear there are mountains in the east that share a name with me now?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "Yes!" Seira smiles. "I named them!"
06[21:35] * Alicia feels really bad for Amaryl at that comment, but Seira was so very earnest...
[21:35] <Kotono> Donald cracks a wide grin from ear to ear. "This is fun. If you don't mind everyone looking at you." waving out to the crowd, and a few cute women in particular, "Just don't let it go to your head, isn't that it?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "That's almost not fair," Looking to Demedais at that, Pollyanna nudges his ribs, "Have you gotten anything named after me, dear?"
06[21:37] * Demedais seems to stiffen a bit at this, before frowning slightly. "I... think..." Squinting for a second, his face suddenly becomes practically stone calm. "...Say, Alicia. Can you come with me for a walk for just a moment?" At Pollyanna's comment, he gives a near-unreadable look. "Let me answer that in a second, dear."
[21:37] <Kotono> The crowd continues to watch and chatter, a steady veil of noise echoing around. More people come in, the square getting packed. It won't be too terribly much longer now, the sun near it's zenith.
06[21:38] * Alicia agreeably stretches her legs alongside Demedais for a moment, expecting that he'll elaborate.
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[21:39] <Kotono> "Sure," Pollyanna blinks to that, and then smiles a little. Under her breath, "Careful, Deme."
06[21:39] * Demedais nods and calmly, serenely, and masterfully steers Alicia off and behind the stage, before asking in a soft tone, "Call it a gut hunch, but I think I've spotted something. Mind checking it out? Probably best if you turn invisible and fly over.there; best to not disrupt the crowd or give it away."
[21:40] <Alicia> "That'd be great, except I can't turn invisible," Alicia points out. "I could pick up Marie, though - she's good at avoiding notice."
01[21:40] <Seira> Mmm. Seira keeps an eye on the troublesome roof without being obvious about it.
[21:43] <Demedais> "Ah." Demedais muses. "That does put a damper on things... That's one option, sure. Also... perhaps just teleport over it and fly down? I'm not sure, here."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Perhaps it would be best if you were to tell me what the problem is?" Alicia suggests with saintly patience.
[21:45] <Demedais> "I believe there's someone in a position to try and attack on one of the rooftops, behind a steeple." Demedais replies. "I can't be sure, but it doesn't seem likely those colors would be on a roof naturally."
[21:46] <Alicia> "What colours?" Alicia presses.
[21:47] <Demedais> "White and red. It caught my attention due to how out of place it was." Demedais notes.
[21:48] <Alicia> "Can you elaborate? Was it someone in white and red clothes? A flag? What?"
[21:49] <Demedais> "I think it was a person, but I couldn't tell for sure. I doubt it was a flag, what with where it was positioned." Demedais shakes his head.
06[21:50] * Alicia represses a sigh. "Okay, I'll be back in a second, we'll get my familiar to check it out." And with that she teleports to Marie's current location, where she's putting Balmuria's finest through their paces at the garrison.
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 35." [1d100=35]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head and roll your ereturn trip? It's not long, nothing of note immediately occurs.
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[21:52] <Kotono> Alicia so reappears, this time with courre eladrin in tow!
01[21:52] <Seira> After enough time has passed for it to appear casual, Seira approaches Pollyanna and Amaryl. "Don't look," she warns them quietly, her back to the rooftop in question, "but we might have a party crasher." She directs them towards the right house, before adding, "Just to be on the safe side, alright?"
[21:52] <Alicia> "Tell her where to look and she'll cover it," Alicia tells Demedais as Marie looks around curiously at the backstage area.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Well, I t hought it might be soemthing like that. Demedais started acting like his haunches were up," Pollyanna nods. "Thanks."
[21:53] <Kotono> The backstage area is behind the stage. It's pretty uninteresting unless the back of astage interests you.
[21:54] <Alicia> Marie isn't that interested, no, she was just curious as to where Alicia was taking her all of a sudden with no explanation.
06[21:55] * Demedais nods and describes the location to Marie, before nodding to Alicia. "Thank you."
[21:56] <Alicia> "Okay, so... I keep an eye on that for...?" Marie asks cluelessly, before Alicia tells her to watch out for bad people. Duly informed, Marie turns incorporeal and zips into the ground so she can stay hidden as she makes her way to the building where she can ascend upwards to investigate. Meanwhile Alicia returns back to the stage.
06[21:56] * Demedais follows Alicia back up casually after about fifteen seconds have passed.
[21:59] <Kotono> Marie thus turns etherial and into the ground, and then up! It's a pretty plain building as far as these things go - first floor is an open air bakery, second looks to be somes ort of weapons shop, the last two aren't discernable as Marie ascends. Reaching up and out, she comes out behind the steeple. Hiding behind it is a winged creature, like an angel. However, it's body is an angry red, it's wings white yet tipping into purple ont he ends. I
[21:59] <Kotono> it's body is an angry red, it's wings white yet tipping into purple ont he ends. It wears bracers and armor around it's torso, cascading down into a black sheath of cloth around it's legs. It's head is indigo and gray, turning misty instead of having hair. In it's far hand a greatsword is held low, a beautiful horn of gold and oynx hanging from it's belt. It's back is to you, looking out over the scene below.
[22:00] <Alicia> Is it evil?
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes wtf is it?
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes wtf is it? and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:01] <Alicia> How far away is Marie from Alicia? Or any of her companions for that matter?
[22:02] <Kotono> About 300 feet or so straight away, and about 3 and a half stories below. A fair distance, basically.
[22:03] <Alicia> Marie zips back and hides amidst the chairs so she can whisper to the others and tell them what she saw.
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes does Alicia recognise it from the desc? (consider this her knowledge devotion roll as well if it comes up)
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes does Alicia recognise it from the desc? (consider this her knowledge devotion roll as well if it comes up) and gets 32." [1d20=15]
01[22:03] <Seira> "And was it... evil?"
[22:03] <Kotono> On Marie appearing, "Ah hells," Pollyanna mutters, "At least it's not a demon or a devil then...but what is it?"
[22:04] <Alicia> "No, but he looked kinda shifty!" Marie affirms.
01[22:04] <Seira> "How about we go say hi?" Seira offers. "I can bring us over for a little face to face meeting."
[22:05] <Alicia> "That could cause alarm, but... that thing's an abomination if it is what I think it is," Alicia remarks with a grimace. "We need to know its intentions."
01[22:06] <Seira> "And what would that be?" Seira asks curiously.
06[22:06] * Demedais listens to this causally, deliberately looking toward the area out of the corner of his eye as he faces the rest of the group. "Should someone stay here to ensure he doesn't have backup handy?" he comments at this.
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yes, and if Lord Salman comes while we're dealing with it," Pollyanna adds. "We have a little mroe time before noon, I think."
01[22:07] <Seira> "Well, I would expect the archers to, since there's no reason to take them into melee," Seira tells Demedais. "Donald could remain for their protection."
[22:08] <Alicia> "A Concordant Killer. A perverse blending of good and evil, law and chaos," Alicia explains as she channels some enervation spells into Hell Striker. "There's no telling what it could want, but I really doubt it heralds anything good for us."
[22:08] <Kotono> "I could, but I'd rather go hit it," Donald humphs, "Well, if it needs to be hit."
01[22:09] <Seira> "Since you could fly up if we need help and Demedais can't, you're the superior choice," Seira tells him, activating the protective power of her boots before placing her hands on Alicia and Demedais's shoulders.
[22:10] <Demedais> "Should we quickly step offstage first so we don't shock the crowd?" Demedais comments.
[22:10] <Alicia> "I think that'd be best. I can cast some extra spells with no one seeing, that way as well," Alicia agrees.
01[22:10] <Seira> "Well, if we must," Seira says with a pout, going along with the plan.
06[22:12] * Demedais quickly recites a prayer of protection and guidance before they teleport.
[22:12] <Alicia> Leading the group backstage, Alicia casts Shield and Fly on herself, forgoing any more blatantly obvious spells in case the thing proves reasonable. She then nods to Seira that she's prepared.
06[22:13] * Seira casts Shield, Heroism and Haste in succession, before making sure that Demedais and Alicia are ready and no one is looking at them. And then, they teleport, only to reappear on the rooftop in question!
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Make your D100 roll?
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: It's a dimensional door
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay.
[22:14] <Kotono> Thus the thre reappear on the roof! The creature is as Marie saw! It continues to look out over the crowd, back to the three heroes as the dimension door works!
[22:15] <Alicia> "You seem a bit out of your usual environment," Alicia opens things up casually, ready to draw her sword if need be but being peaceful for the moment.
01[22:15] <Seira> "Hi there," Seira greets the creature casually. "We come in peace and all that. Do you?"
06[22:15] * Demedais stands between the two, saying nothing as he watches the creature.
[22:16] <Kotono> The creature turns! It's face is like a human face scrawled onto something utterly alien, expression turning into a respectful grimace. "You come. I salute you," He raises his greatsword briefly, "Your powers of perception are remarkable."
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
01[22:17] <Seira> "Thanks. So what's up? Are you here for the ceremony, too? I'm sorry, but I don't know what the new name would be. You'll have to wait with the rest."
[22:18] <Kotono> "I am Drex, formerly Drexiel of Torm." Lowering it's blade, "Your group is one of my quarries; I am here to kill you. I thank you...your coming here has made dealing with the mundane mortals irrelevant."
06[22:19] * Demedais nods respectfully to the being at this, before looking to the being. "I really can't act shocked here - but may I ask why?"
01[22:19] <Seira> "Formerly of Torm?" Seira asks, ignoring the other parts. "Doesn't that mean you've forsaken his path?"
06[22:20] * Alicia is more interested in why he seeks to battle them if he no longer serves Torm, and waits to hear his answer to the questions put forward.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Torm has fallen into the deepest pits. Some of us did not fall as far as he. His hatred for you is burning, for me... it is merely business. Law, chaos, good, evil. All of it will be absorbed into one true whole."
01[22:21] <Seira> "But doesn't this really mean you've come here to die?"
[22:21] <Alicia> "If it is business then who's? Do you serve another, or do you personally take offence at our existence?" Alicia asks, starting to glow with a radiant golden nimbus of light as she draws Hell Striker.
06[22:23] * Demedais almost opens his mouth to comment on the outsider's philosophy, but shrugs at this and draws his sword, before leaning on it slightly. "While I've no issue with that goal, I suspect you're aiming too low in general."
[22:23] <Kotono> Raising his sword, "I will not lose. I care nothing for you, only for my business. Torm gave unto me a great token in exchange for this service. But...you are not barbarians. You are only part of my business. If there is a good enough compensation to reconsider..."
06[22:25] * Seira draws her own sword, a dagger following. "You know, that's what they all say. It's a shame you won't reconsider doing something like this."
[22:25] <Alicia> "So... now you seek to extort us?" Alicia asks in disbelief.
[22:26] <Kotono> "Why not? You've already died! You merely haven't realised it yet! Then..." His sword raises! OOC - Let's roll initaitive here before I go to work?
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 27." [1d20=20]
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[22:27] * Demedais looks to Alicia slightly, before a shrug. "Very well."
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 17." [1d20=16]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
03[22:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie>Drex>Demedais>Seira>Alicia'
[22:39] <Kotono> Note: Roll Donald/Polly/Amaryl int next start.
[17:21] <Kosleep> roll 1d20+2
06[17:21] * Hatbot --> "Kosleep rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[17:21] <Kosleep> roll 1d20+7
06[17:21] * Hatbot --> "Kosleep rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[17:21] <Kosleep> roll 1d20+6
06[17:21] * Hatbot --> "Kosleep rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
03[17:22] * Kosleep changes topic to 'Marie>Pollyanna>Drex>Demedais>Seira>Alicia>Amaryl>Donald'
03[17:22] * Kosleep is now known as Kotono
03[17:27] * taislp is now known as Demedais
[17:28] <Kotono> > Raising his sword, "I will not lose. I care nothing for you, only for my business. Torm gave unto me a great token in exchange for this service. But...you are not barbarians. You are only part of my business. If there is a good enough compensation to reconsider..."
[17:28] <Kotono> * Seira draws her own sword, a dagger following. "You know, that's what they all say. It's a shame you won't reconsider doing something like this."
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "So... now you seek to extort us?" Alicia asks in disbelief.
[17:28] <Kotono> > "Why not? You've already died! You merely haven't realised it yet! Then..." His sword raises! OOC - Let's roll initaitive here before I go to work?
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
[17:28] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
[17:28] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[17:28] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
[17:28] <Kotono> * Demedais looks to Alicia slightly, before a shrug. "Very well."
[17:28] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[17:28] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
[17:28] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 17." [1d20=16]
[17:28] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+7
[17:28] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[17:28] <Kotono> OOC: Marie, you'r eup.
[17:29] <Alicia> "Looks like trouble!" Marie warns the others on the stage as she senses Alicia's killing intent, promptly zipping out from her hiding spot and racing towards the rooftop she earlier spied upon!
[17:30] <Kotono> OOC: How much an MArie move?
[17:30] <Alicia> OOC: 60x4 so 240ft
[17:30] <Kotono> "Damn," Pollyanna nods, "Got it, Marie!" Meanwhile Donald grins a little, looking up towards the roof! OOC - Drex is up, Polly can't do much of note.
[17:32] <Kotono> Drex shimmers like a mirage, vanishing from sight! A moment later, a word of rippling, arcane horror echos forth from him!
[17:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[17:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[17:32] <Kotono> OOC: Will saves, -2.
[17:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[17:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
01[17:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[17:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
03[17:34] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
[17:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[17:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[17:34] <Kotono> roll 2d6 str damage Seira for an upcoming to be rolled 2d4 rounds. Also, you're dazed for a round, Seira. I'll PM you the relevant info.
06[17:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 str damage Seira for an upcoming to be rolled 2d4 rounds. Also, you're dazed for a round, Seira. I'll PM you the relevant info. and gets 6." [2d6=2, 4]
[17:34] <Kotono> roll 2d4
06[17:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=2, 2]
[17:35] <Kotono> The word of power sends Seira reeling from it's horrors, while the others stand tough against the unseen Drex! OOC - Deme, you're up.
06[17:40] * Demedais moves forward, taking a stab at the spell! "Illusions of light, shatter under the Evervigilant's eye!" OOC: Moving 20 feet toward where he was, Invisibility Purge, 30ft radius.
[17:41] <Kotono> Demedais so travels, the invisible rendered mundane! Drex stands 10 feet up from where he was and five feet back, hovering int he air! OOC - Seira's dazed a round. Alicia?
06[17:44] * Alicia floats up fifteen feet and casts a spell of her own. "Mother of all magic, bless my aim against this cowardly hiding foe," she intones before calling over to her familiar. "Get ready for plan B, Marie!"
[17:45] <Kotono> Amaryl, meanwhile, peers up! "See that," she whispers under her breath, "I think that's it! It's too far away to effectively attack." OOC - Amaryl can't do much due to the range issues. Ditto with Donald. Marie?
[17:46] <Alicia> Understanding her mistress's command, Marie prepares for action!
[17:46] <Alicia> OOC: holding for Alicia
03[17:51] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[17:53] <Kotono> Drex moves a little forward, towards Alicia and Demedais in the air, ten feet away and up! This time, a word of pure writhing chaos comes from it's mouth!
[17:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL
06[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[17:53] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Seira, make will saves at -2.
[17:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
01[17:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[17:54] <Kotono> OOC: Both amde it, no ill effects.
[17:54] <Kotono> The word of chaos is mighty and staggering, enough to utterly dazzle any that hear it! Yet the two heroically resist the elemental fury of everchanging chaos, as Demedais resists it entirely! OOC - Deme.
06[17:58] * Demedais intones ancient words of power from Helm to bless his allies and curse this bizarre foe! OOC: Prayer cast, +1 luck bonus to attack/damage/saves/skill checks, -1 to enemy if I break his SR, presuming he has any.
[17:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 CL check
06[17:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 CL check and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[17:58] <Kotono> The prayer bolsters all the Crimson Guard around, though it shatters like glass against the abomination who battles you! OOC - SEira, you're up.
06[17:59] * Seira gains altitude herself, retrieving the spell stored in the matrix before casting Telekinesis. She tosses her dagger up, and Lagann picks it from midair, ready to strike at their enemies with the enchanted weapon! For now, she intends to keep her distance from her allies, so that they aren't caught in a single spell like that again.
01[17:59] <Seira> Her disguise melts away as she does so, Seira seeing no need to keep it in the face of an enemy like that.
01[18:01] <Seira> OOC: Strike last, sec
01[18:02] <Seira> After casting the spell, Seira attempts to disarm their enemy!
[18:02] <Kotono> OOC: Doesn't trigger an aoO, roll disarm attempt?
01[18:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[18:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[18:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 47." [1d20=15]
[18:04] <Kotono> The telekinetic force slams against the weapon of Drex, but his grip is like steel, ungiving to the thrust! OOC - Deme.
[18:04] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Alicia.
[18:06] <Alicia> What happens next is a stunning sequence of coordination between paladin and eladrin as Alicia descends on Drex in a righteous weaving fury, drawing her longsword and holding Hell Striker back as she slashes the Sword of the Sealed Gate across the Concordant Killer's chest in a single sublime movement! Before he can react to this, she abruptly vanishes and reappears sixty feet away!
[18:06] <Alicia> In the same instant Marielle appears directly before Drex in the spot Alicia just occupied, the eladrin giggling briefly and immediately rocketing off in the opposite direction, her nimble movements too fast for his sword to follow as she escapes, leaving him all alone and denied the possibility of an easy escape from this battle!
[18:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -3 pa, divine might
06[18:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -3 pa, divine might and gets 56." [1d20=14]
[18:07] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18
06[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18 and gets 24." [1d8=6]
03[18:07] * Alicia changes topic to 'Pollyanna>Drex>Demedais>Seira>Alicia=Marie>Amaryl>Donald'
[18:09] <Kotono> The sword of the sealed gate digs into the body of Drex, finding it hard, harder and ungiving! SHe manages to tear a little rip into it, a blood glowing white and black twined together leaking out! It steams in the air, a white into indigo smoke billowing out! OOC - Amaryl and Donald are up. Donald will buff with Animalistic Power in the meantime. More.
[18:09] <Alicia> OOC: +4 damage, forgot devotion adds to that. So 28
[18:11] <Kotono> Below, the crowd seems to have no idea yet of what is coming! Below the battle, people continue to gather and wait as the sun is nearly at it's daily zenith! It's light sheds down below, a cheery blessing to the carnage going on unawares for now! OOC - Drex is up.
[18:19] <Kotono> Drex scowls, a hand going to the gash put onto his skin. "Is that it? Then have your trick be ruined!" This time he flies straight ahead towards Marie, vanishing out of sight as he leaves Demedais spell range, over open streets now! A great sonic blast comes from it as he blows the horn, the cone of sound cascading around Marie! OOC: Fort, Marie.
[18:19] <Kotono> OOC - Strike the horn bit, you obviously can't see it. Fort though.
[18:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[18:20] <Kotono> roll 10d6 sonic, stunned for 1 round and deafened for 4d6, Marie.
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 sonic, stunned for 1 round and deafened for 4d6, Marie. and gets 38." [10d6=2, 4, 3, 2, 6, 6, 4, 5, 5, 1]
[18:20] <Kotono> roll 4d6
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and gets 14." [4d6=5, 3, 5, 1]
[18:22] <Kotono> The blast leaves Marie braised and dazed, ears throbbing as the world goes dead silent around her! She is stunned completely, unable to do much as she falls! OOC: 4 stories, calling it 20 feet each story, so 8d6.
[18:22] <Kotono> roll 8d6
06[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 and gets 31." [8d6=6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4]
[18:22] <Kotono> Marie hits the ground hard, the world going dark for her! OOC - Marie's at -1 and unconcious. Deme?
[18:23] <Alicia> OOC: wait!
06[18:23] * Seira scowls, and calls down to Demedais, "Give me a moment to pinpoint him!"
[18:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hm?
[18:23] <Alicia> Alicia casts feather fall on Marie before she hits the ground!
[18:23] <Kotono> OOC: Strike then.
[18:24] <Kotono> Marie begins to plummet, her fall slowing near the ground! She lands in the streets softly, dazed and stunned! Coming common people gawk at the eladrin that has fallen from the heavens at their feet! "Hey...aaah!" One calls, while another goes bug eyed, "Are you okay?!" Not that Marie can hear them! OOC - Seira.
[18:24] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, sorry.
06[18:26] * Demedais nods to Seira, pausing for a moment! OOC: Holding on Seira as she requested
06[18:26] * Seira calls upon See Invisibility, so that she would have a target for her telekinesis spell!
03[18:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna>Drex>Demedais=Seira>Alicia=Marie>Amaryl>Donald'
[18:27] <Kotono> Seira can see the unseen! She can see Drex, over the streets and not too far from where Marie was hovering! He has lowered the horn from his lips, gaze traveling momentarily downward!
06[18:28] * Seira grabs at the horn, hoping that pulling it from Drex's reach would be easier than trying for his weapon!
01[18:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[18:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[18:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[18:30] <Kotono> The thrust of telekinetic power sends the horn flying out of Drex's grasp! It is knocked away and goes flying, appearing once more! It sails across the street, landing on a two story roof on the other side! OOC - Deme?
01[18:30] <Seira> "I'll make it clearer in a moment! For now, use that spot as the point of reference!"
[18:33] <Demedais> "Right!" Demedais calls back, advancing to the edge of the roof and as close to where he saw the horn fly away as he can, before quickly snagging the ring of feather fall out of his haversack and slipping it on for the ring of sustenance! "No reason to get dramatic here..."
[18:34] <Kotono> Demedais does so, wisely switching rings to prevent another painful falling episode! OOC - Alicia.
[18:38] <Alicia> While Marie clutches her head and staggers woozily underfoot of the crowd, Alicia floats onto the roof and drops the sword of the sealed gate as she alights next to Demedais, quickly casting a spell to bless him with flight! "Should've done this before we started," she apologises quietly.
[18:39] <Demedais> "Not a problem." Demedais shakes his head. "Take care of Marie if you can."
[18:42] <Kotono> Meanwhile, the crowd below starts to murmur as the plummeting of Marie gets attention! The sonic burst of noise also gets eyes looking upward! The common people see Drex, rendered visible by the aura of Demedais! A wave of noise bursts below, people calling and pointing and reacting! "Daaaammit!" Donald drawls out slowly. "Start shooting at it," he calls, the two archer girls taking the chance and doing just that!
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[18:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 crit
06[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 crit and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[18:44] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[18:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[18:44] <Kotono> Amid that hail of long range arrows, one grazes Drex's leg! It's hard to see if it does any damage, as good as cloth scraping against mithral! OOC - Drex is up.
[18:47] <Kotono> Drex flies straight up, vanishing from mundane sight! Seira can see that he goes 20 feet up, gesturing! A powerful burst of magical missiles fly and slam into Seira!
[18:47] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 18." [5d4=2, 4, 1, 4, 2]
[18:47] <Kotono> roll 18*1.5
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 18*1.5 and gets 27."
01[18:47] <Seira> OOC: Magic Missile?
[18:47] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[18:48] <Seira> OOC: Shield!~
[18:48] <Kotono> OOC: Oh.
[18:48] <Kotono> The magic missiles slam into Seira, breaking into motes of useless force as the slam against Seira's shield spell! OOC - Deme and Seira.
06[18:48] * Seira laughs out loud, and retaliates with Glitterdust!
01[18:49] <Seira> OOC: DC 21
[18:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[18:51] <Kotono> The glitterdust outlines Drex, even as his eyes stay true to it's vision instead of succumbing to the brightness! OOC - TK, Seira?
01[18:51] <Seira> Even as Drex is covered in pretty glitter, Seira tries to restrain him with the power of her mind, flying up with all the distance Waukeen allows her to travel!
01[18:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 grapple
06[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 grapple and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[18:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 and gets 42." [1d20=11]
[18:53] <Kotono> The force tries to restrain the glittering Drex, but fails utterly to hold him down for a second! OOC - Deme.
06[18:55] * Demedais spots the glittery Drex and smirks, before rocketing upward toward him and giving an upward slash as he closes in! "Hi. So, lemme get this straight. You're fighting mortals despite their lack of long-term influence, ignoring the major instabilities that the Hells and the Abyss provide?"
[18:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+1 Haste +4 Law Dev -6 CE)
06[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+1 Haste +4 Law Dev -6 CE) and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[18:57] <Demedais> OOC: +1 Luck if it helps.
[18:58] <Kotono> Demedais slashes out, but a field of force stops him! A shield of pure arcane power, stopping the slash inches from Drex! Drex readies his greatsword with a cat's grace and speed, "You're as formidible as advertised." With a growling, terrible smile as it's eyes narrow, "Good. I hate hunting unworthy prey." OOC - Alicia and Marie.
[18:59] <Demedais> "Hardly an answer to my question." Demedais replies blithely.
[18:59] <Alicia> Marie thinks she's done enough for now, and wouldn't be able to hear Alicia's orders anyway, so she turns incorporeal and retreats underground!
[19:01] <Kotono> "There are a million of millenia before the true end times come. Until then...there is the hunt, and there is growing stronger." The two go sword against sword briefly, blocking and trading attacks! "Heaven, Hell, the Abyss, Arborea...all will join together in the end. But until that day...!"
[19:01] <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia flies up to face Drex on the opposite side from Demedais, Hell Striker whipping upwards as she ascends to scythe through the abomination's flesh! "This'll be the last hunt you ever go on!" she challenges.
[19:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 divine might, charge, 4th level arcane strike
06[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 divine might, charge, 4th level arcane strike and gets 44." [1d20=10]
[19:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:02] <Alicia> roll 1d8+20+4d4+1d6
06[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+20+4d4+1d6 and gets 42." [1d8=7][4d4=2, 1, 2, 4][1d6=6]
[19:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 CL check
06[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 CL check and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[19:03] <Kotono> The blow catches Drex just barely unawares! He starts to twist, sparks of arcane shielding nearly blocking Alciia's blow! But she is able to muscle through it, cutting against his back wings jaggedly! OOC - Ground crew is up. CL check failed.
[19:04] <Kotono> The crowd below waches and calls, some screaming! Amid them, "I see them! It's the Crimson Guard!" One calls, while another bellows, "It's a monster! Run!" A third man kneels by Marie as she vanishes into the ground, watching with huge dinner-plate wide eyes! Meanwhile, the archers reach teh edge of the stage, firing more arrows!
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20 crit?
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 crit? and gets 12." [1d20=12]
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 4." [1d8=3]
[19:05] <Kotono> Another hail of arrows flies into support of the party! One grazes Drex again, whizzing by the aerial combatants! OOC - Drex is up.
[19:07] <Kotono> Amid the hail of firing arrows and attacks, Drex stands in the storm! He is almost serene as he smiles, "You think you can defeat me?" he asks, his blade a whirling scythe of destruction as he lashes out!
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 Alicia
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 Alicia and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Deme
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 Deme and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Deme ACs?
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Deme ACs? and gets 17." [1d20=3]
[19:08] <Alicia> OOC: 39, thanks Deme
[19:08] <Demedais> OOC: 44.
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 3d6+18+2d6+2d6 Alicia ow
06[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+18+2d6+2d6 Alicia ow and gets 35." [3d6=3, 1, 1][2d6=1, 6][2d6=3, 2]
[19:10] <Kotono> The whirlwind of blades is endured as best the heroes can! Demedais stands unharmed, while Alicia has a gap in her guard exploited! Her side is cut open, ribs exposed to open air! The blade feels like a poison to her, utterly anathema to everything she is! OOC - Deme and Seira are up.
06[19:10] * Alicia grimaces at the cutting blade coupled with vile and unpredictable energies surging through the wound. "That'll be the day when I get bested by a deluded mongrel like you!" she retorts fiercely.
06[19:11] * Seira doesn't look too happy as the gives Lagann a mental order to send the dagger out to its maximum range, so that they might strike in tandem. Meanwhile, Seira casts True Strike from one of her scrolls, even as she wills Drex to submit to the strength of her willpower!
01[19:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 grapple
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 grapple and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[19:11] <Kotono> Lagann strikes out in the meantime, dagger flying as commanded!
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[19:12] <Kotono> The dagger dances around Drex, glittering and bright, yet cannot manage a wound! OOC - Deme.
[19:12] <Demedais> "Well, I figure we're kinda committed to the concept since you seem to be." Demedais drawls. "Still." With this, his blade flashes out, trying to land a blow against the being!
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE)
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE)
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE) and gets 35." [1d20=13]
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE) and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE)
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE) and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE)
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (+2 flanking +1 haste +4 Law Devotion +1 prayer - 5 CE) and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[19:13] <Kotono> Demedais attacks like a whirlwind himself, greatsword flying at a speed now eapon should be able to manage! Yet each time he's blocked, magic and blade deflecting each of his attempts! OOC - Alicia and Marei are up.
[19:14] <Alicia> Marie works her way towards the building she flew through earlier and starts to ascend through it, not exposing herself to the battle just yet. Hopefully it'll be over soon, but Alicia's blood is still up, which implies combat remains ongoing...
[19:16] <Alicia> Drawing on the wellspring of fury that Hell Striker provides, Alicia begins to savagely hack and cut into Drex's flank with all the divine and arcane strength she can put into her blows! "Misguided idiot! Fall into oblivion!" she calls as she attacks!
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 53." [1d20=16]
[19:17] <Alicia> OOC: wait, -2 for that, missed my twf penalties
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 48." [1d20=13]
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 38." [1d20=3]
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 5th and 3 3rd and 1st level arcane strike, flanking and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[19:18] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+12d4+1d6
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+12d4+1d6 and gets 51." [1d8=6][12d4=2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1][1d6=2]
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+12d4+1d6
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+12d4+1d6 and gets 61." [1d8=8][12d4=4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3][1d6=5]
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+12d4+1d6
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+12d4+1d6 and gets 54." [1d8=7][12d4=3, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1][1d6=2]
[19:18] <Kotono> roll 51+61+54
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 51+61+54 and gets 166."
[19:19] <Kotono> Alicia finds her blows superbly countered and resisted, needing to draw on all of her power and fury to land hits! She does manage some, hacking and slashing and using Demedais' attack to cover her own strikes! She ravages it's back, tearing it wide open like a deshelled oyster! Yet it still exists?! Below the crowds continue to call and watch in shock, as more arrows come!
[19:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 CL check
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 CL check and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[19:19] <Kotono> OOC: No dice.
[19:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[19:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[19:20] <Kotono> The arrows fly, but no solid shots are landed! OOC: Drex is up.
[19:20] <Alicia> OOC: +12 damage, again I forgot devotion adds to damage as well as to hit
[19:21] <Kotono> Drex sags in the air, utterly torn up! "Aaah...you're as...no, you're stronger than..." Breathing in and out to Alicia, "Then...at least..." Breathing out, Drex fights again, surrounded on both sides!
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 Alicia
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 Alicia and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Deme
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 Deme and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Deme
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Deme and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[19:22] <Alicia> OOC: AC 37 thanks to rage
[19:22] <Demedais> OOC: 44, forgot Haste last time.
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 3d6+18+2d6+2d6 Alicia ow
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+18+2d6+2d6 Alicia ow and gets 37." [3d6=3, 1, 2][2d6=1, 5][2d6=5, 2]
[19:23] <Kotono> Alicia is stabbed again, chest nearly ripped apart! Only her armor deflects the blow into merely cutting her front open painfully! OOC - Seira and Dmee.
06[19:23] * Seira dives down at Drex, the attack fully coordinated with Lagann! Given the magic she had channeled, this strike can only fail due to a stroke of bad luck!
01[19:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 grapple
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 grapple and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 grapple
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 grapple and gets 50." [1d20=19]
07[19:24] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+45 (flanking, flight, charge, true strike, heroism) smite
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+45 (flanking, flight, charge, true strike, heroism) smite and gets 59." [1d20=14]
[19:24] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
01[19:25] <Seira> roll 6d8+18+6d8+5d6
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+18+6d8+5d6 and gets 92." [6d8=2, 8, 6, 7, 5, 2][6d8=6, 3, 5, 8, 3, 2][5d6=1, 6, 2, 6, 2]
01[19:25] <Seira> And with that strike, Seira flips away and out of reach, gliding to a safer distance!
[19:27] <Demedais> "Sorry, but. Hope oblivion's close to the merging you seek." Demedais says with a light shrug at Seira's plunge at Drex!
[19:28] <Kotono> Charging in to strike his downed defenses, Seira impales Drex in the stomach! He begins to melt away into harsh, cloying mists! "Guh...Not evne my defenses could stop the three of you...?" With that, the outsider fades away into nothing! OOC - Free action.
06[19:29] * Demedais then looks around to make sure that nothing else is nearby to cause any more ruckus. Also because he -really- doesn't want to deal with the crowd right now.
[19:29] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check Deme?
06[19:29] * Alicia sags in relief, her rage leaving her as quickly as it came, while she heals herself with absorbed spellfire energy. Then she looks towards Demedais. "Now can we crack down on the church of Torm?"
[19:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[19:30] <Alicia> roll 15d4+15
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d4+15 and gets 52." [15d4=1, 3, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1]
[19:30] <Demedais> "Yeah, at this point that's likely our best bet. What was that horn?" Demedais muses distractedly.
01[19:31] <Seira> "He seemed to have used it on Marie, so I took it away," Seira responds, gesturing for the horn to float over to her even as she looks it over for evil!
[19:31] <Alicia> "Don't know, but it really hurt poor Marie," Alicia comments as she descends to collect her longsword, while said eladrin manifests above the roof and asks if they won. Then starts repeating "What?" as Alicia tries to explain that yes they did win.
[19:31] <Kotono> No signs of evil about, as TK brings the horn over as requested. It's made of gold with inlays of a radiant black onyx.
06[19:32] * Seira floats back to the stage, touching down. "The danger has passed!" she announces loudly. "There is no need to panic!"
06[19:32] * Demedais nods slightly. "I see." He then looks down at the crowd, frowns, and looks around again. Just to be on the safe side.
06[19:32] * Alicia at least heals her familiar, who seems somewhat mollified by that as she pokes her fingers in her ears, only for Alicia to swat them away with the remonstration that doing so is bad for them. Marie then starts the "What?" routine again.
[19:32] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 33." [10d4=2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1]
[19:32] <Kotono> Donald grins as Seira floats down, "Take me along next time. That looked like a lot of fun!"
[19:33] <Kotono> PArts of the crowd are freaking out, but others begin to calm at Seira's words. "What happened?!" Many call, "Did the Crimson Guard just save us!?"
01[19:33] <Seira> "Your own damn fault for being so slow," Seira whispers to him with a matching grin, before eyeing the crowd and how receptive it might be for a bit of impromptu preaching.
[19:34] <Kotono> "You're safe?" Amaryl puts away her bow, "What was that creature?"
[19:34] <Alicia> Still glowing with celestial radiance, Alicia floats down to the stage with Marie fluttering alongside her. "A misguided abomination in the service of the Hateful Fury," she supplies for Amaryl.
[19:34] <Kotono> The crowd is pretty distracted and a lot of people are either in a panic or gawking at the entire spectacle.
06[19:35] * Seira gives Amaryl a wink and a thumbs up. "What you saw here is the unfortunate consequences of being lead astray by one's anger and hatred!" Seira calls over the crowd, before glancing at Alicia. It might be the best time to educate the people on the threat posed by the Church of Torm.
06[19:35] * Demedais grimaces, before landing on the other side of the stage. "Pretty sure he was alone." he mentions softly.
[19:36] <Kotono> "Good," Pollyanna comes up to Demedais, "No thurt? No sword wounds? No unholy lesions on your body this time?"
[19:37] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes at all of that, "I'm just glad none of you are hurt. I saw it got you a few times, Alicia, but you're healed now?"
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, Seira?
01[19:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[19:38] <Demedais> "Failed to touch me." Demedais looks to Alicia as Amaryl asks her.
[19:38] <Alicia> Stepping forward to address the crowd while her familiar looks on in confusion, Alicia speaks up. "That creature was an abomination that should not be. One in the service of Torm, bent on killing us for not bowing to his insane and hateful whims."
[19:38] <Alicia> "The God formerly known for justice and valour is now a maddened pitiable thing, even worse than those such as Bane or Malar, for he seeks to deceive us by virtue of his former reputation!"
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check as well, Alicia?
[19:41] <Demedais> A thought quickly occurs to Demedais, and he flags the nearest soldier or guard to tell him which direction Lord Salman is coming from and if he's arrived yet. While Drax seemed to be focused on them, it's possible that others were not.
[19:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 (+2 for good folks)
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 (+2 for good folks) and gets 36." [1d20=7]
01[19:42] <Seira> "But you have seen for yourselves the true form of his trusted servants!" Seira adds, remaining at the front of the stage. "Even gods are not above being swayed by their emotions, and Torm fell deeper and deeper into rage, until he became known to his true servants as the Hateful Fury!
01[19:42] <Seira> And here, you have seen the results of following such a doctrine that seeks to eliminate all those that would not follow it meekly!"
[19:42] <Kotono> Between Seira's start and Alicia's body, the two have the attention of the crowd and then some. The guard so asked hurries off through the crowd at that, hustling.
[19:43] <Kotono> "OOC: Strike, misread Deme's line.
[19:43] <Kotono> Between Seira's start and Alicia's body, the two have the attention of the crowd and then some. The guard so asked says that Lord Salman hasn't arrived yet.
[19:43] <Kotono> He's coming from the north, from the residences to the square.
[19:45] <Kotono> The crowd seems absorbed in the words of Seira and Alicia. They're listening quite well, enraptured.
06[19:45] * Demedais nods and quickly beckons to Pollyanna to come with him, calling for Horse once he gets in range and mounting with Pollyanna before heading off.
[19:46] <Kotono> Summoning Horse gets another gawk from the crowd, the people parting as Demedais and Pollyanna hurry off through the square! OOC - #evil.
[19:46] <Alicia> "But rest assured," Alicia goes on. "Whether they be corrupt followers of an insane god, scheming fiends, or rampaging wyrms, none can stand against the righteous! We will meet them unflinchingly, with the strength and honour that they lack, and still prevail!"
[19:48] <Kotono> A cheer rises up from Alicia's words, the crowd spellbound with the two women! "We'll even turn them into magical artifacts afterwards, since it's not enough to simply beat our opponents! We use them for justice afeerwards!" Donald calls.
01[19:49] <Seira> "Torm was so consumed with his fanatical quest to eradicate the enemy, be they fiends or evil deities, that he forgot his purpose!" Seira speaks. "He forgot who his enemies were. He even went so far as to forget himself!" Seira sweeps her arm at the crowd. "Learn from his example, and don't stray into fanaticism! Don't be lured in by such creeds!"
[19:50] <Alicia> Why must you ruin the moment, Donald? Alicia decides it best just to ignore them. "The Colonel is right! The differences that seperate us from our foes give us meaning - they call such things as mercy, compassion, and understanding weaknesses. They revel in their ignorance! They are wrong, and will be defeated at every turn!"
[19:52] <Kotono> More cheers from the crowd at these words! They seem into it - cheering and calling and listening! The panic seems to have settled down, thankfully. Amaryl looks to Donald and blushes, whispering something to him. Donald turns to her, blushing himself. "Hey, I thought it sounded fearsome...!"
01[19:53] <Seira> "Waste not, want not is not a campaign slogan against evil deities, Donald," Seira whispers to him.
[19:54] <Kotono> "Oh," Donald colors intensly, slipping back a few steps.
[19:57] <Alicia> "Do not be deceived! The world is changing rapidly, and this is merely another symptom of that," Alicia explains, projecting her voice across the crowd. "Now Torm has shown his true colours for all to see, and we will not be fooled any longer! If he seeks to bring low civilisation to sate his base urges, we will treat him the same as the foul deities he now runs with!"
[19:57] <Alicia> "No longer will Torm's lies be accepted! No longer will we be deceived! He is not the God we once knew, and cannot be given sympathy when he opposes our safety and well-being!"
01[19:58] <Seira> "No God who abandones his true followers, or even goes as far as sending outsider assassins after them as they struggle to remain true to his old ways is worth your worship!" Seira adds, thinking of those wronged by Torm to fuel the strength of her message.
[20:00] <Kotono> The cheers of the crowd grow louder! The crowd begins to chant DOWN WITH TORM! DOWN WITH TORM! like a frenzy!
[20:01] <Alicia> At this point Marie regains the use of her ears and immediately deflates. "Aww, I missed something good, didn't I?" she moans.
[20:03] <Kotono> At this, there is a slow disturbacne to the north. Over the cheers, one can hear, "Make way! Make way for the Archbaron!" Voices call out, competing with the cries of the crowd.
01[20:04] <Seira> At that, Seira gains some altitude to be able to see the plaza better.
[20:05] <Kotono> Approaching from the north, an honor guard proceeds through the crowd! Demedais is at the head of it, Lord Salman in the center.They approach on white horses(And Horse, respectively), coming towards and around to the stage.
06[20:05] * Alicia then raises her hands in a gesture for the crowd to settle down. "Let us not forget the original reason for our gathering here!" she calls. "Torm cannot disrupt that! All hail the Archbaron!"
[20:08] <Kotono> The crowd, already well primed up, listens and cheers! Amid hails and well wishes, the honor guard reaches the stage! Lord Salman dismounts, nodding to various people in the crowd. "Come, Demedais," he says over the cheering, walking up the stage.
06[20:09] * Alicia ceases her glowing now, not wanting to overshadow her boss.
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06[20:09] * Seira likewise finds Lord Salman arriving to the stage safely, and glides back down, saluting him as she touches down.
03[20:09] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
03[20:11] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
06[20:11] * Demedais follows Lord Salman up, giving a slight nod to the others. "Looks like you placated the crowd well." he murmurs to the two, before stepping back and letting Lord Salman speak.
[20:12] <Kotono> Raising his hands to the crowd, Lord Salman struggles but eventually gets a measure of quietness as the crowd calms down. "Long has our nation suffered and struggled with it's heavy destiny. Bitter is the cup of sacrifice that has been raised to our lips; our very war to exist was a painful, long struggle. Then from there we have had to endure poverty and the crawl into prosperity." (M ore)
[20:13] <Alicia> Marie lands on Alicia's shoulder and settles in throughout this speech while the paladin heals herself a bit more before standing at attention.
[20:15] <Kotono> "Then another war...then things no man should ever have to see and fight. Yet...from the lowest common soldier and goodwoman, to the Crimson Guard's valiantry, we have endured and grown strong. Victory after victory lies at our feet, earned with the blood and sweat of our nation." Gesturing now to the Crimson Guard, "The Crimson Guard is the personification of our nation. They struggle with a clear head and a good heart, triumphing over the wor
[20:15] <Kotono> They struggle with a clear head and a good heart, triumphing over the worst and shining as examples of the best!" (More)
[20:18] <Kotono> "Let our homeland be known as a noble land that struggles and triumphs over all the darkness in the deep nights around us! Let us be known as the sword of light that severs away the horrible nightmares! Let us be known as victory; let our capital reflect that with it's very name! This city shall be known as Victoria!"
06[20:19] * Alicia applauds at the conclusion of the speech, her familiar doing likewise. It's not a terrible name, she supposes.
01[20:19] <Seira> Much better than previously! Seira applauds as well.
[20:19] <Kotono> More cheers come as the short speech is finished, cheers are sounded. This lasts a short while, until Lord Salman speaks again, "There is much to reflect on and say amid ourselves, but the rest of this day shall be a day of celebration!"
06[20:20] * Demedais submits applause as well, before listening to Lord Salman.
[20:21] <Kotono> More cheers at that, and once those are down, "All the halls of festival and taps shall be open! Celebration has been paid for and arrainged, so let this day of festival begin!" With another cheer, Lord Salman steps back. To the Guard he speaks again, "Well done, the news of your dispatching of the hidden threat is well receieved. What was it's motives?"
[20:22] <Alicia> "It claimed to have been offered a great boon from Torm for slaying us," Alicia provides. "It mentioned having other targets as well but never said who they could be."
01[20:23] <Seira> "Spreading the doctrine of Torm and eliminating Torm's enemies thus seems to be the creature's goals," Seira adds. "It appears that Torm's fall from grace can no longer be kept secret."
[20:23] <Kotono> "We were informed of the previous reports on Torm's growing perfidy. To think, such a noble bastion would debase himself. If that is so...there is a Temple of Torm in Balmuria?"
01[20:24] <Seira> "Unfortunately so," Seira confirms.
06[20:24] * Demedais nods at this. "Though its founder has been made aware of Torm's... current state, and now no longer supports the temple."
[20:25] <Kotono> "We will provide you with instructions on how to manage the affair. We cannot allow an open enemy to hold court in one of our great cities. However, we have taken pains to infiltrate an agent into it's ranks as well, should this day come. He will be of aid to you."
01[20:25] <Seira> "Wouldn't Torm, well, know?" Seira asks the obvious.
[20:27] <Kotono> "Perhaps so, but there is little point to doing nothing," Lord Salman says. "We have taken pains to give him some protections."
06[20:27] * Demedais nods slightly.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Just because he knows doesn't mean he'll do anything about it," Alicia replies. "Although it does seem he's taking a more pro-active stance than most others - except possibly Shar - most deities tend to assume their followers can look after themselves without handholding."
[20:28] <Kotono> "The relevant information will be provided to Commander Oberuth immediately," Lord Salman says, "But for now...let the celebrations commence." OOC: You have to go in a few, Deme?
01[20:28] <Seira> "He did try to direct Eudard with visions," Seira tells Alicia, "though I suppose it would be moot." Turning back to Lord Salman, she continues, "King Lorthan of Pallanth has been informed of the situation as well, so hopefully something could be done there as well."
[20:30] <Kotono> "We will be in contact with the elvesn on that matte,r" Lord Salman nods.
[19:27] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> -----(Acid spitting Ko)--
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[19:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Later in the day, Demedais slips away from the festivities. There is a temple of Helm in town and he desires to find it! Some casual questioning points the way. It's a heavy, white painted stone building in the southeast part of town. It is surrounded by it's own wall and gates, the latter painted with the eye of Helm and cracked open to allow admission into the interior and the building proper.
06[19:30] * Demedais slips in quietly, looking around as he does so at the inside of the grounds.
[19:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Inside of the grounds is a grassless lot. There's a small stable around to the side. On the other side, a training range can be spotted, including fighting dummies and straw arrow targets. The main doors to the temple are again painted with the gauntleted eye of Helm, two men in full plate armor standing stoic watch.
03[19:36] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
06[19:37] * Demedais approaches the main doors, stopping about four feet away. "The blessing of the Evervigilant upon you two."
[19:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "The blessings of Helm on you," Both slightly bow, "As you pass into the house of the Watcher."
06[19:43] * Demedais bows as well. "Thank you." With that, he advances into the temple proper!
[19:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The inside of the temple is a battle hall. Shields and weapons line the walls, tall pillars supporting the roof. Torches shed light and wafts of smoke on the walls, though there's no sign of an altar in sight. A few men in breastplates and chainmail linger about, some of them chatting. One, an older man with a balding head hidden by a half-helmet, notices Demedais immediately. He does a brief doubletake.
06[19:49] * Demedais glances to the man to see if he's familiar at all.
[19:51] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> He looks very dimly familiar. Maybe they've met once, maybe not. He could just resemble someone.
06[19:53] * Demedais nods congenially to the man, approaching him. "Blessing of the Evervigilant. ...ah, forgive me, but have we met before?"
[19:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You..you are Demedais, honored of Helm and member of the Crimson Guard?" The man asks, "I met you in passing as a child when I was briefly in Balmuria, but...Your reputation dwarves that."
[19:57] <Demedais> "I am Demedais, yes." Demedais replies. "And that would explain it, yes. My apologies for not remembering the meeting more clearly."
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You were a child." Smiling now and looking him over, "Welcome, welcome! What can we do for you in this temple?"
06[20:09] * Demedais shakes his head with a slight smile. "I've come to visit. Lord Salman has retired from the main square and, frankly, the party grew on my nerves after a small while. I had heard of the temple here, so I chose to come and visit."
[20:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> At this noise, the other armored men in the hall turn. Many of them look with open interest. "You're welcome to see any part of it you want, of course."
06[20:13] * Demedais smiles slightly. "How about a tour, then?"
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus, Demedais is escorted inside! "
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC - GAaaah.
[20:21] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus, Demedais is escorted inside! "This is our main hall of champions. Behind it is the altar room." Leading Demedais straight ahead towards the back wall and a door that presumably leads to just that, "It is more defensible than having it out in the main hall."
[20:22] <Demedais> "An understandable precaution." Demedais nods approvingly.
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[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "If an enemy ever penetrates this far in...at least we will have defenses aplenty and one last line," The old priest says, "Oh, I didn't introduce myself, did I?"
06[20:27] * Demedais blinks, before chuckling. "I'm afraid not."
[20:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Gregory Tinsdale," He offers a hand out, "Humble servant of Helm in all matters."
06[20:32] * Demedais shakes Gregory's hand with a grin. "Demedais of Helm. Nice to formally meet you."
[20:36] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "The stories I hear attached to that name, the praises to Helm...It's truly an honor to meet you again."
06[20:36] * Demedais grimaces a bit. "Yeah, I've heard some of the stories myself. They're... more than a bit exaggerated at times.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I imagine so. But it is true you have stood tall in Helm's name many a time. For your deeds in cutting off a second war with Malmuth alone you have great honor." With a sombering face, "I buried many a friend over those long years of the first war. No matter how exaggerated, you deserve all the praise that can be spoken for that."
06[20:44] * Demedais bows his head. "...Thank you, but... offer your thanks to Helm, not I. I have simply stood where he has requested it."
[20:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "That is wise. So you're humble as well," Bowing his head in return, "Truly you are blessed." The hints of a smile tug at his face there, "Come, let me show you to the altar before this becomes embarrassing."
[20:47] <Demedais> "A bit too late but that'd be appreciated all the same." Demedais says with a grin on his face. "And... I wouldn't even call it humility so much as a dislike of attention. Granted, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm kinda in a bad position to have that..."
[20:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The altar room is much like any altar to Helm. It's well kept and polished, the vocal holy point to the Watching God. "Helm must have inspired you with that for a good reason. Despite all the stories, you seem to be down to earth and humble."
06[20:56] * Demedais nods slightly. "I travel with a half-dragon capable of probably leveling a few city blocks worth of area if she thinks it's necessary, and someone whom I've seen shred some of the most powerful devils and abombinations out there into little more than kindling. Granted, where their magics fail is where I step in, but... watching what they can do is quite awe-inspiring as well. Serves as a good grounding."
[20:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I've heard of the rest of the guard. The Colonel Seira sounds like the dragon. Who is the other?"
[21:03] <Demedais> "Alicia Reynes of Kelara." Demedais replies, moving to the altar and standing about three feet away as he talks.
[21:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Aaaah, I see. I've heard of her as well. There are others in the guard making names for themselves...a female archer, a beautiful woman with a spear, a man who casts magic in full plate armor." Thinking briefly, "Though, by Helm, there are a lot of women in the guard, aren't there? It is unusual when you think on it."
[21:09] <Demedais> "Yes, and not a one of them should be underestimated." Demedais grins briefly. "I couldn't tell you why, however - my understand as to how the Guard started had three women and one man. Of that starting group, Seira is the only one still active."
[21:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I know that one died, and the other rules Armasea. Ly...Lyselle, I believe her name is?" A faint pause there, "Perhaps it is merely chance and fortune?"
06[21:12] * Demedais shrugs. "I'd be willing to believe that. And yes, Lyselle. I've met her once, and she definitely seemed capable enough, but duty bound her there."
[21:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Unfortunate," Gregory says, "Shall I take you to the quarters now?"
06[21:26] * Demedais nods slightly to this, looking around as they head there.
[21:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The quarters are mostly spartan and plain, sleeping and personal areas for the clergy. Nothing too much of note here. Thereare you are taken to the libraries, prayer rooms, weapon storages and the like. As you walk through them, "It's not a terribly fancy temple...but a temple of the vigliant should b efunctional, not flashy."
[21:34] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais pauses for a moment, thinking. "I must apologize for the rudeness of my next question, but there is something I am curious in, and it's gone unstated until now. Are you the leader of the temple, here?"
[21:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Right now, there is no leader. Our previous leader has passed into the judgment of the Watcher, and we have not chosen a new one yet," he answers, "There are fair odds I may become it, I am the most experienced."
[21:40] <Demedais> "I see." Demedais nods slightly. "I do not know how long I will end up staying - there are good odds we will depart either tonight or tomorrow - but there is something I wish to inform your temple of. One of my current plans is to establish a training ground for the followers of Helm - hopefully one that will also act as a meeting place and a location from which men may be deployed if the need arises."
03[21:43] * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
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[22:51] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "A worthy project," Gregory agrees, "A sort of high church?"
[22:55] <Demedais> "...I am not sure on that part. The location in mind is not ideal for travel in the normal sense, but I am working with Seira to resolve that." Demedais replies truthfully. "I see it - or at least the section that the temples of Helm would preside over - as a large-scale training ground and reconnection between the temples, a return of sorts to the state of the temples to Helm before the cataclysms long ago."
[22:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Incredible. A place beyond normal reach, where only magic can provide? Your work stretches far." Gregory marvels.
[23:02] <Demedais> "It was uncovered for a time for normal travel, but I do not believe this is still an option." Demedais notes. "Part of the main issue will be in making the place habitable and establishing the requisite defenses for such a hub. It is, frankly, an old temple of Helm that has been left unused for thousands of years... but I htink that perhaps the time has come to awaken it."
[23:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "What a blessed discovery. Helm truly smiles on you. If there is anything we can help with in this recovery of a lost sacred temple," Gregory prods. "We would be blessed."
Session Close: Sun Mar 15 23:13:22 2009
Session Start: Sun Mar 15 23:13:22 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[23:13] * Disconnected
02[23:13] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[23:13] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[23:13] * Topic is 'Pollyanna>Drex>Demedais=Seira>Alicia=Marie>Amaryl>Donald'
03[23:13] * Set by Kotono on Sat Mar 14 18:31:35
03[23:13] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[23:15] <Demedais> "Originally I thought the same, but I've seen proof contrary. Seira herself follows Waukeen, and her faithful follow-through on all deals and her vigilance on ensuring that both spirit and letter of intent is followed through on have changed my mind in that regard." Demedais smiles slightly. "So don't worry overly much."
[23:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Good then. If I may...I must spread news of this to my brothers in Helm," Gregory says, "Such a phenominal announcement must not be contained."
06[23:18] * Demedais nods. "Do attempt, however, to keep it within the walls of the Temple for now. Still, I, too, am eager to see this project begin... I think it'd probably be best for me to return to the Inn and see if Alicia and Seira are ready for departure, then."
[23:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Be well and be blessed," Gregory says, "In the name of Helm!"
[23:20] <Demedais> "And may Helm watch over you all as well!" Demedais says with a large smile as he departs.
[20:24] <Koaway> --------
[20:25] <Koaway> Okay, you guys are going to scry? Go ahead and set up how you wanna do it and we'll roll from there?
03[20:25] * Koaway is now known as Kotono
06[20:25] * Seira will store an empowered lesser orb of sound in the lesser matrix and, after castings of Mage Armor and False Life, will try to scry~
01[20:26] <Seira> This is a pattern that would get repeated
[20:26] <Kotono> Okay. Where, when and with who? Will Alicia and Deme be there as well?
01[20:28] <Seira> It will be boring but they'll have to endure. If Alicia can teleport us for this, she can pick two others?
06[20:28] * Alicia will be present with her familiar, sure. Won't bother buffing till Seira successfully scries.
[20:28] <Alicia> It's just one gelugon, we hardly need reinforcements.
01[20:28] <Seira> It might be with friends
01[20:28] <Seira> But sure
[20:29] <Demedais> Demedais will be there, will stall on buffing until we are about to teleport in.
[20:29] <Kotono> Okay. Do you guys want anyone else there then? Also, at what time of day? Morning? Day? Night? Bingo time?
[20:30] <Alicia> Do it before midday in case we need to plane-shift so my ring can recharge promptly.
01[20:30] <Seira> I have no objections to this plan
[20:30] <Kotono> Okay then. Which devil are you scrying on?
[20:31] <Alicia> One of the random gelugons that was guarding Esthy?
01[20:31] <Seira> Yes
[20:31] <Demedais> Works.
[20:31] <Kotono> Okay.
[20:31] <Kotono> ----
[20:32] <Kotono> Seira gathers Alicia and Demedais, then polishes her magical mirror and casts scrying on one of the gelugons seen! An hour passes as she casts the ritual magic to give sight beyond sight!
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[20:32] <Kotono> Alas, the scrying fizzles and fails. No dice, the magic weaving around it all for naught.
01[20:33] <Seira> Another day, then!
[20:34] <Kotono> A day passes without incident. The group gathers again, Seira once again scrying the random ice devil!
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC - DC, not that it matters with that roll?
01[20:35] <Seira> OOC: Yes, it doesn't
[20:35] <Kotono> Another day, another fizzled scrying. This ice devil seems disturbingly resistant to Seira's magic!
01[20:35] <Seira> OOC: DC is 23, we might have to do this for a while?
[20:35] <Alicia> OOC: if a week yields no results we give up and go to the secret forest.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Declare IC if you're skipping ahead another day.
01[20:36] <Seira> And another day, nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan
[20:37] <Kotono> Day three of the scrying bugaloo! Will Seira's mighty magic master malicious minions?
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:37] <Kotono> Alas, a third day is a third failure for SEira. Her magic isn't getting anywhere.
01[20:37] <Seira> No one said it would be easy, but if no devils attack them in retaliation their plan of trying this for a week proceeds.
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:38] <Kotono> Day four is another rousing hour of scrying and a blank mirror as a result.
06[20:38] * Demedais takes up crochet.
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, were you going to make any attempts as well while Seira tries and doesn't hit gold?
01[20:41] <Seira> "Maybe he went away. It would be harder to scry on other planes," Seira mutters after the last attempt.
[20:41] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, I guess I can try as well those three days.
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[20:42] <Kotono> ---
[20:42] <Kotono> Okay, that didn't work out. You guys are going to go to the forest now, yes?
[20:42] <Alicia> Sure.
[20:43] <Kotono> Who all is going?
[20:43] <Kotono> Just you three or more?
06[20:43] * Seira invites Amaryl~
[20:44] <Alicia> I'll just bring my familiar.
[20:44] <Kotono> While you guys figure anything out, gimme a few moments to check some stuff.
[20:45] <Demedais> How many can be taken along?
01[20:45] <Seira> As many as we would like
[20:45] <Alicia> I can take 5 passengers (not counting familiar)
01[20:45] <Seira> We're not going in the same day, so it's cool to waste teleports
[20:46] <Demedais> Right. ...Eh, for this trip I'll keep the others back home unless you two really want second archer/paladin buff.
01[20:46] <Seira> Sure, let's have two archers?
[20:46] <Alicia> If I wanted extra meat I'd bring Anty.
06[20:47] * Demedais nods. Pollyanna can come, sure.
[20:48] <Kotono> Okay, so Alicia(Marie), Seira, Deme, Amaryl, Pollyanna. Okay. I'll finish my prep stuff in a moment.
[20:49] <Kotono> I'm going to paste the info dump you guys got so everyone's refreshed on what you know about this place.
[20:50] <Kotono> > "I'll review the salient information. The defenses of the Fourth Resort were created to be strong and with all the magic of millenia ago. To even enter, you'll need these rods," Taking out a small box of six inch rods and placing them on a nearby table, "Otherwise you'll never get past the forcefields and barriers around the entrance." He speaks in Common well enough.
[20:50] <Kotono> <Seira> "We need to hold onto these just to get past the barriers, or to avoid being ejected?" Seira asks in an attempt to clarify this.
[20:50] <Kotono> * Demedais nods a bit to this, leaning over to the rods and looking them over more carefully.
[20:50] <Kotono> > "Once you enter, you'll find yourselves in a sea of trees with a great tower and city of tree glimpsed far ahead." A pause here for Seira, "Entrance. Once you're inside, you don't strictly need them. However, there's more that's related there, so listen. This area is both natural and sublimely unnatural at once. It is full of the power of the old elves and the fey, yet mighty magic redefines matters while you are in there. For one thing, no s
[20:50] <Kotono> > For one thing, no sort of extra dimensional or teleportation magic works inside. No teleporation, dimensional doors, summonings or the like." (More)
[20:50] <Kotono> * Alicia is glad she already decided to leave Antenora and Marie with Jessica, since this means her sister won't be able to summon her if she gets into trouble.
[20:50] <Kotono> * Demedais nods a bit at hearing this. "Caution will definitely be needed, then."
[20:50] <Kotono> > "Secondly, this is a place of the fey. Magic flows differently - most isn't affected. However, magic that manipulates nature works extremely well. Plant growth spells, druidic magic and the like all shine. Secondly, time doesn't seem to flow entirely correctly inside. Magic that relates to speed and time, like haste or slow, are both more potent, doubly so when combined with the relevant effects."
[20:50] <Kotono> <Alicia> "None of my spells fall within those fields, so it seems the effect is moot for better or worse in my case," Alicia observes. "Though I suspect there are guardians who will take full advantage of these traits?" she asks the two old elves.
[20:50] <Kotono> > "Thirdly," Celebrimbor takes over here, "There are fey. Many of them. We sighted some of the lowly, but according to Juai, they only have one reason to be here - to prevent you from reaching the Fourth REsort. No matter what you do or see, you must remember this."
[20:50] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Even if they act friendly it's merely a ruse?" Alicia clarifies, making sure that there's definitely nothing in there that they could consider on their side.
[20:50] <Kotono> > Juai nods to Alicia, "Naturally. The exacts weren't left to me, in marvelous cynicism. They may not hurt or harm you, they may even be friendly, but they're only there to stop you from reaching the Resort. REmember that. They'd even give you an eternity of happiness to ensure it's not disturbed."
[20:50] <Kotono> <Seira> "I could work something with Slow and Haste," Seira muses. "And extended spells might carry more of a kick." On the subject of fey, however, she feels she must ask, "What happens to the fey inside if we reach the Resort?"
[20:50] <Kotono> <Alicia> "How insidious," Alicia marvels.
[20:50] <Kotono> > "I don't know," Juai says honestly. "They were bound for eternity, so..." He wavers his hand back and forth. "They may be freed, they may continue to defend a worthless task, they may die."
[20:50] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'd suggest asking them, but given their objective and nature they'd surely lie to suit their purposes," Alicia admits, drumming her fingers on her thigh.
[20:50] <Kotono> <Seira> "If they die anyway, I don't see a need to hold back during the journey," Seira says bluntly. "If they're freed, the opposite is true. Is there any way to determine the truth?"
[20:50] <Kotono> > "Obviously, you need to be prepared to deal with fey. Bring ways to deal with being charmed and confused. Have your will be at it's strongest. The worst dangers may not be ones you have to fight," Celebrimbor warns.
[20:51] <Kotono> > "From here, no. Perhaps you can find the truth deeper within the ruin," Juai Desjardin says.
[20:51] <Kotono> <Seira> "Perhaps," Seira agrees. "Are there actually lethal traps? The description suggested that the defenses were geared towards turning people away or dissuading them from reaching the Resort, rather than eliminating them outright."
[20:51] <Kotono> > "It's possible there may be, yes," Juai agrees. "I don't doubt that they'd have incorporated lethal force to stops omeone from reaching the Resort."
[20:51] <Kotono> > "Right," Celebrimbor nods, then, "Any more questions? If not, when are you prepared to go?"
[20:51] <Kotono> <Seira> "In the morning sounds about right," Seira responds. "Gives us time to prepare more adequately."
[20:51] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Do you have a map of the interior, or an idea of where exactly the Resort is located?" Alicia asks.
[20:51] <Kotono> > "Not deeply in, no. It's entirely possible you may be attacked or engaged by the first line of defenders. I've seen elven women, beautiful and alluring me. I've also seen pixies, only visible with magic and attacking with endless rains of arrows...and then the same pixies retreat and approach, attempting to make our friendships. The fey are not always consistent as long as it serves the goal of stopping the intruders from reaching the Resort.
[20:51] <Kotono> > from reaching the Resort."
[20:51] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Just have to find it on our own, then," Alicia nods. "Alright, I think I know all I need to for the moment. We can prepare today and be ready in the morning, as Seira said."
[20:51] <Kotono> You also know that Haste works better in there, Deme tried it with his boots and got stronger than usual results. Do you remember the bonuses it gave, Deme?
[20:51] <Demedais> No.
01[20:51] <Seira> I used it too
01[20:51] <Seira> 3 instead of 2
01[20:52] <Seira> Extended duration
06[20:52] * Kotono nods.
01[20:52] <Seira> I meant 2 instead of 1
01[20:52] <Seira> Unless I'm remembering wrong
[20:52] <Kotono> Bonuses increase to +2, extended duration, yes.
[20:53] <Kotono> Ready to begin?
[20:53] <Alicia> Sure.
01[20:54] <Seira> Editing my spells, will be done in a flash
01[20:54] <Seira> done
[20:54] <Kotono> Okay. Your spells in order, Deme?
[20:55] <Demedais> hold on a moment.
[20:55] <Kotono> Sure.
[20:59] <Demedais> Ready.
[21:00] <Kotono> Okay.
[21:00] <Kotono> ----
[21:01] <Kotono> This time, five and two gather at the portal into the realm where the Fourth Resort awaits! Celebrimbor passes out the rods once more, "Be careful inside," h e says quietly, "It's danger has not diminshed with time, surely."
[21:03] <Kotono> Amaryl stays back behind Seira, generally away from the other two elves. Juai Desjardin isn't looking at them, instead his gaze is focused on the portal ahead.
[21:03] <Demedais> "Likely not, no." Demedais murmurs as he prepares one spell. "This has the possibility of being frustrating."
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 13." [1d10=3]
[21:03] <Demedais> OOC: Sign cast.
01[21:03] <Seira> "As long as we proceed differently, it should be alright," Seira says, sounding just a bit uncertain.
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:04] <Alicia> "If anything it might be worse, if they blame us for killing that one pixie we took out of there," Alicia notes, shooting a worried look at Amaryl as she accepts the rod. Moving away a bit, she whispers for her familiar to look after the runaway noblewoman, which Marie agrees to readily enough.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Then travel with the grace of those who wish for you to succeed," Celebrimbor bids.
06[21:05] * Seira nods, and is the first to try and cross through the portal.
[21:06] <Kotono> Amaryl follows behind Seira quickly!
[21:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks to Demedais, "Right, got your back," she murmurs, before crossing over.
06[21:06] * Alicia casts voice of the archon on both herself and Marie, before she follows Seira through. The eladrin following and staying within ten feet of Amaryl.
06[21:07] * Demedais follows with Pollyanna, a slight nod to her. "They're fond of invisibility, if I recall correctly. Keep your guard up and on your toes."
[21:08] <Kotono> Thus the party returns to the forest! It is dim here, very little sunlight making it through the dense canopy. For sixty feet up it is a mass of branches, possible to fly up into. After that it is an impenetrable mass of leaves and branches, as solid as any ceiling of stone. Through the forest, far ahead and just barely glimpsed, looks to be something. Something like a tower and a town, perhaps?
01[21:08] <Seira> "Let's try to head for the tower, again?" Seira suggests.
[21:09] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs, peering forward toward the tower first.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check, Deme?
[21:09] <Alicia> "Probably our best bet," Alicia agrees. "Marie, can you take a quick look over the canopy, first?" she asks, sending her familiar shooting up above the treeline to take a look.
[21:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: How high up, Alicia?
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: above the treeline
[21:11] <Kotono> Seira can't tell how far it would take to get there. Awhile, perhaps? The distances are difficult to gauge.
[21:11] <Demedais> "I'm not seeing anything directly ahead..." Demedais murmurs, next turning to where he's smelling something from and looking in that direction.
[21:11] <Kotono> Marie flies up sixty feet! She finds her advance stalled there, unable to ascend further.
[21:12] <Alicia> Marie retreats back down. "Sorry, some sort of wall of force or something," she apologises. "Can't get above the trees."
[21:12] <Kotono> Demedais can see more forest in that direction. Pollyanna checks her bow over while she waits, "Are we going ahead then?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "Not to worry," Alicia shrugs, "We proceed on foot." She then tugs down her blindfold so she can employ blindsight if any invisible creatures come close, relying on everyone else to spot visible creatures further away.
[21:13] <Demedais> "As a warning, something smells -really- good in that direction. Don't be caught off guard." Demedais says, keeping his eyes out for foes as they advance onward.
01[21:13] <Seira> "Sure thing. We'll bring up the rear, then," Seira suggests with a nod towards Amaryl, as Demedais takes the lead.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: STraight ahead or in the direction you smelled that stuff, Deme? You didn't elaborate.
[21:14] <Demedais> OOC: Following Alicia's lead/straight ahead.
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: I'm not leading! But we're going to the tower.
[21:17] <Kotono> The party travels ahead! They travel through the forest for a little time, trees soon blocking out any view of the way they came. After about ten minutes, they find a little dirt path leading a bit off the beaten way. It leads to a little grove and clearing full of ancient oaks. A pleasant wooden cottage sits there by a little natural spring. A waterwheel on the side works in constant, steady motion at the spring. Several little fruit trees lin
[21:17] <Kotono> steady motion at the spring. Several little fruit trees linger near the cottage. The way ahead also continues, more forest and more faintly glimpsed tower/town.
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:18] <Kotono> "Hm?" Pollyanna glances towards it, "It's very nice..." she murmurs, "Isn't it, Demedais?"
06[21:18] * Alicia frowns a bit, reminded of her experience on the astral plane. Like then she can simply use the durations of her spells to gauge the passing of time where her biological clock fails.
[21:19] <Demedais> "It is..." Demedais replies softly, looking it over without directly stopping. "But I'm not inclined to trust anything we find here without solid evidence for it.
[21:20] <Alicia> Flipping up her blindfold, Alicia takes a brief look around. "You never know, the ring could be hidden in an unexpected place rather than the obvious tower," she observes.
01[21:20] <Seira> "Everything here will try to stop us," Seira muses. "We might as well try to proceed peacefully and see how far that takes us."
06[21:21] * Seira considers Alicia's words. "True enough. But unless we try the obvious target, we'll just be outsmarting ourselves, I feel."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Isn't it," Pollyanna smiles deeply, stopping. "Maybe it's worth a trip? It looks so nice...even if it's nothing, we'll certainly have a fine time there."
06[21:21] * Demedais pauses. "Well, first possible confrontation spotted. Right in the woods is a woman beckoning."
06[21:22] * Seira looks at this strange, beckoning woman with curiousity.
[21:22] <Alicia> "We can try it first and look elsewhere if it fails," Alicia agrees with Seira. "Let's press on- oh?" she looks in the direction Demedais is looking in.
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: Spot checks, you two?
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
06[21:24] * Demedais gestures toward the location, a bit bemused.
06[21:24] * Seira frowns. "Are you absolutely sure something is there?" she asks, peering towards the spot in question.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Deme pointed it out, you can make another spot check with a +5 bonus if you like, you two.
[21:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna takes a gander as well.
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:24] <Alicia> "I can't see anyone," Alicia agrees. "Maybe she only appears to males?" Poor creature doesn't know Seira and Amaryl's tastes, then.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
06[21:25] * Demedais pauses. "That's possible, Alicia, since I can also hear it..."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Well, whatever. Let's just go."
[21:25] <Kotono> "Oh, I see...It's..." Pollyanna's gaze travels along the forest, slowly towards the cottage. "I can see -something- moving. It's moving strangely."
01[21:26] <Seira> "Normally, this would interest me into visiting. But not when everything and everyone here has a magical compulsion to stop us by any means necessary."
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Alicia> "Lets just keep going. If she cares to talk to the rest of us she can show itself, otherwise she can keep on flashing her panties at Demedais or whatever she thinks will get his interest," Alicia shrugs, starting onwards.
[21:26] <Demedais> "I'm, uh, willing to pass." Demedais says with a bit of a light flush, shaking his head...
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
06[21:27] * Seira just looks annoyed as she walks towards the tower.
[21:28] <Demedais> "Uh. On the other hand, perhaps we can trust her..." Demedais murmurs, slowly beginning to advance toward the figure.
[21:28] <Kotono> "Demedais?" Pollyanna starts to follow, "Well...it is a nice cottage," she murmurs. "Demedais?"
06[21:29] * Alicia sighs in annoyance. "Marie, hover above Demedais would you?" she asks politely.
[21:29] <Alicia> Her familiar laughs a bit and proceeds to envelop him in her protective aura.
06[21:30] * Demedais pauses, before looking up at Marie, then back at the figure and suddenly turning impassive. "Yeah. Let's go."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Better luck nect time!" Marie calls over in the direction of the hidden creature, alighting on Demedais' helmeted head.
[21:30] <Alicia> next*
[21:31] <Kotono> Pollyanna squints her eyes, "It's odd. It's like it's walking through the trees..." Turning away with Demedais, "You're probably right, but..." Taking a last look back, Pollyanna starts to go as well.
[21:32] <Demedais> "I am already promised to another. There will be others, likely, who will stay, but I cannot." Demedais murmurs in return, face still stony, before he bows in that direction and joining back up with Pollyanna.
[21:32] <Kotono> Amaryl looks in that direction, staying close to Seira still. "Magic?" She whispers. "It's clouding his mind, isn't it?"
01[21:33] <Seira> "Marie's helping with that, and Alicia could dispel it in a pinch," Seira returns quietly. "If you think something is making you act differently, let me know even if it seems harmless. Especially if it seems harmless. I'll do the same, alright?"
[21:33] <Kotono> As the party walks away, a wailing keen comes from the direction of the hut, fading as they travel deeper away from it. "Eternal life...don't you want to live forever....!" All can hear.
[21:34] <Alicia> "I already will!" Marie calls back. "It's great!"
06[21:34] * Demedais grumbles something before speeding up his pace slightly.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Ditto," Seira agrees with a curt nod.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC - Continuing on, all?
01[21:35] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[21:35] <Demedais> OOC: Yep.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check, Deme?
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> The party walks a few more minutes through the dense forest. Alicia has an easy time of it with Freedom of Movement, though the rest need to hack, walk over and generally make an effort to get through the difficult terrain. As they do...OOC: More.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Urge to hit something rising. She's returning from the right, forty feet away, currently in thick foilage and woods so I'm not sure aggression would work." Demedais murmurs.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Fire always does, but--" Seira stops herself. "That witchy woman from before?"
[21:41] <Alicia> "Persistent isn't she?" Marie muses. "I guess you just have that effect on the ladies... Hey!" she then raises her voice, calling over to the right. "Back off! He's taken!"
[21:42] <Demedais> "Thank you, Marie, for always looking out for us." Demedais notes quietly, before nodding to Seira. "The same."
[21:42] <Kotono> With a deep growl in her voice, "YOU!" A feminine voice barks at Marie, "You suppress my magic and make mockery of me! The powers of nature will punish you!"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Do we really need to fight?" Seira calls out, suppressing her deep urge to laugh at such pathetic speeches. "I could help you find a date if you want me to. There's no need for magic, I know this elf who's lonely and stuff!"
[21:44] <Alicia> "Aww, don't be like that!" Marie calls back. "I bet you're real cute and everything, but he's taken. Why don't you show yourself for all of us instead of just the man, anyway?"
06[21:45] * Demedais gives Seira a long look. "If you're suggesting hooking Donald up with this entire forest, I'm not sure I can disapprove." he says after a smirk.
01[21:45] <Seira> "It is okay as long as it's female and pretty, as far as he's concerned!"
[21:46] <Kotono> It's a strange thing. The forest seems to bend around her. She is abruptly visible, as if a window over the thick trees and foliage has been made. As Pollyanna snickers at all that, the woman...she is not human. She has elven features, but a beauty that stops hearts and launches a thousand warships. She wears a dress of leaves, a trail of them off her back like a living, whirling cloak. Her hair is the dark brown of tree bark and roots. "Give
[21:46] <Kotono> whirling cloak. Her hair is the dark brown of tree bark and roots. "Give me one reason I shouldn't punish you for your insolence! You have humiliated me!"
[21:47] <Alicia> "Well..." Marie floats off Demedais and towards the nymph, but stays within ten feet of him. "Because *I* think you're really beautiful?" she offers, smiling winsomely.
[21:47] <Alicia> In the background, Alicia sighs and rubs her temples.
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl looks on, blushing at the newly seen woman.
[21:47] <Kotono> The creature puts her hands on her leaf clad hips, "Then why are you stopping me? To pay me compliments after you insult me?"
06[21:48] * Seira tilts her head.
[21:48] <Alicia> "I didn't insult you, I just warned you away from going after a man who was already involved with someone else," Marie protests innocently. "I was looking out for you the whole time, trying to spare you the pain of rejection!"
[21:49] <Kotono> "If you hadn't intervened, it wouldn't matter!" The woman snaps back. "No man can resist me!"
01[21:49] <Seira> "How about I introduce you to Donald, then?" Seira offers. "He wouldn't even try!"
[21:49] <Kotono> Pollyanna scowls at that, "Resist you with what, magic?" Stepping forward, "We have no intent to harm you, but cease trying to turn us away from our mission and duty!"
[21:49] <Alicia> "But it would break his lover's heart!" Marie exclaims. "Could you live with that?"
[21:50] <Kotono> "Yes," The woman answers without missing a beat. "I see no other man that could be a Donald, dragonling."
01[21:50] <Seira> "I'll bring him by tomorrow!"
[21:50] <Demedais> "Because quite clearly since I was the only one able to see-" At this Demedais pauses, looking at the pixie, before looking to Alicia. He then gives a long, unreadable look to Pollyanna, before turning his attention back to the woman, clearly not able to get a word off in this flurry.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Demedais wouldn't abandon someone he's given his word to short of magic!" With an angry look now to her, "Cease your sorcery and get out of our sight!"
06[21:51] * Alicia decides to step in, growing weary of Marie's well intentioned banter. "M'lady, please," she tries to be nice despite it all. "We are on an important task and you seek to sway us away from it. While I can appreciate your desire for companionship, I cannot allow you to delay us nor interfere in the relationships of another. Unless you are an enemy of love, I suggest you let us be."
01[21:52] <Seira> "Well, at least it's not me this time," Seira mutters, rubbing her forehead.
[21:52] <Demedais> "Pretty much what my dearest has said." Demedais says at this, before letting Alicia speak.
[21:52] <Kotono> "This time," Amaryl murmurs quietly.
01[21:52] <Seira> "Pixies are the most insulting beings on the face of this world."
06[21:53] * Seira shudders. "I can't be held responsible."
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo check, Alicia: She's pretty pissed but I'll count the others has having aided you. It works out to a -4 mod in total.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 and gets 47." [1d20=10]
[21:54] <Kotono> Focusing her attention on Alicia, "Why? I offer you a happy, eternal life, and you treat me as an interloper, insult me, and mock me?" Nearly growling now, voice turning harsh like wood splintering. ABruptly turning away, she vanishes again into the forest, glimpsed fleeing back into it before your vision of her is gone.
[21:55] <Demedais> "Uh. Didn't she only offer me...?" Demedais says, before shaking his head and moving on.
01[21:55] <Seira> "So, uhh, think I should still get Donald afterwards?"
[21:55] <Kotono> "At least she left." Rubbing her own temple, "She was gorgeous, but had all the manners and grace of a rotten goblin."
[21:55] <Demedais> "Probably not." Demedais shrugs.
[21:55] <Alicia> "A gilded cage is a cage all the same," Alicia replies, voice soft but carrying all the same thanks to the magic she's bolstered with. Hoping the fey woman can appreciate that even with her own enchantment binding her to duty, she lets the matter rest.
[21:56] <Alicia> "I liked her," Marie opines. "She was feisty!"
01[21:56] <Seira> "Ask Alicia to polymorph you, then?"
[21:57] <Alicia> "I'd prefer someone who can appreciate me for me," the eladrin replies, going to resume her perch on Demedais' head.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Let's just go,"Pollyanna raises her voice, picking up her own step.
06[21:57] * Seira snorts in amusement. "Sure, let's."
[21:57] <Demedais> "Agreed."
[21:58] <Kotono> The party travels on for a little longer...about twenty minutes? The tower seems no closer, then...(More)
[21:59] <Kotono> Nighttime. It has fallen in an instant, in the merest breath of comprehension. It is dim, vision reduced greatly for those without low light or darkvision(10 ft vision without lightsource, guys.) Only a few scattered rays of piercing moonlight penetrate from the canopy above. The moonlight is like polished ivory melted into a molten, airy fluid, dripping down from the moon itself.
06[22:00] * Seira frowns. "The residents can probably see just fine, so want to use a light?"
[22:00] <Demedais> "Something just went... wrong." Demedais murmurs.
01[22:00] <Seira> "This entire place is wrong."
[22:01] <Demedais> "More wrong."
[22:01] <Kotono> "It was like...everything was wrong. Everything around us," Amaryl shivers, staying within hand's reach of Seira.
[22:02] <Alicia> "It's an illusion, or something like that," Alicia shakes her head, trying to maintain focus. "It feels like a lot of time suddenly passed, but it hasn't."
06[22:03] * Seira closes the extra foot of distance and takes Amaryl's hand. "Even if it did, we knew this place played by different rules. As long as we persist and head forward, something would happen."
[22:03] <Demedais> "Should I cast Light on my sword, then?" Demedais comments.
01[22:03] <Seira> "Have fun."
06[22:03] * Demedais nods and does so!
06[22:03] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold since blindsight offers further vision than her eyes do at the moment, anyway.
[22:04] <Kotono> Demedais now has a lit sword! His light shows that there is a dirt animal trail straight ahead. It looks to make the going a bit easier, for the forest turns denser soon ahead, making going anywhere but the path an unlikely prospect.
01[22:05] <Seira> Then that path is what they must walk!
[22:06] <Demedais> "The path it is." Demedais says, advancing while keeping level eyes out!
[22:09] <Kotono> The party walks for five minutes. The path continues on - ahead, first seen by Seira with her darkvision, is a clearing that the path leads to. It's a middle sized clearing, maybe thirty feet around in a rough circle? Deme's light isn't far from falling on it. The clearing is full of flowers.
[22:09] <Demedais> "Anyone recognize these?" Demedais murmurs.
01[22:09] <Seira> "I see a clearing of flowers," Seira voices. "How about your mind's eye, Alicia?"
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
06[22:10] * Alicia keeps going till she's within 20 feet of the flowers for her blindsight to catch them.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 nature A
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 nature A and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 nature M
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 nature M and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
06[22:11] * Demedais approaches near Alicia and looks at them himself!
[22:12] <Kotono> The flowers are beyond the party's ability to discern what they are. Perhaps if one advanced further and brought light to them? Ah, that does it. As Demedais approaches, you can see that they're red roses. A clearing full of nothing but red roses. Yet as you draw closer...there is a howl. A deep howl, rumbling like a bear's bellow. It comes from somewhere in the forest, echoing around you.
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 growling? where?
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 growling? where? and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[22:14] <Alicia> At that noise Marie jumps off of Demedais and floats near Amaryl. Hopefully they're too far away from the object of his affection for the enchantment to matter and the elf probably needs her protection more.
[22:14] <Demedais> "It's coming from the grove. Toward the middle-left?" Demedais murmurs. "Pull back or advance?"
01[22:16] <Seira> "There's nowhere to return but back where we started, empty handed."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia concurs.
01[22:19] <Seira> "It might just be an animal, but you never know, here. We won't lose anything by trying to move past it peacefully, or even trying to pacify it. But if that fails...."
[22:21] <Demedais> "Fair. Haven't seen any side paths anyway." Demedais shrugs, looking ahead.
[22:21] <Kotono> The party advances in! The grove is white-red, moonlight and glowing swordlight bathing the red roses that come up to your ankles. As you enter in, you can see that the path ahead continues on the far end! However, in front of it, a ghostly image appears! It points at the party, a giant, elflike creature in a mithril breastplate. It's helmet bears the antlers of a great stag, A ray of moonlight comes from above, making the image glow with power
[22:22] <Kotono> A ray of moonlight comes from above, making the image glow with power! After a moment, it fades away.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Well. That was weird."
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[22:23] <Kotono> "What was that?" Amaryl asks quietly, "I've never see an elf that big...was it a fey?"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Trouble," Alicia turns to the left and draws her sword. Oh how she hates dogs... "That's no elf."
06[22:23] * Demedais grimaces, before glancing to Alicia. "Invisible foes?"
[22:25] <Alicia> "Marie, faerie fire ten feet ahead of me please," Alicia requests, taking the hint that no one else can see the mean looking canine.
06[22:25] * Seira uses the chance to cast the spell allowing her to see past invisibility!
[22:25] <Alicia> "Sure!" Marie obliges, putting some creepy lights in the foliage ahead of Alicia.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: If you guys are starting to act I'm going to call initiative, it's not going to sit there and let you take free actions.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 16." [1d20=9]
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 (Sign used)
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 (Sign used) and gets 25." [1d20=20]
03[22:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna'
06[22:30] * Demedais turns toward where Alicia's facing. "Invisible foe, eh?" With that, a quick word is uttered as his Protection Devotion and Law Devotion spring up, and his stance shifts slightly as if focusing... OOC: Protection/Law/Kensai Powa.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Seira?
06[22:31] * Seira uses the chance to cast the spell allowing her to see past invisibility!
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything besides a stanard action?
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Standard, even.
01[22:33] <Seira> Creepy! Seira decides to activate her boots and come stand before Amaryl, drawing her sword in the process.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:35] <Alicia> Hopefully it can understand common like the pixies and gorgeous women here can, so Alicia tries to dissuade battle. "We're too strong for you to fight - run away!" she suggests to the mean mutt.
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 suggestion
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Link me to suggestion?
[22:36] <Kotono> If the beast understands Alicia's words, they come to no good at all! The beast bursts out of the foliage, now easily seen by all without it's strange warding of the forest! It is a wolflike creature the size of a bear, body covered in light blue lines. It's eyes gush blue flames of the same color. It's juaw is long and distended, giving it an impossibly deep bite. It lunges forward at the closest hero, Alicia, jaws chomping out in one swift bi
[22:36] <Kotono> It lunges forward at the closest hero, Alicia, jaws chomping out in one swift bite!
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-4 PA)
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-4 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25+10d6
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25+10d6 and gets 68." [2d6=4, 6][10d6=6, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 6, 3]
[22:38] <Kotono> The creature chomps right on Alicia's throat, leaning up! Only a quick move back stops this from being an instnatly fatal blow, but the quick, precise chomp speaks of unanimal like skill! It leaves a deep chomp into Alicia's shoulder instead, the beast then retreating back into the thick forest smoothly and out of sight! OOC - Marie.
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Seira/Alicia can still see it in the bush.
[22:39] <Alicia> "Ahhh! Marie, faerie fire!" she gets out, giving the distance the creature moved into the foliage so Marie can properly aim.
01[22:40] <Seira> "Damn," Seira mutters, eyes widening at the brutal attack.
[22:40] <Alicia> The eladrin winces in sympathetic pain at Alicia's wound, putting some creepy lights all over the fell hound!
[22:40] <Kotono> "Alicia!" Pollyanna gasps, fumbling to ready arrows in her bow!
[22:41] <Kotono> Fairie fire springs up, a purple outline of the beast letting all see it's general location! "Fire now or wait for it to come out," Pollyanna asks all at once, as Amaryl readies her own bow!
01[22:42] <Seira> "Don't waste time, waste it!"
[22:42] <Alicia> "If you have a shot, take it!" Alicia insists as she tries to collect herself.
[22:42] <Kotono> Thus, Pollyanna tries rattling off arrows into the foliage covered beast! "I'll try!"
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 14." [1d8=2][1d6=1]
[22:44] <Kotono> The flaming arrows sizzle through the leafy foliage, one of them grazing the beast! It's skin is tough, but the fire leaves a trailing, painful scorch across it's furry flesh! A moment later, Amaryl's own flurry follows, holding her position behind Seira!
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 crit?
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 crit? and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:45] <Kotono> Another hail of arrows comes! These arrows only lightly graze the beast, drawing minimal blood, but still a wound! OOC - Deme.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Also, 4 more damage, Alicia. Forgot the PA.
06[22:50] * Demedais grimaces and quickly moves in front of Alicia, murmuring a quick prayer as he prepares himself! OOC: Haste triggered, Divine Favor up, moving in front of Alicia.
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[22:53] <Seira> Fire seemed to be more effective against this thing than mere physical damage, and Seira decides to try her hand at it, launching a fireball behind the beast. Beyond angering it into switching targets, it is also bound to clear the foliage away!
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 10d6 SP
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 SP and gets 37." [10d6=1, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 5, 3, 3, 5]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 ref for half
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 ref for half and gets 38." [1d20=15]
01[22:54] <Seira> OOC: It passed, yes
[22:55] <Kotono> FIre bursts around the beast! Smoking and burnt foliage is blasted away, a clearing blasted away behind the beast! It's own body is scorched a bit, it's speed letting it weave out of the way of the worst! OOC - Alicia.
[22:56] <Alicia> "Marie, hold on for plan A!" Alicia calls to her familiar, channelling a scorching ray into Hell Striker and then casting mirror image, causing several duplicates to spring up around her!
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[22:57] <Kotono> Thus Alicia is now six instead of one! A few moments later, the beast howls as it bursts out of the bush! This time it's howl is a fear inducing thing as it bites at Demedais, making hearts quail! OOC - Will saves. Fear and mind affecting, people. Bear that in mind, I know you're immune, Deme.
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Marie
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Marie and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[22:58] <Demedais> OOC: +4 to everyone within 10 feet, as a reminder.
[22:58] <Alicia> OOC: -4 on Marie. Thought it was a wider area for some reason
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: 38, then
03[22:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 10 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 (-4 PA) Deme
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 (-4 PA) Deme and gets 52." [1d20=18]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Deme?
[23:00] <Demedais> OOC: Definitely not that. 40.
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25+10d6
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25+10d6 and gets 78." [2d6=5, 5][10d6=2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: +4
[23:02] <Kotono> The creature goes for Deme's throat again! He gets an arm up, a deep bite into it that just barely saves his life! Still, his arm is shredded, bone showing from the horrific wound! Pollyanna looks utterly stricken with a momentary terror! The creature flees back into the underground, at the same spot as before! Hands shaking, Pollyanna fires arrows after it!
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 13." [1d8=1][1d6=1]
[23:03] <Demedais> "This Plan A the same as the one against the abombination?" Demedais curses.
[23:03] <Kotono> More flaming arrows fire into the smoky, smouldering grove! The fire adds more light to see by, the night being held at bay! Amaryl follows with her own desperate, panicking volley!
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[23:04] <Kotono> She flings a veritable storms of arrows, but her fear shows in her shots, all of them wobbling off the mark! OOC - Deme.
03[23:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:04] <Kotono> "At least there's only one of them," Pollyanna tries, her voice wavering! "Deme! Careful!"
[23:06] <Alicia> "Other way around," Alicia replies quietly.
06[23:09] * Demedais nods. "I'll move on your mark. Trust me on this." With that, he holds for a moment...!
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, since Deme's holding.
06[23:10] * Seira mentally goes through her list of spells, before settling on an empowered orb of sound. Definitely enough to do some damage if it hit, but not the strongest one at her disposal, should it have no effect on this being.
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch and gets 33." [1d20=18]
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 5d8
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 23." [5d8=4, 6, 3, 8, 2]
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1.5*23
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*23 and gets 34.5."
[23:12] <Kotono> The orb of sound hits into the side of the beast! THe blast of noise faintly staggers it, but in a second it recovers with astonishing speed, rebalancing itself and growling! OOC - Alicia.
03[23:12] * Kotono changes topic to '>Seira>Alicia>Demedais>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
03[23:13] * Alicia changes topic to '>Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 12." [1d20=10]
03[23:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:14] <Alicia> Marie breaks and flies towards the dog's left side, promptly using her bracelet to swap places with Alicia who then assails the dog with a flurry of vicious strikes to hack it into bits!
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: You have FoM up, due to ring? Attack away, yeah.
[23:15] <Alicia> Except nothing happens! Leaving Marie in a horrible situation...
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: I'll let you guys strike that if you want, since I didn't even remember to point it out during the OOC discussion in #elysium.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: lets strike it, sure.
[23:17] <Alicia> Marie launches a flurry of arrows at the dog as Alicia dashes forward to its left side whereupon she slices her sword into its flank!
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, Marie. Also, do you have reach, Alicia? If not it can AoO you as you approach. Fair warning.
[23:17] <Alicia> OOC: I have tumble
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on then!
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 8." [1d4=2][1d6=1][1d4=2]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8+20+1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+20+1d6 and gets 29." [1d8=5][1d6=4]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 12d6 scorching ray channeled
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d6 scorching ray channeled and gets 44." [12d6=4, 2, 5, 3, 6, 5, 2, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3]
[23:19] <Kotono> Arrows fly again, one sonic, electric arrow grazing the creature's jaw! It's eyes gush fire as it stares hatefully...and Alicia cuts into it's side! It's a serious wound, cauterized instantly by the flaming rays that follow! Yet the beasts stands disturbingly strong, wounded but far from bowed! OOC - Deme?
06[23:21] * Demedais takes this moment
[23:21] <Demedais> OOC: Strike.
06[23:25] * Demedais grimaces at this and attempts to charge at the beast through the foilage, not willing to leave Alicia the only target within range of a full assault!
[23:26] <Kotono> OOC: Straight ahead through it or working around through the foilage to the clearing or what?
[23:26] <Demedais> OOC: Latter if I see a way to do it, former otherwise. Been under the impression it was near-impenetrable.
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: You can since haste boosts your movement, but you'll pass right by it and get AoOed.
[23:29] <Demedais> OOC: Won't I have to deal with an AoO anyway? Mrf. Okay, striking action here,
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: You will, I'm just sayin'. Fair disclosure.
06[23:29] * Demedais quickly chops at the foilage in an attempt to clear a path to the beast?
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: Make an attack roll against the foilage?
[23:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[23:30] <Kotono> Demedais hacks the forest! The forest isn't going down that easily! OOC - Dog is up for the love of God.
[23:31] <Kotono> The dog turns and snaps at Alicia, biting her!
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 (-4 PA)
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 (-4 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=3]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[23:31] <Kotono> Chomp! An image is torn apart, it's throat ripped, but Alicia is unhurt! Meanwhile, the shaken archers fire off more arrows!
03[23:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 8 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 18." [1d8=1][1d6=6]
[23:32] <Kotono> Arrows fly, one hitting the beast and drawing more blood, but doesn't stop it for good! Amaryl fires with her own desperate flurry!
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[23:32] <Kotono> Yet again, no arrows can quite hit here! OOC - Seira.
06[23:37] * Seira takes a deep breath before letting the trecherous foliage impeding Demedais burn, angling the fire to hit the phantom dog as well!
01[23:37] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 36." [6d8=4, 3, 8, 3, 6, 2][2d8=4, 6]
[23:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
01[23:37] <Seira> OOC: DC is laughable
[23:38] <Kotono> More breath clears a way into the forest, burning away woods and foliage! The beast is grazed by the fire, burnt further but still resisting! OOC - Alicia and Marie. There's now a direct path through the foliage to it.
01[23:38] <Seira> roll 1d4
[23:38] <Alicia> With Alicia there to spoil her aim, Marie settles for firing a barrage of magic missiles at her canine foe!
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[23:38] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 21." [5d4=4, 2, 3, 3, 4]
[23:39] <Kotono> Marie fires magical missiles, the barrage slamming the beast hard in the side! Yet still, it has plenty of fight left in it, snarling in defiance! OOC - Alicia? Hodling for Deme?
06[23:39] * Alicia hesitates as she sees Demedais looking about to approach.
[23:39] <Kotono> OOC: Deme then.
03[23:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Marie>Demedais>Alicia>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 8 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
06[23:40] * Demedais nods slightly to Alicia and rushes in through the clearing, willing to take a blow to try and return the same and put Alicia in a more advantageous position!
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 AoOs suck
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 AoOs suck and gets 41." [1d20=7]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 2d6+29 at least no precision damage
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+29 at least no precision damage and gets 35." [2d6=5, 1]
[23:42] <Kotono> The beast lashes out, biting Demedias HARD! It's not the same measured, precise bite, but a feral one that chomps into his side deeply! But he withstands! OOC - Go Deme.
06[23:42] * Demedais lets loose a sweeping upward slice in an attempt to down the foul beast!
[23:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (-5 PA)
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (-5 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:43] <Demedais> roll 2d6+18 ...oh. phew.
06[23:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+18 ...oh. phew. and gets 21." [2d6=2, 1]
[23:44] <Kotono> Getting into it's side, Demedais cuts deep int it's flesh, doing yet more damage to it's blue-glowing form! OOC - Alicia.
[23:45] <Alicia> "Down, boy," Alicia grunts as she marshalls her strength and slides under the dog's guard as it's distracted by Demedais, slicing up through its chin and then reversing her blade to stab through its ear before raking both flaming edges of Hell Striker in alternating sweeps down its body!
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 46." [1d20=17]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers crit check
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers crit check and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[23:46] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Preceed for pain.
[23:47] <Alicia> roll 8d8+128+7d6+35d4
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d8+128+7d6+35d4 and gets 281." [8d8=4, 7, 2, 1, 6, 5, 1, 8][7d6=4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, ]
[23:48] <Kotono> Alicia goes into a frenzy, hitting all she has! The savage blows rip into the beast, staggering it each time! The first few make it turn, the third nearly severing it's neck! The others shred it's body, the beast falling over! Yet, it's body ruined, it stands up! For a mere moment it stands, a weak bite at Alicia...and then collapses before it can quite get her. The blue lines on it's body fade, loose platinum-white chains covering it's fur whe
[23:48] <Kotono> The blue lines on it's body fade, loose platinum-white chains covering it's fur where the lines of color were. OOC: Free act.
[23:49] <Kotono> Still shaking, "W-what was that?" Amaryl asks again, "Alicia, Demedais, are you alright?"
[23:49] <Alicia> "I hate dogs," Alicia mutters under her breath, prodding the chained corpse with her foot briefly.
06[23:49] * Demedais totters over to Alicia and expends some quick healing on her to help mend the wound. "That was... brutal." OOC: Sacrificing Knight's Move for CSW
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 and gets 16." [3d8=1, 4, 4]
01[23:50] <Seira> "Magic heals anything!" Seira exclaims, patting Amaryl's hand. "It wasn't so bad, was it?"
06[23:50] * Alicia returns the favour, using spellfire to heal Demedais.
[23:50] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 55." [18d4=2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2]
[23:51] <Kotono> "I have a wand if it's needed, and potions," Amaryl approaches, as wounds are healed. The beast seems dead, no more movement. It's body is shredded, hunks of surviving chain clinging to it's body. The battle didn't do wonders for it.
06[23:51] * Demedais follows up with a Cure Critical Wounds on Alicia.
[23:51] <Demedais> roll 4d8+7
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+7 and gets 28." [4d8=2, 8, 7, 4]
[23:52] <Alicia> "Thanks, Demedais, I'm fine now," Alicia gives her fellow paladin a brief smile, still breathing a little heavily. "I suppose not everything here can be reasoned with, after all..."
01[23:52] <Seira> "Wands and potions are perishibles, so we really should leave them for a last resort," Seira tells Amaryl, watching from the side as the paladins touch each other.
[23:52] <Kotono> "They're serious, aren't they?" Pollyanna rubs her arm as she looks down at the corpse. "It was as strong as a demon."
06[23:52] * Demedais then looks over the chains to check for magic.
01[23:53] <Seira> "Stronger than most demons. But not really resistant to magic. It's nice, actually. Refreshing's the word."
[23:53] <Alicia> "No ordinary dog," Marie agrees, looking about in case the battle attraced more attention. Meanwhile Alicia wanders back to rejoin the others.
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check, Marie?
[23:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[23:53] * Demedais follows Alicia at this.
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[23:54] <Kotono> The grove awaits. The red roses continue to stay there, awaiting any who come. The path ahead does not look to be guarded.
01[23:54] <Seira> Since it doesn't seem dangerous and Seira can spot the invisible anyhow, she decides to make herself bait and proceed ahead a bit.
[23:55] <Alicia> "Hmm... before we go on, actually," Alicia pauses and goes back to the corpse, picking up the platinum chains from it and depositing them in her portable hole for safekeeping. They might be valuable.
06[23:55] * Demedais looks over the field for magic before advancing.
[23:56] <Demedais> "I'm not seeing any magic. Let's move on?" Demedais shrugs.
[23:57] <Kotono> Thus the party moves along! They walk for another ten minutes, a winding path giving way to slightly less dense forest again. The party continues to labor along this path. (More)
Session Time: Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 2009
06[00:00] * Seira pauses, looking back in puzzlement. And then sweeping her eyes through the area, to be on the safe side.
06[00:01] * Demedais pauses at Seira's confusion, before looking around himself quickly.
06[00:02] * Alicia has perfect 360 degree vision! Albeit only within 30 feet. Regardless she doesn't look in any particular direction.
[00:02] <Kotono> Twenty feet behind Seira a blonde woman stands. To Alicia, she means nothing. To Marie she means nothing, nor to Amaryl. But to the others...the blonde woman groans and holds her horribly fried face. Shamal groans, "You let me die. You let me die...! You let me run right to my death! You let time run out for me!"
01[00:04] <Seira> With a scream of "DEMON!" Seira sets the horrible image on fire!
[00:04] <Demedais> "Seira." Demedais says softly, eyes directly on Shamal. "I honestly do not recall Shamal grousing like this eve- that works too."
[00:04] <Alicia> "This guy a friend of- oh," Alicia cuts herself short at Seira's explosive reaction.
[00:04] <Kotono> "SEIRA?!" Amaryl double takes! OOC - Go ahead and resolve your fire?
01[00:05] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 40." [6d8=1, 8, 7, 1, 4, 6][2d8=5, 8]
[00:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
01[00:06] <Seira> OOC: Holy shit dc16 this actually gets full damage
[00:07] <Kotono> The fire is burned away, flickering! IT whirls....this time turning into Pollyanna. Her skin is gray, her head restinga against her stomach, held in her hands. Her neck is cut clearly, decapitated with dried blood barely keeping leaking blood from falling all over it. "Time is going to run out for me...you're going to let me die....time is going to run out...you're going to let me die..."
[00:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna grimaces, "More stupid damned tricks," she growls, reaching for an arrow.
01[00:07] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
06[00:07] * Seira draws her sword in anger. "If fire won't do...."
[00:08] <Kotono> OOC: If you're going attack mode, go ahead adn roll initiative, guys?
01[00:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 die, fake Shamal!
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 die, fake Shamal! and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[00:08] <Alicia> "She's clearly trying very hard to make you die!" Alicia blurts out in response to the man's ramblings.
[00:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[00:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 17." [1d20=10]
06[00:08] * Demedais looks to the real Pollyanna in some bemusement. "Hi, dear. And yeah, this is about the usual."
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[00:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 no Sign ;_;
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 no Sign ;_; and gets 7." [1d20=6]
[00:09] <Kotono> "Hi," Pollyanna nods curtly, readying arrows!
03[00:09] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme'
01[00:10] <Seira> "For defiling Shamal's memory like that, mere death is not enough!" Seira declares angrily.
[00:10] <Kotono> The figure's decapitated head cries in pain! "There is still time...there is still time to change the future...and the past...or you see the fate that will befall you. Listen well...or doom yourselves to running out of time..." OOC 0 It's not taking an obvious action. Amaryl's up.
[00:10] <Kotono> "Seira?" Amaryl asks, readying arrows. "Attack?"
03[00:11] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme'
01[00:12] <Seira> Seira's arm twitches, the Resort moving accordingly. "It so fucking landed on my bad side. Kill it twice over, Amaryl!"
[00:12] <Kotono> At that, Amaryl fires a barrage of arrows at it!
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 2d8+4
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4 and gets 14." [2d8=7, 3]
[00:13] <Kotono> OOC: +4, yes. Doesn't let those two hit though.
[00:14] <Alicia> "He's only taunting us, let it go," Alicia tries to have cooler heads prevail. "Rise above it!"
[00:14] <Kotono> The arrows fly, two of them slamming into Pollyanna's slain form! Her body buckles and weaves, "Listen...there is still time...to save...everyone..." The image shifts again, flickering! This time is it of a stabbed, burnt man that means nothing to anyone who can see it. "There is still time...I didn't have to die...alone and afraid..." OOC - Seira?
06[00:15] * Seira closes in for the kill, unable to resist the desire to put this hateful thing down with her own two hands!
01[00:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[00:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
01[00:16] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[00:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 23." [3d8=1, 5, 8]
[00:17] <Kotono> Seira closes in, stabbign Pollyanna! She slumps over, head rattling down onto the ground! It looks up at Seira, voice ebbing. "So be it...here...your time will run out. The Fourth Resort will never be yours. I am one of the least...the greater will...end...your time..." There is a flicker again. This time, an elf in a bloodied white robe can be seen, lying inert on the ground, bleedin gout.
[00:18] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
[00:19] <Alicia> "Was killing him really necessary?" Alicia asks unhappily. "He didn't even attack us."
01[00:19] <Seira> "He was just stalking us out of the goodness of his heart, then."
[00:20] <Kotono> "Maybe not," Pollyanna looks to Alicia, "I can't say I damned blame Seira."
[00:21] <Alicia> "He was magically bound to delay us by whatever means he can. We're here to save these people, not slaughter them," Alicia insists. "Please, can't you stay your weapons except in stealth defence?"
[00:21] <Alicia> self*
[00:22] <Kotono> "That is true," Amaryl holds a hand to her chest as she looks down at the man. "Those horrible images and taunting us. Whas he trying to scare ups or shake ups?"
06[00:22] * Demedais remains silent in this, just looking over the body for magic detachedly.
[00:22] <Kotono> *us both time. I have no idea.
01[00:23] <Seira> "I don't know," Seira admits unhappily. "Maybe it was a mistake after all. He had ample chances to try a different angle, to just talk to us or retreat for the time being. I don't know."
[00:24] <Kotono> Taking a long, shivering breath in and out, "He didn't do that bad a job. I wated to scream when I saw Shamal."
[00:25] <Alicia> "You were on him like a flash," Alicia replies. "We're just lucky there wasn't a gang of pixies nearby this time..." Sighing, she lifts up her blindfold and goes to cut off some foliage and branches which she uses to cover the corpse, saying a short prayer for the elven gods to take one of their own to Arvandor.
06[00:26] * Demedais shrugs at this and looks ahead again. "Do we know doing our mission here will save them, Alicia?" At the funeral rites, he closes his eyes without another word.
[00:28] <Alicia> "It's our best shot. If it doesn't work then we'll try something else," Alicia replies curtly. "The people here deserve our respect - they gave up everything to protect the Resort after the worst war Creation has ever seen."
06[00:29] * Demedais raises an eyebrow at this, but does not comment further.
01[00:29] <Seira> "Not when they rip images of our best friends out of our minds and use them in this way," Seira says with a huff.
[00:32] <Alicia> "Perhaps not," Alicia concedes. "But I'll take traumatic imagery over being stabbed in the kidneys any day of the week."
06[00:33] * Seira lowers her head. "I overreacted. Even if it left us open to a more direct attack, it was better to let it take place in this situation. That's what I'll do when its friends how up."
[00:36] <Alicia> "What's done is done. If nothing else, his over-long time here is over, and hopefully he's at peace," Alicia shakes her head, stepping away from the body. "Perhaps if it had been someone I knew that it wore the face of, I might have even done the same... But lets at least try and give them the benefit of the doubt so long as there's no clear danger?"
06[00:36] * Seira nods curtly, turning away.
[18:21] <Kobrb> ----
[18:21] <Kobrb> OOC: You guys ready to move along now?
01[18:22] <Seira> OOC: Let's go
[18:22] <Alicia> OOC: yep
03[18:23] * taishyr is now known as Demedais
[18:23] <Demedais> OOC: K
[18:27] <Kobrb> The party advances downt he path, away from the moonlit grove of red roses. From there the path is a long one, twenty long minutes of walking. And then...it stops. Daytime? Daytime comes out of nothing and everything. Ahead you can see the town an tower...yet it looks closer, somehow. Still far away, but closer. The path ends here again, spreading out into slightly more traversable forest.
06[18:29] * Seira takes the chance to cast Voice of the Dragon before proceeding, and takes a look around once more. "Is this place picking on just me, again, or do you hear it too?"
[18:29] <Alicia> "Anyone else hear that?" Alicia asks, lifting up her blindfold and looking around to try and discern the location of the noise, only slightly surprised that it's now daylight all of a sudden.
[18:29] <Demedais> "I hear a clock." Demedais notes. "Perhaps the tower has the time control mechanism?"
[18:29] <Kobrb> OOC: Make a listen check, Alicia?
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:30] <Alicia> "I hear it, too," Alicia agrees. "Anyway, it's just a distraction. Lets keep going?"
06[18:30] * Demedais shrugs. "Sure."
06[18:31] * Seira agrees with that plan, intending to keep on checking whether they are walking in the direction of the noise or not at intervals.
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d5
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d100
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d100 and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d20+7
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d100
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[18:32] <Kobrb> OOC: MAke a listen check as well, Seira?
01[18:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 3." [1d20=2]
[18:34] <Kobrb> As you walk ahead for five minutes, little of note happens. However, ahead, you come to a moderate sized pond. It's perhaps 50 feet wide and like a long oval in the ground.
01[18:35] <Seira> "Who volunteers to fly over the obvious trap?"
[18:35] <Alicia> "Or we could just walk around it?" Alicia suggests, starting to do just that.
06[18:35] * Demedais looks over the pond, first.
01[18:35] <Seira> "That's no fun," Seira grumnles.
[18:36] <Alicia> "You can fly yourself if you really want to?" Marie suggests.
01[18:36] <Seira> "That's no fun, either."
06[18:37] * Demedais also checks the opposite side just to make sure nothing's lying in wait, before following Alicia if he doesn't see anything.
[18:37] <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
06[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[18:38] <Kobrb> Demedais looks into the pond! He begins to see something..however, a part of him works on a level beyond him, tearing his gaze away from looking into it's waters! The other side of the pond doesn't look interesting, the forest continuing onward past it. Nothing is obviously wrong there.
[18:39] <Alicia> Marie curiously checks the pond for any magic as she flutters along at the rear of the group while they pass around it.
[18:40] <Demedais> "Everyone, keep an eye on my sword as we advance." Demedais replies, taking the lead as he holds his sword out away from the pond.
[18:40] <Kobrb> OOC: Looking into the pond, Marie?
[18:40] <Alicia> OOC: not really looking in, just casting her eyes over the surface.
[18:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 spellcraft
06[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 spellcraft and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[18:43] <Alicia> "Some sort of transmutation aura in there," Marie comments, keeping her distance.
[18:44] <Alicia> "In it?" Alicia asks to clarify, prompting Marie to amend.
[18:44] <Alicia> "Sorry, meant the water itself, not anything in it."
06[18:44] * Alicia is therefore quite happy to avoid the pond and keep on moving.
[18:44] <Kobrb> Keeping her eyes away from it, "Let's keep going. That tower looks closer," Pollyanna hurries along.
[18:48] <Kobrb> Thus the party walks on. For an hour and ten minutes they walk on and on and on. The forest is much the same in this part of it, endless and relentless. At this moment, there is a loud vibrating sound from Seira's pocket. A metallic rattling, if you will.
06[18:49] * Seira blinks, and reaches into her pocket. Surely nothing there will harm her!
[18:50] <Kobrb> Reaching in, Seira finds Lagann is shaking and vibrating all over! In her mind she can hear, 'TIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIME!!!" in an overwhelming, neverending, breathless loop.
06[18:51] * Alicia pauses and gives Seira a curious look, before starting to frown as she recognises the orb. "It's not going to stab us, is it?" she asks warily.
01[18:51] <Seira> If Lagann can sense it, perhaps so could she! Seira tries to tap into Lagann's senses and see what's wrong!
[18:52] <Kobrb> OOC: MAke an int check.
01[18:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[18:52] <Kobrb> When Seira tries to tap into Lagann's power...(More, PM.)
06[18:53] * Demedais eyes the orb as well. "Well, it mainly uses metal, right? Maybe it's going psycho because it can't find any beside ours around here?"
06[18:56] * Seira cradles Lagann to her chest with both arms. "It's alright," she tells the orb quietly. "Don't listen to those ghosts. When we get back, I'll have plenty of metal for you to play with."
[18:56] <Kobrb> Amaryl blinks and stares at the orb. "You're treating it like a baby..." she says as she watches.
06[18:58] * Demedais raises an eyebrow at this, but doesn't comment, instead waiting for Seira to explain.
06[18:58] * Seira pats the orb sympathetically. "It's the same as what happened earlier," she tells the others. "Let's go and hope we'll leave whomever's stalking us now behind."
[18:58] <Alicia> "It's cute, in a kinda crazy and unhinged way," Marie notes cheerily. "So what's stalking us, now?"
01[18:59] <Seira> "'You let me die' ring a bell?"
[19:00] <Alicia> "What, you mean the shapechanging guy from earlier?" Marie asks. "I don't think he's stalking anyone, now."
01[19:00] <Seira> "He said he was one of a group of them."
[19:00] <Kobrb> "Unless he played dead?" Pollyanna considers, then frowns even more. "Wonderful. But why the hell go after a magical item instead of one of us?"
01[19:01] <Seira> "Lagann is a sentient artifact. It's not the same," Seira says, frowning herself.
[19:01] <Demedais> "He might just be able to hear them from a distance?" Demedais muses with a slight shrug. "Either way, let's keep moving?"
[19:01] <Kobrb> "Well...we're dealing with fey and creatures beyond our understanding. I'm not sure thinking like a elf or a human helps us understand them." Amaryl says, starting to walk and staying close to Seira.
[19:02] <Alicia> "Well, you seem to have calmed him down at least," Alicia offers. "If they show themselves we'll deal with it."
[19:02] <Alicia> calmed it*
[19:03] <Alicia> "What about thinking like a dragon or an outsider?" Marie asks Amaryl as she flutters along beside her.
[19:03] <Kobrb> "I...don't know," Amaryl admits, looking ot Seira.
01[19:03] <Seira> "I concur with Alicia," Seira says. "That elf spoke of ending time, and that's what Lagann was going on about, along with that other quote. But I don't really know what it might mean, so we might as well proceed." At Marie's words, she shrugs. "If the outsider has an idea, this dragon will hear it."
[19:06] <Alicia> "Maybe they thought Lagann had the weakest mind so went for it first to soften us up?" Marie suggests.
01[19:06] <Seira> "Then they miscalculated."
[19:07] <Kobrb> "Let's just keep going. Less time letting them try things on us," Pollyanna hurries along, "Or worse."
06[19:07] * Demedais just keeps moving as they discuss this.
[19:08] <Kobrb> After another ten minutes of walking, the party comes to another clearing in the forest. Here eight massive oaks stand in a circle 50 feet wide, spaced out to roughly stand on the compass points. In the center sits an elf wearing nothing, body covered with thick green and gold bodypaint. He sits indian style, a gnarled old tree root sitting on his lap. Yet...yet he has two faces. One face is of a young elf, silently laughing in mirth. The other
[19:09] <Kobrb> One face is of a young elf, silently laughing in mirth. The other face is a gloomy old elf, in stricken, stone faces stoicism. Yet from his closed mouth comes a low pitched hymn of humming, making your eyes water and heads pound.
06[19:11] * Seira is vaguely disturbed at his appearence, but decides to ask, "Can we pass through here?"
06[19:11] * Alicia rubs her head, already pained by the noise. If only she had a spell of silence...
06[19:12] * Demedais just looks around the glade quietly, not trusting this situation at all.
[19:13] <Kobrb> The laughing mouth opens wider, a dozen leaves stuffed down his throat. A voice comes from deep within there! "Time...time is eternal! There is always time! Come, pass!" Yet the other face scowls deeper, the umming growing louder, painful. Amid it you can discern the following words, "Time...ends. Time is running out. There is not yet time to pass. In this place, your graves will be laid. THe time of the Fourth Resort has passed." Yet the young,
[19:13] <Kobrb> THe time of the Fourth Resort has passed." Yet the young, laughing face speaks again as well! "No, there is time a plenty! There is always new, fresh time for the world!"
01[19:14] <Seira> "Sure, I'll go with that," Seira mutters, and tries to pass from the smiling face's side.
[19:15] <Demedais> "I agree with the smiling face." Demedais comments off-hand as he follows Seira carefully, keeping a level eye on the area and the elf as he follows.
[19:16] <Kobrb> "You dare not!" The old voice's hum grows even more disturbing, nausea passing over the party as they hear this. "I bid you, advance no further!"
06[19:16] * Alicia approaches the creature, wondering if this could be a trick. "Time marches on, regardless of who is there to witness it," she speaks up. "What's past is gone, but time will never run out."
06[19:17] * Alicia then shudders a bit at the sudden wave of nausea, while Marie makes a face and turns herself incorporeal to hopefully avoid it.
[19:17] <Kobrb> "No! You must not listen!" The young face turns to Alicia after saying that, looking lon gat her. "Yes, you see! Time is eternal! Do you not see I am correct?"
[19:18] <Alicia> "You are correct that time is eternal," Alicia nods. "And he is correct that the time of the Forth Resort has passed," she gestures to the older one. "But there may be time for it once again, in a newer age."
06[19:20] * Seira pauses at Alicia's words more than the warning. If this being could be reasoned with, she intends to help.
[19:20] <Demedais> Demedais pauses as well, somewhat intrigued by this. "To be mortal is to allow your sands to pass away, but to obsess over this is to miss the grandness of what the world is capable of. To be immortal is to never run out of sand, but becoming obsessed with this makes you forget the details that make up reality..." Demedais muses before shaking his head. "And why do you all insist on making me philisophical?
[19:24] <Kobrb> "There is never new time for anything!" The old face insists, "Time will erode into nothing! Your sands will expire!" Yet the younger face laughs this time, laughs aloud. It is a freshening sound, a livening sound. "There will be a new age! There is always a new age in this creation! Let this creation never end, time eternal! Let the sands flow forever, yes! If youa re to lose yourself in studying them forever, so be it! If you see the world and
[19:24] <Kobrb> If youa re to lose yourself in studying them forever, so be it! If you see the world and see truly, not being entangled in that, so be it! As long as time continues to flow!"
[19:25] <Kobrb> "No! Then what point are your lives? Your time runs away into nothing! In a blink of the ey you will be dust in the ground once more! You cannot deny that!" The old face howls! "Everything returns to dust in the ground eventually! Even time!"
[19:26] <Alicia> "You misunderstand," Alicia addresses the older voice. "Time may erode life that which it passes, but time itself cannot run out."
[19:26] <Alicia> Marie flutters up to help. "That's like saying the sea becomes nothing after it's eroded the cliff!"
[19:27] <Demedais> "But doesn't... the ground provide a place for the new to take root? That's part of the whole thing, too. Sure, everything goes up, and trust me, everything falls down, but there's the capability to get back up again." Demedais notes wryly.
01[19:27] <Seira> "Besides, time running out would be pretty boring," Seira muses. "Wouldn't that pretty much mean the end of everything?"
[19:28] <Alicia> "It would actually mean everything stopping. Frozen forever!" Marie replies, doing a spooky voice on the last part.
01[19:29] <Seira> "Boring! Would make you wonder why you became immortal, if that's your reward."
[19:29] <Kobrb> "No..everything must end!" The old face insists, "It...it must! This creation...!"
[19:29] <Alicia> "Well, you wouldn't notice, since you'd be frozen, too," Marie opines reasonably.
01[19:30] <Seira> "I could have a premonition just before it happens and spend the eternity frozen in horror," Seira reasons.
[19:30] <Demedais> "Could quite likely end, yes. And then something new starts. Congratulations." Demedais says, getting a bit weary of the depressing voice.
[19:31] <Kobrb> The younger one laughs again. "Be silent, for you have no more retort!" It exults. "You have lost the debate!" At that moment, a loud CRACK sounds through the grove! The old face splits in twain, crumbling away into dust! Now there is only once face, the laughing face with a throat full of leaves.
[19:31] <Kobrb> Thankfully, the unpleasant humming ceases.
06[19:31] * Seira is quite happy that her headache is disappearing!
[19:32] <Alicia> "I suppose his time ran out after all. And so a new equilibrium is formed," Alicia nods, taking a deep breath as she recovers from the horrid noise.
01[19:32] <Seira> "At least we can pass, now, so all's good," Seira says, attempting to proceed.
[19:33] <Demedais> "So, uh, you just needed someone to resolve a debate? Guess that's not too surprising, here..." Demedais mutters.
[19:33] <Kobrb> "My nature is resolved!" Exulting loudly at that, the young face laughs! "Oh, you have done me well! I shall offer you a boon, seekers of the Fourth Resort. I can grant you a powerful wish to the utmost of my power...or I can tell you what I knwo of this place...or I can bestow you my staff. Choose one, for I shall reward those that have ended my long debate with myself."
01[19:34] <Seira> This gets Seira's attention, and she pauses once more.
[19:34] <Alicia> "Allow us a moment to confer?" Alicia asks, before turning to the others. "Knowledge sounds good to me, depending on what he knows."
06[19:35] * Demedais nods slightly. "Any of the three sound good, depending on what the staff can do. Knowledge may be our best bet for resolving this place, but."
01[19:35] <Seira> "Note that he didn't say he knew where the Resort was or how to get it," Seira cautions. "I prefer a bird in the hand, myself."
06[19:36] * Alicia turns to the youthful elf. "Assuming we were to seek a boon of your knowledge, would that include where the Resort is and how it may be obtained?"
01[19:37] <Seira> "If not, I'd probably vote for the staff," Seira says quietly, "unless either of you would like to try a repeat of the wish situation at the gnomish ruins."
[19:38] <Demedais> "Also, I'd rather not get the 'utmost wish' boon of being turned into a majestic, grand, huge moose." Demedais notes, before nodding to Seira. "Pretty much my thoughts."
[19:39] <Alicia> "Or we could ask him if he knows how to break the enchantment binding everyone here?" Marie suggests.
[19:40] <Demedais> "Yeah, that would be my other question - if we can free everyone here without, uh, killing them, that'd be optimal and let us explore the place in relative peace. Granted, I suspect there's no good way, but."
01[19:41] <Seira> "I suspect that if any of the inhabitants could do that, they would have."
[19:42] <Alicia> "They might know how but be prevented from doing it by the same enchantment that compels them to stop us?" Marie suggests.
01[19:43] <Seira> "Even if he's grateful to us for the help, would he really be allowed by that same enchantment to reveal it, then?"
[19:44] <Alicia> "One way to find out." Marie then raises her voice to follow up Alicia's question. "If we asked for knowledge, would you be able to tell us how to break the enchantment that binds the guardians here?"
[19:46] <Kobrb> "I can tell of where the Fourth Resort is and how to obtain it, but it may not do much to make it easier," The laughing voice continues on, "I cannot for certain, though I have a good idea of how."
03[19:47] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
06[19:48] * Alicia turns back to the others. "Sounds like a good start to me. What do you think?"
01[19:49] <Seira> "I still think the staff is the best bet, here. The answer to the former is probably the tower, and the answer to the latter is most likely taking the Resort."
[19:50] <Demedais> "Can you tell us what the staff does?" Demedais turns to the elf, a bit embarrassed. "Sorry for the constant inquiries, but."
[19:50] <Kotono> "The staff has stored powers over time, it's fastening and it's slowing, and such."
[19:52] <Alicia> "Knowing where to go and what to expect from various guardians, as well as how to possibly end all of this, appeals to me more than a magic staff," Alicia casts her vote.
06[19:53] * Demedais rubs his head, thinking at this point.
[19:54] <Kotono> Pollyanna speaks up here, "On one hand, knowing how to solve this mission is supremely useful for now, but the others may have longer lasting benefit."
01[19:54] <Seira> "And I've given my own vote. I think we'll be able to get to the Resort on our own, and the powers this staff provides are specifically tuned for this environment."
[19:55] <Kotono> "It's better to think in the long term. If we are strong enough to avail here, then the information is not as useful as something that will aid us beyond this forest." Amaryl shrugs a little. "What can you do with a wish, though?"
01[19:55] <Seira> "Become smarter and all that fun stuff?"
[19:55] <Alicia> "You know you'll just wind up selling it," Marie comments. "You can already cast those spells, anyway."
[19:55] <Kotono> "Yes, but don't forget that this is useless if we all die here," Pollyanna points out, looking to Amaryl with a bit of a smirk. "Surviving is it's own reward."
[19:56] <Demedais> "That's part of the issue, and there's no promise that we can't find this information any other way. Practically speaking, we still have Mechanus to try if we want to look for a way to disentangle this, now that we can plane travel. Marie does raise another point, though it may have other spells than just was we can use. And the wish..." Demedais shakes his head.
01[19:57] <Seira> "If we can't decide we could flip a coin?" Seira offers.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Yes, that is true...and that wolf creature was so strong..." Amaryl colors and looks down. "Perhaps we could leave it to chance, if we cannot decide? Allow fortune and the Gods to choose?"
[19:59] <Demedais> "In other words, all three have issues, but all three will, ideally, leave us better off than previously. We seem to have shelved the wish as a concept. Thusly, it is between the staff and knowledge." A pause, before looking up. "How likely is it that we can find the knowledge of how to untangle this knot otherwise? Either of you two have an estimate?
01[20:00] <Seira> "It has to be tied to the Resort being here, and even if not, there are means of finding it out. Our friend here can't be the only one to know, after all."
[20:01] <Kotono> "Yes, but he's in our debt." Pollyanna crosses her arms here, glancing over her shoulder at him, "He's more trustworthy than most of the glamers and fey here. Maybe."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Pollyanna's right," Alicia agrees. "I think whatever knowledge we can use to get through this as cleanly and bloodlessly as possible is in our best interests. Our other methods of finding out how to end this binding are sketchy at best."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Since we're at an impasse, though, I'll let Tymora decide our fate," she reluctantly nods to Seira.
01[20:03] <Seira> "Am I the only one overlooking the fact that the promises of knowledge are paired with the statement that it may not make our job any easier?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "That's just a standard disclaimer," Marie waves that point off.
06[20:03] * Seira nods at Alicia. "Might as well. As it so happens, I have a coin with me."
06[20:03] * Demedais stalls Seira with a slight hand.
06[20:04] * Demedais nods after a second. "I think I favor knowledge, with the hopes that it gives us an edge in all the encounters to come. Pollyanna raises the biggest point: he's more trustworthy than most, and... while it's possible that removing the Fourth will end this, I'd like to make sure we have as much control as feasible over how it ends - because just removing the Resort might make everything go haywire, depending on the enchantment."
06[20:06] * Seira rolls her eyes. "Fine, but if he says the staff is the key to our destination or something I reserve the right to look at you sternly."
[20:06] <Demedais> "You can even reserve the right to hit me upside the head as I just glare at him." Demedais offers.
06[20:07] * Seira shrugs. "So it seems we really want you to tell us everything about this place," she tells their elven friend.
[20:08] <Kotono> "So be it," he says as the party turns back to him, "You seek the Fourth Resort...what of this place would you like to know of? Iw ill answer your questions to the best of my ability."
[20:08] <Alicia> "First tell us where it is?" Alicia starts off reasonably.
[20:09] <Kotono> "It lies deep in the Tower of Time. It is a nexus of time, where the Magus of Time waits. To journey to it is a long path, seeded with dangers and temptations to ensure that none ever reach it."
[20:09] <Alicia> "That tower over there?" Alicia points in the distance, seeking clarification.
[20:10] <Kotono> "Yes," The laughing man points to it as well. "Yonder you can see it, yet faraway it still is, even when you are close to it. Many trials wait for you between here and it."
01[20:11] <Seira> "How do we free the inhabitants without harming them, as what happened to a pixie we took out of here without knowing of the consequences?"
03[20:11] * ChanServ changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme (Kotono)'
[20:13] <Kotono> "As long as the Magus of Time lives, the time nexus will remain invincible. I believfe that to defeat him would aid. I believe...that the natural laws of time and space would reintegrate this place safely on hsi death. However, I am not certain. I am a being of time, yet the Magus of Time is beyond even my knowledge of time."
[20:14] <Alicia> "What do you know of this Magus, then?" Alicia asks.
[20:16] <Kotono> "The Magus is a heretic against existance itself, a twice-traitor that earned a repreive by aiding the man who defeated the God-King. He is the one that created my dual nature and set me in this place."
01[20:16] <Seira> "Nice," Seira comments. "Does he have a name? We might've heard of him."
[20:18] <Kotono> "He goes only by the Magus of Time, renouncing his old name and erasing it from time itself."
06[20:19] * Seira narrows her eyes. "This might be a slightly different question than the rest, but do you know what's happening to my friend?"
06[20:19] * Seira pats Lagann once more in an attempt to calm him down.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Your friend?" Looking at Seira, "I don't understand. Which one?"
01[20:20] <Seira> "I see. Would the Magus be a gnome?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "That is correct."
01[20:21] <Seira> "So that's what it's all about." Seira nods slowly. "We'll get him for you, Lagann. You have my word."
[20:21] <Alicia> "They're not nearly as extinct as you'd think," Marie notes.
[20:22] <Demedais> "Ah." Demedais says, before an amused glance to Marie.
[20:22] <Alicia> "What can you tell us of the trials between here and the tower?" Alicia asks. "Specifically how they can be avoided or passed without violence."
[20:24] <Kotono> "There are many. Let me start with those that cannot be avoided; for the path to the tower is somewhat morphic and uncontrollable. There is one set that cannot be avoided, for a fanatic fey serves the Magus of Time. He is known as the Lord of the Wild Hunt. In the moon sky he hunts his prey, sending his beasts to strike. He is the strongest servant of the Magus of Time. He and his servants are immune to mind magic and words both, unceasing in t
[20:24] <Kotono> He and his servants are immune to mind magic and words both, unceasing in their devotion to slay those that seek the Fourth Resort."
[20:25] <Demedais> "That guy." Demedais notes. "Yeah, we met him. The punk."
[20:25] <Alicia> "No, we met his dog!" Marie chimes in.
01[20:26] <Seira> "It's nice to know he is bad and can be set on fire."
[20:26] <Demedais> "No, we made meat of his dog. We saw and or met him, depending on your interpretation."
06[20:26] * Demedais rubs where the dog bit in idle frustration.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Oh, the illusion, you mean?" Marie asks. "Well, anyway, we'll probably need to use violence if they show up again."
06[20:27] * Demedais nods slightly.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Is anything or anyone else unavoidable as well?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Be wary of him, for he is a mighty fey of immense power. To underestimate him is to plummet into the void of death. His armor is like yours," He points at Alicia's breastplate, "Of the finest enchantment. His bow fires unerringly accurate, his halbert bursts of fire and speeds him greatly."
[20:30] <Alicia> "Sounds like a worthy foe, then," Alicia nods, waiting to hear what other unavoidable obstacles await.
[20:30] <Demedais> "What else cannot be avoided?" Demedais asks.
[20:30] <Kotono> "The others...on the way to the town, you will find many wild forest fey. Some will appear as comely mena nd women, offering you an eternity of happiness and bliss together. They will be yours forever, if only you swear off the Resort and the quest for it. Avoid them and do not anger them, for they know wrath. When you see groves such as this," Gesturing about, "These oaks are called treants. Many of them are designed simply to slay and stop t
[20:30] <Kotono> Many of them are designed simply to slay and stop those who penetrate that far. Be wary of them, but they fear and are vulnerable to fire." (More)
[20:33] <Kotono> "Pixies, as invisible as the air, wait to strike you down. Yet they are playful and usually controlled by a leader. Please them and you may be able to pass. Nymphs are about, nymphs of potent druidic power. Be wary of them, for they destroy the mind with beauty and the body with nature's fury. Yet they can be pleased and sated with the proper words and perhaps deterred. As for what cannot be avoided?" (More)
[20:33] <Kotono> As for what cannot be avoided?" (More)
[20:34] <Alicia> Both Alicia and Marie frown a bit as they recall their last experience involving nymphs.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Be wary of the fields in the night sky and the moonglow, for that is when the Beasts of the Hunt will strike. Be wary of the great ponds you may cross. Hostile spirits of water and time may reside in, and some may attack merely for passing, and others yet will wreck harm on you for looking in or touching the water. Once you reach the town..."
[20:38] <Alicia> "What's in the town?" Marie prods at the dramatic pause.
[20:39] <Kotono> "It is a city of time, a city of the past and future. Is it the defenses of the Tower of Time. I know less of this place. Be wary of those in it, for all there can control time. You must have your own masteries of time to proceed, for time flows at it's own pace there. IN places you will become faster or slower, time taking it's own choices. However, I know of a sanctuary. There is a building, with a sign that says, 'Of the New World.' Touch th
[20:39] <Kotono> There is a building, with a sign that says, 'Of the New World.' Touch the door and chant, "The flow runs below in the stream of time." A passage in that house will take you past a band of resistance." (More)
[20:44] <Kotono> "I know nothing of the Tower of Time. It's true perils are hidden from all by the Magus of Time. However...I can offer you one succor against it. Hidden in the city, in a Museum of Eternity, lies golden bracelets, like hourglasses woven into form. If you do not possess these in the tower, your time will rapidly run out, returning you to dust and the peace of eternity. To claim those bracelets, a powerful force of pure law and time must be feate
[20:45] <Kotono> To claim those bracelets, a powerful force of pure law and time must be feated, a Quarut. An Inevitable bound by the Magus of Time. To defeat it, you must strike it dead and then invoke the spell of slow on it's body, before it reverses time and restores it's destroyed body. Otherwise, time will reverse and it will fight forever, until you are laid low."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Better make sure we have that spell prepared before we enter the village, then," Alicia nods, glad of this information.
01[20:45] <Seira> "I have it," Seira says, nodding.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Is there any other information I can give you?" The laughing man asks then.
01[20:47] <Seira> "This is pretty much after the fact," she says slowly, "but there was this elf that appeared like my dead friends and ranted about time running out. What was up with that?"
[20:48] <Kotono> "He is a servant of the Magus of Time. I know not what orders the Magus gave to him...but the Magus is willing to do anything to stop those that wish to obtain the Fourth Resort."
[20:49] <Demedais> "I presume there are enough bracelets for our group, or that they will be able to affect us all?" Demedais muses.
[20:49] <Kotono> "I believe there will be enough," The laughing man says.
01[20:50] <Seira> "I don't suppose you would know of some weakness the Magus has that we could exploit?"
[20:52] <Kotono> "The Magus is a heretic that probed into a field forbidden to all. To disturb time is to invite oblivion from Quaruts and the forces that ensure time continues it's eternal flow. That he survived speaks to his power, and that he commands a fell creatures such as the Lord of the Wild Hunt. If he has a weakness..." A shake of it's head, "I know none. He is the final and greatest trial before the Fourth Resort."
[20:52] <Kotono> trial before the Fourth Resort."
[20:53] <Alicia> "Well if we can't beat him we have no chance against the other foes that lie ahead," Alicia muses. "So all we can do is try."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Pretty much. Let's go, then?"
06[20:53] * Alicia has no further questions. "Thank you for your assistance," she nods to the elf, continuing on towards the tower in the distance.
06[20:54] * Seira blinks. "Actually. Teleportation doesn't work here, right? So how does the Hunt guy appears and disappears like he does?"
06[20:54] * Demedais thinks for a moment, before stopping Alicia slightly. "I have one question as well, thinking on it."
[20:55] <Alicia> "That was an illusion," Alicia tells Seira. "I couldn't detect him at all with blindsight."
01[20:55] <Seira> "Figures."
[20:55] <Kotono> "The woman is correct," The laughing man says.
[20:56] <Kotono> "What is your question," The laughing man asks Demedais.
[20:56] <Demedais> "One final question, then we'll be out of your hair; are there any stable points on the way that you know of that could be used as a resting point?" Demedais asks, before looking to the others. "Optimally we don't need it, but I
[20:56] <Demedais> "Optimally we don't need it, but I'd rather know and not have to use it than not know and need it."
[20:57] <Kotono> "No. It is a great gamble...Of the New World will be the safest of places, but even that may not be absolute."
[20:58] <Demedais> "Understood." Demedais knows. "Then I can think of nothing further. Fare thee well."
[20:58] <Kotono> "Travel well the stream of time," The laughing man says, as the party walks away! OOC - Ready to move along now?
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: Yes!
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[20:59] <Demedais> OOC: NO STOP HOLD I- wait no yeah I'm fine let's go.
[21:00] <Kotono> Another ten minutes of walking. You come to a few hills in the woods, climbing up and down them steadily. You pass these wtihout incident, another half hour of walking. You then come to fairly thick woods, hard travelling but not impossible. (More.)
[21:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:01] <Demedais> "Whistling a fair ways feet ahead. Cheerful. Possibly the pixies?" Demedais notes.
06[21:02] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold while Marie goes to hover protectively near Amaryl.
01[21:02] <Seira> "If we must," Seira mutters with a sigh.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Something," Rubbing the back of her neck, "After we get past them, can we take a short break? My feet are starting to ache," Amaryl murmurs. "We've been going at it quite a while now."
[21:03] <Alicia> "I don't mind, we can stop for lunch," Alicia agrees.
06[21:03] * Demedais shrugs. "Alternately we have lunch with the pixies, though that might devolve into a nightmare so actually let's not do that."
[21:03] <Kotono> "Just like a stroll in the forest of unhinged time," Pollyanna quips as she starts to walk, "Watch out for time skipping ahead or two faced creatures or homicidal giant wolves."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Oh!" Amaryl's face brightens at that, "If they're friendly, t hat could be so much fun!"
06[21:04] * Seira blanches, and throws a glare at Demedais.
[21:04] <Alicia> "They make nice jam," Alicia comments with a smile, really not getting the antipathy everyone else has for such lovable beings.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Really?" Pollyanna glances over at Alicia. "Some fresh jam would be nice," With a twitching smile she looks at Seira. "Of course, that assumes they're friendly."
06[21:05] * Demedais deliberately does not look Seira's way, a small smile on his face.
[21:07] <Kotono> Thus the party advances on! Soon they see a little creature sitting on a low hanging tree branche, 20 feet above the ground. It's a little pixie in a nice pink dress, whistling a merry tune. It's 100 feet away when spotted. It's kicked back, with it's hands behind it's head.
06[21:08] * Alicia can't 'see' further than thirty feet, so relies on the party to deal with this while she's on guard for anyone sneaking up on them.
06[21:08] * Demedais waits until it seems to notice them before waving a bit to it and saying cheerfully, "Nice tune."
01[21:08] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets the pixie, stepping up. It and its friends already know of their arrival, after all. "What Demedais said."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Oh, hi there!" The pixie waves as Seira gets closer (70 feet away, say?), "Looking for something out here? You look lost!"
01[21:10] <Seira> "We were thinking of having lunch. Would you like to join us?" Seira looks straight at the visible pixie, though she glances at the others from the corner of her eye. "Your friends are welcome as well."
[21:12] <Kotono> "Oh, did you bring food? A picnic?" Looking to Demedais briefly, "And thanks, I like that son...hey!" Whipping her head around, "What gives? Girls, did you screw up?"
01[21:12] <Seira> "No, but you just did," Seira points out, smiling disarmingly at the pixie.
01[21:12] <Seira> "For what it's worth, our food is great! Don't be like that, come and join us!"
[21:13] <Demedais> "What's the tune called?" Demedais asks out of curiousity.
06[21:13] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold since it sounds like things are progressing peacefully enough.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Oh...how did you...?!" Staring at Seira and stamping her foot, "You're tricky! You're not supposed to be coming this way! Go back!" Though the pixie's stomach does rumble aloud at that.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Oh, alright then." Seira gestures at Demedais. "We won't try to proceed. We'll just set up a picnic blanket right here and have lunch. That's fine, right?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "But we're here to be friends, not fight," Amaryl steps forward with Seira. "See?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "Pixie War March," she says indignantly, then, "Well...I suppose that's alright. As long as you don't goa head any more!"
06[21:15] * Seira doesn't react to the pixies mooning themselves at her, or actually show her irritation with the childish behavior. "No, this spot is fine."
06[21:16] * Demedais shrugs affably, shifting the bag off and looking through for a blanket with a slightly amused grin at Seira. "Pixie War March? Jaunty enough for that, sure. Most human versions are more... what's the term I'm looking for, here..."
01[21:16] <Seira> "Loud."
[21:16] <Alicia> "Repetitive," Marie fills in, wrinkling her nose as she thinks of some of Alicia's favourite songs.
[21:16] <Kotono> "Bloodthirsty?" Pollyanna goes to sit against a tree nearby.
[21:16] <Demedais> "Overbearing."
06[21:17] * Seira snorts, and helps Demedais set up the food.
06[21:17] * Demedais then fishes out the blanket from the tent set and spreads it out, letting Seira help with the food.
[21:17] <Kotono> As the party sets up a lunch of stored foods, the lead pixie sniffs and drifts closer, slowly. "Ooooh, that smells good..."
06[21:18] * Alicia starts to hum as she picks up on Marie's comment, earning a glare from her familiar. Opening up her portable hole, she takes out some of the nicer food she's procured from Marie's new business establishment for a treat. "It tastes even better."
01[21:18] <Seira> "I do wonder whether you'll leave our hosts anything, Demedais, if they decide to join in too late," Seira muses, looking at the male paladin speculatively.
06[21:19] * Demedais glances up at Seira. "I'd worry more about Marie eating all the leftover food, personally."
01[21:19] <Seira> "I would worry more about her hearing that."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Are you kidding?" Marie replies incredulously. "A single grape and I'm stuffed! Look at the size of me!"
[21:20] <Alicia> "I could make you big so you can eat a proper meal?" Alicia offers to her familiar, who blushes and declines.
[21:21] <Demedais> "Yeah, and then hungry a minute later due to how quickly you burn it off. I know how it works." Demedais comments amusedly. "Though it is good food - this is from the place you guys started running, if I remember correctly?"
[21:21] <Kotono> The pixie comes a little closer, sniffing the air more. "Oooooh...ooooh...htat does look good...oooh, you wouldn't eat it all, would you?"
01[21:22] <Seira> "I make no promises. That way, I tell no lies," Seira says solemnly.
[21:22] <Alicia> "Only the finest ingredients!" Marie brags proudly.
06[21:23] * Demedais shakes his head. "Better than the temple's gruel by leagues, assuredly."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Ooooh..." The pixie hesitates a little more, before flying over! "You can share some, right," it asks, landing besides Seira and Demedais.
01[21:24] <Seira> "It's only proper," Seira agrees. "Just you, then?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Do you have anything to offer in return?" Marie asks. "I hear pixies make great jam!"
[21:24] <Demedais> "Mmm, I don't know." Demedais shakes his head. "Rude to me, to ask for food and leave friends waiting."
[21:24] <Alicia> "Marie, that's like saying all humans make great bread just because you met one that was a baker," Alicia briefly remonstrates her familiar.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Well..." Shuffling it's feet, "Ooooh...well...maybe?" Looking hopefully at Demedais, "Pleaaaaaase?"
01[21:29] <Seira> "I think it's alright," Seira tells Demedais. "The invitation is standing, so they could come later. If there's anything left."
[21:31] <Demedais> "If." Demedais says, shrugging. "I'm not pleased with it, I must confess, but if you wish to permit this behavior, then very well."
01[21:32] <Seira> "I don't believe any leader would just shortchange their subordinates like that, so I'll trust our new friend."
[21:33] <Kotono> A moment later, several more pixies appear around the blanket and party. One says, "Oh, can we have some," it says with wide eyes up at Demedais, another doing the same to Seira, a third on Alicia.
06[21:33] * Seira merely gestures at the blanket. "The more, the merrier, or so the saying goes!"
[21:34] <Kotono> "Yay!" The pixies file on, save for the one looking up at Alicia. She blinks and stares, "Um...could you...lean your head down and forward a little," she asks.
06[21:34] * Demedais nods, more pleased by this. "Go ahead, then." Demedais is notably eating little, simply enjoying the time with the group.
06[21:35] * Alicia eyes the pixie suspiciously but does as asked. "I feel like I'm being cheated on..." Marie whispers, stricken.
[21:35] <Kotono> The first pixie goes to sit right in Seira's lap, grabbing a bit of food. "Ooooh, this does taste good!" Amaryl giggles at all of this, as Pollyanna simply starts to eat at a rapid, hungry pace.
[21:35] <Kotono> "That head..." She mutters. "Can I...sit on it?"
06[21:36] * Alicia sighs. "Why not? Everyone your size does, it seems."
[21:36] <Kotono> "You know," Pollyanna says between bites, lowering her voice to lean in and whisper at Demedais, "They're like children, sort of."
06[21:36] * Seira chokes at the question, but decides to just eat at a sedate pace herself and go over her list of researched spells for her inner peace of mind.
[21:36] <Alicia> Marie bites fiercely on a handkerchief.
[21:37] <Kotono> The pixie flies and hops on, grinning. "Oh, what a perfect head! It's just the right size and shape!" she says, as the meal goes on. Amaryl continues to giggle and laugh, face alighting red.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Just please try not to get any crumbs in my hair?" Alicia asks, trying to ignore her familiar's theatrics.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais nods slightly, face having turned impassive after a slight smile at Pollyanna.
[21:38] <Kotono> "You know..." Keeping her own voice low, "IF we have daughters..."
[21:38] <Kotono> The pixie doesn't seem to be getting too many in Alicia's hair, though she does send a little look at Marie, the hints of a smirk there as she sits happily.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Say, Alicia," Amaryl says after laughing and taking a few bites of food, "I see Marie doing the same thing on your head. Why's that?"
[21:39] <Demedais> "They'll sit on Alicia's head?" Demedais returns, keeping his voice low - though possibly not low enough for Alicia to miss the comment.
[21:40] <Alicia> "I don't know... every pixie and coure I've met has wanted to spend time there," Alicia mutters embarrassedly. "They say it's nice."
01[21:40] <Seira> "I... don't know what to say."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Maybe Alicia has a good head?" Amaryl shrugs to Seira, "It's cute."
[21:41] <Alicia> "It helps with master/familiar bonding!" Marie exclaims. "I don't know what her excuse is!" she adds with an accusatory gesture at the pixie currently residing atop Alicia.
06[21:41] * Seira examines it critically from her spot. "I suppose."
[21:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna laughs at that, a little louder than she should. "No. I mean that we could take them on picnics out in the fields."
[21:41] <Demedais> "Oh, sure, that'd work too."
[21:42] <Kotono> "It's warm and comfortable," EAting down a large grape before lying back on Alicia's head and hair, "Are you jealous already, mini-pixie?"
[21:42] <Kotono> "I don't see the appeal of it," Amaryl continues on, "But I'm not a pixie, either."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Please, Marie. There's no need to make a scene," Alicia tries to calm her familiar down.
[21:43] <Alicia> "You'd understand if you had my perspective," the eladrin tells Amaryl, ignoring the cruel taunts sent her way.
[21:44] <Kotono> The other pixies have eaten a fair bit quickly, slowing down and looking contented. One even lies down against Demedais' leg, cast taking in Amaryl. "You don't have that bad a head, either," she says around a little burp. "Aaah, a nice meal always makes me sleepy."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Maybe this is one of the ways in which fey and outsiders think that mortals can't comprehend?" Alicia suggests.
06[21:45] * Seira is left speechless, and just a bit creeped out, by the topic and decides to just avoid it altogether.
[21:45] <Kotono> Giggling at that loudly, Amaryl nods. "It must be! They train all the little pixie fey and the eladrin in head-rating and appreciation?"
[21:46] <Kotono> "Yeah, I'm a little tired," The pixie in Seira's lap lies down a little, smothering her own yawn in it's hand. "Nothing like an after lunch nap."
06[21:47] * Alicia keeps quiet, deciding it best to let the pixies fall asleep so they can move on peacefully.
06[21:47] * Demedais seems content to let the pixies fall asleep before he makes any other motions, holding Pollyanna's hand as he waits.
[21:47] <Kotono> Soon enough, the fey are all asleep, even the one on Alicia's head. They're snoozing quietly, innocent and defenseless.
06[21:48] * Seira decides to engage in a bit sleight of hand to move the pixie in her lap to a more comfortable spot on the blanket.
06[21:48] * Demedais gently moves the one on his leg onto the blanket, resisting the impulse to do something cruel to them while they sleep.
06[21:49] * Alicia tilts her head and carefully slides the pixie off of it and onto her cupped hands, whereupon she lowers her onto the grass below. "Looks like we're clear," she whispers.
[21:49] <Demedais> "Let's leave the blanket for them, they seem to enjoy it." Demedais notes amusedly.
[21:49] <Kotono> Amaryl quietly stands, getting her things together with little noise.
06[21:50] * Seira thought as much, and agrees with a silent nod, gathering her own things and heading off. Being able to spot invisible beings should help, if there's more of them who managed to resist the lure of food.
[21:50] <Alicia> Marie quietly glares at Alicia's head as the paladin gets up and resumes her journey.
[21:51] <Kotono> Thus the party continues on. They walk another half hour without incident when it happens again. There is another shudder of night, an endless feeling of time off, everything wrong. Then...it is night in the forest once more. Darkness once again enshrouds the party!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
06[21:52] * Alicia promptly casts mirror image and pulls down her blindfold, while Marie turns incorporeal and takes position near Amaryl.
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
01[21:52] <Seira> "So this is the part where we have been waylaid by enemies," Seira murmurs, copying Alicia.
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[21:53] <Kotono> Drawing bows, Amaryl and Pollyanna waste no time getting ready. The latter says, "It's coming again? Ugh. We'll have to be careful."
06[21:53] * Demedais draws his sword and blesses it with light again, before nodding. "Let's go, though - no use standing here waiting."
01[21:54] <Seira> Her own sword is drawn. "So what now? Would it be his horse?"
06[21:54] * Alicia draws Hell Striker, its flaming blades providing some illumination for the others, coupled with the glow of holy light that Alicia herself gives off. "Just keep going, yes, our foe will reveal itself shortly if things occur like last time."
06[21:55] * Seira has no problem following such a plan!
[21:55] <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais nods, advancing with an open eye and ear!
[21:55] <Kotono> The party walks for five minutes. They find a path ahead here, the forest narrowing into an impassiably thickness once more. Only a five foot wide dirt trail provides any path ahead at all.
06[21:56] * Alicia steps off the path to the left, able to negotiate the forest more easily than anyone else.
06[21:56] * Demedais takes the lead in this, keeping lookout and letting Alicia stay alongside him and keep an eye out for invisible foes.
[21:56] <Alicia> She does quell her blade's flames, though, to prevent accidental forest fires.
06[21:57] * Seira decides to try and fly ten feet above Demedais, in case the conditions allow for this.
[22:00] <Kotono> For now, the conditions allow it! The party advaces on for another five minutes! They come to a narrowing, everything coming together tight. Ahead is a 120 foot long chasim in the earth. The gap is thirty feet wide, with shear cliffs and thick forest on either side again. Only a five foot wide bridge allows once to cross. Further, the tree canopy arcs down sharply here, ending a mere ten feet above the ground level - making flying over the chas
[22:00] <Kotono> ending a mere ten feet above the ground level - making flying over the chasm possible, albiet difficult and not with any height.
[22:00] <Kotono> The bridge is made out of sturdy looking wood slats. It doesn't creak or move with a breeze or anything.
[22:01] <Alicia> As they reach the bridge, Marie sends some dancing lights down the chasm to light up whatever is beneath.
[22:01] <Demedais> "I think it's time I take my armor off." Demedais comments wryly. "Unless you want me to use the ring to cross on one of the sides? It might be faster."
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[22:02] <Kotono> The chasm looks to go down a very long way. There's no bottom in sight.
06[22:03] * Demedais slips off the ring of protection and puts on the ring of feather fall just to make sure on this anyway.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Best not fall," Marie notes at seeing no bottom, before she floats across to the other side.
01[22:05] <Seira> "Before we cross, how about dealing with that wolf?" Seira asks, flying to within thirty feet of the wolf to get into optimum range, before tossing an orb of sound at it!
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: As you get closer it's going to take action, so I'm just going to call for initiative here.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 24." [1d20=17]
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[22:06] <Kotono> Marie meanwhile crosses safely to the other side!
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 8." [1d20=7]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
03[22:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hount of the Hunt(24)=Marie>Amaryl(20)>Polly(19)>Alicia(18)=Seira>Demedais(8)'
[22:08] <Kotono> With frightening agility the Hound runs out of the woods, becoming visible to all! It strides over the air as if it was solid ground, going right at the approaching Seira, going to bite her hard!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA)
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) this one has cleave
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) this one has cleave and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 6." [1d7=6]
[22:10] <Kotono> With a charge it tears into two Seiras, decapitating two mirror images with speedy haste! Thereafter is retreats back, 50 feet back from the edge of the chasm and 20 feet away from Seira! It stands in midair, as if gravity has no dominion over it! OOC - Marie.
[22:10] <Alicia> Marie blasts it with a set of magic missiles before flying over towards the other two archers!
01[22:10] <Seira> "That's cheating!" Seira exclaims, pointing the Resort at it.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=3, 4, 3, 1, 1]
[22:11] <Kotono> The magic missiles slam into the Hound, barely even catching it's attention! Drawing quickly, Amaryl steps close to the edge of the ravine and lets volleys of arrows fly!
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[22:13] <Kotono> Amaryl's arrows fly, one of themany arrows inflicting a minor wound to the Hound's paw! It doesn't seem to notice those any more than the others, either! OOC - Polly.
[22:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna meanwhile follows suit, more arrows flying!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 18." [1d8=5][1d6=2]
[22:14] <Kotono> Out of her own volley, one flaming arrow gets the back leg of the Hound, burning away the fur around it as it embeds in! But yet, the wounds seem to mean nothing! OOC - Alicia.
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: - Seira too. Hm, let's pause here, actually.
01[22:14] <Seira> "Let's flank it together!" Seira calls over to Alicia, prepared to fly and take the beast in a pincer attack.
[20:03] <Kotono> > Out of her own volley, one flaming arrow gets the back leg of the Hound, burning away the fur around it as it embeds in! But yet, the wounds seem to mean nothing! OOC - Alicia.
[20:03] <Kotono> > OOC: - Seira too. Hm, let's pause here, actually.
[20:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "Let's flank it together!" Seira calls over to Alicia, prepared to fly and take the beast in a pincer attack.
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: To refresh, it's 50 feet away from the edge and twenty feet from Seira.
[20:04] <Alicia> Hearing the sounds of combat but unable to tell what's going on thanks to her blindfold, Alicia flips it up and quickly surveys the situation. Since she can't reach the creature as is, she begins to cast Fly while stepping closer to Demedais, so if it spring attacks one of them it will have to fear reprisals from the other.
05[20:04] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:04] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.114.105) has joined #dunes
03[20:04] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
06[20:05] * Seira charges the hound in the meantime!
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: It has reach and gets an AoO on you, bear in midn.
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on. Attack.
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 charge~
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 charge~ and gets 39." [1d20=19]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 crit?
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 crit? and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Crit. Man.
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 9d8+27
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+27 and gets 65." [9d8=2, 7, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2, 4, 8]
[20:09] <Kotono> Swooping in, and spinning past a snarling bite, Seira stabs the Hound right in the chest! It's a solid hit and a deep wound, but one that only seems to madden it further! OOC - Deme.
06[20:13] * Demedais catches Alicia's intent and braces as well for an attack!
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: The hound is up.
[20:14] <Kotono> As Demedais braces, the beast howls to the moon high above! OOC: Will saves, all. Fear/mind affecting. Deme's immune.
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20=4
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=4 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=14]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 A
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 A and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 M
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 M and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:17] <Kotono> The howl inspires a primal terror within all, only Demedais, Alicia and Marie able to resist it! As that happens, the Hound rears and snaps at Seira!
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) and gets 49." [1d20=16]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave crit?
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave crit? and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 2." [1d5=2]
[20:18] <Kotono> After that, the beast springs back and away from Seira! It flies 40 feet to the left, over the bridge and to the edge of the other side of the chasm! OOC - Marie.
01[20:18] <Seira> "Any time now!" Seira calls over, eyeing the beast warily.
[20:18] <Alicia> Marie turns corporeal so she can start shooting arrows, since this could take some time.
[20:19] <Kotono> "Gaaaah..." Shaking all over, Amaryl looks to Seira. Taking a deep breath and with shaking hands, she readies more arrows! OOC: Also, Polly is within range of Deme's aura and isn't shaken. Dur.
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: You can also AoO, Seira.
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:21] <Kotono> Seira takes a swipe as the beast flees, but her blade misses, a shake to it driving it off balance! Meanwhile, Pollyanna leans towards Demedais, taking long breaths. "Oh, not this time," she mutters, grip on her bow like iron as she readies more shots! OOC - Marie?
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: Marie already went?
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur. Amaryl.
[20:23] <Kotono> Even with every shake going i her body, Amaryl fires enough arrows to resemble a flying blanket of wood and metal going for the Hound!
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 crit 1
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 crit 1 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 crit 2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 crit 2 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=2, 5]
[20:24] <Kotono> Arrows fly, grazing wounds crossing and stabbing the wolf's body! At that, a second volley of arrows follows from Pollyanna!
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Kotono> None of these arrows land at all, flaming missiles plummeting into the pit below or landing ont he other side harmlessly! OOC - Alicia+Seira.
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: what's my distance to the dog?
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: 50 feet forward and 40 feet to the left of you now. So 90 feet in total.
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 11." [1d20=9]
06[20:27] * Seira knows that the effect was brought on by magic, but still can't quite stop her hand from shaking. She hesitates for a moment, waiting for Alicia to attack before committing herself again into melee with the hound.
06[20:28] * Alicia takes to the air and rushes the dog, flitting through its guard and slashing her flaming blade at its head!
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa, charge
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa, charge and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa, charge crit check
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa, charge crit check and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 2d8+2d6+42
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+2d6+42 and gets 55." [2d8=3, 2][2d6=2, 6]
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: erk, axe one of those d6s
[20:29] <Alicia> OOC: so 49
[20:29] <Kotono> Alicia charges right in, narrowly missing it's head! She gets the side of it's neck instead, carving deep, cautrizing wounds with burning fire a second after! Only little sprays of blood come, smoking, cooking flesh ripped out! OOC - SEirA?
06[20:29] * Seira needs no further encouragement to rejoin close quarters combat!
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 charge~
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 charge~ and gets 36." [1d20=16]
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 28." [3d8=8, 3, 8]
[20:30] <Kotono> Seira manages to land another wound as well, scrapping and slicing through it's flesh! OOC - Deme.
06[20:32] * Demedais shrugs at seeing the battle go so far distant from him, not inclined to drop his own guard and let the wolf tear into his comrades behind him as he continues looking around cautiously!
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hound is up.
[20:33] <Kotono> The hound snaps and snarls at the both of them! Striking at many Seiras and Alicias, finding not the real one, it flies past them! OOC - You two can AoO it.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 sure!
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 sure! and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: That's actually a miss, you two. It has mobility.
[20:34] <Kotono> With unusual speed it zips past both of the quick attacks, charging right for the cliffside! It's coming right at Demedais and company! OOC: Deme, are you going to take yoru held action as it approaches?
[20:36] <Demedais> OOC: Moving to make sure I'm between it and the archer ladies, Law Devotion since it's got attack rolls of rape and will hit me anyway, Prot. Dev is useless here.
03[20:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hount of the Hunt(24)=Marie=Demedais>Amaryl(20)>Polly(19)>Alicia(18)=Seira'
[20:37] <Kotono> Interposing himself, Demedais takes the brunt of it's attack, it's fury turned onto him!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA, +2 charge)
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA, +2 charge) and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:37] <Demedais> OOC: ... Ironically enough, 33.
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6+32+10d6
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+32+10d6 and gets 72." [2d6=6, 2][10d6=1, 4, 2, 6, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6, 4]
[20:40] <Kotono> The bite is horrific! Demedais finds his vision swimming and tinting red as his stomach and entrails are bitten into like a soft doughnut! The beast has superhuman strength and ability, his innards shredded by each bite! "Demedaaais!" Pollyanna calls, as Amaryl hesitates a moment, firing more arrows as she steps back!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[20:40] <Demedais> "Just kill it!" Demedais curses.
[20:40] <Kotono> A storm of arrows go flying, none hitting the beast! Pollyanna growls low in her throat, repeating the same action! "Got it!" she calls!
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2d6+22
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2d6+22 and gets 34." [2d8=5, 4][2d6=1, 2]
[20:42] <Kotono> More flaming arrows poke into it's stomach and ribs, burning in there even as the beast continues to roar utter defiance! OOC - Alicia and Seira.
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Also, just go haea dnad go now, Marie. Sorry, my fault.
[20:42] <Alicia> Marie hears Demedais's words and goes all out, launching a storm of arrows at the bad dog! Alas she's bad at hitting stuff in melee, but she tries!
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 13." [1d4=3][1d6=5][1d4=2]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Which die is the electric damage?
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: d6
[20:44] <Kotono> A burst of shocking, screaming arrows follow up by the little eladrin archer! The shocking part doesn't seem to do much to it's flesh, but the screaming wound still draws out more blood from it's flank! OOC: Alicia+Seira doubleteam.
06[20:44] * Seira doesn't waste any time! Though it's scary to keep chasing a dog capable of doing such damage to someone like Demedais, the thought of it targetting Amaryl next makes Seira's charge after it the obvious choice!
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 die
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 die and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[20:45] <Kotono> Seira charges in, flanking it, and yet her blade narrowly misses! The cursed shaking in her hands is just enough to deter her blade from sinking into the rear of the Hound!
06[20:45] * Alicia follows Seira, attempting to stab viciously into the beast's hindquarters with all the vengeance a dog-hating paladin can muster!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa charge
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa charge and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1d6+21
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1d6+21 and gets 34." [1d8=8][1d6=5]
[20:46] <Kotono> Stabbing into it's flank, Alicia manages a solid blow! The beast is surrounded on two sides now, flanked and baused, bloodied! But nonetheless...OOC: Beast, Deme and Marie are up. Go ahead and resolve first, you two.
[20:47] <Alicia> Marie shoots some more, trying to cover Demedais' defence!
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: +2 dodge for Deme
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: No hits, it's AC is back to normal after the charge. Deme?
06[20:49] * Demedais grimaces and tries to cut the damnable thing down to size, a prayer to Helm sharply uttered as he does so!
06[20:50] * Demedais grimaces and tries to cut the damnable thing down to size, a prayer to Helm sharply uttered as he does so!
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: You're flanking with me
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[20:51] <Demedais> OOC: ...Right, so +2 to all. Sheesh.
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Crit check on the last hit. You have keen, right?
[20:52] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, hold on
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check pt. 2 punk
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check pt. 2 punk and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: One crit and two normal hits.
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 8d6+48 die now thanks.
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 8d6+48 die now thanks. and gets 68." [8d6=2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 5]
[20:53] <Kotono> The beast is shredded and maimed! Demedais cuts into it, even as it snaps at him in revenge!
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA) at least no precision damage, thankfully
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) at least no precision damage, thankfully and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[20:54] <Kotono> Somehow, Demedais swings his sword around one more time! Even as blood pours down his stomacha nd legs, he has the Hound bite futilely into the steel of his sword and not his maimed, weakening flesh! OOC - Archers.
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[20:55] <Kotono> AS the wolf is caught, surrounded, more arrows fly! Somehow none of them hit, a storm of fury sailing by everyone! OOC: Alicia+Seira.
01[20:56] <Seira> Finally! It stopped fleeing at last! That's all Seira needs!
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 hmm?
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 hmm? and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 6d8+18+10d6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+18+10d6 and gets 84." [6d8=7, 6, 4, 6, 7, 3][10d6=6, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3]
[20:57] <Kotono> Slicing and stabbing into the Hound, Seira sees it's body slump! It howls once more to the moon, then collapses, tumbling down the side of the cliff and the chasm, plummeting away! OOC - Free act.
06[20:58] * Demedais raises a hand to himself and heals. "You know, I swear this isn't as effective as it used to be." he mutters as he heals. OOC: 28 HP healing
06[20:59] * Seira looks mournfully after the falling dog.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Or you can just take more punishment," Alicia replies, eyeing his gouged armour dubiously and stepping closer to bestow her own healing on him.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 12d4+12
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+12 and gets 42." [12d4=2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4]
[20:59] <Kotono> "Deme!" Pollyanna reaches into her backpack, "Hold on, I have some potions if you need them, too."
[20:59] <Demedais> "Possible, but it still just feels like the normal spells aren't enough anymore." Demedais mutters, leaning against a tree.
01[20:59] <Seira> "Heal isn't that far off, right?"
[21:00] <Demedais> "Hopefully not."
[21:00] <Alicia> "Conversely the normal spells don't hurt as much anymore either?" Alicia suggests, floating back over the chasm. "Anyway, everyone feel up to braving the bridge?"
06[21:01] * Seira snorts. "I think I'll fly over, myself." She does just that, intending to stand guard at the other side.
[21:01] <Kotono> Seira flies over without incident, nothing of note happening as she reaches the other side.
[21:02] <Kotono> "You want these?" Pollyanna asks, withdrawing three clay, capped bottles. "You still look drained."
06[21:02] * Alicia waits near the bridge so she can help anyone if they have trouble crossing, while Marie flies over to join Seira.
[21:02] <Kotono> Amaryl takes a long breath, before starting to slowly walk over the bridge as well. She looks to either side as she does, "I can't even see the bottom. It much stretch deeply...or maybe even that it's forever, a bottomless pit?"
06[21:02] * Demedais eyes the bridge. "Give me a second." With that, he heals again. OOC: Sacrificing Discern Lies.
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 4d8+4
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+4 and gets 17." [4d8=3, 1, 3, 6]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:03] <Demedais> OOC: ...add 3, so 20.
[21:03] <Kotono> Demedais has his wounds heal! His stomach bite is gone, though the previous wounds linger and ache yet.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Well, it's over three hundred feet deep. Marie's dancing lights couldn't penetrate the bottom," Alicia offers, staying near Amaryl and ready to catch her if she slips.
06[21:04] * Demedais grunts. "I think I should probably take you up on one of those. Thanks, dear."
[21:04] <Kotono> Amaryl makes it over without incident as well. "A death sentence if you fall. If none of us could fly, we'd have to somehow fight off that beast and then cross...or try and cross it while defending ourselves. That sounds like suicide."
[21:04] <Kotono> After a moment, Pollyanna pushes two on Demedais. "Make it too. Just in case."
[21:04] <Kotono> *two
01[21:05] <Seira> "We could've taken it down with ranged attacks, and defending like Demedais had. It would've just taken us longer."
06[21:05] * Demedais takes once and drinks it first, waiting to see how well it works before taking the other.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: They're potions of cure serious wounds.
[21:05] <Alicia> "But who could live not being able to fly, though?" Marie asks innocently as she flutters around the group.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: 3d8+5
01[21:05] <Seira> "It is a sad life," Seira mutters, recalling some unpleasant memories.
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 3d8+5
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+5 and gets 13." [3d8=2, 3, 3]
[21:06] <Kotono> "Oh, I don't know," Pollyanna sends a long glare at Marie. "We make due somehow."
06[21:06] * Demedais nods slightly and accepts the second at this.
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 3d8+5 woo bad rolls
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+5 woo bad rolls and gets 20." [3d8=6, 6, 3]
[21:07] <Alicia> "My feet hurt if I have to walk for more than a few minutes," the eladrin goes on blithely. "I don't know how you people manage."
01[21:07] <Seira> "Guts?"
06[21:07] * Demedais nods to Pollyanna slightly. "Go ahead and cross. I'll follow once you're there."
[21:07] <Kotono> Demedais feels better now, his wounds mostly mended. Pollyanna turns back to Marie, "You know, maybe Alicia should teach you humility. Say Alicia, can you instruct Marie to walk for awhile?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "Seems easier than flapping your wings like a demented butterfly," Alicia shrugs as she waits for the other two to cross.
[21:07] <Kotono> At that, Pollyanna goes to cross! It goes without incident.
06[21:08] * Demedais follows once Pollyanna's across.
[21:08] <Alicia> "I sometimes turn her into forms without wings," Alicia tells Pollyanna. "She mostly complains about being big and awkward more than the walking."
[21:08] <Kotono> Demedais crosses without incident! The party is now across the bridge, the path ahead leading back into the thick woods.
06[21:08] * Demedais keeps his sword out for the light as the group advances.
06[21:08] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold and resumes the previous marching order.
06[21:09] * Seira sticks near the back of their group, as before.
[21:10] <Kotono> The party walks for a half hour down this winding path. At the end of this time, reality ripples, is wrong, everything is wrong. It is now day again, the horrible night vanquished by the diluted sun that comes in an instant of being. Ahead, the forest looks to continue it's packed ways, a very narrow path ahead still.
06[21:11] * Demedais shakes his head. "This place is somewhat maddening."
01[21:11] <Seira> "It's disturbing that once upon a time, someone thought a place this wrong could be necessary, even if to protect the Resort," Seira agrees.
[21:12] <Kotono> "It makes you think, doesn't it?" Pollyanna stretches out, rubbing her arms. "Assuming we started in the morning...by time flowed, I want to say it's somewhere in the early afternoon now? A little later, maybe?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "Whatever happened to just tossing it in a volcano?" Alicia agrees, lifting her blindfold back up.
01[21:12] <Seira> "That would make for an epic tale!"
[21:12] <Demedais> "I have no interest in swimming in a volcano to try and find the thing." Demedais notes.
[21:13] <Alicia> "Well, it's definitely been less than fifteen hours, since my sword enhancement hasn't worn off," Alicia supplies. "Keeping track of that spell was how I was able to tell the time when I was on the astral plane - it's even worse than here for your internal clock."
[21:14] <Kotono> "Still, let's keep going," Pollyanna picks up her own pace, "Why don't you tell us about the Astral Plane to pass the walking, Alicia?"
06[21:14] * Demedais nods slightly.
[21:15] <Alicia> "By all means," Alicia agreeably spins a tale of a bleak expanse of silvery nothingness, punctuated with encounters involving gregarious dragons propositioning her familiar, and assaulting vast demonic fortresses of unholy slime riddled with horrific disease.
[21:17] <Kotono> Another 90 minutes of walking pass. At last you come to an end to the path, the forest thinning out slightly again. Ahead you can see the distant tower and town...and yet, they seem even closer this time! As you observe this, you notice something ahead. There is a forest cabin here, a large one. It's just a little off to the side, a sign hanging above the door witht he following: "Tired? Hungry? Half dead? INN."
[21:17] <Kotono> following: "Tired? Hungry? Half dead? INN."
06[21:18] * Seira rolls her eyes. "Let's just get past it quietly and hope no one tries to seduce Demedais again."
[21:18] <Kotono> "More fey," Amaryl asks aloud. "This has to be another trick?"
[21:18] <Alicia> "I think the elves probably assumed only men would care about getting the resort?" Marie hazards in response to Seira.
06[21:19] * Demedais looks around at the inn and surroundings to make sure there's no lurking ambush...
[21:19] <Alicia> "Well, we did just eat not long ago, I'm not particularly tired, and we're well healed from our battles," Alicia takes stock. "No reason for us to stop, then."
01[21:19] <Seira> "I don't know whether to be insulted or relieved."
[21:19] <Kotono> "You know...first off, that has to be a trap, secondly, if I were being this through, I'd have strapping male fey sooner or later as well."
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
[21:23] <Kotono> You walk another half hour, the time passing and your feet getting more work. At this moment...OOC: More.
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[21:26] <Kotono> At this moment the forest continues on. The walking is long, with no end yet in sight. AT least no danger is obviously nearby.
[21:28] <Demedais> "This is getting immensely stupid. We have no signs that we're really getting any closer, and there's just been incident after incident." Demedais remarks bitterly as he pauses in his tracks. "At this point, I'm seriously thinking heading back's the best option."
06[21:29] * Seira laughs.
[21:29] <Alicia> "Don't be silly," Alicia tells him. "It clearly looks closer than it did when we started, and it's only been a few hours. What sort of attitude is that?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Demedais..." Blinkign at that, "Maybe we should take a break to rest then? Maybe you're tired and it's getting to you?"
01[21:30] <Seira> "Yeah, stop putting us on," Seira says, wiping away a stray tear.
[21:32] <Demedais> "I'd seriously rather just go back." Demedais shakes his head. "We have no proof that distances are not being manipulated along with time in this place - it'd explain why teleportation doesn't work, after all. And the distances we've traveled don't match what we're seeing."
01[21:32] <Seira> "It's totally a test," Seira tells him. "Once the big bad time master or whatever runs out of evil puppies, we'll get to hear him rant about his unending duty and how we are no match for him. You'll see!"
[21:33] <Alicia> "They probably are, but it's a bit early to be quitting," Alicia tells him. "We'll get there in the end, I'm sure."
[21:33] <Kotono> "I don't know...he has a point. If they wanted to hide this so badly, why not make it impossible to reach?" Pollyanna bows her head at that. "An endless loop that's a tease that can never be realized?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "Didn't that fey tell us that it can, in fact, be reached? You guys thought he was trustworthy, right?"
[21:35] <Alicia> "And if it was as impossible as you say, why bother with any other defences? Why lure people to stay and not proceed? Why send horrible dogs to eat them?" Alicia challenges.
[21:35] <Kotono> "That's right. Besides, we pass through a night and then it looks like we're closer." Amaryl nods to both of them. "It could be what you say, but...I doubt it. They wouldn't have left those portal keys to even reach this realm if they wanted that."
[21:36] <Demedais> "At least by direct aggression, yes." Demedais agrees with Pollyanna. "And he himself said he didn't know the extent of this place. It may very well have been possible before the time person corrupted this place farther." To Alicia, "I'd presume to kill people for their folly in seeking it."
[21:36] <Alicia> "The woman promising you an eternity of happiness and bliss didn't seem particularly murderous," Marie points out.
01[21:36] <Seira> "Then how do you know you'll be able to make it back?" Seira reasons. "You'll need to pass through this same creepy landscape on your way. If it's a trap, you can't really escape by now."
[21:37] <Demedais> "Presumably you can make an infinite or near-infinite distance to travel but still count back from 3 to 0 on it." Demedais shrugs.
[21:09] <Kotono> <Seira> "Didn't that fey tell us that it can, in fact, be reached? You guys thought he was trustworthy, right?"
[21:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "And if it was as impossible as you say, why bother with any other defences? Why lure people to stay and not proceed? Why send horrible dogs to eat them?" Alicia challenges.
[21:09] <Kotono> > "That's right. Besides, we pass through a night and then it looks like we're closer." Amaryl nods to both of them. "It could be what you say, but...I doubt it. They wouldn't have left those portal keys to even reach this realm if they wanted that."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "At least by direct aggression, yes." Demedais agrees with Pollyanna. "And he himself said he didn't know the extent of this place. It may very well have been possible before the time person corrupted this place farther." To Alicia, "I'd presume to kill people for their folly in seeking it."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The woman promising you an eternity of happiness and bliss didn't seem particularly murderous," Marie points out.
[21:09] <Kotono> <Seira> "Then how do you know you'll be able to make it back?" Seira reasons. "You'll need to pass through this same creepy landscape on your way. If it's a trap, you can't really escape by now."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Presumably you can make an infinite or near-infinite distance to travel but still count back from 3 to 0 on it." Demedais shrugs.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d5
05[21:09] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:09] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.114.105) has joined #dunes
03[21:09] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[21:10] <Kotono> "I don't know..." Looking down and away again, "If this is so important, I have to believe that there's a chance we'll succeed."
[21:12] <Alicia> "We've seen absolutely nothing so far to indicate that we can't," Alicia says as if that's all there is to it. "I don't know where all this defeatist talk is coming from when we've barely spent five hours here, if even that."
01[21:12] <Seira> Seira's expression suddenly changes. "Alright. I think I get what Demedais is talking about. If we proceed time itself is destroyed. It's as simple as that. Therefore, we must not proceed."
06[21:13] * Alicia blinks and turns to stare at Seira. "... what?"
[21:13] <Alicia> "What?" her familiar mimics.
[21:13] <Kotono> "We-what, Seira?" Cocking her head towards her curiously now, Pollyanna frowns. "I get that this could be a loop, but time destroyed. Say what?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "I will also stop you all with everything I have if you go on without me," Seira adds, frowning herself.
[21:14] <Kotono> "What?" Amaryl mimcks as well. "Whaaat? Seira...? Weren't you disagreeing with that just a..."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Marie," Alicia speaks up. "Be a sweetie and check if our friend Seira is under an enchantment?"
[21:14] <Alicia> Marie dutifully checks!
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Detect magic?
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: yes
01[21:15] <Seira> "That's ridiculous!" Seira exclaims. "What I say makes perfect sense, and I won't let you use dirty magical tricks on me to make me think otherwise! The trees here can't be lying!"
[21:15] <Alicia> "Yes! Demedais, too!" Marie replies, ducking behind Alicia, who nods slowly.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Alright," the paladin raises her hand slowly, speaking in a soothing tone, "I'm going to cast dispel magic. I'm not going to hurt you. Will you stand still and let me cast it?"
01[21:16] <Seira> "What am I, an idiot? You'll just use a suggestion so we could proceed foolishly!"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Seira," Amaryl gently touches Seira's arm, "Can we talk?"
[21:17] <Alicia> "You're not an idiot," Alicia shakes her head. "That's why you'll be able to tell what spell I use, from the verbal and somatic components. As a wizard it should be easy for you to tell."
06[21:17] * Demedais looks to Seira askance, clearly getting confused himself. "Violence isn't needed here, Seira. And... you forget, she wouldn't lie. She's just making sure that we're talking straight with them."
[21:17] <Demedais> "Once this is done we can get out of here, no worries."
06[21:17] * Seira eyes Demedais and Alicia warily, before nodding to Amaryl. "Sure."
[21:18] <Alicia> Since Seira seems the most dangerous at the moment, she gets dispelled first. "Weave of magic, be unbound by my command!" she targets the half-dragon/half-elf!
[21:18] <Kotono> "Just relax, alright? Trust me, okay? Trust me that I'm going to trust Alicia for you, so you let her cast that spell? The trees won't mind." Giving her best, warm look to Seira, "Please?"
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks at all of this, shaking her head, "More tricks," she mutters, then looks askance to Demedais.
06[21:19] * Seira allows the spell to proceed, and tilts her head.
[21:20] <Kotono> Casting dispel magic, Marie can see that the enchantment around Seira shatters!
[21:20] <Alicia> Marie gives Alicia a thumbs up!
01[21:21] <Seira> "If a tree is sentient and you set it on fire, are you a bad person?" Seira asks out loud.
06[21:21] * Demedais glances over in confusion, before looking back to Seira, waiting for her agreement again before heading back.
[21:21] <Kotono> "Is it an evil tree?" Amaryl asks right after.
[21:21] <Demedais> "...what?" Demedais asks, blinking. "That's not..."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Only in self defence," Alicia tells her. "Which tree did this to you?" she then eyes the surrounding foliage suspiciously.
06[21:22] * Seira snaps her fingers. "Evil trees! Right! Messing with my mind like that counts as evil, so let's set this part of the forest on fire?"
06[21:23] * Seira takes a deep breath.
[21:23] <Alicia> "The fire might spread and burn innocents!" Marie protests. "Lets just find the bad tree and explain where it went wrong?"
06[21:23] * Demedais holds his head. "This is clearly getting out of hand. Can we just leave now?"
[21:23] <Alicia> "No," Alicia turns to Demedais. "You've been enchanted as well, so I'm going to dispel you, too. Will you let me?"
[21:23] <Kotono> With another look at Demedais, "Deme," Pollyanna walks in front of him. "Listen to Alicia. There's magic going on and you have to trust us."
[21:24] <Demedais> A brief twitch crosses Demedais's face. "Sure, you can try. Should only prove my point, though."
01[21:24] <Seira> "Hey, evil trees!" Seira calls out loudly, a thin cloud of smoke trailing from her lips. "Leave us alone right now, or you'll all burn!"
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[21:25] <Kotono> Nothing seems to happen to Seira's words.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Fell enchantment, cease your clouding of this man's mind!" Alicia calls.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[21:26] <Kotono> Alicia summons the dispellation magic once more! However, this time the magic does not fade away!
[21:26] <Alicia> Marie shakes her head, causing Alicia to grimace. "What a waste of spells... one more time!" she then repeats her incantation.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
01[21:26] <Seira> "That wasn't an idle threat!" Seira exclaims, breathing at the foliage ahead.
[21:27] <Kotono> Yet again, the magic does not give! OOC: If you're using your breath weapon, Seira, roll damage?
01[21:27] <Seira> toll 6d8 flames~
[21:27] <Alicia> "They're not enchanting anyone else! They believe you!" Marie protests quickly.
06[21:27] * Demedais looks to Alicia. "Now do you believe me?"
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 6d8
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 and gets 36." [6d8=6, 3, 7, 8, 7, 5]
[21:28] <Alicia> "This is getting out of hand..." Alicia looks rather displeased. "Once more! With feeling!"
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[21:29] <Kotono> As the party talks, Seira breathes ahead! The cone of fire blows out, setting a cone of the forest aflame! Smoke rises from her breath, as meanwhile Alicia cannot disrupt the magic around Demedais!
01[21:29] <Seira> "Last damn warning, evil trees!"
[21:29] <Alicia> Marie winces at the fiery devastation, quickly giving Alicia a shake of her head to confirm a lack of success.
[21:30] <Kotono> "Seira, calm down a little," Amaryl murmurs, "Wait a moment, alright? Nothing else seems to be happening, and if the fire starts spreading quickly, we could be in trouble too."
06[21:30] * Demedais blinks.
06[21:31] * Alicia grumbles under her breath. "Things are just getting worse and worse... if it doesn't work this time I give up." Breathing deeply to centre herself. "Stubborn magic, go away! This is really not a good day!"
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
06[21:31] * Demedais looks to Seira, then to everyone else.
06[21:31] * Seira douses the edges of the fire with conjured up water. "Sure, I can always use more fire later."
[21:32] <Kotono> "You can rhyme, Alicia?" Pollyanna looks to her, "You were a poet and you didn't even know it?"
01[21:32] <Seira> "Don't quit your day job. No offense."
[21:32] <Kotono> "Now what, Deme?" Polly turns her attention thim. "Still want to go?"
[21:32] <Alicia> "It was a trick I learned when I was first starting, to make it easier to focus... haven't needed to use it in a long time," Alicia mutters, cheeks tinting red.
06[21:33] * Demedais opens his mouth, before closing it again, before suddenly turning stony-faced. "I have suddenly lost any interest in saving this forest that I might have had." With that, he marches onward coldly.
[21:33] <Alicia> "It worked!" Marie cheers. "Although I wish you people would appreciate nature a bit more. They're only doing their job, and making Alicia waste spells and rhyme badly is better than attacking us."
[21:33] <Kotono> Pollyanna hurries along at his side. "Let's just keep going and geta way from this part of the woods, before anything else happens."
01[21:33] <Seira> "It's not all bad!" Seira calls after Demedais.
[21:34] <Alicia> "You won't say that if we all die in the next battle because I run out of spells," Alicia tells her familiar as she follows the others.
06[21:34] * Demedais gives Seira a long look as he moves ahead.
[21:34] <Kotono> "Nature is important, but nature only has a limited dominion here," Amaryl looks about, "What does nature mean in a place where time and reality twist at a moment's whim?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "Well okay most of it was, so far. But not all!"
[21:34] <Alicia> "That's what you learned to use a sword for!" the eladrin protests, alighting on her head.
01[21:35] <Seira> "Yeah, plus evil trees using evil mind control? That's just not natural!"
[21:37] <Kotono> Another hour of walking. The party travels along sparse woodsf or a time, relatively easy passage. Slowly things thicken up again, another hour of harder travel passing. It is then the party comes on something of note. Ahead, far ahead, but not as far as the town and tower, is a bright gleaming light.
01[21:37] <Seira> "It's a trap."
01[21:38] <Seira> "I just felt like saying that. It's probably even true."
[21:38] <Kotono> "I hate to agree with a snap judgment, but Seira's probably right," Pollyanna grimaces at that, putting a hand above her eyes as she squints. "Can anyone tell what that light's coming from?"
[21:38] <Demedais> "Likely so, yes." Demedais says. "Marie, if I start acting odd again, sit on my helmet." With that, he peers out toward the light!
[21:38] <Alicia> "Hee hee!" Marie giggles and blushes.
06[21:39] * Seira giggles herself.
[21:39] <Alicia> "It's always a trap," Alicia says, ignoring any weirdness from her familiar. "But is it an inconvenient one or a deadly one?"
[21:39] <Kotono> Pollyanna groans out loud, "Aren't we more than blushing sixteen year olds," she mutters. OOC: Spot check, Deme?
[21:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:40] <Demedais> "...that looks annoyingly foreboding." Demedais grunts, before glancing to Marie and Seira with mild confusion.
[21:41] <Demedais> "Seira, Lagann may get a chance to enjoy himself ahead."
01[21:41] <Seira> "What does?" Seira asks, serious once more.
[21:41] <Demedais> "It's as big as a hill and as shiny as metal." Demedais replies.
[21:42] <Demedais> "What it is, no clue. Not from this distance. I'll keep an eye on it."
01[21:42] <Seira> "Sounds like fun. Wanna go check it out?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "I hope it's not another silver dragon," Alicia mutters under her breath. "But it's in our way, so we'll have to deal with it one way or the other."
[21:43] <Demedais> "Let's just keep going, as Alicia said." Demedais nods." "We'll run into it soon enough anyway."
[21:43] <Kotono> Thus the party advances on! To most, it appears to be some great light in the distance. But after ten minutes of walking...(More, PM to deme.)
[21:45] <Demedais> "It's...a shining hill." Demedais frowns. "Only about fifteen or so minutes away, presuming distance and time are working right here. How odd."
01[21:46] <Seira> "If it's made of metal, wanna eat it, Lagann?"
[21:46] <Demedais> "I don't think it is... but it gleams like it does. Sheesh."
[21:47] <Alicia> "Probably better to walk around it than climb over it, all things considered," Alicia suggests.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Agreed, if we can manage it."
[21:49] <Kotono> The party advances closer! The light becomes stronger, dazzling! You're about 500 feet away now...the party can see a hill ahead. A hill with faint trees, hidden by bright, gleaming light. The entire hill shines like the sun. OOC: All of you are dazzled, as per SRD and paste in #elysium in a moment. Make listen checks, all?
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
06[21:53] * Demedais mutters under his breath. "More nonsense." he hisses. "Must be another group of faeries or something."
[21:53] <Kotono> Shielding her eyes with her hand, "I can hear it...singing?" Amaryl grimaces as her eyes narrow to a tiny squint. "I think I hear singing."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Me too!" Marie agrees, turning incorporeal while Alicia squints ahead.
06[21:55] * Seira adjusts her shades, wincing. "So this walking around it thing, let's give it a try now?"
[21:55] <Alicia> "It sounds nice, but it's probably a trick," Marie opines sadly.
[21:57] <Demedais> "It sounds annoying as hell, and it's certainly a trick, just like every other bloody thing here. The only question is which way gets us through with the least expenditure of effort." Demedais bites off. "For now I'm in agreement, let's try going around."
[21:58] <Kotono> Thus, the party starts to walk around the hill! It's hard going with dazzled eyes, the light from the hill painful and long-reaching. As the heroes stumble along...OOC: Make a spot check, all. -1 since you're all dazzled.
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 kay
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 A
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 kay and gets 35." [1d20=10]
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 M
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 M and gets 17." [1d20=12]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[22:01] <Kotono> "There's something..." "Watch out...!" Pollyanna and Amaryl say at once!
06[22:01] * Demedais stops the group, peering at the bush closely.
06[22:02] * Alicia promptly pulls her blindfold down.
06[22:02] * Seira draws her sword, holding it before her defensively. "I see it too, I think," she agrees, keeping an eye on it.
06[22:02] * Demedais then looks to Pollyanna and Amaryl with amusement, sword ready as he waits for whatever's in there!
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: You guys spotted it just before bad shit happened. I'll call initiative here then
[22:02] <Kotono> .
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 polly
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 4." [1d20=3]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 polly and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 14." [1d20=7]
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 20." [1d20=13]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 15." [1d20=8]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 19." [1d20=12]
03[22:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(22)>????1(20)>????2=Amaryl(19)>Seira(17)>????2(15)>Alicia(14)>Marie(13)>Demedais(4)'
[22:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna readies her own bow, holding for a moment! "Trouble..." She mutters, squinting her eyes into twin slits of color. OOC: She's holding pending having a shot/something happening.
[22:06] <Alicia> "Pixies, they don't look in the mood to talk," Alicia volunteers, tensing.
[22:07] <Kotono> As Amaryl gets her own bow ready, a stream of arrows comes flying from nothing at all!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Pollyanna
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Pollyanna and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 vs Alicia
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 vs Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 24 flat footed
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: You're not flatfooted, Alicia.
[22:08] <Demedais> OOC: 32
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 29, then
[22:08] <Kotono> The arrows whizz by in a storm! None hit, the projectiles flying! "Invisible!" Pollyanna calls, as her and Amaryl send a storm of arrows at the spot the arorws come from at the same time!
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=????1(20)>????2=Amaryl(19)>Seira(17)>????2(15)>Alicia(14)>Marie(13)>Demedais(4)'
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Er, just Polly. Dur-hur.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 75." [1d100=75]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22+2d6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22+2d6 and gets 32." [2d8=4, 3][2d6=2, 1]
[22:10] <Kotono> A storm of flaming arrows fly! As the land at the spot fired, you hear a little girly, "OWWWW!" come from the location! Yet a moment later, more arrows come flying from a spot nearby the first!
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Amaryl
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Amaryl and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie crit?
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie crit? and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Er wait, is Marie still ethereal?
[22:11] <Alicia> OOC: she is
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Strike that target then.
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 3." [1d5=3]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Seira then.
01[22:12] <Seira> OOC: 22 flat-footed
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Pollyanna
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Pollyanna and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Amaryl
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Amaryl and gets 23." [1d6=4][5d6=3, 6, 5, 1, 4]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Seira
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Seira and gets 21." [1d6=6][5d6=5, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Polly
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Polly and gets 17." [1d6=5][5d6=2, 2, 4, 2, 2]
[22:13] <Kotono> At the same time, as the arrows fly, Amaryl lets her own shots fly at the firing pixie!
06[22:13] * Seira curses, calling out, "Wait on me, Amaryl!"
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:15] <Kotono> The arrows fly again, a pincushion made around the other invisible firing pixie! Yet all three women are wounded! Seira is grazed across the neck, Polly getting an arrow in the leg! Amaryl takes one in the stomach, on the outside but still a deep, painful wound! OOC: Seira.
06[22:16] * Seira gestures at the invisible pixies, calling for faerie fire to illuminate the pair of them with a bright violet glow!
[22:17] <Kotono> Faerie Fire illuminates the two firing pixies with a violet glow! So outlined, they are shown and vulnerable! Yet a second later, a third fires from the other side of the first!
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Seira
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Seira and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 vs Alicia
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 vs Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
01[22:18] <Seira> "Damn, missed one," Seira curses, clutching at her neck.
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: Still 22
[22:18] <Alicia> OOC: 29
[22:18] <Demedais> AC: 32 still
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: And yes, CL, Seira. Sorry, I forgot FF allowed SR.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and -2 str Seira
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and -2 str Seira and gets 28." [1d6=2][5d6=5, 5, 6, 4, 6]
[22:19] <Kotono> As more arrows fly, they bounce off the steel Alicia and Demedais wear! Seira isn't so lucky, an arrow right in her elbow again! OOC - Alicia.
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[22:21] <Alicia> "Back off if you know what's good for you!" Alicia barks at the pixies as she stalks towards the one in the middle and clouts it in the back of the head with the flat of her blade!
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -2pa -4 nonlethal divine might
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -2pa -4 nonlethal divine might and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+1d6
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+1d6 and gets 27." [1d8=1][1d6=1]
[22:22] <Alicia> "Marie, faerie fire to my left, and protect Amaryl!" she then calls back to her familiar.
[22:22] <Kotono> Alicia strikes true, vision beyond vision unimpeded as she clobbers the pixie hard! It staggers and groans, glaring up daggers at Alicia! "Or what?" it challenges back, all while rubbing it's head! OOC: Marie.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Got it!" Marie hovers protectively near Amaryl and illuminates the last pixie in a lambent purple glow.
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[22:23] <Kotono> The last pixie is also faerie fired successfully, illuminated as Marie protects Amaryl! OOC - Deme.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Or they'll kill you you little idiots!" Alicia replies hotly.
[22:23] <Demedais> "Or -I- kill you." Demedais growls loudly, glaring at the faerie fire outlines.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Trying to intimidate, Deme?
[22:24] <Demedais> OOC: Not yet.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, carry on then.
[22:26] <Demedais> With this, he quickly bumrushes the second point of light to fire, aiming to slam into it viciously with the flat of his blade! "For next time I swing, I'll move to kill you runts!"
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (-4 PA, -4 non-lethal, +2 Haste, +2 charge)
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (-4 PA, -4 non-lethal, +2 Haste, +2 charge) and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[22:27] <Kotono> Demedais charges! He swings hard, too hard! His blade slams into the ground between the two pixies, jus tmissing! OOC - Polly and the first pixie are up.
[22:28] <Kotono> Pollyanna fires at the first pixie again, letting off a snapping volley of arrows!
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 2d8+20+2d6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+20+2d6 and gets 36." [2d8=7, 3][2d6=4, 2]
[22:29] <Kotono> As the pixie is riddled with arrows again, Alicia able to see it slumping in dazed pain, it flies up! "Tsch, they can see us and illuminate us! Retreat!" it calls! OOC: You can AoO it if you want since you're in range, Alicia.
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: if it uses the withdraw action it won't provoke an AoO. Is it running/moving once so it can shoot?
[22:30] <Demedais> "Retreat and burn!" Demedais replies violently!
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: It looks like it's outright fleeing upwards and away.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 if it provokes, sure. -2pa -4 nonlethal
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 if it provokes, sure. -2pa -4 nonlethal and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:31] <Kotono> Alicia swings as it flees, but her blade misses entirely! The second one does the same, flying up. "See ya!" it calls, as Amaryl grits her teeth and holds her fire a moment. "Let them go?" she asks in clipped words. "Or fire?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "And don't come back!" Alicia yells as they flee.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, you're up then. You can act if you please.
06[22:32] * Seira scowls. "Let them go," she says nonetheless, as the pixies retreat.
[22:32] <Kotono> The last pixie retreats upa s well! OOC: Deme, are you going to do anything to snipe at them as they flee, or let them goa s well?
06[22:33] * Demedais seems immensely disapproving, but shrugs. "They'll just come back fully healed and attack again." With that, he goes to heal Seira of the weariness the arrows delivered!
[22:33] <Demedais> roll 1d4
06[22:33] * Seira points at the fleeing pixies. "If I see either of you again, I will make you beg for death for hours on end!"
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 FEAR
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 FEAR and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
06[22:33] * Demedais grunts and casts again.
[22:34] <Demedais> roll 1d4 let's not saul please
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 let's not saul please and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:34] <Kotono> The pixies flee with all due haste, as Demedais tends to Seira. "Ow..." Pollyanna grimaces. "Of course. An ambush using invisible foes when we're already hobbled with all that light. It makes too much sense."
06[22:35] * Seira helps Amaryl with her wound the first chance she gets, before all else.
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=2, 2, 8]
[22:36] <Kotono> The wound is mended, Amaryl sighing in relief. "I have potions and a wand if anyone needs it," Amaryl speaks up. "Seira? Pollyanna?"
[22:36] <Alicia> "Lets just keep moving before anyone else works up the nerve to attack us?" Alicia suggests, lifting up her blindfold and starting onwards.
01[22:36] <Seira> "We should leave the immediate area first, yes," Seira agrees.
[22:36] <Demedais> "See the light, get shot by the light. Wish I could say it didn't make sense." Demedais mutters under his breath, before stepping back and shaking his head. "I don't have any more uses of strength restoration today, aside from an emergency one. So let's keep going for now, yes." With that he nods to Pollyanna and the rest, before moving ahead.
[22:38] <Kotono> Thus the party moves on again! They wrap safely around the hill, reaching the other side! Fromt here they advance onward! Twenty minutes of walking, leaving all of that behind. "Tired," Amaryl smothers a yawn in her hand, "Will we need to camp in the woods if this keeps going?"
01[22:39] <Seira> "I bet we'll make it to the inn," Seira responds. "Though this is as good a place as any to rest a bit and recover. Let's try that wand of yours?"
06[22:40] * Demedais shrugs at this, doing a quick look ahead, paused for the moment.
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Spot, Deme?
[22:40] <Kotono> "Who needs it," she asks, fishing it out of her backpack.
[22:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:40] <Alicia> "I think taking our chances in the woods is probably better than staying at a dubious inn," Alicia puts in her thoughts.
01[22:41] <Seira> "Start with Pollyanna?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Right," Amaryl takes it and gets tow ork!
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[22:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna's wounds are mended! "What about you, Seira? Demedais, are you still hurting? Alicia?"
01[22:42] <Seira> "Sure, I'll be next!"
[22:42] <Alicia> "I'm fine," Alicia smiles briefly. "Only got bitten by that first dog, and Demedais healed me then."
[22:42] <Demedais> "I'm fine right now. Thank you, though." Demedais shrugs, looking ahead still.
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 4." [1d8=3]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 8." [1d8=7]
[22:43] <Kotono> Seira's wounds are healed as well! Putting the wand away, "Okay then, we'll keep going?"
06[22:43] * Demedais blinks, holding a hand out to stall for a moment. "Is it just me or is it getting colder?"
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Deme's line, that is.
06[22:44] * Demedais nods briefly to Amaryl and the rest. "Let's."
01[22:45] <Seira> "I think we should, yes," Seira agrees. "I'd feel better with resting more after we've met another of those dogs, really."
[22:45] <Demedais> "Fair." Demedais nods. "And from all indications we'll run into one again."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Or maybe their master!" Marie suggests brightly.
01[22:46] <Seira> "Ah, there's that optimism again!"
[22:47] <Kotono> Another fourty minutes of travel passes! The forest thickens again, becoming difficult to cross. The shining hill is long behind you now when...it happen.s Time is wrong. Everything is wrong. Night becomes day in an instant, the sun banished into the curse of the dark night. Yet, the moonlight filtering in through the trees seems stronger this time, brighter. It covers everything with a radiance Selune would be proud of, a faint, washed out sil
[22:47] <Kotono> It covers everything with a radiance Selune would be proud of, a faint, washed out silver over everything.
[22:48] <Alicia> "The stronger moon... I bet this means we will see the master of the hunt, after all," Alicia suggests warily, casting mirror image.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 8." [1d4=3]
06[22:49] * Seira touches Amaryl and Pollyanna's shoulders, imbuing them with the Blur spell. "Just as a precaution," she says, agreeing with Alicia's words.
[22:49] <Kotono> "That means we're really getting closer!" Amaryl smiles despite it all. "Let's hurry then."
06[22:49] * Alicia also heals herself fully, wanting to be in top condition for this.
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: Blur on me and Amaryl, then
[22:51] <Kotono> The party walks on for a minute or two. It's not long until the forest becomes incredibly thick once more. There is a path ahead, a path lined by ancient, crumbling stone pillars. They glow with moonlight-silver runes, a pair of pillars every twenty feet along the path or so.
06[22:52] * Alicia draws her sword and advances cautiously, while Marie hangs back near the archers.
06[22:53] * Seira proceeds after Alicia, sword likewise drawn.
06[22:53] * Demedais grumbles. "Obvious enough?" Sword out, he advances as well with Alicia, looking around cautiously.
[22:54] <Kotono> Ahead, the party sees a large clearing at the end of the path. It glows incredibly bright. As they approach it, they can see that the canopy parts there. Pure moonlight filters in from a huge, endless moon fixiated in the sky above. The sky is endless and starless, eternal besides the orb of the moon within it. As the party approaches, howling can be heard from far away.
[22:55] <Kotono> Pillars litter the perimeter of the clearing, many broken or half collapsed. A few remain intact, reaching 15 feet tall. On the other side, a path ahead aways. You can see something past it, the town and tower. They seem...close. Very close.
06[22:55] * Alicia steps fully into the clearing and pauses there for a moment, as this seems the perfect spot for a battle.
06[22:56] * Seira decides to imbue herself with draconic might in preparation of the confrontation, casting Shield afterwards. Even though there's a chance it won't do any good or even waste the spells, she'd still prefer to be adequately prepared!
06[22:56] * Demedais prepares his law devotion, before looking around for the source of the howling.
[22:57] <Kotono> From the vast moon above, a teardrop of moonlight falls! From faraway, a horn can be heard blowing! Standing in the center of the clearing, 50 feet away from the party, is another hound of the hunt! A voice calls, "Let the hunt begin in earnest!" It's voice is beautiful and alien to you, punctuated by the howling of the Hound! OOC - Initiative.
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 kay
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 kay and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Hound
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 25." [1d20=18]
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Hound and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 23." [1d20=17]
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 18." [1d20=7]
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[22:59] <Kotono> The Hound raises it's head to the moon and howls! Moonlight cascades down from above, splitting into many Hounds at once!
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 and gets 7." [1d4=1]
03[22:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 7 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:00] <Kotono> The new herd of Hounds sprints forward, going right for Demedais and biting down hard!
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:00] <Demedais> OOC: Irony strikes again. 33, didn't buff AC.
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 2d6+50
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+50 and gets 56." [2d6=2, 4]
[23:01] <Kotono> The wolf bites fast and hard, a massive bite that glows with moonlight! It chomps hard into Demedais, before the wolf flees back 40 feet en masse! OOC - Pollyanan.
[23:02] <Kotono> "Get the hell away from him!" She says, firing a volley of arrows en masse at the images!
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 3." [1d8=3]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 4." [1d7=4]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
03[23:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:04] <Kotono> Arrows fly, images pierced! None are the true Hound, yet the number of images are reduced drastically! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:04] * Alicia hurls a barrage of magic missiles at the hound and its copies, stepping close to Demedais so they can cover each other from further spring attacks.
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 1 for each image and 1 for the real one
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 1 for each image and 1 for the real one and gets 5." [1d4=4]
03[23:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:05] <Kotono> The images of the hound vanish, leaving ony the real one! The missile that hits it does negiligable damage, but the true threat is now exposed! Just in time for Amaryl to fire a vast volley of arrows at it!
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 24." [1d20=20]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 10." [1d20=6]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 crit
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 crit and gets 20." [1d20=16]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[23:06] <Kotono> The arrow strikes! This time, however, ti's flesh seems stougher! The arrow bounces off, unable to penetrate into it's body! OOC - Seira.
06[23:07] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's power to fly over Demedais and the Hound, hoving on the beast's other side in brief inaction, before striking at it!
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Hound has reach on you and can AoO, by the by. Tumbling?
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 yes
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 yes and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 (flanking, flight, overall +1 to hit from str adjustments)
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 (flanking, flight, overall +1 to hit from str adjustments) and gets 40." [1d20=18]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Flanking with who?
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: No one's close, it fell back 40 after biting Deme.
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Anyway, wht are your modified to hit numbers?
01[23:10] <Seira> OOC: I misunderstood. Well, since it's over Travel range, I'll just have charged, then?
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: Since Travel would only give me 30ft
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, but that means only a single attack then.
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 30." [3d8=8, 6, 7]
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: Alas
[23:12] <Kotono> Seira stabs into the flank of the beast, moving fast and true! She finds it hard to wound, the REsort's metal having difficulty wounding the powerful beast of a creature! OOC - Deme.
06[23:15] * Demedais grunts at the hit, before gesturing into the air! "Helm, grant me your might...!" OOC: In order, Haste effect triggered, Divine Power cast, Kensai Chargeup used.
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC" Marie?
[23:16] <Alicia> Marie hesitates in case the dog conjures more images, ready to shoot them with magic missiles if it does.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: holding
[23:17] <Kotono> The Hound howls to the sky again! More images come from the moonlit heavens!
[23:17] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 and gets 9." [1d4=3]
03[23:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 8 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Marie?
[23:17] <Alicia> And Marie shoots them down!
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d9
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8 and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 -4 images
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 -4 images and gets 5." [1d4=4]
03[23:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
03[23:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:19] <Kotono> Marie savages the images, as the Hound bites up at Seira in retort!
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA)
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d100 blur
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 blur and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 2d6+50
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+50 and gets 58." [2d6=4, 4]
[23:20] <Kotono> It chomps right into Seira, doing serious damage to her legs with several small bites all over! AS moonlight gleams from it's mouth, the beast holds it's position for now! OOC: Polly
[23:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna fires again, mowing off shots quickly!
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
01[23:20] <Seira> Seira's eyes narrow through the pain. That's one dead dog!
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
03[23:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 2 images=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:21] <Kotono> Arrows fly, reducing the images down further! OOC: Alicia.
[23:22] <Alicia> "The Moon's giving it power!" Alicia exclaims, feeling a bit stupid saying it since it's so obvious, but it'll help everyone understand her next move. "Snow rain, dance and swirl!" she calls, conjuring a massive snowstorm in the air above the clearing! None of the conjured ice touches the ground, but it blots out the sky above them, obscuring the moon from sight!
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: You're using sleet storm to cover the sky?
[23:23] <Alicia> OOC: sleet storm centred 40 feet high directly above the dog.
[23:23] <Kotono> The clearing becomes darker as the moonlight is blocke dby a raging sleet storm above! The moonlight in the Hound's mouth fades away into a dim glow! OOC: Amaryl is up.
[23:24] <Kotono> Amaryl keeps her arrows flying rapidly!
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 22." [1d20=18]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[23:25] <Kotono> Amaryl fires! The first arrows miss the Hound entirely, the third one finding the real one but not penetrating it's body! OOC: Seira.
01[23:26] <Seira> "Let's waste it, Lagann!" Seira calls out, waiting on her little buddy to strike the hound with his magical dagger before unleashing her own attacks.
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[23:26] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
01[23:26] <Seira> OOC: 1d3?
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: Nevermind, it didn't crack the AC anyway.
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 32." [1d20=10]
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d3
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 37." [3d8=3, 6, 1][5d6=4, 2, 5, 1, 6]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 34." [3d8=7, 7, 3][5d6=1, 1, 1, 3, 2]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 1d4+3+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+3+5d6 and gets 28." [1d4=3][5d6=3, 4, 4, 6, 5]
[23:30] <Kotono> Seira claws, stabs and bites into the beast! She deals fair damage to it overall, several wounds in it's front that draw blood! Yet it still seems rabidly alive, resisting the wounds with considerable endurance! OOC: DEme-Deme.
06[23:31] * Demedais charges rabidly into the dog's flank, aiming to split it apart with one massive blow as the strength courses through him!
[23:31] <Kotono> OOC: It does get an AoO on you. You okay with that?
[23:32] <Demedais> OOC: Guess so. Prot. Devotion goes up this turn so it's got a chance of missing!
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 PA, -6 moonlight)
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 PA, -6 moonlight) and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[23:33] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:33] <Demedais> OOC: 38!
[23:33] <Kotono> The beast snaps at Demedais quickly, but can't seem to muster enough power to strike as he charges in! OOC: Go Deme.
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+4 Divine Power +5 Strength buff +2 Haste +2 Charge +4 Law Dev -10 PA)
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+4 Divine Power +5 Strength buff +2 Haste +2 Charge +4 Law Dev -10 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:38] <Demedais> roll 2d6+39
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+39 and gets 48." [2d6=6, 3]
[23:39] <Kotono> Demedais charges in, stabbing the Hound right in the flank! He rips a wound in, his sword shifting as it changes to adapt to it's resistances! OOC: Hound is up.
[23:39] <Kotono> The hound howls again! Yet this time, nothing happens! It's remaining two images shift and dance, as it bites at Demedais!
[23:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight)
06[23:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) and gets 37." [1d20=6]
[23:40] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:40] <Demedais> OOC: Still 38!
[23:40] <Kotono> Demedais has the Fifth Resort surge forward, deflecting the wolf's jaw away by thumping it right in the jawline! OOC - Marie?
[23:40] <Demedais> "Hi, doggy."
[23:41] <Alicia> Marie doesn't really need to do much at this point, but she turns corporeal so she can shoot arrows later if need be.
[23:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna keeps arrows firing and the pressure on from safely away!
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 crit?
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 crit? and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
03[23:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:42] <Kotono> Savage burning arrows fly, ripping away the last two images and leaving the Hound's defenses breeched! OOC: Alicia.
[23:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 16." [1d20=6]
06[23:43] * Alicia finally enters melee, following after Demedais and hacking her flaming blade into the horrid dog's neck!
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -5 pa, charging, divine might
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -5 pa, charging, divine might and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[23:44] <Kotono> OOC: Tumbling?
[23:44] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[23:44] <Kotono> OOC: Also hit.
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d8+32+1d6
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+32+1d6 and gets 40." [1d8=2][1d6=6]
[23:45] <Kotono> Sprinting in, Alicia stabs into the shoulder of the beast! Not quite the aimed goal, but still a solid, heavy wound to it! Amaryl follows up with her own rain of arrows!
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 20." [1d20=16]
[23:45] <Kotono> Yet none land this time, many fired but none connecting! OOC: Seira.
01[23:46] <Seira> Even though her legs are in a pretty bad shape, all Seira can do is smile nastily as she prepares to avenge herself once more!
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 45." [3d8=8, 4, 8][5d6=1, 4, 5, 4, 2]
[23:46] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d6+3+5d6
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3+5d6 and gets 26." [1d6=4][5d6=4, 3, 2, 6, 4]
[23:47] <Kotono> Seira savages the flank of the hound, tearing and ripping into it's surrounded form, dealing more damage! OOC: Deme.
[23:48] <Demedais> "Cold iron blade, to soothe the feral heart... permanently." Demedais' eyes seem almost pure steel as he lays out a serious of complex strokes into the flesh of the beast, aiming to rip ribcage and sinews apart completely!
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=14]
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[23:49] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 8d6+48+16
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 8d6+48+16 and gets 90." [8d6=4, 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 2, 1]
[23:52] <Kotono> Demedais utterly tears into the Hound! It's flesh does not resist this blade, torn asunder from sinew to blood! The series of blows is voerwhelming, blood sent so high as to mix with the raging sleetstorm above! The wolf is mauled horribly, but snaps and survives, this time going for Alicia in desperation!
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight)
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 7." [1d9=7]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave and gets 34." [1d20=3]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 2
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 2 and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 7." [1d7=7]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 3
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 3 and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:53] <Alicia> OOC: 34
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25 and gets 32." [2d6=5, 2]
[23:53] <Kotono> This bite gets Alicia right on the hand! It's mauling and painful, but not nearly as bad as the bites before! OOC: Marie?
[23:54] <Alicia> Marie breaks out her cold iron arrows and fires into the melee! "I'll save you, Alicia!"
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[23:54] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 10." [1d4=4][1d6=2][1d4=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> Marie fires again! The cold iron arrow burrows in well to the flank of the beast, doing a little more harm onto it's bear sized body! OOC: Polly's up.
[23:55] <Kotono> More arrows come in support!
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10+1d6
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10+1d6 and gets 19." [1d8=8][1d6=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> The arrow slams in hard! It has trouble penetrating, but still manages a weak gash into it's side! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:56] * Alicia briefly shakes her hand and winces before tightening her grip around her blade and laying into the savage beast with a flurry of vicious slashes!
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:57] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 26. Ow.
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6 and gets 31." [1d8=8][1d6=4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4 and gets 10." [4d4=2, 4, 3, 1]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 37." [1d8=2][1d6=2][4d4=3, 4, 3, 4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 33." [1d8=2][1d6=1][4d4=4, 1, 3, 3]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 34." [1d8=6][1d6=2][4d4=1, 4, 1, 1]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 39." [1d8=8][1d6=5][4d4=1, 1, 2, 3]
[23:58] <Kotono> Alicia tears into the weakened beast, expanding on the savage wounds done by others! It's enough to rip it apart, it's body falling to the ground in burnt, torn hunks! It is so slain, the battle ending as the sleet storm rages above! OOC: Free act.
01[23:59] <Seira> "Wasn't this supposed to be the true hunt or some nonsense like that?" Seira calls out.
06[23:59] * Demedais nods, before looking around carefully, face still calm.
[23:59] <Alicia> It might be vanity, but Alicia did recently have all the scars on her body healed away, and has no desire to earn new ones. So she takes out her wand of cure light wounds and waves it over her wounded hand to heal the injury away.
[23:59] <Kotono> The clearing seems quiet otherwise...OOC: Spot?
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
Session Time: Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
01[00:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 sure
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 sure and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[00:00] <Kotono> "Got it!" Pollyanna trots up and brushes back her bangs. "Everyone okay?"
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Marie
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Marie and gets 10." [1d20=4]
06[00:01] * Alicia flexes her hand. It still hurts a bit, but the flesh is mended enough for her purposes. "Well enough. Want any healing, Seira? Demedais?"
[00:01] <Demedais> "Looks like we're alone again. Let's get going and get to the town?" Demedais says, healing himself as he waits for responses.
01[00:02] <Seira> "Might as well," Seira agrees. "Once the spell ends in a few minutes, I'd be in pretty horrible shape."
06[00:02] * Alicia uses a couple of charges on Seira.
[00:02] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 sacced Invis Purge
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 sacced Invis Purge and gets 23." [3d8=6, 3, 7]
[00:02] <Alicia> roll 2d8+2
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+2 and gets 14." [2d8=8, 4]
[00:03] <Alicia> "Pretty snow," Marie opines as she floats closer, glancing up. "Still, it's not much of a hunt to just throw dogs at the meat grinder like that, is it?"
[00:04] <Kotono> "Not really," Amaryl agrees, "But if these are just it's hounds and the true hunt is beginning, does that mean that it's going to get worse as we get closer?"
[00:04] <Demedais> "I don't care." Demedais shrugs. "Whatever he has, we'll aim to eliminate. All there is to it."
01[00:04] <Seira> "Their master must be a weakling that's all show," Seira says with a snort. "What an idiot."
01[00:04] <Seira> roll 2d8+10 more heals
06[00:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 more heals and gets 16." [2d8=5, 1]
[00:05] <Kotono> "We're probably not that lucky," Pollyanna looks to Seira there wearily. "Calling him an idiot is asking for us to underestimate someone dangerous."
[00:05] <Alicia> "One of these could tear apart a pack of Nessian Hell Hounds," Alicia comments, giving the corpse a nudge with her foot. "Their master is surely worse."
01[00:06] <Seira> "Maybe he's just really good at enchantment?"
06[00:06] * Demedais grumbles under his breath at this.
[00:06] <Alicia> "Anyway, lets keep moving? No sense lingering here," Alicia suggests, starting to move to the other side of the clearing.
06[00:07] * Demedais nods and follows, healing himself once more before the crossing is done.
[00:07] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 MCfromE sacked.
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 MCfromE sacked. and gets 31." [3d8=8, 8, 8]
[00:08] <Kotono> Thus the party advances onward! They pass onto the path once more! It is lined by more pillars, leading onward! They walk for 10 minutes...when everything seems to stretch. The path, reality, time, space. Everything is morphic for a stomach churning moment! Then! (More)
[00:12] <Kotono> You stand at the end of a vast, incomprehensible forest. Behind you it stretches on forever, endlessly. But ahead of you, ahead of you! A city waits ahead, a city of tall towers and buildings. The buildings are of made of trees often, made of trees that tick-tock. A melody of tick-toccing can be heard, a maddening, enlightening sound like a chorus of blessed souls. For each tree is riddled with mechanical component, as if Mechanus itself lived
[00:12] <Kotono> For each tree is riddled with mechanical component, as if Mechanus itself lived here. Gears and time, each tree-building a clock! The city is surrounded by a 10 foot high wall, a golden gate of wrought silver waiting to be opened to allow access in. Above, a noonday sun shines down in a black sky.
01[00:12] <Seira> "And we're here?" Seira says needlessly, surprised despite herself.
06[00:13] * Alicia shakes her head briefly at the nausea, before she starts walking towards the gate. "So, shall we find that Quasar, now?"
[00:13] <Kotono> "Quarut, wasn't it? It's supposed to be an Inevitable," Pollyanna starts tow alk towards the gate as well, rubbing the side of her head.
[00:14] <Demedais> "How interesting..." Demedias muses a bit happily. "Quarut, yes."
06[00:14] * Seira grimaces. "Inevitables are such a pain."
06[00:15] * Demedais heads toward the gate as well, looking for a gatekeeper.
[00:16] <Alicia> "Quarut, that," Alicia nods, shaking her head. "Knew it started with a Q..."
[00:16] <Alicia> "They are, aren't they?" Marie commiserates with Seira.
[00:17] <Kotono> The gate is locked with an ornate lock in the middle. It is in the shape of an hourglass, a mouth attached to it's mid-section, where the sand pours up and down endlessly. As Demedais and the party approaches, "Time...time shall run forever and yet run out ahead. Only the damned enter within, for there is no salvation or hope within this place. Here your time will run out. Those fools that enter, abandon all hope." Thereafter, the mouth fades i
[00:17] <Kotono> Those fools that enter, abandon all hope." Thereafter, the mouth fades into nothing.
01[00:17] <Seira> "Creepy," Seira deadpans. "So do we break it down or what?"
06[00:18] * Demedais seems to sour a bit. "Wait, those guys run this place, too? Feh. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained..." With this, Deme checks to see if the doors feel like they'll just swing open.
[00:18] <Kotono> The doors are securely fastened and locked. They won't open to a mere push, it'll take a fair effort or unlocking the gate.
01[00:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 search traps
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 search traps and gets 31." [1d20=8]
01[00:19] <Seira> "Any magic on the lock?" Seira asks, examining the mechanism.
01[00:19] <Seira> "Trapped, yes," she confirms, stepping back from the hourglass after pointing it out.
[00:20] <Alicia> Marie checks the door for magic!
06[00:20] * Demedais steps away at this, a slight shrug.
[00:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 spellcraft
06[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 spellcraft and gets 23." [1d20=14]
01[00:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 disable device once everyone's backed away
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 disable device once everyone's backed away and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[00:21] <Alicia> "Transmuatation magic," Marie supplies.
01[00:21] <Seira> "As expected."
[00:21] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the lock! She can't quite get it, but she feels like she was close!
06[00:21] * Demedais makes sure everyone is 30ish feet away, as usual.
06[00:23] * Seira sighs and casts Heroism to have a better shot at this!
01[00:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 DD
06[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 DD and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[00:24] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the lock! But her fingers and tools miswork, a misstep! The hourglass bursts abruptly, sand flying all around her! OOC: Ref save, Seira.
01[00:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[00:25] <Kotono> Seira somehow dodges and ducks past the burst! The sands are all over for a moment, then everything seems to rewind! The sands flow backwards, teh hourglass unshattering!
[00:25] <Demedais> "Lame."
01[00:25] <Seira> "Hey, I'm trying!"
[00:25] <Kotono> "Careful!" Amaryl calls.
06[00:25] * Seira pauses. "You guys will fix me if I end up old and wrinkly-like, yes?"
[00:25] <Demedais> "No, I'm referring to how the trap reset itself."
[00:26] <Demedais> "... you're a dragon." Demedais mutters. "Doesn't that just give you even more power?"
01[00:26] <Seira> "I don't like the power that comes with wrinkles!" Seira states firmly, trying a third time.
01[00:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[00:26] <Alicia> "I doubt we could," Marie replies. "That magic is, er... on the level of deities and artifacts."
[00:26] <Kotono> Seira tries again! But she fails again, the hourglass bursting once more! OOC: Ref.
01[00:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[00:27] <Kotono> Seira again dodges like lighting! She barely avoids the sands but does so, everything reassembling a split second later!
[00:27] <Alicia> "Why don't you try knocking?" Alicia calls over.
[00:28] <Demedais> "I'm going to suggest, uh, finding a different route at this point." Demedais calls at this. "Like knocking or wall-climbing or something that doesn't involve silly regenerating hourglasses."
06[00:28] * Seira shrugs and tries that, ready to spring back at the first sign of trechery!
[18:34] <Kotono> ---
[18:34] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I doubt we could," Marie replies. "That magic is, er... on the level of deities and artifacts."
[18:34] <Kotono> > Seira tries again! But she fails again, the hourglass bursting once more! OOC: Ref.
[18:34] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+23
[18:34] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[18:34] <Kotono> > Seira again dodges like lighting! She barely avoids the sands but does so, everything reassembling a split second later!
[18:34] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Why don't you try knocking?" Alicia calls over.
[18:34] <Kotono> <Demedais> "I'm going to suggest, uh, finding a different route at this point." Demedais calls at this. "Like knocking or wall-climbing or something that doesn't involve silly regenerating hourglasses."
[18:35] <Kotono> * Seira shrugs and tries that, ready to spring back at the first sign of trechery!
[18:35] <Kotono> OOC: Do you mean the spell knock or knocking on the door, Seira?
01[18:35] <Seira> OOC: Knocking on the door.
[18:36] <Kotono> Seira knocks on the gate! Nothing immediately happens on that knock.
01[18:36] <Seira> "I do have the knock spell," Seira muses, stepping back, "but maybe we should just go over the wall."
[18:37] <Demedais> "If it seems advisable." Demedais shrugs.
[18:38] <Alicia> "Knock won't remove the trap, anyway," Alicia agrees. "But on the other hand, why make an invincible door if anyone can just climb over it?"
[18:38] <Kotono> "Maybe there's another trap if you try and climb up?" Amaryl speaks up, "Or some other catch?"
01[18:38] <Seira> "Or most people wouldn't even detect the trap and would see no reason in avoiding the door?"
06[18:38] * Demedais steps back and looks up and around the wall a bit at this, looking for anything off.
06[18:39] * Alicia examines the wall to see how easy it would be to climb.
[18:39] <Kotono> The wall is made of fieldstone and is smooth. It's possible to climb but not easy.
06[18:39] * Seira flies up a few feet to examine the top of the wall for any traps, about forty feet to the right of the gate.
01[18:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[18:40] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 search --> [ 1d20=12 ]{37}
06[18:41] * Seira gets back down to the ground, and sees if her condition improves.
[18:41] <Demedais> "Uh. Seira, please come down. Thank you." Demedais says, startled. "We aren't going over, I don't think."
[18:42] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia says in some alarm at her appearance.
01[18:42] <Seira> "Is something wrong?"
[18:43] <Kotono> "You looked wrong. Really wrong, like...you were skipping a few steps or something. Flickering lik ea candle," Pollyanna crosses her arms.
[18:43] <Demedais> "I saw everything... just sort of skip around you." Demedais nods. "Consider me quite wary over what that might have been."
[18:43] <Alicia> "It looked ominous," Marie agrees.
01[18:44] <Seira> "Alright. So I have a Knock scroll. How about getting it to open the door, and then getting past once the dust reassembles back in the hourglass?"
[18:44] <Demedais> "Sounds optimal, yes." Demedais nods slightly.
[18:45] <Alicia> "Worth a shot," Alicia agrees, standing back.
06[18:45] * Seira gets the scroll and gains some distance from the gate, waiting on the others to do the same, before using it!
06[18:46] * Demedais makes sure everyone's a fair bit away from both the gate and Seira here.
01[18:46] <Seira> Since the spell works from over a hundred feet, that's where Seira decides to cast it.
[18:47] <Kotono> Seira casts knock! The gate opens smoothly, parting right down the middle. Ahead is a cobblestone road, polished to a mirror shine. Each stone is perfect and smooth, a hundred-thousand little stones providing the way ahead. Twenty feet past the gate the city begins proper, with the paths heading to the right and left as well as forward.
01[18:48] <Seira> "Marie, want to investigate it together?" she proposes. "I need to ration the magic-detecting spells, so your help would be welcome."
[18:49] <Demedais> "Going to suggest we move ahead slowly, weapons in front of us. If there's any more areas of time skipping, we can find them by the motions of our weapons, perhaps?" Demedais proposes.
[18:49] <Alicia> "We should probably all stick together," Alicia puts in, starting towards the now open gate. Marie just shrugs to Seira before following Alicia.
[18:51] <Kotono> As the party passes through the gate and into the city, a deep sound comes from far within. It is the sound of a horn being blown. It echos several times around everyone.
06[18:51] * Demedais listens to try and pin down the direction of the horn.
[18:51] <Kotono> OOC: LIsten check.
01[18:51] <Seira> "This must be the sign for everyone to attack us," Seira says cheerfully, weapon drawn.
[18:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[18:52] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{39}
[18:52] <Alicia> "Maybe they'll throw us a party to welcome us?" Marie suggests hopefully, staying incorporeal while Alicia draws Hell Striker.
[18:52] <Demedais> "Same horn as the hunter dude's horn. And... it's ahead of us, a long ways away."
[18:54] <Alicia> "Let's see if we can find the Museum of Eternity before running into him?" Alicia offers, looking for any signs as they enter the city.
[18:55] <Demedais> "Sounds optimal." Demedais says, looking around for signposts or something that could give them a lead.
[18:55] <Kotono> The party advances on. Here the tree-clock-buildings start. A small tree has been crafted into a signpost of sorts. According to it, the path you are starting to walk on is Old Time's Drive. The path to the right is Remembered Regrets Lane, and to the left is Doorway to Tomorrow Road.
[18:56] <Alicia> "Any preferences?" Alicia asks the group, instinctively edging to the left.
01[18:56] <Seira> "I'm good with tomorrow and leaving any regrets where they belong."
[18:57] <Demedais> "This is... odd." Demedais murmurs, looking both right and left. "None of these sound like a road a Museum of Eternity would be on. I'm willing to try any of these, though guts says the only one that won't have time distortion is the right."
[18:57] <Demedais> "It may have other traps, though." he amends.
[18:58] <Alicia> "Doorway to Tomorrow it is," Alicia starts heading to the left.
06[18:58] * Seira agrees, but stays near Amaryl.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Let's just choose one. WE can always try another path at worst," Amaryl keeps to Seira as well as the party walks along! (More)
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=97 ]{97}
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=70 ]{70}
[19:04] <Kotono> The street goes a ways, 5 minutes spent walking it and getting a depth to it. It continues to a curve to the north-northwest at that point, a sign calling the way past that 'Silver Minutes Pathway'. There are two trees with obvious ways in that you pass. One is a big, vast oak with doors built in. Amid the steady tick-tock all around, you can hear moving water, muffled and faraway, near it. Emblazoned above the doors is 'Arbatorium'. Another is
[19:04] <Kotono> near it. Emblazoned above the doors is 'Arbatorium'. Another is a short, stumpy little tree a ways past this. It has a single door and no identifying marks of note.
06[19:06] * Demedais looks down Silver Minutes Pathway to see if he can spot anything of note.
[19:06] <Alicia> The only places Alicia cares about are the Museum of Eternity and Of the New World. Therefore she's got no real reason to stop and investigate these buildings.
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check, Deme?
[19:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[19:07] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{41}
[19:08] <Demedais> "There's a junction ahead on Silver Minutes Pathway. Continue on our road or check that out?"
[19:08] <Kotono> "So strange. Trees and moving metal objects married together...It's so far from right that it makes my skin crawl," Amaryl shakes her head now, a look of faint nausea passing over her face.
01[19:09] <Seira> "The word creepy was invented for places like this," Seira agrees.
[19:09] <Alicia> "Lets just keep going for now?" Alicia suggests, not really finding the place that unsettling. She's seen vastly worse.
[19:10] <Kotono> "Still, I wonder," Pollyanna looks about here and there, "I never dreamed I'd come to anyplace like this."
[19:10] <Kotono> "I wonder what lies in all these buildings. Horrors, certainly, but..."
[19:10] <Alicia> "More likely just distractions," Alicia surmises. "More places to divert our attention from our true goal."
06[19:11] * Demedais shrugs, obviously actually interested in the place but not enough so to go wandering around. "Let's keep going, yes."
[19:13] <Kotono> On the next path the party walks! There's one tree of note as they continue on this path - A twisted tree that goes round and round itself like a pretzel. It's leaves wrap around it's body like a mantle of green. A stairway is built in, going up twenty feet before ending at a door that leads inside. Ahead is the juncture Demedais saw, going towards the east, and the Silver Minute Path continuing north.
[19:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{32}
06[19:16] * Demedais turns and peers down the juncture road toward the sound.
[19:19] <Kotono> Peering ahead, Demedais takes a gander around the juncture! He doesn't see anything of note down the path - jus tanother road on a glance.
[19:19] <Demedais> "Something's coming this way. Cart and something pulling it, but it's... not horses." Demedais shakes his head. "The rhythm's off."
06[19:21] * Alicia turns to look the way Demedais is looking. "Should we wait for it?" she asks.
01[19:21] <Seira> "Or we could take another route," Seira proposes.
[19:22] <Kotono> It's another road. There isn't much of note on a glance down it.
[19:22] <Demedais> "We don't know whether or not it's hostile... we could take the chance? Perhaps it'd know where we need to go." Demedais muses, before shrugging. "All told, I'd prefer avoiding confrontation here if we can manage it."
[19:23] <Alicia> "Let's keep going, then," Alicia starts down the road Demedais wasn't looking at.
06[19:23] * Demedais nods and follows.
[19:25] <Kotono> As the party talks, there is another horn blast! This one is much closer, making the entire world quiver with the sound! Further, there is that feeling again! A horrible, horrible feeling! A WRONG feeling! Day dies in that instant, night reigning in the sky above with a vast glowing moon! In that moonlight, there is now something to be seen down the path! 100 feet away, there are Four Hounds of the Hunt! They are all wearing harnesses made of a
[19:25] <Kotono> They are all wearing harnesses made of a shining, heavy metal, connecting them to a huge chariot! On it stands a single defiant being, the same being seen once before in illusion with the first Hound. In the silver moonlight, he points ahead at the party!
[19:26] <Kotono> "FOUR?!" Amaryl sputters in utter, abject terror, staring at that moment.
06[19:27] * Seira doesn't waste time on empty threats, beginning to cast at once!
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC: If you guys are going offensive, we'll just slide right into initiative then.
06[19:28] * Alicia is likewise quick to action. "Amaryl, stay back," she warns. "Marie, protect Demedais so he can draw their attention."
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 A --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
01[19:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{15}
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 M --> [ 1d20=13 ]{20}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Polly --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=6 ]{12}
06[19:28] * Demedais grimaces. "Aim for him if you can..." he mutters. "With him down, we hope the hounds lose power."
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{4}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Hounds pulling chariot
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Hounds pulling chariot --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Lord of the Hunt
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Lord of the Hunt --> [ 1d20=16 ]{31}
03[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Chariot Hounds(18)>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)>Demedais(4)'
[19:33] <Kotono> Drawing a bow out, the Master of the Hunt lets fly a single arrow! "Let the hunt begin again!" he calls! Under the moonlight, it grows to the size of a thrown spear, a massive shot aimed right at Pollyanan!
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36
[19:33] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+36 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{38}
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:33] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=96 ]{96}
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17+20
[19:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17+20 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{44}
[19:35] <Kotono> The arrow-spear flies true! Pollyanna takes it right in the right shoulder, staggering back as it goes straight through her! She buckles at that, face screwing into a look of contained pain! OOC: Marie.
[19:37] <Alicia> Marie hovers near Demedais and creates an illusion of an iron-wrought fence springing up in the path fifty feet from the party between them and the hounds, and twenty feet high.
[19:39] <Kotono> So the iron fence appears! The Hounds do nothing immediately, as Pollyanna retorts with her own bow shots, arcing them above the newly materilized iron fence!
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{23}
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{24}
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{28}
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{11}
[19:39] <Kotono> The arrows fly long, but the Master of the Hunt seems to have nothing but contempt for them as they sail around him! OOC - Seira.
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[19:40] <Kotono> The arrows fly long, but the Master of the Hunt seems to have nothing but contempt for them as they sail around him! OOC - Alicia?
[19:40] <Alicia> "Storm of snow, cloud the sky!" Alicia calls, conjuring a massive snowstorm in the sky above to blot out Selune's radiance!
[19:41] <Alicia> She also channels an enervation into Hell Striker.
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Where are you positioning the ice storm?
[19:42] <Alicia> OOC: in a spot where it can blot out the moon without interfering with people on the ground.
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:42] <Kotono> Alicia summons a sleet storm above! It blocks outthe moon's light, making everything here much darker, dim on the border of being unable to see for those without magical eyes! OOC: Seira?
06[19:45] * Seira gains some altitude to maintain the illusion of the fence, advancing to get into range by calling upon Waukeen's gift, only to call upon the strongest fire spell in her possession in the end!
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 18d6 boosted cone of fire
[19:45] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 18d6 boosted cone of fire --> [ 18d6=59 ]{59}
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: How high up are you going, Seira?
01[19:46] <Seira> OOC: Just a few feet for show
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: Well, if the fence is 20ft tall, how is that going to maintain the illusion of it?
06[19:47] * Seira will get to the fence and gesture through a gap in it!
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 hounds saving as one
[19:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 hounds saving as one --> [ 1d20=11 ]{34}
[19:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 master
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 master --> [ 1d20=17 ]{41}
[19:50] <Kotono> The cone of fire erupts through the illusionary fence gaps! It engulfs the hounds and Master of the Hunt, burning all of them! The Master of the Hunt seems resistant, only mildly burned by it! The Hounds simply soak it up, snapping defiance! OOC: Amaryl.
[19:55] <Kotono> Amaryl meanwhile holds the pendant that rests against her throat! "Please, shadows...!" she calls!
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d3
[19:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d3 --> [ 1d3=2 ]{2}
03[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Chariot Hounds(18)>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[19:56] <Kotono> A pair of golden riding dogs spring up 30 feet ahead of the party, at the ready and snapping! OOC: Deme.
[19:59] <Demedais> "Worth a shot, I guess..." Demedais mutters, before gesturing at the hounds and their master! "Bow your unruly heads to order's regime!"
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: They aren't chaotic outsiders, but they are chaotic. Roll your damage and what's your save DC?
[20:02] <Demedais> OOC: DC 17? +3 Wis +4 spell level, 10 base.
[20:02] <Demedais> roll 4d8
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 4d8 --> [ 4d8=21 ]{21}
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 will hounds
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 will hounds --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 lord
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 lord --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}
[20:03] <Kotono> A cube of magic law encases all of them, rocking all four hounds and the Master of the Hunt! He staggers a little back and forth from it, but resists being outright dazed by the powerful energies! OOC: Lord of the Hunt is up. Also, Hounds are taking their held action.
[20:04] <Kotono> The Hounds of the Hunt howl up mournfully at the hidden moon! The Lord of the Hunt readies more arrows, even as his chariot is turned away and starts to flee! (More after attack rolls)
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight) arrow 1 Seira
[20:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight) arrow 1 Seira --> [ 1d20=14 ]{44}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 arrow 2 Amaryl
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 arrow 2 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=2 ]{27}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 arrow 3 Deme
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 arrow 3 Deme --> [ 1d20=17 ]{37}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 arrow 4 Deme
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 arrow 4 Deme --> [ 1d20=18 ]{33}
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Acs?
01[20:05] <Seira> OOC: Not that
[20:05] <Demedais> OOC: 33 since I didn't end up moving up with Seira.
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Seira
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Seira --> [ 2d6=5 ]{22}
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: +2 from Marie, remember
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Amaryl
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Amaryl --> [ 2d6=7 ]{24}
[20:06] <Demedais> OOC: ...Right, so 35.
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Deme that saved you an arrow
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Deme that saved you an arrow --> [ 2d6=5 ]{22}
[20:09] <Kotono> More arrows fly, this time only arrow sized! Amid the storm of them, Seira, Demedais and Amaryl are all hit! Thereafter, the hounds run with remarkable speed down and down the street, pulling the chariot! They move down 180 feet, down faraway and near the end of this street. You can glimpse there's a path south and continuing east there as well, though he's only at the juncture and hasn't made any choice yet. OOC: Marie?
03[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)=Hounds>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[20:10] <Demedais> "Wait, we're hunting him?" Demedais mutters. "This just got demented."
[20:10] <Alicia> At Marie's command another illusion springs up, a second wrought iron fence appearing just ten feet ahead of the fleeing hounds, cutting off their retreat! "He has no pride as a hunter!"
01[20:11] <Seira> "Losers like him should just die!" Seira agrees, readying another spell.
[20:11] <Kotono> The fence so appears at Marie's command! OOC: Polly and Alicia are up. Go ahead and go first, Alicia?
[20:12] <Alicia> "From prying eyes, I am concealed," Alicia mutters, vanishing promptly from sight before she moves forty feet ahead, after their quarry.
[20:14] <Kotono> Alicia is now only 240 feet away from the chariot and rider! Pollyanna holds her shot for now, "I can't get a good shot from that far," she says, "He probably knows this city better than us. Is he going to come around and ambush us again?" OOC: Polly's holding, doens't have much of a shot from here. Seira?
06[20:15] * Seira covers the fleeing group with Cloudkill, before closing the distance by sixty feet more. With the cloud in the way, the so-called hunter or his dogs would not be able to see that she moved through the fence and not over it, anyway.
01[20:15] <Seira> OOC: I was 50ft away, so now I'm 170ft from them?
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: Fort DC24
01[20:16] <Seira> roll 1d4
[20:16] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d4 --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 hounds
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 hounds --> [ 1d20=8 ]{32}
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Master
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 Master --> [ 1d20=19 ]{43}
[20:35] <Kotono> The misty cloudkill settles over the hunter and his hounds as summoned! Meanwhile, Amaryl directs the shadow dogs to follow along with Seira! OOC - Deme?
06[20:38] * Demedais steps forward quickly, before creating a wall of boiling water right on top of the hounds, also set to bar their path!
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Which path? Continuing on or the fork to the south?
[20:39] <Demedais> OOC: It's 320 feet long, I was kinda presuming I could cross both.
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay, that works. Roll fire damage?
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 2d6+16 on top of doggies
[20:40] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d6+16 on top of doggies --> [ 2d6=6 ]{22}
[20:40] <Demedais> OOC: I presume the master's within 10 feet?
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah.
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 2d4 burn, master, burn.
[20:41] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d4 burn, master, burn. --> [ 2d4=5 ]{5}
[20:44] <Kotono> The wall of boiling water spreads out, blocking both paths even more! The fire licks at the dogs and their master! From the cloud kill they come 20 feet out of it, emerging from it! A second later, more painful archery comes flying!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 Seira
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+36 Seira --> [ 1d20=4 ]{40}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 Alicia
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+31 Alicia --> [ 1d20=4 ]{35}
[20:45] <Alicia> OOC: I'm invis, if it matters
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: nondetection and all that, too
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: AC, still not that
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Also moment, forgot to adjust attack rolls.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: 34 on Seira's roll. Second one will just be rerolled due to invalid target.
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 Deme
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 Deme --> [ 1d20=18 ]{43}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Polly
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 Polly --> [ 1d20=15 ]{35}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Amaryl
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=1 ]{16}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Seira
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Seira --> [ 2d6=6 ]{23}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 20% miss for Polly
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 0% miss for Polly --> [ 1d100=72 ]{72}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Polly
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Polly --> [ 2d6=6 ]{23}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Deme
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Deme --> [ 2d6=2 ]{19}
[20:49] <Kotono> Licked by flame and sickened by cloudkill, the chariot and riders nonetheless emerge out and arrows go aflying! More wounds are inflicted all over, a deadly hail taking a toll on each of them! OOC: Marie?
[20:50] <Alicia> Marie can't really do too much in this situation, and doesn't want to expose herself to fire, so she just hovers protectively near Demedais.
[20:51] <Kotono> Pollyanna staggers again, another arrow in her! She holds to her stomach, "We're being picked apart!" she says, advancing, "Demedais, are we going to stand and fight?"
[20:52] <Demedais> "Alicia, we're relying on you-..." Demedais pauses his muttering, before yelling. "Seira! Everyone! Pull back some!"
[20:52] <Kotono> At that, Pollyanna runs straight back, going to take cover behind one of the trees!
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 hide in case it matters, and you're up Alicia.
[20:53] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 hide in case it matters, and you're up Alicia. --> [ 1d20=7 ]{21}
[20:53] <Alicia> The distance sorely limits Alicia's options so she settles for running towards her foes, ending up 60 feet from them.
[20:53] <Kotono> Thus Alicia comes closer under the cover of magical invisibility! OOC:Seira?
01[20:54] <Seira> "Yeah sure," Seira responds to Demedais, calling upon greater invisibility herself and moving in for the kill.
[20:55] <Demedais> "Right. Amaryl, move back! I'll buy time for your retreats!" Demedais calls, a slight smile on his face.
[20:55] <Kotono> Amaryl grimces and does the same, going to take cover on the other side of the street for now! OOC: Rolling hide for her in case it matters.
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[20:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{21}
[20:56] <Kotono> Amaryl's shadow dogs meanwhile continue to advance, running swiftly and coming much closer! OOC: Deme?
06[21:03] * Demedais moves back very slightly, staying within Marie's protective circle as he braces himself, his boots kicking in! OOC: +6 AC for 41, hopefully that and distance from him save me.
[21:07] <Kotono> The Master of the Hunt looks over the view! His eyes narrow on the one target left to him, noble Demedais! Drawing his arrows carefully, a storm of them come flying!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+28 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{33}
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{30}
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:08] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=3 ]{21}
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:08] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
[21:09] <Kotono> Defending himself as fast as he can, Demedais manages to deflect and shield himself from thes torm of arrows this time! Not a single hit lands! The hounds meanwhile stay on guard...OOC: Holding. Marie?
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: going total defence herself and protecting Deme, sure
[21:09] <Demedais> "Marie, if you can follow me back..." Demedais whispers.
[21:10] <Alicia> "Sure, I'll stay close," the eladrin promises.
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Polly continues to hide fast for now. Alicia?
06[21:12] * Alicia casts Fly and then takes to the air, stopping just above and to the side of the Lord of the Hunt, soundless as she hovers while poised to strike...
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Seira?
06[21:14] * Seira gets within thirty feet and launches a trio of fiery rays at the unsuspecting hunter!
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=13 ]{30}
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: They all hit.Roll damage?
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 12d6+15d6 fire+sa
[21:15] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6+15d6 fire+sa --> [ 12d6=46 15d6=42 ]{88}
[21:16] <Kotono> So firing, Seira finds the fiery part doesn't work so well! Each ray has trouble burning him, but the sneaky attack and precision does leave and impact despite the flames not doing much direct damage! OOC: Amaryl.
[21:17] <Kotono> Amaryl continues to hide carefully for now! OOC: Deme?
06[21:18] * Demedais witnesses the blaze of fire! "Oh no. They did not retreat like I requested. How completely... unsurprising." Demedais mutters with a half grin, holding his position! OOC: Maintaining current state; haste/total defence.
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, master of the hunt is up!
[21:19] <Kotono> The master of the hunt goes to draw his bow smoothly...OOC: Alicia, you can AoO if you like.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
[21:19] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+2 knowledge devotion --> [ 1d20=20 ]{22}
06[21:22] * Alicia lashes out with her blade to hook through his quiver and cut it from him, flicking it away and depriving him of his arrows even as he reaches for the first one!
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: disarming bow, not quiver
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31
[21:26] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+31 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{50}
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight, +4 size, -4 ranged weapon)
[21:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight, +4 size, -4 ranged weapon) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{31}
[21:28] <Kotono> With that quick motion, Alicia sends his bow to the ground of the chariot and away! No arrows come flying! The Lord of the Hunt turns to Alicia's direction, his hand son the haft of a halberd on his back. "Impudent prey!" OOC: Hounds are holding a little more. Marie?
[21:29] <Alicia> "Looks like they're on him, now!" Marie cheers, hurling her last set of magic missiles for the day at the lord to show her support!
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
[21:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 5d4+5 --> [ 5d4=12 ]{17}
[21:30] <Kotono> The magic missiles fly, slamming hard into the shoulder of the Lord of the Hunt! It does a little mroe damage to him, but hardly even draws his attention! OOC: Polly's continuing to hide and wait as instructed. Alicia?
[21:31] <Alicia> "Idiot, we were never prey!" Alicia tells him as she drops a rain of steel on the Lord of the Hunt, quickly flitting five foot to the right as she concludes her attacks to mislead his reprisal.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=7 ]{40}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=1 ]{34}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=2 ]{35}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=5 ]{33}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=10 ]{38}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=8 ]{31}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=9 ]{32}
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 1 hit.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Roll 1 at a time and hack off 15 form each roll.
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=8 13d4=33 ]{45}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=5 13d4=30 ]{39}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=2 13d4=30 ]{36}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=7 13d4=34 ]{45}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=4 13d4=35 ]{43}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=2 13d4=36 ]{42}
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 45+39+36+45+43+42
[21:35] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 45+39+36+45+43+42 --> {250}
[21:36] <Kotono> The Master of the Hunt is maimed viciously! Alicia tears into him, finding his flesh incredibly resiliant to Hell Striker! However, even that falls by the wayside, tearing and ripping and maiming! Despite deep, many wounds, the Lord of the Hunt yet lives! He turns to his hounds, who...OOC: Hounds are taking their held action now.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
[21:37] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4 negative levels --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[21:39] <Kotono> Even as negative energy wracks the Lord of the Hunt, his hounds spring into action! They charge forward, dragging the chariot along! They go at a feverish pitch, racing past Seira! OOC: Seira, you can take an AoO if you want as he passes, before the rest of this resolves.
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: I get an AoO, too!
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it as well if you like.
06[21:39] * Seira is more than happy to stab this so-called Lord in the face!
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35
[21:40] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+35 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{36}
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: bah
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 (+2 invis, +2 heroism, +1 flight, -1 str adj.)
[21:41] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+22 (+2 invis, +2 heroism, +1 flight, -1 str adj.) --> [ 1d20=16 ]{38}
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 3d8+8+5d6 to the face~
[21:41] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 3d8+8+5d6 to the face~ --> [ 3d8=14 5d6=23 ]{45}
03[21:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Hounds>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[21:43] <Kotono> Despite being stabbed in the arm by Seira as he races by, the Lord of the Hunt is still up! He's only 30 feet away from the illusionary metal fence now, running past everything! OOC: Seira.
01[21:45] <Seira> It's so annoying when they run away! Now Seira has to start this chase all over again. But not before sending ten pairs of phantom jaws to gnaw at the hunter!
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 10d6 force DC22
[21:45] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 10d6 force DC22 --> [ 10d6=23 ]{23}
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 ref
[21:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 ref --> [ 1d20=12 ]{36}
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: -3 due to negative levels, doesn't matter.
[21:47] <Kotono> The jaws rip and tear at the retreating hunter! He endures the chewing, still up and still alive! OOC: Amaryl's still holding back as instructed. Deme?
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: Dogs!
[21:47] <Kotono> The Shadow Dogs attack the hunter!
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{12}
[21:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
[21:47] <Kotono> But neither bite comes to much! OOC: Deme?
[21:50] <Demedais> OOC: How wide's the road?
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Say 40 feet widE? It's pretty big.
06[21:52] * Demedais grimaces. "Can't do much about this!" With that, he quickly moves to the side of the road, hoping Marie follows!
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Is Marie corpreal or incorpreal right now?
[21:54] <Alicia> OOC: she's been incorporeal all combat
[21:55] <Kotono> The chariot continues to advance! As it comes to the illusion, it takes to the air! As it does...
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 fort hounds
[21:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 fort hounds --> [ 1d20=3 ]{27}
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 fort master
[21:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+21 fort master --> [ 1d20=1 ]{22}
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 20d6
[21:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 20d6 --> [ 20d6=64 ]{64}
[21:58] <Kotono> The hounds rise up, flying over the fence! However, all of them ripple and skip! While the hounds make it through, alighting down on the other side, the Master of the Hunt does not! He goes rigid in the air, twisting and blinking! He flickers endlessly, before falling straight down and through the illusionary metal fence! He's on his hands and knees, groaning! The Hounds of the Hunt continue to run past, going past where Demedais was and turnin
[21:58] <Kotono> The Hounds of the Hunt continue to run past, going past where Demedais was and turninng north, continuing on without the Master of the Hunt! OOC: Marie, you're up now.
[21:59] <Alicia> Funnily enough, Marie's fence vanishes about now since she hasn't been concentrating on maintaining it these past three rounds. Not having much else to do, she floats over towards Demedais.
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[22:00] * Alicia drops to the ground and then runs 160 feet closer to the huntsman!
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[22:01] <Seira> Is that freak immortal? Seira continues to close the distance between them, even as the phantom jaws catch up and bite at the prone hunter!
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 10d6 force
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 10d6 force --> [ 10d6=34 ]{34}
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 ref
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+21 ref --> [ 1d20=6 ]{27}
[22:03] <Kotono> Chewed again! THe Lord of the Hunt is continually mauled by snapping and biting teeth, but he endures, dazed and bloodied all over, but alive! OOC: Amaryl's keeping safe. Deme?
06[22:05] * Demedais nods slightly. "Pollyanna, Amaryl, focus arrows!" With that he charges at the Lord of the Hunt, aiming for one solid blow to finish this!
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA)
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=17 ]{38}
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Crit confirm?
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) crit check
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) crit check --> [ 1d20=15 ]{36}
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 4d6+34
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 4d6+34 --> [ 4d6=17 ]{51}
[22:07] <Kotono> With one massive charge, Demedais brings his sword down! The Lord of the Hunt, unable tod efend himself, can only bow his head as Demedais severs his neck! The helmeted head of the Lord bounces on the smooth street stones, his body gushing out blood! OOC - Hounds are way out of sight and you just decapitated the lord of the hunt. Go ahead and free act.
06[22:08] * Seira kicks the head back towards the body, approaching. "So do we chase the dogs, now?"
06[22:09] * Demedais snorts slightly, looking the corpse over for magic without much sympathy for the dead elf. "Don't see a reason to, if the master's dead."
[22:09] <Kotono> Staggering out, dripping blood from her arrow wounds, "Helm...how did it take so many wounds?" Holding her wounded shoulder, cheeks pale, "I've never seen anything survive that degree of maiming."
01[22:09] <Seira> "You haven't been traveling with Demedais much, then."
[22:10] <Kotono> The helmet is not magical. The breastplate he wore is, as is the halberd and the quiver on his back. A horn rests on his belt, also magical.
06[22:10] * Alicia goes to pick up his bow before tiredly floating over to join the others, appearing in the visible spectrum while her snowstorm still rages overhead. "A shame it had to come to this," she remarks, eyeing the corpse.
[22:11] <Kotono> As it comes closer, Demedais can see the bow is also magic.
06[22:11] * Seira appears herself, rather bloody.
[22:11] <Demedais> "Armor, halberd, quiver, horn are magical." Demedais comments. "As is the bow. I think finding somewhere to rest is a top priority now?"
[22:11] <Alicia> Marie floats over to join the group as well. "So... how about we find that Of the New World place so we can hole up?"
06[22:12] * Alicia opens up her portable hole and busies herself dumping all the magic items into it.
01[22:12] <Seira> "How about we use that wand or a few potions, first? Or even your spellfire, Alicia? I could help with the magic, if you're low on that."
[22:13] <Alicia> "No spellfire left," Alicia confirms, folding up her portable hole and bracing herself. "Go ahead and cast something on me."
[22:14] <Demedais> "Oh. I feel compelled to say this: I am... not surprised that you two chose to ignore my call to retreat, despite it being in earnest." Demedais says with a straight face, before smiling. "Actually I kinda figured you'd ignore me as us three pulled back, and just take the chance to go invisible and smack him around. Glad I guessed right."
06[22:14] * Seira nods, casting water breathing and dismissal, ready to follow with a pair of spider climb spells.
01[22:14] <Seira> "What, are you kidding? Retreat? From that guy?"
[22:15] <Demedais> "It was only going to be tactical, and that only if you actually listened to me." Demedais is still grinning at this.
06[22:15] * Demedais uses his restoration on Seira at this point.
[22:16] <Alicia> "If we ran he'd just run us down with impunity. Someone would need to delay him, anyway," Alicia says as she absorbs Seira's spells. She then heals Pollyanna and Amaryl as the most visibly wounded.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Polly
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 6d4+6 Polly --> [ 6d4=14 ]{20}
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5 Amaryl
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 5d4+5 Amaryl --> [ 5d4=15 ]{20}
[22:16] <Alicia> And a little for Seira!
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4+1 --> [ 1d4=4 ]{5}
01[22:17] <Seira> "Might as well add some more," Seira mutters, casting two Remove Curse spells on Alicia in succession.
[22:17] <Demedais> "Thus why I was staying there. I figured if everyone did retreat I'd just stall while you regenerated spellfire or something." Demedais shrugs.
[22:17] <Kotono> "It worked," Pollyanna straightens at that, still grimaces. "Thanks, Alicia."
[22:17] <Demedais> "But as I said, I uh guessed I wouldn't be listened to by you two."
[22:17] <Alicia> After Seira casts some more on her, Alicia returns the favour to her and helps Pollyanna some more.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4 Seira
[22:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 4d4+4 Seira --> [ 4d4=9 ]{13}
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4 Polly
[22:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 4d4+4 Polly --> [ 4d4=11 ]{15}
[22:18] <Kotono> "Let's start by getting our bearings on this road," Amaryl smiles as she's healed, "The sooner we find that safe ground, the better we're off."
06[22:19] * Demedais taps Seira and Pollyanna each once. "That'd be wise, yes."
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 Seira
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 Seira --> [ 3d8=6 ]{13}
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 Pollyanna
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 Pollyanna --> [ 3d8=13 ]{20}
[22:20] <Alicia> The snowstorm has long abated by now, and Alicia drags the large corpse off the road and onto the embankment beside it. No real time for a burial, but leaving it smack on the road in a city seems in poor taste. "Lets keep looking for that place Marie mentioned. It's our best chance of a safe refuge."
[22:22] <Demedais> '"Agreed. Let's go." Demedais nods.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Which direction are you going in?
[22:26] <Alicia> OOC: lets go South, where the hunter was fleeing earlier.
[22:26] <Demedais> OOC: works
[22:29] <Kotono> You go to the southern juncture. This road is called Tick-Tock Alley, with the road ot the south being named Eternity Way. It's a short street, only a few trees here. However, two of them have doors. One is a tall, proud oak. Written in letters above the door is ETERNITY. On the other side and a little farther down, is a shorter maple tree. Here the gears grind and go, a vast clock face taking up much of the upper parts of the tree. According t
[22:30] <Kotono> a vast clock face taking up much of the upper parts of the tree. According to it, it is currently 14.30493 o'clock...you think. There are dozens of strange symbols inscribed along with the normal numbers. Past all of that is an east-west split, the southern route coming to an end there.
[22:32] <Alicia> "Lets check Eternity Way for the museum? Even if we don't go inside know, at least we'll know where it is," Alicia suggests.
01[22:32] <Seira> "And even if it's an inevitable, we could manage just the one," Seira agrees.
[22:32] <Demedais> "Could the oak be the museum, maybe?" Demedais blinks.
06[22:33] * Demedais blinks. "Stating the obvious. I think I'm tired."
[22:34] <Demedais> "Still, it does seem like our best bet. Seira, ready to cast Slow when we need it?"
01[22:34] <Seira> "I've still got it left," she affirms.
[22:35] <Demedais> "Worth a shot, then. Check the door before we go in?
06[22:35] * Alicia casts shield on herself and approaches the door, staying thirty feet away while Seira checks it.
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[22:35] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 search --> [ 1d20=15 ]{40}
[22:36] <Kotono> The door is solid metal and cool to the touch. IT is indeed trapped.
01[22:36] <Seira> "Get back, let's home it doesn't blow up," Seira mutters, deciding to try her hand at disarming the trap.
01[22:36] <Seira> *hope
06[22:37] * Alicia moves a further twenty feet away.
[22:37] <Kotono> Pollyanna and Amaryl follow suit, behind Alicia!
06[22:37] * Demedais moves everyone back to where Alicia is, a bit worried.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 DD
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+27 DD --> [ 1d20=19 ]{46}
[22:39] <Kotono> Seira successfully diarms the trap to the door! It is now safe to cross.
06[22:39] * Seira checks the door once more!
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 more traps?!
[22:39] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 more traps?! --> [ 1d20=9 ]{34}
[22:39] <Kotono> Seira finds no further traps.
06[22:39] * Seira spends a minute studying the trap mechanism, before judging it safe to proceed!
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Opening the door?
01[22:40] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[22:41] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead you see the tree is hollow, a deep-ticktocking heard inside! A stairway winds against the wall, leading upwards.The walls are half wood and half gears, mixing together and turning, churning in an endless pattern.
06[22:42] * Alicia approaches after Seira, sword drawn. Marie hovers just behind Alicia, corporeal for now and with her bow at the ready.
06[22:42] * Demedais steps right to Seira's side and tries to peer upward and see if he can spot anything.
[22:43] <Kotono> 20 feet up a solid floor of wood awaits. There are wa few small gaps where gears are instead, a bit of light flitting through from there. The stairway leads up to the next floor.
06[22:44] * Seira can think of no better time to cast Detect Magic and proceed slowly inside, wary of traps.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 more search?
[22:44] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 more search? --> [ 1d20=14 ]{39}
[22:44] <Kotono> The stairs don't appear to be trapped at all.
06[22:44] * Demedais keeps five feet behind Seira as she advances, vigilant for this quarut defender.
[22:47] <Kotono> Going up the stairs, you find the next floor! It is a wide open floor full of full body mirrors, dozens of them situated around the room. On the far end is another stair, winding up. Walkinga bout the room is a man, but a man made of metal. He is metal entirely, sleek and smooth. He stands in the center of the room, not moving.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Strike the walking, durrrrr.
06[22:48] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold. "I've got a bad feeling about all these mirrors..."
01[22:49] <Seira> "While I have no better idea than to cast Haste." And so she does.
06[22:49] * Demedais glances at the man carefully, before nodding slightly. "Almost tempted to say break them, but... no reason to if we can just go straight to the next floor without looking at them."
[22:50] <Kotono> The metal man looks back at Demedais. At this contact of sorts, it whirrls into life. The soft sound of oiled gears turning can be detected. "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 2. State your reason for visiting."
[22:51] <Alicia> "We're looking for golden bracelets, like hourglasses woven into form," Alicia volunteers, repeating the description the young elf-thing gave them.
[22:51] <Demedais> "Is this the Museum of Eternity?" Demedais asks after Alicia.
[22:53] <Kotono> "It is. This place is designated as the Museum of Eternity. Those bracelets are on display on the highest level of the museum under the watch of the Curator." It's voice is electric-smooth, perfectly paced.
[22:53] <Demedais> "What are these mirrors on display for?" Demedais asks.
[22:54] <Alicia> That's all Alicia needs to hear. "Off we go, then," she starts heading for the next staircase up.
[22:54] <Alicia> She then pauses for Demedais.
[22:55] <Kotono> "They are on display to show time strands. According to proper doctrine, every possible event can and will occur away from the main strand of time. Every possible future, past and present all exist at once. These mirrors allow you to see those strands."
06[22:56] * Demedais blinks at this. "I see. Thank you. I'm afriad my friends are eager to see the bracelets, so we must take our leave, now." With that, he follows Alicia!
06[22:56] * Seira makes haste for the top floor!
06[22:56] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold as it's not really needed after all, and she prefers seeing with her eyes.
[22:58] <Kotono> Amaryl lingers and hesitates briefly. "Time strands? I don't..." Trailing off as she looks down, "Do you understand, Seira?"
[22:59] <Demedais> "I think another term, though less precise, would be 'potential'." Demedais comments on the steps up.
[22:59] <Alicia> "They're probably just illusions of fantastic possibilities, meant to distract us away from our goal," Alicia tells Amaryl. "I wouldn't put any stock in it."
01[22:59] <Seira> "Well, it can show us every possibility, right?" Seira responds. "Like me going to challenge red dragons on the astral plane, or me deciding not to do it and going somewhere else. Both are possible, so it could show me both! But it's also kinda annoying, because it could show me the highly unlikely possibility of failure."
[23:00] <Kotono> "Yes well..." Amaryl considers, "I rather want to look. To see the future like that and what could be, it would be like having your daydreams in vivid reality."
01[23:01] <Seira> "I would be happier if we looked after going up, since my spell would run out otherwise. But it's just one spell, all in all."
[23:01] <Alicia> "The future's what you make of it," Marie affirms with vivid certainty. "No one can predict it for sure."
[23:01] <Demedais> "If it weren't for the spell..." Demedais shrugs. "Maybe on the way down?"
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> > Amaryl lingers and hesitates briefly. "Time strands? I don't..." Trailing off as she looks down, "Do you understand, Seira?"
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Demedais> "I think another term, though less precise, would be 'potential'." Demedais comments on the steps up.
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Alicia> "They're probably just illusions of fantastic possibilities, meant to distract us away from our goal," Alicia tells Amaryl. "I wouldn't put any stock in it."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Seira> "Well, it can show us every possibility, right?" Seira responds. "Like me going to challenge red dragons on the astral plane, or me deciding not to do it and going somewhere else. Both are possible, so it could show me both! But it's also kinda annoying, because it could show me the highly unlikely possibility of failure."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> > "Yes well..." Amaryl considers, "I rather want to look. To see the future like that and what could be, it would be like having your daydreams in vivid reality."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Seira> "I would be happier if we looked after going up, since my spell would run out otherwise. But it's just one spell, all in all."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Alicia> "The future's what you make of it," Marie affirms with vivid certainty. "No one can predict it for sure."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Demedais> "If it weren't for the spell..." Demedais shrugs. "Maybe on the way down?"
[19:43] <Komorningstuff> "O-Of course," Amaryl hurries along with the party at that, picking up her pace so as not to be left behind. "Shall we go then?"
03[19:43] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
01[19:43] <Seira> "No need to tell me twice!"
03[19:44] * Komorningstuff is now known as Kotono
[19:46] <Kotono> Climbing up, the party comes to the next floor. Ahead, in all directions from the staircase, is pitch black darkness. AT the edges of it are several seats. A sleek metal humanoid stands amid those chairs, waiting and looking as the party climbs up.
01[19:47] <Seira> "Top floor?" Seira asks curiously.
[19:47] <Alicia> "Marie, a little light please?" Alicia asks, as her familiar sends some dancing lights out past the stairs.
[19:48] <Kotono> The lights seem smothered here, weak. It shows a wooden floor. Ahead is some great contraption of gears and Mechanus-work, hidden in shadows. Far away, you can see the faint outline of a stairway going up on the other side of the room. "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 3. State your reason for visiting."
[19:49] <Alicia> "We're going up to the top floor to see the curator," Alicia replies as she steps forward, heading to the next stairway.
[19:50] <Demedais> "Our apologies; we are simply heading through to the top floor." Demedais says, curious but refraining from peering about too much as he follows, but asking as he passes "What is this floor for?"
[19:52] <Kotono> "The curator is above. However, he has stated that proper protocol is to show sufficient knowledge of the museum's contents and purpose to be allowed to ascend. In other words, you must understand each floor before you can see the curator."
06[19:52] * Demedais blinks, before nodding and stopping. "Ah. Then please, explain this floor."
[19:52] <Kotono> "This level is for seeing the beginning of time and the end of time."
[19:53] <Alicia> Considering they're going to kill him, Alicia really really doesn't care. "He can try to stop us, then," she mutters darkly, continuing upwards.
06[19:53] * Demedais pauses. "So here the machinations would demonstrate those knowledges? I see."
[19:54] <Kotono> "That is correct." Turning to Alicia now, "Defiance is punishable by death. If you proceed, I will have no choice but to attack."
[19:55] <Demedais> "Alicia." Demedais states after this, a glance. "I realize you want this done, but there is no reason to gamble."
06[19:56] * Alicia stops and stares at the automaton for a long moment before she finally relents. "Fine, since I don't care to kill every stupid golem in this place. Does this mean we have to go downstairs and look at all those mirrors as well?"
[19:57] <Demedais> "Since he let us pass? I think we understood the meaning." Demedais notes, before turning back to the automaton. "So how is it demonstrated?"
[19:59] <Kotono> "The device projects the images of the First Creation and Final Destruction, as decreed by Time."
[20:00] <Alicia> "Lets see it, then," Alicia says dubiously, walking over to the device.
06[20:00] * Demedais nods at this.
[20:00] <Kotono> "Sit," The machine instructs then, an arm gesturing in a human-like movement to the chairs. "It will begin automatically."
06[20:01] * Alicia sits down on the nearest chair while Marie alights atop her head.
[20:02] <Kotono> Pollyanna follows, "This wasn't what I expected, yet again. First a combat to the death, now religious lessons and demonstration?"
01[20:02] <Seira> "There are probably worse ways to die," Seira mutters.
06[20:03] * Demedais shrugs. "Stuff happens, and I'm kinda convinced at this point that when all these places were made multiple different gods just went at it wholesale in bringing stuff together. It'd explain some of the odd differences that occur."
[20:03] <Kotono> "It's..." Amaryl sits right next to Seira. "Why? Why show us this if they don't want us get this far?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "This was made by elves, not gods," Alicia points out.
01[20:03] <Seira> "Maybe it an evil, brainwashing illusion?"
[20:08] <Kotono> Around you, the darkness becomes utterly enveloping! For a moment none can see anything then...you sit amid a vast, endless black. There is a serenity here, a serenity that is mindnumbing. A perfection of nothing, profound in ways that escape wordy definintion. There is a throbbing, a throbbing like a heart beating. It comes after far too long, the sense of time demolished. "Be." (More)
[20:10] <Kotono> Around you, one point of light forms. Another...another...another...another...a hundred. A thousand. A trillion. Points of light form everywhere in the bleak, black night. Like a million stars in the sky, all shining bright.
06[20:11] * Seira stands up abruptly, hand on the hilt of her sword, but pauses at the starlight appears.
06[20:12] * Alicia looks at Seira in surprise at her sudden movement, prompting Marie to scramble in order to stay in position.
[20:12] <Kotono> "Seira..." Amaryl whispers. "What's wrong?"
06[20:12] * Demedais is still calmly sitting, though at Seira's surprise he looks around quite cautiously.
01[20:13] <Seira> "We came, we saw. Let's go."
[20:13] <Kotono> "It is not done yet," The metal man insists, "Please, be quiet and do not disturb it."
[20:13] <Alicia> "We've got to let it show us the end as well," Alicia points out, resigned to it herself.
06[20:17] * Seira decides to stay, albeit standing. She can see the creepy show just fine that way, if they must.
[20:18] <Kotono> Of the points of light, some stay static. Others begin to glow brighter. Brighter and brighter and brighter. In microscopic scale you can see them changing, changing into beautiful spheres of light and crystal, glowing with magnificent vitality. This seems to stretch on for a long time. How long? Unknown. There is a sense of being older, having waited a long time. Then...the lights begin to fade. One by one, the lights go out. The spheres fade,
[20:18] <Kotono> Then...the lights begin to fade. One by one, the lights go out. The spheres fade, crumbling back into the bleak serenity of the darkness all around you.
[20:20] <Alicia> "Is that it?" Alicia asks at the seeming conclusion. "Entropy wins, according to you? Consider me relieved that this is nothing more than inane supposition."
01[20:21] <Seira> "Can we go now?" Seira asks with annoyance.
[20:22] <Kotono> "It is what Time sees. Anything else is beyond me." The sleek metal man replies. "On the day the stars go dark."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Understood. Thank you." Seeing no reason to provoke him, Demedais stands and bows, before heading to the stairs.
[20:22] <Alicia> "Time only sees what has already happened. Anything past that is a mere guess," Alicia replies irritably as she gets up and starts heading for the stairs.
01[20:23] <Seira> "You didn't hear the dirge, did you?" Seira asks Amaryl quietly, leaning over to her on their way up.
[20:23] <Kotono> Following along, Pollyanna glances back once, lingering. She then starts to walk to the stairs with the rest of the party. "You're always saying the future can be changed. I think Alicia's right. That darkness, as peaceful as it was, was so lifeless."
06[20:24] * Demedais just leads upward.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Dirge?" Amaryl says aloud, looking at Seira. "Like song? No, I didn't hear anything such as that."
06[20:25] * Seira looks irritated. "I see."
[20:25] <Kotono> "What did you hear?" Amaryl stops halfway up the stairs.
[20:25] <Alicia> "It was just a guess based on symnetry. But what once was can never be again," Alicia explains her reasoning. "At least, that's my guess - and every bit as valid as the guess of whomever built this place."
01[20:26] <Seira> "Undead singing. Again. Let's not talk about it."
[20:28] <Kotono> As Amaryl puzzles at that, the party advances up to the third floor. Here is a room of entirely clockwork, the floor vast gears that spin together with nary a gap. The stairs on the other side again. Floating in colored beams of light are dozens of objects, slightly transparent. Two metal men stand about here, walking a steady course about the room, perfectly opposite each other.
[20:29] <Demedais> "Greetings. And what is the purpose of this floor?" Demedais asks immediately.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Welcome," The one on the left says, "I am Designation Floor 4-1." The other then speaks, "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 4-2." At once, both speak, "We catalog possibilities relating to the Fourth Resort."
[20:34] <Alicia> "What's the possibility of us getting it?" Marie asks immediately.
[20:35] <Demedais> "Please elaborate." Demedais says, stepping in... before glancing to Marie bemusedly.
06[20:35] * Seira snorts. "Yes, please give us an example of a useful possibility."
[20:36] <Kotono> "The odds have increased dramatically over the past two years," They answer as one. Six of the colored lights shine into life! In them, you can see images flickering into being. Demedais, Seira, Alicia, Pollyanna, Amaryl, Marie. "There are 72.593% odds that you will be the ones to determine the fate of the Fourth Resort."
01[20:37] <Seira> "We're being underestimated," Seira mutters. "Okay. Can we go up now?"
[20:38] <Kotono> "If you wish. Your reaching here has provided greater and greater shifts in the probabilities of Time. By far, your group holds the onus for retreiving the Resort. The others...have faded." IN other columns of light, other flickers figure. Some are unknown, some are familiar. Ferdi, Irenes, Pallan, Olburt, Shamal, Berlioz, Lyselle are all seen.
06[20:40] * Demedais nods slightly. "I cannot currently think of any more questions - thank you for your time. If I think of any, I may ask on the way down."
[20:41] <Kotono> The twin figures both stand aside, the way ahead unguarded and wide open.
[20:41] <Alicia> "One more, actually," Alicia speaks up. "What's the possibility of the Magus of Time's death ending the binding that holds the guardians here?"
06[20:42] * Demedais has long since stopped caring about most the sentience herein, but waits quietly for the response halfway through the room.
[20:43] <Kotono> "The probability is 50%." The two answer as one. "Yet it is also 100% and 0%."
06[20:43] * Seira firmly believes it to be one hundred percent, and doesn't really care about the answer.
[20:43] <Alicia> "You people stink!" Marie blurts out at that unhelpful answer.
01[20:44] <Seira> "They probably mean it's one of two things that must happen together. Like taking him out and getting the Resort," Seira says tiredly. "Let's just go."
[20:44] <Kotono> "We do not stink. We do not emit body odors as you do," They answer. "Time here depends on the will of the Magus of Time."
[20:44] <Alicia> "Nothing but guesses..." Alicia mutters disparagingly, dismissing them and proceeding onwards.
06[20:45] * Demedais shrugs and proceeds onward. "So we convince him to free this place in order to free them."
[20:45] <Kotono> "After that bit about entropy winning, I'll take guesses any day," Pollyanna hurries along. "Ugh. I'm so tired and discouraged now. We need to find that safe house soon. A night's sleep would be a mercy from Helm himself."
01[20:46] <Seira> "Channel it into anger. I know I do."
[20:47] <Kotono> "If you do it that well, you'd make a fine berserker," Pollyanna states as you reach the next floor! Here various glass cases all sit, dozens and dozens of rows of them! Each space between them is five feet wide, many aisles just able to be clearly walked through. In the cases are all sorts of strange and mysterious things, requiring a long look to comprehend. However, something else gets your attention. (More)
[20:50] <Kotono> Fifty feet away, six aisles down, waits a figure. IT is made of pure golden metal, shining bright. It's head is framed around an hourglass, purple sands ticking off in perfect clock harmony. It is facing you as you climb up, waiting. It bows to the party. "I welcome you. I am the Curator of the Museum of Eternity. I am pleased that you respected the sanctity of the lower floors and the sanctity of the duty of the guides."
[20:50] <Kotono> duty of the guides."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Pleased enough to let us take the bracers we need without any trouble?" Alicia asks with scant hope.
01[20:51] <Seira> "You know what we're really after," Seira tells him. "There's no need for violence, even if it would solve quite a bit."
[20:51] <Demedais> "I try." Demedais comments, before glancing to the other two drily.
[20:53] <Kotono> There is a soft hissing as one of the cases near the Inevitable opens, the glass rising up into the air. "I respect that you held back, even when your anger and frusturation provoked you. The bracelets are yours. You have overcome my attack."
01[20:54] <Seira> "Great!" Seira exclaims, walking towards the bracelets to collect them.
[20:54] <Demedais> "...thank you." Demedais says gratefully.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Well, that suits me just fine," Alicia manages a smile.
06[20:55] * Demedais idly looks around into the other cases.
[20:55] <Kotono> Approaching the opened case, the party can see that sixs bracelets sit in there. Each is like an hourglass warped into a woven bracelet of gold and glass. Sand runs through them constantly. "These attune to the part of your body used for bracers and bracelets. You must not wear other magical items in the same place as them, or they will not work."
06[20:56] * Alicia opens up the portable hole and then takes off her bracers of blinding strike, dropping them in before the extradimensional space is folded up again.
[20:56] <Kotono> Demedais glances at once case. Here is a chunk of ore. It is liquid silver, melting into a pool of fast moving molten metal. A moment later, it reshifts back into a lump of ore, then repeats.
01[20:56] <Seira> "I'm good," Seira says, the first one to try it on and see how they work.
[20:56] <Kotono> The bracelet feels metal-cool against your skin. Every second you can feel a faint tick-tock pulsing through your body.
[20:56] <Demedais> "Will these protect us only from the tower, or will it also - huh, cool ore - influence how well we can travel through the city?" Demedais asks the quarut respectfully.
01[20:56] <Seira> "It's tingly."
[20:57] <Alicia> Then Alicia goes after Seira and takes a set of bracelets to wear. Marie takes off her own currently useless bracelet and hands it to Alicia, before being handed a set of hourglass bracelets which hopefully will resize to fit her.
01[20:57] <Seira> "So the mirrors on that first floor are designed to frustrate and impede us?" Seira asks curiously.
[20:57] <Kotono> "That is a sample of Quicksilver, mined in fast moving time currents." He answers. The bracelets do resize, thankfully. "The bracers will protect you from being magically aged by the enchantments of the Magus of Time."
[20:58] <Demedais> "I see..." Demedais muses, looking at it curiously as he takes his own bracers off and puts them in the haversack. With a long glance, he then sweeps his eyes to another object.
[20:58] <Alicia> "Can you tell us anything about the Magus yourself?" Alicia asks, since the Quarut is being so helpful.
[20:59] <Kotono> "You would see yourself as a greedy red dragon, terrorizing all for your own profit. You would see yourself as a cold hearted man of chaos, caring only for your own gratification," A look to Demedais there, "You would see yourself as a succubus-retainer, serving the nihilistic chaos and temptation. You would see yourself as an imp at her side," Now to Alicia and them Marie, "The mirrors are meant to lose you in your own futility and crumbling i
[20:59] <Kotono> "The mirrors are meant to lose you in your own futility and crumbling into what you wish not to become."
[21:00] <Kotono> *quasit
06[21:00] * Alicia blushes in stark mortification at the mention of her succubus adventure. "Please, I'd rather not talk about that..." she hisses in a scandalised tone.
06[21:00] * Seira pats Amaryl's shoulder. "See? Evil mirrors! Just because it's possible that's totally not gonna happen."
[21:01] <Alicia> "At least we'd be together, right?" Marie tries to console Alicia.
[21:01] <Demedais> "Actually I've mused on chaos before. It would have been a possibility, perhaps, but Helm claimed me first and believe me, I've no complaints." Demedais muses, a bemused glance to the rest of the group before he goes back to looking around.
[21:01] <Kotono> "Now that you have overcome, perhaps you will see something more rewarding int hose mirrors," The quarut says. Demedais sees a crystal prism in the next case. In it he can see a clock built in, spinning over it's entire 12 hours every 12 seconds.
[21:01] <Kotono> "Succ...oh right. Demoralization." Grimacing and going to pat Alicia, "It's just a mind game."
[21:02] <Kotono> Pollyanna says, "But Demedais being chaotic? Please."
01[21:02] <Seira> "I really don't know where my image would come from," Seira mutters, frowning. "I mean, I've never once collected money for money's sake. It's not greed if you need it to build artifacts, is it?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "Actually, I've gotta ask," Marie looks up. "Why ARE you being so helpful? I mean, aren't you bound here to mislead and distract us?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "Isn't the whole point of everything in this city and forest to stop us getting the Resort?"
01[21:03] <Seira> "Maybe defeat means friendship?"
06[21:03] * Demedais looks to the quarut at one of his comments, before looking to Marie. "Smiling and whining elf."
01[21:03] <Seira> "That's what I said."
[21:03] <Demedais> With that, he looks to the quarut again. "...is what we see pre-determined either way?"
[21:03] <Kotono> "The Magus of Time has modified certain instructions within to his tastes," The quarut answers. "His desires, while staying within the ultimate goal of the dungeon, are not the same as the creators 2,000 years ago."
[21:04] <Alicia> "He wants the Resort to be found, but only by someone worthy?" Alicia concludes from that. Since the elves surely intended to seal it away forever.
[21:04] <Demedais> "That makes sense." Demedais mutters, before waiting for a response.
[21:06] <Kotono> "Time is static. The illusion of choice and free will is caused by the inability to see the future with perfect clarity." The quarut answers. "The One who can see time perfectly understands. Even I can only see a dim reflection of the truth of Time. The Grand Flow of Time can only be understood by The Primus."
[21:06] <Demedais> "The Primus?" Demedais asks calmly.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Oh...kay," Alicia nods slowly at that non-answer. "Well, I suppose we should move on, then? Unless there's anything else in here that can help us?"
01[21:07] <Seira> "Seeing the future with perfect clarity along with the belief in such imposes a self-fulfilling prophecy," Seira muses. "So I respectfully disagree. As for Alicia's question, let me ask it a different way. Is there anyone in the city that might be persuaded to help us, or hold something we could use against the Magus?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "The Supreme. The True Embodiment of Law. The Ruler-God of Mechanus. The One that is All." After that, "I do not know. My duty is this museum."
01[21:08] <Seira> That is kind of weak for someone who claims to see the future, but Seira's happy with having what they came here for. "Don't suppose you could help us with directions? We're looking for this inn."
06[21:09] * Demedais nods. "So asking you where 'Of The New World' is is hopeless?" Demedais then looks back to the items in the boxes, letting the group talk.
Session Close: Sun Mar 29 21:23:19 2009
Session Start: Sun Mar 29 21:23:19 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:23] * Disconnected
02[21:23] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[21:23] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[21:23] * Topic is 'Hound of the Hunt(30)=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
03[21:23] * Set by Kotono on Fri Mar 27 22:42:06
03[21:23] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[21:26] <Seira> "Since you happened to know something not directly under your purview," Seira muses, "is there any chance of you knowing anything about Arondaaq or its last owner?"
[21:28] <Kotono> There is a pause here, "The Magus of Time has mentioned Arondaaq. He said it is becoming more and more exposed to the east, leaking out into the world. That it's time is coming, or it will make it's own time."
01[21:29] <Seira> "If it's becoming exposed to the east, would it mean it's in the west? Or am I reading too much into this?"
[21:29] <Demedais> "I think he means that once the seals unravel more it will appear to our east?" Demedais muses. "Either way, interesting."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Well, maybe we can ask the Magus himself?" Alicia suggests, starting to head back to the stairs.
[21:31] <Kotono> "That would be wisest," The quarut agrees. "For I only know what the Magus said.
[21:31] <Kotono> "
06[21:31] * Demedais nods. "Still, your help is appreciated. Thank you."
06[21:32] * Demedais then follows Alicia out to head to the inn place thing!
06[21:32] * Seira tries to imagine a cordial meeting with the gnome and it doesn't quite work. "Okay, thanks. Oh! Out of curiousity, you told us what we would see in the mirrors. What about Pollyanna and Amaryl?"
[21:33] <Kotono> "She would be a blue dragon. Amaryl would be a cold, dominating Scion of the elven kingdom of Pallanth." It answers.
06[21:33] * Demedais had vaguely guessed the former, but still turns to Pollyanna at this.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Dominating--" Seira blinks, shaking her head. "Okay, thanks again! It was fun! Let's do this again some time." She heads downstairs without delay.
[21:34] <Kotono> Pollyanna colors, "I don't want to talk about it," she says shortly, going down thes tairs and a quick clip.
06[21:35] * Demedais nods and walks along with Pollyanna as they go down.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Going to do anything as you go down or just head out entirely?
[21:36] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais will actually stop at one of the mirrors out of curiousity.
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: I'm just leaving
[21:37] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia doesn't care for what ifs. She'll wait for Deme, though.
[21:38] <Kotono> The party goes down to the second floor. Here Demedais peers into one of the mirrors! He sees himself, older. He is controlled, wearing his ornate armor. Around him is mist, an endless white mist. He stands in it, waiting with infinite calm. Past him, dozens of transparent people walk by, heading along in an orderly fashion.
[21:38] <Alicia> OOC: But since we're waiting on Seira, what the hell, Alicia'll take a look
[21:39] <Demedais> Not exactly what Demedais was expecting. On a thought, he looks to the guardian of the room. "Does each mirror show a different point in time?"
[21:39] <Kotono> Alicia takes a look as well. In a mirror she sees herself. She glows with a silver radience, angel wings coming from her back. A look of calm serenity frames her, yet flames of justice burn in her eyes.
[21:40] <Kotono> "They are the strands of time." He answer, "They show what may be."
[21:41] <Alicia> "Oooh," Marie peers over Alicia's shoulders. "Where do I fit in with this?"
[21:41] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais muses, one last glance at the mirror before he moves on.
[21:43] <Kotono> Marie sees a beautiful elven eladrin, glorious and bright. She is human sized now, shining like the sun in the sky.
[21:44] <Kotono> "What do you think," Pollyanna looks between the various mirrors briefly, not looking into any one deeply.
[21:44] <Alicia> "I suppose that could be me after I die..." Alicia mutters quietly. "Not quite the lantern archon you were hoping to boss around?" she adds teasingly as they head away from the mirrors.
[21:44] <Alicia> "That could just be you a few thousand years from now, after you've had your stint under me!" the eladrin retorts.
06[21:45] * Demedais shrugs. "It's interesting. This entire city is."
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl hestiates for the moment. Meanwhile, Pollyanna smiles a bit, then yawns deeply. "By Helm's gaze, I'm tired, sore and praying we find that safe house soon."
[21:47] <Kotono> "What you're saying you're seeing is well better than what we would've before," Amaryl says hestitantly, peering into a mirror.
[21:47] <Alicia> "We know where it is, now. Lets get moving and we can take a break when we get there?" Alicia suggests, leading the way back out of the museum.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Heh. We'll get there soon enough." Demedais muses, idly touching the time bracelet.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Alright."
[21:48] <Alicia> "They're just possibilities, that's all," Marie tells Amaryl, taking off from Alicia's shoulder. "But I suppose if you like what you see then it's a goal to strive for."
[21:49] <Kotono> Looking away from the mirror with a very bright blush, "Um...what did you see, Marie? DId all of you want to strive for what you saw?"
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 does Marie know what eladrin type she was, there?
[21:50] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 does Marie know what eladrin type she was, there? --> [ 1d20=18 ]{38}
[21:52] <Alicia> "I saw me as a faerie lady," Marie replies with a smile. "Even without any wings I still looked nice!"
[21:53] <Kotono> "How lovely!" Amaryl smiles to that, "What of you, Alicia?"
[21:54] <Alicia> "Some sort of angel... considering I'll have to die first, it's not something I'm particularly going to strive for, mind you," she laughs softly.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Aaah..." Blushing a little to that, "What of you, Demedais?"
[21:55] <Demedais> "Surrounded by mists and keeping guard. Overall, not unexpected." Demedais shrugs.
[21:56] <Alicia> "What did you see, then?" Marie asks the elf probingly.
[21:56] <Kotono> "Aaah..." Amaryl turns beet red all over again. "Well...um...I saw..." Shuffling and looking down, "Um, Seira will like it a lot."
[21:57] <Demedais> "And in that way I guess I still owe Shamal something..." Demedais muses to himself.
[21:57] <Alicia> "Say no more!" Marie laughs teasingly, whirling about and flying back over to rejoin Alicia.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Mists?" Pollyanna breaks out of her silence now, "What sort of mists?"
[21:58] <Demedais> "Endless white mist." Demedais replies.
06[21:59] * Seira subtly finds a mirror to peek into, herself.
[21:59] <Kotono> "Like Uatu?" Pollyanna considers that, before laughing a little. "His mists, you've mentioned them before."
[21:59] <Kotono> Seira sees herself as a great golden dragon, sitting atop a vast pile of gold and golden coin. It's quite bright, rich and glittery.
[22:00] <Demedais> "Yeah. Thus why I was thinking I owe Shamal one still, as she was the one who befriended him."
01[22:00] <Seira> It's a bit tacky. But the urge to swim through piles of golden coins remains, to be fulfilled one day.
[22:01] <Kotono> "Mmm." Considering this, Pollyanna yawns again, a long deep yawn that makes tiredness well up in all of the party. "Let's go and hope we find that inn without problem?
[22:01] <Kotono> "
[22:02] <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia agrees, heading out and to the Northeast.
[22:02] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais nods.
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=24 ]{24}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=45 ]{45}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=49 ]{49}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=37 ]{37}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=55 ]{55}
[22:04] <Kotono> You pass se veral streets. You pass many a strange building, but hurry along towards the inn as wishes. At one point you come to a juncture, travelling north. Ahead the street continues, bisected 150 feet away by a glowing wall of rainbow colors. To the east another road continues.
01[22:05] <Seira> "I'm thinking, east?"
[22:05] <Demedais> "I'm gonna guess we want to avoid this wall and head east." Demedais nods.
[22:05] <Alicia> "A prismatic wall? Must be the tower's defences," Alicia muses. "We can bypass them, yes," she agrees with the Eastward sentiment.
[22:06] <Kotono> The party heads east! It comes to a dead end, tree-buildings all about after 100 feet. However, one has a door and a sign, saying 'Of the New World' on it. The door is solid wood and looks quite formidable on a glance.
06[22:06] * Alicia touches the door and recites from memory, "The flow runs below in the stream of time."
[22:08] <Kotono> The door opens at that, the way ahead revealed!
06[22:08] * Demedais nods. "Excellent."
[22:08] <Alicia> Nodding in satisfaction, Alicia heads inside!
06[22:09] * Demedais follows, keeping a weather eye out for anything of note inside the building!
[22:10] <Kotono> Inside is a single floor. A door is on the northern wall, sloped down and with a small staircase leading to it, a little tunnel beginning in the earth. Around you is a plain room. On one wall is an old bookcase, various things littered about there, a complete hodge-podge.
06[22:10] * Alicia wants to ensure the building is safe before setting camp, so she goes to investigate the tunnel first.
06[22:11] * Seira does likewise, with the help of detect magic.
[22:11] <Kotono> The door opens to another stairway, one that goes down twenty steps or so. It leads to a tunnel, lit with torches. It goes a ways, no end in sight and nothing noticed in it. The torches are faintly magical.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[22:12] <Demedais> "Seira or Alicia, check the door for traps? Best to know if they're there before we set up." Demedais comments, looking at the bookshelf and the items on it himself.
[22:12] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot or search check, whichever is better, Deme?
01[22:12] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10, then
03[22:12] * Celenu (WinNT@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[22:12] * DK_Rei (Rei-chan@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
02[22:12] * Alicia (WinNT@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Celenu))
03[22:12] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[22:12] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
03[22:12] * Kotono sets mode: +o DK_Rei
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot
[22:13] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 spot --> [ 1d20=4 ]{30}
[22:14] <Kotono> Demedais takes a good look over. It's tons of bric-a-brak, but one thing gets his attention. It's a slender book, with a title in Draconic, 'Estorica'.
06[22:15] * Alicia heads down the tunnel to see where it leads, familiar in tow!
02[22:15] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (Ping timeout)
06[22:15] * Seira searches the bookshelf out of curiousity.
01[22:15] <Seira> OOC: 35
06[22:15] * Demedais picks the book up, curiousity getting the best of him again. "This magical, Seira?"
[22:15] <Kotono> Alicia travels down the tunnel! She walks for about ten minutes, coming to stairs up and another door. There's not much of note or anything that breaks the monotony in the meanwhile.
06[22:16] * Seira takes the vial she had found and hands it to Demedais. "Trade you for it?"
06[22:17] * Alicia opens the door and has a look at what is revealed!
[22:17] <Alicia> "Say, we've been gone a long time. Think they might be worried?" Marie wonders, looking back down the mile long tunnel.
[22:17] <Kotono> On the other side is a stairway going up twenty steps, leading to another door.
06[22:18] * Demedais blinks at the vial. "What, is this magical too?" Still, he makes the trade.
[22:18] <Alicia> Alicia goes up and opens the next door!
01[22:18] <Seira> "The vial is, the book, not so much." After checking it for any nefarious traps, Seira tries to open it and look at the index.
[22:19] <Kotono> Alicia finds that it opens a door into thin air! Ahead is more of the city. To the side, a road goes. A shimmering wall of transparent force is just behind the door, running in a circle. Ahead, not far away, is the tower! It's made of a strange silver metal, able to be seen from here. It's surely no more than a half hour's walk from here, looming high in the sky.
06[22:19] * Demedais glances at the vial in confusion, before pocketing it. "Wonder if Alicia's alright." he muses at this, heading down the stairwell.
[22:19] <Alicia> Okay then! Alicia closes the door and heads back along the really long tunnel to hopefully reassure her companions that she and Marie weren't eaten or anything terrible like that.
[22:20] <Kotono> Book isn't trapped. It looks to be a collection of magical estorica. It would be useful for general arcane research. OOC: Make a K:A check, Seira
[22:20] <Kotono> ?
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
[22:20] <DK_Rei> Seira rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{38}
06[22:23] * Seira is too absorbed in the book to really worry about the safety of one of the strongest mages in the world.
[22:24] <Alicia> Rejoining the group, Alicia takes off her armour and settles down for dinner, before setting up some bedding and putting Marie on watch to ensure no one does terrible things to her in her sleep.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Pollyanna
[22:24] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Pollyanna --> [ 2d8=10 ]{17}
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d8+5 CMW Pollyanna
[22:24] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 1d8+5 CMW Pollyanna --> [ 1d8=1 ]{6}
[22:25] <Demedais> OOC: CLW. Whoops. ...didn't even need that, but ah well.
06[22:25] * Alicia also casts a few spells to recharge her spellfire levels, and prays devoutly to Mystra before bed.
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Seira
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Seira --> [ 2d8=7 ]{14}
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Seira rolled : 1d20+24 spellcraft --> [ 1d20=12 ]{36}
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Seira
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Seira --> [ 2d8=16 ]{23}
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Alicia
[22:26] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Alicia --> [ 2d8=12 ]{19}
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 5d8+25 remaining CLWs
[22:27] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 5d8+25 remaining CLWs --> [ 5d8=29 ]{54}
[22:28] <Demedais> OOC: That's to myself.
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100-50
[22:28] <DK_Rei> Kotono rolled : 1d100-50 --> [ 1d100=88 ]{38}
[20:13] <Kotono> --------
[20:13] <Kotono> Just to be clear, you guys are starting the next morning by going out the second hour and out into the doorway Alicia explored?
[20:14] <Kotono> *house
[20:14] <Demedais> OOC: So far as I know, yes, unless Seira wanted to search the hallway/second house.
[20:14] <Alicia> After buffing and such.
[20:14] <Alicia> We can explore after we beat the boss.
[20:14] <Alicia> I'm sure there's tons of loots in the other exciting mysterious buildings we've ignored.
01[20:15] <Seira> That's pretty much what I think as well
01[20:15] <Seira> Even if we can't explore, sadly, we're here for a reason and not to get awesome and bizarre loot
[20:16] <Kotono> Right.
[20:16] <Kotono> -----
[20:16] <Kotono> ----(Ko in the wall for the sake of having a Ko in the wall)--
[20:17] <Kotono> Thus the party emerges the next morning! They go down the tunnel and up the stairs, ready to exit out the door when they wish. OOC: If you want to buff straightaway, do so. Otherwise, feel free to continue on.
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL and gets 13." [1d10=3]
[20:18] <Demedais> OOC: Sign triggered.
[20:18] <Alicia> OOC: greater magic weapon on Hell Striker and Thunderstrike, Voice of the Archon on Alicia and shared with Marie who stays within 5 feet.
[20:19] <Kotono> As the party prepares, "Everyone ready?" Pollyanna asks, bow and arrow drawn at prepared.
01[20:20] <Seira> "Reasonably so!" Seira responds perkily. "Let's go and kick evil gnome ass!"
[20:20] <Demedais> "Presuming he's still evil. I mean, he gave the Quarut freedom to not have to fight us." Demedais notes.
[20:21] <Demedais> "Or at least that was the understanding I got."
[20:22] <Alicia> "And he worked with the elves to seal the Resort away to begin with," Alicia agrees, Marie perched on her head as they head down the long tunnel.
[20:22] <Kotono> "We'll see when we reach him," Shrugging, Pollyanna goes to open the door. Ahead you see the street ahead Alicia saw: A door into thin air, more of the city. A road continues on, a wall of transparent force just behind the door. You can see the tower now, shimmering silver metal. It's not that far and looms over everything else.
06[20:22] * Demedais scans to see if there's anything waiting to ambush them between the group and the tower.
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check?
[20:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
06[20:24] * Alicia heads straight for the tower, looking for any obvious ingress.
06[20:25] * Seira is quite content to bring up the rear herself once more.
06[20:25] * Demedais stays alongside Alicia as he keeps an eye out.
[20:26] <Demedais> "I don't see anything, looks like the way's clear."
[20:27] <Kotono> The path leads to the west. Off the path is chock full of clockwork trees and difficult to cross. Not impossible if you want to squeeze and push through them, though it wouldn't be easy.
[20:28] <Demedais> "Follow the path? I'd rather not risk being caught in the trees at this point." Demedais shrugs.
[20:28] <Alicia> "Fair enough," Alicia doesn't really mind either way.
06[20:29] * Demedais nods and leads them on the path west, still keeping a vigil eye and ear out, thankful that it seems quiet for now...
[20:32] <Kotono> The road continues on for about five minutes. It then comes to a large main road. It stretches ahead, but in a good way, for it leads directly to the tower looming above! You can see it far away, a long walk for sure! But you can see it! You can see there is some sort of fence around it, the insides just before the tower's presumed entrance hidden from view by it.
[20:33] <Alicia> Hopefully the fence has a gate that will become clear when they approach. If not then surely another way around it will be found.
06[20:33] * Demedais blinks, glancing around as they advance toward the fence. "This seems almost too simple after everything else."
[20:34] <Alicia> "There's going to be stuff inside the tower, too," Marie points out. "It's way too big to just have one room right in the front door with the gnome and the ring sitting there."
[20:35] <Demedais> "Hey, maybe the rest of it's just maintenance or friendly-without-obstructing things. ...though the odds of that are less than a lot of things."
[20:36] <Kotono> Five minutes of walking pass. You are slightly closer to the tower, but there's still about a half hour or so of walking to go. More or less, it's hard to gauge exactly. But at this moment, light vanishes from the world! You can see nothing, but the tick-tocking sound grows far stronger! A whirling tick-tocking, as if the clockwork machines of Mechanus have gone berserk with action.
06[20:37] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold while Marie sends out some dancing lights around the group to provide some illumination.
06[20:40] * Demedais uses the dancing lights to try and spot any trouble that may result.
[20:41] <Kotono> Marie's lights dance in the air, doing little to illuminate! Ahead of you, something crackles! The air splits apart into a spread image! Here you see a goblin with a greatsword and a breastplate, battling against foes. The reality around him peels apart, the goblin becoming real and solid there, the tick-tocking becoming a distracting din in your ears, making concentration difficult!
[20:42] <Demedais> "Hm. Seira, I presume you know the goblin and the guy?" Demedais guesses.
[20:42] <Alicia> "Anyone else see- ah, you do," Alicia confirms.
01[20:43] <Seira> "I even know how it goes. Yezrut dies."
[20:43] <Kotono> "What?" Pollyanna steps back, readying her bow. "A goblin? Seira? Shamal?"
[20:44] <Kotono> The goblinc racks it's neck, a cocky grin going over it's face. "I don't know what's going on...but...I just know that I have to kill you four!" He points his oversized greatsword out, holding it with both hands. "Come on!"
[20:44] <Demedais> "Yezrut... is the goblin or the guy?" Demesais asks. "And feh. This ticking's gonna make magic difficult." A hand raised to Pollyanna, though Demedais' sword is out. "Lyselle's there so it's of the early days of the Crimson Guard, unless I miss my guess."
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: if he's been summoned he can make a DC 20 will safe or gtfo
01[20:44] <Seira> "Huh. Okay. Guys, it's an evil goblin. He's dead anyway, so it's cool to kill him again."
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: He's not.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Kill me? Don't make me laugh!" With that, the goblin raises it's sword and charges! OOC: It's attacking and looks generally unfriendly. Let's roll initiative?
[20:45] <Demedais> "...Wait. This is... this is real, not an image?" Demedais frowns, eyeing the goblin.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 A and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 Demeconfused~
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 Demeconfused~ and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Yezrut
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Yezrut and gets 14." [1d20=6]
06[20:46] * Seira considers the question. "It... could be he has respawned. Or it could be he was cloned. Or he could be a shadow conjuration! Lots of choices!"
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
03[20:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Marie>Demedais>Amaryl>Yezrut>Pollyanna>Seiramiko'
[20:46] <Alicia> "Maybe he got pulled here through time, and if we kill him it'll cause a horrible paradox!" Marie exclaims gleefully.
[20:47] <Demedais> "Cloned shadow respawn?" Demedais considered. "Less likely than most opti- ... ... Marie... ...this really isn't something I needed to think about. Argh."
01[20:48] <Seira> "I changed the future before, the world didn't blow up," Seira says, dismissing the risk. "And this guy already respawned once, so he might be doing it again!"
[20:48] <Alicia> "You're a strange little fairy at times..." Alicia mutters dubiously, drawing Hell Striker and approaching the goblin, intending to cleave right through his oversized greatsword.
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: he gets an AoO
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 AoOing Alicia
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 AoOing Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: 31
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+21
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+21 and gets 29." [2d6=6, 2]
[20:50] <Kotono> With surprising skill that has no place on being with a goblin, Yezrut cuts into Alicia's side as she approaches, getting her with a grazing but long wound! OOC: The AoO stops the disarm. Marie?
[20:50] <Alicia> OOC: Sunder!
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Sunder, my mistake.
[20:50] <Alicia> OOC: which doesn't get stopped by AoOs
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, they don't? Carry on then.
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -4pa +4 large weapon opposed roll (he gets -4 for being a runt) divine might
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -4pa +4 large weapon opposed roll (he gets -4 for being a runt) divine might and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: I'm aware. His roll is correct.
[20:52] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, but her blade is deflected by the side of Yezrut's! The powerful blow misses, knocked away! OOC: Marie?
[20:53] <Alicia> As Alicia fails to accomplish much of anything, Marie takes off from her head and floats five foot up and back, raining a storm of arrows down on the goblin!
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 11." [1d4=2][1d6=4][1d4=2]
[20:53] <Kotono> One of the arrows hit, a grazing injury that sends shocking, screaming pain into Yezrut's arm! He jolts but grimaces, "I've had worse from a crying mother!" OOC: Deme.
06[20:55] * Demedais pauses at this. "Do opponents just -like- signing their own death warrants...?" With that, he rushes in at Yezrut's side, choosing to instead just cut him apart instead of trying to disarm!
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+2 Haste -2 PA)
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+2 Haste -2 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 24." [2d6=4, 5]
[20:57] <Kotono> Demedais goes to his side near Alicia, stabbing his flank! It's not too deep, unable to quite land a killing blow! To follow that up, Amaryl sends a bevy of arrows flying!
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 2d8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 6." [2d8=3, 3]
[20:58] <Kotono> As arrows lightly pepper Yezrut, he shakes them off! He focuses on the two, "I'm never going to lose, especially not the likes of you!" With that, he lays into the aggressive party!
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais crit?
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais crit? and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Alicia
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Alicia
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Deme?
[20:59] <Demedais> OOC: 35.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25 and gets 31." [2d6=3, 3]
[21:00] <Kotono> With a powerful thrust, Yezrut manages to wound Demedais lightly in the gut! It doesn't go deep, only a mild pain instead of a serious wound! Then, more arrows rain down from above on Yezrut!
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (Helmet +2)
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (Helmet +2) and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+10 and gets 18." [1d8=4][1d6=4]
[21:01] <Kotono> One arrow goes right into Yezrut's shoulder, enough injury to momentarily stagger him back! OOC: Seira.
06[21:05] * Seira maneuvers herself to Yezrut's blind spot, where she would be able to aid Demedais, sword drawn.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Alicia?
[21:07] <Alicia> Somewhat surprised by the goblin's uncanny skill, compared to the sort of foes she recalls encountering when she first joined the Crimson Guard and knowing they bested him even before that, Alicia doesn't hold back much at all as she attempts to slice through each of his spindly limbs in turn before seperating his head from his shoulders!
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 4d8+68+8d6+4d6+16d4
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+68+8d6+4d6+16d4 and gets 172." [4d8=4, 7, 4, 3][8d6=5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 6][4d6=2, 6, 3, 1][16d4=4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1]
[21:09] <Kotono> Alicia does just what she wishes to! She catches Yezrut on the flat of his feet, riping his limbs off, then cutting away his head! HIs eyes go wide, "Wh-" he begins, as the tick-tocking STOPS! Utter silence. Yezrut is gone, as is the darkness. You stand in the road where you were before, the Tower looming ahead on the horizon.
[21:10] <Demedais> "Well, then."
[21:10] <Alicia> "Well... remembering anything different, Seira?" Marie asks the half-dragon, curious on the results of this potential paradox.
[21:10] <Kotono> Amaryl lowers her bow with a sigh. "Phew. What was that about? Who was that goblin, I've never heard of one using a two hander like that."
01[21:10] <Seira> "Why would I?" Seira wonders out loud. "I told you he keeps on respawning, remember?"
[21:11] <Alicia> "He was uncommonly skilled," Alicia muses as she flicks the blood from her blade. "Albeit not terribly resilient."
01[21:11] <Seira> "Every time he returns, he's stronger!" Seira exclaims. "It's like he trains in the afterlife or something!"
06[21:12] * Demedais stretches. "Let's keep going, then?" Then, to Seira, "Alternately he's haunting you."
[21:12] <Alicia> "That hardly sounds fair," Marie remarks with a frown as Alicia pulls up her blindfold.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Well, no," Seira admits, "but there was the Son of Yezrut...."
06[21:13] * Alicia dismisses the repeatedly dead goblin from mind, putting her blade away and continuing onwards.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Was that the corrupted one?" Demedais says, beginning to advance.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Yes! It was so funny--" And Seira proceeds to retell the story of how a goblin declared himself her archnemesis and demanded she fight him fairly one on one, just she, he and his trolls.
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 pot check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 pot check and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:17] <Kotono> You walk another five minutes. The tower is closer now? More like twenty minutes. Demedais can see that the 'fence' is a black lattice of some sort of thick material. But as you advance, it happens again! Darkness! The tick-tock is louder and louder, as if coming to life!
01[21:18] <Seira> "I wonder if it's the son's turn...."
[21:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna readies three arrows in between her fingers, the other hand raising up her bow. She doesn't stay a word, focused.
[21:19] <Demedais> "Or another theoretical nemesis." Demedais growls, intent.
[21:19] <Alicia> The blindfold is probably superflous, but Alicia draws her flaming sword and Marie sends out the dancing lights. "This could get old real fast..."
06[21:19] * Seira still remains next to Amaryl and Pollyanna. There's no need to charge ahead.
[21:20] <Kotono> 15 feet to the left of Seira it appears! An image of a woman climbing a wall in the rain! Beth Reynes is familiar to all, the pouring rain of that night a vivid memory in Seira's mind. She draws her rapier and growls, two ballgowned members of the Crimson Guard approaching! As she is peeled away, appearing, "Don't ya think yer gonna stop me!" she snaps! "You're all dead!" Landing on the dark ground around you in a crouch, Beth is up at and at y
[21:20] <Kotono> Landing on the dark ground around you in a crouch, Beth is up at and at you like a fired arrow! OOC - She's coming right at you and doesn't look friendly in the least.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Oh... you have to be kidding me!" Alicia stares in disbelief.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 A and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 9." [1d20=2]
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Beth
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Beth and gets 26." [1d20=12]
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amarylo>Seira>Marie>Demedais'
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Demedais'
[21:23] <Kotono> Linke a coiled spring, Beth pounces! Her rapier flashes out, going for Seira with deadly intent!
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 flatfooted AC, Seira?
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 flatfooted AC, Seira? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: Yeah, 22
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5+6d6 and 1 point of con damage, Seira.
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5+6d6 and 1 point of con damage, Seira. and gets 35." [1d6=1][6d6=6, 3, 2, 6, 6, 6]
[21:25] <Kotono> With a tiger's speed she cuts into Seira's arm, her vein exposed to the air with the penetrating strike! A second later Beth is twenty feet back and away from Seira! OOC: Polly's up.
[21:25] <Kotono> Pollyanna shakes her head, "Sorry," she says right to Alicia, firing off a stream of arrows!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3d6+30
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3d6+30 and gets 50." [3d8=2, 2, 3][3d6=5, 3, 5]
[21:27] <Kotono> Beth weaves and dodges, but Pollyanna's arrows of the mark! Three land right in her, turning her into a walking pin cushion! OOC: Alicia.
[21:28] <Alicia> "Sorry?!" Alicia blurts out incredulously, "That's my sister!" Turning to the assassin, she tries to reason with her. "Beth, don't you recognise me? It's Alicia! Please stop, we don't want to fight you!"
06[21:28] * Seira certainly wants to fight her.
06[21:29] * Demedais eyes Alicia, willing to let her try to reason this one out.
[21:29] <Kotono> With a sneering look at Alicia, "So? MAkes it even better, sis! I kicked yer ass around once already, let's make it a second time! Or are you going to cry and go moan to Mommy Mystra?"
[21:30] <Alicia> "Oh, damn, not to go through all this again..." Alicia mutters under her breath, before just taking advantage of her low willpower. "Beth, drop your weapon."
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: DC 23 suggestion
[21:30] <Kotono> "It's not like that, Alicia. It's a trial, a trick." Pollyanna readies more arrows as quickly as she can, "I fyou have to, step back and let us do it. It's just like those damned fey in the forest."
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[21:31] <Kotono> As Beth just laughs hard..."Fire or not?" Amaryl asks, hesitating, "Seira?"
01[21:31] <Seira> "Hold for now," Seira tells Amaryl quietly, looking balefully at Beth.
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: We would like to wait on Deme
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Holding as well? Okay. Marie?
[21:33] <Alicia> "Come on J-Beth, be nice! Give your sister a hug!" Marie tries, almost slipping on the name since she never met Alicia's sister before her amnesia.
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: DC 23 again
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[21:34] <Kotono> Beth laughs even harder! "Aw, it's a fuckin' fairy! At least I can sell you to someone useful after this. A real life pixie!" OOC: Deme?
[21:36] <Kotono> "See?" Pollyanna readies more arrows again, "Alicia, you know it's just another trick and trap."
[21:37] <Alicia> "No... this is actually disturbingly accurate," Alicia replies with a blush. "I know my sister..."
01[21:37] <Seira> "If you want to take her down nonviolently, I'll support you," Seira tells Demedais. "But whatever it is, negotiations have failed." She holds up her bleeding arm for emphasis.
06[21:37] * Demedais rubs his head. "Oh for the love of..." With that, he sprints forward, before trying to strike... at Beth's weapon! "Pollyanna, stall on further action! Prepare for what's coming next!"
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Provoking AoO.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Then it's a damned accurate trap, but it's till a trap, by Helm," Pollyanna focuses entirely on her, "Before she...ugh...!" She nonetheless nods tightly to Demedais as he strikes! OOC: Okay.
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Lower than that! (35.)
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 crit?
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 crit? and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme.
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme. and gets 8." [1d6=3]
[21:39] <Kotono> The snaking, sharp thrust catches Demedais in the arm! It's a shallow wound, but one that bleeds far too much for a little puncture! OOC: That stops the disarm. Beth is up.
01[21:40] <Seira> OOC: We are
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: You wanna go, Seira? Okay.
03[21:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amaryl>Marie>Demedais>Seira'
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: I'll add Amaryl after if you tell her to shoot.
01[21:41] <Seira> "At least there's consensus," Seira mutters. "Alright. Give it your best shot, Amaryl. I'll go and help Demedais." And that help involves getting into a flanking position and sinking the Resort in Beth's flank.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: It is a miss.
[21:42] <Kotono> Seira stabs out, thrusting hard at Beth! It's a narrow miss, the assassin avoiding the quick stab! A moment laters, arrows come raining down!
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 4." [1d8=4]
[21:43] <Kotono> Another arrow gets Beth in the arm, weakening her further! She staggers back, as...OOC: She's up.
03[21:44] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Marie>Demedais>Seira=Amaryl'
[21:45] <Kotono> "So fuckin' sick of you," Between gritted teeth, "So self fuckin' righteous and mewling! Grow up! Yer wastin' your life actin' on all those stupid ideals!" Stepping five feet back, Jessica takes a vial out and throws it in Alicia's direction!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 touch AC, Alicia, not that this matters much here, admittedly.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC, Alicia, not that this matters much here, admittedly. and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: 17, 19 vs evil. But see #e
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: She'll risk an AoO from the big lumbering brute of a paladin.
[21:46] <Demedais> OOC: Right.
[21:49] <Demedais> "Hmph...!" Demedais grunts, before attempting to smash the vial he sees pulled out! "Not allowing that if I can help it!"
[21:49] <Kotono> With her other hand, Beth strikes back quickly!
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme and gets 10." [1d6=5]
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[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Continue the sunder.
03[21:50] * Alicia sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[21:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 right.
[21:51] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 right. --> [ 1d20=6 ]{32}
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 2d6+11 wee?
[21:52] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d6+11 wee? --> [ 2d6=4 ]{15}
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 fort for Beth
[21:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 fort for Beth --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}
[21:52] <Kotono> The vial is shattered hard, the glass and a powdery black substance spreading all over Jessica! "Aaaaghik!" she cries incoherently! Pollyanna pauses just a moment, "Demedais," she hisses.
[21:53] <Alicia> OOC: Beth!
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Thank you.
[21:54] <Demedais> "Yes? I'm fine, stabbing aside." Demedais grimaces.
[21:54] <Kotono> "Fire or not?"
01[21:54] <Seira> "I think we're past the point of taking her down painlessly," Seira calls over to Pollyanna, grimacing.
[21:55] <Demedais> "... And yet I suspect that we're not going to be able to pass easily unless it's dark..." Demedais grimaces. "Hold again until I act. My apologies."
[21:55] <Kotono> With that, Pollyanna lets her arrows hold, knuckles white on her bowstring! OOC: Alicia?
[21:56] <Alicia> "Beth, give up!" Alicia barks, half-poised to strike if this fails. "Look at the mess you're in already - you're screwed! Surrender with a bit of respect!"
[21:58] <Kotono> Beth screams incoherently! Her eyes blaze with hatred, "I...hate...you!" she growls, waving her rapier wildly!
[21:59] <Demedais> "For the love of Helm... " Demedais grimaces. "Sorry, Alicia, but I wasn't ready to let her try and hit you with that."
06[21:59] * Alicia sighs, but is resolved to act before others suffer for her hesitation. Stepping towards her sister, she whacks her solidly in the side of the head with the flat of her blade!
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 smite -8pa 3rd level arcane strike divine might nonlethal
[21:59] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 smite -8pa 3rd level arcane strike divine might nonlethal --> [ 1d20=2 ]{26}
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+38+2d6+1d6+3d4
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+38+2d6+1d6+3d4 --> [ 1d8=8 2d6=8 1d6=4 3d4=6 ]{64}
[22:01] <Kotono> Slam! The flat of Alicia's blade hits Beth right in the head! She falls over, eyes shutting, "I...hate..." Then it's all gone. Over. Done. The darkness is gone, the tick-tocking ceasing it's fevered pitch. Ahead, the silver tower looms, waiting.
[22:02] <Demedais> "Damn." Demedais curses, healing himself quickly of the damage to his endurance before doing the same to Seira.
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 1d4 Lesser Restore self
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d4 Lesser Restore self --> [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
01[22:02] <Seira> "Yes, barrels of laughs," Seira mutters. "Great fun all around."
06[22:02] * Alicia stares down at her feet, breathing heavily for a moment as Marie worriedly approaches from behind. "I'm sorry, Pollyanna... everyone," the paladin finally speaks. "I should've just cut her apart from the outset. You all suffered for my hesitation, and it didn't even matter at all in the end."
[22:03] <Demedais> OOC: One more on self + one on Seira to eliminate it.
01[22:03] <Seira> "For what it's worth, I felt the risk was worth taking," Seira tells her. "A shame your efforts didn't succeed this time."
[22:03] <Kotono> "It's okay." Pollyanna goes over to Alicia, "It's just another stupid trick. Let's just keep going."
06[22:04] * Alicia nods silently, reaching over to Seira and healing her as much as she's able.
06[22:05] * Seira casts Heroism and See Invisibility while she is able to, in case the horribly ticking is a sign of what awaits her in the tower.
06[22:06] * Demedais taps himself to heal away some of the wounds. "We're gonna likely face a quite familiar foe to half of us next. Prepare your courage and stay close to me - this will not be pretty."
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 --> [ 3d8=13 ]{20}
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yes, let's keep going," Pollyanna starts to walk, looking to Demedais, "Who do you think we're going to face next then?"
06[22:06] * Demedais gives Pollyanna a long look. "If I'm not mistaken? A creature you've got a deep grudge against."
[22:06] <Alicia> "We've faced someone from Seira's past and someone from mine... so there could be four more to go," Alicia muses, also resuming her walk.
01[22:07] <Seira> "How about Ferdi? That would be fun!"
[22:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna stumbles, wobbling her arms and dropping her bow as she turns to Demedais. "W-wait, w-w-what?"
06[22:08] * Demedais nods to Pollyanna. "Yeah. It'd fit the pattern thus far, though... if this thing's really bizarre, we face a golem first. I doubt that case, however. ...Kondrux is far more likely."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Hopefully I won't count since I'm a familiar?" Marie offers gamely.
[22:09] <Kotono> "N-no. It won'-it won't happen." Breathing in and out as she picks up her bow with shaking hands, Pollyanna goes right ot Demedais as they walk. "No. It won't happen."
[22:09] <Kotono> "What would your archenemy be then, Marie?" Amaryl asks as she goes closer to Demedais as well.
01[22:09] <Seira> "That pixie we came across yesterday, maybe?"
[22:10] <Kotono> Snickering at that, "The battle of Alicia's head?"
[22:10] <Demedais> "If it does, he's getting dissected, same as last time." Demedais says grimly.
01[22:10] <Seira> "The incident with the unfortunate implications, yes."
[22:10] <Alicia> "Well, there was that marilith one time..." Marie remarks embarrassedly.
06[22:11] * Demedais keeps close to Pollyanna as they advance. "Let's go."
[22:11] <Alicia> "And another, actually..." Marie adds. "Boy, those demons have bad luck with me."
[22:12] <Kotono> Another five minutes. You do see to be 15 minutes away from the tower now. It's even closer - Demedais can make out faint glimpses of the inside, perhaps, past the lattice. Nothing solid, though. Then the darkness comes! The tick-tock becomes stronger, a painful distraction to casting once more! 50 feet ahead of you it fills up the entire sky in this blackness! Kondrux, flying over Balmuria! The dragon's majestic form is terrifying, sending qu
[22:12] <Kotono> Kondrux, flying over Balmuria! The dragon's majestic form is terrifying, sending quakes down the party's spines as it peels into this void! IN it's booming voice, "You dare to defy me, puny mortals? You will be destroyed for your insolence!" OOC: Initiative.
[22:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna's face is dead white, her hands shaking horribly!
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 bring it, Kongass
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+1 bring it, Kongass --> [ 1d20=4 ]{5}
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{19}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Seira
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Seira --> [ 1d20=12 ]{19}
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 A --> [ 1d20=11 ]{16}
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 M --> [ 1d20=6 ]{13}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (+5 nerveskitter)
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 (+5 nerveskitter) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Amaryl, not Seira. Dur-hur.
03[22:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Pollyanna=Kondrux>Amaryl>Alicia>Marie>Demedais miko-miko panic!'
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head and resolve first, Seira?
[22:16] <Kotono> Despite open terror, Pollyanna manages to fire off a few quick arrows!
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{27}
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{31}
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
[22:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+1d6+10 --> [ 1d8=8 1d6=4 ]{22}
[22:17] <Kotono> The arrows fly, one of them managing to find a weak spot in Kondrux's scales! OOC: Seira?
06[22:20] * Seira decides to rely on her staff, holding it before her as she ascends, and calls upon three rays of fire to strike at Kondrux's hide!
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: While we're waiting on Seira, eveyrone make saves against Dragonfear?
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=13 ]{28}
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Beat it. Attack rolls.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=13 ]{30}
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=18 ]{35}
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=9 ]{26}
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: All hits vs dragon flatfooted.
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Er, touch. Dur.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 12d6 fire
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 fire --> [ 12d6=33 ]{33}
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, everyone relevant make saves vs dragonfear. +4 for Deme's aura nad +2 from Marie's aura.
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Amaryl
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=9 ]{19}
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Polly
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 Polly --> [ 1d20=4 ]{17}
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 A
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+30 A --> [ 1d20=18 ]{48}
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 M
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 M --> [ 1d20=1 ]{22}
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Pollyanna and Amaryl are shaken for 4d6 rounds. Marie is panicked instead.
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 4d6 for both
[22:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6 for both --> [ 4d6=16 ]{16}
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d6
[22:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{6}
[22:26] <Kotono> As flaming arrows and flaming rays pepper Kondrux, the dragon's terror washes over the party! It draws it's head back as it flies at an angle to line up with Pollyanna, Demedais and Amaryl! A crackling line of lighting comes out at all three of them, the dragon's terrifying breath! OOC: Ref all three of you.
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Polly)
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Polly) --> [ 1d20=16 ]{30}
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Amaryl)
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Amaryl) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{32}
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 Hi I'm a Concentrate check with Evasion tacked on
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+23 Hi I'm a Concentrate check with Evasion tacked on --> [ 1d20=13 ]{36}
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 14*8 moot since guess what? All of three of them have evasion. Poor Kondrux.
[22:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 14*8 moot since guess what? All of three of them have evasion. Poor Kondrux. --> {112}
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d4-1
[22:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4-1 --> [ 1d4=3 ]{2}
[22:29] <Kotono> The massive discharge of lighting gets the three to duck and cover! Amaryl dives out of the way, while Pollyanna ducks and Demedais weaves out of the way of the lightning! None are hit, narrow misses to all three! The smell of ozone lingers in the air after! OOC: Lucky you th ree. Amaryl's up.
[22:30] <Kotono> Amaryl has open fear on her face, even as she desperately flings all the arrows she can!
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{22}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{17}
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{11}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{15}
[22:30] <Kotono> Yet none hit, all bouncing off Kondrux's scales! OOC - Alicia and then Marie.
[22:32] <Alicia> Casting spells in all this noise looks like a lost cause, so Alicia cheats by channelling a Fly spell into her sword and then tapping herself on the leg with the blade to bestow flight, after which she kicks off the ground and starts to levitate five feet up.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Marie?
[22:32] <Alicia> Meanwhile Marie sticks close to her mistress and fires off some arrows at the wyrm!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
[22:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{29}
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
[22:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
[22:33] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{28}
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d4 not bothering with electric damage
[22:33] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4+3+1d4 not bothering with electric damage --> [ 1d4=2 1d4=1 ]{6}
[22:33] <Kotono> An arrow hits a scale, the screaming sending a crack on Kondrux's massive side! OOC: Deme?
06[22:35] * Demedais advances forward 20 feet, providing another disparate target as he prepares an action to match the dragon's own...
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Seira and Polly and the DRAGON are up.
01[22:37] <Seira> Calling upon the protection of Stoneskin, Seira sends three more rays of fire at Kondrux!
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=11 ]{26}
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: ATtacks.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{29}
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Damages. All hit.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 12d6 FIRE
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 FIRE --> [ 12d6=46 ]{46}
03[22:38] * Demedais is now known as taifk
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Note: Deme's holding an action, SEira still has her move action, Polly+Kondrux are up next.
[20:36] <Kotono> * Demedais advances forward 20 feet, providing another disparate target as he prepares an action to match the dragon's own...
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Seira and Polly and the DRAGON are up.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> Calling upon the protection of Stoneskin, Seira sends three more rays of fire at Kondrux!
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=11 ]{26}
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: ATtacks.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{29}
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Damages. All hit.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 12d6 FIRE
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 FIRE --> [ 12d6=46 ]{46}
[20:36] <Kotono> * Demedais is now known as taifk
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Note: Deme's holding an action, SEira still has her move action, Polly+Kondrux are up next.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, your move action?
[20:36] <Kotono> Kondrux is stricken by the fiery rays once more! Lancing, smoking holes appear on his sides and front, the powerful rays burrowing right in! Yet the wyrm seems angered by them, not killed!
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: You said it was cool to take it after seeing the dragon move
[20:39] <Kotono> Kondrux bellows a word of arcane fury! Red lines cascade and wrap around his scales in an instant, as he then bites forward at Seira!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE)
05[20:39] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:39] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-70-113-75-254.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:39] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:39] <Kotono> Kondrux bellows a word of arcane fury! Red lines cascade and wrap around his scales in an instant, as he then bites forward at Seira!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE)
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: AC
[20:40] <Kotono> ?
01[20:40] <Seira> OOC: Not that. But I do have stoneskin!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE) crit confirm
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) crit confirm and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 4d8+9
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+9 and gets 32." [4d8=7, 3, 6, 7]
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 Spellcraft
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 Spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[20:43] <Kotono> With maddening speed, Kondrux chomps right into Seira's side! Her tough skin resists some of the bite, but a wound is still netted! OOC: Seira? Then Polly.
06[20:45] * Seira scowls, letting her magical staff drop as she weaves out of Kondrux's strikes to get into knife range! 'Let's go, Lagann!' she mentally commands, hoping that she would only need to hold on for a few moments on her own.
[20:45] <Kotono> Pollyanna's color is like death, a shaking hand dropping an arrow to the ground! Nonetheless she looks on, "Oh..." Knees knocking together, she nonethless manages to get off a few arrows!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-2 shaken)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-2 shaken) and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-2 shaken)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-2 shaken) and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10 and gets 12." [1d8=2]
[20:46] <Kotono> Despite her overwhelming fear, Pollyanna manages to get a single arrow to penetrate thet hick scales of the blue dragon! OOC: Deme, you wanted to go now?
03[20:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Pollyanna=Kondrux>Demedais>Amaryl>Alicia>Marie'
06[20:49] * Demedais grimaces. "Helm, guide this spell, for the bigger they are..." Striving to concentrate, he attempts the Downdraft spell right on top of Kondrux! "...the harder it is to use this cliche!"
[20:50] <Demedais> OOC: I presume Concentrate check -> SR check -> if applicable, Reflex check. Correct?
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Start with the concentration to see if you make it.
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 k
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 k and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Success. SR
[20:50] <Kotono> ?
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 right
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 right and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Success! Let me check the spell now.
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: The reflex save is largely moot, as it's only to go down 50 feet instead. It's 30 feet up, so...
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 3d6
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and gets 8." [3d6=3, 2, 3]
06[20:53] * Seira slashes at the dragon on its unceremonious way down!
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 smite
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 smite and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:55] <Kotono> The gust of wind is like a tunnel down! The wings of Kondrux seize up in it, it's body starting to wrench and plummet down hard! Seira swings at it as he does, the REsort glowing with forbidden power! Her swing is a moment later, whizzing past the massive body of Kondrux as it hits down! The entire ground quakes and shakes all over, as if a meteorite slammed down into the earth! Taking this chance, Amaryl moves 30 feet well away and fires off a
[20:55] <Kotono> Taking this chance, Amaryl moves 30 feet well away and fires off a single arrow that becomes two!
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-2 shaken)
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (-2 shaken) and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-2 shaken)
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (-2 shaken) and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> Her arrows glance off the side of the massive bulk of the downed dragon! OOC: Alicia.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:58] <Alicia> With Marie turning incorporeal and tucking in behind her, Alicia rushes over to the fallen form of Kondrux, aiming to stab her flaming blade deep into the wyrm's scales, using her own height to gain leverage for her strike!
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+14+2d6+1d6
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+14+2d6+1d6 and gets 22." [1d8=1][2d6=3, 1][1d6=3]
[20:59] <Kotono> With Kondrux down, his massive bulk makes an easy target! Alicia powers through hsi scales, ripping just under his wing with Hell Striker! OOC: Marie's protecting you and that's it?
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: yeah
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, Polly and Kondrux are up. Go ahead, Seira?
06[21:00] * Seira dives after Kondrux, not letting up!
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 charge~
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 charge~ and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 6d8+18
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+18 and gets 42." [6d8=3, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4]
[21:04] <Kotono> Seira dives right into the back of Kondrux, stabbing deeply into it! At that very moment, Pollyanna fires off more arrows again!
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20=15
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=15 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=3]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[21:04] <Kotono> Yet none of her arrows come close at all, the terror on her face growing bigger! Her mouth opens in a grimace of uncontrolled fear! OOC: Kondrux.
[21:05] <Kotono> Bellowing in rage and anger, Kondrux turns it's attention to Alicia, "You feeble creature! How dare you cheat like that!" With that, it snarls and bites, slaps and attacks out!
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Incidentally, I forgot to apply it's CE to it's last attack, Seira. You just missed in that case.
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: Why would it? It refreshes as we both go together.
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: Oh! I forgot the +1 from height. So I still hit?
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: That would even it out, yeah.
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE) Alicia bite
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) Alicia bite and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 claw 1 Seira
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 claw 1 Seira and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 claw 2 Seira
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 claw 2 Seira and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: AC is currently 28
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: Err, 26
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 wing 1 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 wing 1 Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 wing 2 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 wing 2 Alicia and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: AC 33
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 tail slap Seira
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 tail slap Seira and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 crush Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 crush Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Right, let me tally up then.
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: Dune, he can't crush me
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 2d8+9+1d8+4 Alicia
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+9+1d8+4 Alicia and gets 29." [2d8=7, 1][1d8=8]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 11." [2d6=1, 6]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 14." [2d6=6, 4]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 7." [2d6=1, 2]
[21:11] <Kotono> A moment later, with a sharply uttered arcane word, armor of magical force shimmers around Kondrux's body! OOC: Demedais.
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[21:12] <Demedais> "You know." Demedais grunts drolly, before charging in. "It's rude to accuse the ladies of cheating when I was the one who cast the spell..."
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: It does have reach on you, Deme, and you can't avoid an AoO like them. You okay with t hat?
[21:12] <Demedais> OOC: Sure.
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
01[21:12] <Seira> "And when you cheat yourself!" Seira calls out loudly. "That's just not fair, dammit! You can't cast Mage Armor like that! Or Fire Resistance!"
[21:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+2 Haste)
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+2 Haste) and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff.
[21:14] <Kotono> Demedais charges in, but the armor around the dragon's body shimmers as his sword strikes against that, instead of scales true! Meanwhile, despite her utter terror, Amaryl continues to move around and fire arrows!
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[21:14] <Kotono> Yet none of them hit at all! OOC: Alicia and Marie.
06[21:17] * Alicia reels a bit from the blows she just took, much like Seira more affronted at the dragon's spell-casting prowess than anything. Giant lizards with titanic physical prowess should not get mighty arcane power as well! Looks like she's going to have to go all out...
[21:17] <Alicia> Tensing as she draws on Hell Striker's fury, she savagely rends her blades through scales and force protections both, raking through Kondrux's upper body and hopefully scything through his comparatively spindly neck!
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 35." [1d20=3]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: Really? Really Hatbot?
[21:18] <Hatbot> Impossible, you aren't nearly pretty enough, Alicia.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, but at least it's a crit.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+11d4
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+11d4 and gets 89." [2d8=2, 6][2d6=3, 6][1d6=3][11d4=4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1]
[21:21] <Kotono> Alicia's sallies are ineffective and weak! Her blows are easily avoided by Kondrux! Such swordsmanship is like a child's first steps! Yet with a final lunge, she strikes forward...and goes right into Knodrux's neck! She cuts perfectly, a massive swell of dragonblood arcing out! Kondrux raises his gushing neck up, roaring in fury! "How? Such inferior..." Then it's done, over. You appear once more in the streets, the tower of time looming ahead.
[21:21] <Kotono> Then it's done, over. You appear once more in the streets, the tower of time looming ahead.
06[21:21] * Demedais immediately turns to Amaryl and Pollyanna. "You two alright?"
06[21:22] * Seira poses! "Victory!"
06[21:22] * Alicia appears terribly confused. "That's... not what I expected." Sighing, she takes off her hourglass bracers and replaces them with her bracers of blinding strike, at least until they enter the tower proper.
[21:22] <Kotono> Pollyanna continues to fire more arrows, sailing throw the air! Then she simply slinks down to her knees, dropping her bow, head bowed.
06[21:23] * Seira skips over to Amaryl. "And this time, we didn't even have to cheat!"
06[21:23] * Demedais walks over to Pollyanna, kneeling next to her. "He's gone, dear... it's okay."
[21:23] <Kotono> Amaryl leans on Seira, "Terrifying. Utterly terrifying, but it's gone. That was a real dragon?"
[21:23] <Alicia> Marie returns to corporeal form and shivers a bit. "What a horrid lizard..." she briefly looks over to Pollyanna, but leaves it to Demedais to comfort her.
01[21:24] <Seira> "Oh yes. Or a really good emulation of one. Bad?" Seira is mildly puzzled.
01[21:24] <Seira> "I'm pretty sure he was evil, too!"
06[21:24] * Alicia waits a moment for everyone to recover before continuing onwards.
[21:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna shakes with sobs, silent. She wipes at her face with the back of her arm, drawing in long breaths before she stands. Despite wet cheeks, she picks her bow up. "I'll...I'm fine."
06[21:25] * Demedais nods as he helps her up. "You even managed to nail the bastard a few times... better than what I managed, it seems."
06[21:25] * Seira gathers her discarded staff, and casts Blur on Amaryl. "I should've thought of this earlier," she admits. "You could really benefit from this." On herself, she uses Mirror Image. "And now I won't get bitten in half again until we make it to the tower, at least!"
06[21:26] * Alicia snorts. "We wouldn't have done it without you bringing him to ground, Demedais. I couldn't cast a thing with all that noise..."
[21:26] <Kotono> "What's next then?" Amaryl asks as she sighs long. "It seems to be things related to us. Any ideas?"
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+4 and gets 5." [1d4=1]
01[21:27] <Seira> "I'm still betting on Ferdi or Irenes. But maybe Febras? I never did get a chance to have a final showdown with him."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Let's...let's just go," Holding her arm a moment as she puts her bow over her back, "Whatever it is, we'll beat it. It can't be any worse, by Helm."
[21:27] <Alicia> "Three more to go. Two if Marie doesn't count," Alicia muses, casting Shield. "Anyone have any particularly memorable antagonistic people from their past?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "Say, Alicia," Marie begins hesitantly as she flutters alongside the paladin. "Did Antenora have that horribly scary and nasty looking spear when you first met her?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "No... why?" Alicia looks askance at her familiar.
[21:28] <Alicia> "No reason!" Marie replies quickly, fluttering away.
[21:28] <Demedais> "Febras or Irenes. If Irenes, we're dealing with a potent spellcaster; if Febras, a vampire. ... " Demedais' face turns stony for a moment. "There's... there might be another possibility, that it's Antenora."
06[21:28] * Seira considers, and then gives the spell-storing ring to Amaryl. "How about you keep this? In case you either really have to hit something, or disappear."
[21:29] <Kotono> Amaryl takes the ring, putting it on. "Thanks, Seira." Looking upa t that, "But isn't Antenora one of your friends?"
[21:29] <Demedais> "Wasn't always." Demedais shrugs. "Alicia managed to befriend her."
[21:29] <Alicia> "And we just fought my sister five minutes ago," Alicia points out. "She wasn't always so nice."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Oh yes," Nodding briefly to that, "Well...whatever it is, let's go," Amaryl says, "I'd rather move forward than wait for another nightmare to find us.
[21:29] <Kotono> "
01[21:30] <Seira> "Well, if we do, it would be a short battle?" Seira muses. "Nothing personal, but Antenora's past self wouldn't fare particularly well against us."
[21:30] <Demedais> "Neither would have Beth's, or the goblin's, but they seem to be improved." Demedais shrugs as he advances.
[21:30] <Kotono> "I wouldn't think that Yezrut would have, either," Pollyanna starts to walk. "I don't recall Kondrux casting that sort of magic when we fought him, either."
[21:30] <Demedais> "He didn't, so far as I remember."
06[21:31] * Alicia heals herself a little with her wand, but just enough to stop the bleeding. "They're not really as they were, despite apparently being pulled from the past," she agrees.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
01[21:31] <Seira> "No one can. That's not mortally possible."
[21:31] <Kotono> "This entire realm isn't mortally possible,
[21:31] <Kotono> "This entire realm isn't mortally possible," Pollyanna says, ending up as a little shaky growl from deep in her throat.
06[21:32] * Demedais stays close to Pollyanna as they walk.
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:35] <Kotono> Thus the party walks! Ten minutes away now...Demedais can see that the courtyard past the latticed gate ripples slightly. Like a pond's surface when the water is disturbed - but then. Darkness again! The gears of time sound loud and louder, the din resuming! 60 feet ahead an image appears! It is of a dark night and a dark grove, moonless! In it, a man in a face hiding hat spreads his arms wide! He peels away from the image, shadowed face lookin
[21:35] <Kotono> He peels away from the image, shadowed face looking over the party, a rapier in hand. "...hmph. An obsticle in my way now. What a shame, what a pity it came to this!"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Thank you, evil gnome, for letting me have this fight! I've always felt bad about missing the chance!"
[21:36] <Kotono> "Ah well, all obsticles must be eliminated!" With that, his rapier flashing bright, Febras attacks! OOC: Let's roll initiative here? None of these guys are big on waiting and chatting.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 whee~
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 whee~ and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Alicia> "Silver arrows, Marie," Alicia tells her familiar matter-of-factly as she readies her blade.
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Pollyanna
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Pollyanna and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:37] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 yay, foppish vampire attack
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 yay, foppish vampire attack and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Febras
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Febras and gets 15." [1d20=1]
03[21:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna>Seira>Amaryl>Marie>Febras>Alicia>Demedais KAWAII MIKO EDITION'
[21:38] <Demedais> "Silver if you've got it, Polly, but he should burn okay!" Demedais notes to Polly.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Got it!" Readying arrows quickly, "Go back to sleep, illusion!"
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+10 and gets 18." [1d8=6][1d6=2]
[21:39] <Kotono> The arrow flies! It seems to do no damage whatsoever to Febras! Only the burning fire on it seems to have any remote effect! OOC:Seira.
06[21:39] * Seira decides to charge in and stab the vampire before everyone sets him on fire and he dies from it!
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 charge~
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 charge~ and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: The whiff.
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Actually no, hit. Flatfooted.
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d8 good~
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d8 good~ and gets 42." [3d8=5, 2, 2][5d8=3, 4, 4, 5, 8]
[21:42] <Kotono> Seira runs in and stabs him, leaping ahead in a flash! The Second Resort does relatively little damage, only wisps of holy power doing anyd amage at all to the vampire! Amaryl fires up, arrowstorms coming!
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[21:43] <Kotono> Amaryl fires off several arrows! One hits, but it simply hits his skin and does nothing at all, not even bruising or pushing in! OOC: Marie.
[21:43] <Alicia> Sticking close to Alicia, Marie draws a few tiny silver arrows out and peppers them at the vampire!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d4+2+1d6+1d4
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+2+1d6+1d4 and gets 12." [1d4=2][1d6=6][1d4=2]
[21:44] <Kotono> The little silver arrows find much more success, going right into the arm of Febras, not resisted at all! He smiles beneath his hat, bowing his head as his rapier flashes out! "Ah, a duel. Has your potential grown that much, Seira? En garde!"
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit?
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit? and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:45] <Seira> OOC: 26 right now, may MI help?
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d6 MI 1
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 MI 1 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d5 MI 2 crit
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 MI 2 crit and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 2d6+20
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+20 and gets 29." [2d6=4, 5]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+10 and gets 14." [1d6=4]
[21:46] <Kotono> Dancing and stabbing, Febras eliminates an image before turning Seira into a rapier-cushion, penetrating her several times with his thrusting stabs! OOC: Alicia.
01[21:47] <Seira> "You've picked up a few tricks, I see!" Seira exclaims, smiling through the pain. "I hope to show you something fun as well!"
06[21:48] * Alicia follows after Seira to lend her support, a low sweep of her blade at the vampire's legs!
[21:48] <Kotono> "Iv'e just gotten started!" Weaving past one of Seira's slashes, "Thsi is only the prelude to the beginning!"
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -4pa
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -4pa and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Zee whiff.
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: +2 for flank?
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Not enough.
[21:49] <Kotono> Charging in, Alicia has her slash blocked by a flick of Febras' rapier! "Ah, try harder then!" OOC: Deme?
06[21:50] * Demedais shrugs slightly, before swooping in to Febras' side. "The prelude to the beginning? That's silly to hear, I must confess. Still, let me add my blade to the dance?"
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 just trying to hit, here
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 just trying to hit, here and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:53] <Kotono> Demedais comes in as well, but Febras jumpes over his heavy sword swing! "All power, no grace!" he calls! Meanwhile, Pollyanna scowls but sends more arrows in support!
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d6 only teh fire damgae matters, really.
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 only teh fire damgae matters, really. and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[21:54] <Kotono> More arrows come, a blazing one leaving a faint burn on Febras' shoulder! OOC: Seira?
06[21:54] * Seira gains a few feet of altitude, looking down at Febras all the while. "In that case, I'll honor you by going all out as well!" And then, with Lagann's aid, she tries to guide her strikes past the holes in Febras's defense.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 claw
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 claw and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Demedais> "'Power to take the measure, adjust to suit!'" Demedais replies with a slight grin.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 bite
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 bite and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: As much as I'm sure you wanna bite Febras hard, no joy.
01[21:55] <Seira> OOC: No hits at all?
[21:56] <Kotono> Dancing in as well, SEira finds trying to strike Febras now is as futile as trying to stab the wind! He moves with grace so far removed from a mortal being that it boggles Seira's mind to watch! Amaryl meanwhile keeps up the arrows, all in vain! OOC: She can't do damage with her arrows and tried again this round. She'll try something different next round. Marie?
[21:57] <Alicia> Since Alicia hasn't asked for more direct help, Marie merely fires a single arrow at the vampire and then flies over to defend her mistress, settling in ten feet behind Alicia so Febras can't retaliate at her.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:57] <Kotono> Febras lashes out, knocking the arrow away in midflight! Darkness begins to gather around him, a crackling miasma! "Then, let your eagerness be the opening to your eternity!" he cries, as black engulfs all!
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR Deme
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR Deme and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 10d8 and fort, all. Marie is safe because of incorpreal.
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8 and fort, all. Marie is safe because of incorpreal. and gets 46." [10d8=2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 3, 1, 8, 4, 5]
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: Marie's corporeal right now
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, then she needs to save as well.
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 A
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 A and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 wee fort saves
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 wee fort saves and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 M
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 M and gets 20." [1d20=7]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: All of you take half damage except Marie. She takes full damage and is nauseated for 1 round.
[21:59] <Kotono> The burst of power leaves the party weakened and dazed, MArie particularly savaged! But they all survive, despite the blooming aura of pain around each of them! OOC: Alicia?
06[22:01] * Alicia recalls the very quick and easy way to kill Febras that she used last time, and realises that it's a waste of time even hitting him at all... he is still wearing a certain ring, that she herself also wears, right?
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: He is.
[22:04] <Alicia> Accepting the risk of a retaliatory stabbing, Alicia reaches down to grab Febras's hand and roughly yank the ring of eternal celerity from his decaying undead finger!
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: AoO for him
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+10 and gets 14." [1d6=4]
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: 37
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Oh!
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -4 unarmed
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -4 unarmed and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 this is so not his style
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 this is so not his style and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> Reaching in, Alicia manages to yank off the Ring of Eternal Celerity! At that moment...it's over. The darkness and ticking is gone again. The Tower Looms ahead, waiting.
[22:08] <Alicia> Does Alicia still have a doubler?
06[22:09] * Seira pouts. "Couldn't you wait?" she almost whines. "It was such a good chance to stab Febras and set him on fire!"
[22:09] <Kotono> The other ring is gone.
[22:09] <Demedais> "Waste of time and energy if he can use that damn darkness spell. And... something's not right up ahead. Alicia, you may want the other bracelets back on.
[22:09] <Kotono> "At least it's done. We're getting closer ot that damned tower," Pollyanna starts to walk again. "You okay? You don't looks so good, Seira. You too, Marie?"
06[22:10] * Alicia shudders a bit and makes a face. "Blech... that was thoroughly disconcerting..." she then balefully eyes the ring she herself wears for a moment before looking up at Seira. "It's how I killed him the last time. I just saved us a lot of time."
01[22:10] <Seira> "Oh yes," Seira acknowledges. "I have been stabbed and am bleeding."
[22:10] <Kotono> Coming over and taking out her wand, "Want me to, Seira?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Please do!"
[22:10] <Alicia> Marie whimpers and floats over to Alicia, who readily dispenses healing to her brave familiar while Amaryl tends to Seira.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 35." [10d4=4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 10d8+10 using 10 charges since Seira's pretty torn up
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8+10 using 10 charges since Seira's pretty torn up and gets 51." [10d8=4, 7, 5, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 1, 3]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3 and gets 9." [3d8=4, 1, 1]
[22:12] <Kotono> "WE ready to go on," Pollyanna asks after that. "The sooner we're done, the better...and what's wrong, Alicia?"
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 44." [1d20=18]
01[22:13] <Seira> "I am no longer bleeding!" Seira reports, giving Amaryl a grateful smile.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Just got some unpleasant feedback from that damn ring," Alicia replies, shaking her head. "It's passed now. Lets keep moving?" Putting action to words, she leads the way onwards.
[22:13] <Demedais> "Hold on a sec, Alicia."
06[22:13] * Alicia pauses and looks expectantly at Demedais.
[22:14] <Demedais> OOC: Strike my line, misunderstood.
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: strike mine as well, then
[22:15] <Demedais> "... I still have a hunch that we'll want to have those bracelets on once we pass the gate..." Demedais muses.
[22:16] <Alicia> "That's what we got them for?" Alicia replies, giving Demedais an odd look.
[22:16] <Demedais> "The air there rippled right before Febras attacked." Demedais shrugs. "But yes. Let's go."
[22:18] <Kotono> The party continues on! They're only 5 minutes away now! The silver tower seems to take up everything now, casting a shadow ahead. As Demedais can see it, getting a good look at last...everything goes dark again! The tick-tocking becomes a din once more! Ahead, you see a fire streaked volcano, snow falling and melting down from above! A beautiful, unclad Erinyes is there, peeling away from it and standing. She tosses her hair back, "My, what a
[22:18] <Kotono> peeling away from it and standing. She tosses her hair back, "My, what a little interruption all of you are. Getting in the middle of my plans like this! I suppose I can play with you a little while!" OOC: React and initiative.
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:18] <Demedais> "Knew it." Demedais mutters.
[22:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[22:19] <Kotono> "Why isn't she wearing anything...?" Amaryl mutters.
01[22:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Antenora
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=11]
01[22:19] <Seira> "It is her hobby," Seira whispers back.
03[22:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Deme? She's 30 feet ahead and 10 to the side, I forgot to mention. dur.
06[22:23] * Demedais shrugs and charges in. "Della, was it? Or something like that. Irrelevant. You become assistant to a paladin and betray the Hells, pissing off everyone down there as you do so." he tells her as the blade swings!
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+2 Haste +2 Charge)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+2 Haste +2 Charge) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 2d6+11 acquire ability to penetrate DR
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+11 acquire ability to penetrate DR and gets 18." [2d6=3, 4]
[22:25] <Kotono> As Demedais steps in, slashing her side, Antenora caresses his arm! "Oh, so nice. Now serve me!" she commands! OOC: Will save.
03[22:27] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[22:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+5 mind-affecting, screw charms not hitting SR)
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+5 mind-affecting, screw charms not hitting SR) and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:28] <Kotono> Demedais' mind cloys over, but he resists it and shatteres the mental chains starting to encase him! A moment later, Antenora scowls as a miasma of blackness erupts around Amaryl and Seira! OOC: Will.
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 will
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 will and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[22:28] <Demedais> "Sorry, but ahahahahahahaha no"
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 5d8 Amaryl takes full, Seira takes half.
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 Amaryl takes full, Seira takes half. and gets 21." [5d8=6, 3, 7, 4, 1]
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 1d4 Amaryl sickened
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 Amaryl sickened and gets 4." [1d4=4]
03[22:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl sickened 4 rounds>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
[22:32] <Kotono> The miasma is something Seira knows how to fight, but Amaryl isn't so lucky! She buckles with it, crying out in pain! She staggers back, managing to fire off arrows desperately!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 14." [1d20=7]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 25." [1d20=18]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[22:32] <Kotono> All her arrows split, yet none of the storm quite hit at all! OOC: Marie?
[22:32] <Alicia> Marie hesitates, waiting to see what Alicia does. Considering how often they spar, if anyone knows how to best fight this erinyes it's that paladin...
[22:32] <Kotono> Pollyanna sends more arrows as well!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 crit check
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 crit check and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 2d8+20
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+20 and gets 32." [2d8=4, 8]
[22:32] <Kotono> The arrows land in Antenora, doing some minor damage across her unprotected body! OOC: Seira?
06[22:35] * Seira decides to maneuver so that she ends up next to Antenora, flanking with Demedais. That way, she probably wouldn't be able to do anything sneaky like step aside and cast her cheating spells of enthrallment, and Alicia would get her chance of handling the woman.
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then. Alicia?
Session Close: Thu Apr 02 22:35:37 2009
Session Start: Thu Apr 02 22:35:37 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:35] * Disconnected
02[22:35] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Topic is 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl sickened 4 rounds>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
03[22:35] * Set by Kotono on Thu Apr 02 21:29:20
03[22:35] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
06[22:37] * Alicia sighs, and after shooting brief wary looks at the three archers she quickly walks forward to Della, invading the so-called Bloodflier's personal space and leaning close with her lips almost brushing Della's ear as she whispers quietly so hopefully no one except those already in the know could overhear. "Drana, I command you to sleep."
[22:39] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes widen, "Ho-" Then she simply lies down and closes her eyes, going fast asleep! The image vanishes in that moment, the sound ceasing once more! The tower again dominates over all of you, only a few minutes' walk away.
06[22:39] * Demedais coughs slightly. "Well."
06[22:39] * Alicia just shakes her head, swapping her bracers for the hourglass bracelets. "Hopefully we can reach the tower without further incident..."
01[22:39] <Seira> "There'll probably be another incident, now, just because you said that."
[22:40] <Kotono> "How did you do that?" Amaryl asks Alicia as she gapes, "Was that a word of power you uttered?"
01[22:40] <Seira> "Antenora always submits to Alicia," Seira elaborates. "Even when she is bad."
[22:40] <Alicia> Marie laughs while Alicia coughs. "Suffice it to say that I have my ways."
[22:41] <Kotono> "Oh." Amaryl scratches at the side of her head, "That sounds strange. Why would a devil submit like that..."
06[22:41] * Demedais shrugs and heads back to Pollyanna's side.
01[22:41] <Seira> "It is another hobby," Seira whispers to Amaryl.
[22:42] <Alicia> "I wish she'd submit to me like that," Marie sighs wistfully, breaking out in giggles as she flies over to join Alicia.
[22:42] <Kotono> "...oh! You people mean..." Amaryl turns brighter, "I didn't think that..."
[22:42] <Kotono> Pollyanna rubs her temples and sighs.
06[22:42] * Demedais just holds his face in his hands.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Their friendship is a mysterious one," Seira agrees sagely.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Poor Antenora... she'd be horrified if she saw this," Alicia just mutters. "Come on, lets just get moving." With that she quickly marches on towards the tower.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Seira, for a powerful wizard and dragon, you're positively immature about sexual matters." Rubbing her temple very slowly, "Yes, let's just go."
[22:44] <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais says after wiping the smile off his face.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Still..." Amaryl starts to walk again, "Alicia...I didn't think that you were...well...I thought people like us were very...uncommon."
[22:44] <Kotono> "Amaryl, let it go." Pollyanna sighs louder this time. "You're missing the point, somehow."
[22:45] <Alicia> "I'm not," Alicia replies through gritted teeth. "Nor is Antenora."
[22:45] <Kotono> "...oh. Sorry, I thought it mean...sorry!" Amaryl blurts out, blushing horribly. "I didn't meant to offend you!"
[22:46] <Alicia> "I'm not..." Alicia repeats, sighing and rubbing her head, "Look, nevermind. Just forget about it."
06[22:46] * Demedais opens his mouth, before deciding to just shut it.
[23:45] <Kotono> ---
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Seira, for a powerful wizard and dragon, you're positively immature about sexual matters." Rubbing her temple very slowly, "Yes, let's just go."
[20:41] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais says after wiping the smile off his face.
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Still..." Amaryl starts to walk again, "Alicia...I didn't think that you were...well...I thought people like us were very...uncommon."
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Amaryl, let it go." Pollyanna sighs louder this time. "You're missing the point, somehow."
[20:41] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm not," Alicia replies through gritted teeth. "Nor is Antenora."
[20:41] <Kotono> > "...oh. Sorry, I thought it mean...sorry!" Amaryl blurts out, blushing horribly. "I didn't meant to offend you!"
[20:41] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm not..." Alicia repeats, sighing and rubbing her head, "Look, nevermind. Just forget about it."
[20:41] <Kotono> * Demedais opens his mouth, before deciding to just shut it.
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Moving forward you guys?
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: very much so
[20:42] <Demedais> OOC: Sure.
01[20:42] <Seira> OOC: If Amaryl can heal first?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. How much do you want?
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: She needs ~20hp, so that? She doesn't have much as is. :/
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1 and gets 12." [2d8=5, 6]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[20:46] <Kotono> Thus the party walks forward! The Tower! As they all approach, they can see the latticed fence around the tower. It's not hard to see through, woven wide enough for plenty of visual gaps. Inside...inside the courtyard you can see so much. So many images, thousands of them. Images....no. Seira can see Alicia talking to a man, hugging him. Then she can see herself laughing with her friends, still a child. Then a hard night, studying magic up late
[20:46] <Kotono> Then a hard night, studying magic up late. Then a memory that makes little sense, an elf talking to her. The others can see the same - countless memories of all sorts, shown and shown and shown in an intoxicating sea on display.
06[20:47] * Demedais idly wonders if this would also show him being dropped off at the temple as a baby.
[20:48] <Alicia> Seeing so many vivid images of her past causes a wave of nostalgia to wash over Alicia, before she determinedly shakes it off, knowing it to be a distraction she can't afford in such a dangerous place. Briefly she glares at the ring of eternal celerity, since stopping this sort of thing should be within the purview of the limited power it has chosen to exercise on her behalf.
06[20:48] * Seira chooses to look on in interest.
[20:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[20:49] <Alicia> Marie likewise is interested, though she mostly looks at Alicia's past to get a better understanding of her mistress rather than looking over memories of her own existence.
[20:51] <Kotono> In the field now, you see a rainy, quiet day. All of you can see the Temple of Helm - a few people in cloaks against the rain are placing a bundle down at it's front doors. It stays there a few seconds, flickering in and out of vision before rejoining the sea of memories.
06[20:51] * Alicia focuses on the fence rather than the courtyard, looking for a gate.
[20:52] <Kotono> There is a gate ahead, about ten feet off to the side.
[20:52] <Demedais> "Rainy day? Heh, figures." Demedais chuckles. "Everyone ready for the second half of this?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Seira, care to check that gate for traps before we open it?" Alicia asks, pointing it out.
06[20:53] * Seira shakes her head briefly, as if awakening. "Sure," she responds to Alicia's request.
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[20:55] <Kotono> The gate isn't trapped. It isn't locked, either. Opening it should b ea simple matter.
01[20:56] <Seira> "So he wants us to come closer," Seira muses, thinking about the gnome and recalling Lagann's previous behavior. She can't help but wonder whether she might see an image from his life, back before he was turned into a sentient artifact.
[20:57] <Demedais> "Does he, now? At least that's a decent sign, though with what we've faced to get here..." Demedais shrugs.
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[21:00] <Kotono> The image ahead of you flicker and stir. One of them focuses into a hazy, splintered, metallic sort of image. Everything is in steel grays and silver luster. A small figure lies on the ground, slowly rising up into the air by some unknown force. He wears full metal armor, a white beard flecked with blood. The figure cries out, screaming. His armorstarts to melt and mold, shifting. Shifting...into a sphere. It condenses down, the being's body be
[21:00] <Kotono> It condenses down, the being's body being shrunken, squeezes and pupled into it as Lagann forms. A moment later, the image vanishes back away, more images coming at rapid fire, everyone's memories
[21:00] <Kotono> .
06[21:01] * Seira pauses midstep, and topples over.
06[21:01] * Demedais turns quickly. "Seira?!"
06[21:02] * Alicia quickly moves over to check on their now comatose colonel.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Seira?!" Amaryl is at her side in an instant, kneeling next to her. "Seira, are you hurt still? Seira?!"
06[21:04] * Demedais taps Seira, attempting to heal her. "Damnit..." OOC: Up to +4 LoH healing expended.
06[21:04] * Seira clamps her hands over her ears in pain, closing her eyes tightly.
06[21:05] * Demedais mutters something darkly. "Right."
06[21:05] * Alicia looks up at Demedais. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" she asks tersely.
[21:07] <Demedais> "Not a clue, though I'd have a guess that seeing Lagann's formation caused Lagann itself to recoil in pain, and since they seem to be mentally connected..." Demedais grimaces.
[21:08] <Alicia> "So all we can do is wait it out?" Marie asks, hovering worriedly nearby.
[21:08] <Kotono> "Seira? Seira? Can you hear me?" Amaryl shakes Seira's shoulder, shaking her hard. "Seira? Say something!"
[21:09] <Demedais> "I don't know much about Lagann, so... that's the only guess I've got. Let me try one thing, though. Calm down, Amaryl." Demedais says the last almost as an afterthought, before grasping Seira's shoulder and muttering another spell. OOC: Lesser Restoration.
06[21:10] * Demedais then watches for a reaction.
01[21:11] <Seira> Maybe it was a mistake to bring Lagann, Seira thinks guiltily, forcing her eyes to open again. The next step is to struggle to her feet. Everything else can wait until that has been achieved.
[21:11] <Kotono> Amaryl helps Seira up, "Seira? You alright?" she says, offering her side to her as she rises.
06[21:11] * Alicia backs off to give Seira room as she rises.
06[21:12] * Demedais also steps back a bit, frowning.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Another mistake." Seira winces. "I just wanted to understand my little pal better. But...." She sighs, holding her head. "Let's just go."
[21:13] <Alicia> Nodding, Alicia goes to open the gate and lead the way inside.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Everyone's got the bracers on?" Demedais asks quickly, advancing with Alicia.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Check!" Marie raises her hands cheerily as she follows Alicia.
01[21:14] <Seira> Despite her desire to proceed, Seira will leave the vanguard to Alicia and Demedais again.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Got it," Pollyanna taps her own, "Are we ready to go in now?"
[21:15] <Demedais> "I believe so..." Demedais nods. "Let's do this, then."
[21:16] <Kotono> The party walks in! As they do, the range of memories and images becomes a tornado around them! Millions of recollections surround them like woven armor! (More)
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, #Terror. Deme, #evil.
[21:18] <Kotono> Alicia blinks. Ahead is a short path to a door that leads into the tower. However, the other four have gone rigid. They stand perfectly in place. Their eyes are wide open. In their eyes you can see clock faces in place of eyes, turning rapidly, wildly.
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: Marie's okay as well?
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Marie is okay.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Dammit," Alicia scowls as she looks over the stopped group. "Weren't these bracelets supposed to stop this?"
[21:22] <Alicia> "Well, they did for us?" Marie suggests, waving her hand in front of Seira's face.
[21:22] <Alicia> "I'm not sure..." Alicia murmurs. "I felt something from the ring of eternal celerity for a moment." Holding up her hand, she studies the ring intently. "What did you do?"
[21:23] <Kotono> The Ring isn't being particularly communicative. Most rings aren't, to be fair.
[21:23] <Alicia> Ths one is! Sometimes.
[21:23] <Alicia> Mostly when it threatens to kill her, admittedly.
[21:24] <Alicia> "Hmm..." Alicia considers for a moment, then casts detect magic before studying the quartet.
[21:34] <Kotono> The four have overwhelming magic around them.
06[21:36] * Alicia scowls. "The dweomer affecting them is on par with a deity's magic. I won't be able to dispel it," she shakes her head sadly.
[21:36] <Alicia> "So what do we do?" Marie asks worriedly.
[21:37] <Alicia> "We find who's responsible and we make them stop," Alicia concludes grimly, turning and marching to the door, which she attempts to open.
[21:51] <Kotono> The door to the tower is not locked! It opens! Ahead you see a misty tower, tick-tocks coming from loud inside. A voice in Alicia's head sounds, "Come, come, come, come." It is a man's voice, strong. Powerful. Impatient. "So Alicia Reynes is the thread of time that made it here! Come! The Resort is waiting! Bring all your might! I've been waiting for you so long!"
[21:52] <Alicia> "What have you done with my friends?" Alicia demands aloud as she steps inside, Marie fluttering nervously just behind her.
[21:53] <Kotono> Visibility is bad in here - only about twenty feet in any direction. Ahead, you can see a stair hugging against the right wall, leading upward. "Giving them a chance to choose the paths not taken."
06[21:55] * Alicia starts heading towards the stairs. "Truly? You can change history and rewrite every action they've taken since the paths diverged, and all the actions cascading from there? Or are you simply trapping them in a self-indulgent fantasy?" she challenges.
[21:58] <Kotono> "I am the Magus of Time! I have the power of Time itself! I can give you anything...to go back to that ruinous day, to change that thread of yours. You would only have to ask and swear off the quest for the Resorts forever. Would you like to see them? Would you like to see your husband hugging you after the bandits run off? Would you like to see your child playing in the kitchen as you make dinner that night? Would you like to see your daughter
[21:58] <Kotono> kitchen as you make dinner that night? Would you like to see your daughter and your second son? I can give you that."
06[22:01] * Alicia hesitates for a moment as Marie bumps into her back, her resolve weakening. "Damn you..." she whispers, taking a moment before she can summon the wherewithal to take another step forward. "I won't be swayed by fantasy," she speaks up, albeit with less force than before. "What's past is past, and can never be changed."
[22:03] <Kotono> "Is it?" Ahead of Alicia, an image forms. In it, you see bandits - running away from Alicia's house in a routed panic. Alicia stands before her front door, huffing and smiling in relief. "They're waiting inside for you, Alicia. Say the word...you can be there. You can live with them, have children, live a happy life. You can make Kelara a paradise if you wish, so that the troubles and stirring rebellions never happen. All you have to do is fore
[22:03] <Kotono> so that the troubles and stirring rebellions never happen. All you have to do is forever forsake this quest."
[22:06] <Kotono> Far away, you can hear Demedais bellow your names.
[22:07] <Alicia> Drawing a deep, shuddering breath, Alicia tears her gaze away from the tantalising image. Part of her wants it so badly, a chance to live without regrets... but wouldn't there be regrets for what she's giving up here? Her friends, her sister... those things matter. But do they matter enough?
[22:08] <Alicia> Luckily, Demedais's shouting and hollering saves her from having to make a decision, diverting her attention and causing her to almost flee back to the entrance to see what's happening there.
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Evil.
[21:06] <Kotono> ----(You two here, Alicia in #evil.)--
[21:09] <Kotono> After some rest and finding out that Balmuria hasn't burned down in the interum while they were off defeating evil gnomes, Seira and Demedais meet at Seira's inn in the morning. OOC: Ball's in your two's court to 'port over there or whatever.
[21:12] <Demedais> "Right. I scry the temple, you use the vision of it as a basis to teleport there?" Demedais proposes.
01[21:13] <Seira> "Or you could use my ring to take us there."
[21:14] <Demedais> "... well, sure, if you want to get all technical about it."
06[21:14] * Demedais still accepts the ring with a grin.
01[21:15] <Seira> "It's better than scrying the inanimate," Seira responds with a grin of her own.
[21:17] <Demedais> "I'm still adjusting to being able to do this sort of thing; cut me some slack." Demedais shrugs, before clasping Seira on the shoulder and focusing on the first junction room, where Desert Cthulhu broke in at the stairs!
06[21:17] * Seira snorts.
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Make your d100 roll for it?
[21:18] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: I'd call that seen casually, which is still a flub.
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 9." [1d10=9]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 1." [1d10=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 I guess we'll need this after all
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 I guess we'll need this after all and gets 14." [1d10=4]
[21:22] <Kotono> Woosh! AAAACK! You appear on the surface! Further, you appear in the middle of a fearsome sandstorm! Massive waves of sand are blowing all around you, the wind in danger of immediately knocking the two of you over! You can barely see anything but the raging sandstorm alla round you!
06[21:23] * Demedais immediately throws up a wall of boiling water around themselves.
06[21:23] * Seira grabs Demedais and thinks of home, asking, "Ready to go back and try tomorrow?"
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Make a concentration check, Deme?
[21:24] <Demedais> "By the..." Demedais curses!
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+@3
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+@3 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=15]
[21:24] <Demedais> OOC: 38.
[21:25] <Kotono> Despite the maelstrom going around them, Demedais somehow manages to get the wall up, his concentration unbroken! Massive chunks of sand, like a steady stream of wet sand-mud, pass through it and land around them! The two are rapidly getting hit by flying wet sand, but it's still ar espite from the wind and the flaying, horrible sandstorm outside!
06[21:25] * Demedais also shields Seira from the wet sand-mud. "Let's go, yeah! Damnit..."
06[21:25] * Seira doesn't need further incentive!
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[21:26] <Kotono> Woosh! The party returns home to Seira's intact, albiet covered with dozens fo splatters of clingy wet sand! Seira's inn has been returned to in quick time.
[21:26] <Demedais> "Augh." Demedais curses again.
01[21:27] <Seira> "Demedais," Seira tells him quietly. "Try targetting the place you've spent the most time at. Since you said you're new at this, you might as well know that the greater the focus, the better your chances of getting there."
[21:28] <Demedais> "I fought the desert squid from hell there!" Demedais curses. "The spell distinguishes that much?"
01[21:29] <Seira> "You know how the gestures help you focus your spells? It's a bit like that."
[21:30] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais says after a minute. "There's only one more room more familiar, but it's pretty disjointed from the rest. Still."
01[21:30] <Seira> "I have the spell of Dimensional Door, so even if it's cut off, give me the direction from there and we'll proceed."
[21:31] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods at this.
[21:31] <Kotono> Thus, the next day comes. The two meet again in Seira's Inn without incident. Again they are ready to go, waiting to hopefully reach the temple successfully.
[21:31] <Demedais> After a day passes, Demedais tries again, hopefully with less idiocy!
[21:31] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[21:35] <Kotono> Woosh! The two blinka nd vanish, appearing just where Demedais wishes them to be!
01[21:36] <Seira> "Where to, now?"
[21:38] <Demedais> "Oh, good." Demedais muses. "Two places. One's an armory - I'd like to have that place looked over at least, though I will likely return multiple items back here once we're done. There are, however, apparently items of potent chaos as well, which I'd like to try and purify if I can..." A pause. "Once we deal with that, the library is the other destination. I need to ask Guardian where that is, though."
[21:39] <Demedais> "Oh, and a side note? All the doors are trapped, apparently flagged to only allow followers of Helm through. You're with me, so it should be okay... but let me open doors, just in case."
01[21:40] <Seira> "Helm and I are on decent terms! But sure, it's your secret ancient temple and all."
06[21:40] * Seira ponders a bit. "Purify Chaos, though? That's weird."
[21:40] <Demedais> "'Straighten out' has more syllables.
[21:41] <Demedais> This being said, he leads Seira to the armory!
01[21:41] <Seira> "And how would you fight devils?" Seira asks curiously, following.
[21:43] <Demedais> "Ideally? Hit them until they shut up. I don't have as many tools in my metaphorical toolbox as you and Alicia do." Demedais replies.
06[21:44] * Seira is amused by the answer, content to make the rest of the short trip in silence.
[21:44] <Demedais> OOC: Deme first checks the middle two doors (Weapons and Armor), looking through for magic that might be useful for the temple.
06[21:49] * Seira will boost her skills with Heroism before assisting Demedais, naturally.
[21:59] <Kotono> The first door gone in is weapons. Inside is a fairly large room with mounted weapons ofa ll types about, as well as a few steel storage chests. While some are rusted, some look to be in decent shape still. Many bear the symbols of Helm over them.
06[22:00] * Demedais looks around for magic, not terribly surprised at the degredation.
06[22:00] * Seira follows Demedais's lead!
[22:02] <Kotono> There are three magical weapons that are still intact: A greatsword with the eye of helm at it's hilt, a morning star made of mithral, and a double sword with tapering blades and perfect symmetry.
01[22:03] <Seira> "If you're going to identify them, I would suggest starting with the morning star," Seira muses. "Want to gather them up and move on?"
06[22:03] * Demedais nods and picks those three up, putting them in his bag before nodding to Seira.
06[22:08] * Demedais then heads to the armor storage.
[22:18] <Kotono> Taking the three weapons, the two head to armor. Here they find two surviving, magical suits of armor. One is an ornate full plate, with a visored helmet and regal plume atop it. The other is a war-scarred set of chain mail. The links gleam, save for where weapon impacts dull the metal into a gray shade.
06[22:21] * Demedais examines these, too, before hefting them along as well. "Next for the chaotic stuff, I guess."
01[22:21] <Seira> "Fun times!"
[22:23] <Kotono> The two go to the stairway! It leads down several flights of stairs. At the end you come to a massive, unrusted door of iron. It's ten feet tall, looking about as solid as your average mountain.
01[22:24] <Seira> "So you think the traps won't target you?" Seira asks when it is within sight.
[22:25] <Demedais> "...most shouldn't." Demedais replies. "Can't hurt to have you check for traps on this, though? I hope."
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
01[22:25] <Seira> "At your service!" Seira announces, searching.
01[22:26] <Seira> "Seems clear! Which might also mean it's a really good trap."
[22:26] <Demedais> "Eh." Demedais shrugs. "If it is I'll take the punishment. Stand back." Once Seira's 30 feet away he opens the door!
06[22:26] * Seira has no problems with that.
[22:29] <Kotono> Demedais opens the door! Instead of a creak, a strange word is said! OOC: No effect on Demedais. Make a will save at -2, Seira?
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[22:30] <Kotono> The word of power is a potent one, leaving Seira feeling dizzied! However, she's not much more than that, only a momentary disorientation.
[22:31] <Demedais> "Hm?" Demedais says, glancing back at Seira. "You alright?"
01[22:31] <Seira> "I'm fine!" Seira calls out, holding her head. "Ah, the world, it is spinning~"
[22:31] <Demedais> "...Right." Demedais comments, opening the door and looking for chaos and magic.
06[22:32] * Seira joins Demedais in the search once she gets her headache under control.
[22:32] <Kotono> In this room there are several heavy, metallic, leaden looking coffins lying on the ground. None of them radiate magic or chaos, and each has an obvious, big lock on them.
06[22:33] * Demedais eyes the coffins. "I'm pretty sure I read it correctly..."
03[22:34] * Sierra_DeadDeadDeadsky is now known as Sierra_StillAlive
01[22:34] <Seira> "Well. Want me to check the first for traps and all that?"
[22:35] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs. "I don't have keys, so."
01[22:35] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 35 on the nearest one!
01[22:36] <Seira> "Yep, trapped," Seira announces. "Stay back and I'll see if I can do something about it?"
06[22:36] * Demedais shrugs and steps back, nodding.
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
01[22:37] <Seira> OOC: DD
[22:37] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the device. She can't quite undo it, but she doesn't trip it by mistake.
01[22:37] <Seira> "I see how it is," she says bitterly, and tries again!
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[22:38] <Kotono> Seira works! Her hand slightly slips! A cube of lines and power bursts around her! OOC: Will save, Seira?
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: 10 damage.
[22:38] <Kotono> The spell leaves Seira rocked and staggered, but only minorly injured on the whole.
01[22:38] <Seira> "I'm okay!" Seira repeats, checking to see if the trap reset itself.
[22:39] <Kotono> The trap reset.
06[22:39] * Demedais returns back to a watching stance.
06[22:40] * Seira retreats to about forty feet from the coffin. "You can trigger that one without worry, Demedais. Want to try it?"
[22:41] <Demedais> "... uh." Demedais glances to Seira. "You do realize what I do to traps is probably about the same as what I do to devils? But... I can try, I... ... yeah, something tells me it'd not work at all, but it's worth a shot.
01[22:42] <Seira> "It's a spell that doesn't harm people like you, so unless the device is more complicated than I see, it should be fine!"
[22:42] <Demedais> "...right." Demedais shrugs, before trying to unlock the coffin!
[22:43] <Kotono> The lock is difficult looking and you lack an obvious key. Opening it will require brute strength or something else.
01[22:44] <Seira> "How about I try again and we see if anything happens to you?" Seira offers cheerfully.
[22:44] <Demedais> "Yeah, I don't know how to unlock anything like this." Demedais grimaces. "I can ask Guardian if there's a set of keys anywhere."
01[22:45] <Seira> "It's more fun this way!" Seira declares, going to attempt to disable the trap once more.
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[22:45] <Demedais> "...right." Demedais says bemusedly.
[22:46] <Kotono> Seira still can't quite get it. She gets closer, but no success.
01[22:46] <Seira> When at first you don't succeed....
01[22:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[22:47] <Kotono> Uh oh! Seira mis-steps! Another grid of energy appears around the two! OOC: Deme's not effected regardless of SR. Will, Seira?
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Another 10 damage.
06[22:48] * Seira grunts. "This just became personal, you realize," she declares to the trap.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[22:48] <Kotono> Ouch! The energy passes through Demedais harmlessly ,but Seira's zapped again! This try, however, safely disarms the trap!
[22:48] <Demedais> "Having fun yet?"
06[22:48] * Seira checks it for traps once more, and then happily tries to navigate the lock. "Lots!"
[22:49] <Demedais> "Oh, good. I'd be dismayed if you weren't."
[22:49] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the lock the first time. No success on that first effort, unable to spring it.
06[22:50] * Seira laughs, and tries a few more times.
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[22:50] <Kotono> Click! Third try's a charm, the lock undone.
06[22:50] * Seira gestures at the coffin. "Go ahead!"
[22:51] <Demedais> "I do have to admire my spiritual ancestor's dedications to sealing these off, and almost feel bad letting these loose. Even if it is to make them usable by our group." Demedais shrugs, before lifting up the lid.
[22:52] <Kotono> Inside is a glaive. It somewhat resembles a hated weapon: The armament of a Bearded Devil. However, this one has eyes all up and down the haft, eyes of blood red and shit brown and snot yellow, eyes that constantly look about.
06[22:52] * Demedais then considers. "It also may be in our best interests to- ..."
01[22:52] <Seira> Is it EVIL?
[22:53] <Demedais> "... well." Demedais says. "I'm going to vote we deal with this as we're leaving, and -not- bother with the other coffins. Let's just do these one at a time - the rest should be safe enough here."
01[22:53] <Seira> "It is somewhat evil!" Seira pronounces. "Want Lagann to carry it so you don't have to touch it?"
[22:54] <Demedais> "Once we're ready to go, sure. Not sure either of us, uh, want to touch it." Demedais comments.
01[22:55] <Seira> "I do have Telekinesis prepared for just this reason, if you're afraid of the effect on Lagann," Seira tells him. "But yes, let's go see the library first?"
06[22:56] * Demedais nods, and leads Seira to the long hallway, walking through it before stopping about twenty feet before the door. "Wait here. Not sure how the defenses in here would react to you."
01[22:56] <Seira> "Want to ask before we leave?" Seira wonders out loud. "If we use this temple as a hub for our gate network, it would be a pain if the doors zapped me every damn time."
[22:57] <Demedais> "Might be wise, yes. Guardian at least would be able to tell, I'd guess?" Demedais nods before opening the door and looking in.
[21:04] <Kotono> ----(Sinister Ko Glare)--
03[21:04] * tailunch is now known as Demedais
[21:04] <Kotono> <Seira> Is it EVIL?
[21:04] <Kotono> <Demedais> "... well." Demedais says. "I'm going to vote we deal with this as we're leaving, and -not- bother with the other coffins. Let's just do these one at a time - the rest should be safe enough here."
[21:04] <Kotono> <Seira> "It is somewhat evil!" Seira pronounces. "Want Lagann to carry it so you don't have to touch it?"
[21:04] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Once we're ready to go, sure. Not sure either of us, uh, want to touch it." Demedais comments.
[21:04] <Kotono> <Seira> "I do have Telekinesis prepared for just this reason, if you're afraid of the effect on Lagann," Seira tells him. "But yes, let's go see the library first?"
[21:04] <Kotono> * Demedais nods, and leads Seira to the long hallway, walking through it before stopping about twenty feet before the door. "Wait here. Not sure how the defenses in here would react to you."
[21:04] <Kotono> <Seira> "Want to ask before we leave?" Seira wonders out loud. "If we use this temple as a hub for our gate network, it would be a pain if the doors zapped me every damn time."
[21:04] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Might be wise, yes. Guardian at least would be able to tell, I'd guess?" Demedais nods before opening the door and looking in.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Going to the large chamber where you killed desert cht-chan?
[21:05] <Demedais> OOC: Going in there, yes, since we just walked through the hallway leading there.
[21:08] <Kotono> Doing so, the two go to open the door! The remnants of the battle are mostly destroyed and gone - the hole in the floor has some repairs done to it. The metallic angel-figure stands in the circle, waiting impassively.
06[21:08] * Seira gives the angel a wave from behind Demedais.
[21:09] <Demedais> "Thank you for this." Demedais pauses as he looks at the patches. "This is Seira. Though not a direct worshipper of Helm, she has received a blessing from him once before, and wishes to assist in the restoration of this place." A pause as he looks to the eye-security system. "I take it the protections here do not disagree with this..."
[21:16] <Kotono> "She has not been assailed," He answers, "You may do what you wish."
[21:17] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais nods greatfully, before gesturing to one of the doors based on what he recalls from the past conversations. "Through there leads to the library, correct?"
06[21:17] * Seira grins. "If it's for Helm, helping is fine! He's okay."
[21:23] <Kotono> "It does. Go to the Wing of Eternal Worship," Guardian says, "Helm travel with you.
[21:23] <Kotono> "
[21:23] <Demedais> "And may he watch over you and this temple." Demedais nods respectfully, before leading Seira onward!
06[21:24] * Seira gives the guardian another wave, before following cheerfully, as if she hadn't been zapped twice already by annoying traps!
[21:27] <Kotono> Heading through another door safely, the two come to a long hall. There are doors about here, and a 4 way juncture at the middle. AT the far end is a stairway going both up and down.
[21:30] <Demedais> "...How many bets that I don't remember which way from here?" Demedais says after a moment, before looking into the first door on the left.
[21:31] <Kotono> This room has several bookshelves and prayer benches. It's filled with various books on wooden bookshelves. Most of them look aged and ancient.
01[21:31] <Seira> "I am actually quite ready to fight fearsome beasts Helm locked away for no reason in temple forgotten by time," Seira reports, examining the books.
[21:32] <Demedais> "Too late, Pollyanna already beat up Guardian once." Demedais notes idly, looking over the titles on the books quickly for anything related to the defenses of the temple or ancient lore.
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: What languages do you speak, Deme?
01[21:33] <Seira> OOC: For me: Common, Elven, Draconic, Sylvan, Orc, Celestial, Gnome, Dwarven, Abyssal, Infernal, Aquan, Ignan, Auran, Terran
[21:34] <Demedais> OOC: Common, Celestial, Gnome, Infernal, Draconic
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Y eah, Seira can help cover anyway, so it's moot. Right.
[21:35] <Kotono> Here are books in various languages: Common, Elven, Dwarven, Orc, Sylvan and other mortal tongues are represented, as well as Celestial and Infernal. They are all titled things like 'The wisdom of law' or 'The Scriptures of the High Watcher'.
[21:36] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais plucks out of the the books titled 'The Scriptures of the High Watcher' in Common, before commenting, "Let's check another room."
01[21:36] <Seira> "I might cry if I'm forced to read these, so sure," Seira responds honestly.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Heh." Demedais then leaves and tries the next door down the hallway!
[21:39] <Kotono> The next door leads into a room. Here a statue of a man in armor resides, rotten, ancient pillows on the floor in front of it.
06[21:40] * Seira looks the room over for traps, and then for things of interest!
06[21:40] * Demedais frowns at this a bit. "One would think they'd label rooms. Let's leave this one alone." Demedais then tries the next one, intending to save the staircase for last!
06[21:41] * Demedais waits on Seira's usual check.
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 35 on each
06[21:42] * Demedais idly examines the statue to try and identify it, though he has his suspicions.
[21:42] <Kotono> There's no traps. As Seira gets close to the statue, it's lips move! It speaks in Common. "Listen well, all that come. Listen well to the wisdom of te Watcher, passed down from the House of the Triad to enlighten mortalkind."
06[21:43] * Seira tilts her head. "Sure! I have a few minutes. Can you tell me the wisdom of the Watcher, please?"
06[21:43] * Demedais nods slightly, his guess confirmed as he glances to Seira in amusement.
[21:46] <Kotono> The next ten minutes are spent in listening to the statue speak. It's the wisdom of the faith of Helm, spoken well and true. It's a basic encapulation of the faith, with a few interesting points. It mentions on how the Watcher can return even those that have passed to this word. It also mentions Torm in a positive light.
06[21:47] * Seira questions the wisdom of Helm. Privately.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais says politely, before leading Seira out. "Older statue, I'd suspect."
06[21:48] * Seira nods, and takes out a bit of chalk, writing on the door 'Senile Statue' in Common. "I'll go mark the prayer room now, okay?"
06[21:49] * Demedais eyes Seira with some amusement, before gently erasing the Senile part. "With the words 'Prayer Room', sure."
06[21:50] * Seira frowns, but substitutes Senile for Really Old, before labeling the previous room.
06[21:50] * Demedais rubs head slightly. "Let's move on, then?"
01[21:51] <Seira> "I'm ready!" Seira announces, holding the chalk up like a weapon. "Come morning I'll label them magically!"
[21:51] <Demedais> "Don't worry about that too much. Chalk will do." Demedais comments wryly, before trying the next room!
01[21:53] <Seira> "I'm a perfectionist," Seira says brightly, peering into the room over Demedais's shoulder, tiptoeing.
[21:54] <Kotono> The next room is another prayer room. It's like the first room on a glance, even to the book titles.
06[21:55] * Seira spends a minute checking the books just to be sure.
[21:55] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais says, quickly checking into the next room on while Seira looks over the prayer room if she wants or not.
[21:57] <Kotono> The books are titled much the same. They all look like religious works. The next room is a smaller chapel, an alter to Helm still pristine after all these years. A helmet made of shiny silver sits atop it.
06[21:57] * Seira labels the room as 'Another Prayer Room' and catches up to Demedais.
06[21:59] * Demedais looks over the room quickly again. "As much as I'd like to linger and examine everything, I don't see much point when it's not our mission here."
06[22:00] * Seira shrugs. "Just being thorough, and it doesn't take more than a few minutes." She gestures at the helmet. "Since silver would have eroded by now, that would be magical?"
[22:02] <Demedais> "Probably." Demedais says, glancing toward it. "Not sure how I feel about removing it from here, though."
01[22:02] <Seira> "It's fine if you place it on your head?" Seira suggests rather bluntly. "If the guardian or Helm himself don't want you to, you'll know."
06[22:03] * Demedais glances to Seira with some bemusement, before glancing to the helmet again. "Look over the room while I think?"
06[22:04] * Seira marks it as 'Chapel' and does so, snickering to an image only she can see.
01[22:04] <Seira> OOC: Searches for 35, again?
[22:06] <Demedais> After a few moments, Demedais takes his own helm off and advances to the silver one, looking it over with one hand placed on its top.
06[22:06] * Seira points out the false back in the altar. "Probably where the good potions were kept," she mentions. "You could store them anew if you'd like."
06[22:08] * Demedais glances to Seira. "Give me a moment." After another second of silence, "Helm, I promise you that this temple will live yet again, as will this world - as your sword, I will carve out a new life for this plane."
06[22:09] * Seira keeps her silence, merely nodding at Demedais's pledge.
06[22:13] * Demedais nods slightly. "We leave the helmet here." With that, he circles around back and opens the false back at Seira's instruction.
[22:14] <Kotono> The false back has several empty bottles. IT's big enough to store several more if one wished.
06[22:15] * Demedais nods slightly, before pulling out a pencil and noting the presence of the false back with a slight mark. "Let's continue on."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Sure. See? I told you he'd let you know if he didn't want the helm to be used!" Seira says, skipping along.
[22:16] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais notes wryly, redonning his own helmet.
01[22:16] <Seira> "So it waits for an even greater hero? Did you just get snubbed?"
[22:17] <Demedais> "I believe it waits for another high priest of the temple." Demedais replies.
01[22:17] <Seira> "So it's a uniform," Seira deduces, nodding. "Helm's clergy can be so strange. We just use vestments and medallions and stuff."
[22:19] <Demedais> "I'm hoping that this enterprise we're planning between our temples helps dispel these, ah, strange feelings." Demedais notes. "Why, while in Victoria one of the followers of Helm in the temple there thought the Temple of Waukeen was entirely money-grubbing."
01[22:21] <Seira> "That's an important aspect of what we do," Seira admits, "but hardly all of our work. Plus the reason behind that behavior is also important. It is, after all, a fact that you need gold to accomplish anything worthwhile, so having it is no sin."
[22:22] <Demedais> "Hardly disagree with that, but I pointed out - just like you did - that the attitude towards it was more relevant than the action in most cases." Demedais replies. "It's somewhat like our case - we are a faith dedicated to protection, thus our notes of rank tend to be built into our armor."
06[22:24] * Demedais idly advances to the next room as they talk.
[22:24] <Kotono> Thus the two approach the stairs. The stairs continue up and down from here.
01[22:24] <Seira> "Figures." Seira nods. "You'll find us easy to work with for the most time. We're pretty comfortable with diversity. None of that 'worship me or die' nonsense, you know?"
06[22:25] * Demedais nods. "In many ways, the same for Helm. We protect. Just no knocking on the helmets, I did that too often as a teenager."
01[22:26] <Seira> "You'll have to do something about the statues, though," Seira says a bit more seriously, taking the lead and looking out for trapped areas. "Having impressionables listen to the virtues of Torm? Just no."
[22:27] <Demedais> "Agreed. Perhaps how they were made will also have to be looked into." Demedais seems a bit morose, but shrugs. "Let's try up first."
06[22:28] * Seira has no problem with that!
06[22:28] * Demedais nods and advances upward!
[22:30] <Kotono> Upwards! You head upstairs! The stairs lead into the center of a room - it looks like a large library. Above, lights shine down light: Crystalline deposits forming a dome above, white light coming down. It's patterned into the gauntlet and eye of Helm in the center. About, ancient books likes in repose, so many of them.
[22:30] <Demedais> "Here we are." Demedais notes. "Start looking through?"
01[22:34] <Seira> "Right," Seira agrees, all business-like. "Help me check for magic while I sort and appraise everything? I'll make a catalogue in Common. Or Draconic, if you want it to be more private and less accessible."
[22:35] <Demedais> "Draconic works." Demedais nods, casting Detect Magic. "Being a temple to Helm, it's probably decently sorted already - use the chalk to mark bookshelves, and get anything related to the teleportation circle, the statues, or the defenses built here?"
01[22:37] <Seira> "Your wish is my command~"
[22:37] <Demedais> "So you are aiming to become half-genie?"
01[22:38] <Seira> "I never have~"
[22:38] <Demedais> "I see." Demedais comments dryly, getting to work.
[23:07] <Demedais> OOC: Providing support in Seira's actions, taking 10 so it's only +1 or so but hey.
[23:08] <Kotono> This is a long, time consuming task. You spend long hours at this: For with this many books, time and sorting, nothing comes quickly. There is still organization to it, which does help. By the end, you have the following:
[23:08] <Kotono> Two books on the teleportation circles.
[23:08] <Kotono> Three books on the statues.
[23:08] <Kotono> Two books on the defenses.
[23:08] <Kotono> Further, you find the following:
[23:08] <Kotono> A large section on theology. Its' dominated by Helm and the House of the Triad, but certain other faiths have represenations as well.
[23:08] <Kotono> Several treatises on threats beyond the world. There's one called 'Tyrants of the Pit', 'The Endless Screaming Abyss', 'Primal Chaos and those that bow to it', and other such tomes.
[23:08] <Kotono> Several books on military tactics. They emphasize using magic and strength at arms together.
[23:08] <Kotono> A large section on crafting arms and armor, including a few on magical craft.
[23:08] <Kotono> A vast section of battle and duty records. On a glance, most of the names don't mean anything to you.
[23:08] <Kotono> Several old maps, looking so ancient that they'll crumble apart if you touch them at all.
[23:08] <Kotono> Some books crumble away as you read or touch them, lost simply by the times catching up with them. Others endure better. There's only one magical book you find. Seira finds a little office tucked away, including a metal box covered with dim runes. Any magic to it seems to be lost, able to be opened easily. Inside sits a book that radiates magic.
01[23:10] <Seira> The ancient documents will be properly copied with Amanuensis so that their contents will be preserved!
01[23:11] <Seira> But past that, it's time for her to check the book itself for any magical traps on it, casting Detect Magic and Heroism once more, and if it is safe to open it!
06[23:13] * Demedais nods slightly to Seira, packing up the book on threats beyond the Material Plane, the books on tactics for his own interest, and the books on magical armor-crafting.
[23:13] <Kotono> Seira opens it! It doesn't immediately strike her dead on opening it. SHe can read it if she likes.
06[23:14] * Seira intends to study those runes later, but for now, the contents of the book interest her. Once she knows which school the magic upon the book is.
01[23:17] <Seira> Both of Seira's eyebrows disappear into her hairline. She glances at what passes for the book's title.
06[23:17] * Demedais heads over to Seira at her pausing. "What is it?"
[23:17] <Kotono> It doesn't have a title on the front cover. You could look into the book if you like to see if there's one.
01[23:18] <Seira> "Magic I can't identify. And I could identify the absolutely overwhelming magic cast by the gods." Frowning, Seira decides to read the book after all, starting at the beginning.
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: What are your class levels, Seira?
[23:20] <Kotono> OOC: Make a will save, -10?
01[23:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[23:24] <Kotono> You don't understand this. You can't understand this. This book is not for you. This is not your book. This book defies your mind. IT is something beyond you. You are scared. No. You are terrified. This book is against you nad everything you've spent long night studying arcane tomes to learn. It fills you with feelings of inadequacy. You are not sufficient. You have been rejected. OOC: You are shaken until further notice and confused for 10 rou
[23:24] <Kotono> OOC: Gah, meant to be PMed to Seira.
01[23:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
06[23:27] * Seira mechanically points her hand at Demedais even as the book drops to the floor, fiery rays striking at the paladin!
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[23:28] <Kotono> The rays of fire streak out, but fizzle against Demedais! OOC: Since you rolled to hit Deme, let's do intiative after Deme freaks/reacts?
06[23:29] * Demedais jumps back at the rays, before eyeing Seira. "Is this some sort of a bad joke?"
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[23:30] <Kotono> OOC: Initiative, you two. That can count as you roll next round, Seira.
01[23:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 I'm faster?
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 I'm faster? and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[23:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 probably
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 probably and gets 2." [1d20=1]
03[23:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>DEME MIKOCHAN!'
06[23:31] * Seira flees!
[23:32] <Kotono> Seira runs out of the office as fast as her draconic feet will take her! She runds back out into the library, leaving Demedais in the office alone! OOC: Deme?
[23:33] <Demedais> "...uh." Demedais pauses, glancing to the book. Putting it back in the drawer quickly, he then pursues Seira, haste on his boots!
[23:33] <Kotono> Demedais runs out into the hall! He get sout, finding Seira 30 feet ahead! She's running between a pair of bookshelves! OOC: Go Seira and roll?
01[23:33] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
06[23:34] * Seira freezes in her tracks, drawing her sword and stalking back into the office.
[23:34] <Kotono> Seira runs back to the office, hurrying along! OOC: Demedais?
06[23:35] * Demedais blinks, watching Seira pass him by. Running back to the office, he grabs Seira by the shoulder! "What's gotten into you, damnit?!"
[23:35] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, you're up. Roll.
01[23:35] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[23:37] <Kotono> The office is fairly small. An ancient chair and desk are here, s well as the metal box. It's maybe 10 by 10 feet? Pretty plainb esides that.
01[23:38] <Seira> Grabbing the Resort with both hands, Seira brings it down on the metal box with all her strength!
01[23:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 SMITE
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 SMITE and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[23:38] <Kotono> OOC: You hit the metal box. Roll damage?
01[23:39] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+6d8
06[23:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+6d8 and gets 52." [3d8=3, 6, 7][6d8=3, 7, 3, 3, 5, 6]
[23:41] <Kotono> The metal box is ripped into, nearly blown apart by the concussive force of the smite! The book lies there, exposed! OOCL ?You still have the rest of yoru routine, Seira?
01[23:41] <Seira> OOC: I moved 10 ft to hit it, so I'll attack it next round?
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Deme?
01[23:42] <Seira> "THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK!"
[23:43] <Demedais> "Goddamnit...! Seira, calm yourself!" Seeing no other option, and quickly focusing himself, Demedais quickly attempts to restrain Seira! OOC: Grapple, she gets AoO but Protection Devotion goes up.
01[23:43] <Seira> OOC: Not taking AoOs against those not attacking me
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: You can AoO if you want, Seira.
01[23:44] <Seira> OOC: No, I really can't
[23:44] <Kotono> OOC: ...eh, fair enough there since you're confused and fixiated. Grapple you two?
01[23:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[23:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[23:46] <Kotono> Demedais grabs Seira in a full nelson, restraining her back! OOC: You're grappling her now. Seira, you're up, roll?
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 51." [1d100=51]
01[23:46] <Seira> Crying out incoherently, Seira tries to wriggle away!
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 escape artist
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 escape artist and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 no
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 no and gets 20." [1d20=1]
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 escape artist x2!
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 escape artist x2! and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 no x2?
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 no x2? and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[23:50] <Kotono> OOC: Same mods, to rolloff.
06[23:50] * Seira escapes! And runs away!
[23:51] <Kotono> Seira slips out of the grapple and flees 30 feet out of the office and into the shelves again! OOC: Deme.
[23:51] <Demedais> "Goddamnit, Seira, this stopped being funny thirty seconds ago!" Demedais hollers, quickly catching up to her with hasted boots and attempting to grapple her again!
[23:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 grapple check?
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 grapple check? and gets 35." [1d20=16]
01[23:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 spellruin
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 spellruin and gets 36." [1d20=18]
06[23:52] * Seira swings her sword in panic at the approaching Demedais!
[23:53] <Demedais> OOC: AC 43, attack fails, go ahead and try to resist grapple, I dare you?
[23:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 melee attack check? (+1 Haste)
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 melee attack check? (+1 Haste) and gets 25." [1d20=5]
01[23:55] <Seira> OOC: Hits, I can't resist the grapple
[23:56] <Kotono> Catching Seira as she runs out, Demedais is able to wrap around her waist and hold her fast again! OOC: SEira?
01[23:56] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 73." [1d100=73]
01[23:57] <Seira> Snarling, Seira tries to call for the strongest orb she can conjure!
01[23:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+5 concentration
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+5 concentration and gets 17." [1d20=12]
Session Time: Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 2009
[00:02] <Kotono> Alicia tries to summon magic, but her concentration breaks and the spell fizzles! OOC: Deme?
[00:02] <Kotono> *Seira
[00:04] <Demedais> "Seira! Calm. DOWN!" Demedais all but bellows into her ear, before sighing. "Damnit, damnit, damnit..." With this, he tries to pin Seira and keep her from acting!
[00:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 opposed grapple check to pin
06[00:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 opposed grapple check to pin and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[00:05] <Kotono> OOC: Seira?
01[00:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 I will never forgive you
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 I will never forgive you and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[00:05] <Demedais> "Once you've calmed down, nod your head for yes." Demedais growls.
01[00:06] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 24." [1d100=24]
06[00:06] * Seira weeps brokenly, pinned down and helpless.
06[00:08] * Demedais growls. "Damnit, Seira, compose yourself!"
[00:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 maintain pin.
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 maintain pin. and gets 28." [1d20=9]
01[00:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
01[00:09] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 80." [1d100=80]
[00:09] <Kotono> Demedais maintains the pin, keeping Seira kept down and safe! OOC: Seira, you're up again.
06[00:12] * Seira struggles mightily!
01[00:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 escape
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 escape and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[00:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 maintain grapple? can you even escape while immobilized in a pin?
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 maintain grapple? can you even escape while immobilized in a pin? and gets 33." [1d20=14]
01[00:13] <Seira> OOC: I escape the pin, now we're grappling, whee
01[00:13] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
01[00:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 more escape
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 more escape and gets 36." [1d20=17]
01[00:14] <Seira> OOC: -5 to this?
[00:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 maintain grapple
06[00:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 maintain grapple and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[00:15] <Kotono> Seira struggles mightly! Somehow she manages to escape out, wiggling away and freeing hersel ffrom Demedais! OOC: Deme?
06[00:15] * Seira bravely escapes Demedais's grasp!
[00:16] <Demedais> Which, of course, is an error Demedais tries valiantly to rectify, letting Seira attack him as he tries to restrain her again!
[00:16] <Kotono> OOC: AoOing, Seira? Can you?
01[00:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 maim
06[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 maim and gets 29." [1d20=11]
01[00:17] <Seira> OOC: This round, yes
[00:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+6 Law Devotion) melee touch attack
06[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+6 Law Devotion) melee touch attack and gets 27." [1d20=1]
06[00:17] * Seira shies away from Demedais's touch, curling in on herself and continuing to weep.
[00:18] <Kotono> Demedais reaches in, but somehow Seira evades him again, slipping out of his reach! OOC: Seira? Is this your last round?
01[00:18] <Seira> OOC: No, next one
[00:18] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, weeping this round. Deme?
[00:18] <Demedais> "Forthaloveuv..." Demedaisn slurs angrily, trying to restrain Seira again!
[00:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+6 Law Devotion) melee touch attack
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+6 Law Devotion) melee touch attack and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[00:19] <Kotono> OOC: Grapples?
01[00:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 of course
06[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 of course and gets 17." [1d20=3]
[00:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 grapples!
06[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 grapples! and gets 30." [1d20=11]
01[00:20] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 14." [1d100=14]
[00:20] <Kotono> Demedais has Seira again, wrapped tight around her! OOC: Seira?
06[00:21] * Seira becomes deathly still. "Where are you touching?" she asks Demedais quietly.
[00:21] <Demedais> "Restraining your arms because you're running around like a madwoman and attempting to kill me!" Demedais replies hotly.
06[00:23] * Seira twists around to put her face next to Demedais's, nose to nose. "What is this attempting business?" she asks him snidely. "Are you doubting my ability to kill you quickly and efficiently?"
[00:24] <Demedais> "Given you just tried for about a minute?" Demedais says, letting go for now as she seems actually coherent here. "If you used proper tactics as I know you can, you're right, it wouldn't be an issue. But flailing proved ineffective in the extreme."
06[00:26] * Seira sheathes her sword, suddenly sulking. "That book is an eyesore, Demedais. Just go and read it, it would probably tell you how great you are. After all, it already established who is the failure, here."
[00:27] <Demedais> "Now do I want to know why reading the book-... I see, another faith-based test." Demedais grunts, all the energy seeming to flow out of his body at this. "Right. I'll take the book, we'll deal with it later."
01[00:29] <Seira> "Yeah, yeah. I get it. I'm only good enough to sort out his stuff but when that's done Helm just shits on me and breaks my mind. Fuck that, enough fiends did it already." Seira storms out of the library.
[00:31] <Demedais> "..." Demedais grimaces, before looking up to the ceiling. "Laughing?" Despite this, he grabs the texts on the teleportation circles, statues and defenses, as well as the enchanted book, before following Seira out.
[00:32] <Kotono> OOC: You two done here or is there more?
[00:32] <Demedais> OOC: Aside from reading through the books we've retrieved, and heading back to grab the weapon of eyes for rectification or destruction, not really?
01[00:33] <Seira> OOC: Let's say I looked/will look at the working portal
[00:33] <Demedais> OOC: Oh, right. Check the portal on the way out.
[00:34] <Kotono> OOC: Looking at anything in particular on it, Seira?
01[00:34] <Seira> OOC: Studying it, whether it has defenses, what activates it, if it's one way, the works
01[00:35] <Seira> OOC: I could return with Analyze Portal and such later
[21:48] <Kotono> ----(Ko)--
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[22:25] <Kotono> Okay, so you're going to cast analyze portal on the temple portal that's supposed to go to Lake Bural, Seira?
01[22:25] <Seira> Let's do this thing
[22:26] <Kotono> Which property are you going to try first?
01[22:27] <Seira> Special circumstances -> one/two way -> a glimpse -> activation command
[22:27] <Kotono> Okay, each attempt makes you roll a DC 17 caster level check. Roll the first one?
01[22:28] <Seira> If I need to roll for unusual properties as well, I will after
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[22:28] <Kotono> No special circumstances.
[22:28] <Kotono> Roll for one/two way?
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[22:28] <Kotono> It's one way.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
01[22:29] <Seira> I'll try again
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[22:31] <Kotono> You see a cracked, frozen wasteland. Broken ground is about. It looks like the wastelands do from your travels there.
01[22:32] <Seira> Is there any sign of another portal or anything to indicate a building of some kind?
[22:33] <Kotono> No, just wasteland.
01[22:34] <Seira> How unfortunate
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[22:34] <Kotono> No activation/command word needed.
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 is it random?
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 is it random? and gets 34." [1d20=19]
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 is it variable?
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 is it variable? and gets 28." [1d20=13]
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 is it creature-only?
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 is it creature-only? and gets 18." [1d20=3]
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 is it malfunctioning?
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 is it malfunctioning? and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[22:37] <Kotono> It's not random. It's not variable. It's not creature only. It is malfunctioning; the other side of the portal is gone.
[19:46] <HelicopterKo> Okay, you wanted to get the info on the books first?
[19:46] <Demedais> Yeah.
[19:47] <HelicopterKo> Okay. Any particular order you read them in?
[19:48] <Demedais> Since ideally I'm reading these in downtime, the optimal order: ...well, first I see I forgot a few books, I'll make sure I took them IC in a minute. But first the defenses, then the teleport circles.
[19:49] <HelicopterKo> Do you have any ranks in K:A, by the by?
[19:50] <Demedais> Yeah.
[19:50] <HelicopterKo> How many?
[19:50] <Demedais> 3!
[19:53] <HelicopterKo> Okay. There's a treatise ont he various defenses. It's fairly magical and complicated, though your training in arcana and religions help immensly. There was a general Forbiddence effect on the temple. This should have blocked teleportation and the like, as well as damaging intruders who do not ethically and morally align with the caster(Helm's alignment, most likely.). However, it's obvious the effect had faded by the current day. (More)
[19:53] <HelicopterKo> However, it's obvious the effect had faded by the current day. (More)
[19:56] <HelicopterKo> The treatise treats this as standard operation procedure for secure, large temples. Further, it discusses the surviving eyes of Helm and the like over doors. This is a unique spell developed by priests of Helm(And certain other Gods of the Triad) to further secure their temples against hostile attack. While the exact body of the spell isn't repeated here(It's not a magical work, but a scholarly one), it offers several clues to how one cou
[19:56] <HelicopterKo> it offers several clues to how one could copy it. This would aid recreating this spell in both time spent and money expended. Beyond that, there's a lot of lawful based defenses against chaos. Order's Wrath and Dictum, for example.
[20:01] <HelicopterKo> The works on the teleport circles are more complex. One book is a work on portaltry and teleportation in general. Parts of this Deme is very familiar with: Teleport going off course and how useful Greater Teleport is in light of that. It talks of Gates and Teleport Circles as well. It's a decent generalist work. Another gets into the nuts and bolts of it. The simpliest inner-plane portals are teleport circles to travel from one part of a
[20:01] <HelicopterKo> The simpliest inner-plane portals are teleport circles to travel from one part of a plane to another. Permanency is used to make them stable pathways. However, they require guarding and can be quite a liability. There's a section on defending portals, various keys, passwords and conditionals are addressed. This is called the greatest failing of Teleport Circle, not having those built in unlike other, more complex portals. This puts the on
[20:03] <HelicopterKo> not having those built in unlike other, more complex portals. This puts the onus of defense on others. Gates are inter-planar gateways and usually have more sophisticated defenses. There's a lot of danger with gates. The mortal realm isn't really meant to mix with the Realms Beyond. Even the Heavens, in infinite glory, change the world if exposed too long to the mundane. Portals to the Depths Below can be far worse. Left unchecked, a free
[20:04] <HelicopterKo> Portals to the Depths Below can be far worse. Left unchecked, a free open portal to these places can damn an entire world into eternal suffering. The elemental planes are somewhat(relatively) safer, though. The Positive and Negative energy planes are mentioned as being as dangerous as the Lower Planes, due to how they overfill and overflow anything with their very essence of life or death.
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[20:07] <Demedais> Deme mentally translates this as "yeah, teleport circles aren't the best bet but they'll do as a temporary connection mechanism, worst comes to worst" and turns to the books on the statues, guessing it's a simple mechanism but wanting to confirm for sure.
03[20:08] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:10] <HelicopterKo> The statues were first given by the Gods in ages past. They are meant to preach the basics of the faith, potentially in places where a person cannot easily stay or be. They are honored as gifts and spare ones are treasured and kept well. Further, many are developed and augumented to have offensive and defensive capacities as well. Making one and loading it with a basic message isn't too hard, Magic Mouth in the arcane can be a see dspell
[20:10] <HelicopterKo> Most are made of precious materials relevant to the God at hand, which does drive the price up a bit, though.
06[20:12] * Demedais nods slightly at this, before turning to the books on crafting magical arms and weapons, and the books on tactics. The books on threats are important, but also quite feasibly outdated.
[20:15] <HelicopterKo> The books on tactics are quite interesting and well read. It talks about forming formations of battle support wizards and sorcerers, using clerical magic to the most. It's pretty ind epth stuff. While it's not really relevatn to the current world, it may be very soon. Seira's magic school is producing a crop of mages, there's the growing influence of Mystra and far more priests around. The tactics are generally polished and well formed. (
[20:16] <HelicopterKo> The tactics are generally polished and well formed. (More)
[20:17] <HelicopterKo> The books on crafting are rather in depth. They're a bit out of Deme's range. They're really more up Elle's alley than Deme's. It's very much the nuts and bolts of creating magical items, knowing the right names to call, the right materials, that sort of matter.
06[20:18] * Demedais uses Amanuensis on the books of crafting and the books on tactics, intending to give the crafting set to Elle and the tactics to Oberuth as interesting reads.
06[20:19] * Demedais then turns to the books about the threats from outside.
[20:27] <HelicopterKo> The first is Tyrants of the Pit. This talks of the Nine Hells in a conflicting tone. The author clearly admires the iron law the Baatezu follow, yet is repelled by the enslaving evil they follow. Nonetheless, he chronicles several threats: Scax, Duke of Riches of Minaros. He can damn an entire family line for over a millenia with one pact promising incredible wealth. Dagon, Duke of the Deep. He embodies the cold darkness in the depths of
[20:27] <HelicopterKo> Dagon, Duke of the Deep. He embodies the cold darkness in the depths of the ocean who consumes souls, ripping them from still living bodies. (More)
[20:30] <HelicopterKo> The book's writing tries to stay scholary, yet the prose and style becomes shakier, more lurid as it goes on. It talks of the Arch-Devil of the Undead, spawned from the hand of the King of Hell, turning death into naother form of slavery. It speaks of the Adversary Sammael, a being claimed to have been once of Hell. It speaks of the Grim Fiend, the Paragon of the race of Pit Fiends. It is then the book ends - a few pages early, simply sto
[20:31] <HelicopterKo> It speaks of the Adversary Sammael, a being claimed to have been once of Hell. It speaks of the Grim Fiend, the Paragon of the race of Pit Fiends. It is then the book ends - a few pages early, simply stopping. (More
[20:31] <HelicopterKo> )
[20:40] <HelicopterKo> The Abyssal book is less a book and more of a splattered chunk of screaming insanity the the author has tried to frame into coherency. It talks first of Jubliex, lord of slime and disease. Rot and slime are his domain, a thousand creeping slimy dooms coming from it's hateful heart. There is Abbaddon, the Destroyer. A fallen angel who once stood guard over the Abyss, legend speaks that one day he will blow a horn that will end all of exist
[20:40] <HelicopterKo> legend speaks that one day he will blow a horn that will end all of existance. The middle of the book is largely worthless, too many things trying to be parsed, fragment sof insanity put to a rational eye. Near the back there is a treatise. It talks of the absolute need for Order to oppose this uncontrolled, hateful chaos. It speaks of those of sturdy hearts to Helm to read this and take what they can, to further understand those that wo
[20:40] <HelicopterKo> to further understand those that would send everything to hateful, murderous anarchy. The last page is the sigil of Helm, with the words in Celestial, "Blessed be the Order and blessed be those that smite the chaos!"
06[20:49] * Demedais turns to the one on Primal Chaos.
[20:49] <HelicopterKo> OOC: Make an int check, Deme?
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 ahahah
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 ahahah and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[20:54] <HelicopterKo> There is a short warning at the beginning: Pure chaos is difficult for those of a lawful mindset to properly grasp. To understand the slaad is not easy. But it must be done, for they are a great antipode and threat to Order. Demedais thus reads on! They appear as giant toad-humanoids of various sorts. Each base slaad has a color that determines it's basic powers, though the vast majority of them have some variation. (More)
[20:54] <HelicopterKo> though the vast majority of them have some variation. (More)
[20:57] <HelicopterKo> Red, Blue, Green, Gray, Black, Death slaadi. These are the bulk of the basic slaad. The noble slaad are white or black slaadi, or even entirely unique creatures. They live in Limbo. Some slaadi reproduce by implating eggs into the skull of a living being, which has a newborn slaad born from eating their way inside out of the mortal. Others have a venom that can transform mortals into slaad. Others spring from the wells of chaos itself.
[20:57] <HelicopterKo> Others spring from the wells of chaos itself. (More)
[20:59] <HelicopterKo> Ssendam. Ygorl. Names that have no meaning but vast implications are next. Demedais begins to get a headache here. The unlinear writing, the subject changes, the difficulty of adapting this to sane knowledge lays a burden on him.
06[21:00] * Demedais mutters something and stores these books away, thankful for the new knowledge but not willing to try and fully fight through this.
[21:02] <HelicopterKo> It's not long after this that Demedais gets some sleep. The next morning, as Demedais puts on his armor and prepares for another day, 'Croger is recovering. Disease rooted within. Needs final component. Can you come to Ilmater's realm?'
[21:06] <Demedais> "Will arrive as soon as transport can be arranged. Thank you again." Demedais replies, before quickly going to try and find someone who can take him there, first checking with the Temple of Helm, befor asking Gil and then Alicia, anticipating Alicia being busier than most and thus not wanting to burder her.
[21:10] <HelicopterKo> Demedais ends up finding Alicia and Antenora at the garrison. On talking to them and adding a lesser restoration to Alicia's rate of recovery, the three gather. "Anything to help ruin Esthan's schemes," Antenora speaks up.
06[21:11] * Demedais nods, still a bit numb. "Thanks, Alicia. You two ready?"
06[21:11] * Alicia nods. "Same place as before, right?" she confirms, feeling a lot more together after a good night's sleep and some magical healing.
[21:12] <Demedais> "Yeah. I'd presume same mount and all." Demedais affirms.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Alright. We'll land a ways away, but I can teleport us to the temple right after," Alicia informs them, "We'll have to stay overnight since it takes that long for it to recharge, but there are worse places to spend your time." With that she takes their hands and plane shifts them to the temple they left Croger at in Ilmater's realm.
[21:14] <Alicia> Or within 500 miles of it.
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 268." [5d100=98, 49, 34, 62, 25]
[21:21] <HelicopterKo> You appear on a vast rocky slope. It is like you remember, Martyrdom eternal and unchanging. You feel better here, pain and suffering gone. Burdens are lifted from you, pain leaving.
[21:22] <HelicopterKo> Antenora looks about, letting her eyes close. She doesn't speak, staring off with unseeing eyes above.
06[21:22] * Demedais glances to Alicia, a slight nod.
06[21:22] * Alicia breathes in deeply, feeling considerably better. However, knowing Demedais's personal stake in this she doesn't linger, instead seguing right into her teleport spell to send them to the temple they visited last time, right outside the gates.
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 38." [1d100=38]
[21:23] <HelicopterKo> Woosh! The three appear just at the gates instantly, without problem or difficulty. Here the great open air temple to Ilmater can be seen again, all it's glories waiting ahead.
06[21:24] * Demedais quickly advances to where he last met Granta and where he left Croger!
06[21:25] * Alicia bows her head briefly to the temple before she follows after Demedais, letting him take the lead.
[21:26] <HelicopterKo> The two find the path to that place to be obvious and easy. They feel guided to it, Antenora trotting along. She spents her walk silent, looking about with a growing grin. Granta awaits you where she was before, Croger lying on the ground with his eyes closed. Around him, magic circles blend and whirl together on the ground.
06[21:27] * Demedais stops a few feet away from the edge of the circles, before bowing. "Granta. You called for us?"
[21:28] <HelicopterKo> "I did. Thank you for coming so quickly," She goes to kneel at Croger's head. "We have managed to identify the exact malady and problems afficting Croger."
[21:28] <Demedais> "What is it?" Demedais asks, also kneeling.
[21:30] <HelicopterKo> "Deep in his heart, the fang of a Pit Fiend has been embedded through dark sorcery. This vile magic uses it to ensure that the victim will never be able to recover, for each time the disease is cured, the fang poisons them again immediately." She puts both her hands over Croger's chest, "However, it is not impossible to cure."
[21:31] <Demedais> "What is the final component, then?" Demedais says, wincing inwardly. The fang of a Pit Fiend? Sheesh.
[21:32] <HelicopterKo> Antenora goes to kneel by him as well, "I've never heard of that," she says, and then quietly, "I'd know better than most, and that's still nothing I've heard of."
[21:32] <Alicia> Aren't those fangs like a foot long? Oh well, surely they can shrink it via magic as well... "So it's poison and not a disease?"
[21:36] <HelicopterKo> Granta takes a long look at Antenora, then back to Alicia and Demedais. "Technically yes, though the end result doesn't change. To dissolve the fang, the blood of a saint must be sprinkled over his chest and heart while the proper names are invoked. Further, this saint must share his bloodline within nine generations."
[21:37] <Demedais> "...A saint." Demedais murmurs, frowning.
[21:38] <Alicia> "That has to be related to Croger?" Alicia concludes.
[21:38] <HelicopterKo> "That is correct. This is a difficult requirement, obviously. Barring that, the only option will be to petition Ilmater himself." Granta looks to them, "Do you know of his family at all?"
[21:39] <Demedais> "...If I'm not mistaken, I'm his only family." Demedais murmurs.
[21:39] <Demedais> "He... may have more, but I'm the only one I know of."
[21:39] <HelicopterKo> "Hm?" Antenora shakes out of her revere, looking to Demedais.
[21:40] <HelicopterKo> "..." Granta frowns intensly at that, "Croger told me of a child he abandoned to a Church of Helm when I asked him the same question. Are you that child?"
[21:40] <Demedais> "Heh. You might not have heard of that, no." Demedais chuckles at Antenora's surprise. "But... I have very good reason to believe I am that child, yes." Taking off his helmet at this. "Though I learned it but two days ago."
[21:42] <HelicopterKo> "I was afraid of that," Granta murmurs a few words, a golden light spreading over Croger's chest. "From all I heard of Croger, and your words to me, I have little doubt that this fiend wishes to torment you through your father now. Unless you are a saint yourself..." she spreads her hands, "Which I would suspect not, all matters considered."
[21:43] <HelicopterKo> *from croger
[21:43] <Demedais> "Did he himself mention any other family?" Demedais asks, before nodding. "I came to the same conclusion regarding his motives, yes."
[21:45] <HelicopterKo> "He had a wife, but she has passed. His father and mother were unremarkable, and he never met his grandparents. At the worst, Croger is safe here. In Martyrdom, he will never suffer and the fang will never cause him pain. Ilmater's mercy will protect him. But, a more permanent solution is desirable."
[21:45] <Alicia> "Surely there has to be another way?" Alicia asks in disbelief at such an unlikely cure. Pit Fiends might be the elite but they're still leagues more common than saints, so it just doesn't fit her concept of magic for the cure to be so much more difficult than the disease.
[21:45] <Alicia> "Couldn't some magic be used to sustain his body while the fang is cut out of his heart and then have it healed over, or something like that?"
[21:45] <HelicopterKo> "The fang manifests as a spiritual wound, not as an actual physical object. Were surgery possible to remove it, it would have been done so."
06[21:46] * Demedais rocks back on his knees a bit. "I see..."
[21:46] <HelicopterKo> After another moment, "Further, can you tell me anything more on this Esthan? I worry again that he is a greater fiend, or perhaps the identity of a better well known spawn of the Pit."
[21:46] <HelicopterKo> *an identity
[21:47] <HelicopterKo> "Duke Agares nearly came to our world. That came close to bringing about an apocalypse," Antenora says, "From all I know, a Duke of Hell or greater walking in our world would be impossible to hide."
[21:49] <Alicia> "He claims to be an agent for an unknown devil that wants to topple Asmodeus - said master being an abomination with power matching at least the greatest of Dukes, though its identity is still unknown" Alicia provides. "Although we know he's worked for Martinet as well."
[21:50] <HelicopterKo> "My first instinct may be an Arch Duke of Hell. But, if that Esthan has walked your world, then he cannot be that directly. But his master, now, he may very well be an Arch Duke or worse. The difficulty of curing this curse is on par with a strong Duke's power. From what I know of Martinet, this is not his style, but..." Spreading her hands again, "When dealing with the upper echelons of Hell, it is best not to make assumptions, for they
[21:51] <HelicopterKo> "When dealing with the upper echelons of Hell, it is best not to make assumptions, for they hide behind a thousand schemes."
06[21:52] * Demedais closes his eyes for a long moment, lost in thought as the three talk.
[21:53] <HelicopterKo> "If I knew his master, it might help in some manner. It also may not. You are his son then, Demedais? He can stay here forever. Ilmater's mercy will certainly protect him and take him in. You can petition Ilmater directly, or if you can find Esthan's master's name, it may open new revelations."
[21:56] <Alicia> "It just doesn't seem right - how can a mere pit fiend's curse require such a convoluted cure, or the direct intervention of a deity to alleviate?" Alicia shakes her head, not liking this one bit. "Everything else in magic is built around equivalent counters - shield negates magic missile, death ward negates phantasmal killer, and so on. There has to be something we're missing here."
06[21:56] * Demedais keeps his eyes closed for a moment further. "I... if Ilmater will keep him until a further solution is found, he has my thanks." Standing as he opens his eyes, "I apologize, Granta, but I must think. If... if Croger awakens, tell him I've come to visit, and I should be back within four hours."
[21:57] <Demedais> "If you three wish to discuss it, please. This is outside my realm of expertise." Demedais shrugs, shoulders slumped a bit as he turns to walk out of the temple.
[21:57] <HelicopterKo> "That is why I am so interested in his master. This speaks of means beyond the rank and file of Hell. Not any Pit Fiend could invoke this," Granta answers. Antenora looks at Demedais a time as he stands, then, "...Do you want compnay," she asks.
06[21:57] * Alicia turns to Demedais at that. "Do you want company, or...?" she deflates at the dismissal. "We'll be here."
[21:58] <Demedais> "... not right now." Demedais shakes his head. "Thank you, all three of you." With that he walks away, looking to get out of the temple and think from there.
[21:59] <HelicopterKo> OOC: #evil, Deme?
[22:00] <HelicopterKo> As Demedais walks away, "That son of a..." Antenora breathes out, eyes closing tight. "And Alicia, I agree with you. It doesn't make sense to be this hard. To go to this effort just to torment someone...It lends a lot of weight to the thought it is an Arch Duke or something truly vile."
[22:02] <Alicia> "There's a massive gulf between a Duke of the Pit and Lord Ilmater, so even if it was one there should still be lesser cures than the personal intervention of a greater deity," Alicia insists.
[22:02] <Alicia> "Hmm... oh, Granta, we are reasonably sure that Esthan's master resides in Avernus, although I understand a lot of unique devils not fitting in with the establishment also lair there, so that may not help too much."
[22:08] <HelicopterKo> "Avernus, eh?" Rubbing her chin, Granta reaches behind her. From nothing a scroll comes out, "Let me check. There's Haagenti, who is said to reside in Avernus. He's an unusual case - he was pardoned by Asmodeus but is an outcast in Hell, from what I understand. He is called the Dark Dreamer and resides over dreams and creativity. Semyaza, a fallen Seraph, also holds such rank and has a realm in Avernus. However, he is not a true outcast.
[22:08] <HelicopterKo> also holds such rank and has a realm in Avernus. However, he is not a true outcast. There are the various Dukes of Avernus, though most are involved in the Blood War most intimately."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Neither seems to really fit, on the face of it," Alicia looks thoughtful. "Unfortunately no amount of divinations will help in this - we recently encountered a gnomish Time Magus who was able to divine past events in spite of all manner of precautions against it, but even he admitted Esthan and his Master were beyond his sight."
[22:15] <HelicopterKo> "Hmph. There are other outcasts on Avernus, though many keep a low profile. I recently heard a Duke from Stygia had the same fate. It seems that the only concrete lead is Esthan...but time magic...hmph." Standing up now over Croger, "If forbidden magic did not work, surely at least an Arch Duke. That would eliminate even Dukes of Hell, if I am correct in my knowledge. Perhaps it's even a God making a power play in Hell."
[22:17] <Alicia> "That's something we hadn't considered," Alicia admits. The lawful evil gods haven't really been very active in the world. "Are there any you know of offhand that might have ambitions to depose Asmodeus?" she asks Antenora.
[22:17] <HelicopterKo> "This adds another stone onto the scale of 'Go hit Esthan until he tells us more'," Antenora mutters.
[22:20] <Alicia> OOC: I'll roll for any knowledge I might have. Planes or Religion?
[22:20] <HelicopterKo> OOC: Whcihever is higher.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[22:21] <Alicia> OOC: planes
[22:30] <Alicia> "Hmm... I'm not sure. Maybe Bane, but... I don't know, would he have used the word Abomination?" Alicia ponders, before sighing. "I just don't know. Some days I'm tempted to just go to Avernus and start knocking heads until I find someone who'll spill the beans, but even that would surely be an exercise in futility. They're just too well concealed."
[22:31] <HelicopterKo> "I hate to sound so reckless, but the idea of making Esthan tell us things while stabbing him with holy, silvered weapons continues to grow more and more appealing," Antenora says. "We're shooting arrows in the dark."
[22:33] <Alicia> "Probelm is finding him. He's protected against divinations and moves around too much - Latha's been trailing him for months and she hasn't gotten close since Pallanth in the Summer." Shaking her head, "We've danced this dance of speculation time and again already, and still it gets us nowhere..."
[22:35] <HelicopterKo> "It's been said before, but we need to find some damned way to get some advantage on him and stop dancing around on the strings he dictates," Antenora glowers, "Though...there is one thing I wonder. As I recall, ESthan appeared to Demedais and then Seira, who forced a meeting with him. Then he made himself known to you and now Demedais again. I wonder if Seira's next? Working in threes would appeal to a devil, too."
[22:38] <Alicia> "Considering what he did to Demedais's father... Seira could be put in a horrible situation herself if that happens," Alicia concludes.
[22:38] <Alicia> Taking a deep breath, she decides to just put the matter aside, "Is there anything we could do around here while we await Demedais, Granta?" she asks the healer. "Antenora and I have some meagre healing ability ourselves to offer, although likely our efforts in that field wouldn't be needed in this place..."
03[22:41] * Demedais is now known as taifk
[22:42] <HelicopterKo> "It is appreciated. However, it is not needed here. I bid you, rest. Your burdens show on your face, both of you. Let your troubles out here, for it is a realm of spiritual healing as surely as it is a realm of phsyical healing."
06[22:45] * Alicia nods. "Alright, how about we go see if we can get something to eat and relax for a few hours until Demedais gets back?" she suggests.
[22:46] <HelicopterKo> "You can find food sold that ways," Pointing to deeper into the temple, past resting people and healers, "I will wait here for you."
[22:47] <Alicia> "Thank you, Granta, you've been very kind," Alicia smiles at the older woman, before starting in the indicated direction.
[22:48] <HelicopterKo> As the two walk, Antenora looks up at the sky ahead. "Hey, Alicia," she speaks aloud, "About yesterday. I'm sorry I got so upset at you."
[22:50] <Alicia> "You were worried, so I can understand why, even if I did take it as a slight," Alicia shrugs, clapping Antenora on the shoulder. "You're forgiven."
[22:51] <HelicopterKo> "Thanks," Smiling and laying her hand over Alicia's, "You did worry me, r unning off into Stygia alone."
[22:55] <Alicia> "The best part is it'll make them reshuffle things again," Alicia explains. "The defences they had were ideally suited for stopping a breach in the same vein as when my sister and I fought our way out with our unfrozen allies."
[22:55] <Alicia> "By coming at them in a different way and escaping with two souls, they'll see that such defences were a complete waste and adopt something suited to stopping the tactics I used yesterday. Something less overwhelming but with more finesse - which I'm hoping won't be suited to stopping my next plan."
[22:56] <HelicopterKo> "Good." Antenora has a small smile show on her face, as people lie in easy rest around you. "A full assault next time?"
06[22:57] * Alicia nods as they stroll along in search of food. "Seira's expressed an interest as well, and I'm sure we can cajole a few others for such a worthy cause."
[22:59] <HelicopterKo> "Excellent." Smiling even more now, "How was that enchanted forest? I heard a few bits from Marie, but nothing solid."
[23:04] <Alicia> "We met nymphs that wanted to spend a pleasurable eternity with Demedais, pixies that just wanted something to eat, two headed elves needing help concluding their debates, dogs that could snap a pit fiend's leg off in their jaws, fey lords who could withstand more punishment than any two balors, and that was before we even reached the tower!" Alicia runs through a few of the highlights.
[23:04] <HelicopterKo> "Impressive," Antenora marvels, "I spent the time walkinga round the city, helping at the temple and practicing. It sounds like you had the far more exciting time."
[23:09] <Alicia> "Would've been handy to have you around," Alicia agrees. "To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed it ended so soon - we tried to finish things as quickly as possible, thinking we could explore at our leisure once we'd accomplished our goal, but instead the realm was sealed or vanished away - I'm not quite sure which - once we laid hands on the Fourth Resort."
[23:09] <Alicia> "It feels like we barely scratched the surface of the place, although I should be grateful it means we didn't have to slay any more of its defenders."
[23:10] <HelicopterKo> "A pity." Agreeing with that as you walk past a pair of barechested men lying in the warm light, "You succeeded in freeing them?"
06[23:12] * Alicia nods. "Considering all the time we spent worrying about it, it was amazingly simple. We just had to defeat the magus and recover the Resort, that was it," she admits. "Although the delay let us sharpen our skills, so I can't call it a complete waste."
[23:24] <HelicopterKo> "Still, a trip to Mechanus..." Antenora sighs longingly, looking up at Alicia. "Would that not have been as fun as Arborea? Plus, less reasons for our mouths to get away from us when bantering."
[23:28] <Alicia> "Well, we did meet a nice Quarut there as well, so maybe Mechanus wouldn't be so bad," Alicia allows. "I'm sure we'll find a reason to go there some day."
[23:30] <HelicopterKo> "It would be pleasant," Antenora smiles long at Alicia there, "Do you want to go?"
[23:36] <Alicia> "It doesn't particularly call to me, to be honest," the paladin admits. "I'm sure it would be interesting, but in the same way Pallanth is interesting, like a pleasant foreign country rather than a place that grabs my heart and doesn't let go."
[23:37] <HelicopterKo> "Aaaaah." Antenora goes back to looking ahead. "A pity." Her voice cracks a little, a hint of regret. "Well, I won't force you into it, Alicia, if you aren't feeling that call to it."
[23:41] <Alicia> "Oh, don't be like that, Antenora," Alicia gently remonstrates. "I'm happy to visit there with you if that's what you want. Certainly I'd far rather go there than Limbo - luckily Marie seems scared of that place herself, anyway - so you don't need to feel like it's an imposition."
[23:42] <HelicopterKo> "Heh," Smiling a little more again, "That's fortunate. " As you walk, to come to several open air fires. Here food is cooked and prepared, several mortals at work and others sitting around, feasting.
[23:44] <Alicia> "Still..." Alicia reflects as she heads to one of the cookfires, "I can't help but feel I'm spoiling myself. These realms aren't really meant for mortals, after all."
[23:47] <HelicopterKo> "You're not an ordinary mortal," Antenora answers. Food lies about on plates and platters, free to take. Meat, vegetables, fruits, grains, cheeses, drinks, more. "Not in the least."
[23:51] <Alicia> "No, I suppose not," Alicia admits, grabbing a plate and a grab-bag of what's on offer. "But I still live like any other, and will surely die like any other. Despite my magic and skill and blessings, I'm no different where it really matters."
[23:52] <HelicopterKo> "I wonder..." Antenora murmurs as she abstains from the food. The cooks, various mortal men and women, smile cheerfully at the two as they go.
06[23:56] * Alicia smiles and thanks the cooks, going to take a seat as she starts eating. "All that said, though, I'd by lying if I said I wasn't curious to see more of them," she confesses. "Let's see... Baator, Elemental Plane of Water," she begins to tick on her fingers, "Astral Plane, Celestia, Abyss, Elysium, Arborea, Endless Staircase... I've still got a lot to go if I want to see them all."
[23:57] <HelicopterKo> "We can go see them all...well, the ones that aren't festering holes of vile evil," Antenora says after some extra consideration. "But those have a way of getting your attention anyway."
Session Time: Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Alicia> "Yes, more likely than not we'll have to visit such places, though hopefully just visit," Alicia agrees readily, tearing off a hunk of bread and wrapping some sliced meat around it before she pops it in her mouth and chews contentedly.
03[00:03] * taifk is now known as Demedais
[00:04] <HelicopterKo> It's very good. It's like the taste is alive in your mouth, full of pleasure. "It's just that..." Antenora trails off as she looks up. "Most mortals aren't meant to go to these places. But every so often one will find themselves drawn to them instead, more at home there than at the Prime. To right wrongs, to inflict cruelty, to simply ponder existance, whatever it is. I wonder if some of your true destiny lies out here now." After another
[00:04] <HelicopterKo> " After another pause as she licks her lips and then looks at Alicia, "That's why I was so worried, Alicia. You were so eager to rush off alone."
[00:10] <Alicia> Finishing her current mouthful, "Taldeer said something similar," Alicia admits, not wanting to rehash yesterday's argument. "That people who wander the planes never return. I'll admit, I do feel... more comfortable, dealing with matters here than I do with our quest to ultimately slay Daa-vid..." she looks thoughtful, mulling it over.
[00:10] <Alicia> "Part of it's just that it's so much clearer. Rescuing unjustly damned souls is clearly a right and proper act. But undoing the seals on the Prime? When I see the sorts of horrors that it invites to roam the world, I wonder if future generations might curse my name..."
[00:12] <HelicopterKo> "The Prime Material is a place of grays, I think. There's no shining instinct to follow your ethos or easily given example. Good and evil openly compete with each other there for souls. Here, matters are far more decided and clear. With certain exceptions," Lowering her eyes down to her own body, "Maybe, in essence, you're too pure and just for the unclean mortal world?"
06[00:14] * Alicia takes a swig of her drink - whatever it is - and eyes Antenora. "That's a terribly depressing thing to say," she opines.
[00:16] <HelicopterKo> It's clear like water, but tastes fainly sweet and refreshing. "Is it really? If the Outer Planes are the destination of the soul, what harm is there being more drawn to them than the mortal realms?"
[00:17] <Alicia> "That it's true doesn't make it any less depressing," Alicia returns with a crooked smile.
[00:18] <HelicopterKo> Grinning now, "Pray tell," Inching closer to Alicia, "Why is it depressing? Perhaps you will be a glorious figure leading hope in the darkest corners of existance one day."
[00:25] <Alicia> "It's just depressing to hear of my home in such terms..." Alicia shrugs. "Besides, if I can lead hope I'd like to do it for the Prime before anywhere else - it's the root of all the other planes... It and all the other primes, anyway."
[00:27] <HelicopterKo> "That's fair, but the Prime is always going to be a battlefield. It has forever and it will be forever. You're only striking at the symptoms on the Prime, not the causes in the Outer Planes."
[00:32] <Alicia> "I was always taught the other way around, but I suppose it could be argued either way," Alicia muses, eating some more meat and bread and chewing thoughtfully. After swallowing, "Regardless, I still maintain I'll have plenty of time for such things when my soul passes fully to Mystra."
[00:32] <Alicia> "Even if I do have to spend a while serving my former familiar as she claims will happen," she concludes with a chuckle.
[00:33] <HelicopterKo> "Please. I'll make sure you don't have to suffer through that." Antenora starts to laugh. "I'd think that Mystra would have more mercy than that!"
[00:35] <Alicia> "Marie's every bit the devoted servant I am, she might have earned the reward?" Alicia laughs as well. "Really, though, such things are hopefully far away, so we shouldn't worry too much about them."
[00:36] <HelicopterKo> "Hopefully!" Laughing again now, "Oh Alicia. From hero to lantern archon servant.
[00:36] <HelicopterKo> OOC: Gah.
[00:37] <HelicopterKo> "Hopefully!" Laughing again now, "Oh Alicia. From hero to lantern archon servant. If that does happen, I'll make sure to pet you and make sure you have a lot of fun while you are."
[00:41] <Alicia> "Spending a while as a carefree little thing like that could be a nice break," Alicia considers, before stifling a chuckle. "I sometimes think about Marie like that. Some ancient dried up old elven sage who hadn't had let her hair down in the last four centuries finally dropping dead and then all of a sudden she's a playful little coure."
[00:42] <HelicopterKo> "A sense of balance on rebirth?" Antenora raises an eyebrow, before falling into laughter again. "You'll have people to keep an eye on you, certainly."
[00:43] <HelicopterKo> After a moment, Antenora stops. "You know, I could begin tos tudy magic just before that and..."
06[00:44] * Alicia cocks her head. "And...?" she prods.
[00:44] <HelicopterKo> "Would a lantern archon fit atop my head," Antenora looks Alicia over critically.
06[00:47] * Alicia sighs and puts her face in her hand for a moment, just shaking her head. "They're too big and don't have anything they can use to grab on with," she retorts.
[00:48] <HelicopterKo> Breaking into another peal of laughter, "Oh Alicia, you don't have to look so exasperated! You'd make a lovely familiar! Besides, they can float. They don't need anything to grab onto, they can just stay there."
[00:51] <Alicia> "Everyone seems to look forward to my death as a way to demean me..." Alicia laments theatrically. "Maybe Seira's onto something with her quest for immortality?"
[00:52] <HelicopterKo> "If only!" Antenora leans back on her elbows, armor grinding. "I just happen to find the thought of hugging you as a lantern archon unbearably cute. Surely there is nothing demeaning about that, is there?"
[00:54] <Alicia> "I suppose there is something innately huggable about a big ball of fluffy warm light," Alicia allows with a chuckle. "Certainly moreso than a skinny miniature elf, for all the other advantages a coure might enjoy."
[00:55] <HelicopterKo> "You know," Looking up to the sky again, "I wonder if Marie was virginal or a jilted woman in her mortal life? That would explain that as well, if you run with that idea."
[00:58] <Alicia> "If you asked her I'm sure she'd spin you a delightful tale of lost love and betrayal, without the slightest shred of truth to it," Alicia snorts, finishing off her meatbread and washing it down with water before biting into an apple. "She's an excellent little storyteller, that much is true."
[01:00] <HelicopterKo> "She has the soul of a bard. I do hope that she finds honesty to be a virtue she gains as she gets holder, for she is far too loose with the truth to suit my tastes. Still..." Craning her neck to look over to Alicia, "That reminds me. We should be getting back sooner or later, and also...aren't Pollyanna and Demedais to be wed? When?"
[01:02] <Alicia> "Pollyanna indicated she wanted a Spring wedding," Alicia replies as she gets up. "I don't think they have a date, though."
[01:03] <HelicopterKo> "I'll ask him once this is all settled," Antenora says, the two heading back. OOC: #evil?
[01:03] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[21:50] <Anastasia> "Hehehheehe," Smothering her laugh with a drink of ale, "I'm open to whatever suggestions you might have. I haven't really made up my mind on it."
[21:51] <Demedais> "I'll think on it some more as well." Demedais chuckles. "Croger was suggesting 'Fiendbane" which was, um, yeah. Pass no."
[21:53] <Anastasia> "How...um...obvious." Pollyanna coughs delicately and away from her food. "Something that doesn't sound too obvious."
06[21:54] * Demedais muses. "Actually, I'm not sure you ever met Croger. Remember when I pretty much stayed cloistered in the Temple for four days, trying to heal someone? That was him."
[21:55] <Anastasia> "Yes, I remember that," she says, "That terrible case."
06[21:57] * Demedais nods. "I went to visit him from where I dropped him off at a heavenly temple to Ilmater. The cure that was needed was a saint's blood from his own bloodline, according to the healer."
[19:13] <Kotono> <Demedais> "I'll think on it some more as well." Demedais chuckles. "Croger was suggesting 'Fiendbane" which was, um, yeah. Pass no."
[19:13] <Kotono> > "How...um...obvious." Pollyanna coughs delicately and away from her food. "Something that doesn't sound too obvious."
[19:13] <Kotono> * Demedais muses. "Actually, I'm not sure you ever met Croger. Remember when I pretty much stayed cloistered in the Temple for four days, trying to heal someone? That was him."
[19:13] <Kotono> > "Yes, I remember that," she says, "That terrible case."
[19:13] <Kotono> * Demedais nods. "I went to visit him from where I dropped him off at a heavenly temple to Ilmater. The cure that was needed was a saint's blood from his own bloodline, according to the healer."
[19:16] <Kotono> "Well Helm, that's not going o be easy to get," Pollyanna eats a few more bites of her food, before pushing the tray a bit forward. "Did you come up with anything?"
[19:17] <Demedais> "... when the Magus of Time tempted all of us... I was sent back to the moment that I was left on the steps of the Temple of Helm, and given the chance to go with my birth family instead."
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[19:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks down at that, downa t the empty table. "I can relate to that, sort of," she murmurs.
[19:21] <Demedais> Demedais shakes his head slightly. "...When he was young, and his wife and he were badly off... Croger had to abandon their child, a son, in Balmuria." A slight pause, before he looks to Pollyanna, a smile on his face. "I may be no saint, but it seems my blood was good enough."
[19:24] <Kotono> "..." Pollyanna stops cold, "That wonderful, Demedais! This is truly a miracle Helm created for you, to find your father again in such a situation and be al...able to..." she slows down there and a scowl takes over her face, "But, who was responsible for the impossible illness in the first place, then? As I recall, there were signs it wasn't natural?"
[19:26] <Demedais> "Esthan." Demedais grimaces. "Apparently he very well knew the truth there. I presume that if I had continued to try and do it myself, he would've appeared as Croger died to taunt me with it, or to make me desperate enough to accept a deal with him."
[19:28] <Kotono> "He dies." Pollyanna's glower turns into a poisonous grimace, "That's unforgivable! To use your own lost father as a chip in a vile game to manipulate you?"
[19:31] <Demedais> "Yeah. Fortunately, for now Croger's studying with Ilmater - he wants to pay them back for saving his life, and I can't say I disagree with his motivation." Demedais replies with a nod.
[19:35] <Kotono> "He'll be safer there, but...really, Esthan dies. No one does that to you, Demedais! As soon as we can lay our hands on Esthan, we'll ensure that he's going right back to whence he came."
[19:36] <Demedais> "I'm not concerned over what he does to me so much as what he's doing to others." Demedais grimaces. "If he can pull this sort of trick, and he's shown he has at least some pull with Helm if he needs it... well. The situation gets sticky."
[19:40] <Kotono> "If Helm wants to smite me for going after him..." Pollyanna wavers, "I'll deal with that then. But there's no way to forgive what he did or let it go."
06[19:41] * Demedais smiles slightly. "Myself, I'm not too terribly concerned about it. If I get the chance, sure, I'll help deal with him, but..."
[19:41] <Kotono> "But what?" With a little sputter, "Are you saying you're just going to take what he did in stride?"
[19:46] <Demedais> "Dear... He's managed to make not only you and I, but Seira, Alicia, Antenora, Latha, and a fair few others quite annoyed. He's dangerous beyond most opponents we've faced, I'll give him that. But, call it a hunch... Alicia alone, given the chance, and Esthan's devil rations."
[19:47] <Kotono> "Even if so, I want to take a few pounds of flesh out of him with a rusty silver knife," With a growing growl in her words, "He needs to understand that no one does this to you."
06[19:49] * Demedais raises an eyebrow. "You may very well get your chance. Though from all reports it may be wise if you get some way to avoid tough skin... he's talented enough to make that a problem."
[19:50] <Kotono> "I'll work on it," Pollyanna vows. "He's not going to escape from my arrows."
06[19:51] * Demedais nods. "Excellent, then. Gives us both even more reason to train ourselves, no?"
[19:58] <Kotono> "Yes!" Pollyanna gets up, "Let's go train and train hard this afternoon, as a start?"
[19:58] <Demedais> "Sounds like a plan!" Demedais nods in reply, also standing.
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: You wanted to chat with the high priest, didn't you?
[20:03] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, over a few different things.
[20:05] <Kotono> An audience with the High Priest is easy for Demedais to get with his standing. The two meet in private chambers. "I've been reading this book of scriptures you brought back," he says, rapping a knuckle against the cover.
[20:09] <Demedais> "Any thoughts on it, High Priest?" Demedais asks respectfully.
[20:11] <Kotono> "There are fascinating relevations in this book. It is a very militant peace in perspective," Resting his hand on it, "The degree with order is idealized and chaos is reviled exceeds our current scriptures. I worry that we have been lax in this regard."
06[20:16] * Demedais nods. "Indeed. In some ways, perhaps we have. The abandoned temple that I seek to revitalize - the one I mentioned previously, though confessionally in passing - may assist as training ground in all of our duties." Demedais nods, before pausing. "There is one important thing to remember regarding that tome, however - its age. It comes from the period before all the upheavals, the ones that affected even the Gods themselves."
[20:17] <Kotono> "This is true," He nods, "In the preceding times, we may have lost much of the purity of Helm's wisdom. A terrible error on our part, but one that we can rectify."
[20:18] <Demedais> "Not exactly the thrust of my argument, but yes, that is true as well." Demedais nods. "We must be aware of our past, but also the future that lies ahead of us, and the present as it stands - something that from our perspective, is still unclear. Our world is still not fully open to the outside." (More)
[20:22] <Demedais> Pulling out the book purchased near Ilmater's hall, Demedais places it next to the old one. "This one is quite recent, from my understanding; while waiting to return from attending to Croger, I picked it up. I would request you read this as well, and give me an open opinion. It... is possible the tone of the message may conflict, as well as the message itself, from what was before; the previous tome was also written during a time of confl
[20:23] <Demedais> "...the previous tome was also written during a time of conflict or near to it, I suspect; this new one in a realm of both peace and relative proximity to Helm."
[20:24] <Kotono> "Another scripture? It will be read then," Taking the silver leaf pressed book and opening it to the first page, "Let us meet again after I have read it?"
06[20:25] * Demedais nods slightly. "There is one other thing I wished to bring up, while I had this chance. Have you thought at all about what may be done to rectify that accursed glaive?"
[20:30] <Kotono> "That..." Waving a hand, "Thing. Ugh. If you wish to bear it might be possible. It's eyes are disturbing and unsettle you the longer you look at them."
[20:31] <Demedais> "I've dealt with worse, though not on prolonged contact, I must admit." Demedais nods. "I feel it to be worth the effort, at least."
[20:32] <Kotono> "If you wish, I believe Helm will show you the way." He relents after af ew moments, "That is your feeling, that it is worth it?"
[20:34] <Demedais> "I believe so, yes." Demedais nods. "When it becomes usable by one of the men of the Temple of Helm, it may very well prove a more useful tool than even the weapons and armor I've brought back thus far."
[20:46] <Kotono> "You don't shy away from that, but you're the greatest champion of Helm I've ever met. It's only fitting," With a nod there, "When will you begin it then?"
06[20:48] * Demedais nods slightly. "Give me a day to prepare myself, then, High Priest."
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: How are you going to prepare then?
[20:53] <Demedais> OOC: Spells prepare, notify Pollyanna so if it's not something solo she can come with (but warn her that it may very well be a solo trip), find another scroll of Sending just in case, but not expecting to need it.
[20:54] <Demedais> OOC: I'll note the Sending scroll in the loot topic and go adjust spells.
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, tell me when you're good.
[21:16] <Kotono> Thus Demedais prepares! The next day he enters the Temple of Helm! The glaive is waiting for him, sitting on the altar. "Are you ready?" The high priest asks.
06[21:20] * Demedais nods. "I believe so." Approaching the altar, he stands two feet away, closing his eyes for a brief moment.
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[22:15] <Anastasia> Before the altar, the will of Helm becomes clear to Demedais. This Glaive must be taken and carried as your weapon, used to strike down the chaos that the mists of Uatu will take you to. Spawns of chaos menance innocents without regard or care, they must be neutralized! You must travel alone and bear the weakening curse of the anarchic glaive.
06[22:18] * Demedais nods at this, and steps forward, grasping the glaive by its shaft. "Then your will be done, Helm." he murmurs, prepared.
[22:22] <Anastasia> "Go," The head priest says, "I believe your mission is waiting for you outside."
06[22:23] * Demedais nods. "Thank you, High Priest." With that, he advances outside, creepy as hell eyeglaive in hand!
[22:24] <Anastasia> As Demedais steps outside, mists surround him in a moment. Balmuria is gone in a blur of fog, a path ahead faintly seen.
06[22:25] * Demedais does a quick glance around, before advancing upon the path before him.
[22:28] <Anastasia> Mists are all around. You walk ahead briefly, coming to a stony road. Thick forest is around you, but a well kept stone road parts it. It's about 30 feet wide, unworn and smooth. . Sunlight comes down from above, summery warmth in the air.
[22:29] <Demedais> "Here, they run rampant? Very well." Demedais says, keeping quick pace on the road ahead of him.
[22:32] <Anastasia> Demedais travels for about an hour. The forest thins moderately out, this road merging at that point into an even wider one. This road has much traffic - horse traffic by and large. From peasant-looking sorts to knights in full armor and with unfamiliar heraldry, the road has plenty of travelers on horseback. A sign sits at the juncture between this road and the merging road.
06[22:36] * Demedais keeps an eye open for chaos, though at first glance there's not much going on here, it seems - and he honestly doubts that Helm meant "kill every chaotic person you see" as "spawns of chaos" has a quite different connotation. Still, vigilance is prime here.
[22:37] <Anastasia> A few people on the road radiate faint chaos, but no one particularly sets anything off. Demedais DOES get some looks as he stands there, even a knight slowing down to give him a long, appraising look.
06[22:38] * Demedais nods slightly to the knight, before continuing to walk upon the road, still looking around.
[22:43] <Anastasia> The knight slows and stops, "Hail, good sir," he says, deep voice booming from his helmet. "If I may have a moment of your time?"
[22:43] <Demedais> "Certainly." Demedais says, nodding pleasantly to the knight. "Is there some issue I may assist with?"
[22:45] <Anastasia> "Yes. That shield that floats by you is magnificent, sparking jewels that are embellished with the live giving sunshine. Your armor is of superior make and model, worthy of a Prince. Yet you travel alone on foot. Sir, as a loyal knight of the kingdom, if you have encountered any difficulty, I would be honored to help you."
06[22:50] * Demedais shakes his head, a chuckle at this. "Truth be told, I am but a servant to Helm, journeying here in an attempt to remove the... grotesque curse... upon this weapon." He lifts the glaive up for a moment, before looking to the Knight. "However, I do have one prime question - has there been any disturbances, chaotic events or attacks on civilians around here?"
[22:53] <Anastasia> "Ah, honorable Helm." He claps his fist against his plate armor's chest, "No obvious disturances, good sir, but I have been in the hinterlands and plains the past month. I return on having helped vanquished the fiendish goblin incursions against our lands."
06[22:58] * Demedais looks the man over for chaos just as confirmation, before nodding. "I see. Then what I seek must be further down the road. Tell me, what road have I alighted on here in my search?"
[22:59] <Anastasia> "This is the Main Imperial Road to Telerath." Answering that as he begins to spur his horse to a slow walk, "Soon we will reach the lip of the valley where Telerath lies."
06[23:01] * Demedais nods. "Would you mind my company, good knight?" he asks, summoning his own horse as he looks around across the countryside again.
[23:02] <Anastasia> "Ah! A paladin?" He asks, "Or a Horselord?" Teh countryside is light forest right now, thinning out steadily ahead.
[23:03] <Demedais> "A paladin." Demedais nods to the former term. "I'm afraid I've not encountered a Horselord before." Mounting up, he matches the knight's pace. "My name is Demedais of Helm."
[23:06] <Anastasia> "You are unfortunate. Horselords are the masters of the plains and of the noble art of horsemanship. Still, I am pleased to be in the company of a paladin." He salutes Demedais, bowing as much as he can on horseback. "May your divinely blessed horse be blessed and healthy."
06[23:08] * Demedais returns the bow and salute. "There is much yet my homeland has not seen. Perhaps someday soon they will travel there." Demedais says, content to wait at this point if the knight doesn't choose to provide a name, keeping a vigilant eye out over the plains as he searches for the chaos he must subdue.
[23:10] <Anastasia> "My horse is named Cybelinen. He is of pure Planesrunner blood back at least six generations," Patting the side of his horse, "My name is Stanley, Sir of Denvelux."
06[23:12] * Demedais nods to this. "May Cybelinen be blessed with strength and life enduring, and may Helm always watch over you, Sir Stanley of Denvelux." As he settles onto Horse, "How long had the goblin incursions been going on?"
[23:18] <Anastasia> "It's been ap roblem since the hinterlands and planes were fully subdued two centuries ago. Wild goblin tribes clash with our border settlements and we have to chase them away."
06[23:19] * Demedais nods to this. "That is understandable. The goblins in our land have been mostly confined to the barbarian lands - they are claimed by giants, so we have chosen to honor this and leave them be." Another sweep around with his eyes, "They keep the goblins and trolls in that forest in line, though there have been... incidents, even still. Fortunately, they are few and far between."
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[20:33] <Kobrb> Alicia returns home, her trip to the Outer Planes done. The noon hour passes, hunger and thirst ritually slaked once more. It's after that when Alicia's door is knocked on. A bowing acolyte from the Temple of Mystra is there, "Sir Alicia, you are requested in the Temple of Mystra."
[20:37] <Alicia> "Please don't call me sir," Alicia requests as she stifles the urge to wince. "Marie, I'm just going over to the temple," she calls to her familiar before stepping out after the acolyte and closing the door behind her. "What's it about?"
[20:39] <Kobrb> "Priest Shankar entered into a trance this morning. On leaving it, he asked for you to be summoned immediately." The acolyte nods rapidfire, his head hidden by a wizard's cowl and robe.
06[20:40] * Alicia doesn't ask anything further as they walk the short distance to the temple. The Star did mention a miracle, although at the time she thought that was just referring to dealing with the Spark Hunter for her...
[20:45] <Kobrb> Lead inside, past worshippers and students and visitors, Alicia comes to a back room. It's a small prayer room, dotted with books of Mystra's word and scriptures. Here Shankar sits heavily on the floor, head bowed. Around him are several scraps of parchment and scroll paper, a few quills tossed about.
[20:45] <Alicia> "Shankar?" Alicia announces her presence, briefly glancing at the papers before focusing her attention on the cleric.
[20:47] <Kobrb> The papers are covered head to toe in arcane symbolism and clerical works. It would take a bit of time and brainpower to get anything intelligable out of them. Shankar looks up, a shaking hand holding against the floor. "Alicia."
06[20:48] * Alicia is silent for a moment, waiting to see if he'll go on. When nothing seems forthcoming she squats down opposite him, "I heard you had a vision and then asked for me?" she prods.
[20:50] <Kobrb> "It was GLORIOUS," He takes Alicia's hand in both of his, eyes wide as twin stars. "I felt so close to everything. As I wrote, I felt like I could see and hear magic. It was everywhere, Alicia!"
06[20:51] * Alicia smiles at his enthusiasm. "What did you see?" she asks, interested.
[20:54] <Kobrb> "I saw magic throbbing through the world. I saw flowing through my quills as I wrote. I saw it take into the scrolls. I heard no words, but I understood." Using Alicia to get up to his knees, starting to gather papers up. "There are four of them, I think..." He looks through, putting three aside and presenting the last to Alicia. "Here. This one is for the Crimson Guard. I think...no, I know...it's a blessing."
[20:54] <Kobrb> "Here. This one is for the Crimson Guard. I think...no, I know...it's a blessing."
06[20:56] * Alicia helps Shankar up and taking the proferred parchment, briefly looking over it. "A magic scroll? What does it do?" she asks, perversely piqued a bit more by the ones he's holding onto than what she's been given.
[20:59] <Kobrb> "A callback from beyond. All four are, three are spoken for." Getting up, "The victims of the diabolical attack yesterday, that is. That's where I have to go, the garrison, I need to find them as soon as possible."
[21:01] <Alicia> "Really?!" Alicia looks delighted. "Lets go, I'll take you there myself!" Rolling up her gifted scroll with all due care for such a precious item, she slots it into her bandolier for the moment.
[21:04] <Kobrb> The trip to the garrison is without incident. The city has more guards about, Xavier and Morund passed briefly as they lead a patrol around. The garrison is bustling - Alicia can see more than usual and hear a mixture of things if she cares to as she walks. Finding Commander Oberuth inspecting a group of troops, he departs away as Alicia
[21:04] <Kobrb> OOC:G AAAH.
[21:04] <Kobrb> The trip to the garrison is without incident. The city has more guards about, Xavier and Morund passed briefly as they lead a patrol around. The garrison is bustling - Alicia can see more than usual and hear a mixture of things if she cares to as she walks. Finding Commander Oberuth inspecting a group of troops, he departs away as Alicia approaches, finishing it up. Shankar doesn't even let him get a word in, words tumbling out, "I have to see t
[21:04] <Kobrb> words tumbling out, "I have to see the fallen men in yesterday's attack."
[21:05] <Alicia> "It's urgent, sir," Alicia speaks up on his behalf, not wanting to waste much time. "Mystra has seen fit to bestow a miracle on us!"
[21:08] <Kobrb> "Two have been passed onto the families," Oberuth replies, lowering his own voice, "The third isn't a native of Balmuria, and we're holding him a few days to see if we can find a family or a home nearby. He's in the garrison morgue. The guards should let you in, they're under standing orders to cooperate with the Crimson Guard in case you need to speak with the dead again."
[21:08] <Kobrb> "Where are the families," Shankar asks quickly, "I must have the locations."
[21:09] <Kobrb> "I'll have the information scribed and brought to you. What manner of miracle is it, now?" Oberuth crosses his arms, scratching his chin. "The two of you look like you saw Mystra herself walking around."
03[21:11] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
[21:11] <Alicia> "They can be brought back," Alicia replies simply, deadly serious.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Hurry then. A few less to bury," With a smile that youthens his face showing, "Seriously, go. I'll have the information passed onto you in the morgue, start there?"
06[21:14] * Alicia nods then turns to Shankar. "Come on, I'll show you the way," she suggests, heading towards the garrison morgue.
[21:17] <Kotono> The garrison morgue is a quiet, somber place. The guards outside let Alicia pass afte r a few words. INside, you find the victim. He's a man of maybe his mid twenties. The ice has been thawed from him mostly, only bits of frost lingering over his eyes and midsection. He had dirty blonde hair, a few light scars criss-crossing his body.
[21:18] <Kotono> Shankar takes the first scroll, going to the man. Smoothing over his brow with hsi hands, "He's still as cold as Auril's touch," he shivers, "Not a hint of warmth in his body."
[21:20] <Alicia> "They were all dead even before I arrived, but to hear Marie tell it, it was no ordinary cone of cold that slew them," Alicia murmurs softly. "I should probably do something, so he's not cold when he... returns. I've never... I mean," she shakes her head as if to clear it, "I've seen Reincarnation, twice, but that creates a new body. This will just be like waking up for him, won't it?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "It should be like waking up from a dream." Shankar begins to read from the scroll, "It takes several minutes to call on the proper names and rituals, so you have time."
06[21:27] * Alicia casts prestidigitation and does her best to clean up the corpse, melting any frost and evaporating the moisture away, and giving him a bit of a clean otherwise.
[21:31] <Kotono> The spell works only with a stubborn slowness. The ice fades gradually, drying the body in little spurts. Shankar calls on the Gods themselves, words of great power spilling as the scroll starts to glow alight. It begins with a little twilight glimmer, expanding into a star's radiance as the final words are called! The walls reverbrate with a silent, motionless shaking, the ground somehow unstable and unsolid beneath you. Shankar's words shift
[21:32] <Kotono> the ground somehow unstable and unsolid beneath you. Shankar's words shift from whispered to shouted whispers, echoing about as if you were in a deep cave. Drawing his hands over the body in a circular motion, "Hear my words, soul far away! Return!" Shankar slashes his palm with his thumbnail, a droplet of blood splashing down onto the man's face!
06[21:34] * Alicia hangs back a little, watching events proceed with great interest. Who knows, the scroll she carries herself might one day be used in this fashion on her. She hopes not, though...
[21:38] <Kotono> The blood ripples into the man's face, a dozen lines of red fading into his flesh! His eyes move first, a blink. Another blink. He sits up, rubbing his neck. "Huh...monsters? What the hell?" He says groggily, then rubs his eyes. "Ugh. Nightmare...where am I?"
[21:40] <Alicia> "You're in the Balmuria garrison," Alicia tells him as practical concerns outweigh the desire to simply gawp at life being were death once held sway. No need to dump all of it on him at once, though... "How are you feeling?"
[21:40] <Kotono> Shankar nods, "You are blessed." He leans back heavily against the wall, breathing hard.
[21:41] <Kotono> "I feel good. Better than good, my back isn't bothering me." He blinks again, "...Captain Alicia?"
06[21:45] * Alicia nods. "You were caught up in a battle you should not have been," she explains. "Devils seeking to slay myself and those close to me - they were indiscriminate with their attacks and you suffered for it."
[21:46] <Kotono> "I...I think Ir emember something. Something cold." He rubs his arms, "I still feel a little cool. Did I get knocked out?"
[21:48] <Alicia> "Worse," Alicia shakes her head, glad he's still sitting. "You died. In her mercy, however, the Mother of All Magic saw fit for you to have your life restored to you."
[21:49] <Kotono> "Wel, that isn't-" He begins, before his eyes widen, "W-w-wait, what? I died?"
[21:49] <Kotono> "Mystra gave you another chance at life," Standing back up now, "I am Shankar, Priest of Mystra." He offers a hand out ot the man.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Dornath," He takes the hand with a dumb look on his face, going back and forth between Alicia and Shankar. "But you make it sound like I'm alive. I mean, when you kill someone, they're dead.
[21:50] <Kotono> "
[21:53] <Alicia> "The Gods have the power to reverse even death," Alicia replies with a reassuring smile. "It is very rare for it to happen, but your unjust death as a simple bystander at an assassination attempt on those who follow Mystra has moved our Goddess to action."
[21:55] <Kotono> "I..." Dornath tries tos peak a few times, before shaking his head. "I'd heard amazing things happen in Balmuria, but I never imagined this."
[21:56] <Kotono> "It is a miracle, nothing less," Shankar takes the man's hand again, "But there are two others who need this miracle. Live with the blessings of Mystra, Dornath." He says, starting to go.
[21:58] <Alicia> "It's amazing, but also dangerous. Every day from here on is a gift, Dornath - enjoy it," Alicia tells him. "Anyway, if you can walk we'll take you out of the morgue here, then we have to find the other two."
[21:59] <Kotono> Dornath follows along with Alicia and Shankar, looking out at the garrison as you exit. He shakes his head, "I still don't believe it, but...thank you," He says to both of them. "It was an honor to meet you, too."
[22:02] <Alicia> "You're welcome," Alicia clasps his shoulder. "I'd tell you to be careful, but from the sounds of it there was nothing you could have done to avoid dying - it's like that for most people, really," she briefly looks down before taking a deep breath and moving on, "Few people get second chances, so make the most of it."
[22:02] <Alicia> With that she follows along after Shankar, looking around to see if anyone is looking for them at Obureth's behest with the addresses they need.
[22:05] <Kotono> You soon find a page who passes you a quickly written parchment page. Shankar looks them over, "One's in the older part of the city, southeast near the southern walls. The other's in the new part of the city."
[22:06] <Alicia> "Go to the southeast then swing by the other on our way back to the temple?" Alicia suggests.
03[22:07] * aisarerukedoaisenai is now known as aisarerukedoaisenairabite
[22:13] <Kotono> Going to the southeast, the streets become a little dirtier. The buildings are plain enough here, people passing by giving Alicia a wide berth. You find a very plain, simple house is your destination, no yard to speak of. It's wooden door is half open, draped with a black cloth.
06[22:14] * Alicia walks up to the entrance and raps her knuckles gently on the doorframe.
[22:16] <Kotono> Inside you can hear bustling. "It's open," A man's voice calls.
[22:16] <Alicia> After a brief glance to check Shankar is ready, Alicia opens the door fully and steps inside.
[22:18] <Kotono> Inside a plain family room you see a dozen or so people. They are talking, with a few sitting. A few children sit with adults, crying and sniffling. The air is somber, a man with a cane and perhaps thirty approaching. "Wel...oh!" Looking at Alicia, "...Thank you so much for coming, Captain. I don't want to presume, but did you know my wife?"
[22:19] <Kotono> A quiet settles over the room, attention on the two. "We come on a mission of mercy," Shankar speaks up. "Good man, where is your wife now?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "I'm afraid I didn't have the pleasure, no," Alicia shakes her head before deferring to the priest.
[22:21] <Kotono> "She lies in the undertaker's, the funeral is this evening," he answers, "Mercy? Anything, please," he casts his eyes down and low, "Our family sorely needs it now, sirs."
[22:22] <Alicia> "If you could take us to the undertaker's, sir?" Alicia suggests. "Mystra was not unmoved by your wife's senseless death."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Mommy," A young irl sniffles in the background, as the man advances to the two. "What are you saying?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "Sir, Mystra will help. Just take us to her and you'll understand then," Shankar takes his arm, "Please."
Session Close: Wed Apr 15 22:33:12 2009
Session Start: Wed Apr 15 22:33:12 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:33] * Disconnected
02[22:33] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:33] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:33] * Topic is 'Seira>DEME MIKOCHAN!'
03[22:33] * Set by Kotono on Tue Apr 07 22:31:02
06[22:34] * Alicia hangs back to let them enjoy their reunion, smiling sappily at the sight. If they have any questions she'll be here.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Oh...you're so warm," Anna hugs her husband back, the two spending some time together. As they do, "Both were cold to the touch and complaining of cold afterwards. What vile magic did those devils use?" Shankar whispers.
[22:37] <Alicia> "Most gelugons have access to the cone of cold spell at will. Marie said it was different in this case, more like a freezing unholy blight," Alicia supplies in a whisper of her own.
[22:40] <Kotono> "Oh thank you," The man turns back, going to embrace Shankar and then Alicia, the whispering being most largely interrupted. "I owe both of you a debt that I can never repay!
[22:41] <Alicia> "Just make the most of it," Alicia suggests as she returns the hug. "You've seen how easily it can be taken away, so make every day count from now on."
[22:44] <Kotono> "I won't! Thank Mystra as well!" The man says. Anna approaches slower, going to take Alicia's hand. "Miss Reynes, I thank you. Priest, I thank you," Over to Shankar now, her touch not cold, but heatless.
06[22:47] * Alicia clasps Anna's hand back, bestowing some healing energy of her own on the contact. Reincarnation left its subjects very weak, and Anna's low temperature implies she still needs to recover a little as well.
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: 5hp lay on hands
[22:48] <Kotono> "Be well," Shankar says, as Anna takes the healing. Her skin turns slightly more warm from that contact. "There is naother we must go to, to do the same. Be blessed by the Mother of All Magic."
[22:48] <Kotono> "Thank you," Anna says, "Your touch is like warmth and light," she smiles to Alicia.
06[22:51] * Alicia smiles back. "Mystra grants smaller blessings as well," she explains. "Go home and rest with your family, be grateful for having a second chance. Goodbye for now," she nods to husband and wife before following after Shankar.
[22:53] <Kotono> Once outside of the house now, heading northwest, "It warms me to see Mystra passing on these blessings. Let not Hell destroy what is innocent and removed by it in it's enmity to you."
[22:55] <Alicia> "I was feeling horrible that people had been killed like that when they were trying to get at me," Alicia agrees. "I never imagined that something like this would happen, though."
[22:57] <Kotono> "One more," Shankar leads Alicia along as he processes it. The last is a house in the nwe section of the city, two stories and tucked away from the main streets. The door to it is closed, a small, fenced in yard around it. A few dogs lie in the fenced in yard, dozing in the sunlight.
06[22:59] * Alicia opens the gate to the yard and approaches the door without hesitation. Hopefully the dogs will just stay sleeping and not bother her...
[23:01] <Kotono> Shankar hurries. As you do, one dog lifts it's head up, panting at Alicia but doing nothing else. The door is knocked on with a metal knocker, nothing ocming for a time. An older woman answers, gray hair and wearing a black dress. "Can I help the two of you...oh! Captain Reynes." She steps back, a bow. "Have you come to the viewing? I was not aware you knew the departed."
[23:02] <Kotono> "We must see the departed," Shankar speaks up, "It is a matter of mercy."
[23:03] <Alicia> "I didn't," Alicia shakes her head, before cocking her head towards Shankar in a 'what he said' gesture.
[23:04] <Kotono> "If you wish." She stands aside, and then, "To offer apologies to Sina? I hear that you were invovled in the incident."
[23:06] <Alicia> "The devils were there for me," Alicia confirms. "But we'll do better than apologise, if you could show us the way, ma'am?"
[23:07] <Kotono> The woman shrugs and leads Alicia inside. The trappings inside are rich and comfortable. There are paintings and elven works about, the back room converted where a coffin lies. In this coffin a man sits, a black veiled woman standing next to it.
[23:08] <Alicia> "You are about to bear witness to the greatest of miracles, ma'am," Alicia explains to the woman, leaving Shankar to do his thing. "Would that all could be so lucky..."
[23:10] <Kotono> The veiled woman looks up, "Sir, ma'am, what are you doing here," she asks. "A miracle? My husband is gone."
[23:12] <Alicia> "And can be brought back," Alicia replies. "He was caught up in a battle that did not concern him, a senseless victim of fiendish bloodlust. The Mother of All Magic has granted Shankar with the power to undo yesterday's meaningless deaths."
[20:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I didn't," Alicia shakes her head, before cocking her head towards Shankar in a 'what he said' gesture.
[20:16] <Kotono> > "If you wish." She stands aside, and then, "To offer apologies to Sina? I hear that you were invovled in the incident."
[20:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The devils were there for me," Alicia confirms. "But we'll do better than apologise, if you could show us the way, ma'am?"
[20:16] <Kotono> > The woman shrugs and leads Alicia inside. The trappings inside are rich and comfortable. There are paintings and elven works about, the back room converted where a coffin lies. In this coffin a man sits, a black veiled woman standing next to it.
[20:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You are about to bear witness to the greatest of miracles, ma'am," Alicia explains to the woman, leaving Shankar to do his thing. "Would that all could be so lucky..."
[20:16] <Kotono> > The veiled woman looks up, "Sir, ma'am, what are you doing here," she asks. "A miracle? My husband is gone."
[20:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "And can be brought back," Alicia replies. "He was caught up in a battle that did not concern him, a senseless victim of fiendish bloodlust. The Mother of All Magic has granted Shankar with the power to undo yesterday's meaningless deaths."
03[20:16] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:21] <Kotono> "You can do that?" The woman's face is hidden by her veil, her voice uncertain. "Ah..ah...are there not those worthier for it?"
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive, she didn't like her husband, did she?
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive, she didn't like her husband, did she? and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[20:26] <Alicia> "It's not a question of worth," Alicia shakes her head, not showing anything of her doubts regarding this woman's sincerity. "Mystra has made her feelings clear on the matter, and her judgement cannot be questioned."
[20:26] <Kotono> "I will bring mercy to him," Shankar approaches the coffin, unrolling the scroll. "Mystra has deemed him worthy. That is enough."
[20:27] <Kotono> "But..." The woman's voice catches, "But..."
[20:27] <Kotono> The older woman goes to the veiled woman, whispering into her ear.
06[20:27] * Alicia doesn't look like she's trying to overhear...
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 but she is anyway
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 but she is anyway and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[20:34] <Kotono> Alicia can't quite tell, but the woman steps back. "Th-then I am grateful," she says quietly.
[20:36] <Alicia> "Ma'am, ah- Sina, was it?" Alicia asks, stepping towards the temporary widow. "Perhaps we could talk in the other room while Shankar performs the spell? Your husband may be disoriented upon his restoration and it would be best not to overwhelm him."
[20:38] <Kotono> "O-Of course, captain," Sina follows along, going into a quiet kitchen. Not much is going here, beyond a cat curled up in a sunbeam on a table. It yawns as the two enter, briefly looking up.
[20:43] <Alicia> Closing the door so they're alone, Alicia does her best to put up a non-judgemental front. She doesn't know the specifics of the marriage, after all. "It must be a lot to take in," she begins gently. "One moment everything's normal, then he's dead in an instant of meaningless violence. And before you can even adjust to that, we come breezing in on a mission from our Goddess to pull him back."
[20:43] <Alicia> Stepping closer she cocks her head as she speaks gently, "How had you been coping, if I might ask?"
[20:44] <Kotono> "I-I'm just not sure. It's all been so sudden," Sina looks down and away, going over to the table. She scoops the cat into her arms, stroking it's fur. "It hadn't even sunk in yet."
[20:47] <Alicia> Hmm. She's not opening up too much there. Perhaps another approach? "Do you have any children? Does he have any other family who'll want to know?" she prods. Maybe this'll get her to reveal a bit about the overall situation in the house.
[20:47] <Kotono> "No children," She answers, "HIs parents died a few years ago from disease."
[20:50] <Alicia> "Have you ever thought about having them?" the paladin asks.
[20:55] <Kotono> "Oh, on occasion," Sinal focuses on her cat, "My husband did...does...I don't know...but...he's made good money in trade over the past year or so."
[20:57] <Alicia> "I bring it up because it's the sort of thing someone might put a lot more thought to after receiving a second chance like this. Your husband may be far more keen to secure his legacy after feeling how easily his life could be taken away," Alicia explains, studying Sina's reaction carefully.
[21:00] <Kotono> Sina continues to focus on the cat, her eyes half lidded. She strokes it quickly, the cat's skin being molded around. OOC: Make a sense motive check here?
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[21:01] <Kotono> "I don't know, maybe." she says at last. "I...I can talk to him about it after this."
[21:05] <Alicia> She's not really biting despite Alicia's best efforts. Well, one other approach... it's somewhat uncouth, but she wants to get past Sina's defences. "Conversely, he might view it as a chance to have a 'clean slate' of sorts, and re-examine all aspects of his life and relationships - after all, many obligations are said to end with death..." Take the hint, woman!
[21:06] <Kotono> "I..." She shakes her head, "I just don't know. Who comes back after being dead? I heard the stories about it as a child, but...who really has it happen to them? Fairy tales are for children and heroes like you."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Heroes like me..." Alicia repeats with a soft sigh as that statement pierces her own defences. "After my husband and son died I prayed desperately for a mercy such as this, to no avail. The Gods have their own reasons, Sina, that we just have to trust are the right ones."
[21:12] <Kotono> "What?" Looking up fromj her cat, "B-but you're a hero. You can kill dragons and defeat armies. Why wouldn't you have your husband and son back?"
06[21:17] * Alicia can only shrug in reply. "Why indeed? Why is your husband more deserving than mine?" She looks away, rubbing her temple, "I confess I felt guilty for the deaths yesterday, as those devils were hunting me personally, but to choose between them would hardly be a choice at all. However, the choice is not yours or mine to make. Mystra has made her will in this matter clear."
[21:18] <Kotono> As you talk, there is a soft rumble. The world itself seems to pulse, thew alls of the house shimmering. "I see. Then I don't have a choice if it's up to the Gods. If they want him back, he's coming back."
[21:20] <Alicia> "And that's probably him back now," Alicia states, unperturbed by the flow of powerful magic as she looks up to regard the former-widow once more. "Forgive me for saying this so bluntly, Sina, but are you unhappy in your marriage?"
[21:21] <Kotono> "I..." Sina freezes, hands curling around the cat. It hisses, clawing at her arms. This snaps her out of it, dropping the cat and wincing. "Ah! Aaah...well...since he's been making so much money and being so busy..."
06[21:26] * Alicia reaches over and brushes her fingertips across Sina's arm, bestowing the tiniest amount of healing to mend the scratches. "There's no shame in staying with a man for security and comfort," she reassures non-judgementally. "Do you want to talk about it?"
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: 1hp lay on hands
[21:27] <Kotono> "I..." Sniffling as her scratches heal, "Magic? Thank you." She whispers, "I don't know. Right now, I just don't know.
[21:27] <Kotono> "
[21:30] <Alicia> "I can't perform miracles like Shankar - as you said before, my talents are more destructive - but I have some skill at healing," Alicia shrugs. "Your husband will be up now I imagine - talk to him, see how it feels," she then suggests,
[21:30] <Alicia> "An experience like this may change him for the better. But if you ever need an ear to listen, come see me at my house or the temple. I wouldn't want you to be troubled by what was supposed to be a joyous miracle."
[21:32] <Kotono> "I...I'll remember that," Sina says at last, standing. She then goes back out of the kitchen, towards her husband.
06[21:33] * Alicia goes to join Shankar if he's ready to leave.
[21:36] <Kotono> Shankar is breifly talking with the raised man, coming over to Alicia as he does. Sina approaches, hesitantly going to embrace him. While that goes on, "Our work is done. After the third casting I am completely exhausted as well. Shall we depart?"
[21:38] <Alicia> "Lets go back to the temple - I imagine today will see it busier than normal as word spreads," Alicia agrees before addressing the couple. "Farewell, both of you. Please come by the temple if you have any questions or just wish to talk about things," she asks before starting to leave.
[21:41] <Kotono> As you walk out, Shankar going slow, "What did you talk to his wife on? She seemed to have odd reactions to the joyous news."
[21:45] <Alicia> "She married him for his money," Alicia admits, offering an arm to Shankar if he needs it. "I've given her a few things to consider, and invited her to visit if she ever needs to talk - she didn't strike me as a bad sort and I can sympathise with her situation."
[21:46] <Kotono> "Mystra will show them the way," Shankar nods as he takes the arm. The temple isn't far, the pair soon returning. "I will need to lie down for a time," he says as the temple comes in sight. "I will instruct the other priests on what must be done. What of you, Alicia?"
[21:47] <Alicia> "I'll stay here and help with services where I can," Alicia nods. "If it gets very busy I might get Marie to assist as well, we'll see how the day progresses."
[21:58] <Kotono> It's quite the busy day. Mystra's Temple gets more people than Alicia can recall in recent memory. It's a long, tiring day of thanks and celebration spreading throughout Balmuria. Near sunset a feast has broken out for dinner. After this night comes, Alicia taking the short walk home. As she does, 'Ah, celebration. Does your heart soar, Alicia?' Esthan's voice soundlessly speaks in Alicia's mind.
06[22:04] * Alicia stops and briefly considers her reply. "You must be exceptionally bored," she begins, somewhat mindful of the word limit but not really caring. Exchanging banter with Esthan is hardly a priority.
[22:05] <Alicia> "And not at all shy about broadcasting your complicity in the Spark Hunter attack. Almost makes me feel like I wasted my time getting number eleven to spill his guts about you... and we're over the word limit." Shrugging it off, she continues homeward.
[22:08] <Kotono> AS Alicia walks, 'I come with a warning. This is just the beginning. All I ask of you is: How many more will die for your arrogance? How many more will have to pray that Mystra has mercy on them because of you? How many more will you sentence to death?'
[22:13] <Alicia> "Oh, I thought that was a sending spell you were using," Alicia stops again, looking around warily, realising he must be nearby and using telepathy. Any evil auras in sight? "Regardless, don't try and make me feel guilty for your decisions. Your kind started this, not me."
[22:15] <Kotono> Alicia doesn't detect any. 'But you hold the keys to end it. Were I not so merciful, how many would have died by your sins? A thousand, perhaps? Ten thousand? I and my Master offer you and your friends a chance to do better than that.'
[22:19] <Alicia> "You're starting to sound like that pathetic despair creature," Alicia remonstrates. "Look, Esthan, you're responsible for your actions, and I'm responsible for mine. Trying to lay the blame at my feet when you or your cohorts go off on a destructive rampage is infantile at best. I'm not holding a knife at your throat and telling you what to do."
[22:27] <Kotono> 'Ah, hope. How deeply it springs in you in the face of nightmares unbound!' Esthan laughs, a long laughter that seems to go on forever. 'The nightmares for you are just to begin, if you will not see reason. I will ask again: Ally with us. Keep your trappings of good and light. Cooperate with my master and we will aid you and your fledgling friends greatly.'
[22:35] <Alicia> "You don't understand me at all, do you?" Alicia shakes her head as she looks around her surroundings. "It's strange, what little we've heard of you paints you as a fantastic diplomat of peerless skill... are you just not trying with me? Is that it? I suppose the fact that you won't even talk to me face to face is telling enough..."
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: You can amke a spot check if you like.
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[22:37] <Kotono> Alicia is halfway between her home and the Temple of Mystra. Behind her she can see lots of lights, the celebrations continuing. Her home is quiet, nothing obviously going on there. 'Ah, if it is only a face to face meeting you crave, we can do that if you wish. Come, you can come and entertain your dreams of valor and heroism this night, then.'
[22:43] <Alicia> He has to be pretty close if he can hear her talking at conversation-level. Maybe he's invisible? "Said meeting would involve me doing me best to skewer you, yes," she admits honestly, pulling down her blindfold for a moment. "We really have nothing else to talk about, after all. You just keep repeating the same tired and unappealing offer, I keep saying no... it's very tiresome."
[22:46] <Kotono> Esthan is standing a mere twenty feet ahead of you, smiling wide. "Here I am, paladin." His hood is drawn, standing so that his shoulder faces you, a narrow shilouette. "I had hoped these lessons would be sufficient, but it seems that you require a more direct touch." OOC: Roll initiative?
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (nerveskitter)
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (nerveskitter) and gets 28." [1d20=8]
03[22:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Esthan>Alicia'
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Marie
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Marie and gets 14." [1d20=7]
03[22:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Esthan>Alicia>Marie'
[22:49] <Kotono> "Come." He says a single word, a beam of purple-black light coming from an outstretched hand! As it arches at Alicia, it splits into two!
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 touch AC
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 touch AC
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 touch AC and gets 42." [1d20=13]
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 touch AC and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d4
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 2*1.5
[22:49] <Alicia> OOC: 15, spellfiring it
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2*1.5 and gets 3."
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:50] <Kotono> A moment later, a green ray follows, going right for Alicia again!
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 touch AC again
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 touch AC again and gets 37." [1d20=8]
[22:50] <Kotono> The green ray follows as the black rays are absorbed into Alicia! This one makes her feel like chains grip her body all over! OOC: Alicia, you can go.
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 6." [1d100=6]
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: 4 negative levles then.
06[23:05] * Alicia winces a bit at the enervation getting through her spellfire defences. Damn metamagic... Still, she has plenty of fight left in her. Casting a spell of her own, she promptly turns invisible and then moves twenty five feet to the right, unsheathing the sword of the sealed gate as she does.
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Marie?
[23:06] <Alicia> Marie hears the noise outside as well as Alicia's bloodlust coming up, and turns incorporeal before peeking out through the wall of the second floor of the house.
[23:07] <Kotono> Marie can't see much of anything, since both do seem to be invisible. Hm. Crazy that. OOC: Both targets aren't visible to Marie. Is she doing anything else?
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: no, she took a standard and a move anyway
[23:10] <Kotono> Esthan moves a little more back, passing out of range of Alicia's blind sight! Nothing else can immediately be seen to happen, though Alicia can hear Esthan's chuckling in her mind. 'If that's what you want, we can do this as well.' OOC: Alicia.
06[23:12] * Alicia can be patient. She casts fly on herself and then takes to the air, crossing her previous path and moving fifty feet forward, only stopping if it looks like she'll bump into Esthan.
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Were you moving up at all or just forward?
[23:13] <Alicia> OOC: my feet aren't touching the ground but I'm not actually climbing more than five feet.
[23:13] <Kotono> Alicia flies around but doesn't see Esthan at all! OOC: Marie's up. She still doesn't see anything.
[23:13] <Alicia> Marie is confused and just... looks around for now. What's going on?
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 and gets 50." [1d20=8]
[23:15] <Kotono> A second later, golden dust bursts all around Alicia, glittering wildly! OOC: Will, Alicia.
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[23:16] <Kotono> Golden dust clings to Alicia, revealing her outline! But she's able to blink her eyes fast, clearing the glitter and blinding reflections from her vision! OOC: Alicia.
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 M
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 M and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[23:19] <Alicia> So much for concealment. Now to rely on misdirection! Another spell is cast and multiple transluscent and glittery Alicias appear all around her! As soon as that's done she flies up thirty feet.
[23:19] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[23:19] <Kotono> Alicia flies up, but still no sign of Esthan! OOC: Marie?
[23:20] <Alicia> Marie gathers that Alicia is fighting an invisible foe - and doing rather badly it seems, and waits for a chance to help out...
[23:20] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to faerie fire any noise she hears
[18:09] <Kotono> > Alicia does so, lying on her bed. A faint chill passes through her body, making her extreminites shiver. The ring feels heavy on her hand.
[18:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Just come off, then," Alicia tells it wearily. "In victory or defeat, you're of no help anyway."
[18:09] <Kotono> > Alicia's hand is cold, but there's no sign of the ring coming off or anything. If anything...she feels kind of tired. Sleepy.
[18:09] <Kotono> * Alicia briefly toys with the thought of cutting her finger off. It's not as if regeneration magic is out of reach... but she just can't muster up the will to care.
[18:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> Despite the looming death sentence it holds over her, the ring is no real hindrance, and it does offer some small benefit even if most foes she encounters these days can easily see past its protections. "Hmph. Greatest research indeed..." she snorts, rolling onto her side and closing her eyes.
[18:09] <Kotono> > Sleep comes quickly for Alicia...(More)
[18:17] <Kotono> Alicia is walking. Kelara is gorgeous in the summer. The sunlight of a clear blue sky - such a luxury! - gleams off her armor. She strides along the path towards home. Mother and Father should be waiting for her. Such a beautiful day indeed. The warm sun seems to bleed the worries and pain out of her. It feels so good to be here, so right.
[18:19] <Alicia> As happens in dreams Alicia simply walks home because it feels appropriate, going entirely with the flow and bereft of her waking worries and concerns.
[18:22] <Kotono> As she walks home, her mind gives in to whimsy. Images flicker through. She remembers the battle against the Hamatula last night. Fighting it, taking the powerful devil down like nothing more than a worthless bit of prey. The Spark Hunters(They're coming for you), attacking with freezing cold and overwhelming might and cursed lightning from above. The Magus of Time and the Lord of the Hunt. Facing each of them down, struggling against impossibl
[18:22] <Kotono> Facing each of them down, struggling against impossible odds. The sun shines bright and clear as these images make Alicia smile. A sense of pride fills her from top to bottom. She can see home in the distance, hearing the sounds of laughter and conversation carried by the wind. Home. Home is waiting for Alicia.
[18:24] <Alicia> A shadow briefly flits across Alicia's thoughts, something nagging, something wrong... but it flits away like smoke in the wind before she can grasp it. Hearing the noise ahead, she picks up her pace a bit.
[18:27] <Kotono> As Alicia walks, her pace slows. The sun starts to hide behind clouds. Shadows form from every blade of grass. Home seems to fall farther away, as if falling back. The sound of happiness and laughter fades, home twisting away into a mote of light into nothingness. She feels it around her, a hand. A hand like burning hot lava, grasping her from neck to knees. It pulls her backwards, her heart skipping beats as animalistic terror spreads throug h
[18:27] <Kotono> her heart skipping beats as animalistic terror spreads throug her.
06[18:32] * Alicia struggles against her restraint, almost looking back to see what has hold of her before terror freezes her. Whatever it is, she just can't face it! Straining at the giant hand, she feels like a feebled and sickly child, her strong limbs treacherously becoming more like wet noodles despite her panicked efforts!
[18:33] <Kotono> Alicia's efforts do little! She's being dragged backwards, one step at a time! Behind her, she can hear a wretched paean, whispering, moaning voices lamenting. Over them, one voice speaks. "It's time to go to sleep, Alicia. You couldn't even compete with me. What use is there for a hero when they're powerless?"
[18:37] <Alicia> It's true. She's worthless and weak. Her magic impotent. Her blade slow. Her strength insufficient. When the chance to prove herself came, she'd been found wanting. What use is a guardian who can be tossed aside with such casual ease?
[18:40] <Kotono> She feels herself being dragged away. The sun withers in the sky, turning into a tear of blood that falls to the ground. Her own tears are coming, bloody tears that stain her cheeks red. She feels a cold emptiness spreading in her, aching. "I'll let you sleep peacefully. You amused me for a short little time." Esthan's whispers grow louder as Alicia is dragged back. "You'll sleep besides the other people you failed to protect. How sad...you cou
[18:40] <Kotono> "You'll sleep besides the other people you failed to protect. How sad...you couldn't protect family, friends...and even yourself."
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[18:45] <Alicia> The taunts sting with brutal truth. But more than that, they stir up the wellspring of hot fury within Alicia. He's making a mistake! He should have killed her, like she would have done if their positions were reversed! She'll find a way to make him regret his complacency, somehow!
[18:47] <Kotono> Crying. Alicia can hear crying. Broken sobs. She looks up, finding her vision drawn. She looks out of a vast chasm, only a tiny bit of light coming from it. "...lay to rest," A voice above drones, "To the earth to sleep forever." It speaks amid the sobs, even as Alicia feels pulled back further, pulled DOWN, deeper. Her ring finger throbs with burning cold, pulsing throughout her body, in time to Alicia's racing heartbeat.
[18:48] <Kotono> in time to Alicia's racing heartbeat.
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[18:54] <Alicia> She wants to rest... wants to rest so badly. But she won't. She rejected paradise itself, so how could she accept oblivion? Railing against her fate, Alicia struggles against the pulling sensation! If she goes down, let her foes at least bear the scars to remember she did not go down easily!
[18:57] <Kotono> Alicia struggles! She writhes and fights against the hand! At last it lets her go as she whirls around! Ahead of her is an endless chasm. It surges to the highest heaven with burning fire. From it the screams of a million souls cry out, lamenting lives wrongly lead. Amid the flames you see familiar figures, clad in naught but flames, crucified to crosses of bleeding flesh. Antenora, Jessica, your parents, Commander Oberuth, Dawnhope, Marie, Sei
[18:57] <Kotono> Antenora, Jessica, your parents, Commander Oberuth, Dawnhope, Marie, Seira, Demedais, Taldeer...so many and more, screaming and weeping. At the edge of the chasm, waiting with arms outspread, is Esthan. His cloak blows back, a frentic wind revealing his face. A smile frames it from ear to ear. "Welcome home, Alicia! Come, it's time to rest!"
06[19:02] * Alicia replies. What she says is utterly profound and meaningful, piercing the very core of Esthan's withered black heart. Dreams being what they are, it's the sort of thing she won't remember when she wakes up, only that it was incredibly brilliant and will never be repeated. Then she attacks the devil head on, knowing it may be futile but determined to fight it out to the bitter end!
[19:05] <Alicia> OOC: strike
[19:11] <Alicia> Alicia repeats words she used once in the past against an enemy who seemed insurmountable, but who eventually fell to her superior tactices when her strength and skill proved insufficient. "Die, Monster! You don't belong in this world!" before hurling herself into attack!
[19:13] <Kotono> Alicia surges forward! From the cold within her, she feels a calm take over her body. Bravery and courage surge forth as she lunges forward at the fiend at the edge of the endless chasm of Hell-sitting upright in bed. Her covers are thrown aside, landing against the wall. Her hand feels completely numb. Her breath comes in a jagged burst. But in her mind, something stirs and focuses.
06[19:20] * Alicia sits hunched forward, sucking in great lungfuls of air. Even before she's woken fully, her mind grasps onto the new feeling, her numb hand instinctively tracing a magical pattern in the air while her left grasps the bedsheet, words to a spell she's never practiced tumbling forth. "Courage, stir my heart! Hold fast against the night!"
[19:22] <Kotono> A cloak of bravery settles over Alicia, instilling her with courage. The spell fires, burned into her mind and body!
06[19:25] * Alicia flexhes her hand a few times, working the feeling back into it as she rouses herself properly. "That... wasn't an ordinary dream..." she murmurs aloud, wondering just what would've happened had she let herself give in...
[19:27] <Kotono> It takes time for her hand to regain feeling. It feels almost alien to her for a long while. Her heartbeat slows, reality returning. It's early, the first hints of dawn's rising peeking through Alicia's window.
[19:31] <Alicia> Exhaling, Alicia collapses back against the mattress, her ring-wearing hand held up before her face as she stares vacantly to the ceiling. She feels like she could take on the world right now, but how justified is it really?
[19:31] <Alicia> Likely as not she still requires a lot of work if she's to defeat fiends of Esthan's rank... although what rank means when a no-name pit fiend like him could utterly squash a duke like Agares, she's not quite sure.
[19:35] <Kotono> Alicia prepares herself and goes out that morning. Elle is hired to cast Analyse Dweomer. When it's done, she invites Alicia back. She taps Alicia's book, holding it in her hands. "So how did you come across these again, exactly?"
[19:38] <Alicia> "A 'gift' from Esthan's master," Alicia replies unhappily. "Likely as not I'm just going to destroy mine or send it back, but I thought it best to have them checked out before giving Seira and Demedais their's, for whatever they want to do with them."
[19:39] <Kotono> "They're books of improvement. Very rare, very powerful and impossible for me to recreate." Sighing as she raps the cover with her knuckle, "This one will increase your force of personality. Seira's will sharpen her mind, Demedais' will strengthen his body. You've found a few of these before, but I've never seen two together, let alone three."
06[19:41] * Alicia rubs her eyes briefly. "Even if there's no catch in them, that just makes me more wary. There's no way I want to put myself that much in debt to any devil. I certainly won't be using mine."
[19:44] <Kotono> "I can't blame you and I won't stop you," Elle begins, while there is a knock on the door. Alice pokes her head in, "Sorry to interrupt, but Eudard and Engan are here early for their appointment." Elle looks away, "Keep them company out there with my apologies," she says, before turning back to Alicia. "Anyway, if you're sure, I'll get them to Seira and Demedais the next time Is ee them."
[19:47] <Alicia> "I can trust you to hold onto them," Alicia nods, putting her own book back into the portable hole for now. "Anyway, if you have an appointment I won't keep you further."
[19:56] <Kotono> "Is there anything else?" Elle inquires. "They're early, there's no deathly hurry to race out to meet them."
[19:58] <Alicia> "Well, actually yes," Alicia admits. "If you have the time for a Sending spell. Latha's been chasing after Esthan for a while, so I want to give her an update and warn her just how powerful he is."
[20:00] <Kotono> "Alright, I can do that. What's the message," Elle stands, stretching, "Gah. It's gotten to the point where I memorize at least two of those every morning."
06[20:03] * Alicia smiles sympathetically. "At least you're well paid?" She counts out 450gp and puts it on Elle's desk before writing her message on a note and handing it over. "Message from Alicia: Esthan appeared in Balmuria yesterday. Tried fighting, he penetrated invisibility and could not be touched by blade or spell. Be very careful."
[20:03] <Kotono> "Depressing," Elle smiles, nodding as she reads it. "Got it. Going to wait around for the answer?"
[20:05] <Alicia> "How a Pit Fiend could be so much more powerful than a Duke I really don't know," Alicia just shakes her head. "Anyway, I'd like to hear what she has to say, so I'll stick around, yes."
[20:06] <Kotono> "I'll ask the first devil I find," Elle smiles warmly as she casts! Ten minutes later, she nods. "Her reply was, "Understood. Will be in Balmuria by day's end. Will want to talk. Blessings protect you.'"
[20:07] <Alicia> "Antenora's as stumped as I am," Alicia exhales irritably before putting a smile on. "Thanks for all your help anyway, Elle. I'll get out of your hair now," she waves to the redhead before heading out.
[20:14] <Kotono> Thereafter, Alicia reports to Commander Oberuth. On reporting her defeat, he leans back in his chair. "Hmph. He was in the city and no one knew, and you couldn't even touch him?" he summarizes?
06[20:18] * Alicia nods glumly. "He saw right through my invisibility - I don't know whether his divinations were powerful enough to bypass my protections or he heard the air moving around me or saw the distortion of the invisibility spell. I wouldn't put any of that past him. Marie couldn't get her spells to stick, and she's better at that than I am."
[20:18] <Alicia> "The worst part was that he dodged my sword - I've sometimes slipped and missed, but otherwise people have to rely on armour protecting them from my blades. Esthan *dodged* a perfect shot and made it look easy."
[20:18] <Kotono> "I know how good a sword master you are. That's magic, su rely," Oberuth scowls as he steeples his fingers together. "It's still disturbing. If the Crimson Guard can't compete with him..."
[20:23] <Alicia> "At least he seems to want to use us rather than kill us... humiliating as it may be," Alicia replies. "As it stands I doubt I or Seira could strike him without relying on True Strike spells - which he could dispel handily before we could strike - and Demedais would have an even harder time of it."
[20:23] <Alicia> "We're all going to have to improve a lot before we think about battling him again - I shudder to think what would have occured had we went through with our assault at the meeting Seira arranged in Pallanth."
[20:25] <Kotono> "A massacre," Oberuth's scowl twists even deeper. "Practically, we'll need to find some way to stop him, but at least we have time."
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06[20:29] * Alicia nods. "The thing that worries me most is that if one devil can be as powerful as Esthan, there must surely be others just like him who can come here at will. And they would have no reason to coddle us as he does. We need to become far stronger if we're to defend ourselves."
[20:31] <Kotono> "I'll be needing to look into that," Commander Oberuth says after some long thought. "Any ideas yourself?"
[20:35] <Alicia> "I had one, actually, although it would mean leaving Balmuria for a time... but if I can't fight off the likes of Esthan I'm of little use, anyway," Alicia smiles thinly. "Not all of the Upper Planes are places of peace and beauty."
[20:35] <Alicia> "The heroic realm of Ysgard is said to be where the greatest of warriors go to fight on for all eternity. Perhaps there I could find instruction, or at the very least fresh opponents to sharpen my skills against."
[20:36] <Kotono> "If that's what it takes, do it," Oberuth nods very curtly to that.
[20:37] <Alicia> "I'll see if anyone else has any other fresh ideas, but likely as not that's where I'll be headed," Alicia agrees. "By your leave, sir," she salutes before heading out and back home.
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along now?
[20:39] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[20:41] <Kotono> That evening, Jessica and Marie are in the kitchen, making dinner. Antenora sits and watches them, done with her training. It's a serene, peaceful night. Alicia's door is knocked on as this all goes on, as everyone waits.
06[20:43] * Alicia is starting to get a bit worried about Dawnhope, not having seen her for over two days. That's probably Latha, though, since Coure never knock. "Coming!" she calls, getting up and going to answer the door.
[20:45] <Kotono> Latha is there, drawing her hood back. In one hand she carries a little coure eladrin; Dawnhope snores softly. "It's been too long," Latha steps inside, "I found this guest of yours weaving in the air out of a tavern. Inquiries before a drunken sleep overtook brought your name up."
[20:46] <Alicia> "I was just thinking about her, actually," Alicia smiles, clasping Latha's free hand and closing the door as the deva enters. "Glad to see she's well... relatively speaking. And yourself as well."
[20:47] <Kotono> As she enters inside, Latha deposits Dawnhope down onto the table. Once she returns that clasp and sits, "As well as I can be with that fiend travelling free and clear int he world."
[20:47] <Kotono> Antenora turns and looks at Dawnhope with a raised eyebrow, before sighing.
[20:50] <Alicia> "Hi, Latha," Marie greets the deva, a bit less intimidated now that her decision not to attack Esthan when she first met him appears somewhat vindicated.
06[20:50] * Alicia seats herself at the table as well. "I'd so been looking forward to facing him, as well. I couldn't have dreamed he'd be so far above my level..."
[20:51] <Kotono> "I'm distressed," Resting herself, "Esthan shows a vast reserve of power that even a normal pit fiend would not have at beck and call. He rivals the lowest nobility of Hell for power if this is true. Mastery of the arcane and such aptitude is frightening. I worry that even if I find him now, I will find myself in a hopeless battle."
[20:52] <Kotono> "I'll add some more dinner," Jessica calls, "It's good to see you again!"
[20:52] <Kotono> "It won't be hopeless. Hard, but never hopeless, if we work together," Antenora lightly bangs a fist onto the table. Dawnhope doesn't even stir.
[20:55] <Alicia> "When I fought Agares, he eventually overwhelmed me," Alicia begins. "Nonetheless it took him some time, and I was able to shrug off his magic while landing several admittedly minor blows in return. Considering how vastly I've improved since then, and how easily Esthan played with me, I'm confident in saying he could manhandle any Duke he felt like," she concludes.
[20:57] <Kotono> "Perhaps." Latha considers, "Regardless, the point is that we need a better plan and more strength."
[21:00] <Alicia> "We've been thinking about that a bit - ways to train and prepare ourselves," Alicia nods. "The best idea I've had is to go to Ysgard - as a plane of heroic battle, I think we could either find someone capable of teaching us, or at least worthy opponents to practice against."
[21:02] <Kotono> "That is a good idea," Latha nods at last, "There is no risk there, for even the dead slain there in it's heroic battles rise come the morning."
06[21:06] * Alicia is about to reply when she suddenly remembers something else. "Oh, I forgot to say, since it was overshadowed by Esthan, but the day before yesterday we were attacked by Spark Hunters. We took one prisoner and it confirmed Esthan does work for them, although he still attempted to recruit me on behalf of his mysterious master."
[21:07] <Kotono> "...ugh." Latha rubs her temple now, "More complications. Glad to see all of you made it through safely, at least."
[21:07] <Kotono> "Mmmm...Marie, get more syrup..." Dawnhope mutters as the eladrin turns over in sleep.
[21:08] <Kotono> "I hate to be narrow," Antenora's eyes drawn down to Dawnhope, "Narrow minded, but we may be best to simply focus on defeating Esthan for now, isntead of wasting time detangling all the threads he's woven around us."
[21:09] <Alicia> "They killed three bystanders with their wild and ill-considered attacks, but Mystra saw fit to..." she trails off and stares at Dawnhope for a long moment. Shaking that off, she goes on, "Ah, Mystra had them brought back. Of course when I was so happy with that, that's when Esthan chose to show up."
[21:09] <Alicia> Marie just shrugs. "We cook together," she explains innocently.
[21:11] <Kotono> "How merciful," LAtha bows her head, "I thank Mystra for giving that blessing."
[21:11] <Kotono> Dawnhope giggles in sleep, "Oh Marie...careful...don't wanna have to clean it off the others too...pain to clean off."
[21:12] <Kotono> "It..." Antenora begins, before sighing. She takes Dawnhope, "I'll put Dawnhope in the guest room," she says. "I'll be back in a moment."
[21:12] <Alicia> "She didn't do any cleaning!" Marie huffs before Alicia shushes her.
[21:12] <Alicia> "Thank you, Antenora," Alicia nods gratefully to the erinyes.
[21:12] <Kotono> "Drunken dreams," Latha waves a hand, "It's expected from an eladrin. When will you go to Ysgard, Alicia?"
[21:14] <Alicia> "Probably tomorrow, unless something occurs to offeset my plans," Alicia replies. "What of yourself?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "I've ran out of immediate leads." As the air is filled with the hungering scents of cooking dinner, "I would go with you as well, if I am able."
06[21:18] * Alicia smiles. "I'd love to have you along," she agrees. "Marie will stay here to keep an eye on things in my absence - she'll benefit from any improvement I see anyway, due to how we're linked. And Antenora will come as well, if she's willing."
[21:18] <Kotono> "I'm willing," Antenora answers as she returns. "By the way, Jessica? Could you make pancakes for breakfast on the morrow? Our guest will appreciate it, she babbled about eating pancakes as I put her to bed."
[21:19] <Kotono> "I will," Jessica calls back, "Dinner will be ready soon!"
[21:20] <Alicia> "That's three of us, then," Alicia nods, craning her neck to her sister. "Thanks, Jessica."
[21:32] <Kotono> The next morning, the three gather after a pleasant breakfast. As Dawnhope stirs and comes in, you can hear her call, "Pancakes? Oh, just what I wanted!" But the others are in the back training yard. "I'm ready," Antenora announces.
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 planes, general info on Ysgard, focusing on good places to train
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 planes, general info on Ysgard, focusing on good places to train and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:45] <Alicia> "I remember hearing a story once about a deva named Strength of Light who maintains a great battle near the Gates of the Moon," Alicia explains first. "I think Jessica read about it in Judgement's realm, it seems to stand out over the others, so I'll aim for Selune's realm and we'll make our way from there. That work for you two?"
[21:47] <Kotono> "I'm fine with it," Antenora says, "Selune's the ancient enemy of Shar, isn't she?"
[21:49] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia smiles briefly. "She was there in the beginning, along with her dark sister. Mystra herself was born of their struggles," she recites briefly. "A goddess worthy of our respect, she is."
[21:51] <Kotono> "Let us trust that her realm will guideus," Latha says, "Are you ready, Alicia?"
[21:52] <Alicia> "Ready," Alicia confirms, taking the hand of each outsider and focusing on the Gates of the Moon as she uses the magic of her ring to send them to its outskirts.
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 219." [5d100=34, 46, 81, 20, 38]
[21:55] <Kotono> You appear standing in serene moonlight. You stand on a beach that stretches farther than you can see, the night sky dominated by the full moon. It's radiance dances on the waves that lap agaisnt the shore.
06[21:58] * Alicia breathes in deeply, entranced for a moment by the play of sparkling moonlight against the waves. Such soothing beauty is a balm for her soul...
[21:59] <Kotono> Antenora stares at it as well, hand still held by Alicia as she stares. "So pretty..." she murmurs.
[22:02] <Alicia> "It's glorious," Alicia agrees, savouring the tableau for a moment longer before she gets to business, letting go of both hands before looking up and down the beach and then inland in search of habitation.
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[22:03] <Kotono> Antenora lingers several moments longer. She only reluctantly turns away, following. "When we're done, maybe we can come back here. That view is divine."
[22:05] <Alicia> "I'd like that," Alicia agrees easily enough as she looks around. "We're going to need directions first of all - both of you can see better than me in the dark, can you see any sign of locals around here?"
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[22:17] <Kotono> "No, just a lot of beach." Away from the beach, hills and then mountains rise. Pointing ahead, "I see a few footpaths, though."
[22:18] <Alicia> "Lets see if we can find someone to give us directions, then?" Alicia suggests, following the pointing finger towards the footpaths.
[22:22] <Kotono> The trio takes to walking. It's a moonlit walk, amid rising hills full of white roses. Motes of light rise from them, playing around the three before they drift upwards to the moon. You find yourself in a reverse rain of light, making each of you glow with moonlight. Amid the hills as you walk, you see a beautiful church sitting. It's traditional, down to a church bell and stone walls. Yet it's walls are lined with glowing silver, as if the moo
[22:22] <Kotono> Yet it's walls are lined with glowing silver, as if the moonlight has settled on the walls forever.
06[22:24] * Alicia finds herself walking slower than normal, as if to draw out the pleasant experience of their journey. Upon seeing the church she suggests to her companions that they might find directions there, and alters course to approach it.
[22:25] <Kotono> LAtha agrees, "Yes, that's a fine idea," she says, as the three walk. As they approach the church, they find a river bisets it. A silver bridge crosses the river, here a man sits. His legs dangle over the edge, as he stares up at the sky. He moongazes with rapt attention.
[22:26] <Alicia> Probably a petitioner, Alicia guesses. Starting over the bridge, she stops near the man. "Excuse me, sir," she attempts to get his attention, "Might we trouble you for a moment?"
[22:28] <Kotono> "It is no trouble. Selune's light frames you all with beauty. You are good souls, one and all." He offers a hand as he hops back off the edge, landing standing right up. "Are you heading to the Church of the Silver Gables ahead?"
06[22:30] * Alicia shakes his hand agreeably. "My name is Alicia, these are my friends Antenora and Latha," she introduces first off. "We were heading for it, but we're actually looking for a path to Ysgard - we're trying to find a deva named Strength of Light who resides near Selune's realm."
[22:30] <Kotono> "We may be, though it is not our ultimate goal," Latha steps forward now, hood back and wings visible. "We quest for a realm outside of Selune's in Ysgard, we seek directions to it."
[22:31] <Kotono> His grip is firm and strong. "Ah. I can direct you. To reach there, you must go out to the see. Swim long and far, as far as you can. Swim until the ocean becomes the air. Trust your courage and travel along the wind's wings and you will land where you wish."
06[22:33] * Alicia tilts her head and smiles a bit. "That makes as much sense as anything else of the planes. Thank you for your help." Turning to the others, "Shall we pay our respects at the church before departing, given how graciously Selune's realm has treated us?"
[22:34] <Kotono> "It's only good manners," Antenora agrees, starting to walk again. "Can either of you swim very well?"
[22:36] <Alicia> "Thank you again," Alicia bows to the petitioner before heading on with Antenora to the church. "I learned when I was young and visiting Darlina keeps me in practice. The water seems very calm, anyway."
[22:36] <Kotono> "When I do not fly, I walk. I confess that my own aptitude in swimming is not great. Still, I should be able to do well enough," Latha says with glowing confidence in her voice. "My stock is that of the heavens. I will suffice.'
[22:36] <Kotono> "As long as no one picks a fight. I'll sink like a stone if I try to swim in this," Antenora raps her breastplate.
[22:37] <Alicia> "You've got tough skin, anyway," Alicia pats Antenora on the shoulder.
[22:40] <Kotono> As you approach the Church, it's gates open wide for any to enter, "Small consolation. I'm more worried of you if that happens."
[22:44] <Alicia> "I'm quite adept in the water," Alicia reassures her, heading into the church.
[22:45] <Kotono> The church is carved of silver-rock and mithral, windows on the sides letting in ample moonlight. A stone hill rises ahead, where an altar of silver rests. A pair of men kneel there, arms raised to the moon in the sky above.
[22:52] <Kotono> Antenora approaches them, and after several moments, audibly clears her throat. "We come to pay respects to Selune," she announces.
06[22:52] * Alicia approaches the altar herself, looking around the church as she passes before kneeling behind the duo already here. From this position she prays to the Moonmaiden, thanking Her for Her aid on the icy mountain watched over by her and Auril, complimenting Her on her beautiful realm, and offering her heartfelt support in Selune's eternal war against Shar.
[22:52] <Alicia> She learned a lot about Selune at the temple and she's a goddess Alicia's always been quite fond of.
[22:54] <Kotono> There isn't an audible reply to Antenora's words or Alicia's prayer. However, the moonlight becomes brighter. In it's dance Alicia feels her senses sharpen. For in the moonlight a soft whisper-current of noise hides. 'Be well in this realm, for those who are good hearted foes of the Black Bitch are always welcome here.'
06[22:57] * Alicia smiles and stands up, retrieving a single white pearl from her portable hole where she keeps all her money in various denominations of coins and jewels. This one was valued at about two hundred gold when she traded for it. Stepping forward between the men, she places it on the altar as an offering before retreating back and looking to see if Latha and Antenora are done.
[23:02] <Kotono> The men do not stop their beckoning to the Heavens as Alicia places the pearl on the altar. It rises up, breaking into moonlight that ascends out the windows, towards the full moon. The two men sing as one, "The Moon Maiden appreciates your generosity and sacrifice to her, given of your own free will. Her light will always shine truthfully and faithfully on you."
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[23:05] <Alicia> "I honour the friendship between the Lady of Silver and the Lady of Mysteries," Alicia replies pleasantly. "Peace to you both." At that she checks on Antenora and Latha.
[23:06] <Kotono> The two are waiting below. "Listen in the moonlight, for the blessings of Selune are heard in it," They wing back to her, "Walk in the light of the moon."
[23:08] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia calls back to the duo before rejoining her friends. "Ready to go for a swim, then?" she asks them.
[23:10] <Kotono> "Let's go," Antenora says, as the two walk along. It's a pleasant walk to the beach. As you reach it, sandy shores like specks of silver, Alicia can hear the whispers in the moonlight once more. 'Open your hearts to the innocence lumination of Selune. Trust yourself into Her revelry for a time.'
[23:14] <Alicia> "Selune asks that we open our hearts to Her," Alicia relays to the other two as she stops. "She has my trust," she adds, spreading her arms and gazing up at the massive white orb hanging in the sky, lowering her mental defences, opening herself up to the experience fully...
[23:15] <Kotono> Latha shrugs and does the same. "If Selune wills it, so be it."
[23:15] <Kotono> Antenora hesitates, then look sat Alicia and mimics what she does. For a few moments there is nothing, then? (More)
[23:18] <Kotono> What happens next is not really in Alicia's full control. What possesses her is something she cannot fully answer. But yet what happens is celebration. The three women begin to celebrate under the moon. They dance, laugh, play, swim. They make shapes in the sand, laughing like children. They swim near the shore together, flicking water at one another. They lay in the sand, armor and cloaks cast aside, gazing up at the moon. At the end, they fal
[23:18] <Kotono> They lay in the sand, armor and cloaks cast aside, gazing up at the moon. At the end, they fall asleep in a loose circle. (More)
[23:19] <Kotono> Waking up. Alicia finds herself waking up, Antenora and Latha doing the same. She is clear minded and headed, her soul light and free. A little spasm of laughter passes involuntarily, lightening her mood further. The three lie in a circle around something lying atop the sand. Hell Striker lies there, glowing silver in the eternal moonlight of the Gates of the Moon.
06[23:21] * Alicia giggles a little more. That might not have been the most dignified thing she's ever done, and she hardly wants to make a habit of losing control, but... it was fun. "Well..." she sits up, half-blushing and half-laughing, "That was a nice way to relax before we throw ourselves into training?"
[23:22] <Kotono> Antenora is more blushing outright, her underarmor clothes still damp. She shakes sand out of her hair, like a rain of silver dust. "I..." Antenora chortles, "I want to say I'm embarrassed, but it was so much FUN."
[23:23] <Kotono> Latha shakes her wings full of sand, "It was Selune's blessing. There is nothing embarrassing about revelry in it when the time is right."
[23:25] <Kotono> "At least Marie wasn't here," Antenora mutters under her breath.
[23:25] <Alicia> "Well, I certainly needed it," Alicia nods, still grinning. Getting up, she opens her portable hole and starts to put her armour and heavier clothes within, leaving her dressed just in a tightly belted tunic, along with Hell Striker's baldric. "Anything you don't want weighing you down as you swim, put in here," she suggests.
[15:56] <Kotono> > Antenora is more blushing outright, her underarmor clothes still damp. She shakes sand out of her hair, like a rain of silver dust. "I..." Antenora chortles, "I want to say I'm embarrassed, but it was so much FUN."
[15:56] <Kotono> > Latha shakes her wings full of sand, "It was Selune's blessing. There is nothing embarrassing about revelry in it when the time is right."
[15:56] <Kotono> > "At least Marie wasn't here," Antenora mutters under her breath.
[15:56] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Well, I certainly needed it," Alicia nods, still grinning. Getting up, she opens her portable hole and starts to put her armour and heavier clothes within, leaving her dressed just in a tightly belted tunic, along with Hell Striker's baldric. "Anything you don't want weighing you down as you swim, put in here," she suggests.
[15:58] <Kotono> Antenora puts everything in save simple, white undergarments and her spear. Latha puts everything in, entirely forgoing things to get in her way while swimming. She then goes to the water, walking in up to her shoulders and taking a few strokes. "Come. Ysgard's battles await."
06[16:01] * Alicia picks up Hell Striker and slides the sword into its harness, the sword not any sort of bother to her while swimming thanks to her ring of freedom of movement. "Hope you didn't mind the wait," she pats the silvery-seeming blade before following into the water. "Remember it's not a race. Just keep a pace you can sustain easily," she suggests to her friends.
[16:01] <Kotono> OOC: Make swim checks?
[16:01] <Kotono> "Slow and steady, not fast spurts. Swimming's about endurance," Antenora says as she begins.
[16:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[16:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[16:02] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 18
[16:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[16:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[16:04] <Kotono> The three begin to swim! The water is calm and cool, dappled with moonlight. It's an easy swim for the first hour, no one having any problems. OOC: Waiving the roll for nonlethal damage after an hour of swimming, since everyone in Ysgard gets fast healing 2. No point.
[16:04] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[16:05] <Kotono> The three begin to swim! The water is calm and cool, dappled with moonlight. It's an easy swim for the first hour, no one having any problems. In the second hour and third hour, the water gradually comes cooler and cooler, bordering on the cold. The cold jars your body, not bringing numbness, but enhanced feeling in contrast to the warmth of your body. OOC: Waiving the roll for nonlethal damage after an hour of swimming, since everyone in Ysgar
[16:05] <Kotono> OOC: Waiving the roll for nonlethal damage after an hour of swimming, since everyone in Ysgard gets fast healing 2. No point.
[16:06] <Kotono> Between careful, long breaststrokes, Antenora thinks to Alicia, 'Holding up fine?'
[16:08] <Alicia> It's quite bracing, but the strenuous exercise is keeping Alicia's muscles from numbing to the cold. She's grateful for Antenora's telepathy, however, since she doesn't want to waste air on speaking if she doesn't have to. 'It feels good,' she replies. 'Normally I transform myself into a sea elf when I go swimming - this is harder but makes better exercise. How're you doing?'
[16:09] <Kotono> 'I'm fine. Latha says she's fine, too. The water's chilling but it feels refreshing. We're both good to continue on for as long as we need to. WE can stop to tread water for awhile if any of us need a break further down the line.'
[16:10] <Alicia> 'I'll let you know if I need a rest, you two do the same,' Alicia replies, trusting the duo to know their limits.
[16:11] <Kotono> The fourth hour passes in relative quiet. The waters start to gain a current tugging the way they are swimming. It increases your speed, swimming with the current. About a half hour later, the current gets stronger. Ahead, you can see something - a beautiful horizon of the night sky, dominates by the moon. The ocean ends here, a vast waterfall over the very edge of this landmass.
[16:14] <Alicia> Keeping her head above as her arms cut through the water before her, Alicia calls out to the two outsiders. "That's it! The winds will carry us to Ysgard!" she gets out amidst sucking in great lungfuls of air, feeling a nervous thrill of excitement at what lies ahead.
[16:16] <Kotono> "Let's go! The sooner done, the sooner we reach our goal!" Latha picks up her swimming pace, while Antenora tarries a moment. 'Not that I don't trust the plane here, but you have a fly or feather fall spell ready just in case, Alicia?'
[16:18] <Alicia> 'Of course I do!' Alicia replies as she works her limbs to catch up with Latha. 'Don't worry, you won't have to repeat what you did with Demedais,' she adds in a more amused tone.
[16:18] <Kotono> Antenora blushes as she swims, 'It's not even that! I don't think you'd weigh as much as he did, either. I'm just being careful!'
06[16:20] * Alicia laughs a little, sputtering in the water before she clamps it down and focuses her body on swimming and breathing. 'It's fine, you know all the spells I can cast and I've only used one today.'
[16:22] <Kotono> 'Good. Besides, I hope you don't weigh as much as he does. If you did, I'd know why you'd need to train harder.' Antenora seems to linger here, before starting to laugh herself. 'Is it peculiar that I just had the idea of an overweight paladin of Sharess, who believes in the doctrine of the pleasure of eating good foods and smites the tasteless?'
06[16:26] * Alicia sputters some more. 'Stop making me laugh!' she insists, slowing a bit to recover her breathing before resuming her determined strokes. '... Gourmandin?' she wonders afterwards, her snickers purely mental this time.
[16:27] <Kotono> Antenora swims along, Latha a fair bit ahead now. 'Certainly. It would be an enjoyable contrast to the image one gets with any other paladin of Sharess. Nine beautiful waifs of battle, and then the Gourmandin.''
[16:29] <Kotono> 'Then again,' Antenora reflects after a pause, 'The three of us probably qualify as the former.'
[16:30] <Alicia> 'It would at least show the dangers of excess,' Alicia muses as she swims a bit harder to catch up with the deva. 'And while I'll happily accept beautiful, none of us are particularly waif-like.'
[16:32] <Kotono> Latha starts to slow and turn as Alicia and Antneora catch up, then swims ahead again with a little shrug. 'True, but the three of us are gorgeous by mortal standards. We could do a passing-fair imitation...but no matter. Let's continue onward before Latha wonders why we continue to tarry and laugh?'
[16:35] <Alicia> 'I wouldn't want to be that skinny,' Alicia replies, more than capable of holding a mental conversation and maintaining a swift pace - the only reason she hasn't caught up with Latha is to avoid leaving Antenora behind, 'I always feel so delicate when I transform myself into an elf.'
[16:36] <Kotono> Antenora picks up her own pace, 'I don't know. I've seen you as an elf. It's not an unflattering look for you.'
[16:40] <Alicia> 'No, and I'm still as sturdy as ever since it's only a disguise, it just feels strange to be so slender,' Alicia responds. 'It's not healthy for humans, anyway. We need a bit of meat on our bones.'
[16:41] <Kotono> Antenora doesn't really reply for a bit, looking haead as the edge draws closer. 'An interesting conversation, but really, we draw on our goal. Another time?'
[16:42] <Alicia> 'Sure,' Alicia replies, falling silent and focusing on cutting a path through the water, not wanting to be swept away by the turbulent current as they near the edge. She'll go over, but in a controlled fashion, hopefully.
[16:44] <Kotono> The three get closer! As they do, they find the current starts to pick up dramatically! It'll be difficult not to be swept along with it if you go any farther. Latha doesn't stop, however, swimming along with it. Antenora lingers a moment, 'Ready?' she asks.
[16:46] <Alicia> 'Don't hesitate,' Alicia replies. 'You've got wings and I've got magic if we need it, but trust in the wind to take us where we want to go.'
[16:47] <Kotono> With that, the two continue on! The current becomes quite swift, pulling them along. OOC: Make swim checks? Alicia, you have that Freedom of Movement thing going so you'r eokay.
[16:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Latha
06[16:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Latha and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[16:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[16:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[16:48] <Kotono> While Alicia is able to resist the current's obvious pull thanks to her ring, she soon notices Latha and Antenora are swept up with it. They are hurried along, faster and faster as the water drags them towards the edge!
06[16:50] * Alicia pushes herself harder to keep up with the other two despite ignoring the current, not wanting the group to get seperated.
[16:52] <Kotono> The groups wims and is dragged to the edge! They tumble over, the water gushing down! As they do, they find themselves falling, falling in a vast, arching waterfall! It's a fast plummet, falling freely amid the water! Far below, you can see several islands floating in the sky! You are above one of them, a ring of sharp mountains surrounded by a dramatic, glacier covered bay below that the waterfall plunges into.
[16:52] <Kotono> Latha falls without changing her expression, spreading her arms out as the wind buffets her bare body. Antenora turns to Alicia as they tumble, a few looks at each other as they spill end over end! 'I really hope this works,' she sends.
[16:54] <Alicia> 'Have faith,' Alicia returns, doing the same as Latha to keep from tumbling end over end through the air. If she has to she can use feather fall before they strike the ground, but she'll trust the winds for now, hoping they'll take the group to their goal, the battle overseen by Strength of Light.
[16:56] <Kotono> Woooooooosh! They fall and they fall and they fall! Alicia falls like she never has before, plummeting down from lofty heights! Yet as the watery fjord and the glaciers that dot it come closer, the wind picks up! IT shears against them, buffeting the water into a narrow line! Your fall begins to subtly slow and slow and slow, taking the edge off of it! One only has so long to consider this, before you crash down into the freezing waters! It's
[16:56] <Kotono> One only has so long to consider this, before you crash down into the freezing waters! It's achingly, bone chillingly cold as you plunge several feet below the surface of the water. The wind is knocked from you and your body freezes, but you don't seem hurt otherwise.
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06[16:57] * Alicia angles herself into a dive as she hits the water, arcing her body as she curves beneath the surface and kicks her legs to burst back above the waves, treading water for a moment as she confirms the other two have managed to recover safely as well.
[16:59] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha emerge seconds later. Antenora is shivering all over. You are in the middle of the fjord, several hundred feet away from any dry land. Latha emerges out, flapping her wings and unbothered as she starts to fly. "That was glorious. I must do it again another time," she concludes, "Are the two of you well? The water is rather chill."
[17:00] <Kotono> Antenora shivers all over, lips turning blue with remarkable speed. She flaps out of the water as well, shaking all over. "C-c-c-c-cold!" she sputters. "Gaaaah!"
[17:01] <Alicia> "Lets get to land and dry off!" Alicia calls, pointing to the nearest shore and then immediately angling herself to swim for it. Now that they can fly her friends will easily outpace her, so she doesn't need to worry about going slow.
[17:03] <Kotono> There's a narrow strip of beach here and there, the three swimmming to it. By the time Alicia and company reach it, Antenora's extremities look blue, her entire body shaking. Alicia feels frozen head to toe, like a statue of ice. Going to lie on the sand, "S-s-someone make a fire or do something to warm us? Alicia, how about H-Hellstriker?"
[17:04] <Kotono> Latha lands, going to dally at the edge of the water. "I'm fine," she answers back, "Cold is of no concern to me. Warm yourselves first."
06[17:06] * Alicia nods shakily to Antenora, drawing Hell Striker and igniting its flames on one end as she stabs the non-burning end into the sand. She works her freezing fingers a few times, holding them close to the flames until enough feeling returns that she can confidently spellcast.
[17:07] <Kotono> Antenora does much the same, rubbing her arms, chest and sides. "I-aaah." Sighing as she gets as near to the fire as she can, "My muscles ache from the swimming and I'm freezing. If nothing else, the swim was good endurance training."
[17:10] <Kotono> "Look past the discomfort. It was a marvelous experience of the physical body." Latha dries herself, shaking her wings and running her hands over her form. "Ysgard values bravery; to take that plunge was a sublime act of it."
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[17:11] <Alicia> "It was," Alicia agrees with the both of them, casting prestidigitation once the feeling has returned to her fingers. That done she proceeds to mimic Latha's gesture on her own form and Antenora's, albeit just shy of touching and instead using magic to dry and warm them.
[17:11] <Alicia> That said, it doesn't help too much against the chill in the air considering their lack of dress. She promptly opens up the portable hole and starts get changed into warmer clothing. "Lets all get dressed."
[17:27] <Kotono> Warmth and water return, the three re-dressing. Once that is done, "Strenght of Light's battle should not be far," Latha shakes her wings out one last time, "Flight should allow us to see it with enough ease."
[17:30] <Alicia> "I'll be a bit slower than you two, but I can manage that," Alicia nods agreeably, dousing Hell Striker's flames as she picks it up and looking to see if it still shows the same silvery sheen outside of Selune's domain.
[17:30] <Kotono> The silvery sheen has faded, leaving only a faint sprinkling hint of silver deep in Hell-Striker's blade.
06[17:32] * Alicia wonders briefly what it could mean, but the sword isn't forthcoming and she can't imagine it's anything bad. Sliding the sword into its baldric, she casts Fly and then kicks off the ground, starting to ascend upwards.
[17:34] <Kotono> At a much more leisurely pace than the previous fall, the party is able to ascend and get a view. It's beautiful - a island in the sky, all fjords and tall mountains. It's currently nighttime, the aurora borealis glowing on the horizon. As you look, Latha narrows her eyes and points at once open topped mountain. Steam rises up from it. "That." she says, "I think there's something there."
06[17:37] * Alicia is mostly distracted simply by the view. So much more majestic than the muddy valleys of Kelara, or the gentle coast of Balmuria. Looking in the same direction as Latha, she nods. "I'll take your word for it. Lets start heading for it - see if we can find a good path to take, since it'd take most of my spells to fly the whole way there."
[17:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[17:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[17:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[17:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[17:40] <Kotono> As you fly, Antenora points down. "There's a mountain path there," she declares, descending down. "Follow me."
[17:41] <Alicia> "Right," Alicia nods, flying after the erinyes.
[17:42] <Kotono> The two descend down. As you do, you can notice a few things. Thes teamy open mountain has a hint of red beneath the steam. The mountain path is long, steep and winding, hugging to the sides. It's only a few feet wide, walkable but not easy. Antenora and Latha both stay airborne.
[17:44] <Alicia> A volcano... Alicia recalls her first meeting with Antenora, which was already put fresh in her mind recently by that 'alternate' for lack of a better description that the Time Magus set upon them. Still, that's in the past. With her boots she's at least able to keep a somewhat respectable pace and not hold her flighty friends back too much, but she has to focus on the path to keep from tripping.
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[17:46] <Kotono> A half hour of walking or so passes in silence. As you ascend higher and higher, Antenora turns around, flying in reverse. "You know," she says, as a chilly wind blows, "This is nostalgic."
[17:48] <Alicia> "At least it's not snowing," Alicia smirks a bit, looking up.
[17:48] <Kotono> Indeed, the skies are clear and starry. "We may still fight a dragon, however, or find ourselves wounded in the back."
[17:52] <Alicia> "That we may. It needs to be a challenge, though - we won't learn much just sweeping aside those weaker than us," Alicia reasons, hoping they'll find someone here who could give Esthan a run for his money and be willing to train them.
[17:53] <Kotono> Antenora considers that as the two climb. Another hour passes - Alicia's stomach starts to rumble, but they're within another 15 minutes of the path's end. You can see it above, curling into a little cave below the top of the mountain.
[17:55] <Alicia> Come to think of it, she hasn't eaten since breakfast and that was seven or eight hours ago... she's not especially tired, but she is starting to get very hungry. Pushing herself a bit more, she resolves to call a break for food when they reach the cave entrance.
[17:57] <Kotono> Thus you climb up further! The cave entrance is reached under just fifteen minutes. However, as you get close, you see someone stepping out of it. A giant of a man, bronzed skin and enough muscles to scare a troll. He wears a brown fur shirt and boots, with thick cloth pants. A huge axe rests in his hand, a horned helmet atop his head. "And what do we have here? An angel, a bastard creature and a human?"
[17:57] <Kotono> "And what do we have here? An angel, a bastard creature and a human?"
[17:59] <Kotono> "We seek Strength of Light," Latha declares, "We have traveled from far to find him."
[18:00] <Alicia> "And you'll watch your tone," Alicia warns the giant after Latha speaks, not liking his description of Antenora.
[18:01] <Kotono> The man strokes his long brown beard, a necklace of wicked looking teeth jangling beneath it. "Ah, fuck you." He makes a rude gesture, "Fuck your mother, fuck your father, fuck each other at once with that fancy double sword you have."
[18:01] <Kotono> Antenora stares at him, eyes turn ing into little slits. "I daresay that someone is looking for a fight."
[18:02] <Kotono> "While I'm at it, fuck your bastard self with that spear," Smirking as he hefts his axe, "Gonna do something about it, bitches?"
[18:02] <Alicia> "I heard even if you die here you'll be restored the next day," Alicia remarks, drawing her own sword. "Shall we test that?"
[18:03] <Kotono> Grinning, "Why not? By Helm's rusty balls, I'll not lose to some dainty women who want to pretend to fight!" With a battle cry that echos in the mountains, the axeman is coming at you! OOC: Initiative?
[18:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[18:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[18:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[18:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Man
06[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Man and gets 15." [1d20=9]
03[18:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Man=Alicia'
[18:05] <Kotono> Antenora flaps her wings, "Well, if there's no sin in holding back here, as you'll never die...goodbye," With a vicious smirk, she swoops down in a charge at him!
[18:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -10 PA)
06[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -10 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[18:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+58
06[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+58 and gets 73." [2d8=8, 7]
[18:06] <Kotono> Antenora surges forward, a massively powerful thrust impaling the brozned skinned warrior through the chest! To that he just grins wider, despite the horrible wound! "Is that it? I've felt babies nursing at the teat that have hit me harder!"
[18:07] <Kotono> "If you desire battle and the point of this realm is battle," Latha allows, advancing forward to deliver a heavy handed mace blow to him!
[18:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 charge, -8 PA)
06[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 charge, -8 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[18:08] <Kotono> roll 1d8+30
06[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+30 and gets 35." [1d8=5]
[18:09] <Kotono> CLANG! A massive mace-blow slams into the helmeted head of the insulting warrior! He just grins more, even as blood flows down from the tip of his helmet! OOC: Man and Alicia are up.
06[18:10] * Alicia elects to use some magic to weaken him before moving to attack as well. "Insufferable oaf, wither and be weak!" she calls, casting her spell to send a crackling ray of negative energy at him before she moves into melee!
[18:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 ranged touch
06[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 ranged touch and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[18:10] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[18:10] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. This'll effect him after his turn since you're on the same tick.
[18:11] <Alicia> OOC: Greater mod breaks tie?
[18:11] <Kotono> As the black beam strikes, the large man goes after Antenora! His reach is exemplary, able to swing at her despite the reach her spear offers!
[18:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-7 PA)
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-7 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[18:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-7 PA)
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (-7 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[18:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (-7 PA)
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (-7 PA) and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[18:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-7 PA)
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-7 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[18:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-7 PA) crit?
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-7 PA) crit? and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[18:13] <Kotono> roll 1d12+28+1d10-5
06[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12+28+1d10-5 and gets 37." [1d12=10][1d10=4]
[18:13] <Kotono> The behemoth staggers under the beam, even as one wild swing hits squarely into Antenora's wing, ripping it badly! With a low growl in her throat, she attacks him all out!
[18:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-4 PA)
06[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (-4 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[18:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (-4 PA)
06[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (-4 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[18:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-4 PA)
06[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-4 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[18:14] <Kotono> roll 3d8+51
06[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+51 and gets 62." [3d8=6, 1, 4]
[18:15] <Kotono> Stab, stab, stab! Antenora impales the withered warrior thrice, the three new chest holes enough to make him drop his knees. Even as he gushes out his blood, clunching his chest, "Hahahahaha...gurgkg...glad to have you aboard!" With a big grin, "Go in...guh!" He falls over, face down.
06[18:16] * Alicia just shakes her head. "This must be how they say hello here?" she muses, stepping back from the fallen figure. "Want me to heal that for you, Antenora?"
[18:17] <Kotono> "Ugh." Antenora flicks her spear clean of blood, "I feel faintly guilty, but I suppose there's no harm since he'll just rise with the next day. And no. Look." Flexing her wing, you can watch the flesh healing at an accelerated rate, repairing visibly every few seconds. "See how fast it's healing? The pain's already fading."
[18:17] <Kotono> "This is a realm of bravery. There should be no guilt for battles done willfully here," Latha clasps Antenora's shoulder. "Death is meaningless here, as long as you have bravery. Let's go inside?"
[18:18] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia nods. "I don't imagine anyone here would actually steal his belongings, but we might as well drag him into the cave in case it rains..." She feels vaguely unsettled by the lack of mortality, but doesn't let it show as she grabs the figure's ankles and drags him just past the overhang of the cavern.
[18:19] <Kotono> As they do this, Alicia's stomach rumbles audibly. A hunger pang wracks her body. Antenora helps with the dragging, her wing repairing all the while.
[18:21] <Alicia> "Um, he distracted me, but I was going to say I really need to eat," Alicia admits, feeling oddly embarrassed by her mortal frailty in comparison to her companions. "Rather not do so right by a bloody corpse, though. Lets head in a little and then stop for a break?"
[18:22] <Kotono> "Let's," Latha leads the way in. After about five minutes of walking you come to a few old stones lying besides the plain cave pathway. The alls radiate a faint light, just enough to see by for Alicia. During this time, Antenora's wound has recovered fully.
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06[18:24] * Alicia sits on one of the stones and produces some dried jerky from her survival pouch. "Here works," she announces, biting off a section and starting to chew. "I suppose that man back there just wanted to make sure we were willing to stick up for ourselves and that we could back it up?" she wonders.
[18:25] <Kotono> "Probably." Antenora sits next to Alicia, lying her head against the back of the wall. "He also wore no armor and made little effort to deny our blows. I swung overly reckless on my charge, but I still had little difficulty hitting him. I suspect it was intentional."
[18:26] <Kotono> "I was wondering why you swung so hard." Latha sits opposite the two, "But since it worked so well, I did the same. Did his words trouble you?"
[18:27] <Alicia> "He got a good hit on you, though," Alicia leans over to examine Antenora's wing. "Not that you could tell to look, now..."
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03[18:27] * Ko-MrNToriisadirerabbit is now known as Anastasia
03[18:27] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Anastasia Anastasia
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[18:29] <Alicia> "He got a good hit on you, though," Alicia leans over to examine Antenora's wing. "Not that you could tell to look, now..."
[18:29] <Anastasia> Alicia finds Antenora's bat wing as batty and soft as ever, not even a scar lingering. "A little. Alicia is not a whore to be told to go violate her weapon." Crossing her arms with a scowl of pique, "Admittedly, I knew on a level that was his goal, but since he was obviously picking a fight here..."
[18:30] <Anastasia> "It wasn't so bad. It was a strong hit, but he could've done more with some control. He swung much, but connected little."
[18:31] <Anastasia> "If people want ot fight here, indulge them," Latha's radiant face lights up the dark tunnel, her expression intense. "Those words, while crude, were simply a way to facilitate that."
[18:32] <Alicia> "He was rather crude..." Alicia blushes at Antenora's restatement of the man's words, getting out a waterskin and taking a drink.
[18:33] <Anastasia> "I say that we facilitated farm ore than he could endure," Antenora snorts violently. "I...is something wrong, Alicia?" She turns to her. "You're red."
[18:33] <Anastasia> "Are you choking?" Latha leans forward now, "Are you alright?"
06[18:36] * Alicia coughs at all the sudden attention on her. "You'd think you two had never seen someone blush before," she shakes her head. "Just, hearing his words repeated without my battle-focus to distract me, they really were appalling."
[18:36] <Anastasia> "It seemed odd to right now, that's all. They were, but...oh." Antenora blinks, her voice changing tone entirely. "Oh. Sorry."
[18:37] <Anastasia> "No matter," Latha stands and stretches. "I'll go a little ahead, I'm restless."
[18:38] <Alicia> "We've spent hours of swimming and walking and flying, crossed between the planes, revelled under Selune's light, and killed a man simply to prove we could... and you're restless?" Alicia boggles at the deva.
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[18:40] <Anastasia> "Alicia, I'm a purpose and morality given form. I desire to advance, so that we may obtain the strength to lay Esthan low. I need not sleep or food. All of this is merely the preparation for our main goal here, nothing more. Let us not tarry on."
[18:41] <Anastasia> "In other words, you're restless," Antenora does laugh a little there. "You also enjoyed the reverie with Selune's blessing. Why the urge to hurry now when we tarried for several hours already?"
[18:41] <Alicia> "Ah... sorry," Alicia flushes with shame. "I can eat and walk at the same time," she gets up as well.
[18:42] <Anastasia> Antenora rises as well, dusting her legs off.
[18:43] <Anastasia> Pausing a moment as Latha looks ahead, one can see that a little red touches her face. "There's no need for that. I apologize, Alicia. I find this realm invigorating. I have focused largely on the spiritual save for combats against evil since I emerged from my imprisonment. I find this trial of the body more exciting and refreshing than I perhaps would at other times."
06[18:45] * Alicia shakes her head. "I'm going to have to sleep in a few hours, so we might as well avoid further delay where we can - I really can eat and walk at once, don't worry about it," she bites off another chunk of jerky and starts walking onwards down the tunnel.
[18:46] <Anastasia> The group advances for another ten minutes. Here you find bits of steam hissing forward from further down the tunnel. The temperature rises several degrees, going from chilly to warm. Ahead, you can see steam tingled light and an opening.
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06[18:48] * Alicia wonders what they'll find ahead, feeling a bit better after satisfying her hunger even though she wishes she could've had a few minutes to let it settle in her stomach...
[18:51] <Anastasia> Ahead, you come out of the tunnel! Here a vast, vast volcanic crater expands out around you! The center is full of little pools of magma and fresh formed black stone, slightly shifting as you watch, some stone sinking and other parts forming anew. Bodies casually little about, as if war couldn't be bothered ot take home it's dead. On either far side of the crater, cities of tents spring up. From the closer one you can hear song, music and ba
[18:52] <Anastasia> From the closer one you can hear song, music and bawdy celebration all about. Some wander openly in the tents - men and women both, many a warrior of various stripes. Some drink, some sing, some dance, some laugh and play, some slink away to corners to do more private things. Also about on each tent side are catapults and various weapons, lying quiet for now under the night sky. Steam is everyone, obscuring and warming.
[18:52] <Anastasia> Steam is everyone, obscuring and warming.
[18:52] <Anastasia> *everywhere
[18:53] <Anastasia> "How..." Latha bites her lip, before smiling. "It's certainly chaotic. If Marie were more martial, she would have wanted to come, surely."
[18:54] <Alicia> While she's safe if she keeps her distance, Alicia doesn't know if the tides of battle might drag her towards the magma, so she casts a quick spell to ward away the heat. Knowing Antenora's immune, she turns to Latha, "Do you want me to ward you against fire before we head over, Latha?" she asks.
[18:54] <Alicia> Then at the comment about her familiar she shrugs, "She says I'm a bad influence in that respect, but I know she's proud of her new skill with the bow."
[18:56] <Anastasia> "I'mf ine. If I require it, I'll ask. Besides, it does not look like battle rages right now." Latha hurries along, "We should find Strength of Light."
[18:56] <Anastasia> "Mmm. Magma." Antenora eyes it, "This battlefield favors me already."
06[18:58] * Alicia follows after Latha, casting another two spells to increase her persuasiveness and ward the group against fear as she goes.
[18:59] <Anastasia> OOC: If you guys are looking for Strenght of Light, make a GI check? Alicia, you have the highest mod, odn't you?
[19:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[19:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+7 Antenora will aid
06[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+7 Antenora will aid and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[19:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+5 Latha will aid too
06[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+5 Latha will aid too and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[19:03] <Anastasia> After a few minutes of looking about and talking, you come to a scrawny man with a few scars over his face. Short swords rest on each hip, a greatsword on his back. He wears leather armor and drinks deeply from a mug of ale. "STrenght of Light? Oh, you're looking for the boss," he says, relaxing between two tents. "Keep going that way, look for the tent with the sunburst and fist banner flying from it."
[19:05] <Alicia> "Thanks," Alicia gives the man a little salute, "Good fortune in your battles," she bids before following the directions given.
[19:06] <Anastasia> As you walk down the path,a few tents later, Antenora's spear begins to glow. She stops cold, looking about. "What in the...Isn't this a good aligned plane?"
[19:07] <Alicia> "It could be a spy or a prisoner..." Alicia looks around in all directions for evil auras. "Or maybe even someone trying to change their ways as you did?"
[19:07] <Anastasia> Inside of a tent a few down is an overwhelming evil aura.
[19:08] <Anastasia> "It's worth looking into," LAtha says briskly, "If it's not hidden, I doubt it's a spy, but no reason to be lax."
[19:09] <Alicia> "Hell Striker, can you sense anything about that evil aura?" Alicia asks her sword as she approaches the tent in question. The sword could tell if its owner is a being a conflict, hopefully.
[19:12] <Anastasia> 'It's evil,' Hell striker responds shortly.
[19:13] <Alicia> "Hell Striker senses no good in it," Alicia tells Latha. Although given how long Antenora spent in conflict, that's not necessarily the be all and end all. Before charging in, she decides to ask one of the locals, looking for any warriors milling about near the tent.
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[19:15] <Anastasia> There's a big old man wearing nothing but a loincloth, bald as Demedais. He's half asleep, staring upat the sky. "Yeah," he sits up, scratching his stomach. "Oh, Zezzy? The boss has him as a pet project. I don't know how that's going, but we get to pound the hell out of a demon anytime we get a chance in battle."
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[19:16] <Alicia> "Well... if you know what you're doing with it, I'll let it be," Alicia nods after a moment. Maybe something to ask Strength of Light about? "Good day," she adds, starting off to resume her search for the deva's tent.
[19:17] <Anastasia> After about a half hour, you find it. It's a large white tent, a banner of sunlight held in a clenched fist flapping from the top. You can hear laughing song from inside and calls and arguments.
[19:19] <Alicia> "Well, hopefully he's good enough for what we need, although we might have to prove ourselves first. You two ready?" Alicia asks her friends as they draw near.
[19:20] <Anastasia> Latha merely advances forward by answer. Antenora look sto Alicia, "I am...though I do wonder what it feels like to die. Perhaps we'll find out here?"
[19:21] <Alicia> "Lets make sure no one despoils our corpses if that happens?" Alicia replies with a sickly wince.
[19:22] <Anastasia> "I promise," Antenora says, "I'll try if that happens. Return the favor if I fall?"
[19:23] <Alicia> "Definitely," Alicia nods earnestly. Taking another deep breath, she goes to enter the tent.
[19:26] <Anastasia> Inside, you find a rowdy crowd of warriors. They drink and are in a livid discussion. At the head of it all, a vast map of the crater bottom behind him, is an angel. It's wings are snow white, his top bare and bottom clad in steel and cloth. "No!" He demands as a fist hits the map's middle, "For we shall have a grand melee this coming dawn! For we must hone our skills of mass combat as surely as we other skills!"
[19:26] <Anastasia> we other skills!"
[19:26] <Anastasia> There are several loud complains - a mix of catcalls, cheers and generall aughing.
06[19:30] * Alicia briefly considers how to approach this before deciding that Ysgard favours the bold and the direct. "We seek Strength of Light!" her voice booms as she stands at the tent entrance. "For stories tell of his power and talent, and we would see if there is truth to them!" After all, he can't teach them if he doesn't have the ability.
[19:33] <Anastasia> The angel at front strides forward, "Why, what brave souls dare interrupt my tactical meeting?!" He demands, a heavy mace in hand from where none was before. He looks Alicia over long, then to Latha and Antenora. "I see a brave human warrior who has the testicles most men lack, the courage to interrupt me!" Looking then to Latha, "I see a sister in arms for righteousness, and a winged warrior as well. Tell me, why do you come to Ysgard and t
[19:33] <Anastasia> and a winged warrior as well. Tell me, why do you come to Ysgard and this field?"
[19:37] <Anastasia> "I come to strengthen myself, so that a fiend who opposes all that is right will be laid low by my force of arms," Latha replies, looking STrenght of Light in the eye with a resolute look.
[19:37] <Alicia> "We three are warriors, true," Alicia speaks back in a dramatic tone, performing as much for the others present as the deva. "Great wyrms and fiends and ancient hunters all have fallen before us. But now roams a foe with the strength enough to eclipse our own!"
[19:37] <Alicia> "Hearing of your prowess, we travelled far to find a warrior strong enough to sharpen our blades and skills, that we might stand against this threat!"
[19:37] <Anastasia> "I come to strengthen myself as well, and to aid Alicia," Antenora speaks, "And to further cast off what I once was."
[19:39] <Anastasia> Coming forward, Strength of Light extends a hand out to Alicia. "I understand. You have come well to this place, vaunted battlers. Then you shall be as iron in this forge of searing magma and flame."
06[19:40] * Alicia grins, unable to not enjoy the theatrics as she clasps his hand in her own. While many of her adventures are grand in scope, this is far more like being in one of those heroic ballads.
[19:40] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a strength check?
[19:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[19:40] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+14
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[19:42] <Anastasia> Alicia finds his grip like twin presses of iron, a crack of obliterated bones following. "This dawn shall be a grand melee from first to last light. I bid you, prepare for the coming dawn and participate. Show us your bravery and be accepted by all as a true warrior."
[19:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 bluff to avoid looking pained
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 bluff to avoid looking pained and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[19:43] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+14 sense motive
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+14 sense motive and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[19:43] <Anastasia> OOC: You beat him pretty haindly.
06[19:44] * Alicia channels her blessed healing into her own hand to mend it in the Deva's grip, her expression staying level even as he mauls her hand. "Tomorrow then, we will see what is to be learned," she replies, doing her best to keep her voice even.
[19:45] <Anastasia> "Outstanding! The dawn is in an hour!" Letting Alicia's poor hand go, he goes over to Latha. He embraces her in a hug, lifting her up like a doll. "Oh, sister of righteousness! I am blessed to meet you! From what realm have you come?"
[19:46] <Anastasia> Latha gasps, eyes bugging out of her head, "C-C-Celestia..." she says as she coughs, wind exiting out of her mouth in a gush.
06[19:47] * Alicia puts her abused hand behind her back and wriggles her fingers to restore the feeling, not wanting to betray any weakness to the Ysgardians. She does sympathise with poor Latha, though... and Antenora will surely have a hard time as well.
[19:47] <Anastasia> "Superb!" Half tossing Latha out of his arms, making her land as she winces visibly, "And you?" He looks Antenora over long. "A succubus has forsaken her evil roots?"
06[19:48] * Alicia winces. Ordinarily she'd hope Antenora wouldn't hurt him too badly, but she wonders if the erinyes would even be able should she try...
[19:49] <Anastasia> Antenora's eyes narrow sharply, "I am hardly some whore of the Abyss." She looks him right in the eye, stepping up. "I would rather face oblivion than to be considered one like that! I was formerly an erinyes."
[19:51] <Anastasia> "Hmph. A winged devil hardly matters from a winged demon," Grabbing forward and taking Antenora's hand in his own with sure agility, "I bet your grip is as limp as a man after you drain them dry!"
[19:51] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+14
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:51] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+5
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[19:52] <Anastasia> Antenora glares, her blue eyes radiating fury. Somehow, you don't hear a crunch of bone from her handshake. Strenght of Light tosses his head back and roars laughter, shaking Antneora up and down! "Beautiful! As beautiful ins trength as you are in body! Your spirit has been purified as well, no less! I've never had a child born of formerly infernal blood. You're strong enough, perhaps we should remedy that."
[19:52] <Anastasia> You're strong enough, perhaps we should remedy that."
06[19:54] * Alicia really hopes he's as skilled as he is strong, or this could be a difficult tuition...
[19:54] <Alicia> Well, it'll be difficult either way, but it better be worthwhile.
[19:54] <Anastasia> Flapping her wings to balance herself in the air, "While not spoken for, I'm devoted to my cause and Alicia for pulling me from that pit. I'll have to decline," she says, able to break away as he lets go of her hand.
[19:55] <Anastasia> "Hmph." Grinning now, "We'll see, I'm sure I'll rub off on you. There is about an hour before dawn. Go prepare. The grand melee is anything goes. Don't put out a poor showing! Bravery until the end, fall or live!"
[19:56] <Alicia> "We'll look forward to it," Alicia nods, turning and striding back out of the tent. "Are you two okay?" she asks in a far more quiet and less dramatic voice once outside. "He broke some of my fingers!"
[19:57] <Anastasia> "My ribs..." Latha grimaces in sublime agony, "They're still healing from being shattered like glass!"
[19:57] <Anastasia> Antenora rubs her hand, "A little sore, but no serious injury," she reports, "I wonder if chaos has driven that noble angelhalf mad?"
06[19:59] * Alicia reaches over to Latha and heals her with spellfire. "He's boistrous... but if he's as skilled as he is strong this will be worth the trip."
[19:59] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 32." [10d4=1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 3, 4]
[19:59] <Anastasia> "I prefer to believe that he's deeply ingrained into his ethos of training the righteous to strength." Latha starts to laugh, which ends in a little grimace. "And yes, if he is, it will be and then some."
[19:59] <Anastasia> "Ah." Latha breathes easier, "Thank you, Alicia."
[20:00] <Alicia> "Think nothing of it," Alicia nods to the deva. "Anyway, lets see if we can find a spot to make camp for ourselves and take a break before this grand melee?"
[20:01] <Anastasia> OOC: Going to do anything but make camp and wait for the dawn?
[20:02] <Alicia> OOC: just that
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: I'll cast greater magic weapon on Anty's spear, actually, but that's it
[20:07] <Anastasia> An hour passes in rest. Just before the time is up, as the night sky begins to lighten, the warriors in the tents all come out on both sides. They begin to line up at the edge of thet ents, the magma pool laced center of the crater standing between them. In the sky above, in the center, Strength of Light flies and waits.
06[20:08] * Alicia casts shield at this point, although all her other long-duration spells are still in effect so she's quite prepared. "Looks like it's time," she tells the others, getting up and moving towards the crater-rim.
[20:09] <Anastasia> Around you are warriors of all stripe and size. Antenora leans over to Alicia, "Remember the promise," she whispers. "Want me to try and stay close to you?"
[20:10] <Alicia> "Lets all stick together," she replies, nodding to Latha as well. "We want to be the last ones standing out there so he'll take us seriously."
[20:11] <Anastasia> "I'll try. From the size of the battle, being seperated may be inevitable."
[20:12] <Anastasia> "Try," Antenora agrees, as the first ray of dawn crests over the sky! The dead in the center all rise, some even emerging from pits of magma as fresh and new as ever! As these grab their weapons and prepare, Strength of Light's words can be heard, "It is dawn and the dead have risen! BEGIN!" With that, the horde on the other side charges, while those around you charge as well!
[20:12] <Alicia> "Lets do our best, then," Alicia nods grimly. It's so strange, knowing she's about to be enmeshed in a brutal fight to the death with hundreds of warriors she has no quarrel with... and no matter what happens they'll all be fine tomorrow.
[20:13] <Alicia> "Go!" Alicia yells suddenly as everyone starts, bounding off the crater-rim and leaping down to join the charge, drawing Hell Striker as she goes!
[20:18] <Anastasia> Like two tides crashing together, the melee is joined! A burly man with a scythe charges at Antenora, while Latha takes to the air and clashes with a slender man with bird wings! For Alicia, a greatsword slinging giant comes her way! OOC: Initiative, let's see where this takes us.
[20:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[20:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+5 Scythe
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+5 Scythe and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[20:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+3 birdy
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+3 birdy and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[20:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+4 Greatsword
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+4 Greatsword and gets 24." [1d20=20]
[20:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20 ????1
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20 ????1 and gets 17." [1d20=17]
[20:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20 ????2
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20 ????2 and gets 12." [1d20=12]
03[20:20] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Latha>Greatsword>Scythe>Alicia>????1>Antenora>????2>Birdy'
[20:20] <Anastasia> Latha takes to the air, charging her foe with a battlecry, one amid a thousand!
[20:20] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 (-3 PA, +2 charge
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 (-3 PA, +2 charge and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[20:20] <Anastasia> OOC: +21 more, total of 29.
[20:20] <Anastasia> roll 1d8+18
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d8+18 and gets 25." [1d8=7]
[20:21] <Anastasia> Slam! LAtha starts the blow with a maceshot right to the bird-man's stomach! Alicia's foe comes at her like a lightning bolt, a single deadly charge coming at her!
[20:21] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[20:21] <Anastasia> OOC: Flatfooted AC?
[20:21] <Alicia> OOC: 28
[20:22] <Anastasia> Clang! Alicia deflects it away with Hell Striker, a trail of flames stopping the greatsword! The scythe wielder charges Antenora in the meanwhile, going right for her!
[20:22] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[20:22] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA) crit?
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA) crit? and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:22] <Anastasia> roll 18*4
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 18*4 and gets 72."
[20:23] <Anastasia> roll 8d4+74
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 8d4+74 and gets 101." [8d4=3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4]
[20:24] <Anastasia> Unfortunately, Antenora isn't fast enough! Her neck gets cut deeply, only a desperate move stopping Antenora from an outright decapitation! As it is, blood sprays all over as she wobbles horribly, a fountain of red, one of the first! Her scream of pain joins the din rising from the battle! OOC: Alicia. As a note, remember everyone has fast healing 2 on Ysgard.
[20:26] <Alicia> Dammit... at least she knows these warriors are capable, if nothing else. Raising up her blade to ward off any blows, Alicia backflips away from her current foe and withdraws towards Antenora, quickly healing her with as much spellfire as she can channel at once!
[20:26] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 67." [18d4=1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2]
[20:26] <Anastasia> "Than-thank you," Antenora hisses as her neck's wound partially closes! As this happens...
[20:26] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[20:27] <Anastasia> roll 20d6
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 20d6 and gets 74." [20d6=5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3, 6]
[20:27] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+9 ref
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+9 ref and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[20:27] <Anastasia> As the brawl commenses, a fireball bursts to the sides! While it doesn't catch Alicia or her friends, the greatsword wielding goon who missed Alicia was caught in it and burned horrifically on his back! OOC: Antenora's up.
[20:28] <Alicia> Well... good thing she retreated, that's for sure.
[20:28] <Anastasia> Antenora's eyes blaze white as she channels holy power to heal her wounds, before she takes to the air and plunges right at her nemesis! OOC: 9/10 FS, +12 HP total from fast healing and divine succor.
[20:28] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 weapon, -5 PA)
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 weapon, -5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[20:29] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+42
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+42 and gets 55." [2d8=7, 6]
[20:29] <Anastasia> Antenora retorts by impaling the scytheman right in the guts! As they clash...
[20:29] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 9." [1d100=9]
[20:29] <Anastasia> Nothing of note occurs! OOC: Birdy's up.
[20:30] <Anastasia> As a female warrior falls besides Alicia, cut in twain by a massive sword, the bird man stabs and slices at Latha!
[20:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21
[20:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[20:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 28." [1d20=7]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[20:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d6+12
[20:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d6+12
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d6+12 and gets 13." [1d6=1]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d6+12 and gets 13." [1d6=1]
[20:31] <Anastasia> Latha is stabbed and mauled repeatedly, but no blows land seriously! Latha retorts, trading overwhelming blows with him!
[20:31] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+23
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[20:31] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:31] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[20:31] <Anastasia> roll 1d8+12
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d8+12 and gets 20." [1d8=8]
[20:32] <Anastasia> SLAM! Another mace blow,s taggering the flier further! Ahead, a blast of boiling water knocks a charging brute down, sending him tumbling into a pool of magma! OOC: Greatsworder is up.
[20:33] <Anastasia> The greatsworder staggers around, before charging along and colliding at Alicia once more! "You won't get away that easily!"
[20:33] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[20:33] <Anastasia> OOC: AC?
[20:33] <Alicia> OOC: 33
[20:33] <Anastasia> roll 2d6+24+1d4 (sonic for the extra d4, your resistance applies.)
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6+24+1d4 (sonic for the extra d4, your resistance applies.) and gets 32." [2d6=1, 5][1d4=2]
[20:34] <Anastasia> Alicia gets stabbed in the shoulder, the cleaving retort a painful for her! OOC: Scythe dude is up.
[20:35] <Anastasia> Standing firm against Antenora, he grins! Murmuring a few words of magic, he tosses his weapon like a spinning blade of death at her!
[20:35] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+20 (-2 PA)
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+20 (-2 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[20:36] <Anastasia> Antenora deflects the thrown scythe, a chasho f metal on wood as the blow is warded away! OOC: Alicia.
[20:36] <Alicia> "Ahh, who said I wanted to get away?" Alicia replies, adrenaline and the nature of this realm dulling the pain of his strike as she swivels back with the blow and then slides in under his guard, slicing and dicing in a blur of silvery steel!
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[20:37] <Anastasia> OOC: 4 hits.
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 4d8+72+4d6+8d4
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+72+4d6+8d4 and gets 132." [4d8=3, 8, 3, 6][4d6=5, 6, 5, 2][8d4=4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3]
03[20:38] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Latha>Scythe>Alicia>????1>Antenora>????2>Birdy'
[20:38] <Anastasia> Hacking and cutting, the greatsword hero is split apart! He grimaces and smiles as he falls to the brittle ground, "W-Well played..." he whispers, closing his eyes! Then...
[20:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[20:39] <Anastasia> Nothing happens! Antenora takes this chance, charging down at her foe once more!
[20:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -8 PA)
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -8 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[20:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -8 PA) crit?
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -8 PA) crit? and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[20:39] <Anastasia> roll 27*14
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 27*14 and gets 378."
[20:39] <Anastasia> roll 27*4
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 27*4 and gets 108."
[20:40] <Anastasia> roll 4d8+108
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 4d8+108 and gets 129." [4d8=7, 5, 5, 4]
03[20:40] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Latha>Alicia>????1>Antenora>????2>Birdy'
[20:41] <Anastasia> Diving down, Antenora runs the man through the skull! He freezes in death mortis, brains sent flicking into magma as Antenora frees her spear!
[20:41] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
02[20:49] * Anastasia (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.53=-)
03[21:27] * Kotono (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
03[21:27] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Kotono Kotono
[21:28] <Kotono> Again nothing happens! The bird winged foe staggers in the air, before beating a retreat back and charging someone else! For the moment, no forces directly engage the three! (More)
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 48." [1d100=48]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 16." [1d100=16]
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[21:29] <Kotono> As the battle rages, a stray arrow comes by Latha!
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d8+9+3d6
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+9+3d6 and gets 23." [1d8=2][3d6=6, 4, 2]
[21:32] <Kotono> It gets her right in the shoulder as the battle rages on, a painful bolt! Fortunately, there is time enough for fast healing to restore all. How long have you been battling? It's all a haze for Alicia, but her wounds are healed. She has fought and been pushed towards the center, Antenora staying close to her. Latha is about 40 feet away. It is at this point that a pair of identical looking dwarves with hand axes come at Alicia, while an Astral
[21:32] <Kotono> looking dwarves with hand axes come at Alicia, while an Astral Deva comes at Antenora, mace in hand! OOC: Roll initiative again as the chaotic battle continues on?
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 dwarf 1
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 dwarf 2
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 dwarf 1 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 dwarf 2 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 deva
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 deva and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ????1
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ????2
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ????1 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ????2 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
03[21:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dwarf 2>Antenora>Alicia>Dwarf 1=Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[21:36] <Kotono> The second dwarf nimbly tumbles past Alicia, going to flank her! Meanwhile, Antenora raises her spear in a gesture of salute, before charging the Astral Deva head on!
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -4 PA)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -4 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[21:37] <Kotono> Antenora charges hard, but the sidesteps her spear thrust swiftly! Around you the battle rages fiercely, the sun rising the sky. It's been an hour? Three? Six? Alicia isn't really sure. The constant exertion burns in her muscles, a distant reminder of the exertion. OOC: Alicia?
06[21:40] * Alicia grins at the dwarf setting up to flank her, turning on it with her blades. "No good setting up a team attack if it leaves you vulnerable before you can strike!" she chastises, her blades singing through the air in a macabre dance!
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Amazingly, no hits. Horrible rolling when it counted.
[21:42] <Kotono> The dwarf nimbly dodges and weaves each blow, not a single speck of spellfire or divine might touching him! He grins back, patting her side with the blunt of his axe. "It's only a mistake if you can hit me!" A moment later, the first dwarf charges in at Alicia, flanking her with his twin!
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 flanking)
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 flanking) and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d6+4+6d6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4+6d6 and gets 34." [1d6=6][6d6=2, 2, 5, 5, 6, 4]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: d100 for light fort, Alicia.
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: What are the odds on it? 25?
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: 10 damage then.
[21:43] <Alicia> OOC: yeah
[21:43] <Kotono> A blow right into Alicia's chest! Her armor deflects much of it, turning it into a mere flesh wound! Meanwhile, the deva strikes back at Antenora! "If you have truly turned away from your past, then rejoice in my blows!"
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12 and gets 14." [1d8=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> A single blow slips past Antenora's guard, hitting her in the ribs! DEspite that she replies, "I'll rejoice when I'm strong enough to protect Alicia!" Meanwhile...
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[21:45] <Kotono> In the melee, a flying blade is knocked crazy, going right at Antenora!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d10+20
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+20 and gets 25." [1d10=5]
[21:47] <Kotono> The flying blade clips Antenora's face, leaving a sharp, smooth slice across her cheek! Latha meanwhile is busy, being pushed away as she struggles to get closer, only making it a little as she dodges two others locked in aerial combat! OOC: Dwarf 1.
[21:48] <Kotono> Having Alicia right where he wants her, the first dwarf grins, "Goodnight, sweet warrior!" he carols in his deep voice!
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: 33
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 hit 1
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 hit 1 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 hit 2
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 hit 2 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 hit 3
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 hit 3 and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 hit 4
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 hit 4 and gets 73." [1d100=73]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Lucky.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 4d6+16+12d6
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+16+12d6 and gets 70." [4d6=1, 1, 1, 4][12d6=2, 6, 6, 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 2, 4, 6, 4]
[21:50] <Kotono> Alicia is caught between a maelstrom of blades! Her back and flank are torn savagely open, only her armor stopping her from being rent apart like tissue paper! Nonetheless, grevious wounds are suffered! As Antenora fights, divine succor fills Alicia's wounds and mends them! OOC: +10HP Alicia.
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 weapon)
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 weapon) and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d8+11
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+11 and gets 14." [1d8=3]
[21:51] <Kotono> Antenora manages to land one blow, but has trouble injuring the deva inthis battle! OOC: Alicia.
[21:53] <Alicia> "Well, I certainly underestimated you two," Alicia grimaces at the wounds she's taken. Tensing her legs, she rolls to the side and away, springing to her feet and leaping back so she's fifteen feet behind the nearest dwarf.
[21:53] <Alicia> "I shan't do that again!" she calls as she releases Hell Striker from her underarm grip, the blade whizzing along and gouging a path through the rock before it arcs up and slices through the duo before reappearing in her hand!
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 devotion
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 devotion and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2pa divine might, 3rd level channel
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2pa divine might, 3rd level channel and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2pa divine might, 3rd level channel
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2pa divine might, 3rd level channel and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Bot hit.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d8+27+1d6+3d4
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+27+1d6+3d4 and gets 41." [1d8=3][1d6=5][3d4=3, 1, 2]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d8+27+1d6+3d4
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+27+1d6+3d4 and gets 46." [1d8=8][1d6=1][3d4=4, 3, 3]
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: +4 damage as well, forgot to add there
[21:55] <Kotono> The boomerang of a blade cuts through both, inflicting flaming, terrible injuries! They both stagger from it, before the second one nods to the first, holding on a moment. Meanwhile, the deva is locked in combat with Antenora!
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 29." [1d20=6]
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[21:56] <Kotono> But he can't land a single blow on her yet! Meanwhile...
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 81." [1d100=81]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[21:56] <Kotono> A stray lightning bolt flies, coming across Antenora's path!
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20 what's Antenora's ref save, Alicia?
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 what's Antenora's ref save, Alicia? and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Moot anyway, likely.
[21:57] <Alicia> OOC: +21
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 10d6+10 halve this
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6+10 halve this and gets 36." [10d6=1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5]
[21:58] <Kotono> The bolt grazes Antenora, spreading shocking lines of power throughout her body! She wobbles in the air but endures the agony! Latha meanwhile...
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[21:58] <Kotono> She manages to weave past more combatants, coming closer to Alicia! 'How bad are your wounds,' she sends to the paladin, as meanwhile...
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[21:59] <Alicia> 'Not fatal, but considering the opposition I may be in more danger than I think,' Alicia replies.
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 10d6 moot because Astral Devas are immune to acid, but.
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 moot because Astral Devas are immune to acid, but. and gets 37." [10d6=3, 2, 6, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3]
[22:00] <Kotono> A great spray of acid comes flying to the side, a powerful spell narrowly missing others and splashing the deva! It's skin endures it like it's merely rainwater, unburnt! 'I'm coming then!' she sends! OOC: Dwarf 1 is up. Dwarf 2 is also acting now.
03[22:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dwarf1=Dwarf 2>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[22:00] <Kotono> "Got you!" Both dwarves call as one, throwing a pair of glass bottles at the volcanic ground at Alicia's feet!
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 touch AC here, damned hard for one to miss
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 touch AC here, damned hard for one to miss
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 touch AC here, damned hard for one to miss and gets 27." [1d20=9]
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 touch AC here, damned hard for one to miss and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 5d6
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 23." [5d6=6, 2, 5, 5, 5]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 5d6
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 17." [5d6=2, 5, 3, 3, 4]
[22:01] <Kotono> The blasts are short and narrow, directed downward! However, the ground Alicia is on crumbles, crumbling into hot lava below, heat gushing up and out! OOC: Ref save.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[22:02] <Kotono> Alicia isn't fast enough! Her footing slips, as she goes right down into the lava bath! The burning magma sears her skin, trying to burn the noble paladin alive!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 20d6 owwwies
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 owwwies and gets 60." [20d6=1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 2, 6, 2, 1, 3, 3]
[22:05] <Kotono> Alicia burns merrily, her flesh cooking like a lobster in the oven! Agony fills her vision, red and dimming at the edges! OOC: Alicia, you failed your save but you survived the pain anyway. Your gear won't even with resistance if you don't do something PDQ, though. Deva's up.
[22:06] <Kotono> "ALICIA!" Antenora screams, as the deva takes advantage to strike at Antenora hard!
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12 and gets 18." [1d8=6]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: STrike those rolls and damage, I don't know why I had the deva go. Antenor'as up instead. DUR.
[22:08] <Kotono> "ALICIA!" Antenora screams, as Antenora disengages her foe wantonly to go assist her friend! OOC: DEva moved into be able to melee her, so it get sna AoO.
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12 and gets 14." [1d8=2]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: DR applies.
[22:08] <Kotono> Antenora's side gets a macing, as she swoops down at the first dwarf, all while healing energy sooths Alicia's wounds! OOC: 8/10 FS, +10 HP Alicia. +2 Antenora, fast healing.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 flying, -5 PA)
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 flying, -5 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[22:09] <Kotono> But the dwarf turns and leaps back, avoiding Antenora's charge entirely! OOC: Alicia. You're also submerged in Lava, which will trigger again on the dwarve's turn. This is for 1d3 rounds afte ryou get out, which I'll roll when you get and note in the initiative.
[22:10] <Kotono> *When you get out
[22:12] <Alicia> Glad she's not heavy enough to actually sink in magma, and more glad of her protections against fire, Alicia scrambles for the crumbling edge away from the dwarves and hauls herself out, channelling a fly spell into Hell Striker since she doesn't trust herself to successfully cast the spell while burning from the lava stuck to her.
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
03[22:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(2 rounds)=Dwarf1=Dwarf 2>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[22:14] <Kotono> Alicia's body glows like a coal from the furnace, burning stone scorching her skin with every movement she makes! Meanwhile, the deva gives Antenora a long look, before circling around int he air to be over Alicia! "Sister, I will challenge you," He declares to Latha! Meanwhile...
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[22:14] <Kotono> Nothing happens! LAtha advances, "Out of the way!" She declares, charging in and going at the AStral Deva, as the two fight a mere ten feet above Alicia!
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[22:15] <Kotono> But the Astral Deva barely blocks her mace, the two colliding in a song of steel as the battle continues around! Bright sunshine comes down all the while, barely noticed amid the frantic battle! Meanwhile...
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 25d8
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 25d8 and gets 135." [25d8=5, 7, 6, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 2, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5, 5, 8, 7]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
03[22:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(2 rounds)=Dwarf1>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[22:17] <Kotono> From the sky, meteors are called from the blue! One slams right into the second dwarf, catching him off guard! His body is crushed into a paste, the ground under him collasping for further insult to death! Meanwhile, Alicia continues to sizzle!
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 31." [10d6=1, 3, 1, 5, 2, 2, 6, 6, 4, 1]
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: 1 damage. Fear.
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(1 rounds)=Dwarf1>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[22:18] <Kotono> The first dwarf gawks, "Aaaah, what horrible luck!" He laments, "Brother!" With a long look and then a shrug, "I may as well go down fighting!" With that, he charges flat out at Alicia, bullrushing her! OOC: You get an AoO, Alicia.
[22:19] <Alicia> OOC: he does know there's a lava bath between us, right? I climbed out the side away from them.
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, you did. My bad. Strike then.
[22:19] <Kotono> The first dwarf gawks, "Aaaah, what horrible luck!" He laments, "Brother!" With a long look and then a shrug, "I may as well go down fighting!" With that, he circles around, coming within 10 feet of Alicia's side! OOC: Antenora.
[22:20] <Kotono> Antenora scowls, charging the manuerving dwarf flat out!
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -3 PA)
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +1 fly, -3 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 2d8+34
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+34 and gets 41." [2d8=6, 1]
[22:21] <Kotono> Antenora gets im right in the back, the dwarf gasping as he goes face down! He struggles a bit, but stays down for the count!
03[22:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(1 rounds)>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha>????1'
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[22:21] * Alicia taps herself with her sword to commence flight and then takes to the air, lifting up on the opposite side of the male deva from Latha, forcing him to split his attention between them.
[22:22] <Kotono> The deva hesitates a moment, before going for Latha! "My battle is with you!" he declares, striking out at her!
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2 (-10 DR)
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2 (-10 DR)
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2 (-10 DR)
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2 (-10 DR)
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2 (-10 DR) and gets 10." [1d8=8]
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2 (-10 DR) and gets 3." [1d8=1]
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2 (-10 DR) and gets 6." [1d8=4]
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2 (-10 DR) and gets 9." [1d8=7]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 fort for stun
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 fort for stun and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6 Not Latha's day, she hates saves
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 Not Latha's day, she hates saves and gets 4." [1d6=4]
03[22:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(1 rounds)>Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha(stunned 4 rounds)>????1'
[22:24] <Kotono> Latha is battered, each blow hitting hard! The flurry leaves her stunned! She falls besides Alicia, mace clattering on the volcanic rocks you stand on! Meanwhile...
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3 FYI since you might be curious, 1 Alicia 2 Anty 3 Latha
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 FYI since you might be curious, 1 Alicia 2 Anty 3 Latha and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[22:25] <Kotono> As the melee roars on, a massive lance of cold rockets right at Alicia, barbed and filled with power, shot by an unknown assailant! OOC: You can spellfire this if you like.
[22:25] <Alicia> OOC: yes please
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: 7 spell levels.
[22:25] <Kotono> The lance breaks apart, absorbed into Alicia's being! Latha is meanwhile stunned, as...
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 35." [1d100=35]
[22:26] <Kotono> Nothing happens! OOC - Lava damage, Alicia.
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 28." [10d6=1, 4, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 5]
03[22:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia>Deva>????2>Latha(stunned 3 rounds)>????1'
[22:26] <Kotono> Alicia's skin has half dried stone clinging to it and her armor, but the sizzling magma's worst effects are done! OOC: Antenora's up.
[22:26] <Kotono> Antenora advances, charging as Latha is stunned, more healing energy mending Alicia! OOC: +10 HP Alicia, +@ Antenora. 2, that is.
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+5 bonuses, -5 PA)
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+5 bonuses, -5 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[22:27] <Kotono> But the Astral Deva whirls, deflecting her blow once more! OOC: Alicia.
[22:27] <Kotono> 'How are you,' Antenora sends sharply, 'Thank Mystra you survived that lava...your'e growing as tough as a dragon.'
[22:29] <Alicia> 'I was more worried that if I sank in there all my belongings would be destroyed - I'm not sure if you can resurect an intelligent sword,' Alicia returns, breathing heavily as she regards the remaining deva. "You fight well, but few can survive this!" she calls as she begins her dance of steel, ignoring the molten rock caked to her form!
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might, 5th and 2 2nd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits still.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+9d4
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+9d4 and gets 48." [1d8=1][9d4=4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+9d4
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+9d4 and gets 50." [1d8=3][9d4=4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+9d4
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+9d4 and gets 51." [1d8=7][9d4=4, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 4, 3]
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: +4 on each, keep forgetting devotion adds damage
[22:31] <Kotono> The combined power of blows and wounds is just enough! The last blow makes the AStral Deva sag. In a voice filled with valor and love, "I am impressed. You are a champion of bravery...and power...Alicia...and...devil...who is not..." With that, he falls to the ground! The battle continues to rage around you! (More)
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: wait, no, I did add
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 32." [1d100=32]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 48." [1d100=48]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 73." [1d100=73]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[22:32] <Kotono> As Latha is stunned, another stray arrow is shot for her!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 2d6+10+4d6+1d4
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+10+4d6+1d4 and gets 31." [2d6=2, 2][4d6=5, 4, 3, 3][1d4=2]
[22:33] <Kotono> The powerful bolt hits Latha in the shower, but soon the three of you are swept up in combat again! OOC: Each of you roll fort saves now?
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 fort
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 fort and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 Latha really hates saves. A 2? Again? Really?
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 Latha really hates saves. A 2? Again? Really? and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: So does Antenora.
[22:36] <Kotono> How long as it been? How long as it been since the sun passed it's zenith? Alicia doesn't know. She's stained with stone, blood, dirt, sweat. Many have fallen, yet more remain. It is then that the three, sticking together, see it come for them in the center. They are away from any magma pools, relatively alone at the moment. It emerges from another battle, a cry from deep in it's lungs! It's head is that of a wolf, a snake attached to the back
[22:36] <Kotono> It's head is that of a wolf, a snake attached to the back of it's neck, snapping out and around! It's body is an angry blood red, muscled and carrying a bloodied axe! It wears a pair of silver bracers, as it points! "I will rip you to shreds!" The creature bellows! OOC:Initiative.
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 ????
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 ???? and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Anty rolls KP to identify it.
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Anty rolls KP to identify it. and gets 31." [1d20=14]
03[22:38] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Latha>Antenora>????'
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ????1
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ????2
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ????1 and gets 19." [1d20=19]
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ????2 and gets 10." [1d20=10]
03[22:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????1>Latha>Antenora>????>????2'
[22:39] <Kotono> "Spawn of the Abyss!" Antenora bellows, "Why do you appear before us in this hallowed battlefield?"
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[22:40] <Kotono> Latha sags, and despiteher words, Antenora does as well. The fatigue on their faces is obvious. Alicia's body is sore all over, overexerted and tired.
[22:41] <Kotono> "No words!" It bellows back, "Only the glorious roar of battle speaks here!"
[22:42] <Alicia> "I'll keep it busy, don't overextend yourselves!" Alicia tells her flagging colleagues, quickly rattling off a mirror image spell before she moves forward, putting herself ten feet outside the reach of its axe and ensuring it has to go through her to reach the other two!
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[22:43] <Kotono> Meanwhile, a stray arrow is fired, whizzing by at the molydeus!
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4+3d6
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4+3d6 and gets 26." [1d8=8][3d6=3, 6, 5]
[22:45] <Kotono> The arrow embeds in the demon in the back, but it hardly notices! LAtha hangs back, "I'll support you," she says, touching Antenora's shoulder. "Take this sacred energy and help Alicia when it's time." From Antenora to Alicia, 'I think I can charge it again now. When?' OOC: Heal on Antenora, fatigue removed.
[22:45] <Alicia> 'Wait till I have its attention,' Alicia cautions.
[22:45] <Kotono> Antenora holds! The molydeus roars, as...
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 true seeing CL check
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 true seeing CL check and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[22:46] <Kotono> It quickly bellows a profane word as it charges Alicia! OOC: Will, -2.
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: Dazed for 1 round and 2d6 str loss for 2d4 rounds. Man.
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 2d6
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 2." [2d6=1, 1]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 2d4
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=2, 2]
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: Lucky there. -2 STR for 4 rounds.
[22:47] <Kotono> The word leaves Alicia reeling, as the molydeus closes in, a single axe chop!
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8 images
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 images and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[22:49] <Kotono> The molydeus cleaves through the images, destroying one with a savage swipe, cutting off it's arms! Meanwhile...
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[22:49] <Kotono> A crackle of fire soars at the meantime, coming at Alicia!
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[22:49] <Kotono> It hits an image, a stray bolt from another battle, or perhaps a sneak attack? A moment later, Antenora is charging in relief o Alicia!
03[22:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia>????1>Latha>????>????2'
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, +1 flying, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, +2 bane, -7 PA)
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, +1 flying, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, +2 bane, -7 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+58 Antenora can't wait for next level and favored PA, by the by.
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+58 Antenora can't wait for next level and favored PA, by the by. and gets 71." [2d8=1, 6][1d6=6]
[22:52] <Kotono> The spear wound digs deep into the molydeus, even as it's wounds mend at a terrifying rate! Alicia is stunned in the meanwhile, unable to act! Meanwhile...
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[22:52] <Kotono> A stray shot of lighting strikes down at the demon, but it seems unfazed by the lightning entirely! OOC: Latha.
[22:54] <Kotono> Latha slowly advances, going to envelop herself and Antenora in holy auras! OOC: +4 resistance to saves and +4 deflection to AC for Latha. +2/+2 for Antenora since she already has +2/+2 of that. She'd get Alicia ifs he wasn't MI'ed up and unable to do much to direct her. Molydeus is up.
[22:54] <Kotono> The spear wound is mending fast, as the molydeus roars! It turns it's attention to Atnenora, no words as it slices into her!
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 crit
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 crit and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 wolf head bite
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 wolf head bite and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 snake heat
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 snake heat and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[22:56] <Kotono> 9d6+42+3d6+14+2d6+4
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6+42+3d6+14+2d6+4 and gets 111." [9d6=5, 6, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 2][3d6=6, 2, 2][2d6=3, 4]
[22:57] <Alicia> OOC: don't forget saves vs the aura
[22:57] <Kotono> Antenora is horribly maimed! Her chest is ripped open in a bite, but the molydeus isn't done as her blood gushes out! It swings low, catching her leg above the knee! With a sickening ease Antenora's leg is severed there, falling to the ground as she bleeds profusely! She screams, wings errattically flapping to prevent her from falling over! OOC: Okay, I'll roll those now.
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 25." [1d20=4]
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[23:00] <Kotono> The beast is engulfed in Atnenora's holy aura, but stays unblinded! Meanwhile...
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[23:00] <Kotono> Nothing happens! OOC: Antenora.
[23:01] <Kotono> Even as her now stumpy, bloodgushing legs spills her lifeblood out, Antenora smiles weakly! She withdraws back for now, healing herself! 'Sorry...Alicia...' OOC: +12 HP for Antenora. OOC: Alicia.
[23:03] <Alicia> "Don't apologise, dammit!" Alicia snaps as she finally manages to snap out of the funk elicited by that baleful utterance. If she'd not been so lax she could've kept the bastard off of her friend... She'd wanted to save this, but the foe warrants no less.
[23:03] <Alicia> Grasping Hell Striker tightly, white hot fury envelops her as she leaps at the tanar'ri, stabbing at its vitals and ripping through its organs to bring it down quickly!
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers crit check
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers crit check and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 raging, divine might, 1 5th, 1 4th, 4 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: 3 hits, 1 crit too.
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 67." [1d8=7][2d6=2, 4][1d6=2][13d4=2, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3]
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 68." [1d8=8][2d6=2, 6][1d6=2][13d4=3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3]
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 69." [1d8=8][2d6=1, 3][1d6=2][13d4=4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2]
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+13d4
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 92." [2d8=4, 4][2d6=6, 1][1d6=6][13d4=2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 67+68+69+92
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 67+68+69+92 and gets 296."
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 296-60
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 296-60 and gets 236."
[23:06] <Kotono> Alicia wounds the monstrosity beyond all compare! She rips it to shreds, tearing it's body in a dozen places! It's scorched by fire and maimed! Yet somehow it's cursed life clingss a little longer, as...
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[23:07] <Kotono> Yet another stray arrow comes flying!
[23:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[23:07] <Kotono> This time, the dying molydeus deflects it with a snap of it's teeth, biting it in half! LAtha gawks for a moment, before going to advance in, striking the demon! OOC: It has reach, it gets an AoO.
[23:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[23:07] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 and gets 19." [3d6=1, 2, 2]
[23:08] <Kotono> Latha takes an axeblow in the side, even as she charges!
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: save vs blindness, remember
[23:08] <Kotono> But her blow is blocked! The molydeus roars it's defiance as...
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 8." [1d20=8]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: +it's mod, which passes I think.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: +21, yes.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: 'deus is up.
[23:09] <Kotono> In a fury, the molydeus barks another quick word of obscene power! OOC: Will, -2, both of you. CL echeck against Latha's SR, which also gets Exalted spell resistance checking in.
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: Will -2, Alicia.
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[23:10] <Kotono> Then, it's fury filled axe strikes come surging, even as it continues to heal obscenely fast!
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 tring to maim Alicia, it's pissed at her
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 tring to maim Alicia, it's pissed at her and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 wolf bite
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 wolf bite and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 snake bite AC Alicia?
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 snake bite AC Alicia? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[23:11] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d6 attack one
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 attack one and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: No crit, at least. That means...1 hit.
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 and gets 29." [3d6=6, 5, 4]
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[23:12] <Alicia> OOC: MI, remember
[23:12] <Alicia> OOCL oh, wait
[23:12] <Kotono> Alicia gets an axe in the stomach for her troubles, but manages to block a strike that would've severed her left arm clean off! Meanwhile..
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[23:12] <Kotono> The ground near Alicia cracks, starting ot give way to lava! OOCL Antenora's up!.
[23:13] <Kotono> Shuddering, seeing Alicia in trouble, Antenora girds all she has left! With a cry, she charges the molydeus head on!
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+16 bonuses including smite and stuff, -4 PA)
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+16 bonuses including smite and stuff, -4 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+46
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+46 and gets 56." [2d8=2, 6][1d6=2]
[23:14] <Kotono> That, on the wings of a desperate chargte, is finally enough! The molydeus falls, knocked down and over! Antenora shudders all over after, as her severed leg continues to bleed on the ground. "Are...you okay?" she asks Alicia in shudders, tears coming from her eyes.
[23:16] <Alicia> "Forget me!" Alicia blurts out, quickly moving away from the crumbling ground and grabbing Antenora's seperated leg. "Lie down!" she instructs, pointing to a section of ground that seems reasonably safe and unbloodied. "Latha, keep anyone else off of us!" She needs to do this quickly while the adrenaline's flowing - once her fury wears off she'll be even more of an easy target.
[23:16] <Kotono> Antenora lies down, shaking horribly. Meanwhile, LAtha goes to do that, just as a soaring warrior on the wings of magic approaches her!
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Goin to roll out a round in #evil between the two real quick.
06[23:18] * Alicia grabs Antenora's leg and braces it against where the jagged and bloody stump where it used to belong. "This works for trolls, it should work for us, here!" she reassures her friend, using her spellfire to speed the process as Ysgard's natural properties hopefully do their job.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 29." [9d4=2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3]
[23:19] <Kotono> The healing mends the gap between the leg and body, attaching it weakly! Meanwhile, Latha swings at the red haired man, missing! In retort, he casts a spell, a thing reen ray hitting Latha! Much of her body simply vanishes, leaving her utterly devastated! OOC: 99 damage to Latha.
[23:20] <Kotono> "T-thanks," Antenora says, flexing her leg very slightly. "I think it's on."
[23:20] <Alicia> "No time to rest," Alicia glances in Latha's direction, her eyes widening as she scoops up her blade and stands up. "Latha's in trouble!"
[23:21] <Alicia> "Keep to the air, don't put any weight on it!" she tells Antenora, preparing a spell.
[23:21] <Kotono> OOC: Initiative. You two roll, I'll ad you into it.
03[23:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(18)>Spellman(17)'
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
03[23:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Latha(19)>Spellman(18)'
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 24." [1d20=19]
03[23:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia=Latha(19)>Spellman(18)'
[23:21] <Kotono> Antenora takes to the air, charging the impudant man! "Latha!"
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+5 bonuses, -6 PA)
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+5 bonuses, -6 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 2d8+46
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+46 and gets 55." [2d8=4, 5]
[23:22] <Kotono> IT's a deep wound into his stomach, catching him offguard! OOC: Alicia and Latha.
[23:22] <Kotono> Latha shudders but retorts by swinging hard at him!
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit check
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit check and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[23:23] <Kotono> roll 3d8+36
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+36 and gets 45." [3d8=2, 6, 1]
[23:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 fort
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 fort and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[23:23] <Kotono> Clubbing him twice hard in retort, the man is brained badly and stunned!
[23:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6 OOC: Alicia, you're up.
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 OOC: Alicia, you're up. and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[23:23] <Alicia> OOC: how high in the air is he?
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: 10 feet up, not very.
06[23:24] * Alicia rushes after her friends, jumping up to slice Hell Striker through him in passing before she lands on the other side!
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -7pa, charging
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -7pa, charging and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[23:25] <Kotono> Alicia charges, but despite it all she can't quite land a blow! However, the man is stunned, Antenora swinging fast!
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[23:26] <Kotono> With two more stabs, the man collapses down, slain! Thus the battle rages on, as your wounds heal as you fight thanks to Ysgard's powers. OOC: FUll HP, more.
[23:27] <Kotono> Sunset. At last. After a day of battle and carnage, it's nearly sunset. Only afew stay standing, the elite of the elite. Battles are starting to slacken, the last rays of the day lingering. You stand in the center of the crater, no ome immediately around. Youv'e almost made it. But then..."I applaud your bravery and skill!" Strength of Light's voice booms down from above. "In a few moments, the dya's battle will end! You've impressed me, surviv
[23:27] <Kotono> "In a few moments, the dya's battle will end! You've impressed me, surviving your first grand melee! But...can you survive until the very end?"
[23:28] <Alicia> "Our last opponent is you?" Alicia asks with a feral grin, readying her blade.
[23:29] <Kotono> Antenora holds an arm where an old wound once was. "Almost..." she sighs out, looking drained. Latha looks utterly exhausted. But Strenght of Light grins. "Your goal is to survive until sunset! It's not much longer...can you withstand a shard of my wrath?" With that, he is on you like a bullet!
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: Initiative.
[23:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[23:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[23:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[23:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Strenght of Light
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Strenght of Light and gets 30." [1d20=19]
03[23:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Strength of Light>Alicia>Antenora>Latha'
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: We'll resume tomorrow with that throw down.
[23:29] <Alicia> OOC: exciting~
[20:41] <Kotono> The blow cuts through Latha's defenses like water and tissue paper! The impact hits Lath aright in the chest, sending her reeling back 20 feet! The sound dominates the battlefield, fault lines and cracks appearing in all the black volcanic rock you stand on! LIttle burbles of magma gush out, stirred up! OOC: Alicia?
[20:42] <Kotono> "Ugh!" Latha finally stops her wild ride back, balancing back with a hand on the ground. "Such strength. Careful, everyone!"
[20:44] <Alicia> "Don't hold anything back!" Alicia yells, whether to her friends or her foe doesn't really matter. She needs to know if Strength of Light has what it takes to prepare them for Esthan, and she has no intention of giving him an easy ride.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Kossuth, I call! Lend your servants to my aid!" she gestures upwards as several small fire elementals crawl out of the furnace all around the larger deva, intent on distracting him from Latha!
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 and gets 4." [1d4=3]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Latha and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:45] <Alicia> OOC: +4 AC for her vs SoL for next round
03[20:46] * Alicia changes topic to 'Strength of Light>Alicia=Elementals(4)>Antenora>Latha'
[20:46] <Kotono> The fire elementals swarm around, shielding Latha from harm! "Oh, I won't!" Strenght of Light grins, as the evening sun continues to set! Antenora springs into action, charging Strenght of Light outright! She screams like a wild woman, putting all her power into it!
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -4 PA)
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -4 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[20:48] <Kotono> Strength of Light barely moves, the Black Horn Spear deflecting away from him of it's own accord! A moment later, Latha huffs in air, defending herself for the moment! OOC: Latha's protecting herself after being hit really hard. Strength of Light is up.
[20:49] <Kotono> To Antenora Strength of Light turns, a powerful blow going for her! "Endure this!" He says, as the last rays of dusklight begin to slip away!
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-10 PA)
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-10 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d8+60
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+60 and gets 62." [2d8=1, 1]
[20:51] <Kotono> Antenora is knocked back like a pinball, sent flying twenty feet away in the air end over end! Meanwhile, his gaze travels to Alicia. "Do you think mere images are enough to stop me," he asks, as abruptly, a great geyser of lava erupts out around Alicia, reaching to the heavens, hundreds of feet tall, like a spike of lava pounded out from below! OOC: Ref save, Alicia?
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 I don't even have MI up but ok
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 I don't even have MI up but ok and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: I'll rework his line, for some reason I was sure you did. Must've...oh, I see what I did. Okay.
[20:52] <Kotono> Antenora is knocked back like a pinball, sent flying twenty feet away in the air end over end! Meanwhile, his gaze travels to Alicia. "Do you think you can stop me," he asks, as abruptly, a great geyser of lava erupts out around Alicia, reaching to the heavens, hundreds of feet tall, like a spike of lava pounded out from below! OOC: Ref save, Alicia?
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 20d6 no, you didn't pass the saves. Ref saves are not your goo dday today.
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 no, you didn't pass the saves. Ref saves are not your goo dday today. and gets 65." [20d6=1, 4, 3, 1, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2, 3, 2]
[20:53] <Kotono> The lava flies up around Alicia, engulfing her in a burning inferno that reaches to the sky itself! Lava surrounds her on all sides! OOC: You're effectively immersed in lava at the moment. You're also up.
[20:55] <Alicia> She wanted to test his responses to some of her more potent spells, but she can hardly cast will burning to death in red hot lava. With a scream of mixed pain and fervour, she comes careening out of the geyser and straight at Strength of Light, her summoned minions doing their bit to distract him as she stabs out!
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental aid another to hit and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, raging, +8 aid another, -4 power attack
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, raging, +8 aid another, -4 power attack and gets 53." [1d20=13]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+34+5d4
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+34+5d4 and gets 47." [1d8=5][5d4=2, 1, 1, 1, 3]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d3 rounds for continued half damage, will apply on SoL's turns
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 rounds for continued half damage, will apply on SoL's turns and gets 2." [1d3=2]
03[20:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'LAVA(2 rounds Alicia)=Strength of Light>Alicia=Elementals(4)>Antenora>Latha'
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: that was a charge as well, so -2 AC
[21:01] <Kotono> Charging past, Alicia feels a powerful force as she swings! It strives to deflect her blade, Strength of Light turning! HE locks eyes with Alicia, her blade nearly knocked aside! But with one more feral cry, she slashes it into him! It leave a wound on his arm, brought up at the last moment to protect his chest! "Well, I'll be the spawn of a succubus," he murmurs in wonder. OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:03] <Kotono> Antenora jets away from Strenght of Light in a breeze, before coming back with another charge, despite her crushed ribs!
[21:03] <Alicia> "I hit you," Alicia grimaces. It was hard, but she did it. Objectively she marks that as a superior strike to the one she tried on Esthan, and she had help, but... "That puts the fiend I'm after above you."
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+4 bonuses)
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+4 bonuses) and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[21:04] <Kotono> Antenora charges, but Strength of Light holds his hand up! The tip of her spear jerks away, as he focuses on Alicia, Latha hanging back and circling around his flank! "I prefer to value offense." With a smirk to her, "Defense isn't my strongest suit. Let's see if you'r still talking like that after this!" With that, Strenght of Light assaults Alicia!
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-10 PA) Alicia
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-10 PA) Alicia and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (-10 PA) Alicia
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (-10 PA) Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Antenora
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Antenora and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Antenora
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Antenora and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+60 Alicia owwies
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+60 Alicia owwies and gets 71." [2d8=7, 4]
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: AC 25
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 2d8+60 Alicia owwies x2, I thought your AC was higher
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+60 Alicia owwies x2, I thought your AC was higher and gets 68." [2d8=2, 6]
[21:06] <Alicia> OOC: raging and charging take their toll
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yes, and save vs stun. Fort.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d6 yeah, the ave is str based and he has lots of it
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 yeah, the ave is str based and he has lots of it and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 10d6 lava too
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 lava too and gets 35." [10d6=4, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 3, 2, 4]
[21:09] <Kotono> Alicia is hit twice in the chest! The pair of blows send her flying back fourty feet, utterly dazed, confused and dying! Her mind is nearly blank, vision blinded with blood and pain! Yet she feels courage welling in her, keeping her hanging on the cusp of life! OOC: Alicia, you're stunned. Elementals?
[21:10] <Alicia> As Alicia staggers dazedly in the background, the elementals assail Strength of Light, distracting him so Antenora can survive his attacks!
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Anty and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: +8 AC for her
[21:10] <Kotono> Antenora stands there, healing fury restoring Alicai as she fights defensively at him!
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 weapon, -4 fighting defensively)
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 weapon, -4 fighting defensively) and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[21:11] <Kotono> She can't land a blow, each attack deflected away! At that, Latha charges a moment later!
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 chaaarge
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 chaaarge and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:11] <Kotono> But this blow comes for naught as well, stopped! And then...as Alicia burns...
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 35." [10d6=5, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 1]
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: oh, +2 on my fort save, forgot raging. Doubt it helps if his str mod is +15 and he has a ton of hd, though
[21:14] <Kotono> The last rays of dusk vanish! "CEASE!" Strenght of Light bellows, "For the day has passed!" IN her daze, Alicia can faintly hear cheering, then...warm hands on her. Warm hands healing her, banishing her agonies. OOC: HP restored, Alicia. "You're as tough as a steel golem and as persistent as a ghost." Strength of Light says, at her side, mending her. "Come, it is time to feast and be merry, then we shall talk of matters."
06[21:17] * Alicia nods tiredly, wiping some of the caked on magma from her face... "And you're as strong as a titan, and tough as an adamantine golem," she returns with a crooked grin. That was one of her better strikes, and neither Antenora nor Latha could touch him. Speaking of those two, she looks over to see how they fare.
[21:17] <Kotono> Antenora approaches, Latha as well. They lean on each other, shoulder to shoulder. "Celestia's light, you are fierce," Latha praises. "Let us celebrate, yes. You must be famished, Alicia."
[21:18] <Kotono> "Yes, yes I am," Strenght of Light laughs, "Yes, come! Food, drink and celebration under the night sky!"
[21:19] <Alicia> "Starved!" Alicia agrees with a nod. "A bath would also be lovely, but food first!" she starts moving back to camp. "By Mystra, Antenora..." she looks sidelong at the erinyes. "I can't believe you killed that demon while your leg was off. How's it feeling?"
[21:20] <Kotono> "Fine. I'm healing back already," She grins, going to stagger over. Latha leans on Alicia's left shoulder, Antenora her right. Both look bone-exhausted. "How'd you take both of his hits, lava and not collapse into death? Is till don't believe my eyes."
[21:21] <Alicia> "I warded myself against fire, so the lava wasn't worse than the odd fireball. As for Strength of Light's attacks... Hell Striker kept me going," Alicia pats her sword fondly. "Of course, he makes me more reckless and likely to take hits I wouldn't otherwise, so it evens out."
[21:22] <Kotono> "You felt the bravery of Ysgard and proved yourselves worthy," Strength of Light leads along, going to Antenora, helping her along as well. "I saw the battle against Zezzy. Impressive again."
[21:24] <Kotono> As you talk, ou find your way back to Strength of Light's tent. A few others are waiting there, battleworn heroes. A feast is laid out here, roasted meat and mead, giant fruits and cool ale. Strength of Light sits at the head, tearing into a leg of mutton. "Come, feast with us!"
[21:25] <Alicia> Putting her blade back in its harness, Alicia leans to Antenora briefly. "It'd be rude to refuse," she whispers to the erinyes before they approach the table and she grabs the limb of some cooked beast and bites into it, utterly famished.
[21:27] <Kotono> Antenora just smiles, whispering back into Alicia's ear, "It's fine. Somehow...it feels right here." She sits next to Alicia, the party feasting! Antenora eats a fair bit, and also has a few thick glasses of mead. Latha nibbles a little, before looking to Strength of Light for a few moments, who just laughs and waves towards the door. In Alicia's mind, 'I'll return shortly, there's something I want to see. I don't require food, anyway.'
[21:27] <Kotono> there's something I want to see. I don't require food, anyway.'
[21:28] <Alicia> 'You'll know where we are,' Alicia sends back agreeably, happy to eat and sing and drink and swap tales of battles fought with her boon companions!
[21:29] <Kotono> The drink is strong, the food good. After perhaps an hour of this, Alicia feels good all over. A bit drunk, but loud and boisterous. Antenora seems to be acting the same way, joining in as songs of war and courage are sung. After these die down a bit, Strength of Light ambles on over to the two, Latha still gone. He goes to sit on the edge of the table next to them. "So you came here so you could get stronger, since a fiend needs killing?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "So you came here so you could get stronger, since a fiend needs killing?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "Yeah, he does." Antenora grabs a fork, making several stabbing motions into a bit of meat. "He's like the exemplar of too powerful, smug, irritating baatezu. I should know, too, and it still pisses me off. HE's all going long, like everything that's happening is part of some great, grand, convoluted plan."
[21:33] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia turns grim. "A pit fiend, but no ordinary one. I've fought a Duke of Hell once, and I've no doubt this Pit Fiend could chew that duke up for breakfast. An archmage, but from how he dodged my blade and the capabilities of a normal pit fiend I've no doubt he'd be a terror in melee if he chose."
[21:33] <Alicia> Slamming her tankard irritably on the table, "Never have we been so horribly outmatched by a foe - I only live because he wants our spirit broken so we'll serve him."
[21:34] <Kotono> "That's right!" Antenora agrees, grabbing another mug and drinking from it, before mimicing Alicia's motion. "I mean, it's absurd. Fiends are powerful, but only the strongest also have those capacities. How the hell does a pit fiend who's also an archmage get senta fter us? Do they care about a little erinyes that much? Gee, you'd think I was Mephisto's daughter or something."
[21:36] <Kotono> "Well, I think you're quite worth chasing," Strength of Light looks to both of them, "Hell, if I were a pit fiend, I'd relocate to your pit-...er, but..." Laughing a little, "Anyway. I understand. So you're looking for someone to teach you how to fight more effectively? Well, let's see," he strokes his chin, "Antenora, you're all about charging and striking decisive blows? I saw the techniques of a Hellreaver from you. Alicia, you're a magic kn
[21:36] <Kotono> I saw the techniques of a Hellreaver from you. Alicia, you're a magic knight? Interesting style. Where'd you learn it? The double sword, arcane fires and armor is an interesting combination."
[21:38] <Kotono> "That's right," Antenora admits, "I don't have any magic or innate magic like most outsiders do, just a smidge that isn't very useful. I lost what I had from Hell when I chose to end that chapter of my existance. So it's all about attacking for me now."
[21:38] <Alicia> "The double-sword is the famous weapon of my homeland, Kelara!" Alicia announces boldly, letting his come on pass with naught more than a smile. "As for the blend of magic and divine, that's mostly self taught, and granted by Mystra's blessings."
[21:40] <Kotono> "I can help both of you." He declares, raising a mug up. Cheers fill the tent at that! "The angel as well, she'll be the simplest. She's a bit better than the average Astral Deva, but she fights exactly the same as an average one."
06[21:42] * Alicia raises her mug in a cheer as well. "I knew coming here was a good idea!" she proclaims. "Next time Esthan won't know what hit him!"
[21:43] <Kotono> Antenora joins it, before draining her mug. She laughs then, "Wasn't it? I love it when you have good ideas, Alicia! It always leads me somewhere better." Going to knock mugs with her, clattering side to side, "Got any more good ones while you're at it?"
[21:45] <Kotono> "We'll begin in the morning. Whatever battle starts in the morning, don't join it," Strength of Light stands, "I'll get the rest of it out of you then. Be in this tent instead. Now then, I'm going to go take a walk," Stretching as he stands, "Either of you like to join me? The view at the mountaintop is absolutely epic."
[21:46] <Alicia> Noting that Antenora seems rather tipsy, Alicia gets up. "Some fresh air might do us some good," she agrees. "Then we should probably find a bath. We're absolutely filthy!" It'll take a few mending cantrips to fix up her burn-ravaged clothes as well.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Ah, I can show you a bath on the way," With a growing smirk as he stands, Strength of Light heads out. Antenora stands, wobbling a little bit. "Maybe it would, but I feel so good already," Antenora grins, starting to follow him. "As long as it's not that fjord again. Brrr."
[21:48] <Alicia> "We're on top of a volcano. There's bound to be a hot spring somewhere," Alicia nods, stretching as she heads out of the tent.
[21:50] <Kotono> Deepening her voice into a rumble as they head out, "And I have a hot spring going on now," Antenora imitates in a faux-male voice. That sends her into a tizzy of giggles, nearly doubling over.
[21:51] <Alicia> "You are smashed," Alicia takes Antenora's arm to steady her, shaking her head. "We should find a way to get you immune to poison again..." She's a little merry herself, but nowhere near as bad as Antenora seems.
[21:52] <Kotono> "Well, I tried! It seemed like a good idea!" Antenora puts her hands on her hips after she balances. "I'm sure Marie will tell me it was just what I needed! Well, that or the bath with you coming up..." Tapping her chin, "Hey Alicia!" She leans in, whispering to her, "You'd never guess what people say sometimes!"
06[21:54] * Alicia sense Strength of Light a long suffering look and shrugs. "What do they say, Antenora?" she enunciates.
[21:56] <Alicia> sends*
[21:57] <Kotono> "Well," Whispering a littlet oo loudly to Alicia, "That we like each other a lot! Like Marie likes me and you!" Now with a bit of a curious, confused scowl, "It doens't make sense! If Iw anted that, I'd have seduced you when I was trying to corrupt you! Can't two women just be friends? Do people think Demedais and Eudard or Donald and Oberuth are like that if they're seen together?"
03[21:58] * Taishyr is now known as taiFUD
[21:59] <Kotono> Strength of Light smiles despite it all, "Come, walk and talk. People see the bonds of friendship and friendly love between you. I heard you cry that you were fighting to protect Alicia. Innocent mistake for mortals that don't know better to make."
06[21:59] * Alicia sighs. "I think it's just wishful thinking on their part," she replies, giving Strength of Light an amused look.
[22:01] <Kotono> "If we were the wishful ones, it would at least work a lot better," Antenora follows along, clinging close to Alicia. "I'd rather call you...mmm." Antenora thinks, rolling her eyes up, "I'd call you Mother. I'd call you Sister. I'd all you my best friend. I'd call you the person I'd die for. But that doesn't mean I want you!" Rolling her eyes, she stops, "Then again...it's not fair. I bet if we were lovers, you'd open up to me more!" Antenora e
[22:01] <Kotono> "Then again...it's not fair. I bet if we were lovers, you'd open up to me more!" Antenora eyes Alicia. "I was just telling Marie how I wished you'd let me in closer."
[22:05] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes widen in alarm at the horrible, horrible turn that this conversation has taken. "Who can say what might have been?" she pushes the clingy erinyes off a little. "And we're very close already - you're my best friend, Antenora! You shouldn't worry about me not being open enough."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yes, but it huuurts. It hurts when you won't let me get closer. Alicia, I wanted to comfort you that night. You were so hurt and so sad, but you went on alone and kept it inside again. It's really not fair...you saved me from Hell and I can't save you back."
[22:08] <Kotono> Strength of Light starts to speak a few times, shaking his head and laughing. "Alicia, I can cur eher drunkenness if you'd like."
06[22:11] * Alicia despairs as she can only imagine what their prospective teacher is making of all of this. The mortification has some effect of removing her merry state, at least. "She'd just be embarrassed... look, Antenora," she takes the erinyes by the shoulders, "Really, I don't need to be saved."
[22:11] <Alicia> "You're a good friend and your... steadfast and dignified, presence is a great comfort to me in times of stress. I'll... I'll try to be less remote in future if it causes you pain, though."
[22:12] <Alicia> She never thought a devil, former or otherwise, would be more touchy-feely than her, though...
[22:13] <Kotono> "I just don't want you to be alone and sad. You've lost so much in your life," Antenora looks into Alicia's eyes, "That's all. You've lost so much and given me so much in return. I know I say it a lot, but...I can never repay you for changing me. Never. I'm happier every day than I was for all 600 years I spent in Hell. I just..." She shakes her head, wobbling a little again. "I just want to repay that."
[22:15] <Alicia> "You do! Your friendship is more than enough payment!" Alicia affirms. "Look, you've had a lot to drink and it's been a long day. How about I put up a tent and you can get some sleep, okay?" she suggests soothingly, wanting the normal Antenora back.
[22:16] <Kotono> "But I wanted to go to the bath with you," Antenora looks up at Alicia. "But maybe that's a good idea, too. You always have good ideas."
[22:17] <Alicia> "We can get cleaned up in the morning, when you're feeling better," Alicia reassures, looking for an empty spot she could set up a tent nearby.
[22:18] <Kotono> There's empty spots about the sea of tents. Alicia can get one without difficulty. Strength of Light glides up to Alicia at this, "I'd like to talk to you a moment before you lie down now, if you're going to sleep with h...I mean, go to...If you're going to rest now instead of coming along."
[22:21] <Alicia> "I'm just going to put her to bed," Alicia confirms, using her survival pouch to put up a tent which she then guides Antenora into. "There, you can lie down here and sleep and no one will bother you," she carols soothingly. "I'll even leave Hell Striker with you to make sure of it, okay?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Alright." Antenora lies down on command, stopping to remove her armor. Lying in her undergarments now, she looks up to Alicia before closing her eyes. "Good night, Alicia."
[22:23] <Alicia> "Good night," Alicia smiles, putting a waterskin beside her sword in the tent a few feet from the prone erinyes. "Drink that when you wake up - Hell Striker, you remind her as well, she'll be dehydrated."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Okay." Antenora yawns wide before settling, "Have a good time with him..." She seems to fall asleep after that, breathing becoming regular and slow, no more comments following.
[22:25] <Alicia> Closing the tent as she withdraws, Alicia turns to Strength of Light with some embarrassment. "She doesn't eat or drink much at all, so I suppose it hit her harder than it should've," she explains apologetically.
[22:27] <Kotono> "It's fine. The fact that she's risen from the Hells excuses any gaps in behavior. That's how a risen fiend thinks and feels, hm? No wonder. Every warrior that's been seduced to evil would kill to be in your position." Still chuckling low, Strength of Light leads to a little side cave, a path starting to ascend. "Then again, I wonder. All the ballads of love overcoming all, but I've never really seen proof of a fiend changing for love. Strange,
[22:27] <Kotono> but I've never really seen proof of a fiend changing for love. Strange, isn't it?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "I suppose one might change their behaviour to please the one they love, but when love fades or their lover dies there's nothing to hold them in check?" Alicia muses, falling in step with the deva.
[22:31] <Alicia> "I once met a succubus that seemed quite fond of me, and even helped me escape the Abyss, but it was clear neither of us had any interest in changing to suit the other... it was an altogether odd experience," she concludes thoughtfully, wondering how G'Renna's doing now. She both hopes that the succubus is well and that they never meet again.
[22:34] <Kotono> "You have a strange, strange life." Strength of Light looks askance at Alicia. "You have an erinyes and a succubus throwing themselves at you and yet..." He shakes her head. "Do you worship Sharess as well as Mystra, or perhaps Sune? But still, risen fiends are so rare regardless of cause."
[22:36] <Alicia> "It wasn't so fun when a Radiant Sister locked me in its cheerfully named 'rape-room'," Alicia snorts. "Fortunately I escaped with my virtue intact. To be honest I never really had much time for Sune, but recently I developed a new appreciation for Her and consider Her fondly. Mystra is the one I'm devoted to, though."
[22:38] <Kotono> You walk up and up and up a sharp slope. As you do, the light very dim save for a radiance around Strength of Light, "She's lucky to have you. You're a skilled warrior, a brave soul, and a gorgeous woman."
[22:40] <Alicia> "Well, I don't think the Mother of all Magic really cares about my looks," Alicia chuckles as she climbs up. "But your compliment is well taken."
[22:46] <Kotono> Strength of Light laughs very loud and very long. As you come to a path, taking the left branch away and downward. "This way," h e says, laughter in his voice, just barely held back.
[22:49] <Alicia> "You're very easily amused, Strength of Light," Alicia opines with a faint smile as she walks along. "It's a good thing you nearly beat me to death, or I might not take you seriously."
[22:51] <Kotono> "Your life is best enjoyed. There is no time for cowardice and fear." He leads along a few more minutes, coming to a cavern filled with steam. A small hot spring is here, water bubbling up. "LIfe is to be enjoyed long and fully, with the blessings of the light." He looks right to Alicia as he says that. "Being good doesn't mean you can't have fun."
[22:56] <Alicia> "Oh, certainly," Alicia agrees, looking over the water. "But I came here to learn to fight, not to enjoy a vacation. Besides, considering what you did to my hand when you introduced yourself, your idea of fun might snap me in half," she concludes dryly, a smirk tugging at her lips.
[22:57] <Kotono> With his own smirk, "I can be very gentle when I need to be. Besides," He looks over the spring, it's waters warm and steamy, "Baths are boring alone."
06[23:02] * Alicia is... slightly tempted. Just a little. It's not the perverse sexual lust that a certain succubus inspired, but he is very handsome, and does make for intriguing company. Still, even if she was interested she's not the type to do this with a man she just met. "Perhaps they are, but it wouldn't be appropriate if I'm going to be your student," she demurs with a smile to take the sting out.
[23:04] <Kotono> "I thought you'd say that," He crosses his arms there, "You radiate personality and charisma, and are lovely for a mortal. Yet you come off as chaste from what I see." Despite that, he looks pleasantly amused. "Perhaps to celebrate when you are no longer my student?" He turns away, going to stand just outside of in the hall. OOC: Anyway, skip along now?
[23:05] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[23:06] <Kotono> The next morning, the three women gather in Strength of Light's tent. Antenora looks a little red eyed but otherwise okay. Latha is serene and calm, waiting. Outside you can hear a din of battle, Strength of Light not here yet.
06[23:07] * Alicia is polite enough not to embarrass Antenora by mentioning any of her indiscretions of the previous evening. As far as she's concerned it never happened! "Did you find what you were looking for last night, Latha?" she asks the deva.
[23:07] <Kotono> "Yes. I apologize for not coming back," A nod of her head downward to Alicia, "I tarried in the cold waters below."
[23:08] <Kotono> Antenora smothers a yawn in her hand, rubbing the bridge of her nose and her temple. "You didn't miss anything," she says wearily.
06[23:09] * Alicia nods agreeably. "It was a nice evening, but nothing too exciting happened. You probably wouldn't want to sit around waiting while we slept, anyway. What were you doing in the water?"
[23:11] <Kotono> "Bathing, then enjoying the swimming further." Latha stretches out, "I found that I enjoyed it greatly." As she answers, Strength of Light answers, "Alright!" He booms, "Let's begin."
06[23:12] * Alicia perks up and regards Strength of Light, wondering what he'll have them doing today.
[23:13] <Kotono> "First, I'll have you answering questions. Alicia, if I ask it to none in particular, I'd like you to answer them." He says. "First, tell me about this fiend you're fighting. Tell me as much about his capacity as you can. Every ability, every spell, ever trick."
[23:16] <Alicia> "According to secondary sources he's a Pit Fiend, but that's unconfirmed," Alicia begins. "He always appears shapeshifted as a human. I've never seen him fight in melee but he easily dodged a sword-strike only a little less well done than the one I hit you with, yesterday."
[23:16] <Alicia> From there Alicia goes on to list all the spells she's seen or heard of Esthan using, and mentioned his ability to see through her invisibility despite her own anti-divination precautions.
[23:19] <Kotono> "A deadly adversary. What of your victories and defeats then? What are your mightiest victories? Your worst defeats? Have you ever been slain by a foe and brought back?"
[23:24] <Alicia> "My worst defeat was against Duke Agares of Stygia. He would have killed me if not for a potion of regeneration I'd drank beforehand - I've never actually died, though. My greatest victory..." she considers that a moment before speaking, discounting battles where she had too much help,
[23:24] <Alicia> "I'd say that was when I killed Shar's Champion on our world, Prince Kort, with a stick and no armour, while he was fully outfitted and wielding an artifact blade stolen from a friend of mine." That one never fails to bring a smile.
[23:25] <Kotono> "Such bravery and skill. What are the ballads written of you?" He considers that a short time, "All of you answer this. What are you afraid of? Answer honestly."
[23:26] <Kotono> Antenora bites down on her lips, blushing. "Failing myself, failing Alicia, or failing the people I care about. That or falling back into Hell."
[23:26] <Kotono> "That I grow weak or lax and allow evil to spread farther from my failure," Latha replies, steady.
[23:27] <Alicia> "Being powerless to protect myself and those I care about," Alicia replies, grimacing. "A fear that Esthan has made into stark reality."
[23:28] <Kotono> He considers this words again, "I've heard enough for now. Today, I will give each of you a task to complete. Antenora and Latha, leave. I will task Alicia first. Do not tell the others of you rtask, for it is unique to each of you."
06[23:28] * Alicia nods, staying where she is.
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "I'd say that was when I killed Shar's Champion on our world, Prince Kort, with a stick and no armour, while he was fully outfitted and wielding an artifact blade stolen from a friend of mine." That one never fails to bring a smile.
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> > "Such bravery and skill. What are the ballads written of you?" He considers that a short time, "All of you answer this. What are you afraid of? Answer honestly."
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> > Antenora bites down on her lips, blushing. "Failing myself, failing Alicia, or failing the people I care about. That or falling back into Hell."
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> > "That I grow weak or lax and allow evil to spread farther from my failure," Latha replies, steady.
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "Being powerless to protect myself and those I care about," Alicia replies, grimacing. "A fear that Esthan has made into stark reality."
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> > He considers this words again, "I've heard enough for now. Today, I will give each of you a task to complete. Antenora and Latha, leave. I will task Alicia first. Do not tell the others of you rtask, for it is unique to each of you."
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> * Alicia nods, staying where she is.
[20:44] <Kokokokokoko> Once Antenora and Latha are gone, "Give me your weapons," Strength of Light says. "The double sword and your backup longsword."
06[20:46] * Alicia unclasps the sheath for the sword of the sealed gate and hands it over without complaint. She then removes Hell Striker from its baldric and offers it, "Careful, Hell Striker is an intelligent blade," she cautions. "He shouldn't give you any trouble, though."
[20:46] <Kokokokokoko> "I wouldn't have guessed. Most of them are on the chatty side," Both weapons are taken to the back of the tent, put down there. "What other magical artifacts and gear do you wear?" he continues on.
[20:51] <Alicia> "These boots make me run faster," Alicia raises a leg and taps her heel. "The bracers make me strike more quickly. This headband can be pulled over my eyes to grant blindsight. Belt and Cloak improve physical strength and strength of personality, respectively," she takes a breath before forging on.
[20:51] <Alicia> "Mithral armour, enchanted for durability and to ward against mortal blows - it also improves my ability to dispel magic. An amulet to toughen my skin, a ring to protect against paralysis and bindings, and another ring to protect against divinations - I can't take that last one off," she concludes.
[20:51] <Alicia> Looking thoughtful afterwards. "It takes a lot of magic for a human to match what so many creatures have naturally," she muses. "I also have a nondimensional space I use to carry other items around in. And a magic pouch that conjures food and basic travelling gear."
[20:53] <Kokokokokoko> "For a human to compete is difficult. Here, we are to get to the very beginnings of your skill." Coming forward, Strength of Light taps Alicia's head. "Big muscles aren't worth much if there's nothing but air to direct them. Besides the ring you can't take off, remove all your magical items and put them over in the back. Including your dimensional space, too."
[20:56] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia smiles a bit, proceeding to remove all of the listed gear which is put inside her portable hole. Said hole is then folded up neatly and placed underneath Hell Striker. Wriggling her now bare toes, she stands expectantly before the deva.
[20:57] <Kokokokokoko> Handing a small pocketknife to Alicia, "Go out of this volcano. I want you to find a large branch about the size of a quarterstaff, then whittle it down into one. This will be something you'll be using, so do it with pride. When you have one you're proud of, return."
06[20:58] * Alicia tries to recall if she saw any woods nearby from the cave she passed through yesterday.
[20:59] <Kokokokokoko> Alicia does recall seeing what might've been trees as she plummeted down the waterfall. She'd have to go back out to the fjord and look.
[21:00] <Alicia> That was very very far away. Probably better to just fly up from here to get a good view and go from there. "I'll return then," she nods as she takes the pocketknife and heads out of the tent.
[21:03] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh, tell Antenora to come in here when you go out," STrength of Light calls.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Got it," Alicia nods, intending to do that.
[21:03] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora and Latha wait outside, watching the battle beyond the tents. Here two great forces collide again, battles erupting.
[21:03] <Alicia> "You're next, Antenora," Alicia tells the erinyes. "Good luck," she adds with a smile, casting Fly and promptly taking off to rise above the crater-rim and cast her view over the volcano slopes to see if she can see any handy trees.
[21:04] <Kokokokokoko> As Alicia goes, "Alicia, why aren't you wearing any armor or..." Antenora asks as Alicia takes off, but shrugs and heads inside. Flying up, Alicia takes to the air and ascends! It's cool today, winds blowing off the fjord with icy intensity. Outside of the warm enbrace of the crater, it's chilly. Taking her time and looking about, Alicia can see some trees on the far side of the fjord, dotting a bit of sloping land.
[21:08] <Alicia> Probably be a couple of hours to get there and back... Flying in that direction over the rim of the volcano, Alicia aims for an easy part of the slope to take on the way down once her spell ends, not really wanting to negotiate jagged rock and magma in her bare feet, bee-lining straight for the forest in question.
[21:12] <Kokokokokoko> Coming down, Alicia finds the best slope she can and begins to descend. The time passes as she walks...fortunately, despite some stubbs, cracks and general feet malaise, the fast healing of the realm keeps the injuries from being anything more than momentary irritations. It's perhaps noon(Hungry, Alicia is definetly getting hungry) as she reaches the fjord's water. Across water and glaciers is the forest, waiting on the far side. About,
[21:12] <Kokokokokoko> Across water and glaciers is the forest, waiting on the far side. About, a few gold and silver animals frolic about, while a large trout leaps in and out of the water a few times, fish scales like gleaming platinum.
06[21:14] * Alicia now wishes she'd had a bigger breakfast. She briefly considers killing and cooking a fish, but then she recalls that celestial animals are intelligent, which rapidly puts a stop to that line of thinking. On the plus side, if she's going swimming it's best not to have eaten beforehand, right?
[21:14] <Alicia> Casting a spell to inure herself to the cold, she wades into the water and starts to swim across to the other side.
[21:16] <Kokokokokoko> OOC: MAke a swim check in general to see where you end up?
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 16
[21:18] <Kokokokokoko> With long, overhead strokes, Alicia crosses the fjord! It's so freezing-cold across it, yet it doesn't bother Alicia at all now. After several minutes of swimming, Alicia comes over to the other side. Here, ahead, the trees can be seen. A few dozen of them, shady and cool amid the rising mountains.
[21:20] <Alicia> Hauling herself out of the water, Alicia shakes herself off a bit and wonders at the relative sparsity of woodland around here. But she's no ecologist so what does she know? Wandering amidst the trees, she decides to look for nuts and berries and edible mushrooms so she can prepare something of a lunch.
[21:21] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 11 on survival, will cast detect poison on the gathered foods once done
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: actually 13, since knowledge planes gives a synergy bonus
[21:23] <Kokokokokoko> Alicia finds some edible mushrooms and a large berry bush. They look like blueberries but taste like spicy-sweet fire. They aren't poisonous and make a very tasty meal.
[21:25] <Alicia> Now with her belly somewhat filled, Alicia starts looking for an appropriate branch, something 5-6 feet in length and a couple of inches around, and as straight as possible.
[21:26] <Kokokokokoko> As you look about, you find that all the sticks are either small or terribly curved. Not a single long, straight one, or anything close to long enough to serve Alicia! As she hunts around, she notices that a fox is watching her. It sits at the base of a tree, golden furried and with animal eyes following her every move.
[21:27] <Alicia> "Hello," Alicia greets the fox in celestial. It looks like the sort that a summon monster spell might produce.
[21:27] <Kokokokokoko> "Are you looking for a tree branch?" It asks, voice a collection of yips and yaps.
[21:29] <Alicia> "Yes!" Alicia replies brightly, hoping a local might be better able to help her. "A sturdy and straight one, about this long," she holds up her hand about face-height. "Have you seen any like that?"
[21:35] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh yes. Follow me, you won't find any here!" The fox takes off, hurrying along upward, past the trees and to a steep, rocky road ahead.
06[21:36] * Alicia happily jogs along after the fox, glad for the help. And very glad she didn't try to eat any adorable intelligent animals.
[21:40] <Kokokokokoko> You hurry up the mountains. The fox is quite fast, always keeping ahead of you, it's pace unrelenting. You job for perhaps an hour, until you come to where it's too steep to continue. However, at this point, there is a small cave entrance. The fox scurries on in. Alicia could follow if she wishes, though she'd need to get down and crawl on her hands and knees to fit in past the narrow entry.
[21:41] <Alicia> If she really has to she can always assume the form of a goblin or something similarly tiny, but hopefully that'll be unnecessary. "It doesn't get any narrower, does it?" she calls to the fox, getting down on the ground so she can crawl in.
[21:43] <Kokokokokoko> Alicia doesn't get a reply until after she crawls in. Despite a few healing scrapes, she wiggles in! Past it, the cave opens enough to be able to walk at a slouch! "This way!" The fox calls back, "Be careful!" Hurrying along, it vanishes ahead around a corner about 60 feet away.
[21:44] <Alicia> Careful for what? Hopefully just jagged rocks and nothing else, Alicia hopes as she straightens up a little to better move her legs and hurries onwards.
03[21:45] * Kokokokokoko is now known as Kotono
[21:47] <Kotono> Past the corner is a large cavern. It is filled head to toe with iron vines, full of sharp thorns. The fox runs around the ground, leaping through tiny gaps to proceed deeper into it! Passing through this barrier will be quite a difficult feat for someone Alicia's size, unless they desire to be torn apart and ripped by the thorns.
[21:50] <Alicia> Well, nothing much for it, then. "Wait a moment!" Alicia calls after the fox, hesitating as she casts a spell. A moment later she shrinks down to the size of a small child, albeit retaining her adult proportions. She briefly considers rolling up her sleeves and leggings but it's just not going to work - it's like wearing a tent.
[21:50] <Alicia> So she strips off, bundling her clothes up into a ball and then hurrying after the fox once more. It's not like an animal would care about her nudity, after all.
[21:50] <Alicia> OOC: alter self to gnome
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: Make a tumble check, Alicia, say? +4 bonus.
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[21:54] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia ducks! She rolls through a small hole between two vines, then lightly leaps over a few low hanging ones! She whirls and passes through, doing her damnest to pass through! Dozens of thorns come close, the tips of them occasionally brushing against her skin! The flesh is cut smoothly by the barest proximity, minor wounds bu tnothing more thanks to Alicia's speed, healing almost instantly! She reaches the other side! The fox is sixty
[21:54] <Kotono> healing almost instantly! She reaches the other side! The fox is sixty feet ahead, the path sloping up. It curves again around the corner, the fox calling, "It's this way! Hurry!" before vanishing behind the next corner.
06[21:55] * Alicia wonders just what the rush is, but supposes the fox is just impatient. Her shorter legs might be a difficulty on open ground, but down here it's quicker to run as a gnome than crawl as a human.
[22:00] <Kotono> Turning the corner, you see a strange slope indeed! It goes gently upwards! Every fifteen feet there are twenty foot wide patches of pure lava, boiling like a kettle over the flame! The walls and ceiling of each lava gap are decorated with frescoes of celestials and angels, engaged in some great celebratory battle. Alicia can almost hear the battlecries. The fox hops over each twenty foot wide gap with swift speed, running to the next and repe
[22:00] <Kotono> The fox hops over each twenty foot wide gap with swift speed, running to the next and repeating it. With good reason, for each 15 wide space between lava patches starts to sink as the fox lands on it, lava lapping over from the sinking side! But the fox is faster, making each hop in time! At the end, past the fourth gap is another corner, which the fox goes back after a look back. "Hurry!"
06[22:03] * Alicia is fairly out of practice at jumping, and her current stubby legs certainly won't help. Luckily the reason she's out of practice remains at her disposal, and a quick casting of Fly has her zipping after the fox above the lava!
[22:05] <Kotono> As Alicia passes through the first gap, the frescoes of the battling celestials break into song! The song is a song of bravery and courage, a powerful din all around her! OOC: Make a fort save?
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[22:06] <Kotono> Alicia zips through, the sound crashing like palpable forces behind her, but doing no harm to her at all!
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Sorry, meant to say ref. Hardly matters with your saves and a 17.
06[22:06] * Alicia lands on the far side and continues to run after the fox as only a nude gnome clutching a ball of crumpled clothing and a pocket-knife can!
[22:10] <Kotono> Alicia hurries along, past the next corner! Ahead is a long tunnel, narrow! All of it is taken up by a giant golden lion, roaring in fury! It fills the tunnel from ceiling to floor, from side to side! The fox sprints under it's bottom, just making it through by the skin of it's fur!
[22:11] <Alicia> "Don't mind me!" Alicia yelps at the lion as she follows after the fox, attempting to dive into a somersault and pass underneath the lion as it did!
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Tumble check?
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[22:23] <Kotono> Alicia dives under and just makes it past the maw of the lion, who snaps at her and misses by an inch! She's under and through, at the lion's rear and gone! Ahead is a long, steep rise, the fox about sixty feet ahead and hurrying up it. "Come on, follow me!"
[22:24] <Alicia> "I'm coming, I'm coming!" Alicia calls back, scrambling up the rise. Idly she wonders just how the lion got wedged into a tunnel like that and hopes it doesn't starve to death.
[22:28] <Kotono> Running and running! Alicia barely keeps pace with the fox, huffing air in and out! Around another bend after several minutes of ascending! Ahead is a gentle footpath up and up, sunlight sparkling ahead. The fox looks back once more, laughing as it vanishes into it. "It's right past here! You're almost there!"
[22:30] <Alicia> Only in Ysgard could finding a stick of wood be an adventure, Alicia thinks as she rushes out into the sunlight.
[22:32] <Kotono> Alicia races out! It is a small grove, as if a scoop of the mountain had been taken out and tossed aside. A path leads to the center, a little dirty trail going fourty feet. At the end of it the fox sits, and just behind it? A tree blossoms. A tree as tall as the tallest oak, branches spreading long and far. Hanging from the branches are apples like golden nuggets. The fox sits upright there, and in a very human voice, "Persistant and brave, ar
[22:33] <Kotono> The fox sits upright there, and in a very human voice, "Persistant and brave, aren't you?"
Session Close: Tue Apr 21 22:35:03 2009
Session Start: Tue Apr 21 22:35:03 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:35] * Disconnected
02[22:35] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Topic is 'LAVA(2 rounds Alicia)=Strength of Light>Alicia=Elementals(4)>Antenora>Latha'
03[22:35] * Set by Kotono on Mon Apr 20 19:59:08
02[22:36] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-181-132-222.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Broken pipe)
[22:36] <Kotono> The fox shimmers. In it's place is a being of light, a woman with hair like white energy scuplted into form. While unclad, her body is as covered with light as clothes would render it. A mace is in her hand, golden wings at her back. An Astral Deva, shedding with holy radiance. "Turn away now. Only the strongest shall have anything from this sacred tree. A mere human alone, with no magic and aid, is doomed to failure!"
03[22:36] * Anna is now known as Seira
03[22:36] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[22:38] <Alicia> Well fine then! Alicia shimmers and replaces her tiny gnome form with her tall and sexy human form! She starts to glow with holy radiance of her own as she tosses her wadded up clothing and pocket-knife to the side. "My magic is a part of my soul. Even like this you'll find me a difficult opponent," she warns.
[22:40] <Kotono> "Not running with your tail between your legs? Courageous! I will sing a song of praise over your cooling corpse!" The angel declares, mace crackling with pure electric light! "Nature itself shall smite you!" OOC: Roll initiative then?
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
03[22:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Astral Deva>Alicia'
[22:43] <Kotono> "Oh verdant life, come forth! Attack!" The angel calls in a song, the land responding! Emerging from the ground is a dire wolf, snarling and snapping as it charges at Alicia!
03[22:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Astral Deva=Dire Wolf>Alicia'
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 charge
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 charge and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC? 11 or 12, isn't it?
[22:43] <Alicia> OOC: AC 11 flat footed
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10 and it gets a free trip
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10 and it gets a free trip and gets 12." [1d8=2]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 opposed checks time. Linking in #elysium.
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 opposed checks time. Linking in #elysium. and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 dex is higher than str for once
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 dex is higher than str for once and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[22:45] <Kotono> Alicia is bitten on the ankle, dragged down and hitting the soft, bouncy ground hard! "Give up! You have no chance to win against Mother Nature's fury!" The Astral Deva declares! OOC: Alicia?
[22:48] <Alicia> "Ooohf!" Alicia grunts as she falls on her rump. "I've barely begun!" she promises, clambering to her feet and accepting that she's going to get bitten again, before stepping away from the wolf and casting a spell to turn her into a giant naked woman!
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: standing up (provokes AoO), 5ft stepping, and casting.
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 chomp sure
Session Close: Tue Apr 21 22:49:11 2009
Session Start: Tue Apr 21 22:49:11 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:49] * Disconnected
02[22:49] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:49] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:49] * Topic is 'Astral Deva=Dire Wolf>Alicia'
03[22:49] * Set by Kotono on Tue Apr 21 21:43:52
03[22:50] * Anna is now known as Seira
03[22:50] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[22:50] <Kotono> Alicai indeed gets bit, right on the shoulder! But she stumbles back and up, growing in size! A moment later, the Astral Deva raises her arms ot the sky, "Mantle of the free clouds, bring forth a champion of the sky!" Ripping into existance, a giant eagle appears, diving down at Alicia!
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 charge
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 charge and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d6+4
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 and gets 6." [1d6=2]
03[22:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Astral Deva=Dire Wolf=Giant Eagle>Alicia'
[22:51] <Kotono> The Giant Eagle swoops down, clawing Alicia's side! The dire wolf steps forward five feet as well, biting at Alicia!
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[22:52] <Kotono> oOC: AC?
[22:52] <Alicia> OOC: 15
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10 and trip
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10 and trip and gets 12." [1d8=2]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 down I go
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 down I go and gets 19." [1d20=10]
[22:52] <Kotono> Wham! Alicia is bitten again, taken down once more, large sized and all, glowy body hitting the turf! OOC: Alicia.
[22:54] <Alicia> To hell with it, she'll kill this damn dog with her bare hands. Snarling, she lashes upwards with a fist to shatter the beast's jaw, then grabs its head under her arm and attempts to twist and snap its neck!
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: gets an AoO for me unarmed striking
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 AoO days
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 AoO days and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on, it sucked.
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: AC -4 for prone, hits
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, right.
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10 and gets 15." [1d8=5]
[22:55] <Alicia> OOC: regular wolf or celestial?
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: REgular.
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 -4 prone, 4th level arcane strike, divine might and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 3d4+33+12d4
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4+33+12d4 and gets 67." [3d4=2, 3, 3][12d4=3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3]
[22:59] <Kotono> Despite being bitten by the wolf in the stomach, Alicia hits, clubs, beats and spellfires the wolf into oblivion! It's neck cracks, vanishing away and the summoning broken! A moment later, the eagle is on her again, clawing and pecking at her!
Session Close: Tue Apr 21 23:03:04 2009
Session Start: Tue Apr 21 23:03:04 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[23:03] * Disconnected
02[23:03] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[23:03] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[23:03] * Topic is 'Astral Deva>Alicia'
03[23:03] * Set by Kotono on Tue Apr 21 22:04:02
[23:04] <Kotono> The giant eagle is lanced all over, it's body bursting into flame and falling to the ground, where it then winks back intot he magical ethers that summoned it! A moment later, the Astral Deva charges you flat out, mace going for your head! "If Nature will not subdue you, I shall!"
02[23:04] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-181-132-222.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge, -12 PA)
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 charge, -12 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=19]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d8+36 owwies.
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+36 owwies. and gets 44." [1d8=8]
[23:05] <Kotono> The deva charges Alicia fiercely, slamming her mace right into her chest! The titantic blow leaves her gasping for air, body greviously injured on top of her already worn form! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:06] * Alicia reels from the blow, but can't help but feel a sense of smug satisfaction at the overconfident deva playing right into her hands. Stepping back to capitalise on her superior reach, she snakes her hands in under her foe's reckless swing, immobilising her wrist and snagging the mace away from her hand!
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 knowledge
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 knowledge and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 5th level arcane strike, disarm. She has to use the same pa mods as she just used on her opposed roll. -4 for unarmed, +4 for large
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 5th level arcane strike, disarm. She has to use the same pa mods as she just used on her opposed roll. -4 for unarmed, +4 for large and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[23:08] <Alicia> Having grabbed the mace, Alicia then smacks the deva about the head with it before she even knows what hit her!
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: +3, right?
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[23:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 5th level arcane strike
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might, 5th level arcane strike and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[23:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 5th level arcane strike
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might, 5th level arcane strike and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+5d4
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+5d4 and gets 31." [1d8=1][5d4=1, 4, 2, 4, 1]
[23:11] <Kotono> Wham! Alicia catches the AStral Deva right in the gut with the blow! Her eyes widen, "My mace! You little thief!" She protests, "Fine then, if Nature and my mace won't smite you, my fists will!" With that, she makes a wide, wild swing at Alicia's jaw!
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-12 PA)
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (-12 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d8+21
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+21 and gets 24." [1d8=3]
[23:12] <Kotono> WHAM! Alicia gets a retort right across her chin, a powerful blow that puts thet wo right in melee combat! It rocks her world, dimming her vision and making her head swim like it's a foot underwater! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:13] * Alicia tumbles away briefly to buy some room, holding her prize protectively before her. Despite Ysgard's properties, she's cut and scraped and bit and bruised all over, so uses some spellfire to fix that. "I'll give it back when I've finished beating you up, I promise!"
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 66." [18d4=4, 1, 3, 3, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3]
[23:14] <Kotono> "Oh, I won't take this lying down!" With that, the Astral deva is coming at her, charging again! "I'll knock you down for good!"
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-13 PA)
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-13 PA) and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:14] <Alicia> OOC: 15
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: And oh yeah, you do have reach on her since you're large and armed now.
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 AoO sure
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 AoO sure and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+12
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+12 and gets 15." [1d8=3]
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, you both hit.
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d8+22 slam damage owies.
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+22 slam damage owies. and gets 30." [1d8=8]
[23:16] <Kotono> Charging in, Alicia takes the chance to smite the angel with her own mace across the head! IT barely slows her down, as she socks Alicia right in the kisser! Her face is contorted with pique, "Give up! You're never going to win, even with my mace!" OOC: Alicia.
[23:18] <Alicia> "Owww!" Alicia's head snaps back from the blow. "I liked you better as a fox," she grumbles, attempting to cast a spell without dropping her guard...
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 DC 18 concentration
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 DC 18 concentration and gets 20." [1d20=9]
06[23:18] * Alicia then promptly vanishes from sight, shifting slightly to the side but remaining close to her wily foe.
03[23:19] * Anna is now known as Seira
03[23:19] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
06[23:20] * Alicia stops glowing, too!
[23:21] <Kotono> The angel flies 15 feet up into the air, looking about intently, but glowering. "I don't care how you're hiding yourself, I'll find you!" OOC: You're up, Alicia.
06[23:22] * Alicia casts another spell from her current position, "Mystra, bless my bla- mace! I mean mace!" she incants a bit sloppily, but the job is done and she then floats up fifteen feet herself, remaining adjacent to her unknowing foe.
[23:24] <Kotono> The angel herself glides twenty feet back, before vanishing from sight as well! "I will find you," Her voice calls as she vanishes! "You cannot hide!" OOC: Alicia.
[23:24] <Alicia> OOC: I get an AoO as she moves away
[23:24] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -13pa, divine might
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -13pa, divine might and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+43
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+43 and gets 50." [1d8=7]
[23:26] <Kotono> As the angel flies bakc, a powerful mace blow staggers it immensly! It still manages to vanish away, despite the blow! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:29] * Alicia channels a dispel magic into the mace and then promptly hurls it at where the deva vanished! "Have your mace back, at least!" she calls!
[23:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -5 pa, divine might, 4th level arcane strike. Whirling Blade targets a line, so concealment shouldn't matter.
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -5 pa, divine might, 4th level arcane strike. Whirling Blade targets a line, so concealment shouldn't matter. and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[23:30] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:30] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+4d4
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+4d4 and gets 44." [1d8=5][4d4=3, 1, 3, 3]
[23:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 CL check for invis
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 CL check for invis and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[23:30] <Alicia> OOC: any other spells I could potentially dispel on her?
[23:30] <Kotono> OOC: One.
[23:30] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[23:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[23:31] <Kotono> The hammer slams right into the invisible angel! A few moments later, something slams hard into the base of the tree, as the mace falls straight down! A few golden apples fall from it, as well as a long, straight perfect branch. You hear a groan, "Ugh...stop..." The angel's voice is dazed.
[23:32] <Alicia> The mace then reappears in Alicia's hands, as per the spell! She's quite happy to drop down to the ground and remove the cloak of invisibility from herself, walking over to the sound of the pained groans and extending the weapon hilt-first with a smile on her lips.
[23:33] <Kotono> The weapon isn't immediately taken. The angel appears, invisibilty gone. She's rubbing her head, wincing. "Selune in the night sky, you really don't give up."
06[23:35] * Alicia puts the mace down next to the deva's legs and shrinks back to normal size, going to grab two apples and tossing one gently to her not-so-gentle sparring partner. "My name's Alicia," she introduces herself cheerily, taking a bite of her fruit.
[23:37] <Kotono> "Alic-" The angel begins, looking up and catching the apple a bit offhandedly. She stops then as Alicia bites into the apple! "Wait, don't! Those aren't meant for you!"
06[23:38] * Alicia hasn't even chewed it yet and stops immediately, staring at the deva with a chunk of apple in her mouth. She delicately spits it out into her hand, looking very sheepish. "Sorry, where I come from the rule is that if it's on the ground it's fair game..."
[23:39] <Kotono> As it touches Alicia's tongue, her entire body starts to warm up. A wave of strange sensation passes over her...
[23:39] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[23:41] <Kotono> The deva blanches, before sighing. "Oh Gods." She sighs. "Those aren't for you, they're the property of another celestial being. Too late now with that apple, it's magic is invoked. You're supposed to take the branch. Strength of Light sent you for that, not to have a snack!"
[23:43] <Alicia> "Well... it was on the ground!" Alicia protests. "How was I to know? It's not like... well, okay, you did tell me I wasn't to have anything to do with the tree..." she trails off, that avenue of justification blocked off. "It's only one apple, at least?" Without being able to pinpoint the feeling beyond 'strange', she's not even sure what to make of that.
[23:44] <Kotono> It's very warming. She feels somehow lighter overall. A little more limber. "It's only one. It's not like you're going to turn back into a child, but Gods. My superior is going to be disapointed in me for letting that happen." Sighing once more and patting the ground, "Sit down."
[23:46] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes widen in alarm. "They'd do that? I never even swallowed!" she cries in alarm, nonetheless going to sit next to the foxy celestial, setting the bitten into apple and the bitten off chunk to the side and wiping her saliva-slicked palm on the grass.
[23:49] <Kotono> "This tree is one of the trees of Idun. These golden apples," she holds up the one she caught, "Are a form of food for the divinities and greater celestials who live in this realm. Mortal bodies are so rejuvenated that it turns back the flow and ebb of time." Rubbing her temple, "That apple's going to give you a few years of your life back, in essence."
[23:51] <Alicia> "I... do feel a bit more supple," Alicia admits, stretching out her right arm and examining her skin tone. She briefly looks down at her exposed chest and squints before blushing and raising her gaze. "How much trouble are we in, now?"
[23:53] <Kotono> "You?" A shrug, "You'll be okay. It's not like they're going to smite you. If Strength of Light send you for this errand, you're not some random thief. You might get a geas or a questing spell. You may as well finish the apple, by the way, that cat is out of the pouch."
[23:53] <Alicia> "If just a taste of it on my tongue did that, won't eating the whole thing turn me into a child?" Alicia asks uneasily.
[23:55] <Kotono> "Each apple works on a mere bite. Once you do that, the magic channels into you. Your mortal body instinctively hoards that sort of otherworldy rejuvenation." A shrug again as she polishes her apple, putting it down. "You won't get any younger from that apple you bit into now."
[23:56] <Kotono> After a moment, "Do you kno whow lightning travles towards metal over most other things? It's somewhat like that."
[23:57] <Alicia> "I suppose I might as well get a chance to taste it, if it's no good to anyone else," Alicia shrugs, picking up her discarded apple and taking a proper bite.
[23:58] <Kotono> Alicia bites the apple! It tastes like...Alicia isn't sure. It doesn't really taste like food. It tastes -good-. No, better than good. Great. Outstanding. It's like biting into childhood and sunshine and rainbows and life. To describe it as eating mere food is a disgrace to what it is.
06[23:59] * Alicia polishes off the apple in record time, leaving naught but a ravaged and nearly bare core, which she sets down beside her. "Mmmm, that was good... at least I don't look too much younger, I suppose. Probably should avoid any questions if I'm lucky."
Session Time: Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Kotono> "Syala," She says, "My name is Syala." The angel looks up to the heavens, "Why in the world did you take off your clothes midway through that chase?"
[00:02] <Alicia> "I had to turn into a gnome so I could fit through those tunnels!" Alicia replies indignantly. "I'd have been tripping all over myself if I'd kept them on!" She looks over the deva clad in naught but plays of light, "Besides, I thought you were just a fox, so it'd hardly matter."
[00:03] <Kotono> "I think you have a serious problem with making assumptions," Syala retorts, "Oh, the fox is just a fox! Oh, the apple is just an apple!"
06[00:04] * Alicia winces. "Yes, well..." she can't really think of a good comeback to that. "We're both women anyway, at least."
[00:07] <Kotono> "Truth. I care little about the physical body anyway. It's merely a shell fo rthe spirit." Now her gaze travels to the fine branch lying there, knocked over. "There's your real prize. You should get started on it."
[00:11] <Alicia> "You're right. I'll get dressed first, anyway," Alicia clambers to her feet, surreptitiously pressing her palm against the bark of the tree behind her as she rises and channelling her remaining twelve levels of spellfire into it. It has some strange abilities she doesn't fully understand, so maybe it'll help the tree bear more fruit to cover the one she took.
[00:11] <Alicia> Walking over to her wadded up clothing, she starts to get dressed, glancing sidelong at Syala as she does so. "By the way... you remind me a lot of a friend of mine. Were you an eladrin at an earlier stage of your existence?" she asks curiously.
[00:11] <Kotono> "No." With a long look at Alicia, "Who do I remind you of, exactly?"
[00:14] <Alicia> "A coure eladrin named Marielle," Alicia shrugs innocently as she ties her brasierre in place. "She's a servant of Mystra and she sometimes talks as if she might become a deva instead of a greater eladrin herself, in time. I just wondered how common that might be."
[00:14] <Alicia> She doesn't mention that Syala doesn't seem much at all like any of the other astral devas she's met.
[00:17] <Kotono> "I suppose it's possible. I'm not sure myself, I've spent most of my time at this tree."
06[00:19] * Alicia nods after tugging her tunic down over her neck. "You'd probably like her, you have somewhat similar mannerisms," she concludes, letting the matter drop as she collects her knife and goes over to examine the fallen branch.
[00:29] <Kotono> It's about five feet long and a litle change. It's bark is a soft, deep gray-brown. A few flecks of it are missing, showing ash-white and gold wood beneath.
[00:30] <Alicia> OOC: does my pocket-knife count as an appropriate tool for craft checks?
[00:30] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, it seems unusually well suited to it.
[00:30] <Alicia> OOC: enough so to be considered masterwork?
[00:30] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[00:31] <Alicia> OOC: phew!
06[00:31] * Alicia sits down cross-legged with the stick across her knees and hums to herself as she gets to work on whittling the wood down to a smooth finish to make herself a servicable quarterstaff.
[00:32] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 13 on the DC 12 check to make a simple weapon
[00:35] <Kotono> Alicia finds that time whizzes by her as she works! Cutting and trimming and polishing and going! In some vague sort of way she knows that she's utterly absorbed, noting with a detached air that Syala comes to shine by her during the night. The thought of sleep passes her mind, but it seems...irrelevant as she works. Another day comes, noon passing. It's only then that Alicia stirs, feeling drained. But in her hands is a quarterstaff that looks
[00:35] <Kotono> It's only then that Alicia stirs, feeling drained. But in her hands is a quarterstaff that looks like bands of ashwood and gold molded together. It's weight is comforting in Alicia's hands, just right.
06[00:39] * Alicia folds up her pocket-knife and... pockets it, before using the quarterstaff as a lever to stand up with, stretching her legs and arms out.
[00:39] <Alicia> "Mmmm..." she hefts her new weapon in her hands, testing its weight for a moment before abruptly lashing out at thin air, performing a quick series of dizzying strikes using both ends of the wood to full effect. She then stops abruptly and nods in satisfaction. "I think I had help making this," she confesses to her angelic companion.
[00:40] <Kotono> "It's the wood. It's far removed from normal wood as an angel is removed from a mortal." Syala shrugs, "You did decent work. Go ahead and go when you're ready; take a last look and go. Once you walk out, you'll find yourself back in the forest grove near the fjord. Don't bother looking for the cave to here, you won't find it again."
[00:42] <Alicia> "Don't worry, I'm not going to come running back trying to gain eternal youth or anything silly like that - I'd never have eaten the thing if I'd known," Alicia apologises embarrassedly. "Anyway, good luck to you in your future battles, Syala of the Tree of Idun," she salutes to the deva with her staff before turning and heading back to the cave.
[00:44] <Kotono> Alicia finds it to be a straight down slope, short passage to an exit now. On exiting out of the changed cave, Alicia stands in the grove where she met the fox. No cave entrance is around. The air blows clear and cold, the fjord's freezing waters below.
06[00:47] * Alicia decides to gather up a few of those berries, just something to take the edge off her hunger before casting a spell of protection against the cold and swimming across the fjord and walking back to the volcano.
[00:49] <Kotono> The trip back is without incident. Alicia is decidedly fatigued when she returns, coming back to STrength of Light's tent. Antenora is there, armor and gearless. She wears a simple, rough homespun dress of white. She's half lying down on the floor, eyes slipping shut off and on. She sits up as Alicia enters. "Alicia," Around a yawn, "You're back!"
06[00:50] * Alicia wonders if the erinyes had to make that dress herself. "No sign of Latha or Strength of Light?" she asks, coming in and sitting next to her friend.
[00:52] <Kotono> "Strength of Light is seeing to the battles. Latha's not back yet, he told me to wait here and tell anyone else who came to wait." Lying back down now, "I don't know how long he's going to be, but I'm exhausted."
[00:54] <Alicia> "I could do with a rest, anyway," Alicia admits, looking for a comfy spot to lay down as well. "Are we allowed to talk about our tasks after they've been done?"
[00:54] <Kotono> There's several, including pillows and a few blankets. "He said it was fine." Yawning again herself, "Oh, and Alicia?"
[00:55] <Alicia> "Yes?" Alicia asks, setting up a pillow next to Antenora and laying down before pulling a blanket over herself.
[00:55] <Kotono> "Sorry." Blushing now, "I wasn't expecting to be effected so much by drinking." Her gaze is pointedly not looking at Alicia, not at all.
[00:57] <Alicia> "Nothing to apologise for," Alicia waves it off, reaching over to pat the erinyes on the shoulder. "You only meant well by what you said." Letting that settle for a moment and then seeking to draw a line under it, "So, what was your task?" she asks.
[01:00] <Kotono> "Well, I had to leave all of my gear behind. I was supposed to find a special sheep and shear it. I flew around a time until I came onto a valley and village. Beautiful place, full of warriors and maidens." Antenora's eyes close, a yawn rippling through her. "I found out that sheep with fleeces as white as snow lived up the nearby mountains. After some work I found one...and chased. It ran off into a cave. The problem was?" Wincing now, "It wa
[01:01] <Kotono> and chased. It ran off into a cave. The problem was?" Wincing now, "It was a cave full of dwarves who wanted to fight. I had to hold them off without a weapon, while chasing down the sheep. The worst part? It was a low ceiling. I couldn't fly."
06[01:02] * Alicia tries not to snicker at the mere concept of Antenora's adventures in sheep shearing, only urging her friend to go on. "So how did you get past them?" she asks, smiling.
[01:04] <Kotono> "A got a club from one of them and cracked a few heads, fighting a running battle while I chased the sheep around the entire Mystra cursed cavern. I eventually got it and got out. I was nearly dead, wobbling, and my clothes had been so torn up that they'd fallen off entirely. So there I was, naked, with just a club in one hand, a sheep under the other, and a pair of shears pressed against my chest."
06[01:05] * Alicia raises an eyebrow. Nudity seems to be a prevalent theme here... "Was the sheep at least agreeable?"
[01:07] <Kotono> "No." With an open scowl, "It bit me, but it wasn't strong enough to penetrate my skin. Anyway, I got to town, was able to hastily get someone's attention and borrow a dress, and then get walked through how to quickly make a dress. Once I started, it mostly worked out on it's own accord."
[01:09] <Alicia> "And a very nice dress it is, too," Alicia compliments nicely. "For my part, I had to make a quarterstaff," she explains her task to return the favour. "I found some trees near that fjord we arrived in, but no suitable branches. Then a celestial fox appeared and offered to lead me to a suitable branch when I asked for help."
[01:09] <Kotono> "Go on," Antenora listens, focusing on Alicia. "It can't have been as trying as mine."
[01:11] <Alicia> "Probably not," Alicia admits. "The fox led me into a small cramped cave filled with sharp thorns which were hard for me to negotiate, so I turned myself into a gnome to more easily fit. Of course, that made my clothes stop fitting, so I had to strip lest I trip all over them."
[01:11] <Alicia> "Anyway, I followed the fox past the thorns, then over a few pits of lava, then we ducked under an ill-tempered lion that was blocking the tunnel, before finally leaving the cave and coming into a clearing..."
[01:12] <Kotono> "Huh." Antenora scowls a moment, "You...no. Even at the worst, he's an angel. There's no way, it's just coincidence. So go on. It sounds dangerous so far, but you made it through those intact"
06[01:14] * Alicia nods. "The clearing had a single tree in it, and the fox then transformed into an astral deva and said she wouldn't let me have anything from the tree. This being Ysgard, those were fighting words..." she chuckles.
[01:14] <Alicia> "She summoned animals to attack me at first, but after I snapped a wolf's neck and burnt an eagle to ash she attacked me herself. She overextended, though, and I snagged her mace away before beating her up with it until she surrendered."
[01:15] <Kotono> "Good!" Antenora returns that laugh with a triumphant smirk of her own.
[01:18] <Alicia> "Anyway, she'd gotten pretty riled up by me taking her mace, and during the fight a nice branch as well as some apples had fallen from the tree. So after I returned her weapon I picked up some apples for us to both eat while we recovered - she wasn't happy about that, though, and said I should only take the branch."
[01:18] <Alicia> "So I wound up carving it down to make this very nice staff," she holds it up for Antenora to see.
[01:22] <Kotono> "Nicely done," Antenora looks thes atff over. "Strength of Light said my dress was well made. I think he'll say the same about that, too."
[01:23] <Alicia> "It's like a magic staff except I somehow know it'll only function that way for me," Alicia admits, laying back on her pillow. "Is your dress like that as well?"
[01:23] <Kotono> "Yes. It makes me fly faster." Antenora smiles faintly, letting her eyes close. "I'm happy with the work."
[01:25] <Alicia> "I'm glad," Alicia smiles pleasantly, closing her eyes as well, doing her best to ignore the din of battle outside and hoping they don't have a party in here while she's sleeping. "Good night."
[01:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[01:26] <Kotono> "Sleep well, Alicia." Antenora says, lowering her voice to a whisper. "You look so refreshed and radiant. Try not to lose that the next time Esthan appears."
06[01:27] * Alicia looks a bit guilty, knowing that not all of her refreshed appearance merely comes from clean living and a positive demeanour. "I'll try," she nonetheless promises.
[20:15] <Kotono> -----------
05[20:16] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
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[20:18] <Kotono> Sleep comes long and deep for Alicia. It's a sleep of heroic dreams. In her mind's eye she sees battles fought and battles to be, slaying all and overcoming incredible obsticles. Her blood boils with righteous fury in her dreams, a haze of forgotten, ethereal victories. On awakening, Alicia finds that nature's most basic calls are what stir her. She's hungry, too. Antenora is sitting up nearby, Latha sitting next to her.
06[20:19] * Alicia does have to tend to herself, but a reunion with a friend takes precedence. "Mmm..." she rubs her eyes and yawns as she sits up before seeing the deva and brightening. "Latha! How was your task?" she asks interestedly.
[20:20] <Kotono> Latha holds up a halo in her hands. It looks forged of silver. "I succeeded," she answers, "AT some difficulty and a long trip. How are you?"
[20:20] <Kotono> "You've been asleep about 20 hours," Antenora answers, "I slept for about 12 myself."
[20:21] <Alicia> "That long?" Alicia looks somewhat alarmed. No wonder she needs to go so badly... but she can afford to wait a moment longer. "What did you have to do?" she asks.
[20:22] <Kotono> "I had to descend deeper into Ysgard and mine a vein of silver, then create this," She answers, "Cold forged with my own hands."
06[20:24] * Alicia nods, climbing to her feet. "I'm glad you succeeded without permanent harm," she smiles. "I have to go do something, but I'll be back in a moment - do either of you want me to bring any food back?"
[20:26] <Kotono> "We're fine," Latha says. "Go on."
06[20:27] * Alicia scurries out to find either a water closet or an appropriately drained and private ditch so she can do her dirty business, cleans herself off, sees about scavenging some breakfast, and then returns to join her friends.
[20:29] <Kotono> Personal matters go without incident. Food is found, leftovers from the feast of the night before. The battles rage beyond here, but in the tent is silence and peace, mostly. STrength of Light is there when you return, waiting. "It looks like all three of you more or less succeeded."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Barely." Antenora rubs her side, "Those dwarves were as persistant as hungry lemures."
[20:30] <Kotono> "I was expecting nothing less than success." Smirking to all three, "Though Alicia?"
[20:31] <Alicia> "Yes?" Alicia asks, inwardly cringing at the rebuke to come. She'd never have touched those damn apples if she'd had any sort of warning!
[20:32] <Kotono> "Watch what you put in your mouth." He smirks, "It fell on the ground and you still put it right in. You're probably going to end up with a geas at some point soon over that. You're lucky you had a reason to be there, or you'd have been smitten on the spot."
[20:32] <Kotono> "What?" Latha looks askance at Alicia. "What did you do?"
[20:36] <Alicia> "I ate an apple from the Tree of Idun," Alicia winces unhappily. "I wouldn't have touched the damn thing if anyone had warned me - where I come from the rule is that if it's on the ground then it's fair game, and as far as I knew it was just a normal Ysgardian apple..."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Look at it this way. You'll have a chance to prove your bravery again soon." Strength of Light's smile grows, "You'll be taske dot smite something, or defeat a terrible foe! Enjoy what you've gotten back, I say."
[20:39] <Alicia> "It's true I don't mind being asked to go and do something nice," Alicia admits. "I just hate feeling so guilty over an honest mistake." Sighing and looking upwards, "At least it seemed to have a minimal effect on me. I don't feel or look that different."
[20:39] <Kotono> "What did it do?" Antenora peers at Alicia closely.
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[20:40] <Alicia> "Made me younger," Alicia replies flatly. "I didn't ask it to," she then reiterates.
[20:40] <Kotono> "I've heard of those. Something to do with reju-ah."
[20:40] <Kotono> Latha stops midsentence.
[20:42] <Kotono> "Don't pout," Strength of Light interjects. "It'll give you wrinkles right back. Let's move on."
[20:42] <Alicia> "Yes, lets!" Alicia nods decisively, very keen to move past her fruity faux pas.
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[20:46] <Kotono> "Each of you got what you need. Now then, Alicia's is a powerful weapon, Antenora's increases her speed of flying, LAtha's increases the power of her protective aura. Now it's time to put those to the test. Go out and travel to the northwest, until you come to a valley surrounded by glacers and high mountain peaks. Lairing there is a spawn of the Serpent that wraps around the world, Jormungandr. Prove yourselves by subduing it to your will and
[20:46] <Kotono> Jormungandr. Prove yourselves by subduing it to your will and ride it back to me."
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 planes, Jormungandr?
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 planes, Jormungandr? and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: and spawn thereof
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 Latha
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 Latha and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[20:50] <Alicia> "Should be fun..." Alicia remarks after a moment to digest that, only belatedly noticing the word 'spawn' and damping down her utter incredulity at the task. "You two think we're up to it?" she asks her brave companions.
[20:51] <Kotono> "I am." Antenora eyes Strength of Light, "Of course we are. What are we, cowards?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Being a coward and knowing your limits are two different things," Alicia cautions. "Regardless, I think we can handle this."
[20:53] <Kotono> "Good! Go ahead, I expect to see you back with success," Strength of Light boasts, "With glorious victory and bravery behind you!"
[20:54] <Alicia> "Alright. I'll see if I can grab some supplies from the encampment before we depart, so we won't need to spend much time foraging. Shall we?" she asks her friends, grabbing her staff and starting for the tent-flap.
[20:55] <Kotono> Alicia can gather up food and a bag to carry it in if she wishes. Once she's taken what she desires, Antenora and Latha await.
06[21:10] * Alicia brings enough food to last her and Antenora the next three days, tieing the bag to the end of her quarterstaff which she balances on her shoulder. Reuniting with her friends, they set off for the Northeast!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[21:16] <Kotono> The trio heads northwest as commanded! The first day takes fly spells and time. By the late afternoon, the trio is past the immediate mountains. They are travelling a hilly dale, a gap between the various peaks. As you travel it, they see something coming down, af ew hills away. It looks like a few dozen quadrapeds.
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[21:17] <Kotono> "Half ram, half human. They are bariaur, guardians of Ysgard," Latha peers ahead, a hand over her eye to shield from the sun above.
[21:18] <Alicia> "Think they'll want to pick a fight?" Alicia asks warily.
[21:18] <Kotono> Latha shrugs. "To that, I don't know. They are nomadic wanderers who enjoy battle and vanquishing evil."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Hopefully they won't give us any trouble," Alicia muses, nonetheless casting Voice of the Archon to give her a bit more authority in dealing with them should they press the group. "Lets keep going and leave them alone if they leave us alone."
[21:21] <Kotono> The three advance along. As they get closer, Alicia can see they resemble tanned, muscled humans for the upper body, with the lower body being like that of a ram, and with a pair of impressive horns on their heads. The pack is lead by one hefting a large greataxe. They come your way, "Ho there!" The lead one calls.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Hail!" Alicia calls back in the bombastic tone that this plane seemingly calls for, her voice coming out powerfully thanks to the spell she has augmenting it. "Brave Bariaurs of Ysgard, we three warriors seek a mighty spawn of Jormungandr in the glaciers ahead! What quest currently drives your pack onwards?" Surely everyone here is doing something suitably heroic, right?
[21:26] <Kotono> "Hail!" The lead one trots forward, raising his axe in salute, "I am Jargard, defender of Ysgard! We hunt the scent of a vile pack of barbazu and erinyes that have dared to set foot in this holy land! We will hunt them down and banish them from this place forevermore!"
[21:29] <Alicia> "Truly?" Alicia glances briefly at her companions. "My friends and I have experience in battling fiends such as those, and the serpent we seek is unlikely to move elsewhere. If you would have us, we would be glad to postpone our quest and aid you in expelling these baatezu."
[21:29] <Kotono> Antenora smiles tightly and nods.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Brave words!" The lead one trots forward a few more steps. "We would welcome you to our aide! After these fiends are vanquished, I shall escort you to the valley where the serpent dens."
[21:33] <Alicia> "A fair trade," Alicia nods. "If you know where the devils you seek are, lead the way and we will follow to lend our might to your own."
[21:34] <Kotono> "We are hot on their trail. Within a fe days we hope to finish the hunt," Jargard declares. "We shall night here, to celebrate finding some fast friends, and begin the hunt anew tomorrow!"
[21:36] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia agrees. "My name is Alicia Reynes. My friends here are Latha and Antenora," she introduces each in turn. "We are honoured to stand with you and yours against the tyranny of Hell, Jargard."
[21:51] <Kotono> "We are the Tribe of the Golden Horn." Jargard introduces.
[21:53] <Alicia> "Well met," Alicia inclines her head. "Do you have a means to banish the fiends and prevent them from simply resurrecting as all others do on Ysgard?" Latha could plane-shift them, but depending on how many there are that could be a lot of pressure on one person.
[21:57] <Kotono> "This axe." Hefting it high, "It will banish them bakc to Hell. My archers are armed with silver arrows of banishing as well."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia smiles. "We'll fight to disable and distract them so that you can finish them off, when battle is joined."
[22:00] <Kotono> "You will be welcome! Until that time," The bariuars dismount supplies carried on their backs, food and drink, "We shall celebrate!"
[22:00] <Kotono> "Brave battle and loud celebration. IT seems to be a theme here," Antenora observes.
[22:01] <Kotono> "They're very dedicated to it," Latha hides a smile with her hand, scratching her face. "It is not a bad eternity at all."
[22:03] <Alicia> "It's nice," Alicia replies thoughtfully. "For all the fantastic and epic adventures we have, we never really exult in it the way people do here - we treat it more like a very serious job. I suppose the fact no one can die here helps, but overall everything just feels so much more... storybook."
[22:04] <Kotono> "Here, it's to live in fantasy and the moment. Desires are channeled into positive results, little is held back. In bravery there is no evil or wrong, only justice and good deeds." Latha does smile at that, "A pleasing place for a stout hearted warrior."
[22:04] <Kotono> "Well, let's celebrate?" Antenora speaks up here, "It sounds like a fine idea."
06[22:05] * Alicia agrees and breaks off from their little huddle to mingle freely with the goat-men. Eat, drink, and be merry; for tomorrow we may die. And then get back up again the next day.
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Going to do antyhing in particular or just celebrate?
[22:07] <Alicia> OOC: just that, basically
[22:09] <Kotono> The night passes well. Fortunately, Antenora says quite sober this time and nothing of note happens. The next morning is another bright, cold day, the group heading alongwards on the hunt. (More)
[22:15] <Kotono> The afternoon has lead the group to a rock cliffside. It can be ascended straight up, slowly. There's about 120 feet to go, the group advancing on. As they do...
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[22:16] <Kotono> Latha stops here, and in Alicia's mind, 'I can see something peeking over the edge of the top. I saw a barbazu's glaive, too.'
06[22:19] * Alicia stops as well. 'Tell Antenora and Jargard,' she suggests. This is the Bariaur's hunt, after all. She has a few ideas, but doesn't want to run off without coordination, and the devils would surely hear them talking this close.
[22:20] <Kotono> Jargard is already reacting, motioning the bariaur forward! "Our prey has been spotted! Come, noble warriors, it is time to lay Hell low! Charge and show them the power of Ysgard!"
[22:20] <Kotono> 'Already did,' Latha replies back as this happens.
[22:21] <Alicia> "Lets go, then!" Alicia calls, casting Fly and taking to the air!
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[20:09] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+16
[20:09] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+10
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:09] <Kotono> > Latha stops here, and in Alicia's mind, 'I can see something peeking over the edge of the top. I saw a barbazu's glaive, too.'
[20:09] <Kotono> * Alicia stops as well. 'Tell Antenora and Jargard,' she suggests. This is the Bariaur's hunt, after all. She has a few ideas, but doesn't want to run off without coordination, and the devils would surely hear them talking this close.
[20:09] <Kotono> > Jargard is already reacting, motioning the bariaur forward! "Our prey has been spotted! Come, noble warriors, it is time to lay Hell low! Charge and show them the power of Ysgard!"
[20:09] <Kotono> > 'Already did,' Latha replies back as this happens.
[20:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Lets go, then!" Alicia calls, casting Fly and taking to the air!
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Let's roll initaitve here?
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 21." [1d20=16]
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20 group bariuar init
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 group bariuar init and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Jargard
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Jargard and gets 10." [1d20=10]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 14." [1d20=9]
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to '????1=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=????2>????3>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:15] <Kotono> Antenora takes to the air, flying up and ahead a total of one hundred feet! A moment later, a beautiful woman with wings of black fire crests the ridge, her face a mask of contempt! "Hordes of Perdition, come!" she calls!
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[20:16] <Kotono> But nothing happens, only a few burning pentagrams appear that bring no reinforcements at all! Latha meanwhile flies about, bestowing Holy Aura on Alicia, Jargard and other allies! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:17] * Alicia casts shield and flies straight up, only covering fifteen feet with her slower method of flight.
03[20:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=????2>????3>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:18] <Kotono> "Surrender!" Antenora demands of the erinyes, "Surrender and listen! There's a better way than this!" Meanwhile, a Bearded Devil crests the ridge as well, bellowing a cry of infernal fury!
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 27." [1d100=27]
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 2d10
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10 and gets 14." [2d10=8, 6]
03[20:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(14 of them)>????3>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:20] <Kotono> Brimstone and fire fill the air as a small horde of groaning lemures stumble forth! They start to slide down the hill, like a tidal wave of blobby, cursed flesh! A moment later, another erinyes flies up! This one is male, much more 'traditional' in appearance He has a wicked scythe in hand, too large for him and yet held easily! He draws infernal patters in the air with it!
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
03[20:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(14 of them)>Erinyes 2>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:23] <Kotono> But nothing happens! Jargard charges up the slope, leading the ram like celestials as they ascend 80 feet in a wild hurry! A split second later, the flaming erinyes sneers at Antenora, "A traitor? Suffer5!" she calls, as a black miasma springs up around Antenora!
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[20:24] <Kotono> But the spell parts around Antenora, as if it never was at all! Antenora sighs, before charging the erinyes with her own quick movement!
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, -4 nonlethal, -12 PA)
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, +7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, -4 nonlethal, -12 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: +2 more for bane, but still a hit.
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d6+1d6+36
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+1d6+36 and gets 43." [1d6=6][1d6=1]
[20:29] <Kotono> With a powerful blow right to the head of the erinyes, Antenora staggers it, sending her wobbling in the air! A moment later Latha surges forward, a holy smite bursting amid the gathered lemure horde! OOC: I'll call it getting six of them since it's a 20ft burst and they're mindlessly sliding down the hill.
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 8." [1d20=5]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 17." [1d20=14]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 7." [1d20=4]
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 10d6 likely moot
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 likely moot and gets 35." [10d6=3, 3, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 1]
03[20:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(8 of them)>Erinyes 2>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:32] <Kotono> The center of the lemure horde is burst open, six of them sent back to Hell with a powerful smite! OOC: Alicia and the bearded devil are up.
06[20:34] * Alicia flies forward forty feet and up a further five, targetting male erinyes with a crackling red ray of negative energy! "Be wracked and crippled!" she calls as the spell lances forth!
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 devotion
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 devotion and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 ranged touch
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 ranged touch and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels (also takes 5 negative energy damage)
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels (also takes 5 negative energy damage) and gets 2." [1d4=2]
03[20:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(8 of them)>Erinyes 2(-2 lvl)>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:36] <Kotono> AS the beam flies out, withering the male erinyes massively, the bearded devil bellows again! It charges forward, going ahead to meet Jargard with it's glaive out!
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d10+9
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+9 and gets 14." [1d10=5]
[20:38] <Kotono> The fiend draws a jagged wound on Jargard's flank, bleeding profusely! Meanwhile, the lemures surge forward, reaching the front of the bairuar line!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 8#1d20+4 (+2 charge)
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8#1d20+4 (+2 charge) and gets 99." [8#1d20+4 = 13, 17, 20, 16, 5, 5, 15, 8]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 5#1d4
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5#1d4 and gets 12." [5#1d4 = 2, 2, 1, 3, 4]
[20:40] <Kotono> Various minor woulds are drawn on the bariuar, but no serious ones at all! The scythe erinye sstaggers, before charging right at Alicia! "I know you!" His face is half excited, yet with a glimpse of something else - fear. "Alicia Reynes! I will claim your head for Hell!"
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -2 lvl, -2 PA)
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -2 lvl, -2 PA) and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: 23 (25 if within 20ft of Latha)
[20:41] <Kotono> Clang! Alicia brings up her quarterstaff, the metal of the scythe clanging off it, yet the wood is silent! At this, Jargard lays into his opponent!
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 (-2 PA)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 (-2 PA) and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 PA)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 PA) and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d12+12
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12+12 and gets 16." [1d12=4]
[20:42] <Kotono> A moment later, the barier lay into the foes ahead of them, while archers hang back and fire arrows at the male erinyes and Bearded Devil!
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 10#1d20+3
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10#1d20+3 and gets 106." [10#1d20+3 = 4, 10, 9, 16, 7, 8, 6, 23, 6, 17]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit check
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 crit check and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1#1d6+2
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1#1d6+2 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d6=4]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 3#1d6+2
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3#1d6+2 and gets 16." [3#1d6+2 = 5, 8, 3]
[20:45] <Kotono> The various lemures are slashed back, the battleline pushed back slightly! As the female Erinyes snarls, she exchanges blows with Antenora! "Begone, traitor!"
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 17." [1d20=3]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d8+5
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 and gets 10." [1d8=5]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+3 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, -4 nonlethal, -9 PA)
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+3 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, -4 nonlethal, -9 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+3 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, -4 nonlethal, -9 PA)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+3 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, -4 nonlethal, -9 PA) and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: -2 to that.
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 and gets 4." [1d20=5]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d6+1d6+30
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+1d6+30 and gets 36." [1d6=2][1d6=4]
[20:49] <Kotono> With another massively staggering blow, Antenora takes a sword wound as she clubs the erinyes right over the head! Latha once again lets a holy smite out, getting 5 lemures this time!
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 5#1d20+3
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5#1d20+3 and gets 88." [5#1d20+3 = 23, 19, 9, 15, 22]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 10d6 halved if it matters
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 halved if it matters and gets 30." [10d6=5, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4]
03[20:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(3 of them)>Erinyes 2(-2 lvl)>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:50] <Kotono> More lemures are vaporized, reduced to naught by ruin and ash! OOC: Alicia.
[20:51] <Alicia> "You know who I am but still think you can claim my head?" Alicia asks the erinyes in disbelief after parrying aside his scythe. "Insane," she shakes her head, laying into him with a flurry of bludgeoning strikes!
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 -4 nonlethal, divine might, 5th and 2nd level arcane strike and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 37." [1d6=1][7d4=4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 45." [1d6=6][7d4=2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 37." [1d6=5][7d4=2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 39." [1d6=3][7d4=3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 39." [1d6=3][7d4=2, 1, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+7d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+7d4 and gets 45." [1d6=5][7d4=4, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4]
03[20:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(3 of them)>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:54] <Kotono> The erinyes is battered and broken, knocekd around before it collapses to the slope in a beaten heap! The Bearded Devil swears at this, but fights on!
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d10+5
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+5 and gets 6." [1d10=1]
[20:55] <Kotono> He lands another scraping wound on the bariuar leader, but it's not enough to down him! It only seems to drive him on, as the last few lemures claw mindlessly!
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[20:56] <Kotono> But the wounds they inflict are pointless and weak, only a single one of any minor note! Jargard retorts, holding bakc for the moment as the arrows fly, belated but going!
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows Bearded
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows Bearded
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows Bearded
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows Bearded and gets 23." [1d20=18]
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows Bearded and gets 24." [1d20=19]
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows Bearded and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows Bearded crit?
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows Bearded crit? and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[20:57] <Kotono> Three arrows impale the bearded devil, gleaming with silver before the fiend vanishes away to whence it came! Arrows and blades tear into the remaining lemures!
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows lemures
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows lemures
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 arrows lemures
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows lemures and gets 7." [1d20=2]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows lemures and gets 7." [1d20=2]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 arrows lemures and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)=Bearded Devil=Lemures(2 of them)>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:58] <Kotono> 10#1d20+3
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10#1d20+3 and gets 139." [10#1d20+3 = 14, 17, 11, 22, 6, 13, 14, 15, 21, 6]
03[20:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Erinyes=Antenora(21)>Latha(19)>Alicia(15)>Jargard(10)>Bariuar(3)'
[20:58] <Kotono> Under those slashes and hits, the lemures are finished off! Meanwhile, the last erinyes staggers, trying to withdraw as Antenora strikes!
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-3 PA, +2 FS 7/10)
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-3 PA, +2 FS 7/10) and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 3d6+1d6+48
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+1d6+48 and gets 65." [3d6=4, 2, 5][1d6=6]
[21:00] <Kotono> As the erinyes tries to withdraw, Antenora's blows are too much! She falls as well, the battle over! OOC: Free act.
[21:00] <Kotono> "Back to Hell with you," Latha declares, as the bariaur cheer!
[21:00] <Alicia> Before the erinyes can be banished away, Alicia looks to see if the female has similar sized feet as her, and if so was she wearing any footwear?
[21:01] <Kotono> The female has slightly smaller feet than Alicia. She's wearing open sandals.
[21:02] <Kotono> Antenora kneels before the downed female erinyes, studying her face as she brushes back her hair.
[21:03] <Alicia> Well, sandals can be easily adjusted, and Alicia's sick of walking everywhere barefoot, even if the healing properties of Ysgard look after her feet. "Recognise her?" she asks gently, landing next to Antenora.
[21:04] <Kotono> "No. Just one in a countless infinity of damned souls." Antenora looks on at her, down. "I asked her in voice and in her mind, and both times she sneered. Just like I did...would she ever reach the same conclusions I did, if given a chance?" Keeping her voice very low, barely carrying over the loud cheers behind you, "The other one knew you?"
[21:06] <Alicia> "Recognised me, anyway," Alicia shrugs, looking back down the slope at where he fell. "As to her potential, you're more qualified than I to answer that question. If she's not even willing to pay lip-service to the idea, though..."
[21:07] <Kotono> "I know." Antenora sighs with a soft murmur of breath escaping her lips. "If we try, we risk her getting away if she can teleport." Below, the male erinyes is surrounded. His scythe has been removed, several bariuar smashing and hacking at it with their scimitars.
[21:12] <Alicia> "And we can't force her to change if she doesn't want to. I learned that with Aym," Alicia sighs as well. It doesn't feel right to steal her shoes when they're brooding like this.
[21:14] <Kotono> Reaching out to smooth the fallen erinyes' face again, "Can you heal her enough to waken? I want to ask, even if it's futile and a risk. If there's any chance of making her see hope for something better, I have to try. It would be too easy to send her back to Hell and forget. Even if it's a gamble and it's a waste of time, I need to try."
[21:15] <Alicia> "The situation's under control, there's really no risk in trying," Alicia agrees, happy to support Antenora in this - it would be wonderful if she succeeded, after all. "First, though," she channels a voice of the archon spell into her staff and then taps Antenora on the head, giving her a wink before healing the prone erinyes.
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: 10hp lay on hands
[21:16] <Kotono> "Hitting me with a long, phallic object. I didn't know you cared." Antenora smiles weakly to that, grasping her club. Her voice is richer now, enrapturing. "Thanks."
06[21:20] * Alicia looks a bit less amused at that implication and silently continues her healing.
[21:20] <Alicia> OOC: 5hp
[21:21] <Kotono> The erinyes stirs a little to that, but not much. "Sorry," Antenora looks away. "Just trying to make light of all of that. Nevermind."
[21:22] <Alicia> "It's fine, I suppose I'm just being overly sensitive," Alicia sighs, wondering just how hard Antenora hit this fiend. A bit more healing and after that they'll have to rely on Ysgard, unless she wants to waste spellfire.
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: wait, no more lay on hands since I lack my cloak
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 spellfire why not, wake up you ditz
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 spellfire why not, wake up you ditz and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[21:24] <Kotono> "Another reason to never get drunk again," Antenora sighs with open regret, "Sorry Ali-" She cuts herself off as the erinyes stirs. Her eyes flutter open, a dazed look over her face.
06[21:26] * Alicia stands back, ready to intervene if the fiend resists violently but leaving Antenora to negotiate. She'll probably have to talk to the poor girl later, but now's not the time.
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora looms over her, face to face and eye to eye. Her hair falls down in a cascade, "Listen to me and listen to me very well. You stand at a crossroads. You can return to Hell and be punished for your failure. You can wallow in pain and impotent fury for centuries as you try and recover from this setback. You can craft a hundred schemes against us in revenge, trying to bring something to soothe the frusturating inside. Alternatively, you ca
[21:28] <Kotono> trying to bring something to soothe the frusturating inside. Alternatively, you can listen to me. You were right, I am a traitor. I turned away from Hell because there's something far better than it. Better than being in an endless competition you can never wind, better than being another cog in the machine. I offer the same chance to you, a chance to find meaning and happiness in your existance."
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 her diplo isn't as high as you might think, despite being a charisma whore.
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 her diplo isn't as high as you might think, despite being a charisma whore. and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[21:29] <Alicia> It's a good speech. Alicia would be convinced, but then she's not a fiend herself...
[21:32] <Kotono> "Della...Bloodflier..." Coughing up a few flecks of blood as the erinyes glares up with hate, "Alicia Reynes." Her eyes lock with Antenora's, before she twists her head aside and closes her eyes tight. "You're doomed."
[21:33] <Kotono> "No, I'm far from doomed," Antenora reaches out, taking her chin and dragging her head back up. "You're going to listen to me." Her other hand goes, pulling an eyelid back. "You're not going to hide from my words or my eyes."
[21:35] <Kotono> The erinyes stares up with a haughty contempt, but in her face and eyes is something else again - fear. A fear hidden but not hidden well at all.
[21:36] <Kotono> "Afraid? Afraid of what your superior is going to do to you?" Antenora presses on, "Afraid of what torments you're going to suffer? What will happen? Pain? Degredation? Rape? Humiliation? Demotion? Oblivion?"
[21:38] <Alicia> "It's not as bad as it could be," Alicia interjects. "Since we can't kill you here you'll be going home without having to endure respawning - only the mercy of whichever devil sent you here."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Shut up," The erinyes struggles a bit, voice rising louder.
[21:40] <Kotono> "You can escape all of it. Come with us. Simply say you want to repent." Antenora locks into her eyes again, "Please. For your sake, for the sake of having a life worth living."
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[21:43] <Kotono> "I'm already damned if my enemies find out I've talked to you two," Hissing low, "Kill me or banish me back, I care not, just do it!"
[21:43] <Kotono> "Mercy?" Antenora raises an eyebrow. "Since when does a devil ask or expect mercy?"
06[21:44] * Alicia thinks Antenora's stretching the point a little, but is content for her to try it her way.
[21:45] <Kotono> "When you're so desperate that you have no other choices?" Antenora looms over her yet, then rises up, kneeling over her. "Take my hand if you want something besides an existance not worthy of a bug."
[21:46] <Kotono> To that, the erinyes snarls. It's fierceness is tempered by open fearn ow, as she spits at Antenora! It splats against her cheek, "The lowliest lemure is superior to you!"
[21:47] <Kotono> "Alicia?" Antenora asks, her eyes closing shut as she sighs.
[21:48] <Alicia> "Then why did she beat the hell out of you?" Alicia asks, wanting to make a point before they send this little princess on her merry way back to the pit. "Even bereft of her heritage, robbed of the supernatural powers you claim as birthright, she still stands tall. Only a few days ago she slew a Molydeus - you can't even fathom how high she's risen, in all respects!"
[22:00] <Kotono> The erinyes shakes, "S-shut up! You sicken me! You're a fool who's turned away from the only thing that matters!"
06[22:03] * Alicia turns and waves for Latha to come over. "Just think on this, though. Is whatever fate Hell has planned for us really that much worse than what gets done to any devil who fails, whether through incompetence or bad luck?"
[22:10] <Kotono> With blanching cheeks, "B-b-better to suffer than to be destroyed!"
[22:13] <Alicia> "You've never known a devil to be obliterated for failure? Or demoted to a defenceless lemure and sent to be ripped apart by tanar'ri on Avernus? It amounts to the same thing..." Alicia trails off and shakes her head. "I don't even know why I'm bothering."
[22:13] <Alicia> "You don't want to repent, fine - we can't force you, and I'm not going to lie and say everything will be perfect if you do. Latha here will send you back to Hell and you can forget all this and go back to doing whatever it is that gives your life meaning."
[22:16] <Kotono> There ia pause as Alicia speaks, then, "....wait," The erinyes croaks.
06[22:17] * Alicia looks back down at the flame-winged baatezu. "What?" she asks, wondering just when Antenora became the good cop and she became the bad cop...
[22:19] <Kotono> "Why?" She looks to Alicia and then Antenora, "You turned down a promotion and struck out against your betters to escape Hell. What madness has gripped you to act like a paladin? Is it her? She talks as sweetly as a Pit Fiend. Were you bribed? Do you sit on a throne of gold in the wretched heavens? Was it souls? Do you feast on the souls of the foolish good dead now?""
06[22:21] * Alicia ... thinks that was a compliment. Of sorts. Nonetheless she lets Antenora explain her own reasons for her change in nature.
[22:21] <Kotono> 'Promotion?' Antenora sends to Alicia a moment, 'News to me.'
[22:22] <Alicia> 'Didn't number eleven offer something like that?'
[22:23] <Kotono> 'Oh yes, that's true. Then again, why would a random erinyes know that?' Antenora says, and then aloud, "I have a reason to live that isn't self destroying hate and tyranny. I was never bribed with anything. I've gained the world: Friends, family, happiness. On this side, you need not bribe anything. Riches of immeasurable value are free."
[22:27] <Kotono> "What a fool..." The erinyes looks up at Antenora, and then back to Alicia. "Fools, both of you. What of power? What of nobility?"
[22:28] <Alicia> "Power we have, in case you haven't noticed the fact that you're the one on the ground right now," Alicia points out. "Nobility... well, I think we have entirely different definitions of that particular term..." Replying mentally to Antenora she says, 'You could ask what her source is?'
[22:32] <Kotono> "You can have everything if you come with us." Antenora smiles to her, 'I will in a moment. One last try, maybe something's sunk into her. Maybe, Mystra willing.'
[22:34] <Kotono> "You defeated us so easily..." The erinyes murmurs, casting her eyes down. "But what about when greater devils come to punish you?"
[22:35] <Kotono> "Ask the Spark Hunters what happens, if Asmodeus or Aesmadeva deigns to leave anything left of the ones that failed," Antenora smiles, a chilly little edge to it. "Ask Agares, former Duke of Stygia. Ask the last curator of the Halls of the Vanquished."
[22:37] <Alicia> "Antenora paints perhaps too rosy a picture. The Pit Fiend Archmage Esthan is too powerful for us right now, although he would rather recruit us for his rebellion against Asmodeus rather than slay us, there may be others matching his power," Alicia puts in, worried that Antenora paints too rosy a picture. "Regardless we strive to become stronger, so that none may threaten us with impunity."
[22:38] <Kotono> "But there is one thing. We are going to triumph." Antenora says, "That I promise you."
[22:41] <Kotono> "I..." Lingering on that...OOC: Make a diplo check, Alicia?
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[22:42] <Kotono> "I...I...don't...don't send me back," At last, the erinyes whispers that.
[22:45] <Alicia> "Stand up," Alicia instructs, stepping back.
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes widen, standing at Alicia's side. The erinyes stumbles, standing up with shaking legs.
[22:47] <Alicia> "What's your name?" Alicia asks the devil. Unlike with Antenora she doesn't press for the True Name, however.
[22:49] <Kotono> "Jezebel," she answers.
[22:55] <Alicia> "Well, Jezebel, you've made a big decision just now," Alicia tells her. "It doesn't matter whether you're sincere or you're just hoping to get the promotion Antenor declined by betraying us, the days ahead are going to be hard for you."
[22:55] <Alicia> "I hope you appreciate that I'm not simply running a care-centre for wayward fiends - redemption may never be closed off, but that doesn't make it easy, despite the rosy picture Antenora may paint."
[22:57] <Kotono> "It's hard," Antenora agrees, "But at the end, the rewards are beyond counting. "
[22:59] <Kotono> Jezebel looks Antenora in the eye, but doesn't say anything. Fear plays over her face again. "If you're sincere," Antenora smiles now, "You don't have anything to fear from us."
06[23:01] * Alicia looks over towards Latha and the Bariaur, curious how they're taking this.
[23:03] <Kotono> The bariaur are celebrating by and large. Latha is standing about thirty feet back, watching quietly. She inclines her head to Alicia when she turns back to her.
06[23:05] * Alicia nods back to Latha before following up on Antenora's earlier musing. "Jezebel," she begins. "You said Antenora turned down a promotion. The Spark Hunter who offered that was being held in captivity at the time and has since been imprisoned on Belierin. How did you know about it?"
[23:08] <Kotono> Biting her lip, "I know of you two from the words of my superior. It was a cautionary tale of the insidious morals of the Heavens. A fiend gaining more power, stolen by the empty words of the Heavens, dooming herself to the inevitable justice that will follow for a high crime."
[23:09] <Kotono> Antenora snorts out loud.
[23:10] <Alicia> Alicia's lip twitches and she bites down for a moment as she starts to convulse, but all too soon her mouth opens and laughter flows forth freely as she has to look away for a moment as she tries to bring her mirth under control.
[23:10] <Kotono> Antenora look sto Alicia, snorting again, shivering and falling into laughter. She leands forward, hands on her knees.
[23:12] <Kotono> Jezebel scowls at the two, but holds her tongue.
[23:13] <Alicia> It takes a moment before Alicia composes herself, still twitching a little bit. "Oh, my... I'm sorry, I don't mean to make fun, it's just too funny. I'm a cautionary tale for upstanding devils!"
[23:14] <Kotono> "About the MENANCE OF GOOD!" Antenora chimes in, wiping her e yes. "Really, I almost think that's brilliant satire."
[23:16] <Kotono> "That's how we know we've really gotten to them." Antenora smirks now, going to thump Alicia's back. "We're the glowing white boogeymen that will get a devil doomed to oblivion."
[23:17] <Alicia> "Ahh... anyway," Alicia shakes her head, trying to put aside the amusing distraction, "You can travel with us for now - give Antenora your sword, though. I want your word that you won't try to sneak away or backstab us, and that you'll seriously consider our words - regardless of how empty you've been told they are."
[20:11] <Kotono> > Biting her lip, "I know of you two from the words of my superior. It was a cautionary tale of the insidious morals of the Heavens. A fiend gaining more power, stolen by the empty words of the Heavens, dooming herself to the inevitable justice that will follow for a high crime."
[20:11] <Kotono> > Antenora snorts out loud.
[20:11] <Kotono> <Alicia> Alicia's lip twitches and she bites down for a moment as she starts to convulse, but all too soon her mouth opens and laughter flows forth freely as she has to look away for a moment as she tries to bring her mirth under control.
[20:11] <Kotono> > Antenora look sto Alicia, snorting again, shivering and falling into laughter. She leands forward, hands on her knees.
[20:11] <Kotono> > Jezebel scowls at the two, but holds her tongue.
[20:11] <Kotono> <Alicia> It takes a moment before Alicia composes herself, still twitching a little bit. "Oh, my... I'm sorry, I don't mean to make fun, it's just too funny. I'm a cautionary tale for upstanding devils!"
[20:12] <Kotono> > "About the MENANCE OF GOOD!" Antenora chimes in, wiping her e yes. "Really, I almost think that's brilliant satire."
[20:12] <Kotono> > "That's how we know we've really gotten to them." Antenora smirks now, going to thump Alicia's back. "We're the glowing white boogeymen that will get a devil doomed to oblivion."
[20:12] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Ahh... anyway," Alicia shakes her head, trying to put aside the amusing distraction, "You can travel with us for now - give Antenora your sword, though. I want your word that you won't try to sneak away or backstab us, and that you'll seriously consider our words - regardless of how empty you've been told they are."
[20:12] <Kotono> Jezebel looks at the two, open skepticism passing over. But she hands over the longsword without incident.
[20:19] <Alicia> "I'll admit, this is a bit strange for me," Alicia admits. "Antenora jumped at the chance to serve me in hopes of bringing me back to Hell with her, and her claims that she could be reformed reeked of being desperate lies. This situation is entirely different, and I'm not even sure whether it makes your prospects better or worse."
[20:19] <Alicia> "Still, I want your word that you won't harm anyone while you travel with us, nor will you attempt to sneak off for the purposes of harming others. It's a fair trade in exchange for our protection, I think."
[20:20] <Kotono> "I promise I won't do so," she says quickly, not really meeting Alicia's eyes.
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 you know, it's odd erinyes don't have ranks in bluff by default.
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 you know, it's odd erinyes don't have ranks in bluff by default. and gets 22." [1d20=17]
06[20:24] * Alicia studies the fiery-winged fiend for a moment longer before nodding. "You're getting off easy compared to what I forced Antenora to do," she notes. "Don't make me regret trusting your lawful nature."
[20:25] <Kotono> 'Now what?' Antenora asks in the vaults of Alicia's mind.
[20:27] <Alicia> 'Now we resume our quest. I'm a bit leery over how easily she surrendered herself to us - don't get too attached,' Alicia cautions in reply.
[20:31] <Kotono> 'I know.' Antenora says quietly.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Come with us," Antenora instructs, turning away and starting to walk.
[20:33] <Alicia> "What were you doing in Ysgard, anyway?" Alicia asks the fiend, hanging back a little to make sure she starts walking before she follows suit.
[20:34] <Kotono> Between Antenora and Alicia, Jezebel walks at their pace. "Looking to find the home of Yurgander, Champion of Selune."
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20 who's that? (+20 if planes, +10 if religion)
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20 who's that? (+20 if planes, +10 if religion) and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[20:40] <Alicia> "I can probably guess what you intended to do once you found him, but indulge me anyway?" Alicia asks as they approach Latha and the Bariaur.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Report back, nothing more," Jezebel says neutraly, as Latha walks up, falling in step with Alicia. She and Jezebel lock eyes, but nothing is said.
06[20:47] * Alicia nods briefly to Latha before she approaches Jargand. "This erinyes has chosen to try and follow the example of Antenora and escape from the grind of Baator," she holds up a hand to forestall the inevitable protest.
[20:47] <Alicia> "I realise it's likely to be a trick, but for a long time Antenora also harboured allusions towards returning triumphantly to Hell with myself in tow. Until she proves herself not to be acting in good faith, Jezebel will enjoy our protection."
[20:48] <Kotono> Jargard grinds his teeth, eyeing Jezebel with harsh looks. But he relents, "Very well. You are champions of power beyond our pack. I do not agree, but I will not interpose myself."
06[20:53] * Alicia looks back at the other erinyes for a moment before turning back to the Bariaur. "It does not particularly thrill me, either, but mercy is not always easy. She will be watched."
[20:55] <Kotono> Jargard nods, "We will celebrate this night," he says, "What of the three of you? Will you celebrate as well? It would be best if she is not there." A look to Jezebel, "If you wish to leave immediately, I will leave the pack behind to begin to take you to your destination."
06[20:57] * Alicia nods. "It would be best if we not tarry further. I apologise for troubling you with this, Jargard,"
[21:03] <Kotono> "It will be a few days travel. We had best leave immediately." OOC: Ready to skip ahead?
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: sure. Latha can watch Jez while Anty and I sleep. We'll chat as we travel to start impressing our morals onto her, much as I used to do with Anty
[21:08] <Kotono> The day passes without incident. Jezebel is mostly quiet, the party setting up camp. As Alicia gets ready for bed, she can note Antenora going to a nearby river to bathe, while Jezebel sits on a log. Latha lingers nearby, keeping a watch on her. Jargard looks up to the stars, lost in his own thoughts.
06[21:11] * Alicia decides to engage Jezebel in conversation for now, going to sit on the log a respectable distance from the erinyes. "What layer of Baator are you originally from, Jezebel?" she begins with something fairly innocuous.
[21:11] <Kotono> "Dis," She answers after a moment, a distant smile on her face. "The realm of Dispater, Father of Iron."
[21:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 what do I know of it?
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 what do I know of it? and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[21:23] <Alicia> "City of paranoia and despair," Alicia nods with a sardonic smile of her own. "Given your wings I'd almost pegged you as coming from Phlegethos. It's interesting the variety in form that comes among your kind - I'd be hard pressed to tell two osyluths apart, but every erinyes has its own unique appearance."
[21:26] <Kotono> "We are unique." Jezebel says, ever so slightly cooing in her voice. "The walls of Dis are iron as hot as magma. You have never known their embrace, I see."
[21:29] <Alicia> "No. For all that Dis may be the most cosmopolitan place in Hell, my trips there have been limited to icy Stygia... although Cania is even colder, so Antenora tells me," Alicia shrugs. "Have you done it often? Tormented those without your immunity to heat by pressing them to those walls?"
[21:30] <Kotono> "Of course. Shower them with kisses as they burn to death." Jezebel's eyes sparkle at Alicia. "Have you ever heard someone scream as they are cooked like a roast in the fire?"
[21:34] <Alicia> "It's fun, isn't it?" Alicia edges closer to the fiend. "Torturing your lessers? Using them for your pleasure and discarding them in the most painfully amusing ways when they no longer hold your interest?" Her voice is breathy and excited as she straddles the log and faces Jezebel fully. "Every scream a testament to your superiority, every corpse a stepping stone to greater heights?"
[21:37] <Kotono> "My, I'd think you're getting into it." Demurely lowering her eyes, "Should I continue talking dirty while you position on that log? I can tell you all about it. Yet somehow, I doubt that is your intent."
[21:39] <Alicia> "I could send you back," Alicia offers instead, her gaze hardening along with her tone. "Since you love it so much. Say the word and we can end this charade."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you weren't supposed to lie and play up sarcasm, paladin." Looking Alicia dead cold in the eyes, "Of course, if you think tormenting your lessers if fun, I can show you. Della is your servant, after all, and a perfect test subject."
[21:45] <Alicia> "Considering how swiftly she incapacitated you, I doubt you'd be in a fit state to do much tormenting at all," Alicia replies dryly. "And I'm being perfectly sincere about one thing - if you find yourself homesick, please tell me. I can send you back without you having to endure the pain of respawning, and we can all forget this ever happened."
[21:47] <Kotono> After a moment, Jezebel nods. "Do it. I've had enough of this to last me an eternity."
[21:53] <Alicia> "It's not for everyone, much as we might wish otherwise," Alicia agrees. "Should you ever have second thoughts, know that the door never closes." Focusing on her innate ability to dispel evil, Alicia is surrounded by a ring of shimmering white energy...
[21:54] <Kotono> Jezebel waits, eyes on Alicia. "Do you think I'm bluffing? Do it." she challenges.
[21:56] <Alicia> Antenora will be sad, Alicia realises, but hopefully she'll understand... "Don't resist," she instructs gently, reaching over and tapping the erinyes on the forehead.
[21:56] <Alicia> OOC: there's SR and she gets a save if she wants it, otherwise she's banished.
[21:58] <Kotono> With that, Jezebel is gone. Latha approaches once she vanishes, "Sorry." she says aloud. "You did all you could, but her heart is still defiance and full of evil."
06[21:59] * Alicia shakes her head, closing her eyes. "It was never going to work. Still, I feel terrible for Antenora - I know how much it would mean for her to be able to guide another out of the pit."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I know she'll understand on one level, even if she's hurt." Latha sits next to Alicia. "Be honest with her...though..." Latha hesitates. "Has something been wrong between the two of you? I heard you arguing before waking Jezebel up earlier today. She kept aplogizing for something."
[22:01] <Kotono> *apologizing
06[22:03] * Alicia didn't think it could be called an argument, but a deva is probably more sensitive to such things... "She's just beating herself up because she got drunk and said some embarrassing things. I'm not holding it against her at all, but she's been walking on eggshells around me lately," she sighs.
[22:04] <Kotono> To that, Latha laughs. It is a golden sound, a melody that turns away darkness and anxiety that festers in your heart. "What a lovely, mortal concern. I do not desire to make light of it, but go and make things right. If that's all that's bothering her, she's truly risen far."
[22:07] <Alicia> "I need to tell her about Jezebel, anyway," Alicia agrees, feeling a bit better after talking to Latha. Getting up, she starts to head towards the river where Antenora is bathing.
[22:08] <Kotono> Antenora is sitting in the river. Brisk, cold waters move around her up to her midsection. She gets doublehandfuls of water, pouring them over her head and splashing her body. "Alicia?" she turns as Alicia approaches.
[22:10] <Alicia> "Jezebel asked to go home," Alicia says without pre-amble as she stands on the bank, wanting to get this over with before moving onto Antenora's recent trepidation.
[22:11] <Kotono> Antenora's arms drop down, the water they were scooping up splashing into her lap. "Damn it back to Hell." She sighs. "Better sooner than later...and we did try," she says, "Thanks."
06[22:14] * Alicia nods, feeling like a heel for having done it even though it was necessary. "I was baiting her, about what her life was like. I told her if she didn't want to go through with this, if she'd rather just forget it and go home, I'd send her back. She called me on it, and so I did as she asked," she concludes honestly.
[22:15] <Kotono> "It's for the best." Antenora looks up at Alicia, a sad smile. "Maybe she was calling your bluff, I don't know. It's alright. It hurts, but I know it's long odds to succeed."
06[22:19] * Alicia doesn't bother with any platitudes, knowing the odds of Jezebel taking her parting words seriously are infintesimal.
[22:19] <Alicia> Instead she elects for a physical gesture that will hopefully provide some comfort as well as reassure Antenora to stop acting so awkwardly, stepping into the river and embracing her friend, heedless of her undress and the water soaking Alicia's own clothes. "I'm sorry," is all she offers.
[22:24] <Kotono> Antenora's back stiffens, before returning the hug. "I'm sorry I lacked self control. Alicia, I love you. But if I ever say I love you in a carnal way, hit me. If I start to get drunk again, hit me twice. It's just stupid, but...It felt like you locked everyone out that evening, brooding and hurting by yourself."
[22:28] <Alicia> "I know," Alicia sighs. "It's how I've always been - that doesn't mean the support you and Marie gave didn't mean a lot, though. You've got nothing to be ashamed of," she gives her friend a squeeze before seperating and holding her gaze, "I know what you really meant, past the drunken veneer."
[22:31] <Kotono> "Good. I know you did, at heart." Antenora smiles to Alicia, holding her gaze as well. " But you know, it bothers me when people start talking about us like that, just like you'd be bothered if people said you and Jessica were lovers because you were close. Just because I love you as a friend and so much more, doesn't mean I love you like THAT." Making a face, "Besides, I'd be with Marie if I was interested in that. Opposites attract, don't the
[22:31] <Kotono> "Besides, I'd be with Marie if I was interested in that. Opposites attract, don't they?"
06[22:35] * Alicia smiles lopsidedly. "She might be thrilled to hear you say that, but I get the feeling she's more interested in the chase," she notes. "Anyway, it does bother me a little as well but you just have to rise above it. There are worse things to be called, after all."
[22:35] <Alicia> Pulling back and climbing back onto the back, she concludes with, "I'll let you finish bathing, now." A quick cantrip will dry and clean herself off in one go, after all.
[22:36] <Kotono> "True. Endurance is a virtue as well." Antenora goes back to bathing, "Oh, and Alicia?"
[22:37] <Alicia> "Yes?" Alicia looks back.
[22:39] <Kotono> Biting her lip, "Something's been bothering me. Just bear with me amoment here. On the Abyss, well..you know what happened in Malcanthet's realm. There was Brightwater and all of that, and now Ysgard. Am I making something out of nothing, or..." spreading her hands. "I mean, we even had a heart to heart talk while I was bathing just now."
06[22:42] * Alicia blinks. "That was me trying to show you that I'm still comfortable around you so you don't need to feel bad," she explains. "We've seen each other naked plenty of times before, and we are both women, so..." she shrugs eloquently. "What about those other places?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Nevermind." Laughing, "I'm just making something out of nothing again. I must be a bit skittish because of the chaos here, nothing more. We'll see each other in the morning?"
[22:45] <Alicia> "Or even tonight once you come out of the river," Alicia replies dryly. "We still have to eat before going to bed, after all. Anyway, I'll see you in a bit," she wanders off to rejoin Latha and Jargard, drying herself off with prestidigitation en route.
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: SKip along?
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[22:47] <Kotono> The next day of travel...
[22:47] <Kotono> d100
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls d100 and gets 36." [d100=36]
[22:49] <Kotono> The next day of travel passes without incident. A few days go on like this, a pleasant blur. One morning, as noon creeps close, you come to a nearly vertical ring of mountains, rising up like towers. "Past these mountains is the valley where your goal lies." He begins, pointing upward. "There are caves to pass through, or you can fly high enough to cross the mountain tops to get in."
[22:50] <Alicia> "Thank you, Jargard," Alicia smiles at the bariaur. "Besides the spawn we seek, do you know of any other creatures around here who might give us trouble?"
[22:52] <Kotono> "Yes. The caves and higher sky have the spawn of the spawn of Jormungandr. They will fight any they see. Further, there are other creatures who nest here, either to look for battle, or drawn in by the presence of the spawn. These are creatures that know not death, for they will rise on the sun's ascension. They are fearless and love battle."
[22:53] <Kotono> "Also, there are glaciers and cold to worry of deeper into the valley and mountains."
06[22:53] * Alicia nods and looks towards Latha and Antenora. "Either of you two have a preference between going through the caves or flying overhead?"
[22:56] <Kotono> "Caves." Anenora considers, "More defendable if we get in trouble. If one of us is defeated or stunned, it will be a long fall indeed. Besides, without my spear, charging is a less attractive option."
[22:57] <Kotono> "I'll defer to which the two of you prefer," Latha says, looking upward towards the sky.
[22:57] <Alicia> "It'll let me preserve spells I'd otherwise have to use on flying, so caves suit me better as well," Alicia nods. "Besides," she grins savagely, "We'll be flying on our way back."
[23:00] <Kotono> "Right!" Latha nods, "Jargard, do you know of any cave entrances?"
[23:01] <Kotono> "I'll take you to one," he agrees, "You'll be on your own from there. If you need to beat a retreat, most of the spawn and troublemakers won't pursue you out of the caves."
[23:02] <Alicia> "I can teleport us to safety if need be, but hopefully we can handle anything in the cave if we're to actually tame the elder spawn itself," Alicia offers as they march onwards.
[23:06] <Kotono> You come closer to the mountains. Here, lying against the base, is a pile of boulders. After moving them, Jargard reveals a cave mouth, leading inside. "Good luck, all of you. You're warriors that made me proud to fight with."
[23:08] <Alicia> "And you've been a joy to travel with," Alicia salutes the bariaur with her staff. "Safe travels on your way back to your pack, and fortune in your future battles."
[23:08] <Kotono> "Be safe," Antenora bids, before turning to the cave. "Shall we?"
[23:10] <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia nods as she heads into the cave, casting Light on her staff to provide illumination within (and feeling a bit guilty that she's the only one who actually needs it).
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > "Caves." Anenora considers, "More defendable if we get in trouble. If one of us is defeated or stunned, it will be a long fall indeed. Besides, without my spear, charging is a less attractive option."
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > "I'll defer to which the two of you prefer," Latha says, looking upward towards the sky.
[16:16] <Blondezilla> <Alicia> "It'll let me preserve spells I'd otherwise have to use on flying, so caves suit me better as well," Alicia nods. "Besides," she grins savagely, "We'll be flying on our way back."
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > "Right!" Latha nods, "Jargard, do you know of any cave entrances?"
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > "I'll take you to one," he agrees, "You'll be on your own from there. If you need to beat a retreat, most of the spawn and troublemakers won't pursue you out of the caves."
[16:16] <Blondezilla> <Alicia> "I can teleport us to safety if need be, but hopefully we can handle anything in the cave if we're to actually tame the elder spawn itself," Alicia offers as they march onwards.
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > You come closer to the mountains. Here, lying against the base, is a pile of boulders. After moving them, Jargard reveals a cave mouth, leading inside. "Good luck, all of you. You're warriors that made me proud to fight with."
[16:16] <Blondezilla> <Alicia> "And you've been a joy to travel with," Alicia salutes the bariaur with her staff. "Safe travels on your way back to your pack, and fortune in your future battles."
[16:16] <Blondezilla> > "Be safe," Antenora bids, before turning to the cave. "Shall we?"
[16:16] <Blondezilla> <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia nods as she heads into the cave, casting Light on her staff to provide illumination within (and feeling a bit guilty that she's the only one who actually needs it).
03[16:16] * CC is now known as Seira
03[16:17] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5444109e.lns1-c10.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[16:17] * Alicia sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[16:18] <Alicia> OOC: Anty has greater magic weapon on her sword, btw. If Latha has scavenged a weapon at any point it also as gmw.
[16:18] <Blondezilla> OOC: She hasn't. Noted for hers.
[16:20] <Blondezilla> Thus the trio proceed in! After about five minutes of walking, a slightly downsloping path of water-worn stone, you come to a carved archway in the stone. It stands out, made of perfectly fitted red bricks. Atop the arch a drawing of a snake can be seen. It's twisted into the infinity symbol, it's mouth devouring it's tail.
[16:23] <Alicia> "Probably a warning," Alicia muses, taking a moment to cast Shield on herself. "Keep an eye out, chances are the spawn of the spawn are nearby," she cautions as she heads onwards.
[16:26] <Blondezilla> Antenora hefts her club. Grinning wickedly, "I'll just brain them. Will that do, Alicia?"
06[16:29] * Alicia wonders why she isn't using the sword, but assumes it's for the same reason she eschewed using any of the erinyes bows during the desert campaign, so doesn't comment. "If they're looking for a fight, that's what they'll get," she confirms.
[16:33] <Blondezilla> The three progress on. The cave widens out, the walls scraped out in massive strokes. (More)
[16:33] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+25
[16:33] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+25 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{29}
[16:33] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+17
[16:33] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{26}
[16:33] <Blondezilla> Latha stops, holding out her arm. "Wait...I hear something below us." she whispers.
06[16:36] * Alicia looks down at the floor for a moment before she moves towards the nearest wall. "Careful, it could attack through the floor," she cautions worriedly.
[16:38] <Blondezilla> The party quickly moves to the wall with Alicia! It's a good thing, for a moment later, the ground below the pair moves out of the way, like flowing wet stone! Coming up is a large, gray wyrm, dozens of feet long and snapping and twirling about! Hisses of green mist come from it's nostrils and mouth, making the air reek of sickly sour scents! OOC: Initiative, you guys avoided the hunter's ambush.
[16:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[16:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{23}
[16:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
[16:39] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+5 Antenora --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[16:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+8 Latha
[16:39] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+8 Latha --> [ 1d20=7 ]{15}
[16:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+3 Spawn
[16:39] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+3 Spawn --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
03[16:39] * Blondezilla changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia>Latha>Spawn'
[16:39] <Blondezilla> Antenora reacts quickly, pouncing forward with her club striking out!
[16:40] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -3 PA)
[16:40] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{39}
[16:40] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+16
[16:40] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+16 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{20}
[16:41] <Blondezilla> The heavy club strike catches the wyrm right in the side, smashing aside a few scales! Yet the blow almost rings hollow, the club pushed back! OOC: Alicia.
[16:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 knowledge devotion as well as specific info on abilities/weaknesses
[16:41] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 knowledge devotion as well as specific info on abilities/weaknesses --> [ 1d20=20 ]{40}
[16:47] <Alicia> "Watch out, it's breath is poisonous!" Alicia warns, doing what she can to hopefully dilute its effectiveness by sending a ray of negative energy straight at the beast!
[16:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 ranged touch
[16:47] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=18 ]{41}
[16:47] <Blondezilla> OOC: Hit.
[16:47] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels and 5 negative energy damage
[16:47] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4 negative levels and 5 negative energy damage --> [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
03[16:47] * Blondezilla changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia>Latha>Spawn (-1 lvl)'
[16:48] <Blondezilla> The crackling black ray strikes the spawn, making it twist wildly in the air! A moment later, Latha joins the battle with a single slam at it's face!
[16:48] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+18 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
[16:48] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+18 (+2 charge, -4 PA) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{23}
[16:48] <Blondezilla> roll 1d8+13
[16:48] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d8+13 --> [ 1d8=2 ]{15}
02[16:49] * Not_Related_By_Blood_Mikain (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-68-41.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.53=-)
[16:51] <Blondezilla> Latha closes in on it, slamming her fist into the side of the snake! "It's hard as steel!" Latha calls back, as...
[16:51] <Blondezilla> The twisting, writhing snake bites at Antenora!
[16:51] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+18 (-5 PA)
[16:51] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+18 (-5 PA) --> [ 1d20=8 ]{26}
[16:52] <Blondezilla> roll 2d6+14 and fort save needed
[16:52] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 2d6+14 and fort save needed --> [ 2d6=6 ]{20}
[16:52] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+22
[16:52] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{29}
[16:53] <Blondezilla> Antenora is bit right on the shoulder! The hissing green mist sprays about, sizzling on the stones where it lands, the stench from it becoming stronger! IT then writhes upwards, twisting around and and around, before flowing up into the ceiling! OOC: Antenora and Latha can AoO it.
[16:54] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 Latha
[16:54] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 Latha --> [ 1d20=4 ]{20}
[16:54] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+19 Antenora
[16:54] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+19 Antenora --> [ 1d20=5 ]{24}
[16:54] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+16
[16:54] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+16 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{22}
[16:56] <Blondezilla> As it does so, Antenora slams her club into the beast! It's another heavy blow to it, but one resisted as it vanishes into the stone ceiling! Antenora holds her position a moment...OOC: +2 HP for her. Alicia?
[16:56] <Blondezilla> "It's not far in the ceiling," Antenora reports back, "It's just twisting around up there."
[16:57] <Alicia> "It'll be back, but lets not wait for it," Alicia suggests, starting to move through the cavern. "Come on, if we keep moving it'll have a harder time ambushing us."
[16:57] <Blondezilla> "They're not that smart - like a slow mortal, perhaps." Antenora hurries as well, Latha doing the same! Looking back, "It's not pursuing," she reports.
[16:58] <Alicia> "It could be confused because the energy drain I inflicted isn't healing," Alicia muses. "Lets keep going, anyway. We'll probably run into more."
[16:59] <Blondezilla> Hurrying along, the party follows this path for about ten minutes. It tightens up for a time, b efore coming to a left/right intersection. The left way is bigger, easily able to walk abreast through it. To the right is a narrow crack in the wall, a squeezer of a path leading deeper in.
[17:00] <Blondezilla> OOC: Antenora's HP has replenished.
06[17:01] * Alicia elects to go left, since they'd have a hard time dodging any attacks coming through the walls or floor/ceiling if they were trapped in that cramped passage.
[17:02] <Blondezilla> Latha and Antenora follow Alicia's lead. After a few more minutes of walking, the cave walls lined with deposits of some sort of heavy metal, Alicia notices the temperature is dropping. It's going from chilly to cold.
[17:04] <Alicia> "Hmm... cold iron?" Alicia wonders, tapping the metal with her staff.
[17:07] <Blondezilla> The metal is a faint, off gray color. It doesn't budge or react to the tappling. Antenora peers at it...
[17:07] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+14
[17:07] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{21}
[17:08] <Blondezilla> "Looks like it," Antenora reaches out, tapping it with her knuckles. "I'm not entirely certain, though. I don't really know minerals, just enough magical lore to make a good guess."
[17:11] <Alicia> "We'd need cold iron to really hurt the spawn we hunt," Alicia admits... "Latha, do you still have whatever you used to make that halo of yours?" she asks the deva, recalling how she said her quest was to mine the ore herself and then craft it into the halo.
[17:12] <Blondezilla> "Yes." Latha comes out with a crude pick, handing it over to Alicia. "I have some skill crafting armor, but that doesn't mean I can craft weapons well, let alone cold iron."
[17:13] <Blondezilla> "I've picked up a bit of experience with emtalworking," Antenora speaks up, "I could try? I don't know if I'll have any success."
[17:14] <Alicia> "At worst we could probably melt some down and make a crude mace-head for your club?" Alicia suggests, having enough fiery magic to make an attempt.
[17:15] <Blondezilla> "Melting cold iron ruins the properties," Antenora shakes her head, "You're supposed to craft it and cold forge it."
[17:16] <Alicia> "Oh..." Alicia deflates a bit. "Well, it might be worth the effort of trying anyway. I'll help however I can."
[17:17] <Blondezilla> "I can pick some and Antenora and I can try making something?" Latha suggests. "You can try melting some, too? Even crude metal weapons would be an improvement for Antenora over a club."
[17:18] <Blondezilla> "I feel like a primitive, trying to make tools in the cave as winter rages," Antenora feels the iron with her open palm. "Next we'll be making wyrm scale dresses to wear."
[17:18] <Alicia> "Alright, lets get to work," Alicia smiles, happy to follow whatever direction is required so she can aid the two who have actual knowledge of metalworking. "It's just another part of the adventure, isn't it?"
[17:19] <Blondezilla> "That's the point, I think." Latha turns to the wall, starting to work her pick. OOC: ARe you going to try melting some or just wait around, Alicia?
[17:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20-1 aid another (-2 for lack of tools on my part)
[17:19] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20-1 aid another (-2 for lack of tools on my part) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{4}
[17:19] <Alicia> OOC: I'll just do whatever they tell me to to help out in the process. I don't know much about metalworking.
[17:20] <Blondezilla> About a half hour passes. Latha picks away large deposits of cold iron, gathering several chunks of it. As she works, Antenora looks up, "Coming from the wall you're mining, about 100 feet away still. Looks like another snake."
[17:22] <Alicia> "Lets drive it off, then," Alicia steps back from the wall and readies her quarterstaff.
[17:22] <Blondezilla> OOC: How long is the duration on light, Alicia?
[17:24] <Alicia> OOC: 2 and a half hours
[17:25] <Blondezilla> Antenora readies her club, as Latha drops her pick and readies her fists! As the seconds pass, Antenora points at one spot on the wall. "It's coming from there in a second!" Her club is raised, poised to strike. Latha does the same, ready to pounce on that spot.
06[17:26] * Alicia positions herself next to Latha as well, wanting to take down the spawn swiftly as soon as it appears. It's possible that its teeth could be used as weapons to hurt its sire as well, perhaps.
[17:28] <Blondezilla> At that, the snake comes out! IT twists and turns, but the party isr eady, pouncing on it! OOC: Surprise round.
[17:28] <Blondezilla> Antenora is on it, club striking out swiftly to maim it!
[17:28] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+18 (-4 PA)
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+18 (-4 PA) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{25}
[17:28] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+13
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{24}
[17:28] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+8
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{10}
[17:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 devotion
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 devotion --> [ 1d20=10 ]{30}
[17:28] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+18
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+18 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{22}
[17:28] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+18
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+18 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{24}
06[17:29] * Alicia strikes out with a flurry of bludgeoning strikes to the head!
[17:29] <Blondezilla> Antenora clobbers it over the head twice, landing severe, heavy blows!
[17:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=14 ]{43}
[17:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=12 ]{41}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=7 ]{31}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=11 ]{35}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=8 ]{27}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=6 ]{25}
[17:30] <Blondezilla> OOC: All hit. Bring on the pain.
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=6 4d4=11 ]{37}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=4 4d4=9 ]{33}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=1 4d4=14 ]{35}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=6 4d4=11 ]{37}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=5 4d4=8 ]{33}
[17:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+4d4
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+20+4d4 --> [ 1d6=1 4d4=7 ]{28}
[17:30] <Blondezilla> roll 37+33+35+37+33+28
[17:30] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 37+33+35+37+33+28 --> {203}
[17:31] <Blondezilla> Alicia's flurry is far more savage! Each flaming blow clobbers the snake, it's body sliding out of the wall and to the floor like a giant hose! It is down there, head smashed and ruined before Latha even strikes! OOC: Ow. Free act.
06[17:33] * Alicia examines the wyrm for a moment in thought. "There might be something we can use besides cold iron," she muses, grabbing its jaw for a moment and attempting to wrench out one of its fangs, careful to avoid cutting herself and getting poison in her bloodstream.
[17:35] <Blondezilla> OOC: MAke a dex check I suppose, Alicia?
[17:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[17:36] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
[17:37] <Blondezilla> Alicia works, yanking out a fang! This part is quite easy, it's mouth and head already smashed! However, as she does, a spray of green hissing mist lands on her hands and arm, soaking into her skin! OOC: Fort.
[17:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
[17:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{39}
[17:38] <Blondezilla> The poison hisses on Alicia's skin, but she's able to reflexively wipe it away before anything ill happens! "Alicia," Antenora is at her side, "You alright?"
[17:39] <Alicia> "It's fine," Alicia gives her arm a shake. "Just a little left over poison. Anyway, let me try something," she uses her purloined fang to cut into the beast's scaly hide to see if it offers the same sort of resistance as it does to other weapons.
[17:43] <Blondezilla> The fang cuts into the beast's scales easily and without resistance.
06[17:45] * Alicia smiles triumphantly. "It'll look very primitive, but you could make a pick by tying one of these to your club, or even use it as a dagger. We'll see how we do with the cold iron anyway, though, shall we?"
[17:47] <Blondezilla> "Right," Latha continues to work! After another half hour she has enough, Antenora beginning. "This is going to be crude, but I'm going to do my best," she says.
[17:47] <Alicia> "Let me know if there's anything I can do to help," Alicia offers.
[17:48] <Blondezilla> OOC: You already made an aid another check, didn't you?
[17:48] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+2 aid another Latha
[17:48] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+2 aid another Latha --> [ 1d20=5 ]{7}
[17:55] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+1 Antenora craft check
[17:55] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+1 Antenora craft check --> [ 1d20=16 ]{17}
[17:57] <Blondezilla> Antenora spends hours and hours working. It's hard work, half frozen sweat trickling down her face. Latha and Alicia try to help, bu tthey find themselves getting in the way more often than not. But come six hours later? Antenora leans back, a crude, heavy sword-like object in her lap. "Whew." She droops, wiping her forehead with her arm. "It's not going to be a great weapon, but it should work."
[18:00] <Alicia> "The elder spawn is likely far more resistant than its progeny, so you'll probably need it," Alicia nods. In the interim she's busied herself by tearing strips off her leggings (and regenerating them with the mending cantrip) and using them to tie the fang tightly to Antenora's club, which she gives to Latha.
[18:00] <Alicia> "And this'll help your sword anyway," she presses her palm on it, calling on Mystra to bless the weapon.
[18:00] <Alicia> OOC: greater magic weapon on sword
[18:01] <Blondezilla> Latha takes the spiked club and hefts it. Antenora stands, swinging her blade. "It's more like a club anyway," she smiles as she swings the sword, "Very heavy, I used too much metal. Thanks." Stretching out now, "Are we ready to continue?"
[18:01] <Alicia> "Lets go," Alicia agrees, continuing through the chilly cave.
[18:02] <Blondezilla> After another half hour of walking, the path widens out a little more again. Ahead is a bend, but that's not the only notable thing. You can smell smoke in the air, a rich, thick, pleasing smoke. It smells like good moss and meat.
06[18:03] * Alicia sniffs a few times. "Smells like someone's cooking," she notes, approaching the bend. "Hope they're friendly..."
[18:04] <Blondezilla> Antenora puts a hand to her stomach as it rumbles aloud. "I miss my ring," she mumrurs, "I just realized I'm starving."
[18:06] <Alicia> "It's been a while since we ate," Alicia agrees, pressing on. "We'll stop to eat once we're past here if there isn't anyone friendly."
[18:07] <Blondezilla> Going around the bend, the party sees a larger cavern. The left wall is not stone but pure white ice, the edge of a glacier mashed against stone. By this wall is a large bonfire, meltwater from near the fire accumulating into a little dug trench. Objects are piled around here - barrels, stonework, tools, boxes, even a wheelless covered wagon. In front of the fire are three huge, horned creatures. They have golden fur all over their bull-li
[18:08] <Blondezilla> They have golden fur all over their bull-like bodies. Gigantic hammers rest nearby them. On the fire roasts a large chunk of a wyrm, cooking away.
[18:10] <Alicia> "Ho there," Alicia greets the creatures openly from a respectable distance, hoping they don't want any trouble.
[18:12] <Blondezilla> The three creatures turn, one of them bellowing, "Ho there! Why are you in these caves?" It's voice is like earthen rocks clashing together.
[18:13] <Alicia> "We're travelling to the valley on the other side of the mountains where a spawn of Jormungandr is said to roam," Alicia replies. "And yourselves?"
[18:15] <Blondezilla> "We are Earthlight Clan." Grabbing his hammer, "You are warriors, then? Excellent! Do us the honor of battling with us, brave heroes!"
[18:15] <Blondezilla> 'Do you want to fight?' Antenora asks in Alicia's mind right after. 'They're about average intelligence.'
[18:18] <Alicia> 'It's how people say hello here. Besides, there's no permanent harm in it,' Alicia returns mentally as she hefts her quarterstaff. "If battle is what you seek then be prepared. Shall we fight to the end or merely till the victor becomes obvious?"
[18:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 nature, devotion and what are they?
[18:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+2 nature, devotion and what are they? --> [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
[18:19] <Blondezilla> "To the end! Should we fall, feast on our dinner and make merry!" He invites, as the other two ready hammers as well, "For nothing is as pure and glorious as battle!" With that, the three charge! OOC: Init.
[18:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{12}
[18:19] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+5 Antenora --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[18:19] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+8 Latha
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+8 Latha --> [ 1d20=1 ]{9}
[18:19] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20-1 Minotaur 1
[18:19] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20-1 Minotaur 2
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20-1 Minotaur 1 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{2}
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20-1 Minotaur 2 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{12}
[18:19] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20-1 Minotaur 3
[18:19] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20-1 Minotaur 3 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{14}
03[18:20] * Blondezilla changes topic to 'Antenora>Minotaur 3>Alicia=Minotaur 2>Latha>Minotaur 1'
[18:21] <Blondezilla> "So be it, then," Antenora raises her crude sword, charging the head minotaur flat out!
[18:21] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -4 PA) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{38}
[18:21] <Blondezilla> roll 2d6+18
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 2d6+18 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{27}
[18:27] <Blondezilla> Antenora charges headlong into the first minotaur, clubbing him in the side with the blade! It doesn't cut much, but it makes a boneshattering impact nonetheless! The third minotaur roars, charging LAtha!
[18:27] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -5 PA) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
[18:27] <Blondezilla> But his massive hammerblow misses, shattering the floor nearby as he swings and misses! OOC: Alicia and the second minotaur are up.
06[18:28] * Alicia steps towards the one attacking Latha and strikes out with several incapacitating blows at his limbs before trying to take his head!
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=10 ]{34}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=3 ]{27}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=17 ]{36}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=9 ]{28}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=13 ]{27}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=20 ]{34}
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike crit check
[18:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+14 divine might, 2nd level arcane strike crit check --> [ 1d20=4 ]{18}
[18:29] <Blondezilla> OOC: All hit and you scored a crit.
[18:29] <Alicia> OOC: any relevant DR?
[18:29] <Blondezilla> OOC: No.
[18:30] <Alicia> roll 7d6+119+18d4
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 7d6+119+18d4 --> [ 7d6=28 18d4=45 ]{192}
03[18:30] * Blondezilla changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia=Minotaur 2>Latha>Minotaur 1'
[18:30] <Alicia> OOC: strike
[18:30] <Alicia> roll 7d6+119+12d4
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 7d6+119+12d4 --> [ 7d6=13 12d4=25 ]{157}
[18:31] <Blondezilla> Slam! Alicia hits the minotaur over and over, dropping it down and out with a flurry of arcane fire! Meanwhile, the second one charges Alicia as she does that!
[18:31] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
[18:31] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -5 PA) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
[18:32] <Blondezilla> But this blow is weak as well, missing Alicia entirely! Latha turns to Alicia, smiling as she takes her club and closes in, taking a shot as she goes to hit the minotaur after Alicia!
[18:32] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16
[18:32] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{21}
[18:32] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -6 PA)
[18:32] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -6 PA) --> [ 1d20=11 ]{27}
[18:33] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+36
[18:34] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+36 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{40}
[18:35] <Blondezilla> Latha slips a mace blow into it's ribs, knocking the minotaur back! Meanwhile, the one on Antenora grins as it attacks her flat out!
[18:35] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (-7 PA)
[18:35] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (-7 PA) --> [ 1d20=4 ]{20}
[18:35] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+11 (-7 PA)
[18:35] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+11 (-7 PA) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{16}
[18:35] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+6 (-7 PA)
[18:35] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+6 (-7 PA) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{12}
[18:36] <Blondezilla> Antenora weaves and dodges around the strikes, deftly avoiding every crushing blow! She then retorts with a threesome of slashes of her own!
[18:36] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+18 (-4 PA)
[18:36] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+18 (-4 PA) --> [ 1d20=13 ]{31}
[18:36] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+13 (-4 PA)
[18:36] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+13 (-4 PA) --> [ 1d20=14 ]{27}
[18:37] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+8 (-4 PA)
[18:37] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+8 (-4 PA) --> [ 1d20=9 ]{17}
[18:37] <Blondezilla> roll 6d6+54
[18:37] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 6d6+54 --> [ 6d6=22 ]{76}
[18:37] <Blondezilla> The second minotaur is clubbed and hacked with extreme force, staggered but not out of it yet! OOC: Alicia? There's a minotaur on you, obviously.
06[18:38] * Alicia rectifies the situation of having a minotaur on her, with extreme prejudice!
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might --> [ 1d20=12 ]{31}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 divine might --> [ 1d20=13 ]{32}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+14 divine might --> [ 1d20=13 ]{27}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+14 divine might --> [ 1d20=14 ]{28}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+9 divine might --> [ 1d20=16 ]{25}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 divine might
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+9 divine might --> [ 1d20=20 ]{29}
[18:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 divine might crit check
[18:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+9 divine might crit check --> [ 1d20=11 ]{20}
[18:38] <Blondezilla> OOC: Damage. You're rolling a lot of it. All hits and a crit.
[18:39] <Alicia> roll 7d6+119
[18:39] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 7d6+119 --> [ 7d6=25 ]{144}
03[18:39] * Blondezilla changes topic to 'Antenora>Alicia>Latha>Minotaur 1'
[18:39] <Blondezilla> As Alicia minces the minotaur on her, it assails her in it's dying moments!
[18:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (-3 PA)
[18:39] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (-3 PA) --> [ 1d20=9 ]{25}
[18:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+11 (-3 PA)
[18:39] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+11 (-3 PA) --> [ 1d20=13 ]{24}
[18:39] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+6 (-3 PA)
[18:40] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+6 (-3 PA) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{11}
[18:40] <Blondezilla> OOC: AC?
[18:40] <Alicia> OOC: 16
[18:40] <Blondezilla> roll 6d6+47
[18:40] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 6d6+47 --> [ 6d6=20 ]{67}
[18:41] <Blondezilla> Alicia is hit twice, both blows leaving her reeling in pained, crushing strenght! But it's for naught, as the minotaur collapses into defeat and death! Latha nods to Alicia, flying over to assist Antenora, weathering an attack as she does!
[18:41] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (-7 PA)
[18:41] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (-7 PA) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{22}
[18:41] <Blondezilla> Latha flies right past it, before slamming her club home!
[18:42] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -6 PA)
[18:42] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+16 (+2 charge, -6 PA) --> [ 1d20=14 ]{30}
[18:42] <Blondezilla> roll 1d6+36
[18:42] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d6+36 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{40}
[18:42] <Blondezilla> The minotaur is hit right in the face! Its taggers and then roars, a surge of power making it's muscles bulge, before it unloads on the two women!
[18:43] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+20 (-7 PA, +4 surge) Antenora
[18:43] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+20 (-7 PA, +4 surge) Antenora --> [ 1d20=11 ]{31}
[18:43] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+15 (-7 PA, +4 surge) Latha
[18:43] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+15 (-7 PA, +4 surge) Latha --> [ 1d20=14 ]{29}
[18:43] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+10 Antenora
[18:43] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+10 Antenora --> [ 1d20=8 ]{18}
[18:44] <Blondezilla> roll 3d6+33+1d8 Antenora
[18:44] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 3d6+33+1d8 Antenora --> [ 3d6=10 1d8=5 ]{48}
[18:44] <Blondezilla> roll 3d6+33+1d8 Latha
[18:44] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 3d6+33+1d8 Latha --> [ 3d6=18 1d8=5 ]{56}
[18:44] <Blondezilla> Antenora and Latha are both hit tremendously over the head! They both wobble like punch drunk fighters, but Antenora retorts!
[18:45] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+20 (-2 PA)
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+20 (-2 PA) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{30}
[18:45] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+15 (-2 PA)
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+15 (-2 PA) --> [ 1d20=20 ]{35}
[18:45] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+15 (-2 PA) crit?
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+15 (-2 PA) crit? --> [ 1d20=2 ]{17}
[18:45] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+10 (-2 PA)
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+10 (-2 PA) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{29}
[18:45] <Blondezilla> roll 1d20+10 (-2 PA) crit?
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 1d20+10 (-2 PA) crit? --> [ 1d20=16 ]{26}
[18:46] <Blondezilla> 10d6+70
[18:46] <Blondezilla> roll 10d6+70
[18:46] <Rei-chan> Blondezilla rolled : 10d6+70 --> [ 10d6=32 ]{102}
[18:46] <Blondezilla> That's the end of it. Antenora slams her sword into him over and over, breaking bones before the minotaur collapses with an earth shattering thump! OOC: Free act.
[18:47] <Blondezilla> Antenora exhales air, "That wasn't so bad, in a maiming sort of way," she says, wincing as she rubs her head.
[18:47] <Alicia> "Well... that's what they asked for," Alicia remarks, a bit dumbfounded at the casual brutality, even knowing that the Earthlight Clan will be up and about tomorrow as if nothing happened.
[18:48] <Blondezilla> "They wanted battle and this is a realm of battle." Latha goes over to the fire, "They will grow from it. See the gold of their coats, celestial lineage is obvious. This will help make them into better warriors. Not that they have far to go, for they hit quite hard already."
[18:49] <Alicia> "That they did," Alicia agrees, wheezing softly as he crushed chest slowly but surely reforms, bruises fading rapidly. She proceeds to drag the warriors to lay on the far side of the cavern from the fire, before going to examine what they'd been cooking.
[18:50] <Blondezilla> Antenora helps Alicia, wounds vanishing as they do so. It looks like a well cooked bit of de-scaled wyrm. It smells faintly sour and meaty. Below, moss burns in the fire, the overwhelming smell that of moss.
[18:52] <Alicia> "I feel a bit dubious at eating the flesh from an intelligent creature," Alicia remarks, eyeing the wyrm-flesh. "Although I suppose I already made a weapon from one, and it's going to be resurrected tomorrow anyway..."
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[21:02] <Blondezilla> Antenora trots over, sniffing. Her stomach rumbles, but she turns away. "Maybe you're right, Alicia. I didn't even think of that over my grumbling hunger."
[21:06] <Alicia> "We're going to have to eat something... I still have food from when we were foraging on the way here," she goes to recover her bag and opens it up, giving some nuts and berries to Antenora and taking some for herself before drinking from the glacier-melt. "We might find some mushrooms in the cave, as well."
[21:11] <Blondezilla> "That will work." Antenora munches on berries and drinks glacier water. It's cold and pure, though flat. "Will we sleep the night here, too?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "Lets keep going - it's not too late, after all," Alicia replies, looking to see if the cave continues past this area or if they'll have to double-back and go through the narrow passage glimpsed earlier.
[21:13] <Blondezilla> The cave continues on, stretching far ahead. Antenora starts to walk, the women's wounds healing as they go. OOC: Full HP, more.
[21:14] <Blondezilla> After about ten minutes, the caverns are narrowing down. Further, the stone end and the glacier begins. It's freezing cold here, the passage continuing in the glacier proper.
[21:15] <Blondezilla> Antenora looks back to Alicia, "How is it for you? Too cold without magic?"
06[21:16] * Alicia decides she's going to try and make shoes out of the next wyrm that attacks them, this barefoot nonsense is getting ridiculous. "I'll probably need magic, yes, since these clothes aren't really suited to the weather," she tugs briefly at her black tunic before incanting a spell to ward off the elements.
[21:16] <Alicia> "Lets scout forward until we reach open air, then double back so we can rest where it's a bit warmer and then battle the spawn fresh in the morning?"
[21:18] <Blondezilla> "Do you need more clothes? You can have my cloak, I require none since my form is superior to cold," Latha asks.
[21:19] <Alicia> "Would you?" Alicia smiles at Latha. "Thank you - I wasn't allowed to bring my own cloak since it's magic... same for my shoes," she concludes with a grumble as she looks down at her abused feet.
[21:20] <Blondezilla> Latha disrobes, passing her cloak and boots over to Alicia. She doesn't seem bothered by the cold at all, even in this lack of dress. "No apologies. I should have thought of it before or at least when we first saw the glacier."
06[21:22] * Alicia wriggles her toes happily in her new footwear, even if it is a little bit too big. "Thank you," she beams at the deva, slinging the cloak on before continuing onwards.
[21:24] <Blondezilla> You enter into a world of sparkling ice. Alicia's light magic winkles in a dozen refraction in the ancient, eternal glacier. You walk back to back to back, a narrow, long passage dug out of the glacier. After about ten minutes of this, Antenora stops, tensing. "Problem. Four of them, about 75 feet ahead and 10 down. They're coming this way fast."
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: is the passage we're in big enough for four of them to move around in?
[21:27] <Blondezilla> OOC: Not a lot, no. One could poke a head or part in if they wanted, but not really get all on out. There's not a lot of space here, though the snakes haven't seem bothered by rock before and moved through it just fine.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: how wide/tall is it, and how far till the next bend (if we can see it at all)?
[21:29] <Blondezilla> A couple of feet wide. You can walk in a line together but not a lot more. You can't see another bend ahead, it stretches on this way for awhile. It's about 10 feet from floor to ceiling, give or take a foot.
[21:30] <Alicia> "Latha, can you put a wall of blades along the left wall close enough for it not to touch us if we stay to the right?" Alicia asks, the beginnings of a plan forming.
[21:31] <Blondezilla> "I can," Latha says, looking to it, "Say the word and I will."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Do it now, stretching as far along the corridor as it will go. I'll block them from the right," Alicia nods, casting her own spell as she calls,
[21:34] <Alicia> "Invincible shield of my will, block all who would come!" as an invisible wall of force sticks sheer to the right wall from floor to ceiling and running 150 feet ahead, or as far as possible before the path curves. Now they won't be able to attack from the right, and as big as they are they won't be able to avoid Latha's blades if they come from any other direction.
[21:37] <Blondezilla> Blades on the left and force on the right springs up! As it does, you can see the wyrms approaching! They are flowing under in the ice, looking up! They hesitate ten feet away and ten feet down, twisting around below as they eye the blades, another butting uselessly against the wall of force!
[21:39] <Blondezilla> Antenora smiles to them, "Beautiful. I wonder if they're stupid enough to try past the blades anyway?"
[21:40] <Alicia> "Keep your backs to the right side, they can't get you from there," Alicia suggests to her friends as she advances, somewhat annoyed that the ice is crystal clear and easy for their enemies to see the danger.
[21:40] <Alicia> "It's no good if they just wait till we're past this area and then attack. I'd hoped they'd blast right through the floor or left side and into the blades so we could quickly finish them off," she complains.
[21:43] <Blondezilla> Thus the trio advances ahead. Fortunatately, your guests don't seem to be doing the same. They follow for twenty feet, then break off and go off the way you came, out of sight. After a few moments, "They're going straight back," Antenora reports. "I don't know if they figure out to go around, but they're going in the wrong direction for tha tanyway."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Maybe they assumed we could keep up our defences indefinitely?" Alicia wonders. "Lucky for us if so - lets keep going?"
[21:46] <Blondezilla> Thus, the trio advances! They go on for about an hour now, out of the glacier after 45 minutes. They pass into a large cave. Here it's even colder - well below freezing. If Alicia were not dressed warm and warded, she would be freezing to death now. Antenora is starting to shiver noticiably, rubbing her arms and shoulders, wings wrapped to her body.
[21:48] <Alicia> "Here," Alicia leans over to Antenora and casts a spell to protect her from the elements.
[21:48] <Blondezilla> Antenora's shivering ceases. "Thanks," she smiles to Alicia, then with an envious glance to Latha, "Hopefully we're nearly through now."
[21:50] <Alicia> "If need be I can always teleport us somewhere warmer when it's time to rest," Alicia smiles cheerily as she advances into the larger cave.
[21:52] <Blondezilla> You walk another 25 minutes. The cave continues to open wider and wide - until, on the horizon, you see the red embers of sunset fading into the cave mouth. Fresh air can be smelled, too, coming in windy tickles.
[21:52] <Alicia> "Oh, that looks like the valley ahead," Alicia points uselessly, well aware that her companions can see better than she can. "Lets go and take a look at what we can see out there before finding someplace to rest?"
[21:54] <Blondezilla> "Yes. We'll want to be at full power before facing the wyrm," Latha says as the three advance ahead! Thus you come outside! In the sunset, the glaciers that penetrate and ring the mountains around and behind you glow like bloodfires. Ahead is a deep, deep, deep cut valley. It stretches out long, longer, and out of sight, the far mountains not visible from here. IT is full of green grasses and meadows. At the bottom, a swift, vast river rac
[21:55] <Blondezilla> meadows. At the bottom, a swift, vast river races along.
[21:57] <Alicia> "Hmm... it's a lot warmer here," Alicia muses, looking over the healthy green vegetation. "And big enough that it'll take some time to find the wyrm. Lets look for a sheltered spot here where we could make camp?" she suggests, heading down towards the river.
[17:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "If need be I can always teleport us somewhere warmer when it's time to rest," Alicia smiles cheerily as she advances into the larger cave.
[17:08] <Kotono> > You walk another 25 minutes. The cave continues to open wider and wide - until, on the horizon, you see the red embers of sunset fading into the cave mouth. Fresh air can be smelled, too, coming in windy tickles.
[17:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Oh, that looks like the valley ahead," Alicia points uselessly, well aware that her companions can see better than she can. "Lets go and take a look at what we can see out there before finding someplace to rest?"
[17:08] <Kotono> > "Yes. We'll want to be at full power before facing the wyrm," Latha says as the three advance ahead! Thus you come outside! In the sunset, the glaciers that penetrate and ring the mountains around and behind you glow like bloodfires. Ahead is a deep, deep, deep cut valley. It stretches out long, longer, and out of sight, the far mountains not visible from here. IT is full of green grasses and meadows. At the bottom, a swift, vast river races
[17:08] <Kotono> > meadows. At the bottom, a swift, vast river races along.
[17:08] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Hmm... it's a lot warmer here," Alicia muses, looking over the healthy green vegetation. "And big enough that it'll take some time to find the wyrm. Lets look for a sheltered spot here where we could make camp?" she suggests, heading down towards the river.
[17:10] <Kotono> As the three walk along, Antenora falls in step with Alicia. "Far better than that cave." Her eyes sweep around the massive, sharp hilled valley. "This is so primal. Making our own weapons, struggling with just our own powers and not a single magical item."
[17:12] <Alicia> "It is nice to get back to basics," Alicia agrees. "You don't really realise just how much magic you accumulate, but when I was listing everything I had to Strength of Light I was actually surprised at just how much there was."
[17:16] <Kotono> "Perhaps it's to build strength?" Latha trots along behind you, "To rely on the most fundamental parts of yourself and not a dozen baubles?" As you look along, you see a small cluster of trees. They shade a little depression in the ground, not too far from the raging river.
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[17:19] <Alicia> "It's a lesson worth learning, since possessions can be taken away at any time," Alicia hums thoughtfully. "This looks like a good spot - the trees should afford us some cover in case the spawn happens to pass overhead."
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[17:24] <Kotono> OOC: What are you going to do? Just use it as as place to sleep under the trees?
[17:25] <Alicia> OOC: we'll forage for some food in the immediate area and make camp here, yeah.
[17:26] <Kotono> OOC: Make a survival check then?
[17:27] <Alicia> OOC: I'll take 10 for 13
[17:28] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora will attempt to assist.
[17:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 wis check
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[17:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 wis check
[17:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 wis check --> [ 1d20=17 ]{22}
[17:29] <Alicia> OOC: if that's survival she gets +2 synergy from her planar knowledge
[17:30] <Kotono> The two make up a fine meal of mushrooms and a deep red berry. As you gather it up, "I remember a snippet about these," Holding up a few of them as she kneels besides a bush, "They're nutritious, but they make the blood burn with bravery."
[17:32] <Alicia> "I wouldn't be surprised if most food here had that effect," Alicia laughs as they settle down to eat by their improvised shelter. "Tastes nice, regardless."
[17:42] <Kotono> Antenora follows along, sitting by Alicia as they eat. The berries taste good, like fire. As you finish them, Alicia can feel her skin warming. Her blood can be felt pulsing through her body, tinged with burning heat.
[17:43] <Alicia> Hopefully it'll keep her warm through the night. Using Latha's cloak as a makeshift blanket, Alicia curls up to sleep, trusting Latha will alert them of any surprise night-time serpent attacks.
[17:44] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[17:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=40 ]{40}
[17:51] <Kotono> Sleep comes...dreams. Dreams of battle, dreams of fire. Alicia wakes with as tart, her vision a haze of red. Her breathing is quick, sweat dappling her forehead. Battle. She is in battle. That she knows for certain. Yet, why is she lying in her bedroll? Adrenaline surges through her body, words of magic on the cusp of her lips, ready to tumble out.
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06[17:53] * Alicia doesn't even have a bedroll! She's on the ground with just a cloak over her, and she swiftly rectifies that by grabbing her quarterstaff from beside her and rolling quickly to her feet, ready to take on all comers!
[17:56] <Kotono> She sees two people. Latha is far away, watching towards Alicia with a look of surprise. Antenora is closer, her sword in hand. Her face is battle ready, sweaty and intense. Her gaze travels about, sweeping and settling on Alicia.
06[17:59] * Alicia blinks a few times as her mind catches up with her, before she starts to blush. "I don't think those berries agreed with me."
[18:00] <Kotono> Antenora starts to pounce forward, before skidding toa stop. She wobbles, feet making ripples in the dirt as she manages to arrest her movement. Taking a moment to pant, "They were...they must be more literal than I envisioned."
[18:04] <Alicia> "Let's have a cool drink?" Alicia suggests. "I need to get back to sleep quickly so I can properly regain my spells in the morning," she adds in a mutter, trotting over towards the river, intending to scoop out a handful of water to drink.
[18:05] <Kotono> The water is as cold as ice, making your body shiver all over. It helps, making you feel less overheated. Antenora does the same, also splashing the cold water onto her face. "At least they weren't poisonous."
[18:07] <Alicia> "They're probably better eaten as breakfast rather than supper. Gives you plenty of vim to face the day," Alicia muses, wiping her soaked hand on her brow and then her leg before she heads back to their shelter so she can go back to sleep. "Sorry, Latha," she calls over to the deva, apologising for the disruption.
[18:08] <Kotono> "Go back to sleep," Latha calls. "It's been quiet."
06[18:10] * Alicia mumbles a goodnight as she curls up and tries to resume her slumber.
[18:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=7 ]{7}
[18:12] <Kotono> The rest of the night passes without incident. Alicia wakes up an hour past the dawn, feeling refreshed. Antenora does about the same, preparing for the day. "So," Over a mouthful of food, "This spawn is here somewher ein the valley. We need to find it. Any suggestions or just wander ahead until we stumble on it?"
[18:14] <Alicia> "Lets follow the valley to see how far it goes, first," Alicia replies thoughtfully. "If it can flow through earth and ice like air, chances are it won't leave much in the way of tracks for us to follow, anyway."
[18:17] <Kotono> "Agreed," With Antenora's words, the three begin to travel! They follow the river, stretching long and far ahead! After a few hours the river is still going - though on the far horizon you can see more vastly tall mountains. As you travel...
[18:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[18:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{34}
[18:17] <Kotono> OOC: Make a listen check, Alicia?
[18:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
[18:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{11}
[18:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[18:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{27}
[18:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[18:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{29}
[18:21] <Kotono> As you walk, it happens out of the blue! It emerges from the river, ripping out in a hurried gust! It is as wide as the biggest, oldest oak you've ever seen and a hundred feet long if it's a foot! It surges out of the ground in a hurry, coming right out of the river! As water splashes about, drenching the party in waves of cold, the vast wyrm roars! With it's roar, a green mist sprays out in a cone around the party! OOC: Bad day for everyone to
[18:21] <Kotono> mist sprays out in a cone around the party! OOC: Bad day for everyone to suck at listen checks. Fort saves, all?
[18:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{29}
[18:21] <Kotono> OOC: This counts as poison, by the b y.
[18:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{30}
[18:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{35}
[18:22] <Kotono> roll 1d8 con damage, Alicia and Antenora.
[18:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8 con damage, Alicia and Antenora. --> [ 1d8=1 ]{1}
[18:22] <Kotono> roll 1d4-1
[18:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4-1 --> [ 1d4=1 ]{0}
[18:22] <Kotono> OOC: Surprise rounded. Initiative.
[18:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[18:22] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{6}
[18:23] <Kotono> The cone of green mist blows over the party with a sickening speed, leaving Antenora and Alicia feeling half dead, drained and poisoned! Latha quickly draws her mace, "Damnation, it snuck up on us!"
[18:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
[18:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Antenora --> [ 1d20=6 ]{11}
[18:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
[18:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 Latha --> [ 1d20=2 ]{10}
[18:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 wyrm
[18:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 wyrm --> [ 1d20=3 ]{7}
03[18:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN.'
03[18:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 10 rounds)'
[18:25] <Kotono> Staggering under the noxious green mist, Antenora's eyes blaze with holy fury! Like a comet, she charges fearlessly at the wyrm!
[18:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+3 weapon, +2 charge, -4 PA)
[18:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 (+3 weapon, +2 charge, -4 PA) --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}
[18:26] <Kotono> Her blow, powerful and heavy, clangs right off the wyrm, as if it's body was made of steel!At that, Latha flies straight up, vanishing from sight! OOC: Wyrm's up.
[18:27] <Kotono> The wyrm roars it's fury in the air, twisting about like an endless infinity of movement! "Watch out," Antenora calls, "It's smart!" But a moment later, it's maw goes to snap Antenora up!
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-7 PA)
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (-7 PA) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{43}
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-7 PA) crit?
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (-7 PA) crit? --> [ 1d20=5 ]{29}
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 6d10+44 and a fort save
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 6d10+44 and a fort save --> [ 6d10=32 ]{76}
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[18:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{39}
[18:28] <Kotono> Antenora is bitten deeply, engulfed in green mist! Hacking and coughing, she spins her sword to air away most of it! OOC Alicia.
[18:29] <Alicia> Since Antenora and Latha are the ones most able to hurt the beast, Alicia elects to play support. Rushing over behind the erinyes, she casts a spell of disillusionment to hide her from sight! Leaving her in the unenviable position of being the only visible threat...
[18:29] <Alicia> OOC: greater invis on Anty
[18:30] <Kotono> Antenora vanishes from sight! 'Thanks,'s he says in Alicia's mind, voice pained and slow. 'Careful..." At that, she weaves around the writhing wyrm, taking strikes at it!
[18:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 invis)
[18:31] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (+2 invis) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{25}
[18:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 invis)
[18:31] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 (+2 invis) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{25}
[18:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 invis)
[18:31] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 (+2 invis) --> [ 1d20=17 ]{31}
[18:31] <Kotono> roll 2d6+10
[18:31] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+10 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{16}
03[18:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 9 rounds)'
[18:32] <Kotono> The sound of metal on metal rings as the wyrm is stricken unseen by Antenora! Meanwhile...
[18:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -3 PA)
[18:32] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{42}
[18:32] <Kotono> roll 1d6+18
[18:32] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+18 --> [ 1d6=5 ]{23}
[18:36] <Kotono> Latha appears at the very head of the serpent, slamming into it's snout! However, it's eyes lock onto Alicia! It draws in air in a raging current at Alicia! OOC: Fort.
[18:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
[18:36] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+25 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{26}
[18:36] <Kotono> roll 1d4+2 and 8 con damage. Bad time to roll a 1 when it decides to use maximize breath.
[18:36] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4+2 and 8 con damage. Bad time to roll a 1 when it decides to use maximize breath. --> [ 1d4=4 ]{6}
[18:43] <Kotono> Alicia is covered head to toe with green mist! Her body feels wretched, vision swimming and limbs barely functioning! It whirls around Antenora and Latha, engaging them with it's vast length! OOC: Alicia.
03[18:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 9 rounds) (Counter 2: 10 rounds) (6 rounds 'till breath)'
06[18:45] * Alicia coughs and hacks as she backs away from the melee, shivering and shaking and not considering herself a fit state to fight. Nonetheless, she still has a few tricks, and fires off a crackling crimson ray of negative energy at the wyrm!
[18:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 devotion
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 devotion --> [ 1d20=8 ]{28}
[18:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
[18:45] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{28}
[18:46] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels and 3 negative energy damage
[18:46] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4 negative levels and 3 negative energy damage --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[18:46] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Yeah, like you're missing it's touch AC.
03[18:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-3 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 9 rounds) (Counter 2: 10 rounds) (6 rounds 'till breath)'
[18:47] <Kotono> The beam hits the wyrm dead on! It's entire scales writhe at that beam, shriveling! Antenora takes this chance while it's weakened, invisible and hacking at it wholeheartedly!
[18:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-1 PA, +2 invis), 9/10 FS +10 HP to her since ouch.
[18:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 (-1 PA, +2 invis), 9/10 FS +10 HP to her since ouch. --> [ 1d20=14 ]{37}
[18:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[18:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[18:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{28}
[18:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{26}
[18:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+12
[18:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+12 --> [ 2d6=10 ]{22}
[18:48] <Kotono> Unseen, Antenora lands another hard blow on the feisty wyrm, slamming into it's body with her sword! Meanwhile, Latha goes right for it's face as it's turned away from her, having breathed on Alicia!
[18:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 invis, -3 PA)
[18:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+22 (+2 invis, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=2 ]{24}
[18:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[18:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{31}
[18:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[18:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{13}
[18:49] <Kotono> roll 1d6+18
[18:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+18 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{22}
[18:50] <Kotono> AS the wyrm wraps around Antenora and Latha, it's body thrashes about, attacking all of them with wild movements!
03[18:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-3 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 8 rounds) (Counter 2: 9 rounds) (5 rounds 'till breath)'
[18:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-3 negative levels, -4 PA, -4 alla round attack)
[18:51] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 (-3 negative levels, -4 PA, -4 alla round attack) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{30}
[18:51] <Kotono> roll 3d10+19 antenora and latha both take this, pending a d100 for invis on Antenora
[18:51] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d10+19 antenora and latha both take this, pending a d100 for invis on Antenora --> [ 3d10=10 ]{29}
[18:51] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51 or above hits
[18:51] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 1 or above hits --> [ 1d100=10 ]{10}
[18:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100
[18:53] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=8 ]{8}
[18:53] <Alicia> roll 12d8 sorry Anty, reflex 24
[18:53] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 12d8 sorry Anty, reflex 24 --> [ 12d8=55 ]{55}
[18:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[18:54] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{37}
[18:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 wyrm
[18:54] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 wyrm --> [ 1d20=8 ]{19}
[18:55] <Kotono> As Alicia shudders, spellfire rips out from her body! It fires off in a lance, grzing Antneora and ripping through the wyrm in a hostile fury! OOC: Alicia, you're up.
06[18:57] * Alicia winces as her body struggles to contain the pent up magic, but continues her assault on the wyrm, sending another ray of negative energy at it! "Spawn of Jormangandr, you will submit to us!" she promises!
[18:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
[18:57] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{39}
[18:57] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels plus 3 negative energy
[18:57] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4 negative levels plus 3 negative energy --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
03[18:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 8 rounds) (Counter 2: 9 rounds) (5 rounds 'till breath)'
[18:58] <Kotono> Alicia hits iwth with another beam, weaking it further! Yet somehow it still lives, surviving even that! Antenora seeks to remedy this, slamming and hitting it again!
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{33}
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{25}
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{34}
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 crit?
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 crit? --> [ 1d20=13 ]{27}
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 4d6+20
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6+20 --> [ 4d6=10 ]{30}
[18:58] <Kotono> Unseen, Antenora continues to slam and club it with her crude blade, while Latha lays into it's face, "In the name of the light, surrender!" she calls!
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-5 PA)
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 (-5 PA) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{25}
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{17}
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{21}
[18:59] <Kotono> Yet Latha can't land a single blow! The wyrm writhes and charges forward, going right to Alicia, hundreds of feet of wyrm riding past Antenora and Latha! OOC: They can AoO it, they will.
[19:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Antenora
[19:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 Antenora --> [ 1d20=10 ]{34}
[19:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Latha
[19:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 Latha --> [ 1d20=5 ]{25}
[19:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+10
[19:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+10 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{19}
[19:00] <Kotono> Despite slamming parts of it's body, the wyrm continues to surge forward at the paladin!
03[19:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 7 rounds) (Counter 2: 8 rounds) (4 rounds 'till breath)'
[19:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-6 levels, -2 PA)
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (-6 levels, -2 PA) --> [ 1d20=2 ]{26}
[19:01] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:01] <Alicia> OOC: AC 16
[19:01] <Kotono> roll 3d10+17 and fort
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d10+17 and fort --> [ 3d10=8 ]{25}
[19:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{36}
[19:02] <Kotono> Alicia finds herself bitten as the wyrm wraps all around her! The bite is painful, but she twists out of the way of a surge of the rolling, noxious venom that comes from it's mouth! OOC: Alicia?
[19:04] <Alicia> Already weakened from the vile poison in her system, the impact feels all the more brutal to Alicia. "Latha, I'm going to need healing!" she calls to the deva as she puts her all into pummelling the scales on all sides of her, hoping against hope that she can put the beast down!
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:05] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+27 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=5 ]{32}
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:05] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+27 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=17 ]{44}
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:05] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+22 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=11 ]{33}
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+22 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=12 ]{34}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+17 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=8 ]{25}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+17 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 25 hit. You're just using your quarterstaff, I believe?
[19:06] <Alicia> OOC; yes
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: Roll each hit seperately?
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=1 13d4=25 ]{43}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=6 13d4=27 ]{50}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=6 13d4=38 ]{61}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=3 13d4=27 ]{47}
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:06] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=1 13d4=22 ]{40}
[19:07] <Kotono> roll 43+50+61+47+40
[19:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 43+50+61+47+40 --> {241}
[19:08] <Kotono> Alicia strikes and slams the beast over and over and over! Scales break and it's body shakes! From it's mouth comes, in a torrent of twisting words, "YOU DESIRE TRUE BATTLE? THEN SO BE IT! YOU SHALL COME TO RUIN HERE, TO THINK THAT YOU CAN MAKE ME SUBMIT!"
[19:08] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora's up.
[19:09] <Kotono> Antenora, still unseen, races to charge the flank of the vast wyrm, all while channeling healing energy to Alicia! OOC: 8/10, +10 HP Alicia.
[19:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 invis, -6 PA)
[19:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 invis, -6 PA) --> [ 1d20=9 ]{29}
[19:11] <Kotono> Antenora narrowly misses, all unseen to Alicia's eyes! OOC: Latha.
[19:12] <Kotono> "I'm coming!" Latha calls, "Hold on just a little longer!" Flying closer, Latha hits the snake as she gets closer to Alicia. "To me!"
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[19:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{42}
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10
[19:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+10 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{16}
[19:12] <Kotono> Antenora hits it's side, another wound! The wyrm roars in a deadly fury as...(More)
03[19:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 6 rounds) (Counter 2:78 rounds) (3 rounds 'till breath)'
[19:13] <Kotono> With all it's animalistic rage, it assails Alicia head on, trying to bite her in twain!
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-6 levels, -6 PA, +4 rage)
[19:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (-6 levels, -6 PA, +4 rage) --> [ 1d20=8 ]{32}
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 3d10+21 and fort
[19:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d10+21 and fort --> [ 3d10=27 ]{48}
[19:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{24}
[19:14] <Kotono> roll 1d8 lemme know your con in #elysiuma fter this
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8 lemme know your con in #elysiuma fter this --> [ 1d8=3 ]{3}
[19:15] <Kotono> The world goes dark for Alicia as she feels her body ripped apart. It's...it doesn't hurt. It's just like closing her eyes, falling asleep. She can feel carelessness over take her. It doesn't matter...it's good to...fall asleep...OOC: Fast healing 2 prevents you from dying at least, so -7 HP. Antenora's up, will forgo descriptions as long as you're out.
03[19:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 6 rounds) (Counter 2:78 rounds) (Counter 3: 10 rounds) (3 rounds 'till breath)'
03[19:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (Counter: 6 rounds) (Counter 2:7 rounds) (Counter 3: 10 rounds) (3 rounds 'till breath)'
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 invis, -6 PA) 7/10 FS +10 HP Alicia.
[19:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 (+2 invis, -6 PA) 7/10 FS +10 HP Alicia. --> [ 1d20=2 ]{20}
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[19:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{33}
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 crit?
[19:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 crit? --> [ 1d20=17 ]{30}
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{19}
[19:17] <Kotono> roll 4d6+44
[19:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6+44 --> [ 4d6=18 ]{62}
[19:19] <Kotono> Antenora hits the wyrm hard as Alicia's vision clears. She wakes up, in pain but coherent, slipping away from a pleasant, dark slumber. "ALICIA!" Antenora's shout echos in her ears as Latha ins on her, touching her arm! OOC: Heal. Removes the ability damage to con, too, and the ongoing poisons.
03[19:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (3 rounds 'till breath)'
03[19:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora>Latha>Wyrm(-6 lvls)>Alicia cosplays Rei. AGAIN. (2 rounds 'till breath)'
[19:20] <Kotono> The wyrm roars and twists around all over, writhing and striking all with its' body!
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (-6 levels, +4 rage, -10 PA) ACs?
[19:20] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+32 (-6 levels, +4 rage, -10 PA) ACs? --> [ 1d20=11 ]{43}
[19:20] <Kotono> OOC: -12 from that, total of 31.
[19:20] <Alicia> OOC: 16
[19:21] <Alicia> OOC: 12, actually, since I'm prone
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 3d10+27 all three take this
[19:21] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d10+27 all three take this --> [ 3d10=21 ]{48}
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100 for Antenora's invis
[19:21] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 for Antenora's invis --> [ 1d100=18 ]{18}
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: Just alicia and LAtha then.
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[19:23] * Alicia doesn't even take the time to get up on her feet, she simply rolls on her back and spins her staff above her, lashing out to cleave through scales on every side!
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=7 ]{30}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=5 ]{28}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=20 ]{38}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone crit check
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone crit check --> [ 1d20=16 ]{34}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+18 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=2 ]{20}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+13 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=1 ]{14}
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+13 divine might, 5th, 3rd, 2 2nd, 1st level arcane strike, -4 for prone --> [ 1d20=16 ]{29}
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: One hit and one crit.
[19:24] <Alicia> roll 1d6+17+13d4
[19:24] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d6+17+13d4 --> [ 1d6=5 13d4=30 ]{52}
[19:24] <Alicia> roll 2d6+34+13d4
[19:24] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d6+34+13d4 --> [ 2d6=5 13d4=33 ]{72}
[19:25] <Kotono> With that pair of blows, at last the wyrm relents! It's body slams down hard to the ground,s huddering! It's movements cease, it's body shivering all over! It's eyes are open, dazed but open! OOC: Free act, it's not fighting any more.
[19:25] <Kotono> "Alicia," Antneora goes straight for her, "Are you alright? Y ou took it bad there."
[19:27] <Alicia> "Latha got to me just in time..." Alicia shakes her head groggily as she clambers to her feet, before she staggers over to the Wyrm's head, her gait becoming firmer with each step before she stops directly before its maw. "We have defeated you, spawn of the world-serpent," she pronounces formally. "We will not take your life, but you will owe us a boon instead."
[19:28] <Kotono> The wyrm gazes up at Alicia, green mist escaping it's mouth with every hiss. In Alicia's mind, 'You are a warrior of great capacity. Only once before have I been so defeated. None have ever survived a determined assault by me, let alone a spellcaster. What do you want from me, then?'
[19:30] <Alicia> "There is a volcano to the Southeast, several days for us to walk but surely far less time for yourself," Alicia replies. "Carry us there, and you will have earned your life back."
[19:31] <Kotono> 'So be it. Climb on behind my head,' The spawn lowers it's head to the ground.
06[19:32] * Alicia gestures for Latha and Antenora to follow her as she carefully climbs up into position. "Who were the others who defeated you like this?" she asks curiously once she's confident in her seat.
[19:34] <Kotono> 'An angel who sought my services, many centuries before.' As the three mount, the wyrm takes to the air! It flies up high, up and up and up and up and up! Above the mountains, you can see dozens of lesser spawn writhing and flying about, yet all stay clear! 'He defeated me, and asked that I fight the others he would send me at a time.'
[19:35] <Kotono> Antenora sits on the neck, leaning back on her hands and letting the wind whip her hair. She closes her eyes.
[19:35] <Kotono> Latha stands on the wyrm, club in hand as you ascent. She keeps her gaze about, unbothered by the cold winds blowing on her flesh.
[19:36] <Alicia> "You must mean Strength of Light, for he sent us to battle you," Alicia replies, holding on tightly and watching the land pass by far below. She's rather impressed if he won all by himself.
[19:37] <Kotono> 'Yes. He defeated me by luring me into a cave and collapsing it on me. He taught me the value of fighting intelligently, for I had charged forward, only wanting to thoughtlessly devour him.'
[19:38] <Kotono> "Telepathy?" Antenora asks, "You're having a conversation with no one that I can hear." Below, the grounds you covered seem tiny, soaring along.
[19:40] <Alicia> "You did well to ambush us on open ground as you did, we had no chance to prepare anything clever," Alicia pats the back of the serpent's head. She then turns her head back and nods to Antenora. "It's how the serpent communicates."
[19:40] <Kotono> 'I lost because I underestimated your endurance. You survived both my breath and my bite.' Meanwhile, Antenora smiles. "What's it saying?"
[19:42] <Alicia> "He told me how Strength of Light defeated him by luring him into a cave and then collapsing it down, now we're comparing notes over the battle," Alicia tells her friend before addressing the serpent once more. "Never have I felt a poison more potent. If Latha hadn't been able to cure me the result would likely have been different."
[19:43] <Kotono> 'You would be dead.' The wyrm agrees. OOC: Skip alon ga bit or do you wanna chat it up?
[19:43] <Alicia> OOC: skip is fine
[19:44] <Kotono> It is sunset. Night has fallen as you reach the volcano. Under the cover of the stars the wyrm flies closer, flying down into the crater! The various people out can be seen below, warriors pointing and calling! In response, the wyrm roars!
06[19:47] * Alicia grins approvingly, certain that they must be making quite the entrance. "Fly us over so all can see, then double back so we can get off by that large white tent," she leans forward so that she can point where the wyrm's eye can see her hand, indicating Strength of Light's tent.
[19:47] <Kotono> Antenora stands up now as you ascend lower, raising her sword up in salute. She grins ear to ear, "How perfectly heroic, isn't it?"
[19:47] <Alicia> "Never underestimate the value of a good entrance," Alicia nods cheerily.
[19:47] <Kotono> The wyrm does so! As you come closer, amid the stares of the day's surviving warriors, Strength of LIght comes from his text. He breaks into the biggest grin you've ever seen, shouting, "You did it?!"
[19:48] <Alicia> "This serpent isn't the sort to give free rides to the weak, is it?" Alicia asks as she clambers off, patting the spawn's neck once before she approaches the deva.
[19:49] <Kotono> Antenora hops down, landing in a crouch. Latha floats down, politely nodding and going right into Strength of Light's tent. "Well done!" Going to pat the wyrm's head before turning to Alicia, "We'll have to celebrate like we've never celebrated before! You're the first ones who didn't come back with their tales between their legs, whimpering with how many times they died!"
[19:52] <Alicia> "He made us fight for it, but having the right tools helped - ugly as they might be," Alicia indicates Antenora's thick greatsword and Latha's fang-spiked club. "Of course," her voice lowers, "The fact that we could do this only emphasises the dire nature of the enemy we can't defeat."
[19:54] <Kotono> "Naturally." Still smiling and thumping Alicia on the back, "That is a matter we will worry about on the next dawn, when we begin our training in earnest. For this night, we shall celebrate this great occasion."
06[19:55] * Alicia nods, turning and waving to the wyrm. "Farewell, child of the world-serpent," she calls. At least he didn't thump hard enough to shatter any bones, this time...
[19:59] <Kotono> With another roar, the serpent coils and writhes into the sky, away! Once inside the tent, Strength of Light looks to all three. "Amazing! The first ones to complete that quest!" He goes to the back, coming out with a large barrel. "We'll drink and eat and make merry. This here?" Patting it, "Millenia aged noble ale. I've been saving it for such an occasion. Tell me, how did you triumph over him?"
[19:59] <Kotono> Latha has gotten a blanket, wrapping it around her body and sitting. Antenora puts her sword aside, casting a wary eye at the barrel, while settling down.
[20:05] <Alicia> "It caught us by surprise," Alicia begins with an appropriately dramatic flair, "Lunging from the river with a fury and letting loose a bellow as it spewed noxious fumes all over us!"
[20:05] <Alicia> "Antenora and Latha concealed themselves with illusions to strike at it in retaliation, using the fang of its own progeny and a sword of cold iron to inflict severe wounds while I sought to weaken it with spells and negative energy. Still it fought on, snapping at shadows and continuing to breath its poisonous vapours all over us."
[20:05] <Alicia> "Then it charged! I was surrounded on all sides by its thick coils, desperately weakened by poison! Though I struck out with all I had, I still succumbed to weakness, drifting on the very verge of death while Antenora and Latha continued to assail it and heal my wounds."
[20:05] <Alicia> "As I regained consciousness, still surrounded on all sides by enormous scales, I lashed out wildly with all my strength, finally inflicting enough cumulative injuries for the weakened serpent to submit to us.""
[20:08] <Kotono> Food and drink is passed to all as Alicia tells the tale. Latha indulges, while Antenora only sibs and nibbles lightly. "Brilliant! The fang of one of it's spawn is inspired thinking. I assume you made that sword from the cold iron desposits in the mountains?" Strength of Light drinks as the tale is told, "So close, yet you rallied and brought back a win? INcredible tenacity!"
[20:09] <Kotono> "Alicia's faced down horrors. She's not giving up that easily," Antenora smiles to her, beaming.
06[20:11] * Alicia imndulges with far less restraint than Antenora, glad to finally have some real food. She even drinks some of the wine, despite that she has little taste for the stuff. "It was a very close run thing, even with my dare I say hardy constitution and the cumulative blessings of Mystra and the Heavens, that poison tore right through me."
[20:13] <Kotono> Antenora drinks a little more, following Alicia's lead. "It is said that Jormungandr's poison can kill even the Gods. It's spawn's poison is not so severe, but to survive it is an amazing feat for a mortal."
[20:13] <Kotono> "Amazing feats are what Alicia does," Antenora's smile grows larger.
[20:14] <Alicia> "Still, it told me of how you defeated it, Strength of Light - very cunning, I must say," Alicia tells the deva, before looking to Antenora and then Latha, "I myself would have been utterly lost without my friends, though."
[20:15] <Kotono> "We would be food for the wyrm if not for you and Antenora," Latha declares.
[20:16] <Alicia> "It was a team effort," Alicia nods resolutely.
[20:16] <Kotono> "The lesson of that is meant to teach you how important wise tactics are against overwhelming opposition. A lesson you've learned well." Strength of Light refills drinks and brings more food as he speaks. "I had other exercises set, but there's hardly a need for them now."
[20:18] <Alicia> "As you said, the real training begins tomorrow," Alicia agrees. "So just what do we have in store?"
[20:19] <Kotono> "Tomorrow morning, be in this tent. Store everything, wear underclothes and bring no weapon. We will train where fire and ice reigns, where every breath is an ordeal to be overcome. There," His smile twists a little, into a fearsome, holy thing, "I will retrain you from the bottom up."
06[20:21] * Alicia raises a suspicious eyebrow. "And for that we have to be nearly naked?"
[20:22] <Kotono> Antenora's eyebrows both raise, "You know..." she looks at Strength of LIght quite levelly, crossing her arms.
[20:22] <Kotono> "Rightly or wrongly, give them the chance to at least maintain their dignity," Latha says, "No matter the reason. Have they not proven themselves enough?"
[20:23] <Alicia> "I'm sure he has a perfectly valid reason," Alicia reassures her friends, giving Strength of Light a probing look. "Right?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "You know, all three of youa re gorgeous. I won't mind this training a bit. The point is to push it to the very edge and a little past that. Enduring the elements is part of that." He looks back at Alicia, serious.
[20:25] <Kotono> "How about we decide what we'll wear?" Antenora glowers, "I'm just curious now, would you require those conditions if we were men?"
[20:26] <Kotono> "Yes." Now with easy good cheer, "I suppose more modest clothes won't affect things that much. I'll leave the choice to the three of you, then." He raises his mug to Alicia and then Antenora.
[20:29] <Alicia> "Oh, fine," Alicia relents. "If that's how the training should be done, that's what we'll do. No sense taking half-measures. Just remember that outsiders can tolerate extremes of temperature far better than humans can."
[20:30] <Kotono> "I'm aware. It can't be helped entirely, but..." He opens his hands wide before shrugging. "Ah well."
[20:30] <Kotono> Antenora glares and drinks deep of her ale, with a long look at Alicia. She doesn't comment aloud.
[20:33] <Alicia> "If it helps us to defeat Esthan I can endure it," Alicia resolves as she spears a slice of undetermined glazed meat and bites into it.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Cheers to that," Strength of Light raises his mug. "Until the morning!"
06[20:36] * Alicia picks up a mug of her own and clinks it against his before drinking. "Until then!"
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along? Anything you want to do that evening besides eat and sleep?
[20:40] <Alicia> OOC: not really, no
[20:42] <Kotono> The next morning, the three gather in STrength of Light's tent. Antenora wears a cutoff cloth shirt and underwear, while Latha much the same. They wait and talk quietly. Strength of Light is also there, waiting.
06[20:45] * Alicia is attired in her usual black brasierre and underwear, sadly without the usual tunic and leggings that go on top. Despite her embarrassment she does her best not to show any inkling of it, looking for all the world as if this is how she usually dresses while wandering around in the morning.
[20:46] <Kotono> Strength of LIght steps forward, a rolled up carpet under his arm. He lays it down on the ground, quite large and wide, enough for ten people to easily sit on it. "Get on board. This will take us in comfort and style to our destination."
06[20:48] * Alicia had been hoping they'd teleport, but supposes once they get there she could arrange transport there and back with little difficulty. "I've heard of flying carpets but never seen one," she muses as she steps onto it and kneels with her legs primly tucked beneath her.
[20:49] <Kotono> Antenora is at Alicia's side, Latha behind. The carpet takes up and off, flying out of the tent with easy manuverability. It then soars upward at quite the fast clip! "This one's rather improved for speed. Just relax and enjoy the terrain. We'll be leaving this floating land behind and travelling to another one. It'll take until the mid afternoon."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Muspelheim?" Alicia wonders aloud, thinking of the fiery realm of Ysgard. Then again, he also said it would be cold...
[20:56] <Kotono> The trip is a long one indeed. By late morning you go over the edge of this land, descending down. Far, far below are lands of pure flame and magma, burning far below the floating islands that make up the top layer of Ysgard. You come within a thousand feet of them, heat roiling off like bomb blasts. Alicia finds herself drenched in sweat, Latha looking no better off. Only Antenora looks unbothered. You fly along this for a time, a floating isl
[20:56] <Kotono> You fly along this for a time, a floating island coming in sight, distantly. Strength of LIght points to it, "There! It's still a long ways away, but that's our destination."
06[20:57] * Alicia leans forward and squints in the distance to see what he's pointing at.
[20:58] <Kotono> As you come closer, you get a look. It's a large island. It's all jagged mountains, not a single bit of flat land. Yet it has rivulets where burning lava flows from volcanos, side by side with bands of ice frozen rock. At the places these meet, great clouds of steam are born. "It's said that a primal ice paraelemental was slain here, eons ago. It's essence resulted in this island, a place where arctic cold and magma's heat coexist."
06[21:01] * Alicia is not really looking forward to spending much time there, especially without any shoes. "Can't see why an ice elemental would want to come here..."
[21:02] <Kotono> "The story claims a mortal wizard summoned it," Strength of Light continues on, "No one naturallly lives there. We'll have it all to ourselves."
[21:03] <Alicia> "So what will we be doing?" Alicia asks. Surely more than just getting alternately burnt and frostbitten?
[20:14] <Kotono> > The trip is a long one indeed. By late morning you go over the edge of this land, descending down. Far, far below are lands of pure flame and magma, burning far below the floating islands that make up the top layer of Ysgard. You come within a thousand feet of them, heat roiling off like bomb blasts. Alicia finds herself drenched in sweat, Latha looking no better off. Only Antenora looks unbothered. You fly along this for a time, a floating i
[20:14] <Kotono> > You fly along this for a time, a floating island coming in sight, distantly. Strength of LIght points to it, "There! It's still a long ways away, but that's our destination."
[20:14] <Kotono> * Alicia leans forward and squints in the distance to see what he's pointing at.
[20:14] <Kotono> > As you come closer, you get a look. It's a large island. It's all jagged mountains, not a single bit of flat land. Yet it has rivulets where burning lava flows from volcanos, side by side with bands of ice frozen rock. At the places these meet, great clouds of steam are born. "It's said that a primal ice paraelemental was slain here, eons ago. It's essence resulted in this island, a place where arctic cold and magma's heat coexist."
[20:14] <Kotono> * Alicia is not really looking forward to spending much time there, especially without any shoes. "Can't see why an ice elemental would want to come here..."
[20:14] <Kotono> > "The story claims a mortal wizard summoned it," Strength of Light continues on, "No one naturallly lives there. We'll have it all to ourselves."
[20:14] <Kotono> <Alicia> "So what will we be doing?" Alicia asks. Surely more than just getting alternately burnt and frostbitten?
03[20:15] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
05[20:15] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:15] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[20:15] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:15] <Kotono> "I'm going to be putting you through the most intense, difficult training I've been able to come up with over the millenia," Stregth of Light smiles now as the carpet approaches closer. "Physical as well as spiritual. Sit back and relax, it's going to be the last time you do that for a few weeks." He rubs his hands together, "I've waited so long to have someone worthy to train like this."
06[20:17] * Alicia feels a shiver of anticipation. No matter how much it might hurt, she's certain she'll come out stronger in the end. Looking to her two friends and smiling gamely, she amends that in her head - they'll all benefit. "We'll try not to disappoint you, then."
[20:18] <Kotono> "We won't," Antenora promises, smiling back to Alicia. She takesa long, deeeeep breath, however. (More)
[20:19] <Kotono> Once you land, it all begins. Training: Physical battles, while every breath is a labor to take. While freezing half to death you battle Strength of Light with your bare hands. You climb mountains of pure ice, fending off flyby attacks all the while. You endure burns as you withstand powerful lightning bolts cascading around you. All of you go through this, overwhelming. Dozens of times you feel like you are a breath away from collapsing, yet s
[20:19] <Kotono> Dozens of times you feel like you are a breath away from collapsing, yet somehow you are pushed on and harder.(More)
[20:21] <Kotono> At times when your body can truly take no more, you are lead into meditation and rest. You sit in steam as you meditate, perfectly balanced between hot and cold. Your exhausted mind takes in something easily - you aren't really sure what, but you feel a strange, battle-clear enlightenment come over you at these times. Days blend together, endless trials. Time is lost, only meals and sleep breaking your progression. (More)
[20:21] <Kotono> Time is lost, only meals and sleep breaking your progression. (More)
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Roll a d100, Alicia?
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[20:25] <Kotono> Alicia finds her very flesh becoming more resiliant. After a dozen wounds and a hundred more, the pain lessens. Everything seems less painful. This brews in the back of her mind, until one morning, sleeping lying on warm stone, with chilly ice on one side and hot stone on the other? Strength of Light sits besides you. Antenora and Latha are nowhere to be seen. "Good morning," he greets.
06[20:27] * Alicia sits up, fully alert in an instant thanks to the harsh training regime which has had little concern for her sleeping habits. "Good morning," she returns, briefly looking around for the other two before looking curiously at the deva. He'll surely explain.
[20:28] <Kotono> In Strength of Light's hand is a metal pin. He hands to Alicia. "Here." he says, "I noticed you've been taking your lumps better. Hold this a moment?"
06[20:35] * Alicia takes the pin without comment, wondering what this is about.
[20:36] <Kotono> "It's just an iron pin. Take it to your palm and try pressing it in? Just enough to break the skin and draw a bit of blood." Strength of LIght instructs. "Don't try and impale your hand or anything."
06[20:37] * Alicia spreads her left hand out and then pushes the pin into the fleshy pad below the thumb. She knows her skin is a bit tougher than a normal human's, thanks to the blessing of the storm she received, but it's a far cry from Antenora and Latha's supernatural toughness.
[20:38] <Kotono> Alicia pushes in! Her skin stays firm and taunt. Surprisingly, the pin refuses to press in, as if it's encountering some form of force stopping it.
[20:39] <Alicia> "You're right, that should be enough to draw blood..." Alicia marvels for a moment before pushing incrementally harder to see just how much it takes.
[20:43] <Kotono> It takes quite a bit to break the skin, Alicia having to put a real effort behind it! Watching as his smile grows, "Here," Strength of Light hands over another pin, this one gleaming, polished silver.
06[20:46] * Alicia sees where this is going, although she never thought herself a werewolf. Nonetheless she takes the new pin without comment and gently presses it into her flesh.
[20:47] <Kotono> The pin penetrates in with startling ease. Holding it makes Alicia feel momentarily off, the silver feeling slightly greasy to her touch. "I thought so. Alicia, have you ever been to Mount Celestia, or had any dealings with them?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "I've visited twice," Alicia nods slowly, her brow creasing as she regards the silver pin suspiciously. "And I read a magical tome of the Hebdomad's teachings which blessed me - that's what this is," she concludes, starting to glow with a soft nimbus of golden light.
[20:49] <Kotono> "I thought so. No, the pin's not magic or enchanted. I'll explain," Leaning back onto his hands, "Let me start with the full legend of this island."
06[20:50] * Alicia sets the two pins aside and listens attentively, very curious as to how this could have come about.
[21:01] <Kotono> "Long ago, so long that the amount of time is meaningless to you, forces of Limbo and the Abyss made an unholy alliance. Demogorgon of the Abyss and Ssendam of Limbo desired to cast away the Good in Ysgard, breaking it apart into cosmic treasure for Limbo and the Abyss. Thus began a millenia long war for the soul of Ysgard. One of the climatic battles that took place was between the forces of li ght and a vile, Abyss corrupted archmage of archm
[21:01] <Kotono> the forces of li ght and a vile, Abyss corrupted archmage of archmages." (More)
[21:03] <Kotono> The wizard, chased and pinned down in Muspelheim, lifted a chunk of land into the sky to forge a defense. He summoned an ice paraelemental of unimaginable power to protect him. IN the battle he was ultimately defeated by the intervention of Selune herself. In the aftermath, this island remained. His magic lingered after death, as did the essence of the ice paraelemental. It was declared a holy land, forbidden for all but a few to set foot in it
[21:03] <Kotono> forbidden for all but a few to set foot in it."
[21:07] <Alicia> "Selune... the Moon has power over lycanthropes, doesn't it?" Alicia muses quietly. However, any thoughts of her developing a furry alter-ego are put off - "But you mentioned Celestia earlier, and silver is anathema to law as cold iron is to chaos. I know that well enough from fighting baatezu. Just how exactly have I been changed?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "If it was normal, I'd assess to Selune's influnece here." Rubbing his chin, "But you mentioned that tome of the Hebdomad. It wasn't given, was it? You found it here or there, perhaps in a lost ruin or as battle pickings from a superior foe?"
[21:11] <Alicia> "It was in the hoard of a silver dragon with an overenthusiastic appreciation for necromancy," Alicia replies dryly. "None of my friends could open it, which is presumably why the dragon never used it itself - the tome disintegrated after I read it."
[21:13] <Kotono> "That would fit," Muttinger that as her rubs his chin further, "Alicia, you're the best student I've ever had. Your tales are mighty and I need look no farther to those you travel with to assess the purity that shines within your soul. I'm not the only one that's noticed. I would bet an artifact that your book wasn't just randomly found by the dragon. That's not the way it works. It was meant to be found by someone like you."
[21:14] <Kotono> It was meant to be found by someone like you." (More)
[21:16] <Kotono> "The Hebdomad sees long and plans longer, to spread seeds of good. They don't force, they don't cajole. They work in ways like that. Subtle ways, ways that you can always turn away from if you like. But you continue to walk the path they approve of." Waving his arm about, "That this place drew out a quality associated with law or good for you is not a surprise. Had I known ahead, I would have expected it."
[21:16] <Kotono> Had I known ahead, I would have expected it."
06[21:20] * Alicia just shakes her head, chuckling a little. "Not exactly what I expected to gain from this training, but what devil would wield a weapon of silver? It's a nice bonus on top of the other improvements in my abilities... for all that fine dining may become awkward for me in future."
[21:22] <Kotono> "Help from above comes in ways you seldom expect. They don't usually send out armies of angels to smite every evil in the world." Laughing along with Alicia, "If you weren't so obviously dedicated to Mystra, I'd say they were opening a path for you to join them. But then again..." A shrug, "It's not like there's a Blood WAr between Celestia and Arborea and Elysium."
[21:24] <Alicia> "My familiar sometimes complains that they're trying to steal me away," Alicia laughs openly at that, wiping a mirthful tear from her eye as she pictures Marie's reaction. "Oh, she'll be mortified when she hears of this..."
[21:26] <Kotono> "I don't know." Rubbing his chin again, "Oh, it wouldn't be stealing in that sense, but...it's possible you could be one of blessed to ascend without death. Hells, if it were up to me, I'd make you a saint for bringing Antenora over to our side."
[21:27] <Kotono> *one of the
[21:30] <Alicia> "I did receive a blessing for that," Alicia admits. "Latha delivered it - improved my constition. Still, it's all starting to add up..." she tugs at her flesh experimentally, as if expecting to find it rigid like wood, or underlined with scales. "I almost wonder if I can really be called human any longer..."
[21:31] <Kotono> "If you keep going, I think you'll be called angel one day," Strength of Light follows Alicia's hand as she tugs, finding it soft and pliant to her touch. "If you keep this up, I really think it may be your destiny."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Maybe... I've got a friend who's turning into a dragon, if you can believe it," Alicia chuckles, before looking up at Strength of Light. "I always thought of it for something after I died and was reborn in Mystra's realm, never really considered it could be a gradual transformation... of course that still assumes I live long enough to start with."
[21:38] <Kotono> "It can happen. In rare cases, saints and exalted warriors have transcended the mortal frame without dying or as a gift from a divinity. You'd make a good avenging angel." Now standing up, "Latha's found her own benefit, for her innate magic has gained a new facet. Antenora's change is more prozaic, just tougher skin. I've done for you what I can, helping you find what you were traveling towards. This, and what they gained, is something that wa
[21:38] <Kotono> This, and what they gained, is something that was in you already."
[21:41] <Alicia> "More than that," Alicia stands up and offers her hand to the angel, "You've given me back my confidence. That alone is worth more than anything else," she beams.
[21:42] <Kotono> Shaking that hand, and with a little smile-smirk, "To spend time with you was thanks enough."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Flatterer. Maybe I'll stop by again once I have my wings," Alicia gives him an indulgent smile, "But for now, if our training is complete, we shouldn't neglect matters back home for any longer."
[21:45] <Kotono> "Hehehehe. No need to pretend too much, I'm not that foolish. Come, let's gather up the other two. Can you cast teleport, by any chance? It would be faster on the return trip than taking the carpet."
[21:47] <Alicia> "I can indeed," Alicia affirms. "First spell I learned once I reached that circle of magic - it breeds laziness at times, but considering the distances I often have to travel there's really nothing else for it."
[21:49] <Kotono> Gathering up Latha and Antenora is easy enough. The two are wearing ripped clothing that doesn't really hide much, exhausted, dirty, tired - and triumphant. The stains of training shows on them, walking tall and approaching Alicia. "We're ready to go back," Antenora asks.
[21:50] <Alicia> "Alright, I'll teleport us to the volcano so we can get changed and cleaned up, then we'll return to the Prime?" Alicia makes sure everyone's okay with that plan of action.
[21:51] <Kotono> Latha nods, "We'll do that. You know..." She lingers, "I had a morbid curoisity to find out what it would be like to die here, with no real risk. Yet the fact that none of us found out buoys my spirit and confidence."
[21:53] <Alicia> "I'm happy for it to remain a surprise," Alicia affirms with an emphatic nod. Then, taking everyone's hands, she attempts to teleport to Strength of Light's tent at the caldera.
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 72." [1d100=72]
[21:54] <Kotono> Woosh! The four appear just there, as desired! Strength of Light goes outside the tent, stopping in the flap out. "The three of you have the tent to yourselves. It was an honor to meet each of you." He bows to the three, "Kick that devil's ass for me."
06[21:55] * Alicia goes to where she'd left Hell Striker placed atop the portable hole containing all their belongings, hoping everything's as she left it there. "He won't know what hit him!"
[21:57] <Kotono> Hell Striker is there. On touching it, Alicia finds that it feels fine to her. Nothing unusual at all.
[21:57] <Kotono> Sniffing herself before grimacing, "Magic or a real bath, Alicia," Antenora approaches behind her.
[22:01] <Alicia> "Magic is no substitute, we need a proper bath," Alicia nods with certainty as she first picks up the folded portable hole and slots it snugly into her undergarments for safe-keeping, then picks up the sword. "Latha, how about you take us to the Prime, then I'll teleport us to that oasis in the desert so we can get cleaned up properly, then I'll take us to Balmuria?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "Right," Latha says, the three drawing together!
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 213." [5d100=1, 34, 44, 98, 36]
[22:03] <Kotono> The three-some appear in the desert. It's sandy and windy here, desolate as far as the eye can see. "Alicia," Latha says to her now.
[22:04] <Alicia> Knowing it's her show, Alicia proceeds to teleport to the oasis they used as their base in the campaign against the diabolical invasion.
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[22:05] <Kotono> Woosh! The three teleport! OOC: Ready to skip along to the next TP, or do you have anything you wanna do while bathing or whatever?
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: we'll make sure we're all clean and non-smelly then get dressed and I'll teleport to the house
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Right, the three of you lather each other extra long and good, then clean each other off. Slowly. Roll another d100?
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[22:08] <Kotono> Alicia's house is like Alicia's house tends to be. If it wasn't for all the dogs and cats lying around the living room, it would be quite normal. Dawnhope is there, floating amid them and passing out scraps of meat. There must be a few dozen animals here, most of them stray and smelly.
[22:09] <Alicia> Oh, Marie is going to have some explaining to do!
[22:09] <Alicia> "Hello, Dawnhope," Alicia instead greets the other coure with a friendly smile.
[22:10] <Kotono> Antenora raises an eyebrow, not commenting a bit.
[22:10] <Kotono> "Hm? Oh, Alicia!" Whirling around, spilling a few bits of meat about, "Hi! You're back!"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Yes I am!" Alicia agrees. "I'm sure we've got all sorts of catching up to do on both ends, but how about we start with something simple? Like when did my living room become a menagerie?"
[22:13] <Kotono> A few fo the dogs and cats trot up to Latha, rubbing against her legs. "Um, well...I noticed there were some stray animals in town that could use a warm place and a nice meal..." Grinning nervously, "You don't have to be kind to only sentinent creatures!"
06[22:17] * Alicia opens her mouth and then shuts it again. Dammit, she would have to put it like that, wouldn't she? "Be that as it may," she finally gathers her thoughts, "It's not hygenic for them all to stay here. Leaving the smell and the fleas aside, some of them might be diseased."
[22:18] <Kotono> "I can help with that," Latha smiles and kneels, petting the animals. "A cantrip could help with the smell."
[22:19] <Kotono> Antenora starts to grin, all while facepalming down. "I think what Alicia's really getting at is that her house isn't an animal shelter."
[22:20] <Alicia> "Well, we'll deal with it later," Alicia finally shrugs. "Where are Marie and Jessica, do you know?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "Oh, Jessica's off at her fiancee's, and Marie's off doing something or other." Waving her hand lightly, "Say," Going to one big, golden, shaggy dog, "Do you like this one?"
[22:27] <Alicia> "I've never been much of a dog person," Alicia admits, repressing a shiver. "Anyway, I'll go check in at the garrison - Marie's probably there. We'll... deal with the animals when I get back."
[18:22] <Kotono> "Trouble, not exactly. Rumblings, certainly." Folding his hands together, "There's been noise of pirates on the seas lately. A ship from Kelara was harrassed, as was a Balmurian ship. I've been forming a small brigade charged with dealing with it. There's been talk of plague around Parsifal as well, though it's not the malaise it would have been even a year ago. Eudard volunteered to lead a mission to cure it before it spreads too far."
[18:22] <Kotono> Eudard volunteered to lead a mission to cure it before it spreads too far."
[18:24] <Alicia> "I could point Latha in that direction as well," Alicia offers. "She's capable of dealing with diseases far better than any healer."
[18:26] <Kotono> "They left about a week ago on horseback," Oberuth nods, "If the next report isn't very positive, I'll take you up on that offer. Our hope is that attacking it fast enough will cut it's legs before it spreads. More pragmatically, it's slowed and stopped caravans from Parsifal, so there's less traffic going towards Valandia. It hasn't worked it's way all down through the line yet, but there will be some economic impacts as well."
[18:28] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia relents, easing back. "That aside, is there anything you'll need me for? I haven't seen Seira or Demedais yet, but I only got back half an hour ago - are they around?"
[18:30] <Kotono> "Seira's been back. She was off on duty with one of the droppings of Shar. It went well, from reports. But no, nothing immediately. No devil attacks, only one goblin incident, Valandia's quiet..." Rubbing his chin, "Well, you may want to check the archery ranges. We seem to have acquired a few goblin trainees, courtesy of Seira. I can hardly say it's expected, but Seira seems to have cowed them fairly well."
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[18:32] <Alicia> Considering all the effort she went to to stop the giants from genociding the goblins, Alicia can hardly object. "If they're willing to work hard they could be useful in some contexts, but I can hardly see a goblin breaking up a tavern brawl, and getting them to check merchants for contraband can't end well," she admits, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
[18:33] <Kotono> "Our best line of thought is to use them as scouts. They're not half bad archers, if very raw and unpolished. If they can adapt to horse riding on the plains, and they already know the forests well, they could be useful in that role. The small size will let them hide and slip away easier than a human can, too."
06[18:38] * Alicia resolves to ask Marie what she thinks of them, assuming she's bothered to visit the garrison and do any archery training while Alicia's been away. "It would be nice if they could form a bridge between our society and the goblins. Better if they could integrate peacefully with us than be enslaved or killed by the giants as well," she reasons.
[18:38] <Alicia> "Still, if there's nothing of immediate concern I'll want to catch up with other people here and visit Seira." And deal with her animal problem back home.
[18:39] <Kotono> "Nothing immediate. Lots of growing pains. Between rising use and the idea of more calvary, we're facing a horse shortage. A horse shortage." Barking a short laugh, "The prices are liekly going to skyrocket, we're trying to bring in as many as possible these days. Oh, and more expansions and Elle's talking about Mihail's legacy beneath us, as well as the harbor and fancy words, like...ah, terraforming, I believe."
[18:42] <Alicia> "Really? I'll ask her about it when I stop by - hopefully she knows what she's doing," Alicia glances idly towards the East as she considers what could go wrong with a river of lava below the streets.
[18:46] <Kotono> Oberuth's smile is thin and plain, "Yes. She's been on various ideas and projects lately. That Inevitable, the caves, magic this, magic that. If I didn't know better, and I'm still tempted anyway, I'd say all her work and all her money's knocked her a bit off balance." Then, with a light scoff and rub of his temples, "But the entire world's balance is shifting. I spent yesterday talking with sea elves over bay issues, dealing with the land elve
[18:46] <Kotono> I spent yesterday talking with sea elves over bay issues, dealing with the land elves, and then I got to lead a practice on how normal troops can deal with flying opposition, be it with or without archery support."
[18:50] <Alicia> "It's important for them to be able to cover all eventualities," Alicia agrees grimly, before lightening up, "Still, it's nice that Elle's so busy - her work surely pleases Mystra. Anyway, if there's nothing for me at the moment, I'll go visit Seira's inn and then Elle's shop to catch up with those two."
[18:52] <Kotono> "Yes, dismissed. You seem full of energy, your face is uplifted and lacks the worry from before." With a wave of his hand, "If there's anyone waiting outside to come in, send them on inside."
06[18:53] * Alicia does her best to avoid a guilty flush as she snaps off a quick salute then retreats outside.
[19:01] <Kotono> At Seira's inn, Alicia finds amid the people a few things of note. No sign of Seira, but Donald's there. Pollyanna's also there, drinking deep and looking out a window, lost in her own world. Amaryl's also there, who blushes hotly on seeing Alicia and bows her head. She almost starts to panic and flee away, but instead swallows deep and approaches her. "A...a...Ah, Alicia. Can I offer you something to drink?"
[19:24] <Alicia> "She's got you working here, now?" Alicia raises an eyebrow at the elf, before shrugging. "A mug of cider would be fine. Are you alright? You look distracted," she hedges diplomatically.
[19:25] <Kotono> "Oh no, no!" Amaryl holds her hands up, "I mean, just, I was trying to be polite!" Taking a long breath, and then bowing to Alicia, "I just...ah..." She waits, the cider brought by a waitress without incident, "I just wanted to apologize for offending you so. You're one of Seira's friends, and I apologize if I've caused you any shame or anger with my ill considered words."
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06[19:27] * Alicia casts her mind back to the last time she went anywhere with Amaryl and then nods. "You're still upset about that? Really Amaryl, it's fine - I know you didn't mean any offence," she consoles the young-seeming-even-though-she's-far-older woman.
[19:28] <Kotono> "But I know I did. You looked so bothered and flustered. For that, I'm sorry." With another bow to Alicia, "I glad you aren't still mad about that, though."
[19:30] <Alicia> "Forgiven, forgotten," Alicia waves it off as she accepts her drink and settles herself against the bar. "Let's just put it behind us. Anyway, I've been gone for a while - how are you settling into life here in Balmuria?" she attempts to move the conversation in a less awkward direction.
[19:33] <Kotono> "Oh, I like it. It's so very busy and chaotic. Everyone moves and acts like they have something important going on, even the people here. I'm getting along well with everyone...Seira's friends are so nice. Donald's a dear, even if he's so...so....free with his thoughts. Pollyanna's kind as well. We've been practicing archery together. She even came to practice with me tonight, though it didn't work out."
[19:34] <Alicia> "You should talk to Marie about that some time," Alicia offers. "I get her to help me train the guards at archery sometimes." She then casts her eye over towards Pollyanna and nods, "She looks distracted. Is something wrong?"
[19:34] <Kotono> "Oh, ah, she's not feeling well." With a low murmur, "Cramps."
06[19:36] * Alicia nods understandingly, not pressing further. "Speaking of Seira, is she around? I was hoping to catch up on recent events now that I'm back. I've already heard from the Commander that there weren't any crisises, at least, but I'm sure she has an interesting story or two that we can trade, anyway..." she looks thoughtful, "I haven't even told her about my encounter with Esthan."
[19:38] <Kotono> Amaryl looks distractedb efore sh speaks, "Oh, she's at Elle's shop. They're talking about an idea Seira had. But...Esthan? Oh, you should go catch up with her then."
[19:40] <Alicia> "Ah, I was planning to talk to Elle anyway," Alicia smiles, draining her drink and putting a few coppers on the bar. "I'll talk to you later, Amaryl," she offers with a wave.
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: I'll send you into #evil shortly.
[22:22] <Kotono> Alicia was asleep. Keyword on was. Her sleep is broken some time before the dawn, Antenora's voice and knock calling. "Aliica, Alicia. Marie, wake her up, there's a messenger from the garrison here."
06[22:23] * Alicia fortunately wakes up before Marie has a chance to disturb her. "I'll be down in a second!" she calls, putting on her houserobe and quickly brushing the tangles out of her hair before she makes sure she's decent and heads downstairs to see what the fuss is.
[22:25] <Kotono> Antenora waits down there as well, a bleary eyed messenger saluting Alicia. "Sorry to wake you, ma'am, but Commander Oberuth needs your presence in the meeting room of the garrison as soon as possible."
06[22:25] * Alicia decides not to waste time asking questions that will be answered at the briefing. Except, "Will I need my weapon and armour?" she asks, returning the salute.
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yes, ma'am." He nods once more, "It is two hours before the dawn. WE have torches prepared outside if you want them, ma'am."
[22:28] <Alicia> "Thank you, I'll be out in a moment," Alicia nods, going back upstairs to get properly attired. A few minutes later she returns, her hair tied up as is usual and dressed in her breastplate with weapons prepared. "Marie, Antenora, I'll let you two know what's happening once I'm back," she tells her housemates.
[22:30] <Kotono> "I'll be on guard," Antenora nods briefly, before Alicia heads out. OOC: Skip along?
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: by all means
[22:32] <Kotono> Alicia comes to the garrison room. Several tired, red eyed people are here. Commander Oberuth, Pollyanna, Abagail, Demedais' training paladins. Just behind Ailcia Seira trots along as well. "Sit down," Oberuth says shortly.
06[22:33] * Seira does so with a curt nod. "Sir."
06[22:33] * Alicia nods in greeting to the others present, taking the first available seat.
[22:38] <Kotono> "Apologies for the night time wake up, especially to our arcane minded officers here," Commander Oberuth begins. "We received word from Uatu and the sea elves that there was a nighttime attack on their village. An incursion from mermen and sagahuagin lead by a warlord from the sea to the north. Uatu has requested aid from Balmuria to help them. There is concern there could be another attack coming, so haste is a priority."
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Oolu. Blarlegjlewkg.
06[22:39] * Alicia pales, hoping Darlina and Namor are okay. "I went to bed early enough that I'm ready to go right away," she says immediately.
01[22:39] <Seira> "Of course I'll be there to aid," Seira promises. "But unless we have the means to breathe underwater ready, only Alicia and myself would have this ability at the moment, and I can't use it again until the day begins in earnest."
01[22:41] <Seira> OOC: Strike~
01[22:41] <Seira> "Of course I'll be there to aid," Seira promises. "Alicia and myself would have the ability to breathe underwater at the moment, and I can imbue others with it before we leave."
[22:43] <Kotono> "I've already had Elle woken and had her muster as many scrolls of water breathing as possible, too" Another nod, "The complication is that you're also busy with another important matter. We're going to send a few boats full of soldiers to patrol the mouth of bay, while a few members of the Guard submerge below as well. "I'd like one of you two to lead this force, while the other continues on. More pertinent, it's a matter of how we divide our
[22:43] <Kotono> More pertinent, it's a matter of how we divide our forces, too."
[22:45] <Alicia> "Seira's the only one who can seal the sword," Alicia admits. "As for who we bring, it would be best to have a focus on those specialised with piercing weapons, given the nature of undersea combat."
06[22:46] * Seira taps her finger against the chair's side in irritation. "It vexes me to agree," she finally says with a sigh. "Archers would likely be pointless, either, and are better used to bolster Balmuria's defense while a size of its force is gone."
[22:47] <Kotono> "The hanging question is, how many people do you need to protect yourself there, Seira?" Oberuth asks. "That will determine other matters, too."
[22:48] <Kotono> Xavier speaks up, "Sir. Most of us have at least sufficient martial training with a spear or polearm. Also, I believe there's a warrior serving Captain Reynes who uses a spear?"
[22:49] <Kotono> "Eudard's still down in Parsifal," Pollyanna says around a yawn, "And Demedais isn't available right now."
01[22:49] <Seira> "It's not so much about protection as it is about keeping a guard out, as my work is distracting and every single precaution I've taken so far had been circumvented," Seira says with a quieter sigh. She raises her head to look about the room. "Pollyanna, feel like taking a trip with me?"
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[22:49] <Kotono> "Of course, Seira," Pollyanna says, "I can be ready whenever you want."
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01[22:50] <Seira> "A couple more hours. I'll need new spells, now, which means delaying for the preparations. Make your own, and meet me at my home?"
[22:50] <Alicia> "Yes, Antenora," Alicia nods to Xavier. "Ideally I'd attach her to the ship-board group, where her aerial mobility would prove an asset in communication and rapid response."
[22:51] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth grunts, "Make it so then. We're going to muster the ships as fast as possible. Can you be ready to leave at the dawn, Alicia? The sooner we get at least a few people to Oolu, the better."
01[22:52] <Seira> "Dawn's fine by me as well," Seira speaks, standing up. "By your leave, Sir?"
[22:53] <Kotono> AFter a moment, "Assigna nd arrainge the guardsmen you want. You'll be the commanding officer for this mission."
[22:53] <Kotono> "Go," A nod to Seira, "You as well, Pollyanna."
[22:53] <Alicia> "Easily," Alicia nods. "I can also teleport myself and an advance force of five others directly to the village... on reflection I'll actually bring Antenora and put Marie at the disposal of the ships. She's more suited for that role, I think."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Any of us will be glad to go, sir," Morund speaks up, "By your leave of course, Captain."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Sir," Pollyanna salutes and goes to Seira's side. Once there, she simply asks, "When should we meet up to go?"
06[22:55] * Alicia really wishes she'd had a chance to get to know these guys - she has no idea what they're capable of. Then again, they were trained by Demedais, weren't they? She looks to see if they're wearing full plate.
01[22:55] <Seira> "An hour, two at the most," Seira responds, and then offers to cast Water Breathing on those going.
[23:07] <Kotono> Xavier is wearing full plate. Morund and Darill are wearing breastplates right now.
[23:10] <Alicia> "Xavier, are you confident wearing lighter armour? You won't be able to fight underwater wearing full plate, I'm afraid," Alicia addresses the most heavily armed one present.
[23:10] <Alicia> armoured*
[23:15] <Kotono> "I can, sir," he promises, "I intend to use a spear in this environment, which I can use as well."
[23:17] <Alicia> "Alright. A short spear would probably be better if you're not entirely confident of your ability to maneuver quickly underwater. I'll bring you three along with Abagail for spell support - don't worry too much about your weapons since I'll enchant them, just make sure they're appropriate. We depart in one hour - make your preparations and reconvene here," she orders crisply.
[23:19] <Kotono> "Sir," They salute approriately. OOC: Ready to skip along?
[23:20] <Alicia> OOC: yep, I'll grab Anty and Marie, although Marie will stick around to leave with the boats. Jessica knows to call me if shit hits the fan on her end.
[23:20] <Kotono> OOC: Where are you going to meet up with the other threeee?
[23:20] <Alicia> OOC: at the garrison like I said (4, Deme's goons + Abagail)
[23:31] <Kotono> Alicia head to the garrison, finding everyone there and prepared. The three new members of the guard wear breastplates and carry short spears. Abagail wears a plain water blue dress, her hair kept up in a bun. The streets are busier than usual, the garrison bustling despite dawn just creeping over.
[23:33] <Alicia> Wishing Marie good luck and seeing her off to join her team, Alicia spends a moment enchanting the spears of her troops as she addresses them.
[23:33] <Alicia> "It's unfortunate that we've never had a chance to fight - or even train - together," she admits, "But we don't have the luxury of time. However, if each of you could quickly outline where your strengths in battle lie, it would help me prepare how best to use you."
[23:46] <Kotono> Xavier steps up here, "We've all taken orders under Helm to varying degrees," he explains, "I'm the most martial, Morund blends precision fighting with it, and Darill has some magical capacity, ma'am."
06[23:49] * Alicia nods. "Alright. Antenora and I have the most maneuvrability underwater, so we'll attempt to break up any attacking force quickly while you four stick close and mop up the stragglers - the three of you should focus on guarding Abagail, since she poses the biggest ranged threat with her spells. Work together to try and flank or contain any who engage you. Any questions?"
[23:52] <Kotono> "That's all," Abagail nods curtly, "I'm familiar with how underwater magic works from my texts."
[23:54] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia nods, channelling an alter self spell into her blade and tapping Antenora first. Her skin takes on a silvery transluscent hue, and any flesh exposed below her midsection shows blue-ish scales adorning it.
[23:54] <Alicia> She follows it up by casting the same spell on herself, becoming slightly slimmer and shorter, pointed ears poking out from her hair and her skin turning blue. "Everyone ready?" she confirms.
[23:56] <Kotono> "I feel like I'm about to be put in a pan an dfried," Antenora observes under her breath as she agrees. "Ready."
[23:56] <Kotono> "Ready," Darill says, the other four approaching alicia.
[23:56] <Kotono> *Alicia
06[23:57] * Alicia then teleports the group to the sea elf village, arriving in the centre not far from Darlina's home.
[23:58] <Kotono> OOC: roll?
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 98." [1d100=98]
Session Time: Wed May 06 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Alicia> OOC: similar area
[00:08] <Kotono> After several long moments, Alicia realizes that her spell has failed. Nope, no teleportation at all.
06[00:10] * Alicia looks slightly alarmed at this development. "There must be anti-teleport wards... I didn't even know anyone at the village could do that, and the other possibility is even more alarming. I'll aim for just outside..." she now attempts to teleport the group to a spot about five hundred feet from the South edge of the village.
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 64." [1d100=64]
[00:15] <Kotono> Woosh! This time you appear just where desired, in the drink! IT's quite dark here, but you can see something ahead. Several elves with nets and tridents are swimming about, keeping a careful watch out.
06[00:16] * Alicia casts light on her sword so they'll be obvious and also benefit from the light itself. "Form up," she instructs, starting to swim towards the armed elves at a slow pace so the non-aquatic members can keep up with her.
[00:21] <Kotono> The light shines as the members form up behind her! At this the watchmen get attention. There is a tense moment, until one calls in Elven, "Who are you?"
[00:22] <Alicia> "Alicia Reynes," Alicia calls back in the same language, "We've come from Balmuria to assist you in repelling your attackers."
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> <Alicia> OOC: similar area
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> > After several long moments, Alicia realizes that her spell has failed. Nope, no teleportation at all.
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> * Alicia looks slightly alarmed at this development. "There must be anti-teleport wards... I didn't even know anyone at the village could do that, and the other possibility is even more alarming. I'll aim for just outside..." she now attempts to teleport the group to a spot about five hundred feet from the South edge of the village.
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 64." [1d100=64]
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> > Woosh! This time you appear just where desired, in the drink! IT's quite dark here, but you can see something ahead. Several elves with nets and tridents are swimming about, keeping a careful watch out.
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> * Alicia casts light on her sword so they'll be obvious and also benefit from the light itself. "Form up," she instructs, starting to swim towards the armed elves at a slow pace so the non-aquatic members can keep up with her.
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> > The light shines as the members form up behind her! At this the watchmen get attention. There is a tense moment, until one calls in Elven, "Who are you?"
[20:18] <Kobreakfast> <Alicia> "Alicia Reynes," Alicia calls back in the same language, "We've come from Balmuria to assist you in repelling your attackers."
[20:19] <Kobreakfast> Tridents are lowered at these words, "Thank goodness! Our messenger reached the surface city?"
[20:21] <Alicia> "They did," Alicia confirms. "More of our soldiers are being gathered to come by boat, but we're here as an advanced force. What's the situation?" she asks as she swims closer. 'Who died?' is the unspoken question on her lips.
[20:25] <Kobreakfast> "We are to bring you to Oolu as soon as you arrive," the sentry answers, "Please, this way, Oolu is in control of the situation."
[20:25] <Kobreakfast> Abagail snorts, bubbles forming around her nose.
[20:26] <Alicia> "Lead the way," Alicia nods, resisting the urge to swim off and check on Darlina by herself. There are a lot more lives at stake.
[20:31] <Kobreakfast> The party hurries along, swimming to the sea elf village. You find that the caves are well defended, several armed elves out in a loose defensive spread. Oolu is amid them, organizing. He cocks his head back, sighing visibly. "Alicia! Over here," he calls.
[20:32] <Alicia> "Oolu! What happened?" Alicia calls back, swimming over and finally giving into the urge to ask, "Are Darlina and Namor safe?" she asks urgently.
[20:36] <Kobreakfast> "They are. It's such a long story! Of course, we don't have time for that." As the party approaches, "Raiders from the open sea came in a surprise attack at night, a warband of about 25 or so. We were able to repulse them - I'll explain that more in a moment - with minimal losses. Don't worry, they're safe. Darlina got a nasty wound, but she's not in any danger."
06[20:36] * Alicia takes Oolu's word for it, wanting to have all the information to hand, anyway. "Go on," she nods.
[20:40] <Kobreakfast> "Namor kept crying so much tonight and wouldn't calm. It was so loud I went out on a swim to relax, as did a few others. We stumbled on the radiers about to attack." With a solemn shake of hsi head, "If not for that, we would have been caught off on the flat."
[20:40] <Alicia> "Blessed child," Alicia smiles in spite of the grim situation. "How did the battle go?"
[20:43] <Kobreakfast> "Our losses were minimal - with the surprise lost, we were able to net many of the first wave and I eliminated some of the others. A fair few wounded, which makes us vulnerable if they attack again. Some of the prisoners are being interrogated now."
[20:44] <Alicia> "If you show us to the wounded, we have healing magic available," Alicia offers, "Ensuring we're at full strength in case further attacks come should be the first priority."
[20:44] <Kobreakfast> Morund nods briefly to that, "We can all help with that."
[20:45] <Kobreakfast> "Yes, this way," Oolu says. Glancing at Abagail, "Apologises for the lack of a welcome suiting you," he breaks into Common to her. "I'll make it up to you personally another time."
[20:46] <Alicia> "Just smile and nod," Alicia tells Abagail in a none too quiet aside as they head off to tend to the wounded.
[20:48] <Kobreakfast> Thus, you are taken to the wounded. Several elves are in varying states of injury, from minor scrapes to serious wounds. As those who can heal break up to do so...OOC: Using Lay on Hands or spellfire, 'licia?
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: lay on hands first, then spellfire once I've expended that
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[21:00] <Kobreakfast> Going about, the elves are healed at the hands of Alicia and her underlings. Cries of gratitude and thanks fill the ears of this cave as they are mended. Oolu comes by as the last one is fixed, "Thank you. You want to see Darlina now?" OOC: All your LoH and say 8 levels of spell fire.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Yes, you said she was injured as well?" Alicia asks, turning to the elemental.
[21:02] <Kobreakfast> "She's resting with Namor. To be honest," A moment here, a bit of an honest, brightening smile on her face, "She asked for you to come see her if you came. She's in her room."
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[21:04] <Alicia> "I'll go see her - Antenora, you're in charge until I get back," Alicia tells the erinyes before she swims off to see Darlina and her godson.
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[21:08] <Kobreakfast> Alicia swims off in a hurry! She finds Darlina resting, lying idle int he water by Namor's crib. Her left arm and chest are wrapped in bandages of seaweed, her eyes half closed. She doesn't show any reaction to Alicia entering.
[21:08] <Alicia> "Darlina?" Alicia greets the elf gently in elven from the doorway, not wanting to startle her.
[21:10] <Kobreakfast> "...Alicia?" Darlina turns her head, grimacing, "...hey...you made it?" With a crooked smile, "I made a mistake, trying to stop a trident with my shoulder."
[21:12] <Alicia> "Better your shoulder than your head," Alicia replies with a faint smile, kicking off the floor and drifting closer before she takes out her wand of cure light wounds, waving it over the injured arm. "I'm just glad you and Namor are safe. When I heard you'd been attacked I was so worried..."
[21:12] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[21:12] <Kobreakfast> The wounds mend somewhat at that beckoning. Straightening at that, "I'm sorry." Bowing her head to that, "But you're here, I know we're all safe now."
06[21:13] * Alicia gives it another go, not wanting to leave anything to chance. "You've got nothing to apologise for," she uses her free hand to tilt Darlina's head upwards. "You were defending yourself and your home. The ones who should apologise are the ones who attacked you."
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[21:14] <Kobreakfast> "Yeah, I know. It felt right ot say," Blushing as her wound heals, Darlina embraces Alicia. "I'm still glad to see you."
06[21:16] * Alicia returns the affectionate hug before putting the wand away. "It's been a while, I know," she apologises, but doesn't dwell on it. "I heard our little boy chased everyone out with his crying, and that's how the raiders didn't get a surprise attack," she leans over the crib, smiling.
[21:18] <Kobreakfast> Namor is fast asleep, curled up. "He is a lucky child," Darlina says, lingering at Alicia's side. "Thanks for coming. If not for Namor and then Balmuria, we would have been beset by a tragedy."
06[21:21] * Alicia gently strokes the infant's head before turning to Darlina. "We're going to make sure the ones responsible won't dare to try anything like this again," she promises, a firmness in her tone at odds with her loving actions.
[21:22] <Kobreakfast> "Good. It has to be done," Darlina agrees, "When it's over, you'll come back and visit before you return to Balmuria, won't you? We'll have a celebration."
[21:23] <Alicia> "I will - I'll introduce you to Antenora as well, since she's here too," Alicia promises. "For now I shouldn't linger, though - I need to see to the defences and then work on a punitive raid in response to this."
[21:28] <Kobreakfast> "Careful," Darlina bids as Alicia goes off. Finding Oolu again is without incident, the group gathering a little away. "Now then," Oolu begins, "We need a response to this. From what the prisoners have said, we have a fairly good idea who's behind all this. Gluark, a local sahuagin warlord. You went to Oceanoholm with Darlina, didn't you?"
[21:29] <Alicia> "I did," Alicia nods. "I vaguely recall hearing rumours about a Sahaugin warlord at the time, but it wasn't relevant to our purpose."
[21:30] <Kobreakfast> "It is now," Antenora sits in the cave you're in, walls carved with fresh drawings and work all over. She plays her fingers over the tip of her spear.
[21:30] <Kobreakfast> "If it's just the underwater equivalent of banditry," Darill speaks up, "A good hard strike will break the power of the warlord for a time, and perhaps for good if we do enough and eliminate this Gluark?"
[21:33] <Kobreakfast> "I haven't been to Oceanoholm lately, so I'm not sure if the situation's changed. No matter, if he's making a move against us, we have to take counter measures." Oolu says. "That's a given."
[21:33] <Alicia> "There's always one who'll step up if we kill the leader. But even so, they'll surely think long and hard before stirring up trouble in our neck of the woods if our response to this is sufficiently robust," Alicia outlines before addressing Oolu, "What have you learned from the prisoners?"
[21:35] <Kobreakfast> "Gluark's behind this. Apparently, he's developing an interest in the bay as a source of power and wealth. They're not sure if more are coming - they were dispatched away without any information about that. Theyh're all repeating the same story, so it's either true or they prepared a cover lie and they're all decent liars."
[21:37] <Kobreakfast> "How bothersome," Abagail tries to toss her hair, but it doesn't really work underwater. Instead she gets a faceful of flying locks, coughing and waving it out of away. "Ggh. If they're all common bandits, a display of magical prowess should go far in demoralizing them."
[21:38] <Alicia> "How well organised did they seem in combat?" Alicia asks. "How they handled themselves there would give some indication as to whether they seem competent enough to come up with a story," Alicia muses in a somewhat lecturing tone for the benefit of her rookies.
[21:38] <Alicia> "Most brigands and the like are braggarts at heart, and don't care to lie for the benefit of their erstewhile comrades after being captured anyway. Professional soldiers are different."
[21:40] <Kobreakfast> "They used pairs in battle. No one fought alone unless seperated. They were fairly hard to flank. They knew how to fight reasonably well." Oolu ticks off on a flowing finger of water, "They weren't geniuouses, but they were competent."
[21:41] <Alicia> "The fact that they didn't break when their surprise attack was foiled is somewhat telling, in that case," Alicia muses. "If you like I could speak to one of the prisoners and ascertain things for certain - did you get any information from them regarding their base of operations and total numbers?"
[21:42] <Kobreakfast> "Nothing defininte," Oolu says, "Go ahead, by all means."
[21:42] <Kobreakfast> Antenora looks up, 'Alicia.'
06[21:43] * Alicia looks up as well at the prompting.
[21:44] <Kobreakfast> 'A thought. If this Gluark is any sort of competent warrior or problem, we may want to take him back to Balmuria. No need to a repeat of David.'
[21:44] <Kobreakfast> 'Or,' A mere moment later, 'Of course, if he wants to fight to the death, its' irrelevant.'
[21:45] <Alicia> 'We'll see when we face him,' Alicia tells Antenora, not wanting to commit so early in the game. "Alright, Oolu, where are the prisoners kept?" she then asks the elemental.
[21:47] <Kobreakfast> Oolu takes Alicia to one narrow mouthed cave. Here elves stand on guard, heavy stone boulders pushed away to reveal small, narrow rooms. In one of them, a sahuagin sits on the ground. It wears torn clothes, a crude bandage wrapped around it's arm. It's eyes stare at Alicia.
[21:48] <Alicia> "My name is Alicia Reynes," Alicia greets the sharkman without preamble, regarding him cooly as she speaks in elven. "Do you understand me?"
[21:52] <Kobreakfast> "Yes." It meets her eyes, voice masculine. "What do you want?"
[21:56] <Alicia> "Information," Alicia replies curtly, stepping forward. "To start with, tell me who ordered the attack on this village."
[21:58] <Kobreakfast> "Gluark," he says, matter of fact.
[22:00] <Alicia> "Tell me about this... Gluark," Alicia invites sibilantly, curling the fist of her left hand tightly as she leans over the prisoner. "Where does he hide himself?"
[22:01] <Kobreakfast> The prisoner shakes his head. "I'm willing to help you, but I'm not going to sell out my friends. If I tell you, you'll counter attack."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Of course I will," Alicia replies as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "There's a surfacer expression; you reap what you sow. Do you know what that means?"
[22:04] <Kobreakfast> "Naturally." He nods agreeably to all this, "That's why I won't tell you."
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[22:08] <Alicia> "So you'd prefer for Gluark to sow with abandon, tossing lives away on fruitless attacks on otherwise peaceful villages, without ever reaping the bitter harvest that he is owed?" Alicia asks, interested enough to simply engage with the prisoner for the moment. He seems a reasonable sort, hopefully she can convince him without needing to resort to anything drastic.
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[22:10] <Kotono> A shrug. "I don't care about that. I care about my friends, that's all. I won't be the traitor to them."
[22:13] <Alicia> "That's commendable," Alicia admits honestly. "I can respect that." She then leans forward, looming over the sharkman. "The problem, my piscine friend, is that you participated in an unprovoked attack on *my* friends. That's something I have a lot more trouble respecting."
[22:13] <Alicia> "So you can either tell me where to find Gluark, so I can take up my issues with him personally, or I can go hunting, and damn anyone foolish enough to stand in my way," she finishes with a feral smile.
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Make an intimidation check, Alicia, say?
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:17] <Kotono> His confidence cracks visibly, shaking and with a noticiable choke in his speech. "Y-yes, but..."
[22:18] <Alicia> "I'll find him eventually," Alicia promises, "You can be sure of that. The only question is how many bodies I leave behind me before that happens."
[22:23] <Kotono> "...If you attack, will you take prisoners," he asks.
[22:26] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia replies. "Any who surrender or are too wounded to fight will be spared. We're not in the business off mass slaughter, but we *will* send a strong message to any would-be warlord who follows after Gluark that polluting our waters with bloodshed is a terrible idea."
[22:29] <Kotono> After some thought, "There's an underwater canyon about five day's travel to the north and two to the west. It's where our main base is. If Gluark isn't on campaign somewhere, he's there."
[22:30] <Alicia> "Describe it," Alicia asks, mentally focusing to absorb every detail. "As closely as you can, every physical detail you can remember." With a good enough description she could teleport there immediately.
[22:34] <Kotono> He does so. It's a crack in the earth, little sunlight reaching that far below the surface waters. A sea of seaweed makes it difficult to find naturally, and the sahuagin use that as a nautral defense. Past that, it's like a vertical city-tower, with caves carved out of the canyon's length. The upper levels are barracks and storages, with the lower levels holding Gluark and his lieutenants as well as most of the ill gotten goods they've gathere
[22:34] <Kotono> as well as most of the ill gotten goods they've gathered.
[22:37] <Alicia> "Excellent. You've been very helpful," Alicia concludes afterwards. With that dismissal she leaves to rejoin Oolu and her expeditionary force.
[22:38] <Kotono> You find them in the same cave, talking strategy. Xavier is standing up, "...well, if we can get some trained soldiers and an elven force, it would make a solid tactical reserve. The idea would to be to flush them up to the surface and our ships, where we can bring overwhelming force to bear."
06[22:39] * Alicia decides not to introduce herself just yet, curious to see how Demedais's trainees stack up in terms of tactics.
[22:43] <Kotono> As Oolu nods, "Now, if they break the surface of the water, archery and nets will deal with them. If not, we can still deploy weighted nets and sinking objects. Basically, put them between a rock and a hard place." He finishes, "The only problem is that it fails if they attack in several waves, or have overwhelming numbers. But in that case, we may need to retreat to Balmuria and counterattack. At worst, I'm sure we can repulse any attack that
[22:43] <Kotono> At worst, I'm sure we can repulse any attack that reaches the city."
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[22:44] <Kotono> "I'd hate to retreat, but if they have such numbers..." Oolu grimaces, "That's the best idea we've had. If it looks like naother battle is going to happen, I'm going to have all the women and children retreat towards Balmuria anyway."
[22:44] <Alicia> "There won't be another attack for at least ten days," Alicia announces her presence. "Their base of operations is in a canyon five days journey from here. Right now Gluark has no idea that his attack even failed."
[22:46] <Kotono> "Excellent," Antenora smiles at that, "Still, that idea may have merit until they're dealt with. If Gluark is a capable commander, he may have a hidden second wave with reinforcements coming at a delay. If they find the first group succeeded, they retreat and no harm done. If not, they could do anything from probe to attack to try and send fast word back of the failure."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Like unarmed fighting?" Morund makes a slight grimace, "Lead with your left, knock themout with your right?"
[22:47] <Kotono> "It's possible, that's all, but it's a good analogy," Antenora says.
[22:48] <Kotono> "
[22:48] <Kotono> "No. Why not hit all at once?" Darill rumbles, "If you defeat them in one swing, there's no need for a second."
[22:49] <Kotono> "Because one blow can be dodged. The second might slip past expectations. It's different styles of attack," Abagail snorts, running a hand through her hair. "You don't always use your strongest spell to start a battle. Of course, if this man is a brainless warlord, I doubt he's so tactically minded."
[22:50] <Kotono> "Prepare for rain even when the sky is sunny," Antenora looks to Alicia, "Did you get any idea what sort of man Gluark is?"
[22:51] <Alicia> "So you don't throw good money after bad, Darill," Alicia tells the young paladin. "Defeating an opposing force in detail is a valid tactic, but not having any reserves puts you in a bad position if the enemy proves more adept than expected. Regardless it matters little - I could take us to Gluark's fortress within six seconds."
[22:51] <Alicia> She then gives Abagail a sweet smile, "Brainless and warlord do not belong in the same sentence, my dear. If he was a brute he'd merely be an enforcer for a more mentally adept would be conquerer."
[22:51] <Kotono> "Are you joking? They're just bandits with fins," With a look of disguist, "Summon a few monsters, fry th estronger ones and they'll curl up like the dogs they are."
[22:53] <Kotono> "What happens when you've undestimated someone?" Xavier crosses his arms, "You might get a bloody nose, you might get embarrassed, or you might end up in a shallow grave somewhere."
06[22:54] * Alicia shakes her head. "I don't know much about Gluark, it's true, but to reach a position of leadership requires both political savvy and the muscle to back it up. He's not some thug hiding out of a cave with a handful of his buddies, he's leader of a large military force. Don't assume he's inept, because he wouldn't have gotten this far if he was."
[22:55] <Kotono> "Hmph." With a look, "I understand, Captain." Abagail doesn't reply after that. Instead, Oolu does. "So you're going to wiggle your eyebrows and take a force right to Gluark's front door?"
[22:56] <Alicia> "That's the plan, yes," Alicia nods. "I'll wait until our reinforcements arrive from Balmuria to ensure the village remains well protected, though. Given the distances involved, a delay of half a day won't help give Gluark any advance notice of what happened here."
[22:58] <Kotono> "With your leave then," Morund says, "Can we rest during tha ttime, to ensure we're sharp for the battle?
[22:58] <Kotono> "
[23:00] <Alicia> "Actually, we'll spar," Alicia replies. "I've never had a chance to train with any of you or see you in combat, and since we now have the luxury of time I'd like to appraise your skills before we head into battle."
[20:15] <Kotono> --
[20:16] <Kotono> After a hard morning's work, time has safely passed. No second assault has shown itself, the village bracing and preparing. Above, ships are keeping a watch at the surface. OOC: Alicia, ball's in your court.
06[20:19] * Alicia is rather impressed and not a little relieved by the prowess of Demedais's three trainees, the gulf between them and the guardsmen she normally trains all too apparent. Idly she wonders if it's a matter of raw talent or if it's down to training methods - she'll have to ask Demedais when she sees him next. For now, though, it's time to confront Gluark.
[20:19] <Alicia> "Now remember, you three won't be able to move much underwater with your armour weighing you down, so stick close and let the enemy come to you - Abagail should do a good job of provoking them, I'd hope. If you get into trouble, though, give a shout and Antenor or I will break off to assist you," she goes through some last minute instructions.
[20:23] <Kotono> "Understood," Xavier nods, "I think we can handle that, ma'am."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Any last minute spells you want to cast, do so now," Alicia gives them a moment's warning to ready themselves, casting Shield for her own benefit at this juncture.
[20:29] <Kotono> A few spells are called on, names invoked. "I'm ready," Abagail says.
06[20:32] * Alicia also casts voice of the archon and cloak of bravery in case either could be needed. "Our primary objective is Gluark himself - if we can put on a show of force sufficient to deter his followers, so much the better, but see to your own safety first."
[20:32] <Alicia> With that, she casts the spell to teleport the group to Gluark's fortress, aiming for the base of the tower past the seaweed forest described by the prisoner.
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[20:42] <Kotono> You appear in dim, dark waters. The pressure is thick on you, as you stand amid a sea of seaweed on all sides. Below is the gash into the ocean, a long canyon. It's like a tower - you can see lights below, several 'stories' of carved out caves and terraces lining below.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Looks like we're close enough," Alicia observes, casting message on the group. Given how slow the others are at swimming, the journey will be perilous enough even with a short distance. "Follow my lead," she instructs, slowly swimming into the canyon so the others can keep up.
[20:45] <Kotono> Thus, the group swims down! As they do...
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Antenora has good spot+see in darkness, so she's a no brainer here
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Antenora has good spot+see in darkness, so she's a no brainer here and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[20:47] <Kotono> As you swim down, approaching the highest level, "Alicia," Antenora speaks up, "I can see sahuagin on several of the stories and terrences. I don't think any have seen us, but I can see at least a dozen, as well as sharks and octopi."
[20:49] <Alicia> "Form up and stay close," Alicia instructs. "They likely won't be happy to see us, but we're going to have to get past them."
[20:49] <Kotono> "Straight ahead down to the bottom," Xavier asks as you do so.
[20:52] <Alicia> "No, we're not nearly fast enough in the water to do that - they'd surround us easily if we even tried. We have to engage each layer of defence as it comes," Alicia replies with the sad reality of their situation. Her and Antenora are fine, but the others are fishfood if they try to outrun the sea's natural inhabitants.
[20:56] <Kotono> Thus you descend down! As you do, you see the first layer - several large, open terrances built into the canyon. While most of these are empty, it's the ones the next level below that have your foes - several of them, some on patrol and others milling about. At about 100 feet away, a cry of alarm goes up! Several of them begin tos wim up with a haste towards the party, a band of perhaps a dozen armed with tridents!
[20:57] <Kotono> "Here they come!" Antenora says aloud, as Morund grins morosely, readying his weapon!
06[20:58] * Alicia has her sword ready, not yet ignited as she takes the lead. "Lets see if they're interested in parlaying, first," she murmurs, preparing herself...
[20:58] <Kotono> As they swim up, coming to within fourty feet, "Identify yourselves!" One of them calls, "Now!"
[21:02] <Alicia> "My name is Alicia Reynes!" Alicia calls back in the case that her name inspires fear even below the waves. "We have come to punish Gluark for his unprovoked attack on the community of El Mysha!"
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[21:04] <Kotono> "Tsch!" One of the sahuagin hisses at Alicia's words, swimming backwards! Another sneers, "Sound an alarm, we have an attack! Get 'em!" With that, most of the sahuagin charge at the party! OOC: I'm calling initiative here, say.
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Abby
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Abby and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Xavier
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Xavier and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Morund
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Morund and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Darill
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Darill and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 sahuagin group Hatbot likes the bitches, I see.
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 sahuagin group Hatbot likes the bitches, I see. and gets 13." [1d20=12]
03[21:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Abagail>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Sahuagin(10)>Xavier'
[21:09] <Alicia> "Wrong answer, fool!" Alicia surges forward faster than her foes can react, a hiss of steam from her blades as they ignite and promptly evaporate the surrounding water, striking out at the one who ordered the attack! In deference to the helpful prisoner she holds back on lethal strikes until she considers themselves to be in actual danger, instead attacking merely to incapacitate.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 devotion for monstrous humanoids
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 devotion for monstrous humanoids and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -4 nonlethal -6 pa
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -4 nonlethal -6 pa and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: is he evil?
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+2d6+1d6
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+2d6+1d6 and gets 43." [1d8=6][2d6=5, 1][1d6=6]
03[21:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Abagail>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Sahuagin(9)>Xavier'
[21:11] <Kotono> Charging forward, Alicia smacks the closest sahuagin, sending it into a dazed spiral down and out! ABagail holds for the mometn, staying behind the warriors! OOC: Holding her action until she can move behind a wall of big men. Anty's up.
[21:12] <Kotono> Antenora swoops down as holy fury takes over her mind, striking down on the other side of the sahuagin as well!
02[21:12] * Kallen (~carthrat@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +2 weapon, -4 nonlethal, -6 PA)
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +2 weapon, -4 nonlethal, -6 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +2 weapon, -4 nonlethal, -6 PA) crit?
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +2 weapon, -4 nonlethal, -6 PA) crit? and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 4d8+1d6+92 nonlethal, so out cold
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+1d6+92 nonlethal, so out cold and gets 119." [4d8=6, 5, 7, 8][1d6=1]
03[21:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Abagail>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Sahuagin(8)>Xavier'
03[21:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(8)>Xavier'
[21:16] <Kotono> The unlucky foe who takes Antenora's charge gets her spear butt dead in the face, sent hurtling down deeper in the canyon like a shooting star! Seconds later, you hear a heavy impact echoing through the waves! Darill and Morund advance now, fully moving to reach with 10 feet of the sahuagin. Abagail follows then, a crackling bolt of energy goes for another one of the fishmen!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 3d6
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and gets 11." [3d6=5, 4, 2]
03[21:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(7)>Xavier'
[21:17] <Kotono> The fishman shakes all over, going limp in the waters! A moment later, the charge hits the party like a sack of bricks to the head! Two go for Alicia dead out, calling bellowing battle charges!
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 crit?
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 crit? and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[21:17] <Alicia> OOC: AC 33
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 11." [1d8=7]
[21:18] <Kotono> One of them lands a lucky blow into Alicia's arm, managing to lightly penetrate her supernaturally tough flesh! Two fan out to go for Antenora as well!
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[21:18] <Kotono> She fends both off easily, as two go for Xavier at the front!
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 12." [1d8=8]
[21:19] <Kotono> One of those scores a wound on Xavier's side, as the last one goes for Abagail, Morund able to take a spearing at him as it does!
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (+3 weapon, -2 underwater)
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 (+3 weapon, -2 underwater) and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d6+4
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 and gets 6." [1d6=2]
[21:21] <Kotono> It's a bleeding deep wound as he struggles past, bleeding as he charges Abagail!
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Eratta, that was a wound on Darill. Sorry. Mixup.
[21:23] <Kotono> Abagail has a shining field of force around her, blocking the trident dead on! A moment later, Xavier comes down, going to try and spear the approaching Sahuagin! Abagail glances back, "Hurry! Get moving and stop it!"
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (-4 nonlethal)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (-4 nonlethal) and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6+9
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+9 and gets 11." [1d6=2]
03[21:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(6)>Xavier'
[21:24] <Kotono> With a thwap to the side of it's head, the sahuagin is out, floating limply in the water! Below, you can hear and see things starting to mobilize from the lower terrences! Sharks, sahuagin and octopi, to name a few! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:25] * Alicia strikes out quickly to incapacitate the two sharkmen flanking her, before moving five feet closer to the group behind her.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -3pa -4 nonlethal
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -3pa -4 nonlethal and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -3pa -4 nonlethal
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -3pa -4 nonlethal and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: do they hit? Not going to bother with the rest if so, since they're soft targets
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d8+13+2d6+1d6
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+13+2d6+1d6 and gets 19." [1d8=1][2d6=3, 1][1d6=1]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d8+13+2d6+1d6
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+13+2d6+1d6 and gets 28." [1d8=7][2d6=4, 3][1d6=1]
[21:27] <Alicia> OOC: I'll continue if needed, but that should KO both
03[21:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(4)>Xavier'
[21:27] <Kotono> With deft moves Alicia knocks out both sahuagin with ease, sending them limpid in the water! She then positions, as...OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora assesses the two around her, before thumping them with the butt of her spear, "Run. We've fought creatures millenia old and infinitely more powerful. You're nothing more than bubbles in the ocean to us!"
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, -4 nonlethal, -2 PA)
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 8/10, -4 nonlethal, -2 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+15
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+15 and gets 20." [1d8=2][1d6=3]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d8+15
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+15 and gets 16." [1d8=1]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d8+15
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+15 and gets 22." [1d8=7]
03[21:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(2)>Xavier'
[21:30] <Kotono> With deft movements, two more are laid low, barely even able to reach! Darill sets on the two on him, shortspear dancing out! Morund slides and swims around, as ingle attack at it's now flanked side!
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Morund
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Morund and gets 27." [1d20=15]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and gets 10." [1d6=5]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d6+3d6+4
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+3d6+4 and gets 22." [1d6=1][3d6=6, 6, 5]
03[21:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Antenora>Darill>Morund>Abagail>Sahuagin(1)>Xavier'
[21:32] <Kotono> This sahuagin meets a far less favorable fate, speared in front and back and sent hurtling into the realms beyond this one! Abagail shakes her head, "Surrender, or..." she says, power crackling around her! The last survivor drops it's trident and swims off in a panic! "Let him go," Abagail asks lazily, "He does seem to have reconsidered his chances of survival."
[21:33] <Alicia> "We outmatch them so much we can afford to hold back," Alicia agrees. "Antenora, heal Darill when we engage the next wave?" she suggests to the erinyes, starting to slowly descend so as not to create too much distance between herself and the poor swimmers.
[21:34] <Alicia> *triton, at the moment
[21:35] <Kotono> "Understood," Antenora nods! The party descends down to the next layer! Here you see waves coming! From below, four large sharks rush up, as well as five sahuagin! One has a trident made of gold, leading the charge as they're 50 feet away! From the terrances, five more sahuagin emerge at your sides, three on one side and two on another! OOC: Initiative?
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Abby
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Abby and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Xavier
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Xavier and gets 18." [1d20=14]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Morund
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Morund and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Darill
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Darill and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 below sahuagin
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 below sahuagin and gets 7." [1d20=6]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 sharks
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 sharks and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 3 sahuagin on the left
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 3 sahuagin on the left and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+ 2 on the right
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ 2 on the right and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=1]
[21:41] <Kotono> Morund>Antenora>Left Sahuagin(3)>Abagail=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)
03[21:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Left Sahuagin(3)>Abagail=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)'
[21:41] <Kotono> Morund advances and waits for the moment, while Antenora peels off! She goes to the left terrance, holy energy filling Darill before she charges the leftmost foe!
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, -4 nonlethal, -4 PA)
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, -4 nonlethal, -4 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, -4 nonlethal, -4 PA) oh for the love of shit
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 weapon, +2 charge, -4 nonlethal, -4 PA) oh for the love of shit and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 4d8+76
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+76 and gets 85." [4d8=4, 1, 1, 3]
03[21:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Left Sahuagin(2)>Abagail=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)'
03[21:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)'
[21:45] <Kotono> With a heavy blow that sends her target down like a pile of gold into Mammon's vault, Antenora utterly incapacitates her target! The two others gawk at her, before calling, "We need m-more reinforcements!" as they flee back into the cave they came from! "Now! They're mowing us down like shrimp!" OOC: Abagail and the sharks.
[21:47] <Kotono> Abagail makes a snapping gesture, as...
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d4+1
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+1 and gets 5." [1d4=4]
03[21:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)>Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)'
03[21:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(2)'
[21:48] <Kotono> Five gold and shining dolphins appear, going to deal with the pair of menaces on the right flank!
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 2
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 2 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 2
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 2 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (Smite evil) Sahuagin 1 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 2d4+2
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4+2 and gets 10." [2d4=4, 4]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 4d4+4
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d4+4 and gets 12." [4d4=1, 2, 4, 1]
03[21:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)=Sharks(4)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(1)'
[21:50] <Kotono> In the storm of golden fish, one of the sahuagin is knocked silly and out, battered hard in flashes of white! The other is only hit once, staggered horribly but staying upright! Meanwhile, the four large sharks tear ahead! The first goes right for Alicia, charging her!
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (+2 charge)
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (+2 charge) and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[21:50] <Kotono> As this one is stopped with Alicia's feint and parry, a second goes up for Darill!
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d8+5
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 and gets 11." [1d8=6]
[21:51] <Kotono> It scores a bite on him, as the third swims upward and goes for Morund!
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d8+5 owwies
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 owwies and gets 9." [1d8=4]
[21:52] <Kotono> The last swims up and goes for Alicia as well!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[21:53] <Kotono> But this last is stopped! Xavier swims ahead, going to impale the side of the shark on Morund!
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (-5 PA, swinging for the bleachers here)
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 (-5 PA, swinging for the bleachers here) and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:54] <Kotono> The spear grazes off it's side, however, just missing! OOC: Alicia. You have a pair of sharks saying hi to you.
06[21:55] * Alicia shows little mercy to mindless fish, her sharp blade leaving a trail of steaming bubbles as it scythes through the water with no resistance to tear them apart!
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 devotion animals
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 devotion animals and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 divine might and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 divine might and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[21:56] <Alicia> OOC: rolling seperately, once one dies I'll transfer attacks to the next
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 23." [1d8=1][1d6=4]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 26." [1d8=5][1d6=3]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 22." [1d8=1][1d6=3]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 24." [1d8=2][1d6=4]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 22." [1d8=1][1d6=3]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d8+18+1d6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+18+1d6 and gets 27." [1d8=7][1d6=2]
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)=Sharks(2)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill>Below Sahuagin(5)>Right sahuagin(1)'
[21:57] <Kotono> Alicia aggressively tears the sharps apart, leaving little but blood and cartilidge in the water! Darill meanwhile busies himself with stabbing the shark on him, "Some support here," he calls, as he dodges a bite of his own!
[21:57] <Alicia> "This is for El Mysha!" Alicia yells as she eviscerates the deadly predators of the deep, wanting the sahaugin to know exactly what brought this on them.
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d6+3
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+3 and gets 9." [1d6=6]
03[21:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)=Sharks(2)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill'
[21:59] <Kotono> He scores a solid if not decisive wound on it's side, as the five sahuagin below hesitate! "No good, they're too much!" The one with the gold trident says with fury, "Fall back!" With that, the line of them do just that, sinking deeper into the canyon! The one surviving sahuagin on the right withdraws, flying back into the caves he came from! OOC: Morund is up.
[21:59] <Kotono> Morund flanks with Xavier, taking a swipe at the shark's side!
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d6+3d6+4
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+3d6+4 and gets 17." [1d6=4][3d6=2, 1, 6]
[22:01] <Kotono> He gets a shot right in it's head, tearing deeply into it! Antenora, at this, turns away and goes to assist the two as Morund is healed!
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -10 PA)
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 charge, +2 weapon, -10 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 2d8+62
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+62 and gets 66." [2d8=1, 3]
03[22:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morund>Antenora>Abagail=Celestial Dolphins(5)=Sharks(1)>Xavier>Alicia>Darill'
[22:03] <Kotono> The shark is ripped in the center, impaled and bleeding all over as it thrashes about in it's death throes! Abagail snorts, gesturing to the dolphins, who swim down into the depths to follow the retreating forces! The last shark roars, turning away and going for the most blood - where Alicias wims, having torn apart two sharks!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[22:03] <Kotono> This doesn't work out so well for it, leaving it close and a miss, as Xavier swims a little below, preparing! OOC: Alicia, you're up. I think we know what's about to happen to Mr. Shar.
[22:03] <Kotono> Shark.
06[22:04] * Alicia slices downwards at the shark, hoping split its head apart in one decisive strike!
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 -13pa
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 -13pa and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+39+1d6
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+39+1d6 and gets 48." [1d8=4][1d6=5]
[22:12] <Kotono> Alicia does just that! With that move, the battle is over once more! OOC: Free act for the moment.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Anyone needs healing, say so now?" Alicia invites in the lull before they press the attack, ignoring her own little scratch.
[22:13] <Kotono> "I'm fine," Darill calls, "I've had worse sparring!"
[22:14] <Alicia> "Then lets press on before they can fortify themselves, or spirit Gluark away from here," Alicia urges, starting to descend but still pacing herself so the others aren't left behind.
[22:16] <Kotono> Thus you swim down! Two more terrances down, no sign of immediate reinforcements. But as you swim by, "Ho!" A sahuagin calls from the cave of the fourth terrance. "W-wait. I have a message for you, intruders, from Gluark!"
[22:17] <Alicia> "Speak! We have business with the coward for his unprovoked attack on My Elsha!" Alicia barks in reply.
[22:19] <Alicia> OOC: that
[22:19] <Alicia> OOC: El Mysha
[22:19] <Kotono> "Gluark would like to parley with you," he says, "Over just that very matter."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Lead us to him, then," Alicia replies, the churning steam around Hell Striker ceasing as she douses the blade's flames, levelling a warning glare at the sharkman. "But there had better be no tricks."
[22:22] <Kotono> He swims out and to the party, bowing, "T-this way," he says, heading down. "As long as I lead ahead, there shouldn't be any problems."
[22:23] <Alicia> "For your sake there had best not be," Alicia assures him, gesturing for the others to follow her but keeping a wary eye out.
[22:25] <Kotono> You are lead deeper into the canyon, several levels transversed. On reaching the bottom, you are taken past sahuagin and sharks held at bay. You are taken into a deep, winding cave, past yet more guards. Eventually, you come into a large, pleasant room. The walls are decorated with coral, a few hidden sorces of light glowing beyond the delicate decoration. A stone throne is here, a slender, small sahuagin sitting in it. He looks indolent and sl
[22:26] <Kotono> A stone throne is here, a slender, small sahuagin sitting in it. He looks indolent and sleepy. Waving a hand as bubbles come from his mouth, "You came about that village in the bay?"
[22:26] <Kotono> A pair of large sahuagin stand on either side of his throne, but otherwise the room is quiet.
[22:26] <Alicia> "You are Gluark?" Alicia asks, eyeing the sahaugin. He's not really what she expected. Naturally she checks for evil.
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yeah," he smothers a yawn in his hand. "The one and only. You're Alicia Reynes and company? A bunch of surface dwelllers on vacation?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "It would behoove you to quell any smart-mouthed impulses you may have, Gluark, when your life hangs in the balance," Alicia warns. "El Mysha is under our protection - your attack failed, but the fact that you even attempted it is intolerable."
[22:32] <Kotono> Yawning again, "It seems so, yes. That bay would make a pleasant pearl in my collection, but it seems that it's out of my reach. Ah well, no harm, no foul. You're going to swim out of here with an agreement that I'll leave the bay alone and you'll leave me and my enterprises alone."
[22:34] <Kotono> Xavier scowls and then gapes at him, holding his tongue with a stormy expression.
[22:34] <Kotono> "You're so confident to border on the absurd. You're not the one to be dictating terms here," Abagail laughs.
[22:35] <Alicia> "The people killed in your ill-advised attack would beg to differ with your appraisal," Alicia replies cooly. "As it is, an example must be made, lest every other petty warlord would think they can get away with such foolishness and suffer naught for it."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Ah, examples." Going to lie acros his throne, head supported up by his hand as he looks supremely sleepy, "You're a bright girl. What sort of example will be made if you attack me here. Oh, certainly, you'll kill me. I'm not a weakling, but I know my betters in battle. Of course..." After a long, horriblly sleep inducing yawn, "What about the prisoners I have here, held at swordpoint. The moment a ruckus is detected in the throne room or somet
[22:38] <Kotono> The moment a ruckus is detected in the throne room or something goes awry, there's standing orders to kill them. Oh, and of course, all the friends I have in Oceanoholm. A slow, steady trickle of assassiations from the sea. Little air breathers, found floating like a dead fish in the bay, face down. So please, tell me more of your examples."
[22:40] <Alicia> "Oh, we can do far, *far* worse than kill you," Alicia promises grimly. "You really have no idea what you've landed yourself in. But first of all..." her eyes glint dangerously as she puts potent magical force behind her words, "I'd suggest you order the release of your prisoners."
[22:40] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[22:42] <Kotono> "Ah yes, that would be agreeable," he straightens up, "Guards, would you do what she says? It seems like a fine idea."
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[22:43] <Kotono> Antenora cracks a tiny smile at that, 'Well done,' She thinks to Alicia.
[22:43] <Kotono> Darill snorts at that, but stays otherwise quiet.
[22:44] <Alicia> 'It was quite satisfying,' Alicia replies to Antenora, waiting for the guards to follow Gluark's orders.
[22:45] <Kotono> "On second thought," Gluark yawns as they gawk and start to go, "Belay that order." He sits up straight now, "Oh, that was very good of you. You almost had me. Beauty and brains, I'm impressed."
[22:46] <Kotono> After a moment, "If I give that order or anything like it again, kill the prisoners," he appends.
06[22:48] * Alicia allows a slight frown. "Alternatively, I could simply use the same trick to have your own guards gut you," she informs him menacingly. "We've been very nice and only fought to incapacitate the warriors we've faced up till now, but now the lives of any we fight are forfeit."
[22:48] <Alicia> She levels a stare at the guards, wanting them to understand how dire their situation is. "Consider carefully the value of your own lives when following his orders."
[22:50] <Kotono> "So? The order's given. No matter what, if you don't adopt a better tune..." Yawning as he draws a finger across his throat, "The prisoners become part of the great circle of life. Understand that, you two?" OOC: Make an intimidation check, Alicia?
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[22:52] <Kotono> The two guards shrink and shiver at Alicia's gaze, looking back and forth between Gluark and Alicia! They are utterly paralyzed, stark terror showing!
06[22:54] * Alicia smiles ferally. "It seems your word isn't worth much, Gluark. They know not to fight on the losing side. Of course, your associates in Oceanholm can do as they please - they'll be brought to account just as you if they try anything. But if harm comes to your prisoners? You'll only *wish* I'd killed you."
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: Intimidation again?
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[22:59] <Kotono> Gluark laughs a little, his yawns ceasing. "What's the worst you can do, hm? Make my bed and cook me dinner?" He springs up, flipping through the water, to land standing on his throne. "If you're going to, attack me. If not, leave. I'm growing tired of this."
[23:00] <Kotono> Abagail nearly chokes, "You impudent little FISH!"
[23:00] <Kotono> 'Any ideas?' Antenora asks tersely inside Alicia's mind.
[23:00] <Kotono> Morund crosses his arms, spear held askance, "I'd say you're sounding desperate, not tired."
[23:05] <Alicia> "I'm going to go and find the prisoners. This fine gentleman will lead me to them," Alicia replies with a dark smile, indicating the guard on the left. "His friend on will swim ahead and warn the guards that if any harm comes to the prisoners, the consequences will be very dire. Then I'll come back here to finish our conversation."
[23:05] <Alicia> She pauses for effect, "Anyone who attempts to stop me will die. I can't promise it will be painless."
[23:06] <Kotono> Gluark scowls, "I said not! Men, you know what you need to do!" A hint of menace lies in those words! OOC: I'm going to hav eyou roll and opposed charisma check to him.
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 7." [1d20=6]
[23:07] <Kotono> The guard on the left shudders and shivers, before nodding to Alicia! Without looking back, the one at the rights wims off in a furious panic, out of the room!
[23:08] <Alicia> "I hope he warns his friends in time," Alicia smiles gently. "I'd so hate to have to slaughter them. Will the rest of you stay here and keep Mr Gluark entertained until I get back?" she asks, drifting back to the door.
[23:09] <Kotono> Antenora smiles darkly, twisting into a mocking smirk. "Oh yes. I may not look like it, but I know ALL about Hell." Antenora looks Gluark right in the eye, "Before you think fo anything else, let me tell you what's waiting for you if I have to put a spear between your worthless ribs."
[23:10] <Kotono> "Or about how well you'll fry with electricity, like a fish on a grill," Abagail smirks as well.
[23:11] <Kotono> Gluark sputters once, "How dare you!" he gawks at the guards, "W-Where are you going?!"
06[23:11] * Alicia trusts that the four of them can easily handle the warlord if he acts up, and serenely follows her guard to find the prisoners. At least outwardly, inwardly she's worried her gamble will fail, but it's looking good so far, and maintaining a confident front will hopefully assure its success.
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (Ruling a total of +8 bonuses between what you've done+other stuff)
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (Ruling a total of +8 bonuses between what you've done+other stuff) and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: +4,b ut moot.
[23:13] <Kotono> Alicia is lead along by the guard. Several sahuagin stare, but none dare cross your path! You are lead deeper in, to a blocekd off cave with a crude door. Several soldiers wait here, but your escort says, "I-In the name of L-Lord Glua-ark...open and free them," he says, "Or else!"
[23:14] <Alicia> "You really don't want to know what 'what else' means," Alicia addresses them with an unsettling smile on her lips, a gout of steam clouding the blades of her sword momentarily as she ignites them for a fraction of a second.
[23:16] <Kotono> The sahuagin scurry to open the door! Inside, you can see several dozen mermen, sahuagin and sea elves inside. They all look miserable and thin, little if any clothing and several bruises on them.
[23:18] <Alicia> "You're all free to go," Alicia addresses the prisoners. "I am confident your captors will have more sense than to harm you at this point, but if you come with me I will guarantee your safety."
[23:20] <Kotono> A few of them come out, in ones and twos. Many of them are beaten and bloodied, leaning on each other as they stumble out in disbelief. "Who are you?" One woman, moving slow with a large stomach fortelling a coming birth, asks. "A...are we getting out of here?"
[23:22] <Alicia> "My name is Alicia Reynes," Alicia replies, moving amongst the prisoners and using a touch of spellfire on each of the most wounded to try and perk them up. "Gluark attacked the community of El Mysha and is being brought to account for it - his followers are being given mercy on the understanding that they not follow his doomed example," she concludes, sweeping her gaze over the resident guards.
[23:23] <Kotono> Thanks drown Alicia as the men and women stagger out. A few embrace her, crying openly. The soldiers stand, petrified and looking away.
06[23:25] * Alicia returns a few hugs here and there, before guiding the prisoners back towards Gluark's throneroom. She idly wonders if her friends have had to kill him, yet.
[23:26] <Kotono> Gluark sits on his throne, gripping it's edges with his hands. Antenora sits on his lap, running her fingers over his chin with an evil smirk. Abagail sits on the other rail, yawning and looking so terribly bored. Xavier keeps a watch at the door, while Morund and Darill stand in front of the throne, chatting quietly.
[23:27] <Kotono> "Oh there you are, Captain." Xavier stands aside.
[23:27] <Kotono> Morund grins from ear to ear, "Captain, I think he's ready to listen to reason. We've had the most enlightening conversation while you were gone."
[23:28] <Alicia> "He hasn't given you any trouble, I presume?" Alicia asks, resisting the urge to laugh at the scene before her.
[23:28] <Kotono> "Oh no, we're still talking." Antenora purrs, "He's so curious about Baator! I just can't help but tell him more and more!"
[23:28] <Kotono> "None at all, Captain," Xavier echos.
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> "My name is Alicia Reynes," Alicia replies, moving amongst the prisoners and using a touch of spellfire on each of the most wounded to try and perk them up. "Gluark attacked the community of El Mysha and is being brought to account for it - his followers are being given mercy on the understanding that they not follow his doomed example," she concludes, sweeping her gaze over the resident guards.
[20:06] <Kotono> > Thanks drown Alicia as the men and women stagger out. A few embrace her, crying openly. The soldiers stand, petrified and looking away.
[20:06] <Kotono> * Alicia returns a few hugs here and there, before guiding the prisoners back towards Gluark's throneroom. She idly wonders if her friends have had to kill him, yet.
[20:06] <Kotono> > Gluark sits on his throne, gripping it's edges with his hands. Antenora sits on his lap, running her fingers over his chin with an evil smirk. Abagail sits on the other rail, yawning and looking so terribly bored. Xavier keeps a watch at the door, while Morund and Darill stand in front of the throne, chatting quietly.
[20:06] <Kotono> > "Oh there you are, Captain." Xavier stands aside.
[20:06] <Kotono> > Morund grins from ear to ear, "Captain, I think he's ready to listen to reason. We've had the most enlightening conversation while you were gone."
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> "He hasn't given you any trouble, I presume?" Alicia asks, resisting the urge to laugh at the scene before her.
[20:06] <Kotono> > "Oh no, we're still talking." Antenora purrs, "He's so curious about Baator! I just can't help but tell him more and more!"
[20:06] <Kotono> > "None at all, Captain," Xavier echos.
[20:09] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia nods. "Okay, before anything else we really need to get these people back to their homes," she turns to the assembled former prisoners. "Are you all from the same town? Is it near here?" she asks the mistreated group.
[20:10] <Kotono> The prisoners glare at Gluark. From one beaten merman, "You BASTARD!" he says, "What did we ever do to you?"
[20:11] <Kotono> Another hisses but responds to Alicia, "We're all from surrounding villages or small families. Easy pickings for a warlord."
[20:11] <Kotono> Gluark stays rigid still, eyes as wide as dinner plates.
[20:13] <Alicia> "Well, Gluark certainly won't be harming anyone ever again," Alicia briefly turns to regard the warlord for a moment. "And hopefully this will serve as an object lesson for any who would hope to fill his shoes."
[20:13] <Alicia> "On that note, though... lets all go outside," she suggests, intending to get Gluark's former minions to spread the word en route so that they'll all gather out in the open where she can address them. "Antenora, would you restrain Gluark and drag him along as well?"
[20:13] <Kotono> Antenora continues to stroke under his chin, giggling now. "They're so happy to bring your sins home, Gluark! You could have an express ticket to Caina right now! Isn't that a good idea?" Nodding to Alicia, "Of course." She readies her rope and gets to tying him up. Abagail hops off, as Morund approaches, "Ma'am?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "These people were surely robbed," Alicia indicates the prisoners at Morund's questioning. "First we need to ensure they have their belongings returned to them, then ensure they safely return to their homes. And I want to make sure all the bandits here understand exactly what awaits them if they continue their lifestyle."
[20:16] <Kotono> "Of course," he agrees, saluting. So Gluark and company head outside, everyone gathering...OOC: Go ahead and set yourself up here, Alicia, you have something in mind?
[20:24] <Alicia> Casting Voice of the Archon first, Alicia gets everyone outside as she planned. Once everyone's gathered, the paladin literally glows in the hazy darkness of the undersea canyon, drawing all eyes to herself as she displays Gluark's beaten form before both his followers and his victims.
[20:24] <Alicia> "This is the fate of those who seek to profit on the suffering and loss of others!" she declares. "Gluark thought he was mighty. Thought he was above repercussions. He was wrong. Think long and hard any of you who would hope to follow in his footsteps - no matter what temporary pleasures you might enjoy, justice *will* catch up."
[20:24] <Alicia> "We have shown mercy to you, his followers, this day, in hopes that you will take careful heed of what has transpired. If you choose to live peacefully and productively from here on, you will have our blessings. But rest assured, we *will* be watching, and will not tolerate continued aggression."
[20:24] <Alicia> She stops at that, sweeping her gaze across the assembled bandits to see how their taking her ultimatum, her expression not one forgiving of any dissent.
[20:26] <Kotono> The powerful words rip through the men, eyes on Alicia and the bound, dazed Gluark. Many are afraid, some shamed, others terrified. The prisoners look at Gluark and the various assembled men at arms with disgust and loathing, simmering like a magma boil ready to burst.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Now, I've no doubt you've hoarded your shamefully taken treasure, so each of these unfortunates you've victimised are going to tell us exactly what you stole from them, and you're going to go and get it from wherever you store such things and return it to its rightful owner."
[20:30] <Alicia> With the law laid down, she has the prisoners go over their losses and instructs a group of bandits to go about retrieving them.
[20:36] <Kotono> As this happens, Xavier swims over to Alicia, "Ma'am," he salutes again, "How much longer will our enchantment to breathe underwater last?"
[20:39] <Alicia> "The four of you have about three or four hours left," Alicia replies quietly, thinking back to the times given by Seira. "I'll teleport you back to the sea elf village long before that, but I want to make sure these people are safely on their way first."
[20:40] <Kotono> "Of course, ma'am," Xavier agrees. "Ah, may I speak freely?"
06[20:41] * Alicia inclines her head, curious as to what he has to say that protocol might ordinarily stop him.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Well..." He coughs, "I just want to say it was an honor to fight with you. The senior members of the guard are always off doing things we can barely believe. You're as formidable as Sir Demedais says."
[20:49] <Alicia> "Don't sell yourself short, ensign. You'd have given me a run for my money two years ago," Alicia gives him a faint smile, "And you're far younger, too. It's a credit to Demedais's skill at training you, and I'll be giving you all commendations in my report."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Thank you, ma'am," A smile blooms on his face. Meanwhile, under glares and work, goods are turned. The beaten prisoners get clothes and wealth, loading up.
[20:54] <Alicia> Once everyone looks to have had their belongings returned, Alicia instructs her followers to aid any of the prisoners who look to need assistance (except Antenora who's got Gluark on a leash), herself offering a hand to the heavily pregnant sea-elf.
[20:54] <Alicia> "We're leaving now," she informs the bandits with a cold edge of steel in her voice. "Remember what I said, remember what has happened today. And do not give us reason to return."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Thank you..." The woman says, "...May I talk to you, please," she asks, "It's about...." she looks down at her belly.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Is it close?" Alicia asks softly as they start to slowly swim out of the canyon. If she were human Alicia might say so, but who knows with elves?
[20:58] <Kotono> "No...I mean...it's about...who put me like this," she says. "...I...When I was taken..." She closes her eyes tightly, "During your speech, I saw him. He's still here. Will you...will you please make sure he meets justice?"
[21:00] <Alicia> "You've been... you've been held for that long?" Alicia's eyes widen as her decision to show mercy on the bandits is harshly tested.
[21:01] <Kotono> She nods, "They just left me in there. I...I just want to go home now, but can you do something about him? My child..." her hands go to her stomach, "A half breed with never fit in and never be accepted, but...could you at least make it so that I can tell my child that justice exists?"
06[21:02] * Alicia looks back down at the bandits, not very far away due to the need to match speed with the three armoured humans. "Point him out," she asks gently.
[21:03] <Kotono> She does so. One in the back, a sahuagin much like the rest. He looks afraid and anxious. She only does it for a moment, keeping to Alicia's side.
[21:05] <Alicia> "You!" Alicia calls down, pointing to the one indicated. "Come here!"
[21:10] <Kotono> With a visible start, the sahuagin looks away a moment, before approaching. With a slight glare, "What do you want?" he asks, as the pregnant woman hides behind Alicia.
[21:12] <Alicia> "This woman says that you violated her," Alicia replies curtly. "My mercy only extends so far. What do you have to say in your defence?"
[21:14] <Kotono> With a growl, "Hey, you said we'd be able to leave! So what if I did? It happens. It's part of pillaging."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Oh, I'll let you leave," Alicia promises with a dangerous glint in her eyes. "But since what you did can't be remedied as easily as giving some personal belongings back, I'm afraid another penance must be exacted." She turns to the other former prisoners. "Did anyone else suffer 'that part of pillaging'? Speak now and identify the perpetrators."
[21:22] <Kotono> A few of the women come forward. One looks like she may be in a family way as well, though most aren't, at least visibly. None meet Alicia's eyes, most blushing or starting to tear up.
[21:22] <Kotono> "Tsh," Hissing, and with open, shaking fear, "W=-what the hell do you think you're going to do to me?"
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: are they all pointing at this dude?
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Non are pointing, feel free to ask them to point out the do-er, though.
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Oh.
[21:25] <Kotono> Of the pointing, one is to the same one, though five others are identified.
06[21:26] * Alicia orders the other five to come and join this one currently with her.
[21:29] <Kotono> They slink forward, six in total now. None look happy, most look terrified of Alicia.
[21:31] <Alicia> "Have the rest of you anything to say in your defence?" Alicia asks, sorely tempted to just kill them all in spite of her declaration to show mercy.
[21:32] <Kotono> One speaks up, "...I'm sorry..." is all he says, keeping his gaze at his feet. None of the others offer anything, looks of alternating terror and panic and hate.
06[21:37] * Alicia takes a deep bubbly underwater breath. "I said I would not kill any of you, and I won't. But your actions cannot go by with a simple warning." She turns to the distraught and violated women, expression softening as she addresses them.
[21:37] <Alicia> "As the victims, you must decide their fates. I like to believe that people can change, and mercy is an ideal to aspire to - but I have not suffered as you have."
[21:38] <Kotono> The pregnant woman gasps as well, "It's our choice?" she asks, "We can decide...whatever we want?"
06[21:40] * Alicia nods grimly. "Their lives are in your hands."
[21:46] <Kotono> The women all talk for a time. The men are anxious and look amid themselves, while Antenora swims up to Alicia. 'Gluark's starting to stir a little more. I don't think we can keep him intimidated forever, so he'll be a bit more of a handful once he starts thinking rationally.'
[21:48] <Alicia> 'Don't worry, we'll be teleporting to El Mysha soon, he can be incarcarated there,' Alicia replies to Antenora, keeping an eye on the rapists as their victims deliberate.
[21:51] <Kotono> The pregnant one comes forward to Alicia. "We've decided," she says, and then quietly to her, "...We want them gone. Forever." Heavy emphasis is on the last word.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia nods. Since she just said that she wouldn't kill any of them, she has to be held to that. On the other hand, she's somewhat loathe to delegate the responsibility, and making the victims do it would be too cruel... After a moment's thought, she comes to a decision.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Alright, you six are coming with us. Everyone, we're leaving," she gets Abagail to help her in corralling the rapists, leaving the three ensigns to assist the former prisoners who need it the most.
[22:05] <Kotono> The party does so, liningup. The six look nearly panicked, though Abagail and a few sparks, as well as Alicia's gaze keeps them inline.
06[22:06] * Alicia has her large party leave the canyon, starting to head for the nearest settlement as indicated by the former prisoners and getting some distance away from Gluark's base of operations before anything else.
[22:07] <Kotono> The nearest settlement is about two hours away from here. Alicia can go to it or as close to it as she likes.
06[22:10] * Alicia only continues for about twenty minutes until they're well clear away from the canyon before she starts with the rest of the plan. "Right, since not all of us can breathe water, this is where we part," she begins. "First I'll teleport you four plus Gluark to El Mysha," she gestures to her group sans Antenora. "Then I'll return to deal with those six," she adds in a lower voice.
[22:10] <Alicia> "Due to my limited spells remaining, Antenora and I won't return to the bay until tomorrow. If I don't return within a few minutes, Antenora, it means I went off target and you'll have to take matters into your own hands."
[22:12] <Kotono> "Understood." Antenora nods to Alicia. 'Do you mean to kill them?' she asks a split second later.
[22:15] <Alicia> 'Their fates are sealed, one way or another,' Alicia replies, spending a few minutes to familiarise herself with the terrain before she gathers her first indicated group and teleports them to the front door of Darlina's home, aiming for a familiar spot.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[22:15] <Kotono> The elven village is bustling right now. Guards patrol, people about. Including two sea elves who gawk as Alicia and company appear right in front of them!
[22:17] <Alicia> "See to Gluark's confinement," Alicia tells Xavier. "His fate lies in the hands of those he wronged." She doesn't linger, instead teleporting right back while her mental image is still fresh in mind.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually, maybe studied carefully if one round of looking away is more or less the same as currently looking?
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually, maybe studied carefully if one round of looking away is more or less the same as currently looking? and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[22:18] <Alicia> OOC: Fuck. Off target or similar area.
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d10 In this case I'll give you benefit of the doubt
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 In this case I'll give you benefit of the doubt and gets 5." [1d10=5]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d10 In this case I'll give you benefit of the doubt
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 In this case I'll give you benefit of the doubt and gets 9." [1d10=9]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 3." [1d9=3]
[22:20] <Kotono> There is a problem. Namely, Alicia is standing in thick forest. Forest as far as the eye can see and then some! This isn't underwater, something that Alicia's sea elven lungs can appreciate, the drier air not as pleasant to breathe as water.
06[22:20] * Alicia coughs up the water currently in her lungs and swears as she looks around, wringing out her clothes and taking off her boots to tip the water out of them before using a cantrip to dry herself off fully.
[22:21] <Kotono> It looks like a chunk of forest lands. Perhaps the Barbarian Lands? No civilization is in sight at all.
[22:21] <Alicia> Once dry she returns to human form, sighing and casting Fly so she can take off and ascend above the tree canopy. Might as well see where she is, not like she can actually do anything now.
[22:23] <Kotono> Alicia is in the middle of aw hole lot of forest. To the west, she can distantly see what looks to be the ocean, but it's quite a ways away.
[22:24] <Alicia> Any other interesting landmarks in the vicinity she might kill time by investigating since she can't do much else till tomorrow?
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot and listen check?
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spot
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spot and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 listen
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 listen and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:24] <Kotono> Alicia spots what look sto be a little grove in the forest. It stands out a bit, a gap in them to let in sunlight without canopy.
06[22:25] * Alicia marks the direction and lands before she sets off on foot towards the grove. Might as well occupy herself somehow...
[22:27] <Kotono> The grove is sunny and full of wildflowers, as far as Alicia can see. In it, several women frolic. These women are long haired and clad in simple clothes. Amid them a few elves play, as well as what look to be a couple of pixies. Pan pipes can be heard as well, coming from the forest somewhere.
06[22:29] * Alicia isn't really in the mood for frolicking and fun, so she backs off, instead just finding a place to settle down and relax just out of earshot of the grove. Might as well just cool her heels and set up camp when evening approaches. Hopefully Antenora can get home okay, although she'll try teleporting to that spot in the morning just in case the erinyes chose to wait by hovering above the waves.
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[22:35] <Kotono> The night passes without incident. Alicia sleeps and dreams...dreaming of a garden's hedge maze, of a beautiful, rose tinted realm. Of a woman's laughter, like intoxicating sonic wine. It is a pleasant, hot blur. As she awakens in the morning, she can remember, "Oh Alicia...so beautiful. To sleep, perchance to dream again, away from your mundane life?" G'renna's voice. Alicia is sure of it. "I'm still here...if you ever change your mind." She c
[22:35] <Kotono> "I'm still here...if you ever change your mind." She can almost swear that was said out loud, as she rises from her slumber. She can see G'renna in her mind's eye, as if she was just besides her. "We could have so much FUN."
06[22:37] * Alicia wakes quickly to full alertness, sitting up and looking around warily. "G'renna?" she asks in faint disbelief.
[22:38] <Kotono> Just the forest. Just Alicia alone, yet she can remember the dream's moments with an odd vivid clarity.
[22:39] <Alicia> Well... that was too many words for a sending spell. Alicia looks around in all directions for any evil auras. "Hell Striker, do you sense anything around here?" she asks her sword for a second opinion. "Or did you sense anything a minute ago?"
[22:40] <Kotono> 'No evil,' Hell Striker reports, as does her own vision. The forest looks serene enough on a glance..OOC: Spot if you like
[22:40] <Kotono> ?
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[22:40] <Kotono> Alicia doesn'ts ee anything awry. A few birds are chirping, a deer is just out of sight in the foliage, but no signs of succubi.
[22:41] <Alicia> Lastly Alicia casts detect magic, in case any lingering auras from some sort of interplanar communication linger on her.
[22:42] <Kotono> There is a fading aura around Alicia.
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 spellcraft
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 spellcraft and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[22:43] <Alicia> "You little sneak!" Alicia glowers at nothing in particular, at least relieved it wasn't a product of her own imagination. Regardless she has more pressing matters to deal with. First of all she casts alter self to assume the form of a sea elf, and her typical early morning greater magic weapon on Hell Striker. Then she teleports to where she left Antenora yesterday.
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[22:44] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia appears in the drink! Nothing of note is around - it's pretty quiet here. Just ocean and fish and a bit of seaweed.
06[22:44] * Alicia swims up to the surface of the water and looks around on the off chance her friend is flying nearby.
[22:45] <Kotono> No sign of Antenora about. The sky is slate gray - looks like rain's coming.
[22:46] <Alicia> Okay. Next she swims down back to the seabed and circles around a wide one hundred feet perimeter to see if there's any sign that Antenora sanctioned the six rapists in her absence.
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check?
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[22:47] <Kotono> Alicia doesn't find any sign of it. No disturbed seabed, no bodies about.
[22:48] <Alicia> Hmmm... it's possible she saw to disposing them, or even that some sharks came along and ate the corpses entire. Alas there's nothing Alicia can do here, so she teleports to just outside her front door back home, not wanting to soak the floor inside.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[22:49] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia is home now, in all her wet elven glory. The morning streets have a few people passing. You get a gawk from a young man, "Holy Helm it's a sea elf out of thin air?!"
06[22:51] * Alicia gives him a little wave as she reverts back to plain old human Alicia, using a cantrip to dry herself off before she unlocks the door and heads inside. "Anybody home?"
[22:52] <Kotono> From upstairs and distant, "Alicia?" Jessica calls back.
06[22:53] * Alicia heads up the stairs. "I'm back. Has there been any sign of Marie?"
[22:54] <Kotono> As Alicia does, "I'll be downstairs in a minute, sister!" she calls, "Marie's been out this morning! Sit down and I'll make you some breakfast when I come down!"
[22:56] <Alicia> "Actually I need to go ask Shankar to cast a sending to find out where Antenora is - take your time and I'll be back in quarter of an hour," Alicia calls back to her sister, heading back out and going to the temple next door.
[22:57] <Kotono> Finding Shankar is luckily without incident. He's in the main alter room, coming away from it towards Alicia. "You're back already," he greets, "I heard you were gone to deal with that incident in the bay."
[22:58] <Alicia> "Good morning," Alicia greets the priest before explaining, "It was resolved swiftly, although the aftermath needs to be attended to. I had to teleport repeatedly and my last one took me off target, leaving Antenora behind. Could you try a Sending spell to ask her where she is and make sure she's okay?"
[17:09] <Kotono> * Alicia gives him a little wave as she reverts back to plain old human Alicia, using a cantrip to dry herself off before she unlocks the door and heads inside. "Anybody home?"
[17:09] <Kotono> > From upstairs and distant, "Alicia?" Jessica calls back.
[17:09] <Kotono> * Alicia heads up the stairs. "I'm back. Has there been any sign of Marie?"
[17:09] <Kotono> > As Alicia does, "I'll be downstairs in a minute, sister!" she calls, "Marie's been out this morning! Sit down and I'll make you some breakfast when I come down!"
[17:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Actually I need to go ask Shankar to cast a sending to find out where Antenora is - take your time and I'll be back in quarter of an hour," Alicia calls back to her sister, heading back out and going to the temple next door.
[17:09] <Kotono> > Finding Shankar is luckily without incident. He's in the main alter room, coming away from it towards Alicia. "You're back already," he greets, "I heard you were gone to deal with that incident in the bay."
[17:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Good morning," Alicia greets the priest before explaining, "It was resolved swiftly, although the aftermath needs to be attended to. I had to teleport repeatedly and my last one took me off target, leaving Antenora behind. Could you try a Sending spell to ask her where she is and make sure she's okay?"
[17:14] <Kotono> "Certainly," Shankar agrees, thet wo going to do just that. "The message?"
06[17:16] * Alicia thinks for a moment, bearing in mind the word limit before saying, "Antenora, are you alright? If there are any landmarks nearby Alicia can try teleporting to you. Otherwise can you fly home okay?"
[17:22] <Kotono> Thus, Shankar casts! When it's done, "She says, 'I'll return by the end of the day, don't worry.
[17:22] <Kotono> "
06[17:24] * Alicia looks relieved. "Good. Thank you, Shankar," she smiles at the priest. "The teleport spell is wondrously convenient, but when it takes you off target it's anything but."
[17:28] <Kotono> "I've read stories about it," he agrees, "Mastering that magic is difficult, even when you've reached the fifth circle. Not until the seventh is is reliable."
[17:30] <Alicia> "That's still some ways off for me, but maybe one day..." Alicia agrees with a trace of wistfulness. "Anyway, I'd better get going. I need to check in at El Mysha and make my report to the commander. I'll talk to you later," she gives him a wave before heading out. But first she goes home for breakfast.
[17:35] <Kotono> OOC: Want to skip along?
[17:36] <Alicia> OOC: Sure. I'll turn back into a sea elf after breakfast then go visit the village to make sure everything's cool there
[17:36] <Kotono> OOC: Before or after you report?
[17:37] <Alicia> OOC: Before. I want to know what's up there before I fill in the Commander
[17:41] <Kotono> El Mysha is still on alert. But now it's a more lively one, smiles and celebration tentatively mixing with open relief. Many see Alicia and openly cheer or wave to her. Oolu comes out from the caves amid the cheering, all smiles. "Oh Alicia!"
[17:42] <Alicia> "Hello, Oolu," Alicia swims over to the elemental. "Sorry I wasn't able to stay for long after dropping off Gluark yesterday. I trust all is well?"
[17:46] <Kotono> "Oh yes, very well." Once close, he gives Alicia a warm embrace, a bit lingering. "With Gluark in our hands and visible support, all the tension from the attack is melting away."
06[17:49] * Alicia tolerates the hug, so long as it isn't too touchy. "What will you do with him?" she asks as they part.
[17:53] <Kotono> It's not too touchy, not quite. Kinda flowy and watery all over, but then again, Alicia is underwater. "Some sort of public trial or condemnation. Maybe an exile, maybe imprisonment, maybe execution. I'd prefer to avoid the last one if I can.
[17:53] <Kotono> "
[17:56] <Alicia> "It's distasteful but sometimes necessary," Alicia replies. "Did the others from Balmuria head up to the boats on the surface?"
[17:57] <Kotono> "They did," Oolu agrees, "Oh, Darlina's going to be happy to see you, too. If you have time today, go visit her? Anyway, things are under control here. I'm not going to detain you all day."
[17:58] <Alicia> "I'll check in with the boats first then I'll visit her," Alicia replies, kicking her feet and starting to ascend. "I'll see you later, Oolu."
[18:01] <Kotono> Swimming up, Alicia breaks the surface! She finds three boats out here, spotters calling out that a sea elf has emerged to the surface.
06[18:02] * Alicia waves and swims over to the nearest one so she can climb up. "It's me, Captain Reynes," she calls.
[18:04] <Kotono> The spotters salute, a rope latter lowered to let her climb up. Once she does so, she finds Abagail waiting nearby.
[18:05] <Alicia> "Good morning, Abagail," Alicia greets the mage as Marie also flies over from a nearby boat to greet her mistress. "Oolu already told me everything was under control down below, I assume things are fine up here as well?"
[18:06] <Kotono> "Yes. No problems and nothing has gone wrong. I can get the ship's captaint o come if you'd like a detailed situational report, but I heard it this morning. It's about what Is aid now."
[18:08] <Alicia> "There's no need for firm details on nothing, no," Alicia cracks a smile. "My teleport back to rejoin Antenora went awry yesterday and I ended up in Pallanth, but a Sending confirmed she's on her way home. Hopefully things will remain peaceful in the bay for now."
[18:09] <Kotono> "Well then." Shrugging, "Are you going tos tay on board? We're out here until we receive orders otherwise." Lowering her voice, "Ma'am, if the matter's done, will we get orders to return to Balmuria soon?"
[18:11] <Alicia> "Most likely," Alicia agrees, leaning closer and matching her volume. "A few boats will likely be kept, but I doubt our elite forces would be left to idle on patrol. I'll be teleporting back to make my report in a little while, and we'll see what the Commander says then."
[18:13] <Kotono> OOC: Good to skip along then?
[18:13] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[18:26] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth waits in the garrison. On Alicia coming to him, "Alright, I got reports from the boats that the matter's mostly dealt with," he begins, "Elaborate and report."
06[18:43] * Alicia delivers her report in clear and concise tones. "Interrogation of prisoners from the raid on the village revealed that they were in the employ of a Sahaugin would-be warlord named Gluark. One of the prisoners gave me a detailed description of his headquarters which I used to teleport us all there."
[18:43] <Alicia> "Once there we engaged the defences, easily sweeping them aside before one of his men asked us to come and parlay with him. We did so and he offered to leave the bay alone if we left him alone. I countered that an example had to be made of him, although he was confident we wouldn't do anything as if we attacked he would have his guards kill several dozen prisoners he was holding."
[18:43] <Alicia> "Furthermore, he said friends of his in Oceanholm would proceed to attack surface-dwellers near the sea. Despite his confidence, I was able to convince his guards it was in their best interests not to follow his orders - the prisoners were promptly released and Gluark taken into custody."
[18:43] <Alicia> "At that point we had the bandits return the prisoner's belongings, and I suitably impressed on them the folly of attempting to fill Gluark's shoes. Several bandits had taken liberties with the female prisoners, and were executed for it by Antenora. Gluark himself was remanded to El Mysha to decide what to do with him."
[18:43] <Alicia> "My last teleport took me off course, so I lost contact with Antenora, but I've been in touch via Sending magic and she expects to return before the end of the day."
[18:47] <Kotono> Once that is all said, "The devil's in the details, hm?" Thoughtfully, "I believe I understand well enough. Well done, Alicia, you swiftly and decisively lead the assault to dispatch the threat."
[18:49] <Alicia> "Thank you, sir. I'd also like to express my commendations for the others who participated in the assault. Abagail, Xavier, Morund, and Darill all fought well, and took care not to slay their opponents outright, following my example even though I did not order them to for fear of limiting their effectiveness."
[18:49] <Alicia> "I believe that such restraint proved a decisive factor in being able to keep Gluark's followers from staying loyal to him in the face of our threat."
[18:55] <Kotono> "Understood," Oberuth agrees, "From what I understand, your detachment was barely wounded at all."
[18:58] <Alicia> "Darill and myself were both slightly scratched, but there weren't any real injuries to speak of, no," Alicia replies. "To be honest, having never seen those three in action before I didn't hold out much hope, but I was very pleasantly surprised - together we rolled right over all opposition."
[19:10] <Kotono> "Good." Oberuth crackes a tired smile, "It reassures me that Balmuria will stay protected, no matter what."
[19:13] <Alicia> "It is good to know," Alicia agrees. "Will there be anything else, sir?"
[19:14] <Kotono> After a few moments, "No, go ahead. That's all for the official report. However," He gestures to a chair, "Alicia, sit down."
06[19:14] * Alicia looks a bit curious but obligingly takes a seat.
[19:25] <Kotono> "Alicia," Oberuth begins, hesitating for a few moments. "Do you hold any official rank or honor in the church of Mystra?"
[19:29] <Alicia> "Well..." Alicia frowns slightly, "Technically you could call me a Knight of Mystic Fire, as I was ordained as one after completing my training and my vows. But it's a very old order and I've never met any others, or even heard of any existing recently, so it's not a title I typically use." She looks at Obureth uncertainly, "Why do you ask, sir?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "It came from above. That is, the question did." Oberuth folds his hands together now, leaning forward. "It seems a minor, petty question to go to the bother of sending a request for me to find out the answer to it. There wasn't even an order to keep it confidential."
[20:24] <Alicia> "Above?" Alicia blinks. "Who wanted to know? And why?" she asks. It's not like her church affiliation is any secret, what does it matter her title?
[20:26] <Kotono> "Lord Salman's offices." Shrugging again, "I don't know. It's a strange question to ask, and why ask me? If it was official business, why not send an inquiry to Balmuria's church?"
[20:29] <Alicia> "How very odd," Alicia frowns momentarily. The only reason she can come up with for them to care would be if they were planning to act against Mystra's church and were gauging how invested she was in it? It bears watching... "I suppose it could just be simple record-keeping," she posits a more innocuous explanation, that's admittedly just as feasible.
[20:30] <Kotono> "It's possible. In fact, I have no reason to think it's anything suspicious." With a shrug, "But it's such an odd way of getting the information that I thought it would be prudent to mention it to you."
[20:31] <Alicia> "I'll ask Shankar if he's heard anything," Alicia shrugs, deciding to give her employers the benefit of the doubt rather than be paranoid. "Will there be anything else, sir?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Go on." Oberuth waves a hand. "Dismissed."
[20:33] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia nods, getting up. Okay, now to go see if Elle has any Sending scrolls in stock.
[20:34] <Alicia> Actually... screw it, she's not going to waste her money. A limited 25 word exchange with G'renna would be futile.
[20:34] <Alicia> Hopefully the succubus was just acting out randomly and will leave her alone. Alicia decides to just leave the matter alone for now.
06[19:34] * Seira settles in front of a scrying mirror with Filetta's old brush -- she had many of them, the vain bitch -- and cheerfully focuses on the idea of finally meeting the vile elf and her even viler master!
[19:35] <Kobrunch> OOC: Make an caster level check?
01[19:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[19:35] <Kobrunch> roll 1d20+4
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Kobrunch rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
01[19:36] <Seira> OOC: DC 23
[19:37] <Kobrunch> The image flickers and wobbles. It's viewed through a haze of distortion, a thousand tiny layers making it hazy and faraway. You can see a beautiful place - full of fine decoration and light. A palace of some sort? A mansion? You can't see it that well. Filetta has her eyes closed, floating in the middle of the air. A look of sublime estascy fills her face. She looks happy; no, estatic.
06[19:39] * Alicia casts various shorter duration spells on herself and her friends while studying the image in the mirror. "Remember, our real foe could appear at any moment once we engage Filetta, so keep a tight hold of those wards I gave you," she cautions.
[19:39] <Kobrunch> Antenora readies the Sword of the Sealed Gate, her spear stapped to her back. "She looks so happy. Not what I was expecting from that bitch."
06[19:39] * Seira knows as much, and casts her own spells before motioning her readiness to Alicia.
06[19:40] * Demedais nods. "Though adjusting to this light weapon will be odd." Finishing his preparations, he too nods to Alicia.
06[19:41] * Seira holds onto her own ward, her sword held ready in the other hand!
[19:41] <Alicia> "Lets try to get some information out of her if we can, although given Olburt's state her mind is probably broken already..." Alicia muses, keeping her eyes on the image as she teleports the group adjacent to the floating elf!
[19:41] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[19:43] <Kobrunch> Woosh! The party teleports! There is a painful, jarring sensation all over! It's like you're being shaken, a thousand layers all around you! You appear dazed and stunned a few moments, the entire party off balance. You stand on a cliff, a 'small' rock in an unimaginably vast river's center. Ahead of you lies a grand, golden mansion, a glorious sunrise above it shedding perfect light over everything. (More)
[19:43] <Kobrunch> light over everything. (More)
[19:46] <Kobrunch> The spires of the mansion stab into the sky, a stairway leading up from the rock to the mansion's grand front doors. It's perhaps a minute's walk from the rock, the size of a large house, to the steps leading up to the mansion.
[19:47] <Alicia> "Dammit, something must have diverted the teleport... I hope that's the mansion we saw her inside," Alicai remarks, promptly starting to jog up to the doors. Marie sticks close to her, checking for evil and magic as she goes.
[19:48] <Kobrunch> Antenora floats a foot off the ground, starting to fly along with Alicia. "I suppose only a fool would let the same trick work twice," she mutters darkly.
06[19:49] * Demedais nods, sticking close to everyone else. "Which is why we brought the anti-despair wards, no?" he notes to Antenora.
01[19:49] <Seira> "But they're still underestimating us," Seira mutters, proceeding after Alicia swiftly. "Let's make them regret it?"
[19:50] <Alicia> "Lots of magic and general unpleasantness ahead," Marie reports, drifting a little behind Alicia.
[19:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 spellcraft
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 spellcraft and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[19:52] <Kobrunch> "They're probably going to give us their best shot now," Antenora agrees as they hurry! With haste it only takes half a minute to reach close to the doors. As the party approaches, the doors open wide! Ahead is a vast golden gallery! However, what is closer demands far more attention. Almand stands 100 feet away. He wears plain clothes of the purest white. He claps, a dead sound that makes a noise lost in the roar of the waterfall to your sid
[19:53] <Kobrunch> He claps, a dead sound that makes a noise lost in the roar of the waterfall to your sides. All around him are 6 goblins with shortswords and ripped, twisted leather armor. They look feral and fiendish, skin burnt red. OOC: Call it 5 rounds expended for durations. More.
[19:55] <Kobrunch> Ahead of them, 70 feet away, are three trolls. They look the same as the goblins, as if cast in a rugged, horrifying light. Then (Oh GODS everything is wrong there, it's a gateway to TheAbyssBaatorGehennaoblivion, his mouth OH NO) he speaks. In a warm, cultured voice, as if greeting long lost friends, "Welcome to this wonderful mansion! It has been far too long(THEY'RE INSIDE HIS THROAT, CRAWLING) since we last met!"
[19:57] <Kobrunch> Antenoa stops cold there in the air, before a cold look of disguist fixes on her face. "Goodbye," is all she says.
06[19:57] * Alicia clutches her ward tightly. She doesn't know this man. She met him perhaps once and he left no impression. But he stands against her and must fall.
01[19:57] <Seira> "Never liked you even before you were evil," Seira admits.
06[19:58] * Demedais blinks. "You know, that's a bad condition for a diplomat to have..."
[20:00] <Kobrunch> "Ah, the times, they do collapse. It hardly matters now. This isn't a time for talk, it's a time for revenge. Ferdi was to lead Malmuth into a golden age of power!" Anger comes into his voice, "And your sins ruined it for everyone! But there are many you have wronged...and today, vengence will come to you!" (OH GOD THAT MOUTH, THOUSANDS OF THEM INSIDE, THOUSANDS OF DYING DEAD LAYERS HELP). In a single word he calls, "Charge! Leave not one of
[20:00] <Kobrunch> In a single word he calls, "Charge! Leave not one of them alive! Judgment will come to them today!"
[20:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Marie
[20:00] <Kobrunch> OOC: Initiative, yes.
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Marie and gets 24." [1d20=17]
01[20:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 knowledge
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 knowledge and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[20:01] <Kobrunch> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kobrunch rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=17]
03[20:01] * Kobrunch is now known as Kotono
[20:01] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 okay creepy Almond Hershey Boy we get it already
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 okay creepy Almond Hershey Boy we get it already and gets 17." [1d20=16]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 goblins group init
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 goblins group init and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 trolls group init
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 trolls group init and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Almand
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Almand and gets 21." [1d20=15]
03[20:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie>Trolls=Goblins>Antenora>Almand>Demedais>Seira>Alicia'
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: You'r eup, Marie.
[20:03] <Alicia> Marie sticks protectively close to Alicia, preparing to magic missile anyone who tries to cast a spell against them.
[20:04] <Kotono> Thet rolls, twisted and bent, charge with a feral fury! One is on Demedais, one on Seira and one on Antenora like a furious shot!
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (smite good but moot, +2 charge) Deme
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (smite good but moot, +2 charge) Deme and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (smite good +2 charge) Seira
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (smite good +2 charge) Seira and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (smite good +2 charge) Antenora
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (smite good +2 charge) Antenora and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC, Seira? I know it missed Deme.
01[20:05] <Seira> OOC: MI doesn't help?
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yeah, MI.
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 5." [1d9=5]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 cleave
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 cleave and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
[20:06] <Kotono> The charge is met well, all attacks stopped! Two spectral Seiras are eliminated, but no harm comes! Meanwhile, the goblins hold position for now! OOC: Antenora's up.
[20:08] <Kotono> Antenora disengages from the troll, taking a clawswipe as she flies up and away!
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[20:08] <Kotono> Dodging it, she charges straight for Almand! But as she does, at 50 feet away, the goblins spring into action! Six unholy blights burst around Antenora, a sea of greasy black energy! OOC: Marie, you can MM one of the to interrupt if you'd like, since you readied an action to do just that.
03[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie>Trolls(3)=Goblins(6)>Antenora>Almand>Demedais>Seira>Alicia'
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5 yes
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 yes and gets 18." [5d4=4, 4, 1, 2, 2]
03[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Trolls(3)>Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Almand>Demedais>Seira>Alicia'
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: SR check?
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[20:10] <Kotono> One of the goblins is disrupted, smacked with magical missiles from afar! Five others burst around Antenora!
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 34." [1d20=11]
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 40." [1d20=17]
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6/2
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6/2
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6/2 and gets 17." [10d6=6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 6, 2]
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6/2 and gets 14." [10d6=3, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6/2
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6/2 and gets 15." [10d6=3, 3, 5, 1, 3, 5, 3, 1, 3, 3]
[20:11] <Kotono> As holy fury overtakes Antenora, the Unholy Blights aren't enough to stop her! Despite the maiming, her wounds heal, as she charges Almand! OOC: 9/10 FS, +10 HP Antenora.
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+1 haste +2 charge, +1 flying, -5 PA)
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+1 haste +2 charge, +1 flying, -5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d8+26
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+26 and gets 34." [1d8=8]
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: +1d6 sonic
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[20:14] <Kotono> Antenora manages to swoop in fast enough, stabbing Almand in the shoulders! It isn't enough to down the diplomat, a light but resisted wound! OOC: Almand is up.
[20:15] <Kotono> Almand speaks words, words you cannot comprehend! However...
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[20:16] <Kotono> But nothing seems to happen! A split second later, Almand vanishes from sight! OOC: Deme, you're up.
01[20:18] <Seira> "He just retreated ten feet," Seira tells Alicia and Demedais quietly, noticing the spell being cast, thinking the same to Antenora.
01[20:18] <Seira> OOC: Nix the thinkings~
06[20:19] * Demedais grimaces! "You guys deal with the goblins!" Then, to the trolls, "Come on! Surely you three trolls can try to take me down!" This said, he begins slowly hacking into the one in front of him!
[20:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[20:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Roll to confirm that crit?
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) crit check
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -8 PA) crit check and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits and a crit.
[20:22] <Demedais> roll 4d8+60
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+60 and gets 80." [4d8=7, 6, 2, 5]
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: sonic damage
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: 3d6 sonic, yeah.
[20:22] <Demedais> roll 3d6 sonic hurf durf
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6 sonic hurf durf and gets 10." [3d6=3, 1, 6]
[20:23] <Kotono> Demedais tears into the troll, nearly shredding it to ribbons! The fact that it survives is a testament to it's unnatural nature! OOC: Seira.
06[20:24] * Seira entrusts the Flash to Lagann, waiting for her pal to stab the troll next to her before laying into it in earnest herself. It might prove to be a mistake to let the goblins survive for a bit longer, but she's more wary of charging ahead and leaving the trolls behind.
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 44." [1d20=15]
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 41." [1d20=12]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 bite~
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 bite~ and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: All hits.
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 crit?
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 crit? and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Aaand a crit. Ow.
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 15d8+55+1d6+3+32d8 attack+SA
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d8+55+1d6+3+32d8 attack+SA and gets 293." [15d8=3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 7, 3, 7, 5, 5, 1, 4][1d6=]
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 2d6+2d10 acid
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d6+2d10 acid and gets 15." [2d6=2, 4][2d10=3, 6]
03[20:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Trolls(2)>Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Almand>Demedais>Seira>Alicia'
06[20:29] * Seira advances for thirty feet once the troll had been dealt with, calling upon her devotion to Waukeen!
[20:30] <Kotono> The troll is pinned from behind, completely maimed in a horrific, terrible way! It's down but not out, horrifice wounds already trying to mend! OOC: Alicia.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Marie, he moved ten feet back after going invisible. I need you to light him up before I can attack," Alicia asks her familiar.
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: holding
[20:31] <Kotono> The two surviving trolls fight! The one on Demedais stays on him, ripping and tearing!
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 crit?
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 crit? and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 bite
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 bite and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d6+15
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+15 and gets 17." [1d6=2]
[20:32] <Kotono> As Demedais is clawed once in battle, the other troll pounces on Alicia!
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:32] <Alicia> OOC: 37
[20:33] <Kotono> Alicia deflects this blow with the side of her breastplate, skipping off and doing no harm! OOC: Antenora, Marie and the goblin menace are up.
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC" Go ahead and go first, Ms. Faerie fire?
[20:33] <Alicia> Marie sends a spray of violet light to erupt at the designated coordinates!
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR if needed
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR if needed and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[20:34] <Kotono> Almand's outline reappears, lit with faerie fires! Meanwhile, the goblins send three unholy blights at Antenora, while three are fired at the advancing Seira!
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Three will saves, Seira.
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 43." [1d20=17]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this and gets 25." [5d8=3, 8, 4, 7, 3]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 5d8 halve this
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this and gets 26." [5d8=8, 3, 2, 6, 7]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 halve this and gets 11." [5d8=1, 3, 5, 1, 1]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 CR on Anty
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 CR on Anty
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 CR on Anty and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 CR on Anty
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 CR on Anty and gets 28." [1d20=18]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 CR on Anty and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 will
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 will and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 10d5 full ow
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 10d5 full ow
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d5 full ow and gets 33." [10d5=1, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5, 5, 2, 4, 2]
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d5 full ow and gets 28." [10d5=1, 3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: STrike, wrong die.
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 10d6 full ow
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 full ow and gets 28." [10d6=1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 6, 4, 2, 4]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 10d6 full ow
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 full ow and gets 33." [10d6=3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 6, 5, 1, 6, 3]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 10d6 full ow
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 full ow and gets 44." [10d6=4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 1]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: 2 rounds sickened it is.
[20:40] <Kotono> Seira dodges and endures, avoiding the worst of it! Antenora is hit long and hard by the unholy blights, rocked! "Not...again..." she grimaces, before flying straight back and away, holy fury and her own hands healing her! OOC: +22 HP total, 8/10 FS. Flew 50 feet back to regroup.
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: I'll take my held action now
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Go fo rit.
03[20:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Trolls(2)>Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Alicia>Almand>Demedais>Seira'
[20:42] <Alicia> Alicia meanwhile advances, tumbling away from the troll and moving forty feet forward before she fires a vibrant ray of crimson negative energy at Almand!
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 crit check
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 crit check and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 2d4 negative levels and 10 negative energy damage
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 negative levels and 10 negative energy damage and gets 6." [2d4=2, 4]
[20:46] <Kotono> The draining ray is fired quick and true, Alicia hitting him dead on with it! Almand staggers considerably, words heard as the goblins all begin to move faster! OOC: Owwies. Deme, you're up.
06[20:47] * Demedais grimaces slightly, before laughing. "Heh... Still not enough!" With that, he lashes out again!
[20:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[20:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA)
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[20:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA)
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -5 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC:Three hits. Bummer about the 1.
[20:48] <Demedais> roll 3d8+36+3d6
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+36+3d6 and gets 52." [3d8=1, 4, 2][3d6=4, 1, 4]
03[20:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Trolls(1)>Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Alicia>Almand>Demedais>Seira'
[20:50] <Kotono> Hacking and cutting, Demedais finishes his troll off! Only one survives now! OOC: Seira.
06[20:52] * Seira rushes in mercilessly, relying on haste to get her right next to the closest goblin before she strikes him down with her blade!
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6 attack+acid
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 attack+acid and gets 31." [3d8=4, 2, 8][1d6=6]
06[20:53] * Seira then dances past the goblins to stop in their midst, where Almand remained just earlier.
[20:53] <Kotono> The second gobling ets a sword of jewels and acid in the stomach, staggering it back as she tumbles to where Almand was! OOC: Troll is up.
[20:54] <Kotono> The last troll roars and charges, going for the only close target: Demedais!
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 chaaarge claw
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 chaaarge claw and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:54] <Demedais> OOC: 44
[20:55] <Kotono> Clang! Demedais deflects the claw with a flick of his wrist, sending it away from his armor clad body! OOC: Antenora'n'gobbies'n'Marie are up. You go ahead and go first, Marie?
[20:57] <Alicia> Marie decides to help distract the goblins by forming an illusion of a hound archon appearing twenty feet behind Seira, the archon seeming to be focusing inward for a moment before a glowing shield of force springs up around it. Hopefully that'll distract them for a few blights.
[20:58] <Kotono> As it appears, the goblins charge with shortswords! Two go at the illusion, hacking at it fruitlessly! Two go after Seira, charginga t her!
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good)
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good) and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good)
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good) and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good) crit, will resolve MI after
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+1 haste, +2 charge, smite good) crit, will resolve MI after and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 7." [1d7=7]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d8 for the goblin that missed
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 for the goblin that missed and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[21:00] <Kotono> Two images fade away as Seira is beset! Meanwhile, the last tow fall back, towards the glowing and staggered Almand! Antenora flies back, goign to assist Demedais as holy fury heals her further! OOC: 7/10, +10 HP)
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -8 PA)
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -8 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Also +1 haste.
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d8+27
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+27 and gets 29." [1d8=2]
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: sonic
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[21:01] <Kotono> Antenora stabs that one in the side, drawing a shaking, sonic bursting wound in it's back! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:02] * Alicia stays where she is and cheerfully sends another enervation at Armand, expecting this one will land even more easily. Since she lacks any radius effects to clear out the fodder, it's best if she focuses on him.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 ranged touch
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 ranged touch and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels and 5 negative energy damage
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and 5 negative energy damage and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[21:03] <Kotono> The beam hits Armand again, striking him hard! He cries out in shaking pain, gathering eneryg around himself...except nothing happens! OOC: Deme, you're up.
06[21:05] * Demedais moves to act against the third troll, a series of lancing crosses against its chest! "Let's end this...!"
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA)
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=11]
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 3d8+3d6+51
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+3d6+51 and gets 71." [3d8=1, 4, 4][3d6=1, 6, 4]
03[21:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Alicia>Almand>Demedais>Seira'
[21:07] <Kotono> As Demedais downs the last troll by leaping and splitting it's head in twain, it's cursed life already trying to rebuild...OOC: Seira, you're up.
06[21:08] * Seira flips a golden coin in her mind, and switches targets at the result. "Stab that idiot, Lagann!" she commands, gesturing at Almand, even as she flies free of her pesky goblin assailants and gets a few feet of altitude, circling around the erstwhile diplomat to sink her blade in his unguarded back!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff. Go Seira.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 (forgot flight last time)
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 (forgot flight last time) and gets 38." [1d20=8]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 31." [1d20=1]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Two sword hits and the bite hits too.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 6d8+22+1d6+3+24d8+2d6 damage+sa+acid
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+22+1d6+3+24d8+2d6 damage+sa+acid and gets 148." [6d8=8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 6][1d6=1][24d8=7, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 3, 3, 2, 8, 7, 1, 1, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 6, 2, 8][2d6=2, 4]
03[21:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:13] <Kotono> Caught and drained, Almand is ripped apart! Seira tears his guts out, a howling cry from his throat! He collapses onto the ground, his magic crumbling! All that's left is Almand, his face fixiated into an eternal grimace of unspoken horror. OOC: Antenora'n'Goblins'n'Marie threesome is up.
[21:14] <Kotono> Antenoar rallies yet more energy into herself, before she charges the goblin Seira wounded! OOC: 6/10, +10 HP Antenora.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Idiot. Who'd sell their soul just for some petty revenge?" Seira mutters, flicking her blade clean.
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 charge, +1 haste, +1 fly, -7 PA)
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 charge, +1 haste, +1 fly, -7 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[21:14] <Alicia> Marie doesn't have too much to do right now, so just putters around.
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d8+25
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+25 and gets 29." [1d8=4]
03[21:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins(5)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: sonic!
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Irrelevant.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: It's dead.
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, but you keep forgetting to roll it at all
[21:15] <Kotono> As one gobling oes down, sword into the head, the rest attack! The two by Almand pounce on Seira!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[21:16] <Kotono> Two images are trashed! Meanwhile, one peels off at Antenora, while one goes for Alicia and the last goes for Marie!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Antenora
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Antenora and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Alicia
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Alicia and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Marie, are you even corpreal right now?
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Marie, are you even corpreal right now? and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: she's corporeal, yes, so she can hold her ward
[21:16] <Kotono> But the blows are far and large completely in vain, wasted! OOC: Alicia.
[21:17] <Kotono> Antenora exhales as hers goes down, starting to recover from her previous pounding.
[21:18] <Alicia> Alicia decides to drop her ward for the moment since their real foe hasn't shown up yet, and swiftly draws Hell Striker to cut the goblin facing her wide open!
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -10pa divine might
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -10pa divine might and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d8+42+2d6+1d6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+42+2d6+1d6 and gets 64." [1d8=7][2d6=6, 4][1d6=5]
03[21:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins(4)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:19] <Kotono> Alicia splits this goblin apart, ending it's life on the spot! OOC: Deme.
06[21:20] * Demedais waits for now, looking around quickly as the distant goblins are killed for any more threats emerging!
[21:22] <Demedais> OOC: Strike, didn't realize one goblin was back here.
06[21:22] * Demedais rushes to impale the nearby goblin on his sword in an effort to end this fast!
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +2 Charge +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +2 Charge +1 Haste +4 GMW -10 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[21:23] <Kotono> Demedais goes to intercept, but his sword hits only the air, too much power behind it! OOC: Seira.
01[21:23] <Seira> Two fiendish goblins decided to strike at her, and though they failed, Seira can't just let them go after that. She directs Lagann to help her with the one to her left, and then strikes at that opponent, ready to switch targets the moment the goblin expires.
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: The whiff.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: For LAgann.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: That one hits.
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+8d8+1d6
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+8d8+1d6 and gets 52." [3d8=2, 5, 8][8d8=2, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 3][1d6=3]
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: It clings to life.
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 does he?
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 does he? and gets 37." [1d20=7]
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+8d8+1d6
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+8d8+1d6 and gets 55." [3d8=1, 8, 5][8d8=2, 3, 5, 3, 1, 3, 2, 6][1d6=5]
03[21:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins(3)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: It's down.
01[21:25] <Seira> It would be a pain to destroy the other one without Lagann's help, but Seira tries to do so all the same!
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 34." [1d20=11]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 and gets 32." [3d8=6, 7, 4][1d6=4]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d6+3
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3 and gets 6." [1d6=3]
[21:26] <Kotono> Seira finishes one goblin off with a decapitating strike, while biting intot he other one. Mmm, mmm, goblin! OOC: Antenora and the three goblins are up.
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: As well as MArie.
[21:27] <Kotono> Antenora heals herself even further, as she goes to assist Demedais!
[21:27] <Alicia> Marie flies up so the goblin nearby can't attack her.
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, -15 let's swing for the fences)
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, -15 let's swing for the fences) and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d8+41+1d6
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+41+1d6 and gets 48." [1d8=6][1d6=1]
[21:28] <Kotono> As Antenora gets the goblin right in the back, nearly ripping it apart, only fiendish vitality letting it survive, the survivors strike! The one on Seira attacks her, unsurprisingly!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[21:28] <Kotono> As it shreds another image in a futile fight, the one on Marie swings directions, going for Antenora!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[21:29] <Kotono> But as that fails, the last one hedges it's position briefly, before going to charge Alicia a swell, desperate!
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[21:29] <Kotono> But all three attacks are feeble, easily stopped one and all! OOC: Marie?
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur. Alicia.
[21:30] <Alicia> "Fools! What are you even fighting for?!" Alicia demands as she splits apart this next goblin to so eagerly leap upon her blade.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -10pa
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -10pa and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -10pa
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -10pa and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -10pa
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -10pa and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: Hits. Maim.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 3d8+117+6d6+3d6
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+117+6d6+3d6 and gets 169." [3d8=6, 8, 1][6d6=5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5][3d6=4, 2, 4]
03[21:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins(2)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:31] <Kotono> The goblin on her is shredded into a fine red mist, slaughtered! OOC: Deme?
06[21:32] * Demedais aims at the one Antenora weakened, using precise slashes across its sides in an move to down it permanently!
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev +1 Haste +4 GMW -3 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Confirm your crits? This is massive overkill.
[21:33] <Demedais> OOC: No crits. Longsword.
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay. Still, roll damage. All hit, pain, ect.
[21:33] <Demedais> roll 4d8+4d6+52
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+4d6+52 and gets 79." [4d8=6, 3, 6, 1][4d6=4, 4, 1, 2]
03[21:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Goblins(1)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
06[21:33] * Seira waits for Lagann to get his moment of glory. He'll hit, surely! Eventually!
[21:33] <Kotono> Demedais finishes his target up, goblin blood splashing out over the side to the waterfall!
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d6+1
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+1 and gets 3." [1d6=2]
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 okay
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 okay and gets 49." [1d20=19]
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 hmm?
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 hmm? and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: It's gibbed. You can roll up the damage if you want but we all know it's dead.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 9d8+33+8d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid~
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+33+8d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid~ and gets 122." [9d8=2, 1, 3, 7, 1, 6, 4, 1, 8][8d8=8, 7, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 5][2d10=7, 2]
06[21:34] * Seira happily skips back to the others once the pesky, evil goblin had been dealt with.
[21:34] <Kotono> With a final impalement, the last goblin is down, the battle over! OOC: Free act. This ends the current round, so coutn this as another one for your durations, Seira.
[21:35] <Kotono> Antenora descends down, "Sneaky." She growls, "I feel like I walked into at rap there."
06[21:35] * Demedais looks around quickly for any other signs of life, anti-despair ward clenched in his right hand.
06[21:35] * Alicia picks up her ward and quickly jogs over to the downed trolls, going to decapitate each of them before they can regenerate. "They were well prepared," she agrees.
06[21:35] * Seira decapitates one of the trolls herself, not wishing to waste time.
[21:36] <Kotono> "We have a lot more to go then," Antenora says, two rounds taken to troll kill. "Are we taking anything here or...?"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Nothing I particularly need, and we should really try to destroy more of the opposition before most of my spells run out," Seira tells her, already heading inside.
06[21:37] * Alicia puts her sword away and heals Antenora. "Lets get moving, they've probably prepared a welcome for us further inside."
06[21:37] * Demedais nods and follows the group, staying alert for anything coming their way if at all possible.
06[21:37] * Seira looks over the way ahead for traps, thinking she heard Alicia mention dangerous magics ahead previously.
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 search
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 search and gets 37." [1d20=9]
06[21:38] * Seira proceeds past the doorway, declaring it safe
06[21:40] * Alicia takes out her scroll of true seeing and casts from it before entering the threshold. The true enemy has surely been alerted by now and is certain to appear at some point to confront them.
Session Close: Mon May 11 21:41:53 2009
Session Start: Mon May 11 21:41:53 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:41] * Disconnected
02[21:42] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[21:42] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[21:42] * Topic is 'Antenora=Goblins(1)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
03[21:42] * Set by Kotono on Mon May 11 20:34:33
03[21:42] * ChanServ sets mode: +o CC
Session Close: Mon May 11 21:42:13 2009
Session Start: Mon May 11 21:42:13 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:42] * Disconnected
02[21:42] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[21:42] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[21:42] * Topic is 'Antenora=Goblins(1)=Marie>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
03[21:42] * Set by Kotono on Mon May 11 20:34:33
03[21:42] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[21:52] <Kotono> Thus the party advances inside! Ahead of them is a gorgeous, bright lit hall. Art and decorations adorn everything in gold and glow, statues of angels and pictures of the heavens visible about. The hall stretches quite a ways, to a great golden arch 200 feet away, leading to something else you can't make out from here.
06[21:53] * Seira is more than eager to proceed towards that vaguely-defined something as long as no one alerts her to dangerous magics ahead.
06[21:53] * Demedais keeps looking around carefully, not trusting any of this one bit.
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Spot, Deme.
[21:53] <Alicia> With her magically augmented vision, Alicia keeps a sharp eye out as she follows Seira, clutching her ward tightly for reassurance as she goes.
[21:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 43." [1d20=17]
06[21:55] * Alicia squints a bit at the double-vision of so many layers behind the illusion. "This place is like a nightmare come to life..." she mutters.
[21:55] <Demedais> "This entire place is deception." Demedais says softly. "Incredibly layered and dense, perhaps for each person she's trapped to believe in."
01[21:56] <Seira> "And we're here to dispel it for good, right?" Seira asks with a shrug.
[21:57] <Kotono> "IUt'
[21:57] <Kotono> "It's nothing but a palace of lies," Antenora snaps, sword at the ready all the while, "Lies and evil."
[21:57] <Alicia> "I can't even put what I'm seeing into words," Alicia just shakes her head. Surely the monster herself will be a horrific experience to see... at least the cloak of bravery she wears about her should hopefully gird her against the horror to come.
[21:58] <Demedais> "This is just silly, frankly. No organizational sense at all to it. Wouldn't it..." Demedais shakes his head after that, continuing on.
[21:58] <Kotono> As you advance closer(2 rounds) to the arch, you can see past it. A ball room is there, a glorious ball room. Everything si bright there, dozens of crystalline chandaliers waiting.
[21:59] <Demedais> Demedais, of course, tries to figure out what's really going on by scanning the scene over, tracing the deceptions smoothly back past the arch.
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Make another spot check?
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
01[21:59] <Seira> "So where my floating fake aunt?" Seira wonders out loud. "Anyone see her?"
[22:00] <Alicia> "Watch out for that arch," Alicia cautions, stepping forward and drilling a blast of spellfire through the clawed section to hopefully remove the threat, and wreck some of the decor past it for the next 270 feet.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 8d8 DC 26 if anything gets in the way besides scenery
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d8 DC 26 if anything gets in the way besides scenery and gets 39." [8d8=6, 6, 2, 8, 5, 7, 1, 4]
[22:00] <Kotono> Alicia sends a bolt of spellfire through the top of the arch! It shatters into golden rubble, destroyed!
06[22:01] * Demedais blinks rapidly, before clutching his head. "Okay, now -that- hurts to look at. Bloody hell how much did she transpose on top of this?"
06[22:01] * Alicia continues onwards through the now broken arch, deeming it safe to do so.
06[22:02] * Demedais follows Alicia after shaking his head, still trying to look around but doing it a bit more cautiously.
06[22:02] * Seira checks the arch, just in case!
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 search
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 search and gets 38." [1d20=10]
01[22:03] <Seira> "You killed it," Seira affirms, stepping past the arch herself.
[22:04] <Kotono> The ball room comes to life as you enter! The chandaliers ripple with soft, crystalline clacking sounds! 100 feet away, floating 10 feet in the air in the ball room is Filetta! She looks content and at peace, wearing a long white dress. "Oh Seira..." she calls, lovingly. "You've come home to account for your evil sins!" In front of her, 90 feet away from you, stands General Olburt! He growls incoherently, three muscular, twisted, WRONG vrocks a
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 +2vs evil
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 +2vs evil and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:06] <Kotono> RONG vrocks at his side!
01[22:06] <Seira> "Oh, fuck you with a vrock, you idiot!" Seira snaps at Filetta. "Where're those brains you used to swindle dad's cash? A few years in prison versus eternal damnation or millennia as some lemure or dretch! Yes, I can see you've made the right choice here!"
06[22:06] * Alicia looks somewhat nauseaus but holds strong. "Demedais, you need to destroy Olburt's limbs to put him down, otherwise he'll regenerate. I'll enlarge you so you can do it without him retaliating."
[22:07] <Kotono> "It's okay, Seira. I still love you...even if you're a filthy, deluded sinner." Giggling now, "I understand what must be done. You have to be punished, Seira!"
[22:07] <Demedais> "Got it." Demedais nods, looking to Olburt with pity mixed with anger. "Damnit. Ah well. Let's end this."
01[22:08] <Seira> "Maybe once I've killed you for good, Waukeen would have pity on you and rescue you after a few centuries," Seira mutters in disgust.
[22:08] <Kotono> Olburt roars incoherently, before charging with his vrocks! A runed staff appears in the air infront of Filetta! OOC: Olburt's not much for talking now. Roll init?
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 23." [1d20=16]
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[22:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 well, cool, I go after Alicia anyway~
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 well, cool, I go after Alicia anyway~ and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Filetta
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Filetta and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 ???1
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 ???1 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 ???2
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 ???2 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Olburt
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Olburt and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 1
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 2
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 1 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 3
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 3 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
03[22:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Vrock 1>????2>Vrock 2'
[22:14] <Kotono> Olburt charges along, coming to within 40 feet of the party! Falling down from within Filetta's dress is an abomination! It looks like a lizard mixed with tentacles, with a horrible face! Black electricity crackles around it's tentacles as it waits! OOC: Alicia.
06[22:14] * Alicia steps closer to Demedais and casts her spell, turning him into a big friendly giant!
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Marie.
[22:15] <Alicia> Marie drops her ward for the moment, and fires off a barrage of arrows at the vrocks, the first two intent on banishing them back to the Abyss!
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron banishing arrow on Vrock 1
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron banishing arrow on Vrock 1 and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron banishing arrow on Vrock 2
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron banishing arrow on Vrock 2 and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron arrow on Vrock 3
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, cold iron arrow on Vrock 3 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: eep, -5 and -10 on those
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: So 42, 38, 28
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. What's the save mod, -2?
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: DC 20 +2 for each DR component she bypasses (good and cold iron)
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity Vrock 1
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity Vrock 1 and gets 10." [1d4=1][1d4=2][1d6=3]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity Vrock 2
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity Vrock 2 and gets 12." [1d4=4][1d4=1][1d6=3]
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 regular arrow on Vrock 3
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 regular arrow on Vrock 3 and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 regular arrow on Vrock 3 crit check
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 regular arrow on Vrock 3 crit check and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 2d4+8+1d4+1d6
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+8+1d4+1d6 and gets 15." [2d4=1, 1][1d4=4][1d6=1]
[22:18] <Kotono> Arrows fly! One of the arrows gets the first vrock right in the chest! It winks away in a mote of black energy, while the other two are lightly wounded by her arrows! OOC: Filetta.
[22:20] <Kotono> The staff in front of Filetta waves and swirls about! Magic comes from it, as a noxious cloud of gas surrounds the party, horrible deadly vapors! OOC: Fort saves, all.
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 +2 vs evil +4 vs poison A
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 +2 vs evil +4 vs poison A and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 +2 vs evil +4 vs poison M
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 +2 vs evil +4 vs poison M and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d4 con damage to Seira and Marie ow
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 con damage to Seira and Marie ow and gets 1." [1d4=1]
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta=Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
[22:22] <Kotono> A moment later, a potent burst of magic follows that up!
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 caster level check
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 caster level check and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Will except for Deme.
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 I know it;
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 I know it; and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[22:23] <Alicia> it's evil anyway (A)
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 M
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 M and gets 32." [1d20=15]
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
03[22:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta=Cloudkill=????2>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
03[22:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta=Cloudkill=????3>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
[22:24] <Kotono> Magic of poison and something else pass over the party! Seira and Marie are sickened and weakened by the vapors, but nothing else happens! OOC: Seira.
06[22:25] * Seira charges her creepy, transformed fake aunt! If there was ever a time to put all her might into a single strike to end that woman's wretched existence, that time is now!
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 (charge, smite, impromptu SA)
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 (charge, smite, impromptu SA) and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Can you actually reach her with a charge, or ar eyou just setting up for next round? She's 100 ft away, mind.
01[22:25] <Seira> OOC: Haste gives me 60ft land/flight, and I'm charging
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+8d8+6d8+1d6 weapon+sa+divine+acid
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+8d8+6d8+1d6 weapon+sa+divine+acid and gets 79." [3d8=5, 5, 1][8d8=4, 7, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 5][6d8=4, 4, 2, 3, 8, 1][1d6=6]
[22:28] <Kotono> Seira charges! Stabbing into Filetta, you find the woman to just smile! "Oh Seira, Seira, Seiraaaaaa!" She retorts, "Good! I can make you pay myself for all you've done! All your sins, all you've stolen from me!" OOC DEMe.
01[22:28] <Seira> "Don't even go there, bitch!" Seira snaps at her.
[22:30] <Kotono> "What, are you scared?" The staff spins around the two, Filetta smiling. A pristine hand reaches out, as if to try and caress Seira. "Close your eyes and I'll hug you. I'll make everything go away!"
06[22:30] * Demedais stands in the way of Oberuth's advance toward the rest of the group, simply grinning. "Sorry, Oberuth. I should've stopped you back then from heading off on your own, but... I thought it'd help. No matter. Let me give you as much peace as I can with this..." With this, he mutters off a spell, before focusing intently! OOC: Divine Power, Law Devotion (to AC this round), Kensai Might.
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Olburt
[22:31] <Demedais> OOC: s/Oberuth/Olburt
06[22:32] * Alicia looks horribly disgusted.
[22:33] <Kotono> Demedais draws in his power as fully as he can! OOC: Antenora and the third vrock are up.
[22:35] <Kotono> Antenora flies up, charging! She goes to assist Seira, charging right ahead at Filetta! "Die!" she calls, channeling all her power into one blow!
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -10 PA)
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -10 PA) and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -10 PA) crit?
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +1 fly, +1 haste, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -10 PA) crit? and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+82 ow
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+82 ow and gets 86." [2d8=2, 1][1d6=1]
[22:38] <Kotono> With a quick, overpowering charge, Antenora impales Filetta in the stomach! The wound rips open her skin massively! Inside, Seira and Antenora can see them! Dozens and dozens of the lizards, packed into a giant womb taking up her entire mid section! Each one stares out at Seira, eyes and tentacles sparkling with electricity! "Seira..." Filetta buckles, "Say hello...your cousins...want to meet you...!" Meanwhile, the third vrock charges ahead, j
[22:38] <Kotono> want to meet you...!" Meanwhile, the third vrock charges ahead, joining Olburt! Below, a second abomination drops down to the floor beneath Filetta! OOC Second vrock is up.
06[22:39] * Seira recoils in horror and no small amount of disgust, despite herself. "Ugh, you sick freak," she stammers, turning her head away.
Session Close: Mon May 11 22:40:21 2009
Session Start: Mon May 11 22:40:21 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:40] * Disconnected
02[22:40] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:40] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:40] * Topic is 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Filetta=Cloudkill=????3>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
03[22:40] * Set by Kotono on Mon May 11 21:25:01
03[22:40] * ChanServ sets mode: +o CC
[22:41] <Kotono> Olburt charges without care or power, long blade lashing out at Demedais! OOC: You have reach, you can AoO him if you like.
02[22:45] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-82-81-147-226.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:45] <Demedais> Demedais grunts, before lashing out with his sword forcefully against Oberuth's legs in an attempt to trip him!
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Melee touch.
[22:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power) melee touch
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power) melee touch and gets 39." [1d20=7]
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Success. Str check.
03[22:47] * CC is now known as Seira
[22:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+4 Size, +6 Str buff)
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+4 Size, +6 Str buff) and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[22:48] <Kotono> Demedais lashes out to trip Olburt, but his speed is too much! He charges on full tilt, sword hacking at the paladin!
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge) and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[22:48] <Kotono> But his own blow misses, the two exchanging worthless strikes! OOC: ????1 is up.
01[22:48] <Seira> "Uwa, so creepy!" Seira exclaims, her hands shielding her ears as best they can while carrying her weapon and ward.
[22:49] <Kotono> The first shocker lizard THING crackles with black energy, an arch of it soaring up at Antenora!
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 ref
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 ref and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3d8 halve this
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3d8 halve this and gets 25." [3d8=4, 5, 3][3d8=6, 5, 2]
[22:50] <Kotono> The bolt grazes Antenora, but her superior speed lets her just barely dodge the worst of the bolt! OOC: Alicia.
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 +4vs poison
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 +4vs poison and gets 41." [1d20=17]
06[22:53] * Alicia moves out of the cloudkill, moving a bit to the side to avoid the vrocks and firing an enervation at Filetta! Hopefully it'll finish her off, if not it'll neuter her spellcasting. Focusing on her actions and tactics helps to negate the overriding horror of her surroundings and foes.
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR if needed
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR if needed and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:53] <Kotono> The spell is fired, but fizzles against Filetta completely! OOC: Marie.
[22:54] <Alicia> Marie snags up her ward and then scoots over to fly protectively over Alicia! And behind her a little. Lots of scary things around for a little coure!
[22:54] <Kotono> Filetta giggles! "Seiiiraa!" she croons! From out of her dress a pair of tentacles rush out, going to grapple with Seira! "It's time tos top this and hug your dear aunt!" OOC: Grapple check.
01[22:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 dammit
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 dammit and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, melee touch first.
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 melee touch
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 melee touch and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 grapple
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 grapple and gets 31." [1d20=9]
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 6d6
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6 and gets 21." [6d6=5, 3, 3, 3, 5, 2]
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 1.5*21 fire, I hate you
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*21 fire, I hate you and gets 31.5."
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10 and a fort save and a will save, Seira.
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+10 and a fort save and a will save, Seira. and gets 16." [1d6=6]
01[22:57] <Seira> "Eeeek!" Seira screams in undignified fashion.
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: Which one was that?
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: 26 is will
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 fort
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 fort and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[23:00] <Kotono> Seira is grappled by the tentacles caught in them and pulled downward! A bloody red bile soaks into her skin, lapping against it as she is kept in contact! A moment later, a burst of magic explodes around Seira and Antenora!
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Will, you two.
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
01[23:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[23:01] <Kotono> But both resist, enduring the worst Filetta has! Meanwhile, the cloudkill ravages Demedais! OOC: Fort.
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 1d4 halve this if you make the save
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 halve this if you make the save and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Which means nothing if you pass the save. Good luck!
[23:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 just checking
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 just checking and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: 1 con damage. Hatbot is epic.
[23:03] <Kotono> From Filetta's womb a third shocker lizard drops to the floor! OOC: Seira. You're being grappled.
01[23:03] <Seira> "Augh! I hate you forever!" Seira exclaims spitefully as she stabs at her abomination of a fake aunt!
01[23:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 (-4 for grappling, lifetheft)
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 (-4 for grappling, lifetheft) and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[23:05] <Kotono> OOC: Narrow whiff.
[23:05] <Kotono> Seira struggles in the grapple, but narrowly manages to miss! As she struggles...OOC: Deme.
01[23:05] <Seira> OOC: Moment, might've miscalculated
01[23:06] <Seira> OOC: Should've been +22, does 33 hit?
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid and gets 32." [3d8=7, 8, 5][1d6=1]
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 more stabbings
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 more stabbings and gets 36." [1d20=14]
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid and gets 29." [3d8=7, 1, 6][1d6=4]
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 yet more stabbings
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 yet more stabbings and gets 36." [1d20=19]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 yet more stabbings crit?
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 yet more stabbings crit? and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid alas
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid alas and gets 30." [3d8=7, 6, 4][1d6=2]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 bite, dammit
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 bite, dammit and gets 34." [1d20=18]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d6+3
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3 and gets 7." [1d6=4]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 6d6 burn, now
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6 burn, now and gets 24." [6d6=1, 1, 6, 6, 5, 5]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1.5*24
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*24 and gets 36."
03[23:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill=????3>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2'
[23:10] <Kotono> Despite being grappled, Seira thrusts the Third Resort with all she has! She stabs Filetta through the left eye, piercing all the way out through the back of her skull! "W-what...?" Filetta says in a small voice, her body crumbling away! She falls to the ground, normal once more, face twisted into a grimace of eternal agony! Her staff clatters onto the floor nearby! OOC: Deme.
06[23:10] * Seira calls upon her pearl to bring the Greater Mirror Image spell back as soon as she's freed from her pseudo-aunt's horrific embrace!
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1d4+5 immediate
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 immediate and gets 9." [1d4=4]
01[23:10] <Seira> "I feel so dirty," Seira complains, shuddering.
06[23:12] * Demedais shrugs a little bit at the failed trip attempt, before stepping five feet away from both Olburt and the cloudkill! "Right. I'll stop playing around, then. Sorry, Oberuth." With that, the longsword enchanted by Seira swings down like a guillotine against Olburt's arms, attempting to sunder them from his very body!
[23:12] <Demedais> OOC: S/OBERUTH/OLBERT
[23:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA)
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=3]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[23:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 2, haste woo
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+32 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 2, haste woo and gets 43." [1d20=11]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[23:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 2, haste woo
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 2, haste woo and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 this might be it
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 this might be it and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[23:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 4
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 4 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[23:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 this might be it
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 this might be it and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC: Two successes.
[23:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 5, divine power
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) try 5, divine power and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[23:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC: Two successes still. Roll a crit confirm.
[23:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) crit confirm?
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+5 Kensai Might, +4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -4 PA) crit confirm? and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Crit and a hit. Roll up your damage.
[23:18] <Demedais> roll 3d8+46+3d6 (3d6 is sonic)
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+46+3d6 (3d6 is sonic) and gets 72." [3d8=5, 5, 2][3d6=4, 4, 6]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Shatters one arm. Will resume from here next time.
[23:20] <Demedais> OOC: -6 if it's relevant next time.
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[19:27] <Kotono> Demedais strikes down, his sword clashing against the steel of Olbert's sword arm with a thunderous, sonic detonation! Under the hammer-blows it shatters like steel, staggering Olburt, barely on his feet! His mace arm is held up in warding, still intact! OOC: Antenora's up.
[19:28] <Kotono> Antenora heals herself as her fury surges, descending down to stab at the abomination that shocked her!
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 flying, -5 PA, 8/10 FS +10 HP)
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+1 flying, -5 PA, 8/10 FS +10 HP) and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[19:29] <Kotono> Despite hitting it righ ton, Antenora's blade can't penetrate past it's scales, like hitting diamond with a toothpick! Her arm rattles back, as the third vrock works around, taking a swipe at Demedais as he flanks him with Olburt!
[19:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[19:31] <Kotono> But the blow is stopped, failing entirely with a quick, deft parry! OOC: Forgot some mods, but still doesn't it.) The second abomination looks up at Seira, black lighting crackling up at her!
[19:31] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 4." [1d9=4]
[19:31] <Kotono> But one of the images takes it instead, vaporized on the spot! The second vrock goes to Deme's left side, charging and clawing him as well!
[19:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 proper numbers this time
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 proper numbers this time and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:32] <Kotono> But it's screetching claw blow whiffs by the paladin entirely! However, a cluster of spores bursts from it's body, covering Demedais!
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 2d8 damage
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 damage and gets 8." [2d8=6, 2]
03[19:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>????1>Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill=????3>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>????2>Vrock 2=Spores on Deme'
[19:32] <Kotono> The cloud of spores clings to his body, burrowing in like an unwelcome intruder! OOC: Olburt's up.
[19:33] <Kotono> One arm ruined, General Olburt cries in mindless fury, striking over and over with his mace at Demedais, surging into him as hard as he can, having the paladin flanked!
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 flank)
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 flank) and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:35] <Demedais> OOC: So glad I didn't convert Law Devotion to BAB when I was thinking about it last attack. Should be 41 (43-Enlarge Person).
[19:38] <Kotono> Demedais is pushed back and pinned between two demons and Olburt, but keeps himself safe, focusing desperately on the defensive! The first abomination looks up at Antenora, the erinyes turning pale, as it's tentacles lash out at her, reaching up with unnatural reach!
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 31." [1d20=2]
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[19:38] <Kotono> The two lashes are both parried away, Antenora making haste to avoid with all of her speed! OOC: Alicia.
[19:40] <Alicia> While they might be resistant to weapons, Alicia hopes those horrible children of Filetta are as innately fragile as any shocker lizard once their defences are breached, and gestures to one that isn't currently being attacked by Antenora, firing a barrage of glowing blue orbs at it!
[19:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR if needed
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR if needed and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[19:40] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 14." [5d4=2, 1, 3, 1, 2]
[19:41] <Kotono> The lizard is rocked by the missiles, each one impacting it hard! It's wounded somewhat by them, but takes more abuse than a normal lizard! It's empty eyes turn to Alicia, peering at her! OOC: Marie, you're up.
[19:41] <Alicia> Marie drops her ward again for the moment and helps out Alicia by sending a flurry of arrows at the distant atrocity!
[19:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 constant guardian on Alicia
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 constant guardian on Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[19:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 constant guardian on Alicia
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 constant guardian on Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[19:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 constant guardian on Alicia
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 constant guardian on Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: No hits. Bummer.
[19:42] <Kotono> Marie fires arrow after arrow, but not a one strikes the lizard, it's skin bouncing them off like nothing at all! OOC: Cloud kill and the third abomination are up.
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d4 fort, Deme?
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 fort, Deme? and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[19:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 kay
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 kay and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: No con damage then.
[19:45] <Kotono> The third abomination skitters over the floor with an unnatural speed, closing many feet in a mere moment! A master monk could barely hope to move that fast, yet somehow this abomination does! It's tentacle lashes out at Alicia with a blind, empty fury!
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 and gets 40." [1d20=9]
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:45] <Alicia> OOC: 37
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 24." [2d8=7, 6]
[19:46] <Kotono> Alicia's leg is whipped by the tentacle, leaving horrible bruises and damage all across her calf! OOC: Seira.
06[19:50] * Seira directs Lagann at the abomination that's engaging in combat with Antenora, maneuvering herself past its defenses and descending upon it from above!
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: The whiff.
01[19:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 dive!
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 dive! and gets 31." [1d20=2]
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Again, the whiff.
[19:51] <Kotono> Seira dives down, tumbling and avoiding tentacle lashes as she plunges the Third Resort down! Yet it's skin is far too touch, the ensorcelled blade's tip bouncing off it's back harmlessly! OOC: Deme.
[19:52] <Kotono> *tough
06[19:53] * Demedais grunts, stepping away another five feet defensively from the center of attention, eyes still focused on Olburt. "Hmph... very well." With that, the blade comes sweeping down at Olburt's other arm again in a desperate collision of blows aimed to slice that arm off as well!
[19:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[19:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 2
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 2 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[19:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 3
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 3 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[19:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 4
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 4 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[19:55] <Kotono> OOC: Higher mod wins tie.
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[19:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 4
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, -1 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 4 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[19:56] <Kotono> Demedais hacks and hacks and hacks, but can't land a single solid blow on Olburt's surviving arm! He struggles int he mists, still futilely working away! OOC: Antenora and Vrock 3 are up.
[19:59] <Kotono> Antenora disengages from the shocker lizard, it's tentacles snapping out at her even as she does so!
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 18." [2d8=6, 1]
[20:01] <Kotono> Despite being whipped across the foot, Antenora hurries along and goes to charge Olburt, enduring the poisonous fog as she does!
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 fort
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 fort and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -3 PA 7/10 FS +10 HP Antenora)
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +1 flying, -3 PA 7/10 FS +10 HP Antenora) and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[20:03] <Kotono> Despite her headlong charge, Antenora is stopped by Olburt, who whips around to deflect her sword quickly! Meanwhile, the third vrock assails Demedais and Antenora with a loud, keening screetch! OOC: Fort, you two
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 fort
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 fort and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[20:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[20:06] <Kotono> The screech leaves Antenora reeling, falling to her knees behind Olburt, dropping her blade and ward! Demedais endures it in the meanwhile, surviving the worst of it unscathed! OOC: Abomination 2 is up.
[20:06] <Kotono> The second abomination skitters over, tentacles lashing out at the nearby Seira!
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
[20:07] <Kotono> An image is destroyed, but otherwise Seira endures without harm! Meanwhile...OOC: Vrock and spores are up.
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d6 spore damage on Deme
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 spore damage on Deme and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[20:07] <Kotono> Tiny growths begint o show on Deme's body, little vines snaking across him! The second vrock is on him, attacking all out!
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 crit?
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 crit? and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 bite
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 bite and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 talons
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 talons and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 talons
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 talons and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 2d6+7
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+7 and gets 15." [2d6=6, 2]
[20:08] <Kotono> Demedais gets a light clawing across his body, a passing wound as the vrock gets in a lucky shot! OOC: Olburt, new round.
[20:09] <Kotono> Olburt splits his attention, taking easy shots at Antenora while also engaging Demedais!
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Deme
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Deme and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Antenora(No flanking here)
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Antenora(No flanking here) and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora gain for the third.
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 2d10+7+5d6 Deme
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+7+5d6 Deme and gets 31." [2d10=4, 7][5d6=5, 3, 3, 1, 1]
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 2d10+7+5d6 Antenora
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 2d10+7+5d6 Antenora
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+7+5d6 Antenora and gets 32." [2d10=4, 3][5d6=4, 1, 5, 5, 3]
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+7+5d6 Antenora and gets 42." [2d10=9, 7][5d6=5, 4, 1, 6, 3]
[20:12] <Kotono> With Demedais pinned and Antenora stunned, Olburt has his way! His mace blows find weak spots again and again, each shot dealing grevious, precision perfect wounds to the weakest spots! The crunch of bones is heard as he ravages both heroes! The first lizard skitters over, rushing out for Alicia and striking!
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 35." [1d20=6]
[20:12] <Kotono> But Alicia is able to ward off the blow, ducking and doging the tentacle with desperate speed! OOC: Alicia.
[20:13] <Alicia> "Marie, get rid of those Vrocks!" Alicia snaps, taking a step back out of range of the tentacles and towards her cowering familiar as she incants. "Magic, bend to my will! Excise the poison from my sight!"
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel on cloudkill
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel on cloudkill and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[20:14] <Kotono> Alicia calls on the magic to shatter, but it stays, toxic and unmoving to Alicia's call! OOC: Marie.
[20:15] <Alicia> "Right!" Marie nods bravely, drifting back a little herself to keep pace with Alicia and drawing her remaining banishing arrows, one each for the two Vrocks! Then her normal arrows go to the wounded tentacle thing!
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, banishing Vrock 1
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, banishing Vrock 1 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, banishing Vrock 2
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 constant guardian on Alicia, banishing Vrock 2 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 constant guardian on Alicia, wounded tentacle
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 constant guardian on Alicia, wounded tentacle and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 constant guardian on Alicia, wounded tentacle
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 constant guardian on Alicia, wounded tentacle and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 vrock 2
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 vrock 2 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 vrock 3
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 vrock 3 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: DC is 20 on those arrows, I believe?
[20:18] <Alicia> OOC: 20 + 2 per DR component she beats (good and silver this time)
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity, vrock 1
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity, vrock 1 and gets 13." [1d4=3][1d4=4][1d6=3]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity, vrock 2
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d4+1d6 not rolling electricity, vrock 2 and gets 10." [1d4=3][1d4=3][1d6=1]
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: I subtracted 4 from the saves, so they both passed.
[20:20] <Kotono> Two arrows fly, each vrock hit! They are wounded minorly, grazed but surviving intact! The two arrows at the lizard bounce off it's tough hide, failing to penetrate! OOC: Cloud kill and the third lizard is up.
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d4 fort, Antenora and Dmee
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 fort, Antenora and Dmee and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 another 1 would suck
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 another 1 would suck and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: 1 con to both then, you both made the save.
[20:22] <Kotono> The poison continues to choke the two as the third abomination hurries along! It goes right for Antenora, tentacles reaching out to strike the stunned erinyes!
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 48." [1d20=19]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 21." [2d8=6, 4]
[20:23] <Kotono> Antenora is whipped in the bakc, crying out in stunned agony! OOC: Seira.
06[20:31] * Seira can't look away from her own opponent too much, however she might wish to. Antenora's situation draws her attention, however, and she steels herself before commanding Lagann to cover her retreat.
01[20:31] <Seira> The ward would be useless to her in this situation, and Seira drops it, darting out of range and drawing one of her daggers as she heads away from every possible enemy in the room. Once the closest of them remains sixty feet from her, Seira drops that dagger and calls upon her magic to switch her places with Antenora.
01[20:31] <Seira> And it wouldn't do to just appear in that cloud of death, so she intends to announce her presence with an acidic breath.
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Who are you targeting wtih your breath? Bear in mind Deme's surrounded by them.
06[20:36] * Seira gives Demedais a curt nod before blasting everyone gathered with a holy, acidic breath!
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Roll damage and note DC. Ref aves, all?
[20:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 kay, concentrate reflex save.
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 kay, concentrate reflex save. and gets 43." [1d20=20]
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 acid+holy
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 acid+holy and gets 56." [8d8=6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 5, 6][2d8=8, 8]
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: DC?
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: DC 23
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 vrock
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 vrock
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 vrock and gets 28." [1d20=16]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 vrock and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 56/2
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 56/2 and gets 28."
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:38] <Kotono> The breath whips about! Demedais weaves and dukes and dodges, concentration seeing him through the breath safely! Antenora appears by the dagger, still dazed but recovering! Olburt turns back to her, mindless murder in his eyes! OOC: Deme.
06[20:38] * Seira snorts at Olburt.
01[20:39] <Seira> "So you were so sad at losing to me you went and got yourself weapon arms?" she asks, peering at the mace.
06[20:40] * Demedais grunts at this, before focusing his might. "Sorry, Olburt, but I can't allow this to continue." With that, a series of blows comes raining down again, all his talent focused on breaking the arm completely! OOC: Law Dev. switched to BAB
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+35 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+35 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1 and gets 38." [1d20=3]
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+35 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+35 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1 and gets 53." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) aiming to sunder, opposed attack checks roll 1 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[20:42] <Demedais> OOC: Can I roll damage now so that I can redirect the final two blows if possible?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 3d8+3d6+36
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+3d6+36 and gets 58." [3d8=7, 5, 3][3d6=1, 3, 3]
[20:46] <Kotono> With a savage fury, Demedais strikes the mace with all he has! With a bone-metal crunch is shatters apart! Olburt screams like a human in the utmost pain, thrashing about! He writhes on the floor, falling down and screaming! Amid them, "MY LOOOORD!" can be heard! His body shakes all over, hissing with black steam! Olburt falls to the ground, gallons of blood coming from his broken arms now! OOC: Antenora and vrock 3 are up.
[20:46] <Demedais> OOC: Uh.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, rest of your turn. Carry on.
[20:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) to vrock
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) to vrock and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[20:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) to vrock
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, +2 Flanking, -4 PA) to vrock and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[20:47] <Demedais> roll 2d8+2d6+24
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d8+2d6+24 and gets 41." [2d8=7, 7][2d6=2, 1]
[20:48] <Kotono> Demedais cuts into the side of the vrock, enduring the gasses as hedoes! Meanwhile Antenora stirs slightly, bleeding bad but intact! The third vrock screetches with fury, clawing into Demedais like a cat onto a ball of string!
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: Current AC?
[20:50] <Demedais> OOC: 35.
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 2d6+7
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+7 and gets 15." [2d6=6, 2]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d6+3
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+3 and gets 5." [1d6=2]
[20:51] <Kotono> Demedais is clawed pecked and hacked, but not serious, decisive wounds are scored, only flesh wounds! The second abomination, now without it's playmate Seira, hurries over to Alicia, going to abuse her more!
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 chaaarge
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 chaaarge and gets 49." [1d20=18]
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 23." [2d8=6, 6]
[20:52] <Kotono> Alicia is whipped across her stomach this time, breastplate doing little to stop the raw concussive force of the impact! OOC: Vrock and spores
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d6 spores
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 spores and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[20:53] <Kotono> As the spores continue to grow all over Deme's skin, the second vrock emits a screetch of it's own! OOC: Fort, you two.
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[20:54] <Kotono> Both resist the roar, enduring as the chaotic battle continues to rage! OOC: New round.
[20:54] <Kotono> Olburt lies on the floor, his cries lessening and weakening...OOC: First abomination.
[20:55] <Kotono> The first abomination is ont Alicia and isn't going anywhere, a pair of tentacles going to maim her!
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 40." [1d20=11]
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 2d8+11
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 20." [2d8=6, 3]
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+11 and gets 24." [2d8=6, 7]
[20:56] <Kotono> Both blows savage Alicia all over, further weakening her and leaving ample brusing all over her torso and legs! OOC: Alicia.
[20:56] <Demedais> "Thanks, Seira. The flank was what I needed here, I think - that and getting Antenora to safety. If you want to assist Alicia, that'd probably be best here." Demedais comments. "Sorry to drag you away."
01[20:56] <Seira> "I could rant about having fun over there, but I really wasn't," Seira responds, shrugging. "And hey, I'd jump into a cloud of death filled with evil fiends for any of you!"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Alright, I've had enough of you!" Alicia snarls at the terrible creatures mincing around by her feet, tumbling away to the side so she has all three neatly lined up, and drawing Hell Striker as she does so. Landing lightly on her feet, she drops her ward and then hurls the sword forward in a whirling buzz-saw of fiery cutting death to scythe right through them all!
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 44." [1d20=7]
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 56." [1d20=19]
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check and gets 45." [1d20=8]
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 55." [1d20=18]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Hit all of them and nailed the crit.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+2d6+1d6
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+2d6+1d6 and gets 41." [1d8=1][2d6=1, 5][1d6=5]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 2d8+58+2d6+1d6
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+58+2d6+1d6 and gets 83." [2d8=8, 2][2d6=5, 6][1d6=4]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+2d6+1d6
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+2d6+1d6 and gets 47." [1d8=2][2d6=5, 6][1d6=5]
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Vrock 2=Spores on Deme'
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 3#6d4 for reference
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#6d4 for reference and gets 41." [3#6d4 = 14, 12, 15]
[21:00] <Kotono> Alicia's blade flies true, arcane fire slicing through the three abominations! They're cut apart into gibblets, rended from side to the side! They wither away into foul puddles nad scrabs of rubbery tentacles, crackling witha few last bursts of electric energy! OOC: Marie.
01[21:00] <Seira> "Plus, you know..." Seira adds with a another shrug, sparing a brief glance at Alicia.
[21:00] <Alicia> Marie picks up her own discarded ward and then flies back over to join Alicia, hovering protectively nearby.
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d4 fort, Seira and Deme
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 fort, Seira and Deme and gets 3." [1d4=3]
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 dammit
[21:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 27." [1d20=6]
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 dammit and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: 1 con to both of you.
[21:01] <Kotono> The cloud continues to choke and poison the two heroes in it, doing more harm! OOC: SEira.
[21:01] <Demedais> "Get out of the cloud, at least - I'll do the same!
06[21:05] * Seira doesn't argue -- she swipes the Resort against the nearby vrock, instead!
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 weapon+acid and gets 25." [3d8=5, 3, 1][1d6=5]
06[21:06] * Seira leaves the cloud after her attack. If the vrock intends to pursue her, it's certainly within its rights.
[21:06] <Kotono> Seira manages to stab the vrock in it's twisted wing, retreating back and avoiding it's counter-strike, breathingin fresh air once more! OOC: Deme.
06[21:06] * Demedais nods slightly before slashing at the one vrock he previously injured, leaving the cloud afterward as well!
[21:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, -8 PA) to vrock
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +4 large size, +6 Law Devotion, -8 PA) to vrock and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:08] <Demedais> roll 1d8+1d6+16
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d8+1d6+16 and gets 27." [1d8=8][1d6=3]
[21:10] <Kotono> Demedais hits and runs, fleeing the deadly fog as well! As he does, avoiding the choking vapors, Antenora rises. She flies 20 feet straight up, drawing her spear as holy fury mends her wounds! OOC: 7/10, +10 HP she really needs. Vrock 3 is also up.
[21:12] <Kotono> The third vrock charges out of the fog, a blur of twisted feathers as it charges Demedias, pursuing hte fight!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:12] <Kotono> But it's blow is easily evaded, blocked away with a flick of the blade! OOC: Vrock 2 and spores.
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6 Deme
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 Deme and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:13] <Kotono> As more vines burst out of his skin, the other vrock comes out! This one hangs back abit, images springing up around it!
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d4+4
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+4 and gets 8." [1d4=4]
03[21:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Vrock 2(8 images)=Spores on Deme'
[21:13] <Kotono> Olburt slows even more, lying a massive pool of his own blood! OOC: Alicia. Sec.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Antenora, grab the ward Seira dropped!" Alicia calls over to the erinyes, using a cantrip to briefly grab the one Antenora herself dropped and tossing it at Seira, before she reaches down to grab her own.
[21:20] <Kotono> Alicia does so, moving wards around with ease! OOC: Nmarie.
[21:21] <Alicia> Marie elects to help out the others by clearing away some of the images surrounding the vrock still in the poison vapours.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d9
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d9 and gets 5." [1d9=5]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8 and gets 3." [1d8=3]
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d7
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d7 and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d6
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d5
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d5 and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 -4 images
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 -4 images and gets 2." [1d4=1]
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Olburt>Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Vrock 2(4 images)=Spores on Deme'
[21:23] <Kotono> Marie fires several glowing missiles of light, destroying four images and lightly injuring the true vrock within those remaining! OOC: Cloud kill. No one's in it so it's moot, besides the immune vrock. SEira.
06[21:23] * Seira lightly steps back towards the ward Alicia's delivered out of the deadly cloud for her, and gestures at the fallen, armless Olburt and the vrock still within the cloud, letting loose with the strongest gout of flame she can call upon!
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 18d6 boosted cone of fire, dc 25, cone of 60ft
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 18d6 boosted cone of fire, dc 25, cone of 60ft and gets 59." [18d6=6, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 2, 6, 5, 4, 1, 1, 6, 3, 6, 3, 6, 1]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
03[21:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Vrock 2(4 images)=Spores on Deme'
03[21:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Marie>Cloudkill>Seira>Demedais>Antenora=Vrock 3>Spores on Deme'
[21:26] <Kotono> In the inferno, the helpless Olburt is caught! His body catches aflame, charred by the fire! His struggles at last cease, his face etched into a look of complete horror and fear! The vrock is also lit afire, staggering and burning away before being gone utterly! OOC: Deme.
[21:27] <Demedais> Demedais seems to wince at only that point, but then shakes his head slightly as he aims to finish off the last vrock with a tempest of blows.
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+4 Divine Power, +1 Haste, +6 Law Devotion, -6 PA) to vrock and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Wait no, four.
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: It charged you.
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 4d8+4d6+42
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+4d6+42 and gets 68." [4d8=3, 2, 5, 2][4d6=2, 2, 6, 4]
[21:29] <Demedais> OOC: Er, right, four hits, so +14 more for 82.
[21:29] <Kotono> With that last salvo, Demedais shreds the vrock! It collapses in a storm of feathers, dead and gone! The battle is at last over!
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d6 Deme vines.
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 Deme vines. and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:29] <Kotono> Antenora staggers in the air, flying over and getting Seira's charm.
06[21:29] * Seira wastes no time in retrieving the ward and flying over to Antenora to heal her!
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 24." [3d8=5, 2, 2]
06[21:29] * Alicia hurries to regroup with Antenora and heal the clumsy erinyes.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 63." [18d4=3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 2, 3, 2]
[21:30] <Kotono> Antenora looks to them, "Sorry. I wanted to help Demedais." She leans on her spear, "Demedais, are you hurt?"
[21:30] <Kotono> Ahead, now that the battle is over? The bodies of the two lie on the floor. Filetta's staff lies on the ground nearby. Ahead, golden light comes, from the far end of the grand ball room. A glowing, heavenly radiance.
01[21:31] <Seira> "It's okay, I don't mind that you left me alone with those freaks one bit!" Seira tells Antenora with a bright smile.
[21:31] <Alicia> "We can discuss tactics later, we're not done yet," Alicia remarks, healing herself with what little spellfire she has left.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 2d4+2
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+2 and gets 6." [2d4=1, 3]
06[21:31] * Demedais quickly removes the spores with remove disease, before restoring his constitution. "I suspect not as badly as you are. But thank you for the assistance all the same." Demedais' face is an impassive mask that seems to shudder a bit at Seira's comment, before he turns to the light without another word.
06[21:32] * Seira intends to greet the radiance with an equally bright fireball!
[21:32] <Alicia> Meanwhile Marie stows her bow and zips into the poisonous gas to grab Antenora's sword before flying back out, coughing a bit as she offers it to the erinyes.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:33] <Kotono> In the light, the party can see a path reveal itself! Golden stairs slope upwards, the roof opening! Incredible, incomprensible light fills the way ahead, as if coming from Mount Celestia's highest perches. Meanwhile Antenora takes the sword and switches it with her spear. "Thanks," she says to the courre.
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're right about the rolls, but let me do those next time? DM stuff.
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, just wanted to save time for a minor thing
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: No big.
06[21:34] * Demedais eyes the path quite warily.
[21:34] <Demedais> "Well, then."
06[21:34] * Alicia grabs Seira's discarded dagger and channels an antimagic field into it before slotting it into her belt. "Hope you don't mind if I borrow this?" she asks, starting to step towards the grey stairway only she can see.
[21:34] <Kotono> "Is this it?" Antenora asks, following Alicia. "Finally. Let's put an end to her."
01[21:35] <Seira> "Have fun with it," Seira says just as brightly as before, summoning a fire elemental that cheerfully tags along with her towards the stairway!
[21:37] <Kotono> The party advances on! They find themselves walking in an endless dawn sky, golden sunlight all around them. The sun is high in the sky, glowing like never before. She is ahead, kneeling, thirty feet away in this paradise. Her arms are implored to the sky, her voice demanding, "Why? Why do the wicked reach this far? Was my plan not perfect enough? Why do the wicked persist?" (More)
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 43." [1d20=7]
[21:47] <Kotono> She turns, eyes sad but furious. "You...your blasphemies know no bounds! You have come to this most sacred place with evil in your hearts!" Her voice rises in tone and tenor, "For your crimes there can be no forgiveness! I will pin each of you to sky, so that you may suffer and repent for eternity! Your cries will usher in each new day and bide each night forever more!" A terrible, magnificent light comes from her!
[21:47] <Kotono> magnificent light comes from her!
06[21:48] * Demedais raises an eyebrow. "Says the woman with clearly demonic vrocks and with a complete and utter abombination for a dwelling and whom actually seriously looking at would cause my brain to bleed. Yeah. Excuse me if I'm not inclined to listen to your japping."
01[21:48] <Seira> "Cry more," Seira deadpans.
[21:49] <Kotono> "Be silent," Antenora grinds, "No more will die to your foul lies!"
06[21:49] * Alicia feels bile rise up in her throat, her pupils dilating as she struggles to absorb the immensity of what she's seeing. "No... words..." she gasps, each word straining. "Not real... she's not real!"
[21:49] <Alicia> "Oh Gods, if you could see...!" she trails off in stark horror, shaking her head wildly before she bites her lip fiercely, the pain bringing her some semblance of focus. "I... I'll reveal her... if I can."
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Roll initiative here?
06[21:50] * Demedais pauses, eyeing Alicia, before looking at the monster himself.
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=15]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[21:50] <Demedais> OOC: Sure, and then can we pause? I'm kinda about ready to run out the door.
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 15." [1d20=14]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 I'll regret this
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 I'll regret this and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+2 what will
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+2 what will and gets 9." [1d20=7]
03[21:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Zetsubokou>Marie>Antenora>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Your summons is fascinated and essentially out of the combat, Seira.
[19:55] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 I'll regret this
[19:55] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 I'll regret this and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[19:55] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+20
[19:55] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[19:55] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+2 what will
[19:55] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+2 what will and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[19:55] <Kotono> * Kotono changes topic to 'Zetsubokou>Marie>Antenora>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
[19:55] <Kotono> > OOC: Your summons is fascinated and essentially out of the combat, Seira.
[19:59] <Kotono> Glorious light spills from Zetsubokou, engulfing everyone! "My plan was perfect! Time and time again you resist! Why do you resist your just punishment? Why you defy all that is sacred?" Her voice implores of you, sad and heartbroken, yet so angry and resinged. "Burn away!" (More)
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 6d6 and make fort saves, everyone. Alicia, you gain a +4 bonus to this roll. Seira and Deme and Marie, list the spells you have active on you in #evil?
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 and make fort saves, everyone. Alicia, you gain a +4 bonus to this roll. Seira and Deme and Marie, list the spells you have active on you in #evil? and gets 21." [6d6=5, 4, 1, 3, 4, 4]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 A
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 A and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 M
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 M and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[20:02] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Antenora take half damage, Seira and Deme take full damage. More coming.
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vs tongues on Marie dispel
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 vs tongues on Marie dispel and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 magic circle against eivl
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 magic circle against eivl and gets 29." [1d20=19]
01[20:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 fort
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 fort and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: SEira takes half, sorry. I forgot she didn't roll and got her mixed up with Marie.
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 GWM on Deme
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 GWM on Deme and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Eagles on Deme
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Eagles on Deme and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Haste marie
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Haste marie and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 haste Deme
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 haste Deme and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 freedom of movement Deme
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 freedom of movement Deme and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 invisibility purge Deme
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 invisibility purge Deme and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 GMW Marie
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 GMW Marie and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 sonic weapon Marie
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 sonic weapon Marie and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 haste Seira
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 haste Seira and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Greater Heroism
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Greater Heroism and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 DM
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 DM and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Greater MI
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Greater MI and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Greater Resistance
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Greater Resistance and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Greater Shield
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Greater Shield and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Mage Armor
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Mage Armor and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Stoneskin
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Stoneskin and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Keen Weapon Seira
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Keen Weapon Seira and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 WoE Seira
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 WoE Seira and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 GMW Antenora
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 GMW Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 GMW Haste Antenora
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 GMW Haste Antenora and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[20:11] <Kotono> The wave of light leaves the party battered, magic reeling and bodies stunned! The light around Zetsubokou is overwhelming, impossible to look at her! She is bathed in righteous fury, girded in heavenly radiance! OOC: Marie?
[20:12] <Alicia> Marie quickly restores her magic circle and looks to Alicia for guidance! "Turn incorporeal, Marie... then fly over to her when I say," Alicia whispers.
[20:13] <Alicia> Marie dutifully turns into a ball of light, all her items dropping to the floor beneath her!
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora's up.
[20:15] <Kotono> Buffering through the wave, Antenora hesitates, waiting! OOC: Alicia.
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[20:17] <Alicia> "By Mystra's mandates, let all magic be suppressed and laid low! Unravel her disguise and lay bare the truth!" Alicia incants as a sphere of ant-magic surrounds Marie, temporarily shutting off a lot of her own defences but not for long as she calls,
[20:17] <Alicia> "Now, Marie! Position yourself above her!" At that the now antimagic radiating ball of light surges forward to hover ten feet above the angelic figure, just catching her within the effect!
[20:19] <Kotono> As Marie flies forward, the space around everything twists and breaks apart! The golden sky paradise flickers like a bad nightmare's last gasp! (More)
[20:21] <Kotono> You see death. Nothing but death. A thousand layers, thin as paper. You feel a dread growing within you, choking you with every breath you draw in. The sense of bravery radiating from Alicia helps calm this, making it only a faint tickle in the back of your mind. Around her, everything is wrong. Geometry breaks down - angles ignore each other, mating in obscene meetings. Not just layers, but entire worlds spin around you. Time shatters like a g
[20:21] <Kotono> Not just layers, but entire worlds spin around you. Time shatters like a glass, distance crushed under the heel of impossiblility. (More)
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Everyone but Alicia roll two saves? Deme, you don't need to make the second one as it's a fear effect. Alicia's cloak of bravery provides a +10 to those saves. Deme's aura also provies +4, though I'm not sre if it stakcs offhand. Could you check the types?
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: both are morale
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Will saves, that is. Everyone makes one, Marie makes the second.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 #1 M
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 #1 M and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 #2 M
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 #2 M and gets 18." [1d20=3]
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+32
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 and gets 47." [1d20=15]
[20:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+5 mind-affecting)
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+5 mind-affecting) and gets 43." [1d20=18]
Session Close: Wed May 13 20:26:04 2009
Session Start: Wed May 13 20:26:04 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:26] * Disconnected
02[20:26] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[20:26] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[20:26] * Topic is 'Zetsubokou>Marie>Antenora>Alicia>Demedais>Seira'
03[20:26] * Set by Kotono on Tue May 12 20:54:21
03[20:26] * ChanServ sets mode: +o CC
[20:26] <Kotono> It is a woman. A human woman? You're not sure. Her skin is like frozen glass, transparent and yet alive, throbbing with unknown organs seen inside. A heart with a face that screams incoherencies only you can hear, the names of your loved ones and hated foes called in twain. A tube that reaches from her mouth to her belly-button, sprewing blasphemies and lies. She is back to back with a copy of herself, stitched together with ragged red cords.
[20:27] <Kotono> She is back to back with a copy of herself, stitched together with ragged red cords. And yet the second is tied to a third with her back, despite being tied to the first. And so is the fourth...and fifth...and sixth...and more and more and more and more. Alicia gazes onto pure infinity, endless and repeating forever without variation. (More)
[20:27] <Kotono> In her eyes - in all of their eyes - you can see this. It has happened countless times and will happen again. From those eyes, from that eldritch, hateful gaze more will be sacrificed to her. For a deep, incomprehensible need that glows in her stomach, like a miniature sun giving light to all the worlds here, a birth of lies. When she speaks, all of her mouths speak as once, each of her victims crying out with her.
[20:27] <Kotono> each of her victims crying out with her. (More)
[20:28] <Kotono> The infinite stretches out ahead of you, trillions of faces, identical faces, looking at the party. "What...what is this?" Her voice is puzzled, uncomprehending.
[20:29] <Demedais> "Apparently something that confuses you. As it does me. That's pretty impressive." Demedais says, one eyebrow raised.
01[20:29] <CC> "You are one ugly freak," Seira tells the angsty woman-thing honestly, unable to look away.
[20:30] <Alicia> "The truth is laid bare," Alicia replies, stoic in the face of eldritch horrors. "No more honeyed words to conceal your vileness. No more seemings of pleasant appearances. The truth is laid bare in all its terrible glory."
[20:30] <Kotono> Antenora's face shows utter disgust and revulsion, staggering back as she stares. "M-Mystra...Alicia..."
02[20:30] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-82-81-31-60.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Broken pipe)
03[20:30] * CC is now known as Seir
03[20:30] * Seir is now known as Seira
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, you're up. Antenora will go after you.
[20:30] <Alicia> Alas Marie isn't so stoic, and starts screaming.
06[20:31] * Alicia winces at the emotional feedback from her familiar, her composure cracking in the face of Marie's terrible retreat from reality.
[20:31] <Kotono> "What is this?" Zetsubokou asks, a woman's voice searching for answers, like a child who doesn't understand one plus one makes two. "What is this?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "...M-Marie...?" Antenora asks, licking her lips and shaking all over.
06[20:36] * Demedais blinks. "Uh, you've been sending old enemies at us to try and kill us. Also you're kinda freaking others out, it seems. ...Mind calming down for a bit so we can actually talk this through? If we can resolve this peaceably it might be best for all of us."
[20:36] <Alicia> Marie quivers and vibrates in the air above the n-dimensional horror, continuing to emit an ear-splitting shiek of undiluted terror that goes on and on, her lack of vocal chords letting her keep up the noise without trailing off.
06[20:38] * Demedais moves closer to the... thing as he talks, hands in the air... but an aura of steely focus around him as he waits for a response. OOC: Kensai Focus.
[20:39] <Kotono> "This?" One set of hand follows a trillion set of hands, held up to her face. "This was my wish? Was this it? This was the power outside of existance? Peace...I remember...I hated peace....I hated you. I hated all of your type. Always the same, never an answer. Yes, I hated you. I would want to kill you, yes. Was this the answer? Tell me! Talk to me! Was this the answer?"
[20:42] <Alicia> "This... this is insanity," Alicia replies, her head pounding at the raw intensity of stark terror she's feeling from her beleagured familiar. "Whatever you sought, it has turned you into an abomination. A creature of terror and malice... a thing that should never have been."
01[20:43] <Seira> "One thing's clear," Seira chimes in helpfully. "Whatever this unnatural thing is, it's not an answer to anything."
[20:43] <Demedais> "Uh, I don't think so." Demedais replies honestly. "Perhaps you would have wanted to kill us - perhaps you still do. But if you sought this power solely to kill people like us, then I don't think you found a good answer, honestly, because... it seems to be destroying you in the process."
[20:45] <Kotono> "Insanity...was that the power I found?" She looks to Alicia now, so many eyes on her. So many, asking thes ame thing in word and body. "I can see everyone and everything. I can see the beginning. I can see the end. What else is there but insanity! Time means nothing! Space is dead! But you, this time...this place..." Her gaze flits over to Demedais now, "You remind me of..." Her form quivers all over, sending shockwaves of agony through your m
[20:45] <Kotono> "You remind me of..." Her form quivers all over, sending shockwaves of agony through your minds. Reality breaks down further around you.
[20:46] <Demedais> "Who do I remind you of?" Demedais asks calmly, waiting for a response.
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[20:53] <Kotono> "You remind me of him. You always looked at me so calmly, Phiel...it's why...I remember...it's why...I hated you...so much. Never....never...never! You never understood! Never! I would have given more than a kingdom! I would have conquered Gehenna for you, if you said the word!" Her body shakes again, a growl coming out of her throat. "I would have given you the Heavens, prostrate and defeated! Everything...I would have given you everything one
[20:53] <Kotono> Everything...I would have given you everything one day! I sought this power...to for once...make you admit there was some meaning to what I did!"
[20:54] <Alicia> "If you can see the beginning and the end, what is there for you? Are you just a marionette dancing to steps that have been predetermined? Is any of this your choice?" Alicia asks, shuddering all over. "Would you continue this for eternity without release? What meaning is there in that?"
01[20:55] <Seira> "So you got dumped and decided to end the world? Is that it?" Seira asks in disbelief. "Get out of here!"
[20:55] <Demedais> "Hm." Demedais muses. "You sought this power to prove that your actions had meaning? ...You say Phiel didn't think so?"
[20:57] <Kotono> LIke a thunderclap, voices overwhelm Demedais! "TELL ME! TELL ME WHY! WHY DID YOU NOT EVEN ONCE SAY IT? MY POWER COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING! WHY? WHAT DID YOU HAVE THAT WAS WORTH IT?"
01[20:57] <Seira> Despite her horrified fascination with the utterly crazy thing in front of her, Seira keeps to her wits and prepares to disrupt any hostile actions taken by their opponent once hostilities inevitably resume.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Too many edges!" Marie breaks off her screaming, now babbling, "Too many lines! Too many shadows! TOO MUCH! The light is dying like a daffodil!" With another far shorter shriek she tears off, flying past the party and racing back out of the mansion the way they came!
[20:58] <Demedais> "Something to build for." Demedais replies calmly. "Something to stride for that made each step, every action we took have a purpose - each action to be as a brick in a foundation, as a wall to build upwards into the sky."
[20:59] <Kotono> As Marie flees, Demedais speaks, his voice controlled in front of the horror in front of him. The paradise returns, Zetsubokou once more standing before you. Serenity is pained on her face, "...I remember now. I must kill you. Sinners, you have gone too far!" OOC: I'm putting this in front of her turn, though Antenora or Seria could act if they like, since I was treating them as holding. Deme, you used Kensai might and posisitioned, right?
[20:59] <Kotono> Deme, you used Kensai might and posisitioned, right?
[21:00] <Demedais> OOC: Yes.
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Seira, are you going to act or let her do something?
[21:00] <Demedais> "I- damnit, Marie." Demedais grumbles. "I'd ask one of you to cast it on me except I don't think that's possible.. mrgh."
[21:01] <Kotono> Antenora shakes again, "Not the time...how in Celestia did you not lose your compo...nevermind!" Antenora snaps, "Alicia?"
[21:01] <Alicia> "Hold on, I'll recast it on myself!" Alicia stumbles out the words, preparing her mind to recast it. "I thought she'd be safe!" she adds in a pained tone.
01[21:02] <Seira> "Feeling's mutual!" Seira snarls, striking at the crazy angel thing!
[21:02] <Kotono> Antenora thus holds, as Seira strikes out!
[21:02] <Demedais> "It's okay, Alicia- do what you can!"
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 charge, spellruin
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 charge, spellruin and gets 41." [1d20=12]
[21:04] <Kotono> Seira charges but, but her quick strike with the SEcond Resort fails, deflecting away from Zetsubokou, as if the air was a barrier! OOC: Zetsu's up, then.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Then...be nailed to the sky!" Zetsubokou bellows, light swelling around Seira! OOC: Will, Seira.
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:06] <Kotono> The light swells around Seira, but somehow she manages to resist, despite the horrors it does! OOC: MArie's running and away, Antenora's still holding. Alicia?
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[21:08] <Alicia> "Again, mother of magic, I call upon you! Withdraw your blessing and let magic be laid low around me!" Alicia incants hurriedly, all of her magical protections and blessings suppressed before she quickly steps forward, moving next to Seira and Demedais before the nameless creature of despair and horror.
[21:12] <Kotono> Once again, Alicia steps forward! The end of reality is laid bare once more! "What?" They all ask, "What...what is this?"
[21:12] <Demedais> "Hi. Did you hear my previous answer?" Demedais asks.
06[21:13] * Alicia winces a bit at the flippancy, but this whole situation is not at all what was expected.
[21:13] <Kotono> "What...what is this?" she asks again, looking to her hands, holding them up in front of her face. "Was this what I wished for? Was this what I went through the rift for?"
[21:15] <Alicia> "It sounds like something's magically controlling you... something you brought back from the rift, perhaps?" Alicia asks.
[21:15] <Kotono> "The rift..." Her gaze travels to Alicia, lingering on Demedais, "The...you...you remind me of him!"
[21:16] <Demedais> "Something that gets suppressed when Alicia or her companion can get close enough to you with this anti-magic aura on." Demedais comments. "You're right. Listen. You told me just a few seconds ago about Phiel. What did he say to you?"
06[21:16] * Seira is disgruntled by the strange sort-of battle, but has no real desire to be nailed to the sky, either, and thus just waits. Within stabbing range, of course, since negotiations can break down again.
[21:18] <Kotono> "Phiel...why?" Her voice is choked, "Why, Phiel? I would have given you anything! The kingdom...the treasures of the world! I travelled to the bleak eternity of Gehenna for you! Brother, why? WHY? I never understood! I hated you, I hated all of you so much, but...why? Why did you never once get mad at me? There was meaning to what I did, damn you!"
01[21:19] <Seira> "Well, I'm sure he'd be mad now," Seira mutters upon hearing that.
06[21:19] * Alicia is almost reminded of her own sibling relationship. Except she got mad at Beth all the damn time. Insufferable... ah well, it's in the past, and they had their moments. "Family stands by each other," she says simply.
[21:20] <Demedais> "...Because it sounds like Phiel loved you." Demedais replied simply.
[21:22] <Kotono> She shakes all over, "You...you bastard...everything....because of..." Tears start to fall, "I hate you! I hate you! Even now, nothing! Nothing was ever enough for you, Phiel! Tell me! What can I do! Tell me what I can do to make you say it!"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Phiel isn't here," Alicia shakes her head. "He's gone. Probably has been for a long time. Nothing you ever do will make him say anything, for good or ill."
[21:24] <Demedais> "You need to renounce whatever magic it was that twisted you like this." Demedais replies, stepping a bit closer. "Do that, and... there may be a way for you to find the road you need to take from here."
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, Deme?
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 wee, let's try my rather comparatively bad diplo.
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 wee, let's try my rather comparatively bad diplo. and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[21:27] <Demedais> OOC: +2 for my CHA mod.
[21:29] <Kotono> "Liar! Phiel is here!" She snaps at Alicia, "But I obtained this for you, brother! I can see everything now! Is that truly what you want, Phiel? I can't believe it! I won't believe it! Just say it! For once, say it, damn you!" You can feel fury building, like an apocalpytic storm!
01[21:29] <Seira> "And if he does, then what?" Seira feels compelled to ask. "Did you think about what you're doing next? With all your power, with your brother's approval?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "It will finally be worth it! If he'll finally stop looking at me with that damned calm look!" The fury grows hotter, battering against you like a physical force! "Just once, brother!"
06[21:33] * Seira shrugs. "Can't hurt," she allows. "So you want him mad at you? Or just, you know, want him?"
06[21:33] * Demedais nods to Seira's words. "Even if approval was granted, what will you do? If you meet your brother face to face again... is this how you want to appear before him? Do you want to break his heart like that...? Listen. Phiel would not have wanted this for you... because of how you're suffering because of it. Because of how it's broken you." Demedais' face shifts just a bit, concern in his eyes.
06[21:34] * Alicia bites her cheek, fighting to keep quiet and not give release to the mounting fury she's feeling in the face of this self-absorbed abomination.
[21:36] <Kotono> "Broken me?" The women in front of you laugh, "All I did...and you say it broke me...?" She shakes, "What can I do to make you say it? What can I do?! Tell me it means something to you, damn you!"
[21:36] <Alicia> "That's it?!" Alicia can contain herself no longer. "You've destroyed countless lives, condemned hundreds to oblivion and despair! And for what? To get a rise out of your damned brother?! He was probably the first one you killed and you've just forgotten it in your insanity! It might not mean a thing to your stupid brother, but to hell with him! What about everyone else you've tormented?!"
01[21:37] <Seira> Well, there's one way that's getting crossed off her list of ways to become immortal. "How about we make a deal?" she asks the crazy, immature thing. "He says whatever you want it, be it "I hate you" or "I do", and you go off and die in a ditch. Sound fair?"
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03[21:39] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
02[21:40] * Demedais (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-191-251.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Taishyr))
03[21:40] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
06[21:45] * Demedais inhales sharply. "You want to hear that your actions have had meaning? Very well. I'll speak in Phiel's stead, and hopefully do well by his wishes... Your actions have had but one meaning. And that's been to undo all but one thing he'd ever wished for." A step forward, looking up to her. "You've wanted to seek power so that he'd look to you and say, 'Well done'... but this can
[21:46] <Demedais> "... but this can't do it, because he wanted something completely different from you than all this. He wanted peace for you, that very peace you claim to so despise - not this endless pursuit for power that's consumed you. Put it down, please. If not for our sake, for his."
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, make a diplo check? I'll count Alicia and Seira as supporting you, say, so that's +4.
[21:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 let's try this again
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 let's try this again and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[21:51] <Kotono> "I destroyed lives...your friends hate me....and you..." Again she shakes, "You...you...say I've undone everything but your wish? That the meaning is that I've done nothing right? Then...." Laughter comes, hard, harsh laughter. The red cords, connecting each one, snap! They lash out, impaling her infinitely! "Then...brother...this...this...has...meaning for you? Tell...me...it has...meaning..."
06[21:52] * Seira approves and gives Demedais a thumbs up.
06[21:53] * Alicia really isn't sure, but since she's being ignored she just lets her and Demedais continue until things turn violent at which point she can step in.
06[21:54] * Demedais shakes his head slightly. "Listen. If you can find it within you, remember what your brother told you and taught you. Let go of the power that's crushed your soul, and try to walk redemption's way. It may not be the fastest road out there, but it's perhaps a start for you. If it reunites you with Phiel, and lets you rest peacefully..." A smile, sudden. "Then yes, it has all the meaning in the world. For both of you."
[21:59] <Kotono> The cords lash out, obliterating her body. "Brother...your words...all the power...the ley lines...Gehenna...the rift....meaning...if I..." It crumbles. The entire infinite collapses, the nightmare sucking away into itself, sucking away. A whisper - Zetsubokou's voice, judgment given form. "If even the body dies, I will sleep at the rift and dream of destruction. Do not think...that our battle is over today. One day, I..."
06[22:00] * Demedais stays silent, watching.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 planes, do I have any clues on what this rift is from the various context clues we've got about her?
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 planes, do I have any clues on what this rift is from the various context clues we've got about her? and gets 38." [1d20=17]
06[22:01] * Seira shudders. "As long as it's when I can nail people to the sky, myself, we'll be ready."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Antenora, stab her now!" Alicia yells to the erinyes before the creature can discorporate. "Impale her with the sword of the sealed gate!" she prepares to retreat back so the magic of the sword can trap the creature's body and soul once it hits, free of her own antimagic aura.
06[22:03] * Demedais blink blink blinks.
[22:04] <Kotono> "A...Alicia?" Antenora hesitates, but does as asked, charging ahead!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35 (+7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +2 charge)
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 (+7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +2 charge) and gets 55." [1d20=20]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35 (+7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +2 charge) oh wow
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 (+7 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +2 charge) oh wow and gets 48." [1d20=13]
06[22:05] * Alicia quickly leaps backwards as soon as Antenora connects.
06[22:06] * Seira prepares to strike at their enemy as Alicia leaps away and forces the battle to be joined!
[22:06] <Kotono> Stabbing out, Antenora hurtles at the dissolving horror! The Sword of the Sealed Gate stabs into it's body, glowing with green energies! For a moment, an outline of Zetsubokou is seen, the sword impaled through her angelic chest! Then..(More, shit, meet fan. Fan, meet shit.)
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 20d6 ref, all of you.
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 ref, all of you. and gets 73." [20d6=1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 6, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 6, 5, 1, 5, 6]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 Concentrate+Evasion kicking in, I presume
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 Concentrate+Evasion kicking in, I presume and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 I'm still antimagic central
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 I'm still antimagic central and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: All of you halve that.
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+31
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, no damage.
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Yu too, Deme, I forget you have evasion now.
[22:10] <Kotono> The world explodes. All of you lie in the ruins, the ruins of what was once a mansion. You lie atop the ruins, which rest atop a rock atop a the middle of a vast waterfall. As your vision clears, an orb of pitch black, about fifty feet wide, twists in the air! The Sword of the Sealed Gate is in the center! Zetsubokou's voice howls in fury, speaking in a dozen languages at once! "This.....this is blasphemy!" (More)
[22:10] <Kotono> "This.....this is blasphemy!" (More)
[22:13] <Kotono> Before you, the sphere twists! It is an abomination, taller than the mansion. It seems to reach forever, to the sky, as if to smite the stars above. It's skin is every color and none, tentacles writhing across it. It is somehow worse than the woman of glass, yet far more solid. Impaled in it's forehead is the Sword of the Sealed Gate, glowing green all over, bands of Dimensional Anchor studding it's body like a prison! "This is not possible! I
[22:13] <Kotono> bands of Dimensional Anchor studding it's body like a prison! "This is not possible! I cannot be trapped in this realm! You...I will shred your world like paper!"
[22:14] <Alicia> "No! This ends here!" Alicia yells defiantly. "We won't let you lick your wounds and come back to torment us or anyone else ever again!"
[22:14] <Kotono> Antenora gets to her feet, body bruised and blood trickling out of her mouth, "Oh...oh...Mystra..." she says, reaching for her spear. "That's what it is? Alicia is right...whatever you are, you die here!"
01[22:15] <Seira> "Something certainly ends here," Seira murmurs, hoping it won't be their world.
06[22:17] * Demedais blinks at this, quickly recovering as he mutters something under his breath. "Helm, heavens, Mechanus too, I'm not usually the sort to pray for divine intervention directly in this sort of thing, but either we can kill this or I'd really like to ask for support at this point..."
[22:22] <Kotono> Bellowing in tongues not known but understood, "I will sacrifice you on the burning pyre of this world!" The abomination calls, horrible tentacles lashing out at the party! OOC: Initiative.
[22:22] <Demedais> "Very well. Alright, this thing dies, right here, right now!"
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
01[22:23] <Seira> "If that's how it is," Seira says quietly, nodding in understanding. " So be it!"
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 But your init still fails...
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 But your init still fails... and gets 4." [1d20=3]
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
03[22:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Zetsubokou>Seira>Antenora>Alicia>Deme'
[22:24] <Alicia> OOC: -2 init for me since bracers don't work, but no matter
[22:24] <Kotono> At you, tentacles come from all around, striking out!
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Alicia
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Alicia and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Antenora
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Antenora and gets 42." [1d20=9]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Seira
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Seira and gets 38." [1d20=5]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Demedais
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Demedais and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[22:25] <Demedais> OOC: 41.
[22:25] <Alicia> OOC: 25 right now, but that was a critfail so yay
01[22:25] <Seira> OOC: Like 32 right now, but MI! Maybe!
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: It has blindsight among other things, so no. So that's just Antneora and Seira hit.
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 4d10+25
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+25 and gets 55." [4d10=3, 10, 10, 7]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 4d10+25 Seira
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+25 Seira and gets 47." [4d10=8, 10, 1, 3]
[22:27] <Kotono> As the party is ravaged, tentacles striking all about, a gibbering laugh of pure insanity echos around Demedais! He can hear the voices of everyone from everywhere, cascading in his mind like an out of control avalanche! OOC: Will, Deme. Mind affecting.
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 kay
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 kay and gets 46." [1d20=17]
[22:28] <Kotono> Despite the cracking on his mind, Demedais endures and resists! OOC: SEira, you're up. Tentacles all around you and it's body is gigantic. Not too hard to get to it to strike if you like.
06[22:30] * Seira scowls, calling upon Stoneskin and flying back at an angle. She drops her ward, calling upon the strongest fire spell in her possession to strike at the abomination to cover her retreat!
01[22:30] <Seira> roll 18d6 fire
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 18d6 fire and gets 68." [18d6=1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 6, 4, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 5, 3]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 ref
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 ref and gets 22." [1d20=4]
01[22:31] <Seira> OOC: DC25
[22:32] <Kotono> The flames lash out at the abomination, licking and burning it's tentacled skin! Pussy burns are left all over, a stentch of rotting death coming from the THING! Antenora takes to the air, charging ahead at the body, stabbing at it with all she has!
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -5 PA)
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -5 PA) and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -5 PA) crit?
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 9/10, +7 smite, -5 PA) crit? and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Forgot the +4 divine.
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 4d8+1d6+112
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+1d6+112 and gets 135." [4d8=5, 8, 3, 4][1d6=3]
[22:35] <Kotono> Antenora charges into it's body, impaling it over and over in a fury! Screaming, "Go back! Go back to whatever pit you spawned from! Leave all of us alone!" OOC: Alicia.
[22:37] <Alicia> With a word and a gesture, the aura of antimagic surrounding Alicia winks away. As soon as that's done she rushes over towards the main body of the creature, discarding her ward and drawing Hell Striker as she does and skipping adroitly between the writhing tentacles in the way.
[22:37] <Alicia> Then as she skids to a halt, a mental command activates the hidden magic in her boots, causing everything around her to seemingly sloooooowwww... and stop.
[22:37] <Alicia> OOC: 2 rounds of time stop start here
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Go on.
[22:38] <Alicia> Acting quickly, she channels an enervation spell into Hell Striker and surrounds herself with a barrier of glowing white holy energy, matching the more mellow golden celestial radiance she begins to emit.
[22:38] <Alicia> OOC: dispel evil, channelled enervation on round 1
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:40] <Alicia> After that, another enervation spell is channelled, and she casts a spell to surround Hell Striker's flaming blades with a thin film of visible sonic energy, thrumming quietly in the serene quiet of this eternity between moments... And then time catches up with her, the paladin shaking slightly as she adjusts to the sudden change.
[22:40] <Alicia> OOC: round 2 sonic weapon and another channelled enervation
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Deme's up now, I believe?
06[22:45] * Demedais smiles grimly. "Strike as you wish, but we will not permit this intrusion any further!" A series of quick words and a prayer is muttered here, before Demedais draws the greatsword. "Prepare to perish, aberration! This ends here!" OOC: Protection Devotion, Divine Power, sword drawn.
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. It's up again.
[22:48] <Kotono> Tentacles lash out, hitting the three that are close, leaving Seira be! However, a twisting layer-gate appears beneath her, a miasma of screaming skulls gushing out at her! OOC: Will save, Seira. Attack rolls for the others.
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Alicia
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Alicia and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Antenora you are a lucky bitch today, Alicia
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA) Antenora you are a lucky bitch today, Alicia and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 Deme
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 Deme and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: 43, thanks Deme. It's a 1 anyway
[22:49] <Demedais> OOC: 47, anyone within 30 ft gets +6.
[22:51] <Kotono> The tentacles lash out and miss, as Seira is tormented by the skulls, body poisoned in a profound, incomprehensible way, her very will battered! OOC: Seira, you're up.
01[22:53] <Seira> "Who the hell do you think we are?!" Seira demands angrily, swooping down upon the otherworldly monstrosity even as she cuts through its miasma of madness with her will!
01[22:53] <Seira> The Resort glows brightly with the strongest attack she can muster, as Seira uses Waukeen's gift fully, embracing it. She deftly halts her advance by spreading out her wings just as she sinks the Resort just a few feet away from the Sword of the Sealed Gate, and glides past the monstrosity to end on its other side.
01[22:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 (charge, dive, smite, impromptu SA, +1 ignorance)
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 (charge, dive, smite, impromptu SA, +1 ignorance) and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: HIt.
01[22:55] <Seira> roll 6d8+22-8+5d8+1d6+6d8 weapon+sa+acid+smite(divine)
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+22-8+5d8+1d6+6d8 weapon+sa+acid+smite(divine) and gets 82." [6d8=1, 2, 3, 7, 3, 6][5d8=3, 2, 7, 7, 4][1d6=2][6d8=1, 3, 4, 4, 8, 1]
[22:56] <Kotono> Surging up to it's impossibly tall head, Seira stabs it there! A black ichor gushes out, the air breaking into thousands of tiny layers as it falls through it! Antenora meanwhile moves back thirty feet in an instant, before charging again with a feral scream!
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, +4 divine, -9 PA)
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 FS 8/10, +7 smite, +4 divine, -9 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[22:57] <Kotono> Antenora's blow is a heavy one, stopped by a tentacle that brushes her spear away! OOC: Alicia.
[22:59] <Alicia> Now fully prepared, Alicia unleashes vengeance! Calling upon Hell Striker's bottomless well of fury, she leaps up, planting her feet on the monstrosity as she traverses its length and slashes out with a flurry of quick and brutal strikes, shredding its flesh like tissue paper as she gouges a massive chunk out!
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 45." [1d20=5]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 52." [1d20=12]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 54." [1d20=14]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 40." [1d20=5]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 51." [1d20=16]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Thirty four misses, others hit.
[23:00] <Alicia> OOC: any relevant DR?
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Just roll it at once, I'll deal with it on my end.
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 6d8+138+12d6+6d6+6d6+78d4
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+138+12d6+6d6+6d6+78d4 and gets 446." [6d8=3, 2, 3, 4, 8, 5][12d6=2, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 5, 5, 2, 3, 1, 5][6d6=1, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6][6d6=3, 5, 2, 4, 2, ]
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 2d4 negative levels and 10 negative energy damage
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 negative levels and 10 negative energy damage and gets 4." [2d4=1, 3]
[23:03] <Kotono> Alicia tears and tears and tears and rips into it! Myriad energies devastate the monster, much of it's side distinegrated! Yet it exists, the black energies of enervation rolling off it naturally! OOC: Deme.
[23:05] <Alicia> OOC: forgot raging for damage, so add 12 to that
[23:05] <Demedais> "Alright, then." Demedais grins slightly, before quickly jumping up slightly and then slamming the blade into the nearest tentacle, following up with a spinning cut and three quick, ferocious jabs attempting to impale and dissect the tentacle!
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+40 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, +8 Smiteya, -6 PA)
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+40 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, +8 Smiteya, -6 PA) and gets 49." [1d20=9]
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+40 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, +8 Smiteya, -6 PA)
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA)
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA)
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA)
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+40 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, +8 Smiteya, -6 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=5]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=12]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA) and gets 44." [1d20=20]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+4 Hi Helm, +6 Law Devotion, +1 Haste, +5 Divine Power, -6 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Crit confirm on the 20?
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 crit check
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 crit check and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Three normal hits.
[23:08] <Demedais> roll 6d6+98
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+98 and gets 112." [6d6=6, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1]
[23:09] <Kotono> Demedias rips and tears into the abomination, shredding the tentacle near him into rubbery, twisting, wrong waste! Yet as this happens, it's bleeding head screams, emitting a roaring gush of black ichor! It forms into a beam, lancing down at Alicia!
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20 let's be honest, this is ranged touch. It needs to 1 to matter.
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 let's be honest, this is ranged touch. It needs to 1 to matter. and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: What is your touch AC, curiously? I don't imagine it matters here, but that was a low roll.
[23:10] <Alicia> OOC: 29
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d4
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 and gets 6." [2d4=3, 3]
[23:10] <Alicia> OOC: if I can spellfire this I will
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. 9 levels then.
[23:11] <Kotono> As Alicia absorbs the energy, all of it's tentacles rise up! As one, they smash down on Demedais!
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40 (No PA this time)
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 (No PA this time) and gets 54." [1d20=14]
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:11] <Demedais> OOC: Sadly, lower than that: 47.
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 10d10+17
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d10+17 and gets 80." [10d10=6, 3, 7, 10, 5, 1, 7, 6, 9, 9]
[23:12] <Kotono> Demedais is hit by tentacles over and over, knocked about like a punching bag! Somehow he stands true despite this, body woozy and dizzied! OOC: 80 damage. Seira?
01[23:15] <Seira> "You'll regret picking a fight with us!" Seira declares, suddenly flashing over to the tentacled abomination. She crouches, as if to leap up, but instead an acidic breath ravages the creature, and then she chooses to strike in earnest! "We're this world's defenders! My girl lives in it, so there's no way in hell I'm letting you take over!"
01[23:15] <Seira> roll 10d8+2d8 acid+holy
Session Close: Wed May 13 23:16:13 2009
Session Start: Wed May 13 23:16:13 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[23:16] * Disconnected
02[23:16] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[23:16] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[23:16] * Topic is 'Zetsubokou>Seira>Antenora>Alicia>Deme'
03[23:16] * Set by Kotono on Wed May 13 21:25:08
03[23:16] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[23:17] <Seira> roll 10d8+2d8 acid+holy
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d8+2d8 acid+holy and gets 50." [10d8=3, 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5][2d8=6, 4]
01[23:17] <Seira> OOC: DC 24, unless that also got boosted
01[23:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 I'll flank with Deme, spellruin
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 I'll flank with Deme, spellruin and gets 40." [1d20=11]
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 30." [1d20=1]
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 +10 ignorance, lifetheft
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 +10 ignorance, lifetheft and gets 53." [1d20=19]
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 +10 ignorance, lifetheft crit?
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 +10 ignorance, lifetheft crit? and gets 42." [1d20=8]
[23:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 ref
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 ref and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Hit and ac rit.
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 a claw is fine, right?
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 a claw is fine, right? and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Claw whiffed.
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
01[23:19] <Seira> roll 3d8+11-4+5d8+1d6 weapon+sa+acid normal hit
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11-4+5d8+1d6 weapon+sa+acid normal hit and gets 38." [3d8=6, 3, 6][5d8=4, 2, 3, 4, 1][1d6=2]
01[23:20] <Seira> roll 9d8+33-12+5d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid
Session Close: Wed May 13 23:20:31 2009
Session Start: Wed May 13 23:20:31 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[23:20] * Disconnected
02[23:21] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[23:21] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[23:21] * Topic is 'Zetsubokou>Seira>Antenora>Alicia>Deme'
03[23:21] * Set by Kotono on Wed May 13 21:25:08
01[23:21] <Seir> roll 9d8+33-12+5d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid crit
[23:21] #dunes You need voice (+v) (#dunes)
03[23:21] * Seir is now known as CC
03[23:21] * ChanServ sets mode: +o CC
01[23:21] <CC> roll 9d8+33-12+5d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid crit
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "CC rolls 9d8+33-12+5d8+2d10 weapon+sa+acid crit and gets 100." [9d8=3, 7, 7, 3, 7, 5, 3, 3, 7][5d8=8, 3, 3, 4, 6][2d10=1, 9]
01[23:21] <CC> roll 2d4 spellruin
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "CC rolls 2d4 spellruin and gets 4." [2d4=2, 2]
[23:22] <Kotono> Seira charges in, hacking and hacking away! It's battered, torn apart body shakes, but it still clings to some form of unholy life! At that, Antenore repeats herself, a third charge!
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+2 charge, +2 FS 7/10, +7 smite, +4 divine, -6 PA)
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+2 charge, +2 FS 7/10, +7 smite, +4 divine, -6 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=7]
[23:23] <Kotono> But again, her charge just narrowly misses, deflected! OOC: Alicia.
[23:24] <Alicia> "This is the end! For all those who had their futures stolen by you! You'll never pass judgement on another ever again!" Alicia calls as she continues to hack apart the already ruined flank of the monstrosity, carving a vicious path of ruin in her wake, flesh burnt and disintegrated by her enchanted blades!
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 46." [1d20=4]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 62." [1d20=20]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking crit check
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking crit check and gets 56." [1d20=14]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 43." [1d20=1]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 55." [1d20=18]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 43." [1d20=6]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking smite
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 raging, divine might, 6th level and 4th and 3rd level arcane stike flanking smite and gets 50." [1d20=10]
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: 4 hits and a crit
[23:25] <Kotono> .
02[23:25] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-82-81-138-58.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[23:25] * CC is now known as Seira
[23:26] <Alicia> roll 6d8+150+10d6+5d6+5d6+65d4
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+150+10d6+5d6+5d6+65d4 and gets 407." [6d8=7, 8, 2, 4, 7, 8][10d6=5, 2, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1][5d6=1, 4, 4, 6, 6][5d6=5, 5, 2, 6, ]
[23:26] <Alicia> OOC: +2, smite <_<
[23:27] <Kotono> Striking and striking and striking, Alicia severs the creature apart! At last, the infinite, horrible abomination screams! It's tentacles thrash, sending tsunamis everywhere away from it! In a dozen tongues, "This...how...how do you escape my destruction...how did you stop me..." It seems to shrink and shrink and shrink, into a tiny ball! Then, with a crackling burst, shatters away!
01[23:30] <Seira> "And stay out!" Seira calls after it.
[19:38] <Kotono> > Striking and striking and striking, Alicia severs the creature apart! At last, the infinite, horrible abomination screams! It's tentacles thrash, sending tsunamis everywhere away from it! In a dozen tongues, "This...how...how do you escape my destruction...how did you stop me..." It seems to shrink and shrink and shrink, into a tiny ball! Then, with a crackling burst, shatters away!
[19:38] <Kotono> * Demedais pauses for a very long second, where it disappeared at.
[19:38] <Kotono> * Alicia looks to see if anything remained. Specifically her hard won sword of sealing.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Demedais> "So, what do I tell her this time? 'Oh, yeah, you know, the usual, killed a few abombinations against nature, caused a girl to effectively commit suicide for the greater good and helped destroy a monstrous, insane... whatever it was, bent on unhinging reality as we know it."
[19:38] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Should I tell her that? Since, you know, I'm really at a loss as to what else to tell her when we get back."
[19:38] <Kotono> <Seira> "And stay out!" Seira calls after it.
[19:38] <Kotono> * Demedais pauses. "No, that doesn't make much sense to tell Pollyanna."
[19:38] <Kotono> "I still don't see..." Antenora shakes her head tiredly, looking about. "Where's Marie? Marie?"
[19:41] <Kotono> Alicia sees the Sword of Sealing lying on the ground, resting flatbladed where Zetsubokou once was.
[19:41] <Alicia> There's no sign of any eladrin in the immediate vacinity. "Don't worry, I'll go get her in a minute," Alicia reassures, going to first collect all of her familiar's dropped belongings before she grabs the sword. "Seira, will you be able to teleport everyone else home?"
01[19:42] <Seira> "I can handle it," Seira affirms. "Want me to help you look, though?"
[19:43] <Alicia> "It's alright, I'll just teleport to wherever she is," Alicia shakes her head. "She's... probably gotten pretty far by now, I'd guess, and she's good at hiding when she doesn't want to be found."
01[19:43] <Seira> "I'll handle things over here, then," Seira tells Alicia. "No need to worry about a thing!"
[19:43] <Kotono> "Let me go with you, Alicia," Antenora goes to her, "We were able to take it, but..." Hodling one arm with her hand, "I don't want to imagine what it was like if you couldn't."
[19:45] <Alicia> "Alright. We'll see you two back in Balmuria?" Alicia nods to Seira, first casting a fly spell in case Marie's airborne. Then she braces herself for the sudden assault of terrified insanity and dispels the antimagic field she put on her familiar...
[19:46] <Kotono> No assailation of insanity at all. Not much of anything from Marie offhand.
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira?
[19:47] <Alicia> "She's out of range already? Didn't think she was that fast..." Taking a deep breath, she teleports herself and Antenora to her familiar's current location...
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[19:50] <Kotono> You stand at the edge of the rock, a few steps more and you'd be over, falling into the deep, vast waterfall below. Rubble from the mansion is strewn about. Lying there, pinned under a heavy wooden board, is Marie. She looks unhurt, almost as if the board is a blanket. She's solid and material right now.
06[19:52] * Alicia hefts the board off of her familiar, resisting the urge to wave back at Seira and Demedais given that they're still so nearby. "Marie?" she speaks gently, picking up the coure in her hands.
[19:54] <Alicia> "Ooooh..." Marie blinks slowly and sits up. "Alicia? Antenora?" she looks around. "I had the strangest dream... and you were there, and you were there..." she focuses her gaze on each in turn.
[19:55] <Kotono> Antenora sighs, "You're damned lucky."
[19:56] <Alicia> "I'm just glad you're safe!" Alicia gives her familiar the best approximation of a hug she can, given their relative size discrepancies. "Here, I brought your things along so you can get dressed again."
[19:57] <Alicia> Marie slowly does so, adding, "I also seem to have developed a strong antipathy towards geometry for some reason..."
[19:57] <Kotono> "That and clothing," Antenora cracks a smile, "But we did it. That bitch is nothing but a bad dream now."
[19:58] <Alicia> "Thanks for doing as I asked, Antenora," Alicia adds, glancing to the erinyes, "I know you were surprised at me suddenly telling you to stab her, but you still did it quickly enough that the opportunity wasn't lost."
[20:00] <Kotono> "It worked out. Let's just finish this and go home now? I..." Antenora looks back towards Demedais and Seira, "I didn't think she'd be something as bad as Hell, even in my worst dreams."
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 lets go to the garrison (very familiar)
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 lets go to the garrison (very familiar) and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[20:02] <Kotono> OOC: We'll do a briefing and stuff on this the next day or two when Tai lives. For now, stay in here Eb and Cor goes to #evil?
[20:04] <Kotono> Heading home, Alicia, Antenora and Marie walk in the sunset. It's a beautiful, cool-chilly day. As you get closer to home, the streets all familiar now, "...Alicia," Antenora begins, "Are you upset with me, about what happened against Olburt?"
[20:09] <Alicia> "Upset?" Alicia looks askance at her friend. "Antenora, there's no need to beat yourself up about making a mistake in a fight. No one died - that we didn't want to die - so it turned out alright in the end. It's not what I would've done, but you can sense things I can't, so perhaps I don't have the full picture."
[20:09] <Alicia> "I'm guessing from your tone though that you yourself don't think you performed as well as you should have?"
[20:10] <Kotono> "I went over there because I was worried Demedais might be overwhelmed alone. I was the one overwhelmed instead. If not for magic, I would have died." Looking away, "I can do better, and I need to do better."
[20:14] <Alicia> "Remember that you do have options besides just hitting your enemies until they fall down," Alicia suggests. "You were already exposing yourself to a parting shot from one of Filetta's warped spawn, running into the poison cloud to trade blows with Olburt wasn't the only option - you could've used your rope to restrain him, for example,"
[20:14] <Alicia> "keeping yourself out of harm's way and giving Demedais some breathing room. The fact is, though, that he excels in those situations anyway - most foes can barely touch him."
[20:15] <Kotono> "Yes, I know." Antenora is quiet a little longer, "If something had happened to you or the others - or worse happened to Marie - because I needed to be saved...it's a hard lesson." As you come within sight of home, you notice Latha is there. She stands outside of your front door, hood up. She waits.
[20:16] <Alicia> "You'll do better next time," Marie encourages brightly as she hovers around the pair.
[20:16] <Alicia> Seeing the deva ahead, Alicia waves and calls, "Latha!"
[20:19] <Kotono> "Thanks," Antenora murmurs.
[20:20] <Kotono> Latha approaches. She lowers her hood slightly, a warm, tense smile. "Alicia and Antenora. You have been summoned by Mount Celestia. Will you come with me?"
[20:21] <Alicia> "Really? Does it have anything to do with the rift-spawned horror we destroyed today?" Alicia asks in reply, there not really being a question of whether she'll go or not.
[20:21] <Alicia> Marie looks slightly put out, but holds her tongue.
[20:23] <Kotono> "I don't know. I received the message today." With a look to Marie and an inviting smile, "You can come as well, Marie."
[20:24] <Alicia> "Oh, thanks!" Marie blurts, embarrassedly aware that she was being rather transparent.
[20:24] <Alicia> "Alright, well I suppose we can go right now," Alicia nods. "Antenora?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "Of course." Antenora smiles, a passing look of joy. "I'd love to go to Celestia again."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Come, take my hands," Latha holds them out.
[20:26] <Alicia> Alicia takes a hand, while Marie takes the other and reaches out to Antenora to complete the circle.
[20:29] <Kotono> It is like being enveloped in warm, soothing love. In an instant you are in another place. You stand at the foot of Mount Celestial, dark waters lapping against your feet. Ahead of you is a grand, gleaming fortress of white marble, towering over you. It's gates are wide open. As you feel the rightness of this place, the draw it has to your soul resonating throughout your body, you hear the sound of trumpets. Seven trumpet archons stand before
[20:29] <Kotono> you hear the sound of trumpets. Seven trumpet archons stand before the gate, playing a glorious melody.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Welcome to the Citadel of Stars," Latha begins to walk, "The fortress and throne of Barachiel, the first of the Celestial Hebdomad."
[20:31] <Alicia> It's very nice, but Alicia vividly remembers Mystra having her back against the reality-rending horror, and knows well that her destiny lies not on Celestia's slopes.
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 planes Barachiel (I probably get some bonus from having read that book)
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 planes Barachiel (I probably get some bonus from having read that book) and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:33] <Alicia> "This is actually the first time I've visited Celestia," Marie remarks, looking around and appearing honestly appreciative. "Before now I'd never been left of Elysium on the wheel - not counting that trip to Hell."
[20:33] <Kotono> "It's gorgeous," Antenora murmurs, following along with Latha.
[20:34] <Alicia> "It was here that we got our first clues as to how to defeat that thing that we really need to come up with a name for," Alicia tells her familiar. "Latha took us to a sage on the second layer who had some information, including how to make those wards."
[20:35] <Kotono> "I still say bitch works," Antenora mutters darkly.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Antenora," Latha says as you walk inside, into the fortress. Into halls of glory, light everlasting glowing here. "Temperence. This is not a place for crude expression."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Lets call it Zetsubokou," Marie suggests. "It means 'many-angled-horror-of-lies' in Draconic."
[20:36] <Alicia> "I just hope no one ever has to encounter another one like her for the name to be needed," Alicia just shakes her head, following along with Latha and looking around as she does so.
[20:37] <Kotono> Antenora blushes and doesn't comment, looking down at the ground.
[20:37] <Alicia> Marie gives Antenora a grin and a thumbs up.
[20:39] <Kotono> Around you are a thousand glories. The walls tell tales of mortal heralds, spreading the word of Celestial and triumphing over evil. You find yourself in front of golden gates, leading into a throne room. The radiance is overwhelming as you enter to a horn's fanfare. There is not quite a throne, but ther eis a point of inexorable light. A being that wears a trailing line of cloak-like cloth from ankles ot shoulders, wrapping around his body. Th
[20:39] <Kotono> wrapping around his body. The cloak is the stars and the night sky. In a hand is a sword pointed down, crackling with lightning. His presence is overwhelming to your senses, like trying to look into the noon sun with your bare eyes. "Welcome into this sacred place, Alicia Reynes! Antenora! Marie! Latha of Celestia!" Trumpet archons around you herald your arrival.
[20:40] <Kotono> Latha kneels before Barachiel, "I come, My Lord."
06[20:43] * Alicia is somewhat overwhelmed indeed by a face to face meeting with such a being, and decides to follow Latha's example to start things off. Sweeping her cloak behind her, she kneels down. "You have summoned, and we are ever happy to come at Celestia's behest," she replies earnestly. Marie lands beside her and indulges in a little curtsey, but leaves the talking to her mistress.
[20:44] <Kotono> Antenora kneels as well, placing her spear down in front of her. She stays silent.
[20:46] <Kotono> A voice like the clarion call of a trumpet, piercing beauty. "You have served Celestia well with your life, Alicia. You have done much to advance our ideals and bring the light further into your world. This day, you aided in accomplishing a grand, great deed. You faced down a mockery of our believes, avenging hundreds of fallen souls. When you revealed to the cosmos it's true nature, you stood true and struck it down. For had that being reigned
[20:47] <Kotono> you stood true and struck it down. For had that being reigned even briefly on the Prime Material Plane, the very cosmos risk becoming undone."
[20:48] <Kotono> *beliefs
[20:52] <Alicia> "As Mystra's sword, I was empowered by the Mother of All Magic," Alicia begins as she stands up, earning a beaming smile from her familiar. "Likewise I was bolstered by strong and true allies. Together we prevailed."
[20:52] <Alicia> That said, it does drive home some of the enormity of just who they killed - it was far more than some greater fiend or ancient and ill-tempered wyrm. "But, in the beginning, it was Celestia's aid that set us on the path to our victory," she inclines her head respectfully.
[20:55] <Kotono> "It was." The voice agrees, "We thank you, and wish to show our devout thanks. However, there is another who wishes to speak with you and also thank you. Turn around." Barachiel says, as you feel it. There's no question of who it is to you. Her presence cannot be denied, your soul rejoicing as you feel her very being. Mystra stands behind you, as sure as any other thing you have ever known. She needs not say a word, for her presence carries mea
[20:55] <Kotono> She needs not say a word, for her presence carries meaning, felt in every modicum of your body.
[21:00] <Alicia> As Marie increments her internal counter by one (up to three, now!), Alicia slowly turns around, breath catching in her throat. She met her goddess once, in her mind after breaking the third seal. It was real, but... but not as real as this. "Oh, Mystra..." she's not even sure what to say. How often does your goddess personally manifest just to thank you?
[21:00] <Alicia> Also, should she really be invoking Her name when she's standing right there?
[21:03] <Kotono> Antenora turns as well. Your vision si blinded - looking into a being of this power is futile, your mind unable to process it. Warmth takes over your body, estascy spreading over you. "I am pleased with you, my servant. The Crimson Guard rose above and beyond, routing a true threat to existance. Walk with me," Mystra invites, "The three of you."
[21:06] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia agrees with barely any thought at all, taking a step towards her goddess. Marie takes a looser interpretation of walk and flies upwards to keep pace with Alicia, a proud grin on her face.
[21:10] <Kotono> Antenora follows, perhaps. Alicia can't really see. The overwhelming light blinds her, drawing all of her vision in. You walk for a time, a time of peace. Alicia feels in tune with everything. Her body is warm on the border of hot. It's like a trance, vision not returning for a time. When it does, you stand in a place of white all over. You can see Mystra, a vaguely female form surrounded by all the weaves of magic, overwhelming to see. "Alicia
[21:10] <Kotono> overwhelming to see. "Alicia." Mystra walks towards you, standing before you, "Long have I watched your life. How many would have crumpled at one of the many challenges you have faced? In your world, it would have been a trifling, easy thing to lose your faith."
[21:15] <Alicia> "Maybe," Alicia puts all her effort into trying to talk normally, not wanting to seem like a blithering idiot to her deity, "But it's kept me going as well, whether as something to support me or something to aspire to."
[21:15] <Alicia> "And it's not just my own faith... you know, I turned my back on you for a time," she closes her eyes with that admission, "But my friends at the temple, they helped me realise what I was missing. Their support brought me back."
[21:19] <Kotono> "I know." Mystra speaks gently, "I know. As mighty as you are, you do not stand before me alone. Others will be exalted in their own times, when matters are right. Alicia. There will come a day, once the matters on your world are concluded, where you will come to join me. Until that day, live as well as you can. Have no fear, for I have no doubt that you will play your proper role in the final matters of the God-King, as well as defeat the evil
[21:19] <Kotono> role in the final matters of the God-King, as well as defeat the evils lined before you." (More)
[21:20] <Kotono> "My servant. I will honor you with a part of the glory you will ascend to one day. Give me your hand."
06[21:21] * Alicia presents her right hand palm-up without hesitation.
[21:24] <Kotono> Mystra reaches out. Her hand takes Alicia's! In that moment, she is a part of everything. She is a part of every spell cast, every bit of magic that suffuses the world. With wisdom and vision she never knew she possessed, she is a part of the very Weave itself. She is called on a million times by beings across the cosmos, channeled into infinite forms. Then she flows out. Mystra's hand has let hers go. She hears a gasp from Antenora, yet she fe
[21:25] <Kotono> Mystra's hand has let hers go. She hears a gasp from Antenora, yet she feels...alive. So very alive. So very charged.
[21:27] <Alicia> "Ahhh!" Alicia gasps, staggering a little at the immensity of what she just felt, such a sublime... awareness of everything. Even now trying to retain the feeling is like grasping clouds, but the after-effects linger, leaving her charged. "Mother of all Magic..." she breathes out, eyes wide. "That was... I can't even put it into words. There aren't any, not in any language I know."
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[21:29] <Kotono> Somehow, you feel more able to look at her now. While overwhelming, it is something you can understand a little better. "You have earned it. Look into yourself. Feel yourself now, my servant."
06[21:31] * Alicia looks down in introspection for a moment, her hand against her heart as she tries to 'sense' what Mystra is pointing her towards...
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[21:33] <Kotono> "Alicia..." Antenora says in a choked voice, "Oh...Alicia..."
[21:35] <Alicia> A smile begins to bloom on Alicia's lips. She'd been living with it for so long, that vague chill in her bones, that she'd honestly forgotten what it was like not to have it. "I..." she pauses at the feeling of new appendages, furrowing her brow as she flexes them briefly before catching sight of her new wings out of the corner of her eye. "Oh... Goddess!"
[21:37] <Kotono> "My child, be well." Mystra says, "This is now the time for another. Marielle." Mystra's attention turns to her, blazing like the sun. "Come to me, Marielle."
[21:38] <Alicia> After spending a moment to admire the changes in Alicia, Marie flies up and closer to her goddess, not saying anything impudent or clever for once.
[21:39] <Kotono> "You have many more challenges at Alicia's side, Marielle." Mystra extends her hand out, "I will give you a boon, so that you are better able to endure them and serve Alicia."
[21:41] <Alicia> "Thank you!" Marie chirps as she lands on Mystra's hand. At heart she's as devoted a servant as Alicia, and anything that makes her better able to serve is gladly accepted.
[21:42] <Kotono> A feeling of warmth and love washes over Marielle! It's not as overwhelming as what happened to Alicia, but it's profound in it's own right. Marielle is let go of a moment later, floating in the air. "Alicia. Take good care of Marielle as well, for she is a spark of light who will always illuminate your way, no matter how dark your road ahead is."
[21:43] <Alicia> "I will, I promise," Alicia replies earnestly, not wanting to risk her familiar again to the terror she endured today.
[21:45] <Kotono> Then Mystra is by Antenora. "Child of the Pit, you have risen far. I ask of you to serve me. For if Alicia is at my side, I would have you be one of her retainers. It is your choice to make, I will not force you."
[21:47] <Alicia> Naturally both Alicia and Marie hope she'll say yes, but they don't say anything as the eladrin flutters back over to rejoin Alicia with a little more vim in her wing-flapping.
[21:47] <Kotono> Antenora's gaze is lost in Mystra. After a time of staring she kneels, "I will do so. For as much as I owe Alicia, I owe you as well. My escape would not have been possible without you, Goddess. While I am not a mage or a cleric to revere your magical gifts, I will give you all I have."
[21:51] <Kotono> Mystra reaches down, touching Antenora's forehead. "Let go of your past. You can never forget it, but you can overcome what you once were." As Mystra speaks, Antenora's wings blow away, turning into a few faint wisps of smoke. From her back grow white angel's wings! "Serve Alicia long and well, Antenora. She will need your support as much as you need hers."
[21:54] <Kotono> "I...I will," Antenora says in a shaking voice, "Forever."
06[21:54] * Alicia gives Antenora a proud smile as she finally gets those white feathered wings she's dreamed of.
[21:55] <Kotono> Now Mystra is by Alicia once more, "Your sister will be protected by my blessings, my servant. The forces of magic and light will watch over her forevermore."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Thank you, my Goddess," Alicia bows respectfully, somewhat choked at just how much they're all being rewarded right now. "We'll bring honour to your name, I promise."
[21:59] <Kotono> "We will." Antenora agrees, mimicking Alicia's bow. "I swear it on everything I am."
[21:59] <Alicia> "You can count on us!" Marie agrees in her own particular style.
[22:00] <Kotono> Mystra smiles. You can't quite see it, but you know it. "Go home now. There is time yet for you on the mortal planes. We will meet again that day." In an instant, you are home. The three of you stand in Alicia's bedroom, as if you were always there.
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora reaches behind her, feeling her wings. Then, turning to Alicia, "Oh...Alicia!" she says, wrapping her up into a big, teary hug.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Group hug!" Marie yells, diving inbetween them as Alicia returns the embrace a bit dazedly.
[22:03] <Alicia> "I just... I never expected this..." she gets out, rather overwhelmed as she processes what just happened.
[22:03] <Kotono> Tears run down Antenora's face, "Oh Alicia...I just..."
06[22:05] * Alicia steps back a bit and reaches up to brush the back of her hand against Antenora's new wings. "They're beautiful... just what you wanted, wasn't it?" she asks, smiling.
[22:08] <Kotono> "Welcome to the club," Antenora embraces Alicia again, reaching behind to feel her new wings. "I feel so alive again. My magic's back, it's like a hole inside of me is filled. I just can't stop crying, either. I just...Gods, I look like a baby, don't I?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "No," Alicia wipes away the tears as her own wings ruffle slightly, her brow furrowing as she adapts to the sensation of having two entirely new limbs, "You've never looked better, trust me."
[22:10] <Alicia> "Who knew killing Zetsubokou was such a big deal?" Marie asks, fluttering up inbetween them. "Mystra really went all out for us!"
[22:11] <Kotono> "I don't think anyone did," Antenora meets Alicia's hand, going to clean her tears away as well. "When we saw her there, I felt that we were Mystra's tool to defeat that horror. Barachiel said that it could have unwound reality, didn't he? Maybe everyone was surprised."
[22:13] <Alicia> "I felt Her with me as well," Alicia agrees. "It was probably the first time it's true form was ever revealed - the circumstances were certainly unique enough for it."
[22:14] <Kotono> "We did something profound today. Really profound." Antenora wobbles a bit, laughing as she eventually ends up resting against Alicia's bed. "WE were honored by Barachiel himself, one of the Hebdomad, and then by Mystra!"
[22:16] <Alicia> "I never expected to see Her in Celestia!" Marie pipes up. "But I suppose with the seals she couldn't manifest on the Prime, and didn't want to bring Alicia to Dweomerheart too early,"
06[22:16] * Alicia sits down, having to shift a few times to accomodate her wings before finding something comfortable. "I wonder if Seira and Demedais will be receiving summons from Waukeen and Helm?"
[22:24] <Kotono> Antenora sits besides Alicia, "I would think so. Mystra spoke of the entire Crimson Guard."
[22:28] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia nods. "Just... it's a lot to take in." She takes hold of a wing and brings it around where she can see it, studying it as much as the skin on her hand. "I'm... I really am a celestial now. There's no denying it." Suddenly she starts to laugh. "That Quarut and his mirrors were right!"
[22:29] <Kotono> Antenora goes with Alicia, feeling Alicia's wing all the while. "You were in heart long before this. You're too good for this world...one day, the three of us will be in Dweomerheart together."
[22:31] <Alicia> "This is the world that made me, there's no denying that," Alicia shakes her head. "Still, I might want to keep the wings hidden when I'm out and about... I can understand why Latha does so."
[22:31] <Alicia> "Awww, but they're so nice!" Marie sing-songs. "Until you start molting. That's no fun at all," she adds teasingly.
[22:32] <Kotono> "Wait." Antenora looks at Marie, "DO angels molt?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "You remember that fallen planetar, right?" Marie replies innocently.
Session Close: Thu May 14 22:34:22 2009
Session Start: Thu May 14 22:34:22 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
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03[22:34] * Topic is 'Zetsubokou>Seira>Antenora>Alicia>Deme'
03[22:34] * Set by Kotono on Wed May 13 21:25:08
03[22:34] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[22:35] <Ebiris> "I've never seen any feathers lying around after Latha visits..." Alicia replies thoughtfully.
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[22:36] <Kotono> Sighing, "I'll trust Alicia's right then." Antenora then laughs, "Marie! Are you lying? Right after we met Mystra herself?"
[22:37] <Ebiris> "It wasn't a lie... sort of," Marie replies defensively. "Besides, Mystra likes tricks and misdirection. They're the core of illusion, which is one eighth of magic!"
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03[22:38] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[22:39] <Alicia> "So long as it's not harmful, I suppose," Alicia allows. "Anyway, I rather want to test these out," she gets up and flexes her wings a little. "Who wants to go for a fly?"
[22:39] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora eyes Marie, before she laughs more. "Let's all go together," Antenora suggests.
[22:39] <Alicia> "I'm in! Lets make sure those aren't just ornamental - see if you can keep up with me!" Marie laughs, going to the door.
[18:29] <Kotono> -----
[18:31] <Kotono> The early parts of the night pass in a blissful reverie. Flying above the city and the surrounding country, laughing with her close friends. The hours slide by in a blissful haze as Alicia gets used to her new wings. But at last common sense dictates a return home. But as the three do, high in the sky, they can see something. Around Alicia's house are many points of light, torches and more magical sources of illumination. Dozens - no, hundreds
[18:31] <Kotono> torches and more magical sources of illumination. Dozens - no, hundreds - of people are around her home.
[18:34] <Alicia> Huge mobs are rarely a good thing. "This reminds me of your fan club after we visited Evergold," Alicia remarks to Antenora, casting Voice of the Archon in case increased persuasiveness is required as she starts to circle down towards her home.
[18:35] <Kotono> Antenora smiles nonetheless, "There's surely a good reason for it this night?" Following along behind Alicia, "Let's be optimistic until we have reason to believe otherwise?"
[18:35] <Alicia> "Probably someone saw us taking off earlier?" Marie wonders as she flies amidst the two while they descend.
[18:38] <Kotono> As you descend, you see that the crowds are lead by the clergy of Mystra. At Alicia's doorstep, Shankar waits. As they descend, one person happens to look up and point, more and more following. A burst of noise comes forth, "It's her! She's back!" and like sounds are all heard. Above them all, "Alicia!" Shankar calls.
06[18:39] * Alicia angles herself to land down on her doorstep before folding her wings in behind her to avoid hitting anyone. Flying might be nice but she still needs to get used to moving around with them behind her. "I'm almost afraid to ask, but how long has everyone been standing around here?" Who knows what poor Jessica would make of all this...
[18:40] <Alicia> Marie lands above the doorframe and sits herself down on her perch to observe things.
[18:42] <Kotono> "Since the revelation was handed out," Shankar's voice is solemn, "For Mystra has spoken to our hearts." Antenora meanwhile lands behind Alicia, glancing out at the crowds. "This evening, I was possessed by a powerful vision, Mystra's will made plain to me. She had declared that you will henceforth be known as Saint Alicia, The Blessed of the Mystic Fires. Her will is that this day be made into a holy day, a day where we study your life and dee
[18:42] <Kotono> Her will is that this day be made into a holy day, a day where we study your life and deeds to learn from your example. It is her will that your brave deeds be recorded and entered into the Church as holy teachings."
03[18:45] * TaiChie is now known as Demedais
[18:45] <Alicia> "Oh... what?" Even with incredible charisma and a magically bolstered voice, they can't all be profound, Alicia's jaw going slack for a moment. Even Marie looks a little shocked. "Um... I've written some books," she gestures vaguely, rather stunned by this turn of events.
[18:46] <Kotono> "Alicia..." Antenora murmurs, voice laced with open surprise.
[18:49] <Kotono> "It is Mystra's will. Your life is an exemplar of faith and bravery, the weaving of her mystic blessings into a profound whole. Let what you have done be told and to guide the future generations of mystic knights who will rise in their due times to serve Mystra." Shankar projects his voice loud, "So it is ordained."
06[18:53] * Alicia decides to try and take charge before this all gets out of hand. "That's all very laudable," she begins, turning to face the crowd and raising her own voice,
[18:53] <Alicia> "And if my example gives strength to your own faith, that's wonderful too. But please don't think that you must emulate me - Mystra loves all of her followers, whether they teach, or build, or contemplate, or celebrate. My path is but one of many in Her service."
[18:55] <Kotono> The crowd listens raptly to Alicia, hanging on her every word.
[19:05] <Alicia> "Instead of trying to simply follow my example, look in your hearts - try to find the way you can best serve Mystra in your own way. When I first joined the church, there hadn't been a Knight of Mystic Fire ordained for nearly a century."
[19:05] <Alicia> "But I preferred to hone my body as much as my magic, and so embarked upon that path after much soul-searching. And now it has brought me here, exalted and rewarded in Mystra's service. For you it can be the same, finding a way that fits you - The Mother of All Magic is a Goddess of infinite possibilities."
[19:05] <Alicia> "So I encourage you to sieze them," she makes a grasping motion for emphasis, "Whatever the path you find."
[19:07] <Kotono> Cheers deafen Alicia at her speech, the warmth of the crowd spilling over. "Listen well to her words, for she has been found and raised exalted by the Mother of All Magic!"
[19:07] <Kotono> Antenora smiles a little bit, 'Nice speech.' she sends, 'Saint Alicia, hm?'
06[19:12] * Alicia keeps a nice smile on her face as she replies to Antenora, 'I thought you had to die to become a saint, but I suppose I already have one foot in the beyond...'
[19:12] <Alicia> Speaking aloud she goes on, "For those who are interested, some of my writings can be found in the church library - they detail the type of magic I practice and cover some of the battles I've fought. I'd suggest giving them a look if you do wish to follow the same path. And of course you're free to discuss things with me at the temple."
[19:14] <Kotono> 'It's a great honor.' Antenora's chuckling fills Alicia's mind, 'A living, breathing saint of Mystra. She wants your deeds spread far and wide. Can you think of any greater approval of how you've spent your life?'
[19:15] <Kotono> The crowd cheers further, "So it shall be. Copies will be made, so that many and all can partake of this wisdom." Shankar appends.
[19:21] <Alicia> 'It's somewhat embarrassing... I might have to rush out a few of the other texts I've been working on, at this rate,' Alicia sends back.
[19:21] <Alicia> "Anyway, I'm sure you're all tired from standing around here, and I'm sure some of us have to prepare spells in the morning," she chuckles at her arcane humour before going on, "Regardless, I'm sure I'll see many of you at the temple tomorrow. If anyone has questions I'll be available there."
[19:24] <Kotono> 'Enjoy it.' Antenora's smile grows on her face, 'Though keeping humility here is important, too.'
Session Close: Fri May 15 19:24:15 2009
Session Start: Fri May 15 19:24:15 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[19:24] * Disconnected
02[19:24] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[19:24] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[19:24] * Topic is 'Zetsubokou>Seira>Antenora>Alicia>Deme'
03[19:24] * Set by Kotono on Wed May 13 21:25:08
03[19:24] * ChanServ sets mode: +o CC
[19:25] <Alicia> 'It is, yes. Nobody likes a braggart,' Alicia agrees, giving a little wave before she heads inside, her familiar likewise waving and ducking in behind her.
[19:28] <Kotono> Once the door is closed behind her, "Congratulations," Antenora says aloud, smiling widely. "I know you aren't fully thrilled. But Alicia, I'd also say you deserve this. You've defended the world and spread Mystra's word throughout, becoming a defining force for good. So please don't act too mopey about it?"
02[19:30] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-178-108-221.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[19:30] * CC is now known as Seira
[19:32] <Alicia> "I know," Alicia agrees as Marie alights on her head. "And it is good - I always try and present myself as an example for others to follow, I just don't like being so... obvious about it. I've trained to become Mystra's sword, not her voice."
[19:32] <Alicia> "You got promoted, deal with it," Marie states blithely, patting Alicia's head. "With great power comes great responsibility."
[19:33] <Kotono> "Yes, it's a promotion." With a twinkle in her eye, "Mystra must feel you can serve her well in this way, too. Besides. If the story of how you saved me is spread, maybe somewhere, some day, someone else can repeat the feat."
[19:35] <Kotono> "Or, how about you cast down Shar's vile lot? What about the time you freed innocents from Hell? Also, there's the time you helped stop a madman's war of greed and aggression." Ticking off on her fingers, "Those should be spread, shouldn't they?"
[19:35] <Alicia> "Would be nice," Alicia agrees, going into the kitchen to whip up a late supper before bed. "Besides, I'm sure Seira and Demedais are having to put up with the same thing right about now... we'll have to compare notes, tomorrow."
[19:38] <Kotono> Going to sit and watch Alicia as she makes food, sitting backwards in the chair and resting her head on the backrest, "Though, I wonder. Do you think you're going to live out your life here now, or will you be called to Dweomerheart early?"
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 religion, have I ever heard of this happening before?
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 religion, have I ever heard of this happening before? and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[19:42] <Alicia> "I suppose it depends whether I die violently or not?" Alicia muses as she makes a hot-pot with some leftovers she has handy. "I'd guess if I don't then I probably will just... move along."
[19:43] <Kotono> After a few moments, Antenora leans back. "How do you feel about that, Alicia?"
06[19:50] * Alicia looks thoughtful, giving the question the consideration it deserves. "I can live with it." She turns around, smiling gently, "Perhaps I'm missing out on certain experiences, but I'm having other new ones opened up to me. You know, when we were with Mystra?"
[19:50] <Alicia> "For a moment I was *with* her, a part of the Weave - I could feel every spell in creation as ripples across my soul. My mind can't really process the enormity of it - just think about the things I'd know if I truly understood it the way She does. But there was a promise there - one day I'll support Mystra in ways I can't yet imagine."
[19:54] <Kotono> "An enlightenment to come." Antenora hmms to herself, "When she touched me, I understood that I had chosen to serve you for as long as I exist. As you will support Mystra, I will support you. Now, I can see magic with a thought. I can break it apart with a gesture of scant will." (More)
[19:55] <Kotono> "As you follow in her footsteps, I will follow in yours," Antenora considers that, "So that no matter where your fate will take you, you won't be alone with it."
[19:58] <Alicia> "I'll probably be around, too. Unless I get a better offer or anything," Marie puts in with a cheeky grin.
[19:58] <Alicia> "Thank you, both," Alicia smiles gratefully, "Your support - such as it is," a wry smile for Marie there, "Means a lot to me. Lets just all be careful to ensure the three of us last long enough to realise our fates?"
[20:00] <Kotono> "We will." Closing her eyes and savoring her smile, "I wonder if that was why I had this wonderful chance to escape what I was? But yes, you'd better not get killed, Alicia. Nor you, Marie. Try not to go insane if we see any more abominations against creation?"
[20:02] <Alicia> "I'll close my eyes next time," Marie replies with less bravado. "Although I think that's why I like Lantern Archons so much - they've got no angles," she nods firmly.
[20:07] <Alicia> "Really, I hope that's the last one," Alicia shakes her head. "There are enough abominations within creation without us needing to import them from Elsewhere."
[20:13] <Kotono> "Yes." Antenora cracks a smile to that again. Thinking, "Marie." The subject changes, "How about we go look into some more banishing arrows for you tomorrow? You used several of yours, I think?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "I used them all up, although the silvered ones didn't do any good on vrocks," Marie agrees sadly.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Yes..." Watching Alicia get her dinner, "By the way. Did you figure out what happened with your ethereal state? Did Arborea decide that you courre don't spend enough time naked?"
[20:17] <Alicia> Marie suddenly pales. "Aaah! I should've asked Mystra!" she cries, anguished.
[20:18] <Alicia> "It's alright, Marie," Alicia leans over and pats her familiar on the head. "We'll figure it out, some day." Admittedly she *had* put it on something of the back burner, but she'll look into it when she has a chance!
[20:19] <Kotono> "It's okay. It's not so bad being naked," Antenora smiles gamefully, "For a little pixie-look alike, you're very well endowed."
[20:23] <Alicia> Marie just grumbles and blushes as Alicia finally sits down and starts to eat her meal. "Sometimes these things just happen, Marie," she consoles. "Did I ever tell you about how I used to be able to strike through armour as if it wasn't there, but one day the spell just stopped working?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "You know, you should have asked about that, too." Antenora leans back in her chair, "That spell was useful."
[20:24] <Alicia> "Hmm," Marie looks interested, "So it was sort of like making your sword incorporeal, then? That gives us a link! We might have our first lead in solving the mystery, and you've been sitting on it all this time!" she points accusingly at her mistress.
[20:26] <Kotono> "...you know..." Antenora thinks there, "Maybe osmething's happening on the Ethereal plane, then?"
06[20:27] * Alicia looks both innocent and unruffled. "I... never really saw the connection? When you put it like that, though, maybe it does bear investigating?"
[20:29] <Kotono> "We can spend some time poking around into that?" Antenora ventures, "I neve really made any connection, either."
[20:31] <Alicia> "I suppose. We've got a lot on our plates, anyway," Alicia muses. "I'll need to check up on Gluark's followers to make sure they're behaving. Start spreading tales about Neve. Adjust to my new role as Saint. Continue training the guard. Keep an eye on the Reveller's Oasis. Explore the jungle to find the next gnomish Resort. And whatever other crisises are certain to pop up..."
[20:32] <Kotono> "You know," Antenora crosses her arms with a growing look of amusement, "Maybe you're going to Dweomerheart early because you'll drop dead of exhaustion?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "Hard work is good for the soul," Alicia affirms with a smile. "Besides, most of that stuff is pretty easy compared to what we did today."
[20:35] <Kotono> "That's true. Still, you can delegate some of it." Antenora insists, "If for no other reason than to work more effectively."
[20:37] <Alicia> "I could, but don't think about volunteering just yet," Alicia eyes Antenora. "Although I think you've skipped the timetable that the Star of Mystra expected, we've still got an altogether unpleasant intelligent bow that only you can destroy."
[20:38] <Kotono> "Well...I forgot." Blushing hotly at that as she looks down at her feet, "In all of the excitement, it slipped my mind."
[20:39] <Alicia> Marie laughs openly while Alicia just allows an amused smile. "Well, it's another thing we've let slip to the back burner, but now that we've cleared off our urgent tasks it's something you could perhaps take a look at."
[20:41] <Kotono> "I will. Shush, Marie, or you'll find out that chaos decided eladrins don't need to fly next." Antenora's blush doesn't really die down, "But yes, I'll begin that in a day or two then."
[20:44] <Alicia> "Whenever suits you," Alicia allows, finishing her meal and going to wash up. "Now, there's just one other thing..." she turns back to the pair with a somewhat perturbed expression, "Just how do you sleep when you've got two huge wings sticking out of your back?"
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora breaks into a fit of giggles, "You get used to them. Sleep on your sides and stomach until you get used to laying on them. They can be sensitive, if they're anything like mine, so take it slow."
[20:47] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia nods slowly. "I'm worried I might roll over and break them or something..." she gives one of her new limbs a little flap for emphasis.
[20:48] <Kotono> "You're fairly toughened beyond normal limits. It shouldn't happen." Antenora insists, "Just take it slow."
[20:49] <Alicia> "I suppose you're right. I've never broken by arm sleeping, after all," Alicia allows. "Anyway, it's time for me to go to bed. I'll see you both tomorrow," she smiles at the pair before heading upstairs to her bedroom.
[20:50] <Kotono> Once Alicia's gone, Antenora turns her attentions to Marie. "Proud of her?" she asks, keeping her voice low and quiet.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Of course!" Marie replies quietly. "I mean, it's fantastic that Mystra's honoured her like this, but I always knew she was a good person." She flutters up into the air to hover in front of the reformed erinyes, "What about you, though? You've went all the way from crazy naked dominatrix to troubled but cute repentant fiend to a heavenly angel! I'm proud of you, Antenora! And so is Alicia."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Crazy...naked...domin..." Antenora twitches at each word. "Who told you that, MArie?" Antenora says sweetly, "OF course I'm happy with myself. And thank you."
[20:58] <Alicia> "Oh, uh... no one told me, per se," Marie hedges, backing off a little. "But that's in the past, anyway!" she rallies.
[20:59] <Kotono> "Marie." Antenora stays where she is. She pats the top of her head. "Come here." Her voice is oh so sweet, "I won't get mad at you, I just want to know. You can sit on my head and tell me."
[21:01] <Alicia> "Er..." Marie looks a bit hesitant, but decides to just go with it and land herself on Antenora's head. "Say, your hair's a lot softer - did you do something special with it?" she asks cheerily as she settles down.
[21:02] <Kotono> "I was redeemed and touched by Mystra. Anyway, answer me," Smiling as she rolls her eyes up to look Marie's way, a hand going to pat her, "Spill." Oh, that word isn't quite so nice, not so nice at all.
[21:03] <Alicia> "No one told me," Marie admits defeat and sighs. "Because... well, I saw it for myself."
[21:06] <Kotono> "....Really." Antenora's smile twitches, "How did you see it, hm?"
[21:09] <Alicia> "I know Alicia mentioned the Time Magus we fought in Pallanth, but she kinda skipped over some of the buildup," Marie replies uneasily. "Part of that involved... well, it was like he summoned people that the Crimson Guard had fought before from out of time, and made them fight again."
[21:09] <Alicia> "Most of them were goblins and vampires and dragons that nobody liked, but... well, two of them were awkward. We had to fight Beth and, um... Della." She winces and looks down at Antenora's face, "You're not mad, right?"
[21:12] <Kotono> "Oh." Antenora blinks at that, "Oh. Actually...no, I suppose I'm not." Scowling, "That wasn't your fault then, though...what is your fault is the conclusion you came to from it. What about me screamed crazy naked dominiatrix?"
[21:14] <Alicia> "Well, you were naked to start with," Marie begins, "And, well, crazy seems a bit appropriate since you tried to take on all of us at once all by yourself, even leaving aside the whole futility of evil that I know you've learned by now. As for that last bit, well..." she fidgets awkwardly atop Antenora's head, "You were very... familiar, with Demedais."
[21:15] <Kotono> "...." Now crossing her arms, before lowering her head into her hands, "What did I do to him. Please tell me I didn't try to do something sexual to him in battle or worse. I was just trying to dominate his mind, at least?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "Well, yeah, you were trying to work your mind powers on him, but... but there was definite subtext there," Marie replies uneasily, not particularly enjoying this conversation herself.
[21:17] <Kotono> "Well..." After a pause, "You know what? That's not me anymore. That's well in the past." Putting a smile onto her face "I'm not going to mope, not today. So what? It was just some silly illusion or summoning trick. " With her lips twisting up now, "So Marie. Is Chaos so wonderful when it decides to change things up on you like that?"
[21:20] <Alicia> "Why are you blaming my woes on Chaos?" Marie replies indignantly. "That'd be like blaming Law or Chaos for that time all the devils and demons stopped being able to teleport - it was the Yugoloths, though! And I bet there's someone just as bad that's messing with all things incorporeal!"
[21:25] <Kotono> "Oh maybe, maybe not." Antenora smiles smugly, "You're part of chaos. Chaos decided it wanted a change. Are you saying that chaos is always going to stay the same?"
[21:27] <Alicia> "No, but we change in good ways!" Marie insists. "And what about Alicia's spell that she lost access to?" she takes off and flies down to eye level with Antenora, "I'm telling you, Antenora, we've stumbled onto something big!"
[21:28] <Kotono> "Maybe." Antenora relents a little, "Still, I would find it hilarious if chaos decided all the little coure need an excuse to find themselves naked all the time. I could almost imagine Lady Sune and Sharess, influencing Arborea."
[21:33] <Alicia> "Bah, I'm from Elysium," Marie retorts, folding her arms haughtily as her wings beat rapidly to keep her position in the air. "Besides, what about all the other eladrin? Sure, it's fun to laugh at the cute little coure when she flashes everyone, but what about when the ghaele loses his sword while trying to fight a pack of ravenous demons?"
[21:35] <Kotono> "Hmph. There you go, bringing something serious into it." Crossing her own arms, "Aren't I supposed to be the one who does that? I was hoping you'd make some outrageous comment or dare off of that. You know, maybe I'm rubbing off on you. Soon you'll find yourself triple organizing your socks and making sure everything in your room lines up perfectly even."
[21:36] <Alicia> "Well, I could flash you if you want to break the tension that way?" Marie offers magnaminously.
[21:37] <Kotono> Smirking now, "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"
[21:40] <Alicia> "Well, you're the one who considers it a source of fun, so we might as well get some entertainment out of it," the eladrin replies with a grin.
[21:46] <Kotono> "Ye...wait a minute." Now a look of surprise plays on Antenora's face, "What do you mean I get entertainment out of you flashing me?"
[21:48] <Alicia> "You keep bringing it up," Marie retorts simply. "Didn't you mention a few minutes ago that I'm really well endowed for my stature? And this morning after the fight you mentioned my dislike of clothes. And even just now when we were talking about something else, you immediately changed the subject onto naked coure."
[21:48] <Alicia> She shrugs, "Sometimes it seems it's all you can talk about..."
[21:50] <Kotono> Now with a flush on her cheeks, "It's not like that! Just..." Coloring, "You make it sound so scandalous, Marie!"
[21:53] <Alicia> "And yet I didn't even have to twist it at all," Marie replies, a sly smile on her lips. "You should watch that pretty mouth of yours, Anty. It might get you into trouble."
[21:53] <Alicia> Deciding that she's won this round and sticking around would buy enough time for a reversal, she elects to take her victory and flee. "Anyway, it's late and you should go to bed. Sweet dreams!" she gives one last parting shot before flying out of the kitchen.
[18:56] <Kotono> -------------(Did you know that Kokonuts are a good source of vitamins and minerals?)---
[19:01] <Kotono> The group gathers to Commander Oberuth now. They meet as they often do, the Commander weary faced but attentive. "It's been a few days since you've been back," he begins, a glance at Alicia's features, "I'm ready to hear your report about what happened."
06[19:03] * Seira can't help but poke at a feather.
06[19:03] * Alicia looks pretty much as she normally does. Maybe a bit more of a healthy glow in her skin, but otherwise she seems fairly human and unangelic. "Well, as you know we scried on Filetta and attempted to teleport to her location," she begins the sordid tale of tentacles and woe.
[19:04] <Kotono> "Go on," A nod to Alicia and the others, "There was some further incidents afterwards in Balmuria, from what I've heard, too."
01[19:04] <Seira> OOC: No on the feathers, sadly
06[19:04] * Seira shakes her head. "Incidents? Really?"
[19:06] <Kotono> "A few. Congratulations to the Temple of Waukeen, by the way," Oberuth says, "Go on, Alicia."
[19:06] <Alicia> "Well, we arrived slightly off target, but not enough for it to matter much," Alicia goes on as asked. "We appeared just outside a mansion built atop a rock formation by a waterfall. There we were confronted by former ambassador Armand along with a group of augmented trolls and goblins."
06[19:06] * Demedais leans back a bit, waiting and letting Alicia speak.
[19:08] <Alicia> "Dialogue didn't offer much in any constructive sense, and battle was soon joined. He was slain quickly enough and we entered the 'mansion' itself. There we were confronted by former general Olburt, Filetta, along with a group of Vrocks and... other things I don't quite have a name for. Battle here was more pitched, but we prevailed in the end."
06[19:08] * Seira listens quietly herself, ready to protest if anyone claims Filetta to be related to her.
[19:08] <Kotono> "Good. They were a hanging thorn in our side," Commander Oberuth briefly closes his eyes, "That puts the last memories of the war to rest, then. With Olburt and Almand dead, the last of Ferdi's cronies are gone."
01[19:09] <Seira> "Except Claris! Who's not a crony, really, but a very nice person!"
06[19:10] * Alicia nods. "The last obstacle was their benefactor herself - for simplicity my familiar has dubbed her Zetsubokou, which apparently means something in Draconic. It's as good a name as any. In any case, she spouted her usual rhetoric, but then when I used an antimagic aura in her vicinity we not only saw her true form, but she began to speak in a markedly different tone."
06[19:11] * Alicia looks at Demedais expectantly, since he interacted with their foe the most at this point.
[19:13] <Demedais> "Ah, yes. Quite frankly, from what I've pieced together - both during the event and after - Zetsubokou, as Alicia's familiar put it - was an entity from beyond existence, so to speak, that managed to possess the woman we saw and I spoke to, there." Demedais begins.
[19:13] <Kotono> "Beyond existance? Do you mean the Outer Planes, like the devils?" Commander Oberuth asks, "Or another plane removed from ours?"
[19:15] <Alicia> "Further than the Outer Planes. A realm beyond imagining," Alicia explains briefly. "It seems beings from such a place interact very poorly with our reality, but we'll get to that in a moment..."
[19:15] <Kotono> "Alright. Continue," To Demedais, the Commander waits.
[19:19] <Demedais> "Beyond even both of those. I'm talking.. about a being pretty much made of the antithesis of reality." Demedais replies. "Anyway, with the anti-magic field suppressing Zetsubokou, I talked to the woman being possessed. She... was, quite bluntly put, mad; she mistook me for her brother, Phiel." (More).
[19:20] <Demedais> "I also learned that she had claimed this power through Gehenna somehow. After, ah, somewhat convoluted negotiations, I convinced her to give up the power, which as a side effect caused her soul to seperate from Zetsubokou and pass on." Demedais shrugs.
01[19:20] <Seira> "She stabbed herself to death," Seira supplies helpfully.
[19:21] <Kotono> "...I see." Commander Oberuth glowers deeply at that, "I won't pretend to understand those motivations, but continue."
[19:21] <Alicia> "At this point the entity controlling her was able to reassert itself," Alicia interjects, "And promised to escape and resume our battle at a later point. Since it seemed this was our best chance to finish it off while weakened, I had Antenora bind it with the Sword of the Sealed Gate." (more)
[19:22] <Demedais> "Not precisely; as she disengaged from the magic, it killed her." Demedais shakes his head, but lets Alicia talk.
[19:23] <Alicia> "Things... got a little out of hand at that point," she shakes her head as well in recollection. "Instead of being a vaguely humanoid horror of infinite reflections, it turned into a colossal... thing. Words can't really do it justice, but it was enormous and had many appendages with which to strike us, and it was most displeased."
[19:23] <Alicia> "Apparently it hadn't expected our countermeasures, and swore to destroy our entire reality in its attempt to escape."
[19:24] <Kotono> "We're here, so that's a good sign," Oberuth notes, a dry wit in his words.
[19:25] <Alicia> "Clearly," Alicia agrees, a faint smile playing across her lips. "While it's presence may have been anathema to our reality, it was still very vulnerable to blades and spells. While it certainly took more punishment than anything else we've fought, we were able to kill it."
[19:25] <Kotono> "Good." With a long, drawn in sigh of breath, "How does this tie into Pollyanna saying she was blessed by Helm, or a crowd outside of your house, Alicia?"
[19:26] <Demedais> "May I?" Demedais asks Alicia at this.
06[19:26] * Alicia coughs. "Yes, well... you recall Lord Salman's office was asking about my official connect-" she then stops and nods to Demedais. "Go ahead, by all means."
[19:29] <Demedais> "Ah. Well... Remember when Alicia said it was going to destroy our entire reality to escape?" Demedais asks. "It could have done that simply by being here, unbound by anything. ...Helm told me that all it would have taken was ten minutes before reality and existence begun to twist, sicken and collapse, and that manifesting enough divine magic to kill it would have simply ripped this world apart."
[19:32] <Kotono> "...." Commander Oberuth rubs his temples long at that, "I see. That isn't going to happen since it's slain? Is there any danger of another?"
01[19:33] <Seira> "Not immediately so, at least?"
[19:34] <Demedais> "It's slain, world is safe, and... as far as I know, no danger of another for a long while. Gehenna is going to be experiencing crusades against it for even allowing this in some form, apparently." Demedais grimaces.
[19:35] <Alicia> "From what I understand, such beings are tremendously rare. There's about as much risk of it happening as another claiming a fresh source of the same power Daa-vid did," Alicia speculates. "It may be within the realms of possibility, but it's not the sort of thing we can really anticipate."
[19:36] <Kotono> A nod, "Thankfully." Oberuth allows a long sigh, "So Helm came in contact to you directly, Demedais?"
[19:39] <Demedais> "Partially. I would call it direct, though through a dream." Demedais nods. "From reading a bit between the lines of what was said, there is normally no way for them in - they had to be brought in. Thusly the crusade against Gehenna. But yes."
[19:40] <Kotono> "I see." Considering this, "It's something out of our hands, then?"
[19:41] <Demedais> "I would say so, yes." Demedais agrees.
[19:41] <Alicia> "I think we have enough problems with Hell to be too concerned about picking fights with its neighbour as well," Alicia shakes her head. "If the rift can be found and sealed, I'm sure there are those acting to do so already."
[19:42] <Kotono> "Agreed entirely. The Outer Planes can take care of themselves." Oberuth elaborates, "Now Alicia, what was all of that at your house a night or two ago? Or should it be Saint Alicia now?" Despite it all, Oberuth cracks the slightest smirk there.
06[19:43] * Demedais glances to Alicia bemusedly. "Must have been sleeping through that in my conversation with Helm..."
06[19:44] * Seira raises her hand. "Was out of town on business."
[19:44] <Alicia> "Ah, so you have heard," Alicia represses a sigh. "Yes, I suppose you'll need to inform Lord Salman's office, since they were asking about my official station in the church... it's not something I asked for, but Shankar tends to be enthusiastic..." she shrugs eloquently.
[19:45] <Kotono> "Understood. The timing is ironic." Commander Oberuth looks oddly at Alicia, raising his eyebrows. "You don't seem happy at your beautification."
[19:47] <Alicia> "More pertinent, however, I was summoned to Celestia to meet Mystra herself - presumably she doesn't want me getting too fond of Dweomerheart just yet. In any case, She explained much of what Helm told Demedais, and elevated me in Her service."
[19:47] <Alicia> Alicia snaps her fingers and her transmutation is dispelled, reverting her to her 'real' form, fluffy white feathered wings and all. "And this is a change I prefer far more than sainthood," she admits with a smile. "The whole saint business just seems a bit over the top for someone who isn't even dead."
[19:49] <Kotono> "Wings?" Commander Oberuth stares at them, "Just like Latha. Congratuations, nonetheless...you really do look like an angel now."
06[19:49] * Demedais looks to the wings. "Heh. Impressive."
06[19:50] * Seira reaches out to poke at a feather!
[19:51] <Kotono> The wings are very soft to the touch. A bit sensitive to the touch as well, something Alicia can feel. It's not painful, but merely that she can feel the sensation of two new appendages.
[19:51] <Alicia> "You should see Antenora, now," Alicia smiles, her wings ruffling slightly at the poking. "She's in the same boat, although for her it's less of a change."
06[19:51] * Seira will be sure to touch Antenora's wings, too.
[19:52] <Kotono> "Can you fly with them?" Oberuth's scowl is only momentary. "Are you an outsider now or are you human still?"
[19:53] <Alicia> "Oh, they're fully functional," Alicia asserts. "As for what I am... well, I'm still me. I suppose I do now have a lot of the traits angels have, but I live here, not on the planes."
[19:55] <Kotono> "So would this explain of what Pollyanna said? Were you blessed as well, Demedais? And if that makes two ofyou, what of you, Seira?"
01[19:56] <Seira> "Congratulations," Seira tells Alicia, smiling. "As for myself, Sir? Waukeen invited me to the mountains, where she appeared to me in a dream. I was going to ask her all that I was so curious about, but she shared her true purpose with me for an instant and I was speechless for too long and missed the chance, regrettably."
[19:56] <Demedais> "I was, though what I got was, um, nowhere near as dramatic. If I can perfect it, it'll be useful, but... I think I'll need Seira and Alicia's help for it, as it's not an area I'm used to training." Demedais nods.
06[19:57] * Seira shrugs. "When you need me, I'm there."
[19:57] <Alicia> "Oh?" Alicia looks at Demedais with some interest. "If it's something I can help with I'll be glad to."
[19:58] <Demedais> "Uh. Mainly need the help with reflexes - it's an area I've let languish, but..." Demedais thinks, before nodding. "Actually, Seira, mind helping me demonstrate quickly?"
01[19:59] <Seira> "Demonstrate how?" she asks in confusion.
06[20:01] * Demedais nods slightly and stands up, keeping his sword in its scabbard as he pulls it up. "Just, uh, try to lunge or claw at me or something. I don't think it'll work on magical touch attacks, and I'm not too sure I want to try yet."
06[20:01] * Seira frowns, but then shrugs again, grabs her chair and tries to brain Demedais with it.
01[20:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 you wanted this, right?
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 you wanted this, right? and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[20:03] <Demedais> OOC: AC 37, so I take my AoO as I block
[20:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-4 nonlethal)
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-4 nonlethal) and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[20:05] <Kotono> Seira swings the chair right at Demedais! With an abrupt burst of blinding speed, Demedais counters from the missed overswing! The flat of his blade just misses Seira, coming within an inch of a perfect counter attack!
01[20:05] <Seira> "Interesting," Seira remarks, placing the chair back down. "We should try it again some time, with real weapons."
[20:06] <Alicia> "Oh, those are good reflexes," Alicia nods, impressed. "With a little work you'd be impossible to attack."
[20:07] <Kotono> "I've never seen anyone able to so quickly counter an attack," Oberuth agrees, "Including people with daggers who spend years practicing at it. Let alone with a greatsword."
[20:07] <Demedais> "Actually the main reason I asked you to demonstrate was because I guessed you'd catch on and dodge." Demedais shrugs. "It only works if I can predict where the attack is and thus avoid getting tangled up in it, but I've practiced my defensive game enough that it'll be useful."
[20:09] <Kotono> There is a knock on the door. Commander Oberuth clears his throat briefly, before, "Enter."
06[20:09] * Seira leans against her seat rather than taking it back.
06[20:09] * Demedais quickly redocks his sword and scabbard, a bit embarrassed.
[20:09] <Kotono> A soldier enters, bearing a sealed envelope. "A message from the mission to Parsifal, sir," he salutes, presenting it to the Commander.
06[20:12] * Alicia doesn't really have time to recast her spell and hide her wings, but half the city probably knows about them by now anyway. Besides, lots of people in Balmuria have wings.
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[20:13] <Kotono> "Thank you, dismissed," Oberuth says to the man, opening the envelope and scanning it's contents. "..ah, good." Sighing with all his wind, "It seems that Eudard's done a good job stamping out the plague. They're saying that it's under control now."
[20:13] <Alicia> "That's good to hear," Alicia nods happily. "They say when they'll be back?"
[20:14] <Kotono> "At least a few more weeks. They aren't leaving until it's safe to resume shipments out of the city," Oberuth puts the message aside, "Even a few years ago, this would have been a catastrophe for the Baronies to deal with. Now, a few prayers and quick actions and far better contained."
01[20:16] <Seira> "And that's just the beginning," Seira promises.
06[20:17] * Demedais nods approvingly. "Good to hear."
[20:17] <Alicia> "Even with magic, curing a plague is no simple matter," Alicia notes. "I remember there was an epidemic in Kelara years ago, and the healers had to be very careful to keep the people they'd cured seperated, otherwise they'd just catch the disease all over again since they never actually built up immunity the way people do when they recover normally. They've done a good job to control it so well."
[20:19] <Kotono> "It's fortunate." After that, Commander Oberuth looks to the three, "Is there anything else you need to report now?"
[20:20] <Alicia> "Nothing on my end, sir," Alicia shakes her head.
01[20:20] <Seira> "Nothing really comes to mind," Seira admits.
[20:21] <Demedais> "I can't think of anything; we've explained why the recent burst of events, so."
[20:21] <Kotono> "Dismissed then," Oberuth says, "Seira, stay a moment?"
01[20:22] <Seira> "Of course, Sir," she agrees, nodding at Alicia and Demedais.
06[20:22] * Alicia casts a quick spell to hide her wings, salutes, and heads on out! "If you want we can spar for a bit to work on your new technique?" she offers to Demedais.
06[20:23] * Demedais salutes to Seira and Oberuth, then, "Sure. Any help would be appreciated on it."
07[20:23] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[20:24] <Kotono> Once the two are gone, "Saving the world." With a long, drawn out sigh, "Seira, when did it go from commanding a garrison to directing a group of legendary heroes? It's like every briefing changes my expectations even more."
01[20:25] <Seira> "Probably around the time we learned of the seals around Daa-vid, Sir," she responds with a smile.
[20:27] <Kotono> With a rueful laugh, "Do you ever wish it was how it was before? Simple things, minimal magic, human problems?"
01[20:28] <Seira> "Sometimes," she admits. "The grass always looks greener, and all that. But I'm pretty comfortable with the way our world is shaping up, and it can be pretty fun to be the one shaping it."
[20:35] <Kotono> "...hm." Oberuth says at last, then around a laugh, "Yes, yes. Go ahead, dismissed. Go out there and shape the world some more."
[21:05] <Kotono> --
[21:06] <Kotono> That afternoon, as Alicia rests at home? "Alicia? Marie," Antenora approaches, in her battle gear as she usually is.
[21:07] <Alicia> Alicia is in her study right now, busily writing while Marie helps Jessica cook dinner. "She's in the study!" said eladrin calls from the kitchen.
[21:08] <Kotono> "Thanks. Come with me, Marie," Antenora calls. She knocks on Alicia's door, "Alicia?"
[21:09] <Alicia> Leaving Jessica to handle the chopping of vegetables, Marie flies out to join Antenora, while Alicia looks up from her desk at the open door and invites the pair to come in.
[21:11] <Kotono> Once the three are together, "Would either of you be interested in going for a walk with me," she asks. Antenora stands where she is, reaching up to remove her hair ribbon. Twitching her wings after, "I'd like to be ablet o go out once and feel like I don't need to hide. Now I can."
[21:14] <Alicia> It feels a little like showing off, but Alicia can hardly deny that Antenora's earned it. "Alright," Alicia stands up, smiling, "I'd enjoy that."
[21:14] <Alicia> "I'll stay and keep Jessica company," Marie replies. "We're making a stew, but it won't be ready for over an hour, so you two can take your time."
[21:15] <Kotono> "Aw." Antenora looks slightly put out, "Okay Marie, I'll talk to you later then? Alicia, we can both go then?"
[21:18] <Alicia> "Oh," Marie looks a little surprised, "Well, if you really want I can come along... how about we invite Jessica as well, though? We can just finish making dinner afterwards."
[21:19] <Kotono> "Sure," Antenora is all smiles, "Let's get ready and go?"
06[21:20] * Alicia sets aside her writing materials and gets up. "I'm ready now, I suppose. Anywhere in particular you want to go or just for a wander?"
[21:24] <Kotono> Fidgeting as she smiles even more, "Just go and see. Maybe we can go fly off afterwards? I can show you around to the nicest places I've seen here, Alicia?" She bounces back and forth, "...yes, I know it's silly, but...The thought of someone saying 'There's an angel' instead of 'There's a succubus' or 'There's a devil'! when they really see me, it really excites me."
06[21:26] * Alicia smiles as well at Antenora's infectious cheer. "I suppose it will be quite a switch," she agrees. Heading into the hallway, she pokes her head into the kitchen, "Jessica, we were thinking of going for a walk before dinner. Do you want to come along?"
[21:27] <Kotono> "Sorry," Jessica says, "I'll finish dinner, my feet are sore. I spent all day helping out Roald." With a smile, "I'll catch up with you after dinner, Alicia. I want to go to Kelara soon tos ee Mother and Father."
[21:29] <Alicia> "Alright, just leave a plate for me and take it easy? We could go to Kelara tomorrow if you want, though," Alicia offers, pleased that Jessica's showing some eagerness in regards to their parents.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Have fun, sister!" Jessica calls to Alicia. Antenora waits at the front door for the two, wings twitching on occasion. OOC: Is Alicia in Aasimar form or normal form, curiously?
[21:32] <Alicia> OOC: normal form
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
06[21:37] * Alicia gives Jessica a wave and then goes to join Antenora and Marie, heading out the door. "Lets head over to the old town?" she suggests for lack of any other direction to take.
[21:40] <Kotono> As the two wander out, the late afternoon streets are busy. Near Alicia's house it's mostly the well kept and well off, wandering and going their way. A horse drawn carriage passes by, a woman in man in rich clothes staring out the window at the three. As they pass a familiar eatery, where Alicia grappled a thief down, people stop and wave. A group of children running down the street, playing and laughing, goes wide eyed. "It's Captain Alicia,
[21:40] <Kotono> playing and laughing, goes wide eyed. "It's Captain Alicia, the devil killer!" a girl calls, "Captain Alicia! I kill a lot of evil things when I pretend to be you, too!"
[21:41] <Kotono> Antenora watches on, a faint, warm glow to her cheeks. She smiles to everyone, "Don't forget the other things she does, too."
[21:43] <Alicia> Although on some level she's not sure if it's the best example, Alicia can't help but feel a little pleased at the girl's declaration, considering how many people around here think such things are 'mens work'.
[21:43] <Alicia> "Antenora's right that there is more than just the devil killing, but fighting the bad ones to protect everyone else is important anyway," she stops to talk to the little girl. "What's your name, little one?"
[21:44] <Kotono> It's a gaggle of four children, three boys and one girl. "Stephanie!" she says, "I'm 8 and three quarters years old!" She wears a child's dress, a bit dirty and muddy.
[21:46] <Kotono> One of the other boys watches, "So pretty..." he stares at Alicia, blushing. "It's like the window drawings!"
[21:47] <Alicia> A little younger than Felix would be, Alicia thinks with a slight pang. "Well, Stephanie," she gives the girl a friendly pat on the head, "If you listen to your parents and eat your vegetables, you might grow up to be a famous paladin just like me," she encourages, flashing a brief smile at the boy.
[21:48] <Kotono> Going to kneel by the girl, "You might if that's your dream. Any of you can, if you feel the calling." Antenora says warmly.
[21:49] <Kotono> "Okay!" With a big smile at Alicia's words, "I'll do that!...but do I have to eat carrots, too? Can I skip those?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "Especially those," Alicia nods seriously. "They put pretty curls in your hair!" she encourages merrily a moment later, straightening up.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Of course if you just want to play around, that's fine too!" Marie interjects, wanting to offset the serious shaping of youth going on here.
[21:53] <Kotono> Antenora stands as well, sending a look to Marie. 'Idle hands are the devil's plaything, you know.'
[21:53] <Kotono> "Okay!" Stephanie says, "Can you tell the Mother of Magic in the sky something for me, too?"
[21:54] <Alicia> 'They're only children once, let them enjoy the few years they have to be free of care,' Marie retorts while Alicia nods.
[21:54] <Alicia> "I can," she affirms, "But you can tell her yourself - just because she doesn't always act in an obvious way, doesn't mean she won't hear you."
[21:57] <Kotono> "Okay!" Stephanie exclaims, "I'll go do that!" At that the children run off, a few glances back at Alicia before they're gone.
[21:59] <Kotono> Antenora starts to walk again, "I wonder if we'll hear about her in Dweomerheart one day..." she muses aloud. "Of if it'll be just a childhood fancy?"
06[22:00] * Alicia waves as they go, before resuming their walk. "Who can tell? She's just a child, her life could go so many ways... certainly, I had no idea what I wanted from life when I was her age, but a little encouragement doesn't hurt."
[22:01] <Kotono> You continue along further. You meander into the old city, near the garrison. "Maybe we can go see the docks," Antenora suggests, "Then take a flight out over in the bay?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "That suits me," Alicia agrees readily enough, heading to the main thoroughfare before they turn North to the docks. "It feels so nice to fly with my own body, I have to admit - riding thermals and air currents is so different from simply floating around via magic."
[22:06] <Kotono> The main street is very busy. An open store has a display window, a man hawking wears. "Foods from faraway! Dates from the Desert! Wines crafted by the lineage of one of Balmuria's greatest heroes! Apricot jam from Pallanth!" he advertises. A four-some of soldiers patrol by, while several darkskinned sailors laugh as they head into Balmuria. "It's more natural and faster. You could never keep up with me when you cast fly. I've gotten faster now
[22:06] <Kotono> You could never keep up with me when you cast fly. I've gotten faster now, but you can still keep up with your own wings." Antenora notes.
[22:08] <Alicia> "She's still not as nimble as us, though," Marie teases, fluttering around the pair as they walk. Alicia idly glances over at the mention of wine but snorts and doesn't comment.
[22:08] <Alicia> "I'm still getting used to them," she replies to Marie.
[22:10] <Kotono> Antenora grins devilishly, reaching out. Her fingers dance across Alicia's wings, tickling. "I wonder...are they ticklish for you?"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Jhhh!" Alicia jerks away a bit, her molested wing flapping in surprise. "They are sensitive, yes," she replies, eyeing Antenora suspiciously. "Part of it's just... feeling sensation where before I didn't have anything. I hear about people with lost limbs suffering phantom feelings, so this must be the reverse."
[22:14] <Kotono> Antenora's grin spreads all over her face, "That's a good way to put it. Besides..." As you walk, the docks coming into distant view down the street, "They can feel good in a lot of ways. They're not just useful. A back rub feels good, but a wing rubdown can feel good in a different way."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Hmm, I'll have to remember that," Alicia nods thoughtfully, flexing her new appendages as she considers. It might be handy if she ever has to peacefully get by a succubus without giving up anything she'd prefer not to again...
[22:20] <Kotono> After a momentary pause, "Hey, Alicia. Thanks." Antenora's voice changes. "Marie. Thanks." As you approach the bay, "Mystra told me to let go of my past. When I thought about that, I realised that the guilt I carried with me was preventing me from truly enjoying my life. I feel so self concious. But now...I want to try not just be good, but to be good and happy. Those little feelings of joy I get every day from being with all of you, without wo
[22:21] <Kotono> Those little feelings of joy I get every day from being with all of you, without worrying about them or pushing someone away. So that I can do something silly like that. So I can just enjoy life."
[22:23] <Alicia> "Awww..." Marie sniffles, "That's... that's beautiful!" she blurts out, zipping over and glomping onto Antenora's head as only an overly-affectionate eladrin can. "I'm glad, Antenora,"
06[22:23] * Alicia is more sedate but no less earnest. "You've worked hard, and I've seen you truly grow into a selfless and loving person. You do deserve your happiness."
[22:26] <Kotono> "I'm freer than I've ever been in my life." Antenora smiles as you reach the docks. Here ships are coming and going. A few sea elves are splashing at the edge of one dock, talking to several sailors. A herd of large deer are being herded off one ship, led along by several men with nets and spears. Another ship has a gash in the side, men working ot patch and repair it.
[22:28] <Alicia> Marie relents her glomp and takes to the air once more while Alicia replies as they start walking along the harbour, "I'm glad you see it that way. I know, back at the beginning I often talked of exchanging one set of chains for another, and for a time it probably did feel just like that, but you've worked through it all and I'm proud of you for it."
[22:30] <Kotono> Antenora grins at Marie before talking to Alicia, "I'm bound to serve you and Mystra now, but...they're not chains at all. I serve Her because I want to." Looking up at the sky, starting to fly upwards, "I'm really beginning ot understand how law and good work together."
[22:34] <Alicia> Flapping her own wings, Alicia takes off after Antenora, Marie following along more easily since she was already airborne. "I'm glad, but for now lets just stretch our wings instead of talking philosophy?" Alicia suggests lightly. "You said there were some places you wanted to show us as well, didn't you?"
[22:36] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Antenora flies along, the two leaving the harbor and Balmuria behind. "I've spent some free time at night flying. It's outside the bay, but I've found an amazing fishing spot. It's a little inlet where the current slackens, fish swarm there. It's hard to find unless it's by air, it's surrounded by tall cliffs with only a small sandy beach beneath them. But if you get down t here, you can catch the fish with your bare hands, there's so
[22:36] <Kotono> But if you get down t here, you can catch the fish with your bare hands, there's so many." Turning to half fly backwards, watching Alicia, "I found a few good secluded springs for fresh and saltwater bathing. A tub of water hardly does it anymore after Brightwater."
[22:39] <Alicia> "No, it really doesn't," Alicia agrees as she climbs upwards. "Still... fishing? I thought you didn't eat."
[22:39] <Kotono> "I don't. But when you can lean over and get the fish fresh..." Antenora merely shrugs her shoulders. "I get some for Jessica every now and again. It saves her money."
[22:41] <Alicia> "Ahhh," Alicia nods in understanding. "Clever," she applauds. "Well, why don't we find one of the springs you mentioned? I haven't had a proper bath in a few days. Are they hot?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "They're cool, but you get used to it." As she flies, "You usually need steam or volcanoes for that." You're lead along, west and out of the bay, towards the shoreline. Here, on a stretch of beach, is a large inlet. It's shaded by fruit trees, a sandy beach sloping flawlessly into the water. The waters is a clear blue, a small little stream feeding into it from inland. Fall apples hang on the trees, ripe as can be, a few starting to turn brown.
[22:43] <Kotono> Fall apples hang on the trees, ripe as can be, a few starting to turn brown.
06[22:46] * Alicia dives downwards, pulling up at the last second for a gentle landing on the edge of the beach. The apples might tempt another time, but she doesn't want to spoil her appetite for dinner. "You've got a good eye for these things," she compliments, taking in her surroundings as she approaches the stream.
[22:47] <Kotono> The trees are mostly by the stream, the inlet sloping naturally deeper at a gradual pace. No one or no signs of civilisation is about. "Yes. They make fun discoveries. I also search for evil when I do this, so it serves a dual purpose." Up the river, it leads to gentle plains, a field of flowers within the range of Alicia's vision. "There's no villages without twenty miles of here. They're all closer to the main roads to Balmuria and Victoria.
[22:47] <Kotono> "There's no villages without twenty miles of here. They're all closer to the main roads to Balmuria and Victoria."
[22:50] <Kotono> *within
[22:50] <Alicia> Or Selunaluna as it used to be called. "It's surprising just how much ground you can cover by flying. It would take the best part of the day to walk this far, normally," Alicia observes.
[22:51] <Kotono> Antenora starts to set her armor and gear aside, neatly stacking them in piles. "You fly faster than you walk, and there's no interruptions like rough terrain. It adds up very quickly."
[22:53] <Alicia> "I know I never walk anywhere if I can help it," Marie agrees as she floats around the pair, Alicia testing the water with her hand once she reaches the stream.
[22:55] <Kotono> The water is cool but bearable. It's not so late in the season to be cold, and Balmuria is rather temperate in any event. "Teleportation is even faster. Perhaps one day we'll be able to do that at will and make flying obsolete?"
[22:57] <Alicia> "It's possible. Lots of outsiders do have that ability," Alicia muses as she stabs Hell Striker into the ground and proceeds to disrobe herself. It takes a little work to get around her wings, but she's developed a system by now. "I still remember being surprised when I found out you couldn't."
[22:58] <Kotono> Antenora finishes her own disrobing, going hip deep in the waters before she turns back. "I could also dominate. Despite Hell being very rigid, there are always exceptions to the normal rules."
[23:00] <Alicia> Once naked, Alicia steps into the water, shivering a bit as she does so. Marie takes the more expedient route of going incorporeal to let her clothes fall atop Alicia's before she reverts and dives in. "So I've learned," Alicia agrees as she adjusts to the water temperature.
[23:04] <Kotono> Antenora lingers before looking to her two friends. "We make a matching set now." Splashing water over her front before wading to chest deep, "You too, Marie. I know I tease you a lot, but you've shown me important things. Like how to have fun and pursue simple happiness." Ruminating on that a short time, "I guess..." Looking upwards, "You won the most important argument we've ever had, Marie?"
[23:06] <Alicia> Luckily Marie is big enough not to gloat. "Maybe I did, but do you really feel like you've lost anything from it?" she replies, treading the water that's comparatively very deep for her stature.
[23:07] <Kotono> "No." Smiling now as she starts to swim, keeping nearby the other two, "Now, if you'd just see some common sense and start some more organized habits, you'd be perfect."
06[23:09] * Alicia dips down to immerse herself fully in the water for a moment, deciding to just get it over with before she splashes back up, now fully acclimitised and content to let Antenora and Marie bicker as usual.
[23:09] <Alicia> "Common sense I have in spades," Marie retorts. "Organisation is just another word for predictability, though, and I want none of that!"
[23:10] <Kotono> "Pfah." Antenora splashes water at Marie, sending it flying, "Chaos is too flighty. You don't have to pursue every whim you have. It makes you appear so degenerate! Go eat that, go laguh at that, go chase after Dawnhope, go take a nap...order makes you better able to enjoy your day!"
06[23:12] * Alicia just sighs in a long-suffering manner as she bathes herself, doing her best to tune the other two out. "Why should I have to adhere to some silly schedule when I already know what I want?" the eladrin asks. "That just doesn't make sense at all."
[23:13] <Kotono> "Because if you plan it, things go better?" Antenora wades back up to Marie, back to waist deep waters. "Let's plan something you want to do out, right now. I bet if we think about it, it'll go better than if you just decided to do it on a whim."
[23:14] <Kotono> "Alicia," Antenora glances at her, "You know I'm right, don't you?"
[23:15] <Alicia> "But what if we plan it, then when it comes time to do it I've changed my mind? What if something better comes up?" Marie raises the obvious objections.
[23:15] <Alicia> "Ah... what's right for one person isn't necessarily right for another, that's all I'll say," Alicia replies.
[23:15] <Kotono> "So?" Antenora leans over, looming right over Marie, "Don't dodge it. I dare you - give me something you want to do and we'll see how much better it is with planning."
[23:21] <Alicia> "Um..." Marie shrinks back a bit at Antenora's dominating presence, having to crane her neck pretty far back to see all the way up at her face when she's so close. "Well, how about making sandcastles? Since we're at the beach and all..."
[23:24] <Kotono> Antenora straightens up, "Sandcastles? That's not a bad idea." Thinking a moment, "Sure, come on." Antenora trots over to the beach, "We'll use your faerie fire to trace the castle we should make and then use it to make it. With abetter design, it'll come out great."
[23:27] <Alicia> "Have fun you two," Alicia waves lightly as Marie takes to the air, spraying some water from her wings before she takes off after Antenora to try and make a nice looking sandcastle instead of the dreary box-like fort she's certain the former erinyes will manufacture.
[17:17] <Kotono> > "So?" Antenora leans over, looming right over Marie, "Don't dodge it. I dare you - give me something you want to do and we'll see how much better it is with planning."
[17:17] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Um..." Marie shrinks back a bit at Antenora's dominating presence, having to crane her neck pretty far back to see all the way up at her face when she's so close. "Well, how about making sandcastles? Since we're at the beach and all..."
[17:17] <Kotono> > Antenora straightens up, "Sandcastles? That's not a bad idea." Thinking a moment, "Sure, come on." Antenora trots over to the beach, "We'll use your faerie fire to trace the castle we should make and then use it to make it. With abetter design, it'll come out great."
[17:17] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Have fun you two," Alicia waves lightly as Marie takes to the air, spraying some water from her wings before she takes off after Antenora to try and make a nice looking sandcastle instead of the dreary box-like fort she's certain the former erinyes will manufacture.
[17:18] <Kotono> Trotting over to the sand, Antenora extends a finger into it, "So Marie. What we'll do is trace out a pattern for the castle before it begins, instead of just throwing stand together."
[17:18] <Kotono> "Er, sand," Antenora corrects herself, "With a plan to work with, it won't just be a few lumps and we can make a good fortress."
[17:19] <Alicia> "But what if you come up with a better idea after you've made your plan?" Marie asks reasonably.
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03[17:21] * Torozombie_Mikain is now known as Cidward
[17:21] <Kotono> "That's why we plan it all out first," Antenora says, "If we do it right, we'll have the best plan from the beginning," Looking up to Marie now, "Really. Come on, what sounds good for the perfect sand castle? Towers? A fortress wall?"
[17:23] <Alicia> "You just want to make a big box," Marie observes. "We need beautiful arches and spires! It should be a place that makes the heart soar, not some depressing bastion of war."
[17:25] <Kotono> Sitting back on the sand, "Okay then. Why don't you draw some out with your faerie fire?" Antenora tucks her knees up to her chest, "Once you have them down, we can see how good they are, instead of having to try to change the entire thing on the fly." Then, "Unless you want to get sand over you over and over as you try and change things too much and have to begin again?"
[17:29] <Alicia> Marie isn't that good at precision faerie fire, so instead uses an illusion to create a nice looking little palace with three spires of increasing height connected by hanging arches. "Something like that," she suggests.
[17:32] <Kotono> "Oh, that works even better." Antenora looks it over, "How about moving a few of the arches a bit higher," Pointing along, "Then we start working on it? It's a pretty solid plan to work from."
[17:33] <Alicia> Marie adjusts the model as requested. "Of course, I can't keep this up while building the thing, since it needs me to concentrate on it," she points out, "So we'll have to work from memory, anyway."
[17:35] <Kotono> "Good enough." With that, the two get to work! OOC: I'll resolve this with a craft check, I guess? Does Marie have ranks in Craft: Sandcastle!??!?!?!
[17:36] <Alicia> OOC: no, but she has very small hands so she's good at delicate work!
[17:36] <Kotono> OOC: I'll give her a +2 circumstancial bonus because of that. Make an untrained craft check(int check)? Antenora will assist.
[17:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 aid another
06[17:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 aid another and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[17:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3
06[17:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 and gets 20." [1d20=17]
[17:38] <Kotono> About a half hour passes. Surprisingly, the entire endevour comes out very well! The two girls are covered in wet sand, but a stable sandcastle is the end result. Somehow. It's almost identical to the illusion, arches of sand somehow holding up. Somehow. "See?" Antenora says at last, "Isn't that good?"
[17:41] <Alicia> By now Alicia has ceased her bathing and gotten dressed, observing the two nude sandcastle-builders with barely concealed amusement. "Well, yeah," Marie agrees, "But still... we knew what it was going to look like even before we started. It just feels a little bit empty because of it."
[17:42] <Kotono> With a long suffering sigh, "That's the point! We knew what it was going to be and it came out well!" Throwing her hands into the air, "It's not empty at all! It's well planned! It has soul in every arch!"
[17:45] <Alicia> "I get what you're trying to say Antenora, really I do," Marie nods, "It's just... isn't it more fun to just dive in and see where the journey takes you? That way it comes out as a fun surprise at the end rather than something you were already expecting."
[17:46] <Kotono> Antenora falls back onto the sand, with a long, over exaggerated sigh. "Come on. There's no way just throwing it together would have come out this well! You'd be depressed because it failed!" Sitting back up a moment later, "I can prove it, too. We make another one, just making it up. No way that it's as good as this one."
06[17:49] * Alicia can no longer contain her laughter at this point. "So this is how it ends? The great debate between law and chaos settled by sandcastles?" she asks inbetween her spasms of mirth.
[17:51] <Kotono> "Alicia," Antenora says sweetly, "Be quiet. I'm proving a point here!"
[17:54] <Alicia> "But I'm bored now!" Marie complains. "Can't we do something else?"
[17:56] <Kotono> "Argh. Pearls before swine," Antenora sighs, but then smiles. She scoops up a bit of sand, tossing it at Marie. "Since we're all sandy anyway," she whistles as the glob flies at the little coure!
[17:59] <Alicia> "Eeek!" Marie cries as she's liberally splattered with sand. A few flicks of her wings shake most of it off said limbs, allowing her to take flight. "No fair, you've got a size advantage! Alicia, you've got to help me!"
[18:00] <Kotono> "Fine," Antenora smirks, "Change her into an aasimar, or why don't you help out?" Antenora gets a few more handfulls, getting up onto her knees.
06[18:02] * Alicia just sighs. "I'll thank you both to leave me out of it, since I just finished cleaning myself. But fine, here," she gestures in Marie's direction, "Change to a more fitting dance partner," she calls, eliciting a yelp from Marie as she's transformed into a protectar, still a bit shorter than Antenora but close enough, and now boasting a set of feathery white wings of her own.
[18:03] <Alicia> Marie takes a moment to find her footing with her new dimensions, but promptly grabs a handful of sand and hurls it at Antenora!
[18:05] <Kotono> As sand splatters off Antenora's chest and face, she grins and throws more sand at Marie! "Oh come on, Alicia!" Antenora calls as she spits out sand, "I'm having my second childhood here!" Laughing now with Marie, Antenora throws more sand at her, getting closer for better aim.
[18:10] <Alicia> Sufficiently guilted, Alicia takes off her boots and heavier clothing/armour before entering the fray as Marie uses her superior agility to good effect in dodging and countering Antenora's attacks. "Really, just wait until it starts to snow," she warns, hurling a glob of sand at each of the other two in quick succession.
[18:11] <Kotono> Sand flies back and forth, "Really," Antenora says, as Alicia takes one off the shoulder. "Did you torment poor Jessica with your superior snowball throwing as a child?"
[18:14] <Alicia> "She gave as good as she got, trust me," Alicia replies, ducking a shot from Marie and then taking another lower one right in the face. She has to withdraw a moment, sputtering and spitting out sand with ample disgust, "Bleah! Snow is also a lot easier to take when it gets in your mouth," she grimaces as Marie looks somewhat apologetic.
[18:15] <Kotono> Antenora laughs as she kneels down to scoop up more sand, "Just spit it out and don't swallow it?" Getting two more handfuls and throwing at both girls wildly, "When's the last time you had a snowball fight, either of you?"
06[18:19] * Alicia is spitting, but lots of gritty sand particles remain despite her best efforts. "Probably... fifteen years or so? I can't really remember exactly," she admits, dodging Antenora's throw only for it to smack against one of her wings.
[18:20] <Alicia> "It doesn't snow in Dweomerheart, and I'm too small normally to make proper snowballs when I visit Eronia during Winter," Marie replies for her part.
[18:21] <Kotono> "More reason to enjoy it now!" Antenora gets smacked in the side by a sand ball, before throwing of her own. "Besides Marie! Your randomly thrown ones can't compete with my planned out offenses!"
[18:27] <Alicia> As Alicia goes to the water so she can rinse her mouth out, Marie laughs in reply. "A plan's no good if it can't react to the unexpected!" she accuses, creating an illusion of a wall of sand suddenly rising out of the ground right in front of Antenora. She then promptly hucks a big handful of wet sand right at her face through said barrier, before Antenora can react!
03[18:28] * massimocollider is now known as TaiChie
[18:28] <Kotono> Antenora's face is hit with the sand, leaving a complete mess over! She coughs and sputters, "Gaaack!" Getting the worst of the sand out, Antenora blindly runs through the barrier, hurtling sand the moment she does! "Well, take THIS then!"
[18:29] <Alicia> Marie yelps and flaps her wings, taking to the air to evade! Meanwhile Alicia wanders back over and wonders if perhaps things are getting a little out of hand.
[18:31] <Kotono> Antenora laughs and hurles a few balls after her, "Where do you think you're going, Marie?" Nonetheless, she sits down on the sand after that, laughing all the while.
[18:32] <Alicia> Sensing an end to hostilities, Marie allows herself to land as Alicia walks over to the two sand-coated celestials. "Gotten that out of your system, now?" she asks amusedly.
[18:33] <Kotono> Wiping sand from her face, "I think so. But..." Sticking out her tongu eat Marie, "Order is better!" she pffts, and then, "Now I do." After a moment, "...How silly did that look?"
[18:36] <Alicia> "Very, very silly," Alicia replies, glancing over to Marie and snapping her fingers to revert her back to her coure form. "Still, at least you only need to take a quick dip to get all that sand off... my clothes are a mess."
[18:38] <Kotono> "Sorry," Antenora bows her head a moment, "Let's go clean up now, Marie?"
06[18:39] * Alicia grins and leans over to give Antenora a light shove on her shoulder. "Don't apologise," she remonstrates, "You had fun, that's what matters. I can clean myself up easily enough."
[18:39] <Alicia> Marie just laughs, turning incorporeal for a moment as a bunch of sand promptly falls to the ground beneath her. She then reverts to humanoid form all clean and pristine.
[18:40] <Alicia> "I guess there are advantages to this after all," she notes. "Not!" she adds quickly, "That I still don't want to fix things back to normal!"
[18:40] <Kotono> "Lucky you two. I think I have sand everywhere," Antenora stops and turns, a hand on her hip, "Of course not. Pay no attention to the exhibitionist coure over there."
[18:42] <Alicia> "You're as naked as I am!" Marie retorts indignantly.
[18:45] <Kotono> "Just the way you like it," Antenora tosses her hair back. With a catty smirk now as she crosses her arms over her chest, "Isn't that so?"
[18:47] <Alicia> "On one hand I'm not sure if I approve of your smugness," Marie replies thoughtfully. "On the other hand, to use a recent turn of phrase, you are very well endowed..."
[18:48] <Kotono> "Why thank you.
[18:48] <Kotono> OOC: GAh.
[18:48] <Kotono> "Why thank you." With ample amusement of her own, "What was that in Brightwater. Oh yes. 'I'll share Alicia if you share?'
[18:48] <Kotono> OOC: Gah again. Motherfucker.
[18:49] <Kotono> "Why thank you." With ample amusement of her own, "What was that in Brightwater. Oh yes. 'I'll share Alicia if you share?' My my, no wonder you became an exhibitionist coure."
[18:53] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes widen at the turn this conversation is taking and she decides putting her foot down about now would be a good idea. "There will be no sharing, of any kind," she interjects primly.
[18:53] <Alicia> "Awww," Marie sighs and drifts over to land on Antenora's head. "I guess we'll just have to entertain ourselves without involving Alicia..."
[18:59] <Kotono> "Aaaaw," Antenora looks to Alicia, "But Marie just wants to make us her personal angelic harem? Is that so wrong?"
[19:01] <Alicia> Marie does her best to look innocent and receives a dubious look from Alicia in return. "Tell you what, Antenora. Why don't you test her out and let me know if it's any good, first?" she challenges.
[19:06] <Kotono> Antenora laughs a little more, "I'd say..." AFter a long moment, "I wouldn't do it without Alicia being a part of it." Rolling her eyes up to look at Marie, "Since I so love Alicia." Her voice turns sugary-sweet, teasing with every word. "We're going to be together forever and it would make us so close. Oh Alicia! Marie!" With starry eyes, "Those lonely nights of vigil! Those chilly nights by the campfire! We could let our feelings and emotion
[19:06] <Kotono> Those chilly nights by the campfire! We could let our feelings and emotion heat us all night long!"
06[19:08] * Alicia grabs Antenora's wrist as she stands up and pulls her friend to her feet, giving her a shove towards the stream. "Go and cool off your ardour, both of you," she remonstrates good-naturedly. Marie just grumbles from atop Antenora's head.
[19:09] <Kotono> Antenora wobbles and falsl back, splashing down into the stream! "Aaaw!" She says once she lands, "You're so fun to tease. Besides, serious went away for the day sometime around when we started having a sandfight."
[19:13] <Alicia> Marie yelps as Antenora's balance fails, resulting in her being dunked as well. "Teasing's fine, but does it have to go back to sex every time?" Alicia asks. "Honestly, you two act like a pair of frustrated old maids half the time."
[19:15] <Kotono> "I don't know." Antenora admits, rubbing the back of her head, offering Marie a hand out of the drink, "Maybe because it always works to get a rise out of us? It does seem to hit a bit close to home whenever the others start making those jokes about it."
06[19:20] * Alicia rolls her eyes. "Beth used to call me a manipulative slut. It got a rise out of me but I'd hardly call that hitting close to home... come to think of it, she also accused me of preferring women a time or two. She liked to vary things up a lot."
[19:21] <Kotono> "I got the impression she had a flair for the insulting," Antenora's expression stabilizes as she thinks, "She also always knew how to push your buttons."
[19:21] <Kotono> After another moment, "You know, Alicia. Maybe it hits close to home, maybe it doesn't, but does something about that insinuation bother you? "
[19:21] <Kotono> After another moment, "I mean, besides the obvious."
06[19:25] * Alicia raises her eyebrow at that, as if the obvious wasn't enough. Marie decides to keep quiet for a little while as she treads the water. "Antenora, do you like women?" Alicia asks bluntly in reply.
[19:32] <Kotono> After a long pause, "Alicia, do you like women?" she counters, and after a beat, "I just mean, is there some trauma or issue to it that makes it more sensitive to you? I don't know, did you get teased as a child for being a tomboy, and accused of being like that? That's what I mean. Since Beth knew how to provoke you so well, and it always gets a rise out of you when others do it now..." An eloquent shrug. "I wonder, that'sa ll."
[19:32] <Kotono> An eloquent shrug. "I wonder, that'sa ll."
06[19:37] * Alicia frowns a little bit as her question is dodged. But for her part she can answer honestly, "No, I don't," she begins. "I wasn't traumatised, but for some reason it is something a lot of people seem to comment on."
[19:37] <Alicia> "For some reason there's something about me that sets off people's lesbian alarms, and I have no idea what. It bothers me because it's not true, but some people just seem to get it into their heads and not let go, no matter what I say or do."
[19:43] <Kotono> "Well, how many women run around in armor like a man?" Antenora considers, "Oh, there's a few, including myself, but most stay home and make children. A woman in a man's role makes people wonder? Say Marie, did you ever think that about Alicia, link notwithstanding?" AFter a few moments, "Or maybe it's because you're so magnetic but unattached? You could have your pick of males."
[19:51] <Alicia> "If she were a man or a lesbian she'd be drooling about now," Marie replies, flicking some water over at Antenora. "So no, she doesn't really give off any cues that way... her loss, though."
[19:51] <Alicia> "Thank you for that, Marie," Alicia rolls her eyes. "Really, though, that whole attitude is what really bothers me. Women are just as capable as men if they put their minds to it. It's why I was so glad to encourage that little girl we saw earlier."
[19:55] <Kotono> Antenora chuckles, "You're right." Antenora positions and laughs, her mood brightening. "I...It bothers me in your case because, dammit...you're everything to me, but not like that. I mean..." Antenora looks away, "I'd have seduced you if it got your soul to Hell before. But now...It would be like a desecration of everything you mean to me, Alicia. Mere sex would be...a disgrace." AFter a pause, "Unless you wanted it, then I don't know what I'd
[19:55] <Kotono> AFter a pause, "Unless you wanted it, then I don't know what I'd do." (More)
[20:03] <Kotono> "Does that make any sense at all?" Antenora concludes after a bit, "I don't think it means much. I'd have done anything to get a soul to Hell. I mean, seducing a woman? Small change compared to murdering babies to gain more power in Caina."
06[20:11] * Alicia winces a bit at the baby murdering comment. "Well, the point is, it's not something I want. Your friendship means a lot to me, Antenora, and I do love you in a sense, but..." she turns and looks at the nude angel, "As beautiful as you are, it does nothing for me. Same goes for you, Marie, in your own pint-sized fashion."
[20:13] <Kotono> "What about you, Marie," Antenora nods thoughtfully, "What does looking at us do for you, then?" After that, "I know, Alicia. If I'd ever wanted a relationship with you, I'd have tried well before now.
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[20:13] <Kotono> "What about you, Marie," Antenora nods thoughtfully, "What does looking at us do for you, then?" After that, "I know, Alicia. If I'd ever wanted a relationship with you, I'd have tried well before now. " Then with an wan smile, "I'm not some succubus floozy, anyway."
[20:17] <Alicia> "I see what your game is - you're just fishing for compliments!" Marie accuses indignantly, pointing at Antenora. "You know I'll talk about how sexy you are and you'll sit there preening to yourself before saying all I get to do is look. Well not this time, because I think you're a hag!" she concludes by sticking her tongue out and blowing a loud raspberry.
[20:18] <Kotono> "Oh, you little..." Antenora's cheeks tint twin rosebuds of crimson, before she turns away, her hands digging into the stream bed, "O-oh, it wasn't like that! Besides, don't you like looking at me like this?"
[20:22] <Alicia> As Alicia chuckles Marie breaks out into a smile. "Awww, who am I kidding? Of course you're fun to look at!"
[20:27] <Kotono> "Ah, good," Antenora closes her eyes, "Tell me about it, Marie?"
[20:28] <Alicia> "Oh, Mystra... you *were* fishing for compliments?" Alicia asks, putting a hand to her head.
[20:30] <Kotono> "Just there." Antenora says with a gentle smile, "I was trying to break the mood a bit."
[20:32] <Alicia> "By teasing poor Marie?" Alicia asks as said eladrin looks upon Antenora with simpering adoration. "Come on, finish cleaning up and lets go home, unless you two would prefer I left you alone for a while?"
[20:40] <Kotono> "Hmm..." Antenora considers, as if torn by two competing schools ofthought, hesitating. It's a bit overdone, her gestures wide and voice high.
[20:42] <Alicia> "Lets just go," Marie flies up and over to Alicia. "Dry me off with prestidigitation?" she asks nicely, before looking back to Antenora as Alicia sweeps a hand over her damp form, "Maybe we could try that test of love in Brightwater again some time, though?" she offers cheerily.
[20:43] <Kotono> "What was that, again?" Antenora says. She bathes quickly, going to regarba fter. "The tower, wasn't it?"
[20:44] <Alicia> "Yeah, the one we got thrown out of," Marie agrees as she gets dressed as well. "I'm sure that our love is stronger by now!"
[20:47] <Kotono> Chuckling, "Maybe it'll become stronger one day," Antenora says lightly to Marie.
[20:49] <Alicia> "I live in hope!" Marie replies brightly, taking to the air and starting to fly for home. Alicia likewise takes off and follows, shaking her head.
[20:07] <Anastasia> ---------------
[20:07] <Anastasia> Okay, elaborate how you guys are going to TP/who's coming, then start making relevant rolls and note location/success odds?
[20:08] <Demedais> First, teleport group to Kelara?
[20:08] <Alicia> roll 1d100 for Alicia to teleport Alicia, Seira, Deme, Polly, Amaryl, and Donald to Kelara. Lets just aim for the countryside near my house, we won't stay long. Studied Carefully.
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 for Alicia to teleport Alicia, Seira, Deme, Polly, Amaryl, and Donald to Kelara. Lets just aim for the countryside near my house, we won't stay long. Studied Carefully. and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[20:08] <Alicia> Hit.
[20:08] <Alicia> Deme, you roll to teleport you and me to the river with Seira's ring?
[20:09] <Anastasia> Nothing's happen ing in the boonies but rain. Typical Kelara. Next TP, yeah.
[20:09] <Demedais> Yeah. Aiming for where Deme and Eudard camped just a bit downriver from the base of the stairs to the temple, should be studied carefully since we were there three nights?
[20:09] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[20:10] <Anastasia> Okay, you arrive. It's typical jungle weather, humid and unpleasant but nothing wrong is immediately happening. Looks as safe as anywher ein the jungle is.
[20:10] <Alicia> Alicia looks around a bit and promptly teleports back to the others.
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully again
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully again and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[20:10] <Alicia> Success. Now she teleports everyone to rejoin Deme.
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[20:11] <Anastasia> Okay, we'll begin from here.
[20:11] <Anastasia> ----
[20:12] <Anastasia> With a final teleport, the party arrives in the jungle! The stone stairs loom ahead opposite of the raging, heavy river. The air is thick with humidity, so much that you can feel it sticking to your skin like a second layer of flesh. The sound of exotic animals ripples around and about, birdsong and insects and things unknown to most.
[20:12] <Anastasia> Donald sniffs the air and grimaces visibly, "Are you kidding?" He glowers, "It's like I'm covered in sweat already."
01[20:13] <Seira> "I can push you in the river."
[20:13] <Anastasia> Pollyanna mimics Donald's sniffing, "It smells so strange here. Nothing like the plains or a normal forest."
[20:13] <Anastasia> "It's not like Pallanth at all," Amaryl agrees, "It's not so hot, though..."
[20:14] <Anastasia> "I'll be okay," Donald quickly amends, "So now what, anyway?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "We look for a special trench," Seira says with authority.
[20:15] <Alicia> "It's the humidity," Alicia agrees, looking around. "I suppose we head South, although those of us that can fly could go above the canopy to see if we can spot any likely signs of the depression we're looking for from a distance?"
[20:16] <Demedais> "As a quick briefing, only drink your own water or water that's moving quickly, and beware large patches of sand, as they may be quicksand. This being said, yes; we're looking for a depression in the ground, from what I read of the map."
01[20:16] <Seira> "Let's take a look ahead, then?" Seira suggests to Alicia, flying up.
[20:17] <Anastasia> "That shouldn't be too hard to find," Amaryl says hopefully, "Good luck up there!"
06[20:17] * Alicia flaps her wings and takes off after Seira. "We'll take a quick look then be back in a moment," she tells the others.
06[20:17] * Alicia also casts Heroism as she ascends.
[20:20] <Anastasia> Seira and Alicia ascend upward! They break through layer afte rlayer of vegetation! As they ascend, they see treebound apes staring at them, in crude houses tucked away in deep branches. They see rainbow colored birds singing them a song as well, sunlight increasing until they at least break above the canopy! The air moves freer here, feeling refreshing against your body. All around is an endless sea of green, only broken by one obvious thin
[20:20] <Anastasia> All around is an endless sea of green, only broken by one obvious thing on a glance. A great stone temple atop a massive hill, mammoth, in the direction of the stairs. Alicia, who has been there, notes it's familiar to her.
06[20:21] * Alicia did stop over briefly with Celebrimbor a time or two, yes. But it's not too important at the moment. "The air feels a lot better above the trees, doesn't it?" she asks Seira, smiling as she circles higher.
06[20:22] * Seira doesn't feel a need to disguise her true form, for a change. "It's great," she agrees, ascending after her.
[20:22] <Anastasia> OOC: How far/high are you two gonna go?
[20:23] <Alicia> OOC: lets say 500 feet or so
01[20:23] <Seira> "Any point in taking a look at the temple?" Seira asks, gesturing in its direction. "It's not really underground, but could be fun all the same."
[20:24] <Anastasia> OOC: You guys make spot checks then?
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[20:26] <Alicia> "Didn't Demedais say it was a holy site for followers of Helm and Talos around here?" Alicia asks. "I don't think it's much of our place to spend much time there. Besides, I'd rather focus on the gnome ruins we're looking for."
01[20:29] <Seira> "There's something on the other side of the river," Seira tells her, pointing that spot out in turn. "Maybe it's as good a spot as any to start looking?"
06[20:30] * Alicia follows Seira's pointing finger to see what this something could be.
01[20:30] <Seira> "The trees are all wrong! I'd say it warrants a teleport closer."
[20:31] <Anastasia> Alicia can, after several long moments of looking, see something is indeed every so slightly off where Seira points. It's very subtle.
[20:34] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia flaps in place a bit, marking the area in her minds eye. "Lets gather the others and teleport over?" she agrees before flying back down to rejoin the party.
06[20:34] * Seira agrees with such a plan!
[20:34] <Anastasia> The two descend without incident. "See anything," Donald asks, sitting down and drying his head with a cloth.
[20:34] <Demedais> "Anything?" Demedais asks as the group descends.
01[20:34] <Seira> "Something worth teleporting over for."
[20:35] <Alicia> "It's hard to tell for sure from a distance, but possibly," Alicia agrees. "Lets go," she then proceeds to teleport everyone to the 'off' place.
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[20:35] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a caster level check, Alicia?
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[20:37] <Anastasia> Wooosh! The party appears further in the jungle! Everything is brighter here, like a rainbow. Flora and fauna glow with intense, magnificent color. The trees are purple and browna nd black and violet and red and blossoms of a million different shades and shapes frolic. Everything is different from another, an ambient hum of shifting noises in the air.
06[20:38] * Demedais pulls the spear out, keeping a level eye out for any signs of the base as he recalls it from the map.
[20:39] <Anastasia> All around you is thick, colorful jungle. In one direction it lessens towards normal colors, in the other ways, it continues in this radiant shades and strange shapes.
[20:40] <Anastasia> "What is this?" Amaryl murmurs, huddling to herself and creeping towards Seira. "It's like the forest isn't a forest at all, not like any I've ever seen. It's so colorful!"
01[20:40] <Seira> "Isn't it pretty?" Seira whispers, admiring the sight.
[20:40] <Anastasia> "I don't know. I like it. Forests are damned boring," Donald looks around with an appreciative grin, This looks like a rainbow!"
[20:41] <Alicia> "Hmm... I know jungle plants tend to be more vibrant than you'll find in temperate forest, but this seems a bit more so - over there seems more what I'd expect," Alicia gestures to the direction of 'normal' colours. Her eyes glow blue as she looks around for any magic in the vicinity.
[20:41] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a caster level check, Alicia?
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[20:41] <Demedais> "My gut check is that it's in the other direction, actually. The jungle's usually colorful, but that area seems far more so than usual." Demedais says, gesturing to the mass of colors.
06[20:42] * Seira looks curiously between Alicia and Demedais.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
06[20:44] * Demedais frowns and checks for chaos and evil as he waits on Alicia's own diagnostics.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Careful," Alicia speaks up. "We're in an area of Wild Magic. Any spells you cast could have unpredictable results. Regardless, it's probably evidence of gnomish tampering, so we're likely on the right track."
[20:45] <Anastasia> "Wild Magic? Aw shit," Donald rubs the back of his head, "That means all of our spells are like gambling, right?"
01[20:45] <Seira> "Sounds like fun," Seira agrees, mentally checking with Lagann whether there are any metal secret doors within his detection range below.
[20:45] <Demedais> "Yeah, this entire place oozes slight chaos. As such... I'm going to say it's this way again." Demedais says, pointing to the colors. "Makes more sense for this area, being rather stand-out, to be the direction needed."
01[20:46] <Seira> "You know about rods of wonder?" Seira asks Donald. "Like that! Lots of fun."
[20:46] <Alicia> "They could simply fizzle, possibly backfire, or perhaps even worse," Alicia nods gravely. "So think carefully before casting anything here." She then turns towards the more vibrant area, agreeing with Demedais, "The colours are probably a symptom, yes."
[20:47] <Demedais> "Right. That'd mean back that way is area where magic works more normally, so if we have to pull a retreat that's the safest place to do it from." Demedais nods at this.
[20:47] <Anastasia> "Let's go, then," Pollyanna starts walking, "I tis breattaking...by Helm, it's like a rainbow in every detail my eye can take in."
[20:48] <Anastasia> OOC: Who's taking point?
[20:48] <Demedais> "It is astonishing, but who knows what lies amongst the colors..." Demedais frowns.
[20:48] <Demedais> OOC: Kinda figured Mr. Spot Ahoy would.
[20:48] <Anastasia> OOC: That means you?
[20:48] <Demedais> OOC: Yes.
[20:49] <Alicia> OOC: Lets say we go Deme, Alicia, Seira, Polly, Amaryl, Donald?
[20:49] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay.
[20:49] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[20:50] <Anastasia> The group spends about a half hour walking. The jungle continues, but as they walk along? Ahead, Demedais sees a great, ancient tree as thick as an oak. Much of it just lies on the ground, as if snapped off like a toothpick. The break area is ragged.
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:51] <Demedais> "That looks vaguely ominous." Demedais grimaces, glancing and listening to see if whatever did it's still nearby.
[20:51] <Anastasia> "Downed tree?" Pollyanna asks aloud, checking her bow and arrows in the meantime. OOC: You can make spot/listen if you like, Deme.
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 nature, any idea when it was downed?
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 nature, any idea when it was downed? and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 listen
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 listen and gets 43." [1d20=17]
06[20:52] * Seira draws her sword at Demedais's warning, waiting in place until he decides to proceed or tell them more.
06[20:54] * Demedais looks at the tree in wonder. "...I think something bit that in half... but it's not nearby, I don't think." Then, to the group, "One of the things Eudard and I encountered here was a set of large, incredibly agile lizards. It's possible that whatever did this is related, but bigger. Be careful."
[20:54] <Alicia> "Looks like it was knocked over maybe a week ago. Weren't there huge lizards roaming around the jungle last time you were here, Demedais? Think it could've been one of them?" Alicia asks, looking around in a less tense manner than the others.
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: strike my line
[20:54] <Alicia> "Looks like it was knocked over maybe a week ago," Alicia observes, leaning over the tear. "Hopefully whatever did it isn't nearby."
[20:55] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[20:56] <Anastasia> "Giant lizards?" Donald grimances, "I've heard of them. They're called 'Dinosaurs', I think. Oh well," His expression brightens, "It can't be as bad as a dragon."
[20:56] <Demedais> "I don't believe it is nearby." Demedais shrugs. "Let's move on?"
[20:57] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
01[20:58] <Seira> "Dragons are great!" Seira protests.
[20:58] <Alicia> "Some of them are," Alicia gives Seira an indulgent smile.
[20:59] <Anastasia> The party continues along, debating the merits of dragons in the meanwhile. After about another hour of sweaty walking, the party is brushing past some thin vines. As Demedais puts them aside, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The vines seem to scream, like a man in total fear!
[20:59] <Demedais> "Oh, for the love of." Demedais mutters, quickly glancing ahead to see if there's more in the way of the group.
01[20:59] <Seira> "What the hells?!"
[21:00] <Anastasia> "Gah!" Amaryl jumps a foot into the air!
[21:00] <Anastasia> There's a thin screen of vines, not much more past this. This is most of them. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The vines continue to scream.
01[21:01] <Seira> "Should we... put them out of their misery?"
[21:01] <Anastasia> "Fucking Helm!" Pollyanna blurts, stepping back, "The vines are SCREAMING?!"
06[21:01] * Alicia jumps at the screaming, looking around warily, her eyes glowing blue in the process to pick up any magic as she focuses on the vines.
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 do screaming vines exist in nature?
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 do screaming vines exist in nature? and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[21:01] <Anastasia> OOC: Caster level check again.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:02] <Demedais> "Okay, everyone past the vines quickly, they'll draw attention." Demedais requests, holding them back for the rest of the group quickly. "I'm not sure I want to hear how loud they get when attacked. They're only around here and they don't seem to be attacking me, so let's get moving quickly before things go awry?"
06[21:02] * Seira finds that advice one she could follow.
[21:03] <Alicia> "It's... it's something to do with the magic affecting the plants. I don't know if they're actually in pain, but I agree with Demedais," Alicia states, tucking in her wings and hunching in a bit to avoid touching any as she hurries past.
[21:03] <Anastasia> Pollyanna, Amaryl and then Donald hurry through as well!
06[21:04] * Demedais drops the vines back and leads the group farther in, keeping an ear out for the stillness that came before the attack last time and an eye out for anything bizarre.
[21:04] <Anastasia> Once the vine is dropped, the sound stops...
[21:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[21:04] <Anastasia> Nothing seems to be immediately happening after. Demedais doesn't hear anything awry now that the screaming is done.
[21:05] <Anastasia> Donald wipes his brow again, taking a waterskin out and drinking. "That was unique. Let's come back and mess with them after we're done?"
[21:06] <Alicia> "Why would you want to?" Alicia asks, grimacing. "That noise was abominable."
[21:06] <Anastasia> "The vines are screaming. That's far more interesting than normal vines." Putting his waterskin back away, "Noisy, though."
[21:06] <Demedais> "If you want, we can do something with them on our return, I suppose. Might make a useful tool for early detection or something if you could re-plant it." Demedais shrugs.
01[21:07] <Seira> "To summon something to fight would be my bet," Seira comments. "If you get bitten by a huge lizard after summoning it so stupidly, I'm not bailing you out."
[21:08] <Anastasia> "Let's bicker later," Pollyanna looks ahead, "Let's go BEFORE something is drawn by those vines?"
[21:08] <Alicia> "Keep moving, yes," Alicia agrees, hurrying along and keeping a wary eye out for trouble.
[21:08] <Anastasia> roll 1d100
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[21:08] <Demedais> "On a completely irrelevant tangent..." Demedais muses as he leads the group forward again, "Morund of the Crimson Guard had a question for you two, Alicia and Seira, regarding... well, stuff like Alter Self, from what I can tell. Perhaps drop in when we get back?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "Ah, sure, I guess," Seira responds with a shrug. "Why didn't he stop by? I'm not exactly a hermit."
[21:10] <Alicia> "Hmm? Can he cast arcane magic?" Alicia asks, looking over at Demedais as they walk. "He mentioned he was the more magically skilled of the three, but I assumed he favoured divine magic..."
[21:11] <Demedais> "I don't think so. It's a bit of a weird situation, if I understand it right - he wasn't forthcoming, himself."
[21:11] <Anastasia> As the party advances along, the way is quiet for a time. AFter another hour of walking, you begin to notice a downwards slope to the jungle, subtle, but noticable.
[21:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 39." [1d20=8]
[21:12] <Alicia> "Well, I could have a chat with him," Alicia agrees. "I've had to modify the spell myself since Mystra changed me so, but it still works well enough."
[21:13] <Demedais> "Thanks." Demedais nods.
01[21:13] <Seira> "I know plenty of ways for cheating with magic and making clerical magic work for someone like me, so the opposite could be researched as well," Seira offers for her part.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Aaand hold it right here." Demedais suddenly switches to a murmur, looking ahead. "Any of you skilled in reading tracks?"
06[21:15] * Alicia shakes her head. She'd say that Antenora is great at it, but it's really not helpful since she's not here.
06[21:15] * Seira glances at Amaryl hopefully.
[21:17] <Anastasia> Amarly shakes her head, "No, I wasn't ever very good at following things." she blushes and looks away.
[21:18] <Demedais> "Alright..." Demedais says, glancing at the tracks ahead and pointing them out. "I... don't think they're fresh, but that's because I think I would have heard them being made. Still might be recent. Let's keep our guard up."
06[21:19] * Alicia nods silently, making an effort to keep quiet as she continues onwards.
[21:19] <Anastasia> Looking ahead, the party can see them. Oh yes. The thing is, they're huge. As in, HUGE. Whatever made this isn't tiny. It's less an imprint and more a hole in the ground. As you get closer, you see another one ahead, and another and another.
01[21:20] <Seira> "Should be easy enough to follow, at least. If we actually want to. Do we?"
[21:20] <Anastasia> "At least it doesn't have tentacles?" Pollyanna asks, the question hanging in the air, "Right?"
06[21:20] * Seira facepalms. "You just jinxed us and I hate you," she deadpans.
[21:21] <Demedais> "As I said, I think I would have heard them." Demedais says, a slight bit of amusement. "Doubtful, dear - most things here likely don't."
06[21:21] * Alicia wonders exactly why Demedais thought any skill would be needed to follow these... "Well, we're still in the wild magic area, and it's a downward slope so more likely than note we're on the right track," Alicia muses, before shooting Pollyanna a funny look. "Really, we've had enough tentacles for this month I think."
[21:21] <Anastasia> "If they're going in the way we're going, we should follow them," Donald calls from the rear, "We might stumble on whatever it is and get the jump on it."
[21:24] <Demedais> "...or at least see what it is so we have advance forewarning..." Demedais muses... "That may, sadly, be optimal - especially since it might be using the gnomish outpost as some sort of resting area?"
[21:24] <Anastasia> "They've been far too prevalent." Pollyanna agrees, "They make me think of slimy octupuses and it makes my flesh crawl. Let alone when I think of those krakens of the desert horror.:"
01[21:24] <Seira> "I should return and stomp on those upstarts," Seira muses. "Mmm, yes."
06[21:25] * Demedais mutters something about non-dimensional monsters with faces like desert horrors, but then shakes his head. "If there's no better ideas, let's get going.
[21:27] <Anastasia> Thus the party advances on! Another hour of walking follows the tracks, which seem to be getting fresher. At last, you notice the jungle ahead has light peering through it? It's about 200 feet away from here, but it's a sharp contrast to everything else. The tracks continue that way, too.
06[21:28] * Alicia hopes they don't find an end to the wild magic past the bright area, since that means they must have went right past the ruins themselves. Still, only one way to find out.
[21:28] <Demedais> "Well, we seem to be going the right way is my guess. As is whatever was making these tracks." Demedais curses, peering as far ahead as he can before using the spear to look for chaos and evil. "
[21:30] <Anastasia> "Let's just keep going and keep our eyes sharp?" Donald calls, "If it's just a big lizard, we'll whip it anyway."
[21:31] <Alicia> Well, it'll certainly know to expect them if he keeps yelling like that...
[21:31] <Demedais> "Let's hope so, yes." Demedais grins a bit, shrugging as the group moves on.
[21:32] <Anastasia> As you reach about 120 feet away from the light, the ground starts to shake. Like a low grade, casual earthquake is breaking out. Constant THUMPS shaking the ground.
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 ah, hell. Spot.
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 ah, hell. Spot. and gets 38." [1d20=7]
06[21:33] * Alicia immediately flaps her wings and takes off, flying up twenty feet amidst the foliage and drawing her sword. "Looks like it heard us coming," she comments.
[21:33] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 40." [1d20=14]
01[21:33] <Seira> Sword-drawing is the order of the hour!
06[21:35] * Demedais grunts. "Several huge... whatevers, around one smaller something." Demedais grimaces, switching spear for sword. "One of them is approaching, I think."
[21:35] <Anastasia> Arrows are readied by both rangers, as Donald trots a bit forward. "Oh yeah," he says, "Then let's deal with it?"
[21:35] <Demedais> "In other words, there's more than one, and they're likely to come and aid... Are they perhaps protecting a nest?"
01[21:36] <Seira> If calling upon Stoneskin will make bad things happen to her, Seira wishes to know in advance, activating it as she flies ten few feet up!
[21:36] <Alicia> "It sounds like it," Alicia agrees, "Maybe we should back off a bit after all?" She flies up another ten feet to be on the safe side.
[21:36] <Anastasia> As Demedais speaks, the light ahead is broken! The thumping grows louder! 120 feet away, five of them break forth! A massive line of huge lizards! Each is absolutely huge, with pulsing yellow veins showing beneath slightly transparent skin. They have gigantic maws with teeth the size of fullblades! They have tiny little forearms, hanging uselessly from their body! With a roar, they charge ahead!
[21:37] <Anastasia> OOC: Make c aster level cehck, Seira, then let's do init.
06[21:37] * Demedais nods slightly, about to motion the group back before he sees the group approach. "Ah, hell. We don't have a choice here, I guess?"
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:37] <Anastasia> OOC: Is that the boot's CL?
01[21:37] <Seira> OOC: Correct
[21:37] <Anastasia> OOC: Spell goes normally. Let's do init here.
[21:37] <Anastasia> "They're..." Amaryl shivers, "HUGE!"
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[21:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[21:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[21:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[21:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 14." [1d20=7]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[21:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 1
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 1 and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[21:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 2
[21:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 3
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 3 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[21:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 4
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 4 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[21:39] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 5
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 5 and gets 8." [1d20=6]
03[21:40] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3=Demedais(15)>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)'
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 devotion
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 devotion and gets 4." [1d20=1]
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:42] <Anastasia> "Heeere we go," Donald stretches and cracks his neck, sword out, "Fall back to me if you need protection!"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Shoot on the run!" Seira cautions the archers. "Their blood itself is dangerous, and the bite poisonous, as if the rest wasn't enough!"
[21:44] <Alicia> "I can hold them back, but if anyone wants to get a shot in first..." Alicia calls, preparing to cast a spell...
[21:44] <Alicia> OOC: delaying
[21:44] <Anastasia> OOC: Seira's up.
01[21:45] <Seira> "Oh, okay then!" Seira exclaims happily, trying to summon a cloud of horrible death all over the enormous lizards!
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:45] <Anastasia> OOC: Resolves as normal.
01[21:46] <Seira> OOC: DC is 25
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:46] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[21:46] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[21:46] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:47] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[21:47] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[21:47] <Anastasia> A cloud of gas erupts out around the charging lizards! If it has much obvious effect, they don't seem to show it, sickened but still charging! Pollyanna falls thirty feet back, snapping off an arrow as she does!
[21:47] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[21:48] <Anastasia> roll 1d8+12+1d6
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d8+12+1d6 and gets 19." [1d8=1][1d6=6]
[21:49] <Anastasia> OOC: +2, she has +20 to range categories thanks to ranged weapon mastery. Irrelevant here, though.
[21:49] <Anastasia> Donald prepares, protective energies wrapping out around him! OOC: Donald activates protection devotion. Are you going, Alicia?
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: how far is the nearest edge of the cloudkill?
[21:50] <Anastasia> OOC: About 120 feet away. You guys have a lot of room to play with here.
[21:52] <Alicia> Since her own spell has far less range than Seira's, Alicia has to fly another fifty five feet closer and five feet up for safety before she casts.
[21:52] <Alicia> "Invincible barrier of my will, block all who would pass!" she calls, gesturing at the leading edge of the vapours and erecting a 20 foot tall and 80 foot long barrier of invisible force right on the edge to block any lizards trying to charge through the cloud and at the juicy morsels behind her!
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 inevitable CL
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 inevitable CL and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:53] <Anastasia> The wall of force springs into life, shimmering faintly at Alicia's command! A split second later, the first two lizards charge and smack right against it! The third lizard does the same! OOC: Demedais.
06[21:54] * Demedais pauses, watching the actions of the lizards for a moment... OOC: Holding, will go after the final lizard.
[21:55] <Anastasia> Amaryl falls back as well! The last two lizards repeat it, slamming into the wall uselessly!
03[21:55] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3=Demedais(15)>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)'
[21:55] <Anastasia> OOC: Deme.
[21:58] <Anastasia> Amaryl also takes a shot as she flals back!
[21:58] <Alicia> "The wall's twenty feet high, aim for their heads," Alicia tells the archers, not caring that the lizards can hear. They can't understand, after all.
[21:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+13
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[21:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d8+1
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[21:59] <Anastasia> An arrow grazes one, scraping across it's head! OOC: Deme, holding or acting?
06[21:59] * Demedais seems about to do something, arm raised, but then glances to Alicia somewhat sheepishly. "Right, wall of force. Can't act past it. Always forget that detail." With that, he sheathes his sword and draws his bow!
03[21:59] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)'
[21:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:59] <Anastasia> OOC: Hold up a moment, Seira.
[22:00] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
03[22:00] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)=????1=????2>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)'
[22:00] <Anastasia> OOC: Go Seira.
01[22:00] <Seira> OOC: Sad cloudkill roll up
[22:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[22:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[22:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[22:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[22:01] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
01[22:01] <Seira> OOC: DC still 25
[22:01] <Anastasia> As this happens, the cloudkill continues to rack the lizards!OOC: Seira.
01[22:02] <Seira> Unsatisfied with how slow this is taking, Seira decides to try and burn the huge lizards, using an old-fashioned fireball!
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 10d6 fire~
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 fire~ and gets 38." [10d6=2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 2, 3, 5, 3, 5]
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: DC 23
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, 24
[22:02] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
[22:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
[22:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[22:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[22:04] <Anastasia> The fireball bursts around the head of the lizards, charring them like coals in a fire! They roar in anger, a bit burnt, but not down yet! Polly stays at this safe distance, firing away en masse for now!
[22:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[22:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[22:04] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
01[22:05] <Seira> "Focus on the hardest hit so far!" Seira calls to Amaryl and Pollyanna.
[22:05] <Anastasia> But the arrows whizz by, clattering off hard skin! OOC: Donald.
[22:06] <Anastasia> Donald holds for the moment! OOC: ????es are up.
[22:07] <Anastasia> A sixth T-Rex charges ahead, coming from the light and running into the same barrier and cloud! But above? Another one comes, this one flying at 50 feet! It soars ahead, coming within 30 feet of Alicia! It looks like the other but with green scales all over it's body, bigger teeth, and scaled wings propelling it in the air! With a roar, a gush of gas and acid is belched at Alicia! OOC: Ref, Alicia.
03[22:07] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)=Lizard 6=Winged Lizard>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)'
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[22:08] <Anastasia> roll 6d8 halve this
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 6d8 halve this and gets 23." [6d8=6, 4, 5, 5, 2, 1]
[22:09] <Anastasia> The acid cloud rips by Alicia, singing her skin and the smell making her stomach complain! Nonetheless, her fast reflexes just lets her avoid acid to the face! OOC: Alicia.
[22:14] <Alicia> "Oh, you are kidding me!" Alicia complains, flapping her wings furiously and coughing as she sheds the acid quickly. "Alright, you want to play? Lets play," she glowers at the terrible dragon-thing, surging forward and spiralling underneath the airborne lizard and flying above the ones on the ground before she stops and turns back to face the acid-spewing monstrosity.
[22:14] <Alicia> "Mystra's grace, protect me from all attackers!" she incants, sweeping her arm before her and summoning another wall of force to pen in the ones on the ground and present a nasty bump for the flying one if it comes after her, which will hopefully result in it crashing atop its brethren and getting a lungful of poison.
[22:14] <Alicia> This wall is forty feet wide and forty feet high, Alicia herself hovering at thirty five feet.
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[22:16] <Anastasia> OOC: Where exactly is the wall in relation to the first one?
[22:17] <Alicia> OOC: it's effectively sandwiching the lizards on the ground, but it doesn't extend as far to the sides but does extend higher in the air
[22:17] <Anastasia> At that, another wall of force springs into being! The second lizard...
[22:17] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[22:18] <Anastasia> It staggers out of the cloud and to the right, working around the wall! The fourth lizard...
[22:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[22:18] <Anastasia> Follows the second lizard as well! The third lizard...
[22:18] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[22:18] <Anastasia> Runs straight back into Alicia's wall, bouncing off of it uselessly! OOC: Amaryl.
[22:19] <Anastasia> Amaryl stays where she is, "Those things are terrifying. Don't let them get close," she calls, firing off arrows from far away at the first one!
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[22:19] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+2
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+2 and gets 13." [2d8=4, 7]
[22:20] <Anastasia> More arrows are shot and fired, stubbing intot he arms and chest of the T-Rex, already wounded by several of them! It's still only lightly injured, despite fire and gas and arrow! The fifth lizard...
[22:20] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[22:20] <Anastasia> Follows the other two as well! The first lizard...
[22:20] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[22:21] <Anastasia> Roars around, going to snap at Alicia! But it gets a mouthful of wall instead of a tasty angel treat! OOC: Deme.
[22:22] <Demedais> "Oh no you don't." Demedais growls, gesturing ahead to summon a wall of boiling water to cut off the route of escape three of the dinosaurs have started using!
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 cl check
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 cl check and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Anastasia> OOC: d100.
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 22." [1d100=22]
[22:23] <Anastasia> roll 1d4
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[22:24] <Anastasia> No wall of water appears! Instead, Demedais floats up! He levitates 20 feet straight up into the air, bobbing up and down like an apple on the surface of the water! OOC: More.
[22:24] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 3." [1d20=1]
03[22:24] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)=Lizard 6=Winged Lizard>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)=????1'
[22:24] <Anastasia> OOC: Seira.
01[22:24] <Seira> Well, then. Slowly but surely the big, stupid lizards are getting exterminated!
01[22:24] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:25] <Anastasia> OOC: Go ahead and also resolve your turn while I'm BRB.
[22:25] <Demedais> "That... didn't work as anticipated."
06[22:26] * Seira tosses another fireball into the mix, this one slightly weaker than the previous one.
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
01[22:26] <Seira> OOC: DC is 19
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 10d6
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 and gets 34." [10d6=6, 5, 1, 5, 3, 4, 6, 1, 1, 2]
01[22:29] <Seira> OOC: Cloudkill DC is 25
[22:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[22:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:31] <Anastasia> OOC: Which bunch? You can get the two still in the cloud, or the foursome that's making a break for it to the side.
01[22:31] <Seira> OOC: Cloud
01[22:31] <Seira> OOC: Wait
[22:31] <Anastasia> "Demedais, what are you DOING?!" Pollyanna calls in utter dismay, "This sin't the time to flying!"
01[22:32] <Seira> OOC: Four? The larger
[22:32] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay.
[22:32] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12 DC
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 DC and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:32] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12 DC
[22:32] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12 DC
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 DC and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[22:32] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12 DC
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 DC and gets 21." [1d20=9]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 DC and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[22:32] <Anastasia> OOC: Oh wait, arleady said. Dur.
[22:33] <Demedais> "Blame the wild magic - normally I can't fly!" Demedais grimaces.
[22:34] <Anastasia> The fireball streaks out, slamming and bursting around the escaping T-Rexes! Pollyanna groans aloud, before firing more at the wounded, weakening first one!
[22:34] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
[22:34] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[22:34] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[22:34] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[22:35] <Anastasia> But all of her arrows whizz by harmlessly! Donald continues to hold, unable to easily fight at this range! The sixth lizard, hacking on the fumes...
[22:35] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[22:36] <Anastasia> It runs straight into Alicia's wall as well, doing little of note!
[22:37] <Anastasia> The winged lizard roars and turns away from Alicia, flying over and manuvering closer to the ground, only ten feet above it and 30 ahead now! OOC: Alicia.
[22:40] <Alicia> Oh, that bastard. No longer interested in eating her after she went to all that trouble? Alicia is furious! She's not really in position to do too much right now, though, so she settles for flying above her walls, climbing up to fifty feet above the ground and then forty feet towards the creature which was probably too clumsy a flier to even turn around anyway.
[22:41] <Anastasia> As Alicia manuvers, two of the escapees run out and past the wall, free now! They hurry ahead, stomping the ground hard! The second and fourth electric T-Rex come to within 40 feet of Demedais on point! The third lizard also follows, doing the same! OOC: Amaryl.
[22:42] <Anastasia> "T-They're coming!" Amaryl calls, "Seira, what should we do?!"
[22:42] <Demedais> "Stay calm." Demedais requests. "I'll try the wall of boiling water again. It might be enough to scare them off."
[22:42] <Anastasia> "Kill them, for Helm's sake! Or fall back, whichever!" Pollyanna snaps. "Can do you anything from there, Deme?"
01[22:42] <Seira> "Shoot and retreat!" Seira calls over to Amaryl. "I'll be right there!"
[22:43] <Anastasia> "Right!" Amaryl says to both of them! She hurries back another thirty feet, snapping off one arrow at the second that becomes two!
[22:44] <Anastasia> OOC: Strike.
[22:44] <Anastasia> "Right!" Amaryl says to both of them! She hurries back another thirty feet, snapping off a pair of arrows that become four as she does!
[22:44] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
[22:44] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
[22:44] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
[22:44] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+11
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 14." [1d20=3]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[22:44] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+2
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=6, 1]
[22:45] <Anastasia> More arrows thud into the dinosaur, only seeming to make it a little bloodied and a lot angrier! The fifth lizard follows them as well! The first lizard, meanwhile...
[22:45] <Anastasia> roll 1d2
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[22:45] <Anastasia> Goes to the opposite side, fleeing longways and out of the cloud! OOC: Deme, you're up. So's ????.
03[22:45] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)=Lizard 6=Winged Lizard>Alicia(17)>Lizard 2=Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)=Lizard 7'
[22:46] <Anastasia> From the light, a seventh ground T-Rex comes out, hurrying ahead...adn slamming right into the back of Alicia's second wall of force!
06[22:46] * Demedais grimaces, calling upon the wall of water again as well as his own protection devotion! "If they charge out, prepare to fire upon them!" Demedais calls out as he does this!
[22:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 cl check mark 2
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 cl check mark 2 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:47] <Anastasia> OOC: Where exactly is you rwall going?
[22:48] <Demedais> OOC: Pretty much thirty feet in front of me (and thus 10 feet in front of the dino), going from wherever it'd hit the wall of force on one end and extending out 140 feet from there.
[22:49] <Anastasia> OOC: Is it going - or | relative to you, basically?
[22:49] <Demedais> OOC: -, I guess? Dino | Deme, where | is wall.
[22:50] <Anastasia> OOC: It wouldn't meet the wall of force then, sicne the wall of force is ahead and that would run horizontal, when it needs to run vertical. It would put a honking big wall of hotw ater between you and the rexes, though.
[22:51] <Demedais> OOC: Sure, that works. I was thinking more at an angle, but that works too.
[22:52] <Anastasia> A wall of boiling water springs up in front of the lizards, a defensive barrier partitioning the battlefield! OOC: Roll your 2d4 for heat damage on them, then Seira's up.
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 2d4 I also have my move action!
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d4 I also have my move action! and gets 5." [2d4=4, 1]
[22:52] <Anastasia> OOC: Going to try to move then? Try by all mean.s
06[22:53] * Demedais tries levitating back five or so feet, to give himself a bit more breathing room.
[22:53] <Anastasia> But nothing happens! Demedais seems stuck right in place, unable to move his levitating body at all! OOC: SEira.
01[22:54] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:54] <Demedais> "Oh. Well, that figures."
[22:54] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[22:54] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[22:54] <Anastasia> "Dammit! Find some way to get down here instead of being a sitting duck up there!" Donald calls, "Or I'll have to kick all their asses by myself!"
[22:54] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[22:56] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
06[22:57] * Seira only needs to get high enough, and once she's twenty five feet above the ground, she tries to let loose with the strongest fire spell in her possession!
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[22:57] <Demedais> "Yeah, see, I would if I could, you know, move!"
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 18d6
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 18d6 and gets 72." [18d6=1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5, 6, 2, 6, 2, 4, 4, 1, 5, 6]
01[22:57] <Seira> OOC: DC 26
[22:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
[22:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
[22:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
[22:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:59] <Anastasia> The massive cone of fire scorched all of the lizards, dealing grevious damage to them at a downward roasting angle! They're still up, but burn and heat scarred badly! OOC: Polly.
[22:59] <Anastasia> Pollyanna aims at the second, firing off a flurry of arrows, "Dammit, just go down!" she calls!
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+18
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+13
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+24+26
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+24+26 and gets 62." [2d8=7, 5]
[22:59] <Anastasia> OOC: Er.
[22:59] <Anastasia> roll 2d8+24+2d6
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d8+24+2d6 and gets 38." [2d8=7, 1][2d6=1, 5]
03[22:59] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira(23)>Pollyanna(22)>Donald(18)=Lizard 6=Winged Lizard>Alicia(17)>Lizard 4(16)>Lizard 3>Amaryl(14)>Lizard 5(8)>Lizard 1(4)Demedais(3)=Lizard 7'
[23:00] <Anastasia> With a titantic THUMP, the second lizard goes down hard! Meanwhile, Donald advances up, stepping in front of Amaryl and Pollyanna! "If any of them come," he says to them, "Don't worry, I'll stop them!" OOC: Lizard 6 is up.
[23:00] <Anastasia> roll 1d2
01[23:00] <Seira> "That's the spirit!" Seira calls down. "Amaryl, bring another one down! I won't let any past me! Oh, and Donald is there too!"
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
[23:01] <Anastasia> The sixth lizard breaks to the side, running away from the party and into the forest in a hurry! The winged lizard roars once more, before doing the same! It's eyes lay on Seira, "Dra...gon..." It hisses in draconic, as it retreats! OOC: Alicia.
01[23:02] <Seira> "And stay away!" Seira roars after it.
06[23:02] * Alicia has no interest in pursuing them, instead flying over to join the others. "I thought they'd never give up... hopefully won't return in a hurry after that," she states, assuming the others will break as well now that the rout has started.
[23:03] <Anastasia> The fourth and third mimic this, the pack of T-Rexes retreating away! Amaryl trots closer as they all do, "That was so close!" The ground thumps lighter and lighter as they flee!
[23:03] <Anastasia> OOC: If none of you are interested in potshotting, we can just end the combat here since they seem in full retreat. IS that okay, or do any of you wanna go fight them more?
[23:03] <Alicia> OOC: not me
06[23:04] * Seira watches the lizards flee, glaring at them in what is hopefully an intimidating fashion!
06[23:04] * Demedais nods slightly, before attempting to move somehow!
[23:04] <Anastasia> Demedais tries to move, but nothing happens at all!
06[23:04] * Alicia heals herself now that combat is over, flying over to Demedais and offering a hand. "May I?" she offers impishly.
[23:04] <Anastasia> "Now then..." Pollyanna sighs in deep relief, rubbing her foread, "Demedais, can you come down?"
06[23:06] * Demedais grimaces. "I do seem to somehow be stuck in the air." Demedais grimaces. "Quite literally." Putting the bow back, he accepts Alicia's hand.
06[23:06] * Alicia attempts to pull Demedais down with her as she gently slows her flapping and descends to the ground.
[23:07] <Anastasia> Demedais seems stuck in the air! Despite pulling and prodding, he's not moving down to Alicia's efforts at all!
01[23:07] <Seira> "How about we wait a few minutes?" Seira suggests.
[23:07] <Anastasia> Amaryl giggles, nerves dissipating as she smiles, "S-sorry," she blushes, "It's just kind of funny in a strange way. All of thatn...and then you're stuck in the air."
[23:07] <Anastasia> "It's not funny!" Pollyanna turns to send a withering glare at Amaryl.
[23:08] <Demedais> "..." Demedais grimaces. "Since dispels here are risky, yes. And dear? At least I didn't fall -down-."
06[23:08] * Seira raises a hand. "Sorry. It so is."
[23:08] <Anastasia> "I'll second Amaryl." Crossing his arms, "You sure got stuck up. Gee, isn't that surprising."
[23:08] <Anastasia> "A small mercy." Pollyanna rubs her temple again, "Will it wear off with time? Any of you mages know?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "Of course it will."
[23:09] <Alicia> "Er..." Alicia jerks as Demedais remains immobile, her hand slipping loose and forcing her to spin away a little before she lands. "Waiting a moment might be best," she agrees, passing time by dispelling her own walls of force.
06[23:09] * Seira then considers. "Does this count as you falling so hard you fall skywards?"
[23:09] <Anastasia> Donald's snickering becomes full out laughter, "You're falling so hard that you defy gravity?"
06[23:10] * Seira flies circles around Demedais lazily.
[23:10] <Anastasia> "Will the three of you shut up!" Pollyanna's face is red, stamping her foot as hard as she can on the ground. "Enough already!"
[23:11] <Alicia> "At least there's no actual harm done?" Alicia consoles Pollyanna. "Hopefully he won't be up there too long..."
[23:11] <Anastasia> After a few minutes of waiting, Demedais descends down to the ground without incident.
01[23:11] <Seira> "See?" Seira asks, touching down next to him. "Harmless!"
[23:11] <Anastasia> "Thanks," Pollyanna murmurs. Once he's done, "Thank Helm. It would have been worse if those lizards got to us. Still, let's advance on before they want a second round?"
[23:12] <Demedais> "Annoying, but yes." Demedais smiles to Pollyanna at this. "And yes, let's. I was hoping they'd go for me up there - on eye level and all. Still, let's go."
01[23:12] <Seira> "Are you kidding?" Seira asks in surprise. "Unless they lick their wounds and recover spontaneously, another fireball will bring them all down."
[23:12] <Alicia> "Surely they wouldn't be so suicidal after the thrashing they just got," Alicia opines hopefully, glancing over at the corpse before continuing onwards to the light ahead.
[23:14] <Anastasia> Ahead the foliage thins out! Sunlight comes into the jungle! Ahead is a gently sloping gully, vast and wide! It goes down for about fifty feet, soft vegetation of all colors around it's bottom. But it's not a vast bottom but instead a lake! Dark blue waters stretch vastly wide, bubbles occasionally popping to the surface, full of color! About, several holes are dug into the side above the lake. Half eaten animals are about as well.
[23:14] <Anastasia> Half eaten animals are about as well.
[23:16] <Alicia> "I hope the ruins we're looking for aren't submerged," Alicia remarks, walking over to the lake and observing it for a moment before her eyes widen at the coloured bubbles, peering closer to try and see their source.
01[23:17] <Seira> "If they are, at least I can get us to breathe normally down there," Seira comments, although she doesn't look happy at the prospect. Instead, she decides to search for anything looking like a gnome-made entrance.
[23:17] <Anastasia> The lake is quite large, the other side difficult to see, so far away. You can see maybe about 20 feet into the water in your own vision, darkvision allowing Alicia to see the rest. It goes down more than sixty feet, the bubbles rising up from below, farther than Alicia can see. OOC: Make a spot check, 'licia.
[23:17] <Anastasia> OOC: Search, SEira?
03[23:17] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-195-243.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) has joined #dunes
03[23:17] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
[23:18] <Anastasia> Pollyanna keeps an eye out, as does Amaryl. Donald meanwhile goes to the water, "It's not safe to drink, right?"
01[23:18] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 35
[23:18] <Taishyr> "Likely not." Demedais shakes his head.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
06[23:18] * Taishyr then advances a bit and peers down into the lake in an attempt to discern anything. "Lagann sense anything deep down?"
06[23:19] * Seira indeed asks Lagann!
[23:19] <Anastasia> Seira spends some time searching about. She finds the various digs and caves into the side occasionally have broken eggs and shells. On the far side is a dug out hole, quite large and easy for Seira to find. In it are various bright colored stones and bits of metal.
[23:19] <Anastasia> OOC: How far does Lagann sense? Also, spot, Deme.
[23:20] <Taishyr> roll 1d20+31
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Taishyr rolls 1d20+31 and gets 41." [1d20=10]
01[23:20] <Seira> OOC: Detect Metal is 60ft
[23:21] <Alicia> "Some sort of really big fish in there," Alicia remarks, backing off and going to join Seira looking over the caves.
02[23:21] * Demedais (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-202-237.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
01[23:21] <Seira> OOC: Appraise on that stuff, 10 for 25?
03[23:21] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
01[23:21] <Seira> OOC: 27, sorry
01[23:22] <Seira> "An upstart dragon was here," Seira comments, claiming the spoils.
[23:24] <Anastasia> "Was it that flying lizard?" Amaryl murmurs, "Maybe it tried to emulate that, even if it couldn't do it very well?"
01[23:24] <Seira> "Maybe," Seira agrees. "It should try harder next time."
[23:25] <Anastasia> "Now what?" Donald asks, "Are we going to try going into that lake or what?"
[23:26] <Alicia> "Well, this seems to be the lowest point in the vicinity, so the lake is probably our best bet," Alicia muses. "Unless any of these caves lead further underground themselves..."
01[23:26] <Seira> "What if you tried making a hole with spellfire?" Seira asks Alicia. "To drain the water into the upper level of the ruins which might be below? Or divert it all elsewhere with a slope?"
[23:26] <Demedais> "Looks mostly like electric eels..." Demedais muses. "That might be best, yeah."
01[23:27] <Seira> "I could always try and find a way in, or we could attempt a blind teleport below."
[23:27] <Anastasia> Polly stiffens, "Electric? Like shocker lizards?" Her eyes widen a little before she makes look of pure disgust.
[23:28] <Alicia> "I'd prefer to avoid something so destructive without cause. Besides which, I'm not certain how spellfire reacts to wild magic," Alicia shakes her head. "Why don't we try exploring the caves first and search the lake as a last resort?"
06[23:28] * Demedais nods. "Works."
01[23:29] <Seira> "I didn't see anything in them," Seira says, frowning. "I know Lagann would hate this plan, but I'll try heading below after wrapping him up carefully. If anything bad happens, I'll tell Amaryl and you guys get to save me from horrible lake monsters. Works?"
[23:30] <Alicia> After a cursory examination of the caves is completed... "I'll come with you, Seira," Alicia volunteers. "I can ward us against lightning and I'm quite handy in the water."
[23:31] <Demedais> "Alright. I'll have Amaryl notify you two if the dinosaurs return while we're waiting." Demedais nods.
06[23:31] * Seira nods. "Then the only question is how long you can hold your breath. I'm not convinced I should call upon the spell of water breathing just for a quick search of the lake's bottom."
[23:33] <Alicia> "I can manage long enough for a quick dive," Alicia affirms, first warding herself. "Electricity, be grounded by my inviolate magic!"
[23:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[23:33] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[23:41] <Anastasia> Alicia wards herself...except not! Instead, a stream of butterflies escapes from her mouth, fying off into the air all around, a pretty rainbow spread!
[23:42] <Demedais> "...Yeah, see, it's not just me." Demedais smiles genially despite his words.
06[23:42] * Seira looks on appreciatively. "Pretty," she comments.
06[23:42] * Alicia stares wide eyed, her mouth open as the butterflies pour out before doubling over and coughing once they've all fled. "Ooohhh..." she wipes her mouth unhappily. "Bleah... did not need that."
[23:44] <Alicia> "Urgh... let me try again," Alicia sighs and repeats her spell.
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[23:45] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[20:05] <Anastasia> <Demedais> "...Yeah, see, it's not just me." Demedais smiles genially despite his words.
[20:05] <Anastasia> * Seira looks on appreciatively. "Pretty," she comments.
[20:05] <Anastasia> * Alicia stares wide eyed, her mouth open as the butterflies pour out before doubling over and coughing once they've all fled. "Ooohhh..." she wipes her mouth unhappily. "Bleah... did not need that."
[20:05] <Anastasia> <Alicia> "Urgh... let me try again," Alicia sighs and repeats her spell.
[20:05] <Anastasia> <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
[20:05] <Anastasia> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:05] <Anastasia> <Alicia> roll 1d100
[20:05] <Anastasia> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[20:05] <Anastasia> OOC: Besides all of your magical gear, what do you have on you, Alicia?
[20:07] <Alicia> OOC: As in non-magical clothes? Due to the climate I'd be wearing less than usual. A short blue tunic/dress and my underwear. Is much detail required regarding the latter?
[20:07] <Anastasia> OOC: No. I mean gear/items as well. Any backpack, or is that all in the hole?
[20:08] <Alicia> OOC: Oh, I'd have a flask of Evergold water on my belt, but pretty much everything else is in the hole
[20:09] <Anastasia> This time, nothing immediately seems to happen - but the little flask of water at Alicia's belt momentary pulses with blue and gold energies, whirling into it!
06[20:10] * Alicia pauses after her spellcasting gesture. "That didn't work either..." she looks down at the fragile clay flask of water from Sune's bath and unhooks it, pulling the stopper off to see what the strange magic here has done to it.
01[20:11] <Seira> "We'll get it right eventually, I suppose," Seira muses with a frown. "Want to take a break and I'll try the water breathing spell after all?"
[20:11] <Anastasia> The water seems to bristle and glow with powers unknown. It's quite pretty to look at. The insides of the jar look golden now as well, more like metal than clay.
06[20:11] * Demedais frowns. "Perhaps that's for the best for now?"
[20:12] <Anastasia> "It is rather dangerous to cast magic if you don't have to," Donald agrees, "I'm holding off unless I have to in battle."
01[20:12] <Seira> "Unless you need to go and help us out, and struggle to keep your breath at the same time," Seira points out.
[20:13] <Alicia> "Well... if it's been made more chaotic I can't complain. We won't know what happened till we run into a devil, anyway," Alicia shrugs and stoppers it for the moment, putting the flask away once more. "Anyway, I'm not so much worried about breathing underwater as I am about fish with electrical attacks. Still, I'm not so dense I can't take a hint, so further casting probably isn't wise."
06[20:13] * Seira snorts. "Alright! Lagann's as secured as he could be. Let's go for that swim?"
[20:14] <Alicia> "Just have to hope we don't look very appetising," Alicia nods to Seira, flying up to hover above the centre of the lake. "Quick dive to the bottom, look around then come back?"
06[20:15] * Demedais looks around carefully for any signs of the returning dinos before they go.
[20:15] <Anastasia> OOC: Feel free to make spot then, Deme.
06[20:15] * Seira nods, and dives into the water with a splash!
01[20:15] <Seira> OOC: After Deme's spot
06[20:16] * Alicia inverts herself and dives straight down, her ring of freedom of movement at least allowing her to scythe through the water almost as if it wasn't even there.
[20:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 39." [1d20=8]
06[20:17] * Demedais shrugs. "Nothing right now."
[20:18] <Anastasia> As the two dive in, they find the water feels funny. It makes their skin tingle and crawl as they are submerged.
06[20:19] * Alicia doesn't intend to stay any longer than necessary, speeding quickly to the bottom so she can take a quick look around before leaving.
[20:19] <Anastasia> As they dive in, "Mmm." Polly stretches her back out, "They're being aggressive and taking the lead today," her eyes drift to Demedais at that.
01[20:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 why is my skin all tingly?
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 why is my skin all tingly? and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 sure
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 sure and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[20:20] <Demedais> "Their talents are suited to this sort of investigation, as well as the encounters we've had." Demedais shrugs, looking back to Pollyanna.
06[20:21] * Seira proceeds towards the bottom, hoping Lagann would get a reading even if she doesn't spot any entrance on her own!
[20:21] <Anastasia> OOC: How fast do you two descend?
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: either 80 feet or 120 feet per round depending on whether I use my land speed or fly speed (Freedom of Movement says I use my 'normal' speed for swimming)
01[20:22] <Seira> OOC: I'll go below for 8 rounds at most, if that doesn't get me to the bottom of the lake I'll go back up.
[20:24] <Anastasia> The two descend two rounds! There's no bottom in sight, the lake as vast as one imagines! Bubbles surge up from below around them, as seen before. Sixty feet below, you get a good glimpse of something descending down further. It is a revolting, fishlike creature, several eyes and tentacles. A thick cloud of mucus or slime clings to it's skin.
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge to ID it?
[20:24] <Anastasia> OOC: Dungeoneering.
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[20:26] <Anastasia> OOC: Cor, again, what's your speed of descending?
01[20:28] <Seira> OOC: I don't really know. I think a half of my speed per round? Which would make it 15ft?
[20:29] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay. Then disregard the info I PMed yo uon that check for now. Strike my line, I'll redo it.
[20:29] <Anastasia> Alicia cuts down deep, traveling fast to freedom of movement! In two rounds she's made it deep into the waters, seeing a revolting, fishlike creature, several eyes and tentacles. A thick cloud of mucus or slime clings to it's skin. Seira, meanwhile, is descending at a slower rate. No sign of metal from Lagann yet.
[20:30] <Alicia> That looks horribly nasty, so Alicia chooses to give it a wide berth, moving horizontally away from it for eighty feet and hesitating to see if it follows before she descends further.
[20:31] <Anastasia> It goes down and out of sight. Meanwhile Seira descends a little further, another round past. Still no metal from Lagann, though she catches up 15 feet to Seira.
[20:32] <Anastasia> Meanwhile, "That may be true," Pollyanna goes to sit against one of the larger rocks here, "Do you think you could've defeated all of those lizards?"
06[20:32] * Alicia resumes descending herself, wanting to at least get a look at the bottom of the lake before she returns, unless accosted by horrible slimy tentacle things.
[20:33] <Demedais> "Would depends on the situation. I'd probably have a fair shot, but they'd wear me down greatly." Demedais shrugs.
[20:33] <Anastasia> Another round of descending shows Alicia something else - far to her left, she can glimpse something that stands out. Farther below and to the west, there's an area of very still, calm water.
[20:35] <Alicia> She'd really rather see the bottom of the lake first, but she might investigate the still water on her way back up. Down she keeps going!
[20:37] <Anastasia> Alicia descends another three rounds! She's still not at the bottom(The still area is closer, and it seems to go down farther than she can see.) Seira continues to descend, when Lagann says 'Metal...lots of little metal in water,' it speaks in her mind. 'West and down.'
01[20:37] <Seira> It should be within sight, and Seira tries to spot what he's talking about.
[20:38] <Anastasia> OOC: Spot, Seira?
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[20:39] <Alicia> This is ridiculous. It's as deep as the pit she dug in Halla! Idly Alicia wonders if another spellfire empowered servant of Mystra once wreaked havoc upon the local gnomes here... Pushing herself, she continues swimming, intending to turn and swim back up if she doesn't reach the bottom within the next dozen seconds or so.
[20:40] <Anastasia> Alicia swims down a little further! After the last move, she notices something. Far below, at the edge of her darkvision, she can glimpse what looks to be a vast muddy bottom.
[20:41] <Alicia> It's too deep to safely reach without magic she's not willing to cast right now. And actually searching the bottom would take even longer. Adroitly flipping herself around, Alicia surges back upwards towards blessed air!
01[20:41] <Seira> Drawn by the metal fragments, Seira swims closer to them, trying to determine along with Lagann where they're coming from, if they're not just floating freely.
06[20:42] * Seira tries to see the point of origin for all those fragments.
[20:43] <Anastasia> Alicia swims up without incident. As her lungs between to burn for air, her head a bit dizzy, she sees Seira searching about the dark, tingly waters.
06[20:44] * Alicia doesn't linger, swimming straight up without pause. She's pushed herself pretty close to her limit and any delay could prove a mistake.
06[20:45] * Seira turns around about the same time, deciding to return to the surface.
[20:47] <Anastasia> The two come back up for air. The air is refreshing and soothing, the others able tos ee the water color them like a rainbow! Alicia's hair isa honeyed blonde, her skin rippling between dark brown and black. Seira's form shimmers between gold and brown, hair tones inverted to white.
[20:48] <Anastasia> "W-what?" Amaryl stares as the two emerge, "Seira? Alicia?"
06[20:48] * Seira stretches out, once safely out. "What's wrong?" she asks Amaryl curiously.
[20:48] <Anastasia> "It must be more wild magic. See the colored bubbles," Donald points, "It's probably nothing serious...probably."
06[20:48] * Demedais blinks, before eyeing the water. "Any clue if this is what we were looking for, or is it just the Lake of Free Makeovers?"
[20:49] <Anastasia> "Um..." Amaryl blushes, "You're a different color now."
06[20:49] * Alicia splashes right out of the water and then flaps her wings powerfully to take o the air, shaking it off as she flies upwards and sucks in much needed lungfuls of air.
[20:49] <Alicia> She then notices her skin's changing colour, eyes widening in alarm. "Oh, Hells! It's more concentrated in the water! I'm not going back in there again!" she starts to fly back to the shore, doing her best to shake off the water as she does so.
06[20:49] * Seira glances at the water.
06[20:50] * Seira plays with a white strand of hair, observing her reflection do likewise. "I think I can make this white hair thing work," she states. "And gold is a very respectable color, isn't it?"
[20:54] <Anastasia> The water's top is the same dark blue. More colored bubbles continue to emerge out from it. The two drip with water, lines of the original color starting to show amid the altered tones.
06[20:54] * Alicia looks relieved at her colouring starting to return. "I doubt there's anything useful in the lake, even if there is it's far too deep to safely explore, and I saw a slimy tentacled monster down there. I'm going to fly up to dry off a bit more and see if I can see anything from above," she explains to the others before she takes off to the sky.
[20:54] <Demedais> "Right. Be careful." Demedais calls, before eyeing the water again.
[20:54] <Anastasia> The water continues to bubble as it always does. "I don't know," Donald says, "Alicia would make a cute blonde." With a glance at Seira, "Agreed?"
[20:54] <Anastasia> Alicia flies up into the sky! OOC: How far?
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: say 500 feet or so
[20:55] <Anastasia> As Seira stares there, bits of black begin to return. Meanwhile, Alicia flies up! Thew arming sun helps dry her, her body now a mishmash of her original and new colors, like a patchwork quilt. From above, you can see that this area of the jungle is quite colorful, more mundane green jungle stretching out in every direction. OOC: Make a spot check?
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[20:55] <Anastasia> Nothing stands out in the vast expanses of colors and then green to Alicia's eyes.
01[20:56] <Seira> "Hmm? What was that?" Seira asks Donald, finally leaving her reflection in peace. "She could make the blonde look work, yes. Or any look, really."
[20:56] <Alicia> Alicia grimaces and wipes at some of the discoloured sections of her skin in hopes they'll go away. She really doesn't want to stick this way.
[20:57] <Anastasia> "Either of you could," Pollyanna murmurs, as meanwhile, Alicia finds that her skin starts returning to normal as she wipes and dries them.
[20:58] <Alicia> Alicia spends a minute trying to fix herself as she circles above the lake, climbing a bit higher in the air as she does so. But finally satisfied both in her appearance and the fact that no structures can be seen from the air, she dives back down to join the others and report her findings.
[20:58] <Alicia> Or lack thereof.
01[20:58] <Seira> "So what freaky tentacled thing did we come across now?" Seira asks Alicia.
[20:58] <Anastasia> As Alicia lands, "Then what?" Amaryl holds a hand to her chest, as the women continue to slowly turn back to the proper colorations, "Do we risk the lake or do we try searching somewhere else. If this isn't it, does that mean we can't find it from the air and well have to do it the hard way?"
01[21:00] <Seira> "Well, I did find a possible something," Seira informs them. "There's traces of metal trailing up towards the surface. I'm thinking rust or something along those lines. Iron exists in nature, but steel doesn't, right? So it has to come from somewhere gnome-made."
[21:01] <Alicia> "It's possible, and I suppose the colouring is only temporary," Alicia seems slightly mollified. "Still, the bottom is extremely deep, we won't be able to reach it without magic."
[21:01] <Anastasia> "Well, if we try the lake?" Donald crosses his arms, "If water breathing wild fails or whatever, we go and find a defensible place to rest, or we risk teleporting to somewhere safe? After that, we try again tomorrow with water breathing and setting up? If spells to allow us to work better in the water are cast, we can probably deal with it okay."
[21:02] <Alicia> "Oh, the thing I saw was a really ugly fish-like thing with too many eyes and tentacles and a disgusting cloud of mucus surrounding it," Alicia adds for Seira's benefit.
01[21:02] <Seira> "Ah! Exciting! In a truly vile way," Seira says happily. "Aboleth it is. And the area has nasty side-effects for using magic, so if we fight it, we shouldn't try relying on spells."
[21:02] <Anastasia> "If not...that's a lot of jungle to search," Pollyanna agrees, "I'd hate to search it for a few weeks, come back here and find out this was right. If it's not it..." Pollyanna shrugs, "...hm. You know, I wonder if this water could be used to change hair color like just now..."
06[21:03] * Demedais nods slightly to all of this. "Pulling back, preparing for the dive and investigation sounds optimal.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Dunk your head in and see?" Alicia suggests to Pollyanna. "I don't think it'll let you choose what colour, though."
[21:04] <Anastasia> "Dunk Demedais' head instead," Donald starts to grin, "Imagine him with a glaring red or blue head for a minute."
[21:04] <Anastasia> "Donald, shut up," Pollyanna glares back to him, "AHEM. That was just idle speculation. Never mind it."
01[21:04] <Seira> "Maybe this water will make hair grow," Seira says sagely. "Or falls off. Dunk Donald.
01[21:04] <Seira> "
[21:04] <Alicia> "Well, we're going to have to go in anyway. Want to try water breathing on us all, Seira?" Alicia asks the half-dragon.
06[21:05] * Seira first tries to estimate whether the augmented wild magic effects on she and Alicia have worn off by now.
01[21:06] <Seira> "Okay, let's hope for nothing embarrassing happening!" Seira announces, trying to cast Water Breathing on them all!
01[21:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[21:06] <Anastasia> The spell goes without incident.
06[21:07] * Seira shrugs. "Let's go to the spot I had to pause at, and take it from there. Lagann will guide us!"
[21:07] <Anastasia> "Does this mean we're going into the drink now?" Donald asks of Seira, "Or was it just a test run?
[21:07] <Alicia> "Why would we wait?" Alicia asks Donald.
01[21:07] <Seira> "Might as well," she suggests. "When in doubt, go forward, all that." And with those words, she dives back into the water.
[21:08] <Anastasia> "Demedais, as much as I disagre---oh well." Donald shrugs as Seira goes in. "Charging ahead works, too."
[21:08] <Anastasia> Pollyanna stares at Donald, "You're sounding unusually reasonable. Isn't he, Deme?" She asks, approaching the water.
[21:09] <Alicia> "Remember to stick close everyone," Alicia instructs. "If anyone gets in real trouble I'll risk teleporting us out, but hopefully it won't come to that." At that she follows Seira into the drink.
[21:10] <Anastasia> OOC: Everyone's staying together then? What speed does that have the party move at?
06[21:10] * Demedais shrugs. "I thought we were going to prepare more, but very well. Let's try to stick together, at least? Everyone in, I guess."
01[21:11] <Seira> OOC: 15ft per round, it seems? Let's go back to the point I stopped at and follow the trail.
[21:11] <Alicia> OOC: 10 feet if Deme keeps his armour on, 15 feet if not. Assuming everyone can make their swim checks.
[21:12] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay. Just for reference, how long does water breathing last?
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: should be 5.6 hours each at Seira's CL
01[21:13] <Seira> OOC: 34 hours divided for all participants, so 34/6
[21:15] <Anastasia> roll 34/6
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 34/6 and gets 5.6666666666667."
[21:15] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay.
[21:18] <Anastasia> OOC: Also, any light source?
01[21:18] <Seira> OOC: I can see just fine
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC:I can glow
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: but it's not very effective as light
[21:18] <Anastasia> OOC: Polly/Deme can't, notably, so some light would be preferred as far as Polly's concerned.
[21:19] <Demedais> OOC: As well as Deme. Even if we can't really see anything beside another member of the group, it'd still be ideal.
[21:19] <Demedais> OOC: Also I can just light a sunrod, that'd be better.
[21:20] <Anastasia> OOC: Feel free to do so IC then. How far does a sunrod's light work?
[21:20] <Alicia> OOC: 30 feet bright, 60 feet shadowy
[21:20] <Anastasia> OOC: Thanks.
06[21:21] * Demedais lights a Sunrod right before he dives in himself!
[21:21] <Anastasia> As you begin to descend, "Demedais," With a mouthful of water gargling her words, "Let me hold that? My arrows aren't worth much down here. You can do more with free hands."
[21:21] <Anastasia> Pollyanna says, right after they jump in.
06[21:22] * Demedais nods and hands the sunrod over, redrawing his spear with that.
[21:23] <Anastasia> Thus the party begins to descend down! The rate of going is slow, about a minute per 100 feet. At this point, as the party begins to descend, they can see something rising up from the depths! Four amphibian abberations, the same as Alicia saw before. In gurgling Aquan, "Who are you? What are you doing in our territory, landbreathers?"
06[21:24] * Alicia has no idea what they're saying, although it sounds like the language she hears around Darlina's village so she assumes they are intelligent.
01[21:25] <Seira> "We only intend to pass through toward what lies beneath the lake," Seira responds in the same language.
[21:26] <Anastasia> As it's mouth emits clear, non colored bubbles, "You cannot pass freely into our domain. If you want to advance further, you must earn it."
01[21:28] <Seira> "But talking is free, isn't it?" Seira asks them. "If I might ask, who made you this domain's guardians? The gnomes, or their enemies?"
[21:29] <Anastasia> "Irrelevant, this is our domain. Consider your next words to be more relevant, landbreather."
06[21:30] * Demedais scans the area for chaos and evil while he waits for Seira to give sort of cue as to relevant actions.
01[21:31] <Seira> Straight to the point. She can respect that. "How does one earn the right to pass?"
[21:33] <Anastasia> "An offering to our exalted leader may suffice. He is an accomplished master of the arcane. Entrust an offering to us and..."
[21:34] <Demedais> "So, uh, what are they saying?"
[21:35] <Anastasia> "Good question," Donald says, "Are we going to have to slice 'em up or what?"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Give me a moment to translate," Seira tells the overgrown fish, before glancing at her allies. "They basically want cash for their great magely leader. I heard of mages amongst them. It could end up kinda bad, so I'm debating our options."
[21:36] <Anastasia> "Will they keep their word if we pay up?" Pollyanna asks, "How much do they want, or what do they want?"
[21:37] <Anastasia> "Yeah," Donald growls now, eyeing the overgrown fish, "If it's just a few potions, it's probably worth the risk. But damned if I want to trust something like that."
01[21:37] <Seira> "What is considered an acceptable offering?" Seira obligingly asks the aboleths.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Our sole objective is to ensure that we all get to the ruins safely and back. Tell them that we will also want safe passage back out, and in return we will not attack them or their ilk in exchange for some small amount." Demedais shrugs.
[21:38] <Anastasia> "Magical items and tools useful to a wizard. Scrolls, wands, so forth."
[21:38] <Anastasia> Amaryl sighs long, "Greed. Under the water and it's still greed."
01[21:39] <Seira> "Some wizardly things," Seira translates. "I'm thinking I'll make a counter offer. Since it's bound to fail, prepare for a fight?" Going back up doesn't really figure in her thoughts.
06[21:39] * Alicia nods grimly, not in the mind to support banditry by giving them anything.
[21:39] <Alicia> Really, how many visitors do they get where robbing people is the first thought on their mind?
06[21:41] * Seira nods back, and then points at herself. "Dragon." She gestures at Alicia. "Angel." Demedais is next, and here she says, "Slew several dragons single-handedly." Seira holds up her Resort afterward. "Ancient artifact of terrible power. I'm thinking, you'll let us pass or you're all dead and we beat your boss up and take his wizard tools for ourselves."
[21:42] <Anastasia> OOC: Make an intimidation check, +5 bonus? I have to admit that was a pretty good line and way to pull it off.
01[21:43] <Seira> OOC: Taking 10 would make that 40!
[21:43] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:44] <Anastasia> There is a pause amid the fist, and then in a angry, blurbling voice, F-Fine, but you know not the power you have i-insulted this day!"
06[21:44] * Seira just stares at them.
[21:44] <Anastasia> Under that harsh stare, ""Go down and to the west, into the still water. Y-you'll find what you want there..."
06[21:45] * Seira nods. "Have a good day," she says pleasantly, and waves everyone to proceed, herself leading the way.
06[21:45] * Alicia eyes the fish distrustfully as she follows after Seira.
[21:45] <Anastasia> At that, the four aboleth's hurry away!
01[21:46] <Seira> "Ah, the art of negiating," Seira says happily.
[21:46] <Anastasia> "Wow, that worked?" Donald says as he continues to swim down, "You scared those big fish-things off or showed them common sense or what?"
01[21:46] <Seira> *negotiating
[21:46] <Demedais> "A side note: the water radiates no chaos, they radiated a rather faint evil." Demedais shrugs. "For Alicia's sake, mainly; if we encounter them again a smite might work well." With that, he follows the group, led by Seira.
01[21:46] <Seira> "I told them the way things are," Seira relates proudly.
[21:46] <Alicia> "Noted," Alicia gives Demedais a smile. "I'd guessed from their actions, but I wasn't of a mind to risk checking magically."
[21:47] <Anastasia> OOC: Strike that, mistake there. I thought you were purely scanning the aboleths. There's still faint chaos everywhere.
[21:48] <Demedais> "A side note: the water radiates faint chaos still; they radiated a rather faint evil, but no chaos." Demedais shrugs. "For Alicia's sake, mainly; if we encounter them again a smite might work well." With that, he follows the group, led by Seira.
[21:49] <Anastasia> Thus the party descends down into the still waters for a time! A few hundred feet more down, the water still bearable despite the constant tingling. OOC: Who's on point here, by the way?
06[21:49] * Seira will be it.
[21:50] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a spot check then, Seira?
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[21:51] <Anastasia> At about fourty feet away, in the shadowy light that the sunrod casts, Seira notices something! It's coming up towards the party. It's odd - like a series of metal blocks, faces and limbs, free floating yet staying together. It moves with a smooth coordination, somehow...oozing? Very jelly-like in it's actions as it approaches the party.
06[21:56] * Seira thinks that this is where she'd want to call upon her goddess's aid, drawing the Resort.
[21:56] <Alicia> OOC: any knowledge to ID it?
[21:57] <Anastasia> OOC: If you're going to do that, let's just go into init then? Also, K:A or K:D, whichever you prefer.
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 K:A
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 K:A and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[21:57] <Anastasia> "The hell?" Pollyanna shakes her head at that, "What IS that thing?!"
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 init
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 arcana
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 arcana and gets 18." [1d20=7]
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 init and gets 19." [1d20=13]
06[21:58] * Demedais grunts, hefting his spear. "You two stick back?" he tells Pollyanna and Alicia. "Let us deal with it as best we can."
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 init, guess it's not friendly?
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 init, guess it's not friendly? and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[21:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[21:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+7 P
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+7 P and gets 14." [1d20=7]
01[21:58] <Seira> "A living spell!" Seira gasps. "Wow, those are so rare! Lagann, it's iron, can you eat it?"
[21:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[21:58] <Demedais> OOC: s/Alicia/Amaryl
[21:58] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[21:59] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+2 ????
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+2 ???? and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[21:59] <Demedais> "Living spell of what sort?" Demedais grumbles.
01[21:59] <Seira> "Iron... ish."
03[21:59] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Amaryl>Seira>Alicia>Polly>Donald=Living Spell>Deme'
[21:59] <Demedais> "I see."
[21:59] <Anastasia> Amaryl hangs back, watching, "A living...spell?! That's possible?"
01[22:00] <Seira> "Sure is! We fought one before!"
[22:00] <Anastasia> OOC: Amaryl's holding, underwater+arrows don't mix and she's not charging in melee after last time. Seira?
[22:01] <Anastasia> "This entire place should be opened up as an exhibit for Mystra's temple or your school, Seira," Donald observes, "So many bizzare magical things!"
06[22:02] * Seira prepares to try and sunder the thing as it comes towards them, waiting on Lagann to try and deal with something that should be right up his alley.
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: I'll AoO it or something if it tries to eat us, my action goes to Lagann
[22:02] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay, which power are you using?
01[22:03] <Seira> OOC: Is it possible to use Crafting to basically reshape it into something without limbs and faces?
[22:04] <Anastasia> OOC: No, that'ws generally for non-living things. This is a functioning creature.
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: How about tugging on anything loose in the thing to get part of it to fall apart?
[22:05] <Anastasia> OOC: With attraction? Okay, sure.
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: Cool. I have stoneskin, I might be able to take it.
[22:06] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[22:06] <Anastasia> roll 10d6
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 10d6 and gets 43." [10d6=5, 4, 6, 1, 6, 1, 4, 6, 4, 6]
[22:07] <Anastasia> On calling on Lagann's power, a rain of small parts of the oozing metal objects fly out and away! The problem? They're going right for Lagann, and Seira by obvious extension! OOC: Make a ref save?
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 I knew this would happen
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 I knew this would happen and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[22:07] <Anastasia> Seira adroitly dodges the metal, parts of it ripped away and the entire shape somewhat disfigured by the attempt! OOC: Alicia?
[22:08] <Alicia> "It's an abomination. The weave is damaged and disrupted here," Alicia replies to Donald, readying her blades and positioning herself alongside Seira. "I can only hope there's a way to fix it."
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to attack if it approaches
[22:08] <Anastasia> "Oh. Then should be eat the hell outta it?" Donald asks.
01[22:08] <Seira> "We'll give it our best!" Seira chirps. "It's possible, we've really learned a lot about that sort of thing!"
[22:08] <Anastasia> Pollyanna holds the sunrod and waits! Donald prepares, swimming forward to the front...OOC: It's up.
[22:09] <Anastasia> roll 1d6
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[22:10] <Anastasia> The living thing, whatever it is, seems to reform with a startling speed! As it does, it flows right over to Alicia, turning into a vast mess of ooze as it tries to engulf her! OOC: You can take your readied attack if you like, Alicia.
03[22:11] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Amaryl>Seira>Polly>Alicia=Donald=Living Spell>Deme'
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -8pa divine might
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -8pa divine might and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[22:12] <Anastasia> Alicia swings hard as she waits, but misses! OOC: It's moving into Alicia's square. Seira, you can AoO. Alicia, you can AoO as well, but if you do, you'll be in no position to effectively dodge it's attack.
[22:12] <Alicia> OOC: I'd rather make a reflex save
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 smite, +1 ignorance
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 smite, +1 ignorance and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[22:13] <Anastasia> Seira draws in power and swings hard, but her blow glances around the metal, missing! Then the ooze is all around Alicia! OOC: ref.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[22:15] <Anastasia> The ooze surrounds Alicia! In a moment, she starts plummeting! Or rather, an iron statue of her does! Alicia is sinking like, well, how a huge, heavy metal statue does in the water! OOC: Deme.
[22:18] <Demedais> "...what the hell?" Demedais mutters, checking for evil on the spell as he approaches and tries to stab it! "You two stay -well- back!"
[22:18] <Anastasia> "Aaah! Alicia!" Amaryl cries, starting to reach a hand out, before she quickly withdraws it!
01[22:18] <Seira> 'Can you do anything about that?' Seira asks Lagann mentally, slightly worried at the outcome.
[22:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 this is gonna get ugly, isn't it.
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 this is gonna get ugly, isn't it. and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[22:18] <Anastasia> OOC: No crit on this, but a solid hit.
[22:19] <Demedais> roll (1d10+11)/2 (+2d6 if it's chaotic)
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (1d10+11)/2 (+2d6 if it's chaotic) and gets 8." [1d10=5]
[22:20] <Alicia> A word of power is quickly uttered by Alicia before she's fallen more than a few feet, suddenly arresting her rate of descent significantly! She's still sinking faster than anyone else can swim, though.
[22:20] <Anastasia> Demedais hits the ooze! His blade bounces off, having little effect ata ll! OOC: Amaryl.
[22:20] <Anastasia> Amaryl swims back, "Alicia, can you talk?" she calls down.
[22:20] <Alicia> "Yes!" Alicia calls back. "I'll try to dispel it and swim back up!"
[22:21] <Anastasia> "Got it!" Amaryl calls back cheerfully! OOC: Amaryl's getting back as reocmmended. Seira?
01[22:21] <Seira> OOC: Asked Lagann something!
01[22:24] <Seira> "Demedais, can you emulate the effects of adamant?" Seira asks tersely.
[22:25] <Demedais> "With my sword, after a hit against something weak to it." Demedais replies. "Why?
01[22:27] <Seira> "Lagann thinks no other weapon stands a reasonable chance, and you just saw how it regenerated the damage from earlier," Seira tells him. She steels herself, before trying to breathe acid on the spell!
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:27] <Anastasia> OOC: What spell?
01[22:27] <Seira> OoC: Dragon breath, swift
[22:27] <Anastasia> OOC: No caster level check needed. Proceed.
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 acid+holy
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 acid+holy and gets 39." [8d8=6, 3, 7, 5, 5, 1, 7, 1][2d8=2, 2]
06[22:28] * Seira gestures for Lagann to try and assault the battered magical construct once more, hoping the spell would make it harder on it to regenerate.
[22:28] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15 ref
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 ref and gets 22." [1d20=7]
01[22:29] <Seira> OOC: DC is 24
[22:29] <Anastasia> A cloud of billowing acid engulfs the oozing metal, singing and burning it with acidic vapors! Pollyanna continues to be on guard! OOC: Alicia. You've fallen 60 feet already, the battle is at the very edge of your darkvision.
[22:30] <Anastasia> OOC: Hold on a moment.
[22:30] <Anastasia> roll 10d6
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 10d6 and gets 36." [10d6=1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 3, 4]
[22:30] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[22:31] <Anastasia> A moment later, more chunks of metal rip out from the cloud of ooze! OOC: Alicia, now you're up.
[22:32] <Alicia> "Come on... Spell of iron, be undone! Return my form to flesh and bone!" Alicia incants, attempting to dispel the transmutation on herself.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 wild magic CL
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 wild magic CL and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel magic CL
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel magic CL and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:34] <Anastasia> OOC: No CL check for wild magic needed there. For now, ask me if you need one before assuming?
[22:34] <Anastasia> Alicia's spell feels uninterrupted, but her iron body remains as the battle above fades from her vision! OOC: Going to do anythinge lse or is that it for you?
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: I'll try to swim up to maintain my depth if I can?
[22:35] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a swim check? Be aware of the -8 mod that iron body applies.
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20-7
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20-7 and gets 1." [1d20=8]
[22:36] <Anastasia> Alicia flails in the water, but her iron body makes it utterly impossible to gain any swimming momentum at all as she plummets down under the airs of feather fall! OOC: Donald and the cloud are up.
[22:37] <Anastasia> Donald, swimming ahead, goes to try and slash the cloud, staying close to Seira and Demedais!
[22:37] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+19 (-2 underwater)
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+19 (-2 underwater) and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[22:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d10+8 Gets halved
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d10+8 Gets halved and gets 15." [1d10=7]
[22:38] <Anastasia> Donald hacks in slow motion at the cloud, but his blade bounces off entirely! "Dammit, it's like hitting an iron wall!" he curses! Then the cloud...
[22:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d5
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d5 and gets 2." [1d5=2]
01[22:38] <Seira> "Risk a spells channel into that thing!" Seira instructs Donald. "Didn't you hear me mention adamant and magic?!"
Session Close: Thu May 21 22:38:49 2009
Session Start: Thu May 21 22:38:49 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:38] * Disconnected
02[22:39] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:39] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:39] * Topic is 'Amaryl>Seira>Polly>Alicia=Donald=Living Spell>Deme'
03[22:39] * Set by Anastasia on Thu May 21 21:12:37
03[22:39] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[22:39] <Seira> "Risk a spells channel into that thing!" Seira instructs Donald. "Didn't you hear me mention adamant and magic?!"
[22:40] <Anastasia> "I will," Donald looks back, taking the chance to try another potshot at the oozing creature!
[22:40] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 ref
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 ref and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[22:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 attack, not like it'll do much honestly
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 attack, not like it'll do much honestly and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[22:40] <Anastasia> But his attack of opportunity is a total failure, missing! OOC: Seira, wait until the AoOs resolve. That's also a hit, Dem.e
[22:40] <Demedais> roll 1d10+11 augh
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d10+11 augh and gets 12." [1d10=1]
[22:41] <Anastasia> Seira is able to move fast enough, avoiding the iron stream of objects and darting to the side safely! OOC: Deme.
06[22:45] * Demedais grimaces, dropping the spear a bit behind him as he draws his sword. "If someone could grab that as it falls?" A quick word of prayer after this, as he prepares! OOC: Drop weapon as free, draw weapon as move, Law Devotion as swift. This check out? If so, I'm taking a swing at it.
[22:46] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay.
[22:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -3 PA)
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -3 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[22:47] <Anastasia> OOC: Hit.
[22:47] <Demedais> roll (2d6+19)/2
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+19)/2 and gets 11.5." [2d6=2, 2]
[22:48] <Anastasia> The powerful blow again bounces off it's side, Deme's greatsword just not able to crack it's resistances...yet! OOC: Amaryl's up.
[22:48] <Anastasia> Amaryl swims quickly, grabbing a hold of Deme's longspear with both hands! OOC: Seira.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d4 forgot breath duration
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 forgot breath duration and gets 2." [1d4=2]
06[22:50] * Seira swims a few feet back to get some breathing room, a swirling orb appearing above her palm, displacing the water around it. She gestures at the cloud, and the orb of sound tears off the short distance towards it!
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[22:50] <Anastasia> OOC: Hit.
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 15d6 sound
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6 sound and gets 47." [15d6=1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 4, 2, 5, 1, 1, 5]
[22:52] <Anastasia> The still waters are disturbed as the orb of sound shakes the metal ooze! Vibrations break parts of the metal down, little shards raining about! Pollyanna meanwhile continues to hold, watching and waiting! Meanwhile, the battle is out of sight for Alicia. She slides deeper into the dark depths, her iron body unbothered and unbreathing. OOC: You're up, 'licia.
06[22:53] * Alicia gives up her futile swimming attempts for now and focuses fully on trying to return herself to normal.
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[22:54] <Anastasia> But to no avail, the enchantment not yielding to her attempts at abayment! OOC: That it for you this round, Alicia?
[22:55] <Alicia> Swimming is a lost cause, so she doesn't even try it.
[22:55] <Alicia> OOC: yeah
[22:55] <Anastasia> Meanwhile, Donald channels lighting into his blade, striking at the cloud, "Yaaaah!" he cries, "Fall apart already!"
[22:55] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+22 (-2 swimming, +3 for using shocking grasp on a metallic object.)
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+22 (-2 swimming, +3 for using shocking grasp on a metallic object.) and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[22:56] <Anastasia> The lightining crackling sword hits the ooze, but can't penetrate past the surface, between it's watery interferences and the toughness of the ooze! OOC: Ooze is up.
[22:56] <Anastasia> roll 1d5
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d5 and gets 2." [1d5=2]
[22:56] <Anastasia> Once again, the ooze goes to engulf Seira! OOC: This provokes AoOs from you three, though if you take it, you can't avoid the engulfment after, Seira.
06[22:57] * Demedais doesn't hesitate at this chance!
[22:57] <Anastasia> Donald takes the movement and hacks away at it!
[22:57] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[22:57] <Anastasia> roll 1d10+8
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d10+8 and gets 16." [1d10=8]
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -3 PA)
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -3 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[22:58] <Anastasia> Donald swings but can't deal serious damage to it, while Demedais plain misses! OOC: Seira, take our AoO or make a ref save your choice.
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 15d4
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d4 and gets 41." [15d4=4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2]
01[22:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 of course I'm dodging
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 of course I'm dodging and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[22:59] <Anastasia> Dodging again, Seira can see that the ooze is healing far too fast and quickly, restoring much of the damage done to it! OOC: Deme.
06[23:00] * Demedais grimaces and begins hacking into the thing, attempting to dissemble it at least in part!
[23:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[23:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[23:01] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA)
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[23:01] <Anastasia> OOC: 1 hit.
[23:01] <Demedais> roll (2d6+21)/2 bah to water
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+21)/2 bah to water and gets 13.5." [2d6=2, 4]
[23:02] <Anastasia> This time, Demedais finds his blade to cut through it without resistance! He does actual damage to it, able to penetrate it's toughened body! Meanwhile, Amaryl keeps holding and waiting! OOC: SEira.
06[23:03] * Seira breathes more acid on the persistent spell, commanding Lagann to strike at it once more!
[23:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15 breath
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 breath and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[23:03] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+15
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 acid+holy
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 acid+holy and gets 58." [8d8=2, 3, 8, 3, 8, 4, 8, 8][2d8=7, 7]
01[23:03] <Seira> OOC: Breath dc is 24
[23:04] <Anastasia> roll 10d6
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 10d6 and gets 35." [10d6=5, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1]
[23:05] <Anastasia> This time Seira manages to do some real damage! It's caught with breath flush on the metal, while Lagann rips out more parts! It's entire form starts to look shaky, "Keep it up!" Pollyanna calls from the sidelines! OOC: Alicia. You're continuing to sink, but not at the bottom yet. Doing anything?
06[23:06] * Alicia doesn't expect to hit the bottom for a long time, given how deep this wretched lake is. Hopefully she can fix herself before then... "Spell, be undone by my will!" she commands harshly.
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[23:06] <Anastasia> But again, Alicia can't seem to unweave this persistant bit of magic! Her body remains like a iron golem! Meanwhile, Donald channels another shocking grasp, striking hard!
[23:06] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+22
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[23:07] <Anastasia> roll 1d10+8
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d10+8 and gets 15." [1d10=7]
[23:07] <Anastasia> roll 5d6
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 5d6 and gets 20." [5d6=2, 4, 5, 6, 3]
[23:07] <Anastasia> His blade stabs into it, penetrating not much at all! However, the shocking energies disrupt it and make the entire thing twitch! It ries to pull itself together, as...
[23:07] <Anastasia> roll 1d5
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d5 and gets 3." [1d5=3]
[23:07] <Anastasia> It abandons the others and goes right for Pollyanna! OOC: You three can all AoO it if you like.
[23:08] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+19 Even if it's worthless, Donald would rather try, y'know?
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+19 Even if it's worthless, Donald would rather try, y'know? and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[23:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA) oh screw you buddy
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 water, -4 PA) oh screw you buddy and gets 26." [1d20=3]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 I'll try
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 I'll try and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[23:09] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+12 ref
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+12 ref and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[23:10] <Anastasia> Pollyanna isn't able to dodge fast enough! She is engulfed by the slime, sunrod and all! She plummets down seconds later, body an iron statue! The source of light vanishes along with her, causing much difficulty for Demedais and seeing! Fortunately, her descent is controlled, feather falled! OOC: You'll be in shadowy light this round since she only falls 60 feet. Go Deme.
01[23:12] <Seira> "Amaryl, get the Sun Blade!" Seira calls over to her girl. "Demedais will need some light!"
[23:13] <Demedais> "Damnit, Pollyanna! I'll be there as soon as I can!" Demedais curses, moving to approach the spell again! OOC: Deme haet water, 10ft moved.
03[23:13] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Seira>Polly>Alicia=Donald=Living Spell>Amaryl=Deme'
[23:13] <Anastasia> "Aaaah!" Amaryl scrambles, "On it!," she says,s winging the blade around her head! Light begins to shed from her and around!
[23:14] <Demedais> OOC: Hold on a sec.
[23:15] <Anastasia> "Demedaaais!" Pollyanna cries, "I feel so strange now!"
[23:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20 swim check to try and charge the spell (+8 to check from Str, -8 from ACP, no natural ranks)
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20 swim check to try and charge the spell (+8 to check from Str, -8 from ACP, no natural ranks) and gets 12." [1d20=12]
[23:17] <Anastasia> OOC: Success, it's calm water. Go for it.
[23:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[23:19] <Anastasia> OOC: Hit.
[23:19] <Demedais> roll (2d6+25)/2
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+25)/2 and gets 16." [2d6=3, 4]
[23:20] <Anastasia> Demedais charges ahead again, hacking at the living spell! He scores another successful hit on it, weakening it's form further! OOC: Seira.
06[23:20] * Seira snaps her fingers a few times in irritation. What does it take to put that thing out?! Powerful lances of light turn the surrounding waters to steam as she tries to spear the construct with them!
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+15
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+15 and gets 83." [3#1d20+15 = 29, 35, 19]
[23:22] <Anastasia> OOC: Two hits.
01[23:22] <Seira> roll (8d6)*1.5 fire
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls (8d6)*1.5 fire and gets 28.5." [8d6=4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2]
[23:23] <Anastasia> The ooze shakes all over, pierced by lines of fire! It looks wobbly and disorganized, but it's still managing to stay together! Polly continues to fall in the meanwhile! OOC: Alicia, you continue your descent. Trying another dispel?
06[23:24] * Alicia is sorely tempted to just stick up an antimagic field at this point, but it would only cause more problems than it would solve. Struggling with her now stiff and ungainly limbs, she continues her perhaps doomed attempts at spellcasting to get herself out of this.
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d100 45+
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 45+ and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[23:25] <Anastasia> This time, Alicia's body returns to normal at last! She can move again without being a giant hunk of metal!
[23:25] <Alicia> Shaking her limbs in relief, Alicia promptly swims sixty feet back up!
[23:25] <Anastasia> Meanwhile, Donald attempts to charge the blob as well!
[23:26] <Anastasia> roll 1d20 seeing where this roll is at before I bother checking his skill ranks
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20 seeing where this roll is at before I bother checking his skill ranks and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[23:26] <Anastasia> OOC: +18 swim before ACP. Good enough.
[23:26] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[23:26] <Anastasia> But despite closing the distance, Donald can't land another needed blow! Then the ooze...
[23:26] <Anastasia> roll 1d3
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[23:27] <Anastasia> It goes for Seira once more! OOC: DEme and Seira, you can AoO. You know the drill here by now
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[23:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[23:27] <Anastasia> OOC: If you're aoOing, that means you don't get the ref save, Seira. Also whiff, Deme.
01[23:27] <Seira> OOC: Are you kidding? Of course I'm dodging, my attack is +19
[23:28] <Anastasia> As Demedais misses, Seira manages to weave out of the way once more! The slime is now 20 feet away from Deme again, healing but still badly battered! OOC: Deme.
[23:28] <Demedais> "Oh for the love of...! Pollyanna, it'll be just a moment!" With that, Demedais attempts to charge again!
[23:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20 and gets 11." [1d20=11]
[23:29] <Anastasia> OOC: Go. Charge.
[23:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[23:29] <Anastasia> OOC: Hit.
[23:29] <Demedais> roll (2d6+25)/2
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+25)/2 and gets 16." [2d6=1, 6]
[23:29] <Anastasia> OOC: Pause there, work looms like a bad day.
[20:09] <Kotono> <Seira> OOC: Are you kidding? Of course I'm dodging, my attack is +19
[20:09] <Kotono> > As Demedais misses, Seira manages to weave out of the way once more! The slime is now 20 feet away from Deme again, healing but still badly battered! OOC: Deme.
[20:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Oh for the love of...! Pollyanna, it'll be just a moment!" With that, Demedais attempts to charge again!
[20:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20 and gets 11." [1d20=11]
[20:09] <Kotono> > OOC: Go. Charge.
[20:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA, +2 Charge) diiiiiiie and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[20:09] <Kotono> > OOC: Hit.
[20:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll (2d6+25)/2
[20:09] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+25)/2 and gets 16." [2d6=1, 6]
[20:09] <Kotono> > OOC: Pause there, work looms like a bad day.
[20:10] <Kotono> Struggling through the water as best he can, Demedais surges forward and once more hacks the metal ooze! It's parts hudder and crack, struggling between repair and ruin! OOC: Seira.
06[20:15] * Seira decides to test out the elven artifact at that time, getting a bit of breathing room once more, fishing out the trio of darts and imbuing them with arcane might before launching them at the living spell!
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 Summon Monster VI used
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 Summon Monster VI used and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[20:16] <Kotono> The darts transform into a potent bolt of arcane fire! It rockets through the air, but narrowly misses the globules of metal ooze! OOC: Is that it for you this round?
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: Yes, my humiliation is complete. Next batter~
[20:17] <Kotono> Pollyanna continues to sink lik ea barely controlled metal stone! OOC: Alicia, Donald and the spell are up. Alicia, you go first?
[20:18] <Alicia> While Alicia has long since sunk out of sight, the light of Amaryl's sword lets her clearly see things above, and what she sees displeases her. Eager to remove the 'living' from this spell, she maneuvers herself directly beneath it and heralds her return to the fray with a titanic pillar of raw magical energy surging up from the depths to consume its metallic form!
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 26 half
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 26 half and gets 66." [18d8=2, 1, 4, 5, 5, 4, 7, 6, 3, 3, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 3, 5]
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[20:20] <Kotono> Alicia shoots up! A beam of spellfire rips through the side of the ooze, breaking it apart further! At the same time, Donald channels his arcane power into another blow, swimming with expert skill and going to stab the rebellious magic!
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:21] <Kotono> But his blow just barely misses again as the ooze tries to pull itself back together! As it does...
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[20:21] <Kotono> It goes to try and envelope Donald! OOC: Deme and Donald can AoO it if they like.
[20:21] <Demedais> "Die, already!"
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA) diiiiiiie
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -6 PA) diiiiiiie and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 why not anyway, it's honestly irrelevant, but.
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 why not anyway, it's honestly irrelevant, but. and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d10+8
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+8 and gets 9." [1d10=1]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Actually, no, he's taking the ref. My fault there.
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref he'll need luck
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref he'll need luck and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Kotono> Donald is caught right in it! He struggles for a brief moment, but turns to iron and absolutely PLUMMETS down fast and hard! Meanwhile Amaryl keeps spinning the sunblade, sunlight filling the dark depths of the lake! OOC: Deme.
[20:25] <Demedais> "For the love of...!" Demedais grimaces, quickly attempting to dice it up and end this!
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) diiiiiiie
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) diiiiiiie and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) diiiiiiie
[20:25] <Alicia> Alicia sees Donald dropping towards her and quickly cries out a word of power to arrest his descent!
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) diiiiiiie and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) what the flying flip
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev, -2 Water, -2 PA) what the flying flip and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:26] <Demedais> roll (2d6+15)/2
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls (2d6+15)/2 and gets 10.5." [2d6=3, 3]
[20:26] <Kotono> Demedais struggles in the water as Donald's fall takes on a more sane speed! He manages to hack into it once, still struggling to wound the metallic ooze! "Aaaaaah! Get Seira!" Donald calls, "She's the one who'shalf everything, not me!" OOC: Seira.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Oh for crying out loud!" Seira exclaims, tossing the magically-empowered darts at the cloud of metal one after the other. "For making me hear such lame jokes, perish!"
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 greater heroism goes here
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 greater heroism goes here and gets 22." [1d20=6]
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 9d6 explode, dammit
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d6 explode, dammit and gets 31." [9d6=1, 5, 3, 5, 4, 5, 5, 1, 2]
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, thank fuck it's ranged touch.
[20:29] <Kotono> Seira lances it with pure arcane fire, managing to score another burrowing wound! But despite this it holds together, struggling to heal as it continues to envelope, coming closer and closer to the bring, yet not going over! Meanwhile Pollyanna continues to fall! OOC: Donald, Alicia and Ooze. Alicia, go?
[20:31] <Kotono> *brink
[20:31] <Alicia> "I'll dispel you two in a moment," Alicia says to Donald and Pollyanna, channelling a magic missile into Hell Striker and then hurling it upwards with magic to bolster its flight, buzzing up through the water in a wake of steam and slashing right through the creature that's giving them so much trouble!
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: any wild magic on whirling blade?
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: No, go for it.
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d8+32+1d6+6d4
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+32+1d6+6d4 and gets 52." [1d8=6][1d6=2][6d4=1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 18." [5d4=1, 1, 3, 4, 4]
[20:33] <Kotono> The ooze is nearly split apart! Only the barest thread keeps it together...which shatters as magic missiles rip it apart! The entire metal mess collapses into hunks of ill shaped goo, falling heavily into the ocean floor! OOC: At last. Free act.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Finally," Amaryl breathes out, relief in every word. "Are you two alright? Donald? Pollyanna," she calls down.
06[20:34] * Alicia catches her sword and promptly turns to Donald as he starts falling past her, swimming down after him and attempting to return him to flesh and bone. "By Mystra's will, let the spell be broken as its master!"
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel and gets 14." [1d20=2]
06[20:34] * Seira remains floating in place, relieved. "Alicia?" she calls below. "Need help with Donald and Pollyanna?"
[20:35] <Alicia> "Yes!" Alicia yells back, "If you can swim down fast enough to join us, this spell is a terror to dispel!"
[20:35] <Kotono> "I'll try," Donald struggles as he falls, touching himself as best he can!
06[20:35] * Demedais grimaces and swims down! "Will freedom of movement at least let them move to somewhere safe for us to remove it?"
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:35] * Seira nods, and makes use of Waukeen's gift to pull away from the others.
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 snerk
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 snerk and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:36] <Kotono> "DAmmit!" Donald continues to leisurely fall, as does Pollyanna, illuminated with her held sunrod!
06[20:36] * Alicia makes another attempt at dispelling Donald, focusing on him since he's deeper than Pollyanna right now.
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
06[20:37] * Alicia also has to swim down pretty hard to keep pace with their descent.
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: How fast can you swim down with Travel devotion, Seira
[20:37] <Kotono> ?
[20:37] <Kotono> As Alicia fails again, Donald tries to touch himself again!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 39." [1d100=39]
01[20:38] <Seira> OOC: It gives me +30 move, which is probably halved again or something in the water? I don't think it's explicitely stated.
01[20:38] <Seira> OOC: Erm, the ability to move 30 more feet, not +30 to move
[20:38] <Kotono> But the spell fizzles! "Try..." Donald rasps at Demedais! OOC: It's your normal move, I believE? That would be effected by the water. You can look upt the text but that's how I'm inclined to rule it.
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 snerk
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 snerk and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:39] <Alicia> "Come on... work, dammit!" Alicia curses as she casts, "I'm running out of spells!"
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
06[20:40] * Demedais nods slightly, and lets himself start sinking rapidly right near Pollyanna to try and catch up!
[20:40] <Kotono> As Demedais uses his heavy gear to sink, Donald stays the same before trying again! "This is ridicious! No wonder no one's ever been here!" Donald growls!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 snerk
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 snerk and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:41] <Kotono> But again, Donald can't shatter the spell that clings to him! As they continue to descent slowly, the waters get a bit colder. Alicia knows from her trip down that they're probably not far from the bottom at this rate.
[20:41] <Alicia> "Maybe everyone who's been here is buried at the bottom?" Alicia suggests morbidly, casting again with one of her higher level spell slots. Not that the power is increased, sadly. She needs to do this fast, otherwise he'll surely sink up to his neck in the muck below when he lands.
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, if you're going to act, by all means do so. I assume that in heavy armor you can sink down fairly fast.
[20:42] <Demedais> OOC: Ah, alright.
[20:42] <Kotono> But once again Donald is still steel, as he tries his own magic once more!
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
06[20:42] * Demedais catches up to Pollyanna, quickly trying to cast Freedom of Movement on her!
01[20:43] <Seira> "Can you stop their descent, at least, Demedais?" Seira calls down to the rapidly falling paladin.
[20:43] <Demedais> "I'll try! Let's see if this works..."
[20:43] <Kotono> Pollyanna struggles a little easier in the water, "It's helping a little, but..." She tries, "I still feel so heavy in the water!" Below, sixty feet away, you can see the edges of a muddy boddy. Thick goop rests down there, heavy mud.
[20:43] <Alicia> "Mother of all magic, hear my call! Still the tumultous weave and let my spell be done! Bonds of iron be undone!" Alicia incants desperately.
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
06[20:44] * Seira decides to risk it and cast Haste, to be there in time!
[20:44] <Demedais> "Can you try swimming?" Demedais asks quickly, looking to Donald worriedly.
06[20:45] * Demedais tries supporting Pollyanna in swimming, letting himself just float where he is as they approach the bottom!
[20:45] <Kotono> At last, the spell around Donald shatters! He returns to normal! A moment later, Pollyanna reaches the mud! Alla round is a sea bottom of mud, save for occasionally rock outcroppings here and there, spread out wide and far. Pollyanna starts to sink in the mud, but is able to struggle and stay more or less on the surface of it, Demedais helping with magic and body!
[20:45] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Seira casts haste, reaching faste rspeeds!
06[20:46] * Alicia immediately whirls towards Pollyanna as soon as flesh reappears on Donald. While she still has some grace, she quickly attempts to blast apart the magic on the archer! "Break the spell, iron fall away! Flesh be revealed to the light of day!"
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[20:46] <Kotono> The spell clings! Donald hurries over and tries the same, "Just go away," he calls, chanting in elven and draconic, calling on words of power as he touches Pollyanna!
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[20:47] <Kotono> But again, the magic refuses to retreat, as moving and double moving with haste allows Seira to catch up!
[20:47] <Kotono> Amaryl tags along, her sunblade put back away, everyone relying on the sunrod in Polly's iron grip. "Hurry," she says, "It's hard to resist, even with this magic! I feel so heavy!"
[20:47] <Alicia> "Dammit, stubborn dweomer! Your welcome has been overworn, I demand this foul spell be torn!" Alicia incants with all her might.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:48] <Kotono> "What she said!" Donald says, trying his last spell!
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
06[20:48] * Seira prepares to call upon the magic of Benign Transposition should Pollyanna begins to sink in earnest.
[20:48] <Kotono> No good! Donald swears in elven over and over, "Fuck! What spell is so hard that a dozen dispels barely scratch it?!"
06[20:49] * Alicia pauses for just a moment, taking a deep cleansing breath of... horribly wild magic tainted water. Shit, that didn't help her mindset at all. "It's the nature of this wretched place, magic doesn't work properly! So this horrid spell should take the hint and fall apart, too!" she gestures and incants some more in Pollyanna's direction.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[20:49] <Kotono> At last, that does it! Pollyanna returns to flesh, swimming out of the mud and into Demedais' arms!
01[20:49] <Seira> "Victory!"
[20:49] <Kotono> "...fucking finally." Donald growls low in his throat, "Fucking wild magic and fucking gnomes."
06[20:50] * Alicia sags, rather worn out from all that desperate back to back casting while swimming with all her might. "Thank you, Mystra..." she whispers gratefully.
06[20:50] * Demedais braces Pollyanna as she comes to him! "Damnit. Okay, everyone. Seira, Amaryl alright? Everyone else, what's our plan? We're at the bottom, but..."
[20:50] <Kotono> Pollyanna sighs in relief, "That was so damned close! That was a living spell, you said?"
[20:50] <Kotono> As Amaryl slowly catches up, she calls, "Well, we made it? Let's look around since it was so hard to get here?"
01[20:50] <Seira> "Our plan is to celebrate by searching for a way in!"
06[20:51] * Seira intends on doing just that, with Lagann to help.
[20:51] <Alicia> "If another one of them appears we have to retreat," Alicia states finally as she flicks her feet to follow Seira in the water, searching around. "I don't have nearly enough spells left to do that again."
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Roll search then if you like, Seira?
[20:52] <Kotono> "I'm out of dispels," Donald agrees as he starts to swim around, "I'm hurting on my lesser charges, too."
06[20:52] * Seira asks Lagann to focus on concentrations of metals, or anything unusual which might've been used for a reinforced door. "I agree," she tells Alicia, looking around herself.
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 aid sure why not
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 aid sure why not and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[20:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 right, aid as well
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 right, aid as well and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald aid search
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald aid search and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Polly
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Polly and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Amaryl
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Amaryl and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[20:55] <Kotono> As Seira takes point on the search, you approach various things in this zone of still water. One of them is an outcropping of rock jutting from the mud, a dark depth glimpsed as you get closer. But when Seira gets in thirty feet of it...she can't breathe! She suddenly feels weaker, cutoff!
06[20:56] * Seira flails in the water in panic, trying to get back!
[20:56] <Kotono> Swimming back a few feet, Seira can suddenly breathe water again.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Seira?" Alicia looks worriedly at the half-dragon at her flailings.
06[20:57] * Seira breathes in, then out deeply several times. "Anti-magic... I guess?"
[20:57] <Kotono> Donald shakes his head, "Wild magic and then anti magic? What the hell is going on here? Aren't both of those exceedingly rare?"
[20:58] <Demedais> "Seriously?" Demedais muses, swimming close but still behind Seira. "Hmph. Is the entrance perhaps past there, then?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "Alicia did mention the Weave was all wrong, right? It makes sense, if you look at it that way."
06[20:58] * Alicia attempts to see if she can discern the limits of the antimagic zone, her eyes glowing blue momentarily as she looks over towards the outcropping.
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: wild magic roll for arcane sight?
06[20:58] * Seira considers. "How about I check it out, and if I'm not back in a minute you pull me back with a rope? It'll be funny for most involved!"
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[20:59] <Demedais> "Hold on a sec, Alicia seems to be looking it over." Demedais comments. "Let her scan it quickly, but then that might be our best bet."
[20:59] <Alicia> "Hold on a moment, Seira," Alicia requests, floating up directly above the dark depth while staying at the edge of the anti-magic dome.
[20:59] <Alicia> She then looks down to see what she can see.
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Spot?
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[21:01] <Kotono> Alicia peers in! She can see it looks like a natural, rocky cave. It slopes downward. Bits of metal are lying about there.
[21:02] <Alicia> OOC: Can I see the bottom or does it go further than I can see?
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: It goes further than you can see under this poor light conditions.
[21:04] <Demedais> "Should I toss a sunrod in?" Demedais offers.
[21:04] <Alicia> "Please, the pit extends further than I can see," Alicia nods.
01[21:04] <Seira> "Can't hurt, probably."
06[21:04] * Demedais nods, swimming up to about where Alicia is before pulling out a second sunrod, activating it and dropping it in!
[21:08] <Kotono> The sunrod is tossed in! It illuminates deeper into the cave passage! About thirty feet past where Alicia saw, it splits into three different passages, one to the west, one to the north and one to the north-northeast, roughly. You're in the southwest part of the lake right now, as reference. Near those passages, coral lines the walls. Coral dotted with eyes, dark fish eyes that stare up at the source of light and follow it as it lands.
[21:08] <Kotono> dark fish eyes that stare up at the source of light and follow it as it lands.
[21:09] <Kotono> "Helm Ever-Vigiliant, this entire area is designed to give me night terrors," Pollyanna's face slackens into a look of contained fear, "Are those EYES?"
[21:09] <Demedais> "I... think so, yes." Demedais peers, bemused.
[21:10] <Alicia> "I thought Helm liked eyes?" Alicia wonders. "Anyway, just a second - I want to see if the antimagic extends all the way down." She then swims to the lakebed and looks for a handy pebble.
01[21:10] <Seira> "Demedais, don't lose to them! Use your eye-glaive to fight back!:
[21:10] <Kotono> The lakebed is all mud. However, one of the other rocky outcroppings has a few she can get.
06[21:10] * Alicia grabs one, then attempts to cast a Light cantrip on it.
[21:11] <Kotono> "That thing isn't SUPPOSED to have eyes," Pollyanna loudly insists, "Right, Demedais?"
[21:11] <Demedais> "This reminds me." Demedais blinks, before turning to Amaryl. "Could I get the spear back? It's a bit better on average for water fighting."
[21:11] <Kotono> The light spell is cast without incident.
[21:11] <Kotono> Amaryl offers the spear back to Demedais with a faint blush.
06[21:12] * Alicia swims back over to position above the outcropping, and drops her magically glowing rock down into the sunrod illuminated pit, aiming for the west passage.
[21:12] <Demedais> "Thanks." Demedais grins, before blinking and glancing to Pollyanna. With a frown, he glances back down at the coral carefully, trying to discern if they're fishes or actual eyes of coral.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Make a ranged attack roll? That's far enough where it poses enough difficult to require a check, I think, since you're aiming for one tunnel.
[21:14] <Demedais> OOC: Should I roll spot for eyeing the coral from here?
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[21:15] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, Deme.
[21:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 38." [1d20=7]
[21:16] <Kotono> Alicia throws the rock well enough! IT plummets down the western passage and turns out of sight. It seems to land not far out of sight, a turn even more to the west right after. The light winks out once it goes into the nati magic field, reappearing about not far from the juncture, just before the coral begins.
[21:17] <Demedais> "...Pollyanna, you are quite right, those eyes are definitely attached to what looks like coral." Demedais says, frowning heavily. "That is quite bizarre. I had mistook them for fish at a glance."
[21:18] <Alicia> "We should be able to swim past the antimagic easily enough," Alicia announces. "Just hold your breath for a few seconds. I'll go first," she proceeds to demonstrate, inverting herself and taking a deep breath before she kicks her legs and powerfully swims downwards through the antimagic to hopefully emerge on the other side safely.
[21:18] <Alicia> She'll know to breathe when freedom of movement kicks back in, since it's obvious.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 swim for when FoM stops applying
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 swim for when FoM stops applying and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[21:18] <Kotono> It takes Alicia a few rounds, but she swims through and finds her magic to work fine once to the edge of the coral! The eyes focus on her, so many little fish-eyes attached to coral, staring at her.
06[21:18] * Seira intends to follow Alicia in, taking a deep breath beforehand and then breathing again at the spot she sees Alicia do likewise.
06[21:19] * Alicia eyes the eyes back. "Sense any evil from them, Hell Striker?" she asks her sword, not wanting to risk using her own magical ability but trusting in the blade's innate knack.
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: The water is still, DC 10 swim check to get through, people.
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: I'll take ten and get through
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Donald does as well he has tons of swim, even with his armor. Scary.
06[21:20] * Alicia nods in satisfaction, her still blue glowing eyes sweeping the area ahead of her for any interesting magic.
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Polly's okay too.
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: Amaryl has +4 to swim, she can take 10 too
[21:20] <Demedais> "Alright, everyone else through?" Demedais shrugs as Alicia and Seira descend, taking the rear guard.
[21:21] <Kotono> Everyone gets through the dead magic field without incident, breathing safe on the other side now!
01[21:21] <Seira> "Well, isn't this homey," Seira mutters. "Let's try going west, first?"
[21:22] <Demedais> "Might as well." Demedais says, a comforting hand on Pollyanna's shoulder as he keeps an eye on the coral.
[21:23] <Kotono> As you get closer, you can see the western passage goes on west. The northern one goes on north and stays more level, while the north-northeastern one is narrower, but slopes sharply down, before rising up in a U shape. You can't immediately see anything past that U bend.
[21:24] <Demedais> "Can Lagann sense anything, or still not yet?" Demedais asks, trying to recall if the map had anything about intro tunnels.
[21:24] <Alicia> "It's as good a choice as any," Alicia agrees with Seira, starting to swim to the West.
01[21:24] <Seira> "Lots of loose metal, but I'm sure once that changes he'll let me know!" Seira says cheerfully. "And let's leave the obvious trap for last, alright?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "Obvious trap?" Alicia blinks, not seeing anything too obvious...
01[21:26] <Seira> "Narrow passage that angles and you can't see far into?"
06[21:26] * Seira grins. "Gnomes lived for that stuff!"
[21:26] <Demedais> "Heh. Whatever works." Demedais says, beginning to move forward.
[21:26] <Alicia> "I suppose, it's also quite likely to lead to an air pocket as well. But we don't need air right now anyway," Alicia shrugs, continuing West at a sedate pace.
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Who's going to be on point?
06[21:29] * Seira follows Alicia, on the lookout for nefarious traps and delicious metals!
[21:29] <Demedais> OOC: Uh, I'd probably be best either on point or in back. Seira, you checking for traps or anything as we go? If not I'll spot in front? Or Alicia can be on point with Seira right behind, that works
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: Alicia, me, Polly+Amaryl+Donald, Deme?
[21:30] <Demedais> Sure.
[21:31] <Kotono> Thus the party heads west! A half hour of travel passes. The walls start lined with much coral, but this begins to lessen out into more of isolated clumps. As the two travel...OOC: Make spot checks, Alicia and Seira?
[21:31] <Alicia> OOC: works
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: AS the party travels, even.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
01[21:33] <Seira> Seira's hand darts forward and grabs Alicia's, before the latter can proceed. "See that snake up ahead?" she asks the paladin.
[21:34] <Alicia> "Snake?" Alicia looks around, stopping immediately at Seira's prompting.
[21:34] <Kotono> Seira points it out! A dark sea-snake is almost invisible, hiding up against the passage wall. It's only 5 feet away from Seira and Alicia now!
[21:34] <Kotono> It's medium sized, curled up and spread out against the wall.
[21:35] <Kotono> "Snake?" Amaryl repeats right behind Alicia.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Just keep some distance and hopefully it'll leave us alone," Alicia suggests, hoping it's not insanely suicidal like those dinosaurs. She moves to the far side of the tunnel and inches past, her sword held warily in case the snake makes any aggressive movements.
06[21:37] * Seira intends to keep herself between the snake and Amaryl, letting the other girl pass before following herself.
[21:38] <Kotono> Donald eyes it as he goes past, behind Amaryl. The snake doesn't make any movements, laconically watching the party go past.
06[21:38] * Demedais quickly moves near Pollyanna, keeping himself and Pollyanna against the side as they go past, spear ready to block any lunges if the snake tries.
[21:39] <Kotono> The snake does not. The party passes by it without incident. It watches them a little, but soon enough turns away from them.
06[21:39] * Alicia seems pleased enough that the snake knew not to mess with them and continues onwards. "Hopefully it can find an easier meal than us," she opines.
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: What are you guys using as a light source right now, by the way?
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: Polly still has her sunrod? They last 8 hours.
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: That works. Continuing on?
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: YEp
[21:41] <Alicia> While she does press on, Alicia does seem a bit uncertain. "We've went more than a mile and found nothing. I wonder if we're just going away from the ruins?" she wonders.
[21:41] <Kotono> After about five more minutes of swimming, the party notices something. Lying on the rocky floor are three things that glitter in the light. Some sort of shiny stones on a glance? Two small, pebble sized ones, and one slightly larger one, about the size of a small stone. They stand out considerably in the light.
[21:42] <Demedais> "It's possible? I
[21:42] <Alicia> "Gems?" Alicia swims down for a closer look. Seira would probably know best.
[21:42] <Demedais> "It's possible? I couldn't tell you for sure."
01[21:43] <Seira> "I don't think we'll actually waste our time exploring these paths, even if they don't all take us to our destination," Seira pitches in, swimming alongside Alicia to get a better look.
[21:43] <Kotono> The stones are muted pink-ish. They're very shiny and smooth, yet have occasional bumps on them, black dotted points. OOC: Seira, you can make appraisal here if you'd like.
01[21:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 sure
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 sure and gets 23." [1d20=6]
01[21:45] <Seira> "It seems to be a rare precious stone!" Seira exclaims, gently poking at one. After checking the immediate area to make sure there're no traps around it.
[21:46] <Kotono> The stone is poked. It doesn't break or anything.
[21:46] <Alicia> "Three of them," Alicia nods approvingly.
06[21:46] * Seira triest to pick one up.
[21:46] <Kotono> The stone tingles in her hand a bit. They're incredibly smooth.
[21:47] <Demedais> "That's... something, at least." Demedais shrugs.
06[21:47] * Seira shrugs, and picks the rest up as well. "Moving on?"
[21:47] <Alicia> "Certainly," Alicia agrees, kicking her feet to propel herself onwards once more.
[21:49] <Kotono> The party continues on another ten minutes. Ahead, they can see an opening of sorts. Here there's a natural open space, several small connecting water streams from every direction feeding into here. Water flows from this way, flowing towards the lake rift. Lying about all over are several snakes, here and there. About a dozen of them on a casual glance, perhaps more. Lying about all over are sparking stones, just like the ones you saw earlier.
[21:49] <Kotono> Lying about all over are sparking stones, just like the ones you saw earlier.
[21:50] <Alicia> How many streams?
[21:50] <Kotono> About two dozen. Most are small and couldn't be followed at your current size, little feeding trickels. There are two that are big enough to allow access if one wanted to.
[21:51] <Kotono> "More of those precious stones?" Amaryl's eyes widen, "Just lying here? What fortune!"
01[21:51] <Seira> "Hi," Seira greets in Aquan, just in case the sea snakes happen to be sentient.
[21:51] <Kotono> No reply. One of the snakes shifts against a wall, coiling and bracing briefly.
06[21:52] * Seira doesn't act in any threatening way as she considers. "I suppose mage hand or telekinesis could help get those stones without actually disturbing those snakes?"
[21:52] <Alicia> "I can try mage hand," Alicia agrees, floating a safe distance from the snakes before she starts to cast.
[21:52] <Alicia> OOC: wild magic?
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Water snakes, hm?" Donald peers at them. "I remember there are snakes that live mostly in rivers and streams..."
06[21:53] * Alicia proceeds to pick up the gems one at a time and deposit them all in a neat little pile at the entrance to this open space.
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[21:54] <Kotono> Alicia collects about four dozen of the stones without incident. They glitter and sparkle in the light of the sunrod, just stacking up.
06[21:54] * Seira tries to collect them to join their brethen.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Oh yeah, I know these. These things are called River Winders. They show up just south of the jungle sometimes," He continues on, "I hear they have acidic bites, but they're pretty non-hostile."
[21:56] <Alicia> "River? Isn't this extremely deep for them?" Alicia asks as Seira collects the gathered gems.
[21:56] <Kotono> Donald shrugs, "I don't know that much about them. I've only heard about them in a book once or twice." As he watches Seira collect the gems, "Hey Seira, do they ring any bells? Know the answer?"
01[21:57] <Seira> "Seems like coral or pearls, but not quite the same as either," Seira admits, somewhat stumped. "I do think it's very likely they are sellable."
[21:58] <Kotono> "They are pink, like coral," Donald agrees, "Way too smooth to be coral, though."
[21:59] <Alicia> "Well, shall we go back and try another path now?" Alicia asks. "None of these tunnels look particularly easy for us to navigate."
01[21:59] <Seira> "It took us a long time to get here," Seira mentions. "How about trying one of the wider paths here, first, for a bit?"
[22:00] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia seems unconcerned, swimming over to the leftmost of the larger paths and heading inside.
[22:01] <Demedais> "Shall we follow?" Demedais shrugs, going after Alicia.
06[22:01] * Seira trades places with Demedais, bringing up the rear this time around.
[22:03] <Kotono> The snakes don't react. This passage tilts to the west and also upwards. A few snakes line it here and there, though noe react. After about five minutes, the curse goes to a 45 degree angle upward, th water current a touch stronger. More snakes, too. The way ahead is clogged by one in particular. This one is much larger, with green scales overlaid on it's body, ruining it's camoflague. Little, stubby scaled wings jut from it's serpentine back.
[22:03] <Kotono> ruining it's camoflague. Little, stubby scaled wings jut from it's serpentine back. It watches the party laconically, uncaring.
01[22:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 what is this winged snake
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 what is this winged snake and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:05] <Demedais> "Do we want to even disrupt these guys, or just head back for now?" Demedais shrugs. "I don't see a reason to meddle here."
06[22:05] * Alicia really hopes this isn't another draconic creature. "Excuse me," she says to the snake as if it could understand, wrapping her wings around herself and bracing her back against the far side of the tunnel as she attempts to inch past it without disturbing it.
[22:05] <Alicia> She then pauses at Demedais's words.
[22:06] <Alicia> "Well... I think more likely than not we're going away from our goal. I don't know where this leads, but I doubt it's anywhere productive..."
[22:06] <Kotono> In draconic, the creature burbles, "Fo...oood? Draa...gooonnn?" It looks to the party as if lazily uninterested.
01[22:07] <Seira> "The water has to be flowing from somewhere, doesn't it? And this snake is much like that lizard, earlier," Seira mentions, before switching to draconic. "Dragon, not food. Can we pass?"
[22:07] <Demedais> "Oh. Sorry. Right, forgive me." Demedais steps back a bit slightly, before shrugging - and then glancing to the creature. "Oh, hi. Hey, have you seen any large gatherings of metal or unnatural stone? Also, yes, she's a dragon."
[22:07] <Alicia> Unless this snake went on a strange arcane transformative journey like Seira did, Alicia can only conclude that some dragons have utterly no shame at all. Really, it boggles the mind and conjures up all sorts of unpleasant images.
[22:08] <Kotono> "Draagoonn..." It hisses out, stretching. It approaches Seira, sniffing at her. "Dragon. Dragon." It speaks in draconic all the while, "Draagon." It curls around her, "Dragon."
[22:08] <Kotono> "Are you..." Donald twitches twice, "Is that...?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "I think so," Amaryl murmurs.
[22:08] <Alicia> "I think you made a new friend?" Alicia raises an eyebrow, her lips twitching amusedly.
06[22:09] * Seira pats the dragon-snake happily. "Want to come along?" she offers to it.
[22:09] <Kotono> "Dragon." It agrees, curling up around Seira's arm. "Dragon. Treasure. Dragon."
06[22:10] * Demedais looks to Seira with some amusement, before glancing to the dragonworm. "Oh, my. You just made a fast friend indeed, both of you."
[22:10] <Kotono> "OF for...what sort of dragon...with a SNAKE?!" Donald sputters, "A SNAKE?!"
[22:10] <Kotono> Pollyanna starts to giggle, "I suppose dragons with magic can do all sorts of things? I daresay that must be a bored dragon, though."
[22:10] <Alicia> Since everyone seems happy, Alicia elects to proceed through the now cleared pathway. "Please Donald, just try not to think about it," she suggests primly. "It must have been terribly lonely, and it's not our place to judge."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Not our place? That's something the size of a house mounting something the size of my leg!" Waving his hand as he follows Alicia, "It's dick is bigger than the entire snake!"
01[22:11] <Seira> "Yes," Seira agrees. "It's not like it was a human mating with just about anything, be it ogre or whatever."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Dragon." The snake repeats, curled around Seira.
01[22:12] <Seira> "Dragon," Seira agrees, patting it some more.
[22:12] <Demedais> "Thank you for that mental image, Donald, however unneccesary it was." Demedais raises one eyebrow.
[22:12] <Alicia> "Maybe the dragon was a female?" Alicia replies wearily.
01[22:12] <Seira> "Bad thoughts! Stop!"
[22:12] <Kotono> Amaryl gags visibly, "Let's just move on? This entire discussion is scandalous and unappealing."
[22:13] <Kotono> Donald just shuts up as the party swims up! Another twenty minutes and light can be seen above! The party comes out in a small little pond in the jungle, a few little trickling streams pouring into it. It's relatively peaceful here, as much as a wild magic tainted jungle ever is.
[22:14] <Demedais> "Oh, what. Well, at least we have a far easier route in now?" Demedais grimaces.
06[22:14] * Alicia hauls herself out of the water and looks around, before looking to see what colour she is this time. "Well, back the way we came?"
01[22:14] <Seira> It doesn't look like this is their destination, so Seira asks her snake friend in draconic, "So where is exciting loot? Can you show me?"
[22:15] <Kotono> Shaking herself dry, "You know, if all else failed, we should've thought about it." Pollyanna says. She's as black as a shadow, while Alicia is neon pink haired and with red armor and skin. "A lake is going to have tributaries."
[22:15] <Kotono> "Dragon. Treasure." The snake agrees, "Treasure. Treasure home."
[22:16] <Kotono> Donald flops out on the side of the pond, "Maybe we should take this as a chance to rest up for the day?"
01[22:16] <Seira> "If it's your treasure, I can help you and add to it! But I need to find some exciting metals, first."
[22:16] <Alicia> "Rivers, sure, but this is just a pond connected via an unnecessarily long and elaborate tunnel system," Alicia replies to Pollyanna, holding a lock of pink hair and staring at it in disbelief. "Good grief, I'm only glad Marie isn't here. She'd love this far too much."
06[22:16] * Demedais glances at himself, before nodding to Pollyanna. "Perhaps we should have, but I don't tend to think in that direction."
06[22:19] * Seira is quite curious at how she would come out now, and also at how Amaryl would look with the fun water mixed into her skin and hair.
[22:19] <Kotono> "It's not really normal, no," Demedais gleams silver and purple, radiant. Seira is pure yellow-orange with highlights of blue on her hands, while Amaryl is flour white.
[22:19] <Alicia> "Anyway, if people are tired I suppose we could call it a day," Alicia agrees easily enough with Donald.
01[22:20] <Seira> "I'm not tired, yet," Seira says with a pout.
[22:20] <Alicia> "A caravan moves at the speed of the slowest horse," Alicia tells Seira. "We'll only press on if everyone feels able." She then looks around at the others, feeling quite spry herself.
[22:20] <Demedais> "If we want to keep pushing and people are tired, I can try lesser restorations. Though I don't know how effective they'll be here." Demedais shrugs, looking a bit tired but nothing hindering.
01[22:21] <Seira> "You know, I've been thinking," Seira muses out loud, agreeing enough with Alicia analogy to not bother arguing her case. "What if a green dragon perished in a horrible magical accident, and that's how his blood got into some creatures?"
[22:21] <Kotono> "I can go either way," Amaryl says, "I'll go along with the majority."
[22:21] <Kotono> "I'm fine," Pollyanna says with a little smile, "I've not even fried anything but a few arrows."
[22:21] <Alicia> "I suppose it's more palatable than the obvious answer, yes," Alicia nods to Seira with a smirk.
[22:22] <Kotono> "I'm a little drained, magically...but I can still kick ass," Donald smirks.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Let's go with that, then!"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Treasure. Treasure home," The snake says to Seira. "Treasure good."
[22:22] <Demedais> "Then I think we're all fine to do some more searching. Water breathing should last us at least three hours longer, no?"
01[22:22] <Seira> "Slightly under five, actually," Seira responds, before asking the snake, "Take me home, then!"
[22:23] <Kotono> The party swims back down! You go past the other snakes now, back to the center chamber where the snakes and all the stones lay. Here, "Home." The snake says from Seira's arm. "Home."
06[22:26] * Seira arranges the pretty stones they had found there back in a circle!
06[22:26] * Alicia looks on at Seira's actions before glancing to the dragon-snake and nodding in understanding. "They belonged to it?" she checks.
[22:26] <Kotono> "Treasure!" The snake swims around the stones, "Shiny treasure!" It starts resorting the stones about, in odd places and directions. "Treasure!"
06[22:27] * Alicia can't help but chuckle slightly at the serpent's actions. "It's almost cute like this."
[22:27] <Kotono> "It is!" Amaryl claps her hands together, "Seira..." she looks long to her.
[22:28] <Kotono> "Oh for..." Donald just shakes his head, drifting towards Demedais. Whispering, "Do you believe this, either?"
01[22:28] <Seira> The dragon-snake seems to understand shapes reasonably enough, and Seira decides to try and write a few gnomish symbols on the ground. "Did you see anything like that here?" she asks it.
[22:29] <Demedais> "I've seen weirder. ...Much to my chagrin." Demedais replies.
[22:29] <Kotono> The snake struggles for several moments, "End." it says at last, "End."
[22:29] <Kotono> "Seira..." Amaryl watches it with a growing warmth, "If it likes you so much...can it come home with us?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "Can you show us?" Seira requests with a smile. At Amaryl's question, she briefly wonders whether this snake can even live comfortably on land.
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: K:N?
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
01[22:32] <Seira> "And after that, want to come home with us?" Seira adds, no longer worried about the snake's survival chances.
[22:33] <Demedais> "...granted, this I didn't expect." Demedais murmurs to Pollyanna and Donald as the three watch.
[22:33] <Kotono> "It's...cute. It's mothering in a way," Pollyanna says, her words very slow and thoughtful.
[22:33] <Kotono> "It's something," Donald rubs his forehead.
[22:34] <Kotono> "Treasure. Dragon!" The snake wraps back up around Seira's arm.
01[22:34] <Seira> "I think that's a yes," Seira tells Amaryl, giving her a thumbs up.
[22:35] <Demedais> "I, uh, think it adopted you, first, would be my guess." Demedais smirks a bit.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Aaah!" Amaryl blushes and goes to pat it's head, "Seira, what should we name...him...or her? Is it a boy or a girl?"
06[22:35] * Alicia grins. "It is a friendly little serpent, isn't it?" she observes. "Much better than those foul natured lizards we fought earlier."
06[22:35] * Seira desperately doesn't want to check. "A gender-neutral name is fine!"
[22:36] <Kotono> Donald draws a long breath in and out, "That's true, but...nevermind. Just...nevermind."
[22:36] <Kotono> "How about...mmmm. What's a good dragon name, Seira?" Amaryl strokes the side of it's head, "Something it can learn in draconic?"
06[22:36] * Demedais muses for a second, before glancing around for chaos and evil with the spear, on a whim.
01[22:38] <Seira> "Umm. Yoshi?" Seira suggests, after thinking it over.
[22:39] <Kotono> "Well..." Amaryl smiles, "That works for now? It's a little plain for a real name, though."
[22:40] <Demedais> "Yoshitsune Minamoto?"
06[22:40] * Alicia gives Pollyanna a sympathetic look upon hearing Demedais's name suggestions. Hopefully she can knock some sense into him if they have children...
[22:40] <Kotono> "WE can name it and give it a life story later?" Donald raises his voice, "Aren't we supposed to be hunting gnome ruins, not wasting time here."
[22:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks long at Demedais, "Demedais, what sort of name IS that? That and Yoshi are nothing like names I hear in the Baronies!"
[22:41] <Kotono> Putting a hand on her hip now, "I mean, really."
01[22:41] <Seira> "It's not a waste of time!" Seira tells him sternly. "These passages are all incredibly lengthy, but Yoshi can lead us right where we need to be!"
[22:41] <Alicia> "We're making a friend, that's not a waste of time," Alicia tells Donald firmly. "If only all our encounters could be resolved like this."
[22:42] <Demedais> "...I think it was a name from one of the books I read when young, actually." Demedais rubs his head. "And before you ask, yes, you get first input on kid names."
[22:42] <Kotono> "Why thank you," Beaming as she hugs Demedais, "That works."
06[22:42] * Seira gives them a long look. "Do you need to, you know? Pick out kid names? Already?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Yes," Polly answers instantly.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Ah. Congratulations!"
[22:43] <Demedais> "Not unless I-" A look to Pollyanna. "Apparently yes, bu- wait, what?"
[22:44] <Alicia> "Pollyanna, you should have said so!" Alicia blurts out, swimming over. "This is no place for a woman in your condition - I'll take you home right now! There's no telling what effect all this wild magic could be having!"
01[22:44] <Seira> "It's harmless! I checked and stuff!"
[22:44] <Kotono> "...no, not that!" Turning very red, "I just meant..." Suddenly looking between everyone, "I didn't mean that at all!"
[22:45] <Alicia> "Even then, what if she gets hurt?" Alicia looks reproachfully over to Seira, before pausing and tilting her head at Pollyanna. "You didn't mean it?" she repeats questioningly.
[22:45] <Kotono> "No, I meant that...I meant that we...nevermind." Blushing horribly now, "I just meant that it wasn't a bad time to think about child names when were talkinga bout names."
06[22:46] * Demedais exhales slightly, before rubbing the back of his neck. "Right. So back to names for the snake? Yoshi work for now, I guess?"
[22:46] <Alicia> "Sorry," Alicia looks abashed at having caused such embarrassment, backing off. "Anyway, shall we head back down the tunnel?" she suggests briskly, moving towards it.
01[22:46] <Seira> "Alright!" Seira says quickly, switching to draconic. "Yoshi, lead the way!"
[22:47] <Kotono> "Let's," Donald takes point! Proceeding back without incident, you reach the main juncture once more. Yoshi stops here, biting off a mouthful of eye-coral and swallowing it whole.
01[22:48] <Seira> "Here?" Seira asks Yoshi, unsure whether they stopped just to eat something or something could lie behind the corals.
[22:48] <Kotono> It eats a few other bites, "Food," it murmurs, and then looks to the north-northwestern passage. "End."
01[22:49] <Seira> "Well, that's where we need to go, then," Seira says, letting others take point for as long as Yoshi's near her.
06[22:50] * Alicia swims off in the indicated direction.
06[22:50] * Demedais nods, going with the group.
[22:51] <Kotono> Yoshi takes one more bite of coral as the party continues on! You swim down the u and go past it's bend! Upwards is a curved chute, the water ebbing and stopping after about 20 feet. Here the passage reaches a V point, but the way ahead adn downward is stopped by an old, rusty metal slab. Some sort of writing covers it.
06[22:52] * Seira decides to examine the writings!
[22:53] <Kotono> Coming out of the water, Seira finds that it's gnomish writing. They're old wards long since having lost power, as well as CONTROL BASE 4 OUTER RING enscribed.
06[22:54] * Demedais exits the water as well, examining it. "Control Base 4. This would be it, or at least part of it."
01[22:54] <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees. "Wards are long dead, too."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Can you open it," Donald gets out of the water, shaking his hair dry.
06[22:54] * Alicia gladly clambers out of the water and attempts to shake herself dry a bit. "Hopefully it's dry inside as well."
06[22:55] * Demedais nods slightly. "Get just inside, take a bit to dry off, and use this as a base for exploration?"
06[22:55] * Seira leaves Yoshi in Amaryl's care and checks the door for a locking mechanism of some sort.
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: Make a search check?
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
01[22:57] <Seira> "Lagann, we need to open this by force," Seira says, stepping back.
06[22:57] * Alicia decides to go back into the water while Seira does that...
[22:58] <Kotono> Donald follows suit, "You know, Seira, before you set that thing off. We're on a downward slope here. It that entire thing comes crashing down, we're going to all get a face ful of rusty steel."
06[22:59] * Demedais follows them back. "See Donald."
01[23:00] <Seira> "All I want is for Lagann to reshape the metal to make us a way in, like a small door."
06[23:01] * Seira pauses. "Maybe even reinforce the rest of it so it doesn't tumble down on us."
[19:17] <Kotono> <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees. "Wards are long dead, too."
[19:17] <Kotono> > "Can you open it," Donald gets out of the water, shaking his hair dry.
[19:17] <Kotono> * Alicia gladly clambers out of the water and attempts to shake herself dry a bit. "Hopefully it's dry inside as well."
[19:17] <Kotono> * Demedais nods slightly. "Get just inside, take a bit to dry off, and use this as a base for exploration?"
[19:17] <Kotono> * Seira leaves Yoshi in Amaryl's care and checks the door for a locking mechanism of some sort.
[19:17] <Kotono> > OOC: Make a search check?
[19:17] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+25
[19:17] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[19:17] <Kotono> <Seira> "Lagann, we need to open this by force," Seira says, stepping back.
[19:17] <Kotono> * Alicia decides to go back into the water while Seira does that...
[19:17] <Kotono> > Donald follows suit, "You know, Seira, before you set that thing off. We're on a downward slope here. It that entire thing comes crashing down, we're going to all get a face ful of rusty steel."
[19:17] <Kotono> * Demedais follows them back. "See Donald."
[19:17] <Kotono> <Seira> "All I want is for Lagann to reshape the metal to make us a way in, like a small door."
[19:17] <Kotono> * Seira pauses. "Maybe even reinforce the rest of it so it doesn't tumble down on us."
[19:18] <Kotono> So willing, Seira has Lagann work on the heavy iron door! The rusty metal half crumbles as a human sized door forms in it, the rest of it groaning but holding in place!
01[19:19] <Seira> "Good enough for me!" Seira announces, proceeding cautiously through the opening.
[19:19] <Alicia> With the path safely opened, Alicia climbs back out of the water, shakes herself off once more, and follows Seira.
[19:20] <Kotono> Ahead, the V slope doesn't descent. Instead it abruptly meets old, worked stone floor. Ahead is a small chamber, maybe twenty feet wide and thirty long. It ends in an elevator, close topped and waiting.
06[19:20] * Demedais lets Alicia and Seira taking the lead, keeping five feet behind the other three as he peers about.
[19:21] <Demedais> "This looks like a decent place to have a camp set up once we're done exploring for the day. Assuming, of course, the lift doesn't backfire when we try to use it."
06[19:21] * Seira checks the elevator for traps, before proceeding towards it!
[19:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 45." [1d20=14]
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: Search then, Seira?
01[19:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[19:22] <Alicia> "Ahh, gnomish elevator, we meet again," Alicia opines dryly.
[19:22] <Kotono> Donald shudders, "In the name of Lathander, I hope we don't end up in another blizzard."
01[19:23] <Seira> "They look like really cheap construction," Seira agrees, "but then you realize they were all made thousands of years ago and had zero upkeep, and suddenly they become awesome!"
[19:23] <Kotono> "The gnomes know to make things durable. I saw that axe Rods carried around. That was made by the gnomes and it's still a vicious weapon," Pollyanna trots along behind Demedais.
[19:23] <Demedais> "Hold on a second." Demedais says, walking over to within 15 feet of the shadowy corner as he continues to look. "There's a crevasse here. Wonder if it leads somewhere?"
06[19:24] * Alicia wanders over to take a look down the crevasse.
[19:24] <Kotono> In the corner is a slight overlap of stone. It's exceedingly subtle and smooth, but it hides a tiny crevasse in the wall. It would take some squeezing and hard work, but one could squeeze through it and follow it. Notably, the stone inside isn't natural - it's very old but it's smootha nd worked.
[19:26] <Alicia> "Gnomes were a lot smaller than us, but considering most of their structures seem built for a human to walk around easily you don't really notice much," Alicia observes as she peers down the crevasse. "How about the lift? Does it look safe to you, Seira?"
[19:27] <Kotono> "I have some training in escaping bonds and squeezing into hard places," Pollyanna trots along, "I can get in there if no one else can."
01[19:27] <Seira> "Yeah. I could probably also--" Seira pauses, and looks at Pollyanna longer than perhaps necessary.
[19:29] <Demedais> "Odd." Demedais muses, looking at the crevasse. "I can prepare a few spells that'll make its exploration easier, as well. Perhaps we should wait until later, then?"
01[19:30] <Seira> "But why?" Seira asks curiously. "It's way too early to rest! And Alicia should have that spell handy, too, if no one else."
[19:30] <Alicia> "I could turn into a mephit or something and explore it easily enough," Alicia shrugs. "For now lets try the lift so we all stick together, though? We can come back here later."
[19:31] <Demedais> "I was going to suggest the lift, yes, Seira." Demedais nods.
01[19:33] <Seira> "Elevator of doom it is, then," Seira declares, stepping on its surface.
06[19:34] * Demedais moves on as well, grasping the cord attaching it as usual.
06[19:34] * Alicia heads on after Seira, keeping the spell of feather fall in mind in case it's needed.
[19:36] <Kotono> Thus the party moves into the elevator! Indeed, there is a simple pull cord to move it down. It waits to be yanked, perhaps to send heroes into the ruins...or perhaps to doom?
[19:36] <Alicia> Trusting Seira's appraisal of the elevator's functionality, Alicia gives the cord a tug.
[19:37] <Kotono> The elevator moves down! It slowly goes down, a faint creak as it does so. However, the trip is smooth...for a little bit. But abruptly, the elevator stops.
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: GAh.
[19:38] <Kotono> The elevator moves down! It slowly goes down, a faint creak as it does so. However, the trip is smooth...for a little bit. But abruptly, the elevator stops. You are between walls, the party all crowded into the elevator. No exit is visible.
06[19:39] * Seira gives the mechanism another check, in case she missed something earlier!
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[19:39] <Alicia> "Oh, lovely... and not even an escape hatch or trapdoor..." Alicia looks up and down. "Well, do we either risk cutting hole out or do we risk teleporting out?"
[19:39] <Kotono> It's a simple level to use the elevator. It looks to have been activated as per normal, though anyone who say Alicia tug it could say that.
[19:40] <Demedais> "I cut a hole in the corner, boost Seira through?" Demedais shrugs.
01[19:40] <Seira> "You have feather fall ready, right?" Seira asks Alicia, hand on the lever. "We can just try to use it again and see what happens."
[19:40] <Kotono> Foosh! In a moment, both side walls vanish! There are ten foot long and wide recesses on each wall! Each one has a single creature in it - made of black matte metal, skulled shaped head and the size of a human! WIthout a word, the strange metal creatures are advancing on you!
[19:41] <Alicia> "If you like," Alicia nods to Seira. "The spell seems to work well enough even with the... oh," Alicia stops. "Well, now. I doubt they're friendly..." she draws her sword in a smooth movement.
06[19:41] * Demedais quickly sheathes the spear for the sword here. "How lovely. I guess the elevator was a trap."
[19:42] <Kotono> "Ah damn. Stay between us, girls!" Donald calls over hsi shoulder to Amaryl. "We can protect you from both sides if needed!" OOC: Let's do init, since yeah, trappings.
01[19:42] <Seira> Resort drawn, Seira grins. "You're just in time, my defensive spell was about to run out!" she announces cheerfully to the no-doubt nasty protectors.
[19:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[19:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 A
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 P
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 P and gets 25." [1d20=18]
01[19:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 D
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 D and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Iron 1
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Iron 1 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Iron 2
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Iron 2 and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[19:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????1
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ????1 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[19:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????2
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ????2 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[19:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????3
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ????3 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[19:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????4
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ????4 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
03[19:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)'
03[19:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)=????3>Iron Man 2(22)>????1(21)>????2(19)>Seira(17)>Iron man 1(15)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=????4>Donald(8)'
[19:45] <Kotono> Pollyanna immediately positions behind Demedais, shooting at the first one while using Demedais as safe cover!
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[19:46] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12+1d6
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12+1d6 and gets 22." [1d8=5][1d6=5]
[19:48] <Kotono> The creature has most of the arrows bounce off it's matte black construction, but one manages to drive a flaming bolt into what passes for it's hand, a long tapered claw! A moment later, a howling voice is heard! It appears right at Alicia's side, reaching up through the floor with only it's midbody visible! It looks more or less like a ghostly elf, groaning as it tries to touch her!
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC flatfooted, Alicia?
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC flatfooted, Alicia? and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: 10
03[19:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)=Ghostman 1>Iron Man 2(22)>????1(21)>????2(19)>Seira(17)>Iron man 1(15)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=????4>Donald(8)'
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8 and 2 negative levels
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and 2 negative levels and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[19:49] <Kotono> The touch gets Alicia before she can react! It weakens her very spirit, as if her life force was stolen away! The second iron man pounces forward, going to engage Donald brashly!
[19:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[19:50] <Kotono> roll 2d6+7
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+7 and gets 14." [2d6=5, 2]
[19:51] <Alicia> "Ahhh!" Alicia cries in surprise, her spirit sapped away at. "Their touch drains the lifeforce! Everyone stay close, I'll have to get us out of here or else we won't be able to leave at all!"
[19:51] <Kotono> Donald almost moves fast enough to block the blow, but the black metalman clubs him in the arm instead! He grimaces, sword lashing out as it flares with arcane fire! A split second later, another howling ghost appears, this time at Pollyanna's side and above her, reaching downa t her head depsite the ceiling bisecting it's ghostly body!
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 touch
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 touch and gets 10." [1d20=3]
03[19:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)=Ghostman 1>Iron Man 2(22)>Ghostman 2(21)>????2(19)>Seira(17)>Iron man 1(15)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=????4>Donald(8)'
[19:52] <Kotono> Pollyanna is already moving, diving to Deme's side and brandishing her bow in defense, "Dammit! Undead! Can you drive them off, Deme?" A third then appears, this one menacing Donald, appearing next to the black metal man!
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 sorry, -1 to the polly roll though it doesn't matter
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 sorry, -1 to the polly roll though it doesn't matter and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[19:53] <Kotono> Guardianil glows white, the hand of the ghostly creature repulsed away from Donald's face! OOC: Seira.
03[19:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)=Ghostman 1>Iron Man 2(22)>Ghostman 2(21)>Ghostman 3(19)>Seira(17)>Iron man 1(15)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=????4>Donald(8)'
[19:54] <Demedais> "I can try...!" Demedais grimaces. "Better than nothing, at least!"
[19:54] <Alicia> OOC: +3 on turning checks thanks to consecrated presence
01[19:55] <Seira> "Right!" Seira calls back to Alicia. "Amaryl, draw towards Alicia and try the Sun Blade to clear the enemies around her!" For her part, she's near enough to try and destroy the undead menaching Alicia!
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. d100 on each hit.
01[19:56] <Seira> roll 4#1d100
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d100 and gets 205." [4#1d100 = 38, 80, 19, 68]
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: First and third connect.
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: ER, second and fourth.
01[19:56] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+1d6+2
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+1d6+2 and gets 29." [3d8=2, 6, 7][1d6=3]
[19:57] <Kotono> Seira is able to tear twice into the ghost, ripping it's undead flesh and weakening it! The elf howls in pain and misery, "Free...us..." it manages, even while menacing Alicia! OOC: Iron man 1 is up.
[19:58] <Kotono> The first iron man advances on Demedais, striking him plain and hard! It's body makes no movement, metal smooth and well kept despite the years!
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 flatfooted, Deme?
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 flatfooted, Deme? and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[19:58] <Demedais> OOC: 36.
[19:58] <Kotono> Demedais watches as his armor absorbs the blow, the shock dispersed and negated! OOC: Deme.
[19:59] <Kotono> "Ah!" Amaryl clutches the sunblade, "No! Go away! Not again!"
06[19:59] * Demedais quickly pulls the holy symbol from his belt! "Helm, protect our mission and repel the accursed undead so we may regroup!"
[19:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: What's your cleric level for turning?
[20:00] <Demedais> OOC: Normally 9. With that roll, 8.
[20:00] <Demedais> Er.
[20:00] <Demedais> OOC: 8, with that, 7.
[20:01] <Kotono> The ghostly creatures howl in agony, but none are bidden back by Demedais' display of sacred power! Amaryl steps to Alicia, hacking at the undead horror that menaces her! "GO AWAY!"
[20:01] <Demedais> OOC: Putting up Protection Devotion.
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, right.
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 2d10+16
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+16 and gets 35." [2d10=10, 9]
03[20:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly(25)>Iron Man 2(22)>Ghostman 2(21)>Ghostman 3(19)>Seira(17)>Iron man 1(15)>Deme(13)>Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=????4>Donald(8)'
[20:05] <Kotono> The Sun Blade stabs through the spirit, vaporizing it like a grease spot under a cleaning cantrip! "Free..." It's voice lingers a moment after! OOC: Alicia.
[20:06] <Alicia> "This better work," Alicia mutters before sweeping her free hand in an expansive manner to take in the whole group. "Paths of the Weave, take us away!" she incants, intending to teleport everyone to the jungle temple they arrived at this morning.
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: CL check?
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[20:07] <Kotono> Woosh! IN that moment, the party is gone! The ghosts are gone, everything is gone! The stairs to the temple are behind you, the river ahead roaring. No carryon ghosts or steel men here, just safety.
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Does a negative level reduce your CL check? Irrelevant here, though.
06[20:08] * Seira drops her sword and glomps onto Amaryl. "You were great!" she exclaims happily.
[20:08] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, my bad
[20:08] <Kotono> "Damn..." Donald sheathes his blade, "I didn't move fast enough to cut that damned hunk of metal apart."
[20:09] <Kotono> Amaryl leans into Seira, "They're gone?" she asks, shaking all over.
01[20:09] <Seira> "Yes! And you freed another one of them!"
[20:09] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais says, walking over to Alicia and using a restoration on her. "I'll prepare to try and deal with undead as well, then."
[20:09] <Kotono> "Live to fight another day," Pollyanna smiles, "Good thinking. We were all sitting ducks in that elevator."
06[20:09] * Alicia sighs and puts her sword away, her hands shaking a little. "That was my last teleport, I had to use it since another hit from those spectres would've left us trapped there. We can return tomorrow once we're rested."
06[20:10] * Alicia perks up a bit at Demedais's healing, colour returning to her cheeks. "Thank you, Demedais," she smiles.
[20:12] <Kotono> The night passes in peace and rest. Recovery is had, the next morning dawning. Donald grumps, washing his face with the fast moving river water. "So, are we ready now to go deal with that trap?" OOC: Reply only when you have spells in order. Go ahead and set any buffs you'd liek.
01[20:14] <Seira> "Always!" Seira returns brightly, casting a few spells in preparation.
[20:14] <Kotono> "Yeah," Pollyanna is finishing off her breakfast, tearing through some jerky and dried fruit. "Does anyone have a dagger or a short sword or the like I can use, in case I get caught in close somewher elike that again?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "Archery's probably best for you, actually," Seira muses. "Amaryl is a special case, with that sword."
[20:15] <Alicia> "I'll teleport us back to the entrance room, since the lift is no place for us to fight properly," Alicia explains. "We could even cut the cable to send it crashing down and hopefully destroy that golem that climbed aboard to attack Demedais, then climb or fly down at our own pace."
[20:15] <Alicia> At Pollyanna's words she unbuckles the sword of the sealed gate from her belt and offers it hilt first to the archer. "It's a longsword, but it's a good one."
[20:16] <Kotono> "If I'm so close I can't dodge, archery might get me killed," Pollyanna swings the sword a few times, "It has a good weight to it. Thanks, Alicia."
[20:17] <Demedais> "Alright, so we're going to try a teleport directly to that spot in the ruins?" Demedais asks as he finishes cleaning up the tents.
[20:17] <Alicia> "If anyone wants I can enchant their weapons to make them strike more truly before we leave?" Alicia offers. "Hopefully I won't need to expend so many spells on dispelling attempts today."
[20:18] <Demedais> "I'm going to enchant my own. It won't be as good, I'll admit, but my magic is less likely to work there than yours; using what I can here's the wiser bet." Demedais notes.
[20:19] <Kotono> "I already did the same to mine," Donald taps the hilt of his sword, "Thanks, though. Unless you really wanna touch my sword?" Donald asks Alicia with a big old grin.
01[20:19] <Seira> "Works on bows, right?" Seira asks, offering her own to Alicia. "I'd appreciate it, if you could, then."
06[20:20] * Seira then kicks Donald in the shin.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Ow!" Donald's grin turns into an 'oh' face as he hops on one leg, holding his shin, "Gaaah! Less kicking, Seira! You kick like a mule!"
06[20:20] * Seira kicks him again.
[20:21] <Alicia> "Please, Donald, remember who gave it to you. I had a lot more fun with your sword before you ever laid hands on it," Alicia tells Donald before looking askance at Seira. "Do you even use that bow at all?" she asks oddly, wondering why she'd want it enchanted.
01[20:21] <Seira> "I want to try out a new spell."
06[20:22] * Alicia shrugs. "Well, alright. Lady of Mysteries, watch over this weapon and guide its strikes true," she incants, waving her hand over the offered bow.
01[20:22] <Seira> "Thanks! I'm sure it'll be lots of fun!"
[20:23] <Demedais> "It's like training with the mercenaries in my youth again, except with ninety five percent less cursing." Demedais comments to Pollyanna.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Hehheeh. Well, damn," Pollyanna puts the sword of the sealed gate to her hip, "I'm ready to go when you are, then. You know, you should tell us more stories about that when we have time."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Alright, now remember we not only have the wild magic to deal with, I didn't really get to spend that long in there, so we might land off target," Alicia warns. "Everyone ready?"
[20:25] <Demedais> "For the most part, it wasn't terribly exciting." Demedais shrugs. "Jovial, though. And yeah, I'm ready."
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 11." [1d20=10]
[20:28] <Alicia> "Alright, here we go," Alicia gathers everyone around and then teleports to the chamber just past the door Seira opened with Lagann.
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[20:29] <Alicia> OOC: similar area
[20:30] <Kotono> Alicia casts...but the spell fizzles out, doing nothing.
06[20:30] * Alicia frowns a bit. "Had this happen before when I tried to teleport to El Mysha," she observes with a frown. "Let me try again..."
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 76-
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 76- and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Caster level check.
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: CL check?
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[20:31] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears in the chamber with the elevator without incident. The elevator seems to have returned to the top floor, waiting to be used again. Nothing seems to be wrong or dangerous offhand.
[20:32] <Demedais> "And yet we know they're lurking down there." Demedais grimaces.
[20:33] <Alicia> "Some of them came from above. Lets send it down and wait here?" Alicia suggests.
[20:33] <Kotono> "We could go down waiting to fight them, or try the hidden passage," Amaryl shrinks down and to herself, staying close to Seira.
01[20:33] <Seira> "We could just try using it again," Seira muses, "rather than cutting it loose. We're prepared, right?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "There's not much space in the lift, we can't really fight properly all bunched up in there," Alicia shakes her head. "If we send it down and wait here we might attract some ghosts, we can deal with them first then go down ourselves to handle the golems and any remaining spectres."
[20:34] <Demedais> "That sounds more optimal, yes." Demedais nods after a moment.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Use mage hand to pull it," Donald suggests, "So no one risks being trapped in it?"
01[20:35] <Seira> "Or Lagann could!"
[20:37] <Alicia> "It's not metal, and mage hand doesn't actually work that way," Alicia observes, walking over. "I'll just lean in and pull it." She then does so, pulling her arm back quickly after tugging on the cord and standing safely outside the elevator.
[20:38] <Kotono> Alicia tugs the cord hard! The elevator goes down, the party not with it!
06[20:39] * Alicia then flaps her wings, flying a few feet off the ground with her sword ready, so any ghosts reaching through the floor won't catch her by surprise so readily.
06[20:39] * Seira waits happily by Alicia's side, bow in hand.
06[20:39] * Demedais waits about fifteen seconds before triggering his protection devotion, spear out as he keeps alert for any ghosts emerging.
[20:40] <Kotono> The elevator vanishes into the deep pit. You can't see that far down, past sixty feet. But nothing seems to happen. The time trickles by, no ommediate swarm of ghosts rising up.
[20:41] <Demedais> "... Well then." Demedais muses.
01[20:41] <Seira> "The trap really wants to be triggered the right way," Seira observes. "Let's give it a try? Now that we know what's there, we'll totally kick their ass!"
[20:42] <Alicia> "Maybe it doesn't trigger if it doesn't sense any weight on the lift?" Alicia wonders. "How long until it resets, though?"
01[20:42] <Seira> "Let's see if it returns in a minute?"
[20:43] <Kotono> The party waits a minute. Sure enough, the elevator returns up, settling back into place without incident.
06[20:43] * Seira steps inside, trading the bow in for the Resort, however regretfully.
06[20:44] * Alicia steps inside as well and goes to the far end, ready to step onto the hidden passage once the lift stops so she'll have more room to swing her blades around.
[20:44] <Kotono> "It's probably rigged up to only work in it's defined instances. As far as a trap goes, that's a pretty good one," Grumbling with resignation as well, drawing the sword of the sealed gate, "Bastards."
06[20:44] * Seira decides to stick near the cord, and waves Amaryl over.
06[20:44] * Demedais nods and gets on with a shrug. "Pretty much. So let's defeat the defined instances."
[20:45] <Kotono> Amaryl stays next to Seira as she enters. Donald goes for the wall opposite Alicia, sword drawn. "Exactly. We'll kick their metal asses from here to Friday."
06[20:45] * Seira calls upon Stoneskin, and pulls the cord once everyone is in!
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: CL check for stoneskin?
01[20:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 6." [1d100=6]
[20:46] <Kotono> The magic of the boots surges! The power envelopes the entire party, toughening all of them! OOC: Stoneskin, as per the boots, aeffects all of you.
[20:47] <Demedais> "...that was interesting."
06[20:47] * Alicia blinks as her skin adopts a marbled hue from the spell. "Er... well, that's helpful, I suppose?"
01[20:47] <Seira> "Magic! I love it!"
[20:48] <Kotono> "That was...this will protect us?" Pollyanna looks at her protected hands, "That wasn't normal, was it?"
[20:48] <Demedais> "Nope. Usually just affects her." Demedais grins slightly. "Well, I guess we're ready?"
06[20:48] * Seira pulls on the cord again, wondering whether it's broken.
[20:49] <Kotono> With the cord pulled, the party goes down! A minute passes as it descends as it does last time, stopping at just the same moment!
06[20:49] * Demedais is prepared with sword out again, waiting for the ghosties and the skeletonies!
06[20:50] * Seira calls upon Haste!
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: CL again.
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: D100.
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 58." [1d100=58]
06[20:51] * Alicia tenses to jump onto the ledge and do battle with the golem as soon as the side wall vanishes again.
[20:52] <Kotono> As Seira casts, haste does not happen! Instead the time magic swirls into a being of numbers off a clock's face! It's medium sized, right in the middle of the party! As this happens, the walls vanish! The two steel soldiers are there, ready to attack and advancing! OOC: Shit just hit fan. Init.
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 time creature
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 time creature and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 22." [1d20=20]
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 augh
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 augh and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 A
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 P
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 P and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 D
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 D and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 IM1
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 IM1 and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 IM2
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 IM2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Ghost 1
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Ghost 1 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Ghost 2
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Ghost 2 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Ghost 3
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Ghost 3 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
03[20:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Alicia(25)>Demedais(22)>Seira(20)'
03[20:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Ghostman 1=Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)>IM1(7)'
03[20:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Ghostman 1=Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)=Ghostman 2>Ghostman 3(9)>IM1(7)'
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:56] <Kotono> The time creature lashes out, a slam attack with it's time-numbered hands at Amaryl and Seira both! "Who are you to dare summon me into this vessel?!" It demands in a fury!
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 S
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 S and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 A
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 A and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[20:57] <Seira> OOC: 38, 32 flat-footed
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 2d6+8 S and hasted as per the spell at your CL
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+8 S and hasted as per the spell at your CL and gets 15." [2d6=5, 2]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 2d6+8 A and hasted as per the spell at your CL
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+8 A and hasted as per the spell at your CL and gets 12." [2d6=2, 2]
[20:57] <Alicia> "Oh, Mystra, couldn't it have just been butterflies again?!" Alicia exclaims in alarm as the latest wild magic calamity makes its presence felt.
[20:58] <Kotono> The slams are largely negated by Stoneskin, the affecteffects leaving the two women feeling blazingly fast! OOC: Alicia.
01[20:58] <Seira> "Oh screw you!" Seira snaps. "I'm one of the strongest mages in the world! Either play nice and I fix things, or I send you back in pieces!"
06[20:59] * Alicia decides to focus on the golems for now, since they need to spread out to fight properly anyway. Jumping over onto the passage, she lashes out with Hell Striker to carve through its midsection!
[20:59] <Kotono> "The spell...is alive...again?" Donald groans, "And now they're bitching at us! Seira, just kill it!"
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: what knowledge for devotion?
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Arcnaa.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: +2
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -3pa
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -3pa and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: is it evil?
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+1d6+1d6
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+1d6+1d6 and gets 36." [1d8=7][1d6=3][1d6=3]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[21:02] <Kotono> Alicia is able to rip into the golem, dislocating much of it's arm! Pollyanna's previous arrow wound is still there as well, no signs of it beign repaired! A moment later, a ghost appears! It's above Demedais, elven hands lookint to strangle him!
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 touch ac and flatfooted, deme?
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 touch ac and flatfooted, deme? and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[21:02] <Demedais> OOC: Touch is 17, flatfooted 36.
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Touch with flatfooted into account, but yeah, it's a miss anyway with a 9.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Amaryl, ghosts are our first priority!" Seira exclaims, hoping that her blade would strike true!
[21:03] <Kotono> Demedais pivots, the hand deflecting away from his body with pure force! OOC: Amaryl.
[21:03] <Kotono> Amaryl steps forward, eyes wide as she depserately strikes at the ghostly creature!
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 99." [1d100=99]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: STrike that one.
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 2d10+16
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+16 and gets 29." [2d10=6, 7]
[21:04] <Kotono> Amaryl manages one blow, sunlight making the appariation groan in pain and recoil from her blade! OOC: DEme.
[21:05] <Demedais> "Oh. Hi, sorry we summoned you into some vessel somehow, this place doesn't let magic work right at all." Demedais comments quickly, attention on the ghost as he proceeds to try and hack it to shreds!
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Three hit. D100 on each hit.
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: And wait, yeah, see #elysium.
[21:06] <Demedais> OOC: Strike the second attack, I'm braindead, no haste was intended. 17 still it.
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Two hits then.
[21:07] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 1
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 1 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[21:07] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 2
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 2 and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[21:07] <Demedais> roll 2d6+24
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+24 and gets 30." [2d6=2, 4]
03[21:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)=Ghostman 2>Ghostman 3(9)>IM1(7)'
[21:08] <Kotono> Ripping into it's body, the ghost fades, "The pain...it's fading..." It cries in relief! Pollyanna cautiously approaches the side of the metalman with Alicia, stabbing at it's side probingly!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 8." [1d8=4]
[21:09] <Kotono> The blow isn't strong enough, just bouncing off it's metallic skin and doing no good for the heroes at all! OOC: Seira.
[21:10] <Kotono> "Gah! It's like striking, well...steel!" Pollyanna calls, "I can't even dent it!"
06[21:10] * Seira spares her living spell a glance. "I'm Seira," she tells it. "If you want to follow me into battle, I'll forgive that attack. Persist, and it's to oblivion with you!" Waiting on his response, Seira pounces on their metallic opponent!
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:11] <Kotono> Seira's blow is far too misaimed, glancing off the steely man and cutting the air! The second one moves into battle, going after Donald!
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:12] <Kotono> But it's own blow misses, Donald deflecting it away with a quick flick of his wrist, blade narrowly missing Demedais head in the backswing! He then focuses, arcane fire jumping from his blade! "Bye!"
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+1 GMW, +3 arcane strike, level 3 and level 2 spell used.)
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+1 GMW, +3 arcane strike, level 3 and level 2 spell used.) and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d10+8+5d4
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+8+5d4 and gets 29." [1d10=9][5d4=4, 3, 1, 2, 2]
[21:16] <Kotono> Donald hacks into it's body with arcane fire, but it proves stupendously tough! Even with that, his blade only hacks in so far, a strong blow turning into only a minor bit of damage!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[21:16] <Kotono> A moment later, a ghost appears beneath Seira, pawing at her legs!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: 22, even without shield/bracers of armor
[21:17] <Kotono> But Seira is able to dodge the blow! Then...
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[21:17] <Kotono> A ghost appears at Donald's side, rising upf rom the ground!
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d8 and -2 negative levels. Ow.
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and -2 negative levels. Ow. and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[21:19] <Kotono> The touch leaves Donald reeling, his cheeks ice blue! As he tries to recover, the surrounded first metal creature shimmers! As it strikes out twice, one at Pollyanna and once at Alicia, a crackling circular wave of black energy comes from it's body!
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Alicia AC
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Alicia AC and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Polly
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Polly and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Fort saves, all.
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[21:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Donald
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Donald and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Polly
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Polly and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Amaryl has a stunningly high fort save
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Amaryl has a stunningly high fort save and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[21:21] <Alicia> OOC: AC 34
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 12d6 Polly and Donald take full, the rest of you take half. Unless you have mettle, then it's none.
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 Polly and Donald take full, the rest of you take half. Unless you have mettle, then it's none. and gets 36." [12d6=2, 2, 2, 1, 6, 3, 1, 2, 6, 1, 6, 4]
[21:21] <Alicia> OOC: 35, sorry
[21:22] <Kotono> The black energy spreads about! The two ghosts glow with it, becoming more intense and potent, while the living beings here feel weakened, sickened by the touch of the foul power! It's blows in the meantime miss, thankfully! OOC: Time being is up.
[21:23] <Kotono> "You dare command me and treat me trivially," It asks of Seira, gliding forward to strike at her! It tumbles past her guard with impossible timing, going to strike right at her!
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 AC, Seira?
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 AC, Seira? and gets 21." [1d20=3]
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: 39!
[21:23] <Kotono> But it's heavy blow, for all it's power, is a miserable miss! OOC: Alicia.
01[21:24] <Seira> "I'm the one who summoned you, dammit!" Seira snaps at it. "Just think for yourself! Would you rather side with a party of Good and of mighty magics, or be on the same team as the undead? Look around you and see who you're supporting by attacking me!"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Vile construct! Fall into scrap!" Alicia calls as she hacks out, Hell Striker blazing with fire and thrumming with sonic energy as it carves through the golem's metal body like tissue paper!
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 divine might btw
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 divine might btw and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Four then.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 4d8+80+4d6+4d6
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+80+4d6+4d6 and gets 115." [4d8=4, 3, 7, 4][4d6=3, 4, 1, 1][4d6=3, 3, 1, 1]
[21:26] <Kotono> Alicia strikes hard as she can, sonic and flaming power nearly breaking the warrior apart! It's almost scrap now, about to crumble but barley holding it's metal body intact! Amaryl, meanwhile, goes for the ghost on Donald!
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 crit
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 crit and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ow
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ow and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d100 non crit
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 non crit and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d100 crit 1
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 crit 1 and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d100 crit 2
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 crit 2 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 6d10+48 ow
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d10+48 ow and gets 93." [6d10=8, 6, 10, 6, 10, 5]
03[21:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)=Ghostman 2>IM1(7)'
[21:28] <Kotono> The Sun Blade cuts into the spirit, it's body burning away in purifying sunlight! "The cold...it's finally warm..." It cries! OOC: Deme.
06[21:30] * Demedais steps over to the final ghost at this! "I'll deal with this ghost! Everyone else, focus on eliminating the constructs!" With this, Demedais uses three side-to-side slices to dispatch the ghost in front of him!
[21:30] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:30] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:30] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9 (+1 GMW -5 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 (+1 GMW -5 PA) and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: All hit, d100s.
[21:31] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 1
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 1 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[21:31] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 2
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 2 and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[21:31] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 3
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 3 and gets 75." [1d100=75]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 4d6+48
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+48 and gets 64." [4d6=5, 5, 5, 1]
03[21:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)>IM1(7)'
[21:33] <Kotono> With a lunge through the ghost's forgotten heart, Demedais sends the last to it's rest, "Sleepy..." it can be heard whispering, then it is gone! Pollyanna meanwhile defends herself! OOC: Polly's defending since she can't really deal with it's DR very well. Seira?
06[21:34] * Seira steps into a flanking position with Donald that the metal construct had helpfully allowed them to create, and infuses her body with fire before striking at it!
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d6
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d6 and gets 29." [3d8=3, 8, 4][2d6=4, 1]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d4+2+1d6+2d6 fire+sa
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+2+1d6+2d6 fire+sa and gets 17." [1d4=3][1d6=3][2d6=4, 5]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d4 breath
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 breath and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:36] <Kotono> Seira is able to hack and slash at it, her teeth bouncing off it's metal body! A metallic tang fills her mouth as she fails to land a serious bite! The surviving robot strikes at Donald and Seira once each, as a wave of black energy comes from it!
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Donald
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Donald and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Seira
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Seira and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 2d6+7 Donald, remember stone skin
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+7 Donald, remember stone skin and gets 14." [2d6=4, 3]
[21:37] <Kotono> OOC: Fort all.
[21:37] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 38." [1d20=14]
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Amaryl
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Amaryl and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Polly
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Polly and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:37] <Alicia> OOC: +2 so 27
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Donald
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Donald and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 12d6 everyone halves this except for Polly. Ow.
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 everyone halves this except for Polly. Ow. and gets 51." [12d6=5, 6, 2, 3, 6, 4, 6, 3, 1, 5, 6, 4]
03[21:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Time Creature(29)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(24)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(21)>Seira(20)>IM2(13)>Donald(11)'
[21:39] <Kotono> The black energy comes crashing down! It rips through everyone still living, a devastating strike! In particular, Pollyanna nearly collapses, buckling and slammed back to the nearest wall! Staggering off of it, wiping her mouth, "I'm still okay..." OOC: Donald's up.
01[21:39] <Seira> "Take it out!" Seira cheers Donald on.
[21:39] <Kotono> Donald growls in utter angerl, hacking into the metal-man fully!
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+3 arcane strike, 1 3rd and 2 1sts, +1 GWM, +2 flank, -2 levels)
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+3 arcane strike, 1 3rd and 2 1sts, +1 GWM, +2 flank, -2 levels) and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d10+8+5d4
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+8+5d4 and gets 33." [1d10=10][5d4=3, 4, 3, 4, 1]
[21:41] <Kotono> Donald manages to nearly hack it's arm off in a burst of arcane fire fuelled fury, though he can't fully sever it, only slicing deep into it's metal joins and shoulder! OOC: Time creature is up.
[21:42] <Kotono> The time creature is not amused, for it slips along and hits Seira in the back, flanking with the metal man!
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:42] <Seira> OOC: 39!
[21:42] <Kotono> It still can't land a decisive strike, instead missing by a narrow little margin against a field of force surrounding Seira's body! OOC: Alicia.
[21:43] <Alicia> The thing looks pretty ragged, so hopefully this will finish it off. Slipping around the golem's guard, Alicia's silvery blade flashes myriad times, scoring several decisive slashes through its body!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. I'll just have it hit you now and call it even.
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:44] <Alicia> OOC: 35
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 2d6+7
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+7 and gets 17." [2d6=5, 5]
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Anyway, roll damage?
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 2d8+28+2d6+2d6
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+28+2d6+2d6 and gets 49." [2d8=3, 6][2d6=3, 2][2d6=6, 1]
[21:45] <Kotono> With a final blow, Alicia cuts the metal man into a hunk of scrap! It collapes on itself, it's skull head bouncing on the floor and landing at Demedais' feet! Yet as it does, it lands a heavy blow on Alicia's shoulder with it's last delayed gasp! OOC: Amaryl.
[21:46] <Kotono> Amaryl backs off, going for the time creature flanking Seira's back! "Seira, I have it!"
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +1 haste)
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +1 haste)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +1 haste) and gets 41." [1d20=18]
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +1 haste) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 3d10+24
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d10+24 and gets 44." [3d10=7, 9, 4]
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl stabs it's back, impaling one of it's numbers off ands coring solid hits all over! OOC: Deme.
[21:47] <Demedais> OOC: Is there a route to the other construct?
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: No, Donald+Seira are engaging it.
06[21:49] * Demedais quickly moves to Pollyanna's side and clasps her shoulder! "Move back at this point; no point in unnecessary risk." OOC: LoH 24.
[21:49] <Kotono> Pollyannad oes just that, retreating into the recess as she is soothed! "G-got it. Thanks," she says! OOC: Seira.
06[21:50] * Seira grins at Amaryl, and strikes the metal construct, blatantly turning her back on the living spell as she tells it, "You're not worth my time."
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 32." [1d20=15]
01[21:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
01[21:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[21:51] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d6
01[21:51] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d6
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d6 and gets 27." [3d8=4, 4, 2][2d6=5, 3]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d6 and gets 23." [3d8=6, 1, 2][2d6=1, 4]
[21:51] <Kotono> Seira lands a pair of powerful blows on the metal man! It's head nearly rolls off it's shoulders, it's body torn apart! But it still fights on, a slam at both Donald and Seira!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Seira
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Seira and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: +2 flanking.
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Donald
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Donald and gets 24." [1d20=4]
01[21:52] <Seira> OOC: 39!
[21:52] <Kotono> But neither blow quite connects! Each is a bare miss, one hitting armor and the other ducked at the last moment! Donald snarls, channeling lighting into his blade!
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+1 GWM, +3 shocking grasp on metal, +1 arcane strike 1 1st used, -2 levels)
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+1 GWM, +3 shocking grasp on metal, +1 arcane strike 1 1st used, -2 levels) and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d10+8+1d4+5d6
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+8+1d4+5d6 and gets 34." [1d10=6][1d4=3][5d6=1, 1, 6, 3, 6]
[21:54] <Kotono> Thrusting forward with abandon, Donald severs the metallic chest in front of him! He rips his blade out, kicking the creature back into the recess it came from! With a whirrling, silent movement, it's body crumbles, too damaged to go on! OOC: Free act.
[21:54] <Alicia> OOC: time thing has given up as well?
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Dur, forgot. It's up. Sorry.
[21:54] <Kotono> The time creature snarls and slams at Seira again!
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Kotono> But both blows are wasted! OOC: Alicia.
01[21:55] <Seira> "Was that supposed to accomplish anything?"
06[21:55] * Alicia decides to see if she can banish the clock manifestation since there's too much of a scramble in the lift for her to get into melee. "Magic of speed and time, be unbound!" she calls.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 targetted dispel if it does anything
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 targetted dispel if it does anything and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Make a Caster level check?
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:56] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, +16 so 19
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: d100. Ow.
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[21:57] <Kotono> Nothing happens...but then...a horrible smell comes from the time elemental! It smells like a skunk! The stetch is overwhelming! You feel your stomachs turn, the oder utterly offensive! Amaryl gags, before stabbing at it once more!
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 2d10+16
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+16 and gets 33." [2d10=9, 8]
[21:57] <Alicia> "Oh, Mystra!" Alicia gags in dismay. This is not what was meant to happen!
[21:57] <Kotono> She ravages it's back, nearly shredding it apart! Much of it's 'body' is ruined, but it clings to life yet! OOC:D ee.
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Deme.
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, stop.
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Strike my line about the effect.
[21:59] <Kotono> Alicia intones the spell as Amaryl stabs and rips it's back! A horrible oder comes from her, like a skunk! The spell is nauseating, no escape from it in the narrow elevator! OOC: Read it as target when it was caster. Dur-hur. Deme.
06[22:00] * Demedais rushes into the remaining gap, attempting to down the time elemental before something else goes wrong!
[22:00] <Kotono> "Gaaaah." Pollyanna wrinkles her nose, "We'll...need to have you go jump in the water after this..." She nearly retches, holding her stomach.
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+1 GMW -5 PA +2 Charge)
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+1 GMW -5 PA +2 Charge) and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 2d6+24
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+24 and gets 29." [2d6=3, 2]
[22:01] <Kotono> Cleaving into it's 'neck', Demedais cuts it's head off! The time numbers break apart, fading away into just a pile of numbers on the ground, as if made of plain, broken glass! OOC: Free act.
[22:01] <Alicia> "I miss the butterflies," Alicia grimaces, her eyes watering at the smell.
[22:01] <Kotono> The smell begins to lessen after a few moments, though it lingers in the cramped, relatively packed elevator.
[22:02] <Kotono> "That was still damned tough," Donald goes to rest on one knee, coughing.
06[22:02] * Alicia steps back onto the elevator. "Think it'll go down now or will we have to make our own way?" she asks, offering some healing to Donald.
[22:02] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay on hands
[22:03] <Kotono> "Yeah, thanks," Donald stands up after his wounds are balmed. The elevator isn't looking like it's going to go anywhere offhand.
06[22:03] * Demedais grunts, shaking his head a bit. "I don't know. Wonder if it'll go down if we all get off it?"
[22:04] <Alicia> "If not it'll probably reset and go back up, then we can climb the rest of the way," Alicia muses, stepping back onto the recess. "Lets try that?"
06[22:04] * Seira winces. "That spell could have become my minion..." she laments.
[22:07] <Kotono> The party follows suit! Nothing happens when they're all in the recess - the elevator isn't moving.
06[22:08] * Demedais taps Amaryl's shoulder to provide a bit more healing, before frowning. "Well, we know it went up before at one point, since it got back to the top after we teleported out."
[22:08] <Alicia> "It took a minute to reset last time," Alicia points out, content to wait at least that long.
06[22:08] * Seira uses a moment to look inside one of the alcoves!
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[22:09] <Kotono> The party waits a minute. Still no action at all. Donald sits against the wall of the recess, rubbing his head. "Hey, Demedais. Do you think ou can risk casting a restoration or that sort of spell on me? You know, the one you cast on Alicia yesterday?"
[22:10] <Demedais> "I... can try." Demedais grimaces. "My magic's not as strong as theirs, but..." Walking over, he attempts the magic on Donald!
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Caster level check.
01[22:10] <Seira> "We can continue through here," Seira comments, waving at the portion of the stone that is clearly an illusion or a gateway elsewhere.
[22:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 here we go
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 here we go and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: d100. So close and yet so far.
[22:10] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[22:11] <Kotono> Woosh! Demedais is now sitting against the wall and Donald is now standing over Demedais, his hand on his shoulder. "...huh? Wasn't I sitting down?" Donald jerks his hand back.
[22:11] <Kotono> "Oh, did you find something?" Amaryl trots up to Seira.
06[22:11] * Alicia uses spellfire to provide some healing for Pollyanna, Amaryl, and Seira to heal them without the risk of a wild surge.
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Polly
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 Polly and gets 26." [6d4=4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Amaryl
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 Amaryl and gets 21." [6d4=2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 3]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Seira
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 Seira and gets 18." [6d4=3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1]
[22:12] <Demedais> "... Wild magic." Demedais comments, standing up with a hint of arrogance. "You were. Sadly, doesn't seem like my magic stands a chance of working well here."
[22:13] <Kotono> "Thanks," Amaryl smiles brightly at Seira.
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
01[22:13] <Seira> "I did!" Seira responds cheerfully, indicating the nook. "Now you see my hand, now you don't!"
[22:13] <Demedais> *OOC: s/arrogance/annoyance.
[22:13] <Kotono> Amaryl does the same! She frowns, "It's a litle nook. It doesn't feel nearly wide enough to go through. Have you looked in it?"
[22:13] <Alicia> "Lets go, then?" Alicia asks, following after Seira. "If we get in trouble I've got enough spells to teleport us home easily enough, but lets press on for now."
06[22:14] * Seira looks through it, even if it's probably a horrible idea!
06[22:17] * Seira tries to reach for the creepy eye in a glass! If that ends badly, she'll try it again, except with a sword that other time.
[22:19] <Kotono> Seira reaches out, closing her hand around the glass node without incident.
06[22:19] * Seira tries to pull it out.
[22:20] <Kotono> The glass shatters to Seira's pull, stoneskin protecting her from any damage! With a yank, the eye is removed! At that moment, the elevator plummets straight down, a breeze assailing and cooling the party from it's fast fall!
[22:21] <Demedais> "Oh. Well, then." Demedais blinks.
06[22:21] * Alicia jumps and looks back at where the elevator used to be. "Well... glad we all got off first," she notes, heart racing at the close call.
[22:22] <Kotono> "Aaaah!" Pollyanna stares with fish eyes at the falling elevator, "If any of us-" WHAM! The sound of the elevator hitting something below HARD echos from the elevator shaft!
01[22:22] <Seira> "Feather fall it is," Seira decides with a firm nod, before looking curiously at the eye in her hand. Disgust is there, too.
06[22:22] * Alicia walks over to the edge and peers down.
[22:22] <Demedais> "Feather fall sounds good." Demedais nods.
[22:23] <Kotono> The eye looks to be clockwork and finely made. It is still now, unreacting. As Alicia goes to the edge, she sees the chasm goes down sixty feet. However, something's in it! Thirty feet down and ascending up, 8 of them! Like a pair of eyes and optic cords, floating and bobbing in the air as if it was water!
[22:24] <Alicia> Does it look like the eyestalks she saw on the eye tyrants of the endless plains?
[22:24] <Kotono> They do resemble them a fair bit, yes.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Watch out, there's something coming up that reminds me of a monster I fought before," Alicia warns, flapping her wings and floating out into the void of the elevator shaft. "The eyes might shoot spells at you as rays."
01[22:26] <Seira> "Weaknesses?" Seira asks, observing the eye in her hand a moment longer.
[22:26] <Demedais> "Lovely." Demedais says, switching to his spear. "Alright, then."
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Let's do init here, then, say? They aren't friendly.
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 group init for the eyes
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 group init for the eyes and gets 23." [1d20=19]
[22:27] <Alicia> "Well, stabbing worked last time, but these lack the big central body that makes such a good target," Alicia admits.
03[22:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Eyes(23; 8 sets of them)>Amaryl>Deme>Ailcia>Donald>Seira'
[22:28] <Kotono> The eyes fly up 5 feet! As they do, beams come from each pair of eyes, sixteen in total! With one target, they all fire towards Alicia above!
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 16#1d20+8 Touch AC, Alicia?
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 16#1d20+8 Touch AC, Alicia? and gets 299." [16#1d20+8 = 27, 27, 20, 12, 28, 13, 21, 24, 12, 9, 22, 23, 20, 10, 14, 17]
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: 16
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 crit
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 crit and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 10d4+10 and make 4 will saves?
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d4+10 and make 4 will saves? and gets 32." [10d4=2, 1, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 4#1d20+27
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d20+27 and gets 140." [4#1d20+27 = 34, 44, 34, 28]
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: that's a 1 on the end
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Also irrelevant, your'e over the HD limit for the effect. Just the damage, then.
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: DR apply?
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, which just made this suddenly hilarious.
[22:32] <Kotono> Alicia is peppered by rays from above, pierced in a storm of them! She's wounded lightly a dozen times, each beam cutting into her skin!...and yet not a single beam is able to damage her, bouncing off her flesh! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:33] <Kotono> Amaryl gets her bow, running over to the side and shooting off a single arrow down!
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+1d6+3d6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+1d6+3d6 and gets 30." [1d8=8][1d6=6][3d6=4, 6, 5]
03[22:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Eyes(23; 7 sets of them)>Amaryl>Deme>Ailcia>Donald>Seira'
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: -4 to that to hit, forgot her routine. Dur.
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+1d6+3d6
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+1d6+3d6 and gets 14." [1d8=1][1d6=6][3d6=3, 2, 1]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+1d6+3d6
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+1d6+3d6 and gets 13." [1d8=2][1d6=4][3d6=1, 3, 2]
03[22:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Eyes(23; 5 sets of them)>Amaryl>Deme>Ailcia>Donald>Seira'
[22:36] <Kotono> Arrows rain down as Amaryl fires as many as she can at once! Three of the sets are popped, falling down into the elevator's top below! OOC: Deme.
03[22:44] * Kotono changes topic to 'Eyes(23; 5 sets of them)>Amaryl>Deme>Alicia>Donald>Seira'
03[22:44] * Kotono changes topic to 'Eyes(23; 5 sets of them)>Amaryl>Deme>Alicia>Donald>Seira>Polly'
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Deme's holding. Alicia?
[22:49] <Alicia> "Hell Striker, would they be vulnerable to a holy smite?" Alicia asks as she prepares to attack the assembled googly eyes below.
[22:52] <Alicia> "Excellent," Alicia smiles, rearing her hand back before gesturing downwards, an explosion of white light erupting amidst the eyes to hurt and blind them!
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 22 half/negate blindness
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 22 half/negate blindness and gets 23." [5d8=4, 7, 1, 7, 4]
[22:52] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, CL needed?
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: CL check on that SLA?
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Fort or will?
[22:53] <Alicia> OOC: will
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 7." [1d20=4]
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[22:53] <Kotono> The holy smite fills the chasm with light! The power of the heavens obliterates the five remaining eyes, clearing the path ahead! OOC: Ow. Free act.
06[22:54] * Seira pockets the strange magical sensor and glides down to the bottom!
[22:55] <Alicia> "Looks clear, but let me and Seira check the bottom before the rest of you start climbing?" Alicia suggests, descending down after the half-dragon.
[22:56] <Kotono> Thus the two descend down! They reach the bottom - the elevator fits in the bottom. You can see the edges of the shaft, perhaps leading out into another area if you were in the elevator car. But the roof puts you just above that line, unable to easily advance.
01[22:57] <Seira> "Seems like we'll have to break if after all?"
[22:58] <Alicia> "It's remarkably sturdy," Alicia marvels. "I would've thought such an impact would shatter it to pieces... well, yes, lets do that," she agrees with Seira, using her sword to carve several chunks out of the elevator roof adjacent to the corridor just barely seen.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 -13pa
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 -13pa and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+36+1d6+1d6
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+36+1d6+1d6 and gets 46." [1d8=2][1d6=5][1d6=3]
[22:59] <Kotono> It takes some time and effort, making a din. But nonetheless, Alicia is able to carve out a passage ahead.
06[22:59] * Alicia hops down to see what she can see and make sure there's no threats nearby which could make things difficult for the others as they climb down.
06[23:01] * Seira decides to fly up in the meantime, sheathing her sword, so that she could help Amaryl glide down with her.
[23:01] <Kotono> Ahead is a plain, black floor. Thirty feet ahead is a pair of doors, both plain and made of a heavy iron. These ones aren't rusted, though. Nothing is immediately about. Meanwhile, Seira is able to help Amaryl get down. Pollyanna just jumps, floating down on the wings of feather fall.
06[23:02] * Alicia climbs back up and then flies up. "Should be safe to climb down," she says to the others still up there. "I'll cast feather fall if you slip, but if you brace on the corners you should be okay."
[23:03] <Kotono> Donald takes the time to remove most of his armor, flying down. On landing he puts his armor back on, flexing his unnatural wings.
06[23:03] * Demedais just drops with Feather Fall as well.
[23:04] <Alicia> "Or that..." Alicia shrugs as everyone floats down. She wonders why she bothered scouting in that case, but no matter. Guiding her descent, she follows down after them.
[23:04] <Kotono> The party reaches the top of the elevator without incident. The passage ahead to the door waits. Pollyanna walks to it, going through. On doing so, "Doors? Any idea which we should try?"
06[23:04] * Seira checks both for traps!
[23:05] <Alicia> "How about making sure there's no traps, first?" Alicia suggests, waiting on Seira.
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+25
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+25 and gets 70." [2#1d20+25 = 44, 26]
06[23:05] * Demedais looks around curiously.
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
01[23:07] <Seira> "This one's trapped," Seira informs the others, heading for the one to the right. "Since it's the only one, we should go through it first!
[23:07] <Demedais> "Another crevasse. I begin to think that this was the way the gnomes got through this place." Demedais murmur, wandering over to it.
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 DD
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 DD and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[23:07] <Alicia> "If you can disarm the trap, sure," Alicia nods, waiting by the shattered lift.
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[23:08] <Alicia> "It's not very convenient though, is it?" Alicia asks Demedais. "Doesn't fit with the other ruins we've found, either... I wonder why?"
[23:08] <Demedais> "It'd be convenient for a gnome, and this place seems like it was intended as a military post, almost."
[23:08] <Kotono> As Demedais goes to the crevasse, SEira works on the trap...OH NO! She slips! But...the door grows larger! Much larger! It doubles inside, pushing and grinding the wall back to fit perfectly in place!
[23:09] <Kotono> "It was called control base?" Donald adds, "What does it control?"
06[23:09] * Seira twitches.
[23:09] <Alicia> "Even a gnome would have to stoop, and it'd involve a lot of crawling and climbing..." Alicia shakes her head. She then blinks at the changing door. "What the...?"
[23:09] <Kotono> "It-" Amaryl cuts off, "And...what?"
01[23:09] <Seira> "I'm okay!"
[23:10] <Kotono> "What?" Donald echos, "What in the name of Lathander just happened?"
06[23:10] * Seira tries again!
[23:10] <Demedais> "...this place is inane."
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[23:10] <Kotono> "That's wild magic for you," Donald crosses his arms and growls!
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[23:11] <Kotono> Seira falls! She falls about a foot, as does everyone. The top layer of the floor has vanished, revealing unnaturaly smooth rock beneath. It's sedimentary, you can see the debris in it, cut like a slice of cake without a single disruption.
06[23:11] * Seira tries to see whether it's now possible to pass underneath the huge door!
[23:12] <Alicia> "Yah!" Alicia stumbles as she falls onto the reduced floor. "This is beyond reason!"
[23:12] <Kotono> You could, but you'd need to slither over on your belly, and it wouldn't be easy.
[23:12] <Kotono> "It's utterly insane. Magic without control," Donald rubs his forehead, "No technique, just being thrown about because everything is wrong here."
01[23:12] <Seira> "Okay." Seira takes a deep breath, and tries a third time!
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 I wonder if making this trap has a good DC was a mistake?
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 I wonder if making this trap has a good DC was a mistake? and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[23:13] <Demedais> "I'm impressed. The gnomes had no common sense at all."
[23:14] <Kotono> "I doubt this was intentional," Pollyanna observes. "Right?"
[23:14] <Demedais> "...I maintain my earlier statement."
[23:14] <Kotono> A yellow fog fills the room, a choking, poisonous mist that fills the area!
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d4 fort saves, all.
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 fort saves, all. and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[23:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 oh rapture
[23:14] <Alicia> OOC: we're 30 feet back, does it still get us?
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 oh rapture and gets 34." [1d20=10]
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 if needed
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 if needed and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: You gusy back are off the hook then. Seira, you take 3 con damage, though.
06[23:15] * Seira retreats, feeling weak and useless.
[23:16] <Kotono> Waving a hand in front of her face, "This is going lovely," Pollyanna sighs, "You okay, Seira?"
01[23:16] <Seira> "Nope."
[23:17] <Demedais> "Ugh. Brutal trap... They really seem like they're trying to protect something down here, at least. I'd try healing you, Seira, but odds are it'd work about as well as everything else here."
[23:17] <Alicia> "Seira, let me heal you?" Alicia steps towards the half-dragon as she emerges from the fumes, taking hold of her forearm and channelling healing spellfire into her.
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 and gets 21." [6d4=3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1]
06[23:18] * Seira decides on one of the potions she has in reserve, hoping drinking it doesn't trigger harsh retaliation from the disrupted magic.
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d4 lesser restoration
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 lesser restoration and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[23:18] <Kotono> Seira drinks the potion! It's effects seem to work without incident.
01[23:19] <Seira> "I don't know, I can try again for horrible results or we could break it. Or crawl under it. Or try the untrapped door after all."
[23:20] <Alicia> "Lets try the untrapped door? Maybe we'll find a key or a way to disable the trap laying around somewhere?" Alicia opines hopefully. "After that cloud dissipates, anyway..."
[23:20] <Kotono> The cloud takes a little while to do so, but soon enough the fumes are gone.
[23:21] <Demedais> "Try blowing the cloud away with your wings? Or wait. That works too."
06[23:21] * Seira tries opening the untrapped door!
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[23:21] <Kotono> OOC: What was the roll for?
01[23:21] <Seira> OOC: Open door!
01[23:22] <Seira> OOC: Lock, etc
07[23:22] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[23:24] <Kotono> The door isn't locked. On opening it, it leads into a moderately sized room. An ancient table lies collapsed in one corner. On the back wall is a weapons rack. Blue gnomemetal weapons lie in waiting there, still intact. The back wall is dominated by a mural of a fearsome gnome overlooking all the world, wearing a conical cap and armor. His expression brings a sudden chill to your bones.
06[23:24] * Seira remembers this! It's just as unpleasant now, too. She keeps her eyes to the ground, observing the way ahead for traps!
01[23:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[23:25] <Demedais> "Oh hey Mr. Creepyface." Demedais comments, glancing at the gnome.
06[23:25] * Seira decides to search the room, then, ignoring the portrait as best as she can.
01[23:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 34." [1d20=9]
06[23:26] * Alicia forces herself to look at the mural. If an image frightens her what hope could she have against the real thing? Following Seira inside, she then turns her attention to the weapon rack. "We can check if they're magic when we leave, but to be this well preserved they probably are."
06[23:26] * Demedais looks around the room, trying to see if there's anything interesting about aside from the weapon and the picture.
[23:27] <Kotono> Seira finds that there are three weapons waiting. A dagger and two shortswords, each one wickedly barbed. In the wreckage of the table, Seira finds a book. Most of it's pages are crumbled and too far gone to read, but a few fragments remain. It speaks of 'Praising the True God', the next fragment of 'The Starry Sky above' and the last of 'Overthrowing the False Ones'.
06[23:27] * Seira reads them!
[23:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[23:28] <Kotono> Alicia feels the gaze of the image bore into her. For a terrible moment she feels an urge of primal fear, but her long tempered spirit forces the instinct down.
[23:29] <Kotono> The fragments have nothing more to give, for they are truly just tiny fragments of an ancient text.
[23:29] <Alicia> "Pollyanna, do you want one of these shortswords or are you happy with that longsword?" Alicia asks as she prepares to toss the weapons into the portable hole.
06[23:29] * Seira decides to try and cautiously get to the other side of the trapped door by crawling underneath it.
[23:30] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[23:30] <Kotono> "I'll stick with this for now," Pollyanna says, I'm fine."
[23:31] <Kotono> OOC: Make an escape artist check, Seira?
06[23:31] * Demedais shrugs and goes back out to wait and make sure Seira gets through unharmed.
06[23:31] * Alicia nods and tosses the weapons into the hole. Following Seira and seeing her start to crawl she calls, "Can you open it from the other side?" It's doubtful she could fit underneath now what with her wings and all.
01[23:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[20:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Pollyanna, do you want one of these shortswords or are you happy with that longsword?" Alicia asks as she prepares to toss the weapons into the portable hole.
[20:16] <Kotono> * Seira decides to try and cautiously get to the other side of the trapped door by crawling underneath it.
[20:16] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[20:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[20:16] <Kotono> > "I'll stick with this for now," Pollyanna says, I'm fine."
[20:16] <Kotono> > OOC: Make an escape artist check, Seira?
[20:16] <Kotono> * Demedais shrugs and goes back out to wait and make sure Seira gets through unharmed.
[20:16] <Kotono> * Alicia nods and tosses the weapons into the hole. Following Seira and seeing her start to crawl she calls, "Can you open it from the other side?" It's doubtful she could fit underneath now what with her wings and all.
[20:16] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+19
[20:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[20:17] <Kotono> Seira tries to wiggle under! She isn't quite able to do it on her first try, only getting a tiny bit through before having to wiggle out to reposition and prevent herself from becoming stuck.
01[20:18] <Seira> This is embarrassing enough as it is, and Seira decides to drink her cat's grace potion before trying again!
01[20:18] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 31, if possible?
[20:19] <Kotono> Seira works and wiggles, before at last snaking through! On the other side of the enlarged door is a narrow corridor. It goes fourty feet ahead, only ten feet wide. There's no light here, but Seira's darkvision lets her see well enough.
[20:19] <Kotono> At the far end is a heavy metal door.
06[20:19] * Seira looks for any mechanism that would allow her to disable the trap from this end!
[20:19] <Kotono> OOC: Search?
01[20:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <Kotono> Fromt his end, there is a simple switch that allows the trap to be turned on and off.
06[20:20] * Seira does so, before getting the door opened!
[20:20] <Kotono> The door swings open, revealing the rest of the party, waiting for her.
[20:21] <Kotono> "Good. Guess that wild surge wasn't all bad," Donald says as he approaches, "It's safe now?"
[20:21] <Demedais> "Hey." Demedais waves.
[20:23] <Alicia> "Looks that way," Alicia nods. "To be honest I was half worried the hinges would've broken when the door suddenly enlarged like that, but perhaps the possibility was factored into the design?"
01[20:23] <Seira> "Yes, and you even got to see me put on an exciting act for free!" Seira greets Donald brightly, standing on the other side.
[20:23] <Kotono> "This is my first time in one of these places," Amaryl goes to stand behind Seira, "Are they all like this?"
06[20:24] * Demedais raises an eyebrow slightly. "Looks dark that way... Is it perhaps another trap room? Can Lagann sense anything behind the walls?"
01[20:24] <Seira> "A lot of them are unique, actually," Seira responds to Amaryl. "Some have these alcoves where archers stand and shoot intruders while fiends are summoned to attack them."
06[20:24] * Seira checks with Lagann!
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 traps here?
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 traps here? and gets 42." [1d20=17]
01[20:27] <Seira> "Oh!" Seira exclaims. "You know how I was just talking about archers creating kill zones?" She points at a particular spot on the nearby wall. "We're in one!"
[20:28] <Demedais> "I am now very glad I asked." Demedais notes dryly.
[20:28] <Alicia> "At least there's no gnomes, but I wouldn't put it past them to leave archer golems behind," Alicia remarks, looking at the pointed spot.
[20:28] <Kotono> "Oh!" Coloring as she looks about quickly, "Are we in danger then?"
01[20:29] <Seira> "Only if they're undead. I don't spot a mechanism for shooting the arrows automatically."
[20:30] <Demedais> "Undead or golems, yes. Though they'd have to not be metal for Lagann to miss them, I think?"
[20:30] <Kotono> "No loss," Pollyanna follows along, "If there isn't, then let's advance? If something is waiting for us, no sense in giving it more time to prepare while we run our mouths."
06[20:30] * Seira agrees, swiftly making her way across! Stoneskin will save her, surely!
[20:31] <Kotono> The walk to the door is without incident.
06[20:31] * Demedais nods, following Seira into the darkness. "Where was the shooting zone?"
06[20:31] * Alicia waits thirty feet back from the door until Seira declares it safe.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search TRAPS
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search TRAPS and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[20:33] <Demedais> After looking over the area, Demedais steps back to the usual thirty feet.
06[20:34] * Seira throws everyone a dirty look before retreating along with them and manipulating the door from afar!
01[20:34] <Seira> OOC: Open Lock, legerdemain
[20:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[20:34] <Kotono> Click! Working from afar, Seira undoes the lock ont he door.
06[20:35] * Seira shrugs, and then asks Lagann if he can nudge it open, before approaching once more.
[20:35] <Kotono> Donald shrugs, "What, would you rather us be incautious than cautious?" Returning the glare with a smile, "I've died once already, you know. I'd prefer not to experience that again."
01[20:36] <Seira> "Then you're already used to it!"
[20:36] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a hallway going twenty feet before going to a long stone stair plunging deeper into the subterrainian. There are two obvious burn marks on the floor, right before the stair.
01[20:36] <Seira> Fresh?
[20:37] <Kotono> Seira would have to get closer to have any hope of identifying that.
01[20:37] <Seira> "I can't believe how deep underground we already are, and we're still going farther," Seira mutters, coming closer. And searching for traps!
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
06[20:38] * Demedais peers in, also looking around himself.
06[20:38] * Alicia walks towards the doorway and eyes the burn marks. "Gnomish remains, maybe?"
[20:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 spot and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:38] <Kotono> Seira doesn't find any traps. There are small doors on each side of the door into here, however, presumably leading into the sniper's nests running along the hall you just came from.
[20:38] <Kotono> Approaching, the party can see a few shards of blasted, burnt metal lying around the scorch marks. That's about it.
06[20:39] * Seira decides to check the burnt metal, since she might as well, and then the supposed sniper's nests.
06[20:40] * Demedais advances into the hallway as well. "At least we're past the main defenses, it seems?"
[20:40] <Kotono> The metal is just a few scraps of fried, burnt metal. It may have been gnomemetal once, but it's so ruined that whatever it was is hardly relevant. Inside of the sniper's nests, Seira finds a few quivers of arrows as well as several more burn marks. A few quivers have a few arrows, barbed tips and all, still remaining.
[20:41] <Kotono> Amaryl stays by the burn marks in the hall by the stairs, looking down to them. "Whatever hit them...it burned them all away like that?"
01[20:41] <Seira> "Maybe an angel set them all on fire?" she suggests with a shrug. "Stuff that still remained in working condition's probably magical."
01[20:41] <Seira> "Oh!" Seira exclaims. "We met two of them, before, guarding gnomish ruins and waiting to smite nonbelievers!"
06[20:42] * Alicia follows after Seira and grabs up the intact arrows, offering them to the archers. "Either of you two want these, or shall I just store them for when we get home?"
[20:42] <Kotono> "Will there be one somewhere around here, then? Are we going to have to fight it?" Donald wipes his forehead clean of sweat, "Did you fight the other ones?"
01[20:43] <Seira> "Why would we fight the messengers of Helm?"
06[20:43] * Seira tilts her head. "If it's Torm, that would be different."
[20:43] <Kotono> There are six intact arrows in total. Pollyanna nods and takes two, "I'll keep them in reserve, just in case." she says. Amaryl looks at them and shakes her head, "No. They look so barbaric! Anyone wounded with those would be hurt in a painful way, wouldn't they? All those barbs would do so much damage inside."
[20:43] <Demedais> "Helm and or other deities, but yes. And... well, it's possible, but I suspect this place was pretty much abandoned."
[20:44] <Alicia> "It might be," Alicia points out in response to Seira's suggestion, "Remember, all of the Gods were against the gnomes, so there's fair odds we might run into a servant of someone we dislike." Giving Pollyanna two arrows she nods to Amaryl and puts the remainder in the portable hole.
[20:44] <Kotono> "That makes them good weapons. Come on, you've killed things before," He crosses his arms, "Amaryl, a weapon is just a weapon."
[20:45] <Kotono> "Yes, but you don't have to be...barbaric about it," Looking down and away, in a tiny little voice, "Besides, if the Gods hated them, wouldn't it be wiser not to use those weapons?"
01[20:46] <Seira> "I'd agree if we were fighting people and not freakish constructs and summons," Seira says for her part. "But being comfortable with one's weapons is more important than having a better weapon!"
[20:46] <Alicia> "I'm not particularly fond of gnomecraft myself," Alicia agrees with Amaryl. "But it is fair to say that normal arrows can easily be used to inflict grevious injuries as well. It's down to how you use them."
01[20:47] <Seira> "For what it's worth, I don't think using their weapons or magic is particularly bad, as long as it doesn't break a taboo," Seira muses. "Like meddling in time, say."
[20:47] <Kotono> "I'll be sure to my comfortable sword the next time I fight something that needs adamantine," Pollyanna calls back, "Alicia's right. I've watched soldiers die in agony from my arrows when I was defending Balmuria. If I had these arrows and they would do the job better, I'd use them."
[20:47] <Kotono> *arrows
[20:49] <Kotono> Amaryl just shakes her head. "Can we go," she asys quietly. "Please?"
[20:50] <Alicia> "Of course, lets move on," Alicia nods understandingly, starting to head down the stairs.
06[20:50] * Demedais nods slightly, looking down the stairs over Alicia's shoulder as he follows.
[20:51] <Kotono> The party walks down the stairs! About half a minute down, you come to a landing. The stairs continue ahead, but there are doors on either side. They are both made of carved stone and steel. One has an image of the God-King, staring ahead with baleful intent. The other is covered with runes and pentagrams.
01[20:52] <Seira> "How about proceeding all the way below to see if there's someone waiting for us?" Seira suggests.
[20:53] <Alicia> "I bet that's a devil summoning chamber," Alicia nods to the door on the right. "I'd like to check it out first, just to make sure there isn't an active portal left or anything like that."
[20:53] <Kotono> "Definintely," Donald draws his sword, "No need to deal with the bearded bastards."
01[20:54] <Seira> "I'm good with that."
[20:55] <Demedais> "Thirded." Demedais nods. looking around quickly for another crevasse possibly hidden.
[20:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 K:R
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 K:R and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[20:57] <Kotono> "Well?" Donald waits, "Who's going to do the honors? Seira?"
[20:57] <Demedais> "Definitely devil summoning. Hamatula and barbezu, I think?"
01[20:57] <Seira> "Might as well!"
[20:57] <Alicia> "I was waiting for her to make sure it's not trapped, yes," Alicia nods.
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 traps
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 traps and gets 44." [1d20=19]
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 DD
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 DD and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[20:59] <Kotono> Seira works on the trap! AFter a bit of work, she is able to successfuly disarm the trap!
06[20:59] * Seira can't quite believe it, checking the door again.
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
01[21:02] <Seira> "I guess they used all their talent on that cloudkill door," Seira mutters to herself, shaking her head. "Oh! Ah, I see. You're so nasty!" She turns to face the others. "Okay, there's really no way to disable the real trap from here. I only tagged the decoy. But Dispelling should work!"
[21:02] <Demedais> "..."
[21:02] <Demedais> "I am now recalling the water incident. Let's hope Dispelling does work here."
01[21:02] <Seira> "Knock should work, too, but all I have is a scroll and it'll likely not work."
06[21:03] * Seira steps back!
[21:03] <Kotono> "That..." Donald starts to work, "Yes, but how does that make sense? I mean, if they have to dispel the trap just to get in, what's the point of it?"
[21:03] <Kotono> *walk back
01[21:03] <Seira> "There could be a password. Want to guess at it?"
06[21:03] * Demedais steps back as well.
[21:04] <Alicia> "Well, I could try that..." Alicia replies. "My last dispel didn't work so well, though, so this could get messy." Her eyes glow blue as she studies the door, wanting to see the dweomer for herself before trying to unweave it.
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: CL on arcane sight?
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[21:06] <Alicia> "Hmm... it's a strong aura, so I'll have trouble dispelling it even without the wild magic," Alicia looks thoughtful for a moment before she cocks her head. "Hell Striker, can you sense anything from the door?" Perhaps they used an evil spell, which would be far easier for her to undo.
01[21:07] <Seira> "Think teleportation inside would be barred?" Seira wonders out loud.
[21:08] <Alicia> "But not on the door itself? Right, looks like I'll have to do this the hard way. Let me try and dispel it first, Seira, I'd rather not have to use a high level spell for this..." Taking a deep breath, she gestures at the door, "By Mystra's will, let the spell be broken!"
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: CL for dispel?
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel check
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel check and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[21:09] <Kotono> The pentagrams and runes on the door fade from sight, the magic shattered!
01[21:09] <Seira> "Nicely done!" Seira says appreciatively.
[21:09] <Demedais> "Very good." Demedais smiles.
06[21:10] * Alicia proceeds to open the door! "There's evil within, so be wary," she cautions.
06[21:10] * Seira draws her sword!
06[21:10] * Demedais nods, standing near Alicia with his sword out, looking in as she opens it.
06[21:11] * Seira draws her bow, yes!
[21:12] <Kotono> Inside you find a large, arched room. Nine arches of old iron surround a 10(or is it 9?) foot wide pentagram. The walls are decorated with murals, of barbazu and hamatula, chained and dominated by armored gnomes. In the back of the room, 50 feet away, a figure is crucified to the back wall. (More)
[21:14] <Kotono> It is nude and hairless, lacking any gender at all. This humanlike creature is about the size of a large warrior, it's body covered with barbed chains, wire and hooks. It's legs are bound together by barbed wire, buried deep into it's infernal flesh. Long ram-like horns curl up from it's head, meeting in front of it's face. It's eyes are closed, it's face in a look of distant, painful comptemplation. Despite being crucified and wrapped in barbe
[21:14] <Kotono> it's face in a look of distant, painful comptemplation. Despite being crucified and wrapped in barbed wire at points, it does not bleed.
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes wtf is it
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes wtf is it and gets 32." [1d20=8]
01[21:15] <Seira> "How's it hanging?" Seira tactlessly asks the suffering fiend.
[21:15] <Demedais> "... you know, every time I start thinking I understand just how assholish the gnomes were, they manage to one-up themselves yet again." Demedais murmurs.
[21:17] <Kotono> The creature's eyes open, black, lusterless pools. Whispers cascade around you and in your minds. You cannot make out the words to them, save for all but one voice. 'Mortals. Well met...'
[21:17] <Alicia> "I wouldn't feel too much pity," Alicia observes, stepping fully inside. "It's a Remmanon. Its proximity clouds the mind, and it deals in dischord and hate - a harvester of souls, this one is."
01[21:18] <Seira> "Oh wow," Seira says dryly. "Haven't met one before. Did you know that you were left here for a few millennia, Mister Devil?"
[21:18] <Kotono> Amaryl whipers and hides behind Seira.
[21:19] <Kotono> 'I deal not in pity...but I will reward you if you are willing to allow me safe passage back to Baator...I see no need to fight you, should you be willing to do such.' The whispers tug and pull at your mind. You feel yourself wanting to strain, to try and listen to those voices.
01[21:20] <Seira> "Do you have any useful information that would warrant sending you back by pretty much killing you here?"
06[21:21] * Demedais looks around the room curiously as they talk.
[21:21] <Kotono> Pollyanna quite evenly readies and nocks an arrow. Her face twists into a sharp, furious mask of grimaces. 'What information do you desire,' the voice whispers into your minds, 'Knowledge for power? Knowledge for wealth? Knowledge for domination?'
01[21:22] <Seira> "Please don't give the bad devil what it wants, Pollyanna," Seira tells the archer girl, shrugging at the fiend. "You're the one who talked about rewards. And devils are all about contracts, so make me an offer. Surprise me!"
06[21:23] * Alicia was about to say there was nothing it could offer them, but at Seira's suggestion she decides to let this play out a little.
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:24] <Kotono> 'I can offer you wealth. I can offer you knowledge to lay low enemies and grant you martial or arcane pussiance. I can offer you magic. I can offer you the lore of a thousand millenia. Free me from here and I will have no emnity against your land or your souls..' The whispers seem to pick up. You can begin to make out the lesser ones, chanting. Chanting in Infernal, if one cares to listen.
01[21:25] <Seira> "No thanks. Alicia, want to do the honors and knock it out?"
06[21:26] * Demedais turns around and looks over the shelf, glancing over it to see if there's anything of note on it.
[21:27] <Kotono> 'Tell me, then...what is it you desire? Speak your mind, for I can provide, instead of this falling to bloodshed...' It's muscles tense and writhe, it's expression becoming more intensly displeasured.
06[21:27] * Alicia looks a bit concerned at the utter lack of concern everyone else is showing, and approaches the devil before speaking. "Your offers have fallen on deaf ears, I'm afraid. We will still return you to Baator, but I'm afraid you'll have to endure the process of respawning as a result."
01[21:28] <Seira> "I think negotiations failed when the whispers started," Seira tells it flatly. "And picked up in intensity."
06[21:28] * Demedais wanders over to the shelf, glancing things over but being unwilling to touch anything here right off. On a whim, he glances at the titles of the books.
[21:29] <Kotono> 'Then...so be it...' The Remmanon whispers in your minds, 'Come here then...should you desire, I will have no choice but to liberate you from the chains of this mortal coil...' OOC: Well, it's going hostile and looks to be doing something. Let's do init?
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[21:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 3." [1d20=1]
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
03[21:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(28)>Seira(26)>Polly(24)>Remmanon(22)>Donald(21)>Amaryl(17)>DemeMiko(3)'
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
[21:30] <Kotono> "Hey Demedais! Not thet ime!" Donald calls to him as Demedais goes to inspect teh bookshelf!
[21:31] <Alicia> With a flap of her wings, Alicia surges forward above the pentagram, charging straight at the fiend and whipping her flaming blade across its chest in a single mighty stroke!
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -10 pa, divine might, charging, smite
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -10 pa, divine might, charging, smite and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d8+47+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+47+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 66." [1d8=3][2d6=4, 4][1d6=4][1d6=4]
[21:34] <Kotono> Alicia surges forward, flying ahead! She can hear whispers in her mind as she does, slicing into the Remmanon! It's expression of pain grows even more intense, as if in a meditating agony! 'An angel...then I truly wasted my words...' The Remmanon's constant murmurs sound only in Alicia's head now. OOC: Seira.
01[21:35] <Seira> "If only you didn't try to cheat and chant as we were talking!" Seira snaps at the devil, reaching for a pair of silver arrows. "Now look what you've made me do!"
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 (5pa)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 (5pa) and gets 29." [1d20=12]
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 (5pa)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 (5pa) and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d8+14-1+5d8 good+silver
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+14-1+5d8 good+silver and gets 39." [1d8=4][5d8=8, 6, 4, 1, 3]
[21:37] <Kotono> The arrow goes right into thes tomac of the Remmanon, piercing it's torso violently! No blood comes from it's wounds, yet it's body is greiviously injured! Pollyanna meanwhile draws one arrow in particular, taking careful aim...
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 helmet, precise shot)
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 helmet, precise shot) and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12+2d6+3d8
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12+2d6+3d8 and gets 44." [1d8=6][2d6=5, 5][3d8=7, 8, 1]
[21:39] <Kotono> The arrow is fired true, taking out the left eye of the Remmanon! It pops with nary a bit of fluid, hissing, foul air spurting from it! It's whispers speak to all of you, 'I have no choice...'
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100-50
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100-50 and gets 48." [1d100=98]
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Er, +50.
[21:40] <Kotono> But nothing seems to happen! Meanwhile, Donald charges ahead, taking a quick shot at the seemingly defenseless devil!
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -2 levels, +2 arcane strike 2 2nd level charges -2 PA)
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -2 levels, +2 arcane strike 2 2nd level charges -2 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d10+12+4d4
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+12+4d4 and gets 28." [1d10=6][4d4=2, 1, 4, 3]
[21:42] <Kotono> Cutting intot he flank of the devil, the Remmanon is further wounded on it's crucification! Amaryl stays back, moving into the room and sending a volley of arrows inward!
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 split
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 split and gets 14." [1d20=2]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 split
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 split and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 split crit
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 split crit and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2+3d6
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2+3d6 and gets 19." [2d8=7, 3][3d6=2, 1, 4]
[21:44] <Kotono> A pair of arrows strike the Remmanon, burrowing light into it's flesh! OOC: Deme.
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
06[21:47] * Demedais quickly pivots at the sound! "Hmph, I did let my guard down." A severe grimace on his face is present as he moves around the room, preparing to engage with a charge from his new angle!
[21:47] <Kotono> As Demedais positions, the whispers grow in intensity in Alicia's mind! She can hear 9 infernal voices, calling on her to give into strife and dischord! OOC: Alicia, you're up, but make a wills ave first.
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Mind effecting.
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:50] <Alicia> "Now, return to the pit!" Alicia calls as she slashes out a disembowelling strike at the creature's navel before raking her blade up its torso and finishing with a hopefully decapitating slash at its neck!
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2pa divine might
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2pa divine might and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa divine might
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa divine might and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa divine might
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa divine might and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 45." [1d8=5][2d6=1, 3][1d6=4][1d6=3]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 47." [1d8=5][2d6=5, 5][1d6=1][1d6=2]
[21:51] <Kotono> The head of the devil is sliced in twain, it's brains nothing but a gust of windy, hateful whispers! It's body breaks apart into the howling agonies of warriors dying of impossible wounds! There is a clatter as it's chains, barbs and hooks fall to the floor, a great metallic mess of things. OOC: It's dead, Jim. Free act.
06[21:52] * Alicia flicks her blade through the air and turns disdainfully from the corpse. Now her glowing blue eyes sweep across the chamber, looking for any active magic within.
06[21:52] * Seira checks the door from the inside of the room, now that the devil had been slain, before looking over the rest of it.
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:52] * Demedais gestures to the shelf. "I'd suggest there for a search."
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
01[21:54] <Seira> "I question the wisdom of a trapped door that only a prisoner but not its guards could open," Seira mutters darkly.
[21:55] <Alicia> First of all, Alicia roots around in the chains to find the source of the magical auras there.
[21:55] <Kotono> Looking about, "You know, I was wondering the same thing. There must be something more to this," Donald comes over to Seira. Meanwhile, Alicia finds two rings are the source of the auras. They're connected to various non magical chains that lined and dotted the Remmanon's body. Alicia gets a few minor cuts as she does this, or would, but her protected skin isn't bothered.
[21:56] <Kotono> The bookshelf has some books, several vases and jars, a cabinet built in. Beyond that and the portal and now the former Remmanon, the room is relatively unremarkable.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Dimension anchor or something fun like that?" Seira calls over to Alicia, before asking Donald, "Like what?"
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search on shelf, sure
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search on shelf, sure and gets 27." [1d20=2]
06[21:57] * Alicia shatters the chains with a quick blow from her sword, before putting the rings into the portable hole. She then goes to join Demedais at the shelves. "That jar has some magic in it," she points out the one that shone out in her vision, picking it up off the shelf.
[21:58] <Kotono> The books are written in gnomish, with such titles as 'Devilnomicon' 'Domination of the Pit' and 'Hellfire summoning'. Those sort of things. The jars earthenware and are half empty. One has ancient, rotted wood in it and looks useless. One has steel nails. Another has several vials of a clear liquid, old glass still intact. The last, radiating magic, has several blue-tinted metal tokens. Four of them in particular.
[21:58] <Kotono> Four of them in particular. Each token radiates magic.
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 4#1d20+8 spellcraft on tokens
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d20+8 spellcraft on tokens and gets 71." [4#1d20+8 = 19, 23, 12, 17]
06[21:59] * Seira examines the portal while Alicia checks the magic on the token
01[22:00] <Seira> s
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 arcana?
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 arcana? and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[22:00] <Alicia> "Hmm, some are abjuration... do they look familiar to you, Demedais?" Alicia asks, since he has more experience with gnomish deritrus.
06[22:01] * Demedais muses, looking into the vase and examining the tokens by shifting them near to the edge of the vase to get a better look.
[22:02] <Kotono> Demedais can note there is very faint writing on them - tiny sized, his sharp eyes able to notice it. In gnomish, "Ward of Passage," is written.
01[22:02] <Seira> "Need some help with that?" Seira asks distractedly, still observing the portal.
[22:03] <Demedais> "'Ward of Passage.'" Demedais says aloud. "Either it activates this portal or it's used for safe passage through this building."
01[22:04] <Seira> "Yeah, about this portal. We need to break it."
[22:04] <Demedais> "Right."
01[22:04] <Seira> "Can I have the portal-breaking sword?" Seira requests.
[22:06] <Alicia> "I don't think it's safe," Alicia cautions. "We're better off breaking it the way we did the other gnomish portals, considering what happened with the Sharran one..."
01[22:06] <Seira> "I'm sure I'll be fine! I even have Dismissal and everything!"
[22:07] <Kotono> "You know," Amaryl comes up to Seira, looking to her in the eyes, gently, "Even if you think you can protect yourself...Seira..."
06[22:08] * Seira squirms. "We can break it the normal way... I guess...."
[22:08] <Kotono> Smiling warmly, "Thanks," Amaryl whispers to Seira, taking her hand.
01[22:09] <Seira> "Anyway!" Seira proceeds hurriedly. "If left unchecked, some idiot could use it like in the desert!"
[22:09] <Kotono> Covering a laugh with his hand, "So how do we smash it? I don't have the Hammer handy."
[22:09] <Demedais> "Right. Then yes, it must be broken."
01[22:10] <Seira> "That's because I have it! I still get to be the one to smash it, right?"
[22:10] <Kotono> Amaryl nods, "As long as it's really safe."
[22:10] <Demedais> "I can't touch the hammer, so." Demedais shrugs.
[22:11] <Kotono> At this point, Pollyanna quietly excuses herself from the room.
01[22:11] <Seira> "It is! But you all should move out of the room with all the nasty books and the vials and all of the tokens."
06[22:11] * Demedais glances to Pollyanna, before following her out.
[22:11] <Kotono> Donald follows suit, "Don't get yourself dragged into Hell! You know we'd have to come after you." As he goes, "Say, Alicia. I wanted to ask you something."
[22:12] <Alicia> "Holy energy works as well as chaotic to dispel a hellish portal," Alicia points out, walking over to the portal with Hell Striker in hand, then pausing. "Yes, Donald?"
[22:12] <Kotono> "Nevermind, it can wait," he says, going out, "Smash the portal up first."
06[22:12] * Seira waits until anything useful or dangerous had been taken along, and takes out the Hammer, glancing at Alicia. "On three?"
[22:12] <Kotono> OOC: Did you guys take anything besides the two rings, or was that it?
[22:13] <Alicia> OOC: I have the rings, I assume Deme has the jar with the tokens?
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: I asked for someone to take the books, tokens and vials. Donald should, if no one else.
[22:13] <Demedais> OOC: I took the jar with me, yes.
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Donald will take the books and vials out as well.
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
06[22:14] * Alicia nods to Seira, standing at the opposite side of the pentagram from the half-dragon. "One... two... three!" And on three she carves through the intricate runes and diagrams with a razing sweep of her flaming and sonic and holy empowered blade!
06[22:14] * Seira slams the business end of the Shard at her segment of the runes on the mark!
[22:15] <Kotono> With a twinned slash and smash, the portal is ruined! It's surface is shattered, the diabolical gateway ruined...this time, before any danger is present to the world.
[22:15] <Alicia> Confirming that the aura has dissipated, Alicia nods in satisfaction and heads back out. "You were saying, Donald?" she prompts the elf.
01[22:16] <Seira> "Anti-climatic," Seira mutters quietly, deciding to check the other door.
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 traps?!
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 traps?! and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:16] <Kotono> "Where'd you get your wings?" Donald asks lightly.
06[22:16] * Seira makes certain everyone is far away, and tries to open it!
06[22:17] * Demedais looks to Pollyanna worriedly. "You alright, dear?"
[22:17] <Kotono> This room...was perhaps once something. But instead, nothing but burns and ruined walls are about. A few bookshelves in ruin lie about, half charred and with parts missing. The air in here is uneasy...the back wall is nothing but an entire, massive burn mark, half melted.
[22:18] <Kotono> "I'm fine," Pollyanna smiles to Demedais, "...now that those damned whispers are gone."
01[22:18] <Seira> Something must have made a last stand there! Seira still gives it a cursory check, though.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[22:18] <Alicia> "I picked them up at the corner shop," Alicia replies dryly as she steps back up the stairs. "Seriously, though? They were a gift from Mystra - I've effectively got one foot in Dweomerheart, now."
[22:19] <Demedais> "Ah. Yeah, that sort of thing is... a frustration. My apologies for seeming distracted and not helping, but I find I can't even bring myself to care about most devils nowadays." Demedais grimaces.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Yeah, it's dead...but why not care?" Pollyanna starts to look startled at that, gasping, "They're a danger to our city and our lives. I worry about them all the time."
06[22:20] * Alicia peers into the ruined room after Seira once it's clear there's no traps around.
06[22:20] * Seira skips out of the room and back into the corridor. "Well, all the bad things have been slain. Are we going ahead, now?"
[22:20] <Demedais> "It's... I phrased it wrong. I can't care to deal with them.
[22:20] <Alicia> OOC: any magic amidst the debris?
[22:21] <Kotono> "Oh." Donald doesn't say much else beyond that. Alicia doesn't detect any magic amid the debris.
[22:21] <Demedais> "It's... I phrased it wrong. I can't care to deal with them." Demedais shrugs. "I'll kill them - don't get me wrong on that - but dealing with them has nothing but apathy to me. No interest."
[22:22] <Kotono> "Wow, you're making good sense," Donald calls as he goes to the downward stairs, peering down them. "One sexy exception excluded, most of them need to die. You're showing common sense! Demedais, are you feeling ill?"
06[22:22] * Alicia nods to Seira and starts going down the stairs. "At least thanks to trailblazers like yourself and Seira I can walk around Balmuria like this and not stand out so much," she smiles slightly.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Are you talking about succubi or erinyes?" Seira asks Donald curiously.
[22:23] <Kotono> "Maybe you're right. I know they offer nothing but enslavement and hate." Pollyanna smiles wanly, taking his hand, "Sometimes listening to one is so...easy. They can talk so WELL when they want to."
[22:23] <Kotono> "Isn't she kind of both," Donald grins, "Those bat's wings look like a textbook succubus wheneve rI study them."
01[22:24] <Seira> "Oh!" Seira exclaims suddenly. "You mean a specific ex-fiend. Right, carry on!"
06[22:24] * Demedais takes her hand. "Yeah, pretty much. I suppose it's just my mind getting used to tuning their speech off."
[22:25] <Kotono> "For all they have, they're very one track minded," Donald smiles briefly to Alicia, "Each time, it's like dealing with a seperate slice of dominating evil. No matter how it's cut, it's still teh same evil."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Actually she's got fluffy white feathered ones like me, now," Alicia tells Donald. "She never much cared for the succubus comparison, anyway."
[22:25] <Demedais> "Didn't someone make that comparison when we first met her?"
[22:26] <Alicia> "I never much cared for her when I first met her," Alicia replies with a thin smile.
[22:26] <Kotono> "Oh. That's nice...she's the second or third prettiest woman I've met, besides her," Donald says absently, "I remember how awkward she looked at the celestial camp when were devil busting."
01[22:26] <Seira> "You know, it's been bothering me," Seira mentions. "For a while, now, too. I'm not the only one who knows that following a fiend leads you to an eternal afterlife of pain and hate, right? It's common knowledge?"
[22:26] <Demedais> "I think people like pretending they'll be an exception."
01[22:27] <Seira> "Stupid people. Works for me."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Common for us." Amaryl speaks up, "But we're educated, aren't we? I know about magic, about planes, about nature. But what does a normal person know?"
[22:27] <Demedais> "There's that, too.
[22:27] <Alicia> "It's what we teach at temple, anyway," Alicia tells Seira, "But Demedais has the right of it - people who deal with fiends either convince themselves they'll come out on top from the bargain, or just don't think what occurs after death truly matters."
06[22:27] * Seira glances at Amaryl as she speaks. "So what if we raised the educational level? Raised awareness? Maybe less people would be stupid, then."
[22:27] <Demedais> "A further education of the people regarding them would be useful, yes."
01[22:28] <Seira> "It shouldn't be too hard to extend a few classes from the school for that end. And Waukeen's all about knowledge, so the temple might pitch in!"
[22:28] <Demedais> "Though how we'd approach it... we'd need to be careful not to cause a panic, or anything like that."
[22:29] <Kotono> "Antenora bothers me a bit about that," Pollyanna follows along as the party walks down the stairs, footsteps echoing around in the cavern passage, "If a fiend can change, are they all so terrible and worth shutting out?"
01[22:29] <Seira> "I try to offer each I fight a chance, now, and if they take it they're worth the time. If not, well, they might reconsider after respawning?"
[22:30] <Alicia> "Don't your churches already teach people such things? But really, It doesn't matter how much theoretical knowledge a person has, intangibles such as souls just often don't feel *real* to a lot of people. Unless they've actually been there and seen it for themselves, it's hard to truly believe it," Alicia reasons.
[22:31] <Kotono> As theology continues to be batted around, the party can see a glowing light far ahead. The light is indistinct, but burns like fire, blazing white fire.
[22:31] <Demedais> "There is that, too, but there are those who do not attend sermons - or do not attend on those days, by coincidence or by disdain."
06[22:31] * Demedais peers ahead at this.
01[22:31] <Seira> "That's what I mean! We can summon outsiders from all stripes and have them tell people!"
[22:32] <Alicia> "It doesn't always work," Alicia tells Seira. "I've heard a few people say after talking to Marie that the afterlife doesn't even matter since if they lose their memories it's not something they'll care about."
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 44." [1d20=18]
01[22:32] <Seira> "They might change their minds if an imp tells them some hell can let them keep their minds as they suffer endlessly?"
[22:32] <Kotono> "People are stubborn," Pollyanna wavers her hand back and forth, "Be-hm? What's that ahead?"
01[22:33] <Seira> "You know that feeling," Seira says quietly, "where you hope it's a servant of Torm so you could vent your Torm-anger on it, and at the same time hope it's a nice celestial waiting for us?"
[22:33] <Demedais> "Wait."
[22:34] <Demedais> "... Fire elemental. Huge. Like... the one we saw in the Fifth Resort ruins."
06[22:34] * Alicia shrugs. "That's not really how it works. Although my sister was very terrified after Antenora explained the process of changing a soul into a lemure..." she shudders a little herself, "She was quite graphic- hm?" she pauses at Demedais's warning.
01[22:34] <Seira> "That might work!" Seira agrees. "Also, it can't really set me on fire. I could hold it off for those of you easily burnable?"
[22:35] <Demedais> "It'll have problems burning me, too, though less so than you by far." Demedais shrugs.
[22:35] <Alicia> "Feel free to take point, then," Alicia invites, dropping back in favour of Seira.
[22:36] <Kotono> Pollyanna and Amaryl do likewise.
06[22:36] * Demedais nods and stays a bit behind Seira as he advances, eyes alert to try and spot how many there are.
06[22:37] * Seira draws the Resort, and nods resolutely. "I'll try for a spell, here's to hoping it works!"
01[22:38] <Seira> OOC: I want to cast Greater Heroism
[22:38] <Demedais> "It's also looking like it's pretty hot."
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: D100.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Er.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: CL check.
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 1d100 right
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 right and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[22:39] <Kotono> A large chunk of thes tairs ahead vanishes. You can see plain, rugged stone beneath, about a ten foot cube of it gone. It'll make walking ahead a bit difficult, but not impossible as it look sto be on a downward hill.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Didn't that happen before, back at the cloudkill door?" Alicia frowns as she looks down, negotiating this new obstacle.
[22:40] <Demedais> "Patterns in wild magic?" Demedais grins. "There's been weirder concepts, I guess."
06[22:40] * Seira pouts, and decides to hold off on her other spell until she's closed the distance down to at least half.
[22:42] <Kotono> The party advances on! As you get closer, to within about 100 feet, you can see it fairly well. This manlike creature blazes with white fire. It stands stoically in the stair, waiting. Seira and Demedais have seen this creature type before - in previous gnomish ruins, servants of the Gods sent to burn away the heresies of the gnomes.
01[22:42] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets it.
[22:43] <Demedais> "Hm, the flames obscured his actual form." Demedais mutters. "Ah well."
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, wtf is it
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes, wtf is it and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[22:43] <Kotono> It's gaze is terrible, like judgment passing over the party. "You are touched by the True Gods and bear the Resorts of the Heretic God King. I welcome you, honored ones."
01[22:44] <Seira> "I don't know if you've heard, but the time of that final battle and the so-called God-King's destruction draws near," Seira tells the guardian. "We've come for the next Resort."
[22:47] <Kotono> "You may pass," It says, standing aside. "Below lies Control Base 4. This place, a command base for the region, also hosted experiments over many living creatures. The results still exist below, as well as various intact defenses."
[22:47] <Alicia> "Does the Second Resort lie here, or elsewhere?" Alicia respectfully asks the manifestation of deific wrath.
01[22:47] <Seira> "We'll put them to rest, as we've done with the ghosts above," Seira promises solemnly. "Is there a way to fix the Weave, however, without extended research?"
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: First*
[22:50] <Kotono> "It does." The spirit agrees, "The Weave's damage is a result of the experiments here going afoul in the final days of the Great War. It is the most intense past this point - zones of wild magic, dead magic and empowered magic. The source of the rift lies within the main areas. Should that be stopped, the Weave will repair itself in time."
[22:51] <Alicia> "It will be stopped," Alicia declares at that, the preservation of Mystra's gift foremost in her mind.
[22:51] <Demedais> "Right... then we've no choice but to go at it, then." Demedais muses.
01[22:51] <Seira> "Was there ever any doubt?" Seira asks with a confident smile. "Let's go!"
06[22:52] * Alicia nods. "Lets," she agrees with Seira, pressing onwards.
06[22:52] * Seira lets other proceed ahead, before trying to cast one last spell. Should it fail, better that it fails before the more intense imbalance in the Weave.
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: Draconic Might
[22:53] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais nods, bowing before he follows the other two. "If we can find the empowered areas, I can remove the energy drain and strength sapping while we're there, I suspect."
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: CL check, Seira?
[22:58] <Kotono> The glowing figure stands aside, letting the party pass.
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[22:58] <Kotono> The spell triggers without incident! Thus the party continues deeper into the bowels...OOC: It's a fe wminutes early, but this is a great stopping point. We'll resume on Thursday.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> > "It does." The spirit agrees, "The Weave's damage is a result of the experiments here going afoul in the final days of the Great War. It is the most intense past this point - zones of wild magic, dead magic and empowered magic. The source of the rift lies within the main areas. Should that be stopped, the Weave will repair itself in time."
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "It will be stopped," Alicia declares at that, the preservation of Mystra's gift foremost in her mind.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Demedais> "Right... then we've no choice but to go at it, then." Demedais muses.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> "Was there ever any doubt?" Seira asks with a confident smile. "Let's go!"
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> * Alicia nods. "Lets," she agrees with Seira, pressing onwards.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> * Seira lets other proceed ahead, before trying to cast one last spell. Should it fail, better that it fails before the more intense imbalance in the Weave.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> OOC: Draconic Might
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais nods, bowing before he follows the other two. "If we can find the empowered areas, I can remove the energy drain and strength sapping while we're there, I suspect."
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> > OOC: CL check, Seira?
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> > The glowing figure stands aside, letting the party pass.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> roll 1d20+16
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> > The spell triggers without incident! Thus the party continues deeper into the bowels...OOC: It's a fe wminutes early, but this is a great stopping point. We'll resume on Thursday.
[20:21] <Kotono_Ibis> Thus the party descends down! The clatter of footsteps on the cold, wet stone beneath you is a constant echo, crashing about you in a subtle, deafening way. With Pollyanna providing light with her sunrod, you walk for another minute. You see that at last the stairs end, before a thickened, reinforced iron door. It's about fourty feet tall and thirty wide, heavy chains attached to huge rings on the center.
01[20:23] <Seira> Clearly, a time to examine it for traps!
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:25] <Alicia> As they reach the door, Alicia picks up their earlier conversation. "Anyway, as we were saying before? I don't think it's realistic to say that people are ignorant of the perils of dealing with fiends - even if they don't go to church they'd hear bard songs or be told bedtime stories by their parents when they were young or something."
[20:25] <Alicia> "It's the sort of thing that's pretty ingrained. The problem is just that a lot of people won't care - they think a life of having their wishes granted by whatever means is worth whatever happens after they die, or worse, they think they can take the deal and find a way to avoid paying the price."
[20:26] <Demedais> "That's possible, too." Demedais inclines his head.
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> "Yeah. People are stubborn," Pollyanna looks ahead at the door as Seira searches. "You can speak nothing but truth, but some are going to refuse to believe you."
01[20:27] <Seira> "That's how things are," Seira agrees, "but that's not how they have to remain! And the way seems safe, by the by."
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> "It's idealistic," As the blonde archer watches ahead, checking her arrows with one hand, "There's always going to be stubborn idiots out there."
[20:27] <Demedais> "Shall we open it and advance, then?" Demedais offers.
01[20:28] <Seira> "Idealism is great, don't look down on it!" Seira says happily, opening the door ahead.
[20:28] <Kotono_Ibis> The door looks to open by tuggint he chains attached to the door. On a casual tug, Seira realises it's going to take a lot of force to open these huge doors.
06[20:29] * Seira is luckily surrounded by pretty buff paladins!
[20:30] <Demedais> "Need help opening that?" Demedais asks, advancing and taking up one of the chains
[20:30] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald rubs his hands together, "So Demedais, you're big and strong and stubborn. You wanna start pulling?" As the paladin does just that, Donald goes to grab another chain.
06[20:30] * Alicia obligingly goes to help with the doors. "No one's looking down on it, I'm just trying to point out that changing people's hearts is a lot harder than simply pumping them full of information."
01[20:31] <Seira> "Lots of work, great rewards. Sounds like adventuring," Seira says with a laugh, pulling on the chain she's holding.
[20:31] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: What's your strength mods, guys?
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: +6 here
01[20:31] <Seira> OOC: +7 while under the spell
[20:31] <Demedais> OOC: +8, buffable to +12.
01[20:32] <Seira> OOC: +8 if it's a str check due to luckstone
[20:32] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Donald's +6. One of you make a str check with the sum of those mods?
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[20:33] <Kotono_Ibis> The party struggles and pulls, but the first effort is in vain. The doors are marvelously heavy, they can't quite get it moving.
[20:33] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald grunts as he pulls, "Damn...like trying to drag blocks of stone dipped in lead."
[20:34] <Alicia> OOC: Deme, want to hulk out and roll?
[20:34] <Demedais> "I'm vaguely impressed." Demedais grimaces. "Made these quite heavy. One more try, then...?" And on three, he leads the pull!
[20:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+32 sure, let's see here
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+32 sure, let's see here and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[20:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d4
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:38] <Kotono_Ibis> The party pulls! It goes worse, the doors not even budging! Further, Alicia's luck is all wrong! Something in her arm twinges, a rippling cramp passing through her muscles! The pain is sharp as her muscles protest! OOC: 1 str damage, Alicia.
01[20:38] <Seira> "Damn you, door, know your place!" Seira exclaims, the one to lead the others now.
[20:38] <Demedais> "Tch..." Demedais grimaces.
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+31
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 and gets 44." [1d20=13]
[20:40] <Alicia> "Oww!" Alicia yelps, letting go for a moment and giving her arm a shake. "Damn, let me brace myself properly," she grimaces, rubbing some feeling back into her arm before she plants her feet firmly and takes the chains once more, pulling mostly with her other arm this time. Luckily she's ambidextrous.
[20:41] <Kotono_Ibis> This time, there is a massive groan from the door! With a jolt that sends the four pullers staggering back, the doors are thrown wide open! The metal squeals like nothing else, an absolute din of seperated metal! (More)
[20:42] <Kotono_Ibis> Ahead of you is a gentle slope, going down a ways, perhaps 60 feet. At the bottom is a cavern ahead, though you'd need to go down the slope to see what lies in there, as this angle is bad.
06[20:43] * Seira draws her sword, since nothing ahead could've avoided hearing their approach, and steps down the slope.
06[20:43] * Alicia likewise takes hold of her own blade once more and starts heading downwards.
06[20:44] * Demedais follows Seira and Alicia, spear out here as he peers about.
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot and gets 42." [1d20=11]
[20:44] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald rubs his biceps before readying his shield and sword. He follows along, "At least being direct will save us some time later," he says merrily. Pollyanna and Amaryl take up the rear, following along. (More)
[20:46] <Demedais> "Something's coming from the bottom of the slope - it looks almost like glass..." Demedais murmurs. "Another golem like what we fought in the other ruins, Seira?"
01[20:47] <Seira> "Oh that would be just perfect," Seira responds, recalling how that golem cheated death several times.
[20:47] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais grumbles, keeping an eye on it so he can point it out with his spear as it advances.
[20:49] <Kotono_Ibis> As the party watches, they come! They are...like glass. No. They are headless humanoids, covered in glass, sharp, broken glass like a shattered set of scales. They run up the slope, or jump to the ceiling and climb that with unearthly grace, or run along the sides of the walls! The light of Pollyanna's sunrod bounces off of them, showing designs of the stars and constellations that seem to turn, as if the night sky was alive in broken glas
[20:49] <Kotono_Ibis> showing designs of the stars and constellations that seem to turn, as if the night sky was alive in broken glass reflections!. They are not only one or two, but eight of them!
06[20:50] * Alicia braces herself to fight the headless horrors, betting that they're not here to provide a peaceful welcome.
01[20:50] <Seira> "This is a new brand of creepy," Seira mutters, stopping at a spot that would allow her to intercept the horrors without letting them past.
[20:51] <Kotono_Ibis> "Where...where are the heads?" Amaryl says in a small voice, "Nothing can live without a head."
[20:51] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Are you guys attacking or just watching?
[20:51] <Demedais> "What... the... ... Okay!" Demedais curses, adjusting the glaive in his hands as he stands near Seira, in the way of their motions toward the back. "This ought to be interesting..."
01[20:51] <Seira> "They're not alive. If anything, they want to be put out of their misery!"
01[20:52] <Seira> OOC: Aren't they basically charging towards us? I'm holding till they're in reach
[20:52] <Alicia> OOC: I'm preparing to fight but won't make the first move
[20:53] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Okay. Let's go ahead and do initiative to make it all lined up and proper, then?
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[20:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[20:53] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Polly wants a 20
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Polly wants a 20 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:53] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl thinks Hatbot is a jerk
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl thinks Hatbot is a jerk and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[20:53] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+2 Donald wonders if he'll do better by keeping his mouth shut for once?
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+2 Donald wonders if he'll do better by keeping his mouth shut for once? and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 1
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 1 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 2 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 3
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 4
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 4 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 5
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 5 and gets 20." [1d20=17]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 6
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 6 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 7
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 7 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[20:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 8
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 8 and gets 7." [1d20=4]
03[20:54] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Demedais(12)>Polly(11)>Seira(8)'
03[20:55] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Alicia=?3(21)>?1(15)>?2=?4=Donald(13)>Demedais(12)=Amaryl>Polly(11)>Seira(8)'
03[20:56] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Alicia=?3(21)>?5(20)>?7(16)>?1=?6(15)>?2=?4=Donald(13)>Demedais(12)=Amaryl>Polly(11)>Seira(8)>?8(7)'
[20:56] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Alicia.
06[20:56] * Alicia holds her blade at the ready, poised to strike as soon as the creatures come into range...
[20:57] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to attack when one gets into melee range. What knowledge for devotion?
[20:57] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: K:D.
[20:57] <Alicia> OOC: i lack it
[20:57] <Kotono_Ibis> The third one, on the left tunnel wall, races along! It comes to within 20 feet of the party, watching! It crawls back and forth, contorting it's body in endless loops and motions! The fifth runs on the ground, coming towards the party's front! OOC: Alicia, you can take your held action to strike it, it's coming within range.
[20:59] <Alicia> The strange movements of the looping one nearby stays Alicia's hand for a moment, unsure whether they really are hostile... "Stop!" she calls as another one races right at them, not wanting to draw blood if there's no cause.
01[21:00] <Seira> "The ghosts wanted to be freed from their existence," Seira calls over to Alicia. "Headless humanoids kept alive by twisted magic through the ages... I'm thinking, they fall into the same category."
[21:01] <Kotono_Ibis> The creature comes to Alicia! It pivots and turns around her body, tumbling and twisting! It's arms and legs bend at angles that would shatter the bones of a human, it's legs going over it's shoulders and twisting it's entire torso over with a soft crack-crinkle of broken glass. OOC: Doing anything, Alicia?
[21:02] <Demedais> "If this really was their base..." Demedais grimaces, eyeing them, "...then they may have papers on these. ...perhaps there's a way to end this, even if not to reverse it?"
06[21:03] * Alicia waves her flaming blade threateningly between herself and the approaching creature, if it doesn't understand her words hopefully the universal language will work.
[21:05] <Kotono_Ibis> The creature draws close to Alicia's blade, the firelight reflecting off the constellations on it's broken body! The seventh meanwhile approaches on the opposite wall, coming to within twenty feet, twisting with such a beautiful horror. The first and the sixth sprint towards the party on the ground! One goes to Demedais, twist-circling around him! The constellations on it's body begin to hum, a low droning sound! Another goes around Donald
[21:05] <Kotono_Ibis> a low droning sound! Another goes around Donald, it's constellations doing the same! OOC: Again, Alicia, or are you going to keep holding?
[21:07] <Alicia> "Maybe they understand gnomish?" Alicia looks over to the people who speak that, uncertain. "I'm not sure they're hostile..."
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: holding
01[21:08] <Seira> "Retreat at once!" Seira barks in gnomish at the glass figures, willing to test out Alicia's theory.
[21:08] <Demedais> "Please get off us." Demedais utters in Gnomish at this, testing the theory. "Retreat at once."
[21:10] <Kotono_Ibis> The creatures look towards Demedais. At once they twist over, bowing. The ones who haven't advanced immediately retreat back, then the rest follow.
[21:11] <Demedais> "..." Demedais muses at this. "Why me? Seira was more forceful and spoke first."
[21:11] <Alicia> "What did each of you say?" Alicia asks, warily watching them retreat.
[21:11] <Demedais> "Please get off us. Retreat at once."
01[21:12] <Seira> "They like you more," Seira says with a shrug. "I still think we should destroy them to end such a wretched existence, but that could wait." At Alicia's question, she snorts. "Except I didn't bother with the first part."
[21:13] <Alicia> "If they ask to be destroyed I might consider it, but their definition of wretched might be different than yours," Alicia replies. "We should try to better understand the situation here before doing anything rash."
[21:14] <Kotono_Ibis> "Still, that's going to haunt my dreams," Amaryl whispers, "Why didn't they have heads?"
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 K:D
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 K:D and gets 24." [1d20=12]
06[21:15] * Demedais pulls out the vase after a few seconds more thought. "Remember when I said I thought these might get us past some of the defenses? Perhaps that's the case." he muses, looking in at them.
[21:16] <Kotono_Ibis> The tokens lie in the jar as Demedais last saw them. "If they're smart, it could also be a chance todraw is into an ambush?" Donald advances down a little more, peering.
01[21:16] <Seira> "If there's any undead around, we could try siccing those abberations on them, at least."
[21:16] <Alicia> "They seemed to hear well enough even without ears... lets continue on and perhaps we'll make some sense of this?" Alicia suggests, continuing down the slope.
06[21:17] * Demedais nods and advances, putting the vase back inside the handy haversack.
06[21:17] * Seira opts to stick by Amaryl for the trip below.
[21:20] <Kotono_Ibis> Once you reach the bottom of the slope, you can see farther ahead. Here, the jungle is alive. All over, plants that should not be plants are about. Plants that are colored in the rainbow, plants with metallic stems or steel petals. Ahead is a road of steel, unrusted by the years. The jungle is thick on either side of it. Sixty feet ahead is a small building, it's front poking out of the jungle. Two hundred feet ahead lies another small bu
[21:20] <Kotono_Ibis> Two hundred feet ahead lies another small building off the sid eof the path. Three hundred feet ahead? The jungle ends on a hard wall. Built into this tall dead end, the ceiling reaching up high? The front of a fortress has been built in, entirely of gleaming steel with highlights of blue metal.
[21:21] <Alicia> "A jungle? We're half a mile underground," Alicia observes in disbelief, shaking her head as she starts flying over the road, heading towards the nearby small building.
[21:22] <Demedais> "...how bizarre." Demedais says, looking around before he walks out.
[21:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[21:22] <Kotono_Ibis> "I think disbelief went by the wayside when we dealt with...oh, I don't know, all of this?" Donald waves his arms, "You know, wild magic, insanity and all that?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "This is even crazier than that, but at least it makes life unpredictable and fun," Seira muses, for her part.
[21:28] <Demedais> "As a slight note, there are eyes looking at us from the jungle. Don't ask me to count, we'd be here all day." Demedais says, stepping out a bit as well as Alicia moves ahead. "Shall we check this small building first?"
[21:29] <Alicia> "What, eyes like the coral out in the water or eyes belonging to actual creatures?" Alicia asks, looking around herself.
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: You can make spot if you like, Alicia.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[21:31] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl has arrows ready, "Are they hostile?"
[21:31] <Demedais> "Creatures. Mostly. I think." Demedais grimaces. "Everywhere. I'm not kidding. They... aren't moving? Yet? Let's get inside, either way."
01[21:33] <Seira> Looking over the nearest building has her vote, and Seira decides to seek entry. After searching for traps, of course.
[21:33] <Alicia> "We can see you, so you might as well come out," Alicia challenges the shadowy things, even though they probably can't understand her. Hopefully her tone and body language will get the point across as she hovers in midair and points at the nearest.
[21:34] <Kotono_Ibis> The party approacehs the nearest building as Alicia calls out! At this, the jungle on both sides breaks apart! Six of them come out, four on the left side and two on the right! They were once perhaps trolls. They are now suffused with iron, bodyparts half organic and half metal. They have powerful clubs in hand, screaming in gnomish, "Die...False...Ones!" OOC: These ones are very obviously hostile. Let's do init.
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: These ones are very obviously hostile. Let's do init.
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 19." [1d20=17]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 right
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 right and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 wooooo
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 wooooo and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> "Six on six?" Donald grins, "Good. When we kick your asses, you'll know itw as a fair fight!"
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 1
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 1 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 2
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 2 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 3
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 3 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 4
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 4 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 5 on right
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 5 on right and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+7 Troll 6
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+7 Troll 6 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
03[21:37] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Seira(7)'
03[21:38] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Troll 2(25)>Troll 3(23)>Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll1(11)>Troll 5(10)>Troll6(9)>Troll 4(8)>Seira(7)'
[21:38] <Demedais> "I don't suppose there's any chance you'd listen to me, is there?" Demedais growls in Gnomish, spear up.
[21:38] <Kotono_Ibis> The second troll charges all out, going right for Pollyanna!
[21:38] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[21:39] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 14." [1d100=14]
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> The club blow slams where Pollyanna isn't, missing her so close that a breeze sends the small woman's hair flying! The third troll repeats the stunt, going for Pollyanna as well!
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19 (+2 charge, -6 PA)
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 (+2 charge, -6 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+22
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+22 and gets 28." [2d6=5, 1]
[21:41] <Kotono_Ibis> This one manages to get right on Pollyanna, slamming it's club into her stomach! She staggers with the blow, rolling back! OOC: Demedais.
[21:42] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Wait.
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Nearly forgot something. Polly needs a fort save, my fault.
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> The blow leaves Pollyanna ultimately kneeing, dazed! OOC: Polly's dazed for one round. Now oyu're up, Deme.
[21:44] <Demedais> "Guess not!" With that Demedais steps in and jabs repeatedly at the troll which hit Pollyanna, attempting to judge its defenses via shredding it apart!
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff. and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff. and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff. and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Two hits. Second one threatens a crit, but they have light fort. Lemme roll it real quick.
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 59." [1d100=59]
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Threaten away.
[21:45] <Demedais> OOC: No threat, this is the spear
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Oh, nevermind then. Two hits.
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 2d10+22 also, Protection Devotion up
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d10+22 also, Protection Devotion up and gets 36." [2d10=6, 8]
[21:47] <Kotono_Ibis> Demedais spears into the back of the troll! HE finds his spear has trouble thrusting in, it's metal reinforced body hard to damage! The wounds also seem to begin healing near instantly! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:48] <Demedais> "Resistance -and- regeneration." Demedais grimaces. "We may need magic's aid here..."
[21:48] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald takes a small step in, going to harass the one Demedais just hit, channeling magic into his blade!
01[21:48] <Seira> "All we need is fire!" Seira says happily.
[21:48] <Demedais> "Can Lagann rip them apart?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "I'd rather not ask him try that on the living!" Seira responds instantly.
[21:49] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 gambling since he needs HP bad enough to try vampiric touch.
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 gambling since he needs HP bad enough to try vampiric touch. and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[21:49] <Demedais> "Fair!"
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 (-2 lvls, +2 arcane strike 1 2nd level spell)
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 (-2 lvls, +2 arcane strike 1 2nd level spell) and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d10+8+2d4
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d10+8+2d4 and gets 21." [1d10=10][2d4=2, 1]
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 6d6 Donald gains HP
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 6d6 Donald gains HP and gets 19." [6d6=5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 6]
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald rips into the side of the troll, drawing some blood! It barely seems to feel it or care, intent on it's battle! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:52] * Alicia dives down to aid Pollyanna, moving to stab her flaming blade into the back of the one harassing the archer!
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 knowledge
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 knowledge and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -7 pa
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -7 pa and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:53] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d8+27+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+27+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 44." [1d8=3][2d6=6, 4][1d6=2][1d6=2]
[21:54] <Kotono_Ibis> The troll is surrounded by two sides and air now! Alicia stabs her sword into the shoulder of the beast, but it lives on! Further, the fire damage starts to mend just like the cut! OOC: Polly's dazed. Amaryl's up.
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl runs back down towards the stairs, firing off a swarm of arrows at the wounded troll!
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 split
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 split and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 split
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 split and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d8+1+1d6
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d8+1+1d6 and gets 10." [1d8=6][1d6=3]
[22:01] <Kotono_Ibis> One of the arrows gets into the face of the troll, a shallow wound that has blood trickle down over it's cheek! A moment later, the first troll runs out! The fifth on the right follows, and the both go for Amaryl, doubleteaming her!
[22:01] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -3 PA)
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -3 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[22:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 flank, -7 PA)
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 flank, -7 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[22:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+16 at least the second whiffed
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+16 at least the second whiffed and gets 20." [2d6=2, 2]
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+17 fort
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+17 fort and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[22:04] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl is surrounded by the two, one blow hitting her in the arm! She's able to keep together despite the pain! The fourth and the sixth troll come out from either side, these two crashing down in on at Seira! OOC: Deme, Alicia and Donald can AoO either of the trolls if they wish, as they're charging right into the battle.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -7 pa I'll AoO the first one to pass by me
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -7 pa I'll AoO the first one to pass by me and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Whiff.
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 Donald AoO on the fourth troll
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 Donald AoO on the fourth troll and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d10+8+2d4
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d10+8+2d4 and gets 20." [1d10=9][2d4=2, 1]
02[22:07] * Demedais (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-195-243.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[22:10] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@adsl-76-236-190-76.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) has joined #dunes
03[22:10] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
06[22:11] * Taishyr nods swiftly and attacks the one that Donald struck!
[22:11] <Taishyr> roll 1d20+22 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff.
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Taishyr rolls 1d20+22 sorry, was checking enchants and stuff. and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[22:12] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit. Nick too?
[22:12] <Taishyr> roll 1d10+11
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Taishyr rolls 1d10+11 and gets 12." [1d10=1]
03[22:12] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[22:12] <Kotono_Ibis> The sixth troll is hacked and slammed, but endures as the pair goes for Seira!
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18 (+2 charge, -7 PA)
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 (+2 charge, -7 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Flatfooted AC?
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: Assuming flat-footness and Deme's aura, I'm at 38
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> The two go headlong at Seira! One misses bad, while the other one somehow misses, the protective energies of Demedais shielding her from harm! OOC: Seira.
06[22:14] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's blessing, seeing no reason to hold back when Amaryl is in danger. "Lagann, strike at the troll on the left!" Seira commands her friend, trusting it to harrass one of the trolls dangerously close to Amaryl with a dagger, before she's also there, ready to smite the being from the face of the world!
01[22:15] <Seira> OOC: Devotion, I'll tumble to get there
[22:15] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 tumble
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 tumble and gets 27." [1d20=12]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 smite
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 smite and gets 29." [1d20=6]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:16] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: One hit.
01[22:17] <Seira> OOC: EVIL trolls?
[22:17] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Yes.
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d4+3+5d8
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+3+5d8 and gets 26." [1d4=4][5d8=6, 5, 1, 6, 1]
[22:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Seira tumbles and moves swiftly, going to aid Amaryl! She dodges a flurry of club-swings, each one missing her as she positions! Meanwhile Lagann directs a dagger, but it bounces off the metal studded back of one of the trolls! Seira runs in and smites and swings, but her pair of blows bounce off as well! She is able to land a claw, but even that is harshly resisted! OOC: New round. Fast acting trolsl are up.
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> The second troll goes to smash in the dazed Pollyanna's face, having a good, stable target to try and maim!
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+22 (-1 PA)
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+22 (-1 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+17
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+17 crit
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+17 crit and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 bite
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 bite and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: How much does the aura add to AC?
[22:19] <Demedais> OOC: +6
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Crit and the bite hits. d100s on both.
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Bite goes bye-bye
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+12 One normal hit then
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+12 One normal hit then and gets 21." [2d6=6, 3]
[22:21] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanna gets thumped upside the head, a trickle of blood coming from the smashing blow! The third troll wounded, begins to heal! As it does, it repeats it's focused performace on Pollyanna!
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA)
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+11
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+14 ow
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+14 ow and gets 22." [2d6=3, 5]
[22:23] <Kotono_Ibis> As it's considerable wounds start to mend, the troll is able to draw more blood by smacking Pollyanna across the face with it's club! OOC: Deme.
[22:23] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100 thanks
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 thanks and gets 83." [1d100=83]
[22:23] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: CArry on.
01[22:25] <Seira> 'Amaryl, leave this to me and retreat!' Seira thinks to her. 'If you withdraw, trolls may not be able to catch up!'
06[22:26] * Demedais grimaces. "For the love of... Focus on defense when you can, Pollyanna!" This said, the spear is dropped and with a quick draw from the scabbard, a sweeping slash is drawn across the back of the first troll to hit Pollyanna, Demedais seeming to focus intently as he does this! OOC: Spear drop, Law Devotion since this seems like one of the main fights we'll have here, sword drawn, cut troll.
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (-5 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, +2 flanking)
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Right, go.
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (-5 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, +2 flanking) and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
[22:28] <Demedais> roll 2d6+23
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+23 and gets 32." [2d6=3, 6]
[22:29] <Kotono_Ibis> Demedais slashes into the troll, staggering it horribly! It yet survives, bloodied but intact despite horrific woundings! Donald positions and dodges, going to try and finish the troll off, "Get back," he calls to Polly, "We'll get them! Run if you have to, just don't get slaughtered!"
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +2 arcane strike 1 2nd and 2 1st)
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 (+2 flank, +2 arcane strike 1 2nd and 2 1st) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13 crit?
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 crit? and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 3d10+24+8d4
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 3d10+24+8d4 and gets 63." [3d10=9, 1, 9][8d4=3, 1, 4, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3]
03[22:31] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Troll 2(25)>Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll1(11)>Troll 5(10)>Troll6(9)>Troll 4(8)>Seira(7)'
[22:31] <Kotono_Ibis> With arcane fire slashes and a kick off, the troll falls onto it's face! It's downed and dazed, even as it's body tries to repair the obviously fatal damage from Donald ripping it's torso into shreds! OOC: Alicia.
[22:32] <Demedais> "Excellent blow, Donald!"
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Forgot GMW, but it doesn't matter there. Dur.
06[22:33] * Alicia focuses on the thus far untouched troll that's been allowed to maim Pollyanna with impunity, intending to put a stop to that right quick. "Perish, foul thing!" she calls as a slight jink of her flapping wings puts her above it and she whirls around its upper body and head in a blurring storm of blades to rend it into nothingness from which no amount of regeneration will save it!
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 49." [1d20=18]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike crit check and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 6th level arcane strike
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 6th level arcane strike and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[22:34] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Everything until the 30 and 27 hit and confirmed when relevant. Ow.
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 6d8+114+8d6+4d6+4d6+24d4
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+114+8d6+4d6+4d6+24d4 and gets 256." [6d8=7, 2, 4, 6, 7, 7][8d6=5, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 1][4d6=4, 4, 1, 6][4d6=4, 3, 6, 1][24d4=3, 1, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 2]
03[22:35] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll1(11)>Troll 5(10)>Troll6(9)>Troll 4(8)>Seira(7)'
[22:36] <Kotono_Ibis> What happens to that troll is impossible to describe. If not for the fact it's body still creeps together, one would think it's a pile of green and bloody splatters on the ground. It's certainly not menaching anyone for a long time. OOC: Ow. Polly's up.
[22:38] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanan staggers back five feet safely, before unloading on the troll that was wouded by Donald and Demedais, a volley of quick arrows!
[22:39] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 (+2 helmet)
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 (+2 helmet) and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[22:39] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 (+2 helmet again last charge)
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 (+2 helmet again last charge) and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[22:39] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[22:39] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[22:40] <Kotono_Ibis> Safe but bloodied, Pollyanna fires! Yet all of her shots are misses, weaving around in the chaotic tides of battle! OOC: Amaryl.
[22:40] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl withdraws to safety, running up the steps and and away from the trolls that threaten to turn her into a pile of red giblets! OOC: Trolls are up, Amaryl withdrew and moved away 80ft.
[22:41] <Kotono_Ibis> The first troll turns on Seira, unloading it's clubbing fury onto the half dragon!
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA)
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19 bite
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 bite and gets 27." [1d20=8]
01[22:42] <Seira> OOC: AC 38
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: AC?
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> The troll fails to connect, the other one looking at Amaryl's retreat, before going after Seira as well!
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[22:42] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[22:43] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[22:43] <Kotono_Ibis> But neither troll can successfully land a hit on her! (More)
[22:44] <Kotono_Ibis> The sixth troll turns onto Donald, as does the fourth! Both go after him, reaching to try and maim the duskblade!
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+22 (-1 PA)
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+22 (-1 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+17
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 bite
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 bite and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: AC 32, so two hits.
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+12
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+12 and gets 21." [2d6=4, 5]
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d6+6 bite irrelevant with stoneskin
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d6+6 bite irrelevant with stoneskin and gets 11." [1d6=5]
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Or not.
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 (-3 PA)
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 (-3 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+10
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d6+7
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d6+7 and gets 8." [1d6=1]
[22:47] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald is clubbed and knocked around, but he mostly stays successfully on the defensive! He blocks one club with a shield, as the mystic energies around him divert another! OOC: Seira.
06[22:47] * Seira smiles nastily. So they've decided to stick around. How nice! She dismisses any opponent but the one she'd already wounded with her claw, and seems to burn with an inner fire as she unwittingly mirrors Alicia's actions and flies up just a bit before attacking it in earnest!
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d4 man
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 man and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:48] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: The first 18 hits. That's it, horrible dice.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d4+5d8+1d6 sa+fire
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5d8+1d6 sa+fire and gets 28." [1d4=4][5d8=2, 8, 5, 7, 1][1d6=1]
[22:48] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8 Lagann
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 Lagann and gets 23." [1d20=15]
01[22:49] <Seira> OOC: +3 more damage, whee
06[22:49] * Seira then uses her chance to slip away from the two trolls, slipping between then and Amaryl.
01[22:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 tumble
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 tumble and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[22:50] <Kotono_Ibis> Fighting and hacking, Seira is able to rip her free claw into the arm of the troll as the two fight hard! She can't get a decisive blow, only a bloodied wound for the trouble before she safely retreats back! OOC: Deme.
06[22:51] * Demedais turns to the one Pollyanna attacked, a bitter smile on his face. "Adamantine, eh? No surprise, but let's make this one to remember!" With that, he launches an upward cut, before bringing the blade down and then across the troll's back!
[22:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[22:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[22:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (-6 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 4d6+52
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+52 and gets 68." [4d6=6, 4, 1, 5]
[22:54] <Kotono_Ibis> Demedais finds no trouble cutting into that troll, ripping it's side into bloodied shreds that fail to down it, it's warty face screaming defiance! OOC: Donald.
[22:54] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald does the same, stepping smoothly into range and hacking, channeling another spell in to try and finish thet roll off!
[22:54] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100 so close and yet so far
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 so close and yet so far and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[22:56] <Kotono_Ibis> "Gaaaah!" Donald instead squirms all over, "Gaaack! It's like fire! Itches like fire!" he calls, wiggling about! OOC: Alicia.
06[22:57] * Alicia had been about to go and help Seira and Amaryl, but Donald's issues convince her she's still needed here. Flying overhead, she joins Demedais at the still standing wounded troll, her blade arcing down to slash at its metal-studded torso!
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 -5 pa
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 -5 pa and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 43." [1d8=1][2d6=5, 6][1d6=2][1d6=6]
[22:58] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d10
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d10 and gets 4." [1d10=4]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> "It's like my clothes BURN and ITCH!" Donald complains as Alicia stabs the troll! Oh, but it still clings to life, Pollyanna firing to try and remedy this!
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13 crit
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 crit and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8 light fort is irrelevant since the crit didn't come home
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 light fort is irrelevant since the crit didn't come home and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d8+12+1d6
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d8+12+1d6 and gets 21." [1d8=7][1d6=2]
[23:00] <Kotono_Ibis> The troll gets an arrow in it's guts, staggering but barely, just barely, clinging to awareness despite bleeding all over! OOC: Amaryl.
01[23:00] <Seira> 'Hit them, go for volume!' Seira thinks to Amaryl.
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl stays where she is, firing a great volley of arrows!
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+8
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13 crit?
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 crit? and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Two normal hits.
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d8+2+2d6
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d8+2+2d6 and gets 18." [2d8=6, 6][2d6=2, 2]
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> The troll gets arrowed again, but neither seems that slowed! They instead charge ahead, going for Seira!
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge)
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge) and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 crit?
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 crit? and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
01[23:03] <Seira> OOC: They full attack on a chargE?
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: And I have no idea why I'm FAing here, yeah. AC?
01[23:03] <Seira> OOC: 38, so close
[23:04] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 second one continues the charging
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 second one continues the charging and gets 33." [1d20=8]
01[23:05] <Seira> "Oh, you poor, deluded things," Seira says with an exaggerated sigh, dodging by a hair's breadth. "So eager to die at my hands."
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> The fourth troll, staggering, goes for Donald, as does the other!
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 flank they're persistant as hell at it, at least
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 flank they're persistant as hell at it, at least and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+10
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+10 and gets 18." [2d6=3, 5]
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d6+5
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d6+5 and gets 11." [1d6=6]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 Donald fort
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 Donald fort and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 Other troll
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 Other troll and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+10
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+10 and gets 16." [2d6=5, 1]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+10
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+10 and gets 18." [2d6=4, 4]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d6+5
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d6+5 and gets 10." [1d6=5]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 fort
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 fort and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald is knocked around, dazed and woozy from a severe case of the clubs and bites! OOC: SEira.
01[23:07] <Seira> It would be trivial for Lagann to strike at the back of the troll she had been fighting from the start, and once he does, Seira would use that chance to commence her assault!
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 really?
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 really? and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[23:08] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Three normal hits.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8 at last!
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 at last! and gets 45." [3d8=3, 5, 1][5d8=4, 4, 5, 5, 7]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 and gets 48." [3d8=1, 8, 4][5d8=7, 7, 6, 2, 2]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d6+3+5d8
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3+5d8 and gets 29." [1d6=1][5d8=8, 4, 3, 2, 8]
03[23:09] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll 5(10)>Troll6(9)>Troll 4(8)>Seira(7)'
[23:09] <Kotono_Ibis> Seira is finally able to catch this one square, ripping and slashing it apart until it lies at her feet! OOC: Deme.
06[23:10] * Seira glares at the remaining one!
06[23:10] * Demedais steps forward again, attempting to finish off the wounded troll on Donald before cleaving into the final one here!
[23:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[23:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[23:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW)
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (-7 PA, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW) and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[23:11] <Kotono_Ibis> Deme fights hard but can't land any sort of decisive blow! Meanwhile, Donald is stunned! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:12] * Alicia flickers a bit further to the side so she can float above the unhurt troll menacing the itchy and dazed duskblade, repeating her earlier routine of carving a bloody ruin through the troll's upper body and head!
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 42." [1d20=11]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying crit check
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying crit check and gets 39." [1d20=8]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, flying and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[23:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100 rolling light fort
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 rolling light fort and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[23:13] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: It's AC is 31 as you guys know. Do the math.
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 6d8+114+10d6+5d6+5d6+25d4
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+114+10d6+5d6+5d6+25d4 and gets 272." [6d8=3, 7, 4, 7, 2, 3][10d6=6, 3, 4, 4, 3, 6, 2, 3, 3, 3][5d6=1, 5, 5, 2, 6][5d6=4, 5, 1, 3, 5][25d4=2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 3]
03[23:14] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll 5(10)>Troll 4(8)>Seira(7)'
[23:15] <Kotono_Ibis> Another horrible end comes to this troll, turning it into a pile of destroyed kibble! Pollyanna smiles in relief, firing at the fourth troll with one precise, pwoerful shot!
[23:15] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 Precise Shot
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 Precise Shot and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[23:15] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[23:16] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d8+12+1d6+3d8
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d8+12+1d6+3d8 and gets 37." [1d8=7][1d6=1][3d8=2, 7, 8]
03[23:16] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll 5(10)>Seira(7)'
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> An arrow in the eye sends that troll down, the only one left menacing Seira! Amaryl steps back a bit, firing arrows at it quickly!
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+12 crit of course only the split arrows hit
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+12 crit of course only the split arrows hit and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[23:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d8+4+2d6
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d8+4+2d6 and gets 20." [2d8=3, 5][2d6=2, 6]
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> The fifth troll takes a pair of arrows as it stands before Seira, ripping into her hard!
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[23:19] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d6+5 at least it hit once
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d6+5 at least it hit once and gets 8." [1d6=3]
[23:20] <Kotono_Ibis> The troll hacks and slashes at Seira, minor wounds overall! OOC: Go Seira.
01[23:21] <Seira> "This is where you give up and plead for me to spare your life," she tells it in gnomish, striking back in tandem with Lagann!
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 31." [1d20=7]
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 again?
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 again? and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[23:21] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100 hit one SA
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 hit one SA and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[23:21] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100 hit two SA and crit
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 hit two SA and crit and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[23:21] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: No dice on either. Hit and a crit.
01[23:21] <Seira> OOC: 27 doesn't confirm, I think
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 and gets 58." [3d8=6, 6, 6][5d8=6, 5, 8, 3, 7]
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 1d6+3+5d8
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3+5d8 and gets 31." [1d6=5][5d8=4, 3, 5, 4, 7]
[23:22] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Not quite a kill. I'm really outta time, so we'll resume there tomorrow.
[20:40] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+18 again?
[20:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 again? and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[20:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d100 hit one SA
[20:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 hit one SA and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[20:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d100 hit two SA and crit
[20:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 hit two SA and crit and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[20:40] <Kotono> > OOC: No dice on either. Hit and a crit.
[20:40] <Kotono> <Seira> OOC: 27 doesn't confirm, I think
[20:40] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8
[20:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 and gets 58." [3d8=6, 6, 6][5d8=6, 5, 8, 3, 7]
[20:40] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d6+3+5d8
[20:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3+5d8 and gets 31." [1d6=5][5d8=4, 3, 5, 4, 7]
[20:40] <Kotono> > OOC: Not quite a kill. I'm really outta time, so we'll resume there tomorrow.
[20:40] <Kotono> * Topic is 'Demedais(21?!)>Donald(19)>Alicia(18)>Polly(13)>Amaryl(12)>Troll 5(10)>Seira(7)'
[20:40] <Kotono> * Set by Kotono_Ibis on Thu May 28 16:18:35
[20:41] <Kotono> Seira catches into the last troll, savaging it's regenerating innards and catching it completely off guards and balance! It's staggered and bleeding, seriously wounded even by it's abilities! OOC: Deme.
06[20:43] * Demedais quickly moves to coup the troll that's had the most time to regenerate with his sword, hoping the adamantine edge will be enough to make this permanent!
[20:44] <Kotono> Demedais hacks into the troll, cutting it's neck! It's blood gushes out as it's body goes still, slain for a second andf inald time! Donald meanwhile huffs air in and out, "SEira, you need help?"
01[20:44] <Seira> "Probably not!"
[20:44] <Kotono> Donald holds his position, in case any of the trolls rise! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:46] * Alicia isn't in any mood to hang about with these things, and whirls in the air to target the last troll standing before a powerful flap of her wings sends her zooming towards it, her flaming blade flicking through its neck as she passes!
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa, flanking
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa, flanking and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 38." [1d8=1][2d6=6, 5][1d6=3][1d6=2]
[20:48] <Kotono> Flyign through the air, Alicia charges! THe troll is staggering from Seira's blows, unable to stop a backstab! It collapses down, neck cut deeply! OOC: Free act.
06[20:48] * Seira gives Alicia a wave as she downs the last troll, before moving over to Amaryl and looking her over.
[20:49] <Kotono> Pollyanna takes careful aim, starting to fire arrows regularly into the downed but still alive trolls. "Donald, help me make sure they stay down until Demedais gets to them!"
[20:49] <Kotono> "Yeah," Donald goes to aid, ripping and hacking at trolls as he whistles.
[20:49] <Alicia> "I think Demedais is the only one who can actually kill them, but they should stay down long enough for him to make the rounds," Alicia nods to Seira as she lands beside the one she just downed, ready to act if any get up prematurely.
[20:49] <Kotono> "I'm okay..." Huffing out a long breath of air, "They were so savage! What possessed them to attack us without any provocation?"
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[20:50] <Kotono> "I'm okay..." Huffing out a long breath of air, "They were so savage! What possessed them to attack us without any provocation?" Amaryl checks over her gear, exhaling and holding her chest. "The stoneskin magic stopped the worst of it."
06[20:51] * Demedais continues to coup trolls until they're all finished, nodding to the group at the end.
[20:51] <Kotono> As he goes about hacking up trolls, "Ow...damn, I still hurt. We could use some healing after this. Stoneskin or not, I'm hurting." Donald keeps his eyes down on his work, as Demedais finishes the trolls off.
01[20:52] <Seira> "Brainwashed by the gnomes, probably?" Seira suggests. "Maybe they just went insane, being the only things left around for millennia?"
06[20:52] * Alicia flies over to Donald and taps his shoulder. "This should work, even if it's not much," she reassures him, channeling some healing spellfire into his form.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 3d4+3
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4+3 and gets 13." [3d4=4, 2, 4]
[20:52] <Kotono> "Hey, thanks," Smiling to Alicia, "Still," Stretching his body out, "If we get pressured harder, we may need to make a quick retreat, stoneskin or no."
06[20:52] * Alicia then approaches Pollyanna. "I have a healing spell, but... wild magic," she shrugs apologetically. "Still, you look like you need it. Want to chance it?"
06[20:53] * Seira decides to try using healing magic on Amaryl!
01[20:53] <Seira> OOC: CL for CMW?
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Function sas normal.
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 15." [2d8=1, 4]
[20:54] <Kotono> The magic functions correctly, mending some of Amaryl's wounds. "I'll chance it," Pollyanna says in the meanwhile.
[20:54] <Demedais> "I'd offer healing, but the odds of it working for me aren't worth the odds of it backfiring." Demedais shrugs. "Not at this juncture."
06[20:54] * Alicia nods and puts a hand on Polly's flank where a particularly vicious clawswipe got through, attempting to invoke the required positive energies.
[20:54] <Kotono> "I'll try some," Donald speaks up, "What's the worst that could happen? I'd rather risk it now than end up dying later."
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 CL check
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 CL check and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 31." [3d8=6, 8, 2]
[20:55] <Kotono> "Thanks," Pollyanna brightens up, "While Donald decides to play roulette with his life, are we going to keep going and search the building right ahead, or move onwards past it?"
01[20:56] <Seira> "We might as well search everything we come across," Seira comments, drawing closer.
[20:56] <Alicia> "We should try to avoid leaving anything behind, we might miss a clue or item that could help us later on," Alicia replies, letting Seira check it for traps while Donald is healed, keeping an eye out for trouble.
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search TRAPS
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search TRAPS and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[20:57] <Kotono> The front of the building is well worn but even better kept. It has a single set of doors near the end facing the party. The sides and back are cloaked by thick rainbow-jungle. The door inside doesn't seem to be trapped. There's a few fragments of what looks to be bleached-white bone around it, though.
06[20:57] * Demedais nods slightly to Donald before walking over and trying to heal his injuries.
[20:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 CL check
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 CL check and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[20:58] <Demedais> roll 4d8+8 (sacrifice Freedom of Movement)
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+8 (sacrifice Freedom of Movement) and gets 26." [4d8=7, 8, 1, 2]
[20:58] <Kotono> Demedais calls on the power of Helm, successfully mending some of Donald's more egregreious wounds!
06[20:58] * Seira opens the door, glancing inside!
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[21:01] <Kotono> A front room, an empty front room. Save for a few shards of metal lying about, nothing here signifying what it may have once been. There are twin doors leading farther back and northwards, towards the path the street runs on. They're made of metal and slightly ajar. Lying about the room are a pair of skeletons, perfectly weathered and smooth, bone white.
01[21:02] <Seira> 'Anything fun nearby?' Seira mentally asks Lagann, glancing at the shards of metal curiously.
[21:02] <Demedais> "Should I try again?" Demedais shrugs to Donald.
[21:03] <Kotono> "I'm okay now," Donald says, walking up to Seira. "See anything in there?"
06[21:03] * Alicia follows Seira inside and glances at the skeleton. Are they of gnomish proportions?
[21:03] <Kotono> They're too big for it on a glance. OOC: You can make K:N here if you want, Alicia.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Just really smooth metal," Seira responds, searching the room for anything fun and unusual.
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 11." [1d20=6]
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 K:N
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 K:N and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono> The room has little of interest to be found in it.
06[21:04] * Demedais follows the group over to the room, looking around outside.
[21:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot and gets 48." [1d20=17]
01[21:04] <Seira> "Trolls!" Seira exclaims, nodding to herself.
06[21:05] * Seira goes to check both doors for traps!
01[21:05] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 35 on each?
[21:05] <Kotono> The doors are not trapped or lock. As they're slightly ajar, one could easily open them or peek through.
06[21:06] * Seira peeks through the doors!
06[21:06] * Demedais follows Seira in
[21:07] <Kotono> Inside is a long, long hall. It's very empty...about are occasional burn and blast marks. Every about ten feet or so are piles of what looks to be nails and screws. Occasionally coins, a stray weapon or the like lies about on the floor. No sign of furniture or anything awry.
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[21:07] <Kotono> Amaryl follows along behind Seira, "What is it?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "I figure where they experimented on the trolls," Seira says with distaste. "I lack the words to express my displeasure properly."
06[21:09] * Seira frowns slightly. "In any case, there's something up ahead, so I'll check it out."
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search TRAPS
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 search TRAPS and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[21:09] <Demedais> "...sickening." Demedais mutters, keeping a bit behind Seira as he follows, looking about.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Going on ahead and in, Seira?
01[21:09] <Seira> OOC: Yes, assuming the path isn't trapped to hell
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Following, Deme?
[21:11] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah.
[21:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 Spot spot
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 Spot spot and gets 40." [1d20=9]
[21:11] <Kotono> As the two go in and begin to search about...(More)
[21:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[21:13] <Demedais> "Seira. Ceiling. A rippling movement." Demedais says, low and clipped.
06[21:14] * Seira leaps back towards the more-defensible doorway, looking in the direction Demedais had indicated!
06[21:15] * Alicia looks in from the main room at Seira's sudden leap backwards, a hand tensing on her sword.
[21:15] <Kotono> "What's going on," Amaryl calls, "Are you alright, Seira?"
06[21:15] * Demedais moves to the side as well, watching it carefully.
06[21:16] * Seira backs away until she's standing in the doorway, frowning. "Yeah, I'm fine. But something's weird. Can you keep a lookout outside?"
[21:16] <Kotono> Demedais can just see a strange, odd rippling in the air! It follows you as you move...and then it's falling! OOC: You can make a ref save if you like, Deme. Radius/concentration doesn't apply.
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 kay
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 kay and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[21:18] <Kotono> Smoosh! Demedais feels engulfed by something hot and burning! It's all ove rhim, surrounding him, choking him! The others can see Demedais, a slight, transparent glaize over his body! It's like he's being pressed into something from all sides and all around him! There is a soft, wet thump on the ground as this happens! (More)
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 6d8 and 1 dex damage, Deme. Also make a fort save.
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8 and 1 dex damage, Deme. Also make a fort save. and gets 35." [6d8=8, 7, 6, 8, 3, 3]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: ACid damage, resistance applies.
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: We'll do init from here, I think. Deme and whatever the hell has him is 30 feet away or so from the entrance to this empty hall.
[21:20] <Kotono> "Demedais!?" Pollyanna draws arrows like lightning, "Demedais?"
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20-4 ????
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-4 ???? and gets -3." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 augh, sorry
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 augh, sorry and gets 18." [1d20=17]
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Amaryl>Alicia>Seira>Polly>Donald>????'
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, you're up.
06[21:25] * Demedais grimaces at the... slime, or whatever, that seems to be surrounding him, before attempting to disengage with it and retreat!
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Grapple checks.
[21:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 right
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 right and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:26] <Kotono> Demedais seems to struggle in some unknown force, white glaize around him shifting as he works, but nothing seems to come of it! OOC: Amaryl's holding for the moment, she has no clue what the hell. Alicia?
06[21:28] * Alicia approaches Demedais somewhat gingerly, a look of intense concentration on her face. "Hold still, Demedais," she murmurs insistently, trying to carefully line her sword up before shearing it through some of the gloop surrounding him hopefully without hurting the man himself!
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 assuming arcana for knowledge?
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 assuming arcana for knowledge? and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: How close are you getting?
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: within 5 feet
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: And it's K:D. Make that first then I'll react before you do anything else.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: I lack it
[21:30] <Kotono> Alicia approaches! She comes to nearly five feet within im, but bounces off a strange, soft gloop! It singes her skin lightly, armor steaming from the contact!
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: Can I see the stuff I just bounced off of?
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, enough to have an idea of what area to attack. You'd still be attacking an invisible foe, bear in mind.
[21:31] <Alicia> "It's a lot bigger than it looks!" Alicia yelps in alarm at the singe, stepping back briefly before her sword whips upwards with abandon, far less restrained since she has a lot more room to play with without endangering Demedais!
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5 pa
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5 pa and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. D100?
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[21:32] <Kotono> Alicia swings with wild abandon, but her blow misses whatever it is, not cutting anything! OOC: Seira.
[21:32] <Alicia> "But not that big... dammit, it's hard to tell just where it starts and ends!" Alicia cautions as her swing travels too far without resistance, stepping back to compensate and regain her footing.
01[21:33] <Seira> 'Aim for the target of Alicia's attacks!' Seira thinks to Amaryl, even as she releases the Resort to Lagann so that he might try to aid the pair of paladins. 'Volume over quality!' For her part, she draws her bow and tries to shoot an arrow with all her strength!
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 (10 PA)
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 (10 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. d100.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d8+24
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+24 and gets 27." [1d8=3]
[21:35] <Kotono> Shooting with power, Seira fires off an arrow! It rips through past Demedais, covered in a strange, faint, white gloop as it flies through something, landing past it a ways! The wood of the arrow haft burns and looks corroded, smoking under the glaize! A moment later, Amaryl tries firing arrows at the same spot!
03[21:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald>????'
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 K:D
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 K:D and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 97." [1d100=97]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 32." [1d100=32]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2+2d6
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2+2d6 and gets 17." [2d8=2, 6][2d6=2, 5]
[21:37] <Kotono> Arrow lets rip a great storm of arrows, feeling out at the strange, unseen thing! A few rip through, hissing and burning like SEira's arrows, sending little splurts of the strange material about! Pollyanna adds her own supporting fire in a second later!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2d6+24
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2d6+24 and gets 42." [2d8=3, 8][2d6=4, 3]
[21:39] <Kotono> Flaming arrows follow up a second time, more damage done, perhaps, to whatever it is! The arrows pass through, making smouldering holes in it's wake! Donald charges along with Alicia, hacking around where she did!
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (-2 levels)
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (-2 levels) and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d10+8
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+8 and gets 15." [1d10=7]
03[21:40] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5af1aba2.tcl121.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[21:40] * Alicia sets mode: -v Hatbot
[21:40] <Kotono> Donald is able to hack and slash at the unseen foe, finding a successful damage point! OOC: Whatever it is, it's up.
02[21:41] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5af1aba2.tcl121.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit
03[21:41] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
02[21:41] * Alicia (WinNT@user-5af1aba2.tcl121.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit
03[21:41] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-5af1aba2.tcl121.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[21:41] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[21:41] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[21:42] <Kotono> Something warm and soft is pressing against Alicia and Donald, the captive Demedais moving forward as well! OOC: Ref saves, you two.
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Donald hates those negative levels a whole lot.
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Donald hates those negative levels a whole lot. and gets 18." [1d20=14]
[21:44] <Kotono> A moment later, Alicia and Donald are in the same straights as Demedais! They're surrounded by that white glaize, which then advances to within 10 feet of Seira and the archers! OOC: Alicia, you're considered grappled. So is Donald. You can act on your go to tyr and remedy that. All three of you take 6d8 acid, take 1 dex and have to make a fort save.
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 6d8 acid and 1 dex damage
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8 acid and 1 dex damage and gets 28." [6d8=4, 2, 3, 3, 8, 8]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Donald fort
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Donald fort and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 fort woo.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 fort woo. and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: Doesn't freedom of movement protect me?
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 fort if needed
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 fort if needed and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: It'll end it's move out of you, but going through all of you will inflict the damage and the need for the save. Donald's the only one that failed it, though.
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 3d6 poor Donald
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 poor Donald and gets 9." [3d6=1, 3, 5]
03[21:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 9 rounds)>????'
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: So I'm not grappled?
[21:47] <Kotono> Donald goes still int he ooze, unmoving! "What the HELL is this?" Pollyanna calls. "Are we hurting it?"
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah.
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, you're up.
01[21:48] <Seira> "We are!" Seira calls out with more certainty than she is feeling. "Retreat and fire, I'll cover you two!"
[21:49] <Demedais> "Ghhh!" Demedais growls, attempting to get the hell out of whatever this is!
[21:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 let's try this check again
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 let's try this check again and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[21:50] <Kotono> Demedais surges forward! With a wet sucking sound he erupts out to the side, free of the strange creature! He is covered in a white, glaize like film, but he is free! The film burns, the pain of the acid still on him! OOC: ARe you using your swift or anything, Deme, or should I move it along to Alicia?
06[21:51] * Demedais quickly moves a bit away from the thing, hoping to provide a distraction from another side! "Over here, slab of slime!"
[21:51] <Demedais> OOC: No swift, move 20 feet away.
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
03[21:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(2 rounds)>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 9 rounds)>????'
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Alicia?
06[21:53] * Alicia wipes her face of the stinging goop that clings to it, looking utterly disgusted as she's covered from head to toe in slimy filth. Donald's situation puts worries over appearances out of her mind, though, as she quickly bounds towards where she estimates the gelatinous cube to be, stabbing her sword deep into it!
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -12 pa
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -12 pa and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[21:54] <Kotono> Alicia pounces and swings again, but misjudges where it is once more! She can't pin it down, blade whistling as it cuts air and not slime! OOC: Seira and Amaryl.
[21:54] <Kotono> Amaryl falls back and out of the building, snapping off four arrows as she does so!
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2+2d6
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2+2d6 and gets 18." [2d8=5, 7][2d6=2, 2]
[21:55] <Kotono> A few arrows rip into the hidden slime as she falls back and out, more steaming damage done to it's body! A slight trail of ooze follows behind it, like a slug! OOC: Seir.a
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Also.
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 3d8 acid damage on Alicia.
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 acid damage on Alicia. and gets 11." [3d8=2, 8, 1]
01[21:59] <Seira> Seira's first thought is to shoot the ooze full of holes until it dies from it, but Donald's limp form within it it worrying. She steps back forty feet, before trying to summon the elven duskblade over to her side!
01[21:59] <Seira> OOC: Regroup
[22:00] <Kotono> Meanwhile, the coating of sludge left on Alicia sizzles, further damaging and sending jolts of pain all over her body! OOC: What book is regrou pin?> Need to check it real quick.
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Just Donald?
01[22:01] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: er.
01[22:01] <Seira> OOC: For reference, I'm aiming to place him in the square behind me
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: CL check.
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: If it's a scroll it uses the minimum CL, but that's a d100 regardless.
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 20." [1d100=20]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[22:03] <Kotono> Seira feet suddenly swell! HEr boots strain at the hems, her feet tripling in size! They're quite difficult to even consider moving with! OOC: Polly's up.
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 44." [1d100=44]
[22:04] <Kotono> Meanwhile Lagann hacks before Seira moves out of range, missing it's guess at where the slime is! Pollyanna goes to the doors out, snapping off a single arrow as she does!
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[22:04] <Kotono> But it misses and hits the wall instead! Meanwhile, Donald does nothing, frozen in place! OOC: Oooze.
[22:05] <Kotono> The unseen thing oozes over Alicia, Donald moving with it, before it comes to within ten feet or so of Demedais, a rough curve to it's movement! OOC: ref, Alicia.
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:06] <Kotono> But Alicia springs out of the way, avoiding another sliming! OOC: Demedais. But first...
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 6d8 and 1 dex damage to Donald
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8 and 1 dex damage to Donald and gets 22." [6d8=2, 4, 3, 4, 8, 1]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 3d8 acid on Deme
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 acid on Deme and gets 13." [3d8=1, 8, 4]
03[22:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(1 round)>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 9 rounds)>????'
[22:07] <Kotono> The acid coating on Demedais continues to burn, but his armor bravely stops most of the skin ruining agony! OOC: Deme.
06[22:07] * Demedais grits his teeth and jabs at the slime with his glaive, before retreating another twenty feet!
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (-5 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (-5 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. D100
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[22:08] <Kotono> Demedais thrusts and pokes at the ooze, but misses as he retreats back, knocking a pile of small coins aside as he does so! OOC: Alicia.
[22:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 39." [1d20=8]
[22:09] <Alicia> Having had a hell of a time even hitting the thing, Alicia pulls down her blindfold to grant sight beyond the norm, wincing as she can feel the acid continuing to eat away at her...
[22:09] <Alicia> OOC: how close is it now that I can see it clearly?
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: It's 20 feet away. It's large sized and has Donald wrapped up in it's embrace. It's an utterly translucent slime-blob thing, roughly square.
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: As in, Donald is literally inside of it and being dragged along.
[22:11] <Demedais> "Oh, for the love of...!" Demedais curses. "I won't be able to pull back safely any farther!"
[22:12] <Alicia> It can really move, that's for sure. Alicia moves as well, positioning herself alongside it to strike...
[22:12] <Kotono> Alicia positions! OOC: Seira and Amaryl.
06[22:12] * Seira has other means of movement! With an arcane word, Seira wills herself to take Donald's place! She cannot allow him to die again, slowly eroded by what should be fodder!
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: Benign Transposition, SC p27
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: CL check. Good luck!
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 isn't the luck for Donald?
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 isn't the luck for Donald? and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: Does it grapple upon my teleportation?
[22:14] <Kotono> Woosh! Seira is suddenly engulfed in slime! IT's all around her, burning and choking! OOC: Yeah, I'd say so since it's grappling works a bit differently than usual.
01[22:15] <Seira> 'Get Donald away!' Seira thinks, before her mind switches to survival mode as she erupts in angry flames!
01[22:15] <Seira> roll 6d6
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6 and gets 23." [6d6=6, 1, 6, 4, 5, 1]
01[22:15] <Seira> roll 23*1.5 fire
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 23*1.5 fire and gets 34.5."
[22:16] <Kotono> The ooze now has a burning dragon within it, Seira lighting aflame with Balor's Nimbus! She sends cascading light all about! Pollyanna meanwhile kneels by Donald, "Get his shoulders," she instructs, "I'll ready a potion in case he gets critical." Amaryl does just that, grimacing at the contact!
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d3 Donald
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 Donald and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 2d8 acid from contact with Donald on Amaryl
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 acid from contact with Donald on Amaryl and gets 8." [2d8=5, 3]
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(1 round)>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 7 rounds; 2 rounds acid)>????'
[22:17] <Kotono> As Pollyanna readies a potion, Amaryl drags the paralysed elf away, down th steel street! OOC: Donald's paralysed. 3d8 acid.
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 3d8 Donald
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 Donald and gets 10." [3d8=2, 4, 4]
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(1 round)>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????'
03[22:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(1 round)>Alicia>Seira=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????=????2'
[22:19] <Kotono> The ooze goes for Demedais this time, coming to within feet of him! OOC: Alicia, since you can see it, you can AoO.
06[22:20] * Alicia lashes out with a vicious strike as the ooze wobbles invitingly before her!
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -10 pa
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -10 pa and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d8+31+1d6+1d6
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+31+1d6+1d6 and gets 38." [1d8=1][1d6=3][1d6=3]
[22:20] <Alicia> OOC: assuming it's not evil?
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: It's not.
[22:21] <Kotono> Alicia, finally able to see her foe, stabs her flaming blade deep into it! Little quivers of slime go spraying out from the stab! The creature looks considerably wounded now, all while it's acid eats at Seira!
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 6d8 acid and 1 dex damage, Seira. Make fort?
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8 acid and 1 dex damage, Seira. Make fort? and gets 34." [6d8=3, 6, 7, 8, 6, 4]
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 17." [1d20=3]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 3d6 uh oh.
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 uh oh. and gets 9." [3d6=3, 3, 3]
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(1 round)>Alicia>Seira(9 rounds paralysed)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????=????2'
[22:22] <Kotono> Seira's movements stop inside the slime, all while it burns from the inside out! OOC: Demedais.
[22:23] <Demedais> "Damnit! Was hoping it hadn't spotted me..." Demedais curses. "We have a second coming from behind me... Guess it's time to take the risk!" With that...
[22:23] <Demedais> OOC: Attempting to trigger boots of haste.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: CL check.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 right
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 right and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: D100. Bummer.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hell
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hell and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d100 moment, checking auxiliary chart
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 moment, checking auxiliary chart and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100 moment, checking auxiliary chart
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 moment, checking auxiliary chart and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d100 mother of God, a third one?
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 mother of God, a third one? and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[22:26] <Kotono> A chilly wind blows through the hall! Suddenly, the roof is snowing! Chilly snow comes raining down all over! It's a steady snowstorm sprining from stone itself, turning the entire battle festively snowy! OOC: Deme, continue.
[22:28] <Kotono> Meanwhile as this happens, the acid continues to sear Demedais' skin!
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 3d8 last round
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 last round and gets 13." [3d8=8, 2, 3]
03[22:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(9 rounds paralysed)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????=????2'
[22:32] <Demedais> "Right. That failed." Demedais curses. With a glance at the situation, he instead just tries to withdraw around the slime, moving to within 25 feet of the slime but against the wall! OOC: Effectively moving around the slime so that I make distance between myself and the second, and keep 25 feet away from the other. Should have enough room in there for it.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Die!" Alicia snarls, hacking into the slimy agglomeration before her with a fury!
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 divine might and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 divine might and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 divine might and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 divine might
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 divine might and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 1.
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 5d8+85+5d6+5d6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+85+5d6+5d6 and gets 155." [5d8=8, 3, 3, 8, 8][5d6=5, 5, 4, 5, 5][5d6=3, 5, 2, 2, 4]
03[22:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(9 rounds paralysed)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????2'
[22:35] <Kotono> Slamming into the ooze, it's shape shatters! Seira collapes to the ground in a puddle of acid,a s waves of it gush from it's ruptured form! OOC: Ref, Alicia.
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d3 rounds for Seira
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 rounds for Seira and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
03[22:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(9 rounds paralysed, 3 round acid)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????2'
[22:36] <Kotono> Alicia hops over the wave, avoiding a splash of flesh searing agony! Meanwhile Seira burns in the puddle of acid, coated in the sliminess!
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 3d8 acid Seira
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 acid Seira and gets 11." [3d8=1, 3, 7]
[22:36] <Kotono> Seira continues to sizzle! OOC: Amaryl and Polly.
03[22:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(8 rounds paralysed, 2 round acid)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 6 rounds; 1 rounds acid)>????2'
[22:37] <Kotono> Donald is dragged away even more, Pollyanna at the ready!
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 3d9 acid Donald
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d9 acid Donald and gets 11." [3d9=4, 6, 1]
03[22:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(8 rounds paralysed, 2 round acid)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 5 rounds)>????2'
[22:38] <Kotono> At last the acid dies away on him, his body burnt but surviving, clinging to his second life! The other ooze, now dotted with snowflakes, comes close to Demedais! OOC: Deme.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: 3d8 oops
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 3d8
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 and gets 14." [3d8=4, 7, 3]
[22:40] <Demedais> "Alicia, drag Seira back! I'll rejoin with you all soon!" For his part, Demedais moves twenty back again to maintain the distance, providing a tempting target for the acidic ooze!
[22:41] <Kotono> Demedais comes to near the downed dragon-mage and Alicia, on guard! OOC: Alicia.
06[22:43] * Alicia would prefer to simply kill the threat, but decides to follow Demedais's instructions, grapping Seira's hands while doing her best to be careful of her claws and fire, although not really able to do much but hiss at the acid melting into her palms through the contact. Securing her grip as best she's able, she drags Seira back thirty feet.
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 2d8+6d6 (Acid'n'fire)
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6d6 (Acid'n'fire) and gets 36." [2d8=7, 3][6d6=4, 2, 6, 2, 6, 6]
[22:45] <Kotono> Alicia drags Seira back into the main room, all while enduring the roaring flames and corroding acid on her body! She gets her back and away, near to the main door out of the building! OOC: Seira, you're paralysed but taking acid damage. Owwies.
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 3d8 acid Seira
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 acid Seira and gets 19." [3d8=6, 8, 5]
03[22:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(7 rounds paralysed, 1 round acid)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 4 rounds)>????2'
[22:47] <Kotono> As Seira's flesh is burned by the acid, the two archers wait for the moment! Donald is paralysed! OOC: Second ooze is up.
[22:47] <Kotono> The ooze follows Demedais, coming closer to him again! OOC: Deme.
06[22:51] * Demedais grimaces. "Pollyanna, Amaryl, once Donald is stabilized please assist in providing cover fire!" With this said, Demedais quickly retreats to the other side of the hallway! OOC: Withdraw action, operation "Stall The Slime To No End" is go.
[22:52] <Kotono> Demedais withdraws and runs to the other side of the hall! OOC: Alicia.
[22:52] <Alicia> OOC: is the slime within 30 feet of me?
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: No. You moved on out with Seira.
06[22:53] * Alicia drags Seira back further out of the hallway and into the entrance room of the building, before all too gladly letting go of the acid-covered half dragon and lifting up her blindfold so she can see what's what.
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 2d8 acid ow
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 acid ow and gets 11." [2d8=8, 3]
[22:54] <Kotono> Alicia can see the entry room to the hall, and through the open doors, the battle ahead. OOC: SEira, you're paralysed but have one more round of acid.
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 3d8
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 and gets 14." [3d8=3, 8, 3]
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl's up.
[22:55] <Kotono> Amaryl runs into the entry room near Alicia, "Coming!" she calls back. A moment later, "I have Donald!" Pollyanna calls. OOC: Polly's holding/watching Donald, Amaryl went on ahead. Ooze is up.
03[22:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(6 rounds paralysed)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 3 rounds)>????2'
01[22:56] <Seira> 'Hi.'
[22:56] <Kotono> The ooze follows after Demedais, coming to within twenty feet once more! OOC: Demedais.
06[22:59] * Demedais proceeds to step to the side ten feet, ready to dash past it again as it approaches! "It's not intelligent, thankfully. I can keep it distracted with ease while archers try to nail it down."
[22:59] <Kotono> Demedais does so, positioning away! OOC: Alicia.
[23:00] <Alicia> "It needs to die, then we're leaving!" Alicia snaps, rather put out by how badly they've gotten mauled by the troll-control system, deciding to risk a spell rather than risk getting enveloped once more. Rearing her arm back, she whips it forward with a cry, letting Hell Striker fly and scythe through the air to carve apart the frosted cube before reappearing in her waiting grasp!
[23:00] <Alicia> OOC: CL for whirling blade?
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -12pa divine might
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -12pa divine might and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d8+48+1d6+1d6
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+48+1d6+1d6 and gets 64." [1d8=8][1d6=2][1d6=6]
[23:02] <Kotono> Alicia's blade cuts deep into the frosted slime, hacking away a chunk of hissing acidic goo! Meanwhile Seira is paralysed, as Amaryl runs into position just besides the doorway, snapping off four arrows!
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1+2d6
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1+2d6 and gets 10." [1d8=6][2d6=1, 2]
[23:03] <Kotono> OOC: -2.
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3+3d6
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3+3d6 and gets 19." [3d8=2, 3, 2][3d6=3, 1, 5]
[23:04] <Kotono> With a visible target, the goo offer sno resistance to three of the arrows! The last is a misfire, firing down onto the ground! Pollyanna meanwhile keeps a defensive watch on Donald! Donald is paralysed! OOC: Goo.
03[23:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais>Alicia>Seira(5 rounds paralysed)=Amaryl>Polly>Donald(Paralysed 2 rounds)>????2'
[23:04] <Kotono> The ooze approaches Demedais once more, following and getting within 10 feet! OOC: Deme. You're up.
06[23:05] * Demedais uses this chance to quickly dash across the room again, a bit annoyed at this but doing what he can to make this final opponent not a danger to Alicia and Amaryl!
[23:06] <Kotono> Demedais sprints around in his heavy armor, keeping the ooze's attention! OOC: Alicia.
[23:06] <Alicia> "Come on..." Alicia whispers fervently, already starting to perform the requisite gestures before she once more flings Hell Striker out at the cube with another arcane yell!
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -12pa divine might
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -12pa divine might and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8+48+1d6+1d6
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+48+1d6+1d6 and gets 55." [1d8=2][1d6=3][1d6=2]
[23:07] <Kotono> Alicia fires through the cube again! She burns and bursts away more as it reaves through, but it's body can take too much punishment! As Seira lies on the ground, Amaryl positions and fires as much as she can!
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 17." [1d20=4]
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 5d8+5+5d6
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+5+5d6 and gets 44." [5d8=4, 6, 5, 8, 7][5d6=2, 1, 3, 1, 2]
[23:10] <Kotono> The ooze is riddles with arrows and shakes all over, as Lagann picks up it's sword and strikes again!
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
01[23:10] <Seira> OOC: Isn't is 3d8+4?
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, the resort? Dur. Okya.
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 3d8+4
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+4 and gets 10." [3d8=3, 2, 1]
01[23:10] <Seira> OOC: Yes, I gave it to him when I grabbed the bow
[23:11] <Kotono> The Third Resort slices into the ooze, dealing yet more damage to it! Meanwhile, Polly and Donald continue to hold and be paralysed, as the ooze follows Demedais, again coming close to him! OOC: Deme.
06[23:12] * Demedais grimaces, before charging at the slime with his glaive, trying to finish it so that this nonsense can end!
[23:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (-9 PA)
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (-9 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[23:13] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:14] <Demedais> roll 1d10+31
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d10+31 and gets 36." [1d10=5]
[23:14] <Kotono> With that final, heroic thrust, Demedais shatters the goo! A wave of acid flows all about him! OOC: Ref.
[23:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 wee
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 wee and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[23:16] <Kotono> Demedais dives out of the way of the acid, predicting it and avoiding every splash! OOC: Free act.
[23:17] <Alicia> "Is that them gone?" Alicia looks down the hallway for a moment, before being satisfied at the lack of further gelatinous movement. "Good, everyone to me - we're leaving."
01[23:18] <Seira> 'Can we wait a moment?' Seira sends to Amaryl upon hearing that. 'I think I'm getting back feeling in my toes! Also, how's Donald doing now?'
[23:18] <Kotono> After a little bit Donald and Pollyanna hobble forward. Both are battered, Donald's entire body has acid burns. "Ugh...can't focus..." he mutters. "Dizzy."
[23:18] <Kotono> 'Bad'. Amaryl sends, and then, "Seira needs a little longer, Alicia."
06[23:18] * Demedais nods. "Let's do this, yeah." As he advances back to the group, he rubs his head. "Wasn't sure what I was seeing, there... I'll remember that."
[23:19] <Kotono> "Seeing what?" Pollyanna positions so Donald can lean on her, "The slime?"
06[23:19] * Seira twitches, before rolling over, and finally climbing to her feet. "Well, that was fun," she says, running a hand through her burning hair.
[23:19] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia looks over to Amaryl and then Seira in surprise. "Longer for what? We can't even heal her here because of the wild magic - we're all in terrible condition, now." She doesn't draw attention to her scarred skin, stringy fragments of clothing hanging off her indecently, and blackened bare patches in her wings. They rather speak for themselves.
[23:19] <Kotono> "Snow...hahaha...I'm hallucinating..." Donald looks up blearily at the snowfall.
[23:20] <Kotono> "To be able to get up..." Amaryl colors, glancing at Alicia briefly before entirely looking away.
01[23:21] <Seira> "Yes, that's it exactly," Seira adds, wrapping herself up in her cloak. "If you went off target, wouldn't it make more sense that we all could defend ourselves?"
[23:22] <Alicia> "I wasn't even sure how long before you'd be able to get up. Sometimes with things like that it lasts hours," Alicia admits. "Come on, I'll teleport us to some water so we can get cleaned up then we'll return to Balmuria," she extends her hands out after putting Hell Striker in the fraying remnants of its baldric. "This place will still be here tomorrow."
01[23:22] <Seira> "No argument there," Seira agrees, taking Alicia's left hand in her own. "But I knew better how much longer I still needed to recover!"
[23:22] <Kotono> "Shhh." Polly holds Donald, "Let's hurry?" She takes hands as well, positioning herself and Donaldf or the teleport.
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL?
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL? and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Where were you TPing?
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully, desert oasis we hung out at during campaign against the devils
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully, desert oasis we hung out at during campaign against the devils and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[23:24] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears at the oasis! It's quiet here, a few peaceful animals about. Donald immediately keels over onto the sand, "Ow...ow...ow...ow...ow...ow...ow...ow...ow!"
06[23:24] * Seira doesn't waste time before pressing a hand against him!
[23:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna slumps to her knees, "Helm help us, that was a bitter, tough battle."
01[23:24] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 CSW
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 CSW and gets 30." [3d8=5, 4, 6]
06[23:24] * Demedais moves to Donald as well, first restoring the strength taken by the wights! OOC: Restoration.
[23:25] <Kotono> Amaryl trails behind Seira, keeping her eyes averted. "Our clothes, too...thankfully, it didn't seem to damage our armor at all."
[23:25] <Kotono> Donald perks up at that, craning his neck up. "Aha. Thanks." he sighs in a deep relief. "Damn it all, what were those?"
06[23:26] * Demedais refrains from comment, thankful simply for full plate as he looks to Alicia. "I can heal everyone up some. Alicia, you look the worst off..."
01[23:26] <Seira> "Or me, beyond my pride," Seira returns to Amaryl, nodding at Donald. "People might point and stare at my skin, but it comes in handy at times like this!"
06[23:26] * Alicia promptly casts an enervation spell at herself which is absorbed without any harm, following it up with using the spellfire to mend herself, causing her skin to lighten and smooth out, although her hair and feathers still look somewhat battered. "Thank you, Demedais, I'd appreciate it," she gives him a weary smile.
[23:26] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+4 and gets 16." [4d4=3, 3, 4, 2]
[23:27] <Kotono> "Yeah...let's just go home." Groaning as he sits up, "We got our asses kicked, but we won. You know, I wonder if we could use more help at this rate."
01[23:27] <Seira> "Need a recharge?" Seira offers Alicia.
06[23:27] * Demedais nods and taps Alicia for more healing to her.
01[23:27] <Seira> "No, you did by charging in recklessly and needing to be rescued," Seira snaps at Donald peevishly. "What happened to guarding the archers?"
[23:28] <Demedais> roll 4d8+8
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+8 and gets 28." [4d8=5, 6, 7, 2]
[23:28] <Kotono> "Hey, I just wanted to try and kill the thing before it slimed anyone else!" He snaps right back, "It seemed like a good idea at the time!"
01[23:29] <Seira> "It wasn't. You learned from it, hopefully?"
[23:29] <Alicia> "I'm going to wash up before returning to Balmuria," Alicia gestures to the water at Donald's comment. "I'd suggest anyone else hit by those things do the same - Seira and I can take the top before the waterfall and the men can take the pool at the bottom?" she suggests in the interests of decency.
[23:29] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais says with a shrug.
[23:29] <Kotono> "Yeah, I guess." Donald rubs his head, "If you want...though if you need someone to wash your back, either of you," Donald grins as he gets up.
01[23:30] <Seira> "Go away."
[23:30] <Kotono> Pollyanna sighs and laughs a little, "You're feeling better, idiot mouth and all."
[23:30] <Demedais> "I'll heal people of lingering damage once that's done." Demedais notes as an afterthought, nodding to the ladies before heading down to the bottom pool.
[23:31] <Alicia> "I'll bear that in mind," Alicia replies dryly, flapping her wings and skipping the curved path leading to the upper tier of the oasis, shedding her armour and the tattered remnants of her clothes once at the top and promptly immersing herself.
[23:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home very familiar
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home very familiar and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[20:29] <Kotono> ---
[20:30] <Kotono> Okay, /nick and start rolling the TPs?
03[20:30] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Balmuria to Kelara, studied carefully
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Balmuria to Kelara, studied carefully and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Kelara to steel jungle below the lake, seen casually
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Kelara to steel jungle below the lake, seen casually and gets 9." [1d100=9]
[20:31] <Kotono> CL as well for that second TP?
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[20:31] <Kotono> D100?
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 it really should only apply in one direction, since I'm not casting it within the wild magic
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 it really should only apply in one direction, since I'm not casting it within the wild magic and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[20:32] <Kotono> Woosh! The second teleport is far from smooth! Rainbow color seem tos urround everyone, a bumpy, jostling ride! Thus they appear in the steel jungle below! AS they do, Alicia's clothes burn on her skin! Itches and hives break out all over her body!
[20:34] <Demedais> "That was... Alicia, you alright?!" Demedais says as he looks over. "What the heck...?"
06[20:34] * Alicia inhales and scratches at her arms a moment. "We got here okay, don't worry. I'll be back in a moment," she grimaces, quickly ducking into the nearby building.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Wild magic again," Donald eyes everyone, scratching at his armored chest, "Anyone messed up or changed or cursed?"
01[20:35] <Seira> "Are you... changed?" Seira asks Donald, glancing meaningfully at his chest where he's scratching it.
[20:35] <Demedais> "She had red spots forming on her body... Hives?" Demedais muses. "This place is just bizarre."
[20:35] <Kotono> "The fire spirit told us that we could start to fix the damage to the Weave if we stop the source of it here. We really should focus on that so we can use all our magic effectively," Pollyanna's eyes follow Alicia as she runs inside.
[20:36] <Kotono> "I read up on it," Donald smirks at Demedais, "It's like the Weave is scrambled, like breakfast eggs. When you cast magic, anything could happen. It's like every spell is cast in Limbo."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Thank you, Sir Knight obvious," Drawling to Donald, Pollyanna runs a hand through her hair. "I think we knew that already."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Hives? I had those once," Amaryl whimpers very low, "From contact with a poisonous plant. They're terrible."
[20:38] <Demedais> "My main concern is that this place might have a guardian system like the other ruins. The main defense drew power from multiple imprisoned or captured objects or beings, and dealing with that system without engaging those systems would have been quite dangerous. We got lucky and reduced it down to two."
01[20:38] <Seira> "Better not cast anything randomly, then," Seira whispers quietly to Amaryl.
[20:38] <Kotono> "Pfft," Ignoring Pollyanna very obviously, "Yeah," Donald nods along, "A prismatic or glass golem or something, wasn't it? I heard the stories."
06[20:38] * Alicia returns a minute later, still with her armour on but instead of the knee-length and sleeveless blue undergarment she was wearing before she's now in one of her usual black tunics, albeit now with the sleeves cut off, which shows off significantly more leg. "Sorry about that," she apologises, rubbing a bit at one of the fading red spots on her thigh. "Lets continue on?"
[20:39] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods slightly.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Are we gonna look back in the slime nest or go on," Donald asks. "Weren't there a bunch of metal coins and stuff lying around there?"
01[20:39] <Seira> "Yes, after we kill something we take its stuff. It's one of the prime rules!"
[20:40] <Alicia> "We should take a look, I suppose," Alicia agrees, turning around to head right back in through the door she just came out of.
[20:40] <Demedais> "There were. Let me take point so I can confirm nothing else is in past the door?" Demedais shrugs, following Alicia and taking the lead before looking into and around the room carefully from the doorway in.
06[20:41] * Seira follows, privately thinking that the wait was well worth it.
[20:41] <Kotono> The party returns inside. Demedais peers in...OOC: Spot.
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[20:42] <Demedais> "Nothing seen." Demedais shrugs, advancing thirty feet into the room and glancing over what's inside.
06[20:42] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold just in case and follows Demedais inside, strolling along to the end of the hallway.
06[20:43] * Seira follows closely, Resort drawn.
[20:44] <Kotono> Inside the hall, besides blast marks, things are mostly bare. There are occasional piles of nails and screws about, as well as some coins. Several piles of these: The coins have the figure of the God-King on them, with a few platinum ones having images of a starry sky. Near the back, still no ripples or anything in Alicia's blindsight seen, is a pile of metal. It's a complete mish-mash. Some of it is obviously rusted scrap of little use. There'
[20:44] <Kotono> It's a complete mish-mash. Some of it is obviously rusted scrap of little use. There's some jewelry mixed in, an ingot of what might be silver or mithril, several metal rivets, several metal handles, like you might see on a drawer, a few jagged spearheads and a metal ring.
[20:45] <Alicia> Lifting her blindfold back up, Alicia's eyes glow blue as she sweeps the area for magical dweomers.
[20:45] <Alicia> OOC: CL for arcane sight?
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
06[20:46] * Demedais gathers up coins after being confident the coast is clear of slime.
01[20:46] <Seira> "What's left from the less fortunate?" Seira inquires, glancing at the pile of metal.
[20:46] <Kotono> Alicia finds that the metal ingot radiates magic.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 21." [1d20=11]
06[20:47] * Alicia picks up the ingot and turns it around in her hands as she studies it. "Transmutation magic... it's the only enchanted thing here," she murmurs.
[20:48] <Kotono> The ingot feels warm and squishy in her hands, yet is solid as steel.
01[20:48] <Seira> "Any clue what it is, Lagann?" Seira asks, peering at the ingot curiously.
06[20:48] * Alicia wonders if it's just a large lump of silversheen... then again, that stuff makes her hands itch these days. She holds it up briefly for Seira's orb to inspect.
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
01[20:50] <Seira> "What's a template ingot, and how do you teach it things?" Seira wonders out loud.
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[20:50] <Alicia> "Maybe something to do with the metal additions to those trolls?" Alicia suggests at Seira's wonderings.
06[20:51] * Demedais just gathers what looks valuable and hasn't been pointed out to be magic aside from the coins as the two discuss magic.
06[20:51] * Seira raises an eyebrow. "Huh, I seem to recall something. If I'm right, it's way better than that crap."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Anything we can use now or shall I just store it?" Alicia asks.
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: By what looks valuable, Deme? What's your crieria for that?
06[20:52] * Seira glances sideways at Demedais. "You know how his sword can change its makeup? It's sorta like this. But we'll need either Elle's help to refine it or some time to study the proper rituals to process it back home."
06[20:52] * Seira reaches out to poke at the metal.
[20:53] <Alicia> "Later, then," Alicia nods, putting it in the portable hole after Seira's had a poke. "Shall we go to the main structure, now?"
[20:53] <Kotono> The metal seems to ripple every so slightly, yet stays in shape.
[20:54] <Demedais> OOC: Pretty much anything that easily detaches from the pile of metal, isn't rusted, and doesn't look pointless - the spearheads, jewelry and metal ring being the main three.
01[20:54] <Seira> "I feel a bit like Lagann," Seira admits, snorting to herself. "How about checking the other building, first, and only then advancing?"
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:54] <Demedais> "Sure. That sounds optimal enough." Demedais shrugs.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Hopefully it's devoid of animate jelly," Alicia grimaces briefly, heading back out and towards their next goal.
[20:55] <Kotono> As the party exits out, they find the road ahead stretching. However, straight ahead, just at the edge of the jungle facing opposite the building, they see one of the crystalline, headless creature. It writhes amid the leaves and branches.
01[20:55] <Seira> "I could fireball it in advance, if it features the same corridor?" Seira offers hopefully.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Would be wise," Alicia agrees, eyeing the headless thing dubiously. "They seem to respond to instructions in gnomish, so hopefully won't bother us if we tell it not to..."
01[20:57] <Seira> "How about you try it? Maybe with the token, it wouldn't matter."
01[20:57] <Seira> Having said that, Seira teaches a pair of useful if brief instructions in gnomish to the others, those being 'Go away!' and 'Stop'.
[20:58] <Kotono> As he listens, "Use it on that one?" he says, eyeing the headless, glass creature. "That's incredibly disturbing the more I watch it."
[20:59] <Alicia> "Go away!" Alicia repeats the gnomish phrase as they pass the creature.
06[20:59] * Demedais observes the creature as Alicia speaks.
[20:59] <Kotono> The creature stops and flees back into the jungle on Alicia's command.
06[21:00] * Demedais grimaces slightly. "Let's hope we can find something to help them further in."
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 49." [1d100=49]
01[21:01] <Seira> "Like deactivate or destroy them?" Seira asks, being all for it.
[21:02] <Demedais> "A kinder death then getting chopped to pieces, at least, yes." Demedais mutters. "Presuming we can't... reverse it, somehow. Though with how this blasted place works..."
[21:02] <Kotono> The party advances in, closer and closer. As they do, they get a better look at what lies ahead. The second small building is more of a dome. It's made of brightly polished steel, doors sturdy and bolted shut. The fortress ahead looms, it's entry gates massive and seemingly closed.
[21:03] <Kotono> The party is about 10 feet from the edge of the second smaller building. It has a door to enter if they wish.
06[21:03] * Seira ponders. "It reminds me somewhat of the gnomish library in the ruins below Helm's temple. Well, where they used to be, at least. Let's go in?"
[21:03] <Alicia> "Reverse it to what?" Alicia asks, assuming Seira can bypass any flimsy locks that would bar their way. "We don't even know what those things are. This could be their natural state for all we know."
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 is it TRAPPED?
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 is it TRAPPED? and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[21:04] <Kotono> The domed door is not trapped, but it is tightly locked.
[21:04] <Demedais> "Perhaps, but given what we saw of the trolls?" Demedais replies.
01[21:04] <Seira> "Oh, it's actually not," Seira says distractedly. "They were originally meant to fight the undead, but there's been quite a lot of modifications."
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 open lock
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 open lock and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[21:05] <Kotono> Seira works a little. She can't pop the lock with her first go. It's a pretty complicated one.
06[21:05] * Seira gives it a few more tries!
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+17
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+17 and gets 148." [5#1d20+17 = 33, 31, 27, 31, 26]
[21:12] <Kotono> Working away, Seira pops the lock open!
06[21:12] * Seira waits until everyone is ready before opening the door a bit and taking a glance inside!
[21:14] <Kotono> Inside, the dome above rises. It is dark, a beautiful starry sky sparkling above. Below, telescopes lie about, as well as bookshelves on the walls.
[21:15] <Demedais> "Seira." Demedais says immediately on seeing the inside. "Is this enchanted the same way as the previous one?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "The previous one?" Amaryl whispers. "What does it do then?"
06[21:16] * Seira glances about to see if there are convenient indications of what bookcase has which books, since it might help to find a manual for the glass construct.
06[21:16] * Alicia looks around inside with her glowing blue eyes.
01[21:16] <Seira> "Oh, I found some books there. They tried to brainwash me about the God-King and all that. We also found a spellgem inside!"
[21:16] <Kotono> There are three bookshelves total, each one having a fair few books. You'd have to go in and get all hands on to see which is which.
[21:17] <Demedais> "It was a compelling library." Demedais mutters.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[21:19] <Alicia> "The dome is magic," Alicia gestures upwards. "Perhaps enchanted to show the actual night sky on the surface?" she wonders. "I wonder if this is where they first saw the Fairest Star as it descended to Earth..."
[21:20] <Demedais> "What Seira said, for the most part." Demedais tells Amaryl, before glancing to Alicia. "... Possible." With that, Demedais steps past Seira and looks around inside carefully.
[21:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot?
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot? and gets 43." [1d20=12]
01[21:20] <Seira> "If they did, then the gnomes here doomed their entire race," Seira comments. "Well, nothing outright catches my eye. We should--" And she observes Demedais curiously, trailing off.
[21:21] <Kotono> "I hope we can use these powers without making the same mistakes they did," Amaryl holds her arm, looking downwards. "Could our world take what happened 2,000 years ago again?"
06[21:21] * Demedais shrugs and steps back out. "Agreeing with Seira. The ceiling is just the God-King going on a ego trip."
01[21:21] <Seira> "Probably, people seem very resilient. But we won't let it happen!"
[21:22] <Demedais> "We can come back here once we've dealt with the rest of the setup to try and figure out what they've done to the glass creatures, presuming we can't find the answer elsewhere."
06[21:23] * Seira locks the door, ready to proceed!
[21:23] <Alicia> "Anyway, there's nothing else magical here, so likely no spellgems. Unless anyone cares to peruse the library, I agree about moving on," Alicia confirms, stepping back to the door.
[21:23] <Kotono> "I would...but maybe not right now," Donald speaks up, "Maybe I can find a lost spell here that would devastate anyone!"
06[21:24] * Demedais coughs slightly at hearing this, before leading the group on to the final door.
[21:24] <Kotono> "Donald's Dumb Decimation," With dripping sarcasm in her voice, "We should keep going so we don't waste the enchantments we've cast to strengthen ourselves."
[21:25] <Alicia> "Even if there were, it would take careful study to realise," Alicia tells Donald. "Lets press on and we can examine it at leisure afterwards."
[21:25] <Kotono> "Yeah," Donald follows along outside, and then once you are, "Did I step on your foot or something, or is Demedais rubbing off. Stop it," He replies irritably to Polly.
01[21:26] <Seira> "I bet he is," Seira mutters, passing the two by.
[21:26] <Kotono> Ahead lies the fortress! It's a grand expanse of metal and stone built into the wall. There is a gate inside, it's gates closed shut. It awaits silently.
[21:27] <Kotono> "You two shouldn't fight," Amaryl blushes and looks towards Seira, "We need to depend on each other for safety, not fight like children. Right, Seira?"
06[21:28] * Demedais just gives a weary smile to Pollyanna as he steps back to let Seira do her thing at the door, standing next to Pollyanna as he waits.
06[21:28] * Seira feels a bit guilty, before ruthlessly squashing it. "Sure thing. Behave, you wacky kids."
[21:29] <Kotono> "I'm older than you," Donald mutters darkly, but doesn't say anything louder than that.
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 traps on a gate?!
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 traps on a gate?! and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[21:29] <Kotono> "...sorry," Pollyanna snaps, "There's just a lot of pressure."
01[21:29] <Seira> "Oh sure like that's hard!" Seira calls over to Donald, grinning.
06[21:29] * Seira pushes the gate open!
[21:30] <Alicia> "But in elf terms you're a pubescent," Alicia tells Donald with an amused smirk.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[21:31] <Alicia> "Wait," Alicia cautions Seira. "Magic - transmutation. Are you sure it's safe?"
06[21:31] * Seira doesn't push the gate open!
[21:32] <Kotono> At the last moment, Seira stops the gate from opening.
06[21:32] * Demedais puts a hand on Pollyanna's shoulder. "There is. Let's all just calm down for a bit, alright?"
01[21:32] <Seira> "It could always be like that trap on the creepy mural room," she admits. "Is the aura everywhere? I mean, must we actually open the gate to proceed?"
[21:33] <Alicia> "It's all over the gate, anyway," Alicia confirms. "If it's a trap can you disarm it?"
01[21:33] <Seira> "Not if I can't see it," Seira admits, "though I could check again."
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 if I can
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 if I can and gets 35." [1d20=8]
06[21:35] * Seira frowns. "Okay, so there really is a pretty nasty trap. Here's to hoping they spent all their resources on that cloudkill door, or this would be a very short expedition?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "I doubt they spared much expense," Alicia replies dubiously, backing off thirty feet. "I can try dispelling it if you have trouble?"
01[21:37] <Seira> "For the record, I don't buy into that final reward thing, so if I die from opening a door, please bring me back," Seira tells Alicia brightly. "As long as how I died in the first place remains a secret. Donald."
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 DD
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 DD and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[21:38] <Kotono> Seira works away! Fortunately, Waukeen is at her side, for she is able to safely disactivate the trap's trigger! It should be safe to open the gates now.
06[21:38] * Seira itches to study a trap that seemed so nasty and evasive, but decides to leave it for later, opening the gate!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 doublechecking for more traps
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 doublechecking for more traps and gets 41." [1d20=14]
06[21:39] * Demedais rubs his head as he waits, taking the helmet off for a moment before placing it back on as Seira continues to work!
[21:39] <Alicia> "Your call," Alicia shrugs. "Although given all your work on her behalf I'm certain Waukeen would care very well for you in her realm. Mystra has provided for one of us to be brought back if need be."
[21:39] <Kotono> The gate opens! Ahead is a dead end! A great, black, writhing hole twists on the wall, built into it. The hole is transparent, allowing you to dimly see something past it. It lies ahead twenty feet, inert, taking up the entire path into the building.
01[21:40] <Seira> "Well, I'm a bit weird that way. I don't feel like I've earned the chance to kick back and relax, so it'll all feel very hollow to me unless they mindwipe me to force me to enjoy my heaven. That's also kinda unfun, now that I think about it."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Maybe the point is that you forget so you can enjoy paradise?" Donald eyes the hole ahead, "Anyone know what that is?"
[21:41] <Alicia> "Marie never complains... about that, anyway. She complains about lots of other things," Alicia furrows her brow briefly, walking towards the gate once more and eyeing the black hole. "That doesn't look promising..."
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft since it's surely magic
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft since it's surely magic and gets 21." [1d20=11]
06[21:41] * Seira considers, and looks for another entrance, in case there's a hidden door and a trapped door.
[21:41] <Demedais> "Aaaand this is not something that brings back good memories. More akin to that damn black door, though this looks even more threatening on the surface of it."
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 search
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 search and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[21:41] <Kotono> As Alicia comes to within ten feet of the hole, it winks away entirely.
[21:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 trying to spot anything around, just outside or anything inside
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 trying to spot anything around, just outside or anything inside and gets 49." [1d20=18]
[21:42] <Alicia> "Seems to be a transmutation aura of... aha!" she nods. "A defensive measure, but our tokens must disable it." So is it just a bare wall now or what?
01[21:42] <Seira> "Well, I'm sure that if I got teleported to a balor's presence again, I'll have a good chance of caving his face in?" Seira muses in response to Demedais.
06[21:43] * Alicia looks sharply towards Seira. "Don't do that. If you have to kill a balor make sure you've got a lot of distance before making the killing blow. It's very bad otherwise."
01[21:43] <Seira> "Oh, I'm sure I could dodge the exploding balor bits!"
[21:43] <Demedais> "Seira, hold on a moment." Demedais muses, pausing. "And yeah, probably, you two." Demedais looks over at the groove in the wall closer, pointing it out to Alicia and Seira. "Perhaps it's a second entrance? I mean, we can go through the front just fine, it seems, but..."
[21:43] <Kotono> Ahead you can see a large, main room. The floor is made of black and white marble, pillars supporting the ceiling and decorating. It's a tall room, walkways lining the walls and leading to doors to a second floor are about - thoguh you don't see any stairways or ways to reach those without flying. (More)
[21:45] <Kotono> There is a large, iron barred door straight ahead, underneath the walkways and on ground level. There is a door on the lower left side of the room, on the ground level as well. On the upper level and thew alkways, there is a door to the right, an open arch. There is also a door to the left, two of them, one with a iron door and the other being another arch. Demedais meanwhile points out a groove back in the outer wall the gate is built into, fo
[21:45] <Kotono> Demedais meanwhile points out a groove back in the outer wall the gate is built into, fourty feet to the left of the main gate.
01[21:46] <Seira> "I'm really good with following either," Seira says with a shrug. "But not many could follow me into that groove."
[21:46] <Alicia> "How about this one first?" Alicia suggests, going towards the door on the left at ground level and checking for magic.
06[21:47] * Demedais nods. "We can also just do a second sweep through of all the grooves later, once we've narrowed down our options. Let's keep going, then?"
[21:47] <Kotono> As Alicia comes to within ten feet of the groove in the wall, it expands! The stone shifts andforms a little circular opening with a stairway leading into the ground revealed!
[21:48] <Demedais> "...or all the grooves could be keyed to react to our tokens." Demedais mutters. "That's... sadly sensible."
[21:49] <Alicia> "It's a lot of effort. If the place was overrun the tokens could be easily stolen, likewise any spy would surely be able to steal one," Alicia muses, peering down the staircase.
[21:49] <Kotono> The staircase is maybe ten feet wide or so. It winds down and down and down. You don't see a bottom within the sixty feet your darkvision allow you to see.
[21:50] <Alicia> "That door's probably trapped, it has magic on it," Alicia indicates the door on the left she originally aimed for. "Want to see if you can open it safely so we can take a look before trying the stairs, Seira?"
[21:50] <Demedais> "Perhaps they were once beter protected?" Demedais hazards. "I didn't spot the shelves at first, and the devil summoning room was probably far more, ah, busy in earlier times.
01[21:51] <Seira> "It could always be a trap, so sure, let me take a look," Seira agrees easily, approaching it.
01[21:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 traps?
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 traps? and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Are you going in or just checking the entryway to the stair for traps?
01[21:52] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, I'm checking the metal door Alicia asked me to
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: Which one then, Alicia?
[21:52] <Alicia> OOC: the one on the ground floor on the left
[21:53] <Kotono> Seira goes back into the fortress and past the vanished black hole, searching the metal door! She doesn't find any traps on it.
01[21:54] <Seira> "Are you sure there's magic here?" she calls back to Alicia, not wishing to call upon her own spell of magical sight just yet.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[21:54] <Demedais> "There was probably magic on the whirling blackness." Demedais comments.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Yes. It's a divination spell," Alicia answers. "Maybe it's not a trap, then, but something to identify when people enter?"
01[21:56] <Seira> "Like whether I have a token or not? Which I do!" And Seira decides to try and open the door.
[21:59] <Kotono> Seira appraoches and opens the door! Ahead is a marble floor. A luxurious hallway has glass cases along it's sides, full of strange objects at a glance. A voice in gnomish speaks in Seira's mind! 'You are entering the Planar Control Museum. Please do not be without your identifying marks at all times or you will risk injury or death. Do not disturb items or subjects. Repeat, do not disturb items or subjects.'
[21:59] <Kotono> Repeat, do not disturb items or subjects.'
01[21:59] <Seira> "O-kay. Anyone without tokens probably shouldn't enter."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Lets try the stairs first?" Alicia suggests after peering over Seira's shoulder down the hallway.
[22:00] <Demedais> "Alright. Should Pollyanna and I wait outside while you four go through, once we get to that point? I'd rather wait until we have to to split up - maybe we'll find more tokens." Demedais notes.
01[22:00] <Seira> "The ones going below? I don't wanna, it's dark and we're likely to be eaten by something."
[22:01] <Kotono> "I'd say we're likely to be eaten by something no matter what. Did you forget the giant lizards, or the aboleths, or the slimes?" Donald ticks off fingers.
[22:02] <Demedais> "...can't you see in the dark?" Demedais asks bemusedly. "Regardless, perhaps we should go for another arch, then?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "Alicia's right. Let's follow the stairs first. We can do an area we have to split up on last." Pollyanna shifts her shoulders, quiver moving back and forth.
01[22:02] <Seira> "I don't like dark places if there's a better alternative!"
[22:02] <Alicia> "We're going to have to explore it eventually," Alicia says reasonably. "I'll even use a light spell if it'll make you feel better."
01[22:03] <Seira> "It probably would," Seira asserts, taking stock of all the doors on ground level.
[22:04] <Kotono> There is only one other door on the ground level, an iron barred door to the north.
01[22:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 is the iron-barred door trapped?
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 is the iron-barred door trapped? and gets 41." [1d20=14]
06[22:04] * Alicia nods indulgently and goes over towards the half-dragon. "Light of my soul, banish away the unkind shadows," she incants before tapping Seira's cloak.
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: CL on light?
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d100 look what you made me do
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 look what you made me do and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[22:05] <Kotono> Abruptly, Alicia's hair grows! Suddenly, it becomes longer! A foot or so longer, reaching down to her waist and butt in a cascade of black!
01[22:05] <Seira> "This is fine too," Seira says in approval.
[22:05] <Demedais> "Uh."
06[22:07] * Alicia jerks as her hair clasp springs off at the sudden increase in follical mass. "I'm glad you approve," she sighs, going to pick up the clasp before idly taking hold of her extended locks to examine them a moment. Seeing nothing terribly amiss she ties it off once more, although it's a fair bit more unruly looking and massive than before, gathered at the back of her head.
[22:08] <Kotono> "That was...well, wild and random," Donald mutters, "How about we just use another sunrod. ANyone have one?"
[22:08] <Demedais> "I... was going to suggest a sunrod, but you two rolled ahead with the light spell..." Demedais comments. "I do. Carry a set of six around, usually."
01[22:09] <Seira> "I might keep mine short but that doesn't mean I don't like long hair, too," Seira elaborates, before glancing at the northern door. "So we're going below, I take it? Whatever's here just disengages when I approach, so it's no fun."
[22:10] <Alicia> "It's not likely to catch on my armour these days, but I'd rather not give an enemy a convenient handhold," Alicia explains, letting Demedais use his alchemical light as she leads the way downstairs.
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Who's on point then as you go down?
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: Leads the way? I guess I am
06[22:11] * Demedais nods and strikes the light as they go down, staying right behind Alicia.
[22:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 47." [1d20=16]
06[22:11] * Seira decides to stick to Amaryl, asking her quietly, "How about you? Do you prefer long or short hair?"
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[22:11] <Demedais> OOC: -5, sorry.
[22:11] <Kotono> The party starts to descend down the stair, going perhaps twenty feet down! As they do...(More)
[22:12] <Demedais> "Alicia, move BACK!" Demedais grunts, throwing the light straight at the ripple as he quickly pulls out his spear and backs off twenty feet.
06[22:13] * Alicia abruptly stops and jumps backwards a few feet, drawing her blade in a smooth motion.
[22:14] <Kotono> As Alicia and the party jerk and stumble back, the sunrod is thrown! It lands 5 feet of where Alicia was(10 feet away from her now, treating her jerk back as a 5 ft step), bouncing off something unseen! OOC: I think you know what this might be. Let's do init?
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl, previous was Polly
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl, previous was Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20-4
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-4 and gets 13." [1d20=17]
01[22:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
03[22:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl=Polly>Demedais>????>Donald>Alicia>Seira'
[22:15] <Kotono> "Is it another one of those?" Amaryl calls as she readies arrows. "Fire at it?"
01[22:15] <Seira> "Anything hiding even from my eyes like that in the dark is hostile!"
[22:15] <Demedais> "It is, I'm pretty bloody sure." Demedais nods!
[22:16] <Kotono> At that, the two archers open fire!
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 heroism, +2 GMW)
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 heroism, +2 GMW)
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 heroism, +2 GMW) and gets 36." [1d20=14]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 heroism, +2 GMW) and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 99." [1d100=99]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 2d8+28+2d6
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+28+2d6 and gets 49." [2d8=6, 8][2d6=4, 3]
[22:17] <Kotono> Pollyanna's flaming arrows rip into the thing ahead, arrows coming out with a white sheen of hissing, acidid slime down the stair! A moment later, Amaryl opens fire as well!
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 19." [1d20=2]
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 90." [1d100=90]
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: +1 to all
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 2d8+6+2d6
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6+2d6 and gets 22." [2d8=4, 5][2d6=1, 6]
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: GMW gives +4
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: I'm on it.
01[22:19] <Seira> OOC: Damage is getting reduced, then?
[22:19] <Kotono> A second volley of arrows rips through the unseen ooze, tearing into it again! OOC: Deme.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Another one?" Donald grimaces, "Staying back, staying back!"
06[22:20] * Demedais nods slightly and steps in, jabbing viciously at the thing quickly! "I'm not going to enjoy this... Kill as quick as possible, everyone!"
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (+1 GMW -7 PA)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (+1 GMW -7 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+11 (+1 GMW -7 PA)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+11 (+1 GMW -7 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 (+1 GMW -7 PA)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 (+1 GMW -7 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: All hit, d100s on each.
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 1
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 1 and gets 79." [1d100=79]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 2
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 2 and gets 35." [1d100=35]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d100 hit 3
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 hit 3 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 2d10+50 I presume it's not chaotic.
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d10+50 I presume it's not chaotic. and gets 56." [2d10=1, 5]
[22:23] <Kotono> Demedais thrusts into his unseen foe, ripping hard with the eyed glaive! As he does, the slime surges forward unseen, risking to engulf Alicia and Demedais and Donald! OOC: Ref, you three.
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 heroism)
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (+2 heroism) and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 me and ref saves
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 me and ref saves and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 6d8 and 1 dex damage to Donald and Deme owwies this is still acid damage at least for Deme
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8 and 1 dex damage to Donald and Deme owwies this is still acid damage at least for Deme and gets 29." [6d8=5, 1, 5, 8, 8, 2]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Fort you two?
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 kay
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 kay and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 heroism)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 heroism) and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 3d6 bummer you two
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 bummer you two and gets 11." [3d6=2, 4, 5]
03[22:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl=Polly>Demedais(Paralysed 11 rounds)>????>Donald(paralysed 11 rounds)>Alicia>Seira'
[22:25] <Kotono> Alicia is able to dive off the stairway, flying in the air! The other two aren't so lucky, caught and dragged along inside of the invisible ooze! They go still, paralysed instantly! It surely can't be fara way from the other three now! OOC: Donald is paralysed. Alicia?
03[22:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl=Polly>Demedais(Paralysed 11 rounds)>????>Donald(paralysed 10 rounds)>Alicia>Seira'
01[22:26] <Seira> "Dammit, Donald!" Seira curses, dismayed that Demedais of all people was also caught off guard. At least with the elf, she's come to expect it.
[22:26] <Kotono> LIght also shines within the slime, the usnrod carried along with it as well, acid eating away at it!
[22:27] <Alicia> Carefully flapping her wings to stay aloft in this confined space, Alicia angles herself above the cube containing the menfolk, hoping this vantage will keep her safe from the inevitable torrent of acid as she slices rapidly through it, rending apart whatever surface tension holds it together!
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5pa divine might flying and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5pa divine might flying and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -5pa divine might flying and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -5pa divine might flying and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -5pa divine might flying and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -5pa divine might flying
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -5pa divine might flying and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC - All hit. D100s.
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 6#1d100
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d100 and gets 293." [6#1d100 = 45, 58, 72, 34, 37, 47]
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 2d8+46+2d6+2d6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+46+2d6+2d6 and gets 74." [2d8=7, 7][2d6=2, 5][2d6=1, 6]
[22:29] <Kotono> Alicia tags the slime twice, doing grevious damage but the thing doesn't release it's dying wave of acid, surely still surviving as Demedais and Donald are held! OOC: Seira.
01[22:31] <Seira> "Alright. I'll cover your retreat and try to dodge that thing," Seira tells the archers, "while you two should retreat a bit and shoot it some more. Sounds like a plan?" She steps twenty feet back, drawing a trio of darts and imbuing them with arcane might, following that up with a toss at the sunrod!
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d20 don't 1, channeling summon monster vi
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 don't 1, channeling summon monster vi and gets 10." [1d20=10]
01[22:31] <Seira> OOC: roll 1d100?
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. d100.
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 9d6
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d6 and gets 25." [9d6=5, 1, 1, 6, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
01[22:33] <Seira> "Lagann, see if you could help me out?" Seira asks the metal orb calmly, entrusting it with the Resort once more.
[22:34] <Kotono> Firing off arcane energies, Seira pierces the slime! Abruptly, Donald and Demedais drop to the ground, hissing and sizzling in a pool of gooey acid! OOC: Free act, it's dead. Resolving the first of two rounds of follow up acid damage on the two.
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 3d8
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 and gets 18." [3d8=7, 3, 8]
[22:34] <Kotono> Lagann begins to strike, but only hits dissolving slime and air as the ooze is slain.
06[22:35] * Seira decides to keep Lagann occupied with the blade just in case there's another slime further ahead that they'll eventually come across.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Good plan, but I think it's dead," Pollyanna peers down, "Isn't it?"
01[22:35] <Seira> "Seems like! But you always plan for the worst even as you hope for the best!"
06[22:35] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold so that no other slimes will be able to sneak up on them, landing back on the stairs. "The paralysis should wear off quickly, if last time is any indication, at least."
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 3d8 second and last applicaiton of acid damage.
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 second and last applicaiton of acid damage. and gets 10." [3d8=5, 1, 4]
[22:36] <Kotono> "The paralysis should wear off soon, right?" Amaryl gasps as she watches.
01[22:36] <Seira> "I'm thinking that as well," Seira agrees. "I'll help Donald out!"
06[22:36] * Demedais does not respond, as he is paralyzed.
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 CMW CL
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 CMW CL and gets 30." [1d20=13]
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 23." [2d8=5, 8]
[22:36] <Kotono> Donald's wounds heal as he stays there, unmoving and paralyzed!
06[22:37] * Alicia isn't in any hurry to touch them and burn her hands, merely keeping guard until they rouse themselves.
[22:37] <Kotono> About a minute passes before the paralysis wears off, nothing of note occuring while they wait.
06[22:37] * Seira observes the two affected in case their condition deteriorates, but otherwise is content to give it as much as five minutes.
[22:38] <Kotono> Donald sits up, "Oooow. Okay, I hate those things now."
[22:38] <Alicia> "Do either of you require healing?" Alicia asks as the duo become once more dynamic.
[22:38] <Demedais> "..." Demedais grimaces. "Damn slime got into my armor this time..."
01[22:39] <Seira> "Did you bring a spare outfit? Because I didn't. That's part of why I didn't jump in myself."
[22:40] <Demedais> "I should be fine for now, thanks. More just a case of the stuff managing to stun me somehow." A glance to Seira as he stands. "I should be fine for now; I have a change of clothes if the opportunity arises later, Let's keep going." Demedais grimaces.
[22:40] <Alicia> "I have several, but they're unlikely to fit either of you two," Alicia says, before looking thoughtful. "Maybe Donald," she adds more quietly.
01[22:40] <Seira> "A crossdressing Demedais? I'm all for it!"
[22:42] <Demedais> "... That would likely only end in tears for everyone present, no matter which iteration taken." Demedais says with a wearily amused glance to Donald before continuing down. After a moment, he pulls a second sunrod out and lights it, before kicking the first so it rolls down the stairs! "Advance warning."
06[22:42] * Seira laughs. "But still, in all seriousness, doesn't all that span of full plate... chafe?"
[22:44] <Demedais> "No. Why would it?" Demedais asks.
01[22:45] <Seira> "Because swimming in acid is bad for your underwear?"
[22:45] <Demedais> "Not enough got in to manage that." Demedais replies.
01[22:45] <Seira> "Its hardness must be top notch."
06[22:46] * Alicia covers her mouth to keep from snickering as the party continues downwards, not wanting to get involved in this one.
[22:47] <Demedais> "The armor? Yes. And my shoulders and arms are used to carrying armor without any intervening clothing anyway. ...thinking back on that, the mercenary was probably just sadistic."
[22:47] <Kotono> "It is," Pollyanna murmurs to herself.
06[22:47] * Seira laughs."
[22:47] <Kotono> "That's terrible," Donald grunts, "I'm okay, but mithral's a lot lighter than steel. Wearing steel full plate is horrible without padding."
[22:47] <Alicia> "Ow," Alicia allows a vocal wince at that. "I can't stand wearing full plate even with padding. Having it against the skin would be intolerable."
[22:48] <Kotono> As Demedais kicks the sunrod along as they proceed down, "Armor's a sad fact of life. It looks nice, but it's so uncomfortable..." Amaryl murmurs.
[22:49] <Demedais> "I've gotten used to carrying things. ...not like my shoulder muscles ever unclench."
01[22:49] <Seira> "I'll join you in misery soon enough, when I get a suit for myself," Seira tells Amaryl, falling back into step with her. "I actually wore some a few years back, but I never really got back to it."
[22:50] <Kotono> "I wish I was an outsider who has skin tough as steel. I'd run around in a bathing suit or underwear," Pollyanna mutters dark things under her breath, "So I could forgo wearing armor."
06[22:50] * Seira gives Pollyanna a thumbs up. "I approve of this bold plan!"
[22:51] <Alicia> "My armour's great, actually," Alicia pats the silvery metal practically molded to her torso. "Honestly feels like I'm just wearing an overshirt."
[22:51] <Kotono> Kick! As Demedais punts the rod another 20 feet ahead, it hits against something solid and unseen!
[22:51] <Demedais> "You would, Seira." Demedais comments wryly. "... Everyone back up!"
01[22:52] <Seira> "Friendly banter stage, placed on pause!"
06[22:52] * Alicia readies her sword. "Definitely another one."
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: You detected it before it could do any harm. Init again?
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
01[22:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20-5
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-5 and gets 8." [1d20=13]
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 weee, shit init
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 weee, shit init and gets 10." [1d20=9]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: -4, so +1. 9.
03[22:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Polly>Amaryl>Alicia>Demedais>OOZE>Seira=Donald'
[22:53] <Kotono> Pollyanna steps five feet further back, firing off a heavy bevy of arrows!
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 221." [4#1d100 = 81, 40, 63, 37]
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2d6+28
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2d6+28 and gets 48." [2d8=7, 5][2d6=2, 6]
[22:55] <Kotono> Twin arrows pulse through the invisible horror, cutting into it's slimy body and doing flaming, sizzling damage! Amaryl follows up with her own shots!
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 6#1d100
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6#1d100 and gets 292." [6#1d100 = 47, 24, 79, 61, 56, 25]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12+3d6
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12+3d6 and gets 30." [3d8=1, 8, 4][3d6=1, 1, 3]
[22:57] <Kotono> Another storm of arrows penetrates the creeping goo, dealing yet more harm to it! OOC: Alicia.
[22:58] <Demedais> "Non-archers, wait until my move?" Demedais suggests. "It's gonna try going for me first, most likely."
06[22:58] * Alicia flies up into the air above the stairs, positioning herself fifteen feet ahead of the slime and five feet above its height. "I'll be safe up here," she reassures Demedais, poised to sweep her blade beneath to hack its upper side as it passes below.
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Deme.
[23:01] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods, stepping back and readying his glaive for the slime's approach!
[23:01] <Kotono> The ooze sludges forward, sunrods and all! OOC: You two can do your held actions/aoos now.
06[23:02] * Demedais nods and jabs in at the slime!
06[23:02] * Alicia cuts wickedly through the slime as it passes below her!
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 -13pa
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 -13pa and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d8+39+1d6+1d6
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+39+1d6+1d6 and gets 52." [1d8=2][1d6=5][1d6=6]
[23:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 GMW, -13 PA)
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 GMW, -13 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[23:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 (+1 GMW, -13 PA)
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 (+1 GMW, -13 PA) and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[23:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20 (+1 GMW, -13 PA)
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20 (+1 GMW, -13 PA) and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[23:03] <Demedais> roll 2d100 miss chances
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d100 miss chances and gets 184." [2d100=91, 93]
[23:03] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[23:03] <Demedais> roll 2d10+76
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d10+76 and gets 86." [2d10=4, 6]
[23:04] <Kotono> Between Demedais and Alicia, the slime is torn in two! A gush of ooze comes from it's ruptured body! OOC: Ref, Deme.
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: Concentration applies.
[23:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 kay
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 kay and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[23:04] <Kotono> Demedais steps back, predicting the flow of acid and avoiding it utterly! OOC: Free act.
[23:04] <Alicia> "That one went a lot more painlessly," Alicia smiles as she lands back on the steps and continues heading downwards.
[23:05] <Kotono> "Whew." Donald follows along, "No harm at all. I have to say, good idea with the sunrod."
01[23:05] <Seira> "I think we're getting the hang of this," Seira agrees.
[23:07] <Demedais> "I like this sunrod method." Demedais nods, holding the sunrod with his gauntlet before kicking the other one down further still. "Did the gnomes let these loose, or did this all occur after they got eliminated, or... did they have a way around it?"
01[23:07] <Seira> "For all we know these paths are horrible traps meant to kill the intruders."
[23:08] <Alicia> "Maybe they're just a particularly outlandish method of keeping their corridors dust-free?" Alicia suggests dryly.
01[23:08] <Seira> "Maybe they're the gnomes, twisted by evil magics!"
[23:08] <Demedais> "This seems too, uh... uptight, defenses-wise, to be just a trap. If they wanted that they'd just have had a trap twenty feet ago." Demedais notes amusedly. "And I'd buy Alicia's explanation."
01[23:09] <Seira> "Twisted magics always make for a better story."
[23:09] <Kotono> The way down proceeds perhaps another one hundred feet. Ahead you see the bottom - it feeds directy into a room below. As you come down, you see ahead of you, it stretches in all directions. Glass tubes are everywhere. Large glass tubes. Some have barely visible slime floating in them, in briny water. Others have barely visible lions - hellcats, the party knows, having faced them many times - floating in translucent red fluid. The glass contain
[23:09] <Kotono> hellcats, the party knows, having faced them many times - floating in translucent red fluid. The glass containers stretch farther than the eye can see in all directions.
01[23:09] <Seira> "Slimes, hellcats. Fun, fun."
06[23:10] * Demedais looks around carefully. "Orrrr they could be more experiments. What fun."
[23:11] <Kotono> "What...what is this?" Amaryl holds a hand to her chest, "What are these things, Seira?"
[23:11] <Alicia> Once the stairs open up, Alicia lifts up her blindfold to look around. "Mother of all magic..." she gasps, staring. "That's how they're invisible - they've... crossbred, slime with bezekira." She frowns, parsing that. "Goodness, they really were a horribly imaginative lot, weren't they?"
[23:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 right
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 right and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[23:11] <Kotono> Donald snaps his fingers, "Yeah, that makes sense! I've fought bezekira before! They're invisible except in pitch black dark."
01[23:11] <Seira> "Devil cats," Seira whispers to Amaryl. "Gnomes were creepy and played with joining species that weren't meant to be joint together."
06[23:12] * Alicia studies the flows of magic in this chamber, sweeping her gaze around as far as she can see.
[23:12] <Demedais> "They were. Emphasis on horribly." Demedais mutters.
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[23:13] <Demedais> "What we fought were escapees of these glass tubes. There are broken ones over there." Demedais gestures.
[23:13] <Kotono> Pointing down quite a ways, the party cna note there are several broken tubes to the north and the east.
06[23:14] * Seira checks to see whether any container is close to breaking.
01[23:14] <Seira> OOC: Search, 10 for 37?
[23:14] <Alicia> "I wonder if there's a failsafe, something to kill them all in the tubes without us having to break them out and fight them one by one - there's so many, after all," Alicia muses, before starting to walk onwards in the same direction as the stairs came from. "Lets see how far this goes?"
[23:14] <Kotono> Some of the containers are showing their age. A few have small cracks here and there, signs of slow breakdown.
[23:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 listen
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 listen and gets 34." [1d20=8]
01[23:15] <Seira> "There probably is, but I wonder if it's here."
[23:17] <Kotono> The party begins to walk along. As they do, past glass containers...(More)
[23:17] <Demedais> "Regardless, I don't like this at all..." Demedais grimaces. "Wide open areas with broken canisters... Alicia, keep the blindfold down?"
06[23:17] * Alicia nods and yanks said cloth over her eyes.
[23:18] <Alicia> "Hellcats!" Alicia yells, whirling and pointing in the direction they're charging from. "Polly, Amaryl, move!"
01[23:18] <Seira> "Get over here!" Seira calls out to Amaryl and Pollyanna, leaping past them to place herself between the archers and the hellcats she had seen advance, Resort drawn. Lagann would have to make do with the gnomish sword, for now. "Three of them, right here!"
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Init. You avoided a surprise attack of mauling pain.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[23:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 26." [1d20=19]
01[23:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[23:19] <Kotono> "I don't see anything...right, See Invisibility!" Donald calls, preparing words of magic power!
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[23:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 woo.
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 woo. and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 cat 1
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 cat 1 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 cat 2
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 cat 2 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 cat 3
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 cat 3 and gets 15." [1d20=1]
03[23:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Cat2>Cat1=Amaryl=Polly(26)>Alicia(23)>Demedais(20)>Donald(18)>Seira(16)>Cat 3(15)'
[23:21] <Kotono> Unseen to all but Alicia and Seira, the second hellcat is the fastest! It oozes and pounces forward at Pollyanna!
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA)
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA)
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=2]
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) bite
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) bite and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 attack 1
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 attack 1 and gets 27." [1d100=27]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 attack 2
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 attack 2 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[23:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 attack 3
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 attack 3 and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[23:23] <Kotono> roll 1d8+16+2d8+1d8+16+2d8+16+2d8 and 3 dex damage to Polly
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+16+2d8+1d8+16+2d8+16+2d8 and 3 dex damage to Polly and gets 87." [1d8=7][2d8=1, 1][1d8=5][2d8=8, 8][2d8=1, 8]
[23:25] <Kotono> Pollyanna is pounced on! Invisible teeth rip into her, jets of oozing acid splashing into deep, bleeding wounds! Blood and acid fly everywhere! OOC: Amaryl, Polly and the second cat are up.
[23:25] <Kotono> Amaryl hurries straight backwards, but as she does, the other Hellcat pounces on her!
01[23:25] <Seira> "Shoot at Pollyanna's attacker!" Seira calls out tersely, pointing it out needlessly, if the spurts of blood from Pollyanna failed to make the point.
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA)
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA)
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) bite
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 invis, +2 charge, -5 PA) bite and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira and gets 46." [1d100=46]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 1-20 thanks for blur, Seira and gets 20." [1d100=20]
[23:26] <Kotono> OOC: Lucky.
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d8+16+2d8
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+16+2d8 and gets 30." [1d8=4][2d8=3, 7]
[23:27] <Kotono> Staggering back, Amaryl gets her back ripped into! Her flesh is horrifically seared by claws of oozing acid as she flees behind Seira! As she does, she snaps off a foursome of arrows at the one that attacked Pollyanna, hoping!
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway and gets 29." [1d20=12]
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 no precision thanks to invis anyway and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 2#1d100
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2#1d100 and gets 157." [2#1d100 = 71, 86]
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 2d8+6 (fire damage doesn't matter)
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 (fire damage doesn't matter) and gets 17." [2d8=3, 8]
[23:30] <Kotono> Two arrows seem to hit something unseen, causing oozing blood to trickle out! Pollyanna withdraws back, hurrying behind Demedais! OOC: Polly withdrew since she got jacked up. Alicia.
[23:31] <Alicia> Knowing Amaryl has a pure heart and Pollyanna is now safely out of the way, Alicia gestures towards the cats, calling upon Mystra's holy radiance to smite them! "Back to the pit, fell felines!"
[23:31] <Alicia> OOC: CL for holy smite?
[23:31] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[23:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[23:31] <Kotono> OOC: D100. Bummer.
[23:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 fuck, maybe empower it?
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 fuck, maybe empower it? and gets 44." [1d100=44]
[23:32] <Kotono> Four little orbs of light dance around near the unseen hellcats, weaving and wobbling in the air like they're dancing! OOC: Deme.
01[23:33] <Seira> "Donald, wait on me!" Seira commands, eyeing the nearest hellcat warily.
[23:33] <Alicia> "Dammit! Not now!" Alicia curses vehemently at her magic's failure.
06[23:35] * Demedais grimaces and lashes out at the spot where Pollyanna got violently bit into, attempting to outguess the hellcat with a whisper to Helm and a keen eye!
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -4 PA) plz die now kitty and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: d100 on each.
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 3d100 aww, no crit checks. stupid aberrations
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d100 aww, no crit checks. stupid aberrations and gets 92." [3d100=51, 27, 14]
[23:37] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[23:37] <Demedais> roll 1d10+20 die for me?
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d10+20 die for me? and gets 29." [1d10=9]
[23:38] <Kotono> Demedais thrusts in the dark, managing one plunging hit blind! Yet the blow is somewhat resisted, it's toughened body resisting even that! "I can...or cast see invisible? Seira?" Donald asks quickly! OOC: Donald's up.
01[23:38] <Seira> "Just give me a moment!"
01[23:39] <Seira> OOC: Is he holding on me?
[23:39] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, if you want. Go Seira.
06[23:41] * Seira sends Lagann to harass the deformed hellcat that struck at Amaryl, directing it towards its last estimated position. Even if Lagann misses however, his main goal is to allow Seira to strike at the distracted beast! She flies up suddenly, and then she's in range, attacking herself!
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff. Go Seira.
01[23:41] <Seira> OOC: I'll 5ft step, basically, to be a bit above it?
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[23:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
01[23:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
01[23:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
01[23:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[23:42] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
01[23:42] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8 resort+sa
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 resort+sa and gets 30." [3d8=5, 3, 8][2d8=1, 4]
01[23:42] <Seira> roll 1d4+2+2d8
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+2+2d8 and gets 8." [1d4=1][2d8=2, 3]
01[23:42] <Seira> roll 1d6+2+2d8
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+2+2d8 and gets 16." [1d6=5][2d8=2, 7]
[23:43] <Alicia> OOC: forgot my move action, I'll put myself adjacent to hellcat 3?
01[23:43] <Seira> "Donald, hit this one!" Seira gestures with her claw, after raking it against the invisible hellcat.
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: If you wanna move right over to it and give it a potentially easy target, sure.
[23:43] <Alicia> OOC: I do
[23:45] <Kotono> "Fine, fine! Don't blame me if I miss, I'm swinging blind!" With that, Donald quickly 5 ft steps into range and swings!
[23:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+1 GMW, +2 heroism, +3 arcane strike 1 2nd used, -5 PA)
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+1 GMW, +2 heroism, +3 arcane strike 1 2nd used, -5 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[23:46] <Kotono> roll 1d10+14+2d4
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+14+2d4 and gets 27." [1d10=9][2d4=1, 3]
03[23:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Cat2>Cat1=Amaryl=Polly(26)>Alicia(23)>Demedais(20)>Seira(16)>Donald>Cat 3(15)'
[23:47] <Kotono> Seira can see the hellcat's side torn into, a considerable wound to it's amorphic body! OOC: Third cat is up.
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[23:48] <Kotono> The hellcat braces, taking this chance to tear into easy bait with Alicia!
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-2 PA) claw
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-2 PA) claw and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-2 PA) claw
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-2 PA) claw and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[23:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-2 PA) bite AC?
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-2 PA) bite AC? and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[23:49] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[23:49] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13+2d8
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13+2d8 and gets 27." [2d8=1, 4][2d8=4, 5]
[23:50] <Kotono> Alicia's leg is bitten, savagely ripped into and screaming with acid pain shortly thereafter! The second cat, surrounded by Donald and Seira, disengages them! OOC: Seira can AoO it since she can see it, Donald can't since he can't. AoOing, Seira?
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[23:50] <Kotono> OOC: Clawed. Dur.
[23:50] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 and gets 39." [3d8=1, 6, 7][2d8=8, 8]
[23:51] <Kotono> Despite having it's side ripped like a jelly roll, the cat charges, pouncing right on Alicia!
01[23:51] <Seira> "Sorry, it got away!" Seira calls after it apologetically.
[23:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) claw
[23:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) claw
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) claw and gets 42." [1d20=15]
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) claw and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[23:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -3 PA) bite
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -3 PA) bite and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) rake
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) rake and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) rake
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) rake and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14+2d8+1d8+14+2d8
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14+2d8+1d8+14+2d8 and gets 54." [1d8=2][2d8=4, 8][1d8=2][2d8=2, 8]
[23:53] <Kotono> Alicia has her flank torn open with hissing acid, the hellcat taking advantage of it's pounce to inflict grevious damage! OOC: First cat and the archers are up.
[23:54] <Kotono> Safely back now, Pollyanna takes cover behind a glass tube and snaps off a single shot at the first cat!
[23:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[23:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[23:54] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14 and gets 22." [1d8=8]
[23:55] <Kotono> As she hides, a single arrow rips into the side of the hellcat! Meanwhile Amaryl targets the same one, the only one she still has a bead on!
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[23:56] <Kotono> But she doesn't land a clean shot on any of them! The first hellcat can be seen by Seira, withdrawing back and away from the melee fourty feet! OOC: Alicia.
[23:57] <Alicia> "I've fought the top of Baator's aristocracy and you think your pride of gnomish cast-offs can defeat me?!" Alicia demands of the cats at the mental taunting she's receiving.
[23:57] <Alicia> "Suffer for your arrogance!" A golden glow illuminates her angelic form as she pirouettes away from the one who just charged her, whipping her blade around to scythe brutally through the first in several quick slashes too fast to be seen before she rounds on the second, carving it up as well!
[23:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 knowledge (planes, right?)
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 knowledge (planes, right?) and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[23:58] <Kotono> OOC: Planes or dungeoneering, whichever. Also, I forgot, you took 1 dex damage on each hellcat wound. You got hit...3 times, to 3 dex.
[23:58] <Kotono> OOC: 3 dex damage total.
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 bracers, divine might, 6th, 4th, 2nd level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=7]
Session Time: Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Owwies.
[00:00] <Alicia> OOC: rolling seperately, once one drops transfer to next
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 86." [1d8=4][2d6=6, 3][1d6=3][1d6=6][13d4=1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 70." [1d8=1][2d6=4, 2][1d6=5][1d6=5][13d4=4, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 74." [1d8=5][2d6=2, 6][1d6=2][1d6=4][13d4=2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 4, 4]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 76." [1d8=3][2d6=6, 5][1d6=2][1d6=4][13d4=3, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 70." [1d8=7][2d6=3, 3][1d6=3][1d6=1][13d4=4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 58." [1d8=4][2d6=1, 1][1d6=1][1d6=3][13d4=1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 79." [1d8=1][2d6=6, 6][1d6=6][1d6=5][13d4=4, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4]
03[00:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Cat1=Amaryl=Polly(26)>Alicia(23)>Demedais(20)>Seira(16)>Donald'
[00:01] <Kotono> Alicia catches both cats before they can move, ripping them into utter flaming shreds! They settle down and die, fading into puddles of hissing ooze! OOC Deme.
01[00:02] <Seira> "Can you see the last one?" Seira asks Demedais.
[00:02] <Demedais> "No, I can't! Not in front of you, then?"
01[00:03] <Seira> "It retreated. Give me a moment and I'll point it out!"
06[00:03] * Demedais holds on Seira's action, then!
[00:03] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
06[00:03] * Seira charges the ooze-like hellcat!
01[00:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[00:04] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[00:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 24." [3d8=8, 3, 4]
[00:06] <Kotono> OOC: It has reach on you, Seira, you'll get AoOed if you charge. You okay with that?
01[00:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 tumble
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 tumble and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[00:07] <Kotono> Seira dives and rolls in, stabbing into the hellcat's side! It's not a deep wound, but it's a safe one as she avoids a snap of it's maw! OOC: Going Deme or should Donald go?
06[00:08] * Demedais charges at the area Seira attacked, trying to shield the rest of the group from harm as he aims to impale the cat!
[00:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -9 PA +2 Charge) plz die now kitty
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev +1 GMW -9 PA +2 Charge) plz die now kitty and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[00:09] <Kotono> OOC: Now you WILL get AoOed, since it's invisible to you and has reach. <_<
[00:09] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, reach weapon. Nevermind.
[00:09] <Kotono> OOC: D100.
[00:09] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[00:09] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[00:09] <Demedais> roll 1d10+30
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d10+30 and gets 39." [1d10=9]
[00:10] <Kotono> Demedais rips it's shoulders open with a jagged cut, while Donald quickly snaps off arcane words as he goes to guard Pollyanna!
[00:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[00:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[00:11] <Kotono> A ring of fire appears around Donald, heat basting him!
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 2d4 fire damage
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 fire damage and gets 6." [2d4=3, 3]
[00:12] <Kotono> Donald is completely covered with a circular wall of fire, hidden from view by raging flames! OOC: Cat and the archers.
[00:12] <Kotono> The hellcat flat runs this time, leaving it's flank vulnerable as it flees! OOC: Seira, you can AoO, it's running like hell.
01[00:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 just die!
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 just die! and gets 33." [1d20=11]
01[00:13] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 16." [3d8=2, 3, 2]
[00:13] <Kotono> Seira gets a graze on it's flank as it turns and flees amid the glass capsules! AS it starts to, Amaryl snaps off a burst of arrows at it!
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[00:14] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12 and gets 27." [3d8=2, 7, 6]
[00:15] <Kotono> Amaryl's arrows hit the blubbry cat as it vanishes and runs quite a ways, deep into the various glass tubes all about! OOC: It's out of sight. You guys can free act a moment, we'll do init again if you can find it/catch it.
[00:15] <Demedais> "Seira, is it still here?" Demedais asks tersely.
01[00:15] <Seira> "No, it ran off. Use the chance to help Pollyanna?" Seira responds, herself making way towards Amaryl to guard her.
06[00:16] * Alicia flies over to Pollyanna for the moment, avoiding the flaming elf nearby and putting a hand on the archer's arm. "Hold still a second," she asks, channeling spellfire to heal her.
[00:16] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[00:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 67." [18d4=3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1]
[00:16] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Donald cries out and runs past the barrier, taking pain as he escapes his oven-like fate!
[00:17] <Kotono> roll 2d6+12 beats frying alive
06[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+12 beats frying alive and gets 20." [2d6=6, 2]
06[00:17] * Demedais nods and quickly sprints back to Pollyanna, moving to heal her- but on seeing Alicia reach her first, holds five feet away.
[00:17] <Demedais> "Pollyanna, will you be alright for now?" Demedais asks, glancing to Donald's crispified self next.
[00:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna rests against a glass tube, stained with her fresh blood. "T-thanks..." she says, taking Alicia's hand as she touches her to help herself up.
[00:18] <Kotono> "Ow!" Donald hurries away from the wall, "Damn wild magic!"
[00:18] <Alicia> "Sorry I didn't spot them earlier," Alicia apologises. "Lets be more careful, there could be more... does anyone else need healing?" She does heal herself on that note.
[00:18] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 32." [9d4=1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3]
06[00:19] * Demedais grimaces. "Donald, over here. Alicia, you're not looking that great, yourself..."
01[00:19] <Seira> "Nasty cats," Seira murmurs, placing a hand across Amaryl's shoulders and waving Alicia over. "A bit, if you could."
[00:19] <Kotono> Donald goes over to Demedais without comment.
[00:19] <Kotono> "Who thinks of breeding hellcats and slimes?" Pollyanna walks out with Alicia, "What sort of sick mind even...":
06[00:20] * Demedais taps Donald on the shoulder, healing him some. "Stupid bloody gnomes."
[00:20] <Demedais> OOC: 28 loh
01[00:20] <Seira> "Would it be better if they used snakes and dragons?"
[00:20] <Alicia> "Gnomes. That's all I can say," Alicia just shakes her head, walking over to Seira and Amaryl and using her divine healing power, saving her spell in reserve for now.
[00:20] <Alicia> OOC: 24 lay on hands
[00:20] <Demedais> "Zetsubokou and Esthan." Demedais growls, looking around some more.
[20:01] <Koaway> <Seira> "Nasty cats," Seira murmurs, placing a hand across Amaryl's shoulders and waving Alicia over. "A bit, if you could."
[20:01] <Koaway> > Donald goes over to Demedais without comment.
[20:01] <Koaway> > "Who thinks of breeding hellcats and slimes?" Pollyanna walks out with Alicia, "What sort of sick mind even...":
[20:01] <Koaway> * Demedais taps Donald on the shoulder, healing him some. "Stupid bloody gnomes."
[20:01] <Koaway> <Demedais> OOC: 28 loh
[20:01] <Koaway> <Seira> "Would it be better if they used snakes and dragons?"
[20:01] <Koaway> <Alicia> "Gnomes. That's all I can say," Alicia just shakes her head, walking over to Seira and Amaryl and using her divine healing power, saving her spell in reserve for now.
[20:02] <Koaway> <Alicia> OOC: 24 lay on hands
[20:02] <Koaway> <Demedais> "Zetsubokou and Esthan." Demedais growls, looking around some more.
[20:02] <Alicia> OOC: 20 lay on hands, my mistake
[20:02] <Koaway> As wounds are healed and the party reassesses, "Let's keep going or what?" Donald looks around, "There has to be something besides glass tubes down here, right?"
[20:03] <Demedais> "Hopefully, yes."
01[20:03] <Seira> "We should search for the wounded beasty, first," Seira cautions, before looking at Alicia strangely. "And not that I'm one to talk, but why did you rant at the oozecats?"
[20:04] <Alicia> "I'll risk protecting us from acid if anyone wants it," Alicia offers. "It burns and numbs the blood, which we could do without." She then turns to Seira and taps her head, "Devils like to use telepathy. They thought I'd make a good meal."
01[20:04] <Seira> "They talked to you?" Seira asks in surprise.
[20:04] <Koaway> "I'll take the risk," Pollyanna volunteers. "That was horrible."
[20:05] <Alicia> "Bezekira often do that," Alicia replies as if it were obvious, approaching Pollyanna and attempting the spell. "It's never happened to you?"
[20:05] <Alicia> OOC: CL on resist energy?
[20:05] <Demedais> "My armor protects me from the brunt of it; I should be fine. I'd recommend it, though, if only to take the bite out of any further attacks." Demedais nods.
[20:05] <Koaway> OOC: Yes.
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d100 bah
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 bah and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[20:06] <Koaway> roll 1d6
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:06] <Koaway> Nothing seems to happen...
01[20:06] <Seira> "Not this time," Seira responds with a shake of her head. "I thought they were too stupid for that, from all the ooze parts."
[20:06] <Koaway> Donald eyes Alicia and Pollyanna, "The oozes seemed dumb, but maybe the hellcats retained an intellect? Say, it's kind of like how that snake-dragon could talk a bit?"
06[20:07] * Alicia frowns. "Let me try again. Acid be neutralised by my barrier!"
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[20:07] <Koaway> Alicia's voice comes out as the spell works! However, it is high pitched and squeaky. OOC: Second casting works.
06[20:07] * Demedais waits patiently, before blinking at Alicia's voice. "Uh.
06[20:08] * Alicia claps a hand over her mouth afterwards. "I'm... going to be quiet, now," she whispers, trying very hard to deepen her voice.
[20:08] <Demedais> "Wild magic. That's all I can say." Demedais grumbles.
[20:08] <Koaway> It doesn't work so well. Even her whispers are squeaky.
[20:08] <Alicia> "Hate this stuff," she grumbles in an annoyingly cutesy tone, repeating the spell to protect herself.
[20:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[20:09] <Koaway> The spell works as designed. Donald snickers, but raises his hand, "Protect me, too?"
06[20:09] * Seira shrugs. "Might be fun!" she agrees.
[20:09] <Alicia> "Not a word," Alicia gives Donald a glare at odds with her girlish tone as she casts another spell.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[20:10] <Koaway> Amaryl comes forward, and very seriously, "Me as well, Alicia?"
[20:10] <Koaway> Donald doesn't say a word about it. Instead," Thanks," he can't quite keep the smile down, though.
06[20:10] * Alicia gives Amaryl a smile at her less demeaning attitude, bestowing her with protection against acid.
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[20:11] <Koaway> OOC: d100. Brace.
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[20:11] <Koaway> OOC: Hold on, my table lacks a 28. Let me check the maste,r I might've messed up my copy.
[20:11] <Alicia> OOC: maybe that means it works as designed?
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: Ahahahaha
[20:12] <Koaway> OOC: Just reroll.
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d100 dammit
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 dammit and gets 74." [1d100=74]
[20:12] <Koaway> A flash of golden light fills the area! The wounds of the party heal! OOC: Everyone benefits from a heal spell at CL 17.
01[20:13] <Seira> "Nice work!" Seira exclaims.
[20:14] <Koaway> "Hey, I feel great now," Donald gushes, "See, now that's what your wild surges should be doing!"
06[20:14] * Alicia rolls her eyes. "That couldn't have happened before we spent all that effort on healing? Let me try again, hold still Amaryl..." she repeats the spell, saddened that it didn't fix her voice.
[20:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[20:14] <Demedais> "... Well, there's one other wild surge that worked well. Now if only that could be consistent, I could just act as a healing font while we cut our way through.
[20:14] <Koaway> OOC: Again, d100. Man.
[20:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
[20:15] <Koaway> The spell wraps around Alicia, the protective magics embracing her instead of Amaryl! OOC: spell targets you instead.
[20:16] <Alicia> "The wild magic seems very focused here," Alicia grumbles. She was going to cast it on herself anyway, so no harm done. Still, she has to try once more...
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[20:16] <Koaway> This time, Amaryl is safely enchanted as well!
[20:16] <Alicia> And lastly Seira!
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:16] <Koaway> OOC: Man. d100.
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[20:17] <Koaway> Instead of words, rainbow colored bubbles out of Alicia's mouth! They hover in the air, floating around her face!
06[20:18] * Alicia isn't even sure if this is an improvement, all things considered. Huffing and giving Seira an apologetic shrug, she attempts to channel the spell into Hell Striker instead. She can't cast normally if she can't speak.
[20:18] <Alicia> OOC: CL on a channelled spell?
06[20:18] * Seira gives Alicia one in return.
[20:18] <Koaway> OOC: Do you complete the spell when you channel it?
[20:19] <Alicia> OOC: No, the spell doesn't trigger till I hit something
[20:19] <Koaway> OOC: Okay.
[20:19] <Koaway> The channeling goes without incident.
06[20:19] * Alicia then delicately taps Seira's forearm with the flat of the blade.
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 inevitable CL?
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 inevitable CL? and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
[20:20] <Koaway> Instead of the spell, Alicia and Hell Striker glow with radiance...more than usual, anyway.
[20:21] <Alicia> A flurry of colourful bubbles fly out of Alicia's mouth, the angelic figure looking particularly cross. Shaking her head she turns away from Seira, not willing to risk another spell at this point.
[20:21] <Koaway> The bubbles join the previously emitted ones, floating about and drifting int he air.
[20:22] <Demedais> "This is just inane." Demedais mutters. "How did they ever get any work done down here without blowing themselves up?"
06[20:22] * Alicia throws up her hands irritably with a few more bubbles escaping as she starts to resume walking in the direction they were headed originally.
[20:22] <Koaway> "You know. I always wondered why Marie would send a coure to you instead of a lantern archon. I think I know why now. This has to mean she's chaotic." Donald checks his sword and shield over, "It probably wasn't like this when they were here, I'd bet."
[20:23] <Koaway> *Mystra
[20:25] <Koaway> roll 1d100
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d100 and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[20:26] <Koaway> The party begins to wander about, searching the area. It stretches long in all directions, endless tubes. Most are intact, having slimes or hellcats or some crossbreed of them inside. Yet occasionally you find broken tubes about, nothing inside of them. After about five minutes of searching, you come to a wall. Before it the tubes stop, about ten feet of open space. Against the wall are steel tables, various instruments, a bookshelf and sevearl
[20:26] <Koaway> Against the wall are steel tables, various instruments, a bookshelf and sevearl arcane diagrams engraved into the floor and wall.
06[20:27] * Seira checks to see whether there's anything there beyond a mere wall!
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
06[20:27] * Demedais looks around carefully for anything attempting to ambush them, not looking forward to the idea of being ambushed again.
[20:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 (likely useless against invisioozecat, but)
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 (likely useless against invisioozecat, but) and gets 46." [1d20=15]
06[20:28] * Alicia keeps her blindfold on to stay alert to any invisible attackers, letting the others look around as they will.
[20:28] <Koaway> The wall doesn't seem to be trapped. The diagrams are about alteration and transmutation, mostly, as well as various abjurations to protect.
01[20:30] <Seira> "We could follow the wall to circle this room," Seira proposes.
[20:31] <Demedais> "That's an idea, yes." Demedais muses, quickly checking the books.
[20:32] <Koaway> The books look to treatises on oozes and hellcats on the lower shelves. On the upper shelves, flanked by a pair of earthenware jars engraved with the image of the God-King, are three books labeled in gnomish as 'Research Records'.
[20:33] <Demedais> "Wonder if that translates to 'Here's what we did to everything within reach'..." Demedais growls, pulling out the books. "I can look over these later. Let's keep searching."
[20:35] <Koaway> OOC: Were you guys going to follow the wall like Seira suggested?
[20:35] <Demedais> OOC: I have no better plan.
[20:35] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[20:35] <Koaway> OOC: Seira, make a spot check?
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[20:36] <Koaway> The party walks about another minute. As they do, following a fairly plain, if rune enscribed wall...(More)
[20:38] <Alicia> A few bubbles escape from Alicia's mouth as she points to the right with her flaming sword, quickly moving to engage the new threat!
06[20:38] * Seira shifts as she walks, drafting outwards, before she suddenly charges the hellcat she'd seen with a cry of "Stay down already, oozecat!"
[20:39] <Koaway> OOC: Okay, you spotted it. It's watching you so it's not particularly surprised. We'll do init here then?
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 eventually I'll roll high
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 eventually I'll roll high and gets 16." [1d20=10]
06[20:39] * Demedais spins around at seeing Alicia's bubbles, spear readied!
[20:39] <Koaway> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:39] <Koaway> roll 1d20+7 Polly
[20:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 19." [1d20=17]
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 8." [1d20=1]
03[20:39] * Koaway is now known as Kotono
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25." [1d20=11]
03[20:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Oozecat(25)>Alicia(24)>Demedais(19)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
03[20:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat(25)>Alicia(24)>Demedais(19)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[20:43] <Kotono> As the party reacts, another one comes within thirty feet, visible to Seira and Alicia! This one is bigger, standing head and shoulders above the oozecat you first saw! It bellows forth a magnificent roar of terror! OOC: Will. This is a mind effecting fear ability, so Deme's immune.
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 (+4 if I'm close enough to Deme)
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 (+4 if I'm close enough to Deme) and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: I'll assume you are, sure.
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Donald
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Donald and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Polly
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Polly and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> The roar is terrifying, but none of the heroes succumb to the fear it embodies! A moment later, the first seen hellcat pounces forward onto Seira!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, -3 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 bite
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 bite and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 rake
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 rake and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 rake
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 rake and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC, Seira?
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: 37 at the moment
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d8+13+2d8 (rolling seperately since I know you have stoneskin up)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+13+2d8 (rolling seperately since I know you have stoneskin up) and gets 28." [1d8=6][2d8=1, 8]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13+2d8 (rolling seperately since I know you have stoneskin up)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13+2d8 (rolling seperately since I know you have stoneskin up) and gets 26." [2d8=2, 7][2d8=2, 2]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d8+13+2d8
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+13+2d8 and gets 31." [1d8=4][2d8=8, 6]
[20:49] <Kotono> Seira is pounced on hard, ripped and clawed and bitten! Acid sears her after each bite, rocking her back! A moment later, another normal sized oozecat comes within thirty feet, also seen by Seira and Alicia! OOC: Alicia.
03[20:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat(25)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Demedais(19)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[20:50] <Alicia> Whatever battlefield wit Alicia might utter is sadly lost in a flurry of bubbles as she steps alongside Seira, whipping her blades in a vicious arc through the slimy feline molesting her!
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 21 hit.
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 5d8+105+10d6+5d6+5d6
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+105+10d6+5d6+5d6 and gets 188." [5d8=1, 6, 4, 4, 3][10d6=2, 2, 3, 1, 6, 3, 6, 1, 4, 4][5d6=4, 3, 3, 2, 3][5d6=3, 4, 4, 3, 4]
03[20:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Demedais(19)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[20:51] <Kotono> Alicia steps forward, ripping that big cat apart! It falls apart into a puddle of slimy acid that vanishes away! As they do, another normal cat appears at the other flank of the large hellcat!
03[20:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat3(20)>Demedais(19)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Deme.
[20:53] <Demedais> "I'm going to presume that the cat that roared was- ...Uh, sorry, but ahahaha hell no, ooze cats." Demedais growls in response, muttering a quick prayer to Helm as the protection devotion goes up! "Location?"
01[20:54] <Seira> "Follow my angry stabbings?" Seira snaps, glaring at the large cat.
[20:54] <Alicia> A few bubbles come out of Alicia's mouth as she points her fiery blade in the direction all the cats are gathering around the large one.
06[20:54] * Demedais nods slightly to Seira, holding! OOC: Waiting on Seira.
[20:56] <Kotono> As they do, a fourth cat appears just behind the large hellcat!
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat3(20)>Demedais(19)>Oozecat 4(18)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: SEira.
06[20:57] * Seira tries to summon a nasty wave of fiery death, sending Lagann on its tails to strike at the largest of the devils. For her part, she'd approach as well and breathe a cone of utter coldness on the whole damned group!
01[20:57] <Seira> OOC: Cone of fire, cl?
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 19." [1d20=2]
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
[20:59] <Kotono> Instead of a cone of fire, a lightning bolt crackles out towards the largest hellcat!
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 ref
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 ref and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Roll normal lightning bolt damage, 10d6?
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 10d6 alas, dc26
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 alas, dc26 and gets 36." [10d6=5, 3, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2]
01[21:00] <Seira> OOC: CL on the breath, too?
01[21:00] <Seira> OOC: Its range is 15ft, I want to cover all the four cats without getting bitten. Doable?
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: You're using your breath weapon as well? That's an Ex or Su, I believe?
01[21:00] <Seira> OOC: Using the spell, so it's a spell
[21:00] <Kotono> The large one flows apart and together in the air like a dream, avoiding the worst of the lightning botl as it crackles away!
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: CL theny es.
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 cold+holy, dc24
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 cold+holy, dc24 and gets 56." [8d8=2, 4, 4, 8, 8, 8, 6, 7][2d8=6, 3]
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 big one
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 big one and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 2
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 2 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 3
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 3 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 4
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 4 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:03] <Kotono> Breath and magic ripple amid the cats, but most of them are able to avoid the worst of it with speed! Meanwhile Amaryl falls back against the wall, firing off four shots against where Seira breathed, hopeful!
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12 and gets 29." [3d8=5, 4, 8]
[21:04] <Kotono> Seira can see the big one take arrows, but they don't penetrate into it's skin at all, bouncing off harmlessly! OOC: Donald.
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: Deme, surely
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Er Deme yes, if he wants to go.
[21:05] <Demedais> OOC: Yes please.
01[21:05] <Seira> "Arrows don't seem to do much damage!" Seira calls over her shoulder.
[21:07] <Demedais> Demedais mutters wordlessly, dropping his spear to the side and pulling out his sword as he advances in front of Alicia and Seira. "It's worth a shot... maybe it'll disrupt them or something. How far away?" he asks Seira as he passes.
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: Lagann should so be there stabbing it to show Deme the way
[21:08] <Demedais> OOC: Right, then strike.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[21:09] <Demedais> Demedais mutters wordlessly, dropping his spear to the side and pulling out his sword as he advances in front of Alicia and Seira. "It's worth a shot... maybe it'll disrupt them or something." With that, Demedais gestures up a wall of water!
[21:09] <Kotono> Lagann strikes in the airmeanwhile 30 feet ahead, but hits nothing! OOC: Carry on.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: How far ahead?
[21:10] <Demedais> OOC: About two feet in front of Lagann's stabby knife, perpindicular to that.
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Basically to shield the party from the 'cats?
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: ANd yeah, CL check.
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Uses your HD as CL since it's an SLA, remembe.r
[21:12] <Demedais> OOC: Well, I figured that whatever Lagann's stabbing will still be partially visible and thus targetable by the rest of the team. The rest of the cats Deme doesn't know about, so.
[21:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 kay
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 kay and gets 26." [1d20=9]
03[21:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat3(20)>Oozecat 4(18)>Seira(16)>Amaryl(14=Demedais)>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[21:13] <Kotono> The wall of boiling water manifests! It hisses and steams, a barrier between the party and the hellcats! They don't seem terribly put out by the fire at all, from what Alicia and Seira can see! OOC: Donald.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Oh, not again!" He groans, "Mystra, Waukeen, Lathander, all of you, please! Please don't let this spell get messed up!" With that, Donald calls on the names to see the unseen!
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
01[21:14] <Seira> "None of the cats seem bothered by the water! Or the fire!"
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[21:14] <Demedais> "Damn. Well, that's why I pulled out the sword." Demedais mutters.
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[21:15] <Kotono> Donald's head grows! It grows to triple it's size, helmet and all! It's like a giant inflated balloon attached to his neck! OOC: Polly.
[21:15] <Kotono> Pollyanna falls back as well, hissing. "Should I fire?" she asks quickly.
01[21:15] <Seira> "Fire five feet to the left of Lagann!" Seira calls back, directing the archer towards a weaker-seeming hellcat.
[21:15] <Kotono> At that, Pollyanna fires!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 156." [4#1d100 = 39, 50, 20, 47]
[21:17] <Kotono> With all her firing, Pollyanna doesn't hit anything even once! As arrows rain down, the big Hellcat surges through the wall!
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+17 and gets 21." [2d6=1, 3]
[21:18] <Kotono> With a terrible roar, it pounces onto Demedais, looking to rip him limb from limb with every claw and bite it has!
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 claw
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 claw and gets 43." [1d20=7]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 claw
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 claw and gets 48." [1d20=17]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 claw
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 claw and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 claw
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 claw and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 claw 2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 claw 2 and gets 37." [1d20=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 claw 2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 claw 2 and gets 35." [1d20=4]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 claw 2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 claw 2 and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 claw 2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 claw 2 and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 bite
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 bite and gets 39." [1d20=5]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 rake
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 rake and gets 48." [1d20=12]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 rake
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 rake and gets 40." [1d20=4]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: AC Deme?
[21:19] <Demedais> OOC: 44.
[21:20] <Demedais> OOC: +2 if Donald's in range, doubt he is tho.
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 4d6+12+3d8 and one vile and one dex
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+12+3d8 and one vile and one dex and gets 39." [4d6=4, 2, 3, 3][3d8=2, 7, 6]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 3d6+12+3d8 and one vile and one dex
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+12+3d8 and one vile and one dex and gets 22." [3d6=1, 3, 1][3d8=2, 2, 1]
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: You're next to me, right? I moved at least 15ft over.
[21:21] <Demedais> OOC: I moved ahead a bit, so possibly no. This being said, if you moved 15, my move's 20 so yeah you'd be close by.
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[21:22] <Kotono> Despite all of Demedais defenses, he gets shredded and hit! The blows sear with acid and pure violation fo the spirit, weakening his body and reactions! The flurry is unearthly, a display of feral martial prowess unlike anything the party has ever seen! Somehow Demedais withstands the crashing tide into him, blocking the majority of the strikes! OOC: Alicia and the third oozecat are up.
[21:24] <Alicia> A single bubble comes out of Alicia's mouth, a vicious smile on her lips as she turns towards the pride-leader, stabbing Hell Striker into its flank and raking up to rend apart semi-solid ribs, reversing to slice apart its jaw before she pulls back for a final mortal blow down on the beast's spine!
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 46." [1d20=13]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
[21:25] <Demedais> "Bait taken. Alicia, do the honors?"
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: They all hit. You cans tart up the damage now. You bypass it's DR, so total ita ll up into a lump sum for me?
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 6d8+1d2+12d6+6d6+6d6+60d4
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+1d2+12d6+6d6+6d6+60d4 and gets 271." [6d8=8, 7, 7, 7, 3, 3][1d2=2][12d6=3, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5][6d6=6, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4][6d6=3, 6, 6, 3, 3, ]
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: wait, that's wrong
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 6d8+126+12d6+6d6+6d6+60d4
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+126+12d6+6d6+6d6+60d4 and gets 374." [6d8=3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 2][12d6=3, 6, 6, 5, 3, 2, 3, 6, 1, 4, 3, 3][6d6=5, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3][6d6=5, 2, 4, 1, 5, ]
[21:27] <Kotono> The great slimecat is ripped into! It's body is rent just as Alicia desires, but it holds together! It's flesh is ruined, but it's body is far stronger yet, ooze possesing incalcuable endurance! OOC: Second oozecat is up.
[21:29] <Kotono> The second oozecat plunges forward, going for Alicia, pouncing on her!
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=10]
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: AC 41 (43 if Donald is close enough)
[21:31] <Kotono> Alicia defends herself well, protective energies from the two men shielding her feminine body from harm! The third oozecat pounces forward, this one going flagrantly for Seira!
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA) crit?
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, -5 PA) crit? and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 bite
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 bite and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 rake
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 rake and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 rake
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 rake and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: AC Seira?
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: Sigh, ac 47 now and one still hits
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d8+15+2d8
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+15+2d8 and gets 29." [1d8=5][2d8=8, 1]
[21:33] <Kotono> Seira gets clawed hard across her leg, more blood drawn despite Stoneskin stopping the worst of it! OOC: Last oozecat.
[21:34] <Kotono> The last oozecat goes around and to the side, working around to flank the group! OOC: Seira.
06[21:36] * Seira can flank as well! "Shoot the one that clawed me," she asks the archers, sparing the beast a baleful look before moving to flank the nasty hellcat her allies are already gathered around!
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (fly, heroism, flanking)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (fly, heroism, flanking) and gets 34." [1d20=10]
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Kotono> OOC: Which one, the lead one?
01[21:37] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Swords and the first 18 hit. Was that a claw or a bite?
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: claw, bite goes last
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: All but the bite hit.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8 good~
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 good~ and gets 34." [3d8=4, 7, 7][2d8=6, 1]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8 good~
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 good~ and gets 35." [3d8=1, 4, 7][2d8=6, 8]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d4+2+2d8 good~
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+2+2d8 good~ and gets 16." [1d4=4][2d8=2, 8]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 3d8 and 1 dex for coming into contact with what's a giant ass blob of incredibly acidic acid. Owwies.
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 and 1 dex for coming into contact with what's a giant ass blob of incredibly acidic acid. Owwies. and gets 9." [3d8=6, 1, 2]
03[21:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat3(20)>Oozecat 4(18)>Seira(16)>Amaryl=Demedais>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[21:41] <Kotono> Seira weathers the pain in her body as she rips into the giant hellcat further! It's body buckles but it's still alive, breaking but not broken! OOC: Deme and Amaryl.
[21:42] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais grins, a focus of sheer law coming down upon him. "Let's do this, kittygoo." With that, he steps in swiftly and begins chopping in front of him with a fervor, attempting to take the cat down!
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+6 Law Devotion, -5 PA, -5 CE) here kitty kitty and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[21:44] <Demedais> roll 4d6+46
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+46 and gets 57." [4d6=5, 1, 3, 2]
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: d100s on each since it is unsee, remember.
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d100 right, right 1
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 right, right 1 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d100 right, right 2
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 right, right 2 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[21:46] <Kotono> Demedais fences and feints, but cannot land a single blow on the giant, invisible menace! Amaryl meanwhile holds for the moment! OOC: Amaryl's holdings ince her arrows aren't effective. Give her a shout if you want her to do anything. Donald's up.
01[21:46] <Seira> OOC: I called for her to shoot the cat that attacked me!
[21:46] <Kotono> Donald takes a deep, long breath, "Right, one more time," he tries!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d100 Donald goes Uguu.
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 Donald goes Uguu. and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[21:47] <Kotono> As colored streamers fly, Amaryl shoots at Seira's direction!
[21:47] <Kotono> As colored streamers fly from Donald's hands, Amaryl shoots at Seira's direction!
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 25." [1d100=25]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 74." [1d100=74]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 58." [1d100=58]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12 and gets 24." [3d8=5, 1, 6]
[21:48] <Kotono> Amaryl fires on the hellcat harrassing Seira, managing ot land a few arrows into it! Pollyanna meanwhile aims at the big cat eveyrone's shooting for!
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 3d8+42
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+42 and gets 50." [3d8=2, 2, 4]
[21:49] <Kotono> A few arrows penetrate the huge cat, weakening it slightly more! OOC: Big boy is up.
[21:49] <Kotono> The great hellcat roars in it's fury, before concentrating...
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:49] <Kotono> It winks away, gone! OOC: Alicia and the second oozecat are up.
01[21:50] <Seira> "What kind of devil runs away from its prey?!" Seira calls after it angrily.
06[21:51] * Alicia sighs, a single long bubble escaping her mouth before she steps towards the other cat attacking Seira, hacking methodically cutting it apart.
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: TFour hits.
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 4d8+84+8d6+4d6+4d6
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+84+8d6+4d6+4d6 and gets 153." [4d8=1, 1, 2, 4][8d6=1, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 2, 2][4d6=2, 4, 6, 1][4d6=2, 1, 6, 6]
03[21:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat 4(18)>Seira(16)>Amaryl=Demedais>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[21:52] <Kotono> Alicia rips into this cat and destroys it, as the one on her retreats back at a fulll gallop! OOC: Alicia, you can AoO it if you like as it goes.
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d8+24+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+24+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 45." [1d8=6][2d6=4, 3][1d6=5][1d6=3]
[21:55] <Kotono> Alicia slashes it's back leg halway out, but not enough to stop it from retreating! The fourth Oozecat does the same, fleeing back and away into the collection of glass tubeS! OOC: The enemies have fled. You can free act for the moment. If you catch up or get to them again we'll redo init.
06[21:55] * Seira charges after the wounded hellcat!
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> * Kotono changes topic to 'Big Oozecat(33)>Oozecat 2=Alicia(24)>Oozecat 4(18)>Seira(16)>Amaryl=Demedais>Donald(13)>Pollyanna(8)'
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> > Alicia rips into this cat and destroys it, as the one on her retreats back at a fulll gallop! OOC: Alicia, you can AoO it if you like as it goes.
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> > OOC: Hit. Damage.
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> <Alicia> roll 1d8+24+2d6+1d6+1d6
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+24+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 45." [1d8=6][2d6=4, 3][1d6=5][1d6=3]
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> > Alicia slashes it's back leg halway out, but not enough to stop it from retreating! The fourth Oozecat does the same, fleeing back and away into the collection of glass tubeS! OOC: The enemies have fled. You can free act for the moment. If you catch up or get to them again we'll redo init.
[19:13] <Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko> * Seira charges after the wounded hellcat!
03[19:13] * Cute_Rabite_Kokokokoko is now known as Kotono
03[19:13] * torodachi is now known as Demedais
[19:14] <Alicia> A bubble comes out of Alicia's mouth before she quickly flies after the half-dragon, not wanting her to get caught in an ambush. Of course it does mean leaving the others behind, but hopefully the four of them can take care of themselves...
[19:15] <Kotono> Donald curses again, once more trying to invoke See Invisibility! Meanwhile, Amaryl catches her breath. Pollyanna goes up to Demedais, "Are we following?"
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[19:15] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
06[19:17] * Demedais grunts. "I'm not sure we have a choice, though I can't exactly move that fast. Everyone, let's see if we can catch up? I'll keep sight of them presuming they don't turn too much.
[19:17] <Kotono> As the four mobilize and Donald lets out a cry of triumph, Alicia and Seira zoom ahead! OOC: Make spot checks, you two.
[19:18] <Alicia> OOC: I see everything within 30 feet, nothing at all past that
01[19:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[19:19] <Kotono> OOC: Okay Alicia.
[19:19] <Kotono> The two soar above the glass containers, searching about! While Seira doesn't spot anything, Alicia detects the cat with her blindsight. It's hiding between two close together tubes 15 feet away, well hidden but not well hidden enough.
[19:19] <Alicia> OOC: Hell Striker sees further, though, and is free to warn me if it spots any evil creatures
06[19:20] * Alicia emits a single colourful bubble before she charges at the hiding feline!
[19:20] <Alicia> OOC: attack or init?
01[19:20] <Seira> That's certainly enough to get Seira's attention!
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: We'll do init. Your'e glowy and not particularly hiding, if nothing else. Deme, I'll have you and the rest roll if this lsats more than a round or two.
01[19:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+3
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+3 and gets 17." [1d20=14]
[19:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[19:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
03[19:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Oozecat>Seira'
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
06[19:23] * Alicia flies above the cat and stabs downwards with her buzzing and flaming blade into its neck!
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -5pa
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -5pa and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:24] <Kotono> Alicia charges at the cat, stabbing downward at it! However, her strike is too early, hitting the air above it in a show of mistiming! IN retort, the wounded cat roars, returning the attack on Alicia!
[19:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 claw
[19:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 claw
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 claw and gets 37." [1d20=9]
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 claw and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[19:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 bite
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 bite and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:25] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: You have acid res up?
[19:25] <Alicia> OOC: 30 of it, yes
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10+1d8+10+2d8+10 and it's time for a grapple check. This one is wounded and pissed enough to meet you up close and personal.
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10+1d8+10+2d8+10 and it's time for a grapple check. This one is wounded and pissed enough to meet you up close and personal. and gets 40." [1d8=2][1d8=3][2d8=4, 1]
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: DR applies to each.
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 41." [1d20=9]
[19:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 46." [1d20=12]
[19:27] <Kotono> Alicia is torn and ripped, a bite into her leg! But with strength, she reaches down and rips it's jaws off her leg, preventing it from dragging her down to him! OOC: Seira.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, it's attakcing and you have see invis, so you can see it now.
06[19:28] * Seira circles the oozecat, before bringing the Resort down in a single, powerful swipe!
01[19:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 (flight, flanking) smite
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 (flight, flanking) smite and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[19:29] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[19:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+6d8+2d8 at last!
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+6d8+2d8 at last! and gets 53." [3d8=1, 1, 6][6d8=1, 4, 5, 8, 2, 8][2d8=6, 2]
[19:30] <Kotono> Seira plunges down, her blade cutting into the spine of the oozing cat! As acid drips down and away from it, it's body is critically torn! But it's not down yet! OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[19:31] <Alicia> An invective is lost amidst fluttering bubbles as Alicia slices downwards at the grasping cat, a flurry of hits to rend it asunder!
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 flying/flanking and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 flying/flanking and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 flying/flanking and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 flying/flanking and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 flying/flanking and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 flying/flanking
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 flying/flanking and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: Everything but the 23 hit. It's pretty much dead, it was on critical anyway. Roll up damage if you want.
[19:32] <Alicia> roll 5d8+65+10d6+5d6+5d6
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+65+10d6+5d6+5d6 and gets 170." [5d8=4, 8, 7, 7, 3][10d6=5, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1][5d6=2, 3, 6, 6, 6][5d6=5, 3, 3, 4, 5]
[19:33] <Kotono> Catching the cat up close and personal, Alicia continues what Seira started, ripping it's spine apart and sending it to be a puddle of hissing goo ont he ground! Meanwhile, the rest of the party hurries along, catching up. OOC: Free act.
01[19:33] <Seira> "Not bad for prey," Seira mutters. "So, I'm thinking, the rest are easy pickings, now, so we can continue the tour of the room?"
06[19:34] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold a moment and looks around to see if she can see the rest of the group. Seeing them coming over, she replaces the blindfold and gives Seira a vexed shrug.
[19:35] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais grumbles as they catch up. "So... what do we want to do here? Continue on? You're looking rather injured, Seira."
06[19:36] * Seira nods. "Yes and yes."
06[19:37] * Demedais pulls out two potions. "I don't trust that cat. Drink these, they'll help." OOC: CSW/CMW.
06[19:37] * Alicia reaches out to Seira but doesn't touch her, hoping she gets the hint that Alicia could use her healing spell and will respond with whether she wants it or not. Given her recent luck she doesn't want to attempt casting unless it's absolutely necessary.
01[19:38] <Seira> roll 3d8+5
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+5 and gets 22." [3d8=5, 5, 7]
01[19:39] <Seira> "I should be fine," Seira responds after one potion dose.
06[19:39] * Alicia nods and retracts her hand.
[19:40] <Demedais> "Keep the other, just in case." Demedais notes, still nodding. "Alright. We hunting the big one down, or just searching the room some more?"
[19:41] <Alicia> Surely one leads to the other. But, unable to meaningfully contribute to any discussion, Alicia merely settles for shrugging.
06[19:42] * Demedais nods to Alicia, then, "Let's go, then. Alicia, Seira, you two can see invisible; Donald, can you? If you can, assist Alicia and Seira in spotting for it. I'll keep an eye out for mundane objects of note."
[19:45] <Kotono> "I can now," Donald asserts. "Let's go?"
06[19:45] * Seira reconsiders, and tries using a healing spell upon herself after all.
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 csw
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 csw and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 31." [3d8=8, 6, 2]
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Circling the wall still or?
01[19:45] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[19:46] <Kotono> Thus the party continues to circle. About five minutes pass until you come to an alcove in the wall. It's sunken in 5 feet or so, an iron barred door.
[19:49] <Demedais> "Shall we? Seems like the most obvious departure point thus far." Demedais shrugs.
06[19:51] * Alicia mutely nods her assent.
01[19:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 traps!
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 traps! and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[19:54] <Kotono> Amaryl peers at the door, a simple and undecorated affair. "It doesn't look overtly dangerous, but neither did that gas trap." Meanwhile, Seira finds out that the door is not trapped but it is sealed. It seems to be far more complex than the average trap. It has four release mechanisms. Your token seems to be undoing one of them. The second Seira thinks she can undo - it's mostly mechanical, routing to an access tunnel in the wall. It's hidden
[19:55] <Kotono> The second Seira thinks she can undo - it's mostly mechanical, routing to an access tunnel in the wall. It's hidden nearby, a false wall panel. The tunnel is small, which would require her to crawl. The other two are entirely magical, she might be able to undo them, but only if she gets the tunnel trap first.
01[19:56] <Seira> "Yeah, it's locked pretty well. My first instinct would be to leave it for later, but let me try it anyway first?"
06[19:56] * Alicia nods her agreement to this plan.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Be careful," Amaryl pats Seira's arm, "This place is so dangerous."
[19:57] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods.
01[19:57] <Seira> "I'll be fine!" Seira tells Amaryl with a grin, even as she gets the false wall panel and takes a look into the tunnel it leads through.
[19:58] <Kotono> Putting the panel aside, Seira crawls in! The tunnel is made of smooth steel, going down ten feet. The eway is dotted with occasional slits in the tunnel at all angles. At the end is a clockwork device, built into the back of the wall.
06[19:59] * Seira takes a moment to study the device.
01[19:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 search?
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 search? and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[19:59] <Kotono> "Hope so," Donald stretches back as he keeps hie eyes moving. "So if that cat fell back, that means there's something here it doesn't want to give up? Since otherwise it would just reappear in Hell?"
01[20:00] <Seira> "Do oozecats go to hell?" Seira muses in response, her voice tinny at it comes through the short tunnel.
[20:01] <Demedais> "The big one told me I'd burn forever, so maybe?"
[20:01] <Kotono> Seira finds that the box is not trapped. However, in the various slits in the wall are serrated, sawlike circular blades. They look quite sharp and barbed, even after all this time.
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, mislined.
[20:01] <Alicia> "It doesn't want to become a lemure," Alicia suggests cutely, before her eyes widen (unseen behind her blindfold) and she claps a hand over her mouth. "I can talk!" she exclaims happily. "Although I sound like an idiot..."
[20:02] <Demedais> "Better than bubbleworks." Demedais comments.
[20:02] <Kotono> Seira finds that the box is trapped. However, in the various slits in the wall are serrated, sawlike circular blades. They look quite sharp and barbed, even after all this time. Any mistake here while bypassing the seal will be...bloody.
06[20:02] * Alicia nods in agreement to that.
[20:02] <Kotono> "It's kinda cute," With a lopsided grin to Alicia, "Try singing like that?"
[20:03] <Kotono> Pollyanna can't help but smile as she speaks, "It really is."
01[20:03] <Seira> 'Lagann,' Seira thinks to her partner, 'Do you think you could reshape the saws into something that wouldn't pass through the slits? And wouldn't be as painful if it did?'
06[20:04] * Alicia would glare at them, but her eyes are covered as well. "I sound like I'm nine," she mutters.
06[20:04] * Seira smiles to herself, and asks Lagann to give it a try.
[20:05] <Kotono> "One two, buckle my shoe. Three four, shut the door," Donald murmurs as he grins to Alicia. "Come on. We're facing down possible death every ten minutes. Why not live a little in between?"
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[20:05] <Kotono> In the slits, Seira can see the serrated blades twist and dull under Lagann's influence!
06[20:06] * Seira figures this is the perfect time to try and disable the trap!
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 DD
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 DD and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[20:06] <Alicia> "Considering what the wild magic has done to you, you should be the last one to find amusement from it," Alicia tells the bigheaded elf.
[20:07] <Kotono> Seira fiddles! She works hard, sweat trickling down her face in the tunnel! Every move has to be perfect...no mistakes...with an exhaled breath, Seira succeeds! The mechanical lock is disengaged.
06[20:07] * Seira happily retreats to study the main lock some more!
[20:07] <Kotono> Donald just shrugs. "There's not much amusing I can do with a giant head."
01[20:07] <Seira> "Just be yourself," she tells Donald in passing.
[20:09] <Kotono> The final two locks are intracate magical seals. Any failure will result in various magics triggering. These traps are highly formidable, Seira can tell. The kicker? If much time passes between one of the two being disabled and the other isn't, it automatically trips it's effects. Seira might have one or two attempts to get it right after disabling the first one.
[20:09] <Kotono> "I wonder what's behind that door?" Amaryl goes up to Seira as she looks over the magical seals, "A treasure? Magic? Something that shouldn't be seen?"
06[20:09] * Seira considers the consequences of using dispel magic on either.
01[20:10] <Seira> "The latter, possibly," Seira responds. "Since the tokens we have help towards dispelling the ward, but don't eliminate it altogether."
[20:10] <Kotono> Seira thinks if it worked, the other would need to be disabled right away as well.
01[20:11] <Seira> "Okay," she says at last. "We'll either use luck and try to bypass the other two locks quickly, or just try to revoke the magic here altogether. It should be safe since the mechanical locks have been disabled."
06[20:11] * Alicia eyes the door at that, gauging the strength of the magic on it.
[20:14] <Demedais> "Mmm. There are two other options. Either Alicia supresses them as we open the door, or we go check the rest of the building for anything else that might let us disable them like the tokens?" Demedais shrugs. "Granted, not sure we want to cast magic here, given that this place seems to be more unstable based on Alicia's magic. Still, it might be an idea for later when we can afford the risk."
[20:14] <Alicia> "The magic is very strong, dispelling it would likely take a while," Alicia admits childishly. "Simply negating it is probably our best bet, and what's behind there might help us deal with the creatures here." At that she lifts up her blindfold and goes to stand next to the door. "In Mystra's name, I becalm the Weave!"
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: CL on antimagic field?
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[20:15] <Kotono> Alicia casts antimagic aura! The magic around the door is suppressed.
06[20:15] * Seira tries to use the chance to open it!
06[20:15] * Alicia stops glowing and experimentally tries, "Do re mi fa so," to see if her voice is fixed.
[20:15] <Demedais> "That works." Demedais shrugs.
[20:16] <Kotono> Her voice is normal right now.
06[20:16] * Alicia smiles. "At least I know I should be able to fix my voice once this is all over."
06[20:17] * Demedais nods at this. "Perhaps, like the bubbles, it isn't permanent."
01[20:17] <Seira> "Most things fade away. Donald's head would return to normal, too!"
06[20:17] * Seira considers. "Well, maybe. It is his head."
06[20:18] * Demedais refrains from commenting for now.
[20:18] <Kotono> Donald refrains from comment. "Going to open the door?"
[20:23] <Kotono> Seira opens the door! Ahead lies a room perhaps fifty feet long. It is covered with runes and magical wards, all written in red, crimson and still burning, seemingly living fire. Against the back wall is a shimmering field of force. In the field, chained to the wall with ethereal bonds of silver and cold iron, is a wraith. This wraith is streaked with white and cold. Every second or two ice gushes out, pushing past the sphere! Yet the wards an
[20:23] <Kotono> pushing past the sphere! Yet the wards and magics past it burn hot, pushing the ice back! This repeats every second, as if holding off winter's direst advance.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 religion, what's that?
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 religion, what's that? and gets 31." [1d20=18]
06[20:24] * Seira blinks. "Didn't expect that one."
06[20:24] * Demedais eyes it, also trying to gauge its identity.
[20:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 also K:R
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 also K:R and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Donald'll hlep
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Donald'll hlep and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[20:25] <Demedais> "...No clue." Demedais shrugs.
06[20:25] * Alicia just shakes her head. "It looks a bit like a wraith, but... it's something different, and I've no idea what," she admits.
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly's been takin glevels too
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly's been takin glevels too and gets 14." [1d20=3]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 how can I resist?
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 how can I resist? and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[20:25] <Kotono> "I've seen wraiths, but never anything lik ethat," Pollyanna agrees. "I'm stumped."
06[20:26] * Seira prepares to reset the door, even as she calls out, "So what are you?"
[20:26] <Alicia> "It seems securely bound. Perhaps we should leave it for now - we might find out what it is elsewhere in the ruins," Alicia suggests.
06[20:26] * Demedais pauses, before quickly pulling out the last of the three books and leafing through it to see if he can find a reference to this with a quick glance.
[20:29] <Kotono> Most of the book look sto be about studies and observations about how the cross-breeding project was going. A few things catch Deme's eye 'the success of the corruption devils noted...' 'Once merged, it may be possible to bestow or retain intellect, as seen in Subject 392...' and the like. Near the end, one entry does catch his eye. It talks about expanding it with a third subject. It is called a 'Winterwight'. If it's 'blightfire' can be trans
[20:29] <Kotono> It talks about expanding it with a third subject. It is called a 'Winterwight'. If it's 'blightfire' can be transfered, the power added would be immense. Be it in t his project or starting a new one, the prospects are good either way.
[20:30] <Demedais> "... Winterwight?" Demedais frowns. "Also, you guys, a warning. Apparently they worked with corruption devils. But back to this... It's what they called a 'winterwight'; sounds like they were trying to give its 'blightfire' ability to the oozecats."
[20:31] <Demedais> "Either that or the prospective guardian golem, but it reads a bit more as if it pertains to the oozecats."
01[20:31] <Seira> "Right. It's evil and bound, and it's not responding. Let's follow Alicia's suggestion, lock this place up and try to kill the rest of the evil cats."
[20:31] <Alicia> "I don't know what Blightfire is, but it sounds bad," Alicia opines. "Still, I'm guessing they never succeeded. Lets leave it alone for now? We can come back when we're better prepared to fight a cold-themed undead."
[20:32] <Demedais> "Agreed."
06[20:32] * Seira manipulates the door to close, at that, locking it.
[20:32] <Kotono> Seira does so without incident.
06[20:33] * Alicia then ceases her antimagic field and pulls her blindfold back down. "So we resume our search for now?" she asks in her damnably cutesy voice.
[20:33] <Demedais> "Let's, yes." Demedais nods.
06[20:34] * Seira checks whether the magical traps have reset, and once she can confirm that is more than willing to proceed.
[20:41] <Kotono> The traps have reset now that Alicia's antimagic field is gone.
06[20:42] * Seira decides to stick near the rear, along with Amaryl, while sending Donald ahead with Alicia. That should allow them to catch any invisible cats before they attack.
[20:42] <Kotono> The party continues to walk. As they do...OOC: Make spot checks, Seira and Donald? Deme, make a spot check as well?
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Donald
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 kay
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 kay and gets 45." [1d20=14]
[20:44] <Kotono> The party walks along, slowly moving along in a circle. It's quiet for now, ten minutes of walking passing. You're getting close to looping back around by the curvature of the wall. Demedais hasn't seen anything unusual and Donald has been silent. (More)
01[20:45] <Seira> "Slime cube, dead ahead!" Seira exclaims, pointing with her sword. "Twenty feet over there!"
[20:46] <Demedais> "There's a- what Seira said." Demedais says, spear immediately ready.
06[20:47] * Alicia flaps her wings to take off and fly above the height of a slime cube, moving in the direction indicated!
[20:48] <Kotono> "Ah damn, at least we spotted it," Donald readies! The cube doesn't seem to be moving. OOC: You guys can act for the moment, it's not mkaing any offensive gestures.
01[20:49] <Seira> "I'll try using fire, then we'll strike?" Seira suggests.
[20:49] <Demedais> "That's odd. It's not moving, is it?" Demedais muses. "The oozecats are telepathic... Is this some form of trap?"
06[20:50] * Demedais shrugs. "Keep everyone twenty-five feet away except Alicia, but sure. That'd probably be best."
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 SP fireball
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 SP fireball and gets 19." [1d20=2]
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 81." [1d100=81]
[20:53] <Kotono> The bottom of the slime grows! It's bottom 1/6th or so is now ten feet wide and longerthan the rest. As if ths lime was resting on a bed of slime.
[20:53] <Demedais> "...Seira, stop helping the slime."
[20:53] <Kotono> The slime continues not to move.
[20:53] <Kotono> "That was...queer," Amaryl mutters. "It's like you spread out the bottom like jam."
[20:54] <Alicia> "I'll just hack it apart from above," Alicia offers as she flies over to position herself above it, preparing to full attack...
06[20:54] * Seira rolls her eyes and shoots it.
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+5 (10pa)
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+5 (10pa) and gets 6." [1d20=1]
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20 (10pa)
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 (10pa) and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[20:55] <Seira> OOC: +1, actually, but....
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d8+21
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+21 and gets 25." [1d8=4]
[20:55] <Alicia> "Seira, stop! It's intelligent!" Alicia calls as the arrows leave Seira's bow.
01[20:56] <Seira> "It's what?" Seira exclaims, as the warning comes too late.
[20:56] <Kotono> The arrow flies, slamming into the slime's body! It ripples through, hissing with acid!
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Init here.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[20:56] <Demedais> "Oh." Demedais grimaces, seeming to stand back up. "Well. Uh... damnit. Sorry?"
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 19." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20-8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-8 and gets 11." [1d20=19]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+3
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+3 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl>Pollyanna>Demedais>Donald=Seira>Ooze>Alicia'
[20:57] <Kotono> "Seira?"A maryl asks, "Fire?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "Ah, hell. Alicia, is it a good slime?"
[20:58] <Demedais> "Uh, Alicia, can you talk to it, then?" Demedais grunts. "If it wants healing, I can try to provide it."
[20:59] <Kotono> Amaryl and Pollyanna hold for the moment then, waiting. OOC: Deme?
06[21:00] * Demedais holds as well, watching the slime carefully.
[21:00] <Kotono> Donald holds, "An intelli-nevermind," Donald just shakes his head.
[21:01] <Demedais> "Call it gut, but we chose to leave a sentient crystal alive in the previous ruin. That decision, for the most part, worked out just fine." Demedais shakes his head.
01[21:01] <Seira> "It wasn't hiding invisible like this!"
[21:01] <Kotono> Seira waits and holds as well! The ooze advances forward ten feet in the meanwhile! OOC: Alicia.
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
06[21:02] * Alicia floats along just above the cube, concentrating...
[21:03] <Demedais> "It wasn't, no, but I'm not sure we can blame it for the actions of the gnomes. We've fought in self defense from the ones that attacked us, and that's what motivated our instincts toward aggression here; regardless, if we can deal peacably here, I'd rather do that."
01[21:04] <Seira> "You don't see me shooting it now, do you?"
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 (+2 if it's good)
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: another +2 from heroism
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 (+2 if it's good) and gets 52." [1d20=20]
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[21:05] <Demedais> "I know, I know, Seira. I'm just thinking this through out loud." Demedais shakes his head.
[21:07] <Kotono> The slime doesn't seem to be immediately advancing further.
[21:07] <Alicia> "I've got it talking, hold on," Alicia tells the others as she focuses on mental dialogue.
06[21:08] * Demedais muses, before nodding slightly and stepping forward a bit in a show of trust, nodding up to Alicia as she communicates with it.
06[21:08] * Seira tries to wrap her mind around the concept of intelligent, gnome-made good slime.
[21:09] <Kotono> "You know, this place continues to be bizzare," Donald observes to no one in particular.
01[21:10] <Seira> "Yes, it never really stopped."
[21:10] <Kotono> "I'm just surprised it doesn't have wings and green scales," Amaryl murmurs with a hot blush.
[21:10] <Demedais> "It could be worse, we could be dealing with teleporting cyclopean vampire horses."
[21:10] <Kotono> "And when did you fight THOSE, Demedais?" Pollyanna glares at him.
[21:11] <Demedais> "We haven't, yet. Hopefully we never do."
[21:11] <Demedais> "But vampires in general sound like a worse bet than this place thus far, aside from the oozecats. And even that's not so competitive."
[21:12] <Kotono> "Oh good." With a cross of her arms as she levelly looks the paladin over, "This is really bad enough."
06[21:13] * Alicia lazily flaps her wings as she hovers above the slime, intent on her inner dialogue...
[21:14] <Demedais> "It is, in many regards. And yet a part of me keeps bringing up the fact that, in some ways, this is a vacation."
01[21:15] <Seira> "It so isn't."
06[21:15] * Seira frowns. "A vacation is where you go exotic places and when you fight horrible things there, you weren't expecting it from the start!"
[21:17] <Demedais> "So the mansion was a relative vacation, but this isn't?"
01[21:18] <Seira> "Mansion?"
[21:18] <Demedais> "The one with the abombination against existence."
01[21:18] <Seira> "Which one?"
[21:19] <Demedais> "Which abombination? All of them. But mainly the crazy woman who thought I was her brother, and the anti-existence horror she had in her."
01[21:20] <Seira> "Oh!" Seira considers. "No, it wasn't really a vacation. We knew exactly what we were going after, or we thought so, at least."
[21:21] <Demedais> "Yes, but what we got was something a lot more horrible than what we expected. Thusly, a relative vacation."
01[21:21] <Seira> "No, you're doing it wrong."
[21:22] <Demedais> "Oh? Sorry, but I can't always track which definition you're using.
[21:22] <Kotono> "Anything, Alicia?" Donald calls.
[21:23] <Kotono> "Isn't this a silly argument?" Pollyanna looks cross at all of them, "If you want a vacation, let's teleport to a beautiufl beach or a gorgeous meadow or hell, even a plane after this to celebrate."
01[21:23] <Seira> "You have to at least pretend you're going to be having fun!"
06[21:23] * Seira nods at Pollyanna. "See? The wife knows how to have fun!"
[21:24] <Demedais> "Given our general luck, the beach will be a humongous monster's upper lip and the meadow's flowers, poisonous."
01[21:24] <Seira> "Now you're getting it!"
[21:24] <Alicia> "It doesn't know about anything outside this chamber," Alicia replies cutely. "The oozecats apparently leave it alone because it's not part of their pride, but it was scheduled to be infected with Blightfire. Its masters never came back. Not surprised when I told it why." She hesitates a moment, "Hell Striker, what do you think about it?" she asks her blade what it can sense of the slime.
[21:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna sighs and rubs her forehead.
[21:26] <Demedais> "And perhaps, dear, but I admit I'm trying to entertain as we wait." After, a nod to Alicia. "Alright. Hmmm. Can it give directions or requests to other slimes like it? Not the oozecats, but the others."
06[21:27] * Demedais idly glances around at this as he waits, a bit suspicious.
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Feel free to make a spot check?
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 kay
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 kay and gets 40." [1d20=9]
[21:33] <Kotono> The ooze oozes ahead slowly, back towards the glass tubes.
01[21:33] <Seira> "So what's up?"
[21:33] <Alicia> "Don't worry, it's just showing me what way to go to find the lair of the oozecats," Alicia reassures them, keeping pace with the cube.
06[21:34] * Seira raises her eyebrows. "Wow, you don't say?"
[21:34] <Kotono> The ooze very slowly advances forward. It reaches the edge of the glass tubes.
[21:34] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "Cool, that'll let us finish the damn things off." This being said, he keeps his ears open at this - his eyes being mostly useless against the oozecats.
01[21:35] <Seira> "Sorry, non-evil ooze! I thought you were ambushing us like the others!"
[21:36] <Alicia> "Okay, we want to go something like twelve hundred feet in that direction," Alicia points in the heading the slime indicated. "There's a gap in the tubes where the pit of slime is. That's probably where they retreated to."
01[21:36] <Seira> "Let's not give them too much time to recover, then."
[21:44] <Kotono> The party advances on! They walk perhaps a thousand feet, through endless tubes. Ahead, about 150 feet or so, they can see a break in the tubes. It's too far away with all the tubes about to really get a look.
06[21:45] * Alicia can't see that far anyway, with her blindfold on. She'll rely on the others letting her know if they spot it before she gets in range.
01[21:45] <Seira> It seems like the perfect moment to risk a spell! Eventually, one will succeed!
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 draconic might
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 draconic might and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on, success.
01[21:47] <Seira> Properly prepared, Seira advances with a drawn sword, looking around for the oozecats!
06[21:48] * Demedais has his spear out, but relies mainly on his hearing to try and catch any signs of them sneaking up on the group.
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Make spot/listen, Deme/Seira?
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 listen
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 listen and gets 42." [1d20=16]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 spot
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 spot and gets 20." [1d20=7]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+3 listen
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+3 listen and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[21:54] <Demedais> "...keep going slowly, but we have company." Demedais says, a low hiss while trying to keep his face perfectly still. "Seventy feet away and approaching us."
01[21:54] <Seira> "Which direction," Seira asks just as quietly.
[21:55] <Demedais> "Straight ahead."
06[21:55] * Alicia continues onwards exactly as she had been, waiting till said company enters her small sphere of vision...
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Let's do init here then?
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+3
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+3 and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[21:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 Was gonna trigger protection devotion once Alicia and Seira both responded, allowable or no?
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 Was gonna trigger protection devotion once Alicia and Seira both responded, allowable or no? and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 +14 to that first one too
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 +14 to that first one too and gets 20." [1d20=6]
03[21:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl>????2>Alicia=????>Donald=Demedais>Pollyanna>Seira'
[21:59] <Kotono> Amaryl has her arrows ready as the party advances, waiting and cautious! OOC: She's holding.
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and ???? are up.
[22:03] <Kotono> Surging forth with a aroar, an oozing hellcat pounces ahead, going for Seira on point!
01[22:04] <Seira> "Alicia, something's moving off to the left towards you guys!"
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, -2 PA)
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 bite
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 bite and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[22:04] <Seira> OOC: Does Deme has his AC boost up?
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, okay.
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: 40 normally (with the dex damage), 46 with it
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC, you haven't gone yet. So 40?
01[22:06] <Seira> OOC: Then 37/43
01[22:06] <Seira> OOC: 43 with the Deme boost, I meant
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d8+13+2d8
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+13+2d8 and gets 32." [1d8=8][2d8=3, 8]
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Also 1 dex damage.
[22:07] <Kotono> Seira gets a faceful of oozing kitty, clawed on her side as her body goes number! OOC: Alicia?
06[22:08] * Alicia quickly flaps her wings and takes off, flying up and over Seira's side to slash into the side of the hellcat assailing her!
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 devotion
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 devotion and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d8+27+2d6+1d6
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+27+2d6+1d6 and gets 45." [1d8=8][2d6=6, 3][1d6=1]
[22:09] <Kotono> Alicia gets the oozecat in it's side, landing a soild blow against it! OOC: Donald.
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: And Deme.
[22:09] <Kotono> Donald holds on guard, "What did you say, Seira?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Something rushing past us to the left!"
[22:10] <Kotono> Donald turns that way, on guard and in front of the archers! OOC: Donald's basically holding. Deme?
[22:11] <Demedais> "Seira, you go deal with that rush, then! Let Alicia and I deal with this!" Demedais suggests, stepping to the side to flank the cat with Alicia as he slashes across the cat a few times with his glaive!
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:12] <Demedais> OOC: -5 on the second roll
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 GMW +2 Flanking -5 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[22:12] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d100 kay
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 kay and gets 46." [1d100=46]
03[22:13] * Kotono changes topic to '????2>Alicia=????>Donald=Demedais>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Seira'
[22:13] <Kotono> Demedais tries a few blind thrusts at his target, but doesn't land a single helping blow! Amaryl meanwhile readies arrows, sending a swarm of them blind!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 27." [1d20=14]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 2d8+12
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+12 and gets 24." [2d8=7, 5]
[22:15] <Kotono> Amaryl fires, some of her arrows landing and lightly wounding the cat! OOC: Sec, Polly holds, go ahead and go, Seira. Polly'll go after you.
06[22:17] * Seira scowls, but withdraws from the battle, even as she calls upon the power bestowed to her by Waukeen, moving off to the left to look for the oozecat she believes she'd spotted there.
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: Tumble, devotion to move there and take a look
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. How far do you move?
01[22:22] <Seira> OOC: Say ten feet to the left, take a look, then farther back towards the archers?
01[22:23] <Seira> OOC: If I don't see anything, I'll rejoin them and Donald, and do something with my standard action
[22:23] <Kotono> Advancing ahead, Seira gets a better look. She can see the leading hellcat, snarling silently as it positions to pounce on the archers form an angle!
01[22:23] <Seira> OOC: How much movement did I use up, and how far is it?
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: 10 ft, like you said.
01[22:24] <Seira> OOC: How far away is it?
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Say 40ft or so.
03[22:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big oozecat>Alicia=Oozecat>Donald=Demedais>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Seira'
06[22:25] * Seira gestures at the overgrown hellcat, trying to summon up a spell!
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 emp. orb of elec
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 emp. orb of elec and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d100 of course
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 of course and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[22:26] <Kotono> Seira calls on arcane rites! But instead nothing happens, her voice turning into a squeaky, high pitched cuteness like Alicia! OOC: Polly.
01[22:26] <Seira> OOC: Still acting
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: You have more after a swift+standard? Okay.
01[22:27] <Seira> OOC: I will... MOVE
06[22:27] * Seira retreats to cover the archers along with Donald, looking dismayed, and points straight in the direction of the leader cat, siccing Lagann at it!
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[22:29] <Kotono> A sword goes out, striking at the only somewhat seen predator! OOC: Polly's taking her held action now.
03[22:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big oozecat>Alicia=Oozecat>Donald=Demedais>Amaryl>Seira>Pollyanna'
[22:30] <Kotono> Pollyanna provides more support to Demedais, firing her arrows at his quarry!
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 20." [1d100=20]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[22:32] <Kotono> But not a single arrow lands! OOC: Big oozecat is up.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Actually, moment.
[22:33] <Kotono> Donald sees the cat ahead, channeling his arcane words, "Oh Mystra, Waukeen, any of you...don't let me screw this one up!" With that, he points his finger out once and then twice, a pair of crackling black beams coming out and towards the huge cat!
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 touch and gets 33." [1d20=19]
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 touch and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 CL check on each first
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 CL check on each first and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 CL check on each second
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 CL check on each second and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 2d8
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 10." [2d8=8, 2]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 fort
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 fort and gets 31." [1d20=9]
03[22:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big oozecat>Alicia=Oozecat>Demedais>Amaryl>Seira>Pollyanna>Donald'
[22:37] <Kotono> As all the magical gear the party wears beginst o glow bright, a single beam connects with the Hellcat! It's movements suddenly slow, as if becoming lethargic! It starts to charge forward, but can't even break a slow walk! It falls back back as well, retreating back into the tubes! OOC: Alicia and the oozecat are up.
06[22:38] * Alicia attempts to kill the oozecat next to her before it can do anything else!
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 divine might and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 divine might
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 divine might and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: All but the last hit.
[22:39] <Alicia> roll 5d8+110+10d6+5d6
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+110+10d6+5d6 and gets 191." [5d8=6, 7, 8, 8, 1][10d6=6, 2, 5, 1, 6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 5][5d6=1, 2, 2, 4, 1]
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 K:A
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 K:A and gets 34." [1d20=10]
03[22:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Big oozecat>Alicia>Demedais>Amaryl>Seira>Pollyanna>Donald'
[22:39] <Kotono> As Alicia rips the cat to shreds, it tries to maul her as well!
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:40] <Alicia> OOC: 36 (doesn't it normally get 3 attacks?)
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yes, non charge so no rakes.
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+11+1d8+11+2d8+11 and 3 dex damage.
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+11+1d8+11+2d8+11 and 3 dex damage. and gets 49." [1d8=3][1d8=3][2d8=2, 8]
[22:41] <Kotono> As it dies, it does land some blows on Alicia, but none that are decisive! OOC: Deme.
06[22:42] * Seira snaps her fingers, and gestures in the direction the large cat had fled.
[22:43] <Demedais> "Next one's on the left, Seira?" Demedais calls. "Where Lagann's weapon is, right?" At Seira's point, "Right." With that, Demedais runs forward to Lagann's weapon, before attempting to jab where said weapon was engaging!
[19:40] <Kotono> * Kotono changes topic to 'Big oozecat>Alicia>Demedais>Amaryl>Seira>Pollyanna>Donald'
[19:40] <Kotono> > As Alicia rips the cat to shreds, it tries to maul her as well!
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+28
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+28
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+26
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+28
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+28
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[19:40] <Kotono> > OOC: AC?
[19:40] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: 36 (doesn't it normally get 3 attacks?)
[19:40] <Kotono> > OOC: Oh yes, non charge so no rakes.
[19:40] <Kotono> > roll 1d8+11+1d8+11+2d8+11 and 3 dex damage.
[19:40] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+11+1d8+11+2d8+11 and 3 dex damage. and gets 49." [1d8=3][1d8=3][2d8=2, 8]
[19:40] <Kotono> > As it dies, it does land some blows on Alicia, but none that are decisive! OOC: Deme.
[19:41] <Kotono> * Seira snaps her fingers, and gestures in the direction the large cat had fled.
[19:41] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Next one's on the left, Seira?" Demedais calls. "Where Lagann's weapon is, right?" At Seira's point, "Right." With that, Demedais runs forward to Lagann's weapon, before attempting to jab where said weapon was engaging!
[19:42] <Kotono> Demedais dashes forward, striking at where the hellcat was! His spear hits nothing, only empty air! OOC: Amaryl's up.
01[19:44] <Seira> 'It fled,' Seira thinks to Amaryl. 'I'll see where to!'
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl holds, her weapon doesnt' do much to this and she knows it. She'll save an action in case it's needed. SEira.
[19:44] <Kotono> 'Okay,' Amaryl thinks back quickly.
06[19:45] * Seira proceeds on the oozecat's trail, drawing the darts. If magic doesn't want to cooperate, there are other means of attacking.
01[19:45] <Seira> OOC: I'll use the 30ft of travel to spot it, first
[19:46] <Kotono> Seira advances ahead! The oozecat has retreated back another 60 feet, hissing and keeping low to the ground.
06[19:47] * Seira approches to within thirty feet of it. While Lagann can't easily catch up across all that distance, darts empowered with the strongest spell remaining with her can!
01[19:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch, overwhelm
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 ranged touch, overwhelm and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[19:48] <Kotono> Seira's magical energy converts to pure arcane fire, but the ooze cat nimbly avoids the darts, it's fell feline stare on Seira as it does so! OOC: Any more actions or is that it?
01[19:49] <Seira> OOC: No, those were all my actions, I'm 30ft away from it, sword drawn
[19:49] <Kotono> OOC: Ooops, you're right, roll damage.
01[19:49] <Seira> roll 9d6 bad kitty
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d6 bad kitty and gets 25." [9d6=3, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 6, 1, 5]
[19:50] <Kotono> The arcane fire lances through the great oozecat, ripping it's forepaw deeply and sending hissing acid ooze all about! OOC: Polly's up.
[19:50] <Kotono> "Now what?" she asks out loud, on guard. Donald sighs in relief, "Finally, that stupid spell worked...I don't see it, Pollyanna. It ran that aways."
06[19:51] * Demedais shrugs slightly. "Alicia, you can see it; you pursue, while us four keep pace?"
[19:53] <Kotono> While Pollyanna nods and waits a moment, Donald trots ahead up, catching up with Seira. He holds there. OOC: Donald follows along since he can see invis. Polly's holding on Deme and the others. Greatcat is up.
[19:53] <Kotono> The oozing behemoth of a cat ripples with energy!
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 1d100 snerk
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 snerk and gets 100." [1d100=100]
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: Oh boy.
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d10*1d10
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10*1d10 and gets 24." [1d10=3][1d10=8]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 3." [1d9=3]
[19:55] <Kotono> With a wink, the leader of the Hellcats is gone, chaotic energy rippling all around it! OOC: Free act.
01[19:55] <Seira> roll 1d20 what the fuck did he do roll, K:A or spellcraft
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 what the fuck did he do roll, K:A or spellcraft and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[19:56] <Alicia> "I actually can't," Alicia admits in her whiny high-pitched voice. But even as she says that she's already circling around and flapping her wings to fly off in the direction it went. "Nothing to stop me following Seira, though."
[19:57] <Demedais> "True." Demedais shrugs, before moving over in Seira's direction, gesturing the archers to follow.
01[19:57] <Seira> "It teleported away!" Seira exclaims. "Second time in a fucking row, what a cheapskate!"
[19:57] <Demedais> "... Okay." Demedais grunts, showing no reaction to Seira's voice. "Where'd he go? Do we know?"
[19:58] <Kotono> "Wow. It has the ability to withdraw safely from any battle and it actually uses it?" Donald puts a hand on his hip as he look sto Seira. "How come it takes turning it's brain to slime to make it an intelligent enemy?"
[19:59] <Alicia> "It already did that. This is hardly a new development," Alicia observes. "It's surely skulking around here somewhere - lets at least clean out the pit and it'll probably show up sooner or later."
06[19:59] * Seira stomps back, sulking. "It attacked us after we tore is apart the last time, and the last time was just ten minutes ago. Not quite the level of intelligence you allude to. And not a fucking word."
06[19:59] * Seira glares at Donald for good measure.
[20:00] <Kotono> "What? If I ever learn teleport, you bet I'll use that instead of getting maimed," Donald crosses his arms and glares right back. "Don't you do the same when a battle goes bad?"
01[20:00] <Seira> "And it's not hiding here, Alicia. I meant it teleported, an honest to goodness teleport out of these ruins he stayed at for millennia without ever leaving."
[20:00] <Kotono> "Why are you defending it?" Pollyanna just sighs very long. "Anyway, let's deal with that pit?"
[20:00] <Alicia> "How do you know it left?" Alicia asks. "It could have teleported anywhere, after all, just as it did last time."
[20:01] <Kotono> "You know," Amaryl come sto Seira's side, taking her hand into hers, "If it can teleport, why does it stay here?"
01[20:01] <Seira> "I saw the wild magic surge... thing," Seira says awkwardly, stumbling over the term before proceeding. "Seemed very powerful."
[20:03] <Alicia> "Well, if that's the case it could be anywhere in the world, now. There's no range limit as it is on a devil's greater teleport ability," Alicia observes. "Still, just because it was a powerful effect doesn't necessarily mean it's left outright. This chamber is huge enought to have any number of hiding spots."
[20:03] <Kotono> As the party walks along, they come to the Pit. It is a sunken metal vat surrounded by torn apart metal railing. Inside is a clear, semi transparent pit of ooze, about twenty feet deep. In it, leonic faces occasionally surface like air bubbles, growling and snarling. The smell from it is foul, like boiling acid.
06[20:04] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold to see properly, before she takes off and hovers thirty feet above the pit. "It might be a good idea if everyone else stands back," she suggests. "I'm going to try washing it out."
06[20:04] * Demedais rubs his head. "If we don't find it after a final sweep through here, we can and should look outside. But until then..." Demedais glances at Alicia, before motioning everyone well back of the pit, at least fifty feet.
06[20:04] * Seira doesn't want to be close enough to a washing of that thing, and steps well clear.
[20:05] <Kotono> The rest of the party follows Seira and Demedais, giving Alicia her space.
[20:07] <Alicia> Once everyone has some distance, Alicia aims her newly made decanter of endless water down at the pit at a slight angle to ensure any splashback should be directed away from her and her friends. Duly aimed, she utters the command word to unleash a geyser of water down into the slime, leading off with a small portion of Evergold water and backed up by a whole lot of the regular kind!
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 DC 12 str to avoid being knocked back
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 DC 12 str to avoid being knocked back and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[20:08] <Kotono> Alicia sends a torrent of water down! The first splash hisses in the slime, cutting through it like soap through grease! The following geyser spreads the water about, the slime dissipating under it's watery ministrations! Soon the slime is dissolved, a pit of slightly greasy water in it's place instead.
06[20:09] * Alicia shuts off her decanter and puts it back on her belt before she floats down a bit to look into the water and see if anything interesting has been revealed.
[20:10] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check?
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
06[20:12] * Alicia casts mage hand, attempting to snag said gem and pull it up for scrutiny without getting herself wet.
[20:12] <Alicia> OOC: CL?
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: Link me to mage hand?
[20:13] <Kotono> The mage magic tugs at the gemstone, but it's set intothe metal around it. It'll need more work than that to dislodge.
[20:13] <Alicia> "Seira, there's a gem set into the metal at the bottom of the pit here," Alicia calls over. "Want to have Lagann try and pry it out?"
[20:13] <Kotono> As Alicia works, "I thought she was going to use spellfire," Donald mutters, "Alicia, what are you doing?" he then calls, "You really are washing out the slime pit?
[20:13] <Kotono> "
[20:14] <Demedais> "Diluting it enough that it can't coalesce into something solid, at least. Works for me." Demedais mutters.
01[20:14] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira responds, flying over. "Lagann, give us a hand?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "It worked, didn't it?" Alicia calls back to Donald.
01[20:16] <Seira> "I remember washing out a creepy pit of undead and corruption devil remains," Seira agrees. "Seemed to work then just fine."
[20:16] <Kotono> Seira uses Lagann! Lagann rips away the metal around the gem, retreiving that, and the gem by extension, out. It looks like an emerald with a few strange black dots inside, about the size of a small apple.
01[20:16] <Seira> "So what now?" Seira asks, offering the gem to Alicia. "Search the rest of this place, return home and try to scry on the large cat?"
06[20:17] * Alicia puts the gem into the portable hole. "If it's not in here we should, yes," Alicia agrees. "A creature like that could cause no end of terror if set loose in the world."
[20:17] <Demedais> "If we need to scry on him, yes. For all we know he managed to teleport himself right next to the angel."
06[20:18] * Seira snorts. "That would be funny, yeah. Let's go ask before we leave?"
06[20:19] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold. "Lets resume our circuit of this chamber for now?"
06[20:20] * Demedais nods. "Agreed."
[20:21] <Kotono> Thus the party searches! most of the interior of the area is just tubes. However, as they search, about 1/3 of the way done, they come across a table. Here, amid tubes, lie several metal or glass bottles. In the glass ones, you can see tiny quantities of clear, semi-transparent slime. Surrounding the vials looks to be a general laboratory with various tools.
[20:23] <Demedais> "A maintenance or testing area?" Demedais hazards, looking at the small samples.
01[20:23] <Seira> "All of the above. We can always try to look at the research at leisure much later, and see whether there's any benefit whatsoever to be gained from it."
06[20:25] * Alicia nods. "For now lets keep looking around to see if we can find that cat anywhere... even though it'll see us a mile away with how much we're glowing..."
[20:26] <Kotono> "So," Donald picks up a glass container, moving the slime in it back and forth, up and down, "Are we going to do anything with it or leave it here to rot? Do we want to try our own efforts into slime monsters? You know, they'd make decent support for the guards, if everyone could accept slimes." Notably, the metallic and glass containers do not glow. "Oh yeah. Heh," rubbing the back of his head, "At least the spell worked?"
01[20:26] <Seira> "Like I said, we'll see about that later. This slime isn't going anywhere, and the research might well provide something not as offensive as fiendish crossbreeds."
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Ready to move along then?
06[20:27] * Demedais nods slightly. "See Seira. It may be convertable; no reason to pass judgment just yet."
[20:27] <Demedais> OOC: Sure.
[20:28] <Kotono> The search continues. Near the end you come to a pillar that connects to the ceiling, a little island amid the glass tubes. Several drawers are built into it, made of steel.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Want to check it for traps, Seira?" Alicia asks as they congregate around the pillar.
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 sure
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 sure and gets 36." [1d20=9]
06[20:31] * Demedais looks over it himself for anything blaringly off as Seira does the general check.
[20:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot and gets 37." [1d20=6]
01[20:31] <Seira> "The traps think we're the gnomish caretakers. We can open them just fine," Seira responds, demonstrating on the nearest drawer.
[20:32] <Demedais> "Gnomish writing on each drawer, too. Perhaps by category?" Demedais points out.
[20:35] <Kotono> Inside the variouds drawers: One has for little stoppered glass vials. Another has a pair of metal bottles and a small little stick, capped with metal. The other two have three scrolls each.
06[20:35] * Seira carefully writes down what was in each drawer, along with the names the gnomes had for each drawer.
[20:36] <Kotono> Antitoxin, resistance to acid and delay poison wand, scrolls of neutralize poison and restoration, respectively.
06[20:38] * Alicia puts all the items into her portable hole. "Well, I think we're about done," she remarks. "Lets circle back to the entrance now? I'll let 408 out into the steel jungle then we can check if the guardian knows what happened to the oozecat before we leave?"
[20:38] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs. "408 is the friend slime?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "Subject 408, yes," Alicia nods. "It doesn't remember being anything else, I'll see about giving it a better name, though..."
01[20:38] <Seira> "Yeah, about your nonevil ooze friend. Can you tell him that it was an honest mistake? I tried, but he's snubbing me."
[20:39] <Demedais> "I won't offer any names." Demedais notes dryly as they head back.
[20:39] <Alicia> "I did," Alicia tells Seira. "I spoke up quite earnestly in your defence."
[20:39] <Kotono> The party returns to the stairs without incident. There, they find the surviving intelligent ooze waiting for them.
06[20:40] * Seira gives Alicia a thumbs up. "How about Jill? For the name, I mean."
06[20:40] * Alicia flies over directly above it as before. "It's talking now. I'll suggest it - the rest of you take the lead and we'll follow?" she suggests.
[20:41] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais says, waving slightly to the ooze before heading up the stairs.
06[20:41] * Seira tags along with Demedais.
[20:43] <Kotono> Thus the party escapes out of the slime laboratory, climbing back up! They enter back to the steel jungle, the slime following behind them at it's own sedate pace. On reaching here, 'This is outside? There is no glass outside, but there is metal?' Alicia hears.
[20:44] <Kotono> The ooze starts to slither ahead, as if merely sliming around. If it has emotion, it's jelly-body doesn't show them.
[20:45] <Alicia> 'This is a small part of outside,' Alicia replies. 'There is far more, but it is not always safe - for now you can roam around the area between the fort entrance and the gate at the opposite end freely. Don't go any further, as one of the ones who killed your masters is beyond, and would attack any who claim loyalty to the God King.'
06[20:46] * Seira turns back to give the ooze a friendly wave.
[20:46] <Kotono> The slime oozes towards the jungle, pressing into it.
[20:46] <Kotono> Pollyanna watches and shakes her head.
01[20:46] <Seira> "Well, we've met some friends here. Maybe you will be next?" Seira offers to Pollyanna.
[20:47] <Alicia> "I've told it not to go beyond the gate at the far end, since I don't know if the guardian would leave it alone or not," Alicia speaks up. "Shall we go and check in with it now before departing?"
[20:47] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods at this.
[20:47] <Kotono> "Well, let's see. You adopted a snake-dragon, and Alicia's adopted a gelatinus cube. I'm not sure what that bodes for me," Pollyanna says with a tight, smirking smile.
01[20:48] <Seira> "That was the plan!" Seira agrees with Alicia, before telling Pollyanna, "Anything but a troll."
[20:48] <Kotono> As you walk back to the being of flame, standing aside on the path still, "You know, are you going to take that home with you or leave it here?" Donald asks.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Take what? By the way, I didn't have to say this, but that was a really great moment where you shone, back there, taking out the hellkitty."
01[20:49] <Seira> *have a chance to
[20:50] <Alicia> "It's far too deadly to live in a city," Alicia shakes her head. "Someone could walk into it and die without it even meaning harm. I'll either send it to a place where it can do no harm, or find a way to make it less dangerous before being set loose on the world." Explanation done she seconds Seira, "And yes, you sent it running with a single spell. Good job, Donald," she gives him a smile.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Heh...glad I got a spell through at last. These wild surges are terrible," Donald grins.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Any ideas," Amaryl asks Alicia, blushing as she looks at her, "To make it less deadly."
01[20:50] <Seira> "Yes. A lot seem almost designed to be humiliating," Seira agrees.
[20:51] <Demedais> "Indeed. You did well there." Demedais nods to Donald.
06[20:51] * Alicia shrugs in response to Pollyanna, somewhat annoyed that her current humiliating voice is probably the reason for said blushing. "No, but I'll study the research materials left here to see if I can get any ideas."
[20:51] <Alicia> Amaryl*
01[20:52] <Seira> "We did find quite a few reference books."
[20:52] <Kotono> The flaming being waits as the party talks, the walk having taken them to it.
01[20:53] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira calls out to it, wincing instantly. But there's no regretting it, now. "So we fought this evil cat, but there was a surge of wild magic as it tried to teleport, and it flung it far away. I think. Would you know better?"
[20:54] <Kotono> "I have seen nothing," It replies, "This path has been silent."
01[20:54] <Seira> "Guess scrying is the way to go, then."
[20:55] <Alicia> "We'll try that in the morning before coming back here," Alicia nods. "Everyone ready for the return trip?"
[20:55] <Demedais> "Thank you. Guess we're off, then." Demedais nods to the flaming being, then to Alicia.
01[20:55] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees.
06[20:55] * Alicia first of all teleports their merry little band to the desert oasis!
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, what do you have on your possession? PM me all the items and gear you have real quick?
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d13
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d13 and gets 5." [1d13=5]
[21:01] <Kotono> In Deme's backpack, another source of bright light begins to glow!
[21:02] <Demedais> "... Right. Wild magic." Demedais comments, shifting his backpack off quickly to check and see what it is.
[21:02] <Kotono> Demedais' cold weather clothes now glow like the other magical items the party has when they're nearby Donald.
06[21:02] * Alicia quirks a half-smile. "Might want to have Seira look at that, it'll probably be enchanted like my flask of water was." She gives him a minute to check before trying her spell again.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[21:03] <Kotono> Woosh! The party at appears at the oasis without incident.
[21:03] <Alicia> And now on to home!
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, what are you guys doing at home now?
[21:03] <Alicia> OOC: spam dispel magic to fix my voice before Marie shows up
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Make DM checks?
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[21:05] <Kotono> The first spell is sufficient to return Alicia's voice to normal.
06[21:05] * Alicia then does Seira a favour.
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[21:05] <Kotono> No dice.
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[21:06] <Kotono> The second time restores Seira's voice to normal!
[21:06] <Alicia> Does Donald need help deflating his head?
[21:06] <Kotono> Please.
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 the ladies will never love you like this
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 the ladies will never love you like this and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[21:06] <Kotono> No luck. Alicia's dispel fails.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[21:07] <Kotono> The third try is enough, Donald's head back to normal.
[21:07] <Alicia> Anyone else have anything they need fixed?
[21:08] <Kotono> Donald also makes magical items glow, if you wanna fix that.
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 3#1d20+12 I've been hitting him with targetted dispels, so one of the earlier ones might've got him
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d20+12 I've been hitting him with targetted dispels, so one of the earlier ones might've got him and gets 70." [3#1d20+12 = 22, 26, 22]
[21:09] <Kotono> Donald no longer makes magical items glow as well.
[21:09] <Alicia> All is right with the world once more.
[21:10] <Kotono> Lemme know when you guys have spells re-prepped.
[21:10] <Demedais> Done, precasting GMW on both sword and spear, not sure why I didn't do this before.
[21:10] <Kotono> Okay.
[21:11] <Kotono> The group gathers at Seira's inn. Here, deep within it's safe recesses, Seira has her scrying mirror ready. OOC: Gof or the scrying?
[21:11] <Alicia> Shield, Heroism, Greater Magic Weapon, and Sonic Weapon. Donald gets Heroism as well.
[21:12] <Alicia> Axe the heroism for D, Seira's got him covered.
[21:12] <Alicia> And Resist Energy (Acid) for me and Donald
[21:13] <Kotono> Okay.
06[21:13] * Seira casts the scrying spell, seeking out the nasty oozekitty that got away!
[21:13] <Kotono> Get with the scryin' whenever and note buffs in #evil?
01[21:13] <Seira> OOC: DC 24?
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[21:13] <Kotono> Seira casts...but the scrying fails.
06[21:14] * Demedais nods to Seira and tries himself.
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:15] <Kotono> Demedais fails to scry as well.
[21:16] <Demedais> "We might as well do what we can with the ruins and try scrying again tomorrow." Demedais shrugs after the failure.
01[21:16] <Seira> "We'll get it one day!"
[21:16] <Alicia> "Well, lets go to the ruins instead, now?" Alicia suggests.
[21:17] <Demedais> "Yeah. We can try again tomorrow, though having it be loose is worrying." Demedais grumbles. "I'll try to think of some way to track it down."
06[21:17] * Alicia casts a few last minute spells on Amaryl and Pollyanna before teleporting the group to the desert oasis!
06[21:17] * Seira doesn't argue with that, merely casting a few other spells before she is ready.
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[21:18] <Kotono> Woosh! The teleport to the oasis is without incidnet.
[21:18] <Alicia> Next stop the steel jungle!
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 75." [1d100=75]
[21:19] <Kotono> The party once again appears on the road amid the steel jungle. Ahead, the fortress looms. Around you, several skeletons lie. Some sort of large creature, littered about.
[21:19] <Alicia> Are they in the same place as the troll corpses were?
[21:19] <Kotono> They are. Further, there are more dotted about ahead.
[21:20] <Demedais> "Some ooze has been busy." Demedais mutters.
[21:21] <Alicia> "There seem to be more of them... I wonder why they never attacked us, though?" Alicia wonders. "Well, anyway, lets investigate the fort for now?"
06[21:21] * Seira is agreeable with that.
[21:22] <Demedais> "Alright."
[21:27] <Kotono> Ahead you can see a large, main room. The floor is made of black and white marble, pillars supporting the ceiling and decorating. It's a tall room, walkways lining the walls and leading to doors to a second floor are about - thoguh you don't see any stairways or ways to reach those without flying.
[21:27] <Kotono> There is a large, iron barred door straight ahead, underneath the walkways and on ground level. There is a door on the lower left side of the room, on the ground level as well. On the upper level and thew alkways, there is a door to the right, an open arch. There is also a door to the left, two of them, one with a iron door and the other being another arch.
01[21:27] <Seira> "Let's try that planar museum for now?" Seira suggests. "We'll need tokens, though."
06[21:28] * Alicia pats the pouch on her belt where she has hers. "Got it," she confirms, approaching said doorway.
[21:28] <Kotono> "We'll wait here then," Pollyanna hangs back with Amaryl.
06[21:29] * Seira opens the door and heads inside!
06[21:30] * Demedais pauses for a moment, considering...
[21:31] <Kotono> Seira appraoches and opens the door! Ahead is a marble floor. A luxurious hallway has glass cases along it's sides, full of strange objects at a glance. A voice in gnomish speaks in the minds of all that enter! 'You are entering the Planar Control Museum. Please do not be without your identifying marks at all times or you will risk injury or death. Do not disturb items or subjects. Repeat, do not disturb items or subjects.'
[21:31] <Kotono> "Coming, Demedais?" Donald calls back as the party enters.
06[21:32] * Seira silently resolves to make Donald an exhibit if he makes them risk injury or death through a random bout of stupidity, and heads farther in to take a look.
[21:32] <Demedais> "Amaryl, go with the group." Demedais says, handing the token to her. "I'll stick back." With that he stays near Pollyanna, nodding the group on.
[21:32] <Kotono> "O-Okay," Amaryl blushes and takes the token. "Be careful, both of you!" OOC: Deme, hop into #terror?
[21:33] <Kotono> Amaryl runs, catching up with the rest of the group. "Demedais gave me his...so, let's go in?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "So Demedais stayed behind, all alone with Pollyanna?" Seira asks to clarify, turning around.
[21:34] <Kotono> "Looks that way," Donald glances back, "Maybe they just want some alone time?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "I honestly don't know. Let's ask him when we return."
[21:34] <Alicia> "I can think of more romantic places," Alicia mutters dryly, looking around as they head down the hallway.
[21:36] <Kotono> The hallway is pleasant and smells good, in a strange, earthy sort of way. The first wave of display cases looks to have little things. Each is labeled. A cog from Mechanus, still turning endleslsy. A sliver of a slaadi's nail, cut and twisting in color. An angel's feather, a handful of angry red soil said to be from the Abyss. Ahead, the hallway connects to what looks to be a larger room.
01[21:37] <Seira> The larger room is their destination!
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 traps, just in case
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 traps, just in case and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Alicia> Knowing how the gnomes operated, Alicia's rather doubtful that the donors of these exhibits were willing. Still, it's innocuous enough for the moment...
[21:38] <Kotono> The way ahead is not trapped. As you get closer, there is a shudder. Your magic ceases to function, as if cut off abruptly.
01[21:39] <Seira> "Now I'm really glad you came along," Seira tells Amaryl, shuddering.
06[21:39] * Alicia shivers. "Something's trapped here..." she murmurs, picking up the pace forwards to the larger chamber.
[21:40] <Kotono> "Really?" Donald grumbles under his breath after, commenting about dead magic irritably. "How do you know that?"
[21:41] <Alicia> "I just... feel it," Alicia replies vaguely. "Can't you? Something... sad and lonely?"
01[21:41] <Seira> "No, sorry."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Nope," Donald shakes his head back and forth.
[21:42] <Kotono> "Not a thing," Amaryl says, looking at her bow with a frown.
[21:42] <Alicia> Must just be her. Perturbed but undeterred, Alicia presses on.
01[21:43] <Seira> "If you feel like something's influencing you, let us know right away?"
[21:43] <Kotono> Ahead is a grand hall. Several doors are about it on the sides. The back of the hall is taken up by a vast image of the God-King, his gaze boring down on the party. You can almost feel His presence, weighing down on your bodies and spirits. Unbidden, images of the Magus of time briefly flicker in your mind.
01[21:44] <Seira> "Our old pal must've made this place," Seira comments. "Lagann's hate is certainly real."
06[21:44] * Alicia goes to open the first door they come across, nervous energy papable in her movements.
[21:45] <Kotono> The rooms each have a plaque on the door, engraved with gnomish.
06[21:45] * Seira reads the plaques for all the doors, first, translating them.
[21:45] <Alicia> Since she can't read that language, Alicia just opens the door.
[21:48] <Kotono> The door Alicia is by is titled 'Abyssal Specimens'. Ahead is a small front room with several glass windows spaced apart, doors besides each one. One looks into an empty, scorched pit. The glass over it is shattered. Another shows an idyllic realm of sunlight and beauty. Behind that intact glass, a beautiful, breathtaking man sits in comtemplation. Behind another, a sea of filth sits, stagnant and untouched. A fourth has a frozen wasteland.
[21:49] <Kotono> Behind another, a sea of filth sits, stagnant and untouched. A fourth has a watery pit.
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes surely to ID the man?
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes surely to ID the man? and gets 34." [1d20=12]
06[21:51] * Seira just quickly proceeds to read and translate the names for the other doors, for now.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Eurgh..." Alicia grimaces. Is that the source of the feeling she's getting? "A succubus..." she steps fully into the room, going to stand before the glass panel holding the fiend.
01[21:52] <Seira> "Hello, pretty demon," Seira greets the breathtaking man upon rejoining Alicia.
[21:54] <Kotono> Seira keeps going. The rooms are the following 'Yugoloth Examination Chambers' 'Diabolical Dissections' 'Inevitable Mechanicals' 'Slaadi Amorphic Display' 'Beastlands Zoo' 'Celestial Alterations' 'Archonic Harvesting' 'Eladrin Service' 'Interbreeding categories' and 'Studies room'.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Aren't they supposed to be girls?" Donald grumps.
01[21:55] <Seira> "Gender is a state of mind for them, I think."
[21:55] <Kotono> "Oh, hello," His voice is flawless. It's like listening to a speaker that stirs your soul. It's muffled from behind the glass. "You aren't gnomes."
[21:56] <Alicia> "Shapechangers, Donald," Alicia gives him a sidelong look. "The gnomes are all dead," she then tells the fiend.
01[21:56] <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees. "So what's a nice demon like you doing in a place like this?"
[21:58] <Kotono> "I was summoned and trapped here," It answers, "It seems that an unpleasant end has befallen the gnomes, but alas, they did not think to leave a way out for their speciments. Pity." He wears only an old tunic that barely covers the essentials standing up. A tail swishes as he stands. "Are you to smite me and return me screaming to the Abyss?"
[21:58] <Alicia> "In fact, surely you know the gnomes are dead," Alicia muses, giving the succubus a suspicious look. "This fortress was razed by the combined forces of... well, effectively everyone except from the gnomes and the devils. I can even see one of the other holding chambers here has been broken open. So why didn't anyone care to let you out?"
01[21:59] <Seira> "This is a good point, actually. What did happen to those other holding chambers?"
[22:00] <Kotono> A shrug. "A molydeus escaped, but it cared nothing for me. The thing was mad, even for it's standards. Ah, of course. You want information about this place?"
01[22:00] <Seira> "You can talk. We'll listen," Seira agrees once more.
[22:00] <Alicia> "If you care to offer it, we'll take it with the appropriate consideration given the source," Alicia replies levelly.
[22:03] <Kotono> "To the right is a a Broodswarm, gifted with filth and power over water. The farthest one is home to frosted Bar-Lgura. I do not believe either has escaped."
01[22:04] <Seira> "Sounds about right. So what made you so special to be summoned amongst all the other succubi?" Seira asks curiously.
[22:05] <Kotono> "Who knows? They wanted a specimin to house and breed. I don't know what criteria they used in summoning me." With a dazzling grin, "Besides beauty."
[22:05] <Alicia> "Breed?" Alicia repeats, a queasy expression manifesting on her features.
01[22:05] <Seira> "Ah, yes." Seira winces. "There was a door for that as well. I hoped we'll find anything beyond it empty and I wouldn't need to share."
[22:05] <Kotono> "Why yes. Even with the inevitable and with magic applied. Quite different, I must say."
01[22:07] <Seira> "How about we just leave for now?" Seira asks Alicia. "There were rooms with celestials, and we can try to free them before all else."
06[22:07] * Alicia shudders. "This is only going to get worse, isn't it?" she asks despairingly. "Lets... lets check the other rooms before anything else?"
06[22:07] * Alicia nods to Seira, going back out into the corridor.
[22:07] <Kotono> "Do let me out," The succubus calls as you go, "Before you leave!"
06[22:07] * Seira returns towards the celestial alterations door, takes a deep breath and opens it.
[22:07] <Kotono> Amaryl shudders as she follows behind Seira, "What...but aren't they...metal?"
[22:08] <Alicia> "We will," Alicia calls back. "Behave and you'll go home in one piece rather than several."
01[22:08] <Seira> "A wizard did it," Seira mutters in response. "But just because we can doesn't mean we should!"
[22:10] <Kotono> Inside...are tables. Tables still stained with dark patches are all about. Strapped to one wall is an angel, an astral deva. It's wings are gone, replaced by jagged metal laced with semitransparent slime in the shape of new wings. It is slumped as it is chained to the wall. On a table another astral deva is pinned. It's form is unclad, but otherwise untouched. The room is otherwise clean. Diagrams of celestial bodies line the walls.
[22:10] <Kotono> The room is otherwise clean. Diagrams of celestial bodies line the walls.
06[22:11] * Seira rushes towards the table, intent on checking the deva for lifesigns.
[22:11] <Alicia> "Oh... Mystra!" Alicia gasps, rushing to the deva on the wall.
[22:12] <Kotono> The deva looks up, a warm smile. "At last. Please, free me," He asks. "I have been here far too long at the hands of sadistic gnomes, left and forgotten."
[22:12] <Kotono> The one on the table speaks as well, "Has mercy at last come?"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Why...? The guardian was right outside, why did it leave you here to suffer?" Alicia asks despairingly, working feverishly to release the straps.
[22:12] <Kotono> The deva on the table is alive, unharmed. "Remove this chains, dragonling. I bid you in the name of all that is holy!"
[22:13] <Kotono> The chains are difficult and strong. Undoing them will not be easy, there is no obvious way to do so.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Hold still," Alicia requests, readying Hell Striker and striking down to sever the chains with her blade!
01[22:13] <Seira> "We're here to get you out!" Seira promises. "I don't know!" she calls to Alicia, thinking the same thing. Returning her mind to the task at hand, she commands, "Lagann! Let's do it together!" She draws the gnomish Resort, an artifact that would still work even in here, and slashes at them.
[22:14] <Kotono> With a roar of anger in Seira's mind, Lagann undoes the chains holding the angel! OOC: Alicia, make a sunder attempt.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -8pa
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -8pa and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. damage.
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Damage, even.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26 and gets 33." [1d8=7]
[22:15] <Kotono> The metal cracks at the slam, but does not break all the way.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 -8pa
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 -8pa and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+0 -8pa
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+0 -8pa and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[22:15] <Kotono> The deva on the table sits up, "Finally. Thank you." Meanwhile, Alicia swings again and again, but both blows somehow miss the chian!
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -8pa
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -8pa and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26 and gets 28." [1d8=2]
[22:16] <Kotono> This time, the chain breaks! The Astral Deva half hangs off, half of it's bindings undone.
06[22:16] * Seira sheathes her sword, helping the deva up. "I can't help you with magic right away, but as soon as we take you out, we could do more," she promises.
[22:16] <Alicia> "Hold on," Alicia reassures, shifting position to hit the other half of the train.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -8pa
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -8pa and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 -8pa
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 -8pa and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 2d8+52
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+52 and gets 54." [2d8=1, 1]
[22:17] <Kotono> "I'm not hurt. Draiel is," Looking to the other angel as Alicia frees it, "He'll need Regeneration."
01[22:17] <Seira> "Yeah, I gathered," Seira agrees. "At least we have that option, now."
[22:18] <Kotono> Draiel slumps to his knees, looking up at Alicia. "Thank you, my kin. My heart is lifted on seeing one ofus after these long years."
[22:18] <Alicia> "Can you plane shift on your own?" Alicia asks, offering a shoulder to Draiel as he's freed. "Travelling to Ysgard should work to mend your wings."
[22:19] <Kotono> "I would here if I could. The magic of the place bound me before, and now, no magic works. A dead magic area has fallen, otherwise we would have escaped."
06[22:19] * Seira smiles at the deva she's supporting, even as she waits for Alicia's question to be answered. "I'm Seira. Let's get you out of this crazy no magic zone?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "It doesn't extend far, we'll get you out of here," Alicia offers, supporting Draiel towards the door. "Alicia is my name, by the way."
[22:19] <Kotono> "Milliel," The angel resting on Seira says.
[22:20] <Kotono> As the party starts to walk out, "Donald," Donald adds his own name in, "Donald Smurth. Glad we're getting you out of here."
01[22:20] <Seira> There may be more to talk about, but right now the priority is getting back and hoping no tempering with the exhibits would be detected by the defenses, given those in this part are literally dead.
[22:21] <Kotono> The party staggers back out to the hall, just past the edge of the dead magic aura. Magic returns to the party!
[22:22] <Kotono> "The magic...is it back?" Draiel slowly uses the wall and Alicia to position up, "Then we can return to the Heavens from here?"
01[22:22] <Seira> "Should we remove those wings before you go back, Draiel?" Seira asks uneasily, eyeing the unnatural things. "I think Lagann should be able to do it painlessly."
[22:23] <Kotono> "Thank you, but no. Magic will do it just as well. Seira. Alicia." He looks to both of them, "Thank you. What Heaven do you come from? It would be our honor to pay you visit and respect afterwards?"
01[22:24] <Seira> "Balmuria! It's on Prime, next to the Bay of Sparkling Stars! Can't miss it!"
06[22:24] * Alicia notably perks up when the magic returns. "None as yet, I'm still bound to the Prime," she replies. "But one day you'll probably find me in Dweomerheart."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Ah. Balmuria..." Milliel says, "Thank you. We will find some way to repay your kindness," He promises, before...
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:25] <Kotono> The two angels vanish away.
[22:25] <Alicia> "There were a lot more doors, weren't there?" Alicia asks, deflating once the pair are away. "I don't doubt we'll find just as bad in the next..."
[22:26] <Kotono> "Hey, we did the right thing." Donald thumps his chest, a metallic ringing, "Besides the gnomes already got theirs."
[22:27] <Alicia> "And it didn't occur to any of the triumphant victors to see to the welfare of those captured during the war?" Alicia asks, stalking back into the dead magic zone. "I will have harsh words for that guardian when this is done, I don't care how powerful it is."
01[22:27] <Seira> "I think we'll find worse," Seira says dejectedly. "Even Sharrans were more horrible, and gnomes were pretty depraved." Achonic harvesting is her next destination, although she doesn't say it out loud.
[22:28] <Kotono> As you reach the door 'Archonic Harvesting', your magic returns within about 5 feet of it.
06[22:28] * Seira pauses, and checks the door thoroughly.
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 traps
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 traps and gets 36." [1d20=7]
06[22:28] * Alicia is starting to get the hang of this. "There's probably magical defences or confinement in here..."
01[22:29] <Seira> "But this, at least," she says, holding up her token, "disabled it." And she opens the door.
[22:30] <Kotono> Inside are several cells. The bars are torn apart, ripped open. No one seems to be in them now.
06[22:31] * Seira looks extra carefully, in case they're invisible and just hiding.
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Make spot if you like, then.
[22:31] <Alicia> "Whomever was in here must have broken out as the Molydeus did," Alicia muses, before frowning. "I wonder what their excuse for not helping those two devas was?"
[22:32] <Kotono> "That doesn't make much sense, no," Donald agrees, "They should be ashamed of themselves."
01[22:32] <Seira> "You heard the devas," Seira says thoughtfully. "If they could, they would have plane-shifted right away. And so would I, to be honest, if I'd gotten trapped and tortured here and my jailors were just outside the door, armed."
[22:33] <Alicia> "True," Alicia thinks briefly of all the souls trapped in the Halls of the Vanquished that she's failed to liberate. "We don't know the circumstances of their escape," she concedes.
01[22:33] <Seira> "That stupid guardian is at fault, anyway! I bet he stealthily serves Torm, the god of failure!"
[22:34] <Kotono> "Now what? Check another room?" Amaryl speaks up.
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search for clues before moving on
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search for clues before moving on and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[22:34] <Alicia> "Could be anyone," Alicia agrees. "But couldn't anyone have spared the time to come and free them, regardless of who was left to watch over? It's just shameful," she shakes her head as she goes back into the hallway, this room seemingly barren.
06[22:35] * Seira tries the 'eladrin service' door, considering it to be disturbing, but likely to find survivors there.
[22:37] <Kotono> Inside of the eladrin service door, you find a mock forest about. Tied to trees are various eladrin, banded with jagged blue chains. A few courre, a shiradi eladrin and a firre eladrin. However, each is covered in wounds.
[22:38] <Kotono> "Careful!" One of the coure cries immediately, "This place is not safe! Be on guard!"
[22:38] <Alicia> "What should we watch for?" Alicia calls from the doorway. "We need to get you all out of here!"
[22:39] <Kotono> The shiradi eladrin turns it's head, "Molydeus," It licks blood flecked lips.
01[22:39] <Seira> Sword drawn, Seira asks Lagann, "Can you do something about the chains from here?"
[22:39] <Kotono> At that, you hear a manic laughter echoing from deeper within the forest.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Damn... going to be hard to kill without magic," Alicia grimaces, her own sword held ready... just how big is this room?
[22:41] <Kotono> It's fairly big. The mock forest makes determining dimensions difficult, but there's at least 20 feet of space on eithe rside.
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init here?
[22:41] <Kotono> "Guests at last? Come, welcome to my beautiful gallery! Isn't everything here lovely? Come, take a closer look at them!"
01[22:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:41] <Kotono> The laughing voice howls from within the forest.
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
03[22:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Alicia>Molydeus>Amaryl>Donald'
[22:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+9 spot
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 spot and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 guess who doesn't have hide as a class skill?
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 guess who doesn't have hide as a class skill? and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: -4, for 15.
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Donald
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Donald and gets 8." [1d20=7]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[22:47] <Kotono> "There!" Amaryl points, "It's in the forest a little ways," she points back, maybe twenty to thirty feet, a little ways past the chained eladrin.
01[22:48] <Seira> 'Lagann, free the eladrin right next to it,' Seira thinks to her friend.
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Any in particular you want to freE? Closest is a courre.
01[22:49] <Seira> OOC: Closest, really
[22:50] <Kotono> Lagann springs into action, undoing the chains around one eladrin! The courre slumps down, fluttering free and fleeing towards you! It's body is covered with little injuries. "Waaah! Get him! He's terrible!" OOC: Alicia.
01[22:50] <Seira> "Get over to the door," she calls over to the courre, moving towards another chained eladrin to guard it. "We've come to free you all!"
[22:51] <Kotono> "Freedom!" The firre calls, "Free us, please!"
[22:51] <Alicia> "This is more suited for devils, but hopefully it'll sting," Alicia hazards, taking out her jar of Evergold water and pitching it right at the demon's face!
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 ranged touch
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 ranged touch and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 knowledge devotion
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 knowledge devotion and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:51] <Alicia> OOC: +4
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 10d8+10
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8+10 and gets 54." [10d8=4, 5, 4, 1, 7, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4]
[22:55] <Kotono> The jar is thrown onto the molydeus! It shatters onto it's body, steaming like acid! It lets out a pained howl, "Aaah! You little bitch!" it swears, rushing out of the forest in a hurry, trampling ahead! It's like a bloody man with a snake and wolf's head, charging right at Alicia!
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 charge, -2 water, -8 PA)
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 charge, -2 water, -8 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:56] <Alicia> OOC: AC 22
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 smite
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 smite and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff.
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 3d6+30
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+30 and gets 38." [3d6=3, 1, 4]
[22:58] <Alicia> OOC: silver?
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: No, and also hit. I forgot to add the charge mod, Seira.
01[22:59] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+6d8 divine, bitch
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+6d8 divine, bitch and gets 54." [3d8=4, 4, 5][6d8=7, 4, 8, 4, 6, 3]
[23:00] <Kotono> As Seira rips into it's side, the molydeus charges Alicia! It's enchanted blade bites deep into her flesh, wounding her greatly! The Molydeus is wounded as well, body still mending devastatingly fast, far from normal! OOC: Fast healing is also an EX, amusingly. Amaryl's up.
01[23:01] <Seira> "Retreat to the devas!" Seira calls to Amaryl and Donald. "Lead the eladrin there!"
[23:02] <Kotono> "Got it!" Donald calls, Amaryl and Donald leading the courre out! OOC: They're busy doing that then. Seira and Alicia are up.
06[23:03] * Alicia tumbles away from the Molydeus to land by the entrance to the archon door, patting the flask on her belt that looks identical to the one she just threw. "Come on, I've got lots more bathwater for you!" she taunts it.
06[23:03] * Seira uses the chance to free another of the imprisoned celestials, and moves towards a third.
[23:03] <Alicia> OOC: move and total defence
[23:04] <Kotono> This time Seira frees the firre, who stays by her side. Despite it's wounds, "I'll protect you in case it comes this way," it vows, "Don't argue, just freethe others!"
06[23:05] * Seira doesn't argue with that, ready to defend any of the helpless in case the demon charges back!
[23:06] <Kotono> The Molydeus follows Alicia, rushing out of the room in pursuit! It swings at her again as it comes into range!
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 charge, -2 water, -14 PA) It doesn't like you and is aiming to do something about it. Something PAINFUL.
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 charge, -2 water, -14 PA) It doesn't like you and is aiming to do something about it. Something PAINFUL. and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[23:06] <Alicia> OOC: AC 41
[23:08] <Kotono> This time, the powerful swing meets Alicia's full defenses, stopped cold! Meanwhile, Donald and Amaryl help the eladrin along! OOC: Alicia and Seira are up. Alicia, if you're attacking it, it's still a square inside of the anti magic area. Your attacks will be subject ot that, i.e., no spells or arcane strike.
[19:43] <Kotono> > "Got it!" Donald calls, Amaryl and Donald leading the courre out! OOC: They're busy doing that then. Seira and Alicia are up.
[19:43] <Kotono> * Alicia tumbles away from the Molydeus to land by the entrance to the archon door, patting the flask on her belt that looks identical to the one she just threw. "Come on, I've got lots more bathwater for you!" she taunts it.
[19:43] <Kotono> * Seira uses the chance to free another of the imprisoned celestials, and moves towards a third.
[19:43] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: move and total defence
[19:43] <Kotono> > This time Seira frees the firre, who stays by her side. Despite it's wounds, "I'll protect you in case it comes this way," it vows, "Don't argue, just freethe others!"
[19:43] <Kotono> * Seira doesn't argue with that, ready to defend any of the helpless in case the demon charges back!
[19:43] <Kotono> > The Molydeus follows Alicia, rushing out of the room in pursuit! It swings at her again as it comes into range!
[19:43] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+15 (+2 charge, -2 water, -14 PA) It doesn't like you and is aiming to do something about it. Something PAINFUL.
[19:43] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 charge, -2 water, -14 PA) It doesn't like you and is aiming to do something about it. Something PAINFUL. and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[19:43] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: AC 41
[19:43] <Kotono> > This time, the powerful swing meets Alicia's full defenses, stopped cold! Meanwhile, Donald and Amaryl help the eladrin along! OOC: Alicia and Seira are up. Alicia, if you're attacking it, it's still a square inside of the anti magic area. Your attacks will be subject ot that, i.e., no spells or arcane strike.
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06[19:48] * Alicia suddenly realises she's made a tactical error and backs off some more, retreating fully into the emptied out archon chamber until her back is to the wall, affecting an alarmed look as if she's just realised she's got nowhere left to run, and grimly raises her guard against the inevitable.
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: move and total defence
06[19:48] * Seira entrusts the Resort to the firre with the Resort, tossing it over before having Lagann break out another eladrin. "The sooner we get everyone out, the quicker I can help Alicia put that overgrown freak down," she tells it, before snorting in amusement. "Don't argue, just do it?"
01[19:48] <Seira> OOC: Freeing another one, hoping my new friend does likewise
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[19:51] <Kotono> More eladrin are freed as Alicia runs back, Seira working away at the same time! As more eladrins are freed, the molydeus charges Alicia once more!
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge)
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge) and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:52] <Alicia> OOC: still 41
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 and gets 22." [3d6=3, 2, 3]
01[19:52] <Seira> OOC: Total defense doesn't help?
[19:52] <Alicia> OOC: normally 35
[19:55] <Kotono> Alicia is cut into with it's axe, as the wolf's head grins! A magical force rips from it's body, striking out at Alicia's weapon! OOC: Quickened TK into a disarm attempt.
[19:55] <Alicia> OOC: Can I spellfire it?
[19:56] <Alicia> OOC: wait, no, shouldn't be able to
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, the target is your sword, not you.
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: No AoO, so pposed checks.
[19:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 35." [1d20=1]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[19:59] <Kotono> With a jerk, Hell-Strike is knocked free from Alicia's grasp! The molydeus smirks with a sickening air, "Do you think I'm a fool to chase you out of the dead magic area now, warrior? I'll demonstrate all my techniquesof torment on you!" OOC: Donald and Amaryl are up, still herding Celestials along. Alicia and Seira.
[20:00] <Alicia> "Don't worry, I've got a few of my own to show off," Alicia returns gamely, attempting to defensively cast a spell first of all...
[20:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 DC 19 concentration for greater invis
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 DC 19 concentration for greater invis and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[20:01] <Alicia> OOC: CL?
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Ow.
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 shit
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 shit and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[20:02] <Kotono> Alicia channels arcane power, but all that happens is that a tense, electric music fills the air! OOC: Any other actions?
06[20:02] * Seira trusts the eladrin to free the others with the borrowed Resort, which has no issues cutting through the chains in dead magic, and finally heads to catch up to Alicia, drawing the gnomish short sword she brought along for Lagann's sake.
[20:02] <Alicia> Okay... that was pretty bad, she has to admit. She actually looks worried now, tumbling away from the Molydeus towards the side of the room, buying herself some room as she draws the sword of the sealed gate!
01[20:03] <Seira> OOC: I'll move 60ft towards the sounds of combat, and if that gets me out of dead magic, I'll use Travel to move 30ft more closer. How far would I end up?
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: You could reach the molydeus if you like for a strike.
01[20:03] <Seira> OOC: I'd prefer staying 10ft away
01[20:03] <Seira> OOC: Close, but out of FA range for it even on a 5ft step
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: You'd need more than that. It's large so it has 10ft reach.
01[20:03] <Seira> OOC: 15?
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, how far did you tumble away?
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: 20. 10+5ft step is 15.
01[20:04] <Seira> OOC: 20 it is!
[20:05] <Alicia> OOC: depends how big the room is, lets say 20 feet though to avoid full attacks
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: That's fine.
[20:06] <Kotono> The molydeus laughs hard, snake head wrapping around it's forehead like a scaly bandage! As it's wounds mend, it's sides held with laughter, "Oh, this is so beautiful! I've grown so bored of helpless prey! Oh, you'll just DIE AND DIE AND DIE AND DIE AND DIEEE!" The last word is a horrible blasphemy, ripping through the two heroines! OOC: Will saves, -2.
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 35." [1d20=11]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[20:10] <Kotono> The powerful word of pure evil slams into the two, but the vile force is resisted safely! Yet a jolt of pure force slams into Seira's weapon a moment later! OOC: Quickened TK again, disarming Seira. Opposed checks.
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 33." [1d20=5]
01[20:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[20:12] <Kotono> But Seira's grip is like iron, resisting the powerful jolt of force! Meanwhile, Donald and Amaryl continue to work! OOC: You two are up.
06[20:12] * Alicia decides she's had enough of this thing, it's time to go all out. With a whispered command, she activates the magic of her boots...
[20:13] <Alicia> OOC: CL on time stop?
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Seira, wait a sec, lemme resolve you one at a time.
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 at least it was only a swift action, but man
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 at least it was only a swift action, but man and gets 49." [1d100=49]
06[20:16] * Alicia curses quietly, settling instead for whipping her sword at the creature, sending it arcing across the prison to cut into the demon's flesh before reappearing in her hand!
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for whirling blade
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for whirling blade and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d100 wtf
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 wtf and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[20:19] <Kotono> Alicia summons more magic! But her blade merely floats a little in the air, gleaming with rainbow colors! It whizzes by the molydeus and returns to Alicia's hand, leaving him unarmed! However, it's colors are gold and white and silver now, as if dipped in the Heavens! OOC: That it, Alicia?
[20:19] <Alicia> OOC: that's all she wrote
[20:19] <Kotono> OOC: Man, Hatbot hate. Seira.
01[20:19] <Seira> "Quit talking about death like you have any say in it, retard," Seira snaps at the demon, waving her temporary sword at it menacingly. And then she tries to slam it with an orb of sound, steps closer to breathe fire on it and then retreats the five feet back once more.
01[20:19] <Seira> OOC: Two cl checks?
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC:Yeah, one for each spell.
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 orb
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 orb and gets 31." [1d20=15]
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 ranged touch
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 ranged touch and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 15d4 sound, fort24 or deafened
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d4 sound, fort24 or deafened and gets 41." [15d4=3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 fort
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 fort and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Resolve your othe rspell now.
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 quickened breath, I'll use the holy tonic
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 quickened breath, I'll use the holy tonic and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Success. Ref?
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: It has evasion so give me the DC first
[20:22] <Kotono> .
01[20:22] <Seira> OOC: 24, and I hate it
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Yeah, I figured you might.
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Yeah, I figured you might. and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:23] <Kotono> As an orb of sound crashes into the molydeus, it's side is shaken and burst apart! In the sonic crashing, it weaves past Seira's breath, it's snake extending f ully out and snapping at Seira! OOC: Molydeus is up then, unless you have more?
06[20:23] * Seira glares at the demon.
[20:24] <Kotono> The molydeus channels in more words of blasphemy, great power unleashed at both women! OOC: Cl check.
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Saves. It's funny none of you have hitten 23 until now. That also lets you know what the CL target is.
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: -2, remember.
[20:26] <Kotono> OOC: Still just made it, Seira.
01[20:26] <Seira> OOC: 27
[20:26] <Alicia> OOC: factored in
[20:26] <Kotono> The horrible blasphemy rocks both, but again they endure! OOC: Donald and Amaryl are finishing up celestial help. You two are up.
[20:27] <Alicia> Once more Alicia tries to freeze time so she can regroup!
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 CL
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 CL and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[20:27] <Alicia> As everything around her slows to a crawl and then stops utterly, she walks over to the frozen Molydeus and picks up Hell Striker, healing herself as she does so.
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay on hands, round 1
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:28] <Alicia> She then sheathes the sword of the sealed gate and positions herself to attack.
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: round 2 ends, time resumes and I take my full round action
[20:29] <Alicia> As time begins to speed up back to its normal rate, Alicia appears to have teleported behind the fiend! Before it can even react, she leaps upon it in a flurry of vicious strikes to rend it apart before its fast healing can save it!
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 50." [1d20=14]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 51." [1d20=15]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 37." [1d20=1]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 44." [1d20=13]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers crit check
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers crit check and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits and a crit.
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: You don't bypass it's DR, but go ahead and roll it all at once. I'll do the math on my end.
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 4d8+96+8d6+4d6+4d6+52d4
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+96+8d6+4d6+4d6+52d4 and gets 283." [4d8=7, 5, 2, 7][8d6=1, 5, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3, 1][4d6=2, 2, 3, 1][4d6=2, 5, 4, ]
[20:32] <Kotono> The molydeus is maimed and hacked horribly, withstanding Alicia's fury! It's body struggles to mend as it's guts are splayed, it's head cracked in twain! Despite it, somehow the abomination lives! As brain ichor drips down into it's mouth, "Aaaaah! You hit like a balor!" OOC: Seira.
06[20:32] * Seira slides into a flanking position with the grace bestowed upon her by Waukeen, not even batting an eye at Alicia's placement, attacking as soon as she's in position!
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: No flanking bonuses, molydeus are immune to flanking.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 (flying, it can be symbolic)
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 (flying, it can be symbolic) and gets 28." [1d20=5]
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[20:34] <Kotono> Seira closes in and hacks at the molydeus! She has it's back, but it's snakehead, dripping blood, turns around to follow her movements! It reacts perfectly, weaving between the two women, one head on each of them! OOC: The molydeus is up.
[20:35] <Kotono> Surrounded by foes, the molydeus fights hard now, snapping and tearing into them!
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-5 CE) axe Alicia
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-5 CE) axe Alicia and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-5 CE) axe Seira
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (-5 CE) axe Seira and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 axe Alicia
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 axe Alicia and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 axe Seira
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 axe Seira and gets 18." [1d20=10]
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: AC is currently 43
[20:36] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 wolf head bite Alicia
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 wolf head bite Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 snake head bite Seira
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 snake head bite Seira and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 Alicia owwies
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 Alicia owwies and gets 22." [3d6=2, 3, 3]
[20:37] <Kotono> As it's wounds try and mend, the molydeus fights without a word! A split second later, another jolt of force flies out at Alicia's weapon! OOC: TK again.
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[20:37] <Alicia> OOC: CL?
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 38." [1d20=2]
[20:38] <Kotono> Hell Striker is knocked flying again, pried out of Alicia's hands and sent to the ground! Meanwhile, "Seira? Alicia?" Donald's voice can be heard, "We're about clear!" OOC: You two are up.
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
06[20:40] * Seira decides to slide out of reach, aborting this failed experiment, and throws out her hand at the demon, channeling her very rage into arcane energies to strike it with!
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 orb of sound, pearl'd
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 orb of sound, pearl'd and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: d100. Not your day.
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 35." [1d100=35]
01[20:41] <Seira> "Having my sword back would be nice!" Seira calls back, relying on Lagann to help relay it to her if need be.
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Where did you drop your sword?
01[20:42] <Seira> OOC: I gave it to the firre to free other eladrin
[20:43] <Kotono> From away, "Coming!" You can hear the firre call! OOC: Lagann can't get it since the firre is in the dead magic zone. The firre is coming now, though. Anything else, Seira?
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: Not right now
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Just accept the inevitable and die!" Alicia snarls as her weapon is sent away once more, quickly grabbing the sword of the sealed gate and stabbing the fiend in the neck with everything she has!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+41 divine might, 6th and 5th and 2nd level arcane strike, smite
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+41 divine might, 6th and 5th and 2nd level arcane strike, smite and gets 57." [1d20=16]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d8+22+13d4
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+22+13d4 and gets 50." [1d8=3][13d4=3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2]
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: +1
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, +5
[20:46] <Kotono> Alicia stabs the demon in the neck! The rippling blow is massive as Seira's spell fizzles, the dragon-mage stepping back! Despite a jet of blood gushing from it's neck, the creature lives yet! With a grotesque grin, "Hehehhehe...harder!" It barks! OOC: Molydeus is up.
[20:47] <Kotono> The wolf-snake demon reaches out for Alicia with one hand!
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 melee touch
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 melee touch and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: 16
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: I'll spellfire it if it's a spell
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: It is.
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: Vampiric touch in particular.
[20:49] <Kotono> As it's neck wound closes up, the hand of the molydeus touches Alicia! However, it's magic flows into her safely! It snarl-snaps in amusement! Meanwhile, the firre races up, holding the sword out to Seira! Donald and Amaryl are there as well! "Need help," Donald calls, Amaryl snapping off arrows at it!
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:49] <Kotono> The arrows miss entirely, the molydeus batting them out of the air with one grand swing of it's axe! OOC: Seira and Alicia are up.
01[20:50] <Seira> The gnomish sword drops as Lagann seizes the Resort out of the air, and Seira is off in a charge back at the demon, hoping that this one strike will be enough to support Alicia!
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 fly, charge, impromptu SA
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 fly, charge, impromptu SA and gets 38." [1d20=10]
01[20:51] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8 good
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 good and gets 44." [3d8=7, 3, 4][5d8=1, 3, 6, 8, 1]
01[20:51] <Seira> Though she could easily tumble out of the way, Seira decides to support Alicia further and remain in melee.
[20:52] <Kotono> The molydeus is stabbed in the bakc, Seira plunging the resort deep into it! Yet it staggers and lives yet! OOC: Alicia.
[20:54] <Alicia> Hoping against hope that this will prove decisive, Alicia flicks her sword out to sever the snake from its ravaged but freakishly healing neck, before she reverses and plunges the blade into its gut, raking upwards to shatter apart the molydeus's ribcage and organs!
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 39." [1d20=6]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 32." [1d20=4]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 divine might, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, bracers and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. Better hope it counts.
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+13d4
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+13d4 and gets 72." [1d8=7][13d4=3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4]
[20:58] <Kotono> With one last, desperate lunge, Alicia stabs into it's front! It meets Seira's sword in the back! Together, the two surge up, ripping out it's chest! The molydeus staggers, it's snake head thrashing and screetching as it's wolf's head howls! In a gush of infernal flame, it's body collapses! It's axe melts into a foul black ichor, leaving behind only some bloodied with cloth, a ring, a pair of metal bracers and a small sack.
[20:58] <Kotono> leaving behind only some bloodied with cloth, a ring, a pair of metal bracers and a small sack.
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
06[20:58] * Seira stares at the ichor for a moment, before laughing haltingly.
06[20:58] * Alicia sags in relief, leaning back against the wall and catching her breath. "Damn... that was a hell of a fight..."
[20:59] <Kotono> "What was that?" Donald trots up, looking about, "Any more of them?"
01[21:00] <Seira> "One was enough," Seira tells him, picking up Hell Striker and carrying it over to Alicia.
[21:00] <Alicia> "That was the Molydeus the succubus mentioned. It seems it didn't care to go far after escaping," Alicia replies tiredly, flicking the blood off her sword before sheathing it and gratefully accepting her primary weapon from Seira.
01[21:01] <Seira> "Makes me wonder why not," Seira admits, before glancing at the cells. "And whether the prisoners here managed to run away or not."
[21:01] <Kotono> Poking what it left behind with his sword, "I gathered it spent it's days tormenting the eladrin," Donald's blade gets a soft clinking sound on hitting the sack, "They're all bad off."
01[21:02] <Seira> "If there's any who need immediate healing, I can provide that," Seira offers.
[21:02] <Alicia> "Lets get them out of here, we can sort through that junk after," Alicia gestures at the debris left behind and draws herself up, heading back towards the 'eladrin service' room.
[21:02] <Kotono> The eladrin are seen not in it, but outside of it in the hall. There they wait, ragged but alive. Alicia finds the 'eladrin service' room is empty now.
06[21:03] * Seira waves at them. "So how does it feel to be free after all that time?"
[21:03] <Kotono> From far away, you can hear a scream of some sort, echoing.
06[21:03] * Alicia starts at the scream, looking around to try and tell where it came from.
[21:03] <Kotono> The firre limps, "We owe you, dragon and angel," With a long nod, "AS well as you elves."
[21:03] <Kotono> It sounds like it came from back the way you came, back out where Deme and Polly are.
01[21:03] <Seira> "There weren't two of them, right?" Seira asks warily. "Because that wouldn't be fair."
[21:04] <Alicia> "Hold on, it sounds like there's more trouble," Alicia remarks, jogging back the way they came with her sword at the ready.
01[21:04] <Seira> "Let's get you all back before something nasty shows up again," Seira tells the eladrin for her part, intending to guard them for long enough to get them out. "Can you return home on your own?"
[21:04] <Kotono> "Just the one," The firre responds, "We've only ever seen one."
[21:05] <Kotono> "I can get us home," The firre speaks up.
[21:05] <Kotono> Jogging back, Alicia reaches near the door when she hears another shout. Sounds like Demedais calling, asking if you need help. It's still muffled.
[21:06] <Alicia> "We're fine!" Alicia yells back, before going back to tend to the injured celestials.
01[21:06] <Seira> "It's best that you do," Seira tells him, glancing towards the direction Alicia left in. "If you ever feel like visiting, Balmuria by the Bay of the Sparkling Stars is it. Very easy to find, nice place all around. Come when you've all recoverd!"
[21:07] <Kotono> The celestials are all injured. A courre lands on Alicia's head, whimpering.
[21:07] <Kotono> Amaryl holds another in her arms, "Shh," she soothes, "We'll help you and get you home."
[21:08] <Alicia> "Come on, the antimagic ends a little bit this way, we'll get you all healed up," Alicia reassures, reaching up to steady the wounded eladrin on her head as she walks back to where the weave reasserts itself.
[21:08] <Kotono> "I'll remember that. All of us, we owe you something for our freedom. So long denied...bastards." The firre whispers, "Strange beings for the mortal world, though."
01[21:08] <Seira> "Yeah, I guess it's a bit strange," Seira agrees, helping the weaker of the eladrin along gently.
[21:09] <Alicia> "It's a disgrace that no one cared to come and rescue you before now," Alicia opines viciously.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Going back out to where Deme is or just to the hall
[21:09] <Kotono> ?
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: back to where magic comes back
01[21:09] <Seira> OOC: The same spot our devas left from
[21:09] <Kotono> The party returns back to where magic reasserts wtihout incident.
06[21:10] * Alicia bestows a little healing on the coure atop her head before looking to see who else needs the most help.
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 2d4+2
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+2 and gets 4." [2d4=1, 1]
[21:14] <Kotono> The coure's wounds are somewhat mended by Alicia's touch. All the celestials need a fair bit of healing, really.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Need a recharge for that?" Seira asks Alicia.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Wouldn't hurt," Alicia replies. "Likewise if any of you have spell like abilities you can target on me I can convert it into healing energy," she then tells the celestials.
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: howsabout we handwave the healing, since surely at least one of them has an at-will SLA they can tank me up on
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: nevermind that
01[21:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 remove curse
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 remove curse and gets 32." [1d20=15]
01[21:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 water breathing
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 water breathing and gets 36." [1d20=19]
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: lvl4, lvl3
[21:17] <Alicia> OOC: lets say 25 spellfire levels are distributed amongst the group (average of 2hp each) to take the edge off according to who needs it most
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 spider climb
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 spider climb and gets 22." [1d20=5]
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 38." [1d100=38]
[21:19] <Kotono> Seira casts spider climb! Instead, bowls of soup and bowls ofw ater appear!
06[21:19] * Seira giggles at the sight, after staring at it in disbelief for a long moment.
[21:19] <Alicia> "Well... anyone hungry?" Alicia hazards.
[21:20] <Kotono> The firre laughs helplessly, "No, I'll wait a little longer. Do any of you need a heal spell? I can invoke as such once."
01[21:20] <Seira> "I'm good," Seira says, waving off his concerns.
[21:20] <Kotono> Donald picks one up and drinks down the water. "It's not bad. Cold."
01[21:21] <Seira> "I can breathe fire on it. Hold very still, Donald."
[21:21] <Alicia> "The Molydeus did land a few blows, it would help," Alicia nods. "No telling what other unfriendly prisoners we might run into down here."
[21:21] <Kotono> Thus, Alicia is attempted to be healed!
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100 uh oh.
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 uh oh. and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 2d20 damage, DR applies to this.
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d20 damage, DR applies to this. and gets 36." [2d20=18, 18]
[21:22] <Kotono> A giant metal anvil appears in the air, slamming right into Alicia's head! It cracks the top of her head open, agony flaring through!
01[21:22] <Seira> "Let's, ah, stop while we're ahead," Seira says diplomatically, wincing.
[21:22] <Kotono> "W...what?!" The firre turns deathly pale, "Sorry!"
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 CLW on Alicia, no anvils please
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 CLW on Alicia, no anvils please and gets 29." [1d20=12]
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 32." [3d8=8, 5, 4]
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: There was also a courre on your head, thinking about it. I'll give the poor thing a reflex save, too.
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: it should've taken off after I healed it
01[21:24] <Seira> OOC: Also, meant CSW, of course, I lack CLW
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay.
[21:24] <Alicia> "Aooow!" Alicia cries, buckling and falling to her knees at the sudden unexpected impact, a hand gingerly going to the goose-egg she's developing there, which thankfully dies down at Seira's healing. "I... didn't expect that..." she winces.
[21:25] <Kotono> "Did anyone?" The courre that was until just recently on Alicia's head, "An ANVIL?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "Wild magic is such a hateful concept," Alicia grimaces as she picks herself up. "Hopefully it won't interfere with your attempts to return home."
02[21:25] * Demedais (~ferixstad@adsl-76-253-127-193.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[21:26] <Kotono> "I hope so as well," With that, the firre attempts to get all the eladrin home!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
01[21:26] <Seira> "We could attempt to teleport them out in groups, if so," Seira suggests to Alicia.
[21:26] <Kotono> Luck is with them, for they all vanish away!
[21:27] <Alicia> "Seems we don't need it," Alicia looks relieved. "Anyway, there's still more rooms of horrors for us to check. And we'd better grab all the junk that demon left behind. Shall we?"
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Which one first?
01[21:28] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees, before frowning. "About what I said earlier. You don't think that freak ate the archons or anything, do you?"
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: I'll just grab the loot and shove it in the portable hole. What rooms are left?
01[21:28] <Seira> OOC: Mechanus
06[21:29] * Alicia has a look at the cages in the archon room. Do they look broken from the inside or outside?
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: The rooms are the following 'Yugoloth Examination Chambers' 'Diabolical Dissections' 'Inevitable Mechanicals' 'Slaadi Amorphic Display' 'Beastlands Zoo' 'Celestial Alterations' 'Archonic Harvesting' 'Eladrin Service' 'Interbreeding categories' and 'Studies room'
01[21:29] <Seira> "I mean, I found some blood," Seira mutters. "Could have been from the experiments...."
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: You've been to Celestial Alternations, the abyssal room Seira forgot to paste, archonic harvesting and now eladrin services.
01[21:30] <Seira> OOC: Didn't forget, you had it in a different line >_>
[21:31] <Kotono> The cages look broken from the outside.
[21:31] <Alicia> "You might be right, but that just means they'll have reformed in Celestia," Alicia tells Seira. "It's still an escape, and better than what those left behind here got."
06[21:32] * Seira nods sadly, and proceeds to the door marked Inevitable Mechanicals, not wishing to deal with fiends again so soon.
[21:34] <Kotono> Inside, you find a great wall of gears. Clockwork walls, made of iron and metal, running smooth and eternal. Six voices speak as once as the party enters, "Hello."
01[21:35] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira returns, not letting her honed prejudice show. "We're here to free you, if you'd like to be freed."
[21:36] <Alicia> Is there even anything to be freed? It just looks like a bunch of cogs to Alicia...
[21:36] <Kotono> "We are not imprisoned." Indeed, it looks like merely cogs and clockwork. "There is no need to free us."
[21:37] <Alicia> "What... who, are you?" Alicia asks, looking around curiously.
06[21:37] * Seira is tempted to ask if it's fun to be that way for eternity, but instead voices, "Anything we could do for you, then?"
[21:38] <Kotono> "We are. We are and will always be. We need nothing."
01[21:39] <Seira> "Can you tell us anything about this place or its defenses, perhaps, then?"
[21:40] <Kotono> "There is one that is free in this place. A demon that calls itself a molydeus, with a snake and a wolf's head. However, most of the defenses are down thanks to the failure of magic within."
06[21:41] * Alicia tries a different tack. "What is your purpose?" she asks
[21:41] <Alicia> .
01[21:41] <Seira> "At least there was only the one," Seira mutters.
[21:41] <Kotono> "We are to be studied. Our purpose is to be studied."
01[21:42] <Seira> "I won't bother you much, but a somewhat related question from me? I've been thinking of finding a way of making a mechanical body for my buddy Lagann. Do you think you could share the design with him? This close, he can probably link with your mind if you allow it."
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03[21:42] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
03[21:43] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[21:49] <Kotono> At this, there is a silence. However, Lagann begins to twitch in Seira's possession, gears in the wall grinding.
06[21:49] * Alicia holds off on her follow up questions for now, letting things play out between the orb and the wall...
06[21:50] * Seira can't believe her luck, should this work out. She'd been talking about this with Elle on and off, but they hadn't really gotten a major breakthru as of yet on their own, only having a few ideas involving Lagann using his telekinesis on a body similar to an Inevitable.
[21:51] <Kotono> Another voice overlays the voice of the gears, chanting as one. "Kill...kill...kill...kill HIM!" Lagann grows hot in Seira's possession, "Give it to me...Kill him...my work...!"
[21:52] <Alicia> This... doesn't sound too promising. "Seira?" Alicia gives the half-dragon a questioning look, trusting her judgement regarding the metal-controlling orb.
01[21:56] <Seira> Seira's initial thought is to dart out of the room, but she decides to try and calm Lagann down, focusing her mind on his!
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Make an int check?
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=4]
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Forgot the mod by mistake, but you won.
[21:58] <Kotono> The voices calm. Speaking without the overlaying one once more, "It has been done, Master Yandrazrt."
06[21:59] * Alicia relaxes as things seem to settle down.
06[21:59] * Seira sighs in relief. "Thanks. I appreciate it, honestly!"
[22:00] <Kotono> "Weird," Donald mutters.
[22:00] <Kotono> "We exist to be studied," The voices repeat.
[22:00] <Alicia> With Lagann dealt with, Alicia addresses the gears. "What is the purpose of studying you?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "We were created with the knowledge of Master Yandrazrt. We are to be studied to gain an understanding of the clockworks of Mechanus and it's metalline powers."
[22:03] <Alicia> "What understanding has been revealed through studying you?" Alicia follows up from that opening.
[22:03] <Kotono> "None have completed a study of us," They answer.
[22:04] <Alicia> Well, so much for that. Seeing that no one else has anything to ask, Alicia shrugs and heads out. "Which room next?" she asks Seira.
01[22:05] <Seira> "How about the 'Studies Room'?" Seira suggests, pointing it out. "Hopefully it's not tasteless."
[22:05] <Alicia> "A forlorn hope if ever I heard one," Alicia remarks dourly, going to open said door.
[22:06] <Kotono> Inside, you find an empty room. Besides for a single glass prism lying on a single table in the room, there is nothing of note here at all.
[22:06] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes glow blue as she regards the prism...
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 CL arcane sight
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 CL arcane sight and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d100 or not
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 or not and gets 32." [1d100=32]
[22:07] <Kotono> Alicia vanishes from view!...except for Seira, who can still see the invisible paladin.
06[22:08] * Alicia sighs vocally and tries again. "Don't worry, I'm still here," she reassures the others.
[22:08] <Alicia> rolll 1d20+17
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:08] <Kotono> This time it works! The prism radiates magic.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft (strength?)
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft (strength?) and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[22:09] <Alicia> "Hmm... illusion. Could be a spellgem, perhaps?" Alicia wanders over and picks the prism up.
[22:10] <Kotono> Holding the prism, Alicia can see images inside. Images of angels and demons, of slaadi and inevitables. They winkle inside.
06[22:10] * Seira approaches the prism Alicia is holding. "Could be a control gem, too, like the one we found in other gnomish ruins."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Or a scrying gem? No, wait, that'd be divination..." Focusing on the images, Alicia tries to follow the angels and see exactly what the gem is showing regarding them.
[22:12] <Kotono> As Alicia thinks on angels, the prism emits light! Around the room, images of angels spring up! They are diagrammed and rotate slowly. It shows body types and has notes in gnomish. Seira can see that it's information on how celestials are composed, from physical to spiritual and everything in between with them. It is currently explaining how a half human/half angel hybrid functions. For example, this female specimin has extra veins running int
[22:12] <Kotono> For example, this female specimin has extra veins running into her wings, but not nearly enough. The very nature of the wings is enough to make t hem work, regardless of biology.
[22:14] <Alicia> "Oh!" Alicia blinks, looking around at the illusory diagrams. "That is interesting... lets see, how about...?" she changes her mindset, now thinking of pit fiends and trying to pick out one inside the gem to focus on.
[22:17] <Kotono> The image of a pit fiend appears! Seira can read that it's body is composed primarily of hatred and an insaitiable need to dominate. It's blood is made of concentrated contempt for lesser beings. It has nine glands within it's body, each holding an element of sin. From these, poison flows into it's mouth. It's heart is nine chambered, ethereal and yet always there. Within it's heart beats an uncontrollable design to dominate, to kill to enslav
[22:17] <Kotono> Within it's heart beats an uncontrollable design to dominate, to kill to enslave.
[22:20] <Alicia> "This is fascinating," Alicia remarks, studying it for a moment before she takes her attention off the gem and pockets it. "I doubt the subjects were examined voluntarily, but it's certainly more intuitive than a book. We'll have to see if we can copy the design... anyway," she shakes her head, aware that she's gotten distracted, "Shall we move on?"
01[20:18] <Seira> "Why not?" Seira responds, going over their options briefly. "There was some kind of zoo, so let's try it next?"
[20:21] <Kotono> The party heads to the 'zoo'. In particular, the Beastlands Zoo. The door to it is like the others, nothing immediately identifying it as out of sorts.
06[20:21] * Seira opens it, peering inside.
[20:25] <Kotono> Inside are rows of cages. It's dark here, dark and silent and quiet. On a glance, many of the cells are destroyed. Inside lie bones and rubble and little else. What once lay within can be hinted at, for each cage has a little written plaque besides it.
06[20:26] * Alicia walks down the row of cages, her arcane-seeing eyes scanning them all for any activity within or around.
06[20:26] * Seira enters for an inspection of the premises. Something may still be hiding, or managed to escape their cells, and it would be good to know what they might face.
[20:27] <Kotono> There's no magic about that Alicia can see. OOC: Feel free to make a search check, Seira?
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
01[20:27] <Seira> OOC: Actually +2
[20:29] <Kotono> There were once things such as celestial creatures, unicorns, pegasus and other such magical, good aligned animals. But none seem to have survived. In the back is a little door, not hidden, but very easy to miss, between two empty cages.
06[20:30] * Seira waves everyone over, examining the door for traps.
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[20:31] <Kotono> The door is not trapped.
06[20:32] * Seira gets it open, wondering what might lie past it. The caretaker's office, perhaps?
[20:35] <Kotono> Inside is a nicely kept office. On the back is a bisected map of some sort. A desk is broken down the middle, a great scorch mark in the center. Beyond the rubble of the desk, several bookshelves are lined up. One of the shelves is broken, a few of the books burnt, but many intact. On the side walls, amid shattered glass cases, a few survive. Inside of them are things such as floating eyeballs, hearts floating in transparent blood, golden skin
[20:35] <Kotono> hearts floating in transparent blood, golden skin stretched out on a metal plate, a clump of fur that sparkles like polished mithral and other such things.
06[20:36] * Seira shakes her head in open disbelief. "So that guardian or his allies got this far, and then just left, while leaving everyone here as slaves for two thousand years?!"
[20:37] <Kotono> "I'd expect better," Donald grouses and goes to kick a chunk of destroyed desk, "I wonder what self righteous answer it has? 'It was my duty?'"
[20:38] <Alicia> "No wardens or jailers... simple apathy kept those people trapped here," Alicia notes sadly. "It really is a disgrace."
01[20:38] <Seira> "The whole working in mysterious ways bullshit again, probably. And how doing more would just invite evil to do the same," Seira mutters. "Well, at least we have our chance to set things right."
[20:38] <Kotono> "There must have been a good reason." Amaryl murmurs as she hangs back, eyes taking in the various glass-displayed samples. "I wonder...was it for whomever finally came here after the Resort?"
01[20:39] <Seira> "It's easy enough to justify their actions," Seira admits, "but I think it's rather telling we all think there is a need for a reason. Or that none of us would've let this stand."
[20:40] <Kotono> "It's a disgrace. Whomever set this up deserves a steel armor clad kick in his treasure chest." Donald runs a hand down his helmeted head, "Say, you know..." Looking ot Seira, "I wonder if that is the point. That we won't let it stand, that is."
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 planes, just what eyes are here?
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 planes, just what eyes are here? and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[20:40] <Alicia> "For all we know it was followers of Bane or Cyric that were responsible for destroying this outpost," Alicia points out. "It's possible they just didn't care and never told anyone who would have cared about who was left behind. Those devas and eladrin had to have friends back home, they wouldn't have left them if they'd known, I'm sure of it."
01[20:40] <Seira> "Wouldn't they have freed the fiends to use as minions?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "Demons make poor minions, for obvious reasons," Alicia replies. "Plus many of those types would simply rationalise that anyone captured is too incompetent to be worth their time."
[20:42] <Kotono> "Unless it's a pretty succubus who has found true love and the light," Donald mutters under his breath, nkeeling down to start picking through the desk-rubble.
01[20:42] <Seira> It sounds like another excuse, but Seira is willing to entertain it until more evidence either way. "I'll check once we have more time," she promises, helping Donald look through things.
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald aids search
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald aids search and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl will take ten to boost up your result by another +2 as well.
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: You need to roll to aid
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[20:45] <Kotono> You don't find much in the desk of note. However, there is a scroll within. Unfurling it, you find it to be a small but beautifully painted scene. A trackless forest, wild animals cavorting and roaming free. It's rather well drawn.
06[20:46] * Seira can't quite see Alicia but knows she is around, and holds the drawing up. "Is it magical, by chance?"
06[20:46] * Alicia looks to see.
[20:46] <Alicia> "No. It's nice, though," Alicia replies, studying the painting.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 (+2 if we're not in the antimagic) planes
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 (+2 if we're not in the antimagic) planes and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[20:48] <Kotono> "I sort of like it," Amaryl murmurs, "Seira, wouldn't it look nice if we hung it up?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "Looks like the Beastlands - I've never been, but I've seen pictures, and it fits for where we are," she adds.
01[20:48] <Seira> "It is a very nice scene," Seira agrees. "Let's bring it back, then."
[20:49] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Donald meanders over to the books. He takes an unburnt one out and starts to read it. "The Ecology of Heavens Touched Wolves - Pack Habits Related To Ritual Summonings." He reads aloud.
[20:50] <Alicia> "You can read that?" Alicia asks, wandering over to join Donald.
[20:50] <Kotono> "It's in Celestial," He answers, passing the book over to Alicia. "The shorty here probably killed an innocent angel to get it."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Wouldn't surprise me," Alicia nods, opening up the portable hole and putting all the intact books inside. "Want to put the painting in here as well for safe keeping?" she asks Seira.
06[20:52] * Seira gravitates towards the books as well, glancing at them. At Alicia's question, she nods, and then hesitates. "Would you mind storing that eye there as well?" she requests, pointing out the jar with a blink dog eye. "I've needed one for a ritual for the longest time, and kept on putting off asking an actual blink dog for help. Now I won't have to."
[20:53] <Alicia> "Fixing that portal to the elemental plane of water?" Alicia asks, nodding as she takes the jar and puts it inside as well.
06[20:54] * Seira nods. "It's about time I finally got around to it, now that this issue has finally been settled."
06[20:54] * Seira claps her hands. "Now, then! How about a visit to the frogs?"
[20:54] <Kotono> As Alicia gathers up the books, it revels a little cache in the back of on eof the shelves. An obvious little nook, with a little handle to open it up.
06[20:54] * Alicia opens the nook, naturally!
06[20:55] * Seira pauses, in disbelief at failing to notice something so obvious.
06[20:57] * Seira spends a bit of time to search the rest of the room, since she had clearly missed something!
01[20:57] <Seira> OOC: I could take 20 for 49, if someone aids it's 50+?
06[20:57] * Alicia lets Seira check it for traps.
[20:57] <Alicia> OOC: don't take 20!
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: we have buffs that could run out!
01[20:58] <Seira> OOC: I'll defer to you, sure
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search traps
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search traps and gets 42." [1d20=13]
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search everything
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search everything and gets 46." [1d20=17]
[20:59] <Kotono> Searching about, Seira finds the nook is indeed trapped. Further, she finds a small pile of loose coins behind one shelf. Just a few of them, really.
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 DD
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 DD and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[21:00] <Kotono> Click! As Seira works on the trap, her hands slip and trip it! A moment later, a great shock of electricity travels through her body! OOC: Fort, Seira.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 10d6 full damage but no other ill effect, you passed th esave.
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 full damage but no other ill effect, you passed th esave. and gets 37." [10d6=3, 4, 3, 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 4]
06[21:02] * Seira twitches, jerking her hand away.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Hey, Seira!" Donald approaches her carefully, "I can just bash it open if it's electric?"
01[21:03] <Seira> "No trap is allowed to get the better of me," Seira seethes, trying again.
[21:03] <Alicia> "That might break what's inside," Alicia tells Donald.
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 DD#2
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 DD#2 and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[21:03] <Kotono> Click! As Seira works on the trap, her hands slip and trip it again! A moment later, a great shock of electricity travels through her body! OOC: Fort, Seira. Again.
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 57." [1d100=57]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100 Reroll.
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 Reroll. and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[21:05] <Kotono> This time, however, colored streamers spray out over Seira!
06[21:05] * Alicia raises an eyebrow at the display but refrains from comment.
06[21:06] * Seira gets everyone to step back and does likewise, trying to disable the trap from a safer distance!
[21:06] <Kotono> "Wild magic? Useful?" Donald laugh sa little as he watches Seira work!
01[21:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 DD, ranged legerdemain, 30ft
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 DD, ranged legerdemain, 30ft and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[21:07] <Kotono> SEira fiddles with it from afar! She can't quite undo it, but it doesn't rip this time, either.
06[21:07] * Seira palms her face. "Amaryl, can I have the amulet for a moment? Just in case."
[21:07] <Kotono> Amaryl hands over the amulet. "Careful," she says.
06[21:08] * Seira puts it on, and then tries again.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> Click! This time the trap is undone!
06[21:10] * Seira searches for yet more traps!
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 38." [1d20=9]
[21:10] <Kotono> There are no more traps.
06[21:10] * Seira takes a look of what's beyond the nasty, disabled trap!
[21:13] <Kotono> Inside the cubby hole is the following: A statue of a golden jaguar, cast in solid-soft gold; a small set of colorful glass vials; a three-set of tokens like the ones the party carries; a small book about the size of a girl's diary.
06[21:13] * Alicia looks them all over for magic.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Vials are magic potions," Alicia comments.
01[21:15] <Seira> "If the tokens read the same, we can bring Demedais and Pollyanna over?" Seira suggests. "Unless it would cut into their private time. Donald, you go and ask them."
[21:15] <Kotono> Donald takes the tokens and departs away.
06[21:15] * Alicia puts everything in the portable hole, except the three tokens which are given to Donald. And the diary which she gives to Seira, "Check if it says anything relevant?" she asks.
01[21:15] <Seira> "I wonder whether he'd really ask them."
06[21:16] * Seira dutifully reads from the diary as she ponders that.
06[21:16] * Alicia starts to wander back into the main hallway as Seira skims the book.
06[21:16] * Seira is there to point out the evil frog door.
[21:17] <Kotono> Inside of the book are writings in gnomish. It looks to be poems, writings and reflections of the glories of the God-King, slayer of the False Gods, the True One that shall cast down the Gods and ascend into the starry sky.
06[21:17] * Alicia opens the door as requested, leading the way in.
01[21:19] <Seira> "A little fangirl wrote this," Seira comments, placing the diary away. "It's somewhat disturbing."
[21:19] <Kotono> As Alicia goes to that door, Demedais, Donald and Pollyanna approach.
06[21:20] * Seira uses the chance to return the amulet to Amaryl, as its purpose had been served.
[21:20] <Demedais> "So where is everyone?" Demedais muses.
[21:21] <Alicia> "We're... right here?" Alicia replies, turning briefly back from the open door to regard Demedais before she returns her attention back inside lest a giant frog suddenly leap out at her.
01[21:21] <Seira> "Everyone?"
[21:22] <Demedais> "Eh? Heard Alicia, don't see her. You at the door, then?" Demedais muses, stepping up to just a bit away from the door and peering in.
01[21:23] <Seira> "She has a slight case of being invisible."
[21:23] <Kotono> Inside the room, you see... a horizon that stretches on forever. No, you see a whirling black void...no, you see a sunrise-bright sky...no, you see a mother and child mourning a lost husband...no, you see a cat and dog, procreating...no, you see a silver rainbow droplet cake...no, you see a dozen frogs singing a poem to ever shifting names...no, you see griffons dancing with lemures...no, you see a little girl building a castle out of living h
[21:23] <Kotono> .no, you see griffons dancing with lemures...no, you see a little girl building a castle out of living human ears, whispering into them...no, you see..you see...you see everything. OOC: Make will saves, all.
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 dammit, frogs!
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 dammit, frogs! and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+5 if I still have mindarmor uses and this is mind-affecting)
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+5 if I still have mindarmor uses and this is mind-affecting) and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 It is mind effecting, so 28 for Deme.
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 It is mind effecting, so 28 for Deme. and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Polly
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Polly and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Amaryl
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Amaryl and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[21:27] <Kotono> Donald stares into it, hands twitching. "Oh yes...so many...possibilities..." (More)
[21:27] <Kotono> Pollyanna stares into it, a look of naseau passing over her face. But she can't seem to look away, captivated. (More)
[21:28] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes as she stares into it, "It's like a dream, when you imagine you can see so much more than you can."
01[21:29] <Seira> "It's disgusting, and there's nothing here to interest me," Seira says with a frown. "Let's move on? At this point, I'd rather see a devil."
[21:30] <Alicia> "It's horrible," Alicia frowns. "Without meaning or form... Mystra, hear me, let the unbound chaos before me be made plain, its wasteful magic undone!" she finishes with an incantation, gesturing with finality into the room.
[21:30] <Demedais> "WE. ARE GOING. TO BURN IT. WITH FIRE." Demedais growls. "Seira, please assist." With that and a gesture, a wall of water slams straight up into the room, obscuring steam and boiling water rising! OOC: CL check?
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: CL for dispel magic?
[21:30] <Demedais> OOC: Let Alicia resolve first, Deme will hold his.
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, Alicia.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 wild magic CL
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 wild magic CL and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 hate
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 hate and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 2d10
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10 and gets 14." [2d10=8, 6]
[21:35] <Kotono> Rainbow light fills the room, refracting off the endless visions inside the room! It dazzles all briefly then passes.
[21:36] <Demedais> "Right. That failed." Demedais grumbles, before raising up the wall of water!
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 wild CL
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 wild CL and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Roll fire damage? Assume full contact.
[21:37] <Demedais> roll 2d6+17
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+17 and gets 21." [2d6=2, 2]
06[21:37] * Seira frowns, but doesn't really have a good reason to reject Demedais's request out of hand. A fireball is ready to be summoned within the room, if Demedais's wall of boiling water doesn't do the job on its own.
[21:38] <Kotono> A wall of fire bursts into the images! AS it does, the images change! They become one - of a beautiful mountain-city over a burning silver-fire and purple sky. A sense of gentle peace can be seen, even as the wall ofw ater sizzles. Donald blinks hard, "What the hell was that?"
[21:38] <Demedais> "...Wait, this one's better." Demedais muses. "Maybe hitting it was the key to let us in? Still, it's obviously deception..."
06[21:39] * Alicia blinks a few times before she starts to laugh. "Hahaha! I was so foolish - I could no more impose order on chaos than hold back the sun!" she giggles merrily, before frowning at the display. "Hey, why's it staying like that all of a sudden? Maybe I did stop it... oooh, that's not good..."
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
06[21:39] * Demedais pauses at this, before looking to Alicia calmly. "Alicia? Are you alright?"
[21:39] <Kotono> "Alicia?" Pollyanna tears her gaze away from th eimage with a shuddering lurch, "What was that?"
01[21:40] <Seira> "Is the vision of Dweomerheart too overwhelming?" Seira inquires for her part.
06[21:41] * Alicia turns to regard Demedais with a wide smile. "Never better!" she replies gaily. She then leans close, regarding Demedais's head intently. "You should really grow your hair out, you know. You've shaved it as long as I've known you and it's getting boring... How about we swap? I'll shave my hair and you grow yours out!"
[21:41] <Demedais> "It's Dweomerheart?" Demedais asks, blinking before looking to Alicia again, checking for chaos.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Please don't," Seira says immediately.
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia has Nondeteciton, remembeR? Make a caster level check.
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Also, is that an SP or an SU?
[21:42] <Demedais> "It's... not shaved, it's tonsured." Demedais says slowly, eyeing Alicia. OOC: Sp. I presume the CL check for it would... just be my level?
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: It's from the paladin list, so it's an SP. Make a caster level check for wild magic first, yeah.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Your paladin level.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Or Prestige paladin level in this case.
01[21:43] <Seira> "What's the difference?" Seira asks curiously.
[21:43] <Kotono> "You? Bald?" Donald starts to laugh, before double-taking. "Wait a minute. Alicia, why would you even think about that?"
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 ah, right. Fuck, thought this would run off base level or something. Kay, wild magic~
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 ah, right. Fuck, thought this would run off base level or something. Kay, wild magic~ and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: success! Amazingly! CL check for nondetection on Alicia.
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 yeah, that was pure bulls***.
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 yeah, that was pure bulls***. and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[21:44] <Alicia> "Marie says I've been keeping my hair the same way for too long," Alicia turns to Donald, rubbing her loosely bound ebony tresses. "I even got it cut yesterday right after the wild magic grew it out... I really should listen to her, though. She's surprisingly perceptive, you know."
[21:44] <Kotono> "...uh...huh." Donald sharply look at Seira, "But bald? Really? Are you Demedais?"
[21:44] <Demedais> "Tonsured is- okay this conversation is pointless and you're calling Marie perceptive. We're going inside and resolving this."
01[21:44] <Seira> "And you're surprisingly succeptible to magic. Want to call it a day, or can you hold it together?"
06[21:47] * Alicia waves Seira off. "I've never felt better," she replies dismissively, before frowning. "Well... actually, that's a lie. I... I actually feel like I'm suddenly missing a lot." She focuses briefly but nothing happens, eliciting a snarl. "Bah, hardly anything works anymore! At least I still have my magic, though!"
[21:47] <Alicia> She proceeds to demonstrate by firing a barrage of magic missiles aimlessly down the hall towards the antimagic! Hopefully.
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: CL for MM?
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC:Yes.
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[21:47] <Kotono> Magic missiles fly off, vanishing when they hit the antimagic.
[21:47] <Demedais> "... You're missing a lot? Such as...?"
[21:48] <Kotono> "Common sense if you're firing those off at nothing?" Amaryl whimpers softly, "Alicia, are you sure you're okay?"
06[21:48] * Alicia grins happily at the rainbow coloured projectiles as they spiral dizzily away from her. "Oh, little things. I can't glow any more, and I feel a little bit off-balance. But it's refreshing, really," she insists.
01[21:48] <Seira> "Can you take us back?" Seira asks. "You helped fix my voice yesterday, I'll return the favor for you. It has to be temporary and removable."
[21:49] <Demedais> "... or it's something we need to stab whatever's in here for." Demedais curses.
[21:49] <Alicia> "Back? We just got here ten minutes ago!" Alicia insists. "There's still loads more to explore!"
06[21:50] * Seira tilts her head. "Rather than lamely pulling rank, take it as a request from a friend? This place won't run away."
[21:50] <Kotono> "I don't know. Say, Alicia." Donald smiles to her, "You're always teleporting us to that same oasis? How about you teleport us somewhere different entirely right now instead?"
06[21:51] * Demedais inhales sharply, waiting for Alicia to respond as he peers into the room, attempting to find some sort of source to this madness."
06[21:51] * Alicia looks thoughtful for a moment, before a smile starts to slowly split her face. "Donald you're a genius!" she grins, grabbing his head and pulling him in for a kiss full on the lips. Seperating quickly enough while he's hopefully still stunned, she extends her hands. "Gather round everyone, we're going on a trip!"
[21:52] <Kotono> You see a beautiful landscape, no sign of anything amiss of it at all. OOC: Make a spot check, Deme.
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 nothing amiss my left foot
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 nothing amiss my left foot and gets 34." [1d20=8]
06[21:52] * Seira takes Alicia's hand, looking mildly disturbed.
[21:52] <Kotono> Donald blushes hard at that, "A...Ali..." he tries, sputtering, "Wow."
[21:53] <Kotono> Pollyanna is at Demedais' sside, while Amaryl goes behind Alicia. "O..okay..."
[21:55] <Demedais> "This has to be deception... but damn if it isn't good." Demedais growls. "If it's showing Dweomerheart, that has to mean the spell and Alicia swapped... something, I guess? Since like hell you're normal right now, Alicia. As you said yourself, you're not feeling well." Swinging his spear out, he steps in very slightly, trying to feel out the floor with the tip of his spear.
06[21:56] * Alicia focuses intently on her mental image as she gestures towards Demedais. "Come on, Demedais, or I'll leave without you!" she sing-songs.
[21:56] <Kotono> The spear hits what seems to be solid ground. As he steps in, Demedais feels stepped in feelings of love, compassion, honor, justice and righteousness.
[21:56] <Kotono> *steeped
[21:56] <Kotono> "I'm not sure she's lying, either," Pollyanna whispers to Demedais, "Can we risk her going off and leaving us here?"
06[21:58] * Demedais pauses. "Can we risk going with her like this? ... We don't have a choice, do we. She's needed in all this, too, as much as right now..." A deep, resounding growl echoes from his throat, before he stalks outside with Pollyanna and slams the door shut. "Fine. Go, then, if you're willing to risk the teleport."
[21:58] <Demedais> *"Let's go, then"
[21:59] <Alicia> "Such a grouch," Alicia sighs. "Not to worry, this'll cheer you up! Lady of Mysteries, take us away! The place we're going, who's to say!" She chants. The fact that her mental image of a massive mountain-top high above the clouds is one she's never actually been to in this part of the world is entirely besides the point.
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[22:00] <Kotono> But instead of magic, a color spray gushes from Alicia's hands! OOC: I'll say it gets two people in it's spray. I'll determine randomly.
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d5
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 3." [1d5=3]
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Deme and Donald. Make an check for SR, Alicia.
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Deme's unaffected. Donald gets a will save.
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: What's your cha mod, Alicia?
[22:01] <Alicia> OOC: +8
[22:01] <Kotono> The cone engulfs Demedais and Donald! It parts around Demedais, while Donald drops to his knees!
06[22:02] * Demedais immediately moves over to Donald. "Damnit... you okay?"
[22:02] <Alicia> "Whoops!" Alicia claps a hand to her mouth in surprise. "I didn't mean it!" she insists quickly.
[22:02] <Kotono> After a few seconds, Donald starts to pick up his things. "F-fine. It just surprised me."
01[22:02] <Seira> "Maybe it's because we're trying to go somewhere new," Seira mentions. "How about we try the oasis after all?"
[22:03] <Demedais> "... ... ..." Demedais closes his eyes and counts mentally as the group converses.
[22:03] <Kotono> "H-how about we go home?" Donald says, "You can catch up with Marie now, then? Plus maybe Antenora's back?" He rubs his face, "Maybe talking to someone different will be more fun?"
[22:05] <Demedais> "Excellent idea, let's do it." Demedais growls, almost down to a low roar.
06[22:05] * Alicia giggles lamely. "Okay, it didn't like that, let me try somewhere else?" she offers, focusing once more on the spell. This time she conjures up the image of an idyllic desert island, with pure white beaches and palm trees and such.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: d100 then.
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: For the TP.
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 false destination 81-92 similar area, 93-100 mishap and 1d10 damage plus roll again
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 false destination 81-92 similar area, 93-100 mishap and 1d10 damage plus roll again and gets 83." [1d20=3]
[22:07] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears! Around you is the deep blue sea. You stand on a beach, palm trees about. The ocean surf leisurely crashes into the white sand beach. Behind you a mountain can be seen, a volcano surrounded by forest.
01[22:07] <Seira> "Not bad," Seira comments, taking in the sights. And casting Detect Magic, just in case it succeeds, before glancing at Alicia.
[22:07] <Kotono> "...oh. It actually worked?" Amaryl looks about, "It's...pretty."
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[22:08] <Demedais> "You were thinking of home, correct?" Demedais asks Alicia, a low glare.
[22:08] <Kotono> "It's an island." Donald starts to pace about, sand crunching beneath his boots.
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: What's the CL on nondetection for you, 20?
[22:08] <Alicia> "And the best part is, I have no idea where we are!" Alicia exclaims happily, spreading her arms and flapping her wings. "Isn't it exciting?"
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 20, so DC 35
[22:09] <Demedais> "Alicia?" Demedais says calmly. "Can you take us back to your place so you can go talk to Marie?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "So...ah...what are we going to DO here?" Pollyanna has a hand on her hip, "There's nothing to do here but cook in the sun."
[22:09] <Alicia> "I can talk to Marie any time," Alicia waves her hand negligently, flying up to a nearby tree and grabbing the fruits she finds. "Who wants a coconut?"
01[22:09] <Seira> "You lack imagination," Seira informs her. "But I'm with Demedais on this one, actually. I kinda want to get home."
06[22:10] * Demedais closes his eyes and begins counting again.
[22:11] <Alicia> Alicia's wings slow in their flapping as she glides to the ground, her eyes staring vacantly for a moment before a wince creases her expression. Putting a hand to her temple, she shakes her head slowly. "Oh, Mystra..." she groans in a soft voice.
[22:11] <Demedais> "Are you better now?" Demedais says calmly, looking to Alicia.
06[22:11] * Seira flashes over to Alicia. "Are you alright?" she asks worriedly.
[22:12] <Alicia> "Mmmm... no," Alicia returns after a moment's consideration, not looking up to risk meeting anyone's eyes. "Altogether I feel downright terrible, and incredibly foolish."
01[22:13] <Seira> "Foolish? For getting hit with magical recoil?" Seira scoffs at the idea.
06[22:14] * Demedais rubs head. "Since you were fine until you attempted to do the right thing by dispelling it... but yes, let's get everyone here home and figure out what must be done from there."
01[22:14] <Seira> "What must be done is enjoying this resort for a bit, before we actually return," Seira states firmlu.
[22:15] <Alicia> "Even if I was, I should have better control than that," Alicia murmurs. "Anyway, I could always take us back to the ruins so we could resume our search? There might still be others trapped there, after all."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Only if you're sure that you're fine after all that, and can manage to return today."
06[22:15] * Seira also uses the chance to restore some of Alicia's vitality back with a touch.
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 25." [2d8=7, 8]
[22:16] <Alicia> "Assuming no teleport mishaps I have enough to get us back there and then again home, but it'd be cutting things fine," Alicia admits.
06[22:16] * Demedais looks to Seira, than to Alicia. "Do you have the rest of your abilities back? Either way, I hate to sound callous, but they will not expire due to one more day there. We can handle things once you've recovered to full strength, and this gives us another chance to scry for the big oozecat anyway." Demedais replies.
01[22:16] <Seira> "We have one teleport as well in reserve, each," Seira says, nodding in Amaryl's direction. "That, at least, is no trouble."
[22:18] <Alicia> "Lets try going back now. If we miss we'll head straight home with the ones I have left?" Alicia suggests, looking up hesitantly.
[22:19] <Kotono> "I say it's up to Alicia since she does most of it," Donald agrees.
01[22:19] <Seira> "I'm good with that," Seira responds, before calling upon another spell. "Might as well recharge you a bit, right?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "Right... um, sorry Donald," Alicia doesn't quite meet the elf's eyes as she has everyone gather around once more.
06[22:19] * Demedais exhales slowly, before muttering under his breath. After a moment he nods to Alicia. "Very well, then."
01[22:20] <Seira> OOC: Spider climb, lvl2
[22:20] <Kotono> "Hey, you're a great kisser!" Donald grins ear to ear as he goes to take one of Alicia's hands. "If only she would, too..." He murmurs below his breath
[22:20] <Kotono> .
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for teleport back?
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for teleport back? and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d100 bah
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 bah and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Reroll.
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 bah x2
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 bah x2 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, list me your non magical items in PM on you?
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 6." [1d10=6]
[22:25] <Kotono> The party teleports wth a jerk! You appear before the closed door of the slaadi room, rainbow colors arching over Demedais!
[22:25] <Demedais> "What was that?" Demedais mutters. "Why do I get the rainbows now?"
06[22:25] * Seira takes out a piece of chalk and writes 'off limits' in Common on the door.
06[22:26] * Alicia kicks the door closed behind her. "Something in your backpack just became magic that wasn't before," she tells Demedais after a sidelong look at Donald, curious as to his murmurings.
01[22:27] <Seira> "Let's go watch dissected devils, now, and return any back to hell?"
06[22:27] * Demedais pulls out the item in his bag.
[22:27] <Kotono> It's Deme's old gnomish anatomy notes he took after Shamal passed.
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 25." [1d20=15]
01[22:28] <Seira> "Congratulations," she tells him, passing over to the door in question. "Conjuration, specifically aimed at healing uses."
[22:30] <Demedais> "Interesting." Demedais muses, putting them back at that. "We can see what they do later."
06[22:30] * Demedais nods to Seira after this.
06[22:30] * Seira actually opens the door.
[22:32] <Kotono> Inside the room are several tables. They're white enamel. On them bloodstains are rapant. Chains and hooks hang from the ceiling, body parts on them. On the tables themselves are a dozen barbed devils tied down and cut into various parts. You can see diabolical hearts, organs and visera on display. From above, a voice sounds, 'Welcome to the Diabolical Dissections area.'
[22:33] <Alicia> They're not... still alive, are they?
[22:33] <Demedais> "..." Demedais says nothing, stepping in and looking around carefully.
[22:33] <Kotono> "Hahahaa..." A laugh comes from one of them, "Finally...do you hear me, someone? Do you hear me, child of the Serpent?"
06[22:34] * Seira approaches the dissected devil warily. "Well, I hear you. That good enough for you?"
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Make spot, Deme.
[22:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[22:34] <Kotono> This one has it's legs split open like sausages, it's chest exposed. It's boil like magma, narrow little slits as it breaks it's neck to be able to look in Seira's direction. "Ten thousand trillion of them...and you are not one of them! Out of my sight!" It snaps!
01[22:35] <Seira> "Yeah, like you can command me," Seira says with disdain. "Do you want to die or not? Because I could just leave."
06[22:36] * Alicia idly wonders why the Molydeus didn't bother to 'play' with these unfortunate fiends. Then again, it left the other demons to rot as well, so who can speculate on its motivations?
[22:36] <Kotono> "Die? I am DEATHLESS, dragon!" With a snapping snarl as it laughs, laughing and shaking all over, "Dragon! Angel! Mortals! None of you are worth anything!"
01[22:36] <Seira> "Who is, then? Some serpent?"
[22:37] <Alicia> "From where I'm standing you don't amount to a whole lot yourself," Alicia observes cooly, hanging back near the door.
06[22:37] * Demedais goes over to the nearest body, ignoring the talking devil as he examines the corpse.
[22:39] <Kotono> "The broken 999,999,999,999 that wait for you...hehehhehehehehe...oh, I wait for even one of them! A whisper from one of them!" Spittle flies from it's mouth, it's red-black tongue licking it's lips and cheeks. Barbs there tear it up, blood coming in sputs from it's ruined tongue. Despite that it speaks yet! "Let me join you, oh children of the Serpent! Let me bask in your infernal glories!"
[22:39] <Alicia> OOC: any knowledge to know wtf he speaks of?
[22:39] <Kotono> The body looks like a dead body of a barbed devil. No signs of life at all, which is unusual considering fiends don't leave bodies on the Prime.
06[22:39] * Seira draws her sword, and glances briefly at the others. "A good reason not to send him back?"
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: K:P.
[22:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 I'll also play
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 I'll also play and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:40] <Demedais> "Considering that their bodies remained here when these ones died? I'm not sure killing him would send him back, even presuming that he can be sent back and is not, in fact, deathless like he claims." Demedais muses.
01[22:40] <Seira> "Only one way to check."
[22:41] <Demedais> "And here I liked the idea of sending him back to Hell direct to let him pal around with the pit devil."
[22:41] <Alicia> "There are ways of making the shell remain," Alicia observes. "So long as the animate spirit is sundered from it, that's all that really matters."
01[22:42] <Seira> That's all Seira really needs, and she attempts to separate the devil's head from its body with the Resort.
[22:43] <Demedais> "Mmm, true. Irenes did similar. Still, leaving these around isn't appealing."
[22:43] <Kotono> "Let me join you! I know! I know! I know!" The barbed devil howls, rocking up and down in it's bonds. "Come forth and devour all that oppose the Lord of the Nine! Devour the skies in your maws! Swallow the sun for all time!" Seira cuts down! The creature's head is cut from it's body! It's head's eyes roll up, looking at Seira, cackling laughter following despite blood gushing out all around it.
06[22:43] * Seira gives it a few more moments, to see if the deathless devil will die from blood loss, at least.
[22:44] <Kotono> It continues to laugh, it's blood flow slowing. Yet it still seems to live.
01[22:45] <Seira> "Huh. You really are deathless. Have fun with that." Seira decides to check the room, ignoring the weird devil.
[22:45] <Alicia> Well, this is unsettling. Taking out her prism from the study room, Alicia focuses on what she's seeing now to see if it can shed any light on what motivates these fiends to remain animate and on the prime in defiance of all reason.
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Make an K:P check with a +5 bonus, Alicia?
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[22:46] <Kotono> Seira searches the room. She finds some old dissection equipment, nasty tools and cutting instruments. Not much else - no sign of anything secret or a diabolical portal.
01[22:47] <Seira> "Need help with that?" Seira offers Alicia as soon as she notices what the paladin is doing. "I can read that, after all."
[22:47] <Alicia> "Tell me what it says if it generates an image, yes," Alicia replies distractedly as she focuses...
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Disregard your PM, Alicia.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: I forgot yo ucan't read gnomish.
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: should be a big hologram like before as well, right?
[22:49] <Kotono> The images of a bisected barbed devil appears in front of the party, as well as writings in gnomish.
01[22:49] <Seira> "Can you check what happens to an outsider taken out of this room?" Seira asks Alicia. "Alternately, we could just test with one of the dead bodies."
[22:50] <Kotono> "Come here...come here..." The beheaded devil whispers several times, raising in tone from nearly silent to loud on the ninth whisper.
06[22:50] * Demedais shrugs. "I can test that." With that, he takes the arm of the one he was examining before glancing to the devil.
06[22:50] * Alicia pockets the prism after Seira's read what it produced, picking up the laughing skull by the back of its head and marching out of the room with it held at arm's length.
[22:51] <Kotono> It's face twists into a grin, "Let me talk to you...oh, I'll show you the fruits of the forbidden knowledge!" It gloats in Infernal! Going out of the room, the head still seem sto live.
06[22:52] * Seira waits to see what happens to the dead arm Demedais is carrying.
[22:52] <Kotono> The dead arm stays as well outside of the room.
01[22:52] <Seira> "Maybe they're been treated with preservatives," Seira muses. "Let's try a dead magic zone now?"
[22:52] <Alicia> "What could you *possibly* know?" Alicia asks, wondering if it's necromancy at work here. "Demedais, could you possibly use a touch of healing on this thing?" she asks, since she used up her own earlier. "Just a little to see if it has any adverse effect."
[22:53] <Demedais> "The head or the arm?" Demedais says, keeping his stomach calm with somewhat relative ease.
[22:53] <Kotono> "I know IT!" Laughing and writhing in Alicia's grasp, "I know the most important thing of all!"
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: Actually, any magic I see on the head?
[22:53] <Alicia> "Head," Alicia confirms. "It might be undead."
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: Magic different from anything on the arm?
[22:53] <Kotono> Meanwhile, the others just stay and watch this grisly display.
06[22:54] * Demedais taps it with some healing, then. OOC: 4 expended.
01[22:54] <Seira> "Whatver it is, it's magic. Antimagic or dead magic would probably make it dead."
[22:54] <Kotono> The head looks slightly healed but otherwise unaffected.
06[22:55] * Seira blinks. "Although the arm might be slightly undead. Better toss that back in."
06[22:55] * Alicia grimaces as the healing takes effect, wandering over towards the anti-magic zone. "How do you even talk? Your lungs... even your throat, is gone."
01[22:55] <Seira> "A wizard did it."
06[22:56] * Demedais puts the arm back down. "We still need a way to destroy these." he mutters.
06[22:56] * Seira glances towards Amaryl. "But I wouldn't! It's creepy and I don't like things like that."
[22:56] <Kotono> "Death holds no dominion over me!" He cackles as Alicia enters the dead magic zone! Yet...some how it continues to live! "Nothing does! Oh, listen, listen, listen to me! Listen to the great blessing I have been shown!"
[22:57] <Kotono> "Oh..." Amaryl continues to watch, "Just destroy the head? It's making my skin crawl."
01[22:57] <Seira> "But that's disturbing, it might still be alive and we won't even know it!"
[22:58] <Alicia> Well, this sure is disgusting. "We can try feeding it to the slime?" she suggests, sighing. "Severing his neck seems to have really loosened his tongue."
[22:58] <Demedais> "Did you find an extra token?" Demedais muses.
[22:58] <Kotono> "Listen! Listen! Listen!" The head rocks back and forth in Alicia's grip, it's bloodied tongue licking out, trying ot reach Alicia's fingers.
[22:59] <Demedais> "You're as bad as a hyper fairie." Demedais tells the head.
01[22:59] <Seira> "Okay," Seira gives up. "Tell us your big bad secret."
06[22:59] * Alicia has her hand on the back of its head with it pointed away from her at arm's length, so it's getting nowhere with that. "We listen and yet you say nothing at all..."
[22:59] <Kotono> "Closer...closer...such things must be whispered!" The head insists.
[23:00] <Demedais> "Go ahead and whisper it from here. I'll hear it." Demedais replies.
01[23:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[23:01] <Kotono> "Closer!" With a laugh, "I won't bite!"
01[23:02] <Seira> "Alicia, just toss it back in the room. This is getting us nowhere, and we'll find out what to do with it eventually."
[23:02] <Demedais> "We may be back to listen later, but we aren't in the mood right now." Demedais tells the head sternly, before leaving the room.
[23:03] <Alicia> "We could give it to one of the demons?" Alicia suggests, putting it on one of the tables in the dissection room before grimacing and rubbing her dirty-feeling fingers together as she exits.
01[23:03] <Seira> "If I had to guess, Asmodeus had a hand in keeping that thing alive," Seira muses. "Normal means of killing it probably won't work."
[23:03] <Kotono> You hear it's laughter chasing you as the party leaves. "I'll wait...I'll wait for a child of the Broken One to come to me!"
[23:03] <Demedais> "Who's the Broken One?"
[23:04] <Kotono> "What, WHAT?" Donald snap-looks to Seira, a click of metal as his armor turns. "Asmodeus, the King of Hell? Seriously?"
01[23:04] <Seira> "No, Asmodeus, the grocer down the road."
06[23:04] * Demedais gives an amused look to Seira.
[23:05] <Kotono> "Oh stop that," Donald snaps, "Not the point! It's note very day you see something that you can point at and say 'Oh, Asmodeus did it!'"
01[23:05] <Seira> "It was 'Oh, Asmodeus might have done it'!" Seira insists. "That's totally different!"
[23:05] <Demedais> "Maybe Esthan's higherup did it." Demedais shrugs.
[23:06] <Alicia> "There's no evidence," Alicia retorts. "It could just as easily have been Daa-vid, or some horribly powerful gnome like that time magus plumbing arcane depths best left unexplored. It'd be easy to accomplish with necromancy, but the fact that it isn't makes it strange."
06[23:06] * Seira pauses. "Actually, it's easy enough to try and check." She heads to the room with the gears, and opens the door once more.
01[23:07] <Seira> "Daa-vid is another possibility, I suppose," she admits. "But I'm thinking it should be near that level of divinity to accomplish that feat."
[23:11] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge for Broken One?
[23:11] <Kotono> Seira returns to the room of gears. They continue to turn eternally.
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: K:P if you like.
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 me too
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 31." [1d20=7]
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 me too and gets 32." [1d20=16]
01[23:12] <Seira> "You knew about the moly-whatsit demon, right?" Seira addresses the room. "Any chance you would know about a crazy devil still alive after being dissected?"
[23:12] <Demedais> "Uh, no? Don't know if it ever came up..."
[23:15] <Kotono> "We do not," The gears answer, "We know of the molydeus becauseit made itself apparent."
[23:16] <Alicia> "Lets just keep looking around? The fortress is big, there's bound to be something," Alicia suggests. "If not we'll figure something out."
[23:16] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs.
01[23:16] <Seira> "Did he say anything before his ignoble demise?" Seira asks curiously. "And come to think of it, Alicia's right. Where would the record room for everything be located?"
[23:18] <Kotono> "There may be," The gear agree, "But we know of this place, not of beyond it."
01[23:19] <Seira> "Oh well, thanks anyway," Seira tells the gears, and closes the door. "Yugoloths next, fun!"
[23:19] <Demedais> "Right."
06[23:19] * Seira opens the door in question.
[23:21] <Kotono> Ahead, the room is pitch black. Shadowy, pitch black ahead as far as the eyes can see. From the darkness, faint, silibant whispers can be almost heard.
01[23:21] <Seira> "Anything alive in there?" Seira calls out, ready to close the door.
[23:21] <Kotono> 'Welcome to your graves. Welcome to the place where life rots into death. Enter! The gnomes went first, but there's still plenty more!'
[23:21] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[23:21] <Kotono> 'Welcome to your graves. Welcome to the place where life rots into death. Enter! The gnomes went first, but there's still plenty more!' The voice sounds from above, calm and collected, lik ethe voice that welcomed you into this museum.
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 planes, what the hell
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 planes, what the hell and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 do the eyes match any 'loth I'm familiar with?
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 do the eyes match any 'loth I'm familiar with? and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[23:23] <Demedais> "You sound boring." Demedais comments.
[23:25] <Kotono> 'Yet you cannot resist my beautiful killing chamber...oh, did you dispatch the molydeus yet? You may be worthy for a glorious death within!'
06[23:26] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold. "Ultraloth. It sacrificed its lesser brethren to create this illusory killing field," she warns the group. "Be wary, they are not foes to take lightly."
01[23:26] <Seira> "I might consider it if you tell me how to kill the unkillable devil?" Seira asks hopefully. "Or you could kill the unkillable devil!"
[23:27] <Demedais> "I take it that's what we heard you two fighting?" Demedais shrugs. "Also, illusory killing field? Ultraloth?"
[23:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[23:28] <Kotono> 'Can you turn away? Can you turn away from me? Oh yes, you know the evil that lurks inside, waiting. It's not in your nature to turn away from evil.'
[23:29] <Alicia> "Think of it as the Yugoloth equivalent to a Pit Fiend," Alicia whispers to Demedais. "The area within will make it even stronger than normal."
01[23:29] <Seira> "Sure I can," Seira says, closing the door before turning to look at the others. "Do we want to bother with them right now?"
[23:30] <Demedais> "I'd suggest trying to dispel it but I remember the last time you tried dispelling something. Also, Seira, you read my mind for reactions. Though... hm." Demedais muses.
06[23:30] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold after Seira closes the door. "I'd rather not leave it at my back," she reasons. "We could toss that devil head at it to start things off if you really want to test its killing power versus the unkillable fiend."
[23:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
01[23:31] <Seira> "If this records room exists, it might have a clue for what to do with them. And yes, tossing the devil head inside would be interesting."
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[23:32] <Demedais> "Alicia, the first question is - can it escape? The second question is, if not, are we likely to find some way to trigger the defenses here? If not we may as well leave it for now and worry on it later."
[23:33] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
06[23:33] * Seira decides to quickly fetch the deathless devil's head.
[23:34] <Kotono> OOC: Stop there, lining.
[23:36] <Kotono> As the party talks, there is a roar from deep within the darkness! It emerges out, seen by those with darkvision. It is green and has four arms, it's bloated body bedeckoned by a belt of metal orbs. It's eyes glow like yellow bile, "Blood for the sacrifice!" this creature calls. OOC: Whatever it is doesn't look friendly. Let's do init.
[23:36] <Alicia> OOC: the door was closed. Did it open the door?
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: Oh. Dur.
[23:37] <Kotono> OOC: Let me reline then.
[23:37] <Kotono> As the party talks, there is a roar from deep within the room! It emerges out, the door thrust open! It is green and has four arms, it's bloated body bedeckoned by a belt of metal orbs. It's eyes glow like yellow bile, "Blood for the sacrifice!" this creature calls. OOC: Whatever it is doesn't look friendly. Let's do init.
01[23:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[23:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[23:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[23:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[23:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[23:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[23:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 ????
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 ???? and gets 26." [1d20=13]
01[23:38] <Seira> "What hurts it, Alicia?" Seira calls over to the female paladin, switching gears.
[23:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 woo.
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 woo. and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[23:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, what is it and how does it die?
06[23:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes, what is it and how does it die? and gets 39." [1d20=15]
03[23:40] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl(20)>Donald(19)>Big Axe Guy(16)>Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
[23:40] <Alicia> OOC: hey, if it is a summon, DC 20 will or gtfo
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 will
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 will and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: ???? is up.
[23:42] <Alicia> "Nycaloth! Holy mithral weapons are needed!" Alicia calls back to Seira in alarm.
[23:43] <Alicia> OOC: Deme got skipped in the topic btw
01[23:43] <Seira> "What about magic?"
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: Thanks, dur.
03[23:43] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amary=Demedaisl(20)>Donald(19)>Big Axe Guy(16)>Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
03[23:43] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl=Demedais(20)>Donald(19)>Big Axe Guy(16)>Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
[23:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[23:43] <Kotono> From within the darkness, a crackling, enervating ray fires out at Pollyanna!
[23:44] <Alicia> "Acid!"
[23:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+ ah hell, if it's not a 1 on a ranged touch it doesn't matter
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ ah hell, if it's not a 1 on a ranged touch it doesn't matter and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=2]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[23:46] <Kotono> The black beam hits Pollyanna, making her body shrink and energy shrivel! As she weathers this storm...
[23:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[23:46] <Kotono> Crackling magic crumbles around Alicia! OOC: Alicia, what effects do you have up?
[23:46] <Alicia> OOC: Heroism and Shield
[23:47] <Alicia> OOC: and arcane sight
[23:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 heroism dispel magic time
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 heroism dispel magic time and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[23:47] <Alicia> OOC: CL 16 for first two, 17 for latter
[23:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 arcane sight
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 arcane sight and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[23:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 shield
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 shield and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[23:47] <Kotono> OOC: Gets everything but arcane sight.
[23:47] <Kotono> The magics around Alicia unweave, breaking apart! OOC: Pollyanna's up.
[23:48] <Kotono> Pollyanna steps a few feet back, readying arrows and firing off a batch! "Back!"
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[23:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
06[23:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[23:48] <Kotono> OOC: At the flatfooted nasty, obviously.
[23:49] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14+2d6
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14+2d6 and gets 24." [1d8=4][2d6=5, 1]
[23:50] <Kotono> Of her arrows, one slam into the creature! It doesn't penetrate far into it's vitals, but isn't resisted entirely, either! The flames on it don't even seem to bother it! OOC: Amaryl and Deme.
[23:50] <Kotono> Amaryl quickly steps back as well, snapping off a foursome of arrows as she retreats away!
[23:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[23:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[23:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[23:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[23:51] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12+3d8 at least one of the non split arrows hit
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12+3d8 at least one of the non split arrows hit and gets 43." [3d8=6, 3, 2][3d8=8, 8, 4]
[23:51] <Kotono> Arrows slam into the unruly charging outsider, doing little damage as well, but finding some penetration! OOC: Deme.
[23:52] <Alicia> OOC: strike my Acid line, I was confused.
[23:52] <Alicia> "Anything but acid!"
06[23:53] * Demedais steps in to the side, quickly moving to dice it up as an aura of protection comes over the group! "Right. Let's see what you've got, ugly."
[23:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+1 GMW)
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+1 GMW) and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[23:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 GMW)
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 GMW) and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[23:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+1 GMW) Screw you too bot
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+1 GMW) Screw you too bot and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[23:54] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. The 26 would hit if it wasn't a 1.
[23:54] <Demedais> roll 2d6+13 wee, I can bypass DR next round~ all I was hoping for~
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+13 wee, I can bypass DR next round~ all I was hoping for~ and gets 21." [2d6=5, 3]
[23:54] <Kotono> Demedais squares up with the brute of a monster, hacking into it! He finds the going hard as well, but scores a wound on it's arm!
[23:54] <Kotono> OOC: Donald.
[23:55] <Kotono> Donald steps back, conjuring up a ray of tiring energies, firing at the 'loth...or trying!
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d100 siiigh
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 siiigh and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[23:56] <Kotono> But instead, a horrible stench rolls off Donald's body, nasty and sickening! "Argh!" Cursing, he quickly fires off another!
[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d100 siiigh
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 siiigh and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[23:57] <Kotono> At that a strange sensation passes over the party! Donald says something, but it's incomprehensible to all! A moment later, the Nycaloth roars something as well, also babel-speak, as it tears into Demedais!
[23:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA)
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[23:58] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Deme? That might be a crit if it hits.
[23:59] <Demedais> OOC: 44+Donald's bonus. So yes, it hits. Irony.
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA) crit check.
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) crit check. and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Axe hit 2
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Axe hit 2 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Axe hit
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Axe hit and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[23:59] <Kotono> OOC: -5 from that one, still missed.
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 claws
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 claws
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 claws and gets 27." [1d20=4]
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 claws and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[23:59] <Kotono> roll 3d6+24
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+24 and gets 33." [3d6=2, 5, 2]
Session Time: Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono> Demedais defends himself well from a flurry of strikes, including an axe into his gut! But he endures, as...
[00:00] <Demedais> OOC: If it's within my range (which, since I had to step in to hit it, it might be?) I get an AoO since it missed me.
[00:00] <Kotono> OOC: Does it mention how it resolves timewise in the power writeup?
[00:01] <Kotono> OOC: It has a quickened SLA it's going to fire first unless it interrupts, so I can finish it's routine and then you can counter-AoO.
[00:01] <Demedais> OOC: Desc. is When an opponent misses you by 6 or more points, you may make an attack of opportunity on them. Kinda reads like I get it immediately, but I may be wrong.
[00:02] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and AoO then.
[00:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 this still doesnג€™t bypass DR if it hits
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 this still doesnג€™t bypass DR if it hits and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[00:02] <Kotono> OOC: Crit chance.
[00:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 crit check~
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 crit check~ and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[00:02] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit. Teasebot.
[00:03] <Demedais> roll 2d6+13 whack
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+13 whack and gets 20." [2d6=5, 2]
[00:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[00:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100 uh oh
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 uh oh and gets 85." [1d100=85]
[00:05] <Kotono> Rainbow energies crackle around Demedais! His body seems to shorten somewhat, clad in armor and hidden as magic works on him! OOC: Seira.
01[00:06] <Seira> 'Still there?' Seira thinks to Amaryl, maneuvering herself into a flanking position with Demedais, her weapon striking from above at the Nycaloth's exposed neck.
[00:06] <Kotono> 'Yeah,' Amaryl thinks back, 'I'm here.'
01[00:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 (flight, flanking, lots of other stuff, lifetheft)
06[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 (flight, flanking, lots of other stuff, lifetheft) and gets 48." [1d20=20]
01[00:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 (flight, flanking, lots of other stuff, lifetheft) amusing
06[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 (flight, flanking, lots of other stuff, lifetheft) amusing and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[00:07] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[00:07] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
01[00:07] <Seira> roll 9d8+33+5d8 I see
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+33+5d8 I see and gets 102." [9d8=5, 6, 8, 5, 7, 2, 4, 1, 6][5d8=8, 3, 7, 5, 2]
[00:08] <Kotono> Seira gets the fiend right in the throat, ripping deep into it's body and scoring a massive wound! OOC: It's hurt now. Alicia?
01[00:09] <Seira> 'So Demedais looks different,' Seira thinks in an almost conversational tone. 'Think he got transmuted into an elf?'
[00:09] <Kotono> 'That would be a gift...if he wanted it, that is. Donald's...oh, this isnt' the time!' Amaryl grimaces, 'Later, I'm trying to draw more arrows!'
06[00:10] * Seira laughs.
06[00:10] * Alicia attempts to finish it off, standing next to Demedais as she lays into the creature while its distracted by the gaping neck wound Seira granted it.
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=6]
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[00:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[00:10] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 55." [1d8=7][2d6=5, 6][1d6=1][1d6=3][4d4=1, 4, 2, 3]
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 50." [1d8=1][2d6=4, 6][1d6=2][1d6=5][4d4=1, 2, 4, 2]
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 55." [1d8=8][2d6=4, 4][1d6=4][1d6=4][4d4=1, 1, 2, 4]
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 49." [1d8=7][2d6=3, 4][1d6=5][1d6=2][4d4=1, 2, 1, 1]
03[00:11] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl=Demedais(20)>Donald(19)>Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
[00:11] <Kotono> Alicia cuts ahead into the wounded Nycaloth, breaking it apart into black ooze! It fades away, slaughtered! From the darkness, you hear whispering chuckles. OOC: ???? is up.
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[00:13] <Kotono> OOC: Whatever it did you can't see it. Polly's up.
[00:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna holds, saying something aloud - but it makes no sense! She looks to Demedais and speaks again, more nonsense! OOC: She's holding for the moment. Amaryl and Deme.
[00:14] <Kotono> 'Now what?' Amaryl think sto Seira.
06[00:16] * Demedais looks between Alicia, Seira and the darkness with some confusion apparent on the helmeted face.
01[00:16] <Seira> 'If that thing keeps on summoning them, we have to put it down,' Seira thinks back, gesturing indoors with her sword for everyone's sake. 'Wait until I'll go in, then follow?'
[00:17] <Kotono> 'Right,' Amaryl holds! OOC: Are you doing anything or holding, Seira?
[00:17] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Deme.
[00:17] <Demedais> OOC: Holding.
[00:18] <Kotono> Donald says something unknown, looking about the party and pointing into the darkness and shrugging, and then pointing back towards th eexit of the museum and shrugging! OOC: Donald holds. ???? time is up.
01[00:18] <Seira> OOC: Not me?
[00:19] <Alicia> OOC: or me?
[00:19] <Kotono> OOC Nope.
[00:20] <Kotono> It comes out from the darkness, emerging forth! It is sort of human - it has a wolf's head, carrying a book under one arm. A thin pair of spectacles top it's canine face, which is full of a self isolated contempt. "Hmph," It looks on with utter disdain, magic weaving around it's hands as it invokes arcane powers!
[00:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 CL check for wild magic.
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 CL check for wild magic. and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[00:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[00:21] <Kotono> Instead, smoke gushes out from the ears of all, acrid, nasty smoke! It's eyes widen in surprise! OOC: Seira.
03[00:21] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl=Demedais(20)>Donald(19)>Dog-creature(16)>Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
[00:21] <Alicia> OOC: if it's a summon DC 20 will or fuck off
06[00:21] * Seira is filled with even more disdain towards someone who fails at being intimidating with such an attitude.
[00:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[00:22] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[00:22] <Demedais> OOC: Taking held action once I can see it, I figure, if I can?
[00:22] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. Go ahead go instead then, Deme.
03[00:22] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl(20)>Donald(19)>Dog-creature(16)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
06[00:23] * Demedais nods slightly and charges the creature, aiming for one quick and brutal slash across it!
[00:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, +2 Charge, -10 PA)
06[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, +2 Charge, -10 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[00:24] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[00:24] <Demedais> roll 2d6+33
06[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+33 and gets 35." [2d6=1, 1]
[00:25] <Kotono> Demedais runs up into the unseen darkness, trusting the image that he can glimpse inside! He hacks away inside, landing a barely seen blow at the creature within! OOC: Seira.
06[00:25] * Seira scowls, but just opts to dart inside the room as well, lest the ultraloth keep on swarming them. She's willing to draw fire from the others for that goal! For now, however, she is content with taking stock of the situation inside, and getting into flanking position with Demedais to harrass the canine creature.
01[00:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 same as before sans lifetheft
06[00:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 same as before sans lifetheft and gets 48." [1d20=20]
01[00:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 I see
06[00:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 I see and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[00:26] <Kotono> OOC: Fucking hell, you're on today. Crit.
01[00:26] <Seira> roll 9d8+33+5d8 good
06[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+33+5d8 good and gets 102." [9d8=4, 1, 7, 6, 7, 7, 2, 1, 7][5d8=8, 2, 8, 2, 7]
[00:27] <Kotono> The room is big. There seems to be more ahead, more cages and no end in sight from here for Seira! Meanwhile she plunges her sword into the canine creature, stabbing it's guts all out in one savage blow! OOC: Alicia.
[00:29] <Alicia> Flapping her wings, Alicia takes off and flies into the room, swooping in alongside Demedais to attack the creature while flanking with Seira, intent on killing it quickly!
01[00:29] <Seira> 'Now's a good time to follow!'
[00:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike charge
06[00:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike charge and gets 49." [1d20=20]
[00:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike charge crit check
06[00:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike charge crit check and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[00:30] <Kotono> OOC: Mother fucker.
[00:30] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[00:30] <Alicia> roll 2d8+68+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4
06[00:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+68+2d6+1d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 105." [2d8=2, 8][2d6=4, 4][1d6=5][1d6=3][4d4=3, 1, 3, 4]
03[00:30] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Amaryl(20)>Donald(19)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)'
[00:31] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, decapitating the canine creature! It fades away into black mists, gone! Amaryl follows in as well into the darkness! OOC: ???? is up.
03[00:31] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Donald(19)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)Amaryl(12)'
[00:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[00:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[00:32] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[00:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
03[00:32] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Nycaloth(22)>Donald(19)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)Amaryl(12)'
[00:33] <Kotono> About twenty feet ahead of the party, another four armed terror appears out of the blue! OOC: Rolling sword of the sealed gate.
[00:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[00:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[00:33] <Kotono> OOC: It's save is +13, not 7. Dur. Thatmakes it 20 even, my mistake.
[00:35] <Kotono> Pollyanna calls, but her words are meaningless babble! OOC: Polly's holding. She can't see much in the dark and can't communicate this. The 'loth is up.
06[00:35] * Alicia glows to hopefully provide some light along with her flaming sword which already provides plenty!
[00:35] <Kotono> Alicia glows with holy light! It provides a sickly, weak radiance here, but it's neough for Pollyanna to shoot!
[00:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[00:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[00:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[00:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[00:36] <Kotono> roll 3d8+42+6d6
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+42+6d6 and gets 66." [3d8=1, 7, 3][6d6=4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]
[00:37] <Kotono> Arrows fly into the creature, as it roars and charges at Seira!
[00:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-4 PA) axe to the face
06[00:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-4 PA) axe to the face and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[00:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 quickened SLa
06[00:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 quickened SLa and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[00:37] <Kotono> roll 1d100 hope it's not a 85, Seira. That is all.
06[00:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 hope it's not a 85, Seira. That is all. and gets 9." [1d100=9]
01[00:37] <Seira> OOC: My ac's higher
[00:38] <Kotono> The swing is heavy and misses, as the Nycaloth pivots and turns! It whirls about, exposing it's back ot the part! OOC: Donald is up.
[00:38] <Kotono> Donald scoots in to ten feet in the room, taking a long breath before invoking magic!
[00:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 here's hoping
06[00:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 here's hoping and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[00:38] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wow.
[00:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 SR
06[00:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 SR and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[00:39] <Kotono> The crackling beam hits the creature, but dissipates around it! OOC: Deme and Seira.
01[00:39] <Seira> OOC: Deme can go first
06[00:41] * Demedais nods at Seira, before stepping in on its right and doing a straight slash across its open back, before cutting upward and then diving down to try and split it in half!
[00:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA)
06[00:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[00:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA)
06[00:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[00:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA)
06[00:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+6 Law Dev, -7 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[00:41] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[00:42] <Demedais> roll 4d6+54
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+54 and gets 66." [4d6=5, 5, 1, 1]
06[00:42] * Seira heads for the left, willing to clear the path to the ultraloth for others through their actions.
01[00:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
01[00:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
01[00:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
01[00:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[00:42] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. Your luck stabilizes back down.
01[00:42] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+5d8 if you say so
06[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+5d8 if you say so and gets 47." [3d8=7, 2, 5][5d8=7, 7, 3, 4, 1]
[00:43] <Kotono> Seira and Demedais catch it side to side, tearing into it's exposed flanks mercilessly! OOC: Alicia.
06[00:45] * Alicia would rather not have to just keep fending off summoned minions, she she flies around the nycaloth a further sixty feet into the room. "Hell Striker, let me know if you detect anything," she whispers as she looks around...
[00:45] <Kotono> Alicia flies about! The room seems to stretch out and out and out endlessly!
[00:46] <Kotono> 'It is not natural,' Hell-Striker sounds in your mind.
[00:46] <Alicia> Except said words come out gibberish?
06[00:47] * Alicia waits, hoping her arcane sight will let her see the ultroloth when it next employs its magic against them. Summons have short range, so it can't be too far...
[00:47] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to holy smite it if I detect it casting
[00:47] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[00:47] <Kotono> Amaryl steps forward, firing off another volley of arrows!
[00:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[00:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[00:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[00:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
06[00:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
06[00:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[00:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[00:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[00:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit on the first split arrow?
06[00:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 crit on the first split arrow? and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[00:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[00:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 5." [1d8=1]
[00:48] <Kotono> Amaryl lands a single arrow, bouncing off the creature's unholy skin! OOC: ???? is up.
01[00:48] <Seira> 'You'll get it next time!'
[00:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[00:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[00:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[00:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[00:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 touch AC for Amaryl
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 touch AC for Amaryl and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[00:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 fort
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 fort and gets 22." [1d20=5]
01[00:51] <Seira> OOC: She has heroism on for +2 more, if that matters
[00:51] <Kotono> OOC: It does. Thanks.
[00:52] <Kotono> From nowhere and everywhere, a beam strikes out at Amaryl! It leaves her staggering, yawning! OOC: Amaryl is fatigued. (More)
03[00:52] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Nycaloth(22)>Donald(19)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13>)Amaryl(12)'
[00:53] <Kotono> roll 1d100 Dur
06[00:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 Dur and gets 27." [1d100=27]
[00:53] <Kotono> OOC: Polly's up.
[00:54] <Kotono> From behind, Pollyanna fires off more arrows at the surrounded Nycaloth!
[00:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[00:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[00:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 23." [1d20=2]
06[00:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[00:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[00:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[00:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[00:54] <Kotono> But none of her arrows can land this time, missing the creature! OOC: It's up.
[00:54] <Kotono> With boundless fury, the Nycaloth hollers as it strikes out at the two warriors around it!
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Deme
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Deme and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Seira
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Seira and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Seira
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Seira and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Deme
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Deme and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 claw Deme
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 claw Deme and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 claw Seira
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 claw Seira and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[00:55] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
01[00:55] <Seira> OOC: AC 43, 49 if Deme has the protection aura
[00:55] <Demedais> OOC: 44, presuming Donaldג€™s not in range. And yes, I do.
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 CL check for it's quickened SLA
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 CL check for it's quickened SLA and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[00:56] <Kotono> A moment later, magic unweaves around Seira! OOC: You got dispelled. Whta spells do you have active?
01[00:56] <Seira> OOC: Oh wow. Let's see....
01[00:57] <Seira> OOC: CL16: Greater Heroism, Draconic Might, Greater Resistance, Keen Edge (Resort), Heroism, Dragonskin, Shield, Detect Magic
01[00:57] <Seira> OOC: CL15: Stoneskin
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Greater Heroism 26 to dispel except on stoneskin, which is 25
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Greater Heroism 26 to dispel except on stoneskin, which is 25 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Draconic Might
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Draconic Might and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Greater Resistance
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Greater Resistance and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 heroism
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 heroism and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Dragonskin
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Dragonskin and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Shield
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Shield and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 DetectMagic
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 DetectMagic and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[00:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Stoneskin
06[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Stoneskin and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[00:59] <Kotono> Magic crumbles around Seira, many of her enchantments undone! OOC: Donald.
[01:00] <Kotono> Donald hangs back, holding his action for the moment! OOC: Doesn't wanna get AoOed or risk a spell on a wounded foe, so he'll wait if something happens. Seira and Deme.
[01:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hold that.
[01:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 see invis
06[01:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 see invis and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[01:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 TB
06[01:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 TB and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[01:01] <Kotono> roll 1d4 (*10 minutes)
06[01:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 (*10 minutes) and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[01:02] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
06[01:03] * Demedais goes first, moving to chop it to pieces with three more strikes!
[01:03] <Demedais> OOC: Forgot my AoO, but Iג€™ll pretend Demeג€™s too, ah, distracted right now.
[01:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA)
06[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[01:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, fair enough. Just make a note on your sheet by your AC about it.
[01:04] <Kotono> OOC: Crit check.
[01:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA) crit check and I already did! I just have my AC memorized so I didnג€™t look. >_>
06[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA) crit check and I already did! I just have my AC memorized so I didnג€™t look. >_> and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[01:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA)
[01:04] <Kotono> OOC: Crit. Continue your string on.
06[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[01:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA)
06[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (+6 Law Dev, -5 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[01:04] <Kotono> OOC: Only one hit but it's a c-c-crit.
[01:05] <Demedais> roll 4d6+46
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+46 and gets 62." [4d6=5, 1, 4, 6]
[01:06] <Kotono> Demedais plunges into it's side, impaling it's guts as it staggers in the grip of it's serious wounding! OOC: Seira. It's still alive but obviously not by much.
01[01:06] <Seira> Quite annoyed by both the lack of progress in this unnatural surroundings and at her better spells leaving her for the day, Seira decides to show the creep just how displeased she is. Hopefully Alicia could do something about the room spawning more of them.
01[01:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 29." [1d20=5]
01[01:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
01[01:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
01[01:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
01[01:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 crit?
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 crit? and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[01:06] <Kotono> OOC: One hit but it's a crit.
01[01:07] <Seira> roll 2d4+6+5d8 woohoo?
06[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d4+6+5d8 woohoo? and gets 47." [2d4=4, 2][5d8=6, 8, 7, 8, 6]
03[01:07] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Donald(19)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13>)Amaryl(12)'
[01:07] <Kotono> Together with Demedais, Seira plunges her claw into the side of the creature! It buckles and breaks apart into nothingness, another one slain! OOC: Alicia.
[01:08] <Alicia> Frustrated, Alicia cries out some gibberish, arcane gestures filling the air before her!
[01:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 wild magic CL?
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 wild magic CL? and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[01:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 dispel CL on general illusory ambience
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 dispel CL on general illusory ambience and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[01:09] <Kotono> With that, the surroundings around the party shatter! It's dimly lit here - cages do indeed hang about. However, the room is only about sixty feet long if that. In the back, a throne of bones sits proud...ye tnothing seems ot sit on it. The party all is in the center of the room, Alicia above the others. OOC: Amaryl's up.
[01:10] <Kotono> 'What's going on?' Amaryl asks in Seira's head.
01[01:10] <Seira> 'Maybe it's invisible?' Seira thinks back, cursing her crucial spell being gone at such a time.
[01:11] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl's holding for the moment, as she has little to do. Donald did have the same thought, so he's gona go.
[01:11] <Kotono> Donald calls on his magic at this!
[01:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[01:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100 sigh
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 sigh and gets 82." [1d100=82]
01[01:11] <Seira> 'Try to step out of the room and shoot at that stupid throne?' Seira suggests mentally a moment later.
03[01:12] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13>)Amaryl(12)>Donald(11)'
[01:12] <Kotono> Instead, a strange, rust colored creature with long, antenne! It has four legs, about man sized and bug-like!
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[01:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 6." [1d20=3]
03[01:13] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13>)Amaryl(12)>Donald(11)>????1'
[01:13] <Kotono> OOC: Which means it's up.
03[01:13] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13>)Amaryl(12)>Donald(11)>????1(6)'
01[01:13] <Seira> OOC: Or Amaryl could shoot it and retreat?
[01:13] <Kotono> OOC: she could. Okay.
[01:13] <Alicia> OOC: DC 20 will if it's a summon, dunno how close I am since I moved sixty feet away then the room got a lot smaller
03[01:13] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)>????1(6)'
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[01:14] <Alicia> OOC: has to be within 30 feet
[01:14] <Kotono> Amaryl moves back, firing off at the strange creature in front of Donald!
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[01:15] <Kotono> roll 4d8+16+4d6+6d6
06[01:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+16+4d6+6d6 and gets 59." [4d8=3, 6, 2, 8][4d6=2, 3, 1, 2][6d6=1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 5]
03[01:15] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[01:15] <Kotono> With those arrows, the creature is gone just like that, as if it never was! OOC: ???? is up.
01[01:15] <Seira> 'Nice, very nice!' Seira compliments happily.
[01:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[01:16] <Kotono> 10 feet ahead of the throne, another canine creature appears, the same as the last!
[01:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[01:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
03[01:16] * Kotono changes topic to '????1(26)>Canine(25)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[01:18] <Kotono> The canine waves his hand dismissively, as...
[01:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[01:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 SR check for Deme
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 SR check for Deme and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[01:18] <Kotono> OOC: Will saves for all but Deme.
[01:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
01[01:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
[01:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Amaryl
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Amaryl and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[01:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Donald
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[01:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Polly ow Donald
06[01:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Polly ow Donald and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[01:19] <Kotono> Time crawls to a near stop around Donald, his movements ridiciously slow! OOC: Donald has eaten SLOW. The rest of you didn't botch the save. Polly's up.
[01:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna resists the magic, before snapping off more arrows at the canine! She calls something, but it's one again meaningless babble!
[01:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[01:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[01:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[01:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[01:20] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14 and gets 15." [1d8=1]
[01:20] <Kotono> One of the arrows hit home, dealing minor graze damage to it's canine throat! OOC: Deme and Seira.
06[01:22] * Demedais growls low, sound turning into meaninglessness, before charging at the canine again with a brutal upward slash!
[01:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, +2 Charge, -10 PA)
06[01:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law Dev, +2 Charge, -10 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=1]
06[01:22] * Seira is more subtle than that, using Demedais's wild charge to conceal her own approach until it should be too late to avoid her blade!
[01:23] <Kotono> Demedaid closes in with the brutal monster, but his swing is just too early, his breastplate bulging out from something unseen as he mises!
[01:23] <Kotono> *misses
01[01:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[01:24] <Kotono> Seira swings too quickly as well, the dog avoiding both attacks with a unconcealed look of contemptious boredom! OOC: Alicia.
06[01:24] * Alicia yanks down her blindfold, first off!
[01:24] <Kotono> Alicia yanks down her blindfold! She can see normally again.
[01:24] <Alicia> OOC: what?
[01:25] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, blindsight ENABLED, not disabled. Dur-hurf.
[01:26] <Alicia> OOC: So... can I see our boy?
[01:26] <Kotono> Alicia yanks down her blindfold! She can see it sitting on the throne, one leg crossed over. It's pallid green skin is humanlike, wearing a heavy robe. A longsword rests in one hand. It's head is oblong, piercing eyes looking at Alicia.
06[01:27] * Alicia gestures at the far end of the room, a blast of pure holy energy erupting around the two yugoloths, placed far back enough to hopefully avoid her terribly neutral ally!
[01:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 wild magic CL
06[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 wild magic CL and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[01:27] <Alicia> roll 1d100 bah
06[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 bah and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[01:27] <Kotono> Instead, eight River Winder snakes gush forth from Alicia's hands! They fall to the ground, slithering aimlessly about! OOC: Snerk. Donald and Amaryl.
[01:28] <Kotono> Donald gestures, trustin gmagic to work for once as he fires a ray of exhaustion at the dog-creature!
[01:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[01:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[01:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100 oiv ey
06[01:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 oiv ey and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[01:28] <Kotono> At that, Donald falls straight up, hitting the ceiling 30 feet up!
[01:28] <Kotono> roll 3d6 ow
06[01:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 ow and gets 13." [3d6=6, 2, 5]
[01:29] <Kotono> He slams into the ceiling hard, rattling his armor! OOC: Oi vey. Amaryl.
[01:29] <Kotono> Amaryl runs behind a cage, snapping off more arrows at the canine creature!
[01:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[01:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[01:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[01:29] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4+3d6
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4+3d6 and gets 15." [1d8=2][3d6=3, 3, 3]
03[01:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ultroloth(26)>Canine(25)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[01:30] <Kotono> One arrow thankfully lands, naother minor wound indeed! OOC: Ultroloth is up.
[01:32] <Kotono> Leaning forward, the Ultroloth opens it's mouth! A great deafening shout echos out from it! OOC: Fort all, including the dog creature, who didn't seem to be cared about for the radius.
[01:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
01[01:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[01:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 CL first, dur
06[01:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 CL first, dur and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[01:33] <Kotono> OOC: Hold it.
[01:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 72." [1d100=72]
[01:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100 reroll
06[01:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 reroll and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[01:34] <Kotono> OOC: The spell functions at half power. Fort all. Seirea and Alicia ckeep the rolled saves.
[01:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 SR check on Deme
06[01:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 SR check on Deme and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[01:34] <Kotono> OOC: Ow. Save as well, Deme.
[01:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[01:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[01:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Amaryl
06[01:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Amaryl and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[01:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+ Polly
06[01:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ Polly and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=11]
[01:35] <Kotono> OOC: +9 for 20 on Polly.
[01:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Donald
06[01:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Donald and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[01:36] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[01:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 39." [10d6=2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 1, 6, 3, 4, 3]
[01:36] <Kotono> roll 39/2
06[01:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 39/2 and gets 19.5."
[01:36] <Kotono> OOC: DC is 26, base damage is 19 sonic. Work out the math from ther.
[01:36] <Alicia> OOC: was it fort half?
[01:36] <Kotono> OOC" Yes.
[01:38] <Kotono> OOC: Also, anyone who failed is stunned for a round. Anyone who failed is stunned for 4d6 rounds, anyone who pass for half. This duration is halved again due to the wild magic surge.
[01:38] <Kotono> roll 4d6
06[01:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and gets 7." [4d6=1, 1, 3, 2]
[01:38] <Kotono> OOC: 3 rounds base for deafness.
[01:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[01:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25." [1d20=11]
03[01:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ultroloth(26)>Canine(25)(Stunned 1 round)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Alicia(13)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[01:40] <Kotono> The powerful magic leaves half the party stunned, the other half briefly deafened and battered! OOC: canine is stunned. Polly is stunned. Deme, you're up, Seira's stunned.
06[01:40] * Demedais shakes his head from the ringing in his ears, before dicing up the stunned dog with a flurry of blows!
[01:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA)
06[01:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[01:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) I will regret this
06[01:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) I will regret this and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[01:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) ...crit check
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) ...crit check and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[01:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) tauntbot
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 (+6 Law Dev, -13 PA) tauntbot and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[01:42] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
[01:42] <Demedais> roll 4d6+78 wahey
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+78 wahey and gets 88." [4d6=3, 4, 2, 1]
[01:43] <Kotono> Caughts tunned, the canine 'loth is mauled viciously, it's guts splattered about as it staggers about! OOC: Alicia.
06[01:43] * Alicia decides to play act a little, swaying in the air as she seems stunned along with everyone else by the spell. Its invisible, it has nothing to fear from a stunned and blindfolded angel, right?
[01:44] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to charge when ultroloth goes
[01:44] <Kotono> OOC: Make a bluff check?
01[01:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 KP, sure
06[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 KP, sure and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[01:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[01:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+
06[01:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=6]
[01:45] <Alicia> OOC: +1 since he's an evil outsider
[01:45] <Kotono> OOC: Donald's up.
[01:45] <Kotono> Donald growls and curses, firing off more rays!
[01:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[01:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[01:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 SR
06[01:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 SR and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[01:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 quick cast
06[01:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 quick cast and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[01:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 SR
06[01:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 SR and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[01:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[01:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[01:46] <Kotono> The 'loth slows down, it's canine body's movements slacker now! OOC: Ultroloth is up.
[01:46] <Kotono> The ultroloth seems to concentrate...OOC: Alicia?
06[01:47] * Alicia suddenly dives straight down at it, sword-first!
[01:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -3pa divine might charging flying
06[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -3pa divine might charging flying and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[01:47] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[01:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+32+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[01:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+32+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 47." [1d8=1][2d6=6, 6][1d6=1][1d6=1]
[01:48] <Alicia> OOC: raging, too
[01:48] <Alicia> OOC: so +3 more damage
[01:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 DC highass for concentration
06[01:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 DC highass for concentration and gets 40." [1d20=11]
03[01:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Ultroloth(26)>Canine(25)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[01:49] <Kotono> Whatever it was going to do, it's magic fizzles out around it! OOC: Disrupted. Canine is up.
[01:50] <Kotono> The dog-creature staggers, before snapping off a vile word as lightning crackles out!
[01:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[01:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[01:50] <Kotono> roll 1d100 close!
06[01:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 close! and gets 99." [1d100=99]
[01:53] <Kotono> The lightning bolt starts at Demedais, then to Seira, then to Alicia, then to Donald, then to Amaryl and then to Pollyanna! It crackles about, making a great web of electricity about the room! OOC: I'll roll CL for Deme first.
[01:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 spell pen)
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 spell pen) and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[01:53] <Kotono> roll 12d6 ref Seira
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 ref Seira and gets 40." [12d6=4, 4, 3, 3, 6, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 6, 1]
01[01:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[01:54] <Kotono> roll 11d6 ref Alicia
06[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 11d6 ref Alicia and gets 39." [11d6=2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 6, 6]
[01:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[01:54] <Kotono> OOC: DC is...23, just a heads up.
[01:54] <Kotono> roll 10d6 donald
06[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 donald and gets 35." [10d6=3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 6, 3, 4, 1]
[01:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[01:55] <Kotono> roll 9d6 Amaryl
06[01:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6 Amaryl and gets 36." [9d6=3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4]
[01:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[01:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[01:55] <Kotono> roll 8d6 Polly
06[01:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 Polly and gets 37." [8d6=6, 6, 6, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3]
[01:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 (has evasion)
06[01:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 (has evasion) and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[01:56] <Kotono> Deadly lightning crackles and forms around the party, but does not fade! It looks to be coming around for another loop! OOC: Polly.
06[01:57] * Demedais waves the other allies out of the room with some panic!
[01:58] <Kotono> As Alicia stabs and fences with the ultroloth, Pollyanna can't hear or talk! But she does see Demedais, nodding to him, and snaps off a single arrow before retreating out of the sparkling electric killing chamber!
[01:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[01:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[01:58] <Kotono> OOC: +2, not rapidshot.
[01:58] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14
06[01:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14 and gets 16." [1d8=2]
[01:58] <Kotono> As an arrow lands, Pollyanna retreats out of the room! OOC: Deme and Seira are up.
06[01:59] * Demedais turns back to the canine, fury evident on his face as he moves to hack the canine up further!
[01:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA)
06[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[01:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA)
06[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[01:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA)
06[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+6 Law Dev, -4 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[01:59] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[01:59] <Demedais> roll 4d6+44
06[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+44 and gets 57." [4d6=5, 1, 6, 1]
03[02:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Ultroloth(26))>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
[02:00] <Kotono> With a powerful hack, Demedais bisects the canine creature! It's body collapses, gone away again! OOC: Seira.
03[02:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Ultroloth(26)>CHAIN LIGHTINING(25)>Pollyanna(24)>Demedais=Seira(15)>Donald(11)>Amaryl(10)'
01[02:01] <Seira> A mental nudge to Lagann sends the Resort flying back into her arms, and then Seira charges at the empty throne! If Alicia is stabbing something there, something is there to be stabbed!
01[02:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 charge, spellruin
06[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 charge, spellruin and gets 32." [1d20=8]
01[02:02] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[02:03] <Kotono> OOC: Got past the miss chance but still whiffed.
[02:03] <Kotono> Seira guesses and charges in, but her blade bounces off something, a clang of metal as Alicia sees the 'loth use it's sword to parry! OOC: Donald.
[02:04] <Kotono> Donald sparks and shudders, sloooowly moving back out of the room! Amaryl does the same, snapping off arrows atwhere Seira attacked
[02:04] <Kotono> !
[02:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[02:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[02:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[02:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[02:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[02:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[02:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[02:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[02:04] <Kotono> But none come close to hitting whatever sits there! OOC: Alicia and the 'loth are up.
01[02:04] <Seira> 'Definitely something here!' Seira thinks triumphantly to Amaryl. 'We'll get it, no worries!'
[02:05] <Kotono> OOC: do you wanna resolve first or should it?
[02:05] <Alicia> With a gibberish cry, Alicia slices repeatedly down at the ultroloth, determined to kill it quickly then flee the electric death chamber!
[02:05] <Alicia> OOC: I'll go
[02:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for critical strike
06[02:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for critical strike and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 41." [1d20=5]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 50." [1d20=14]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 44." [1d20=13]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[02:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 flying, divine might, 6th, 3 2nd, 1 1st level arcane strike and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[02:06] <Kotono> OOC: 3 hits.
[02:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 82." [1d8=7][2d6=5, 1][1d6=4][1d6=5][13d4=1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2]
[02:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 68." [1d8=2][2d6=3, 3][1d6=2][1d6=1][13d4=2, 3, 1, 4, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2]
[02:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 86." [1d8=5][2d6=6, 5][1d6=5][1d6=3][13d4=4, 3, 3, 1, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1]
[02:07] <Kotono> roll 82+68+86
06[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 82+68+86 and gets 236."
[02:08] <Kotono> In retort, the creature strikes and fences with Alicia even as it's ripped apart, gravely wounded!
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (-2 CE)
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 (-2 CE) and gets 35." [1d20=3]
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (-2 CE)
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 (-2 CE) and gets 52." [1d20=20]
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (-2 CE) crit?
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 (-2 CE) crit? and gets 40." [1d20=8]
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[02:09] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[02:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[02:11] <Kotono> roll 4d8+44 and 3 con damage, Alicia.
06[02:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+44 and 3 con damage, Alicia. and gets 64." [4d8=1, 8, 6, 5]
[02:12] <Kotono> Alicia is stabbed back in return, sliced and impaled four times! Critical wounds bleed out from her, her own body ravaged in return! OOC: CHAIN LIGHTNING TIME.
[02:13] <Kotono> OOC: Deme resisted it so it misses him. Seira's next at 12d6, she's still in range and fighting.
[02:13] <Kotono> roll 12d6 ref save, Seira
06[02:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 ref save, Seira and gets 47." [12d6=1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6]
01[02:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[02:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[02:13] <Kotono> roll 11d6 I'd pass this save if I were you or you might be in a spot, Alicia.
06[02:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 11d6 I'd pass this save if I were you or you might be in a spot, Alicia. and gets 47." [11d6=2, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 2, 5, 4, 6]
[02:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[02:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[02:14] <Kotono> OOC: The others fleed out of radius. Smart of them.
[02:15] <Kotono> The lightning arches out and around, as Pollyanna is outside the room and safe! She nonetheless fires off blind shots at the 'loth!
[02:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[02:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[02:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 28." [1d20=7]
06[02:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[02:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[02:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[02:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[02:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[02:15] <Kotono> But none of them can hit it at all! OOC: Deme'n'Seira girl power tag team is up.
06[02:16] * Seira decides to flip out of immediate range, considering how nasty the beating Alicia took was, and her own inability to stab the creep on her best strike. She draws a trio of darts in midair, charging them with her best spell before trying to send them flying at where her enemy must be!
01[02:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch, summon monster vi
06[02:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 ranged touch, summon monster vi and gets 31." [1d20=14]
01[02:16] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[02:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[02:17] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. d100. Ooooh, bummer.
[02:17] <Kotono> Seira fires blind, but her darts narrowly miss the Ultroloth! OOC: Deme.
06[02:17] * Seira curses in gibberish.
06[02:20] * Demedais grimaces, charging the throne and attempting to cleave whateverג€™s being targeted with one sweeping, holy cut!
[02:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+39 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Devotion, +7 Smite, +1 GMW all totaled
06[02:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+39 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Devotion, +7 Smite, +1 GMW all totaled and gets 47." [1d20=8]
[02:21] <Kotono> OOC ...d100.
[02:21] <Demedais> roll 1d100
06[02:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[02:21] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[02:21] <Demedais> roll 2d6+18 hah!
06[02:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+18 hah! and gets 25." [2d6=5, 2]
[02:22] <Kotono> With that final, desperate charge, Demedais impales the Ultroloth! It's body is bloodied as it's chest caves in! It drops it's blade, bouncing off the throne and to the ground! "Impo..." It tries, "Die...with me..." It licks it's lips as it fades, trying to reach for Alicia's throat, but coming short by an inch, as lightning continues to arch around wildly! OOC: Donald and Amaryl have little to do. Alicia, you're up before the lightning again.
[02:22] <Kotono> OOC: Donald and Amaryl have little to do. Alicia, you're up before the lightning again.
06[02:23] * Alicia desperately heals herself with every iota of magical energy stored in her body, wheeling around in the air and soaring quickly back out of the electrical death chamber!
[02:23] <Alicia> roll 12d4+12
06[02:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+12 and gets 38." [12d4=2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 2]
[02:24] <Kotono> Alicia flees out just in time, as the lightning arches at Demedais(Pointlessly) and Seira once more!
[02:24] <Kotono> roll 12d6 ref Seira
06[02:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 ref Seira and gets 46." [12d6=1, 4, 6, 3, 1, 6, 6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6]
01[02:24] <Seira> roll 1d2
06[02:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
01[02:24] <Seira> roll 1d20
06[02:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[02:24] <Kotono> Seira dodges the bolt safely, Demedais simply immune! OOC: Polly's up, holding. Seira and Deme.
[02:25] <Kotono> Pollyanna lets loose meaningless words as Alicia flees out of the room!
06[02:25] * Seira leaves the room as well, not seeing a reason to stay!
06[02:25] * Demedais quickly follows Alicia out of the room with as much speed as is possible in full plate! OOC: 40 ft. out.
[02:26] <Kotono> Thus the party retreats out of the electric killing chamber! With incomprehensible words Donald slooowly plops to the ground, staring wide eyed at the lightning and giving the the throne an obscene gesture.
[02:26] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
06[02:26] * Demedais quickly moves to heal Alicia as well! OOC: 26 HP heal
06[02:26] * Alicia lands outside and lifts up her blindfold, attempting still to heal herself, knowing well that she's running on fumes.
[02:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 CL for cure serious
06[02:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 CL for cure serious and gets 20." [1d20=3]
06[02:26] * Seira pats Demedais on the shoulder in congratulation!
[02:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 oh noes
06[02:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 oh noes and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[02:27] <Kotono> The spell seems to have no effect at all.
[02:27] <Kotono> Donald growls. Dabbing his finger in Alicia's freely flowing blood still, he draws the word 'Home?' in common on the wall.
[02:27] <Alicia> But Demedais does help, and Alicia rewards him with a brilliantly grateful smile. Which fades into a look of confusion as she registers the changes in his appearance, several gibberish words coming out.
06[02:28] * Demedais grimaces and tries a spell, swallowing a bit before he casts it...
[02:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+8 cl check
06[02:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+8 cl check and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[02:28] <Kotono> OOC: Success!
[02:28] <Demedais> OOC: Itג€™s Restoration on Alicia.
[02:28] <Kotono> OOC: Con is restored then.
[02:29] <Kotono> Amaryl looks faintly sick as she watches Donald, 'Seira, are we giong home?'
01[02:29] <Seira> 'After you smack Donald upside the head.'
06[02:29] * Alicia nods to Donald, although she only has one teleport she can hopefully get them close enough for Seira's backup to take them the rest of the way. Beckoning everyone around, she teleports the group to the desert oasis. Hopefully.
[02:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[02:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[02:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[02:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[02:29] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears in the desert oasis without incident!
06[02:30] * Alicia gives a shrug before waving her hands in a negative gesture, hoping to get across that she's out of relevant spells.
06[02:30] * Seira takes out a piece of parchment, and spends a moment to write on it, 'Let's recover a bit here, until we can talk at least?'
[02:30] <Alicia> She suddenly perks up and tries to dispel the enchantment that's affecting their language skills!
[02:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[02:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[02:30] <Kotono> OOC: Who were you targetting? Either way, total fail.
[02:31] <Alicia> OOC: I'm assuming it's a single spell that hit all of us, so I'm targetting that one spell.
[02:31] <Kotono> OOC: It's actually an effect on each of you.
06[02:31] * Demedais grimaces and walks away around the water.
[02:31] <Alicia> OOC: but didn't it come from the one spell Donald cast?
06[02:31] * Seira writes 'That was disgusting!' on her sign and smacks Donald with it.
06[02:32] * Alicia grumbles and nods to Seira, gesturing up to the water above the waterfall before she flies up there to get herself cleaned up.
[02:32] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, but what the wild surge doesn't isn't always exactly as the spell that triggered it did, you know.
06[02:32] * Demedais stays away from the water on either side, looking out over the desert.
[02:32] <Kotono> Donald glares but shrugs, before looking at Demedais. He follows, pointing at his bulging breastplate.
06[02:33] * Demedais glares at Donald, before pointing him away, back to the lower pool.
06[02:33] * Seira has certainly taken note, especially while leaning over him, but Demedais seems sulky. It seems best to tease him afterwards, when it's just a funny memory. For now, she follows Alicia at a more sedate pace.
[02:33] <Kotono> Donald continues to point, making nonsense as his eyes widen! He keeps on pointing.
[02:33] <Kotono> Pollyanna triple-blinks, eyeing Demedais as well.
06[02:34] * Demedais grimaces and continues to walk off into the desert, stopping another hundred feet away.
[02:34] <Kotono> Donald just stares with a growing grin on his face.
01[02:35] <Seira> roll 1d100 ring TP to Balmuria
06[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 ring TP to Balmuria and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[20:56] <Kotono> Okay, you guys were TPing back to Balmuria? What were you guys going to do there?
01[20:57] <Seira> Scry on the cat next day, then TP either to it or back to the ruins
[20:57] <Alicia> Before going back I'll alter self Deme back to his usual studly self if there are no objections.
[20:57] <Demedais> None at all, thankyouverykindly.
[20:57] <Alicia> Won't help him beyond two and a half hours, but better than nothing.
01[20:57] <Seira> Rod of extend spell for an even 5?
[20:58] <Alicia> That's oddly fitting, so sure.
[20:58] <Demedais> >_>;
[20:58] <Alicia> Anyway, scry-age the next day first of all, sure.
[20:58] <Kotono> Okay.
[20:59] <Kotono> What's your DC on scry, Seira?
01[20:59] <Seira> 24? Deme will also scry in hopes of having it 1.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Seira I'll open up it's hseet if it rolls low enough to possibly matter
05[20:59] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:59] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[20:59] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Seira I'll open up it's hseet if it rolls low enough to possibly matter
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Seira I'll open up it's hseet if it rolls low enough to possibly matter and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Deme
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Deme and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[21:00] <Kotono> No dice on those, I'm pretty sure.
[21:00] <Alicia> Anyway, time to buff and then head to the ruins?
[21:00] <Kotono> Yes, +17.
[21:01] <Kotono> Okay.
[21:01] <Demedais> OOC: Am I back to male, for reference?
[21:01] <Kotono> Declare your buffs in #evil for everyone once they're worked out.
[21:01] <Kotono> No, it doesn't seem to be durationing out. Alicia's offered to alter self you for now if you like.
[21:01] <Kotono> If ou wanna look into dispel magics or whatever while in Balmuria, by all mean ssay so.
[21:02] <Demedais> If Elle could try and has a use or two, itג€™d be nice?
01[21:02] <Seira> If you want to pose for an artist for postery, that's also fine?
[21:03] <Kotono> Elle can try a few. She'll giggle and try the first one on the house in sympathy for your situation.
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[21:03] <Demedais> Ahahahahahaha oh you so funny, Seira. Such a wit. ^_^
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:05] <Kotono> She tries twice, no dice. She can try another few times(She'll have to charge after this, though.) if you like.
[21:06] <Demedais> Demedais is willing to pay for this at her usual price, understanding the need to charge even as he is rather uncomfortable about it.
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:07] <Kotono> That try does it. The magic on Demedais cracks like an egg, his twin eggs gone and his normal form resumed.
06[21:07] * Alicia is notably relieved.
[21:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna quietly thanks Helm.
06[21:07] * Seira is just amused all the while.
[21:08] <Kotono> Let me look up the price of Greater dispel magic ot cast real quick.
[21:08] <Demedais> Demedaisג€™ expression seems unchanged too much, but he does deeply thank Elle.
[21:09] <Alicia> Would be 900gp for CL 15
[21:09] <Kotono> roll ...thanks.
[21:09] <Kotono> 900 GP, just toss that in the loot topic and we'll begin then? Spells all ready?
[21:09] <Alicia> Yep
[21:10] <Kotono> Okay. Begin your TPs?
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d100 oasis studied carefully
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 oasis studied carefully and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for ruins?
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for ruins? and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:10] <Kotono> Success. Where in them before you roll?
[21:11] <Alicia> Steel jungle
[21:11] <Kotono> Okay.
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[21:11] <Alicia> This is why rolling wild magic is silly, since we're not even going to touch the ruins.
[21:11] <Alicia> Similar area.
[21:12] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears...in a jungle, at least. The rainbow colored jungle, filtered sunlight making it through the canopy. The fresh air, the heat, the humidity, the lack of metal all point to being above ground. So does the pair of T-Rexes about 150 feet away, feasting on a downed lizard of some sort.
[21:13] <Alicia> "Slight mishap, hold on tight and don't make any loud noises," Alicia suggests, trying again before the dinosaurs take note of their presence.
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[21:13] <Demedais> ג€œ...ג€ Demedais holds his hand up quickly, nodding to Alica as he regrasps hands.
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 2." [1d100=2]
02[21:14] * Demedais (~ferixstad@24-247-220-129.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com) Quit (asdfgfdsa)
03[21:15] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@24-247-220-129.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com) has joined #dunes
03[21:15] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
03[21:15] * Kotono is now known as Demedais
03[21:15] * Demedais is now known as Kotono
03[21:15] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[21:17] <Kotono> Woosh! This time you appear in the steel jungle! Around you the area is quiet - however, Alicia smells something like a skunk, the stentch a painful nose-pounding!
06[21:17] * Alicia grimaces and quickly steps back from the group. "One second," she requests, pinching her nose as she attempts to cast prestidigitation. It's a risk but she's not going to smell like this all day.
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[21:17] <Kotono> Donald steps away from Alicia, "Whew. I liked it better when it made Deme alot more fun to look at."
[21:18] <Kotono> The magic works, the smell dissipating.
01[21:18] <Seira> "It seems like you have some competition, now," Seira tells Pollyanna with a meaningful glance at Donald.
06[21:18] * Alicia just gives Donald a dirty look, starting to head into the fortress.
[21:19] <Kotono> "Oh come on! I heard the jokes when MY magic went wrong here," Following along with Alicia, "Besides, you're just jealous. From the way that breastplate bulged, Deme was more of a woman than all of you."
[21:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna groans out loud. "Donald. Don't."
01[21:20] <Seira> "Oh come on," Seira calls over to him. "Those were obviously fake!"
[21:21] <Alicia> "Typical. Can't see farther than the lumps on our chest," Alicia shakes her head in irritation.
06[21:21] * Demedais just follows Alicia, staying alongside Pollyanna, with a bemused face.
06[21:22] * Alicia intends to head for the 'museum' and the Yugoloth room first of all.
[21:22] <Kotono> "Pfft. Haven't you ever wanted to curl up with a pair of them and rest between them?" Donald smirks, "Heck, I know Seira and Amaryl certainly have." As you walk back, past the black gate and into the main entryway, yo udon't see much amiss at all. It's quiet enough right now.
[21:23] <Kotono> "Donald. Wisdom comes from knowing when not to open your mouth, not spraying it about like a drunken satyr," Amaryl lightly goes to him, "This is not only crude, it's inapproriate."
06[21:23] * Seira mentally docks some pay from Donald.
[21:24] <Alicia> "Really, Donald, that was uncalled for," Alicia agrees. "Whoever it was that you'd rather had kissed you instead of me yesterday, I can assure you they wouldn't be impressed by that sort of talk."
[21:24] <Kotono> "Yeah, well..." Donald just shrugs, "You know what? I'm facing down creatures that could slaughter a city a few years ago. I'm going to at least have some fun while I risk my life in incomprehensible ways." As you reach the entrance to the museum of the outer planes, "I remember when Febras was a big deal, but he's a kitten compared to these things."
[21:24] <Demedais> "Donald, I'm going to be somewhat blunt here. If we were not in a potential combat zone I would proceed to knock you senseless with the flat of my blade."
[21:24] <Demedais> "I don't mind you having fun, but if you need to do so do it at my expense.
[21:24] <Kotono> Donald turns very red at Alicia's words and then Demedais', muttering something incoherent and shutting up.
[21:25] <Demedais> Do not insult the rest of the team, please." Demedais finishes his commentary, continuing to move on.
[21:25] <Kotono> The party reaches in front of the Ultroloth's room without incident. The door is still open, silent. The room is broken apart, deep scorch marks where the lightning manifested.
[21:26] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes glow blue as she steps inside, looking around for any magic.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 CL
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 CL and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 should've precast this
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 should've precast this and gets 15." [1d100=15]
01[21:26] <Seira> "I'll check if it's safe," Seira announces, proceeding with that.
[21:26] <Kotono> The spell triggers normally enough.
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search and gets 39." [1d20=10]
01[21:27] <Seira> OOC: traps
[21:28] <Alicia> "Magic sword - as if the wounds it inflicted weren't obvious," Alicia comments, pointing at the throne. Walking over she picks it up and gives it a few practice swings before dumping it in the portable hole.
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 search for interesting stuff
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 search for interesting stuff and gets 32." [1d20=3]
06[21:28] * Demedais nods. "Alright. There was a cross-species room as well, if I read it correctly? That may be our next best bet.
01[21:29] <Seira> "Ah, yes. The most disturbing so-called exhibit. I've tried to put it off for as much as possible, until now," Seira says unhappily.
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 K:A
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 K:A and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[21:30] <Demedais> "That's understandable." Demedais mutters. "Still, there might be something of use about the greater oozecat."
[21:32] <Alicia> Folding up her portable hole once more, Alicia rejoins the group in the hallway. "That's a wholesome thought," she remarks dourly, going to open the last door.
[21:34] <Kotono> You go to this door! Inside, you come to a steel hallway. Ahead are several glass panes on either side of the wall, too far ahead to see what lies in them form here. Each pane is large, about ten feet by five feet or so.
06[21:34] * Seira steels herself and steps forward to see whether anything alive is past the doorway.
06[21:34] * Alicia walks down the hallway, looking in each window for anything... eye-catching.
[21:36] <Kotono> 'Welcome. Do bear in mind that crossbreeds are often extremely unstable. Exercise extreme caution,' A voice sounds in your minds. As the two women take the point, the first two glass windows are reached. In each is a simple bed and a plain steel room, often with magical runes at points. The one on the left is empty. Th eone on the r ight has an ever shifting, ever changing frog made of clockwork gears. It contiously runs around in it's room. I
[21:36] <Kotono> It contiously runs around in it's room. It's a little larger than a human, it's colors shifting between various shades of metal.
[21:37] <Demedais> "That's just..." Demedais eyes.
01[21:37] <Seira> "Didn't need to see that," Seira mutters, stepping past it.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Pointless. Is it even sane?" Pollyanna holds a hand ot her chest.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Hello? Can you hear us?" Alicia taps on the window, looking to see if there are any doors for access.
[21:38] <Kotono> On tapping on the window, a voice sounds in Alicia's head. 'This is Subject C2. It does not understand language and is not appraised as dangerous. The crossmerging of law and chaos has resulted in a creature that lacks intellect, unable to resolve the fundamental issues tearing it's core apart.'
[21:39] <Alicia> "They claim it's mindless... I'll leave it for now, I suppose, but we should let it out before we leave. Not even an animal deserves this," Alicia reflects sadly, following after Seira.
[21:39] <Demedais> "...I... right. Perhaps there's somewhere that's willing to adopt it?" Demedais suggests halfheartedly.
[21:40] <Kotono> "Take it to Lathander's realm. They were kind there...if anyone can help it.." Amaryl murmurs quietly.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Amaryl's suggestion would work, I think." Demedais nods.
01[21:41] <Seira> "It gets my vote," Seira agrees.
[21:42] <Alicia> "Maybe... the outer planes might not be the best place for such a conflicted being, though," Alicia muses as they check the other cells.
[21:42] <Kotono> As Seira advances, she reaches the next two windows. The one on the right is empty - it's bed is overturned, splotchy blood all over the room. The one on the left is a beautiful creature sitting there. It's white wings and bare body are overwhelmingly male, yet it's head features short black horns and it's lower legs turn into furry hooves. It is staring at the glass asSeira approaches, sprinting up and pressing it's body against it, staring
[21:42] <Kotono> It is staring at the glass asSeira approaches, sprinting up and pressing it's body against it, staring into her eyes.
01[21:43] <Seira> That's a clear invitation, and Seira approaches the glass from her side. "Hello," she greets the creature. "I'm Seira. Who are you?"
06[21:43] * Demedais eyes the being a bit warily, head tilted but willing to let Seira lead.
[21:43] <Kotono> It stares at Seira, eyes wide. It speaks one word of Gnomish, over and over. "Mother? Mother? Mother? Mother? Mother?"
06[21:44] * Seira glances at Alicia awkwardly. "I think he wants me to adopt him," she says, trailing off.
[21:45] <Alicia> "He's better off than the last one, although his mental state is probably questionable..." Alicia looks at the being with sad eyes. "Is the announcer telling you anything about him?" she asks, tapping her fingertips on the pane.
06[21:45] * Demedais muses. "Seira, tap the glass- thanks, Alicia."
06[21:45] * Seira blinks at Alicia's words, but follows her gesture.
[21:46] <Kotono> As Alicia taps on the pane, words fill her mind, and then Seira's as she repeats it. 'Subject C3 is a crossbreed of Yugoloth and Angel. It's good aligned nature is dominate. While able to form coherent thought and intelligent, it has not progesssed past a natal level of intellect. It is dangerous if provoked, much like a child.'
[21:47] <Kotono> The creature stares at Alicia's wings, mouth opening wide and with rapt eyes.
06[21:47] * Seira bites on her lower lip, before trying again. "Hi," she says, switching to Gnomish. "I'm Seira. Who are you?"
[21:47] <Kotono> "Mother? Mother?" It quirks it's head, "I'm Seira. Who are you?" It repeats in Gnomish.
06[21:48] * Seira can't help but wonder how something incapable of telling right from wrong can possibly be good or evil. Nevertheless, she tries smiling at the creature, to see whether the act is reciprocated.
06[21:48] * Demedais shakes his head slightly. "Ah... I realize that the good-aligned planes are not centers for those that the Gnomish broke, but I cannot but think that it's our only real option."
[21:48] <Kotono> The creature smiles back at Seira. "Hi! I'm Seira! Who are you?" it repeats.
[21:49] <Kotono> "It's the only merciful thing to do," Donald looks away, "I vote we do that as soon as possible."
[21:50] <Alicia> "They say his intellect never advanced, but how much stimulation did they give him? It's like a child raised by wolves," Alicia shakes her head.
01[21:50] <Seira> He may not understand the words, but the meaning behind them should be clear, when she is sincere. "I will free you and take you to your home," Seira promises.
[21:50] <Kotono> "All this in the name of the glory of the God King, eh?" Pollyanna takes a moment to gargle and then spit in disgust, "I'm thankful all over again that the Gods put paid to every last one of them."
[21:50] <Kotono> "I will free you and take you to your home! Hi, I'm Seira! Mother?" It repeats in a chorus, flapping it's wings and tapping it's hooves.
01[21:50] <Seira> "That's not really fair," Seira tells Pollyanna quietly. "There were plenty of gnomes who resisted this, and were annihilated by their own kind."
[21:51] <Demedais> "Pretty much, Alicia. He shows the capability to learn, but, like everything else, the gnomes wasted it." Demedais shakes his head.
[21:52] <Alicia> "I think it would be cruel to leave him here while we explore the rest of the ruins - he won't understand and will think we abandoned him," Alicia notes. "Lets see what else has been abandoned here then see about getting them all out before we resume our explorations?"
[21:52] <Kotono> "Yeah," Donald says very quietly, starting to walk ahead.
06[21:53] * Seira nods curtly, fully agreeing.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Gnomes and devils. Devils and gnomes. Not much of a difference?" Pollyanna mutters darkly. The next two rooms are empty, though there are four more after that, then a door at the end of the hall.
[21:54] <Demedais> "Agreed. Let's keep looking." Demedais says, before saying to the being "We'll be right back." and moving ahead with the group.
[21:54] <Alicia> "I'll stay here - yell if you need help?" Alicia suggests, not wanting to frighten the poor hybrid by leaving it all alone.
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. I'll chuck you into #terror then, Alicia.
06[21:55] * Seira is reluctant to leave him as well, opting to stay with Alicia.
[21:55] <Kotono> The pair befor ethe last pair has one empty. The one on the right has something, though. Namely, the glass is tinted dark. A single word is engraved into the glass, 'CAUTION' and below it, 'TOUCH FOR INFORMATION.' OOC: #terror as well, Seira.
06[21:56] * Demedais taps it, being the represenative here of the Gnomish-speakers.
[21:57] <Kotono> 'Subject C8 is extremely dangerous. It is a crossbreed of a Lilitu demon and a brachina devil. The sight of it is enough to make one fall in love with it. Only view with proper permissions and protections!'
[21:59] <Demedais> "Right, we're ignoring this one for now." Demedais comments, waving the group on. "Powerful magic, triggers on sight with the specimen."
[21:59] <Kotono> "What's it do?" Donald trots along with Demedais.
[22:00] <Demedais> "It's the combination of a demon and a devil. You do the math. Apparently it's quite bewitching, but also sounds deadly." With that he checks the remainder of the rooms before glancing to the door.
[22:00] <Kotono> The last two are both empty. Only the door is ahead - a plain steel door, gnomish style.
[22:01] <Demedais> "You guys stand back in case it's trapped, but it shouldn't be." Demedais waits until the group's thirty feet away before opening it.
[22:06] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a large chamber. Strange clockwork machines and magical runes line the places. The designs are curious to the sexually profane. Hanging from walls are various explicit diagrams of outsiders, focusing on the reproductive systems. A pair of doors are in the room, on on the side of the back wall, and one on fthe left wall's midsection.
[22:07] <Demedais> "Oh, geez." Demedais grunts.
[22:08] <Demedais> This being said, he looks in and peers about!
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 spot and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[22:08] <Kotono> Amaryl steps back, turning pale. "E-Excuse me," she scurries away, back towards Seira.
[22:08] <Kotono> Donald just whistles, "Makes sense to have this, but..."
[22:09] <Demedais> "But it's sickening." Demedais mutters.
[22:10] <Kotono> The diagrams cover all the outsiders Demedais could imagine, and then some. There's runes and clockwork devices here that do Gods only know what. Tucked away in the back, Demedais finds a glass encased cabinet, unlocked. Inside are several glass vials of a purple-pink fluid.
[22:10] <Demedais> "Someone get Seira or Alicia. The help could be used in looking this place over." Demedais leaves the cabinet open for easier reference.
[22:11] <Kotono> Donald goes to the door and shouts out for Seira or Alicia.
06[22:12] * Alicia trots over, looking into the room with her magic seeing eyes, expression unreadable.
[22:12] <Demedais> "Thank you, Donald." Demedais says somewhat dryly, examining some of the clockwork devices with his eyes to try and understand their purpose.
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft potions
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft potions and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft door
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft door and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[22:15] <Alicia> "Enchantment... love potions I'd bet," Alicia observes with a grimace, putting them into the portable hole. She then walks over and taps the left hand door experimentally.
[22:16] <Kotono> 'Entrance forbidden,' Sounds in Alicia's mind.
[22:16] <Demedais> "Yeah, that was my guess, Alicia." Demedais grimaces.
[22:16] <Kotono> "For when you have to have fun with a giant frog," Pollyanna looks ill.
[22:16] <Alicia> "Says entrance forbidden, so it's something our tokens probably won't help with," Alicia steps back from the door. "We'll need Seira to disarm it."
[22:17] <Demedais> "Right."
[22:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 int check
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 int check and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[22:19] <Kotono> "I'll go get her," Donald volunteers, trotting out of the room this time.
06[22:19] * Alicia does go to try and open the door on the back wall, however.
[22:19] <Demedais> "These gear constructs look themed toward the same concepts, as well." Demedais muses. "Odd."
[22:20] <Kotono> This door opens easily enough. It leads to a narrow, short stairway going down. It would be possible to go down it, but you'd have to hunch over.
[22:20] <Demedais> "Any ideas what all the runes mean, Alicia?" Demedais asks, turning to see her open the door and look down. "Stairway?"
06[22:20] * Alicia elects to leave it for the moment, preferring to see what can be found behind the forbidden door. "Hmm?" she turns her attention speculatively to the runes...
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 30." [1d20=20]
06[22:23] * Alicia sighs. "They make the love potions stronger. You really don't want anything to hit you with a charm spell around here, trust me," she warns.
[22:24] <Kotono> Seira enters at this point, coming into the room. Meanwhile, "I wish I'd been wrong," Pollyann asighs with her whole body. "Helm above, what possessed the God King and his followers? It's like a child that set s adog's tail on fire just ot see it squirm."
[22:24] <Demedais> "...Then keep Donald away from the black window back there." Demedais says shortly before Donald re-enters.
[22:25] <Kotono> Donald seems to have not returned with Seira, at least not immediately.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Why? What's behind it?" Alicia asks, poking her head out the door to have a look at said window.
[22:25] <Demedais> "Uh... a cross between a Lilitu demon and a brachina devil."
06[22:26] * Seira takes the room in, raising an eyebrow. "So what's here you wanted me to take a look at?"
[22:26] <Kotono> The window is tinted black, unable to be seen into it.
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 int for gears o'porn?
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 int for gears o'porn? and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[22:26] <Demedais> "That door. Apparently it's locked and 'access is forbidden' or something.
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 searching door for traps it is
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 searching door for traps it is and gets 35." [1d20=6]
01[22:27] <Seira> Nothing to do but get everyone to stay back and try to disable the trap!
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 DD
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 DD and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[22:28] <Alicia> "Interesting..." Alicia blinks at Demedais's appraisal, leaving it alone for now and stepping back inside while Seira works on the door.
06[22:28] * Demedais nods at Seira's usual warning, moving back.
[22:28] <Kotono> Click! With some effort, Seira is able to unlock the door!
01[22:29] <Seira> "It wasn't very trappy," Seira says, frowning. "Is that even a word?" And burnt by recent experiences, checks for traps anew.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 31." [1d20=2]
06[22:30] * Seira glances at what's past the door.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Opening it.
01[22:30] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: As a quesiton, even.
[22:31] <Kotono> Ahead is a hallway. It's lit, light shining on as you approach. There's a pair of doors twenty feet away. Sixty feet past those is a small elevator. It's quite a bit warmer in this hall, head coming out of it like from the spout of a teapot.
[22:31] <Kotono> *heat
06[22:32] * Alicia pokes her head back into the hallway. "Donald? Amaryl? We're moving on now," she calls over, not wanting the party to get too split up.
01[22:32] <Seira> "I wonder if a dragon's here," Seira voices, waiting for everyone to catch up.
[22:32] <Kotono> Amaryl takes a breath and follows along, as does Donald.
[22:32] <Demedais> "...In these cramped corridors? That's a cheerful thought. Let's check the doors first? I'd... rather not deal with elevators right now." Demedais comments.
[22:33] <Kotono> "Why not?" Pollyanna asks as she peers ahead.
06[22:33] * Alicia takes the obvious hint and casts a warding against fire on herself before going towards the doors.
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+29 search traps on doors
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+29 search traps on doors and gets 74." [2#1d20+29 = 44, 30]
[22:33] <Demedais> "Just memories of the last elevator trap."
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for resist energy
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for resist energy and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[22:34] <Kotono> The spell triggers without incident.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Anyone want to risk me casting protection against fire on them?" Alicia asks after her spell goes off flawlessly.
[22:35] <Kotono> "I will," Donald raises his hand.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Likewise," Pollyanna considers after a moment. Amaryl shakes her head, however.
01[22:35] <Seira> As various preparations are being made, Seira tries to open the door to the left.
06[22:35] * Alicia gives the two the benefit of her magic!
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL Donald
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL Donald and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL Polly
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL Polly and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:36] <Demedais> "I'm fine." Demedais shrugs.
[22:37] <Kotono> The spells trigger without incident. Meanwhile, Seira opens the door. It leads to a pleasant, cooled sitting room. A carpet is here, a fireplace with a cheery fire and several chairs. A painting above the fireplace is of the God-King, fearsome. Several vases are about, a few paintings of underground caverns, and several curios of a shelf.
[22:37] <Kotono> *on a shelf
06[22:37] * Seira startles! Could it be the trapped carpet of fiery doom that she'd wanted to take home and never could?
06[22:38] * Alicia peers into the room for any magic of note.
06[22:38] * Demedais looks around the room as well for anything of note.
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot, just in case.
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 spot, just in case. and gets 38." [1d20=12]
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 are you the trapped carpet of doom?
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 are you the trapped carpet of doom? and gets 49." [1d20=20]
[22:39] <Alicia> "Nothing magical," Alicia notes. "I wonder how it's cooled... and what's keeping that fire going..." she starts to frown. "I think we should be careful, it's obviously warded against divination."
01[22:40] <Seira> Seira's face falls. "Well, maybe next time," she mutters, before making her way towards the shelf by flying above the carpet.
[22:41] <Demedais> "There's some sort of rock-and-gem thing over there." Demedais notes, pointing to it. "Aside from that.... you're possibly right, yes, Alicia. Perhaps..." Demedais frowns, before watching Seira advance, glaive switched in.
06[22:41] * Alicia pulls her blindfold down for a second in case there's anything invisible in the room that will be revealed.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Hmm," Alicia lifts it back up. "Nothing invisible, at least." With nothing to keep her interest, she opens the opposite door.
[22:43] <Kotono> Seira reaches the shelf. It's full of various curios. There's a geode lined with silver, a pair of dice made out of some sort of pink rock, a goat-demon's head in minature, bronzed, a few white feathers that look to have been dipped in golden dust, a brassy scale large enough to perhaps be a dragon's scale, a gold coin of strange make, a wooden carving of a conical cap, a teardrop gemstone surrounded by a solid, stable skin of water.
[22:43] <Kotono> a teardrop gemstone surrounded by a solid, stable skin of water.
[22:44] <Kotono> Alicia opens the other door. It looks to be one half office and one half bedroom. The office side is obliterated - utterly scorched. Some of the bedroom seems to survive, including most of a bed, unruined.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 are you trapped, shelf?
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 are you trapped, shelf? and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[22:44] <Alicia> Any magic in here?
06[22:45] * Seira just decides to collect the curios, seeing no reason not to.
[22:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 11." [1d20=1]
06[22:45] * Alicia goes to look under the bed!
[22:46] <Kotono> Under the bed looks to be a book. It's a bit scorched, but is otherwise intact. It's blue bound and a bit on the thick side.
06[22:47] * Alicia picks the book up and opens it to the first page to see if any of it's in a respectable language.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Found a book on metamagic here," Alicia waves it briefly before it goes into the portable hole. "That's about everything in here of note."
01[22:49] <Seira> "Found some souveniers," Seira calls over. "How about taking the picture as well? I don't think we actually brought along anything clearer than some faded images of Daa-vid on old coins."
[22:51] <Alicia> "Well, if you really want it," Alicia shrugs, going over to take down the painting and put it in the portable hole, frame and all. "Now, do we take the elevator or the stairs?"
01[22:54] <Seira> "Stairs?"
[22:54] <Demedais> "Hopefully, the tokens will protect us from the evil elevator traps." Demedais says, a bit flippantly.
[22:55] <Alicia> "There was a stairway back in the room with all the gears and runes," Alicia nods her head back. "But lets try the elevator since we're here," she agrees, heading onwards.
01[22:55] <Seira> "No elevator has managed to kill us yet," Seira agrees.
[22:55] <Kotono> "The one in the desert came close," Donald mutters.
[22:55] <Demedais> "Yeah." Demedais nods.
01[22:56] <Seira> "It's not the drop but the sudden stop at the end?"
[22:57] <Kotono> The elevator is pretty small - it'll only fit four people in, maximum, on a glance.
01[22:58] <Seira> "Let's take it three at a time?" Seira suggests.
[22:58] <Demedais> "Seira, Alicia, Donald, you three go first?" Demedais suggests.
06[22:58] * Alicia doesn't particularly care and duly steps on.
[22:58] <Kotono> Donald shrugs and gets intothe elevator. "Wish us luck."
06[22:58] * Seira looks for the switch to operate it.
[22:59] <Kotono> There is a switch set into the wall.
[22:59] <Demedais> "Good luck." Demedais nods.
01[22:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 are you trapped?
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 are you trapped? and gets 42." [1d20=13]
06[23:00] * Seira flips the switch.
[23:01] <Kotono> Thus, the elevator goes doooown! OOC: #terror, you two.
[23:01] <Kotono> As the elevator smoothly goes down, leaving the other three behind, "I'm sorry," Amaryl turns and bows to Demedais.
[23:03] <Demedais> "Hm?" Demedais says, looking to Amaryl in confusion. "For the, ah, previous room? Don't worry about it. No two ways about it, it was disturbing."
[23:05] <Kotono> "Still," Looking down and away, holding her arm, "Were you disturbed as well?"
[23:07] <Demedais> "Some. A resistance comes with time and training, though. It never numbs away what you see, however. On some level, you do have to cope with it." Demedais says, looking to Pollyanna for a moment before glancing back to Amaryl.
[23:10] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes and rests a hand on Demedais' shoulder.
[23:10] <Kotono> "You take it in stride so well. Evne yesterday, with that change, you kept your composure." Amaryl colors, "It's admirable."
06[23:11] * Demedais pats Pollyanna on the back, before glancing to Amaryl. "Uh... honestly, the most annoying part was not being able to vent at the sudden change due to not being able to speak properly. It's... how to explain? The sudden gender change was more offputting on its own, but... not being able to speak during it made it worse than I thought it would."
[23:13] <Kotono> "I see..." Amaryl blushes a little. Pollyanna smiles just a little bit, "It was just magic. Don't go swooning over Demedais now."
[23:13] <Kotono> "It wasn't that!" Amaryl turns red as a flame, head jerking up.
[23:13] <Kotono> "Sorry," Chuckling under her breath, "Stop blushing everytime you say something. Hasn't Seira told you to have more confidence?"
06[23:16] * Demedais rubs head, before finally nodding at Pollyanna's comment. "If she hasn't, let us, then."
[23:16] <Kotono> "Yes," Amaryl still looks away. "It still comes hard."
[23:17] <Demedais> "Still. Keep at it; it's one of those things that does require patience."
[23:19] <Kotono> "Thank you," Amaryl murmurs. Then, after a pause, "If you don't mind me asking...what was it like?"
[23:20] <Demedais> "Being female? My armor hurt." Demedais notes.
[23:20] <Kotono> Amaryl stops, "It's hot down there. Lava pit, it sounds like. Explains the heat. They're looking for something stolen from Lagann, whatever that means."
[23:20] <Kotono> "Oh, I mean Seira just told me that," Amaryl blushes.
[23:20] <Demedais> "... Tell them to be careful. And... also, it might be the Resort." Demedais grimaces.
[23:22] <Kotono> Amaryl nods quietly.
[23:23] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais nods at this.
06[23:24] * Demedais muses. "It... was just disorienting more than anything else, I guess? No profound insights, here."
[23:24] <Kotono> "It would be nice if we're near the end of this. You know..." Holding her arm, "Afte rall of this, maybe a vacation would be good, like one of us suggested a few days ago?" AFter that, "Hehehe. I wondered a little bit, that was all. Since, well..." Blushing, lots of it, "I wonder sometimes if I feel somewhat like a man, since...well..."
[23:26] <Demedais> "...I could get behind a vacation. Not particularly wanting to put the other Resorts in just yet, either." Demedais comments, before thinking about Amaryl's last comment. "It's possible, maybe? Talk to Seira about it sometime. She'd... ah, probably know better than either of us?"
[23:28] <Kotono> "Maybe," Amaryl goes quiet, then, very cheerfully, "How about that island Alicia took us to? Or Elysium?"
[23:30] <Demedais> "Both ideas, though I don't know how well Elysium would mesh with me." Demedais notes, nodding. "Definitely worth discussing after we're done here."
[23:32] <Kotono> "After defeating a gnomish leftover, we do the impossible and go visit the Heavens before we die," Pollyanna smiles wainly.
[23:34] <Demedais> "Could be far worse. Heard enough of the lower planes that I've zilch interest, thanks."
[23:34] <Kotono> "I think the point of the Lower Plains is to avoid them, unless it's to crack heads of do something worthwhile," Pollyanna smiles a little now, "Like when Alicia went to free souls in Hell, or to go slay some demons."
[23:38] <Demedais> "Pretty much." Demedais nods. "Of course, they have their own... idiotic... incomprehensible... motives. But for our sakes, yes, avoiding them until we need to deal with them's the simplest road."
[23:44] <Kotono> After quite some time, the conversation dulling down, the elevator returns up. It comes up with a gush of steam, revealing the three.
[23:45] <Demedais> "Hi." Demedais says, after recognizing the two. "What's going on?"
01[23:46] <Seira> "It might take a while for the lava to cool."
06[23:46] * Alicia dries herself off with her still active prestidigitation spell as she steps out. "We've got to wait for the steam to dissipate before we go back, but it should be safer now to find whatever's at the bottom," she reports. "For now lets try those stairs back there?" she points back down the hallway.
[23:46] <Demedais> "I see." Demedais nods, leading the way back to the stairway.
06[23:48] * Seira sticks by Amaryl. "So I'm curious, why didn't you want to be protected from the elements?" she asks her. "Were you worried over wild magic accidents?"
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "It would be nice if we're near the end of this. You know..." Holding her arm, "Afte rall of this, maybe a vacation would be good, like one of us suggested a few days ago?" AFter that, "Hehehe. I wondered a little bit, that was all. Since, well..." Blushing, lots of it, "I wonder sometimes if I feel somewhat like a man, since...well..."
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "...I could get behind a vacation. Not particularly wanting to put the other Resorts in just yet, either." Demedais comments, before thinking about Amaryl's last comment. "It's possible, maybe? Talk to Seira about it sometime. She'd... ah, probably know better than either of us?"
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "Maybe," Amaryl goes quiet, then, very cheerfully, "How about that island Alicia took us to? Or Elysium?"
03[20:00] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Demedais
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "Both ideas, though I don't know how well Elysium would mesh with me." Demedais notes, nodding. "Definitely worth discussing after we're done here."
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "After defeating a gnomish leftover, we do the impossible and go visit the Heavens before we die," Pollyanna smiles wainly.
[20:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "Could be far worse. Heard enough of the lower planes that I've zilch interest, thanks."
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > "I think the point of the Lower Plains is to avoid them, unless it's to crack heads of do something worthwhile," Pollyanna smiles a little now, "Like when Alicia went to free souls in Hell, or to go slay some demons."
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "Pretty much." Demedais nods. "Of course, they have their own... idiotic... incomprehensible... motives. But for our sakes, yes, avoiding them until we need to deal with them's the simplest road."
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > After quite some time, the conversation dulling down, the elevator returns up. It comes up with a gush of steam, revealing the three.
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "Hi." Demedais says, after recognizing the two. "What's going on?"
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Seira> "It might take a while for the lava to cool."
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Alicia dries herself off with her still active prestidigitation spell as she steps out. "We've got to wait for the steam to dissipate before we go back, but it should be safer now to find whatever's at the bottom," she reports. "For now lets try those stairs back there?" she points back down the hallway.
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Demedais> "I see." Demedais nods, leading the way back to the stairway.
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Seira sticks by Amaryl. "So I'm curious, why didn't you want to be protected from the elements?" she asks her. "Were you worried over wild magic accidents?"
[20:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Yes," Amaryl admits as the party heads back to the stairway. It awaits in all it's cramped, small glory.
01[20:01] <Seira> "Even with magic like this, I bet we could fix it easily enough!"
06[20:01] * Alicia takes the lead, stooping down as she descends the staircase.
06[20:02] * Demedais follows Alicia, also stooping downward, glaive in his left hand as he descends.
02[20:03] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@76.236.187.97) Quit (Ping timeout)
[20:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The stairway goes down three full twisting loops, requiring some deft work and crawling. Nonethless, the party reaches the bottom. Here, scorch marks are all about. Broken shelves and boxes are littered about, obliterated. The floor of this room is a mess of broken stone, glass, wood and other materials. It was once perhaps some sort of storage, but now it's nothing but rubble and ruin to the casual eye.
02[20:04] * Demedais (~ferixstad@76.235.180.41) Quit (Broken pipe)
03[20:04] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-180-41.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) has joined #dunes
03[20:04] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
[20:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The stairway goes down three full twisting loops, requiring some deft work and crawling. Nonethless, the party reaches the bottom. Here, scorch marks are all about. Broken shelves and boxes are littered about, obliterated. The floor of this room is a mess of broken stone, glass, wood and other materials. It was once perhaps some sort of storage, but now it's nothing but rubble and ruin to the casual eye.
06[20:04] * Alicia takes a look around for any magic.
[20:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> rubble and ruin to the casual eye.
03[20:05] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 how about more than a casual eye?
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 how about more than a casual eye? and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[20:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot or something for an initial appraisal or something to help guide Seira Iunno maybe I can help
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 spot or something for an initial appraisal or something to help guide Seira Iunno maybe I can help and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[20:06] <Alicia> "Nothing magical here, anyway," Alicia remarks after a brief scan of the debris.
06[20:07] * Seira grabs a book from the rubble, handing it over to Demedais. "This might be helpful. You collect this sort of thing, right?"
06[20:07] * Demedais picks it up, quickly glancing to see what it is.
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The burnt, waterstained book is still intact despite it's damages. It looks to be a tome on how fantastical creatures reproduce, a study of magical biology if one will. It's pretty complex.
[20:09] <Demedais> "...It might provide some insight, though I suspect a lot of it will be details I'm uninterested in. Still, thank you." Demedais nods gratefully, putting the book in his haversack before glancing around. "Nothing else? A disappointment..."
01[20:09] <Seira> "Once we've found the Resort and sorted out the problems with the Weave, we should take a week and search everything a bit more thoroughly," Seira suggests.
[20:10] <Demedais> "That would probably be wise, yes. I'd be willing to assist in that. Also have to find the slime cat, but that's a side duty in a way." Demedais nods.
[20:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Should we go back now?" Donald looks upwards, "How long do you think it'll take for the steam to dissipate?"
[20:10] <Alicia> "For now it seems like we've seen everything there is in this area, so how about we let out the captives upstairs and take them to Balmuria before we look over another section of the ruins?" Alicia suggests.
01[20:12] <Seira> "You want to take the mindless frog to Balmuria and leave it there?"
[20:13] <Demedais> "I guess that'll work, yeah. Though I'm not convinced taking the frog back is optimal." Demedais muses as he leads the way back up.
[20:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "We should do something to it, be it putting it out of it's misery or freein git," Pollyanna says with a little sigh, "Even if it's mindless, it deserves better."
[20:14] <Alicia> "Marie and Jessica can look after them for now until we get back," Alicia opines. "It's kinder than leaving them here any longer."
[20:14] <Demedais> "If they're up for it, sure." Demedais nods at that.
[20:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus the party returns upstairs. You return to the glass panes without incident, finding them how you left them. The hooved angel is still asleep, while the chaotic inevitable continues it's pacing. The window of the third creature is still tinted black.
01[20:15] <Seira> "I'm not convinced that we should take both back home, frankly," Seira states. "And can Jessica and Marie really control both, if they got out of hand?"
[20:16] <Alicia> "They could certainly do more than most people," Alicia replies. "But I can see your concern - lets just free the angel/yugoloth hybrid for now, then? It's the one that seems most aware of what it's missing."
06[20:17] * Seira nods. "Exactly. And we'll try to find out more about him. If we do manage to get in touch with a parent and they decide to offer their help, we could try and see about helping the other one."
[20:17] <Demedais> "Alright. Perhaps the wall of machines in that other room would adopt the frog, on that note?" Demedais suggests.
01[20:18] <Seira> "Not while there's wild magic rampant here, I hope," Seira mutters. "Still. Can we wait a bit before doing this? I wanted to talk to the succubus first in case he knew more, and it might be a bad idea to ask that kid to tag along with us over to that section."
[20:19] <Demedais> "Fair, I guess."
[20:19] <Alicia> "I'm not sure that would be an improvement..." Alicia replies dubiously, going to tap her fingers briefly on the window confining the fiendish/celestial hybrid. "I'll just teleport him to Balmuria and then come back once I've explained things to Marie and Jessica, I won't be gone more than a minute."
06[20:19] * Seira sees no problem in waiting that long, of course.
[20:20] <Demedais> "Alright."
[20:20] <Alicia> There's definitely no doors or other obvious signs of ingress to the chamber?
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> There doesn't look to be, no.
06[20:20] * Seira presses her hand against the window and focuses on an opening.
[20:21] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Nothing seems to happen to Seira's touch.
06[20:22] * Seira presses the token to it briefly, before looking for any means entry can be gained into the room.
06[20:22] * Alicia takes her heavily enchanted blade and presses it against the glass at the corner away from the sleeping being, scoring a box out that she can hopefully push the glass through to make an entry without shattering the whole thing.
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[20:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Roll damage, Alicia?
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+13
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+13 and gets 14." [1d8=1]
[20:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The glass is surprisingly difficult to cut. It doesn't shatter - it's more like scraping against metal. Alicia makes a decent gouge in it, but doesn't cut all the way through.
01[20:26] <Seira> "There had to be a way that didn't require replacing the window," Seira mutters in frustration, thinking about it.
01[20:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
06[20:26] * Alicia doesn't want to shatter it, since that would surely frighten the occupant. Instead she continues slowly scoring out a groove which she can use to simply partition the glass and open up a section without much collatoral damage.
[20:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> It takes a lot of cutting, but eventually Alicia powers through. A large chunk of the glass is scored out.
06[20:29] * Alicia pushes the partition through and carefully lowers it to the floor, before she steps into the cell. "I'll teleport back to the main entrance once I'm done and meet you all at the room with the demons?" she suggests.
01[20:29] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees.
[20:29] <Alicia> Putting a hand on the sleeping creature's arm, Alicia teleports the both of them to the desert oasis, first of all!
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL?
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL? and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[20:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Success. I'll resolve Alicia's TPs then you guys.
[20:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Go for the nexst one.
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home very familiar
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home very familiar and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[20:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Just going to dump himo ff on Marie/Jessica?
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: Yeah, I'll give them both a quick run down on events as well as his particular situation and ask them to take care of him until I get back. Then I away~
[20:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Go ahead and roll your 'ports back?
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 desert studied carefully
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 desert studied carefully and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL for steel jungle
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL for steel jungle and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: #terror, Alicia.
[20:32] <Alicia> OOC: similar area
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia teleports away, leaving the rest of the party by themselves. "So where did she say we were going?" Donald asks, "Sorry, I spaced out a moment."
06[20:33] * Seira decides to press her hand against the remaining empty glass windows, both queasy and unable to turn away.
[20:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Most of them bear a simple message 'Room empty, previous occupatant terminated.' The one with it's bed ruined and splotchy blood about? 'Eladrin/Devil crossbreed. Unstable. Suicidal tendencies. Possesses considerable might, but only seeks to hurt itself. Call for aid if it's binds show any signs of failing.'
01[20:39] <Seira> "...right." Frowning, Seira decides to head towards the room with the succubus and wait for Alicia there.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> As the party walks back, "What are we going to do with the succubus, anyway?" Donald asks.
06[20:40] * Demedais follows behind the group slowly.
01[20:41] <Seira> "Now, or eventually?"
[20:41] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Now. Are we going to let it rot or what?"
01[20:42] <Seira> "We're going to ask him some questions, and if he is helpful, once we've gotten the Resort we will send him back. Until that time, it is a liability to do that."
[20:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus, the party heads to the succubus' room. It waits there, looking your way as the group enters in.
06[20:43] * Seira gives him a wave.
[20:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You return." The succubus rises, going against the glass.
06[20:44] * Seira nods. "Yep. In a few days, you should be able to return, too."
[20:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Ah, at last." Nodding to Seira's words, "Why the delay?"
01[20:47] <Seira> "Personal reasons, mostly. I still need some information, and it's not really safe to let you out just yet in case you decide to betray us like pretty much a model demon would. I hope you understand."
[20:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Do go on," The demon invites, "What information do you want?"
01[20:50] <Seira> "You mentioned the gnomes experimenting with... well, with crossing species. There was someone who was apparently the product of a yugoloth and an angel. Can you tell me anything that would help in identifying the parents?"
[20:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "My, no accounting for taste," The succubus mutters, "Well, if the parents aren't here, then they're either dead or back out in the Outer Planes. I'd just use divinations to solve it, rather than goinghunting on long shots."
01[20:54] <Seira> "What about records, or even the means to opening the chambers short of brute force?"
[20:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Meanwhile, Alicia approaches from the back, catching up with the party.
06[20:54] * Alicia silently approaches, not wanting to interrupt the current conversation.
[20:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Try touching the glass windows," The succubus eyes Alicia briefly, "I do know they used teleportation to get subjects in."
01[20:56] <Seira> "What's preventing you from leaving, then?" she asks curiously.
[20:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "If it was possible for a subject to teleport out, they would." With a chilly, sardonic grin, "From what I gathered and I speculate, the wards are set so that the subject can't teleport out."
01[20:57] <Seira> "A shame we didn't find anything on the wards," Seira mutters. "Maybe I could've taken the chance of freeing you earlier, then. What about a records room, again? Would you know anything about that?"
[20:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I'm a prisoner. I regret that I didn't get a full tour," Spreading his arms out and shrugging, "No such luck."
01[21:00] <Seira> "You and me both," Seira agrees. It seems this is pointless, but at least there's more to explore. "Till later, then."
[21:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> As Seira turns away, "So where now, then?" Donald looks to the various members? "Back out to the main entry room?"
01[21:01] <Seira> "Let's see what else is here aside from this museum."
[21:02] <Alicia> "There's several doors we haven't explored from there, yes," Alicia nods, heading back.
06[21:03] * Demedais nods at this, giving the succubus a final wary glance before heading out.
[21:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Returning back...
[21:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> 00> There is a large, iron barred door straight ahead, underneath the walkways and on ground level. There is a door on the lower left side of the room, on the ground level as well. On the upper level and thew alkways, there is a door to the right, an open arch. There is also a door to the left, two of them, one with a iron door and the other being another arch.
06[21:05] * Seira tries the other ground level door.
[21:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The door opens! Ahead you see a pillared hallway, cast in iron and steel. A pair of scorch marks are just inside of the hall. The hall goes about fourty feet and is about twenty wide. Everything is of smooth metals. At the end is a thin, transparent wall of steel, almost ghostly.
01[21:09] <Seira> "Easy, easy," Seira murmurs, stepping forward slowly.
06[21:09] * Alicia looks for any magic down the hallway as she follows Seira.
06[21:10] * Demedais looks around as well for anything out of the ordinary.
[21:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 usual spot check
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 usual spot check and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 24." [1d20=14]
01[21:12] <Seira> 'We'll get it back!' Seira promises to Lagann. 'I haven't let you down so far, have I?'
[21:12] <Alicia> "There's some sort of transmutation effect on that wall," Alicia comments, walking up to the ghostly wall and rapping her knuckles on it.
[21:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Getting closer, Alicia can see through the wall. The hall continues. The steel feels solid as she touches it, yet at the tsame time, her hand easily passes through it.
01[21:13] <Seira> "Wait!" Seira calls out to Alicia.
06[21:14] * Seira takes the time to study the area just near the transmutative wall.
[21:14] <Alicia> "I think our tokens will let us pass, though," she concludes, about to step through before abruptly stopping and looking back at Seira.
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 40." [1d20=11]
01[21:15] <Seira> "Strange," Seira muses out loud. "The tokens seem to be working, but Lagann's still worried. Do we risk it?"
[21:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Creepy," Amaryl murmurs as she watches. Pollyanna continues to look about in the meantime.
[21:16] <Demedais> "... I don't see anything else, so it seems our best option..." Demedais grimaces. "Unless the fliers want to look for a way to deactivate this above somewhere?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "It seems fine," Alicia shrugs. "But if he's worried could he do something about the wall? It is metal, I think..."
01[21:17] <Seira> "Lagann could try shifting it aside, but that should be more dangerous." Seira does ask, however, "How about it? If you think it would be safe with our tokens, want to try and making a way through for us, Lagann?"
01[21:21] <Seira> "Umm." Seira feels silly repeating the voices in her head out loud, but she's a mage. She can always claim it was a failed spell due to wild magic. "Za dom Spremni?"
[21:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The ghostly wall blinks thrice, before fading away entirely. The way ahead no longer has a ghostly wall ahead of it.
[21:22] <Alicia> "Well, that's even better," Alicia nods in satisfaction, continuing down the hallway and alert for magic as she goes.
01[21:23] <Seira> "I guess it was literally your magic," Seira whispers to Lagann. "Sorry about misunderstanding. I thought you meant it as a metaphore."
[21:23] <Demedais> "Hm." Demedais muses as he continues down the hall, spotting on the way.
[21:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The hall continues for about another sixty feet. Ahead, hanging on the walls, are various portraits. They are of fearsome looking gnomes and great works of metal. Men made of metal, golems. Of great jagged weapons cast true, of metal everywhere. At the end the hall starts to curve, a raised metal platform waiting there. It is decorated with a circle of runes about it. Above it, words emblazed on gnomish can be seen. They read the fol
[21:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Above it, words emblazed on gnomish can be seen. They read the following, 'Cast in the glory of the True God!'
06[21:25] * Alicia eyes the runes...
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 26." [1d20=16]
06[21:26] * Seira does likewise, examining them. And glancing casually at the portraits in case Lagann is there, somewhere.
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 spellcraft
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 spellcraft and gets 33." [1d20=6]
06[21:27] * Demedais glances around himself for anything that stands out in particular as off.
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spotlol
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 spotlol and gets 29." [1d20=3]
01[21:28] <Seira> "Oh wow!" Seira exclaims. "A portal! I wonder where it goes? I'll just have to check tomorrow~!"
[21:28] <Demedais> "That portrait's eyes move." Demedais whispers to the rest of the group, glancing to the one in question discreetly.
[21:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The portrait is of one stern, unblinking gnomish man. He is clad in armor, face emotionlessly cold.
06[21:29] * Alicia glances over at the portrait in question. "It's not magic..." she observes, eyeing it herself.
[21:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The portrait's eyes don't seem to be moving as the party looks at it.
06[21:30] * Seira eyes the portrait in question. "How's it hanging?" she asks in greeting.
[21:30] <Alicia> "Well, anyway, if we don't want to risk the portal today shall we try the upstairs passages now?" Alicia asks.
[21:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> There's no reply to Seira's words.
[21:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Donald groans. "Hows it han...Seira, that was horrible."
06[21:32] * Seira grins. "Thanks! It is a gift!"
06[21:33] * Seira mentally wonders whether Lagann knows the stern-looking gnome in the portrait.
01[21:36] <Seira> Since there's no answer from her buddy, she's quite ready to follow Alicia's suggestion. The open arch to the right sounds like a good place to start.
[21:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The party returns to the main room. Above, the walkways loom and wait for the party, if they care to reach them.
06[21:39] * Seira flies up to ensure it is safe. A rope could easily be fixated to the upper floor, if no normal path to it exists.
06[21:39] * Alicia flies up and produces a rope from her survival pouch, looking for something handy to tie it to so the non-flyers can climb up.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 are there traps by the arch?
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 are there traps by the arch? and gets 37." [1d20=8]
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> There's some railings Alicia can tie it to if she wishes.
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: There's two arches, one to the left and one to the right. Which one?
06[21:41] * Alicia ties the rope to a railing and tosses it down.
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: Previously-stated desire to go to the one on the right
[21:41] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 16 on use rope
[21:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The arch on the right isn't trapped. Ahead, you can see halls going to the left and to the right, each studded with connected rooms.
[21:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Pollyanna grabs the rope once it's down, "Want me to go first, Demedais?"
01[21:42] <Seira> "Yes, it is forbidden to climb below Demedais!" Seira calls over.
[21:43] <Demedais> "Everyone else should go before me, yes." Demedais says.
[21:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Pollyanna climbs up! OOC: Taking 10/she has a ring of feather fall anyway so it's irrelevant.
[21:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl takes the rope next, attempting to climb up!
[21:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[21:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl is able to climb up as well, making it up.
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Looking back down, "You're up now, Demedais!" Pollyanna shouts down.
[21:46] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais shrugs, before trying to climb up!
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 welp, here goes
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 welp, here goes and gets 12." [1d20=8]
[21:47] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Despite all his tries, Demedais gets up on the first effort!
06[21:49] * Seira proceeds ahead.
[21:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> You walk down. You see that the halls curve to the left and the right. Dotted along them are rooms - simple rooms, from the looks of it. Some of them have open doors, normal, if small bedrooms are seen on a glance.
[21:50] <Demedais> "The residence areas here, then. Search them one at a time?" Demedais shrugs.
06[21:51] * Alicia walks along behind Seira, a cursory eye out for magic.
06[21:52] * Seira is agreeable to that, and Lagann can easily tell her if there's anything of metal she'd missed in her cursory scan.
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 searching it all?
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 searching it all? and gets 39." [1d20=10]
06[21:53] * Demedais helps look in this.
[21:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[21:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The party finds that these quarters loop around. There are about fifty rooms total. About half of them are blasted and ruined, little of interest. From the rest you get a pile of things: Clothes, glass jars, metal containers, bits of jewelry, knick-knacks and curious, coins, that sort of thing. Not much in the way of magic: A jagged dagger and a red necklace are found, however.
[22:00] <Alicia> Into the hole they go! "Lets try the opposite passages now?" Alicia suggests.
[22:01] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs.
[19:38] <Kotono> > Despite all his tries, Demedais gets up on the first effort!
[19:38] <Kotono> * Seira proceeds ahead.
[19:38] <Kotono> > You walk down. You see that the halls curve to the left and the right. Dotted along them are rooms - simple rooms, from the looks of it. Some of them have open doors, normal, if small bedrooms are seen on a glance.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Demedais> "The residence areas here, then. Search them one at a time?" Demedais shrugs.
[19:38] <Kotono> * Alicia walks along behind Seira, a cursory eye out for magic.
[19:38] <Kotono> * Seira is agreeable to that, and Lagann can easily tell her if there's anything of metal she'd missed in her cursory scan.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+29 searching it all?
[19:38] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 searching it all? and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[19:38] <Kotono> * Demedais helps look in this.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay
[19:38] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[19:38] <Kotono> > The party finds that these quarters loop around. There are about fifty rooms total. About half of them are blasted and ruined, little of interest. From the rest you get a pile of things: Clothes, glass jars, metal containers, bits of jewelry, knick-knacks and curious, coins, that sort of thing. Not much in the way of magic: A jagged dagger and a red necklace are found, however.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> Into the hole they go! "Lets try the opposite passages now?" Alicia suggests.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs.
[19:40] <Kotono> The party returns to the walkways above. Walking around, they come to a pair of passages. One is arched, leading into a stairway ascending. The other is a door, closed shut.
[19:40] <Alicia> Any magic on the door?
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[19:42] <Alicia> "No magic, so the door's probably safe," Alicia opines, opening it.
[19:43] <Kotono> Ahead is a hallway that curves to the right, unlit. There's utterly no light ahead. The hall is lined with metal, symbols carved out in the walls.
06[19:44] * Demedais nods, spear out as he peers into the hall warily. "Likely trapped like everything else here, but..."
06[19:44] * Seira examines the symbols, for her part.
[19:45] <Kotono> "Naturally," Donald grins as he adjusts his helmet into place.
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft, Seira?
[19:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot perphaps
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot perphaps and gets 42." [1d20=11]
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[19:45] <Alicia> "I can't gnomish so I'll take your word for it," Alicia replies as she starts to head down the hallway, able to see in the dark and alert for any magic that might hint at a potential trap ahead of her.
01[19:46] <Seira> "Wait a moment," Seira calls over to Alicia. "Unless you want to see how potent the defenses remain."
[19:46] <Demedais> "Yeah, looks like gnomish writing by and large. Perhaps it's related to some of the other things we've seen around?" Demedais nods, stepping in and looking at the writing more carefully over Seira's shoulder.
[19:46] <Alicia> "Mechanical traps?" Alicia stops worriedly, not having seen any magic.
01[19:47] <Seira> "Dunno. So it would be great if people stopped stepping forward until I've checked it out."
[19:47] <Kotono> Amaryl takes the time to check over her arrows, readying a pair. Pollyanna does much the same, squinting ahead.
[19:47] <Kotono> "Oh yeah," Donald takes a few steps away from the door. "Go ahead, Seira."
[19:48] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais shrugs, pulling back as well.
01[19:48] <Seira> Thinking gnomish thoughts worked as a fix before, so Seira tries the same as she approaches what has to be a trap.
01[19:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[19:49] <Kotono> OOC: Try for DD now, yes.
01[19:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
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[19:50] <Kotono> Seira steps slowly amid the carvings on the walls! She snakes towards one of the symbols in particular, working in deft movements! She uses a knife to carve three added lines into it, a soft humming at the wards shimmer and the metal seems to melt. It reforms, smooth and carving-less.
06[19:51] * Seira blinks. "Are you sure there's no magic involved?" she asks Alicia. "Maybe they just masked it?"
[19:51] <Alicia> "Oh... magic. Must be another place warded against divination," Alicia checks her own gear and confirms none of it seems magical to her sight. "I should check that more frequently."
01[19:52] <Seira> "Well, that's a horrible fate avoided. Let's get going?"
[19:53] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods, keeping a few steps behind those who can see well in the dark as they advance. "Should I pull a Sunrod out for the rest of us?":
01[19:53] <Seira> "Or Alicia could light the way."
[19:53] <Kotono> "It would be nice so I can aim," Pollyanna says with a touch of hopeful sweetness in her voice.
06[19:54] * Alicia walks over to Pollyanna and murmurs a spell, casting Light on her bow.
[19:54] <Alicia> OOC: CL for light?
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[19:54] <Kotono> This time, the magic flows freely, uninterrupted by chaotic energies.
01[19:55] <Seira> "Want to recast your shield?" Seira asks Amaryl, hanging back near her. "Seems like magic works normally here."
[19:57] <Kotono> "Oh!" Amaryl smiles in relief, "Finally." She makes a few gestures, magic wrapping around in front of her as per normal.
01[19:58] <Seira> "I'm still waiting to see the spots that have boosted magic," Seira admits. "That guardian mentioned them, right?"
[19:58] <Demedais> "...then this will be a good place to heal when we need it again." Demedais notes, before nodding to Seira. "Those might be later in. For now, let's keep going, unless anyone wants any further preparations now?"
[19:58] <Alicia> "I'm sure they'll turn up," Alicia opines as they continue along.
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[20:04] <Kotono> "Indeed," Pollyanna says. The hall continues on a little ways on a very gentle curve, about half a minute of walking. The spaces open up ahead: A room, it's back wall full of murder holes. Blast marks are all about this room, the metal walls stained black from so many. Ahead, a barred, heavy door of stout looking metal awaits. Light rubble covers the floor all over.
01[20:05] <Seira> Time to do her trapfinding thing!
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 30." [1d20=1]
01[20:05] <Seira> Finding the way ahead quite safe, Seira tries to open the door and look past it.
[20:05] <Kotono> "Oh hey!" Donald snaps his fingers. "I remember this! The big bearded devil with the nasty axe, we fought in somewher esort of like this.:"
[20:06] <Alicia> "It was, wasn't it?" Alicia agrees as she looks around. "It's almost comforting to see something familiar..."
[20:09] <Kotono> "Yeah, if this is a defensive barrier, we must be getting closer to something good," Donald agrees as Seira opens the door! As she touches it, the door flies open! Three sets of eyes loom in the pitch black darkness ahead! Two are small sized, perfectly crafted gnomes of metal. They stand behind the other, man sized. It is surrounded by dozens of whirling blades and weapons of pure force, cobbled together, battered armor on it's body. An overw
[20:10] <Kotono> cobbled together, battered armor on it's body. An overwhelming sense of tension and bloodlust gushes from the creature, 15 feet within the hall ahead! In a voice that seems to twist all around you into a battlefield, "None shall pass further! Offer your blood to me!"
01[20:11] <Seira> "Nothing witty comes to mind," Seira says with a glance back. "How about you guys?"
[20:11] <Kotono> "Yeah, familiar," Donald repeats, "If it wants a fight, well...let's give it one?"
01[20:11] <Seira> "Sure, let's go with that!"
[20:11] <Alicia> "They're made of metal, aren't they?" Alicia notes as she readies her blades.
[20:12] <Demedais> "He's a metallic vampire?" Demedais blinks, dropping the spear aside as he draws his sword.
[20:12] <Kotono> With a whirl of a long spear held it's hands, the creature is coming at you! OOC: Let's do init, it's obviously Hostle Gnome Shit. (HGS).
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=12]
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[20:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 anti-metallic vampire powah activate (plz)
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 anti-metallic vampire powah activate (plz) and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 statue 1
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 statue 1 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 statue 2
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 statue 2 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 spearguy
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 spearguy and gets 30." [1d20=19]
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(24)>Amaryl(22)>Polly(15)>Seira=Donald(14)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Spear Guy(30)>Alicia(24)>Amaryl(22)>Statue 1(19)>Polly(15)>Seira=Donald(14)>Statue 2(8)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
[20:16] <Kotono> With a gesture of utter bloodthirsty contempt, a whirling, shimmering barrier of blades engulfs the way you came, blocking it! Further, the blades catch Amaryl and Pollyanna, cutting and slicing at them! (OOC: They get ref saves.)
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 reflex at least Polly has evasion
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 reflex at least Polly has evasion and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 No evasion but good ref
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 No evasion but good ref and gets 22." [1d20=4]
01[20:17] <Seira> OOC: Heroism
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, thanks.
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 15d6 halve this for Amaryl, that +2 saved her pain
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 halve this for Amaryl, that +2 saved her pain and gets 52." [15d6=4, 3, 6, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 5, 3, 5, 1, 3, 3, 3]
[20:18] <Kotono> As the blades whirl, Pollyanna dives ahead and out of the way, untouched! Amaryl is cut deep into her side, but with a heroic surge, she escapes them with only a relatively light wound as well! A split second later, the spear bearer is charging dead ahead at Seira! OOC: As it comes into range, make a will save, Seira? Mind affecting.
01[20:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[20:20] <Kotono> A moment later, it's spear lances deep at Seira!
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC, Seira?
01[20:20] <Seira> OOC: That hits flatfooted, yes
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d8+9
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+9 and gets 15." [1d8=6]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Do you have your DR up yet?
01[20:21] <Seira> OOC: No
[20:21] <Kotono> The spear glitters with rainbow colors, seven gemstones set into it! The force weapons dance around it's body, like a close range cloak of blades shielding it! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:23] * Alicia moves a bit to the side so Seira isn't in her way and she has a line on the big statue and one of the smaller ones, before she hurls Hell Striker forward, magic carrying it to scythe through both golems!
[20:23] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge for devotion?
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: K:A. Also, how close are yo ugetting to the spear guy?
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: I'll stay 30 feet away if I can help it
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 big dude
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 big dude and gets 42." [1d20=12]
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 little dude
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 little dude and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: divine might
[20:26] <Alicia> OOC: also, are they evil?
[20:26] <Kotono> OOC: No. Hit the spear guy, missed the gnome-statue creature.
[20:26] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+1d6+1d6
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+1d6+1d6 and gets 39." [1d8=6][1d6=2][1d6=5]
[20:27] <Kotono> Alicia hurls her blade forth, cutting into the spear bearer, Hellstriker bouncing back and forth amid the blades of force as it returns to Alicia! Amaryl winces and manuvers out of the way and to the side, sending a four-set of arrows at the spear bearer, getting to just within 30 feet of it!
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 2d8+8+3d6
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+8+3d6 and gets 27." [2d8=4, 7][3d6=5, 2, 1]
[20:28] <Kotono> A pair of arrows pierce the spear bearer lightly, struggling to get past it's cobbled together armor! OOC: Statue 1 is up.
[20:30] <Kotono> "Cease," the statue speaks in Gnomish, before calling on arcane power! "You who strike against us, lose an eye for an eye!" With that, a great word of power strikes Alicia!
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d4+1
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+1 and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: spellfiring it if I can
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead.
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Seven levels.
[20:31] <Kotono> Yet Alicia absorbs the magic, stopping it form robbing her eyes of form and vision! A moment later, five magical missiles follow, slamming Alicia!
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 19." [5d4=2, 1, 4, 3, 4]
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: shield lol
[20:31] <Kotono> Yet Alicia's shield magic stops all five missiles as well, disrupting and dispelling the force projectiles in motes of transparent light! OOC: Polly.
[20:32] <Kotono> Pollyanna stays where she is, readying off one single, focused arrow!
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 helmet, precise shot)
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 helmet, precise shot) and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14+3d8
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14+3d8 and gets 35." [1d8=8][3d8=4, 5, 4]
[20:33] <Kotono> The shot is well aimed, landing right in the gut of the creature! It doesn't seem to notice, howling fury instead! OOC: SEira and Doanld are up.
06[20:35] * Seira darts out of range, Stoneskin finally coming to her protection, and gestures at the metal trio! An arcane word later, a wave of flame envelops all three, boosted to its limits!
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: Moving 10ft back, using a cone of fire
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 18d6
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 18d6 and gets 53." [18d6=2, 4, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 1, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: DC?
01[20:37] <Seira> OOC: Apologies, DC is 26
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[20:38] <Kotono> The flaming cone horribly scorches the spear bearer, making it burnt and blackened! As it's caught dead on in it, the two metal gnomes don't even seem to notice, untouched by the intense heat! OOC: Doing anything else or is that it, Seira?
01[20:40] <Seira> OOC: That's it for me
[20:41] <Kotono> "Damn," Donald mutters, making arcane gestures and channeling powers unknown! "Anyw ay to get rid of those weapons around it?"
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch
01[20:41] <Seira> "I wouldn't suggest approaching the creepy spear guy," she cautions, eyeing him while holding her sword ready. "How about a ranged attack?"
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ranged touch and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 fort
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 fort and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[20:43] <Kotono> A black beam strikes the armored spear bearer, slowing it down and weakening it's movements! OOC: Statue 2 is up.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Cease," It repeats, walking up. It touches the spear bearer...
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 2d6 ow
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 ow and gets 2." [2d6=1, 1]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 concentration needed, though I think it auto makes this due to damage of pathetic.
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 concentration needed, though I think it auto makes this due to damage of pathetic. and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[20:44] <Kotono> With a glow of energy, the wounds of the spear bearer are gone! As it withdraws it's chipped hand, magical missiles fly in a 5 pack at Donald, striking him hard!
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 16." [5d4=2, 4, 1, 1, 3]
[20:45] <Kotono> Donald takes them in the arm, shielding his body from the worst of the damage! OOC: Deme.
01[20:46] <Seira> "Don't let those statues do it again!" Seira calls over to Pollyanna and Amaryl. "Or we'll never be done with this!"
[20:46] <Alicia> "Pollyanna, Amaryl! Keep an eye on the little ones and shoot them if they try to cast again!" Alicia snaps as she prepares for a likely painful melee.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Got it," Amaryl calls back, as the two archers ready themselves.
06[20:49] * Demedais grimaces at this newest trouble, first bringing up his aura of protection. "Amaryl, Pollyanna! Prepare to strike them if they t- Okay!" With that, he quickly snaps off a few words of prayer for Amaryl and Pollyanna, before drawing his sword! OOC: Protection Devotion, Blessed Aim (+2 to hit (morale) for ranged attack rolls within 50 ft.)
[20:50] <Demedais> OOC: Hold on.
06[20:52] * Demedais grimaces at this newest trouble, first bringing up his aura of protection. "Amaryl, Pollyanna! Prepare to strike them if they t- Okay!" With that, he raises his hand at the healing gnomebot, letting a ray of bright energy loose before drawing his sword! OOC: Searing Light.
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 touch, ranged
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 touch, ranged and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: jhit.
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, even.
[20:53] <Demedais> roll 4d6 Presuming they're constructs, naturally.
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6 Presuming they're constructs, naturally. and gets 20." [4d6=6, 4, 4, 6]
[20:54] <Kotono> The bright beam of light glitters with massive radiance, striking the healing gnome-statue hard! It's arm is chipped and half melted by the powerful ray! OOC: OOC: Spearguy is up.
[20:55] <Kotono> "Dieeee!" It cries, as a ringed wall of blades engulfs Donald! OOC: He gets ref.
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 54." [15d6=4, 4, 6, 1, 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 6, 1, 5, 4, 3]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 54*1.5
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 54*1.5 and gets 81."
[20:58] <Kotono> The barrier shreds Donald apart, ripping him horrifically! He staggers out of it, shining armor stained red and his entire posture wobbling back and forth! A moment later, the creature continues it's attack on Seira, approaching to within ten feet of her! OOC: Will, seira. It's now twenty feet from Donald/Alicia/Polly.
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[20:59] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+28 (-5 PA)
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-5 PA)
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-5 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Seira?
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: 45! More if near Deme.
[21:00] <Kotono> Seira is able to duck the spear by a hairsbreath, avoiding being impaled on it's rainbow tip! OOC: Alicia.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Hang on Donald!" Alicia quickly moves over to the winged elf, releasing a potent burst of healing spellfire into his ravaged form as she makes contact!
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 54." [18d4=3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2]
[21:02] <Kotono> Donald's wounds mostly heal, restored and refreshed! He grins to Alicia as the wall of whirling blades spins within a few feet of them! "Thanks," He glares at the spear bearer, "Let's try to finish it before it can do that again!" OOC: Amaryl's up, holding to interrupt statues.
[21:03] <Kotono> The statue gathers in more energy, "Cease," it speaks, Amaryl countering with a bevy of arrows!
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 7." [1d8=3]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 concentration
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 concentration and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:07] <Kotono> The arrow hits, but does little to stop the magic that comes forth, it's concentration like the iron that makes up it's body! "Be frozen!" A freezing ray erupts from it's fingers, going for Pollyanna!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 touch and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 15d6 cold damage on Pollyanna
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 cold damage on Pollyanna and gets 48." [15d6=6, 4, 6, 4, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4]
[21:08] <Kotono> As Pollyanna's body is covered in freezing ice, magical missiles emit out from it, also streaking to strike her a second later!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=1, 4, 2, 2, 3]
[21:09] <Kotono> The combination is enough to stagger Pollyanna back, knocking her on her rear before she swiftly recovers! Her hands shake with cold, ice lining her breastplate from where the ray hit! OOC: Polly's up.
[21:10] <Kotono> Pollyanna shivers, but keeps her aim on the statue near the spear bearer as instructed! OOC:Seira 'n'Donald.
06[21:10] * Seira winces, but breathes fire at her spear-wielding assailant, before gesturing as a trio of powerful fiery rays lance through his form! She opens herself up to attack, but that is only intended to prevent him from attacking anyone else trying to get within range of him.
01[21:10] <Seira> OOC: Does it AoO me?
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 fire+holy dc24
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 fire+holy dc24 and gets 48." [8d8=8, 5, 6, 4, 2, 5, 7, 1][2d8=6, 4]
01[21:11] <Seira> OOC: Does it AoO me for my empowered scorching ray?
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 ref first and yeah, it does, if you're not casting defensively.
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 ref first and yeah, it does, if you're not casting defensively. and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 41." [1d20=13]
01[21:12] <Seira> OOC: At -1, surely, but still a miss
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 ranged touch
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 ranged touch
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Resolve the rays now.
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 ranged touch
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 ranged touch and gets 25." [1d20=3]
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 ranged touch and gets 26." [1d20=4]
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 ranged touch and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 12d6
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 12d6 and gets 37." [12d6=4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5]
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 37*1.5
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 37*1.5 and gets 55.5."
[21:13] <Kotono> A trio of rays and holy breath devastate the spear-bearer as it duels with Seira, a pair of strikes that she weaves between as she works her magics! Donald meanwhile looks back and then head, cursing, before snapping off another ray!
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 fort not really relevant
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 fort not really relevant and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:15] <Kotono> This time the ray makes the spear bearer sag even more, uttelry running on empty! The second statue reaches out to touch it again, but Pollyanna is quicker!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14 and gets 21." [1d8=7]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d2+22
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2+22 and gets 23." [1d2=1]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, thanks Deme. Dur.
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:17] <Kotono> Whatever magic it was channeling, it's disrupted and lost! An arrow is right in it's metal throat, it's actions stopped! OOC: Demedais.
03[21:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Spear Guy(30)>Alicia(24)>Amaryl(22)>Statue 1(19)>Seira=Donald(14)>Pollyanna=Statue 2(8)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
03[21:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Spear Guy(30)>Alicia(24)>Amaryl=Statue 1(19)>Seira=Donald(14)>Pollyanna=Statue 2(8)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
06[21:18] * Demedais grimaces, before whispering a few words to Helm and charging ahead, prepared to take the brunt of the enemy's spear as he approaches to try and cut down the spear wielder! OOC: Charging. I presume will save and then AoO?
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: AoO first.
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Will.
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+5 mind affecting
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+5 mind affecting and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Success. Make your attack roll, sec.
[21:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, -2 PA) aiming for a hit to get DR bypass
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, -2 PA) aiming for a hit to get DR bypass and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
02[21:22] * Nao (~carthrat@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 2d6 force damage Deme
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 force damage Deme and gets 6." [2d6=2, 4]
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 2d6+18
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+18 and gets 27." [2d6=6, 3]
[21:24] <Kotono> Chaging in, and resisting a terrible, mind wrecking urge to destroy, Demedais slashes the spearbearer hard! It's resisted, it's flesh tough as many creatures he faces are! OOC: It's up.
[21:25] <Kotono> With a curt gesture at Pollyanna, a whirling ring of blades attempts to puree the archer-girl! OOC: She gets ref.
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 heroism, forgot that)
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 heroism, forgot that) and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:26] <Kotono> Pollyanna dives out of the way in a panic, avoiding a dozen blades that would have minced her apart! As this happens, it's spear goes out at Demedais!
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-3 exhausted, divine might)
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-3 exhausted, divine might) and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (-3 exhausted, divine might)
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (-3 exhausted, divine might) and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: What's your AC, Deme?
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-3 exhausted, divine might)
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-3 exhausted, divine might) and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[21:27] <Demedais> OOC: 44. I get an AoO on him, I think? Or did he step back to do this?
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: He had to since it's a reach weapon, yeah.
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 crit check
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 crit check and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d8+13
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+13 and gets 18." [1d8=5]
[21:30] <Kotono> Demedais gets speared in the side, a minor would that doesn't drive deep! The gems on it's weapon glow with light, bu tnothing happens! OOC:Alicia.
[21:31] <Alicia> Since Demedais and Seira have the large enemy under control and she can't reach the small ones yet, Alicia goes to heal Pollyanna, moving adjacent to the archer girl.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 16d4+16
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 and gets 57." [16d4=4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3, 3, 1, 4, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2]
[21:32] <Kotono> Pollyanna's wounds mend, another circle of blades just behind them, as last time with Donald! "T-thanks," Pollyanna tries to ready more arrows in the meantime! OOC: Amaryl and the first statue are up.
[21:34] <Kotono> As Amaryl fires more arrows at the statue...
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:35] <Kotono> None of them hit! A moment later, "Cease," is repeated, roaring flames erupting about in squares, hitting everyone about in a fiery apocalystic storm! OOC: Cl check for Deme first. This is fire damage so it doesn't matter for you, Seira.
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+2 spell penetration)
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+2 spell penetration) and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 15d6 ref saves for everyone but Deme/Seira.
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 ref saves for everyone but Deme/Seira. and gets 49." [15d6=4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4]
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Polly
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Polly and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Amaryl
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Amaryl and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl takes half, Donald and Polly take full. Alicia takes full.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Will you stop saying 'cease', lie down and break already?!" Demedais growls in Gnomish, out of frustration.
[21:37] <Kotono> More magical missiles discharge, this time at Pollyanna!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 16." [5d4=1, 2, 4, 3, 1]
[21:38] <Kotono> As the party rocks back from the flames, the worst of it generally stopped and resisted, magical missiles find Pollyanna to hit her hard! "Ugh...can we do anything about this?" she asks out loud, "Stop those damned statues harder!" OOC: Seira'n'Donald.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d4 breath, forgot that
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 breath, forgot that and gets 3." [1d4=3]
06[21:39] * Seira strikes with more fiery rays, not letting up!
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 spear guy
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 spear guy
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 spear guy
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 spear guy and gets 40." [1d20=18]
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 spear guy and gets 38." [1d20=16]
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 spear guy and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 12d6
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 12d6 and gets 54." [12d6=1, 6, 6, 5, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 3, 6, 4]
[21:41] <Kotono> The triplet rays make triplet holes in the spear warrior, it's chest burnt out! It still clings to it's life, struggling to stay alive! OOC: Donald.
[21:41] <Kotono> Donald mimics Seira, sending off Scorching Rays of his own!
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 17." [1d20=3]
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 12d6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 and gets 51." [12d6=6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 5, 6, 2, 5, 2, 4, 1]
03[21:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(24)>Amaryl=Statue 1(19)>Seira=Donald(14)>Pollyanna=Statue 2(8)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
01[21:42] <Seira> With the way now clear, Seira darts forward to break through the line the pair of statues hold!
[21:43] <Kotono> Hit three more times, the creature collapses down! It's body lies there, shaking and bleeding out! It's spear clatters to the ground besides it, it's life force spent! OOC: If you really wanna take your move action go ahead, Seira, since you two are going at the same time.
01[21:43] <Seira> OOC: I'll move ahead the 30ft I can, tumbling if need be
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: No need, the gnomes don't threaten.
[21:44] <Kotono> As Seira sprints ahead past the downed opponent, Pollyanna fires off arrows at the second statue!
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Third one is -5, but also irrelevant.
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14 and gets 17." [1d8=3]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
01[21:45] <Seira> "Nice going, Donald!" Seira belatedly calls back, glad at the result of their combined magics.
[21:46] <Kotono> This time, it's concentration isn't disrupted! A black beam comes from it's finger, crackling out towards Seira!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 touch and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
01[21:46] <Seira> OOC: 23 :(
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d4 negative level 'bliss'.
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 negative level 'bliss'. and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:47] <Kotono> As the black beam weakens Seira, Magical Missiles fly out at Seira - but they dissipate on hitting her shield spell once more! OOC: Deme.
06[21:50] * Demedais nods slightly and charges the golem Amaryl's been working on, bringing all his might to bear in a single attack!
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, -4 PA) aiming for a hit to get DR bypass
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+2 Charge, +6 Law Dev, +1 GMW, -4 PA) aiming for a hit to get DR bypass and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[21:50] <Kotono> Demedais closes in with it, but his blade bounces off it's steel body, rejected! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:50] * Alicia takes off and flies ahead, passing above the first golem and slashing her blade across the chest of the one further back!
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa charge divine might
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa charge divine might and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d8+33+1d6+1d6
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+33+1d6+1d6 and gets 47." [1d8=6][1d6=5][1d6=3]
[21:52] <Kotono> Ailcia carves into the first statue, having been hanging back! Meanwhile Amaryl readies more arrows, trying to interrupt it a second after Alicia hits it!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[21:56] <Kotono> But as her arrows miss, razor sharp ice bursts all around! As Cease is called, ice engulfs everyone! OOC: CL check for Deme.
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:56] <Kotono> Horrible ice spreads out, flash freezing the entire area! OOC: Ref all but Deme, who is immune.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Polly has evasion if she makes the save
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Polly has evasion if she makes the save and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Amaryl
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Amaryl and gets 31." [1d20=11]
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 15d6 Alicia and Amaryl take half. Donald and Polly take full+ -20 ft to move.
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 Alicia and Amaryl take half. Donald and Polly take full+ -20 ft to move. and gets 47." [15d6=6, 6, 5, 6, 2, 1, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1]
[22:00] <Kotono> A moment later, magical missiles fly at Amaryl! However, they wink and vanish away on her shield spell! OOC: Seira and Donald.
01[22:01] <Seira> The best Seira can hope for is taking out the statue everyone can gang up on, while calling over, "Donald, you can heal, can't you?"
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 flanking smite from above!
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 flanking smite from above! and gets 36." [1d20=8]
01[22:01] <Seira> OOC: +2 charge
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:03] <Kotono> "Yeah," Donald's voice shakes with cold, "W-who?"
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+2d6+6d8 weapon+sa+smite
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+2d6+6d8 weapon+sa+smite and gets 77." [3d8=8, 5, 7][2d6=5, 3][6d8=6, 6, 8, 7, 7, 4]
01[22:03] <Seira> "Amaryl!" Seira calls back, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(24)>Amaryl>Seira=Donald(14)>Pollyanna=Statue 2(8)>Demedais(5 GOLDEN MIKOS)'
[22:05] <Kotono> Donald limps over to her, a note of angelic singing as he touches Amaryl on the forehead!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 4d8+12
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 34." [4d8=3, 6, 5, 8]
[22:05] <Kotono> Amaryl's wounds heal! At this, Pollyanna targets the second statue, snapping off her arrows!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 32." [1d20=10]
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> But none of her arrows make contact! "Cease," It intones, as a powerful magic comes forth, as it's twin statue is shattered apart by Seira's bladework in the meantime! OOC: CL for Deme first.
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Deme's immune, and itonly has five targets so Donald's offthe hook. The rest of you need to make fort saves.
01[22:09] <Seira> "Stop saying that like it matters!" Seira snaps at the statue.
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 fort Polly
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 fort Polly and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Amaryl
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6 con damage, Alicia takes half.
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 con damage, Alicia takes half. and gets 3." [2d6=2, 1]
[22:14] <Kotono> Blood comes from the pores of the party, turning to foul water as it drips out of them! The entire party is greviously wounded, as magical missiles fly at Pollyanna!
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 5d4+5
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d4+5 and gets 20." [5d4=1, 4, 4, 2, 4]
[22:15] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes down hard from the missiles, winded and falling! "Dem...e.." she cries as she bounces off the cold ground, lying still! OOC: Deme, you're up.
[22:17] <Demedais> "Pollyanna!" With that one word, Deme's boots quickly activate as he runs over to Pollyanna, grasping her shoulder with healing magics! "Finish that one off, damnit! I can't heal everyone right now!" OOC: 28 HP healed.
[22:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna's eyes open as healing energy pushes into her. She coughs, eyes unfocused. "...dais..." OOC: Alicia's up.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Shit, shit, shit!" Donald curses, voice echoing around in his helmet, as more words of power spill form his mouth, "Come on magic, I need you now!"
06[22:19] * Alicia whirls around in the air and flies back a bit, stabbing her blade down at the last remaining golem!
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -6pa charging/flying divine might
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -6pa charging/flying divine might and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d8+35+1d6+1d6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+35+1d6+1d6 and gets 48." [1d8=4][1d6=4][1d6=5]
[22:20] <Kotono> With a final overhead swing, Alicia severs the golem apart! It falls to the ground, the last foe vanquished! OOC: Free act.
06[22:20] * Seira doesn't waste time in flying to Amaryl's side, so that she could restore her vitality!
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 22." [3d8=5, 1, 1]
06[22:20] * Alicia lands easily and trots over to Donald, "Looks like you're stuck with me," she smirks as the couples pair off, healing him as best she can.
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 24." [3d8=3, 1, 5]
06[22:21] * Demedais glances up just in time to see the golem fall, before nodding and healing Pollyanna's wounds, first.
[22:21] <Kotono> "...ow..." Pollyanna coughs, "Last one...it really too hard."
[22:21] <Kotono> Donald grins as he's healed, "Give it to me with another kiss?"
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 4d8+8 sacrifice Freedom of Movement.
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+8 sacrifice Freedom of Movement. and gets 25." [4d8=6, 2, 1, 8]
[22:21] <Kotono> Amaryl leans on Seira, "You're not badly hurt? That last spell hurt from the inside and the outside."
[22:22] <Alicia> "Don't push your luck," she gives him a little shove as she takes out her wand and pokes him with it to provide a bit more healing.
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
01[22:22] <Seira> "Not in the slightest," Seira whispers back.
[22:23] <Kotono> Donald grins ear to ear, "I think I like you more when you loosen up, Alicia. It's like you have to act so huffy."
06[22:23] * Demedais grimaces. "Alright. I can heal the damage to people's bodies... hopefully. Give me a moment." With that, he moves to heal the constitution damage to Pollyanna, first.
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d4
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
01[22:24] <Seira> The situation with Pollyanna seems stable enough, so Seira makes her way towards Alicia, helping Amaryl along. She slaps Donald upside the head as she passes near him, since he had surely earned it, and pats Alicia's shoulder.
01[22:24] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 20." [2d8=2, 8]
[22:24] <Alicia> "Huffy?" Alicia looks indignant as she slides her wand into its belt holster. "I'm nothing of the sort." She then gives Seira a grateful smile.
[22:25] <Kotono> "Oh, I don't know," donald justkeeps grinning, rubbing the back of his head.
06[22:25] * Demedais rubs head. "Anyone else need healing? We should probably be prepared before heading further in. Also, anything magical we can take with us once you're done healing, Alicia?"
06[22:26] * Demedais continues healing Pollyanna at that.
[22:26] <Kotono> Pollyanna sits up, wiping her forehead and face clean. "I could use some more."
[22:26] <Alicia> "I can't detect any magic here, sorry," Alicia shrugs. "Still, even if it's not magic it'll go well in Seira's collection," she points to the spear, going over to pick it up and slide it into the portable hole.
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 3d8+8 Pollyanna, CSW (sac Downdraft)
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+8 Pollyanna, CSW (sac Downdraft) and gets 28." [3d8=8, 6, 6]
01[22:27] <Seira> "Why yes!" Seira agrees happily. "You remembered!"
06[22:27] * Alicia looks over the debris from the spear wielder to see if any of the junk it had floating around it looks useful.
[22:27] <Kotono> "Say," Donald goes to nudge one of the statues with his foot, "Grab some chunks of these golems or whatever they were?"
[22:27] <Kotono> The only other thing it has is assorted, motley armor. None of it looks particularly interesting or well kept.
01[22:28] <Seira> "Lagann, anything fun we should bring along?"
[22:28] <Alicia> "Want any chunks in particular?" Alicia asks, heading over to the collapsed golems.
[22:28] <Demedais> roll 3d8+8 finish healing up Pollyanna (Chain of Eyes sacced)
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+8 finish healing up Pollyanna (Chain of Eyes sacced) and gets 29." [3d8=8, 6, 7]
[22:28] <Kotono> "The head of that one," Donald slowly limps over, "It'll make a good momento."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Not a very handsome fellow, is he?" Alicia asks as she hefts the metal head in her palm, before tossing it into the hole for safekeeping.
06[22:29] * Seira snorts. "Well, Lagann doesn't see anything that strikes his fancy, at least. I think."
06[22:30] * Demedais nods and begins healing the stamina damage off the rest of the group. OOC: Lesser Restoration time.
[22:31] <Demedais> roll 1d4 Amaryl
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 Amaryl and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:32] <Demedais> OOC: Full restoration on Seira, lesser on Alicia; eliminates con damage from both. Pollyanna now has 1, Amaryl 2.
[22:33] <Demedais> OOC: I'll fullheal Pollyanna's, then.
[22:33] <Demedais> "Seira, you still have that pearl that grants another spell, correct? Mind if I use it to try and finish healing Amaryl?" Demedais asks.
06[22:34] * Seira fishes it out and flips the pearl over to Demedais. "Sure thing!"
[22:34] <Demedais> "Thanks." With that, he aims to finish the job!
[22:34] <Demedais> roll 1d4
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:36] <Kotono> Once the party's wounds have healed, "Onward?" Donald cleans himself off, "I think I can walk right again.
[22:36] <Kotono> "
06[22:36] * Demedais then hands the pearl back. "Any normal healing needed, or shall we advance?"
[22:37] <Alicia> "You still look a bit banged up, Donald," Alicia comments, looking him over.
[22:37] <Kotono> "Yeah, I hurt," he admits, then laughs, "On second thought, I'll take more."
06[22:38] * Demedais nods and taps Donald on the shoulder, providing some healing boon.
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 3d8+8 sac Searing Light
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+8 sac Searing Light and gets 15." [3d8=2, 1, 4]
[22:39] <Alicia> "Now, lets go see what they were guarding, shall we?" Alicia asks, advancing onwards.
01[22:40] <Seira> "Curious about that myself," Seira agrees, following.
06[22:41] * Demedais nods and advances as well, though sticking with Pollyanna on this.
[22:44] <Kotono> The party advances! A stair goes down, only about five steps. Past it, you come into a dark room. Here, as you step in, light sheds from the walls. In your mind, 'Welcome to Control Base 4'. is heard. Above you an image of the starry sky appears. In the air, several orbs appear. Each one has a name in gnomish 'Command Station 3, Jail Facility 4, Military Base 9', that sort of thing. Most of them have in red letters beneath it as 'Contact magi
[22:44] <Kotono> that sort of thing. Most of them have in red letters beneath it as 'Contact magics unsuccessful'.
[22:45] <Demedais> "Ah, a location list of all their facilities?" Demedais muses. "This could prove quite useful."
06[22:46] * Alicia can't read gnomish so she just looks at the pretty lights. Can she at least see magic in here?
01[22:46] <Seira> "And inspirational," Seira adds in wonder. "I've got to learn how to do this!"
[22:46] <Kotono> "Incredible," Donald goes up, "Look at this!"
06[22:47] * Seira looks for one of the orbs that doesn't have the 'contact magic unsuccessful' marker, examining it closely.
[22:47] <Demedais> "Oh." Demedais says, before glancing up. "I guess it is awe-inspiring, yes." This being said, however, he tries to spot Control Base 4's position so he can guess out where other places might be located.
[22:47] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to sit very heavily down, resting against the wall, as she watches the lights.
[22:47] <Alicia> "Unless their facilities are on the stars themselves I'm not sure this is that helpful," Alicia opines, looking at the points of light dotted amidst the starscape.
01[22:47] <Seira> "Unless it's interactive!"
[22:48] <Demedais> "Well, I'd guess it's more a relative thing of positions." Demedais notes. "Locate one's place and you can extrapolate, I figure."
[22:49] <Kotono> There's only two that don't. One shows a black and white image. It look sto be a half collapsed room, rubble all about. Water drips down, a thin layer of it on the floor. Scorch marks are all over the room. The other has darkness - no, the darkness stops. Something rears back - the head of a green colored dragon. It peers in, as if looking from the other side of the image.
06[22:49] * Seira looks for the name of the orb showing the dragon.
[22:49] <Alicia> "It might just be symbolic - surely a map would be easier if they're going to place them to scale," Alicia remarks before blinking at the appearance of a dragon. A green dragon.
[22:49] <Alicia> Likely a very very lonely green dragon at that.
[22:50] <Kotono> 'Lake Guplen Control' is the name of it. The dragon's head rears back, then zooms in on the image...andthen nothing, nothing at all. A few moments later, red text saying 'Contact magics unsuccessful' is seen.
[22:50] <Demedais> "Hm." Demedais frowns, before glancing to the dragon vaguely. "Perhaps I misunderstand, then. And... well then."
01[22:51] <Seira> "If we're under 'Lake Guplen' then the dragon is still around," Seira mutters, before demanding in gnomish, "Show me the location of Command Station 3!"
[22:53] <Alicia> While Seira talks in gibberish, Alicia meanders around the room. Is this a dead end or are there any doors/passages out?
[22:53] <Kotono> It looks to be a dead end ot a casual inspection.
06[22:53] * Demedais looks around to try and spot any relevant information or texts that may help decode this area's use.
[22:54] <Kotono> Nothing happens to Seira's command.
[22:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot on a hope and a prayer
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot on a hope and a prayer and gets 37." [1d20=6]
01[22:54] <Seira> "Hey, are you working?" Seira demands to know. "Any instructions? Anything? It would be great to know how to operate this!"
06[22:56] * Demedais blinkblinks, before going to examine the one sphere still active. OOC: Can I touch it?
[19:20] <Kotono> <Seira> "And inspirational," Seira adds in wonder. "I've got to learn how to do this!"
[19:20] <Kotono> > "Incredible," Donald goes up, "Look at this!"
[19:20] <Kotono> * Seira looks for one of the orbs that doesn't have the 'contact magic unsuccessful' marker, examining it closely.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Oh." Demedais says, before glancing up. "I guess it is awe-inspiring, yes." This being said, however, he tries to spot Control Base 4's position so he can guess out where other places might be located.
[19:20] <Kotono> > Pollyanna goes to sit very heavily down, resting against the wall, as she watches the lights.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Unless their facilities are on the stars themselves I'm not sure this is that helpful," Alicia opines, looking at the points of light dotted amidst the starscape.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Seira> "Unless it's interactive!"
[19:20] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Well, I'd guess it's more a relative thing of positions." Demedais notes. "Locate one's place and you can extrapolate, I figure."
[19:20] <Kotono> > There's only two that don't. One shows a black and white image. It look sto be a half collapsed room, rubble all about. Water drips down, a thin layer of it on the floor. Scorch marks are all over the room. The other has darkness - no, the darkness stops. Something rears back - the head of a green colored dragon. It peers in, as if looking from the other side of the image.
[19:20] <Kotono> * Seira looks for the name of the orb showing the dragon.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Alicia> "It might just be symbolic - surely a map would be easier if they're going to place them to scale," Alicia remarks before blinking at the appearance of a dragon. A green dragon.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Alicia> Likely a very very lonely green dragon at that.
[19:20] <Kotono> > 'Lake Guplen Control' is the name of it. The dragon's head rears back, then zooms in on the image...andthen nothing, nothing at all. A few moments later, red text saying 'Contact magics unsuccessful' is seen.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Hm." Demedais frowns, before glancing to the dragon vaguely. "Perhaps I misunderstand, then. And... well then."
[19:20] <Kotono> <Seira> "If we're under 'Lake Guplen' then the dragon is still around," Seira mutters, before demanding in gnomish, "Show me the location of Command Station 3!"
[19:20] <Kotono> <Alicia> While Seira talks in gibberish, Alicia meanders around the room. Is this a dead end or are there any doors/passages out?
[19:20] <Kotono> > It looks to be a dead end ot a casual inspection.
[19:20] <Kotono> * Demedais looks around to try and spot any relevant information or texts that may help decode this area's use.
[19:20] <Kotono> > Nothing happens to Seira's command.
[19:20] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 spot on a hope and a prayer
[19:20] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 spot on a hope and a prayer and gets 37." [1d20=6]
[19:20] <Kotono> <Seira> "Hey, are you working?" Seira demands to know. "Any instructions? Anything? It would be great to know how to operate this!"
[19:20] <Kotono> * Demedais blinkblinks, before going to examine the one sphere still active. OOC: Can I touch it?
[19:21] <Kotono> Nothing happens to Seira's demands. Demedais goes to touch the intact sphere. It feels warm to him, like it's center sheds a constant heat.
[19:21] <Demedais> "Hm. Interesting, they produce heat. At least, this one does."
06[19:21] * Seira decides to search the room, on that note.
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: Rolling or taking 10/20 or what?
01[19:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 let's all search!
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 let's all search! and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[19:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 I'll aid here?
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 I'll aid here? and gets 6." [1d20=4]
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 I already looked around, count that as aiding
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 I already looked around, count that as aiding and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Polly
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Polly and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Amaryl
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: What's that put your total at?
01[19:24] <Seira> OOC: 38
01[19:24] <Seira> OOC: Did you use Donald's heroism there?
01[19:24] <Seira> OOC: If not, then a round 40
[19:24] <Kotono> OOC: No, I didn't. He pases then.
[19:26] <Kotono> As the party searches, Demedais is drawn to the warm sphere. He touches it, the warmth appealing. Warm...round...mmmmmm. As Demedais is distracted by it, of no help to the others, the women of the group search! They find a little slot-drawer in the dark wall, easily missed and with no identifying marks to make it stand out.
01[19:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 are you trapped?
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 are you trapped? and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[19:27] <Kotono> It doesn't seem to be trapped.
06[19:28] * Seira checks the hidden slot-drawer!
[19:31] <Kotono> Inside of the slot is a rolled up sheet of parchment. It looks ancient, but also still intact.
[19:31] <Alicia> Is it magic?
06[19:31] * Demedais walks over to the group huddled near the corner.
06[19:31] * Seira checks it carefully to see whether it would break apart should she try to read from it. If so, there are spells for copying the text while preserving the original.
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: Make an appraisal check, Seira?
[19:32] <Alicia> "It's not magic," Alicia reports. "What's it say?" she then asks, lacking skills with dead tongues.
01[19:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[19:33] <Demedais> "Didn't you say you couldn't detect magic earlier?" Demedais asks.
[19:33] <Alicia> "I can in this room," Alicia replies.
06[19:34] * Seira shrugs. "You have Amanuensis, right, Demedais? Let's not risk reading from the original just yet, if there's no need."
[19:34] <Demedais> "Oh. Right, then.:
[19:34] <Alicia> "Or," Alicia casts mending and taps the scroll.
[19:35] <Demedais> "I do- right." Demedais nods as Alicia taps the scroll.
[19:35] <Kotono> Under the mending magic, the map glows and seems to return to fresh and new-ness.
06[19:35] * Seira unrolls it and takes a look!
[19:37] <Kotono> It looks to be a map of the entire jungle region. The names of the various locations in the orbs are dotted about. There is one great river labelled the River of the Spirit. To th enorth and south, it just covers the very start of non jungle lands, nothing of note. To the western parts of the jungle it seems to grow thicker, ending in mountains to the far north, but mostly what looks to be relatively normal land.
[19:37] <Kotono> but mostly what looks to be relatively normal land.
[19:38] <Demedais> "River of the Spirit... probably talking about Rivya?" Demedais muses at this one.
01[19:38] <Seira> The map itself is surely invaluable, but Seira first tries to check whether Lake Gulpen Control is listed somewhere on it.
[19:39] <Kotono> It is. It's to the southwest of this location. It's a small lake.
[19:40] <Kotono> "Oooh, interesting...and this has to be worth a small fortune," Donald whistles, "I've never SEEN a map of the jungle before."
06[19:40] * Seira points out the location, asking, "So do we pay a visit to the hostile green dragon?"
[19:41] <Kotono> "Let's see. Hostile," Ticking off fingers, Pollyanna continues, "Green. Dragon. What's the obvious answer?"
[19:41] <Kotono> "Yes," Donald adds a moment later.
[19:41] <Alicia> "It's probably very lonely," Alicia notes. "But how about we worry about our more current location first?"
06[19:41] * Seira lets her eyes rove over the map, in hopes of catching something of interest closer by.
[19:42] <Kotono> There's nothing too close to the Control Base. Thing sin the jungle tend towards the spread out, Seira notices. More lik ea loose net of installations.
06[19:42] * Demedais offers an amused grin to Pollyanna, before it fades. "I'd rather handle it soon than let it ravage some of the tribes that live in this jungle, honestly. But I also suspect we have some time?"
[19:42] <Kotono> "Well, how long as it been here? Maybe we should go look them up and see if it's a problem first? If it isn't, do we really need to fight another Kondrux?"
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[19:43] <Kotono> "Well, how long as it been here? Maybe we should go look them up and see if it's a problem first? If it isn't, do we really need to fight another Kondrux?" Pollyanna bites down on her lip, "No matter how well prepared we are, it's still a dragon."
06[19:43] * Seira puts the map away. "Well, useful as this discovery is, I couldn't find anything about operating this room. Let's see what else is around?"
[19:43] <Alicia> "I agree with Pollyanna," Alicia nods. "If it's just minding its own business and fraternising with the wildlife, I say we let it be."
[19:43] <Demedais> "That'd also be wise, yes; still, if it isn't a threat now it likely will be later, since it did just see a bunch of humans peer into its home." Demedais notes.
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Giong to look around or head back or what, guys?
[19:45] <Alicia> OOC: lets head back
01[19:45] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[19:46] <Demedais> OOC: sure.
[19:46] <Kotono> The party heads back, out of this ptah. They return to the walkways above the entrance. Only one path remains totally unexplored: The archway, with stairs leading upward.
06[19:46] * Seira checks if it's safe!
01[19:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 traps!
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 traps! and gets 32." [1d20=3]
06[19:48] * Seira thus proceeds ahead!
06[19:49] * Demedais follows behind, sword out and readied.
[19:52] <Kotono> The party ascends up the stairs! You walk up and up and up. On the sides of the walls are images - images of gnomish triumph and conquest. In the distance, in the far distance, something glows. It's like a point of light in the far away darkness. The darkness becomes thicker, crowding in and pushing down the light of the sunrod carried. The darkvision of the party begins to fail, down to fourty feet...then thirty...then twenty. Yet the point o
[19:52] <Kotono> down to fourty feet...then thirty...then twenty. Yet the point of light ahead glows brighter, upwards and upwards.
06[19:52] * Alicia glows herself to try and counteract the pressing darkness as they ascend. "Shouldn't we be in the lake by now?" she wonders.
01[19:53] <Seira> "Magical buildings."
[19:53] <Demedais> "The gnomes must've been crazy."
[19:54] <Kotono> "I think that part's well established," Amaryl murmurs, "Crazy, genocidal monsters."
[19:55] <Kotono> The darkness presses closer! Even Alicia's light fails to penetrate it, almost total darkness around the party! You can o nly see about 5 feet ahead of you - but yet, ahead, seemingly so close, the brilliant light above you glows radiant. Then...(More)
[19:58] <Kotono> You stand atop a stairway. Here the walls are covered with the images of the God-King. 100 feet ahead stands a glorious altar. But standing in front of it are several things. Two of them rise up from the ground - vast creatures of rock and stone. You have battled these behemoths before, Earth Elementals. These ones seem to throb with power. Above the altar, splayed and as if crucified, is an Erinyes. It's eyes are gone, eyesockets filled with
[19:58] <Kotono> Above the altar, splayed and as if crucified, is an Erinyes. It's eyes are gone, eyesockets filled with lead. (More)
[20:01] <Kotono> Standing in front of the altar directly is a huge creature, just behind the elementals and in front of the Erinyes. It is made of a silvery metal from top to bottom, it's form huge. A conical cap sits on it's head, it's expression a brooding one. It's face moves as if alive, considering. "Two thousand and three years, five months, nine days, ten hours, fourty seven minutes and three seconds. I've had that long...to ponder the true meaning of f
[20:02] <Kotono> fourty seven minutes and three seconds. I've had that long...to ponder the true meaning of freedom." The great metal giant speaks, "You shall bear witness to my answer, inferior creatures. Let His Glory be my Glory! I am the sword of the True God! On you will show the results of these long years!"
01[20:03] <Seira> "Are you sure it's not the true meaning of failure you've been pondering all this long?" Seira asks skeptically.
[20:03] <Alicia> "You would battle us in the name of a trapped God who will never know nor care of your sacrifice?" Alicia asks pityingly. "All those years have been wasted, then."
[20:05] <Demedais> "...Why did you ponder the true meaning of freedom?" Demedais asks quizzically.
[20:05] <Kotono> "Fight for your stupid God," Amaryl clenches her fists together, "Fight in the name of imprisoned innocents and the tormented souls that filled this Heavens-damned fortress!"
[20:06] <Kotono> "My purpose is freedom. That is my creation." Taking a single step forward, "Now, perish! None will lay hands on the sacred armament of the God King!" OOC: This creature is obviously not very friendly. Let's roll initiative, though you can keep bantering if you'd like as you do.
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[20:06] <Demedais> "...your purpose is freedom so you're going to try and kill us?" Demedais replies. "Elaborate?"
[20:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Elemental 1
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Elemental 1 and gets 11." [1d20=12]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Elemental 2
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Elemental 2 and gets 8." [1d20=9]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Erinyes
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Erinyes and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 golem
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 golem and gets 22." [1d20=18]
03[20:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>Alicia(23)>Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Demedais(9)'
03[20:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>Alicia(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, you start.
01[20:12] <Seira> 'Lagann, can you eat him?' Seira asks, surrounding herself with a ring of fire after stepping away from her friends. She draws her sword, and calls upon Waukeen's gift to her in preparation.
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: Fire Shield/Warm, CL?
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: No. It functions as if it was empowered, if that matters.
[20:13] <Kotono> The magic comes flying into Seira! The Fire Shield springs into life, a great gushing aura of flames cloaking her body! OOC: That it, Seira?
01[20:13] <Seira> "Mithral golem," Seira cautions, eyeing the largest threat to them even as she immolates herself.
01[20:13] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[20:15] * Alicia takes a deep breath as she tenses and utters the command word to her boots, causing the world around her to slow... and stop.
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: time stop, 2 rounds
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. The magic act as empowere,d if that does anything.
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: no variables, so still only 2 rounds
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[20:16] <Alicia> With the world temporarily frozen around her, Alicia first turns herself invisible before walking towards the golem.
[20:16] <Alicia> OOC: greater invis and move action to get adjacent to it
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:17] <Alicia> Suitably positioned, she then intones, "Kossuth, lend me your servants to aid me!" conjuring forth several fire elementals all around the mithral golem as time begins to reassert itself, and the paladin immediately attacks with her fiery allies providing a distraction!
[20:17] <Alicia> roll 1.5*1d4+1 for elementals summoned
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1.5*1d4+1 for elementals summoned and gets 2.5." [1d4=1]
[20:17] <Kotono> Two servants appear at Alicia's command!
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Alicia vs big golem
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Alicia vs big golem and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid another AC for Alicia vs big golem
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid another AC for Alicia vs big golem and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 knowledge devotion
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 knowledge devotion and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 42." [1d20=7]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 48." [1d20=13]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 50." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2 shaken, flanking, invis, divine might, bracers, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, divine might, he's flat footed and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: is it evil?
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 66." [1d8=7][1d6=2][1d6=5][13d4=3, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 65." [1d8=3][1d6=4][1d6=1][13d4=3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 59." [1d8=1][1d6=3][1d6=5][13d4=1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21+1d6+1d6+13d4 and gets 68." [1d8=8][1d6=6][1d6=2][13d4=4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Total those fo rme?
[20:21] <Alicia> OOC: 258
[20:22] <Kotono> Alicia appears as time restarts, right around the golem! She hacks and tears into it, trying to rip the metallic creature apart! Her blows are affected, yet it is impossibly tough! It' slike trying to destroy a mountain with a tooth pick, taking gouges but only going so far! OOC: Anything else, Alicia?
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: done
[20:23] <Kotono> The golem's body begins to repair, slowly undoing the damage! AS it does, it lashes back at where the invisible Alicia struck at her!
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 49." [1d20=9]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 57." [1d20=17]
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 57." [1d20=17]
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:23] <Alicia> OOC: AC 37 vs golem, 50% concealment
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100 51+
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 51+ and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 4d10+14+4d10+14+4d10+14 and make three fort saves, Alicia.
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+14+4d10+14+4d10+14 and make three fort saves, Alicia. and gets 113." [4d10=6, 5, 10, 1][4d10=1, 9, 10, 6][4d10=10, 5, 2, 6]
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: This penetrates your DR.
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 3#1d20+24
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d20+24 and gets 92." [3#1d20+24 = 37, 26, 29]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6 stunned for 1d6 rounds
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 stunned for 1d6 rounds and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[20:26] <Kotono> The invisible Alicia is plummeled mercilessly, slammed over and over! She's knocked unseen, sprawled out on the ground by the savage, incredibly accurate hammerings! Meanwhile Donald advances 60 feet, speeding up! He lances off three burning rays at the leftmost elemental!
01[20:26] <Seira> 'Sure you can't eat it?' Seira inquires with Lagann, mildly worried at the golem's relentless attack. 'Even a tiny bit?'
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 touch and gets 19." [1d20=5]
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 touch and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 touch and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 27." [4d6=5, 4, 4, 5]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 15." [4d6=1, 2, 6, 1]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 16.5." [4d6=3, 2, 1, 5]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 27+15+16
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 27+15+16 and gets 58."
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Forgot +1 to hit from haste, but still.
[20:28] <Kotono> The flaming beams glow with arcane power, piercing the leftmost elemental, drilling three tiny holes of pure drilling fire through it! OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 let's see if I can see you, then?
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 let's see if I can see you, then? and gets 34." [1d20=18]
03[20:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
[20:36] <Kotono> Stepping forward a few feet, Amaryl snaps off a four-set of arrows at the elemental already wounded!
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12 and gets 27." [3d8=8, 1, 6]
[20:39] <Kotono> The arrows fly true, slamming into the elemental! But it's skin is too tough, resisting the shafts and making them bounce off! OOC: Erinyes and Polly.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Damn," Pollyanna steps forward, snapping off her arrows at the Erinyes instead, "Try the softer target!"
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit?
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 crit? and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 5d8+60 (fire damage is irrelevant.)
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8+60 (fire damage is irrelevant.) and gets 81." [5d8=3, 4, 2, 4, 8]
[20:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna fills the Erinyes full of powerful, painful holes! It's body is male, as it's empty eyes look up and about, and then...OOC: Will save, Seira.
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[20:42] <Kotono> But nothing seems to happen! OOC: Elemental 1 is up.
[20:43] <Kotono> The first elemental, wounded, rushes forward! It reaches Donald, slamming it's fist into the armored body of the elf!
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA, -4 Awesome Blow)
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, -4 PA, -4 Awesome Blow) and gets 27." [1d20=6]
01[20:43] <Seira> "Might as well, yes," Seira agrees dejectedly. "We've tried playing nice with it, Amaryl, so let's deal with the devil first!"
[20:44] <Kotono> But Donald brings his shield up, shaking all over as good steel takes the titantic impact of the elemental's fury! OOC: Demedias.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Gaaaah!" As he weathers the impact, "Some help up here!" Donald calls, "These things hit like a fucking titan! Careful!"
03[20:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 2 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
06[20:51] * Demedais grimaces. "Donald, finish dealing with that one!" he yells, before activating his boots. "I'll close in on the rest!" With that, he rushes forward, getting to within twenty feet of the altar and the people around it! "Golem! If you want a challenge, I'll be your opponent here!" With that, his sword swings upward, prepared to try and parry! OOC: Total defense, within 20 feet.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Fine. The first one is crushed under my fists," The golem turns to Demedais, as the second Earth Elemental lumbers forward! IT goes past Donald, coming to within fourty feet of the party! OOC: Golem double-moved. Seira.
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Elemental double-moved.
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Seira anyway.
06[20:57] * Seira decides to summon nasty, fiery monsters all over the elemental Donald is facing, the more, the better! Their orders would be to aid Donald, while she presents herself as a suitable target for the other elemental, enticingly just within its charging range.
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d3 mediums
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 mediums and gets 3." [1d3=3]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to '3 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 2 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
01[20:57] <Seira> OOC: 4 medium fire elemental
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 2 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Are the elementals taking action?
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: Just there to aid Donald
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia's stunned. Her two elementals are up.
[20:59] <Alicia> Despite the entire futility of it, Alicia's elementals continue to pester around at the golem's feet.
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)>Elemental 2(8)'
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 aid AC
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 aid AC and gets 7." [1d20=4]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 aid AC
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 aid AC and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[20:59] <Kotono> The elementals continue to distract the golem! OOC: Golem and Donald.
[20:59] <Kotono> The golem comes forth at Demedais! OOC: The two elementals can AoO if they like.
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: no point
[21:02] <Kotono> Rushing past the elementals, the golem bears down on Demedais! HIs fists are like the fists of a wrathful God, striking down in mithral beauty at Demedais!
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 (+2 charge)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 (+2 charge) and gets 62." [1d20=20]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 (+2 charge) crit
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 (+2 charge) crit and gets 61." [1d20=19]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 8d10+24 and make a fort save, ow.
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d10+24 and make a fort save, ow. and gets 60." [8d10=5, 4, 4, 6, 7, 1, 6, 3]
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: This penetrates your DR.
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 well, sheesh
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 well, sheesh and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d6 stunned for 1d6 rounds
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 stunned for 1d6 rounds and gets 4." [1d6=4]
03[21:03] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)(stunned 4 rounds)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:04] <Kotono> The overwhelming blow knocks Demedais down, like a prizefighter having taken an uppercut! He goes down, dazed and dropping his weapon! The golem roars, "This is the power I have! This is the power of the True God! To it, you are nothing but ants beneath His feet!" OOC: Donald.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Roll the elementals aiding?
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+6 ATTACK
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+6 ATTACK and gets 68." [4#1d20+6 = 11, 25, 11, 21]
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: All succeeded?
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: Yeah, it's only 10
[21:06] <Kotono> At the meantime, Donald grins fiercely! With the elementals distracting the golem, Donald's blade writhes with arcane fire, tearing into it!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA) and gets 48." [1d20=20]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 (+2 heroism, +8 aid anothers, +1 haste, +3 Arcane strike(1 3rd, 3 2nds, 1 1st, -6 PA) and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14+11d4
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14+11d4 and gets 35." [1d8=1][11d4=4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d8+14+11d4
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+14+11d4 and gets 39." [1d8=3][11d4=1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4]
[21:09] <Kotono> A moment later, he follows up, drawing line of fierce arcane fire to impale the elemental!
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism)
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism)
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism)
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism) and gets 21." [1d20=4]
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism) and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+1 haste, +2 heroism) and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 21." [4d6=3, 3, 4, 4]
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 16.5." [4d6=2, 5, 3, 1]
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 21." [4d6=4, 3, 2, 5]
[21:10] <Kotono> Sword tearing with Arcane Fire and Scorching Rays immolating the elemental, is is nearly reduced to stone and rock! It stays together, massive flaming wounds all over it's supernatural body! OOC: Amaryl.
01[21:11] <Seira> "Pollyanna, snipe at that erinyes and get over to Demedais! As close as you can!" Seira directs, taking over the situation that had suddenly become unfavorable to them, if the golem's words about besting Alicia are to be believed. And it seems to be getting worse, judging by the affect of its attack on Demedais.
01[21:11] <Seira> To avoid the rest of the plan from being read too early by the opposition, she merely thinks the next part. 'Amaryl, wait a bit and teleport those two and yourself, aim for the oasis. I'll follow.'
[21:11] <Kotono> Amaryl waits on Seira's command! OOC: Erinyes and Pollyanna are up.
[21:12] <Kotono> Pollyanna advances, attempting to tumble past the reach of the deadly Earth elementals!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[21:12] <Kotono> Diving past them, Polly comes up on her knees, snapping off a single arrow at the Erinyes!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12+2d6
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12+2d6 and gets 23." [1d8=1][2d6=6, 4]
[21:14] <Kotono> An arrow flies through the air, into the gut of the Erinyes! It writhes in it's crucifixation, wounded but alive, as...OOC: Will save for Seira again.
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[21:15] <Kotono> But nothing seems to happen! OOC: Elemental 1 is up.
[21:15] <Kotono> Despite being nearly torn apart, the elemental retorts on Donald, having taken so much abuse from him!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=7]
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 4d10+30
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+30 and gets 53." [4d10=4, 7, 9, 3]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, no. Forgot the +1 from haste. Only one hit.
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 2d10+15
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+15 and gets 32." [2d10=10, 7]
[21:17] <Kotono> Donald is slammed hard, knocked around by the fist of the elemental! The blow pushes him several inches into the ground, plummeling him without mercy! OOC: Deme, you're stunned. Elemental 2 is up.
03[21:17] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Amaryl(14)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)(stunned 3 rounds)>Elemental 2(8)'
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: Wait!
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Hm?
01[21:17] <Seira> OOC: Amaryl totally should've gone and 'ported the three of them
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: She can go, sure. Which two, by the way?
01[21:18] <Seira> OOC: Deme and Polly, only two I could get near so quickly
03[21:19] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Erinyes=Polly(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Demedais(9)(stunned 3 rounds)>Amaryl>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:19] <Kotono> Amaryl advances now! However, without tumble, she has to brave the gauntlet of the Earth Elementals, unable to avoid them!
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d100 blur
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 blur and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d100 blur
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 blur and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 2d10+15+2d10+11
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+15+2d10+11 and gets 41." [2d10=2, 1][2d10=6, 6]
[21:21] <Kotono> Amaryl is banged and slamed, crying out in agonizing pain! But she stumbles to them, invoking teleportation from the ring!
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[21:21] <Kotono> With a woosh, the three vanish! OOC: Elemental 2 is up.
01[21:21] <Seira> 'Are you safely at the oasis?' Seira instantly thinks as the three disappear.
03[21:21] * Kotono changes topic to '4 elementals=Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>Golem=Donald(22)>Erinyes(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Elemental 2(8)'
03[21:21] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
03[21:22] * Seira changes topic to 'Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Erinyes(12)>Elemental 1(11)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:22] <Kotono> The second elemental continues it's charge at Seira, as the ranks of the battle thin!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+2 charge)
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+2 charge) and gets 44." [1d20=15]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:22] <Seira> OOC: 45
[21:22] <Kotono> With desperate speed, Seira is able to narrowly avoid the potent fist trying to slam her into a lukewarm jelly! OOC: Seira, you're up.
[21:24] <Kotono> Incidentally, Deme's sword lies on the ground, dropped from when he was stunned.
06[21:27] * Seira tumbles back fifteen feet and suddenly breathes fire on the elemental assaulting her, while phantom, hungry jaws appear to assault the tortured erinyes!
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: SR check on Manyjaws.
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 tumble
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 tumble and gets 34." [1d20=13]
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 manyjaws SR
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 manyjaws SR and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Success, determine damages of both.
01[21:28] <Seira> OOC: Elemental, not evil, right?
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Not evil.
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1.5*8d8 fire DC24
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*8d8 fire DC24 and gets 61.5." [8d8=5, 5, 8, 3, 7, 2, 7, 4]
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1.5*10d6 force DC23
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*10d6 force DC23 and gets 60." [10d6=1, 5, 5, 6, 3, 6, 4, 4, 1, 5]
01[21:29] <Seira> "In case it wasn't clear, Donald, we're retreating," Seira declares crisply. "See if you can hit the damn blocky thing and pull back!"
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d27 elemental reflex
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d27 elemental reflex and gets 25." [1d27=25]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 er
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 er and gets 24." [1d20=17]
03[21:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(stunned 1 rounds)(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 1(11)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:31] <Kotono> The Erinyes is torn apart, the Earth elemental burnt! As the magics work, "Got it, got it," Donald calls! MEanwhile, Alicia is still stunned! OOC: Last round of stun for Alicia. Are the elementals still aiding?
03[21:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>2 elementals=Alicia(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 1(11)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:31] <Alicia> The elementals charge after the golem since it moved away from them! And likely get backhanded to oblivion for their efforts...
[21:32] <Alicia> OOC: AoOs?
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: One of them does get an AoO, yes.
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 41." [1d20=1]
[21:32] <Alicia> OOC: haha
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Or not! Carry on.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid AC for Alicia despite it so not being relevant anymore
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid AC for Alicia despite it so not being relevant anymore and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 aid AC for Alicia despite it so not being relevant anymore
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 aid AC for Alicia despite it so not being relevant anymore and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[21:33] <Alicia> More importantly, they fill the space between the golem and the invisible paladin, meaning it can't reach her without dealing with them somehow first!
01[21:33] <Seira> 'Lagann, Demedais left his sword! It's your until we leave!'
[21:34] <Kotono> As the elementals uselessly distract the golem! The golem ignores the mere fire elementals, lifting up off the ground! "You're not getting away!" He calls, zooming through the air as it rockets at Seira!
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: The elementals can AoO if they like. And yes, it's a flying golem.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+6 sure
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+6 sure and gets 58." [4#1d20+6 = 26, 11, 14, 7]
[21:34] <Alicia> OOC: not bothering
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC One is a natural 20 there, Seira. Feel free to roll damage.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d6+1d6 damage+fire!
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1d6 damage+fire! and gets 8." [1d6=4][1d6=4]
[21:35] <Kotono> Amid futile blows that do little to the golem, the golem charges Seira!
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 slam
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 slam and gets 54." [1d20=12]
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Any miss chance?
01[21:35] <Seira> OOC: No
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 4d10+14 and fort
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+14 and fort and gets 36." [4d10=5, 8, 6, 3]
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: This bypasses your DR if you have it up.
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1.5*1d6+15 fire
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*1d6+15 fire and gets 24." [1d6=6]
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d6 stunned 1d6 rounds
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 stunned 1d6 rounds and gets 4." [1d6=4]
03[21:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)(stunned 4 rounds)>2 elementals=Alicia(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 1(11)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:37] <Kotono> Seira is knocked flat on her back, dazed and stunned! She drops the Third Resort, seeing stars! OOC: 4 elementals are up as well, as well as Donald. Seira, what are the elementals doing?
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: The elementals aid Donald in attacking the elemental so that he could use his ONE MIGHTY BLOW on it!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+6 and gets 68." [4#1d20+6 = 17, 14, 17, 20]
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: And they all succeed!
[21:38] <Kotono> Donald roars as he gives a final blow his all!
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+1 haste, +2 heroism, +8 aid, +3 arcane fire 1 3rd, 2 2nd, 4 1st, -7 PA)
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+1 haste, +2 heroism, +8 aid, +3 arcane fire 1 3rd, 2 2nd, 4 1st, -7 PA) and gets 48." [1d20=20]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d8+15+11d4
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+15+11d4 and gets 35." [1d8=1][11d4=1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 3]
[21:40] <Kotono> Seeing the beast hold on, flaming lances again penetrate it deep!
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 16.5." [4d6=5, 1, 4, 1]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 4d6*1.5
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 27." [4d6=2, 6, 6, 4]
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6*1.5 and gets 19.5." [4d6=3, 3, 6, 1]
03[21:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)(stunned 4 rounds)>2 elementals=Alicia(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:41] <Kotono> Under his bevy again, the elemental crumbles into piles of dirt, destroyed! Donald then retreats back and around th egole, approaching Seira the long way, haste making his steps light and fast! OOC: Elemental 2 is up.
[21:41] <Kotono> The second elemental pounds on the downed Seira!
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-3 PA)
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-3 PA)
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-3 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=15]
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-3 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Seira?
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted+ another -2 for stunned.
01[21:43] <Seira> OOC: That hits flatfooted, yes. But I still have DR 10/adamant and fire!
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1.5*1d6+15
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1.5*1d6+15
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*1d6+15 and gets 16.5." [1d6=1]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*1d6+15 and gets 16.5." [1d6=1]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 2d10+14
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 2d10+14
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+14 and gets 27." [2d10=9, 4]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+14 and gets 25." [2d10=4, 7]
[21:44] <Kotono> Seira exchanges touches of fire as she's plummeled, body helpless as she's wailed on! OOC: Seira, stunned. Elementals and Alicia.
03[21:44] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)(stunned 3 rounds)>2 elementals=Alicia(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:48] <Alicia> "Donald, get to the stairs! I'll hide Seira from sight!" Alicia does a little misdirection as she flies over to the downed half-dragon who promptly vanishes, likely convincing any nearby foes to pummel blindly at the spot of ground she rested on as they remain ignorant of the fact that Seira is now safely nestled in Alicia's portable hole along with all the loot they've picked up on this journey!
[21:50] <Alicia> The elementals just jump around a bit, unable to reach the flying golem.
[21:52] <Kotono> Seira vanishes away, taken into Alicia's dark hole! A moment later, the golem slams down where Seira was, leaving deep crater marks in the floor! "You live, human?" It looks about in vain. Donald runs to the stairs in the meanwhile! The second elemental holds for the moment! OOC: Seira, you're stunned. Alicia.
06[21:54] * Alicia picks up Seira's long/short/bastard sword and folds her cloak around it before flying off sixty feet to the side of the chamber, hopefully out of reach for any inquisitive golems.
[21:54] <Kotono> Alicia does ust that! The golem slams all around it, not hitting anything! OOC: Seira's still stunned. Alicia, go again.
[21:55] <Alicia> The resort goes into the portable hole, then Alicia flies over towards Demedais's dropped blade...
[21:55] <Kotono> Alicia reaches it without incident. The golem continues to look about, silent as the elemental stands by.
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and continue.
[21:56] <Alicia> It's picked up and placed into the portable hole, Alicia merely stepping a few paces diagonally to the left as she secures it.
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[21:57] <Kotono> The golem laughs mockingly, "Let my foes be driven into the dust and ground into ash!" It says in triumph. "Dead and retreated, all of them!" OOC: Alicia, go.
[21:57] <Alicia> THe elementals charge at the golem since it's now on the ground, while Alicia creeps over towards Hell Striker.
[21:57] <Alicia> OOC: AoOs for foolish firebugs?
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 53." [1d20=13]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 4d10+whatever, they're dead
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+whatever, they're dead and gets Error: Numeric values only." [4d10=1, 5, 3, 7]
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 the other still lives!
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 the other still lives! and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1d4 it so doesn't matter
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1d4 it so doesn't matter and gets 5." [1d4=4][1d4=1]
[21:58] <Kotono> With a dismissive slam, one elemental is reduced to putty! The other slams it, the golem not even flinching. "Begone, summoned trash!"
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+40
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+40 and gets 50." [1d20=10]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: It's dead as well. Alicia.
03[21:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)(stunned 3 rounds)>Alicia(23)>4 elementals=Golem=Donald(22)>Elemental 2(8)'
[21:59] <Alicia> Alicia carefully places Hell Striker into the hole, a mental apology for dropping it as she steps a few paces back afterwards.
[22:00] <Kotono> The golem looks about now, returning towards the altar. It ignores the elementals Seira summoned. OOC: Alicia?
06[22:00] * Alicia takes off and silently glides towards the stairway, hoping to find Donald and flee this place.
[22:00] <Kotono> Fleeing odwn the stairway, you find Donald halfway down! He's on guard, waiting and watching!
[22:01] <Alicia> "Donald!" Alicia hisses as she nears so as not to alarm him. "Where did the others go?"
[22:02] <Kotono> ""REtreated. Teleported. Not sure where," donald snaps off.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Damn... we'll try the oasis, I can't make it all the way to Balmuria. Hold on," she reaches out for him, invoking the spell to compress space and deposit them where she wills...
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[22:04] <Kotono> Woosh! The two appear at the oasis! Amaryl is curled up in a ball, holding her ribs. Deme is just sitting up, Pollyanna at his side.
[22:05] <Kotono> Donald promptly drops to a knee, groaning, "Far too strong, hit far too strong," Donald coughs. "How're you guys?"
06[22:05] * Alicia dismisses her invisibility. "Glad we're all safe," she announces with a repressed cough, opening up the hole and reaching down to pull Seira out.
[22:05] <Kotono> Seira is withdrawn, having regained her senses!
06[22:05] * Seira is no longer fiery!
06[22:05] * Demedais slowly stumbles up onto his feet, blinking at the appearance of Donald. "...How'd you get back? Alicia, Seira? One of- ah." A pause at this, before nodding to Pollyanna gratefully, taking her assistance to stand before going to heal Amaryl slightly.
[22:05] <Kotono> "We were lucky we all escaped alive," Pollyanna turns to her, "We blundered in against a superior foe."
[22:05] <Demedais> roll 2d8+8
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d8+8 and gets 21." [2d8=6, 7]
[22:06] <Kotono> Donald meanwhile mends ihs own wounds.
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 4d8+12
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 26." [4d8=1, 7, 3, 3]
06[22:06] * Alicia heals herself as best she can, recovering people's weapons and returning them where needed. "Unless Seira prepared a teleport herself we might as well get comfortable. I'm tapped for the day," she admits.
01[22:06] <Seira> "We couldn't really know about it in advance," Seira reasons. "And as soon as it struck, it was already too late to safely withdraw, since I couldn't even see Alicia."
06[22:07] * Seira considers. "I have a scroll in reserve, but I tend to keep it around for getting out of emergencies, such as mishaps. It's a nice enough place to stay, isn't it?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "We can sit here, remininsce," Donald takes off his helmet, starting on his armor, "And figure out how in Shar's bloody wrath we're going to kill that thing."
[22:08] <Demedais> A nod slightly at this, before turning to Alicia. "Next time, can we try partitioning them apart with walls of force or iron, or... I don't know; did invisibility work? If it did that'd probably be our best bet next time. Still, yes; I advanced to try and stall it from killing you, Alicia... fortunately, it thought you already dead. It got a lucky blow past my sword, too."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Hopefully Marie and my sister can hold things together," Alicia muses. "Invisibility did work, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten out of there at all - it just got lucky with its first strike," she tells Demedais.
01[22:09] <Seira> "Lagann's relic might take it out, too," Seira adds, gravitating towards Amaryl. "We don't have to seek that thing out first thing tomorrow."
[22:10] <Demedais> "And its second and third, from what I could see of the blood." Demedais replies seriously. "And the fourth against me. This being said, invisibility combined with attacking it with as much ranged magic as possible is the ideal option. I...think I can outstall it if it comes to it, but I need the first hit, something I couldn't get in that situation."
06[22:10] * Alicia sits down heavily, considering. "Walls of force would work - if everyone else were devoted to attacking it, I could counter all of its attacks harmlessly. It would take time, though, which we might not have given its self-healing abilities. Range won't help either, since it can fly."
01[22:11] <Seira> "Magic against supergolems? Well, I suppose I do have a spell that should work well...."
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[22:11] <Kotono> "Mithral Golems," Donald takes off his breastplate, thinking, "Don't they have some tie to Eladrin? I sort of remember something like that in a book I read."
[22:12] <Demedais> "...it can fly." Demedais repeats bemusedly, before sighing. "Okay, then let's avoid the thing for now. Once we've recovered here, we can go to see if whatever area you guys were exploring down the second elevator is clear yet?"
[22:13] <Alicia> "I think I read the same book," Alicia nods to Donald. "But it never mentioned any weaknesses we could exploit. Seeing if Lagann's artifact could help sounds good to me, though."
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
01[22:13] <Seira> "Plus we still need to try and scry on that evil cat, and examine the portal... lots to do!"
06[22:14] * Demedais grumbles something, before looking around. "Anyone else need healing?"
[22:14] <Kotono> "You know, we could take a day, return to Balmuria first, and see if anyone knows more about them. Elle might," Donald perks up at that, "We aren't in any rush to do it, and it beat us pretty hard the first time."
[22:14] <Alicia> "Yes. Lots," Alicia tells Demedais. She then snorts, "If it's eladrin-made I could ask my familiar."
[22:15] <Kotono> "It explains why it talkeda bout freedom," Donald sits, armorless down to his waist. "Isn't that a big deal to eladrin?"
06[22:15] * Demedais nods and moves to heal Alicia as the rest talk!
[22:16] <Demedais> roll 10d8+24
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 10d8+24 and gets 79." [10d8=2, 5, 8, 2, 6, 8, 8, 7, 5, 4]
[22:16] <Demedais> OOC: That's over three rounds, Restoration+Invis Purge+Invis Purge
[22:16] <Alicia> "I don't think the eladrin ethos matters. The construction may have been pioneered by them, but this golem was clearly built by gnomes," Alicia shakes her head.
[22:17] <Demedais> "Need any more?" Demedais asks at that.
01[22:17] <Seira> "Yes, the conical hat was a big giveaway."
06[22:17] * Seira pauses. "And then it opened its mouth."
[22:18] <Kotono> "Still!" Donald rubs his shoulders, "The more we find out, the better a chance we have next time."
[22:18] <Alicia> "I'll use spellfire later," Alicia shakes her head. "See to Seira and Donald first?"
[22:19] <Demedais> "Right." With that he heads to Seira, healing her as well!
[22:19] <Demedais> roll 2d8+8+3d8+15 (Shield other, Sign x3)
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d8+8+3d8+15 (Shield other, Sign x3) and gets 42." [2d8=8, 5][3d8=3, 2, 1]
[22:20] <Kotono> "Oh you know, it's not like I'm not horribly injured over here," Donald watches Demedais heal Seria.
01[22:20] <Seira> "I'm prettier."
[22:20] <Demedais> "We aren't in danger and you would've taken longer to walk to."
[22:21] <Alicia> While the men bicker, Alicia goes to forage for some fruits from the local foliage so they can have something more interesting than rations to eat while idling the rest of the day away.
06[22:22] * Demedais then moves to heal Donald.
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 4d8+20
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+20 and gets 44." [4d8=6, 8, 2, 8]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18 for Deme
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 for Deme and gets 64." [18d4=4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10 Alicia
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 Alicia and gets 33." [10d4=3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 7d4+7 Donald
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 7d4+7 Donald and gets 26." [7d4=4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 1]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Amaryl
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 Amaryl and gets 24." [6d4=4, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1]
[22:25] <Kotono> The night passes, rest coming well. The next morning is pleasant, as they all are at this Heavens touched outpost. The party rises just after dawn.
[22:26] <Alicia> After washing up, Alicia gathers everyone around and proceeds to teleport them all to her house!
[22:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[22:26] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears at Alicia's. OOC: What are you all going to do i ntown?
01[22:27] <Seira> OOC: Let's scry!
[22:27] <Alicia> OOC: I'll check my familiar hasn't corrupted the innocent half-breed too much, then sit in on the cat-scrying.
01[22:28] <Seira> OOC: Also, I'll lend Elle my book of +5 to arcana checks, and ask her to consult it under Heroism to see what she can come up with on the mithral golem?
[22:28] <Kotono> The half breed is happy playing with Marie and Jessica. The party thenafter gathers at Seira's, scrying away!
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: We can do that after scrying.
01[22:29] <Seira> OOC: Let it roll! DC is 24 for me.
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[22:29] <Kotono> Seira whiffs. Deme?
[22:29] <Demedais> DC is it needs to roll a 1.
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[22:30] <Kotono> Le whiff.
[22:30] <Kotono> Okay, I'll set you guys up at Elle's.
[22:30] <Kotono> ----
[22:30] <Kotono> Elle is found in her back rooms. Said rooms are rather packed with everyone there. Books are littered about, a scroll with scribbled writing on it. "Well, the good news is that I found out some information on Mithral Golems."
[22:31] <Kotono> Donald smiles and goes to stand besides her, behind her chair. "Can you tell us? It'll surely help!"
01[22:32] <Seira> "I find that starting with the bad news is often best," Seira mentions.
[22:33] <Kotono> "First of all, they're designed by eladrins, or so the story goes. There's a few conflicting legends. Some claim Corellon Larethian gave it ot the elarin as a gift. Some say the eladrin devised them on their own, to help protect Arborea during a long ago crusade to the Abyss. Others claim a mortal wizard with ties to Arborea did instead. No matter what..." Stopping here, "It's all merely interesting. What's interesting is..."
[22:33] <Kotono> Stopping here, "It's all merely interesting. What's useful is..."
[22:34] <Kotono> "First of all, they're constantly imbued with an always active haste spell and a freedom of movement spell. It's called alacrity and total freedom, I believe. They can fly, swim, burrow, anything."
[22:36] <Alicia> "I didn't really think a web spell would do much, admittedly," Alicia muses.
[22:36] <Kotono> "I saw it fly," Donald agrees, "Took off like the air wasn't even there."
[22:37] <Kotono> "It gets worse." Elle smiles with a grim amusement, "Force effects like Wall of Force, Forcecage and the like fail against them. They can pass through them like they don't exist. Other wall spells, prismatic sphere, Resilient sphere, all of them collapse when a Mithral Golem comes in contact with them."
[22:38] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia gapes. "That's... not even antimagic can- wait. This freedom ability? Would it be suppressed in antimagic?" she asks, indignation giving way to calculation.
01[22:38] <Seira> "They literally part a wall of fire or stone?" Seira asks in disbelief. "By merely being near it?"
[22:39] <Demedais> "...Right. Good to know." Demedais mutters. "Any notable weak points? It couldn't see invisible, we know that much... Ah, do you have any way to negate stunning blows?"
[22:39] <Kotono> "I would think so," Elle agrees, "I can't guarantee it, but I think so." Now thinking as she goes on, "There's a few other things. They can stun you if they hit you, and it's very hard to resist. It's immune to most types of magic, too."
01[22:40] <Seira> "Maybe it has the means but hasn't deigned to use them," Seira mutters. "Any idea how to resist the stun? That was really the only reason we retreated. I was thinking Displacement and Mirror Image, myself."
[22:40] <Kotono> "Don't get hit. All the tomes I read say that it's almost impossible to endure."
[22:41] <Alicia> "Did the tomes mention anything about its ability to regenerate?" Alicia asks.
06[22:41] * Seira pauses. "What if I used Contingency to counter that? It might be good for a single hit, at least."
[22:42] <Kotono> "No ,but I had to dredge through for scraps. I didn't find any one definintive source," Elle closes the book she holds, "It may have further capabilities I don't know about."
01[22:43] <Seira> "It annoys me that it can literally hit through any physical defenses we have, but resists anything we try to use against it."
[22:43] <Kotono> "That makes it a very good guardian." Amaryl rubs her ribs slowly.
[22:44] <Alicia> "Not if it's fooled by invisibility. It'd make a far better shock trooper," Alicia reflects. "How could anyone defend against one of them, after all?"
01[22:45] <Seira> "Literally, too," Seira adds sourly.
[22:45] <Alicia> "Well, we might find something amidst Lagann's work? All we can do is search the rest of the place for anything that could help before we engage it again."
01[22:46] <Seira> "My hope is strong and eternal!"
[22:46] <Demedais> "... Wait."
[22:46] <Demedais> Demedais pauses. "It failed to spot the invisible... Alicia, did you see anything on the altar?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "I didn't particularly pay any attention, I confess," Alicia replies. That was the sort of thing she normally leaves till after the fight to worry about, after all.
[22:48] <Demedais> "... While I know what I'm about to say will go completely against instinct for, well, all but one of us, why don't we just have someone go invisibile, search the room, and leave it? Why bother fighting it right now?"
01[22:48] <Seira> "I could search it, sure," Seira agrees. "It should be easy enough to leave, if need be."
[22:49] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "We'd probably want someone else present that can warp out if it gets messy, but that seems like a good plan of approach for this. For all we know it's weak to the First Resort."
[22:49] <Alicia> "If you want," Alicia shrugs.
[22:50] <Demedais> "...alternately, it's holding the First Resort or something, but it still seems like a better way to approach this than just running at it. Knowing that it's not able to cover invisibility... Perhaps that's how they used to get things past it? I don't know.
[22:51] <Alicia> "I think it would've cheerfully let its gnomish masters do as they pleased. Who would use a guardian that would turn them into a bloody smear unless they hid from it?"
[22:53] <Demedais> "Those who were paranoid about someone coming in in a disguise vis-a-vis magic?" Demedais shrugs.
[22:53] <Demedais> "Just looking like someone isn't enough, thanks to magic."
[22:54] <Alicia> "But... invisibility is just as easy to do..." Alicia boggles.
[22:54] <Demedais> "And yet we didn't think of using it to search the room. The only reason it came up was because you used it for your attack routine."
[22:54] <Demedais> "But whatever works; we've got a plan now, so..."
[19:15] <Kotono> Okay. To get this out of the way now, where were you guys going to TP back to? Steel Jungle or...?
01[19:16] <Seira> Let's TP to the corridor where magic works normally, and just leave it and go look at the portal?
[19:16] <Alicia> Yes.
[19:16] <Alicia> roll 1d100 to oasis, studied carefully
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 to oasis, studied carefully and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[19:17] <Kotono> Okay. Roll your D100s to see if you guy off course, yeah. If you go off course we'll deal then.
01[19:17] <Seira> After that, we could check on the lava cave thing, and to cap it all off sneak into mithral golem room under invis, get some slime, and TP back.
03[19:17] * xorntoro is now known as Demedais
[19:17] <Kotono> This is really just an FYI - Hi Deme! - but you guys can use very familiar for the oasis. You've been ther ea ton now.
[19:18] <Alicia> roll 1d100 place we fought ragewalker and minigolem casters seen once
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 place we fought ragewalker and minigolem casters seen once and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[19:19] <Kotono> Okay, we'll start ther ein just a moment!
[19:19] <Kotono> ------------------------------------------------(Teleporting Kos!)--
[19:27] <Kotono> Wooosh! The party appears in the hallway without incident. It'sq uiet here, only the wreckage of the battle lying about.
[19:28] <Alicia> "Okay, so do we try the portal or the steam chamber first?" Alicia asks, looking around on arrival.
01[19:29] <Seira> "The portal," Seira suggests. "I actually have an idea what to expect there, unlike with the steam chamber."
06[19:29] * Demedais nods at this. "Alright, then."
06[19:30] * Alicia has no objections and sets off towards it.
[19:30] <Kotono> The party walks back, returning to the portal. The ruin is quiet - th eopposition seems to be in retreat, no problems encountered on the way. The portal awaits, as seen before.
01[19:31] <Seira> The Analyze Portal spell exists to analyze portals! And Demedais can surely alert them if the painting that seemed to be eyeing him last time does it again.
01[19:31] <Seira> OOC: CL?
06[19:31] * Demedais specifically watches the painting. "Idly, Alicia, can you sense magic here or is this also warded?"
[19:32] <Alicia> "I can, unless the painting is specifically warded itself," Alicia replies, giving it a glance. "I checked it yesterday, remember."
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it and declare which use, Seira. Deme, youc an make a spot check if your'e looking aroun.d
[19:34] <Demedais> "Right, I remember that but wasn't sure... Never mind. Apologies." With that, he glances around!
[19:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 50." [1d20=19]
01[19:35] <Seira> OOC: It's pretty much an order. I'll go with the standard one of key to activate/special circumstances regarding use/one way or two/a glimpse of the target/is it random/is it variable/is it creature-only/is it malfunctioning
01[19:40] <Seira> "Well, it leads to some sort of room and the password is 'metal', so maybe it's actually connected to the lava place?" Seira says out loud, placing her crystal lens and mirror away. "Interestingly enough, it's in perfect working order and lacks traps of any kind. Plus it still works both ways!"
06[19:40] * Demedais rubs his head in annoyance while staring at the picture for a few seconds longer, before glancing around to see if the other pictures are acting subversive.
[19:40] <Alicia> "Shall we brave it, then?" Alicia asks.
06[19:41] * Seira shrugs. "How about just some of us go first, then?"
[19:41] <Kotono> "Who goes first, then?" Donald looks ahead, "If it's safe...
[19:41] <Kotono> "
[19:41] <Alicia> "I'll go," Alicia volunteers. "If it's a trap I can teleport us back, after all."
01[19:41] <Seira> "Amaryl and I can remain in contact throughout, and I can check the room and see if it's safe," Seira adds. "Anyone else?"
[19:42] <Kotono> "I'll go," Donald stretches, "That's three of us?"
[19:42] <Demedais> "Alright. You three go, then?" Demedais nods.
06[19:43] * Alicia duly steps onto the platform.
06[19:43] * Seira is only a step behind, waiting for Donald before calling out "Metal!" in Gnomish.
[19:44] <Kotono> With a flash of light, the three vanish! OOC: You three into #TERROR.
[19:45] <Demedais> "And if it gets dramatic over here, I can trigger the platform to follow, so I'm not terribly concerned." Demedais notes, before going back to eyeing the picture.
[19:46] <Kotono> "As long as it isn't a ticket to the Abyss..." Pollyanna eyes it, "I hope Seira's magic's right. She's always so confident, but...all it can take is one stupid mistake."
[19:48] <Demedais> "She's learned to be more cautious than she used to be." Demedais notes.
[19:48] <Kotono> "She'll be fine," Amaryl stays, standing back and away, as Demedais sees that the painting is completely mundane to his eyes.
[19:50] <Demedais> "..." Demedais' face seems to visibly clench for a second, before stretching. "I'm going to wait for them in the main hall. You two coming?"
[19:50] <Kotono> "Demedais?" Pollyanna blinks, "What's wrong? Shouldn't we be by the portal in case they come back?"
[19:51] <Demedais> "I figure Seira will notify us when they're coming back. Come on, let's just wait out there." Demedais says calmly, a steady look to both Amaryl and Pollyanna.
02[19:52] * Sierra_BeautySleep (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-70-210.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.53=-)
[19:52] <Kotono> "Um, sure...oh wait! Seira said they made it and that the password on the other end is 'Earth'." Amaryl starts to follow.
[19:53] <Kotono> "Well, wait, Earth in Gnomish, anyway," Amaryl shrugs as she continues to follow.
[19:53] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "And that's good to know if we need to follow." With that, he casually goes outside to the hallway, getting far enough away that he can't see any of the paintings.
[19:54] <Kotono> "Wait," Amaryl stops halfway down the hall, "Seira wants us to come through now."
06[19:55] * Demedais looks to Amaryl, before rubbing his head and walking back over to the portal. "Right, let's go then; that'll work just as well."
[19:56] <Kotono> The three go to the portal, "You know gnomish, so say it, Demedais?" Pollyanna stands at his side.
[19:56] <Demedais> "Yep. 'Metal'." Demedais enunciates.
[19:56] <Kotono> Woosh! In a flash of light, the party appears in a dark room! Ahead of them is Alicia, Seira and Donald, just as expected!
06[19:57] * Seira tries to open the door.
[19:57] <Demedais> "Those paintings are going to drive me insane." Demedais announces immediately upon reaching their destination.
[19:57] <Alicia> "Why, what are they doing?" Alicia asks, looking at Demedais.
[19:57] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a hallway running horizontal to the room. You'd have to go out to get much of alook at it."
06[19:57] * Seira does so, intending on taking a quick look around.
06[19:57] * Demedais then looks around quickly. "I would think that they'd show some signs of... something, but it isn't anything except them shifting slightly out of the corner of my eyes."
[19:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 new room spot, don't figure there's much but.
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 new room spot, don't figure there's much but. and gets 38." [1d20=7]
[19:58] <Kotono> The hallway runs to a dead end ot the right. To the left, it goes to a stairway leading downwards. The hall is dark, though there is a single window near the stairway.
[19:59] <Alicia> "Perhaps its an optical illusion?" Alicia muses. "I've heard of those, they use tricks of light and perspective instead of magic... it's actually quite clever," she smiles briefly in thought before putting it aside. "Anyway, they're probably harmless," she concludes, heading into the hallway.
06[19:59] * Seira takes a look out the window, certain that others would follow the only path out of the room soon enough.
[20:00] <Demedais> "It's enough that I'm not even sure I can trust my eyes in there." Demedais mutters, before looking out the door into the hallway. "Any idea what this place is?"
[20:00] <Alicia> "Not yet," Alicia replies, likewise taking a peek out the window over Seira's head.
[20:02] <Kotono> Outside, you see a vast, vast, vast cavern. It stretches farther than a nightmare, iron walkways and lattices stretched out over a vast, black chasm. A bit of mist clings to the edges of the dark chasm at the limit of your vision. Flying about, flying all about, are metallic orbs. They glow with a faint white light, following precise patterns.
01[20:04] <Seira> "Interesting," Seira notes, following the stairway next.
[20:04] <Alicia> Well, that's odd, but not much they can do with it for now, so Alicia is happy to head down the stairs.
06[20:04] * Demedais follows as well, curious.
[20:05] <Kotono> The party heads down the stair! It goes down and starts to twist around, going out to a small antechamber. Sturdy steel and stone doors are ahead, covered with a stylized symbol of a jagged metal sword and a barbed metal spear.
06[20:06] * Demedais glances around here, as well, figuring Seira will want to check the door.
[20:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 50." [1d20=19]
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 traps, sword
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 traps, sword and gets 39." [1d20=12]
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 traps, spear
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 traps, spear and gets 37." [1d20=10]
01[20:08] <Seira> "We should be fine as long as we keep the tokens," Seira notes.
[20:08] <Demedais> "Seira, confirm for me that the sword and spear are loose?" Demedais asks, walking over to examine the door Seira's not at.
06[20:08] * Alicia still has hers on her.
01[20:09] <Seira> "What do you mean?"
06[20:10] * Demedais moves to grab the sword's hilt, checking to make sure his eyes aren't deceiving him again as he jostles the sword slight.
[20:11] <Kotono> The sword is slightly loose, yes. As if it was trapped to be able to strike and not pinned against the door like it should be. Demedais might be able to rip it off if he wished.
06[20:11] * Seira blinks. "Is the sword even worth it?"
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 appraise
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 appraise and gets 36." [1d20=17]
06[20:12] * Seira shrugs then. "Maybe. As a souvenier? Sure, let's grab them."
[20:13] <Demedais> "Eh. Okay. I was just wondering why they were loose, mainly." With that, he tries pulling the sword off after a moment of focus!
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Str check?
06[20:13] * Alicia resists the urge to sigh and simply opens up her portable hole so they can chuck the things in there once they've broken them.
[20:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (DC 15 Kensai Focus auto-passed)
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (DC 15 Kensai Focus auto-passed) and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:13] <Kotono> Crack! The sword is ripped off safely!'
06[20:14] * Demedais quickly moves to grab the spear before his focus wears off!
06[20:14] * Seira takes her mind off the looting and tries to see whether Lagann has any fresh insight on their location or the defenses it might have. As well as how to return the magic to its rightful owner, of course.
[20:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 presume a check here too
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 presume a check here too and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[20:15] <Kotono> Crack! The spear is removed as well.
01[20:17] <Seira> "Now that we're done with that, Lagann's old home seems to be in the center of it all, so let's find it and see if he can take back what's his?" Seira voices.
[20:18] <Alicia> "By all means," Alicia agrees readily, folding up the hole and going to open the door.
[20:18] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods.
[20:19] <Kotono> Woosh! Ahead is a steel walkway, leading as one of many paths about. On others you can see what look to be vats of metal, mostly empty. Orbs fly all about. As yo ustep in, there is an intense sensation of disorientation, the world seeming to tint rainbow colored.
01[20:19] <Seira> 'What are these orbs?' Seira thinks to Lagann.
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
06[20:21] * Alicia stumbles briefly before righting herself. "The wild magic's very strong here," she cautions warily. "Think carefully before using any spells."
06[20:21] * Seira deals with the disorientation better, perhaps due to occupying herself with her mental link rather than focusing fully on her senses. "Right, thanks for the heads up."
06[20:22] * Demedais nods slightly, eyes blinking as he looks around warily. "Are the orbs going to try and attack us?"
[20:23] <Kotono> As the party does so, looking about, one of the orbs approaches. In your minds, 'Welcome, superior masters. Welcome, Master Yandrazrt. State your desire.'
[20:24] <Alicia> "I'd guess that's a no," Alicia tells Demedais amusedly, before focusing her mind to respond to the orb. 'Where is the focus of the wild magic?' She's sure it's near here, and if it's an experiment gone awry they'll hopefully know.
01[20:24] <Seira> 'What is your purpose?' Seira responds, as Lagann grows uncharacteristically silent.
[20:25] <Kotono> 'Status is inoperative. Steel reserves are at 100%.' A moment later, after Alicia asks, 'The magical disturbance bank is on the other end, past the craftery.' Then, 'We guide and forge the metals made here.'
[20:25] <Demedais> 'Oh. Uh, hi. Master Yandrazrt and his two allies here-' Demedais mentally pictures Seira and Alicia here- 'will be asking most of our questions. Thank you for your consideration.'
[20:26] <Alicia> 'Please direct us to the bank,' Alicia requests. "I've asked it to lead us to the focus of the wild magic. Maybe we can do something about it here?"
[20:26] <Kotono> The orb silently begins to glide ahead, down thew alkway.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Sure," Seira agrees, before speaking out loud to the floating orb, "What caused the wild magic to occur?"
06[20:27] * Demedais follows as well, treading carefully and being glad he has his ring of feather falling on.
06[20:27] * Alicia strides along after the orb, eager to get to the root of what's wounded the fabric of magic so in this blighted area.
[20:31] <Kotono> The party walks for about ten minutes. They pass by so many things - steel vats, ready to pour. Molds of strange and familiar shapes. Rows of orbs sitting int he air motionless, doing nothing. But eventually you come to a center. In three other directions - you come from the west and the other three cardinal points are where the others come from - are like collections of paths. They each come to a smooth metal orb-building floating in the cen
[20:32] <Kotono> are like collections of paths. They each come to a smooth metal orb-building floating in the center. Paths lead into it from all. The orb flies towards it.
[20:32] <Demedais> "This our destination, then." Demedais muses.
06[20:33] * Alicia walks a bit quicker, since some of her spells will wear off soon and she has no intention of recasting them in this environment.
[20:35] <Kotono> As you approach, the door leading in fades back and away, letting you in. A carpeted hall is ahead, curving. Ahead is a hallway leading deeper into the center of the sphere. The orb goes down the curve, to the left.
06[20:36] * Alicia gives the hall a cursory inspection as she steps into the building but doesn't delay much, following the orb down the lefthand curve.
06[20:36] * Demedais grimaces, but since there seems to be little other choice, he continues following the orb.
01[20:38] <Seira> 'How would restoring the state of magic back to normal affect the orbs?' Seira wonders as they travel.
[20:39] <Kotono> The hall is richly carpeted and lit from above, light coming from the ceiling, occasionally whirling rainbow colored. It's pretty unremarkable otherwise. 'Our function has not been seriously impeded. We were cast in His wisdom through His servant Yandrazrt. We will continue our task.'
[20:40] <Demedais> "What is your task?"
01[20:40] <Seira> "The crafting of metal, I think it said before?"
[20:41] <Kotono> 'The crafting of metal.'
[20:41] <Demedais> "Right. Sorry, zoned a minute." Demedais glances around as they keep going.
[20:42] <Kotono> It's pretty mundane. Your'e slowly looping around the outer edge of the building, or so one can imagine from following this curved path. You pass by another door in and out, as you start to curve further. The orb continues down this path.
06[20:42] * Seira does wonder why the orb never answered her when she spoke out loud to it. But maybe it didn't know the answer. "Lagann really wants to go home, which is to the center," she speaks. "Want to split up, or humor him for a bit?"
01[20:44] <Seira> "He doesn't often ask for something, and the cause of the wild magic isn't going anywhere," she adds.
[20:44] <Alicia> "I want to see if we can fix the disruption to the weave first if possible... but a slight delay hopefully won't hurt," Alicia relents. 'Wait,' she mentally instructs the orb. "Lead on, then?" she asks Seira.
[20:45] <Kotono> The orb stops at Alicia's mental command.
01[20:45] <Seira> 'Is Yandrazrt's study inside?'
06[20:45] * Demedais nods slightly. "That's fine." With that, 'We shall return shortly. Please wait until our return.' Demedais requests the orb mentally.
[20:47] <Kotono> '...The inside layers are the rooms where the crafters shall stay, then the superior's offices, and then...it was Master Yandrazrt's study, but now it is a the Sacred Shrine Zeynt.'
01[20:47] <Seira> 'Yes, that. Lead us there.'
[20:48] <Kotono> You are lead deeper inside. You walk past a broad band of hallways that seem to lead into loops, ever shrinking as you get closer to the center. You then go past another band of these, which leads to an dead end with a single door. A picture of the starry sky is emblazed onto the door.
01[20:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 are you trapped?
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 are you trapped? and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:49] <Demedais> "This is... something's not right, here." Demedais mutters.
[20:49] <Kotono> "Ugh, feels like a goblin just crawled over my grave," Pollyanna rubs her arms, "I'm breaking out in gooseflesh."
06[20:49] * Alicia shivers a little. "You feel it as well?" she confirms. "It's like being out in a storm..."
06[20:50] * Seira mentally adds another species Pollyanna hates, and nods curtly to Alicia before trying to open the door.
[20:50] <Kotono> "I don't like it...should we really go on?" Amaryl steps back a little.
01[20:50] <Seira> "I really owe it to Lagann to try."
[20:50] <Demedais> "..." A nod to Seira. "Alright."
[20:53] <Kotono> The door opens! It is pitch black - then the roof above breaks into stars. Amid this starry sky ,a single ray of light shines down. It shows a point of light. In this point of light, you can see the God-King of the Gnomes. He is clad in terrifying power, the image painful to look at, searingly bright. An obscured gnome is being blasted, shattering apart. Aloud, in Gnomish, "It is here that the traitor and heretic Yandrazrt met his just punishm
[20:53] <Kotono> Aloud, in Gnomish, "It is here that the traitor and heretic Yandrazrt met his just punishment at the hands of the True God. Give thanks at this holy site and praise to the Eternal True God! Bow to his power!'
06[20:54] * Seira slams the door back open, staggering away.
01[20:54] <Seira> *closed
[20:55] <Alicia> It's all gibberish to Alicia, although the visual effects aren't entirely pleasing to the eye. She makes a disgusted face and shakes her head. "I don't think there's anything for Lagann in there."
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[20:56] <Demedais> "..." Demedais recoils. "Bastard even put compulsion on it."
[20:56] <Kotono> "...Ugh." Pollyanna looks down and away. "Let's go. Let's get the hell out of here and never come back."
[20:57] <Demedais> "... I'm sorry Lagann had to see that." Demedais murmurs after a moment.
06[20:57] * Seira shakes her head, turning away. 'Master Yandrazrt wishes to regain his former power,' she thinks to the orb, finding it easier to block out Lagann's rage when communicating with another. 'Is there a way for him to do that here?'
[21:01] <Kotono> 'That is beyond our ability to answer. Master Yandrazrt crafted us, but our power is not that of the God-King.' After a few more moments, 'The successor to Master Yandrazrt was to erase our memories of Master Yandrazrt, but he was unable to overcome the gift Master Yandrazrt gave us: Will. Master Yandrazrt is not as he was, but he is still our master. We offer you these works to do as you wish towards that.'
[21:01] <Kotono> We offer you these works to do as you wish towards that.'
06[21:02] * Seira takes a moment to absorb that. 'Thanks! It's really appreciated by us both!'
[21:02] <Demedais> "... Thank you."
[21:02] <Demedais> OOC: Strike
[21:04] <Kotono> 'Will you continue to your previous destination now?'
01[21:05] <Seira> 'It seems best.'
[21:09] <Kotono> The party is lead back out to the outer hall, then along to to dead opposite of where they enter. They head out, continuing down on more steel walkways. As you do, Seira finds that Lagann's cries slowly dim, the orb going silent in her mind. After another five minutes or so, you come to a building set into a far cavern wall. The orb stops here, 'We can go no farther. In this building you will find a path to what you seek. It has guardians of i
[21:09] <Kotono> In this building you will find a path to what you seek. It has guardians of it's own; we are meant to also be a first barrier of defense against any who seek the magical bank.'
[21:10] <Alicia> 'What powers do these guardians possess, and will they oppose us?' Alicia asks.
[21:12] <Kotono> 'The tokens will keep most at bay. However, there is a fey spirit known as the Nyscander. It is intelligent, it will likely attack any non gnomes after all this time. It is weak against cold iron and cannot stand loud noise.'
[21:13] <Demedais> "Got it." Demedais nods slightly.
[21:13] <Alicia> 'Thank you, we will be wary of it,' Alicia nods, leading the way into the building.
[21:15] <Kotono> The building has a single door leading into it. It's build entirely of stone. A hall with nine glowing circles is ahead, lined up in a vertical line. At the far end is another door.
06[21:17] * Alicia walks around the circles to reach the door at the far end, attempting to open it.
[21:18] <Kotono> The door opens without incident. Ahead is a stairway leading downwards, wrapping around like a spiral.
06[21:18] * Alicia bravely leads the way down the stairs!
06[21:18] * Demedais follows Alicia, eyeing the stairs before following Alicia down with a shrug.
06[21:19] * Seira decides to keep to the back, near the archers, as her magical defenses falter at the unexpected duration.
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 and gets 37." [1d20=6]
[21:20] <Demedais> "How positively cheerful. I'll trust those orbs on the traps being disarmed with our tokens." Demedais grumbles, pointing out the murder holes to the group as they descend.
06[21:20] * Seira checks!
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 search
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 search and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[21:21] <Alicia> "They seemed honest enough," Alicia opines.
01[21:22] <Seira> "Just checking if these ones fall under 'most', that's all."
06[21:22] * Seira shrugs. "Answer, inconclusive?"
01[21:22] <Seira> OOC: Strike
06[21:22] * Seira shrugs. "Answer, positive!"
[21:23] <Demedais> "Right. Let's go, then."
[21:24] <Kotono> The party travels down the winding stair. You end up in a small room that expands out into a larger one. Ahead, the air twists with rainbow colors. Whatever lies ahead...you can't see it through the haze of rainbow.
06[21:25] * Alicia squints a bit as she advances, before just admitting defeat and pulling down her blindfold to let blindsight sort things out for her.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 nature
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 nature and gets 9." [1d20=4]
06[21:30] * Demedais grimaces as well, looking into the rainbows warily.
[21:30] <Alicia> "There's some sort of earth elemental twenty feet ahead," Alicia warns the party. "Inside a magic circle... I think it's the source of the wild magic."
06[21:31] * Demedais frowns. "Not likely to be communicative, I take it?"
[21:31] <Kotono> As the party talks, Alicia can see the creature looks up at them! It peers long, before starting to lumberf forward! The party can feel the ground shake, an image coming out of the rainbow colors!
[21:31] <Alicia> "Try gnomish?" Alicia suggests with a half-step back. "Or Terran?"
06[21:32] * Demedais steps back. "Friend! Will you speak with us?" Demedais calls in Gnomish, putting away his spear for his sword, before pointing the sword away from the earth elemental.
[21:33] <Kotono> The creature roars, "I care not! I will crush you here! This is mine! All mine! I will hold all the magic!"
01[21:34] <Seira> "It's hostile!" Seira brightly translates for the rest of them.
[21:34] <Alicia> It's all gibberish to Alicia, but she'd gathered from tone if not from Seira's commentary, and thus draws her blade...
06[21:34] * Demedais nods slightly, his own sword raised up. "Very well, then. If you will not listen...!"
06[21:35] * Seira draws her own blade, but doesn't advance from past the archers!
[21:35] <Kotono> At seeing the weapons drawn, the creature pounces aforward! OOC: Let's do init then?
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay and gets 13." [1d20=11]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 baddie
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 baddie and gets 15." [1d20=11]
03[21:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(17)>Baddie=Alicia(15)>Demedais(13)>Seira(11)>Polly(10)>Donald(9)'
[21:36] <Kotono> With Seira's bow in hand, Amaryl lets two powerufl arrows fly!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (-8 PA)
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (-8 PA)
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (-8 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=15]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (-8 PA) and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d8+12
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+12 and gets 20." [1d8=8]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 3d6 dur
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 dur and gets 7." [3d6=1, 3, 3]
01[21:39] <Seira> OOC: Two-handed, PA is doubled!
[21:39] <Kotono> The arrows fire with resounding power as Amaryl flees backwards, one of them embedding into the arm of the beast! OOC: Alicia and baddie are up. You wanna go ahead, Seira?
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Alicia?
[21:40] <Alicia> "Back!" Alicia flies at the pouncing creature, intending to meet its charge head on and keep it from getting to their vulnerable archers as she drives her blade home!
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 charge -6pa divine might
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 charge -6pa divine might and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 charge -6pa divine might crit check?
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 charge -6pa divine might crit check? and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Crit check, it can be critted. Crit.
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: is it evil?
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 2d8+68+2d6+1d6
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+68+2d6+1d6 and gets 84." [2d8=1, 7][2d6=4, 2][1d6=2]
[21:41] <Kotono> Alicia darts forward, a gigantic stab intot he creature's guts! As she does, it bellows and exhales a cloud of rainbow gas all around! OOC: Ref saves, all.
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Polly
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Polly and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[21:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 presuming concentrate can apply here
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 presuming concentrate can apply here and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Amaryl is good at ref. So is Deme
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Amaryl is good at ref. So is Deme and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d100 effects only Donald and Polly
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 effects only Donald and Polly and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d100 reroll since my 2nd edition book didn't make the comp transfer and it references a 2nd edition spell
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 reroll since my 2nd edition book didn't make the comp transfer and it references a 2nd edition spell and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d100 reroll since there is no 28 arghfuckle
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 reroll since there is no 28 arghfuckle and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[21:45] <Kotono> Smoke trickles from the ears of Donald and Pollyanna, as the beast strikes out at Alicia!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-7 PA)
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-7 PA)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-7 PA) and gets 44." [1d20=14]
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-7 PA) and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-7 PA) crit
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-7 PA) crit and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:46] <Alicia> OOC: 29
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 4d8+44 Dr applies
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+44 Dr applies and gets 57." [4d8=3, 4, 4, 2]
[21:46] <Kotono> Alicia is slammed twice and hard, the beast striking her like a red headed child out of line! OOC: Deme.
06[21:49] * Demedais rushes to the edge of the barrier himself, an aura of protection lashing out as he slices at the beast as well!
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+2 Charge, +1 GMW)
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+2 Charge, +1 GMW) and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 2d6+14
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+14 and gets 20." [2d6=2, 4]
[21:51] <Kotono> Demedais breaches the foe's defense, stabbing into it's side! OOC: Seira.
06[21:52] * Seira lifts off the ground and flies around to slip into a flanking position, where she joins the melee!
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 and gets 31." [3d8=5, 6, 4][2d8=6, 1]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 3d8
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8 and gets 19." [3d8=3, 8, 8]
01[21:53] <Seira> OOC: If it can be critted, then full SA, right?
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:54] <Kotono> Seira flies into position, stabbing the flank of the creature! It roars and then deflates, gassy rainbow air gushing out as it collapses like a pierced balloon! OOC: Ref all.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Polly
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Amaryl
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Amaryl and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[21:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 he's a cloud that farts rainbows?
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 he's a cloud that farts rainbows? and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[21:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d100 poor Donald and Polly.
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 poor Donald and Polly. and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 3d10
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d10 and gets 9." [3d10=2, 3, 4]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 3d10
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d10 and gets 15." [3d10=2, 6, 7]
[21:55] <Kotono> As the beast dies, a rainbow of small gemstones shoot from the fingers of Pollyanna and Donald! OOC: Free act.
[21:56] <Demedais> "That was simpler than I expected." Demedais muses, eyeing the gems.
06[21:56] * Alicia exhales and stows her sword on her back, before healing herself of the savage wounds inflicted.
[21:56] <Kotono> Amaryl heaves out air, "Finally. It hought every battle here would be life and death."
01[21:56] <Seira> "Our opponent died properly!"
[21:57] <Alicia> Having at least stemmed the bleeding, Alicia lifts up her blindfold and flies over to the gaping tear floating above the magic circle, observing it from all sides as she considers. "I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it'll work," she muses. "You all might want to step back."
[21:58] <Kotono> "Oh." Donald blinks as the foe dies before he can get into it. He gathers up the gemstones, before falling back. "Sure, good luck!"
[21:58] <Demedais> "Uh... Alright." Demedais says, before pausing. "Alicia, can I ask what the idea -is-?"
01[21:58] <Seira> "Seconded."
[21:59] <Alicia> "I'm going to try channelling spellfire energy into it," she responds. "It's not something I'm an expert about, though, that's why I'm not sure if it'll work. But I've got a good feeling about it."
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 will we die?
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 will we die? and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[22:01] <Seira> "We may not die," Seira agrees, and pats Alicia on the shoulder. "If you don't want to spend the time studying, we might as well do that. I'll be all the way over there, as safe as possible."
[22:01] <Demedais> "Hm. I can see the logic behind that, yes..." Demedais muses. "Seira- ...right. That instilled confidence."
[22:02] <Demedais> This being said, he nods to Alicia and stands back.
06[22:02] * Seira retreats a couple hundred feet.
[22:03] <Alicia> "It's a wound in the very fabric of magic itself," Alicia replies, smiling gamely. "If this works to repair it, knowing that is all the knowledge I need to gain from this." Once everyone has duly fled, she reaches out for the tear, attempting to channel spellfire into it much as she did when unmaking the altars to Shar she's encountered here and there.
[22:03] <Alicia> OOC: 18 levels worth
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Make a level check, say?
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
06[22:05] * Demedais mutters something under his breath as he stands near Pollyanna, watching Alicia work.
[22:06] <Kotono> The spellfire channels into the tear in magic! There is a long moment where reality itself buckles, and then...the rainbow light is gone. A nine circled magic circle stands where the colors where. It glows bright once, before fizzling away, leaving only seared remnant son the ground. Instantly, you can feel a change. It's as if the constant chaos, the constant feelings of morphism, have vanished.
01[22:06] <Seira> "Congratulations!" Seira calls out from a distance, jogging back.
[22:07] <Demedais> "... And that's been righted." Demedais says simply as he walks forward.
[22:07] <Alicia> "Oh, that's so much better!" Alicia grins as she lands on the ground. "And we can see properly now, too." She takes the time to look around the area now that bright rainbow colours no longer obscure everything.
[22:07] <Alicia> Arcane sight is duly cast to aid in this endeavour.
01[22:07] <Seira> "There was supposed to be a very lonely fey around, right?"
[22:08] <Demedais> "That one was weak to cold iron." Demedais replies, glancing down to his sword. "Maybe that was it?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "Could've been changed by the wild magic?" Donald pokes what little is left of it with ihs foot. There's fading magic all around here that Alicia can see.
01[22:09] <Seira> "Could be," Seira agrees. "If so, it chose poorly."
[22:09] <Alicia> "There's no longer any active magic here. All the spells must've been related to maintaining the warp in the weave," Alicia muses. "Well, shall we explore the rest of this area or go now to check the steam cavern?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "We might as well see what else is in this wing of the place, before heading for the cavern," Seira suggests. "I'd want to put off proper exploration of the rest of this complex until Lagann feels better, though."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Fair enough," Alicia heals herself a little more before heading to the stairs. "Lets look around, then?"
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 20." [5d4=3, 3, 3, 2, 4]
[22:12] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "Typical search of this and the preceeding area, then?"
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 search?
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 search? and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 aid search (+2 heroism)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 aid search (+2 heroism) and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+4 I'll aid as well
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+4 I'll aid as well and gets 8." [1d20=4]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 3#1d10
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3#1d10 and gets 24." [3#1d10 = 5, 9, 10]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3#1d20 and gets 30." [3#1d20 = 6, 19, 5]
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: +4 more.
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Total?
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: 35
[22:13] <Alicia> OOC: 37
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: Oh right, +4 on top of that +2
[22:14] <Kotono> The party searches the area. The bottom floor has little of note. Returning back up, the party finds that the nine circles in a vertical line are gone as well, scorched away. There's little else here beyond those.
01[22:15] <Seira> "Let's head to the cavern?"
06[22:15] * Alicia has no problem doing that, and leads the way back to the portal.
[22:15] <Demedais> "Lead on, then." Demedais says, feeling more relaxed at this point.
[22:15] <Kotono> The party makes the 20 minute walk back to the portal without incident. It awaits them, not having changed in this time.
[22:16] <Kotono> "Ah, this feels better," Donald stretches, "You know, after this is all said and done...we're going to be fantastically rich, aren't we?"
01[22:16] <Seira> "RichER."
[22:17] <Kotono> "Still," Donald crosses his arms here, "I'm starting to think. I spend 10,000 gold on a slightly better bit of magical armor. It has a use and a place, but...I should do something with the money besides enriching myself."
[22:18] <Demedais> "What are you thinking?" Demedais asks.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Donate it? I tithe to Helm when I have excess money," Pollyanna looks to Donald out of the corner of her eye, most of her attention on the portal. "I'm sure Seira's already preparing a mental speech for you about Waukeen or opportunity."
01[22:18] <Seira> "Would you like to invest it?" Seira asks eagerly.
[22:18] <Alicia> "This is certainly the most productive excursion I've ever been on," Alicia remarks. "Why don't you fund the Smurth University?" she suggests with a smile.
[22:19] <Kotono> Amaryl giggles, "I'm going to donate a little to Mystra after this, for the wild magic not doing worse to us. I'm going to donate to Waukeen for watching over Seira, too."
[22:19] <Kotono> "Hey, that's an idea!" Snapping his fingers, "Not many people can fight like this, present company excluded. Say, Seira, don't you sort of do the same thing, and there's the Temple of Mystra...and hm, for martial, there's the Temple of Helm and the Guard...hmmm..."
[22:20] <Kotono> "Don't get too carried away. It won't mean much if we all die because our gear wasn't making us strong enough," Pollyanna steps onto the portal, "And then Balmuria gets razed to the ground by devils or worse."
01[22:20] <Seira> "I'm not really going to start anything new just yet, but--" Seira cuts off, nodding at Donald. "Pretty much. You're welcome to start something for those who want to mesh the magical and the martial together."
[22:21] <Kotono> "Say Alicia!" Nodding and looking to her, "Or, lemme try that again. SAINT Alicia." With a coy look to her, "I heard some Mystrians...Mystrites...whatever, anyway, they were talking about spreading your writings. Aren't some on what you do?"
[22:21] <Alicia> "That wouldn't really be a university, though. You can't learn to fight in a classroom," Alicia remarks, waiting for someone to say the gibberish password.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Earth."
[22:22] <Kotono> "Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Alicia and you right here also help with that, Seira," Donald says, "Three great sources already."
[22:22] <Kotono> Woosh! With that, the party returns to the starting point of the portal without incident.
01[22:23] <Seira> "What it's called doesn't really matter. As long as it spreads knowledge and educates people, Waukeen would approve. As long as people's lives are bettered through it and our defenses grow more powerful, I'll join that approval whole-heartedly!"
[22:24] <Alicia> "Why yes," she smiles at Donald. "No one's asked me for tuition yet, though. To be honest I'd rather teach a single promising student than anything else - I have to teach two dozen guardsmen at the garrison and it's just not the same as one-on-one training. I've written a few books for anyone interested in theory, though."
06[22:24] * Demedais nods. "I've been working with the up-and-coming members of the Guard, but yes, having a place to train such things would be wise." Demedais nods approvingly, also nodding to Pollyanna - and nodding to Seira as well. "I'm willing to assist with the martial training as need arises. Perhaps training arcane archers would also assist?" Demedais notes as an afterthought.
[22:24] <Kotono> "You know," Pollyanna starts to walk ahead, "If you're going to call Alicia Saint Alicia, shouldn't you call Demedais Prophet Demedais or something like that?" With a little tugging smirk springing up, "It's only fair and respectful."
[22:25] <Kotono> Pointedly looking away from Pollyanna, "All of that sounds good!" Nodding ot himself, "I can think about it while we go what we're doing next...which is? Kicking Golem ass? Exploring more? Going to see that crossbreed you keep talking about?"
[22:25] <Alicia> "We're heading back in that direction, but it's to the lava chamber, remember?" Alicia tells Donald as they set off.
[22:25] <Demedais> "I don't have enough space in my day to wince at people calling me more than Demedais, thanks." Demedais winces. "Already have issues with Captain."
01[22:25] <Seira> "Let's hope there is an awe-inspiring weapon or artifact there?"
[22:26] <Kotono> "Captain Saint Prophet Watchman Grand Man Of Greatsword In Their Ass Sir Demedais?" Donald hurries along. The party returns into the crossbreeding chambers, now eearily silent. You head to the elevator that leads below without incident.
06[22:27] * Alicia volunteers herself to be one of the three going down first.
[22:27] <Demedais> "Way too long."
06[22:27] * Seira comes along as well, hardly bothered about any residual heat.
[22:28] <Kotono> "I'll go," Donald volunteers again. "The rest of you come as soon as you can?"
[22:29] <Alicia> Once the three are in, Alicia pulls the cord and down they go!
[22:29] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods. "We'll see you three down there."
[22:30] <Kotono> The three go down! They find the chamber cool now, the bottom a chilly rim of ice with a blue liquid writhing beneath the frozen ice. The air is slightly misty, no heat at all. If anything, it's chilly.
06[22:30] * Demedais waits for the elevator to go down, before, "But... thank you, dear. I appreciate it, I just... don't like honorifics a lot of the time."
[22:31] <Kotono> Pollyanna smiles, "I know. I was teasing," With a winsome smile, "We're almost done withthis thrice cursed dungeon and you're still the man I love." With a gentle punch at Demedais' arm, "I mean that last part, too, with all the strange magic."
[22:31] <Alicia> Stepping out and waiting for the others do to likewise, Alicia leans in and yanks the cord to send it back upwards. "Hmm... might want to ward against the cold here," she muses, looking down the chasm.
[22:31] <Kotono> "It's not really a dungeon," Amarly speaks up, "Even if parts of it are certainly torturing or dedicated to it."
01[22:31] <Seira> "At least we won't have a problem with that, if it becomes an issue," Seira muses, waiting for the lift to return.
[22:32] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Blushing a little as the elevator comes back up, hurrying onto it, "My fam...the people I used to travel with before I came to Balmuria called any sort of thing like this a dungeon."
06[22:33] * Demedais follows Pollyanna and Amaryl onto the lift with a nod, pulling the cord once they're ready.
[22:33] <Kotono> Amaryl gets on as well. "Oh." She looks about before stretching, "I will be glad it's almost done. I want to spend a month resting and reading after this. Even if it sometimes only lasts a few minutes a day, it's so tense and often difficult." Down the elevator goes, the groups reunited!
[22:34] <Alicia> "Okay, where to from here? Does Lagann have any suggestions?" Alicia asks, looking around.
01[22:34] <Seira> "Let's get to the place with those runes and see from there?"
06[22:34] * Demedais steps out and looks around. "Man, this place is huge..."
06[22:35] * Alicia nods agreeably to Seira and starts back off towards the control room.
[22:36] <Kotono> The party travels t the control room. It is as it was left on a glance - nothing is abnormal here at all. It's very quiet here, none of the lifting scoopers taking metal up to vanish away.
[22:37] <Alicia> Any paths leading in other interesting directions? Or other structures visible?
01[22:38] <Seira> 'Lagann?' Seira tries. 'You had something here. Where was it?'
[22:41] <Kotono> There are several rainbow colored paths leading in various directions. Meanwhile, Lagann is still quiet.
[22:42] <Alicia> With the lack of any particular reference points, Alicia picks a path leading further away from the elevator, with a preference for one heading downwards. "As good as any?" she suggests, starting on it.
06[22:42] * Seira sighs dejectedly. "Let's see if there's a path leading all the way down? Or we could just jump with feather fall and then teleport back."
[22:43] <Demedais> "Either works, I guess?" Demedais shrugs.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Better to follow the path. It's more likely to take us to something meaningful," Alicia surmises.
[22:44] <Demedais> "Fair." Demedais nods, following Alicia.
[22:44] <Kotono> The party spends about an hour following various paths. The cavern is indeed cold, frozen solid. After all this time, youc ome on one thing of note: There's a building set into the rock of a wall.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[22:45] <Kotono> The party spends about an hour following various paths. The cavern is indeed cold, frozen solid. After all this time, youc ome on one thing of note: There's a building set into the rock of a wall. It's basically a single house carved into the sides, a rainbow colored path leading to it.
06[22:45] * Seira checks it for any entrances!
[22:45] <Alicia> By the Gods, anything to break the monotony! Alicia beelines straight for it.
[22:46] <Kotono> "Finally!" Donald grins as the party heads along. There's a pair of doors lead innto it, one in the center and one near the right edge of it.
[22:46] <Alicia> Centre door works for this paladin.
01[22:47] <Seira> Both work for Seira, but she checks them for traps just in case.
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+27
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+27 and gets 72." [2#1d20+27 = 33, 39]
[22:48] <Kotono> Inside you find a large room. Here a portal can be seen, much like the one to the steelworks off the main entrance.
06[22:49] * Seira frowns. "I don't have any more spells to analyze portals today, but the password is probably metal here as well?"
[22:50] <Demedais> "Possible. Still, let's hold on it for now? It's easy enough to return to."
06[22:50] * Seira searches the building itself, for now.
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[22:51] <Alicia> "It might lead to something that'll help us deal with the golem?" Alicia hazards. "Can at least try the password, if it doesn't work nothing lost."
[22:52] <Demedais> "If you want." Demedais shrugs at that.
01[22:52] <Seira> "Tomorrow works just as well, but okay," Seira agrees. "Going to come along in case we need to teleport back?"
06[22:52] * Alicia steps onto the portal. "Naturally."
06[22:54] * Seira is already on it, and says "Metal" in Gnomish.
[22:54] <Kotono> Woosh! The two women vanish! You appear in a simple dark room, much like the one where the other portal lead. A door is ahead.
01[22:54] <Seira> 'It worked!' Seira thinks to Amaryl, going to open the door.
06[22:54] * Alicia goes to open the door and take a peek at what lies beyond.
[22:55] <Kotono> The door leads straight outside. You see the steel work sahead, metal pathways leading from here.
[22:55] <Kotono> "It worked," Amaryl announces back on the other side.
[22:56] <Alicia> "Looks like it's just another section of where we were earlier," Alicia surmises. "Lets head back?"
06[22:56] * Seira nods, and returns to the platform. First, she'll try "Earth", even as she secretely believes the password would likely be "Fire". In any case, that would be her next guess.
[22:56] <Demedais> "Alright."
[22:57] <Kotono> On calling Earth, nothing happens.
01[22:57] <Seira> "Fire"
[22:57] <Kotono> On calling fire, Seira and Alicia return to the rest of the party! OOC: It's 4, let's pause here. We'll pick up from here or after you've walked back tow hever next time.
[19:42] <Ko-sortingloot> -----------
[19:42] <Ko-sortingloot> Okay, you guys were returning to the main hall, I think?
01[19:42] <Seira> I'll scout the altar room under invis
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> Okay, I'll set up.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> ---
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> <Seira> "Tomorrow works just as well, but okay," Seira agrees. "Going to come along in case we need to teleport back?"
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> * Alicia steps onto the portal. "Naturally."
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> * Seira is already on it, and says "Metal" in Gnomish.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> > Woosh! The two women vanish! You appear in a simple dark room, much like the one where the other portal lead. A door is ahead.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> <Seira> 'It worked!' Seira thinks to Amaryl, going to open the door.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> * Alicia goes to open the door and take a peek at what lies beyond.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> > The door leads straight outside. You see the steel work sahead, metal pathways leading from here.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> > "It worked," Amaryl announces back on the other side.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> <Alicia> "Looks like it's just another section of where we were earlier," Alicia surmises. "Lets head back?"
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> * Seira nods, and returns to the platform. First, she'll try "Earth", even as she secretely believes the password would likely be "Fire". In any case, that would be her next guess.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> <Demedais> "Alright."
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> > On calling Earth, nothing happens.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> <Seira> "Fire"
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> > On calling fire, Seira and Alicia return to the rest of the party! OOC: It's 4, let's pause here. We'll pick up from here or after you've walked back tow hever next time.
[19:43] <Ko-sortingloot> The party returns to the main hall intact. It's been over an hour since you first got here now, but it is still silent, peaceful, dead. No signs of any disturbances here anymore.
[19:44] <Alicia> "Okay, so you'll turn invisible and search the golem chamber while the rest of us wait down the stairs and out of sight?" Alicia checks with Seira as they head towards the stairway up.
01[19:45] <Seira> "Yes, it's pretty simple, isn't it?" Seira agrees. "I'll have the teleport ring and remain in contact with Amaryl throughout, and won't even snipe at the golem if I have the chance, since it's not the time to pick a fight with it."
03[19:45] * Ko-sortingloot sets mode: +o Demedais
06[19:46] * Demedais muses. "I'd suggest we stay near the entrance in case we need to pull Seira out quickly, though based on what you've all told me that shouldn't be needed. Just don't alert it, yes."
01[19:46] <Seira> "I'll be very, very quiet."
[19:47] <Ko-sortingloot> "Right," Donald says, "Here's hoping it works. If yo uget in trouble, get out of there, or a tleast scream so we can come help you," Donald readies his sword.
[19:47] <Alicia> "Best if we don't alert it by our presence at all," Alicia muses as they start upwards, intending to stop about three quarters of the way up so they'll be nearby but out of sight from anyone at the top.
[19:48] <Ko-sortingloot> The party walks ahead! It is dark here, the darkness closing in as it did last time! It's within about 15 feet as they stop, getting close but not all the way there.
06[19:48] * Seira intends to cast Blur, followed by an extended Invisibility, as soon as she's several minutes away from the entrance to the room the golem claimed as its own. From that point on, merely flying the rest of the way should make her passage very quiet.
[19:54] <Ko-sortingloot> Thus Seira flies ahead! The darkness around her envelopes her, just like last time! She appears where the party did before! In this place there is the golem, standing as it was before! This time, only a single elemental rises from the ground! However, the golem is looking right at Seira! "You have returned, intruder!" It bellows! OOC: Yes, there's a reason behind this. Unfortunately for you, the golem seems very able to see Seira. Let'
[19:54] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+4
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
[19:54] <Ko-sortingloot> Unfortunately for you, the golem seems very able to see Seira. Let's roll init?
01[19:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[19:55] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20-1
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20-1 and gets 12." [1d20=13]
03[19:55] * Ko-sortingloot changes topic to 'Seira>Mithral golem>Earth Elemental'
06[20:02] * Seira summons an enormous fire elemental sixty five feet away that madly charges the one made of stone, before calling upon Waukeen's guidance and retreating for sixty feet.
[20:03] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Resolve the elemental's attack real quick?
01[20:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 CHARGE
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 CHARGE and gets 28." [1d20=14]
01[20:04] <Seira> 'The cheating bastard saw me!' Seira complains to Amaryl as she moves back.
[20:04] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Hit.
01[20:05] <Seira> OOC: My bad, only +12, so 26
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 2d6+2 slam if still hits
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d6+2 slam if still hits and gets 9." [2d6=4, 3]
01[20:06] <Seira> roll2d6 fire
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 2d6 fire
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d6 fire and gets 7." [2d6=5, 2]
[20:07] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira retreats into the mists, as the elemental slams into it's cousin! She vanishes away, going back down the stairs in reverse! She can't seen what's going on in the cathedral now...OOC: SEira, go ahea dnad free act for the moment.
06[20:08] * Seira decides to retreat the rest of the way, rejoining the others. It's pretty pointless to try taking another look.
[20:09] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira retreats back without incident, coming back to the rest of the waiting party. As she does, she can see and hear Amaryl, "She said that it saw her."
[20:09] <Demedais> "Bah." Demedais grunts. "How'd it manage that if it couldn't before?"
01[20:10] <Seira> "It did," Seira says dejectedly. "A shame. I could see what was past it, too."
[20:10] <Alicia> "It must have had some anti-invisibility spell cast since we last fought it," Alicia surmises. "We'd need to dispel that to have any luck."
[20:10] <Demedais> "How? The other earth elemental?" Demedais inquires.
01[20:10] <Seira> *couldn't
01[20:11] <Seira> "Seemed like the golem itself saw me," Seira responds, shrugging. "Well, can't say that was fun. Let's go on for now?"
[20:12] <Demedais> "Where to, then?"
01[20:12] <Seira> "Those other crevasses we passed along the way a few days ago?"
[20:12] <Alicia> "Our best bet is to dispel it to prevent it seeing us if we're invisible, and keep it distracted with summons and illusions while we attack it from comparative safety," Alicia suggests. "Perhaps tomorrow, once appropriate spells can be prepared?"
[20:13] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods, leading the way.
[20:15] <Ko-sortingloot> The party returns to the crevasses! They're as small as they remember, last seen several days ago. You stand at the lower of the two, nearby the elevator trap yo ufought past with the undead and golems.
06[20:16] * Seira checks whether the gnomish token does anything to it!
[20:17] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Make a search check?
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 does moving the token near it do anything?
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 does moving the token near it do anything? and gets 39." [1d20=12]
06[20:19] * Demedais assists in looking it over.
[20:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
06[20:19] * Seira tilts her head. "Maybe it's malfunctioning?" she wonders out loud. "I suppose I could just try squeezing in...."
[20:20] <Demedais> "I can cast Freedom of Movement, if that'd assist - or would you rather it on someone else so someone could accompany you?"
01[20:21] <Seira> "I'll be fine," Seira responds, recasting Cat's Grace before trying her luck!
[20:23] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira slips into the crevasse! She sees that it narrows into a little ladder going upwards. While it would take some wiggling, she could climb up it if she wished.
06[20:23] * Seira decides to give it a try.
[20:27] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira climbs up! AFter some time of it, she reaches the end. She finds out that it connects to the top level, at where they rode the elevator down in the first place, into the other crevasse found there.
06[20:28] * Seira relates her findings, somewhat disappointed as she rejoins the others. "Let's grab some slime and focus on the scrying, for now?" she suggests. "With it, we'll likely tie up that loose end, at least."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia is agreeable to this plan, heading back to the lab and seeking out the location of one of their battles with the dire oozecat.
06[20:31] * Demedais nods as well, following at this point.
[20:32] <Ko-sortingloot> The party returns to the oozecat lab! There, after a bit of searching, they are able to find a few trails of semi-dried slime on the ground.
01[20:33] <Seira> It's for the greater good, Seira sadly tells herself.
[20:33] <Ko-sortingloot> The ooze is scooped up and bottled without incident, then.
[20:34] <Alicia> "Well, lets return to Balmuria?" Alicia asks, "We can go after the cat tomorrow and then the golem?"
[20:35] <Ko-sortingloot> "Sounds good," Donald stretches, "Thought...you know."
01[20:35] <Seira> "Right."
[20:35] <Ko-sortingloot> After a moment, "Wait a second."
[20:35] <Ko-sortingloot> Donald straightens up, "If that golem has some way to adapt or more allies, is it so smart to give it more time to get ready?"
01[20:36] <Seira> "No, but I can't have my contingency to bravely run away set up without taking a day," Seira responds. "And without it my chances of dying are high."
[20:36] <Alicia> "It's not ideal," Alicia admits, "But I'd prefer not to fight it without a lot of summons to keep it busy, since no other form of battlefield control will work. Since Seira and Demedais are the only ones who can cast those spells, we have to wait for them to prepare new spells."
[20:36] <Ko-sortingloot> "Good point," Donald settles down, "Let's go home then?"
06[20:36] * Alicia teleports the group to the oasis?
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[20:37] <Alicia> Then to Balmuria!
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[20:37] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Okay, made it home. Lemme know when you two have spells reset?
[20:37] <Demedais> "Probably not, but it's a loss-loss situation if it does have that capability; engaging now without any solid defensive mechanisms in place would be... at the minimum, foolish. You're right, it's dangerous to let it set up, but we can only hope we can do it better." Demedais tells Donald as they go.
[20:41] <Ko-sortingloot> ---
[20:42] <Ko-sortingloot> The party gathers together the next day, ready to scry! OOC: Ball's in your courts.
01[20:43] <Seira> As Demedais and she use different mediums to scry, Seira just precasts all the spells that work for several hours, and then seeks out the oozecat that got away!
[20:46] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Make you scrying attempt whenever.
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: You're just rolling two saves
[20:46] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[20:46] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: What's your DC, Seira?
01[20:47] <Seira> OOC: 24, of course
[20:47] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12 Deme
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 Deme and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[20:47] <Ko-sortingloot> The two cast scrying! However, despite even having a part of the creature, the scrying still fail!
[20:47] <Demedais> "...is it dead? Did it teleport somewhere and end up getting killed by the dragon or something?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "It could be," Alicia muses. "Why don't you ask Helm?"
[20:48] <Ko-sortingloot> Donald, having been watching, "Who knows? For all these scryings to fail, it's either dead or protected, right?"
[20:48] <Demedais> "I might, yes. This cat is proving rather skilled at evading this. Ah well." Demedais murmurs.
[20:50] <Ko-sortingloot> "Worth a shot, before we all dedicate the rest of another day to it?" Donald cocks his head to Demedais, "Do you have one of those divinations handy?"
06[20:53] * Demedais nods slightly, reluctance on his face a bit before nodding again. "Probably wise, yes. Locating it before it can do harm would be ideal... though hopefully it stranded itself on an island or something." With that, he begins the divination, focused on the question: "What can be done to locate and defeat the ooze hellcat before it becomes any further of a danger to others?"
[20:57] <Demedais> "... Seira, we're gonna check again tomorrow, and by Helm I want the damn thing found." Demedais says with a scowl after finishing the divination. "This being said... if I understand right you may not be too happy about coming along."
01[20:58] <Seira> "That's too vague. You have to be more specific, or my unhappiness will be vented on you.
01[20:58] <Seira> "
[20:58] <Demedais> "What's your feelings on dealing with more kolyaruts?"
01[20:59] <Seira> "A good kolyarut is a dead one."
[20:59] <Demedais> "Let's avoid that tact. But yes, it sounds like he might have been tossed to Mechanus, or somewhere... close to it? Regardless, it also sounds like the scryings will work to get us to it, from the phrasing, so we'll have to try again tomorrow."
[21:00] <Alicia> "We'll need a way to get to another plane as well, then," Alicia points out.
06[21:00] * Seira shrugs, unable to care much if the creepy killers from the lawful beyond are the ones fighting a devil cat.
[21:02] <Demedais> "Probably, yeah. The phrasing was vague enough to make it questionable, but "land of perfect order" hints toward Mechanus. Regardless, we'll try again tomorrow."
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5 Alicia images
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 Alicia images and gets 9." [1d4=4]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5 Demedais images
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 Demedais images and gets 9." [1d4=4]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5 Donald images
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 Donald images and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 oasis very familiar
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 oasis very familiar and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 stairway midpoint seen casually
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 stairway midpoint seen casually and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[21:18] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d10
[21:18] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d10
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d10 and gets 1." [1d10=1]
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d10 and gets 1." [1d10=1]
[21:18] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d9 snerk
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d9 snerk and gets 9." [1d9=9]
[21:19] <Ko-sortingloot> Woosh! Splash! The party stands in a cave of some sort, up to chest deep water! It's dark here, pitch black for those without darkvision! It looks to be a silent cavern, the air stale and hard to breathe.
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+4 and gets 7." [1d4=3]
[21:19] <Alicia> "Ugh... off target. Hold on a second," Alicia casts the spell again before any unpleasant local flora or fauna attacks.
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d100 same as before
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 same as before and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[21:20] <Ko-sortingloot> Woosh! This time the party appears on the stairs as planned, just a little wetter for the trouble!
06[21:21] * Seira casts Summon Monster, Greater Mirror Image and Greater Invisibility and Fire Shield in quick succession, calling upon Waukeen's aid for good measure.
[21:22] <Ko-sortingloot> Pollyanna calls on the power Demedais imbued in her! Donald checks himself over, protection roiling off him at the last minute! "Charging when you say the word!"
[21:22] <Ko-sortingloot> Amaryl murmurs shield, staring ahead, ready.
06[21:22] * Seira advances, elementals in tow!
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d3
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
01[21:22] <Seira> All two of them!
[21:23] <Alicia> As Seira casts Alicia walks up a bit more, waiting till she's about 50 feet from the top before casting greater invisibility, summoning some small fire elementals, and casting divine favour. "Lets go," she declares, ascending the rest of the way with her summons charging ahead!
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 and gets 3." [1d4=2]
06[21:23] * Demedais preps Sign, advancing forward to Alicia's point before adding in his Protection Devotion and his Law Devotion. With that, he also advances!
[21:24] <Ko-sortingloot> Thus the group heads up the stairs! Once again they appear at the entry way, the golem and the one earth elemental awaiting! "Once again, you come to be dfeated!" The golem cries, as the two see the party advancing! OOC: Let's do init here?
[21:24] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 6." [1d20=4]
[21:24] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[21:24] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[21:25] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Roll for your elementals, too?
[21:25] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+4 Golem
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+4 Golem and gets 8." [1d20=4]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 3 small fire elementals
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 3 small fire elementals and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[21:25] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20-1 elemental
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20-1 elemental and gets 2." [1d20=3]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+7 2 medium fire elementals
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 2 medium fire elementals and gets 22." [1d20=15]
03[21:26] * Ko-sortingloot changes topic to 'Alicia(29)>Polly(18)>Demedais=Amaryl(10)>Donald(6)'
03[21:26] * Ko-sortingloot changes topic to 'Alicia(29)>Seira's Elementals(22)>Seira(20)>Polly(18)>Demedais=Amaryl=Alicia's Elementals(10)>Mithral Golem(8)>Donald(6)>Earth Elemental(2)'
[21:27] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Alicia.
06[21:28] * Alicia opens things up by gesturing at the golem, "Magic be undone!" she calls, dispelling any magic upon it, before she flies closer, positioning herself thirty feet away and just above the golem's height, directly between it and the rest of the party.
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: targetted dispel, how many rolls?
[21:29] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: 2.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[21:29] <Ko-sortingloot> Alicia flies in close, attempting to collapse the magic around the golem! BUt nothing seems to happen! OOC: Seira's elementals.
01[21:31] <Seira> The fire elementals bravely charge forward, stopping just ten feet out of range and forming a wall between it and Alicia, lest it charge in turn.
[21:32] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Okay. Seira.
06[21:35] * Seira advances within sixty feet of the golem, opting to circle around, before letting fly with a ray that should be anathema to the golem's kind!
[21:35] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Does the ray allow SR or a save?
01[21:35] <Seira> OOC: No, just touch
[21:36] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Go fo rit.
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: Target: one construct, SC p166
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 ranged touch, defensive
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 ranged touch, defensive and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Hit.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d6 construct damage
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d6 construct damage and gets 75." [15d6=3, 4, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4]
[21:37] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira fires her deanimating beam! It cascades down the front and chest of the golem, seeming to unwind a bit of it's very nature, making it fall apart a little! OOC: Pollyanna's up.
[21:37] <Ko-sortingloot> Pollyanna steps forward, firing a quick bevy of arrows at the elemental!
[21:38] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
[21:38] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:38] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+17
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:38] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[21:38] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 3d8+42+3d6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 3d8+42+3d6 and gets 66." [3d8=4, 6, 5][3d6=4, 3, 2]
[21:39] <Ko-sortingloot> The arrows riddle the elemental, earth turned to fire from Pollyanna's flaming arrows! OOC: Deme and Amaryl and Alicia's elementals.
[21:39] <Ko-sortingloot> Amaryl steps forward, firing massively powerful shots at the golem!
[21:40] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12 (-8 PA)
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 (-8 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+7
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:40] <Alicia> Alicia's elementals charge forward, positioning themselves around Seira's larger pair, two on the left and one on the right.
01[21:40] <Seira> OOX: Rapid shot
[21:40] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12 (-8 PA)
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 (-8 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[21:40] <Ko-sortingloot> But both arrows bounce right off the golem, too much power and not enough aim to hit a weak spot, a third missing it entirely! OOC: Deme.
01[21:42] <Seira> 'Aim for the elemental,' Seira thinks to Amaryl. 'Anything short of overwhelming is wasted on the golem.'
[21:43] <Ko-sortingloot> 'Got it,' Amaryl thinks back.
06[21:45] * Demedais grimaces as he advances twenty feet forward, movement seeming to speed up slightly as his sword arcs into the air above him. "Let's hope this works..." he mutters very low under his breath, guessing his position as lead visible human will make him a target!
[21:45] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: So you're 80ft away from the golem, basically?
[21:46] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah. Helm have mercy and I know this is a bad idea, yes.
[21:49] <Ko-sortingloot> Demedais is in position! The Mithral Golem flies up a bit, over the elementals, as he zooms straight for Demedais, charging at him like a silver meteor, coming to within twenty feet of Demedais! OOC: It had to do some movement antics to get that close, so you're not getting your wish quite yet. Donald's up.
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: Do I get an AoO?
[21:49] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: You can if you like, sure.
06[21:49] * Alicia slashes at the back of the golem as it flies beneath her!
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 knowledge
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 knowledge and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 invis, flying
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 invis, flying and gets 50." [1d20=19]
[21:50] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Hit.
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d8+15+1d6+1d6
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+15+1d6+1d6 and gets 26." [1d8=6][1d6=4][1d6=1]
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> As the golem flies by, Alicia hacks into it's silvery body! It's supernaturally tough, only a light chipping at best from her quick strike as it soars past! Meanwhile, Donald steps to the side, firing off two volleys of flaming rays at the Earth Elemental, stayinga way from the Golem!
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 11." [1d20=11]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 14." [1d20=14]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
[21:52] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 7." [1d20=7]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 20." [1d20=20]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 needs a 1 to miss these, really and gets 15." [1d20=15]
[21:53] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 24d6
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 24d6 and gets 90." [24d6=5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4, 1, 5, 5, 6, 5, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 2, 2]
[21:54] <Ko-sortingloot> The dual volleys of hot rays pierce the elemental massively, leaving giant holes throughout it! The Earth Elemental lumbers forward, laying into one of Seira's Elementals!
[21:54] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+27
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[21:54] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: AC?
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: Haha 16
[21:54] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 2d10+11
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 2d10+11 and gets 23." [2d10=3, 9]
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: 26 hp!
[21:54] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Did it di...okay.
[21:55] <Ko-sortingloot> The elemental is slammed hard, buckling but somehow holding together under a smashing straight into the ground! OOC: Alicia.
[21:56] <Alicia> "Distract the golem!" Alicia yells at her elementals, hurling her sword after it in a spinning path of bladed death, before she herself flies to take up position above and to the rear of the metallic titan!
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 divine might
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=8]
[21:57] <Ko-sortingloot> Tink! Her blade hits the back of the golem but bounces off, simply not strong enough to penetrate at all this time, coming back to Alicia as she flies into position! OOC: Elementals and then Seira.
[21:58] <Alicia> Alicia's elementals charge mindlessly past the earth elemental to the golem's ankles!
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: they get AoO'd by both surely
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, mine don't go yet
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: so ignore that
[21:58] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: They're also not up, so yeah. Seira's elementals.
01[21:58] <Seira> "Vengeance on the earth golem!" Seira calls to her minions, who promptly obey!
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:59] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: No hits.
01[21:59] <Seira> OOC: Alas
[21:59] <Ko-sortingloot> The elementals strike back in return, but can't do much against the mammoth block of stone and earth, slamming against it in vain! OOC: Seira.
06[22:01] * Seira launches another ray at the golem from the same spot! Let it think she has an infinite supply of them; for her part, she is gone as soon as the ray had left her hands, positioning herself within thirty feet of both the golem and Demedais each, off to the side.
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 invis, ranged touch, defensively
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 invis, ranged touch, defensively and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:01] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Hit.
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d6 lucky!
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d6 lucky! and gets 102." [15d6=6, 3, 6, 6, 6, 2, 3, 6, 6, 2, 5, 3, 5, 6, 3]
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira fires fast and hard! The golem de-evolves further, seeming to crumble before you! It's voice is defiant, "I don't care where you are! I'll crush all of you that I can see! You can't escape from the all seeing eyes of the God King!" OOC: Polly's up.
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> Pollyanna positions a little more away, continuing to assail the elemental in her sights!
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+17
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[22:02] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 4d8+4d6+56
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 4d8+4d6+56 and gets 79." [4d8=1, 2, 1, 7][4d6=3, 2, 4, 3]
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> The elemental eats yet more hot, flaming death, rocks crumbling as it's brutalized, cracks appearing all over it's body! OOC: Deme and Amaryl and Alicia's elementals.
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> Amaryl changes targets to the elemental, firing hard and all out!
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12 (-8 PA)
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 (-8 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12 (-8 PA)
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 (-8 PA) and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+7
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[22:03] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d8+20
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d8+20 and gets 28." [1d8=8]
[22:04] <Ko-sortingloot> Another arrow slams into the chest of the elemental, nother line of cracks going all up and down it's body, but not making it shatter apart! OOC: Other two.
[22:04] <Alicia> Alicia's elementals charge mindlessly past the crumbling earth elemental to the golem's ankles!
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: AoO it up?
[22:05] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[22:05] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 2d10+11
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 2d10+11 and gets 27." [2d10=9, 7]
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: anyone who hits them with a natural attack has to make a DC 11 reflex save or catch fire!
[22:05] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: that's one down
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[22:05] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: I assume it has at least +2 ref with that HD count.
[22:05] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Yes.
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: Golem AoO on one of the remaining two?
[22:06] <Ko-sortingloot> One of the elementals is crushed under fist, not even getting close! Meanwhile, the golem strikes the other!
[22:06] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 and gets 41." [1d20=1]
[22:06] <Ko-sortingloot> But somehow misses entirely!
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 taunting aid another to help Deme's AC
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 taunting aid another to help Deme's AC and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 taunting aid another to help Deme's AC
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 taunting aid another to help Deme's AC and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: +4 AC for Deme vs Golem
[22:06] <Demedais> "Ah, Helm. May it be blind indeed to these magics..." Demedais murmurs, before bellowing, "Then deal with me first, golem!" With that, he bursts forward, trying to get under its reach to cut it apart!
[22:07] <Ko-sortingloot> The two get in place, helping distract the golem away from Demedais! OOC: Go for it, it lacks CR.
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -10 CE I will be the distraction of Helm! Buzz, golem! Buzz!)
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -10 CE I will be the distraction of Helm! Buzz, golem! Buzz!) and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> Demedais comes in close, but his blade doesn't find a weakness as he fights defensively as he can, dodging strikes left an dright! OOC: Golem.
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> The golem roars up, slamming it's fist down over and over and over at Demedais, an unbearable storm of silver wrath!
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 and gets 42." [1d20=2]
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 and gets 58." [1d20=18]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 and gets 43." [1d20=3]
[22:09] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: AC?
[22:10] <Demedais> OOC: 59. Eat it!
[22:10] <Demedais> OOC: Wait, images?
[22:10] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d9
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
[22:10] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d8
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
[22:10] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d7
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d7 and gets 5." [1d7=5]
[22:11] <Ko-sortingloot> Demedais parries for all he's worth, moving like a metal typhoon! He dodges blow after blow, huffing as his sword meets the greatest of the swings a mere foot from his body! The force of it sends cracks running down the ground Demedais holds under, as the Fifth Resort comes up to butt the fist away from the underside! OOC: Donald's up.
[22:12] <Demedais> OOC: Is he still within five feet?
[22:18] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Who is?
[22:18] <Demedais> OOC: The golem. Though it's mainly for reference for later.
[22:18] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Yeah, it's saying in close and maiming you, or trying.
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> Donald moves to the sides further, firing off more scorhcing rays!
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 3." [1d20=3]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 12d6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 12d6 and gets 41." [12d6=5, 2, 5, 2, 1, 5, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 6]
03[22:19] * Ko-sortingloot changes topic to 'Alicia(29)>Seira's Elementals(22)>Seira(20)>Polly(18)>Demedais=Amaryl=Alicia's Elementals(10)>Mithral Golem(8)>Donald(6)'
01[22:19] <Seira> OOC: Amaryl got skipped :/
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> U:nder the fiery assualt, the elemental crumbles to broken dust! OOC: Alicia.
[22:19] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: She did not. She fired a single shot and hit the elemental.
[22:21] <Alicia> Now readily in position, Alicia slashes down with a vicious flurry of strikes, raking across the golem's oversized shoulders and neck, before she jinks five feet back and to the left, hopefully avoiding any reprisal!
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 44." [1d20=6]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 44." [1d20=6]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 53." [1d20=15]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 46." [1d20=13]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 4th, 3 3rd level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[22:22] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: 5 hits.
[22:22] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Roll it altogether, I'll deal with DR on this end.
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 5d8+110+5d6+5d6+65d4
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+110+5d6+5d6+65d4 and gets 314." [5d8=2, 6, 2, 3, 5][5d6=1, 5, 6, 3, 2][5d6=3, 2, 2, 2, ]
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[22:23] <Ko-sortingloot> Alicia catches the golem hard, ripping and terring it apart! She deals terrific damage, tearing into it hard, using it's already weakened body to sever silver all over! It's badly injured, that there is no doubt, body torn! OOC: Seira's elementals and Seira.
01[22:25] <Seira> "Charge the golem in a cone hat!" Seira commands, and the fiery ones follow her orders, the intact elemental leading the way to absorb the hit for the wounded one, hopefully! Once there, they can assist Demedais!
[22:26] <Ko-sortingloot> This time, the golem makes no move to intercept them! OOC: It's saving the aoO. They can proceed.
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+8
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+8 and gets 41." [2#1d20+8 = 25, 16]
01[22:26] <Seira> OOC: +4 to Deme's AC?
[22:26] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Right. You're up.
01[22:27] <Seira> For her part, Seira considers her options before drawing the trio of elven darts, imbuing them with the magic of a fiery cone, and sending them flying at the golem! She'll wait for them to return to her, before moving ten feet to the side, still remaining within range of Demedais's protective aura.
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 invis, ranged touch
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 invis, ranged touch and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[22:28] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Hit.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 8d6 die please
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d6 die please and gets 33." [8d6=3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 6, 1, 3]
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> More Arcane Fire devastates the golem, rocking it back as it cracks up and down it's head and cap! It's still together, despite starting to fall apart! OOC: Polly.
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> Pollyanna keeps her position, firing a few arrows at the golem as it's the only target left!
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+22
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+17
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+17 and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:29] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+12
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> But none hit! OOC Deme Amaryl and Alicia's elementals.
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> Amaryl does the same thing, providing support fire!
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 12." [1d20=12]
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 18." [1d20=18]
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20 and gets 2." [1d20=2]
[22:30] <Alicia> Alicia's elementals continue to harass and distract the golem!
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[22:30] <Ko-sortingloot> As another volley of arrows just bounce off the Mithral Golem, the elementals distracting it in the background...OOC: Deme.
[22:30] <Alicia> OOC: +2 AC for Deme
06[22:31] * Demedais adjusts his stance slightly to compensate for the elemental distraction, before unleashing a bevy of quick, darting blows at the golem in an attempt to land a hit!
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz) and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz) and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz) man
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+3 GMW +6 Law Dev +1 Haste -9 CE bzzz) man and gets 33." [1d20=19]
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> Demedais swings and harrasses, but can't land a decisive blow on the golem again! He continues to fight with all the defenses he has! OOC: Golem.
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> Roaring in pain, the golem swings around, seeking a pair of targets around it!
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40 on Deme
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 on Deme and gets 45." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40 on Alicia's square, hoping for a hit and luck with the d100.
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 on Alicia's square, hoping for a hit and luck with the d100. and gets 51." [1d20=11]
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d20+40 on Deme
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d20+40 on Deme and gets 59." [1d20=19]
[22:33] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: ACs?
[22:34] <Demedais> OOC: Buffed AC to 60. ^_^ Only dropped CE by one!
[22:34] <Demedais> OOC: Images, though.
[22:34] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[22:34] <Ko-sortingloot> roll 1d100 presuming Alicia's AC isn't 52 or up.
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sortingloot rolls 1d100 presuming Alicia's AC isn't 52 or up. and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[22:34] <Alicia> OOC: my square? But I moved out of the square I attacked it from, so how does it know which one I'm in now?
[22:34] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: Oh you did, my fault. I thought you stayed put. You're off the ook.
[22:35] <Ko-sortingloot> The golem swings in utter futility, unable to land any strikes! Donald positions a bit more, as...OOC: Ailcia.
06[22:36] * Alicia floats down and in a bit to gain access to the golem's spine and rips her blades into it once more, shredding mithral like it was paper!
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 40." [1d20=2]
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 44." [1d20=6]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 50." [1d20=12]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 flanking, invis, raging, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 1st level slots arcane strike, bracers and gets 32." [1d20=4]
[22:37] <Ko-sortingloot> OOC: 2 hits.
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 2d8+44+2d6+2d6+26d4
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+44+2d6+2d6+26d4 and gets 131." [2d8=4, 7][2d6=6, 2][2d6=2, 5][26d4=4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 2, 2, 1, 4, 3]
[22:38] <Ko-sortingloot> Crack! With that final set of slashes, the Mithral Golem collapses! It's body crumbles into vast chunks of Mithral, a cry coming as it's face crumbles to dust! OOC: Free act.
06[22:38] * Seira snorts, but flies towards the altar to take a look at just what is three.
01[22:38] <Seira> *there
[22:38] <Ko-sortingloot> "Whoo!" Donald cries, "Got the son of a devil!"
06[22:38] * Alicia lands on the ground, exhaling tiredly and manifesting visibly. "Things went a lot better this time, I'll say that."
01[22:39] <Seira> "Yep!"
[22:39] <Ko-sortingloot> Pollyanna lowers her bow, going to kick a bit of mithral. "Preparation and a good plan were key. Demedais, you were magnificent. So were you, Alicia...and Seira...I think, since I couldn't see you."
[22:39] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira approaches the altar! There is a deep groove in the middle. Here lies a jeweled bow, glowing with a very faint light. It is of superb, beautiful craftsmanship.
[22:40] <Demedais> "..." Demedais kneels after that. "Took all my skill to manage that, though. Was pushing my parrying to my limit, but after I saw it swing to nail a fire elemental, I guessed it'd work..."
06[22:40] * Alicia opens up the portable hole on the ground and starts shovelling all the mithral into it.
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+37 ignorance, search, are you trapped?
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+37 ignorance, search, are you trapped? and gets 52." [1d20=15]
06[22:40] * Seira takes hold of the jeweled bow!
[22:42] <Ko-sortingloot> Seira takes the First Resort in her hand! She holds the legendary bow!
06[22:43] * Demedais looks up at Seira, a slight grin on his face. "Excellent. Then... all that's left is the damn cat? Anything else?"
06[22:43] * Seira finally becomes visible, her images winking out. "At last, the five Resorts are in mortal hands?" she says, grinning.
[22:44] <Alicia> "There's still several captives left here to deal with," Alicia points out as she shovels the last huge chunk of mithral into her extradimensional space, folding it up once done.
[22:44] <Ko-sortingloot> "Still," Amaryl smiles brightly, "We really did it!"
[22:44] <Ko-sortingloot> "We did," Donald goes to stretch, "Kicked ass, took names and that's the fifth one? Excellent.
[22:44] <Ko-sortingloot> "
01[22:44] <Seira> "Wasn't it the first?"
[22:45] <Ko-sortingloot> "The fifth one gotten, like yo usaid," Donald shrugs.
01[22:45] <Seira> "Ah! I wonder what it does?"
[22:48] <Alicia> "Lets go down to the museum if there's nothing else to deal with here?" Alicia suggests. "We can identify the bow back in Balmuria."
[22:49] <Ko-sortingloot> The party returns to the front of the museum. There is no wild magic to deal with here now, just the empty ruins of the past...
01[22:49] <Seira> "Send back that succubus and all that?" Seira asks. "I can practice my Dismissal!"
[22:50] <Alicia> "Assuming he doesn't do something foolish and require us to send it back the more painful way, yes," Alicia agrees, starting to head for the stairway.
[22:50] <Ko-sortingloot> The party returns! They find the succubus waiting, staring out the glass at them.
[22:50] <Alicia> Is this area still antimagic?
01[22:50] <Seira> "Time for you to go home," Seira announces. "Any last words?"
[22:50] <Ko-sortingloot> It doesn't seem to be, no.
[22:50] <Ko-sortingloot> "I just want to get out of here," The succubus presses his chest against the glass, "As soon as possible."
01[22:51] <Seira> "Right. Don't resist, then, and it'll be painless for all involved!"
[22:51] <Alicia> "We'll let you out of your cell and then banish you," Alicia explains, trying the door next to the cell. "Please don't do anything foolish."
01[22:51] <Seira> Since gnomes apparently used teleportation on the subjects while within the cells, Seira wonders if she can affect it without getting the cell opened.
[22:51] <Ko-sortingloot> "I won't." He stands aside with a little smirk, "I'm not suicidal."
[22:51] <Ko-sortingloot> The door looks to be locked.
01[22:52] <Seira> "So what's your name?" Seira asks, glancing at the lock next to Alicia. "If you've told me, I totally forgot."
[22:52] <Alicia> "Want to pick it, Seira? If not I'll just smash the glass," Alicia offers.
[22:52] <Ko-sortingloot> "Call me..." He considers a moment, "Python."
[22:53] <Demedais> "Python?" Demedais blinks. "O...kay?"
01[22:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 open lock
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 open lock and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[22:55] <Ko-sortingloot> Click! With a bit of work, Seira undoes the lock.
06[22:55] * Seira tries Dismissal!
[22:55] <Alicia> "At least it's more pronouncable than a lot of demon names," Alicia shrugs. "On that note, if you run into anyone called G'renna back in Shendilvari, tell her that Alicia says hello," she tells the fiend.
[22:56] <Ko-sortingloot> The creature does not resist! As it vanishes, "G'Renna?!" It sputters, "You know Lady-" The nothing at all, the dismissal removing the creature from view.
[22:56] <Demedais> "Well, that was interesting." Demedais remarks blandly.
01[22:57] <Seira> "It's all one big happy family down there, sounds like."
[22:57] <Ko-sortingloot> "It's just an infinity of souls uckers," Donald says with a hint of dourness, "Now what?"
06[22:57] * Alicia looks somewhat piqued at the dangling hint that was abruptly pulled away from her. "She... helped me out, that's all," she mutters in response to the commentary.
[22:57] <Ko-sortingloot> "Really? You know a demon that well? A lady, from the sounds of it?" Donald puts a hand on his hip, "There's girl demons...succubi and lilitu, I guess?"
[22:58] <Alicia> "Anyway, there's still a bar-lgura and Broodswarm?" Alicia suggests briskly, going over to knock on the window of the ape-demon's cell.
[22:58] <Ko-sortingloot> "Alicia gets along well with fiends." Pollyanna's smile twists onto her face, following along. "Antenora looked like a succubus, anyway."
[22:58] <Ko-sortingloot> The knocking doesn't seem to produce any immediate effect.
06[22:59] * Seira keeps back, but ready to use magic to send any fiends back in a more direct fashion.
[22:59] <Alicia> "Try the door, Seira?" Alicia suggests, deciding it best to just ignore Pollyanna.
[23:02] <Demedais> "If Alicia found a demon that was actually willing to help her at one point, I'd be worried less about anything Alicia does and wondering more if the demon is going to either get blasted to pieces for insubordination or come up here for conversion." Demedais shrugs.
01[23:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[23:04] <Ko-sortingloot> Click! Again Seira undoes the lock1
06[23:05] * Alicia opens the door and looks inside for any evil auras.
[19:31] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Well, that was interesting." Demedais remarks blandly.
[19:31] <Kotono> <Seira> "It's all one big happy family down there, sounds like."
[19:31] <Kotono> > "It's just an infinity of souls uckers," Donald says with a hint of dourness, "Now what?"
[19:31] <Kotono> * Alicia looks somewhat piqued at the dangling hint that was abruptly pulled away from her. "She... helped me out, that's all," she mutters in response to the commentary.
[19:31] <Kotono> > "Really? You know a demon that well? A lady, from the sounds of it?" Donald puts a hand on his hip, "There's girl demons...succubi and lilitu, I guess?"
[19:31] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Anyway, there's still a bar-lgura and Broodswarm?" Alicia suggests briskly, going over to knock on the window of the ape-demon's cell.
[19:31] <Kotono> > "Alicia gets along well with fiends." Pollyanna's smile twists onto her face, following along. "Antenora looked like a succubus, anyway."
[19:31] <Kotono> > The knocking doesn't seem to produce any immediate effect.
[19:31] <Kotono> * Seira keeps back, but ready to use magic to send any fiends back in a more direct fashion.
[19:31] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Try the door, Seira?" Alicia suggests, deciding it best to just ignore Pollyanna.
[19:31] <Kotono> <Demedais> "If Alicia found a demon that was actually willing to help her at one point, I'd be worried less about anything Alicia does and wondering more if the demon is going to either get blasted to pieces for insubordination or come up here for conversion." Demedais shrugs.
[19:31] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+19
[19:31] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[19:31] <Kotono> > Click! Again Seira undoes the lock1
[19:31] <Kotono> * Alicia opens the door and looks inside for any evil auras.
[19:32] <Alicia> "Odd... doesn't look like there's anything even in here," Alicia frowns, stepping inside and looking around.
[19:33] <Kotono> Donald follows, sword at the ready. "Maybe this one was removed out before all this happened?"
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC: Spot, Alicia?
[19:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
06[19:34] * Demedais advances forward a bit as well, sword out as he waits behind Alicia and Donald. "If there's nothing, there's nothing. Let's close the door and move on?"
[19:34] <Alicia> "It must have escaped without the succubus noticing?" Alicia muses as she comes out. "Well, that leaves the broodswarm..."
[19:35] <Demedais> "Possible." Demedais frowns. "The broodswarm, and the one behind the black window."
[19:36] <Kotono> The cell's about 20 feet wide and 40 deep. Space but not too much space.
06[19:37] * Alicia waits for Seira to unlock the broodswarm cell.
06[19:37] * Seira shrugs, closing the door to this one and not bothering to lock it, before moving on.
01[19:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[19:37] <Kotono> No dice. Seira doesn't open it on her first try.
06[19:37] * Seira tries again.
01[19:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[19:38] <Kotono> Click! This time Seira succeeds, the door unlocked!
06[19:38] * Seira gestures at it with flourish.
06[19:38] * Alicia opens the door and steps inside!
[19:38] <Alicia> (detect evil)
[19:39] <Kotono> Alicia opens the door! As she steps in, sh esees it! It's 40 feet away at the end! It's a vast cloud of tiny...demons? Little winged things, horrible! They make no secret of hiding as they begin to rush towards the door, a rush of leering demonic faces times a thousand! OOC: Init? This one isn't particularly hiding or anything.
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 kay.
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 kay. and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 swarm
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 swarm and gets 23." [1d20=3]
03[19:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Demedais(21)>Alicia(17)>Donald(10)'
03[19:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(23)Demedais(21)>Alicia(17)>Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)'
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[19:40] <Seira> The situation clearly calls for a boosted fireball!
01[19:40] <Seira> roll 13d6 fire DC24
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 13d6 fire DC24 and gets 44." [13d6=3, 1, 6, 6, 2, 2, 1, 5, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4]
[19:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[19:43] <Kotono> The swarm breaks apart, evading the fireball, parting away from it like a curtain! Not a single one is touched by it, the creatures showing devastating agility! They surge forward, enveloping Alicia! They claw and bite at her, while a strange silver thread gushes from the mouths, hands and eyes of the tiny terrors! OOC: rolling swarm damage first.
[19:43] <Kotono> roll 2d6 DR applies, despite teh color of the threads.
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 DR applies, despite teh color of the threads. and gets 7." [2d6=1, 6]
[19:44] <Kotono> Alicia's limbs and wings are lightly bound, tied up with the silver string! It holds her back, limiting her actions! At th esame time, a strangely dazed feeling passes over everyone! OOC: -2 dex Alicia since you're tied up, and everyone needs to make a will save.
[19:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
01[19:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[19:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 [+2 heroism] (+5 if mind-affecting, null if fear)
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 [+2 heroism] (+5 if mind-affecting, null if fear) and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Polly OOC: It's not fear or mind affecting.
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Polly OOC: It's not fear or mind affecting. and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Amaryl
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Amaryl and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[19:46] <Kotono> The swarm leaves half the party utterly dazed, unable to think coherently or act!
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, Donald and Polly are dazed. Polly gets to go since she's on the same tick and will be dazed next round.
03[19:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(dazed 1 round)(23)Demedais(21)(dazed 1 round)>Alicia(17)>Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)(dazed 1 round)'
[19:47] <Kotono> As her eyes glaze over, Pollyanna is able to fire off a few flaming arrows nonetheles!
[19:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
[19:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[19:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[19:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 3d6 fire damage
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 fire damage and gets 11." [3d6=1, 5, 5]
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: sonic, too!
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 3d6 sonic
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 sonic and gets 5." [3d6=1, 3, 1]
[19:48] <Kotono> The flaming arrows tear paths through the demons, leaving a few burnt out shells, as others explode around the arrows from vibrations! OOC: Deme, dazed. Alicia.
03[19:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(dazed 1 round)(23)Demedais(21))>Alicia(17)>Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)(dazed 1 round)'
[19:50] <Alicia> "Gahh!" Alicia flails at the beasts innefectually for a second before she calms herself and focuses, a burst of pure holy power filling the cell all around her!
[19:51] <Alicia> OOC: holy smite, DC 22 will
[19:51] <Alicia> roll 10d6
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 and gets 36." [10d6=5, 3, 1, 3, 6, 5, 4, 6, 2, 1]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 will
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 will and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[19:51] <Alicia> She also retreats back out of the cell!
[19:51] <Kotono> The holy energies slam into the swarm! A few more of the pests are blasted away into little motes of black light, fading, but many more remain! Alicia then retreats away, silver strings hobbling her and all! OOC: Amaryl.
01[19:52] <Seira> 'Try a summons?' Seira quickly thinks.
[19:54] <Kotono> Amaryl holds up Seira's pendant, magic coming from within! A small fire elemental appears behind the swarm, slamming at it!
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit!?
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 crit!? and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d4 fire snerk
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 fire snerk and gets 2." [1d4=2]
03[19:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(dazed 1 round)(23)Demedais(21))>Alicia(17)>Fire Elemental(shadow)=Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)(dazed 1 round)'
[19:55] <Kotono> The elemental sends another small demon into flaming ruin as it hacks and slams at them! Donald is dazed! OOC: SEira.
03[19:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(dazed 1 round)(23)Demedais(21))>Alicia(17)>Fire Elemental(shadow)=Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)'
06[19:56] * Seira steps into the breach, taking Alicia's place as the Resort strikes at the tiny demons, while batting away at more still with a fiery claw!
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[19:57] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. Roll energy damages only.
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d6 sonic
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 sonic and gets 6." [1d6=6]
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
01[19:58] <Seira> OOC: That's breath
[19:58] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:59] <Kotono> Sonic vibrations splatter a few more of the demonic horde! As Pollyanna is dazed, the swarm erupts around Seira and Pollyanna! The buzz constantly, stabbing and tying! OOC: swar damage to you two first.
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 2d6
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 6." [2d6=4, 2]
01[19:59] <Seira> OOC: DR 10
[19:59] <Kotono> OOC: No further effect on this part since your DR ate it.
[20:00] <Kotono> Pollyanna is bitten, clawed and tied up, silvery threads binding her body! The dazed feeling continues to radiate about! OOC: -2 dex Polly. Will saves everyone but Polly, who's already dazed.
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Donald
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Donald and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Amaryl
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Amaryl and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:01] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
01[20:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Also, I as using the wrong stat for Amaryl. Ref, not will. Brilliant. Passes with the 19 anyway.
03[20:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(dazed 1 round)(23)Demedais(21))>Alicia(17)>Fire Elemental(shadow)=Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)(dazed 1 round)'
[20:01] <Kotono> As Pollyanna is dazed, Donald staggers over again as well! OOC: Deme.
06[20:05] * Demedais shakes his head, before eyeing the swarm warily. "I don't think I'd manage to do anything effective swinging through that..." With a murmur, he steps back and away from the swarm, before bringing up a circle to ward off evil! "If we stay in this, however, perhaps..." OOC: MCagainst E, I'm about 11 feet away
[20:06] <Kotono> Demedais calls on protective power as he backs up, a circle of magical protection springing to vivid life on the floor below! OOC: Alicia.
[20:10] <Alicia> "Detestable little things," Alicia grimaces, stepping close and cleaving through several of the tiny demons with several sweeps of her blades!
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 knowledge
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 knowledge and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits. Roll elemental damages only.
[20:11] <Alicia> OOC: not holy?
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, holy too.
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 8d6+4d6+4d6
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d6+4d6+4d6 and gets 48." [8d6=5, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 6][4d6=5, 1, 1, 2][4d6=6, 4, 5, 2]
03[20:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(28)>Swarm=Polly(23)Demedais(21))>Alicia(17)>Fire Elemental(shadow)=Amaryl(11)>Donald(10)(dazed 1 round)'
[20:11] <Kotono> The swarm, under assault by a direct holy and flaming barrage, disperses! It crumbles apart, slain and blown to the four winds! OOC: Free act.
[20:12] <Demedais> "Phew." Demedais mutters, shaking his head after a moment.
06[20:12] * Alicia glowers and marches around, stabbing the little demons now that they're dispersed and disorganised!
[20:13] <Kotono> What survivors remain are easy enough to pick off, nearly helpless. Pollyanna gets up, tugging at the strings binding her...
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[20:13] <Kotono> "Damn it," she says, "Someone help me? I can't get these strings off."
06[20:14] * Demedais nods silently. "Someone also asist Alicia with hers?" With that, he moves to help Pollyanna.
06[20:14] * Seira runs a fiery claw through the threads at the request!
[20:14] <Alicia> "Hold on," Alicia suggests, casting a warding against fire on both herself and Pollyanna. "Seira, want to try burning us?"
01[20:14] <Seira> "Hey, I've got finesse!" Seira protests.
[20:14] <Demedais> "Alternately, that works, Seira." Demedais grins slightly.
[20:14] <Kotono> Between Demedais pulling and Seira clawing, it's simple enough to dissolve the silver strings. Pollyanna is freed.
06[20:15] * Seira eyes Alicia. "Now, you were talking about wanting to be set on fire?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "There's a lot of thread, just breathe fire on me and it'll be fine?" Alicia suggests.
06[20:15] * Seira does so!
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 6d8 flames~
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 flames~ and gets 36." [6d8=8, 8, 8, 5, 6, 1]
[20:15] <Kotono> Ouch! Seira's flames do dissolve the strings, though it's so much that it burns Alicia a bit.
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: She can totally make the save in her sleep
[20:16] <Alicia> It's nothing she can't heal up, anyway. And she does so.
[20:16] <Alicia> "Thanks," she smiles gamely at Seira.
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: She could, but I assume she's just taking it so the strings can burn.
[20:16] <Kotono> "So, just one last thing here? That black window," Donald starts to walk away, "It's supposed to be some freakish half breed?"
01[20:16] <Seira> "Who am I to stand in the way of a girl's love of fire?"
[20:17] <Demedais> "Yeah." Demedais says. "I think... Alicia, if you wear your blindfold and I have my circle up, we should be able to handle it?"
[20:17] <Alicia> "It's bred of demon and devil, but it's never known the Lower Planes," Alicia muses. "We can't make judgements about how it'll behave. Regardless, protection against enchantment is probably wise." She duly casts protection from evil on herself.
01[20:18] <Seira> "Demedais's spell should protect us all, though," Seira muses. "Unless he wanders off."
[20:18] <Demedais> "My circle should last a long while, and I don't intend to wander off, no." Demedais grins.
[20:18] <Kotono> Thus, the party returns to the black window without incident. Demedais is still there, magic circle and all.
06[20:19] * Seira places her hand against the windows, thinking about making it see through.
06[20:19] * Alicia presses a hand on the window, starting to glow herself to try and obviate the darkness. "Hello? Can you hear me in there?" she asks.
[20:20] <Kotono> Seira presses her hand on the window as the party watches! The window turns clear. Inside is...OOC: Make will saves, all of you? Seira, Demedais and Amaryl save at -6. Bonuses from Magic Circle apply if you don't have a resistance bonus in place already.
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Donald as well, dur. For the -6.
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
01[20:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[20:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+5 mind-affecting?!)
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+5 mind-affecting?!) and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: It is, but with that roll of a 2...
[20:24] <Kotono> You cannot view the creature. It is too gorgeous to perceive. Your eyes tear away from it, lest they melt away. It's voice is like honey crafted into sweet, intoxicating words. Every word it speaks compels you, filling your blood with ardor. "Hello...oh, someone at last!" The glorious figure moves towards the window. A single perfect hand can be seen, snow white and without blemish.
01[20:24] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets in her friendliest voice. "All the gnomes are dead and we're now here to save you!"
[20:25] <Demedais> "...right." Demedais murmurs, head racing.
[20:25] <Alicia> "We've come to get you out of here," Alicia agrees. "If you stand back, we'll smash the window and you'll be free."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Oh...thank you..." Such warm gratitude, Donald staring near her, absorbed. Amaryl doesn't do much either, slack jawed. "To be free after all this time!"
[20:26] <Kotono> She steps away, the glorious vision of perfection moving away from the window.
06[20:26] * Seira draws her sword, and glances at Alicia. "On three?"
06[20:27] * Alicia waits a moment to be sure the captive hybrid is well away from any risk of being hit with shrapnel, "On three," she agrees, counting down before she proceeds to lay into the window with Hell Striker!
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Roll damage, both of you?
06[20:27] * Seira strikes the protective glass in tandem with Alicia!
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 3d8+11+1d6
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+11+1d6 and gets 29." [3d8=8, 4, 5][1d6=1]
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d8+47+1d6+1d6 divine might and full pa
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+47+1d6+1d6 divine might and full pa and gets 58." [1d8=1][1d6=5][1d6=5]
[20:29] <Kotono> The window shatters! The beautiful creature is 30 feet away, at the far corner of the room. There she...sits, you think, too much to look at. She smells of something impossible, something that makes the blood boil and your mouth go dry. She kneels there, "Thank you...would one of you...please come here and help me?"
06[20:29] * Seira doesn't hesitate before doing so!
[20:29] <Demedais> "Hold. We will all advance." Demedais says quietly.
06[20:30] * Demedais grabs Seira's shoulder before she can leave the circle!
01[20:30] <Seira> "What are you doing?" she snaps at him.
[20:30] <Kotono> Donald starts to walk forward as well, "I'll help you," he grins, "I'll help you as much as you need! Demedais, she's in trouble! What sort of man are you?"
06[20:30] * Alicia doesn't bother listening to Demedais. Not when someone needs her help! Ignoring the others, she rushes over to the poor prisoner in desperate need of love and reassurance. "It's alright, you'll be safe now," she reassures.
[20:31] <Kotono> "I...Demedais..." Pollyanna lingers just behind him, "We are a team..."
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Sec. Hold.
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, carry on.
06[20:36] * Demedais sighs and just motions the group to advance at this, nodding to Pollyanna. "Right. I was asking to make sure- ah, forget it." With that Demedais advances with Pollyanna, walking toward the being and letting her into the circle even as he keeps up with his charmed friends!
01[20:37] <Seira> "So, umm, do you have anywhere to go?" Seira asks the pretty fiend.
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Each of you make charisma checks?
[20:39] <Alicia> "Do you have a name?" Alicia asks kindly, wanting to give the creature the benefit of the doubt. Having never known either the Abyss or Hell, she might not be ruled by her blood... if they're lucky. "Mine's Alicia."
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Donald
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 polly
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 polly and gets 8." [1d20=7]
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+7
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
06[20:39] * Demedais inhales slightly, obvious interest even as he lets the others talk, staying near Pollyanna.
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Amaryl
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Amaryl and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Kotono> The creature drifts towards Amaryl, draping a hand to Amaryl's cheek. "I don't. But please..." she looks to Amaryl, "You have the look of nobility around you. Can I ask for refuge and freedom under your guise?"
[20:41] <Kotono> Amaryl tries to speak once and then twice, bu tnothing comes out. Her cheeks blaze red.
06[20:41] * Seira subtly draws closer to Amaryl at that.
[20:41] <Alicia> Belatedly, Alicia remembers to check for anyone being enchanted, her eyes tinting blue. The fiend is acting awfully forward and knowledgable, for her tastes...
[20:41] <Kotono> "I-I-I..." Amaryl looks down, frozen solid. "Y-You...of c-course you could, if it's okay with everyone else. They know outsiders b-better."
01[20:42] <Seira> "It won't be the first time someone stayed with us," Seira agrees. "And it doesn't matter if you're an outsider or where you come from, only who you are."
[20:42] <Alicia> "We will protect you," Alicia begins, "But we can do so better if our minds aren't clouded with enchantment. Can you control your abilities?" she asks, still straining not to jump to the bad conclusion.
[20:44] <Kotono> "What...what do yo umean?" The beautiful figure beseeches Alicia. Her voice is so wonderful, so enthralling. It's hard to do anything but listen.
06[20:44] * Demedais inhales, looking, for the most part, completely unsurprised at the mention of enchantment, but still somewhat rapt.
[20:45] <Alicia> "You have the ability to make others fall in love with you just by looking," Alicia explains patiently. "I'm not accusing you - you've been abandoned here for so long and never had a chance to fully learn what you are, no doubt. But it makes things difficult for us."
01[20:45] <Seira> "We're not like the gnomes!" Seira pitches in. "It wouldn't matter to us how you look, not one bit!"
[20:47] <Kotono> The creature goes away from Amaryl, as Amaryl stares at her, eyes following the lovely being. She goes over to Alicia, taking her hand with her own. "Trust me a little, please. I only desire my freedom." Every word she speaks tempts, a sweet entreaty to do as she asks.
06[20:47] * Demedais blinks at this, beginning to get wary as he eyes the woman... OOC: Sense Motive?
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: If you like.
[20:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:49] <Alicia> "I know," Alicia smiles reassuringly. "In spite of what you are, you've never known your heritage. That makes it easier to trust you, but it also means you perhaps don't understand your own capabilities. Try to focus, on the power that dwells inside you - power to beguile and enchant."
[20:49] <Alicia> "Can you feel it? Surely it must be boiling up inside, now that you've met so many new faces, eager to test its limits?" she encourages, stepping close.
[20:51] <Kotono> "Oh..." She pauses a moment, starting to wander away. She wanders towards the window, seemingly lost in thought, putting a hand on the broken glass there, hand uncut by the sharpness.
06[20:52] * Seira grows visibly angry, and the Resort trembles in her hand.
[20:53] <Demedais> "...Seira?" Demedais glances to her, brow furrowed. "What is wrong?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "Surely you can feel it?" Alicia follows. "The power of your birthright - even if you've never consciously mastered it, it's there. It suffuses your entire being, and even now leaks out, trying to mold us all to your will. It is something that you must learn to master and control, for your sake and ours."
[20:54] <Kotono> She sees Seira, looking away, "..." No words, but heart rending sadness can be felt, somehow. "You reject me?" she asks, "Then...at least allow me to be free!" With that, the lovely creature flies up and starts to travel out the window and down the hall. OOC: If any of you are going to react, goa head by all means.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Wait, the traps will tear you apart!" Alicia calls, flapping her own wings to hurry after her!
06[20:55] * Seira clutches Amaryl's hand with her free one, remaining in the cell.
[20:56] <Kotono> "W-Wait!" Donald runs along, hurrying! "Don't go!" Pollyanna stays by Demedais for the moment.
06[20:56] * Demedais glances to Seira, before grimacing. "Alicia said there were enchantments on us... Let's stick together. I'd rather not leave Alicia to get fluste- ...Seira, you're staying here?" he says on seeing those two holding hands. "Blast..." First, Demedais takes Polly's hand and steps fifteen feet away, watching Seira and Amaryl closely.
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Donald stay in here. Other four in #evil? We'll do this in two rooms for easier managing. And by #evil, I mean #terror.
[21:00] <Kotono> Alicia and Donald hurry along! As they do, Donald cries in desperation! "Wait! Wait, dammit!" Alicia sees that she's stopped 30 feet down the hall, staring down at her feet. So gorgeous, so alluring.
06[21:01] * Alicia lands on her feet five feet behind the hybrid, "Why did you run off like that?" she asks delicately. How they handle this will probably have a strong impact on just what path she chooses to take through life.
[21:02] <Kotono> The creature turns to Alicia, as Donald flanks her from behind. "Oh..." she shudders, going to embrace Alicia! "I'm...I'm scared!" OOC: What spells do you have on you, Alicia?
[21:02] <Alicia> OOC: Mirror Image (so she needs to pick one to embrace), Resist Energy, Heroism, Protection from Evil
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 7." [1d9=7]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: She goes for an image, but it doesn't destroy it or anything.
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: You can make a spellcraft check if you're paying attention, Alicia.
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 I am
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 I am and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[21:06] <Alicia> "Stop," Alicia's voice is final and so very sad as the illusion is phased through. "Look at what you're doing. We came to offer our hands in honest friendship, and all you can do is try to trick and beguile us. How long have you been trapped here, alone and neglected?"
[21:06] <Alicia> "And you can only lash out with your powers at those who would be your friends. Nothing but ill can come from continuing down this road."
[21:07] <Kotono> The spell is stopped at the last moment, as the others hurry along! OOC: Seira and company are thirty feet away and coming out. I'm going to call init here for organization.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[21:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Donald
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 I hate you
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Donald and gets 7." [1d20=5]
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 I hate you and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Amaryl
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 pretty
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 pretty and gets 24." [1d20=14]
03[21:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(27)>Polly(26)>Pretty Creature(24)>Amaryl=Seira(16)>Deme(13)>Donald(7)'
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head and go, Alicia, regardless of it's nayhting or just holding.
06[21:09] * Alicia prepares to act more strongly by casting antimagic field if she even twitches her cute little nose in a spellcasting manner.
[21:11] <Kotono> Polly follows along, waiting on Demedais! The creature looks up at Alicia, magic coming! OOC: You can go reactive here, Alicia.
03[21:11] * Kotono changes topic to '>Polly(26)>Alicia=Pretty Creature(24)>Amaryl=Seira(16)>Deme(13)>Donald(7)'
[21:12] <Alicia> "Magic be undone!" Alicia snaps with a sweep of her hand, quicker than the creature's reflexes allow! For an instant it's as if the colour bleeds out of everything within ten feet of the angelic paladin, but it could almost seem like a trick of the light. What's more apparent however is that Alicia stops glowing and her duplicates vanish, while the hybrid is forced into its true form.
[21:14] <Kotono> What stands before you is beautiful. There is no doubt about it. It is unclad and with black wings. A pair of tentacles wrap around her bosom from her back. Her hair is fire red and midnight black, mixed together without pattern. She is without flaw...yet her face is empty. Empty allure. There is nothing human about it. Her face is desperately revolting, perfect in design and yet so wrong. So inhuman. So monsterous.
[21:16] <Kotono> With a snarling face, "Stop!" she commands! Her voice is no long flawless, but discordant. Disagreeable. Unpleasant. Amaryl meanwhile stares and gapes now, color draining from her cheeks! OOC: Seira?
01[21:18] <Seira> "Let's set one thing straight," Seira says through gritted teeth. "This isn't about you looking wrong or inhuman. This is about you trying to seduce my girlfriend right beside me!" Her voice raises to a yell near the end. "How dare you?!"
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Deme then.
06[21:25] * Demedais motions the group ahead at this, stopping just outside the antimagic field. "Alright, everyone."
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Anyone's that's holding can go. Seira?
03[21:25] * Kotono changes topic to '>Polly(26)>Alicia=Pretty Creature(24)>Amary(16)>Deme=Seira(13)>Donald(7)'
06[21:28] * Seira proceeds past Demedais, not inclined to let this pass. Her magics leave her as she steps into Alicia's field of antimagic, but her weapon is an artifact, and as such she strikes the fiend with a powerful smite!
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+6d8
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+6d8 and gets 47." [3d8=2, 1, 5][6d8=4, 7, 5, 8, 1, 5]
[21:29] <Kotono> Seira rushes forward, stabbing the Third Resort into the woman's chest! It's a deep, penetrating wound! The archers stand nearby, watching in rapt shock! Donald goes for his sword but fumbles it, staring! OOC: Donald' sholding, still shaken up a bit. So's Polly for the moment. Amaryl will go, though.
03[21:30] * Kotono changes topic to '>Polly(26)>Alicia=Pretty Creature(24)>Deme=Seira(13)>Donald(7)>Amaryl'
[21:31] <Kotono> Amaryl draws her Sun Blade, just behind Seira! "No! You...you mad eme feel like that!" OOC: Amaryl wants blood but it takes a round. Polly's holding, so...Alicia and the creature are up.
06[21:32] * Alicia looks at the unholy crossbreed with undisguised pity, seeing only a neglected child who never learned to know any better. "This isn't what I wanted from this. Why couldn't you have listened?" she asks sadly.
[21:32] <Alicia> OOC: holding
[21:33] <Kotono> The creature howls with pain and anger, "Why won't you...all this time and some..." she lays into Seira with her hands!
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Seira?
01[21:34] <Seira> OOC: It hit me without magic to my ac
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 2d4+18
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4+18 and gets 25." [2d4=4, 3]
[21:35] <Alicia> OOC: I'll stop holding and attack at this point, since it's clear things'll only end in blood
[21:35] <Kotono> The creature claws into Seira with disgusting anger! It's face twists into something utterly loathesome - and at this, Donald takes action as well, sword working out! OOC: Okay.
03[21:36] * Kotono changes topic to '>Polly(26)>Alicia=Pretty Creature=Donald>Deme=Seira(13)>Amaryl'
01[21:36] <Seira> "I offered you my home!" Seira snaps at it. "I offered you my friendship! And you dare ask why?!"
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 knowledge
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 knowledge and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 2d8+14
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+14 and gets 27." [2d8=8, 5]
[21:37] <Kotono> Donald hacks into it's side, ripping unholy flesh away, "I loved you for a moment and now this? I was a damned idiot to think for a moment that anything good would come from the baatezu and the tana'ri! Go back to whatever festering pit will have you, wench!"
[21:37] <Alicia> There's nothing to be done but put it down like a mad animal, now. "Find peace, wherever you go," she intones sadly, slashing down with Hell Striker at her back as she lays into Seira!
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 flanking
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 flanking and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+219flanking
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+219flanking and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=7]
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 flanking, last roll was 26
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 flanking, last roll was 26 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: one hit.
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10+2d6+1d6
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10+2d6+1d6 and gets 27." [1d8=4][2d6=4, 3][1d6=6]
[21:39] <Kotono> Alicia slams it with her blade, staggering it back and drawing more blood! OOC: Deme'n'Seira tag team hour.
06[21:40] * Seira cuts loose! This creature ran out of excuses and misunderstandings ages ago, as she'd told Demedais and Pollyanna.
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 30." [1d20=10]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19." [1d20=5]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d8
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d8 and gets 42." [3d8=3, 1, 6][5d8=8, 2, 3, 6, 4]
[21:41] <Kotono> Seira stabs into it's chest again! The creature is buckling, bleeding so much and so painfully! OOC: Deme?
06[21:41] * Demedais steps in lightly toward the fighting as well, stepping to the devil's side and slashing upward with as much force as he can muster! "Let's end this..."
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (-4 PA, flanking)
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (-4 PA, flanking) and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: Crit check?
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (-4 PA, flanking) crit check
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (-4 PA, flanking) crit check and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: C-c-crit.
[21:43] <Demedais> roll 4d6+17
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+17 and gets 28." [4d6=6, 2, 1, 2]
[21:44] <Demedais> OOC: Er. That should be 4d6+34, sorry.
[21:44] <Kotono> With a severing blow, Demedais cuts the woman in half from head to hips! With it's body already devastated, a final slice is easy. It fades away as it's blood gushes all over, painting Deme's sword red. Donald continues stabbing at it even as she vanishes, snarling! OOC: Free act.
[21:45] <Kotono> "Ugh..." Amaryl looks down, "It so enrapturing, like a sunset, but it was so repulsive when we saw it."
06[21:45] * Alicia flicks the ichor off her blade. "I had hoped that without any influence from Hell or the Abyss, she might have risen above her birthright... miserable thing should never have been brought into the world."
[21:46] <Kotono> "It was an abomination," Pollyanna sighs, "From what I know of both groups, what could you hope for but a monster?"
06[21:46] * Demedais rubs his head. "While we're all in radius, perhaps dropping the antimagic aura and checking to make sure no enchantment lingers is wise?"
[21:46] <Kotono> "Oh yes, it was a fucking monster," Donald stabs Guardianil into the floor several times, "A fucking repulsive monster. I want to bathe myself in water, in vinegar, in dragon-acid!"
06[21:47] * Seira remains silent through it all.
[21:47] <Alicia> "Perhaps it was a forlorn hope," Alicia admits, waving a hand to dispel her antimagic, her eyes glowing blue once more as she checks for enchantment auras.
[21:48] <Alicia> "The effect expired when she did. We needn't worry about feeling needlessly distraught thanks to compelled affection," Alicia explains with a sigh.
[21:48] <Kotono> Putting away her bow and arrow, "I guess Antenoras don't spring up so easily?" she tries to smile, but it doesn't really take. Instead, "You okay, Seira?"
[21:49] <Kotono> "Seira..."Amaryl goes to her, "S-sorry..."
[21:49] <Kotono> Donald finally slows and stops, going to kneel. He spits several times where the monster vanished. He murmurs a few words low, lost in his own thing.
01[21:50] <Seira> "For what? Let's just... let's just go home."
06[21:51] * Alicia nods, sparing a brief glance towards the chaos/law hybrid in the adjacent cell. "For the most part we are done here. Anything else will keep a time longer," she agrees, reaching out in preparation to teleport everyone away.
[21:51] <Demedais> "...Very well." Demedais says, not pressing the issue.
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d100 oasis
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 oasis and gets 16." [1d100=16]
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[21:53] <Kotono> ---
[21:54] <Kotono> The next day, the party gathers to scry once more...OOC: Set your spells. Once they are, declare your scries and DCs.
06[21:55] * Seira scries quietly, only her day-long spells precast.
01[21:55] <Seira> OOC: dc24
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[21:58] <Kotono> At last, Seira's mirror can see! You see a room with walls of perfectly even gears and cogs. Sitting on the floor besides a simple chair is the oozecat. It is not moving, simply waiting. Besides it is a golden machine, dressed in a loose white robe. Another one just like th eother golden machine stands in front of the oozecat. It speaks, "Process 37 of 44 completed," It intones. "We will begin Process 38 immediately."
[21:58] <Kotono> It intones. "We will begin Process 38 immediately."
[21:59] <Demedais> "Excellent... Thank you, Seira." Demedais murmurs, before frowning, trying to recognize the machines.
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: K:R or K:P check, that's close enough to some of the Helm stuff you'd hvae studied to have an idea.
[21:59] <Alicia> "It... seems like they have it under control," Alicia frowns slightly as she studies the image in the mirror.
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 okay
07[21:59] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 okay and gets 22." [1d20=7]
01[22:00] <Seira> "Or the other way around," Seira notes.
[22:00] <Demedais> "Agreed with Seira. I'd rather finish it now than learn it's made oozegear children."
[22:01] <Alicia> "Well, first of all we need to get to Mechanus," Alicia points out. "I can't teleport us there."
[22:01] <Kotono> Meanwhile, one of the golden robots takes it's hand, touching the head of the oozecat. "Analyzing slime consistency and acidic level."
01[22:02] <Seira> "Is it even in Mechanus?" Seira wonders.
[22:02] <Demedais> "Definitely Mechanus constructs, but nothing else..." Demedais murmurs, watching. "I don't know, honestly. That's my best guess, but... mm. Is the cat subdued, perhaps? And perhaps Elle or Father Ceiar can accompany us there."
01[22:03] <Seira> "How about we try a teleport and see if it gets us there?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "Those creatures are certainly natives," Alicia shrugs. "And the surroundings look appropriate."
01[22:03] <Seira> "It could be some part of the control base we just missed, can't it?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "Alright, I'll try," Alicia agrees dubiously, gathering everyone around and focusing on the image in the mirror as she casts...
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: it's either studied carefully or false destination, which changes what I roll
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: False destination.
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 81-92 similar area 92+ mishap
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 81-92 similar area 92+ mishap and gets 88." [1d20=8]
[22:05] <Kotono> The spell fizzles and fails.
06[22:06] * Alicia shakes her head. "No good. Still, it does look like they have it under control..." she peers at the mirror. "Lets at least see how this plays out?"
01[22:07] <Seira> "The spell is limited in duration," Seira says. "But I could try recasting it tomorrow and try Message to speak with one of the constructs."
06[22:07] * Demedais nods. "It sounded as if Helm wanted it dealt with, but yes, let's observe to make sure we understand the situation."
[22:07] <Kotono> The oozecat flows about the hand of the golden robot. "Analyzing..." it repeats, while another comes into view. It is a small little robot with tiny wireframe wings. "Greater Superior, the Office of Observation has sent me to inform you that a 94% odds unauthorized scrying attempt has been detected."
[22:07] <Alicia> "Hmm, looks like they've spotted us. This could clarify matters," Alicia muses.
[22:08] <Kotono> With the head of the oozecat still held, "94% odds is above the nessisary threshhold for action. Can you divine who and where they are scrying from?"
01[22:08] <Seira> "Should I drop the spell?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "It is being done, Greater Superior," The tiny creature buzzes.
06[22:08] * Demedais nods. "This being said, let me handle diplomacy when we go." At this... "Probably, yes."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Lets not," Alicia suggests. "If they come to us it'll speed things up?"
[22:09] <Kotono> After a few more moments, "It is from the Prime Material Plane, Greater Superior. Shall we initiatite contact or punitive matters?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "Contact," Despite the oozecat growling, "If it is your enemies, then so be it."
[22:10] <Demedais> "...That is another way of going about it, I suppose." Demedais replies. "And... if they do come, please keep weapons to the side."
01[22:10] <Seira> "Seems like we'll talk," Seira muses, her own weapon sheathed. "Maybe we'll even get to sell those useless books on exciting uses of ooze?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "At least it doesn't look like they're taking orders from the cat," Alicia seems mollified. "If they want to hold it prisoner I've no objection."
[22:11] <Kotono> "It shall be," The tiny creature says. It's buzz is ost as Seira's mirror flickers! It twists into the image of an Inevitable. It's clockwork head is all that's seen, filling up Seira's scrying mirror. "Prime Material creatures, you have conducted an unauthorized scrying into Mechanus. Explain yourselves pursuiant to Extraplanr Contact Coda mark 392-39P-XZM."
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, what's that coda all about?
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes, what's that coda all about? and gets 38." [1d20=14]
01[22:12] <Seira> As befits their plans for a diplomatic approach, Seira lets Demedais take the central spot, herself staying in the background.
06[22:12] * Alicia is happy enough to let Demedais handle this as well, since he surely understands their mindset best.
[22:14] <Demedais> "Our apologies." Demedais says plainly, stepping forward. "We have been sanctioned to eliminate the oozecat that is present amongst you, by Helm's request; it is a construct of the gnomish faction from this world that sought to eliminate all life here. We are willing to deal with you, if it can be delivered here; we have books on its creation that may assist your understanding."
[22:18] <Kotono> "We acknowledge your claimant of Helm's sponsorship." A curt nod there, "However, we cannot do so. The 'oozecat', as you call it, has applied for beneficial alysum and eventual transport to Baator under the Caim-Septus treaty. By our laws, he is under our protection until his return to Baator. If you wish, you may appeal this ruling and ask for a legally sanctioned exception. To do so, you will need to appeal to the Office of Extra-Planar affa
[22:18] <Kotono> To do so, you will need to appeal to the Office of Extra-Planar affairs. Should you desire to do so and come to Mechanus, we can arrainge an orderly transport."
06[22:19] * Seira whispers to Demedais, "Ask if that ensures our safety and freedom until our departure from Mechanus."
06[22:20] * Alicia honestly has no real objection here. They intended to send it back to Hell themselves, anyway...
[22:22] <Demedais> "I understand. I would request the opportunity to appeal for the exemption. If we may come to Mechanus to do so, it would be greatly appreciated; I will request that all who come with me, as well as myself, are not harmed and given permission to move within non-restricted zones while there."
06[22:23] * Alicia covers her mouth as she whispers, "Do we really want to fight this? It's going to Hell either way..."
06[22:24] * Seira doesn't really want to go, no, but.... "I think it's necessary," she whispers back, taking the same precautions. "Do you really want to give Hell yet another variant of devil to plague its enemies with?"
[22:26] <Kotono> "It can be done. This can be granted, as long as none of you are in previous violation of the laws and regulations of Mechanus. Further, there is the matter of unauthorized scrying. The information provided to me here is enough to assert and convict. Under the circumstances, sub-code 49-XU9 allows for leinency. The sentence can be reduced to a fine of 500 gold coins or 50 hours of service within Mechanus."
[22:26] <Kotono> 500 gold coins or 50 hours of service within Mechanus."
[22:26] <Kotono> "I'm not so sure," Pollyanna joins in on the whispering, "It's going to Hell anyway, who are we to stop it? It' sjust a waste of our itme."
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[22:29] <Demedais> "I will cover the fine." Demedais replies to this with a slight nod. "I presume an escort will be provided to guide us to Mechanus properly?"
06[22:29] * Alicia can't help but agree with Pollyanna, but Seira and Demedais seem insistent...
[22:30] <Kotono> "Very well. Transport will arrive at your location in 59 minutes, 38 seconds." With that, the mirror goes blank and smoothly dark.
[22:30] <Kotono> "Oh joyous. On one hand, I'm completely in favor of carving up that damned cat," Donald begins, "But Mechanus? Really? When it's going to Hell?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "Enjoy your trip," Seira says with faked happiness, patting Demedais's shoulder.
[22:31] <Alicia> "It seems a lot of trouble to go to just so we can send it to Hell ourselves in a more violent fashion," Alicia comments now that the inevitable can't hear them.
[22:31] <Kotono> "I don't know...we shouldn't let it get away," Amaryl shakes her head, "If we can stop it now and hopefully put it down, it's worth it."
[22:31] <Demedais> "Seira, I'm going to gutcheck on saying you probably don't want to come, yes." Demedais nods to her. "And... do we know it's going to Hell if it dies?"
[22:31] <Demedais> "Let me rephrase that. Do we know it is going to Hell as an oozecat?"
01[22:31] <Seira> "It's just as I've said," Seira insists. "We really, really don't want Hell in general or our enemies there to gain access to a determined, unique foe such as this."
[22:31] <Kotono> "Say," Donald rubs his chin, "Here's a thought. It's all laws over there, right? How about you apply to place it under arrest of the Baronies while you're there? Could yo udo something like that?"
01[22:32] <Seira> "More importantly, didn't Helm say it was imperative for us to act? He's been an ass recently, but he has consistently been on our side."
[22:33] <Kotono> "Seira!" Pollyanna glares at her, "Dont' call Helm an ass! That's blasphemy!"
01[22:33] <Seira> "Smite me."
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d1000
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d1000 and gets 408." [1d1000=408]
[22:33] <Kotono> If Seira is to be smited, there's no sign of it.
[22:33] <Alicia> "It'd probably be demoted if we killed it, certainly, but that just postpones things until it's able to recover," Alicia shrugs. "It just feels very petty to be fighting this."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Well, if we let it go, then what?" Pollyanna turns away from Seira in a huff, crossing her arms. "Is there a threat if we let it skip off to Hell, seriously?"
01[22:34] <Seira> "It was engineered into its present form, so I doubt it could recover fully without outside interference," Seira points out.
[22:34] <Demedais> "I may request that we transfer him to the custody of the Baronies, yes." Demedais says, before glancing to Alicia. "Do we want Hell to figure out how to make more ooze cats? Better it be demoted and take the secret with it than grant Hell this knowledge."
[22:36] <Kotono> "Well, if just Demedais and maybe another person is going," Pollyanna drifts towards Demedais, "Even at worst, it's only two of us and not taking up too much time and effort, too? It's not like we all have to come."
[22:36] <Alicia> "Effort they spend on making oozecats is effort they don't spend on making hellfire spewing juggernaughts or any number of other projects," Alicia replies. "I mean... if one of us had hit it with a dismissal while fighting and sent it straight back to hell, would we be pursuing it then as well?"
01[22:36] <Seira> "Hey, Demedais, when some inevitable arrives, can you try to find some clause that lets me come along safely?"
01[22:37] <Seira> At Alicia's words, she says, "We had a chance to do so and didn't take it. You're talking about a theoretical situation that didn't take place, but this one is quite real."
[22:37] <Kotono> "Yeah, that is a point," Donald murmurs, "But no matter what, hey! Feel free to spend a few weeks in Mechanus, Demedais!" Donald says brightly. "See the gears! Touch the Inevitables! Taste the laws!"
[22:38] <Demedais> "I'm not sure I can pull it this time, but while there I'll check in and see if I can get them to stop sending anything after you." Demedais replies with a bit of regret on his face, before glancing to Donald. "Hey, want a fun fact? I'm not terribly fond of Inevitables either. But I'll deal with them if I need to."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Really?" Scratching at his head, "I thought you'd wanna add gears to Pollyanna or something."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Donald..." Drawing in a very long breath, "Shut up." Pollyanna turns away from him as welll.
01[22:38] <Seira> "Fun. I'm all for negotiating over the hate they have for me, but I can't do that if they keep on trying to arrest me or assassinate me."
[22:39] <Demedais> "Donald, your mind will forever remain unfathomable to me." Demedais shakes his head. "And I think I prefer it like that." Then, to Seira, "I'll look into the issue."
01[22:40] <Seira> "Nice!"
03[22:41] * Demedais is now known as tai-queasy
[22:42] <tai-queasy> Demedais makes sure he has the slime books with him, creating amanuensis'd copies before he goes.
03[22:45] * Seira is now known as CC
[23:17] <Kotono> -------
[23:19] <Kotono> Ah, home. There are things to come - reporting in, dealing with wealth and magic and a dozen other things, training, going to see Shankar - but for the moment, Alicia can relax a little bit. It's then that she hears, "Alicia?" Antenora's voice, calling. "Alicia?"
[23:21] <Alicia> Both Alicia and Marie perk up at the former devil's voice, the former standing up. "That's Antenora. You'll like her," she tells Hugo, going out into the hall to greet her friend.
[23:23] <Kotono> Antenora walks in. Her head is held high, a spring in her step. "Oh, there you are!" With a spreading smile on her face, "I'm back. And...hm?" Looking over Alicia's shoulder, "Who's that?"
[23:25] <Alicia> "Marie's named him Hugo. We found him in the ruins," Alicia explains, ushering Antenora into the sitting room. "Hugo, this is Antenora. Antenora," she repeats, holding his gaze and indicating the other white-winged woman to make sure he gets it. "Say hello to Antenora?"
[23:25] <Alicia> Marie just grins and waves.
[23:25] <Kotono> "Antenora?" Hugo look sto her, smiling openly. Antenora smiles as she goes to sit, working off her breastplate.
[23:26] <Kotono> "Hello," Antenora's smile is a tired one, hint sof it creeping in. "He's...wild? Unlearned?"
[23:27] <Alicia> "There's a lot to go over," Alicia admits, taking a seat herself. "The gnomes, they experimented on breeding outsiders together. Hugo was born of an angel and a yugoloth, and left alone. He's learning fast, but it's best to think of him as a young child."
[23:29] <Kotono> Antenora looks to Hugo with lidded eyes, while Hugo smiles disarmingly. "I wouldn't have guessed Yugoloth. He's either very innocent or a very good liar already. Considering the Yugoloths, one would normally worry it's the latter."
[23:30] <Kotono> Hugo turns back to Marie, "Marie! Marie!" He sing-songs to her. "Antenora! Alicia!"
[23:31] <Alicia> "The gnomes thought him incapable of learning, but I don't think they really tried," Alicia reaches over to pat his arm fondly.
[23:31] <Alicia> "He's a sweetheart!" Marie affirms. "You just have to be patient - I know he understands me."
[23:32] <Kotono> Antenora stops unbuckling her breastplate, going to ruffle his hair. "You're in very safe and good hands here. The right side of your heritage will come to shine, I know it."
[23:34] <Alicia> "He's better off than the others we found, anyway. There's one born of slaad and inevitable - I know, just trust me, the gnomes found a way. It seems entirely unaware of its surroundings, so we're unsure what to do with it. The other we found was born of Brachina and Lilitu..."
[23:34] <Alicia> "I'd hoped that since she'd never actually known either Hell or the Abyss she'd have potential, but despite being able to reason she was still needlessly hostile right to the end..." she sighs and shakes her head. "Anyway, I've got a lot to tell, but I'm sure you do as well - how did your quest go with the bow?" she asks, moving on.
[23:37] <Kotono> "How-" Antenora sputters before Alicia cuts her off. Instead, after a moment to put aside her breastplate, "It went well." With a slowsmile that covers all her face, "It was an object lesson and one I feel I learned from. I fulfilled my own expectations, and I hope I fulfilled Mystra's."
[23:38] <Alicia> "That sounds promising," Alicia smiles, "So, tell us all about it?"
[23:41] <Kotono> "I left and I travelled. Mists enveloped me." So Antenora begins, letting her gaze settle out to nothing at all. "I found myself near an isolated valley and village. Snowcapped mountains as far as you can see, and it reminded me so much of Ysgard that I thought I'd returned there. Do you remember the valley where we fought the spawn of Jorgumandr?"
[23:43] <Alicia> "Tall glaciers and mountains all around rich greenery and fast flowing rivers?" Alicia smiles slightly in recollection as Marie entertains Hugo by providing visual aids to the story, quietly explaining in her illusion what mountains and glaciers are.
[23:45] <Kotono> Hugo watches, the illusions keeping him well occupied. "Yes, just that. I went to the town. It's name is Lillien. The people there looked happy, but yet...something was wrong. The happiness was..." Biting down on her lip, "That evening I spent some time talking to the man who ran the inn. There wasn't something right in his eyes. Like he was despairing and couldn't quite hide it."
[23:47] <Alicia> "They were pretending? Or enchanted?" Alicia asks, leaning forward as she listens.
[23:50] <Kotono> "Pretending, as I found out. They had been happy until not long ago, but..." Holding up a hand, "That's getting ahead of myself. I knew something was wrong, so I talked to other people, trying to loosen tongues. But I saw the same thing in them and I started to suspect. So I chose to stay overnight and began to get to know the people of the town."
06[23:51] * Alicia nods. "Nothing untoward happened while you were sleeping, I hope?"
[23:54] <Kotono> "Oh no. I spent the days talking to them, learning about them. Since about a month ago, things had gone wrong. Little but important things. A son and father had gone to quarrels and were not speaking. A husband and wife grew apart. A section of the crops went afoul. A young baby grew dreadfully ill. That last one I was able to dissolve myself."
[23:55] <Alicia> "That's good," Alicia smiles approvingly. "So what was at the root of it? And how did you find it?"
[23:56] <Kotono> "Well, I had to reveal myself to do it. The mother and father wouldn't leave the babe's side." Antenora looks away, lost in her own thoughts as she speaks. "I couldn't have lied to them anyway, I suppose, when they asked after how I cured them. Oh, I could have misidirected them, but the looks of hope they got when the child was cured..."
[23:57] <Kotono> She stops there a moment, "This is also why I never became a Brachina. I'm not that good a storyteller. I skipped that part."
[23:58] <Alicia> "You had the option to become one?" Alicia blinks in surprise, before shaking her head, "Nevermind, that's besides the point. Just carry on at your own pace?"
Session Time: Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Kotono> "Not that I'm aware of. It was just a turn of phrase. I should have mentioned I was wearing my ribbon until then." Nodding to Alicia, "It caused a stir in town. An angel from above had come and saved little Adam. I couldn't hide then, and to be honest, this worked to my favor. The villagers of Lillien looked at me like a savior, so I gave them one. I put to rest the argument between father and son, I helped mend the wound between spouses. I sp
[00:01] <Kotono> I put to rest the argument between father and son, I helped mend the wound between spouses. I spent a few days curing all the little ills that had taken the town...but that doesn't explain why they happened, did it?"
06[00:02] * Alicia shakes her head. "But if it was something setting it deliberately then you'll have made yourself a fine target, I imagine?"
[00:04] <Kotono> "Exactly." With a wince as she rubs her chest, "I suspected there might be something to that. I didn't think I'd been sent here for no reason, so I was going to leave the next day to search around the town for evil. I had a few of the villagers stay near my room while I slept. They were to have sounded an alarm if something happened, but my foe was too smooth for that. He was able to bypass them with charm magic and come right into my room."
[00:04] <Kotono> but my foe was too smooth for that. He was able to bypass them with charm magic and come right into my room."
06[00:05] * Alicia echoes the wince sympathetically. "Caught you asleep?"
[00:08] <Kotono> "Yes. I should have known better, in retrospect. The old me would have lied to the villagers and been awake the entire time," Antenora winces, "I was lucky, he didn't land a killing blow, but he got me good. Fortunately, I was able to blind him with a Holy Smite before he finished me off. I got a good look at him then." Now her gaze travels to Alicia, "The fallen planetar was terrible to behold. The fallen astral deva there was just as heartb
[00:08] <Kotono> "The fallen planetar was terrible to behold. The fallen astral deva there was just as heartbreaking."
06[00:10] * Alicia makes a face, nodding. "Yes, I can imagine it would be," she agrees as Marie shows Hugo a picture of Latha and explains about astral devas.
[00:11] <Kotono> I grabbed my spear and we did battle in the room. Neither of us could land another blow immediately. As we went back and forth, he sneered how that a prissy little angel could never understand how rotten the entire lot of mortals were."
[00:12] <Kotono> Hugo continues to be entranced by the images, watching along to Marie's magical aides.
06[00:12] * Alicia covers her mouth as a choked giggle threatens to emerge. "There's something so deeply ironic about this confrontation when you think about it," she admits.
[00:13] <Kotono> "That was the point." Antenora's smile becomes wistful, "That was definintely the reason Mystra sent me there. I started bantering and sneering at him back in Infernal, saying the vile things no angel should ever know. I was buying time to keep healing my wound and trying to throw him off, and it worked in both ways."
[00:14] <Alicia> "Oh? I don't suppose he caught a clue about where he was headed and wised up, did he?" Alicia asks interestedly.
[00:16] <Kotono> "Oh, he already knew." That draws a sigh, "The first few moments I don't think he believed it. But as I went on, he started to. At first he laughed, but it turned to bitter tears. He screamed and raged at me, asking what I had seen that gave any of this a damned point. He just started screaming at me. He asked me what point was there to helping the villagers and saving them from his work. They'd just die in gratefully and 9 out of 10 of them w
[00:16] <Kotono> They'd just die ingratefully and 9 out of 10 of them would go to Baator or the Abyss or somewhere in between."
[00:16] <Alicia> "What did you tell him?" Alicia asks, keen to hear Antenora's answer to that question.
[00:18] <Kotono> Here Antenora stops, "That I loved the friends and family I had here, and that this was more reward than all of Asmodeus' coffers and power could ever give me. I asked him if he was happy with how he was. He didn't answer that, not right away."
06[00:19] * Alicia nods. "So what did happen?"
[00:21] <Kotono> "He said I was a fool and flew out the window. I grabbed the bow and followed. He wasn't really hiding his flight very well, unless he thought the dark would get rid of me. We flew up into the mountains. Near the top of them, he turned to me and cursed me. He kept cursing me, angry as you can imagine. He'd plead to the light dozens of times, asking to be shown some reason to keep believing, to have hope."
[00:21] <Kotono> asking to be shown some reason to keep believing, to have hope."
[00:23] <Alicia> "And who knows how many he ignored?" Alicia asks despairingly, encouraging Antenora to go on.
[00:25] <Kotono> "Yes. I told him that it's not that they weren't talking, it's that he wasn't listening. You don't get a big blazing storm in the sky to tell you. You see it in every face you help, and in every heart you lift up. He didn't have any part of it. He said he'd kill me...and I knew then I'd have to kill him. I was faster than he was, so I drew the bow and fired, while whispering a prayer to Mystra. It was a good shot, right into his mouth and thro
[00:25] <Kotono> while whispering a prayer to Mystra. It was a good shot, right into his mouth and through his tongue.
[00:26] <Alicia> Alicia and Marie both wince a little at that visual. It certainly doesn't find its way into the eladrin's illusory pictures, that's for sure.
[00:28] <Kotono> "He didn't attack after that. He was hurt very badly...and I think he'd realised that the battle was lost. He simply fell down to the mountain instead, lying there. He couldn't speak, but he talked into my mind. He said he hated me and he wanted me to finish him off."
06[00:28] * Alicia nods wordlessly, wondering if Antenora did as he asked. She'll find out in a second, anyway!
[00:30] <Kotono> "He was lying. I was sure of it. There was real regret in his voice, he was trying to hide it, but it was there. I thought then that maybe there was still a little bit of hope in him. Hope he wouldn't go screaming down into the Realms Below when I finished him. I wasn't entirely sure - I could have been hearing what I wanted to hear. I know that as soon as I saw him, I'd hoped that I could help him."
[00:30] <Kotono> I know that as soon as I saw him, I'd hoped that I could help him. No matter how sure my instincts were...I couldn't be sure, not up here." Antenora taps her forehead.
[00:32] <Alicia> "So what did you do?" Marie blurts out. "Don't keep us all in suspense!"
[00:34] <Kotono> "I sat down next to him and tossed the bow to the side. I told him I wasn't a devil who was going to thoughtlessly slaughter him. I told him that I'd seen so much good and that there was still good in the world for him to find." With a chuckling smile, "If this was a bard's tale, we'd be living happily ever after from when I said that. He just got mad again. We went back and forth, arguing for most of the night. He was so angry and so complete
[00:34] <Kotono> We went back and forth, arguing for most of the night. He was so angry and so completely in despair, like the poor people of Lillien. He spread it to them out of malice, certainly. But he also wanted simple comfort that he wasn't the only one who was without any hope."
[00:37] <Alicia> "Living happily ever after like you and Alicia are?" Marie wonders quietly.
[00:37] <Alicia> "Shush, Marie," Alicia hushes her familiar, before smiling at Antenora. "Go on, how did things turn out?"
[00:40] <Kotono> "There's no happily ever after in the Prime. It's just not possible," Stretching back, "When we get to Dweomerheart now..." A stop as she considers a little, "Anyway. I slowly wore him down with one point: Were you happier before you fell? He kept denying it, but every time it was a lie. Over the night, the words grew in how hollow they were. Finally, before sunrise, he bitterly what help there was." Thinking here, "I didn't really do it all
[00:40] <Kotono> he bitterly what help there was." Thinking here, "I didn't really do it all myself there, but I waved my hand in front of his face. His eyes widened and he said one word, "Dweomerheart.""
[00:42] <Alicia> "He said Dweomerheart? He was one of Mystra's?" Marie's eyes widen. "What was his name? He might've been somebody I know!"
[00:44] <Kotono> "No. When I said it wasn't really my doing, I meant that I didn't meant to wave my hand in front of his face. I can do it now - it's magic. Vision of Heaven, the name is. It's a simple magic but one I can take to my heart. He said he'd seen Dweomerheart, and for a moment, his heart was softened. I pounced on it and told him that he needed to go there. Go there and ask for help. I put everything I had left into that request...and he did. He shi
[00:44] <Kotono> Go there and ask for help. I put everything I had left into that request...and he did. He shifted himself away."
[00:47] <Alicia> "Ahh," Marie is mollified somewhat.
[00:47] <Alicia> "That sounds wonderful, Antenora," Alicia beams at her friend. "To be honest, you probably handled that even better than I would have done. You should be proud of yourself."
[00:48] <Kotono> "I did what I think you'd do with all your wisdom," Smiling warmly to Alicia, "I laid there awhile and fella sleep with the dawn. I dreamed, I dreamed of him. I don't remember it very well, but I remember just enough to feel that he has a long, hard road ahead with many pitfalls...but there's a little bit of light at the end of his tunnel. When I awoke, it was around high noon. I went to get the bow after I got my bearings. It wasn't remarkabl
[00:48] <Kotono> I went to get the bow after I got my bearings. It wasn't remarkable any more. Just an old bow that fell apart into dust when I tried to pick it up."
[00:49] <Kotono> "And..." Antenora continues on, "As wonderful as that was, it was handed to me. The chance to save himself was still within his heart. For all the despair he had, he still clung to the hope there was some point to his life. I was just the tool Mystra used to turn him away from his downward spiral."
[00:50] <Kotono> There's a pause as she looks to Alicia, into her eyes, "I'd like to get through to someone who doesn't have that one day. That will mean far more, to save someone who never had a chance."
[00:52] <Alicia> "Perhaps so, but it was still up to you how you confronted him. He might have had more of a chance than others, but it was still within your power to snatch it away from him," Alicia reaches over and clasps Antenora's hand approvingly for a moment. "What you did mattered, Antenora."
[00:54] <Kotono> "I know. I don't deny that...I just want to do what you did for me." Going to fold her hand over Alicia's while it rests on her shoulder, "My reward came from the struggle. The magic to sense lies rests within me now, as well as Vision of Heaven. Also..." Antenora uses her other hand, taking out a small pouch. She presses it into Alicia's other hand. "These were found by the villagers working the fields."
06[00:55] * Alicia curiously accepts the pouch and opens it up. "Hmm?"
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[00:58] <Kotono> From the pouch, seven blue-white gemstones fall into Alicia's hand. Each one is like a small star, catching the light to shine. "I think you should have them. You helped slay the Spark Hunter as much as I did."
[01:01] <Alicia> "If you're sure," Alicia nods. "We found quite a lot from the gnomish ruins ourselves, but I'm thinking of giving a good portion of it to the church of Mystra in Kelara to fund an alchemy college - we find a lot of potions that aren't easy to reproduce with normal techniques, so I'd like to encourage study in that direction," she explains.
[01:02] <Kotono> "Contribute it to that then." Antenora turns to Marie, "Mystra would like anything that spreads more magic, wouldn't she?"
[01:02] <Alicia> Marie nods with a cheery grin on her face. "Tell her about the lust potions, Alicia!"
[01:02] <Kotono> "...." Antenora doesn't reply, but raises an eyebrow to Alicia. With a dry tone, "Really?"
[01:03] <Kotono> Hugo finally snaps out of his picture-daze, "Lust? Alicia? Marie?" He repeats, scratching at his head.
[01:04] <Alicia> "Don't worry, lust is just for older people," Marie reassures Hugo as Alicia briefly glares at her familiar. "It's not as good as love, anyway."
[01:05] <Kotono> With an amused chuckle, "Oh, there HAS to be a story about this. Mistaken imbibage? Secret liasons between forbidden romances?"
06[01:05] * Alicia sighs. "I mentioned earlier about the gnomes finding ways to overcome certain barriers? We found some potions there that... well, they have an aphrodesiac and fertility effect. Seira wanted one but I've taken all the others for safe keeping. But the fertility aspect makes them worthy of study!" she concludes a bit defensively.
[01:07] <Kotono> "I see..." Antenora pouts, before looking to Alicia, "It's not like you'd need a potion to get anyone you wanted, so I suppose that's logical enough." After leaning back into her rest, "What about you? How were the ruins?"
[01:09] <Alicia> "They were suffused with wild magic. I don't know if you've ever dealt with it before, but it was a tremendous pain - our spells were half as likely to cause horribly inconvenient random effects as go off normally. We'd have smoke coming out of our ears, have all our languages mixed up so we couldn't talk. Once Demedais even got turned into a woman!"
[01:10] <Kotono> "That sounds horrible and chaotic," Making a disgusted face, "Yes, that would make everything far more difficult. Marie must have loved it."
[01:14] <Alicia> "No I didn't, because it made Alicia lose her mind for a minute and I thought she was dead!" Marie blurts out indignantly. "Do you have any idea how awkward it was explaining things to Jessica when things suddenly pinged back to normal right after I'd broken the news to her?"
[01:14] <Alicia> "I'm just lucky you weren't here, you'd probably have killed me..." she grumbles.
[01:15] <Kotono> "..." Running a hand up and down her face, "Were there any events that weren't horrible abortions of terror thanks to Wild Magic?"
[01:17] <Alicia> "Thank you, Marie," Alicia sighs. "One time it healed everyone right after a difficult fight, and another time we were all granted the stoneskin spell when Seira cast it on herself. Those are the only two I can think of offhand. Fortunately I was able to undo the gnomes' tampering and restore the Weave to its proper state before we finished up there."
[19:30] <Kotono> > "I see..." Antenora pouts, before looking to Alicia, "It's not like you'd need a potion to get anyone you wanted, so I suppose that's logical enough." After leaning back into her rest, "What about you? How were the ruins?"
[19:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "They were suffused with wild magic. I don't know if you've ever dealt with it before, but it was a tremendous pain - our spells were half as likely to cause horribly inconvenient random effects as go off normally. We'd have smoke coming out of our ears, have all our languages mixed up so we couldn't talk. Once Demedais even got turned into a woman!"
[19:30] <Kotono> > "That sounds horrible and chaotic," Making a disgusted face, "Yes, that would make everything far more difficult. Marie must have loved it."
[19:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "No I didn't, because it made Alicia lose her mind for a minute and I thought she was dead!" Marie blurts out indignantly. "Do you have any idea how awkward it was explaining things to Jessica when things suddenly pinged back to normal right after I'd broken the news to her?"
[19:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm just lucky you weren't here, you'd probably have killed me..." she grumbles.
[19:30] <Kotono> > "..." Running a hand up and down her face, "Were there any events that weren't horrible abortions of terror thanks to Wild Magic?"
[19:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Thank you, Marie," Alicia sighs. "One time it healed everyone right after a difficult fight, and another time we were all granted the stoneskin spell when Seira cast it on herself. Those are the only two I can think of offhand. Fortunately I was able to undo the gnomes' tampering and restore the Weave to its proper state before we finished up there."
[19:30] <Kotono> "Excellent," Antenora's gaze settles on Hugo for the moment, "How're you adapting?"
[19:33] <Alicia> "Well enough. Since I can see much much better now, it was actually quite interesting looking at all the strange disruptions in the Weave there... oh, and look at this," she gets the study prism from the table and hands it to Antenora. "You'll need Marie to translate, but try thinking of a type of outsider?"
[19:36] <Kotono> Antenora takes the prism. An image of a little courre eladrin springs to life! "Yes, I can't read this at all. What script is it in?" Antenora looks sideways to Marie.
[19:37] <Alicia> "Gnomish," Marie provides, floating up to read off what the gnomes had to say about her quiet but dignified people.
[19:38] <Alicia> "Speaking of, what's Dawnhope up to lately? She's not around very much that I've seen," Alicia muses.
[19:43] <Kotono> "I saw her when I was walking back. She was fluttering around the Temple of Mystra," Lying back heavily into the chair, "Wonderous, if you can read Gnomish." Marie can see that it gives a basic rundown of how eladrin and courre work. Obviously Marie knows most of this. It recommends squashing them in one blow as they're fragile.
[19:44] <Alicia> Marie's expression is a study in pique as she reads it off. "I'm not even going to bother repeating it. Even if it's sort of true, they really need to work on their tone," she complains.
[19:45] <Kotono> "Oh?" Raising an eyebrow to Marie's reaction, "What vile slanders did it enspouse?"
[19:46] <Alicia> "Yes, the language barrier is a problem, but it's so much more intuitive than reading a book," Alicia smiles. "I'm hoping the design can be copied so more can be made, covering other topics and in proper languages."
[19:46] <Alicia> "It talks about how delicate we are. Just... in a rather unkind manner," Marie replies with a frown.
[19:47] <Kotono> "They were evil heretics? Did you expect them to have roses and rainbows? Still, the design is good..." Sitting back, "Now that this is done, what's the guard doing?"
[19:49] <Alicia> "There's such a thing as scientific objectivity, regardless of your viewpoint," the eladrin grumbles.
[19:49] <Alicia> "Well, I've been preoccupied myself with those ruins, so I haven't actually been much involved with the guard while you were gone," Alicia admits.
[19:49] <Alicia> "Pollyanna's claimed the First Resort. It's a powerful bow, so hopefully it'll serve her as well as that sword does Seira, or the shield does Demedais."
[19:54] <Kotono> "Good." Quiet for a little more time, "Is Hugo staying here or is this temporary?"
[19:58] <Alicia> "He doesn't really have anywhere else to go, and he isn't able to live on his own," Alicia replies sadly. "It's not perfect, but at least one of us can be around to look after him, this way. I was thinking of introducing him to Rosamund as well, since her foals are young it would give him others he could relate to better."
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[19:59] <Kotono> "It's fine." Now with a growing smile, "He's like a child. He fits in perfectly to us, doesn't he?"
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[20:01] <Alicia> "He is," Alicia reaches over to fondly ruffle the hybrid's hair. "Regardless of his blood, he's an innocent and he deserves a chance in life."
[20:04] <Kotono> Antenora does the same. As Hugo smiles and laughs, "I can't believe there's any Yugoloth in him. His angelic side seems to have overwhelmed the accursed blood within him."
[20:08] <Alicia> "He's never known the Heavens or Gehenna. He's as innocent as any mortal child could be," Alicia smiles wistfully. "Of the three cross-breeds we found, he's probably the most fortunate, having that potential to grow."
[20:10] <Kotono> "Lucky. Dear child, we'll make sure you grow well." Antenora goes to gently pat his cheek, as Hugo smiles. "Grow! Grow?"
[20:10] <Alicia> "You don't really want to grow," Marie assures him. "You're already big enough as it is."
[20:12] <Kotono> Chuckling, "Maybe he'll be as large as a titan? With the two bloodlines, who can know?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "Physically I think he's done. We just need to stimulate him a bit and help him realise his mental and spiritual potential... Hmm, since we're all here, how about we stretch our wings and go visit Rosamund today? Hugo's been cooped up in here a lot, so it'd do him some good," Alicia suggests, getting up.
[20:18] <Kotono> "Yes, yes." Putting her breastplate back on, "If we keep this up, perhaps Balmuria will one day be closer to the Heavens than the mundane world? Unicorns, eladrin, angels..."
[20:19] <Alicia> "Certainly makes for a more interesting place to live," Alicia smiles, pocketing the study prism and offering Hugo a hand. "Come on Hugo, we're going outside. Stretch those nice wings of yours!"
[20:24] <Kotono> Flying out is a pleasant time. The day is warm and bright. The four celestials head eastward, towards Rosamund's grove. As you approach, you can see that the trees above seem to throb and glow with life. Despite winter's steady creep into the land, it's warm as you approach. OOC: Make a spot check, Alicia?
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[20:27] <Alicia> "Pixies?" Alicia points out the little figures flitting above the treetops for the benefit of her friends, flying down towards the little beings while Marie stays protectively near Hugo, since they might tease him and that would be sad.
[20:28] <Kotono> "I see them," Antenora follows Alicia. As the two fly down, a four-set of the little fey fly up. "Hi!" One babbles and waves, "You look trustworthy! Are you here to see Rosamund and the foals?"
[20:29] <Alicia> "That's right, we're friends of hers," Alicia smiles nicely. "My name's Alicia, this is Antenora, Marie, and Hugo," she introduces her friends as well, Marie waving from the back and encouraging Hugo to do the same.
[20:30] <Kotono> Hugo does so, smiling widely. "WEll...okay." The pixies fly away and apart, clearing the way for the group.
06[20:31] * Alicia shrugs as the pixies flee. "They seem well intentioned," if abrupt. "Come on, lets land and walk the rest of the way?" she suggests, descending down to the ground.
[20:34] <Kotono> The party does so! As they descend they see Rosamund. There is indeed a foal, a beautiful baby unicorn wobbling as it follows it's mother and father around the grove. Little animals, like rabbits, feral cats and deer idle about as well.
[20:35] <Alicia> "Rosamund! Hello!" Alicia waves, landing lightly on the ground perhaps fifty feet from the unicorn and walking the rest of the way.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Oh, Alicia!" Staring at her with wide eyes, "Oh...Alicia?!"
[20:38] <Alicia> "Like the new additions?" Alicia flexes her wings behind her with a smile before she folds them up as neatly as they'll go so they don't get in the way while walking. "Don't worry, I haven't died. It's just been a busy month, that's all."
[20:38] <Kotono> "It's been a long time," Antenora stays back behind the others, "You lookw ell."
[20:39] <Kotono> As the baby unicorn watches the party, creeping back behind it's mother, "I don't think I've met you..." she furrows her brow as Antenora speaks, "It's been a very busy month here as well. You met the fey above?"
[20:39] <Kotono> Rosamund's mate hangs back, an air of immense, quiet dignity around him.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Yes, the pixies? They seemed to approve of us well enough," Alicia nods before kneeling down to regard the foal. "Hello, little one. I'm Alicia - what's your name?"
[20:42] <Kotono> "A...Agrippa," The little unicorn hides behind his mother still. Rosamund smiles and bends down, licking the head of her child. "Agrippa is a timid foal and still new into the world. Do not be offended."
[20:42] <Kotono> "Bravery will come in time," his father says with heavy intonations. "He is but young and innocent yet."
[20:42] <Kotono> Antenora just smiles, "Nevermind it, then."
[20:45] <Alicia> "It's fine. You're a very handsome unicorn, Agrippa," Alicia compliments the young one. "You've met my familiar, Marie," she indicates the eladrin as she stands up, going to take the hand of the hybrid,
[20:45] <Alicia> "And this is Hugo. Despite his appearance, he's an innocent new to the world as well, and I thought it might do him some good to meet you. Say 'hello', Hugo?" she encourages, gently waving his hand.
[20:54] <Kotono> "Hello!" Hugo comes up to the unicorns, reaching out to rub Rosamund's horn. "Hello1"
[20:55] <Kotono> "Oh, I had almost thought you a child-pixie for a moment," Rosamund smiles, "The fey's resurgance has brought some out here within the past times."
06[20:57] * Alicia and Marie both stay somewhat close to make sure Hugo doesn't do anything impolite or get startled. "Every time I visit this grove looks more and more lively. Besides the pixies what other new arrivals have you seen?" Alicia asks.
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[21:01] <Ana_Bo_Banana> "Many glimpses of various fey, but mostly further to the east. The pixies say that a large number of fey were freed and that's revitalized the fey communities around here."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Well, so long as they're friendly they can only brighten these woods up," Alicia affirms happily. "I presume things have been peaceful and quiet for you three, then?"
03[21:03] * Ana_Bo_Banana is now known as Kotono
[21:04] <Kotono> "Very much so," Rosamund goes forward, looking at Alicia's wings. "You remind me of a pegasus now."
06[21:06] * Alicia laughs a little. "We should introduce you to the four pegasi living in Balmuria some time," she notes, flexing her new limbs for inspection. "Mystra rewarded me for helping to expose and destroy an unnatural being from outside of the planes that had been slaying mortal heroes for thousands of years. You can see Antenora's been similarly blessed."
[21:10] <Kotono> With a blink at that, "Oh...oh! I remember you now! You look so much different!" Rosamund blinks, "You were with Alicia, but you looked..."
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[21:12] <Alicia> "Like a devil?" Marie suggests, having heard the story of how Antenora and Rosamund met.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Yes!" Rosamund exclaims. "You look much better now!"
[21:15] <Kotono> "I like hearing that," Antenora beams with pride, "Thank you, Rosamund."
[21:17] <Alicia> "Things have turned out well," Alicia agrees. "Besides that we've been continuing to investigate gnomish ruins - that's where we found Hugo, like you he was a prisoner in one."
[21:24] <Kotono> Rosamund goes to kneel in the grass, her foal lying against her inner stomach. "Hugo's eyes shine like a child's. I am relieved he's freed, no one deserves that."
[21:26] <Alicia> "Hopefully his story will have a happy ending as yours did," Alicia sits down as well, smiling at Agrippa. "Now that he has others to talk to and learn from, he can make up for all the time he's lost."
[21:34] <Kotono> Antenora sits right behind Alicia, as Hugo continues to look about. A pixie flies down, Hugo chasing it as the pixie laughs. "It will be good," Rosamund rests her head, "I am glad you came today, Alicia. It helps banish the nightmare I had."
[21:35] <Alicia> "Do you want to talk about it?" Alicia asks, briefly glancing at Rosamund's foal as Marie flutters away to keep an eye on Hugo.
[21:36] <Kotono> With her husband going to lie next to Rosamund, "It was a very brief dream, just one lingering image in my mind. I saw the forest, dead and frozen over. It filled me with a terror that woke me from my rest."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Well, we are coming into Winter, aren't we?" Alicia wonders, "Hopefully it's nothing. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to check with the followers of Jannath if they have felt anything amiss in the land, though - have you had any contact with them?"
[21:40] <Kotono> "Not lately, though I can if I desire," Rosamund goes to tend to the little foal, resting it against her side.
[21:45] <Alicia> "They could perhaps reassure you, or let you know if any action should be taken," Alicia smiles, glancing briefly at Antenora.
[21:47] <Kotono> Antenora meets Alicia's eyes, a little worried look as she does so. Rosamund inclines her head to that, "I believe I will."
[21:50] <Alicia> "It would be a good idea. Dreams are often just that, but if they stay with you into your waking hours then it never hurts to seek reassurance, lest they drive you to distraction," Alicia volunteers. "I recently made the acquaintance of a fey spirit of ice and snow who would likely enjoy your nightmare, but fortunately she is thousands of miles away, on the mountains at the edge of the world."
[21:53] <Kotono> "Dreadful." Rosamund curls her foal closer to her.
[21:55] <Alicia> "In her own way she embodies a part of the natural world. Just so long as she stays to the rightfully frozen peaks of the far North and doesn't seek to bring frost to the living forest..." Alicia smiles reassuringly. "Please, don't worry about such things. If it does turn out that there is a malign influence on your forest, we'll gladly lend our aid to excise it."
[21:57] <Kotono> "Thank you," Rosamund lays her head down, "Stay if you wish, Alicia. I am still recovering from foaling - my energy is not so great as it should be."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Hugo seems to be enjoying himself," Alicia glances over where he plays with Marie and the pixies. "And I enjoy your company as well. It has been a long week for us, so It'd be nice to relax here for a spell. Perhaps in the evening we can seek out those who dance for the Earth-Mother and see if they have felt any ill omens of a cold Winter?"
[22:03] <Kotono> That evening, Rosamund rises. "Which of you will come,"
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[22:03] <Kotono> That evening, Rosamund rises. "Which of you will come," she asks as pale moonlight filters in through the trees.
[22:05] <Alicia> "I will. Marie, Antenora, will you two stay here to help look after Hugo and Agrippa?" Alicia looks to her two celestial friends as she likewise stretches her legs.
[22:07] <Kotono> With a little nod, "Sure. Hugo," Antenora calls him, as Rosamund begins to travel towards the east.
06[22:08] * Alicia flaps her wings and flies just above the ground, it being quicker than walking and letting her match pace with Rosamund more easily.
[22:13] <Kotono> You travel for a few hours. The forest grows thicker around you, night's embrace becoming all suffocating. It is then you chance into a clearing. Here, women dance. Chants to Jannath, the Earth Mother, can be heard all about. Moonlight shines down from above. Amid them is a creature with stag's antlers, elf-like but smaller, about the size of a dwarf and so thin as to be a waif. Of all of them, one of the women comes forward. "Praise be to Ja
[22:13] <Kotono> Of all of them, one of the women comes forward. "Praise be to Jannath, Rosamund. Praise be to you, noble angel." The woman kneels before Alicia. "What tidings from the glorious hereafter do you bring?"
[22:15] <Alicia> "Rise, I come not from the hereafter," Alicia bids. "My name is Alicia Reynes and I have spoken with some of your number before... you know Elina?" she asks, recalling the name of the ambassador to the giants.
[22:17] <Kotono> "I know her," The woman has wild blonde hair and wears homespun clothes with a cloak. "She frolics beyond here in celebration of Jannath. Why have you come to us then?"
06[22:19] * Alicia can't hear that word without thinking of stuck up nymphs these days... Nevermind. "Rosamund has felt an ill omen, and we wished to consult with you who live in harmony with the land to see if it is groundless or a herald of something more," she begins before looking to the unicorn, "Tell them of your dream, Rosamund?"
[22:21] <Kotono> "I saw the forest, dead and frozen over. It filled me with a dreadful terror," Rosamund whinnies softly, "It stirred me from my slumber."
[22:22] <Kotono> "An omen of a harsh winter? But the winters here are fair and light." The Jannath worshipper considers a time, "I can beseech Jannath with an augur to reveal truth and illumination."
[22:23] <Alicia> "We would be grateful for your aid in this," Alicia bows respectfully. "Whether it be to set Rosamund's mind at ease, or warn us so we can prepare or perhaps forestall this ill-omened Winter."
[22:23] <Kotono> "It shall be done. Until then, partake of our worship. Join the revelry," She beckons, "I will come to you when the augur is cast."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia smiles, patting Rosamund's neck and leading her towards the dancers.
[22:27] <Kotono> A time passes in sublime revelry. It's almost like a trance, singing and dancing in celebration of the higher power Jannath. You are taken from this, lead away by the priestess. "The augur is complete. Jannath had this to say: 'In dreams lie the fragments of potential, from the dizzying heights to the opposed, deepest depths of bondage.'
06[22:30] * Alicia is happy enough to celebrate Jannath, as she is any good-aligned deity, and so participates with enthusiasm in the celebration. When told of the augury, she considers. "So, the first part is confirming that Rosamund's dream could come to pass," she muses, covering the obvious. "But... dizzying heights? Depths of bondage?" she's less sure about that.
[22:31] <Kotono> "It speaks in riddle and metaphor," Rosamund considers this a time, "What are the keys to understanding it?"
[22:35] <Alicia> "Dizzying heights could refer to something in the mountains? The Galkass Mountains are nearby, as are the Enaldis, comparatively," Alicia muses. "The spirit of frost I spoke of earlier dwells in the truly titanic mountains at the far edge of the world, but they're tremendously remote from here."
[22:37] <Alicia> "As for depths of bondage, I'd take that to mean something enslaved. So either something freezes the forest to enslave those within, or something enslaved is responsible for the freezing?" she continues.
[22:37] <Kotono> "It also said the fragments of potential. Maybe it's talking about possibilities? Be it that spirit of frost or other potentials we don'tknow of?" Rosamund thinks, "Perhaps something sleeping or isolated?"
[22:39] <Alicia> "Perhaps. There are many sleeping beings that are slowly rousing into this new world," Alicia nods. "You know Jannath's will better than us," she looks to the priestess, "Can you interpret the meaning better?"
[22:40] <Kotono> "Jannath has chosen to speak in an indirect fashion. There are meanings within that elude me; I asked in the name of Alicia Reynes, who came to us for knowledge. The dizzying heights I do believe you may be correct on. For do you not get dizzy in high mountains and is the air not thin?"
[22:41] <Alicia> "That is so," Alicia nods. "And none more so than the great peaks far to the East," she frowns thoughtfully.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Perhaps this ice spirit is more of a danger than believed?" Rosamund whinnies very softly.
[22:45] <Alicia> "Perhaps. But I'd think her happy dwelling in her forever frozen land undisturbed than trying to cause trouble here. As unsympathetic as she is, she did not strike me as the type to deliberately seek out trouble," Alicia considers. "Which leads to the part about bondage. Perhaps another would seek to use her?"
[17:28] <Kotono> * Alicia is happy enough to celebrate Jannath, as she is any good-aligned deity, and so participates with enthusiasm in the celebration. When told of the augury, she considers. "So, the first part is confirming that Rosamund's dream could come to pass," she muses, covering the obvious. "But... dizzying heights? Depths of bondage?" she's less sure about that.
[17:28] <Kotono> > "It speaks in riddle and metaphor," Rosamund considers this a time, "What are the keys to understanding it?"
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Dizzying heights could refer to something in the mountains? The Galkass Mountains are nearby, as are the Enaldis, comparatively," Alicia muses. "The spirit of frost I spoke of earlier dwells in the truly titanic mountains at the far edge of the world, but they're tremendously remote from here."
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "As for depths of bondage, I'd take that to mean something enslaved. So either something freezes the forest to enslave those within, or something enslaved is responsible for the freezing?" she continues.
[17:28] <Kotono> > "It also said the fragments of potential. Maybe it's talking about possibilities? Be it that spirit of frost or other potentials we don'tknow of?" Rosamund thinks, "Perhaps something sleeping or isolated?"
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Perhaps. There are many sleeping beings that are slowly rousing into this new world," Alicia nods. "You know Jannath's will better than us," she looks to the priestess, "Can you interpret the meaning better?"
[17:28] <Kotono> > "Jannath has chosen to speak in an indirect fashion. There are meanings within that elude me; I asked in the name of Alicia Reynes, who came to us for knowledge. The dizzying heights I do believe you may be correct on. For do you not get dizzy in high mountains and is the air not thin?"
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "That is so," Alicia nods. "And none more so than the great peaks far to the East," she frowns thoughtfully.
[17:28] <Kotono> > "Perhaps this ice spirit is more of a danger than believed?" Rosamund whinnies very softly.
[17:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Perhaps. But I'd think her happy dwelling in her forever frozen land undisturbed than trying to cause trouble here. As unsympathetic as she is, she did not strike me as the type to deliberately seek out trouble," Alicia considers. "Which leads to the part about bondage. Perhaps another would seek to use her?"
[17:29] <Kotono> "Perhaps," The follower of Jannath replies, "If you have your own augurs, perhaps others will find out more revelations?"
03[17:29] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[17:32] <Alicia> "I'll investigate from my end as well, yes," Alicia nods thoughtfully. "This gives us all cause to be concerned, so hopefully if a threat does arise we'll be able to react before it becomes severe. Thank you for listening to us."
[17:33] <Kotono> "Do you wish to return now?" Rosamund stays close to her, "Otherwise, we will be drawn into the revelry and the night will pass us by."
[17:35] <Alicia> "Lets go, we've dallied long enough, and we'd worry the others if we were gone all night," Alicia shakes her head. "Blessings of the Weave upon you," she then smiles to the priestess, preparing to depart.
[17:37] <Kotono> OOC: Heading back? Going to d anything/want to takl to anyone about this immediately?
[17:39] <Alicia> OOC: Not immediately, but tomorrow I'll hit up Shankar and ask if he can cast Divination on the subject
[17:40] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[17:46] <Kotono> Well, rain has to come some days. Even if it's a day Alicia has to go out. At least the temple's not far, it's no fun to walk in a heavy rainstorm. Inside dry quarters within the temple of Mystra, Shankar casts Divination on Alicia's request. "Mystra has spoken," Shankar goes to sit, "Her wisdom is: 'In shadows high and low lie doors that should not be opened; keys in reach can pave the way to prosperity or winter's ruin."
[17:46] <Kotono> opened; keys in reach can pave the way to prosperity or winter's ruin."
[17:52] <Alicia> "Hmm. Another reference to heights and depths, much as Jannath gave," Alicia looks thoughtful. "Speaking of doors best left unopened, I'm reminded of the Winterwight held within the gnomish ruins we recently explored. That was deep underground, so perhaps it's a reference?"
[17:53] <Kotono> "A Winterwight? What is that?" Shankar asks, "I've not heard of such a creature in my studies."
[17:56] <Alicia> "It's not one I'd heard of, either," Alicia admits. "What we've found indicates it to be a tremendously powerful undead creature, for the gnomes apparently considered its escape to be the worst thing that could happen to them. When I saw it, it appeared somewhat like a wraith, and was bound with walls of force and intense conjured flames."
[17:57] <Alicia> "We chose to leave it alone at the time, since it appeared well bound, but perhaps we should take more final steps..."
[17:58] <Kotono> "A nightmarish creature...hm..." Shankar considers, "Perhaps you should. It would be prudent to see if we can find anything to tell us more about such a creature. I could send word to Dweomerkeeper Taldeer to search her libraries, as well as checking our libraries and those within Balmuria, Victoria and Valandia."
[18:00] <Alicia> "It wouldn't hurt," Alicia nods. "Unfortunately Demedais is indisposed at the moment, and I'd prefer to wait on his return before risking combat with such a creature if at all possible."
[18:00] <Kotono> "Yes. By that time, perhaps we will have found some lore that would aid us in assessing this 'winterwight'." Shankar rises, "Mystra's work is never done."
[18:05] <Alicia> "Speaking of lore," Alicia takes out the study prism. "I found this in the ruins as well. It's a fascinating magical device that stores information like a book, and divines your intent based on what you're thinking so it can display relevant information. This one is devoted to extraplanar creatures, and the information is all held in Gnomish, but regardless it's a wondrous concept."
[18:05] <Alicia> She sets it down on the table. "Perhaps some of the acolytes could make a project of studying it and seeing if we could make our own version? If successful it would be like having an entire library fitting into your pocket, without even having to spend time searching to get the information you want."
[18:08] <Kotono> "A handheld library. Fascinating," Taking the prism and balancing it in his hand, "Mystra would praise such an innovation. With it, we could store not only that, but lore. We lost so much in the past, so much of Mystra's knowledge. If there was a better way to record it, perhaps..."
[18:11] <Alicia> "Books can be magically preserved, but even so a crystal is by its nature immune to the ravages of time. Perhaps it would even be possible to incorporate Magic Mouth type spells so that it can read information to you aloud? No doubt there are many more possibilities," she smiles,
[18:11] <Alicia> "Regardless, I'll leave it here for now and we'll see if those more skilled than I at magical artifice can make something of it?"
[18:11] <Kotono> "It will be done, by Mystra's will." Shankar takes the prism into both of his hands.
[18:23] <Kotono> OOC: Make relevaant TP roles then? Cold res 30 and voice of the archon?
[18:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 rest stop studied carefully
06[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 rest stop studied carefully and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[18:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 entry chamber of dragon's lair studied carefully
06[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 entry chamber of dragon's lair studied carefully and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[18:24] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 5." [1d10=5]
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 7." [1d10=7]
[18:27] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[18:28] <Kotono> Alicia stands in the forest. Chilly air blows through the trees, magic serving her well to ward away the chill. Amid the forest, Alicia can hear the laughter and play of children.
[18:29] <Alicia> Looks like she missed. At least there's no sign of anything hostile here, though. Regardless, she doesn't linger long, simply recasting her spell.
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 entry chamber of dragon's lair studied carefully
06[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 entry chamber of dragon's lair studied carefully and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[18:30] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia appears without incident this time, unharmed and safe. The air is thin as always, the chill blocked.
06[18:32] * Alicia doesn't advertise her presence loudly, but nor does she attempt to conceal it, merely walking throughout the icy caverns here in search of Neve. It's possible she could be elsewhere, but Seira seems to have been able to find her here on previous occasions.
[18:40] <Kotono> Alicia finds Neve just as she starts to walk out of the entry cavern and towards the dragon's lair. She glides across the floor on a sheet of ice, each step more like a gentle dance. Covered with her fur coat, she looks at Alicia long. "Sei...no, you are not her. Alicia, the other one. What is it you require of me?"
[18:44] <Alicia> "Hello, Neve," Alicia greets the fey carefully. Having called in her debt, she knows Neve doesn't owe her anything, and could probably give it a good go of things if she decided she wanted Alicia dead. "I wished to talk with you, if you will indulge my company."
[18:44] <Kotono> "Speak." With a slow, probing look to her, "What drives you to come all this way?"
[18:49] <Alicia> "Far to the South, in more temperate climes, omens are stirring of a dire Winter to come," Alicia begins, "As a spirit of Winter's harshest aspect yourself, I felt your own knowledge might have some relevance towards what may threaten the land."
[18:51] <Kotono> "Ah, then your climes are honored by winter's coming," With a lazy look towards Alicia, eyes hidden by her bangs, "But is that not a journey of months to reach your home? How should I blindly know anything of what is to come there?"
06[18:56] * Alicia smiles as she approaches the ivory-haired woman. It's not that nice a smile. "I do not expect you to know specifics of matters far beyond these mountains, Neve, I am not quite so foolish. But even so, you should not underestimate the wisdom you hold. Knowledge of others like yourself."
[18:56] <Alicia> "An understanding of how one might go about bringing the icy frost of the mountain to green forest that barely knows the touch of snow. Perhaps even more, lore beyond my limited mortal understanding, might swirl like a blizzard in your mind, any fraction of it potentially the key to this puzzle."
[18:59] <Kotono> Neve's own smile is like winter, Alicia's wards doing nothing to stop a chill that passes down her spine. "This puzzle you speak of. Do you have any parts of it, or is it merest fancy and shadows, signifying nothing?"
[19:05] <Alicia> "A unicorn nightmared of her forest consumed in frost where nothing lived," Alicia explains, doing her best not to shiver. "Druids beseeched Jannath for wisdom and were told that in dreams lay fragments of potential, from dizzying heights to opposed depths of bondage."
[19:05] <Alicia> "Mystra herself has said that in shadows high and low lie doors that should not be opened, that keys in reach can pave the way to prosperity or Winter's ruin."
[19:05] <Alicia> Taking a deep breath of the thin chilly air, she concludes, "Those are the omens I spoke of." She hesitates for an artful second before regarding Neve innocently, "We are very high up, are we not?"
[19:07] <Kotono> "Ah, but I have no plans to travel to your realm. That is, unless Seira takes me there. Perhaps the folly lies not with me? Or perhaps she wishes to use what she does not understand," With a chill in her voice, "We are very high up. As to what lies beneath I know not."
03[19:10] * Shizuru is now known as Seira
[19:10] <Alicia> "Yes, Seira is very fond of you," Alicia agrees with a hooded look towards the cruelly beautiful fey. "Well, it seems we have naught more to discuss, so I shall focus my search in another direction."
[19:11] <Kotono> "Indeed." She starts to turn away, a lazy glance over her shoulder, "Do you have any other avenues to pursue this on, or was I your own shining hope?"
[19:13] <Alicia> "I have another, although I confess that dealing with you was preferable, perverse as it may be. Tell me, Neve, you mentioned having an affinity for Auril before. Have you ever heard of a creature called a Winterwight?" Alicia asks as the icy woman looks back.
[19:15] <Kotono> Neve's gaze narrows, her walking away stopping like a snowflake hitting the ground. "...A winterwight, you said?"
[19:18] <Alicia> "So you have heard?" Alicia smiles cooly. "Perhaps then you see why you seemed like the more agreeable option in my position then, yes?"
[19:19] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo chec?
[19:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 and gets 48." [1d20=6]
[19:22] <Kotono> "What business do you have with the children of Auril and Shar?" Turning to Alicia now, face starkly cold as she peers into Alicia's eyes, "I know of such a creature."
[19:23] <Alicia> "I know where one is currently bound, deep in the bowels of the earth," Alicia replies. "Given these omens, however, perhaps it is not so securely bound as first appeared..."
[19:26] <Kotono> "If I were you..." With a chilled, dead gaze, "Disturbing a winterwight is a good way to shuffle off this mortal coil. I am in the incarnation of winter and my power is nothing to the power of a winterwight. Unless, of course, you wish to freeze to death while your soul burns in cold fire forever."
[19:32] <Alicia> "Your power is formidable, Neve, yes," Alicia agrees, "And from all I have learned, the Winterwight is likely stronger than anything I have fought before - between its origins and its age it is surely a terror to be feared. But if it were to be loosed upon the world..." she shakes her head grimly.
[19:32] <Alicia> "You've felt the taste of undeath yourself, Neve. It is far worse than brutal frost or searing inferno. Such a thing must not come to pass."
[19:36] <Kotono> Neve's own smile is still cold, though her eyes flicker down briefly, broken. "...It may be so. It may be so. If you wish to throw away your life, fight it. However, if you listen, your death will not be in vain."
[19:37] <Alicia> "If you wish to share your wisdom, I will hear you," Alicia replies seriously.
[19:40] <Kotono> "In the distant past, far distant from mortal reckoning, Shar attempted to court Auril into her grasp. To take her and consume her, as the legend goes. In the end, she failed and a battle broke out amid the two. Shar's chakram flew, splitting the arm of Auril. But the blow was not fatal. Auril's frozen blood splashed, but she was able to escape. In her fury, Shar swore a horrible curse. It is said that the curse and Auril's blood attracted one
[19:40] <Kotono> In her fury, Shar swore a horrible curse. It is said that the curse and Auril's blood attracted one another. Perfect cold and perfect hateful emptiness. In that moment, from that union of blood and magic, came the birth of the winterwights."
[19:41] <Alicia> "So that's it..." Alicia murmurs, frowning as she processes it. "I knew they were spawned of some union between the two Goddesses, but not that it was like that..."
[19:45] <Kotono> With a snort, "A mortal creature would attach all sorts of crudity to it. The truth is far, far more terrifying." With a faint, reluctant smile, "Blight-Fire. It is true power of a winterwight. Should it touch you or wound you, you will burn away from the inside with a black, ice cold fire. Woe onto you, for no means of mortalkind can reverse the damage it does."
[19:48] <Alicia> "It's not dissimilar from the story of how Mystra herself was born of the battles between Shar and Selune at the dawn of creation... such beings must indeed be powerful," Alicia nods slowly.
[19:48] <Alicia> "Blight-Fire I have heard of as well. Even the gnomes with all their perverse magical skill had no way of reversing it... and still they dreamed of controlling it nonetheless," she concludes with a snort of her own.
[19:51] <Kotono> "There is one hope," Going on, "Bring the strongest fire you have. Not weak fire - mere rays of fire and fireballs will freeze before they can touch it. But perhaps if you can mount truly mighty heat, you have a chance to burn it away as you die."
06[19:55] * Alicia hefts Hell Striker a moment. "This blade can burn even devils inured to the flames of Hell. Perhaps there are ways to bring forth even mightier fires, however..." she considers thoughtfully. "Perhaps in the Elemental Plane of Fire..."
[19:59] <Kotono> "On those matters I can help you not," Neve resumes her leaving of Alicia, "May Auril watch over you in your fool's quest."
06[20:00] * Alicia can't help but smirk a little. "May your mountains be ever frosty, Neve," she returns, teleporting away.
[20:00] <Alicia> roll 1d100 rest stop studied carefully
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 rest stop studied carefully and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[20:00] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home very familiar
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home very familiar and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[20:10] <Kotono> OOC: Going to do anything else immediately, Alicia?
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: I'll wait on Deme finishing his courtroom drama so we can go kill the winterwight, now.
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: Actually, I'll give him a sending and ask how long he expects to take, if it's a while I might do something else in the pursuit of epic fire.
[20:19] <Kotono> OOC: The sending'll hold a bit until Deme gets a bit into the Mechanus stuff, obviously. In the meantime...
[20:24] <Kotono> Alicia heads home. Just as she settles into practice with Antenora, with Marie and Hugo watching, "Ma'am!" Standing at the entrance of the backyard is Jessica, escorting a soldier. "Commander Oberuth requests your presence, ma'am."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Ah," Alicia stops in the process of holding back one of Antenora's strikes, smoothly straightening out. "Did he say what it's about?" she asks, turning to the soldier.
[20:25] <Kotono> "He says it's a matter relevant to the Guard and you in particular." He says, "That's all, ma'am."
[20:25] <Kotono> Antenora lowers her spear, glancing back to the soldier. "If you desire company..." she leaves it open.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Alright, I'll head over to the garrison now," she nods. "Don't worry, Antenora, this shouldn't take long. I'll be back shortly," she smiles, putting her quarterstaff against the wall and heading off with a wave for Hugo.
[20:29] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth is found at the garrison. He's in a larger meeting hall, a group of people walking out of the hall as she approaches. As she heads inside, she finds Eudard there, in discussion with the Commander. "...of the entire enterprise. It's only proper that he be given the praise for it." Eudard says, as Oberuth leans forward, hand steepled beneath his chin.
06[20:29] * Alicia knocks on the doorframe as she pokes her head in. "I'm not interrupting am I, sir?"
[20:30] <Kotono> "A little. You're authorized to here this, so you can come in." Oberuth looks up. Eudard nods deeply to Alicia. "I was telling the Commander of our successed in stamping out the plague in Parsifal and that we should give Helm his proper thanks for his blessings on the endevour."
[20:31] <Kotono> *hear
06[20:32] * Alicia nods. "Good work with that, I heard about it myself," she smiles as she walks into the hall.
[20:32] <Kotono> "What I suggest is that the Temple of Helm be bequeathed extra lands, so that it may build and expand itself. Helm deserves a worthy hall for his reverence." Eudard's words are filled with passion.
[20:33] <Kotono> "It was good work. As to your suggestion, it will have to be duly considered." Oberuth unfolds his hands, sitting up straight. "I will pass it on forward."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Isn't the temple of Helm already the largest in Balmuria?" Alicia raises an eyebrow.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Helm's worship must be spared no expense," Eudard stands then, "But I will leave the matter to those who rightly decide it." Eudard leaves them.
[20:37] <Kotono> Once Eudard is gone and the door is closed, "Ah yes. I heard you were back in the city. I've been needing to get the guard together for a report on what you accomplished, but the resolution of the plague mission was consuming."
06[20:38] * Alicia nods. "In truth I've barely left. All of our trips to the gnomish ruins were carried out over short periods and we teleported back here when pressed," she admits.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Magical travel." With a long, drawn out sonrt, "What trip is it if you can go home whenever you wish? Regardless, I've called you here because our city has been sent a gift from creatures who claim they were freed by the Crimson Guard."
[20:41] <Alicia> "Really? Who were they and what did they give us?" Alicia asks, smiling pleasantly.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Eladrin. In other word, holy elves." Now resting back, "They left three gifts. The first was several sacks of grain seed. This seed, according to them, will grow better and be far hardier than our grains. While it will not last past the first planting - it cannot fully thrive and survive in this realm - the results of planting it will make our local grains heartier within a few planting years."
[20:44] <Alicia> "That's a fine gift. Will it be distributed to local farmers?"
[20:45] <Kotono> "Yes, across the Baronies. We are rich in food, yet you can never make too much. At worst, we trade more to the Fiefdoms." Oberuth smiles a little, "And more commerce means more money and more prosperity. At best, if it is true, it may stave off hard years from droughts and failed harvests."
[20:47] <Alicia> "Excellent," Alicia smiles. "Less hungry mouths is always a good thing."
[20:50] <Kotono> "The second was a gift of mounts. A pair of fine warhorses, touched by the Heavens. The term is 'Celestial creatures'. There were two other mounts - pegasi, also celestial."
[20:51] <Alicia> "They should get along well with the pegasi we already have. Unlike normal horses they can think and feel, so we should treat them kindly," Alicia volunteers. "Are they in the stables?"
[21:00] <Kotono> "They are. More pegasi are useful, and the other two horses will make fine ceremonial mounts." Now Oberuth pauses, "The third is here." Oberuth takes out a clay tablet, carved with letters that seem to writhe with golden fire. "It's for, an dI quote exactly, 'For when you need to have a party in battle.'"
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[21:04] <Alicia> "That reminds me of a particularly mean spell that certain fey favour. Forces you to dance and caper... hard to fight when you're forced into that," Alicia observes, picking up the tablet, her eyes turning blue as she studies it...
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 spellcraft
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 spellcraft and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[21:05] <Kotono> "Speaking from experience?" Oberuth asks with a tiny little smile. Alicia can't make out the magic around it, though it is magical. The words are in Celestial, if she cares to read them.
06[21:06] * Alicia does read the words! "Yes. Those pixies will never know how close they came to receiving a few bruises," she chuckles.
[21:08] <Kotono> It looks to be a dreadfully powerful tablet. It calls the power of Armageddon; summoning first a handful of astral devas, then few tulani and finally a solar. However, to invoke this power is incredibly draining - only someone who is Good may do so, and they will be utterly exhausted in every way after finishing the incantation.
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[21:10] <Alicia> "Oh my..." Alicia pales. "Have you read what it says?" she looks up to Obureth.
[21:11] <Kotono> "Not deeply," Oberuth stops then, looking down at it, "What's gotten you so drawn?"
[21:13] <Alicia> "This is... immensely powerful," Alicia waves the tablet before her. "It summons forth a large group of incredibly powerful celestials - astral devas are potent themselves, but it also calls a tulani eladrin and a solar!"
[21:25] <Kotono> "They were truly grateful?" Oberuth ventures, "A solar is a greater angel?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "Among the greatest, certainly," Alicia nods earnestly. "I had the honour of fighting alongside one, once, and was truly humbled by his power."
[21:29] <Kotono> "The tablet was for the Guard. Keep it safe for all of you and as an ace in the hole." Oberuth goes to settle back, "More insurance never hurts, especially if the devils ever mount a full on attack against us."
[21:32] <Alicia> "Indeed," Alicia nods, opening up her portable hole and carefully putting the tablet inside. "If we were ever overwhelmed there are few things in all the realms that could stand against such a force."
[21:36] <Kotono> "Make sure you get it analyzed," Oberuth says, "That's not a tool to be taken lightly. Anyway, that's all. Dismissed for now."
[21:37] <Alicia> "I'll have Seira take a look at it properly when I have a chance," Alicia nods as she stands up. "Thank you, sir." With a salute she's away!
[21:51] <Kotono> Alicia heads back home. On reaching there, Antenora is waiting. "What was all that about?" she enquires, "Do you want to continue the practice?"
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[21:53] <Alicia> "The eladrin we rescued from those ruins were grateful," Alicia begins. "So grateful in fact, that they donated several celestial steeds and sacks of celestial grain to Balmuria. More than that, though, they've given us an item that - if I'm reading it correctly - can summon a large number of powerful celestials to our aid in battle."
03[21:57] * asdgsdfasdf is now known as asdgsdfasdfhdfgsdfgjfghdfgh
[21:57] <Kotono> "Excellent!" Antenora brightens, "How many is a large number?"
[21:58] <Alicia> "If I'm reading it correctly? Five astral devas, three tulani eladrin, and one solar," Alicia replies, still a little bit thrown by having such power available.
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora whistles at the last, "A solar?!"
[22:02] <Alicia> "That's what it says," she nods. "Also it's incredibly draining to use, but even so... if we ever find ourselves overwhelmed, such a force could easily turn the tide."
[22:03] <Kotono> "A solar?!?" Antenora repeats, "Mystra...by Mystra...that sort of power to call on!" Nearly wobbling, Antenora takes Alicia's shoulder. "It could turn the tide of our greatest battles. Esthan, even."
06[22:05] * Alicia nods. "Even so, it'll need to be kept carefully in reserve for when we truly need it, not squandered on the first thing that catches our attention..." she exhales deeply, chuckling a little. "Still... yes. It is a lot to handle, isn't it?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "With all the respect and honors we are given...Are you sure that Mystra wasn't your grandmother or such, Alicia?" With a teasing, heady smile as she stays right next to her, "It would explain much."
06[22:11] * Alicia snorts lightly. "My grandmother was a crazed old bat. It would only raise far more alarming questions," she returns.
[22:15] <Kotono> "So was mine...perhaps literally, I was never clear on that," Antenora chuckles, "What was your grandmother like?"
[22:18] <Alicia> "Very old," Alicia starts off blandly. "She died when I was fairly young, but I can remember her well enough. Always picking fights with mother and bullying father. She'd hit Beth and I for imagined slights whenever she could, but we got good at avoiding her."
[22:21] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes widen a little, "Did your parent sintervene?"
[22:25] <Alicia> "Mother and her would fight occassionally," Alicia shrugs. "Granny didn't care, though. There'd always be something to set her off on one of her rants. In retrospect I feel a little sorry for her, but as a child all I wanted to do was avoid her."
[22:26] <Kotono> "Better than fighting back..." Antenora murmurs. "That was for the best then."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Oh, don't make that face," Alicia gives her friend a playful nudge. "It's ancient history, and it's not like she ever really hurt us."
[22:31] <Kotono> Nudging Alicia back on the hip and side, "Yes, I know. Just...childhood memories. I told you how young Erinyes grow up and train with each other, didn't I? It brought back memories I'm trying to forget very hard."
[22:32] <Alicia> "Ah, sorry," Alicia looks apologetic. "And I was only trying to lighten the mood, too..."
[22:33] <Kotono> "Don't apologize." Antenora puts a smile on, "Alicia, you can change your shape in different ways now that you've ascended?"
[22:36] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods, happy to expound on practical magic, "The alter self spell is fundamentally based on the nature of the original - as a human I could transform myself into similar beings, such as elves and gnomes, but say a dragon or a bird would be out of reach."
[22:36] <Alicia> "Now I can use it to assume the form of outsiders, but my previous forms are barred to me. Fortunately aasimar can pass well enough for human, as you can see," she spreads her arms, showing off her current form which does indeed look like classic Alicia.
[22:38] <Kotono> "Including things of a certain size within yourself?" Antenora smiles, "And yes, it's nice to see you with and without your change."
[22:40] <Alicia> "Yes. Turning myself into a playmate for Marie is an impossibility - she's just too small," Alicia chuckles.
[22:42] <Kotono> Antenora snaps her fingers, before, "But a Lantern Archon isn't? In both her case and your case?"
[22:44] <Alicia> "That's right, they are pretty big," Alicia nods, before eyeing Antenora oddly. "Why, do you want me to turn her into one?"
[22:45] <Kotono> "Of course." With a sweet smile, "It would do her some good. For that matter, you could be her playmate then, as you so aptly put it. Another spell isn't out of your reach."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Nothing to stop me turning you into one, either, in case you'd forgotten those times I made you into an aasimar," Alicia retorts.
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Ah, sorry," Alicia looks apologetic. "And I was only trying to lighten the mood, too..."
[17:58] <Kotono> > "Don't apologize." Antenora puts a smile on, "Alicia, you can change your shape in different ways now that you've ascended?"
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods, happy to expound on practical magic, "The alter self spell is fundamentally based on the nature of the original - as a human I could transform myself into similar beings, such as elves and gnomes, but say a dragon or a bird would be out of reach."
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Now I can use it to assume the form of outsiders, but my previous forms are barred to me. Fortunately aasimar can pass well enough for human, as you can see," she spreads her arms, showing off her current form which does indeed look like classic Alicia.
[17:58] <Kotono> > "Including things of a certain size within yourself?" Antenora smiles, "And yes, it's nice to see you with and without your change."
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Yes. Turning myself into a playmate for Marie is an impossibility - she's just too small," Alicia chuckles.
[17:58] <Kotono> > Antenora snaps her fingers, before, "But a Lantern Archon isn't? In both her case and your case?"
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "That's right, they are pretty big," Alicia nods, before eyeing Antenora oddly. "Why, do you want me to turn her into one?"
[17:58] <Kotono> > "Of course." With a sweet smile, "It would do her some good. For that matter, you could be her playmate then, as you so aptly put it. Another spell isn't out of your reach."
[17:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Nothing to stop me turning you into one, either, in case you'd forgotten those times I made you into an aasimar," Alicia retorts.
[18:00] <Kotono> "And?" Antenora says blandly, "What's wrong with that?"
06[18:02] * Alicia raises an eyebrow. "I forgot, what Marie might see as cruel punishment, you would see as adorably fun," she mutters. "Want to spend some time floating around as a big ball of light, do you?"
[18:04] <Kotono> Now with a teasing pat on Ailcia's back, "It works for fresh souls to Celestia. I don't see how it's bad for us if we want to change into it. Besides, some time in a good, lawful form will surely do Marie some good."
[18:08] <Alicia> "If you can talk her into it, I'll provide the magic," Alicia finally decides. Perhaps it would be somewhat amusing, but she doesn't want to force it on the poor coure.
[18:12] <Kotono> "I'll go find her," Antenora decides, and after a beat, "The saying is 'What could possibly go wrong?'"
06[18:14] * Alicia wants to see this, so she heads into the house. "Marie! Antenora has something she wants to ask you!" she carols sweetly.
[18:14] <Kotono> Antenora follows Alicia, "Marie?"
[18:15] <Alicia> Said eladrin flutters into the hallway on command. "Not sure if want..." she mutters suspiciously.
[18:18] <Kotono> With a pleasant, warm smile, "Come here, Marie," Antenora pats thet op of her head, "Why so supicious already? I haven't even asked you anything yet!"
[18:19] <Alicia> "I have my ways," Marie replies with a significant look at Alicia who contrives to look innocent.
[18:21] <Kotono> "Oh, of course. I can't keep secrets between you two." With an overdrawn sigh that doesn't last long at all, "Marie, wouldn't it be fun to engage in some casual shapechanging? You like to transform into your ball of light form, don't you? This isn't very different at all, except we all could do it. Besides," With a long look at Marie, smiling winsomely, "I'll be very happy if you do."
[18:24] <Alicia> "I don't like it so much ever since it started... Ohhh," she trails off in dawning understanding, before a grin splits her face. "Oh, Antenora! If you just wanted to see me naked, all you had to do was ask!" Marie giggles cutely.
[18:27] <Kotono> "No, though my ego accepts the compliment." Crossing her arms now with a cattier smile, "I'd like you to be shapechanged into another ball of light, actually. One that you think is cute, if I recall correctly."
[18:30] <Alicia> "You like balls of light, huh? Well, I've heard of stranger things..." Marie rubs her chin. "But why me?"
[18:33] <Kotono> "Because I'd be happy if you did," Antenora answers right back, "Alicia would probably like it as well."
03[18:34] * asdgsdfasdf is now known as tai-auuuuuuuuuugh
[18:35] <Alicia> "Oh, I'd be thrilled," Alicia deadpans.
[18:35] <Alicia> "Oh, well. If it brings joy and happiness to my dear friend Antenora, I'd be a horrible person to refuse, wouldn't I?" Marie reasons dramatically. "Okay, magic me up, then!"
[18:37] <Kotono> "Why thank you, Marie!" Antenora beams, "Go ahead, Alicia?"
06[18:39] * Alicia incants a brief spell and taps her familiar, who promptly expands into a large golden-glowing orb of light which bobs around where the cute little fairy fluttered before.
[18:39] <Alicia> "Huh," Marie's voice comes clearly enough from the orb as she bobs around a little, "It's kinda like my incorporeal form..." she proceeds to bump against Antenora, "Except corporeal!"
[18:40] <Kotono> "Aw, you're so cute now," Antenora says with just a hint of deadpan snarkiness showing. "Giant balls of light, the charging ram attack?"
[18:43] <Alicia> A point of brighter light appears to bubble up on Marie's surface before emitting a focused beam that zaps down between Antenora's feet, scorching the floor! "I'm always cute!" she insists, before bouncing heavily in the air as Alicia reaches over to thwap her.
[18:43] <Alicia> "Marie! Don't burn the floorboards! You'll be polishing that tonight!" she reprimands sternly.
[18:46] <Kotono> Antenora looks down, a raised eyebrow at the narrowly missing light beam! "You're always cute. You'll be cuter in your maid outfit when you clean that," Antenora reaches out to pat the ball of light atop it, "Now Alicia, since you were talkinga bout being Marie's playmate, why don't you join her?"
[18:48] <Alicia> "You first," Alicia retorts easily as Marie spins dizzily from being hit. Drawing Hell Striker, she channels another alter self spell into it and taps the former devil to transform her into the lowliest of archons.
[18:50] <Kotono> "Alic-" Antenora begins, turning. She turns right nto Hell Striker, transforming! A ball of light floats where Antenora was, "-ia. It jerks up and down in the air, "Alicia!"
06[18:54] * Alicia smoothly puts her sword away and grins. "Now I have two cute little lanterns to light my house!" she beams as Marie floats over and experimentally bumps into Antenora.
[18:55] <Kotono> Antenora bumps Marie back slowly, before flying around Ailcia's head in a frenzy. "Alicia! That was a perfectly good plan I had! How dare you change me before I could sweet talk you into changing first?!" Antenora's voice is filled with indignation.
[18:57] <Alicia> "The problem is, Antenora, once I'm changed I can't change anyone else," Alicia explains reasonably, holding up a hand and waggling her fingers. "No hands, no spells, see? And I didn't want to deprive you of the experience."
[18:59] <Kotono> "That was the point!" With a little whimper that spreads through her entire body, "I wanted two cute lantern archons to fly around me!" She settles onto Alicia's head, sighing grandly, as she half rests/half floats there. "You always see through my plans."
[19:02] <Alicia> "It is nice like this. All round with no angles," Marie opines pleasantly as she floats around Antenora and Alicia.
[19:02] <Alicia> For her part, Alicia relents. "Oh, alright. Come down off my head and I'll change you back," she offers.
[19:04] <Kotono> "It is. Very smooth," Antenora flies down, "Or you could change. I'm not really mad." With a softening in her voice, "I'm surprised you got me so quickly, more than anything else. Also, Marie...what's the appeal of Alicia's head again? I don't really see it."
[19:06] <Alicia> "Well you wouldn't," Marie replies condescendingly. "Only those of us with certain stature and shape can properly enjoy it."
[19:07] <Alicia> "That just sounds unsettling..." Alicia mutters as she duly casts a spell to turn herself into a lantern archon, slightly paler in shade then Marie. "Oh... it's a bit like magical flight, but not," she notes as she bobs around. "A cross between that and swimming... no, floating?"
[19:14] <Kotono> "I like it. Less work than my wings," Antenora floats around the two, "Different. It's very different. So...what should we do now?"
[19:16] <Alicia> "Umm... you know, when you're a perfect sphere with no limbs, there's not really that much you *can* do..." Alicia states after a moment's thought.
[19:18] <Kotono> "We could...or..." Antenora starts a few times, "You know what, you have a very good point. We could go visit someone like this for the reactions, maybe, but..."
[19:19] <Alicia> "Seems a bit too much like showing off," Alicia notes. "How about I turn you back, you can marvel at having Marie and I floating cutely around you for a moment, then we can finish our sparring?"
[19:24] <Kotono> "That's agreeable," Antenora floats closer to Alicia. "Say Marie. Are you feeling more together yet? More organized?"
[19:28] <Alicia> With a word from Alicia, Antenora is restored to her natural form. "Can't say I feel any different," Marie replies brightly. "Well, that's probably not true - I bet I feel a lot different. Why don't you touch me and find out?" she suggests.
[19:29] <Kotono> Antenora reaches out and touches Marie, "You feel...soft and ball like?" Antenora frowns, "You're very warm."
[19:30] <Alicia> "That's the warmth of my love for all things lawful!" Marie simpers, giggling.
[19:32] <Kotono> "I can feel it. But you need more. Not just a warmth, but an inferno." Antenora waggles a finger in front of Marie. "Right, Alicia?"
[19:34] <Alicia> "Oh, she's fine," Alicia attests, floating over and bumping against Marie, receiving a bump back before she reverts to her natural form. "Anyway, we've got a sparring session to finish, don't we?"
[19:47] <Kotono> "Yes, shall we," Antenora agrees. OOC: Skip along a bit to other stuff now since this ran it's course?
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, might as well just pause me unless I get random encountered, since my plans really depend on how quickly we can get the gang together for winterwight slayage
03[19:52] * tai-auuuuuuuuuugh is now known as Demedais
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Pause you for the moment then.
[20:14] <Kotono> --------
[20:18] <Kotono> Elle's shop is quiet in the rain. Not even the sound of raindrops can be heard inside - the water is slamming down outside, a chill rain coming from the west and pounding the city. But inside of here, it's warm and quiet and you can forget all about the weather. Elle sits in front of a cup of tea, steaming hot and obscuring her face in it's vapors. "So Seira," Sitting back, as she sits back, "Do you remember those stones you brought in a few m
[20:18] <Kotono> "So Seira," Sitting back, as she sits back, "Do you remember those stones you brought in a few months back from Malmuth?"
01[20:20] <Seira> "As a matter of fact, I do," Seira confirms, drinking her own tea without bothering about steam or heat one bit. "I've been thinking about that souvenier from time to time, but it didn't seem significant enough to bother you with so many other things in the balance."
[20:22] <Kotono> "Well, when you have magical artifacts and orders coming in from around the world...oh yes, that reminds me." Putting down her tea, "I'd like to hire a few more of your students. I'm starting to get orders from as far as Kelara and the lands to the west and the free cities far to the east. I'm starting to get a large back log of orders. If I didn't prioritize the Guard's work..."
01[20:27] <Seira> "When you're unhappy, we're unhappy. Roger! I'll make the pitch myself," Seira promises perkily, the situation being win-win however she looks at it. "And in a couple of months, it might be easier than ever to get orders from distant land only open to travel by teleportation," she adds. "It makes sense for you to keep ahead of the curve."
[20:29] <Kotono> "Oh yes. I'd have to start turning down orders and tha twould cut into my profit. That's completely unacceptable for anyone who follows Waukeen, yes?" Taking another drink of her tea, "Yes. I anticipate that your project will be used by the elite, who have the money to afford my services."
01[20:31] <Seira> "We would look at the long-term profit of allying ourselves with someone profitable enough to take the short-term losses--" Seira cuts herself off. "I mean, yes. And I already had Abagail check up on that. I figure that someone with a suitable background would be the perfect candidate to tell me just how much they would consider reasonable,
01[20:31] <Seira> and how much above that those financial elites would be willing to pay for the privelege."
[20:34] <Kotono> Nodding as she listens, "Mmmm, yes. But anyway, before I forget!" Clearing her throat, "Those stones, yes?"
06[20:35] * Seira nods.
[20:37] <Kotono> "They came from a suspected gnomish fortress site, as I recall?" Now she puts her hands into her lap, "I had to spend some time with these as well as use magic. As closely as I can tell," Getting up and going to one of the shelves and getting a cloth sack, "Whatever was there is pretty well obliterated. But that much was obvious, wasn't it?""
01[20:38] <Seira> "So much so that there is a very pretty crater remaining," Seira agrees.
[20:41] <Kotono> "From what you said, you also suspected that Irenes visited there years and years ago? It all makes a neat sort of sense. Anyawy, to the stones, they're pretty much just a curiosity. Whatever happened there didn't leave much to work with. The dust might be of some minor value if you didn't know much about the gnomes or what they did and wanted to throw money into it, but..." With as hrug, "They're a good souvenir. Whomever did the job there di
[20:41] <Kotono> but..." With as hrug, "They're a good souvenir. Whomever did the job there did it very throughly."
01[20:43] <Seira> "And it's pointless to try and dig there? Figures."
[20:44] <Kotono> "I haven't been to the site, honestly," Elle admits that as she holds up a hand, "If you want to go try and throw enough magic to see if any remnants are intact...hold on." Furrowing her brow, "Alice just messaged me something."
06[20:49] * Seira waits patiently, of course.
[20:51] <Kotono> Elle bows her head, lips moving for a few whispered words. After, "Oh, we just got someone looking to place an order. When Alice mentioned I was away talking to you, he said he was a friend of yours. A Berjand, I believe? Big scythe and from the desert?"
02[20:54] * thebladewillkeepondescending (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-213-77.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) Quit (ping bing wing fling)
01[20:55] <Seira> "That's right!" Seira exclaims. "He didn't really take to Balmuria, but Berjand decided to take a position with our temple in Arad and do that whole bettering the lives of others like his had been thing. Is he ordering something neat?"
[20:57] <Kotono> "I didn't get the details." Standing up and stretching now, "Let's go find out?"
06[20:57] * Seira is more than happy to do so.
[20:58] <Kotono> You find Berjand dressed in warm clothes, wrapped up except for his face. A head, hooded cloak still drips with bits of rain, his hood drawn down. "Seira!" He comes forward, offering a hand to her, "You look well and prosperous."
01[21:00] <Seira> "As well I should," she returns, quirking a smile as she shakes his hand. "And you look... warm."
[21:02] <Kotono> "The chill is not overwhelmingly bad compared to the desert winter, but the rain makes it far worse." His grip is strong, a quick pump before he's done. "Isonu sends his greetings. I'm doing his work here."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Ah yes. You can tell me all about that work. It's an order, isn't it? We can work o ut the details whenever you're ready."
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[21:04] <Kotono> "Ah yes. You can tell me all about that work. It's an order, isn't it? We can work o ut the details whenever you're ready." Elle smiles and goes to his side, "I'll be back in my chambers. Alice, could you escort Berjand back when Seira finishes with him?"
[21:05] <Kotono> "Of course, Countess," Alice murmurs.
01[21:17] <Seira> "I'm glad," Seira tells Berjand. "How's life? It seems to be one of those obligatory questions people always ask."
[21:18] <Kotono> "Well. Besides this strange, too fast trip." With a faintly uneasy look, "It was unnerving to see the terrain go by so fast."
01[21:23] <Seira> "Oh? How did you travel?" Seira asks with interest.
[21:25] <Kotono> "Phantom Horses. Even if I've ridden on magical horses before...it's still strange, doubly so when the terrain is not all blasted death-land."
01[21:26] <Seira> "It's pretty crazy," Seira agrees. "Teleportation beats that. You've come on your own, right?"
[21:26] <Kotono> "No. I came with a few others. The mage who did the magic and two others. Do you remember a pair of thieves you turned over to the Temple of Waukeen?"
06[21:27] * Seira still keeps a hair from each for scrying purposes, on the off chance that she hadn't put the fear of Waukeen in them. "Did they become passable acolytes?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "They're doing well enough. They're in Balmuria with me. Isonu decided they needed to see more of the world to appreciate trading." Berjand says, "They're either at Waukeen's house here or touring Balmuria. They were going to do both."
01[21:30] <Seira> "It always helps to go out and see how large and diverse the world is," she agrees wholeheartedly. "Is your group staying here long, then? And who's the mage providing for transportation?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "Allister. Apparently he owed Isonu a favor. He's been peevish about the entire trip."
06[21:33] * Seira rolls her eyes. "I can get you back if the times work out. Stop by and inquire when you're ready to head out?"
[21:34] <Kotono> "We will," Offering his hand to Seira again, "I'll bring Esra and Jale by if you want to see them again?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "That would be quite the fun reunion," Seira tells him, smiling and finding herself anticipating it. "And I can't let you go, not without hearing what you're here to order. It's not something boringly mundane, is it?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "Let's see," Taking out a wrapped scroll, "It's mostly orders for various merchants. Small things, fro what I understand. Potions, oils, a few items." IN lower tones, "Isonu is trying to build up further clientele. Having valuable goods helps."
06[21:37] * Seira nods at that. "I'll see if I can help the next time I'm there. Direct a Bey here and there in the right direction."
[21:38] <Kotono> "I shall." Offering his hand to Seira again, "We'll talk again soon before I leave."
01[21:40] <Seira> "We must," she agrees. "There's much I'd like to ask you, now that I have the chance." Seira shakes Berjand's hand. "But I know enough not to stand you between you and your goal."
[21:40] <Kotono> "This way," Ailce is at Berjand's side, "When you're ready to see Countess Stronger."
[21:41] <Kotono> "I shall," Berjand agrees, "Blessing sof the Lady of Prosperity on you."
[19:44] <Kotono> -----------(Katana Ko)---
[19:46] <Kotono> About six days of tense waiting pass. On a chilly day with a wind that blows in from the Galkass Mountains, Seira receives the following Sending a little before lunchtime, 'Meet in the same place as before to discuss Esthan in 15 minutes.'
01[19:47] <Seira> "We can make it," Seira responds curtly.
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: Who's coming to that?
01[19:49] <Seira> OOC: Whomever is near and can be grabbed to meet that time
[19:49] <Kotono> OOC: I'll assume Donald because he's close, as well as Alicia and Antenora due to Antenora probably being with Alicia and Alicia being the other PC and wroth getting anyway. That sound good?
01[19:49] <Seira> OOC: Let's do it
[19:50] <Kotono> Gathering Alicia from the garrison and getting Antenora to follow her and Donald, Seira leads the four back to the outside house where they met the devil last time. The door is shut again, waiting to be opened, perhaps.
06[19:51] * Seira opens the door waiting to be opened.
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Strike antenora then.
[19:53] <Kotono> Inside, in front of an empty, ashen fireplace is Armanzas. He paces with his clawed hands behind his back, turning to the three. "The chance comes nigh. We have a little time yet, but our chance must not be wasted and we must act with due time and diligence."
[19:53] <Alicia> "Speak, then," Alicia replies curtly as she enters behind Seira.
03[19:57] * GroupOvermindDaemon is now known as tai-kfalrk
[19:58] <Kotono> "This afternoon, Esthan will be in an elven village to the east called Treesport. Our chance is now - to surprisehim a nd strike him down before his power can lay us all low." Slamming a fist into his other clawed hand, "One overpowering strike."
01[20:00] <Seira> "This afternoon?" Seira asks, frowning. "I don't think I've been there, and there's not enough time to get there by other means than teleportation."
[20:00] <Alicia> "There should be a map in the Elven mission we can consult," Alicia volunteers. "Will Esthan be alone?" she then asks of the fiend.
[20:01] <Kotono> "If needed I can teleport there and you can scry me," With a dour look, "Under the circumstances I will not resist it. I am not certain to that - he should be, but I do not rule out him having agents of his own that I am not aware of."
[20:01] <Kotono> Donald stands back and listens, keeping his own council for the moment.
01[20:02] <Seira> "Let's try using the map first," Seira muses. "How will we find Esthan quickly enough? Will he be using the same disguise?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "We could just stake out the village bakery, he's sure to stop there," Alicia remarks dourly.
01[20:04] <Seira> "So you're thinking of laying in wait?" Seira asks. "If he has his agents around, we might be discovered and he just wouldn't show."
[20:04] <Kotono> "I believe so," With a short nod, "The choice to that is yours. You risk his agents if he has any around him, yes."
[20:05] <Alicia> "That's why we'd disguise ourselves and spread about the village," Alicia replies with a faint frown. "I'm not inclined to tip him off if I can help it, no."
01[20:06] <Seira> "A simple divination might tell an agent all it needs to know," Seira argues.
[20:08] <Alicia> "Divinations fail to pierce mundane disguises, although I'll admit some of us have features that are harder to conceal than others. What do you suggest then, Seira?" Alicia asks reasonably.
[20:08] <Kotono> "Alicia's protected from that, isn't she?" Donald clears his throat, "Magic could work better for her. Seira, got any other non-detections handy?"
01[20:09] <Seira> "I can cover myself, but I'm worried about Latha, in honesty. She's the one whose aura would stand out, and even if I cast the spell on her it would be weaker than otherwise."
[20:11] <Alicia> "Does the temple of Waukeen sell potions to mask a person's nature from those sorts of divinations?"
[20:11] <Kotono> "We could have it in two waves?" Donald makes a few strange gestures with his hands, "One to hit him first, then to have another team teleport in to pincer him, with the people who are harder to disguise?"
01[20:13] <Seira> "The potions might be a better choice," Seira says. "It seems this issue is easily resolved. Great! So only the question of what pretext you'll have for being there remains, Armanzas."
[20:19] <Kotono> "That is...taken care of," Armanzas say sshortly, "For I will not reveal myself there until the time is right."
01[20:20] <Seira> "So what's Esthan's plan for the village and its inhabitants?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "More influencing and corrupting. I believe he has his eye on an interest there, but I am not certain," Armanzas paces more at this, "It hardly matters if it is where he is defeated."
01[20:22] <Seira> "Just chalk it down to curiousity. And I don't think I need to tell you this, you being intelligent enough, but you absolutely can't attack him at the expense of the people there. Don't put any at risk!"
[20:25] <Kotono> "Of course, of course," With a deep, cragging smirk, "As if Esthan will care of that."
01[20:26] <Seira> "You think he'll take his attention off someone trying her very best to kill him?"
[20:26] <Alicia> "He's perfectly capable of doing both," Alicia remarks curtly. "Lets avoid giving him the chance."
01[20:27] <Seira> "It seems like we're almost set, then. Let's not waste any time and proceed?"
[20:27] <Kotono> "Very well. Gather whom you will and go to the map. I will wait here for when you are ready."
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Ready to move along then?
01[20:30] <Seira> OOC: YEs
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Going to gather everyone as well as a map from the elven mission?
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: Seira can ask her temple nicely for undetectable alignment potions for Anty and Latha?
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: She can get a few if you want, Seira's credit there is good and so forth.
01[20:33] <Seira> OOC: Donald and Oberuth could get cloaks or whatever. I'll go with nondetection from the lvl4 slot.
[20:33] <Alicia> OOC: Myself and Anty will use alter self, Latha has change shape
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. What shapes will you and Antenora be in?
01[20:34] <Seira> OOC: I'll use the disguise self earrings to look like a random elf~
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:35] <Alicia> OOC: we'll both be eladrin-themed aasimar so we can pose as elves. She can be a cute young redhead, I'll be an older brunette. Armour and sword go into the portable hole for me. Suggest Anty either does the same or wears heavy clothes to conceal her armour and disguises her spear somehow
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: She'll do the same. Donald'll store his armor in Alicia's hole too.
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: Disguise self should work for me, unless someone is close enough to brush against my cloak or whatever
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Going to go back to the devil now?
[20:37] <Alicia> OOC: hiding/disguising the hammer of the shard would be neat as well if possible
01[20:37] <Seira> OOC: I'll hold it, so it's using nondetection and is disguised
[20:37] <Alicia> OOC: works
[20:38] <Alicia> OOC: lets go. GMW cast on hell striker, black horn spear, magebane sword, mace of disruption, and hammer of shard
[20:38] <Alicia> OOC: and sword of sealed gate
01[20:38] <Seira> roll 1d10 FL
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10 FL and gets 8." [1d10=8]
[20:39] <Kotono> The full party returns to the devil! Armanzas looks them over, "It will do, Baator willing." With a deep throaty growl, "Can you make it from the map you got?"
01[20:40] <Seira> "Let's aim for a bit off the outskirts?" Seira suggests. "Just in case, and all."
[20:40] <Alicia> "I believe so," Alicia nods. "There's a pear-shaped lake bordering the Southern road to the village, I shall aim for that."
[20:43] <Kotono> "So be it!" Armanzas vanishes! OOC: Go ahead, Alicia.
06[20:43] * Alicia gathers everyone round and teleports!
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 97." [1d100=97]
[20:43] <Alicia> OOC: mishap
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d10 damage
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d10 damage and gets 4." [1d10=4]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Adjust #elysium HP/who's in the topic. Also, you roll 1d20+20 now.
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 and gets 83." [1d20=3]
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 4." [1d10=4]
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 3." [1d10=3]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 2." [1d9=2]
[20:46] <Kotono> Guuuuh! The teleport is shaky, leaving everyone feeling dazed! You appear in a tree filled ravine, a chilly wind blowing through the trees. It's thick, untouched forest all about you. No sign of a lake at all.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Damned magic," Oberuth wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, "Everyone alright?"
06[20:47] * Alicia grimaces. "Sometimes happens when I don't have a clear picture to work from," she apologises. "Let me try again?" Focusing on the lay of the land that the map gave her, she once again attempts to warp space and time!
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[20:48] <Kotono> Wooosh! You appear next to a gentle lake. It's waters lap against a tree lined short. A dirt road is nearby it, leading to a clearing int he forest. It looks like several trees are there, build in and around. The air smells good and fresh.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Better," Alicia nods in relief, pointing out the village. More warily, she then looks around for the baatezu turncoat.
[20:49] <Alicia> Not the one she lives with.
[20:50] <Kotono> Antenora is right besides Alicia, looking about. Armanzas stands at the edge of the water, near some trees. His tail twitches into the water, little tendrils of musty, foul blackness spreading into the water whenever it makes contact. He waits, half hidden by trees.
01[20:51] <Seira> "So how long do we have?"
[20:52] <Kotono> Coming slightly forward, "I'm not sure. Even if he's not here, he may have agents ahead or behind of him. Step softly and strike hard."
01[20:53] <Seira> "It's more a matter of casting the right spells," Seira says, her elfin features twisting into a frown. "I can't push them past two hours, give or take."
[20:53] <Alicia> "I suggest we split up so as to be less noticable and have more chance of intercepting him," Alicia suggests. "Perhaps have two of us wait by the road outside and the rest of us disperse throughout the village?"
[20:54] <Kotono> "We can communicate easily enough," Donald says as he pulls his hood down, "Once we find him, we prepare and then strike?"
01[20:55] <Seira> "I'll be with Donald, both to help him fit in better, and because I'm carrying something he'll find useful," Seira suggests, adding mentally, 'Waiting by the road to get advance knowledge works."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Right," Donald steps next to Seira, "We can pretend to be a couple!
[20:57] <Kotono> "
[20:57] <Kotono> "Who will wait, then?" Antenora asks.
01[20:57] <Seira> "My acting skills are superb," she notes dryly.
[20:59] <Alicia> "The Commander and I can wait here - he'd probably attract too much attention in an isolated elf village like this," Alicia suggests. "We can pretend to be fishing, perhaps?"
[20:59] <Alicia> "Or maybe a bit closer to the village... the lake does go on nearer, and it's best not to be too distant," she amends.
01[21:00] <Seira> "Sounds right," Seira agrees, smiling at Latha and Antenora. "You could pretend to be a couple as well!"
[21:00] <Kotono> "That's fine," Oberuth nods, "The rest of you get going then. Stay in touch."
[21:01] <Kotono> "I see." LAtha eyes Seira, "No, I think that may get too much attention."
06[21:02] * Seira pouts. "Well, it was a thought." She grabs Donald's arm, beginning to pull him towards the village. "Come on, let's go!"
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Alicia.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Remember to come find me before your disguise wears off if we need to renew it," Alicia tells Antenora.
[21:04] <Kotono> Seira and the rest begin to trickle in town in two groups. While Latha and Antenora follow a little behind, SEira and Donald travela long. Inside the village are a few elves, coming and going. It's very sleepy and peaceful, a few dozen trees houses as well as free standing ones. Carved wooden signs hang from metal chains on signposts in front of most buildings.
06[21:06] * Seira looks for a good spot to cast a couple of spells out of sight before getting so close to the village she might be spotted by its residents, extending Heroism and Dragonskin, the latter protecting her from acid to a degree. "No reason to share our full ability with a devil that'll become our enemy, right?" she asks Donald, ready to proceed once more.
[21:06] <Kotono> Donald just nods, "Yeah." As you enter into town, mentally, 'What do you think of all of this? Is that devil full of crap or what?'
01[21:09] <Seira> 'Of course he is,' Seira asserts with a snort. 'But that doesn't mean he can't be right. If he manages to deliver Esthan, even if Esthan planned the whole thing, it's a chance for us.'
[21:11] <Kotono> 'Right.' Donald starts to look about, "Should we get something to eat, or find a room, dear?" With a sweet, sappy smile, "My feet are kind of tired."
01[21:16] <Seira> "I could eat," Seira agrees, flashing back a smile.
[21:17] <Kotono> Going to check a few sighs, "Oh, here's one," He says, "There's a bakery a few doors down, and the village inn and tavern isn't far." Peering down to read, "Some fruit bread could be good, or maybe something hot?"
01[21:19] <Seira> "Let's go for bread," she muses, tapping her chin thoughtfully. "It's a bit early in the day to eat a full course meal again."
[21:20] <Kotono> Wrapping an arm around seira's shoulder, "Let's go, dear," He smiles, walking along. "We have plenty of money for that."
06[21:24] * Seira allows herself to be lead along, wondering all the while what variety of bread she will find here.
[21:26] <Kotono> The bakery is a hollowed out tree. Inside are platters of wood, breads all about. A young elven woman works here, humming a merry tune. Unlike most, she's slightly on the heavy side in her stomach. A male elf is eating some fruit filled bread at a table on the side, while an older one sips a mug of something and drowses in the sunlight. "Good day...oh!" The woman turns, "Travelers? I confess you do not look familiar to me."
[21:26] <Kotono> "Travelers? I confess you do not look familiar to me."
[21:29] <Kotono> The male elf eating glances up briefly before going back to his food. The other doesn't stir in his nappings at all.
01[21:31] <Seira> "From the Citadel of Light," Seira agrees pleasantly. "We're going to visit relatives of mine at Elandra's Rest, but since we're going on such a journey, why not take the scenic route?" She relies on Donald to smoothly follow up with an order to move them along, telling him as much mentally.
[21:32] <Kotono> "Some fruit bread, whatever's fresh," Donald says, "We'd just love to sit down and eat. Some wine with it too, something that goes good with it, if you have any?" With a pleasant smile, "My dearest so loves a good glass of wine after a day on the travel."
[21:33] <Kotono> "Of course," SHuffling about and producing a still warm and steaming loaf of bread out, as well as a small bottle of wine, "Here you are." Donald exchanges a few coins for them, going to another table and sitting down.
06[21:35] * Seira takes a seat where chance of collision with other guests that might serve to doom her disguise, whether by accident or intentionally, are minimal.
[21:36] <Kotono> Taking a seat against the wall, Donald sits on the outside. He takes a few bites of bread after removing a slice. 'Anything catch your eye? Going to do any talking or just eat and movea long?'
01[21:37] <Seira> 'Just listen in without appearing to do so,' Seira responds, trying the bread herself as well. 'If we're not the only travelers passing through, it will become apparent soon enough.'
[21:38] <Kotono> A few minutes psas as you eat. The food is good, reminding Seira of her younger days. As she relaxes, you can overhear chatter. The older elf comes up from his sleep-like trance, repositioning in the sun in the meantime. As he does, "Can I have some water," The male elf asks, "That was very good." He goes forward and hands a few coins to the woman there, "Blessings of Correllon on your coming gift."
[21:39] <Kotono> "Thank you!" She hums cheerfully, "I'll get you a glass and bring it over, youc an sit down."
[21:40] <Kotono> 'Nothing yet,' Latha sounds in Seira's mind. 'Any luck? We're still outside.'
01[21:41] <Seira> 'I can check those present for anything untoward, but if they're ready for it, they might become alerted. Should I try it?' Seira thinks back, directing her question to everyone linked.
[21:43] <Kotono> 'I'll trust your judgment,' Latha thinks back, 'Let us know how it goes if you do, or if you need help. We're going to check the inn now.'
06[21:44] * Seira decides to wait until Latha gets back to her from her inn inspection.
[21:50] <Kotono> After a few minutes pass, 'Seira,' Latha sounds in her mind, 'He's there, sitting and drinking with two other elves. He doesn't act like he's noticed us, but that means little.'
01[21:52] <Seira> 'That sounds like a great invitation,' Seira muses in response. 'Alicia, Commander, how far away are you?'
[21:53] <Kotono> 'We're still at the lake. What is it, Seira?' Oberuth asks.
[21:53] <Alicia> 'About five minutes walk out of town?'
01[21:54] <Seira> 'Seems like Latha found Esthan at the inn. I'm going to prepare, but this might be a good time to regroup.'
[21:54] <Alicia> 'We're on our way. Try to avoid battle until we arrive?'
01[21:55] <Seira> 'I won't tempt fate.'
[21:55] <Kotono> "What's up?" Donald asks low as he continues to eat.
06[21:56] * Seira then resumes eating her bread at leisure, aiming to take four minutes as she fills Donald in on the details.
01[21:57] <Seira> And getting Latha to bide her time, of course.
06[21:58] * Seira fully intends to part along with Donald after the snack, and if no one is following them, find a reasonably secluded alley to duck into and cast the spells she would need.
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and cast whatever spells you are then.
06[22:01] * Seira casts Shield, Bear's Endurance and Ray Deflection, the first two throwaway spells she can afford to lose if the Esthan at the inn is a decoy. The latter would hurt, but that's why she came prepared with a Globe of Invulnerability. And the hardest part is storing True Strike and Haste into spell matrixes, a regrettably painful process.
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 2d6
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d6 and gets 12." [2d6=6, 6]
06[22:03] * Seira calls upon Stoneskin as well, because there's really no reason to wait on it.
[21:43] <Kotono> Antenora and Alicia follow Latha out. You find the center of town is in a tizzy, a few elves shouting that horrible nightmares have come to take them all. Several elves are looking and talking, afew obviously in panic.
[21:45] <Alicia> A soothing golden radiance emanates from Alicia's winged form as she stands alongside Latha between the elves and the inn, raising her voice. "People, please," she calls out, loud but gently, "If we can have your attention, we can try to explain the dire events that have occured here, this day."
[21:49] <Kotono> The three angels get attention, glowing Alicia leading the way. The elves stare, terror giving way to rapture.
[21:51] <Alicia> "A pit fiend, greatest devil of the nine hells, walked among you this day," Alicia explains. "It is one that has travelled across Pallanth and beyond, plaguing innocents even as far as the lands beyond the desert and jungle to the far West. Some of you may even have met him, disguised as a human and going by the name of Esthan." (more)
[21:53] <Alicia> "Long have we pursued him, and today we finally had him cornered, and defeated." She lets that sink in for a second, before going on, "Unfortunately, it grieves me to say that he was not caught unawares. His fiendish cohorts struck out wildly in the chaos of battle, slaying three innocent bystanders who were nearby as we confronted him." (more)
06[21:56] * Alicia bows her head. "We grieve for the loss of your neighbours, innocents who's only crime was to be in the same room as a devil. Evil does not go down quietly when confronted, despite all of our efforts to prevent this tragedy. Please, forgive us."
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Make diplo, Alicia, +4? Bonus from the aura applies, if it's diplo based. I honestly forget offhand.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 54." [1d20=18]
[22:01] <Kotono> The crowd calms and listens, the fear and tension leaving them. Solemn clapping and cheers are sounded, and a voice from it calls, "It is a sad day, but it seems that great good has been done as well."
[22:04] <Alicia> "That is the best face we can put on things," Alicia nods sollemnly. "Though we strive to win such battles cleanly and decisively, our foes are not to be underestimated, nor the depths they will sink to to inflict pain." Taking a deep breath, "Is there a constable or headman of the village who can come inside to identify the deceased?" she asks.
[22:05] <Kotono> "I am." A lithe male elf approaches, bowing to Alicia. "Great noble spirit, take me to them."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Please, just call me Alicia," the paladin requests, guiding the elf into the inn.
[22:08] <Kotono> The thre ehead back to the inn with the elf in tow. Here Oberuth keeps watch, while Donald gleefully smashes Esthan around. The elf goes to the two bodies, sighing lightly and murmuring a few words by each of them.
06[22:10] * Alicia winces inwardly at the scene Donald and Esthan make. "The fiend regenerates much like a troll," she explains, "We must keep him subdued until we're able to remove him." Putting that aside, she regards the frozen corpses sadly, "Do they have families?"
[22:10] <Kotono> "They do." He rises, "I must go break this news to them."
[22:13] <Alicia> "Thank you, it would probably be easier coming from someone they know. Once we have dealt with the fiend we will return so that restitution can be made," Alicia offers delicately.
[22:14] <Kotono> "I understand," He nods shortly to that, "I will tell them."
[22:15] <Alicia> "Antenora, can you dispel the dimensional anchor on Esthan?" Alicia asks her friend. "I'm sure Celestia has the resources to keep him captive and get out all the secrets bouncing around his head..." she adds to Latha.
[22:18] <Kotono> Antenora goes and does that, applying her magic in the meantime. "Is hall take him there, then. I will be in contact with yo usoon."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Make sure he ends up somewhere he can't ever escape from," Alicia nods grimly. "I have no desire to go through this again."
[22:23] <Kotono> "I promise," Antenora agrees solmenly. "Until we meet again."
[22:24] <Alicia> OOC: Anty?
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Latha, dur.
[22:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 front door of Reynes manor
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 front door of Reynes manor and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: very familiar, so on target
[20:12] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> ----
[20:13] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Woosh! Seira and Alicia appear at the front door of the Reynes estate. A drizzling rain falls around them, the ground muddy. The manor house stands as it always has, a pair of men in armor near the door. They double-blink before they see Alicia. "Ma'am," they step aside.
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: Anty's here, too
[20:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> OOC: She is? Okay.
06[20:15] * Alicia nods to the mercenaries, keeping things civil for the time being. "Are my mother and father home at present?" she asks of them.
06[20:15] * Seira gives them a wave from behind Alicia.
[20:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "They are." With a nod, "We have not seen them leave, ma'am."
[20:16] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "What about your boss or anyone else?" Antenora asks, "Elias Sandsmith?"
[20:17] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "No, ma'am," They reply again.
[20:18] <Alicia> "Thanks," Alicia nods, going to open the door and head inside - making sure to wipe her feet beforehand, given the mud.
[20:21] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> You find Alicia's Mother coming down the stairs. She looks down, "Oh, Alicia? You're home?" she slowly comes down, favoring her left leg. "The weather is miserable as always, is it not?"
06[20:22] * Seira follows Alicia inside, keeping her feet clean.
[20:22] <Alicia> "It wouldn't be Kelara otherwise," Alicia smiles wanly, going over to kiss her mother on the cheek. "Did you hurt your leg?" she asks in slight concern, looking down at the favoured limb.
[20:23] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I'm recovering from a sprain. I slipped in a bit of mud," Using the stair's railing to support herself, "Terrible fortune. Alicia, you look poorly."
[20:25] <Alicia> "It's been a trying day," Alicia admits. "Here, let me heal you with Mystra's blessings, then we can all sit down and talk - is father home?" she asks, putting a hand on Beatrice's leg and channelling healing energy into her.
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: lay on hands, whatever's needed
[20:26] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> OOC: 1 point.
[20:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "He's talking about important business right now." Once healed, "Antenora, I believe? I don't think I've met you." With a look and a polite smile to Seira, "You are...?"
06[20:28] * Seira smiles back! "Seira! It is very nice to finally meet you, Ma'am."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Colonel Seira," Alicia amends with a smile. "She's my commanding officer in the Crimson Guard of the United Baronies."
[20:30] <Alicia> 'Mother will like you more if she knows you have status,' she then sends telepathically to Seira with a hint of embarrassment.
01[20:31] <Seira> 'I see,' Seira responds likewise, deciding to go along with it.
[20:33] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Ah, Colonel Seira." With a curtesy, albiet a hobbling one, "Welcome. Come with me." She leads the party upstairs. She settles them in on the third floor, a roaring fireplace battling off the chilly humidity. Tea, hand cakes and little bits of fancy sandwiches are brought in to snack on. "Arthur should be along in a little while."
06[20:34] * Seira settles down with a cake and some tea, observing the surroundings Alicia grew up in.
06[20:34] * Alicia helps herself to the snacks, content to exchange pleasantries until her father arrives so as to avoid having to repeat herself. "So, have things settled down now since that rebellion sputtered to a halt?"
[20:34] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Antenora forsakes the foods, sitting close to the fire and drying her hands off in the flames. "Thank you."
[20:35] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> It's a warm, well built manor house. It has the trappings of minor nobility, money without being terribly rich. The silver is good, the walls are relatively clean and well kept. There's artistic decorations and style to the design. Out the windows you can see vineyards stretching back a ways.
[20:36] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Oh yes, somewhat. There's talk and talk and talk and politics in the city, but such is the way of the world." Sampling some tea, "Colonel, is this your first time in Kelara?"
01[20:37] <Seira> "I've visited before," Seira responds, placing her teacup down. "Twice, I believe. But not for long, I'm afraid."
[20:38] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I confess that I have a strong curiosity about you. With the tales of the Crimson Guard that have filtered to here, your name is amid them, as well as Alicia's. Will you be in the city long?"
01[20:40] <Seira> "I'm required to appear in Pallanth later today, but there's nothing preventing me from returning the day after," Seira responds, after thinking it over. "Is there anything in particular you are curious about?"
[20:41] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Oh yes. But further, so is society at large." With a coy look, "Surely you would be well received as my guest at coming functions. I can introduce you around Kelara."
01[20:42] <Seira> "I can be very sociable," Seira agrees.
06[20:43] * Alicia never got introduced anywhere! It's not something she cares for overly much... still, it's hard not to feel a little bit slighted. "Mother, you mentioned father was discussing important business right now? Can you tell us what that's about?"
[20:44] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Lovely!" With a cheerful smile to that, "Your clothes would go over well the first time. They're very..." Rubbing her chin, "Oh!" To Ailcia now, "He's discussing a contract with a merchant."
01[20:45] <Seira> 'Is that something he does for a living, or something that came up at the last moment?' Seira thinks to Alicia, smiling pleasantly at her mother.
[20:46] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Antenora goes and gets a few hand cakes, nibbling on one. "If Kelara is settling down, that means trade isn't impeded at all?"
[20:46] <Alicia> 'Presumably it's a merchant who'll want to sell his wine outside of Kelara,' Alicia presumes, 'I've even seen bottles of it in Balmuria, so it can end up going quite far.'
[20:47] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I imagine so, yes." With a slight nod to that, "With winter coming there's less trade, but if things stay well, next season will be good."
[20:49] <Alicia> "I'm glad things are recovering," Alicia smiles, knowing better than to ask her mother about how people in the countryside are feeling these days. She can investigate that herself once her own agenda has settled.
[20:49] <Alicia> "I'm actually planning to speak with Dweomerkeeper Taldeer about building a college of alchemy in the city, so hopefully that will provide new opportunities for Kelara once it gets going."
06[20:49] * Alicia blinks a moment and looks at Antenora oddly, before quickly schooling her expression.
01[20:50] <Seira> "Boosting knowledge, travel and trade? A worthy goal indeed," Seira agrees.
[20:50] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Yes, Alicia. College?" Turning to her, "Alchemy? That's the processes that make those overpriced trinkets for mercenaries?"
[20:50] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Antenora shrugs.
01[20:51] <Seira> "Trying to make them accessable for everyone, and thus selling more of them while expanding the variety quite a bit? I doubt they would stay as trinkets and curios for long."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Potions, mother," Alicia explains patiently. "Magic in a bottle! Things like simple healing potions are common enough, but of late we've recovered far more exotic potions that hint to knowledge lost to the world. If it could be recaptured it would be a boon for all."
[20:52] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Really?" Nodding to Seira, "Business chances...mmmm. You know Alicia, if this is your venture..." Thinking on it, "What sort of exotic potions?"
06[20:52] * Seira looks at Alicia expectantly as well.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Well, healing is one thing, but we've found potions that allow a person to regenerate much like a troll - only without the unfortunate skin tone and odour," she smiles lightly. "And one that can change a person's form irrevocably and permanently. Even such things as fertility potions."
[20:54] <Alicia> "That sort of magic can't be brewed in this day and age, at least certainly not with common knowledge. I'm hoping with dedicated study that can change, and Kelara could be at the forefront of it."
[20:57] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "What-" Just as Beatrice starts to speak, Alicia's father enters in. He comes in, going to Alicia. "Welcome home, Alicia."
06[20:59] * Alicia stands up, smiling at her father and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Hello, father. I'm glad to see you're well."
[21:08] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "You as well." Patting his daughter on both shoulders before he sits, "You wanted to talk to us?"
[21:09] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia sits down again as well. "You recall that Esthan person I warned you about before?" she begins.
[21:09] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Arthur's face darkens. "I do, Alicia. I remember him very well."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Well, you don't have to worry about him anymore," Alicia smiles slightly at the knowledge of having him taken out of the equation. "Today we found and defeated him, and right now he's enjoying the highest security incarcaration that the heavens can offer."
01[21:12] <Seira> "Well, enjoying might not be the right word," Seira comments.
[21:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Arthur smiles a little at that, while Beatrice smiles with a brittle air. "Congratulations," Arthur offers.
06[21:18] * Alicia nods. "The good news is that since he's now captive, our friends in the heavens should be able to get details of all his schemes and plots, allowing them to be undone. However, during the battle he implied there would be consequences for his defeat - we don't know anything more right now, but he could have his allies strike out at us in revenge."
[21:18] <Alicia> "I wanted you to know so you can be careful until everything settles down."
[21:20] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "We will be." With his own little smile, "Are you seriously worried about this happening, Alicia?"
01[21:21] <Seira> "Better safe than sorry, right?" Seira voices.
[21:22] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Yes." AS Beatrice speaks up now, "Esthan...he still seems like hwa sn't that bad a person."
[21:24] <Alicia> "I'm confident that before long we'll be able to eliminate all of Esthan's resources in our world, but there is a danger in the short term," Alicia nods, before looking seriously at her mother, "He was a creature of deceit and trickery. When we fought him he ordered his allies to attack surrounding innocents rather than defend him, that's how depraved he truly is."
[21:24] <Alicia> *He is
[21:24] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I can't believe that." Beatrice looks at Alicia now, "It seems so improbable, even with what you've said."
[21:25] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Alicia isn't a liar, dear," Arthur turns his eyes to her, the two meeting eyes together. "If she said that, it's not going to be wrong, no matter how improbable."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Most fiends don't really bother with subtlety on such a scale," Seira says. "Those that do are an anomaly, and one should always watch out for the unique ones. If he had just slipped and let everyone see past his mask, he wouldn't be a very successful pit fiend, would he?"
[21:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Any lowly fiend can be a murdering monster. Only a dangerous one has subtlely. Esthan is very dangerous," Antenora grimly smiles, "Trust us, we know this fact very well."
[21:29] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Beatrice murmurs, "Very well."
[21:31] <Alicia> "More immediately pertinent are the mercenaries working for you," Alicia speaks up. "They're working at a cheap rate because Esthan bought them off. It's possible they may have orders to turn on you now that he's gone - I intend to have a chat with Mr Sandsmith shortly to ensure that doesn't happen."
[21:32] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Truly?!" Beatrice boggles, "They've been so loyal and well mannered to us the entire time!"
[21:34] <Alicia> "Don't forget the loyal servants who turned on their masters during the rebellion earlier this year, mother," Alicia reminds Beatrice. "From when I talked to them the last time they did seem legitimate, but I want to make sure they stay that way now that the situation is changed."
01[21:34] <Seira> "The situation, meaning the loss of their supplementary income?"
06[21:36] * Alicia nods. "They might simply renegotiate a higher fee and carry on as normal. In that case I'll do what I can to make up for your expense," she tells her parents.
[21:37] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "We'll see to it," Arthur cuts Beatrice off. "Thank you, Alicia. If you're worried about the mercenaries, go and deal with Elias."
[21:38] <Alicia> "Is he still staying at the Seafoam inn?" Alicia asks.
[21:42] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Yes. Third floor." Arthur confirms.
[21:43] <Alicia> "We'll go have a word and then let you know how it turns out," Alicia smiles reassuringly as she gets up to leave.
01[21:44] <Seira> 'Want me to stay behind, just in case?' Seira thinks to Alicia.
[21:45] <Alicia> 'Might be a good idea, actually,' Alicia agrees. 'Mother seems to like you, at least.'
01[21:47] <Seira> "Do have fun," Seira voices, before turning towards Beatrice. "I'm not imposing, am I? It would be nice to hear more about Alicia while she's at her business meeting."
[21:48] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> OOC: I'll toss you and Antenora into #evil, Alicia.
[21:52] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Once Alicia has left, "Oh, of course." With a little nodding along, "What do you want to know, Colonel? Oh, and ohw is Alicia doing in Balmuria?" Beatrice speaks, as Arthur gets himself some tea.
01[21:58] <Seira> "She's doing quite well for herself," Seira responds, refilling her cup. "Serving as an inspiration for the common folk, building a temple, opposing evil where evil raises its head. Does her job quite admirably." She takes a sip, before adding, "I'm somewhat worried she's not having enough fun, however, and she's sometimes too secretive. Can you imagine that I still don't even know when her birthday is?"
[22:05] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "She's always been very serious," Beatrice agrees, "You are her commanding officer. Perhaps she doesn't feel it's approriate? Though, I imagine you could ask Antenora. They seem to be close friends."
01[22:06] <Seira> "But I don't try to act... well, strict or commanding, really," Seira protests. And she hadn't, not for a very long time. "If I ask Antenora, whether I get an answer or not, she'll just run back to Alicia and then I can't have a surprise party for her."
[22:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Beatrice laughs to that, "Oh, you sound more like her friend now. I see. It's in April."
01[22:18] <Seira> "I try to be," Seira admits, "but it can be difficult. Still, that's just cause to try harder! I think I'm actually doing better at it nowadays." She ponders the answer for a few moments. "April? That's still a few months away. Plenty of time to plot something. She'll never suspect a thing!"
[22:19] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "If you're her friend," Beatrice continues on, "Has she been dating at all? It's been...a fair and long time since she suffered her tragedy. I worry she's going to never find another person to take care of her, truly."
01[22:26] <Seira> "There was one date, I believe," Seira responds, "but I wouldn't put much hope into that. Though unless it's Lathander or Helm or Mystra in avatar form, say, I doubt there's anyone who could take care of Alicia, rather than the other way around."
[22:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Chuckling at that, as Arthur stands up and excuses himself, "True. She has friends to take care of her as well. The last night she was here..." Thinking back, "She was shaken up over something, but Antenora attended to her. She's a very good servant for Alicia, or so I gather? Still...now then." After that she stands up, "Let's get your measurements, Colonel? While your current gear is acceptable a few times, one shouldn't go aroun
[22:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Let's get your measurements, Colonel? While your current gear is acceptable a few times, one shouldn't go around wearing it forever when meeting the upper class."
01[22:31] <Seira> "To be honest, I'm not really sure. The best way to look at it would be devoted friend," Seira muses. "It's not just the citizens who are inspired by Alicia's presence and valor." At the offer, she smiles anew. "It would be a good idea," she finds herself agreeing. "I had a really great dress but it got ruined in combat beyond salvage a few weeks ago. I just never got around to getting it replaced."
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home very familiar
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home very familiar and gets 97." [1d100=97]
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: barely on target
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d100 house Cel let Marie, Anty, and Jessica stay at, studied carefully
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 house Cel let Marie, Anty, and Jessica stay at, studied carefully and gets 9." [1d100=9]
[22:34] <Alicia> OOC: just outside said house, that is
[22:36] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> The party appears without incident. Pallanth is chilly and wet today. It's not much different than Kelara was, though the smell of the wet forest is different from the smell of wet mud.
01[22:36] <Seira> "Let's meet with Celebrimbor and see if he can get us an audience with the Council?" Seira suggests.
[22:38] <Alicia> "That'd be the best way of going about this," Alicia agrees readily enough.
[22:38] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Meeting with Celebrimbor is simple enough. You meet with him inside, in front of a warming, drying fire. "A meeting with the council," he asks, "It can be done. For what reason should I tell His Majesty?"
01[22:39] <Seira> "That is deals with Esthan," Seira responds. "Much like what I said with my message. He as a threat was likely eliminated today, but he might have had contingencies. And since it happened on Pallanth soil, we had to report in person."
[22:42] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Thus, the party ist aken to the elven court! Celebrimbor sits with Ambrose Highsun, Kortan Chillander, Idril Silverleaf, Juai Desjardin and Saul. King Lorthan watches as the three are announced to enter.
[22:43] <Alicia> Since this is Seira's element Alicia is content to simply back her up on this, unless the council gets particularly hostile to her.
06[22:45] * Seira approaches, curtseying before the monarch. She nods at the nobles present afterwards, drawing confidence that their continued exposure to their human neighbors only served to help them get over deeply-ingrained prejudices. "Your Majesty, we have come here today to report on a battle that took place at the village of Treesport."
01[22:48] <Seira> "We were approached by a turncoat, one of Esthan's erstwhile allies who knew where the fiend would be. The information came on short notice, regrettably not enough to allow us to consult this court if we wanted to act upon it. We struck, and Esthan was incapacitated and taken to another plane for interrogation on his other plots involving Pallanth and the rest of the world."
06[22:50] * Seira takes a deep breath. "Regrettably, he was not alone, and his gelugon bodyguards attacked the nearby citizens before we were able to stop them. Two lives were lost in the process, despite the precautions we've tried to take."
[22:55] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Two irreplacable lives," Ambrose Highsun interjects here, "But the defeat of the fiend Esthan is joyous news to oure ears, is it not?"
[22:55] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "If the price wasn't too high?" Idril observes coolly.
[22:56] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "If Esthan wanted to," Saul sends a hooded look to Idril, "A pit fiend could have massacred an entire city without being stopped. Two lives are relatively acceptable. Relatively."
[22:56] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Of course, relatively," Idril snorts, voice raising into mockery.
01[22:56] <Seira> "In a way, this is why we wanted to address the council," Seira says. "Before he was taken down, Esthan mentioned contingencies. We have reason to believe he was bluffing, and our allies are sure to reveal his many plots, but it is no reason not to take the proper precautions."
[22:57] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Enough." King Lorthan raises his voice, "The fundamental point is sound. While lives cannot be replaced, the defeat of Esthan is pleasing. I see. We will take preparations, just in case."
[22:57] <Alicia> Ordinarily Alicia would be annoyed at Idril's sniping, clearly borne more out of political expediency than moral outrage, but she's too disappointed in herself for letting it happen to take him to task on it.
01[22:58] <Seira> "Than you, Your Majesty," Seira responds, bowing. "We will be at your disposal should the need arise, it goes without saying." And she'll appeal to Waukeen, which is what Idril should be doing with his own deity, if he were a proper servant of the gods.
[22:59] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "You are always welcome in this court." King Lorthan seconds. "Thank you, Crimson Guard."
01[23:02] <Seira> roll 1d1000
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d1000 and gets 131." [1d1000=131]
[23:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> -----
[23:17] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> The next morning, Alicia and Antenora startw ith a light spar. As they do, an interruption comes. Latha walks in. Her normal disguise is gone, appearing in all of her glory. "Alicia. The presence of the Crimson Guard is requested on Celestia."
[23:19] <Alicia> Since they were only just starting it's easy enough to stop, not even having worked up a sweat. "Demedais is in Mechanus, oddly enough," she admits, "But we can gather everyone else. Has there been any problems with Esthan?"
[23:20] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "That is what we must discuss," Her expression is cool. "Come with me. We must gather Seira and then go."
[23:21] <Alicia> "Alright, just a second," Alicia puts her quarterstaff aside and tells Marie where she and Antenora are going. "We should find Seira at her inn. Lets go there, first?"
[23:22] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Latha leads the way. The morning streets part for her as she travels, the party marveled at. On arriving at Seira's inn, they find Seira downstairs, as well as Donald. The latter is sitting at a table, eating breakfast. "Seira." Latha says, "The Crimson Guard is requested in Celestial. We must go."
[23:25] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> *Celestia. Man I suck.
01[23:25] <Seira> "Well, if we must," Seira deadpans. "Donald, much as I regret it, I must visit heaven. Hold down the fort while I'm gone?"
06[23:26] * Seira sends a thought to Amaryl about doing so, and thus being out of contact for the near future.
[23:26] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Donald raises a hand up at that. "Sure thing. Enjoy paradise, try not to ruin your appetite for lunch." He goes back to his breakfast, eating three whole mouthfuls before double-taking at Latha. "Wait, your'e going to Celestia? Oh yeah, Esthan. Let me know what he said?"
[23:26] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> 'Have funa nd be careful,' Amaryl sends back.
06[23:27] * Seira is all ready, nodding absent-mindedly at Donald.
03[23:28] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@adsl-76-235-171-67.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net) has joined #dunes
03[23:28] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
[23:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Latha takes hands, calling on the magic to take them to Celestia! The world is gone around them, parted away. You stand in a wine dark sea up to your knees. Before you is a pristine beach, with an impossibly vast mountain rising into glorious heavens above. Alicia feels her spirit soar here, a conduit opened once more. Latha is moving as soon as she appears, taking to the air. "Follow me."
[23:28] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> taking to the air. "Follow me."
[23:28] <Alicia> Good thing they can all fly. Alicia flaps her own wings, taking off after Latha. "Where are we going?"
[23:29] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Antenora removes her ribbon before following. She's smiling as she asks, "Are we ascending past the first level of Celestia?"
06[23:29] * Seira decides to go with the flow and drop her own disguise, flanking Antenora.
[23:30] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "We're traveling to see one of my superiors," Lath aanswers, "We won't leave this level."
06[23:30] * Alicia wonders why so cryptic, but gives Latha the benefit of the doubt that she just doesn't want to repeat what her superior will be saying anyway, so doesn't press.
01[23:31] <Seira> "Want to just teleport there?" Seira offers. "I've got a ring for that."
[23:32] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "We can't." Latha looks back only briefly, "The wards in Whiteheart prevent it."
[23:32] <Alicia> "The scenery's nice, anyway," Alicia smiles, looking down at the beach as they fly.
01[23:33] <Seira> "Even if you were alone?" Seira asks curiously. "I've been thinking about having wards that allow selective teleportation."
[23:33] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> You fly for an hour, eventually coming to a small fortress isolated on a rugged cliff over the endless beaches. Past a flying flock of Lantern Archons, who laugh and call well wishes as you pass. Below, sea elves frolic in the tide, while a band of men in gold armor work on constructing what looks to be a high steepled church.
[23:34] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Latha flies towards the white stone fortress without hesitation. "Follow me."
01[23:34] <Seira> "All this tension," Seira mutters, following the instructions. "Is it really that bad?"
06[23:34] * Alicia readily does so, her curiousity increasingly gnawing at her.
[23:35] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Latha just flies along. "You'll understand soon, Seira. Hold your curiosity at bay until that time."
01[23:36] <Seira> "It's anxiety," Seira mutters quietly. "There better be a good reason for making me worry for over an hour.
01[23:36] <Seira> "
[23:39] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> You are lead into the fortress, gates of gold sliding aside as you enter. The fortress inside is one great hall after great hall, decorated with battle trophies. Yet each room is utterly empty of angelic or mortal life. Each room is silent as can be, your own heartbreast audible to the tune of your breathing. Eventually, you come to a hall where one being stands. It cannot be looked at directly at first, but you find you are able t
[23:39] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> It cannot be looked at directly at first, but you find you are able to withstand it. It's beauty is piercing, perfect in every way. A man, perhaps 7 feet tall. He is wrapped in gold armor that blazes like golden fires. In his eyes you can see the creation of life itself, unkonwn things that make themselves known to you. Latha approaches to within seven feet of him and kneels. "I have brought them, Exalted."
06[23:41] * Alicia can't help but be a little bit intimidated, having to avert her eyes slightly as she follows behind Latha, bowing respectfully to her friend's superior.
[23:41] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> It's wings seem to life with life itself, it's voice everything that is just and right. "Stand, Latha. Dragon and angels, I am Romiel. I bid you thanks for coming to my summons."
06[23:41] * Seira proceeds with her customary wave. "It's alright. What can we do for you?"
[23:42] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> Antenora hangs back behind Alicia, bowing deeply to Romiel. "Thank you, Exalted celestial."
[23:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes, who or what is he?
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes, who or what is he? and gets 27." [1d20=5]
01[23:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 I like planes too?
06[23:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 I like planes too? and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[23:43] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> roll 1d20+17 why not?
06[23:43] * Hatbot --> "Ko-TerrorofMrNTori rolls 1d20+17 why not? and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[23:44] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "What Esthan has revealed - and what has been revealed by omission - are terrible things. These things are so frightful and vile that to speak of them outside of a consecrated, protected area draws a curse on you that will consume your soul."
06[23:45] * Seira blinks. "Really?"
01[23:45] <Seira> roll 1d20 whatever knowledge I have to call bullshit on this
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 whatever knowledge I have to call bullshit on this and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[23:45] <Alicia> "Well... that certainly explains the secrecy," Alicia shudders at the thought. Fortunately Mystra will continually protect her in that regard...
01[23:47] <Seira> "No, it really doesn't," Seira admits. "I can't think of anything at all that would cause this. It's not that I don't trust you, Romiel, but I need to understand things like this."
[23:48] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I bid you to listen well to my words and open your minds." Romiel's voice soothes at the same time it speaks, "For I will tell you a story of a time long ago, past where mortal numbers can fathom to tell."
06[23:49] * Seira is good for stories! She can always take it on faith and judge for herself afterwards.
06[23:50] * Alicia implicitly trusts the avatar of justice and righteousness before her, and so prepares to listen with an open mind.
[23:52] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Hell is eternal, is it not? Yet, not long ago in cosmic time, Bel became Lord of the First. There have been other Lords of the Nine, names such as Sammael, Zariel and Geryon may yet be remembered by mortal minds." (More)
[23:55] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Farther than that...far farther, there was once a time where beings known as Hellspawn fought for control of Baator. Some of these beings are known to this day: Mephisopheles was one, as was Dispater and Mammon. A few more are Dukes and Archdukes of Hell. But most were slain in a great purge by the ruler of Hell at the time. Yet whispers have existed for all time that a few of these beings may yet exist." (More)
[23:55] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> that a few of these beings may yet exist." (More)
[23:59] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "The one fact known yet of them is that their names and existance cannot be said, lest an endless calamity fall on any who dare speak it within nine days. These remaining Hellspawn are known as Baatorians, the lost children of Baator."
Session Time: Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Alicia> At the pause in exposition, Alicia asks the natural question. "So how does this tie in with Esthan?"
01[00:01] <Seira> "And wouldn't it mean I can't say Dispater's name?"
[00:03] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "We bid Esthan to speak with all our power. The Name he said forth was so terrible that nine angels were consumed with hellfire on it's very utterance. The curse that fell on them was so great that I believe that Esthan's master may be one of these legendary creatures."
[00:04] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Obviously it doesn't apply to Lords of the Nine," Antenora murmurs under her breath, "Still, what creature is so terrible as to do that?"
01[00:04] <Seira> "So they're worse than Mammon or Asmodeus?" Seira asks to clarify matters.
[00:05] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Of their power, none know. They are fleeting legends wrapped in enigma and endless times passed, unknown but only to the longest lasted and ancient minds in the cosmos. They are of the same stock that produced the Lords of the Nine, so it is safe to say the possess power terrifying."
[00:05] <Alicia> "Such power... I never dreamed it possible..." Alicia looks horrified. "I know such beings can do much in their own desmenses, but for it to have such a terrible effect even here on Mount Celestia? How could it even be opposed?"
[00:06] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "They are beings from when Time itself was new and Creation was fresh. They possess such dread power, wrapped in a mystery to keep them sealed for all time. To what purpose they serve and what desires they have, none know but themselves."
01[00:08] <Seira> "Hell is worse than we knew. It's actually a shock," Seira admits. "So do you know who his master is, and what he wants?"
[00:10] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "I bid of you - mention not this name outside of these halls, lest your soul be dragged screaming into darkness eternal. The name said is Verrier."
[00:10] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> He speaks it's name in Infernal, the word momentarily dimming the light of Celestia that resides around you.
01[00:11] <Seira> "Do we know more than a name? And does he have a moniker, something others call him so that they don't burst into hellfire on the spot?"
[00:11] <Alicia> Honestly, Alicia could have lived without knowing that name. She has a hard time seeing how it can be useful to her, given what they've just learned. Although Seira's point about an alias is a good one.
[00:15] <Ko-TerrorofMrNTori> "Of that, all I know is Hellspawn...or Hell's Pawn, as Esthan said." Going on now, "What this points to is that an ancient Baatorian has begun to meddle in the affairs of mortal-kind." (More)
03[00:17] * Ko-TerrorofMrNTori is now known as Kotono
[00:18] <Kotono> "Esthan said several things related to this, of which are of interest to you. He claims he was once a mortal, until the Hellspawn transformed him. Yet he also speaks of Asmodeus' plans for the Hellspawn - only of it being another step in an eternal struggle."
[00:20] <Alicia> "We presumed there was a more convoluted plot in place than the story he fed us about his master seeking to usurp Asmodeus," Alicia confirms.
01[00:20] <Seira> "I must say I'm somewhat frustrated," Seira admits out loud. "All we've learned so far is that even if we had, by chance, eliminated all of the devils and their nobility, there are still far more horrible things out there. We know of no concrete plans to stop, or of any sleeper agents Esthan or his boss might've had on Prime or elsewhere, or how to use any new information to our side's advantage."
[00:21] <Alicia> "It is very disheartening," Alicia is compelled to agree.
01[00:22] <Seira> "If you brought us here to scare us, I'm afraid we're going to disappoint you. But if there's anything we can actually do and be useful at...."
[00:24] <Kotono> "There is. Esthan spoke of other things of use. He spoke of Agares in Avernus, how he was manipulating him and trying to offer his services to see the Crimson Guard brought low in time, to ultimately aid him in returning to his Dukedom...and how that was nothing more as a simple gambit from the Hellspawn to put worm Esthan into the confidence of Agares, so that he may one day be brought to serve the Hellspawn."
[00:24] <Kotono> so that he may one day be brought to serve the Hellspawn." (More)
[00:28] <Kotono> "Agares resides in the Citadel of Broken Souls, hidden below the battle blasted landscape of Avernus. He has lured devils loyal to him to defect to his side, trying to re-establish his base of power."
01[00:29] <Seira> "So he's been deposed and is now hiding in a hole in the ground," Seira summarizes.
[00:30] <Kotono> Antenora chuckles at that. "That's a lovely way of putting it, Seira."
01[00:30] <Seira> "I have my moments."
[00:30] <Alicia> "Agares will likely be dealt with in time, but of more pressing concern to us would be Esthan's activities on the Prime. Have you learned much from him about that?" Alicia asks.
[00:32] <Kotono> "Yes. His primary goal was the Crimson Guard. The Hellspawn wished for you to be his agents. Esthan believes that the Hellspawn desires more potent weapons against his eternal enemies. To do so, your will must be broken though constant terror and intimidation mixed with allure and reward."
01[00:33] <Seira> "He was doing it all wrong, then," Seira notes. "Just to clarify, the eternal enemies would be... you guys, or Asmodeus?"
[00:34] <Kotono> "Asmodeus. Like all devils, it seems that the Hellspawn desires to rule and dominate."
01[00:35] <Seira> "Okay. My next question is, who do we want to win there?"
[00:36] <Kotono> "Does it matter if Mephisto ever overthrows Asmodeus? At heart, there will still be a terrible tyrant ruling Hell." Antenora's voice is strident now, "The name is of only partial importance, be it Hellspawn or Asmodeus."
[00:37] <Alicia> "Better they remain in a stalemate at each other's throats, just as demons and devils are," Alicia nods resignedly.
01[00:37] <Seira> "Well, it actually does matter, somewhat, if one wants to sear all life from our world and the other is content abusing fiends."
[00:37] <Kotono> "His other games - the mortals he toyed with - were all distractions and ways to attack the Crimson Guard," Romiel continues to speak now, "He used the agents of Armanzas, the devil in charge of your world after the failed invasion, to further his own ends and set up eventually taking full power over the devils there."
01[00:39] <Seira> "This might be a diversion, but you mentioned a devil in charge of our world?" Seira asks. "Let's pretend for a moment I know nothing about him. Can you humor me and fill us in?"
[00:44] <Kotono> "He spoke of Armanzas only in passing. He consideres Armanzas as little more than a token to be used nad discarded when he gets in his way."
06[00:45] * Seira hoped he would take the hint, but decides to give him one more nudge. "Maybe we would find information about this devil, gotten in such a way, more useful than you think, Romiel."
[00:48] <Kotono> "There is little to tell. Armanzas mattered little to Esthan's scheme beyond a token. Little was said."
01[00:49] <Seira> "Do you think you could find time to ask Esthan about him later, and pass word on?" Seira asks hopefully.
[00:50] <Alicia> "More pertinent to the immediate situation, did Esthan give any details on the repercussions he threatened us with for his defeat?" Alicia jumps in with her own question.
01[00:50] <Seira> "Yes, I'm curious about that as well. Well, anxious, more like. Was it a bluff or not?"
[00:52] <Kotono> "It will be done." Moving on from that, "Esthan spoke of no such contingencies. He was shocked he was ambushed and defeated so quickly. He could hardly believe it."
01[00:52] <Seira> "Isn't it sad?" Seira mutters. "So no sleeper agents, no contingencies in case he disappeared, no retaliations?"
[00:53] <Alicia> "It was almost surprising, really," Alicia admits. "He seemed invincible when I first fought him."
[19:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Better they remain in a stalemate at each other's throats, just as demons and devils are," Alicia nods resignedly.
[19:58] <Kotono> <Seira> "Well, it actually does matter, somewhat, if one wants to sear all life from our world and the other is content abusing fiends."
[19:58] <Kotono> > "His other games - the mortals he toyed with - were all distractions and ways to attack the Crimson Guard," Romiel continues to speak now, "He used the agents of Armanzas, the devil in charge of your world after the failed invasion, to further his own ends and set up eventually taking full power over the devils there."
[19:58] <Kotono> <Seira> "This might be a diversion, but you mentioned a devil in charge of our world?" Seira asks. "Let's pretend for a moment I know nothing about him. Can you humor me and fill us in?"
[19:58] <Kotono> > "He spoke of Armanzas only in passing. He consideres Armanzas as little more than a token to be used nad discarded when he gets in his way."
[19:58] <Kotono> * Seira hoped he would take the hint, but decides to give him one more nudge. "Maybe we would find information about this devil, gotten in such a way, more useful than you think, Romiel."
[19:58] <Kotono> > "There is little to tell. Armanzas mattered little to Esthan's scheme beyond a token. Little was said."
[19:58] <Kotono> <Seira> "Do you think you could find time to ask Esthan about him later, and pass word on?" Seira asks hopefully.
[19:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "More pertinent to the immediate situation, did Esthan give any details on the repercussions he threatened us with for his defeat?" Alicia jumps in with her own question.
[19:58] <Kotono> <Seira> "Yes, I'm curious about that as well. Well, anxious, more like. Was it a bluff or not?"
[19:58] <Kotono> > "It will be done." Moving on from that, "Esthan spoke of no such contingencies. He was shocked he was ambushed and defeated so quickly. He could hardly believe it."
[19:58] <Kotono> <Seira> "Isn't it sad?" Seira mutters. "So no sleeper agents, no contingencies in case he disappeared, no retaliations?"
[19:58] <Kotono> <Alicia> "It was almost surprising, really," Alicia admits. "He seemed invincible when I first fought him."
[19:58] <Kotono> "His confidence got the better of him?" Latha finally lightens ever so slightly, smiling.
[19:59] <Kotono> "Or he simply didn't get them set up in time?" Antenora's expression darkens, "Either way, it's a blessing."
01[20:00] <Seira> "As an aside, when I'm visiting the Desert Fiefdoms back home," Seira voices, "I can tell its rulers that the devil infiltration problem they used to have has been eradicated in its entirety?"
[20:03] <Kotono> "To our knoweldge, yes," Romiel replies.
06[20:04] * Seira nods. "Works for me."
[20:04] <Kotono> "What of other matters?" Antenora goe son, "Was there any other helpful information?"
[20:07] <Kotono> "We know the location of where Agares hides now. Esthan spoke of the Hellspawn's defenses being morphic and teleporting, but Agares is static. The time draws nigh when this weakened fiend can be dispatched from the universe."
[20:08] <Alicia> "His importance is diminished, but since he bears a grudge it wouldn't do to leave him alone to plot," Alicia reflects.
[20:10] <Kotono> "When the time comes, we ask you to work with us in eliminating his threat. We will dispatch a force to Avernus to break through his defenses. You would do well as part of the spearhead," With a nod to Alicia then, "And as the source of his current malice, you will be a suitable weapon to draw him to his judgment, as well be all the Crimson Guard."
[20:10] <Alicia> "Bait, am I?" Alicia almost smirks. "Well, whatever works."
[20:11] <Kotono> "I'll be there. To have a chance to slay a former Duke of Hell is an honor." Antenora smiles like a predator cat, all teeth. "How many souls will finally see justice with his demise?"
[20:16] <Kotono> "Will you join them as well, Seira?" Romiel asks. "Your aid would benefit the battle when the time comes."
01[20:17] <Seira> "Oh wait. That wasn't a rhetorical question. You're actually wondering what my answer would be." Seira rolls her eyes. "Let's all take a wild guess."
[20:18] <Kotono> "Seira!" Latha gasps, "That is terribly disrespectful!"
01[20:19] <Seira> "Why is that?" Seira returns. "Romiel is the one who insulted me first by even asking the question."
[20:20] <Alicia> "Lets all calm down here," Alicia interjects, hoping to keep this from going further downhill. "We're all on the same side, after all. You can't blame him for asking when he doesn't really know us, Seira."
01[20:20] <Seira> "I suppose," Seira allows. "So I'm not a paladin, that doesn't mean one should question me doing the right thing."
[20:23] <Alicia> "He's not casting aspersions, Seira. We're not joined at the hip and we don't always fight in the same battles, so it's not an unfair question," Alicia soothes. "Isn't it better to ask than to presume for you?"
[20:23] <Kotono> Romiel smiles. "Your heart is true, at the least. Your social graces are not, perhaps. Dragon, I will not take offense to your words, but I warn you: Many others will, and others with the power to make you rue those words. You possess great power. With it must come great wisdom."
01[20:26] <Seira> "Alright," she responds. "So that's settled. And we would hopefully take care of Esthan's replacement on our world before long. Are there any other fiendish plots we can derail along the way?" She'd asked before, but she might as well do so again and change the topic.
[20:29] <Kotono> "That is the information he gave us. He indicated that Armanzas' works werein tattered between his work and the Crimson Guard."
01[20:30] <Seira> "We might learn more once we get him as well." Seira nods. "Out of curiousity, what's going to happen to Esthan?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "He will be imprisoned deep in Celestia. Let him never see the light of day again and instead reflect on his crimes for eternity." Romiel's voice raises now, "His soul is midnight black with malice and cruelty. Let it be explunged into the light."
06[20:31] * Alicia has no complaints with that outcome.
[20:33] <Kotono> "He can do no more harm." Antenora starts to really smile then, "Another nightmare down."
01[20:34] <Seira> "Likewise. I'm sure he's not the first to be incarcerated for his crimes."
[20:35] <Kotono> In motes of light appear a belt, several scrolls and a book. "There are yours by right of combat, and I fear you will need the might these will lend you in your coming trials and tribulations. Hell's wrath is terrible and eternal."
[20:38] <Alicia> "Not just ours, but we'll split it up as we can," Alicia nods. "That includes you, Latha," she smiles at the deva. "What are they all?"
[20:38] <Kotono> "A belt that increases all of your attributes, his spellbook - less the vile spells, which were destroyed - and several arcane and divine scrolls."
01[20:39] <Seira> "Speaking of that combat...." Seira pauses, considering the best way to phrase her request. "I've made an appeal to Waukeen, to see if she could return those taken before their time by Esthan's bodyguards. But with how busy deities are, even if you have reason to believe they like you... isn't there anything you can do? I would give a lot to see them restored to life."
[20:42] <Kotono> "I understand." Romiel's smile becomes gentle now, "It is not my choice to make, but I will ask my superiors to consider it. If it is to be, it shall be. If the departed souls wish to stay to whence they were taken, it is their choice." He pauses here, "This is a difficult thing for mortals to accept while the fires of life burn in them. Many are not granted this request because they accept death and what comes beyond."
[20:42] <Kotono> request because they accept death and what comes beyond."
01[20:43] <Seira> "I understand--" Now, Seira adds to herself, "--that it is the soul's choice, yes. I only petition for the right for them to get such a choice."
[20:46] <Kotono> "I understand." A nod of his own, "You have drawn great ire from Hell. Do you feel that you can manage the assault on your own?"
06[20:47] * Seira trusts Alicia to know more about this.
[20:50] <Alicia> "Without knowing of Agares' resources and defences I couldn't say for sure," Alicia replies. "What do we know would oppose us?"
[20:52] <Kotono> "Rebel gelugons and other greater fiends." After a moment, "Latha. The world below is in need of help. Go with them and help the Crimson Guard as your next assignment. Crimson Guard, will you have her?"
01[20:53] <Seira> "That, too, was never in doubt," Seira says instantly. "If you'll accept this assingment, Latha, we would love to have you!"
06[20:53] * Alicia smiles at the deva as well. "Your company is always welcome."
[20:54] <Kotono> "Welcome." Antenora's face lights up with joy.
[20:54] <Kotono> "I understand, Exalted." Then to the party, "I accept. Let's return to the Prime Material Plane now?"
[20:55] <Alicia> "That's fine," Alicia agrees. "There are other matters we need to attend to down there, anyway. Thank you for helping us with Esthan, Romiel."
[20:56] <Kotono> "Be safe. When the time comes for Agares, we will be in contact. I twill not be for months yet, by your reckoning." Romiel says.
[20:56] <Alicia> "We'll be ready when the time comes," Alicia affirms.
06[20:56] * Seira nods, for her part.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Hello, Dweomerkeeper," Alicia smiles, closing the door behind her before going to seat herself. "It's good to see you, again."
[21:14] <Kotono> "I hear great things about you," With a little teasing smile, "Are they true?"
[21:15] <Alicia> "Oh, so word's already reached this far, has it?" Alicia just shakes her head as she stands up. "Well, I suppose it won't be such a surprise - let me dispel my disguise and you can see for yourself?" And with a word and a sweep of her hand, the transmutation is undone, restoring Alicia to her usual angelic glory.
[21:20] <Kotono> Taldeer looks Alicia over, "You have been blessed beyond compare," She whistles low, "I had not been familiar with that part of the transformation - I had thought 'wings of white' was poetic."
[21:23] <Alicia> "No, they're real," Alicia flexes them a moment before folding them up neatly behind her. "To be honest there are so many people with wings in Balmuria already that I don't even stand out, but it's better to disguise myself elsewhere." She looks down at the just vacated chair, "Have to make a few adjustments to my posture, but they're surprisingly easy to use."
[21:29] <Kotono> "You fit in with Antenora now." With that observation, "Perhaps I should see Balmuria soon. The news I continue to hear speaks of marvels, and Shankar's letters are always entertaining."
[21:30] <Alicia> "There's quite a lot of elves there, too," Alicia smiles as she sits down. "I'm sure you'd like it."
[21:32] <Kotono> "Elves, angels and winged creatures. Oh my." She looks down at her food and places it to the side of the table. "A living saint, right here. My, how you've grown in such a short time, Alicia."
[21:34] <Alicia> "I still think it's a bit odd for me to be a saint," Alicia shuffles uncomfortably. "I serve Mystra as best I can, but I'm as likely to swing a sword as cast a spell. I've actually started studying magical theory a lot more just so I can live up to expectations..."
[21:37] <Kotono> "Then live up to it. Mystra herself approves of your capabilities. Why doubt yourself then?" On that, "Do you doubt that you earned those wings?"
[21:40] <Alicia> "I'm fine with the wings, really," Alicia shakes her head. "This transformation simply makes me better suited to serve the Goddess. But that just makes me the same as any of her servants - being a Saint is a different responsibility, one I'm not fully comfortable with."
[21:44] <Kotono> "What parts of it bother you then?" Taldeer looks to Alicia's wings, "Go on."
[21:50] <Alicia> "It's the responsibility to be a leader of the faith," Alicia admits. "I try to set a good example as best I can, but we both know I'm not an exemplar of the church's teachings. A Saint of Mystra should be someone with a sublime understanding of magic, not some half knight half sorceress."
[21:51] <Kotono> "Maybe you're right, but it wasn't our choice to make." With a thoughtful look as she taps her lips, "Perhaps you'remeant to grow into it?"
[21:52] <Alicia> "Possibly," Alicia shrugs agreeably. "Anyway, that's part of why I'm here, to be honest - I had an idea to foster and develop magic, and I'll need your help."
[21:54] <Kotono> "Oh yes, to the point if yo uhave one. I wondered if this was purely social."
06[21:57] * Alicia nods. "It's to do with potions, actually. Even ten years ago when magic was a lot rarer, you could go into almost any church in the land and buy a healing potion or two. But now, even though magic has started growing greatly in strength, the kinds of potions that wizards and clerics can brew are exactly the same - there's more, to be sure, but the art hasn't really advanced."
[21:58] <Kotono> "Mmm-hmm," To that Taldeer nods, "There's only so many spells that can be made into potions, like more restricted wands."
[22:08] <Alicia> "But it wasn't always that way - and probably still isn't, on other planes," Alicia explains as she opens up her portable hole and takes out several vials and jars, laying them onto the table. "This one," she indicates it first, "We actually took from a devil. It bestows regeneration much like a troll enjoys - while under its effects you simply cannot be killed." "Wounds may be fatal when the duration ends, but while the magic lasts your wou
[22:08] <Alicia> "This one here," she taps the third, "We found in a forest sealed off by ancient elves to contain a powerful artifact. It will permanently and irrevocably change your form into another of the same general category - not just a polymorph, but a real and binding change. A goblin could drink this and turn into an elf, then live for hundreds of years."
[22:08] <Alicia> "This one was found in the same gnomish lab I mentioned, has been suffused with wild magic, and could have any number of random strange effects once drunk. And lastly, here," she taps the last clay jar,
[22:08] <Alicia> "This is holy water, but of a potency unrivalled by anything the church could produce. It actually came from the bathwater of several goddesses, so probably can't be duplicated, but if it could just imagine the uses!"
[22:17] <Kotono> Taldeer examines the vials. She leans in close to the holy water, tapping the jar. She sniffs at the wild magic one and studies the reincarnation potion. "If any of those could be it would be a boon. You seek to pursue this?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods, "I was thinking of establishing a college where spellcasters specialising in potion brewing can come together to share knowledge and study exotic concotions like these. If a concerted effort is made, maybe they could be - and not just these, but other potions using stronger magic as a base, there's no telling what could be discovered."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Mystra would be happy to see her art spread by that. Then, the big question: Why are you telling me this right now? You want our support?"
[22:26] <Alicia> "I've got no aptitude for crafting magic like that," Alicia admits, shaking her head. "I can provide funding and exotic potions for study when I find them, even transport to bring people from Balmuria who could aid in this, but I'm not qualified for teaching or research."
[22:29] <Kotono> "So...are you asking me to teach and run this?" Taldeer looks at Alicia long, "Such would be certainly within my purview as Dweomerkeeper."
[22:31] <Alicia> "I don't want to impose on you, Taldeer - although certainly I can think of few so qualified. But even if you don't have the time or inclination, you'd hopefully know someone in the church who did?" Alicia asks.
[22:31] <Kotono> "No, I'
[22:32] <Kotono> "No, I'll do it. How can I turn down a request by an angel of Mystra." Going to Alicia and gathering up the vials as she does, "Do you have any spare for a demonstration?"
[22:35] <Alicia> "The shape changing one is likely unique. The regeneration one is the second I've found, but I had to use the first to survive my battle with Agares," Alicia admits. "If you could avoid expending them until either more can be found or a way to duplicate them developed, I'd appreciate it."
[22:35] <Alicia> "As for the others..." she sets out two more pink lust potions, two more shifting wild potions, and two more clay jars of goddess bathwater. "I can also provide funding for any tools or infrastructure you'll need to set up - I took the liberty of bringing along some trade bars."
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> ------
03[20:10] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "I don't want to impose on you, Taldeer - although certainly I can think of few so qualified. But even if you don't have the time or inclination, you'd hopefully know someone in the church who did?" Alicia asks.
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> > "No, I'
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> > "No, I'll do it. How can I turn down a request by an angel of Mystra." Going to Alicia and gathering up the vials as she does, "Do you have any spare for a demonstration?"
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "The shape changing one is likely unique. The regeneration one is the second I've found, but I had to use the first to survive my battle with Agares," Alicia admits. "If you could avoid expending them until either more can be found or a way to duplicate them developed, I'd appreciate it."
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "As for the others..." she sets out two more pink lust potions, two more shifting wild potions, and two more clay jars of goddess bathwater. "I can also provide funding for any tools or infrastructure you'll need to set up - I took the liberty of bringing along some trade bars."
[20:12] <Kokokokokoko> "Excellent. There is always a need for funding. Tithes are rising, but of course magic can be expensive." Taldeer's smile is kind, "How much do you have?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "I've brought twenty thousand gold pieces worth," Alicia replies with a smile of her own. "Going through that gnome laboratory and then defeating that pit fiend archmage brought in a lot of wealth - if more is needed I can hopefully arrange it, and if you need help locating exotic ingredients I'm likewise able to help. Since I'm not skilled at the actual brewing this is the least I can do."
[20:16] <Kokokokokoko> "That's more than enough seed money. Enough so that I can go afar to hire better talent," Thinking now as she examines the various bottles, "Yes, it should do entirely."
[20:18] <Alicia> "I'm glad," Alicia beams. "I have the bars with me in this wondrous nondimensional storage a friend of mine in Balmuria made," she shows off the portable hole which looks like a shimmering jet black handkerchief while folded up as it is. "Since they're heavy, is there anywhere you want me to put them?"
[20:18] <Kokokokokoko> "Just on the floor is fine. I'll call some acolytes to help with them," Gesturing to it, "A portable hole?
[20:18] <Kokokokokoko> "
[20:21] <Alicia> "It's an incredible device," Alicia enthuses as she unfolds it and reaches in to withdraw the gold, piling the bars up besides the table one by one. "I actually bought it originally to use in my plan to liberate souls from the Halls of the Vanquished in Stygia."
[20:21] <Alicia> "It worked as I'd hoped, but I hadn't prepared for all eventualities so the raid wasn't as successful as I'd like. That aside it does make carrying bulky objects around far more managable."
[20:23] <Kokokokokoko> As precious gold is stacked up, brick by brick, "It's the same principal as a bag of holding. It's extremely useful for anyone who does what you do. Far better than carrying a mere backpack and using your muscles to bear the burdens."
[20:30] <Alicia> "Even with that, there's no way I could fit all of this in a backpack even if I was strong enough to actually lift it," Alicia agrees, indicating the large stack of gold bars stamped with the seal of the United Baronies.
[20:38] <Kokokokokoko> "Wonderful. I'll begin immediately," Now rising, "Is there other business, Alicia?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "That's about all I had for you, to be honest," Alicia admits. "I was thinking of spending some time seeing how Kelara's recovered from that rebellion over the next few days, and my mother wants to show me off at some society function or another in three or four days she mentioned," the last is said with a faint grimace.
[20:42] <Kokokokokoko> Coming forward to clasp Alicia's shoulder, "Mystra will give you strength to endure the terrible boredom."
06[20:43] * Alicia laughs. "I'll keep that in mind, Dweomerkeeper, thank you."
[20:46] <Kokokokokoko> OOC: Ready to skip alon ga bit now?
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[20:52] <Kokokokokoko> Alicia returns home. She gets her measurements taken again without incident. You have a little time before dinner, with Jessica taking Alicia aside to privacy in Alicia's old room. "Sister," she asks, "You haven't told them yet about...you know? Your transformation?"
[20:57] <Alicia> "No," Alicia shakes her head, indeed back in her disguise to appear human. "Hasn't really been a good moment for it. Besides, I don't really want to distract them further - this is supposed to be about you and Roald, after all," she smiles gamely.
[20:58] <Kokokokokoko> "Yes, well..." Rubbing her arm and looking down, "I made a joke about you flying without thinking about it. It was obvious they didn't know, though they thought I meant with finger waggling. Still...you are giong to tell them, right? It seems wrong not to. What if Mystra comes to take you to Dweomerheart tomorrow?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "I've been flying for years," Alicia waves that off. "Anyway, does it really matter? I mean, it doesn't really change who I am, and I don't think there's any chance of me being confined to Dweomerheart in the near future unless I go and get myself killed... anyway," she shakes her head, focusing on the matter at hand,
[21:02] <Alicia> "I'll tell them, but I'll do it when it won't cause such a distraction. Marie's bad enough for that."
[21:03] <Kokokokokoko> That gets Jessica to really smile, "Yes, she lightens the mood so well. She even makes Mother smile."
06[21:05] * Alicia shrugs, "Well it's fine if you don't mind playing second fiddle to a fairy," she allows.
[21:06] <Kokokokokoko> "Hahahahhaa. Rose has been wanting to get her own Marie. She says it would give her so much status." Smiling now, "It's terrible of me, but I feel good in the fact that I'm certain she couldn't get one even if she tried."
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Session Start: Mon Jul 13 21:06:28 2009
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06[21:08] * Alicia chuckles a little herself. "I'll feel sorry for her if Marie sends her off on a wild goose chase, but until then she could stand to learn a little humility."
[21:09] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh yes. A wild snape hunt." Snapping her fingers, "Isn't that the name of it? I read about it, it's a prank where you send a city dweller into the woods to search for an animal, but it doesn't exist."
[21:11] <Alicia> "That's the one," Alicia grins. "Of course, Rose probably has servants she'd send to do it for her... ah, well, nevermind her," she puts the matter aside. "How are mother and father taking to Roald? And vice versa?"
[21:11] <Kokokokokoko> "Father and Roald went off to talk. They seem to like each other, they were talking about growing grapes. Roald had asked me for a book about wine making before we came."
[21:13] <Alicia> "Good thinking," Alicia smiles approvingly. "It helps if they can find a common interest."
[21:18] <Kokokokokoko> "Yes, and it should make dinner go better." Taking a breath now, a hard one, "If we can make it through dinner, I think we'll be fine until the big event Mother's planning."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Yes, I suppose we shouldn't begrudge her, since it is nice to do something as a family together," Alicia allows. "I probably won't be around much between tomorrow and the event, since I want to see how life is in the villages since that rebellion ended. Think you and Roald can manage with just Marie and the family for company?"
[21:22] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh, certainly," Smiling warmly to that, "I think Rose got the idea I wasn't Beth anymore. She's been acting more human as the day's gone on."
[21:25] <Alicia> "She never actually met Beth, so all she'll have to go on would be what she's heard from Charles," Alicia reasons. "I'd hope she'll give you a fair shake when she sees that her preconceptions are unfounded."
[21:36] <Kokokokokoko> "Yes. We can prove it." Jessica breathes out, "I'm going to go get cleaned up for dinner now. Make sure Marie knows to be on good behavior?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "I'll remind her," Alicia chuckles, patting her sister on the arm as they go their seperate ways.
[21:38] <Kokokokokoko> OOC: Hop along again?
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[21:45] <Kokokokokoko> Alicia has time to prepare for dinner. Jessica knocks and comes into Alicia's room when the time is here. She's changed into a formal, rich black gown. She wears jewelry, her hair done up into a bun. Black gloves up to her elbows, made of sleek silk. Make up touches up her face. "Are you ready?" she asks, cheeks tinted with artificial blush. "How do I look? Mother said I look smashing and regal."
[21:51] <Alicia> Fortunately Marie warned her of the expectations and Alicia was able to grab a purple velvet dress from out of her portable hole (it has something for every occassion!) and is dressed up nicely with a minimum of jewellery, her hair worn down and slightly teased.
[21:51] <Alicia> Even with her disguise her radiant celestial nature shines through enough to obviate the need for makeup, which saves her another annoying chore. "You look lovely," she approves, "Roald will be thrilled!"
[21:51] <Alicia> "He's a lucky guy!" Marie seconds, hovering by Alicia's shoulder and decked out in her neat little maid uniform with cute little frills and a prim white apron.
[21:52] <Kokokokokoko> "Thanks," Blushing warmly all over, no makeup trick this time, "Let's go, sister?" Offering her arm out, "Roald and Father are getting prepared."
06[21:54] * Alicia agreeably links arms with Jessica and heads out towards the dining room, Marie fluttering along behind them and playing the part of a good little fairy-maid.
[21:59] <Kokokokokoko> Down you go! The dining room is lit with bright candles, a glass chandalier hanging above. The long, old wood table sits with a white table cloth. Fine silver and porcelin plates are being arrainged by the servants. Father and Roald are already there, talking away. Mother sits as well, t hough your brother and his wife aren't to be seen.
[22:00] <Alicia> Marie looks a little bit disappointed that her performance may be for naught, looking to see if there are place settings for the youngest Reynes and his wife. Alicia pays it little mind, going to take an empty seat so long as there's room for Jessica and Roald to sit together.
[22:02] <Kokokokokoko> There is. "Oh, Alicia, B-Jessica." Beatrice smiles to them, "Sit. We'll begin as soon as Rose and Charles join us."
06[22:04] * Alicia nods to her mother, before addressing Arthur, "Hello, father, I never got to see you earlier in the day. How are things?" she asks, making small talk while Marie offers her help to the servants. If she can befriend them she'll surely get some good gossip about the family!
[22:15] <Kokokokokoko> The servants smile and accept Marie as she goes. "Oh, it's excellent. Dinner should begin shortly...and oh, you look nice, Alicia, Jessica." Beatrice looks both of them over, "Alicia, you look absolutely divine tonight."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Oh, this old thing?" Alicia blushes modestly as she smoothes out her dress. "You're looking well yourself, mother."
[22:21] <Kokokokokoko> "Why thank you," As Beatrice purrs along, Charles is lead along by Rose. Rose wears an opulet red dress, a long hem following. She wears strings and strings of pearls and diamonds. Charles just wears normal male finery. "Ah, excellent! Let's begin with the appetizers." As little things are served about, Marie helping deposite them, Rose watches her along. "She's so very well trained," she speaks aloud, "Alicia, you absoultely must tell m
[22:21] <Kokokokokoko> "She's so very well trained," she speaks aloud, "Alicia, you absoultely must tell me where to get one of her kind."
[22:25] <Alicia> "She actually just appeared on my doorstep one day," Alicia replies with perfect sincerity.
[22:26] <Alicia> "I'm actually from Dweomerheart, but my kind are more common in Arborea," Marie pipes up. "If you're a good person and you're lucky you might even turn into a cute fairy just like me!" she concludes with a grin.
[22:26] <Kokokokokoko> "Oh, was she an outcast or a poor fairy?" With a suddenly narrowed look at Marie, "You aren't of terr-Dweomerheart?" She blinks at that, "I've never heard of..." A longer pause and stop there, "Oh wait, that's the realm that the Mystrians talk about?"
[22:28] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia nods seriously as Marie preens in midair. "Marielle is the honoured spirit of one of Mystra's devoted servants."
[22:29] <Kokokokokoko> "Spirit? Like a ghost?" With a curious look at Marie now, Rose bites down on her lip, "How curious indeed."
[22:29] <Kokokokokoko> "She's not of this world," Jessica speaks up, "You can't just go and buy a Marie. You have to earn one. Look at the life Alicia's lead. If you want one..."
03[22:29] * Kokokokokoko is now known as Kotono
[22:30] <Alicia> "Ghosts are troubled spirits that can't leave their mortal lives behind when they die," Marie shakes her head. "I passed on quite peacefully, though, and got to have fun in the afterlife until I was given the job of helping Alicia with her work here."
[22:32] <Kotono> "Mph." With a long look, "I neve rput much stock in all the talk of clerics." As Rose goes to work on her food, Alicia' sfather clear shis throat, "Roald, why don't you tell us something about yourself to start things?"
06[22:34] * Alicia is content to relax and let the parents get to know their new son in law. Hopefully Marie will be less of a show-stealer now that Rose seems to have lost interest.
[19:48] <Kotono> <Alicia> "She actually just appeared on my doorstep one day," Alicia replies with perfect sincerity.
[19:48] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm actually from Dweomerheart, but my kind are more common in Arborea," Marie pipes up. "If you're a good person and you're lucky you might even turn into a cute fairy just like me!" she concludes with a grin.
[19:48] <Kotono> > "Oh, was she an outcast or a poor fairy?" With a suddenly narrowed look at Marie, "You aren't of terr-Dweomerheart?" She blinks at that, "I've never heard of..." A longer pause and stop there, "Oh wait, that's the realm that the Mystrians talk about?"
[19:48] <Kotono> <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia nods seriously as Marie preens in midair. "Marielle is the honoured spirit of one of Mystra's devoted servants."
[19:48] <Kotono> > "Spirit? Like a ghost?" With a curious look at Marie now, Rose bites down on her lip, "How curious indeed."
[19:48] <Kotono> > "She's not of this world," Jessica speaks up, "You can't just go and buy a Marie. You have to earn one. Look at the life Alicia's lead. If you want one..."
[19:48] <Kotono> * Kokokokokoko is now known as Kotono
[19:48] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Ghosts are troubled spirits that can't leave their mortal lives behind when they die," Marie shakes her head. "I passed on quite peacefully, though, and got to have fun in the afterlife until I was given the job of helping Alicia with her work here."
[19:49] <Kotono> > "Mph." With a long look, "I neve rput much stock in all the talk of clerics." As Rose goes to work on her food, Alicia' sfather clear shis throat, "Roald, why don't you tell us something about yourself to start things?"
[19:49] <Kotono> * Alicia is content to relax and let the parents get to know their new son in law. Hopefully Marie will be less of a show-stealer now that Rose seems to have lost interest.
[19:50] <Kotono> "Well, I help run my family bakery in Balmuria. We're becoming very successful and are looking to expand." He pauses to eat a moment, "There's a constant influx of travelers and immigrants these days, so we're always doing slammed busy business from dawn to closing."
[19:51] <Kotono> "You don't hear of bakers getting rich often," Alicia's mother considers, "Do you make good money?"
[19:52] <Kotono> "O-oh yes, we do," After taking a bite of food, "We have some special elven styled recipies as well. My dad was an adventurer, and further, with all the different travelers we have constant chances to pick up new ideas."
[19:53] <Kotono> "Good," Arthur sips a glass of wine, "As long as you can take good care of Jessica."
[19:54] <Kotono> "Of course. I've been saving up money for a good wedding, and also for a home our own. We're looking at Valandia as well and..." He takes a moment to drink some wine himself, "Money won't be a concern."
[19:54] <Alicia> "It's the best bakery in Balmuria, you can ask anyone in town," Alicia seconds. "So, have you two thought much about where you'll be going when you set up on your own?" she asks of her sister and her betrothed.
[19:55] <Kotono> "Well, there is Valandia," Jessica goes on, "Or maybe Victoria, or maybe we stay in Balmuria." She smiles a little bit and even blushes, "I don't want to go too far away, sis."
[19:56] <Alicia> "Well, wherever you go I can always visit easily enough," Alicia reassures. Personally she doesn't much like Valandia but isn't about to prejudice them. "So don't worry about that."
[19:58] <Kotono> Servants and Marie come, taking away the first course. Soup and salad is next. After a brief pause as people sample away, "It's so strange when you just show up from halfway across the world," Beatrice murmurs, "Why, I remember when you left to cross the desert years ago. Now it's barely a moment's work."
[19:58] <Kotono> "It makes visiting far easier," Alicia's brother drones on.
[19:59] <Kotono> "You're so lucky," Arthur chuckles, "When the weather gets ghastly here, you can just go someplace with far more tolerable conditions."
[20:05] <Alicia> "It took a long time to advance my magic to such a degree. When I first started such spells were things of legend, now they're becoming almost commonplace," Alicia smiles a little.
[20:05] <Alicia> "Admittedly I wasn't walking in a straight line the whole time, but it took me years to reach the other side of the desert the first time. Now I can go from the frozen mountains at the edge of the elven kingdoms to the realms on the other side of the jungle in a matter of moments."
[20:07] <Kotono> "It's quite the honor to have a witch in the family," Droning on, Alicia's brother eats his soup. "Why, the peasants believe that just saying the name of a witch can get you cursed."
[20:08] <Kotono> "Nonsense," Roald laughs to that, "There's mages enough in Balmuria and you can call them by name all you like. There's even angels in Balmuria and heavenly spirits. None of them are like that."
[20:09] <Kotono> "They aren't. Anything that would do that is something the Crimson Guard would fight." Smiling now, Jessica finishes her soup. "Dear, why don't you tell us some of the stories about Balmuria?"
[20:10] <Alicia> "I don't think anyone does really think that," Alicia expresses lightly, not wanting to rebuke her brother too harshly and spoil dinner. "It sounds more like the sort of silly stories spread to make the less fortunate seem foolish and pitiable."
[20:11] <Kotono> "Hmmm..." Putting down his salad fork to think, "How about the day when the Carnival came to down and a flying ship flew over Balmuria?"
[20:11] <Kotono> "Really? The peasants are sooo gullible," Rose laughs. "A flying ship? Truly?"
[20:13] <Kotono> "Oh yes. It will filled with creatures called...um...Gith...something. Alicia, do you remember?" Roald looks to her, "The name escapes me."
06[20:14] * Alicia makes a mental note not to scold Marie too harshly if she chooses to play any tricks on Rose. "Yes, it was crewed by the Githyanki. They have the build of humans, but sallow greenish-yellow skin and pointed ears much like elves. Their reputation is not a kind one, so we were quite worried when they appeared."
[20:17] <Kotono> "Oh yes. While that was going on, a mystical Carnival came to town. Oh, the things I heard about there..." With a growing blush as he remembers, "Metal things called clockwork that lived. Griffons and hippogriff stables. Beings of fire that spoke in words of smoke and magma. Exotic foods from beyond our world."
[20:18] <Alicia> "The food was delicious," Alicia seconds. "Incredibly expensive, mind you. I had a celestial peach and it was one of the most sublime tastes I've experienced."
[20:19] <Kotono> "I went. It was....spectacular," A wide smile goes on Jessica's face, "It really was. You were so lucky to have that, Alicia. You could always get more, though." With a wistful sigh, "Later, Alicia tooks us all to Dweomerheart. Oh, what I saw there..." Her eyes close, "Even now, when I think of it, I want to go back so badly and never leave.'
[20:22] <Kotono> "Hmmmm..." Arthur works away on his salad, "That's...oh yes, it's called an Upper Plane? The Heavens themselves? Alicia." He looks to his daughter again, "Once again I have trouble believing your stories and deeds, but..."
[20:22] <Alicia> "Marie says we never even got to see the best places," Alicia shakes her head, smiling fondly. "Still, as appealing as the afterlife may be, it's not a place mortals should dwell. There's plenty of time for it once you've lived life to the fullest."
[20:23] <Kotono> "Well then, did you see your child and husband, then?" Charles goes on now, "Surely they were there? Oh, how is dying then? It seems to be so miserable."
[20:24] <Kotono> "Brother," A split second later, Jessica clears her through, "Nevermind that. Roald, you were talking about the Githyanki?"
06[20:24] * Alicia sets her utensils down with a clatter, piercing Charles with the mother of all glares. Her mouth starts to open, but she defers at Jessica's insistence, snapping it shut once more.
[20:25] <Kotono> "S...sorry," Arthur looks away, "I thought it was just happiness and light and...I'll shut up," he murmurs. "Sorry sister."
[20:26] <Kotono> Roald clears his throat deeply, "As I was saying..." As he begins to tell the tale of that day, Jessica leans to Alicia and pats her hand.
06[20:26] * Alicia takes a deep breath, smiling briefly to her sister to show that she's calm now.
[20:31] <Kotono> Soon the soup and salad is gone. The main course comes, vegetables and a whole roast pig. As this is divided up and the meal begins in earnest, "So," Jessica is all smiles now, "You all hav emet Antenora here before? Have you met any other of our friends?"
[20:32] <Alicia> "Seira stopped by the other day, after that business with Esthan," Alicia volunteers. "Business I'm pleased to say has been fully resolved."
[20:34] <Kotono> "Good. Yes, she should be returning soon, actually," considering that as she finishes a glass of wine, "Perhaps she will come and see you here." Beatrice get her glass freshened by Marie, "Oh yes, it would be such a lovely gala then."
[20:38] <Alicia> "If you like I could ask her?" Alicia offers, smiling briefly at her familiar as she dutifully plays maid.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Please." Beatrice smiles to Alicia.
[20:46] <Kotono> "This is very good," Roald speaks up as he eats, "The wine is superb, too."
[20:47] <Alicia> "I'll stop by Balmuria tomorrow and ask her," Alicia nods. "And yes, the cooks have outdone themselves," she agrees politely with Roald.
[20:49] <Kotono> "Oh yes." As the meal goes on, settling into pleasant chatter, desert comes. Rumcake and fruit. Beatrice is chatting with a lively air with everyone, while your fathe ris more restrained. Roald is laughign and smiling, Jessica as well. Charles is quiet, while Rose is a bit aloof, but chatting as well. "So Alicia," Arthur speaks to her, "Why don't you tell us a story now?"
[20:51] <Kotono> "Oh sister, tell her one of your better battle stories or adventures," Jessica works down another glass of wine, "They're always great."
[20:53] <Alicia> "Well, I suppose personal experience makes for a more vivid tale," Alicia agrees, thinking for a moment. "Oh, I know, I'll tell you about Neve," she smiles. "This is actually a story I've made sure to spread quite far, especially in Pallanth, but you'll all be getting the unabridged story."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Go on," Jessica encourages, getting aonther glass of wine and working on it. She giggles, "Oh, I remember this one."
[20:58] <Alicia> "It starts in the frozen mountains at the far North of Pallanth, thousands of miles to the East. There, across endless plains of frost-rimed tundra do great peaks of rock and ice stab into the sky, as if to claw the very face of Selune as she passes above," she begins with an appropriately dramatic flair.
[20:58] <Alicia> "In the tundra do hardy goblin tribes and solitary elf hunters eke out a barren existence, but the mountains themselves are fearful and void of life. The lonely wind that howls in the forgotten valleys between sheer cliffs screams of pain and death, bidding all who would approach to turn back while they yet have the chance..."
[21:00] <Kotono> The group listens, except for Alicia's father. He gets Marie' sattention, gesturing her to come on over. "Good start," Roald murmurs, "I heard of those mountains from Jessica."
[21:03] <Alicia> Marie dilligently flutters over towards Arthur, pausing near his head so he can whisper whatever he wants of her.
[21:03] <Alicia> "The death that stalks these titanic shards of broken rock is not mere dramatic fancy, however. It is very real - for a curse was lain upon these mountains, condemning any who would walk between them or climb above them to a lingering and painful death that would consume them without ever offering a foe to face," Alicia's voice becomes drawn, hushed as she lures her audience in.
[21:03] <Alicia> "But that was far from the worst of it..."
[21:06] <Kotono> Beatrice leans forward, "Oh yes, a good tale is just the thing...the curse of undeath?" Meanwhile Arthur offers Marie his glass, "You're from far realms above us? Try this? Surely our vintage can't compare to the Heavens, but hopefully it's still good."
[21:09] <Alicia> "Oooh, thanks!" Marie whispers. "Alicia doesn't keep much wine in the house, so I'd love to!" She then leans in to take a tiny coure-sized sip.
[21:09] <Alicia> "What is worse than death? You have it right mother, the curse of undeath; the subjugation of the spirit - a body that would fall into ruin in these shadowy lands would merely rise up again after a time, a nightmarish marionette of frozen dessicated flesh,
[21:09] <Alicia> their soul consigned to an eternity of anguish as their re-animated cadaver makes its lonely patrol of the last place they ever saw in life."
[21:09] <Alicia> "Alas, such a terrible realm could not be left alone as one would desire. For you see, the curse hungered!" She pauses for dramatic effect. "Starved of life to snuff out in the lifeless mountains at the far end of the world, it crept forward in search of new victims. Across the tundra it slithered, unseen but felt in the bones of all. Inch by inch. Day by day."
[21:14] <Kotono> As Rose gasps, "How terrifying! A snow covered death lik ea nightmare!" Beatrice gasps as well, "Oh, how terrible!"
[21:14] <Kotono> Marie finds the wine is a good vintage, strong too. "Help yourself. Alicia never had the taste...despite growing up with it," Arthur pats the tabletop.
[21:22] <Alicia> "I prefer mine a little bit sweeter, but it's good," Marie enthuses quietly, not wanting to distract Alicia. It's almost cute how she's trying so hard to build up suspense.
[21:22] <Alicia> "Indeed," Alicia nods sollemnly. "So it was that the matter came to the attention of the Crimson Guard. And so it was that Seira and myself braved cold that would freeze the tears to your eyes even as despair and death sapped at your will. Penetrating deep into the range, we saw evidence of its previous victims..."
[21:22] <Alicia> "A noble silver dragon, turned demented and maddened such that its mind could only perceive death as the be all and end all of existence, until it had to be put out of its misery lest it bring slaughter on the wing to elven villages of the arctic forest hundreds of miles away."
[21:22] <Alicia> "The tattered remnants of a warcamp once manned by a tribe of mighty frost giants, now only home to their raging spirits and corpses buried deep in the earth, condemned to struggle vainly at their bonds for all eternity as the vile animating force urges them to wander to its inscrutable whims, a sign of their comrade's brave but ultimately futile effort to end this ancient evil."
[21:22] <Alicia> "These things we saw, and a hundred other nameless shades and horrors, as we made our way to the heart of evil..."
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[21:39] <Kotono> At this point everyone is growing enthralled, listening well to the dreadful story. "Go on," Jessica breathes out, "Keep telling us more." Rose has dropped her fork, listening intently. Only Charles seems somewhat not enthralled, looking down at his plate.
[21:49] <Alicia> "The source of the curse was a terrible weapon, sealed away in ancient times by its creators who surely lamented ever having a hand in bringing it into existence, but powerless to undo what they had wrought. With her greater arcane skill, Seira set to work on repairing the fraying wards,"
[21:49] <Alicia> "while I stood vigil through the dark days, Lathander's light unable to even penetrate the gloom this close to the source. But as we worked, occassionally defending ourselves from the bitter attacks of tormented shadows that roamed this charnel land, we found it seeping into ourselves."
[21:49] <Alicia> "With each day that passed, rashes and lesions would develop on our skin, terrifying testament to the slow corruption of our bodies as we were exposed to such raw death." She pauses again, collecting her breath. "Then, one day we were interrupted, not by the howling of insane spirits, or the clashing of desecrated bones, but by a song..."
[21:49] <Alicia> "It was a beautiful melody, yet one that made the heart ache with sadness." She bows her head, "The two of us were overcome by the sheer pain and loneliness that flowed forth in the wordless melody. As the source of it approached, we paid little heed to its stuttering gait, or the drawn and torn flesh we saw mostly concealed beneath the tattered fur cloak she wore."
[21:49] <Alicia> "She spoke to us of her loneliness and despair, and as our own emotions had been so deftly plucked by her song, we commiserated, sharing in the melancholy mood. Perhaps she would have bade us to relax and surrender to the inevitable, or perhaps she merely sought to lower our guard before attacking, we'll never know thanks to the fateful decision that was made."
[21:50] <Kotono> "What happened then? Tell us!" Jessica prompts, as the others nod quickly.
[21:50] <Kotono> Arthur chuckles and drinks his wine, "You always knew how to tell a goods tory, Alicia."
06[21:57] * Alicia gives her father a brief smile and goes on. "As the terrible aura of undeath slowly wore at our bodies, I had been frequently thinking of my recent visit to the Heroic Realms of Ysgard; a place where fallen warriors can battle for all eternity, the vivacious life inherent in the plane itself mending all wounds,
[21:57] <Alicia> "and even restoring to life those who are slain in the ever-present battles that take place there. So, despairing and desiring to be away to somewhere that might have a chance at lifting our sorry state, I used my magic to transport all three of us to that glorious place."
[21:57] <Alicia> She smiles and shakes her head, "Our undead companion was initially stricken as the vile necromantic energies that animated her were undone, but after her rotten and frozen corpse had crumbled to dust, a miracle occured - in a flurry of snowflakes and the fresh chill of a verdant mountain wind, her body was restored!"
[21:57] <Alicia> "Where the pallid zombie-like creature had fallen, she was now restored to life as a beautiful maiden. Still, her cold-blue skin and glacial-white hair proved testament to her inhuman nature as she collected herself, chest rising and falling with its first breaths in over a hundred years..."
[22:00] <Kotono> "How lovely," rose murmurs, "I can never remember a story that has a good outcome like that. The undead never get better."
06[22:02] * Alicia waggles a finger. "The story isn't done yet, sister in law," she smirks knowingly. "For, our fair frosty maiden was no innocent damsel in distress. As she regained her wits, it soon became clear that she was no less than a cold-hearted Queen of Winter's Wrath, a fey spirit who even in life desired naught more than to waylay unlucky travellers and freeze them to death in Auril's cold grip."
[22:05] <Kotono> Beatrice gasps at that, "Oh my, the Ice Queen?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "Indeed," Alicia nods. "Even a being of such power as she was overcome by the curse on those mountains. However, for all her power, she had placed herself into our debt as we had restored her to life. And so, I demanded of her a boon to balance the scales. Such matters are taken very seriously, even by such a capricious fey as she."
[22:10] <Alicia> "In exchange for her life, she would swear upon the frost that she holds so dear, that any who brave her mountains and can say her name would be offered succor and protection. Instead of bringing freezing death and pain, she would shelter and guide her would-be victims.
[22:10] <Alicia> She takes a deep breath as she reaches her conclusion. "And that is why the name of Neve the Ice Queen is now spoken of in this tale by bards from the deserts of the Fiefdoms to the tale-tellers of the goblin tribes, and all those inbetween."
[22:14] <Kotono> "Wonderful story," Jessica says, "It's true. Neve is spoken of all over thanks to the Crimson Guard.
[22:14] <Kotono> "
[22:14] <Kotono> "Oh my. I haven't heard that story yet, but it was a good one," Alicia's mother gushes, finishing her cake. "It's all true?"
[22:17] <Alicia> "Every bit of it," Alicia nods, smiling. "I rather enjoyed telling it, actually."
[22:17] <Alicia> "You should've become a bard!" Marie catcalls.
[22:17] <Kotono> Arthur claps, "Truly. You would be known as Alicia the Magnificent if you had been."
[22:18] <Kotono> Jessica giggles a tthat, "Oh, Marie would love that while Antenora would be agahst. Quite literally, Mother and Father. Would you beileve they argue over law and chaos and how important it is?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "It is!" Marie protests. "They're two of the fundamental underpinnings of existence!"
[22:19] <Kotono> "Law and Chaos? How strange," Rose sniffs, "Why argue over obtuse things? But no matter, that was a good story.'
[22:22] <Kotono> "Marie's right, and for them, it's very serious," Jessica drains the last of her wine, blushing merrily now. "Oh, the stories. They're just...so strange and funny sometimes. Sandcastles..." That sends Jessica into another fit of giggles.
[22:22] <Kotono> Roald even cracks a smile, "Dear, why don't I help you to bed? I think you've had plenty of wine for the evening."
[22:23] <Alicia> "It's funny, actually," Alicia reflects, "Because the rebellion in Kelara was fundamentally about that as well. David identified himself as an agent of chaos and change, hoping to tear down the stagnant order... of course, it can manifest on a smaller and more personal scale just as easily, like some people are creatures of habit while others are whimsical and hard to predict..."
[22:23] <Alicia> She then shrugs a little at Jessica's outburst. "You had to be there."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Sandcastles?" Now Alicia's father shakes his head, as Roald helps Jessica away, who stumbles a bit. "Sandcastles? I don't understand in the least."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Saaaandcastles," Jessica laughs as she goes off. "Ask them about it sometime!"
[22:25] <Alicia> "Antenora said that it's better to build a sandcastle with a plan, so you know exactly how it's going to turn out," Marie explains, her tone indicating what she thinks of *that*. "I pointed out how that just makes the endeavour futile, since you won't get surprised or learn anything new. She didn't get it at all..."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Goodnight, Jessica, Roald," Alicia waves off her sister and prospective brother in law as they depart.
[22:26] <Kotono> "Ah, I see." Finishing his own glass of wine, "A story for another night. I think I'm going to retire early as well. Beatrice?"
[22:26] <Kotono> "How strange...why plan a sandcastle," Beatrice murmurs, "I'm going to stay up awhile."
[22:28] <Alicia> "That's what I said!" Marie agrees as Alicia bids her father goodnight and stands up.
[22:28] <Alicia> "Charles, would you care to show me those paintings of yours again?" she asks nicely, wanting to get him alone without being blunt about it.
[22:29] <Kotono> "Oh, yes," Charles stands up, "This way, Alicia."
[22:30] <Alicia> While Marie hopefully keeps the other two ladies entertained, Alicia wanders off with her little brother. "Hard to believe she's Beth with how she acts, isn't it?" she begins conversationally as they start down the hallway.
[22:31] <Kotono> "Yes...it really is." Charles says after a heavy pause in the air, "...sorry, Alicia." He goes along, leading the way and with his back to Alicia. "I spoke poorly."
[22:35] <Alicia> "I forgive you," Alicia accepts the apology with grace. "That's part of why I wanted to talk to you, really - do we have a problem, Charles? When I first found Beth in Balmuria I handled things poorly, and you know he she was... by the time we settled things she lost her memory right after. I'd rather not see things deteriorate like that with my little brother, as well..."
[22:40] <Kotono> "...we're okay." Charles says at last, "..Rose resents you, but...it's her feelings, not mine."
[22:44] <Alicia> "I've never gotten much in the way of warm feelings from her," Alicia admits. "I can live with that. But you're family, and that means something..." Deciding a little physical demonstration couldn't hurt, she grabs Charles in a hug, "Sorry I took so long to come back," she murmurs as she holds him.
[22:46] <Kotono> The hug is held, "It's..." Charles is hesitant, "It's good to have you home." Holding her tighter, "I've heard some of the stories from the bards. It's really true...it really is. I can scarcely believe it...until I remember how you looked after it happened."
[22:48] <Alicia> "Trouble just seems to find me," Alicia agrees as they embrace. "You know not all stories end as happily as the one I just told in there."
[22:49] <Kotono> "Yes. I remember that." After another little pause, "Is Balmuria like they say?"
[22:52] <Alicia> "I don't know what they say, but the people are friendly, the weather is warm and mild, it's close to mountains and sea and forest... I'm happy there," she concludes with a smile as she parts, still holding his arms. "If you like I could even take you to visit sometime - it'd be a lot quicker than crossing the desert."
[22:53] <Kotono> "I may. Father's teaching me more and more about the business and taking me to do my own business and meet people. He's getting older, sister."
[22:55] <Alicia> "He is," Alicia takes a deep breath, looking around at the walls and ceiling around them. "And then all this will belong to you. You might even inherit a title if mother's efforts pay off. Think you can handle it?"
[22:55] <Kotono> "I can try." He says to that, "Knight General. You beat us all to it."
[23:02] <Alicia> "That I did," Alicia smiles crookedly. "Doesn't let me sit on the council and won't pass on to any heirs assuming I ever produce more, though. I suspect mother would prefer something more dynastic."
[23:09] <Kotono> "Heh." With a little smile to that, "One day. Let's go to those paintings now?"
[23:10] <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia agrees. It was only a pretense, but she can always spare time for art.
[23:13] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along? you wanted to check out Kelara outside of Kelara?
[23:15] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, I'll travel around the villages incognito to see how morale is over the next few days. And a brief teleport to Balmuria to invite Seira to the ball.
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, how deep do you wanna ge tinto that? We can Rp it out fully, some, or you can just resolve it with gather info checks. Your preference.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: I'd like to RP seeing Jessie again, but gather info is fine for the rest
[19:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: You were going to go catch up with Jessie?
[19:44] <Alicia> OOC: that'd be swell
[19:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Going to be altered?
[19:46] <Alicia> OOC: Non-angelic but otherwise looking like regular Alicia. Although I won't be wearing armour or have any visible weapons besides the staff of Idun.
[19:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> ---------
[19:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Heading back into Kelara's quiet reaches and to Whitewall. It's arare sunny, chilly day in Kelara as she walks in. Alicia gets a few looks as she heads for the bed and breakfast, looking for Jessy. She finds her sitting at a table there, eating sandwiches and porridge for lunch.
06[19:58] * Alicia pokes her head in and after spotting her young friend she meanders over to her table. "Hello, Jessy," she offers a smile. "I was back in Kelara and thought I'd check in - you don't mind?"
[19:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> She double blinks at it, "Alicia. You did come back after dealing with that uprising, after all."
[20:02] <Alicia> "I meant what I said," Alicia returns, deciding to take a seat. "What I'm curious about now is whether it was worth my while to start with. Certainly, people in the city seem happier, but they weren't the ones dissatisified with the old order..." She clasps her hands and leans on the table towards the younger woman, "So, how are things around here?"
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Jessy takes a long slug back from her drink. "Eh." She scratches at her arm, "There's a lot of talk and some action." She shrugs then, "You hear fancy, nices tuff from the city these days and there's been some concessions."
[20:04] <Alicia> "I suggested a few, myself," Alicia nods thoughtfully. "Anything that's made much difference?"
[20:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We've seen more patrols and more protection about. Not that it would be hard to have more." Jessy almost laughs there, "They've been talking about expanding and repairing the roads, too."
[20:12] <Alicia> "Hopefully the talk will turn into action... what do you think personally, though?" Alicia asks, more interested in her individual perspective. "I mean, you were one of the ones fighting against the old order - how do you feel about the direction things are headed in, now?"
[20:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's the right first steps. Will it go past that? Hell if I know," she finishes off her drink, "Hell, Knight-General," In sweet, mocking tones, "You could go run and ask dear Lord Roth yourself, couldn't you? For all we know they're gonna change their minds halfway. Just 'cause they're doing the right thing now doesn't mean they'll do it forever."
[20:17] <Alicia> "Yes, and turnips could grow out of our bottoms tomorrow," Alicia returns dryly. "Lord Roth would surely just tell me everything's fine and ask that I leave policy to the Council. And I'm happy to do just that, so long as they govern properly."
[20:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Hehheheheheeee." Laughing to that and raising her empty glass, "Cheers to that." She then looks into Alicia's eyes, "What do you think?"
[20:36] <Alicia> "Kelara's never been the nicest country in the world," Alicia replies bluntly. "Improving it really shouldn't take much. It's improving it meaningfully that's the trick... I have a few other ideas of my own that might help things along here and there, but I'm only one woman."
[20:36] <Alicia> She smirks lopsidedly, "I'll say this, though, what you've told me comes out better than the low expectations I'd set when I walked in the door."
[20:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Heh. Here's to that," she says, "Be it David or by another, let this realm improve?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "It would be nice if I could walk into a city in the Fiefdoms and not have them look at me with pity when I tell them where I'm from, yes," Alicia chuckles amusedly. "I'm in the area for a few more days, so I'll probably wander around the other villages and see how things are elsewhere... political drama aside, how are things in your life, Jessy?"
[20:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Well enough. There were those arguments you saw, but...they've mostly gotten over it." Jessy shrugs. "Mom's calming down. Life goes on, another winter's ahead. Hopefully a long, dull winter without bandits or trouble."
[20:46] <Alicia> "If nothing else, snow is better than rain?" Alicia offers, though her smile is marred briefly as she considers the Winterwight that remains to be dealt with...
[20:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes...Alicia? Something wrong? You just looked like you had gas pains in your stomach." Jessy frowns.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Just mentioning winter reminded me of something else I have to deal with, out in the jungle," Alicia shakes her head. "Never a dull moment, I'm afraid."
[20:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "The jungle?!" Jessy's eyes widen, "You're going off into that deathtrap?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "I've been there before," Alicia reassures. "There's a creature in there born of Auril's blood and Shar's hate, currently bound but who knows for how long? Some friends of mine with deeper connections to the land have had worrying dreams of a dire winter to come, which I think has a connection to that being."
[20:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+2
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+2 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[20:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Brr. Good fortune to you then." After a pause, "Auril...Auril...Goddess of...Ice?"
[20:58] <Alicia> "That's her. It's an interesting story, actually - in the dawn of creation, when the world was yet young, Shar sought to dominate and absorb the newborn goddess of merciless cold."
[20:58] <Alicia> "Their battle was great, and of the blood spilled by the Frostmaiden from the Nightsister's attacks, undead monstrosities called Winterwights were born. One of those is the creature I speak of," Alicia explains happily enough.
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's like a legend," Jessy marvels. "A terrible creature born of those terrible beings."
[21:04] <Alicia> "What's interesting - and perhaps frightening - is that Mystra herself was born in a similar manner when Selune tore off a piece of herself and hurled it at Shar in a desperate attack - from where their mingled essences merged after coring through Shar in a terrible wound, the Goddess of Magic herself was born," Alicia goes on. "So the Winterwight is not a foe I look forward to facing."
[21:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Shivering over at that, "...Careful, Alicia. I remember a bard's tale about a hero who bit off more than they could chew."
[21:10] <Alicia> "It's a common enough tale... and reality," Alicia reflects. "Nonetheless, the damage if that thing got loose would be nothing short of catastrophic - someone has to do something."
[21:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes. Well, if a harsh winter comes..." Jessy shivers again.
[21:13] <Alicia> "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," Alicia looks a bit embarrassed. "My friends and I are very strong, though, and we've overcome formidable foes before. We even have a few tricks specifically built for hurting such beings, and I'm going to go looking for another before seeking battle."
[21:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Good luck," Jessy says, disbelief in her voice. "May the bards sing of your tales after."
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[21:18] <Alicia> "Thanks," Alicia inclines her head. "I'll make sure to stop by afterwards to let you know how things went so you're not left wondering, if you like?" she then offers.
[21:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes, I think I'd like that," Jessy says, "Let me know that you didn't die."
[21:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hop along then? Go ahead and roll gather info for the rest of your gathering needs.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 (heroism) how's life in Kelara these days?
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 (heroism) how's life in Kelara these days? and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The general buzz Alicia gets is that things are slowly improving. The roads are being better kept, more soldiers are about, that manner of things. There's a lot of skepticism to go with it, though.
06[21:25] * Alicia is satisfied.
[21:26] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d100
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d100 and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[21:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> ---------------------------
[21:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A few days later, Alicia and Seira are at Alicia's parents home. They sit with Beatrice, having morning tea. "Today is the day," she begins, "We will be gathering at Lord Roth's home for this event. Make sure you have your outfits prepared for the evening, ladies? As highly esteemed and ranked dignitaries, anything less would be unsuitable."
[21:40] <Alicia> It would be rude to give Seira a commiserating look, so Alicia merely nods. "Of course, mother, we'll be presentable," she reassures.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Yes, that goes without saying," Seira agrees.
[21:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Ah, excellent, excellent." She smiles to both women, "Be ready by the dinner hour? Our carraige will be here by then. Make sure all of you are presentable, even little Marie?"
[21:43] <Alicia> "Don't worry, Marie enjoys dressing up," Alicia smiles.
[21:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Skip along then now?
01[21:48] <Seira> OOC: Sure
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: sure.
[21:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> That evening, the rest of the REynes family gathers, waiting on Alicia and Seira to make their entrances to join them by the front door...
06[21:59] * Alicia had taken Roald and Jessica aside a little earlier to cast Voice of the Archon on them both so they'll have an easier time with the upper classes, and now emerges herself along with her familiar. She's wearing the outfit her mother insisted on, a sharp looking formal burgandy tunic that comes down to her mid-thighs, her legs covered by clean white leggings.
[21:59] <Alicia> The Order of the Horizon and the Malmuth Campaign Victory Medal both adorn her chest, those two being the only medals she's actually received, surely disappointing poor Beatrice. While she looks poised and comfortable, the lack of a gap for her wings in the event of her disguise faltering is an ever-present concern.
[21:59] <Alicia> Marie seems more cheerful and exuberant, flouncing along behind Alicia in an elaborate multi-layered robe of crimson silk as she borrows Alicia's robes of the plainswalker, currently transformed into an elfin aasimar.
01[22:02] <Seira> Only the circlet adoring her head and the decorative elven sword at her hip remain to compliment Seira's rich emerald dress, the rest of her artifacts kept safely in storage for the duration. Her earrings ensure that her form is the elfin one she was born with, a far less confrontational one than anything with a draconic motif.
01[22:02] <Seira> If someone was expecting her to come in her dress uniform, a certain degree of disappointment may occur, but other then failing to meet such expectations, the form-fitting dress should positively affect initial reactions to her.
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl follows along, wearing a green gown much like Seira's. She wears minimal jewelry, her hair kept loose. Beatrice wears black finery, while Roald wears a nobleman's clothes and Jessica wears a soft blue gown and jewels. Clapping her hands, "You all look marvelous," Beatrice agrees, "Come then, our transportation has arrived."
06[22:07] * Alicia refrains from expressing any jealousy at not being able to wear a dress herself as she climbs into the carriage. Not like this ornamental uniform would even be easier to fight in... although hopefully that won't be called for. "Everyone looks lovely," she agrees pleasantly.
[22:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Oh yes," Amaryl begins to go forward, holding up the sidesof her dress with her hands. "So do you, Seira."
01[22:09] <Seira> "Likewise," Seira whispers, somehow ending up by her side. "I had no doubts!"
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As Amaryl blushes, the party heads outside. Three carraiges are waiting outside. "Alicia, you, Marie, Seira and Amaryl take that one," she points to the middle one. White horses wait, each pulled carraige guilded and rich.
06[22:12] * Alicia has no real objection to this arrangement. "Very well," she agrees as she boards the correct carriage, sitting next to her familiar so that the two lovers can sit next to each other opposite.
06[22:12] * Seira gives Beatrice a smile and boards the carriage, offering a hand to Amaryl. "Your mother runs this like a military operation," she mentions to Alicia.
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[22:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl actually smiles at that, sitting next to Seira, a hand holding Seira's hand. "I had the same notion."
[22:16] <Alicia> "She takes these things very seriously," Alicia agrees. "All my life she's been working and plotting to have the Reynes family ascend to the nobility, and it looks like she's getting closer and closer. She won't want to leave anything to chance."
[22:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Well...if a dragon, an angel and a celestial pixie won't do it..." Amaryl murmurs, "I wonder what measures she would need then."
01[22:17] <Seira> "Let's toss an elven noble into the mix and see what happens?"
[22:18] <Alicia> "But we're all in disguise, anyway!" Marie giggles. "Maybe this way I'll find a handsome man to sweep me off my feet, at least?" she simpers theatrically.
01[22:19] <Seira> "Wouldn't that be a crime?" Seira asks, only half serious.
[22:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl blushes to that.
[22:20] <Alicia> Marie blinks in confusion. "It's illegal to sweep blushing maidens off their feet, here?"
01[22:21] <Seira> "It might get to that part if your transformation wears off at an unfortunate time?"
[22:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl sputters aloud. "S-s-Seira!"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Oh, there are ways around that," Marie replies in a sultry tone, a secretive smile adorning her lips. Until Alicia raps the back of her head with her knuckles, eliciting a grumble.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Nobody wants to know, Marie," Alicia reprimands in a long-suffering tone.
06[22:24] * Seira just laughs at that.
[22:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl blushes and laughs as well. "I think I'll have to third that."
[22:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The ride takes perhaps a half hour. Out the window, you can see that the carraiges are pulling up to a lovely mansion. Servants stand outside, waiting. Lights are on four all four stories of it, giving the vast, palatial building a warm glow.
[22:28] <Alicia> "Looks nice enough," Alicia opines as she glances out the window. "Hopefully the food'll be good," she adds, setting her sights low for the evening.
01[22:30] <Seira> "The food's bound to be good," Seira says, rolling her eyes in amusement. "Is it the company we should be afraid of? Anyone in particular?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "Doubtful," Alicia shakes her head. "At least, of the nobles on the council, I had little trouble with them after I dealt with that David character. There might be others I'm unfamiliar with... still, compared to the likes of Esthan certainly nothing to give us pause."
06[22:33] * Seira can't help but laugh again. "Now you're the one who sounds like she's preparing for a campaign, or a battle at the very least. It must run in the family."
[22:35] <Alicia> "You're the one who asked who to be afraid of," Alicia retorts, shrugging. "I don't really move much in these circles, so I doubt I'll know anyone here on a personal level."
01[22:35] <Seira> "It just struck me as amusing, comparing a confrontation with a noble to a fight with an archfiend."
[22:39] <Alicia> "Well, I was more referring to his personality that we had to endure for a considerable length of time before we actually fought him," Alicia explains. "He's the most obnoxious being I can think of off the top of my head."
01[22:40] <Seira> "True enough. He wasn't content with simply fighting us, he had to lecture us pointlessly at every opportunity."
[22:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Hidin ga smile with her hand, sobering as it goes on. "Were either of you ever thinking about going along with him?"
01[22:42] <Seira> "I originally offered him a chance to gradually come over to our side if he stopped messing around with people's lives, and I was quite sincere about that," Seira mentions. "Does that count?"
06[22:42] * Alicia makes a face. "Not a chance. No matter how much he dressed it up, he wanted us to be his slaves in life, and then claim our souls at the end. There's absolutely nothing he could offer that would make the price worthwhile," she declares resolutely.
[22:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> At that, the door to the carraige is opened. A liviered servant bows as she stands aside. "This way, ma'ams."
[22:45] <Alicia> Marie scampers out first, Alicia following more sedately.
06[22:46] * Seira brings up the rear along with Amaryl, stepping outside gracefully.
[22:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The rest of the family is already halfway inside. A servant bows to you again, "Follow me, ma'ams," he repeats, leading them inside. However, he takes them away from the hallway the rest of your family goes down, towards a side room.
[22:49] <Alicia> "Why are we being taken away from everyone else?" Marie asks the obvious question.
[22:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Ma'am's request. It won't be long, please follow me." He says.
01[22:51] <Seira> "We clearly can't ignore such logic," Seira whispers to Alicia in amusement.
[22:52] <Alicia> "She probably wants to show us off as we make some grand entrance," Alicia replies softly, resisting the urge to sigh. A little forewarning would have been nice.
[22:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You are lead to a rich if rather boring sitting room. The servant bows and steps out, "I will return shortly, ma'ams," he promises, before departing. Amaryl goes to sit, "Waiting a little time to be presented is no great thing. I've had to wait hours before."
01[22:54] <Seira> "Oh, you poor thing," Seira voices in sympathy.
[22:55] <Alicia> "She never did anything like this when I was young," Alicia shakes her head. "At the time I always thought Beth and I were neglected, but now I almost think we were lucky."
[22:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You never knew how good you had it?" Amaryl questions with her own wistful look.
01[22:57] <Seira> "Oh, getting neglected isn't as fun as it sounds. There's probably no perfect way to grow up out there."
[22:58] <Alicia> "It wasn't a bad childhood at all, really," Alicia smiles fondly. "Oh, I can remember being angry at this or depressed at that, but those feelings fade, while the good ones stay. Probably just nostalgia."
[22:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes. I find I remember the good times of my childhood more than the bad times." Amaryl starts to look upward, "I remember the happy days full of sunshine and light, not the rainy days studying boring things or being in trouble for this or that."
[23:01] <Alicia> "That's the best way to go through life, anyway," Marie smiles cheerily. "Focus on the good, and let the bad take care of itself."
01[23:01] <Seira> "We are in full agreement, Marie!"
[23:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You don't have a childhood to remember...then again, I suppose every day is like childhood to you, Marie," Amaryl smiles to her, full of brightness, "You're innocent like one...except when you see to be disturbingly perverted."
[23:03] <Alicia> Marie laughs. "I'm older than Seira even if you just count from when I was reborn!" she insists. "I sometimes like to wonder about what I was like, actually. But it's not that important, really - where you're going matters more than where you've been."
[23:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Look ahead, not behind. I agree." Amaryl herself looks to SEira. "Right?"
01[23:05] <Seira> "How old are you, again?" Seira asks Marie.
[23:07] <Alicia> "Twenty," Marie replies brightly. "That's only as far back as I remember, anyway."
[23:07] <Alicia> "I can't really picture you as some ancient and dignified elf sage," Alicia just shakes her head. "It sounds horrible, but I imagine you died young."
01[23:08] <Seira> "It really is true, then," Seira mutters, sounding slightly vexed. "Looking ahead works for me, sure," she tells Amaryl, raising her voice. "Attaining immortality and remaining beautiful and strong to enjoy it, all that good stuff."
[23:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "That is horrible if you imagine that she was some lively adventurer or person who met a bad end." With a long loko to Marie, "I hope you had a long, happy life and passed in your sleep. Or trance, if you were an elf."
[23:10] <Alicia> "I like to think my current happy existence is a reward for putting up with a lot in my life," Marie explains. "I was probably old and weary, dragged down by a lifetime of worries while my creaky body slowly shut down... then all of a sudden I'm a beautiful, young, and perky eladrin!" she throws out her arms for emphasis, bouncing on the spot.
[23:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "So you can enjoy an eternity of bliss and helping Alicia?" To that, Amaryl just laughs. "It does put you into a lot of danger though, doesn't it?"
01[23:12] <Seira> "But it's all good danger, doing worthy things!"
[23:13] <Alicia> "She's a harsh mistress, yes," Marie nods sollemnly as Alicia looks indignant. "Still, it's lots of fun being here, and I like to think that I'm making a difference," she nods her head to Seira at that.
[23:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With a warm laugh, "Oh, you so like making Alicia look distressed, don't you, Marie?"
[23:18] <Alicia> "One of the perks of the job," the eladrin agrees saucily. "She's a lot easier to get a rise out of than my last boss, too."
[23:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Oh, I imagine so. Dear Mystra must be far too wise for your tricks to work on. But Alicia now..." With a smile, "Perhaps you're here to make her wiser and more able to cope with your methods?"
[23:20] <Alicia> "You would never believe how meek and eager to please she was when she first showed up," Alicia interjects. "Clearly I was too soft on her to let things reach this state."
[23:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Really? Why, you could be stricter with her then?" Amaryl crosses her arms as she looks to Marie, "But she does seem happy."
[23:24] <Alicia> "Mystra told her to take good care of me," Marie remarks smugly. "She said I'm a spark of light who'll always illuminate the way, isn't that right Alicia?"
06[23:24] * Alicia sighs. "Yes. She did say that," she agrees. "I could've gotten a cat..." she grumbles under her breath.
01[23:26] <Seira> "Animal familiars can't defend themselves in need. It's a good thing you didn't get one."
[19:38] <Kotono> > "So you can enjoy an eternity of bliss and helping Alicia?" To that, Amaryl just laughs. "It does put you into a lot of danger though, doesn't it?"
[19:38] <Kotono> <Seira> "But it's all good danger, doing worthy things!"
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "She's a harsh mistress, yes," Marie nods sollemnly as Alicia looks indignant. "Still, it's lots of fun being here, and I like to think that I'm making a difference," she nods her head to Seira at that.
[19:38] <Kotono> > With a warm laugh, "Oh, you so like making Alicia look distressed, don't you, Marie?"
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "One of the perks of the job," the eladrin agrees saucily. "She's a lot easier to get a rise out of than my last boss, too."
[19:38] <Kotono> > "Oh, I imagine so. Dear Mystra must be far too wise for your tricks to work on. But Alicia now..." With a smile, "Perhaps you're here to make her wiser and more able to cope with your methods?"
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You would never believe how meek and eager to please she was when she first showed up," Alicia interjects. "Clearly I was too soft on her to let things reach this state."
[19:38] <Kotono> > "Really? Why, you could be stricter with her then?" Amaryl crosses her arms as she looks to Marie, "But she does seem happy."
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Mystra told her to take good care of me," Marie remarks smugly. "She said I'm a spark of light who'll always illuminate the way, isn't that right Alicia?"
[19:38] <Kotono> * Alicia sighs. "Yes. She did say that," she agrees. "I could've gotten a cat..." she grumbles under her breath.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Seira> "Animal familiars can't defend themselves in need. It's a good thing you didn't get one."
[19:39] <Kotono> "A talking cat. How strange." Amaryl murmurs, "Sorry, Seira." Amaryl takes Seira's hand.
[19:39] <Alicia> "Ah, you're right," Alicia nods, shamefaced. "Sorry, that was insensitive of me."
[19:44] <Kotono> Another ten minutes or so pass without incident. The servant comes back them, bowing. "Honored guests, please come this way."
06[19:45] * Seira is eager for the chance to move on, nodding at the servant in return.
[19:45] <Alicia> "Lead on," Alicia gets up and follows after him.
[19:47] <Kotono> You are lead upstairs, to a heavy, paneled wood door. The servant stands in front of it, "Would Knight General and Colonel Seira please take the lead together?"
[19:48] <Alicia> Marie shrugs and goes to stand next to Amaryl as Alicia takes position before the door.
06[19:48] * Seira snorts, masking it as a cough she covers with a hand, stepping up to stand next to Alicia.
[19:49] <Kotono> The door is opened, "Follow me," The servant says. Coming out, you see...(More)
[19:56] <Kotono> A set of rich, polished stone stairs lead down a story to a ballroom. Wrapping, twisting drakes and lions form the hand rails. Below, dozens of finely dressed lords and ladies look up. A shining light foces on the party, as a loud, clarion-clear voice calls. "Presenting The Knight General Alicia Reynes of Kelara, Captain of the Crimson Guard; Lady Seira, Colonel of the Crimson Guard; Lady Amaryl Gaial of Pallanth; and Marie of Arborea!" With t
[19:56] <Kotono> Lady Seira, Colonel of the Crimson Guard; Lady Amaryl Gaial of Pallanth; and Marie of Arborea!" With the eyes of the party on the women, a slow, steady tide of clapping rises up, submerging their ears in praise.
[19:58] <Alicia> Marie looks rather put out at having her plane of origin guessed wrongly. Also the lack of any fancy title.
[19:58] <Alicia> And if it's formal they should really call her Marielle.
01[19:59] <Seira> "This must be the first time I've been called a lady," Seira muses quietly, observing the other guests with calmness.
06[19:59] * Alicia accepts the situation with more aplomb than her familiar, merely smiling at the assembled guests as she smoothly descends the staircase.
[20:00] <Kotono> Amaryl follows down with slow steps, eyes half closed and a pleasant smile on her face.
[20:04] <Kotono> The guests are watching the group descend. Most wear rich finery and show the signs of wealth. A few are near the bottom of the stair, waiting. Of them, a man in a precise, impeccable white uniform waits below. He has gray-blonde hair, blending together like the sunlight bleeding out it's colors. He wears white gloves and has a jeweled saber on his belt. "Colonel, Knight-General, Lady Gaial," He greets each in turn, offering his hand out for S
[20:05] <Kotono> "Colonel, Knight-General, Lady Gaial," He greets each in turn, offering his hand out for Seira.
06[20:06] * Seira accepts it with a light nod. "A pleasure," she says, smiling.
[20:07] <Alicia> "Lord Roth," Alicia nods to the de-facto leader of the supposed council of equals. Marie looks around and debates just wandering off.
[20:09] <Kotono> "It's a pleasure as well," Shaking Seira's hand back, "Welcome to Kelara."
[20:10] <Kotono> The tips of Amaryl's lips twitch upward, "Thank you for greeting us, Lord Roth." In Elven after, "May your domain be ever growing and your bounties fruitful."
01[20:11] <Seira> "With such a generous invitation, how could we refuse?" Seira agrees.
[20:12] <Kotono> Then going to shake Amaryl's hand, "Thank you," Lord Roth replies in slightly slow Elven to Amaryl. "Lady Marie?" He looks to her then, "Only in this company could a fantastic creature be left for last."
[20:14] <Alicia> "I'm actually from Elysium," Marie comments offhandedly, trying to act cool. "It's an easy mistake, I suppose, since most eladrin do live in Arborea."
[20:14] <Kotono> "Of course. Now then, I'll not monopolize your time. But later, perhaps all of us can discuss other matters." Lord Roth steps away, "Enjoy the party."
[20:17] <Alicia> "Perhaps. Until then, Lord Roth," Alicia bids him goodbye, looking around briefly for the rest of her family.
01[20:18] <Seira> "I'm sure we will," Seira adds, deciding to get some drinks for she and Amaryl in the meantime.
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hop into #evil, Seira?
[20:21] <Kotono> Alicia sees her mother and father chatting with some other high status people she dimly remembers, with Roald and Jessica along with them.
[20:23] <Alicia> "Lets go keep Roald and Jessica company?" Alicia suggests, heading over to join them and being trailed by her familiar.
[20:25] <Kotono> Jessica murmurs something and breaks away from the rest as Alicia approaches. She has a wine glass in hand, "Oh, sister!" she carols, "Marie. It's going sooo well." With a lopsided smile, "Father and Roald are supporting each other and he's coming off as so noble and refined."
[20:26] <Alicia> "That's good to hear," Alicia smiles, Marie nodding as well. "How about yourself? Having a good time?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Yes." Smiling now, "Once you grasp that's it's just a reason to dress fancy, get tipsy and gossip, it's so much fun! You just have to break the code on how to act."
[20:31] <Alicia> "There's not really much to it," Alicia agrees as Marie wanders off to grab a glass of wine herself and then return to join the sisterly duo. "Think you and Roald will try the dancefloor later on?"
[20:32] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Now with a growing blush, "Once we have enough courage in our systems to do so. What of you, Alicia?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "If I get an offer," Alicia shrugs ambivalently before Marie sidles up and nudges her with her elbow.
[20:34] <Alicia> "I could dance with you," she offers slyly. "Think of the scandal!"
[20:34] <Alicia> "There's something deeply sad about dancing with your familiar," Alicia just sighs. "I'll respectfully decline, Marie."
[20:35] <Kotono> With a warm, shaking laugh, "That rather is. I could dance with you...it's a shame Antenora isn't here. The two of you could dance. Though I'm not sure if you'd be naturals with how agile you are, or if y8our lack of skills in dancing would catch up to you."
[20:37] <Alicia> "Remember that wedding party we attended in Arvandor?" Alicia smiles, recalling a far more entertaining get-together. "I'd say we're both pretty competent."
[20:38] <Kotono> "Oh yes!" Jessica's face lights up into a smile, "Ah, that was a good time. Oh! I shouldn't be away this long. Are you coming to join us, sister?"
[20:39] <Alicia> "I was coming over for that in the first place," Alicia replies easily, starting to head over to join the rest of the Reynes clan.
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[20:41] <Kotono> The current two guests are just wandering off. Beatrice looks Alicia over and nods solemnly, "Ah, you're here. Superb. Alicia, we're going to visit Lord Kelvan before he leaves, for I heard he intends to leave early. You'll help make a good impression."
[20:44] <Alicia> "I recall he didn't look so thrilled by some of my proposals when I addressed the council," Alicia muses quietly. "Still, he was respectful and polite. I'd be happy to talk to him."
[20:48] <Kotono> "Good." Beatrice leads the family along. Lord Kelvan is found sitting on a chair near a wall, resting his hands on the top of a gold tipped walking stick. His face is entirely flushed, occasionally matting his forehead with a handkerchief. A younger man in servant's clothes brings him a glass of water, which he drinks deeply from.
[20:48] <Kotono> "Ah, excuse us. Lord Kelvan." Beatrice curties to him, Arthur bowin ga moment later. "A moment of your time."
[20:50] <Alicia> While technically Alicia might be top of the heap in terms of noble rank, she's happy to defer to her mother in this arena since it's both simpler and makes Beatrice happier. So she stays quiet and lets Beatrice handle things, merely offering a polite bow of her own, since this damnable costume doesn't permit proper curtseys.
[20:51] <Kotono> "C-certainly." Wiping his face again, "Lady Beatrice...Knight General Reynes..." His breathing is rather heavy, "I beg your pardon, but I fear a fever is coming onto me." He starts to stand, "Lady Jessica and your fiancee. I apologize deeply, but I fear I lack the time for our normal respects. I will come calling another time." He stands, leaning on his cane.
[20:52] <Kotono> Arthur comes forward, "Lord, you look unwell. I can have your carraige prepared for you or...Alicia?" Arthur looks to her.
[20:53] <Alicia> "Of course, one's faith must always be considered first," Alicia agrees diplomatically. Then seeing the hint from her father, "If my lord would permit it, I could have you taken directly home without delay, or perhaps to a healer?"
[20:54] <Kotono> "Do it..." With a long, shaking breath, "A healer would be...a fine idea."
06[20:55] * Alicia offers him her arm, not wanting to teleport directly out from the ballroom. "If you'll come with me, Lord Kelvan?"
[20:57] <Kotono> Lord Kelvan goes with Alicia, stepping out into the hall. "Another of these fits..." He leans onto Alicia, "Take me to the Temple of Mystra...the healings help hold this fits at bay."
[21:00] <Alicia> "It's early yet, there should be plenty of clerics available to offer healing - and even if none have the proper magic, they can request it at evening prayer in a few hours," Alicia reassures, patting his arm as she slowly guides him to an adjacent hallway. "Just a moment and I'll teleport us."
[21:00] <Alicia> And with that she teleports the both of them to the hallway between the dormitory and the main hall of the temple in Kelara.
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 very familiar and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[21:02] <Kotono> Woosh! The two appear without incident. Once there, acolytes help Lord Kelvan away. One bows to Alicia, "Revered Saint, it may be prudent that you talk with Dweomerkeeper Taldeer now."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Oh? Where is she?" Alicia asks, always having time for her head cleric. Curiousity at what this could entail even distracts her from the whole saint business.
[21:03] <Kotono> "She is preparing herself in her chambers. Please, proceed ot them."
06[21:04] * Alicia nods and heads over to see what's happening with the old elf.
[21:06] <Kotono> Taldeer is dressed in a purple gown, a maid doing her hair as she sits in a high backed chair. Taldeer smiles to Alicia, "Coming in from your parent's party? What's the occasion for it?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "Lord Kelvan was unwell and my father wanted me to take care of him as a favour," Alicia explains. "He's being seen to by someone better at healing than I, now - I was told you wanted to speak with me, though?"
[21:10] <Kotono> "...ah, that would be why. Wait a few moments." The maid hurries and finishes Taldeer's hair, excusing herself out. Once she's out, "Lord Kelvan is seen by us every week or so for treatments for his condition. He makes considerable donations in exchange for our discretion."
[21:11] <Alicia> "What condition is it that can't be cured entirely?" Alicia asks, curious. Sounds like what Esthan did to Demedais' father...
[21:12] <Kotono> With a shrug, "Do you know of natural causes? The healers say it is that, that his heart is failing. His time is coming and there is only so much we can do."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Ahh, I was thinking more in terms of a disease," Alicia admits. "I suppose there's no cure for age."
[21:15] <Kotono> "He may last another week, perhaps a month, a year with Mystra's grace, but no more." Taldeer rises, going and putting on purple gemstone earrings. "In deference to his wishes, please keep this knowledge to yourself."
06[21:16] * Alicia nods. "I'm not one for idle gossip, I won't speak of it to anyone else," she promises readily.
[21:17] <Kotono> "Perhaps the rebellion was too hard a burden on his spirit, or perhaps his soul yearns ot be free of it' sfading cage. No matter. Are you returning to the ball?" Taldeer finishes with the earrings, "If you are going back, we can go together."
[21:18] <Alicia> "Certainly, I'd be happy to take you," Alicia smiles. "I didn't know you'd been invited."
[21:19] <Kotono> "I made a point to ensure I was." Taldeer looks right to Alicia, "It's partially for Jessica's sake."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Her and Roald at least seem to be having a grand old time. Although Marie's rather put out that the herald said she was from Arborea..." Alicia concludes amusedly, offering her arm. "Anyway, shall we?"
[21:22] <Kotono> "Ah yes. Take us away, Revered Saint." Taldeer takes that arm.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Please," Alicia rolls her eyes, "It wasn't that long ago you had me sweeping the floors here. You of all people can skip it with the 'saint' business," she goes on before teleporting them back to the waiting room she spent quarter of an hour waiting in before being admitted to the ball.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[21:34] <Kotono> As you appear back into the room without incident, "Of course I can. I just can't get away with making a saint do the sweeping now."
[21:35] <Alicia> "I really don't think Mystra would smite you for it," Alicia laughs as she leads Taldeer to the ballroom.
[21:36] <Kotono> "Well, if you're that humble, you could go sweep the floors and I could make an excuse for you for the rest of the night?" With an even smile as she follows Alicia, "If your boredom reaches a feverish pitch."
[21:38] <Alicia> "I honestly wouldn't mind," Alicia admits. "But my mother likely wouldn't forgive me."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Yes. With how you disdain drink...these things must be so boring." Taldeer and Alicia reach the ballroom, entering in. This entrance is far less attention getting than the last, at least.
[21:41] <Alicia> "I'll probably have one or two to be sociable, but the taste just doesn't work for me in most cases," Alicia shrugs as they head down the stairs. "But yes, these things tend to be fairly dull for me."
[21:45] <Kotono> As they blend back into the ball, "I see Seira over there," Taldeer points to a corner, as she sits with Amaryl and another human. "Your parents are over there...mmmm. Any preference at all?"
[21:48] <Alicia> "Well, you can see my parents any day, so why don't we drop in on Seira and Amaryl?" Alicia suggests, lowering her voice, "Amaryl was the scion of House Gaial in Pallanth but she recently left to pursue an adventurer's life with Seira."
[21:49] <Kotono> "Ah yes." Walking along, "This should be interesting then." OOC: I'll move you to #eval.
[22:34] <Kotono> ---
[22:37] <Kotono> First off, this level of knowledge provides you the basic information about the Elemental Plane of Fire: You'll take fire damage each round there, so warding is needed. Visibilty is poor and the air is smoky, and non-native fliers have a hard time there. (Fly speed is halved, fly manuverability is reduced one category). There also isn't much in the way of food on the plane for non-natives, so that's a concern. (More)
[22:37] <Kotono> food on the plane for non-natives, so that's a concern. (More)
[22:41] <Kotono> Notable places of primal fire: The Undying Pyre, Kossuth's realm. Great, endless fires burn there of incredible intensity. The Firefall, a place where it is said a great fire-fall flows, giving birth to fire elementals. The City of Brass, the home of the efreeti. It is said that the palace of the Grand Sultan holds treasure beyond mortal reckoning, including vast heat, but none have ever penetrated and survived to tell the tale.
[22:41] <Kotono> including vast heat, but none have ever penetrated and survived to tell the tale.
[22:42] <Alicia> That all we've got?
[22:43] <Kotono> Those are the three big ones that you know of, yes. Investigation of the natives could turn up more information or other leads as well. Antenora will also mention that the baatezu are on very good terms with the efreeti, and being immune to fire, they're known to stalk the plane as well.
[18:49] <Kotono> -------(Ko in Flames)--
[18:49] <Kotono> OOC: Fire res 30 on Alicia, GMW on Alicia and Antenora, Seira has her normal buffs.
03[18:50] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
01[18:50] <Seira> OOC: False Life and Greater Resistance
[18:51] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:55] <Kotono> Antenora, Seira and Alicia gather. Magic is wrapped around them just as the sun creeps towards it's noon zenith. Calling on the magic of her ring, Alicia allows them to step through the Planes themselves! The three appear standing on barely coherent lava-rock, flames dancing all around. The sky is dark and smoky, visibility poor. The air is thick with burning smoke, but breathe-able nonetheless. The smell of burning manifests everywhere. Above
[18:55] <Kotono> The air is thick with burning smoke, but breathe-able nonetheless. The smell of burning manifests everywhere. Above, as much as you can see, you can glimpse great roiling clouds of pure steam. Around you stand humanoids. They were perhaps once human, but they are composed of terrible, blazing fire and boiling rock. One wears a dancing orb of fire around it's neck. Behind them lies a vast ziggurat, layer after layer rising into and lost in the
[18:55] <Kotono> Behind them lies a vast ziggurat, layer after layer rising into and lost in the smoky sky. (More)
[18:56] <Kotono> The heat is felt even with your wardings. Sweat begins to leak from your bodies instantly, evaporating a split second later. In this inferno-heat, the one with the orb speaks in Ignan: "For what reason do mortal creatures come to the Undying Pyre?"
06[18:58] * Alicia swaps her plane shift ring for her freedom of movement one and addresses the elemental in its own language. "We come seeking a fire great enough to incinerate an aspect of dire winter, spawned of Auril's blood and Shar's rage," she answers.
01[18:58] <Seira> "And where else would one go to seek the fieriest fire of all?" Seira adds in the same language. Given their destination, she sees no reason to keep her disguise.
[19:01] <Kotono> The being of flame raises it's arms to the sky, a flashing pillar of heat immolating him like a strike of flaming fury from the heavens!"Angels and a dragon of fire. Oh, Father of All the Fires, grant me thy wisdom!"
[19:02] <Kotono> The others begin to chant in Ignan, "Eternal, let the fire burn eternal for all time! Let the fire burn away all that is weak!"
[19:03] <Alicia> Guidance from the natives sponsored by Kossuth would not go amiss, so Alicia is content to respectfully wait on their ceremony. Certainly, the three of them are anything but weak, so that should count for something with these people.
06[19:04] * Seira can't help but wonder if a fire so fiery it can burn her exists.
[19:04] <Kotono> From within the flaming pillar that consumes him, "You who come from the mundane world and wear the guises of eternity, you must travel! Travel and travel until you see the Incarnation of the Father of Fire reaching from ground into the infinity of forever! Thy path will be tested in the fires! Travel the way of flame now, wait not a moment more! Hesitation is weakness! Go!" (More)
[19:04] <Kotono> His finger juts out of the pillar of fire, pointing to behind you and the smoky horizon there.
01[19:06] <Seira> "Thanks!" There's nothing more to be said, and these beings appreciate curtness as much as she, so Seira follows the instructions.
06[19:06] * Alicia won't argue with a divine edict when she hears it (unless it's from a deity she hates). "I understand. Glory to the Firelord," she responds in Ignan before turning and switching to common. "Lets go," she says as she advances on the path, explaining the situation for Antenora's benefit as they depart.
[19:08] <Kotono> Antenora follows, holding her spear close. "They're organized. I approve."
[19:10] <Alicia> "It's almost as if we were expected," Alicia half smiles. "But then, when you trespass on a God's domain that probably isn't unusual."
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: How long do your spells las tin duration, guys? #evildunes.
[19:24] <Kotono> Thus you travel in the flaming expanses of the Undying Pyre. After four grueling hours of travel, the horizon is the same. Endless flame and smoke, hard to see past about 100 to 120 feet or so. A small bit of path can be ahead, thirty feet long, stopping and starting in the middle of nothing. In the center, a great roaring sheet of transparent fire burns, bisecting the path. Around it, mephits of fire frolic, throwing globs of fire at each oth
[19:24] <Kotono> bisecting the path. Around it, mephits of fire frolic, throwing globs of fire at each other.
01[19:26] <Seira> "Incarnation of the Father of Fire?" Seira asks, peering ahead at the pillar of flames.
[19:26] <Kotono> "This quickly?" Antenora banters back, "It would be pleasant if it was such a short trip."
[19:26] <Alicia> "It doesn't look to be stretching into the infinity of forever, and we haven't been tested yet," Alicia reflects as she approaches the sheet of fire.
01[19:27] <Seira> "Maybe it's the son of the incarnation of the father of fire?" Seira suggests with a shrug, intending to proceed ahead regardless of the flames.
[19:28] <Kotono> As the party approaches, the mephits stop the play. They gather all around the sheet of fire and the path on both sides. One of them points at the party, "Lookie here, some flammables!"
[19:29] <Alicia> "Do we look like we're burning?" Alicia responds tartly. "Unless your claws are a lot sharper than they look, you'll have a hard time wounding us."
[19:31] <Kotono> One of the mephits leers, "A mouthy angel and her quiet pals! Come on, show us your strength! Survive passing through our gauntlet, little flammables!"
01[19:32] <Seira> "I don't like taunting the weak," Seira returns, calmly walking ahead.
[19:34] <Kotono> The mephits watch as the party comes closer and closer, the sheet of fire radiating an intense heat!
[19:35] <Alicia> "Do as you like. If you manage to hurt us, we'll even show you our strength," Alicia gives the leering mephit a promising smile as she follows Seira, intending to go through the fire. It'll probably go through her resistance a bit, but she can heal that up easily enough and it'll send a clear message to the mephits that she won't be cowed by threats of burning.
[19:37] <Kotono> Thus Alicia passes through the fire, followed by Seira and Antenora! The flames strike down, incinerating all that pass through it!
[19:37] <Kotono> roll 15d6 Fire res/immunity applies
06[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 Fire res/immunity applies and gets 53." [15d6=4, 3, 1, 5, 2, 5, 3, 5, 5, 3, 5, 2, 4, 5, 1]
[19:38] <Kotono> Seira and Antenora pass through the fire harmlessly! Alicia is singed, her magic only able to stop some of the burning! Once through, the mephits back off. "Strong..."
[19:38] <Alicia> As she emerges Alicia pauses and turns to face the mephits, her skin raw and burnt and her feathers blackened. Yet she only smiles, passing a hand over her features as the wounds and burns all vanish away into nothingness, leaving her as pristine as before.
[19:38] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay on hands
06[19:39] * Seira ignores the fodders and proceeds ahead, as Kossuth's servants bid them.
[19:39] <Kotono> "That wasn't so bad, not as bad as that trial in the ruins," Antenora follows Seira, "Did you ever hear the story of that, when Demedais went into the lava?"
01[19:40] <Seira> "I was there, so that's a yes."
[19:40] <Alicia> Having made her point, Alicia continues on after Seira. "I heard he forgot to take his clothes off and they all got incinerated."
01[19:41] <Seira> "That's not actually true. I advised him to take off all that wouldn't be helpful, so only his stamina-boosting clothes got destroyed. That's likely the only reason he survived, since they remained functional long enough to protect him."
[19:44] <Alicia> "I remember I fell in the lava when I was in Ysgard. Even though I was warded it was still agonising," Alicia grumbles. "Good thing I was able to climb out, if I'd sank in there all my belongings would've been immolated even if I got resurrected."
[19:45] <Kotono> "Ah, being immolated in lava or losing legs. Ysgard is such fun," Antenora's gaze is ahead as she walks.
[19:47] <Alicia> "We should go and thank Strength of Light sometime now that Esthan has been defeated," Alicia's mood perks up as she trudges on through the burning ash.
[19:47] <Kotono> "We should." Antenora smiles fondly at that, "For all the troubles, he did really help us."
[19:54] <Kotono> Another two hours pass. As you travel towards the horizon...the ground quakes! Rising up from the ground, 80 feet away, is a roaring flame in the shape of a man. It is large, a billowing red robe clads it's body. You feel an utter terror fill you, mixing with absolute awe of the being within your sight. It's words are like crackles of fire, "Prey. You shall satiate my hunger."
[19:55] <Alicia> "This might be more problematic than the mephits..." Alicia murmurs, preparing a spell to ward off the instinctive terror this creature inspires.
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes for what is it, too
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes for what is it, too and gets 39." [1d20=17]
06[19:56] * Seira can't think for a better time to cast a defensive spell, likewise taking this next opponent seriously.
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: If you guys are casting we'll go into initiative, since it's going to sit there and let you cast with impunity.
[19:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 that's why I said preparing
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 that's why I said preparing and gets 13." [1d20=5]
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 ditto, and after it called us pray there was not much chance of dialogue
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 ditto, and after it called us pray there was not much chance of dialogue and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 God-Blooded
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 God-Blooded and gets 17." [1d20=8]
03[19:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'God-Blooded>Alicia>Seira>Antenora'
[20:00] <Kotono> From the hand of this being, a bolt of pure fire erupts out towards Antenora!
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 ranged touch
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 ranged touch and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 8d6 penetrates fire immunity owwies
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 penetrates fire immunity owwies and gets 26." [8d6=5, 6, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 4]
[20:03] <Kotono> The flames immolate Antenora! A startled cry of pain comes as her wings are scorched and her face is turned lobster red! "Shit!" Cursing in Infernal, "It burned me? Hellfire?" But a split-moment later, four flaming spheres come from the creature's other hand! Like little meteories, they burst all around the party! OOC: CL in case Antenora gets luck first.
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Four reflex saves, all.
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 4#1d20+17
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d20+17 and gets 106." [4#1d20+17 = 25, 30, 26, 25]
01[20:03] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+24
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+24 and gets 133." [4#1d20+24 = 29, 33, 33, 38]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 4#1d20+17
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d20+17 and gets 104." [4#1d20+17 = 32, 26, 27, 19]
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, used Alicia's mod. Antenora's is better on ref I think, let me do the math.
[20:04] <Alicia> OOC: +7 on each
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply and gets 21." [6d6=3, 6, 5, 1, 1, 5]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply and gets 22." [6d6=5, 4, 5, 3, 1, 4]
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply and gets 21." [6d6=5, 1, 5, 3, 1, 6]
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 Seira nulls all of these with evasion, Alicia and antenora take half, resistance/immunity does not apply and gets 18." [6d6=3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4]
[20:05] <Kotono> Seira deftly dances out of the way, as Alicia and Antenora follow! While not as quick as Seira, they are able to avoid the worst of the flaming, super-hot catastrophe! OOC: Alicia.
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d10
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10 and gets 7." [1d10=7]
[20:07] <Alicia> Ironically Alicia bets this thing could probably maul the Winterwight. But it's unlikely they'll secure its cooperation, so hopefully besting it will prove to Kossuth that they deserve some aid. "It carries the blood of Kossuth himself!" Alicia calls, wincing at the burns and casting her spell. "Mother of all Magic, gird our spirits to triumph over this test!"
[20:07] <Alicia> That done she flies 10 feet up and 30 forward, spreading out a bit to hopefully avoid making them all targets again.
[20:07] <Alicia> OOC: +10 to saves vs fear for all within 60 feet
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Seira.
06[20:12] * Seira circles to the right as identical images spring all around her. Once she had moved enough to place her within sixty feet of the incarnation of Kossuth, Seira decides to test how much he enjoys shivering in cold!
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: Greater MI as swift, Cone of Cold as standard. What do I roll?
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: SR check.
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 15d6 freeze dc26
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6 freeze dc26 and gets 59." [15d6=4, 5, 4, 4, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2]
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[20:15] <Kotono> The freezing cone of cold engulfts the robed creature, leaving lines of frost that chill it's body! Yet it's heat burns on, it's body shaking in pain and rage! Antenora hurries ahead, coming to within 20 feet of it...but as she does...
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 and gets 50." [1d20=15]
[20:17] <Kotono> Antenora continues to advance, holy fury mending her wounds! OOC: 9/10, +10 HP Antenora. Baddie's up.
[20:19] <Kotono> The ground quakes! From the ground...
[20:19] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[20:20] <Kotono> Four of them emerge, giants cast of fire, with flaming greatswords in hand! They speak in roaring flames, appearing around Antenora, surrounding her! "For the glory of the eternal flames!"
03[20:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'God-Blooded=Fire Giants>Alicia>Seira>Antenora'
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: if they're summons they can make will saves or gtfo
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 1
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 1 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 2
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 2 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 3
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 3 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 5
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 5 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
03[20:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'God-Blooded=Fire Giant>Alicia>Seira>Antenora'
[20:21] <Kotono> But a moment later, all but one vanishes! It strikes Antenora, none theless!
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (No flanking now)
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (No flanking now) and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[20:22] <Kotono> Antenora weaves and dodges, flying slightly away from the cleaving blade of fire! As she does, the robed creature steps 30 feet back, gliding on the burning surface, as a ball of fire erupts around Seira! OOC: Ref.
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[20:22] <Kotono> Seira eludes the ball of fire, weaving out and around flames with ridicious agility! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:24] * Alicia flies fifteen feet closer and fifteen feet up before casting another spell as she comes into range. "Be weakened!" she snaps as the ray of crackling red-tinted negative energy surges out!
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 ranged touch
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 ranged touch and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels +5 negative energy damage
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels +5 negative energy damage and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[20:25] <Kotono> The beam of crackling black energy makes the flaming creature wither slightly, impacted and weakened! OOC:Seira.
06[20:28] * Seira draws her sword as she pursues the creature, calling upon Waukeen's guidance to come within thirty feet of it, where she strikes with her most powerful icy spell!
01[20:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 impromptu SA, empowered orb of cold
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 impromptu SA, empowered orb of cold and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: Ranged touch?
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: Ranged touch, except he's flat-footed
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: Can he be SAd?
01[20:29] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d6 cold
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d6 cold and gets 78." [15d6=5, 6, 6, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 4]
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 78*1.5
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 78*1.5 and gets 117."
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 5d6 more
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d6 more and gets 12." [5d6=1, 1, 4, 4, 2]
01[20:30] <Seira> OOC: Fort DC24 or some 1 round effect, he so passes except on a 1
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[20:31] <Kotono> The orb hits the leg of the flaming creature, making it freeze solid! It drags behind it like a burden, entirely iced over! OOC: Antenora's up.
01[20:31] <Seira> "Still hungry for more?" Seira taunts the creature.
[20:32] <Kotono> Antenora focuses on the roadblock ahead of her, healing her wounds in the meantime! OOC: 8/10 FS, +10 HP.
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 GMW, +1 fly, -4 PA)
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+2 GMW, +1 fly, -4 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 3d8+72
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+72 and gets 79." [3d8=1, 2, 4]
[20:34] <Kotono> The giant is maimed badly, Antenora turning it into a spear cushion as she shreds it's innards, stabbing int it over and over! OOC: Giant and the big flame are up.
[20:35] <Kotono> The giant strikes back at Antenora first of all, swinging without hesitation or fear!
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[20:36] <Kotono> Yet not a blow lands, as the being of fire shakes! From it's body, a great wave of fire comes out, engulfing everything in and endless horror of eternal flame! OOC: Reflex saves all.
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 giant
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 giant and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Antenora
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 Antenora and gets 27." [1d20=3]
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 22d6
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 22d6 and gets 75." [22d6=4, 6, 6, 5, 2, 4, 5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 1, 6, 1]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Seira nulls, other two take half.
03[20:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'God-Blooded>Alicia>Seira>Antenora'
[20:38] <Kotono> Afterwards, all that is left is burning flamea ll around. The ground is altered, turne dinto waves of magma barely held together by rock. Smirking in the center, the creature looks ahead...then double takes as he sees the heroes still standing! OOC: Alicia.
[20:39] <Kotono> The giant is gone, immolted.
[20:39] <Kotono> *immolated.
[20:39] <Alicia> "You'll have to do better than that!" Alicia challenges as she crafts together another enervation spell and sends it crackling out at her prey!
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[20:40] <Kotono> This time, the spell crackles and fizzles against the flaming creature! Grasping out, it's hand shatters the main thrust of the ray, tossing it aside like specks of dark energy! OOC: Anything else, alicia?
[20:40] <Alicia> That done she flies thirty feet straight up.
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[20:43] <Seira> Stoneskin is summoned about Seira's form, as it is really the time for it to appear. She contemplates charging recklessly into melee, but reconsiders, as it's been a while since she had as much fun casting, and opts for a Ray of Dizziness! Without waiting for the results, Seira continues flanking the creature to cut off its escape, and be able to help Antenora when she finally gets through to him.
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: To hit roll.
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 glee
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 glee and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:44] <Seira> OOC: He's effectively slowed
[20:46] <Kotono> The being is slowed down, hit by the ray! AS it is, Antenora charges, a clear path! She screams as she does, "In the name of Mystra, be humbled by us!"
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+1 fly, +2 GMW, +2 charge, +8 smite, +2 FS 7/10, -10 PA)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+1 fly, +2 GMW, +2 charge, +8 smite, +2 FS 7/10, -10 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+2d6+92
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+92 and gets 110." [2d8=3, 1][1d6=6][2d6=2, 6]
[20:51] <Kotono> Antenora impales the creature in the hip, ripping down! It's frozen leg is shattered by Antenora's withdrawl, broken apart into shards of ice! OOC: Alicia.
[20:53] <Alicia> With battle now joined in earnest, Alicia flies after Antenora to join the melee, ripping down across the God-Blooded's shoulder and chest with Hell Striker!
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, sorry, Antenora just went. It's up instead.
[20:53] <Alicia> OOC: nevermind that then
[20:56] <Kotono> Shaking all over, the creature extends it's hand out again! A flaming bolt goes for Antenora first!
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 touch
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 touch and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 12d6 owwies Antenora
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 owwies Antenora and gets 40." [12d6=4, 2, 3, 6, 3, 3, 1, 6, 1, 6, 3, 2]
[20:57] <Kotono> It then points at Alicia, flaming meteorites bursting around her, four of them! OOC: Four ref saves.
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 4#1d20+17
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d20+17 and gets 101." [4#1d20+17 = 22, 27, 27, 25]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 6d6 full on this one
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 full on this one and gets 20." [6d6=1, 6, 2, 5, 5, 1]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 6d6 halve
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 6d6 halve
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 halve and gets 29." [6d6=4, 3, 6, 5, 6, 5]
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 halve and gets 15." [6d6=2, 3, 5, 1, 3, 1]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 6d6 halve
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 halve and gets 24." [6d6=1, 6, 5, 2, 4, 6]
[20:59] <Kotono> Antenora's wings are charred, featers falling away! Alicia is horrifically burned, aching all over with second and third degree chars! OOC: Alicia.
[21:00] <Alicia> "Dammit, should've done this from the start," Alicia curses, snapping out the command word to her boots as time suddenly stops!
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Okay Alicia, you're up.
[21:01] <Alicia> The first thing she does is turn herself invisible and fly over to flank the creature with Antenora. Next she heals herself, intending to attack as soon as time restarts...
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18 healz
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 healz and gets 59." [18d4=1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Done?
[21:02] <Alicia> And when it does, the invisible Alicia slices into the god-blooded with a vengeance, despite the shakes she has from the rapid speeding up!
[21:02] <Alicia> OOC: now I full attack
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike and gets 38." [1d20=4]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike and gets 48." [1d20=14]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=5]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike smite
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike smite and gets 51." [1d20=19]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike smite crit check
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 flanking, flying, shaken, divine might, 6th, 5th, 2 2nd level arcane strike smite crit check and gets 41." [1d20=9]
[21:03] <Alicia> OOC: does he have the evil subtype?
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits and a crit. Yes.
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 5d8+119+8d6+4d6+52d4
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+119+8d6+4d6+52d4 and gets 324." [5d8=1, 8, 8, 4, 7][8d6=3, 1, 6, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1][4d6=3, 4, 6, ]
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: oh, +2 invis and he's flat footed, duh
[21:05] <Kotono> Caught between a rock and a hard place, the flaming creature's body is torn apart! It turns into a great burst of fire, screaming, "You are stronger...how...!?" Before vanishing away, leaving behind a pile of soot! OOC: Free act.
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: unless he's dead then who cares
06[21:05] * Alicia relinquishes her invisibility spell abruptly, going to heal Antenora. "Stronger, perhaps, but it gave a good fight."
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 26." [3d8=1, 5, 5]
01[21:06] <Seira> "Well, this was fun," Seira muses, giving the Resort an idle twirl before she sheathes it smoothly. "Let's go once you're all back to full strength?"
[21:06] <Kotono> "What was that," Antenora leans against Alicia, "And you didn't even get touched."
01[21:07] <Seira> "Must be my devillish luck!"
[21:08] <Kotono> Groaning at that, Antenora proceeds to touch herself and Alicia "That was terrible. But on subject, it blew through our defenses like it was nothing." OOC: 16 HP lay on hand, 8 ot each.
[21:09] <Alicia> "A god-blooded," Alicia repeats, healing Antenora some more. "It lacks any true divinity, but it is descended from Kossuth. It's no surprise that such flames would bypass normal protections."
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9 for Anty
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 for Anty and gets 35." [9d4=4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2]
06[21:09] * Seira decides to help out, coming near the two.
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 Anty
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 Anty and gets 29." [3d8=4, 6, 4]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 2d8+10 Al-chan
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 Al-chan and gets 24." [2d8=8, 6]
[21:10] <Kotono> "It must have been another trial," Antenora perks up as her burns mend, "I wonder if I should focus on my agility more. Far better than being burnt alive like we were."
01[21:11] <Seira> "It's pretty unlikely many would be able to burn you, in all fairness," Seira points out.
[21:11] <Alicia> "I learned a valuable lesson about holding back, I'll say that," Alicia replies, nodding in thanks for the healing she's given. "Anyway, shall we continue? The Firelord would disapprove if we tarried overlong."
06[21:12] * Seira is good to go, and leads the way onwards, her doubles winking out.
06[21:18] * Alicia casts heroism on herself as they go, since she can keep it up for some time.
[21:18] <Kotono> Another few hours pass, three in total. Ahead, something catches your eye. A tower of gleaming, melty copper rises ahead. It's surrounded by a fence of formed smoke.
06[21:19] * Alicia looks up as they approach, in case the tower stretches into infinity. "Shall we go around or through?" she wonders.
01[21:20] <Seira> "We were told to go straight ahead and not fear the challenge, right?" Seira asks in return.
06[21:20] * Seira fully intends to cast Heroism once they are within minutes of the tower.
[21:23] <Kotono> "Seira has a good point," Antenora says as she strides towards the tower. Seira casts heroism on thew all. On reaching the fence, you see a latch of smoke can open part of it up, if one wishes to proceed in towards the tower proper.
06[21:24] * Seira follows through with Dragonskin, and opens the latch to proceed into the tower.
[21:26] <Kotono> The latch is opened! The entrance to the tower is about 60 feet away, a barred metal door.
[21:27] <Alicia> Seira's the one with skills at opening doors, so Alicia is happy enough to follow along and defer to her expertise.
06[21:28] * Seira makes a show of checking the area for traps, while waiting on Antenora's response.
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Rol lif you're actually checking.
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 45." [1d20=17]
06[21:29] * Alicia then pauses, her eyes glowing blue as she looks around herself.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: arcane sight
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 26." [1d20=16]
06[21:31] * Alicia draws Hell Striker as she advances thirty feet in past the gate, looking around for any additional auras. Since Seira's acting clueless she might as well play along and not focus too much on the one she's already spotted.
01[21:32] <Seira> "Seems clear," Seira says with a shrug, proceeding onwards. As soon as the bearded devil does anything, she's fully prepared to call upon her magic.
[21:32] <Kotono> As the party gets within thirty feet...OOC: PM, Seira.
06[21:33] * Seira continues towards the entrance to the tower, as she waits on hostile actions from the devil before reacting.
[21:34] <Kotono> Seira gets to the door! As she does...
06[21:36] * Seira contemplates revealing her knowledge, but decides to proceeds onwards in a clueless fashion.
06[21:36] * Alicia really wants to address the devil at this point, but figures Seira surely has a plan. Just be nice if she knew what it was.
06[21:37] * Seira ensures they are alone, before saying, "Our host left, looks like."
[21:37] <Alicia> Oh, too late. "It's probably gone to warn someone... this look like diabolical architecture to you, Antenora?" Alicia asks, assuming they've stumbled across a devil base. But if Kossuth put this on their path he surely means for them to test their strength here, and won't care if the devils prove to week to be worthy of His hospitality.
01[21:38] <Seira> "Likely," Seira agrees. "But they don't know we can see them, and it wasn't actually threatening. It was to our advantage to let him go."
[21:39] <Kotono> Antenora looks it over, "No tin particular." She concludes, "It just looks like a copper tower to me."
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 architecture!
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 architecture! and gets 34." [1d20=15]
01[21:42] <Seira> "Forged with magic, the works," Seira says, looking around for ways to proceed.
[21:43] <Alicia> "Well, shall we head inside?" Alicia asks, gesturing to the door.
[21:43] <Kotono> There is the barred metal door ahead if one wishes to proceed inside.
06[21:44] * Seira opens it, heading onwards.
[21:47] <Kotono> Uplifting the bar, Seira opens the door! Ahead is a room centered around a rising stair. It's mostly plain, save for a pair of bearded devils blocking the way up the stairs. They're 80 feet away, looking at the party.
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spellcraft
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spellcraft and gets 11." [1d20=1]
01[21:48] <Seira> "Hi," Seira greets them plainly, pausing in her steps. "What is this place?"
06[21:48] * Alicia opens her mouth then closes it. What the hell, Seira's approach probably works.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Mistress is coming," One of the bearded devils barks. "Wait."
06[21:50] * Seira shrugs, stepping ten feet inside the room. "Alright, we can do that."
[21:51] <Alicia> "So is this an outpost for devils or have you been bound by a local?" Alicia asks. Her money's on the latter. She's just not used to seeing Barbazu on any official hellish business these days.
[21:52] <Kotono> "Mistress is coming," The bearded devil repeats. "Wait for her."
06[21:54] * Alicia decides there's no harm in obliging.
[21:56] <Kotono> In a flash, she is there. She stands within thirty feet of the party, offering a hand out. She is made of sleek red scales, very feminine in apperance. She resembles a pit fiend, delicate wings wrapping around to preserve her modesty. Her voice is nothing but beauty, "Ah, guests. Heavenly ones no less! I am Nayliel, Mistress of this tower. What is your business?"
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 recognise her form/name?
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 recognise her form/name? and gets 33." [1d20=11]
01[21:57] <Seira> "Kossuth sent us ahead, and the tower was ahead. Kossuth is pretty straight forward, so we clearly needed to come here," Seira informs her. "So, Nayliel, what's this tower all about?"
[21:57] <Alicia> (planes)
[21:57] <Alicia> OOC: +2 for heroism, actually
[21:59] <Kotono> "This is a tower about..." She bats her eyelids at Seira, "About burning to death in agony and torment. The furances below are marvelous! If Kossuth sent you here, he must want you to burn!"
01[22:00] <Seira> "Well, he must want one of us to burn, in that case," Seira reasons. "Are you sure this is what it has to come down to?"
[22:01] <Alicia> "Well, clearly it's a case of strength, Mistress Nayliel" Alicia replies as she steps forward. "Kossuth has perhaps tired of granting you hospitality and wishes to see if you are strong enough to deserve it? We shall be the instruments of his discernment in this case."
[22:02] <Kotono> "Who am I to question Kossuth's will?" Smiling now, "Kossuth wants all to burn. Ah, you want to fight?" With a long look at Alicia, "I offer my hand and hospitality out and you strike back with venom. I would think you would have respected a kind greeting."
[22:04] <Alicia> "You did say that you presumed he wished us to burn," Alicia replies easily, lazily twirling Hell Striker around at her side as it trails flames in an arc from its dual-blades. "However, never let it be said that Alicia Reynes does not respect good manners. There, we are now introduced, is that not better?"
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 32." [1d20=4]
[22:05] <Kotono> "I've heard of you..." She looks to Antenora and then Seira, "You're the dragon Seira, and you? Antenora. I'm charmed to have such illustrious guests. If you insist on a battle..." She stretches her arms back. "
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
06[22:05] * Seira waves back as her name is called. "Nice to make your acquaintance."
[22:06] <Kotono> "I've heard of you..." She looks to Antenora and then Seira, "You're the dragon Seira, and you? Antenora. I'm charmed to have such illustrious guests. If you insist on a battle..." She stretches her arms back. "You do know I won't just let you come at me here and now. Levels of traps, lesser demons under my command, countless dangers. My my, you might even die."
01[22:08] <Seira> "Well, if you're too afraid to burn in the here and now as Kossuth so clearly wants you to, then that makes you a coward, and your death all but certain," Seira is happy to point out.
[22:08] <Alicia> "There's a pit in Kesse half a mile deep that stands testament to how we deal with such inconveniences," Alicia smiles with her own venom. "I wouldn't put much faith in walls and fodder were I you, Mistress Nayliel."
[22:09] <Kotono> "Before that, let's at least sit down and talk," Smoothly offering a hand out again, "I know your friend there will probably rant about 'Baatezu trickery', but really, do we have to go straight to bloodshed? When did the celestials become intolerant killers?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "It's true." Antenora holds up her glowing spear, "You know what's going to happen here. If you don't want to fight, abandon this tower and get out of our way."
01[22:12] <Seira> "We can talk," Seira admits. "What do you want to talk about?"
[22:14] <Alicia> "You misrepresent us so terribly, I am wounded," Alicia rests a hand over her chest. "Antenora here understands Baatezu trickery better than any, yet I can still call her my friend. However, my tolerance has limits, as I'm sure you can well understand. And you test those limits by encouraging a very ugly side of what the flame can represent."
[20:44] <Kobrb> > "I've heard of you..." She looks to Antenora and then Seira, "You're the dragon Seira, and you? Antenora. I'm charmed to have such illustrious guests. If you insist on a battle..." She stretches her arms back. "
[20:44] <Kobrb> > OOC: Gah.
[20:44] <Kobrb> * Seira waves back as her name is called. "Nice to make your acquaintance."
[20:44] <Kobrb> > "I've heard of you..." She looks to Antenora and then Seira, "You're the dragon Seira, and you? Antenora. I'm charmed to have such illustrious guests. If you insist on a battle..." She stretches her arms back. "You do know I won't just let you come at me here and now. Levels of traps, lesser demons under my command, countless dangers. My my, you might even die."
[20:44] <Kobrb> <Seira> "Well, if you're too afraid to burn in the here and now as Kossuth so clearly wants you to, then that makes you a coward, and your death all but certain," Seira is happy to point out.
03[20:44] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:44] <Kobrb> <Alicia> "There's a pit in Kesse half a mile deep that stands testament to how we deal with such inconveniences," Alicia smiles with her own venom. "I wouldn't put much faith in walls and fodder were I you, Mistress Nayliel."
[20:44] <Kobrb> > "Before that, let's at least sit down and talk," Smoothly offering a hand out again, "I know your friend there will probably rant about 'Baatezu trickery', but really, do we have to go straight to bloodshed? When did the celestials become intolerant killers?"
[20:44] <Kobrb> > "It's true." Antenora holds up her glowing spear, "You know what's going to happen here. If you don't want to fight, abandon this tower and get out of our way."
[20:44] <Kobrb> <Seira> "We can talk," Seira admits. "What do you want to talk about?"
[20:44] <Kobrb> <Alicia> "You misrepresent us so terribly, I am wounded," Alicia rests a hand over her chest. "Antenora here understands Baatezu trickery better than any, yet I can still call her my friend. However, my tolerance has limits, as I'm sure you can well understand. And you test those limits by encouraging a very ugly side of what the flame can represent."
[20:47] <Kobrb> "Well, if you call down your attack angel with the spear, let's talk." With a snap of her fingers, the copper tower flows! From the floor, seats of steaming, bubbling copper form behind the party. One appears right under Nayliel, falling back to sit on it, sending bits of flowing hot copper splashing.
06[20:49] * Seira raises an eyebrow. "What's the point of disarming when you have mages on both sides?" she asks curiously.
[20:51] <Alicia> "Appearances must be kept, Seira," Alicia notes blandly, relaxing her stance a bit but still holding Hell Striker loosely by her side. "I'm curious, though, just what conversation Mistress Nayliel wishes to partake in after changing her mind about threatening us. I do hope it proves scintilating," she concludes sweetly.
[20:51] <Kobrb> Antenora lowers her spear ever so slightly. "I could just smite you with holy power, but...yes, protocol and all that."
06[20:52] * Seira shrugs, not having drawn her sword yet and seeing little need to change that.
[20:53] <Kobrb> "Why, I had no desire to fight you in the first place. Only that if Kossuth guided you here, he must naturally want you to burn." Throwing a leg up over the armrest of her seat as she leans to the side, "The purpose of this tower is to set things aflame."
[20:54] <Alicia> "This entire *plane* sets things aflame," Alicia counters. "What makes your tower so special?"
01[20:54] <Seira> "Better, more refined fire?" Seira suggests.
[20:56] <Kobrb> "Exactly. Oh, there is fire," Crackling flames dance between Nayliel's fingers, forming the letters for the infernal word of F-I-R-E. "Common fire. Just as there are betters and superiors, there are greater types of flame."
01[20:56] <Seira> "Is your fire so strong it burns you?" Seira asks curiously.
[20:57] <Kobrb> "Like Hellfire?" Antenora shifts slightly, her terse smile cold as ice, steamy ice.
[21:00] <Kobrb> "Oh, it can, it can." Leaning back now, wings flaring up and outward above her head, "Hellfire is so lovely. It burns anything alive."
[21:03] <Alicia> "So, what, is this some sort of Hellfire research facility?" Alicia asks, narrowing her eyes.
[21:04] <Kobrb> "It's a cooperative effort. Kossuth is the Lord of Fire, is he not?" With a sizzling smirk to Alicia, "It's a cooperative effort between Kossuth and the Lord of the Eighth."
[21:07] <Alicia> "Seems rather insecure, though, doesn't it?" Alicia hazards, looking around. "If just anyone can wander in here, it certainly doesn't seem like the Firelord is taking any responsibility for the integrity of your work. So why take the risk of leaving Baator's safe boundaries?"
[21:08] <Kobrb> "Apperances are deceiving." Her wings wrap around her body once more, "That's between Kossuth and Dread Mephisto. Now then...since you have come here, will you brave the furnaces below?"
01[21:10] <Seira> "What's in it for me, besides the inevitable burns to prove I could?"
[21:10] <Kobrb> "You said Kossuth send you here. Surely he wants you to burn and prove yourselves in the hottest fires there are. If you've made it here, mere normal fire is nothing to you."
01[21:12] <Seira> "That's one interpretation," Seira allows. "Another is that he wants us to pit our fire against your fiendfire." She glances at Alicia and Antenora. "What do you think?"
[21:12] <Kobrb> "You know what my vote is," Antenora raises her spear up, "Can we trust a single word she says?"
03[21:13] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
[21:14] <Alicia> "Welcome to my web, said the spider to the fly..." Alicia mutters under her breath. "An interesting proposal," she goes on in a normal tone. "But it seems an awful lot like you saving yourself the bother of a fight by sweet-talking us into your convenient deathtrap. If nothing else, I have to to applaud your audacity, Mistress Nayliel."
01[21:15] <Seira> "A very good point," Seira agrees. "We can always do the former after trying the latter, but the other way around? Not so much."
[21:19] <Kotono> Standing up, Nayliel bows. "I live to please. Now then...?"
01[21:21] <Seira> "How about making a duel out of it?" Seira proposes. "Your fire versus Alicia's fire. See which works better? I know I'm pretty curious, myself."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Ah, you have fire?" Now looking to Alicia, "What sort of fire?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "Hmm?" Alicia pauses at that. "Well, my fire doesn't so much burn as it... annihilates," she smiles at Nayliel. "Certainly my sword is capable of scorching even a devil's flesh, but Mystra's spellfire puts it to shame." As she speaks she surreptitiously recharges a little, calling upon her innate arcane sight power and absorbing it back as spellfire energy.
01[21:26] <Seira> "So how about it?" Seira asks. "You win, your research advances. She wins... well, you wouldn't be participating if you weren't confident in yourself and your fire, would you?"
[21:28] <Kotono> "Doubt? Of course not. But what do you want if you somehow win?" Nayliel snaps her fingers again. From the stairs above, a Bearded Devil comes running down, prostrating itself before Nayliel.
01[21:29] <Seira> "Oh, I don't know... the fieriest fire you have would be nice."
[21:30] <Kotono> "Ah, certainly. I'll give you as much fire as you please if you win." Nayliel smirks.
[21:30] <Alicia> "We really don't want Hellfire, Seira," Alicia shakes her head, expression twisting in distaste as she continues quietly feeding off her own magic. "Still, there should be some sort of stake for both sides beyond mere curiousity, surely."
01[21:31] <Seira> "How about a copy of the research notes, then?" Seira proposes.
[21:32] <Kotono> "An intact, unaltered and unmanipulated version, if that's what's accepted," Antenora speaks up, "No technicalities abou tputting exploding runes or suggestions in it, or removing the key parts."
[21:34] <Alicia> "That would be acceptable for me," Alicia nods, the magical theory involved surely going to be useful for developing countermeasures to hellfire. "What would you like to claim if you were to win, Mistress Nayliel?" she then asks, continuing her slow and steady buildup of magic.
[21:35] <Kotono> With a lithe shrug of he rshoulders, "Why ,the three of you submit into going into my furnaces under my direction." With another snap of her fingers, a second Bearded Devil scurries down, planting it's face down into the hot copper floor next to it's kin.
01[21:36] <Seira> They'd only be doing that if Alicia can't take on the fiend, so Seira doesn't see much to lose and decides to say as much. "I wouldn't mind, if the exposure lasts a moment," she tells Alicia.
[21:36] <Alicia> "We will enter your furnaces, then," Alicia nods, carrying on with her magical conversion. "Although I make no promise as to how long we would remain there. It hardly seems an equivalent stake if we were to happily commit suicide while all you put up is some research notes."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Oh, I wouldn't expect such mighty angels to die with only a little hellfire," Smirking now, "The terms are acceptable." A third snap of her fingers. This time, a silent dogai descends, bowing on one knee before Nayliel. "My servant here is knowledgeable of fire. He will judge. The two Barbazu here will be the test subjects. As you are the guest, you may go first." One of the Bearded Devils stand and dutifully goes to the side, thirty feet awa
[21:39] <Kotono> you may go first." One of the Bearded Devils stand and dutifully goes to the side, thirty feet away.
[21:42] <Alicia> "I'm afraid I take issue with your choice of targets," Alicia shakes her head. Even if it's a devil she's not about to kill something merely to settle a bet. "Perhaps equivalent inanimate targets would allow for a truer and unbiased reflection of our respective capabilities?"
[21:44] <Kotono> "That servant there is nothing more than an object. It will suffice," With a disgusted snort, "It is merely a Barbazu. Hmph." With a curt gesture towards it, the Barbazu scurries away and back upstairs. "But since you are my guest...why not?" A rise of copper rises up, ten feet wide and ten feet up. It steams and solidifies quickly. "Let us see how well you burn that, then."
06[21:47] * Alicia nods thoughtfully and looks around a bit to gauge the dimensions of the tower, not wanting anyone to be caught in the blast...
[21:47] <Kotono> There's plenty of space. The rise is 30 feet away and there's a lot of spac ein here to move around.
[21:48] <Alicia> Is there enough space for a 130 feet diameter sphere to be hollowed out without endangering the structural stability of the tower?
[21:48] <Kotono> It looks like it, yes.
[21:50] <Alicia> "I would strongly suggest you move back over there," Alicia points to the far wall. "Antenora, could you perhaps warn anyone above or below us to likewise move to a safe distance?" She then gives Nayliel a friendly smile. "For all its power, it has a tendancy to rage out of control and I wouldn't want to see anyone hurt."
06[21:52] * Seira steps to a safe distance from the inevitable blast, comfortable enough to stand next to Nayliel and observe Alicia.
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora does so as Nayliel blinks and appears near Seira.
[22:02] <Alicia> While she waits on everyone clearing to a safe distance, Alicia charges up a little more. Then, once everyone's safely away, she flaps her wings to take off and hover a few feet above the soon to be vapourised ground... then she explodes. A blinding torrent of roaring spellfire surges out in all directions from her, the pure white magical fire consuming all in its path!
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 26 reflex half if anyone's still in the way
05[22:03] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[22:03] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[22:03] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 26 reflex half if anyone's still in the way
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 26 reflex half if anyone's still in the way and gets 89." [18d8=8, 6, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 8, 4, 8, 3, 5, 8, 3, 7, 8, 4, 2]
[22:05] <Kotono> Alicia stands in a perfect hole. Below her terrible fires rage, leaping up to lick up and out! Above her emptiness can be seen. Nayliel claps as the copper flows, smoothly replacing what was lost. "Very good. Total destruction," she calls, "You didn't even leave dust behind, burned it right up."
06[22:05] * Seira claps politely as well.
06[22:07] * Alicia lightly lands back on the ground once it's reformed. "Thank you," she nods politely. At least Nayliel's being a good sport about things.
[22:07] <Kotono> The same tower reforms, "I prefer less mass destruction than you, but..." Nayliel snaps her fingers! A raging storm of superhot fire bursts around the newly reformed tower!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 10*8
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10*8 and gets 80."
[22:08] <Kotono> The tower is gone, melted away perfectly into oblivion, roasted. It reforms a few moments later, just as it did on a larger scale with Alicia's burst.
06[22:09] * Seira claps this time as well, before she turns towards the nominated expert on fire.
[22:10] <Kotono> The dogai bows to Mistress Nayliel, "Mistress..." It hisses, "In my judgment..." It stops here, a momentary twisting on it's face. "Y-yours was not q-quite as hot as the angel's."
[22:11] <Alicia> "There's a lot to be said for control," Alicia concedes. "The damage I did to the tower is perhaps secondary so we won't count that, but it did seem that the block was undone more swiftly by my fire, though the totality was immolated in both cases," she goes on, being magnaminous in victory since Nayliel's done a good job of being polite herself.
[22:12] <Kotono> With a long sigh, "Leave us then." The dogai vanishes then and there, Nayliel's hands on her hips as she looks to the party. "It seems that the legends of your prowess are not idle chatter. Make yourselves at home down here while I prepare your prize, then."
[22:12] <Alicia> It's not particularly homely, but, "We'll make do," Alicia responds.
[22:13] <Kotono> In an instant, the devil is gone like a puff of cool wind in the summer.
[22:14] <Kotono> "Now I wonder..." Antenora's face creases deeply, "If she keeps her word in spirit, why?"
01[22:14] <Seira> "Why what? Why a devil would keep her word?"
[22:15] <Alicia> "I won't speculate too much since odds are anything we say in this tower will find its way to her ears," Alicia begins, "But perhaps she has more to lose by not bargaining fairly with us, given that we all stand in Kossuth's own desmense."
[22:15] <Kotono> "There's many ways she could have gone about this," Antenora's own wings arch back and forth a bit, "Exactly, Alicia."
01[22:18] <Seira> "Thirded. That was actually my thought as well."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Regardless of her reasons, she has been fair, and I see no reason at present not to honour that," Alicia goes on. "If nothing else it'll give her no reason to change her approach with her next visitors, whomever they may be."
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Up to skipping along a bit and wai ng?
01[22:22] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[22:22] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[22:23] <Kotono> About an hour passes without incident. Nayliel reappears, a thick tome presented out to the party. "Here you are," she mutters this, looking away.
06[22:24] * Seira takes the tome and gives it a cursory look, on the off chance it is trapped.
01[22:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
01[22:26] <Seira> "Thanks! I'm sue it would be exciting reading."
01[22:26] <Seira> *sure
[22:26] <Alicia> "Thank you, Nayliel," Alicia smiles at the fiend. "You've been an uncommonly gracious host."
[22:28] <Kotono> "I am civilized, but I have matters to return to now," Nayliel vanishes once more. Behind you, the doo rout opens. Her voice sounds as she is gone, "You have proven to be stronger than me."
06[22:29] * Seira sees it as their chance to continue on the way towards Kossuth's fiery avatar.
[22:29] <Alicia> "Farewell, then," Alicia returns, offering her portable hole for Seira to put the book into as they depart.
[22:30] <Kotono> As you step back out into the shifting, eternal fires of the Elemental Plane of Fire, "How much longer do you want to go before we rest, Alicia?" Antenora ask.s
[22:30] <Alicia> "I can go a few more hours. How about you, Seira?" Alicia asks as they find their bearings on their route to continue past the tower.
01[22:32] <Seira> "I don't have that many spells protecting me, so I'm good to go for as long as we want to," Seira responds. "Through the night, if we have to. Not like we'll need the rest that badly."
[22:33] <Alicia> "I don't think there is a night, here," Alicia comments, briefly looking up and verifying the lack of a sun. "I have enough spells to ward myself longer. I suppose depending on how difficult the next test is will determine the necessity of resting."
[22:39] <Kotono> After four more hours of travel, sleepiness tugs at the party. The exertions of the day are beginning to be felt. However, ahead, you see osmething. A rive rof sorts, a stream of blazing red fire cutting through the terrain. This 'river' is deep and vast, farther than you can see across, at least from 200 feet away as you are now. Dominating the view is a 'ship' made of what looks to be black rock, slowly proceeding down it.
[22:39] <Kotono> 'ship' made of what looks to be black rock, slowly proceeding down it.
01[22:40] <Seira> "And now it's a ship crossing out path," Seira muses out loud. "Let's fly over to meet it?"
[22:41] <Alicia> "Shouldn't be any harm in it," Alicia agrees, taking to the wing and making sure she's over sixty feet above the river of flame so she'll have time to catch herself if something goes wrong with her wings.
[22:43] <Kotono> As you approach the ship, you see that it is manned by medium sized humanoids of red scale and flame. Standing on the deck, arms crossed, is a large creature with a scimitar. It wears decadent jewelry, shining even from here. A few of the flaming, scaled men look up at the three as they get closer.
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge to ID them?
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: K:P.
[22:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[22:47] <Alicia> "An efreet... probably more trouble than it's worth," Alicia remarks quietly, flying slowly so as not to outpace the others who have more trouble with the thin air.
[22:50] <Kotono> "If we don't pick a fight, let's just go," Antenora agrees.
01[22:54] <Seira> "Some of them are bound to be decent," Seira reasons. "And if we didn't avoid a tower of devils, a shipful of efreet isn't going to divert us from the path."
[22:56] <Alicia> Well, they didn't know it was full of devils when they barged in the door. "Alright, lets say hello?" Alicia shrugs, starting to descend slowly and carefully.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> > As you approach the ship, you see that it is manned by medium sized humanoids of red scale and flame. Standing on the deck, arms crossed, is a large creature with a scimitar. It wears decadent jewelry, shining even from here. A few of the flaming, scaled men look up at the three as they get closer.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> <Alicia> OOC: knowledge to ID them?
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> > OOC: K:P.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> -> *Aliica* The men are azur, flame based outsiders. The jewelry wearing large guy is an efreeti. From his jewelry and position, he's probably a well regarded, rich or noble one.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> <Alicia> "An efreet... probably more trouble than it's worth," Alicia remarks quietly, flying slowly so as not to outpace the others who have more trouble with the thin air.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> > "If we don't pick a fight, let's just go," Antenora agrees.
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> <Seira> "Some of them are bound to be decent," Seira reasons. "And if we didn't avoid a tower of devils, a shipful of efreet isn't going to divert us from the path."
[20:25] <Ko-sleep> <Alicia> Well, they didn't know it was full of devils when they barged in the door. "Alright, lets say hello?" Alicia shrugs, starting to descend slowly and carefully.
[20:27] <Ko-sleep> As the party descends, reaching to about fourty feet down, smoke all around, "Ahoy! Declare yourselves!" The efreet calls, voice loud. "What do you want?" The azers below ready nets and bows.
06[20:28] * Seira decides to leave the response in Alicia, in case the efreet has some stupid reason to hate her.
[20:32] <Ko-sleep> "Well...?" Antenora looks between the two, voice kept low.
06[20:32] * Alicia doesn't really want anything from these people. On the other hand, probably no harm in asking for some directions? "We are travellers honouring the Firelord," she calls down truthfully. "I am Alicia, this is Seira, and Antenora. What of yourself? Where do you sail for?"
[20:34] <Ko-sleep> Bellowing back in Ignan, "I am Neraphit Et Sylkat, Captain of the Flame Spreader! My business is my own!"
01[20:35] <Seira> "So does that mean we can land on the deck for a few moments and speak face to face?" Seira calls down in the same language.
[20:35] <Alicia> Well, fine. Be that way. "As you would have it. Safe travels," Alicia responds easily, angling back up to gain altitude. "Lets just leave them be and continue on our way? If he doesn't want anything to do with us I've got no problem obliging."
06[20:36] * Alicia then pauses as Seira declares her interest, but hovers higher than her companions.
01[20:37] <Seira> "Give me a moment with this guy?" Seira requests Alicia and Antenora quietly. "It might well be a good chance to ask about this efreet that crossed me, and we don't have to stay for tea and scones afterwards."
[20:38] <Ko-sleep> Antenora settles in between the two as the efreet bellows back, "No. You can speak your mind from above. What do you want?"
01[20:39] <Seira> "I just wanted to know what the name Amir of the Flaming Heart refers to," Seira responds, her voice raised for the efreet's convenience. "Don't really have a reference except that it has to do with this plane."
[20:41] <Ko-sleep> Crossing his arms, "It sounds like an honored member of the Court of the Grand Sultan. Go visit the City of Brass if you want to find whomever that is."
01[20:41] <Seira> "Sure thing. Have fun sailing down the river of fire," Seira responds, and then feels quite ready to continue.
[20:43] <Ko-sleep> As Seira parts away, the ship going on, "Find out anything," Antenora asks. "That was quick."
[20:43] <Alicia> Satisfied that they're done here, Alicia beats her wings and propels herself onwards to cross the river on their journey. "Lets see if we can find a place to camp after we've crossed?" she suggests.
01[20:44] <Seira> "I found out that every djinn I've come across thus far was rude and pretentious," she says crossly, once they are far enough to avoid starting pointless battles with the efreet's ship. "And dragons are the ones with a bad reputation. That's just so unfair."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Djinn don't really have a good reputation," Alicia shakes her head as they fly. "Devils were only half the reason I wanted to avoid Brass, after all."
[20:46] <Ko-sleep> "Efreeti can be as callous and cruel as any devil," Antenora flies onward, "Between being resistant to fire and the compatability with the City of Brass, devils have a strong foothold in this realm."
01[20:47] <Seira> "Oh, I know. But it's so undeserved. The efreet are just ankle-biters."
[20:48] <Alicia> "Dragons make for more impressive antagonists in stories?" Alicia then suggests as a consolation.
01[20:48] <Seira> "Sure thing, let's go with that," Seira is happy to agree.
[20:48] <Ko-sleep> With a warm laugh, "Besides, if most people remember anything about efreeti, it's that they can grant wishes, not that they're cruel bastards.
[20:48] <Ko-sleep> "
[20:50] <Alicia> "Although in a lot of stories those two facts go hand in hand," Alicia chuckles herself. "The bards are fond of tales involving morbidly ironic wishes."
01[20:51] <Seira> "And of the two, who actually granted me a wish? A dragon. How's that for irony?"
[20:52] <Ko-sleep> OOC: Make spot or a search check, each of you?
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 spot
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 spot and gets 27." [1d20=17]
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 search
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 search and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[20:53] <Ko-sleep> roll 1d20+21 Spot Antenora
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sleep rolls 1d20+21 Spot Antenora and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[20:54] <Ko-sleep> About fourty five minutes later, Seira spots something on the edge of your vision. Coming closer, you see that several 'waves' of solidified basalt and other igneous rock have surged up and cooled. While still warm, the stone is solid and provides some relative shelter.
06[20:55] * Seira guides everyone over to the sheltered area!
[20:56] <Alicia> "This should do nicely," Alicia agrees as she lands, using her decanter to pour some water in her mouth and gulping it down before it evaporates in the ever-present heat. "The heat I can deal with, but eating and drinking properly are really difficult around here."
[20:56] <Ko-sleep> Antenora goes to sit agaisnt the rock, "I can take most of the watch - I only need a nap. You two need more sleep and rest to rechage spells. It's hot, but it's a good hot. Seira, how do you like it?"
01[20:58] <Seira> "It's pleasantly warm," Seira responds, stretching out slowly. "Living here would be boring, but it would be the perfect place to visit for a brief vacation. Maybe with hot springs, or lava?"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Go ahead and nap, sure," Alicia agrees, biting into her rapidly charring rations. "Then we can sleep once you've rested."
[21:04] <Ko-sleep> "Lava baths. How terribly decadent." Antenora goes to lie down, taking off her armor and stacking it neatly besides her before resting. OOC: So Antenora sleeps for her two, then you two get some rest?
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: Works for me
[21:05] <Ko-sleep> roll 1d100+5
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Ko-sleep rolls 1d100+5 and gets 10." [1d100=5]
03[21:05] * Ko-sleep is now known as Kotono
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: I'll use the rod of extend to cast resist energy before sleeping, Anty will wake me up after 5 hours and I'll recast it and go back to sleep, so when I wake up and refresh spells I'll be -1 2nd level slot but otherwise good to go
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: also spamming some spellfire healing before sleep
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10 Alicia
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 Alicia and gets 37." [10d4=3, 4, 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10 Anty
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 Anty and gets 32." [10d4=4, 1, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3]
[21:07] <Kotono> Fortune smiles on the band of three. Sleep comes without incident, a restful night passing. The party rises refreshed in the morning, ready to proceed onward. OOC: Seira, reroll false life.
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d10
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10 and gets 9." [1d10=9]
06[21:08] * Alicia has a quick breakfast of charred rations and boiling water and is good to go! "Everyone ready to continue onwards?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "Let's keep at it!"
06[21:10] * Alicia flies off of their rest spot and goes back onto yesterday's route, advancing ever onwards and ready to confront whatever challenges await them!
[21:14] <Kotono> Six hours of travel pass. Ahead, at the edges of your smoke tinted vision, you see a wavering image of a silver obelisk rising up, an isolated momument. You can see hazy images of creatures around it.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Doesn't look like it stretches to infinity, but it's the first notable landmark we've seen all day," Alicia remarks. "Lets give it a look?"
01[21:16] <Seira> "However could we ignore Kossuth's next invitation?" Seira agrees, heading towars the obelisk.
[21:18] <Kotono> As you get closer, you can see the obelisk is perhaps 50 feet tall. Red skinned dwarves are the only people you see, beards of sparks and smoke. Rings of dwarves surround the obelisk in three concentric rings. The outermost bow and meditate. The middle ring chants prayers and praise to Kossuth in Ignan. The inner ring holds hands around the obelisk. From the obelisk, fire crackles forth, immolating them. Each time they burn, they chant as one,
[21:18] <Kotono> From the obelisk, fire crackles forth, immolating them. Each time they burn, they chant as one, "Ever Hot Father, be praised with the hottest words!"
06[21:19] * Seira peers closely to see whether the fire is actually killing the dwarves.
[21:19] <Kotono> The fire leaves the dwarves blackened and seared, but it doesn't seem to do any serious harm.
[21:21] <Alicia> "We probably shouldn't interrupt, but lets at least show our respects?" Alicia suggests, bowing her head to the obelisk as they draw closer.
06[21:21] * Seira finds herself in agreement with Alicia, nodding.
[21:22] <Kotono> Antenora briefly bows her head as they pass. The dwarves seem to pay the party no mind, continuing without interruption.
06[21:24] * Alicia sedately passes by the obelisk, circling around the dwarves and only raising her head once they've passed it completely.
[21:27] <Kotono> Four more hours pass. As you walk...it is there. It is seen past the smoke, impossibly far away. Yet your eyes see it...no. Your spirits see it, seeing it in a way that the eyes can only project into your vision. An endless, huge column of flickering, flmaing red, rising high into the sky and so far away. Tears come to your eyes, tears at the beauty of what you see. OOC: Make will saves, all?
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 45." [1d20=20]
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[21:28] <Kotono> Each of you feels awed. A raw awe surges in each of you as you view this maginificent vision. It stays in control, leaving you in command of you facilities, despite an urge to bow and pay homage.
06[21:29] * Seira resists the unnatural urge, but then bows and pays homage of her own will.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Mystra..." Antenora looks for a long while, at last lowering her gaze. "That-that was what they talked of?" She wipes her eyes, "It's beautiful."
[21:31] <Alicia> "We're close," Alicia breathes softly, bowing her head half just to avert her eyes from the divine glory before her. Its like that moment in the ruins when she first met her Goddess, before Mystra brought her clarity. "It can be nothing else," she tells Antenora.
01[21:31] <Seira> "This must be the fieriest fire of all," Seira says in awe.
[21:32] <Kotono> "It's so far away, but it's all I can do not to bow before it," Antenora's voice is hoarse and breathless. "What glory! We...we must be close, yes."
[21:34] <Alicia> "We can best honour the Firelord by showing our strength of will and continuing on," Alicia suggests, hoping she has the right of it.
[21:35] <Kotono> The first step forward is indescriably difficult. Your will has to brace yourself to advance. When one foot is put forward and another step follows, the endless smoke of the realm parts. Ahead, a ziggurat rises up, a few hundred feet away. Down it's sides molten magma and molten metals flow, forming moats of intense heat around the ziggurat. It is titantic and reaches high...but is nothing to the great pillar of heat that dominates all in the
[21:35] <Kotono> high...but is nothing to the great pillar of heat that dominates all in the sky above.
01[21:36] <Seira> They wouldn't be sent all this way just to pointlessly die. It's a test, and nothing would turn Seira away from this manifestation of fiery divinity.
06[21:37] * Alicia casts shield and heroism in short order once she's found her momentum, the latter spell also being cast on Antenora. "I have the feeling we're not through our tests yet," she explains.
[21:38] <Kotono> As you come closer, spells cast and prepared, you see a bridge rising out of the moat of magma. It hisses and cools, bands of metal and stone solidifying instantly. It leads across, to a door leading into the lowest level of the ziggurat.
06[21:39] * Seira goes with heroism and dragonskin herself, opting for an extended shield and a ray of dizziness stored within a spell matrix. "Our way in, it seems?"
06[21:40] * Alicia doesn't expect Kossuth to bother with sneaky traps and the like, rather than more straightforward tests of strength and will. "We've come this far, we'll see this through," she nods resolutely, going to open the door.
06[21:41] * Seira decides to go with stoneskin as well, agreeing with Alicia and drawing her sword in preparation.
[21:44] <Kotono> As you cross the bridge, you see that the door leading inside is closed. But flames surge and dance around the door! They form into a being in armor, flame clad in half melting steel and adamantine. In Common, "Praise of Kossuth to you. Speak your purpose here, you stronger than the distant lineage of Kossuth."
01[21:45] <Seira> "And praise of Kossuth to you," Seira responds to the being. "He sent us here to be tested, to see if we are worthy of the gift of fiery fire able to melt down a creature born of Auril and Shar."
[21:50] <Kotono> "You seek to slay a Winterwight? Kossuth shall see your strength then. Climb this ziggurat and show Kossuth your might! Claim the top and his favor shall find you, mighty ones." The being of metal and fire steps aside, "Enter into the crucible of testing, under the gaze of the Father of Fire."
01[21:51] <Seira> "We would have it no other way!" Seira exclaims, stepping forward.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Praise Kossuth for granting us this opportunity," Alicia returns respectfully, nodding to the being as she passes across the bridge and into the ziggurat.
[21:52] <Kotono> "May we come with victory in our hands," Antenora follows. As you pass, "Retreat not!" The being of fire proclaims! "Higher and higher you go! There is no retreat for the brave and strong!" Ahead, the doors begin to open!
[21:53] <Alicia> "We will heed your words," Alicia takes a moment to cast sonic weapon on Hell Striker, swinging it into position as the doors open, striding onwards once they've done so.
[21:55] <Kotono> Inside, you find the ziggurat to be empty, the floor smooth stone as far as you can see. A sharp gong sound is heard as the door close behind you! Ahead, four creatures of living fire rise up from the ground! Each of them is huge, crackling and rippling with living fire! They are fourty feet away, advancing at the party with frightening speed! OOC: Init.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 1
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 2
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 1 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 2 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 3
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 3 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 4
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 4 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to '2=4(20)>Alicia=Antenora=1(16)>4(12)>Seira(9)'
[21:57] <Kotono> Two of them lunge forward, slamming great big fists down at Antenora and Seira!
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Seira
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Seira and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Antenora
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC AC flatfooted?
01[21:58] <Seira> OOC: Geez, not that. But tell me if someone's attacking me, I have immediates
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 2d8+4 and make a reflex save
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4 and make a reflex save and gets 8." [2d8=2, 2]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[22:00] <Kotono> Wham! The flaming fist doesn't even budge Seira, her stoneskin stopping the damage and her speed avoiding the flames that dance around her! Antenora's luckier, her opponent flat out missing her! OOC: Alicia and Antneora.
06[22:01] * Alicia decides to help out Antenora so she can charge something else, stepping up alongside her friend and slicing her blade up through the elemental, twisting it back and reversing course to eviscerate it entirely!
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 knowledge
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 knowledge and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2 pa divine might
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2 pa divine might and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2 pa divine might
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2 pa divine might and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2 pa divine might
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2 pa divine might and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2 pa divine might
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2 pa divine might and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2 pa divine might
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2 pa divine might and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2 pa divine might
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2 pa divine might and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 1.
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 5d8+115+5d6
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+115+5d6 and gets 166." [5d8=6, 7, 2, 8, 7][5d6=6, 4, 5, 5, 1]
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to '2(20)>Alicia=Antenora=1(16)>4(12)>Seira(9)'
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1d6
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[22:04] <Kotono> Striking quick, Alicia makes the fire elemental collapse into little shards of flaming fire! As it falls apart, Antenora zooms by, charging the 4th elemental before it can move!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge +2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -12 PA)
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge +2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -12 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge +2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -12 PA)
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge +2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -12 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: hate to say it, but can't crit elementals
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wow, I did forget in all the build up to that. Thanks. I was even thinking in prep that Seira couldn't SA them. Duuuur.
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 2d8+72
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+72 and gets 82." [2d8=5, 5]
[22:07] <Kotono> Antenora stabs right into it's stomach, ripping her spear in and out as fire dances around her! Meanwhile, the first starts to charge, but instead steps closer and double-slams Antenora!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[22:08] <Kotono> But Antenora avoids both, weaving around in the air, over and then under both slams! OOC: 4th elemental is up.
[22:08] <Kotono> The fourth elemental goes to slam Antenora as well, having her right in it's face!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[22:08] <Kotono> But again, Antenora blocks and dodges the blows, flying between the two and back around! OOC: Seira.
01[22:10] <Seira> "Lagann, let's go stab stuff to show our strength!" Seira calls out, giving her metallic buddy a chance to the elemental's back before she retaliates for the attack on her person!
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: All of those hit.
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 2#3d8+9
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#3d8+9 and gets 44." [2#3d8+9 = 26, 18]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d6+1d4+4
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1d4+4 and gets 11." [1d6=5][1d4=2]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 4#2d6
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#2d6 and gets 24." [4#2d6 = 4, 5, 8, 7]
[22:13] <Kotono> Seira tears into the elemental, claw and blade ripping solid, deep wounds into it, tearing apart fire like flesh! OOC: It's up.
[22:13] <Kotono> The second elemental rears back and strikes twice at Seira! OOC: Using any immediates?
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: I'll risk not doing it now
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 crit?
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 crit? and gets 23." [1d20=6]
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: AC41
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 2d8+4 and a reflex save
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4 and a reflex save and gets 14." [2d8=3, 7]
01[22:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[22:15] <Kotono> Seira is smacked again, absorbing the worst of it and avoiding it's dancing flames, barely budged at all by a strike that could shatter stone! OOC: Alicia and Antneora.
06[22:16] * Alicia moves to engage the one attacked already by Antenora, tumbling through the air towards it and slashing out to hopefully put it down and free up Antenora for more charging fun.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 -13pa
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 -13pa and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d8+39+1d6
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+39+1d6 and gets 51." [1d8=7][1d6=5]
[22:18] <Kotono> Alicia charges and tumbles in, striking a single terrible blow! The elemental preserves, enduring the impact just barely! As embers crackle off it, Antenora assaults it!
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA)
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA)
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA) and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA)
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 flying, -10 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d8+34
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+34 and gets 40." [1d8=6]
03[22:18] * Kotono changes topic to '2(20)>Alicia=Antenora=1(16)>Seira(9)'
[22:19] <Kotono> A second one goes down, beaten into sparks by Antenora and Seira! As it breaks apart, the 1st one slams once at Antenora and Alicia, trying to crush both with it's massive power!
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Antenora
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[22:19] <Kotono> But both are easily stopped, bulk avoided by speed! OOC: Seira.
06[22:21] * Seira silently continues her attack, mildly dismayed by the persistent elemental remaining in her path and actually managing to land a strike on her despite all of her precautions.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 31." [1d20=8]
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+3d8+9+1d6+2+1d4+2+8d6
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+3d8+9+1d6+2+1d4+2+8d6 and gets 82." [3d8=1, 4, 5][3d8=7, 4, 6][1d6=3][1d4=3][8d6=6, 3, 4, 3, 6, 1, 2, 2]
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Antenora=1(16)>Seira(9)'
[22:23] <Kotono> Now only one remains, Seira slicing apart her elemental, falling apart into flaming dust! OOC: You two are up.
06[22:24] * Alicia naturally does her best to kill it, dancing around its flaming bulk in a flurry of quick sword swipes!
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2pa and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2pa
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2pa and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 18.
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 5d8+75+5d6
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8+75+5d6 and gets 106." [5d8=4, 4, 2, 2, 5][5d6=3, 1, 4, 5, 1]
[22:24] <Kotono> As Alicia rips it's flank, Antenora assails it head on, stabbing into it's intact side!
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-10 PA, blah blah blah)
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-10 PA, blah blah blah) and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 2d8+68
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+68 and gets 70." [2d8=1, 1]
[22:25] <Kotono> With that double flurry, the battle ends! The last one crumbles apart! In the silence, an oozing stairway of molten stone rises up, ascending into smoky horizons unseen.
[22:26] <Kotono> Antenora flicks her spear clean of embers, "An easy enough trial. That was surely just a trivial opening test.
[22:26] <Kotono> "
01[22:26] <Seira> "Kossuth's way of saying hi. I like it!"
[22:27] <Alicia> "Almost certainly," Alicia agrees, heading towards the stairway.
[22:30] <Kotono> Thus you begin to ascend! You climb up! You find yourself in a narrow tower ascending up of sorts, windows outside seen. You can see the great pillar of flame rising endlessly, no sign of the ground below - jus tendless smouldering smoke and leaping fire. The crackle of flame is heard distantly, a constant chorus of burning. In the crackling, as you walk, "Many raged at the creation of the Winterwights. The Gods of Good rejected such a vile ab
[22:30] <Kotono> "Many raged at the creation of the Winterwights. The Gods of Good rejected such a vile abomination of unlife...the Gods of Healing were offended at it's dreadful Blightfire...and woe unto all, Lord Kossuth's anger blazed bright, for it's mockery of fire insulted His flaming majesty." A voice speaks in crackles of noise and language mixed together.
[22:32] <Alicia> If nothing else, Alicia is vastly reassured that they've come to the right place for help in slaying that monstrosity. "It is a creature that should not be," she agrees with the commentary as they continue upwards.
01[22:33] <Seira> "Give me awesome fire over creepy undead ice any day," Seira agrees.
[22:35] <Kotono> With another step, you find yourself standing in the ziggurat once more! This time, the floor seems...smaller. You cannot see any walls of boundaries to this vast space, but the feeling is there, as obvious as the heat in the air. But only for a moment! In an instant, you are surrounded on all sides! Four large bears, each burning with fire, are ten feet away from you, forming a box around you! Fourty feet straight up, an elf with blazing eyes
[22:35] <Kotono> are ten feet away from you, forming a box around you! Fourty feet straight up, an elf with blazing eyes and clad in fire instead of clothes appears! He calls in Ignan, "Show me your strength!" OOC: The intent is very obvious. Init.
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 7." [1d20=2]
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[22:36] <Kotono> "It's getting a little more serious now," Antenora whips her spear around, "I can go for the airborne elf!"
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Bear 1
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Bear 2
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Bear 1 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Bear 2 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Bear 3
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Bear 3 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Bear 4
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Bear 4 and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Elf
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Elf and gets 12." [1d20=8]
[22:36] <Alicia> "Do it," Alicia nods. "Seira, lets team up on the bears till we know their strength?"
03[22:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Flaming Bear 1=Flaming Bear 3(16)>Flaming Bear 2(15)>Antenora(7)'
03[22:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Flaming Bear 1=Flaming Bear 3(16)>Flaming Bear 2(15)>Burning Elf(12)>Antenora(7)'
01[22:37] <Seira> "Bears over elves, sure thing," Seira likewise agrees.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Bear 4 are up.
06[22:38] * Alicia goes to attack the fiesty looking bear, flying over to its opposite side so as to distract it from Seira's inevitable attack as she slices Hell Striker through its spine while passing overhead!
[22:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 knowledge
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 knowledge and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Which bear?
[22:39] <Alicia> OOC: bear 4
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 -5 pa, flying
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 -5 pa, flying and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23+1d6
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23+1d6 and gets 32." [1d8=3][1d6=6]
[22:40] <Kotono> AS Alicia flies around and assails the burning bear, it whilrs around and slashes it's claws at her!
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:41] <Alicia> OOC: 35
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 and opposed grapple time
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 and opposed grapple time and gets 23." [2d6=6, 4]
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 freedom of movement don't fail me now
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 freedom of movement don't fail me now and gets 43." [1d20=9]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 bite then
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 bite then and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[22:42] <Kotono> Alicia gets a claw rip into her side, a graze! She's nearly pulled in by the bear's titantic strenght, but twists away from a bearhug at the very last second! OOC: Seira.
06[22:43] * Seira follows Alicia's path, tumbling past the bear's enormous yet clumsy reach to sink the Resort in its knee!
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 32." [3d8=3, 2, 1][5d6=5, 4, 5, 2, 1]
[22:44] <Kotono> Seira slices the bear in the knee, drawing a rivulet of burning blood, but it's certainly not down! It roars in it's fury, claws swiped at Seira as she dances around! OOC: Is that it this round, Seira?
01[22:45] <Seira> OOC: Pretty much
[22:45] <Kotono> The first flaming bear goes for Antenora, too slow to avoid it's attacks before she becomes airborne!
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 and opposed grapple time
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 and opposed grapple time and gets 23." [2d6=4, 6]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Antenora grapple
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Antenora grapple and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 Bear grapple
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 Bear grapple and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 more pain
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 more pain and gets 20." [2d6=5, 2]
[22:47] <Kotono> Antenora is clawed in the arm, crying out as she's pulled into a bearhug, squeezed tight by the titanic flaming bear! The other one lumbers forward, going to take a single swipe at Seira!
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: Any action, Seira?
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: I'll deflect! +4 to ac
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: I made the right call! My ac is 45 vs that attack.
[22:49] <Kotono> Ting! A field of deflective force springs up, bouncing the claw back a mere inch from Seira's unprotected throat! The second bear lumbers around, going to swipe at Alicia!
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:49] <Alicia> OOC: 35
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 and grapplin' time
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 and grapplin' time and gets 21." [2d6=2, 6]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 44." [1d20=10]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[22:50] <Kotono> Alicia gets another rip into her delicate but tough flesh, but slips out of a bearhug a second before it binds her tight to the flaming, furry monster! OOC: Elf is up.
[22:51] <Kotono> From above, words are called, words of arcane magic forming! A drop of sticky molasses is tossed into the air, "Be held in the grasp of uncertain time!" The elf calls!
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 CL check
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 CL check and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora's off the hook. Will for you two.
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 32." [1d20=5]
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Bad luck, SEira. You're slowed, as per: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/Slow.htm
[22:52] <Kotono> The magic clusters around Seira! Her movements slow down, as if she's stuck in a layer of sticky glue all around her! OOC: Antenora.
[22:55] <Alicia> "Just a moment, Antenora, I'll weaken it for you!" Alicia calls over from the melee she's embroiled in.
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora holds then. OOC: Bear 4 and Alicia are up.
03[22:56] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@c-98-210-201-139.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
03[22:56] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
[22:57] <Alicia> Channelling an enervation spell into Hell Striker, Alicia floats up just a bit to get a clear line on the bear before she hurls the blade forward with all her might, aiming to slice through its hindquarters and leave Antenora safe!
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 DC 17 concentration if they have reach, casting defensively
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 DC 17 concentration if they have reach, casting defensively and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -10 pa divine might
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -10 pa divine might and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+48+1d6
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+48+1d6 and gets 55." [1d8=2][1d6=5]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 4." [1d4=4]
01[22:59] <Seira> "I've got an idea as well," Seira calls out to Antenora, staring at the flying elf in dismay for a moment.
[22:59] <Kotono> With deft speed, Alicia hurtles Hell Striker through the flank of the bear! It leaves a deep, gashing and bleeding wound, one that glows a terrible gray! Meanwhile, the fourth bear roars and goes for Seira with it's claws!
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw 1
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw 1 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw 2 I'm aware you used your immediate already, so
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw 2 I'm aware you used your immediate already, so and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[22:59] <Seira> OOC: 40 due to slow
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 bite
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 bite and gets 39." [1d20=17]
01[23:00] <Seira> OOC: Anty holds on me since I asked, right?
[23:00] <Kotono> Moving in slow motion, Seira is still quick enough to parry away claws and dodge bites, even so slowed down! OOC: Sure. She's waiting on you, go.
06[23:01] * Seira steps out of the bear's reach and calls upon the spell of benign transposition to switch she and Antenora places!
01[23:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 (1 ignorance)
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 (1 ignorance) and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[23:03] <Kotono> In an instant, Antenora and Seira have switched positions! Now Seira's in a bear hug, while Antenora's free! OOC: Antenora's going to take her action now.
01[23:03] <Seira> "Go give that elf hell!"
03[23:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1=Flaming Bear 3(16)>Flaming Bear 2(15)>Burning Elf(12)'
01[23:04] <Seira> Since she finds herself in a grapple, Seira calls upon terrible tentacles of arcane might to hold the bear at bay!
[23:04] <Kotono> As black tentacles writeh out of Seira's shoulders and body, Antenora defensively concentrates!
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 heroism)
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 heroism) and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 60." [15d6=2, 5, 2, 6, 5, 5, 3, 6, 2, 1, 5, 6, 3, 6, 3]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
03[23:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1=Flaming Bear 3(16)>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[23:06] <Kotono> The flaming elf finds himself surrounded by a blade barrier! Bloody chunks come raining down, the elf torn apart by the whirling swords of force! OOC: Bear 1 is up, aka the Seira grappler.
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: What do the tentacles do here?
01[23:07] <Seira> OOC: +8 to grapple, really
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Opposedg rapple.
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[23:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 enervation)
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 enervation) and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[23:07] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 owwies bearhug
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 owwies bearhug and gets 15." [2d8=1, 1]
[23:08] <Kotono> Seira is squeezed tight, as Antenora exhales in relief, "Support's down," she gasps, holy fury blanketing her! OOC: Bear 3 is up.
[23:08] <Kotono> The third bear goes for Antenora, picking up at the target it lost when Seira teleported!
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 and it's grapplin' time
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 and it's grapplin' time and gets 22." [2d8=2, 7]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Antenora
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Antenora and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 Bear
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 Bear and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw 2
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw 2 and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 and it's grapplin' time
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 and it's grapplin' time and gets 23." [2d8=7, 3]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 Bear
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 Bear and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Antenora this is probably moot
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Antenora this is probably moot and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 grappled
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 grappled and gets 24." [2d8=4, 7]
[23:11] <Kotono> Antenora is grappled again, a second hero held in a ursine prison of pressing pain! The second bear lumbers forward, going for Alicia, reaching up to claw her!
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 crit?
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100 fortification
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 fortification and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: Grapplin' time.
[23:11] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 claw damage
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 claw damage and gets 21." [2d8=4, 4]
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[23:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 forgot heroism on earlier rolls
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 forgot heroism on earlier rolls and gets 37." [1d20=1]
[23:12] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 hugged
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 hugged and gets 23." [2d8=5, 5]
[23:13] <Kotono> Alicia is pulled into a bear's grasp as well, hugged tight and painfully! OOC Bear 4 and Alicia are up. Go Alicia.
[23:16] <Alicia> Rather than try to escape the grapple she's found herself in, Alicia decides to try something else.
[23:16] <Alicia> Uttering the command word, she activates the decanter of endless water secured to her belt at its highest setting, causing a geyser-like jet of water to blast out with a vengeance, hissing and steaming wildly in the air but not stopping for anything as it sprays mostly on the bear grappling her but surely splashing around all over the place.
[23:18] <Alicia> OOC: actually, before I commit to that
[23:18] <Alicia> OOC: can I roll knowledge to see if it's a good idea?
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: K:P.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[23:21] <Alicia> OOC: strike my action after all, I'll do something different when we resu,e
[23:21] <Alicia> resume*
[19:41] <Kotono> ---
[19:42] <Kotono> > Alicia is pulled into a bear's grasp as well, hugged tight and painfully! OOC Bear 4 and Alicia are up. Go Alicia.
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> Rather than try to escape the grapple she's found herself in, Alicia decides to try something else.
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> Uttering the command word, she activates the decanter of endless water secured to her belt at its highest setting, causing a geyser-like jet of water to blast out with a vengeance, hissing and steaming wildly in the air but not stopping for anything as it sprays mostly on the bear grappling her but surely splashing around all over the place.
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: actually, before I commit to that
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: can I roll knowledge to see if it's a good idea?
[19:42] <Kotono> > OOC: K:P.
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
[19:42] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: strike my action after all, I'll do something different when we resu,e
[19:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> resume*
03[19:42] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:42] <Kotono> * Topic is 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1=Flaming Bear 3(16)>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: Bear 2 is grapping Alicia, which just went.
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Bear 1 is grappling Seira and has 4 negative levels.
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Bear 3 has Anty.
[19:44] <Alicia> Since all three of them are now in potentially terminal bearhugs, Alicia decides to pull out the stops. First of all she channels the boundless rage held within Hell Striker, giving her strength coupled with swiftness as she uses her bracers to quicken her movements, trying to extricate herself!
[19:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 raging, bracers, grapple check to escape bear
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 raging, bracers, grapple check to escape bear and gets 48." [1d20=12]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 counter grapple moot
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 counter grapple moot and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Close! Anything else this turn, Alicia?
[19:45] <Alicia> OOC: now I full attack
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:45] <Alicia> Having scrambled free of its fiery/furry embrace, she turns her attention onto the bear molesting Antenora, attempting to savage its vulnerable back as its occupied with the potential meal in its claws! Should it fall under her onslaught, her blades will soon find their way to the remaining bears around her!
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 45." [1d20=13]
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 43." [1d20=11]
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa raging, divine might, 6th and 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Roll damage one at a time.
[19:47] <Alicia> OOC: planned it, once bear 3 drops switch attacks to bear 4
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 69." [1d8=4][1d6=4][11d4=2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 3]
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 53." [1d8=5][1d6=2][11d4=1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1]
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 61." [1d8=8][1d6=2][11d4=3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1]
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 61." [1d8=4][1d6=2][11d4=2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1]
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 63." [1d8=4][1d6=6][11d4=1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1]
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d8+28+1d6+11d4
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+28+1d6+11d4 and gets 66." [1d8=6][1d6=4][11d4=2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2]
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 69+53+61
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 69+53+61 and gets 183."
03[19:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Flaming Bear 4=Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[19:49] <Kotono> Alicia descends into a fury, slashing and ripping all about her! The bear that held Antenora is shredded apart, unable to dodge! She then whips and rips into the one that held her, scoring deep wounds into it! OOC: SEira.
[19:49] <Kotono> Antenora staggers as she's freed, "T-thanks," she gasps, sucking down air. "This one isn't quite such a trivial matter!"
[19:50] <Alicia> "We underestimated them," Alicia returns grimly. "At least they can't fly."
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, bear 4 is still up. Go ahead and go, Seira, I'll just have it hold and go after you.
06[19:51] * Seira casually stabs the bear she's pitting her strength against, mentally bidding Lagann to do the same to its unguarded back.
01[19:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and control Lagann's attacks and stuff, Seira.
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Hit by the way.
01[19:51] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 24." [3d8=7, 6, 2]
01[19:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+7
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
01[19:52] <Seira> OOC: Hits flat-footed bear?
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: No luck on Lagann, it has some natural.
03[19:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Flaming Bear 4>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[19:53] <Kotono> Seira claws deep into the thrashing, grappling bear, stabbing and ripping with all she has! The Third Resort glows in the firelight form the bear's body, it's blood tossed out with a flick of her wrist! OOC: Bear 4 is up.
[19:53] <Kotono> The fourth bear lumbers forward, taking a clawswipe at Alicia!
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[19:54] <Alicia> OOC: AC 33
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 and grapplin' time.
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 and grapplin' time. and gets 25." [2d8=7, 5]
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[19:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 42." [1d20=6]
[19:54] <Kotono> Alicia gets a clawing across her wings, but she whirls out in a spray of white feathers, avoiding being pinned to the bear! OOC: Antenora.
[19:55] <Kotono> As holy fury fills Antenora and mends her wounds, she takes a small step and uses her spear's reach to stab at the bear holding Seira! OOC: 8/10 FS, +10 HP.
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+5 bonuses, -8 PA)
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+5 bonuses, -8 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[19:56] <Kotono> roll 2d8+64
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+64 and gets 77." [2d8=6, 7]
[19:57] <Kotono> Antenora skewers the bear's side, opening holes! Criss-crossing wounds are on it's body, from spear and sword both! OOC: Bear 1 is up.
[19:57] <Kotono> The first bear, despite it's pain, tries to crush Seira in it's grasp! OOC: Grapplin' checks.
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
01[19:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 owwies
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 owwies and gets 23." [2d8=5, 5]
[19:58] <Kotono> Seira's flaming lashes can't hold the bear off as it continues to hug her, crushing bone and scale and flesh all in one hold! OOC: Bear 2 is up.
[19:59] <Kotono> The second bear, growling at it's escaped prey, claws at Alicia to bring her closer once more!
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 and grapplin' time.
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 and grapplin' time. and gets 23." [2d8=2, 8]
[19:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 41." [1d20=5]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 claw 2
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 claw 2 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 and grapplin' time.
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 and grapplin' time. and gets 21." [2d8=5, 3]
[19:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 and gets 38." [1d20=2]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 bitin' time
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 bitin' time and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:00] <Kotono> Alicia gets both her sides ripped open, blood pouring down her, sides at two more terrible wounds! HEr vision clouds briefly, but rage keeps her going, tinting it away into the red of fury! OOC: Alicia.
[20:02] <Alicia> Since the two bears have so helpfully come into reach in their efforts to devour her her, Alicia thanks them for their consideration by flicking her buzzing blades out in all directions, a cyclone of steel as she performs her brutal dance!
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 36." [1d20=5]
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=3]
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 -5pa divine might raging flying 5th level arcane strike and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Which bear are you targetting?
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: starting on bear 4, will move to bear 3 once it dies, so rolling seperately
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Roll one at a time, yeah. Go for it.
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 54." [1d8=7][1d6=3][5d4=2, 4, 4, 1, 4]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 47." [1d8=8][1d6=2][5d4=2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 45." [1d8=1][1d6=5][5d4=1, 2, 3, 1, 3]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 48." [1d8=3][1d6=5][5d4=3, 2, 3, 2, 1]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 46." [1d8=2][1d6=2][5d4=3, 4, 1, 1, 4]
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6+5d4
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6+5d4 and gets 55." [1d8=7][1d6=5][5d4=3, 2, 3, 2, 4]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 54+47+45
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 54+47+45 and gets 146."
03[20:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 1>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[20:04] <Kotono> Alicia manages to shred apart the third bear, tearing into the second one as well! She lands solid, deep wounds on it, but the ursine terror is still kicking! OOC Seira.
06[20:05] * Seira continues eroding her opponent's life one stab at a time!
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 24." [3d8=3, 7, 5]
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+7
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 1d6+1
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1 and gets 2." [1d6=1]
03[20:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(26)>Seira(25)>Antenora>Flaming Bear 2(15)'
[20:07] <Kotono> The bear around Seira collapses, fatally wounded and falling, freeing her from it's grasp! At this, Antenora's boots glow as she flies back thirty feet, before charging at the last upright bear with utter abandon, all the while healing Alicia's wounds! OOC: 7/10 FS, +10 HP.
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+7 bonuses, -12 PA)
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+7 bonuses, -12 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 2d8+80
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+80 and gets 83." [2d8=1, 2]
[20:08] <Kotono> Lunging forward, Antenora skewers the bear in the throat! It stumbles back and falls into wisps of fire, slain! For amoment there is only painful, ragged breathing, then...in t he center of the room, stairs winding upward into the smoke above appear. OOC: Free act.
[20:09] <Kotono> Antenora descends down onto one knee, breathing in and holding her side, "Guh...I feel like I've been crushed between a rock and a mountain. How're you two doing?"
01[20:10] <Seira> "Flaming bears. I honestly never expected to be grappling them, at any point in my life." Seira shrugs, the fiery, arcane tentacles dissipating. "All in all, I feel fine."
[20:10] <Alicia> "Nothing I can't heal," Alicia responds, using stored spellfire to do just that.
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 70." [18d4=2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2]
06[20:10] * Seira then slowly proceeds up the stairs.
[20:11] <Kotono> Antenora proceeds to touch herself, wounds mending a little further. OOC: +16 HP from lay on hands.
06[20:15] * Alicia heals Antenora some more as she follows Seira.
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 34." [9d4=2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2]
[20:15] <Kotono> As Antenora follows Seira, "If there's more trials coming, we'll need to be in the best condition we can be...ah, thanks, Alicia." Smiling briefly to her, "Perhaps the first trial was to lull us into overconfidence?"
01[20:16] <Seira> "Or to weed out the incompetent?"
[20:16] <Alicia> "Could've been," Alicia agrees, healing her friend some more
[20:16] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay on hands
[20:19] <Kotono> As the party ascends up, they find themselves walking up a smoky stair, windows outside seen. You can see the great pillar of fire rising endlessly, crackling flames all around. In this endless crackle, you hear, "Auril adopted many of the Winterwights as her own, making an elite bodyguard trained in dark arts of necromancy or taking up the arms of dark champions. In his fury at this grevious insult, Kossuth did assail Auril and her new honor
[20:19] <Kotono> In his fury at this grevious insult, Kossuth did assail Auril and her new honor guard. WIth pure, hot fire did he lay many of the Winterwights low." (More)
[20:23] <Kotono> As you walk, you appear at the top of the stairs. You stand in a fairly boxy room - there's about 120 feet of space in all directions before you come to hard red walls. Ahead of you, fourty feet ahead and massive, lies a foe you have battled before! It's scales are of obsidian floatin gon magma, it's breath sonic screetches of burning fire! A pyroclastic dragon bellows at you! In Draconic, "In the name of Kossuth, prove your strength to me!" O
[20:23] <Kotono> A pyroclastic dragon bellows at you! In Draconic, "In the name of Kossuth, prove your strength to me!" OOC: Init here.
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: I'd have healed a bit more while walking up the stairs, didn't figure descriptive text would turn into monster so soon, can I do so now?
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 25." [3d8=4, 4, 2]
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 init
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 init and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Pyroclastic DRAGON FUUUUCK
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Pyroclastic DRAGON FUUUUCK and gets 19." [1d20=19]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
03[20:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(24)>Antenora(21)>Pyroclastic Dragon=Seira(19)'
[20:25] <Kotono> Taking a step back, "...Mystra, guide my blows..." Antenora murmurs low. OOC: Alicia, your'e up.
[20:26] <Alicia> "Spread out!" Alicia snaps quickly lest they all be assailed by fiery sonic pain, casting a spell to vanish herself from sight before she flies above and behind the dragon, poised to flank it for anyone attacking from the front!
[20:26] <Alicia> OOC: greater invis
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 let's try
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 let's try and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antenora's up.
[20:29] <Kotono> "Any idea of it's evil," Antenora asks tersely a moment, as she takes to the air.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Hell Striker?" Alicia murmurs to her sword at Antenora's question, not wanting to expend the focus to check herself.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Yes!" Alicia then yells back.
[20:31] <Kotono> At that, Antenora charges head long at the dragon, throwing everything she has at it!
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 fly, +2 charge, +8 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +12 ignorance, -15 PA)
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 (+2 GMW, +2 heroism, +1 fly, +2 charge, +8 smite, +2 FS 9/10, +12 ignorance, -15 PA) and gets 51." [1d20=12]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+96
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+96 and gets 107." [2d8=6, 4][1d6=1]
[20:34] <Kotono> Antenora darts forward, stabbing the dragon in the mouth and cheek, drawing a river of magma as a bleeding wound! OOC: Seira and Dragon are up. Go ahead and go, Seira?
06[20:36] * Seira throws her hand out towards the dragon, and a sickly violet ray spirals towards the beast, seeking out its throat! An orb of frost is right on its heels, icy blue and tingling with anticipation!
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 ranged touch
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 ranged touch and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:37] <Seira> OOC: Ray of dizziness, slowed. I'll advance 10 ft before attacking to be within 30
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. How long does the ray last?
01[20:37] <Seira> OOC: 16 rounds, yeah
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 orb
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 orb and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Got it.
03[20:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(24)>Antenora(21)>Pyroclastic Dragon(slowed)=Seira(19)'
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:38] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d6+5d8 cold+sa
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d6+5d8 cold+sa and gets 123." [15d6=1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 2, 4, 5, 4][5d8=3, 7, 7, 7, 6]
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Was that empowered?
01[20:38] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 123*1.5 guess what it's weak to
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 123*1.5 guess what it's weak to and gets 184.5."
[20:40] <Kotono> The dragon's throat and chest are covered in a sheet of solid ice! As it screams out, it quickly snaps off a howling burst of breath at Antenora as Seira mauls it!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 18*6
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 18*6 and gets 108."
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 108/2 (Half is sonic and applies, save failed.
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 108/2 (Half is sonic and applies, save failed. and gets 54."
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 54-5
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 54-5 and gets 49."
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: 49 damage to Antenora.
[20:41] <Kotono> Antenora is buffered by a screaming burst of magma, knocked back but still in the air! The dragon starts to move slower, as if bound in it's freezing prison! OOC: Alicia.
[20:42] <Alicia> OOC: planes or arcana for knowledge?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Planes.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[20:43] <Alicia> "Fall!" Alicia calls as she slices into the dragon's exposed flank, her deadly blades seeking out its spine to put it down for good!
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 55." [1d20=17]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 45." [1d20=7]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 47." [1d20=14]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 critical strike, divine might, 6th and 4th level arcane strike, flanking, invis and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: 3 threats there thanks to critical strike
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: It's critable, roll any crit threats you got. All of those hit anyway, so just roll the threats.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 crit check
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 crit check and gets 44." [1d20=6]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 crit check
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 crit check and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 crit check
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 crit check and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Two crits.
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 8d8+176+12d6+6d6+60d4+6d6 not rolling sonic but 6d6 is evil hating fire
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d8+176+12d6+6d6+60d4+6d6 not rolling sonic but 6d6 is evil hating fire and gets 438." [8d8=1, 3, 3, 7, 6, 8, 1, 3][12d6=3, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 2, 5, 3, 5, 5, 1][6d6=5, 6, 5, 3, 4, ][6d6=5, 3, 5, 4, 2, 6]
[20:47] <Kotono> The dragon, already frozen and hacked, cannot resist! It is torn apart as scales go flying, everything vanishing as it is obliterated! Stairs appear in the center of the room, as Antenora slows down and stops. "...That...was it?" she lowers the tip of her spear downward. "Well, I suppose it couldn't use it's flight and range here, but...that was it?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "There isn't much that could survive that kind of assault," Alicia remarks, channelling a mirror image spell into her blade and tapping Antenora gently to bestow it upon her before advancing up the stairs.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
01[20:49] <Seira> "It chose poorly," Seira voices. "Should've just tried biting you to death and failing. At least there would've been more glory, then."
[20:51] <Kotono> Going for the stairs as several Antenoras spring into life, "Any guesses on what's next then?"
01[20:52] <Seira> "A flaming avatar of Kossuth. Like an angel, except more elemental, and all fire. I can put money on it!"
[20:53] <Alicia> "I'll say an exceptionally powerful salamander," Alicia puts in her suggestion as they ascend.
01[20:53] <Seira> "How about we bet on lunch? Winner gets to order from those who guessed wrong."
[20:53] <Kotono> "How about a river of magma, and that sounds good." Antenora chuckles warmly, "Assuming we aren't fried dinner for something here at the end of it."
01[20:54] <Seira> "Oh please. No one will eat our charred corpses, that's unhygienic."
[20:55] <Alicia> "It's better than eating them raw," Alicia observes morbidly.
06[20:55] * Seira laughs.
[20:57] <Kotono> "But don't you..." Antenora begins, but then you are in the smoky ascent up again, climbing. Out the windows you can see Kossuth's fire pillar, as in the crackle words come, "Those that survived Kossuth's wrath were transformed into Lavawights, swearing allegance to the Father of Fire. Thus did the enmity between Auril and Kossuth grow more bitter. To destroy the Winterwights and their mockery of fire was a blessed act in the name of Kossuth.
[20:57] <Kotono> To destroy the Winterwights and their mockery of fire was a blessed act in the name of Kossuth. You who seek his blessing, climb higher! The summit awaits those with the strength to seize it!"
06[20:58] * Seira certainly has the will to grasp that fiery fire!
[21:00] <Alicia> "Lavawights? I really hope we don't run into one of those..." Alicia frowns. Serving Kossuth is better than serving Auril, certainly, but she can't help but feel apprehensive about the existence of such creatures and how much they've transcended their original nature.
01[21:01] <Seira> "Hope we don't have to fight one to the death," Seira muses. "Feels kinda wrong to lower the numbers of the wights on Kossuth's side for our task."
[21:01] <Kotono> As you step forward, you come into a room. It's only about 60 feet wide and long. Here, a great roaring elemental of fire is in a loosely humanoid form. Blazing armor clads it's body, a hammer with dancing white fires in it's grasp. It is huge, as all powerful elementals tend to be. In front of it are a three squad of flaming creatures with metal blades, unfamiliar to the party. The hammer of the elemental is pointed at them, "Your strength is
[21:01] <Kotono> unfamiliar to the party. The hammer of the elemental is pointed at them, "Your strength is magnificent, but it is not worthy of reaching the highest peaks! Lay low now and meet your failure!" OOC: Init.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 init
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 init and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 knowledge to id these dudes
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 knowledge to id these dudes and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 elemental
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 elemental and gets 29." [1d20=13]
01[21:04] <Seira> "You want more strength?" Seira calls over to the massive elemental. "Let's go! Nightstalker's Transformation!"
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 salamander 1
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 whee~
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 salamander 2
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 salamander 1 and gets 19." [1d20=18]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 salamander 3
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 salamander 2 and gets 2." [1d20=1]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 salamander 3 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 whee~ and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 ????
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 ???? and gets 9." [1d20=7]
03[21:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Salamander 3=Antenora(14)>???(9)>Salamander 2(2)'
[21:07] <Kotono> The huge elemental extends it's hands out! In it a vortex of fire forms, billowing out to consume all! "Father of fire, judge these ones who seek to show their strength!"
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: First of all, make will, you t hree.
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 10d6 Seira and Antenora are immune to fire, so only Alicia needs to deal with this. Also, you get a ref save to halve it, Alicia.
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 Seira and Antenora are immune to fire, so only Alicia needs to deal with this. Also, you get a ref save to halve it, Alicia. and gets 29." [10d6=2, 3, 1, 1, 6, 3, 6, 1, 5, 1]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 does resistance apply?
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 does resistance apply? and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, so no damage.
[21:09] <Kotono> The vortex leaves the party untouched, unburnt! OOC: Seira and Alicia.
06[21:10] * Seira directs Lagann towards the invisible creature completing the set of four, and charges right in as it is briefly distracted by her familiar's attack!
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+7 Lagann
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 Lagann and gets 23." [1d20=16]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 (flanking, no actual charge)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 (flanking, no actual charge) and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Both hit.
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d6+1
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1 and gets 2." [1d6=1]
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+8d8
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+8d8 and gets 54." [3d8=2, 6, 1][8d8=2, 5, 8, 3, 3, 3, 5, 7]
[21:13] <Kotono> Seira charges forward, skewering the off balance salamander! It hisses as it's stabbed, cursing! "Damn your eyes!"
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: are all the salamanders (including the invisible one Seira clearly hit) arranged in a straight line?
01[21:13] <Seira> "Damn your invisible cheating!" Seira curses back.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: No. The invisible one's off to the sides a bit. Others can be.
06[21:15] * Alicia flies to the opposite side of the room as Seira, lining herself up on the three visible salamandars 20 feet away from the nearest one, and hurls Hell Striker downrange to scythe through each of the trio!
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike crit check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike crit check and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike crit check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -13pa divine might critical strike crit check and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Hits and two crits.
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 2d8+78+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+78+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 99." [2d8=2, 8][2d6=2, 2][1d6=3][1d6=4]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 2d8+78+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+78+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 96." [2d8=2, 2][2d6=5, 5][1d6=2][1d6=2]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d8+39+2d6+1d6+1d6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+39+2d6+1d6+1d6 and gets 50." [1d8=2][2d6=1, 6][1d6=1][1d6=1]
[21:17] <Kotono> Alicia throws her blade out, cutting through the salamanders like ripe wheat! Each of them endures, but the first two are cut horribly bad, severed nearly apart! OOC: first salamander is up.
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, +6 damage on each, calculated for -10 pa
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: +12 on crits, I mean
[21:19] <Kotono> The first salamander darts to the other side, as a searing hot fireball bursts around Alicia! OOC: Ref.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 10*6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10*6 and gets 60."
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 60/2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 60/2 and gets 30."
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: 30 resistance by passing damage, Alicia. Searing'd.
[21:21] <Kotono> The fireball is devastatingly hot, leaving Alicia burnt despite her dodging and protections! OOC: Antenora and the third salamander are up. I'll resolve Antenora first.
[21:21] <Kotono> Antenora charges straight ahead, going for the second salamander before it moves!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+9 bonuses, -14 PA)
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+9 bonuses, -14 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+9 bonuses, -14 PA) ow
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+9 bonuses, -14 PA) ow and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 4d8+2d6+1d6+232 this is just ow
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+2d6+1d6+232 this is just ow and gets 256." [4d8=5, 1, 6, 4][2d6=1, 2][1d6=5]
03[21:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Salamander 3=Antenora(14)>???(9)'
[21:23] <Kotono> The second salamander is skewered through the heart, vanishing before it's blood can even spill, leaving behind only a few hints of red mist! A split secon dlater, the third salamander darts to the other side, a fireball bursting, the edge catching Seira! OOC: ref.
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 42." [1d20=9]
[21:24] <Kotono> Seira easily avoids the fireball, leaping aside as the flames fail to even touch her! OOC: Fourth salamander i sup.
[21:24] <Kotono> The fourth salamander curses, raising it's crossbow! OOC: This is AoO bait if you like, Seira, it can't get away sinc eit's flanked.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 smite!
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 smite! and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+8d8+6d8
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+8d8+6d8 and gets 87." [3d8=2, 4, 5][8d8=4, 7, 3, 2, 7, 4, 7, 4][6d8=5, 7, 1, 5, 5, 6]
03[21:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Salamander 3=Antenora(14)'
[21:25] <Kotono> The salamander is stricken down unseen, not even able to fire off it's crossbow as it's cut down! OOC: Huge elemental is up.
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d4+4
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+4 and gets 5." [1d4=1]
03[21:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(5 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Salamander 3=Antenora(14)'
[21:26] <Kotono> Suddenly, there are five of the huge elemental! As one, they charge towards Antenora!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35 (-6 PA)
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 (-6 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=1]
[21:27] <Kotono> But despite the heavy hammering blow, it narrowly misses and makes a deep dent in the floor instead! OOC: Seira'n'Alicia power hour.
06[21:29] * Seira sees this as a great reason to finish off another salamander along with Lagann, trusting Alicia to kill the elemental along with Antenora.
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+7 Lagann vs Sal3
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 Lagann vs Sal3 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: No dice. Your attack, Seira?
06[21:30] * Seira borrows Waukeen's power to be there and join the attack fully!
01[21:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 me!
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 me! and gets 44." [1d20=18]
01[21:30] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+8d8
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+8d8 and gets 59." [3d8=6, 6, 2][8d8=1, 4, 7, 5, 7, 2, 2, 8]
01[21:30] <Seira> OOC: Still around?
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: No, it's very down.
03[21:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(5 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Antenora(14)'
06[21:31] * Seira then travels all the way over to the last remaining one!
[21:31] <Kotono> Seira moves about the field like a ghost, striking down the third salamander and coming close to the second in her speedy haste, Third Resort thrusting up and at the ready! OOC: Salamander 1 is up.
[21:31] <Alicia> OOC: hay!
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Dur, sorry. Go.
06[21:32] * Alicia flies over to position herself adjacent to the elemental and then attempts another whirling blade spell, hurling Hell Striker through the fiery images and genuine article alike before it slices into the salamandar and returns to her hand! Assuming she can cast properly...
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 DC 17 casting defensively
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 DC 17 casting defensively and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa divine might elemental
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa divine might elemental and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa divine might salamander
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa divine might salamander and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: is elemental evil?
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+35+1d6 elemental
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+35+1d6 elemental and gets 44." [1d8=8][1d6=1]
[21:34] <Kotono> Alicia's blade cuts into the elemental, destroying it's images! It doesn't do much damage, but it does leave a cut on it's shoulder! OOC: Salamander 1 is up.
03[21:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Antenora(14)'
[21:35] <Kotono> The first salamander staggers back, a fireball bursting around Seira! OOC: Ref.
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[21:35] <Kotono> Seira darts aside again, the searing fireball not even coming close to her, dodged by a mile with a deft slide! OOC: Antenora.
[21:36] <Kotono> Antenora takes this chance, bracing and stabbing back at the elemental, as holy fury mends her wounds! OOC: 8/10 FS, +10 HP Antenora.
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (-4 PA)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (-4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 crit check
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 crit check and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d8+24
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+24 and gets 27." [1d8=3]
[21:37] <Kotono> Antenora lands a single blow into it, a weak graze that only draws a little injury at all! OOC: Elemental is up.
[21:38] <Kotono> The elemental has Antenora where it wants, images springing up around it again as it attacks!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d4+4
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+4 and gets 6." [1d4=2]
03[21:38] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(6 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Antenora(14)'
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35 (-6 PA)
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 (-6 PA) and gets 47." [1d20=12]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 PA)
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-6 PA) and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (images negated because it hit the real one owwies)
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (images negated because it hit the real one owwies) and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 4d6+72 DR applies.
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+72 DR applies. and gets 86." [4d6=5, 4, 1, 4]
[21:40] <Kotono> Antenora the sixth is gone, then the real Antenora gets a hammer blow to her head! The second one gets her in the face, leaving her front a mess of blood and bruising! She makes a garbled cry out, wobbling on her feet! OOC: Seira'n'Alicia.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Dammit!" Alicia curses as Antenora is maimed, casting a spell to hopefully protect her friend before she backs off. This thing's going to require a more measured approach...
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 DC 19 casting defensively
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 DC 19 casting defensively and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: greater invis on Anty, flying 30 feet up and 30 away from Elemental
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora vanishes from sight, shielded by Alicia's magic! OOC: Seira.
06[21:42] * Seira flies up slighlty as she maneuvers into position, eager and ready to stab the elemental repeatedly as she shows it her strength!
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 32." [1d20=10]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+4d6
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+4d6 and gets 38." [3d8=2, 4, 7][4d6=6, 6, 3, 1]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d4+2+4d6
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+2+4d6 and gets 18." [1d4=4][4d6=4, 3, 2, 3]
[21:44] <Kotono> Seira tears into the elemental, dealing another few hits and dealing a little more damage to it! It's taking the wounds well, far from downeD! OOC: Salamander 1 is up.
[21:44] <Kotono> This time, the salamander fires three burning rays off at Seira, falling back!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 ranged touch AC?
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 ranged touch AC?
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 ranged touch AC?
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 ranged touch AC? and gets 31." [1d20=15]
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 ranged touch AC? and gets 33." [1d20=17]
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 ranged touch AC? and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Roll for images real quick, Seira?
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+7 Lagann tries to kill an image, too
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 Lagann tries to kill an image, too and gets 10." [1d20=3]
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d7
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d7
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d5
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
03[21:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(2 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Antenora(14)'
[21:47] <Kotono> This time, the salamander fires three burning rays off at Seira, falling back as Seira cleaves and claws away images!
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: Touch ac is 24
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 12d6 half damage from this, searing
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 half damage from this, searing and gets 38." [12d6=6, 4, 5, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 5, 3]
[21:48] <Kotono> Seira finds the beams so hot that they burn even her, leaving minor wounds across her back! OOC: Antenora.
[21:48] <Kotono> Antenora falls back, healing her wounds as she positions and takes a moment...OOC: +10 HP 7/10, just positioning this round since she wants to save her boots. Elemental's up.
[21:50] <Kotono> The elemental turns to Seira now, close and visible! It rears it's hammer up...OOC: Are you using any of your immediates, it's about to unload on you.
01[21:50] <Seira> OOC: Can't. Let's go, elemental one.
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-8 PA)
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-8 PA) and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:51] <Seira> OOC: 46
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 2d6+40
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+40 and gets 49." [2d6=5, 4]
[21:52] <Kotono> Wham! Seira gets hit hard, chest crushed! But with her stoneskin and pure will, she withstands the flaming, crushing, overwhelming blow! OOC: Seira'n'Alicia.
01[21:52] <Seira> Lagann retaliates!
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+7
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
06[21:53] * Seira does likewise!
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 46." [1d20=19]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d3
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d2
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: On him now, whiffed.
03[21:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(1 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Salamander 1(19)>Antenora(14)'
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 25." [1d20=4]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Kotono> Seira cuts it down to one image, leaving it's defenses weak, but unable to land her own blow! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:55] * Seira opts to retreat for the time being, returning to menace the salamaner, Lagann being there to flank with her.
06[21:56] * Alicia drops down to ground level and channels an enervation spell into Hell Striker before flinging it once more to strike both the elemental and the salamandar!
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 elemental divine might
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 elemental divine might and gets 50." [1d20=17]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 salamandar
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 salamandar and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Bot hit.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6 elemental
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6 elemental and gets 39." [1d8=7][1d6=3]
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+29+1d6 salamandar
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+29+1d6 salamandar and gets 34." [1d8=4][1d6=1]
03[21:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(1 images)(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Antenora(14)'
[21:58] <Kotono> The salamander is cut down and gone, cleaved into oblivion! Only the elemental remains, dark energies creeping along it's body! However, they fizzle away and burst, flying off it and vanishing! OOC: Antenora.
[21:58] <Kotono> As energies heal Seira(6/10 FS, +10 HP Seira) Antenora charges unseen, going to spear the resiliant elemental warrior!
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+7 bonuses, -4 PA)
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+7 bonuses, -4 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 2d8+48
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+48 and gets 62." [2d8=6, 8]
[21:59] <Kotono> Antenora lands a wound in it's shoulder, managing to score some damage as she jerks her spear outwards! But it's still not relenting in the least, enduring it all! OOC: Elemental is up.
[22:00] <Kotono> Raising his arms to the sky, "Father of Flame, Empower ME!"
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: This triggers an AoO from Antenora since she's in range.
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d8+29
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+29 and gets 37." [1d8=8]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 concentration
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 concentration and gets 43." [1d20=11]
[22:01] <Kotono> But whatever was going to happen fizzles away, as Antenora spears him again in the throat! OOC: SEira'n'Alicia.
03[22:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Huge Elemental(29)>Seira=Alicia(20)>Antenora(14)'
01[22:01] <Seira> "Empower this!" Seira unashamedly calls out, returning to her rightful place to stab the elemental!
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 lifetheft
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 lifetheft and gets 47." [1d20=20]
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 spellruin
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 spellruin and gets 33." [1d20=11]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 alas
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 alas and gets 33." [1d20=12]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 alas x2
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 alas x2 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: One hit with lifetheft.
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+4d6
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+4d6 and gets 40." [3d8=2, 3, 5][4d6=4, 5, 6, 6]
[22:02] <Kotono> Seira darts forward, cutting in and stabbing the giant in the stomach, another wound that only makes it buckle a little! OOC: Alicia.
[22:03] <Alicia> "By the pact of flame I call upon my allies to aid us!" Alicia invokes her own blessing of Kossuth, summoning a squad of tiny fire elementals to surround the huge elemental and distract it to Seira's benefit!
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 small elementals
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 small elementals and gets 5." [1d4=4]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 5#1d20+5 aid another AC for Seira
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5#1d20+5 aid another AC for Seira and gets 89." [5#1d20+5 = 22, 23, 17, 18, 9]
[22:03] <Alicia> OOC: +8 AC
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antenora's up.
[22:04] <Kotono> Antenora flies back, healing herself again as she prepares for another charge! OOC: FS 5/10, +10 more HP Antenora. OOC: Elemental is up.
[22:05] <Kotono> It's concentration ruined, the elemental focuses on the one target in fron tof it: Seira!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-8 PA)
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-8 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit bad luck
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 crit bad luck and gets 25." [1d20=7]
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: Yep, it really was
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d6+40 wham
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+40 wham and gets 49." [2d6=4, 5]
[22:06] <Kotono> Seira is slammed hard again as she withstands the storm of metal and fire! OOC: Seira'n'Antenora.
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: ahem
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Alicia.
01[22:07] <Seira> OOC: Go first, neglected one
[22:07] <Alicia> This time the elementals distract the big one for Alicia's benefit as she moves in to attack the beleagured foe!
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 5#1d20+5 aid another AC for me
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5#1d20+5 aid another AC for me and gets 54." [5#1d20+5 = 7, 13, 16, 6, 12]
[22:07] <Alicia> OOC: +6 ac
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might flanking
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might flanking and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Bare hit.
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d8+26+1d6
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+26+1d6 and gets 36." [1d8=7][1d6=3]
[22:09] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, landing another blow, making the elemental wobble a little more! OOC: Seira.
06[22:10] * Seira doesn't miss a chance to make the elemental's life miserable, striking back again and again!
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+4d6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+4d6 and gets 36." [3d8=4, 7, 7][4d6=1, 4, 1, 3]
[22:11] <Kotono> Seira lands yet another blow! Ripping her blade into it, it seems to be as any other at first...but abruptly, it fgalls to it's knees! IN an instant it is gone! Above, the smoke parts. A rising column upwards is shown, no stairs, but a path shining with flaming light coming down from above. OOC: Free act.
[22:13] <Kotono> Antenora grimaces, holding her half healed face. "Cursed..." she mutters, "I think my nose was shattered. You two alright?"
[22:13] <Alicia> "Phew," Alicia exhales, relaxing. "He was a tough one, alright," she observes, taking out her wand and using it to hopefully restore Antenora's pristine looks before they ascend further.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
01[22:13] <Seira> "I foolishly decided to fight it in melee without magic," Seira returns, tilting her head. "I might have been hit in the head before we fought this guy."
[22:14] <Kotono> "We won." Antenora's face somewhat mends. "Let's recover and keep going at least? We have to be getting closer."
[22:15] <Alicia> "Onwards and upwards," Alicia agrees, using the last two charges of her wand on Seira and then discarding it.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 2d8+2
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+2 and gets 13." [2d8=5, 6]
[22:15] <Alicia> That done she begins flying towards the radiant column.
[22:16] <Kotono> Antenora follows, becoming airborne behind Alicia.
01[22:16] <Seira> "Works for me," Seira agrees with a shrug, proceeding onwards. Once her transformation wears off, she cast the ray deflection spell upon herself, following it up with ab extended haste.
[22:16] <Kotono> The party flies up for about three minutes. You fly in a column of radiant smoke, rising higher and higher...then...(More)
[22:17] <Kotono> You stand in the open air. You stand on the top of a vast ziggurat, the top only wenty feet by twenty feet. Dead ahead is the pillar of flame. Your view of it from here is clear, the magnificence of it...OOC: Will, all.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 36." [1d20=9]
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[22:20] <Alicia> "Praise the Lord of Flames," Alicia breathes reverently, advancing to the pillar of fire and prostrating herself humbly before it.
01[22:20] <Seira> "Oh, Kossuth," Seira gasps, hand stretching out towards the pillar before she hurriedly jerks it away. "I thought I was worthy of the flame, but I am nothing in the face of your magnificence!"
[22:20] <Kotono> Antenora plants her face into the ground, silent as she bows.
[22:23] <Kotono> You feel It's presence in you, around you, all about. You cannot speak as you feel It like the heat of the Sun burning through all. Your bodies burst aflame, charring your flesh. In this rapturous hold of fire, It makes It's will known to you. He shall give you blessings and aid, for destroying a Winterwight is pleasing to His purposes.
[22:25] <Alicia> If she could speak, Alicia would earnestly thank Kossuth and swear to honour Him by defeating their vile foe. However she's having a hard enough time even thinking straight, far less speaking in this current situation... all she can do is hope Kossuth finds them worthy.
[22:28] <Kotono> Once the Winterwight is slain, you will take part of Kossuth's blessing to the fires below the gnomish ruins. There Kossuth will purify the heresy away now that it's purpose is done and make it His holy place. Once that is done, you will rise to the surface and watch the His power in the mortal realm and bear witness to it.
06[22:30] * Alicia wouldn't have a problem doing that even if her mind wasn't flooded with awe and making her instinctively agree with sycophantic eagerness!
06[22:44] * Seira is way overdue on setting the place properly back aflame, and would be quite eager to do so, especially if it were to please Kossuth!
[22:44] <Kotono> Seira can feel the His will overwhelming her, working with in her body!
06[22:47] * Seira silently pledges her strength to the spread of righteous fires wherever she goes!
[22:52] <Kotono> Alicia can feel His will overwhelming her, working around her!
02[22:56] * Alicia (WinNT@user-514c0476.l1.c5.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[22:56] * Alicia (WinNT@user-514c0476.l1.c5.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[22:56] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
06[22:57] * Alicia mentally thanks the Firelord for this boon, and hopes it will aid her in the battles ahead.
[22:59] <Kotono> Antenora is silent a few moments, "Thank you..." she murmurs. Then, a drop of fire falls from above! It is a small, fist sized chunk of flame, as if turned into stone and yet still burning, stone swaying like fire. It appears before the party. Kossuth again makes his will known to you. When the time is right, hold this. It will protect you from the terrible cold emaniating from the Winterwight. It will not stop all of it's cold, but prevent it
[22:59] <Kotono> terrible cold emaniating from the Winterwight. It will not stop all of it's cold, but prevent it's coming from starting a true, dire winter. When the deed is done, cast this flame into the pit of fires below the gnomish ruins.
01[23:02] <Seira> Kossuth's will shall be done, Seira swears!
[23:03] <Alicia> "Seira?" Alicia defers to the half-dragon to accept the final boon, since she is most in tune with fire of the three present.
06[23:04] * Seira reverently takes hold of the fiery, living flame.
[23:05] <Kotono> As it is held, you are gone. You now stand in a parched circle of fire, as if a great flame landed here. You stand in the streets of Balmuria, near the southern gate? It looks like it, and from the gawking you're getting, people are most assuredly staring.
06[23:07] * Alicia looks around somewhat embarrassedly at the commotion they're undoubtedly causing as her mind shifts gears and re-engages now that its no longer being blasted with deific presence. "Well... looks like we made quite an entrance."
[23:07] <Kotono> "Ah...yes, yes." Antenora looks about, "Let's...let's just go somewhere and rest up?
[23:07] <Kotono> "
01[23:08] <Seira> "Mmm," Seira says noncommittally, patting the fire she's holding.
[23:08] <Kotono> The fire is warm but not hot to her touch. It's solid, despite moving and swaying like real fire
[23:08] <Kotono> .
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06[23:09] * Seira tries placing it in a jar. A very pretty jar fit for the divine fire gracing it with its presence.
[23:09] <Kotono> As the party gets eyed, Seira puts the fire in a jar. The jar glows red hot, but it doesn't melt or anything.
[23:10] <Alicia> "It's alright," Alicia tries to reassure the gawkers, "We just got back from a trip to a fiery place, everything's fine."
01[23:11] <Seira> "Fire is... so awesome!" Seira exclaims suddenly.
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05[19:41] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
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[19:43] <Kotono> That night, Alicia lies down her head to rest. Sleep comes quickly, her exhausted body slipping into it's promised rest. Yet...in her dreams, the burning comes again. Her blood boils, her flesh cooks, her soul simmers. It is a timeless dream and blessed nightmare revelation both, combined into a constant, eternal image of fire. Arcane fire, spellfire, Hell-Striker's fire, the fire that comes from within her, it all burns within Alicia. Behin
[19:44] <Kotono> the fire that comes from within her, it all burns within Alicia. Behind every image she can see Kossuth, the endless pillar of fire that rises forever in infinite heat. (More)
[19:46] <Kotono> Alicia melts down. Her body flows like liquid. Under it, His will shapes her, like hammerblows on red-hot steel. Her toes, her legs, her torso, her arms, her chest, her head, her wings. At the last blow, Alicia's eyes open. She is perfectly aware, as if she never slept. Dawn's early light creeps in. Her bed is singed, several little burn marks all over it. Marie lies at the foot of the bed, dazed and twitching.
06[19:50] * Alicia sits up in her bed with a sense of eerie calm while Marie groans and slowly pulls herself together. Pivoting off the bed, she stands up lithely and rubs her arms, her hands moving further and exploring her body as if checking everything's still where it should be. "Aaooww... this is what I get for trying to wake you from your hot dreams..." Marie mutters groggily from behind her.
[19:54] <Kotono> Alicia's body seems to be about as she remembers it. The same perks and the same sags, really. She still feels a little...different, but it's more inside. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees a red, fire-light glowing.
[19:56] <Alicia> "Something's changed," Alicia replies calmly, mind racing. "I feel different. Kossuth *altered* me..." she then trails off, turning to look at the glowing.
[19:56] <Alicia> "I feel a little different, too, now that you mention it," Marie remarks as she pulls herself together. "Nothing bad, I think... but how? Why?"
[19:57] <Kotono> Hell-Striker sits in the corner of Alicia's room. It's two blades have merged into one, turning the double-sword into a falchion. Crimson fire dances on the edge of it's blade.
[19:58] <Alicia> "Hell Striker?" Alicia steps over and picks up the blade carefully, having some familiarity with this style of weapon from her travels. "You, too? What happened?"
[19:59] <Kotono> The falchion feels deeply familiar in Alicia's hand, skills known and yet not known engraved within her knowledges. 'I am now this.' It answers.
[20:00] <Alicia> Taciturn as always. That's a relief, at least. "Do you... mind?" she asks after receiving no elaboration. She's really not sure, herself... like Marie says, it doesn't feel bad, but at the same time she can't escape a nagging feeling that this is somehow disloyal to Mystra...
[20:01] <Kotono> 'I am. That is all that matters.'
[20:07] <Alicia> "I see," Alicia sets the sword down. "I think I should pray on this," she decides, quickly throwing on some clothes. "Marie, I'm just going to the temple if anyone asks for me, okay?" With the clear indication that she doesn't want her familiar tagging along, she then hurriedly departs her home.
[20:08] <Kotono> Hurrying away, Alicia enters the temple. The doors are open to her to proceed in how she wishes.
06[20:10] * Alicia doesn't want to disturb morning services, so after exchanging pleasantries with anyone present she finds a quiet spot within sight of the altar and either sits or kneels, furniture permitting, and sends her prayers to her Goddess, seeking guidance on whether she should embrace or resist being tempered by the Firelord.
[20:18] <Kotono> Alicia loses herself in prayer. At first the normal distractions of reality nag at her, but with patience and grace they are subliminated, losing herself in her meditations. Time is lost as a feeling of peace comes over her. In her mind's vivid sight, she sees Antenora. She kneels, murmuring, "...though I never expected this or dreamed of it...thank you, Mystra. The changes Alicia has made to me...thank you."
[20:18] <Kotono> The changes Alicia has made to me...thank you."
[20:23] <Alicia> Well, that's certainly one way of looking at it. Mind set at ease, Alicia relaxes somewhat, content to take part in morning services before she goes home to put these changes through their paces.
[20:29] <Kotono> Alicia finds Antenora at the practice grounds, already working away. She takes a long look at Alicia's weapon, raising an eyebrow. "Alicia?"
[20:31] <Alicia> "It seems the changes wrought by the Firelord ran deeper than it first seemed," Alicia explains as she draws Hell Striker, holding the heavy blade comfortably enough. "For what reason I cannot tell, but I do not believe Mystra disapproves."
[20:32] <Kotono> "Mystra seems content to let others do parts of Her will and work," Antenora watches Alicia hold Hell-Striker, "What changed?"
[20:36] <Alicia> "Hell Striker has changed as you see - which means I'm going to have to change my fighting style, no doubt, and my magic has become stronger," Alicia outlines what she's felt so far. "As for my fighting skills? That's what I came here to test."
[20:38] <Kotono> Antenora starts to smile a little, "Shall we then?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "I'm not going to spar with a real enchanted blade," Alicia shakes her head, that being a rule they've always held fast on. "I'll see about picking up a blunted practice one later on, for now I was just going to run through some drills. You're welcome to join me with those, and it'll let us spot any glaring problems before I test myself against you."
[20:44] <Kotono> As they begin, going through the motions, "Assuming no problems," Antenora thrusts out with her spear, impaling a wooden dummy, "What our next move then? Consolidating for the winterwight?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia replies, scything her sword through the air with a curving upwards slash, then stepping back to recover and following with a vertical downwards chop. Its rather unbalanced compared to what she's used to - less grace and more power, she thinks irritably.
[20:48] <Alicia> "There's an intelligent slime and that slaad/inevitable crossbreed I'd want to evacuate first, as well. I might go and do that later today, if you want to come along?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "I'm up for it," Antenora whirls the blunt tip of her spear butt back, as if warding off a blow. AS she hops back, "What are you going to do with them?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "For the slime I was considering either the tunnels where we first met Zetsubouko, or the elemental plane of ooze. I'll ask it when we get there," Alicia replies, whipping her flaming sword out in a wide horizontal arc that she's reasonably sure would gut a pit fiend if it connected. "The hybrid is more complicated."
[20:53] <Alicia> "The house is already starting to get crowded as is, and I'm not sure we can reach it the same way we have Hugo - although I had wondered if it would respond to telepathic communication, its probably something the gnomes already tried. Still, getting it out of that cell couldn't hurt, we'll see how things progress."
[20:56] <Kotono> Antenora starts to go, but slips. She recovers in an instant, retorting with a sharp thrust. "We can...mmm. If all else fails, Elysium?"
06[20:58] * Alicia flaps her wings and takes off, flying in a short zig-zag and slicing downwards on her turns as if attacking a line of invisible foes. "I don't want to just dump it somewhere like that, and given how the conflicts between law and chaos have paralyzed it I'm not sure an outer plane would be the best place, anyway."
[20:59] <Kotono> "Then what do we do with it?" Antenora stops her movement, leaning on her practice spear, "Do we just put it in a room somewhere and hope it sorts itself out one day?"
06[21:02] * Alicia stops as well. "Although I'm particularly loathe to see one as a role model, perhaps there is something to be learned from the Concordant Killers in this matter," she states finally.
[21:03] <Kotono> Now with a half snort of tiredness that ripples through her, "So, are we going to try to get a Concordant Killer to play parent to it?"
[21:05] <Alicia> "Hardly," Alicia shakes her head. "But they must have ways of coming to terms with their diametrically opposed heritages. If we could learn what, perhaps we could help the unfortunate gnomish experiment come to find a healthy balance of its own."
[21:06] <Kotono> "Maybe. So how do we go about finding this out?" Antenora goes an dputs her spear back, "My heart's not in practice today. Sorry, Alicia."
[21:10] <Alicia> "It's fine," Alicia allows, sliding Hell Striker into her baldric after its flames go out. "We can research Concordant Killers, and other such conflicted beings, to start with. This isn't something that'll have a quick and easy solution, Antenora."
[21:10] <Kotono> "I didn't say it would," Antenora starts to snap off. "What I said was...no, what I should be saying is that I'm feeling pissy today. Sorry." Antenora breathes in and out, "Sorry."
[21:12] <Alicia> "It's alright," Alicia soothes, cocking her head. "Anything you want to talk about?"
[21:13] <Kotono> "N...well, seeing you change like that. That's all." Antenora starts to head inside, "It's just disturbing my equilibrium. Never mind it."
[21:15] <Alicia> "Do I look that different?" Alicia asks in surprise as she follows Antenora. Certainly Hell Striker looks totally different, but aside from having her spellcasting prowess enhanced Alicia doesn't feel different at all. Well, she might be a little less observant, maybe...
[21:15] <Alicia> *feel that much different
[21:17] <Kotono> "It's just the change at all. And no, it doens't count when Mystra does it." Antenora goes inside, "Just let it lie then, Alicia? I'll see you in a little when we're ready to go?"
[21:18] <Alicia> "I'm still me," Alicia tries to reassure her friend. "Nothing important's changed."
[21:26] <Kotono> Antenora turns and smiles to Alicia, before heading off. OOC: Skip along to your TPing times?
[21:26] <Alicia> "How come you never got all distraught when I got changed, huh?" Marie demands crossly as she randomly flies into the hall. "I still drop all my clothes when I turn incorporeal! And no one's done anything about it!"
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: sure, no one cares about Marie, anyway
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d100 to oasis
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 to oasis and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d100 steel jungle
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 steel jungle and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[21:30] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia and company appear in the steel jungle. Besides various bones littered about, it's quiet enough here. Unnatural, but quiet.
[21:31] <Alicia> "Four oh eight?" Alicia calls out, looking around slowly before asking Antenora, "Do you sense anything nearby?"
[21:33] <Kotono> "I do, three things. Two of them are semi intelligent, the last is normally intelligent," She points to the jungle, "It's just within there."
[21:35] <Alicia> The semi intelligent things are probably those crazily moving disjointed things. Pulling down her blindfold to see any invisible blocks of slime, Alicia slowly walks in the direction indicated for the being of normal intelligence.
[21:36] <Kotono> As you do, the slime comes out of the jungle. It oozes ahead, and in you rmind, 'You have returned?' It asks of Alicia.
[21:37] <Alicia> 'I have,' Alicia acknowledges mentally. 'I trust you have been well since we last spoke?'
[21:37] <Kotono> 'I continue to feed. I am well.'
[21:38] <Kotono> Antenora takes some time to look about, but stays quiet otherwise.
[21:39] <Alicia> 'Have you never spoken to the creatures you dine on as you do with me?' Alicia asks, wondering if it's capable of cohabitating with anything peacefully.
[21:39] <Alicia> 'Or spoken with anything else that dwells here?'
[21:40] <Kotono> 'The prey sees me as an enemy. The others do not, but they are of only some intelligence.' It answers, 'They are unusual.'
[21:43] <Alicia> That sounds fair enough. 'This place may not be safe for you much longer, so I must take you elsewhere,' Alicia explains plainly. 'As it would be difficult for you to exist where I live, I had considered either taking you to a vast cavern system, or a realm filled with other beings similar to yourself. If you have any other suggestions or preferences, I would hear them.'
[21:44] <Kotono> 'I wish to see outside. That is all. Anythin goutside is acceptable. The others...are they intelligent as I?'
[21:47] <Alicia> 'I have never been to that realm, but some of those who dwell there are,' Alicia responds.
[21:47] <Alicia> 'It is effectively a vast plane of slime, much of it inert, but there are unintelligent but active slimes in great quantities, and a sizable population of sentients either adaptated to the environment or composed of it much like yourself. I cannot guarantee their attitudes, but you would share some commonality'
[21:49] <Kotono> 'This intrigues me. I am interested in that.'
[21:53] <Alicia> 'Very well, I can take you there, and remain for a short time to ensure it is to your satisfaction before we part ways,' Alicia nods. 'Wait just a moment?' She then turns to Antenora, "I've spoken with 408, and it wishes to see the Para-Elemental Plane of Ooze. I know its not the nicest place, but I feel obligated to go along and make sure its okay before leaving it - do you want to come along?"
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Antenora very much wants to make a check on this
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Antenora very much wants to make a check on this and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:01] <Kotono> "Very well. At worst..." Antenora chuckles, "I can't leave you along there. Besides, you do have prestidigation still, don't you?"
[22:04] <Alicia> "It's the most basic spell there is," Alicia laughs a little herself, swapping her freedom of movement ring for the plane shift one, and casting resist energy to protect the both of them from acid. "Four oh eight? I don't know if you can control your natural defences, but try not to paralyse me when I touch you, please," she requests.
[22:06] <Kotono> 'I shall try,' It sends into Alicia's mind.
[22:09] <Alicia> 'That's all I can ask,' Alicia returns, guessing they'll have to wait an hour and a half before her ring recharges. Hopefully be safe that long, she thinks as she takes Antenora's hand and reaches out to the slime cube with the other, calling upon the magic of her ring to transport them all to the para-elemental plane of ooze,
[22:09] <Alicia> aiming for the side closest to the elemental plane of earth as most likely to at least provide some semblance of solid terrain.
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 5d100 if this even matters
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 if this even matters and gets 192." [5d100=13, 58, 88, 23, 10]
[22:19] <Kotono> Oh MYSTRA. The smell is terrible! It's like rotting earth and shit and piss congealed into one hellish miasma. Alicia's eyes cloud over at the stentch, staggering her! OOC: Make a fort save first tings first.
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenroa
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenroa and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 +4 vs poison
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 +4 vs poison and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[22:20] <Kotono> Alicia draws her focus inward, enduring the smell. You stand on an ooze covered rock perhaps twenty feet wide at the most. It floats in an endless ocean of brown, thick ooze. You're in a little sphere of air, ooze all above and below you. There's not much light, the ooze only quasi-transparent at best. Your skin and clothes feel slimy, dirty.
[22:21] <Kotono> Antenora gags, "Filth!" She hisses, placing a hand over her mouth and nose.
[22:21] <Kotono> Your friend starts to slide forward, it's voice in it Alicia's mind, 'Slime.' Itmurmurs, 'This is...!'
06[22:22] * Alicia resists the urge to retch with all of her will. "You don't know how lucky you are not to have a nose..." she says towards the cubic slime, feeling like she'll never smell anything good ever again.
[22:24] <Kotono> The ooze slips into the brown ooze, wading into it with a slicking, sucking noise. Droplets of ooze go flying as it does, splattering on your clothes and face. "Goddess Mystra, I'm going to take a bath after this. The legends of the Paraelemental Plane are not exaggerations!"
[22:25] <Alicia> "I wish I'd waited till closer to noon... I really didn't think it could be so bad," Alicia admits, slitting her eyes against the sickly haze she can feel congealing all over her. 'Do you like it?' she replies telepathically to 408.
[22:26] <Kotono> 'It is wonderful!' 408 replies, as Antenora rubs her hands over her breastplate, "We're going to learn a hard lesson here, aren't we?"
[22:28] <Alicia> 'I'm glad. We can't follow you into the ooze, but we'll remain on this rock for the next hour and a half. Come back if you need anything or change your mind?' she suggests telepathically. "At least we can say that we've been here? That has to take some sort of courage," she weakly consoles Antenora.
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along a little bit as you wait and feel miserably dirty?
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: by all means
[22:31] <Kotono> About 50 minutes have passed. You think, the entire thing is a miserable ordeal of waiting. Antenora's thrown up once, her color gone to a waxen sheen. Alicia's stomach protests but she keeps her breakfast down. The feeling of dirtiness intensifies. Alicia feels dirty all over, even in the quiet crevices under her arms, or between her breastplate edge and side, or in her socks. It's then that there is a lurch! The stone you stand on bobs downw
[22:31] <Kotono> or in her socks. It's then that there is a lurch! The stone you stand on bobs downward! A few little waves of slime spill over the edge before it bobs back upwards.
06[22:32] * Alicia wonders how Antenora can even throw up considering she never eats. Just what is in her vomit? Perhaps she's better off not knowing. "What was that?" she jerks in alarm, wings fanning out to help her balance before they flap and lift her off of the slick and unstable rock, deciding that hovering would be safer.
[22:33] <Kotono> Antenora does the same, the rock bobbing up and down again, this time deeper down, almost sinking. "Oh Mystra..." Antenora brandishes her spear as she looks down, "I don't sense an intelligence, at least."
[22:34] <Alicia> "It could easily be a mindless slime," Alicia considers, drawing Hell Striker. She refrains from igniting it, however, not sure her nostrils could take the inevitable result.
[22:35] <Kotono> "I was afraid you might think that," Antenora sighs again, "Terrible luck."
[22:38] <Alicia> "It could even just be a shift in the currents, or something like that?" Alicia suggests, looking for an upside. "At least we don't have much longer to wait, I think..."
[22:40] <Kotono> With a thick, stony SNAP!, the rock you ere standing on breaks in two! It sinks straight down, showing a wide, gaping, empty mouth of slime! It's as if the slime below it got hungry, a mouth full of earth, ooze and filth! The rock vanishes into the ooze, down it's 'throat', before smoothing out and vanishing.
[22:41] <Alicia> "Oh, come on!" Alicia exclaims in exasparation. "I think this plane actively hates us."
[22:43] <Kotono> "That is...unencouraging," Antenora considers her words for a little while before she speaks, drawing them out. "I'll keep a watch out for naything else. Hopefully your ring will be ready soon."
[22:45] <Alicia> "It's a little over half an hour," Alicia sighs, "I don't mind flying for long periods, but just hovering is a pain. If we weren't waiting on 408 possibly coming back I'd just teleport us somewhere else..."
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora nods and braces to wait...OOC: Skip along?
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: yeah
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d100+1
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+1 and gets 46." [1d100=45]
[22:46] <Kotono> The rest of the time is merciful - it passes without incident. No sign of 408, but your ring is ready to go once more.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Well, looks like someone's enjoying this place... what was that phrase Beth was fond of? 'As happy as a pig in shit'? Feels appropriate..." Alicia mutters. "Anyway, shall we? I'll try and aim for someplace nice so we can get cleaned up."
[22:48] <Kotono> "Yes!" Antenora takes both of Alicia's hands into her own, "I'm goin to scrub and scrub and scrub until I wear a cloth down to dust."
[22:50] <Alicia> Happy to leave this place far behind, Alicia aims for the lovely tropical island she took her friends to during her recent 'funny turn' while exploring the ruins. She'll probably miss but hopefully land at least someplace pleasant by the sea. "Likewise, believe me," she affirms as they go.
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 323." [5d100=70, 47, 73, 85, 48]
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 2." [1d9=2]
[22:51] <Kotono> It's warm and pleasant here. You stand on a sandy white beach, the sea lapping up against your feet. It's not much - more like a long sandbar with a few rocks that has managed to reach out to the sea, with a few hardy grasses growing atop it. Antenora looks around and promptly walks right into the ocean.
[22:54] <Alicia> While speedy immersion would be nice, she'll never get at all the nooks and crannies like this, so Alicia at least takes a moment to strip down, piling her soiled clothes and gear on the sand before she uses said sand to scrub herself thoroughly prior to taking a dip. "You'll want to exfoliate yourself, too," she calls over to the aquatic angel.
[17:37] <Kotono> ----
[17:37] <Kotono> OOC: AFter removing the muck of the Ooze, were you two going to teleport back to the steel jungle?
[17:37] <Alicia> Yep
[17:38] <Kotono> Go ahead and roll it?
[17:38] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[17:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
[17:40] <Kotono> Alicia and Antenora, freshly cleaned of the disgusting oozes of the Paraelemental Plane of Ooze, smell of salt water as they once again appear in the steel jungle. Nothing has changed since they left with 408.
[17:41] <Alicia> "Okay, our next stop will be to make sure the wards on the winterwight are still secure before we go get the last hybrid," Alicia summarises the plan. "Follow me and watch out for trolls or any slimy bezekira we missed?"
[17:43] <Kotono> Antenora rubs her arm against her breastplate several more times. "I will. Mystra willing, we won't see anything slimy today or ever."
[17:46] <Alicia> "Well, you'll see a lot, but hopefully they'll stay in their tubes," Alicia grimaces as she leads Antenora to the main entrance of the structure.
[17:48] <Kotono> As you climb down, Antenora rubs her arms. "I can still smell that filth when I breath through my nose." As you reach the bottom, "Nothing, by the way."
[17:49] <Alicia> "Washing didn't do enough," Alicia agrees. "I'll sweep us both with a sweet-smelling cantrip once we're done in the slime lab," she promises as they head down to the cavernous room of slimy crossbreeds.
[17:55] <Kotono> "Thanks," Antenora goes to clasp Alicia's shoulder. As you walk about the chambers of the slime labs, specimens kept in glass jars all over, "What happened here?" Antenora goes to one of the jars, looking up at a half slime, half flesh bezekira. "It looks as if Juiblex cursed a Hellcat more than anything else."
[17:56] <Alicia> "Effectively they combined hellcats with gelatinous cubes. Some are more cat-like as you can see, others are more cube-like like 408 - although none of the others like it have any intellect," Alicia explains, rapping her knuckles on the tube. "Is it even alive in there, can you tell?" There may be a ton of tubes, but if all their inhabitants are already dead it matters little, she supposes.
[17:59] <Kotono> "I don't sense anything," Antenora says, tapping the class after Alicia does. "I wonder what Dukes or Archdukes are ultimately behind the gnomish cooperations? Has that ever been brought to light to you?"
[18:01] <Alicia> "No," Alicia shakes her head, starting to head towards the door leading to the winterwight chamber. "We've never seen any gnomish lore relating to the upper echelons of Hell, although the relationship seemed to be an unequal one favouring the gnomes, from all accounts."
[18:03] <Kotono> "Perhaps so," As you reach the door, you find it was left as it was last time. "But I would wager my entire wealth that some greater devil send minions and pawns to suffer here for his own benefit."
[18:04] <Kotono> *sent
[18:06] <Alicia> "Possibly, but considering that they were able to fight a war against literally all of creation, I wouldn't discount their ability to bring even fiendish nobility to heel."
[18:06] <Alicia> "Binding the likes of Zquujaj or even this Winterwight seemed to pose little problem for them, after all," Alicia reasons as she casts antimagic field on herself to prevent the still active magical traps from firing as she opens the door.
[18:09] <Kotono> "True, but even if a devil was being raped and tormented for eternity, another would try to use it to some gain." Inside, the war between hot and cold continues. The fell creature contained within gusts out cold, each time spreading and being pushed back every second, a constant back and forth war.
[18:11] <Alicia> "Perhaps we'll find out, some day," Alicia demurs, closing the door after confirming that the spawn of Auril and Shar remains held in place, then walking away before she dismisses her antimagic field.
[18:13] <Kotono> "I hope so..." Antenora turns to Alicia, walking just behind her. "We're getting so strong. If we keep going, then someday we may be able to make a difference on a cosmic scale. If even one true devil lord of Hell can be stopped or destroyed..."
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[18:19] <Alicia> "We both know they'd just promote another to replace the one we killed," Alicia observes ruefully as she heads back to the stairs. "Not saying it's futile, since we'd unravel a great many plots and schemes, but so long as evil exists in the cosmos, so too will its outer-planar representatives."
[18:30] <Kotono> "I know that all too well. We can't kill Hell, but we can do what we can do make real changes for the better." Antenora's own smile is a rueful one, "Seira now...I could see her saying she'd try to kill all the evil in the cosmos."
[18:35] <Alicia> "Such is the conceit of the young," Alicia chuckles, casting prestidigitation as they leave the lab and sweeping over both of them to bestow a rosy smelling perfume. "Given all she's survived and thrived through at her age, her boundless confidence even has some foundation."
[18:37] <Kotono> As you ascend back up, Antenora sniffs and smiles. "Better. I wonder sometimes, if realism aside, such boundless hope and confidence isn't a good thing. Sometimes I wonder if I'm too jaded for what I'm supposed to be now."
06[18:42] * Alicia shrugs. "Idealism shouldn't be confused with naivete. Wilfully thumbing your nose at all problems isn't that healthy, I think."
[18:43] <Kotono> Antenora considers that as you head to the Museum. You reach it without incident, Antenora following Alicia.
[18:45] <Alicia> As she starts towards the hybrid cells Alicia suddenly pauses. "I just remembered, we left someone else behind here," she grimaces unhappily, turning around to go into the diabolic dissections room.
[18:45] <Kotono> "Hm?" Antenora adjusts course with Alicia, "Who o rwhat?"
[18:46] <Alicia> "The gnomes found a way to make a devil immortal without using necromancy," Alicia explains. "And I don't mean that in the 'doesn't get old' sense," she adds, hunting around for the ranting decapitated hamatula head.
[18:48] <Kotono> Looking around, Alicia finds no sign of the hamatula head at all. Antenora looks as well, glancing. "What sort of un-life then?"
[18:49] <Alicia> "Well, Demedais chopped its head off," Alicia points to the strung up body... the body is still there, right? "And it didn't seem bothered at all." She aids her eyes by searching for evil auras as well.
[18:50] <Kotono> No sign of the body, either. No evil auras. "...strange, that..." Antenora says.
[18:51] <Alicia> "We left it behind here, but it seems to have gone..." Alicia frowns, looking for any trails of ichor or the like that might indicate it somehow managed to roll away or drag itself by its tongue or something similarly unsavoury.
[18:52] <Kotono> OOC: Make search or spot then, whichever?
[18:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 alas I now lack both
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 alas I now lack both and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[18:52] <Kotono> No signs of anything like that at all.
[18:52] <Kotono> "Strange and stranger," Antenora follos Alicia around, looking.
[18:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+
06[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=13]
[18:53] <Kotono> OOC: 34.
[18:53] <Kotono> "I don't see a thing," Antenora takes osme time to look about, "Do you?"
06[18:54] * Alicia shakes her head. "I've no idea where it could've gotten itself to, now," she admits defeat. "Well, if it lingers in these ruins then surely it can test its lack of mortality against Kossuth's purifying flames."
[18:56] <Kotono> "I'd wager on Kossuth." Antenora looks about a little more, "A mystery to be sure."
[18:57] <Alicia> "Not much we can do, I suppose. It might have even teleported for all we know," Alicia shrugs, departing this room and now going to the hybrid cells.
[18:59] <Kotono> The two return to the hybrid cells. On reaching the law and chaos crossbreed, you find it pacing as it was before. Antenora stares at it, not saying a word as her eyes widen.
[19:01] <Alicia> "Can you get anything telepathically?" Alicia asks, looking between the hybridised law/chaos outsider and the turncoat evil/good outsider.
[19:01] <Kotono> "I'll try," Antenora says.
[19:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[19:02] <Kotono> Antenora promptly falls to her knees, holding her head. "Guuuuuuuuh!" She springs back up, "Okay, bad idea. It was..."
[19:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[19:03] <Kotono> "I lack the words." Antenora decides, "It was different."
[19:03] <Alicia> "Are you alright? Did it say anything?" Alicia asks her friend in concern, looking at the cyberfrog to see if its showing any reaction.
[19:04] <Kotono> "No...If it was words, I didn't understand it." Antenora frowns deeply, "There wasn't any meaning to it that I could understand."
[19:07] <Alicia> "I suppose it couldn't be that simple," Alicia sighs, looking to see if the hybrid is far enough back that it won't get showered with glass should she break the window. "Can you tell how smart it is, at least?"
[19:08] <Kotono> It's in the back part of the cell. "It's intelligent, about as intelligent as a quick human."
[19:09] <Alicia> "I wonder if any spells that influence mental abilities would affect it?" Alicia wonders, drawing Hell Striker and chopping it down through the glass in one powerful strike!
[19:10] <Alicia> roll 2d4+40 -13pa
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+40 -13pa and gets 42." [2d4=1, 1]
[19:11] <Kotono> The glass shatters, broken apart! Antenora holds her arm in front of her eyes, stopping the glass shards. "Not bad."
06[19:13] * Alicia puts her sword away and steps into the cell. "Hello?" she tries in gnomish. "Can you understand me?"
[19:14] <Kotono> The creature goes to Alicia and starts to pace around her. It says not a word, only a flesh-wet sliding of strange gears heard.
[19:15] <Alicia> Does it at least look at her? "We've come to take you out of here," she explains perhaps vainly.
[19:17] <Kotono> It doesn't quite look at Alicia face to face, but it looks at her body at various points.
[19:21] <Alicia> "Hmm... I actually have an idea," Alicia considers thoughtfully, back to Common. "If the deadlock in its brain can be broken, even if only briefly, perhaps that would be enough to stop it from turning in circles? There's a spell I can try if we visit Elle's shop."
[19:22] <Kotono> "Certainly. What spell?" Antenora asks.
[19:23] <Alicia> "Creatively enough, it's called Mechanus Mind," Alicic chuckles slightly. "It's primarily used as a defence against enchantments, but it does have a strong side-effect of making the subject more rational and ordered in mindset."
[19:24] <Kotono> "So, you'll make the law side stronger than the weak...er, chaotic side?"
[19:25] <Kotono> Antenora catches herself, smiling all the while., "Alicia, I completely approve. You're so lovely when you're thinking lawfully."
[19:27] <Alicia> "Exactly," Alicia smiles. "It'll only last a few moments, but in that time it should resolve the being's inner conflict, perhaps allowing it to retain that peace even when the spell ends." Switching to gnomish, she reaches for the creature's hand and explains,
[19:27] <Alicia> "I'm going to teleport you away from here. You'll be safe with us, I promise." Maybe something'll get through, and even if not she feels bad not saying anything.
[19:27] <Kotono> The creature takes it's face to Alicia's hand, staring at it, circling it's head around in erratic jags and then even lines.
06[19:29] * Alicia gently pulls it along a bit towards Antenora so she can take her friend's hand as well, before teleporting the free of them to the desert oasis. Assuming everyone's willing.
[19:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 46." [1d100=46]
[19:29] <Alicia> three of them*
[19:30] <Kotono> Woosh! You appear in the desert oasis. It's unusually noisy here - you can hear the sounds of laughter and water splashing, carrying.
06[19:31] * Alicia blinks. "I don't think anyone was here two hours ago..." she comments, looking over towards the water.
[19:33] <Kotono> A set of ragged, sandstained wagons sit besides the oasis waters. Several pack animals drink from it, as white wrapped men and women laugh in the water. "Strange..." Antenora murmurs, looking ahead.
[19:34] <Alicia> "We're really far off of the normal trade routes, too. Oh, well, none of our business," Alicia lets it drop, now teleporting the three of them to just outside of Elle's shop in Balmuria.
[19:34] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully?
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully? and gets 16." [1d100=16]
[19:37] <Kotono> Woosh! You appear just outside Elle's shop. Donald is standing out of it, hammering away a wooden sign into the ground. He's whistling a merry tune...except one can note he's using the Hammer of the Shard to do the pounding.
06[19:38] * Alicia stares, appalled. "Donald... why are you using the priceless artifact hammer as a carpentry tool?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "Oh hi, Alicia. Why not?" Shrugging as he works, "Seira has it on loan from the Guard, and it's not like it's going to break. Besides, Countess Stronger can say that her signs are so important that an artifact has to be used to plant them. Now that's worthy."
[19:40] <Kotono> Antenora stares at the Hammer, "Throw it into the Abyss, except when another devil comes calling for all I care. It's chaotic, it would probably appreciate being used unusually anyway."
[19:41] <Alicia> "But it could get stolen," Alicia points out. "That thing should be secured safely in the garrison until its needed for killing devils, not bandied around town as your daily tool." She sighs and glances briefly to her conflicted tagalong. "Nevermind, you might as well stick around with it. I might have a use for it in a moment myself if the spell doesn't work."
[19:43] <Kotono> Antenora starts to herd the halfbreed in as Donald waves. His features are delicate and fine, to the point of being elf-girl-like. His voice is musical as he laughs, "Sure thing, Alicia. I also think it's a fun tool, so why don't you two lighten up a bit?"
[19:45] <Alicia> "We just spent the better part of our morning on the para-elemental plane of ooze. See how cheery you can be after an ordeal like that," Alicia retorts tartly, briefly glancing at the sign to see what exactly it says before she follows Antenora into the shop.
[19:47] <Kotono> "In other words, be silent," Antenora goes inside. You can see it's Elle's new inventory list, as well as advertising seventh circle magic.
[19:47] <Alicia> Alicia is confident she'll reach that level soon, herself! Anyway, its only second circle magic she's interested in, so hopefully Alice or Elle can help...
[19:49] <Kotono> Going inside you find Countess Stronger talking with Commander Oberuth. "...that many? Well, I know that...oh, there's Alicia...and what in the name of Mystra's treasury is THAT?"
[19:50] <Kotono> Elle gawks, as the Commander just turns around, shakes his head and goes on. "Guard business, Alicia. Sorry, you'll need to wait a bit, this is going to take a few minutes."
[19:51] <Alicia> "Hello, Elle," Alicia waves. "This is the result of gnomish meddling where they shouldn't, the offspring of a Slaad and an Inevitable. No, I don't know how exactly this was accomplished, but here's the result, plain as day." Nodding to the Commander, "That's fine, sir."
[19:53] <Kotono> "How..." Cutoff by Alicia, words only half formed anyway, "Nevermind that. But yes, I can get you at least some of that. You'll need to talk to the temples for the rest. Protection from Energy is a wide and common spell."
[19:56] <Kotono> "Good. As much protection from lightning as you can muster and carry with teleport. Make it priority, the sooner we mount this expedition the better. As for the wands, we were thinking fireball will be well, as well as anything with superior anti army potential. There's a lot of them."
[19:57] <Kotono> Elle nods and goes to a scroll rack, "Yeah, I know. Don't remind me," Countess Stronger's words are distant now, "You'll have them. Here's a few now." Taking a few scrolls and handing them to Oberuth, "More will come."
[19:57] <Alicia> "Planning on culling the shocker lizards, sir?" Alicia can't help but ask. Surely she'd know if there was a war brewing?
[19:58] <Kotono> "Oh yes. They've been coming towards both Parsifal and the eastern regions of the Barony of Valandia with unusual numbers lately. If something's causing it, we'd rather stomp it out before it gets out of hand. Seira reported that there's a roc living in the mountains now and it likes hunting them, so it may be that they're being driven out of the mountains."
[20:00] <Alicia> "That's unfortunate. Those things can be murderous," Alicia frowns. "Well, you know I'm available to help if need be, sir."
[20:01] <Kotono> "I've gathered a force, though any additional help is welcome." With a nod there, "Can you and any allies you muster be ready by tomorrow morning?"
[20:02] <Alicia> "Certainly, sir," Alicia nods. "What scale of campaign are we looking at?" She doesn't want to leave the winterwight matter alone for too long, although it does partially depend on when Demedais returns.
[20:04] <Kotono> "It will depend on what we find. Xavier, Morund, Darill are being lead by Pollyanna and a few supporting elements to handle the Valandia side. I was going to use trained guardsmen, but you'd be far better."
[20:07] <Alicia> "Wouldn't hurt to bring them along for the experience. Depending on numbers I could even arrange rapid transport to Valandia," Alicia offers. "Anyway, I need to ask Elle about a spell, now." Putting the lizards aside, she turns to the redhead. "Do you have any capacity to cast a 2nd level spell for me, Elle? If not I'll need a scroll if you have one handy."
[20:12] <Kotono> "No, I'm full. What spell, if it's a common one I might have it memorized," Elle answers.
[20:14] <Alicia> "Doubtful," Alicia shakes her head. "I need to cast Mechanus Mind on our new friend here," she cocks her head towards the hybrid. "I'll buy a scroll if you have any available."
[20:16] <Kotono> "It's pretty obscure...let me check." Elle heads back. As she does, Commander Oberuth looks to Alicia. "You've had your own dealings with them? They've proven to have a penchant for interfering and getting in the way of the Guard."
[20:19] <Alicia> "I saw a lot of them right when I first joined and we went to find Kondrux's lair," Alicia replies. "There was another time more recently when a missed teleport put Lord Drake and I in the middle of a mountainside absolutely crawling with them. They really are an unreasonably hostile breed of vermin."
[20:23] <Kotono> "Yes. One of your predesessors in the Guard was slain by a pack of them, too." Oberuth growls a little to that, "You joined soon after she'd passed. You heard the stories about Shamal?"
[20:24] <Alicia> "You've all mentioned her from time to time," Alicia nods respectfully. "She sounded like a good woman."
[20:30] <Kotono> "She was one of the kindest souls I've ever met," Oberuth looks at the wall, away. "It was a stupid, stupid death. She deserved better."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Few deaths hold any great meaning," Alicia muses sadly. "At least you can be reassured that she's at peace with her Goddess, now?"
[20:38] <Kotono> Oberuth doesn't answer to that. Instead Elle comes back with a slightly dusty scroll. "Here. I had to dig for it, it's not a spell you get requested every day."
[20:40] <Alicia> "Never thought I'd find a use for it," Alicia agrees, digging into her portable hole and handing over several platinum coins to Elle in exchange for the scroll. Taking it, she approaches the hybrid and addresses it in gnomish, "I'm going to cast a spell that should give you some clarity, okay?" she explains.
[20:42] <Kotono> "Eh..." Elle shrugs, "This one's on me. Call it a donation to Mystra."
[20:42] <Kotono> The hybird stares at the scroll.
[20:43] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia smiles at Elle, keeping her money. With the hybrid's attention on her, she reads from the scroll and then gently touches its arm to hopefully tip the scales in its perpetual mental stalemate.
[20:47] <Kotono> The creature goes still! In a moment, it's movements stop. In words of Common, "No...the answer is order. The answer has always been order." As it utters those words, there is a great tearing! The creature splits in twain! Standing before you is a man sized, gold an dsilver clockwork creature. "Yes. Order. That is it!" It says, voice full of triumph! "That's it!" Besides it is a small, child sized creature. It's skin is grey and it's body is t
[20:47] <Kotono> "That's it!" Besides it is a small, child sized creature. It's skin is grey and it's body is toad like. It groans and holds it's head.
[20:49] <Alicia> Well, that's unexpected... "Ah, are you alright? Both of you?" Alicia looks between the two creatures that stand where previously there was but one, speaking in common herself.
[20:50] <Kotono> "I'm free! This is my purpose! Order! At last!" It looks to Alicia, "Angel, I thank you. I am Enynex 19. I am and was meant to be an Inevitable, but my fate was tarried with and bound to a force of chaos."
[20:51] <Alicia> "You're welcome, Enynex 19," Alicia smiles faintly. "This isn't the outcome I expected, though... what about you?" she kneels down a little to address the small slaad.
[20:53] <Kotono> "What a marvelous experience!" It exclaims, "Though the fall out was not desired...my power is greatly weakened..." It looks up to Alicia, hopping a bit. "For today, call me Ambarandathythissssm. I was bound to that dead mined bit of law there instead of being born."
[20:54] <Kotono> Oberuth watches this, just shaking his head.
[20:55] <Alicia> "I hope you don't mind if I make do with Ambar," Alicia offers in a concillatory tone. "Now that you're both free, what will you do now? If you like I have a friend who could send you to Mechanus and Limbo, respectively."
[20:57] <Kotono> "Yes, I must return to Mechanus and receive proper classifications," Enynex 19 reports, "As soon as possible, if not sooner."
06[20:57] * Alicia nods. "What about you, Ambar?"
[20:58] <Kotono> "Hm?" Waving his hand at Alicia, and going to a set of magic armor on display, "I like this. I also like that. I could go to Limbo, too, and wander elseware later, or now."
[21:00] <Alicia> "Going to Limbo is probably best. You can surely recover better in the realm of primal chaos?" Alicia suggests. "If you'll both come with us, we'll find Latha and she should be able to send you both home."
[21:05] <Kotono> Latha is found with Hugo and Jessica. They're drawing letters and talking with Hugo, though Latha parts away. "I can do so," she says once asked, "Returning them would be best for both.
[21:05] <Kotono> "
[21:07] <Alicia> "They've been deprived of their heritage long enough," Alicia agrees. "Will both of you be okay on your own?" she then asks the odd couple to make sure before they're sent on their way.
[21:10] <Kotono> "I must return," the Inevitable repeats, while the slaad just shrugs. "Sure."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Good luck to both of you, then," Alicia smiles supportively as Latha has the go ahead to work her magic.
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Going with her or just letting her go?
[21:12] <Alicia> OOC: she's going herself? I thought she was just casting plane shift on them.
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: if she insists on going herself I'll tag along so I can teleport her back to Balmuria once she's done, but it seems wasteful
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur. I'm dumb.
[21:15] <Kotono> Once the two are gone, "Ah, Alicia," Jessica stands up now, "Hugo, say hello to Alicia!"
[21:15] <Kotono> "Hello, Alicia!" Hugo smiles to her, ear to ear grinning.
[21:17] <Alicia> "Hello, Hugo," Alicia replies brightly, going to sit by the child-like hybrid. "I'm sorry I haven't been around much these past few days. Everything's always so busy. Have you been a good boy for Jessica and Marie and Latha?"
[21:18] <Kotono> "Good day!" Hugo nods and kisses Alicia's cheek. "Good day today!"
[21:18] <Kotono> "He's learning at a good pace," Latha says, "He's so very innocent. The Yugoloth within him must have been defeated by his better heritage."
06[21:20] * Alicia laughs and ruffles Hugo's hair. "It's a good day indeed," she agrees cheerily before responding to Latha. "I think it balances out. Human children can be just as innocent without needing any celestial influence."
[21:23] <Kotono> "So?" Latha looks to Antenora, "Were you born innocent?"
[21:26] <Kotono> "It's not the lack of celestial influence, it's the Yugoloth influence." Antenora answers it that way, "Lying is as natura to a Yugoloth as breathing."
[21:26] <Alicia> "That's what I'm saying," Alicia interjects. "A young erinyes would have nothing to balance out her fiendish nature."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Yes, but look at the hybrid from today, or Concordant Killers. It's not like an opposing side goes away, but Hugo is as sweet as light." Antenora sits next to him, Hugo smiling and kissing her cheek.
[21:30] <Alicia> "I suppose the point has some merit," Alicia concedes. "While I'd expect an ordinary human child to be sweet and innocent, Hugo's upbringing really wouldn't lend itself to that under normal circumstances."
[21:32] <Kotono> "I like you," Hugo smiles to Alicia.
[21:32] <Kotono> "Yes. You would think his Yugoloth side would at least have some effect, but..." Latha shrugs. "It is a miracle as far as I am concerned."
[21:34] <Alicia> "I like you as well," Alicia smiles at Hugo. "Now, why don't you show me what you've been drawing today with Jessica and Latha?" she invites, picking up the sheaf of paper they've been clustering around.
[21:35] <Kotono> It's a childish image of a house with the sun shining down. Several winged women stand outside of it, with big paint drawn smiles on their faces.
[21:36] <Alicia> Awww, it's adorable! "It's really good, Hugo," she beams approvingly. "Can you tell me who each of the people are?"
[21:40] <Kotono> "Antenora, Latha, Jessica, Alicia!" He notes each, even Jessica having angel's wings.
06[21:46] * Alicia smiles approvingly, pleased at his cognizance. "What about Marie?" she puts the paper down once more. "Where is she?"
[21:47] <Kotono> "Haven't drawn her." Hugo takes the paper and supplies, getting to drawing a little thing on Alicia's head.
[21:49] <Alicia> "That's good, make sure she looks pretty or she'll pout," Alicia chuckles as he gets to work. It's amazing they can actually have real conversations with him, now. Clearly those gnomes were stifling him horribly.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Where is Marie? I haven't seen her since she yelled at me earlier," Antenora asks.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Alicia, you know?" Jessica asks.
[21:51] <Alicia> "She's within a mile, at least, since I can sense her," Alicia replies. "If I had to guess she's either getting into trouble with Dawnhope or loitering at the temple. Her mood isn't troubled, at least."
[21:52] <Kotono> "What did she get mad about," Jessica helps Hugo draw, guiding his hand with her own.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Oh, apparently I didn't have sympathy for the fact that she drops her clothes when she goes transparent now." With a smile, "I do admit I find it funny." Antenora pushes down her smile. "The reactions more than anything else."
[21:54] <Kotono> "Maybe." As she murmurs little words to Hugo, guiding him along, "She doesn't stay mad long."
[21:57] <Alicia> "She only really cares about making a fuss, even if she's not actually mad at all," Alicia laughs. "She's such a little drama queen."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Yes. She'd gladly get naked and sit on our heads if it made a fuss. She's just complaining to have fun. I don't really mind it at all," Antenora leans in to watch Hugo. "See? Use straight, measured lines. Hugo, think aobut it before you make them. A good plan makes good art."
[22:01] <Kotono> "Yes. Antenora's right. Use the order to guide the art within you," Latha leans in on his other side, "Carefully now."
[22:01] <Kotono> Jessica laughs as Hugo starts drawing more erratically. "Fun to draw like this," he says.
[22:02] <Alicia> "That's fine, too," Alicia smiles. "It's more important to have fun with it than anything else. If you enjoy it, it shows in the picture."
[22:03] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha exchange a look, before both of them sigh softly.
[22:03] <Kotono> "Listen to Alicia," JEssica guides his hand in looping jags, "Just draw Marie like that! She'll like that anyway."
[22:04] <Alicia> "He's a child, you two," Alicia looks up to softly remonstrate Antenora and Latha. "Let him draw like one. You can mould him into a great artist when he's older."
[22:09] <Kotono> "Yes, yes," Antenora looks crossly at Alicia. "He's also an outsider. It's as relevant to him as drawing when he's a child."
[22:11] <Kotono> "It may be, but let it lie," Latha goes to stroke Hugo's head, "Draw as you will then."
[22:14] <Kotono> "You know," Softening as she looks at Alicia, "That's something you need to worry about too. Even if not yet and all the way, you're going to be composed of primal good. With your mindset, will perhaps primal law also be a part of you?"
[22:16] <Alicia> "I know you mean well, and its fine to set an example, but let him figure these things out in his own way?" Alicia suggests before shrugging. "Mystra doesn't place any strong emphasis on either law or chaos, but that hasn't stopped Marie from forming the way she has. I really don't know what'll happen there, Antenora."
[22:20] <Kotono> "Either way..." Antenora just smiles to Alicia. "Do you have any plans for the rest of the day now?"
[22:23] <Alicia> "My day is free from now on, and I hope it stays that way," Alicia replies with a smile of her own.
[22:24] <Kotono> "What about tomorrow? Do you want me to come with you to Parsifal?"
[22:25] <Alicia> "If you want to," Alicia replies. "Culling shocker lizards isn't going to be terribly exciting, I'm afraid."
[22:26] <Kotono> "It can't be worse than that ooze, and I went there for you. Compared to this, we'll be taking a vacation." Smiling now to Alicia, "Aaagh, now I want to go take another bath."
[22:27] <Alicia> "I told you you should have exfoliated," Alicia remonstrates lightly.
[22:28] <Kotono> "Oh, go exfoliate yourself," Antenora says lightly.
[22:28] <Kotono> Jessica snickers a little, "What does that word even MEAN?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "It means scrubbing your skin with something rough," Alicia explains patiently. "Gets rid of all the dead bits that pile up. It leaves your skin as soft and clean as can be."
[18:10] <Kotono> ------
03[18:11] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5444b0cb.lns6-c10.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[18:11] * Alicia sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[18:14] <Kotono> Morning comes. Antenora and Alicia meet together, going to the garrison thereafter. There they meet up with Commander Oberuth in the courtyard. "At ease," he begins, "Alicia, to what capacity can you manage to magic soldiers over to Parsifal instantly?"
[18:17] <Alicia> Marie is also tagging along since electricity can't hurt her at all and she makes convenient bait. "Assuming I use all spells at my disposal and there are no mishaps? I could ferry thirty people there. Given the potential for said mishaps, though, it would be safer to say twenty to twenty five."
[18:17] <Alicia> More could be squeezed into the portable hole but she doesn't think the situation is quite urgent enough for that.
[18:18] <Kotono> "That should be enough." Curtly nodding, "Most of our force will be archers. It's better to kill the little pests before they can get close enough to shock you."
[18:20] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia nods. "Marie is entirely immune to electricity, so she could serve as bait to try and keep large clusters of them focused and away from our men."
[18:20] <Alicia> "Electricity feels kinda nice, really. Makes me all tingly!" Marie chimes in happily.
[18:23] <Kotono> "If we're needed as a vanguard to attack while the archers work, Alicia can stop lightning with her magic as well," Antenora eyes Marie.
[18:24] <Alicia> "We have lots of options, certainly," Alicia agrees. "Anyway, if it suits you, sir, I can take the first five to the garrison at Parsifal whenever they're ready."
[18:28] <Kotono> "They'll be mustering here within the half hour." A bit of time passes as you wait, several groups of soldiers forming. Oberuth barks at them to form groups of five, which they do so.
[18:31] <Alicia> "The first teleport will be the most likely to go awry since I've only seen the Parsifal garrison once," Alicia explains. "So I'll take Xavier, Morund, Darill, Pollyanna, and Antenora first. Everyone ready?"
[18:34] <Alicia> OOC: strike
06[18:36] * Alicia has Antenora join the roster and selects the group with her in it for the first trip. "The first teleport is most likely to go awry, since I've only seen the Parsifal garrison once, so don't get too complacent," she tells the four soldiers in the first group, gathering them together along with her familiar before they teleport to Parsifal.
[18:36] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
[18:36] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 seen once --> [ 1d100=73 ]{73}
[18:39] <Kotono> Woosh! You appear just where desired. The garrison yard is full of soldiers preparing, piles of supplies being readied, and quite busy. Your immediate apperance gets some gawkers right away, stopping their work.
[18:41] <Alicia> Formalities should be addressed, so Alicia gets the attention of one of the soldiers. "Captain Alicia Reynes, Crimson Guard. I need to speak to whomever's in charge, here."
[18:43] <Kotono> The soldiers salutes and takes Alicia into the garrison. In a quiet room, a craggy faced, gray haired man sits. "Captain," He slowly stands and nods, "Acting Captain Yeager." He favors his left leg, using a wood cane to support himself. "I'm handling logistics and administration in the backend here."
06[18:46] * Alicia gives him a salute. "I'm bringing in reinforcements from Balmuria to help deal with your shocker lizard problem. Just wanted to check in before I go and retrieve the rest of my squad," she explains. "If you could have any information on the scope of the infestation prepared for us once I'm finished ferrying them, I'd be appreciative."
[18:47] <Kotono> "I'll have a briefing ready, ma'am," He salutes her, "Anything else you require?"
[18:50] <Alicia> "Any archers you can spare to round out our numbers would help, but what I'd really like would be to have a few trackers who know the terrain and can help us find the trouble spots more easily. I'll leave it in your hands, Captain," Alicia requests before she heads back out and then teleports to Balmuria's garrison.
[18:50] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
[18:50] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 very familiar --> [ 1d100=24 ]{24}
[18:52] <Kotono> You appear back without incident, Oberuth waiting for you. "Any problems?"
[18:53] <Alicia> "None sir, just took a moment to report in with Captain Yeager at the garrison there," Alicia replies. "I'm ready for the next batch."
[18:55] <Kotono> "Go ahead and do your teleportations." OOC: Declare how many trips/who and start making your rolls?
[18:55] <Alicia> OOC: I'm assuming 4 more groups of 5 mooks, unless any other named NPCs are coming?
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100 next group to Parsifal, studied carefully since Marie is there
[18:56] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 next group to Parsifal, studied carefully since Marie is there --> [ 1d100=27 ]{27}
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Balmuria
[18:56] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 back to Balmuria --> [ 1d100=92 ]{92}
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100 group 3 to parsifal
[18:56] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 group 3 to parsifal --> [ 1d100=97 ]{97}
[18:56] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[18:58] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d10 --> [ 1d10=2 ]{2}
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d10 --> [ 1d10=4 ]{4}
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d9
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d9 --> [ 1d9=1 ]{1}
[18:59] <Kotono> OOC: Oberuth's coming, but that's it, by the by
[18:59] <Kotono> .
[18:59] <Kotono> The third group blinks and vanishes with Alicia! However, they appear standing near a dusty road, no sign of Parsifal around at all.
[19:00] <Alicia> "Had to happen once. Not to worry, I half expected it," Alicia reassures the men, trying again to travel to Parsifal.
[19:00] <Alicia> roll 1d100
[19:00] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=58 ]{58}
[19:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Balmuria
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 back to Balmuria --> [ 1d100=80 ]{80}
[19:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 group 4 to Parsifal
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 group 4 to Parsifal --> [ 1d100=94 ]{94}
[19:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Balmuria
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 back to Balmuria --> [ 1d100=18 ]{18}
[19:02] <Alicia> roll 1d100 group 5 which presumably includes the commander to Parsifal
[19:02] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 group 5 which presumably includes the commander to Parsifal --> [ 1d100=31 ]{31}
[19:03] <Kotono> The teleports all go without incident here. Your soldiers begin to muster and prepare, as Oberuth leads the way. You meet with Captain Yeager with Antenora and Oberuth and Marie. Captain Yeager salutes, "Sirs and ma'ams," he greets. "You wished for a status report?"
[19:03] <Kotono> "Yes. Go on," Oberuth goes to sit down, leaning forward now. "I've read reports but they're dated. How bad are the vermin spilling over now?"
06[19:04] * Alicia takes a seat herself and settles in to listen to the briefing.
[19:07] <Kotono> "There has been a steady flow of the bastards, usually in groups of four to fourty. We're averaging around three to five encounters a day from reports. Let's see, total estimates as of two days ago for exterminated lizards is one hundred and ninety seven confirmed dead. It's not like them at all, sirs. We see them on occasion and anyone who goes up into the Galkass Mountains tends to see them, but it's never been in this number."
[19:07] <Kotono> Galkass Mountains tends to see them, but it's never been in this number."
[19:10] <Kotono> "Yes, it does appear that something is provoking them out. We have some reason to suspect that a fantastic bird creature called a Roc is at least partly responsible, though I question of it's enough to make that number of them move." Oberuth cracks his knuckles, "Has there been any sightings of a bird like that?"
[19:12] <Alicia> "Honestly I'm surprised they haven't killed the Roc themselves," Alicia remarks. "The creatures are a rapacious vermin like no other."
[19:15] <Kotono> "We haven't...though yes, they're certainly pests and only getting worse." Captain Yeager nods, "We have seen a few larger specimens the last few days, but we haven't bagged any yet. No sign of a bird that we've seen."
[19:18] <Alicia> "I saw one like that once when I was in the mountains, it was as big as a horse," Alicia nods. "No doubt it possesses a far more powerful electric shock to go with its size."
[19:18] <Kotono> "Larger specimens? I've heard reports from the Crimson Guard about them on occasion. Both times that I recall they were seen underground." Rubbing his chin at that, "Alicia, I believe you saw-yes, exactly."
[19:21] <Alicia> "Has there been any pattern to their appearances? Times and locations where large groups are more likely to show up?" Alicia then asks her fellow captain.
[19:21] <Kotono> "Would that mean something's forcing them up? If the Roc was behind it, couldn't they just burrow away and ignore it?" Antenora shakes her head, "Maybe there's another factor at work here?"
[19:22] <Alicia> "Maybe they've eaten everything in the mountains and are coming down here for new food?" Marie suggests. "It sounds like they breed like rats and kill everything they encounter, so it makes sense that they'd depopulate any area they live in after a while."
[19:24] <Kotono> "It's been a steady stream. Let me check..." Captain Yeager goes to some papers, drawing a quill and making markings as he works. "No, no pattern that I see. It's semi erratic movements with day and night encounters."
[19:25] <Kotono> "Why now?" Commander Oberuth crosses his arms, "It's not like Parsifal sprung up overnight. Is it a side effect of everything else going on? Is it a long term effect of Kondrux's defeat? "
[19:28] <Alicia> "I doubt a single bird of prey, no matter how big, could cause an entrenched population of such tenacious lizards to be displaced," Alicia shakes her head. "Either Marie's right and they've ran out of food or living space, or else there's something else in those mountains which is taking their place and forcing them out."
[19:31] <Kotono> "Agreed. For now though, let's stem the tide of lizards coming out. Unless they're demonspawn in scales, they're finite. We can root out the underlying cause at our leisure after," Oberuth stands up now. "We'll begin operations within two hours, Captain."
06[19:31] * Alicia stands up as well, ready to support the operation in whichever way she can.
[19:46] <Kotono> As you walk out into the halls of the garrison, "The four of us can take point. While some of us can fight at range well, we have archers to do that and the lizards need something to aim at if they get close. If any manage to outflank us, the three of youc an fly quickly enough to support the rear?"
[19:48] <Alicia> "Best to have Marie far in advance to give us some early warning so I can cast protective spells before we engage the lizards," Alicia suggests a slight amendment.
[19:49] <Kotono> "That works," Oberuth looks to the little fairy, "Can you handle that?"
[19:52] <Alicia> "Oh, sure. Unless Talos himself tries to smite me, I've got nothing to fear from electricity," Marie grins.
[19:52] <Kotono> "Don't jinx yourself," Antenora murmurs.
[19:56] <Alicia> "It has happened before," Alicia agrees. "But shocker lizards shouldn't be the same sort of problem."
[19:59] <Alicia> OOC: Oh, I'll cast Greater Magic Weapon on 4 quivers of arrows to be divided amongst the archers. So assuming there's 20 of them that'd be 10 +4 arrows each.
[20:02] <Kotono> OOC: Sure thing.
[20:05] <Kotono> Alicia takes the time to enchant communinal pools of arrows and then the group takes off! They are aided by a pair of local scout/soldiers, leading the way. As you head out of Parsifal, you see that the grounds outside the walls are littered with pikes and sharp sticks. On them, dozens of slain shocker lizards are on display.
06[20:06] * Alicia wrinkles her nose at the charnel display. "A pity lizards aren't clever enough to take the hint."
[20:12] <Kotono> "Yes." Oberuth leads the group along, "Let it raise the city's morale, and let it raise higher when we add our own." Thus, youa re lead along. You are joined by a pair of soldier/scouts, who along with Marie take the scouting duties. You head out into the rocky outskirts, searching about...OOC: Marie, make a spot check.
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Marie still has spot!
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+6 Marie still has spot! --> [ 1d20=4 ]{10}
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{8}
[20:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{23}
[20:14] <Kotono> The two scouts, Baldo and Jymson, eye Marie as they go. As they meet up again briefly, "Anything so far?" Baldo asks, a weathered man with a slightly too big sword strapped to his back. Marie, for her part, hasn't noticed anything yet.
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: oh, the scouts get resist energy (electricity) cast on them as well, which'll get refreshed as needed throughout the day
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. Also sec, go on.
[20:15] <Alicia> "Haven't seen any myself," Marie reports dutifully, flying twenty feet above the ground so she can see over a wider area.
[20:23] <Kotono> As they scout ahead, Jymson, a young man with a scar running down most of his bald head, points, "See that there," he points to the southeast, "That way, can you get a better look, Marie?"
[20:24] <Alicia> "Sure, I'll just be a sec," Marie replies, flying ahead to scout out the path.
[20:27] <Kotono> Ahead is trackless, rocky hill/mountainscape. As Marie flies ahead, it's not hard to see the electric blue crackles. Skittering along over the ground are four shocker lizards. They hurry along, keeping tightly together.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Shocker lizards! Four of them!" Marie calls back to the other scouts, swooping down to distract the beasts.
[20:29] <Kotono> "I'll run back," Jymson hurries away, as Marie swoops down at the lizards! OOC: Is Marie simply going to distract them and nothing else?
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: yes, she'll be a good sport and act as if their shocks are hurting her but leave the shooting to our archer mooks who need the xp
[20:32] <Kotono> As Marie practices moaning as she's shocked and shot at, word reaches back to the party! Stopping before Commander Oberuth and Alicia, "Four of them, sir," Jymson reports, "Marie's holding there attention like planned."
[20:34] <Alicia> "Lets move up so the archers can shoot them and hold position in front in case they rush us?" Alicia suggests. Four hardly seems worth them drawing their blades.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Agreed. Four should fall to arrows easily." Oberuth leads the group along! You find Marie moaning and acting out her role well enough. Oberuth raises a hand, "Archers, ready!"
[20:35] <Alicia> Marie screams out as if she's being horribly murdered, but occassionally pauses to wink back at Alicia.
[20:37] <Kotono> "They're not catching on. Good." Oberuth murmurs, then, "Fire!"
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 25#1d20+9
[20:38] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 25#1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=12 ]{21}, [ 1d20=5 ]{14}, [ 1d20=9 ]{18}, [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=15 ]{24}, [ 1d20=19 ]{28}, [ 1d20=2 ]{11}, [ 1d20=1 ]{10}, [ 1d20=19 ]{28}, [ 1d20=9 ]{18}, [ 1d20=3 ]{12}, [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=20 ]{29}, [ 1d20=14 ]{23}, [ 1d20=7 ]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 11d8+66 will roll rest if needed
[20:38] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 11d8+66 will roll rest if needed --> [ 11d8=65 ]{131}
[20:39] <Kotono> Bad things tend to happen when something is the target of dozens of archers who can turn you into a pin cushion. These lizards find that out first hand. A withering burst of fire comes, aided by magic, turning the ground around Marie into a mess of skewered lizard and arrows!
[20:40] <Kotono> "Hold fire," Oberuth instructs, "That was more than sufficient for only four of them."
[20:41] <Alicia> "Good job, everyone!" Marie calls, floating over to rejoin the other scouts.
[20:42] <Kotono> "The magic arrows worked well," Antenora looks back to Alicia, "If we run into more of them, can you manage more castings?"
[20:43] <Alicia> "Oh, certainly," Alicia nods. "Two hundred should be enough, though, hopefully."
[20:43] <Kotono> "You two," Pointing at two archers, "Retreive the bodies and store them." Oberuth continues on, "We'll continue on shortly. There's still several hours to go before dusk and returning back to Parsifal."
03[20:46] * tai-noslp is now known as gonetoro
[20:46] <Alicia> "Maybe we can follow the tracks of those four to see where they came from?" Alicia suggests.
[20:59] <Kotono> "Let me try," Antenora approaches, going to study the trail in question.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[20:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{19}
[21:01] <Kotono> Antenora kneels by the ground, inspecting everything. "I...this way," Antenora points, "I think I have a trail, but it's not a good one."
[21:02] <Alicia> "It gives us something to work from. Sir?" Alicia checks with the Commander.
[21:02] <Kotono> "It'll do. Lead on," Oberuth gestures.
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 following trail
[21:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 following trail --> [ 1d20=11 ]{29}
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 hour 2, needs one every hour
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 hour 2, needs one every hour --> [ 1d20=8 ]{26}
[21:08] <Kotono> Two hours of slow travel pass. Antenora leads the group upmountain, having to traverse a few cliffs and find walk arounds. But eventually you come to a rising cliff face. A 3 foot wide hole is in the side there, shaded over by a hanging cliff. "HEre," Antenora points.
[21:09] <Alicia> "Well, we could send Marie down in case there's a nest of them down there, otherwise all we can really do is move on," Alicia considers.
[21:11] <Kotono> "It's worth a try. If there is, we can do something to eliminate the nest," Oberuth nods, "Marie, do it."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Sure thing, Commander!" Marie snaps off what could perhaps loosely be called a salute before she flies into the hole!
[21:12] <Alicia> "Perhaps we should spread out in case she comes back with a horde of them on her tail?" Alicia suggests as her familiar investigates.
[21:12] <Kotono> "Good advice," Oberuth says, "Archers, spread back and out! Make a killzone around the hole in case targets emerge!"
[21:16] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Marie plumbs the depth of another deep hole! It goes down about twenty feet, before coming to a split, two more burrow paths plunging at different angles deeper into the earth.
06[21:16] * Alicia takes up a position halfway between the archers and the hole, content to wait while her familiar does her thing.
[21:16] <Alicia> Marie goes left!
[21:22] <Kotono> Marie heads down and left! It goes on a ways, to a little cubbyhole in the rock. Here bits of straw are about, as well as a few broken eggshells.
[21:23] <Alicia> Nothing very interesting, so she retreats back to the branch and then takes the right path.
[21:27] <Kotono> The right path goes down a ways. Two little forks can be glimpsed down midway, showing two more dens. Further down, it leads out. This leads into a wider cavern. Several patches of dirty and dead grass are about, eggs nestled in them. Only two shocker lizards can be seen about, but there are many eggs. Some are broken and some are intact.
[21:29] <Alicia> Marie flies around a bit in the bigger cave on the off chance she'll draw the attention of the lizards before she scoots back up the tunnel to the surface.
[21:32] <Kotono> The lizards hiss and shoot lightning at Marie...but it fails to hav eany effect at all.
[21:33] <Alicia> "Owww! Oh, the pain!" Marie wails theatrically, convulsing a little for effect as lightning cascades around her before she struggles mightly to escape back up the tunnel!
[21:33] <Kotono> The two lizards give chase! Thus, Marie leads them on a rousing trip back up! She gushes out of the tunnel, paired lizards following! A moment after, Oberuth's voice is heard, "Fire!"
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 10#1d20+9
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 10#1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{25}, [ 1d20=16 ]{25}, [ 1d20=11 ]{20}, [ 1d20=1 ]{10}, [ 1d20=17 ]{26}, [ 1d20=9 ]{18}, [ 1d20=2 ]{11}, [ 1d20=12 ]{21}, [ 1d20=16 ]{25}, [ 1d20=5 ]{14}
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 10#1d20+9
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 10#1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=16 ]{25}, [ 1d20=11 ]{20}, [ 1d20=9 ]{18}, [ 1d20=17 ]{26}, [ 1d20=13 ]{22}, [ 1d20=14 ]{23}, [ 1d20=14 ]{23}, [ 1d20=3 ]{12}
[21:34] <Kotono> The storm of arrows that comes turns the two lizards into some form of arrow cushion with extreme prejudice. They barely even have a chance to react.
[21:35] <Alicia> "Feels a bit like overkill..." Marie remarks as she looks down at the pincushioned lizards. "They were the only ones I found, besides a couple of eggs."
[21:36] <Kotono> "It was." Oberuth agrees, coming over to check over the damage. "May they enjoy it as they roast in the Abyss. Marie, were those eggs intact?"
[21:36] <Alicia> Marie doesn't think animals end up there, but chooses not to correct the Commander. "About half and half," she responds.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Bring out all the surviving eggs," Oberuth orders.
[21:39] <Alicia> Marie makes a face. "It'll take a long time for me, but okay..." she responds, dispiritedly flying back down the hole.
[21:47] <Kotono> It takes about a half hour for Marie to haul out the intact eggs, eight of them in total. Once it's done, "Gather those up," Oberuth instructs, "Make sure not to crack them." Soldiers do so, the eggs gathered up. Oberuth then peers up at the sky, "A few more hours...let's head back and start fresh tomorrow. We'll reach Parsifal again around dusk."
[21:47] <Alicia> "What are you planning to do with the eggs, sir?" Alicia can't help but ask.
[21:49] <Kotono> "We have Elle, the academy and myraid uses for the eggs. At worst, we smash them and make sure more lizards won't be born in there in a few weeks. A good extermination should ensure that there's no recurrance after it's done."
[21:50] <Alicia> "Wonder what they taste like?" Alicia muses curiously.
[21:50] <Kotono> "That's the best idea for dinner I've ever heard," Oberuth suddenly cracks a smile, "We'll find out tonight then."
[21:58] <Kotono> That evening, you find out the shocker lizard eggs taste kinda like runny fried chicken. It's not a bad meal all in all. That night you rest...Six AM comes too early. It's not because Alicia get sup early, it's because of how she's woken. In the barracks room she's been given with Antenora and Marie, "Captain!" A man's voice calls, "Orders of the Commander!"
[22:00] <Alicia> "Antenora, could you get that?" Alicia asks, getting out of bed and going behind a screen to get dressed. Really, it's not even dawn yet...
[22:01] <Kotono> Antenora does so, armor clad and all. A soldier blinks at her, "Ma'am. Commander Oberuth sends word that a massive swarm of lizards has been sighted outside of Parsifal, as if to lay seige to the city! Your presence is required outside immediately."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Damn, I won't need armour for this, anyway," Alicia says, just dropping it into her portable hole after pulling on her tunic, folding the hole up and grabbing Hell Striker as she emerges from behind the screen. "Lets go."
[22:03] <Kotono> "Thank you," Antenora says, "We'll be along. Excuse us." Closing the door and going ot the screen, "Heard that...oh, right, let's go then."
[22:05] <Kotono> You hurry along with Antenora and Marie! You reach the outer walls, climbing up them with the dawn. As dawn's light splashes over Parsifal, you meet Commander Oberuth there. The gates to the city are closed, wagons being moved inside and archers manning the walls. As you approach, "Past midnight, night patrols sent word back that a massive swarm of shocker lizards was encountered coming down the mountain, numbering in the hundreds. From report
[22:05] <Kotono> shocker lizards was encountered coming down the mountain, numbering in the hundreds. From reports, they're heading in the direction of Parsifal."
[22:06] <Alicia> "How long till they get here?" Alicia asks tersely.
[22:07] <Kotono> "An hour? Two? It's a guess. If they are going after the city, we're going to cut them down unto the last lizard." Oberuth peers out ahead, "Electric or not, they won't tolerate arrows, boiling pitch and magic."
[22:08] <Kotono> "Going after the city? Doesn't that speak of an intelligent motive?" Antenora speaks up there, "They're just mindless animals with electric charges."
[22:08] <Kotono> Shrugging, "Perhaps, or perhaps it's just in their way. No matter why they're coming to Parsifal, we'll deal with them."
[22:09] <Alicia> "Certainly we have lots of magic that can be used to devastate a wide area, although Antenora has a point. Once this is over we should scour the mountains to find what's behind this," Alicia nods. "For now I'll coordinate with the quartermaster to ensure a large supply of enchanted arrows to be distributed among the men."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > That evening, you find out the shocker lizard eggs taste kinda like runny fried chicken. It's not a bad meal all in all. That night you rest...Six AM comes too early. It's not because Alicia get sup early, it's because of how she's woken. In the barracks room she's been given with Antenora and Marie, "Captain!" A man's voice calls, "Orders of the Commander!"
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "Antenora, could you get that?" Alicia asks, getting out of bed and going behind a screen to get dressed. Really, it's not even dawn yet...
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > Antenora does so, armor clad and all. A soldier blinks at her, "Ma'am. Commander Oberuth sends word that a massive swarm of lizards has been sighted outside of Parsifal, as if to lay seige to the city! Your presence is required outside immediately."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "Damn, I won't need armour for this, anyway," Alicia says, just dropping it into her portable hole after pulling on her tunic, folding the hole up and grabbing Hell Striker as she emerges from behind the screen. "Lets go."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > "Thank you," Antenora says, "We'll be along. Excuse us." Closing the door and going ot the screen, "Heard that...oh, right, let's go then."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > You hurry along with Antenora and Marie! You reach the outer walls, climbing up them with the dawn. As dawn's light splashes over Parsifal, you meet Commander Oberuth there. The gates to the city are closed, wagons being moved inside and archers manning the walls. As you approach, "Past midnight, night patrols sent word back that a massive swarm of shocker lizards was encountered coming down the mountain, numbering in the hundreds. From
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > shocker lizards was encountered coming down the mountain, numbering in the hundreds. From reports, they're heading in the direction of Parsifal."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "How long till they get here?" Alicia asks tersely.
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > "An hour? Two? It's a guess. If they are going after the city, we're going to cut them down unto the last lizard." Oberuth peers out ahead, "Electric or not, they won't tolerate arrows, boiling pitch and magic."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > "Going after the city? Doesn't that speak of an intelligent motive?" Antenora speaks up there, "They're just mindless animals with electric charges."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> > Shrugging, "Perhaps, or perhaps it's just in their way. No matter why they're coming to Parsifal, we'll deal with them."
[18:20] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "Certainly we have lots of magic that can be used to devastate a wide area, although Antenora has a point. Once this is over we should scour the mountains to find what's behind this," Alicia nods. "For now I'll coordinate with the quartermaster to ensure a large supply of enchanted arrows to be distributed among the men."
[18:22] <Kotono_Ibis> "You do that. Antenora and Marie, fly out ahead and scout out the lizards and then return." Oberuth peers ahead into the early morning haze, a hand over his eyes, "Don't engage them - if someone or something is directing them at Parsifal, I'd like to give them a through smashing here and now."
[18:23] <Alicia> "Lets go, buddy!" Marie grins as she alights on Antenora's head.
[18:25] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora takes to the air, the two flying ahead. This takes about twenty minutes before yo ucan see something ahead. The ground turns electric blue and scaly green-gray. Like a tide, a vast wave slowly surges forward in the direction of Parsifal. Antenora and Marie are about 150 feet away right now and 50 above the ground.
[18:26] <Alicia> Marie suggests flying higher just in case such numbers allow them to generate exceptionally long-ranged electric shocks, ascendiing up to two hundred feet as she tries to get an estimate of how many lizards there are.
[18:30] <Kotono_Ibis> "Right," Antenora flies up quickly, wings flapping with a single white feather falling as she ascends. The tide continues to surge forward. Peering down from her lofty perch, "They're stronger in numbers...if there are this many, this is not going to be an easy battle."
[18:32] <Alicia> "We'll need to put on a good show to keep them focused on us rather than just swarming right past and up the walls," Marie agrees, trying to see if she can spot any of the horse-sized lizards she's heard about.
[18:32] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Make a spot check?
[18:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
05[18:32] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
05[18:32] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono_Ibis invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[18:32] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[18:32] * Kotono_Ibis sets mode: +o Hatbot
[18:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[18:33] <Kotono_Ibis> Marie can see a few larger shocker lizards here and there, up to the size of a horse. There aren't too many, perhaps a half dozen sprinkled about the horde.
[18:34] <Alicia> "There's a couple of those big ones," Marie points them out, "But nothing too huge... lets head back so we can let Alicia know and make preparations?"
[18:36] <Kotono_Ibis> "Yes," With that, Antenora takes off and hurries back to Parsifal. They find Oberuth and Alicia waiting, the former having a longbow in hand. Archers line the walls, as well as soldiers readying pots of boiling pitch. The city gates are shut tight, the streets emptied save for soldiers. Pack-wagons have been taken, used to haul supplies to the walls, unloaded into piles at the base of the city walls. Once Antenora and Marie come closer, "
[18:36] <Kotono_Ibis> piles at the base of the city walls. Once Antenora and Marie come closer, "Report," Oberuth says shortly.
[18:38] <Kotono_Ibis> "They're coming. They were about twenty minutes by air, which means roughly 45 minutes to an hour by ground," Antenora lands at the tip of the wall, perching there before lowering herself down. "It was like a wave of them, like you'd see with barbarian tactics or a horde of lemures. Marie also spotted several larger ones mixed in."
[18:38] <Alicia> Marie gives the Commander the approximate dimensions of the horde, since there's no way she can count that many, and also notes that there were maybe six of the bigger lizards but most were normal sized.
[18:40] <Kotono_Ibis> Nodding to them as they report, "Alright. Marie, you can manage some archery to help fortify the lines? Antenora, what about you?"
[18:40] <Alicia> "We need some way to keep them held up so the archers have time to shoot, otherwise they'll just climb right over the walls and then we'll be in a real mess," Alicia notes. "Some of us will need to engage them out of the city within archery range to try and delay them."
[18:41] <Kotono_Ibis> "I have magic. Alicia," Antenora looks to her, "I could do that or engaget hem more directly." Nodding to her words, "Alicia and I can fly, and Alicia can shield us from lightning. We're ideal for it."
[18:42] <Alicia> "I have a few spells that can delay them - and Antenora can keep her wall of blades ability in reserve just in case any do manage to break through and threaten the walls," Alicia nods, looking to see if there's any appropriate terrain features she could use to anchor a web perhaps 150-200 feet from the city walls on the path the lizards will approach by.
[18:43] <Kotono_Ibis> "Very well." Oberuth agrees to Alicia, as she looks about over. The ground is hilly and rocky, there's lots of little things that could work for it. A web is quite possible in this terrain.
[18:44] <Alicia> "Speaking of, I've already warded myself and the Commander, so here you go," Alicia reaches over to cast her spell on Antenora. "I say we make our stand a hundred feet from the walls, which gives us some room to work with but stays within easy shooting range for the archers."
[18:49] <Kotono_Ibis> "What's your plan," Antenora looks to her, "So we're big targets, the archers fire...is that it?"
[18:52] <Alicia> "Well, naturally we do our best to kill as many as we can by ourselves," Alicia replies, a bit embarrassed. "Given their climbing and burrowing abilities there's little point digging trenches or building walls even if we had the time. Using area effect spells like fireballs on the swarm as it approaches would be nice, but I'm a bit lacking in that department."
[18:54] <Kotono_Ibis> "A shame Seira's not here. She excels at it," Antenora agrees, "We'll do well enough. I can manage some...I don't like using holy light on simple vermin, but...I have no regrets if it's protect Parsifal."
[18:57] <Alicia> "Kossuth's gift would be more useful than Mystra's in this case, wall of blades excepted," Alicia recommends. "It's a pity Hell Striker's new ability doesn't fully mimic the spell it's based on, otherwise it would be very useful. Still, we'll make do."
[18:58] <Kotono_Ibis> "Do so," Oberuth agrees, "Then prepare for the swarm, the both of you." OOC: Ready to skip along a little bit now?
[18:58] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[18:59] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: So quickly detail what you'll do before then, then?
[19:00] <Alicia> OOC: I've already cast all the buffs and distributed the magic arrows, so now I'll just fly around with Anty outside the city until we catch sight of the swarm
[19:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21
06[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[19:03] <Kotono_Ibis> The sun continues to rise into the sky, Lathander's warm blessings caressing the stony ground and Parsifal. After around an hour, Antenora points ahead. "I'm starting to see something on the horizon," Pointing ahead as she stops in the air, "Sparks of electricity. I think they're coming now."
[19:05] <Alicia> "Lets get ready," Alicia looks over herself. "Once the swarm reaches us, use your flame strike on the middle of it while I trap the leading edge in a web, then we'll land to hold any that work around the web while the archers do their work?"
[19:06] <Kotono_Ibis> "Got it. Split them apart like the tides on shoals and let the spillover be shot to death. I can do that," Antenora hovers in place, "I'm ready."
06[19:08] * Alicia has the scroll of web in hand as she flies fifty above the ground, waiting for the lizards to reach them before she casts her spell.
[19:10] <Kotono_Ibis> Ahead, Alicia can see them! They are a tide of electricity and scales, a great wave of Shocker Lizards stretching far and deep! They begin to approach, coming closer and closer! At 100 feet away from the two women, 200 feet away from Parsifal's outer walls, "How close?" Antenora asks, "Before we strike?"
[19:13] <Alicia> "They're well in range for anyone with a bow, now!" Alicia replies, reading off her scroll before it crumbles in her hands, the magic springing to life to entrap the vanguard of the swarm in a forty feet wide nest of webbing!
[19:13] <Alicia> OOC: DC 13 reflex to just be entangled but not immobilised
[19:14] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: How wide is the webbing?
[19:14] <Alicia> OOC: 20ft radius
[19:15] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 12#1d20+5
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 12#1d20+5 and gets 198." [12#1d20+5 = 12, 18, 17, 9, 24, 24, 17, 18, 10, 23, 18, 8]
[19:18] <Kotono_Ibis> The webbing fires out, trapping the center of the wave dead on! Some resist, trying to move forward, while others are held fast! A moment later, a column of fire appears from above, striking down in the center of the horde!
[19:18] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 15d6
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 15d6 and gets 67." [15d6=3, 3, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4, 2, 4]
[19:21] <Kotono_Ibis> As a column of empty, burnt ground is cored out amid the lizards, the first wave of arrows comes! They slam down all over, a sea of them cascading down and around! Shocker Lizards are impaled by the dozen, a murderous spread of death taking it's toll on them! A few arrows bounce off Alicia's armor and toughened skin, one even hitting the back of her head and failing to even hurt in the least. The horde is slowed, it's center of progress s
[19:21] <Kotono_Ibis> The horde is slowed, it's center of progress stopped, a part of it's middle vaporized and it's sides splitting apart as it goes raound the webbing. OOC: Go ahead and go, Alcia.
[19:22] <Alicia> "Take the right, I'm on the left!" Alicia calls to Antenora, dropping down to the left and drawing Hell Striker before she hurls it forward to scythe through the procession of lizards starting to work their way around the web!
[19:23] <Alicia> OOC: whirling blade, 60ft line of death, is there a need to roll? If so, how many.
[19:23] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Say 14, and yeah, just use the # function real quick. You only miss 'em on a one.
[19:24] <Alicia> OOC: my minimum damage kills them, too
[19:24] <Alicia> roll 14#1d20+20 -5 pa
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 14#1d20+20 -5 pa and gets 414." [14#1d20+20 = 24, 21, 36, 33, 36, 32, 23, 36, 24, 27, 37, 23, 36, 26]
[19:25] <Kotono_Ibis> A row of lizards is butchered, only a single one escaping Alicia's dreadful wrath! As scales and lightning flies,
[19:25] <Kotono_Ibis> AOOC: GAaah.
[19:25] <Kotono_Ibis> A row of lizards is butchered, only a single one escaping Alicia's dreadful wrath! As scales and lightning flies, Antenora concentrates holy power, blasting a segment of the lizards are more arrows come!
[19:25] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 5d8
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 5d8 and gets 24." [5d8=8, 6, 5, 2, 3]
[19:26] <Kotono_Ibis> Between more arrows and holy power, the lizards reduced further! In this eruption, a great crackle of lightning comes from the survivors, right at Alicia! A few moments later, another bolt comes for Antenora! OOC: Make a ref save?
[19:26] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+24
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+24 and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[19:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[19:27] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 12d8 Alicia halve this
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 12d8 Alicia halve this and gets 70." [12d8=4, 6, 8, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 5, 2, 7]
[19:27] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 12d8 Antenora halve this holy fuck at that damage
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 12d8 Antenora halve this holy fuck at that damage and gets 53." [12d8=2, 4, 8, 7, 5, 1, 3, 5, 8, 3, 1, 6]
[19:29] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia steps back at that shock, felt even through her defenses and speed! Antneora is hit as well, dodging out of the way of the worst of it! The center is starting to break, lizards caught and arrowed and burnt! The sides are becoming ragged, worked over! As an arrow slams down right in front of Antenora, "It's working," she calls, "They're like Spinagons trying to charge an encampment of Arrow Demons! Completely helpless!"
[19:30] <Kotono_Ibis> "They're like Spinagons trying to charge an encampment of Arrow Demons! Completely helpless!" OOC: Go ahead and go aagain, Alicia?
[19:31] <Alicia> Since they're starting to swarm her its tempting to lash out wildly at the ones scampering around her feet, but that won't kill the greatest numbers. Trusting the archers to pick off those around her, she shifts position slightly for a better line and then hurls her blade forward again to cut through their approaching ranks!
[19:31] <Alicia> OOC: any adjacent to me get AoOs
[19:31] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: I'll say three do.
[19:31] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20 needs 20s
[19:31] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20 needs 20s
[19:31] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20 needs 20s
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20 needs 20s and gets 6." [1d20=6]
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20 needs 20s and gets 11." [1d20=11]
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20 needs 20s and gets 4." [1d20=4]
[19:32] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Go ahead.
[19:32] <Alicia> OOC: how many for whirling blade?
[19:32] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Say 10 this time.
[19:32] <Alicia> roll 10#1d20+20 -5pa
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10#1d20+20 -5pa and gets 297." [10#1d20+20 = 34, 25, 26, 25, 36, 30, 35, 33, 32, 21]
[19:34] <Kotono_Ibis> Another horde of lizards is broken apart, severed by Alicia's whirling blade! A Holy smite follows, grabbing another cluster of lizards!
[19:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 5d8
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 5d8 and gets 18." [5d8=2, 1, 8, 5, 2]
[19:43] <Kotono_Ibis> As arrows rain down again, Alicia side stepping between two arrows a mere foot apart to dodge, she can see that the battle is going decisively in their favor! The lizards are breaking apart, less of a wave and more of straggling survivors! A bolt comes at Alicia nonetheless, as well as Antenora! OOC: Ref, both of you.
[19:43] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+24
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+24 and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[19:43] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 8d8 Antenora halve this
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 8d8 Antenora halve this and gets 30." [8d8=1, 1, 3, 7, 4, 7, 6, 1]
[19:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[19:43] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 8d8 Alicia halve this
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 8d8 Alicia halve this and gets 39." [8d8=2, 6, 7, 3, 7, 3, 8, 3]
[19:44] <Kotono_Ibis> Furious lightning crackles in a dance around the two warriors, yet neither is injured in the least! It's as if they're dancing with arrows flying and lightning crashing around them, dealing death to all that come close! Ahead, Alicia can see a large shocker lizard crawling along, coming right ather with several smaller ones on it's back! OOC: Go ahead and act, Alicia.
[19:47] <Alicia> Well, it's hardly a real test of her new sword, but at least she's managing well enough. Briefly confirming that no large groups have passed the invisible line held by her and Antenora, she once more swings Hell Striker forward, aiming for the large lizard and its passengers, and claiming the heads of any others unfortunate enough to be on the line.
[19:47] <Alicia> OOC: how many attacks?
[19:47] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: 6.
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 6#1d20+20 -5pa
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d20+20 -5pa and gets 191." [6#1d20+20 = 26, 32, 25, 29, 40, 39]
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: do I need to roll damage for the big one?
[19:48] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: roll damage once, yeah.
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: which attack? (last two were crit threats)
[19:48] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Say the first for the sake of argument.
[19:49] <Alicia> roll 2d4+27
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+27 and gets 34." [2d4=4, 3]
[19:50] <Kotono_Ibis> A swath of lizards is cut away once more! The large one buckles but stays up! As Antenora unleashes more sacred light out...
[19:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 5d8
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 5d8 and gets 18." [5d8=4, 4, 1, 4, 5]
[19:50] <Kotono_Ibis> Arrows come flying! As the lizard is impaled and collapsing, it lets loose it's own oversized bolt at Alicia! OOC: ref.
[19:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[19:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 6d8 halve this
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 6d8 halve this and gets 26." [6d8=2, 5, 5, 7, 4, 3]
[19:52] <Kotono_Ibis> But Alicia blocks the bolt with her forearm, lightning crackling down her arm before fizzling away harmlessly! The battlefield is slowing now - only a few scattered lizards remain, volleys of arrows finishing them off. Without a doubt, the tide is broken.
[19:53] <Alicia> With no convenient large masses to cut into with her magic, Alicia is happy enough to let the archers do their thing. Twirling Hell Striker around despite its greater mass, she idly lops off the head of a staggering dazed lizard that clambered out of the web nearby, flicking the ichor off before she rests the blade over her shoulder.
[19:55] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora is slowing as well. As the last of the lizards are defeated, she flies over to her. A stray arrow whizzes between the two before Antenora speaks. "It worked well enough...nothing more than an alternative take on a stinking horde of lemures. It was the same sort of near mindless, suicidial charge."
[19:56] <Alicia> "You can't expect animals to use tactics," Alicia shrugs, content to stand and watch as the last dregs of the horde are shot to pieces. "But the fact that they targetted the city like this is troubling, nonetheless."
[19:57] <Kotono_Ibis> "I want to know the why now," Antenora gazes ahead over the battlefield, "What forced this to happen?
[19:57] <Kotono_Ibis> "
[19:58] <Alicia> "A pity we can't ask the lizards themselves," Alicia muses, glancing down at the corpse-strewn ground. "Perhaps if we followed the trail left by the horde and found their rallying point, a clue might be located?"
[20:00] <Kotono_Ibis> "Let's report back on that idea?" Antenora takes off and back towards the city, "Will you want to go immediately or rest the day first? You used much of your magic."
[20:03] <Alicia> "Most of it was simple spells. I still have all of my more powerful ones available," Alicia waves that aside, healing herself a little before she sheathes her sword and follows Antenora. Admittedly it is nice to have a sword that now fits in a sheath, and with it on her hip she doesn't need to turn to the side when going through doors, so there are always upsides.
[20:05] <Kotono_Ibis> You go back to cheers and the gates of the city being opened. A squadron of soldiers supported by archers is coming out, going to sweep out the battleground. Amid the cheers and triumph, "Well done!" Commander Oberuth has his bow resting on the ground. "You're not hurt, Alicia?"
[20:06] <Alicia> "Not at all, sir," Alicia gives him a smile as Marie flies over to join them. "To be honest I'm surprised it went that well. Given their numbers I worried we wouldn't be able to stem the tide, but it seems the walls weren't threatened at all."
[20:08] <Kotono_Ibis> "As terrifying as they are, they're no match for charging protected archers with range and support," Antenora puts her spear down and leans on it. "Most couldn't count on support that was virtually immune to stray arrows, though."
[20:12] <Kotono_Ibis> "Parsifal is safe for the moment," Oberuth rubs his chin, "There is still the question of what's causing this. Did any of this give you any ideas to what's behind it?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "Not really," Alicia shakes her head. "But they'll have left a clear trail. Perhaps if we follow it we might find some sort of clue?"
[20:20] <Kotono_Ibis> "It's worth trying," Oberuth says, "I'll be coming with you, I want to see this myself. Be ready to leave Parsifal within the half hour."
[20:21] <Alicia> "Yes sir," Alicia salutes, already good to go, herself.
[20:34] <Kotono_Ibis> Heading out of the city, Alicia, Antenora, Marie and Commander Oberuth go out. Antenora begins tracking the trail of many lizards...
[20:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway.
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway. and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[20:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 2
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 2 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 3
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 3 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[20:36] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 4
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 tracking, with all the mods it's easy anyway hour 4 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[20:37] <Kotono_Ibis> You travel deep and high into the mountains for four hours. Antenora leads the way at a slow, steady clip. You twist about the mountains, often needing to fly up (And help lift the Commander) cliffs or walk around dangerous paths. But sometime around the noon highsun, you glimpse a tall cliff face. This cliff is dotted with holes from small sized to as large as a hallway cored out of the rock. Antenora stops here, "I think this is it."
[20:37] <Kotono_Ibis> hallway cored out of the rock. Antenora stops here, "I think this is it."
[20:41] <Alicia> "Hmm... I'll fly up to get the lay of the land," Alicia considers. "Antenora, you're able to communicate with plants, right? Could you perhaps ask any around here if they've... I don't know if 'seen' is the right word, but noticed any creatures besides Shocker Lizards around here?"
[20:45] <Kotono_Ibis> "I'll try," Antenora agrees, going to look about.
[20:45] <Alicia> Marie hovers near Antenora, really curious to see how this works.
[20:48] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia ascends up as Commander Oberuth keeps watch. She sees that this is a ragged, jagged part of the mountains. Cliffs and cliffs, not much easy land. Another cliff is about twenty feet deeper in past the top of this cliff, more holes dotting it.
[20:48] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora kneels before some grasses and flowers growing between cracks in the rock. She touches the tip of the flower with her fingers, "Hello there....yes...Do you know the gray ones? There were many of them and they came from the holes there...yes...yes...No, not that..."
[20:49] <Alicia> Sigh. Once you've seen one cliff you've seen them all... circling around a bit to keep busy, Alicia maps out the surrounding mountains before she descends. Hopefully Antenora's had some luck.
[20:57] <Kotono_Ibis> "Anything different than them...no, no..." Antenora sighs, then to Marie, "It's like talking to a child." After that, she goes onto it, "From the holes. Did you...did you now? Hm. Like it was part of the cliff?"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Oooh, sounds like something good!" Marie cheers as Alicia lands beside them.
[21:00] <Kotono_Ibis> "Okay. Thank you, flower." Antenora releases her fingers and stands. Speaking louder now, "It says it saw part of the cliff moving to make the bigger holes, but it had arms and legs like us."
[21:01] <Alicia> "Hmm... an earth elemental, perhaps?" Alicia wonders. "Did it say where it came from or went?"
[21:02] <Kotono_Ibis> "No. Plants aren't very good with details. Getting simple information is the most you can hope for," Antenora replies, "That was my thought as well. Perhaps the servant of another creature, or something freed in recent times as the seals are released?"
[21:03] <Kotono_Ibis> "An elemental? Magic." Oberuth grunts as he gestures upwards, "We'll have to find out and deal with it, before it can disturb things more. We don't know if there's anything worse than Shocker Lizards in there somewhere, and I don't want to have to defend Parsifal or Valandia against anything worse."
[21:03] <Alicia> "I can't see how an earth elemental would control shocker lizards, so probably a servant for whatever agent is ultimately responsible," Alicia supposes. "Well, barring any other leads, perhaps we could explore the caves that have been dug out?"
[21:05] <Kotono_Ibis> "Let's." Commander Oberuth points upwards, "That hole there is big enough for us ot proceed through without difficulty. Let's get moving."
[21:06] <Alicia> "Alright, I'll take point," Alicia flies up to the tunnel entrance and waits for the Commander to climb up, trusting his abilities.
[21:07] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+13
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[21:08] <Kotono_Ibis> Climbing up goes without incident, the party leading the way. Oberuth follows just behind Alicia, Antenora taking up the rear. Thus you proceed in. As you do, shadows engulfing, "Light," Oberuth orders. "Alicia, you can cast that spell or do likewise?"
[21:09] <Alicia> "Certainly, sir," Alicia reaches into her boot and draws the Third Resort, since a dagger would be easier to handle in cramped tunnels than a big sword. A quick spell is cast and the blade gives off a healthy glow as they advance.
[21:11] <Kotono_Ibis> You walk along the tunnel for about a quarter of an hour, perhaps? It slopes downward a few times and upwards in retort, as if going under mountain's hidden hills. Coming ahead, you see a huge cavern. Great troughs of grass and soft dirt lie about, shattered eggshells all around. Holes all over dot the walls, leading into this room. A few broken and smashed Shocker Lizards lie about.
06[21:12] * Alicia pauses and looks at one of the lizard corpses. "It looks like it was bludgeoned to death..." she observes, crouching down to examine it. "That fits with an earth elemental, but why?"
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> Oberuth takes a step in, the steelty slither of his sword being drawn softly echoing about the cavern. "That's the mystery. If I knew why and it wasn't hostile, I'd nominate them for a medal." Oberuth starts to look about, "Fan out and look around. See if you can find anything."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Not if it's only killing a handful and driving the rest towards us," Alicia remarks, reaching over to cast Light on Obureth's sword before she walks deeper into the cavern, her eyes glowing blue just in case there's any magic to be found.
[21:15] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: No check needed at the moment, line coming.
[21:15] <Kotono_Ibis> Far away, Alicia can see the rear wall. This wall has no holes in it, but it glows with faint magic.
[21:16] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 spellcraft
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[21:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia can tell the magic is Abjuration.
06[21:19] * Alicia looks up at the ceiling and calls out in Terran. "Hello, up there. Can you understand me?"
[21:19] <Kotono_Ibis> Oberuth pauses as he advances on the rear wall, "The back wall radi-" He begins, looking up as well. Alicia can see something rocky scurry into the ceiling, passing through it and away like it was mere air and not solid stone.
06[21:21] * Alicia sheathes the Resort and instead draws Hell Striker, since there's room to swing it around here. "I suppose it didn't want to chat," she comments in Common.
[21:22] <Kotono_Ibis> "Damn," Antenora grunts, "That was probably a watcher. There goes any element of surprise." Antenora looks towards Alicia and the Commander, "The back wall is magic?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Abjuration, specifically. Not a spell I can identify," Alicia nods. "I'm not quite sure what it does, really..." she looks over the wall to try and discern what area the magical aura extends over.
[21:24] <Kotono_Ibis> It extends over the majority of the back wall, only leaving some edges untouched.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Marie, come over here a second?" Alicia asks as her familiar comes over to alight on her outstretched palm. "Turn incorporeal and try to go through that wall." Nodding happily, Marie turns into a ball of light, her gear all falling onto Alicia's hand as she flies over to try and phase through the wall.
[21:26] <Kotono_Ibis> Marie is able to phase through the wall! It's about five feet thick. On the other side, she sees a passage way continuing onward. It's big enough to walk through three abreast.
[21:27] <Alicia> Marie looks around for magic as she checks both directions of the passage. Is it going parallel to the wall or away from it?
[21:27] <Kotono_Ibis> It's going straight ahead. There's no magic here.
[21:29] <Alicia> Do the dimensions of the passageway match the dimensions of the wall?
[21:31] <Kotono_Ibis> It's a bit smaller than the wall.
[21:31] <Alicia> A bit like a couple of feet or something bigger?
[21:31] <Kotono_Ibis> About 5-10 feet.
[21:32] <Alicia> Marie tries going through the walls of this passage on either side just to check she's not missing anything that's also being hidden by the abjuration.
[21:32] <Kotono_Ibis> It's nothing but soild stone.
[21:35] <Alicia> Marie returns and reports her findings! "Alright," Alicia nods. "Blasting a hole in the wall is probably more trouble than it's worth, but I can teleport us past it and we can explore from there. If its warded by a magic wall it must be important."
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> "Likely." Oberuth agrees to that without further comment.
[21:36] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora cracks a smile at all of this, "At least it's earth and not ooze."
[21:37] <Alicia> "Yuck. I hope we never have to go there again," Alicia grimaces as Marie flies back through the wall, Alicia gathering the other two next to it before she teleports a mere ten feet through the rock to join her familiar.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[21:39] <Kotono_Ibis> Woosh! You appear without incident on the other side.
[21:39] <Kotono_Ibis> "Seconded," Antenora shudders and wipes at her arms.
[21:39] <Kotono_Ibis> Commander Oberuth starts walking ahead, taking point with his sword radiating light. "Earth elementals hit like giants, don't they? I'll take point then."
06[21:39] * Alicia then lets Marie revert and get changed under her wing for her modesty's sake. Once that's done, she sets off down the corridor. "Lets see where this leads, shall we?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "Until you get to the especially large ones, or unique ones like Oolu, elementals tend to be fairly weak," Alicia admits as she trails just behind and to the left of the Commander. "I suspect the elementals here aren't anything special, but whatever's controlling them..."
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> "If it's a mage, well, I can deal with that," Oberuth glances back, sword-light casting shadows over his face at this angle. "If we're lucky, this won't result in bloodshed."
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> "I do hope so," Antenora adds to that, "There's been enough already. But if evil's lurking in these mountains again..."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Maybe it's a vengeful druid trying to destroy civilisation with the power of the natural world?" Marie suggests brightly as they proceed through the tunnel.
[21:47] <Kotono_Ibis> "Such an optimist," Antenora drawls with a smile. Commander Oberuth grunts quietly and leads along without comment. You walk down this path for about ten minutes before you come to a sharp incline going down. It's passable, but steep. The ceiling slopes down here, enough to where crawling will be required for passage.
[21:50] <Alicia> "Times like this where wings are a disadvantage... Why protect such a difficult hallway?" Alicia wonders. "Marie, how about you go ahead and see if it widens out close enough for you to use your bracelet to teleport the rest of us through?"
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> "I suspect the answer is that whomever is behind this does not wish to be disturbed."
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Gah.
[21:50] <Alicia> "Okay!" Marie nods, flying easily down the passage which is more than ample for her needs. So long as it doesn't twist to make her lose sight of the others, or is more than 110 feet, she should be able to manage it.
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> "I suspect the answer is that whomever is behind this does not wish to be disturbed." Antenora kneels down and peers ahead as Marie goes down. Marie finds that it goes seventy something feet before widening into a more gentle slope with the ceiling levelling off. It stretches further ahead.
[21:52] <Alicia> Getting down to the base, Marie first uses her bracelet to exchange places with Alicia. Then she flies down and trades with the Commander. After that she repeats her journey to trade with Antenora. And finally she descends to rejoin the group at the bottom.
[21:53] <Kotono_Ibis> As Marie flies back after depositing Alicia, the former has a moment or two by herself. Or she would, if the floor did not disgorge a small being of rock
[21:53] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Gah.
[21:54] <Kotono_Ibis> As Marie flies back after depositing Alicia, the former has a moment or two by herself. Or she would, if the floor did not disgorge a small being of rock! It is about the size of a shocker lizard, humanoid and lacking a real, defined head. In slow, drawling words as heavy as adamantine, "Turn back."
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: do you mean the latter? This is down at the bottom, right?
[21:56] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Yes and yes.
[21:56] <Alicia> "Why?" Alicia asks in the same language as Marie flies down to join her. "What lies ahead?"
[21:58] <Kotono_Ibis> "Until the ley point is found, we will not be disturbed. Leave our lands be."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Are you responsible for driving the shocker lizards to the human city further down the mountain?" Alicia asks firmly, since it sounds like the earth elementals might be in charge, after all.
[22:01] <Alicia> OOC: speaking of, knowledge to ID this guy?
[22:01] <Alicia> OOC: and can he cast anything?
[22:02] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: K:P and no.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> The elemental does not reply, sinking back into the stone instead and leaving Alicia and Marie behind.
[22:06] <Alicia> "Great..." Alicia exhales as Marie swaps places with the Commander. "An earth elemental just warned us off, sir," she tells Obureth. "It said they won't be disturbed until the Ley Point is found, and asked us to leave their lands be."
[22:07] <Kotono_Ibis> "Hmm." Peering ahead before looking to Alicia, "That's a polite threat. What's a Ley Point?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "It's a place where certain types of magic are enhanced," Alicia replies as Marie flies back down and trades with Antenora. "I found one in the mountains where I found the fragments of the Sword of the Sealed Gate that enhanced summoning and calling magic."
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 arcana, how DO you find a ley point, besides dumb luck?
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 arcana, how DO you find a ley point, besides dumb luck? and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 arcana, how DO you find a ley point, besides dumb luck? Lets ask Marie
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 arcana, how DO you find a ley point, besides dumb luck? Lets ask Marie and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[22:11] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora appears, listening and catching up. As she does...
[22:11] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+14
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[22:17] <Kotono_Ibis> "That might mean a magic user is at the heart of this, a summoner." Oberuth scowls a little deeper, "What do you think, Alicia?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "This ley point could be different," Alicia notes as Marie flies back down. "But the earth elemental... the way it spoke, it wasn't acting like a minion. In any case, I think we should press on - the fact remains that they drove the shocker lizards to attack us, and for all their claims about these being 'their' lands, it seems obvious that they're invaders."
[22:23] <Kotono_Ibis> "Good, I think you're right." Oberuth gestures ahead with his sword, "We risk battle, but we risk more if we let sleeping problems lie."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Perhaps there's an elder elemental in charge that we can negotiate with, if we're lucky," Alicia nods as she continues down the passage.
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> You walk for perhaps a half hour, twisting passages sloping generally downwards but occasionally up, following the passage. As you head down a dim, unremarkable part...OOC: Make spot and listen checks?
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 spot Antenora
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 spot Antenora and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21 listen Antenora
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 listen Antenora and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+6 Marie Spot/Listen
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+6 Marie Spot/Listen and gets 34." [2#1d20+6 = 25, 9]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+2 Alicia Spot/Listen
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+2 Alicia Spot/Listen and gets 21." [2#1d20+2 = 17, 4]
[22:28] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+6 spot Oberuth
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+6 spot Oberuth and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[22:28] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+6 Listen
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+6 Listen and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[22:29] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora stops, "I hear something," she raises her voice, "It's distant, but it sounds like metal striking."
[22:29] <Alicia> "Looks like there's gold in the walls, too," Marie points out. "Are we in a mine, maybe?"
[22:30] <Kotono_Ibis> "Yes," Oberuth goes and taps the wall, "It could also be fool's gold or a couple of other things. Though if it's being mined, it's probably gold."
[22:31] <Kotono_Ibis> "Dwarves....I think Seira mentioned them a few times, but I had the impression they weren't this close, but..." Antenora looks to Alicia now, "Maybe they're trying to keep the gold to themselves?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "I don't know... I know dwarves live beneath these mountains, but I don't know exactly where - I thought they were a lot deeper than we are," Alicia hazards. "Lets keep going and find out?" Her eyes glow blue to check for magic as they advance.
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> As you take a few steps forward, it emerges from the ground once more! This one is like the last, only the size of a large, tall man. It bars your way ahead. "Turn back. These lands are not your own and you are not desired here."
[22:36] <Kotono_Ibis> "We come in the name of the Crimson Guard. Your actions may have lead to one of our nation's cities being attacked. On that authority, we will not turn back without answers," Oberuth declares.
06[22:36] * Alicia has looked at maps of the country she now serves. Admittedly those maps don't take subterranean dwarven borders into account, but she thinks she has a case. "I think you'll find that these lands are under the domain of the United Baronies. We were almost certainly here first."
[22:38] <Kotono_Ibis> "It matters not. Our authority reigns here. The lizards were a pest, disposed of. Any damages they caused are...unfortunate."
[22:40] <Alicia> "Disposing and dumping on someone else's doorstep are two entirely different things," Alicia replies archly. "We may be able to coexist, but not without assurances."
[22:45] <Kotono_Ibis> Things of value can be provided."
[22:46] <Kotono_Ibis> The elemental says this, looking ahead with it's face that isn't a face at all.
[22:47] <Kotono_Ibis> "We have money enough. The issue is what you did." Now Oberuth crosses his arms, staring ahead at it, "Why don't you take us to your leader and we'll talk about this then?"
[22:47] <Alicia> If they're so quick to offer a bribe they must be working on something really valuable down here. "Who's in charge here? It would be best if we spoke to that person, so we can best establish how we can peacefully get along without any further misunderstandings?" she suggests in a more concillatory tone.
[22:50] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: make diplo, Alicia?
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 42." [1d20=10]
[22:53] <Kotono_Ibis> The elemental is still for a time, then, "Wait." It fades back into the ground, gone.
[22:54] <Alicia> Assuming they're alone for the moment, Alicia asks the Commander in common, "How far do you want to push this, sir?"
[22:58] <Kotono_Ibis> "I'd prefer not to start a fight." After some thought, he speaks with clearness and resolve. "But if it looks like one is inevitable or desired, we'll do what we have to do. Tread lightly at first."
[23:00] <Alicia> "Understood, sir," Alicia nods primly.
[21:24] <Kotono> <Alicia> If they're so quick to offer a bribe they must be working on something really valuable down here. "Who's in charge here? It would be best if we spoke to that person, so we can best establish how we can peacefully get along without any further misunderstandings?" she suggests in a more concillatory tone.
[21:24] <Kotono> > OOC: make diplo, Alicia?
[21:24] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
[21:24] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 42." [1d20=10]
[21:24] <Kotono> > The elemental is still for a time, then, "Wait." It fades back into the ground, gone.
[21:24] <Kotono> <Alicia> Assuming they're alone for the moment, Alicia asks the Commander in common, "How far do you want to push this, sir?"
[21:24] <Kotono> > "I'd prefer not to start a fight." After some thought, he speaks with clearness and resolve. "But if it looks like one is inevitable or desired, we'll do what we have to do. Tread lightly at first."
[21:24] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Understood, sir," Alicia nods primly.
[21:26] <Kotono> A little fragment of time passes, perhaps no more than twenty minutes. The elemental rises out of te floor, followed by another. This one is also man sized, but made of shining stones that seem to slowly move about, falling apart yet in constant collective, staying together motion. This is the one that speaks to you. "You will come to me."
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[21:26] <Kotono> A little fragment of time passes, perhaps no more than twenty minutes. The elemental rises out of te floor, followed by another. This one is also man sized, but made of shining stones that seem to slowly move about, falling apart yet in constant collective, staying together motion. This is the one that speaks to you. "You will come with me."
[21:27] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia nods, replying in the same language. "Lead us on." Marie helpfully alights on Antenora's head and offers her service in translating for her, since the Commander seems well able to keep up.
[21:28] <Kotono> The creatures silp into the earth! Left behind where the shining, moving one was is a sliding whirlpool of stone. As it's head slips into the ground, it's body already gone, "Follow."
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 sense motive this isn't a trap, right?
05[21:30] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:30] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[21:30] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 sense motive this isn't a trap, right?
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 sense motive this isn't a trap, right? and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[21:31] <Kotono> Oberuth kneels down at the edge of it, peering into the shifting stone. "Almost like quicksand...except stone doesn't work like this at all."
[21:32] <Alicia> "I'll go first. Marie will let you know if this goes horribly wrong," Alicia volunteers gamely, holding her breath as she steps into the whirlpool, tucking her wings in around herself.
[21:34] <Kotono> Alicia is sliding! She is in a skintight coffin of stone, sliding along like a greased pig down a chute! OOC: Make a dex check?
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[21:35] <Kotono> Alicia slides for a time, before being on solid ground. Her vision swims, utterly consumed with dizziness and vertigo! Meanwhile, Antenora speaks up as Alicia vanishes, "...well, Marie?"
[21:36] <Alicia> As Alicia sits down heavily and holds her head, eyes closed to stop everything swimming so badly, Marie hesitates. "... well, she's not dead? I think the word is 'discombobulated'. Sounds like it's safe, but unpleasant!"
[21:37] <Kotono> "I'll go then," Oberuth steps forward, "If Alicia's state changes for the worse or something happens, find a way out and get help."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Understood, sir," Antenora nods slightly to this, "Marie can get out if nothing else."
[21:38] <Alicia> "We'll be right behind you!" Marie gives him a little wave. Meanwhile Alicia shuffles a bit to the side just in case anyone's right behind her, not wanting to have someone drop on her head.
[21:42] <Kotono> Alicia's senses clear as she gets her bearings. She's standing in a large cavern. A great cluster of stalagmites jut up from the floor around a great smooth stone. A huge being of earth sits there, the rudimentary features of facial features peering at Alicia. He speaks ever so slowly in Common, "What do you want, celestial?"
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[21:43] <Kotono> A moment later Commander Oberuth emerges from the floor! He wobbles a little bit, but ceases almost instantly. He peers about and ahead.
[21:43] <Kotono> Meanwhile, "Well?" Antenora asks, "Anything from her, Marie?"
06[21:43] * Alicia stands up, recovering her poise. "My name is Alicia Reynes, I represent the United Baronies," she begins. "We're here to determine what threat, if any, you pose to our lands."
[21:44] <Alicia> "She seems fine, now," Marie shrugs, clinging on tightly to Antenora's head. "Lets go down together!"
[21:45] <Kotono> "I am Commander Hellmen Oberuth, leading representative of the United Baronies in this matter. Captain Reynes is correct in what she said." Commander Oberuth's eyes look about briefly before focusing on the elemental. "One of our cities was nearly overwhelmed by displaced shocker lizards and the trail of them leads back to here."
[21:45] <Kotono> "Hmph," Antenora just steps into the whirlpool! OOC: Dex for antenora and Marie.
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: +1 for antenora but 1ed anyway.
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[21:47] <Kotono> "That was...unfortunate," The creature speaks so slowly it's like listening to rocks move at the pace of a glacier's crawl, each letter dragged out. "They were in our way. We did not desire a swarm of them."
[21:47] <Kotono> From the floor next to Commander Oberuth, Antenora and Marie appear. Marie float sin the air eaisly, even as Antenora falls forward onto her face, eyes crossed and color pale.
[21:49] <Alicia> Trusting the other two have things under control, Marie goes to fuss over poor Antenora until she's recovered. "We're relieved that your intent was not a malicious one," Alicia nods briefly. "That said, though, we would still like to ascertain the reason for your presence in our lands."
[21:49] <Kotono> "Even if it was an accident in good faith," Commander Oberuth goes on, his eyes briefly looking over to the unbalanced Antenora, "The questions posed remain. Yes, once again Captain Reynes is correct. Why are you here now?"
[21:51] <Kotono> Antenora groans, lying there for a few moments. Meanwhile, "An ancient dead portal came back to life. We found out of it and chose to pass through. The matters of the lands above the earth mean nothing to us."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Then what is your goal here?" Alicia asks. "One of your number mentioned seeking out a Ley Line?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "The portal's life did not last entirely...we must find a ley line and use it's power to rejuvenate it once more. The lizards were in our way and threatened our security." It leans forward, great hunks of earth and rock shadowing over Alicia and company.
[22:02] <Kotono> Antenora finally gets up, shaking but up. She stands behind Alicia.
06[22:04] * Alicia could probably offer her services to try and repair the portal, but she's not sure if that's the route the Commander wants to go down... "How do you know there is a ley line nearby?" she asks instead.
[22:07] <Kotono> "I can...sense them." Looming again over Alicia, "But only vaguely. Many portals coincide with them."
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:09] <Kotono> "I see. When this portal is restored, are you going back to whence you came?" Oberuth peers into the face-like part of the elemental, "Or do you intend to stay?"
[22:09] <Alicia> This intrigues Alicia. Given her recent experience when Mystra let her experience the Weave in its entirety, she's developed a far greater interest in manifestations such as Ley Lines. Still, her own desires here might conflict with those of the United Baronies, so she waits a moment to see where the Commander is going with this.
[22:11] <Kotono> "A small colony. Our place is proper here, for there seems to be no manifestation suiting the earth. More of us came to establish here once we were told that the portal was alive once again."
[22:12] <Kotono> "As long as you do not repeat the same mistake with the lizards or engage in aggression, the Baronies wish you well," Oberuth says, "There are dwarves farther away in these mountains, and I cannot speak for how they will react."
[22:14] <Alicia> "Also, while we mostly dwell upon the surface, we do have mines descending into the mountain. We would insist that our miners would not be interfered with," Alicia adds pertinently.
[22:15] <Kotono> "This is...acceptable." The being of rock and earth rumbles, "Then we have no reason for hostility."
[22:15] <Kotono> "It appears that this is so," Commander Oberuth agrees, "However, give us all a moment, if you would."
[22:16] <Alicia> "Excellent," Alicia smiles, about to offer her services before the Commander speaks up. So she holds her tongue and steps back away from the elemental, looking at Obureth expectantly.
[22:16] <Kotono> "A moment is nothing." The elemental sits where he is, unmoving. Commander Oberuth nods to Alicia and Antenora, taking several steps backwards.
06[22:18] * Alicia follows after him, while Marie settles on her head.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Now then. They look harmless enough," In the softest whisper to Alicia, "And we have the locations we can have you teleport to if that changes. There's no immediate reason for hostility. It does beg several questions: Why did the portal activate? Who told them about it? How many of them are there? What does this colony entail? What will a working portal mean for us? Can we trust them?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Earth elementals are simple creatures. Unless they're possessed by evil - and I didn't detect any -they're not likely to be actively aggressive." Antenora whispers back.
[22:24] <Alicia> "Likely the portal activated in the same way as the one to the Plane of Water in the bay did," Alicia surmises quietly, "And like that one it requires stabilisation. We can ask who told them about it. As for the colony? Elementals are simple beings, as the name implies."
[22:24] <Alicia> "I don't expect them to care about waging war or expanding voraciously, but I was a bit worried about misunderstandings with our miners, which is why I made that point clear about leaving them alone. As for a working portal?" she takes a deep breath, "It would actually be a tremendous boon, sir."
[22:24] <Alicia> "Planar gateways aren't mere doors for travelling by. The very essence of primal Earth will seep through into these mountains. The effect may be subtle and only felt over a long period, but I don't imagine we'll ever have to worry about our mines running dry if the portal can be stabilised."
[22:26] <Kotono> Closing his eyes to that, "I see then. Mgh." With his own wry smile, "I've been studying devilogy too much. I'm ready to see conspiracies and enemies behind random happenings now, when normal explanations suffice. I was wondering if we would see a cadre of earth devils or some other terror coming through."
[22:27] <Kotono> "I don't think Earth Devils exist," Antenora almost laughs to that, holding delicate, strong fingers over her lips. "With Esthan defeated and by all reports diabolica activity in disarray here, it'sprobably unrelated."
[22:29] <Alicia> "The earlier discovered portal to the plane of water provides some reassurance. I wonder if there might be ones to the other elemental planes in the vicinity of Balmuria as well?" Alicia hazards.
[22:29] <Alicia> "In any case, I'd actually like to offer my assistance to them. There may be another way to repair the portal even without a Ley Line, but I have an interest in Ley Lines anyway, so either way it could work out."
[22:29] <Kotono> "Yes. If it's also a boon if the portal is established..." Oberuth nods a little bit, "But we're also going to do our research into it, just in case."
[22:30] <Kotono> "You know, there's enough fire under Balmuria already..." Antenora considers at that, "Mihail was working on a shrine to Kossuth, wasn't it?"
[22:30] <Alicia> "That's what it turned out to be, yes," Alicia nods, face twisting a little as she recalls that whole sordid experience. Poor crazed man...
[22:32] <Kotono> "An interesting question, but one for later," Oberuth nods, "It wouldn't be a bad idea for you to help them, and also to keep an eye on them. Finding out where that ley point here is could also be useful. Alright. Go ahead and talk to him, Alicia." With another wry smile, "You're damned better at it than I."
[22:34] <Alicia> "You keep up well enough, sir," Alicia gives him a small smile before she returns to the elder elemental. "As it happens, I have some experience both with planar portals and with ley lines, so I may be able to offer you some assistance. If I might ask, though, who was it that pointed you towards the portal in the first place?"
[22:39] <Kotono> "A...mephit of stone and mud. The servant of another, passing a message onto us." After that, looking Alicia over, "You offer yourself to us?"
[22:43] <Alicia> "I am a servant of the Goddess of Magic," Alicia explains. "Ley Lines are an important part of the Weave she tends to, therefore I have an interest in them - I had no idea any were so close to my home. So, I would like a chance to study it if it can be found. And if it cannot, there may still be other ways to repair the portal - I have some experience with such matters."
[22:45] <Kotono> "You will be accepted then," The elemental decrees. "Your help will be appreciated."
[22:46] <Alicia> "You're welcome," Alicia smiles. "Would it be possible for me to see the portal itself, first of all?"
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The earlier discovered portal to the plane of water provides some reassurance. I wonder if there might be ones to the other elemental planes in the vicinity of Balmuria as well?" Alicia hazards.
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "In any case, I'd actually like to offer my assistance to them. There may be another way to repair the portal even without a Ley Line, but I have an interest in Ley Lines anyway, so either way it could work out."
[19:47] <Kotono> > "Yes. If it's also a boon if the portal is established..." Oberuth nods a little bit, "But we're also going to do our research into it, just in case."
[19:47] <Kotono> > "You know, there's enough fire under Balmuria already..." Antenora considers at that, "Mihail was working on a shrine to Kossuth, wasn't it?"
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "That's what it turned out to be, yes," Alicia nods, face twisting a little as she recalls that whole sordid experience. Poor crazed man...
[19:47] <Kotono> > "An interesting question, but one for later," Oberuth nods, "It wouldn't be a bad idea for you to help them, and also to keep an eye on them. Finding out where that ley point here is could also be useful. Alright. Go ahead and talk to him, Alicia." With another wry smile, "You're damned better at it than I."
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You keep up well enough, sir," Alicia gives him a small smile before she returns to the elder elemental. "As it happens, I have some experience both with planar portals and with ley lines, so I may be able to offer you some assistance. If I might ask, though, who was it that pointed you towards the portal in the first place?"
[19:47] <Kotono> > "A...mephit of stone and mud. The servant of another, passing a message onto us." After that, looking Alicia over, "You offer yourself to us?"
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I am a servant of the Goddess of Magic," Alicia explains. "Ley Lines are an important part of the Weave she tends to, therefore I have an interest in them - I had no idea any were so close to my home. So, I would like a chance to study it if it can be found. And if it cannot, there may still be other ways to repair the portal - I have some experience with such matters."
[19:47] <Kotono> > "You will be accepted then," The elemental decrees. "Your help will be appreciated."
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You're welcome," Alicia smiles. "Would it be possible for me to see the portal itself, first of all?"
[19:53] <Kotono> "You may come." The large elemental stands up. Bending over, it lifts the giant stone it sits on with ease, as if it wasn't several tons of hard stone. Beneath it lies a tunnel of smooth stone, falling down into a churning whirlpool of solid rock. It's maybe ten feet wide in a radius. "Step through this."
06[19:55] * Alicia hates these things already. "Right," she nods, bracing herself before she steps into the passage, holding her breath and closing her eyes.
[19:56] <Kotono> Once again, Alicia is flowing through the stone like it's water, dizzing torment! OOC: Make another dex check?
[19:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[19:58] <Kotono> Ugh. Alicia's world is a spinning, spinning, spinning playground. Rock and earth and world all spin around as her eyes cross. She feels herself falling onto solid ground, a groan escaping her lips. It's like the world is a carosel and she's having trouble getting off.
03[19:58] * tai-sick is now known as tai-hack
06[19:59] * Alicia crawls forward on her hands and knees to get out of the way for anyone following her, staying like that for a moment until her balance returns before she opens her eyes and hauls herself to her feet.
[20:01] <Kotono> Ugh. Alicia's stomach flip-flops as she gets her bearings. She stands in another wide cave. Ahead of her is a pile of stones, forming a crude stairway. Around a hanging red jut of heavy stone, a crude, doorway shaped hole in the rock can be seen. It flickers in and out of reality, shaking.
[20:02] <Alicia> Phew. Okay, first thing's first, she casts a spell to sharpen her mind and skills, before calling upon the arcane sight granted to her by Mystra, eyes glowing blue as she steps closer and examines the portal.
[20:02] <Alicia> OOC: heroism and arcane sight cast
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 spellcraft
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 spellcraft and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Make dex, Marie?
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[20:04] <Kotono> As Alicia puzzles over the portal, it seems to be no good. Her head is still spinning and dazed, her knowledges of spellcraft coming to naught here. Antenora an dMarie emerge from the ground, this time Antneora flapping her wings a few times, taking immediately to the air. She wobbles slightly but nothing more. "That's it?"
[20:06] <Alicia> "It is," Alicia nods, biting her lip as she adopts the more prosaic approach of simply examining the structure of the portal, using what she knows of the realms beyond to try and figure out what could be done to stabilise it. Marie has a look with her own magical senses, sensing Alicia's momentary puzzlement.
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge planes?
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 Marie spellcraft
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 Marie spellcraft and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Alicia planes if it helps
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Alicia planes if it helps and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[20:12] <Kotono> It's definintely a portal. Marie analyses it, taking her time. It's out of flux, the energies around it disturbed. It looks like someone not too long ago took steps make it functional, but they were clearly temporary.
[20:13] <Kotono> Alicia can tell it's a portal, almost certainly one to the Elemental Plane of Earth based on it's location and form.
[20:18] <Kotono> The portal looks to be out of sync and flux. If a ley point was founa nd it's energy flow adjusted, it should throw the portal back into sync and stabilize it. You'd need to find the ley point in question to do so, though.
[20:20] <Alicia> What about casting Permanency on it?
[20:25] <Kotono> Alicia thinks that would help, with better odds of success if she pairs it with a source of energy to help bolster the portal when she casts it.
[20:25] <Kotono> As Alicia works, the giant elemental looms over Alicia, watching silently.
[20:25] <Alicia> What sort of source of energy?
[20:29] <Kotono> Either natural energies, such as the ley point, or raw arcane power. Applying more energy of the Weave in it's most basic forms would help. Spellfire in particular might help. Your sword would obviously be able to destroy the portal if you wished, conversely.
[20:31] <Alicia> "I might be able to use one method to renew the portal," Alicia finally announces, stepping back. "It would cost about a thousand gold for materials, but there seems to be plenty of mineral wealth sequestered in the Earth here. How close do you think you are to finding the Ley Line?" she asks the looming elemental.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Not close. There is much earth to search." He answers, as Antenora peers at the portal but otherwise stays quiet.
[20:40] <Alicia> *Ten thousand gold
[20:41] <Alicia> "Well, consider this as a backup plan?" Alicia suggests. "You're likely better than I at seeking out Ley Lines, so I can offer little help beyond an extra set of eyes in that regard. I leave the choice up to you."
[20:43] <Kotono> "The money...is easily done." The elemental gestures upward, "You speak of gold, the earth has gold."
[20:46] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia smiles. "In that case I'll return here tomorrow and we can get to work. I'd like a chance to study the Ley Line, but there's nothing to stop us finding it after we have the portal replenished."
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=19]
[20:47] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth appears a few moments later, undizzied. As he balances, "Will we return now, Alicia?" Antenora asks.
[20:48] <Alicia> "We're done for now, yes," Alicia nods. "I can transport our soldiers back to Balmuria and see about picking up the materials I'll need to work on the portal."
[20:49] <Kotono> "Let's go, then," Oberuth says shortly, "Creature of Earth, I'm pleased we won't have to come to more bloodshed."
[20:51] <Kotono> "It was the will of the earth," The elemental speaks. "You may go."
[20:51] <Alicia> "I'll return tomorrow," Alicia tells the elemental as she gathers everyone and teleports them to Parsifal's garrison.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison and gets 22." [1d100=22]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Parsifal
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 back to Parsifal and gets 80." [1d100=80]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison and gets 74." [1d100=74]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Parsifal
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 back to Parsifal and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Parsifal
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 back to Parsifal and gets 44." [1d100=44]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 5 soldiers to Balmuria garrison and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 back to Parsifal
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 back to Parsifal and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Commander and Anty and Marie to Balmuria
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Commander and Anty and Marie to Balmuria and gets 79." [1d100=79]
[21:01] <Kotono> The next day dawns without incident. Alicia rises, ready to go on her wishes. OOC: Setup if you're going, if you're taking anyone with you and then 'port?
[21:05] <Alicia> Since this spell is a painful one to cast, Alicia goes to bed early to have lots of sleep, and has a big breakfast and makes sure to take care of nature's call first so she can get through the ordeal to come.
[21:05] <Alicia> That all taken care of she invites anyone in the house who cares to come along (with the caution that it isn't terribly exciting) and teleports to the portal with Marie and anyone else who's coming.
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[21:07] <Kotono> Antenora and Jessica both come along, Latha staying with Hugo. You appear in front of the portal! The giant elemental waits there. At his feet lie huge chunks of gold, entire small veins ripped out, still having bits of mundane rock on the sides of it. On your apperance, he simply says, "Gold."
06[21:10] * Alicia gives Jessica the portable hole and invites her to put the gold inside. "My thanks. The magical reagents I required for this were expensive," she explains. "Now, I will begin my work - you are free to watch, but I ask that I not be disturbed, for the magic involved is lengthy and requires all of my concentration."
[21:12] <Kotono> Jessica looks it over, whistling, "This is a lot..." she says up to her sister as she works.
[21:13] <Kotono> "As you like." The elemental stands aside. Antenora goes to rest against a far wall. "Good luck, Alicia. I'll keep a watch in case anything tries to interrupt."
[21:13] <Alicia> "We'll have fun finding a money-changer to take it," Marie agrees lightly, settling on Jessica's head as Alicia sets out her reagents conveniently around the portal before she begins the primary incantations off of the scroll.
[21:18] <Kotono> Thus the times begin to pass. An hour and then two, Alicia concentrating away. Three hours, perhaps? The long incantation is involving, Alicia focusing on it as she calls on the proper names, bringing the flow of time into abayance! As it passes...
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Make a listne cehck, Marie?
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[21:21] <Kotono> Antenora cocks her head up into the third hour, turning to the far aside of the chamber, away from where Alicia works. It stretches about 100 feet into a narrowing corridor that goes out of sight. "I heard something," she speaks aloud.
[21:22] <Kotono> "The Earth...is moving unexpectedly...something is moving through it," The elemental rumbles, turning in that direction as well.
[21:24] <Kotono> Jessica's hand goes to her rapier, "Does that mean it's a problem?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "Yes, if it disturbs Alicia's concentration, not to mention if it's hostile." Antenora answers herself, "Elemental, is it one of your friends?"
[21:25] <Alicia> Marie floats up off of Jessica's head and sends some dancing lights in that direction. "Unless it's a matter of life and death, I'll be counting on the rest of you to deal with it," Alicia calls over as she walks slowly around the portal, occassionally uttering words of power as streamers of spellfire dance from her fingers and into the edifice.
[21:27] <Kotono> As lights illuminate the air, it gives you a lovely view! The stone walls ripple about 90 feet ahead, as something steps out! It is huge, made of sharp, angular rock! It is like living blackstone, three jagged, pick like arms coming from it's upper body. Three legs support it's bottom.
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 You can make K:P if you wanna try to ID it.
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 You can make K:P if you wanna try to ID it. and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Alicia
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 Marie
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 Marie and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[21:31] <Kotono> "Why..." The elemental's body writhes, "But there will be no answer. This creature is not intelligent, it is a killer and enforcer of darker forces of Earth."
[21:32] <Alicia> "This is trouble!" Marie squeaks, scrambling for her bow. "I'll try to banish it, but you guys need to keep it away from Alicia!" For her part, Alicia briefly looks over at the new arrival but daren't turn her attention off of her spell unless it becomes absolutely necessary.
[21:32] <Kotono> "An assassin?" Jessica grimaces as her rapier comes out, "Got it!"
[21:32] <Kotono> Antenora takes to the air, "Defend Alicia and keep it busy! Don't let it get close to her, no matter what!"
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Init here. Go ahead and roll forAlicia as well, in case she chooses to act later on.
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Jessica
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Jessica and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 friendly elemental
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 friendly elemental and gets 14." [1d20=15]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Big ass black rock motherfucker
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Big ass black rock motherfucker and gets 4." [1d20=5]
03[21:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(27)>Jessica(23)>Marie(21)>Friendly Elemental(14)>Antenora(9)>Black Rock Triskelion(4)'
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, holding?
[21:34] <Alicia> OOC: casting, actually, so that eats my standard.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Anything else?
[21:35] <Alicia> OOC: no
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica.
[21:36] <Kotono> Jessica positions in front of Alicia, staying ninety feet away. Her rapier is on the ready as she stands guard. OOC: Defending herself and waiting. Marie?
[21:36] <Alicia> Marie flies over above Alicia and Jessica so her aura can protect them, before snapping off a single cold iron banishing arrow at the evil elemental!
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[21:37] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 DC 20 will or banished (+2 per DR component beaten, magic/cold iron/good)
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 DC 20 will or banished (+2 per DR component beaten, magic/cold iron/good) and gets 11." [1d4=2][1d6=2][1d4=3]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[21:38] <Kotono> The single arrow flies! The creature shudders and vanishes away in an instant! OOC: Free act.
[21:39] <Kotono> "...that's it?" Antenora is on the verge of darting forward, holding herself short at the last moment.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Good work, Marie!" Jessica exhales, "It's gone!"
[21:40] <Alicia> "These arrows are handy," Marie sags in relief. "But what would one of those be doing here? Did it come through with you guys?" she asks the other elemental.
[21:40] <Kotono> "That's it?" Antenora repeats, blinking slowly.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Don't look so surprised," Marie sticks her tongue out at her. "I can be useful to have around, hard as it may be to believe." The last is said with a sidelong look at Alicia, who seems to ignore it.
[21:42] <Kotono> "It did not," The elemental intones lik ethe rippling groans of the earth, "Such a creature is called a Black Rock Triskelion. They are servants of dark forces of the Earth. That it came here means it's mission was to stop this for it is a thoughtless brute. It is an assassin and killer."
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora just shakes her head, "I'm impressed, Marie."
[21:43] <Alicia> "So who sent it and why?" Alicia asks inbetween her incantations while Marie preens.
[21:43] <Kotono> A few moments after that, "Something's going on here," Antenora agrees, "We'll have to look into it aafter you finish the spell. Jessica, Marie, spread out and keep your ears open. We'll need to keep watch now."
[21:44] <Kotono> "If it's evil, could it be the devils again?" Jessica looks about, "Could it?"
[21:45] <Kotono> "Anything's possible," Antenora answers back, "But we don't know enough to really make a good guess. There's more evil out there from Baator."
[21:45] <Alicia> "Maybe you should call back a few of your friends as well?" Marie suggests to the elemental. She then turns to Jessica, "I dunno. Those things serve Ogr-something - the evil lord of Elemental Earth. So what's he got against this colony here?"
[21:47] <Kotono> The elemental falls into the ground, leaving the others behind. Antenora crosses her arms, starting ot pace. "Good question. We've not had any trouble for him. So it's either not related to us personally and it's the portal, or it's someone getting them to use one of their servants as a favor."
[21:47] <Kotono> *from him
[21:48] <Alicia> "Maybe we can take a trip through the portal after its stabilised and see what people are saying over in the Elemental Plane of Earth?" Marie suggests, adding after a pointed cough from Alicia, "Once Alicia's had a chance to rest, I mean."
[21:49] <Kotono> "As long as it's not ooze, I'm good with that," Antenora agrees, then, "Still though...why? We can't really go up and ask the dark forces of Earth, and if it's not something obvious, simple inquiries will probably fail. Why then?"
[21:49] <Kotono> "Maybe it's just malice? It's not like evil has to have areason, sometimes," Jessica goes to the far side of the chamber, looking around and checking the wall the giant black elemental came through.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Maybe..." Marie muses as she trails along behind Jessica. "But this thing's going to widen the influence of Earth, so I'd figure everyone over there would be happy with it... could be our new friends here are enemies of that Ogramach guy and he just doesn't want them to get the first foothold in this world?"
[22:01] <Kotono> "Could be, but..." Antenora looks to Marie, "That's almost too clean and too easy. A good plan is never that obvious unless you want someone to think that and fall into it."
[22:02] <Kotono> "Not everyone thinks like you or Latha," Jessica throws a little pebble at Antenora, bouncing off her head. "It's just as likely that it's a simple plan by someone who isn't obssessed with detail and ordering things."
[22:03] <Alicia> "Wow, that's probably the first time you've ever complained about me suggesting something sensible," Marie marvels for a moment.
[22:05] <Kotono> "It's not obsessing. What if it's Esthan's master enacting the first part of a plan in revenge? What if it's the Spark Hunters trying to whilttle us down before an ambush?W hat if it's Agares calling in a favor to try and slay us? What if it's Mephistopheles, looking to capture me?" Antenora paces, "We hardly lack enemies who think like that."
[22:05] <Kotono> "What if it's someone who needs to remember that over 2/3rds of the cosmos don't think like that," Jessica tosses another pebble at Antenora. "If it is, we'll deal with it. But you don't have to start twisting yourself into a knot about it."
[22:06] <Alicia> "How many would know that we're here right now?" Marie asks reasonably.
[22:08] <Kotono> "How many could find out, or have set this up to happen in the first place?" Antenora snaps back, before going to take a breath. "The point I'm making is that we can't take this as a simple surface brushoff. Maybe it is just unrelated, but maybe it's not, too. Maybe all of this is the first phase of a greater scheme."
[22:10] <Kotono> "If it is, we'll deal with it," Jessica turns away now, "Antenora, you think about that for now and we'll see where we're at after we investigate some?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "We don't have enough information to draw any conclusions right now," Alicia speaks up from her place by the portal. "Speculation is meaningless and only serves to distract from what little we do know."
[22:12] <Kotono> "I suppose," Antenora relents, going quiet.
[22:14] <Alicia> "But it can be fun!" Marie carols, fluttering over towards Antenora. "Lets see, who hates us and is most likely to have any connections with Ogr-whatsit? Esthan had connections all over the place, of course. Agares is more water-themed, so probably not him... and lets not forget our Abyssal friends!"
[22:14] <Alicia> "But Jubilex is more likely to be involved with the place Antenora loves so much... what about that Ebony sister? Ebony's a rock as as well as a colour, right? A black rock, even! I think we're onto something!"
[22:17] <Kotono> Antenora twitches, "Marie..." she growls, glaring at her.
[22:19] <Alicia> "Oh, what, it's all 'super important strategising' when you do it but the moment I offer a perfectly reasonable suggestion suddenly I'm the bad guy?" Marie harrumphs.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Black rock and Ebony is a completely daft connection to make," waving her arms about now, "Besides, she's a demon! She's just as likely to use a white or a brown colored rock because it catches her attention that moment!"
[22:21] <Alicia> "She's a demon with a sense of style!" Marie counters. "She'd want to do something eye-catching and flamboyant, that leaves no doubt at all who was responsible!"
[22:22] <Kotono> "She's an Abyssal whore. Don't you think it would've had something more sexual in tone?" Antenora challenges back. "I don't think a black hunk of rock qualifies unless you're an elemental in the mood."
[22:22] <Kotono> Jessica sighs softly.
[22:24] <Alicia> Marie is silent and blushes for a moment before she delicately suggests, "It was very rigid, wouldn't you say?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "Please, for the love of Mystra, find a new topic," Alicia growls irritably as she works.
[22:25] <Kotono> "...it is, isn't it..." Antenora blushes all the way to under her armor, before turning to Alicia. "S-sorry!" With that she goes quiet.
[22:27] <Alicia> Marie thinks for a moment before piping up, "So, hey, Jessica! Thought any more about where you and Roald will set up shop after getting married?"
[22:30] <Kotono> "We're thinkinga bout it. I need to think about it right now, so how about we have some q uiet time to do that?" Jessica says sweetly.
[22:31] <Alicia> "Okay," the eladrin relents, busying herself by flying aimlessly around the cave.
[22:42] <Kotono> Three man sized elementals return with the large one, fanning out near walls. Thus, the time passes. Four hours, five six seven. Eight...One near Jessica straightens, and in Terran, "Coming near..."
[22:43] <Alicia> Sixteen hours to go... Marie draws another banishing arrow and goes to float above Alicia. "Where's it coming from?" she asks, looking around for evil auras.
[22:45] <Kotono> The elemental steps back and points dead ahead at the rock. Antenora flies over, and in Marie's mind, 'I'll be ready to intercept it, and you have an arrow ready?'
[22:46] <Alicia> Marie puts some dancing lights in place around the designated point while Alicia walks around to the other side of the portal so it can provide her some cover as she continues to work.
[22:47] <Kotono> The other elementals approach and stand back, at the ready! A few moments later, it emerges! It's the same creature type as before, a Black Rock Triskelion! It's coming right at you! OOC: You guys are prepared, so surprise round. Go ahead and go first to see if you banish it, Marie?
[22:48] <Alicia> Marie lets go of the bowstring and another arrow lances forward!
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 DC 20 will +2 per whatever DR component is beaten (magic/cold iron/good/chaotic)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 DC 20 will +2 per whatever DR component is beaten (magic/cold iron/good/chaotic) and gets 11." [1d4=1][1d6=3][1d4=3]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Screaming is the d4?
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[22:54] <Kotono> Bam! The arrow flies strong and true, the screaming making little lines pass down it's body! But this time, it hasn't vanished at all! OOC: Anything else, Marie?
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: can she full attack in a surprise round?
03[22:56] * tai-hack is now known as asdgsdfasdf-ill
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, we've been doing it that way.
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 last cold iron banishing arrow then
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 last cold iron banishing arrow then and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[23:02] <Kotono> A second arrow follows, but this one bounces off it's great bulk! A second later, Antenora is in front of it, striking away, a holy fury overtaking her!
[23:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 regular arrow what the hell
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 regular arrow what the hell and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[23:03] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 and gets 12." [1d4=2][1d6=5][1d4=1]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 FS 9/10, +2 bane, -5 PA)
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+2 FS 9/10, +2 bane, -5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d8+2d6+1d6+31
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2d6+1d6+31 and gets 46." [1d8=2][2d6=6, 1][1d6=6]
03[23:07] * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
03[23:18] * asdgsdfasdf-ill is now known as asdgsdfasf-taftforprez
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[19:47] <Kotono> > A second arrow follows, but this one bounces off it's great bulk! A second later, Antenora is in front of it, striking away, a holy fury overtaking her!
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 regular arrow what the hell
[19:47] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 regular arrow what the hell and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[19:47] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4
[19:47] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 and gets 12." [1d4=2][1d6=5][1d4=1]
[19:47] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+24 (+2 FS 9/10, +2 bane, -5 PA)
[19:47] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (+2 FS 9/10, +2 bane, -5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[19:47] <Kotono> > roll 1d8+2d6+1d6+31
[19:47] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+2d6+1d6+31 and gets 46." [1d8=2][2d6=6, 1][1d6=6]
[19:48] <Kotono> Antenora positions dead in front of it, blocking it's large way with her small body! "Over here," she snarls, as meanwhile the huge leading elemental closes in, a single devastating slam to the black rock triskelion!
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 2d10+15
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+15 and gets 34." [2d10=9, 10]
03[19:48] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:51] <Kotono> Slammed and blocked from the side as well, the black behemoth looks unmoved by the spearing and the massive slam! Meanwhile, the three medium elementals rush to Alicia's side, shielding her! OOC - Init.
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Jessica
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Jessica and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Big elemental
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Big elemental and gets 16." [1d20=17]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Medium elemental 1
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Medium elemental 1 and gets 5." [1d20=6]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Medium elemental 2
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Medium elemental 2 and gets 16." [1d20=17]
[19:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Medium elemental 3
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Medium elemental 3 and gets 7." [1d20=8]
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 Triskelion
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 Triskelion and gets 19." [1d20=20]
[19:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[19:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 23." [1d20=16]
03[19:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(23)>Jessica(21)>Marie(20)>Huge Elemental=Medium 2(16)>Medium 3(7)Antenora(6)>Medium 1(5)'
03[19:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(23)>Jessica(21)>Marie(20)>BRT(19)>Huge Elemental=Medium 2(16)>Medium 3(7)Antenora(6)>Medium 1(5)'
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: Holding/casting, Alicia?
[19:53] <Alicia> OOC: continuing to cast my spell.
[19:54] <Kotono> Jessica, having sprinted to stand in front of Alicia, is on guard, another obsticle between Alicia and the huge black rock terror! OOC: Marie.
[19:54] <Alicia> "This is getting expensive!" Marie complains as she draws one of her silvered banishing arrows and lets fly at the triskelion!
[19:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:54] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20 or gtfo
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20 or gtfo and gets 9." [1d4=3][1d6=1][1d4=2]
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 arrow 2 banishing
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 arrow 2 banishing and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[19:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20 or gtfo
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20 or gtfo and gets 13." [1d4=2][1d6=5][1d4=3]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 regular arrow
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 regular arrow and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[19:56] <Kotono> More arrows fly! The screaming bursts of sound leave little impact craters, dealing some damage to the behemoth! However, it's not vanishing away this time! It's three piercing arms lash out, trying to impale Antenora and the elemental in front of it!
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Antenora
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Antenora and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Elemental
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Elemental and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Antenora
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (-1 PA) Antenora and gets 37." [1d20=8]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Elemental
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Elemental and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Antenora
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Antenora and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Elemental
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-1 PA) Elemental and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 Antenora
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 Antenora and gets 21." [2d6=3, 5]
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 Antenora
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 Antenora and gets 18." [2d6=4, 1]
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 Elemental
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 Elemental and gets 18." [2d6=1, 4]
[20:01] <Kotono> The creature fights hard at what's around it, landing a pair of wounds on Antenora, grazes and scrapes across her body! The huge elemental is hit once, seeming to barely notice it! OOC: huge elemental is up.
[20:01] <Kotono> "You are not wanted here," The elemental insists, it's fists slamming into the giant black behemoth!
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 PA)
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 PA)
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=6]
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 2d10+18
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+18 and gets 24." [2d10=1, 5]
[20:03] <Kotono> Pounding away at the black stone, the huge elemnetal lands a few devastating blows onto it, making it's rocky body show a few more cracks! Two of the medium elementals hold, staying on guard! OOC: Antenora.
[20:04] <Kotono> Antenora rocks back with the wound, blood coming from her gouged arm. As energies surround her spear, "I'll return you to your master as a pile of rock dust!"
[20:04] <Kotono> AOOC: Gah.
[20:04] <Kotono> Antenora rocks back with the wound, blood coming from her gouged arm. As energies surround her spear, "I'll return you to your master as a pile of rock dust!" Antenora flies up and back, boots glowing, as she makes a massive charge into the titantic rock!
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +2 bane, +2 FS 8/10, +8 smite, -12 PA)
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge, +2 bane, +2 FS 8/10, +8 smite, -12 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+2d6+108
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+108 and gets 135." [2d8=8, 6][1d6=4][2d6=3, 6]
[20:07] <Kotono> Antenora darts in, spear impaling it's stomach! Black rock falls away, but for all the agony, the creature endures the blow and seems only a little broken and not shattered! The last medium elemental holds in the meanwhile! OOC: Alicia. Holding still?
[20:08] <Alicia> OOC: not holding, casting. I can't interrupt it.
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: /me nods. Okay, Jessica.
[20:09] <Kotono> Jessica holds her position as well, "That's it," she calls, "Break it in two!" OOC: Marie.
[20:10] <Alicia> Since they seem to have it under control, Marie elects to save her last banishing arrow for an emergency and sends a flurry of normal ones at it instead, tiny thundercracks echoing through the cave with each shot!
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 and gets 15." [1d4=1][1d6=6][1d4=4]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4+1d6+1d4
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4+1d6+1d4 and gets 11." [1d4=3][1d6=1][1d4=3]
[20:12] <Kotono> Two more arrows riddle the black rock, more cracks forming over it's body! It is speechless an dsilent as it tries to rip Antenora and the elemental apart further!
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Antenora
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Antenora and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Antenora
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Antenora and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Elemental
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-2 PA) Elemental and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Elemental
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Elemental and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Elemental
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Elemental and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Antenora
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-2 PA) Antenora and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 Antenora
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 Antenora
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+15 Antenora and gets 25." [2d6=6, 4]
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+15 Antenora and gets 26." [2d6=5, 6]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 Elemental
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 Elemental
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+15 Elemental and gets 20." [2d6=3, 2]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 Elemental
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+15 Elemental and gets 18." [2d6=2, 1]
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+15 Elemental and gets 20." [2d6=3, 2]
[20:15] <Kotono> Antenora and the Elemental are wounded several times, blood trickling down from a cut on Antenora's temple. Her hand goes up to wipe it away, as the huge elemental retorts!
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-4 PA)
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-4 PA)
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-4 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=2]
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-4 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 2d10+17
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+17 and gets 21." [2d10=3, 1]
[20:16] <Kotono> Another blow wounds it, as the rear two elementals stand on guard! OOC: Antenora's up.
[20:17] <Kotono> Antenora flies in and out again, boots glowing as she marshalls power into her spear, before charging head long!
[20:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +2 bane, +2 FS 8/10, +8 smite, -14 PA)
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge, +2 bane, +2 FS 8/10, +8 smite, -14 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[20:18] <Kotono> 2d8+1d6+2d6+120 Also 7/10, not 8/10. Dur.
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+120 Also 7/10, not 8/10. Dur. and gets 133." [2d8=6, 2][1d6=2][2d6=1, 2]
[20:20] <Kotono> Antenora charges again, a titanic smashing blow in it's chest! A crater is left from the massive impact, shattering around her spear! But the creature survives, massive blow or not! The last medium elemental holds! OOC: Alicia. Still castin'?
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[20:21] <Kotono> Jessica stays in position, ready and able to interdict if needed! OOC: Marie.
[20:22] <Alicia> Marie lets her last banishing arrow fly out on a wing and a prayer!
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 DC 20 and gets 13." [1d4=3][1d6=4][1d4=3]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on with the normal strikes.
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[20:25] <Kotono> The arrow hits in the shoulder, lines an dcracks running down it's side! IT buckles slightly at it, body starting to fall apart, but still intact! OOC: It's up.
[20:25] <Kotono> With a mindless intensity, it continues it's assaul ton the targets in fron tof it!
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-4 PA) Antenora and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental and gets 27." [1d20=6]
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-4 PA) Elemental and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 2d6+19 Antenora
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+19 Antenora and gets 25." [2d6=5, 1]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 2d6+19 Elemental
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 2d6+19 Elemental
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+19 Elemental and gets 25." [2d6=5, 1]
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 2d6+19 Elemental
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+19 Elemental and gets 27." [2d6=6, 2]
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+19 Elemental and gets 28." [2d6=3, 6]
[20:28] <Kotono> The elemental is rocked back far and hard, devastated, while Antneora gets another scrape! But both still endure! OOC: Huge elemental is up.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-4 PA)
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-4 PA)
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-4 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=14]
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-4 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 4d10+34
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+34 and gets 63." [4d10=10, 7, 7, 5]
[20:29] <Kotono> With twinned blows to it's cratered chest, the black rock triskelion is shattere din half! It's top falls down and away, breaking apart into hunks of rock as it's legs wobble! For a moment it looks like it'll fall over, but the entire defeated mass winks away! OOC: Free act.
[20:29] <Kotono> Antenora starts to jet back, stopping after tne feet. She then calls, "We got it. Tough, but it was mindless and iddn't even try to get around us."
[20:30] <Alicia> "My arrows were useless this time..." Marie deflates, landing on the ground near the portal. "Sorry you two got hurt."
[20:31] <Alicia> "It might have just come back again if it was banished," Alicia commiserates as she continues casting. "This way it's certainly gone for good."
[20:31] <Kotono> Antenora promptly touches herself all over, golden light soothing her wounds. "You did fine. You bought is time, and yes, we know it's defeated now." OOC: +16 HP.
03[20:32] * tai-nebulizer is now known as tai-blrgh
[20:33] <Alicia> "Hey..." Marie pauses a moment, thinking of how it vanished so abruptly when it died, looking for magic in that direction to confirm her hypothesis.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 spellcraft, was it a summon?
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 spellcraft, was it a summon? and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Link me to spellcraft?
[20:41] <Kotono> Antenora goes back to guarding Alicia as Marie works. "What, Marie?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "Well, it didn't leave a corpse, and I can sense fading magic... that means it didn't travel here via a plane-shift or another portal, it was summoned. Twice, even," Marie explains.
06[20:49] * Alicia frowns as she casts. "A creature that powerful? That's some seriously potent conjuration... so which horrible archmage has slipped under our noses this time?"
[20:51] <Kotono> "Who knows? The spectral form of Esthan?" Antenora just shrugs, "Say Marie. Why don't you go fly around in the walls a bit and see if there's anything lurking around?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Because I can't actually see anything when I'm inside walls?" Marie replies. "The elementals have better abilities than I for sensing stuff inside the rock."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Pah." However, at that, one of the elementals wordlessly walks into the wall and vanishes.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Well, if someone is assailing us with summoned monsters, we have a way of dealing with them that works as well as Marie's arrows," Alicia comments, taking the sheathed sword of the sealed gate off her belt and tossing it towards Antenora. "If it had tried to get past you to attack me it might have saved us some time."
[21:04] <Kotono> Antenora catches it in midair, putting her spear away and drawing that. "Understood, Alicia." With that, the work continues. Five hours...six...eight...twelve...the time passes. Fatigue nibbles at Alicia, focusing on her magic. Sixteen hours. Hunger tickles, as well as all of nature's various needs, but she endures. Twenty. Jessica leans on a wall, yawning deeply. Antenora is more stoic, though she hides a yawn on occasion as well. Twenty two
[21:04] <Kotono> Twenty. Jessica leans on a wall, yawning deeply. Antenora is more stoic, though she hides a yawn on occasion as well. Twenty two hours....almost there. Most of the names are called. Almost...twenty three...and then at last, with a final word and calling to the eternal flows of time, Alicia finishes the spell! (More)
[21:06] <Kotono> The portal shakes! Briefly a gleam comes from within! OOC: Make a spot check, Alicia?
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[21:08] <Kotono> There after, the portal turns solid! It looks like solid work, spellfire burning in it and bringing it life!
[21:09] <Kotono> "Well done, Alicia," Antenora approaches, "It looks solid, I think?" Antenora offers a hand to Antenora, "Tired?"
[21:09] <Kotono> Jessica blink-blinks and straightens up, "Oh, it's done? It's -yawn- lovely, Sis!" Jessica speaks around her fatigue.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[21:15] <Alicia> "I'm exhausted, but..." Alicia frowns a bit. "For a second there I saw a symbol manifest in the portal - a six-banded sphere. There were writings on it but it was gone too quickly for me to catch them. Does this ring any bells?" she glances at the large elemental for a moment, checking for evil as she returns her gaze to the portal.
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Antenora arcana
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Antenora arcana and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:19] <Kotono> Antenora snaps her fingers together, "Oh yes, that does sound familiar. I remember hearing it from a commanding Bone Devil - it's the symbol of an old guild of mages. The Black Six. He was summoned by them ages ago."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Really?" Alicia blinks. "Know anything about them? I wonder if they made the portal to start with..."
[21:21] <Kotono> "No, just that fragment. I wasn't supposed to be listening," Antenora whistles, "But idle ears are the Heavens work."
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 has Marie heard of the Black Six?
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 has Marie heard of the Black Six? and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[21:23] <Alicia> "Well, they're surely long gone now, so they shouldn't mind us appropriating their portal," Alicia muses. "But why is it here?" she glances to the elemental again. "Have you seen any structures or crafted objects in your explorations down here?"
[21:24] <Kotono> "No." The elemental answers, "Natural caves only."
[21:25] <Kotono> "Maybe it's a leftover?" Antenora suggests, "If they're long gone, Mystra only knows what they wanted it for in the first place."
[21:26] <Alicia> "Well, I'll take a quick peek on the other side to make sure it's safe - I can plane-shift back if something goes wrong - then we'll go home. I'm going to sleep all day," Alicia swears, stepping up towards the portal.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Likewise," Antenora agrees, "Marie, can you keep watch while we sleep?" Meanwhile, Alicia steps through the portal! (More)
[21:28] <Kotono> Alicia stands in a vast cavern. A circle of stones is what she stands in. About her endless stretches of cavern loom, the air thick and rich with the scent of rock.
[21:29] <Alicia> It's the elemental plane of earth, alright. She looks around, mostly at the stones as the primary landmark of the area, committing them to memory in case she ever needs to use this portal from this end. That done she steps back through.
[21:31] <Kotono> Alicia appears back through without incident. "Any problems?" Antenora asks immediately.
[21:32] <Alicia> "No, seems to work properly, and it definitely looked like the plane of Earth," Alicia shakes her head, turning to the elemental. "You should be able to travel back and forth freely, now. Perhaps you can investigate with allies back home to find out who was behind the triskelion attacks?"
[21:33] <Kotono> "I am curious." The elemental agrees.
[21:34] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Antenora crosses her arms, a slight wince as she does. "There's a fair bit to look at and chew on now. ...well, tomorrow, afte rsleep. Oh, and Alicia...could you touch me and sooth my wounds? I was only able to heal a few of them."
[21:35] <Alicia> "Oh, of course," Alicia nods to Antenora. "Sorry, I would've done it earlier but any loss of focus would've ruined my magic." She steps over and heals Antenora a bit with an infusion of positive energy.
[21:35] <Kotono> "Thanks," Antenora breaks a smile at that.
[21:36] <Kotono> Jessica yawns, "If it's done...can we go home, Sis? I'm going to ruin my days and nights for a few days, but I want to go home and go right ot sleep."
[21:36] <Alicia> "I'll heal you some more once I've replenished my spellfire reserves back home," Alicia promises, also going to heal the large elemental. "I'm going to grab some breakfast/supper in Balmuria, too, before I turn in."
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15 for elemental
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 for elemental and gets 26." [3d8=3, 1, 7]
[21:40] <Kotono> As the elemental heals, "Let's go back home then? Still..six bands and the Dark Six...I wonder...You know, I'm hoping you weren't right now about Ebony, Marie." Antenora almost starts to pace, before sighing.
[21:41] <Alicia> "We can think about it after I've slept," Alicia suggests leadenly, gathering everyone together. "Until next time," she bids the elemental farewell, teleporting the group home.
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 42." [1d100=42]
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 73." [1d100=73]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Where in the caverns, by the by?
[22:00] <Alicia> OOC: by the portal, since I spent most time there
[22:03] <Kotono> Woosh! The three of you appear near the portal. It's quiet at the moment, a single medium sized elemental standing nearby.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Hello," Alicia greets the elemental in Terran. "Have there been any further incidents with Triskelions or other aggressors?"
[22:06] <Kotono> It looks at Alicia, and speaking very slowly, "No."
06[22:08] * Alicia considers it too soon to ask if they've had any leads, but now reassured that they're safe she has nothing else to do here. "Good. I may return in a few days," she tells it, before teleporting their little group home.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[22:08] <Kotono> Once you appear home, Antenora stretches. "So now what?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "Not much we can do at the moment - I'll probably check in on them in a few days to see if they have any leads on who sent that Triskelion at us," Alicia replies. "Otherwise we take things easy and wait on Demedais returning - I'll probably go on a buying trip for the Reveller's Oasis tomorrow, since it's been a couple of weeks since I stocked up on exotics."
[22:11] <Kotono> "I've been wanting to see that," Antenora speaks up, "Oh Marie, you officially own it, don't you?"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Yep. I'm the the mysterious and beautiful but rarely seen owner!" Marie preens as she flutters around Antenora.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Oh, you must love getting to play that role," Antenora watches Marie flutter around.
[22:27] <Alicia> "Eh, it's pretty boring, really," Marie admits, deflating. "The cranky old witch does most of the work around there," she gestures towards Alicia briefly.
[22:29] <Alicia> "I admit, it hasn't taken off quite as I'd hoped," Alicia offers for her part. "If it weren't for me providing a supply of exotic cuisine from the outer planes I think it wouldn't even be able to stay afloat."
[22:39] <Kotono> "Cranky old witch? I don't think Alicia's that old yet." Antenora eyes her, "No, not at all. Shelooks just right. Well, why don't we see how it's doing?"
[22:41] <Alicia> "I use my old lady disguise when I'm there, remember?" Alicia reminds Antenora. "Anyway, you're welcome to come along. They might remember you from when I first bought the place."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Oh. I had forgotten." Antenora rubs the side of her head, "I don't mind, no. I suppose I wondered if you'd gotten to lax with Marie, if she could get away with that sort of comment."
[22:49] <Alicia> "I know she loves me, really," Alicia smiles crookedly, reaching over to tousle Marie's hair. "Besides, I rather enjoy playing the cranky old witch from time to time."
[18:58] <Kotono> --------------------------------------
[19:02] <Kotono> Beat. Every beat of Demedais' heart thumps in time to another pulse. Together they throb together, the veins in his fingers feeling so alive. Images, so many images. A sea of meaningless things, too much for a mind to comprehend. Yet amid it, Demedais feels a great sense of peace and clarity. Each image has a meaning, a point. Long does he speak of them, words forgotten as they tumble forth from his mouth. How long does this go on? It is a qu
[19:02] <Kotono> they tumble forth from his mouth. How long does this go on? It is a question that has no answer to him. The only answer is when at last his hands fall down, away from Uatu. (More)
[19:04] <Kotono> Your eyes blink clear, vision restoring. You stand amid the sharp crystals of Uatu's realm. You are not tired; Demedais feels more awake than he ever has. His mind bulges with images. So many images of things, fleeting away as his hands fall. From mundane places to the extrodinary, from planar depths to the most simple farming patches in Balmuria.
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[19:13] <Kotono> > Beat. Every beat of Demedais' heart thumps in time to another pulse. Together they throb together, the veins in his fingers feeling so alive. Images, so many images. A sea of meaningless things, too much for a mind to comprehend. Yet amid it, Demedais feels a great sense of peace and clarity. Each image has a meaning, a point. Long does he speak of them, words forgotten as they tumble forth from his mouth. How long does this go on? It is a
[19:13] <Kotono> > they tumble forth from his mouth. How long does this go on? It is a question that has no answer to him. The only answer is when at last his hands fall down, away from Uatu. (More)
[19:13] <Kotono> > Your eyes blink clear, vision restoring. You stand amid the sharp crystals of Uatu's realm. You are not tired; Demedais feels more awake than he ever has. His mind bulges with images. So many images of things, fleeting away as his hands fall. From mundane places to the extrodinary, from planar depths to the most simple farming patches in Balmuria.
03[19:13] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
06[19:15] * Demedais exhales softly, hands almost raising again to Uatu before dropping again in acknowledgement. Pausing a second, he looks around for anyone else or any other sign as his mind races.
[19:16] <Kotono> Kneeling behind Demedais are three armored men. Each sprinkles sand onto freshly written words, putting down ink quills.
06[19:18] * Demedais slowly turns to the men, wordless even now as he glances at the papers in confusion.
[19:20] <Kotono> As one, they speak, "It's done. The prophecies are spoken." Gently the books are closed, the armored men standing. "Welcome back to us. We have recorded your words, as instructed by the Almighty Helm."
[19:21] <Demedais> "...I see. So I was speaking, as well." Demedais says softly, before nodding. "Thank you."
[19:22] <Kotono> The third takes his book and presents it to Helm. "These are what you spoke of in the third prophecy. By Helm's dictates, I have recorded every word."
[19:26] <Kotono> *Demedais
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[19:32] <Kotono> <Demedais> "...I see. So I was speaking, as well." Demedais says softly, before nodding. "Thank you."
[19:32] <Kotono> > The third takes his book and presents it to Helm. "These are what you spoke of in the third prophecy. By Helm's dictates, I have recorded every word."
[19:32] <Kotono> > *Demedais
03[19:32] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
06[19:35] * Demedais takes up the book, gingerly. "And the other two are to be placed to Helm's service, then, I assume?"
[19:35] <Kotono> "Yes. This is for you and those bound in duty with you." The three men step back, "By Helm's word, the realm of the living awaits you once more. Return now."
[19:37] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais assents, glancing back over to Uatu in anticipation of those mists once again.
[19:40] <Kotono> As Demedais looks back, a whirl of mists consumes him. He looks not at Uatu, but to the altar of Helm in Balmuria. Before it, Pollyanna kneels in prayer. It is quiet now - the torches signify that it is night, the silence of the resting hours pervading everything.
[19:41] <Demedais> "Then that's that..." Demedais says, quietly, looking at the book.
[19:42] <Kotono> The book has the following engraved in fancy, looping goldleaf on it's leather cover: Let your wisdom speak true to your heart and soul of duty. In wisdom shall come answers and truth!
[19:43] <Demedais> "...Pollyanna. What time is- no, what day is it?"
[19:45] <Kotono> "...Demedais?" Pollyanna rises. She wears simple brown robes as she prays, standing up and staring. With a long, wavering smile, "Thank Helm...you're back!" She darts over to Demedais, wrapping her arms around him. "What do yo umean what day it is?"
[19:47] <Demedais> "I'm asking what day it is because it feels like it's been a long while." Demedais replies with a slight grin of his own. "But yes, I'm back."
[19:48] <Kotono> Looking up to him, "You've been gone quite some time, nearly a month...and you brought a book with you?"
06[19:49] * Demedais nods slightly, glancing to the book again. "I believe it to be a book of prophecy, sanctified by Helm."
[19:49] <Kotono> "Oh!" With a look down to it, Pollyanna detaches, "What's written in it then?"
[19:51] <Demedais> "I... don't remember." Demedais admits, a bit sheepishly. "I was going to start reading it tonight or tomorrow morning - probably later tonight."
[19:53] <Kotono> Nodding, "Do you need anyone for that? Anything I can do for you?" she asks, "The Guard knows you had to leave for awhile and they've been waiting for word on when you return."
[19:54] <Demedais> "I'll have word sent to them that I'm back, yes. And..." Demedais considers, before looking to Pollyanna again. "What time is it, then? Nearing midnight, or past it?"
[19:58] <Kotono> "About 2 AM." Blushing now as she looks away, "Ah...I've been praying a lot for you to come home when it's time."
[20:00] <Demedais> "...thank you, dear." Demedais murmurs softly. "Then... shall we?" OOC: Skip ahead to morning, then? >_>
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. What are you going to do? Read it alone or read it with others or do something else or what?
[20:02] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais will probably look it over once himself after Pollyanna's gone to bed, then read it again with whoever of High Priest/Father Ceiar/Pollyanna/Alicia and associated PCs are around/willing.
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: SR PM for your reading real quick.
[20:04] <Demedais> K
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Sent. Goa head and look it over/poke me when you're good.
[20:14] <Demedais> OOC: Okay, read it.
03[20:18] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:20] <Kotono> The next morning, Father Ceiar, Demedais, Pollyanna and Alicia gather at the Temple of Helm. In a back room away from all the noise and bustle they sit. OOC: It's your stage Deme, so go for it. Also, if you guys are going to invite/ask anyone else along, say so and I'll add them.
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: I'm good
06[20:22] * Alicia arrives, notably lacking her familiar ornate two-bladed on her back, instead having replaced it with a large sheathed falchion on her hip, opposite the other which bears her backup longsword. "Glad to see you again, Demedais," she gives him a smile as she takes a seat.
06[20:25] * Demedais exhales slightly, nodding to Alicia with a slight smile. "Good to be here. Okay, so I read this book of prophecies through once. True to form, it's cryptic; there's only a few things that I can begin to decipher off the top of my head, which is honestly why I'm asking for input."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Wisdom rarely comes in easy meanings," Father Ceiar steeples his hands together, "But it's a real, given prophecy. We must try and puzzle out as much meaning as Helm put into it."
[20:26] <Alicia> "I should've brought Marie - she loves puzzling these things out," Alicia smirks briefly. "Go on, then, I'll let you know if any of it means anything to me."
[20:27] <Kotono> "Maybe you should go get her," Pollyanna still wears robes, "I think Father Ceiar's right, the more knowledge gleamed from it the better."
06[20:28] * Demedais nods slightly. "I can go over some of the more obvious sections while you do that, Alicia, if you think it might be a good idea. Your choice in that."
[20:30] <Alicia> "I can just ask her later on," Alicia shakes her head. "No sense hanging about."
[20:31] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods. "'In each let an aspect of the truth be known.' is what is written on the first page... The second is relatively straightforward."
[20:32] <Demedais> "1.1: Let the words of the Eternal Helm / Reach from highest peak to lowest pit / Knowledge splitting the veil of black ignorance. 1.2: Three and seven are truth imbued numbers / For in three resides the secrets all / And in seven rests phases of revelation 1.3: Impurity of wasteful chaos rests in eight / Malice howling forever is the abode six / Nine is the honeyed serpent in chains"
[20:35] <Kotono> "Numbers?" Pollyanna listens, "That sounds familiar enough."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Numerology was never my strong suit," Alicia shakes her head. "I mean, I know the meaning behind some of them - Nine Layers of Baator, Seven Mounting Heavens... but I don't know if they have a particular meaning here."
[20:36] <Alicia> "I will observe that the portal to the elemental plane of Earth I recently repaired was made by the Black 6, supposedly an ancient cabal of wizards. I don't know if they're still extant, though."
[20:38] <Kotono> "What about eight then? Impurity of wasteful chaos?" Father Ceiar strokes his chin, "If nine is a symbol for Baator...hm. That sounds reasonably enough like it. Seven is revelation...Celestia? Arcadia is close to Celestia, as far as the planes go."
[20:38] <Demedais> "Yes. Nine layers of Hell, wasteful chaos I'd guess connects to demons, and-" Demedias stops, listening to Alicia. "Is that so? We may have to do more looking into that, then... Even if not, we need to know who we can at least trust in this."
06[20:39] * Demedais nods. "My only main question on this one was of the three mentioned..."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Well, what about six then? Malice howling forever? Does it mean those wizards or something else?" Pollyanna just shrugs. "Really not my strong suit, either."
[20:39] <Alicia> "They at least trafficked with devils - that's how I know of them, one of Antenora's old superiors was apparently summoned by them and she recognised the symbol in the portal," Alicia offers. "But she didn't get any details, and neither I nor Marie have ever heard of them."
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 numbers!
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 numbers! and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[20:41] <Kotono> "Well, malice howling speaks poorly for their motives," Father Ceiar shakes his head to that, "It speaks of...well, malice. We've seen malice neough.{"
[20:43] <Demedais> "Hm. Actually, six I recall correlating to the Abyss, which would make eight Limbo." Demedais comments after a moment. "The three still stumps me; I'll make a note of that."
[20:44] <Alicia> "The name is a somewhat intimidating one as well," Alicia nods. "If they still exist then they're likely going to cause problems, but given how rare and limited magic has been until recently, I'm not sure how a powerful arcane order like that could still exist... unless they've perhaps been restrained in the years since magic was more common? They might be undead, for example."
[20:44] <Kotono> "Liches?" Father Ceiar raises his eyebrow at that, "Undead priests or mages who sacrifice life to live forever?"
[20:45] <Alicia> "Something like that, yes," Alicia nods. "It's mere supposition at this stage, though, so I wouldn't go running with the idea."
06[20:46] * Demedais nods slightly. "Shall we continue on to the next section?"
[20:46] <Kotono> "Go on," Father Ceiar agrees.
[20:46] <Alicia> "Please," Alicia invites him to proceed.
[20:47] <Demedais> "2.1: The one who is not one's flesh / Meeting one who is not one's soul / A tear forms in the distant sky 2.2: The lake of tears rests in hallowed / Spaces of today and tomorrow and forever / Where continuation is always and never again 2.3 The bounty of the tear rises high / The question must be answered lest lowest / Fate does take it away forever again"
[20:47] <Kotono> "Hm...the same set as last time. Three lines in each set, seven words in each line, three sets. Three and seven," Father Ceiar continues, "Do all of them keep that pattern?"
[20:48] <Demedais> "Effectively, yes. One does not, but it's easily explained why." Demedais says with a slight nod. "There are also 21 sets - three and seven again."
[20:48] <Kotono> "No idea there," Pollaynna considers, "A lake of tears? Tears are salty, so maybe a salt lake?"
[20:50] <Alicia> "Or it might be more fanciful, a lake where a great battle and much death occured?" Alicia suggests. "But it talks of a tear in the distant sky, and the bounty of the tear, which sounds like it's an object... a jewel or something like that?"
[20:50] <Demedais> "That was the one idea I thought of, which lead me to think south of the desert. This being said... this seems to me to say that we have to figure out some way to save the area lest it be lost. The other option... is that it talks of the Fairest Star, falling into the bay."
[20:51] <Alicia> "I wonder what the question is, then? Without knowing that there's no way we can answer it," Alicia muses.
[20:52] <Kotono> "One who is not one's flesh, and one woh is not one's soul?" Pollyanna shrugs again, "Perhaps it means a body and a soul seperated, or a dead person?"
06[20:53] * Demedais nods. "This was one that I could not decipher. Whether it speaks of the undead angel in the forest, or of the waters... perhaps the question is what will be done with the Fairest Star? I don't know."
[20:54] <Alicia> "Yes, I'm getting the feeling this is going to be one of those prophecies that only makes sense with hindsight," Alicia sighs a little. "Too many of them are like that."
[20:54] <Kotono> "Neither do I." Ceiar just shrugs helplessly, mimicking Pollyanna. "It's a question we don't have the immediate wisdom to answer. Let's move on to the next?"
[20:55] <Kotono> As they talk, the door the room opens. Seira enters in. OOC: Go ahead and intro yourself, Seira?
01[20:56] <Seira> "You were back, I heard," Seira greets Demedais, nodding slightly.
[20:57] <Demedais> "I am, yes. We're discussing a book of prophecies I brought back... I'll catch you up when we decide to take a break." Demedais nods. "This third one is perhaps a bit more transparent, but..."
[20:57] <Demedais> "3.1: In reaches past the rising shine Lathander / Rages Earth's fury unknown to mortal man / Legend of ruination past the sky talons 3.2: People of dust forever knelt defy death / Earth's fury shall slay all who see / It's endless crusade of empty wrath reign 3.3 Only a miracle can change the reality / Fury unbound lest it eternal defy death / From it's shattered pride comes shield magnificent"
[20:58] <Demedais> "...all I can get from it this time is that there's something quite angry to the east, from the reference to Lathander."
01[20:58] <Seira> "Oh, that. I met it."
[20:58] <Kotono> "Really?" Pollyanna turns to Seira, "Explain this one, then!"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Well," Alicia blinks. "That certainly helps a lot. Do go on?"
[20:59] <Demedais> "So... uh, yes, please."
[20:59] <Kotono> "Yes. If you know all the answers to this one," Father Ceiar breaks into a smile, "It will provide insight to how the wisdom of this prophecy is set."
01[21:00] <Seira> "I haven't had time to hit the books, yet, because I had to hit something else, a lot, but there is an utterly enormous beast past the Amaryl mountain range. Its maw alone could bite on Kondrux, I'd say. The people living there call it the Destroyer. They themselves are the Forsaken, and it tries to eat them. I told them I'd save them after I researched the methods for slaying it in detail."
[21:01] <Kotono> "So past the eastern mountains...so the rising shine is the sun rising? Earth's fury...is that the Destroyer?" Pollyanna scratches her head, "Well, the sky talons? The Mountains or something else?"
[21:01] <Alicia> "The mountains do scrape the sky, so it fits," Alicia agrees. "That would make the Forsaken these people of dust?"
06[21:02] * Seira tilts her head. "I guess it might be the legendary tarrasque after all? A miracle is involved in its legend as well." At Alicia's question, she winces. "Them being grey and really lifeless and apathetic due to being preyed upon for so many generations they forgot why it even happened or when could make them people of dust."
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 arcana, tarrasque?
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 arcana, tarrasque? and gets 29." [1d20=15]
01[21:04] <Seira> "Waukeen told me there'd be a reward if I defeated it, so the shattered pride and magnificent shield bit is clear, too."
[21:05] <Kotono> "So it's very much thinking upside down," Father Ceiar smiles to this, "It's like a good riddle. The answer is never the most direct, it's about looking at it and figuring out the implied meaning."
[21:05] <Alicia> "Tarrasque... I've heard legends myself, but I never thought such a creature could be real... my word," Alicia's eyes widen.
01[21:06] <Seira> "It was really the only thing that came to mind as I saw it before me, trashing my beautiful wooden cabin. And once I heard its descriptions...."
[21:07] <Kotono> "How big was it?" Pollyanna asks quietly.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Did you battle it?"
01[21:08] <Seira> "It was nighttime, and I was sleepy and with others. I couldn't place them at risk in that state. But... like I said, it was large. If its maw isn't enough, imagine a walking mountain. The land was spotted with lakes. After exploring one, I realized they were caused by it. Some were originally hills."
[21:09] <Demedais> "...well."
[21:09] <Kotono> "By Helm's Duty...that's...that makes Kondrux a dwarf..." Father Ceiar grasps his holy symbol, "Unbelievable.:"
01[21:09] <Seira> "It defies common sense. That's how enormous it was."
06[21:10] * Seira grimaces. "The Forsaken would mount Crusades every generation to die against it in unbelievable numbers. One such battlesite, a graveyard, now, was miles long and had gained a strong necromantic aura from the amount of dead alone."
[21:11] <Alicia> "According to legend, its a beast capable of destroying entire worlds," Alicia offers. "It could be just as big a threat as Zetsubouko had she remained."
01[21:12] <Seira> "According to the lore of the Forsaken, it is their punishment for some ancient misstep, and it was surrounded by impassable ocean and mountains on all sides. From what I've seen, this is true enough. It is not a threat to us."
[21:13] <Alicia> "How can they live at all with such a beast on their doorsteps, though?" Alicia asks. "They must have ways of hiding from it, or distracting it, surely?"
[21:13] <Kotono> "Those mountains are a barrier?" Pollyanna raises an eyebrow, "You make it sound like they're in place intentionally."
01[21:14] <Seira> "You'll need a bit of background, so I'll start from the beginning to quickly catch you up, alright?"
06[21:16] * Demedais nods slightly. "The more detail we can get on any one of these, the better off I think we are."
01[21:17] <Seira> "Like I said, they believe the Destroyer to be some sort of divine punishment for a sin committed by their ancestors, which could fit with siding with the gnomes much like the sea elves here did, although no records to confirm or deny this remain.
01[21:17] <Seira> As their people were massacred, the remnant were driven off the peninsula onto three islands, and then a saint of some sort saved them. He either erected a barrier to protect them, or had some means of keeping the beast at bay.
01[21:17] <Seira> They've learned that it is impervious to fire and has a frightening presence, while Waukeen has later confided to me that its hide is extremely diffuclt to penetrate with mortal weapons."
06[21:18] * Seira takes a moment, then, and summons an illusion of the beast, with a nearby forest for scale.
[21:19] <Kotono> The forest may as well be matchsticks compared to the overwhelming, gigantic beast that looms over it.
01[21:19] <Seira> "It is extremely fast for its apparent bulk," Seira warns.
[21:20] <Alicia> "Well... at least we then know it either can't swim or simply doesn't care to leave that landmass?" Alicia searches for an upside. "Our weapons might as well be needles to such a beast."
[21:20] <Kotono> "...I pray Helm doesn't expect us to face that!" Pollyanna gasps, "That's...would it even notice us or our weapons?"
01[21:20] <Seira> "It is somehow prevented from that," Seira comments. "Originally, it had the ability to chase the Forsaken to their refuge."
[21:22] <Kotono> "If the Crimson Guard is to fight that one day, you'll need more power than I can comprehend," Father Ceiar admits, "If that scale is right."
[21:22] <Alicia> "Well, we'll have to leave it alone until we have access to the greatest of mortal magic, otherwise we'd just be wasting our time," Alicia points out. "At least we know what this prophecy relates to, though. What's next?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "I had an idea I wanted to try, though I expect it to be to further my research and not put it down for good," Seira admits. "High magic may not be necessary if it bears out."
[21:24] <Alicia> "What's your idea?" Alicia asks curiously.
01[21:27] <Seira> "It is said to have an extremely tough outer shell, so I was curious whether it would be affected by interchangeable, extreme heat and cold much like inanimate objects are." Seira's face darkens. "But that's been placed on hold. Right now, I'm thinking nothing can stand up to orbs, and they have decent range.
01[21:27] <Seira> If we know just how fast it recovers, it would be helpful. The Forsaken said it was instant regeneration, but their highest magic circle is third due to their mass suicide rituals of battling the Destroyer."
06[21:28] * Demedais looks at the beast for a few moments, before rubbing his head. "Right. So the miracle mentioned would be literal, then..."
[21:29] <Alicia> "But even if we were to kill it, it would rise again without a true wish or miracle spell to keep it down," Alicia points out. "So it doesn't matter how much damage we can do without having that to seal the deal."
01[21:29] <Seira> "Or we could plane shift it, right? Somewhere it could keep on dying."
[21:30] <Alicia> "At least according to the legends," she amends. "And plane shifting it sounds highly irresponsible - right now its confined to an area where it's only a threat to the forsaken who deliberately seek it out. If you plane shift it it could end up on anyone's doorstep."
01[21:30] <Seira> "It's not something I'd do lightly, but it's certainly an option, if I can manage a reliable transportation."
[21:30] <Kotono> "Yes...but let's move along for now." Father Ceiar speaks up, "We should not lose sight there are many more prophecies awaiting us."
06[21:30] * Seira shrugs. "To be honest, I thought of beating it up and drowning it really far into the ocean."
[21:31] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia relents. "Demedais?"
06[21:31] * Demedais nods slightly. "Frankly our best bet may be to request a caster capable of using it to aid us, but I digress." With that, he flips over to the next page...
[21:32] <Demedais> "4.1: When at farthest outreaches of the falling / Dominion of the old a stormy Umberlee / Abates her hate and shows the way 4.2: Malice of the dark six waits timeless / Those who forsook all but revelation dark / Tossed essence for a mantle of lies 4.3: Old ways pounce yet in hidden six / The gateway to the Mother's gifts again / Shall open to mortalkind with splendid mercy"
[21:33] <Alicia> "Sounds like something in the sea, obviously enough," Alicia begins to puzzle this one out. "Farthest reaches of the falling could mean the edge of the bay, where the fairest star fell? And we've got a clear reference to the Dark Six as well, so its more and more likely they do still exist in some form."
01[21:34] <Seira> "Maybe a reference to the portal? I'm pretty close to making it operational," Seira voices. "The location would be about right."
[21:35] <Alicia> "Its possible," Alicia nods. "There's a portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth in the mountains that I repaired, and it was apparently made by the Dark Six originally. The one in the bay to the Elemental Plane of Water might well have been made by them as well."
[21:35] <Kotono> "What are the mother's gifts, and what about mercy?" Pollyanna scowls, "If these are some malice filled mages, why mercy?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "Dark Six?" Seira asks for her part.
[21:35] <Demedais> "Possible, yeah." Demedais shrugs. "Mother might refer to the ocean? And... well, the mages might also be dead, thus mercy comes from their abandoned creations. I don't know, this is wild speculation on my part."
[21:35] <Alicia> "Clearly they're guarding over something nice," Alicia tells Pollyanna before explaining for Seira. "An ancient cabal of wizards. Their symbol is a sphere with six bands - it appeared in the portal for a moment as I stabilised it. Antenora says she knew a devil who once mentioned being summoned by them."
[21:37] <Alicia> "Also, we were attacked by a Black Rock Triskelion while I worked on the portal," Alicia explains. "At first I thought it sent by enemies of the earth elementals who had already come through, but it was actually summoned on this end - powerful magic, certainly. Perhaps it was summoned by this Dark Six as they didn't appreciate me interfering with their portal?"
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[21:40] <Kotono> "We should investigate this then. It seems like they could be an active force, and if they are, that makes them a priority. If they struck near those mountains, it means they could strike at Balmuria, too," Pollyanna points out. "Let alone becuase they're powerful magi."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods. "I've asked the elementals to investigate things on their end now that they can travel back and forth freely, and I'll check up on them in a few days to see if they've learned anything."
[21:41] <Demedais> "Especially if fixing the portals will cause their ire to become focused on Balmuria, yes." Demedais nods, before pausing. "I wonder... if there's water and earth, is there also air and fire portals located nearby?"
[21:43] <Alicia> "I wondered that as well," Alicia agrees. "There aren't any volcanoes in this area, are there? That would probably be the most likely place for a portal to the plane of fire. One for air would likely be somewhere high, perhaps at the top of a mountain."
01[21:43] <Seira> "That would logically follow," Seira agrees. "Would be pretty nice. Oh! I know where the fire one would be, if it exists."
01[21:43] <Seira> "It's not a volcano, but we do have quite a lot of lava underneath. I've been planning of taking a dip in it and seeing where it's coming from for a while, now."
[21:44] <Demedais> "...You have fun with that?" Demedais says after a moment of digesting that idea. "It might be there, yes."
[21:44] <Alicia> "That's a good idea," Alicia nods. "I always assumed Mihail merely transmuted or summoned it, but it could be something active that was already there."
[21:44] <Alicia> *conjured rather than summoned
01[21:45] <Seira> "Like how we nudged the portal to the plane of water open, he might've supplied that spark," Seira agrees. "Anyway, I would invite you, but it's bound to be embarrassing so I planned on only having Elle there in case something went wrong."
06[21:46] * Demedais nods slightly. "Right. Next one, then?"
[21:46] <Alicia> "I couldn't survive it, anyway," Alicia shakes her head. "Anyway, without any further leads on this one..."
01[21:47] <Seira> "I'll ask that Roc if he saw something that might indicate an air portal, while I'm at it."
06[21:47] * Demedais nods to Seira, before flipping the page again.
[21:47] <Demedais> "5.1: Lost child will pour lifeblood in darklight / Yet the gleaming will never sink below / The endless march of death's ascension high 5.2: Sterling mercy will not rise that night / Shattered gleaming will lie in mourning repose / Dirge eternal in the darklight that looms 5.3: Every end begets sparks fertile and new / Blessed be the lost child in darklight / One day all will begin once more"
[21:49] <Alicia> "Darklight?" Alicia frowns a little at that oddly contradictory term.
01[21:49] <Seira> "We killed all the Sharrans, didn't we? Twice over, in some case. Right?"
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: any knowledge to figure out what it means or is it just flowery nonsense?
[21:49] <Kotono> "It doesn't make much sense...Sharrans again? I hope not," Pollyanna thinks, "It doesn't ring anyb ells for me."
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Nada.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Lost child...darklight...it sounds something like a cycle of death and birth." Father Ceiar considers it for a goodly time, "The lost child will die but all will begin once more."
[21:50] <Alicia> "It sounds like something circular, what with all beginning once more," Alicia drums her fingers on the table as she puzzles over this one. "The lost chilc pouring lifeblood could be the child being wounded, or the child could be the one doing the wounding."
[21:51] <Demedais> "Sharran worship was what I thought of when I was reading it, but... my honest guess? It's the current Queen or Princess or whichever from Kesse. 'Blessed be the lost child in darklight / One day all will begin once more" seems to imply a second chance or something akin to it, yes."
[21:51] <Demedais> "I suppose I'm putting a positive spin on it due to the line speaking of blessing that child, implying the merit of it."
01[21:52] <Seira> "I'm reasonably--" Seira pauses, hesitating, before shaking her head stubbornly. "As I was saying, I'm reasonably sure she can't be it. The queen is being watched very closely, and while she's not all better, she's moving in the right direction."
[21:53] <Demedais> "Mmm. Then I admit to being uncertain. Darklight seems like a Sharran reference; there's mentions of the moon and stars later so it's not referencing those instead.
[21:54] <Kotono> "If it's not her for the moment, and we're not sure if it is or isn't, then who? Who could be a lost child?" Father Ceiar bows his head, "It must be someone one of us knows of."
01[21:55] <Seira> "Could it be a prophecy about something that has already come to pass?" Seira inquires.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Not necessarily. If it was someone we knew then wouldn't the child be found? Since I don't know any that are currently missing, that means it must be one that has yet to be found," Alicia argues.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Why?" Leaning back as he drums his fingers along the table, "What good is an already solved prophecy?"
01[21:56] <Seira> "To alert us that it might happen again one day?"
[21:56] <Kotono> "...I have an idea, but..." Pollyanna looks down and away, "It doesn't really mesh with what the rest of you are saying. I can think of one very lost child...and I can see why Helm would speak of this one above all."
01[21:56] <Seira> "What, Demedais?"
[21:56] <Kotono> "Oh no!" Blushing at that, "That wasn't who I meant at all!"
[21:56] <Demedais> "I... what are you thinking along the lines of, Seira?" Demedais muses, before glancing to Father Ceiar. "We don't know much of anything about the past, other than a lot of hearsay. It might be illumination toward a notable event?" At this, Demedais turns to Pollyanna. "Hm?"
[21:56] <Kotono> Waving her hands, "I don't mean Demedais is lost or anything like that!"
[21:57] <Alicia> "Well who are you talking about then?" Alicia asks Pollyanna.
[21:57] <Demedais> "I'm usually lost, but it's often the confused sort. Who were you thinking of, initially?"
[21:57] <Kotono> "Well...dark light...darkened light...lost...Torm, maybe?" Pollyanna continues to blush, looking away again.
[21:58] <Alicia> "Wait a minute..." Alicia begins in realisation, nodding as Pollyanna confirms it. "Wasn't Torm the youngest of the Triad?"
06[21:58] * Seira snorts. "What I was thinking might be possible is that it would refer to the events that took place in Kesse, but warn us it was a circle that might come around again," she tells Demedais. "Waukeen told me that they've been warring for the longest of time, and that the state of affairs keeps on repeating, bloodily, without resolution. It could be why this is on my mind."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Both ideas have considerable merit," Father Ceiar nods, "You're correct, I believe, Alicia. I can consult my books to confirm it."
[21:59] <Alicia> "Still, it's fairly obtuse. A reference to fury or hate or honour or something would help to solidify the connection. It just sounds more... maudlin, with the references to dirges and such," Alicia goes on. "I can see it, but its not as strong a connection as it could be."
[22:00] <Demedais> "...That might work, yes. Though using 'child' did throw me off, but yes." Demedais also nods to Seira. "So... both interpretations are possible, and Waukeen has helped with the second interpretation.... mmm. Alright. For now, we've got our two ideas - we can hash them out more as things come to us?"
01[22:00] <Seira> "There could well be others. We should give it time."
06[22:00] * Alicia nods. "Moving on, then?"
06[22:00] * Seira nods herself.
[22:01] <Demedais> "5.1: Lost child will pour lifeblood in darklight / Yet the gleaming will never sink below / The endless march of death's ascension high 5.2: Sterling mercy will not rise that night / Shattered gleaming will lie in mourning repose / Dirge eternal in the darklight that looms 5.3: Every end begets sparks fertile and new / Blessed be the lost child in darklight / One day all will begin once more"
[22:01] <Demedais> OOC: Strike
06[22:01] * Demedais exhales. "And next is the other reason why Torm didn't directly spring to mind."
[22:01] <Demedais> "6.1: Fourfold fury roosts home to bring judgment / The Liar stricken down by true lies / The Truth dies in the last lie 6.2: Noxious fang feasts on the Liar's heart / In tears and sorrow do they smite / Say unto him: 'Woe eternal is yours!' 6.3: A crown of twisting emblems the reward / Fallen and yet rutting in filth bleak / A new throne of tears and lies"
[22:02] <Alicia> "Ah, yes," Alicia nods. "That does indeed ring more familiar. Would the Liar then be Zariel in this case?"
[22:03] <Demedais> "I... it's quite possible, yes? The only other Liar I can think of that this might be is Cyric, but..."
01[22:03] <Seira> "I never thought it was right, what happened," Seira mutters.
[22:04] <Demedais> "Hm?"
[22:04] <Kotono> "We've not had much activity from Cyric," Pollyanna pauses, "But perhaps so. If both of those talk about Torm, perhaps they're intertwined, too?"
[22:04] <Alicia> "It's known that Bel usurped Zariel's place, and unlike the other Lords of the Nine with more unique aspects, he's much like an overgrown Pit Fiend - devils which are known for their poisonous bite, as you'll recall Demedais?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "Just Torm issues. You know."
06[22:04] * Demedais nods.
[22:06] <Kotono> "Anything else on this one, or are we ready to hear th enext?" Father ceiar asks.
06[22:07] * Demedais muses for a moment. "I... can't think of anything directly. So yes."
[22:07] <Alicia> "Wait a moment..." Alicia thinks hard. "From the sounds of it, Zariel yet lives, being devoured by Bel? And 'the truth dies in the last lie'?"
01[22:08] <Seira> "If it means we should rescue Zariel before she's dead, I'm all for it."
[22:09] <Kotono> "If so...would we not need to confront Bel? To face a Lord of the Nine...aren't they the most powerful entities in Hell?" Pollyanna takes this time to shiver, holding herself. "The epitome of cosmic tyrants."
[22:09] <Alicia> "She was once a Lord of the Nine, so that could only cause more problems... on the other hand, it sounds like Torm's redemption rests in the hope of perhaps reconciling those two," Alicia explains. "It's tremendously risky, even leaving aside how difficult it would be to sneak her out from under Bel's watch."
01[22:10] <Seira> "It's difficult now. In a year, that might be a different matter," Seira points out.
[22:11] <Alicia> "Not something we can realistically contemplate with our current resources, though," Alicia concludes. "Moving on, again?"
[22:11] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods.
[22:11] <Demedais> "7.1: In the home of revelation the last / Vestige of the irrelevant yesteryear leaves light / Stateful memories stir the beginning of today 7.2: From three come the answer to seven / Understand well for in three all answers / Are known with the secret third truth 7.3: For the day comes where infinite cries / At last find the sword of justice / To strike back at defilement of soul"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Vestige of the irrelevant yesteryear could be Daa-vid?" Alicia suggests. "As for the rest, though, I'm uncertain."
[22:13] <Kotono> "Maybe, but this one might be important. Three and seven are mentioned again...and it's the seventh prophecy." Ceiar now closes his eyes, "If the numerology means anything here, we should consider it most deeply."
01[22:13] <Seira> "Not to sound arrogant, but can't the three refer to the core of the Guard? We're the ones charged with destroying Daa-vid once and for all."
[22:14] <Alicia> "You could be right, Seira," Alicia agrees. "We're often at the centre of events, and its not overly prideful to say so."
[22:14] <Demedais> "...to strike back at defilement of soul?"
[22:15] <Alicia> "Daa-vid used the power of the fairest star to change himself, make himself into a being more mighty than a god - that could be considered a defilement of his soul, his original nature. Alternatively, was he not known for twisting the souls and minds of others into following him?" Alicia throws out some ideas.
[22:16] <Kotono> "It could be," Pollyanna listens, "He did take after devils."
[22:16] <Alicia> "Although would that make the Sword of Justice Arondaaq?" Alicia adds, frowning. "Not a name I'd use..."
[22:17] <Demedais> "We'll get to the sword later." Demedais notes quietly.
[22:18] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia nods. "If that's all we have on this, shall we proceed to the next?"
[22:19] <Demedais> "... Though, yes, this one seems to center around Balmuria. Let's move on."
06[22:19] * Seira listens attentively.
[22:20] <Demedais> "8.1: Tides of blood shall come as fated / Waves of woe shall come as fated / Shall a stone stay above or below 8.2: What is justice and what is mercy / What is right and what is wrong / What is the truth and what is lies 8.3: There are answers and no resolution / In this nature the worst of mundane / Battles with hope of a single stone"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Perhaps... battles over the Fairest Star?" Alicia suggests. "After defeating Daa-vid it may manifest once more, and many would kill for such power."
[22:23] <Kotono> "Why all the questions?" Pollyanna shrugs, "It's like it's asking us those three questions in the middle and says that the answers don't matter with no resolution?"
01[22:23] <Seira> "I'd think back to Kesse and its neighbors, again, if the stone wasn't important somehow."
[22:24] <Demedais> "The Fairest Star was my guess as well. Why the three middle questions... I confess uncertainty, but perhaps it is a way to say that we should know how to deal with the Fairest Star before we broach that issue."
01[22:25] <Seira> "Let's be frank for a moment. Is there any chance of war with our neighbors, Fairest Star or not? I'm having a hard time seeing it."
[22:26] <Kotono> ""I like the Kesse one more. From all you've said, Kesse is the worst of the mundane." When she says this, Pollyanna looks to Seira.
[22:26] <Demedais> "Perpahs." Demedais muses. "Maybe we should inquire with the people in Kesse about this stone, then...? Or... I don't know."
01[22:27] <Seira> "Waukeen sounded... if not depressed, then resigned, at least. She wasn't sure I could mediate." Seira winces. "It might not mean as much as I thought, but still, the situation can't be that good. I wasn't aware of them having any sort of jewel, gem or rock of significance, however. Might be a good thing to inquire about on my visit."
[22:27] <Alicia> "Above and below could refer to the outer realms, but Pollyanna makes a good point," Alicia agrees. "Although haven't the United Baronies had two wars with one of their neighbours in the space of a decade?"
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yes, but we've won them and the second one was decisive." Father Ceiar speaks up, "With our current resources and position, we could likely win again against Malmuth, if it came to blood."
01[22:28] <Seira> "Ah, yes. I'll be even more frank. We won the latter with help of another neighbor, and the one we fought against has been soundly defeated. Their government is favorable to us, now, and the same is true for the Fiefdoms as well."
[22:28] <Alicia> "Governments can change," Alicia points out. "Wasn't Ferdi's predecessor quite willing to leave the United Baronies well alone?"
01[22:29] <Seira> "He was assassinated by Ferdi. We won't let that happen again."
06[22:30] * Demedais remains quiet for a moment, before, "If there's a stone that is relevant in Kesse or the surrounding areas - metaphorical or literal - I'd be willing to believe that it relates to them. Since we don't know for sure, as of now, shall we continue?"
[22:30] <Alicia> "How?" Alicia asks. "Do we have bodyguards watching the Pasha and Empress at every moment? Perhaps they also stand ready to slip in a knife of their own if either shows signs of becoming less favourably inclined towards us?"
01[22:31] <Seira> "We're cooperating with them on internal threats, since regime changes would not be favorable to us. One can't be one hundred percent certain, and a lone lunatic might always get through, but organized opposition would find it difficult to succeed."
[22:33] <Kotono> "Still...yes, let's continue,"F ather Ceiar agrees, "If it's a question of politics and trust, we'll need to look into them before useful answers come?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "Yes, these are all what ifs. Lets move on," Alicia agrees.
[22:36] <Demedais> "9.1: The enemy to all that lives waits / Patient eternal for the blackness of night / Her name sowing fearful bravery in heart 9.2: Eight and six and nine and seven / Paired in twain once and then thrice / Suzurainty waits in the abode of song 9.3: One who carries the noble and profane / Shall cast the first stone of purity / So that once again the enmity endures"
[22:37] <Kotono> "Shar?" Pollyanna asks right away, "That sounds very direct about it."
[22:38] <Alicia> "Suzurainty?" Alicia repeats, trying to figure out what on earth that means.
[22:38] <Demedais> "The first part, yes. But... then there's the second part - note the seven added in. And then the third..."
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: That should be Suzerainty, I forgot to save after fixing that typo.
[22:39] <Alicia> "Suzerainty?" Alicia repeats, trying to figure out what on earth that means.
[22:40] <Kotono> "Seira, you're the smart one," Pollyanna smiles nicely to her, "What in the world does that word mean?"
01[22:41] <Seira> "Let's say you're the Baronies, and you have a protectorate in Kesse? Then Lord Salman is the Suzerain, and he rules over a Suzerainty."
[22:41] <Kotono> "Oh, like a realm under your protection and rulership. Like the Barony of Valandia, sort of," Nodding to Seira, "So rulership over the abode of song?"
[22:42] <Demedais> "Possibly, yeah. That'd make sense..." Demedais muses. "As much as any of 9.2. and 9.3 do."
01[22:43] <Seira> "Eight and six for evil, nine and seven for good?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Nine's for Baator, so that can't be right," Father Ceiar shakes his head, "Not in that sense."
01[22:43] <Seira> "Maybe it's a one and three division, like later in the verse is implied?"
[22:43] <Alicia> There's no way he could be talking about her little restaurant with the singing and dancing... "What about carrying the noble and the profane? It sounds like an unlikely alliance is involved, somewhere."
01[22:44] <Seira> "Helm himself comes to mind, really."
01[22:44] <Seira> "We never did find out if there was truth in those claims of an understanding with devils, did we?"
[22:45] <Kotono> "Does it mean Helm is going to sing Shar to death?" Pollyanna blurts, before facepalming, "Sorry. What I mean is that if it so obviously invokes Shar and if it then invokes Helm..."
01[22:46] <Seira> "Helm could aid Shar's enemies so that Shar doesn't overtake all?" Seira ventures, shrugging.
[22:46] <Alicia> "Shar is known for singing more than Helm is," Alicia shakes her head. "But this sounds fairly pointless - I mean, the conclusion is that the emnity endures. It doesn't sound like anything gets resolved."
[22:47] <Demedais> "Helm doesn't really fit the second part, though, so..." Demedais shrugs slightly. "I'm uncertain. But song and Shar are somehow related, yes." At Pollyanna's comment, he just grins, but muses. "I'll look into this one further. It's one of the more obscure ones here."
[22:47] <Kotono> "We must be missing this one...let's come back to it," Father Ceiar says, "For all that part of it is obvious, it makes little sense. We must not grasp the proper keys for it."
01[22:47] <Seira> It could also be something simpler, like Neve, but that's not a topic Seira is in any mood to suggest at this time.
06[22:49] * Demedais nods and flips the page.
[22:49] <Demedais> "10.1 Sacrifice of ribbon of red seen once / Master of Destiny grasped twice in vain / Crying out in triumph or deep regret 10.2 None will know and all will see / Or all will know and none see / What lies of the unspoken trinity here 10.3 Yet Time is in the divine forge / Shaped and crafted yet for coming form / Waiting the hope and dreams of one"
[22:50] <Alicia> "I hate these ones that so blatantly contradict themselves. It reeks of covering your rear," Alicia sighs.
[22:51] <Kotono> "What's a ribbon of red seen once?" Father Ceiar asks. "That's what strikes me first. It's something - Alicia." Father Ceiar stops there, "This is holy prophecy. Is it not 'covering your rear!'
[22:51] <Kotono> "
06[22:51] * Seira laughs at Alicia's words, only laughing harder as Father Ceiar chides her.
[22:52] <Alicia> "I'm sorry, Father," Alicia ducks her head apologetically. "Please excuse me, it's just frustrating when a prophecy sets out to allow two entirely contradictory meanings."
[22:53] <Kotono> "It is to draw fourth our wisdom and strengthen us. In the puzzles we gain greater insight and our minds become wiser." His voice is sharp but not too sharp, calming as he finishes the sentence. "We will partake of this, both for knowledge and to grow greater with Helm's gifts."
[22:54] <Kotono> "Ahem. To the point," Pollyanna's voice is soft, "What is that ribbon of red?"
01[22:54] <Seira> "And because it doesn't seal our fate or something grave like that, as a direct, spelled-out prophecy would. That's just depressing."
06[22:54] * Demedais opens his mouth for a moment, seems to consider it, and then just glances back over to the book. "Sacrifice of ribbon of red... Life? Blood? Master of Destiny is capitalized, reads more like a name... Arondaaq?"
01[22:55] <Seira> "Could be, and the grasping it twice bit fits, if we assume we are to use it. What does it actually tell us, though?"
[22:56] <Alicia> "Could be," Alicia nods to Demedais. "I suppose its use would allow both triumph and regret. The unspoken trinity perhaps refers to us, and whichever one of us wields it. But what of 'all knowing and none seeing' or 'all seeing and none knowing'? Or the last three sentences? What do they mean?"
[22:56] <Kotono> "Ultimately, it seems to speak of either weal or woe, and that it will go one way or another. It also mentions Time as the divine forge, shaping 'coming form''."
[22:57] <Demedais> "...it's either speaking of the potential made by using it or the potential of another weapon to be made to surpass it, is my guess."
[22:57] <Demedais> "As for the first parts of the second set, your guess is as good as mine."
[22:57] <Kotono> "Something ot surpass it? Something tha twouldn't kill who used it?" Pollyanna perks up there, "That would be certainly improving it."
01[22:57] <Seira> "Or it could mean gods are about to interfere with our lives, forging our destiny and all. Just saying."
[22:58] <Alicia> "That would be nice," Alicia smiles at Pollyanna's suggestion.
06[22:59] * Demedais considers a bit further, before shrugging. "One more, then we break for a bit?"
[22:59] <Kotono> "Let's move on for now," Father Ceiar says, "And that may be wise, to take time to think and rest."
06[23:00] * Demedais nods, looking down at the next one. After a moment, he glances to Alicia, before reading it.
[23:00] <Demedais> "11.1 Jewel above rests in sea of amethyst / Radiant with opal and diamond alabaster light / Set besides it in relief and glory 11.2 In hand and breath glows eldritch promise / In eye sees paradise won in blood / In both rests fire tested adamantine hardness 11.3 A magic blade that shall never break / The goal is met in full glory / Praise be to the labors finished true"
[23:01] <Kotono> "Gemstones?" Pollyanna smiles, "Amethyst is a purple stone, diamond can be multicolored. I think opal can be, too."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Do we know anyone who uses an adamantine blade?" Alicia asks.
[23:03] <Kotono> "Didn't Kort's blade have that composition? That can't be right, though," Pollyanna just scowls.
[23:03] <Demedais> "We don't, but it just says the blade is magic, and will not break. This is why I brought up the potential for a better blade."
01[23:03] <Seira> "It could surprisingly easy fit Donald, though again, I'm not sure what exactly it's supposed to warn of."
[23:04] <Demedais> "Not a warning, I don't think. This is... guidance. A way to a better method than Arondaaq, I would wager."
01[23:04] <Seira> "I'll keep an eye out for seas of amethyst."
[23:05] <Kotono> "Then let's look at it from the top. Have you known anything made of those three gems that's important, or even some of them?" Pollyanna asks.
01[23:05] <Seira> "I think Demedais's sword requires those as components? Diamond, at least."
[23:06] <Demedais> "It required diamond, yes. But I'm hardly an arcane wizard - else I'd fit, for the most part. That and, well, frankly? Alicia, Seira, you two both fit better aside from that first part."
[23:07] <Alicia> "Well, I don't know of any weapons that could break Hell Striker, now," Alicia admits. "Even the Resorts would fall short against it. Fire tested could refer to how Kossuth changed it. But its certainly not adamantine," Alicia volunteers.
[23:07] <Kotono> "Well, diamond light makes me think of white. Maybe celestials?" With a little thought into it, "There are celestials in Balmuria."
06[23:08] * Seira draws the Resort with a shrug. "It won't break, either, and it's ever-so-pretty. But ultimately, I don't think this one matters as much. Is the next one a dire warning? Those are best."
[23:08] <Demedais> "Possible..." Demedais muses.
[23:09] <Kotono> "That makes me think of Antenora and Latha tne most, then Alicia," Pollyanna looks to Demedais, "If your sword can't be broken now, like adamantine..."
[23:09] <Alicia> "Hmm... remember that soul-sucking stone the devils used in the desert?" Alicia asks.
[23:10] <Demedais> "Somewhat, yeah. Why, Alicia?"
01[23:10] <Seira> "You're using it at your temple now, right? I remember it.
01[23:10] <Seira> "
[23:10] <Alicia> "I think the stones keyed for us where a white diamond for me, a white opal for Latha, and a grey diamond for Antenora. Perhaps those stones have specific reasonance with our natures, so it may hint at another connection?" she hazards.
[23:11] <Kotono> "Opal and diamond...that can't be a coincidence," Father Ceiar nods, "Three of you as well. Three again."
01[23:11] <Seira> "Didn't Antenora's nature change afterwards?" Seira asks dubiously. "And so did yours and even Latha's."
[23:11] <Demedais> "...That... yeah, I believe that's correct. And while it might have changed, yes, perhaps a visit to the outer planes to see if someone could explain that would be of use."
01[23:12] <Seira> "What about amethyst? Did it have it?"
[23:12] <Alicia> "Everyone changes, yes, but as it was keyed to our souls rather than our bodies it may be a more primal and unchanging thing," Alicia replies, thinking. "You were a star ruby, Seira. Demedais was mithral. And Donald was an agate... red and white striped."
[23:13] <Kotono> "WEll, how does a purple gem tie into it?" Pollyanna presses, "Do any of us know anything about purple gems, or a good metaphore for one?"
01[23:14] <Seira> "Alicia's the one to ask about metaphores for Mystra."
06[23:17] * Demedais muses quietly. "All in all, though, I would guess that yes, it refers to you and your companions, Alicia."
[23:18] <Alicia> "It could refer to Selune - a white jewel in the purple sky?" Alicia suggests. "But Mystra does favour amethysts... so that's probably more likely."
[23:19] <Kotono> "A goal met in full glory..." Pollyanna suddenly smiles, "Does that mean that you're going to succeed and ascend, Alicia? Perhaps Helm is telling of your ascension's success?"
[23:20] <Alicia> "Well, I am being groomed for some sort of position in Dweomerheart," Alicia blushes a little, gesturing to one of her wings. "I wouldn't want to presume, though..."
01[23:20] <Seira> "It mentions labors along the way. I'll go out on a limb and assume he means tasks, and not, well, the literal."
[23:21] <Alicia> "Labors finished could refer to dying, of course," Alicia observes. "Lets hope its not that, though."
[23:21] <Kotono> "Yes. But...that is enough for now. Let us meet again a little later to continue?" Father Ceiar proposes.
06[23:21] * Demedais nods, before closing the book. "This seems like a good place to pause and let us think on the ones thus far. Seira, I'll catch you up on the two you missed."
06[23:22] * Seira nods. "I'll need to catch you up, in turn."
[23:22] <Alicia> "I can go get Marie and Antenora to see if they can offer anything?" Alicia suggests as Seira volunteers to update Demedais on recent events.
06[23:22] * Demedais nods. "It'd be appreciated. Didn't think I'd take so long to have this thing written..."
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[19:47] <Kotono> The group gathers once more after having had some time to think things over. This time, Alicia brings along Antenora and Marie as everyone settles in. Breaking the ice, "So you're about halfway through this prophecy?" Antenora asks.
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06[19:49] * Alicia summarised the previous ones en route and now offers, "You can have a look at Demedais' book once we're done to check the exact wording just in case there's anything I didn't cover properly on the way over?"
[19:49] <Kotono> "I will," Antenora sits down and looks to Demedais.
[19:50] <Kotono> Father Ceiar briefly clears his throat, "Ahem. If we're ready to continue, Demedais?"
[19:51] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais says, flipping open to the next one. After a moment, he frowns, but proceeds to read.
[19:51] <Demedais> "12.1 Noble hearts seek the infinite answer six / Darklight brightened with the fairy music summoned / Freeing the echos of tempered divine time 12.2 The kingdom comes in vivid greatness unbound / It shall mark beginning and end equal / A warm breeze and wonderful child's laughter 12.3 A crown of salt and roses woven / worn by the smiling child of life / Shall be more powerful than any blade"
[19:52] <Alicia> "Another reference to darklight and a child?" Alicia comments.
01[19:53] <Seira> "Sorry, I'm slow as I warm up. That's pretty much all I caught, either."
[19:53] <Kotono> "Music, too. Wasn't that mentioned before?" Pollyanna thinks, "A lot of this sounds familiar."
01[19:53] <Seira> "So if we solve a few of the previous riddles, this one becomes clearer?"
[19:54] <Kotono> "Yes. The tenth verses mentioned time in the divine forge, and it mentions tempered divine time there," Antenora's voice is distant, her eyes half closed.
[19:54] <Demedais> "Yes. The 'infinite answer six' is what throws me off - an abyssal reference?" Demedais muses, before glancing to the group. "Should I bring up the other one for cross-comparison?"
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
06[19:55] * Demedais muses, thinking.
[19:56] <Alicia> "Uhh, I have an idea," Marie raise her hand. "I've heard stories, that in the Abyss there's an entire generation of eladrin children who've been trapped and can't ever leave. Sometimes crusades go from Arborea to protect them."
[19:57] <Kotono> "Yes," Father Ceiar nods after some time of comtemplation, "There may be-hm?" With his eyes and weathered gaze settling on the little fairy eladrin, "An entire generation of them, trapped in the Abyss?"
01[19:57] <Seira> "How did that come to be?" Seira asks, appalled.
[19:58] <Demedais> "...Is that so?" Demedais blinks, turning to her. "...then that's likely to be what this refers to..."
[20:01] <Demedais> "...The only question I have is what 'the kingdom' might be."
[20:03] <Alicia> "I don't know all the details, but it happened a very long time ago," Marie explains. "The forces of Arborea attacked the Abyss, and for a time they held the ancient demons there in check. Eventually, though, they were driven back. But towards the end one of the battles one of the oldest Demon Lords tricked someone high up in the Court of Stars."
[20:03] <Alicia> "Because of it, thousands of the youngest eladrin of the time were permanently bound to one of the Abyss's layers. The demon planned to hunt and torture them for food, but a force of eladrin warriors fought their way to the layer to protect the children - and they've been fighting ever since."
[20:03] <Alicia> "I've actually heard rumours, before I got sent down here, that more eladrin have been going there lately than in times past."
[20:04] <Alicia> "Other celestials go as well, actually," she amends. "But it tends to be mostly residents of Arborea, anyway."
01[20:06] <Seira> "If we can't do anything about Bel and Zariel, rescuing a layer of trapped eladrin doesn't seem to be in the near future, either," Seira mutters.
[20:07] <Alicia> "People have been trying for millenia," Marie nods sadly. "They can't ever leave, though, so the best that can be done is to fight off the demons who would prey on them and make their existence as safe and happy as it can be in the Abyss."
[20:07] <Kotono> "If it's lasted this long, it's a solution that's eluded the powerful." Antenora's head is bowed, eyes closed entirely. "Helm is a being of pure law? Then why would he give us knowledge about the eladrin? If we have the potential to free them, and even if we do, why?"
01[20:08] <Seira> "It just means the situation needs a fresh approach, a new idea. But until we can back it up, it'd probably just be depressing to consider it too closely."
[20:08] <Demedais> "...it's not in his nature to let children be harmed, if he can help it." Demedais says softly. "And agreeing with Seira."
[20:09] <Kotono> "Helm values children greatly." Father Ceiar's nod back is crisp, "Any innocent children would be under his protection."
[20:09] <Alicia> "I like to think we're getting objective information about the future, not just that which suits a particular agenda," Alicia remarks. "For now it's beyond us, but who knows what else the future might bring?"
[20:09] <Kotono> "We could make a venture there? Even if we can't solve it's problems, perhaps we'll find more enlightenment with hands on experience?" Pollyanna smiles faintly, "Though if the Abyss is as terrible as the lore says..."
06[20:11] * Demedais nods slightly. "The Abyss will be a gamble to brave, but that fits with much of the rest of what we've seen."
[20:11] <Alicia> "Oh, it's terrible alright," Marie nods, glancing briefly at Alicia, "But that particular layer has been inhabited by good creatures for so long that it's not nearly as bad as anywhere else."
[20:12] <Kotono> "Let's come back to this one," With another clearing of his throat, "There's so much recurring symbolism in this verse that I thin it's important, but that proper illumination of it will come with more understanding of the overall texts."
06[20:12] * Demedais nods. "Alright, then. Everyone ready?"
[20:13] <Alicia> "By all means," Alicia agrees.
06[20:14] * Demedais nods, flips the page, and begins reading.
[20:14] <Demedais> "13.1 Heart frozen in baleful truth poisoned deep / Blade pointing down to the sixfold star / A warrior holds hope to his heart 13.2 The first is the test of immaterial / The second is the trial of material / The last is the ascension of duty 13.3 A pledge is the eternal steel bond / Works reach far in new relevation given / In His memory is all given sanctity"
[20:15] <Kotono> "Helm's nature is showing," Antenora murmurs, "Six again. A sixfold pentagram?"
[20:16] <Alicia> "Truth poisoned deep makes me think of Torm again," Alicia adds in for her own part. "What are these tests, though? And what is the pledge?"
01[20:17] <Seira> "I'm wondering what an ascension of duty might be."
[20:17] <Kotono> "If it's six and Torm, and if Torm's fallen into the Abyss, does all this tie into Torm?" Starting to idly play with a bit of her hair, still bowing her head down in thought, "That I could see Helm being much more direct about."
[20:18] <Demedais> "Is the warrior Eudard?" Demedais postulates, before glancing to Seira. "That, I don't know. It might be an indication of what he will have to commit to... And note that the blade is pointing down to the sixfold star. Weren't we told that he still holds hatred towards devils and demons?"
[20:18] <Kotono> "A test of the immaterial - the soul, the spirit. The material is the flesh, body, earth. The last is a rise of duty." Father Ceiar lists them off, "Perhaps a progression of sorts? Once the soul is sorted out, the body and then actions follow?"
[20:19] <Alicia> "But why devote two prophecies to him?" Alicia asks. "It seems a bit redundant... although you might be right about Eudard, Demedais."
[20:19] <Kotono> "Eudard's soul was certainly disturbed," Pollyanna murmurs, "He seems to have straightend that out...I like that. Maybe it means he'll do a lot to reform Torm's teachings and help his lost worshippers?"
01[20:19] <Seira> "Neither might be about Torm, specifically, but each about a separate follower of his needing our assistance," Seira muses. "That would work."
[20:19] <Demedais> "Possibly, yeah.
[20:21] <Alicia> "The first one felt a lot more direct, although since it possibly dealt with Zariel you could say its referring to a follower, yes," Alicia nods, berating herself a bit for not doing more to follow up on the schism she tried to encourage within Torm's church. "But hasn't Eudard sworn himself to Helm? He seemed especially devout, the last I saw him."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Possibly, yeah." Demedais muses. "And... Yes, he's devoted to Helm, but I think he still sees Torm as an issue he would like to resolve?" Irony, that.
01[20:23] <Seira> "I brought this up before," Seira reminds her. "Not everything said in prophecy has to refer to a future event, does it? Some of them might have already come to pass, as long as the prophecy itself is still of use to us."
06[20:23] * Seira considers. "Like those tests? If there are three of them, the subject of the prophecy might already have experienced one or two."
[20:23] <Alicia> "Maybe you should talk it over with Eudard the next time you see him?" Alicia suggests to Demedais.
06[20:24] * Demedais nods. "I intend to."
[20:26] <Alicia> "So, what's the next one?" Alicia then asks, since they've done all they can on this one.
06[20:26] * Demedais flips over to the next one and reads for a bit, before speaking it.
[20:26] <Demedais> "14.1 One folds into two and into one / The acting defiance of nature strives long / Mirror bright and mirror unyielding bright hue 14.2 What is one cannot two stand opposed / Challenge of the will versus eternal truth / The heritage and duel of all souls 14.3 On the soul of maiden moon shall / The time for one and two to / The endless battle within and answer all"
[20:27] <Alicia> "Sounds like it's leading up to an epic final showdown between Selune and Shar," Marie remarks. "Probably best if we're not around when that happens..."
[20:28] <Kotono> "If it's Shar, she was mentioned before, wasn't she? Which verse was that, Deme?" Shivering again, "Could you repeat it?"
06[20:29] * Demedais nods and flips back.
[20:29] <Demedais> "9.1: The enemy to all that lives waits / Patient eternal for the blackness of night / Her name sowing fearful bravery in heart 9.2: Eight and six and nine and seven / Paired in twain once and then thrice / Suzurainty waits in the abode of song 9.3: One who carries the noble and profane / Shall cast the first stone of purity / So that once again the enmity endures"
[20:29] <Alicia> "I'm not so sure," Alicia puts in. "It sounds more like Selune's an observer or arbiter - nothing else in it rings of Shar. Perhaps it means there'll be a schism in Her church?"
[20:31] <Kotono> "It's...mm." Antenora looks to Marie, "Say Marie. That mentions song again...the abode of song. That sounds kind of elven or eladrin, does it bring anything to mind?"
[20:32] <Demedais> "Hm. 'Challenge of the will versus eternal truth'... That's what gets me. Willpower versus truth?"
[20:32] <Kotono> "It's too vague." Father Ceiar merely thinks, "Like that. What's the eternal truth?"
[20:34] <Alicia> Marie shakes her head. "Lots of people like song. Just saying 'abode of song' isn't very distinctive."
[20:36] <Kotono> "It sounds like a riddle that we can't quite get a foot into it's door." Sourly looking up, "I can't think of anything."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Lets move on, then?" Alicia suggests.
01[20:39] <Seira> "All I've got is too far-fetched to be useful," Seira agrees.
06[20:39] * Demedais nods slightly. "We can always come back to these, so."
[20:40] <Demedais> "15.1 In crust salted by malice and fury / Where globes of crag chant fouled express / Burning blossoms shield Wroth and Negation shaped 15.2 Joy! For light comes to forbidden depths / Excising foul wroth and purging black despair / Yet unto nine there is nine more 15.3 Flesh consumed and ground dust to dust / The dirge is sung by the silken / Snakes forged of darkest paragons heart red"
[20:41] <Kotono> "Nine. Baator." Antenora's voice is heavy like lead, "A crust salted by malice and fury, burning blossoms?"
[20:42] <Demedais> "Yet unto nine there is nine more." Demedais repeats, closing his eyes. "That, I -really- don't like."
[20:42] <Alicia> "Avernus is constantly beset by battle and sporadic firestorms, isn't it?" Alicia agrees. "And I've heard of reference to paragon devils."
[20:42] <Kotono> "Yes. I was thinking of Avernus." Antenora breaks a brief smile to Alicia. "It's also the top of Baator, much like it's upper layer, or crust."
01[20:43] <Seira> "How about Nessus?" Seira asks.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Paragon devils?" Antenora cocks her head to Ailcia, "Where'd you hear that?"
[20:43] <Alicia> "That would be the chewy but not very delicious filling?" Marie suggests.
[20:44] <Demedais> "'Salted by malice and fury'... Don't demons and devils fight continually on Avernus? Salted by their blood?"
[20:44] <Alicia> "Armanzas suggested Esthan might be one," Alicia tells Antenora. "He didn't elaborate on what it means, specifically."
[20:45] <Kotono> "They do," Antenora nods along, "So yes, it's definintely Avernus. The Blood War goes on constantly on Avernus, ran by Bel, Lord of the First. It's also where our favorite outcast devils reside, like Agares."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Who might well be Negation shaped, given his connection with entropy," Alicia puts in.
[20:46] <Kotono> "So we have the first part down." Antenora's face is happy as she smiles at Alicia, eyes sparkling. "So light comes to the forbidden depths of Avernus?"
[20:46] <Kotono> "A paragon...what is that?...but let's get to it in due time, then," Pollyanna just goes along with it, "This is completely out of my experience."
[20:46] <Alicia> "So what's unto nine there is nine more, then?" Alicia asks, not quite as thrilled.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 does Marie know what a paragon devil is?
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 does Marie know what a paragon devil is? and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Antenora will try, sure.
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Antenora will try, sure. and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[20:47] <Demedais> "Yeah, it's worrisome. Especially the third part. Sounds like the advent of light doesn't exactly go well."
[20:49] <Kotono> "We need to find out what those paragons are," Antenora resolves, "Once we do, the rest of it may make more sense. If Armanzas mentioned them, it's surely out there to be learned."
[20:49] <Alicia> "I can check on the gnomish prism later on," Alicia suggests. "Anyway, perhaps the 'nine more' are designated successors or something like that?"
[20:50] <Demedais> "Perhaps. It wouldn't surprise me." Demedais muses.
01[20:50] <Seira> "It would surprise me if there was only one for every opening."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Baator is nothing if not full of betrayal," To this Antenora laughs without much humor, "Perhaps there's going to be another coup on Baator. Perhaps, if we're to free Zariel, we'll play into it or spark it?"
[20:51] <Kotono> *Avernus
[20:51] <Alicia> "Anyway, I think that's all we're going to get on this one for now. Next?" Alicia elects to move on.
[20:51] <Demedais> "Perhaps. And what Seira said." Demedais notes.
06[20:51] * Demedais nods slightly.
06[20:52] * Demedais flips to the next one, and reads it over before frowning and reading it again.
[20:52] <Demedais> "16.1 Sleeper's lost dream days lost beneath motion / Seen once and never again dreamed of / Paired with what was seen and pardoned 16.2 Taken and left behind in the quiet / Ages past and ages forward again now / Slept once more and dreamed of tomorrow 16.3 Dream endless and dream momentary violently collide / Slipping into tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / Verdict elusive and coming at once now"
[20:52] <Kotono> "...." Antenora just shakes her head. "It's in some sort of code. That makes no sense at all."
[20:53] <Alicia> "I've got nothing," Marie shrugs.
[20:53] <Kotono> "All of it's in a code," Pollyanna agrees, "But it means nothing ot me, too. A dreamer?"
01[20:53] <Seira> "Yet more horrible monsters slumbering for ages just to awaken now?"
[20:53] <Kotono> "Any ideas, Demedais?" Father Ceiar looks to him, "Perhaps your wisdom holds an answer?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "It seems to place as much significance on the dreams as on the sleeping, though," Alicia notes. "But... I don't know what that means, though."
[20:54] <Demedais> "Verdict...? Paired with what was seen and pardoned...?" Demedais muses.
01[20:54] <Seira> "Only one I could even remotely see as dreaming endlessly would be Uatu," Seira says with a shrug.
[20:54] <Demedais> "Yeah. That came to me immediately, but parts of it seem off - why would he need pardon, or a verdict?"
[20:55] <Alicia> "And what's with this violent collision of momentary and endless dreams?" Marie asks.
01[20:55] <Seira> "Because he's apparently still learning? It didn't seem to be like he understood the concept of ethics, much less made a conscious choice there."
[20:56] <Demedais> "Seen once and never again dreamed of... Slept once more and dreamed of tomorrow... No, I'm approaching this wrong. Seen once and never again dreamed of, sleep's lost dream days are lost beneath motion...
06[20:58] * Demedais shakes his head. "I'll work on this one, it nags at me. I feel like I should have an idea of what it relates to."
[21:00] <Demedais> "Next, then?"
01[21:00] <Seira> "Go for it."
[21:00] <Alicia> "By all means."
[21:01] <Demedais> "17.1 Guide set in eye of tranquil serenity / The wish of one and two clarion / The reckoning a grand gateway of desire 17.2 Standing alone and bound in chains faithful / A whisper roars into the fundaments sacred / Triumphant at the core of the aubade 17.3 All shall be fated to pass through / Triumph standing for all time in judgment / Guide watching over all as her legacy"
[21:02] <Alicia> "A guide set in the eye of tranquil serenity sounds like Uatu," Alicia remarks. "I always feel serene there, and it's watched over by Helmites, who hold the eye as their symbol."
[21:03] <Kotono> "It's also surely sacred ground to Helm. Fundaments sacred is a fancy way of saying that," Father Ceiar thinks, "So all shall be fated to pass through Uatu?"
[21:03] <Alicia> "I think they know that last part, Alicia," Marie deadpans, glancing at the two resident Helmites and eliciting an embarrassed blush from her mistress.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Since it's 'her', Uatu goes through a gender change?" Seira asks with a snicker.
[21:03] <Demedais> "Yeah. And... the "her" is..." Demedais muses. "Interesting."
[21:03] <Alicia> "I didn't think Uatu had any particular gender, but if 'it' chooses to identify as 'she' then more power to her," Alicia shrugs, collecting herself.
[21:03] <Kotono> "...no. Didn't Shamal find Uatu?" Pollyanna's smile is gone, "Before she...died?"
[21:04] <Demedais> "...This is true, too. Perhaps the two are tied together in some way, now." Demedais also notes.
01[21:04] <Seira> "That's a stretch," Seira states with a scowl.
[21:05] <Alicia> Never having known Shamal, Alicia doesn't feel qualified to comment, and so holds her tongue.
[21:06] <Kotono> "Maybe it is, but..." Pollyanna just shrugs.
[21:07] <Demedais> "... Well. Next, then?" Demedais says into the quiet?
06[21:09] * Alicia nods. "Go on, then."
[21:10] <Demedais> "Three and seven are twenty-one, so we're nearly done..." Demedais muses, flipping the page.
[21:10] <Demedais> "18.1 What sits as the crown to risings / Shall bestride fertility with lucre beyond check / The castle built true stone by stone 18.2 Crown of risings meets river of coals / Swirling mistral races over emerald dotted expanse / Blessed by all four and by three 18.3 Dominion of the old gives dying birth / Hybrid vigor roars from green to white / A planted life for tomorrow's coming sunrise"
[21:12] <Alicia> "For some odd reason I'm compelled to think of the lonely green dragon in the jungle, but that can't be right," Alicia just shakes her head.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Something... from the north?" Seira ventures uncertainly.
[21:13] <Demedais> "Nature, perhaps the jungle; hybrid, death of the old to something new, and a castle built well..."
[21:14] <Kotono> "Lots of money...a castle...hm." With a helpless shrug, "What fits those?"
[21:14] <Demedais> "...maybe Waukeen?"
[21:15] <Kotono> "She does rule money." A short thought to that, "So if it means Waukeen, then what?" Antenora looks right to Seira.
01[21:18] <Seira> "Well, to be honest, I didn't get a Waukeen vibe from this one," Seira admits. "Gold would kind of be essential somewhere, there, I think. If we still look at it, I guess lucre and crowns might sort of fit. A river of lava, planted life for tomorrow and even letting the old die might be tied into my future ventures, but again, it's all pretty sketchy to me. What made you guys think of Waukeen?"
[21:18] <Alicia> "Lucre's the only thing that fits as far as I can tell," Alicia admits.
[21:19] <Kotono> "Likewise. A river of coals sounds like those lava rivers below Balmuria," Antenora points out. "That's all I can think of.:"
01[21:19] <Seira> "Even if it somehow foretold me doing what I plan on doing, which I don't really see myself, I'm not sure what exactly the prophecy would change or accomplish."
[21:19] <Demedais> "Lucre, castle, and crown seemed to point to prosperity to me. But that was my impulse."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Wait, what if it means the United Baronies?" Alicia suggests. "Born of the old Malmuth empire, the emerald dotted expanse could be the bay, the river of coals is the lava as Antenora said... it seems to fit more if we look at it that way. But what does it mean?"
[21:21] <Demedais> "...by the Triad and four portals to the Elemental Planes?"
01[21:21] <Seira> "Helm approves of Balmuria?" Seira asks with a shrug.
01[21:21] <Seira> "Good enough for me."
[21:22] <Demedais> "My only trip is 'from green to white'..."
[21:22] <Alicia> "It doesn't really seem to be warning us about anything, so what's the point of it?" Marie asks. "I mean, who ever comes out with a prophecy that says 'everything will be okay'?"
[21:23] <Kotono> "Maybe it's in the method to it?" Antenora considers, "I mean, swirling mistral? River of coals? Remember how you were thinking about those elemental portals, Alicia?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "If several of the prophecies are tied together, this one might supply clues for another," Seira suggests, but she sounds dubious, herself.
[21:23] <Alicia> "So the air one might be in the sky above the bay," Alicia nods to Antenora.
[21:24] <Demedais> "Perhaps the last part hints to the portal of air, yes." Demedais nods.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Okay, I think that's all we're getting for now. Shall we move on?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "Yes," Father Ceiar says, "Almost there."
06[21:25] * Demedais nods.
[21:26] <Demedais> "19.1 The secret of nine returns to three / Names known and faces obscured deep dark / Misery spreads from every ruler's bleeding smile 19.2 To know three is to know nine / To know nine is to know fate / To know fate is to know hope 19.3 The blade is crafted of today's hope / The armor is made of heart's resolve / The girded sever apart three to nine"
[21:27] <Alicia> "Well, names known makes me think of Esthan's superior," Alicia muses.
[21:29] <Demedais> "There is that... Yet another line that makes me think of forging arms..."
[21:30] <Kotono> "Hm...Faces obscured by names known. That sounds like high ranking devils," Antneora says after some thought.
[21:31] <Demedais> "Yeah. It does... 'The secret of nine returns to three'? The power of the nine returns to three of them?"
01[21:31] <Seira> "Or those freakish fiends whose very name sets you on fire?" Seira suggests, glancing at Alicia.
06[21:31] * Alicia nods to Seira. "Such an easy to pronounce name, too. Its a wonder more people haven't died by accident."
01[21:32] <Seira> "We don't really know more about them, and they're pretty obscure. Could be a possibility."
06[21:33] * Demedais blinks at this, but then nods and scrawls down something on his parchment. "The final part seems to hint as to how to defeat them?"
[21:34] <Alicia> "Blades of hope and armour of resolve sound really nice, but how do they really work?" Marie asks.
06[21:35] * Demedais shrugs. "That, I don't know. We'd probably need to consult with others."
[21:37] <Kotono> "It returns to three..mmmm..." Antenora at last just waves her hand, "I want to think about this one, but later."
[21:37] <Alicia> "Well, lacking anything further, shall we go to the next?"
06[21:38] * Demedais nods.
[21:38] <Demedais> "20.1 Every night is the surface of eternity / Hidden in ignorance yet blessed by Her / Seeded into direst catastrophy and chosen ruin 20.2 When that day comes crown meets guide / Beyond the most blessed body waits truth / Blade to blood and blood to blade 20.3 All gives way for most important day / A ritual and a battle both rages / Settling the final question with an answer"
01[21:39] <Seira> "Crown and guide could be references to those mentioned earlier?" Seira wonders out loud.
[21:40] <Alicia> "If Crown is Balmuria from that earlier one, we need to figure out what Guide is," Alicia agrees. "And who is 'Her'?"
[21:40] <Demedais> "Possibly, yeah. And 'Her'... with the references to night, eternity, ignorance and catastrophe, is it Shar again?"
01[21:41] <Seira> "My, that would make her so popular."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Far too much so," Pollyanna mutters.
[21:42] <Kotono> "Mmmm." After some thought, "We're almost done." Father Ceiar nods, "Let's hear the last one and then start putting the pieces of the various verses together?"
[21:43] <Demedais> "..." Demedais pauses quietly, before closing the book. "Tell the truth, the last one is both surprising and entirely too predictable."
[21:43] <Alicia> "And they all lived happily ever after?" Marie suggests, smiling.
01[21:43] <Seira> "My vote's on the god-king!"
06[21:45] * Demedais shakes his head slightly. "Seira, you got it right earlier; in the end... it comes back to what we have to say when it's all said and done. Section 21 is unwritten, but for a place denoting where to write it in."
[21:45] <Kotono> "What is it?" Father Ceiar leans forward.
[21:47] <Alicia> "So we *can* write that they all lived happily ever after," Alicia concludes with a smile of her own.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora snorts, "An anti-climax."
[21:47] <Demedais> "An anti-climax of sorts, yes, but... "Settling the final question with an answer?" The answer is whatever will be written at the end. That's how I'm reading it, at least."
[21:48] <Alicia> "I prefer to write my own ending, anyway," Alicia tells Antenora cheerily, liking this prophecy best of all.
[21:48] <Kotono> "That's true. The point is that we're going to write our own conclusion to all of this?" Antenora returns that smile to Alicia, "That's the truth at the end of all of this?"
06[21:49] * Demedais mutters under his breath after a moment, sitting down and shaking his head before trying to collect his memories of what all he saw. "I suppose there's no way I'd remember seeing any of this, but of course..."
01[21:49] <Seira> "Don't try to hard. I said it, didn't I? Knowing too much is boring!"
[21:50] <Demedais> "Ah... yes."
[21:52] <Alicia> "I prefer to be trusted to figure things out and do the right thing than to have to try and decipher a half-written guidebook, so I'm fine with that," Alicia nods resolutely. "Anyway, on to other matters. Demedais, we've had some indications that the Winterwight in the jungle may be a long-term threat if left alone,"
[21:52] <Alicia> "so we've decided to deal with it permanently - Kossuth has granted us aid to stymie its most powerful abilities, so it should be within our abilities. Will you be able to take part in battling it? I'd like to go soon now that we're all back together again."
[21:52] <Kotono> "Now then..." Breathing out, "Now that they're all done, which ones are we certain on?" Father Ceiar asks.
01[21:53] <Seira> "I'm only absolutely certain of the one relating the land to the east," Seira tells the priest. "Soon could be tomorrow, as far as I'm concerned, if we can make it," she adds for Alicia.
[21:56] <Kotono> "We got a few of them well figured," Pollyanna considers, "Maybe you're right, Alicia, but there's still guidance here. I'd rather hav ean idea what's coming than going in blind."
06[21:56] * Demedais looks between Alicia and Father Ceiar, before first nodding to Alicia. "I'd want to prepare spells so that weapons can impact it directly, so perhaps tomorrow would be best?" Then, to Father Ceiar, "Hold on.... For the most part, 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 17 and 18 seem clearest for now.
[21:59] <Alicia> "They just makes you second guess yourself," Alicia reasons in reply to Pollyanna. "If we have to do something specific I'd rather be told clearly, or else left to figure things out on my own. Having an incomplete understanding just breeds hesitation as you're left trying to figure out how things fit with some prophecy instead of taking it on its own merits."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I suggest we deal with the winterwight, then return to this?" Antenora looks to everyone, "Once that burden is resolved, we can have some time to try and puzzle out any more pieces of this."
01[22:01] <Seira> "We might as well go over our plan for dealing with it, then."
[22:02] <Kotono> "What is the plan?" Now looking about to Demedais, "We've prepared one for it?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "We've got two advantages, not even counting Kossuth's blessing," Alicia points out. "For one, Antenora's rope can render it corporeal. That coupled with even something as simple as a tanglefoot bag could work very well to keep it tied down."
[22:03] <Alicia> "For another, incorporeal creatures can't manifest within an antimagic field, so that could be used to provide a defence for if anyone has to regroup, and Pollyanna can fire her bow out of it with impunity."
01[22:05] <Seira> "Kossuth would surely approve if I do my best to set it on fire, so that's what I'm going to try," Seira muses. "I'll try to build up my defense magically, too, in case it tries to get past the front line and attack Pollyanna."
[22:06] <Kotono> "I can shoot it. The Resort should work." Pollyanna nods.
06[22:06] * Demedais remains quiet for now, thinking a bit. "As for me, it seems best if I prepare what support I can."
[22:06] <Kotono> "I can rope it and I can also try charging it. It may be best to overwhelm it and have backup plans if that fails. We have s uperior numbers and can choose when to fight it."
[22:07] <Alicia> "Antenora has the most dangerous job, since she has to remain out in the open and keep it tied down with her rope," Alicia adds with an apologetic look to the former erinyes. "As for myself, I've figured out a good system with my new weapon, so I'd stay with Pollyanna inside the antimagic field and flit in and out to attack it hopefully without reprisal."
01[22:08] <Seira> "We could try summoning elementals ahead of time, to provide some buffer," Seira suggests. "Fire ones, since it'd be appropriate?"
[22:08] <Alicia> "Anything works, since they'd merely be distractions," Alicia agrees.
01[22:08] <Seira> "They can aid in defense as well, if need be."
[22:09] <Kotono> "We'll all need to be warded against cold." Antenor abegins, "Magical weapons and heroics would be preferred. The ability to strike incorpreal is vital, even if I tie it. It may not happen and if we're caught in the lurch without it, things could go very bad."
06[22:10] * Demedais nods. "I have a spell that can make a weapon able to hit incorporeal targets; I'll make sure to prepare it."
[22:10] <Alicia> "Demedais said he can handle that," Alicia reminds Antenora. "I can provide protection against cold and other enhancements to improve the power of our attacks."
01[22:10] <Seira> "Like I said, I'll try to avoid the melee altogether, myself. The right sort of magic should harm it just as well."
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d100 to oasis
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 to oasis and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d100 to steel jungle
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 to steel jungle and gets 12." [1d100=12]
06[20:16] * Kotono nods. We'll start when you all are ready.
03[20:18] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[20:18] <Kotono> ----
[20:19] <Kotono> Woosh! The party teleports back to the steel jungle, heading below. The jungles are silent now as you proceed downward. You head into the oozecat laboratory, coming to the closed door that shields the winterwight from the rest of the world. Ahead you, once you open that door, is your objective.
[20:20] <Alicia> Marie is naturally hanging back from everyone so as not to interfere with her antimagic field as Alicia's eyes glow blue and she examines the door to confirm the magical traps on it remain intact.
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5 MI for Anty
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 MI for Anty and gets 7." [1d4=2]
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d10
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10 and gets 10." [1d10=10]
[20:20] <Kotono> The traps on it remain as they were left last time.
[20:20] <Kotono> Antenora is at the ready, almost bouncing up and down on the ground. She's quiet, waiting just behind Alicia.
06[20:21] * Demedais mutters something and begins raising his buff skills; Divine Power and Law Devotion, then Protection Devotion
[20:21] <Demedais> OOC: Strike
[20:21] <Kotono> Pollyanna draws her jeweled bow now, "Everyone ready?" she asks in a soft voice, "Let's not make any mistakes and let it have a chance to hurt any of us. If the fables about it's power are true..."
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 3d6
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d6 and gets 14." [3d6=6, 4, 4]
[20:22] <Alicia> "Agreed. Defence is our priority," Alicia nods. "Seira, do you have Kossuth's relic ready?"
06[20:23] * Demedais nods slightly. "Tell me when we're about to go in, so I may raise my short-term support up."
01[20:24] <Seira> "Got it here with me," Seira confirms belatedly. "Wouldn't leave home without it."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Then let's end this abomination?" Antenora whispers, looking ahead to the door. "Does everyone have the plan straight?"
01[20:25] <Seira> "So, same as last time, I'll open the door and Alicia negates the magical defenses?"
[20:26] <Alicia> "Pollyanna and I stick close to Marie and harry it, you entangle it with your rope to render it vulnerable, Demedais assaults it head on and Seira hits it with spells from range?" Alicia confirms the plan.
06[20:27] * Demedais shrugs. "I get up close, hopefully lock it down in melee as a target. Everyone else disable and pummel it."
01[20:27] <Seira> "Then we're ready, yes," Seira muses, casting an extended Haste upon them all before getting to work.
06[20:28] * Alicia channels a moonbow spell into her falchion, making its silvery highlights glow in stark relief for a moment before fading. "Marie, come up so you can suppress the magic on the doorway," she instructs her familiar, Marie flying up adjacent to the door.
[20:29] <Kotono> Seira opens the door! Ahead lies a room perhaps fifty feet long. It is covered with runes and magical wards, all written in red, crimson and still burning, seemingly living fire. Against the back wall is a shimmering field of force. In the field, chained to the wall with ethereal bonds of silver and cold iron, is a wraith. This wraith is streaked with white and cold. Every second or two ice gushes out, pushing past the sphere! Yet the wards a
[20:29] <Kotono> Every second or two ice gushes out, pushing past the sphere! Yet the wards and magics past it burn hot, pushing the ice back! This repeats every second, as if holding off winter's direst advance.
06[20:30] * Seira sees is as a good time to call upon a shield of fire, preparing for the dispelling of the sphere of force.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Follow me," Marie tells Pollyanna, flying in and positioning herself midway in the room at the right hand side. Alicia enters the room herself in the middle so she can cast spells for the moment...
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 spellcraft on the forcefield - will it need to be disintegrated or will dispel work?
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 spellcraft on the forcefield - will it need to be disintegrated or will dispel work? and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[20:31] <Kotono> Antenora steps into the room, rope in hands and spear on her back. She's ready to fly ahead, hovering just over the ground.
[20:32] <Alicia> "Everyone take positions, I'm ready to bring down the field," Alicia announces, raising a hand as she prepares to cast...
[20:33] <Demedais> "...though I confess that suddenly I wonder if letting Polly just snipe it from here isn't our best option, but..." Demedais moves into position, buffs set as he waits...
[20:33] <Kotono> "Mystra shield us and use us as your weapons..." Antenora preys, eyes narrowed as she peers at the bound winterwight.
[20:33] <Alicia> "It has a forcefield around it?" Marie suggests to Demedais.
06[20:33] * Seira surrounds herself with images, taking up a position sixty feet away.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Room's 50 feet long, that'll put you out of the room. That okay, Seira?
01[20:34] <Seira> OOC: Make it forty feet away
[20:34] <Alicia> With everyone ready, Alicia incants her spell! "By Mystra's will, let the barrier be torn asunder so that Shar and Auril's progeny may meet its end this day!"
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[20:34] <Demedais> "...mmm. Right, brain forgot that was the one thing the arrows likely would not pierce." Demedais shrugs after a moment.
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 greater dispel
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 greater dispel and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[20:35] <Alicia> If that does it, Alicia immediately moves into Marie's antimagic field.
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Let me line before you guys react again.
[20:36] <Kotono> CRACK! Calling on Mystra's will, Alicia shatters the globe of force! In an instant, the chains around it snap into shards of ice! The runes on the floor ice over, an immediate ice age all around you! A black, dead winter engulfs everything! Your vision is taken from you as you fall into an endless abyss of snow...until the world pulses with crimson fire. From Seira a point of intense, otherworldly flame softly warms the room! The dire winter i
[20:36] <Kotono> From Seira a point of intense, otherworldly flame softly warms the room! The dire winter is pushed back, your vision restored! (More)
[20:39] <Kotono> It's face is a dead, ghoslty skull of ice. Black fire dances in it's eyes. It's hands are two foot long claws of black ice, like daggers each. It's mouth is a portal into winter's oblivion-heart, screaming! Faster than you can follow, the winterwight is pouncing at the party! OOC: Init here.
[20:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 kay
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 kay and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Pollyanna
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Pollyanna and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Marie?
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 winterwight
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 winterwight and gets 20." [1d20=4]
03[20:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Seira(15)Demedais(8)'
03[20:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Antenora=Winterwight(20)>Seira(15)>Pollyanna=Marie(14)Demedais(8)'
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
06[20:42] * Alicia flies up out of the antimagic field briefly and hurls Hell Striker down at the onrushing winterwight, her magic causing the flaming blade to arc in a vicious curve that slices through the Wight before returning to her hand as she promptly drops back into the safety of the antimagic field!
03[20:42] * Merc (~k@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 6th level arcane strike, divine might
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 6th level arcane strike, divine might and gets 57." [1d20=17]
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 6th level arcane strike, divine might crit check
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 6th level arcane strike, divine might crit check and gets 54." [1d20=14]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: hit and a crit, you got it flatfooted.
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR for moonbow
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR for moonbow and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Congratulations, you rolled the only number that got it through.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 4d4+58+2d6+1d6+1d8+7d4 weapon damage
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+58+2d6+1d6+1d8+7d4 weapon damage and gets 100." [4d4=4, 1, 4, 2][2d6=4, 5][1d6=1][1d8=3][7d4=2, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 48d6 electricity moonbow damage
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 48d6 electricity moonbow damage and gets 150."]
[20:47] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, swiping into it! Pure lighting dances in it's body, ripping into it's side! The blow would obliterate a mountain as Alicia falls back...yet thew interwight's body is only somewhat torn! A blast of ice comes from it's torn side, freezing the entire left wall solid! With a howling scream, it charges headlong at the closestperson: Demedais!
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 claw touch
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 claw touch and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 claw 2 touch
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 claw 2 touch and gets 49." [1d20=16]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit?
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit? and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 extra claw from haste
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 extra claw from haste and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 skull butt
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 skull butt and gets 45." [1d20=14]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:48] <Demedais> OOC: 35, thanks to Haste.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d6 sonic damage I forgot
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 sonic damage I forgot and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Five claws, a crit claw, a skull butt and it also rends.
[20:51] <Kotono> 21d8+63+2d6+9 and 8 vile and make a fort save, DR applies to the damage seven times(7 total hits.)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 21d8+63+2d6+9 and 8 vile and make a fort save, DR applies to the damage seven times(7 total hits.) and gets 161." [21d8=4, 1, 4, 1, 8, 6, 4, 7, 6, 7, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 4, 2][2d6=5, 4]
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 and I forgot Nightshield, not like it'd help here
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and I forgot Nightshield, not like it'd help here and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[20:55] <Kotono> The beast tears into Demedais with an utter fury! Black fire roars over Demedais' body, burning him frozen! Agony unknown to him before dims his senses, as his very form is charred and frozen at once! OOC: -4 con, Deme. (More)
[20:56] <Kotono> From it's body, a great beam of pure frozen ice stabs forward at Alicia! It impacts into the antimagic field! For terrible moments the field wavers, the ice tickling Alicia's front, almost reaching her! But it is in vain, the magic repelled and fizzled away! OOC: Antenora's up.
[20:57] <Kotono> Flying forward, Antenora flings her rope out at the Winterwight!
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[20:59] <Kotono> The rope flies at the Winterwight, but a black aura flares around it's body! The rope is thrown aside, hitting against the frozen wall! OOC: Seira.
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: hey, I rolled 7d4 instead of 6d4 on my attack. So, uh, -1 damage since that's what the last d4 was
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Also, I forgot the rend damage, Deme.
[21:00] <Kotono> 6d8+13 DR applies
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d8+13 DR applies and gets 34." [6d8=2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 5]
01[21:03] <Seira> "Lagann, support Demedais with FIRE!" Seira commands, and the sentient orb summons fiery elementals around the paladin, hovering protectively. For her part, Seira sends an orb of solidified force the winterwight's way, while mentally commanding it to pause in its tracks!
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d3
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: 3 medium fire elementals are near Deme and boost his AC
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, roll the aid another?
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 orb of force, touch
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 orb of force, touch and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Orb misses, will describe now unless you're using a swift as well.
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+6 aids
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+6 aids and gets 49." [3#1d20+6 = 25, 13, 11]
01[21:05] <Seira> OOC: The swift was a Halt Undead
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: What's the save/DC on it?
01[21:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 SR
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, SR. CL check.
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[21:07] <Kotono> Seira fires an orb of force while commanding it to stop! But even raw force freezes before the winterwight! It turns to a crystalline blue material, crumbling to dust in the air in front of it! OOC: Polly and Marie.
[21:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna readies her arrows, firing them one after another in a rapid volley! "Back, Demedais!"
[21:08] <Alicia> Marie flies up momentarily to get Pollyanna out of the anti-magic field, then immediately descends once the archer has fired.
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 rapid shot
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 rapid shot and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 rapid shot
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 rapid shot and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: Haste
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: She's in the antimagic.
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: see my line
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: See Eb's line
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: so her bracers and stuff apply, too
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Oh. Right-o, also +2 to her rolls.
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 haste
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 haste and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: +1 more for haste. Still only one hit, though.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14+1d6 sonic
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14+1d6 sonic and gets 29." [3d6=3, 4, 4][1d6=4]
[21:10] <Kotono> Pollyanna snaps off arrow after arrow of force! One of them passes through the winterwight's face, howling! Yet pure frost reforms it's skull, only a few cracks left after the wound closes! OOC: Deme.
06[21:16] * Demedais grimaces for a quick moment, before shaking his head against the cold through all his bones. "Just... just kill the damn thing! If it reaches anyone else...!" With that, he lets loose a furious salvo of defensive crosses against the Winterwight, finishing with a sweep intended to keep the undead's claws away as he concentrates himself!
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (-18 CE)
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (-18 CE) and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (-18 CE)
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (-18 CE) and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (-18 CE)
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (-18 CE) and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+11 (-18 CE)
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+11 (-18 CE) and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Isn't CE limited to your BAB?
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Well, improved, anyway.
[21:18] <Demedais> OOC: ...Right. -16, then; BAB is currently improved thanks to Divine Power. +2 to all hits.
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. No hits.
[21:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 (-16 CE)
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 (-16 CE) and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Check that. Crit confirm.
[21:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 (-16 CE) since when can i crit the undead?
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 (-16 CE) since when can i crit the undead? and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Whoops. Damage. Normal hit.
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 2d6+17 whack to the claws
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+17 whack to the claws and gets 20." [2d6=1, 2]
[21:20] <Kotono> Demedais goes on the defensive, every breath leaking black ice from his mouth! He manages to breka on eof it's many dagger-like claws, ice spraying about as he engages the winterwight! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:21] * Alicia flies out of the antimagic field, this time engaging the winterwight in melee to take advantage of the distraction it suffers from so many foes around it, issuing forth a single mighty flaming slash at its neck before she whirls about in midair and falls back!
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+43 divine might, raging, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, flanking, flying
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+43 divine might, raging, 6th and 4th and 3rd level arcane strike, flanking, flying and gets 47." [1d20=4]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 2d4+29+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4+1d8
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+29+2d6+1d6+1d6+13d4+1d8 and gets 90." [2d4=1, 3][2d6=4, 6][1d6=4][1d6=1][13d4=2, 2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4][1d8=7]
[21:23] <Kotono> Alicia manages to hit it again, dragging her sword through! She opens a gash on it's back, the icy spray turning the rear wall into a glacier! As this happens...OOC: Wight is up. Make a fort save, Deme.
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Lucky.
[21:26] <Kotono> Black fire continues to burn and freeze Demedais, but he withstands it for now! The winterwight howls like a frozen storm's whirlwinds! "You are dead..." It hisses, "As for the rest of you, watch as winter eternal comes to claim you!" With that, a transparent door appears ahead of the winterwight, the creature stepping through it and vanishing! As it does, Antenora is charging forward, looking to impale the elusive beast that threw off her rop
[21:26] <Kotono> Antenora is charging forward, looking to impale the elusive beast that threw off her rope!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 heroism, +2 GMW, +2 FS 9/10, +8 smite, +12 ignorance, -15 PA)
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 (+2 charge, +1 flying, +2 heroism, +2 GMW, +2 FS 9/10, +8 smite, +12 ignorance, -15 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=1]
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora is a second too slow! HEr spear passes through the where the wight was just a second ago! A few moments later, you hear a dreadful shattering behind you! OOC: Seira, you're up.
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[21:29] <Alicia> "It's out in the main lab!" Alicia cries, whirling about at the sound of the tinkling glass.
01[21:29] <Seira> "It's only a dimensional door, it can't be far!" Seira calls out, using Waukeen's gift to speed outside!
01[21:30] <Seira> OOC: I'll use the 30ft move to get out and then decide more
[21:31] <Kotono> As the party turns and Seira races outside, they see the lab outside is utterly frozen! Thick sheets of ice cover everything, only retreating around Seira as warmth continues to enaminate from her! The endless glass jars shatter with cold, frozen slime and creatures spraying about like knives of gooey winter! Howling on a terrible tornado of wind, "I will return this world to the oblivion of perfect winter! You will be the first onces to embra
[21:31] <Kotono> "I will return this world to the oblivion of perfect winter! You will be the first onces to embrace the destiny of all Creation!"
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Marie has listen, unlike Alicia
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Marie has listen, unlike Alicia and gets 21." [1d20=15]
06[21:34] * Demedais just tries to heal himself, being unable to do much else other than that and listen at this juncture.
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d4 lesser restore
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 lesser restore and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Seira's not done yet, but listen check noted.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Dry up and die in a fire, freak," Seira mutters, headed towards the stairs at full speed to cut off the monster's retreat, even as her elementals are directed to comb the area.
[21:34] <Alicia> "It's over that way!" Marie points, urging Alicia and Pollyanna to get moving after it and keeping her own pace close to theirs.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: How far did you move, Marie?
[21:35] <Demedais> "It's about 120 feet from you, I think, Seira!"
[21:35] <Alicia> OOC: She won't move until Alicia and Polly do, and isn't it Seira's turn?
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Point. Sorry.
06[21:36] * Seira changes her direction at that, heading into the storm with the Resort drawn!
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: How far can you move with the rest of your move, Seira?
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: 30ft originally, 60ft more traveled, my elementals are going to try and catch up.
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: Oh! Haste. I'll move for 90ft and take a look.
[21:38] <Kotono> Seira approaches ahead, boots letting her pick through the difficult terrain as she hustles! She comes to thirty feet away from the winterwight! It floats in the air, spheres of ice and frozen glass hovering around it's body! Half formed heads of oozecats are frozen in silent agony in this orbit. As Seira approaches, the warmth of her artifact continues to shield and protect her away from the vile winter! Meanwhile, the elementals follow! OOC:
[21:38] <Kotono> protect her away from the vile winter! Meanwhile, the elementals follow! OOC: Polly'n'Marie.
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, anything else?
06[21:38] * Seira lets go of the Resort, and Lagann needs no further invitation to try and stab the winterwight with it!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
[21:38] <Alicia> "Come on, Pollyanna, lets go!" Marie starts flying forward in the direction she heard the wight, urging the archer girl to keep pace with her!
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[21:39] <Kotono> The Resort flies at the winterwight! A block of gooey ice intercepts it, deflecting the Resort away! OOC: Polly'n'Marie now.
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: see my line, Marie can move 60 feet and Polly can double move the same distance, or they can move 30 if that gets Polly close enough to take a shot
01[21:40] <Seira> "You know, that whole returning thing?" Seira asks. "When was it ever in the grasp of endless winter?"
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:40] <Kotono> Pollyanna and Marie hurry ahead, picking through the frozen, shattered ground! Marie's teeth clatter and Pollyanna shivers, as they get close enough for Pollyanna to make a shot!
01[21:40] <Seira> OOC: Elementals have a speed of 50ft, they'll double move for 100
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 3d8+14+1d6 lucky
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+14+1d6 lucky and gets 24." [3d8=2, 3, 4][1d6=1]
[21:42] <Kotono> Pollyanna kneels and fires off a flawless shot! It goes through the chest of the winterwight, it's response to Seira pulsating and rippling! "Your words will be answered in your demise!" OOC: Deme.
[21:43] <Demedais> OOC: did my Lesser Restoration go off or not.
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: You're up now, Deme. You can cast it now if you like. We've still been in init, so no.
06[21:43] * Demedais casts Lesser Restoration and follows the group out slowly, moving 50 feet.
[21:43] <Demedais> OOC: roll again?
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: No need.
[21:44] <Demedais> right.
[21:44] <Kotono> The black fire clings to Demedais, his Restoration doing nothing! The cold in his bones fails to relent at his magic as he continue son! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:45] * Alicia flies after Marie and Pollyanna, passing through the antimagic field to just get in range of the Winterwight and hurling her blade forward on wings of magic to hack into its chest, catching Hell Striker on its return flight and dropping back a few steps into the antimagic field!
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: What's your fly speed, Alicia?
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: 60
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: It's over 120 ft away from you, remember.
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: It was 120ish away from Seira after she moved out of th eroom.
[21:46] <Alicia> OOC: ah, not in range for whirling blade, then, strike my line
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
06[21:47] * Alicia casts a spell to vanish herself from sight, flying after her companions and reappearing as she lands next to the kneeling Pollyanna!
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: greater invis go
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Winterwight.
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: wait!
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: fly speed 90 with haste!
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: although... nah, that's actually not enough
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: nevermind, carry on
[21:48] <Kotono> Around the winterwight, a terrible storm of sleet bursts around it, hiding it from sight! You can't see it at all! OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:49] <Kotono> Antenora stops to go grab her rope, then flies out and begins to catch up with the party! OOC: Seira.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 can I see Alicia?
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 can I see Alicia? and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: No dice.
01[21:51] <Seira> "Thirty feet ahead, ten to the right, use me as reference!" Seira announces, approaching to a distance of thirty feet before breathing golden fire upon the abomination, even as Lagann continues his relentless assault!
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Are you moving into the sleet storm or just in range for your breath to reach?
01[21:52] <Seira> OOC: Is there a sleet storm farther than 15 ft from it?
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: It's outer radius is twenty feet ahead of where it is now.
01[21:52] <Seira> OOC: Okay, let's do it this way....
01[21:53] <Seira> Stopping at her maximum range of thirty feet, Seira breathes golden fire in a wide arc, casting a fireball for good measure, while Lagann attacks!
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 fire+holy
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 fire+holy and gets 54." [8d8=2, 5, 4, 3, 7, 8, 7, 5][2d8=7, 6]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 fireball SR
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 fireball SR and gets 29." [1d20=12]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 Lagann
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 Lagann and gets 23." [1d20=1]
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: My save dc is surely pathetic, but half might go through?
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d4 turns
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 turns and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 ref
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 ref and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:55] <Kotono> Seir abreathes fire into the sleet storm! For a split second, it shows the way ahead! Blazing gold burns into the winterwight, battling his ice for the split second you see it! OOC: Anything else or was that it, Seira?
01[21:56] <Seira> OOC: That's it. Did coming closer with my mystic Kossuth fire drive some of the sleet storm away?
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: You got a split second glance and that was it.
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Marie'n'Polly.
[22:01] <Alicia> Marie helps out Polly by flitting up a moment so she can shoot to full affect before descending to reassert the antimagic.
[22:02] <Kotono> Pollyanna aims and fires off a flurry of arrows at the spot in the storm the winterwight was glimpsed!
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: +1
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[22:03] <Kotono> Pollyanna lets a ripping burst of arrows forth, but none land successfully this time! OOC: Deme.
06[22:04] * Demedais mutters and begins circling around, touching himself to try and heal despite the black fire. OOC: 28 HP, moving to circle around.
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Alicia.
06[22:05] * Alicia flies out of the antimagic field, vanishing as she does so and hurling her sword forward in the direction she briefly glimpsed the winterwight, catching it as it returns and retreating to the antimagic where she reappears!
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 divine might, invis, 6th 4th 3rd level arcane strike
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 divine might, invis, 6th 4th 3rd level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=5]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: it's a line so wouldn't it be certain to hit?
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: we've used this ruling before, but if concealment will be an issue then I'll do something different
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: That's fine then, go ahead.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 2d4+29+2d6+1d6+1d6+1d8+13d4
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+29+2d6+1d6+1d6+1d8+13d4 and gets 89." [2d4=3, 2][2d6=4, 3][1d6=4][1d6=6][1d8=4][13d4=2, 4, 4, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3]
[22:09] <Kotono> Alicia fires into the sleet storm, blade cutting deep into the winterwight...perhaps? It returns, but there is no abatement of the winter! OOC: Winterwight is up, as is Antenora.
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: First, make another fort save, Deme?
[22:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[22:10] <Kotono> The black fire continues to roar around Demedais, it's icy touch devastating him...but again, he holds it off with all his will and might, keeping it's soul chilling energies at bay! OOC: 'wight and Antenora are up.
[22:11] <Demedais> OOC: -2 to the check, actually. forgot.
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Still passed.
[22:11] <Kotono> Antenora glares ahead, "It's...damn, it's gone!" Antenora calls, "Vanished again!" Meanwhile, she flies to Demedais and looks about, healing his wounds. OOC: +16 HP Deme. Seira's up.
01[22:14] <Seira> Since her elementals have caught up, Seira gestures at the sleet storm. "You two, circle around it and search!" To the third one, she commands, "Double back and make sure it didn't retrace its steps!" For her part, she has Lagann retrive his weapon and takes off in yet another direction, towards the stairs.
[22:15] <Kotono> As Seira sends them about and around, you see a gust of glacial air gush down the stairs, frosting them over into an icy trip up!
06[22:15] * Seira redoubles her efforts to go towards the stairs!
01[22:16] <Seira> OOC: Can I run? That'd be 240ft.
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: You can.
01[22:16] <Seira> OOC: 30ft more from Travel
[22:17] <Kotono> Seira runs to the stairs and climbs up them about halfway. The entire stairway is frozen over - no sign of the winterwight immediaty, but it could be on a higher level of the stair and just out in view from your angle. The ice continues above.
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: Anything else or is that it, Seira?
06[22:18] * Seira decides to get up to a higher level as soon as she can, since Dimensional Door can easily travel far greater distances.
[22:19] <Alicia> "To the stairs, lets go Polly!" Marie encourages the archer, starting off in that direction and leaving Alicia behind.
[22:19] <Kotono> The two hurry ahead to the stairs, racing along on the icy ground! OOC: Deme.
06[22:23] * Demedais grunts. "Just go, Antenora. The thing needs to die and it's not like I can catch up with it. They need your mobility." Casting a spell to try and bolster himself, Demedais also moves fifty feet toward the stairs.
[22:23] <Demedais> OOC: Nightshield.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:24] <Kotono> "Understood," Antenora nods briskly, "Don't fall too far behind, in case it teleports behind us all and tries a flanking attack."
06[22:24] * Alicia flies hard and fast towards the stairs and then up them, determined to find and kill the winterwight! She only appears in a brief flicker as she passes Marie, moving too quickly to be properly glimpsed.
[22:24] <Alicia> OOC: 360 feet move if I run
03[22:25] * Ko (~kokokoko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
03[22:25] * Ko is now known as Anastasia
03[22:25] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Anastasia Anastasia
[22:27] <Anastasia> OOC: Fully moving to try and find it, Alicia?
[22:27] <Demedais> "It's not like I'll help much if it does that in this state. Besides, it's trying to spread winter - we're just ants to it, as it seems."
[22:28] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, pretty much. If Seira didn't catch it on her run I'm not going to do any better unless I run as well
[22:28] <Anastasia> Alicia flies up and looks about! She reaches near the top of the stair at the end of her move! The winterwight is just outside of the door to the steel jungle. All around it is ice, frozen over! OOC: Winterwight is up.
[22:29] <Anastasia> The winterwight is torn, it's icy body drifting in and out of definintion. Nonetheless, it makes a snap gesture at Alicia, a cone of cold engulfing her! OOC: Ref.
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[22:30] <Anastasia> roll 15d6 halve this
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 15d6 halve this and gets 62." [15d6=6, 1, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 6, 6, 3, 5, 6, 3]
02[22:30] * Kotono (~kokokoko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:31] <Anastasia> A split second later, the beast charges at Alicia head-long, going to pounce on the mobile paladin!
[22:31] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+33 touch claw MIs, Alicia, and touch AC?
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+33 touch claw MIs, Alicia, and touch AC? and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[22:32] <Anastasia> OOC: Strike
[22:32] <Anastasia> .
[22:33] <Anastasia> OOC: Also, make fort while I figure this out, Deme.
[22:33] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+2 nightshield
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+2 nightshield and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[22:33] <Anastasia> The blight-fire roars once more around Demedais before fading away! His body buckles and staggers in agony as the pains leave him! OOC: -4 more con, but the effect is over.
[22:35] <Anastasia> The winterwight gestures! All around it, a sleetstorm rages! Alicia can barely see anything! Seira finds her vision encased in a raining sleet as well, the entire stairwell now a natural disaster zone! OOC: Antenora.
[22:35] <Anastasia> Antenora flies into the stairway, stopping jus tinto it in the sleet storm! OOC: Seira.
01[22:37] <Seira> 'Let's work together,' Seira mentally tells Lagann, flying ahead carefully while holding onto the Resort.
01[22:37] <Seira> OOC: I'll move 60ft, then 30ft more, then 60ft more, as much as needed for Lagann to catch it
[22:38] <Anastasia> Seira flies upward, Lagann spotting the creature! OOC: You can still make a standard and Lagann can act.
01[22:39] <Seira> Smirking, Seira moves to within fifteen feet and breathes fire in the winterwight's direction, using the brief lull in the storm to try and slam an orb of force in its face, even as Lagann attacks on his own with the Resort!
01[22:39] <Seira> OOC: Travel, swift, standard, works?
[22:39] <Anastasia> OOC: Okay.
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 swift dragon breath
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 swift dragon breath and gets 49." [8d8=7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 1, 6][2d8=2, 6]
[22:40] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+20 ref
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+20 ref and gets 34." [1d20=14]
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 orb of force
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 orb of force and gets 23." [1d20=5]
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 man
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 man and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[22:42] <Anastasia> With that last desperate gush of breath, Seira immolates the winterwight! It's body bursts into flame, screaming out in a howl as it melts! The howling winds cease, a silence overtaking the hall! OOC: Free act.
06[22:42] * Seira gapes, her images needing no input from her to do likewise.
06[22:42] * Alicia slackens her posture a little bit, relaxing as it seems to be over. "You killed it, Seira," she starts to smile slowly.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Deader than a doorknob," Seira affirms, smiling herself. "Go team!"
[22:43] <Anastasia> Calling up, "You slayed it?" Antenora's voice lightens in relief, "Thank Mystra." She then turns around, going over to Demedais. "You going to be alright?"
06[22:44] * Alicia sheathes Hell Striker. "Lets regroup and then hold our end of the bargain towards Kossuth?" she suggests, starting down the stairs.
01[22:44] <Seira> "Get Demedais up to speed, then set things on fire," Seira amends, seeking to heal Demedais first.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 CSW
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 CSW and gets 30." [3d8=4, 5, 6]
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 24." [2d8=7, 7]
[22:44] <Alicia> Demedais gets touched by lots of girls all of a sudden!
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 29." [3d8=8, 5, 1]
[22:46] <Anastasia> Pollyanna goes over to Demedais, touching him in a non healing way. "It didn't get away...let's finish this and go return to Balmuria?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "Are you going to be alright, Demedais?" Alicia asks gently. "I heard that nothing can heal the effect of its blightfire..."
06[22:48] * Seira retrieves Kossuth's fire, still held in a jar, and places it against Demedais's forehead.
01[22:49] <Seira> OOC: I'll drop MI and fire shield for convenience
06[22:50] * Demedais grunts, trying another lesser restoration.
[22:50] <Demedais> roll 1d4
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:51] <Anastasia> It doesn't have any effect on the weakness that fills Demedais' body.
06[22:51] * Demedais shrugs weakly. "Let's go."
01[22:52] <Seira> "Maybe it needs more direct fire," Seira muses. "Demedais, Kossuth won't forget those who did his work today! Don't worry!"
[22:52] <Demedais> "...Let's go."
[22:52] <Anastasia> Pollyanna goes to Deme's side, offering an arm, "Here." She slides up to him, "You look bad. Let's go, I'll help you if you need it, dear?"
[22:52] <Alicia> "We have an obligation to Kossuth, first. After that we'll see... there might be a way that just hasn't been found yet," Alicia tries to console him as they start heading towards the firepits.
[22:54] <Anastasia> The trip to the firepits is without incident. You find the entire compound is frozen over. Every bit you travel through has thick sheets of unmelting ice over it, even the cooled firepits here.
[22:56] <Alicia> "Cast the orb into the pit?" Alicia suggests, peering down. This will surely be quite a show, as Kossuth promised they would bear witness to.
06[22:57] * Seira reverently frees the living flame from its glassy confinement. "Go with Kossuth's blessings, and push back the cold!" she tells it, letting the flame drop into the largest pit.
[22:59] <Anastasia> The flame is cast into the pit! In an instant, a great gush of heat billows up! The ice melts away in a blink of the eye! The pits are now filled with boiling magma and steel, rising up! Amid it, huge beings of pure fire appear, swallowed up by the hot fluid, crafting it into shapes as it gushes up towards you!
06[23:00] * Seira places her faith in Kossuth! Everything happened as he said it would!
[23:01] <Alicia> "It's safe," Alicia affirms, standing resolutely where she is. The Firelord would not betray them after all that has transpired, she is certain.
[23:01] <Anastasia> Antenora starst o react, "Strange...I don't..." She nods to Alicia.
06[23:02] * Demedais stays in place.
[23:03] <Anastasia> The flames roar up around you! The fire does not burn, but it carries you upwards! You are lost in washes of fire, the heat tempering away your wounds, replacing it with fire forged and restored flesh! You find yourselves taken up by the fires, despoited outside safely. You stand outside the lake above the gnomish fortress. Giant T-Rexes are fleeing from it in a panic, while the lake boils as sheets of cooling, forming metal and stone rise
[23:03] <Anastasia> Giant T-Rexes are fleeing from it in a panic, while the lake boils as sheets of cooling, forming metal and stone rise up! OOC: HP restored, stat loss negated.
06[23:04] * Alicia takes a half step back as she looks over the rising metal and stone, wondering what final form this holy site to Kossuth will take.
[23:06] <Anastasia> The lake evaporates away! A foundation of cooling stone rises up, overlapping onto the muddy shores. On this new foundation where the lake was, a vast ziggurat of stone rises up! It is immense, taking up the old lake and the lands around it. Level after level forms, being sof fire appearing and shaping it, crowning corners and edges with decorated steel.
01[23:07] <Seira> Yoshi got out just in time, Seira thinks with a wince. Good thing his treasure went with him, at that.
[23:07] <Anastasia> Pollyanna gapes, trying to speak, and does nothing but watch.
[23:08] <Anastasia> "My..." Antenora watches as well.
[23:08] <Alicia> "Kossuth doesn't do things by half," Alicia smiles faintly as she watches the massive stepped pyramid form where once an abyssal lake sat.
01[23:09] <Seira> "Just what this place needed, really."
[23:11] <Anastasia> The ziggurat reaches high into the sky, over even the jungle canopy. The top layer is crowned by bubbling magma, forming a fluid, melted rock flame that constantly shifts and burns. A voice booms from all about, speaking in words of fire that need no meaning to be understood, "The Cathedral of the Buried Inferno. Let those who worship me find the strength to come here!"
01[23:12] <Seira> "He even has my naming sense," Seira whispers in admiration.
[23:13] <Anastasia> "Beautiful..." Antenora stares out, "...but it's not really our place to be then, is it? It was the price Kossuth asked for, so let him have the land." Turning to Alicia, "Let's return home?"
01[23:13] <Seira> "Wasn't mine to keep or give away to begin with," Seira says with a shrug. "Can't think of a better landlord, though."
06[23:13] * Alicia hopes Serge can make his way here some day. "Indeed. A bargain fairly struck has been honoured," she agrees, gathering everyone around and teleporting back to Balmuria.
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 oasis first
[23:13] <Anastasia> "Infinitely superior to the gnomes," Pollyanna asserts.
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 oasis first and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Balmuria
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Balmuria and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[19:25] <Kotono> ---
[19:27] <Kotono> The dungeons of Balmuria are a quiet place. They have held many people, assassins, enemies and crinimals. This time, a frozen maiden rests in one cell, bound and gagged. Donald looks over Seira's shoulder as they set up, "You know, I'm not sure a Balor could get out of all of this, let alone Neve."
[19:27] <Kotono> "It's far better safe this time!" Amaryl murmurs back, helping Seira out as she works. "Do you want a repeat?"
[19:28] <Kotono> "Well no," Donald watches and whistles a bit, "Oh well, don't mind me then."
01[19:28] <Seira> "I'd work some precautions about dimensional travel, at least, if it were a fiend," Seira mutters. "She wanted overwhelming power? She's going to get what she wants."
[19:29] <Kotono> "Oh yeah, but still." Leaning back against a wall now, resting there as his mithral armor clanks against the stone, "So what are you going to do with her now anyway?"
01[19:30] <Seira> At the last minute, Seira reconsiders and casts the Magic Circle on Donald instead, telling Amaryl to stay near him. "We're about to find out," she says then, casting the healing spell to revive their prisoner.
[19:33] <Kotono> There's barely any sign she awakens. The most obvious is her one surviving good eye blinking once or twice, half open and peering. She then squirms slightly, hitting against the boundaries of the rope that holds her.
01[19:34] <Seira> "As you can tell, I have accepted your unconditional surrender," Seira tells her, but doesn't proceed, merely observing Neve.
[19:34] <Kotono> Neve tries to speak a little, but the gag in her mouth turns it into incoherent murmurings. Her eye opens a little bit, focusing on Seira.
01[19:35] <Seira> "I can pick up on the thoughts you send my way. Speaking, however, is a privelege you currently lack."
[19:37] <Kotono> 'Then what are you going to do with me?' Neve asks coldly in Seira's mind.
01[19:37] <Seira> "I don't know. If I knew that, things would be easier," Seira responds. "Don't resist."
06[19:37] * Seira attempts to cast Detect Thoughts and glance at Neve's.
[19:39] <Kotono> Neve doesn't reply, her good eye just stares up at Seira.
01[19:41] <Seira> "This is good," Seira states emotionlessly. "We understand each other, now."
02[19:42] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@24-247-151-205.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:44] <Kotono> 'And?' Neve asks back.
01[19:45] <Seira> "I know I'm sometimes eclipsed by colossal, incomprehensible monsters in my line of work," she says, not taking her eyes off Neve. "But it should never be forgotten that I rank amongst them. It's a lot more difficult to deny my nature than to just let go once I'm past my breaking point."
[19:46] <Kotono> "She is a dragon, y'know." Donald watches from his place on the wall, "Didja you know that silver dragon who you replaced in that lair? It's something like that."
01[19:47] <Seira> "She had to be killed twice before taking the hint," Seira corrects him.
[19:49] <Kotono> 'I've been dead once before. What are you going to do that's worse?' Neve snaps back.
01[19:54] <Seira> "I believe our problems stem from conflicting mindsets," Seira tells her matter-of-factly. "Normally, it would not be a problem, but you have a problem with honesty. Right now, I know your brave front is a lie."
01[19:54] <Seira> After delivering that statement, she sighs. "I might have been an idiot to trust you, but since I'm not the one whose fate is being decided right now, perhaps it would have been better for you had you been truthful from the start and told me you wanted nothing to do with me."
[19:58] <Kotono> 'Get on with it,' Neve snaps.
01[20:02] <Seira> "You are not in charge. Do not presume to be," Seira cuts her off. "Before we go any further, you will make me understand you. We can't be friends, now. But there was a time I honestly sought that with all my being, to the point of foolishly being willing to toss my life away to save yours. You've cured me of that notion, and now you will enlighten me as to your true nature."
[20:05] <Kotono> 'I am a fey of winter. What else do you want me to tell you?' Neve challenges back.
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01[20:08] <Seira> "And I am a dragon. I am greedy and go around demanding tribute from peasants." Seira's eyes show contempt towards Neve, the same look she saw directed towards her when they faced off. "You are entirely defined by your nature. If I met another fey, she would be exactly like you, down to her behavior. Her experiences in life or undeath would not matter a bit."
06[20:08] * Seira snorts. "I bet she would go by Neve, too."
[20:21] <Kotono> 'What's your point?' Neve asks, one eye staring up at Seira.
01[20:25] <Seira> "I can tell why a fey of the winter would do what you did. But I can't understand why you would follow me like you did, listen to me the way you had time after time, and then make the choice you did."
[20:26] <Kotono> Neve chokes on her gag a little, as chill laughter fills Seira's mind. 'Aren't you supposed to be a mighty, learned wizard? Can't you tell?'
01[20:28] <Seira> "Enlighten me. I insist."
[20:33] <Kotono> 'Why should I treat with a total fool?' Neve answers.
01[20:34] <Seira> "Because you are afraid of death or worse."
01[20:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+41
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+41 and gets 55." [1d20=14]
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: I don't think she can beat that in her current state, so.
[20:50] <Kotono> Neve slinks back, her one eye looking away from Seira. 'I would not treat with a fool. Need I say it again? What fool so misunderstands taking me where your did, or everything after?'
[20:52] <Kotono> Amaryl watches and shakes her head to all of it.
[20:52] <Kotono> Donald's expression has cooled, his eyes on Neve and Seira.
01[20:54] <Seira> "Rather than stupidity, it was a gamble," Seira retorts. "Everyone considered you a threat, and there was a prophecy of sorts that might have implicated you. I disagreed, and wanted to break it with my own hands. Then, you would have been accepted, rather than shunned." She pauses. "But I was wrong about you, and learned a valuable lesson in the process." (more)
06[20:54] * Seira mulls this over, before asking, "So you have been content to see where things lead, but once I took you to visit the unicorns, you've decided I was a fool?"
[20:58] <Kotono> 'What o-of it?' Neve pales, her one eye closing.
01[21:00] <Seira> "Why would you care more about a pair of unicorns than anyone else that crossed your path?"
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[21:04] <Kotono> 'Filthy beasts,' Neve snaps back, only with growing meekness in her voice.
01[21:06] <Seira> "Why didn't you leave, if you believed me a fool you couldn't treat with?" Seira continues, asking her questions dispassionately. "Either by demanding to return, or on your own."
[21:13] <Kotono> 'To think, I had grown to tolerate such a fool!' Neve snaps, 'I even gave you a chance to get away!'
06[21:15] * Seira raises an eyebrow at the outburst. "Only the stong get to say that. Examine our relative situations and tell me who the greater fool is!" Her voice rises momentarily, but she gets it under control with a deep breath. "There is no way we would merely let someone like you go after open hostilities break out like that."
[21:20] <Kotono> 'The strong don't need so much help to win,' Neve retorts, 'T-then what?'
[21:21] <Kotono> Donald takes a step forward,
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC- Gah.
[21:21] <Kotono> Donald takes a step forward, 'Even keel, Seira,' He says.
01[21:26] <Seira> "I've told Amaryl, when I was telling her about you, that we were evenly matched and if we ever fought, it would be difficult to predict who would win," Seira muses. "But now, I can state with certainty that the outcome had been revealed. You couldn't touch me once I came to my senses, and the fate of the battle was decided by my familiar, Lagann." She tilts her head slightly.
01[21:26] <Seira> "Friends are another form of strength, however, and I have tried to teach you that. I tried to become part of your strength with--" Retrieving the feather token, Seira intended to throw it in Neve's face, but merely lets it float down to the ground at Donald's words.
01[21:26] <Seira> "And my final skill was luck. It had deserted you and picked me, decisively. That can be the most important factor of all, and all things even, it decided who deserved to win over the other."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Yeah." Donald cracks his neck there with one hand, "We win because we fight together. It's why we can trample big, scary, single opponents who come after Balmuria...oh, and why those devils are such a pain in the ass."
[21:32] <Kotono> 'So you've won.' Neve sighs, 'I knew you were mighty by what you've done and your battles already.'
01[21:32] <Seira> "Alone, I am above you," she affirms calmly. "Surrounded by my friends, I am an existence that can never be surpassed by a lonely fey of winter." Seira looks like she wants to continue, but instead pauses abruptly. "Neve, what do you think should be done with you?"
[21:33] <Kotono> Donald shakes his head while grins ear to ear. 'Nice,' He tells Seira. 'How do you think she's gonna answer?'
01[21:34] <Seira> 'If I knew the answer to that, I wouldn't need to ask it, while reading her surface thoughts,' Seira responds in his mind, sounding somewhat bleak.
[21:34] <Kotono> 'Return me to my mountain.' Neve answers after a few moments.
01[22:02] <Seira> "I will return you to Amaryl's mountain, and as long as you stay there, you could keep your new, lessened existence," Seira responds, after considering it. "But if you would like to regain some of your former self, I will call on you one dayt. Follow me then, restore my faith in your word, and once I feel it is the only bond you need to prevent you from harming the innocent, the rest will be dismissed."
[22:04] <Kotono> 'What if I refuse?'
01[22:10] <Seira> "As I've said, I will return you to the mountain. If you behave for a year, I will remove the bindings then. Faith is not the only option; observation over time could give me the same result."
[22:15] <Kotono> "Look," Donald goes to kneel by Neve, "Yeah, you did something terrible to us. The entire thing was stupid and most people would've taken your life for it. Seira's giving you a chance to live. Don't screw this one up, Neve."
[22:17] <Kotono> 'Take me to my mountain. If you come to me with a request, I will consider it.' Neve answers.
01[22:20] <Seira> "We're going now. Try not to show Donald and Amaryl how happy you are at this outcome, will you?"
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d100 rest
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 rest and gets 76." [1d100=76]
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d100 mountain
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 mountain and gets 44." [1d100=44]
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d100 rest, again
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 rest, again and gets 98." [1d100=98]
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[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 7." [1d10=7]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 6." [1d10=6]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
[22:35] <Kotono> Woosh! Seira and Amaryl appear in the endless frozen tundra. Immediately the deep chill makes your bones rattle and your lips turn blue! On the horizon, you can see colorful lights dancing in the sky.
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[22:37] <Kotono> You appear in the forest. Ahead of you is an unfamiliar villiage. The air is cool and crisp, the coming winter teased on it.
06[22:38] * Seira shrugs. "Let's go take refuge there, and return home tomorrow?" she suggests, adopting an elven disguise.
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[22:43] <Kotono> Heading into the village, you find that the elves are all gathered in the center of the tree filled city. A banquet is laid out as the elves enjoy, with only one chair at the front of the great banquet table. However, it is empty.
[22:45] <Kotono> "What's going on?" Amaryl murmurs under her breath, "A celebration?"
01[22:46] <Seira> "Could be," Seira agrees, ensuring her scrolls of teleportation are within easy reach, just in case. "Hi," she greets the nearest elf, approaching unobtrusively. "What is the banquet in honor of?"
[22:47] <Kotono> The elf looks ot Seira and then smiles with a nod. "Well, it was going to be a Harvest festival, but we had a heroic traveler pass through so we dedicated it to her. But she left before it even began." With a tsk, "Humans, so impatient."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Ah, the empty chair...I thought so," Amaryl nods, "A human? "
06[22:48] * Seira listens attentively.
[22:50] <Kotono> "Yes. She was so terribly unrefined and humanistic, but she has a good heart. She saved some of the city children from a troll. Imagine, a troll this far into Pallanth! The border rangers let one get past them."
[22:50] <Kotono> "Tsk..." Amaryl shakes her head to that, "Why was she in such a hurry?"
01[22:50] <Seira> "When did she leave, again?" Seira asks the more interesting question.
[22:51] <Kotono> "Several hours ago. She...mmm. She got strange and in a hurry right after Neysa touched her shoulder." With a lithe shrug, "Humans are incomprehensible."
01[22:55] <Seira> "That's strange. We didn't come across her on the way, did we?" Seira asks Amaryl with a light frown. "I don't think so, anyway. What did this human look like?"
[22:57] <Kotono> "She wore a hooded cloak, mostly." The lef shrugs, "I didn't get much of a look at her, I'm afraid. Besides..." With a bit of a long look, "Humans all look the same to me."
01[22:58] <Seira> 'It's fishy,' Seira thinks to Amaryl. 'Trolls and humans out in these parts, much less together? And behavior like that?' Even as she continues smiling to the elf they're subtly interrogating, she adds mentally, 'Should we look into it?'
[23:00] <Kotono> Amaryl bites her lip and thinks. '...do you think...' she begins, 'No. I mean, no. It is suspicious, but trolls do get deeper into Pallanth on occasion. If I talk to the village leader and use my name for authority, they'll investigate it.'
01[23:01] <Seira> 'Do I think what?'
[23:01] <Kotono> '...nothing.' Amaryl weakly smiles, 'Just a habit.'
01[23:05] <Seira> "Could we impose on the village and stay here for the day?" Seira inquires to keep the conversation going, even as she responds with, 'You're right, we don't have to do everything ourselves. While suspicious, it doesn't seem to threaten anyone.'
[23:08] <Kotono> "If you like. Feast," The elf gestures, "There's plenty of food."
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 1d100 Citadel
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 Citadel and gets 18." [1d100=18]
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 1d100 home
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 home and gets 35." [1d100=35]
[19:47] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> ------(Shotgunner Ko)----
[19:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Gathering at Alicia's, Latha and Antenora are prepared and ready. Neither is disguised this time, waiting to go. "Shall I take us or will your ring suffice?" Latha enquires.
[19:50] <Alicia> "You can get us to Ysgard then I'll teleport us near the mountain?" Alicia suggests, likewise undisguised. Nearby Marie pouts at not being invited, but someone has to look after Hugo and Ysgard isn't really an appropriate place for a child in Alicia's opinion.
[19:51] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I'll bring you a souviner," Antenora promises with a smile to Marie, growing a little too much. "It'll be something pleasingly chaotic, perhaps."
[19:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Of course." Latha steps between Antenora and Alicia, "Give me your hands, please."
06[19:52] * Alicia obligingly takes Latha's, giving Marie and Hugo a little wave before she takes Antenora's to complete the circle.
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> At that, reality itself parts ways and bends around the three celestials!
[19:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 5d100
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 5d100 and gets 287." [5d100=81, 8, 47, 71, 80]
[19:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> You appear standing in a snowbank. Chilly winds blow on you as you stand on a mountain's crag, overlooking a vast fjord. Clear, cool air blows through your hair, bracing your skin.
[19:55] <Alicia> "Okay, I'll teleport us just clear of the mountain then we can fly the rest of the way in?" Alicia suggests, looking up at the sky. "Hopefully we won't catch him in the middle of one of those huge battles, but I suppose we could always join in if that's the case?" she concludes, smiling lightly.
[19:56] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "A fight could be enjoyable," Antenora floats just off the ground, "Until someone loses a leg."
06[19:57] * Alicia winces at that particular memory. "Better it happen here than anywhere else, at least," she nods as she teleports the group to the edge of the caldera.
[19:57] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 92." [1d100=92]
[19:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> In a second you appear before the caldera! Ahead of you the mountains stretch up, Antenora taking to wing right away, Latha following.
06[19:59] * Alicia flaps her wings and takes off as well, neither as fast as Latha nor as agile as Antenora, but competent enough in her own right.
[20:02] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The three ascend over the tops of the mountains! Below they can see a vast battle raging! Only a few small chunks of land stay afloat, much of the caldera given over to laval floes in the middle. A few hardy souls on the chunks of land fight and shoot arrows, while hordes of flying warriors do battle. This includes courre eladrin, astral devas, magic propelled sorcerers, and so forth. Above all of it, Strength of Light flies, watchin
[20:03] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Above all of it, Strength of Light flies, watching. As Alicia and company approach, he turns with a big cocky smile. "So you're earl...wait no." He breaks into a bigger grin, "Alicia! Antenora! Latha! So is that Esthan dust under some archdevil's armpit already?"
[20:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Better. He sits in Celestia's judgment." Antenora smiles widely back, hovering a little above and away from him. "Far better. He won't have a chance to become resurgent in the times ahead."
[20:05] <Alicia> "Hello, Strength of Light," Alicia gives him a smile of her own as she flies up to his height. "He was overcome with surprising speed once we were able to catch him by surprise - I never even took a blow to test my newfound resilience. But it's proved its worth against other opponents, at least."
[20:05] <Alicia> "And you were right about where I was heading, too," she adds, gesturing to her white-feathered new limbs.
[20:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I thought so. When you started showing affinity to silver?" With a cross of his arms as he turns away from the carnage below, "How's it like now that you're not quite so human?"
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[20:09] <Alicia> "Flying like this is far more satisfying than floating on magical force alone," Alicia grins as she drops slightly before catching a therma and starting to glide circituously above the battle below. "Beyond that, I'm still very much who I always was. Magic comes easier than before, such is the blessing of Mystra."
[20:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora hovers in place, slowly descending down to Strength of Light. "The process isn't quite complete. Mystra speaks of more for Alicia, but in due time."
[20:12] <Alicia> "Life is constant progress," Alicia shrugs. "The journey goes on for all of us as we rise to new challenges. So, has anything exciting happened in your neck of the woods, besides the constant battles?" she asks conversationally.
[20:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Good for her. And yes, it's all about the journey." Smirking as he looks down, "They're having a fairly good fight down there, but someone's due here in about a half hour to suprise both sides. Besides that, no."
[20:14] <Alicia> "What've you got in mind for the surprise guest?" Alicia asks curiously, eyes scanning the horizon for a moment.
[20:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "An old friend." He pauses a moment as he watches an astral deva and a grappling giant man tumble down into the magma. "Big, scaly, breathes all sorts of things that tend to kill you. A dragon."
[20:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I wonder if Seira just got a chill down her back," Antenora starts to laugh at that, "She's a friend who is very much a dragon-phile, to the point of becoming one."
06[20:18] * Alicia winces at the two taking a lava-dip down below. "I'm familiar with the type," she agrees dryly. "Of course, Seira is more formidable than most real dragons we've encountered, with one or two exceptions."
[20:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Laughing to that, "Yes. The battle will be to see if they can defeat it or it'll clear the side before duskfall. My guess is on the dragon, he usually wins."
[20:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: GAh.
[20:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Laughing to that, "Yes. The battle will be to see if they can defeat it or it'll clear the side before duskfall. My guess is on the dragon, he usually wins." As he looks down, stepping aside of a long, lazy arrow fired too far up, "If she's around as competent as you, I can believe that."
[20:22] <Alicia> "She styles herself after the reds and her breath is hot enough to roast the bones off a Winterwight," Alicia affirms. "Although Kossuth lent us some aid in that battle, it was as terrible a foe as you'd expect if you've heard the stories of their origin. What sort of dragon is your friend?"
[20:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Winterwight...winterwight..." Snapping his fingers, "Sounds familiar. Servants of Auril? But anyway, a giant gold one. Most gold dragons are reserved, but this one fits right in with eladrin. I'd say he has some bronze or brass in him."
[20:26] <Alicia> "Undead monstrosities born of Auril's blood from when she was maimed by Shar," Alicia explains briefly before she goes on, always enjoying an excuse to talk shop about legendary creatures she has firsthand experience with.
[20:26] <Alicia> "I've found that trying to group dragons by colour doesn't work nearly as well as the stories imply. There's a reserved but somewhat pleasant Red one living near our home, then there was that psychotic Silver obsessed with death and disease..."
[20:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It depends. They're not outsiders and made of evil or good or law or chaos. They're living beings. Incredibly powerful ones, but still living beings. So it's not a perfect rule." Strength of Light furrows his brow, "But you know, if we're going to discuss this, why don't we go down and get comfortable in the tents. The dragon knows what to do if I'm busy when he gets here."
[20:30] <Alicia> "If you like," Alicia agrees pleasantly. "We really just came to thank you and let you know Esthan was beaten, but there's no harm in staying a while."
[20:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> You soon end up in Strength of Light's tent. The four of you have a piping hot meal in front of you, roast meat and gold and silver fruits. A thick, glowing white mead fills your cups. "To victory," Strength of Light raises his cup up and then takes a deep drink of his glass. Wiping his lips with the back of his arm, "You'll find this very palatable to you now. It's a form of fermented, distilled joy; ambrosia."
[20:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> It's a form of fermented, distilled joy; ambrosia."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Who needs barley and hops?" Alicia shakes her head wonderingly as she takes her own mug and swigs from it. Hopefully it won't cause her any trouble like the local fruit did...
[20:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> It reallyd oesn't have any taste besides a faint sweetness. However, Alicia finds a smile growing on her face. A peaceful joy fills her body, radiating with a strong, alcoholic hit into her. She relives her most beautiful memories in a moment, bringing light into her. Antenora takes a few sips, eyes going wide. Latha just smiles demurely and drinks her own, almost starting to laugh, but holding herself in check.
[20:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> almost starting to laugh, but holding herself in check.
[20:39] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I would've offered before, but living, impure mortals drinking this isn't such a good idea. It can effect them in all sorts of unanticipated ways." Draining his glass down, "It's like getting drunk on happiness, and there's no feeling of ill in the morning. It's drank in Ysgard in celebration of great victories over evil."
[20:40] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes widen a bit herself, a sappy smile on her lips. "I can see how it could be addictive," she agrees, trying and failing to wipe the grin off her face. "My familiar warned me off staying too long in Elysium for similar reasons. Anyway, I suppose we've had a good enough string of recent victories to deserve this."
[20:41] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora drains down her own glass, laughing. It's a pure, innocent laugh, shaking her from her very core inside. "We have. Oh Mystra, this is incredible."
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "We don't ferment it in Celestia, but we do sup on it in ceremonies and celebrations. It bolsters the spirit and wipes away pain. A mortal who drinks too strong a draught may become instantly addicted. For us, it's a balm and a strenghening, nothing more."
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Latha puts down her glass about three-quarters empty.
[20:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Taking out a golden carafe, Strength of Light refills glasses. "You've earned it. Now then, why don't we eat and you tell us how you kicked Esthan's scaled ass from here to Celestia?"
06[20:46] * Alicia takes another gulp before putting down her mug. "I think I still have one foot in the mortal world, so going easy might be advisable," she laughs a bit. "He sent a lesser devil to attack us," she explains in answer to the question, "Only that devil knew a suicide mission when he saw one, so he offered to instead tell us where we could catch Esthan."
[20:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Save a little int hat. Marie should have some. It'll make the perfect souvenir," Antenora starts drinking down her second glass, laughing and smiling wide. Her eyes glitter with happiness, "She can sit on Alicia's head and tell us stories about all she's done for fun in Dweomerheart."
[20:46] <Alicia> "That's a great idea, Antenora!" Alicia nods quickly. "She'd love it. We could give some to Hugo as well."
[20:47] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Ah, diabolical double-crosses." Now grabbing some fruit to eat as he listens, "That's fine, I have more. Just don't let anyone who can't handle it drink any."
[20:48] <Alicia> "Anyway," Alicia nods, returning to the story, "The cornugon told us we could find Esthan in an elven village. We went there in disguise and split up to look for him, since we didn't know if he was already there or would arrive later - we only had a rough time-frame to work with. But Latha and Antenora found him in an inn's common room, using the same human disguise he always used."
[20:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Arrogance. So...was it a triple-cross?" LIstening now to Alicia, Strength of Light is mostly quiet besides eating.
06[20:54] * Alicia shakes her head, her smile slipping a bit. "No, he was completely unaware. Unfortunately I must confess I didn't handle what came next perfectly. He was sat at one edge of the room with two elves - I assumed they were unwitting dupes of his, and would likely be hostages in a battle."
[20:54] <Alicia> "So I quickly erected a wall of force to cut him off from his companions and everyone else, while our group teleported in to attack. Esthan was caught completely by surprise and did fall quickly to our combined attack."
[20:54] <Alicia> "Unfortunately his two companions turned out to be disguised gelugon, and murdered several of the inn's patrons before they fled."
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora sighs a little at that, drinking more of her ambrosia, getting a refill. Strength of Light murmurs words of Celestial, "Rest them well. Devils have no compunctions for incidental deaths when it suits them...or just to make you feel guilty afterwards."
06[20:56] * Alicia nods, taking another drink that puts a wan smile on her lips. "Esthan loved doing that, yes. No matter what he did, he'd always talk as if it was our fault and not his, for not capitulating to his demands."
[20:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Esthan knew how to hurt us too well. Even his own kind." Latha relents and takes another drink of her ambrosia. "The fact that we find pause even in telling the story is a grim testament to him."
[21:00] <Alicia> A deeper swig of the ambrosia puts a brighter smile on Alicia's lips as she concludes, "Of course, he's now enjoying Celestia's finest hospitality, and won't ever be a threat to anyone again," she puts the final stamp on his story.
[21:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Cheers!" After refilling glasses again and draining his own down, Strength of Light sighs contentidly. Outside, you hear a loud roar, which makes him laugh. "Ah, he's here. Good, good. The dragon is here, Esthan's in Celestia and we have plenty of ambrosia. All is right in Ysgard."
[21:02] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora smiles and rocks back and forth, "Putting him in Celestia is a happy enough memory...but it doesn't compare to happier memories I have."
[21:04] <Alicia> "Forgetting about him is the best way we can deal with his legacy," Alicia concludes agreeably. "In the end he was nothing more than an arrogant fiend who for all his pretensions of persuasiveness and powerful magecraft couldn't see through the disloyalty of an underling he tried to send to his death."
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[21:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "To that I'll drink to," Latha does so after raising her glass. "I'm going to get drunk if I drink much more. Celestia teaches that drunkeness is wasteful. Yet still, I wish to drink more."
[21:06] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Enjoy it," Strength of Light grins ear to ear, "This isn't Celestia, is it? There's nothing wrong or evil about enjoying yourself."
[21:08] <Alicia> "There's nothing wrong with being sociable," Alicia raises her own glass before drinking. "But it's not so enjoyable if you can't even remember the night before," she concludes sagely.
[21:09] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora starts to blush, but just laughs instead. "Truth. Let's enjoy ourselves and make more memories."
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[21:14] <Alicia> "Mmmhmm," Alicia nods, grinning as she lets silence settle for a moment, listening to the screams and roars of combat from outside. So it's not really silent at all. The thought prompts a giggle as she glances back at the tent-flap, "Certainly sounds like some people are earning some unforgettable memories out there," she laughs.
[21:21] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Happens every day," Strength of Light listens along as well, "Going to be making any of your own this trip ot Ysgard?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "I don't think we'll stay too long," Alicia shakes her head. "As always there's so much to do back home - but we're already overdue on thanking you, since Esthan's defeat," she favours the deva with a smile. "I might look up Syala, though, if she's still around that tree of hers."
[21:25] <Alicia> "I've been lucky no one's insisted on making me compensate them for that, but I've brought a present she might appreciate by way of apology."
[21:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "You haven't gotten a geas for it? Hmmm..." Narrowing his eyes as he looks to Alicia, "Curious."
06[21:28] * Alicia looks innocent as only an angel can. "It was an honest mistake," she repeats her story that she's been sticking to the whole time.
[21:34] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Syala...?" Antenora asks after she drinks a little more, breaking into heavy giggling.
[21:35] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Uh huh." Crossing his arms with a smirk, "We'll see about that."
[21:37] <Alicia> "She's the deva I had to fight unarmed for my first lesson," Alicia reminds Antenora. "Complained a lot, hit like hammer, but she was nice," she nods affirmatively with a little laugh.
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Ooooh. She sounds fun." Getting yet another refill and drinking from it, "Can we all go?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "Just so long as you stay away from her apples. And her mace," Alicia smirks. "She's very protective of them both."
[21:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> That makes STrength of Light giggles profoundly. "She is. It's a shame."
[21:46] <Alicia> "I found it rather endearing, to be honest," Alicia takes a deep drink of her mug and laughs. "You know, if Marie ever became an astral deva, I'd expect her to be a lot like Syala."
[21:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Oh Mystra, now I have to see that," Antenora startslaughing uncontrollably, getting out between gales of pure mirthful joy.
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It would be unique," Latha relents after a moment, giving into her own giggles. She gets another refill, "Everything seems so funny and good right now."
[21:51] <Alicia> "Very joyful," Alicia agrees, draining her mug before heaving it down onto the table and pushing it away. "And I probably should stop. I'm feeling entirely too carefree, right now."
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora calms down, sipping away at her mug. "That's the point of drinking it. We're going to be like Marie when she gets in a really good mood. We can flutter around like little courre and play and laugh and..." Antenora devolves into meaningless giggles.
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "There's a charm to such innocence. Marie's like a contrary child who's too kind and cute not to love." Latha muses on this, "She compliments Alicia well."
[21:57] <Alicia> "She does grow on you," Alicia nods, before helping out Strength of Light who may be feeling a bit left out. "Marie's my familiar, she's a courre eladrin. She really wanted to come along with us, but someone had to babysit Hugo - he's an angel/yugoloth hybrid we've adopted."
[22:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Poor thing. And that's a strange hybrid." Drinking up to that, "I'll clear it up so you can go visit Syala."
[22:06] <Alicia> "The gnomes of our world did some truly twisted things," Alicia makes a face briefly. "There were all sorts of other hybrids down there, and other outsiders kept for experimentation. Most could be released easily enough when we found them - or fought when they only cared for battle. But Hugo has the mind of a child, so needs to be cared for."
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "He's an angel in temperament, too. Not a hint of yugoloth evil," Antenora smiles sweetly, "He's such a nice boy."
06[22:09] * Alicia nods proudly. "The gnomes thought he was senseless, but he's coming along leaps and bounds since we got him out of his cage."
[22:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It's easy to make progress." Stretching back now, "You've made a lot of your own." Strength of Light observes.
[22:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Of course Alicia has." Antenora clasps Alicia's shoulder with one of her hands, "I bet Alicia was only born a mere human so that she could do good things here while she was. She's so incredibly capable."
[22:14] <Alicia> "I don't really like the word 'mere'," Alicia frowns a little. "I was just as capable before as I am now. And there are plenty of humans who rival me."
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[22:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Next you'll be saying Praise Goddess Alicia," Latha snickers and then laughs, "You revere her so much, Antenora." Then looking right to Alicia, "This is important to remember. Pride comes before the fall."
[22:16] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Oh yeah. Sure," Strength of Light shrugs as he drinks and eats more, "I've had my ass kicked by humans before. She's admirable for what she's done and what she does, not just because she's a celestial now."
[22:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Blushing and looking down, "Sorry. IT's just that you seem meant for so much more than a mortal life."
[22:19] <Alicia> "I know, Latha," Alicia nods, demeanour turning more serious. "It's easy to become full of myself, so it's something I need to watch for." Turning to Antenora, "Don't worry, I'm not mad. But wasn't it you who said to me once before that mortals shine so much more brightly during our short existences? I might start slowing down, now..."
[22:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Maybe so." Antenora is thoughtful as she drinks a little more, "Well then, I just won't let you. Look at how much we've done. If we keep going, we can do so much more. There's no time or chance for slowing down now, isthere?"
[22:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Alicia will do what she does, within Mystra's will," Latha chortles, "I wouldn't worry, Antenora."
[22:23] <Alicia> "Just have to do my best, and avoid getting complacent," Alicia nods resolutely. "There's always someone stronger to aim for, after all."
[22:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "There is." Slamming down the rest of his drink, "I think you've had enough to drink then. Alicia, come with me for a few minutes," STrenght of Light stands.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Sure!" Alicia bounces to her feet readily, quite cheery and upbeat from her drinking.
[22:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Strength of Light leads you outside and away from the raging battle, walking towards the various cave paths. As he does, "I thought you'd like a chance to get away. I remember what happened the last time she got drunk."
[22:32] <Alicia> "I'm sure she's learned her lesson," Alicia glances back at the tent briefly, laughing slightly. "It was rather embarrassing, though."
[22:34] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Oh yes. She thinks the world of you, it's obvious." Laughing along as well, "It was funny as all heavens. You two seem more like best friends, but the way she defers to you...she's definietly thinking like an archon."
[22:37] <Alicia> "I never intended to befriend her from the start, and I can't imagine she expected it either," Alicia shrugs. "But, you spend so much time with someone it's hard not to grow on each other. Or kill each other, and we managed to avoid that."
[22:37] <Alicia> "How's your Molydeus friend, on that note?" she asks with a sly smile.
[22:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I was thinking about that. We argue, we fight and it goes nowhere." With a cast aside look back at the glimpsed carnage, "I'll get through to him one day."
[22:41] <Alicia> "A greater demon surely requires an altogether different approach than a middling devil," Alicia nods sagely. "He probably just enjoys being here for the chance to kill and maim every day."
[22:41] <Alicia> "Back where we found Hugo there was a Molydeus that had escaped its cell, and rather than fleeing home it had simply spent hundreds of years torturing the same dozen or so eladrin that were also held captive there, never getting bored. It's such an unfathomable mindset."
[22:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Leading Alicia up a stone path and into a cave, Strength of Light stops to kick aside a large pebble. It flies against the wall, shattering into dust. "It's the Abyss. Ever been?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "I had the pleasure of Malcanthet's hospitality, once," Alicia snorts, glancing down the cave. "Not leading me to the baths again, are you?" she then asks lightly.
[22:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Malcanthet? Ugh. The Abyss, it's like it's alive. It-" A stop there, looking at Alicia with a big old grin. "Oh well, I was going to ask you when we get there, but..." With an appraising eye at Alicia, "We could make some memories?"
[22:56] <Alicia> "Mmmm... I did promise to look you up when I got my wings, didn't I?" Alicia replies thoughtfully, giving said appendages a flutter as she seriously considers it. She'd considered it before, but the teacher/student thing was a handy excuse to do nothing more than consider. He is very strikingly handsome, after all, and fun company - when not inflicting brutal training.
[22:56] <Alicia> "Perhaps we might at that," she accedes, deciding to take a chance and see where this goes. And convincing herself its not the booze talking.
[23:01] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Perhaps we might," Going to take Alicia's hand into his own, "Everyone was talking about making memories today, after all."
[23:06] <Alicia> At least he's not crushing it like the first time... although she might have a little surprise in store if he tries that again. "So, is that what I'll be?" she asks as they withdraw to a more private place, "A memorable notch on your bedpost?" Inwardly she resolves to treat this the same way - a pleasurable interlude, nothing more.
[23:06] <Alicia> Her last attempt at such had been disastrous, but that was years ago. It's high time she tried again, and she could do far worse for it than Strength of Light. Even if his name is funny.
[23:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "A fun time for both of us," He smiles back, "Good memories. We have eternity, why shouldn't we have a good eternity to remember?" Drawing Alicia closer to him, "We all had a good time drinking ambrosia. We can have a good time here together as well."
06[23:15] * Alicia leans into him, her armour feeling slightly awkward now despite its enchanted suppleness. "It's been a long time for me... too long, I think," she murmurs. Reaching up, she puts an arm around his neck to pull his head closer to her level, "Don't make me regret this," she insists, almost desperately.
[19:42] <Kotono> --
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[19:44] <Kotono> Alicia stirs, resting against something warm. Her body feels faintly good all over, a few lingering giggles escaping her mouth as awareness returns.
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[19:48] <Alicia> "Mmm... didn't mean to doze off..." Alicia murmurs as she rouses herself, nonetheless feeling rather good in a slightly sore and tired way. It well and truly has been too long - and Hans, bless him, was never *that* good.
[19:51] <Kotono> "You needed it," Strength of Light's voice is sedated and calm, a warmth going down Alicia's back as a hand strokes her. "You fought like a warrior."
06[19:54] * Alicia laughs a little at that way of phrasing it. Then again, it was rather energetic. "I am a warrior," she corrects, stretching out languidly before she leans up to kiss him. "You were wonderful, though. I'm glad we shared this, together."
[19:55] <Kotono> Returning the kiss briefly, "So am I. You needed it." With a smile and holding up a hand, "It really was that long for you, huh?"
[19:59] <Alicia> "Not since my husband died," Alicia confirms. "I came close once, not long after, but it went badly and since then I've avoided sex and romance. Recently I've been telling myself I wasn't deliberately avoiding it, I was just lacking in opportunities." Grinning impishly, she caresses her lover's arm, "Maybe it's just my standards are too high?"
[20:02] <Kotono> Smirking, "Maaaaybe." He stretches back and wraps an arm around Alicia again, feeling away and rubbing. "If I'm not good enough for your standards, well, you won't be having any fun for a long time. Of course, I'm always just a plane shifting magic away."
[20:06] <Alicia> "We'll see," Alicia gives him another quick kiss. It's clear enough there's no basis for a long term relationship here, but she honestly doesn't mind treating it as a quick fling to get herself back in the saddle, so to speak. "Anyway, we should get ourselves cleaned up... Antenora and Latha are surely wondering what became of us," she concludes with an amused giggle.
[20:10] <Kotono> As he cleans and clothes himself once more, "You know, speaking of them. Antenora's obviously devoted to you...you could have her if you wanted. I won't presume to understand what goes on in the head of a risen fiend," Shrugging now as he readjusts himself and splashes water on his face, "But she's very much enamored with you."
[20:12] <Alicia> "We're also both women," Alicia retorts dryly as she magics herself clean and starts getting dressed. "I've noticed no one ever suggests that sort of loving relationship between two men who're close friends."
[20:15] <Kotono> Laughing at that, "I'm going somewhere with this. Personality and beauty are gifts, no doubt. It attracts people to you in every sense of the word." Cleaned up and ready now, watching Alicia do the same, "You have such a strong personality. That's what your magic works on. You're going to draw people to you and they're going to attach. With me so far?"
[20:17] <Alicia> "It worked on you, didn't it?" Alicia replies easily as she grabs herself after finishing her ablutions. "Yes, I'm with you so far," she adds in a more mollifying manner.
[20:23] <Kotono> "It worked on you, too." Grinning now as he starts to walk, "We use our charisma for better ends. Evil uses it to manipulate and destroy and you know all this so I won't pound it into you again." Waving a hand, "We help people with...and we grow deep attachments to them. When there's so much raw force of personality alluring and binding people together like lodestones?" Clapping his hands together, "It's the natural result." (More)
[20:23] <Kotono> like lodestones?" Clapping his hands together, "It's the natural result." (More)
[20:26] <Kotono> "Have you noticed that, too?" He pauses there for an answer, looking at Alicia.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Somewhat," Alicia shrugs. "I'm quite good with people. I've even been complimented by succubi and evil fey on my manipulative skills..." she blushes a little at that. "It can be used for good or ill, like many things in life."
[20:35] <Kotono> "Hehheheh." With a wicked grin at that, all innocence and mirth, "Anyway, you'll draw people into yo uas long as you live. Antenora's charismatic as well...and..." Clapping his hands together again, "In a hundred years, you may be so close as to be able to finish each other's thoughts, if you keep pulling towards each other interrupted. Sounds like an old married pair of mortals? It's the same thing. When you know people that long and make tha
[20:35] <Kotono> Sounds like an old married pair of mortals? It's the same thing. When you know people that long and make that strong a bond with them?" He looks ahead now, "Over centuries and millenia and piles of years so big that mortals don't have a name for them." (More_
[20:41] <Kotono> *uninterrupted.
[20:49] <Kotono> "Now then. Have you ever been to an eladrin party, or perhaps to Lady Firehair's realm or anything of the sort? Or known any eladrin fairly well?"
[20:51] <Alicia> "Have an eladrin for a familiar, attended a wedding party in Arborea, and spent a few days in Brightwater searching for Evergold," Alicia smiles sunnily in reply as she rattles off her reply to the last question. "That said, I'm confident I can be close friends with someone without feeling the need to become physically intimate."
[20:57] <Kotono> "You know, I thought that too." Strength of Light grins, "The point I'm making there is that you'll get to a point where physical sex is just one of the ways you display that sort of devoted, deep love. Most courre have a -lot- of fun with other courre. They're expressing this basic truth in a simple way. It's not just hedonistic pleasure seeking. That's the point I'm really getting to here, Alicia. When you make those sort of connections, you
[20:57] <Kotono> That's the point I'm really getting to here, Alicia. When you make those sort of connections, you begin to understand it doesn't matter if they have the same parts as you or not. I'd bet Antenora would deny any feelings for you of that sort, but she'd go on and on about how much you mean to her." (More)
[21:01] <Kotono> "It's not about the bodies...it's about the connections. Sex is a way of sharing love." Whistling a moment, "Of cooourse, Celestia would disagree with some of this, but..." He shrugs. "They wouldn't disagree with how deep love runs."
06[21:05] * Alicia shakes her head. "I'll have to disagree with you there, Strength of Light. There needs to be physical attraction if you're going to express your love physically." She makes a show of looking him over as she smiles, "You can call me shallow if you like, but biological imperatives run deep."
[21:07] <Kotono> Grinning right back and returning the favor. "That may change in time. As a celestial, you're still young. I'm not trying to tell you to go shack up with Antenora. Think of it more as someone who's been down this road and wants to let you know what's coming. Besides, if I wanted you to do that, I'd have invited Antenora to come with us." With a cocky grin, "Heck, maybe even Latha while I was at it. Go for the grand prize."
[21:07] <Kotono> "Heck, maybe even Latha while I was at it. Go for the grand prize."
06[21:10] * Alicia walks closer and pats her hand on his chest, smirking, "An opportunity missed. For which I'm grateful," she leans up to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. "My nerve wouldn't have held at all under those circumstances. And besides, my familiar would be unbearably jealous." At that she laughs and turns, scooping up her belongings and starting to head back out of the cave.
[21:11] <Kotono> "I figured it was a long shot if I tried." Strenght of Light returns the peck, following along with Alicia. "Besides, this makes better conversation than what I was going to talk to you about. The Abyss is relevant, but I'm glad our mouths ended up doing something else."
[21:13] <Alicia> "Quite," Alicia shakes her head indulgently. "What of the Abyss, then? I suppose I have a professional interest, after all."
[21:16] <Kotono> "So you've been. The Abyss...it's like it's alive. As dangerous as Baator or Gehenna or another evil plane is, the main danger is the landscape or the inhabitants. With the Abyss, it's like the plane itself works to make you suffer and draw you in. Did you encounter anything like that?"
[21:17] <Alicia> "Lets just say that killing every demon in my path on the road out of there had its downsides," Alicia replies evasively. "Why?"
[21:20] <Kotono> Raising an eyebrow, "Now I'm curious." After a beat for that, "The Abyss has a way of tormenting it's guests, often in ways that threaten to pervert their entire soul and spirit."
06[21:21] * Alicia nods. "I know this," she replies slowly. "What are you getting at, Strength of Light?"
[21:24] <Kotono> "It even perverted another of it's demons. Instead of taking freedom, it stayed to corrupt and torment eladrin. It makes me wonder if I'm wasting my time with the Molydeus here." Looking ahead now, "I'm not worried he's going to corrupt anyone, I've taken precautious, but..."
[21:28] <Alicia> "It might just be pointless?" Alicia concludes. "It could be - I don't know what goes on in his head. I'll ask this, though - what reason does he have to change? If he can fight and kill to sate his endless bloodlust day after day, then he's got things just great as he is. You've got to give him a reason to change, or he'll happily wallow in his current rut for the rest of his days."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Hmph." Bowing his head as he thinks, "Yes. I'm starting to wonder that too." You come out of the caves. It's duskfall now, the battles done. In the sky, a vast golden dragon dominates, unbloodied and unbowed. Strength of Light looks up and chuckles, "...yep."
06[21:32] * Alicia eyes the dragon and mentally compares it with Ajan for size as they start heading back to the camp. "You've got to get inside his head and understand his drives to have any hope of channelling them more productively. But inside a demon's head is not a nice place to be."
[21:43] <Kotono> They're both titanically large. It's hard to tell offhand without getting out a measuring stick. "Mmm." Strength of Light is silent for a little bit, "I'll have to think this over. I think you gave me a good insight here, so let me repay the favor. If you go back to the Abyss, there are spells that can protect you from planar effects. They're not perfect protection, but they'll give you some defense against what the Abyss might do to you."
[21:43] <Kotono> but they'll give you some defense against what the Abyss might do to you."
[21:45] <Alicia> "I'm familiar with them in theory, although I can't cast them yet," Alicia nods. "My first and only visit to the Abyss was sadly unplanned, though, so I couldn't pick up scrolls or anything."
[21:48] <Kotono> "It has a bad habit of happening like that," As you reach the tent and go inside, you find Antenora and Latha aslumber. The two lean against each other, empty mugs of fermented ambrosia besides them.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Dreaming of the best thye've had and better to come," Strength of Light looks to the pair of them. "You were going to see Syala tomorrow?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "At least they didn't miss us too much?" Alicia hazards as she eyes the not-so-dynamic duo. Then she nods to Strength of Light, "Whenever's suitable. I have something she'll hopefully appreciate."
[21:51] <Kotono> "It's cute." Grinning to them, "Go ahead and set up here for the night. I'll go make the proper preparations so you can visit her."
06[21:54] * Alicia didn't intend to stay quite so long, but she also never intended to have sex while she was here. Going with the flow, she's happy enough to linger a bit while her friends dream the night away.
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: Skip ahead?
[21:57] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[22:02] <Kotono> The next morning is pleasant. A meal passes as you prepare to go. Latha is amll smiles, Antenora hums to herself and looks happy. She has a flask of the fermented ambrosia in hand as you prepare. "Can you store this away?" she asks of Alicia, "It's for Marie."
[22:03] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia smiles and carefully puts the flask into her portable hole, before folding it up and putting it away. She's in a pleasant mood herself, after all. "She'll be thrilled with it, I'm sure."
[22:04] <Kotono> "Absolutely," Smiling ear to ear now, "This was such a good idea. We should find a way to bring Marie the next time we come, though."
[22:07] <Alicia> "Maybe if Jessica's free to look after Hugo," Alicia agrees, considering her sister more reliable than Dawnhope as the only other likely prospect. "Anyway, we should be able to drop in on Syala today and then head home, unless you two have anything else to do while we're here?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "No," Latha calls over, "I'm ready to return to Balmuria at your leisure."
06[22:10] * Alicia nods breezily. "Lets find Strength of Light to say goodbye then head off, then?"
[22:12] <Kotono> You find Strength of Light watching set battles in the middle of the stone field today. It's formal duels. He watches a man with a longspear wearing revealing armor, charging and retreating back at a man in heavy armor. "Oh, there you are," Strength of Light turns back to Alicia and company, "Travel to where you found that cave last time. You'll find you're able to go in and reach the grove."
[22:14] <Alicia> "We'll do that," Alicia nods, happy to stretch her wings for an hour or so rather than teleport. "So, for now, it's goodbye. Until next time, Strength of Light." She briefly considers hugging or kissing him, but discards the notion. That was last night, and this is today.
[22:16] <Kotono> Antenora watches the battle, eyeing the longspearman. As she does, Latha smiles to him. "Until the next time. Be blessed and well."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Thinking of giving him some tips?" Alicia asks the former erinyes, catching her gaze as she prepares to depart.
[22:19] <Kotono> "His style's more defensive than mine and he's better at that part of it." Antenora watches as he charges in and lands a hard blow on the armored man, then parries his returning swarm of blows. "Despite not wearing much armor, no less."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Some people prefer to sacrifice armour for mobility - you wouldn't catch me dead in full plate like Demedais wears," Alicia reasons as she watches for a moment. "Mithral strikes a good balance, though," she idly tings her finger off of Antenora's breastplate for effect. "Why don't you offer to spar with him? We're not in any hurry."
[22:23] <Kotono> "You can, I think he'll win." Strength of Light observes. "His armor might be of interest to you, too. It's a design native to Ysgard."
[22:25] <Alicia> "Sounds like a challenge," Alicia draws up a bit, confident in Antenora's abilities to handle anyone here. She beats Alicia in sparring with depressing regularity, after all.
[22:26] <Kotono> "I may...but what's the armor?" Antenora watches as the charging warrior buckles the armored man hard, nearly knocking him down and out.
[22:28] <Alicia> "It's either glamered or heavily enchanted if it's going to offer any protection while looking like that," Alicia observes.
[22:32] <Kotono> "It's called gloryborn armor. It works just fine even if it looks like that. Some would say that's the point of it," Grinning as he looks to Antenora, "It also helps protect you when you make a charge."
[22:34] <Alicia> "Certainly useful for your style of fighting, Antenora," Alicia admits. "Very showy, though." But hardly as showy as what Antenora was wearing when they first met.
[22:35] <Kotono> "It looks like that and it's fine." Crossing her arms, "The joys of magic. Hmph. I rather like this, though." Tapping her breastplate, "Wearing proper armor sends a certain message."
[22:37] <Alicia> "It does," Alicia agrees. "What do you think, Latha, from an armoursmith's perspective?" she then asks the third member of their group.
[22:38] <Kotono> "What there is does looks turdy," Latha takes a few moments to watch the battle go on.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[22:38] <Kotono> "What there is does looks turdy," Latha takes a few moments to watch the battle go on.
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Gah 2.
[22:39] <Kotono> "What there is does looks turdy," Latha takes a few moments to watch the battle go on. "I've heard of gloryborn armor. It lets you show off even when you're supposed to be covered."
[22:40] <Alicia> "I'm sure its nice for the morale of your allies as well, although I wouldn't be interested in showing off to my enemies," Alicia muses dryly. "Anyway, if you're not interested in fighting, Antenora, shall we depart?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "If I have to raise my allies up, I'd prefer not to cause that sort of raising. Something that teasing and suggestive is even more provacative than wearing nothing at all." Antenora takes to the air, "Yes, let's go.
[22:42] <Alicia> "Bye," Alicia waves as she takes wing after Antenora. "I'm sure Marie just felt terribly sad right now, and doesn't understand why."
[22:44] <Kotono> Antenora looks at hooded eyes at Alicia, "Poor Marie," Antenora chuckles, "She's had a run of bad luck lately, hasn't she?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "She's resilient, I'm sure she'll endure," Alicia nods sagely as they ride the thermals above the caldera before angling South. "At least she got to play an important part in fighting the Winterwight - I know she's been feeling down about me not taking her out as often."
[22:50] <Kotono> "Maybe I should take Marie out," Antenora considers, "It'll cheer her up and get her out of the house."
[22:52] <Alicia> "Not quite what I meant, but I'm sure she'd be appreciative," Alicia smiles approvingly as they fly along.
[22:53] <Kotono> "...Alicia!" Antneora turns red and stares at her.
[22:54] <Kotono> Latha merely laughs. "Wisdom is best measured at it's lowest ebb, not it's highest. Minding your words is important." As you fly along, the fjord far beneath you and chill cold winds blowing along your wings, "But even then, at least your ill thought out words provided light and laughter."
[22:57] <Alicia> "I can assure you, I meant nothing improper," Alicia shakes her head, smiling amusedly. "I was only referring to how Marie was feeling left out as a familiar for not coming along on adventures, and it sounded like you were offering to take her out to relax and have fun."
[22:57] <Alicia> Allowing a more teasing smile, "Besides, if you were thinking of doing something more improper, its yours and Marie's home as well. There's no need to go elsewhere."
[23:00] <Kotono> With a deep blush, "Ysgard must be taking it's effect again." Muttering that quite audibly as she flies along, Antenora looks ahead. "Was your next comment going to suggest we take a dip in the fjords before we go meet Syala?" After a pause, "By the way, Alicia, what did Strength of Light want last night? You two wandered off in the middle of things."
[23:03] <Alicia> "You remember how much he flirted the first time we were here?" Alicia asks, smiling. "I told him off, but I did promise I'd look him up once I got my wings. Well, that happened a lot sooner than I anticipated..."
[23:03] <Kotono> "...it's definintely taking an effect," Despite that, Antenora smiles. "Your mood says all that needs to be said about it. I won't press any further."
06[23:05] * Alicia nods. "I doubt we'll take things any further, but I'm glad I took a chance on it," she affirms happily.
[23:06] <Kotono> The rest of the flight is without incident. You come to the harsh ground where you found the cave entrance before. It looms ahead of you, waiting for the three silently. "Lead the way?" Latha offers.
02[23:07] * Demedais (~ferixstad@24-247-151-205.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[23:08] <Alicia> "It gets very cramped in here - I had to turn myself into a gnome so I could easily fit the last time, so bear with me," Alicia explains as she tucks her wings and proceeds into the cave. Hopefully all the nasty traps and guardians are disabled for social calls...
[23:09] <Kotono> You find it to be a plain, unremarkable cave path. No dangers at all. After a little while of walking, you can see an upward slope, light coming out of the end of it.
[23:09] <Alicia> "Must've made things easier since we're not in training," Alicia shrugs by way of explanation as she heads up to the light.
[23:12] <Kotono> You come out in the tree's garden as before. Standing before the tree, clad in light, is Syala. She has her arms crossed, wings wrapped to her sides. "Well, at least you remembered your shirt this time," she observes.
[23:14] <Alicia> "You're a delightful ray of sunshine, as always, Syala," Alicia grins at the deva as she approaches. "These are my friends, Antenora, and Latha. This is Syala, guardian of the Tree of Idun," she then provides introductions, gesturing between the angelic women in turn.
[23:15] <Kotono> Grinning back, "I was worried you'd bring a coven of like minded nudists with you," Approaching Alicia and company, "Nic eto meet all of you."
[23:17] <Kotono> "Coven? We're not witches," Antenora crosses her arms and stares into Syala's eyes. "Do we look like witches?"
[23:17] <Alicia> "We can't all enjoy the same modesty without clothes as you do, sadly," Alicia laments at the light-clad figure. She then raises her hand at Antenora's question, "I'm a witch."
[23:18] <Kotono> "She even got a stick that would be a good handle for a broom here," Syala smirks, "So yes, a coven."
[23:19] <Kotono> "Traitor," Antenora laughs a little bit, trying to glare at Alicia and not pulling it off at all.
[23:19] <Kotono> "Nice to meet you. So why did you come?" Syala asks, "Did you finally get geased and it involves dropping in?"
[23:21] <Alicia> "I like 'witch' better than 'sorceress' in all honesty," Alicia smiles amiably. "But 'knight' beats either... anyway, nevermind that," she shakes her head. "I actually haven't been geased at all, no. There's no need for magical compulsion to make me pay a visit to you, bracing as your company can be."
[23:21] <Alicia> "I wanted to make sure you hadn't got into trouble yourself for my little accident with the apple, but I also brought you a present!"
[23:22] <Kotono> "I'm fine. But a present?" Looking at Alicia now, "Oh and...am I going crazy, or didn't you not have wings last time?"
[23:23] <Alicia> "Mystra promoted me for slaying a world-rending horror from the far realms beyond the planes," Alicia replies innocently, flapping her white plumage just a little.
[19:37] <Kotono> > "She even got a stick that would be a good handle for a broom here," Syala smirks, "So yes, a coven."
[19:37] <Kotono> > "Traitor," Antenora laughs a little bit, trying to glare at Alicia and not pulling it off at all.
[19:37] <Kotono> > "Nice to meet you. So why did you come?" Syala asks, "Did you finally get geased and it involves dropping in?"
[19:37] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I like 'witch' better than 'sorceress' in all honesty," Alicia smiles amiably. "But 'knight' beats either... anyway, nevermind that," she shakes her head. "I actually haven't been geased at all, no. There's no need for magical compulsion to make me pay a visit to you, bracing as your company can be."
[19:37] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I wanted to make sure you hadn't got into trouble yourself for my little accident with the apple, but I also brought you a present!"
[19:37] <Kotono> > "I'm fine. But a present?" Looking at Alicia now, "Oh and...am I going crazy, or didn't you not have wings last time?"
[19:37] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Mystra promoted me for slaying a world-rending horror from the far realms beyond the planes," Alicia replies innocently, flapping her white plumage just a little.
[19:37] <Kotono> Going over and patting the wings, "They're cute ones, too. I've seen angels with these tiny little baby wings. Those look so childish, but these are big, full wings."
06[19:42] * Alicia spreads out her impressive wingspan as her new limbs are fondled. "I can get a good rate of speed with them, although not as fast as you and Latha could manage. Nor am I as agile as Antenora, but they're good for what they are," she replies, smiling. "I haven't become a proper angel yet, despite appearances, though - I'd say I'm probably half and half."
[19:45] <Kotono> "Alicia's not ready to give up her humanity and identity as a mortal quite yet," Antenora chimes in, going to feel the other wing. "See, very soft. Mine are a bit harder, but I have tougher skin than she does."
[19:47] <Kotono> "A world rending horror? I though the Abyss had a monopoly on those," Syala snorts to that, "Was it Abyssal or...?"
[19:50] <Alicia> "Yes, I'm very delicate," Alicia agrees dryly. "It was from beyond the planes entirely," she then explains about Zetsubouko. "It seemed to have possessed a crazed but terribly powerful and nasty young woman, and half imprinted on her perverse ideas about morality. We didn't even realise the true threat it represented until said girl started killing herself and the creature began to withdraw back to its own realm - we prevented it from fleein
[19:51] <Alicia> prevented it from fleeing which caused its true form to manifest as a gigantic edifice of flesh and eyes and tentacles, even taller than your tree!" she gestures upwards for effect.
[19:52] <Kotono> Antenora just giggles at all of this.
[19:53] <Kotono> "Taller than..." Syala looks to it, looks to Alicia, then back to her tree. "Flesh, eyes and tentacles? So you fought a giant, one hundred eyed devil squid?"
06[19:55] * Alicia shakes her head. "I'm really not doing it justice when I describe it," she apologises. "For half of it there just aren't words - the mind refuses to accept what it sees. Just trust me when I say that it was very big, very ugly, and very powerful."
[19:55] <Alicia> "Its inherent nature was so contrary to reality as we know it, that had it remained on the Prime for even so long as ten minutes, existence itself would have been rent asunder."
[19:58] <Kotono> "Marie - Alicia's eladrin familiar - went insane when she saw it. It was mind ruining." Antenora lowers her arms, looking down. "I know evil and hate...and those were worse than any I've ever seen. IT was un-life."
[19:59] <Kotono> "Wooow." Staring, "But if you kicked that thing's ass...well, no wonder you came to Ysgard and did so well. You're clearly Ysgard material." Nodding to Alicia with a bright smile, "Is that why you're back?"
[20:02] <Alicia> "Not as such," Alicia shakes her head. "We came here in the first place for training to help us beat an obnoxious pit fiend arch-wizard. Since he's sitting in the deepest hole we could find in Mount Celestia, it's only fitting to say thank you to our teacher."
[20:02] <Alicia> "And I've been hanging onto something I picked up a while back that I think would make a nice gift for you as a way for saying sorry about our little misunderstanding with the apple." So saying, she unfurls her portable hole and reaches inside, producing two objects which she holds out to Syala.
[20:02] <Alicia> They're elegant bracelets of woven gold and glass, reminiscent of hourglasses artfully twisted into shape, even showing trickles of sand flowing incessantly within.
[20:04] <Kotono> "Oh, those are pretty!" Syala smiles, taking them. She puts them on, moving her arm up and down and watching the bracelets. "Where'd you get them?"
[20:05] <Alicia> "From a Quarut," Alicia explains. "As well as being pretty, they ward the bearer from any magic that would rapidly alter her age. All things considered, it just felt appropriate."
[20:06] <Kotono> "Oh, kidding." Hands on her hips now, "You know, that apple was doubly wasted. IF you're becoming an angel, you're not gonna get old and die, are you? You'd think at least some mortal who wasn't on track for that would sneak that apple!"
06[20:08] * Alicia puts a hand on her mouth to cover her laugh. "If I'm going to be stuck at the same age for the rest of my days, at least it's a slightly younger one than it otherwise would've been?"
[20:14] <Kotono> "Still!" Glaring at Alicia, "Just..." Throwing her hands into the air, Syala stomps off towards her tree.
[20:15] <Kotono> Antenora's laughter is like drawn out music, Latha joining in. "Temperence, Syala. Rage doesn't become you." Latha calls.
[20:16] <Alicia> Well, that's probably their cue to leave... "It was nice seeing you again, Syala. Really!" she offers, starting to back off.
[20:17] <Kotono> "Oh, it was!" Syala turns around, all smiles now. "You're so aggrivating!" With a look to her, "You're nice, but you're aggrivating! So say! Any of you up for a round?
[20:17] <Kotono> "
[20:18] <Alicia> "And you're so prickly," Alicia banters back. "I could go for a rematch if you want to work off your frustrations, though."
[20:19] <Kotono> "A proper rematch?" Syala cracks her neck, her mace in hand now. "Last time you didn't have all that fancy gear or equipment."
[20:21] <Alicia> "It does give something of an unfair advantage, doesn't it?" Alicia muses. "Would you like me to strip off again?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "...Ysgard..." Antenora mutters.
[20:23] <Kotono> "Please," Syala grins, "And what's that mean, you back there?"
[20:29] <Alicia> "Antenora thinks Ysgard brings out the worst in me," Alicia explains as she unclasps her cloak and tosses it aside before starting to remove her shiny breastplate. She makes no move to take off her black tunic or leggings, though, even as she takes off her bracers and belt. "I wouldn't go that far, but one can't deny feeling ever so slightly carefree in a place like this."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Antenora and I share a very lawful nature. Perhaps this makes some instincts and impulses here clash with our preferences," Latha goes to take Antenora's hand into her own, "No need for that, Antenora. Relax and let's watch. This is Ysgard, we're visiting."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Am I allowed to use my sword?" Alicia asks Syala as she sets her magical jewellery with the exception of the ring of eternal celerity down on her pile of gear. "We could agree to fight unarmed if you're worried about me stealing your mace again."
[20:33] <Kotono> "Oh. Yes." Syala smirks at Antenora, "In other words, you're yelping as Ysgard tugs at the rod of lawful iron shoved up your ass." Tossing her mace hand from hand, "You'll feel better once you let it get yanked out of you and have some fun."
[20:33] <Kotono> Latha smiles gently, "That's a crude way of putting it. Are you trying to provoke Antenora? Surely she has the wisdom to restrain herself from that."
[20:34] <Kotono> "Oh, it's crude. But you can come get a round with me after Alicia." Turning away from Antenora now, Syala tosses her mace aside and cracks her knuckles. "Sounds good."
[20:34] <Kotono> "Marie's better at pressing my buttons on that," Antenora retorts, "Good luck, Alicia!"
06[20:37] * Alicia kicks off her boots as the last thing to remove, cracking her knuckles as well. "Hell Striker helped me come up with a new spell recently, and I've been waiting for a good chance to show it off," she explains while going to stand forty feet from Syala, parallel to where Antenora and Latha observe. "Hopefully you'll give me enough of a workout to see how good it really is."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Then...here I come!" With that...OOC: Init.
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Summon: Miko.
03[20:39] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5af2cad0.tcl128.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[20:39] * Kotono sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[20:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{9}
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[20:39] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{21}
03[20:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(21)>Syala(9)'
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
06[20:43] * Alicia raises up a hand to the sky as her wings spread out, incanting her spell! "Strength of Heaven's champion, flow into my veins!" she calls as the magic courses through her, emulating the mighty prowess of a Planetar! Her stature shifts a bit, gaining perhaps an inch or so of height, while her muscles visibly expand, remaining more toned than bulky but still significantly more visible.
[20:43] <Alicia> To further highlight her striking transformation, her pale flesh tints a vibrant shade of veridian, bursting with vitality and health, while her pure white wings glitter and turn to a glowing golden hue! With her transformation complete, she beckons Syala forward with one of her powerful looking fists.
03[20:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(21)>Syala(9)=Brown Bear'
[20:45] <Kotono> "Impressive.' Syala gawks, "Oh well, remember how it went last time? I call on the power of nature! Appear and give Alicia a good thumping!" Fromt he earth, a great brown grizzly bear appears, clawing at Alicia!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{23}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{24}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC, Alicia?
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 AC, Alicia? --> [ 1d20=17 ]{23}
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: 23
03[20:46] * taifk is now known as finditkindafunnyfinditkindasad
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d8+8+1d8+8+2d6+4 (DR applies three times, also grappling check)
[20:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+8+1d8+8+2d6+4 (DR applies three times, also grappling check) --> [ 1d8=4 1d8=6 2d6=5 ]{35}
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
[20:46] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{40}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{18}
[20:47] <Kotono> The bear appears and promptly rips into Alicia! It paws and hacks at her, hitting on her magically augumented body, trying to draw her in close, but Ailcia's too quick and strong! OOC: Alicia.
[20:49] <Kotono> "On one hand, you're a cheater," Antenora calls out lightly, "On the other hand, it's not against the word of anything you agreed to."
[20:49] <Alicia> Blood pours from Alicia as she's slashed and bitten, but her wounds quickly begin to seal from the flow of positive energy suffusing her. "Remember what else happened last time?" she asks the deva as she grabs the bear's head just before its neck and then viciously twists it with all the power she can put into the motion!
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 -14 pa divine might
[20:50] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+12 -14 pa divine might --> [ 1d20=10 ]{22}
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 2d8+54
[20:50] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+54 --> [ 2d8=7 ]{61}
[20:51] <Kotono> With one mammoth blow, Alicia crushes the bear underneath her magically imbued fist! It vanishes away! OOC: Anything besides that?
[20:51] <Alicia> OOC: nope
[20:51] <Kotono> "Fine, try that again!" Syala inchants, "Nature, give me another bear now! Have this one turn Alicia into pudding!" Syala chants! Again, a brown bear appears and rips into Alicia!
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 someone memorized a lot of SNAs, apparently
[20:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 someone memorized a lot of SNAs, apparently --> [ 1d20=5 ]{16}
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{22}
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[20:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{23}
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4
[20:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{13}
[20:52] <Kotono> The bear takes a bit out of Alicia's shoulder, only lightly grazing her! OOC: Alicia.
[20:53] <Alicia> "I can keep this up all day!" Alicia assures Syala as she batters the bear's forelimbs aside with her arms before delivering a mighty punch to shatter its ribcage and pulverise its heart!
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 -14 pa divine might
[20:53] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+12 -14 pa divine might --> [ 1d20=17 ]{29}
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 2d8+54
[20:53] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+54 --> [ 2d8=7 ]{61}
[20:56] <Kotono> Crack! Another bear is pulverised, Syala glaring! "Fine then! Plants, entangle her!" Syala calls, the grass and roots around rising up to try and bind Alicia! OOC: Ref.
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
[20:57] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{21}
[20:58] <Kotono> Alicia avoids being entangled, but the ground alla round her is a mess, difficult to walk through and full of entangling roots! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:02] * Alicia flaps her wings to take off, elevating herself above the grasping foliage. "Come on, Syala, I know you can do better than that," she calls back as she draws a hand before her, conjuring forth several sparking orbs of electric silvery light, then with a violent thrust forward she sends them lancing down at the light-garbed deva!
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
[21:03] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=15 ]{35}
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
[21:03] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=14 ]{34}
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
[21:03] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=2 ]{22}
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 SR
[21:03] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+18 SR --> [ 1d20=15 ]{33}
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: What spell?
[21:03] <Alicia> OOC: Moonbow
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Sadly for you, angels have stupifyingly good SR.
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: alas
[21:05] <Kotono> The spell fires but collapses around Syala, leaving her with a dance of lightning around her, yet her body is untouched. "Oh, did I feel a breeze?" Syala looks around, scratching her head. "I though I felt a breeze. Oh well...let's see how you like this!" At that, walls of blades and razors surrounds Alicia! OOC: Ref.
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
[21:05] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 15d6 owwies
[21:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 15d6 owwies --> [ 15d6=62 ]{62}
[21:06] <Kotono> Alicia is caught flatfooted, the blades ripping and tearing into her! Blood rains down as she's caught in the blade barrier! OOC: Alicia.
[21:06] <Kotono> Latha looks upa t Alicia, a slight wince.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Aooow!" Alicia yelps as a rain of her blood decorates the grass below, drawing her limbs around herself protectively as she falls out of the sphere of whirling magical blades before her bloodied wings fan out to arrest her fall, bringing her swooping in on a collision course with Syala fist first!
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 knowledge --> [ 1d20=19 ]{42}
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -14pa divine might flying 7th level arcane strike
[21:08] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+25 -14pa divine might flying 7th level arcane strike --> [ 1d20=5 ]{30}
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 2d8+54+7d4
[21:09] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+54+7d4 --> [ 2d8=2 7d4=18 ]{74}
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: +5 damage, forgot knowledge adds to that
[21:12] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, slamming her green fist into Syala's chest! She rocks back with the blow, growling! "Owww! Fine then, play that way!" With that, Syala retorts with her own heavy punch!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (-6 PA)
[21:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 (-6 PA) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{26}
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d8+15
[21:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+15 --> [ 1d8=3 ]{18}
[21:12] <Kotono> Alicia gets socked in the gut, Syala knocking some of the wind from her!OOC: Alicia.
06[21:15] * Alicia grunts from the impact lifting her up in the air slightly before she draws back just enough to settle her left leg heavily on the ground, using her right to lash out with a thundering kick at Syala's head!
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -6pa divine might critical strike
[21:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+25 -6pa divine might critical strike --> [ 1d20=17 ]{42}
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 2d8+43
[21:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+43 --> [ 2d8=10 ]{53}
[21:16] <Kotono> Wham! Syala is clocked across the face! She tumbles down onto her rear, holding her nose! "Guugh! You win! You win!" She calls, voice muffled and only half understood.
06[21:18] * Alicia retracts her leg and smiles, reaching down to muss the angel's hair and incidentally speed up Ysgard's healing process. "I think I can call this spell a success, then," she concludes happily.
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: 18hp lay on hands
[21:19] <Kotono> Holding up a nose that's shifting back into place, "I...ah, better! I think you broke my nose there. What spell IS that?"
[21:19] <Kotono> Antenora trots up, all smiles. "Congratulations, Alicia."
[21:23] <Alicia> "I call it Might of the Planetar," Alicia rolls up her sleeve and flexes a well developed green bicep for show. "Hell Striker helped me with it, since he knows lots about them. It only really emulates the obvious physical strengths, though - I'm only a pale imitation of a real one."
[21:32] <Kotono> "You showed me," Syala leans back as her battered body mends. "Owww. I lost bad, too."
[21:32] <Kotono> "You did," Antenora agrees, "Alicia is very powerful. There's no shame in it."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Well, you bloodied me up nicely, and shrugged off one of my most powerful offensive spells," Alicia consoles. "Hopefully we've both learned something?"
[21:36] <Kotono> Quiet for a few moments as she mends, leaning back onto the ground, "Yes, yes. I learned that I still don't like losing." Looking up at Antenora and Latha, "You two look a bit more manageable. Either of you want to give it a go once I heal up?"
[21:38] <Kotono> "I may. Do you want to, Antenora?" Latha asks.
[21:39] <Alicia> "Two devas should be an interesting matchup," Alicia agrees, using a little magic to clean herself up and mend her clothes while she steadily heals.
[21:40] <Kotono> Antenora nods and rustles around in her pockets, coming up with a copper coin. "It seems fitting here to resolve which of us should face her by chance."
[21:40] <Kotono> "So you do as well? A coin flip? If you wish. Heads," Latha says. "Winner fights Syala?"
[21:41] <Kotono> "Yes." Antenora flips the coin into the air, kneeling down to it as it hits the ground! She picks it up and says...
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d2
[21:41] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d2 --> [ 1d2=1 ]{1}
[21:41] <Kotono> "Heads it is," Antenora says, stepping back. "Let's go back and watch, Alicia?"
06[21:42] * Alicia nods, going over to collect her belongings and start to get dressed again. "Good luck, both of you!" she calls over, having returned to her natural form.
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora goes to sit next to Alicia as she dresses, dropping her spear next to her. She lies on the ground, resting her head on her hand, elbow driven into the ground.
[21:44] <Kotono> Latha approaches, stretching out. She puts her mace down carefully on the side, "If you prefer to fight without weapons, I'll honor that."
[21:44] <Kotono> "Sure." Syala smiles a little, then pounces ahead at Latha! "Let's go!"
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Syala
[21:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 Syala --> [ 1d20=4 ]{12}
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha
[21:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 Latha --> [ 1d20=6 ]{14}
03[21:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha>Syala'
[21:46] <Kotono> Gesturing at the now healed Syala, Latha watches as a pillar of flame engulfs the druid deva!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 SR
[21:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 SR --> [ 1d20=6 ]{22}
[21:47] <Kotono> But Syala stands amid it untouched, acting as if she's wiping flame from her arms. "Nice try!" she calls, before charging headlong at Latha, looking to wrap her up!
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 touch
[21:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 touch --> [ 1d20=19 ]{44}
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[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 Syala
[21:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 Syala --> [ 1d20=14 ]{41}
06[21:49] * Alicia sits down next to Antenora with her knees drawn up to her chest, watching with interest.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
[21:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+22 Latha --> [ 1d20=19 ]{41}
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Higher mod wins.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d8+9 wham on Latha, DR is not penetrated
[21:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+9 wham on Latha, DR is not penetrated --> [ 1d8=2 ]{11}
[21:51] <Kotono> Latha is taken down, an elbow driven into the back of her head! Latha squirms as Syala's arms hold her down, "Don't think you'll stop me that way!" she retorts, fighting the grapple with a punch in close to Syala!
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-4 grapple)
[21:51] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 (-4 grapple) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{24}
[21:52] <Kotono> But Syala wiggles out of the way, her head missed by a quick, snapping blow! Watching as they go back and forth, "You know, she should have tried that with you," Antenora observes. "Your magic won't work well ifs he can keep you held."
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[21:53] <Kotono> Syala takes this chance, trying to wrap a hand around Latha's mouth and keep her pinned against the ground, face first!
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 Syala
[21:53] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 Syala --> [ 1d20=15 ]{42}
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
[21:54] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+22 Latha --> [ 1d20=5 ]{27}
[21:54] <Alicia> "I might have won on sheer power while I had my planetar spell up, though," Alicia replies as she watches the two devas wrestle. "Although she'd likely have taken me down on our first battle this way. Glad I didn't resort to grappling, myself."
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-4 grapple)
[21:54] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 (-4 grapple) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{28}
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d8+9
[21:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+9 --> [ 1d8=8 ]{17}
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[21:55] <Kotono> Pinning Latha down, Syala grabs Latha's arm and slams it into the back of the angel's head! Holding her mouth shut and arms pinned by pressing down with her chest, "You can giveup any time," she says, "Got you down good!"
[21:55] <Alicia> "Focus, Latha!" she then calls over. "She's stronger than you, you need to bolster your abilities!"
[21:57] <Kotono> Latha draws in her own concentration!
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[21:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{24}
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[22:00] <Kotono> Latha calls on deep heroism, growing stronger as she's pinned! Meanwhile, Syala grins and slams Latha into the ground a few more times!
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{31}
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{41}
[22:00] <Kotono> But Latha resists and rolls onto her side, half dislodging Syala! A moment later, she attempts to break free entirely!
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{38}
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{33}
[22:01] <Kotono> Leaping out and landing five feet away, Latha is dirt smeared and clothing torn. Nonetheless, she is free of the grapple! "Come on," Latha is focused low, "Let's cease wasting time trying to hurt each other with our fists in close."
[22:01] <Kotono> "Good work!" Antenora calls, "That's it, Latha!"
06[22:02] * Alicia smiles, glad Latha's still got plenty of fight left in her.
[22:03] <Kotono> Syala rips into the air, flying up and going for a massive charge at Latha!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -7 PA)
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 (+2 charge, -7 PA) --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}
[22:04] <Kotono> But Latha side steps instantly! A split second later, she flies back towards Syala's tree, ripping off a quick motion as another pillar of flames engulfs Syala!
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 SR
[22:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 SR --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 15d6
[22:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 15d6 --> [ 15d6=47 ]{47}
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 ref
[22:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 ref --> [ 1d20=16 ]{29}
[22:07] <Kotono> Syala yips as she staggers out of the flame strike, scorched! "That one got through!?" She glares at Latha, "Oh, your'e good too, but not that good!" Kneeling down to scoop up pebbles, "Chauntea, make my pebbles grow!" With that, she tosses one at Latha - and it turns into a giant boulder, thrown right at her!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{34}
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15
[22:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+15 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{22}
[22:08] <Kotono> Wham! The boulder smacks Latha right into her, sending her in a tail spin and kneeling ont he ground! She shakes her head, before rolling to the side and gesturing again at Syala!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:08] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
[22:08] <Kotono> The flame strike that comes fizzles around Syala, making her laugh! "That one was just a lucky shot!" she retorts, throwing another pebble!
06[22:09] * Alicia winces at the impact and Syala's subsequent survival of the flame strike. It's close, but undeniable that Latha is outmatched, here. Unless she can pull out something unexpected, it's only a matter of time before Syala wears her down.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:09] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{36}
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15
[22:09] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+15 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{19}
[22:10] <Kotono> Wham! Another boulder hits Latha, rolling her along and leaving her in a heap in front of Alicia and Antenora! She springs up, going for a direct charge at her!
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
[22:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 (+2 charge, -4 PA) --> [ 1d20=3 ]{27}
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: -2 to that.
[22:11] <Kotono> But Syala is already moving! She flies a little bit backwards, tossing the last pebble in her hand at Latha! Another boulder threans to overwhelm her!
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+27 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{29}
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 2d6+15 owwies
[22:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+15 owwies --> [ 2d6=7 ]{22}
[22:12] <Kotono> As Latha is knocked silly with another boulder, Antenora winces. "Did you see that trick before? It's a new one to me."
[22:13] <Kotono> Latha gets up, wiping at her face and removing a trickle of blood. "By Celestia's light, you're resourceful," Latha admits. She steps back, trying another flaming pillar!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{32}
[22:13] <Kotono> But again, this one fizzles out! Syala stretches as she walks forward, "You can surrender now, or I can cast that spell again and bury you under a rain of stone. Your choice!" Sing-songing that, "Your fists aren't even going to leave a dent in me and you know it."
[22:14] <Alicia> "No, the first time she summoned some animals then I stole her mace and she punched me a lot..." Alicia murmurs, hoping Latha has something in reserve here even if it sadly looks like she's out of options.
[22:15] <Kotono> "...." Latha stops and bows, "Your resistance is strong. I had counted on my magic to win the day, but it seems not to be enough. Very well, victory is yours."
[22:16] <Kotono> "Whoo!" Syala relaxes and makes a leap all at once.
[22:16] <Kotono> Antenora hops to her feet, "Good try," She goes over to Latha, mending her injuries with a touch.
06[22:17] * Alicia stands up. "That could've gone on all day. Defensively you two are both too good," she comments. "Out of interest, Syala, *did* you have another of those spells in reserve, or was it a crafty bluff?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "I did." She admits, "I only get a few boulders with it because I'm not that skilled. You're alright right, we were barely hurting each other."
[22:18] <Kotono> Latha shakes off her dirtied clothes, "Alicia, could you cast a mending cantrip on me?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "Of course. I can clean you up as well," Alicia smiles, casting a quick spell to repair a rent in the fabric caused by a scraping boulder before she sweeps her hands over Latha's form, magicking away the dirt and dust from her various tumbles.
[22:20] <Kotono> "Thank you," Latha smiles.
[22:21] <Kotono> "Aaah, still, that felt good. Oh yes, I wanted to ask you." Turning to Antenora, "What's wrong with Ysgard, anyway? Are you just so far gone on obsessive order that it doesn't agree with you, or is there something more to it?"
[22:22] <Kotono> Antenora crosses her arms, "Ysgard isn't bad, I suppose. But..."
[22:22] <Alicia> "She has fun every time she comes here, she just likes to stick up for her side on the great law/chaos divide at every opportunity," Alicia puts in pleasantly.
[22:23] <Kotono> "She's been about order her whole life, regardless of other feelings." Latha smiles gently, "It's very loyal of her."
[22:25] <Kotono> "There's that, and..." Antenora eyes Syala, "You're barely modest. It's...why do we seem to end up naked or in suggestive situations here so much? Every time we visit, carnal and teasing matters seem to constantly jut ahead. You asked Alicia to strip, for Mystra's sake."
[22:25] <Kotono> "Who cares?" With a shrug, "Ysgard is what it is. We're not so hung up as to not enjoy ourselves."
[22:26] <Alicia> "It's a rather clever effect with the light," Alicia agrees, eyeing Syala for a moment. "It makes you look far more dignified and regal than you actually are." Then to Antenora, "And she actually complained about my nudity like you wouldn't believe, the first time."
[22:27] <Alicia> "Also, *you* were naked when I first met you!" she can't help but add.
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yes well..." Antenora sputters, crossing her arms, gawking and turning away. "That was completely different!"
[22:28] <Kotono> "I thought you were an exhibitionist. I'd expect challengers to come in with -something- to try and protect themselves," Syala chimes in. Showing up naked is absurd!"
[22:29] <Alicia> "Didn't you tell me about how outsiders don't have the same hang-ups about appearances we mortals do?" Alicia needles the former baatezu before turning back to Syala. "I wasn't allowed to bring my armour, and that little gauntlet of yours quickly got rid of my clothes! I might have thought twice about removing them if you weren't masquerading as what looked like an innocent fox."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Well..." Antenora sputters, blushing so hard that the back of her neck turns red.
[22:31] <Kotono> Laughing a little, "Antenora, you may be mimicking some of the attitudes of the superiors you've seen here? Well, superiors relative to you."
[22:32] <Kotono> Listening to Latha and still blushing, "Well, one of the first commands I got was to cover up and..." Throwing her hands up into the air, "It just seems tawdry here somehow. It's innocent if I bathe with alicia on the Prime, but here it seems suggestive somehow!"
[22:32] <Kotono> "You could have put themback on before coming out," Syala points out. "Only those tangles and thorns at the front would require that."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Really," Syala goes around to look at Antenora's face, "Lighten up. You're getting worked up over what sounds like trifles."
[22:35] <Alicia> "You kept nagging at me to hurry up!" Alicia retorts to the Ysgardian deva, smiling nonetheless. "Everything's just so lively and vibrant here. I don't think it's tawdry at all - it's a realm devoted to the triumph of life over adversity."
[22:37] <Kotono> "It's about going with the flow and overcoming," Syala nods along, "Ysgard is about life, heroics, battle and bravery. Stop analyzing it and accept it for what it is. That's your problem, I bet. It sounds like you've completely overanalyzed this. Just go with things!" Nodding to Antenora, "If you're staying here much longer, you should take Antenora around and make her have some fun here. Get her over this entire catch. This is a place for bre
[22:37] <Kotono> Antenora around and make her have some fun here. Get her over this entire catch. This is a place for breattaking heroics, not handholding, dammit!"
[22:39] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora turns away from both of them again, at the only unoccupied direction. "Perhaps, maybe...Alicia, am I really acting silly here?"
[22:43] <Alicia> "We're not staying that much longer, sadly," Alicia admits, "But you've proven there's wisdom in your head, after all." Turning to Antenora, "I think you are, a little bit - Syala's right about you overanalyzing things. I'm not saying you necessarily need to go native, but you should make an effort to just accept things as they are without worrying about how they might be misconstrued."
[22:44] <Kotono> "Yeah," Grinning now, "You really sound like you're imposing too much order on free rolling chaos. Relax." Syala pats Antenora's shoulder.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Very well." Antenora turns and nods to Alicia, blush fading. "I understand then."
[22:46] <Kotono> "There's wisdom in going along with the flow when you have to. My sire taught me that," Latha says with a gentle smile, "Order isn't about imposing excessive controls and rigidness on everything."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Don't put it in terms of law versus chaos," Alicia shakes her head at Syala, "That'll just make her more obstinate. Anyway!" she claps her hands, "I think it's time for us to go home."
[22:48] <Kotono> "Yes, let's," Antenora says agreeably.
[22:49] <Kotono> "It was an honor to face you," Latha says, extending her hands out. "If the two of you are ready?"
[22:49] <Kotono> "Oh wait," Syala speaks up, "This area's warded. You won't be able to shift from here."
[22:50] <Alicia> "That's fine, we can just walk back out through the cave," Alicia shrugs good-naturedly. "Good luck in your future battles, Syala of the Tree of Idun," she waves as she bids farewell to the Ysgardian.
[22:54] <Kotono> "Fare you well," Antenora nods and follows. Thus the three walk down and out...or would. After a bit of walking, them come to a larger cavern. It's familiar to Alicia, for it's packed full of iron vines and sharp thorns.
[22:55] <Kotono> Antenora stops, "What?" She stares ahead, tapping one of the vines with the butt of her spear.
[22:55] <Alicia> "Oh, you sneaky..." Alicia turns a half-hearted glare back up the cave the way they came. "I bet she planned this."
[22:56] <Kotono> Latha starts to smile while Antenora's face twists into a half laugh, half glare. "I would guess she did as well. She has a sneaky streak unbecoming of an angel. I suppose that while in Ysgard, though..."
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[22:56] <Kotono> Antenora just laughs full of anger, alternating between that and glaring back the way you came. "I should have seen that coming. I really should have. I remember the story you told of how you got past here."
[22:58] <Alicia> "Now do you see why she reminds me of Marie?" Alicia laughs a little herself. "Well, we don't have to play it her way. In Kossuth's name, I call upon my allies!" she calls, conjuring forth a cluster of small fire elementals which she sends to burn a path ahead for them.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
[22:58] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4+1 --> [ 1d4=4 ]{5}
[22:58] <Kotono> Antenora watches and snickers as the fire elementals appear as commanded, all 5 of them! "Nicely played, Alicia."
[22:59] <Alicia> "She has it wrong, anyway," Alicia adds as the elementals get to work. "I only lost my clothes because I changed into a gnome to get through the cramped tunnel. I was already naked by the time I got to these vines."
[23:00] <Kotono> The elementals cut and hit throughthe metal, forging ahead a burning path! "You know, I hope she's not listening," Antenora says aloud. "And can't change the features of this tunnel on her whims."
[23:01] <Alicia> "I'm sure we can rise to any challenges she might pose," Alicia nods confidently as she casually strolls behind the elementals and the charred path they're making.
[23:04] <Kotono> The elementals char through a path without incident. On the other side, the tunnel becomes a narrow crawlway. It looks alomst big enough for you to wiggle in through.
[23:06] <Kotono> Latha hefts her mace. "If you'd like to be direct about it..."
06[23:06] * Alicia sighs. "I'd almost think she doesn't want us to leave," she remarks theatricly, tucking her wings in. "Lets not mine our way through, that'd take far too long," she shakes her head to Latha as she attempts to squeeze through.
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Make an escape artist check?
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[23:07] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[23:08] <Kotono> Drawing on all her limber ability, Alicia is just baaarely able to begin to crawl through. She feels squished, a little too tightly packed into the tunnel. If she had a little more space to work with...
[23:08] <Kotono> Antenora watches, "Cute." Then in Alicia's mind, 'Can we make it...or should we play along in whichever way you prefer?'
06[23:10] * Alicia gives up and retreats, sighing. "Of course, the problem is that I *can't* polymorph into a gnome, now. On the other hand... you two feel like becoming mephits?"
[23:11] <Kotono> "We could, or Lantern ARchons," Latha smiles reassuringly. "It's Ysgard, let's go with the flow."
[23:12] <Alicia> "Problem with Lanterns is they're as wide as they are tall - it'd probably be even harder to squeeze through. Coure are sadly beyond my ability..." she draws the third resort from her boot and channels an alter self spell, tapping Latha first to turn her into a wispy impish looking facsimile of herself in the form of an air mephit.
[23:13] <Kotono> Watching Latha, "I'll trust you to choose a good type of mephit," Antenora says.
[23:14] <Alicia> "Air mephits are light and agile, and you've been one before," Alicia smiles at Antenora as she repeats the process on her.
[23:15] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha fly about, Latha speaking in a high pitched, windy voice, "Alicia, are you going to become the same?"
[23:15] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods, sliding the dagger into her boot-sheath before she casts the spell on herself and takes to the air, easily fluttering through the now comparatively spacious tunnel.
[23:18] <Kotono> The three fly out! As you do, you swear you hear a sigh and a laugh behind you. As you do, you see the passage out, daylight gushing and waiting for you.
[23:20] <Alicia> "We're naked, you can't complain just because our attributes have shrunk!" Alicia calls back in response to the sigh and laugh, promptly disposing of the spells once they're all safely outside.
[23:22] <Kotono> Antenora stretches and taps her armor, chuckling. "Ah well. We can count that as a moral victory. Ar ewe ready to return now?"
[23:23] <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia nods readily, taking a hand from each of her friends.
[23:25] <Kotono> Thus, Lathacalls on the magic to take them home!
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 5d100
[23:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 5d100 --> [ 5d100=241 ]{241}
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 1d9
[23:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d9 --> [ 1d9=2 ]{2}
[23:26] <Kotono> Splash! You are wet instantly, cold water chilling you! The gray sky above you blankets a thick, churning ocean of chilly waters! You land in the drink, no land in sight.
06[23:28] * Alicia cries out in surprise at the sudden dunking, quickly snapping out the words of power to teleport them home while she has Latha and Antenora's hands held. It's always supposed to put them on solid ground!
[23:28] <Alicia> roll 1d100 very familiar
[23:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 very familiar --> [ 1d100=59 ]{59}
[23:29] <Kotono> Cries of surprise mitigate as you appear in Alicia's living room.Antenora shakes her wings dry immediately, shivering. "Chilly. Terrible luck."
[23:32] <Alicia> Luckily she still has prestidigitation running, and busily sets to work on drying everyone off and removing the puddle forming on her rug. "We normally end up on a little island or rocky outcrop, not in the middle of the ocean," she remarks, annoyed at the possibility that they might have drowned if she couldn't teleport.
[23:32] <Alicia> "Have fun?" Marie asks, looking up from where she's drawing with Hugo by the fireplace. Then she regards Alicia oddly for a moment before a knowing smiles blooms on her lips. "I guess you did," she concludes.
[23:33] <Kotono> Latha goes over to Hugo, dripping and all. "Dear child, what are you drawing?" she murmurs, looking over to him.
[23:33] <Kotono> Antenora chuckles, "Mind reading makes it easy. Alicia give me what I kept in storage for Marie? It's her souvener."
[23:34] <Alicia> "Don't drink it all at once," Alicia tells her smug looking familiar after she's dried off Latha, reaching into the portable hole to put the jar of Ambrosia besides Marie.
[23:34] <Kotono> "It's good, but unless you want to get really drunk..." Antenora goes to sit, patting her head for Marie. "I bet you'll love it.'
[23:37] <Alicia> "What is it?" Marie asks, opening up the jar and sniffing. "Ooooh! This is enough to last me ages!" she grins, seeing a volume of liquid nearly half her body mass. Closing the jar she flies up to glomp Antenora in gratitude. "Thanks!"
06[23:38] * Alicia meanwhile joins Latha in fussing over Hugo, glad Marie has the sense not to press on her sex life in front of the child. She knows the interrogation will come later.
[23:38] <Kotono> Antenora pats Marie on the head, "I thought you'd feel left out." Setting in to watch Alicia and Latha work with Hugo, "I thin kwe found your lost twin in Ysgard, too."
[23:38] <Kotono> Hugo's drawing a sunny skyscape, full of puffy white clouds.
[23:40] <Alicia> "I hope you didn't threaten to eat her, then," Marie grins at Antenora while Alicia compliments Hugo on his burgeoning artistic talent.
[23:40] <Kotono> Hugo laughs and hugs Alicia, "Thank you!" he carols, planting a big, wet, sloppy kiss on Alicia's cheek.
[23:40] <Kotono> "She'd have liked that," Antenora snarks away, smirking, "But no. You'd fit right into Ysgard, by the way."
[23:44] <Alicia> "I blame you and Alicia for that," Marie pouts as Alicia laughs and musses Hugo's hair. "I used to be a pacifist, you know."
[23:46] <Kotono> "Now you take down mighty fiends?" Antenora leans back deeply, "Marie, honestly...am I overanalytical?"
[23:46] <Kotono> Hugo looks into Alicia's eyes, full of love.
06[23:49] * Alicia encourages her adopted hybrid to resume his artistic endeavours while Marie bluntly replies to Antenora. "Yes? It's one of your defining traits, really. Why would you even... oh, wait. 'Over'? I guess our definitions of what makes analytical become overanalytical might be different..."
[23:50] <Kotono> "Yes. Long story short, things happened on Ysgard and it got me wondering about some aspects of my personality. That's all." Watching along as Alicia encourages Hugo along, "It was an eventful trip, as I'm sure you've already noticed."
[23:51] <Kotono> Hugo looks up at Alicia, "Draw," he asks, handing some of the art materials to Alicia.
[23:55] <Alicia> "Oh, alright," Alicia smiles. "I'm not very good, though," she warns as she starts on a simple line-drawn landscape study of her family's vineyard. It's something she can produce passably from having done it by rote a number of times when she was younger and had a few lessons.
[23:55] <Alicia> "Yeah, I'm a little surprised, but I can't wait to hear the details!" Marie sneaks a glance over at Alicia before settling herself on Antenora's lap. "So, you're thinking you should stop looking too deeply into things? Realising that every now and then a cake is just a cake?"
[23:58] <Kotono> As Hugo watches, enraptured, "Maybe." After a pause, "I do wonder if chaos makes Ysgard somewhat...perverted, however."
[23:59] <Alicia> "What?" Marie blinks, before lowering her voice, "Is this about Alicia?"
Session Time: Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono> After a beat, 'Not really.' Antenora answers in Marie's mind. 'That was unrelated, we were all getting drunk on Ambrosia and...' With a shrug of her shoulders, 'No, just about other things.'
[00:03] <Alicia> 'Well, okay...' Marie replies in the same manner. 'Anyway, I guess it depends what you mean by perverted. If you think of laws as being the epitome of what's right and proper, then chaos represents a freedom from them that you could deem perverted. But that's awfully judgemental and small-minded. Don't love and lust exist anywhere between Celestia and Baator?'
[00:06] <Kotono> 'That's not what I meant, just..mmm.' Closing her eyes to the rest of the world, as Hugo laughs and watches Alicia, 'Perverted is the right word but you're taking the wrong meaning of it. Did Alicia tell you the stories of lal that happened in Ysgard last time?"
[00:08] <Alicia> 'Lots of harsh training, beating up a giant snake, eating forbidden fruit, etcetera etcetera,' Marie replies mentally. 'Anything in particular you're aiming at, here?'
[00:10] <Kotono> 'Well...it's like something there guides things along a bit. You'll end up naked or in a suggestive situation or...and well, it just feels that way.'
[00:13] <Alicia> 'Well, lots of outsiders do without clothes... although I've noticed that's more of a lawful trait than anything else,' Marie considers. 'Why don't you tell me more about these suggestive situations, then?' she adds eagerly.
[00:18] <Kotono> Antenora starts to sigh, but chuckles instead. 'Imagine Alicia and a pretty, powerful Astral Deva druid woman. Neither is wearing anything and they're fighting a hard fought battle...' As Antenora helps Marie out, Hugo smiles and points at some of Alicia's drawing, at the sky.
[00:18] <Kotono> Aloud, "You never change, do you, Marie?" Antenora murmurs.
[00:21] <Alicia> "I resent that," Marie replies aloud, adding mentally. 'I suppose that situation is twice as perverted as Alicia and a pretty, powerful erinyes woman with one of them not wearing anything and they're fighting a hard fought battle?'
[00:21] <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia picks up on Hugo's request and starts drawing a flock of birds soaring in the sky of her landscape. Might as well make it visually interesting rather than aim for pure artistic merit.
[00:22] <Kotono> Hugo seems happy with it, pointing at the birds as they're drawn. Latha smiles, "Those are birds, yes. They fly in the sky and are simple animals."
[00:23] <Kotono> 'Look, I'm aware that I'm having some issues with dreadful irony and hypocracy here.' Antenora looks upward, 'You could have just enjoye dthe image like I thought you would have.'
[00:25] <Alicia> "They're crows, which are a lot quieter than the seagulls we have here," Alicia adds helpfully.
[00:25] <Alicia> 'Couldn't resist,' Marie shrugs apologetically. 'Okay, so Alicia and some deva had an exciting naked battle. I know Alicia, and to my dismay I can assure you she wouldn't have gotten off on it. Did they wrestle, though? That's important to my mental image.'
[00:27] <Kotono> 'No, that was Latha and her,' Antenora buries her head into one of her hands. 'Though Latha wasn't naked. Though, back to the main point of this...or actually...never mind. I'm just going to go with it.' Antenora looks up, 'How'd you tell so quickly when you saw Alicia?'
[00:27] <Kotono> "Crows.' Hugo repeats with a furrowed brow of seriousness, pointing at them. "Crowbirds."
06[00:30] * Alicia draws some seagulls in, realism be damned, and adds in a couple of chickens on the ground. Then she starts to educate Hugo on the concept of subcategories, explaining how all three are birds, but each is different.
[00:30] <Alicia> 'Subtle changes in her mood. There's a lot that goes on beneath the surface over there,' Marie briefly cocks her head towards Alicia. 'It's a feeling I've never got from her before, either, but it's familiar to me, so...'
[00:31] <Kotono> 'Mmm. Her and Strength of Light wandered off mid-way through our drinking. When I asked her the next day, she was up front about it. I'd have thought she may have asked for more privacy or discretion.'
[00:31] <Kotono> "Birds. Birds. Birds." Hugo points at all of them, "Crowchickenbirds?"
[00:32] <Kotono> "No. They're seperate." Latha gently takes Hugo's hand, "Bird AND Chicken. Crow AND Bird."
[00:32] <Kotono> 'Then again, that may have been the good mood from the ambrosia and her encounter that lead to that,' Antenora adds.
[00:36] <Alicia> 'I bet she didn't want to seem ashamed of herself,' Marie reasons as Alicia helps Latha with her explanation. 'Everyone here's pretty open with each other, after all, so her keeping secrets would look suspicious. I bet the booze helped her along, but she's genuinely contented, so good for her, I say.'
[00:38] <Kotono> 'Quite possible, and yes, I felt she was content. If she had been chaste a long time...perhaps since her husband died, this let her lay some of her private anxities to rest?'
[00:38] <Kotono> Hugo just giggles away and hugs Alicia as she draws. "It's looking well, Alicia," Latha peers down on it, "For an amatuer, you're not bad at artistry."
[00:39] <Alicia> "Really?" Alicia seems surprised at the praise, putting her free arm around Hugo as she uses the other to sketch more fowl. "You're not just saying that? It's something I've always liked but never seemed to have any aptitude for."
[00:40] <Kotono> "Alicia, do I lie?" Latha asks with a very gentle smile. "ESpecially in front of Hugo?"
[00:41] <Alicia> 'She has needs like every other woman. We all remember when she got back from the Abyss, after all,' Marie reasons as she settles her back against Antenora's stomach, making herself comfortable. 'If this helps her seek out more encounters, good for her. If it just lets her relax now that her itch has been scratched, I guess that's fine too.'
[00:42] <Alicia> "I suppose not," Alicia smiles wryly. "At least this is one of my better attempts."
[00:44] <Kotono> 'Yes.' Antenora begins to smile as she watches them, silent for a little time. 'Sometimes I wonder if all this order gets in the way of pure good. I can't deny there was good ness in Ysgard or Brightwater, no matter how much part of me dissents with it.'
[00:46] <Kotono> "Though speaking of the arts," Latha looks back to Antenora, "She should pursue some form of them. She told me the story of her singing while you and Strength of Light were occupied. It would expand her horizons."
[00:48] <Alicia> 'There's lots of ways to make the world better. I mean, Celestia isn't bad...' Marie grudgingly admits. 'I can't help but feel like it could be better if it wasn't so regimented, though. I guess you feel the same in reverse. There's merit to finding a balance - that's what Elysium's all about, after all.'
[00:49] <Alicia> "Oh, yes, Antenora's a lovely singer," Alicia agrees, looking up at the former erinyes. "She could do it professionally, certainly."
[00:49] <Kotono> 'Perhaps. I've thought about it a time or two. Would it be better to pursue the ethos of Mystra's sacred realm?' Antenora glances at Latha but looks away with a little shrug. 'I'm not sure I want to go through all of that again, or if I even should.' After, "I suppose I am," Antenora says absently, waving a hand towards the two. 'But...order makes so much SENSE.'
[00:50] <Kotono> '...and I'm overcompensating and overanalysing again, arne't I?' Antenora adds with a deep, rumbling sigh.
[00:50] <Alicia> "They're having a private conversation," Alicia leans towards Latha, whispering and tapping her head briefly.
[00:51] <Kotono> "My sentiments exactly," Latha turns back, "Hugo, why don't you draw chickens and gulls and crows," Tapping Alicia' work wth her finger, "Draw what Alicia drew."
[00:51] <Kotono> Hugo takes some paper and does just that, starting to energetically copy Alicia's work.
[00:53] <Alicia> 'You know one of the best things about Chaos?' Marie asks, before immediately answering. 'The virtue of tolerance! It means accepting everyone else even if you don't agree or understand them. So long as you don't hurt anyone, it's fine for you to just be yourself,' she concludes with a smile, patting Antenora's leg.
[00:54] <Kotono> 'Of course' Antenora merely smiles to that, 'I should really stop talking to you when I'm like this. I give you far too many points in favor of chaos.'
[00:54] <Alicia> 'Only because it makes sense,' Marie returns triumphantly. 'You know, we should go back to Brightwater some day and retake that test of friendship. I bet we'd ace it, now!'
[00:56] <Kotono> 'Uh huh.' Antenora looks to Marie, 'You're just hoping I'll look at you with big doe eyes and say, 'Oh Marie, you've opened my eyes so much! How did I ever not notice you before?'' In a high pitched mental warble, 'Hm?'
[00:57] <Kotono> Hugo draws away, drawing somewhat inaccurate but colorful versions of Alicia's work. Latha guides him along, and as she does, "That's it. Be at peace and imagine what you're doing. Organize your thoughts and execute them well, Hugo."
[00:59] <Alicia> 'A little recognition would be nice,' Marie gives a mental sniff as Alicia resumes encouraging Hugo's drawing.
[01:00] <Kotono> 'Oh sure, I do. I did bring you that ambrosia, after all.'
[01:01] <Kotono> 'They're certainly absorbed,' Latha sends to Alicia.
[01:02] <Alicia> 'Probably got started on a law versus chaos debate. They can go at it for hours,' Alicia replies in a long-suffering tone.
[01:03] <Alicia> 'You did! And I'm ever so grateful!' Marie agrees, oh so very chipper. 'That stuff's hard to get hold of, and with that much being tiny is a big advantage in making it last!'
[01:03] <Kotono> Latha merely goes to pat Alicia gently. 'In a way, it's indearing. Look at how devils and demons settle it. Friendship vs slaughter.'
[01:04] <Kotono> 'I also said we should bring you to Ysgard next time,' Antenora leans back now, whistling in her mind. 'You'll love it there.
[01:04] <Kotono> '
[01:06] <Alicia> 'I know, I shouldn't complain, really,' Alicia agrees. 'They just tend to repeat the same things over and over in different ways, though. At least they're keeping this one quiet.'
[01:07] <Kotono> 'Celestia and Lathander both be praised,' Latha says.
[01:07] <Alicia> 'I probably would fit in well with all the violence... Alicia's turned me into such a bloodthirsty little monster,' Marie agrees. 'But at least I'd get to see some of those suggestive things you were talking about firsthand?'
[01:07] <Kotono> 'Sex and violence, eh? That's what does it for this courre eladrin,' Antenora smirks now, 'My.'
[01:08] <Alicia> 'I'm a product of my environment!' Marie laments, before adding, 'Adaptability, that's another chaotic trait.'
[01:09] <Kotono> 'Oh,' Antenora tosses her hair, 'Smiting evil and looking pretty doing it has done this to you? If everyone else here is lawful and is doing it, and you're chaotic and you weren't, maybe that means that you were wrong all along?'
[01:10] <Alicia> "I could swear they're flirting with one another," Alicia mutters under her breath as she catches sight of Antenora's hair-toss.
[01:10] <Kotono> "Flirting?" Hugo says aloud, "Flirting?"
[01:11] <Kotono> "Ah...yes, that's right, Hugo," Latha starts to smile with a helpless look, "Birds are what's important right now."
06[01:12] * Alicia coughs. "Nevermind that, Hugo," she quickly moves on. "Look, this is what a peacock looks like," she draws one of the ornamental birds she saw on her travels through the Fiefdoms, sitting incongruously in a Kelaran vineyard.
[01:12] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes slide over to Alicia and company, refraining from comment.
[01:14] <Alicia> Marie laughs a little. 'I'll try to stay strong in the face law's temptations,' she insists, taking off and going to grab the jar of Ambrosia so she can go stash it away for later.
[01:15] <Kotono> As Marie flies off, "Having fun, Alicia?" she calls, as sweet as sugar.
[01:17] <Alicia> "I'm just glad to see you and Marie getting along so well," Alicia replies back pleasantly.
[01:18] <Kotono> 'Was it really THAT bad?' Antenora follows up mentally to Alicia.
[01:18] <Kotono> "Yes. Friendship is an important virture," Latha calls back. "Why don't you join us, or go keep Marie company?"
[01:19] <Kotono> *virtue
[01:19] <Alicia> 'I don't know what you two were talking about, but the body language spoke volumes,' Alicia replies, starting to get a bit confused now at all the telepathy flying around.
[01:20] <Kotono> "Mystra, now you sound like Seira and Donald," Antenora mutters aloud, "Can't two women just be friends?"
[01:23] <Alicia> "We both know Marie's open to a lot more than friendship," Alicia retorts, wishing they weren't having this conversation in front of Hugo and electing to avoid saying anything too provocative. "It's obvious you were teasing her, even if I don't know exactly what was said."
[01:25] <Kotono> "Uh huh." Antenora glowers at Alicia, arms crossed. "This entire conversation feels so ironic now. Saying that, and also saying something so ironic like I did in Ysgard? I mean...Can't you see the irony of what you're saying here?"
[01:32] <Alicia> "Hmmm..." Alicia is a bit dubious. "Maybe," she relents a little. "Even if you were behaving innocently, though, I know for a fact that Marie is less so."
[01:34] <Kotono> "Maybe." Antenora relents a little bit herself. "It's not like I haven't noticed, or noticed the comments about her getting jealous that were made."
[01:34] <Kotono> Hugo is enthralled with his drawings, content enough as he copies Alicia's work.
[01:38] <Alicia> "There's no real harm in teasing her," Alicia shrugs, "She does enjoy it, after all. But the lesson of today would be about how such things can seem far more blatant to observers."
[01:39] <Kotono> "Indeed." Antenora heads over, sitting next to Alicia. "Then again, if appearances like that meant anything, well...How does Antenora Reynes sound to you?" With a roguish grin, "Hugo, that's nice. Why don't we draw some clouds around those birds now?"
[01:49] <Kotono> ----
[19:58] <Kotono> ----
03[20:03] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:04] <Kotono> Seira's inn is busy this evening. It's closed to the rabble, only select people filtering in. Inside it is bright and warm against a chilly winter wind coming from the far west like daggers. But the inside is indeed warm, indeed safe. Seira has her maid attired servants about, Amaryl standing near her in a delicate dress of green material that seems soild and ghostly at once. Countess Stronger is near Seira, laughing as she sips wine. Donald
[20:04] <Kotono> Countess Stronger is near Seira, laughing as she sips wine. Donald stands next to her, hovering. Abagail, Saul, Commander Oberuth and Celebrimbor are all deep in some discussion near the roaring fireplace. OOC: Go ahead and set yourselves up as you wish, guys?
06[20:06] * Demedais is standing at the side of the room, enjoying the atmosphere and listening to Pollyanna talk to everyone else.
06[20:08] * Seira decided to go with the elven fashions for the occasion, having commissioned a dress while visiting the Citadel. And it seems to fit the theme well, letting the elven maids feel much like they belong rather than stand out.
[20:09] <Kotono> Pollyanna drifts back to Demedais a little bit, a glass of something warm and red held in hand. "Say dear," With a wide open smile, "Being quiet tonight?"
[20:09] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles warmly at Seira, "You like it," she asks, twirling a little in her gown.
06[20:10] * Alicia arrives with her sister, familiar, and houseguests all in tow. She's wearing a fairly simple but warm looking blue cotton dress that bares quite a lot of her back to accomodate her wings. Seeking out Seira readily enough, she approaches the half-dragon. "Happy Birthday, Seira," she offers the expected platitude, leaning in for a quick hug. "How old are you, now?"
[20:10] <Kotono> From the huddle of mages and one commander, Celebrimbor draws images in the air. He shows images of ships in the air, of fortresses surrounded by walls of fire, that manner of thing.
[20:11] <Kotono> "Happy Birthday," Antenora wears white, a backless gown so her wings can be seen as well, long enough to sweep across the floor. "It can't be too many, it's only been a dab of years for you."
[20:11] <Demedais> "A bit, yes." Demedais nods in reply, watching the conversations before rubbing an ear. "That and last time I got into a conversation I got distracted by hearing the discussion over there." Demedais gestures with his own mug toward the mages-and-commander table. "Hearing's been somewhat sensitive for a while now."
[20:12] <Kotono> Latha lingers along, wearing her normal garb. She smiles to Seira and murmurs the same platitude, drifting over to Demedais and Pollyanna. "Demedais," She offers a slight bow to her. "It's been some time."
[20:12] <Alicia> "After a while you'll start doing like Antenora and rounding to the nearest century," Marie nods sagely as she flutters around. "Then the nearest millenia once you catch up with Latha."
[20:12] <Kotono> "Hearing that good?" With a cocky smile as she turns to Latha, "Oh hello."
01[20:13] <Seira> "It suits you, so it has my utmost gratitude," Seira responds to Amaryl, returning the smile. She hugs Alicia back, giving her a smile of her own as well. "I'm twenty, and may this be the best birthday yet! I mean, I finally got my dad to come! And all of you, oh, it's so great!"
[20:13] <Kotono> "For all the danger, there's surprisingly little celebration," Jessica pipes up from behind the others, "Do you mind if I get some wine, Seira?"
[20:14] <Demedais> "It has been, Latha. I hope you have been well?" Demedais turns a bit to include Latha, before grinning back to Pollyanna. "There are downsides to things, dear, but I'm hardly complaining."
01[20:14] <Seira> "That's what it's here for!" Seira tells Jessica brightly, thanking she, Latha and Antenora for coming.
[20:15] <Kotono> "Shush," Antenora glares up at Marie, "Six hundred years old is barely anything."
[20:16] <Alicia> "In cosmic terms, sure," Marie shrugs as she flutters off to see the illusory display Celebrimbor is putting on.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Well enough," Latha answers, "We recently returned from another trip to Ysgard. It was invigorating in it's unique way."
06[20:17] * Seira looks dubiously at Antenora, even as she stops a nearby maid and asks her to deliver something to suit Marie's taste to her.
[20:17] <Demedais> "Ah. I've not yet seen Ysgard, but I'm glad the trip went well."
[20:18] <Kotono> As Jessica wanders off to get wine, "For all practical purposes, I'm only barely a year old." With a twisting, quirky smile as she regards Seira, Antenora flaps her wings. "Six hundred years of nothing."
[20:18] <Alicia> "It's sometimes hard for me to believe how young you are," Alicia admits to Seira, shaking her head. "And elves and dragons are supposed to take things slow, too."
[20:18] <Kotono> As Marie flies off...OOC: Go ahead and hop in #evil, Marie, this is being a lot to keep up. I'm going to room segment this for the moment.
01[20:19] <Seira> "I must get it from my human mom, then," Seira muses with a shrug. "It would've been nice if I could ask her."
[20:20] <Kotono> "It did." Latha smiles slightly, glancing back at Alicia. "Many found things there were seeking for, or found challenges to their orthodox thinking. In the way of chaos, it was not a bad trip."
[20:20] <Alicia> "You do her a lot of credit," Alicia smiles wistfully. "I'm sure she'd be very proud of you, if she were here."
[20:21] <Kotono> "You're more human than most humans," Antenora smiles as well, as Dawnhope flutters about, lifting off a small snifter of something warm and sipping away.
[20:22] <Kotono> From Celebrimbor and company, the images of a row of flying pegasi plunging into groundbound heavy armored troops can be seen. Commander Oberuth watches, hands folder and face composed and yet drawn.
[20:22] <Kotono> "So, what you're saying is that you don't entirely approve?" Pollyanna says around another gulp of liquid, "From all I've been reading the past months, you wouldn't approve of that."
01[20:23] <Seira> "I have a lot to be thankful for to her," Seira agrees, before looking at Oberuth in amusement. "How about we rescue the Commander? He looks so troubled, over there with all that magical display."
[20:24] <Demedais> "Heh." Demedais murmurs, eyes flitting over to the images for a moment in some interest, a frown forming on his face before he looks back to Pollyanna and Latha.
[20:24] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles, "Seira's unique." Taking Seira's hand and looking at her, deep into her eyes, "I can't deny that at all."
[20:24] <Kotono> "Perhaps, perhaps not." With a little smile, "Tolerance exists. Archons and eladrin are not engaged in a Blood War, are we?" Latha looks to the images as well, reserving comment.
01[20:25] <Seira> It acts as a sure way of getting Seira embarrassed and flustered.
[20:26] <Alicia> "I'm not sure we're the best people to provide respite from the Weave he dislikes so much," Alicia notes softly as she glances over.
[20:27] <Kotono> "Why does he so disdain magic?" Antenora murmurs to Seira and Alicia.
[20:27] <Demedais> "This is true." Demedais shrugs, himself reserving comment on the images. "Hardly seems like the worst place to visit, just one that might be taxing on us three than, say, Seira or Marie."
01[20:27] <Seira> "I don't think he dislikes us, personally," Seira states, seizing upon the chance. "I even asked him once. It's just that magic was hard for the Commander to understand and accept."
[20:27] <Kotono> "It did take a toll on Antenora, yet Alicia thrives there." Latha notes.
[20:29] <Kotono> "Mmm. Perhaps he needs Mystra's guidance?" Antenora puts one hand on one of her hips, "There's no reason to be afraid of magic, or to not accept it. It's natural."
[20:29] <Alicia> "I know, he's happy enough to rely on magic to aid him, but I can tell he thoroughly dislikes it in principle," Alicia explains quietly.
06[20:29] * Demedais blinks for a quick moment.
[20:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+11
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[20:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
01[20:31] <Seira> "Maybe he treats it as an unfair advantage? Although I'm not sure why that would be. After all, the basics of wizardry are persistence and studying." Seira looks confused. "The best I can think of is that he's had many bad experiences with foreign mages, and that he groups the evilness of outsiders and hostile dragons and fey along with magic."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Perhaps. Lets not spoil the mood tonight by pressing him on the subject, though," Alicia suggests.
[20:33] <Kotono> Antenora purses her lips, but nods after a moment. "That's wisest."
01[20:33] <Seira> "Did I ever tell you how I met the Commander?" Seira asks suddenly, agreeing to change the subject.
06[20:33] * Demedais inhales very slightly, before, "Well. Say, Latha, Pollyanna, how about we take this into... the antechamber? It's getting really noisy in here." A meaningful look is given to both at this.
[20:33] <Kotono> Latha looks to Demedais, "Is something wrong?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Of course," She amends right as Demedais speaks.
[20:34] <Kotono> Pollyanna nods and follows Demedais.
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and lead them into #evil, Deme.
06[20:34] * Demedais wastes no time in escorting Pollyanna out, letting Latha lead the way a bit.
[20:35] <Kotono> "No," Antenora continues. "How did yo meet him?"
06[20:35] * Alicia likewise shakes her head.
01[20:37] <Seira> "It was when I was still on the road, looking for Dad. I was waylaid by bandits, believe it or not!" Seira frowns. "I could only cast a cantrip or two, so things looked grim as they played with me until he showed up, out of nowhere! He was so large, and he beat them up despite the odds!" She clasps her hands tightly together, sighing happily. "It was then that I knew what I had to do in life."
[20:40] <Alicia> "So that's why you enlisted in the guard?" Alicia concludes, her smile slipping for a brief second before she gives a barely perceptible nod and resumes her prior expression. "How old were you, then?"
[20:40] <Kotono> "That's inspirational," Smiling to that, looking over at Oberuth, as Saul's face flickers with irritation, "Yes, how old were you?"
01[20:41] <Seira> "Oh, I lied about my age," Seira says flippantly. "There weren't really any elves here at the time, and they had no idea how the relative ages worked."
06[20:42] * Alicia chuckles slightly. "Sneaky," she notes in faint approval.
06[20:42] * Seira grins at her. "Thanks."
[20:43] <Kotono> Saul stands up, "Excuse me," he murmurs, slipping away. He approachesc Seira, a jovial smile on his face. "Ah Seira, how goes your celebration?"
01[20:44] <Seira> "It's very celebratory," she agrees. "Are you using me as a convenient escape from your no doubt exciting conversation?"
[20:45] <Kotono> "I wouldn't dream of it." Saul's smile is ever so brief.
01[20:46] <Seira> "Do you like the recent changes?" Seira asks him curiously. "I never got to consult with you, but I think having genuine elven maids serve the customers would be a huge hit!"
[20:46] <Kotono> Latha returns back out, drifting over and about casually, taking a drink and sipping very little of it.
[20:47] <Kotono> "It's a very unique style," Saul agrees, "Pretty little things, certainly. If there were more men of a suitable age and not so many women, it would be a smashing success."
01[20:48] <Seira> "But I like the maids more...." Seira trails off, and looks towards Alicia for advice. "Should I hire elven butlers after all?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "At least Marie appreciates it..." Antenora mutters.
[20:49] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes at that, a light laughter.
03[20:50] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
06[20:50] * Alicia almost says that elven men aren't very appealing, but quickly squashes that impulse. "I don't think it's necessary. This place trades well enough on your reputation, after all. There's no need to try and lure in customers with titillation."
01[20:51] <Seira> "It's some of that," Seira agrees, "but I'm also trying to understand other people more, now. So when I think of what I as a customer would like, there's just something about being served by a stylish maid, you know?"
[20:54] <Kotono> "Mmm." Antenora stretches, "Where'd Demedais and Pollyanna go?"
[20:54] <Alicia> "Every inn has maids," Alicia shrugs. "It's not anything particularly new unless you play things up with revealing costumes and the promise of extra services... do you really want to run that sort of establishment, though?"
01[20:55] <Seira> "No, but the level of service is entirely different! How about you come for dinner one day and I'll show you?"
01[20:55] <Seira> "It's like... like the difference between amateur singing and a real bard!"
[20:56] <Demedais> "I'm over here." Demedais calls to Antenora lazily. "Pollyanna went to get something she forgot at the temple."
06[20:57] * Alicia resists the urge to sigh at the reminder of her own establishment's shortcomings in that area. "Well, alright, I'll give it a try sometime?" Maybe she'll learn something useful.
[20:57] <Kotono> "Bring Marie," Antenora murmurs absently, as she nods over to Demedais.
01[20:58] <Seira> "Oh, that's so great!" Seira exclaims happily, oblivious to the undertones. "I'm sure you'll like it, and we'll improve our level of service at the same time!"
[21:00] <Kotono> Meanwhile Commander Oberuth stands, shaking Celebrimbor's hand before getting a drink. He goes over to Demedais, and quietly, "Having fun?"
[21:01] <Alicia> With the illusory show now over, Marie decides to avail herself of Seira's famed maid service, getting some booze for her and Dawnhope.
[21:01] <Demedais> "For certain values of fun, sure." Demedais says with an uneasy grin. "And you, Commander?"
[21:03] <Kotono> "A preview of what may come in two or four or ten years," Commander Oberuth looks over his shoulder.
[21:05] <Kotono> Polly ducks her head out from teh back, "Oh Demedais, I got what I forgot," she calls.
06[21:06] * Demedais smiles a bit sadly at this. "A far cry from what we had before, in so many ways. And I'm not convinced even now that it's entirely good." A glance over to Pollyanna. "Thanks, dear. Just put them over here next to us?"
06[21:06] * Seira recalls something that's been on her mind for a while, and decides to use this opportunity to inquire about it. "Alicia, whatever happened to that dwarven hero enjoying the hospitality of Kelara's Temple of Mystra? I'm afraid I fell out of touch, and never got to hear more about him."
[21:07] <Kotono> Polly comes out, putting sword and bow against the wall. Commander Oberuth raises an eyebrow at that, "Showing them off?" he says curiously, "Or simply being prudent?"
[21:08] <Demedais> OOC: I presume we're more than ten feet away from Saul as it stands?
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[21:09] <Alicia> "Rubri'granit?" Alicia asks. "I'm not quite sure, to be honest. I haven't seen him at the temple the last few times I've visited. I can ask after him next time I'm in Kelara, though."
[21:10] <Kotono> "Rubri...dwarf, definintely," Saul murmurs.
06[21:10] * Demedais glances to Saul, before muttering low, "A succubus is scrying on Saul. Thus far she's made no other move, but we decided it would be best to have something on hand in case she does."
01[21:10] <Seira> "Pass along my best wishes to him when you do, if you can, please?"
[21:11] <Kotono> "Abyss cursed fucking..." Oberuth nearly spits out, running a hand down his face. "Can any of you take steps to neutralize it?"
[21:11] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia nods. "I left him a standing offer to teleport him back home, but it's possible he prevailed on someone else in Kelara to provide transport rather than seeking to bother me. He seemed a very self-reliant type."
01[21:12] <Seira> "Or maybe he left to fight evil and right wrongs," Seira states, her eyes getting misty.
[21:12] <Kotono> "It's a pity those Sharrans got him," Antenora leans against a wall now, wings flitting and flapping slightly. "At least we saved himb efore it was too late."
[21:13] <Demedais> "That was about my reaction, Sir." Demedais notes. "And not as it stands; once the party is over I'm going to request Saul stay with Seira and others here while I go scry on it with Alicia present, and then teleport a group over."
[21:13] <Demedais> A pause. "And this is another part of why I'm not so terribly fond of magic, even as I learn it just to try and keep up with Alicia and Seira..."
[21:14] <Kotono> With a slightly wry smile on his face, "Now that I understand." Oberuth says. "Has Seira been informed of the situation?"
[21:14] <Alicia> "I'm sure he'll do well wherever he goes," Alicia smiles agreeably.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Yes. Speaking of far away have you ever been to Ysgard, Seira?" Antenora smiles now, "The heroic domains."
01[21:15] <Seira> Seira's own smile slips slightly. "Ah, yes. Once. Briefly."
06[21:15] * Alicia can't quite hide her wince at Antenora's question, knowing the reason behind Seira's only visit there.
[21:15] <Demedais> "Seira, Alicia and Saul all have." Demedais nods. "I asked Latha to inform them mentally; anticipated telling everyone would give some cue that something was wrong."
[21:18] <Kotono> "We've had some interesting adventures there. I was thinking it would suit you well," she goes on.
01[21:19] <Seira> "Maybe some time," Seira says evasively. "Oh, the most amazing thing happened a few weeks ago, when I was in Pallanth," she continues, abruptly switching the subject.
[21:19] <Kotono> "Very well. I'll borrow Seira then." Oberuth nods, "Keep a watch on Saul for right now." At that, Oberuth walks over to Seira. "Ah, Colonel Seira," he says grandly, "I've been meaning to talk to you. How about we go outside for a few minutes?"
[21:20] <Alicia> "You can tell us when you get back," Alicia smiles, this working just as well as a transparent subject change.
[21:21] <Kotono> Amaryl startles ever so slightly, "I'll play hostess while you're doin gthat, Seira?"
01[21:21] <Seira> "I think you'll like it," Seira promises. "It's an uplifting story!" She smiles gratefully at Amaryl, and nods at the Commander, ready to follow him outside.
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira.
[21:22] <Kotono> "So Alicia," Antenora turns to her, "Why don't we tell Amaryl a good story to pass the time?"
06[21:23] * Demedais steps over to Celebrimbor at this, keeping Saul in range of himself. "Apologies for not greeting you earlier, but you seemed engrossed."
[21:25] <Alicia> It's the hostess's job to entertain, not the other way around! But Alicia doesn't really mind. "Of course. What kind of stories do you like, Amaryl?"
[21:26] <Kotono> "Ah, Demedais," Celebrimbor offers a hand to Demedais, "It's been some time."
[21:26] <Kotono> "Oh, exciting ones. Romance is good too," Amaryl admits.
06[21:26] * Demedais shakes the hand. "It has been. You have been well, I hope?"
[21:27] <Kotono> "I have been." Sitting back and sipping wine, "I hear your temple to Helm prospers."
[21:28] <Alicia> "I can tell you the story of how the brave Oolu was rescued from his horrible gnomish confinement by the Crimson Guard, and then brought his love to all the poor neglected sea elves," Alicia suggests, smiling winsomely. "Seira could probably tell you the real story, but whether it's as entertaining as the one I've heard I'm not sure."
[21:28] <Demedais> "It does, though I spend less and less time there as duty calls me out." Demedais smiles wanly at this.
[21:29] <Kotono> :Oh, please!" Amaryl nods away.
[21:30] <Kotono> "A pity that," As Celebrimbor says that, Seira returns inside and trots over to Celebrimbor.
[21:31] <Demedais> "What must be, must be." Demedais is about to follow this up with a question, before turning to Seira as she comes back in, glancing to Pollyanna who's listening in to the story of Oolu.
01[21:32] <Seira> "The light show seemed pretty interesting," Seira compliments the old elf, waving at Demedais with a smile.
06[21:32] * Alicia nods pleasantly and proceeds to regale Amaryl with a highly edited version of the events when Seira, Shamal, Lyselle, and Demedais all braved the gnomish ruins below the temple of Helm in Pilltain, relying on Oolu's wisdom to get the better of the various tricks and traps there, before freeing him in joyous gratitude.
[21:32] <Alicia> Then the tale turns to his long-delayed return to the Elemental Plane of Water, catching up with long lost friends and having to outsmart and outwit enemies who'd grown bold in his absence. Before the Crimson Guard prevailed upon him once more, telling of the sad fate of the Sea Elves!
[21:32] <Alicia> Loyal and friendly Oolu of course hesitated not a moment in returning to the Prime, offering his earnest love and friendship to all the sea elves of the Bay of Sparkling Stars... especially the buxom young female ones.
[21:32] <Kotono> "I made a fair effort," he agrees, "We were talking about ideas about the future."
[21:33] <Demedais> "It did, yes." Demedais nods. "I caught a fair bit about it - the discussion trailed off into military tactics at the end, from what I saw and heard."
[21:34] <Kotono> "Yes, that's how he thinks. He's very much a military man," Celebrimor sips from his wineglass, "Seira's interpretation of the ideas tend to be more romatic."
[21:34] <Kotono> Amaryl listens well, nodding in the right places and blushing at the end. "Oolu sounds very, ah...ah..."
01[21:34] <Seira> "I would appreciate the chance to catch you later today, or even tomorrow, and discuss some of those," Seira voices. "Unless you need to leave right after?"
[21:34] <Kotono> "I can stay the evening, there are no pressing matters," Celebrimbor affirms.
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[21:36] <Alicia> "Gregarious is a good word for it," Alicia settles on that, nodding. "He's enjoyable company, though, for all his foibles. Likely the story I heard is embellished a fair deal, but the elves of the bay genuinely do like him - the comely lasses flock willingly, from all I've seen."
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 A
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 A and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 M
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 M and gets 11." [1d20=5]
06[21:36] * Seira smiles once more, quite happy at this turn of events. "I suppose a lot depends on the way you look at things? A strong military force is important, but I only view it as such because its job is to protect the citizens and guard them from outside threats. It's all so that they could live happily ever after, and that society could prosper, not for the sake of the military growing in power.
01[21:36] <Seira> "
[21:36] <Kotono> "He reminds me of an angel I know," Antenora cracks her own smile. "Doesn't he?"
[21:37] <Kotono> "Hm?" Antenora glances to the door briefly, turning away right after. "Did you just laught, Alicia?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "In a way. He'd argue that he's a lover not a fighter, though... what?" Alicia pauses at Antenora's question. "No..."
06[21:38] * Demedais suddenly tenses up. "And... we may truly have company." Muttering the prayer for Invisibility Purge, Demedais heads outside toward the sound, picking up his sword on the way.
[21:40] <Kotono> As Demedais moves to go outside, the door opens. On the other side is a gorgeous female, long brown hair cascading down to her waist. She wears loose white clothes like a toga, beautiful angel's wings at her back. In a melodic voice, "Ah, excuse me. I come seeking Seira of the Crimson Guard."
06[21:41] * Seira turns towards the door. "I'm afraid it's a private party," she tells the lovely woman. "Is there anything you need help with?"
06[21:42] * Demedais blinks at this, as it's definitely not what he was expecting. Letting Seira handle this, he steps back in the antechamber a fair bit, before quickly muttering the words for True Seeing and looking at the woman again.
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora turns to her, looking her up and down. Meanwhile, "I come from the Realms Above at the behest of Waukeen. There is serious matters you and your father and I must discuss."
[21:42] <Alicia> Well, the succubus was scrying on Saul, not Seira... nonetheless, there's reason for suspicion, so Alicia surreptitiously eyes the new arrival for evil. Also, why would an angel be serving Waukeen, anyway?
[21:43] <Alicia> "You're not from any realm above, 'sister'," Alicia then tells the overwhelmingly evil new arrival disparagingly, her own wings flaring out momentarily behind her as she turns to face the door.
01[21:43] <Seira> "Umm, look. It's not that I don't believe you, but... okay, I kinda do. Waukeen doesn't do this sort of thing. She's more into faith and subtlety. I don't suppose you have any proof?"
01[21:44] <Seira> *kinda don't
[21:44] <Kotono> Antenora glances at Alicia and Seira, peering at her. "Ah yes." Stretching back and stepping behind Alicia, "What a pretty face to hide such a blatant liar!"
[21:44] <Kotono> Celebrimbor rises, Elle stepping forward as well.
06[21:44] * Demedais just draws his blade at this. "Hi. I confess we expected you earlier. Cute skull you used while scrying, by the way."
[21:46] <Kotono> The angel takes a step back, "Well...fuck." She says in that same sweet voice, "I didn't fool a one of you, did I? Then..." With that, the 'angel' dives out of the room! OOC: I'll call init here since no one's buying this act at all.
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 righty-o
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 righty-o and gets 17." [1d20=16]
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 M
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 M and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=16]
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Jessica
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Jessica and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Abagail
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Abagail and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha man this succubus has bad odds
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha man this succubus has bad odds and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Oberuth
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Oberuth and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Celebrimbor, rather.
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Saul
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Saul and gets 19." [1d20=12]
03[21:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)>Donald(23)>Marie(21)>Demedais(17)>Alicia(9)'
03[21:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[21:49] <Kotono> The succubus is like lighting! It tumbles out into the street, drawing diagrams of fire beneath her feet! "Fine then! Go suck on this, you boring know it alls!"
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 1." [1d100=1]
01[21:50] <Seira> "What are you, twelve?" Seira calls after her.
[21:51] <Kotono> Rising up from the ground, a pair of vrocks bar the exit outside! But these vrocks have three long necks and three snapping beaked heads, six winged! "Have fun with my pets!" The now shielded and unseen 'angel' calls! OOC: Summons are up.
03[21:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)=Vrock1=Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[21:52] <Kotono> The first vrock bars the way, many vrocks instead of one!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d4+7
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+7 and gets 9." [1d4=2]
03[21:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)=Vrock1(8 images)=Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
06[21:52] * Seira eyes the vrocks, then the door the succubus just fled through. "Spurned girlfriend, Dad?" she asks, raising an eyebrow.
[21:52] <Kotono> The second vrock lets loose a powerful screetch that fills the entire room!
[21:52] <Kotono> "Not now!" Sauls naps back!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 5d6 sonic and make fort saves, all.
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 sonic and make fort saves, all. and gets 19." [5d6=3, 6, 3, 5, 2]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 A
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 A and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 M
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 M and gets 15." [1d20=4]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[21:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Antenora
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 Antenora and gets 40." [1d20=16]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL and gets 11." [1d10=1]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Donald
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[21:54] <Alicia> OOC: +6 on mine and Marie's saves if Latha's nearby, +2 on Marie's save even if not
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Polly
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Polly and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Jess has a crappy fort anyway
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Jess has a crappy fort anyway and gets 2." [1d20=2]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Ditto with Abby
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Ditto with Abby and gets 8." [1d20=8]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Celebrimbor
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Celebrimbor and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Amaryl
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Elle
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Elle and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 forgot Elle's init
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 forgot Elle's init and gets 10." [1d20=2]
03[21:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)=Vrock1(8 images)=Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl=Elle(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Marie, Donald, Jessica, Abby, Latha, Celebrimbor, Amaryl and Saul are stunned for 1d4 rounds.
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:58] <Kotono> The burst of sound sends everyone reeling, dazed! Jessica falls over, stunned! Donald is stunned as well! OOC: Polly.
[21:58] <Kotono> Pollyanna dives back, rolling with the pain! She grabs the third resort, firing off one quick shot with it!
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: First
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+6 law devotion, activating as a swift, attacking non MI vrock. Duh.)
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+6 law devotion, activating as a swift, attacking non MI vrock. Duh.) and gets 31." [1d20=2]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 3d6+12
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+12 and gets 26." [3d6=5, 3, 6]
[22:00] <Kotono> The arrow flies true, pulsing throughthe vrock's stomach and leaving a clean hole through it! OOC: Marie's stunned, abby's stunned, Saul's stunned, Demedais, you're up.
[22:01] <Kotono> "Abyss-spawn!" Antenora growls, "This is no place for you! Return back to the screaming madness you rutted from!"
[22:02] <Kotono> "I'll settle for them dying," Pollyanna snaps back.
[22:02] <Kotono> "Same thing!" Antenora says, "Alicia, open up your hole already or toss me a weapon1"
06[22:02] * Demedais charges the same vrock, invoking his force of protection as he slices upward with a powerful blow! "Any mages that can, focus on teleporting people outside to pursue!" he calls in Celestial.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Mystra granted you magical powers - use them!" Alicia retorts back.
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Vrocks have reach and you'll take an AoO from each as you move in. You okay with that, Deme?
[22:04] <Demedais> OOC: Sure, I guess. AC's not terrific, but my HP should hold out.
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 bite 1
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 bite 1 and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 bite 2
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 bite 2 and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:05] <Demedais> OOC: 26. Heh.
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 bite 1 and fort
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 bite 1 and fort and gets 18." [2d8=4, 1]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d8+13 bite 2 and fort
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+13 bite 2 and fort and gets 22." [2d8=8, 1]
[22:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 maybe this was a bad idea! Oh well.
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 maybe this was a bad idea! Oh well. and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[22:05] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 maybe this was a bad idea! Oh well. Part 2
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 maybe this was a bad idea! Oh well. Part 2 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[22:06] <Kotono> Demedais is nipped and bitten, but he endures as he charges in! OOC: Go fo rit.
[22:06] <Kotono> "Got it," Antenora calls, holy energy simmering around Antenora!
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+7 smite, +2 charge, -6 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+7 smite, +2 charge, -6 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[22:08] <Kotono> Demedais weathers the blows, but his one powerful smite whizzes past in a clean miss! OOC: Seira.
06[22:10] * Seira decides to test the waters by directing a flurry of force missiles at Demedais and Pollyanna's target.
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 Chain Missile
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 Chain Missile and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Vrocks have shitty, shitty SR, so that passes.
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 8d4+8
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d4+8 and gets 28." [8d4=3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1]
01[22:11] <Seira> They then keep on rebounding towards the other vrock and all its images!
03[22:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)=Vrock1=Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl=Elle(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 8#1d4+1
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8#1d4+1 and gets 31." [8#1d4+1 = 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2]
[22:12] <Kotono> The missles crash into the wounded vrock, then rebound like pinballs! The array of images are vaporized in the storm of bouncing magic missiles! OOC: Amaryl's stunned. Elle's up.
06[22:12] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's blessing at this time, while Lagann summons the Resort to her hands from its proud display by the fireplace.
[22:12] <Kotono> OOC: Ooops ,sorry. More coming?
01[22:13] <Seira> OOC: No, just this. With 100ft to work with and it originally being within Lagann's range, I should be able to reach it
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:14] <Kotono> Elle dashes to Abby, taking the dazed and badly injured girl to Celebrimbo'rs side! She snaps off words that transport the three away! OOC: She has greater TP today. She learned her lesson last time. Alicia, you're up, then Antenora.
[22:14] <Alicia> First of all to remove those vrocks. Then she can do something about their summoner. "Back to the Abyss, thrice-cursed horrors!" she snaps as she gestures her hand at them, unweaving the magic that summoned them to this realm!
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 dispel 1
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 dispel 1 and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 dispel 2
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 dispel 2 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:15] <Alicia> OOC: more coming, but lets see if this worked first
03[22:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)>Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Abby(20)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl=Elle(10)>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[22:15] <Kotono> The first vrock vanishes, leaving only the wounded second vrock in it's wake! OOC: Continue.
06[22:16] * Alicia then activates her boots, freezing time! The first thing she does as everything slows to a crawl and then stops around her is to turn herself invisible and fly out past the vrock by the door so she can see where the succubus is.
[22:17] <Kotono> Alicia finds the succubus just outside, standing in the middle of the street. She still looks like an angel.
06[22:18] * Alicia casts her next spell, empowering her with the might of a planetar! She then quickly moves over to position herself in front of the succubus, ready to capitalise on her unwariness as time reasserts its flow...
[22:18] <Alicia> OOC: taking position to AoO her if she moves/casts
[22:19] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Antenora follows Alicia's lead! She calls on her innate magic, calling down a mighty flame strike on the side of the vrock, missing Demedais!
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 49." [15d6=6, 1, 1, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 5, 5, 6, 1, 3, 2]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[22:20] <Kotono> The vrock dodges some of it, but divine energies still burn it's many wings! OOC: Succubus is up now.
[22:21] <Kotono> The angel swears in Abyssial, horrible words of vile meaning! "You lucky fucking slaadi humping perverts! You devil cum eating sluts! How did you figure it out so quickly! Grr, I liked this place!" With that, she tries to vanish away! OOC: You can AoO, Alicia.
06[22:22] * Alicia backhands her across her pretty face, intending to disrupt her concentration as she casts! "You're not going anywhere, 'sister'!"
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 knowledge and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -14 pa, invis, 5th level arcane strike, smite, divine might
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -14 pa, invis, 5th level arcane strike, smite, divine might and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hits flatfooted.
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 2d8+56+5d4 good aligned
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+56+5d4 good aligned and gets 78." [2d8=2, 5][5d4=2, 4, 4, 3, 2]
[22:24] <Kotono> The succubus jerks back, teeth flying out of he rmouth at the backhand! Her magic completely fizzles! "Aaagljk!" she cries inocherently! Meanwhile, the second vrock emits another screetch!
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 5d6 Everyone but Alicia needs to save.
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 Everyone but Alicia needs to save. and gets 18." [5d6=5, 5, 2, 2, 4]
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 kay
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: And Elle and her TPer,s of course.
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 kay and gets 35." [1d20=11]
01[22:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Antenora
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 Antenora and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Donald
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Polly
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Polly and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Jess
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Jess and gets 15." [1d20=15]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Celebrimbor
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Celebrimbor and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Amaryl
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[22:25] <Demedais> OOC: Celebrimbor isn't here.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Marie (+4 if Latha's near enough)
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Marie (+4 if Latha's near enough) and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Oh right, just scrolled up and read. Dur.
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Donald(AGAIN?), Polly, Jess, Amaryl and Saul are stunned.
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica's stunned. Donald's stunned. Polly's stunned. Marie's up.
03[22:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)>Vrock2>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[22:27] <Alicia> Marie picks herself up groggily from the ground where she landed heavily at the last screech, glaring at the Vrock and firing a blast of magic missiles at it while she retreats to join the maids out of reach of further sonic assaults!
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 SR
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 SR and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=2, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[22:28] <Kotono> The vorkc is peppered hard, staggering back again under Marie's assault! OOC: Saul's stunned. Deme.
06[22:30] * Demedais grins savagely. "Hah... Consider this set payback for that bite, vrock!" With that he tears into the vrock savagely, bringing up his devotion to law as he lays into the beast!
[22:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law, -4 PA)
[22:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law, -4 PA)
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law, -4 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=14]
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law, -4 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[22:32] <Demedais> OOC: Er, sorry, Second blow was supposed to be -5, +7 because I was smiting there.
[22:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law, -4 PA)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law, -4 PA) and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:33] <Demedais> roll 4d6+49
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+49 and gets 66." [4d6=2, 6, 3, 6]
03[22:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Succubus(29)>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl>Alicia(9)=Antenora'
[22:33] <Kotono> The vrock is impaled on Deme's steel sword, bleeding all over it as it breaks into black dust and fades away! OOC: Seira.
06[22:33] * Seira uses the chance to dash outside!
01[22:34] <Seira> OOC: Travel devotion to move out and see what's up
[22:34] <Kotono> Outsider, a reeling angel is holding her mouth, blood gushing from a broken nose!
03[22:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Succubus(29)>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl>Antenora'
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 do I see Alicia?
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 do I see Alicia? and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[22:37] * Seira strides towards the bloodied angel with assured steps, holding the Resort out until its blade is but two feet away from her neck. "Who are you and why are you here?" she demands to know. "Consider this your one and only chance at anything approaching peaceful cooperation."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Mgmdsg!" She sputters out, a spray of blood coming from her ruined mouth! In Seira's mind, she hears, 'Go gurgle balor piss!'
01[22:39] <Seira> Well, if that's how she wants it....
06[22:40] * Seira lunges with the Resort, seeking to stab it right through the fake angel's gut!
01[22:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 maim
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 maim and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff. Continue on.
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 I see
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 I see and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Crits make everything seem better.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 9d8+27+6+2d6+5d8 Good
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+27+6+2d6+5d8 Good and gets 96." [9d8=7, 2, 5, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 5][2d6=6, 6][5d8=5, 1, 5, 2, 7]
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, forgot. The last 5d8 or the good part don't apply.
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: flanking?
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: -20, so 76
01[22:45] <Seira> OOC: I can flank with invisible people?
[22:45] <Kotono> The succubus is impaled! She stares down at the sword and paws at it, 'Bitch...I only let...people I like do that...' Black rose petals fall about as the succubus vanishes! OOC: It's moot.
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
06[22:45] * Seira shakes her sword to clear it off the petals, shuddering in disgust.
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d100 abyssial reincarnation luck, I don't always show these but why not right now?
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 abyssial reincarnation luck, I don't always show these but why not right now? and gets 76." [1d100=76]
06[22:46] * Demedais exhales, before looking in. "Everyone okay?"
[22:46] <Alicia> With the succubus dead Alicia first ends her transformation, her skin returning to normal and no longer filling out her dress quite so snugly, before she reappears in the realm of the visible. "A pity we can't find out just why she came here," she observes. "Everyone okay inside?"
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora looks over people, "No one looks too hurt," she calls back, "Just a lot of dazed folks."
[22:47] <Kotono> Saul picks himself up, shaking his head, "Damnations...vrocks?"
01[22:47] <Seira> "I overestimated her and forgot to stay my hand," Seira admits, looking embarrassed. "Sorry! I'll try better next time."
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 planes, who the abyss has 3-headed vrocks?
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 planes, who the abyss has 3-headed vrocks? and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: same knowledge for black rose petals, too
01[22:48] <Seira> "Hey, Dad!" Seira calls over to Saul. "So who was it?"
[22:48] <Demedais> "Alright. I'll be in to dispense healing in a bit. For now..." Demedais glances to Pollyanna. "Dear, are you alright?"
[22:49] <Kotono> "How should I know?" Saul rubs his head, "I've never seen her before. But think. Abyss? Me? Probably Irenes' master or someone related to all of that. Gurlan."
[22:49] <Kotono> Pollyanna rubs the side of her head, "I'm fine," Pollyanna calls back, "Dazed but fine."
01[22:50] <Seira> "Gurlan was a girl?!"
[22:50] <Alicia> "Demogorgon favours multi-headed creatures," Alicia volunteers as she heads in to dispense healing where needed, helping out her familiar first. "Isn't Gurlan connected to him, as well?"
06[22:50] * Seira pauses before exclaiming, "I always found that name suspicious!"
[22:50] <Kotono> Saul gives Seira a steady look. "Yes. This does have his fingerprints on it then."
[22:51] <Kotono> Antenora goes about healing, going to check on Marie and the maids after.
06[22:51] * Demedais nods slightly, helping her to her feet. "Then could I request you go notify Oberuth, and then Elle, that the threat has been dealt with, dear? I'll stay behind and patch things up, make sure there's no second round - though I doubt there will be."
[22:51] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to do just that.
01[22:51] <Seira> "I think it's Gurlan's way of asking for death, then," Seira muses out loud.
[22:52] <Demedais> "Alright, anyone who needs healing, I'm here."
[22:52] <Kotono> "Maybe he got bored, or maybe he's feeling malicious, or who knows? Figuring out the Abyss is a waste of time." Saul dusts his clothes off, "I'll see to any remaining injuries."
[22:52] <Alicia> Just in case there is a second round, Alicia hands out a few weapons, giving Latha her mace, Antenora her spear, and Marie her longbow and a quiver of arrows.
06[22:53] * Demedais nods to Saul, a bit distracted as he assists.
06[22:53] * Seira decides to aid as well, meager though her healing talents may be.
[22:55] <Kotono> Slowly people return, the party resuming as messes are cleaned up. Antenora sits at a table, thoughtful. Latha lingers next to Seira and Demedais and Alicia, as Commander Oberuth surveys the damage. Donald and Abagail sit together, the latter rubbing her forehead and drinking brandy. "At least it's dealt with," Oberuth grunts, "So your best bet is Gurlan and Demogorgon by extension?"
[22:56] <Alicia> "The pieces fit, based on the mutated nature of the summoned fiends and the interest in Lord Saul and Seira," Alicia nods.
01[22:56] <Seira> "Might as well be," Seira voices with a shrug. "I don't know any succubi, so why else would one target Dad and I?"
[22:57] <Kotono> "It fits. I caution you that the Abyss is full of malicious whimsy. Doing something vile like this is entirely within their purview without having a reason. However, all the evidence suggests it is unlikely to be so." Latha says this as she looks about.
[22:58] <Alicia> "This wasn't random, she came here on a mission," Alicia declares decisively. "Also, she said something interesting before I hit her - that she 'liked it here'. That implies she was familiar with Balmuria - Demedais, could you tell where she was scrying from?"
01[22:58] <Seira> "I've been putting it off since it didn't seem like they were targetting anyone but me, but maybe something should be done about that stupid balor?" Seira suggests.
[22:58] <Demedais> "I think she liked it in this world. She was scrying from the wastelands to the southwest." Demedais notes.
01[22:59] <Seira> "The wastes? It makes even more sense, then," Seira agrees, nodding.
[22:59] <Alicia> "I wonder if she's the succubus that managed to escape when we fought the marilith near there?" Alicia wonders aloud.
[23:00] <Kotono> "It might be," Latha nods slowly, "This is making more sense now."
[23:02] <Demedais> "Possible she went to attack you there, didn't find you and scryed on you, finding you here instead." Demedais muses after a moment.
[23:02] <Kotono> "She thought she'd trick us," Donald calls as he gets up, pats Abagail's hand and walks over. "Walking in looking like an angel."
[23:03] <Kotono> "Obvious, but it means she was very confident of her lying skills," Latha observes, "She didn't even take precautions to hide her evil aura."
01[23:04] <Seira> "What an idiot, right?" Seira asks with a snort. "And I think this calls for drinks! I'll serve, Donald, you help!"
[23:04] <Alicia> "Also, why would she disguise herself as an angel then claim to be here on Waukeen's behalf?" Alicia asks. "Based on what she summoned she was far above a normal succubus, but she rather reeked of incompetence."
01[23:05] <Seira> "Well, Waukeen might well employ angels, but she'd never bother sending one to me," Seira muses in response to that.
[23:05] <Kotono> Donald goes and helps, bringing over several drinks to everyone.
[23:05] <Kotono> "Terminal overconfidence?" Latha bows her head, "A fool who got lucky? Someone who underestimated us?"
[23:06] <Demedais> "...A distraction from whatever else they're doing?"
01[23:07] <Seira> "Maybe she just didn't know about you guys?" Seira suggests.
[23:07] <Kotono> "From what, then?" Commander Oberuth scowls, "There's been no reports in the city of anything."
[23:08] <Alicia> "It's possible, but you'd think she'd have researched her targets even a little," Alicia muses in response to Seira. "And why distract us when doing so only alerts us to what we had no inkling of before?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "So it's either an idiot plotting ineptly, or an invitation from her higher ups?"
[23:08] <Kotono> "Unless it was at the same time and they wanted to be assured that we're busy? It's thin, but....off possible," Latha concludes.
01[23:09] <Seira> "For all of a minute?"
[23:10] <Kotono> "Longer if they'd think we wouldn't think of it," Latha is quiet for a time, "Chasing our tails fortifying home when they're striking farther away?"
01[23:11] <Seira> "I'm not intending on changing my behavior any, so if that was their plan, it kind of fails," Seira muses.
[23:11] <Kotono> "That sounds more like devilwork," Antenora calls over, approaching as well. "I think it's just an incompetent demon getting whta she had coming."
[23:11] <Alicia> "I don't know what they could distract us from that we wouldn't be ignorant of, anyway," Alicia shakes her head. "If a Balor is tearing up Victoria right now, we're not going to know about it, incompetent succubi or not."
06[23:12] * Seira shakes her head. "So anyway, I had a great story about Pallanth, if anyone wants to hear it instead of speculating about demons?" she suggests. "If we want to plot against Gurlan, that's fine too, but otherwise there's nothing we can really do that would be effective."
[23:12] <Kotono> "Agreed." Oberuth nods to Alicia. "If it's some overly convuluted plan to distract is, it's worked. I'll second hearing that story, Seira."
[23:13] <Kotono> "Gurlan needs a reckoning," Antenora agrees, "But there's a time and a place for that. This is your birthday, isn't it?"
06[23:14] * Demedais nods. "Go ahead, Seira." he says with a grin, going back to standing next to Pollyanna. "Thanks, dear."
01[23:15] <Seira> "There's a human woman traveling through those parts," Seira starts with. "She's a mage of some sort, heading from one remote village to another, always on the scene whenever something bad happens, always helping. Amaryl and I just missed her as she saved children from trolls.
01[23:15] <Seira> Elsewhere, I heard stories of her calling upon a miracle to restore a person to life. And she always leaves straight away, asking for nothing in return."
[23:16] <Alicia> "Good for her," Alicia smiles at that short but sweet story. "Wouldn't she be a priestess, though, if she can perform that miracle?"
[23:16] <Kotono> "A traveling saint?" Antenora considers, "Something of that vein?"
06[23:17] * Demedais smiles at this warmly, nodding his head slightly.
01[23:18] <Seira> "I was struck by how she seemed to inspire the people around her," Seira says, nodding in agreement. "It's just like I'd imagine angels working subtly in our world. I even suspected she was one, although I doubt it now. Seeing a human give so fully to strangers in a foreign land did so much to bring our countries together, I feel...."
01[23:21] <Seira> "This is the sort of world I want. She reminded me of that."
[23:22] <Kotono> "It's a marvelous dream to have," Latha's all smiles at that.
06[23:22] * Demedais seems to have lost a bit of his smile, but still nods at Seira's sentiment.
[18:45] <Kotono> ---
[18:46] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Good for her," Alicia smiles at that short but sweet story. "Wouldn't she be a priestess, though, if she can perform that miracle?"
[18:46] <Kotono> > "A traveling saint?" Antenora considers, "Something of that vein?"
[18:46] <Kotono> * Demedais smiles at this warmly, nodding his head slightly.
[18:46] <Kotono> <Seira> "I was struck by how she seemed to inspire the people around her," Seira says, nodding in agreement. "It's just like I'd imagine angels working subtly in our world. I even suspected she was one, although I doubt it now. Seeing a human give so fully to strangers in a foreign land did so much to bring our countries together, I feel...."
[18:46] <Kotono> <Seira> "This is the sort of world I want. She reminded me of that."
[18:46] <Kotono> > "It's a marvelous dream to have," Latha's all smiles at that.
[18:46] <Kotono> * Demedais seems to have lost a bit of his smile, but still nods at Seira's sentiment.
[18:48] <Kotono> "So then, what comes of that?" Oberuth asks.
06[18:49] * Alicia thinks it's rather sad that Seira considers anyone selflessly helping another to be so fantastic, but chooses not to upset the mood by saying so. Everyone else seems to like it.
01[18:49] <Seira> "I hope it's a sign of things to come," Seira says to that. "Elves helping humans. Humans helping elves. More people traveling and experiencing other cultures, and in turn an understanding forming."
[18:53] <Kotono> "Though," Donald calls as he thinks, "Seira?"
[18:53] <Alicia> "I don't think a human passing by an elf village and killing a troll before quickly moving on is really going to help elves understand humans or vice versa," Alicia has to admit. "It's a nice deed, certainly, but it doesn't really offer much insight into how we live, respectively."
01[18:55] <Seira> "Maybe it's something we need to encourage?" Seira suggests. "Something like our militaries having joint maneuvers, but with civillians instead? There could be those who are intrigued by the other society, but can't readily relocate on their own."
[18:57] <Alicia> "Aren't there several dozen elves living in Balmuria already?" Alicia shrugs. "I think if anyone wants to visit somewhere else, they will. If they don't want to or have responsibilities that don't let them, there's not much you can do about it."
[19:02] <Kotono> "Hm." Now thinking some more, "Seira, I wanted to ask you something." Antenora speaks up here.
01[19:02] <Seira> "Hmm?"
[19:03] <Kotono> "Hey!" Donald grumbles. "Just completely ignore me."
01[19:04] <Seira> "I'll keep on doing that, thanks."
[19:04] <Kotono> "If this turns out to be Gurlan, I wanted to ask you: What do we know about him?" Antenora crosses her arms now. "I recall some of it, but not all."
[19:04] <Alicia> "You can talk to me if you want?" Marie offers as she settles herself on Donald's head.
[19:05] <Kotono> Donald sighs and goes to sit down, grabbing a deep snifter of liquid. He shoots it down, "Thanks Marie...say, can you pretend to be a pixie? I think I'm supposed to have some around me now or some such."
06[19:06] * Demedais glances over to Donald with a sympathetic smile, before continuing to listen to the main conversation.
01[19:06] <Seira> "He has some sort of nasty defense around his realm that prevents decent people from easily breaching it," Seira says, recalling what she'd managed to discover. "I'm pretty sure there's some kind of powerful demon in his employ... what was it...."
[19:06] <Alicia> "To the untrained eye, there's very little difference between a coure and a pixie, so I guess so?" Marie offers. "I actually dated a pixie once..."
[19:06] <Kotono> "Molydeus," Saul remarks. "A molydeus."
06[19:08] * Seira snaps her fingers. "Yeah, sounds about right. I'm not sure what else is known, here."
06[19:08] * Alicia tries to recall what she knows of Gurlan, taking out her study prism to see if the gnomes have any useful input on this particular balor.
[19:08] <Kotono> "I've fought one," Antenora's hand goes down, rubbing her upper leg. "Those axes are murderous."
[19:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 planes
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 planes and gets 35." [1d20=7]
01[19:09] <Seira> "He's this master of the Green Castle, too, but I think I mentioned this before?" Seira adds.
[19:14] <Alicia> "He's nothing particularly special himself - aside from that Molydeus most of his thralls are on the level of Vrocks and Hezrou," Alicia explains as she puts the prism away. "His castle does have unusual defences, though, as Seira said."
[19:14] <Kotono> "Oh yeah, nothing special by the standards of a BALOR," Donald calls over.
[19:15] <Kotono> After that, "You did?" Donald rolls his eyes up, "How'd that work out?"
01[19:15] <Seira> "You know you want in on this chat, so just come over. Pouting is unbecoming!" Seira calls back.
[19:15] <Demedais> "Nothing special, yes, but it's still a bal-" Demedais cuts himself off with a grin, glancing over to Donald.
[19:15] <Kotono> "We may have obtained the might to defeat a balor or a molydeus, but even then, we'll have to wade through defenses and fight in the Abyss to challenge Gurlan. This is not to be taken lightly." Latha half closes her eyes, "But...if we have the might, to eliminate him would be a victory for all of us."
[19:16] <Kotono> "If I didn't know better," Donald calls back, "I'd say Demedais is channeling common sense today. He can cover for me," Donald calls back, "Marie and I are going to chat."
[19:16] <Alicia> "The worst thing about a balor is what it does when you kill it," Alicia declares firmly as Marie shrugs from atop Donald's head.
[19:16] <Alicia> "He was nice, it was really just a quick fling more than anything else," the eladrin explains.
01[19:17] <Seira> "They're sore losers," Seira agrees sadly.
[19:17] <Kotono> "If it had been a bit luckier...could you have a half celestial, half pixie kid?" Donald grins at that, "What would that be like?"
[19:17] <Demedais> "I'm usually channeling common sense. It's just a different sort from yours, most the time." Demedais notes, before adding under his breath, "And it's far more likely to actually be sensible than yours, but..."
[19:18] <Kotono> Antenora starts to grin, "Demedais speaks wisely. Fighting a balor in it's home will be quite difficult, but...Mystra has given us this power for a reason, and it's not to sit in Balmuria and feel mighty."
[19:18] <Alicia> "The adjustment would be a bitch," Marie mutters under her breath, before going on in a normal tone, "Well, probably have lots of fun special abilities. And be really pretty!"
06[19:19] * Demedais doesn't recall actually suggesting going to fight the balor, but just stays quiet at this. Not worth arguing the point, as it seems to be the general consensus...
01[19:21] <Seira> "So, umm, who actually wants to stab the bad balor in the face?" Seira asks the gathered guests.
[19:21] <Kotono> "Adjustment?" Donald scratches at his cheek, "What do you mean?"
[19:21] <Kotono> "Of course I would. Striking blows against the Abyss is a worthy use of our powers," Antenora says, Latha nodding after her.
[19:21] <Alicia> "Never mind that," Marie just smiles and pats Donald's head. "It's an eladrin thing, you don't have to worry about it."
[19:22] <Kotono> "It's also risky as all Hells," Saul ticks off a finger, "If you fail, Waukeen help your soul."
[19:22] <Kotono> "No, I want to know," Donald glares up, "Tell me!"
[19:23] <Alicia> "If you ever manage to seduce a nymph or an angel or a dragon, I'll tell you then. Otherwise you don't need to know!" Marie sing-songs as she takes off from Donald's head and flies over to rejoin the group.
[19:23] <Kotono> Donald eyes Alicia and Antenora and then strokes his chin.
[19:23] <Alicia> "I'd be willing," Alicia nods her agreement. "We should try to find out what we'd be getting into before diving straight into Layer 232, though."
[19:24] <Kotono> "If we're serious about this," Latha goes on, "There are organizations that may have more knowledge about the Abyss and that layer. Finding that out - starting with it's name if it has one - would be prudent."
06[19:24] * Demedais exhales slightly, before, "I will go with any group that undergoes this trip."
[19:24] <Kotono> Antenora looks to Demedais and smiles a little more. "Good. If the strongest of the Guard go, I have confidence."
01[19:25] <Seira> "Organizations? Like what?" Seira asks Latha.
06[19:25] * Demedais glances to Antenora vaguely, before glancing back over to Donald and then to Pollyanna.
[19:26] <Kotono> "There's Mercane mapping guilds. They attempt to map various things, from the Infinite Stair to various planes. There's also other organizations if you become more involved in planar affairs," Latha thinks, "I know a few of them from the first level of CElestia. Some reside amid the pilgrims there."
[19:26] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks to Demedais and smiles back to him. She approaches, "If you want me to come, I will. Less danger for yout o face."
[19:27] <Kotono> Donald is lost in thought, eyeing Alicia and Antenora, missing Demedais.
07[19:27] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[19:27] <Alicia> "There are also segments of the Abyss that are marginally more hospitable to travellers and merchants," Alicia volunteers distastefully. "Not nice places, but still clinging to a veneer of respectability. It wouldn't be my first impulse, but if we were discreet enough we could ferret out some useful information about Gurlan closer to the source."
[19:27] <Demedais> "If you would, dear... Your bow will no doubt prove an invaluable asset." After a moment, "I'll prepare a spell that should aid in resisting some of the dangers there, when we do decide to go."
01[19:30] <Seira> "Doesn't the Abyss change you, when you spend time there?" Seira asks Alicia, before nodding at Demedais. "So do I. I'll have something ready when it's time."
[19:30] <Kotono> "...yes." Antenora says quietly, cutting off a half said word. "It can."
[19:31] <Alicia> "There are ways to guard against the overt planar effects of it, although even with that it's still unhealthy to be surrounded by such depravity at all times," Alicia agrees. "However, it may be a risk worth taking if we want to learn more about the opposition before committing ourselves to battle."
01[19:32] <Seira> "Since it's my problem in a large part, I guess I'll risk myself if that's the best way," Seira agrees reluctantly.
[19:33] <Demedais> "I believe there are some spells that can ward against the negative effects of a plane. I will confirm this and see what they will actually cover before we go." Demedais nods.
[19:34] <Kotono> "Seira, if you're going to go ahead or only some of us will go first to scout, I'll go with you." Latha volunteers, "Going alone in to the Abyss is foolhardy, no matter how 'safe'."
[19:35] <Alicia> "Lets at least explore other avenues first," Alicia speaks up. "The organisations you mentioned might be sufficient, Latha."
01[19:35] <Seira> "Mmm, I believe they would hold about three hours for me per casting. Perhaps twice as much, if I prepare accordingly," Seira tells Demedais.
[19:36] <Alicia> "That's hardly worth bothering with," Marie exclaims. "The Abyss has a subtle and insidious effect that takes time to manifest, it's not like you suddenly lose your mind the moment you set foot there."
[19:37] <Demedais> "If it takes time for that to manifest, maybe the resilience will make it take even longer - and if someone's in there for more than twelve hours scouting, we're already in precarious straits." Demedais notes.
01[19:39] <Seira> "Both are good points," Seira agrees. "Dad, can you think of anything else, from what you can remember of that time you weren't really yourself that might be helpful?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "That's true, but we're dealing with a land of fundamental evil. The extra precation is good in case things do go on. In the Abyss, good intentions always pave the path to damnation."
[19:39] <Kotono> As Antenora says that, Saul furrows his brow. "One of the things I was studying before I left Irenes' lair...hold on, this won't be long." Saul steps outside.
01[19:40] <Seira> "Ah, he ran away!" Seira exclaims.
[19:40] <Alicia> "And he never paid the bill!" Marie adds.
06[19:41] * Demedais raises an eyebrow, before just shaking his head.
01[19:41] <Seira> "He didn't give me my present yet! It's tradition to give your daughter a birthday present, isn't it?"
[19:42] <Demedais> "He... said he would not be long. This implies he will be back in, Seira." Demedais says, calmly.
[19:42] <Kotono> Saul returns within a few moments, carrying a dusty tome. He blows the dust off of it, "Here we go."
06[19:42] * Seira eyes the book curiously.
[19:43] <Alicia> "Oooh, a book! Just what every young girl wants!" Marie simpers happily.
01[19:43] <Seira> "Look at how dusty it is!" Seira agrees.
06[19:44] * Demedais just rubs his temples.
[19:44] <Kotono> Saul takes a long, deep breath. "Seira?"
[19:45] <Alicia> "What is the book about, Lord Saul?" Alicia interjects diplomatically, giving her familiar a light swat.
06[19:46] * Seira is interested in the book's contents as well, listening eagerly.
[19:47] <Kotono> "Most of it's about basic arcane theory. It's nothing too useful," Opening the creaking leather cover, "However, the section about basic summoning and planar mechanics has been enlarged and has several notations in it. Easy enough to miss until you stumble on it."
01[19:48] <Seira> "You think it could have a way for getting past Gurlan's defenses?" Seira ventures.
06[19:49] * Alicia gives Antenora a slightly odd look before she refocuses on Seira's dad and his book.
[20:00] <Kotono> Flipping through the pages, one after another, "Here." Saul opens the book, spidery, old script with heavy, block notations in common appended. In particular, it's about the Infinite Stair and portalsways. Part of the script is circled, and written in common besides it, 'Green door, guarded by ????' and 'Green, rotted key.' and 'Planeswalker's guilds, ascending past'
01[20:00] <Seira> "And you think that's the entrance?" Seira states the obvious.
[20:01] <Kotono> "It fits the colorful motif, and yes, Irenes would have good reason to research it," Saul closes the book.
06[20:01] * Alicia reads the circled script rather than trusting Irenes' common notes. Hopefully that'll tell her who's guarding what.
[20:01] <Kotono> Saul promptly opens it back up.
01[20:04] <Seira> "Who wrote the book?" Seira inquires.
[20:05] <Alicia> "From the Scrolls of Ahm, Greenrot can be reached from the infininte stair, guarded well. The key to open the door is said to be crafted of rotted metal; opening the door without it risks calamity. It claims to find this door, you must travel from the Planeswalker's guild tent city above and above and above," Alicia reads out for everyone else's benefit.
[20:06] <Kotono> "It was written by an elven sage codifying basic works about 1,500 years ago or so."
[20:06] <Demedais> "So it seems like any search should begin with the Planeswalker's guild tent city?" Demedais muses.
01[20:07] <Seira> "Figures. For what it's worth, I could probably open it without the key."
[20:07] <Alicia> "It's odd that it talks about a key and a door - none of the portals I saw on the Infinite Staircase when I was there seemed to have either," Alicia observes. "But our options would be to try the staircase, or plane-shift to the Abyss and try to make our way to Gurlan's castle on foot."
01[20:08] <Seira> "It seems like he considers the entrance from the staircase to be safely guarded, and so we would have an easier way to enter his realm from it," Seira muses.
[20:08] <Demedais> "The latter involves more time in the Abyss, so I confess to being against it fairly highly."
[20:09] <Kotono> "If we can defeat the forces around the door to Greenrot, we could use it as a safehaven, if we reinforce it further," Antenora considers, "It's risky, though."
[20:09] <Alicia> "Of course, there's the problem of trying to find this tent city to start with," Alicia considers that, trying to recall if she's ever heard of any entrances to the infinite staircase that come out close to it...
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 planes
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 planes and gets 40." [1d20=17]
06[20:14] * Alicia bites her lip. "I think... yes," she nods thoughtfully, "There's a Githzerai settlement I've heard of on the astral plane that controls several portals and coloured pools - one of the doorways there should get us near the guild city. We'd have to pay a toll, but it shouldn't be unreasonable."
[20:15] <Kotono> "Gith?" Commander Oberuth rumbles,"The same gith that appeared over Balmuria in a flying ship?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "Wouldn't those be the sane gith? Or is it just 'saner', with gith?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "Not quite," Alicia shakes her head. "They're an offshoot of the same species but they hate each other a lot. Githzerai have a nicer reputation."
06[20:15] * Demedais blinks at this. "Is that so."
[20:16] <Kotono> "So...' Trailing off as she ticks off fingers, "We go to the Astral Plane, travel to this settlement, pay a tool, use the door, go to this planeswalkers guild, ascend until we find this green door, and storm Greenrot?"
[20:17] <Demedais> "Sounds so simple when listed off like that."
[20:17] <Kotono> Antenora finishes, then thinks, "Yes. It'll be anything but, of course."
[20:17] <Alicia> "If there's guards at the door on the side of the staircase then there'll surely be guards on the other side, too," Marie points out. "Or traps or something."
01[20:17] <Seira> "Most of it shouldn't be too difficult, actually, until the storming the abyss part," Seira muses.
[20:18] <Kotono> "If it's guarded," Oberuth points out, "There's a reason that Gurlan or whomever doesn't want it used."
[20:19] <Alicia> "Would you want just anyone jumping out of a cupboard in your house that happens to be a portal to nearly anywhere?" Marie asks. "It only makes sense to guard it if you know about it."
01[20:20] <Seira> "It might also allow us to judge his strength by those posted, and if it turns out too much, we can still leave for the time being."
[20:22] <Demedais> "This is true." Demedais nods.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Who would go? How big a force?" Latha asks then.
01[20:25] <Seira> "It depends on whether we want to be able to escape by plane shifting out, doesn't it?"
[20:25] <Demedais> "A fair-sized group should go - and at least two people that can escape via plane shift." Demedais nods, glancing to Seira and nodding again. "That too."
[20:26] <Kotono> "I can plane shift. You can plane shift. Alicia, can you or Seira?" Latha considers, "Three would be sufficient, especially if we need more complex retreating options."
[20:26] <Alicia> "I have a magic ring for it," Alicia reminds Latha/
[20:27] <Kotono> "So four in total." With a wary look after some intense murmuring and calculation, "That's plenty of back up and ways to escape."
01[20:28] <Seira> "Then how about massing a full assault?" Seira suggests with a shrug. "If it really is some elaborate plot to get us out of Balmuria and strike here, we would be just a plane shift and teleport away, since there is a telepathic bond variant that works across the planes."
[20:29] <Alicia> "We need to find out more about his castle, in that case. What its layout is, what sort of defences, that sort of thing - anything that'll help us minimise his home advantage," Alicia suggests.
06[20:30] * Demedais nods. "The basic spell, from what I know, allows for eight people linked in a circle, or the caster and one other via touch. So eight seems the most optimal number if we have four users of the spell; this way an escape can easily be enacted by the members of the group if needed."
[20:35] <Kotono> "So eight then?" Commander Oberuth thinks, "Seira, Alicia, Demedais, Pollyanna, Antenora, Latha. Who would be the last two?"
01[20:35] <Seira> 'You don't have to come," Seira thinks to Amaryl. 'I know you don't like this sort of thing much.'
[20:37] <Kotono> 'Okay...' Amaryl hesitates, '...I'll come if you want me to, Seira.'
[20:37] <Kotono> "I could go. Demons or devils, they all go down if you hit them hard enough!" Donald calls over.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Would you be participating, Lord Saul?" Alicia asks Seira's father, since he seems as deep in this as his daughter.
01[20:40] <Seira> 'Then it's up to you,' Seira thinks to her, grinning at Donald. "Knew you were just faking it! Couldn't stay away, could you?"
[20:40] <Kotono> "I do have a personal stake in this," Saul agrees, "I've regained most of my magic and health."
[20:42] <Alicia> "So we have our eight," Alicia concludes. "So what should our first move be?"
[20:43] <Kotono> "Prepare. Research, prepartion, all of that," Saul says decisively. "Let's not rush off without doing that."
06[20:44] * Demedais nods. "Seconded."
[20:44] <Kotono> "Elle can make us any items we need that may suit the Abyss." Donald calls, "We should all have ways to channel holy powers, especially in our weapons or magic."
[20:45] <Kotono> "The power of law will be useful as well," Antenora is thoughtful a little time, "Dictim will be as potent as Holy Word there."
[20:45] <Kotono> *dictum
[20:47] <Kotono> "We'll need protections for our mind and will. Protection from evil and chaos will be invaluable." On saying this, Latha looks to Donald in particular. "Breaking in the Abyss is no light matter."
[20:49] <Kotono> "Also, auguries on the possibles uccess of this may be in order. If woe is the prevailing wind, we may want to reconsider this," Saul says, "Demedais, I've heard you're skilled with auguries?"
01[20:50] <Seira> "I really don't think we should go that far," Seira states with a frown. "That's just cheap, and will demoralize us pointlessly, or give us false hope and lure us into making a mistake."
06[20:52] * Demedais shrugs at this. "If the group wants me to do one, I will, but such things at this juncture would only be vague anyway. It depends more on our actions that anything else."
[20:53] <Kotono> "Well, let's thikn about it and meet again later?" Donald calls, "This is a party, let's go get drunk and act like it's one? We've done neough planning to overthrow Gurlan for the night.
[20:53] <Kotono> "
[20:54] <Alicia> "We might be able to get useful information at the Planeswalker's city, but the risk of broadcasting our intentions to any spies there should not be discounted," Alicia muses, before shrugging at Donald's suggestion. "Donald's right, and hopefully we'll think better on things with the morning's perspective."
[19:54] <Kotono> -----
[19:54] <Kotono> With gentle breaths and chilly winds winter settles over Balmuria. From the green sea comes temperate winds, the chilly ravages of winter held back. It is a mild winter as the days wind by, lost in study, training and preparation. Midwinter comes and passes, the planned for day coming. On this day eight gather at Seira's inn, girded up for a long trip and battle that waits ahead. (More)
[19:54] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha are close together, murmuring strategies and discussing tactics. Pollyanna sits down, holding a metal holy symbol and lost in meditation. The First Resort sits on her lap, supplicated. Donald is grinning but pacing, murmuring and going through carefully rehearsed motions of arcane magic. Saul sits next to Seira, slowly leafing through a tome one last time, studying. (More)
[19:54] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth is there as well, clad in a warm cloak and armor. He raises a tankard formed like a dragon, "It may still be early, but a toast for your safe travel and victorious return, no matter what comes. Lay all the vengence Gurlan's earned at his feet. Balmuria will be protected while you're gone, so do what has to be done." (More)
[19:54] <Kotono> "Oh yeah," Donald grins, "We will. I'm ready to go and do it. Balor, Pit Fiend, Ultroloth, whatever it is, it's getting itself smited." (More)
[19:55] <Kotono> "There's important difference," Latha murmurs with a faint smile, "But I am ready as well. Is everyone else?"
01[19:56] <Seira> "For smitings? You bet'cha!"
[19:57] <Ebiris> "I am," Alicia affirms, having refreshed her memory on all she's heard about the Githzerai portal outpost so she can hopefully lead the group there with a minimum of delay.
[19:57] <Kotono> Pollyanna rises from her meditations, slinging her bow onto her back. "Helm will guide us."
06[19:57] * Demedais nods to Oberuth. "Very well, then. ...Let us be off."
[19:57] <Kotono> "So will Mystra," Antenora adjusts her breastplate one last time, "Yes, let's."
[19:59] <Kotono> Latha joins everyone's hands together in a circle. "The Astral Plane is different from ours. Do not panic, how to travel in it comes naturally." With that, reality itself bends around you! (More)
[20:00] <Kotono> A vast, endless silver sea stretches out before you. Everything is a silvery-gray, a steady, solid light emitted. You stand on nothing, floating in this silvery void. It is silent save for a faint rustling of wind. The horizon stretches on forever, an utter tranquility of eternity.
[20:01] <Kotono> Looking about, Saul starts to fly ahead, moving without his body moving. "Use your mind here, not your legs."
[20:02] <Kotono> "We'll need to visualize what we k now about Dyrani to reach there," Latha speaks up, "It may take some time to reach it, but we won't need to stop for food or rest."
[20:03] <Ebiris> "We've all been here before, even without realising it," Alicia lectures offhandedly. "Every time you teleport, you skim through the astral before arriving at your destination. Anyway, I got a good description of the place from an astral deva last time I was here, so hopefully that should be enough for me to find a quick path."
03[20:04] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:04] <Demedais> "Then should we just focus on following you?" Demedais asks.
01[20:04] <Seira> "And even if not, maybe we'll meet some friendly gith who'll part with their relic sword," Seira muses to herself.
[20:05] <Alicia> "Feel free to let me know if you spot anything as we travel," Alicia gives Demedais a faint smile as she starts to drift away without moving her wings. "I know I'm not the most observant, after all."
[20:05] <Kotono> Pollyanna flits ahead, eeping. "Aaah!" She spins around in the glowing air, "I'm moving just by thinking about it!"
[20:06] <Kotono> "How about Demedais and I take point?" Antenora volunteers. "Alicia and Latha bring up the rear, and the rest take up the center? That's fairly defensible if we run into problems."
[20:07] <Alicia> "It's hard to lead from the rear," Alicia reminds Antenora. "Really, there's no cover or anything, so if we do run into anyone else we'll see them from a long way off."
[20:07] <Kotono> "...oh." Antenora turns very red.
06[20:07] * Demedais follows Pollyanna, before glancing to Antenora. "Actually, it should probably have Alicia in front so she can lead the way there, no? If I hover a bit above everyone else in the back, I can still see without issue, and something tells me movement here is not a difficulty so I can move forward to engage. I'll stay back with Latha, then; you take the front, Antenora?"
06[20:07] * Seira swims through the air lazily, circling around Antenora as she offers, "How about we travel together?"
[20:08] <Kotono> "Of course," Antenora nods, flying next to Alicia. "That works as well, Seira. Let's go?"
06[20:08] * Demedais nods, staying close to Pollyanna as they drift along.
06[20:09] * Alicia keeps all the knowledge she's heard of Dyrani at the top of her mind as she starts to drift off, setting a pace that everyone can match. Although she's probably the slowest here, anyway.
[20:12] <Kotono> In this place, time has no meaning. Internal clocks falter within a few moments of movement. It's as if your concept of time has switched itself off as you travel through the silver sea. Progress simply is. After a meaningless time of this, no values to assign to measure such, you can see something ahead. Several floating hunks of earth, as if bits of grassy fields with a few trees were dropped here. Sitting atop one is a large log cabin. A pl
[20:12] <Kotono> grassy fields with a few trees were dropped here. Sitting atop one is a large log cabin. A plume of smoke rises from a chimney, the scent of baking apples tinging the air.
[20:13] <Alicia> "That's oddly rustic," Alicia raises an eyebrow as they draw closer. "But it's not a Githzerai town, that's for sure."
[20:13] <Demedais> "...Right." Demedais says after a moment.
[20:14] <Kotono> "Chunks of loose matter. It happens on occasion, when larger portals deposit something in here." Saul slows his stead movement, "Shall we investigate or ignore it?"
[20:14] <Alicia> "Not our concern, there's no point bothering whomever lives there," Alicia suggests, inclined to continue onwards.
01[20:14] <Seira> "Maybe they could help direct us?" Seira suggests to Alicia. "Give you a clearer image of the destination?"
[20:15] <Kotono> "Yes, but they could have information if they're friendly," Pollyanna says, "It may be worth the investigation."
06[20:16] * Alicia shrugs. "A little delay wouldn't kill us. Whomever it is probably isn't a native, if they're bothering to cook, though," she adds with a slight twitch of her nose.
[20:16] <Kotono> "It doesn't even make my stomach rumble," Donald grouses, "This isn't natural."
[20:17] <Kotono> "It's superior to eating," Antenora retorts, "Eating isn't something to cry over losing."
01[20:17] <Seira> "Okay, kids! No fighting over food!"
[20:17] <Alicia> "Trust me, it'll catch up with you when we leave," Alicia says aside to Donald as they veer towards the dwelling. "It's best to have a big meal right before we go through the doorway when we get there."
[20:19] <Kotono> As you fly upwards and onwards, you approach the cabin. As you get closer, the front door opens. A pair comes out, both middle aged and with gray shot hair. A man with somewhat pointed ears and a human woman. Both are homey and simple, wearing well kept peasant clothes. The man raises a hand, "Hail," he calls in Celestial, then in Draconic, then in Auran, each time the word said carefully.
01[20:20] <Seira> "Oh, hello!" Seira greets them back in Celestial, waving for good measure.
[20:20] <Alicia> "Hello there!" Alicia calls back in the first language spoken. "We don't mean to impose, but might we have a moment of your time, please?"
[20:20] <Kotono> "We love visitors," The man calls, "Come on over."
[20:21] <Kotono> "Hmph, not demons or devils or githyanki?" Donald crosses his arms, "Damn, I figured it would b eone of those or another."
[20:21] <Alicia> "You're most gracious," Alicia smiles as she lands on the floating rock, offering introductions for the party.
[20:21] <Kotono> "Yes, because devils love to set up log cabins and while away the days in the Astral, doing nothing." Antenora rolls her eyes.
[20:22] <Kotono> As introductions are passed along, "I'm Ertan. This is my wife, Milana." Milana curteis to all. Ertan's Celestial is accented and slow, but understandable. "Would you like to come in? Our home is very humble, but you're welcome to a warm place to rest a time."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Hello." Demedais waves at the two, hovering somewhat distant with Polly by him and checking for chaos and evil as he waits.
[20:23] <Kotono> Saul momentarily smiles at the pair.
01[20:23] <Seira> "Is baking like a hobby for you?" Seira asks curiously, floating closer.
[20:24] <Kotono> Milana laughs at that, and in very slow, cautious Celestial, "No, it...reminds me of home."
01[20:24] <Seira> "Is Celestial bad? We could use something you're more comfortable with," Seira offers.
[20:25] <Kotono> "No, it's fine." Ertan asserts with his own smile, "We're trying to learn langauges better. It's useful, since the people who come may speak anything at all."
[20:26] <Alicia> "You never know who you might meet here, yes," Alicia agrees conversationally. "Where are you from originally?"
[20:27] <Kotono> "The Prime Material Plane." Answering that, "Or so we understand. Before we found our way here, we knew nothing of the Planes." Ertan puts an arm around Milana, "We were cast here by a vagary of fate. It was a long time ago...we think. This place is timeless, or so the wiser travlers have told us."
01[20:27] <Seira> "You could always go back," Seira muses out loud. "Is it really fun to live here?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Oh yes, we could. We hear about color pools from time to time." Milana smiles warmly as she leans into the embrace, "But where else could we be together forever? We haven't gotten a day older since we came here."
[20:28] <Alicia> "Depending on how long you stay here, going back might not be an option," Alicia cautions. "Much as hunger can over short trips, so can age catch up with a person who spends too long on the astral."
[20:30] <Kotono> "That may be so as well," Ertan agrees, more solemnly.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Celestia bless you then," Latha's own face is calm and loving, a warmth filling the air, "We are traveling towards a githzerai city named Dyrani. Have you heard of it or been to it?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Dyrani?" Milana looks to Ertan, who nods. "Yes, we've heard of it. More and more travelers are heading to it these days...for whatever it means here. I remember when the first traveler came looking for it, just when it was new. We've seen Mercane traveling there, as well as mortals and various creatures and outsiders."
[20:34] <Alicia> "Have they told you much about it?" Alicia asks, sharing what she's heard in the interests of fair exchange. Anything that helps build up her mental picture helps.
[20:36] <Kotono> "It's where there's a concentration of certain color pools. It's becoming a hub of travel and trade in the Astral. The last visitor, why, he had several great wagons full of goods to sell. One of the more popular pools leads to Tymora's domain, and another leads to Mechanus. I hear the city is wonderful, too. It's like these chunks of land, held together by chains, and with a dozen island-fortresses chained above the city."
[20:36] <Kotono> and with a dozen island-fortresses chained above the city."
06[20:37] * Seira laughs. "Land held by chains so that it wouldn't float away? Now I know we've made the right choice to go there."
[20:38] <Alicia> "It sounds like a fascinating place in its own right," Alicia agrees pleasantly. "Thank you for your hospitality, Ertan, Milana. You've both been very kind."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Be well," Antenora murmurs.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Safe travel," Ertan says, "I've heard stories of amazing things out there."
06[20:39] * Demedais nods to the couple. "Stay safe."
[20:42] <Kotono> The pair wave as the party departs. As they fly away, "You know," Pollyanna looks back to them, "I sort of liked them."
[20:43] <Kotono> "They're frozen in time." Saul doesn't look back, "It's a happy image, but it's just that. An image, a painting. I suppose they are lucky...as long as nothing disturbs them, they have all the timeless time there is."
[20:44] <Alicia> "They were nice," Alicia agrees. "Really, so long as they stay here they can live fulfilling lives for as long as they like - the astral plane isn't a barren wasteland."
[20:44] <Kotono> "I guess." Donald looks to Alicia then, "Hopefully that'll get us there sooner. Anyone have any idea how long we've been here? I gave up on trying."
06[20:45] * Alicia shakes her head. "Last time I was here I timed it by the duration of my weapon enhancement spell, but I haven't been using that."
01[20:45] <Seira> "Want me to check?" Seira offers, before thinking to Amaryl, 'So how much time's passed? Donald wants ot know.'
06[20:46] * Seira chokes. "Don't ask," she tells Donald flatly.
[20:47] <Kotono> "Huh?" Donald blink-blinks, "What, we haven't been gone like a year or something, have we?"
[20:47] <Alicia> "Surely someone would have contacted us if we'd been gone for an unusually long time?" Alicia shakes her head at that prospect.
01[20:47] <Seira> "No, just days. That's so weird. My spells are up, as long as I can tell, too...."
[20:48] <Demedais> "Joy." Demedais growls.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Oh, come on," Alicia remonstrates the grumpy people. "Is it any worse than spending a week riding a horse between two cities?"
01[20:49] <Seira> "Oh, I don't mind that. It's just... not sense-making. My spells, how can they still work? It makes my head hurt."
[20:49] <Demedais> "It's more the principle of at least knowing you're making progress there." Demedais notes.
[20:49] <Kotono> "It's tranquil," Antenora says, looking ahead, "I find it restful and the time to think long thoughts. Besides," Glancing back at Seira, "We're somewhere where time doesn't work right or at all."
[20:50] <Alicia> "Yours still work?" Alicia is admittedly surprised at that. "But mine wear out normally - that's how I told the time on my last trip."
01[20:50] <Seira> "They did last I checked...." Seira trails off, checking once more.
[20:52] <Alicia> "Try walking all the way across the Desert Fiefdoms some time," Alicia suggests to Demedais. "I'll take endless silvery nothingness over endless gritty dunes any day of the week. For whatever a week is worth, here."
06[20:52] * Seira shrugs. "I guess Astral is just weird this way. So, is your image clearer, now?"
[20:54] <Alicia> "Not really?" Alicia gives Seira a minute shrug. "I have a good description to work from, and I've managed to find my way to less distinctive places on less information before. I'm sure we'll get there soon enough."
01[20:55] <Seira> "It was worth a try," Seira says with an apologetic shrug back. "So what's our plan once we're there?"
[20:56] <Alicia> "We find out which doorway gets us closest to the planeswalker city, have ourselves a big meal, then pay the toll and go through?" Alicia suggests.
01[20:58] <Seira> "I suppose it would be pointless to inquire about the key so far from our destination?"
[20:59] <Kotono> "It may be worth gathering information in Dyrani if it's become a big hub of trade and travel," Latha pipes up now, wings flapping slightly, "But we can decide on that once we get there and see with our own eyes?"
[20:59] <Alicia> "Didn't you say you could get us through?" Alicia glances back at Seira. "Well... barring that, if they have demons guarding the doorway, surely they're able to go back and forth? We could find out there, or in the planeswalker city."
01[21:00] <Seira> "I believe I could, but if there's an easier way in I'm all for it," Seira responds. "There's always that tiny chance of backlash, and I'd want to minimize it."
[21:02] <Kotono> Thus, travel continues. Your trip through the Astral continues on in it's own timeless way. Perhaps you are blessed or cursed, for no interruptions come your way. (More)
[21:02] <Kotono> At last! On the endless silver horizon you see great hunks of land. As if someone ripped a
[21:02] <Kotono> mountain from the earth and broke it into dozens of smaller hunks. This floating mass of
[21:02] <Kotono> stones is held together by heavy chains interweaving through the stony mass. Sitting atop
[21:02] <Kotono> this is a large island of bridges and buildings, all made of stone. Above, chains rise from
[21:02] <Kotono> the tallest buildings, connecting far above to further, smaller islands. These island hold
[21:02] <Kotono> one building each, undecorated. While you could easily fly into the city, there is
[21:02] <Kotono> nonetheless a large stone archway gate.
[21:03] <Kotono> "At last! On the endless silver horizon you see great hunks of land. As if someone ripped a mountain from the earth and broke it into dozens of smaller hunks. This floating mass of stones is held together by heavy chains interweaving through the stony mass. Sitting atop this is a large island of bridges and buildings, all made of stone. Above, chains rise from the tallest buildings, connecting far above to further, smaller islands. These islan
[21:03] <Kotono> allest buildings, connecting far above to further, smaller islands. These island hold one building each, undecorated. While you could easily fly into the city, there is nonetheless a large stone archway gate."
[21:03] <Alicia> "There, told you we'd find it," Alicia grins. "Seira, how long has it been, now?"
[21:04] <Kotono> "That's it? Finally." Donald stretches back and forth, "A planar city. There's gotta be something interesting going on in there."
01[21:04] <Seira> "It's pretty neat, isn't it?" Seira asks the group, even as she thinks to Amaryl, 'We're finally to our first point. How much time did we miss?'
01[21:05] <Seira> "There could be a gith willing to part with a few silver scrapings from his sword," Seira tells Donald hopefully. "But it's not like I'll delay us by looking for one, now. And we're almost hitting two weeks from departure."
06[21:06] * Alicia frowns a bit there. "Okay, took a bit longer than I'd hoped. Oh, well, we've had longer trips. Lets go present ourselves at the gate?"
[21:06] <Kotono> "Unnerving," Pollyanna says flatly, "But at least we're here."
06[21:06] * Demedais rubs his head, but nods silently to this. "Let's. The sooner we're out, the better."
[21:07] <Alicia> "Probably best if we sleep and eat first, actually," Alicia suggests as she heads to the gateway. "Time-lag will hit us with a vengeance when we leave."
[21:08] <Kotono> Approaching the stone archway, you see several yellow skinned humanoids standing there. All but one are wearing light metal armor and have weapons. One wears only a loose robe, a little back from all of them. They all look over the party, "Welcome to Dyrani. As long as you don't start any fights or make any problems there, you're welcome in."
06[21:08] * Demedais nods at this. "Very well. Thank you."
[21:09] <Alicia> "We don't intend to cause trouble," Alicia assures the guards. "Could you tell us where to find an inn and a guide to the various portals found here?"
01[21:09] <Seira> "I'm all for eating, but I'd prefer we slept after leaving," Seira muses, before returning her attention to their hosts.
[21:09] <Kotono> The roed one takes a step forward, "As long as you respect our laws, you are welcome." He moves in front of Alicia, Antenora and Latha. "Celestials. Our protection extends to creature you have eternal blood feuds with. Do not engage in those wars here."
[21:10] <Kotono> *robed
01[21:11] <Seira> "As long as those creatures are prevented from starting anything, there won't be a problem," Seira speaks up at that. "No worries!"
[21:11] <Kotono> "They are bound by the law as well," The robed gith then stands back, "You are welcome to head inside."
[21:12] <Alicia> "Understood," Alicia nods grimly to that. "If you like, Seira, but those stairs will probably be very tiring," she mentions aside to the disguised half-dragon. "Where would we find a guide?"
[21:12] <Alicia> she then asks the Gith.
[21:13] <Kotono> "If you seek a guide to the city, there are several who ply their trade at inns and festhalls. If you seek a guide to the portals or official business, head to the En'drai, for they manage the portals and passages."
[21:14] <Alicia> Well, hopefully they can muddle through somehow. "Thank you," Alicia nods, using her feet for the first time in over a week as she walks into the city.
[21:15] <Kotono> "So where should we go...just wander around or what?" Donald follows after Alicia, "Maybe we should split up a little while and meet back together...well, as much as we can tell time here...maybe not such a great idea?"
01[21:15] <Seira> "Look for the En'drai?"
06[21:16] * Alicia nods to Donald. "Best if we stick together. Lets find a nice looking restaurant to have some food and get directions to En'drai, then find our doorway out of here?"
[21:19] <Kotono> You wander about the city, looking for an inn. As you do, you get a view of the area. Segments of rock are clustered with buildings and squares, bridges and paths over thick chains to connect them if you don't care to fly. Many different areas are on slightly different layers, rising up and down as you travel. You find a festhall, near a vast marketplace. Inside the smell of cooked meat and food gushes out. Antenora sniffs the air, "I won't n
[21:19] <Kotono> Inside the smell of cooked meat and food gushes out. Antenora sniffs the air, "I won't need to eat...perhaps Demedais andI can be useful while the rest of you take care of biological imperitives?"
[21:20] <Kotono> You see all sorts of creatures about as you wander - humans, elves, dwarves, elementals, outsiders, and more that defy easy classification, dressed in a thousand styles.
[21:20] <Demedais> "Sounds optimal, yes." Demedais nods slightly.
01[21:20] <Seira> "How exactly do you want to be useful with Demedais?" Seira asks curiously.
06[21:20] * Alicia was about to tell Antenora not to be so snooty, but Seira's question is more interesting.
[21:20] <Kotono> "Find the En'drai, or perhaps gather information, or see if the marketplace here has anything useful?" With a little shrug, "I;m sure we can think up something."
[21:20] <Demedais> "We still need to determine where the En'drai are, and what direction to take. You all can eat while we do so?" Demedais notes.
01[21:21] <Seira> "Aww, that's boring." Seira pouts, quickly losing interest. "But sure, if you'd like."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Ann inn filled with people is clearly a logical place to get such information," Alicia points out. "There's no need for us to split up."
[21:23] <Kotono> "If you like," Antenora says after a moment's thought. "I simply think we can coverm ore ground and see more people that way."
[21:25] <Alicia> "I'm sure you can get something to drink, Antenora," Alicia consoles the former erinyes as she heads into the festhall.
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Going to basically get a huge meal and look for info as you guys feast?
[21:27] <Alicia> OOC: we can ask a member of the waitstaff where En'drai is as we make our orders, it's surely not hidden knowledge
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: You can get the info without incident then. It's off on one of the mid sections of the city, big domed building. (More)
[21:29] <Kotono> Thus, a feast is laid out for the party! You find you are able to eat much more than anticipated, packing it away on a scale that is startling. But eventually you are sated.
[21:31] <Kotono> Donald leans back, looking over the feast. "Any idea how much it's gonna come up to?"
[21:31] <Alicia> "Mmm, that should tide us over, I hope," Alicia smiles a rather self-satisfied smile. "I'm sure we can afford it, Donald."
01[21:32] <Seira> "Besides, it was Donald's treat."
[21:34] <Kotono> Donald sighs, going up and paying the bill. He comes back, a shake of his head, "50 gold." he announces with a look to Seira. "Let's go?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "That's pretty impressive," she admits. "I'll treat you to something nice once we're back?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "50 gold? They're gouging us," Alicia mutters as she gets up. "Good job, Donald. I'll pay you back sometime," she promises.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Eh. Hopefully we'll come back with enough treasure that the money isn't important," Donald starts to go, "To En'drai?"
01[21:38] <Seira> "Yes, however will we recover that massive loss," Seira agrees solemnly. "To En'drai!"
06[21:38] * Alicia nods agreeably as they set off towards the big dome.
[21:40] <Kotono> You find En'drai to be a domed building, simple in design. It takes up much of the rock it's on, a few githzerai guards standing outside the entrance.
06[21:41] * Seira approaches the guards!
[21:42] <Kotono> They look over the party as they approach. "You seek the services of the portals?"
01[21:43] <Seira> "That is exactly it," Seira agrees. "We would appreciate a guide or directions, as well as finding out what the fee would be."
[21:43] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia volunteers. "We want an entrance to the Endless Staircase close to the Planeswalker Tent City."
[21:45] <Kotono> "This way," One of the guards leads inside. The party of 8 is taken through cramped halls and passages, eventually to a simple room with a chair facing several other plain stone chairs. On this chair sits a robed githzerai, expression drooping and serene. "Ah. You seek the doorway to nearthe tent city of the Planeswalkers guild?"
06[21:46] * Alicia nods. "I'd heard there was an appropriate door in your city," she confirms.
[21:47] <Kotono> "There is. Once we resolve the issue of the fee, you'll be taken to it." The githzerai looks over the party, lingering on Demedais and then Pollyanna, then Seira and Antenora. "It is 100 gold per head."
01[21:48] <Seira> "We're not together," Seira protests, pointing at Antenora. "She's just a friend."
[21:49] <Kotono> "So she won't be going with you? Are the other seven of you all going?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "I'll just be quiet now."
[21:49] <Kotono> Antenora looks to Seira, "Not what I think was meant. I'm going with them," Antenora makes a little sigh under her breath.
[21:49] <Alicia> "We can pay that," Alicia agrees, noting that it's higher than the norm even as she digs out her portable hole and unfurls it. "Eight hundred for all eight of us," she then confirms, taking out a small ruby and a handful of platinum coins which she hands over. "That should cover it."
[21:50] <Kotono> "It should." He takes some time to study the ruby and coins...
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
05[21:50] -fantasy.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:50] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
03[21:50] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 33." [1d20=19]
03[21:50] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[21:51] <Kotono> "Yes, these are sufficient," He puts them within his robes and away, "The soldiers outside will escort you there. When do you wish to go? Immediately?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "Yes, we have no further business to attend to here," Alicia nods.
[21:52] <Kotono> "Soldiers," Calling in simple common, the robed gith has soldiers come in. They nod to the party, "This way, follow us."
[21:54] <Kotono> "Easy enough," Pollyanna murmurs to Demedais. "They seem to be orderly and well mannered."
[21:54] <Kotono> Latha merely stands and follows, not commenting. Donald stretches and doesthe same, "Well, guess the first part of the trip's done."
01[21:54] <Seira> A bit boring, but that can be good, too, Seira muses to herself. "So why do you think his eyes lingered on us two?" she asks Antenora quietly as she follows the instructions.
[21:55] <Alicia> "This was the easy part," Alicia smiles at Donald as she follows the soldiers along.
[21:55] <Demedais> "They were." Demedais comments with a shrug.
[21:55] <Kotono> "I have no inkling," Antenora returns, "Perhaps just as well that Amaryl isn't here, that was perhaps the wrong message."
[21:57] <Kotono> You are lead deeper within. You walk along halls and passages, until coming to a dusty, quiet door. It's like any other here, but here your guards stop. "When you pass through this door, you will leave the Astral and come to the Infinite Staircase."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia nods to the guards as she opens the door, bracing herself for the shock of two weeks hitting her all at once before she takes a big step through.
[21:58] <Kotono> Antenora takes a breath and follows Alicia.
01[21:58] <Seira> 'We're heading into the Staircase,' Seira thinks to Amaryl, the next to follow.
[21:59] <Kotono> "If anyone falls over, maybe I can catch you," Donald follows past Seira. Latha follows without comment, then Saul. Pollyanna lingers, taking a breath. "Helm continue to guide us," she murmurs, and with a little smile, "Ready, Deme?"
[21:59] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods. "If the entire group passes out, however, I reserve the right to laugh a bit."
[22:00] <Kotono> Thus the group steps through! OOC: Make fort saves, all?
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 only sleep two hours a day, but that's likely no help.
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 only sleep two hours a day, but that's likely no help. and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenora, last one was Donald.
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenora, last one was Donald. and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 31." [1d20=15]
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[22:03] <Kotono> You appear on a landing in the Infinite Staircase. You have been here before...all about is blackness, in the distance you think you can see rising stairs. Stairs lead up and down from here, a large sign by one rising upwards into the blackness. As you step through, exhaustion slams into you at once. Donald smiles sleepily and sits down, falling asleep even as his butt hits the ground. Saul wobbles on his feet, quarterstaff leaned on as his br
[22:03] <Kotono> Saul wobbles on his feet, quarterstaff leaned on as his breathing slows down into slumber's breath. OOC: THe rest of you are exhausted.
[22:04] <Kotono> Antenora yawns so much that her face nearly cracks in two, "So...tired..." she drawls, "Mmmm...yes, sleep would be good."
01[22:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[22:04] <Alicia> "Ohh... knew we should've slept beforehand," Alicia groans. "We can't sleep here, though. No telling who'd wander by."
06[22:05] * Demedais retains his facade, but winces slightly at the impact.
[22:05] <Kotono> Latha looks about, "I'm fine," she calls, going over to Saul, helping him lie on the ground.
06[22:06] * Seira helps her Dad settle down, sighing. "I didn't want to lose another month sleeping. Think the exhaustion can be managed with magic?"
[22:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna's shoulders droop, "Maybe...maybe Latha can keep guard...magic too...while the rest of us rest?"
[22:06] <Kotono> "Shouldn't need as l ong as you teh rest of you...me and Demedais," Antenora rubs her eyes.
[22:07] <Alicia> "If we have enough magic to get to the tent city that'd be best, but I know I can't face climbing those stairs like this," Alicia replies to Seira. "I suppose worst comes to worst, Latha can keep watch while the rest of us settle down here?"
06[22:07] * Demedais grimaces, before casting a Lesser Restoration on himself to ward off the weariness. OOC: Any mods, or does it just reduce me to fatigue?
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Link me real quick?
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Nevermind the link, I looked it up.
06[22:09] * Demedais exhales slightly, and casts it again on himself. "I can keep watch with Latha, though I will want to rest as well later on."
06[22:09] * Seira is about to toss a pearl to Demedais, before thinking it over and handing it carefully. "Works for me. Keep it, in case you get tired again before we're awake?"
[22:10] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods.
[22:10] <Kotono> "Right..." Antenora looks to Alicia, "Take out the bedrolls then...may as well sleep on something that isn't hard ground."
[22:10] <Alicia> "I suppose we can camp here, then," Alicia relents, producing three two-person tents from her survival pouch and spreading them around the platform. "Sort yourselves out," she suggests blearily to everyone as she crawls into the nearest and tiredly starts to take off her armour.
[22:10] <Kotono> Antenora shucks her armor off, only pausing to organize it neatly besides a tent, before going and falling over into sleep.
[22:11] <Kotono> Pollyanna does the same, falling asleep almost instantly.
06[22:12] * Seira decides to share a tent with Pollyanna after a tired shrug.
[22:13] <Kotono> Thus, sleep overtakes the rest of the party. Latha and Demedais settle into a watch. As the time drags by, slow but palpable again, "No rest, even for the weary?" With a knowing smile to him as she glances back only briefly, "You're dedicated as a true Helmite should be.
[22:13] <Kotono> "
[22:16] <Demedais> "...The magic helps ward away the exhaustion." Demedais says with a shrug.
[22:17] <Kotono> "Yes but your spirit's in the right place." She looks about, staring into the emptiness and barely glimpsed stairways going in all insane and sane directions. "Have you ever been to a Lower Plane before?"
[22:17] <Demedais> "No, I have not." Demedais shakes his head. "I've heard enough that my hopes are low, however."
[22:19] <Kotono> "It's what they are. I have no hope that we'll find anything good there, save the justice we bring to the wretched souls that litter it like trash. To do that and survive against this evil, your faith will need to be as strong as a steel shield. Be ready to lift others up that need it...and to be able to ask to be lifted up as well. If you need anything while we're down there, tell me and I'll help you as much as I'm able."
[22:19] <Kotono> tell me and I'll help you as much as I'm able."
[22:21] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais says after a moment, propping himself up slightly with his sword. "I will keep that in mind."
[22:22] <Kotono> Latha goes silent at that, letting the time pass. Several hours pass, the group sleeping far longer than they should. As Demedais begins to feel tired, Antenora stirs. She crawls out of her tent yawning, going for her armor as she wipes sleep sand from her eyes. "How long was I out?" she asks, peering groggily at Demedais and Latha.
[22:23] <Demedais> "Several hours; any more specific, I couldn't say." Demedais shrugs.
[22:23] <Demedais> "Probably about half a day, but." he adds after some thought.
[22:23] <Kotono> Putting on her armor and snapping it into place, "Do you want to rest now? I can take your place."
[22:24] <Kotono> "Half a day...if I woke up earlier and I sleep about a fourth the amountthey do...a day and a half or so before they awaken?" Antenora frowns, "Assuming the rate is literal and I'm correct, which is far from certain."
[22:24] <Kotono> The tents are also gone, leaving just a bunch of tired, sleeping heroes about.
[22:24] <Demedais> "That would probably be wise." Demedais replies, dismissing his own armor. "I still need to recover spells afterward, but even that should only take three hours."
[22:25] <Demedais> "Three hours total, I mean."
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Uh oh.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Hold that thought.
[22:27] <Kotono> Deme's armor stays in place, the magic failing.
[22:29] <Demedais> "...right. Doesn't work here." Demedais shrugs after a moment, shucking it instead.
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along now?
[22:29] <Demedais> OOC: whatever works
[22:30] <Kotono> Demedais sleeps and rises, refreshing his spells. About a day or so passes as the others sleep, awakening. A meal is prepared, eaten as everyone gets it together. "I can tell us which stair we should follow," LAtha begins, "The sign by that rising stair directs planeswalkers to follow it to the tent city. It says travel time ranged from about 4 to 48 hours."
[22:31] <Kotono> *ranges
06[22:31] * Seira can't find anything witty to say, and opts to nod instead. "Let's go, then?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "Odd, I thought the stairs here were more consistent... maybe its taking into account that some are slower than others?" Alicia speculates inbetween ravenously biting into a bar of beef jerky, having already made herself clean via magic and offered the same to anyone else. And enforced it if they happen to be too stinky.
[22:33] <Kotono> "A reminder - don't fly." Antenora flaps her wings, but stays on the ground. "Past the stairs it's like a sieve, and you could slip out ot anywhere in the cosmos." Meanwhile Alicia spends her cantrips on tidying up and freshining the party.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Yes, lets not risk that," Alicia agrees, swigging from her waterskin as she starts up the stairs.
01[22:36] <Seira> "Maybe it accounts for hostile encounters?" Seira asks all too happily.
[22:36] <Kotono> Thus, the party begins to climb and climb and climb and climb! Six hours pass without incident...OOC: Fort, all.
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 33." [1d20=11]
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Donald
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Donald and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenora
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenora and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[22:39] <Kotono> The party endures this travel well enough, the endless walking tiring but not getting anyone too worn down. Another four hours pass, when at last you see a platform on the horizon, above! You can hear a dim buzz of noise, drifting down. You can see the edge of tall tents of all sorts, from canvas to cloth to silk.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Ahh, that wasn't so bad," Alicia smiles as she sees their next waypoint.
[22:42] <Kotono> "What's our plan here," Pollyanna says, stopping to wipe her brow and peer up.
[22:43] <Alicia> "We need to get directions to the doorway for Green Castle," Alicia begins. "But given the risk of tipping our hand to any spies or informants up there, it's probably best if we're circumspect in our dealings."
[22:44] <Kotono> "Yes," Saul steps forward, quarterstaff clinking off the stone stairs, "We can also find information about almost anything in the multiverse that's going on here, should we care to dig. It may be wise to broaden our investigations as well? We may find information that could be tangentially useful to our mission."
[22:45] <Alicia> "Couldn't hurt - if we don't seem too focused on the Abyss it'll hopefully confuse things for anyone wanting to report on us," Alicia agrees.
01[22:46] <Seira> "I could use the chance to look for more of those scrolls I'm on the lookout for," Seira muses. "Or a silver sword. How about that?"
[22:47] <Kotono> "Sure." SAul says. "How about we split up once we get up there. We chase a few avenues at once...surely at least a few of you are good at prying information from people?"
01[22:48] <Seira> "I could tie us with a telepathic bond," Seira suggests at that. "It'll get at least one in each group, and keep us in touch."
[22:48] <Demedais> "Competent but not consistent. I'll probably just keep an ear out for any conversations of interest." Demedais shrugs.
[22:48] <Alicia> "We're not all silver-tongued merchant lords, but we have our ways, Lord Saul," Alicia assures Seira's father dryly.
[22:49] <Kotono> "Excellent then. Now it's only a question of how we split up and pair off." Looking ahead, "Once we have that resolved, let us go see this Planeswalker's Guild?"
[22:50] <Alicia> "Might as well keep all the obvious angelic types together," Alicia suggests. "Some lips might be more tight at the sight of white-feathered wings."
01[22:51] <Seira> "I'll stay with Dad," Seira voices. "It's easier that way." She glances at Demedais, then.
[22:51] <Kotono> "So myself, Antenora and Alicia," Latha ticks off three fingers, "Saul and his daughter...perhaps Donald can go with them, and Demedais and Pollyanna go together? Natural pairs would work best."
06[22:51] * Demedais shrugs. "Sure. Donald, Alicia, Antenora and Latha in one, Saul, myself, Seira and Pollyanna in another, then?"
[22:51] <Demedais> "Alternately, that works." Demedais nods.
06[22:51] * Seira shrugs. "We've pretended to be married before, haven't we, Darling?" she asks Donald sweetly.
[22:52] <Kotono> Smiling and going to take Seira's hand, "Don't judge us too harshly, dear Father," Donald smirks at Saul.
[22:52] <Alicia> "A set of elves, a set of celestials, and a set of humans?" Alicia shrugs agreeably. "What one group has trouble learning, another might find comes more easily."
01[22:52] <Seira> "You do know he can smite you, right?" Seira stage-whispers. "Literally, too."
[22:53] <Kotono> "If that's your acting, you'll get made as fools or obvious information diggers." Saul returns the looks coolly, starting back up the stair.
01[22:54] <Seira> "His is on the mark, at least," Seira says with a snort, before casting the telepathic bond between she, Donald and her father, connecting Demedais and Alicia as well.
01[22:55] <Seira> "Remember, it'll only last a bit under three hours, so we'll need to agree on a meeting spot and time through the bond if this takes us longer than that," she cautions afterwards.
01[22:55] <Seira> OOC: I could get another, so Polly as well. The other two have TP of their own, right?
[22:56] <Alicia> "Lets see what the layout is like when we get there?" Alicia nods to that as she climbs up the stairs.
[22:56] <Alicia> OOC: Latha and Anty have telepathy, yeah
01[22:56] <Seira> OOC: Then we're all connected via you
[22:57] <Kotono> With that, the party advances up! As you climb, you see this is a vast foyer, stairs connecting to it at all angles. Every inch of space is taken up by tents of all shapes and colors and materials. About you see creatures of all types and colors and sizes and clothing, a storm of them. A wooden sign just past the entrance reads, "Planeswalker's Guild - come on in!" Near the sign, a black skinned human man and a Mercane shout at each other, poi
[22:57] <Kotono> come on in!" Near the sign, a black skinned human man and a Mercane shout at each other, pointing fingers at each other. Back and forth they go, "Red!" "Blue!" Red" "Blue!" Other people pay them little mind, sidestepping past them.
06[22:59] * Demedais takes Pollyanna's hand and sidesteps past a bit, looking around and listening for conversations as he begins to wade in.
[22:59] <Alicia> "Lets split up, then?" Alicia suggests. "If we can't find anywhere more convenient, meet back here in three hours?"
[22:59] <Kotono> "Got it," Donald calls back, as the party begins to split up. OOC: Seira to #evil, Deme to #terror.
01[23:00] <Seira> "Works for me," Seira agrees, offering her arm to Donald.
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, what's your MO for this going to be here? J ust a gather info check or more or what?
[23:01] <Alicia> OOC: Yeah, following Saul's advice I'll ask around for if anyone has heard of the Dark Six first of all
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: Make a GI check, whichever of you has ranks/highest mod, and the other two can assist?
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 heroism, pretty sure other two lack ranks
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 heroism, pretty sure other two lack ranks and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Latha untrained help
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Latha untrained help and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Antenora.
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[23:04] <Kotono> Alicia and company wander a bit. You find yourselves in a tavern-tent, a half orc handing out drinks for coins. A few humans and a celestial blooded are here. As Alicia casually mentions the Dark Six, "Hm, teh Dark...oh wait, Six. Thought you meant the Dark Ministry." The half orc shrugs. "Never 'eard of the Dark Six." He looks mournfully down at his feet, shoeless. "Now if I had the money for new shoes..."
06[23:07] * Alicia isn't sure if this is just a hint that money will improve his memory or what, but feels a bit sorry for him anyway. "Walking those stairs without shoes would be a pain," she agrees, digging out a small stack of ten gold coins which she sets down on the table and slides towards him.
[23:10] <Kotono> Latha smiles at the man, who returns it with a grin. "Aye, you three ain't so bad. Angels are good at charity. Tell you what. Go look for Nesseam. He's older than the hills and has this orange colored tent with a star on top of it. If it's obscurity, he's your man. He's been almost everywhere there is to go in the planes."
[23:12] <Alicia> "We'll do that. Buy yourself something with good arch support," Alicia laughs a little, offering her hand to the half-orc as she gets up.
[23:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Grazzt
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Grazzt and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[23:16] <Kotono> The half orc rises and smirks. Antenora smiles to him ands teps out, and quietly, "Let's go see this Nesseam?"
06[23:17] * Alicia nods. "Certainly can't hurt," she nods, going to seek out the orange tent with a star on top.
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> > Alicia and company wander a bit. You find yourselves in a tavern-tent, a half orc handing out drinks for coins. A few humans and a celestial blooded are here. As Alicia casually mentions the Dark Six, "Hm, teh Dark...oh wait, Six. Thought you meant the Dark Ministry." The half orc shrugs. "Never 'eard of the Dark Six." He looks mournfully down at his feet, shoeless. "Now if I had the money for new shoes..."
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> * Alicia isn't sure if this is just a hint that money will improve his memory or what, but feels a bit sorry for him anyway. "Walking those stairs without shoes would be a pain," she agrees, digging out a small stack of ten gold coins which she sets down on the table and slides towards him.
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> > Latha smiles at the man, who returns it with a grin. "Aye, you three ain't so bad. Angels are good at charity. Tell you what. Go look for Nesseam. He's older than the hills and has this orange colored tent with a star on top of it. If it's obscurity, he's your man. He's been almost everywhere there is to go in the planes."
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "We'll do that. Buy yourself something with good arch support," Alicia laughs a little, offering her hand to the half-orc as she gets up.
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Grazzt
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Grazzt and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> > The half orc rises and smirks. Antenora smiles to him ands teps out, and quietly, "Let's go see this Nesseam?"
[19:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> * Alicia nods. "Certainly can't hurt," she nods, going to seek out the orange tent with a star on top.
[19:16] <Infinite_Ko_Army> You wander amid the chaotic tentscape for a time, stepping past a vast bellied fiend with coals in a hollow stomach and a legion of swirling humanoids with wind for hair. All the sights of the vast multiverse seem at your fingertips as you reach your destination. It's a small, simple tent, it's flap closed.
[19:17] <Alicia> Much as she did in the Githzerai city, Alicia doesn't start trouble no matter what she sees, although any fiends are given a wide berth. Finding the orange tent, she puts a hand on the flap without pushing it open and calls inside, "Hello, Nesseam?"
[19:19] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Inside is a bedroll and several closed chests. Sitting on the bedroll is what may perhaps be a man. His skin is so tanned as to appear like leather, wrinkled in every inch and every way, like a prune. Bushy white hair with a single streak of sky-blue tops his head, his face clean shaven. With closed eyes, "You've found Nesseam. What do you want with this old fossil?"
[19:19] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Latha bows slightly, "We seek your aid in a matter of knowledge."
[19:23] <Alicia> "Specifically it concerns an ancient cabal of mages, known as the Dark Six. We've only heard murmurings, though, and little of fact," Alicia explains after offering her own bow. "One of the inhabitants of this settlement said you were specialised in obscure lore of the planes, so we hoped to prevail upon your knowledge."
[19:24] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "The Dark Six? I know of them." He says in a cool, distant tone, little feeling to it.
[19:25] <Alicia> "Would you be willing to share what you know?" Alicia asks, sensing the bargaining phase is in the offing.
[19:27] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "I would, on one condition." Folding his hands together as he looks into Alicia's eye, "Heavenly one, I have seen all the splendors and horrors the multiverse has to offer. Mayhap I have seen more Good than you have and surely worse Evil. What I ask for is life and joy. I will tell you all I know of the Dark Six if you can do something remarkable and interesting."
[19:31] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora murmurs something under her breath, a thoughtful little noise.
[19:33] <Alicia> "Of the three of us, only one is a true angel of the heavens. The other was born in the frozen depths of Hell, and the last is a mortal who has been elevated by her goddess," Alicia explains matter-of-factly. "The remarkable and interesting are our meat and bread. What would suffice to entertain your jaded perspective?"
[19:36] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "That is the question you must grapple with," He says, "Ah, three again...Realms Above, Depths Below and mundane."
06[19:38] * Alicia smiles as she steps forward and goes to kneel opposite the sage. "I'm sure you have seen much, of the realms above and below, and everything inbetween. But tell me, Nesseam, have you seen that which lies outside?"
[19:43] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Aye." He goes to look Alicia in the eye, "For fools before have gone to what is Beyond, thinking it to be studied or tamed. Speak softly of such things, I bid you, lest those souls remember whence they came from and seek to come back."
[20:08] <Alicia> Rats, so much for shocking him outright. "I confess, I had hoped to intrigue you with the tale of how such a being murdered heroes throughout the ages, before finally having its true form revealed on a backwater Prime world and was ultimately destroyed, but I can see now that nothing will shock you, learned one," she admits plainly.
[20:15] <Infinite_Ko_Army> He nods slightly. "I have time yet on this mortal coil. You three have eternity. Think if you need to. I will be here." Nesseam says.
06[20:22] * Alicia hums thoughtfully as she considers another avenue. "Actually, there may just be something remarkable we can show you... have you ever seen night fall on the Endless Staircase, Nesseam?"
[20:24] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "I can't say as I have," he says, "'twould be a wonder to see."
06[20:25] * Alicia unfurls her portable hole and reaches in, withdrawing an ornate ivory horn before she folds the hole back up. "Lets find out, then," she suggests with a grin as she smoothly rises to her feet.
[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora raises an eyebrow, "This should be worth seeing," she says, going ahea dand opening the tent flap for people to head outside. Latha heads out first.
06[20:27] * Alicia follows Latha and waits for the sage, sending a telepathic warning to everyone else in the link. 'Don't worry if it suddenly gets dark, I'm just trying to impress a jaded sage enough for him to tell me things.' Then, once her audience is ready, she holds the horn up ther lips and blows a single long mournful note!
[20:32] <Infinite_Ko_Army> The Horn of the Lord of the Hunt is blown! The musical tone hangs in the air and silence seems to fall over the tent city! Darkness overtakes the city, as the stairs of the Infinite Staircase begin to glitter all around you like pathways of stars! A glittering white light shines all about you! The platform on you seems ot be made of starlight now, casting everything in an unreal glow!
06[20:34] * Alicia smiles in faint satisfaction at not only doing something novel, but also making things oh so pretty! "Surely not something you see every day," she opines.
[20:35] <Infinite_Ko_Army> With a warming chuckle, "Ah." He looks out for a time, before nodding. About you, various people stare up in surprise. Nesseam takes a long look, "It is pretty in it's own way. Let us return into my tent now and talk of the Dark Six."
[20:36] <Alicia> "Certainly," Alicia regards the surreal play of lights for a moment longer herself before she ducks back into the tent.
[20:38] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Once inside, only a few shadows hint at the splendor outside. Nesseam sits, "The Dark Six...Before It ell you of them, let me know the names of the ones that seek this knowledge."
[20:39] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia nods agreeably, introductions being only polite. "I am Alicia Reynes, my friends here are Antenora and Latha," she introduces each in turn.
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Army> There is a pause here as he looks again at Alicia, "Is not earning the emnity of Baator enough for you? The Dark Six are not to be taken as a fool's errand."
[20:44] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "You know of us?" Antenora asks then, a little startle in her voice.
[20:45] <Alicia> "My reputation precedes me, does it?" Alicia doesn't quite sigh. "Unfortunately I have reason to believe I have already attracted their attention, and that they meddle in the affairs of my world. If we must be enemies, so be it, but I would rather not be at the disadvantage of not knowing my foes."
[20:47] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "You come cast in three, seeking knowledge. Your name only confirms that you are worthy." Nesseam settles now, "I have had dealings with one of the Dark Six. His name is Glaciante Devarim
[20:47] <Infinite_Ko_Army> OOC: GAh.
[20:47] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "You come cast in three, seeking knowledge. Your name only confirms that you are worthy." Nesseam settles now, "I have had dealings with one of the Dark Six. His name is Glaciante Devarim." OOC: Go ahead, actually.
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 arcana, that name mean anything?
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 arcana, that name mean anything? and gets 21." [1d20=5]
06[20:49] * Alicia only nods, not interrupting at this point. He's just getting started, after all.
[20:51] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Through him, I have learned some of the Dark Six. They are an ancient cabal of wizards that have embraced vile undeath to live forever. In this time..." He considers again, "The reason I dealt with him is because I needed magic beyond the ninth circle. He was able to provide it."
06[20:52] * Alicia exhales softly. "I had suspected them to be liches, given the timescales of their activities," she nods slowly. "So, they possess such magic... singularly, or does such artifice require cooperative effort between the group?"
[20:53] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "That I know not for sure, but I suspect." He answers that, "They have origins in the Prime, though I met him on a neutral ground in the Planes. The way he spoke of himself...he, for his power, is insecure."
[20:54] <Alicia> "Do you mean he seeks constant validation and flattery, or that his actual position is threatened?" Alicia asks to clarify.
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "He self aggrandizes, as if his power was not enough. He is a man who needs to make himself look bigger. He sees validation and power."
06[20:57] * Alicia nods, familiar with the type. "How were you able to contact him in the first place?"
[20:58] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "A long lived friend who owed me a deep favor," Nesseam answers, "He helped make it possible."
[20:59] <Alicia> That's somewhat evasive but she suspects he won't be more forthcoming, so doesn't push it. "Very well," she nods slowly, "What of the group as a whole? What binds them together, what are their goals and motivations?"
[21:01] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Power. They embrace undeath and hold it's power close to their hearts. If they are powerful as I suspect, they must seek goals approriate to such. What they are, I am not certain. I do know what I was asked for as compensation for the services."
[21:02] <Alicia> "And that was?" Alicia asks, hoping it's not something like 'that I would murder whomever comes to me asking about them'.
[21:12] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "A vow, a vow to to never take vows or orders from any God." He answers.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Undead are notoriously atheist, but I've never heard of any being preachy about it," Alicia muses, this being a new one to her. "It's a strange thing to request, especially for providing such powerful magic, but there must be a method to it..."
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 planes, Athux?
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 planes, Athux? and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:19] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Why such a request...hmph." Antenora shakes her head, "Interesting."
[21:19] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "There must be." Nesseam says, "That is what I know of the Dark Six. Tread lightly, I bid you. While they are not Baator, they are a danger unto themselves."
[21:22] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "We stand in defiance of Baator, and if we need to, we'll do the same to the Dark Six," Antenora says, "Thank you for your knowledge."
[21:25] <Alicia> If that's all he knows, so be it. It's more than she had before. "We will see what the future brings," she demurs as she puts away the horn before getting up. "Thank you for your time and wisdom, Nesseam."
[21:28] <Infinite_Ko_Army> He nods, and after a moment, "Should you be serious about this, perhaps my friend can be of use to you," he says as the three rise.
06[21:28] * Alicia pauses. She'd thought he wasn't going to let that one slip. "Go on - who is your friend?" she asks.
[21:32] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "He is a slaadi philospher. He calls himself Yiziy when he cares to call himself something, most of the time." He answers, "He alternates between Limbo, Pandemonium and Ysgard, seeking to understand chaos. By our standards he is insane, but can be relatively lucid when he desires. In that insane head is a potporri of knowledge, including more about the Dark Six than he was willing to tell me."
[21:32] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora laughs, a harsh, gutteral laugh. "A slaadi philospoher? What an absurd lark!"
[21:34] <Alicia> "Come now, Antenora," Alicia soothes her friend, "No one ever said philosophy had to make sense." Turning her attention back to the sage, "What would be the best way of finding or contacting Yiziy?"
[21:35] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Latha covers a snicker with her mouth, "Amusing, but an argument for anther time.
[21:35] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "
[21:36] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "It takes time to hunt him down," With a long shake of his head, "He moves around a lot. If you know anyone on those planes, they can perhaps help. He's not quiet about his philsophical questions."
[21:38] <Alicia> "We've been to Ysgard, so that can be a start," Alicia agrees. "Thank you again, Nesseam. You have been truly helpful."
[21:38] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Thank you. Seeing that outside was enough." He continues to sit, "Should you seek other knowledge, I again propose the offer as before."
[21:41] <Alicia> "Unfortunately I've emptied my bag of tricks for today," Alicia laughs slightly. "However, I'll remember you should I find something interesting and have other questions. Good day, Nesseam," she waves as she starts out.
[21:41] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora follows out, "Hmph...such magic at such dark ends." Looking back, "A slaadi philospher, too. Bah."
[21:42] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Latha takes the lead, "It was useful information. A pity you couldn't think of another way to pry information from him, Alicia. He seems to be well informed."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Too well informed," Alicia sighs. "Anyone else would surely have been dazzled by tales of reformed fiends and horrors from outside of reality."
[21:47] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "The catch." Antenora agrees, smiling nonetheless, "Now what?"
[21:48] <Alicia> "Well, we want to find out about Greenrot, specifically the rotting key we supposedly require," Alicia muses. "Lets see if we can find a Lillend to ask? They're most likely to know the secrets of the stairway without selling us out."
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Worth a try. At worst...well...we can keep Nesseam as a backup if our efforts fail," Latha agrees, as you begin to search. OOC: Basically just gonna hunt around for a Lillend? Going toa sk someone or just wander or what?
[21:50] <Alicia> OOC: Just hunt around. They stand out visually, so should be easy to spot if any are here
[21:51] <Infinite_Ko_Army> After some searching, you find a large tent. As you pass by, you see a lillend inside. She is dancing around a few humans, laughing and making merry inside. A chipper tune plays, a brightly colored bard strumming his lute inside.
[21:52] <Alicia> Just barging in would surely upset the performer and make her disinclined to help... "Think you can carry that tune, Antenora?" Alicia gives the former erinyes a sidelong glance.
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora returns the look, "...You know I could discreetly ask her for a moment with telepathy."
[21:56] <Alicia> "I suppose that would also be polite," Alicia admits, even though she rather liked her idea. "Go on, then."
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+15
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora scowls a few moments later. "No good. She says she's having too much fun."
06[21:59] * Alicia slips off her ring of freedom of movement and pockets it, extending her hand out. "Let me borrow your ring, Antenora," she asks, expression set determinedly.
[22:00] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora hesitates, "...I'll do it," she says, "If that's what you think will work, I'll give it my best try."
06[22:01] * Alicia gives Antenora an approving smile as she replaces her own magical jewellery. "Professional courtesy, Antenora. She'll respect you as a fellow performer, and hopefully give us some time after a show or two," she explains.
[22:04] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora takes a long breath, "Wish me luck," she says as she walks in, starting to sing! (More)
[22:04] <Infinite_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[22:06] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora's song is surprising. It's lovely and rousing at once, fitting the jaunty tune. She sings of a noble hearted paladin, who fights evil in memory of those she loves. The lillend eyes her, a little surprised look before she laughs and listens.
[22:08] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "She should look into a Celestial Choir," Latha murmurs to Alicia as she listens. "Why is she so hesitant to sing?"
06[22:09] * Alicia slips into the tent herself to listen and watch should the dancing resume. "She'd say that the ring helps her a lot, which is true," she whispers back to Latha. "But yes, she does have a lovely voice on her own merit. I think she perhaps just dislikes making a spectacle of herself."
[22:10] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "...yet...I suppose if any creature would be one of contradictions..." Latha continues to watch. The lillend goes up to Antenora, grabbing her and starting to dance! Antenora nearly hits a sour note at this, but struggles to keep up and along.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Come on, lets give her some backup?" Alicia suggests to Latha, joining in with the dancing and merry-making, not making any effort to become the centre of attention herself but taking care not to screw up, either. Besides, it's kind of fun, she thinks as she twirls around here and there, moving amidst the revellers..
[22:13] <Alicia> OOC: I'll just take 10 for 18 on my performing
[22:14] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Latha does the same, mostly staying in the background. Song and laughter fills the air as Antenora finishes, the Lillend hugging and laughing. "Oh, you're not bad. I don't know why you're impersonating a celestial, but you're not bad. You think I don't know that fiends are the ones that are telepathic, not angels?"
[22:15] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "So what are you? Succubus with some feathers glues to her wings? Erinyes with some feather and skin dye?" Spinning away and coming to a dancer's stop a few feet from Antenora, tail spinning with inhuman agility, "Or just alteration magic and illusion?"
[22:16] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "I was an erinyes. WAS." Antenora says with extreme calm. "I got better, but a few skills I had remained."
[22:16] <Infinite_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+13
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
06[22:17] * Alicia looks briefly askance at Latha after hearing that before she chips in to the Lillend as she sidles close. "You're lucky, normally she gets very upset when anyone compares her to a succubus."
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Hmph. You're a good liar...I think." Turning ack to Alicia, "I would be too. Fine, what do you three want?"
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "I'm not lying, but suit yourself," Antenora dusts her arms off, "All three of us are true celestials."
[22:19] <Alicia> "Well, I'm actually from the Prime," Alicia admits, although she allows Celestia's radiance to come forth in a gentle cloud of golden light around her to prove she's definitely not fiendish. "But Latha here is one hundred percent astral deva."
[22:20] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Bright light bursts besides the Lillend, a holy smite whistling through the air. "See that? That's not an illusion." Antenora says, "We're looking for advice."
[22:23] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Alright." A beat here as she looks to Alicia, "What do you need?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "There's a door to the Abyss near here, so the story goes," Alicia begins. "All rotten and venomous and oh so very green. But unlike most other doors, so sages whisper, this one requires a key."
[22:26] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Oh, THAT one. I'm familiar with it. We've been clashing with vrocks around it for centuries." She answers that, "The forces of Greenrot have been making an effort to keep it isolated."
06[22:29] * Alicia nods. "We have need to travel through it - which should clear out the vrocks, at least for a time. But the issue of the supposed rotten key that's required is more troublesome."
[22:31] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "So you're heading that way? Good luck," The lillend responds, "We've been through it once before trying to clear out the vrocks, but the Abyss just makes more. It's a pain. What we did was get our best lockpicker and she was able to get it. You -can- pick it, since from what we hear, you need Gurlan's favor to get one of those keys."
[22:32] <Alicia> "Well, that's something - I know someone who's good with locks," Alicia smiles in relief. "Anything you can tell us about the Vrocks, like numbers and tactics?"
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Large numbers, they hit and run. They've figured out how to fly and not get shunted off in any direction, so they flyby, strike and retreat. Lots of attrition. They're poisonous, instead of those vine spores they spread green rot."
[22:35] <Alicia> "Is there a trick to that?" Alicia asks, flexing her wings slightly, "Flying safely here, I mean."
[22:37] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "There is, but it's difficult and takes a long time to learn. We don't share it with others, but I suppose someone else was going to figure it out eventually."
[22:39] <Alicia> "Well, if we kill all the vrocks there right now, their replacements will have to learn from scratch at least," Alicia consoles herself with that. "Ah, well, that's still enough for us to think over. How about another dance before we go?" she then suggests pleasantly.
[22:39] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Sure. You there," Nodding to Antenora, "Sing another song!"
[22:41] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora rises, "If that's what you want."
[22:41] <Alicia> "Sing that one I taught Marie, about fighting the law and losing," Alicia suggests brightly.
[22:43] <Infinite_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:44] <Infinite_Ko_Army> The song is not nearly so well as the last one, but it passes well enough, just barely. Once it's done and the three are leaving, "Now what?" Antenora asks, a faint blush tinging her cheeks.
[22:45] <Alicia> "I think we're about done, so lets go wait on the others? I've already suggested a meeting place," Alicia returns as she starts heading the plaza she described to Demedais. "That first song you sang was lovely, by the way. Did you make it up as you went along?"
[22:45] <Infinite_Ko_Army> To this, Antenora blushes even more. "In honesty...no. I had suspected I'd have to sing again sooner or later, so I composed a song worthy of a good occasion."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Awww," Alicia is even more heartwarmed, leaning over to give Antenora a quick hug. "I don't normally go for that sort of thing, but I really liked it," she approves.
[22:47] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora blushes even more, returning the hug. "I'm glad you liked it..." Antenora looks down at her boots.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Don't be embarrassed," Alicia grins, giving Antenora a squeeze before she parts. "You have a talent for composing and singing, that's something to be proud of."
[22:50] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Thank you." Antenora has a weak, but broad and shaky smile.
[22:51] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Latha looks on, a wistful smile on her face, "The two of you share a strong bond of deep love and caring. It's beautiful to see."
06[22:55] * Alicia blushes a little at Latha's effusiveness, but takes it with good grace. "Thank you, Latha. You're a good friend as well," she assures the deva as they resume walking. "Funny what that Lillend said about telepathy, though. How did you come to learn that talent, yourself?" she asks conversationally.
[22:57] <Infinite_Ko_Army> Antenora blushes as well, staying quiet. Latha merely chortles and walks ahead, past a pair of fire elementals, giving them a wide berth. "My sire's will, in essence. My sire, Lathander, is where I draw the name I carry today. Carefree and impulsive, Lathander one day set out to make angels with the gift of telepathy, believing it to be useful to an angel as much as an evil spirit."
[22:59] <Alicia> "It's a useful ability, certainly," Alicia agrees. "Do you know why it didn't catch on, then?"
[23:00] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "It's not something we're natively talented at. The effect caused a certain weakness of some of our normal ethical restraints. Not our moral ones, thank Lathander, but we were meant to be simply good, removed from law and chaos. It was not so. This is why I serve Celestia now."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Really?" Alicia asks, surprised. "I admit, I'd half suspected you'd had some sort of falling out - which confused me when you swore by Lathander when we were in Ysgard last time."
[23:04] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "No." With a warm laugh as you continue to the plaza, "Lathander respected our will and blessed us well in leaving. He aided those of us who went ot law or chaos migrate. Lathander loves all life, I could never imagine hating him. He is glorious in his zeal for living."
[23:06] <Alicia> "I suppose if you're happier in Celestia that's what matters," Alicia nods. "Still, though, it makes me wonder. Mystra is like Lathander in eschewing extremes of Law and Chaos, after all."
[23:07] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "She also has Marie, so she must be tolerant. She even sent Marie to us...a point to be made when we have the wisdom to understand it?" Antenora asks now.
[23:09] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "I am. I love Lord Lathander with all my heart, and every day away from his glory makes me wish I was there. Yet the call of Celestia is stronger." Latha's face glows with sunshine and love, "Perhaps, or perhaps the lesson is that law and chaos aren't important in the face of love and family? It's one that you needed to see, Antenora."
[23:11] <Alicia> "For all her love of chaos, Marie really does like Elysium more than Arborea," Alicia muses. "I suppose if she liked Arborea more, then she'd be allowed to go there just as Latha was allowed to go to Celestia."
[23:12] <Infinite_Ko_Army> "Mystra's very kind, so I would think so." Antenora is full of smiles now, "And maybe I did need to learn that. Maybe Alicia needed to see that lesson as she grows into her coming role, too."
[23:19] <Alicia> "Perhaps so," Alicia agrees thoughtfully.
[20:01] <Kobreakfast> ------
[20:02] <Kobreakfast> The eight gather in the plaza chosen. Around them busy chaos reigns, skygazers taking in the starry stairs. You have relative privacy, most attention on those instead of the people around.
[20:03] <Alicia> "So, who wants to go first?" Alicia asks as they regroup, glad to see everyone intact.
01[20:04] <Seira> "I could," Seira suggests simply.
[20:04] <Kobreakfast> Pollyanna gazes at the sky as the starry radiance shudders and fades away, like whispering winds stilling in the coolness of the night. "What happened there, anyway?"
[20:05] <Alicia> "Remember the Lord of the Hunt?" Alicia reminds Pollyanna. "I had to show a sage something he'd never seen before for him to tell me about the Dark Six. But lets hear what Seira's found out, first."
01[20:06] <Seira> "It would go pretty quickly. I didn't really get much in the way of information on our destination, but I did meet some really nasty guy who's bound to be a disguised fiend. He offered to tell me what I wanted to know if I killed some devil for him, so I told him I'd consider it and went away. I don't really need to consider it, do I? You guys had better luck, right?"
Session Close: Tue Sep 01 20:06:17 2009
Session Start: Tue Sep 01 20:06:17 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:06] * Disconnected
02[20:06] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[20:06] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[20:06] * Topic is 'Alicia=Succubus(29)>Jessica(26)>Donald=Polly(23)>Marie(21)>Saul(19)>Demedais(17)>Seira(14)Amaryl>Antenora'
03[20:06] * Set by Kotono on Fri Aug 21 21:39:02
03[20:06] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
03[20:06] * Kobreakfast is now known as Kotono
06[20:07] * Alicia nods to Seira. "Alright. Well, we found out from a friendly Lillend that the door to Greenrot can be picked, so we don't need this rotten key. It's guarded by vrocks that can fly freely around the stairs, but they should die like anything else."
[20:07] <Kotono> "He did offer a key to the door to Greenrot," Saul murmurs, resting on his quarterstaff. "It's likely some sort of ruse."
01[20:08] <Seira> "I expected as much," Seira tells Alicia, "and it wasn't a total bust. I got a couple useful scrolls that could help with the lock-picking, among other things."
[20:09] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia smiles. "What about you, Demedais? Find out anything helpful beyond that regarding our destination?"
[20:10] <Demedais> "Regarding the trek to Greenrot, I got some comprehensive information from the person I spoke to." Demedais nods. "I learned nothing of what we'll see inside, though I learned magic and lockpicking might also work - sounds heavily trapped, however. As for the rest..." (more)
[20:13] <Demedais> "Firstly, the stairway to it is an ascending one - I do not know specifically which one, other than that. However, of the dangers; vrocks covered in poisonous mold that can be healed in the same manner as normal vrock spores, mold growing on the stairs that is lethally poisonous, a large forest of poisonous treants that to burn is to release an immense amount of poison."
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03[20:16] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Anastasia Anastasia
[20:18] <Alicia> "Well, with a little help from Lord Saul we should be able to neuter most of their defences," Alicia gives Seira's father a brief smile. "That would only leave the vrock's claws as a threat, which we can surely handle."
[20:19] <Anastasia> "Assuming that's all to it." To this, Latha gazes upwards, "I trust that we'll run into at least one unpleasant surprise."
[20:20] <Demedais> "Probably." Demedais grunts. "But it's better information than was possessed before."
[20:20] <Anastasia> "It is," Antenora flashes a smile at Demedais, "Treants and vrocks..mmm. Treants are giant trees, yes? Birds and trees?"
[20:21] <Anastasia> "As long as they don't bring bees into it," Donald shudders all over, "I remember that story about the undead bees."
[20:21] <Demedais> "A twisted version of nature, yes - that was my impression." At Donald's comment, he gives the elf a wry glance.
[20:22] <Anastasia> "Undead bees? Would an undead bee be threatening?" Latha looks to Donald there, turning her attention to Demedais. "Bees are tiny."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Undead bees the size of horses."
[20:22] <Alicia> "Would they still die after stinging you if they were undead?" Alicia asks curiously.
01[20:23] <Seira> "They seemed to, but fire killed them for good."
[20:23] <Demedais> "No, they just pulled out their decaying innards. And fire worked to kill most of them, though a few seemed to still be alive when I climbed back up." Demedais notes.
01[20:23] <Seira> "Undead."
[20:24] <Demedais> "Well, yes."
[20:24] <Alicia> "Also, I mentioned the Dark Six earlier - I got some further information on them," Alicia changes the subject. "They are liches, after all. And powerful enough magically to make Esthan look like a street magician - the sage I spoke to said they were capable of magic beyond the ninth circle."
[20:24] <Alicia> "I don't suppose the name Glaciante Devarim means anything to anyone here?" Hopefully Seira or Saul might recognise it.
01[20:26] <Seira> "Is it immediately important?" Seira asks Alicia. "If I study my books for a while, I might find out more."
[20:26] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[20:27] <Anastasia> Saul's eyes narrow, "Glaciante Devarim? I've heard of the name in a few obscure readings. Irenes had a book that mentioned him, though I hardly thought it was important. A master mage in the service of eternal death."
[20:28] <Anastasia> "I'd ask why they're muddying around with a portal close to Balmuria," Donald stretches, "But is this really the time or the place? I mean, we're going to kick Gurlan's fiendish ass from here to Arborea, right?"
[20:30] <Anastasia> "Evil gets a kick out of trying to torment us?" Pollyanna merely shrugs her shoulders. "Maybe it's nothing related to us anyway? Maybe the portal was a coincidence?"
06[20:31] * Seira laughs.
01[20:31] <Seira> "Oh, I'm sorry. You were serious, weren't you?"
[20:31] <Anastasia> Pollyanna puts her hands on her hips. "It's not like everything in the world that's evil wants to kill us."
01[20:32] <Seira> "I'd like to bet on those that actually come over to us giving it a good try."
[20:32] <Alicia> "I just thought I'd bring it up while it was still fresh in mind," Alicia shrugs. "In any case, a slaadi philosopher by the name of Yizziy may be able to point us further if we choose to investigate. But we can focus on Gurlan for the moment."
[20:32] <Anastasia> "Coincidences are what you call plots you haven't been able to explain y et," Antenora makes a dark smile, "Though I do think Donald's right. We're losing sight or the reason we're here.:
02[20:34] * Anastasia (~ko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.55=-)
[20:36] <Alicia> "Well, we've had a busy day thus far. Why don't we find a place to rest and we can head up to our destination tomorrow?" Alicia suggests.
01[20:37] <Seira> "So we're staying here?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "It's better than trying to rest on the stairs themselves," Alicia nods. "We should be able to find comfortable shelter here easily enough, I hope."
[20:38] <Kotono> "There's surely tents that serve as inns," Saul says, "If we are, let's go find one?"
06[20:38] * Demedais raises an eyebrow. "A... slaadi philosopher. Right." he mutters, before nodding slightly. "Very well."
[20:39] <Kotono> "My exact reaction," Antenora laughs, "A paradox, isn't it?"
[20:41] <Demedais> "Paradox, no. Quite possibly pointless and worthless, yes - I'd find it impossible to take philosophy from any of them seriously at all. Still, if it's been recommended, maybe this one's better than... the rest of them."
01[20:42] <Seira> "It's a giant frog debating with itself, right? Should be fun."
[20:42] <Alicia> "He surely debates with others as well, but given the circles he moves in it would be unwise to treat him lightly," Alicia cautions.
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Anyway, ready to move along/rest?
01[20:44] <Seira> OOC: Sure
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Let me know when spell prepping is done. In the meanwhile, were any of yo ugoing to GI o ranything th enext morning for the right stairs?
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: I'll see if I can grab the same friendly Lillend from yesterday, since I so foolishly forgot to ask
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: By yourself or?
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: might as well bring the whole gang since we're heading off as soon as we have directions
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:51] <Kotono> The party rests in a giant tent overnight, sleep coming in a nightless city. The next morning the heroes rise, tracking down Alicia's fast Lillend friend. She is found in the same dance hall, coiled around a chair and clapping as a pair of delicate elf-like women engage in a complicated dance around hoops of glass.
[20:53] <Alicia> "Might as well ask her telepathically since you broke the ice with your singing yesterday, Antenora," Alicia suggests, not seeing a need to openly disturb the festivities.
[20:53] <Kotono> Antenora nods and looks to the lillend. A few moments pass, before, "I know which one it is now. Shall we?"
[20:53] <Kotono> "Singing?" Pollyanna smiles, "I didn't know you could sing, Antenora."
06[20:53] * Seira observes the dance with interest!
[20:54] <Kotono> It's incredibly complicated and varying every few steps. It involves dancing around and through beautiful glass hopes. OOC: Make an int check, Seira?
[20:55] <Alicia> "Lets be off," Alicia agrees, letting Antenora lead the way and giving a friendly wave to the Lillend as they depart.
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 will the pretty ladies break my mind?
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 will the pretty ladies break my mind? and gets 20." [1d20=8]
06[20:56] * Seira decides to try this trick back home!
[20:57] <Kotono> Antenora leads the party along to a stairway away from the tents. You leave the tent city behind your backs as this stairway stretches on up and ahead. "Who'll take point?" Antenora asks, "Demedais since he's the best at holding a line on the stairs?"
01[20:57] <Seira> "I'll be at the very back in case he falls, then," Seira quickly volunteers.
06[20:58] * Alicia has no objection to this arrangement.
[20:58] <Demedais> "I appreciate the vote of confidence." Demedais mutters, heading up to the front with a nod.
[20:58] <Kotono> "I'll take back, just in case someone tries to sneak up on us," Donald announces, "I dunno, Demedais hasn't fallen yet. I don't think most paladins fall."
[20:59] <Kotono> "Shush, Seira," Pollyanna glares back, settling into the middle of the pack. OOC: What's your marching order going to be, exactly?
06[21:00] * Seira waves pleasantly at Pollyanna, comfortable with bringing up the rear alongside Donald.
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: Deme, Alicia, Anty, Saul, Pollyanna, Latha, Seira, Donald?
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: Actually, lets put Polly between me and Deme so they can be together
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Deme, Polly, Ailcia, Antenora, Saul, Latha, Seira, Donald then
[21:01] <Kotono> ?
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: Except she said she went in the middle, so it works
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Any opinion you two or is that good to go?
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: sure, okay
[21:01] <Demedais> OOC: works.
[21:02] <Kotono> Thus the climbing begins! Time passes without incident, the party staying on alert. About six hours pass, each step making your legs burn as you continue to climb upwards! OOC: Make fort, all?
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Donald
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Donald and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenora
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenora and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 21." [1d20=10]
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: The stair requires fort checks every so often, so make sure you have those queued up for speed. Anyway.
[21:05] <Kotono> The party continues on despite a persistent tiredness from constant stairclimbing. Twelve hours pass...still nothing in sight. OOC: Goa head and make fort again?
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[21:06] <Kotono> At this point Saul pauses, leaning on his quarterstaff. His breathing has become heavy, "Hold." He says, "I need a short break...my legs are on fire."
01[21:07] <Seira> "Want me to carry you?" Seira offers.
[21:07] <Kotono> "I can understand that," Donald calls up, wincing as he stretches back. "Whatever God decided that this needs to be stairs going up needs a kick in the face."
[21:07] <Alicia> "We have been travelling for some time," Alicia agrees, stopping and sitting down on a step. "A break wouldn't be amiss."
[21:07] <Kotono> "I was going to ask Demedais if he had a simple lesser restoration," Saul slinks down to sit, groaning as he stretches his legs.
[21:08] <Demedais> "I do." Demedais says, heading down the steps a bit and healing Saul with one. "Though not many."
[21:08] <Kotono> Smothering a yawn in her hand, "It's a good bit of exercise," Antenora does the same, lying back on the stairs and looking up towards Alicia. "We may have to press on even if exhaustion begins to claim us, worst comes to worst. I don't reilsh the idea of trying to rest on these stairs."
[21:09] <Kotono> Saul smiles at that, "Waukeen bless you. I feel better now." Shifting, "We can take a few minutes then resume?"
[21:09] <Demedais> "If that's what people want..." Demedais nods.
[21:10] <Alicia> "If we're lucky we might find a platform we can use - did the lillend mention any between the city and greenrot?" Alicia asks Antenora as she produces a waterskin and swigs from it before passing it around.
[21:12] <Kotono> Antenora takes a tiny sip of water, passing it on down. "She said it was a long trip of several platforms."
[21:13] <Alicia> "Well, lets try and press on till we find the next one then rest there? Hopefully won't be too long," Alicia suggests.
[21:13] <Kotono> Donald stands up at that, "Right," He says, readjusting his shield and armor, "Here's hoping?"
06[21:14] * Alicia nods and gets up to resume their ascending trek.
06[21:15] * Demedais nods and retakes the lead.
[21:17] <Kotono> About another hour or so passes. OOC: Make spot, Deme?
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:19] <Demedais> "Something's coming down toward us. An... ant crossed with a centaur?" Demedais muses, blinking at it.
01[21:19] <Seira> "Wow, creepy."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Sounds like a Formian," Alicia muses as she looks upwards.
[21:21] <Kotono> "Formian," Antenora agrees, "Lawful outsiders from Mechanus."
[21:21] <Demedais> "Right. Let's just let it pass, then?" Demedais proposes.
06[21:21] * Alicia has no real problem with that, moving to the side of the stairs to make room.
[21:22] <Kotono> As you stop and watch, you see it approach. It's lower body is like a horse, it's upper body like an ant. As it comes closer, sixty feet away, "I must return to Mechanus," It declares, "I am imperfect in this state. Where can I find a way to return to Mechanus?"
[21:23] <Alicia> "I don't know of any doorways near here leading to Mechanus, but... Latha?" Alicia turns to the resident deva.
[21:24] <Demedais> "There is a city down the stairwell that can likely give you directions, if all else fails." Demedais notes.
01[21:24] <Seira> "How about heading down and then through the portal to Astral? The city connected to it had other portals further away."
[21:24] <Kotono> Latha steps forward, "Hail in the name of Celestia," she calls, "We do not, but it is as Demedais says. You will find aid there returning to your hive. But be cautioned, the city below is more attunded to chaos than order."
06[21:25] * Alicia shrugs as Latha fails to take her hint. "Or I can banish you from this realm. That will surely return you to your home."
[21:25] <Kotono> "If you do so I will be grateful," The formian approaches Alicia. "I must return."
[21:26] <Alicia> "Please do not resist as I cast my spell," Alicia asks before incanting. "In Mystra's name, begone back to whence you came!"
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: DC 23 dismissal if he chooses to save
[21:27] <Kotono> As the Formian begins to vanish, it thrusts a scroll into Alicia's hands. "Proper payment for services rendered." It's voice trails away as it vanishes.
[21:28] <Alicia> "Oh, thank you," Alicia reflexively grabs the scroll, a bit surprised. "He didn't have to do that..." she looks a little embarrassed, unfurling the scroll after the formian has vanished so she can have a look.
[21:29] <Kotono> "It felt obligated to render lawful payment," Antenora shrugs, "Most wizards would charge for the hassle."
[21:29] <Alicia> "Magic circle against chaos," she smiles and rolls it up to secure in one of her belt pouches. "Handy for where we're headed."
[21:30] <Kotono> "Let's continue," Saul begins to walk again, "A minor interruption, though at least it was profitable."
[21:30] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais nods, leading on.
[21:30] <Kotono> More time begins to go on. 18 hours. Sleepiness tugs at you now, a day of effort draining you...OOC: Fort again.
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
[21:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:32] <Kotono> Still no sign of the end. Pollyanna is slumping now, each step an obvious effort. Donald smothers a yawn as he goes on, but keeps up a solid pace. The rest of you can feel the tiredness chipping at you. It's been a long day of nothing but hard stair climbing. Your legs burn and your body aches.
[21:33] <Alicia> "We're going to have to stop soon," Alicia declares. "If we don't hit a platform in the next hour we'll just have to make do on the stairs - this is pushing our endurance too hard already."
06[21:33] * Demedais mutters and peers ahead for a platform.
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Spot?
[21:33] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:35] <Demedais> "I'm not seeing anything yet, though with an hour I might." Demedais nods slightly, looking back. "Can you maintain for an hour more or should I recover you before we move on, dear?"
[21:35] <Kotono> "I...think I can go on...if we move just a little slower," Pollyanna's brow is sweaty, her hands shaking. "Can we get some rations out to eat as we walk, too?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "We're not going to have a speck of fat on our bodies when this is done," Donald groans. "I feel like I've lost weight already, just from the constant walking."
06[21:36] * Alicia takes out some beef jerky from her survival pouch and breaks it up, giving some to everyone who needs to eat. "Should've picked up some proper food in the city, really," she mutters as she chews.
[21:37] <Kotono> Around a mouthful of Alicia's meat, "We should've slept in the Astral, too. We'll know better next time," Pollyanna eats quickly and straightens up as best she can.
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[21:38] <Kotono> Around a mouthful of food, "We should've slept in the Astral, too. We'll know better next time," Pollyanna eats quickly and straightens up as best she can.
06[21:39] * Alicia conjures some water and takes a few swigs to wash it down before handing the waterskin to Pollyanna. "Hopefully we'll hit some level ground soon. Lets just push on a bit further and hope for the best."
01[21:39] <Seira> "There hopefully won't be a next time," Seira voices. "How often are we going to regime change a layer of the Abyss?"
[21:39] <Demedais> "Alright. Let's take it slower - if we need to rest on the stairs there's no point pushing ourselves now. I'll keep my eyes out." Demedais nods.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Yes," Saul says as you walk along. "Well, you never know."
[21:40] <Kotono> Another hour passes. Still no sign of a platform, just more damned stairs.
[21:40] <Kotono> "Enough," Saul says, "Still nothing in sight? If we're going to rest on the stairs, we may as well do it now."
[21:41] <Demedais> "...Right." Demedais mutters, peering ahead one more time.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Okay, we're going to have to make do," Alicia agrees. "Maybe if we pad down with some blankets we can make something a bit more comfortable to sleep on."
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Spot again, Deme?
[21:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
06[21:42] * Demedais pauses, glancing off to the side. "What the..."
[21:42] <Alicia> "What is it?" Alicia asks, following Demedais' gaze.
06[21:43] * Demedais stares for a long moment, before, "...It's a platform. ...but there's not any stairs to it."
[21:43] <Kotono> "Where?" Antenora gazes about to the side of the stairs, following Demedais' gaze.
01[21:43] <Seira> "Maybe someone can fly over to it, after all?" Seira suggests.
[21:44] <Alicia> "Maybe they're just obscured by the platform itself and go off out of sight?" Alicia suggests, not actually seeing it herself to start with.
[21:44] <Demedais> "Right... over... there." Demedais gestures, handing Antenora the glaive.
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 How much is the glaive?
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 How much is the glaive? and gets 24." [1d20=2]
01[21:44] <Seira> "Whatever the reason, unless it's straight ahead, do we really care?"
[21:45] <Demedais> OOC: +5.
[21:45] <Demedais> "It has treasure on it."
[21:45] <Kotono> "Don't see it..." Antenora continues to gaze.
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Alicia> "No," Alicia agrees with Seira. "It's out of reach anyway, so we just have to make do here."
06[21:45] * Seira considers. "If the treasure is that good, we can return for it?"
[21:45] <Kotono> "Now I do...I see...something. A platform, it has something sparkling with gold on it." Antenora announces at last, "It's at the very edge of my vision."
01[21:46] <Seira> "Ah, gold out in the open? That has to be a mirage or a trap," Seira says, losing interest.
[21:46] <Kotono> "If we fly, odds are we end up in another plane before we get close," Antenora crosses her arms, "And yes, it's either a trap or it's someone's treasure and someone who can likely defend it in any event."
[21:46] <Demedais> "Possibly." Demedais shrugs. "Anyways, so we rest here?"
01[21:46] <Seira> "Works for me."
[21:47] <Kotono> "I'll take the watch," Antenora says, "Could all of you sleep reasonably close together? I'll need to look in multiple directions if the vrocks can fly, and that makes it easier."
[21:47] <Kotono> *Latha says
06[21:47] * Demedais shrugs. "Sure."
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything noteworthy besides going to sleep?
[21:47] <Alicia> "Lets just do what we can to get comfortable," Alicia agrees, conjuring forth a tent and swiftly dismantling it, using the fabric and bedrolls as cushioning to pad out between the steps to make for something more comfortable to rest on. "Latha, if I start to roll off the side I'll rely on you to wake me up," she tells the deva as she settles down at the edge, her wings dangling off the side.
01[21:48] <Seira> "Let's be fireball bait," Seira pleasantly agrees, looking for a spot on the bedrolls besides Antenora.
[21:48] <Kotono> "Oh yes. Do any of you move a lot in your sleep?" Latha says, "That's a concern here."
[21:48] <Kotono> "Nope," Donald stretches as he takes off his helmet. Pollyanna murmurs, "A little bit."
[21:48] <Alicia> "Not much, but I'd rather not take any chances," Alicia replies, not even taking her armour off - mithral is light enough, and the enchantment on her armour makes it particularly soft and comfortable to wear.
01[21:49] <Seira> "Haven't gotten complaints about it," Seira obediently answers, stretching out before sleep.
06[21:49] * Demedais shakes his head, shucking his armor and putting it on the step above him.
[21:49] <Kotono> "I don't sleep long anyway," Antenora lies down, as the party takes to resting...OOC: Ready to move into dreamland?
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Heavy armor wearer(Deme), are you taking your armor off to sleep?
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Donald is taking his off, mithral or no mithral.
01[21:51] <Seira> OOC: * Demedais shakes his head, shucking his armor and putting it on the step above him.
01[21:51] <Seira> [21:49] <Kotono> "I don't sleep long anyway," Antenora lies down, as the party takes to rest
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Nevermind, I can't read.
[21:51] <Kotono> Sleep comes, exhaustion overtaking the party. Antenora and Demedais rise without incident, two hours down. "Welcome back," Latha says, "It's been quiet so far, but they're going to need several more hours of rest. Let's split up the watch?"
[21:52] <Kotono> Antenora readjusts her armor and gear, "I'll take the back," she says, sitting on a stair and having her spear resting in her lap. She looks on at the sleeping party, "Calm before the storm."
06[21:52] * Demedais shrugs. "Certainly." After a moment, he glances back over to the floating platform. At Antenora's words, "Probably, yes."
[21:53] <Kotono> The floating platform seems to be gone- Demedais can't spot it ata ll.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Yes." Antenora looks out, "Demedais?"
[21:53] <Demedais> "Hm?" Demedais asks.
[21:54] <Kotono> As her gaze looks out and over to the back, "You're a good man. I believe that with all my heart. Yet...I feel as if you try and reject that or hold it in check. Why?"
[21:55] <Demedais> "..." Demedais looks back out to where the platform was. "To those I trust, yes. But you'll not find my heart overflowing with good intentions toward most any of the Outer Planes. And..."
[21:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+32 (using glaive for stationary spot work)
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+32 (using glaive for stationary spot work) and gets 38." [1d20=6]
[21:57] <Kotono> "And?" Antenora asks.
[21:58] <Demedais> "Aaaand we get to finish this conversation later! Wake everyone up!" Demedais grunts, switching glaive for sword before casting Bless.
[21:58] <Kotono> Antenora grabs her spear, "Wake up!" she calls, giving Alicia a heavy nudge with her foot. "Did you see something?"
06[21:59] * Alicia grunts and hauls herself to her feet, a hand going to one of the two blades she has laying by her side while the other rubs the sleep from her eyes. "What is it?!"
[21:59] <Kotono> LAtha whirls, going to tap Antenora and Demedais on the shoulders. A holy aura blossoms around them! As the rest of the party stirs, the three can see something coming! A green hezrou, 80 feet away! Above it are several green vrocks, rushing on! OOC: Holy Aura on those three. Init everyone.
[22:00] <Demedais> "Yeah, several vrocks and a hezrou." Demedais grunts.
06[22:00] * Seira holds her initial impulse to roll over in check, coming into a crouch instead as she wakes up!
[22:00] <Kotono> "Prepare," Antenora says, "Incoming demons! We'll hold them off while you do!"
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 4." [1d20=3]
03[22:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais(4)'
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init for the NPCs your'e controlling, too.
03[22:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(21)>Demedais(4)'
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
[22:01] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Pollyanna
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 11." [1d20=4]
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Pollyanna and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Hezrou
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Hezrou and gets 10." [1d20=10]
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 nerveskittering Saul
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 nerveskittering Saul and gets 22." [1d20=16]
03[22:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(21)>Polly(14)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>Demedais(4)'
03[22:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Polly(14)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>Demedais(4)'
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 1
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 1 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 2
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 3
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 2 and gets 6." [1d20=4]
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 3 and gets 17." [1d20=15]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 4
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 4 and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 5
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 5 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 6
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 6 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 vrock 7
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 vrock 7 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>Donald(16)>Polly(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>Demedais(4)'
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>V3(17)>Donald(16)>Polly(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V2(6)>Demedais(4)'
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>V3(17)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V4(8)>V2(6)>Demedais(4)'
03[22:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>V3(17)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Sauyl.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Dammit!" Donald swears loudly, "I was just starting to dream about fun Alicia and fun Seira!"
01[22:05] <Seira> Though tired and sleepy, Saul nevertheless swiftly surrounds everyone with a shimmering magical sphere! Although he is tempted to leave Donald out.
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: What spell?
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: Globe of Invulnerability
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Seira.
06[22:08] * Seira tries to catch the three adjacent vrocks with a fireball!
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 CL
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Cl echeck.
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 CL and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 ref
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 ref
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 ref
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 ref and gets 30." [1d20=18]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 ref and gets 14." [1d20=2]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 ref and gets 27." [1d20=15]
01[22:09] <Seira> OOC: Actually +18, but still works?
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1.5*10d6 fieriness~
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*10d6 fieriness~ and gets 46.5." [10d6=4, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 1, 6, 1, 4]
01[22:10] <Seira> OOC: DC24
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Anything else or is that it?
06[22:11] * Seira also activates her boots.
[22:11] <Kotono> A fireball bursts amid three of the flying vrocks, leaving them scorched and dripping a foul green ichor onto the stairs! OOC: Latha's up.
[22:12] <Kotono> Latha goes about now, bestowing Holy Aura on the rest of the heroes! OOC: Holy Aura on everyone. Vrock 3 is up.
[22:13] <Kotono> The third vrock flies along like a bullet, descending down! It stops right overhead of the heroes, shedding green spores down all around them! OOC: Fort.
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Fort all. Bonuses to poison apply.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Alicia
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Alicia and gets 52." [1d20=20]
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Antenora
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Antenora and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+6 Latha's aura)
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+6 Latha's aura) and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Donald
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Donald and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 Latha
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 Latha and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[22:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+6 Latha) Polly
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+6 Latha) Polly and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[22:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
01[22:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: 1 point of con damage to Saul'n'Deme.
[22:15] <Kotono> The spores latch onto Saul and Demedais! Green rot begins to spread all over them, sapping their strength! OOC: Donald.
01[22:15] <Seira> OOC: Oh right, aura. 20 still fails?
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[22:16] <Kotono> Donald swiftly draws arcane patterns in the air at the vrock above!
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 SR check
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 SR check and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ranged touch
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ranged touch and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:17] <Kotono> The second vrock is hit by a black, corsucating ray, shriveling at Donald's calls of draconic and elven words of power! OOC: Polly and the 5th vrock are up. Go Polly.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Got one!" Donald calls, "It should be easy pickings now!"
[22:18] <Kotono> The vrock above screetches in fury, green ichor sprinkling down from it's rot covered wings!
[22:19] <Demedais> Pollyanna quickly angles upward and shoots a volley at the one Donald targeted. "Then let me finish it off!"
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>V3(17(spores on D'S))>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 law dev -> to hit)
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 law dev -> to hit)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 law dev -> to hit) and gets 51." [1d20=18]
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 law dev -> to hit) and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+6 law dev -> to hit)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+6 law dev -> to hit) and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 law dev -> to hit)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 law dev -> to hit) and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: You're a natural Polly, it seems. Roll to confirm the crit?
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 crit check
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 crit check and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits and a crit. This should be gibby.
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 12d6+12d6+102+2d8
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+12d6+102+2d8 and gets 195." [12d6=1, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 3, 3, 6, 2, 4][12d6=1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 6, 1, 2, 5, 4, 3][2d8=4, 8]
[22:23] <Demedais> OOC: Er, minus 3d6 but the point gets across.
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: It's not flatfooted for SA, Deme. It already moved. <_<
[22:24] <Demedais> OOC: ...so just subtract 24, but point is made
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 21d6+102 okay, reroll
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 21d6+102 okay, reroll and gets 176." [21d6=5, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3, 4, 3, 6, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 3]
[22:25] <Kotono> The force arrows utterly shred the vrock, tearing it into tiny, broken pieces that fade away! The fifth vrock meanwhile charges Demedais head on, going right for him!
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 morale, +2 charge, -2 PA)
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 morale, +2 charge, -2 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: AoO?
[22:26] <Demedais> OOC: Free swing at it, yes.
06[22:26] * Demedais knocks the claws away before slashing right back at the vrock!
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+1 morale)
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+1 morale) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 2d6+13
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+13 and gets 18." [2d6=3, 2]
[22:28] <Kotono> Demedais hacks into the vrock as it flies back, fleeing ten feet up as Demedais draws blood across it's chest! OOC: Vrock 1.
[22:28] <Kotono> The first vrock goes around ot the side, twenty feet away on the right, as several of it spring up at once!
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 and gets 9." [1d4=3]
03[22:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:29] <Alicia> "We'll discuss your dreams later, Donald," Alicia gives the fey elf a baleful look before she focuses on the approaching demons, her arcane words and gestures causing an incandescent rainbow flare of light to encompass them!
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: hezrou and as many vrocks as I can get in a 15ft radius burst
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Two vrocks.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: SR check.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[22:30] <Alicia> OOC: ass
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Hezrou have bad SR so you get that at least
[22:30] <Kotono> .
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Vrocks are off the hook.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will for half and different secondary effect
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will for half and different secondary effect and gets 48." [15d6=1, 6, 4, 6, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 1, 4]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6 rounds dazed (dazzled if he saves)
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 rounds dazed (dazzled if he saves) and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
03[22:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou((Dazed)10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:31] <Kotono> The hezrou screams as it's dazzled in Alicia's radiant assault, staggering about drunkenly on the stairs! OOC: Antenora is up, Hezrou is dazed.
03[22:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(10)>V6(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:32] <Kotono> "By Celestia, that bow..." Latha stares at Pollyanna a moment, before ripping her attention back to the battle.
[22:32] <Alicia> Antenora meanwhile focuses on her holy powers to catch the hezrou and surrounding vrocks in a smite!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: 20ft burst, so might catch another vrock perhaps
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22 half/negate blindness
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 half/negate blindness and gets 29." [10d6=5, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 1]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Hezrou
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Hezrou and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 vrock
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 vrock and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 vrock
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 vrock and gets 24." [1d20=11]
03[22:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V6(Blinded)(9)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:34] <Kotono> The burst of holy power staggers the evil outsiders, blinding two of them and leaving the third wobbling from the blast! OOC: Vrock 6 is up.
[22:34] <Kotono> The sixth vrock flies wildly about, swerving without control!
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[22:35] <Kotono> In a wink of light, it vanishes into the darkness and is gone!
03[22:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V4(8)>V2(6)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Vrock 4.
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 SR check on Antenora
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 SR check on Antenora and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[22:36] <Kotono> OOC: Make will, Antenora?
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[22:37] <Kotono> A powerful force buffets Antenora, nearly sending her flying, but her strong will leaves her safe and unmoved! OOC: Vrock 2.
[22:37] <Kotono> The second vrock swoops in as well, also going for Demedais!
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:38] <Demedais> OOC: 37.
[22:38] <Kotono> But Demedais parries it away, as it flies back ten feet! The seventh vrock hangs back, as...
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[22:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 again
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 again and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Will, Antenora.
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[22:38] <Kotono> Once again Antenora is buffered and once again she endures the massive throwing force! OOC: Deme.
[22:40] <Demedais> OOC: Are the vrocks that attacked me flying over the gap, or are they over the stairs?
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: One's 10 feet up and one's 10 feet ot the side. Up one is over the stairs, side one isn't.
[22:41] <Demedais> OOC: Right. No grouping of them over empty space, I presume?
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Basically.
06[22:43] * Demedais points to the one that went to his side. "Let's see how you like this..." OOC: Downdraft, so CL check to pass SR.
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC: Right, roll it.
[22:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[22:43] <Kotono> Demedais calls on a potent spell, but the vrock is unmoved by it! OOC: Hatbot. Anything else?
[22:44] <Demedais> An aura of protection then surges around Demedais as he waits! OOC: +6, divine. Nothing else.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Saul.
01[22:44] <Seira> Saul recites a passionate prayer to Waukeen, one strong enough to blind the faithless!
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: What spell?
01[22:45] <Seira> OOC: Quickened True Casting, then Holy Word
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: CL check.
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Deme has more HD than Saul so he's safe.
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: What's Saul's HD otherwise?
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Er, CL.
01[22:45] <Seira> OOC: Polly has HD15, Saul is CL15 (HD16, but it goes by CL)
01[22:46] <Seira> OOC: Roll wills~
01[22:46] <Seira> OOC: Oh sorry
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Will save for Polly, -2 as per the rule. The rvrocks have more than 15 HD.
[22:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 aura, -2 save)
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 aura, -2 save) and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[22:47] <Kotono> The holy word is powerful, but none seem moved by the potent magic! OOC: Seira.
01[22:47] <Seira> OOC: Even the hezrou is some crazy hd?
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: The hezrou isn't, my bad.
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: it's like 80ft away
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: Bah. Is there a blinded vrock within 30ft?
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Nah. The blinded one failed it's chance and is in Ysgard now.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Anything else? If not Seira's up.
01[22:49] <Seira> OOC: Saul has nothing, I'm thinking a moment
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Rigth.
01[22:50] <Seira> Believing that fire holds the key to success, Seira once more tries to set a cluster of vrocks aflame!
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: Any in a 15ft radius?
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Of you or period?
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: From any point in space
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Nah, they're all spread out now.
06[22:52] * Seira sheathes herself in acid, before cloning herself.
01[22:52] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Latha's up.
01[22:52] <Seira> OOC: Acid Sheath, yes
[22:52] <Kotono> Latha turns to the mirror imaged vrock, holy power cascading to it once more!
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 10d6 will half and negate blinding
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 will half and negate blinding and gets 36." [10d6=1, 3, 6, 2, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 will
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 will and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[22:53] <Kotono> The multiple vrocks screetch and shield their eyes as all the mirror images and vrock are assailed! Latha has her mace in one hand, "Stnad aside, abyss spawn, or forfiet your lives here!" OOC: Spores.
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: Doesn't bless stop them?
[22:53] <Kotono> The spores turn a sickly white and fall off Saul and Demedais! OOC: Bless kicked in. Donald.
[22:54] <Kotono> Donald grins and fires off another black ray, this one at the vrock dead ahead of Demedais!
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ranged touch
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ranged touch and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:55] <Kotono> Another enervation drains this vrock, withering it in mid air!
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: Polly and vrock 5.
[22:56] <Kotono> The fifth vrock whirls around, flying over and swiping at Pollyanna!
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[22:56] <Demedais> Pollyanna then turns to the second vrock on Demedais! "You deal with the enervated one!" With that, a second shower of arrows flies!
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[22:56] <Kotono> The fifth vrock is totally incompetent, missing her before flying back 10 feet over the void!
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law(l))
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law(l))
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law(l)) and gets 47." [1d20=14]
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law(l)) and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+6 Law(l))
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+6 Law(l)) and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law(l))
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law(l)) and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Confirm another crit. You really like being the little girl, Deme? I see how it is.
[22:58] <Demedais> roll 21d6+102 bam
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 21d6+102 bam and gets 181." [21d6=6, 2, 5, 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3, 2, 6, 1, 4, 5]
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly=V5(14)>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V4(8)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[22:58] <Kotono> Another vrock goes down, shredded apart and crumbling away! OOC: Vrock 1 is up.
[22:59] <Kotono> The first vrock glares at Pollyanna!
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: Will, Polly.
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: Latha's aura applies for +4, remember.
[22:59] <Demedais> OOC: +4? Or +6?
[23:00] <Alicia> OOC: +6, unless she already has a resistance bonus
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: 6-whatever resistance bonus she has to saves if any. I don't think she has one, she's not good at saves.
[23:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 right, then +6
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 right, then +6 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[23:01] <Kotono> Pollyanna staggers but holds her ground against the massive blow of force! OOC: Alicia.
[23:01] <Alicia> "I should have thought of this ages ago," Alicia mutters as she scoops up the sword of the sealed gate and taps Antenora on the arm with it before dropping it. "Now go get 'em!" she encourages her friend who grins and takes off, charging the vrock that tried to manipulate her with telekinesis!
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -15pa charge, furious strike vrock 4
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -15pa charge, furious strike vrock 4 and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: Which one? She ate two TKs last roung?
[23:02] <Alicia> OOC: vrock 4
[23:02] <Kotono> Antenora charges ahead, reaching the 4th vrock! However, she puts far too much power into it, overswinging and missing! OOC: Hezrou is up and blinded.
[23:03] <Alicia> OOC: and dazed!
[23:03] <Kotono> The hezrou staggers about, helpless from being blind! OOC: Vrock 4.
[23:03] <Kotono> The fourth vrock counters, shedding spores all around Antenora! OOC: Fort.
[23:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 4." [1d8=4]
[23:04] <Kotono> But Antenora endures and shrugs them right off! The seventh vrock gestures curtly at Donald!
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Donald
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Donald and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[23:04] <Kotono> But Donald holds his ground as well, unmoved! OOC: Deme.
06[23:05] * Demedais gestures at the other one in melee with the larger group, catching it just at the edge of a web of pure order! OOC: Order's Wrath, so CL.
[23:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 law dev)
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 law dev) and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: The one that hit Polly, basically?
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Or tried and failed.
[23:06] <Demedais> OOC: Yes.
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 will save
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 will save and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Demedais> roll 10d6 halve this, DC was passed
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 10d6 halve this, DC was passed and gets 29." [10d6=2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4]
[23:07] <Kotono> The vrock is wihpped by a cubic force of pure order, battered but surviving! OOC: Saul.
01[23:08] <Seira> Saul decides to go with a tried and true enervation on the vrock Antenora is dancing with.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Ranged touch now.
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
01[23:09] <Seira> OOC: Wilt, demon!
[23:09] <Kotono> The fourth vrock withers terribly, it's life force directly ravaged! OOC: Seira if Saul's done.
01[23:11] <Seira> Encouraged by her father's success at being direct, Seira takes stock of any remaining vrocks within thirty feet!
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: There's the MI vrock, a vrock 10 feet ahead and up from Deme.
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: Only one?
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Also vrock 5, the one that failed to hurt Polly at all.
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Three within 30ft.
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Five left, two are back with the hezrou.
01[23:12] <Seira> Some of the acid cloaking Seira's form solidies into an orb, only to strike at Pollyanna's opponent!
01[23:13] <Seira> OOC: Orb of acid on vrock 5
[23:13] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 impromptu SA
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 impromptu SA and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[23:13] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 15d6+15+5d8 Fort25 or sickened, if it can get sickened
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6+15+5d8 Fort25 or sickened, if it can get sickened and gets 84." [15d6=4, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 5, 4, 1, 1, 6][5d8=5, 2, 1, 8, 4]
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Irrelevant.
03[23:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>(spores on D'S)>Donald(16)>Polly>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V4(8)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[23:15] <Kotono> The vrock is caught in a burst of acid, it's body melting away as it crumbles down into oblivion! OOC: Latha.
[23:15] <Kotono> Latha continues her course, sending holy power at the vrock with mirror images!
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 39." [10d6=1, 2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[23:16] <Kotono> Hit again, the vrock staggers in the air mightly, weaving all over! OOC: Donald.
03[23:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>Donald(16)>Polly>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V4(8)>V7(5)>Demedais(4)'
[23:16] <Kotono> Donald fires another enervation at the vrock Antenora missed!
[23:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[23:16] <Kotono> But this time it comes to nothing at all! OOC: Polly.
[23:18] <Demedais> Pollyanna then turns her attention to the distant vrocks, sending a barrage of arrows flying at the distant vrock that isn't distracted - well, until now...
[23:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7 and gets 51." [1d20=18]
[23:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7 and gets 43." [1d20=10]
[23:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[23:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law) targeting Vrock 7 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[23:19] <Demedais> roll 12d6+56
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+56 and gets 100." [12d6=3, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 3, 5]
03[23:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>Donald(16)>Polly>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora=Hezrou(Blinded)(10)>V4(8)>Demedais(4)'
[23:19] <Kotono> The seventh vrock is pincushioned, crumbling away into dissolution under this massive hail of arrows! OOC: Vrock 1 is up.
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[23:20] <Kotono> The first vrock snarles, flying back and towards Antenora, as it flanks her from behind and strikes!
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[23:20] <Alicia> OOC: AC 35
[23:20] <Kotono> But Antenora whirls and blocks, a clang of spear on claw as it's stopped! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:21] * Alicia decides to try and kill the hezrou before it recovers from her spell, flapping her wings to soar up the stairs without getting any real distance from them and slashing Hell Striker across the toad-like fiend's brow!
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 knowledge and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -11pa charge divine might
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -11pa charge divine might and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[23:22] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Make a save as you do, it has a stench aura.
[23:22] <Alicia> roll 2d4+44+2d6+1d6
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+44+2d6+1d6 and gets 58." [2d4=4, 2][2d6=2, 1][1d6=5]
[23:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 fort
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 fort and gets 45." [1d20=19]
03[23:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>Donald(16)>Polly>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora(10)>V4(8)>Demedais(4)'
[23:22] <Kotono> The hezrou succumbs, Alicia slicing it into two! OOC: Antenora.
[23:23] <Alicia> Antenora meanwhile stabs out at the vrocks around her, hemmed in but fighting fiercely!
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 starting on vrock 4, will move to vrock 1 if it drops
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 starting on vrock 4, will move to vrock 1 if it drops and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 furious strike
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 furious strike and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[23:24] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff. Three ihts.
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d8+17+2d6
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+17+2d6 and gets 29." [1d8=3][2d6=3, 6]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d8+17+2d6
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+17+2d6 and gets 26." [1d8=1][2d6=5, 3]
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d8+17+2d6
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+17+2d6 and gets 32." [1d8=6][2d6=3, 6]
03[23:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Saul(22)>Seira(21)>Latha(18)>Donald(16)>Polly>V1(8 images)(13)>Alicia(11)>Antenora(10)>Demedais(4)'
[23:25] <Kotono> The vrock ahead of her crumbles into bits, pierced into oblivion! Only the MI vrock remains! OOC: Deme, go. Shower, if Deme doesn't obviously kill it or have a chance, go ahead and go Saul/Seira. I wanna resolve the last bit of this then pause.
06[23:26] * Demedais turns to the remaining target, watching to see if it tries to attack the group! OOC: Pass
[23:26] <Demedais> OOC: Er, wait.
01[23:26] <Seira> OOC: Let me MM it?
[23:26] <Demedais> OOC: Go ahead, I don't have any more offense spells and I can't reach it in one round.
06[23:27] * Seira places her hand on Saul's shoulder, silently asking him to wait as she picks the target she likes the most, sending a chain of force missiles at it, which then branch out to take out all the clones.
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 CL
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 CL and gets 20." [1d20=3]
06[23:28] * Seira follows up with a blast of fire, just because.
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 cl
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 cl and gets 27." [1d20=9]
01[23:31] <Seira> roll 1d9
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
01[23:32] <Seira> Saul decides to sadly call upon a mazimized manyjaws to eat the remaining doubles.
01[23:32] <Seira> OOC: Quickened true casting + DMM/empowered/Manyjaws
01[23:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 34." [1d20=9]
01[23:34] <Seira> OOC: 1 pair for each image, 2 more randomly
01[23:34] <Seira> roll 1d8
06[23:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
01[23:34] <Seira> roll 1d6*1.5+6
06[23:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6*1.5+6 and gets 12." [1d6=4]
[23:35] <Kotono> The vrock is chomped and bitten, more damage dealt to it as it's images are nulled! Latha follows up with a holy smite!
[23:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[23:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[23:35] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[23:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 27." [10d6=6, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3]
[23:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[23:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[23:35] <Kotono> The vrock staggers, wounded again! Donald approaches, following up the stairs! OOC: Polly.
06[23:36] * Demedais focuses on the final vrock, before letting loose another volley to try and finish it!
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law)
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+6 Law)
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law) and gets 44." [1d20=11]
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+6 Law) and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+6 Law)
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+6 Law) and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law)
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law) and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hits. Roll up the damage but it's a goner.
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: We'll pause after the official damage roll.
[23:37] <Demedais> roll 12d6+56
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+56 and gets 83." [12d6=1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 6, 2, 2, 1]
[19:33] <Kotono> -----
[19:34] <Kotono> The battle ends with a whimper, the last vrocks slain. Silence fills the stairs for a brief moment, a token of victory over the forces of chaos and evil. Saul leans on his quarterstaff, peering ahead. "Is that the last of them?"
[19:34] <Kotono> "I don't see any more," Antenora flicks her spear clean, gaze sweeping about. "Was anyone hurt?"
[19:34] <Kotono> "I lost nothing save my sleep," Pollyanna says around a deep, cavenous yawn.
03[19:35] * Kotono sets mode: +o Demedais
01[19:35] <Seira> "I've used my magic to smite the worthless, again," Seira mutters, dusting herself off.
06[19:36] * Alicia wipes off some of the nasty but not harmful green gunk that fell on her during the battle, walking back to pick up the sword of the sealed gate from where she dropped it. "I'm fine," she confirms. "We must be close for them to have come at us, or else they were forewarned a while ago and have been travelling down to meet us halfway."
[19:37] <Kotono> "Either's possible," Donald says with a stretch, yawning and scratching at his sides.
01[19:37] <Seira> "For all we know there could be patrols." Seira shrugs. "Ultimately, it doesn't matter. Whether they know we're here or not, they'll certainly know someone wiped this group out."
[19:37] <Demedais> "If it's as long a journey as we've been lead to believe... the latter would need to be the case." Demedais shrugs.
[19:37] <Kotono> "Better than not smiting them and being smote," Saul chuckles around his own yawn, "Yes. The question looms now - should we continue on or try to rest here again?"
[19:38] <Alicia> "Well, since we're all up we might as well get moving," Alicia suggests. "I don't particularly feel like going back to sleep after that."
01[19:38] <Seira> "I'd prefer to rest a bit more, but this place is disgusting, so we might as well move some more," Seira agrees reluctantly.
06[19:39] * Demedais nods. "Seira, you still have that pearl? Both myself and Saul were affected by the spores, so."
06[19:40] * Seira crosses the short distance and hands it over, before also depositing a trio of darts with her father. "Just in case."
[19:41] <Kotono> "Naturally," Saul scoops the darts up.
06[19:42] * Demedais heals himself before reaching over and healing Saul. "I'll keep an eye out for another platform, but I'm not going to hold my breath." OOC: Pearl and lesser restoration used, should I roll or should I presume the 1 pt is healed?
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: It's healed. No point in rolling.
[19:43] <Kotono> "Ready to take point again," Antenora calls back to Demedais, "Same marching order as before?"
[19:43] <Alicia> "We'll see what we get before we get tired again," Alicia shrugs, securing her weapons and biting down on some rations as she resumes heading upwards.
[19:43] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs, leading the way.
[19:44] <Kotono> Thus the travel continues on. Hours slip by as you walk, each one a tiring struggle to keep going...OOC: Make fort, all?
01[19:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
01[19:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 Donald
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 Donald and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenora
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenora and gets 32." [1d20=4]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[19:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[19:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Saul
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Saul and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[19:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Alicia
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Polly, Saul and Alicia are fatigued. More.
[19:47] <Kotono> The exertion continues to tug at you. The steps continue on and on and on and on and on. Saul begins to slump once more, his energies fading away. Pollyanna is walking with her head resting on Deme's shoulder, barely alert. Alicia's wings are dropping, her steps slowing down as Antenora helps her along. Fatigue licks at all of you. "Still nothing?" Saul mutters quietly, "We may be unfortunate, but we've been going about a day. Two days is norm
[19:47] <Kotono> Saul mutters quietly, "We may be unfortunate, but we've been going about a day. Two days is normally about the outer limit between platforms, so the odds are that we're close."
06[19:47] * Demedais peers ahead again in an attempt to see something.
[19:48] <Alicia> "It was nothing like this the first time I was here," Alicia notes tiredly as she leadenly takes one step after another. "I hit two platforms in less than half a day."
01[19:48] <Seira> "I really think it's luck of the draw," Seira tells Alicia, coming up as she leaves Donald to guard their backs.
01[19:49] <Seira> "We could use magic to get it all the way up to the next platform and set up camp. Works?"
[19:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[19:49] <Alicia> "How?" Alicia asks. "Teleportation doesn't work here."
[19:49] <Kotono> "To refresh us?" Saul asks, "Then we sleep the sleep of the dead for half a day or so."
01[19:49] <Seira> "Restorations, actually. Between Dad and me, we should be fine."
[19:50] <Alicia> "Oh," Alicia nods in understanding. "Well, that would be appreciated." Not for the first time she wishes she hadn't given that sword away to Hopiel... of course even if she had it, it would surely be languishing in her portable hole and unavailable, anyway.
[19:52] <Demedais> "A man and two... quite large dogs are coming down the stairs. Let's move to the side so they can pass?" Demedais suggests.
[19:52] <Kotono> "I have two restorations. Demedais, do you have another?" Saul asks to him, "I'll refresh myself and Alicia."
[19:52] <Kotono> "Hm?" Donald perks up at that, "Oh -boy-."
01[19:52] <Seira> "Puppies?" Seira perks up.
[19:53] <Alicia> "Thank you, Lord Saul," Alicia gives Seira's father a smile as she draws closer to him while edging to the side of the stairways and looking up to see who's coming their way.
[19:53] <Demedais> "I don't. I prepared for the off chance we'd run into more poisonous substances today." Demedais replies to Saul.
[19:56] <Kotono> Saul goes to Alicia, restoring her energies first. Meanwhile, the party peers ahead! Coming down the stairs are a pair of black dogs, large and muscular. They are followed by a man in rich orange and black robes. He is human, save for his head being more like a long almond. Each step is careful but swift, his dogs sniffing the ground ahead of him. As he approaches, "Hail," he calls with a warm smile, "Travelers of the Infinite Staircase!"
[19:56] <Kotono> "Hail," he calls with a warm smile, "Travelers of the Infinite Staircase!"
[19:56] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge to id what he is?
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: Planes.
[19:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
01[19:57] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira calls back.
06[19:58] * Alicia eyes the traveller for any traces of evil as she gives a guarded, "Greetings," of her own.
[19:58] <Kotono> "I bid you greetings!" As he touches the shoulders of his dogs, the group stopping about twenty feet away and above of the party, "If I may ask of you a favor, is the Planeswalkers Guild in this direction?"
01[19:59] <Seira> "Pretty much," Seira agrees. "Are you headed there?"
[19:59] <Alicia> "It's straight down the stairs, you can't miss it," Alicia replies as she eyes the man very carefully. "If I might be so bold as to ask, what is your business there?"
06[19:59] * Demedais stays quiet, looking him over as he waits to continue on.
[20:00] <Kotono> "I have decided it is a good time to see the Planes," He responds, "So I am headed there to seek out a door to a realm suiting to my tastes." He eyes the party, "Perhaps if yo uare not in a hurry, I can hire your services as an escort?"
[20:00] <Kotono> The two dogs sit at the man's feet now, staring at the party fiercely.
[20:01] <Alicia> "No, I don't think that's possible," Alicia replies quickly.
[20:01] <Kotono> "Ah, you are previously occupied. I had feared as much." He bows his head, "No harm in that."
01[20:02] <Seira> "It is a shame, but that's how things go. I doubt you'd find many here who travel without a purpose."
06[20:02] * Demedais looks it over for chaos after a moment.
[20:02] <Kotono> "Indeed. Ah, tell me, perhaps I could ask of you for some information then?" He looks to the party with a smile, "Of course, I'd be willing to compensate you for it."
01[20:03] <Seira> "What sort of information are you looking for?" Seira inquires, curious to find out from it where the evil thing wants to go.
[20:03] <Kotono> "I have recently heard that the Four-Fold Furnace of Gehenna - have you heard of it? - has had some turbulence. Have you heard of this in your travels?"
06[20:04] * Seira glances at Alicia.
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 have I?
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 have I? and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[20:06] <Alicia> "The Yugoloths were incapable of keeping their own house in order, so I understand," Alicia replies cooly, gauging his reaction to the slight on his presumed race. "Certain interested parties are taking steps of their own to secure things there."
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: Make a sense motive check?
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[20:08] <Kotono> Alicia sees his face slip slightly, a tensing around his eyes. "I have heard whispers of such. Have you heard any more than that?"
[20:08] <Alicia> "Perhaps. What is your interest in this matter, if I might ask?" Alicia asks back.
[20:09] <Kotono> "I gainsay that it would be better for all of us if we let that matter rest," the man continues without blinking an eye.
01[20:10] <Seira> "Oh well, if you say so," Seira agrees. "Have a good trip, then."
[20:12] <Kotono> "As you wish then," He says, starting to advance. "Excuse me as I pass, then."
[20:12] <Alicia> "Perhaps rather than exploring the various planes and perhaps reaching higher than is appropriate, you might be better served by examining the situation in Gehenna yourself," Alicia suggests coolly, letting him pass by.
06[20:12] * Seira just waves goodbye, for her part.
[20:13] <Kotono> "Perhaps." He murmurs as he passes. As he does, "But yes, for services rendered. I am a fair man." He flips something out from his robes, small and glittering red, high into the air, leisurely coming down at the party, as he passes by and beyond.
[20:13] <Kotono> Antenora watches him go, face grave.
[20:13] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes glow blue as she examines the red object where it's landed.
[20:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[20:15] <Alicia> "Enchantment magic?" Alicia calls after him. "You could at least tell us what it does before tossing strange magic items around."
[20:15] <Kotono> Latha watches the stone, and once th eman is past and gone, "Evil..." she mutters, "Did you think he was a Yugoloth? He did mention Gehenna."
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: STrike then.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Good day," he doesn't even turn around, waving, "I would think that travelers would leap on the chance to have a precious magical gem."
06[20:16] * Seira takes a look as well, casting Detect Magic for that very purpose.
[20:17] <Alicia> "Beware fiends bearing gifts," Alicia murmurs under her breath as he departs. "The advice I gave was hardly so great as to justify payment."
[20:17] <Kotono> "Naturally it'll be cursed or of ill portent," Latha agrees, and in low tones, "Yugoloth?"
01[20:17] <Seira> "Enchantment," Seira affirms. "I think that means Donald should pick it. We need to punish him, anyway."
[20:18] <Kotono> "Seira," Donald keeps his voice quiet, "You should. It's shiny! You're a dragon! It makes sense.
[20:18] <Kotono> "
01[20:18] <Seira> "Who's dreaming of who in a sexy way here? I rest my case."
[20:18] <Kotono> "I say we smash it into the ground or flick it over the side," Antenora says, "It may be a gemstone, but it comes from dark hands. No need to risk it."
01[20:19] <Seira> "Or Donald could pick it up, as Latha keeps near to prevent his mind from breaking. And if it's bad, we dispel it."
[20:20] <Alicia> "The form he took was appropriate for one in disguise, and he reacted when I mentioned the incompetence of his race," Alicia nods to Latha.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Why me?" Donald glares back now, "And that wasn't any of your business what I was dreaming, anyway!"
01[20:20] <Seira> "You felt like sharing."
[20:21] <Kotono> Saul slams the butt of his quarterstaff down, a sharp echo resulting. "Enough. We're tired and not thinking clearly. Let us choose our poison and move onward."
06[20:21] * Demedais stays a decent bit away with Polly as the argument commences, letting them talk it out.
01[20:21] <Seira> "Oh, what a wuss," Seira mutters, ensuring Latha is near and all glowy before picking it up. "Dad, use the Wish to sort me out if it's really bad."
[20:21] <Kotono> Pollyanna stays on Deme's shoulder, yawning. "Mmm...it's pretty...red gemstones are pretty," she murmurs. "Do you think so too?"
[20:22] <Kotono> "If I have to," Saul says, "I don't relish using that sort of difficult magic when I'm already tired."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Heh. We'll find somewhere to sleep soon, dear." Demedais murmurs.
06[20:22] * Seira looks at herself for extra magic, giving Alicia a nod to look as well.
06[20:23] * Alicia examines the play of magic between the gem and Seira for any interference of influence.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 29." [1d20=5]
06[20:24] * Seira shrugs, and slowly steps away from Latha, hoping that her father and the others are ready to step in should something untowards happens.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Mmmm," Pollyanna smiles up at Demedais, resting on him.
[20:24] <Alicia> "It's now showing necromancy," Alicia cautions now that Seira's holding it.
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: Stepping out of Latha's radius?
01[20:24] <Seira> OOC: Moment
01[20:25] <Seira> OOC: An intriguing new pm appeared!
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
01[20:28] <Seira> "I'll try stepping away, yes," she muses with a frown, before slowly doing so.
[20:30] <Kotono> "Anything?" Donald eyes Seira, a hand on the hilt of his sword.
01[20:31] <Seira> "I still think you're offensive sometimes without even trying," she tells him evenly, before observing herself once more. "Do I look... dead or undead or anything like that? Necromancy at this strength is plain creepy."
[20:32] <Alicia> "You're under an enchantment of some kind," Alicia tells her. "Are you sure you don't feel any different?"
[20:32] <Demedais> "If it's seriously that badly enchanted, can we just pitch it?" Demedais asks. "We do not need the risk of whatever's in there."
[20:32] <Kotono> "Not that I see," Antenora says, "That doesn't mean much....ah yes," With a nod to Alicia and a moment, eyeing her, "Yes, I see magic around you too."
[20:32] <Kotono> "Agreed. Toss it aside and be done with it," Latha says, "We're tarring on our quest and wasting time."
06[20:32] * Seira looks upset and resigned at Alicia's words, but her mouth opens in shock as Demedais speaks. "It's mine and you can't have it!"
[20:32] <Alicia> "Then some other unlucky soul will pick it up," Alicia tells Demedais. "Better to just smash it here."
01[20:33] <Seira> "If you want to smash it, you have to buy it from me," Seira states.
06[20:33] * Alicia blinks. "Latha?" she gestures for the deva to approach Seira, seeing if that will change her tune.
[20:33] <Kotono> Latha smoothly takes a few steps forward to Seira.
[20:34] <Demedais> "..." Demedais stares at Seira for a moment, before rubbing his head. "I... didn't say -I- wanted it, Seira. I said we should leave it behind or something so we don't have to worry about it, but apparently..."
[20:34] <Kotono> "It's cursed," Saul watches Seira, "That's the curse talking, not her."
[20:34] <Demedais> "Yeah, I know. Still annoyed." Demedais growls.
01[20:35] <Seira> "We certainly can't leave it around, it's obviously messing with the possessor's mind," Seira says sternly. "And we're not breaking the necromantic gem. Just give me a moment." Staying within Latha's aura, Seira calls upon Analyze Dweomer.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Why not break it?" Latha look sto Seira, "There are gems enough in the multiverse. One less of this type is a blessing to all."
01[20:36] <Seira> "I thought I was clear enough," Seira says patiently. "Before, I didn't want to break it because it was a puzzle to be solved and I wouldn't be able to sleep well unless I figured it out. Now, I don't want it to break and release Contagion or something nasty and necromantic."
[20:37] <Alicia> "How about I dispel it, then while its magic is suppressed, Latha smashes it with her mace?" Alicia suggests. "There won't be any side-effects that way, and items are always easy to dispel."
01[20:38] <Seira> "Not yet," Seira tells her, before snapping her fingers. "Ah, of course!" She casts Remove Curse, and drops the gem, stepping away from it. "We can break it with your plan, now, I think."
[20:38] <Kotono> The gemstone falls out of Seira's hand with Remove Curse, landing on the ground.
[20:38] <Alicia> "Let the spell be undone," Alicia intones as she gestures at the gem.
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
06[20:39] * Seira skips away from the gem, no longer caring about it.
[20:39] <Kotono> The magic around the gem is disrupted, fading briefly! A moment later, Latha slams her mace down! The gemstone shatters into a pile of gemdust, broken! The magic around it is gone now.
[20:40] <Kotono> "Celestia be praised," Latha puts her mace away, "One less relic of Yugoloth malice."
[20:40] <Alicia> "There," Alicia nods in satisfaction. "Now, I was content to let the fiend be, but since he tried to turn us into carriers for some unpleasant plague, I'm not in such a giving mood..." she looks down the stairs the way he went.
[20:40] <Kotono> During this time the man has gotten out of sight, surely continuing down the stairs.
[20:41] <Alicia> It's only been a couple of minutes, they could easily catch up!
01[20:41] <Seira> "Plus it's just not right to give a cursed gem to people," Seira agrees, siding up with her father. "Oh, and Dad, how about casting Restoration on anyone else?"
[20:42] <Kotono> Saul goes to Pollyanna, restoring her back to energy. To himself, he shakes his head, "I'll bring up the rear if need be. Let's hurry and stop him then?"
06[20:42] * Alicia draws the sword of the sealed gate and taps Seira with it. "It might not be as clever as what the Lillends and Vrocks do, but we can fly here, too!"
06[20:43] * Demedais exhales. "That's what the plan is, then? Very well."
01[20:43] <Seira> "Killing the evil guy with the cursed gems? Sure."
[20:43] <Kotono> "Do be careful," Saul says, "I've heard not of dimensional anchor being an effective defense here. I would think I had if it was."
01[20:44] <Seira> "If it helps if we're pushed off the staircase, that alone would be worth it."
[20:44] <Alicia> "It worked for Antenora earlier," Alicia points out. "The spell point blank blocks all extra-dimensional movement. Gates, teleports, plane shifts, portals... you name it." She follows this up by tapping herself, Antenora, and Latha with the blade before she sheathes it.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 yugoloths general info
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 yugoloths general info and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[20:45] <Kotono> "If such an easy answer was possible, would it not be known?" Saul retorts, "I would not trust the fourth circle against the effects of an entire plane."
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 man saul, what's your problem?
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 man saul, what's your problem? and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: What sorta check there, Alicia?
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: planes, does dimensional anchor find itself suddenly neutered here and here alone for some inexplicable reason
06[20:48] * Seira casts Dragonskin, Heroism and Bear's Endurance in the meantime, all extended.
[20:49] <Alicia> "It's a short duration spell and worthless for prolonged travel here," Alicia replies to Saul. "If it can block the ninth circle of magic, I'm confident of it working here. Water breathing works fine on the elemental plane of water. Fire resistance works on the elemental plane of fire."
[20:49] <Alicia> To demonstrate her confidence, she takes to the air before angling down to follow the staircase at a rapid flight after their quarry!
06[20:50] * Demedais exhales. "Off we go, then."
06[20:50] * Seira would travel the same way regardless of her chosen method of travel, and uses the stairs as she gives pursuit! There's no reason to reveal she can fly to her enemy, after all.
[20:51] <Kotono> Thus the party hurries downward! Nothing unforetold happens to them after about ten minutes of travel, the man in sight below! He's about 200 feet away when the frontguard catches sight of him, continuing his path down the stairs.
06[20:53] * Alicia channels a moonbow into Hell Striker as she picks up the pace, flying over the yugoloth before she comes to land ahead of him, while Antenora takes up position above and behind the man and two dogs. "You're not very smart, are you?" Alicia asks the fiend disapprovingly.
06[20:54] * Seira positions herself thirty feet away, for her part, remaining behind the disguised man.
[20:54] <Kotono> The fiend ceases moving and lets Alicia fly over him, looking to her. "Sometimes my nature gets away from myself," he chuckles, "Such is our lives. Are we going to settle things in the traditional manner?"
[20:55] <Kotono> Antenora stays behind, coming along with the others.
[20:56] <Alicia> "I'm afraid so," Alicia nods as she raises her blade. "Civility failed us, so now we must ensure you return to your pit. Consider your travelling privileges revoked," she concludes as she moves to attack.
[20:56] <Kotono> "Another time..." he murmurs, as...OOC: If you're going all offensive I haveta call init here.
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 dog
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 dog
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 dog and gets 19." [1d20=16]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 dog and gets 8." [1d20=5]
01[20:57] <Seira> As the traditional manner involves stabbings to the face, Seira can't find fault with settling disputes that way~
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 man
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 man and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 Slow Deme is slow and probably behind the entire group, but.
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 Slow Deme is slow and probably behind the entire group, but. and gets 11." [1d20=10]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul and gets 3." [1d20=2]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia=Donald(23)>Latha(20)>Dog 1(19)>Antenora(14)>Dog 2(8)'
03[20:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Robed man(30)>Alicia=Donald(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(20)>Dog 1(19)>Antenora(14)>Deme(11)>Dog 2(8)>Saul(3)'
[20:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 polly
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 polly and gets 10." [1d20=3]
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Robed man(30)>Alicia=Donald(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(20)>Dog 1(19)>Antenora(14)>Deme(11)>Polly(10)>Dog 2(8)>Saul(3)'
[20:59] <Kotono> Walking to the edge of the stairway and looking back, "I'll take my chances with what fate the stairs choose to give me. After all, only a fool stays to fight against such odds." With that, he steps off and plummets off into the void!
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[21:00] * Alicia snaps out an instant arcane word to slow his fall as soon as he steps off!
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: feather fall'd. Does he still vanish?
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: You'd have to wait until your turn since you're flatfooted, so yes.
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: strike that, then
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[21:02] <Alicia> "I hope you end up in the Negative Energy Plane," Alicia growls as she settles for murdering one of his dogs, flying forward to slice into it before ascending up out of reach of reprisal!
[21:02] <Alicia> OOC: is the dog an outsider?
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
06[21:02] * Seira laughs at Alicia's suggestion, shaking her head.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 knowledge and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -6pa divine might
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -6pa divine might and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 2d4+39+2d6+1d6
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+39+2d6+1d6 and gets 47." [2d4=1, 1][2d6=2, 1][1d6=3]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 27d6 electricity
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 27d6 electricity and gets 88." [27d6=5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 6, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 5, 4]
03[21:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Robed man(30)>Alicia=Donald(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(20))>Antenora(14)>Deme(11)>Polly(10)>Dog 2(8)>Saul(3)'
[21:04] <Kotono> The dog is cut into exploding bits of electric gibs! Donald shakes his head, "Oh well, if we have to..." He says, eyeing the dog, before approaching and giving it one hard thwack!
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d10+15
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+15 and gets 24." [1d10=9]
[21:04] <Kotono> The dog is staggered by Donald's blow, hit hard! OOC: SEira.
06[21:06] * Seira decides to try her newest spell, calling out, "Unicorn hordes come forth!" as five ghostly unicorns charge the remaining dog, bullrushing it in tandem!
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+17 ranged touch
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+17 ranged touch and gets 138." [5#1d20+17 = 21, 33, 35, 31, 18]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the last, whichi s a 1.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Are you going to be rushing it off the sides or just down the stair?
01[21:10] <Seira> OOC: from the side, as a proper bullrush
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d8+8+5d8
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d8+8+5d8
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d8+8+5d8
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d8+8+5d8
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8+5d8 and gets 39." [1d8=2][5d8=8, 6, 1, 6, 8]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8+5d8 and gets 26." [1d8=1][5d8=3, 4, 7, 2, 1]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8+5d8 and gets 43." [1d8=7][5d8=6, 2, 4, 8, 8]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8+5d8 and gets 40." [1d8=6][5d8=7, 4, 1, 6, 8]
[21:10] <Kotono> The dog is impaled four times, send flying into the void as it fades away! OOC: Free ac.t
[21:10] <Kotono> "Unsatifying," Antenora glares downward at where the 'loth jumped. "But at least we got it's dogs."
06[21:11] * Seira grins, but it turns sour at Antenora's words. "Hey, what do you mean by that?! It's an awesome spell!"
[21:11] <Kotono> "Mmm-hmmm," Donald sheathes his sword, "I guess they were evil too, but it feels a little petty."
[21:11] <Kotono> "I mean that he got away, not your spell," Antenora continues to gaze down.
06[21:11] * Alicia sighs and looks over the edge where he vanished. "Hopefully he ended up somewhere unpleasant. Anyway,we might as well continue onwards."
06[21:12] * Demedais stops at witnessing the events and waits for the rest of the group to walk back up before turning and leading the way again.
[21:12] <Kotono> "They may have been Canoloths in an alternate form," Latha considers, "They are dog-like Yugoloths." OOC: Move along?
[21:12] <Alicia> OOC: sure
01[21:12] <Seira> "Actually... either he ended up somewhere unpleasant, a nasty place where he'll make trouble for the natives, or a higher plane where he'll be caught on arrival. Works for me! Just as long as it's not home."
[21:14] <Kotono> Thus the party continues to walk! About two more hours pass, so tired...but at last...ahead you see a platform in the distance!
01[21:15] <Seira> "We'll camp there, then?" Seira confirms.
[21:15] <Demedais> "Works." Demedais nods."
[21:15] <Alicia> "We can check where the door goes as well," Alicia suggests. "It might come out somewhere nice."
01[21:16] <Seira> "Can we check it without leaving through it or letting something nasty out?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "We have to go through to know for sure, but the area by the door often hints at what's on the other side," Alicia replies.
01[21:17] <Seira> "As long as Latha's near to ward whatever could be there away, why not?"
[21:19] <Kotono> As you climb up, you reach the platform! Only one set of stairs connects upwards from it, beyond the one you climbed to. A door sits there. An acrid, foul smell lingers in the air. It's warm here.
[21:20] <Alicia> "Probably the elemental plane of ooze..." Alicia admits with a queasy look at Antenora as they alight on the platform. "Lets not go through."
01[21:20] <Seira> "The plane of hot stinkiness?"
[21:20] <Kotono> Antenora holds her stomach and meets Alicia's gaze. "Let's sleep on the other side of that platform, by Mystra."
06[21:21] * Alicia nods and goes to make camp well clear of the doorway, setting up a couple of tents for the party to share.
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: How are you guys going to do rest/watches?
[21:21] <Alicia> OOC: Latha watches first 2 hours, then Anty/Deme join her?
[21:21] <Demedais> OOC: Deme's awake for another long while, effectively, so.
[21:21] <Demedais> OOC: Works.
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[21:22] <Seira> OOC: Saul should use the lesser wish to provide us with a Veil or some sort of hours-long disguise before going to bed?
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Anything else or ready to rest?
01[21:24] <Seira> OOC: I'm good
[21:24] <Alicia> OOC: lets go lay down
[21:24] <Kotono> Thus sleep comes to the party. Soon, Latha is joined by Antenora and Demedais. As the others rest, Antenora pacing and keeping watch, "Demedais," she breaks the silence. "Do you remember what we were talking about last night?"
[21:25] <Demedais> "I do." Demedais replies after a moment, looking up the stairwell.
[21:25] <Kotono> Antenora's gaze sweeps around, "Why?"
[21:26] <Demedais> "Why to which part?" Demedais asks, gaze not moving from its spot.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Well...You have the capacity to care for more than just your friends, I know it. Why hold it back then and hold those beyond the Prime in such disdain?" Antenora says, as the watch is quiet.
[21:29] <Demedais> "...I find I have little interest in, or for, much of the Outer Planes. The same applies to most of the residents therein." Demedais shrugs. "I have little breath to waste on most outsiders. You two have proven yourselves, in my sight - however feeble that may be. The rest have not."
[21:31] <Kotono> Latha stays quiet, on watch. Antenora looks out ahead, "Mmmm." She is quiet for a little time after that, "Yet the Gods are also Outsiders to the world. Has Helm proven himself to you?"
[21:32] <Kotono> "That's close to blasphemy," Latha looks over, "Watch your words, Antenora."
[21:34] <Demedais> "To address the point you're trying to make; first, yes, he has. A thousand times over." Demedais looks up. "I see the point you are trying to raise, but the fundamental actions are different."
[21:35] <Kotono> "Yes." Antenora murmurs. "I don't mean to speak ill of your faith." She's quiet after that, "Just...thoughts for another time then." With that, Antenora goes quiet. OOC: Ball's in your court if you wanna keep talking or move along, Deme.
[21:36] <Demedais> OOC: Deme wasn't too terribly interested in continuing the conversation and is perfectly willing to let it go.
[21:36] <Kotono> Thus the morning comes without incident! The party wakens, rested and refreshed! Peering up ahead, "More stairs..." Donald groans, "Everyone ready?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "As always," Alicia nods as she freshens up with some magic to chase away the accumulated nasty smells of a night spent by the door. "Heard anything interesting from Amaryl lately, Seira?" she asks, idly curious what's been happening in Balmuria these last two weeks.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Might as well be." Demedais shrugs, having barely moved from his position.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Sure. It hasn't burned down while we're away, has it?" Pollyanna gets her bow ready, adjusting her armor.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Hopefully not, unless the yugoloth dropped down into there."
06[21:40] * Seira pauses, before adopting a shocked expression. "It's burning?!"
[21:40] <Kotono> "The odds of that has to be a hundred thousand to one," Antenora immediately retorts, "Still, don't jinx it."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Amaryl having bad luck making breakfast?" Alicia asks, assuming if the city itself really was burning then Seira's girlfriend wouldn't keep it a secret.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Maybe she has a rash?" Donald shrugs.
01[21:41] <Seira> "I sincerely doubt it," Seira responds, idly smacking Donald upside the head.
[21:42] <Kotono> Donald rubs his head, grinning. "Hey, heat rash can happen to anyone, or hives, or exposure to a toxic plant."
01[21:42] <Seira> "In any case, we would hear about it, if only from Gilartal or Elle or any of those capable of using a Sending, just at a slight delay. The city's fine, it would continue being fine."
[21:43] <Kotono> "If that's all, let's continue," Latha says, "Greenrot waits above."
06[21:43] * Alicia nods. "I was just wondering if anything interesting had happened. Anyway, lets get moving. Sooner we finish here the sooner we get back to it." With that she starts up the stairs!
06[21:43] * Demedais leads the way, as before.
01[21:44] <Seira> "She's having fun but is a bit lonely," Seira tells Alicia reasonably quietly, deciding to walk next to her for now. "Nothing world-shattering, though."
[21:45] <Kotono> Thus the trip begins on and on and on! Time passes as the party begins to walk. OOC: Make fort, all?
[21:45] <Alicia> "At least you two can talk all the time even if you can't see one another," Alicia consoles Seira.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
01[21:46] <Seira> "Well, I can't really bother her all the time and take her away from her life, but it's a welcome relief," Seira agrees.
[21:46] <Kotono> Hours have passed with little of note. The stairs stretch on, but the party's endurance is holding. Antenora takes a moment, stretching her legs out before continuing on. "Hopefully the next platform is not too far away."
06[21:47] * Demedais continues to peer forward.
[21:47] <Alicia> "No telling, really," Alicia shrugs, mostly focused on putting one foot ahead of the other.
[21:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 k
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 k and gets 44." [1d20=17]
01[21:48] <Seira> "Matters of luck, right?"
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Ready to keep going, you guys?
[21:48] <Demedais> OOC: Sure
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: onwards and upwards
[21:48] <Kotono> More time grinds by...it keeps on slipping on and past, the hours fading away. OOC: Fort again.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[21:50] <Kotono> As you walk, Antenora slows. She starts to hover near Alicia, yawning and occasionally using her to make sure she doesn't start wobbling over.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Need something to perk you up?" Alicia asks as she supports her friend as they walk.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Mmm." Antenora loses words into a yawn, "Yes, I think I do." She says, "Demedais, if you could?"
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 sorry, wandered AFK for a sec
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 sorry, wandered AFK for a sec and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:52] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais nods. "I prepared two more of these, anyway. Should help us keep going." With that, he taps Antenora on the shoulder. OOC: 1x LR used
[21:52] <Kotono> Antenora perks up at that, "We've been at this awhile...keep going until a platform?"
[21:53] <Kotono> "Yes, that's my thought." Pollyanna stops to kneel an drub her calves. "Sleeping on those stairs was miserable."
[21:54] <Alicia> "It's not very restful, even without demonic interruptions," Alicia agrees.
[21:54] <Demedais> "Works, yes." Demedais nods.
[21:55] <Kotono> Thus more time passes, more steps in front of another...OOC: Fort again, guys?
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 30." [1d20=8]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[21:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:57] <Kotono> It's been...perhaps a day of walking now? Fatigue tears at you, but the party bravely forces onward. Despite it, none of you have succumbed to any more but deep yawns. The path continues unabated...
[21:57] <Kotono> "Mgh." Donald grumps, "Hey Seira, anything going on in Balmuria now?"
[21:57] <Kotono> "I'd settle for a platform," Pollyanna winces.
01[21:57] <Seira> "Only if you're interested in my private life. Are you?"
[21:58] <Kotono> "It's infinitely more interesting than another stair. I gave up counting around 10,000 of them," Donald looks tiredly at Seira.
[21:58] <Demedais> "...he was counting?" Demedais mutters very low under his breath.
01[21:59] <Seira> "My inn is very warm, which is just perfect since it's snowing back home," Seira decides to share with Donald.
06[21:59] * Demedais then pauses. "Oh, joy. Part two: green moss on the steps."
[21:59] <Kotono> "That sounds so romantic and...hm?" Pollyanna turns to Demedais, "Moss?"
[21:59] <Alicia> "That means we're nearly there!" Alicia brightens. "Perhaps now would be a good time to stop take some precautions against poison?"
[22:00] <Demedais> "Well, mold. Spores. IE, poisonous stuff." Demedais eludicates poorly, before nodding slightly to Alicia.
06[22:00] * Alicia goes to examine the nearest patch of moss, casting detect poison to verify its contents.
[22:00] <Kotono> Alicia climbs up several steps, walking a ways to get to it. It's a thick green substance, not quite moss, more moldy. As she gets closer, detect poison indicates it is indeed poison.
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 DC 20 wis to ID the specific poison
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 DC 20 wis to ID the specific poison and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[22:01] <Alicia> "Definitely poisonous," Alicia confirms, backing away. "Lets go back downstairs a little and get ready?"
[22:02] <Demedais> "Alright." Demedais nods slightly.
[22:02] <Kotono> Saul starts to climb up, "I'll take a look as well," he says, going up and casting the same spell.
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[22:03] <Kotono> Once done, he climbs back down. "Greenrot poison. Nasty stuff, it'll eat away your health in a few moments."
01[22:04] <Seira> "So, first we feast, then we set this place on fire?"
[22:04] <Alicia> "Lets wait till we reach the treants before setting anything on fire," Alicia suggests.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Whatever lies ahead past this, certainly," Donald goes to sit down. "Yeah, the treants."
[22:04] <Demedais> "Let's hope it lasts long enough..." Demedais murmurs.
[22:05] <Kotono> "It lasts 12 hours. If we have not reached the treants by then, we have grossly misjudged our distance." Saul begins to cast! OOC: Ready to skip along past the feast?
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: yep
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: sure
[22:06] <Kotono> Thus the party feasts! An hour passes, your tired bellies filled with magical food. Once it's done, "Come, let us make haste," Saul presses on.
06[22:07] * Alicia is sated and happy as she presses on up the stairs, stopping briefly to enchant both Antenora's and Latha's weapons, since that will last longer than twelve hours anyway.
[22:08] <Kotono> More time passes, the stairs climbed! (More, make fort first.)
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[22:09] <Kotono> As you walk, you pass by patch after patch of green mold. Yet you hurry along...and above, at last! A platform, choked with moss and dozens of trees. It stands out far up and ahead! Yet Seira, Saul and Alicia stagger, fatigued.
[22:09] <Alicia> "That's it ahead... and my legs are starting to give out," Alicia notes quietly. "Little help?"
06[22:10] * Seira is certain magical aid will support her, raising a hand as well at Alicia's words, while deciding to cast a few spells in advance!
[22:10] <Kotono> "The same," Saul says, "Allow the lesser magics of restoration to be used up first." Leaning hard on his staff, "Demedais?"
06[22:11] * Demedais nods swiftly and moves to recover the three with restorations. OOC: LRx3 used, out.
[22:12] <Kotono> Straightening up, "Now then...if we're immune to poison by magic, I say we burn the netire lot of poisonous, demonic treants and not even get close."
[22:12] <Kotono> Saul says, "Fireball, flame strike, fire breath, what have you."
01[22:12] <Seira> "We have quite a lot!" Seira says brightly.
[22:12] <Kotono> "I can throw a flame strike," Antenor volunteers.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d6
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
06[22:13] * Alicia draws the sword of the sealed gate and taps everyone with wings before she draws it. "Be a good way to soften them up," she agrees. "Should some of us fly up so we can come at them from two angles?"
[22:13] <Alicia> *sheathes it
[22:13] <Kotono> "As can I," Latha volunteers. "Mmmm. I say we stya back and have Demedais and Donald serve as a guard if anything tries to come at us? Lure them into an easy stopping point to be dispatched."
[22:14] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais shrugs.
[22:14] <Alicia> "Alright, we'll stick together," Alicia relents. "At worst we can surprise them with our mobility if they try and work around us."
01[22:14] <Seira> "Works for me," Seira agrees at that, drawing her sword. "On three, then?"
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 2d8+7 temp hp
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+7 temp hp and gets 16." [2d8=3, 6]
[22:16] <Kotono> "How far away should be be? 200 feet sound good?" Antenora says, positioning as Donald goes to stand besides Demedais.
[22:16] <Alicia> "That's suitable. I'll ready my own attack for when they try and counter once you start the fires," Alicia nods.
[22:17] <Kotono> "I'm ready," Latha says. "Let's do this."
01[22:17] <Seira> "I'll aim for the right!"
[22:18] <Kotono> "Then..." Antenora tenses, ready to throw her fire!
06[22:19] * Seira spends a few moments preparing her spell, so that she could go in tandem with the others.
06[22:20] * Alicia casts shield before they start burning things.
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 10d10 FIRE
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d10 FIRE and gets 40." [10d10=3, 10, 6, 3, 3, 2, 1, 6, 1, 5]
[22:21] <Kotono> With that, Latha and Antenora's fires arch down from the heavens!
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 15d6 Latha
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 Latha and gets 48." [15d6=3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 5, 5, 4, 1, 3]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 15d6 Antenora
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 Antenora and gets 56." [15d6=5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 1]
[22:22] <Kotono> Pillars and bursts of flame gush around the trees! Immediately great fires spring out, spreading rapidly! Instants later, thick, yellow-green, acrid smoke gushes out of the burning trees, a thick fog! Vision ahead is obscured as a great bonfire begins, smoke spreading all around!
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[22:22] * Seira doesn't let up, following with a fireball twenty feet to the left!
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[22:23] <Kotono> Another fireball bursts, Latha following up with a Flame Strike again!
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 46." [15d6=1, 6, 4, 1, 3, 3, 1, 5, 5, 3, 1, 6, 1, 5, 1]
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 10d6 SLA
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 SLA and gets 33." [10d6=4, 3, 4, 1, 5, 3, 1, 2, 5, 5]
[22:24] <Kotono> Smoke gushes out, obscuring the platform and trees with toxic gas! It's roiling down towards the party rapidly, 120 feet away as fires burn in the distance, distorted and hidden by the smoke!
[22:24] <Demedais> "Six-armed snake woman is burning in there." Demedais notes, eyes still looking forward with his sword out and ready.
01[22:24] <Seira> "Isn't it sad?"
[22:24] <Kotono> Antenora hisses, "Marilith." She snaps, "If it comes out, be ready to send it to Abyssial oblivion!"
[22:25] <Alicia> "A marilith? Try not to get caught in a swinging match with her," Alicia suggests, still prepared to put a radiant assault on the first wave of demons to come boiling out of that inferno.
[22:25] <Demedais> "Righty-o." Demedais mutters, keeping his eyes peeled even as the cloud of poison comes rolling down.
01[22:26] <Seira> "How about a wall of force, Dad?" Seira asks quietly.
[22:27] <Kotono> The smoke comes down, 80 feet away now! But ahead, running down the stairs and breaking out! A marilith charges down! Her hair and body are on fire, swords blazing! She screams in fury, slithering down the stairs with extreme haste! OOC: Roll init here, it's on fire and piiiissssed.
[22:27] <Kotono> "On it!" Saul calls, starting to chant!
[22:27] <Alicia> OOC: can I take my readied action?
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: If you like.
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 right, I got that +2 dex
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 right, I got that +2 dex and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 17." [1d20=14]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Marilith
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Marilith and gets 21." [1d20=17]
06[22:28] * Alicia promptly causes an explosion of radiant light to erupt behind the marilith, catching her in its leading edge and hopefully getting any demons behind her!
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will and gets 52." [15d6=4, 3, 1, 5, 1, 2, 6, 2, 5, 4, 1, 5, 6, 4, 3]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d6 dazed (dazzled if saves)
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 dazed (dazzled if saves) and gets 1." [1d6=1]
03[22:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Seira(23)>Marilith(21)>Demedais(18)>Donald(17)'
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Alicia init
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Alicia init and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty init
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty init and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Hold on a sec and let me put init in order then I'll resolve that.
[22:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 polly int
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 polly int and gets 24." [1d20=17]
03[22:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Antenora=Polly(24)>Seira(23)>Marilith(21)>Alicia(20)>Demedais(18)>Donald(17)'
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: Saul?
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 2." [1d20=1]
03[22:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Antenora=Polly(24)>Seira(23)>Marilith(21)>Alicia(20)>Demedais(18)>Donald(17)>Saul(2)'
[22:30] <Kotono> Latha immediately sends a Holy Smite towards the Marilith!
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, Alicia's blast first. Dur.
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 on Latha's blast
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 on Latha's blast and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: 15 foot radius, so if anything was behind her...
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 38." [10d6=1, 1, 3, 6, 5, 5, 1, 6, 4, 6]
[22:31] <Kotono> Blasted by radiance and holy power, the Marilith is taggered and dazed! OOC: Antenora.
[22:32] <Alicia> Antenora takes off and charges the marilith, hoping to finish it while it's weakened! "Die abyssal whore!"
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -15pa smite furious strike charge
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -15pa smite furious strike charge and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Owwies.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 3d8+128+2d6
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+128+2d6 and gets 144." [3d8=1, 5, 4][2d6=4, 2]
03[22:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Antenora=Polly(24)>Seira(23)>Alicia(20)>Demedais(18)>Donald(17)>Saul(2)'
[22:34] <Kotono> Antenora pounces ahead, impaling the Marilth on her longspear! It falls apart into burning chunks of flesh, flashing black as it returns back to the Abyss! OOC: Free act, there were vrocks behind it but Alicia finished them off unseen with Radiant Assault. This encounter hates you guys.
01[22:35] <Seira> OOC: It loves us
01[22:35] <Seira> OOC: Flawless victory~
[22:35] <Kotono> The smoke continues to spread, fourty feet away now. You can hear crackling fires in the distant, an acrid scent filling your noses.
06[22:35] * Seira peers ahead curiously. "Are they coming? Is there anyone? The unicorns call for justice!"
[22:35] <Alicia> "Anything ahead, Antenora?" Alicia asks, since she should be able to sense anything even with all the smoke.
[22:36] <Demedais> "...Unicorns." Demedais murmurs slightly, gauntleted head rubbing his temples.
[22:36] <Kotono> Antenora comes back down out of the fog, flapping her wings. "I don't sense anything ahead," she calls, "Just one dead demon."
[22:36] <Alicia> "That was surprisingly easy. Lets move up to the door itself, then?" Alicia asks, undeterred by the poison cloud as she advances up the stairs. "Still, a marilith is a higher class of minion than I thought Gurlan had..."
06[22:36] * Seira decides to advance, breathing on the burning trees some more to speed up their demise.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 8d8 FIRE
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 FIRE and gets 47." [8d8=8, 8, 7, 8, 4, 5, 1, 6]
[22:37] <Kotono> As you walk up to thee platform, your vision only extends five feet. Reaching the top, you can see a shadowy inferno burning, hidden by vast clouds of green-yellow smoke. Antenora shakes her head, "Nothing's alive that I can sense."
06[22:38] * Demedais advances forward slowly as well, following Alicia up as best he can. "Right."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Another unpleasant surprise." Latha crosses her arms, "Still, if he commands a Molydeus, it's not unreasonable to assume a Marilith or two."
01[22:38] <Seira> "Dad, you have spells to disperse the smoke, right?" Seira calls back down. "Once I've set more of it on fire and it's burned down to the ground, think you could help with that?"
[22:39] <Kotono> "I can if I have to, but only after we're sure there's no more battles to be had on this platform." Saul answers.
01[22:39] <Seira> "I'm a pretty convenient target, if so!" Seira responds cheerfully, breathing some more fire.
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 8d8 glee~
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 glee~ and gets 43." [8d8=8, 7, 2, 3, 3, 7, 7, 6]
[22:40] <Alicia> "Unless anything else comes through the door - in which case they'll have done us a favour by opening it and saving us the trouble," Alicia muses, wrinkling her nose at all the poison she's breathing in.
[22:40] <Kotono> "I still don't sense anything," Antenora reports, stumbling ahead. "Let me walk around a careful loop and see if I see anything. The fires won't hurt me."
06[22:41] * Seira supports Antenora on the off chance she's wrong, since fire won't do anything to her either.
[22:43] <Kotono> One careful, stumbling trip later past burning trees and debris and smoke, "Nothing's alive here ubt us," Antenora says. "Once the smoke clears and we toss aside some trees, can we rest?"
[22:43] <Kotono> *but us
01[22:43] <Seira> "Dad, that's your cue!"
[22:47] <Kotono> Saul takes a long breath, "Very well..." Arcing his hand down, Saul directs motes of light to the ground. It traces out an arcane pattern, a pentragram around him. Three of them, each one larger than the last, spinning in movement. "Hear me! By the power of the Weave and the Merchant's Friend, make this platform safe! Clear away the debris! Clenase the air!" To this Saul stands rigid, as the smoke is gone. A clear platform stands, a single doo
[22:47] <Kotono> To this Saul stands rigid, as the smoke is gone. A clear platform stands, a single doorway and stairway up. The doorway is covered in charred vines. A moment later, Saul staggers on his feet.
01[22:48] <Seira> Seira's eyes widen as she makes her way towards her father. "Hey, Dad, what's wrong?" she calls out ot him.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Lord Saul, are you alright? Did something go wrong with the spell?" Alicia asks in surprise.
01[22:48] <Seira> "It's just second circle, how can it be this tiring?"
[22:49] <Kotono> Saul straightens, "I cast Limited Wish, that's what." He dusts his legs off, "It's not terribly easy to cast, let alone when one's health is still not fully recovered and when I'm already 20some hours without sleep."
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC: STrike.
[22:51] <Kotono> Calling on gusting winds, the smoke is cleared away! Amid the rubble and burnt trees, you can see a doorway, coveredin charred vines. A single stair can be glimpsed, ascending upwards.
01[22:52] <Seira> "Let's check the door?" Seira suggests.
06[22:53] * Alicia nods, her eyes glowing blue as she examines it.
[22:53] <Kotono> "Go ahead," Donald goes to sit down, "Clal me if you need anything."
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 search, is it trapped?
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 search, is it trapped? and gets 34." [1d20=4]
06[22:53] * Demedais stays somewhat near the group, but nods to Donald as he sits. "Those who want to rest, probably should while we can."
[22:54] <Kotono> The door is covered in charred vines. The vines around it were once a trap, perhaps. But they're charred and dead now. OOC: What are you scanning for, Alicia? General magic.
[22:54] <Kotono> ?
01[22:54] <Seira> "Donald, tell us an entertaining story from a fey elf's life?"
[22:54] <Kotono> Pollyanna slinks down, "We can camp here for the night." Pollyanna says, "I want some sleep before we take on the next stairway."
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, mostly looking for magic traps like glyphs of warding and the like
[22:54] <Alicia> OOC: or arcane locks
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[22:55] <Alicia> "Nothing magical to defend it, anyway," Alicia notes, her eyes returning to normal.
[22:55] <Alicia> "Stairway?" Alicia blinks at Pollyanna. "We're here - this is it. Through that door is Green Castle."
[22:55] <Kotono> "I could. I could also ask why Antenora always calls demons whores and such," Lying back on his elbows and yawning vastly, "It is some outsider thing? Sure, demons are terrible, but she was fun to look at from the waist up."
01[22:56] <Seira> "And even if by some chance it's not, we can always return," Seira adds to Alicia's statement. "Incidentally, why not rest in the Abyss in a comfortable mansion?"
[22:56] <Kotono> "Is it? I thought we had to go farther up, but okay," Pollyanna stands up then.
[22:57] <Alicia> "Because the demons will put lots of nasty things and such in front of our door?" Alicia suggests to Seira. "Well it certainly fits the description," she then tells Pollyanna.
[22:57] <Kotono> "Not now," Antenora turns away from Donald. "Is the door locked?"
01[22:57] <Seira> "They could do that just as well if we rest here," Seira points out.
[22:57] <Demedais> "It sounded like the poison treants and the door are close together, from the description I got. The description didn't specify that they were connected, but it's good odds?" Demedais shrugs.
[22:58] <Alicia> "We could simply press on and make our attack, then," Alicia concludes.
01[22:59] <Seira> "That's what I was thinking," Seira agrees. "And if it's much farther than we've expected, we could just set the mansion's doorway up and away from any surfaces to trap."
[23:00] <Demedais> "Not all of us have benefited from the effects of lesser restorations anytime recently." Demedais notes at this.
[23:02] <Alicia> "Well, here's our options," Alicia states plainly. "We camp here. Demons might come to check in on the current guard, but we have a bottleneck to face them through. We go to the Abyss and broadcast our intentions before camping, ensuring our foes know what's happening and have time to prepare. Or we go through and fight, and risk fatigue hampering our abilities. What's it to be?"
01[23:03] <Seira> "The first option still broadcasts our intentions pretty obviously, if we are to camp here," Seira points out.
[23:04] <Alicia> "Only if the demons on the other side expect regular updates from their guards here within the next eight hours. That's not guaranteed," Alicia points out. "Going to the Abyss is."
01[23:04] <Seira> "Wouldn't those we've just killed respawn there?"
06[23:05] * Demedais rubs his head. "Is the location the spell is placed in obvious, Seira? As in, will they be able to tell where we have positioned ourselves?".
[23:06] <Alicia> "That doesn't happen immediately, although the lag isn't terribly long. But they might not respawn in any fit state to report anything," Alicia reasons. "I'm not saying if we rest here we're going to be entirely above notice. But it's less noticable than blasting into the Abyss and then stopping to rest."
01[23:06] <Seira> "Well, it would be small and invisible, but I guess anyone who can see the invisible and take the time to look might spot it."
[23:06] <Alicia> "Most greater demons can do that," Alicia adds.
01[23:07] <Seira> "If a greater demon decides to investigate in person," Seira counters. "If we do camp out here, I insist that we have a plan in place so that once the demons open the door, we keep it open."
[23:08] <Alicia> "Killing the demon before it can close the door works? It will likely be more focused on fighting for its life than doing that?"
01[23:08] <Seira> "It surely won't be alone, and demons aren't known for their camaraderie."
06[23:09] * Demedais looks between the two, before rubbing his head and opening his bag. Pulling out a coin, he flips it.
[23:09] <Demedais> roll 1d2
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[23:09] <Demedais> "We camp out here."
[23:10] <Alicia> "Although, that said..." Alicia goes over to check over where the marilith and vrocks died, looking for any rotten keys they might have dropped. Or magic weapons the marilith may have had.
[23:10] <Demedais> "This also saves the Mansion trick for later in the Abyss, if we do end up needing it."
01[23:10] <Seira> "That's certainly well-reasoned." Seira eyes the coin. "I'll take the creepy spot on the left to sleep on."
[23:11] <Kotono> Alicia doesn't find any keys. She does find that the marilith did have one enchanted longsword, however.
[23:11] <Demedais> "I am one of the people that has not had a restoration used on himself, and the argument was giving me a headache." Demedais comments, flipping the coin over to Seira.
06[23:11] * Seira snatches it out of the air, pocketing the coin.
06[23:12] * Alicia picks up the enchanted longsword and heads back up onto the platform to make camp. "Anyone want a magic sword? One not-so careful owner..."
[20:05] <Kotono> ----
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: You guys were going to rest now, basically and keep watch? Latha alone until Deme/Antenora recharge, then the rest awaken?
[20:06] <Demedais> OOC: yes, IIRC.
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: works
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. You're lucky and the rest goes without incident. Go ahead and prep up spells, let me know when you're done. Anyone els edoing anything of note during rest time?
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: Also, if you're going to do Heroes' feast, reroll the temp HP now.
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 2d8+7
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+7 and gets 14." [2d8=2, 5]
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: While you guys prep spells...
[20:09] <Kotono> Rest comes and goes without incident. The party lounges around the dead forest of treants, resting and preparing. As this happens, "If this is the door to Greenrot, we're about to step into the Abyss. Are there any questions before we do? Also, anything any of you want or need to say?" Latha looks around, "We will go in and fight the good fight, but not all of us may come back."
06[20:12] * Demedais stays quiet at this, looking toward the door.
[20:12] <Kotono> Antenora is silent for a time, "I'm ready." She looks to the door, "And we won't fail, no matter what the Abyss conjures. Mystra walks with us."
06[20:12] * Alicia casts a few spells of her own to prepare, Heroism on herself and Heroism plus Greater Magic Weapon on Latha and Antenora. "Some might attest that I'm in love with the sound of my own voice, but this is one case where a speech doesn't suit me. Lets just get in, give them a thrashing, and all get out safely."
[20:13] <Kotono> "You do have a lovely voice," Antenora murmurs.
[20:13] <Kotono> "Seconded. How close to the Green Castle is this going to put us," Donald has his armor on, sword and shielda t the ready. "It's going to be a ways, yes?"
[20:14] <Alicia> Donald gets a greater magic weapon as well on his bastard sword. "Thank you Antenora. Hopefully there'll be many chances to listen to it after today," Alicia smiles amusedly.
[20:15] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks to Antenora and Alicia, chuckles, and draws her bow. "We're getting ahead of ourselves. Doesn't Seira still have to unlock the door to Greenrot?"
[20:16] <Alicia> OOC: cancel the heroism castings, keep the GMW
[20:16] <Alicia> "It's not as close as I'd like, but still likely better than plane shifting," Alicia admits. "We'll probably have to cross the plain of Cysts to get there, which will surely be as fun as it sounds."
[20:17] <Kotono> "You know..." Donald looks sidelong to Demedais, "If I don't make it back, can you make sure to do what I do around Seira? Someone has to keep her down to earth."
[20:18] <Demedais> "I am sure that you will manage to haunt her - in a good way, mind - even after your death, be it here or far later." Demedais replies blithely.
[20:19] <Kotono> "Gee, thanks," Donald grins, "Say Seira, if that happens, would that make me a human-elf-fey-ghost hybrid...GODS!" Suddenly Donald's eyes go wide, "I really am taking after Seira!"
01[20:20] <Seira> "Go away, fey-elf-man," she says dismissively, waving at him.
[20:20] <Kotono> "You lack her unique charm," Saul says quietly.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Heh heh," Donald waves at the door, "Ready to get picking, Seira?"
06[20:23] * Seira casts extended Heroism and Dragonskin spells upon herself, makes sure everyone is at least thirty feet away from the door, and then attempts to open it! From afar.
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: Just opening it with magehand or something?
01[20:24] <Seira> OOC: Ranged Legedermain. It'll raise my dc by 5. Is that open lock, disable device or what?
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Open luck.
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Lock.
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:26] <Kotono> Seira works awya from afar! She works long and hard...and at last, her efforts fully concentrated, the door is picked, the lock disabled!
06[20:27] * Seira searches the door and locking mechanism for further traps, as she tends to do in such cases.
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 45." [1d20=15]
01[20:28] <Seira> "I'm either just that good, even hands off, or Gurlan's security is that pro." Seira shrugs, and goes to push the door open. "I'll gamble on me."
06[20:28] * Demedais muses on this.
[20:28] <Alicia> "Why bother with door-traps when you have a horde of demons and poisonous treants?" Alicia muses as she approaches the door, following Seira through.
[20:28] <Kotono> The door is pushed open! Ahead you see a red, throbbing corridor of light! It pulses like the walls of a heart! Cries of despair and agony trickle out, a thousand words lamenting fates to terrible to ponder.
[20:29] <Alicia> "At least what you see is what you get, for this layer," she adds under her breath, seeing what's ahead.
[20:29] <Kotono> Latha steps forward, "In the light of Celestia and the mercy of all those who desire release from evil, we will not fail," Latha steps to the door.
[20:29] <Demedais> "...red? In Greenrot?" Demedais pauses for a moment.
[20:30] <Kotono> "Looks Abyssial, but yes," Antenora peers into it, "Another trap, or just a gruesome means of entry?"
[20:30] <Kotono> Donald shivers, "Ugh..." He looks awya, "Creepy."
01[20:30] <Seira> "We could send something through, first."
[20:31] <Alicia> "It's probably inside some sort of structure, maybe even a fort... I saw something similar, once," Alicia notes. "Lets proceed carefully and see where it leads."
[20:32] <Demedais> "...I hate to be blunt, but are we sure this is the right door?" Demedais asks. "I don't believe who I dealt with was lying, but it was not entirely precise, either... and as Seira said, the door seemed... less than defended."
[20:33] <Kotono> "Maybe a divination is in order then?" SAul looks to Demedais.
[20:33] <Alicia> "It had the forest of poisonous treants, and a pack of demons - including one even more powerful than most of what we were led to believe Gurlan had in his service," Alicia reasons. "We'll know more once we're out of the corridor and can see our surroundings in more detail, but it seems to fit thus far."
01[20:33] <Seira> "Well, the ground itself wasn't actually green when I was forced to come here," Seira muses. "But if we can divine, why not?"
06[20:36] * Alicia relents and settles for looking for magic in the corridor as they wait for Helm's say so to proceed.
06[20:37] * Seira considers. "Incidentally, isn't it a poor trap, if it is one? Making it green would've been easy enough."
06[20:37] * Demedais nods to Alicia. "Fair." As Saul and Seira speak, he shrugs a moment. "I prepared spells for our defense, anticipating a violent advance. But I will try..." With that, he steps back and murmurs a few words, before, under his breath, "Helm the Evervigilant, will you grant us knowledge as to the rightness of our journey down this road?"
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[20:37] <Kotono> "You know, they tried to trick us with that weak hezrou in the last battle. Perhaps the marilith or Gurlan prefers to be a trickster andmake us overthink things?" Antenora ventures.
01[20:39] <Seira> "Worst case, we waste ten minutes? I can live with that."
[20:40] <Alicia> "I thought the layer was named for the disease, not for everything on it being green..." Alicia mutters as her glowing blue eyes scan the magical aura before she shrugs and dismisses it.
01[20:40] <Seira> "It wasn't called after Gurlan's bad taste in decor?" Seira asks in surprise.
[20:42] <Kotono> For a moment, a strength pulses through the party, full of courage and valor.
[20:42] <Alicia> "That would be his green castle. Which I understand really is green," Alicia shrugs. "Wherever it goes, it's definitely the Abyss, though."
01[20:42] <Seira> "Oh, it is!"
06[20:43] * Demedais closes his eyes for a moment. "...well. Your reasoning was correct, Alicia. We advance forward."
[20:43] <Kotono> "What was..." Donald perks up, "Was that?"
01[20:44] <Seira> "Yay!"
[20:44] <Kotono> Latha smiles, "Our course is true then. Let us go."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Onwards into the Abyss, then," Alicia nods grimly, stepping into the corridor and advancing forward.
06[20:45] * Demedais gives Pollyanna a slight glance and a nod. "Indeed."
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora follows behind Alicia.
[20:46] <Kotono> Pollyanna breathes in sharply and walks ahead, "Then let us do unto them before they do unto us."
[20:47] <Kotono> Thus the party steps ahead! You step into the corridor! In a moment you rush ahead, flying faster than your senses can comprehend! You are surrounded by a chorusing of despairing cries, pleadings for mercy and cruel horrors being inflicted. (More)
[20:50] <Kotono> It stinks like rotten meat. Ahead of you, the ground is full of large circles beneath flesh colored ground. These spheres writhe just below the surface, making everything erratically hilly. Behind you is a broken wall, about a story tall, with an iron barred door slung open, leading back into a pulsing red corridor. Ahead 60 feet the way is stopped, as if you were in the inside of a dome. It is made all of spiderwebs. Slathering ahead are four
[20:51] <Kotono> as if you were in the inside of a dome. It is made all of spiderwebs. Slathering ahead are four huge purplish spiders...you have fought these abominations before. Bebeliths! This dome rises up above you, blocking out the sky. Tied into the dome is a woman, her bone white hair falling over her face. She is nude but covered by webs. Her voice whispers in your ears wtihout her lips moving. She sings a child's song in an innocent voice, "Ring arou
[20:51] <Kotono> She sings a child's song in an innocent voice, "Ring around the rosey...pocketful of posey...ashes...ashes...ashes...ashes...you'll all...fall...DOWN!"
[20:52] <Kotono> Latha steps ahead, "We will not be stopped or scared, demon. Stand aside or face oblivion!"
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
06[20:53] * Demedais refrains from making any obvious self-referential comment, instead preparing his sword. "Something tells me we should aim for the woman in the webs..." he murmurs.
06[20:53] * Seira tries to catch Antenora's attention as Latha attempts diplomacy!
06[20:53] * Alicia quickly raises Hell Striker into a guard position as flames burst into life around it. "They're not friendly, lets not waste time."
[20:54] <Demedais> "But like with the hezrou, it may be distraction."
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Init here then.
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 Deme
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 Deme and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 18." [1d20=15]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 16." [1d20=11]
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 oh Anty
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 oh Anty and gets 16." [1d20=10]
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 this is Saul
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 this is Saul and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[20:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 22." [1d20=15]
03[20:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Alicia(10)'
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Bebelith
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Bebelith and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Bebelith
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Bebelith and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Bebelith
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Bebelith
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Bebelith and gets 20." [1d20=15]
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Bebelith and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 succubus
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 succubus and gets 10." [1d20=9]
01[20:56] <Seira> "Since we're going to smite the lot of them, how about starting with the invisible demon thereabouts?" Seira asks, jerking her head in the fiend's direction.
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul=Bebelith 2(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia=Succubus(10)'
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[21:28] <Kobot> > > roll 1d20+27 (-5 CE)
[21:28] <Kobot> > * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-5 CE) and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:28] <Kobot> > > roll 1d20+27 (-5 CE) crit?
[21:28] <Kobot> > * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-5 CE) crit? and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[21:28] <Kobot> > > OOC: Flatfooted AC for Latha? It's evil.
[21:28] <Kobot> > > OOC: Oh wait, I'm running her. Dur.
[21:28] <Kobot> > > 2d6+16+9d6
[21:28] <Kobot> > * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+16+9d6 and gets 56." [2d6=4, 3][9d6=2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 2, 5]
[21:28] <Kobot> > > OOC: Bypasses her DR and also needs a fort save.
[21:28] <Kobot> > > roll 1d20+20
[21:28] <Kobot> > * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:28] <Kobot> > > roll 1d6 con damage
[21:28] <Kobot> > * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 con damage and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[21:28] <Kobot> > > The unseen blow rips into Latha's side, tearing away flesh and sending blood spraying as the cloaked attacker rolls back! OOC: Deme and Polly.
03[21:30] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[21:30] <Demedais> OOC: Resolving Deme's action first.
[21:31] <Kobot> OOC: Sure.
06[21:33] * Demedais grunts and snaps up an aura of divine protection, before focusing and sending out a massive net of lawful energy! "Deal with this...!" OOC: Prot. Dev up, Kensai Focus up, Order's Wrath. SR check?
[21:33] <Kobot> OOC: Yes.
[21:33] <Kobot> OOC: Wait, what are you targeting?
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03[21:34] * atarians.dejatoons.net sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 kay
[21:34] <Demedais> OOC: Er, sorry. Two Bebeliths.
[21:34] <Kobot> Demedais rolled 1d20+10 kay --> [ 1d20=15 ]{25}
[21:34] <Kobot> OOC: They lack SR so go for it.
03[21:34] * Kotono (~kokokoko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 kay and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[21:34] <Kobot> OOC: No SR needed, see above. Damage.
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 10d6 whack, DC 18 will to halve and negate daze.
[21:35] <Kobot> Demedais rolled 10d6 whack, DC 18 will to halve and negate daze. --> [ 10d6=41 ]{41}
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 10d6 whack, DC 18 will to halve and negate daze. and gets 49." [10d6=6, 6, 6, 6, 1, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4]
[21:36] <Demedais> OOC: I take Hatbot? >_>
02[21:36] * Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit
03[21:36] * Alicia sets mode: +o Kotono
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[21:37] <Kotono> The two spidery demons are rocked by Order's pure wrath, the net sinking into and searing the unholy! OOC: Polly.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Ashes, ashes, ashes..." The succubus carols away, motionless words whispered into your ears!~
[21:38] <Demedais> Pollyanna, meanwhile, mutters quietly about the journey ahead before shooting out a bevy of arrows into the face of one of the Bebeliths just caught in Demedais' net!
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Which one, first or second?
[21:39] <Demedais> OOC: Second, we'll say.
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[21:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[21:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+2 Helm)
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+2 Helm) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[21:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[21:41] <Demedais> roll 12d6+58
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+58 and gets 100." [12d6=4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, 3]
[21:44] <Kotono> The bebelith is racked by force arrows, legs split and body peppered! IT stays together, enduring the fearsome wounds that leave pure holes throughout it's form! OOC: Saul and the 2nd bebelith.
[21:45] <Kotono> The second bebelith scurries ahead thirty feet, before splitting a long line of webbing out at Pollyanna!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 ranged
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 ranged and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[21:45] <Kotono> But the web flies over her head, missing her and splattering against the ruined stone wall! OOC: Saul.
01[21:46] <Seira> Saul decides to show his true prowess from the start, using a full-powered Disintegrate spell on the succubus!
01[21:46] <Seira> OOC: True casting, maximized disintegrate
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: SR check first with that.
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 sr
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 sr and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Ranged touch.
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 yeah
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 yeah and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Fort now for her.
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: DC?
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Damage?
01[21:48] <Seira> OOC: 17+6, so fail~
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 30*6
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 30*6 and gets 180."
03[21:48] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul=Bebelith 2(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia(10)'
[21:49] <Kotono> The succubus is vaporized in an instant! A lightning bolt bursts where she was, detonating harmlessly! OOC: Donald.
01[21:50] <Seira> "Go Dad!" Seira cheers.
[21:50] <Kotono> Donald braces low, charging ahead at the close bebelith, summoning arcane energies into his sword! As he advances, it bites down at him!
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 50." [1d20=18]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 2d6+14
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+14 and gets 23." [2d6=3, 6]
[21:51] <Kotono> Donald is chewed on, but pulls himself out bleeding and stabs into it's body!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +3 arcane strike 1 3rd)
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +3 arcane strike 1 3rd) and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10+3d4
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+10+3d4 and gets 24." [1d10=7][3d4=1, 3, 3]
[21:53] <Kotono> Donald charges in and strikes! His blade barely penetrates at all, only arcane fire doing much damage! OOC: Antenora/Latha/Seira tripleteam.
[21:54] <Alicia> Antenora employs the magic in her boots, charging the bebilith that Donald attacked before she flies back up and away in case it still lives! Healing energy transfers to Latha as she makes her move.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -14pa charge divine succor to Latha
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -14pa charge divine succor to Latha and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 2d8+118+2d6
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+118+2d6 and gets 132." [2d8=5, 3][2d6=4, 2]
06[21:55] * Seira decides to take the invisible demon out of the game, leaving the rest of the battle in the capable hands of her allies!
01[21:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 stabbings with a smite~
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 stabbings with a smite~ and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[21:55] <Kotono> Antenora impales the bebelith massively, leaving it twitching and barely alive, midsection almost all gone! OOC: Seira, go. Latha'll go last.
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: +4 damage, forgot favoured enemy
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+6d8\
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+6d8\ and gets Error: Numeric values only." [3d8=7, 4, 2][6d8=8, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2]
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Just reroll it.
01[21:56] <Seira> OOC: 42
[21:57] <Kotono> Seira closes in and hacks into the Kelvezu, ripping into it! It dodges so fast that Seira can barely touch it, only a grazing wound onto it! OOC: Latha.
[21:57] <Kotono> Latha turns to the staggering Bebelith, holy energy bombarding it! "Begone!" she calls!
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 35." [10d6=4, 5, 4, 6, 2, 1, 5, 2, 2, 4]
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Will's irrelevant here.
03[21:58] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia(10)'
[21:58] <Kotono> The bebelith collapses, falling apart into black webbing as it dies! It's body sinks into the ground, a few foul wisps of pus leaking out as it does so! OOC: Bebelith 3 is up. I also see I forgot to add Bebelith 4 into init at some point.
03[21:59] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia(10)>Bebelith 4(1)'
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: It' sjust getting tossed in the back. It daydreamed. Anyway, 3 is up.
[22:00] <Kotono> The third bebelith spits a web at the brash Donald!
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:01] <Kotono> But Donald hacks forward, splitting the web in twain and causing it to fall around him harmlessly! The first bebelith, rocking from Deme's order, scurries ahead and goes to bite the presumptive paladin!
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 49." [1d20=17]
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:01] <Demedais> OOC: 45.
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 does not beat your DR.
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 does not beat your DR. and gets 17." [2d6=1, 3]
[22:02] <Kotono> It manages to land a bite on Demedais, struggling to break his skin and inflict a real wound, only leaving a shallow groove with two fangs! OOC: Alicia.
[22:06] <Alicia> These things are surprisingly potent, forcing Alicia to emulate Saul and come out with her best spells... but then she hesitates a moment at Antenora's mental message.
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: readied action for a radiant assault in the midst of team demon when the new arrivals emerge
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:07] <Kotono> The fourth bebelith advances thirty feet, going to chomp into Donald!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 48." [1d20=16]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 you're lucky you guys are poison warded.
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 you're lucky you guys are poison warded. and gets 20." [2d6=5, 2]
[22:07] <Kotono> Donald's arm is bitten into, savaged and bloodied! He lithely slips aside, changing his blade to his other hand as he weaves back to counter! OOC: More.
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 4." [1d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 2." [1d20=2]
03[22:08] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia(10)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(1)'
[22:08] <Kotono> The ground in front of the former succubus bursts open in a spray of white pus! Two beings begin to emerge - hezrou, demons you'be battled before. However, they seem half made of pus itself, leaking and dripping with a dreadful death odor! OOC: Going Aliica?
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Alicia(10)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(1)'
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(1)'
06[22:09] * Alicia completes her held spell before the new arrivals can get their bearings, a wide blast of rainbow-colours coruscating through the air to cover both the rear ends of the bebiliths and the faces of the hezrou!
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will for half
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will for half and gets 46." [15d6=5, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 6, 2, 2]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d6 dazed (dazzled if saves)
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 dazed (dazzled if saves) and gets 2." [1d6=2]
03[22:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 2 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(1)'
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: bebiliths as well
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
03[22:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 2 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 2 rounds)(1)'
[22:12] <Kotono> The blast of holy light dazzles the demons, leaving the wake of them wounded and stunned! OOC: Kevelzu is up.
[22:12] <Kotono> "Gimme your best shot..." The kelvezu whispers, running past Seira! OOC: You can AoO.
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 yep
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 yep and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, it's CE boost is gone.
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 24." [3d8=7, 1, 7]
[22:13] <Kotono> Seira manages another wound on it's arm as it sprints past her like a blur! It darts again, going straight for Latha once more!
01[22:13] <Seira> "If you want to see my best, why are you running away?" Seira calls after the fiend, swiping at him.
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-5 CE)
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-5 CE) and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d6+8+9d6
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+8+9d6 and gets 39." [1d6=5][9d6=5, 2, 2, 3, 5, 2, 1, 2, 4]
[22:15] <Kotono> Unseen by most, it tears into Latha's back and bloodies her wings! It stands by her, weapons poised! OOC: Deme'n'Polly.
[22:15] <Alicia> 'Latha, be careful, the fiend is poised to strike you again!' Antenora sends the deva a telepathic warning.
[22:16] <Kotono> 'Ugh...understood...will fly away even it gets another strike as I do...' Latha responds, 'I can keep fighting and heal myself.'
[22:16] <Demedais> Demedais growls at the current threat, activating his law devotion as he lays into the bebelith who attacked him!
[22:16] <Alicia> 'I'll try and kill it first,' Antenora promises grimly.
[22:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law)
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law) and gets 49." [1d20=16]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Sec.
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: You can keep that roll, but sec.
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Strike the bit about Latha being hit, though it's in the same position. Continue on, Deme.
[22:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law)
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law) and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[22:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law)
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+4 Kensai, +6 Law) and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. Confirm the second crit?
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hit and a crit.
[22:21] <Demedais> roll 6d6+57
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+57 and gets 82." [6d6=1, 5, 6, 5, 6, 2]
[22:21] <Kotono> Demedais stands strong and tears into the bebelith! He leaps up and severs two of it's legs, landing serious wounds over it as he jousts and avoid it's poison dripping maw! OOC:Polly.
[22:22] <Demedais> Pollyanna, meanwhile, turns her focus to Donald's Bebelith, firing another volley in!
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[22:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: One hit by it's a crit threat.
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: One normal hit. The girl-love is gone.
[22:23] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14 lowest damage she's done all this time
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 lowest damage she's done all this time and gets 26." [3d6=2, 5, 5]
[22:23] <Kotono> A single arrow whizzes through the leg of the bebelith, coming an inch away form being higher and severing it clean through! OOOC: Saul.
01[22:24] <Seira> "Dad, the creep's stalking Latha, five o'clock from where she's facing!" Seira calls out to her father, who uses that scarce if sufficient information for a localized Glitterdust spell, taking care not to tag any friendlies!
01[22:24] <Seira> OOC: DC 19
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Does glitterdust allow SR? SR check if so.
01[22:24] <Seira> OOC: no
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[22:26] <Kotono> Glitterdust falls around, the outline of a medium humanoid with horns appearing! OOC: Donald's up.
[22:26] <Kotono> Donald bears in on his target, dodigng and weaving as holy energy surrounds him sa well! Bracing down and fighitng, he attacks the wounded Bebelith!
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+2 GMW +1 haste, +3 1 3rd and 3 2nd)
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+2 GMW +1 haste, +3 1 3rd and 3 2nd)
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+2 GMW +1 haste, +3 1 3rd and 3 2nd) and gets 34." [1d20=3]
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+2 GMW +1 haste, +3 1 3rd and 3 2nd) and gets 40." [1d20=9]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 3d10+36+27d4
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d10+36+27d4 and gets 140." [3d10=10, 7, 10][27d4=2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[22:28] <Kotono> Donald ravages the bebelith, leaping up it's legs and he cuts several of them apart, landing safely down and dodging a snap by the one nearby him! OOC: Antenora/Latha/Seira.
06[22:29] * Seira whistles approvingly, calling out "Nice!" even as she maneuvers into a flanking position, intending to finish the nasty demon she's been hunting for good!
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 die~
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 die~ and gets 43." [1d20=19]
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 die for good?
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 die for good? and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit, it CE'd up.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8 damn you
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 damn you and gets 18." [3d8=1, 2, 1][2d8=2, 3]
03[22:30] * ChanServ sets mode: +q Kotono
[22:31] <Kotono> Seira stabs deep into the kelvezu, managing to penetrate a bit into it's skin, scraping it's liver! But it's still supernaturally tough, resisting well! Latha meanwhile takes her mace and takes the chance giving, ripping into the glittering fiend!
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 GMW, -2 PA)
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 GMW, -2 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: +1 more, but.
[22:32] <Kotono> Latha swings away, but the kelvezu weaves through each mace strike like they don't exist, battering them away as needed with it's glittering weapons! OOC: Antenora?
[22:33] <Alicia> Seeing Latha's troubles, Antenora goes to help her friend out by diving on the glittering assassin-demon in a classic death from above strike, her spear hoping to core his head like a rotten apple!
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -16pa charge paladin smite furious strike
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -16pa charge paladin smite furious strike and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[22:34] <Kotono> Antenora charges with full reckless abandon, plugning at the glittering foe - but somehow she misses, her spear dodged as it moves so fast you can't keep up! OOC:Bebelith 3 is up, in all it's wounded glory.
[22:34] <Kotono> Wounded and savaged, the bebelith goes for Donald with claws and bite!
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-4 PA)
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-4 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=9]
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:35] <Kotono> But Donald is moving like the wind now, shield and aura protecting him from a single wound, deflecting away the worst of the ravage! OOC - Bebelith 1.
[22:35] <Kotono> On Demedais, the Bebelith rears back and assaults right into him as well!
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-4 PA)
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-4 PA) and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-4 PA)
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (-4 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[22:36] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:36] <Demedais> OOC: 45 still.
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 does not beat DR.
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 does not beat DR. and gets 19." [2d6=4, 2]
[22:36] <Demedais> OOC: AoO.
[22:36] <Kotono> Demedais focuses on stopping it's claws, shield and sword holding them at bay! It snaps forward, taking a bite out of his hand! OOC: AoO.
[22:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 whack
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 whack and gets 42." [1d20=9]
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:37] <Demedais> roll 2d6+19
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+19 and gets 29." [2d6=5, 5]
[22:37] <Kotono> "Keep it up," Latha calls, "We're going to win this!"
01[22:37] <Seira> "You were in doubt?"
[22:37] <Kotono> Demedais retorts, slashing it's body and drawing a spray of black blood! OOC: Hezrou 1 is dazed. Hezrou 2 is up.
[22:38] <Kotono> The second hezrou charges forward, throwing a hammer of pure evil at Latha and Seira!
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 SR
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 SR and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[22:39] <Alicia> "There's still more reinforcements coming," Antenora notes as she recovers her spear-grip, glancing to the left side of the dome.
[22:39] <Kotono> roll 5d8 and will, Seira
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 and will, Seira and gets 19." [5d8=5, 4, 4, 1, 5]
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Halved.
[22:40] <Kotono> Seira endures the buffeting, shielding herself with unnatural, super powered will! OOC: Bebelith 4 is stunned. More.
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 8." [1d20=7]
03[22:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 2 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 2 rounds)(1)'
[22:41] <Kotono> Erupting from the ground, half puss and half demon, a vile nalfeshnee apeears! This one looks far less chatty and far more homicidal! OOC: Aliica.
03[22:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Bebelith 1(12)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 1 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 1 rounds)(1)'
[22:42] <Alicia> OOC: Can I get a line through any bebilith to either the nalfeshnee or a hezrou from my position without moving? (or passing through a friendly)
[22:42] <Alicia> OOC: nevermind, actually
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: No, they're all too engaged.
[22:43] <Alicia> "It never ends," Alicia scowls, moving to deal with their troublesome assassin before taking on the new arrivals as she whips Hell Striker upwards to hopefully bisect him before she takes to the air and away!
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 knowledge and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -6pa 5th level arcane strike divine might
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -6pa 5th level arcane strike divine might and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 2d4+27+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+27+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 47." [2d4=1, 1][2d6=2, 3][1d6=2][5d4=3, 3, 1, 3, 1]
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: +12 damage, forgot to add my pa
[22:45] <Kotono> Alicia charges ahead, stabbing the fiend in it's midsection! It dodges and avoids the worst, a deep graze bu tonly a graze! It grins as it's now surrounded, "Perfect," it whispers, before an unholy utterance is uttered! OOC: Will, Latha/Alicia/Seira.
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 SR for Latha
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 SR for Latha and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Will Alicia/Seira then.
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[22:45] <Alicia> OOC: I flew away
[22:45] <Alicia> OOC: flyby attack
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur.
[22:46] <Kotono> But Seira resists the foul utterance mostly, keeping her wits about her! OOC: Deme and Polly, then we'll pause?
01[22:46] <Seira> "Oh, eww! Did you just sneeze on me?" Seira shudders. "You sick freak!"
06[22:47] * Demedais grimaces and continues his attack chain on the bebelith, speeding himself up in an attempt to finish it!
[22:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law)
[22:47] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law)
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law) and gets 40." [1d20=9]
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law) and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[22:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law) and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[22:48] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+1 Heroes +1 Haste +6 Law) and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[22:48] <Demedais> roll 6d6+39
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+39 and gets 66." [6d6=3, 5, 3, 6, 4, 6]
[22:49] <Kotono> This time Deme's blade cuts through it like water, severing it's body and dealing grevious damage as he leaps and slices upward all the while! It lives, leaking blood everywhere! OOC: Polly.
[22:50] <Demedais> Pollyanna glances to the Nalfeshnee in surprise, before beginning her rain of arrows! OOC: Aiming for Deme's bebelith first, once dead switching to the Nal.
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Roll and damage one at a time.
02[22:50] * Demedais (~ferixstad@pix014-010.pix.wmich.edu) Quit (Broken pipe)
03[22:51] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@141.218.14.10) has joined #dunes
03[22:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
03[22:51] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+1 if it's within 30, which it should be due to attacking Deme)
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+1 if it's within 30, which it should be due to attacking Deme) and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 26." [3d6=4, 5, 3]
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: It yet lives.
[22:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah)
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah) and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[22:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah, +2 helm)
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah, +2 helm) and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:53] <Demedais> roll 3d6+16
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+16 and gets 23." [3d6=1, 1, 5]
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: It yet clings to life.
[22:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 heh
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 heh and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:53] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 26." [3d6=6, 3, 3]
03[22:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Beblith 3(15)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 1 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 1 rounds)(1)'
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: Got it. We'll resume ther enext time.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+1 if it's within 30, which it should be due to attacking Deme)
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+1 if it's within 30, which it should be due to attacking Deme) and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[20:05] <Kotono> > OOC: Hit.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 26." [3d6=4, 5, 3]
[20:05] <Kotono> > OOC: It yet lives.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah)
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah) and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah, +2 helm)
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (presuming the above, also +1 from Heroes blah, +2 helm) and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:05] <Kotono> > OOC: Hit.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 3d6+16
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+16 and gets 23." [3d6=1, 1, 5]
[20:05] <Kotono> > OOC: It yet clings to life.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 heh
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 heh and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[20:05] <Kotono> > OOC: Hit.
[20:05] <Kotono> <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
[20:05] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 26." [3d6=6, 3, 3]
03[20:06] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[20:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna riddles the bebelith in front of Demedais with arrows! She strikes it as it reels back from Demedais' massacre, piercing it over and over until it falls down, broken and bloody meat! OOC: Saul's up.
01[20:11] <Seira> Saul decides to show off again, aiming to spare Donald from having to face his persistent enemy for much longer and thus hopefully freeing him to fight worthier foes!
01[20:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 maximized enervation
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 maximized enervation and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:11] <Seira> OOC: Max is 4
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: 4 negative levels?
01[20:11] <Seira> OOC: Yeah, may it die from this
03[20:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(Dazed 1 rounds)(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 1 rounds)(1)'
[20:13] <Kotono> Hit by dark energies, the bebelith crumbles into dust! It's immortal body becomes nothing more than foul, choking dust on the wind, slain! Donald takes a moment to breathe, "Who's next?" He looks around a moment, before running to the side at the Nalfeshnee! As he does, a black beam comes from his hand! OOC: Quick cast enervation before his charge resolves.
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20 touch AC
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 touch AC and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20 touch AC crit?!
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 touch AC crit?! and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 2d4 wow
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 wow and gets 4." [2d4=2, 2]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste)
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste) and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste) holy hell
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste) holy hell and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 2d10+24
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+24 and gets 43." [2d10=9, 10]
[20:16] <Kotono> Donald dart sin before it can react, as it's hit dead in the chest with his enervation! A second later he impales it, ripping away much of it's chest cavity and bashing it back with his shield! OOC: Antenora/Latha/Seira.
01[20:16] <Seira> "Donald, you rule!" Seira cheers, tearing into her own opponent with as much zeal!
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 22." [1d20=7]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 and gets 33." [3d8=3, 1, 6][2d8=7, 7]
[20:19] <Kotono> Seira manages a wound across the side of the fast, glitteirng demon, even as it evades the rest and parries, darting about! OOC: Latha/Antenora.
[20:19] <Alicia> OOC: Anty will wait and see if Latha can kill it first
01[20:19] <Seira> "Smite the freak!" Seira calls over to Latha.
[20:20] <Kotono> Antenora gathers in holy power, detonating around herself and engulfing the kelvezu!
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 CL check
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 CL check and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 35." [10d6=1, 5, 6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 will
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 will and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[20:21] <Kotono> The burst of power staggers the Kelvezu bakc, but it's still up and still darting around! OOC: Anty.
[20:22] <Alicia> "Just die you filthy demon!" Antenora snarls as her spear stabs down repeatedly to try and impale the fast moving fiend.
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -3pa flying divine succor on Latha and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 2d8+52+4d6
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+52+4d6 and gets 80." [2d8=3, 4][4d6=6, 6, 4, 5]
[20:24] <Kotono> The glittering demon is ripped into again, it's flesh resisting! Despite that Antenora carves into it, impaling it twice! But even then it flows off the spear, weaving back and still upright, even as red blood stains the ground below, glittering! OOC: Nalfeshnee is up.
[20:25] <Kotono> The Nalfeshnee gestures at Donald, snarling!
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+5 enchantment)
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+5 enchantment) and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:25] <Kotono> A moment later, it does it again!
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 (+5 enchantment)
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 (+5 enchantment) and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[20:26] <Kotono> Magic weaves around Donald, but it shatters as he shouts! "Demon, you think you can stop us?" OOC: Hezrou 1 is stunned. Hezrou 2 is up.
03[20:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4(dazed 1 rounds)(1)'
[20:27] <Kotono> The second hezrou styas back again, throwing a blight of pure evil at Antenora, Latha and Seira! OOC: Will after it's SR check.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 CL check
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 CL check and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Just Seira then.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 5d8
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 and gets 20." [5d8=4, 5, 7, 2, 2]
01[20:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 bah
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 bah and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Halved.
[20:29] <Kotono> Amid the storm of darkness, Antenora and Latha glow brighter than the sun, untouched! Seira weathers it, coming out ducking low and parrying the foul miasma away with her blade! OOC: Bebelith 1 is stunned. Alicia.
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: Or bebelith 4, same difference.
03[20:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)'
03[20:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4 (1)'
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: ouch
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[20:33] <Alicia> OOC: oh, thought it was bebilith 4 you said...
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: It was stunned.
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: I meant it was Bebelith 4 that was dazed/recovering, not 1. Anyway, go.
[20:35] <Alicia> So many new targets to choose from... still, the harrying glittery demon continues to vex her, so she elects to slay it by swooping down again to hopefully take its head off before she ascends back up and out of the fray!
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -8 pa, flying, divine might, 5th level arcane strike
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -8 pa, flying, divine might, 5th level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -8 pa, flying, divine might, 5th level arcane strike crit check
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -8 pa, flying, divine might, 5th level arcane strike crit check and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 4d4+86+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+86+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 122." [4d4=2, 1, 2, 3][2d6=5, 4][1d6=4][5d4=3, 2, 4, 4, 2]
03[20:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Nalfeshnee(8)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4 (1)'
[20:36] <Kotono> Wounded and weakened, the demon starts to slow down! This gives Alicia a chance to swoop in, coming in low and cutting deep into it's shoulders! It starts to evade away, but nearly runs into Seira and then Antenora! Caught flatfooted, it's cut across it's shoulders and rudely decapitated! It's weapons fall to the ground, it's body following! OOC: Deme'n'Polly.
06[20:38] * Demedais brushes his sword off, before turning and rushing the unattended bebelith! OOC: Accepting AoO.
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 47." [1d20=15]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 2d6+13 does not beat DR
[20:39] <Demedais> OOC: 43, so hit.
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+13 does not beat DR and gets 16." [2d6=2, 1]
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law +2 Charge -3 PA -3 CE)
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law +2 Charge -3 PA -3 CE) and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: +1 haste or feast?
[20:41] <Demedais> OOC: ...right, yes, +2.
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hit then. You were one off.
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 2d6+19 kay
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+19 kay and gets 24." [2d6=1, 4]
[20:42] <Kotono> Demedais charges in, stabbing the spider-demon in the body, a shallow but long wound as he drags it out of her flesh! OOC: Polly.
[20:43] <Demedais> Polly, meanwhile, turns to the nalfeshnee and lobs off more arrows to support Donald!
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Nalfeshnee have crummy AC.
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 12d6+28+28
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+28+28 and gets 99." [12d6=4, 2, 3, 6, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 1, 6, 3]
[20:45] <Kotono> The Nalfeshnee is turned into a force cushion, it's face mostly gone! But yet it's body lives in roaring hateful fury, thrusting out at Donald! OOC: Saul.
03[20:45] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
01[20:47] <Seira> Saul decides to focus his attention on the last bebelith, calling for a powerful gathering of phantom jaws to eat away at it!
01[20:47] <Seira> OOC: Maximized manyjaws, ref dc20 half
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: DAmage?
01[20:48] <Seira> OOC: Alas! 60 force.
[20:48] <Kotono> The bebelith is mauled by phantom jaws far away, supporting Demedais as they eat the demon alive! Blood and ichor fly as legs and body are munched! OOC: Donald.
[20:49] <Kotono> Donald grins, "Say hi to oblivion for me! Say, if you have a Blood War in oblivion, tell all the devils there that the Crimson Guard sent you there! They'll be able to relate!" With that, his sword strikes out!
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 GMW, +1 haste, -5 PA)
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 GMW, +1 haste, -5 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 GMW, +1 haste, -5 PA)
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 (+2 GMW, +1 haste, -5 PA) and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 3d10+51
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d10+51 and gets 75." [3d10=9, 8, 7]
03[20:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(2)>Bebelith 4 (1)'
[20:50] <Kotono> The Nalfeshnee makes a gurgling cry of agonized terror as Donald cuts it in half! It's body parts fall to the ground, Donald whirling around and ready to advance ahead as it dies behind him! OOC: Antenora/Latha/Seira.
06[20:51] * Seira decides to get just close enough to the pair of hezrou to breathe fire on them! And if she can position herself into catching the bebelith as well, all the merrier!
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: How big a cone in sit?
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 fire+holy 30ft cone, dc16 half
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 fire+holy 30ft cone, dc16 half and gets 47." [8d8=6, 4, 4, 7, 8, 4, 1, 2][2d8=7, 4]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Yeha, you can get both hezrou. Not the Bebelith, though.
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
01[20:52] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:53] <Kotono> Both hezrou are terribly burnt by the golden fire, staggering back under the assault! Latha follows it up with a holy smite on both of them!
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 43." [10d6=6, 2, 6, 1, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 6]
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
03[20:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Hezrou 1(4)>Hezrou 2(blinded)(2)>Bebelith 4 (1)'
[20:54] <Alicia> Antenora shudders a bit at the talk of oblivion, although she doesn't hesitate in trying to send another demon there as she whirls around and flies straight at the least injured Hezrou, her spear aiming to carve a ruinous path through its throat!
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 -15pa charge furious strike
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 -15pa charge furious strike and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: Deme already soaked up it's AoO, so damage.
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 2d8+104+2d6+2d6 she has reach anyway and she's hitting hezrou 1
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+104+2d6+2d6 she has reach anyway and she's hitting hezrou 1 and gets 127." [2d8=3, 3][2d6=1, 6][2d6=5, 5]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur, misread.
03[20:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Hezrou 2(blinded)(2)>Bebelith 4 (1)'
[20:56] <Kotono> The first hezrou, just as it staggers from the holy smite, is impaled! It dies around Antenora's spear, falling to the ground! OOC: Hezrou 2, blinded.
[20:56] <Kotono> The second hezrou staggers back, holding it's eyes! IT flails at nothing at all, hitting the air! OOC: Bebelith 4.
[20:57] <Kotono> The last surviving demon bears down on Demedais! Wounded by intact, it tries to chew him apart!
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 33." [1d20=1]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: AC right now?
[20:57] <Demedais> OOC: 46.
[20:57] <Kotono> But Demedais is a mountain, stolidly stopping each slash! OOC: AoO?
06[20:58] * Demedais grins and replies with an upward cut of his own!
[20:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+6 Law -3 PA -3 CE)
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+6 Law -3 PA -3 CE) and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:58] <Demedais> roll 2d6+19
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+19 and gets 28." [2d6=5, 4]
[20:58] <Kotono> Demedais hacks into the bebelith, retorting by breaking one of it's claws with his blade, cutting it away! OOC: Alicia.
[21:00] <Alicia> The bebilith is the bigger threat at the moment, so Alicia decides to focus on it as she charges over to support Demedais with a vicious downwards swing of Hell Striker, putting all her weight into slicing through the creature's many-eyed face!
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -10pa charge flying
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -10pa charge flying and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: It's AoO refreshed so it gets an AoO on you. That's also a clean miss.
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: tumble
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, right.
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 DC 15
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 DC 15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[21:00] <Kotono> Alicia charges in and flies back, but can't manage to land a blow before she has to dart away! OOC: Deme and Polly.
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: I charged, so I'm still in range
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, right. Dur. Okay, still, Deme'n'Polly variety hour is up.
06[21:01] * Demedais grins wider and continues to lay into the demon with four wide, sweeping cuts!
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Sec, resolve your attacks. You know it's AC 30 by now.
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this)
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this) and gets 29." [1d20=4]
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this) and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+6 Law -6 PA +1 Haste +1 Morale I suck at this) and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 2d6+25 hah
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+25 hah and gets 32." [2d6=2, 5]
[21:03] <Demedais> Pollyanna, meanwhile, launches a bevy of arrows at the only target still functioning - the same bebelith!
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[21:04] <Demedais> roll 9d6+28+14
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 9d6+28+14 and gets 66." [9d6=3, 4, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4]
[21:05] <Kotono> With this final paired assault, the last demon is cut apart! As it's body hits the ground, a faint laughing can be heard. Giggles from all around you, constant, teasing tittering begins. It rings in your ears and fills your heads...OOC: Free act.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, the last hezrou is still alive. Sorry.
03[21:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Demedais=Polly(22)>Saul(20)>Donald(18)>Antenora=Latha=Seira(16)>Hezrou 2(blinded)(2)'
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Ignore the laughing. Saul's up.
01[21:05] <Seira> Saul redirects the haunting jaws of hate anf force to the blind hezrou to put it out of its misery!
01[21:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: 60, ref half at dc20
[21:06] <Kotono> Saul's powerful jaws rip the wounded hezrou apart, leaving nothing but gore and ruinination! As it's body hits the ground, a faint laughing can be heard. Giggles from all around you, constant, teasing tittering begins. It rings in your ears and fills your heads...OOC: Free act, split sec.
06[21:08] * Demedais ignores the laughter, looking to Latha. "You alright?
[21:08] <Alicia> "So much for surprise," Alicia sighs, flicking the charred ichor off her blade as her eyes glow blue and she takes in the area for any magical signatures.
01[21:08] <Seira> "There's surprise and there's surprise," Seira says with a shrug. "He might know someone's here, but not just who."
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 planes
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 planes and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[21:10] <Kotono> Antenora breathes out a moment, eyeing Donald without saying anything.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft on web
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft on web and gets 31." [1d20=7]
06[21:11] * Alicia cocks her head and frowns a moment, before her eyes widen in alarm. "Back through the door!" she snaps, gesturing for everyone to get moving into the red corridor with all possible haste and retreating that way herself.
01[21:12] <Seira> "No, wait!" Seira calls out. "Dad, cast Silence! We'll wait it out!"
06[21:13] * Seira makes her way over to her father with all due haste.
06[21:13] * Alicia doesn't like the idea, since that spell could be useful if another storm comes up when they're travelling, but there's really no time to argue so she turns about and quickly moves towards Saul.
06[21:14] * Demedais blinks at Seira and Alicia's commentary, before quickly heading over to where Seira and Alicia are.
[21:14] <Kotono> The others dart to Saul as he quickly casts Silence! Just as he finishes you begin to hear roars of laughter, mocking and terrible, but they're cut off! Silence reigns! Antenora looks out, 'Cacklestorm?' she asks in Alicia's head after a moment. LAtha looks on and makes a sigh of relief.
06[21:15] * Seira uses the chance to give her father all of the pearls she has, since he would make use of the utility better than her in these surroundings.
06[21:15] * Alicia nods to Antenora. 'It shouldn't last more than a minute.'
06[21:15] * Demedais looks to Pollyanna with a very confused expression on his face, shrugging.
06[21:16] * Alicia watches the magical aura of the storm as they wait it out, rather than risking poking her head out to listen for when it stops.
[21:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna shrugs as well. Saul scowls and waits, tapping his foot. As the magical aura of the storm fades, th ewebs begin to melt away. Ahead you can see endless plains all aroun dyou. Hilly planes, the hills shifting and bobbing just underneath the fleshy ground. Behind you, one of the hills bursts, covering the doorway with a thick layer of white pus. This begins to shift almost immediately, turning into a hill of flesh over the doorway. The
[21:18] <Kotono> This begins to shift almost immediately, turning into a hill of flesh over the doorway. The sky above is an angry red streaked with a foul green. Terrible odors are smelt all over, death, decay, rot and a hundred other abomination sthat turn your stomachs.
06[21:19] * Alicia makes a cutting gesture and steps away from Saul once the aura has diminished, judging it now safe.
06[21:19] * Demedais follows, looking around in bemusement.
06[21:20] * Seira follows Alicia, eyeing the pus-blocked doorway with distaste.
[21:20] <Kotono> The silence is gone. "Whew," Donald looks about, "Charming."
[21:21] <Kotono> Antenora goes to the door, "Fine. Gurlan, if you don't want us running back to the Infinite Staircase, we'll come to you." With an angry scowl as she looks ahead, "We fought are way in. The Green Castle's our goal now, yes?"
[21:21] <Alicia> "Some places have acid rain, others have flesh stripping winds... here we have cacklestorms," Alicia explains succinctly as she unfurls her portable hole and tosses the marilith's sword inside, before collecting the Kelvezu's weapons and doing the same. "It's Abyssal weather, effectively. Listening to it can drive you mad, but it's fortunately brief."
[21:22] <Kotono> "It's powerful, but don't be afraid. The Abyss will prey on those fears," Latha says with warmth and energy in her every word. "Stay strong."
01[21:22] <Seira> "Blocking your ears might tide you through," Seira adds. "If there's no other way."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Terrible. To think that Torm..." Pollyanna looks down, and after a breath, "Which way is the Green Castle? That's our goal, isn't it?"
[21:23] <Demedais> "Alright. What's the safest way across these? Around the... hills, so we don't explode them by walking on them?"
[21:23] <Alicia> Folding up the hole and putting it away, Alicia confers with Antenora for a moment to get their bearings and work out Abyssal North. "The Castle is to the Northwest - since flying will probably make us visible to every demon for miles, we're going to have to walk it. Hope everyone's up for a hike."
06[21:25] * Seira shrugs. "Just as long as we remember the time limit on our protection from poisons."
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 best way to avoid pus-bursting sores on the ground?
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 best way to avoid pus-bursting sores on the ground? and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[21:26] <Alicia> "Just avoid cresting over any hills and work around them. If you have spikes on your shoes you might want to blunt them," Alicia suggests to Demedais as she leads the group out of the webby dome.
[21:28] <Demedais> "I don't, so." Demedais shrugs, following Alicia carefully out.
[21:30] <Kotono> Thus the party begins to travel! The scents in the air are vile and toxic, your stomachs churning with each step. After about fourty five minutes of this, you can spot something ahead. Several large metal spikes, about fourty feet tall, jut out into the air. Even from here, you can see they are used like kebab skewers, with unclad humanoids stuffed along it and impaled from the base to the pointed, bloody tips. A coating of green mold covers m
[21:30] <Kotono> from the base to the pointed, bloody tips. A coating of green mold covers much of the humanoids.
06[21:31] * Seira peers closer to see if the humanoids are dead.
[21:32] <Alicia> "They'll probably start screaming and alert every demon in the area if we get too close," Alicia speculates darkly. "Lets try and work around them and use the hills for cover to avoid notice."
[21:32] <Kotono> Pollyanna holds her mouth and looks away, "Is that what..."
01[21:32] <Seira> "Shouldn't we kill them? Death is final here, right?"
[21:34] <Demedais> "If we can kill Gurlan, that should either buy us enough time to return and end their torment, or end it with his own death. Right now our duty's to end Gurlan. We don't want to risk this, I feel."
[21:34] <Alicia> "I don't mind depriving the Abyss of a few souls, but be prepared to pay the price if that's what you want - the demons we've encountered here have already been stronger than expected, and I doubt our interference would go unchallenged," Alicia cautions.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
01[21:35] <Seira> "Before I advocate for anything, would slaying those impaled free their souls from torment?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "They'd find oblivion," Antenora says, voice bleak. "A mercy compared to the Abyss, but it's final. It's nothingness.:"
06[21:36] * Seira frowns. "And there's also an invisible white frog with a maul about one hundred and thirty feet away, two o'clock from me," she adds much quieter.
06[21:36] * Alicia shrugs. "If they are the souls of Abyssal petitioners - in other words, demons," she allows. "They could be constructed lures for all I can tell."
[21:36] <Kotono> "Yeah, what Antenora said..." Donald stretches back, despite his color being pale and green, "I liked the idea of all the outsiders we've offed being there and bitching, though."
06[21:38] * Demedais blinks and looks to Donald carefully.
[21:38] <Alicia> "What's it doing?" Alicia asks Seira quietly, carefully not looking in that direction.
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[21:38] <Kotono> "That may be very dangerous," Latha hisses under her breath, "If that's a slaadi and it's white...are you certain?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "Coming closer. Pretty certain. I could preempt it, or point it out for a few smites? If so, we'll go on three."
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 white slaad?
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 white slaad? and gets 27." [1d20=4]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 ditto
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 ditto and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[21:41] <Alicia> "It's in the Abyss and it's approaching us under cover of invisibility. I doubt it has kind intentions," Alicia remarks, already casting Heroism on herself.
[21:41] <Kotono> "White slaad?" Antenora hisses, "They're incredibly powerful agents of utter chaos," Antenora says tightly.
01[21:42] <Seira> "They never do," Seira agrees as she calls for Bear's Endurance, while hoping that her father calls upon the Globe of Invulnerability spell.
[21:42] <Kotono> The slaad continues to approach, and abruptly calls out, "Mortals!" It booms from over one hundred feet, Seira able to see it slinging it's maul over one shoulder to rest it there.
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: The spells can go without incident, but it also said something so bear that in midn.
06[21:44] * Alicia looks over at the sound of the voice, drifting a bit away from the others so they're not bunched up neatly for area effects. "If you wish to parley then show yourself," she calls back.
[21:44] <Kotono> "Hah! As if you can't detect me!" It laughs heartily, "I can hear your arcane words to protect and strenghten yourselves!"
[21:45] <Demedais> "Mortals and some assorted immortals and other types, but hey, who's counting." Demedais muses almost silently, stepping away about five feet as well and looking in the general direction of where Alicia's looking.
06[21:45] * Seira opts to stay near her father, both for the defense and to protect him, if need be. "Or we could've just been thinking of taking out those spikes and preparing," Seira reasons. "Then you've just given away your presence pointlessly."
[21:46] <Kotono> "And there's also an invisible white frog with a maul about one hundred and thirty feet away," The White Slaadi's voice becomes Seira's, laughing in her voice right after. "Off to smite the demons?"
01[21:47] <Seira> "Sorry. You look like a frog, and I call them as I see them."
[21:47] <Alicia> "As if a group looking like we do could have any other purpose in this corner of the lower planes," Alicia banters back. "What's your excuse?"
[21:48] <Kotono> "Went portal chasing, didn't work out so well," He banters right back, Seira able to see it grinning, full of black and white and uprple and green and blue and rainbow colored teeth. "Fortune chose to toss me into the Abyss."
[21:50] <Alicia> "Well if you don't mind digging through a few feet of flesh, there's a doorway to the Infinite Staircase about an hour that way, in the middle of the bebilith-web dome," Alicia offers magmanimously as she gestures back on their path. Might get out of this one peacefully after all.
[21:52] <Kotono> "Boring. I'm bored of portals. No, I'm heading for a city in this layer. It's called Jova. Hmmm...you know what would be interesting? A bunch of angels and the like coming with me to crash Jova. I hear there's an uppity vampire or fallen celestial or something running the place. It'll be a wonderful experience!"
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Jova?
01[21:53] <Seira> "It's obvious why you need us, but why exactly would we need you?" Seira inquires curiously. "If we're here, it makes sense we think we're up to the task on our own."
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Jova? and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[21:54] <Kotono> "If you're interesting, maybe I'll tag along with you," It answers back, "It could be fun."
01[21:55] <Seira> "It could be," Seira agrees with a shrug, eyeing Demedais for his rage level at the prospect.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Absolutely not," Antenora mutters under her breath, "It's a slaad."
[21:56] <Alicia> He could be a powerful ally. But also an unreliable one, and Alicia isn't sure how she feels having a slaad watching her back. "We have an appointment in the Green Castle first. It's a balor we're after, though, so it's a bit cliche compared to your abyssal vampire," Alicia explains apologetically.
06[21:56] * Demedais looks to Seira quite calmly in reply.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Oh, going after the big demon...That might be interesting," Eyeing Alicia now, "Burn Jova to the ground, figuratively or literally, then go visit the lord of the Green Castle...I like how you think, celestial."
01[21:58] <Seira> "No, no. Set the balor on fire, then dance on the vampire's ashes."
[21:58] <Kotono> Antenora glares at Seira.
06[21:59] * Demedais looks to Antenora before rubbing his head and glancing back to the area the slaad's in.
06[22:00] * Seira mirrors Demedais's look as she smiles at Antenora peacefully.
06[22:00] * Alicia nods in agreement with Seira, wondering if Marie would be proud of her for garnering a slaad's approval on her thought processes. "Gurlan is our priority here, so anything else would be secondary for us."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I say we go deal wth Jova first." The slaadi banters back, "But how about we settle it the right way? We flip a coin to decide?"
01[22:00] <Seira> "Only if it's heads I win, tails you lose."
[22:02] <Kotono> "Boring! It's boring if you alread know the result!" Turning away from Seira now, "You there!" Back to Alicia now, "Surely YOU appreciate the beauty of a good coin flip, or a roll of the dice!"
[22:04] <Kotono> Pollyanna look sto the slaad, staying close to Demedais.
[22:04] <Alicia> When did it become 'we'? "I prefer games of skill over pure random chance," Alicia admits. "Sadly I never brought my playing cards, and we don't really have time for a proper game... besides, we really can't afford to be sidetracked."
[22:04] <Alicia> "But I'm sure whatever ruckus we raise in the castle will have some nice aftershocks in Jova which should make things interesting for you if you go ahead and visit there while we carry on to our goal." Poor Antenora's blood pressure would never survive travelling with a slaad.
01[22:04] <Seira> "Pal, I think you're missing the point. We want to go there. We've traveled through disgusting pus to get there. For us to divert, it would have to be pretty damn important. For us to consider it with you coming along as the bonus, you have to bring a pretty overwhelming bonus. So are you like the white king of planar frogs? The undefeated slaadi champion of martial arts?"
06[22:04] * Seira tilts her head. "You wouldn't be a philosopher, would you?"
[22:05] <Kotono> "He's not so bad," Donald murmurs. "More interesting than Demedais there at least."
01[22:05] <Seira> "That's just the unresolved sexual tension you have for him talking."
[22:05] <Kotono> Antenora goes to rub her forehead with her hand.
06[22:06] * Demedais looks to Seira unreadably.
01[22:07] <Seira> "I didn't say it had to be resolved!"
[22:07] <Kotono> The slaadi croaks laughter at that, "Right parts, wrong parts, it's all love if you're in the mood! Anyway, ever seen a gray or a death slaad? I'm superior to them in every way!"
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[22:08] <Kotono> The slaadi croaks laughter at that, "Right parts, wrong parts, it's all love if you're in the mood! Anyway, ever seen a gray or a death slaad? I'm superior to them in every way!" It comes a little closer, to within about 100 feet. "It goes the other way! Jova goes nuts and it'll ripple to the Green Castle! What'll it be like there if that fallen celestial or cornugon or whatever gets the axe? Interesting, that's what!"
[22:08] <Kotono> whatever gets the axe? Interesting, that's what!"
01[22:09] <Seira> "Can you demonstrate your superiority by destroying the spikes and all that's on them?" Seira asks the slaadi.
[22:10] <Alicia> "Ah, but you see," Alicia holds up her finger, "You want interesting - a wild riot in Jova, carnage and uncertainty and all sorts of madness. We want easy - a quick in and out after knocking over big red and fiery. So our goals, while complementary in one sense, don't actually lend well towards us sticking together."
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[22:11] <Demedais> "Actually, I think I have an idea that might please both sides." Demedais says after a moment. "You're looking to see as much chaos as you can while down here, I take it?"
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:12] <Kotono> The slaad doesn'te ven turn away. Behind it, three other slaad appear. They are white and purple, with skull like faces. They immediately head over towards the spikes, fireballs bursting around them! Amid the din of that as the slaadi close in and distantly seen demons appear to engage the slaadi, "You've been quiet. What's your idea, then, knight?"
06[22:13] * Alicia can't deny, she likes this slaad's style.
01[22:14] <Seira> "I've changed my mind, if there's any way this can work without speargirl's head exploding, let's hear it."
[22:16] <Demedais> "If you're looking to cause chaos, then it seems that while a large group causes a bigger impact, surely, the impact of two separate forces on two distinctly large targets would be far more interesting in this regard - frantic communications back and forth, the straining of defenses and suchlike. Thusly, it would seem best - as you are quite clearly capable of calling forth reinforcements - to try and cause a large an impact as possible on both
[22:16] <Demedais> " - to try and cause a large an impact as possible on both targets and not only spread the chaos that way, but prolong it as the native defenses struggle to react to both assaults."
[22:17] <Kotono> "Ooooh, that could be interesting too," The slaadi eyes Demedais, "Chaos on two fronts...more chaos for everyone!"
[22:18] <Kotono> "Splitting up our forces?" Saul asks right back, "That's very dangerous and a serious risk to take."
01[22:19] <Seira> "But not impossible, I must admit," Seira muses, waiting to see whether Demedais has a plan for this, or just a way to chase the frog away.
[22:20] <Demedais> "I wasn't suggesting splitting us up." Demedais notes. "Our friend here has the capability to bring his own reinforcements in, it seems - and with no small lack of capability themselves. It would seem that we would be best able to provide our side of the attack grouped, as we work best together anyway. Meanwhile, striking at Jova with a group of reinforcements while Gurlan and his castle are distracted would provide an equivalent amount of chao
[22:20] <Demedais> ג€œGurlan and his castle are distracted would provide an equivalent amount of chaos, if not more, and I would guess that you and your kin are far more than capable of that."
[22:22] <Demedais> ג€œThere is one more advantage to this.ג€ Demedais notes after a moment.
[22:23] <Kotono> Behind you the battle rages. From it a head goes flying, hurtling right to the slaad's waiting, abruptly thrust out hand. It's the head of what looks to be a succubus or marilith, which is immediately tossed down it's throat like a bit of candy. It swallows it whole, rubbing it's stomach. "Good work back there," it calls, as more fireballs flash. "Keep it up!" Then to Demedais, "What's the last advantage then?"
06[22:26] * Demedais watches the digestion of the head with nothing more than a slight grin, before nodding and pacing slightly. ג€œIt becomes the wager. Which group makes the most impact? Clearly as a group of mortals and celestials, weג€™d find it difficult to judge the amount of chaos produced - and besides, youג€™ve got an innate advantage, especially over, say, me or her.ג€ Demedais gestures slightly to Antenora.
[22:27] <Demedais> ג€œThis being said, thereג€™s still the stakes of time - how efficiently can this be managed? Weג€™ve got the advantage of more people from the outset, and your summoning might be limited - weג€™re also required to rest, whereas you might be able to avoid that. In this, the game is played - speed and impact the measures.ג€
[22:28] <Demedais> ג€œThat and one side finishes fast enough, they can go taunt the other side while helping them clean up there.ג€
[22:31] <Kotono> As more fire bursts out around the spikes, the slaadi listens to Demedais, "Oh I like that, I lik ethat, but there's one problem. The summons there? They go away in an hour. Jova isn't that close, either."
01[22:32] <Seira> "Well, you've been here longer. Is it and Green Castle even on the same way?"
[22:32] <Demedais> ג€œHm.ג€ Demedais muses. ג€œAnd no way to extend them, I take it?ג€
[22:33] <Kotono> Gesturing to the south, "Opposite ways as the chaos flows. I can yell at them, but they always go away in an hour. I try sometimes, but it never works. They're so boringly predictable. Then they show up for compensatino a century later. Booooring! Same routine over and over. Disgraces to Limbo!"
[22:35] <Demedais> ג€œAnd how often can you use that?ג€ Demedais asks. ג€œIf you can call a fresh batch every hour, it might still work - if those three handle a marilith and such no issue, the two groups are probably still evenly matched in this regard.ג€
[22:36] <Kotono> "Couple of times per day." It eyes Demedais now, "The questions are starting to get boring. Get on with it!"
01[22:38] <Seira> "Let's add a deadline for good measure and call it a fun game for everyone involved?" Seira suggests.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Or we could make it interesting," Alicia adds speculatively, not liking the slaad's expressions of boredom and what it foretells for peaceful coexistence.
[22:40] <Demedais> ג€œThen the game should still be viable, since our own pace will likely be far slower than yours through here.ג€ Demedais nods after a moment. ג€œUsing the summons to create a mass of chaos when attacking the city before striking at another point in the cityג€™s defenses... Yeah, Iג€™d still consider this fairly interesting, as you definitely have options available to you here. You could also get reinforcements from Limbo to possibly shift dow
[22:40] <Demedais> ג€œYou could also get reinforcements from Limbo to possibly shift down either through the Eternal Staircase or just straight in, while weג€™ll be locked out of such reinforcements at the Castle. So, see my comradeג€™s suggestio- hm?ג€ Demedais glances to Alicia. ג€œYou have a suggestion?ג€
06[22:43] * Alicia nods to Demedais and then smiles at the slaad. "A wager on the outcome could make things more invigorating, wouldn't it?" Chaotic types love to gamble, and this should hopefully keep the slaad focused on the game rather than rewriting the rules in a manner that could disadvantage them if it seems more entertaining.
01[22:44] <Seira> "And a penalty game for the loser? I like those."
[22:44] <Kotono> "A wager on the outcome, with Jova as the playing field?" It strokes it's froglike chin.
06[22:46] * Alicia unfurls her portable hole and reaches inside, holding up an oddly shifting grey sphere. "You might like this. It's a metal, and yet not a metal... it's *every* metal, constantly in flux until a final form is chosen. Should you manage to identify and kill the hidden ruler of Jova first, its yours... assuming you can put up a suitable stake of your own should we slay Gurlan first."
[19:11] <Kotono> <Seira> "Let's add a deadline for good measure and call it a fun game for everyone involved?" Seira suggests.
[19:11] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Or we could make it interesting," Alicia adds speculatively, not liking the slaad's expressions of boredom and what it foretells for peaceful coexistence.
[19:11] <Kotono> <Demedais> ג€œThen the game should still be viable, since our own pace will likely be far slower than yours through here.ג€ Demedais nods after a moment. ג€œUsing the summons to create a mass of chaos when attacking the city before striking at another point in the cityג€™s defenses... Yeah, Iג€™d still consider this fairly interesting, as you definitely have options available to you here. You could also get reinforcements from Limbo to possib
[19:11] <Kotono> <Demedais> ג€œYou could also get reinforcements from Limbo to possibly shift down either through the Eternal Staircase or just straight in, while weג€™ll be locked out of such reinforcements at the Castle. So, see my comradeג€™s suggestio- hm?ג€ Demedais glances to Alicia. ג€œYou have a suggestion?ג€
[19:11] <Kotono> * Alicia nods to Demedais and then smiles at the slaad. "A wager on the outcome could make things more invigorating, wouldn't it?" Chaotic types love to gamble, and this should hopefully keep the slaad focused on the game rather than rewriting the rules in a manner that could disadvantage them if it seems more entertaining.
[19:11] <Kotono> <Seira> "And a penalty game for the loser? I like those."
[19:11] <Kotono> > "A wager on the outcome, with Jova as the playing field?" It strokes it's froglike chin.
[19:11] <Kotono> * Alicia unfurls her portable hole and reaches inside, holding up an oddly shifting grey sphere. "You might like this. It's a metal, and yet not a metal... it's *every* metal, constantly in flux until a final form is chosen. Should you manage to identify and kill the hidden ruler of Jova first, its yours... assuming you can put up a suitable stake of your own should we slay Gurlan first."
03[19:13] * Kotono is now known as Kotono_Ibis
03[19:49] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@141.218.17.151) has joined #dunes
03[19:49] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
03[20:01] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-54441d10.lns1-c10.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[20:02] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[20:08] * CC is now known as Seira
03[20:09] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > <Seira> "Let's add a deadline for good measure and call it a fun game for everyone involved?" Seira suggests.
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > <Alicia> "Or we could make it interesting," Alicia adds speculatively, not liking the slaad's expressions of boredom and what it foretells for peaceful coexistence.
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > <Demedais> ג€œThen the game should still be viable, since our own pace will likely be far slower than yours through here.ג€ Demedais nods after a moment. ג€œUsing the summons to create a mass of chaos when attacking the city before striking at another point in the cityג€™s defenses... Yeah, Iג€™d still consider this fairly interesting, as you definitely have options available to you here. You could also get reinforcements from Limbo to
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > <Demedais> ג€œYou could also get reinforcements from Limbo to possibly shift down either through the Eternal Staircase or just straight in, while weג€™ll be locked out of such reinforcements at the Castle. So, see my comradeג€™s suggestio- hm?ג€ Demedais glances to Alicia. ג€œYou have a suggestion?ג€
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > * Alicia nods to Demedais and then smiles at the slaad. "A wager on the outcome could make things more invigorating, wouldn't it?" Chaotic types love to gamble, and this should hopefully keep the slaad focused on the game rather than rewriting the rules in a manner that could disadvantage them if it seems more entertaining.
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > <Seira> "And a penalty game for the loser? I like those."
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > > "A wager on the outcome, with Jova as the playing field?" It strokes it's froglike chin.
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> > * Alicia unfurls her portable hole and reaches inside, holding up an oddly shifting grey sphere. "You might like this. It's a metal, and yet not a metal... it's *every* metal, constantly in flux until a final form is chosen. Should you manage to identify and kill the hidden ruler of Jova first, its yours... assuming you can put up a suitable stake of your own should we slay Gurlan first."
03[20:13] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
05[20:14] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:14] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[20:14] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:15] <Kotono_Ibis> The slaad's eyes light up as he stares at it, "Marvelous! A suitable stake..." He thinks, eyeing the party. Meanwhile, in the background, carnage takes place at the edge of your vision. The spikes are collapsing, burning down with a deep clatter. "I shall give you CHAOS itself. Are any of you suitable of receiving CHAOS?"
[20:16] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora shudders and looks away.
01[20:16] <Seira> "Is it tasty?"
[20:16] <Alicia> "I'm afraid my last experience with it didn't go so well," Alicia demurs.
[20:17] <Kotono_Ibis> "Are any of you of chaos? Eladrin or a chaotic weapon?" The slaadi enquires, "Chaos strengthens chaos."
06[20:18] * Seira looks pointedly at Donald.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> "Hey, wait a minute!" Donald holds up hands, "Seira, what about you? You're better at adding metaphysical stuff to yourself! You're half dragon, half human and half elf!"
[20:19] <Alicia> "Actually," Alicia interjects. "She's not here, but I do have an eladrin friend and on her behalf I'll accept your wager."
[20:20] <Kotono_Ibis> "Good then." The slaadi says, "Off to Jova, to burn it to the ground!" It takes up a merry step, maul slung over it's shoulder.
06[20:21] * Seira blinks as the frog departs. "That was weird. But in a good way."
[20:21] <Alicia> "What's your name?" Alicia calls after the slaad. They'll need to contact one another to confirm once they've done their respective parts, after all.
[20:22] <Kotono_Ibis> Shouting back, "Ssnjssi!" It says in barely comprehensible syllables.
[20:22] <Kotono_Ibis> "It was just weird," Antenora looks pale, "The raw chaos from that creature..."
[20:22] <Kotono_Ibis> "If it serves to weaken Gurlan, it has done well enough." Latha murmurs as she looks to the burning spikes, "Let chaos weaken chaos."
01[20:23] <Seira> "And the spikes are gone. Let's get moving, too?"
[20:23] <Alicia> "He didn't seem a bad sort," Alicia opines as she tosses the ingot back into the hole. "Anyway, lets get moving. I'd rather not lose the bet, after all."
06[20:24] * Demedais nods silently, looking forward.
[20:24] <Kotono_Ibis> Thus the party begins to travel anew! OOC: Who's on point?D eme still?
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: might as well be
[20:25] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Make a spot check then, Demedais?
[20:26] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> You travel for two hours. The rolling, unstable hills support you well enough with a careful pace. ABout 150 feet ahead, Demedais can see the fleshy ground on the horizon starting to shake and sink down. It's a very slow, very subtle motion.
[20:29] <Demedais> "... Something might be coming." Demedais warns after a moment. "The horizon in front of us is sinking..."
06[20:29] * Alicia reaches into her survival pouch and tosses something out which resolves into a hearty mule. "Lets see if we can bait it, then," she suggests, giving the donkey a slap and sending it running ahead of the group.
[20:30] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald crosses his arms and watches, "We can hope."
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 planes is it quickflesh?
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 planes is it quickflesh? and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[20:32] <Kotono_Ibis> Thus Alicia sends her ass ahead! As it runs ahead to the shaking, the ground seems to deflate and sink! Splurts of vile pus erupt out all ahead, sending gushers of it as the ground collapses down! As you watch, a vast lake of pus forms, countless geysers of the foul material spraying into the air and flling the new lake up.
[20:32] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald looks away, "That is absolutely DISGUSTING!"
[20:33] <Kotono_Ibis> Saul puts his hand over his face, "I worry more about any stench or crossing the damned thing."
01[20:33] <Seira> "So the demons who live here," Seira whispers to Latha. "They like it here?"
[20:33] <Alicia> "At least it didn't happen while we were walking over it," Alicia resists the urge to gag as the mule skids to a halt at the edge of the new lake. "Come on, lets just walk around it."
[20:33] <Kotono_Ibis> "As much as pyschopaths do," Latha grimaces and turns away, "Demons are incomprehensible to me."
01[20:34] <Seira> "Creepy."
[20:34] <Kotono_Ibis> As you begin to turn away from it, a terrible smell batters the party! OOC: Fort saves, all.
06[20:34] * Demedais eyes the pool of pus with a clinical detachment.
[20:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[20:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[20:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 (+4 vs poison, +6 vs evil)
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 (+4 vs poison, +6 vs evil) and gets 34." [1d20=10]
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+11
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+11 and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[20:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:35] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+10
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[20:36] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanna buckles and falls to her knees, crying out before she turns and is noisily sick, retching over and over.
06[20:37] * Alicia hopes Demedais has the decency to hold her hair back as she casts a cantrip to produce a refreshing lemony scent. "Come on," she starts walking around the lake, giving it ample clearance as she makes sure to breath with her mouth and not her nose. "Faster we move the sooner we're away from this."
06[20:38] * Demedais does make sure Pollyanna's hair is back, bracing her some as he waits for her stomach to calm.
[20:38] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanna loses her meals, then begins to dry heave over and over and over. She doesn't stop, shaking as each terrible spasm passes through her.
[20:39] <Kotono_Ibis> "Allow me," Latha approaches Demedais, "Let us try our talents to ease her suffering?"
06[20:39] * Alicia stops, Pollyanna's illness seeming rapidly more sinister than simple nausea at an overwhelmingly bad smell. But hopefully those better than she at healing can remedy it...
[20:42] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods slightly. "I don't have much prepared to directly counter this, but..." With that, he tries his Remove Disease first, anticipating that Lesser Restorations would fail here.
[20:42] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanna's shakes stop. Her color is waxen as she weakly wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. "I...thank you." she wheezes, "I...I think I can go on now...just...water. Can I have some water?"
06[20:43] * Demedais pulls out a canteen and opens it before handing it over.
[20:44] <Kotono_Ibis> Pollyanna takes a few shaking swigs from it, passing it back before rising. She takes a careful step and then another. "I can go on."
[20:45] <Demedais> "Alright. Tell me if you need anything further." Demedais holds her shoulder for a bit longer.
[20:45] <Kotono_Ibis> Thus the party advances! As they walk...they find the lake stretches out ahead. The ground ahead turns to puss, as if the lake is becoming a long river. You come no closer to wrapping around it after several minutes of walking.
[20:46] <Alicia> "Okay, we're going to have to fly over," Alicia announces as she comes to a stop. "Thing is, some flying demons are sure to come out of hiding and attack us as we do, so carrying people across might not be too wise... any ideas?"
01[20:47] <Seira> "We can just fly near ground level and ward ourselves from sickness?" Seira suggests. "If that fails, there's Dimension Door."
[20:48] <Alicia> "Dimension door is best - you can take Demedais, Pollyanna, and Lord Saul across, and the rest of us can fly over?" Alicia nods agreeably.
01[20:48] <Seira> "Sure thing," Seira agrees. "And you guys should go one at a time. If there's any trouble, I'll use a short distance spell to swap places with the one ambushed or incapacitated."
06[20:49] * Demedais nods slightly. "Very well."
[20:49] <Kotono_Ibis> "I don't see anything wrong with it," Donald pronounces. "Better than trying to wade or swimt hrough that."
01[20:51] <Seira> "Good, because you're coming along," Seira tells him, glancing at Latha, Alicia and Antenora. "Got a spot for one more, if you'd like."
[20:52] <Kotono_Ibis> "I'll fly with Alicia," Antenora says. Latha considers a moment, "Go ahead. Three is safer than two."
01[20:52] <Seira> "If you say so. My effective range is a bit over a thousand feet, so that's where I'll aim. On three, one, two, three--" And Seira disappears with the others.
[20:53] <Kotono_Ibis> Woosh! Seira and company appear on the other side safely and without incident. It's about 130 feet across, by the by.
06[20:53] * Seira still wants to keep her distance.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Didn't she say she wanted us close for a short range spell?" Alicia wonders as the rest of the party turn into small dots in the distance. "Oh well, lets fly up and get some clearance over the stench before we cross over?" She flaps her wings and begins spiralling upwards, intending to get eighty feet up so that feather fall will offer some relief if an accident happens.
[20:55] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora and Latha follow suit. With a grimace below, "Such filth for no reason." Antenora says, "I shudder that I may have once found this tolerable."
[20:56] <Alicia> "Almost makes the plane of ooze seem homey, doesn't it?" Alicia agrees wryly as she angles to fly over the expanding river, descending once clear and swooping in towards the party.
[20:57] <Kotono_Ibis> Thus the party flies over! Belwo the river bubbles and pulses, bu tnothing comes close to them this high. They make it over without incident.
[20:58] <Alicia> Landing back on semi-solid ground, Alicia is relieved her suspicions came to naught, and eager to continue on to the northwest!
[20:58] <Kotono_Ibis> "Yes, let's hurry," Donald picks up his pace. :"The sooner then damned better."
[20:58] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Ready to move along?
06[20:58] * Demedais nods and leads the way, keeping eye out for any further problems.
[20:59] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Make another spot check for reference, Deme?
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono_Ibis> It's only been about ten minutes of walking, the river of pus barely left behind. But far away, perhaps 230 feet away and skyborne, are a V-shaped formation of twisted grey creatures. Demedais can see they dimly remind him of gargoyles.
[21:06] <Demedais> "Flying enemies. Kinda look like gargoyles. V formation, either tactics or coincidence and it's the Abyss so who knows." Demedais notes, gesturing with his head in the precise direction
[21:07] <Alicia> Considering the distance is less than Alicia can cover in six seconds, she doesn't doubt that their potential enemies are right on top of them as she draws Hell Striker and looks up.
06[21:07] * Seira mirrors Alicia's actions, looking eager for a fun fight!
[21:08] <Kotono_Ibis> As the party looks up, you can see a V-shaped formation racing at the party! The creatures look somewhat like gargoyles, yet are only human sized. Six of them, racing ahead at the party without restraint! OOC: Init, they're obviously comin' for you and the Abyss ain't friendly.
06[21:08] * Demedais already had his sword out, and simply follows them with his eyes.
[21:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[21:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 11." [1d20=6]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 nerveskittered Saul
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 nerveskittered Saul and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[21:08] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[21:08] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 1
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 1 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 2
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 2 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 3
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 3 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 4
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 4 and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 5
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 5 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 6
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 6 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 knowledge, assuming its planes
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 knowledge, assuming its planes and gets 40." [1d20=15]
03[21:09] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Polly(25)>Alicia(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
03[21:09] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Polly=Latha(25)>Alicia(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
03[21:10] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to '??1(26)>Polly=Latha(25)>??2(23)>Alicia=??3(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
03[21:10] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to '??1(26)>Polly=Latha(25)>??4(24)>??2(23)>Alicia=??3=??5(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais=??6(16)>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> The first of them is on the party like a shot! IT comes to within twenty feet, hovering! It's fingers trace a pattern in the air in a spilt second, a bleak black ray coming from it towards Saul!
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:14] <Kotono_Ibis> Saul is stricken hard by the negative energy, body weakening under the assault! OOC: Polly'n'Latha.
[21:16] <Demedais> Pollyanna quickly pivots to the one attacking Saul, shooting a bevy of arrows into it after a quick prayer!
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[21:17] <Demedais> 23
[21:17] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Didn't she already use Law Devotion today, deme?
[21:17] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[21:17] <Demedais> OOC: I... don't think so, no?
[21:17] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: She did in the previous battle, though she could burn turns to recharge it.
[21:18] <Demedais> OOC: Either way, it's up that time because that's what I rolled.
[21:19] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Al lhit.
[21:19] <Demedais> roll 12d6+28+28
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+28+28 and gets 96." [12d6=6, 5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 1]
[21:20] <Kotono_Ibis> As Pollyanna makes the demon wither under her assault, wounding it several times over, Latha darts around, bestowing Holy Aura on all! OOC: 4th one is up.
[21:21] <Kotono_Ibis> The fourth one follows suit, ten feet away from the 1st as it traces lines in a split second as well, this time aiming at Alicia!
[21:21] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:21] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 needed to check the CL real quick
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 needed to check the CL real quick and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[21:22] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Penetrates.
[21:23] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia is grazed by the enervation, her arm drawing into itself and withering down! The second one stays thirty feet away, coming up a bit short as it fires a black beam at Pollyanna!
[21:23] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:23] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d100
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[21:23] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[21:24] <Kotono_Ibis> The black spell fizzles out against the golden radiance that surrounds Pollyanna, coming ot naught! OOC: Alicia nad two more nabassu.
06[21:26] * Alicia casts a spell of her own, placing an invisible wall of force 60 feet away from herself, behind the two nabassu who've arrived already and hopefully ensuring a nasty impact and crash for any speedy fliers coming after them!
[21:26] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Three nabassu have arrived, not two. Two are 20ft away fromt he party, one's 30ft away.
[21:27] <Alicia> OOC: well, anyway, the wall is behind the ones already here. It'll fuck over the remaining two, that's good enough for me
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[21:27] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: There are three more, including two more who go on the same tick as you. Onlyone's after you in init.
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: so my wall won't actually affect those two? In that case forget it and I'll do something different.
[21:28] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Okay then.
06[21:30] * Alicia casts one of her most powerful spells, conjuring a blast of prismatic colours amidst the dark demons, blindingly bright! It catches the three already present and hopefully the two blindly rushing forward even as she casts will get it as well!
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 SR
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 SR and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will and gets 48." [15d6=2, 4, 6, 6, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d6 dazed/dazzled if saves
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 dazed/dazzled if saves and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:30] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[21:31] <Kotono_Ibis> As the roiling blast of light slams into the nabassu, two others come to within thirty feet! They gesture quickly, black beams going for Antenora and Donald!
[21:31] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 Antenora
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 Antenora and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[21:32] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 SR check
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 SR check and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[21:32] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 Donald
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 Donald and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:32] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 SR check
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 SR check and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:32] <Kotono_Ibis> Holy auras flare bright against the evil that advances, negative energy banished away safely! OOC: Seira.
01[21:34] <Seira> They have been waylaid by enemies, which merits only one response....
01[21:34] <Seira> "UNICORN HORDES COME FORTH!"
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+19 ranged touch on demon #6
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+19 ranged touch on demon #6 and gets 131." [5#1d20+19 = 20, 20, 34, 25, 32]
[21:35] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Three hits.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+8+5d8
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+8+5d8 and gets 103." [3#1d8+8+5d8 = 27, 40, 36]
01[21:37] <Seira> OOC: Bullrush dc is 25
[21:37] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9
[21:37] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9
[21:37] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:37] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: It gets 'rushed around lik ea redheaded stepchild.
01[21:37] <Seira> OOC: Only one check, since they all hit the same one
[21:38] <Kotono_Ibis> The rearguard gargoyle like creature is buffeted back hard, sent flying and wounded seriously by the charging unicorn heads! OOC: Okay.Deme and the 6th one are up.
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: 5ft rush back, which is funny, it's like it hit a wall of force
[21:38] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+23
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+23 and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[21:38] <Kotono_Ibis> "Enervation!" Latha calls, "Nabassu! Beware their gazes!"
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> The sixth one hisses and quickly vanishes away!
06[21:42] * Demedais grimaces, calling up an aura of protection before gesturing to the nabassu gathered in front of him, aiming to slam them into the ground! OOC: Downdraft. SR?
[21:42] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Yes.
[21:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[21:42] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Success! How what?
[21:42] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Now what?
[21:44] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Checks. Ref, okay.
[21:44] <Demedais> OOC: They fall 50 feet, 100 if they fail their save - but I don't think any are higher than 50 ft. >_> All take falling damage.
[21:44] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Oh, no point then.
[21:44] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 4d6
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 4d6 and gets 15." [4d6=6, 3, 2, 4]
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: There's a point if they can take 6d6 more!
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: 5d6, but still
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> The nabassu are caught in the downdraft, sent hurtling to the ground and slamming hard into it! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:46] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald takes the moment and charges ahead, as rills of puss run out of the abused ground! He pounces on the one wounded by Polly's arrows!
[21:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, -5 PA)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, -5 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[21:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, -5 PA) crit
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+24 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, -5 PA) crit and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:46] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d10+17
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d10+17 and gets 20." [1d10=3]
[21:47] <Kotono_Ibis> The gargoyle demon is bloodied further, it's wings ripped and shredded up! OOC: Antenora and Saul.
[21:48] <Alicia> Antenora charges the one closest to Donald's target, putting everything into a single attack to try and put it down!
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -15pa furious strike smite charge flying, target nabassu 4
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -15pa furious strike smite charge flying, target nabassu 4 and gets 39." [1d20=8]
[21:49] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d2
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 2d8+102+2d6+2d6 and 1 con damage
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+102+2d6+2d6 and 1 con damage and gets 119." [2d8=5, 5][2d6=3, 2][2d6=1, 1]
01[21:50] <Seira> Saul decides to cast Death Ward on Alicia, ready to guard himself with mirror image should he be attacked once more.
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> As Saul wards Alicia against death magic, Antenora impales the demon next to Donald! She drives deep into it, holy powe rleaving it's midsection almost gone entirely! BUt it's hisses of fury ensure it clings to existance! OOC: ???1.
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> The first nabassu gazes at Donald in fury!
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19 fort
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 fort and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> But nothing happens! A split second later, ti follows up with another black beam at him!
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19 ranged touch
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 ranged touch and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:53] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald's lithe form rots away, body shrinking under that terrible assault of dark magic! OOC: Polly'n'Latha.
[21:58] <Kotono_Ibis> Latha gathers holy energies, projecting them out to slam into three of the Nabassu!
[21:58] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[21:58] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 10d6
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 10d6 and gets 20." [10d6=1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 1, 1]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16 will so many 1s
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 will so many 1s and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16 will so many 1s
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 will so many 1s and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+16 will so many 1s
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+16 will so many 1s and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:59] <Kotono_Ibis> The burst lightly wounds the tnabassu, failing to finish any of them off!
06[22:00] * Demedais grimaces and aims at the weakened nabassu, hoping to finish at least some of their numbers off!
[22:00] <Demedais> *Pollyanna grimaces and aims at the weakened nabassu, hoping to finish at least some of their numbers off!
[22:01] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 first aiming for the one Antenora injured, going until kill and then switching ideally
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 first aiming for the one Antenora injured, going until kill and then switching ideally and gets 49." [1d20=16]
[22:01] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14 presuming that's a hit
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 presuming that's a hit and gets 23." [3d6=1, 4, 4]
[22:01] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Which weakneed one? The one she/Donald hit or the one Antenora charged?
[22:02] <Demedais> OOC:The one antenora charged.
[22:02] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: It's still up.
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 l
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 l and gets 50." [1d20=17]
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 24." [3d6=3, 6, 1]
03[22:02] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to '??1(26)>Polly=Latha(25)>??2(23)>Alicia=??3=??5(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais=??6(16)>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: It's down.
[22:03] <Demedais> OOC: I think the other severely weakened one is the one Donald's on, so switching to that.
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Yes.
[22:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
[22:03] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 23." [3d6=5, 3, 1]
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC It's still up.
[22:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:03] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 24." [3d6=4, 4, 2]
03[22:04] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Polly=Latha(25)>??2(23)>Alicia=??3=??5(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais=??6(16)>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
[22:04] <Kotono_Ibis> With a flurry of quick arrows, Pollyanna finishes off both Nabassu! They shatter into dying black stone, littering the Abyss-scape! OOC: ??2 is up.
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> The second one quickly traces black lines at Seira at it vanishes, another enervation firing...but having no effect at all! OOC: I know you're warded against energy drain so. Alicia and 3/5 are up.
03[22:05] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Polly=Latha(25)>Alicia=??3=??5(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
06[22:07] * Alicia positions to strike at the remaining two fiends, hurling Hell Striker at them on wings of magic to hopefully clip their wings!
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike crit check 1
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike crit check 1 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike crit check 2
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -12pa divine might 5th level arcane strike crit check 2 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:08] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: All crits. Geez.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 4d4+102+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+102+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 143." [4d4=4, 3, 4, 3][2d6=3, 6][1d6=2][5d4=4, 2, 4, 4, 2]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 4d4+102+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+102+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 136." [4d4=2, 4, 1, 4][2d6=5, 1][1d6=1][5d4=1, 4, 4, 4, 3]
[22:09] <Alicia> OOC: actually add 4 more damage to each, since its cha and not str for damage
[22:09] <Kotono_Ibis> One falls apart, vanishing as it dies and fires off a single last blakc beam at Alicia! The second looks gravely wounded as it does the same, vanishing on the wings of magic as it fires a beam at Demedais!
[22:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+19 touch Alicia
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+19 touch Alicia and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[22:10] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: STrike.
[22:10] <Kotono_Ibis> One nabassu dissolves away into mist, th eother greviously wounded and disrupted! OOC: Seira.
03[22:10] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Polly=Latha(25)>Alicia=??5(21)>Seira(18)>Demedais>Donald(14)>Antenora=Saul(11)'
01[22:12] <Seira> No time like the present to finish the last of their attackers off, as far as Seira is concerned, charging in to finish it off!
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[22:12] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 20." [3d8=5, 2, 4]
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> Bringing the Third Resort down, SEira severs the neck of the last demon, making it fade away into the pussy, pus leaking ground! OOC: Free act.
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora lowers her spear and looks about. "Everyone alright?"
[22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> "Just a bit violated by dark magic," Donald coughs, "They were quick to run when they were outclassed."
[22:14] <Alicia> "Urgh... wretched things," Alicia grimaces, working her pallid arm before she sheathes her blade. "The strength of this layer's residents exceeds expectations."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Doesn't it?" Seira agrees, sheathing her Resort in turn. "But it also makes the whole thing more worthwhile."
[22:15] <Kotono_Ibis> "I wonder if that was purely attrition," Antenora takes an exhaling breath, "Soften us up and drain or magic. Notice how most of the beams were fired at our spellcasters?"
[22:16] <Demedais> "Seems likely." Demedais nods after a moment.
01[22:16] <Seira> "I noticed how they forgot I existed until they were running away," Seira mutters peevishly.
[22:16] <Kotono_Ibis> "For which I'd say you should be thanking Waukeen for," Saul says as he starts to weave restorative magic around himself.
[22:17] <Alicia> "Likely Gurlan wants to strip away your allies and then take his time with you himself," Alicia remarks, glancing at Seira. "It's beyond question that he knows we're here, though."
[22:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Going to Donald after and repeating the restoration, "It's only going to get harder from here to the Green Castle. What the 10,000 gold coin question is that what Gurlan has cooked up and where he's getting it from. Is this all his, or is Demogorgon or another fiend helping out?"
01[22:19] <Seira> "That's vaguely disrurbing," Seira muses in response to Alicia. "How about we summon some help of our own to even the odds?"
[22:19] <Demedais> "I'd guess the latter, but that's just a personal hunch."
[22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> "Helm will see us through." Pollyanna says softly, "We will not waiver and we will be triumphant. The demons are parting before us like wheat before a scythe."
[22:20] <Alicia> "A few fire elementals are about all I can offer, unless you want me to cripple myself by using that tablet of armageddon," Alicia tells Seira. "Anyway, everything I'd heard about Gurlan said he was fairly minor and didn't have much under him - his molydeus bodyguard was a big deal. Six mature nabassu could tear a molydeus apart. He's surely getting outside help."
01[22:21] <Seira> "No, don't cripple yourself!" Seira tells Alicia brightly. "That's what's Dad is for!"
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> Bringing the Third Resort down, SEira severs the neck of the last demon, making it fade away into the pussy, pus leaking ground! OOC: Free act.
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora lowers her spear and looks about. "Everyone alright?"
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:13] <Kotono_Ibis> "Just a bit violated by dark magic," Donald coughs, "They were quick to run when they were outclassed."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:14] <Alicia> "Urgh... wretched things," Alicia grimaces, working her pallid arm before she sheathes her blade. "The strength of this layer's residents exceeds expectations."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:15] <Seira> "Doesn't it?" Seira agrees, sheathing her Resort in turn. "But it also makes the whole thing more worthwhile."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:15] <Kotono_Ibis> "I wonder if that was purely attrition," Antenora takes an exhaling breath, "Soften us up and drain or magic. Notice how most of the beams were fired at our spellcasters?"
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:16] <Demedais> "Seems likely." Demedais nods after a moment.
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:16] <Seira> "I noticed how they forgot I existed until they were running away," Seira mutters peevishly.
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:16] <Kotono_Ibis> "For which I'd say you should be thanking Waukeen for," Saul says as he starts to weave restorative magic around himself.
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:17] <Alicia> "Likely Gurlan wants to strip away your allies and then take his time with you himself," Alicia remarks, glancing at Seira. "It's beyond question that he knows we're here, though."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Going to Donald after and repeating the restoration, "It's only going to get harder from here to the Green Castle. What the 10,000 gold coin question is that what Gurlan has cooked up and where he's getting it from. Is this all his, or is Demogorgon or another fiend helping out?"
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:19] <Seira> "That's vaguely disrurbing," Seira muses in response to Alicia. "How about we summon some help of our own to even the odds?"
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:19] <Demedais> "I'd guess the latter, but that's just a personal hunch."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> "Helm will see us through." Pollyanna says softly, "We will not waiver and we will be triumphant. The demons are parting before us like wheat before a scythe."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:20] <Alicia> "A few fire elementals are about all I can offer, unless you want me to cripple myself by using that tablet of armageddon," Alicia tells Seira. "Anyway, everything I'd heard about Gurlan said he was fairly minor and didn't have much under him - his molydeus bodyguard was a big deal. Six mature nabassu could tear a molydeus apart. He's surely getting outside help."
01[20:28] <Seira> [22:21] <Seira> "No, don't cripple yourself!" Seira tells Alicia brightly. "That's what's Dad is for!"
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03[20:28] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Going to Donald after and repeating the restoration, "It's only going to get harder from here to the Green Castle. What the 10,000 gold coin question is that what Gurlan has cooked up and where he's getting it from. Is this all his, or is Demogorgon or another fiend helping out?"
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:19] <Seira> "That's vaguely disrurbing," Seira muses in response to Alicia. "How about we summon some help of our own to even the odds?"
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:19] <Demedais> "I'd guess the latter, but that's just a personal hunch."
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:20] <Kotono_Ibis> "Helm will see us through." Pollyanna says softly, "We will not waiver and we will be triumphant. The demons are parting before us like wheat before a scythe."
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:20] <Alicia> "A few fire elementals are about all I can offer, unless you want me to cripple myself by using that tablet of armageddon," Alicia tells Seira. "Anyway, everything I'd heard about Gurlan said he was fairly minor and didn't have much under him - his molydeus bodyguard was a big deal. Six mature nabassu could tear a molydeus apart. He's surely getting outside help."
[20:29] <Kotono> * Demedais (~ferixstad@pix013-007.pix.wmich.edu) has joined #dunes
[20:29] <Kotono> <Seira> [22:21] <Seira> "No, don't cripple yourself!" Seira tells Alicia brightly. "That's what's Dad is for!"
[20:29] <Alicia> "Such a loving family... anyway, we should get moving first," Alicia suggests, looking around warily. "The Nabassu that got away have our exact position and could come back with reinforcements - I could teleport us to the horizon. Get us some distance and shave time off our journey to the castle."
[20:30] <Kotono> "That may be wise," Saul agrees, "If we are to do so, let us do it sooner than later."
01[20:30] <Seira> "And after that, we should let Dad summon some aid," Seira insists.
06[20:31] * Alicia unfurls her portable hole and gives Latha a sheepish look. "I can only take six passengers normally, but if you wait in here for a second that'll let me bring all eight of us." Since Latha can plane shift out of the hole if something goes terribly wrong, she's the logical choice.
[20:32] <Kotono> Latha looks at the hole before nodding, "Very well then."
[20:33] <Alicia> Once Latha obliges Alicia gathers everyone round and focuses on a point at the far horizon visible to the Northwest in the direction they'd been heading, before she teleports the group along.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[20:34] <Kotono> Woosh! You appear on a lumpy plain much like where you were before. Ahead lies more fields of cysts, more abyssial terrain to be overcome. The sky above rumbles a few times, little pockets of air above twitching. In the sky above you, dozens of eyes open out of thin air. Each eye is desiccated and dead, glaring down with a pussy, weeping red gaze.
06[20:35] * Alicia opens up the hole so Latha can egress while she looks at the eyes warily, her own eyes glowing blue as she tries to figure out what magic or abyssal weather this portends.
[20:35] <Demedais> "Tracking teleportation?" Demedais hazards, looking up with distaste.
01[20:35] <Seira> "I take it, this is a bad place to stop and summon planar allies?" Seira asks warily, for her part.
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[20:36] <Kotono> Donald shudders, "Do any of you hear that?"
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[20:37] <Seira> "Creepy mutterings? Yeah."
06[20:37] * Demedais immediately tries to hear whatever has Donald on edge.
[20:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
06[20:38] * Demedais shrugs. "I just hear some buzzing."
[20:38] <Kotono> "I hear nothing," Latha steps out and gazes to the sky, "More signs of Abyssial madness?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "Can't hear anything, but... the Abyss itself is watching us," Alicia replies as she furls up the hole. "It'll get worse - if anyone can dispel magic, try it now," she recommends earnestly as Latha and Antenora both oblige with their innate abilities before Alicia has to recourse to her powerful spells.
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Latha dispel
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Latha dispel and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Antenora dispe;
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Antenora dispe; and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:39] <Kotono> "Do y'here that now," Donald looks about, "Someone's crying." His gaze sweeps about, "You hear that, don't you?"
[20:39] <Kotono> The eyes do not relent to the dispels.
[20:39] <Alicia> Seeing a lack of effect, Alicia uses her own magic. "In Mystra's name, let the Abyss not look back upon us!"
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
06[20:40] * Seira places her hand on Donald's shoulder. "Yeah, it's definitely there."
[20:40] <Kotono> To this, the eyes peel back. They flay apart a strip at at a time, vanishing from the air. The scent of death lingers like a heavy miasma.
[20:40] <Demedais> "The buzz is louder now, but I don't hear any crying. It must be trying to target you two specifically?" Demedais mutters, looking around.
[20:41] <Demedais> "Er, never mind. The eyes were the buzzing sound."
[20:41] <Alicia> "Lets press on," Alicia suggests, getting her bearings and focusing on the Northwest before striding purposefuly onwards. "Lingering here would be unwise after that."
[20:41] <Demedais> "Indeed."
[20:41] <Kotono> "I...it's stopped," Donald's sword is drawn, his gaze whipping around, "I don't hear it anymore."
01[20:41] <Seira> "Going," Seira agrees, pushing Donald along as well.
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Make a will save, Seira?
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: +4 more, then
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: Sigh, +2
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[20:46] <Kotono> You travel two long hours over the hills. Your journey is an unrelenting one, the infinities of the Abyss stretching out before you. As you do...OOC: More, sec.
[20:49] <Kotono> The horizon buckles and twists. As if the sky itself has gone ill, vomiting out poison. What appears is a flock of dragon-like creatures, fiendish and twisted. Six of them in all, each one physically disturbing to gaze at. At the head of the abyssial column is a nightmare, a cauchemar. It's rider is clad in black armor, helmeted. He wears a rotting black silk cloak, an eyed gauntlet split in twain on his breastplate. His helmet is split down t
[20:49] <Kotono> each one physically disturbing to gaze at. At the head of the abyssial column is a nightmare, a cauchemar. It's rider is clad in black armor, helmeted. He wears a rotting black silk cloak, an eyed gauntlet split in twain on his breastplate. His helmet is split down the middle, a skull staring at you with empty eyes. In one hand rests a scythe, the air around it cutting apart, little waves of force coming forth, turning black and rotting ot the
[20:49] <Kotono> the air around it cutting apart, little waves of force coming forth, turning black and rotting ot the ground. (More)
[20:51] <Kotono> His voice is like the thud of a mace slamming and splitting your skull apart into messy bits, "Turn away your quest for The Green Castle. All that awaits you is oblivion."
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes, wtf are we looking at
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes, wtf are we looking at and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:53] <Kotono> Donald stops, "What..." He says, "Say Demedais...know him?"
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 religion
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 religion and gets 19." [1d20=6]
06[20:54] * Demedais looks at him for a moment...
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: K:R if you like, Deme.
[20:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[20:55] <Alicia> Well, that confirms who's backing Gurlan. "So the Prince of Demons sends more of his minions into the grinder for Gurlan's benefit?" she challenges, refusing to be intimidated. "We will not be turned aside. You will move out of our way, or you will BE moved."
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 intimidate, minus any size differences if he's bigger than medium
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 intimidate, minus any size differences if he's bigger than medium and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 51." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Demedais> "Other than that split gauntlet marking him as a foe of Helm? He doesn't ring any bells." Demedais murmurs.
[20:57] <Kotono> Rumbling darkly, the death knight raises scythe at Demedais, "Loathe am I to waste a woman's blood. You! Your life ends here, dog of Helm!"
[20:58] <Alicia> "Death Knight of Demogorgon," Alicia whispers, raising up Hell Striker at the ready now that battle seems inevitable. "And a complement of half-fiend wyverns."
06[20:58] * Seira sighs in regret. "I'm sorry, I've got nothing profound to say here. Are we moving from the bantering stage to the fighting, now?"
[20:59] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais mutters.
[21:00] <Demedais> "Good luck if you think you can down me, fiend." he adds after a moment, stepping a bit forward.
[21:01] <Kotono> The nightmare takes a step forward as well, as it's master speaks, "Before the slaughter, let us celebrate with your sacrifice! I challenge you to single combat, dog!"
01[21:03] <Seira> "But that would run counter to our plan of ganging up on you and beating on you like a drum together," Seira feels the need to point out.
[21:04] <Kotono> "It might work better if you don't say it out loud," Saul murmurs, spells at the ready.
[21:04] <Kotono> Antenora is tense, waiting, glaring ahead.
06[21:04] * Alicia will oblige if Demedais feels the need to prove his manliness, but would honestly rather get this over with.
[21:05] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks to Demedais and nods, "If you do...strike him down. His breastplate is blasphemy."
01[21:05] <Seira> "Like that's going to matter," Seira tells her father with a snort. "It's a demon, right? What kind of sad demon wouldn't expect it?"
[21:06] <Kotono> "If you'd paid attention in religious classes," Saul murmurs low, "Demons usually don't turn to undead. That was likely a mortal once."
01[21:07] <Seira> "But those were such a waste of time!" she complains. "All that droning on and on while you could actually study something fun!"
[21:09] <Demedais> "Someone who fell from his duty, yes... Hope you have Benign Transposition. If things look dire, I request you use it and immediately pull back; though I am compelled to do this, my duty is first and foremost to make sure everyone survives this. However, if I can do something here..." Demedais murmurs, before stepping forward again, sword and shield ready. (More)
[21:10] <Demedais> "Very well, death knight. I will stand against your measure."
[21:11] <Kotono> With a leap, the death knight propels himself off his nightmare. He lands 20 feet away from Demedais, "Then prepare to face your Father of Lies, dog! I am Teraak Flayflesh, Knight of Demogorgon! I shall feast on your heart and shatter your marrow to the four howling winds!" OOC: Init. I'll call for more inits if it turns out other people get involved.
06[21:11] * Alicia reluctantly backs off to give them some room, keeping a wary eye on the wyverns of dubious parentage. Regardless of how the fight goes, she has little doubt that all hell will break loose upon its conclusion. "Give him a quick death, Demedais."
[21:12] <Demedais> "Father of Lies...? Hmph. And yet you serve a demon..."
[21:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12." [1d20=10]
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 20." [1d20=18]
03[21:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Death Knight>Demedais'
01[21:12] <Seira> "The irony is delicious," Seira agrees, obligingly stepping back as well, ready to cast at a moment's notice!
[21:14] <Kotono> Like a gale of bone and death, the death knight is on Demedais, scythe striking out!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 PA)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-6 PA) and gets 42." [1d20=12]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (-6 PA)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (-6 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-6 PA)
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-6 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:15] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC?
[21:15] <Demedais> OOC: 42, +whatever for whoever might be in the appropriate radius (Latha/Donald)
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: I'll say you're just at the edge of the radius then, say.
[21:17] <Kotono> Demedais is quick, blocking every blow! The knight falls back 10 feet, scooting away with a sweeping, swift attack and falling back! OOC: Demedais.
[21:17] <Demedais> OOC: AoO?
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[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted, Deme. You can't AoO while flatfooted unless you have CR.
[21:18] <Demedais> OOC: Right, sorry, zonked that part.
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, and also make a will save, I forgot completely.
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+5 if mind-affecting, immunity to fear)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+5 if mind-affecting, immunity to fear) and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Immunity to fear covers it, carry on.
06[21:21] * Demedais nods slightly. "Alright, then. And a rebuttal..." With that, he charges in, aiming for a powerful sweep at the chest of the death knight!
[21:21] <Kotono> Behind the fiendish wyverns lie in wait, watching the party and the single combat unfolding in front of them.
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (-1 CE +6 Law Dev)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (-1 CE +6 Law Dev) and gets 31." [1d20=3]
[21:24] <Kotono> Demedais goes blade to scythe with Teraak Flayflesh, the two pressing together, face to face! "Your power is meaningless here, dog! Even Helm's light comes here to wither and die! What hope do you have, a tired human, to overcome this?"
[21:24] <Kotono> With that, his scythe strikes out again and again and again!
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 and gets 50." [1d20=15]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, forgot PA adjustment, which was going to to -5, so total of 45.
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Er, 46.
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 31+15
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 31+15 and gets 46."
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:26] <Demedais> OOC: 45.
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 2d4+24 and -1 con does not penetrate DR
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4+24 and -1 con does not penetrate DR and gets 29." [2d4=1, 4]
[21:27] <Kotono> Dueling back and forth, the scythe of the death knight slices into Deme's arm! As blood trickles down, the eyes of the knight blaze with green fire! "First blood is mine." OOC: Deme.
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Resolve your AoO first.
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 2d6+13 doesn't penetrate DR this hit
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+13 doesn't penetrate DR this hit and gets 18." [2d6=1, 4]
[21:29] <Kotono> Demedais slices it's bony leg as it overextends, landing a blow that makes his blade glow metallic! OOC:D eme.
[21:29] <Kotono> "He's competent," Antenora murmurs quietly, "Does the name Teraak Flayflesh mean anything to any of you?"
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 have I?
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 have I? and gets 14." [1d20=1]
06[21:31] * Alicia just shakes her head to Antenora, attention split between the battle and the wyverns and cauchemar on the sidelines.
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:31] <Kotono> "I have..." Donald murmurs, "An old, old, old story about a knight who fell from Helm's graces in a slaughter. There's not much on it - we're talking God-King old, if not older."
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
06[21:32] * Demedais grins slightly despite the hit. "That's fine. All I wanted was the one blow to start things off..." With that, his boots glow slightly as he tenses up, before quickly lancing out with a mighty blow aimed at the opponent's chest again! "So let's see how this set of blows goes, Teraak."
[21:33] <Kotono> "That...I remember a tale I read in one of the books Demedais brought back..." Pollyanna whispers, "A fallen knight who disgraced an entire church..."
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+33 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste +7 Smite -6 PA -2 CE)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+33 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste +7 Smite -6 PA -2 CE) and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 2d6+42 whack
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+42 whack and gets 50." [2d6=3, 5]
[21:38] <Kotono> With that blow the death knight staggers back! Hissing he glares at Threadsplitter like a baleful hatred, "Your sword wounded me...burn in the hateful fires of the Abyss, dog!" With that, a dreadful fire of howling screams erupts out from the death knight, engulfing Demedais! OOC: Reflex. It's an Su so no SR.
[21:39] <Demedais> OOC: Is it an area effect?
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 yay, i stand a chance
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 yay, i stand a chance and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 28d6 don't you have evasion?
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 28d6 don't you have evasion? and gets 83." [28d6=2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 4, 2, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 6, 1, 5, 1, 1, 2]
[21:40] <Demedais> OOC: Yep. Divine Oracle.
[21:41] <Kotono> The storm of fire leaves a howling agony of burning death around Demedais! It screams to the sky and vanishes, yet Demedais walks out of it untouched! OOC: Go.
[21:43] <Demedais> For his part, Demedais seems a bit surprised at the attack, but doesn't hesitate to step inward! "I, ah, -hate- to say it, but that was perhaps not your best move..." With that, he lashes out four times, each trying to seek out - or make - a gap in his defenses!
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE)
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE) and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE)
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE) and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[21:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE) crit check
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE) crit check and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: No crits on undead, remember?
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+31 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste +7 Smite -2 PA -2 CE) ...okay so I'm functionally braindead what's your point
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+31 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste +7 Smite -2 PA -2 CE) ...okay so I'm functionally braindead what's your point and gets 43." [1d20=12]
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+4 Kensai +1 Haste -2 PA -2 CE) and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: 4 hits.
[21:47] <Demedais> roll 8d6+101 whack whack whack whack
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 8d6+101 whack whack whack whack and gets 133." [8d6=3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 1, 3, 6]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 20d6
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 and gets 68." [20d6=1, 1, 3, 5, 4, 5, 2, 5, 1, 6, 1, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 5, 6]
[21:49] <Kotono> Demedais plunges his blade into the death knight! It's breastplate breaks into a blazing white fire, melting down it's bony ribs like fire! Demedais' sword glows a hot white light, a word coming from Demedais's mouth unbidden! "BEGONE." (More)
[21:52] <Kotono> Teraak Flayflesh staggers back, a hand clutching it's nearly destroyed ribs. "Think not...that I will forgive this, dog!" In an instant Teraak Flayflesh is gone, the wyverns howling with fury, pouncing ahead at the party! OOC: Go ahead and roll init everyone.
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul and gets 18." [1d20=17]
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and roll a new init too, Deme.
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+2 gotcha
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+2 gotcha and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[21:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20 and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[21:54] <Demedais> OOC: Sorry, stumblefingers. That's Polly's roll, 18+7=25 for her init.
03[21:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(25)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)'
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=11]
03[21:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(25)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)'
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 1
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 2
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 1 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 2 and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 3
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 3 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 4
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 5
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 4 and gets 22." [1d20=17]
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Wyvern 6
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Wyvern 6 and gets 17." [1d20=12]
03[21:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)>Wyvern 2(6)'
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Wyvern 4(22)>Wyvern 3(21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)>Wyvern 2(6)'
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Wyvern 4(22)>Wyvern 3(21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Wyvern 6(17)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)>Wyvern 2(6)'
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and go, Polly.
[21:57] <Demedais> Pollyanna murmurs a quick prayer to Helm, before quickly taking aim at the leftmost wyvern and shooting a volley of arrows! "Hold fast, Deme!"
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Wyvern 6 then, say.
[21:58] <Kotono> "Here they come...!" Donald readies his shield, "Nice that the warmup's over...come on, dragons or not, you're all dead!"
[21:58] <Demedais> OOC: Was actually gonna say Wyvern 1, but sure, whatevs.
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (presuming outside 30 ft)
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (presuming outside 30 ft) and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (presuming outside 30 ft)
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (presuming outside 30 ft) and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Crit thread on the first one, remember. or was that second roll right after the threat?
[22:00] <Demedais> OOC: Nope, still need to do crit check.
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 crit check
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 crit check and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: All hit and the first is a crit. Ow.
[22:01] <Demedais> roll 21d6+98
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 21d6+98 and gets 171." [21d6=5, 2, 3, 1, 5, 3, 4, 3, 6, 6, 5, 2, 6, 6, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4]
03[22:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Wyvern 4(22)>Wyvern 3(21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)>Wyvern 2(6)'
[22:02] <Kotono> The leftmost wyvern is shredded apart, exploding in a volley of force arrows, slain before it can even move! The fifth one comes forward, uttering a horrible word of blasphemy...but nothing happens! OOC: It's HD isn't high enough. Wyvern 1 is up.
[22:02] <Kotono> The first wyvern darts forward in the air, a stinger thrusting down at Pollyanna from above!
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100 in case it hits
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 in case it hits and gets 38." [1d100=38]
[22:03] <Demedais> OOC: 38
[22:03] <Kotono> The stinger is blocked as Pollyanna rolls backwards down a cystic hill! The fourth wyvern charges at Alicia, going to sting at her!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Alicia?
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Hold that a sec, strike, keep the roll.
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d6+12 and polly's still poison warded?
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+12 and polly's still poison warded? and gets 16." [1d6=4]
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: 33 flat footed. 38 normal (since we've all been standing staring at each other for a few rounds)
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d6+12 and Alicia's still poison warded too?
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+12 and Alicia's still poison warded too? and gets 18." [1d6=6]
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: we're all immune to poison for another 8 hours or so
[22:05] <Kotono> Alicia and Pollyanna are both stung, minor wounds as they wyverns close in! The third one stays back, an unholy blight breaking around the group save Demedais!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 SR
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 SR and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Will for everyone but Latha and Deme.
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 10d6 for the good outsiders
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 for the good outsiders and gets 41." [10d6=2, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, 3, 2, 5, 5]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 5d8 for the others
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 for the others and gets 27." [5d8=8, 8, 2, 8, 1]
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Alicia
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Alicia and gets 41." [1d20=13]
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Antenora
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Antenora and gets 37." [1d20=5]
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 Saul
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 Saul and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Donald
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Donald and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Polly?
[22:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (+1 feast, don't think I'm forgetting any else)
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (+1 feast, don't think I'm forgetting any else) and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Everyone passed, and doesn't Antenora have mettle now? So half for everyone who got hit except for Antenora, who takes none. (Not counting Polly who's LN, who halves it further.) Latha's up.
[22:11] <Kotono> The black, greasy miasma strikes, but barely even phases the hardy warriors!
[22:14] <Alicia> Latha decides turnabout is fair play, moving forward amongst the wyverns but also denying the group the benefit of her holy aura as she gets enough range to avoid hurting Demedais or Pollyanna with the sound of her beautiful voice as she calls out Celestia's judgement upon the wyverns!
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: Holy Word, DC 22 will (I think at -4?)
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 1
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 1 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 2
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 2 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 3
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 3 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 4
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 4 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 5
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 5 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Wyvern 6
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Wyvern 6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
03[22:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Wyvern 4(P;22)>Wyvern 3(P; 21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)>Wyvern 2(6)'
[22:16] <Kotono> The wyvern that struck Alicia falls to the gorund, paralysed, as does the the unholy blight firing wyvern! OOC: Saul.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 2d10
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d10 and gets 13." [2d10=6, 7]
01[22:20] <Seira> Saul judges this to be pretty much in the bag and just casts Haste.
[22:20] <Kotono> Time magic wraps around the heroes, quickening them up! OOC: Deme and Donald.
[22:20] <Kotono> Donald grins and charges the one that went at Alicia, "Good, now die!" he calls!
[22:21] <Demedais> OOC: Letting Donald's resolve.
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste, -14 PA)
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (+2 charge, +2 GMW, +1 haste, -14 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d10+26
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+26 and gets 31." [1d10=5]
[22:22] <Kotono> The helpless wyvern gets Donald's blade right in it's spine, the duskblade ripping easily into it's draconic form! OOC: Deme.
06[22:24] * Demedais proceeds to charge at the wyvern that attacked Pollyanna, trying to cleave it in half with a massive blow from his fiery white sword!
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law +1 Haste -7 PA)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law +1 Haste -7 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Helpless creatures are easy targets.
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 2d6+29 I thought I was attacking one that wasn't, but okay
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+29 I thought I was attacking one that wasn't, but okay and gets 39." [2d6=5, 5]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: You and Alicia are right, Whiff then. <_<
[22:26] <Kotono> Demedais charges ahead, but the wyvern is already moving, dodging his blade nimbly! OOC: Seira.
06[22:27] * Seira decides to take out the slow-acting wyvern, rising into the air with a flap of her wings only to descend upon it!
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 wyvern2?
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 wyvern2? and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, it's flatfooted.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d8
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d8 and gets 44." [3d8=4, 2, 8][5d8=7, 2, 1, 3, 8]
[22:29] <Kotono> Seira darts ahead, getting it's attention by spearing her blade into it's wings! OOC: Alicia and Antneora,a cting together? Scary!
[22:30] <Alicia> OOC: how many can I get on a 60ft line if I position for it?
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: SAy 2.
[22:30] <Alicia> OOC: impossible to get any less, but ok
06[22:32] * Alicia backs off from the paralysed wyvern next to her and lines up along with the one that attacked Pollyanna and the one that tried to use blasphemy, hurling Hell Striker forward on a vicious arc to rend through both of them before the blade reappears in her hands!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Both hit.
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 2d4+46+2d6+1d6+4d4
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+46+2d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 74." [2d4=4, 4][2d6=5, 2][1d6=5][4d4=1, 1, 4, 2]
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 2d4+46+2d6+1d6+4d4
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+46+2d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 70." [2d4=1, 2][2d6=3, 1][1d6=2][4d4=4, 3, 4, 4]
[22:33] <Kotono> Both wyverns are greviously wounded, whirling blade cutting through them like misty silk! OOC: Antenora.
[22:33] <Alicia> Taking wing, Antenora flies over to pounce on Seira's target, her spear jabbing viciosuly down to impale its head!
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa charge
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa charge and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa charge crit check
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa charge crit check and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: It is a crit.
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: It counts as an outsider as it's a half fiend, sooo.
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 4d8+164+2d6+2d10
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+164+2d6+2d10 and gets 200." [4d8=8, 2, 6, 6][2d6=6, 1][2d10=4, 3]
03[22:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 1(23)>Wyvern 4(P;22)>Wyvern 3(P; 21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)'
[22:35] <Kotono> Seira charges in and lands a solid blow, followed by Antenora plunging her spear into it's back, ripping it's spine apart! It plummets to the ground, dead and gone! OOC: Pollyanna and the 5th wyvern.
[22:36] <Kotono> The wyvern screetches, soaring ahead to Demedais!
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[22:36] <Kotono> But the Fifth Resort flies up, stopping it's looming stinger cold! OOC: Polly.
[22:37] <Demedais> Pollyanna grimaces and steps back, aiming at the wyvern antagonizing her and letting loose a set of arrows!
[22:37] <Demedais> OOC: Wyvern 1
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[22:38] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:39] <Demedais> roll 6d6+28
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+28 and gets 48." [6d6=5, 1, 6, 2, 3, 3]
03[22:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=Wyvern 5(25)>Wyvern 4(P;22)>Wyvern 3(P; 21)>Latha(19)>Saul(18)>Demedais=Donald(14)>Seira(11)>Alicia=Antenora(10)'
[22:39] <Kotono> Shot full of force arrows and already wounded, the first wyvern lies still and dead as well! OOC: Next two are paralysed. Latha.
[22:40] <Alicia> Latha finally takes the time to use her mace, whirling around and descending upon the wyvern attacking Demedais with a punishing overhead smash!
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa flying
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa flying and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+22+2d6
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+22+2d6 and gets 30." [1d8=1][2d6=4, 3]
[22:41] <Kotono> The wyvern buckles in the air, smashed heavily and wobbling about under the blow! OOC: Saul.
[22:41] <Alicia> OOC: +1 forgot the boost to damage from GMW
01[22:42] <Seira> Saul decides to also attack the wyvern harrassing Demedais, drawing a trio of darts and imbuing them with destructive arcane might before sending them along their way!
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 ranged touch, into melee, empty slot from lesser wish
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 ranged touch, into melee, empty slot from lesser wish and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[22:43] <Kotono> Saul fires the arcane darts, powerful magic crackling in them! However he narrowly misses, the wyvern somehow avoiding! OOC: Not Saul's day. Deme and Donald. Go ahead and go, Deme.
01[22:43] <Seira> OOC: Actually 9, but yeah
06[22:43] * Demedais grimaces, turning to the wyvern attacking him and lashing out with a series of sweeping cuts!
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA)
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+30 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA)
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA) and gets 31." [1d20=1]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+30 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA)
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA)
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+6 Law +1 Haste -2 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 4d6+38
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+38 and gets 52." [4d6=2, 3, 4, 5]
[22:44] <Kotono> With that, the last moving wyvern is cut down, belly sliced open as it crashes to the lumpy ground! OOC: Free act, the last two are paralysed.
[22:45] <Kotono> Antenora nods to Seira, then, "Everyone alright?"
06[22:45] * Demedais exhales, before tapping himself to heal off the damage the scythe inflicted. "Injured some, but otherwise fine."
[22:45] <Alicia> "Well fought, Demedais," Alicia gives the Helmite an approving smile as she relaxes, while Latha starts tending to the wounded.
[22:45] <Kotono> Donald proceeds to go very stabby on the wyvern he's next to, finishing it off. "Yeah, I'm fine. Hey Demedais, what was that about? Religiuos tussle?"
[22:45] <Alicia> roll 2d8+10 for Alicia
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+10 for Alicia and gets 19." [2d8=2, 7]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 2d8+10 for Latha
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+10 for Latha and gets 26." [2d8=8, 8]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 2d8+10 for Donald
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+10 for Donald and gets 19." [2d8=4, 5]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 for Seira
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 for Seira and gets 13." [1d8=8]
06[22:46] * Seira shrugs. "They weren't much, after all. And hey, just because Demedais kicked that guy's sorry ass let's not forget to summon some help?"
[22:46] <Kotono> Pollyanna exhales, a hand over her chest. "I think so. Teraak Flayflesh is an old enemy of the church of Helm. It was Helm's will we crossed paths with him."
[22:47] <Demedais> "I think Pollyanna knows more of it than I do, honestly. Sounded like she remembered the story better than I." Demedais nods to her slightly, before raising up his sword. "Think it explains this lingering, too."
[22:47] <Demedais> OOC: Lesser Restoration self, +1 con remove. Do I need to roll it?
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[22:47] <Alicia> "Likele he'll have been scared off by that and won't return soon," Alicia agrees with Seira.
[22:47] <Kotono> "Certainly," Saul murmurs, "Some reinforcements wouldn't go amiss."
06[22:49] * Demedais lets Saul and Seira decide on that as he focuses some on the blade, hefting it slightly to get a sense of any balance shifts.
[22:49] <Kotono> After a moment, "It takes some time to focus and call on the proper names. About ten minutes, all of you will have to watch me so I'm not disturbed as I call on it."
01[22:50] <Seira> "That's what I'm here for!" Seira readily agrees.
[22:51] <Alicia> "I know how it is, Demedais," Alicia gives Demedais a commiserating look, patting Hell Striker which indeed looks far different from how it was when she first found it. "It's often for the best, though, and we can analyze it for any new enchantments in detail when we get home."
[22:51] <Kotono> Antenora takes a watch to the north, "Get casting with haste. The longer we stay put, the more chances we are that we're disturbed."
[22:52] <Kotono> Saul nods, taking out vials and pouches. "Stand back while I draw the circle, all of you." OOC: Going to basically chat and keep watch?
06[22:52] * Demedais nods slightly to this as Alicia speaks. "I believe the changes to be primarily for the better. It... feels like it cuts more surely, based on that last fight."
[22:52] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, figure Deme will be spotwhoring.
01[22:53] <Seira> "No better time and place for your sword to be sharper, at least?"
[22:53] <Demedais> "Indeed."
[22:54] <Kotono> About five minutes pass as Saul works. It's easy enough to see - about 40 feet away, one of the cyst-hills abruptly shudders and bursts! Pouring out from it are hundreds of flying dots, a thick buzzing sound! They cluster together like a horrifying swarm, beginning to approach towards the party!
[22:55] <Alicia> Antenora and Latha are quick to respond with a holy smite and flame strike respectively atop the swarm!
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 10d6 holy smite 22
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 holy smite 22 and gets 31." [10d6=1, 1, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5]
06[22:55] * Seira throws her own fireball into the mix, just in case it would do any good!
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 15d6 flame strike DC 20
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 flame strike DC 20 and gets 61." [15d6=5, 4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 5, 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 4, 6, 5]
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and resolve, Seira, you guys were on guard.
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 10d6 dc19
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 dc19 and gets 38." [10d6=4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 1]
[22:56] <Kotono> Flames and holy power leave little of the swarm left, only a few sputtering motes that fall to the ground. Donald looks up, "What was...oh, well done." he murmurs, "Well then!"
[22:57] <Alicia> "Very well done," Alicia seconds agreeably.
01[22:57] <Seira> "Bees are horrible, so it's pretty neat we burned them all till they died from it."
06[22:57] * Demedais watches the light show impassively, a slight smile on his face as the final ones fall. "Right."
[22:59] <Kotono> "Barely even a ripple," Saul manages around arcane words, getting back to work! After ten minutes in total, the circle is complete! He calls in draconic and celestial, in words of long forgotten might! A mote of white gathers in the circle, expanding out! A beautiful angel, crimson red hair long and also with long bangs covering one eye, floats in the air. A mace is in one hand, delicate, silk-like robes of white worn. In a voice like lyrical
[23:00] <Kotono> A mace is in one hand, delicate, silk-like robes of white worn. In a voice like lyrical celebrations, "In the name of the Mother of Trade, you have called me to the Abyss? What profit to the light can be done here?"
01[23:01] <Seira> "Once we're done, there'll be one less balor around," Seira voices, coming closer. "Is that enough, or should I keep on going?"
[23:02] <Kotono> Saul clears his throat, stepping forward as he leans on his quarterstaff. "We seek your aid in vaniquishing the balor Gurlan. He has done great wrong to two of Waukeen's mortal represnatives on the Prime Material Plane. His defeat will be a blow against his Abyssial master, Demogorgon."
[23:02] <Alicia> It's a divine servant of Waukeen, so Alicia leaves it to the mortal servants of same to convince it, keeping her eyes open for any further demon reprisals.
06[23:02] * Demedais glances over to the angel appraisingly, before looking back out over the plane warily.
[23:03] <Kotono> As the others watch, the sky begins to darken. Abruptly, thunderclouds form out of nothingness, blocking the sky. Even as thunder is begun to be heard, "I understand...I feel the endless malice of the Abyss like a noose around my neck. But the sacred laws of summoning cannot be so easily discarded. In return for this service, I bid you to tithe 5% of your earnings of this righteous mission to the Golden Goddess."
[23:03] <Kotono> this righteous mission to the Golden Goddess."
[23:04] <Kotono> "If there are any objections," Saul looks back very briefly.
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes, anything special about abyssal thunderstorms I need to know?
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes, anything special about abyssal thunderstorms I need to know? and gets 32." [1d20=10]
06[23:05] * Demedais gestures to Saul in assent, still keeping his eyes out for interference as his glance travels up to the thunderstorm.
06[23:05] * Seira doesn't really have a problem with showing her appreciation to Waukeen in a monetary fashion from time to time.
[23:06] <Kotono> "We accept." Saul nods quickly, "Come, let our agreement be sealed and let us make haste. We must hurry to defeat Gurlan before we drown in his minions and dark magics."
[23:06] <Alicia> "Weather's about to take a nasty turn..." Alicia remarks queasily, pulling her hood up and drawing her wings close.
[23:07] <Demedais> "This is annoying." Demedais murmurs.
[23:07] <Demedais> "A thunderstorm at this point in the journeyt
[23:07] <Kotono> The circle glows briefly and burns into the ground, the astral deva stepping out. "I am Agathaiel, Golden Wing of Waukeen. Let us make haste."
[23:07] <Demedais> OOC: Strike
[23:08] <Demedais> "A thunderstorm at this point in the journey...?" Demedais grumbles, before turning and nodding to Agathaiel. "Demedais of Helm. And agreed, let's go."
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[23:08] <Alicia> "Glad to have you aboard," Alicia tells the new astral deva distractedly, starting to walk onwards.
01[23:08] <Seira> "Agathaiel?" she asks with a smile. "I'm Seira. Nice to meet you!"
[23:09] <Kotono> "Demedais of Helm..." With a look to Demedais, "I have heard that...The name Seira as well. Famous company."
[23:10] <Kotono> "WE'll be more famous after we mount Gurlan's head on a pike," Donald looks up to the black sky, "Wonderful. How bad are the thunderstorms in the Abyss?"
06[23:10] * Demedais keeps an eye on the thunderclouds. "Let's hope we don't learn firsthand?"
[23:11] <Alicia> "Depends on the layer. Here I'd bet on it raining diseased-filled pus and other foul muck," Alicia replies, hood up and head down as she presses on.
01[23:11] <Seira> "Oh, we so will," Seira mutters to herself, following Alicia's guidance and wrapping her cloak ever-closer to her body.
06[23:11] * Demedais adjusts his helmet, nodding as the group advances.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "Weather's about to take a nasty turn..." Alicia remarks queasily, pulling her hood up and drawing her wings close.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Demedais> "This is annoying." Demedais murmurs.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Demedais> "A thunderstorm at this point in the journeyt
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > The circle glows briefly and burns into the ground, the astral deva stepping out. "I am Agathaiel, Golden Wing of Waukeen. Let us make haste."
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Demedais> OOC: Strike
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Demedais> "A thunderstorm at this point in the journey...?" Demedais grumbles, before turning and nodding to Agathaiel. "Demedais of Helm. And agreed, let's go."
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > roll 1d20+19
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "Glad to have you aboard," Alicia tells the new astral deva distractedly, starting to walk onwards.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Seira> "Agathaiel?" she asks with a smile. "I'm Seira. Nice to meet you!"
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > "Demedais of Helm..." With a look to Demedais, "I have heard that...The name Seira as well. Famous company."
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > "WE'll be more famous after we mount Gurlan's head on a pike," Donald looks up to the black sky, "Wonderful. How bad are the thunderstorms in the Abyss?"
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Demedais keeps an eye on the thunderclouds. "Let's hope we don't learn firsthand?"
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "Depends on the layer. Here I'd bet on it raining diseased-filled pus and other foul muck," Alicia replies, hood up and head down as she presses on.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Seira> "Oh, we so will," Seira mutters to herself, following Alicia's guidance and wrapping her cloak ever-closer to her body.
[19:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Demedais adjusts his helmet, nodding as the group advances.
[19:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As the party continues to walk for the next half hour, the stormclouds above crackle and shimmer. They grow thicker and darker, concentrating overhead. The wind takes a howling, mournful cry as you advance, whipping about. Yet nothing comes down, not quite yet. But as you walk along...OOC: Deme, you're on point. Would you make a spot check?
03[19:39] * Tiny_Ko_Army sets mode: +o Demedais
[19:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
01[19:41] <Seira> roll 1d8+5 S
[19:41] <Demedais> "We have an approaching guest... ...a floating... thing? Creature? With... ...it's holding up a white flag." Demedais finishes, staring at it as he gestures toward it slightly.
01[19:41] <Seira> roll 2d8+10 D
[19:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I doubt that's Gurlan surrendering," Antenora peers ahead herself, holding a hand up to shield her face from the foul wind, "A quasit or some such?"
[19:43] <Demedais> "It's tiny, green and winged." Demedais shrugs.
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+5 S and gets 12." [1d8=7]
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 D and gets 23." [2d8=8, 5]
06[19:47] * Alicia mutters a spell, gesturing before herself before she looks up in the direction indicated, a hand going to her blade.
[19:47] <Alicia> OOC: heroism cast
[19:47] <Alicia> "A disposable messenger," Alicia snorts, annoyed that the only demons they meet on this journey are the ones deliberately sent after them. It points towards Gurlan being too well prepared.
01[19:47] <Seira> roll 2d8+10 D2
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 D2 and gets 18." [2d8=2, 6]
01[19:47] <Seira> roll 1d8+5 P
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+5 P and gets 9." [1d8=4]
[19:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As the party prepares, the creature comes forward. A quasit with a white flag approaches closer, calling, "I come in peace," it says in Common, "Bearing a message of interest to you, mortals!"
[19:49] <Alicia> "Speak it, then," Alicia commands, willing to listen but not about to get sidetracked.
[19:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Agathaiel holds back, gaze cool and distant.
[19:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "My master, son of the Dread Demon Lord Graz'zt, shares emnity with Gurlan, dog of Demogorgon." The creature flies to within 50 feet, speaking sweet, cast down words. "As our interests are the same, he wishes to ensure that we do not interfere with each other's affairs in Greenrot."
06[19:52] * Alicia is about to tell the quasit that they should stay out of their way, then, but hesitates a second - this is Seira's vendetta, after all.
06[19:54] * Demedais also hangs back at this, letting Pollyanna come up next to him as he watches coolly.
[19:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora has her spear in hand, gazing ahead with a cold, unblinking glare.
01[19:55] <Seira> That's nice, Seira muses, but she lacks any interest in Greenrot's affairs beyond the forcible removal of Gurlan's head from his shoulders. "We go trash the dog of Demogorgon, you go... and do whatever it is you do here?" she asks the quasit. "Don't care much. Was there anything else?"
[19:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "An offer of aid." The quasit bobbles in the air, "The storm coming is a fearsome one, a fatal one. My Master offers his hospitality so that you may prepare, rest and come closer to the Green Castle without enduring it."
06[19:56] * Seira involuntarily casts her gaze towards the skies at that.
[19:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The sky is dark and burbling with terrible clouds. The winds smell of death and rotten meat, the ground below quivering, almost in anticipation.
06[19:57] * Alicia isn't going to even risk the possibility of acceptance on this matter. "We can look after ourselves," she interjects. They can teleport beyond its scope if they have to.
06[19:57] * Demedais keeps his own eyes focused on the mephit, attempting to ascertain its honesty as the rest of the group talks.
06[19:58] * Seira returns her attention to the quasit, smiling politely. "Was there anything else?" she repeats.
[19:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: You can roll sense motive if you like, Deme.
[19:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Turn down my master's aid at your own peril, mortals!" With that it turns and flies away as fast as it's little wings can carry it.
[19:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[19:59] <Alicia> OOC: on our travels have we seen any caves/structures?
[19:59] <Demedais> "While I understand your reasons, Alicia, it was being honest, I think. We should find cover or shelter quickly." Demedais notes.
[19:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: No, just the endless cyst-hills.
[19:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As it flies away, "I don't like this," Antenora says in low words, speaking softly.
[20:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha looks to the sky, "I fear Demedais is right. The Abyssial storm promises to be a fearsome one, doubtless."
[20:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's the Abyss," Donald grunts, "Is there ANYTHING to like, let alone the inhabitants?"
[20:00] <Alicia> "It was being honest as far as it knew. It's master surely wouldn't have told it his full intentions," Alicia replies. "I can teleport us along - the storm can't encompass the entire layer. Or we could simply flee to another plane if necessary and wait it out before returning to this spot."
01[20:00] <Seira> "We could always teleport away, have a good fight with whatever defenses that triggers, and rest," Seira suggests.
[20:01] <Demedais> "Either one would be more optimal than just letting it rain on us, yes." Demedais nods slightly. "Whatever that rain may be."
[20:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I wonder..." Antenora looks to the sky, "I can understand Gurlan's dogs finding us - he rules the layer. But how would a spawn of Graz'zt find us quickly and effectively, or even know we were coming and react fast enough?"
01[20:02] <Seira> "Scrying?" Seira muses out loud.
[20:02] <Alicia> "Gurlan's only a balor, not a true demon lord - he doesn't rule nearly as much as he might think," Alicia remarks darkly. "And if he knows our location, so too do any of Grazzt's spies in his midst."
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Above the clouds crackle, a massive black bolt of lightning the size of a small house flitting from cloud to cloud.
[20:03] <Demedais> "The Abyss hates anything and everything in it, I confess I can't be shocked. Alternately, scrying; I wouldn't be able to tell right now. But can we get moving soon?"
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "That is true. Psft." Antenora tries to smile, the lack of light making it sinister, "I see possible conspiracies in every action. Let's worry about shelter then?"
01[20:04] <Seira> "My vote's for teleportation, and only then a plane shift if that fails," Seira states. "Rope trick wouldn't be comfortable, anyway. Let's try this now?"
06[20:04] * Alicia unfurls the portable hole. "Latha, Agatha, could you two climb in here? I'll start teleporting us to the horizon to the Northwest. If we haven't escaped the storm in three jumps we can retreat to another plane instead."
[20:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha and Agathaiel do so, "Agatha..." The latter astral deva faintly smiles, "Mortals so love to shorten my name."
06[20:05] * Alicia has the good grace to look embarrassed. "Sorry, it's a bad habit I picked up from my familiar," she apologises, teleporting the group to the horizon a moment later.
[20:05] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 24." [1d100=24]
[20:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Woosh! You appear on rolling, cystic hills! The couds above scream with windy fury, as a vast lightning bolt slams down from the clouds to the appearing party! As it hits, the ground erupts, a spray of vile pus enveloping them! OOC: Ref for the bolt, fort for the pus everyone. LAtha and Agathaiel are in the hole and exempt.
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 reflex
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 reflex and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[20:08] <Alicia> OOC: -1 from negative level
[20:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 fort
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 fort and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+11 Donald Ref
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+11 Donald Ref and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[20:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+19 Donald fort
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+19 Donald fort and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 ref
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 ref and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[20:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 ref Deme
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 fort
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 ref Deme and gets 35." [1d20=10]
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 fort and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[20:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 Antenora ref
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 Antenora ref and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[20:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+ whatever Antenora fort
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+ whatever Antenora fort and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d20=3]
[20:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 fort Deme
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 fort Deme and gets 37." [1d20=13]
01[20:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 ref Saul
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 ref Saul and gets 15." [1d20=9]
01[20:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+10 fort Saul
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 fort Saul and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[20:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+13 ref Polly
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+13 ref Polly and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[20:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+11 fort Polly
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+11 fort Polly and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[20:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 16d6 half electric half non typed, DC was 26 for the ref save.
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 16d6 half electric half non typed, DC was 26 for the ref save. and gets 63." [16d6=3, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 6]
[20:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The blast leaves the party charred and soaked in foulness, Donald sputtering, "What the...What sort of Tymora accursed luck is that?"
[20:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora wobbles, "Not luck...I refuse to believe that was luck..."
[20:12] <Demedais> "..." Demedais, standing untouched after stepping just out of range, blinks. "I... think plane stepping may be slightly saner if this is how the plane reacts. Regardless, we can't stay here; the storm's already active here."
[20:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Pollyanna looks at her soaked armor and screams. She staggers back, "Get this off me! Water, someone water!"
[20:13] <Alicia> "It was too sudden to be deliberate," Alicia spits and wipes her face on her arm, looking around to get her bearings and see if any landmarks are visible. "Beshaba smiles on us."
[20:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The cystic hills stretch on as far as you can see at first, but on the dim horizon, you can see some sort of edifice rising.
06[20:14] * Demedais whips his head around, before beginning to fumble quickly for water on the side of his pack. "Seira, you have that create water skill, no? Rinse her off quick, please!"
01[20:14] <Seira> With a snap of her fingers, Seira rinses those soaked, using the lion's share on Pollyanna.
06[20:14] * Alicia marks the edifice in her mind, knowing it'll be the target of her teleport when they return. She hands Demedais her decanter of endless water, "The command word is Ixywen," she tells him before opening the hole for the devas.
[20:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The water washes the filth from Pollyanna. She buckles and falls to her knees, "Helm...Helm...Protect us...everything here is so wrong!"
[20:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul smiles with a shaking face, "Let us make action before another bolt can finish us."
06[20:16] * Demedais grunts and hands the decanter back to Alicia. "Thanks." Heading over to Pollyanna and helping her up, "Let's. This is just... annoying."
[20:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Donald looks to Pollyanna, going to help her up as well. "It is...I want to throw up and go home. I can't even think of anything stupid to say after that."
[20:17] <Alicia> "Latha, can you take us to Ysgard? We can try returning here later, and it will soothe our wounds," Alicia asks, still looking at that edifice in the distance. An outpost, or the green castle itself?
[20:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Spot, Alicia.
[20:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 and gets 6." [1d20=3]
[20:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha gathers everyone in a loose circle, winds howling about you. "If there is nothing else, we can go as soon as we are all ready."
[20:18] <Alicia> "Lets go. We can come back and check if it's safe in an hour," Alicia nods grimly, looking forward to cleaning herself off once they're out of the Abyss.
[20:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Woosh! The party vanishes. You appear on a rocky outcropping, a slope on a great mountain. Cool-cold air blows, and far below, a vast glacier fed fjord flows. The air is clean, your wounds immediately finding succor.
06[20:20] * Alicia immediately casts a cantrip and starts to clean herself off, before doing the same to everyone else. "Better," she sighs as the muck vanishes under her magic. "Lets rest and eat while we can?"
[20:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul slumps down, itching his arms. "We may wish to take a little longer than an hour. The more rest, the better."
[20:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Pollyanna clings to Demedais, closing her eyes and mouthing a ritual prayer to Helm for strength and vigliance.
06[20:21] * Demedais holds onto Pollyanna as he looks around carefully.
[20:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You are on a vast mountain slope, peaks extending to higher than you can see. Below is a glacier fed fjord. A few trees cling to the mountain slope here, but you see nothing else of immediate danger and interest.
[20:22] <Alicia> "It also gives our foes longer to prepare themselves," Alicia retorts. "The day is still young, anyway."
[20:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Demogorgon's already sent a Death Knight and reinforcements. I think that boat has long since sailed the Styx," Antenora sits down, looking downwards to the fjord. "Speaking of him, he was a fallen of Helm?"
[20:25] <Demedais> "Believe so." Demedais confirms.
01[20:25] <Seira> "What with the hatred and the zealotry and the religious symbols? Yep, pretty good guess," Seira agrees.
[20:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> About a half hour has passed. Most of the party is resting and preparing, the remnants of a meal scattered about. Pollyanna has dozed off, leaning against Demedais. Donald looks up to the sky, quiet. Antenora is in prayer to Mystra. Latha and Agathaiel are quietly talking to one another. It's then that Saul raiseshis voice, fingers itching his arms. "Demedais," he says, "Check Pollyanna's arms."
[20:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Demedais," he says, "Check Pollyanna's arms."
[20:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
06[20:29] * Demedais glances to Pollyanna'
06[20:29] * Demedais glances to Pollyanna's arms worriedly.
06[20:30] * Alicia looks up from the stew she's making. "Turning green?"
[20:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Pollyanna's arms have patches of green on them, as if the skin is changing color. As Demedais does that, Saul clears his throat, "Everyone, check your arms." He holds up his arms, patches of green on them. "Exactly. Limbrot."
06[20:31] * Alicia rolls up her sleeves. She hasn't felt itchy, so... At least they have lots of people able to cure exotic diseases, here.
[20:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Alicia's arms seem untouched and ungreened.
06[20:32] * Demedais mutters something very low underneath his breath. "Right, I prepared cures for disease - that should cover it?" he mutters, taking off his gauntlets to check his hands beforehand.
[20:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Demedais' arms seem to be fine. Meanwhile, "I'm fine," Donald says, Antenora checking hers over. "No Limbrot here."
06[20:33] * Seira should be fine, but sees no problem with checking, just in case.
[20:33] <Tiny_Ko_Army> No Limbrot on Seira, either.
06[20:34] * Demedais mutters again and first tries healing Pollyanna, a frown on his face. "Hate these damned places so much..."
[20:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora walks over as Demedais banishes the green from Pollyanna's arms. "The Abyss is the worst place in the multiverse."
[20:35] <Alicia> At worst they can always amputate and fresh healthy limbs will grow right back in this place. But she's in no hurry to suggest it while other avenues remain.
06[20:35] * Demedais nods slightly and heads over to Saul, incanting the same spell.
[20:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The green vanishes from Saul's arms. He nods slightly to Demedais, "My thanks." Sitting back down now, "So Demogorgon has laid his hand open to protect Gurlan, eh? Maybe it's not for us...if this son of Graz'zt is true and not the dreck of a quasit, there may be another angle to this besides our crusade."
[20:38] <Alicia> "So he's having to rely on forces granted to him by his patron to protect against said patron's nemesis in order to stall us, his own resources insufficient?" Alicia muses. "I suppose that's flattering."
[20:38] <Demedais> "Seems logical. Which means the pressure on him is mounting quite quickly."
[20:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Demogorgon and Graz'zt are ancient enemies. Proxy against proxy for influence in another layer of the Abyss." Antenora's prayers slow and cease before she speaks to all, "I wonder if in a few years a spawn of Graz'zt or a thrall of Graz'zt will rule Greenrot, should we succeed?"
01[20:41] <Seira> "I don't really care. Does anyone here?"
[20:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Can't say I do," Donald lies back, staring up at the sky again.
[20:42] <Alicia> "Then of course there's our slaadi friend who'll hopefully be causing quite the fuss... though I can't help but hope he doesn't progress to far before we're done with our part," Alicia reflects, smiling faintly as she stirs her cookpot. "And not particularly, Seira. Anyone actually wanting that cesspool is welcome to it as far as I'm concerned."
[20:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Our friend Gurlan seems to have been dealt a bad hand today." Agathaiel speaks in words, "Let's cash in on this and end him."
[20:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A few more hours pass in rest. The party has prepared now, recovered, mended and healed.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Okay, Latha will take us to Greenrot. If it's still storming, Agathiel will immediately pull us back here. If not we'll take stock and I'll try to teleport us back on track - works for everyone?" Alicia asks.
01[20:45] <Seira> "No issues!"
[20:45] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs slightly. "We don't have any better options."
[20:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus, Latha calls on the forces of light to teleport you!
[20:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 5d100
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 5d100 and gets 328." [5d100=98, 24, 56, 52, 98]
[20:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You appear on the rolling cyst hills. The sky above is dark green and foul, but free of clouds. The ground is wet with a strange foulness.
06[20:48] * Demedais looks around warily at the horizon, not trusting magical eyes or storm clouds to not suddenly begin coalescing over them.
06[20:48] * Alicia sighs in relief. "There, we avoided the worst of it and didn't need any dubious demon hospitality," she observes. "Any volunteers for the hole while I teleport us back to where we were?" Going straight to the edifice is likely too risky, she now thinks.
[20:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha steps forward, as well as Antenora this time.
[20:50] <Alicia> Once the two are into the hole of mystery, Alicia teleports the party back to where they were hit by lightning!
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d100 viewed once
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 viewed once and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[20:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You appear where you were. The ground is scorched with lightning, the sky above an angry green. Ahead of you, you see...it has grown. An edifice seems to have been built on while you were away, a hall stretching ahead and inviting you inside, it's doors held open by stone statue succubi.
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: the thing that was on the horizon is now big enough for us to clearly see its door/hallway from where we are now?
[20:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Yes.
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: just how far away is the horizon?
[20:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: SEveral hundred feet. It's grooooown.
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: I normally think of horizon in terms of tens of miles... I see that my teleport shortcut plan was flawed from the start
[20:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: The Abyss? Inconsistent, cruel and illogical? Tell me more.
[20:55] <Alicia> "It's not the green castle, I'm not going to go wandering in there - lets go around it?" Alicia suggests, starting onwards.
[20:56] <Demedais> "'kay." Demedais shrugs. "I'll keep an eye on it to make sure nothing comes out toward us - Pollyanna, keep an eye ahead?"
[20:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Understood," Pollyanna takes a breath as the party begins to go around it. It's quite large as you hoof it, working around it a ways. You walk for a half hour, slowly getting around the vast building. It's constructed of green stone, several stories tall. The outside is plain, undecorated. It occasionally seems to start to sink ito the ground, but rebounds out. OOC: Deme/Polly, since you two have said you're looking around, make spot?
[20:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Deme/Polly, since you two have said you're looking around, make spot?
[20:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 spot Deme
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 spot Deme and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[20:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 spot Polly
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 spot Polly and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You're roughly halfway around it, well on your way to bypassing the building. But as yo udo...OOC: More in PM to Deme, sec.
06[21:03] * Demedais pauses slightly. "It's... bending... into itself? What on the Prime...? Those angles, that movement... shouldn't that be technically..." Demedais closes his eyes very briefly. "Okay, that building is giving me headaches. It's probably for the best we didn't go in, but we sure this isn't our target?"
01[21:04] <Seira> "Doesn't really look like it," Seira muses, "but I guess it could've changed?"
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 planes, what does the green castle look like
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 planes, what does the green castle look like and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "There's also no antipathy effect," Saul says, "I doubt it's a new Green Castle."
[21:06] <Alicia> "There's no battlements, no fortifications," Alicia shakes her head. "I don't know what this is, but it's not a castle."
[21:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "No attacks from it, either. What's the point," Antenora gazes at it, "Why bother?"
06[21:07] * Demedais just shrugs after a moment. "Fine. I'm going to alternate watching this with looking around elsewhere, though. This place is going to give me a headache very quickly."
[21:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's the Abyss. Let's just hurry and thank the forces that be that it's not hostile," Latha hurries her own stepalong.
[21:09] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes glow blue for a moment as she looks over at the building, wondering if it's just an illusion. Even if they could make a structure magically expand so much, it's a lot of effort just for a distraction.
01[21:09] <Seira> "Maybe it's the place Graz'zt wanted to lend us for the storm?"
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[21:10] <Alicia> "It was the direction the quasit came from," Alicia admits. "Rather showy, though, isn't it? Gurlan must really be losing control to allow such a large enemy structure on his soil."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Or what passes for soil," she adds with a queasy look at the ground.
[21:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Either way...let's just go," Antenora hurries along, "I'd rather get to the business of ending him than pontificate on his realm's politics."
[21:12] <Demedais> "Right."
[21:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You walk another half hour, getting around the building. On the other side, it seems tiny, barely of notice at all, unmassive. Thew ay ahead stretches, the hills starting to get smaller.
06[21:14] * Alicia glances back at the now shrunken structure and frowns, before deciding it's just not worth dwelling on. Resolute, she presses on!
01[21:16] <Seira> "What?!"
[21:17] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia looks askance at Seira.
01[21:18] <Seira> "Oh, you are so not gonna believe this," Seira says slowly, coming to an abrupt halt. "Malmuth's capital was pillaged!"
[21:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "What?" Pollyanna stops, "Wh..." she blinks, "WHAT?"
01[21:18] <Seira> "I know!"
[21:19] <Alicia> "By who?" Alicia asks in surprise.
01[21:19] <Seira> "What the hell's a remorhaz?!" Seira exclaims.
[21:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: K:A if anyone cares to roll.
[21:20] <Demedais> "..." Demedais remains quiet for a moment. "...A... remorhaz? ...Regardless, that's stressing news."
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 sure why not
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 sure why not and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[21:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 eh, sure, this Deme has
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 eh, sure, this Deme has and gets 16." [1d20=10]
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 I actually have this!
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 I actually have this! and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:22] <Alicia> "Aren't they just wild animals? Someone had to have been controlling them, surely?" Alicia asks, wondering just what exactly occured there.
[21:23] <Demedais> "...That... from where would such a being have..." Demedais muttered, before rubbing his head. "We can't do anything from here. I realize how shocking this news is, but we really should keep going, finish our job here, and go deal with what we can of that. Ashes and rust..."
01[21:23] <Seira> "Magical beasts, actually," Seira says, calming down somewhat. "Fairly dumb beasts. It has to be coordinated, yes."
[21:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "A mastermind? Who has a grudge against Malmuth?" Pollyanna crosses her arms now, "Besides half of the Baronies?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "If the news has just reached Balmuria then it's too late for us to do anything by now anyway, I'd think," Alicia reasons.
[21:25] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "How'd it reach them? On foot or sped up with magic?" Antenora asks, "Do you know that, Seira?"
01[21:25] <Seira> "I don't know anyone who would wish this fate on them," Seira says dubiously, before frowning. "Alright. Here's the deal. The attack happened yesterday, and the city is still being evacuated. Queen Tant escaped, apparently. Commander Oberuth thinks it's up to us if we return, and I think we should do what we can to help."
[21:26] <Alicia> "Evacuated? You mean there's still creatures loose there?" Alicia asks, then more thoughtfully, "And would Malmuth permit our interference?"
[21:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "To help a former enemy and make them a friend, I can appreciate," Antenora begins, "But we also seem to have a chance to strike Gurlan hard while he's distracted and spread out."
01[21:28] <Seira> "They explicitely asked for our help. Well, the Guard's help, not specifically ours, although it clearly covers us. Even if it's somehow related to our quest here, and we're being manipulated and diverted, I can't really proceed knowing that this is going on back home."
[21:29] <Alicia> "This is your show, Seira. If you say we go, we go," Alicia nods understandingly. "I've never been to the capital - if Latha plane shifts us to the Prime someone else will have to teleport us there."
[21:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You're the ranking officer," Pollyanna agrees after a moment, "I think it's a hard choice either way, but..."
01[21:29] <Seira> "I've been there, so it's easy enough. Plane shift should land us within range for my ring of teleportation, and Demedais could use it. I'll use my own teleport."
06[21:30] * Demedais looks to Agathaiel with some amount of pity.
[21:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Agathaiel smiles, "If you are to put aside this quest for now, the terms of my binding will fade. Should you resume it, I will not object if the summons are recast and the pact renewed."
06[21:31] * Demedais does nod slightly to Seira's comment, however. "Very well. If that's your wish, Seira, let's do this. And thank you for your time thus far, Agathaiel."
01[21:31] <Seira> "Just give me a moment to get all the details?"
06[21:32] * Alicia nods to Seira, looking around to take in the local landmarks to have a good fix on this location for future teleports if they come back.
06[21:34] * Seira nods herself, shaking Agathiel's hand with a smile. "I certainly look forward to getting to know you better," she tells the angel.
[21:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Blessed be you," she shakes the hand, "If that is all, then the pact is undone." A moment later, she is gone.
01[21:36] <Seira> "Right. Then the plan is simple enough. Plane shift to Prime, aiming for Malmuth's capital. I'll take it from there and aim for the outskirts of the city. There, we'll ask to be directed to Queen Tant and see what we can do."
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let's go then," Latha says, and with that, teleports the party back to the Prime!
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 5d100
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 5d100 and gets 215." [5d100=10, 20, 7, 78, 100]
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d9
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Woosh! You appear in the cool air of the planes, flat lan dstretching about around you. It's peaceful and serene here, the stentch of death leaving your nostrils with every breath.
[21:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> From the position of the faint sun above, it's late afternoon.
06[21:39] * Seira doesn't recognize the region, but she hardly needs to. "I can take five along with me, so do we split up and have Demedais use the ring, or try for the same method as in the Abyss?"
[21:40] <Alicia> "Best to keep us all together," Alicia replies, opening up the portable hole.
[21:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha dutifully enters Alicia's hole.
06[21:41] * Seira aims for the outskirts of the city, where she and Amaryl had traveled a couple of times earlier!
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d100 seen casually?
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 seen casually? and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[21:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> All around you is chaos. Ahead the city of Malmuth is in ruin. Buildings are shattered, people fleeing around you. Soldiers carry wounded and rush forward and back, the streets leading from Malmuth a complete clog of people. Cries of pain, worry, fear and sadness all echo around the party.
06[21:43] * Seira seeks out anyone with a commander's patch amidst the soldiers.
06[21:44] * Alicia lets Latha out, eyes widening at the scale of the devastation now made clear. "Just how many were there?" she wonders quietly.
06[21:46] * Demedais feels his eyes widen. "Alicia, Latha, contact me while people are working. I've got the notes that got enchanted; I'm going to go heal who I can while you all sort this out." Without saying anything more, he quickly moves to seek out a medic tent to do what he can.
01[21:47] <Seira> "Donald, those things can melt a weapon that hits them, so take that in mind," Seira says quietly, even as she keeps on searching for an officer to approach.
06[21:48] * Alicia casts a message spell as Demedais runs off so she can contact him at a distance of a few hundred feet wherever he might be, before she follows behind Seira. She's half tempted to take on a disguise to hide her wings, but she'll want full mobility if she's going to fight anything, so it's a waste of a spell.
[21:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Deme, what's the take 10 result on your notes?
[21:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The party immediately gets attention - a few people point and sob, a few more crying out. "Saviors! Saviors from above!" Several soldiers are staring, including a few with rank.
[21:52] <Demedais> OOC: 21 HP. Kinda figure it'll cover a good deal that way.
01[21:52] <Seira> "Colonel Seira, Crimson Guard," Seira introduces herself, striding towards the highest-ranking one. "We're answering the call for aid. Is it possible to meet with Queen Tant in due haste?"
[21:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: It will, yeah, especially on normal people. Okay.
[21:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "The Cr-cr-" The captain gawks, "I have my orders, yes. Follow me," he says immediately, "To Queen Tant."
01[21:53] <Seira> That's just as Seira wishes it.
[21:54] <Alicia> "We're going to see the Queen," Alicia whispers to Demedais, telling them what direction in case they go out of range.
03[21:54] * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
[21:55] <Demedais> "Pollyanna will speak for me for now. I'll remain to tend the wounded until we move to take action." Demedais replies.
[19:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> OOC: 21 HP. Kinda figure it'll cover a good deal that way.
[19:09] <Kotono> <Seira> "Colonel Seira, Crimson Guard," Seira introduces herself, striding towards the highest-ranking one. "We're answering the call for aid. Is it possible to meet with Queen Tant in due haste?"
[19:09] <Kotono> > OOC: It will, yeah, especially on normal people. Okay.
[19:09] <Kotono> > "The Cr-cr-" The captain gawks, "I have my orders, yes. Follow me," he says immediately, "To Queen Tant."
[19:09] <Kotono> <Seira> That's just as Seira wishes it.
[19:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "We're going to see the Queen," Alicia whispers to Demedais, telling them what direction in case they go out of range.
[19:09] <Kotono> * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
[19:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Pollyanna will speak for me for now. I'll remain to tend the wounded until we move to take action." Demedais replies.
[19:09] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Deme.
03[19:10] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
[19:11] <Kotono> The party is taken along, out of the devastated city. Hordes of people stare, others merely with their heads down and hurrying. Some carry sacks of goods, clothes and items hauled away in a panic. Guards and soldiers are everywhere, running to and ahead, never standing still. After some time, you come to several large tents outside the city. Here a cluster of soldiers stay, as the setting sun begins to sink towards the horizon and herald Selun
[19:11] <Kotono> soldiers stay, as the setting sun begins to sink towards the horizon and herald Selune's coming. "Stand aside," the captain orders, "I bring the Crimson Guard, as ordered by Her Majesty!"
[19:12] <Kotono> The guards look over the party briefly, before doing just that. The captain nods and breathlessly hurries inside. "Hurry, her Majesty awaits"
[19:12] <Kotono> The guards look over the party briefly, before doing just that. The captain nods and breathlessly hurries inside. "Hurry, her Majesty awaits."
06[19:13] * Alicia takes careful note of the refugees and encampments as they move, figuring out what supplies will be most needed to alleviate conditions in the coming days while the city is reclaimed.
[19:14] <Kotono> Antenora looks about, "Senseless," she says under her breath, "Spawning nothing but misery and chaos."
06[19:14] * Seira is confident that Demedais would do what can be done for the hurt refugees, while eager to prevent more of them by destroying the invaders. She proceeds into the tent at the bidding, ready to greet the Malmutian queen.
[19:16] <Kotono> Pollyanna merely casts her eyes down as you enter into the tent. Here Queen Tant sits, a torn royal dress of sky blue worn. Her eyes are weary, her posture rigid but her eyes are so tired. Four guards stand just in front of her, swords drawn. After a split second, "You may stand down, my loyal soldiers," she commands, "That is the Crimson Guard, as I hoped would come."
[19:17] <Kotono> The soldiers step away slightly, swords sheathed.
01[19:18] <Seira> "We came as soon as we've heard, Your Majesty," Seira voices, bowing before the monarch.
06[19:19] * Alicia bows respectfully but lets Seira handle the talking. She's not going to let the Baronies seem slipshod in this situation.
[19:21] <Kotono> "I thank you." Queen Tant continues now, "For a great crisis has befallen us. Last night, they came from nowhere and everywhere in the center of the city. These creatures, which my learned sages call remorhazes, have gone on a rampage. The city guard has been overwhelmed, with weapons melting into liquid on touching them and arrows failing to wound them. As the battle raged, we called on our magical defenses, yet magic only made them stronger.
[19:21] <Kotono> As the battle raged, we called on our magical defenses, yet magic only made them stronger."
01[19:23] <Seira> "Was it any specific magic, Your Majesty?" Seira asks, shifting into a businesslike mindset at the news. "Or any magic whatsoever, regardless of school, that was used on them?"
[19:24] <Kotono> "Offensive magics such as magic missile and fireball," Queen Tant continues on now, "The sages say this is not of what the studies and legends speak of for remorhazes."
01[19:25] <Seira> "That's why I asked," Seira agrees, frowning. "And being no more than stupid magical beasts, I find it likely that someone altered them in this fashion."
[19:26] <Alicia> "Have they been contained or are they still at large in the city, your majesty?" Alicia asks her most important question. No sense wasting time on relief efforts for the refugees if a horde of the beasts could come pouring out of the walls any moment.
[19:27] <Kotono> "They are still in the city, devastating. We manage to hold them at bay as best we can, but we know not if we can hold them long." With this, "I have sent for aid because we were caught unawares and devastated before we can fight. I ask of you, to save all the people of this city, to slay the foul beasts that have attacked."
01[19:28] <Seira> "Then we'll need to know how many there are, in what way they became strong with the application of magic, and whether there are large clusters of people that should be evacuated remaining in the city."
[19:30] <Kotono> "We estimate a dozen. They become stronger, faster, more hardy. As for evacuations, we believe large clusteres have escaped. However, there are countless refugees surely within, trapped. Also..." After a moment, Queen Tant goes on, face grave. "Twice we have pushed lightly back into the city before being repulsed. The soldiers report that there is magic afoot - for not a single corpse can be seen in the city."
[19:30] <Kotono> for not a single corpse can be seen in the city."
01[19:31] <Seira> Oh that's just swell, Seira thinks, but keeps such thoughts to herself. "Let's see what we can do about the beasties?" she asks the rest of the Guard, glancing at Alicia to see if they need any more information before heading into the city.
[19:32] <Alicia> "There's probably something reinforcing them - you said they came from a single point at the outset, your majesty?" Alicia volunteers. "Colonel, if we could find out where that is, one group could perhaps go to deal with that while another presses in from the outside to begin clearing the streets?" she then turns to Seira as she makes her tactical suggestion, deferring to her commanding officer.
[19:33] <Kotono> "From the center of the city." Queen Tant slightly nods her head, "The exact point is uncertain due to the confusion involved."
01[19:33] <Seira> "So you're thinking that some of us should teleport in?" Seira queries.
06[19:34] * Alicia shakes her head. "Teleporting blindly into such a situation would not be wise. However, some of us are swift fliers, and for all their improvements, there's no indication these remhoraz can take to the sky."
01[19:39] <Seira> "Works for me," Seira agrees after briefly thinking it over. "Do you need anyone beyond Antenora and Latha along with you? I'll lead the other group and rendezvous with you."
[19:41] <Alicia> "We three are the fastest fliers here," Alicia shakes her head.
[19:41] <Alicia> "We'll swing in towards the centre, deal with any spellcasters or any magic that could be empowering the creatures, then swing back to reinforce you - barring any complications on the way," she outlines crisply, a vague half-smile at the mention of surely inevitable complications that will make her simple plan far more difficult in practice.
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[19:42] <Kotono> "There's one more thing," Donald speaks up here, "Seira, you mentioned these remorhazes melt weapons before, too. Will they do it to our magical weapons?"
01[19:44] <Seira> "Artifacts cannot be destroyed, and Alicia's blade should be immune as well," Seira responds. "If you're really worried about your sword, however, the magic weapon spell could imbue any mundane weapon with the power to strike at the creatures."
[19:44] <Alicia> A flaming weapon like Hell Striker is surely safe, and Alicia's confident in the enchantments she put on Latha and Antenora's weapons keeping them safe from such paltry heat. "I can empower your blade for you, Donald," she volunteers.
[19:45] <Kotono> "I can do it. As long as you're sure...but hell. Your Majesty," Turning to Queen Tant, "Do you have a few weapons I could borrow? Just in case?"
01[19:46] <Seira> "I'm confident a weapon like your cannot be destroyed in a single strike, especially if imbued by Alicia."
[19:47] <Kotono> "It can be done. Ask the guards outside and they will provide them," Queen Tant says.
[19:47] <Kotono> "Yeah, well..." Donald eyes Alicia and Seira, "I think playing by the odds is already out the window tonight, with the way everything's gone."
[19:49] <Alicia> "We'll be on the safe side," Alicia nods, approaching Donald and incanting her spell. "Mother of all Magic, lend your strength to this blade!" as she touches the hilt of Guardinal. "Now, permission to proceed with our mission, colonel?" she asks Seira formally.
01[19:50] <Seira> "We should be about it," Seira decides with a nod. "Alicia, send out a flare if you need anything? We'll do the same."
[19:51] <Alicia> "Understood," Alicia nods. "Antenora, Latha?" she asks the other two angels to come with her, bowing once more to the Queen before she leaves the tent.
01[19:54] <Seira> "We should move out as well, Majesty," Seira tells Queen Tant. "If you were to assign a contingent of troops to us, then they could lead any survivors we encounter to safety. Would that be possible, under the circumstances?"
[19:55] <Kotono> "It shall be," A nod, "The guards outside will make it so. Travel and fight with my thanks."
01[19:56] <Seira> As she leaves, Seira pauses next to Pollyanna and quietly instructs the archer to fetch Demedais if he is available, and regroup with them by the main entrance to the capital.
[19:57] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Seira'n'company here, Alicia into #dunes. Deme, I'm going to assume you finish the healing and then Polly comes and gets you. Work?
01[19:57] <Seira> OOC: This. Is. DUNES!
[19:58] <Demedais> OOC: Can Deme get an answer to the question in #e? If so, I'd like to do/have done one thing before heading out.
[19:58] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. And Alicia in #evil, I mean.
[20:12] <Kotono> ----
[20:12] <Kotono> Seira and Demedais gather with a few dozen troops behind them at the gates to Malmuth. The soldiers are about, the last line of defense before you head in. Donald cracks his neck and looks about, "We ready to do this?"
[20:13] <Demedais> "I guess." Demedais says after a moment. "You all have been briefed; I'll follow your leads."
01[20:14] <Seira> "Reasonably so," Seira agrees. "We'll stick to defensive magics unless absolutely necessary, and just cut through the opposition. Simple, elegant, effective. I like it!" And with those words, she sets off into the city.
[20:15] <Kotono> Pollyanna curtly nods, bow out. "Let's go in and do what needs doing," She says, as the setting sun paints everyone red-tinted, following Seira. "My force arrows should be fine too. Just keep them away from me so I can fire safely.
[20:15] <Kotono> "
[20:15] <Demedais> "Got it." Demedais nods, following with Pollyanna and Seira.
[20:18] <Kotono> Thus you proceed into the city, a squadron of soldiers following. Once away from things, everything is...quiet. You walk down a few broad, ruined streets, picking your way through the rubble. It's empty - blood splatters on occasion, but not a single body. Just broken houses and buildings, rubble all over. OOC: Make listen checks, all.
[20:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
01[20:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 haha
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 haha and gets 21." [1d20=20]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Donald uscks at this
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Donald uscks at this and gets 4." [1d20=3]
[20:21] <Kotono> rolll 1d20+2
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[20:22] * Demedais stiffens for a moment, before glancing to the building. "There's... there might be someone in there." he mutters. "Or something. A crunching sound... crumbling? The building might be starting to fall apart..."
[20:23] <Kotono> The building in question is 3 stories and made of stone, a bit beaten up. It's about 30ft away from you now.
[20:26] <Kotono> Donald looks to it, "Well, if it's going to collapse, shouldn't we get the hell out of the way?"
06[20:26] * Seira doubles the distance between she and the building, before tripling it altogether. "Let's do that. Donald, you go and search it."
[20:27] <Kotono> Donald, Pollyanna and Saul follow Seira, "Coming, Demedais?" Saul asks.
[20:28] <Demedais> "And if there's someone in it?" Demedais grunts. "I can search it instead, if desired. I can heal anyone that's inside, which will make it easier to get people out."
01[20:28] <Seira> "If it doesn't collapse in half a minute, we can search it," Seira says reasonably.
[20:29] <Demedais> "...Very well, Colonel." Demedais says, standing twenty feet away from the rest of the group and nearer to the building as he waits the designated time.
[20:30] <Kotono> As the party talks, the building seems to explode outward! Rubble rains around you, the worst of it falling short! Amid the storm, it comes bursting out! The creature is vast, with several chitinous eyes and long like a snake or a centipede! It's a light, cold blue, it's body hissing with steam as stone melts around it's body! As there is a spray of rubble about all over, the creature advances towards the party! OOC: Roll init, it's hostile an
[20:30] <Kotono> the creature advances towards the party! OOC: Roll init, it's hostile and it wants you very dead.
[20:30] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 and this is the other reason I stood close to the building.
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 and this is the other reason I stood close to the building. and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[20:30] <Demedais> OOC: Er, closer.
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Dur, I missed that. Strike my line then.
[20:31] <Kotono> As the party talks and Demedias gets closer, the building explodes outwards! Rubble rains down around Demedais! OOC: Ref, Deme. Radius.
01[20:32] <Seira> OOC: No, no. We've moved back 60ft for a total of 90ft, and Deme's 20ft from US
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: I'm aware.
[20:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:33] <Kotono> Demedais nimbly avoids the stones before they even move! Then...
[20:33] <Kotono> Amid the storm, it comes bursting out! The creature is vast, with several chitinous eyes and long like a snake or a centipede! It's a light, cold blue, it's body hissing with steam as stone melts around it's body! As there is a spray of rubble about all over, the creature advances towards the party! OOC: Roll init, it's hostile and it wants you very dead.
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and keep your init, Deme.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 You killed Deme! You bastard!
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 You killed Deme! You bastard! and gets 7." [1d20=1]
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul hates on you, too
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul hates on you, too and gets 4." [1d20=3]
03[20:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(7)>Demedais(6)>Saul(4)'
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 21." [1d20=18]
03[20:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Donald(21)>Seira(7)>Demedais(6)>Saul(4)'
[20:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Pollyanna goes lol I beat these rolls sleeping except Donald's.
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Pollyanna goes lol I beat these rolls sleeping except Donald's. and gets 20." [1d20=13]
03[20:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Donald(21)>Polly(20)>Seira(7)>Demedais(6)>Saul(4)'
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
03[20:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Remorhaz(24)>Donald(21)>Polly(20)>Seira(7)>Demedais(6)>Saul(4)'
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[20:37] <Kotono> The creature soars over the ground in a hurry, moving too fast to follow! In a blink, it's on Demedais with one mammoth bite, looking to eat him in two!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-20 PA) AC Deme flatfooted?
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-20 PA) AC Deme flatfooted? and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[20:37] <Demedais> OOC: 36. Ow.
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55 DR applies
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 DR applies and gets 61." [2d8=1, 5]
[20:38] <Kotono> Demedais is bit terribly, his defenses overwhelmed before he can react! It whips off Demedais, lifting him up and tossing him down hard before he's let go of, torso bleeding! OOC: Donald.
[20:40] <Kotono> "You have..." Donald steps back, sword at the ready! He charges ahead at it, head low as it rears up and snaps it's maw at him!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55 DR
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 DR and gets 65." [2d8=7, 3]
[20:41] <Kotono> Donald is bit terribly, but he pushes forward and stabs the remorhaz with all he has!
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+2 charge, +1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 arcane strike 1 1st)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+2 charge, +1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 arcane strike 1 1st) and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d10+12+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+12+1d4 and gets 20." [1d10=7][1d4=1]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[20:43] <Kotono> Donald strikes into the creature, scraping against it's skin! Guardianil hisses hot as he does so, but he opens up a steaming wound across it's body! OOC: Polly.
[20:44] <Demedais> Muffling a small shriek quickly, Polly pivots and begins raining arrows into the skin of the remorhaz!
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (Deme was within 30, so thus is Remorhaz)
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (Deme was within 30, so thus is Remorhaz) and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 crit check?
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 crit check? and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 6d6+28
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+28 and gets 52." [6d6=6, 6, 4, 1, 4, 3]
[20:45] <Kotono> Pollyanna peppers it with arrows, leaving twinned holes in it's throat, but yet it lives easily! OOC: Seira.
06[20:48] * Seira darts to the beast's opposite side, tumbling past it in the brief moment that the remorhaz is occupied with Donald. The Resort flashes, and before it could even be fully seen, the weapon is already in motion, seeking to cut off the remorhaz's tail!
01[20:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 (flight, flanking?)
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 (flight, flanking?) and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[20:50] <Kotono> Seira darts in, but can't quite land a hit on the powerful creature, penetrating past it's outer defenses but unable to score a wound! OOC: Deme.
06[20:51] * Demedais grimaces. "Kch... Let's see if you can manage that again, beast!" Moving quickly, Demedais leans in slightly before lashing out four times against the beast's face, his boots aiding his speed!
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA)
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA)
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=15]
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA)
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+13 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA)
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+13 (+1 Haste -2 CE -1 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. The dice were not kind.
[20:53] <Demedais> roll 2d6+17 Nope!
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+17 Nope! and gets 29." [2d6=6, 6]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Make a fort save.
[20:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[20:55] <Kotono> Demedais hacks into the creature, Threadsplitter glowing white hot as it rips into the remorhaz! It endures, snarling and fighitng along! OOC: Saul.
01[20:56] <Seira> Saul knows that magical spells have only empowered the beast, and his aim with the darts is not so hot, so he decides to heal Donald a bit for the time being.
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 CSW
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 CSW and gets 24." [3d8=3, 2, 4]
[20:57] <Kotono> Stepping forward, Saul heals Donald! OOC: Da BEAST is up.
[20:57] <Kotono> The creature roars, going back down for Demedais and biting again!
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-20 PA)
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-20 PA) and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:57] <Demedais> OOC: 41.
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55 DR applies at least it lacks improved crit!
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 DR applies at least it lacks improved crit! and gets 64." [2d8=3, 6]
[20:59] <Kotono> Once again it blows past Deme's guard, biting his chest and nearly ripping him in half! It snaps an dtears, dealing grevious wounds! Donald braces down, "Back to Hell with you, monster!"
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +3 1 3rd, 3 2nd)
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +3 1 3rd, 3 2nd)
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +3 1 3rd, 3 2nd) and gets 48." [1d20=17]
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +3 1 3rd, 3 2nd) and gets 38." [1d20=7]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 2d10+24+18d4
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+24+18d4 and gets 78." [2d10=2, 8][18d4=1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[21:02] <Kotono> Donald's blade glows like a forge tempered rod of iron, sizzing as he ravages the remorhaz, screaming at the top of his lungs! OOC: Polly.
[21:02] <Demedais> Pollyanna grimaces, before firing another volley into the foe!
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[21:04] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 28." [3d6=5, 4, 5]
[21:08] <Kotono> Polly fires again, another wound hit, but the beast isn't giving up even with a third hole in it's long body! OOC: Seira.
06[21:09] * Seira tries to get it to give up, then!
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 18." [1d20=4]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, first one. Dice hate you today.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 37." [3d8=8, 3, 1][5d6=4, 2, 5, 1, 4]
[21:10] <Kotono> Seira rips into it's vitals, making it stagger a little more! The beast is seriously wounded, but it yet clings to life! OOC:D eme.
06[21:11] * Seira also decides that what the heck, she might as well call upon Stoneskin's protection. If they still haven't regrouped with Alicia in a couple of hours, something's gone plenty wrong.
02[21:15] * Demedais (~ferixstad@141.218.13.79) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[21:15] * Demedais (~ferixstad@pix013-079.pix.wmich.edu) has joined #dunes
01[21:16] <Seira> Saul decides to test the effects of Spiritual Weapon, summoning a golden disc to strike at the remorhaz's head. If that somehow regenerates the beast, then Saul would naturally claim he intended that all along.
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: It allows SR so make a cater level check.
[21:17] <Kotono> CAster, even.
01[21:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:18] <Kotono> The spell fizzles on touching the remorhaz, it's body glowing with arcane power, wounds somewhat mending! OOC: Deme, you're up.
03[21:19] * Seira sets mode: +o Demedais
06[21:20] * Demedais grumbles slightly at seeing the spell heal him, before invoking divine accuracy and striking at the remorhaz yet again!
[21:20] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE)
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE) and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE) and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE) and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +6 Law -5 CE) and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 4d6+30
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+30 and gets 45." [4d6=4, 5, 5, 1]
[21:22] <Kotono> Demedais hacks into the beast, maiming it as it roars! It's bleeding bad now, but takes his chance to bite Demedais hard!
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-20 PA)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-20 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[21:23] <Kotono> But this time, Demedais surges forward! He leaps up, meeting it's mouth in midair and stopping it with his sword, tossing the giant remorhaz back! OOC: Donald.
[21:24] <Kotono> Donald braces in place, hacking and hacking and hacking!
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge)
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge)
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge) and gets 48." [1d20=19]
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge) and gets 41." [1d20=12]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge) crit
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (+1 haste, +2 GMW, +1 1 1st level charge) crit and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 crit
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 crit and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 4d10+4d4+48
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10+4d4+48 and gets 73." [4d10=3, 3, 3, 4][4d4=3, 3, 4, 2]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:26] <Kotono> At this savage thrusting over and over, the remorhaz is brought down! It collapses in a thump, shaking the ground as if the Gods fell to the earth! OOC: Free ac.t
[21:27] <Kotono> Donald sags down, "Waukeen and Lathander...okay, time out." He wobbles, "No way. No way this isn't something big. One of those could take out a small army!"
06[21:27] * Seira cuts off the remorhaz's head from its body, just to be on the safe side. "Eleven more to go, was it?" she asks casually. "I figure we have at least five to slay, if we don't want Alicia to take our share. Let's go!"
[21:28] <Demedais> "... Why are we making this a competition, as well?" Demedais notes as he heals himself slightly.
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 4d8+9 CCW sac Neutralize Poison
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+9 CCW sac Neutralize Poison and gets 26." [4d8=4, 5, 1, 7]
[21:29] <Kotono> "At least one's dead," Pollyanna starts to walk, "Demedais, do you need help? That thing nearly bit you in two!"
01[21:29] <Seira> "We could be horrified at the loss of life instead, or at our opposition. But I'm thinking it's better to just try to kill them all as fast as we can."
[21:30] <Demedais> "I'll heal myself up some as we go." Demedais says, nodding slightly at Seira's comment and healing himself with a spare wand as they begin walking.
01[21:30] <Seira> Saul also helps!
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 4d8+15 CCW/Lesser Planar Ally
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d8+15 CCW/Lesser Planar Ally and gets 33." [4d8=7, 1, 4, 6]
[21:33] <Kotono> Thus you continue to walk along a time as night falls. As it does, "You know," Pollyanna says, "We're going to need light sources about now."
01[21:34] <Seira> "Oh right." Seira looks at Pollyanna with badly disguised pity. "I suppose we could grab a torch?"
06[21:35] * Seira looks back at the soldiers bravely accompanying them to see if they could help with that.
06[21:35] * Demedais holds up his sword. "This should be enough light, I think? At least for up front."
[21:35] <Kotono> The soldiers light severa torches, Deme's sword also casting plenty of light to see by.
06[21:36] * Seira takes to the air, herself, deciding that having a vantage point wouldn't hurt.
06[21:37] * Seira is high enough to clear a five story building by ten feet.
[21:40] <Kotono> Thus you continue on. Seira's perspective gives her a good chance to spot ahead as they walk...OOC: Spot check, SEira.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[21:44] <Kotono> Thus you walk on ahead for a time in the quiet city. As you do, you pass by a total ruin. This building has been razed to the ground, stones smoking terrifically, everything on the ground around it black.
01[21:45] <Seira> "Hear anything?" Seira calls down to Demedais.
06[21:46] * Demedais listens carefully at this point...
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Make a listen check.
[21:46] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[21:46] <Kotono> "What happened here?" Pollyanna approaches it, "Looks like something worse than usual occured."
01[21:47] <Seira> "Two of them at once?" Seira ventures, on the lookout but otherwise waiting on Demedais.
[21:49] <Demedais> "...for the love of- Everyone, away from me! It's burrowing up from underneath!" Demedais bellows. "Twenty feet ahead of me, a fair bit under!"
06[21:51] * Seira immediately casts Dancing Blade on the Resort at Demedais's bellow!
[21:52] <Kotono> The rest of the party falls back at this and away from Demedais! A few moments later, the ground in front of Demedais erupts out, stone going everywhere around Deme! OOC: ref, Deme. Good call.
[21:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 I'm presuming area.
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 I'm presuming area. and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:54] <Kotono> Demedais nimbly predicts the chunks of stone, avoiding each of them with ease! Another remorhaz erupts out 20 feet ahead of Demedais, whirling out of the ground and pouncing towards the party with speed! OOC: Init, they're baaaack.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 23." [1d20=20]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Bastard
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Bastard and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 Deme
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 Deme and gets 22." [1d20=18]
[21:54] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 18." [1d20=11]
03[21:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Donald(23)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(18)>Saul(14)>Remorhaz=Seira(13)'
[21:55] <Kotono> Donald pounces ahead this time, going to engage it before it can bite him in two!
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+2 charge)
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+2 charge) and gets 41." [1d20=14]
01[21:55] <Seira> OOC: Hey, I rolled 14 too!
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d10+12
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+12 and gets 21." [1d10=9]
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Donald(23)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(18)>Saul=Seira(14)>Remorhaz(13)'
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: Sorry ,thanks.
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 10d10
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d10 and gets 66." [10d10=7, 10, 10, 1, 10, 7, 7, 10, 2, 2]
[22:00] <Kotono> Donald's blade hisses terribly as he cuts into it, the edges smelting as it rips into them! OOC: Deme.
[22:02] <Demedais> OOC: How far away is it?
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: 20ft.
06[22:02] * Demedais grimaces, before charging as well with a wide swing, intent on stalling it there!
[22:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+1 Haste -9 CE)
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+1 Haste -9 CE) and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[22:03] <Kotono> Demedais misses, putting up a powerful barrier of defense instead! OOC: Polly.
[22:04] <Demedais> And that's all Polly needs, quickly aiming at the remorhaz and letting loose a volley!
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 25." [1d20=4]
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16'
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16' and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=20]
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 crit check?!
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 crit check?! and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
[22:04] <Demedais> roll 6d6+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+28 and gets 42." [6d6=2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 5]
[22:05] <Kotono> Pollyanna leaves it full of holes again, scoring solid hits! OOC: Saul'n'Seira
06[22:06] * Seira swoops down from the skies, unleashing a torrent of fire upon the unfortunate creature! The Resort follows her in faithfully, but while Seira stops a few feet short of her target, the blade has no such concerns, directed by Seira mentally to strike at her target!
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 8d8 firebreath~
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 firebreath~ and gets 41." [8d8=5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 5, 1, 6]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 sick saves
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 sick saves and gets 50." [1d20=20]
01[22:06] <Seira> OOC: DC of he only fails on a 1
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+33 Mock me, will you? Dancing Blade!
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Resolve the blade now?
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 Mock me, will you? Dancing Blade! and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: hit.
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=7, 1, 4]
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[22:08] <Kotono> The dancing Resort lands as well, slicing into the beast and dealing another wound! OOC: Saul
[22:08] <Kotono> .
03[22:11] * Demedais is now known as Mykasi
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d4 breath
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 breath and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[19:04] <Alicia> * Seira swoops down from the skies, unleashing a torrent of fire upon the unfortunate creature! The Resort follows her in faithfully, but while Seira stops a few feet short of her target, the blade has no such concerns, directed by Seira mentally to strike at her target!
[19:04] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 8d8 firebreath~
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 firebreath~ and gets 41." [8d8=5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 5, 1, 6]
[19:04] <Alicia> <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 sick saves
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 sick saves and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[19:04] <Alicia> <Seira> OOC: DC of he only fails on a 1
[19:04] <Alicia> <Kotono> OOC: Resolve the blade now?
[19:04] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 1d20+33 Mock me, will you? Dancing Blade!
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 Mock me, will you? Dancing Blade! and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[19:04] <Alicia> <Kotono> OOC: hit.
[19:04] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 3d8+15
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=7, 1, 4]
[19:04] <Alicia> <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[19:04] <Alicia> <Kotono> The dancing Resort lands as well, slicing into the beast and dealing another wound! OOC: Saul
[19:04] <Alicia> <Kotono> .
[19:04] <Alicia> * Demedais is now known as Mykasi
[19:04] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 1d4 breath
[19:04] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 breath and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[19:04] <Kotono> OOC: Saul's up.
[19:04] <Kotono> Donald(23)>Demedais(22)>Pollyanna(18)>Saul=Seira(14)>Remorhaz(13)
01[19:05] <Seira> Saul decides to wait for a chance to strike should the situation change, hanging back for the time being.
[19:05] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[19:06] <Kotono> The remorhaz whirls in the air lik ea tornado of overheated death! With it's gaping maw opened wide, it bites down hard at Donald!
[19:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (-20 PA)
06[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (-20 PA) and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[19:07] <Kotono> OOC: Does anyone have auras/protections up?
01[19:07] <Seira> OOC: Not me, but Saul and I will be using Immediates if it comes up
03[19:07] * Kotono sets mode: +o Demedais
[19:08] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 and gets 66." [2d8=3, 8]
[19:09] <Kotono> Donald is bitten hard, his midsection pressed into and spurts of blood coming freely! He rocks back as he wiggles out of it's mouth, gasping for air and in agony as he withdraws back! OOC: Donald's withdrawing back, his sword's damaged and he's lost a bunch of HP. time to regroup. Deme.
06[19:10] * Demedais grimaces and continues to cut into the remorhaz mercilessly, buying time for Donald's retreat!
[19:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 CE)
[19:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 CE)
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 CE) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 CE) and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[19:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 CE) crit check
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 CE) crit check and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[19:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 CE) crit check
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 CE) crit check and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[19:10] <Demedais> OOC: Ignore crit check note there.
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: One hit but it's a crit.
[19:11] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 CE)
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 CE) and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:11] <Demedais> roll 4d6+30
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+30 and gets 44." [4d6=6, 4, 1, 3]
[19:12] <Kotono> Demedais stands tall and brave, engaging the beast's neck! He drives into it, his blessed blade biting deep into th eneck of the beast! OOC: Polly.
[19:13] <Demedais> Polly stands firm, firing another volley of arrows at the beast!
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17'
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17' and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=7]
[19:13] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:13] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 24." [3d6=3, 2, 5]
[19:14] <Kotono> A force arrow tears through the side of the creature, another direct strike as it buckles under the strain, bloody hot scales falling from it's body! OOC: Saul'n'Seira.
06[19:17] * Seira is certainly there to do her part in taking down the monster, directing the Resort to strike at the remorhaz before darting back a step and sending a fiery orb into its face.
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 45." [1d20=12]
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 34." [3d8=8, 8, 3]
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 ranged touch and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[19:17] <Kotono> OOC: Touch is a hit.
01[19:17] <Seira> roll 5d8 fire
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 fire and gets 27." [5d8=3, 8, 6, 7, 3]
[19:19] <Kotono> Stabbed and set on fire, the remorhaz staggers mightly, thrashing about as it's beaned with an orb of fire, this one not absorbed! OOC: Saul?
01[19:19] <Seira> OOC: Saul holds indefinitely, remember?
[19:20] <Kotono> OOC: Right.
[19:20] <Kotono> This time the wounded remorhaz bites down hard and harder at Seira!
[19:20] <Kotono> OOC: Immediate?
01[19:21] <Seira> OOC: I retreated a bit, is it heading after me?
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: Dur, sorry. It'll go after Deme then.
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[19:21] <Kotono> Demedais is assailed, but he steps back as the creature completely misses him! OOC: AoO?
06[19:22] * Demedais takes his window of opportunity to strike up at the remorhaz' throat!
[19:22] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24
06[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[19:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 crit?
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 crit? and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: Just missed the crit. Hit.
[19:23] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 24." [2d6=4, 5]
[19:24] <Kotono> Demedais gets a good solid blow of revenge, wounding it again as meanwhile Donald holds back and defends himself! The beast is shaking and bloodied, wounded terrifically! OOC:D eme.
06[19:24] * Demedais leans in and presses his advantage, lashing out at it four more times to try and finish it!
[19:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[19:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[19:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[19:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[19:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 crit cheeeeeck?
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 crit cheeeeeck? and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. <_
[19:25] <Demedais> roll 4d6+30
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+30 and gets 43." [4d6=4, 2, 2, 5]
[19:25] <Kotono> With a final desperate thrust, Demedais impales the remorhaz through the eye! It thrashes and obliterates thes treet in it's death throes, collapsing down to the ground! OOC: Free act.
01[19:27] <Seira> Scowling, Seira flies up to try and estimate the distance to the spot the monsters have originally emerged from, and thus their group's distance to Alicia.
[19:27] <Kotono> Pollyanna heaves a breath out, "I think we were fighting demons weaker than this! By Helm, why this and why now?"
[19:28] <Kotono> Seira flies up! She's quite a ways away from town center, presumably where Alicia went as she said before.
01[19:28] <Seira> "I don't think Helm's got anything to do with that," Seira mutters, next calculating the time it would take them to reach the capital's center at their present speed.
[19:29] <Kotono> Quite a while. Hourish? Flying is -much- faster and can ignore things ilke road, rubble, being ambushed by giant remorhazes, that sorta thing.
[19:31] <Demedais> "Two down..." Demedais murmurs. "The Resorts seem most efficient at dispatching these things - my weapon and Donald's have taken some heat. In addition, they seem groundbound - it may be that aerial strikes with those orb magics and ranged weapons are the best way to clear the town out..."
06[19:31] * Seira clucks her tongue. It would probably catch Alicia at a bad moment, given their luck today, but she promised a response much sooner than that. Gesturing skywards, she sends a flare straight up!
[19:31] <Kotono> OOC: Listen check, Deme.
[19:31] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: What spell, Seira, or breath or what?
01[19:32] <Seira> "The orb family of spells has been proven to work where other magic, even of clerical nature, had failed," Seira agrees from where she's hovering in the air. "It's all been useful knowledge."
01[19:32] <Seira> OOC: Flare. It's a cantrip!
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC: Link me real quick?
06[19:33] * Demedais stiffens, looking straight to the right. "I... think I hear a survivor..." Demedais says, before moving to the right. "As in I hear someone speaking this time." OOC: What's to my right? Rubble and ruins?
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:35] <Kotono> As Demedais advances into the stony ruin, he can hear it clearer, "Help..By Her Majesty...help!" The man's voice is louder as you get closer, "I'm trapped!"
06[19:35] * Demedais grimaces. "Calm down, and move as little as possible so things don't shift. Hold on..." OOC: Can I make listen/spot to try and pinpoint his position?
03[19:35] * Merc (~k@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
[19:36] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead.
[19:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 spot
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 spot and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[19:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 listen
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 listen and gets 33." [1d20=6]
01[19:36] <Seira> "If he's not too far, I could swap places with the survivor," Seira calls down to Demedais. "I'll survive even if a building falls on me. Are there more trapped, though?"
[19:36] <Kotono> Donald hangs back, "Saul, can you spare some healing for my wounds? I feel like I was half digested."
[19:37] <Demedais> "I don't know. Sir, are there more with you?" Demedais speaks loudly if calmly, looking for where the man might be.
[19:37] <Kotono> Demedais picks his way into the rubble of a house. Amid it, he can hear it closer and closer, coming from slightly below a large stone slab wall, collapses down. "I hear you...I hear you! I won't move! I'm the only one here. It's dark and I can't move."
[19:38] <Demedais> "Okay." Demedais replies, before glancing to Seira. "That might be the most efficient method of extraction; alternately, I can try to lift it, but I am concerned about what might happen if the wall crumbles as I lift it."
01[19:39] <Seira> Saul heads over to Donald and heals him up some.
[19:39] <Demedais> "Either way, I can lift it and you're good at getting through tight spaces, so... that would probably be optimal, yes."
01[19:39] <Seira> OOC: Gembomb -> CMW, CLW x4
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, roll 'em.
01[19:40] <Seira> roll 2d8+10+4d8+20
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10+4d8+20 and gets 54." [2d8=6, 8][4d8=2, 2, 3, 3]
06[19:40] * Seira gets within range, for her part, ready to use benign transposition if it looks like Demedais's efforts would fail.
[19:41] <Kotono> Donald approaches as well, after nodding ot Saul, "Let me help. Two of us can lift this better than one."
06[19:42] * Demedais nods at seeing Seira's action, before taking the wall. "Alright, sir. If you can move after I lift this, do so; if you can't, we'll get you out." At Donald's offer, he nods. "Alright. Lift on my count, then?" A moment of focus for Demedais, before, "One... two... three!"
01[19:42] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 Donald
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 Donald and gets 32." [3d8=6, 7, 4]
01[19:43] <Seira> OOC: CMW, Obscuring Mist->CLW
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Make a str check, Deme? Add Donald's str mod of +8 to your roll.
[19:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+4 Kensai, +8 Donald)
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+4 Kensai, +8 Donald) and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[19:45] <Kotono> With a terrific grunt, the two men lift th wall up! Slowly, a man comes crawling out - he's scuffed and cut all over, but intact. He wears gray rock-dust covered trouses and pants, a merchant's garb thta's seen better days. He manages to get to his knees, "T-thank you..."
[19:45] <Kotono> As this happens, Alicia and the others get within visual range, descending down to join the others.
06[19:45] * Demedais slowly puts the wall down, nodding to the man.
[19:46] <Kotono> The wall is put down, Donald grimacing. "You're welcome," he says, wiping his brow, "Hey, some of you!" He points at the soldiers, "Make sure he gets out in one piece!"
06[19:46] * Alicia alights on the ground nearby. "We were too late?" she surmises, seeing no hostiles around. At least everyone seems intact.
01[19:46] <Seira> "We took two down," Seira greets Alicia's party with. "How about you?"
[19:47] <Alicia> Except for the massive remorhaz corpses, yes. "Two as well, and a wraith - its spells were as bad as those nabassu from earlier," Alicia explains. "There was a portal there as well, but summoned elementals didn't report back after going through so I closed it."
[19:48] <Kotono> "A portal? So it means outsiders are behind it?" Pollyanna glowers, "Which ones then?"
[19:48] <Kotono> The man is helped away by the guards, but he turns back as he does. "I thank each of you...if Moren Silverwind can ever do anything to repay you.." he says, before being safely hurried away.
01[19:49] <Seira> "Alright. I'm sure you're curious why I had us regroup," she says, getting right to the chase. "I received a Sending, purportedly from King Lorthan. It said that Celebrimbor had been abducted and that temples were sacked. The king wanted to warn us to be cautious and requested our presence."
[19:49] <Alicia> "We don't know where the portal went," Alicia reminds Pollyanna. "And it was overseen by an undead, not an outsider." At Seira's words she then frowns. "How dire is the situation there? We can't well leave Malmuth in its current state..."
[19:49] <Kotono> "Oh fuck," Donald whispers, "Another attack? All the way in Pallanth?"
01[19:51] <Seira> "I've asked Amaryl to check from her end, both that it's not a trick and just how dire and urgent the situation is," Seira elaborates further. "My own somewhat shocked original response promised we would show up half an hour to an hour and briefly detailed what we were doing at present. If the situation is highly urgent, we would know soon when another Sending goes through."
[19:53] <Demedais> "..." Demedais remains silent for a moment, before grunting. "And this pattern... if it's groundbound at all... the only real target is west. Tell Amaryl to put Balmuria on high alert as well." Demedais replies, before nodding to Alicia. "If this is authentic, a group should head to Pallanth while another group stays here."
[19:53] <Alicia> "Assuming they can spare the resources to contact us in that way - if the situation is truly bad then their spellcasters will surely be occupied with more pressing matters," Alicia suggests. "But there's no way Malmuth can hold off those remhoraz without our help. We may have to split up."
[19:54] <Kotono> "You think it's moving west then? Balmuria," Donald begins to tick off, "Victoria, all the oasises, Arad, Kelara and all the little city-states past it? How far will it go?"
[19:54] <Kotono> "Don't forget about Valandia, too. Or Purinn," Pollyanna wipes her hand over her face, "We may have to split up if they're serious about this, then. Another attack the next night on one of those?"
01[19:55] <Seira> "But not ours, back in Balmuria," Seira points out. "Everyone is already on high alert. That the Citadel got attacked with a measure of success despite that speaks much of our enemies." It goes left unsaid that Malmuth's situation wasn't enough to determine that.
[19:56] <Demedais> "I can't think of any targets to the north, east or south, so west seems the only real direction to go. And alright. Then... let's see if we can eliminate another of the remorhaz while we wait for the return Sending? The things are durable - a group effort might prove a far faster way of dispatching them." Demedais suggests.
01[19:57] <Seira> "For now, let's do what we can here. Those who can fly should do so, spreading out slightly to search for fresh targets, while the rest advance with Demedais. Our immediate goal is still finding survivors here and ridding the city of its menace."
[19:57] <Kotono> "Don't let it focus on any one person. It's attacks are vicious." Flapping her wings and taking to the air, "Hit and run if we have to. Attrit it down, they don't seem to be interested in self survival."
[19:58] <Alicia> "Have to find it first - we haven't seen any on the streets while flying over the city," Alicia observes. "They must be hiding - although how such monstrously huge beasts can hide I'm note quite sure."
[19:58] <Kotono> Latha says that as she checks of her mace.
01[19:58] <Seira> Saul uses this chance to call upon his dwindling magical reserves and use a Restoration on Alicia.
[19:58] <Kotono> "Burrowing," Pollyanna looks to the street, "The last one came right up out of the ground. Reminds me of the shocker lizards."
[19:58] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods slightly. "One was hiding in a building and burst out of it in an attempt to ambush us." he notes to Alicia.
[19:59] <Demedais> "Burrowing, too, yes." Demedais nods. "They're effectively lurking for people passing through, which is part of why I suggested sticking together - flying may not provoke any of them out."
06[19:59] * Alicia nods to Saul in thanks. "In that case Antenora has the best chance of locating them - they do have minds you can sense, right?" she asks the former erinyes.
[19:59] <Kotono> "They do. They're..." Antenora blushes, "They're about as smart as a quick human, too. They used intelligent tactics when Alicia went invisible, but they refused to retreat once they had a chance to attack us, either."
01[20:00] <Seira> "Flying might, however, discover--" Trailing off, Seira waves one of the Malmuthian soldiers over, and asks, "What was this building here?" as she points at the extra scorched ground.
06[20:00] * Alicia blinks. "They're that smart? Maybe you can try communicating with the next one? With their leader and retreat cut off we may be able to negotiate, or at least learn of their masters and objective."
[20:01] <Kotono> "A new temple," He shakes his head, "An order to..." He thinks a moment, "Orrly, what was the name of the God?" Another soldier steps forward, "It was Lathander, sirs."
[20:02] <Demedais> "The temples were razed here, too, then?" Demedais hazards.
[20:02] <Kotono> After a moment, "That remind me of the gnomes. They hated the Gods because of the God-King, didn't they?"
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[20:03] <Kotono> After a moment, "That remind me of the gnomes. They hated the Gods because of the God-King, didn't they?" Pollyanna looks down and away, "Do you remember some of the attitudes and things we're read about them?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "I wonder if it was the Dark Six?" Alicia wonders quietly. "The level of power we've seen is consistent - there was a spell on the town square that was beyond the ninth circle, and an undead lieutenant in the form of a spellcasting wraith makes sense. We know they seek to disavow the sanctity of the Gods..."
01[20:03] <Seira> "We can predict where other attacks might be, and prevent needless casualties that way," Seira muses, even as she passes all available information on.
[20:04] <Demedais> "...and that would make both Valandia and Balmuria large targets as it stands." Demedais murmurs.
[20:04] <Kotono> "Still though..." After a few moments, "Time is valuable to us. Let's go?" Antenora starts flying as well, "The sooner these remorhazes are slain, the more survivors that might be saved."
[20:05] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods slightly.
01[20:06] <Seira> "Let's head towards the nearest temple," Seira suggests, getting directions.
06[20:06] * Alicia nods and takes off, flying forty feet high and checking for magic since the remohoraz had spells active on them which should show up through building walls for her.
[20:06] <Kotono> "The nearest one is a ways away - it's to Tempus," Leading on now, "It's going to be a bit of a walk." OOC: Moving along? Anyone doing anything else too? You're scanning for magic, Alicia? Radius?
01[20:07] <Seira> OOC: Let's go there, unless something better comes up
[20:07] <Alicia> OOC: 120ft
[20:08] <Kotono> Thus you walk along. As you do...after about 9 minutes or so, perhaps ten, you travel through another rubble choked street. From above, Alicia can see a band of magic below ground, moving towards the party. It's about 70 feet away, but moving towards them fast.
[20:09] <Alicia> "Incoming!" Alicia yells, pointing in the direction it's coming from with her flaming sword. "Below the ground, coming fast!"
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[20:09] <Demedais> "Everyone, away from me again!" Demedais says, sword drawn as he braces! "Same pincer we did last time!"
06[20:09] * Seira evades, ready to unleash a torrent of flame as the remorhaz emerges!
[20:10] <Kotono> "Right!" Donald cries, darting to one side and ready to go! "Once it comes up, end it fast!"
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Your'e basically twenty feet ahead, flies are in the air, everyone else is back and ready to pincer it, Deme?
[20:11] <Demedais> OOC: Back and to the sides, yes.
[20:12] <Demedais> OOC: Figure mr. Heavy Metal Armor is the loudest one.
[20:12] <Kotono> A few moments pass, before the ground below Demedais erupts out in a storm of exploding stone! OOC: Ref, deme.
[20:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[20:13] <Kotono> Demedais perfectly moves out of the way, dodging each in turn as another remorhaz erupts out, going down to bite at him!
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:13] <Demedais> OOC: Depends on how far away Donald/Latha went, but flatfooted? Not that even then.
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55 fails to beat DR
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 fails to beat DR and gets 60." [2d8=4, 1]
[20:14] <Kotono> Demedais gets bitten hard, chomped into! He resists the agony as...OOC: You guys are prepared so no ambush. Roll init.
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[20:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 Deme
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 Deme and gets 21." [1d20=17]
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul and gets 17." [1d20=16]
[20:15] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
03[20:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(27)>Polly(23)>Deme(21)>Saul(17)>Seira(14)>Latha(13)>Donald(12)>Antenora(7)'
03[20:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Remorhaz(29)>Alicia(27)>Polly(23)>Deme(21)>Saul(17)>Seira(14)>Latha(13)>Donald(12)>Antenora(7)'
[20:17] <Kotono> The Remorhaz is vicious and ready to chom down on Demedais, repeating the same verse as the first!
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:17] <Demedais> OOC: 36+2 from Donald's aura. So 38.
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55 fails to beat DR owwies
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 fails to beat DR owwies and gets 60." [2d8=4, 1]
[20:17] <Kotono> Demedais is bitten again, chomped down like a chew toy and bleeding all over, staggering! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:19] * Alicia swoops down on an arcing dive to slash her fiery blade into the beast's back and then angles back up and away out of range of reprisal!
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa, flying
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa, flying and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 devotion forgot
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 devotion forgot and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[20:19] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 2d4+28+1d6
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+28+1d6 and gets 38." [2d4=1, 3][1d6=6]
[20:20] <Kotono> Alicia dives in and out, swiping Hell-Striker across it's scaly, chitinous body and wounding it to distract it from the bloody Demedais! OOC: Polly.
[20:21] <Demedais> Polly steels herself, firing a salvo into the remorhaz's body!
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:21] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 and gets 24." [3d6=3, 5, 2]
[20:22] <Kotono> Pollyanna aims and shoots, a single bolt going through it's scaly sides and leaving a hole clean through! OOC: Deme.
06[20:23] * Demedais growls, before swinging his sword widely, initiating stalling maneuvers as the fliers, archers and spellcasters whittle it down!
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up)
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) crit check
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) crit check and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) crit check
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) crit check and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[20:25] <Demedais> OOC: Ignore crit check note, natch.
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 1d20+12 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up)
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+12 (-3 CE, Prot. Dev up) and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: One normal hit.
[20:25] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 26." [2d6=5, 6]
[20:27] <Kotono> Demedais staggers with his wounds, armor dented and bloodied! Yet he stays in it, hacking into it and putting his mystical and reflexive defenses up, channeling Helm's power! OOC: Saul.
01[20:28] <Seira> Saul calls upon Waukeen's mercy, bestowing it to Demedais in turn!
01[20:28] <Seira> OOC: Heal
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Saul will get AoOed if he gets close enough to touch Deme for it, he doesn't have handy AoO avoidance tricks like you guys. Just a heads up.
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: HE will benefit from Deme's aura, though.
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: What, if he approaches Deme from behind?
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: Can Deme 5ft step back, then?
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, it has reach. Hasn't mattered much besides Donald eating an AoO.
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Actually, checking it, Eb's right. Carry on.
01[20:30] <Seira> OOC: Righto
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: 150 healing?
[20:30] <Kotono> Deme's wounds mend, body restored in an instant by Waukeen's graces! OOC Seira.
06[20:31] * Seira uses this chance to breathe golden fire at the monster, avoiding Demedais!
01[20:31] <Seira> roll 8d8 dc of really low
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 dc of really low and gets 33." [8d8=4, 2, 2, 1, 7, 6, 8, 3]
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 10." [1d20=10]
01[20:31] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:31] <Kotono> The remorhaz dodges some of it, but is still singed here and there! OOC: Latha, assuming Seira's done.
[20:32] <Alicia> Latha flies around to the rear of the beast, slamming her mace into its back where it came out of the ground!
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa flying flanking
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa flying flanking and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d8+21
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+21 and gets 24." [1d8=3]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 fort
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Fort.
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 fort and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[20:35] <Kotono> Mace steaming from the heat, LAtha slams it's back hard and rocks it a little further! Donald holds a moment before closing in, fighting defensively and channeling Guardianil's power as he risks being bitten apart by it! OOC: Having to draw the AoO, activated Shining Defense. +15 temp HP and 5/- DR, also selected Saul to take damage in case the mage gets sniped.
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 AoO
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 AoO and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[20:35] <Kotono> Donald sprints between it's bite, leaping up to rip into it's underthroat!
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d10+12
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+12 and gets 21." [1d10=9]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 fort
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 fort and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 10d10 owwies
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d10 owwies and gets 48." [10d10=3, 3, 3, 7, 7, 1, 8, 2, 6, 8]
[20:37] <Kotono> Donald's blade hisses and melts a bit, steaming as it rips into the creature's hot body! Donald lands, a muffled curse from beneath his helmet! OOC: Antenora.
[20:38] <Alicia> Antenora follows Alicia's example, swooping down and stabbing her spear into the creature's back, wrenching apart chitinous scales and mangling its softer innards before withdrawing back up out of range!
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa flying
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa flying and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25 and gets 31." [1d8=6]
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Fort Anty?
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[20:39] <Kotono> Antenora plunges her spear into it's back, ripping it in and out and dealing wounds! OOC: Remorhaz is up.
[20:39] <Kotono> The remorhaz goes for Demedais, as his wounds heals and tries to undo Saul's magical work in one bite!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:40] <Kotono> But Demedais is on guard now, aura of white shining as the beast is pushed back safely! OOC: Alicia.
[20:41] <Alicia> Pivoting in midair, Alicia tucks her wings in briefly to arrest her ascending motion, dropping back down before they fan out behind her, carrying her onwards in a swoop to once again slice apart the monster's back and carry her up and out of harm's way!
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -9pa flying
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -9pa flying and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 2d4+36+1d6
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+36+1d6 and gets 43." [2d4=3, 1][1d6=3]
[20:42] <Kotono> Alicia spears it's back, ripping in and out as she flies back an dforth past it, scoring wound after wound! OOC: Polly.
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yeah, Deme, what was your AC? AoO?
[20:43] <Demedais> OOC: 48, so yes.
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 whack?
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 whack? and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff, carry on Polly.
[20:43] <Demedais> Pollyanna continues shooting arrows into the neck of the beast!
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. Crit confirm on the second?
[20:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 crit check
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 crit check and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 6d6+28
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+28 and gets 47." [6d6=2, 6, 3, 1, 2, 5]
[20:44] <Kotono> The remorhaz is shredded bad, bleeding profusely in such as hort time, maimed by the entire party! OOC: Deme.
06[20:44] * Demedais presses home the advantage, trying to cut the remorhaz down to size!
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 CE, +1 Haste)
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 CE, +1 Haste)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) and gets 31." [1d20=7]
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot crit check
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot crit check and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, crit confirm?
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 CE, +1 Haste) hatebot and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Er, one normal hit then, failed the crit confirm.
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 2d6+!5
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+!5 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [2d6=3, 6]
[20:45] <Demedais> OOC: 24.
[20:46] <Kotono> With that bevy of slashes, the remorhaz collapses! It thrashes and dies, a 5th slain! OOC: Free act.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Whew," Donald steps back, "Got that one before it got a chance to do any worse."
[20:47] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais mutters.
[20:47] <Alicia> "They fall readily enough to all eight of us," Alicia agrees. "Wonder how many are left, though?"
01[20:48] <Seira> "And I've got more news," Seira announces. "Some good, some nasty. Apparently, Pallanth weathered the attack and is in no immediate need for aid. Unfortunately, all the bodies of those who fell there disappeared. Wraiths were lead by some skeleton with a scythe, who used a spell with green special effects to make most people wither and die within moments, in case that rings any bells."
[20:48] <Kotono> "That's five and they said around a dozen? With luck, about half. With bad luck, more than," Pollyanna counts, and then scowls. "Does it? That sort of thing's not my strong suit."
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft, ring any bells?
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft, ring any bells? and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: You guys can make K:R checks off of it.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 religion okay, Alicia
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 religion okay, Alicia and gets 32." [1d20=16]
06[20:49] * Demedais thinks for a moment.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Latha knows religion
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Latha knows religion and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
06[20:52] * Demedais looks to Seira evenly, before closing his eyes. "This is just getting absurd. Completely bloody absurd."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Could be an entropic reaper?" Alicia hazards. "They're manifestations of death from Limbo - their scythes are to all living things like the hammer of the shard is to devils." She sighs and shakes her head, "The focus of the attack and disappearing bodies are the same, but the creatures used are entirely different. How far does this go?"
[20:53] <Kotono> "Worse, as long as we're like this, we're being jerked around instead of doing the jerking," Donald growls, "We need to hurry up and pick up the pace."
[20:54] <Demedais> "That was my conclusion as well, Alicia... Those scythes are supposed to be even more lethal than the Hammer is to devils, too." Demedais mutters.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Agreed, we can't do much else until Malmuth has been retaken," Alicia nods, taking off once more. "Lets press on?"
01[20:54] <Seira> "We don't presently know of no new attacks, and since temples and people seem to be their targets, it does allow for some measure of preparation," Seira muses, nodding at Donald. "Is your spare weapon enchanted properly? Lagann will fix Guardianil once we regroup, so that's not an issue."
[20:55] <Kotono> "I can do it," Donald switches and draws a plain bastard sword, "Unless you have the magic to spare."
[20:55] <Kotono> "The Dark Six, demons, outsiders, gnomes...Mystra, show us the answer soon, so we can stop this," Antenora murmurs low. "Onward to the temple?"
[20:56] <Alicia> "Here, use this instead," Alicia draws the third resort from her boot and offers it to Donald.
[20:56] <Kotono> Donald takes the dagger, scowling, "I know it's an artifact and all, but I feel so...pathetic, just using a little dagger like this." Nonetheless he holds it, putting his bigger swords away.
06[20:56] * Demedais begins moving wordlessly toward the stated location of the temple.
[20:57] <Alicia> "It's rather lacking in comparison to its siblings, I won't deny," Alicia shrugs, "But it's a servicable weapon nonetheless." With that she takes off and keeps watch for further hidden remorhaz.
[20:57] <Kotono> Thus you walk for a time. A half hour, perhaps? You pick your way amid rubble, making slow but steady progress. Night has fallen, the light of your weapons showing the way. Malmuth is ruined - the city is collapsing, a bodiless ruin of death. You reach the site of the temple - or was. It's utterly blasted, ruind here.
[20:58] <Alicia> "Two of them coming our way!" Alicia points in the direction the beasts are coming from, readying her weapon.
01[20:59] <Seira> Saul is ready to call upon the magic of Haste!
[20:59] <Demedais> "Underground?" Demedais says, lifting his foot and slamming it into the ground. "Everyone, away from me again! Inform us if one targets someone else, Antenora!"
06[21:00] * Seira is more than ready to follow with the previous pattern.
[21:00] <Kotono> "Got it," Antenora says, aireborn! OOC: You guys have a roun dof prep to do anything you like real quick. That includes haste if you want, Saul
[21:00] <Kotono> .
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to attack on part of team angel
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Donald's staying well back. Seira/Deme? I know Deme's baiting it up.
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: actually, not Latha
06[21:01] * Seira herself opts to go for Blur.
[21:02] <Alicia> Latha positions in the centre of their formation and blesses everyone with the protection of Celestia!
[21:02] <Alicia> OOC: Holy Aura on everyone, +4 deflection AC +4 resistance saves
[21:03] <Kotono> A few moments later, the ground around Demedais erupts in a storm of stone and rubble! OOC: Two ref saves, Deme.
01[21:03] <Seira> OOC: It's not +6 for her/
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: That's her protective aura. Different thing.
06[21:03] * Demedais prepares himself for the coming onslaught! OOC: Total defense, +4 AC, was gonna do this before you continued.
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 ref 1
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 ref 1 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 ref 2
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 ref 2 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:04] <Kotono> Demedais stands amid the stone bursts, every single sotne missing him! As they do...OOC: Goa head and take your readied actions, Alicia/Antenora.
[21:05] <Alicia> Alicia and Antenora swoop down in tandem to attack a remorhaz each before darting up out of harm's way!
03[21:06] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5af09bb7.wfd104.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge devotion
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge devotion and gets 24." [1d20=8]
02[21:06] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5af09bb7.wfd104.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -6pa flying Alicia
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -6pa flying Alicia and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa flying Anty
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa flying Anty and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -6pa flying Alicia crit check
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -6pa flying Alicia crit check and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Crit, Alicia. Owwies.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 4d4+56+1d6
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+56+1d6 and gets 65." [4d4=3, 2, 2, 1][1d6=1]
[21:07] <Kotono> Alicia dives down, stabbing the back and spine of the beast with a flamign slash as it and it's twin go to turn Demedais into mush!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 AC DEme?
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 AC DEme?
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 AC DEme? and gets 31." [1d20=4]
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 AC DEme? and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: You can AoO, I know for sure the 31 missed and the 36 does as well I imagine.
[21:08] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, but the 36 not by enough, so I AoO the 31.
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+1 Haste)
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+1 Haste) and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:09] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 19." [2d6=2, 2]
02[21:09] * Merc (~k@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) Quit (-=SysReset 2.55=-)
[21:09] <Kotono> Demedais pounces in retort as he dodges both, giving alicia's back wound a twin on it's front! OOC: Init here.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Remorhaz 1 (wounded)
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Remorhaz 2
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Remorhaz 1 (wounded) and gets 29." [1d20=19]
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=13]
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Remorhaz 2 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[21:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 Deme
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 Deme and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[21:10] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 21." [1d20=14]
03[21:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Remorhaz 1(29)>Latha(27)>Remorhaz 2(25)>Donald(22)>Alicia(20)'
03[21:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Remorhaz 1(29)>Latha(27)>Remorhaz 2(25)>Donald(22)>Antenora=Polly(21)>Alicia(20)>Demedais(11, Rei-chan says hi!)'
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+1 Saul
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 Saul and gets 17." [1d20=16]
03[21:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Remorhaz 1(29)>Latha(27)>Remorhaz 2(25)>Donald(22)>Antenora=Polly(21)>Alicia(20)>Saul(17)>Demedais=Seira(11, Rei-chan says hi!)'
[21:11] <Kotono> The first remorhaz roars in it's pain and re-bites at Demedais, going for a second dip!
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:12] <Demedais> OOC: 40.
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: With total defense and buffs? Wow.
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 2d8+55
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+55 and gets 64." [2d8=2, 7]
[21:12] <Kotono> Demedais can't evade this time, bitten on like a chew toy and bloodied, tossed into the air and floating down safely! OOC: Latha.
[21:14] <Alicia> Latha flies over to support Demedais, swinging her mace mightily at the wounded remorhaz's head!
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -5pa flying
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -5pa flying and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: +25 sorry
[21:15] <Kotono> OOC: Still a hit. Damage and then fort.
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+23
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+23 and gets 27." [1d8=4]
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 fort
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 fort and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[21:16] <Kotono> Latha slams her mace into it's side, leaving crack marks running up and down from the tremendous impact! The second remorhaz turns to her, going to try and make her a bite sized snack!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: AC 39
[21:16] <Kotono> Latha flies up a few feet, teeth coming to within an inch of her arm, but evasion still managed! OOC: Donald.
[21:17] <Kotono> Donald lowers his head and works around, going for the wounded one as it snaps at him!
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 praying for a miss or for no crit at least
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 praying for a miss or for no crit at least and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 praying for a miss or for no crit at least jinxed
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 praying for a miss or for no crit at least jinxed and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Sadly, his AC is 35. 36 base, -2 for no Guardianil and +1 for haste. He already has +4 deflection.
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 4d8+110 ow
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+110 ow and gets 131." [4d8=6, 4, 5, 6]
[21:19] <Kotono> Donald is taken up and bitten, slammed into the ground over and over! He panckaes terrifically, trying to stab into the monster as his body is ruined!
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+1 haste)
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+1 haste) and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+1 haste) revenge crit?
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+1 haste) revenge crit? and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 2d4+24+3d6+3d6
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4+24+3d6+3d6 and gets 53." [2d4=3, 2][3d6=4, 4, 4][3d6=4, 5, 3]
[21:21] <Kotono> As Donald is tossed around like a rag doll, he stabs up and takes out it's eye! He rips it out, attached and burning away on the Resort as he is dropped to the ground, the remorhaz thrasoing it's head straight up in agony! OOC: Ow. Antenora and Polly.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Hold fast, Donald!" Antenora encourages, working up a holy fervour as she divebombs the wounded Remorhaz, hoping desperately to finish it off. He might be an annoying elf but he's their annoying elf!
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa flying charging, divine succor on Donald
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa flying charging, divine succor on Donald and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Narrow miss.
[21:22] <Kotono> Antenora dives hard and charges, but misses the remorhaz by a cat's whisker! OOC: Polly.
[21:23] <Demedais> "Careful! Get out of there, Donald!" Pollyanna yells, sending arrows flying at the eye socket Donald left behind. He may be an annoying elf, but Polly hadn't gotten a chance to give him the glass balls yet!
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
[21:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 presuming no for now
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 presuming no for now and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:24] <Alicia> OOC: Anty has +1 on her attack, forgot Haste!
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 2d8+62 and -1 con
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+62 and -1 con and gets 72." [2d8=3, 7]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, Deme. Rolling the rest of them?
[21:26] <Demedais> OOC: Is the wounded one dead?
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora also needs a fort save, Eb.
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 3d6+14 rolling this hit, if it kills she switches. Remaining shots: Haste shot, +17 shot.
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d6+14 rolling this hit, if it kills she switches. Remaining shots: Haste shot, +17 shot. and gets 21." [3d6=2, 4, 1]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 34." [1d20=6]
03[21:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(27)>Remorhaz 2(25)>Donald(22)>Antenora=Polly(21)>Alicia(20)>Saul(17)>Demedais=Seira(11, Rei-chan says hi!)'
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: It's down, +17 can be on the other.
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 Haste shot
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 Haste shot and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 final hit
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 final hit and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[21:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 final hit crit check
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 final hit crit check and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[21:29] <Demedais> roll 6d6+28
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+28 and gets 52." [6d6=5, 4, 2, 2, 6, 5]
[21:29] <Kotono> Readjusting off her dive, Antenora floats back up and impales the brains of the remorhaz! At the same time, Pollyanna sends arrows into it's skull, the combined trauma laying it low and it's brains raining about in all directions! Then Pollyanna tunrs to the other, riddling it with arrows as well! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:31] * Alicia now swoops in to attack the last one, pleased at how quickly the first fell even if it did take a harsh toll on Donald.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa crit check
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa crit check and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Kerit.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 4d4+64+1d6
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+64+1d6 and gets 79." [4d4=4, 2, 3, 3][1d6=3]
[21:32] <Kotono> Alicia swoops in and cuts this one's side wide open, driving deep into it! OOC: Saul.
[21:32] <Alicia> She swoops out afterwards, too! Because she can.
01[21:33] <Seira> Saul makes his way towards Donald, trying to keep him alive and in the game!
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 4d8+15 CCW/Neutralize Poison
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d8+15 CCW/Neutralize Poison and gets 33." [4d8=5, 5, 1, 7]
[21:33] <Kotono> Donald's wounds heal to a degree, mended but with still several left on him! OOC: Deme/Seira.
06[21:34] * Demedais steps in toward the remaining remorhaz, focusing his offense on it!
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste)
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste) and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste)
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste) and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:34] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste) crit check
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 (-1 CE +1 Haste) crit check and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 4d6+30
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+30 and gets 45." [4d6=4, 5, 5, 1]
06[21:35] * Seira maneuvers to flank with Demedais, bringing the Resort down on the remorhaz's exposed neck!
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 36." [3d8=1, 5, 2][5d6=2, 4, 2, 6, 5]
[21:36] <Kotono> Seira swoops in and stabs it's neck, a nasty wound to an artery that leaks blood all about! At the same time, Demedais hacks into it, the two critically weakening it! OOC: Latha.
[21:36] <Alicia> Latha stays and tends to Donald for the moment, soothing his wounds with her heavenly hands.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 DC 21 casting defensively for Heal
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 DC 21 casting defensively for Heal and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[21:37] <Kotono> Donald's wounds vanish, his frame restored! Just in time too, as the remorhaz goes to try and finish him!
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 no crit
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 no crit and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[21:37] <Kotono> With breakneck speed Donald leaps back, dodging the bite with no space at all to spare, pushing it to the very limit! OOC: Donald.
[21:38] <Kotono> Donald screams as he lunges in, Resort gleaming withe elemental power!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 crit
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 crit and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 3d4+36+6d6+6d6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d4+36+6d6+6d6 and gets 75." [3d4=3, 2, 1][6d6=3, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1][6d6=1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5]
[21:39] <Kotono> Donald leaps up and slices this one's head in two, the creature collapsing to the ground and slain! OOC: Free act.
[21:39] <Alicia> "Phew," Alicia breathes out as she lands amidst the others, flicking the gore off of her sword. "We're getting better at killing them, but they're still terribly dangerous."
[21:39] <Kotono> "Ugh." Antenora shakes her head. "They're senseless brutes." Going to one of the bodies, "Violent brutes. I tried to communicate with it and it went nowhere."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Couldn't even find out what they hope to achieve?" Alicia asks.
01[21:40] <Seira> "I'm pretty certain we're at a stage where diplomacy has failed," Seira says as tactfully as she can. "And you know me, trying to befriend everyone."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Nothing," Antenora just grunts, "Agreed. This is war and we're on the frontlines. Let's see about breaking the rest of them."
[21:41] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[21:41] <Alicia> "Even if we can't make them stand down, diplomacy still has value in gaining valuable information from the enemy... but clearly that's no option here. Anyway, it seems they're laying in wait near the temples, so finding the next one should find our next monsters."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Say, who was this one to?" Donald walks up, wobbly on his feet.
01[21:42] <Seira> "That was the plan, yes," Seira agrees, also hoping they'll find some more people actually alive along the way.
01[21:42] <Seira> "Ah, Tempus, I believe?"
[21:43] <Alicia> "Tempus," Alicia reminds Donald. "Perhaps the Lord of Battles smiled upon as as we slew those two?"
06[21:45] * Demedais shrugs. "Possible. Let's keep going?"
[21:45] <Kotono> "Hmph," Antenora looks to him, "An unorganized bloodshedder, but...his temple didn't deserve this. Let's continue?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "What other temples were around?" Seira asks the resident Malmuthians.
[21:47] <Kotono> "A few more," Orrly comes forward, "There's been a lot of religious buzz over the past year. Kelemvor and a new one to Kossuth that had just started. The Kossuth one isn't too far, the Kelemvor one's a bit farther."
01[21:48] <Seira> "Kossuth it is, it'd fit better anyway. But we'll have to check out Kelemvor's afterwards."
[21:48] <Kotono> "Let's go then?" Latha is already flying away. "Lead on."
06[21:49] * Alicia nods in agreement, taking off and keeping watch as they depart.
[21:50] <Kotono> Thus you begin to wakl. About ten minutes pass as you pick through the ruined streets. As you do...
01[21:51] <Seira> "Oh hell no!" Seira exclaims. "The dead are attacking the Temple of Waukeen back home!"
[21:52] <Kotono> "Like hell they're going to," Saul says calmly, "You've already taken precautions through Amaryl, haven't you?"
01[21:52] <Seira> "Alicia, could you take Latha and Dad to Balmuria to reinforce them?" Seira asks immediately after. "Precautions are fine, but we shouldn't take any chances either, especially if it's not a single attack!"
06[21:52] * Alicia stops abruptly. "If Balmuria's under attack we have to go right now," she states firmly, landing amongst the group. Malmuth is in a bad way but more or less stable. They can stop deaths happening in Balmuria if they act quickly, though.
[21:54] <Demedais> "... I'm inclined to agree with Seira. Get people over there to help support; let us finish up what we can here. If we're needed, Amaryl can tell Seira." Demedais says.
[21:54] <Alicia> Of course it's not a single attack, they had the numbers to hit all the temples at once here and surely Balmuria's in the same way. Amaryl can see Waukeen's temple right outside Seira's inn, but that leaves Alicia's own home on the far side of town, along with Jessica, Hugo, and Marie... "Alright, it'll be just the three of us," she accedes, grabbing the two as Latha puts up a holy aura.
01[21:55] <Seira> "Hang on a second," Seira requests, seeking out all the relevant details first.
[21:55] <Alicia> Hopefully they can quickly deal with Seira's problem then she can teleport home.
06[21:56] * Alicia refuses to wait for a detailed summary, when every second puts her family at risk away from what Amaryl can see, and immediately teleports herself and her two tagalongs to Waukeen's temple.
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100 just outside temple of waukeen, studied carefully since I guess I see it every day
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 just outside temple of waukeen, studied carefully since I guess I see it every day and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Seira> "Alicia, could you take Latha and Dad to Balmuria to reinforce them?" Seira asks immediately after. "Precautions are fine, but we shouldn't take any chances either, especially if it's not a single attack!"
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Demedais> "... I'm inclined to agree with Seira. Get people over there to help support; let us finish up what we can here. If we're needed, Amaryl can tell Seira." Demedais says.
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Alicia> Of course it's not a single attack, they had the numbers to hit all the temples at once here and surely Balmuria's in the same way. Amaryl can see Waukeen's temple right outside Seira's inn, but that leaves Alicia's own home on the far side of town, along with Jessica, Hugo, and Marie... "Alright, it'll be just the three of us," she accedes, grabbing the two as Latha puts up a holy aura.
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Alicia> Hopefully they can quickly deal with Seira's problem then she can teleport home.
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Seira> "Hang on a second," Seira requests, seeking out all the relevant details first.
[19:12] <Ebiris> * Alicia refuses to wait for a detailed summary, when every second puts her family at risk away from what Amaryl can see, and immediately teleports herself and her two tagalongs to Waukeen's temple.
[19:12] <Ebiris> <Alicia> roll 1d100 just outside temple of waukeen, studied carefully since I guess I see it every day
[19:12] <Ebiris> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 just outside temple of waukeen, studied carefully since I guess I see it every day and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[19:12] <SleeplessDiseasedKo> OOC: #evil, Alicia. It's you, Saul and Latha, right?
[19:13] <Ebiris> OOC: yep
[19:13] <SleeplessDiseasedKo> With a flash of arcane power, Alicia, Saul and Latha are gone.
03[19:13] * SleeplessDiseasedKo is now known as Ko
[19:15] <Ko> "Now then," Donald looks about, "We've kille dabout seven now?"
03[19:16] * Taishyr is now known as Demedais
01[19:16] <Seira> "That's exactly right," Seira confirms. "Let's move on to the next temple. Balmuria would be safe, it can't possibly fall to undead."
03[19:16] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
06[19:16] * Demedais nods grimly. "Let's try to finish up here and then lend aid wherever else it's needed."
[19:18] <Ko> Thus you continue to walk on. As you do, a little further down a ruined street, Antenora stops cold. "I can feel the mind of one," she speaks up, "100 feet ahead and coming this way."
06[19:19] * Seira prepares to breathe on it, positioning herself fifteen feet to Antenora's left and a few feet up.
[19:19] <Demedais> "Again, everyone away from me." Demedais calls, waving people away from him and Seira to his left instead as he stamps on the ground.
[19:22] <Ko> "Got it, this'll be easy if it's just one. Well, easy enough," Donald scurries back as the party positions! Thus the party takes up familiar positions...and the ground around Demedais erupts, a remorhaz arching up for him amid a storm of stone! OOC: Ref, Deme.
[19:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[19:23] <Ko> Yet Demedais is beyond mere rubble, dodging each with lazy ease as the remorhaz arches up...OOC: Go ahead and take held actions.
01[19:23] <Seira> roll 8d8 flames
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 flames and gets 38." [8d8=3, 2, 6, 7, 2, 8, 3, 7]
06[19:24] * Demedais takes the chance he has and swings his blade quickly through the rain of stone at the remorhaz!
[19:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (-6 CE)
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (-6 CE) and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[19:25] <Ko> roll 1d20
06[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[19:25] <Ko> OOC: Hit Deme.
[19:26] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 22." [2d6=5, 2]
[19:26] <Ko> Demedais and Seira maul it at once, flames and blade cutting into it! OOC: Anyone else?
[19:27] <Demedais> Pollyanna lets loose an arrow as soon as she can see it as well!
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 crit check
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 crit check and gets 47." [1d20=20]
01[19:28] <Seira> roll 1d4
[19:28] <Ko> OOC:C rit.
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 12d6+56 so i hear you like pain
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+56 so i hear you like pain and gets 104." [12d6=6, 6, 1, 1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 5, 4]
[19:29] <Alicia> Antenora charges it from above!
[19:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7pa charge
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7pa charge and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[19:29] <Ko> OOC: Hit.
[19:30] <Alicia> roll 2d8+58 and -1 con
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+58 and -1 con and gets 70." [2d8=8, 4]
[19:30] <Ko> Donald rushes in as well!
[19:30] <Ko> roll 1d20+29
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+29 and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[19:30] <Ko> roll 1d4+12+3d6+3d66
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d4+12+3d6+3d66 and gets 125." [1d4=4][3d6=1, 5, 3][3d66=2, 53, 45]
[19:30] <Ko> roll 1d4+12+3d6+3d6
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d4+12+3d6+3d6 and gets 40." [1d4=1][3d6=6, 6, 2][3d6=6, 1, 6]
[19:31] <Ko> Under a massive assault the remorhaz buckles, nonetheless managing to bite at Demedais!
[19:31] <Ko> roll 1d20+27
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[19:31] <Ko> roll 1d20+27 ow
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+27 ow and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[19:31] <Ko> OOC: AC?
[19:31] <Demedais> OOC: 44. Also phew.
[19:32] <Ko> roll 2d8+55
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d8+55 and gets 65." [2d8=4, 6]
[19:33] <Ko> Demedais is bitten deep and hard, staggering back but managing to keep his balance under the withering, biting assault! OOC: Init.
[19:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[19:33] <Demedais> roll 1d20+4 Deme
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+4 Deme and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[19:33] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[19:33] <Ko> roll 120+3 Donald
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 120+3 Donald and gets 123."
[19:34] <Ko> roll 1d20+10 Remorhaz
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+10 Remorhaz and gets 19." [1d20=9]
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[19:34] <Ko> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 10." [1d20=7]
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
03[19:34] * Ko changes topic to 'Seira(21)>Polly(20)>Remorhaz(19)>Antenora(17)>Deme(14)>Donald(10)'
[19:34] <Ko> OOC: Go.
01[19:35] <Seira> Moving into melee, Seira easily slides into a flanking position with Demedais, ready to deflect attention from the paladin!
01[19:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 stabbings
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 stabbings and gets 41." [1d20=18]
01[19:36] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 37." [3d8=6, 1, 3][5d6=2, 3, 5, 5, 3]
[19:37] <Ko> Stabbing into it before it can act again, the remorhaz collapses, slain! It bleeds out all over, defeated swiftly! OOC: Owwies. Free act.
06[19:38] * Demedais exhales and heals himself as he begins to walk again. "Let's talk and move. And... This seems like a solid strategy for now, at least?"
01[19:38] <Seira> "That's how it all should go," Seira declares, flicking her blade to clean it and walking alongside Demedais.
[19:38] <Ko> "We've beaten the majority barring reinforcements," Antenora takes to the air once more, "Demedais, do you have any more ways to mend yourself? You're badly wounded."
06[19:39] * Seira decides to do something about it, at Antenora's words.
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=4, 5, 3]
[19:39] <Ko> roll 4d8+14 donald heals
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d8+14 donald heals and gets 31." [4d8=5, 2, 8, 2]
06[19:40] * Demedais nods to Antenora. "Some. Thanks, Seira, Donald."
[19:40] <Ko> As Donald and Seira mend Demedais, Antenora does the same by touching him all over.
[19:40] <Ko> OOC: +16 HP\
[19:40] <Demedais> roll 4d8+14 2x CMW.
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+14 2x CMW. and gets 33." [4d8=7, 2, 6, 4]
[19:41] <Demedais> OOC: Er, whoops. I sacked two Remove Diseases for that, so two more d8s + 4.
[19:41] <Demedais> roll 2d8+4
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d8+4 and gets 14." [2d8=2, 8]
[19:42] <Ko> As you begin to move along, "What about after we clear Malmuth? Then what? How many died and vanished here? How many have no homes and no lives to return to now?"
01[19:43] <Seira> "Our strongest magic might help with the rebuilding some, if only by providing the necessary materials," Seira says in a businesslike manner. "That's all we can do, for now, aside from providing temporary shelter and protection."
[19:44] <Ko> "They're our recent enemies, but...we should. This is a fucking massacre," Donald gestures all about, "It's turned the biggest city I've ever seen into a graveyard and ruin!"
06[19:45] * Demedais closes his eyes momentaraily, before opening them and looking up. "We'll do what we can to help them, as Seira and Donald have said. And they may be recent enemies, but they are not, currently. Compassion dictates our action here."
01[19:45] <Seira> "They weren't really my enemies to begin with," Seira mutters. "I only had one enemy in a Malmuthian, Ferdi, and that was of his own choosing."
[19:46] <Demedais> "That too, pretty much."
[19:46] <Ko> "Yeah." Pollyanna looks down, "If not for bad politics and greed, the Baronies may not even exist."
01[19:46] <Seira> "I doubt greed had much to do with it, but this isn't the time to debate that. Let's focus, shall we?"
[19:47] <Demedais> "Indeed. What was divided could have once been one, still. And though I don't lament the division, there's no purpose in hate between the two. Let's move on."
[19:47] <Ko> As you advance onward, you come to a building - or a burnt scorchmark showing one was once here, perhaps. There is an eerie silence here.; Antenora looks about, "I don't sense anything right now," she says, "No minds at all."
[19:47] <Ko> Donald goes to the scorched site, kneeling down, "There's barely even ash. You need incredibly hot fmales to do that. I've tried."
06[19:47] * Demedais looks around at the silence. "How far does your sense extend?"
[19:48] <Ko> "100 feet, give or take," Antenora flies up a bit, looking about. "If pressed I can sweep quickly and try to feel one as I pass."
01[19:48] <Seira> "Kelemvor's next and last, then," Seira decides, before turning towards Demedais. "Unless you'd like to take a look around?"
[19:48] <Ko> *flames
[19:49] <Demedais> "For now, we're fine. Your sense is more consistent than my eyes and ears, though I think I can claim distance..." Demedais muses, stepping into the ashes of the temple gingerly and looking around again.
[19:49] <Ko> OOC: Spot if you like.
[19:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 check in case
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 check in case and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[19:49] <Ko> Nothing at all remains - only burnt ruin.
06[19:50] * Seira just makes a target of herself, since better she than the tagalong soldiers.
06[19:50] * Demedais shakes his head sadly. "Then let's keep going. If we don't find them all on the way there, we check other parts of town."
[19:51] <Ko> "Maybe we got all of them, and they overcounted in the chaos?" Donald says with earnest hope in his voice, "Of course, there's a lot of city to still check."
01[19:52] <Seira> "Survivors to look for, and maybe even a clue or two," Seira agrees.
[19:52] <Ko> Thus the party takes to the search again. After about five minutes of walking, Antenora bobs in the sky, pointing to a park with burnt, destroyed trees, "I sense a mind in there," she points.
01[19:53] <Seira> Then that's where Seira heads.
[19:53] <Demedais> "Our priority is killing them, I still think. While finding survivors is ideal as we do this, we want to confirm their deaths so people can keep rebuilding." Demedais notes, before looking to Antenora. "Remorhaz, or other?" he asks, beginning to move toward it already. "Everyone else, prepare."
[19:54] <Ko> "Other. It's not as smart," Antenora says with a twist of her lips.
06[19:54] * Demedais nods, pushing in to the park. "Hello? Anyone hear me?"
[19:55] <Ko> No response to Deme's calling. Antenora points towards a grove of destroyed trees, "In there, I think."
06[19:55] * Demedais nods and advances to the grove gestured to, looking it over carefully and listening.
[19:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 spot in case
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 spot in case and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[19:55] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 listen in case
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 listen in case and gets 45." [1d20=18]
01[19:56] <Seira> "This is a rescue mission!" Seira calls out, since they're not exactly stalking the survivors. "We're here to help you!"
[19:56] <Ko> Spotting ahead, Demedais sees a young girl lying amid the burnt trees. She's bloody but breathing, lying face down.
06[19:57] * Demedais quickly steps inward, touching her back to heal her as she checks her over. "Damn... must have been looking for somewhere to hide."
[19:58] <Ko> OOC: Ho wmuch healing?
[19:58] <Demedais> OOC: Let's say 10 or until she's capped out.
[19:58] <Ko> OOC: 5.
[19:59] <Ko> The girl's wounds heal as she lies there, mending up and away. Antenora flies down, "She's alive? A small miracle."
06[19:59] * Seira remains alert, in case it's a trap their unusually-smart enemies have laid out.
[20:00] <Demedais> "Yes, she seems to be." Demedais turns her over and sits her up, glancing to the contingent of guards. "Can one of you take her? She should be healed now."
[20:00] <Ko> "What do we do with her? Have someone run her back?" Donald goes to brush her forehead.
[20:00] <Ko> The guards step forward, claming the little girl.
01[20:00] <Seira> "She would be safest with us," Seira announces. "Let's keep going."
[20:01] <Demedais> "Yeah, considering how far we are into the town, I'm in agreement. Apologies, sir, but take care of her for now. Let's finish up?"
[20:05] <Ko> Thus you continue to wander about. For a little time nothing happens, heading down ruined grand streets. You're in the nice parts of Malmuth now - or what once were. It's only empty here as you walk and fly along. "Still nothing," Antenora relays.
[20:07] <Demedais> "...Alright, you want to make circles around us? I worry that perhaps we're missing something..." Demedais suggests. "Hopefully the remaining four aren't attacking the camps..." he pauses after a moment.
06[20:08] * Seira waves one of the soldiers over once more. "Orrly, was it?" she asks him. "Aside from the temples, where did other attacks originate? How about that extravagant crypt? Did it get assaulted as well as one of the first targets?"
[20:09] <Ko> "I'm not sure, ma'am," He reports, "What we know is somewhat confused - the attacks were so unexpected and devastating. The temples did stand out, I didn't hear anything about a crypt."
01[20:10] <Seira> "Well, maybe they're congregating around Kelemvor's temple," Seira muses. "If we find nothing there and near the palace, we'll return and see whether Queen Tant now has a more complete version of events from the survivors."
[20:17] <Ko> Thus the party walks amid the night to Kelemvor's temple. They find it obliterated as well...and yet Antneora flies about, "Nothing," she say announces after a lap around. "Nothing at all."
01[20:18] <Seira> "The palace, and then... did you and Alicia have time to examine the portal you've mentioned?"
[20:19] <Demedais> "I've got a bad feeling. Let's head back for now?" Demedais proposes, a curse under his breath. "I think Alicia mentioned sealing the portal. Swing by the palace on our way back, sure."
[19:13] <Kotono> * Seira waves one of the soldiers over once more. "Orrly, was it?" she asks him. "Aside from the temples, where did other attacks originate? How about that extravagant crypt? Did it get assaulted as well as one of the first targets?"
[19:13] <Kotono> > "I'm not sure, ma'am," He reports, "What we know is somewhat confused - the attacks were so unexpected and devastating. The temples did stand out, I didn't hear anything about a crypt."
[19:13] <Kotono> <Seira> "Well, maybe they're congregating around Kelemvor's temple," Seira muses. "If we find nothing there and near the palace, we'll return and see whether Queen Tant now has a more complete version of events from the survivors."
[19:13] <Kotono> > Thus the party walks amid the night to Kelemvor's temple. They find it obliterated as well...and yet Antneora flies about, "Nothing," she say announces after a lap around. "Nothing at all."
[19:13] <Kotono> <Seira> "The palace, and then... did you and Alicia have time to examine the portal you've mentioned?"
[19:13] <Kotono> <Demedais> "I've got a bad feeling. Let's head back for now?" Demedais proposes, a curse under his breath. "I think Alicia mentioned sealing the portal. Swing by the palace on our way back, sure."
03[19:15] * Kuchinashi is now known as Seira
03[19:16] * Taishyr (~ferixstad@141.218.211.234) has joined #dunes
03[19:16] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Taishyr
[19:16] <Kotono> OOC: What was your agenda, Seira?
01[19:18] <Seira> OOC: Until/unless I hear anything, it's temple of kelemvor -> ex-portal site -> temple -> queen
01[19:18] <Seira> "I know. Something might've remained, perhaps invisible? Worth a try still, in my opinion."
[19:19] <Kotono> The walk to the temple of Kelemvor is a quiet one. Night settles deeper onto the destroyed city, reaching it by the light of Deme's sword. You come to an obliterated place, a zone of utter devastation. "It was here," Orrly reports, "Was."
06[19:19] * Seira glances at Antenora in case she senses anything.
[19:20] <Kotono> "Nothing," Antenora replies, "The only thing I sense is us."
01[19:20] <Seira> "Onwards it is."
[19:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna approaches the temple's scorchd remnants, "Damn it to Helm...but at least there's not another remorhaz here."
01[19:20] <Seira> "Huh, I'd actually be happier if more attacked us. Oh well."
[19:24] <Kotono> Eventually, the party comes to a blasted square. It is ruined, a once grand square reduced to nothingness. A pair of remorhazes lie here, slain by sword wounds.
[19:24] <Kotono> Antenora flies about, "Nothing still. I'll show you where the portal was," she says, "There was a wraith-like creature as well, but it didn't leave any sort of remnants."
01[19:25] <Seira> No time like the present to cast detect magic and see whether anything magical or evil remains, or anything invisible that was overlooked. "Lead the way," she tells Antenora, following her around.
[19:26] <Kotono> Demedais keeps a watch with Pollyanna as the others advance. Seira finds lingering magic all over, incredible amounts of power remaining yet. In the center of where Antenora points, Seira can see quasi visible, transparent and flickering runes, scorched but still visible, yet ever so slowly seeming to fade into the night.
06[19:28] * Seira commits the runes to memory, sketching them briefly in her notes as she relies on her companions for protection, before attempting to make sense of them.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC: K:A.
03[19:29] * Taishyr is now known as anumbernotaname
01[19:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 let's try
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 let's try and gets 37." [1d20=13]
01[19:35] <Seira> "What do you know, there really was something interesting here," Seira mutters quietly. "Alright, I think we can forego with the palace. Let's report to Queen Tant. I doubt I'll have time enough to make it to my meeting in Pallanth otherwise."
[19:40] <Kotono> After a few moments, Seira's mind is spoken to. 'Seira,' Amaryl calls, 'The battle's over. The Temple's safe. How are you?'
01[19:42] <Seira> 'We haven't found any other signs of a remorhaz since I talked to you last, but the spot where the portal used to be still has a fading ward of some kind. It's about binding and control, if you were trying to bind a piece of reality. Pretty freaky!'
[19:43] <Kotono> Antenora looks about, "Still nothing," she says as she takes to the air. Meanwhile, as Demedais and Pollyanna begin to take point, 'We're just getting in word of what's happening now. I'll let you know once I have an idea of what's happened, but Saul and Latha are safe. Alicia went off to the sky for something.'
01[19:43] <Seira> 'That's nice.'
[19:47] <Kotono> Thus you travel back to Queen Tant now. It's a long walk, and as you do, another message comes from Amaryl. 'Alicia's alright,' She says, voice slow, 'Seira...Elle was hurt pretty bad, but the Commander's saying she'll make it. But her assistant Alice...she fell to wraiths and was the one who hurt Elle before Elle...'
01[19:50] <Seira> There's not much she can say to say. 'Understood,' Seira thinks to Amaryl, before informing the others, "We won, Alicia's fine. It seems the situation was far better than elsewhere, but wraiths still ensure casualties on our side."
[19:50] <Kotono> "Who?" Demedais turns back to ask.
01[19:51] <Seira> "I only know of Alice, likely because Elle's shop is close enough to the temple and my place and reports from there would be easiest to gather."
[19:53] <Kotono> "Elle's assistant? She was always so nice," Pollyanna sighs, as the rest of the party continues on. You reach the evacuating outskirts safely, escorted to Queen Tant. She looks even more tired when you enter in and are introduced, waiting for Seira's reply.
06[19:53] * Seira personally disagrees, but it's not really something she can voice, and certainly not about someone who bravely gave their life in Balmuria's defense.
01[19:55] <Seira> "Eight of the monsters as well as a wraith from all apparences controlling them were destroyed, Your Majesty," Seira informs the monarch once the obligatory greetings are out of the way. "Balmuria had been attacked, which is where Alicia as well as my father and Latha left after dealing with most of the enemy forces here."
[19:58] <Kotono> "Eight are defeated...thank you, for all of Malmuth," Queen Tant bows her head to Seira and the rest of the Guard. "Balmuria has been attacked as well? How badly?"
01[19:59] <Seira> "We've been forewarned by the attacks here and at the Citadel, and managed to mount a successful defense at the incursion points," Seira responds diplomatically.
[20:00] <Kotono> "We are pleased...Mercy be that no more cities suffer as fair Malmuth did. Our nation is in your debt" Queen Tant rises now, "Colonel Seira, approach me."
06[20:03] * Seira approaches as she is bidden.
[20:06] <Kotono> "Were times better I could take leisure to offer greater thanks, and I will in the future. But for now," Withdrawing a simple, slightly flawed agate stone encased in a silver pendant, "This is a magical stone kept in my family's heritage, the Soothsayer's Spite. As a token of friendship and gratitude to the Crimson Guard, take it. For a wizard as yourself it will be a great boon."
06[20:09] * Seira bows before the Malmuthian queen. "I still don't have complete knowledge of the situation in Balmuria, but once that part has been settled, we may be able to send aid to the civilians, Your Majesty."
[20:11] <Kotono> "If we have aid as well to help Balmuria, we will send it." Tant seconds, "The Guard's willingness to come to it's former enemy's aid is a testament to the generosity that thrives in your hearts."
01[20:14] <Seira> "Our thanks, on behalf Lord Salman," Seira returns, bowing once more. "These enemies we seem to share are not the only ones who can open portals. If you could designate a section of the city for us, Queen Tant..." she continues, before trailing off.
[20:15] <Kotono> "You have my leave to do what you wish," she says, and with a weary sigh, "Choose a section that suits you, save for the palace grounds. It will be the work of a generation to undo this devastation."
01[20:20] <Seira> "It's only buildings. They can and will be rebuilt, Your Majesty, and it would not take an entire generation to do it, that much I'm certain of," Seira responds, taking back a step. "It also seems that the attacks continue, and Valandia was also targetted. I will leave at this time, but Demedais will remain behind to ensure that Malmuth is well-guarded until we manage to prepare a counter-attack."
[20:20] <Kotono> "Thank you," Queen Tant nods briefly.
[20:21] <Kotono> In a lower voice, whispered to Seira, "Seira," Pollyanna asks, "Splitting up again?"
06[20:22] * Seira draws closer to Demedais and the rest of their group. "It appears Claris was abducted, but Valandia pushed the undead horde back. Someone needs to go to our most important allies, and I think it's best we ensure Malmuth doesn't suffer a repeat attack, so I'll head to Pallanth on my own. You guys should be able to stop just about anything coming for you."
[20:23] <Kotono> "Will you be safe alone," Antenora asks, "No offense, but the opposition here is far from feeble. If you need help at all..."
[20:23] <Kotono> Pollyanna nods, "I understand. Nothing will endanger Malmuth while we're here."
01[20:23] <Seira> "Who do you think you're talking to?" Seira asks with a grin.
[20:24] <Kotono> Antenora nods to that.
06[20:25] * Seira concentrates on the front of Celebrimbor's estate, and calls upon the ring of teleportation!
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[20:27] <Kotono> Woosh! The night air is cool as you appear in Pallanth. The estate is full of lights, a small platoon of elven guards at the front door. It's quite busy here, a few eyeing Seira immediately. "Halt-" one begins, "Hold, it's Seira of the Crimson Guard!"
06[20:28] * Seira nods curtly at them. "I come on the invitation of King Lorthan. Where might I find him at this time?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "At the Citadel proper," One salutes, "An escort is ready for you, ma'am."
06[20:29] * Seira nods once more. "My thanks."
[20:31] <Kotono> Thus Seira is hurried to the Citadel. In private chambers you find King Lorthan and the Council save Celebrimbor. They wear tense faces, "Seira," His Majesty does not rise from his seat, "Thank you for coming."
06[20:32] * Seira bows deeply as she approaches him. "Your Highness, I wish I could have been prompter, and even more so that I was certain to stay. Unfortunately, these attacks still continue. I don't know how long I have before I might be pulled towards the next one."
[20:34] <Kotono> "I understand. We were hit hard, but warning and our good graces were enough to stop the worst of it." Ambrose Highsun leans forward in his chair, face tired, fine features sagging. "Intervention and our power was not enough fast enough to save the Temple of Sevenfold Elysium or Celebrimbor, but worse catastrophy was averted."
[20:35] <Kotono> Idril Silverleaf coughs, "So it was, barely. I saw the cold face of Death and I spite the God who spawned it."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Then I will cut to the heart of the matter," His Majesty rises. "One of the defeated minions dropped a magical bauble of interest."
01[20:36] <Seira> "On our side, Balmuria was attacked, followed by Valandia," Seira informs the elven council. "We've had some casualties, but the defenses held, as far as I can tell. Valandia's governor, a priest of Lathander, was however taken in the latest attack." At Idril's words, she frowns.
01[20:36] <Seira> "Considering the way all the temples I came across were burnt down to the ground with extreme prejudice, I doubt the involvement of any deities in this."
01[20:37] <Seira> "A magical bauble?" Seira asks then, her attention instantly riveted.
[20:37] <Kotono> Kortan Chillander shakes his head, "It matters little the puppeteer now. We must gird ourselves for the coming cold struggle."
[20:40] <Kotono> King Lorthan leads Seira into the next room. It is a bedroom, something lying on a deep, thick carpet within. A steel baton lies there, carved with glyphs that glow with their own bright green light. It is studded with gemstones, green lit from the glpyhs.
06[20:41] * Seira studies it, giving the artifact her full, undivided attention.
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: K:A check?
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[20:43] <Kotono> The glyphs promise the power to energize, control or turn undead. They are written in archaic, twisted, chaotic Abyssial, often borrowing and perverting words from Celestial.
01[20:44] <Seira> "Has anyone tried to use this?"
[20:45] <Kotono> "No." King Lorthan looks down to it, "A brave and foolish soldier picked it up and it did him no physical harm."
03[20:45] * anumbernotaname is now known as taikotoro
01[20:46] <Seira> "It doesn't seem likely to harm the wielder," Seira agrees. "Not from my understanding of it, at least. A priest might be able to use it to hold the undead off, in fact, unless the device is somehow trapped."
[20:47] <Kotono> "Curious." King Lorthan peers down at it, "The holder was a spirit of some sort, if that is any aid."
01[20:49] <Seira> "Empowering the undead and holding them at bay are two sides of the same coin, the way my admittedly limited religious teaching went," Seira elaborates. "The rod here appears to augment both."
[20:51] <Kotono> "That makes more sense." WIth a long look to Seira, "Will the Crimson Guard be benefited by borrowing it? In the coming days...both of our nations have been assaulted. Cooperation is inevitable to punish the blasphemous fools who did so."
01[20:54] <Seira> "We are certainly in a position to study it better," Seira muses. "Unless Lord Silverleaf would like to wield it in battle, of course."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Such is not a request to be made lightly, but the coming days may leave it with no choice. For now, take it." King Lorthan agrees, "For I know Celebrimbor is a personalf riend of yours, and that you will work towards freeing him."
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 let's try
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 let's try and gets 16." [1d20=4]
06[20:59] * Seira nods. "The plan right now is to ride out this wave of attack. Our enemies are using the casualties from the attack as means to strike again, but as we repel them time and time again, their military strength should be reduced. I hope to use that time for divination, to gain insight into their identity, and take the fight to them.
01[20:59] <Seira> Alicia believes this might be the work of the Dark Six, a group of atheist liches that transcended mortal magic. All that I've seen so far seems to support that theory."
[21:00] <Kotono> "The Dark Six? I'll have our records searched for any mention of them," His Majesty says.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Together, we might get hold of a clue," Seira agrees. "For now, is there anything I can help with? Unless I get word of a new attack, I intend to spend some of the night here at the Citadel."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Join with Lord Desjardin and study the ancient text and libraries." King Lorthan says, "If we have knowledge of them, let us use it as fast as we can."
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Make an int check, +5 bonus for Desjardin helping out? You're pretty much fishing right off and there's a lot to go through, but you could get lucky right away.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 let's go for initial results, then
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 let's go for initial results, then and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:12] <Kotono> Past midnight, Seira is engrossed reading through a libram. In one ancient chaper, it talks of 'Dark Six'. It talks of the mage Adammal of the Black Mantle, of the 'Dark Six'. It is said he traveled to the sky and left it torn in chaos, shrouding an entire realm in dischord. He took on the name Sylian, it is said, and contested with 'The Unspoken Chaos'.
01[21:17] <Seira> "Sounds nasty," Seira comments, pointing the grimoire to Desjardin.
01[21:17] <Seira> roll 1d100 Victoria's gates, recharged ring TP!
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 Victoria's gates, recharged ring TP! and gets 95." [1d100=95]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d10
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 3." [1d10=3]
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 1." [1d10=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 6." [1d9=6]
[21:19] <Kotono> Seira stands in grassy, slightly barren fields. Above her, Selune sheds her eternal light down in a chilly night.
06[21:20] * Seira frowns, but Waukeen does not want her to smite evil here, so she decides to sacrifice one of her precious scrolls to get her back on course.
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[21:20] <Kotono> Woosh! You appear at the gates to Victoria without incident. They are quite well closed, as city gates at night tend to be.
06[21:21] * Seira takes flight, aiming for the guard post above.
[21:22] <Kotono> As Seira approaches on wing, a guard points and salutes. "Ma'am," he calls, "We have orders to escort you in if you appeared."
01[21:23] <Seira> "And I have," Seira agrees. "Lead the way."
[21:24] <Kotono> The streets of Victoria are quiet and well patrolled. You are lead not too deep into the city, into a street with several red brick buildings. One is painted white, the soldiers leading Seira inside. Just inside Amaryl waits, breaking into a sunny smile, "Seira!" she calls, turning to face her. "Thank goodness you're safe! The others are deeper inside, staying with Lord Salman."
01[21:26] <Seira> "Not the circumstances I expected to see you under," Seira admits, before wrapping her arms around the elf with a smile of her own. "Figures it'd take the end of the world as we know it."
[21:28] <Kotono> The embrace is returned, Amaryl resting, "Alice...Abagail's upset about her. Be soft about it." After that long, blissful moment, Amaryl straights. "Let's go see Lord Salman?"
06[21:30] * Seira was hardly going to mock Alice, and so nods into the embrace before Amaryl lets go. "That's the other reason I'm here for. Let's go see him."
[21:32] <Kotono> After a summary and instructions, Seira goes to rest. The night passes in peace...the next morning, as Seira wakens, she does to words in her mind. 'Seira, report back to Balmuria if circumstance permit at all. Will be marshalling information and forces. Commander Oberuth.' It's not his voice, but Gilartal's.
01[21:33] <Seira> "I'll be there in fifteen," Seira murmurs, before instructing Amaryl and Abagail to be ready by then, while she prepares the spells of teleportation.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Roll TP and I'll move us along in here? Also, nick, Ailcia?
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
03[21:34] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[21:35] <Kotono> The morning is still and snowy as the Crimson Guard meets. The windows show the steady, slight snowfall continuing outside. Commander Oberuth heads this meeting, Saul, Alicia and Latha already there. "Welcome back," he says to Seira right off. "I received words of thanks from Arad last night. They repelled attacks there, though I don't have much information on what yet."
01[21:36] <Seira> "Kesse and the surroundings are likewise safe, as is Kelara?" Seira inquires, looking at Saul and Alicia.
[21:37] <Kotono> Saul leans deep in a chair, looking out a snowy window. "Pallanth, Malmuth, Valandia, Balmuria, Arad. That's five attacks within two days...they're quite serious about this."
[21:37] <Kotono> "I've heard no word on them," Commander Oberuth replies, as Amaryl goes over to a seat and sits. "For now, we'll hope no news is good news."
06[21:38] * Alicia shrugs in response to Seira. "I don't know about Kesse but I imagine I'd be summoned if there was trouble in Kelara," she replies. "Sir, could you tell us how the attack began last night? In Malmuth the remorhaz all appeared from a single portal in the centre of the city - was it the same pattern with the undead in Balmuria?"
06[21:38] * Seira places the metal rod liberated from Malmuth's attackers on the Commander's table. "This is our only tangible clue from the attacks, so far. It belonged to one of the wraiths behind the attack on the Citadel." She briefly describes the rod's apparent capabilities to those lacking in magical aptitude.
06[21:39] * Alicia puts a shard of tibia next to the rod. "That bone came from the entropic reaper that you mentioned was in Pallanth," she adds to Seira, "It appeared in Balmuria as well, and retained a spiritual form even after I shattered its body. Could be useful for a scrying focus."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Get Elle to identify it. Speaking of, she wants the two of you," A look to Alicia and Seira, "To stop by as soon as possible." Thereafter, Commander Oberuth stares intensely, "From what I gather, they appeared in the streets and attacked towards the temples. Nothing normal, pure magic. fortunately, we heavily fortified the temples and had warning, so most of the attacks were handled well. Further, the owners of the temple sent divine word the
[21:40] <Kotono> so most of the attacks were handled well. Further, the owners of the temple sent divine word they disapproved of these attacks. Incidentally, we may be able to rule out Torm having any part of this. His temple had it's own defenses."
01[21:40] <Seira> And so it gets to stay another day, Seira muses to herself. "Sir, did the undead appear in close proximity to the temples, then, in several groups?"
[21:41] <Kotono> "Yes, that appears to be what happened,' Commander Oberuth nods, stopping only to yawn and rub his bloodshot eyes. "Countess Stronger said it was likely teleportation circles or similar magic."
[21:43] <Kotono> "Who then? Our running idea is the Dark Six, is it not?" Latha speaks in a warming, glorious voice that makes the snow seem to shrink away from the window. "Do we know any of this beyond riddles and tidbits of scraps?"
06[21:43] * Seira seethes with rage, deep down, at how easily their foes accomplish this and flaunt it.
01[21:43] <Seira> "That's what we're going with for now," Seira agrees, relating her own tidbit courtesy of the Pallanth library.
[21:44] <Alicia> "Either teleport circle or gate would be needed to move so many creatures... given that even one of those spells is beyond us, producing so many in such a short period implies an utterly vast reservoir of highly powerful spellcasters, or a smaller number who are entirely beyond our concept of normal magical limits," Alicia opines, frowning.
01[21:45] <Seira> "It's always possible they augment their magic," Seira voices. "Both this rod and the runes left over from the portal grounds in Malmuth all had this same theme of augmentation and control, so perhaps our enemies have perfected those means for any magic they employ."
[21:46] <Kotono> "Possible. I can look into that," Saul says, "Alicia, I recall you saying you found out at the Dark Six in the Planeswalker's Guild as well? Does it relate to what Seira said?"
[21:47] <Alicia> "Runes?" Alicia blinks. "I must have missed those... but anyway, that one spell that was in place guarding the portal in Malmuth was beyond the ninth circle, so again..." she trails off and turns to Saul.
[21:47] <Alicia> "They're liches, which fits with the use of undead. They disavow the Gods, which fits with attacking temples. And they're tremendously powerful, which is what we've just been saying... it fits so far, anyway."
[21:48] <Kotono> "There is one other thing," Latha turns, "A slaadi philospher," A faint smile shows on he rface, "His name was Yiziy? A lead to follow up on, but one I am certain would be time consuming."
06[21:50] * Alicia nods. "With the situation so unstable here we can't afford to spend much time hunting across the planes for him," she admits.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Could magic be used to contact him?" Commander Oberuth look sto Seira, "Can't you summon outsiders and bind them, or find ways to find them with scrying?"
01[21:52] <Seira> "Summoning and binding a slaadi whose help we want would not ingratiate him to us, but we could certainly ask him to come?"
[21:54] <Alicia> "He's probably too powerful for us to bind. We could try sending, but... if you got a random terse message from someone you've never met asking about an immensely powerful and secretive cabal of undead wizards, would you be keen on responding?" Alicia muses.
01[21:55] <Seira> "If we made it interesting, a philosopher might just bite," Seira counters with a smile. "Rather than going 'need help, please tell us things'."
[21:55] <Kotono> "No. Still, maybe if we think of a way to sugarcoat it..." Saul rubs his chin, "A way of getting his attention."
01[21:56] <Seira> "And speaking of sendings and frogs, how about sending word to that white one we came across in the Abyss?" Seira voices.
01[21:56] <Seira> "He certainly thought it would be fun to fight on our side."
[21:58] <Kotono> "I'll consider it," Saul says, "Give me some time to think it over."
[21:58] <Alicia> "Twenty five words doesn't allow for a lot of leeway in your speech. Perhaps we could use it to arrange a meeting, at least..." she pauses at the next suggestion. "Ssnjssi? It wouldn't hurt to ask..." At least Antenora isn't around to get outraged.
01[21:59] <Seira> "It certainly wouldn't, and a meeting at least might be easy to set up," Seira adds, thinking along the same lines.
[22:00] <Kotono> "Alright. We'll meet again ina f ew hours to outline our plans," Oberuth says, "Go see Countess Stronger now and make your own preparations."
01[22:02] <Seira> "I'm afraid that barring breakthroughs, I will depart to make that portal to Malmuth as soon as I've seen Elle, Sir," Seira responds. "They were the hardest hit, and it would allow us to give them aid."
[22:02] <Kotono> AFter a moment of thought, "Alright. Do that then."
06[22:02] * Alicia nods and gets up, pocketing the nasty bone shard once more. "Elle might be able to help us get a lead on the so-called Death, but lets see what she wants first of all."
06[22:03] * Seira does likewise with the rod, nodding at Alicia.
[22:05] <Kotono> You find Elle in her shop. She wears a black dress, face drawn and sitting at the front desk of her shop. She stands, "Glad you two could make it," her voice is composed, calm, waverless.
01[22:06] <Seira> "I'm sorry for your loss," Seira automatically tells her.
[22:07] <Alicia> "I heard what happened with Alice," Alicia commiserates, approaching the desk. "She was a good woman."
[22:08] <Kotono> "She was." Elle bows her head, "She's resting now, I made sure of that." She bends over, starting to go for something, "You're going after who's behind this."
01[22:09] <Seira> "They won't get away with it, and that's not an empty promise."
[22:10] <Alicia> "I don't know if you saw the green-glowing skeleton in the sky last night," Alicia puts the tibia bone on the desk. "But he left a few things behind when I was through with him. This might help in tracking him down to finish the job, and find out who else he had backing him."
[22:11] <Kotono> Elle comes out with several wrapped scrolls, covered with cloth and simple wax seals. "Teleport and greater teleports for you two," Going down and getting another set, "Heal and Restorations for Demedais and Saul. Take them."
06[22:12] * Seira volunteers the metal rod, for her part, even as she nods and accepts Elle's scrolls. "A souvenier from the attack on Pallanth, in case it helps with that as well."
06[22:12] * Alicia takes the divine scrolls since she can teleport lots anyway. "Demedais is in Malmuth right now, but I can make sure he gets these," she affirms.
[22:13] <Kotono> Picking up the bone, "Scrying? I can do that." She puts it down and the rod as well, "I'll see to them. Seira." Meeting her eyes in her own, "This was going to be a surprise for you later, but...no time like the present."
01[22:14] <Seira> "Hmm?" Seira asks, indeed surprised.
02[22:14] * Kallen (~carthrat@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:15] <Kotono> Reaching down under the desk, Elle takes out a carved wood staff. It's head is the head of a roaring red dragon. "It's a metamagic rod." She places it down onto the desk, "Every archmage should have one that really suits them."
01[22:16] <Seira> And Seira is surprised once more! She shakes her head slowly. "I don't believe this. Custom-made metamagic? For me?"
[22:16] <Alicia> "That does suit Seira," Alicia agrees, managing a faint smile despite the overall grim situation.
[22:17] <Kotono> "My apprentice deserves nothing less," No smile on Elle's face as she takes it and presses into into Seira's chest. "It'll make your magic fiery as can be, and then a little hotter for good measure."
06[22:18] * Seira finds it very easy to give in to her impulses and hug Elle.
[19:12] <Kolunch> * Seira volunteers the metal rod, for her part, even as she nods and accepts Elle's scrolls. "A souvenier from the attack on Pallanth, in case it helps with that as well."
[19:12] <Kolunch> * Alicia takes the divine scrolls since she can teleport lots anyway. "Demedais is in Malmuth right now, but I can make sure he gets these," she affirms.
[19:12] <Kolunch> > Picking up the bone, "Scrying? I can do that." She puts it down and the rod as well, "I'll see to them. Seira." Meeting her eyes in her own, "This was going to be a surprise for you later, but...no time like the present."
[19:12] <Kolunch> <Seira> "Hmm?" Seira asks, indeed surprised.
[19:12] <Kolunch> * Kallen (~carthrat@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:12] <Kolunch> > Reaching down under the desk, Elle takes out a carved wood staff. It's head is the head of a roaring red dragon. "It's a metamagic rod." She places it down onto the desk, "Every archmage should have one that really suits them."
[19:12] <Kolunch> <Seira> And Seira is surprised once more! She shakes her head slowly. "I don't believe this. Custom-made metamagic? For me?"
[19:12] <Kolunch> <Alicia> "That does suit Seira," Alicia agrees, managing a faint smile despite the overall grim situation.
[19:12] <Kolunch> > "My apprentice deserves nothing less," No smile on Elle's face as she takes it and presses into into Seira's chest. "It'll make your magic fiery as can be, and then a little hotter for good measure."
03[19:12] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:12] <Kolunch> * Seira finds it very easy to give in to her impulses and hug Elle.
03[19:12] * Kolunch is now known as Kotono
03[19:12] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
[19:14] <Kotono> Elle doesn't relax in the touch, "If you need any particular spells to help you stop them, come to me." Closing her eye sas her face twists and contorts, "Go and crush them...but be careful. All my life I researched and learned this sort of power...and it's still not enough to oppose the forces behind this.""
[19:16] <Alicia> "I'll go and deliver these to Demedais," Alicia hefts some of the scrolls Elle donated. "Then when I get back we can try and hunt down the owner of that bone and give him the death he deserves."
01[19:17] <Seira> "It's pretty clear," Seira agrees, letting up, "that whoever picked a fight with us, we can't coexist with them. That means they'll die, as simple as that."
[19:20] <Kotono> "It's them or us, and it wont' be them." Elle nods to Alicia, "Use these well and go. I'll survive, get moving."
06[19:21] * Alicia nods. "Want to come with me to Malmuth, Seira, or will you be busy here?"
01[19:22] <Seira> "Contact me through Waukeen's temple, if it's urgent, then," Seira tells Elle, before giving Alicia an apologetic look. "I'll be busy for the following day trying to open a path to Malmuth. If there is a second round of attacks, it'll allow us to truly respond in force, not to mention eventually cut down on having to wait for a Sending. Give them my best?"
[19:23] <Alicia> "I won't be long," Alicia tells them both, teleporting herself to the refugee camp outside of Malmuth that they visited yesterday.
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 23." [1d100=23]
06[19:24] * Seira proceeds to the hidden temple of Helm!
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira.
[19:26] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia appears in the refugee camp. People are all about, a mess of endless tents and displaced people. The sky is cold but sunny, ruined Malmuth stretching ahead in one direction. The people stare at Alicia as she appears.
[19:28] <Alicia> "Peace," Alicia holds up her hands in a non-threatening gesture, not wanting to alarm these sorely overstressed people. "I'm here to help." Hopefully having affirmed her benevolent intentions, she looks for a soldier who could tell her where Captain Demedais might be.
[19:29] <Kotono> Soldiers quickly hurry up as Alicia soothes the populace. A fe salute, "Ma'am." One bows, "Her Majesty offers us for what you need while you are here."
[19:31] <Alicia> "I just need to find the other members of the Crimson Guard that were left here," she explains after returning the salute.
[19:34] <Kotono> With a salute they lead Alicia on. The rest of the guard is found amid the people, healing an dproviding food. Antenora notices Alicia coming first, kneeling next to a child and talking to her with a smile. "Alicia," Antenora says, voice quietly carrying, "How are things?"
[19:36] <Alicia> "We may have a lead on those responsible," Alicia returns, tempering her words so as not to disturb Antenora's new friend. "I'm just stopping by to give Demedais some scrolls Elle donated before she tries a divination."
[19:38] <Kotono> Demedais and Pollyanna approach, the latter smiling with grim determination. "Who?"
[19:38] <Kotono> Demedais comes forward to collect the scrolls.
[19:40] <Alicia> "Remember that Entropic Reaper Seira mentioned was seen in Pallanth?" Alicia explains, keeping her voice low and drifting off with the other grown-ups. "It was in Balmuria as well - styled itself as Death incarnate, but didn't quite live up to the hype."
[19:40] <Alicia> "I shattered its body but the spirit remained able to fight - my sister called for help before the fight could be concluded, but with the remains of its earthly shell left behind I'm hoping Elle will be able to track its location."
[19:43] <Kotono> "Good luck," Pollyanna says. "When the battle comes, if you need our help..."
[19:44] <Alicia> "We'll probably be going immediately if Elle can find anything," Alicia replies. "If it remains in a ghostly form then you and Antenora would be the most helpful to have around," she tells Pollyanna.
[19:45] <Kotono> "Come back then," Demedais says, rubbing his head, "Helm travel with you."
[19:48] <Alicia> "Thanks, Demedais," Alicia nods, proceeding to depart with any volunteers.
[19:48] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Elle's shop, studied carefully
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Elle's shop, studied carefully and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[19:49] <Kotono> Pollyanna and Antenora come with Alicia. They appear at Elle's shop, just outside. More snow continues to fall, Pollyanna sneezing. "Brr..." Looking up to the sky, "Helm preserve us, even with the winterwight slain, it's a cold winter."
[19:50] <Alicia> "Given how many bodies fell here last night, I'm counting the cold as a blessing," Alicia remarks grimly, heading inside.
[19:53] <Kotono> Heading inside, you find a soldier staring at an intricate suit of armor. As you enter he whirls around, saluting, "Ma'am!" He says, "Countess Stronger is currently conjuring. You may go back if you wish."
06[19:54] * Alicia returns the salute. "Thank you, we will," she returns, heading through to the rear of the shop and keeping quiet so as not to disturb any delicate work Elle might be doing.
[19:56] <Kotono> You find Elle in back of the shop, before a polished silver mirror. She chants, calling on the names of those who hold secrets to grant vision: From exalted names of truth to the whispers of Shar to let loose her vile secrets. Floating in front of the mirror is the shard of bone, glowing as Elle chants and calls.
[19:58] <Kotono> Antenora steps well back, bowing her head and murmuring words of CElestial. Pollyanna smiles and waits, watching.
[19:58] <Alicia> Looks like she's already started, although it's unfortunate she's not employing the greater scrying spell. Nonetheless, Alicia settles in to wait, knowing firsthand how long this can take to cast.
[20:00] <Kotono> At last, the final words are invoked, "Mysteries, reveal themselves to me! Show me what I seek!"
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 CL check
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 CL check and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:01] <Kotono> Elle snaps off a vile curse, "It was resisted. Fine." She begins to gesture again, "Greater scrying it is. Alicia, go get me a scroll from the next room. One of the ones that weakens magical resistance."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Got it," Alicia nods, heading back and quickly rifling through Elle's scroll case till she finds the one spoken of.
[20:02] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 24 on spellcraft to find it
[20:02] <Kotono> The scroll is brought back without incident. Elle reads off it, then intones devastating words of power, making the mirror glow hot white!
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[20:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 will, yep, you missed the SR 1 by, 'licia.
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 will, yep, you missed the SR 1 by, 'licia. and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[20:05] <Kotono> The mirror flickers to life! You see oblivion, darkness and obilvion, all around you. Utter blackness, umbral blots of nothingness. Floating in this sea of oblivion, Death floats. His body is half reformed, lantern shedding it's terrible light and scythe held by a half reassembled, bony hand.
06[20:06] * Alicia peers at the mirror, frowning. "Is it on the negative energy plane?" she wonders.
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: You can make an K:P check if you wish.
[20:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[20:08] <Kotono> "I think so," Elle stares at it, "The dead heart of entropy and death in existance."
[20:10] <Alicia> "Looks like it to me too," Alicia nods. "Going there unprotected is suicide - we'd want either death ward or a spell to protect against planar traits before going there. We'd also need Latha to even get there. Antenora, can you go to the garrison and find her? And do you have any scrolls that would help, Elle?"
[20:11] <Kotono> "I have a few, but be careful. If you die there..." She looks down, "Don't become another Alice."
06[20:13] * Alicia nods, shuddering at the thought of what Elle must've gone through. She can think of few things more traumatic than watching a friend die to protect you, only to immediately rise as a screaming vengeful wraith...
[20:13] <Alicia> "We'd have to be tremendously careful, but this is our best chance to destroy it while it's weakened... I won't force anyone to go there, though," she concludes for Pollyanna and Antenora's benefit.
[20:15] <Kotono> "You don't need to force me," Antenora says, "If you're going, I'm going."
[20:15] <Kotono> Pollyanna takes a breath, "It's my duty to protect Balmuria. If that takes me to the plane of entropy, that's where it takes me."
[20:16] <Kotono> After that, "I'll get Latha now, if your'e ready," Antenora steps away.
[20:17] <Alicia> "I'm glad to have both of you on my side," Alicia gives the duo a smile, before nodding to Antenora. "Lets get ready, yes."
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC: So it's you three angels and Polly?
[20:18] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Gimme just a sec.
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, what spells are prepped before you teleport?
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: one thing first - using arcane sight to see what spells are on Death while waiting on Anty and Latha. Taking 10 for 34 on spellcraft.
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: Arcane sight doesn't work through scying, remember.
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: it's basically detect magic +. But okay, I'll ask Elle to check for me?
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: One abjuration spell up.
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: isn't her spellcraft good enough to id the spell?
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Mage armor.
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: Okay. As for buffs? GMW on Latha and Anty. Heroism on Self, Anty, Polly (Latha can self-cast it on herself). Channelled Might of the Planetar onto Latha, Might of the Planetar on self. Avoid Planar Effects on everyone via scroll. Polly gets to wear the plane-shift ring.
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: oh, and shield on self, what the hell
[20:34] <Kotono> Thus the party is protected and prepared! Latha looks them over, "Is everyone ready? Once there, we'll want to move as fast as possible. None of us will last long if our protections fail, so haste is of the essence."
06[20:35] * Alicia nods, channelling a greater dispel magic into her sword. "I'll teleport us there as soon as we arrive on the plane. Antenora, you try to shatter that lantern it carries, I'll try to shatter the scythe - Pollyanna and Latha can take care of the regenerating body. Lets go now before our spells wear off?"
[20:37] <Kotono> With that, Latha invokes the might needed! The party winks and vanishes away! Black. Black is everywhere. Nothingness, pitch black oblivion. You are like tiny fading bits of light amid the end of everything, past the end of existance. It is a nightmare of nothing and everything, shaking all over with non-life. You feel your blood freeze, your heart wanting to stop and succumb.
06[20:38] * Alicia trusts in Elle's protections, immediately teleporting the group to the creature she spent an hour watching through Elle's scrying mirror while Antenora fetched Latha.
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> Before you, Death shines with green energy! The green energy of it's lantern engulfs you! It feels even worse than thet oblivion around, draining terrifically! "What suicidal bravery...you have come to Death to have your lives snuffed!"
[20:42] <Alicia> "Silence, puppet," Alicia hefts Hell Striker and immediately moves to attack according to the plan, not wanting to waste any time while negative energy gnaws against their protections. "You are no Death, but a mere pawn!"
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and go, you have a surprise round since you teleporte din on it.
06[20:45] * Alicia uses her boots to freeze time for an instant, buying her a moment to cast true strike as she refuses to let this go to chance before slicing her blade down in a vicious arc to shatter his scythe into shrapnel and kindling!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge devotion
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge devotion and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -14pa divine might 6th level arcane strike raging, sunder opposed roll
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -14pa divine might 6th level arcane strike raging, sunder opposed roll and gets 49." [1d20=7]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 50." [1d20=17]
[20:48] <Kotono> Death is too quick! His scythe comes up, parrying Alicia's massive smash! A moment later, Latha charges in, her mace looking to shatter his body!
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 and gets 44." [1d20=9]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d8+25
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+25 and gets 28." [1d8=3]
[20:49] <Alicia> OOC: holy?
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 2d6 der
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 der and gets 8." [2d6=5, 3]
[20:50] <Kotono> Latha slams into it's body body, shattering bits of dust and motes of bone! Pollyanna does the same, snapping off a storm of arrows from her safe position back and away!
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 (law devotion)
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 (law devotion)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 (law devotion) and gets 54." [1d20=18]
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 (law devotion) and gets 51." [1d20=15]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: -2, dur.
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[20:52] <Kotono> 12d6+56
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6+56 and gets 105." [12d6=5, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 6, 5, 2, 5, 2]
[20:53] <Kotono> A hail of arrows nearly shreds apart the bony body, leaving only a few bits clinging to it's shawl! Antenora charges in, throwing everything she has to a strike on it's lantern!
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 (+2 charging, +1 flying, +4 two handed weapon, -4 PA, +2 GMW)
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 (+2 charging, +1 flying, +4 two handed weapon, -4 PA, +2 GMW) and gets 52." [1d20=20]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: !
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: I forgot my +4 for a two handed weapon on my sunder attempt
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 2d8+50
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+50 and gets 59." [2d8=3, 6]
[20:56] <Kotono> Antenora slams into the lantern hard...but it's not even chipped or broken! Her spear bounces right off it! OOC: Init.
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 death
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 death and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[20:56] <Alicia> OOC: can I do damage on the scythe since I should've hit?
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 dispel magic on the scythe applies before damage
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 dispel magic on the scythe applies before damage and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 2d4+52+1d6+6d4
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+52+1d6+6d4 and gets 81." [2d4=4, 1][1d6=4][6d4=4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 2d6 if holy applies
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6 if holy applies and gets 7." [2d6=6, 1]
[20:57] <Alicia> OOC: +20 sorry, so 29 dispel check
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 init
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 init and gets 20." [1d20=13]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Death(22)>Alicia(20)Antenora(8)'
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 14." [1d20=7]
03[20:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(25)>Death(22)>Alicia(20)>Pollyanna(14)>Antenora(8)'
[20:58] <Kotono> As this battle rages, Alicia slams her blade into the scythe! It snaps in two, fading away into negative energy! Death begins to laugh, as Latha bring her mace odwn for a massive series of blows!
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA)
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=7]
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 2d8+470d6+
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+470d6+ and gets Error: Check syntax." [2d8=7, ]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 2d8+4d6+70
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4d6+70 and gets 95." [2d8=3, 6][4d6=6, 3, 3, 4]
[21:01] <Kotono> Death's body shatters apart under Latha's mace! For a dreadful moment, nothing happens but Death's shawl and lantern floating there, the latter shedding it's terrible light...OOC: Fort saves, al.
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Antenora
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Antenora and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 (+6 vs evil)
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Polly (+2 heroism)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 (+6 vs evil) and gets 50." [1d20=20]
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Polly (+2 heroism) and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Latha
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Latha and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[21:04] <Kotono> The shawl and lantern hover in the air, but above you? Laughter echos! "Well done...only in ultimate death can my true power be seen!" Above, a fast skull-face appears, brown and black! A field of scythes spins around, enveloping the party, dancing and slicing at all of you and shielding the great skull face above! "See the visage of your oblivion and despair!"
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 6d6 ref saves for half on the field of scythes all around you and death.
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 ref saves for half on the field of scythes all around you and death. and gets 24." [6d6=3, 4, 6, 3, 6, 2]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 (+6 vs evil)
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 (+6 vs evil) and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Evil bonus applies here, yes.
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Lath aref
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Lath aref and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 evasion Polly
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 evasion Polly and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Antenora
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Antenora and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Polly takes full, rest takes half.
[21:06] <Kotono> The field of scythes draws wounds all over, cutting and ripping into each of you! OOC: Alicia.
[21:07] <Alicia> OOC: just to confirm, myself Anty and Latha surround the shawl/lantern, Polly's a little ways off horizontally, and there's a skull above us?
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: About 20ft up, yes.
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Scythes all the fuck around.
[21:09] <Alicia> "Pollyanna, shoot a disjunction arrow at that skull!" Alicia calls to the archer as she attempts to destroy the lantern where Antenora failed!
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -6pa divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -6pa divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=5]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 2d4+46+1d6+6d6
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+46+1d6+6d6 and gets 75." [2d4=4, 2][1d6=2][6d6=1, 6, 2, 6, 5, 1]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 2d6 if holy applies
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6 if holy applies and gets 10." [2d6=6, 4]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: 1d100.
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 14." [1d100=14]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait lantern, nevermind.
[21:12] <Kotono> Alicia swings hard at the lantern...but even Hell-Striker fails to damage it, bouncing off it's green glowing frame harmlessly! Pollyanna draws back, firing a magical arrow right at the skull!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 and gets 44." [1d20=10]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:14] <Kotono> Magic crackles around the skull, protections shattering under the disjoining arrow! OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: I have the rest of my full attack to play with
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, if you wanna swing at the lantern again, go fo rit.
[21:15] <Alicia> Since the lantern can't be damaged, Alicia does the next best thing and tries to knock it away from its owner!
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 opposed roll for disarm
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 opposed roll for disarm and gets 52." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Kotono> The lantern is knocked flying away, it's green light leaving the party! OOC: I twas technically unattended.
[21:16] <Alicia> OOC: whoops
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 final attack on invisible death ghost for fun
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 final attack on invisible death ghost for fun and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 miss chance?
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 miss chance? and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 miss chance? I have blind fight
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Swinging at what? It's shawl or where it was or what?
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 miss chance? I have blind fight and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[21:17] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, the shawl, sure, that's all that's left
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: You can roll damage on the shawl if you like
[21:18] <Kotono> .
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 2d4+46+1d6+6d6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+46+1d6+6d6 and gets 71." [2d4=3, 4][1d6=1][6d6=2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 5]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 2d6 if holy applies
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6 if holy applies and gets 4." [2d6=2, 2]
[21:19] <Kotono> The shawl is torn in two, obliterated! OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:19] <Kotono> Shielding her face with her arms and spear as the scythes whirl around, "Alicia?" Antenora calls intothe void all around you. "The skull now or what?"
[21:19] <Alicia> "The skull!" Alicia confirms, it being the only visible threat she can see now.
[21:20] <Kotono> Antenora charges forward, bringing her full holy power to bear!
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+2 charge, +4 FS, +8 smite, +2 GMW, -10 PA)
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+2 charge, +4 FS, +8 smite, +2 GMW, -10 PA) and gets 42." [1d20=9]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2d6+76
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2d6+76 and gets 83." [2d8=1, 1][2d6=1, 4]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100 der I'm dumb today
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 der I'm dumb today and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[21:23] <Kotono> Antenora charges forward, slamming her black spear into the skull, pushing past a shielding scythe and into it's bony form! It leaves a straight hole through it, bone shards raining down! OOC: Latha.
[21:23] <Kotono> "You will not escape!" She calls, racing forward to clobber it with her own mace!
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+2 charge, -7 PA)
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (+2 charge, -7 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d8+39
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+39 and gets 44." [1d8=5]
[21:24] <Alicia> OOC: holy?
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 2d6 I'm no tsure why I forget this so hard today
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 I'm no tsure why I forget this so hard today and gets 10." [2d6=4, 6]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d100 or this dur
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 or this dur and gets 93." [1d100=93]
[21:24] <Kotono> With a fearsome battle cry in CElestial, Latha cracks the chin of the skull! Cracks run from where her mace hits, a solid blow felt all over! Meanwhile, the scythes continue to dance around you!
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 6d6 ref half
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 ref half and gets 15." [6d6=1, 4, 6, 1, 1, 2]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Antenora
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Antenora and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 Polly evasion
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 Polly evasion and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC:Antenora half, everyone else full.
[21:26] <Kotono> As the scythes cut you apart, a dreadful wave of energy comes from the leering mouth of the giant skull-face!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 CL check
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 CL check and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Latha immunes.
[21:27] <Kotono> Waves of utterly exhausting energy buffet everyone, reducing them to weary shells of themselves! OOC: Everyone but Latha is exhausted. OOC: Alicia.
06[21:30] * Alicia quivers under the sudden magically induced strain, but refuses to give up, the beneficial magic she has of her own surging through her and compelling her to fight on as she channels a spell of electrical fury into Hell Striker before hurling the blade up and through the skull in between her two friends in melee with it!
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -9 pa divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -9 pa divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Good ide aon the dispel arrow, apparently. Bad luck on that.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d100 blind fight
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 blind fight and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 CL for moonbow
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 CL for moonbow and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Success. Barely.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 2d4+49+2d6+1d6+1d8+4d4+27d6
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+49+2d6+1d6+1d8+4d4+27d6 and gets 167." [2d4=2, 3][2d6=4, 3][1d6=4][1d8=6][4d4=3, 2, 2, 1][27d6=3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 6, 6, 2, 4, 5]
[21:33] <Kotono> The electric blade cuts into death, slicing away part of it's bony jaw, leaving it dangling! The wound is deep, as Pollyanna wobbles in the air and fires more arrows!
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: -1 more.
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 9d6+33
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6+33 and gets 64." [9d6=2, 4, 6, 6, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3]
[21:35] <Kotono> Death is perforated by force arrows, ripped into despite Pollyanna's exhaustion! Cracks spread all over it's face, holes made all over it! Antenora snarls in fury, feebly raising her spear to strike hard as she can!
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-3 exhausted, +8 smite, -2 PA)
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-3 exhausted, +8 smite, -2 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-3 exhausted, +4 FS -2 PA)
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-3 exhausted, +4 FS -2 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+8 smite)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+8 smite) and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 3d8+46
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+46 and gets 61." [3d8=2, 6, 7]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 4d6
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and gets 19." [4d6=2, 6, 5, 6]
[21:37] <Kotono> Glowing with holy power over her body, Antenora hits with the butt end of her spear, sending more cracks about as she wobbles in the air! Latha follows up, "We will not fall to you, Death! Life is far more important than embracing oblivion!"
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-7 PA)
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-7 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d8+39 ow
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+39 ow and gets 44." [1d8=5]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 7." [2d6=5, 2]
[21:38] <Kotono> Death is rocked again, hard and harder! Scythes fly around even as the skull-face is battered like an immobile boxer!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 6d6 ref half
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 ref half and gets 21." [6d6=3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 6]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Antenora
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Antenora and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Polly evasion
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Polly evasion and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Latha and Antenora half, Polly none, Alicia full.
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Also, gah.
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 3d100 Antenora
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d100 Antenora and gets 104." [3d100=23, 57, 24]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: Latha has blind fight as well
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: She hit anyway.
[21:40] <Kotono> With an overwhelming motion, Death attempts to bite Antenora in two!
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
06[21:40] * Alicia is unable to channel any more spells into her blade now so has to do this the old fashioned way. Struggling upwards, she flies above the leering skull and brings Hell Striker downwards through its brow!
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: It's not done yet, Alicia. The carry on was more for me outta reflex. <)_<
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -10pa flanking divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -10pa flanking divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 42." [1d20=12]
[21:41] <Alicia> OOC: oh, sorry
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d10+10 the -6 dex got Antenora there ow and she needs fort
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+10 the -6 dex got Antenora there ow and she needs fort and gets 13." [1d10=3]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 yeah her fort with Latha's aura is nuts
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 yeah her fort with Latha's aura is nuts and gets 50." [1d20=18]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Also one vile.
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: isn't her AC also pretty nuts thanks to the aura?
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: So it is. She's off the hook then.
[21:43] <Kotono> Antenora weaves out of the way, a spray of holy energy protecting her from being bitten in half! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:43] * Alicia is unable to channel any more spells into her blade now so has to do this the old fashioned way. Struggling upwards, she flies above the leering skull and brings Hell Striker downwards through its brow!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -10pa flanking divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -10pa flanking divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[21:44] <Kotono> Alicia closes in, but isn't able to land a solid blow on it! Pollyanna continues drawing arrows, coughing but still going in the darkness!
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 42." [1d20=10]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 and gets 36." [1d20=4]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 12d6+44
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6+44 and gets 91." [12d6=4, 6, 5, 2, 5, 4, 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 2]
[21:45] <Kotono> Death is savagely torn apart again, entire skull face nearly crumbling under the assault! OOC: Antenora.
[21:45] <Alicia> Antenora does her best to finish it off, her spear flicking out to gouge more holes in its grimy bony surface!
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 furious strike
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 furious strike and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 2#1d100
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d100 and gets 78." [2#1d100 = 55, 23]
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits still.
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 2d8+28+2d6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+28+2d6 and gets 37." [2d8=3, 2][2d6=2, 2]
[21:48] <Kotono> Antenora lands a few minor injures, but can't find a decisive blow as the mocking skull continues to exist! Latha seeks to immediately remedy this!
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-9 PA)
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-9 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8+43
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+43 and gets 46." [1d8=3]
[21:49] <Kotono> The blow is a heavy one, smashing apart the bone-nose ridge, sending more bones flying! But yet it still lives! In the distance, one can hear agonies howlings, far away but very audible...OOC: Death is up.
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 6d6 scythes ref half
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 scythes ref half and gets 23." [6d6=4, 2, 5, 2, 6, 4]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Polly evasion
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Polly evasion and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 me
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 me and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 Anty
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 Anty and gets 35." [1d20=6]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Antenora half, others full.
[21:50] <Kotono> This time, Death reaches out to try and bite Alicia!
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:51] <Alicia> OOC: 38
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 2d100, I don't know why I keep forgetting this. I blame Merc.
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d100, I don't know why I keep forgetting this. I blame Merc. and gets Error: Numeric values only." [2d100=69, 97]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Dragon and sex? SCARY.
[21:51] <Kotono> As Alicia defends herself, the scythes carve more wounds on you, cutting and hacking away ,turning the darkness into a bloodfield! OOC: Alicia.
[21:52] <Alicia> "It's over now," Alicia declares with optimistic finality, Hell Striker plunging down and raking through bone with impunity!
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 60." [1d20=20]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=7]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 43." [1d20=8]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike crit check
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike crit check and gets 46." [1d20=6]
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike crit check
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa bracers divine might 6th level arcane strike crit check and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Lots of success there.
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 12d4+222+8d6+4d6+4d8+24d4
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+222+8d6+4d6+4d8+24d4 and gets 377." [12d4=4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4][8d6=3, 4, 2, 5, 5, 2, 1, 4][4d6=2, 3, 3, 5][4d8=5, 8, 4, 5][24d4=1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4]
[21:55] <Kotono> With an finality, Death's face breaks apart! A howling scream is heard from horizon to horizon! "This is impossible...you can't kill DEATH!!...!!!!" With a burst the skull rots away into black smoke, choking the air around you. Closer now, you can hear mournful, agonized howlings... OOC: Free act.
06[21:56] * Alicia looks around for the light of the green lantern. "Lets grab the lantern and get out of here," she suggests grimly, knowing that when her skin turns back to normal instead of green she's going to be really feeling the fatigue.
[21:56] <Kotono> The lantern drifts below, seen like a hazy bit of light from far away.
[21:56] <Kotono> "We need to hurry, more are coming," Latha says, "Our wounds are not insignifigant."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Come on," Alicia urges, flying down to grab the lantern and stuff it in the portable hole.
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Make a fort save as you do so.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 (+6 if Latha remains close enough and it's evil)
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 (+6 if Latha remains close enough and it's evil) and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[21:58] <Kotono> Alicia feels weak on handling the lantern, but gets it into her hole fast! LAtha takes there hands, "Back tothe Prime!" With that, the world shifts!
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 244." [5d100=55, 32, 51, 50, 56]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
[21:59] <Kotono> You appear on small island, only the size of Alicia's house or so. It's dominated by a stone momument in the center, but is otherwise lightly grassy. The sea surrounds it completely.
06[22:00] * Alicia wonders why they always arrive at sea when they do this. "Good job everyone," she congratulates the group, blinking a moment and going to examine the monument.
[22:01] <Kotono> Antenora rubs her bleeding arm, wounds mending. "It's a start." OOC: Lay on hands, full.
[22:02] <Kotono> The stone monument is a slab of stone jutting out of the soil. Written on it in faded letters of Common, "Naygon."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Anyone ever heard of Naygon?" Alicia asks, vaguely curious as to why someone would put a monument way out here.
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: You can make K:R if you like.
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:04] <Kotono> "Naygon...It's a warped form of Dagon, Abyssial Lord of the 89th layer." Latha kneels before it, before raising her mace. "Master of forbidden and vile lore."
06[22:06] * Alicia grimaces, looking for any lingering evil auras or magic here, her eyes glowing blue as she does so.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Alicia> "The taint of evil still lingers, and I can sense necromantic magic here as well," Alicia remarks uncomfortably. "It descends beneath the surface... we should come back to investigate later, but for now we should return to Balmuria."
[22:09] <Kotono> "Let's go home then," Antenora says, "Though I admit were the circumstances not what they were, I would like to eradicate this on the spot."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Tempting, but it may be more fruitful if we see where it leads, we're just in the best shape to pursue it," Alicia suggests, gathering everyone together and teleporting back to Elle's shop.
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 16." [1d100=16]
[22:11] <Alicia> *not in the best shape
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, pause there
[19:15] <Kotono> --
[19:16] <Kotono> After resting up, Alicia prepares to teleport to the Galkass mountains...OOC: Going along or...? Either way, roll TP and destination?
[19:17] <Alicia> OOC: I'll take Anty along
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully, portal to earth
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully, portal to earth and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[19:19] <Kotono> Woosh! The portal to earth is as you remember it. Several human and larger sized earth elementals are about here, working the walls of the cave. They seem to be inscriping glyphs and adding carvings.
[19:19] <Alicia> "Greetings," Alicia speaks up in Terran as soon as they arrive. "Is your leader present?"
[19:26] <Kotono> One comes and speaks to Alicia in kind, the size of a boulder, "He is. You are in good standing with him. Come."
[19:27] <Alicia> "Lead on," Alicia nods, doing her best to mask her tiredness. Things look peaceful here, but she might as well relay the information across so they're forewarned if trouble does land on their doorstep.
[19:30] <Kotono> Antenora says close, smothering her own yawn with a flicker of her face muscles. You are taken to their leader, sitting on a throne of stone. It speaks naught when the two are in his presence, but looks to them instead.
[19:32] <Alicia> "Greetings," Alicia ducks her head respectfully. "We come with a warning - numerous cities on the surface have been attacked by fierce burrowing monsters and undead. We believe the ones responsible are also the ones who first built the portal you use, so it's possible they may have an interest in your domain as well."
[19:33] <Kotono> "We thank you for this information," It's words are slow, dragging like stones tumbling down a hill. "Our realm has been peaceful in this time. We will be vigliant and have been, since the sign of the Black Rock Triskelion."
[19:37] <Alicia> Well, this hasn't been terribly productive, but it's still a nice neighbourly thing to do. Alicia decides to satisfy her curiousity on one point before departing, however, "I'm glad to hear that. I won't take much more of your time, then, but have you had any success in locating the ley line near here?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "We come closer," he speaks, "The inevitability of it's discovery is certain."
06[19:42] * Alicia nods. "Would that I had the time to assist you, but matters on the surface continue to demand my attention. Until next time," she bows, backing away from the throne and intending to teleport once outside of the chamber since it's a bit more polite.
[19:43] <Kotono> Once outside of the chamber, Antenora yawns vastly and stretches. "Damnable magic of Death. I feel like I could sleep for a month, but the same ideas keep going around and around in my head."
[19:46] <Alicia> "The problem is that most of our leads are hard to access - tracking a slaad across three planes or seeking out the Prince of evil earth elementals are hardly minor undertakings, and would leave us overstretched if something does occur back home," Alicia agrees tiredly. "Lets go home, anyway - if no other crisises occur today we can make a fresh start in the morning."
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[19:47] <Kotono> "After sleep...we can work harder tomorrow,' Antenora agrees, the two vanishing! OOC: Let me pause you for a few hanging on #evil.
[21:08] <Kotono> It is duskfall. Alicia is finishing dinner with Jessica, Marie, Dawnhope and Antenora. As they chat...
[21:12] <Alicia> A faint flicker of a frown mars Alicia's face but she continues with the current conversation, leaving the sender of the message with only twenty five words of inane dinner-chat to go on.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Hm?" Antenora cocks her head, "Alicia, dinner not agreeing with you?" she smilesa little, "Or did you space out about things again?"
[21:20] <Alicia> "Just thinking about this whole situation," Alicia replies evasively. "It's so frustrating, fumbling around in the dark."
[21:20] <Kotono> "I know..." Antenora closes her eyes, "I know." Rising up and patting Alicia's shoulder. "I'm going to go train and get my mind off of it."
[21:20] <Kotono> Jessica smiles, "Just enjoy dinner right now, sis."
06[21:22] * Alicia forces a smile for her sister's benefit, finishing her dinner before retiring to her room. As soon as she's gone Marie doesn't help matters by immediately blabbing to Jessica that Alicia was disturbed by something suddenly in the middle of dinner, with no apparent cause.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything in your room right off or...?
02[21:26] * Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (I suck.)
[21:26] <Alicia> Once in her room, Alicia consults with her sword telepathically. 'It's clearly a trap, but I can't place fancy dagger over two people's lives,' she concludes after relaying the demand placed upon her.
[21:27] <Kotono> 'Be strong.' Hell-STriker replies, 'You will triumph over the evil, as you have all others.'
[21:29] <Alicia> 'This is one I'm going to have to triumph over without you helping me, though,' Alicia responds, sighing softly as she starts removing her magical items - save the ring of eternal celerity, of course.
[21:29] <Kotono> Hell-Striker is set down, no further words. As Alicia removes her magical blessings, there is a knock on the door. "Sister?" Jessica calls.
[21:30] <Alicia> Her familiar probably blabbed... Alicia hates being so furtive. "Come in, Jessica," she replies, slipping off her boots and sitting on her bed.
[21:31] <Kotono> Jessica comes in, "Well..." She closes the door behind her, "What's wrong?" Asking softly as she sits next to Alicia, "Marie...well, you know Marie. She said you were upset, bless her."
[21:34] <Alicia> "I just hate what's happening," she replies, dodging the whole truth. "It's like we're only seeing part of what's happening, and there's more we're missing - we don't even know who's really behind this."
[21:35] <Kotono> Going to hug her sister with warmth in her arms, "Antenora's really upset, too. That night was so horrible, but as long as you can't put a stop to it..." Looking down, "It's like a guillotine hanging over our necks."
06[21:37] * Alicia weakly returns the hug. "I know. The sort of power that could unleash such forces against five cities with impunity... it's terrifying, if you let yourself stop and think about it. It's not so bad when you're busy and doing something, but when things seem to go quiet, that's when it's worst of all."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Yeah. Antenora called it th etime that breeds paranoia and plots." Patting Alicia's back, "But I'm sure you'll figure it out, Mystra willing."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Either that or have it revealed in a painful fashion when the other shoe drops," Alicia grimaces faintly, shaking her head. "I'm sorry, Jessica, I'm being dreadfully morose - it's been a trying few days. I think I'll try lying down for a while, see if I can relax."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Okay." Jessica stands up. "Sleep well, and dream of Dweomerheart."
[21:42] <Alicia> "Thanks, sister," Alicia stands up as well to see Jessica out. Once she's alone again, she resumes removing her magical jewellery and kneels beside her bed, praying to Mystra for the strength to get through tonight, and refreshing her sense of the divine.
[21:43] <Kotono> This passes well and peacefully. Alicia feels her worries leave her, resting deep in her prayers. Yet...'Alicia.' Antenora's voice is heard, after that a knock on her door. 'We need to talk.'
[21:44] <Alicia> Damn, she'd just been about to leave, too! "Come in, Antenora," she responds verbally, getting up and dusting off her knees.
[21:44] <Kotono> Antenora enters, replying mentally. 'Latha got in contact with me for Seira, through Amaryl. We need to talk - there's been a demand placed on her tonight.'
[21:46] <Alicia> 'If it's the same as the demand that was placed on me then she also would've been told not to tell anyone,' Alicia remarks, sighing in defeat and sitting back down on the mattress.
[21:46] <Kotono> '...hmph.' Antenora mutters, 'I suspect it is then...damnations, Seira.' Antenora sits next to Alicia. 'What was your demand?'
[21:47] <Alicia> 'Go to Kondrux's former lair, alone, with no weapons or armour or magic items except for those stupid gnomish artifacts... of course I gave mine to Donald, but I suppose our foes aren't quite up to date on recent developments,' Alicia summarises wearily.
[21:48] <Kotono> 'Shit.' Antenora says darkly, every word full of venom. 'It more or less is, from what I gathered. What are we going to do then?'
[21:51] <Alicia> 'If I don't comply then Claris and Lord Drake will suffer for it, so I don't see that I have much choice. I can try to work things out once there, but when you get right down to it, I'm going in blind.'
[21:51] <Alicia> Alicia finally pegs that they might be under observation and this silence is perhaps curious, so she fills it by speaking aloud. "I had Dawnhope and Marie check with Rosamund and Ajan this morning. At least they're both fine."
[21:52] <Kotono> "Small favors. No matter who's behind this, there's been too many losses." Meanwhile, Antenora sighs. 'I understand. If you decide you want me to come...say the word.'
[21:53] <Alicia> "It seems they're focused on the cities, although I still don't know to what end..." Alicia muses emptily. 'It's too big a risk for their hostages. I'll try to come up with a plan when I'm there, but at the end of the day I'm willing to sacrifice the dagger if it saves Claris and Lord Drake.'
[21:54] <Kotono> "Chaos?" Antenora shrugs, "If governments are decapitated, order will break down." In her mind, 'I agree. It's...the best thing to do if you have to, if it saves them. You can always take the dagger back from them, and...even at worst, if there's a more terrible motive behind it...we'll stop them anyway.'
[21:56] <Alicia> 'As a weapon it's nice but hardly a world-shattering threat like Arondaaq - I can give it up easily. And if they want to use it to get to Daa-vid, they still need to get through Ajan.' "You're probably right," she agrees. "Anyway, it's late, and we've both had a long day..."
[21:59] <Kotono> "I know." Antenora goes and takes Alicia's hand, "If you need anything or just want to talk..." she says, rising. 'Good luck. Mystra watch over you, Alicia.'
[22:00] <Alicia> "I'll see you tomorrow," Alicia promises as she squeezes the hand back, a bit more earnestly than a normal bidding of goodnight.
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Ball's in your court then.
[22:03] <Alicia> A few minutes to center herself after Antenora leaves, Alicia borrows a pair of hiking boots from her sister before she teleports to Malmuth.
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d100 refugee camp seen casually
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 refugee camp seen casually and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[22:04] <Kotono> Alicia appears in the refugee camp without incident.
06[22:04] * Alicia then goes to find Donald back where she saw him with Pollyanna and Antenora this morning.
[22:06] <Kotono> Donald's found practicing in a quiet corner of the camp. The Second Resort is in hand, Seira's blade flashing as he thrusts and parries and slashes with it.
06[22:08] * Alicia blinks in surprise at seeing Donald with that weapon. "Good evening, Donald. Found an appreciation for gnomish weapons, have you?" she greets him.
[22:09] <Kotono> "Oh yeah, Seira traded me while she gets Guardianil fixed by Lagann." Stopping to wipe his brow, "I'm wondering if I can sweet-talk her into letting me use it. It's incredible!"
[22:10] <Alicia> "Well, if you're using that then you won't mind letting me have the dagger back?" Alicia offers, wondering what Seira's playing at.
[22:11] <Kotono> "Sure," Donald stops and hands over the dagger. He then grins, "You seem to be in a good mood. You know, the last time you were in a a good mood you were a LOT of fun to be around..." With a big ol' grin, "You remember?"
06[22:13] * Alicia is pretty far from being in a good mood. Either her acting skills are that good or Donald is that stupid. Sadly it's probably the latter. "I was possessed by an aspect of primal chaos. My mercurial mood could have easily led to me punching you," she replies tartly, slipping the dagger into her boot.
[22:14] <Kotono> "Yeah, yeah," Donald waves a hand, "Primal chaos this, uptight that. Relax. So what if horrible dark forces are attacking the world? It's not an excuse to go around brooding all over."
[22:16] <Alicia> "I suppose you think we should have a nice senseless roll in the hay since tomorrow we might be dead?" Alicia asks in an unimpressed tone, wishing she hadn't sheathed the dagger quite so quickly.
[22:17] <Kotono> "Oh no. I was going to suggest you and Antenora get in touch with your chaotic sides...preferably with syrup and sugar involved." Now grinning ear to ear, an din a softer voice, "What I'm saying is to lighten up. Things'll work out in the end, they always do."
06[22:21] * Alicia gives him a smile that doesn't reach her eyes. "Trust me, Donald. Much as I prefer Antenora's company over yours, you manage to place higher on my list than she does for that sort of thing. Goodnight." She walks away, leaving him with that to chew on.
[19:10] <Ebiris> roll 1d20+28
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[19:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Titans are wild and chaotic outsiders, livers of life and masters of destiny. Most are chaotic good, though some drift to chaotic neutral or chaotic evil, such as Melancton. They possess potent physical powers above even a balor or a pit fiend; they are also greatly gifted with spell like abilities such as quickened chain lightnings, meteor swarm, gate, word of chaos, etherealness, invisibility and other such nasty things.
[19:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Lawful weapons are needed to seriously harm them, and stronger ones need epic weapons as well. They have spell resistance but lack the immunities to elements most outsiders have.
[19:16] <Ebiris> Consider us duly warned.
03[19:28] * Nabuu is now known as Seira
03[19:29] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[19:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> ----
03[19:30] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:31] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The rooms at the garrison are military and clean. Celebrimbor's body sits on the bed, hands folded in his lap. Saul sits next to him, looking into his eyes. After some quiet pause, "This is a reach. It may work or it may not, but..." Standing up, "The question is, what do we ask him?"
[19:33] <Alicia> "Maybe ask where they took him?" Alicia posits, eyeing the soul-less elf uncomfortably. "I don't know that he'd be able to tell us anything useful, though..."
01[19:34] <Seira> "Well, we know a couple of names for those Dark Six, yeah?" Seira says, studiously averting her eyes from Celebrimbor and studying the ceiling. "We can start by asking him if the Six had him captured, and if he can't answer, we'll see if his captors dropped a name or two while addressing each other. Maybe ask if they have more than Claris hostage or prisoner. Ask if they're all undead?
01[19:34] <Seira> If the captors are in league with demons?"
[19:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I know." Saul smooths his clothes, "This is entirely unexplored territory. Even if it works, they may have taken precautions or simply not let him see anything telling. But Waukeen-damned if it's not better than sitting on our hands."
01[19:34] <Seira> "I wish it could've remained unexplored," Seira mutters.
[19:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "A fine start. We'll see from there if he's answering questions," Saul says, bowing his head. "Step back as I intone the magic."
[19:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul closes his eyes, drawing lines in th eair with his fingers towards the grounds. Circle and pentagrams appear beneath him, scrawled with necromantic symbols. Saul's voice starts to chant, low and rising in tone. "I am Saul! Magic of the Weave, hear my call! Kelemvor, stand aside! Shar, spill your secrets through this mouth! Waukeen, bless this magic! In my name and the name of magic, hear my request!" In words of draconic he calls, a
[19:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> In words of draconic he calls, as...(More)
[19:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Celebrimbor's body buckles, leaning forward. Saul's eyes blaze with black fire, reaching out. "Celebrimbor. Answer me, tell me of what happened to you!"
[19:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Celebrimbor's head bobbles forward, "...bleak...black, bleak black bleak black. Bleak black bleak black...bleak...black...nightmare."
[19:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul reaches out, holding Celebrimbor's shoulder. "What was bleak and black? Where were you taken? Do you know? Another realm? Another plane? Do you know at all?"
[19:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Bleak...bleak...bleak...Bleak...ren....Bleak Rendor...nightmare..." Celebrimbor looks to Saul, "The nightmare of oblivion."
[19:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Glancing away a mere moment, "Mean anything to you two?" Saul asks.
06[19:46] * Alicia watches in sick fascination as knowledge is dragged forth from the empty shell. She's seen it done with corpses before, but it was never as disturbing as this. "Bleak Rendor?" she repeats, wracking her brain.
[19:46] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge?
[19:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: P.
[19:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
06[19:51] * Alicia bites her lip, dredging up memories. "I heard it in a song once, years ago..." she remarks, thinking hard. "Damn, I can't remember most of what it was about, but the name's definitely familiar. It was something to do with turning life into undeath, a terrible place in the plane of negative energy."
[19:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Another tip towards the Dark Six. A place where a lich would be at home," Saul grimaces, "Celebrimbor, what happened to Claris? Do you know?"
[19:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Celebrimbor's body quakes all over. "...taken...to what was...the Neverborn..."
[19:55] <Alicia> "What's the Neverborn?" Alicia asks breathlessly.
[19:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: You can make an K:R check if you lik.e
[19:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Neverborn..." Saul bites his lip down, closing his eyes a moment. "It almost..."
[19:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+26
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[19:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Dammit...I can almost..." Saul curses, "The Neverborn, what is it?"
[20:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "What must not be. A crown of chaos, a mantle of death." Celebrimbor's eyes leak tears, "The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The END THE END THE END THEND!"
01[20:01] <Seira> "Were Celebrimbor and Claris taken to be used as leverage, to trade for the Resorts? Or was that something the captors saw an opportunity for and took? Why do they need the Resorts, anyhow, and do they need more than our two?"
[20:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul hisses, "It sounds so damned familiar. I've heard that term somewhere before, but I can't remember where." Saul takes a breath, "I'll try those next."
06[20:02] * Alicia cringes a bit at Celebrimbor's crying and droning, but doesn't interrupt.
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Be calm." Saul places a hand on Celebrimbor's shoulder, his quaking body wearin ga mask of terror. "Do you know why they took you and Claris?"
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Tribute...riches...tribute...to...Neverborn..." Celebrimbor looks up to Saul.
[20:04] <Alicia> "It ate their souls," Alicia concludes, horrified. Bad enough when she thought their souls were imprisoned, but this... this is the absolute worst thing imaginable.
01[20:05] <Seira> "Did it, or are they still held somewhere?" Seira asks urgently.
[20:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul's face becomes utterly calm now, "I understand. Do you know who took you; was it the Dark Six or any named Glaciante Devarim or Adammal?"
[20:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "The reaper...the death...the reaper incarnate...a leering skull wearing a crown of hoary white, the jailor."
[20:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Good. You're almost done. Did it ...eat souls, or did it just take them and hold them or...how did you lose your soul?" Saul asks.
[20:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Black...black bleak...bleak...bleak black gem. A million points of darklight...pentagram...of chaos...storms...and...the whore..."
[20:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Any of that register for you?" Saul looks back, "One more question's left, too."
[20:14] <Alicia> "The reaper would be the one we killed yesterday," Alicia remarks. Odd that they found it 'in the wild' so to speak rather than at their jail. "The rest of it's too vague."
[20:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "A pentagram of chaos, storms and the whore? Hmph." Saul shakes his head, "Seira, what about you? Anything?"
01[20:17] <Seira> "Why were our five cities targetted?"
[20:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul repeats that very question! Celebrimbor's head shakes. "Knowledge I know not...unknown knowledge." With that, Celebrimbor's head slumps down, his glazed over eyes returning to normal. Saul falls back onto the bed, propping himself up with his elbows. HIs color is waxen as he slowly sits up. "So what do we have here?"
01[20:20] <Seira> "The hope that Celebrimbor's state is still reversible?"
[20:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Of course we do. Waukeen knows that we'll do that." Rubbing his forehead as he stands slowly, "Let's get some fresh air and talk about this. Bleak Rendor, neverborn, pentagrams of chaos, whores and storms...what does it all mean together?"
01[20:22] <Seira> "Don't forget the million points of darklight, I guess," Seira adds. "Didn't we come across darklight before?"
[20:22] <Alicia> "If there's anything left of his soul, killing this Neverborn thing is the only way to save it. And that's a big if to start with," Alicia states grimly. Now she's really regretting her failed attempt at bargaining with the titan last night. "It showed up in Demedais's prophecies a lot," she nods distractedly to Seira.
01[20:23] <Seira> "Doesn't have to be," Seira voices. "They could've placed it in that gem he mentioned."
[20:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As he starts to walk out, a glance back at Celebrimbor, "We need to figure out these mysteries as fast as we can. Bleak Rendor, a place in the negative energy plane where death takes over life. Neverborn I can't put anything on. Chaos seems to be recurring, doesn't it? An entropic reaper is a creature of chaos, and isn't that what we thought Death was?"
[20:26] <Alicia> It's a bit of a stretch but Alicia isn't going to stamp on hope. "Yes," she nods to Saul. "We're going to have to find a way to Bleak Rendor, somehow."
[20:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "This makes me wonder if it ties back to the Abyss. Chaos aplenty, negating evil. Further, storms of chaos and evil - that screams Talos, doesn't it? As for whores...well..." With a tired smile, "We know succubi."
01[20:28] <Seira> "Do we actually have a list of temples that were hit in all the cities?" Seira wonders out loud. "Perhaps we were quick in dismissing divine intervention just because it wasn't Torm."
[20:30] <Alicia> "Talos doesn't seem as bad as old scripture paints him," Alicia is compelled to note. "And honestly, Seira, I think Balmuria is the only city 'blessed' with a public temple to an outright evil deity. We're unlikely to find any other unpleasant ones were attacked."
[20:31] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We could get the Commander to have one for us," Saul says, "He seems the together sort. Also, do you have a copy of this prophecy? If it mentions darklight I'd like very much to read it now."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Demedais had it all written down, we should be able to get a copy at the temple of Helm," Alicia nods.
[20:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let's get a copy, get a copy of that list from the Commander, gather up any we can think of with the proper learnings and see if any of this clicks together?" Saul remarks as you walk past a window, the morning sunshine cool against the frosted-cold window. Soldiers walk past, many giving you respect and salutes.
[20:39] <Alicia> "I'll see if I can find Latha and Antenora then we can meet up at Elle's shop with the documents?" Alicia suggests, naming three knowledgable people she knows that are handy.
[20:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I'll see you there," Saul says. OOC: Moving along now?
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: by all means
[20:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Elle still wears black, while Latha and Antenora wear armor and full gear. The group settles into Elle's shop in the back, Saul holding a scroll of parchment. "Alright. We have a defininte mystery here and I think we have several parts of it in front of us. If it were just a children's game, I'd be having fun, but lives and souls are on the line. All of you, lend us your wisdoms so that we can come closer to ending this before it gets an
[20:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> lend us your wisdoms so that we can come closer to ending this before it gets any worse."
[20:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Elle smiles sadly, "Yes. I'll do anything I can to help." Antenora and Latha both quietly voice affirmment as well.
[20:46] <Alicia> "Lets recap what we learned from Celebrimbor first for those who weren't there?" Alicia suggests, before summarising what the soul-less elf told them along with their own suppositions and further points such as what Bleak Rendor could be.
[20:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+13 Antenora
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+13 Antenora and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[20:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+23 Latha
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+23 Latha and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Neverborn..." Latha very suddenly turns pale, "You said Neverborn?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "You've heard of it?" Alicia asks. She figured if anyone had it would be the three millenia old deva.
01[20:48] <Seira> "Any chance these horrible things have equally-powerful enemies?"
[20:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Once. Lathander's teachings were somewhat..." A momentary repreive of a smile, "Erratic. At times He taught me charms and wards, other times He taught me dire warnings. He said that things live on that hav eno business doing so, cursed. There are ones worse than even a winterwight or a lich or a vampire lord. A Neverborn, a child that never lived. Lathander bid me that by all of the light and that all that would ever be, that if I ever
[20:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Lathander bid me that by all of the light and that all that would ever be, that if I ever heard of one to destroy it."
[20:54] <Alicia> Worse than a winterwight... well, the reaper already came close and it was a mere minion, so perhaps she shouldn't be surprised. "What exactly is it?"
[20:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "That I know not. His words were a 'child that never lived'." Latha says, "He spoke with overwhelming gravity and seriousness unsuited to His normal moods."
01[20:57] <Seira> "Just how badly does Lathander want them destroyed?" Seira wonders.
[20:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Greatly, I would think on his words." Latha considers this beforelooking Seira in the eye, eyes blazing with light. "Seldom is Lathander serious."
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "This fits," Saul says, "The sections on darklight mention a 'lost child," Unrolling the scroll as he looks ahead, "It definintely fits."
[21:01] <Alicia> "Okay, so we know a little bit more about what the Neverborn is," Alicia tries to move things along, sensing this well has been tapped. "So, what are all the prophecies mentioning darklight? I recall there were several..."
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul begins to speak...
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 5.1
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Lost child will pour lifeblood in darklight
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Yet the gleaming will never sink below
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The endless march of death's ascension high
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 5.2
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Sterling mercy will not rise that night
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Shattered gleaming will lie in mourning repose
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Dirge eternal in the darklight that looms
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 5.3
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Every end begets sparks fertile and new
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Blessed be the lost child in darklight
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> One day all will begin once more
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 12.1
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Noble hearts seek the infinite answer six
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Darklight brightened with the fairy music summoned
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Freeing the echos of tempered divine time
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 12.2
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The kingdom comes in vivid greatness unbound
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> It shall mark beginning and end equal
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A warm breeze and wonderful child's laughter
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 12.3
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A crown of salt and roses woven
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Worn by the smiling child of life
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Shall be more powerful than any blade
[21:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Y'know," Antenora clears her throat, "That's yet another time a crown's been mentioned, too. A crown of chaos, a crown of hoary white, a crown of salt and roses. Three of them, no less."
[21:04] <Alicia> "We thought the fairy music one referred to the trapped eladrin children on Androylnne," Alicia points out. "And Noonbreath said that Melancton had crusaded to protect them, prior to his disappearing for six thousand years."
01[21:05] <Seira> "A connection, yes," Seira agrees, listening for the most part.
[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "But it speaks of a child of life," Elle bows her head, "Whatever is behind thi sis far from a child of life."
[21:07] <Alicia> "The lost child and the child of life are perhaps different beings," Alicia ponders. "Notice how they're grouped, three belonging to five, and three to twelve. They might only be interconnected within each group. But there's still Darklight appearing in each..."
01[21:08] <Seira> "Maybe the two places are literally connected to each other?"
[21:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "There's another verse that's relevant, too, Saul speaks it out as well.
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 4.1
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> When at farthest outreaches of the falling
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Dominion of the old a stormy Umberlee
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Abates her hate and shows the way
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 4.2
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Malice of the dark six waits timeless
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Those who forsook all but revelation dark
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Tossed essence for a mantle of lies
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> 4.3
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Old ways pounce yet in hidden six
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The gateway to the Mother's gifts again
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Shall open to mortalkind with splendid mercy
[21:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Putting the scroll down before steepling his hands together, "A mother and child, perhaps? The mother part is what struck me on reading."
[21:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Two places?" Antenora looks sidelong to Seira, "Well, we know of a place named Bleak Rendor. Do they have another base of operations?"
06[21:11] * Alicia resists the urge to sigh as things grow more complex. Puzzling over obscure prophecies is the domain of grey sages with too much time on their hands. Time is something they really don't have. As she's about to voice her frustration, an idea occurs, "Farthest reaches of the falling... maybe there's a clue at the edge of the bay? Something that'll lead us to the Dark Six?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "No, but we know where the trapped eladrin are, and we know that titan was there, like Alicia said," Seira tells Antenora quietly. "Or there could be something at the bay, perhaps, yes."
[21:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's a good idea. It definintely has something to do with the sea, no doubt." Saul considers, "We also know Androlynne ties into this somehow. Also...another thing struck me. The only other mention of a woman we have to work with is the 'whore' Celebrimbor mentioned."
[21:17] <Alicia> "Remember this is what Celebrimbor overheard from his captors. It could just be a female servant of theirs that they hold in little esteem," Alicia points out.
[21:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Also, if it's chaos, that puts it down to what, the entire population of succubi in the Abyss?" Antenora chuckles. "Just for starters."
[21:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It may not be connected," Saul admits, "I'm drawing castles in the air and seeing which ones don't fall over."
[21:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It could also mean it has something to do with the Fairest Star," Elle coughs, clearing her throat thickly before she goes on. "If this doesn't work, the dragon Ajan knows more about it than any other I can think of."
06[21:23] * Alicia nods. "Unlike Neverborn it's a very common and not very evocative term, so it helps little," she tells Saul before considering Elle's words. "It's worth a shot going over things with him and seeing what he says."
[21:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Try those things?" Saul says at last, "We'll continue pouring over this, but if some of us investigate leads at the same time.."
01[21:24] <Seira> "We're bound to come across Ajan soon enough, so that at least is easily achieved," Seira agrees.
[21:27] <Alicia> "I could fly out to the edge of the bay and see if the Bitch Queen chooses to abate her hate and show anything helpful, today," Alicia offers. "If anything comes up here, Jessica can summon me back."
[21:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Okay, Seira into #evil then?
[21:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "WAnt company?" Antenora asks as Alicia prepares to go.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 religion what sacrifices does Umberlee like?
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 religion what sacrifices does Umberlee like? and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Umberlee is vain and greedy. Wealth and beauty offered to her pleases her.
[21:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Anything along those lines. More evil inclined sorts would sacrifice, but y'know.
[21:33] <Alicia> "It would be nice, but it's too risky," Alicia apologises. "Better for you to be here in case trouble comes up, since Jessica's bracelet will only be able to call me back."
[21:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Understood," Antenora nods briefly, "I'll be around in case anything happens here then."
[21:35] <Alicia> "I'll teleport back when I'm done but it'll take me a few hours to fly that far. Hopefully I'll return around midday," Alicia tells her friend, before taking flight and flying North!
[21:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus Alicia flies! The snow has stopped, the rims of the bay crusted with snow. Thus Alicia flies to the outermost point of the bay, blue and green water lapping against each other. The passage into the greater sea is ahead, the sun shining watery, weak winter sunshine down.
[21:42] <Alicia> Reaching the Western side of the bay's mouth, Alicia hovers in the air about twenty feet above the water and opens up her money-pouch. "Queen of the Depths, hear me!" she calls out to the waves, disliking the idea of petitioning such a deity but resolved to do so. "In your name I give this sacrifice freely!"
[21:42] <Alicia> She starts casting glittering platinum coins to the surf below, a fortune squandered in moments. "Take of my offering and show the way!"
[21:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: How much?
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: 1,000gp tossed away
[21:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The coins fall into th eocean! They splash in, each one lost into the sea! Alicia's vision begins to haze over, shimmering with indistinct light. Below, she looks at solid land, a seashore full of forest just beyond it's beaches.
[21:48] <Alicia> Slowing the rate of her flapping, Alicia descends down, testing her feet on this new land beneath her.
[21:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The ground is solid. As she does, she finds that above, a great light begins to shine.
06[21:51] * Alicia settles her feet on the ground, looking up at the sky. An idea starts to form, recognition of what she's being shown...
[21:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Above, the sky is transfixed into light! Glorious light, light that Alicia knows has little equal. It is as if the sun itself was crashing down to the world. It engulfs everything above, racing downward!
[21:55] <Alicia> This isn't what she expected - she was expecting to find a portal or somesuch, not a vision of the past. But now that she's here Alicia remains transfixed, watching as the Fairest Star falls to Earth...
[22:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> It is the most beautiful thing Alicia has seen. It races down and down and down and down and down...and yet...her vision is pulled. Far away, in the trees...a man of death stands. His skin is like dead parchment, a black orb in his hands. A field of silver and white energy encases him, as well as another. A tiny baby, yet far too large. It's dead skin is beautiful, one eye scarred over. The other is a thrilling dead black, staring ahead.
06[22:05] * Alicia is sufficiently distracted from the instrument of Daa-vid's apotheosis by the sight of these strangers. Are they watching this remotely as she is, or where they there the first time? The man looks like a lich if ever she saw one, does that mean the infant is the Neverborn? Uncertainly, she steps towards them, unsure what she'll even do if she reaches them.
[22:05] <Alicia> Assuming the Fairest Star doesn't impact first.
[22:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The man falls back, the field of light starting to shatter as the Fairest Star falls! "It cannot...withstand...even the Curse..." He says in a voice like drying death. "We must not stay."
[22:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The child floats in the air, one rotted hand reaching up, It speaks in your mind, speaking about, 'To the south...to the south while there is time. Our plans are not ruined yet.'
06[22:09] * Alicia picks up her pace. What curse? She's now reasonably sure that she's seeing these two in the past, and has less fear of getting closer in order to overhear. How might things have been different if these two had gotten to it before a certain gnome? She cannot say if it would be better or worse, knowing the horrors both are capable of.
[22:09] <Alicia> "Where in the South?" she finds herself asking, sensing this is the lead Umberlee was meant to show her.
[22:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus Alicia watches and follows! The two zoom ahead, Alicia's vision following! Past mountains...past grasslands, past forests...to the ocean. Thus the two descend into the waves...and seconds later, the shore turns black. A scream is heard, as the ground dies, twisting. The land dies, wasteland spreading in a moment's breath.
06[22:17] * Alicia spins around from the black sea to the dying land racing behind her. Aren't these the wastes South of the desert? Didn't Seira and Demedais say it was made that way by the battles with Daa-vid? Completing her spin she stares at the charnel surf, stepping towards it. Is there redoubt here? Is this where they'll find the Dark Six, or at least some of them?
[22:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The sky above is clear. Alicia hovers over the Bay of Sparkling Stars, a feeling of...jealousy? A feeling of envy and jealous lingering in her mind. An irrational, consuming hatred that vanishes like a moment's stomach gas.
[22:21] <Alicia> Jealous? Why would the Goddess of the Sea feel jealous over a misbegotten undead thing like that? It's the only source Alicia can ascribe to the feeling, but she's not sure why. "If you're jealous of those beings, Bitch Queen, be comforted by their impending demise," Alicia mutters, before uttering the magic to teleport herself back to Balmuria's garrison.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[19:46] <Kolunch> -----------
[19:46] <Kolunch> Seira and Alicia return to Elle's shop. The others wait for them there, lunch scattered about as well as several old tomes. Once inside, "How'd it go?" Saul looks up. "Turn up anything interesting?"
01[19:49] <Seira> "So Ao, being all-around nasty, apparently terminated the baby of Talos and Malcanthet before it could even be born, which is our Neverborn. Or so Ajan thinks."
Session Close: Wed Oct 21 19:49:37 2009
Session Start: Wed Oct 21 19:49:37 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[19:49] * Disconnected
02[19:49] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[19:49] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[19:49] * Topic is 'Latha(25)>Death(22)>Alicia(20)>Pollyanna(14)>Antenora(8)'
03[19:49] * Set by Kotono on Wed Oct 14 21:04:25
03[19:49] * Nabuu is now known as Seira
[19:49] <Kolunch> Seira and Alicia return to Elle's shop. The others wait for them there, lunch scattered about as well as several old tomes. Once inside, "How'd it go?" Saul looks up. "Turn up anything interesting?"
03[19:49] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[19:49] <Ebiris> "It's probably best if I show you so you can see for yourselves," Alicia suggests, standing back and casting a spell that envelops the room in an illusion which repeats the exact same scene she was shown by Umberlee, from the falling of the Fairest Star, to the conversation between lich and neverborn, to the swift passage to Southern shores of death.
01[19:50] <Seira> "So Ao, being all-around nasty, apparently terminated the baby of Talos and Malcanthet before it could even be born, which is our Neverborn. Or so Ajan thinks," Seira says for her part, before summarizing the other highlights of the conversation.
03[19:50] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:52] <Kolunch> Latha watches the illusion, her expression turning sickened.
[19:52] <Kolunch> "Talos and Malcanthet?" Antenora's drips with disdain, "I would think that shows Ao has fine sense, besides the part about it coming back as Neverborn."
[19:53] <Kolunch> Elle looks to the image, "A lich...and that too large baby, that's the Neverborn," she murmurs, closing her eyes and turning away. "It's disgusting."
01[19:53] <Seira> "I'm sorry, I think you lost me at the part where he allowed it to come back."
06[19:53] * Alicia doesn't reply to Seira until she's done with her own little performance. "Clearly Ao didn't do a very good job, then," she remarks, rather disgusted by the situation, visions of Mystra swollen with child only for a bloody undead fetus to be ripped from her belly and hurled across the planes rising unbidden to mind.
[19:54] <Kolunch> "The only right and merciful thing is to put it to sleep." Latha looks away from the image as it finishes, "And punish the lich and all the others who supported it."
01[19:55] <Seira> "And see Talos about providing some help, even though he's not allowed to intervene directly. How about it?"
[19:55] <Alicia> "Umberlee has shown us the way," Alicia states at that. "I'm confident I can teleport us to the spot I was shown - even with two thousand years the land can't have changed much. We'll either find an abandoned outpost of the Dark Six, perhaps holding clues, or it will still be active and therefore give us a chance to strike a blow at their forces."
[19:56] <Kolunch> "Then it's a matter of who does what," Saul smooths his shirt, "To find Talos while another group explores this base."
01[19:58] <Seira> "Taking the more direct approach appeals to me," Seira comments.
[19:59] <Alicia> "I'm not sure how helpful Talos could be, if the Gods are unable to directly act against such beings. The neverborn was cursed and banished before it could even be born, so the Stormlord most likely has never even known it," Alicia points out. And asking the mother is even less of an option.
01[20:00] <Seira> "You never know until you ask, really."
[20:04] <Alicia> "How, then?" Alicia asks. "Do we even know where Talos dwells? I had thought Pandemonium, but I have the feeling he's changed perhaps as much as Torm since scriptures were first written."
[20:04] <Alicia> She then pauses and looks at the two outsiders who haven't been kept out of the loop on outer planar goings on unlike everyone else in this world.
[20:05] <Kolunch> "I had been curious on that myself," Latha says, "I hear that Limbo has a new divine realm, a realm called Season's Heart. His old realm was Fury's Heart."
01[20:06] <Seira> "Yes, very subtle," Seira agrees. "Anyone interested in visiting it, by chance?"
[20:07] <Kolunch> "No." Antenora's complexion turns waxen, "Limbo is a place I would need a truly catastrophic reason to visit."
[20:08] <Kolunch> "I'm curious now," Saul nods to Seira, "I would not mind going and seeing this new realm with my own eyes."
[20:08] <Alicia> "This perhaps qualifies, but it's true you're not the best ambassador in this case," Alicia comments delicately in response to Antenora.
01[20:08] <Seira> "Don't get abducted," Seira tells her father.
[20:10] <Kolunch> "Are the two of you going to investigate this base?" Saul asks, "I'll want company, traveling the planes alone is a foolhardy venture."
[20:10] <Alicia> "If you like I could ask Dawnhope or Marielle to go with you," Alicia offers to Saul. "They're perhaps the closest we have to native guides on that side of the Great Wheel. Perhaps Eudard could be persuaded to go as well? He's had dealings with Talos, I understand."
[20:11] <Kolunch> "Eudard is a good guardian," Saul's voice is thoughtful, "Marielle, she's your familiar?"
06[20:12] * Alicia nods. "She's very competent despite her carefree demeanour, and she always carries several banishing arrows that could be used to quickly retreat from Limbo if it became necessary."
[20:14] <Kolunch> "I'll take her," Saul decides, "Latha, if you could manage the transport there to conserve my own magic for the trip back?"
Session Close: Wed Oct 21 20:20:24 2009
Session Start: Wed Oct 21 20:20:24 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:20] * Disconnected
02[20:20] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[20:20] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[20:20] * Topic is 'Latha(25)>Death(22)>Alicia(20)>Pollyanna(14)>Antenora(8)'
03[20:20] * Set by Kotono on Wed Oct 14 21:04:25
03[20:20] * Nabuu is now known as Seira
03[20:20] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[20:22] <Seira> "I'll see if I can borrow the Sun Blade, then, just in case," Seira says, agreeing with the plan at hand.
[20:25] <Kolunch> OOC: So Saul/Latha/Marie/Alicia/Seira/Eudard are going to Season's heart, then Seira/Latha/Alicia are going to the shore?
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: Anty, too
[20:27] <Kolunch> OOC: Antenora too? Okay. Seira, you're borrowing Amaryl's Sun Blade?
01[20:28] <Seira> OOC: Yes, unless Amaryl wants to be borrowed instead.
[20:29] <Kolunch> OOC: She can go with you if you like, depending on how you wanna spread your forces. Your call, Seira.
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: Sure let's go
[20:31] <Kolunch> Thus seven gather together at Elle's shop. Arms and armor are had, the party prepared. "If everyons ir eady," Latha call,s "Join hands."
[20:31] <Kolunch> Amaryl stays close to Seira as she does so, "Season's Heart..." she murmurs, "It sounds almost festive, somehow."
06[20:32] * Alicia obligingly does so, as does her familiar.
06[20:32] * Seira shrugs. "Better than anything fury-themed, that's for sure?"
[20:33] <Kolunch> With a shift, the party is gone! You appear in a hot desert. Heat beats down as the sky clouds over. Rainclouds come, grass springing up as water cascades down to the ground.
[20:33] <Kolunch> OOC: Gah.
[20:33] <Kolunch> With a shift, the party is gone! You appear in a hot desert. Heat beats down as the sky clouds over. Rainclouds come, grass springing up as water cascades down to the ground. A wind blows, cooling rapidly, bits of steam rising from the grassy sand. The air becomes thick with moisure, humid.
[20:34] <Alicia> "Hey, I like this place already," Marie floats down to the grass growing from sandy desert, before circling up to position herself between Saul and Eudard. "So, which way will we go, first?"
[20:35] <Kolunch> Antenora sneezes, raising a hand over her face to shield from the rain. "Good luck, the three of you. Let's go."
[20:35] <Kolunch> Saul looks about and shrugs, "We'll search and find a settlement or non hostile residents and find more information there." Meanwhile Eudard wipes his face of the rain, which splatters off his steel armor.
[20:36] <Alicia> "Don't offend any deities," Alicia tells her familiar as they close ranks into a smaller circle for the return trip.
01[20:36] <Seira> "You know, it just occured to me," Seira has to point out. "We're in Limbo, aren't we? And without a catastrophic reason, too!"
[20:36] <Kolunch> "We make great sacrifices for what's right," Antenora sneezes again, sniffling and rubbing her nose.
06[20:37] * Seira laughs.
[20:37] <Alicia> "No, we're neck deep in a catastrophe and this is a lead on getting out of it," Alicia corrects. "Good luck you three," she calls as Marie waves back.
[20:37] <Kolunch> Latha takes the hands of th eothers, Season's Heart winking away into a blip of light as...
[20:37] <Kolunch> roll 5d100
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 5d100 and gets 194." [5d100=85, 19, 9, 11, 70]
[20:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d9
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d9 and gets 7." [1d9=7]
[20:38] <Kolunch> You appear in rugged mountains. The air is chilly, standing near a tall, long cliff. A single shocker lizard lies atop it, limpid and unmoving.
01[20:39] <Seira> "So even they can die out," Seira mutters. "Next, a horrible place of undeath?"
06[20:40] * Alicia nods, taking out the scroll of greater teleport Elle gave her. "Be on guard, we don't know exactly what we'll find over there," she cautions, reading off the words of power to unerringly transport them to the same place Umberlee showed her on the charnel shore of the continent's South coast.
[20:43] <Kolunch> Woosh! The air is cold, blowing off a ruined shoreline of bleak wasteland. It clashes with warmth, not so cold here as to freeze you. Ahead is the ocean, endless and blue, bits of ice lining the shore at points. The sun seems weak but there, distant.
01[20:45] <Seira> "I could take a look beneath the waves," Seira offers. "Unless there's a better idea?"
06[20:46] * Alicia looks around a moment, inland and out to sea, in order to get her bearings. "Alright, we're going to have to go underwater to proceed further - I hope it's not too far, but it'll surely be cold. Does anyone want me to ward them against the chill?"
01[20:48] <Seira> "We should be fine, but I won't say no to precaution if you've got the spells for it."
06[20:49] * Alicia nods and casts resist energy on herself and Seira to ward off cold both natural and unnatural.
[20:50] <Kolunch> "I'll be fine," Antenora says, "More problematic will be breathing underwater."
[20:50] <Alicia> "Seira can fix that," Alicia assures the former erinyes.
01[20:51] <Seira> "I'll manage that, somehow," Seira affirms.
03[20:53] * Mystia is now known as Mystia_GhostFood
06[20:53] * Seira casts water breathing on everyone present.
[20:54] <Kolunch> With the ability to breathe water given, Antenora goes ankle deep in the waves. She shivers, "...the last time we went into the flowing ocean...will be far less fun than this one, I'm afraid."
[20:55] <Alicia> "No, I don't imagine this will be particularly fun at all," Alicia shakes her head, wading into the surf purposefully and continuing until she's beneath the water entirely before swimming perpendicular to the shoreline out to sea.
[20:56] <Alicia> Her eyes glow blue, sensing for magic and the telltale taint of evil as she follows the path walked over two thousand years ago by a lich and a neverborn child.
06[20:56] * Seira opts to keep to the surface, even if it means she is submerged as a result.
[20:57] <Kolunch> As you descend into the water, you see the shore only goes out about ten feet. There is a sharp, long, deep, black drop. It's as if the land ends just before a great chasm, only able to get about chest deep in the water. However ahead, faint evil comes from above, plunging into the waters a little way and going deeper into it.
06[20:57] * Alicia casts message to aid in talking underwater. "Looks like we're going to have to go deep. Everyone stay close together?" she suggests, starting to descend into the chasm.
[20:58] <Kolunch> "Found something?" Antenora follows along, going beneath the waves.
01[20:59] <Seira> "Close enough for a teleport," Seira confirms, after ensuring that Amaryl has the ring to pull off an emergency one if need be.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Speaking of, if I suddenly vanish it means trouble in Balmuria, so don't delay in heading back yourselves."
01[21:00] <Seira> "Naturally. We won't be far behind."
[21:00] <Kolunch> "I have it," Amaryl confirms, "Down below...can everyone see in darkness here?"
[21:01] <Alicia> "For a short distance," Alicia replies. "Antenora, can you see the bottom?" she asks the one with unsurpassed nightvision.
[21:02] <Kolunch> Antenora peers down, "....no. Not form here, I'll take point and keep looking? It's like looking into an endless chasm."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Lets go, then," Alicia agrees, starting to swim downwards and sticking close to Latha.
[21:07] <Kolunch> Thus the party swims down! As they do...
[21:08] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+22
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[21:08] <Kolunch> After about a minute of swimming down, the water turning heavier and colder, "Incoming," Antenora whispers through Message, "They're coming fast and straight up - more of those dread wraiths, three of them."
01[21:10] <Seira> This is clearly time for a spell!
06[21:10] * Alicia casts mirror image and moves to replace Antenora on point. "Stay back and I'll try to draw their attacks," she suggests, drawing Hell Striker and eliciting a hiss of steam in the water as it ignites.
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d4+6
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+6 and gets 10." [1d4=4]
06[21:11] * Seira goes for extended dragonskin and heroism, for her part, which she really should've precast.
[21:11] <Kolunch> "Right. Mys pear isn't very effective underwater anyway," Antenora has it out, "They'll be on us and in range of your vision in a moment. If you're going to prepare..."
06[21:13] * Seira draws her own sword, leaving it in Lagann's care.
[21:14] <Kolunch> Amaryl quickly mouths the words to a shield spell, as things are seen below! Three phantasms, vaguely human like, racing right up towards the party! They scream silently, coming right at you! OOC: Roll init.
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[21:15] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+5
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+5 and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[21:15] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+8
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
01[21:16] <Seira> OOC: Lagann'll just go last
[21:16] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[21:16] <Kolunch> OOC: Okay.
03[21:17] * Kolunch changes topic to 'Latha=Amaryl(24)>Seira(20)>Alicia(17)>Antenora(11)>Lagann(0)'
[21:17] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+13
[21:17] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+13
[21:17] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+13
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
03[21:17] * Kolunch changes topic to 'Wraith 1(26)>Latha=Amaryl(24)>Seira(20)>Alicia(17)>Wraith 3(16)>Wraith 2(14)>Antenora(11)>Lagann(0)'
[21:18] <Kolunch> With a silent scream the first wraith darts right for Antenora!
[21:18] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+16
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[21:18] <Kolunch> roll 2d6 an dfort incoming
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 2d6 an dfort incoming and gets 8." [2d6=6, 2]
[21:18] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+28
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[21:18] <Kolunch> OOC: DR applies.
[21:21] <Kolunch> Antenora's arm is grazed, but she resists the vile draining and rips her arm out of the wraith's ghostly grasp! Latha immediately advances forward, her mace glowing with sunlight! The wraith screams, Latha's mace swinging for it's skull!
[21:21] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+23
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[21:21] <Kolunch> roll 1d100
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[21:22] <Kolunch> roll 1d8+13+2d6
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d8+13+2d6 and gets 21." [1d8=5][2d6=1, 2]
[21:23] <Kolunch> The wraith screams without a word as it's slammed, the sunlight making it's form indistinct and watery! Amaryl hangs back for the moment...OOC: Holding based on what Alicia said. Go, Seira.
01[21:24] <Seira> Stoneskin's familiar influence settling over her, Seira gestures at the slowest of the wraith and conjures three rays of fire to lance through it!
06[21:24] * Alicia moves after the wraith that bypassed her, flanking it with Latha while keeping herself between the remaining wraiths and the rest of the party.
[21:24] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, strike
[21:25] <Kolunch> OOC: spellcraft check but you auto pass it. Carry on with to hit, Cor.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 empowered
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 empowered
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 empowered
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 empowered and gets 26." [1d20=7]
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 empowered and gets 24." [1d20=5]
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 empowered and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 77." [1d100=77]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 74." [1d100=74]
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1.5*8d6
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*8d6 and gets 43.5." [8d6=5, 5, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 3]
[21:27] <Kolunch> Fiery rays lance the wraith as it's penetrated, staggering back in the waters! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:27] * Alicia moves after the wraith that bypassed her, flanking it with Latha while keeping herself between the remaining wraiths and the rest of the party.
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 religion
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 religion and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -11pa flanking
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -11pa flanking and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[21:29] <Kolunch> But the wraith is just a little too fast, writhing in thes unlight as Alicia's blade heavily swings past it! OOC: Wraith 3.
[21:29] <Kolunch> The other two wraiths eye the sunlight, before plunging back down into the waters and away! Antenora's wound heals as she takes slow, ponderous swings at the wraith!
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+27
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+22
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+17
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+12
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+12 and gets 27." [1d20=15]
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 3d100
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 3d100 and gets 149." [3d100=71, 18, 60]
[21:31] <Kolunch> roll 2d8+30
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 2d8+30 and gets 34." [2d8=2, 2]
[21:34] <Kolunch> Antenora manages a few thrusts through it, ripping into it's sunlight perforated body and dealing thrusting gashes! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:34] <Seira> Eager to participate, Lagann makes a good effort to crowd the wraith and penetrate it with his steel!
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[21:34] <Kolunch> OOC: First one hits. d100?
[21:34] <Kolunch> OOC: ER second.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 25." [1d100=25]
[21:35] <Kolunch> Lagann's blade passes through harmlessly! OOC: Amaryl's going to go ahead and go since the wraith is surrounded.
03[21:35] * Kolunch changes topic to 'Amaryl>Wraith 1(26)>Latha>Seira(20)>Alicia(17)>Wraith 3(16)>Wraith 2(14)>Antenora(11)>Lagann(0)'
[21:35] <Kolunch> As Lagann misses, Amaryl comes forward, the sun blade cutting into the wraith!
[21:36] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+14
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+14 and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[21:36] <Kolunch> But the wraith is too fast! It twists and howls, fleeing straight down away from the sun! OOC: The wraith is triggering AoOs from pretty much everyone who's around it.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -11pa flanking
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -11pa flanking and gets 23." [1d20=3]
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+27 Antenora
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+27 Antenora and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d100
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+23 Latha
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+23 Latha and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d100
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d100 and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+14 Amaryl
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+14 Amaryl and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+14 Amaryl crit chance
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+14 Amaryl crit chance and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:37] <Kolunch> roll 1d100
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d100 and gets 37." [1d100=37]
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: Doesn't it autohit them?
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 3d8+4
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4 and gets 22." [3d8=2, 8, 8]
01[21:38] <Seira> OOC: 11 here
[21:38] <Kolunch> OOC: I ruled that, didn't I? Remind me to write it on her sheet then.
[21:40] <Kolunch> roll 3d8+24+4d6
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 3d8+24+4d6 and gets 58." [3d8=3, 8, 7][4d6=3, 3, 6, 4]
[21:40] <Kolunch> The wraith is torn apart savagely, wounded bad as it flees straight down and out of sight, into the inky darkness below!
[21:40] <Kolunch> OOC: Goa head and act for the moment.
06[21:41] * Seira chases it down, hoping to come close enough to set it on fire!
[21:42] <Alicia> "Well, we'll be seeing them again soon I imagine. Along with any other reinforcements they scare up," Alicia sighs, her bad luck at hitting such creatures continuing as she sedately matches pace with Seira. "Stay close everyone."
[21:44] <Kolunch> OOC: What's your movement speed underwater, Seira?
[21:47] <Kolunch> Seira swims ahead, but doesn't move fast compared to the ethereal wraith, not getting far ahead at all. No sight of it. As Seira swims ahead, Amaryl continues on, "How deep does this go? No bototm yet?"
06[21:48] * Alicia looks expectantly at Antenora there.
[21:50] <Kolunch> As you swim ahead a little further, Antenora peers. After another few minutes, "There," Antenora points, "I can start to see a bottom now. It's...there's definintely something unnatural there. A raised stone slab."
[21:51] <Alicia> "Keep at it, we'll soon be at the bottom, then," Alicia encourages, pausing momentarily to cast heroism before continuing downwards on point.
06[21:52] * Seira decides to boost the Resort and the Sun Blade's chances, for her part.
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+5
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+5 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
01[21:53] <Seira> OOC: +2, I think, sec
[21:53] <Kolunch> As you continue to swim, a stone slab comes into view. It's quite long and large, carved with strange, incoherent symbols on a glance.
[21:53] <Kolunch> OOC: Gah.
[21:54] <Kolunch> As you continue to swim, a stone slab comes into view. It's quite long and large, carved with strange, incoherent symbols on a glance. The tablet is made of unweathered, undamaged black and gray stone, not a single speck of debris or anything wrong on it. The symbols make no sense on the most casual look. Bits of ice rim the edges of the stone slab.
[21:54] <Kolunch> Antenora stops here, "Something's wrong..."
[21:54] <Kolunch> OOC: Gah, again. -_-
[21:55] <Kolunch> Antenora stops here, "Something's wrong..." She takes a breath, "Do you feel it?"
06[21:55] * Seira drifts close enough to Amaryl to crowd her.
06[21:55] * Alicia nods grimly. "This place is far from the Gods," she affirms, checking for any magic nearby first of all.
[21:55] <Kolunch> Latha's words are quiet, subdued, "I feel forgotten. I feel as if Lathander's sunshine and Celestia's grace are gone, as if I'll never see them again."
[21:55] <Kolunch> OOC: Caster level check, Alicia.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[21:56] <Kolunch> Amaryl curls near to Seira, "I don't know what it is, but I can say I really don't like it."
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=14]
01[21:57] <Seira> "Is that what the Neverborn's presence feels like?" Seira wonders quietly in response.
[21:58] <Kolunch> "Might be. You said that the Gods can't interact or do anything to the Neverborn, that they're seperated by Ao's curse?" Amaryl murmurs.
01[21:59] <Seira> "You think that extends to us, too?"
[22:03] <Kolunch> "I don't think it does. Lathander instructed me to kill a Neverborn should I ever encounter one." Latha kneels down, peering at the symbols. "Seira, you're skilled with magecraft. Do these mean anything to you?"
06[22:04] * Seira doesn't mind taking a look, if only to take her mind off the sudden melancholy.
[22:05] <Kolunch> OOC: K:A and spellcraft, Seira.
02[22:06] * Mystia_GhostFood (~Melanchth@pool-71-191-20-55.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 K:A
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 K:A and gets 42." [1d20=16]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[19:33] <Kotono> > Amaryl curls near to Seira, "I don't know what it is, but I can say I really don't like it."
[19:33] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
[19:33] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[19:33] <Kotono> <Seira> "Is that what the Neverborn's presence feels like?" Seira wonders quietly in response.
[19:33] <Kotono> > "Might be. You said that the Gods can't interact or do anything to the Neverborn, that they're seperated by Ao's curse?" Amaryl murmurs.
[19:33] <Kotono> <Seira> "You think that extends to us, too?"
[19:33] <Kotono> > "I don't think it does. Lathander instructed me to kill a Neverborn should I ever encounter one." Latha kneels down, peering at the symbols. "Seira, you're skilled with magecraft. Do these mean anything to you?"
[19:33] <Kotono> * Seira doesn't mind taking a look, if only to take her mind off the sudden melancholy.
[19:33] <Kotono> > OOC: K:A and spellcraft, Seira.
[19:33] <Kotono> * Mystia_GhostFood (~Melanchth@pool-71-191-20-55.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:33] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+26 K:A
[19:33] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 K:A and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[19:33] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
[19:33] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[19:36] <Alicia> "I think this is some sort of teleportation device," Alicia remarks as she studies the play of magic around the slab. "I think I might be able to activate it, but the question is, do we want to?"
01[19:36] <Seira> "And the problem is, the trap built-in may well just send us elsewhere," Seira adds, focusing on the runes once more.
[19:36] <Kotono> "It's likely defended," Antenora swims just above it, whispering over message. "But is that going to stop us?"
01[19:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
05[19:37] -sebben.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[19:37] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, activating the runes?
03[19:37] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
01[19:37] <Seira> OOC: Maybe I misunderstood? I thought it may give me the activation key.
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: Another spellcraft check could let you activate it.
01[19:38] <Seira> OOC: Ah, I see. Then not yet.
[19:39] <Alicia> "Can you disable the trap?" Alicia asks, looking around the bottom of the chasm to see if there's anything else here.
[19:39] <Kotono> OOC: Spot, Alicia.
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[19:39] <Kotono> The bottom of the chasm is mostly unworked, natural seabed beyond the slab. Alicia doesn't see anything of immediate interest.
01[19:41] <Seira> "It's not impossible, but may be pretty difficult," Seira returns. "That aside, do we think the wraiths came through the runes, and then retreated there?"
[19:42] <Alicia> "It's possible, but it's equally likely they're hiding in the bedrock. Being incorporeal doesn't exactly limit the places you can go," Alicia surmises.
03[19:44] * merc-zzz is now known as Merc
[19:45] <Kotono> The cold current rustles as water flows about you. Amaryl shivers, "We need to try. I don't want this to keep happening, Seira. It can't keep happening, it was like a nightmare. Please."
01[19:46] <Seira> "One way or the other, we'll end up teleported somewhere, then," Seira muses, getting to work.
06[19:47] * Alicia has no objection to chancing it, since she rather regrets letting the chance in Malmuth slip by given all that's happened since then.
01[19:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 let's try UMD
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 let's try UMD and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[19:49] <Kotono> The slab glows white! The air blazes around the party, twisting! There is a sensation of being pulled downward, grabbed by unseen hands and dragged! You pass through bedrock and searock, plummeting down! (More)
[19:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6 damage to all, DR applies
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 damage to all, DR applies and gets 2." [2d6=1, 1]
[19:52] <Kotono> WHAM! There is a sharp impact of hitting the ground. Your vision flashes red as you take in your surroundings. You are in a vast cave, grottos all about. There is no light, only pure darkness. This room is shaped like a circle, dozens and dozens and dozens of large holes dotted about. From them they begin to emerge - snakes, with the head of a woman on each. Each head looks dreadfully ugly, tongue lolling out as they advance at all angles! OOC
[19:53] <Kotono> Each head looks dreadfully ugly, tongue lolling out as they advance at all angles! OOC: Roll init.
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 21." [1d20=16]
01[19:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
03[19:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Antenora(21)>Alicia(18)'
03[19:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia(18)'
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 1
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 1 and gets 6." [1d20=5]
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 3
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 4
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 3 and gets 7." [1d20=6]
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 4 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 5
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 5 and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 6
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 6 and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 7
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 7 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 8
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 8 and gets 16." [1d20=15]
03[19:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia(18)>Naga 2(14)>Naga 1(8)'
03[19:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>Naga 5(160>Naga 2(14)>Naga 1(8)>Naga 3(7)'
03[19:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>Naga 5(16)>Naga 2(14)>Naga 1(8)>Naga 3(7)'
03[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>Naga 5(16)>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Naga 1(8)>Naga 3(7)>Naga 6(2)'
01[19:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 and Lagann'll go last
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and Lagann'll go last and gets 12." [1d20=4]
03[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>Naga 5=Naga 8(16)>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Naga 1(8)>Naga 3(7)>Naga 6(2)'
03[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>Naga 5=Naga 8(16)>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Amaryl(12)>Naga 1(8)>Naga 3(7)>Naga 6(2)>Lagann(0)'
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: Latha starts.
[19:57] <Alicia> OOC: how close are the nagas?
[19:57] <Kotono> From about the snake women twist near and far, above and at level and below at once, coming from so many holes! One of them licks it's lips, calling out in words, "Kill them, rip them apart for the glory of Snake Goddess!"
[19:57] <Kotono> OOC: Closest one is 15 ft away. They're spread out in ever direction.
[19:57] <Kotono> OOC: Imagine you're in the center of a perforated circle.
[19:58] <Kotono> OOC: Well, center-bottom on the ground, anyway.
[19:59] <Alicia> Since they're surrounded on all sides and the creatures are reasonably close, Latha calls upon her connection to Celestia that was so diminished in proximity to that slab, uttering a single word of sublime clarity that was never meant for the debased ears of such creatures!
[19:59] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will for holy word, not counting the houseruled mod on it. I think it's -2 or 4 to saves?
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: -2, I believe.
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: Roll all three effects
[20:01] <Kotono> .
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d10 minutes paralyzed
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d10 minutes paralyzed and gets 7." [1d10=7]
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 2d4 rounds deafened
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 rounds deafened and gets 3." [2d4=1, 2]
03[20:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>*Naga 5*=Naga 8(16)>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Naga 6(2)>Lagann(0)'
[20:01] <Alicia> OOC: blinded, sorry
[20:01] <Alicia> roll 1d4 rounds deafened
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 rounds deafened and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:02] <Kotono> Three of the naga reel back, utterly motionless after that word of holy power! A fourth resists, hissing out it's forked tongue at Latha! OOC: Seira.
06[20:04] * Seira summons her unicorn hordes, relinquishing her control over the Resort to Lagann! The closest naga still moving is the one that ends up marked for death!
01[20:04] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+19
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+19 and gets 148." [5#1d20+19 = 27, 25, 38, 33, 25]
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
01[20:06] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 and gets 187." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 42, 41, 48, 33, 23]
03[20:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>*Naga 5*>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Naga 6(2)>Lagann(0)'
[20:06] <Kotono> The naga is impaled from all sides, unicorns tearing it's body into chunks and ribbons of naga-flesh! It's blood splatters on the walls! OOC: Anything else this turn, Seira?
06[20:07] * Seira moves closer to Amaryl, ready to shield her from any naga charging her way.
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora's up then.
[20:08] <Alicia> Antenora targets the one that first spoke and urged its fellows on, surging forward and aiming her spear just so to drive it down the naga's throat!
[20:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -9pa charging
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -9pa charging and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 2d8+66
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+66 and gets 71." [2d8=2, 3]
03[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 4(20)>Alicia(18)>*Naga 5*>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:10] <Kotono> Antenora pounces forward, clearing the naga away in one deep plunge of her spear! It gurgles and dies, head impaled! The fourth one hisses in the air, intoning words of arcane power! An orb of roiling force appears, shooting at Latha! "Kill the one with the sacred word!"
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC?
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 touch AC? and gets 19." [1d20=10]
[20:10] <Alicia> OOC: 20 vs evil
[20:10] <Kotono> The orb of force hits against Latha's holy circle, sputtering out and shattering like transparent glass! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:11] * Alicia takes off after the spellcasting one, punishing it for having the temerity to attack a deva! Flames igniting to illuminate the cavern, Hell Striker flashes out to decapitate the snake!
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -10 pa
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -10 pa and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: hit.
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: Hit, even.
[20:12] <Alicia> roll 2d4+34+2d6+1d6
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+34+2d6+1d6 and gets 51." [2d4=4, 4][2d6=2, 1][1d6=6]
03[20:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia(18)>*Naga 5*>Naga 2=Naga 7(14)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:13] <Kotono> This naga's head is cut clean off, sputtering down to the ground as she becomes a geyser of foul blood! As the fifth naga twitches on the floor, two others turn, "No!" One yells, "Kill the wizard instead!" With that, two orbs come at Seira, one acid and one force! OOC: Any immediates, Seira?
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC while you're at it.
06[20:14] * Seira is suddenly surrounded with doubles at that development!
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 acid touch AC Seira?
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 acid touch AC Seira? and gets 14." [1d20=5]
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 force
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 force and gets 13." [1d20=4]
01[20:14] <Seira> OOC: Amusingly, not even needed
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: I'm not sure that even hits an image.
[20:14] <Kotono> Images spring up around Seira, as both orbs miss entirely, whizzing into the awll instead! OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:16] <Seira> Amaryl follows Alicia's reasoning, retaliating against those who would dare to speak while attacking them!
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 skirmish~
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 skirmish~ and gets 26." [1d20=10]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
01[20:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 crot?
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 crot? and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: Four normal hits, missed the crit by a bit.
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+4
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+4 and gets 33." [4#1d8+4 = 8, 5, 11, 9]
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 2#4d6
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#4d6 and gets 27." [2#4d6 = 13, 14]
03[20:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:19] <Kotono> Another naga is riddled with arrows, perforated and dead as a lich! OOC: Lagann.
01[20:20] <Seira> Lagann directs the Resort to destroy the naga still remaining in combat.
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 CHARGE
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 CHARGE and gets 27." [1d20=3]
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 3d8+4
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4 and gets 8." [3d8=1, 2, 1]
[20:20] <Kotono> The last upright naga gets a resort in the scales, a scraping wound over it's body! As this happens, more nagas race out, coming out from the depths, six in total!
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-1
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-1 and gets 12." [1d20=11]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-2
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-3
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-2 and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-4
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-3 and gets 18." [1d20=17]
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-4 and gets 12." [1d20=11]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-5
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-5 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 2-6
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 2-6 and gets 3." [1d20=2]
03[20:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia=Naga 2-3(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Naga 2-2(13)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
03[20:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 2-5(20)>Alicia=Naga 2-3(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Naga 2-2(13)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1=Naga 2-4l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Naga 2-6(3)>Lagann(0)'
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Latha.
[20:24] <Alicia> Latha promptly gestures at the largest cluster of newly arriving nagas and calls down Lathander's wrath upon them in the form of a pillar of fire that flares brightly enough to momentarily put Hell Striker to shame!
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20 reflex half
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 reflex half and gets 52." [15d6=4, 6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 6, 5, 3, 6, 2, 3, 5, 1]
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: 20ft wide
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 22." [1d20=16]
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 20." [1d20=14]
03[20:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Naga 2-5(20)>Alicia=Naga 2-3(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Naga 2-2(13)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Naga 2-6(3)>Lagann(0)'
[20:25] <Kotono> One naga bursts into flames, melting down to ash and bone! Two others(2-5 and 2-2) are burnt terribly, but move fast enough to avoid the worst of the pillar of hateful fire! OOC: Seira.
06[20:27] * Seira decides to burn the new arrivals with fire as well, gesturing at the survivors of Latha's attack and another naga who clearly didn't know what it was getting into.
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+19 empowered scorching ray, one each
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+19 empowered scorching ray, one each and gets 90." [3#1d20+19 = 28, 29, 33]
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: All hit.
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 3#4d6+5d8
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#4d6+5d8 and gets 112." [3#4d6+5d8 = 41, 41, 30]
03[20:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia=Naga 2-3(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Naga 2-6(3)>Lagann(0)'
[20:28] <Kotono> The burnt naga are pierced and burst into flames, dying and shedding dim light as they immolate! Another is seared badly, staggering with a hole in it's tail! OOC: Antenora.
[20:29] <Alicia> Antenora pauses a moment to take stock of the new arrivals before she surges forward at an uninjured one to share the pain, her black unicorn horn-tipped spear doing much as Seira's unicorn hordes have been doing!
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -9pa charging
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -9pa charging and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 2d8+66
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+66 and gets 70." [2d8=1, 3]
03[20:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia=Naga 2-3(18)>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:30] <Kotono> Racing ahead, Antenora spears another naga through the neck, ripping it's head off and sending it to oblivion! The floors are littered with slain naga now, ripped apart in mere seconds, rills of blood everywhere! OOC: Alicia and Naga 2-3.
[20:31] <Kotono> One of the naga survives yet! It intones words of power, this time aiming for Antenora! "Kill them! For the glory of the Snake Goddess!"
[20:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 force at Antenora
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 force at Antenora and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[20:31] <Kotono> But the orb misses, Antenora whirling to the side as the wall nearby erupts in a shower of force weakened stones, bouncing off Antenora's armor! OOC: Alicia.
[20:32] <Alicia> "The only ones dying here are you! Surrender or you'll all die!" Alicia exhorts, making an example of the one that just attacked Antenora by flying over and embedding Hell Striker into its forehead!
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -10pa
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -10pa and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 2d4+34+2d6+1d6
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+34+2d6+1d6 and gets 54." [2d4=2, 3][2d6=6, 6][1d6=3]
03[20:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia>*Naga 5*(16)>Naga 2(14)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:33] <Kotono> Alicia severs this naga as well! As the fifth one lies on the ground, the second one calls on a fireball that erupts around Alicia! "Never! Glory for Her name!" OOC: Ref.
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 9d6
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6 and gets 24." [9d6=6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 3]
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Amusingly full damage.
[20:34] <Kotono> Alicia dodges, but right into the center of the fireball! It leaves her burnt and scorched all over, little injuries all over her body, but none serious! OOC: Amaryl and naga 2-1 areup.
01[20:35] <Seira> Emboldened by how well they're doing, Amaryl moves swiftly, this time picking two near targets for her arrows!
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+16
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+16 and gets 47." [2#1d20+16 = 20, 27]
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+16
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+16 and gets 50." [2#1d20+16 = 29, 21]
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: All hits.
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 2#2d8+8+6d6
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#2d8+8+6d6 and gets 82." [2#2d8+8+6d6 = 46, 36]
03[20:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia>*Naga 5*(16)>Amaryl=Naga 2-1l(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:37] <Kotono> Amaryls' arrows finish one off, wihle another is greviously arrowed! As it bleeds everywhere, it spitefully sends an orb of acid right at Amaryl's face!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
01[20:37] <Seira> OOC: Over that, especially with skirmish
[20:37] <Kotono> But Amaryl simply dances out of the way, moving like a whirlwind in combat as arrows fly! OOC: Lagann.
01[20:39] <Seira> Lagann is more than happy to slice up the naga foolish enough to remain near a blade he wields!
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 6d8+8
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+8 and gets 32." [6d8=1, 7, 2, 6, 5, 3]
03[20:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(28)>Seira(24)>Antenora(21)>Alicia>*Naga 5*(16)>Amaryl(12)>*Naga 1*(8)>*Naga 3(7)*>Lagann(0)'
[20:40] <Kotono> The last naga ist orn apart, as no reinforcements seem to be coming, only paralysed naga left! OOC: Free act for the moment then.
[20:40] <Kotono> Antenora looks about, "That seems to be it for the moment - they're not much smarter than humans and they sound like fanatics."
[20:41] <Alicia> Latha obligingly goes to heal Alicia, who asks Antenora, "Can you talk to the paralysed ones telepathically? They might be more amenable in their current state - see if you can find out where we are to start with."
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 2d8+10
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+10 and gets 24." [2d8=6, 8]
[20:42] <Kotono> Antenora hops on over as Latha heals Alicia's wounds. She kneels next to it, frowning. "It's screaming at me that we'll bow before the Snake Goddess." Reaching forward to tap the Naga's forehead, "Any idea who that is? It doesn't fit the MO of the Dark Six to have servants who are ranting about a Goddess."
[20:43] <Kotono> Amaryl checks herself over and sighs, holding her chest. "That was close. That's the same spell tha tsends balls of acid around that you use, Seira?"
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 religion, who's the goddess of snakes in our pantheon?
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 religion, who's the goddess of snakes in our pantheon? and gets 36." [1d20=20]
01[20:45] <Seira> "Pretty much, although I'm better at it," Seira responds. "I'll show you if more show up, okay?"
06[20:45] * Seira thinks for a moment. "You know, if I did end up triggering the trap, it may well be possible we were sent somewhere nasty that isn't actually related to our current enemies."
[20:47] <Alicia> "It's possible they're referring simply to an elder naga rather than an actual deity - the only deity of snakes I know is a god, not a goddess," Alicia remarks. "Can you see any way out of here that's big enough for us to fit?" she then asks the ever so helpful Antenora, since her own darkvision is so less extensive.
[20:47] <Kotono> Antenora flies about, "No, just passages that go around bends and go this way and that," After so flying around, "I don't sense any minds nearby, either."
[20:48] <Kotono> "Basically pass us off onto someone else and let them deal with us?" Latha's voice lights the darkness, "A miserable trick, but one that makes tactical sense."
01[20:48] <Seira> "That's what I would do. If I were a villain."
06[20:49] * Seira doesn't feel terrible about killing the naga who wanted to kill her in the name of their goddess before she could even get a word in, however.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Shall I teleport us back to the slab and we can try again?" Alicia asks in that case.
[20:49] <Kotono> "The Dark Six do seem to have enough intelligence to use these sort of plans, too," Antenora cocks her head back to Seira, "It was self defense, but still."
01[20:49] <Seira> "What about the paralyzed ones? They're nasty and insane, so are we just going to leave them like this?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Killing them serves little purpose at this point. We can hope they'll learn something from this, but even if not, I don't think they're much of a threat to anyone," Alicia shrugs.
06[20:54] * Seira shrugs as well. Even if there is some sort of elder naga that would try to seek vengeance for how they defended themselves from her minions, they'll just deal with that. "A teleport and another attempt, then?"
[20:55] <Alicia> Gathering everyone together, Alicia visualises the forlorn slab at the bottom of the sea and teleports them back to it! Hopefully.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[20:56] <Alicia> OOC: similar area
[20:56] <Kotono> Alicia invokes her magic ot teleport...but nothing happens at all! The spell fizzles!
[20:57] <Kotono> "...Celestia's light..." Latha murmurs under her breath, "Did the spell fail?"
[20:57] <Alicia> "It seems so..." Alicia frowns, checking for any dimensional anchoring type magic in the air around them.
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Make a caster level check, Alicia?
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
01[20:58] <Seira> "We can always dig our way out," Seira says unhappily. "Going to try again?"
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[21:01] <Alicia> "There's abjuration magic suffusing the rock all around us," Alicia remarks unhappily. "I'm not sure but I'd guess it's probably some sort of dimensional anchor effect." She glances at Antenora, "I don't suppose the Naga know anything about it?"
[21:02] <Kotono> "I'll try." Antenora kneels next to her again...
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono> "It's ranting how we can't escape the domain of the Snake Goddess, that her wrath is inescapable." Antenora stands back up, stretching hre back out as she does. "That the magic of the Snake Goddess is inviolate."
01[21:04] <Seira> "Alicia, how about violating the magic of the snake goddess so that we could leave?" Seira queries.
[21:06] <Alicia> "It's not really that strong - Antenora or Latha could probably manage it, which would save my own spells for if we end up somewhere worse when we use the tablet again," Alicia suggests, glancing at the other two angels hopefully. Admittedly it's not *weak* magic, but her perceptions have been skewed of late.
[21:07] <Kotono> Antenora nods and steps forward, "Allowme," she says, as Latha repeats the trick!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:07] <Kotono> But the magic withstands! They try again!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[21:07] <Kotono> "Nothing," Antenora says, "The magic isn't giving so easily." Latha tries again, "By Celestia's wisdom, be shattered, magic!"
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[21:08] <Alicia> "Okay, I'll do it then," Alicia interjects as it seems futile on their end. "Mother of all Magic, let me end the spell of this false goddess that we might away from here," she intones, casting her own spell.
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[21:09] <Kotono> Calling on Mystra's magic power, the aura in the stones buckles and weakens! It disperses, already starting to regenerate mere seconds later, reknitting itself as fast as it can! OOC: Go ahead and act.
[21:10] <Alicia> "Done, lets hurry," Alicia quickly repeats her teleport spell before the magic in the rocks can regenerate enough to stop them.
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 99." [1d100=99]
03[21:10] * Mystia is now known as Mystia_Ghostfood
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: mishap
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 8." [1d10=8]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+80
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+80 and gets 98." [1d20=18]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 and gets 98." [1d20=18]
[21:11] <Alicia> OOC; wait, are you rolling or am I?
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 4." [1d10=4]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: I'll do it, I gneerally deal with TP mishaps.
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: 12 damage so far.
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+80
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+80 and gets 99." [1d20=19]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 7." [1d10=7]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: 19 damage so far.
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+80
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+80 and gets 93." [1d20=13]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: 19 damage to all of you.
[21:13] <Kotono> It's as if the magic itself is wrong! You feel twisted and scrambled, mixed up! You appear in warmer waters, a great hunk of stone lying on the ocean bed. It is covered in strange red paint, uneroded by water's passage. It forms the pattern of a hawk over it's length, far different than the slab that got you in this mess.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Owww...!" Amaryl whimpers, "I feel like a dragon just tried to twist me end over end!"
01[21:14] <Seira> "Stupid snake goddess magic," Seira mutters, instantly moving to help Amaryl.
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 31." [3d8=6, 6, 4]
[21:14] <Kotono> "This also isn't where we were," Antenora goes to examine the slab, "Interesting, but it's not what we came for. Was the magic interfered with, Alicia?"
[21:15] <Alicia> "The anchoring magic regrew quickly, I think we're lucky we got out at all," Alicia remarks, wincing and holding her stomach as she gets the feeling her insides are in the wrong place. "It didn't help that my mental image of the slab wasn't very good... Latha, can you heal us a bit while I refocus to try again?"
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 CLW Seira
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 CLW Seira and gets 13." [1d8=8]
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 CLW Alicia
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 CLW Alicia and gets 7." [1d8=2]
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 CLW Anty
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 CLW Anty and gets 12." [1d8=7]
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 CLW Latha
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 CLW Latha and gets 7." [1d8=2]
[21:16] <Kotono> Latha goes about, healing wounds. "At least we weren't shunted into a pool of acid or intot he middle of a wall. I know a story of a wizard whom that happened to." With a sad smile, "He became an instant fossil."
[21:17] <Kotono> "Thank you," Amaryl smiles to Seira, her smile banishing the darkness for a moment, "That's terrible!"
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 arcana
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 arcana and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:18] <Alicia> "That's not supposed to happen except in extreme circumstances, at least," Alicia remarks. "Hmmm..." she pauses, eyeing the slab a moment.
01[21:19] <Seira> "And there are precautions to take against that, although I can see how many wouldn't normally bother," Seira adds her own thoughts, before focusing on the hawk pattern as well.
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: K:A if you like, Seira.
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 sure
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 sure and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[21:19] <Alicia> "It looks like a ritual component," Alicia indicates the slab. "The magic lingering on it is merely preservative in nature, so its of no more interest than that, I think."
01[21:22] <Seira> "Here's to making certain our own achievements don't end up amounting to this?"
[21:23] <Kotono> "Let's go then, and make our acheivements sung in the Heavens, by defeating the Neverborn and his servants?" Antenora looks ahead, "Time's wasting."
[21:23] <Alicia> "I'm sure whomever made this left other things behind as well, but its of little import to us. I'll try teleporting again," Alicia offers, gathering everyone around and repeating her spell.
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[21:24] <Kotono> Woosh! This time yo8u appear at the stone slab. You feel isolated, as if the light of the Gods above is gone. Chills race through your body once more!
06[21:25] * Alicia shivers a little in the far colder water, looking around warily in case the wraiths come back while Seira tries to disable the trap again.
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Spot again, Alicia.
06[21:27] * Seira this time decides to search the premises before activating the device.
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 17." [1d20=15]
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 anything of interest?
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 anything of interest? and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[21:28] <Kotono> Alicia doesn't see anything of interest, nor does Seira's search turn up anything of interest.
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 let's try dd now
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 let's try dd now and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[21:29] <Kotono> AGain, you feel pulled down! You rac ethrough the earth, as if hands drag you down to Hell itself! You plummet down, a hard impact with wet cave floor once more!
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 2d6 ow
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 ow and gets 6." [2d6=5, 1]
[21:29] <Kotono> You stand and lie where you started before - the naga lie about, still slain and still very dead.
[21:30] <Kotono> "Urgh," Antenora gets up onto one knee, as Latha rises. The latter is the one that speaks, "We must find a way to help Seira with this, then. If one cannot solve the problem, then we all must strive to do so, together."
01[21:30] <Seira> "At least it's not a smarter trap," Seira says in resignation.
06[21:30] * Alicia checks to see if the anchoring spell has regenerated before she risks another teleport.
01[21:30] <Seira> "And I didn't say I couldn't solve it! Just give me a moment to think of a better way."
06[21:31] * Alicia takes a deep breath. "I'll have to dispel the anchor once more. Hold on a moment," she requests, doing just that.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:31] <Kotono> This time, the anchor does not give way! The mgaic in the rocks is inviolate!
06[21:32] * Alicia frowns, pausing a moment to work a crick out of her neck before she tries agin with a clearer head.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:32] <Kotono> This time the magic shatters apart, stunned momentarily as it tries to regroup itself! Alicia has her chance!
[21:32] <Alicia> "Brace yourselves," Alicia warns as she teleports out again.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[21:33] <Kotono> Woosh! This time yo8u make it back to the stone slab without incident! Once again the cool waters lap at your bodies all over...
01[21:34] <Seira> "Here's the deal," Seira states unhappily. "I'm fairly certain I could get it to work in four-five tries. But we know what happens if that doesn't work. Are we risking it now?"
[21:34] <Kotono> "The price of not risking it is high," Latha says, "I would rather risk my life than risk the lives of those who would be attacked by the depredations of the Neverborn."
06[21:34] * Alicia eyes the play of magic around the slab. Is it all one spell or is the trap a seperate dweomer that might potentially be dispelled without disrupting the primary teleport function?
[21:35] <Alicia> "We'll just have to risk it. Do you want me to cast heroism on you to improve your focus, Seira?" Alicia offers.
01[21:36] <Seira> "Already got it covered," Seira responds, flashing Alicia a smile. "Here goes...."
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 dd
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 dd and gets 47." [1d20=18]
03[21:40] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[21:41] <Kotono> This time, working as hard as she can, Seira is able to edge the trap off, the platform glowing! A moment later, you are pulled down! But this time you appear safely. You stand atop a statue, of a skeleton with it's hands spread outward. A stairway leads to the ground, twenty feet below. Everything here is bone white. The path ahead is bone white, inlaid with tiny skulls, each one fixed into a grimace of tormented agony. The eyes of each skull
[21:41] <Kotono> each one fixed into a grimace of tormented agony. The eyes of each skull have a dim light within them. They seem to light up, a thousand voices assailing you! OOC: Will saves all.
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 +6vs evil Alicia
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 +6vs evil Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 +4vs evil Anty
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 +4vs evil Anty and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 +6vs evil Latha
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 +6vs evil Latha and gets 30." [1d20=16]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 A
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 A and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[21:46] <Kotono> Images. From each voice images come in. Of being in a warm, happy place. Of being held in soft warms, looking up at a face with absolute love, absolute devotion. Then...terror and agony. One smiling, demented face staring down, whispering, "It wasn't fair you got to be born...oh no...I won't be lonely...join me..." Then a thousand echos of agony, hearts stopping in an intense, death cold...over and over this repeats in your minds, the skull's
[21:46] <Kotono> death cold...over and over this repeats in your minds, the skull's eyes winkling with light! OOC: Everyone but Amaryl is shaken, suffering double the normal penalties. Amaryl is stunned.
[21:46] <Kotono> Amaryl screams, falling down in a heap!
[21:47] <Kotono> "In the..." Antenora holds her head, "Shut them up...stop it! Stop it!"
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: Anty has Remove Fear as an SLA. This is a good time
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: So does Latha
06[21:47] * Seira stands over Amaryl, her sword drawn, eyes darting in every direction for something to fight!
[21:48] <Kotono> Latha weeps, all while reaching out to Seira first. The fear retreats, though the voices do not stop. Antenora touches Alicia there after, her own voices fading.
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: STrike.
[21:49] <Kotono> Latha weeps, yet does not stop as she murmurs a single calming word of Celestial. The fear leaves your bodies, though the images and voices continue unabated. As this happens, you hear a heavy, thudding sound, clapping.
06[21:49] * Alicia shudders, gripping Hell Striker tightly in both hands as she looks down at the leering skulls. "Don't listen to it," she hisses, gritting her teeth, before looking around for the source of the clapping.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Six thousand, six hundred and sixty-six." The clapper approaches from far away, walking with easy steps. Melancton has his great warhammer in one hand. At his side are the dead - at least a dozen of the dire wraiths, screaming silently in time with the skulls. "A small army of babies. There's no room for you here, but we have another part of Silence for you, so fear not."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Your friends back in Arborea asked that we bring you in alive," Alicia tells the traitor titan, stepping forward to face him without fear. "That might make what I said to you last time a lie," she's forced to admit.
01[21:54] <Seira> "I'm sure they'll understand if we couldn't, though," Seira adds. "What can they possibly expect from someone who became what he fought?"
[21:55] <Kotono> "I'll make sure to throw their bones in with yours," Melancton and his horde are 90 feet away, on ground level. "Heh, that's right. There's nothing but agony waiting for every living being. I'm blessed to be able to bring it to so many of them...and you're next!" With a furious roar, the titan gestures his warhammer forward, the horde of undeath advancing! OOC: Init.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 18." [1d20=10]
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 9." [1d20=1]
03[21:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha(18)Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)'
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 1
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 1 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 2
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 3
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 2 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 3 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 4
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 4 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 5
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 5 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 6
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 6 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 7
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 7 and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 8
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 8 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 9
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 9 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 10
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 10 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 11
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 11 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 12
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 12 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
03[21:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(32)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5(23)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)'
03[21:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(32)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5(23)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Lagann(0)'
03[21:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1=Wraith 9(32)>Wraith 8(31)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5=Wraith 10(23)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Lagann(0)'
03[22:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1=Wraith 9(32)>Wraith 8(31)>Wraith 12(30)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5=Wraith 10(23)>Wraith 11(22)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Lagann(0)'
[22:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Melancton
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Melancton and gets 6." [1d20=1]
03[22:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1=Wraith 9(32)>Wraith 8(31)>Wraith 12(30)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5=Wraith 10(23)>Wraith 11(22)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Melancton(6)>Lagann(0)'
[22:01] <Kotono> Two of the wraiths race forward, coming straight at Seira first!
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 melee touch flatfooted touch AC, Seira?
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 melee touch flatfooted touch AC, Seira?
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 melee touch flatfooted touch AC, Seira? and gets 19." [1d20=3]
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 melee touch flatfooted touch AC, Seira? and gets 34." [1d20=18]
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: Not that
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 1
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 2
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 1 and gets 10." [2d6=6, 4]
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 2 and gets 8." [2d6=5, 3]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 27." [1d20=6]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[22:03] <Kotono> Seira's skin resists, while her spirit is unbowed by the unlife touching her! She wards them back with her sword, flames licking out of her mouth! The next two go for Antenora, surrounding her with haste!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted touch AC?
[22:03] <Alicia> OOC: 16
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 1
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 2
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 1 and gets 2." [2d6=1, 1]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 2 and gets 6." [2d6=3, 3]
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+32
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+32 and gets 75." [2#1d20+32 = 36, 39]
[22:05] <Kotono> Antenora endures as well, used to the terribly draining touches of the wraith! The fourth and second wraith hurtle straight for Latha!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 1
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 1 and gets 12." [2d6=6, 6]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 2
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 2 and gets 12." [2d6=6, 6]
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+22
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+22 and gets 56." [2#1d20+22 = 33, 23]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d8 con drain Latha
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 con drain Latha and gets 1." [1d8=1]
[22:06] <Kotono> Latha is touched, her skin paling slightly as her neck is wrung, but she endures as she sheds celestial light! The fifth and tenth wraith spring on Amaryl, diving at her!
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfoot touch AC, Seira?
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: For Amaryl.
01[22:06] <Seira> OOC: Also not that, flatfooted touch ac is lulz
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 2d6 fort 1
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 fort 1 and gets 8." [2d6=3, 5]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 2d6 fort 2
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 fort 2 and gets 6." [2d6=4, 2]
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[22:08] <Kotono> Amaryl is stabbed as well as she fumbles for her Sun Blade, the light of it slightly repelling the vile phantasms! The 11th and 7th dart at Alicia!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 8 images
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d9 lucky you have nondetection
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 lucky you have nondetection and gets 9." [1d9=9]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 3." [1d8=3]
[22:09] <Kotono> Two of Alicia's images sputter and burst away, destroyed! OOC: Wraith three is up, lemme resolve it before the two devas go.
[22:09] <Kotono> The third wraith darts forward as well, going for Latha as her skin pales!
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 6." [2d6=4, 2]
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[22:10] <Kotono> This touch Latha is able to endure, surrounded by wraiths on all sides, a gaggle of them! OOC: Latha and Antenora.
[22:12] <Alicia> Latha and Antenora both envelop the heroes and surrounding wraiths in holy strikes, bursting in quick succession!
[22:12] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 for Latha
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 for Latha and gets 25." [5d8=3, 7, 4, 8, 3]
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 22 for Anty
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 22 for Anty and gets 25." [5d8=6, 3, 8, 5, 3]
[22:13] <Alicia> OOC: 1 incorporeal roll for each casting or per wraith?
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Each casting.
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Simpler.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 58." [1d100=58]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 30." [1d20=16]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 15." [1d20=1]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: should get all 11, since they swarmed us
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 22." [1d20=8]
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 15." [1d20=1]
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 15." [1d20=1]
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will Yeah, I know, resolving these in turn and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[22:15] <Kotono> The holy energies burst around the wraiths, singing and weakening all of them with frentic, pure holy might! OOC: Wraith 6.
[22:15] <Kotono> The sixth wraith charges ahead, this one going right for Seira!
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 cirt?
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 cirt? and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 4d6 and fort
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and fort and gets 13." [4d6=2, 5, 2, 4]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[22:17] <Kotono> Seira is mangled again, her hand touched and turning pale white, but she stands strong and unbowed! OOC: Seira.
06[22:18] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's blessing, darting past the wraith to get within range of Melancton, eager to both strike first against him and gain his attention!
01[22:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 tumble
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 tumble and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[22:19] <Seira> If the fight goes badly, this may well end up her last chance of ever calling out this spell, and call it out she does! "Come forth UNICORN HORDES!"
[22:19] <Kotono> Seira rolls past the hordes of wraiths, leaping down the stairs and flying to within thirty feet of Melancton! OOC: Alicia.
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: Hold that line then.
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Dur, forgot it was devotion. Carry on.
01[22:20] <Seira> OOC: Travel, yes
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+19 I'll use the empowered fireball next round
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+19 I'll use the empowered fireball next round and gets 154." [5#1d20+19 = 22, 39, 30, 35, 28]
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 crit?
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 crit? and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Does this spell allow SR, by the by?
01[22:21] <Seira> OOC: No
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: One normal hit.
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: All hit and crit.
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 and gets 160." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 39, 25, 31, 36, 29]
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 1d8+8
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8 and gets 9." [1d8=1]
01[22:23] <Seira> OOC: He's also bullrushed, dc 29
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: It's 430, I'll resolve the bullrushes next time.
[19:07] <Ko> <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8
[19:07] <Ko> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 and gets 160." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 39, 25, 31, 36, 29]
[19:07] <Ko> <Seira> roll 1d8+8
[19:07] <Ko> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+8 and gets 9." [1d8=1]
[19:07] <Ko> <Seira> OOC: He's also bullrushed, dc 29
[19:07] <Ko> > OOC: It's 430, I'll resolve the bullrushes next time.
[19:07] <Ko> OOC: So baically hemakes a STR check against DC 29?
01[19:07] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[19:07] <Ko> roll 1d20+18 Titans have insane STR.
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+18 Titans have insane STR. and gets 20." [1d20=2]
01[19:07] <Seira> OOC: He's pushed back 10ft overall~
[19:08] <Ko> The unicorn horns slam into and pierce Melancton's massive frame! He's knocked backwards, stumbling as each step he takes shakes the floor! He holds up his warhammer, shielding himself as best he can! Meanwhile the songs and images of the skulls continue to race in your minds! OOC: Alicia.
06[19:14] * Alicia activates the magic in her boots, and for an instant all goes silent around her, the shades frozen for an instant in their torment, her allies standing bravely against their foes. She uses this time first of all to call upon the might of heaven's champions,
[19:14] <Alicia> her skin turning green, her wings gold, and her muscles developing such sculpted perfection as to rival the traitor titan's. Channelling a spell into Hell Striker, she follows this up by casting another spell while flying up and forward thirty feet, righteous orange flames surrounding her!
[19:14] <Alicia> As time returns to normal, she hurls her blade down at Melancton from her new vantage point, the wounds it inflicts 'blessing' him with the negative energy he professes to love.
[19:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 knowledge
06[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 knowledge and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[19:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 -8pa raging divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 -8pa raging divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 46." [1d20=9]
[19:16] <Ko> OOC: Hit.
[19:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR for channelled enervation
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR for channelled enervation and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[19:16] <Ko> OOC: No love on the enervation.
[19:17] <Alicia> roll 2d4+55+2d6+1d6+4d4
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+55+2d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 71." [2d4=1, 3][2d6=1, 3][1d6=1][4d4=1, 1, 4, 1]
[19:18] <Ko> Melancton rolls back with the blow, his shoulder torn open as blood sprays back and out! He holds his ground despite the blow, enduring! OOC: Amaryl.
01[19:19] <Seira> Stepping back warily, Amaryl draws the Sun Blade and holds it high above her head, activating its most sacred power!
[19:20] <Ko> Sunlight spills forth from the Sun Blade, Amaryl whirling it over her head! The lumenince of Lathander fills the air around her, the dread wraiths hissing back as the sun burns away at their unholy spirit! OOC: Anything else?
[19:20] <Alicia> OOC: should've been +65 damage on my attack, so 10 more btw
01[19:21] <Seira> OOC: Not really, no
[19:27] <Ko> Melancton rushes ahead at Seira, his hammer swinging right for her! "Be silent, wizard! Your life ends here at my hands!" OOC: Any immediates?
06[19:27] * Seira calls out an arcane word to shield herself from the stike!
01[19:28] <Seira> OOC: Deflect it is
[19:28] <Ko> roll 1d20+37 (-3 CE)
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+37 (-3 CE) and gets 47." [1d20=10]
[19:28] <Ko> OOC: AC?
01[19:28] <Seira> OOC: That's unpossible, so he hits
[19:29] <Ko> roll 4d6+30
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d6+30 and gets 40." [4d6=2, 2, 3, 3]
[19:29] <Ko> WHAM! Seira is hit hard, knocked down and back by the massive blow! She's nearly pounded into the cursed skulls, body buckling under the overwhelming shot! A split second later, arching lighting appears amid the angels and Amaryl, striking at them!
[19:29] <Ko> roll 1d20+20 CL
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+20 CL and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[19:30] <Ko> OOC: What's Latha's SR?
[19:30] <Alicia> OOC: 34
[19:30] <Ko> roll 20d6 ref half Latha
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 20d6 ref half Latha and gets 77." [20d6=2, 3, 6, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1, 5, 1, 6, 6, 3, 5, 6, 5, 2, 1, 4, 3]
[19:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[19:30] <Ko> roll 19d6 ref half Antenora
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 19d6 ref half Antenora and gets 72." [19d6=5, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 6, 6, 5, 1, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 6, 5]
[19:30] <Ko> roll 18d6 ref half Amaryl
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 18d6 ref half Amaryl and gets 63." [18d6=2, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 2, 2, 6]
[19:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Anty
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Anty and gets 32." [1d20=4]
01[19:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 A
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 A and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[19:31] <Ko> OOC: All of them made the save.
[19:32] <Ko> Vicious lightning arches and dances through the three women, leaving them twitching but intact, dives and flights avoiding the worst of it as sunlight continues to come forth! OOC: Lagann.
01[19:33] <Seira> While Seira struggles to regain her balance, Lagann retaliates against the titan, attempting to viciously skewer him!
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 smite
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 smite and gets 41." [1d20=17]
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 crit?
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 crit? and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[19:34] <Ko> OOC: Miss, CE is a cast iron bitch since it took 3 points of it. That 20's a hit, though.
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 crit?
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 crit? and gets 39." [1d20=20]
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 33." [1d20=19]
[19:34] <Ko> OOC: Owned. Crit.
01[19:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 this too?
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 this too? and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[19:35] <Ko> OOC: One hit but it's a crit.
01[19:35] <Seira> roll 9d8+18+2d6
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+18+2d6 and gets 70." [9d8=1, 8, 2, 7, 7, 1, 4, 4, 8][2d6=4, 6]
[19:36] <Ko> Lagann thrusts forward, passing through the plates of Melancton's armor and finding a hole! It stabs into his gut, burying in! Meanwhile...
03[19:36] * Ko changes topic to 'Wraith 1=Wraith 9(32)>Wraith 8(31)>Wraith 12(30)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5=Wraith 10(23)>Wraith 11(22)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Melancton(6)>Lagann(0)>Giant Skeleton(-1)'
[19:36] <Ko> From the ground, wisps of black emit out, flowing into the skeleton who's hands Amaryl and the angels stand on! The skeleton's eyes above light up, it's body starting to move! OOC: Top of init now.
[19:37] <Ko> As one, the wraiths shrink back from the sunlight! They flee back, fleeing away at all angles and away from Amaryl! OOC: Latha and Antenora.
[19:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Latha religion, would dispel evil do anything to the possessed skeleton?
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Latha religion, would dispel evil do anything to the possessed skeleton? and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Alicia> OOC: How far above the ground is the skeleton's hand they're standing on?
[19:40] <Ko> OOC: 20ft.
[19:41] <Alicia> Seeing the skeleton starting to animate itself, Latha looks concerned! "Alicia, catch us if this works!" she requests, planting her palm on the bony palm at her feet and attempting to plane shift the skeleton all the way to the plane of positive energy!
[19:41] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will
[19:41] <Ko> OOC: No need.
[19:42] <Ko> Latha tries to shift the planes...but nothing happens! OOC: Antenora.
[19:42] <Alicia> Straightening up, Latha hefts her mace warily. "Try to dispel it, Antenora?" she asks hopefully, causing the former erinyes to nod, closing her eyes a moment to focus before glaring at the skull!
[19:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 dispel
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 dispel and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[19:44] <Ko> But the skull does not bend to her magic, resisting the call to be broken! OOC: More wraith fleeing. Seira.
[19:44] <Alicia> Both angels fly ten feet away from the hand as their efforts come to naught!
06[19:46] * Seira steps back, drawing Elle's gift for her, and attempts to erode at the enormous skeleton!
01[19:46] <Seira> OOC: empowered fireball it is, any SR?
[19:46] <Ko> OOC: No.
01[19:46] <Seira> roll 10d6+10
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6+10 and gets 53." [10d6=2, 6, 3, 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 1, 4]
01[19:46] <Seira> roll 1.5*53
06[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*53 and gets 79.5."
[19:47] <Ko> roll 1d20+7 ref
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+7 ref and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[19:47] <Ko> OOC: DC?
01[19:47] <Seira> OOC: Normally 24, 28 with the soothsayer
01[19:47] <Seira> OOC: Actually one higher. Something finally missed!
[19:48] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Oh, so that's what it was. In the future, point bank tell me you're using that, Cor. Use the exact words and PM me so I can take a note. I just didn't register it was using it when you said that. Dur.
01[19:48] <Seira> OOC: Okay. I'll move after this.
[19:49] <Ko> The searing fireball catches the skeleton before it can move, blasting bone and leaving it's midsection terrifically charred! OOC: Continue
[19:49] <Ko> .
06[19:49] * Seira continues her withdrawal for thirty more feet, unwilling to let Melcanton remain in melee with her.
[19:51] <Ko> Thus Seira flips back and withdraws, avoiding a massive blow form Melancton as she does so! OOC: Alicia.
[19:53] <Alicia> "So how did the Abyss get to you, anyway, Melancton?" Alicia asks, hefting Hell Striker and channelling a different spell into this time, one that makes it crackle with electricity. "What was the chink in your armour? What was the weakness it exploited to turn you into something you hate?" she probes bitterly as she lets the sword fly once more, recalling her own hard earned knowledge of how that loathesome realm works.
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -5pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -5pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 58." [1d20=18]
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -5pa divine might 4th level arcane strike crit check
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -5pa divine might 4th level arcane strike crit check and gets 45." [1d20=5]
[19:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 moonbow SR
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 moonbow SR and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[19:54] <Ko> OOC: Crit, no spell.
[19:54] <Alicia> roll 4d4+108+2d6+1d6+4d4
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+108+2d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 141." [4d4=4, 1, 3, 4][2d6=4, 4][1d6=3][4d4=3, 2, 1, 4]
[19:56] <Ko> Melancton is wounded badly this time, his torso torn open! Blood gushes down freely as his titantic body buckles! He doesn't answer, only concentrating now! OOC: Amaryl.
01[19:58] <Seira> Amaryl follows after Seira, moving just enough that she's barely cleared the skeleton, before lashing out at its outstretched hand.
01[19:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[19:59] <Ko> Ting! The Sun Blade bounces off the skeleton's hand, as the light from the Sun Blade begins to dim, it's radiance lessening! OOC: Melancton is up.
[20:01] <Ko> Quickly, lightning dances around Amaryl, Antenora and Latha once more!
[20:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[20:01] <Ko> OOC: Latha immunes, Amaryl and Antenora only.
[20:01] <Ko> roll 19d6 Amaryl
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 19d6 Amaryl and gets 57." [19d6=1, 4, 2, 5, 1, 2, 5, 2, 6, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 6]
[20:01] <Ko> roll 18d6 Antenora ref save syou two
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 18d6 Antenora ref save syou two and gets 65." [18d6=3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4]
01[20:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[20:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Anty
06[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Anty and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[20:06] <Ko> The lightning fizzles around Latha, while it arches between Antenora and Amaryl! Both are dreadfully shocked, but endure it as best the can! A split second later, Melancton vanishes! OOC: Lagann.
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[20:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft wtf was that?
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft wtf was that? and gets 36." [1d20=10]
01[20:07] <Seira> "He ran away!" Seira exclaims. "That cheating bastard!" Lagann shares her anger, but uses it to imbue Seira with greater heroism, the Resort drawing closer to her.
[20:07] <Alicia> "He's still there, he went ethereal! Like that cauchemar!" Alicia warns Seira.
[20:07] <Ko> The skeleton rises! It grabs th stairway in it's hands, taking it as a weapon! This sends Amaryl flying down! OOC: 1d6 falling, does she have featherfall or tumble or anything?
01[20:09] <Seira> OOC: Alicia has that
[20:09] <Ko> OOC: Alicia, are you going to use an immediate on that then or should I roll damage?
06[20:09] * Alicia snaps out a quick spell to cushion Amaryl's fall!
[20:10] <Ko> Amaryl lands safely, as the skeleton lashes out! It uses the stairway as if it were a club, striking out at Latha, Antenora and Amaryl equally!
[20:10] <Ko> roll 1d20+25 Latha
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 Latha and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[20:10] <Ko> roll 1d20+25 Antenora
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 Antenora and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:10] <Ko> roll 1d20+25 Amaryl ACs?
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 Amaryl ACs? and gets 27." [1d20=2]
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01[20:10] <Seira> OOC: 28 normal, 30 due to skirmish
[20:10] <Alicia> OOC: Anty's 39, Latha's 41
[20:11] <Ko> But the whirling, bony staircase misses all of them, the two angels flying around it and Amaryl already moving, tumbling backwards and pass a vicious smash! OOC: Wraiths are still retreating. Antenora and Latha.
[20:11] <Alicia> Hearing what Alicia said, Latha calls upon her innate ability to see invisible or ethereal creatures so she can target the cowardly titan!
[20:12] <Ko> Black faces and souls whirl around the skeleton, babies' faces distorted and crying! Latha invokes See Invisiblity, but does not see Melancton! OOC: Rest of Latha's turn/Antenora.
01[20:12] <Seira> "We have about a minute until the wraiths return, give or take," Seira says quietly via the Message spell. "Let's take care of the skeleton before that?"
[20:13] <Alicia> "I can't see him - are you sure?" Latha asks Alicia in confusion as she looks around, while Antenora focuses on the immediate problem and charges the skeleton, impaling her spear through its skull!
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa charging
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa charging and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[20:14] <Seira> "I think he went underground," Seira comments. "Didn't see him return yet."
[20:14] <Ko> Antenora flies ahead at the skeleton, but whirling souls deflect her spear, as solid as any steel shield! OOC: Seira.
[20:14] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on Amaryl, too
[20:14] <Ko> OOC: Okay.
06[20:15] * Seira draws her staff, taking to the air, as she calls for a supercharged fireball to assault the enormous skeleton!
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 10d6+10
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6+10 and gets 46." [10d6=2, 3, 5, 3, 5, 2, 5, 4, 2, 5]
01[20:15] <Seira> roll 1.5*46
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*46 and gets 69."
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: dc 25
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: Also, I'll fly up 20ft
[20:16] <Ko> roll 1d20+11
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[20:18] <Ko> The skeleton is roasted by another fireball, legs charring as black as a balor's heart! OOC: Alicia.
[20:20] <Alicia> Recalling what Latha told Antenora to do, Alicia tries to see if her superior dispelling magic might hold any sway here. "Tortured marionette of unlife, be at peace and find rest!" she calls, trying to dispel it!
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[20:20] <Ko> Alicia calls on Mystra's magic...but the skeleton does not listen to her words of power! OOC: Anything else?
[20:20] <Alicia> OOC: I'm done
[20:20] <Ko> OOC: Lagann.
01[20:20] <Seira> OOC: Amaryl, surely?
[20:21] <Ko> OOC: Oh wow, dur. Amaryl.
01[20:22] <Seira> Amaryl retreats thirty more feet, dropping the Sun Blade as she draws the bow she's far more comfortable with, letting loose with a single arrow that births another!
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
01[20:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[20:23] <Ko> But neither arrow can pierce, both bouncing off the bony behemoth and falling ot the ground, snapping in two! OOC: Lagann.
01[20:23] <Seira> Lagann manipulates the Resort until it is safely in Seira's sheath, before picking up this new and exciting blade!
[20:24] <Ko> OOC: Switching? Okay, Skeleton's up.
[20:25] <Ko> The skeleton's burns reform as it makes a few thundering steps forward! It strikes at both Latha and Antenora, mauling at them!
[20:25] <Ko> roll 1d20+25
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[20:25] <Ko> roll 1d20+25 Antenora
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 Antenora and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:26] <Ko> But the luminesence around them stops the stairway, stopping the improptu club! OOC: More.
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[20:32] <Ko> From ahead, where Melancton came, you can begin to see a pale white mist creeping ahead, slow and steady. OOC: Wraiths are still fleeing. Antenora/Latha.
[20:35] <Alicia> Latha drops a flame strike on the skeleton, while Antenora takes note of the mist. "Watch out, these might be reinforcements!" she warns, conjuring up a wall of whirling force-blades to block the path!
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[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 DC 21 casting defensively for Anty
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 DC 21 casting defensively for Anty and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[20:36] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20 reflex for Latha's flame strike
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 reflex for Latha's flame strike and gets 45." [15d6=6, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 3, 6, 2, 3, 1, 6, 4]
[20:36] <Ko> roll 1d20+11
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[20:37] <Ko> A blade barrier comes into life, as more fire burns the skeleton! More than half it's body is charred bone and ash, crumbling here and there! But yet it glows with wailing souls, unrelenting! OOC: Seira.
06[20:38] * Seira encases herself in acid, flying back towards the skeleton until she is within its striking range.
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[20:38] <Ko> OOC: Tumbling or tripping a AoO, Siera?
[20:38] <Ko> OOC: Seira?
01[20:39] <Seira> OOC: Just getting within its extreme range, not passing it
[20:40] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Alicia.
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06[20:41] * Alicia maintains her current position, gesturing at the skeleton as almost two dozen orbs of crackling electricity manifest around her and her images, before lancing across the cavern at it in a furious barrage!
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 ranged touch
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 ranged touch
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 ranged touch and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 ranged touch
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 ranged touch and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:42] <Ko> OOC: All but the 1 hit.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 18d6+4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d6+4 and gets 76." [18d6=2, 5, 2, 4, 1, 5, 5, 3, 3, 6, 6, 3, 5, 5, 4, 6, 4, 3]
[20:43] <Ko> The skeleton rocks, it's left arm splintering apart and it's skulltop shattering! It looks like it's about to collapse as orbs of lightning strike it and blow parts of it to smithereens! OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:43] <Seira> Amaryl uses this as her chance to chip away at the massive skeleton. It's so huge some of the arrows in her barrage are bound to hit!
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+17
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+17 and gets 94." [4#1d20+17 = 19, 24, 22, 29]
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+12
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+12 and gets 45." [2#1d20+12 = 19, 26]
[20:44] <Ko> Amaryl fires arrows after arrow, but none manage to impact the skeleton! OOC: Lagann.
01[20:44] <Seira> Lagann picked up the Sun Blade just at the range of its ability, but it still means he can try and stab it!
01[20:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[20:45] <Ko> The dim-golden blade thrusts forward, but bounces off what remains of the skeleton! It surges forward, making one overwhelming blow at Latha!
[20:45] <Ko> roll 1d20+30 AC?
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+30 AC? and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: 41
[20:46] <Ko> The massive stairway ripples through the air, tearing it apart, yet Latha is still too fast! She weaves out of the way, as the floor is vastly impacted! Meanwhile, the white mist comes closer, to within 15 feet of Alicia. OOC: Antenora and Latha re up.
[20:47] <Alicia> Antenora stabs out her spear repeatedly at the chipped and charred skeleton, trying to excabarate its weak points and make the whole thing fall apart!
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine succor for Amaryl
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine succor for Amaryl and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[20:49] <Alicia> Latha relies on her spells that have worked well enough so far, calling down Celestia's fiery wrath atop the skeletal behemoth!
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20 reflex half
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 reflex half and gets 75." [15d6=5, 3, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 4, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 3]
[20:49] <Ko> OOC: No hits for Antenora.
[20:49] <Ko> roll 1d20+11
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[20:50] <Ko> AS Antenora tries in vain to land a blow, another flame strike rocks the skeleton! It's spine crumbles into dust, the entire thing collapsing under it's own weight, the stairway falling to the ground and breaking in two! OOC: Seira.
03[20:50] * Ko changes topic to 'Wraith 1=Wraith 9(32)>Wraith 8(31)>Wraith 12(30)>Wraith 4(29)>Wraith 2(26)>Wraith 5=Wraith 10(23)>Wraith 11(22)>Wraith 7(21)>Wraith 3=Antenora=Latha(18)Wraith 6(16)>Seira(14)>Alicia(12)>Amaryl(9)>Melancton(6)>Lagann(0)>Mist(-2)'
01[20:51] <Seira> Wary of the mist and figuring it can't be anything good, Seira summons a mist of her own overlaying it, this one made of acid.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:53] <Ko> The acid fog overlays the coming white fog, the two mingling together! OOC: Alicia.
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
06[20:55] * Alicia employs yet another greater dispel magic, this time trying to banish away the forboding necromantic mist!
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[20:56] <Ko> But the mist does not relent, unmoved by Alicia's potent magery! OOC: Amaryl.
[20:56] <Alicia> And with that failure she flies back sixty feet! "We might have to leave at this rate..."
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[20:56] <Ko> OOC: Into the fog or backwards towards the skeleton?
[20:56] <Alicia> "I think this chamber is warded like where we fought the Nagas - my plane shift didn't work earlier," Latha warns.
[20:56] <Alicia> OOC: back towards the skeleton. Away from fog.
01[20:57] <Seira> "The transportation runes can't be one way if the wraiths used them, right?"
01[20:57] <Seira> Amaryl, in the meantime, wards herself with Shield and regroups with Alicia.
[20:58] <Ko> OOC: Lagann.
[20:58] <Alicia> "Do you see any runes here?" Alicia asks, noting the lack of magical glyph covered slabs in the vicinity.
[20:58] <Ko> Behind the ruined skeleton, one can see it goes fourty feet to a dead end, a wall of sleek black metal.
01[20:59] <Seira> "From the way it's acting, it seems to be some demon fog from this Pale Night character," Seira reports, studying it with a frown. Holy Word or Dispel Evil might work, but only from within, and the fog saps peronality until death. Anyone want to try it anyway?"
01[20:59] <Seira> *personality
01[21:00] <Seira> Lagann enchants some of Amaryl's arrows, in case something they can actually fight appears.
[21:00] <Alicia> "I can try..." Alicia resolves bravely.
01[21:01] <Seira> "If I can still see you, I could try a short ranged teleport if things go badly," Seira tells her. "Whenever you're ready."
[21:01] <Ko> The fog continues to advance closer! As it does, all of you can hear strange, incoherent whispering from within the fog! The fog comes closer, to within 20 feet of the party! OOC: Latha and Antenora.
[21:02] <Alicia> Latha and Antenora both try to dispel it on the off chance they get lucky!
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Latha
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Latha and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Anty
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Anty and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[21:03] <Ko> Neither of the devas can dispel the fog, the magic rolling off it like water off a duck's back! OOC: Seira.
01[21:03] <Seira> OOC: My fog is remaining behind, right? So if Alicia goes there, she's not going to be eaten by acid?
[21:03] <Ko> OOC: Yes.
06[21:04] * Seira waits for Alicia to try their plan, ready to attempt to pull her out if there's a need.
[21:04] <Ko> OOC: Alicia.
06[21:05] * Alicia takes a deep breath, focusing as a shimmering field of white holy energy surrounds her, sparkling brightly amidst the orange flames also coruscating over her form, before she plunges into the mist, discharging the holy power when she's ten feet inside just as Seira suggested!
[21:05] <Ko> OOC: Make a will save first?
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[21:06] <Ko> roll 1d6 cha drain and make a caster level check.
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d6 cha drain and make a caster level check. and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 (+2 if this counts as SR vs an evil outsider)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 (+2 if this counts as SR vs an evil outsider) and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[21:07] <Ko> The whispers are all around Alicia. She can hear them, incoherent and unknowable. Each one whispers a story that cannot be told, should not ever have been. Yet amid it, as Alicia's mind recoils, her pure soul emits the power within her! The fog blinks once and fades away, the voices ceasing! OOC: Free act for the moment.
01[21:08] <Seira> "Are you alright?" Seira asks worriedly, as the fog is dispelled.
[21:09] <Ko> Antenora alights down, "We survived, but Melancton got away." She looks about, "I don't sense his mind, either."
06[21:09] * Alicia grimaces, looking somewhat out of sorts for a moment. "I've been better," she admits honestly as Antenora dispels her blade barrier. "Question is, do we press on or retreat?"
[21:10] <Ko> "Can we retreat? My attempt to banish the skeleton failed," Latha flicks her mace clean, "We may have no choice but to venture deeper in."
01[21:10] <Seira> "Our survival is still somewhat in doubt, since the wraiths return in half a minute," Seira can't help but voice. "Let's advance and see if we can find out more or erode their numbers in the time we have?"
[21:10] <Ko> "Pale Night, too," Looking sidelong at Seira, "The mistress of Androlynne. Are you sure about that?"
01[21:11] <Seira> "It worked as I said it would, didn't it?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "I could try and dispel the anchoring field again, but I could make few attempts," Alicia admits wearily as she takes stock. "That mist sapped at my spirit terribly."
01[21:13] <Seira> "I could take care of the teleportation, at least," Seira offers. "But let's press on for a bit, until we have to think of that."
06[21:13] * Alicia nods, glancing back at the stairway for a moment... is it still babbling?
[21:16] <Ko> The stairway and floor are now silent. Ahead you can see Seira's acid fog, which is blocking further view.
06[21:17] * Seira flies above the fog to glance past it.
06[21:17] * Alicia wonders if slaying the skeleton while those souls were animating it has brought them peace... she hopes so. She walks forward then stops at Seira's fog, not wanting to burn herself if she doesn't have to. "Seira, if you don't mind?" she gestures to it, wanting to proceed while her defensive spells are still up. She most certainly won't be casting them again, now.
[21:19] <Ko> Past the fog is an ornate door. It's of a praying man, split open and slain. His spilt stomach is where the door is placed.
01[21:19] <Seira> With no recourse, Seira dismisses the fog so that they could all proceed.
[21:19] <Ko> The way ahead is clear, the door waiting if one wishes to open it.
[21:20] <Alicia> Any magic on the door?
06[21:20] * Seira checks it for traps!
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+32 search
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 search and gets 39." [1d20=7]
01[21:21] <Seira> "Seems okay. Let's go?"
06[21:22] * Seira waits for Alicia to give her the sign that it's clear before opening the door.
06[21:22] * Alicia pushes open the door!
[21:25] <Ko> The door opens. Ahead is a vast circular room, wide around in all directions. Five other doors are littered at exact equal distances from this one, forming circle-points. The walls are made of black metal, lightless. Above each door is a balor's head, grinning and burping acid, fumes leaking from their mouths. Standing in the center of the room is Melancton, clapping. "You survived a single room. Were your deaths not pre-destined, I would be impre
[21:25] <Ko> "You survived a single room. Were your deaths not pre-destined, I would be impressed." His wounds are gone, body whole. "Come then, let us finish our battle!" OOC: Roll init, he's not doing much besides throwing down and trying to kill you. Again.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[21:25] <Ko> roll 1d20+5
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[21:26] <Ko> roll 1d20+2
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+2 and gets 4." [1d20=2]
03[21:26] * Ko changes topic to 'Latha(24)>Seira(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(21)>Melancton(19)>Antenora(12)>????(4)'
[21:26] <Ko> OOC: Go Latha.
03[21:27] * Seira changes topic to 'Latha(24)>Seira(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(21)>Melancton(19)>Antenora(12)>????(4)>Lagann(0)'
[21:27] <Ko> OOC: Oh right, dur.
[21:27] <Ko> OOC: Anyway, Latha.
[21:28] <Alicia> Flame Strike's worked well so far, so Latha does it again, calling down a pillar of divine fire atop Melancton's head!
[21:28] <Ko> OOC: Caster level check.
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: wait, no she doesn't
[21:28] <Ko> OOC: Okay then.
[21:30] <Alicia> Latha attempts to dispel any protective spells Melancton might have on him!
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: targetted dispel, how many?
[21:30] <Ko> OOC: Two.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[21:31] <Ko> Latha disrupts the magic around Melancton, causing one enchantment to fade backinto the Weave! OOC: Seira.
06[21:31] * Seira decides to see how Melcanton likes being hit with an overwhelming orb of acid. "Someone who ran away like a little bitch to chug down healing potions shouldn't be bragging!" she calls to him, sending the orb on its course.
01[21:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[21:32] <Ko> OOC: Hit.
01[21:32] <Seira> roll 15d6+5d8+15
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6+5d8+15 and gets 90." [15d6=2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 3, 6, 1, 6, 2][5d8=6, 1, 6, 7, 2]
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: fort or sickened
[21:32] <Ko> roll 1d20+26 yeah, titans are con machines.
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+26 yeah, titans are con machines. and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[21:34] <Ko> The acid orb splashes right on Melancton's chest, acid sizzling on him! "I'll brag over your broken body, then!" OOC: Amaryl/Alicia tag team.
01[21:34] <Seira> Amaryl attempts to perforate the turncoat titan with fiery arrows, knowing this is the best chance she'll have of hitting the fiend!
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+17
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+17 and gets 121." [4#1d20+17 = 25, 24, 37, 35]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+12
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+12 and gets 36." [2#1d20+12 = 23, 13]
[21:35] <Ko> OOC: One crit threat on a 20.
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[21:35] <Ko> OOC: One normal hit.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d8+4+2d6+1d6
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+4+2d6+1d6 and gets 17." [1d8=3][2d6=6, 3][1d6=1]
06[21:36] * Alicia was going to tell Melancton where to stick his being impressed, but Seira really said it all. So she settles for drawing the sword of the sealed gate and hurling it at him to ensure he won't be retreating from this battle!
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 smite divine might
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 smite divine might and gets 42." [1d20=6]
[21:36] <Ko> OOC: This time flatfooted actually does help you.
01[21:37] <Seira> Amaryl then takes a step back, so that if the titan charges, he'll have to pass by Seira.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d8+30
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+30 and gets 34." [1d8=4]
[21:38] <Ko> Arrow and a flying sword both wound Melancton, minor wound sthat nonetheless bind him with astral chains! Melancton just smirks, lightning dancing amid the heroes! OOC: Chian lightning, SR check coming for those with SR.
[21:38] <Ko> roll 1d20+20
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[21:38] <Ko> roll 20d6 Alicia ref half
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 20d6 Alicia ref half and gets 59." [20d6=3, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 2d6 forgot that for Amaryl
[21:38] <Ko> roll 19d6 Seira
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d6 forgot that for Amaryl and gets 11." [2d6=6, 5]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 19d6 Seira and gets 64." [19d6=4, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 6]
[21:38] <Ko> roll 18d6 Antenora
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 18d6 Antenora and gets 67." [18d6=4, 1, 6, 1, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 3]
[21:38] <Ko> roll 17d6 Latha
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 17d6 Latha and gets 52." [17d6=4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3, 3, 1]
[21:38] <Ko> roll 16d6 Amaryl
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 16d6 Amaryl and gets 57." [16d6=4, 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3]
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 Alicia
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Anty
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Anty and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 40." [1d20=20]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 A
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 A and gets 30." [1d20=8]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+32
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 and gets 43." [1d20=11]
[21:39] <Ko> OOC: All passed.
[21:42] <Ko> The shock leaves the party reeling, then Melancton gestures! A storm of pure fire erupts around the party, searing everyone!
[21:42] <Ko> roll 1d20+20 SR, relevant for only Latha
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+20 SR, relevant for only Latha and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Ko> roll 20d6 ref half for Amaryl and Alicia, the others immune fire or passes SR.
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 20d6 ref half for Amaryl and Alicia, the others immune fire or passes SR. and gets 65." [20d6=1, 2, 2, 6, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 2, 5, 3, 5, 5, 1, 4, 6]
01[21:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 A
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 A and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:43] <Ko> OOC: Both passed.
[21:44] <Ko> The party staggers with lightning and fire, as if the wraht of the elements was unleashed on them! But all survive, burnt, shocked, shaken, but still enduring! OOC: Antenora.
[21:45] <Alicia> Antenora glares at the titan, setting her feet and preparing to punish him the next time he tries to cast a spell...
[21:45] <Ko> OOC: Holding?
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to interrupt his next spell
[21:46] <Ko> At this, the balor's heads burp up! Globs of acid come out of each, six disgusting, foul projectiles arching at the party!
[21:46] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 ranged touch acid on Seira touch AC?
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 ranged touch acid on Seira touch AC? and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[21:46] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Antenora
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Antenora and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[21:46] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Latha
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Latha and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[21:46] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Amaryl
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Amaryl and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[21:46] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Alicia
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Alicia and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:47] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 extra goes at Alicia too
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 extra goes at Alicia too and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[21:47] <Ko> OOC: Touch ACs?
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: Touch AC 22 for Alicia and Anty, 20 for Latha
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: 23 for me, 22 for Amaryl
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: mirror image, though
[21:48] <Ko> OOC: Statues have blindsight.
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: good for them
[21:48] <Ko> roll 6d6 acid on Alicia
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 6d6 acid on Alicia and gets 23." [6d6=4, 6, 4, 1, 4, 4]
03[21:48] * Ko changes topic to 'Latha(24)>Seira(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(acided)(21)>Melancton(19)>Antenora(12)>????(4)>Lagann(0)'
01[21:49] <Seira> Lagann recklessly charges in with the Sun Blade!
[21:49] <Ko> Acid flies about, one glob landing on Alicia's back and wings! Her body hisses steam as it pools on her flesh, slowly running down her back and burning away without relenting! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
06[21:49] * Alicia grits her teeth against the pain, flapping her wings to try and shed the acid as quickly as possible!
[21:49] <Ko> The Sun Blade comes close to Melancton, but hits off against his breastplate! OOC: Latha.
[21:51] <Alicia> Latha tends to Antenora, seeing her injuries and sensing her desire to enter melee with the titan.
[21:52] <Ko> Under healing light, Antenora's wound mend away! OOC: Seira.
06[21:52] * Seira draws the Resort, animating it with her magic! With the ancient sword now hovering protectively in the air before her chest, Seira advances on Melcanton, only to direct the Resort to stab the boastful coward in the face!
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+32
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 and gets 36." [1d20=4]
[21:53] <Ko> The sword goes right for his chest, but is stopped by his plate armor, scarred but unbroken! OOC: Anything else? Rotten luck.
01[21:53] <Seira> OOC: I remain in melee with him
[21:54] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Amaryl and Alicia, but first acid.
[21:54] <Ko> The acid clings to Alicia's wings, continuing to burn her!
[21:54] <Ko> roll 2d6 acid
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d6 acid and gets 6." [2d6=1, 5]
[21:54] <Ko> OOC: You two are up, go.
01[21:54] <Seira> Amaryl calls upon the power within her ring, bestowing Haste upon everyone! Once she is done, she retreats so that the statues, at least, would not be able to target her.
01[21:56] <Seira> OOC: 20ft away from the entrance
06[21:56] * Alicia endures the acid as best she can, dropping the sword of the sealed gate and flying over and around Melancton to flank him with Seira, Hell Striker slashing across his head as she descends!
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -7 pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -7 pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 47." [1d20=7]
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 2d4+48+2d6+1d6+4d4
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+48+2d6+1d6+4d4 and gets 74." [2d4=1, 4][2d6=5, 1][1d6=2][4d4=3, 4, 2, 4]
[22:00] <Ko> Alicia flies around Melancton's head, carving into his shoulder! She manages the wound, arcane fire giving him another scar! Yet he turns, engaging them, "THen I'll crush you with my hammer!"
[22:00] <Ko> roll 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Seira
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Seira and gets 46." [1d20=11]
[22:00] <Ko> roll 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Alicia
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Alicia and gets 54." [1d20=19]
01[22:00] <Seira> OOC: That hits, but he receives 30 acid damage
[22:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Alicia crit check
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+35 (-5 CE) Alicia crit check and gets 49." [1d20=14]
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR to see if he gets 15 fire damage for hitting me
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR to see if he gets 15 fire damage for hitting me and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[22:01] <Ko> OOC: Let me resolve the attacks before the add ons, okay?
[22:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+30 Seira again
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+30 Seira again and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[22:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+30 Seira again crit?
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+30 Seira again crit? and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[22:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 41." [1d20=16]
01[22:01] <Seira> OOC: AC is 36
[22:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+20 Seira
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+20 Seira and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[22:02] <Alicia> OOC: AC 31 here
[22:02] <Ko> roll 1d7 Alicia images
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d7 Alicia images and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[22:02] <Ko> roll 1d6 images 2
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d6 images 2 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[22:03] <Ko> roll 4d6+30 hit one on Seira
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d6+30 hit one on Seira and gets 48." [4d6=5, 6, 6, 1]
[22:03] <Ko> roll 4d6+30 hit two on Seira
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d6+30 hit two on Seira and gets 48." [4d6=2, 6, 6, 4]
03[22:04] * Mystia is now known as Mystia_Ghostfood
[22:04] <Ko> Amid the storm of hammerings, Alicia's images are paired down! Meanwhile Seira is hit twice hard enough to send her flying back in a tumbling mess, blood erupting from her mouth! OOC: Antenora.
01[22:05] <Seira> "How do you like crushing me?" Seira asks the titan with a pained grin, grunting at the landing hammer strikes.
[22:05] <Ko> OOC: Add on damages, by th eway?
01[22:05] <Seira> OOC: 60 acid from me to him
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: none for me since he hit images, but +15 damage on my earlier attack
[22:06] <Alicia> Wishing she hadn't hesitated now, Antenora comes flying forward to join Seira in the melee, her spear surging forward to penetrate the titan's armour!
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 furious strike, charge, paladin smite, -8pa
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 furious strike, charge, paladin smite, -8pa and gets 52." [1d20=17]
[22:07] <Ko> OOC: Hit.
[22:07] <Ko> OOC: Counts as an evil outsider.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 2d8+86+2d6+2d6 and -1 con
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+86+2d6+2d6 and -1 con and gets 106." [2d8=6, 1][2d6=3, 1][2d6=3, 6]
[22:09] <Ko> Antenora charges in with all she has, impaling Melancton in the ribs! This blow makes him stagger, blood leaking down in a dreadful hurry from his wounds! His eyes glaze over, the grip on his hammer loosening! OOC Shooters are up.
[22:09] <Ko> More acid comes flying!
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Alicia
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Alicia and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Seira
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Seira and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Antenora
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Antenora and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Latha
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Latha and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Antenora
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Antenora and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[22:09] <Ko> roll 1d20+12 Latha
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+12 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[22:09] <Ko> OOC: ACs?
01[22:10] <Seira> OOC: 18 at the moment
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia's AC 16 away from Latha, Anty's 18. Latha's still 20
[22:10] <Ko> roll 6d6 acid Alicia
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 6d6 acid Alicia and gets 23." [6d6=6, 2, 5, 3, 2, 5]
[22:10] <Ko> roll 6d6 Seira
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 6d6 Seira and gets 13." [6d6=2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1]
[22:10] <Ko> roll 6d6 Antenora
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 6d6 Antenora and gets 15." [6d6=4, 1, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[22:10] <Ko> roll 6d6 Latha
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 6d6 Latha and gets 23." [6d6=5, 5, 2, 6, 3, 2]
03[22:11] * Ko changes topic to 'Latha(acid)(24)>Seira(acid)(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(acided)(21)>Melancton(19)>Antenora(acid)(12)>????(4)>Lagann(0)'
[22:11] <Ko> OOC: Lagann.
01[22:11] <Seira> Lagann does his best to score a hit!
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[22:12] <Ko> OOC: No love, not with the -5 CE he took.
[22:12] <Ko> Melancton whirls about, on full defense as he stops Lagann from coming close to stabbing him once more! Meanwhile, acid burns on Latha's face, but her pristine skin does not flake or char in the least! OOC: Latha.
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:14] <Alicia> Latha idly wipes the acid out of her eyes, unbothered entirely by its presence. Seeing the titan is close to falling but knowing the ruin he can inflict if he remains in the fight much longer, she flies forward to clatter her mace on the side of his head!
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[22:15] <Ko> OOC: Now Latha will get AoOed, she lacks reach and can't tumble.
[22:15] <Ko> roll 1d20+35 clang
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+35 clang and gets 53." [1d20=18]
[22:15] <Ko> roll 4d6+30 beats her DR
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d6+30 beats her DR and gets 46." [4d6=5, 5, 5, 1]
[22:16] <Ko> Latha charges in, but her mace is avoided! In retort, she's slammed down hammer first into the ground, ribs crushed under the titan's maul! OOC: Seira. Acid damage first.
[22:16] <Ko> roll 2d6
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d6 and gets 3." [2d6=2, 1]
[22:16] <Ko> The acid continues to eat at Seira's back, eroding away her flesh!
06[22:17] * Seira directs the Resort to cut the traitor's throat, even as she steps back and calls for a downpour of water on all of them to wash away the hateful acid!
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+34
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 and gets 52." [1d20=18]
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 crit?
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 crit? and gets 52." [1d20=18]
[22:17] <Ko> OOC: Crit.
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 9d8+45 not alive, I guess
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+45 not alive, I guess and gets 91." [9d8=4, 5, 5, 5, 8, 3, 5, 4, 7]
[22:18] <Ko> As a gush of water appears, washing away acid from bodies and soothing the dreadful burns, Melancton's chest is pierced! He wobbles back, pawing at his chest as blood comes racing down, "Imposs..." he grunts, "I am a Ti...I cannot be..." With that he falls over, rattling the ground. His body fades away, leaving behind his armor, weapon and a pair of rings.
[22:18] <Ko> OOOC: Amaryl and Alicia are up.
01[22:19] <Seira> "Yeah, whatever," Seira mutters, continuing to retreat out of the room.
03[22:19] * Ko changes topic to 'Latha(24)>Seira(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(21)>Melancton(19)>Antenora(12)>????(4)>Lagann(0)'
03[22:19] * Ko changes topic to 'Latha(24)>Seira(22)>Amaryl=Alicia(21)>Antenora(12)>????(4)>Lagann(0)'
01[22:20] <Seira> Amaryl uses the wand of healing to restore a bit of Seira's health, in case something horrible appears and tries to eat them.
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[22:20] <Ko> Seira's wounds are slightly soothed! OOC: Antenora.
01[22:20] <Seira> OOC: Actually, on herself, not on me. Not sure how sheath works.
[22:20] <Ko> OOC: Okay.
[22:20] <Ko> OOC: Anyway, Antenora's up.
[22:21] <Alicia> "Tch..." Antenora looks at the lack of remains from where the titan fell, before turning and fleeing along with Seira away from the acid spewing statues.
[22:21] <Alicia> Alicia does the same, leaving Latha alone with them!
[22:22] <Ko> Thus the two flee! Acid shoots at Latha! It covers her in dripping foulness, but fails to wound her atall! OOC: Lagann.
01[22:22] <Seira> Lagann carefully retrieves first Amaryl's sacred blade, and then the titan's belongings, one by one.
[22:24] <Ko> OOC: Okay, Latha.
[22:24] <Alicia> Latha grabs Alicia's fallen sword as she sedately follows the rest of the group out, entirely unbothered by the acid.
[22:25] <Ko> OOC: Free act for the moment.
[22:26] <Ko> Antenora leans against a wall, "Safe for now." She exhales, spear still in hand. "How're the rest of you?"
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 19." [2d8=2, 7]
[22:26] <Alicia> As most of Alicia's protections wear off and she sags tiredly, she offers her portable hole to Antenora. "Put all the titan
01[22:26] <Seira> "In pretty horrible pain, but I'll live."
[22:27] <Alicia> 's belongings in there?" she asks, accepting her sword back from Latha and sheathing it before she heals Seira.
[22:27] <Ko> Antenora goes over, her healing hands soothing Seira's wounds, before she packs the things into Alicia's hole. OOC: +16 HP.
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 66." [18d4=2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2]
[22:27] <Ko> OOC: Strike, since yous till have acid up.
[22:27] <Alicia> OOC: oh yeah, say I healed Latha instead
06[22:29] * Seira resolves to casting an extended spell of Bear's Endurance upon herself.
[22:29] <Ko> Rubbing her remaining wounds, "We need to keep moving. I have no doubt more forces are coming towards us as we idle."
[22:29] <Alicia> Latha returns the favour with a pair of dispel evils on Alicia which she absorbs before converting into healing energy for herself.
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 71." [18d4=1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4]
[22:30] <Alicia> "Then we can find out if Melancton was the greatest of their champions or the least," Alicia muses, moving to heal Amaryl.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 22." [3d8=1, 3, 3]
[22:31] <Alicia> OOC: 12hp lay on hands, too
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 3d8+3 Amaryl'll use the wand of CLW, too
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+3 Amaryl'll use the wand of CLW, too and gets 18." [3d8=5, 6, 4]
[22:32] <Alicia> Latha fills Alicia up with several more dispel evils which are converted to spellfire. "Alright, that room's small enough that I can destroy all those statues in one blast of spellfire. It'll take out the walls, floor, doors, and ceiling as well, so we'll see what lies ahead in all directions... and possibly flood the place. Everyone ready?"
01[22:33] <Seira> "As ready as we can be. At least we'll still be able to breathe?"
[22:35] <Alicia> "As will all the undead, which is the only reason I didn't try blowing the roof at the outset," Alicia notes with a grim smile. Making sure everyone's well back from the door, she takes a deep breath and she flies quickly into the cenre of the room where Melancton died, drawing on her inner welspring of power and unleashing it in a ruinous spherical blast!
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 24 reflex half, 70ft radius
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 24 reflex half, 70ft radius and gets 76." [18d8=8, 8, 5, 2, 2, 5, 4, 6, 3, 3, 1, 1, 8, 4, 2, 3, 3, 8]
[22:36] <Ko> Alicia soars in! Spellfire gushes out, the room's walls devastated! The heads are gone, as well as the doors! Alicia can see each other hallway goes down about sixty feet. At the end of each is a stone arch, glimmering and shimmering with haze and magic. Each one has art of skeletons, wraiths and other undead surrounding them.
06[22:37] * Alicia flaps her wings, staying in place at the centre of the emptied out sphere. "Way's clear," she calls back.
06[22:37] * Seira instantly follows!
[22:37] <Ko> Latha emerges out, peering down each hall. "Looks the same," she observes, "Archways at the end of each."
01[22:38] <Seira> "Let's start from the rightmost and work our way clockwise?" Seira proposes.
[22:38] <Alicia> Any magic that Alicia can see down any of them?
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[22:43] <Alicia> "They're all portalways... given how each dweomer is identical, I'd wager they all go to the same place, so it shouldn't matter which path we take," Alicia surmises.
01[22:44] <Seira> "Nothing to do but try one, then."
[22:46] <Ko> Antenora looks ahead, "Rightmost one like Seira said then?"
06[22:46] * Seira checks the door for traps!
01[22:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+32
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 and gets 45." [1d20=13]
[22:46] <Alicia> Latha finally gets around to casting heroism on herself as the group follows Seira.
[22:46] <Ko> The door is rather obliterated. If there were traps on thedoor, spellfire undid them forever.
06[22:46] * Seira proceeds!
[22:47] <Ko> Thus you reach the portalway! It shimmers with haze, nothing seen on the other side, indistinct.
06[22:48] * Seira steps through the portal.
[22:49] <Ko> Seira vanishes away as she steps through the portal!
06[22:49] * Alicia follows after Seira. A bit late in the day to be hesitant about chancing strange portals.
[22:52] <Ko> Thus the party steps through the portal! A moment later, all of you stand in a twenty foot wide square room. Three walls are black iron, covered with glowing ice blue symbols and runes. Twenty feet ahead, the way ahead is stopped by a faint, shimmering barrier. There is a complication...your gear is gone. All of you save Amaryl stand unclad and without a scrap of possessions, save Alicia's ring of eternal celerity.
[22:52] <Ko> save Alicia's ring of eternal celerity.
[22:53] <Ko> "..." Antenora looks about, "...trapped. Of course. Trapped like lemures."
01[22:55] <Seira> 'It's a trapped portal,' Seira thinks to Amaryl. 'Everything's gone, down to clothes. But it's still a better place to be, rather than the stupid ruins with the wraiths, all alone. Coming?'
[22:55] <Ko> 'I...if that's what you want.' Amaryl answers.
[22:56] <Ko> A moment later, Amaryl appears. She looks about, a faint blush creeping to her cheeks. "So...um....S-Seira, what do we do now?"
01[22:57] <Seira> "Well, I have a few ideas, but how about we destroy that barrier ahead and get our things back?"
[22:57] <Alicia> "We'll get everything back," Alicia wraps her wings around herself for some semblance of modesty given Seira and Amaryl's presence. "This isn't the best situation but it still gets us closer to our foes." She spends a moment studying the weave of magic within the room.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:58] <Ko> "G-good idea," Amaryl murmurs, glancing about before looking down at her toes.
01[22:59] <Seira> "It could be worse," Seira muses, not particularly bothered.
[22:59] <Alicia> "It's just a wall of force - spellfire should be able to disintegrate it," Alicia gestures at the wall and a beam of pure white spellfire blasts out to impact it!
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 8d8 DC 22 reflex for anything within the 280ft line
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d8 DC 22 reflex for anything within the 280ft line and gets 40." [8d8=6, 7, 4, 7, 3, 3, 2, 8]
[23:03] <Ko> Alicia's spellfire arches ahead, carving a hole through the Wall of Force! As you do, you hear a harsh clapping sound. Walking ahead out of the darkness, it wears black robes. It has blasphemies sewn into them, searing your eyes with words that must not be. Atop it's fleshless skull is a circlet of white, it's face fixed into a disapproving scowl. It's bony hands clap together, "So, you maggots continue to squirm? Impressive, much how a dying anim
[23:03] <Ko> It's bony hands clap together, "So, you maggots continue to squirm? Impressive, much how a dying animal resists the inexorable death disease inflicts on it's carcass."
01[23:04] <Seira> OOC: Empowered Flame Whips, Cloudkill, Chain Missile, Fearsome Grapple, Targetting Ray are gone
[23:04] <Ko> OOC: Okay.
[23:05] <Alicia> "Not impressive how a dead thing refuses to lay still in the ground like it should," Alicia returns, balling her fists. If this thing thinks it has them where it wants them, it's in for a terribly rude awakening.
[23:06] <Ko> "Be silent, worthless whore!" With a sudden snarl, "You talk to one infinitely above your station! Know your place in eternity and do not speak against your betters! I am here to pass your judgment into oblivion...unless you beg like the rubbish you are. Beg and plead, scream to be allowed to live in my graces."
[23:06] <Alicia> OOC: I'm attacking. Init?
[23:06] <Ko> OOC: If you like, sure.
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 23." [1d20=18]
01[23:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 A
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Ko> roll 1d20+9
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
03[23:08] * Ko changes topic to 'Antenora(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(15)>Amaryl(13)>Lich?(12)>Alicia(9)'
02[23:08] * Mystia_Ghostfood (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-68-153.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[23:08] <Ko> OOC: Latha's up.
[23:08] <Ko> OOC: Er, Antenora.
[23:09] <Alicia> OOC: Latha and Antenora presumably haven't gotten entirely pissed off beyond the banter stage like Alicia has, so neither are going to immediately attack until it's obvious communication has broken down
[23:09] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Seira.
06[23:11] * Seira falls on her last resort. Reading the mood, she can tell things won't resolve by them begging for their lives, and she begins to quietly recite the words to her final contingency spell.
01[23:12] <Seira> OOC: Flame Whips, full round spell
[23:12] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Amaryl then. Is she doing anything?
01[23:12] <Seira> It would be foolish to just stand there and stare, so Amaryl wards herself with Shield.
[23:13] <Alicia> Seeing that Seira is starting to cast, Latha and Antenora both share a moment of silent understanding, focusing their attention on the lich intending to disrupt anything he tries to cast...
[23:13] <Ko> The lich watches with an unreadable expression. "Worms like you only know force against your betters. Try." OOC: Alicia.
[23:16] <Alicia> "Don't." Alicia snarls furiously, a muttered word causing her nude form to once more be empowered by the might of heaven's greatest warriors, pale skin tinting green and muscles standing out starkly on her flesh as she walks brazenly through the whole she carved in the wall of force, confronting the lich. "Don't you dare try to even put up the pretense of civility! Not after what you've done!"
[23:18] <Ko> "I have lead mewling sheep to the butcher's blade." He looks on at Alicia, "I have turned them into something of at least marginal use and thus being worthwhile. If you will not make your lives useful to us, then your corpses and souls shall be!" OOC: Antenora's up, still holding?
[23:19] <Alicia> OOC: she figures interrupting a spell is the most useful thing she can do, so readied action stands. Same for Latha
[23:19] <Ko> OOC: Seira, you're spell finishes. Go.
01[23:21] <Seira> As her arms transform into fiery whips, and something deep within her shifts, Seira silently follows Alicia, taking to the air and flanking the blasphemous thing with her. Once in position, she lashes out, hoping to connect!
01[23:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 touch
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 touch and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[23:21] <Ko> OOC: Hit.
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 6d6+4d8 fire+sa
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6+4d8 fire+sa and gets 33." [6d6=6, 1, 5, 4, 4, 1][4d8=2, 7, 2, 1]
[23:23] <Ko> The flaming whip rips through the lich...as if it wasn't there, the lich winking out and then back into visibility. With a chuckle that sounds like Hell shifting itself, "Your might is wasted. Now, I shall see how you will die. I wait ahead...surprise me and make it to my throne, so that you may have the undeserved honor," His voice begins to raise, sharp and dry, "Of dying at my hand!" OOC: Alicia.
[23:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft, what magic is he using here? And what other magic is around the vicinity?
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft, what magic is he using here? And what other magic is around the vicinity? and gets 43." [1d20=17]
06[23:28] * Alicia silently curses herself for not paying more attention to the flows of magic. Such inattention will probably get her killed. "Come on, he's just wasting our time," she gestures for the others to follow, ignoring the illusion now and starting down the path it came via.
06[23:28] * Seira follows at Alicia's side, not showing a sign of her settling depression.
[23:28] <Ko> The image thus vanishes a moment later. Antenora beginst o follow, "It's about power. It's always about power, but it's especially like that for him. He did all that just to gloat."
06[23:30] * Alicia sets a brisk pace onwards, desperately hoping for an excuse to punch something before her spell wears off. "Arrogant piece of shit. I can't wait to grind his loathesome bones into dust."
[23:30] <Ko> Advancing ahead, the party comes to a door. It's black metal, carved right out of the wall. A pull ring allows it to be pulled open if one wishes.
[23:30] <Alicia> Is it magic?
[23:31] <Ko> "There's not a drop of light in his soul. In this case, I'll bring light into his heart...and his ribs, his skull cavity, his legbones..." Latha says with a serene, calm smile. "A good, burning light will do him much good."
01[23:32] <Seira> "You're so creepy when you act like that."
06[23:32] * Alicia doesn't hesitate in grabbing the ring and roughly yanking the door open. "It's a creepy I can get behind."
[23:32] <Ko> "I have complete faith that Celestia's light will guide me to victory," Latha says without a hint of worry. "In the darkest is where Celestia shall glow the brightest. Come."
01[23:33] <Seira> "I have complete faith in our chances lying in being too stubborn to die as we should," Seira returns with a shrug.
[23:33] <Ko> You enter to a long hall of black metal. It goes in either direction from you, doors dotted here and there. It stretches farther than you can see from either direction.
[23:33] <Alicia> Any magic?
[23:34] <Ko> "I have faith in Alicia, Seira, Amaryl and Latha." Antenora says quietly, "And in the fact that Marie and Jessica will drag our souls out even if we die."
[23:34] <Ko> Antenora cocks her head, "Problem," she says, "60 feet that way, about ten down. Two minds, wraiths I think."
01[23:35] <Seira> "I was with you until that last bit," Seira mutters. "Wraiths to kill, though? Oh yes!"
06[23:35] * Seira immediately heads in the direction indicated by Antenora.
[23:35] <Alicia> "Which direction?" Alicia asks. Without magic weapons they can hardly do much against wraiths. But Seira seems eager... Oh well, she still has magic missile?
[23:35] <Ko> Amaryl jerks her gaze away from Seira and Latha's rears, blinking. "Wraiths? Where?"
[23:35] <Alicia> OOC: strike me asking direction, since she said that way
[23:35] <Ko> Antenora points to the right. "Latha and I can use holy power, what about the rest of you?"
01[23:36] <Seira> "Fire!"
[23:36] <Alicia> "Magic missile," Alicia smiles weakly.
[23:36] <Ko> At those words...OOC: roll init here?
01[23:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[23:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 8." [1d20=3]
01[23:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 A
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[23:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[23:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[23:36] <Ko> roll 1d20+13 Wraith 1
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+13 Wraith 1 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[23:36] <Ko> roll 1d20+13 Wraith 2
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+13 Wraith 2 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
03[23:37] * Ko changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Seira(20)>Latha(17)>Amaryl=Wraith 2(14)>Antenora(13)>Alicia(8)'
[23:37] <Ko> A moment later, one of the wraiths erupts out from the metal ground! It's keening voice is heard about, as it darts for Antenora!
[23:37] <Ko> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[23:37] <Ko> roll 1d20+16 touch this is just insult on injury
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 touch this is just insult on injury and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[23:38] <Ko> roll 4d6 and fort
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 4d6 and fort and gets 13." [4d6=1, 5, 3, 4]
[23:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[23:39] <Ko> The touch is terrible, but Antenora refuses to be bowed by it, enduring it without a single cry! OOC: Seira.
06[23:41] * Seira swiftly steps in place as the first wraith appears, having already lead the way as it is, before lashing out at the filthy undead!
01[23:41] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+27
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+27 and gets 98." [3#1d20+27 = 34, 32, 32]
01[23:41] <Seira> roll 3#1d100
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d100 and gets 72." [3#1d100 = 34, 29, 9]
[23:42] <Ko> Seira's whips lash out, but the phantasm is completely unmoved and unmenaced by them! OOC: Latha.
[23:42] <Alicia> Latha hesitates a moment, since Antenora said there were two. She'll unleash Celestia's wrath when the second appears!
[23:42] <Ko> OOC: Okay. Amaryl and wraith 2 are up.
01[23:44] <Seira> Amaryl tries to defend herself as best she can, stepping back.
01[23:44] <Seira> OOC: Total defense
[23:44] <Ko> The second wraith bursts out, charging right at Alicia! OOC: Latha?
01[23:44] <Seira> OOC: Can I AoO it?
03[23:44] * Ko changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Seira(20)>Latha=Amaryl=Wraith 2(14)>Antenora(13)>Alicia(8)'
[23:44] <Alicia> An instant later a nova of white holy power erupts amidst them!
[23:44] <Ko> OOC: Yes, you have range.
01[23:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness
01[23:44] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness and gets 27." [5d8=4, 5, 7, 4, 7]
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[23:45] <Ko> But again, all the power passes through the wraiths harmlessly!
[23:45] <Ko> roll 1d20+16 Alicia
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[23:45] <Ko> roll 2d6 and fort
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 9." [2d6=3, 6]
[23:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[23:45] <Alicia> OOC: oh, images
[23:46] <Ko> roll 1d5
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d5 and gets 3." [1d5=3]
[23:46] <Ko> Another image has it's heart ripped out, gone! OOC: Antenora and then Alicia.
[23:46] <Alicia> Antenora copies Latha's example, hopefully with more success!
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness and gets 18." [5d8=3, 2, 7, 5, 1]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[23:47] <Ko> roll 1d20+14
[23:47] <Ko> roll 1d20+14
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+14 and gets 33." [1d20=19]
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[23:47] <Ko> The holy smite slams into both wraiths this time, making them slightly flicker as holy power tries to put them back to rest! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:47] * Alicia steps back from the wraith attacking her, pointing her palm at it as a flurry of magic missiles blast out making her feel oh so nostalgic!
[23:47] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 22." [5d4=3, 3, 3, 4, 4]
[23:49] <Ko> The magic missiles strike true, each one slamming the wraith hard enough to make it's body shake all over! The first wraith keeps on Antenora, touching her to steal her life away!
[23:49] <Ko> roll 1d20+16
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[23:49] <Ko> roll 2d6 and fort
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 5." [2d6=3, 2]
[23:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[23:49] <Ko> Antenora endures this as well, barely phased by it at all! OOC: Seira.
01[23:49] <Seira> Enraged beyond belief at how her attacks are being dodged so casually, Seira lays into the insulting wraith with all her fury!
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 32." [1d20=5]
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 33." [1d100=33]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 51." [1d100=51]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 6d6+4d8 at last!
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6+4d8 at last! and gets 40." [6d6=1, 5, 6, 4, 6, 2][4d8=6, 2, 7, 1]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 87." [1d100=87]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 6d6+4d8 just die
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6+4d8 just die and gets 25." [6d6=6, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2][4d8=6, 1, 1, 3]
[23:50] <Ko> OOC: The first or second wraith?
01[23:50] <Seira> OOC: First
[23:51] <Ko> The first wraith is burnt alive, it's ghostly body withering as spectral flames lick it form Seira's arms! OOC: Latha/Amaryl/Wraith 2.
01[23:51] <Seira> Amaryl isn't really suited to this, and thus maintains her defense.
[23:51] <Ko> The second wraith turns, this time gliding ahead for Amaryl! OOC: This triggers an AoO from you, Seira.
[23:51] <Alicia> Latha unleashes another holy smite!
[23:51] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 will half/avoid blindness and gets 19." [5d8=3, 3, 2, 5, 6]
[23:51] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[23:52] <Ko> roll 1d20+14
[23:52] <Ko> roll 1d20+14
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+14 and gets 22." [1d20=8]
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25." [1d20=11]
01[23:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 where do you think you're going >_<
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 where do you think you're going >_< and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[23:52] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 65." [1d100=65]
01[23:52] <Seira> OOC: Am I in a flanking position with it as well?
[23:53] <Ko> OOC: Yeah, you all are a tightly packed bunch.
01[23:53] <Seira> roll 6d6+4d8
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6+4d8 and gets 43." [6d6=4, 2, 4, 6, 5, 6][4d8=4, 2, 6, 4]
[23:53] <Ko> The wraith's body is tormented, this one burning with ghostfires as well, even as it goes for Amaryl!
[23:53] <Ko> roll 1d20+16
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[23:53] <Ko> OOC: AC?
[23:53] <Ko> OOC: Touch, rather.
[23:54] <Ko> But Amaryl is waiting for it, diving to the side and rolling away from the wraith, her hair whirling by, reached for and missed! OOC: Antenora and Alicia.
01[23:54] <Seira> OOC: Touch ac is 10+5+4+4+1
01[23:54] <Seira> OOC: 24, nice
[23:55] <Alicia> Antenora goes for another holy smite!
[23:55] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 30." [5d8=6, 4, 6, 7, 7]
[23:55] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 44." [1d100=44]
[23:55] <Alicia> Alicia meanwhile puts all of her magic missiles into the most wounded wraith!
[23:55] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 21." [5d4=4, 4, 4, 2, 2]
[23:56] <Alicia> OOC: wraith 1
[23:56] <Ko> The wraith flickers terribly, body starting to dissipate, but it clings yet to it's accursed life! OOC: It's up.
[23:56] <Ko> With desperation, it reaches out for Antenora!
[23:56] <Ko> roll 1d20+16
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Ko> roll 2d6 and fort
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 5." [2d6=4, 1]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[23:57] <Ko> But again Antenora endures the unholy touchings of her unprotected form! OOC: Seira.
06[23:57] * Seira attempts to put the impudent wraith out of its misery! Much as she might wish to come to Amaryl's aid, eliminating the numbers of their enemies means more for their survival.
01[23:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
01[23:58] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
01[23:58] <Seira> roll 6d6+4d8
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d6+4d8 and gets 32." [6d6=2, 6, 1, 2, 1, 5][4d8=1, 1, 5, 8]
06[23:58] * Seira proceeds with her attack, intending to switch targets when her original one expires.
01[23:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
01[23:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 29." [1d20=4]
01[23:59] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
Session Time: Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 2009
03[00:01] * Ko changes topic to 'Seira(20)>Latha=Amaryl=Wraith 2(14)>Antenora(13)>Alicia(8)'
[00:01] <Ko> Whipped with pure fire, the first wraith fades away, leaving only the second! It reaches for Amaryl once more! OOC: All three are up, I'm just resolving it first. Ia ssume Amaryl's still dodging?
01[00:01] <Seira> Amaryl continues to dodge!
[00:01] <Ko> roll 1d20+16
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Ko rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
01[00:01] <Seira> OOC: Still 24!
[00:01] <Alicia> Latha smites mightily!
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 22." [5d8=6, 3, 5, 7, 1]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 73." [1d100=73]
[00:02] <Ko> As Amaryl whirls and evades, the phantasm blinks out of sight, vaporising into holy energies! OOC: Free act.
[00:02] <Ko> Antenora looks around, whipping her head about, her hair following. "I don't sense any more minds nearby," she says after a few moments.
[00:02] <Alicia> "Good, that's the last of them," Alicia nods in satisfaction, going to push/pull open the nearest door on this side of the hallway.
06[00:03] * Seira looks down at her transformed hands, then at Amaryl and gives her a hesitant smile.
[00:03] <Ko> The door opens. You see a room much like the one youc ame into, down to the wall of force shimmering.
[00:04] <Ko> Amaryl smiles back. She goes to Seira and hugs her, "We'll make it...to be honest...this is kind of exciting when I get caught up in it."
06[00:04] * Alicia dismisses it promptly and moves onto the next one.
01[00:04] <Seira> "Really? Exciting wouldn't be what I'd call it, but admittedly, that's only because I dragged you into this."
[00:04] <Ko> You walk down a little further, the same thing as the last. Latha pads along, following. "How many holding cells do they have?"
01[00:05] <Seira> "As many as the portals they had?"
[00:05] <Ko> Blushing now, "It's dangerous and heart racing and exciting and very pretty," Amaryl whispers back.
[00:05] <Alicia> "We'll keep looking till we find something," is all Alicia can say, swiftly moving on while she still has her most powerful magic backing her up.
[00:06] <Ko> "We'll find an end to them sooner or later," Antenora takes up the rear, keeping a watch out. The next door is the same, but ahead, you see an end to the hall. A large arch is ahead, filled in with black bricks. A single doorway is in the center, made of black metal.
01[00:06] <Seira> "For that kind of exciting, we can just invite everyone to a hotspring resort," Seira whispers back with a roll of her eyes, not falling behind as Alicia sets the pace.
[00:07] <Alicia> OOC: any magic?
[00:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[00:09] <Alicia> "There's an evocation trap on the door," Alicia warns. "If Seira can't disable it without her tools then Latha might at least be able to resist it," she suggests.
06[00:09] * Seira waves a fiery whip in response. "If we wait for my trump card to expire to try this, I'll be very sad."
[00:09] <Alicia> "We can try dispelling it instead," Antenora volunteers as she and Latha try doing so.
[00:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[00:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[00:10] <Ko> Antenora casts dispel magic, waving her hand! The magic around the door fades away.
[00:10] <Alicia> "That did it," Alicia smiles, going to open the door.
[00:11] <Ko> Ahead of you lies a long hall. It's 20 feet wide, past that fenced off with wooden fences. Lying within the fences are...bodies. More bodies than you can see, simply lying there. The stench of fresh death is night overwhelming to you! OOC: Fort all.
01[00:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 A
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 A and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[00:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 Alicia (+4 vs evil)
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 Alicia (+4 vs evil) and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[00:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Anty (+4 vs evil)
01[00:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Anty (+4 vs evil) and gets 30." [1d20=6]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[00:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Latha (+4 vs evil)
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Latha (+4 vs evil) and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[00:13] <Ko> The smell is simply too much. While Alicia, Amaryl and Antenora can withstand it, Latha and Seira give! Their stomachs protest, erupting out their mouths as they bend over, being terribly sick!
[00:13] <Ko> OOC: Latha and Seira are nauseated for 3 rounds.
[00:14] <Ko> Antenora brings a wing up over her face, coughing. "Ugh...that charnel stench...!"
[00:15] <Ko> Amaryl turns away, gagging. "Waukeen..." she whimpers.
01[00:15] <Seira> 'It's the same!' Seira thinks in terror, dropping to her knees and unable to control herself.
[00:16] <Alicia> Alicia's cheeks bulge momentarily, her emerald skin adopting a far more sickly greenish cast as she covers her mouth and nose. "Gods... didn't they use them up on their attacks?" She promptly pulls the door shut. "We're going the other way."
[00:16] <Ko> "We're going to come back," Antenora staggers away, "Mystra as my witness, I'll burn each of them with fire to purify them."
[00:17] <Ko> Amaryl goes to Seira's side, holding her shoulders and hair back, "What was," she murmurs into her ear. "Shh."
06[00:17] * Seira closes her eyes, trying to find her lost focus.
[00:17] <Alicia> "Not right now, though," Alicia says with a meaningful look at the distressed Seira and Latha.
[00:18] <Ko> The spasms pass for both women, Antenora going to help Latha up, while Amaryl does the same with Seira.
[00:19] <Alicia> Her transformation spell is a lost cause at this point, so Alicia doesn't mind spending a moment on a cantrip to clean up Seira and Latha, washing away the foul odours. "Shall we try the other direction?"
01[00:19] <Seira> "We have to destroy that place," Seira insists, struggling to her feet. "Before all else!"
06[00:21] * Alicia certainly doesn't mind. "Are you sure?" she checks, not wanting to force anyone to face such an endless charnel house.
01[00:22] <Seira> "We can't let them be used to attack their own homes, their own families!" Seira turns towards Latha. "You talked about overkill? This is where you should cut loose!"
[00:23] <Ko> Latha nods, "Your goal is pure...and I can think of no reason to dissent, save our own wellbeing. Let us go then and bring rest to those who yearn for it."
06[00:24] * Alicia nods, amping up the pine scent of her cantrip to hold off on the nausea as she opens the door once more, and conjures several fire elementals, instructing them in Ignan to start as many fires as they can.
[00:24] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 small elementals
06[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 small elementals and gets 5." [1d4=4]
[00:24] <Ko> Latha follows, stepping in, as pillars of fire strike down and about!
06[00:26] * Seira intends to breathe holy fire to cleanse the place!
[00:28] <Ko> Thus fire takes to the endless fields of the dead! They stretch farther than you can see, but so do the flames! Yet as you do..."Incoming," Antenora announces sharply, standing a little back and behind, "It's not a wraith...Alicia, remember the golgotha! We've fought one of these before!"
[00:31] <Alicia> "Golgotha?" Alicia repeats, grabbing a fencepost and ripping it out of the ground before she casts greater magic weapon on it, turning her impromptu club into a lethal weapon. She doesn't recall that word, though...
[00:32] <Ko> Turning, Alicia can see it, about 150 feet away. A giant hound made of skulls and bones...A charnel hound, like the one you fought in the great field of skulls in the ruins.
[20:03] <Kotono> > Thus fire takes to the endless fields of the dead! They stretch farther than you can see, but so do the flames! Yet as you do..."Incoming," Antenora announces sharply, standing a little back and behind, "It's not a wraith...Alicia, remember the golgotha! We've fought one of these before!"
[20:03] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Golgotha?" Alicia repeats, grabbing a fencepost and ripping it out of the ground before she casts greater magic weapon on it, turning her impromptu club into a lethal weapon. She doesn't recall that word, though...
[20:03] <Kotono> > Turning, Alicia can see it, about 150 feet away. A giant hound made of skulls and bones...A charnel hound, like the one you fought in the great field of skulls in the ruins.
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init here, let's say. Seira/Latha are 30ft into the room, so the hound is 180ft away from them.
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 24." [1d20=19]
01[20:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
01[20:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 A
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 9." [1d20=3]
03[20:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora(24)>Latha(19)>Seira(18)>Alicia(16)>Amaryl(9)'
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
03[20:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora(24)>Latha(19)>Seira(18)>Alicia(16)>Charnel Hound(11)>Amaryl(9)'
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora starts.
[20:05] <Alicia> OOC: how high is the ceiling?
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: Say 25ft up.
[20:07] <Alicia> OOC: can the hound fit through the door into the corridor behind us?
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Maybe. It would be a tight fit.
[20:08] <Alicia> Antenora blasts the hound with a holy smite, before she falls back into the corridor!
[20:08] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 will
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 will and gets 15." [5d8=1, 7, 2, 4, 1]
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: SR check, by the way.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[20:10] <Kotono> The holy magic crumbles before the dreadful collection of bodies that advances towards you! OOC: LAtha.
[20:10] <Alicia> Latha follows Antenora's example, knowing that their best chance lies in blinding it before it can savage them!
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 will
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 will and gets 19." [5d8=4, 4, 2, 7, 2]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:11] <Alicia> Latha also retreats to the corridor.
[20:11] <Kotono> A blast of holy power vaporizes some of the body of the hound, a few bits of corpses returned to dust! OOC : Seira and then Alicia.
06[20:12] * Seira follows the pattern with a shrug, tossing a fireball at the mockery of a hound while taking flight.
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 10d6 dc17
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 dc17 and gets 32." [10d6=1, 6, 2, 5, 5, 1, 3, 1, 6, 2]
[20:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
01[20:12] <Seira> OOC: 15ft up it is
[20:12] <Alicia> "Watch out, there's a wraith coming from above!" Antenora warns.
[20:13] <Kotono> The fireball catches the mid-body of the hound, but it charges ahead, the flames only getting a moderate chance to char the outer bodies of the hound! It's still coming! OOC: Alicia.
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora(24)>Latha(19)>Wraith=Seira(18)>Alicia(16)>Charnel Hound(11)>Amaryl(9)'
[20:15] <Alicia> Calling out in Ignan for her summoned elementals to place themselves in the path of the hound in hopes of slowing it down, Alicia hands off her impromptu club towards Amaryl before casting a spell, transforming her into a glowing orb of light!
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Alter self into a lantern archon?
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[20:16] <Kotono> Thus Alicia becomes a floating spirit of law and purity, Amaryl now armed with a magical club, as magic weaves around Alicia! OOC: Hound.
[20:16] <Kotono> The Charnel Hound sprints ahead 80 feet, approaching rapidly despite fire and holy energies flaring around it's body! OOC: It's 70ft from the door and abount 100ft from everyone else past it. Amaryl.
01[20:17] <Seira> "Are we retreating into the corridor, or making our stand at the entrace?" Seira asks.
[20:18] <Alicia> "It probably can't fit in the corridor, and definitely not the side-rooms. We should do anything we can to avoid going toe to toe with it in this state," Alicia reasons, not sounding any different at least.
01[20:21] <Seira> Amaryl retreats out of the doorway at that.
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora then.
[20:22] <Alicia> Antenora throws another smite at the onrushing hound!
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 20." [5d8=6, 1, 8, 2, 3]
[20:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[20:22] <Kotono> Another bit of the hound is pulverised, but it stuborrnly refuses to be down, slavering with hunger as it advances! OOC: LAtha.
01[20:22] <Seira> "Is it coming from straight above me?" Seira calls out to Antenora, referring to the wraith she had mentioned.
[20:23] <Alicia> "Looks like it," Antenora confirms as Latha follows her lead, wanting to burn the malign hound with cleansing flames but recognising that blinding it helps them more right now.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 15." [5d8=3, 6, 4, 1, 1]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: Wraith and Seira. Go ahead and resolve first, Seira.
01[20:24] <Seira> Not questioning her ally in the least, Seira breathes golden flames at the ceiling, gliding down towards the entrance afterwards.
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 8d8 fire?
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 fire? and gets 50." [8d8=7, 5, 8, 7, 8, 3, 4, 8]
[20:24] <Kotono> As she breathes, a screaming wraith appears out, right into her flames! OOC: Resolve damage and then we'll resolve it's attack.
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 97." [1d100=97]
01[20:25] <Seira> OOC: DC is 18 now
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d4 as expected
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 as expected and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 touch
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort, Seira.
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort, Seira. and gets 6." [2d6=2, 4]
01[20:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:26] <Kotono> Burned by golden fire as it descends, body turning golden with heat, the wraith grazes SEira's arm, but she's already moving down and out of the worst of it! OOC: Alicia.
[20:28] <Alicia> Nothing she can hurt is in range right now, so Alicia settles for flying into the corridor to join Antenora and Latha.
[20:28] <Kotono> The Charnel Hound advances! IT reaches the doorway, trying to bull through!
[20:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[20:29] <Kotono> It struggles against the door, but can't get through, only it's head managing to get inside! OOC:Amaryl.
01[20:29] <Seira> OOC: How far from it is she?
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: About thirty feet, she retreated into the corridor.
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: It does have reach on her, bear in mind.
01[20:31] <Seira> For as long as the hound is kept at bay, Amaryl uses her chance to cast Shield and position herself before Latha.
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antenora.
[20:33] <Alicia> Antenora backs off so she's now forty feet down the corridor and well away from the hound, blasting it with another smite!
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 17." [5d8=8, 1, 3, 1, 4]
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:34] <Kotono> Again the head of the hound is smited, holy power ravaging it even worse this time! OOC: Latha.
[20:35] <Alicia> Latha tries her own smite, hoping one of them will work as advertised eventually as she follows Antenora to ensure she's well out of biting range!
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 19." [5d8=4, 6, 2, 6, 1]
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[20:36] <Kotono> Again the hound is battered, but again it resists despite lines of white traveling over it's body, like cracks in it's corpse construction! OOC: Wraith'n'Seira.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and go first, Seira.
06[20:37] * Seira stays on the defensive for now, keeping in the air near Latha.
[20:37] <Kotono> The wraith changes targets, going for Amaryl before flowing into the ground after!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort assuming hit
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort assuming hit and gets 7." [2d6=3, 4]
01[20:39] <Seira> OOC: Should be 24, counting shield, so yeah
01[20:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:39] <Kotono> Amaryl's pristine form is raked by ghostly claws, welts of blood swelling across her shoulders! OOC: Alicia.
01[20:39] <Seira> OOC: I meant 28 counting shield. Such bad luck.
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: No kidding. Wow.
[20:41] <Alicia> At the edge of her own range 30 feet from the dog, Alicia pings its nose with a pair of beams that bypass its defences!
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d6+4
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+4 and gets 9." [1d6=5]
[20:42] <Kotono> Of the beams, one white beam goes into the chin of the beast, flaying away undead flesh and bringing it closer to oblivion! In retort, it tries to force through the doorway once more!
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Sorry, misread it's STR score, it's 38 and not 28. Dur
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Sorry, misread it's STR score, it's 38 and not 28. Dur and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[20:43] <Kotono> The doorway buckles! The hound gets about three quarters of the way through as the metal distends to it's powerful form! It's not quite through, but it's close! OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:44] <Seira> Amaryl prepares to attack the wraith when it appears!
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antenora.
[20:44] <Alicia> Antenora puts all her will into this next holy smite!
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
[20:44] <Kotono> The smoke of the burning dead is starting to fill the air, a charnel stench of choking, air depriving intensity.
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 26." [5d8=1, 8, 4, 6, 7]
[20:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[20:45] <Kotono> This time the hound's eyes are glowing white, overwhelmed by the dazzling holy power that bursts rightin it's face! OOC: Latha.
07[20:45] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[20:45] <Alicia> With it now finally blinded, Latha has no qualms about using something with a little more oomph, calling down cleansing flame atop the vile mutt!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20 reflex
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 reflex and gets 53." [15d6=2, 5, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 6, 6, 3, 5]
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[20:46] <Kotono> Righteous fire makes a hole in the back of the Hound, bodies burning away in a vicious, nearly cutting in two cylender of righteous justice! OOC: Wraith and Seira.
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: go ahead and resolve first, Seira.
06[20:47] * Seira dives upon the blinded hound!
01[20:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:47] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[20:48] <Kotono> Seira claws into the hound, struggling but ripping into the toughened deathflesh! Meanwhile, the wraith erupts back out, passing by Amaryl once more! OOC: Amaryl, taking your action?
03[20:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora(24)>Latha(19)>Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(18)>Alicia(16)>Charnel Hound(11)'
01[20:49] <Seira> Amaryl does her very best to club the wraith to final death!
01[20:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 17." [1d20=3]
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 wraith resolves now, terrible luck
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 wraith resolves now, terrible luck and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort geez.
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort geez. and gets 4." [2d6=1, 3]
01[20:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d8 ow
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 ow and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[20:52] <Kotono> Amaryl's clubs miss, as the phantasm reaches in! Her heart is grasped, nearly ripped out as it flies by! Her entire body turns porcelin white, all life and color gone from it in the merest second! OOC:Geez. Alicia.
[20:53] <Alicia> "Antenora, Latha, try to smite the wraith when it comes back!" Alicia urges the two angels, continuing to beamspam the dog!
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 2d6+8
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+8 and gets 20." [2d6=6, 6]
[20:54] <Kotono> Alicia homes in, both rays hitting the dog rightin the crown of it's head! It's starting to show holes all over, burnt and smited! OOC: Hound.
[20:54] <Kotono> The hound blindly thrashes about, trying to pull through the door!
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[20:55] <Kotono> But it merely holds it's position! OOC: Seira, this provokes an AoO since it's blind and trying to move in vain.
06[20:55] * Seira claws the damn thing across its blind eyes.
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 8." [1d4=3]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 3d8 I've been forgetting my bonus damage vs undead
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8 I've been forgetting my bonus damage vs undead and gets 5." [3d8=2, 2, 1]
[20:56] <Kotono> Seira claws the struggling beast, another wound into it as she finds it's flesh far too tough! OOC: Antenora.
[20:56] <Alicia> Recognising Alicia's wisdom, Antenora waits for the wraith to reappear - she'll hurt the dog with her smite when it does anyway, so it's no loss either way. Latha does the same.
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Wraith, Seira and Amaryl. Seira, go ahead and do yours first, then I'll do the wraith.
01[20:58] <Seira> Amaryl stays on the defensive, as that is her best chance, while Seira moves away from the mutt, breathing fire above Amaryl's head as she hopes to catch the wraith in time.
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 8d8
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 and gets 38." [8d8=2, 5, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 6]
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[20:58] <Kotono> At this, the wraith comes hurling down, flame passing through it...OOC: Latha'n'Antenora, go.
03[20:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(18)>Alicia(16)>Charnel Hound(11)'
[20:59] <Alicia> The smites immediately erupt, battering dog and wraith alike while leaving heroes untouched!
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Anty SR
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Anty SR and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Latha SR
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Latha SR and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty miss chance
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty miss chance and gets 83." [1d100=83]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha miss chance
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha miss chance and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Anty
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Anty and gets 14." [5d8=3, 2, 3, 2, 4]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Latha
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Latha and gets 17." [5d8=3, 1, 5, 4, 4]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 hound 1
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 hound 1 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 hound 2
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 hound 2 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 wraith 1
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 wraith 2
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 wraith 1 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 wraith 2 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[21:00] <Kotono> As the hound starts to crumble, parts of it's body beginning to collapse as death comes closer for it again, the wraith endures and dives at Amaryl!
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 8." [2d6=6, 2]
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d8 pray low
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 pray low and gets 7." [1d8=7]
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[21:03] <Kotono> Diving through Amaryl, the wraith turns her body into snow-white flesh! She falls to her knees, lips turning blue and then gray. "S..se..ira..." she cries in a tiny voice, "...co...ld..." Her eyes glaze over, falling face down onto the ground.
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
03[21:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(4 rounds)(18)>Alicia(16)>Charnel Hound(11)'
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: the wraith is back in the walls, right?
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:05] <Alicia> "Oh no..." Alicia gasps quietly, before she immediately moves above Amaryl's body, firing a blast of spellfire through the walls in the direction the wraith fled, hoping to catch it! Hopefully her presence can at least keep Amaryl's spirit safe...
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 10d8 DC 22 reflex, 280ft line so it might open up to another chamber or something
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d8 DC 22 reflex, 280ft line so it might open up to another chamber or something and gets 37." [10d8=8, 2, 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[21:06] <Kotono> The spellfire rips forth! It passes through the wraith, burrowing above it 30ft into the wall! Sixty feet up, you see light spilling down, a faint, flickering light, some sort of chamber above! OOC: Hound.
[21:07] <Kotono> The hound continues to blindly thrash!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[21:07] <Kotono> The wall buckles and groans, but just barely holds it! OOC: Seira, you can AoO it.
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: Pass
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antneora/Latha/Wraith/Seira are up. Go ahead and go first, I'll resolve the wraith last.
06[21:08] * Seira lands quietly.
[21:09] <Alicia> Antenora and Latha both look sadly at Amaryl's corpse, but there's no time to mourn when any of them could be next. Standing back to back, the duo tense ready for its reappearance to punish it with holy light!
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: The wraith is visible, due to the spellfire hole.
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: they're waiting for it to approach so they can hit it and the dog at once
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:10] <Kotono> The wraith plummets down like the wrath of Demogorgon, flying down towards Alicia as it swells with stolen life-energy! OOC: Go you two if you're gonna.
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Latha
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Latha and gets 23." [5d8=1, 2, 8, 5, 7]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Anty
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Anty and gets 21." [5d8=6, 5, 6, 1, 3]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR Latha
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR Latha and gets 29." [1d20=13]
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR Anty
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR Anty and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 hound
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 hound and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 hound
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 hound and gets 20." [1d20=8]
03[21:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(4 rounds)(18)>Alicia(16)'
[21:13] <Kotono> In this dual bursts, the hound collapses! Bodies litter the ground now, the beast defeated! The wraith endures, still furious and aching for life force from Alicia!
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: 20
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 10." [2d6=6, 4]
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: image, actually
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:15] <Kotono> Alicia's arm is grazed, a small patch of white on her flesh, but she evades the worst! OOC: Alicia.
03[21:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(3 rounds)(18)>Alicia(16)'
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: Arm? I'm a ball of light!
[21:15] <Kotono> OOC: Point. Ball then. Anyway, go ahead and go, sec.
06[21:16] * Alicia cancels her transformation, reverting to her humanoid form now that the archon's rays are of little use. "Seira," she gets out while trying to dodge the still hungry wraith. "Mystra granted me a spell to return the dead to life. If we can get to our belongings, we might get her back."
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Everyone and the wraith, basically. Everyone can go first.
06[21:17] * Alicia magic missiles the wraith while stepping back from it, while Latha and Antenora unleash their smites again!
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5 magic missile
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 magic missile and gets 14." [5d4=2, 4, 1, 1, 1]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Latha
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Latha and gets 29." [5d8=6, 5, 7, 5, 6]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Anty
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Anty and gets 23." [5d8=5, 8, 4, 2, 4]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[21:18] <Kotono> Holy power and arcane missiles riddle the wraith, rocking it over and over as it whirls and goes for Alicia again, before going back into the ground!
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 6." [2d6=5, 1]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:19] <Kotono> Alicia again endures this terrible violation, body withstanding! OOC: Any action, Seira?
03[21:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(2 rounds)(18)>Alicia(16)'
06[21:20] * Seira looks at Alicia, before back towards Amaryl, not really comprehending.
06[21:21] * Alicia picks up the club after her magic missile as well, while the wraith is fleeing.
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Alicia, go.
[21:22] <Alicia> With club in hand she waits for the wraith to return so she can beat the shit out of it, while Latha and Antenora prepare their smites for its reappearance. They can comfort Seira when they're not in imminint danger of sharing Amaryl's fate.
[21:25] <Kotono> Thus, the wraith rips out of the ground, going for Alicia once more! OOC: Go ahead and go, holders.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 86." [1d100=86]
03[21:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(1 round)(18)>Alicia(16)'
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 1." [1d100=1]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 5d8 Latha DC 19
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 Latha DC 19 and gets 31." [5d8=7, 7, 4, 6, 7]
01[21:26] <Seira> Seira's fiery breath joins the smites, targetting the wraith.
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 72." [1d100=72]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 8d8
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 and gets 41." [8d8=6, 8, 1, 2, 6, 3, 7, 8]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will vs Latha
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will vs Latha and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ref vs Seira
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref vs Seira and gets 26." [1d20=12]
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia?
06[21:27] * Alicia whips her club through the wraith, trying to bash it apart with magical empowered bludgeoning force!
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -2pa
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -2pa and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 -2pa
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 -2pa and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 -2pa
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 -2pa and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 42." [1d100=42]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: The 25 is a bare hit, too.
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 57." [1d100=57]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d6+18
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+18 and gets 21." [1d6=3]
[21:28] <Kotono> The wraith is greviously mangled, it's form half faded as it goes for Alicia!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Touch aC?
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort if it hits
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort if it hits and gets 6." [2d6=4, 2]
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: hilariously it goes down to 19 now that I'm out of lantern form
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[21:28] <Kotono> Alicia is touched one more, enduring! The wraith goes up and down, coming around for nather pass! OOC: Go ahead and go everyone, we're all on the same init
[21:29] <Kotono> ,
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty, divine succor on Seira now that I remember it
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty, divine succor on Seira now that I remember it and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[21:29] <Alicia> Alicia keeps whacking its head as it emerges!
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 93." [3#1d100 = 14, 32, 47]
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Seira?
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: Pass this time
03[21:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Antenora=Latha=Wraith=Seira=Amaryl(18)>Alicia(16)'
[21:30] <Kotono> Amaryl's body has a hissing sigh escape it, but nothing more happens, as Alicia is once again menaced! All the powers simply miss the wraith!
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[21:30] <Kotono> But this time Alicia springs out of the way, just barely avoiding the touch, going up and then back down! OOC: Party.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty divine succor Seira
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty divine succor Seira and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Latha
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Latha and gets 27." [5d8=8, 2, 8, 1, 8]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 will
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 33." [1d20=19]
06[21:31] * Alicia keeps whipping the club out to rip its ethereal form to shreds!
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia/Seira.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 29." [1d20=3]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
06[21:31] * Seira once more strafes the wraith with fire.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 8d8
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 160." [3#1d100 = 35, 64, 61]
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 and gets 41." [8d8=3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 8, 3, 2]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 2d6+28
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+28 and gets 35." [2d6=3, 4]
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:31] <Kotono> Golden fire erupts around the wraith, it's bodyburning away! As it's last bit of power manifests as gold turns it to air, it desperately reaches for Alicia!
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 6." [2d6=2, 4]
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[21:32] <Kotono> But Alicia endures, the wraith slain! OOC: Free act.
[21:32] <Kotono> Antenora closes her eyes and turns away, her voice a murmuring prayer in Celestial.
[21:33] <Kotono> Latha goes to Seira, walking towards her. In a gentle, loving words filled with warmth that rages against the fortress around you, "Seira. Amaryl still needs your help."
06[21:33] * Seira looks incredulously at Latha.
06[21:34] * Alicia breathes out, the battle won for the moment. Technically Mystra said the scroll was for the Crimson Guard, but she knows Seira needs this. "Seira, we can use the scroll of resurrection Mystra gave me - if Amaryl ignored the temptations of the Magus of Time for you, we can surely bring her back from the afterlife with it."
[21:34] <Kotono> "You heard what Alicia said. We can bring her back if we find our possessions." Looking right back at her, "You have the strength within you to do this, I've seen it before. Come with us." She offers out a hand, "For Amaryl's sake."
06[21:38] * Seira stares at Latha for a long time. "I can't really care, it seems. About anything. But if you want me to kill things for you, I can do that."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Very well then." Latha reaches out, taking Seira's hand, "We'll do that together, and we'll save Amaryl together. We need to keep moving, too."
[21:42] <Kotono> After a moment, "Do we have any means to find our gear fasteR? Hell Striker can communicate if he senses us. What about Lagann, isn't he your familiar? Any magic, too?" Antenora looks up above, "We also have a new path to explore, if we choose to."
[21:42] <Alicia> "Perhaps its best if you were to guard the rear," Alicia suggests, recognising that she's surely in shock and won't be any good to anyone now. Kneeling down, she picks up Amaryl's corpse, appreciating that she's a delicate elf for once. "Lets try climbing up that path I burrowed?" she nods her head to the spellfire tunnel and light glinting at the end of it.
[21:42] <Alicia> "Also, Latha, can you cast dispel evil on me so I can convert it to more spellfire energy?" she asks the deva.
[21:43] <Kotono> Lathat does so, casting it as many times as Alicia wishes.
[21:44] <Alicia> Six castings is enough for the moment, Alicia handing her club off to Antenora and flying up into the sloping tunnel, bracing herself so she can start climbing up with her burden.
[21:46] <Kotono> Thus Alicia flies up 60 feet, Antenora following. Latha looks upward, "Let's go," she urges very gently. "Follow me, Seira?" Above, you come into a room covered in head to toe with black velvet. The entire room is engraved with eyes carved from bone, embedded into the velvet. Another sixty feet up the blast hole, you see another dim source of light.
[21:47] <Alicia> Any magic?
06[21:47] * Seira follows, staring around with something approaching apathy.
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[21:48] <Kotono> In the room, there's two doors, opposite each other. They are like giant eyes, the pupils slashed apart for small doors.
[21:51] <Alicia> "I think this is where they make the wraiths..." Alicia represses a shudder that has nothing to do with Amaryl's clammy cold skin against her own. "Could you two try dispelling it? I don't like the thought of someone activating it while we're in here."
[21:51] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha attempt so.
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[21:51] <Kotono> After a few tries, "Nothing. The magic's very strong," Antenora breathes out, before looking to Alicia, "Let's keep moving then, before someone does?"
06[21:52] * Seira can't help but wonder whether it is something she can break.
[21:52] <Alicia> "There's no magic on the doors... lets try the one on the left?" Alicia suggests, starting towards it but leaving the opening to someone with their hands free.
[21:53] <Kotono> Antenora steps forward, opening the door! It leads to a long hall, about sixty feet long. The walls, floor and ceiling are transparent force, only barely visible. A miserably cold breeze blows ahead, Antenora stepping back and covering herself!
[21:54] <Alicia> What's at the end of the sixty feet?
[21:55] <Kotono> At the end of the sixty feet is another door, an archway with a wall of shadows. The door is carved of the same stuff. The floor near it is covered in ice.
[21:55] <Kotono> "I can see ahead," Latha says, "The cold will not slow me, nor will it harm me."
[21:56] <Alicia> "Seira and I are both warded against it as well." Alicia spends a moment to share that same blessing with Antenora. "Lets go, then?" She steps onto the forcefield, her skin crawling at the sensation and her burnt wings ready to take flight at any moment should it give way beneath her.
[21:57] <Kotono> Thus you advance ahead! The wind gets worse, ice forming on your bodies! But you advance on, even as you gain clothing of a sort - a layer of black ice forms on your bodies, making movement slow. But you reach the door! OOC: -10 movement speed. No damage, you're cold protected.
[21:58] <Kotono> "At least the timing of it's fortunate..." Antenora mutters darkly, going to the door. "Seira, do you want to search for traps on it?"
06[21:59] * Seira gives it a try at Antenora's prompting, looking over the door dispassionately.
06[21:59] * Alicia adjusts the dead weight of Amaryl that she carries, really not wanting their skin to become frozen together. "This cold is clearly magical... You two might be able to dispel it?"
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[22:00] <Kotono> The ice crumbles away from the party! Meanwhile, Seira finds the door is not trapped.
06[22:00] * Seira opens the door.
[22:00] <Kotono> As Seira opens the door...(More)
[22:01] <Kotono> Ahead lies a plaza. The floor is painted to resemble a gaping mouth of a skull, the planes drawn in it's mouth. Six doors are here, the party coming through one of them.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 31." [1d20=5]
01[22:03] <Seira> "Lagann," Seira states, using the word to call upon the draconic magic of location almost instinctively.
[22:03] <Alicia> "This place is warded against divination... probably where they hold meetings," Alicia muses, stepping inside, before blinking in surprise and looking at Seira. "Can you sense him?"
[22:04] <Kotono> "We're close? Thank Mystra," Antenora turns back, "Which way?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "It has been very quiet lately," Seira explains to Alicia. "Of course I would sense anything."
06[22:04] * Seira proceeds down the plaza, at that.
[22:05] <Kotono> Latha and Antenora follow Seira. She reaches the door directly opposite this one without incident.
06[22:05] * Alicia isn't quite sure what Seira means by that, but since she seems to be showing some initiative she's just going to be grateful for it, and follows along after the half-dragon.
06[22:07] * Seira heads straight ahead, intent on opening the door at the end of her path one way or the other.
[22:08] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a large room, a single door in the back. This door is covered with runes all over, glowing with arcane fury! But ahead of it...ahead of it...it is carved from one vast block of stone. It is humanoid in shape, a giant creature of pure stone! It's eyes are lifeless, but it begins to move as the party approaches! OOC: This is obviously a problem. Roll init here.
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=10]
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Anty
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Anty and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20-2
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-2 and gets 17." [1d20=19]
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty (+8 was Latha)
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty (+8 was Latha) and gets 22." [1d20=17]
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha=Seira(22)>Stone creature(17)>Alicia(15)>Antenora(13)'
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and go, you two.
[22:10] <Alicia> Latha promptly blasts it with a flame strike!
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: SR?
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: No need.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 and gets 53." [15d6=4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1]
[22:10] <Kotono> The spell simply fizzles around the creature, failing to even appear near it! OOC: Seira.
06[22:11] * Seira launches a corrosive orb of acid at what dares stand between she and Lagann!
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: That doesn't allow SR? Carry on.
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 5d8
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 15." [5d8=1, 3, 6, 4, 1]
[22:13] <Kotono> The golem is hit head on by the acid, sizzling on it's stony body! It lumbers forward, going to the door and slamming out HARD at Latha!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 yeah it's not missing, golems have crazy to hit
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 yeah it's not missing, golems have crazy to hit and gets 55." [1d20=13]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 4d8+13
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+13 and gets 31." [4d8=3, 8, 5, 2]
[22:14] <Kotono> The blow sends Latha reeling back, tumbling and jiggling as she's slammed hard enough to shatter steel! OOC: Alicia.
[22:15] <Alicia> "Everyone, run back through the corridor of force - I've got a plan!" Alicia yells, setting Amaryl's body down to the side and then flying back the way they came!
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora.
[22:16] <Alicia> Antenora is happy to follow Alicia's lead, healing Latha as she flees back after her fellow paladin!
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: Latha'n'Seira.
[22:17] <Alicia> Latha exercises the better part of valour and withdraws, flying back and easily overtaking Antenora and Alicia with her superior flying speed.
06[22:19] * Seira spends more time than perhaps necessary choosing her course of action, but ends up picking up Amaryl and retreating as well.
[22:19] <Kotono> Thus the party flies back! The golem strikes out at the wall between it and the party!
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 formality
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 formality
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 formality and gets 56." [1d20=14]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 formality and gets 61." [1d20=19]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 8d8+26
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d8+26 and gets 59." [8d8=5, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3, 3, 6]
[22:19] <Kotono> The doorway and wall are obliterated, the golem stepping through as it pursues! OOC: Everyone else, are you still running straight back this round?
06[22:20] * Alicia comes to a stop at the centre of the 60 foot long force-passage, but Latha and Antenora flee further, back into the velvet room and out of the potential blast radius.
06[22:20] * Seira follows Latha.
[22:21] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to go with a spellfire blast when the golem comes into the passage after me
[22:21] <Kotono> Thus the party retreats back! The golem follows, plummeting the shadowy doorway as well!
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 and gets 55." [1d20=13]
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 and gets 46." [1d20=4]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 8d8+26
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d8+26 and gets 66." [8d8=4, 2, 5, 6, 6, 7, 2, 8]
[22:21] <Kotono> The shadows shatter apart, the golem just barely stepping inside! OOC: Alicia.
06[22:21] * Alicia holds, waiting for the golem to rush her, needing it to be standing fully on the force-floor before she lets loose...
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Rest of the party holding?
01[22:22] <Seira> OOC: So it seems
[22:22] <Alicia> Antenora and Latha wait inside the velvet room, seventy feet from Alicia
[22:23] <Kotono> Thus Seira and the rest follow! The golem advances in...OOC: Go ahead and go, Alicia.
[22:24] <Alicia> With the golem suspended over air on nothing but magic, Alicia flaps her wings to hold herself aloft before detonating a massive spherical blast of spellfire to send it plummetting into the darkness below!
[22:24] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 22 reflex half
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 22 reflex half and gets 81." [18d8=6, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1, 1, 5, 7, 7, 5, 1, 6, 8, 4, 6, 1]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[22:25] <Kotono> The golem is blasted by spellfire, rippling in it...and them plummeitng down and out of sight, the walls of force shredded and dropping it! OOC: Free act.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Way's clear, lets go," Alicia waves the others forward, flying back towards the chamber the construct guarded.
[22:26] <Kotono> Thus the party files back to the room. The runed door awaits ahead...
[22:26] <Alicia> Any magic?
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[22:27] <Alicia> "There's strong magic on the door, but it should be possible to dispel it," Alicia states as Latha and Antenora catch up.
06[22:28] * Alicia heals Latha as she waits on the dynamic duo doing something about said magic.
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 12d4+12
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+12 and gets 37." [12d4=1, 4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[22:29] <Kotono> "It's not budging," Antenor aannounces, "Also, problem. 100 feet down's naother wraith, and it's coming this way," Antenora says.
06[22:29] * Alicia holds out her hand to Antenora for the club. "Lets deal with that first, then," she states grimly.
[22:30] <Kotono> "Better yet," Antenora passes over the club, "Seira, can you disarm it while we deal with the wraith?"
01[22:31] <Seira> "It might blow up," Seira responds, setting Amaryl's body down and heading towards the door without reservations.
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 search
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init then, everyone.
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 search and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 16." [1d20=8]
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
03[22:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith(27)>Antenora(24)>Seira(17)>Latha(16)>Alicia(12)'
[22:33] <Kotono> It comes ripping out of the ground, screaming curses in the dreadful words of heresy! It's body is pure black, writhing with utter energies of negation! It's like a wound on your souls to look at, as it claws at Antenora!
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 3d6 and fort, Antenora
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and fort, Antenora and gets 5." [3d6=1, 1, 3]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[22:34] <Kotono> Antenora somehow withstands the agony, even as it's presence seems to rip the life out of you! OOC: 10 negative energy damage to all. Antenora's up now.
[22:35] <Alicia> Antenora retorts with a holy smite, healing Seira with her own divine fury!
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 44." [1d100=44]
[22:35] <Kotono> Even as SEira's wounds heal, the wraith simply ignores the smite altogether! OOC: Seira.
06[22:36] * Seira takes a moment away from the door as she gives the wraith a cold glare, trying to roast it.
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 32." [1d100=32]
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:36] <Kotono> But the wraith isn't evne bothered by the fire, it's black form utterly absolute and ungiving! OOC: Latha then.
[22:37] <Alicia> Latha unleashes her own smite! One of them has to get lucky, surely.
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 religion
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 religion and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[22:39] <Alicia> Latha replies to the heresies the creature spouts with her own tongue, speaking in the primal language of creation as she drowns it out with her heartwarming song!
[22:39] <Kotono> The smite fails to wound it, once again simply like air through air! OOC: Alicia.
06[22:40] * Alicia really can't overstate how much she hates these wretched things, channelling all of her fury into her club as she bashes it again and again and again till it shuts up and stops moving!
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 divine might
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 divine might and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits, first is a miss.
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 88." [3#1d100 = 1, 39, 48]
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Irrelevant, it seems.
[22:41] <Kotono> The clubblows fail to even phase the wraith, as it sings it's words of un-life, Latha's words of creation countering each one! It darts to Latha, going for her throat! OOC: AoO is triggered, Alicia, if you wanna take one.
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 damn right
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 damn right and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Latha grab
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Latha grab and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Latha grab crit?
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Latha grab crit? and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Latha's touch AC?
[22:42] <Alicia> OOC: 18
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 6d6 and fort
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 and fort and gets 22." [6d6=6, 5, 2, 3, 1, 5]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8 con drain
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 con drain and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[22:43] <Kotono> Latha's throat is ripped, her vocal cords nearly pulled out through her mouth! She coughs and continues her song weakly, even as her angelic form turns half ghostly and drained! OOC: Antenora.
[22:44] <Alicia> "Latha!" Antenora cries in alarm, furiously smiting the undead blasphemy as she comes to her friend's aid!
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 38." [1d100=38]
[22:45] <Kotono> But the wraith is unstoppable! It's power is nothing to Latha's holy energy! OOC: seira.
01[22:46] <Seira> "No!" Seira exclaims, as it comes off too much like a repetition of Amaryl's final moments, and fire once more tries to burn the wretched wraith.
01[22:46] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
01[22:46] <Seira> roll 8d8
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8 and gets 36." [8d8=8, 6, 6, 1, 5, 2, 1, 7]
01[22:46] <Seira> roll 1d4
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 dex whore, sorry
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 dex whore, sorry and gets 26." [1d20=10]
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[22:46] <Kotono> The fires lick the wraith! IT glows with Latha's life energy, whirling around as it's gaze burns into Seira! OOC: Latha.
[22:48] <Alicia> If the wraith wants Latha dead so much, it's going to have to earn it. Continuing her song with everything she has, the deva protects herself with an orb of whirling blades surrounding her form tightly, forcing the wraith to endure them if it wishes to remain in melee with her!
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 21 reflex for blade barrier, it'll have to leave melee if it saves though
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 21 reflex for blade barrier, it'll have to leave melee if it saves though and gets 50." [15d6=6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 6, 6, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 1]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:48] <Kotono> The wraith floats back, it's attention fully on Seira now!
[22:49] <Alicia> With the wraith moving back into range, Alicia continues hammering at it with her club, trying to attain some clarity of focus rather than swinging wildly, counting on her skill to make the blows count!
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: One hit
[22:49] <Kotono> .
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+1d8
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+1d8 and gets 28." [1d6=1][1d8=7]
[22:50] <Kotono> The wraith is struck, it's attention turning to Alicia now, hateful glares! It goes for her, ignoring Latha as it reaches for Alicia!
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:50] <Kotono> But Alicia wihrls back, hair shielding her face as she evades out of the way! OOC: Antenora, lucky break.
[22:50] <Alicia> Sensing it's on the ropes (and wishing she had hers) Antenora smites it most mightily!
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 21." [5d8=3, 6, 5, 5, 2]
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
01[22:51] <Seira> "Hit it and fall back!" Seira calls out.
[22:51] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor for Latha, too
[22:51] <Kotono> Antenora's holy energies lick at the phantasm, slightly disrupting it's body! OOC: Seira.
01[22:52] <Seira> "I'm opening the damn door, and that wraith better be the only thing here when I do," Seira warns.
01[22:52] <Seira> OOC: I'll wait on Alicia's init
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: LAtha and then Alicia.
[22:53] <Alicia> Latha smites the undead again from her safe shelter!
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
03[22:54] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5443bf7e.lns5-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[22:54] * Alicia sets mode: -v+v Hatbot Rei-chan
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[22:54] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=43 ]{43}
02[22:54] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-5443bf7e.lns5-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit
03[22:54] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[22:54] <Alicia> Trusting Seira knows what she's doing, Alicia tumbles away from the wraith and to the side of the room, before blasting it with a fusillade of glowing blue bolts of force!
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=3, 2, 2, 2, 3]
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 for Latha's smite
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 for Latha's smite and gets 19." [5d8=6, 2, 4, 4, 3]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[22:56] <Kotono> Smites and missiles pepper the wraith, weakening it further but yet barely slowing it down as Alicia falls back! OOC: Wraith.
[22:56] <Kotono> The wraith howls, going right for Alicia and following!
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 ow
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 ow and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[22:56] <Kotono> roll 6d6 and fort
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 and fort and gets 17." [6d6=3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4]
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
01[22:56] <Seira> OOC: No, mr
01[22:56] <Seira> OOC: Me, even
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Go ahead and go then. I'll hold it's rolls assuming it's action doesn't change.
03[22:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith(27)>Antenora(24)>Latha(16)>Alicia(12)>Seira'
06[22:57] * Seira slams her claw into the rune-covered door, forcing it open.
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: I'll just fail the DD check intentionally and blow up with it.
[22:58] <Kotono> The trap triggers! A massive gout of dark flames erupt out around Seira and the wraith! OOC: Ref you two.
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
01[22:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 15d6 half fire half vile, Seira takes none.
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 half fire half vile, Seira takes none. and gets 56." [15d6=5, 6, 6, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 1]
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100 dur for Wraith
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 dur for Wraith and gets 2." [1d100=2]
[23:00] <Kotono> Seira avoids the flames, rolling amid them even as the detonate, moving about in an instant! The wraith's body just flickers, the fires missing it entirely! OOC: Wraith goes and hits Alicia as it did. Antenora.
[23:00] <Alicia> Still focusing her healing efforts on Latha, Antenora smites the wraith some more!
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[23:03] <Alicia> Latha tries to smite it where Antenora failed!
[23:03] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[23:04] <Kotono> But both smites fizzle through the phantasm, failing to injure it! OOC: Alicia.
[23:06] <Alicia> Hit it enough and something's bound to stick! Or so Alicia hopes as she whips her fencpost through the wraith's grasping arms before pounding at its shadowy body and head!
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 111." [3#1d100 = 20, 67, 24]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d6+20+1d8+3d4
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+20+1d8+3d4 and gets 43." [1d6=5][1d8=8][3d4=4, 3, 3]
[23:08] <Kotono> The wraith is clubbed hard, body flickering but staying intact despite the furious blow Alicia lands on it! OOC: Seira.
06[23:08] * Seira attempts to spear the wraith's back with fiery rays, in the meantime.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d100
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 16." [1d100=16]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 4d6 fire
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 fire and gets 12." [4d6=3, 1, 5, 3]
[23:09] <Kotono> A ray of fire spears through the phantasm, making it whirl towards Seira! With a moan of the Dark Speech, it darts at her! OOC: Alicia, you can AoO it.
[23:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 with great gusto
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 with great gusto and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[23:09] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 30." [1d100=30]
[23:10] <Kotono> But the phantom ignores Alicia as it races for Seira!
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 3d6 and fort
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and fort and gets 9." [3d6=6, 2, 1]
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[23:10] <Kotono> Seira takes it hard, rocking back, but she endures it with only gritted teeth! OOC: Antenora/Latha/Alicia.
[23:11] <Alicia> The deva and wannabe deva both unleash their smites, while Alicia sends another volley of magic missiles at the indecisive wraith!
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 40." [1d100=40]
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 16." [5d4=2, 2, 4, 2, 1]
[23:12] <Kotono> Again the wraith is hit, but only the missiles even touch it's ghostly form! OOC: Alicia.
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Seri.
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
06[23:13] * Seira steps back very calmly, and then conjures up an orb of fire, which she then almost literally presses into the wraith's face.
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 83." [1d100=83]
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 5d8
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 18." [5d8=4, 4, 2, 2, 6]
[23:13] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on Alicia
[23:13] <Kotono> Seira presses pure fire into the wraith's face, which gets it to snarl and reach at her!
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 3d6 and fort
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and fort and gets 9." [3d6=2, 6, 1]
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[23:14] <Kotono> Seira withstands the touch, just barely as her heart skips a few beats! OOC: Alicia crew.
[23:14] <Alicia> Second verse, same as the first.
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Latha
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Latha and gets 60." [1d100=60]
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Anty
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Anty and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Latha
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Latha and gets 26." [5d8=2, 7, 6, 4, 7]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19 Anty
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 Anty and gets 26." [5d8=7, 2, 8, 2, 7]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 18." [5d4=4, 3, 3, 2, 1]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:15] <Kotono> With that triple blast of power, the wraith screams as it's body tears apart, leaving behind no sign of it's passing! OOC: Free act.
[23:15] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on SEira
[23:15] <Kotono> Antenora sags heavily, nearly falling to a knee. "Mystra...we have to be closer. If we have to face a few more of those....we'll see Mystra far too soon."
01[23:16] <Seira> "Door is open," Seira announces simply.
[23:16] <Alicia> "Lets hope it was worth it," Alicia sighs wearily, going to investigate what they fought so hard for.
[23:17] <Kotono> Ahead, you see a large room full of chests, drawers, shelfs and jars. Richesand treasures are all about! On one table near the door, the party's gear lies about, scattered! Lagann sits in a transparent box of crystal, thrashing about in it!
[23:17] <Kotono> Once her wall is gone, Latha apparoaches, "Get your bag, Alicia," she says, even as she goes for her mace and clothes, immediately beginning to rearm herself.
06[23:17] * Seira gently picks the discarded Amaryl, and follows into the room.
06[23:18] * Alicia cheerfully discards her club, locating the portable hole first of all and opening it up to root around for the scroll of resurrection.
[23:18] <Kotono> This is found without incident.
[23:19] <Alicia> "You can use this, Seira?" Alicia asks, handing it over to her hopefully. "To bring Amaryl back?"
06[23:19] * Seira dresses quickly and efficiently while the others do, before approaching Lagann's prison and examining it.
[23:19] <Kotono> It's a crystal box with a heavy crystal lid.
06[23:19] * Seira pauses at Alicia's words. "You were serious, then?" she asks, looking back at the paladin. "You really think she'll return?"
[23:20] <Alicia> "I doubt neither Mystra's magic nor Amaryl's devotion to you," Alicia replies seriously.
[23:20] <Kotono> "She loves you," Latha says, half dressed and topless as she goes to Seira. "I have no doubt she'll return to you."
06[23:20] * Seira returns her attention to the crystal box.
01[23:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 search
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 search and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[23:21] <Alicia> "Er..." Seeing Seira's disinterest, Alicia isn't quite sure what to make of it. "If you don't think you can cast it yourself, I can have Shankar do it when we return to Balmuria?"
06[23:21] * Seira backhands the box, smashing through the crystal and freeing her familiar. "Then I sure as hell'll give it a try!"
[23:21] <Kotono> The crystal shatters, leaving Lagann free!
06[23:21] * Seira reaches for Alicia's scroll.
06[23:23] * Alicia is far too fascinated by this sort of magic to waste time on such mundane things as recovering her armament or gettint dressed, so watches intently...
[23:23] <Kotono> "Be blessed in your magic," Latha says, ever so gently. "Once Amaryl returns, we will bring terrible, glorious judgment to the darkness that rests within."
01[23:23] <Seira> It never worked for her before, and whenever she complained, yelled, cried or plead, nothing was given but the stock replies. But maybe this time--
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Casting?
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: What's your wisdom?
01[23:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 emulate wisdom score
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 emulate wisdom score and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[23:24] <Kotono> OOC: Good enough. Make the roll for the scroll.
01[23:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 RESURRECTION!
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 RESURRECTION! and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[23:25] <Kotono> Seira chants! Each word turns the room brighter, glowing from the scroll! Each verse is beautiful, pushing back the gloom of Silence! As Seira chants, a terrible feeling passes over you, a watching that chills eacho f youto your very souls...but the words Seira speaks pushes it back, repelling it! The ground quivers as circles of great magic form of their own accord around Seira and Amaryl's body! (More)
[23:26] <Kotono> and Amaryl's body! (More)
[23:27] <Kotono> The presence is darkness. The presence is death. The presence is the end. It screams wordless fury, yet each perfectly pronounced word Seira chants counters it! A cone of golden light appears over Amaryl's body! There is a note of perfect music, Silence shaking hard enough to shatter a mountain..."Ugh..." Amaryl coughs, "Seira...Seira...where are you? Seira...!"
06[23:28] * Alicia smiles at the heartwarming scene, turning away to give the pair some sort of privacy as she starts recovering her belongings and getting dressed.
01[23:29] <Seira> "Amaryl!" Seira exclaims, tackling the elf.
[23:30] <Kotono> Amaryl's arms wrap around Seira! "Oh Seira...I missed you!" She holds the half dragon close to her, "Listen to me. Waukeen's power cannot reach this place through normal means. The Gods have no sway here, but...she was able to send a gift back with me."
[23:30] <Kotono> Antenora smiles, mimicking Alicia. Latha watches for a few moments, eyes warm as she finishes dressing.
01[23:37] <Seira> "I gave up for a while," Seira admits, biting on her lower lip. "I should've just trusted in Waukeen more, but it was just so hard... I was afraid all along, and then the worst happened...." Rather than continue, she buries her face in Amaryl's hair. "I'm happy that you came back."
[23:38] <Kotono> "Waukeen says she understands and..." Amaryl leans in, kissing Seira. As she does, white light engulfs the party! The light soaks into you, washing away your pains and exhaustion like water removes dirt! OOC: Your spells are restored, as are SLA and daily item uses. Your HP is restored, ability drain is reversed and all negative status is negated.
[23:39] <Kotono> OOC: This applies to the entire party.
[23:40] <Kotono> Amid the light, Latha laughs. "Come then...we have righteous fury to dispense."
[23:40] <Kotono> Antenora chuckles, "A shame Marie's not here..." She murmurs a little too loudly.
[23:41] <Kotono> At this...far away, from the door you came, as you stand amid your gear and all the riches otherwise...crying. The crying of babies can be heard, a mournful, eternal sound. Babies are crying in pain, crying for warmth, crying for Mother...
[23:41] <Kotono> ---
[20:04] <Kotono> <Seira> "I gave up for a while," Seira admits, biting on her lower lip. "I should've just trusted in Waukeen more, but it was just so hard... I was afraid all along, and then the worst happened...." Rather than continue, she buries her face in Amaryl's hair. "I'm happy that you came back."
[20:04] <Kotono> > "Waukeen says she understands and..." Amaryl leans in, kissing Seira. As she does, white light engulfs the party! The light soaks into you, washing away your pains and exhaustion like water removes dirt! OOC: Your spells are restored, as are SLA and daily item uses. Your HP is restored, ability drain is reversed and all negative status is negated.
[20:04] <Kotono> > OOC: This applies to the entire party.
[20:04] <Kotono> > Amid the light, Latha laughs. "Come then...we have righteous fury to dispense."
[20:04] <Kotono> > Antenora chuckles, "A shame Marie's not here..." She murmurs a little too loudly.
[20:04] <Kotono> > At this...far away, from the door you came, as you stand amid your gear and all the riches otherwise...crying. The crying of babies can be heard, a mournful, eternal sound. Babies are crying in pain, crying for warmth, crying for Mother...
06[20:07] * Alicia is quite glad her familiar isn't here, since she'd almost certainly have been killed long before now given the sort of creatures they're facing. She doesn't say this, however, pausing in the act of pulling up her leggings at the current interruption.
[20:07] <Alicia> "I read a story once," she comments, "About a little boy who was turned into a vampire. Even though he lived for hundreds of years, he forever retained a child's perceptions and mindset. I wonder if the Neverborn is the same way?"
[20:08] <Kotono> "A sad, lonely child?" Antenora has her spear in hand, dressed. "It may be, but..." Antenora abruptly peers ahead, "Problem, three minds, 100 feet away. Two of them are likely wraiths, but the last one is smarter than that by a fair margin. Smarter than any of us but Seira."
[20:09] <Kotono> Amaryl leans into Seira, only looking away as Antenora speaks, "Again...Seira, let me get dressed?"
01[20:09] <Seira> "Be sure to tell the ancient lich that," Seira tells Antenora, letting go of Amaryl.
06[20:10] * Alicia quickly yanks up her leggings and grabs Hell Striker, having to forget about getting the rest of her equipment. Her sword is the most important thing right now for defending herself.
06[20:11] * Seira works together with Lagann to imbue a set of arrows to be extra fiery and extra piercing to give Amaryl a much better chance at defending herself.
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and roll init then, since bad things are coming.
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 A
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 4." [1d20=4]
03[20:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2(33)>????(19)>Wraith 1(16)>Seira(15)>Amaryl(7)>Lagann(4)'
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 18." [1d20=10]
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2(33)>Alicia(27)>????(19)>Latha(18)>Wraith 1(16)>Seira(15)>Antenora(12)>Amaryl(7)>Lagann(4)'
[20:14] <Kotono> Racing into the treasure room is one of wraiths! Like the previous is roils with black power, but it sings not the words of the Dark Speech! Instead it goes right for Alicia's heart!
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[20:15] <Alicia> OOC: 21
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort, you know the drill by now.
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort, you know the drill by now. and gets 10." [2d6=6, 4]
[20:16] <Alicia> OOC: Can you take into account the -1 to attack/damage/saves from consecrated presence? A few hits yesterday would've missed/dinged off DR and a few saves would've failed if it was remembered, I think
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: I didn't, I keep forgetting. Remind me when I roll, thanks.
[20:16] <Kotono> Alicia is touched, the graze weakening her flesh, but only momentarily! The wraith menances, as it's pure darkness seems to drive the life out of all of you! OOC: 1 damage except to Seira, who immunes.
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[20:18] <Alicia> Now properly armed, Alicia has no hesitation in slashing out at this new wraith, burning its ragged shadowy form with holy flames as her shining blade rips through it again and again!
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 knowledge
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 knowledge and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -2pa divine might
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -2pa divine might and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa divine might
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa divine might and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa divine might
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa divine might and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:18] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. d100.
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 71." [1d100=71]
[20:19] <Alicia> roll 2d4+30+2d6+1d6+1d8
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+30+2d6+1d6+1d8 and gets 49." [2d4=2, 4][2d6=6, 3][1d6=1][1d8=3]
[20:20] <Kotono> Ailcia duels with it, Hell-Stirker glowing red hot and white as it slashes into the abomination of undeath before her! It rocks back with the blow, but it's fury refuses to die! OOC: Latha, go. Whatever ???? is, it's not doing anything you can see.
[20:21] <Alicia> Latha follows Alicia's lead, joining her in confronting the wraith with her gleaming holy mace!
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2pa
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2pa and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -2pa
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -2pa and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 66." [3#1d100 = 3, 5, 58]
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+16+2d6
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+16+2d6 and gets 26." [1d8=3][2d6=1, 6]
[20:22] <Kotono> Braining the ghostly being, Latha confronts it with her own light! The blows mostly pass through, but one slams satisfyingly into it's chest! OOC: Wraith 1 is up.
03[20:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2(33)>Alicia(27)>Latha(18)>Wraith 1=????(16)>Seira(15)>Antenora(12)>Amaryl(7)>Lagann(4)'
[20:23] <Kotono> Another black wraith advances into the room! Just behind it, floating behind it's ghostly head...it's a tiny mote of black. In it you can see a baby's arms, legs, body...and crying. So much crying! From it, a cone of pure deathly cold erupts out!
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 15d6+2d6 ref half for Amaryl/Seira
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6+2d6 ref half for Amaryl/Seira and gets 55." [15d6=3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2, 2, 3, 5, 1, 6, 5, 1][2d6=6, 2]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 15d6 mortalbane, so the angels halve this automatically
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 mortalbane, so the angels halve this automatically and gets 58." [15d6=6, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 5, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 6]
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 A
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 A and gets 25." [1d20=5]
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[20:25] <Kotono> The terrible cold is all pervading, as after a black beam of freezing ice jets out from the being, aiming right for Antenora!
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Antenora
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Antenora and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC Anty?
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: 25, sadly
[20:26] <Alicia> OOC: 23, actually
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 20d6*1.5 half ice and half untyped
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6*1.5 half ice and half untyped and gets 99." [20d6=3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 2, 1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 5, 2, 4, 4]
[20:26] <Alicia> OOC: Any SR?
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 dur
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 dur and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[20:27] <Kotono> The beam freezes into Antenora, turning her body a black streaked frostburned all over! The first wraith stands on guard in the meantime! OOC: Seira.
06[20:30] * Seira snaps a sharp arcane command, and with a quick prayer to Waukeen advances towards the wraith at the doorway, the Sun Blade trailing her in all its glory. Once there, Seira commands it to strike at the unclean thing with all its might, before she and the holy sword retreat into a flanking position with Alicia on the other side of the wraith menacing her.
01[20:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+32 dancing blade!
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 dancing blade! and gets 35." [1d20=3]
01[20:32] <Seira> roll 1d10+15
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+15 and gets 24." [1d10=9]
[20:33] <Kotono> The golden blade glows as it cuts into the guardian wraith, making it's form shimmer with Lathander's light! It's black body roils, like boiling oil! OOC: Antenora.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 lets ask auntie Latha wtf this new arrival is?
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 lets ask auntie Latha wtf this new arrival is? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:35] <Alicia> Antenora follows up after Seira by unravelling the rope coiled at her hip. "I've been waiting all day for this," she remarks with a feral grin, tossing it lightly towards the undead, before the innocuous seeming rope lashes out like a snake of its own volition, coiling tightly around the shadowy figure and binding it to the physical world!
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 ranged touch
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 ranged touch and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[20:36] <Kotono> The rope coils around the wraith, binding it as it's body appears as soild as a mountain, no longer flickering in and out of visibility! OC: Amaryl.
01[20:36] <Seira> At a mental prompting, with only her bow and arrows in hand, Amaryl waits just a moment for Lagann to imbue her with the Greater Heroism spell, before picking up her belt in what would seem comical if it weren't key to her survival and hastily putting it on. Immediately afterwards, she snaps off two arrows towards the wraith caught by Antenora, which swiftly become four!
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 112." [4#1d20+18 = 19, 36, 29, 28]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits. Shame about the 19.
01[20:38] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+3+2+1d6+1d6
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+3+2+1d6+1d6 and gets 42." [3#1d8+3+2+1d6+1d6 = 14, 11, 17]
[20:39] <Kotono> The arrows find an easy target this time, embedding into the bound, soild phantom! Struggling against the rope, it reaches out for Alicia again!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (-2 entangle, -1 aura)
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (-2 entangle, -1 aura) and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Touch aC?
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort save if that hit.
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort save if that hit. and gets 9." [2d6=5, 4]
[20:40] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on Amaryl, btw. My touch AC is 21, and this wraith isn't entangled - it's the one at the door
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, moment then. Lemme strike that line, it'll still hit you so go ahead and make your save.
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[20:41] <Kotono> The wraith grabs Alicia as it slips intothe ground, tearing away a tiny fragment of her vitality as solid floor shields better than an army of shields! OOC: Alicia.
[20:42] <Alicia> OOC: AoO?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: It has spring attack and the like, so no for you. Seira's flanking it with you so she'd get one though.
[20:42] <Alicia> OOC: You must move at least 5 feet both before and after you make your attack in order to utilize the benefits of Spring Attack.
[20:43] <Alicia> OOC: Also Latha's in melee with it as well
06[20:43] * Seira currently lacks a convenient weapon, but tries to wrack her claw across the wraith's back as it flees all the same!
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Then it moves 5 to the side as it spring attacks you and still triggers those two AoOs.
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa for Latha
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa for Latha and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 29." [1d100=29]
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
01[20:43] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 4." [1d100=4]
[20:44] <Kotono> But both attacks pass throughthe phantom as it escapes away safely! OOCAlicia now for real.
06[20:44] * Alicia hesitates, now knowing the thread posed by the squalling infant floating in a blot of umbral darkness, holding Hell Striker ready and preparing to attack when it next casts at them.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Latha.
[20:45] <Alicia> Latha on the other hand has few qualms about blasting both wraith as well as Talos and Malcanthet's grandchild with a holy smite!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 29." [5d8=5, 3, 7, 6, 8]
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: CL check.
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 17." [1d20=3]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 (+10 ???)
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 (+10 ???) and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[20:48] <Kotono> The holy power bursts...but it seems to be lackluster and impotent against the black child! It barely even touches it, the light healing away in a mere instant after! The bound wraith struggles in the bonds, while the child's eyes glow...OOC: Alicia, were youg iong to act when it acts?
[20:49] <Alicia> In an instant Alicia whips her arm forward, unleashing her blade in a spinning crescent that scythes through the wraith and then the floating baby before returning back to her hand!
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might wraith
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might wraith and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might baby
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might baby and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might wraith crit check
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might wraith crit check and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might baby crit check
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might baby crit check and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Two crits. Ow.
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 4d4+68+2d6+1d6+1d8 wraith
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+68+2d6+1d6+1d8 wraith and gets 91." [4d4=1, 2, 4, 4][2d6=6, 2][1d6=2][1d8=2]
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 4d4+68+2d6+1d6+1d8 baby
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+68+2d6+1d6+1d8 baby and gets 91." [4d4=4, 4, 2, 1][2d6=5, 1][1d6=1][1d8=5]
[20:51] <Kotono> Hell-Striker smoothly rips through both of them, greatly devastating in it's wake! But even as the wraith is nearly bisected and the black orb of a child flickers, twin black beams come from it's eyes, one at Seira and one at Antenora! OOC: Not rolling the Seira one, it's irrelevant due to her stopping energy drain.
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora's touch aC?
[20:51] <Alicia> OOC: still 23. SR?
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Su.
03[20:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2(33)>Latha(18)>Wraith 1=????=Alicia(16)>Seira(15)>Antenora(12)>Amaryl(7)>Lagann(4)'
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Two negative levels on Antenora.
[20:52] <Kotono> The twin beams fly out! Seira's woven armor glows as the beam flows around her, while Antenora's body crackles with unlife, weakening all over! OOC: Seira.
01[20:54] <Seira> As her target fled into the ground cowardly, Seira breathes holy flames at the abominations by the doorway, coming on her breath's wake and directing the Sun Blade to take another stab before withdrawing to stand protectively by Amaryl's side.
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 and gets 52." [8d8=3, 1, 5, 4, 8, 6, 6, 7][2d8=6, 6]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith and gets 15." [1d20=2]
01[20:54] <Seira> OOC: DC... haha, it failed
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 black
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 black and gets 21." [1d20=10]
03[20:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2(33)>Latha(18)>????=Alicia(16)>Seira(15)>Antenora(12)>Amaryl(7)>Lagann(4)'
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+32 BLADE on ???
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 BLADE on ??? and gets 40." [1d20=8]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[20:55] <Seira> roll 1d10+15
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+15 and gets 24." [1d10=9]
[20:55] <Kotono> Amid gold fires, the first wraith burns away, Antenora's rope falling ot the ground! The little black baby-orb is stabbed, but withstands the fury with a startling ease! OOC: Antenora.
[20:55] <Alicia> Antenora tries to stand tall even against the unpleasant effects of negative energy draining her, waiting for the reappearance of the other wraith so she can bind it with her rope...
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl. To be clear, Antenora's going for her rope and then holding?
01[20:57] <Seira> Amaryl independantly arrives at the same idea as Antenora, intending to put as many arrows into the wraith as she is able to once it resurfaces.
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann?
01[20:57] <Seira> Lagann gleefully attempts to stab the creepy baby thing with the Resort!
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[20:58] <Kotono> But the child drifts between the blade, it's cries seeming to ward of Lagann! OOC: Wraith 2.
[20:59] <Kotono> The second wraith erupts at the ground, going for Alicia again...OOC: Unload on it.
01[20:59] <Seira> Amaryl is only too happy to try and intercept the wraith!
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 2=Amaryl=Antenora(33)>Latha(18)>????=Alicia(16)>Seira(15)>Lagann(4)'
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 113." [4#1d20+19 = 28, 25, 34, 26]
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 53." [2#1d20+14 = 20, 33]
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: Anty doesn't need to go for it, she already had a hold on it, and can control it remotely anyway
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 ranged touch bondage
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 ranged touch bondage and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. No luck since wraiths are all touch AC. Roll your incorpreal misses, Seira? 5 hits.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 5#1d100
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d100 and gets 296." [5#1d100 = 88, 43, 72, 4, 89]
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on Anty
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+5+1d6+1d6
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+5+1d6+1d6 and gets 48." [3#1d8+5+1d6+1d6 = 14, 20, 14]
[21:02] <Kotono> Belt and bow is all Amaryl needs, shooting off arrow after arrow after arrow! They pass through the wraith as it goes into the arrows to avoid Antenora's lasso, then claws at Alicia!
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 3." [2d6=1, 2]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[21:02] <Kotono> Once again Alicia endures the terrible touch, her blessed skin resisting the vitality drain! OOC: Latha.
[21:03] <Alicia> Latha does her best to bludgeon the wraith to re-death now that it's appeared in their midst once again!
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -2pa
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -2pa and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -2pa
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -2pa and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -2pa
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -2pa and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 2#1d100
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d100 and gets 172." [2#1d100 = 98, 74]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 2d8+32+4d6
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+32+4d6 and gets 58." [2d8=8, 5][4d6=2, 6, 4, 1]
[21:05] <Kotono> Latha brains the black wraith into near oblivion, beating them down over and over and over! OOC: Incidentally, everyone but Seira takes another point of damage, I forgot it's aura. Alicia and the spawn are up.
06[21:06] * Alicia flies over to engage the wretched thing that should not be in melee, Hell Striker swinging in a wide horizontal arc as she bears down upon it!
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7 pa
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7 pa and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7 pa crit check
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7 pa crit check and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Crit
[21:07] <Kotono> .
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 4d4+64+2d6+1d6+1d
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+64+2d6+1d6+1d and gets 86." [4d4=3, 3, 1, 3][2d6=3, 6][1d6=2]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d8
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8 and gets 1." [1d8=1]
[21:07] <Alicia> OOC: 87
[21:08] <Kotono> Alicia charges, slashing through the tiny thing! It endures even this, it's unholy make up refusing to meet true death! Instead, a dreadful wave of cold emits from it once more!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 CR
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 CR and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 15d6 ref half all, all cold damage. Latha immunes cold so no point in rolling ofr her.
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 ref half all, all cold damage. Latha immunes cold so no point in rolling ofr her. and gets 61." [15d6=6, 3, 1, 4, 5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 41." [1d20=11]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 A
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 A and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 Anty
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 Anty and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: All passed.
[21:10] <Kotono> A split moment later, a dreadful black, icy ray comes out, this one at Antenora!
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 20d6*1.5 (half cold half non typed)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6*1.5 (half cold half non typed) and gets 114." [20d6=3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 6, 4, 3, 6, 4, 4, 2, 4, 6, 5, 2]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[21:12] <Kotono> The beam turns Antenora's body into a near black icicle, limbs barely moving and face with a mask of suffocating ice all over it! OOC: Amaryl.
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Seira.
01[21:14] <Seira> As Alicia is engaging the creepy thing in melee, Seira decides to swap targets and takes to the air, swooping down on the wraith! Giving Latha a curt nod, she skewers the wraith on the Sun Blade, using its distraction to attack it in earnest!
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 blade
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 blade and gets 47." [1d20=13]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 36." [1d20=15]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Everything but the 24 hits, roll d100s.
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d100
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d100 and gets 105." [2#1d100 = 78, 27]
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 1d10+15+1d4+5+2d8
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+15+1d4+5+2d8 and gets 34." [1d10=2][1d4=2][2d8=3, 7]
03[21:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl=Antenora(33)>Latha(18)>????=Alicia(16)>Seira(15)>Lagann(4)'
[21:15] <Kotono> Wounded oncem ore, the wraith flickers away into oblivion, form dissipating into foulness in the air! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:15] <Seira> Lagann maneuvers the Resort into a flanking position to assist Alicia, attempting a precise strike.
01[21:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:16] <Seira> roll 3d8+4 Lagann is happy
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4 Lagann is happy and gets 18." [3d8=3, 6, 5]
[21:17] <Kotono> The scion is grazed by Lagann, drawing another wound into it's inky black oblivion! OOC: Amaryl'n'Antenora.
01[21:18] <Seira> Amaryl decides to use her maneuverability, now that no wraiths are present, and shoots off four arrows at the thing that should not exist.
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 132." [4#1d20+18 = 36, 31, 33, 32]
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 4#1d100
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d100 and gets 124." [4#1d100 = 4, 22, 43, 55]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d8+5+1d6+1d6 a shame
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+5+1d6+1d6 a shame and gets 20." [1d8=5][1d6=5][1d6=5]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: The baby doesn't have incorpreal.
01[21:19] <Seira> OOC: My bad!
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d8+5+1d6+1d6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+5+1d6+1d6 and gets 16." [1d8=3][1d6=5][1d6=3]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+5+1d6+1d6+6d6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+5+1d6+1d6+6d6 and gets 70." [2#1d8+5+1d6+1d6+6d6 = 40, 30]
[21:20] <Alicia> Antenora grimaces, flexing her limbs and causing brittle black ice to fall off of her. She's in a bad way now, and the only way to make it better is to kill the source of her pain! Telepathically asking Latha for help, she charges alongside Alicia to impale the powerful spellcasting infant!
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -2pa divine succor on Amaryl
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -2pa divine succor on Amaryl and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 2d8+38
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+38 and gets 48." [2d8=2, 8]
[21:21] <Kotono> Arrows rain into the orb, punctuated by a spear stabbing into the center! The cursed baby is wounded twice and twice again, a foul red-black blood trickling out of the orb, but it still lives in whatever existance it has! OOC: Latha.
[21:22] <Alicia> Hearing Antenora's plea, Latha approaches behind the erinyes and bestows powerful healing magic upon her!
[21:23] <Kotono> Antenora's wounds vanish away, healed! OOC: Alicia and the baby.
06[21:24] * Alicia attempts to finish the wounded thing off, slicing into it again and again as she senses the kill!
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 45." [1d20=11]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 49." [1d20=20]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike crit check
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike crit check and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -4pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 27 hit.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 6d4+102+4d6+2d6+2d8+8d4
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+102+4d6+2d6+2d8+8d4 and gets 168." [6d4=4, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1][4d6=3, 2, 4, 5][2d6=3, 3][2d8=5, 4][8d4=4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 4, 1]
[21:25] <Kotono> Alicia chops straight through the baby! It's body spilts apart, breaking into oblivion! BUt even as it dies, a cone of cold erupts from it, then a black ice beam at Antenora!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR on cone
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR on cone and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR on beam
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR on beam and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 15d6 cold on all, ref half, Antenora lucked out on more beam rape.
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 cold on all, ref half, Antenora lucked out on more beam rape. and gets 48." [15d6=1, 6, 3, 5, 6, 4, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 5, 1]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 33." [1d20=3]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 A
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 A and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 Anty
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 Anty and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: All passed.
[21:26] <Kotono> The cone and beam pass over, coming to little as the treasure room is covered with ice...OOC: Free act.
[21:27] <Alicia> "What a revolting creature..." Alicia shudders, stepping back from the disintegrated orb. "Is everyone okay?"
01[21:28] <Seira> "More or less," Seira admits, glancing at Amaryl.
[21:28] <Kotono> "I'll live," With a shaky smile as she leans on her spear, alighting to the ground, "We need to hurry and find the lich. We can't fend off attacks for ever."
[21:28] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, moving to cover herself, "I'm okay, just let me dress?" Which she promptly begin to.
01[21:29] <Seira> "Do you think you could ward her from the cold, in case there's more freaks like that here?" Seira asks Alicia quietly.
06[21:29] * Alicia has Latha fill her up with more dispel evils which she can convert to spellfire, nodding to Seira and proceeding to heal Latha and cast said spell on her once she's appropriately dressed. Meanwhile Latha makes up for Antenora's weakness by inspiring heroism within her.
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 12d4+12
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+12 and gets 46." [12d4=4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4]
[21:31] <Alicia> OOC: heal Amaryl, that is
[21:31] <Kotono> "If the lich wishes to be found, he's probably on the level we left behind," Latha says, as she slides her bracers into place, "The fact that it took raw destruction to reach here makes me wonder if he meant us not to ever find our gear before facing him, naked and vulnerable."
06[21:31] * Seira bestows Heroism upon Amaryl as well, as the one Lagann had is soon to disappear, giving her a chance to cast Stoneskin upon herself while she's at it, just in case.
[21:32] <Alicia> "Or we just missed the stairs, but the logic is sound," Alicia nods to Latha, regarding Hell Striker for a moment. "What happened after we were seperated?" she asks the sword, wondering if it has any useful insight.
06[21:34] * Seira finds this a great idea, shamelessly stealing it.
06[21:34] * Alicia nods. "Sounds like our host did appear here long enough to box up Seira's familiar, but it said nothing," she informs the others. "Lets head back to the lower level, then?"
01[21:35] <Seira> "If he expects us downstairs, why not trash this level first, then?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "One way or another we're going to have to clean this place top to bottom, but I'd prefer to kill the lich first to ensure we can do so with as few interruptions as possible," Alicia reasons.
01[21:37] <Seira> "I was thinking in terms of allies it might call to his side, and eroding those before making our way to face him," Seira elaborates.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Besides, better to face him at full strength than once we've been weakened by his minions."
01[21:37] <Seira> "I'm easily convinced. Let's go?"
[21:38] <Kotono> Thus the party returns to the gaping hole leading to above and below. Antenora is on guard the entire time, shaking her head, "No reinforcements that I can sense, but I didn't sense that stone creature, so if there's more unliving beings?" With a shrug, "Who takes point?"
06[21:38] * Alicia nods. "Lets - if he summons wraiths we can easily see them off with the power of the sun, after all," she smiles confidently, pausing long enough to cast greater magic weapon on Antenora's spear before she leads the way back down the tunnel.
06[21:38] * Seira follows closely, trusting in her senses and Lagann's to warn them if need be.
06[21:39] * Alicia heals Seira some as they go.
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 31." [10d4=1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2]
[21:39] <Alicia> Latha also casts Aid on everyone.
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10 Seira
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10 Seira and gets 17." [1d8=7]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10 Alicia
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10 Alicia and gets 13." [1d8=3]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10 Latha
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10 Latha and gets 14." [1d8=4]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10 Antenora
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10 Antenora and gets 13." [1d8=3]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d8+10 Amaryl
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+10 Amaryl and gets 18." [1d8=8]
[21:40] <Kotono> Thus the party descends down into the hole. The air down here is smoky, the bodies having burned. Farther ahead, much farther ahead, you can see fires continue to burn, more bodies roasting.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Lets go in the other direction?" Alicia points to the opposite passage that remains unexplored. It's better than walking through a field of burning bodies.
06[21:41] * Seira is only too eager to put distance between that thrice-accursed place and them.
[21:46] <Kotono> Thus you return to the hallway of imprison ment, passing by the door of your captivity. You find a few more doors like the one you were sealed in, then a bleak, dark door. It is carved like a black maw, bands of iron filled with glowing green stone in between them.
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 glowing stone surely means magic?
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 glowing stone surely means magic? and gets 40." [1d20=14]
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 and surely means search?
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and surely means search? and gets 46." [1d20=16]
01[21:49] <Seira> "It's very trapped," Seira mutters. "How about just trying to wear it down with anti-magic?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "Antimagic won't work, this is beyond the ninth circle," Alicia shakes her head. "Also it'll trigger defences when dispelled. Lets try going around it instead?"
01[21:52] <Seira> "I would wonder if he hadn't thought of that, but we did skip the staircase earlier," Seira agrees. "Sure. If that doesn't work, I'll give the door a try."
06[21:53] * Alicia moves back twenty feet from the door and then proceeds to fire a blast of spellfire at a forty five degree angle towards it, tunnelling through the wall on the right-hand side!
[21:53] <Alicia> roll 10d8 DC 27 should it matter
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d8 DC 27 should it matter and gets 36." [10d8=6, 1, 2, 5, 2, 2, 3, 3, 7, 5]
06[21:53] * Seira steps even farther back, ready to react if this brings down guardians upon them.
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Basically bypassing the door?
[21:53] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[21:56] <Kotono> Alicia carves a tunnel out! Beyond the door, you can see a pitch blackness, save for a single path. It is held up by infinite skeletal hands, each palm providing a 10 feet wide path in the darkness. Utter cold blows out of the hole, twisted, ghost-white faces erupting out and howling! OOC: Make will saves all.
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 A
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 A and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 Alicia
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 Alicia and gets 49." [1d20=18]
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Anty
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Anty and gets 42." [1d20=10]
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Make a fort save Latha, +10 bonus.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 41." [1d20=7]
[21:58] <Kotono> The howling surrounds all of you, trying to worm into your bodies! It's a battle of the soul taking place over a moment, each of you true...save for Latha! One burrows into her head, Latha screaming! Her body glows white, the spirit dissipating as it flies out of her mouth! OOC: Go ahead and act.
[21:59] <Alicia> OOC: are we still being assailed by the ghostfaces or is it over?
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: It's over.
06[21:59] * Seira scowls, before throwing Latha a worried look.
[21:59] <Alicia> "Latha! Are you alright?" Alicia turns to the deva in concern.
[22:00] <Kotono> Latha falls to her knees, babbling in Elven, "ChildrunchildrunnoAbrosorunchildrunchildrun!" She splurts out, before shaking her head, holding it in both hands. "I...I am...I am alright." With a shaking gaze as she does, "The spirit tried to take my physical form. It's memories overwhelmed me."
06[22:02] * Seira shudders, kneeling next to the deva and putting her arm around her shoulders comfortingly.
06[22:02] * Alicia remains besides Latha for a moment, putting an arm around her and rubbing her shoulders. "Take a moment, we seem to be safe for now," she reassures.
[22:02] <Kotono> Latha uses the two to help rise, "No, I will not rest. That woman was a victim of the evil here. To rest after seeing her torment would be an insult to her pain. We advance."
[22:03] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia nods, respecting that commitment and starting through the tunnel she just dug.
06[22:04] * Seira silently imbues Amaryl with the Blur spell, nodding at the elf as she places her hand on her shoulder and resolving to keep to the back for the time being.
[22:07] <Kotono> Thus you walk onto the path. Each step is dry, as if the bones beneath you are about to crumble. In the darkness around you, ghostly faces soar. Faces of humans, elves, dwarves and so many other things that you don't know, too twisted or too alien to identify. Each one weeps tears of ghostly mist, lamenting in silence. Yet the lamentation begins to form something, silence transforming into words. In Abyssal, "Praise to the Eternal, glory be to
[22:07] <Kotono> silence transforming into words. In Abyssal, "Praise to the Eternal, glory be to He who sits in Bleak Rendor! Accursed of neverlife, the once and future king!"
06[22:08] * Alicia grimaces at the souls being forced to honour the one responsible for their suffering. "Is there any way we can release them?" she asks quietly, wings tense and ready to take flight at any moment.
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Make an K:R check, Alicia or anyone else who cares to answer that.
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 I care
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 I care and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[22:09] <Kotono> "Be silent." Antenora continues to peer ahead, "Soon you will sing a far more blessed song."
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Latha's the expert
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Latha's the expert and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 but I'll roll too
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 but I'll roll too and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:10] <Kotono> "We may be able to, but this is on such a level that a simple dispel magic will do nothing. It will take something profound to free them." Latha advances onward, "As for what exactly, I do not know, but it iwll be a matter I attend to once our host is brough to justice."
06[22:11] * Alicia nods, trying to tune out the horrid dirge as they continue.
01[22:11] <Seira> "Whatever help you need in that, you'll get it," Seira promises.
[22:13] <Kotono> "Thank you." Latha smiles to her, as the party advances ahead. As you do, a single indistinct white face gusts in, appearing 20 feet before the party! It screams and twists, forming into a transparent body. "Good day..." Alice murmurs in a whisper, hooded face devoid of flesh even in this, empty save for glowing points of darklight, "Welcome to oblivion. I'll be happy to help you find what you're looking for...eternal penance and torment." Aro
[22:13] <Kotono> I'll be happy to help you find what you're looking for...eternal penance and torment." Around her, white faces and souls swirl, screaming the dirge so loud as to nearly deafen you.
01[22:14] <Seira> "It's a trick!" Seira exclaims. "Elle made sure Alice was put to rest!"
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 religion, shouldn't killing wraith-alice have sent her properly on her way?
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 religion, shouldn't killing wraith-alice have sent her properly on her way? and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:15] <Kotono> "There is no escape from this fate. My fate was sealed when my mortal body died. But fear not, for I was freed. Let me have you join me." The spirits around her howl, "Prepare."
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init? She's not standinghere and chatting old times.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 10." [1d20=2]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 LIES
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 LIES and gets 25." [1d20=19]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 11." [1d20=3]
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 L
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 L and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
01[22:16] <Seira> OOC: Minus the +8, so Lagann is on 18
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(25)>Lagann(18)>Alice=Antenora(15)>Amaryl(11)>Latha(10)>Alicia(8)'
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 is there basis for my disbelief?
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 is there basis for my disbelief? and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: What check are yourolling exactly?
06[22:19] * Seira grimaces. "If this is for real, then I'm sorry I wasn't there to save you, Alice, and I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to get along with you. Whether before, with Elle, or now... you'll have your rest!"
06[22:19] * Seira breathes fire upon the wraith.
01[22:19] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 and gets 55." [8d8=4, 5, 8, 6, 4, 5, 7, 8][2d8=4, 4]
01[22:19] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d4 dc is 18
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 dc is 18 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[22:20] <Kotono> Alice's body is turned aflame, dodging some of it as souls appear to form a barrier around her! But some still gets through! "We'll have forever to get along. If you listen, you can hear His hunger."
[22:20] <Kotono> OC: Lagann.
01[22:21] <Seira> Lagann borrows Amaryl's Sun Blade, going straight for the kill.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d10+4
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+4 and gets 13." [1d10=9]
[22:22] <Kotono> The sunblade slices through Alice, making her form flicker! But she raises a hand to the sky, "Become one of us!" She calls, as white faces scream and hurtle at the party! OOC: Will saves, all.
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 A
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 A and gets 16." [1d20=1]
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 Alicia
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 Alicia and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Anty
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Anty and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Seira and Amarly need to make fort saves in one of the worst rolling sessions I've seen lately. Ow.
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 A
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 A and gets 42." [1d20=20]
01[22:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Both of you two take two points of con drain but nothing more.
[22:24] <Kotono> Spirits erupt out around you! This time, all but Seira and Amaryl are able to resist! The two are overwhelmed, meaningless regrets and knowledge unknow flooding them as they are nearly taken over! OOC: Antenora.
[22:27] <Alicia> Warding off the spirits assailing her, Antenora lets her rope do the talking as it snakes outwards to curl around Alice's form, binding her to the physical realm!
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 ranged touch
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 ranged touch and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[22:27] <Kotono> The rope wraps around Alice, her body becoming soild and corpreal! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:29] <Seira> That's exactly what Amaryl needs as she maneuvers herself before shooting four arrows at Elle's unfortunate assistant to send her soul towards her judgement.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 129." [4#1d20+18 = 35, 34, 32, 28]
[22:29] <Kotono> OOC: All hits
[22:29] <Kotono> .
01[22:30] <Seira> roll 4d8+24+4d6+4d6+12d6
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d8+24+4d6+4d6+12d6 and gets 104." [4d8=1, 6, 3, 5][4d6=6, 4, 5, 3][4d6=3, 3, 5, 2][12d6=4, 2, 2, 6, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 5, 3]
[22:30] <Kotono> Alice is arrowed through her, the arrows embedding into her spiritual chest! She staggers back, held tight in the rope! OOC: Latha.
01[22:31] <Seira> "Maybe the sun can ward the ghosts off?" Seira asks Latha.
[22:33] <Alicia> Latha looks sorrowfully at Alice, Latha speaks a single word of the language of creation, the effort weakening her slightly but hopefully bolstering her power enough to bring peace to the surrounding spirits.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 2d4 nonlethal for words of creation
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 nonlethal for words of creation and gets 4." [2d4=3, 1]
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will for CL 17 holy word
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[22:34] <Alicia> roll 2d4 again, should've been 4d4
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 again, should've been 4d4 and gets 3." [2d4=2, 1]
[22:35] <Kotono> The word is of beauty that momentarily draws the spirits to rest. Many of them recoil, some vanishing away entirely! Alice staggers back from it, "FILTHY!" Her voice hisses, "FILTHY!" OOC: Alicia.
06[22:35] * Alicia is distracted momentarily, her attention drawn to the side...
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 you whore
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 you whore and gets 34." [1d20=3]
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 devotion
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 devotion and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:44] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes narrow at the blasphemous taunting, focusing her attention back on Alice. "They say the Gods have no power here," she begins with icy calm, whether the spirit can hear her or not. "And yet they let me in. I am Mystra's sword, and I bring Her will wherever I go."
[22:44] <Alicia> "Be at peace, Alice, for I send you to rest that was denied. She has not forgotten you," she reassures, voice turning sofer, almost comforting as she strides up to the hissing spectre, a lightning-fast flash of silver trailing flames as she hopefully makes good on her promise.
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 -8pa divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[22:45] <Kotono> Alicia comes forth! Yet as she does, twisting souls appear, stopping her blade! Mystra's distended, bloated, dead face appears in them, biting Alicia's sword back! "FILTHY!" Alice howls, "FILTHY GODDESS! FILTHY WHORE OF A GODDESS!" OOC: Seira.
01[22:47] <Seira> "You don't need us to tell you that you haven't been forgotten," Seira tells Alice's apparition, boxing it off along with Alicia even as she attempts to bring it peace with the Resort. "I'm only sorry it took this long to help you."
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: No d100, Antenora roped it.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+2d8 sorry
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+2d8 sorry and gets 34." [3d8=5, 3, 8][2d8=7, 2]
[22:49] <Kotono> With that final thrust, Alice's form shudders. Like the night at the glorious dawn, it is filled with light. Her head bobs down, "...cold...tell...Countess....I'ms orry I can't...mind her...shop..." she sighs, "But I'm so...tired..." Her ghostly form rises upward, fading away.
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
06[22:50] * Seira says a prayer to the loyal mage, hoping that she finds her peace in Mystra's domain.
[22:50] <Kotono> "Hurry." Latha steps forward, "The foul ones await us."
06[22:50] * Alicia briefly eyes Hell Striker, frowning at how she was denied after making such a big production of things. At least things worked out, but even so... she'll save the profound commentary for *after* she hits things in future. "Perhaps we'll meet again one day, Alice," she whispers, watching it go before nodding to Latha and pressing on.
06[22:52] * Seira once more resigns herself to bringing up the rear along with Amaryl.
[22:53] <Kotono> Thus you walk along the dead path. You walk and you walk and you walk for a good five minutes, souls raging around the road. But at last, you come to a doorway. It's carved of the skull of a gigantic creature, long, narrow mouth full of teeth. At the back of it's throat is pure darkness, forming the shape of a door.
[22:53] <Alicia> Is it magic?
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft for useful info?
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft for useful info? and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:55] <Alicia> "The door's magic, but the ward is designed to keep the spirits in. It shouldn't trouble us," Alicia opines, going to push the door open.
[22:58] <Kotono> Thus you step through the darkness! Ahead of you darkness dwells. You stand in a room of black. Above, a dead sky can be seen, a hole in the center of the 'roof' showing utter oblivion. Pillars support the ceiling along the walls, each one carved as if giant demons and skeletons were supporting them. Fourty feet away, at the back, lies a great throne. Below it is a rug of lips, chanting wordless paeans of blasphemy. BEfore this throne three c
[22:58] <Kotono> Pillars support the ceiling along the walls, each one carved as if giant demons and skeletons were supporting them. Fourty feet away, at the back, lies a great throne. Below it is a rug of lips, chanting wordless paeans of blasphemy. BEfore this throne three charnel hounds sit, ringed in front by six dread wraiths. Sitting on the throne is your tormentor, standing. "Absurdity!" He says in a cold bellow, "That mere bugs dare to live in my pres
[22:58] <Kotono> "Absurdity!" He says in a cold bellow, "That mere bugs dare to live in my presence! Know your place and die!"
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 I won't be foooled twice! (what magic does he have?)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 I won't be foooled twice! (what magic does he have?) and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[23:01] <Kotono> "Cursed spawn of oblivion!" Latha points the head of her mace forward, "Defiler of all that is living and right! Face judgment for your sins on the innocent!"
01[23:01] <Seira> "Beg for your filthy soul to be released to its judgement," Seira spits at their enemy. "Cry for it to come quickly!"
[23:02] <Alicia> "Too long have you dodged Kelemvor's grip, odious corpse that walks," Alicia throws in some flowery language of her own. "If you will not make peace with any Gods, then make peace with your own ego. For you will end now."
[23:02] <Kotono> "Good night. No one will mourn you," Antenora speaks in Celestial, wings ready to take her ot the air.
[23:03] <Kotono> "I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of any of you." Amaryl stays close to Seira, "Because we can't let you go on any more! You killed so many for what? Power...you killed me for your twisted pleasure!" Her voice turns into a shout, "Die!"
[23:04] <Kotono> "Meaningless prattle!" He growls, "You are naught but gnats to my magic! Know the name that will be the last you hear in this mortal life: Glaciante Devarim! Silence shall be your tombstone, Bleak Rendor shall be your prison!" OOC: Init here, I think.
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 18." [1d20=10]
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 23." [1d20=15]
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 5." [1d20=5]
03[23:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora(10)>Lagann(5)'
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 1
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 2
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 1 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 2 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 3
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 3 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 4
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 4 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 5
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 5 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 wraith 6
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 wraith 6 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 hound 12
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 hound 12 and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 hound 2
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 hound 3
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 hound 2 and gets 3." [1d20=1]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 hound 3 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
03[23:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Wraith 4(22)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora(10)>Lagann(5)'
03[23:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Wraith 4(22)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Wraith 5(14)>Antenora(10)>Lagann(5)'
03[23:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Amaryl(23)>Wraith 4=Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Wraith 5(14)>Antenora(10)>Lagann(5)'
03[23:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Amaryl(23)>Wraith 4=Seira(22)>Wraith 6(19)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Hound 1(15)>Wraith 5(14)>Glaciante(11)>Antenora(10)>Hound 3(9)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
[23:09] <Kotono> The first three wraiths dart out as one, going straight for Antenora!
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 1
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 2
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 3
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 1 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 2 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 3 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[23:09] <Alicia> OOC: 23
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 1
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 1 and gets 8." [2d6=3, 5]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort 3
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort 3 and gets 10." [2d6=5, 5]
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 43." [1d20=11]
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 50." [1d20=18]
[23:10] <Alicia> OOC: Remember the -1
[23:10] <Kotono> Antenora is surrounded by wraiths, but keeps herself only wounded and moving, not drained to a lifeless husk! OOC: Okay. -1 to those damages. Amaryl.
01[23:13] <Seira> Heading twenty feet to the right so that the lich would have trouble targetting them all, Amaryl just barely hangs in range of Latha's aura even as she concentrates her fire on one of the wraiths that have yet to move.
01[23:13] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 106." [4#1d20+18 = 20, 32, 33, 21]
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. Choose a number of the nont moved ones, by the way.
[23:14] <Kotono> *not
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: Also d100s.
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d100 wraith 4
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d100 wraith 4 and gets 179." [2#1d100 = 96, 83]
01[23:14] <Seira> roll 2d8+12+2d6+2d6+6d6
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+12+2d6+2d6+6d6 and gets 48." [2d8=3, 7][2d6=2, 3][2d6=3, 1][6d6=1, 1, 4, 1, 5, 5]
[23:15] <Kotono> The arrows are true and fast, the fourth wraith being perforated! It charges at Amaryl in retort, going right at her! OOC: Wraith and Seira are up, lemme resolve the wraith first.
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 28." [1d20=12]
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
01[23:16] <Seira> OOC: 26
[23:16] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 7." [2d6=3, 4]
01[23:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[23:17] <Kotono> Amaryl's stone blessed skin stops the pain, the wraith's touch unable to syphon away her life this time! OOC: Seira.
06[23:18] * Seira is but half a step behind Amaryl, only pausing to sheathe herself with flowing acid before stepping in front of the elf, Resort drawn and images springing up all around her!
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 8." [1d4=3]
[23:19] <Kotono> Thus Seira is surrounded by steaming acid, protecting her body as she shields Amaryl! OOC: Wraith 6.
[23:19] <Kotono> The sixth wraith is relentless, going right for Latha, ready to rip out her heart!
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 3." [2d6=2, 1]
[23:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[23:20] <Kotono> Latha resists, pushing the ghostly hand out of her chest and from claiming her eternal life and soul! OOC: Latha.
[23:20] <Alicia> Doing as she just did a moment ago, Latha speaks a single clear word in the language of creation!
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 4d4
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4 and gets 11." [4d4=3, 3, 3, 2]
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 6#1d100 assume only wraiths have low enough hd
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d100 assume only wraiths have low enough hd and gets 130." [6#1d100 = 14, 2, 5, 62, 13, 34]
[23:21] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 for one of them
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[23:21] <Alicia> roll 2d4 blinded rounds
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 blinded rounds and gets 5." [2d4=3, 2]
[23:21] <Kotono> The fourth wraith in front of Seira howls, rocking back as Latha's sacred power blinds it, taking away it's cursed vision! OOC: Alicia.
[23:23] <Alicia> Hopefully this is the real deal... Alicia first of all employs the magic of her boots, freezing time around her! With everything frozen, she channls a greater dispel magic into Hell Striker and casts Might of the Planetar. Then she casts Fires of Purity and flies over to hover above Glaciente as time resumes and she attacks!
[23:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 devotion
06[23:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 devotion and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa and gets 39." [1d20=4]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[23:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might, raging, 7th 4th and 3rd level arcane strike -5pa and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, d100.
[23:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[23:26] <Kotono> Alicia so appears, but the mage is not surprised! He side steps the blows, yet one goes through his head! BUt he flickers, sitting back on the throne instead! "Pathetic worm, your martial power cannot compare to my power!" He sneers, "You claim to stop time? Pathetic!" OOC: Hound 1 is up.
[23:27] <Kotono> The first hound snarls, charging Latha head on!
[23:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:28] <Alicia> OOC: 41 vs evil
[23:28] <Kotono> But the snapping maw is stopped by a flow of pure holy energy around her, buffering the huge corpse-hound back! OOC:Wraith 5.
[23:28] <Kotono> The fifth wraith turns, darting for Alicia's back and reaching out for her neck!
[23:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[23:28] <Alicia> OOC: 16 touch AC, Latha's too far away
[23:29] <Kotono> But Alicia is too fast, whirling Hell-Striker back and knocking the ghost-hand away from her! OOC: Mage is up.
[23:29] <Alicia> OOC: 15 damage from fires of purity, though
[23:30] <Kotono> In his hand an orb appears. It is an orb of black, sitting in his skeletal hands. In it skull-faces writhe and scream with nary a sound. "Now this is power!" He calls, a word of such dreadful potetency that it turns the very room pitch black for a moment, before a field of darkness engulfs Alicia! OOC: Ref.
[23:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[23:30] <Kotono> roll 21*6
06[23:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 21*6 and gets 126."
[23:30] <Kotono> OOC: 126 vile damage and 1 negative level.
[23:31] <Kotono> The orb in his hands glows as the skulls within chant, as a swarm of black laced meteors appear, aimed at Latha! "Be silent, angel!"
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27 SR
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 SR and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha and gets 35." [1d20=20]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha and gets 23." [1d20=8]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha and gets 32." [1d20=17]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha crit
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch Latha crit and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[23:32] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[23:32] <Alicia> OOC: 20
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 4d6+12d6 half fire half non typed
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+12d6 half fire half non typed and gets 67." [4d6=4, 5, 6, 4][12d6=6, 5, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 1, 2, 1, 6, 4]
[23:33] <Kotono> roll 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed
[23:33] <Kotono> roll 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed
[23:33] <Kotono> roll 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed and gets 36." [2d6=3, 6][6d6=5, 5, 6, 5, 4, 2]
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed and gets 14." [2d6=1, 1][6d6=2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1]
06[23:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+6d6 half fire half non typed and gets 26." [2d6=2, 1][6d6=3, 5, 5, 2, 3, 5]
[23:35] <Kotono> As Alicia's flesh is ripped away, vileness nearly turning her into a skeleton, LAtha is knocked down, each meteor turning her blacker and dimmre! Glaciante sits on his throne, "You cling to life? Do you know now the difference between what you call power and what I know as power, worm?" OOC: Antenora.
[23:36] <Alicia> Antenora doesn't waste time on the wraiths surrounding her, knowing they'll be sent running in a moment when someone unleashes the power of the sun. Instead she focuses her attention on Glaciante, waiting for an opening so she can support and shut him up...
[23:36] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to charge him when he casts
[23:37] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Hound 3 is up.
[23:37] <Kotono> The third hound snarls, charging Seira head on!
[23:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[23:37] <Kotono> But it misses even the images, snapping into thin air! OOC: Lagann.
01[23:38] <Seira> Manipulating the Sun Blade with the powers of its demented mind, Lagann raises it high in the center of the chamber, calling upon the sun to grace this desolated landscape with its presence!
[23:41] <Kotono> Thus Lagann spreads the light of the sun, the chamber being lit by pure sunlight! The wraiths seem to shimmer in it, shimmer and howl! OOC: Hound 3.
[23:42] <Kotono> The third hound hisses in the sunlight, before nonetheless charging Seira as well!
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-4 sunlight)
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-4 sunlight) and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 9." [1d9=9]
01[23:42] <Seira> OOC: Touch or normal?
[23:43] <Kotono> An image is torn apart, bu tnothing more! OOC: Normal. Image 8 goes bye bye.
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: Wraiths are up.
[23:43] <Kotono> As one, the wraiths shriek and fly back towards the throne, away from the sun! OOC: Amaryl.
01[23:45] <Seira> Amaryl takes a step back, unloading six arrows straight at the first of the hounds to attack Seira.
01[23:45] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 129." [4#1d20+19 = 38, 32, 23, 36]
01[23:45] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 58." [2#1d20+14 = 31, 27]
[23:45] <Kotono> OOC: Al but the twenty three hit.
01[23:45] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+6+1d6+1d6
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 and gets 89." [5#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 = 19, 21, 16, 18, 15]
[23:47] <Kotono> Amaryl's arrows of fire burn away at the corpse-hound, it's bodies within steaming and smoking from the embedded arrows! THe fourth wraith flees towards the throne as well! OOC: Seira.
06[23:48] * Seira decides to finish the job, striking out at the wounded hound with all she's got, her claw dripping acid!
01[23:49] <Seira> OOC: First time trying arcane claw for corrosive grasp~
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
01[23:49] <Seira> OOC: +2
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
01[23:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
01[23:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 sr on acid
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 sr on acid and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[23:50] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits, terrible dice. SR passed.
01[23:51] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+3d8+9+1d4+2+1d8+1 resort+claw+acid from claw
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+3d8+9+1d4+2+1d8+1 resort+claw+acid from claw and gets 58." [3d8=8, 1, 4][3d8=7, 6, 6][1d4=1][1d8=4]
[23:52] <Kotono> The hound is wounded over, body scorched by smelly acid as well! Seira is relentless in her clawing, ripping more and more of the dead flesh away! OOC: Wraith 6.
[23:52] <Kotono> The sixth wraith flees as well from the sun, towards the throne! OOC: Latha.
[23:53] <Alicia> Latha steps into the middle of the room under Lagann to protect everyone with her aura, and unleashes a holy smite atop Glaciente and his wraith cronies!
[23:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 liches have SR?
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 liches have SR? and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: d100 for the wraiths, roll damage.
[23:53] <Alicia> roll 6#1d100
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d100 and gets 372." [6#1d100 = 96, 96, 13, 27, 51, 89]
[23:53] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 19." [5d8=5, 1, 6, 4, 3]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 4#1d20+13
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d20+13 and gets 85." [4#1d20+13 = 23, 19, 16, 27]
[23:54] <Alicia> OOC: remembered the -1?
[23:54] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[23:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[23:54] <Kotono> The holy energies rip into the battle, the dread lich barely effected, while the wraiths howl! OOC: Alicia.
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers and gets 60." [1d20=20]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers crit check
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers crit check and gets 45." [1d20=5]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[23:57] <Alicia> OOC: Greater Dispel Magic. How many rolls?
[23:57] <Kotono> OOC: I think you actually forgot to describe your attack first, to be fair.
[23:58] <Alicia> OOC: I'll do that now!
Session Time: Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Alicia> Wilting slightly under the assault of vile necromantic magic, Alicia tightens her grip on Hell Striker and glares down at the lich. "I underestimated you..."
[00:00] <Alicia> "Now I won't hold back," she promises, wanting to make him regret his transition to undeath and the accompanying loss of healthy vitality as she slices downwards with a dweomer-shattering strike to tear apart his protections before blowing past his defences and ripping his skeletal frame and starched skin to shreds!
[00:00] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[00:00] <Alicia> OOC: how many dispels so I can strip his defences before continuing my full attack?
[00:00] <Kotono> OOC: Six dispel checks.
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[00:01] <Kotono> OOC: Stop there.
[00:01] <Kotono> OOC: Make a will save.
[00:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[00:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[00:02] <Kotono> OOC: -4 drain to all stats. Go ahead and roll damage.
[00:02] <Alicia> OOC: I'll do my remaining attacks first
[00:02] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[00:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+40 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers and gets 44." [1d20=4]
[00:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers and gets 54." [1d20=19]
[00:02] <Alicia> OOC: -2 to both those
[00:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers smite
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers smite and gets 43." [1d20=9]
[00:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers crit check
06[00:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -4pa divine might 7th 5th 2nd level arcane strike bracers crit check and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[00:03] <Kotono> OOC: All hits, no d100 needed, you got the right enchantment at least.
[00:05] <Alicia> roll 12d4+88+126+8d6+4d6+4d8+56d4
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+88+126+8d6+4d6+4d8+56d4 and gets 448." [12d4=2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2][8d6=1, 3, 6, 2, 4, 6, 3, 2][4d6=5, 6, 1, 1][4d8=2, 2, 2, ]
03[00:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Amaryl(23)>Wraith 4=Seira(22)>Wraith 6(19)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Hound 1(15)>Wraith 5(14)>Antenora(10)>Hound 3(9)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
[00:07] <Kotono> Alicia severs forward! She thrusts into the undead horror with all she has, a skull bursting around her! It drains her very life-force, weakening her all over! Nonetheless, her blade makes the lich burst aflame! He looks down at the blade as his unholy body burns to ash, "Haha...hahahahhahahaha! Impossible! That a bug could do this to me!?" He looks up, "Impossible...!!!!" In a flash the lich's body burns away, dropping behind it's robes, circ
[00:07] <Kotono> "Impossible...!!!!" In a flash the lich's body burns away, dropping behind it's robes, circlet and the orb it held! OOC: Hound 1 is up.
[00:07] <Alicia> OOC: Anty acts now
[00:08] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead then.
03[00:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Wraith 1(30)>Wraith 2(29)>Wraith 3(24)>Amaryl(23)>Wraith 4=Seira(22)>Wraith 6(19)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora>Hound 1(15)>Wraith 5(14)>Hound 3(9)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
01[00:08] <Seira> "A lot of the impossible's being done, right?" Seira can't help but comment.
[00:08] <Alicia> Seeing Alicia's gotten the job done, Antenora allows a moment of grim satisfaction before she charges the wounded hound Seira and Amaryl are focusing on, healing Latha on the way!
[00:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -11pa charge
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -11pa charge and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[00:09] <Alicia> roll 2d8+78
06[00:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+78 and gets 90." [2d8=4, 8]
[00:10] <Kotono> Antenora impales the hound from behind, wounding it even deeper, it's corpse-body quaking! The first hound, meanwhile, turns back and goes for the airborn Antenora, snapping up at her!
[00:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[00:11] <Kotono> But misses, jaws hitting only the air instead! The fifth wraith flees away, down into the ground and out of sight! The third hound bites at Seira!
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[00:11] <Kotono> OOC: Image AC?
[00:11] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
01[00:11] <Seira> OOC: Images regen each round, so it doesn't matter
[00:11] <Kotono> Another image is shredded, but Seira isn't touched by it's loathesome jaw! OOC: Lagann.
01[00:11] <Seira> Lagann continues to spread the glow!
[00:13] <Kotono> Sunlight spreads further in the room, as the third hound also mauls Seira!
[00:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[00:13] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 1." [1d7=1]
[00:13] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[00:13] <Seira> OOC: More than that
[00:13] <Kotono> But Seira is like the wind, dodging and evading! The remaning wraiths flee below, fleeing away from the dreadfulsunlight and out of sight! OOC: Amaryl.
01[00:14] <Seira> Amaryl directs her attention on the other hound by Seira's side, taking another step back.
01[00:14] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 111." [4#1d20+19 = 20, 30, 27, 34]
01[00:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 43." [2#1d20+14 = 25, 18]
[00:15] <Kotono> OOC: 4 hits.
01[00:15] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6
06[00:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 and gets 71." [4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 = 20, 10, 22, 19]
[00:15] <Kotono> The other hound gets it's own batch of arrows, hissing in the sunlight as it's mauled! OOC: Seira.
03[00:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora>Hound 1(150>Hound 3(9)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
03[00:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora>Hound 1(15)>Hound 3(9)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
06[00:16] * Seira decides to finish the more battered hound, stepping back herself and launching an orb of acid at its face.
01[00:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 ranged touch
06[00:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 ranged touch and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[00:16] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[00:17] <Seira> roll 15d6+15 acid
06[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6+15 acid and gets 71." [15d6=1, 3, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 4, 3, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 3]
03[00:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora>Hound 1(15)>Lagann(5)>Hound 2(3)'
[00:17] <Kotono> Hit with acid, the last hound melts away into a pile of freed bodies, tormented flesh at last saved! OOC: Latha.
[00:17] <Alicia> Latha unleashes a holy smite to pummel the two remaining hounds, blinding and battering them!
[00:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[00:18] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 23." [5d8=1, 7, 8, 3, 4]
[00:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[00:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[00:18] <Kotono> The hounds are zapped by Latha's fury, weakening a little more, bodies smouldering with white and fading! OOC: Alicia.
[00:19] <Alicia> Glad that she's put the arrogant mage down but also cognisant of the fact that nothing more than magic and fury are keeping her upright, Alicia retreats towards Latha and the shelter of sunlight, offering the deva a smile as she heals herself.
[00:19] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 57." [18d4=2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
[00:19] <Kotono> Alicia heals her many vile wounds, restoring some of her life force! OOC: Antenora.
[00:20] <Alicia> Antenora turns to the hound that attacked her, stabbing out repeatedly with her spear as she flies around it, not giving it an easy target as she fights back!
[00:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[00:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -4pa
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -4pa and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[00:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -4pa
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -4pa and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[00:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -4pa
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -4pa and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[00:21] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[00:21] <Kotono> OOC: Er, 3.
[00:21] <Alicia> roll 3d8+75
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+75 and gets 88." [3d8=4, 5, 4]
[00:21] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on Latha
[00:22] <Kotono> The hound is stabbed repeatedly, body collapsing onto itself, but not quite finished yet! The hound snaps at Antenora in retort!
[00:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[00:23] <Kotono> But it misses again, Antenora infinitely more agile than it is! OOC: Lagann.
01[00:23] <Seira> Lagann just keeps the sunlight spreading.
[00:25] <Kotono> The second hound weakly bites at Seira!
[00:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[00:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[00:25] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[00:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
[00:25] <Kotono> But gets a faceful of acid for it's troubles! It's head eats away, it's form collapsing! OOC: Amaryl.
03[00:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(23)>Seira(22)>Latha(18)>Alicia(17)>Antenora>Hound 1(15)>Lagann(5)'
06[00:26] * Seira decides to try and put it out of its misery, stepping back all the way towards Latha as she sacrifices accuracy for power!
01[00:26] <Seira> *Amaryl
01[00:27] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[00:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 121." [4#1d20+18 = 32, 37, 28, 24]
[00:27] <Kotono> OOOC: All hit.
01[00:27] <Seira> roll 4d8+24+4d6+4d6+12d6
06[00:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d8+24+4d6+4d6+12d6 and gets 104." [4d8=4, 5, 1, 1][4d6=6, 3, 3, 1][4d6=3, 3, 3, 4][12d6=1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 3, 1, 3, 3, 5]
[00:28] <Kotono> Under this hail of arrows, the last hound withers and dies! The throneroom is clear! OOC: Free act.
[00:28] <Kotono> Latha descends to the ground, holding her ribs. "We won."
01[00:28] <Seira> The first thing Seira does is head towards Alicia to congratulate her and mend her wounds!
01[00:28] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[00:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 33." [3d8=2, 8, 8]
[00:28] <Kotono> Amaryldraws more arrows, looking about, "I think we really did. We did win!"
06[00:28] * Alicia heals herself some more, since you can never have enough of that. "Made us work for it, and there's no telling when those wraiths will be back. But yes, we did."
[00:28] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[00:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 30." [3d8=5, 5, 5]
[00:29] <Kotono> Antenora approaches Alicia, lightly clasping her shoulder. "Good work, Alicia." OOC: 16 lay on hands.
[00:29] <Alicia> OOC: only need 7
01[00:29] <Seira> "Before they do, let's find his immortal, horribly wilted soul in a jar and smash it?"
06[00:29] * Seira doesn't neglect Latha either, now that Alicia seems better.
01[00:30] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[00:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 21." [2d8=8, 3]
06[00:30] * Alicia nods to Seira. "It'll likely be in a place with corpses he can use to reform himself, and supplies to get back on his feet - like a spellbook and such. But we've probably got free run of the place now, so we can turn it top to bottom till we find it."
[00:30] <Kotono> "What about that?" Antenora jerks her head towards the orb, robe and circlet. "Smash them or take them?"
[00:30] <Alicia> Are they evil and/or magical?
[00:31] <Kotono> "What if it's not here?" Latha slowly rights herself, standing and wincing. "If I were a mage, I wouldn't have my weak point at the same place my slayers were."
01[00:31] <Seira> "We can't smash any orbs!" Seira exclaims. "One of them might have Celebrimbor's soul!"
[00:31] <Kotono> OOC: Cl check, Alicia.
[00:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[00:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27." [1d20=10]
06[00:31] * Seira blinks at Latha. "You wouldn't put it at your secret base of power no one knows about, that you have had millennia to defend?"
[00:32] <Kotono> "For all his arrogance, he had more than sufficient traps and forces to nearly kill us," Approaching, "Arrogant, but not a fool."
01[00:32] <Seira> "You know, there are mages who carry the important things with them, where they can protect them. Like me and my spellbook."
[00:32] <Alicia> "They're all magical, and the robe is vile, as if the decoration didn't give it away. We might as well grab everything and sort it out later," Alicia opines, opening up the portable hole and shuffling everything inside. "If it's not here it's not here. But we should at least look for it."
[00:33] <Kotono> Smiling now, despite all of it, "I hope you're right and I pray that you are, Seira."
06[00:33] * Seira gives her a thumbs up, before carefully looking over the room to ensure they haven't missed anything, including any secret doors.
[00:34] <Kotono> OOC: Search.
06[00:34] * Alicia doesn't pay overmuch attention to the orb for the moment, simply putting it in the hole. Now's not the time for experimenting with strange magic that seemed to be the focus for very very evil and nasty magic that hurt her a lot.
[00:34] <Alicia> "Also, it seemed your words were able to send those souls onwards in the last chamber, at least coupled with Mystra's blessing. Shall we try and clear it out before anything else?" Alicia asks Latha once she's folded the hole up.
01[00:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 search
06[00:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 search and gets 45." [1d20=15]
06[00:35] * Alicia helps Seira look around a bit, pointing out here and there.
[00:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
06[00:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 17." [1d20=15]
[00:36] <Alicia> OOC: -2 from my int drain, actually
01[00:37] <Seira> "If he kept anything in this base, it's not here," Seira asserts, silently calling for the power to sense any orbs, much like ones that would hold souls from her arcane teachings. Between that, her ability to see the invisible and Lagann's senses, they might be able to come up with something as they explore the rest of the compound.
01[00:38] <Seira> OOC: If it needs to happen, I'll just take 10 on search at random intervals as we go along to make sure there's nothing we're missing?
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Also, it seemed your words were able to send those souls onwards in the last chamber, at least coupled with Mystra's blessing. Shall we try and clear it out before anything else?" Alicia asks Latha once she's folded the hole up.
[20:06] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+30 search
[20:06] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 search and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[20:06] <Kotono> * Alicia helps Seira look around a bit, pointing out here and there.
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
[20:06] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 17." [1d20=15]
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: -2 from my int drain, actually
[20:06] <Kotono> <Seira> "If he kept anything in this base, it's not here," Seira asserts, silently calling for the power to sense any orbs, much like ones that would hold souls from her arcane teachings. Between that, her ability to see the invisible and Lagann's senses, they might be able to come up with something as they explore the rest of the compound.
[20:06] <Kotono> <Seira> OOC: If it needs to happen, I'll just take 10 on search at random intervals as we go along to make sure there's nothing we're missing?
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, so Seira's going to search behind while Alicia/Latha holy word/aura combo?
[20:07] <Alicia> OOC: in the bone-bridge chamber filled with distraught spirits, yes
01[20:08] <Seira> OOC: Not so much behind as alongside, but yes
03[20:11] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[20:12] <Kotono> Thus the two get to work, Seira searching with them, while Amaryl and Antenora are on guard. Each utterance of Holy Word brings light to this forsaken chamber, faces screaming and yet sighing in relief. Souls dissipate, floating away into what ether awaits beyond. Seira searches as they do so, finding the platform to be plain, with no obvious end to the void all around in sight, nor anything interesting or telling in it. The song of the chambe
[20:12] <Kotono> nor anything interesting or telling in it. The song of the chamber begins to change as you word. In Celestial, a song of release and hope is sung. Amid this, an image appears before you. It is of a man dressed in battleworn armor and carrying a silver dragon's claw from a band on his neck.
01[20:13] <Seira> "Oh, hi!" Seira greets the man, ceasing with her pointless searching.
06[20:13] * Alicia eyes this new spirit warily, recalling how Alice treated them. "We seek only to grant you release that was denied," she says, for whatever it's worth.
[20:14] <Kotono> "...Before you do..." His voice is the rustling of leaves in the fall wind, "Listen to my words, for I attempted to stop the Dark Six before."
01[20:14] <Seira> "A worthy, honorable persuit," Seira agrees with approval. "What is it?"
06[20:15] * Alicia relaxes, seeing that this spirit means them no harm. He must have tremendous will to have retained his sense of self in a place such as this, so she regards him more respectfully. "If your words will help us bring low your tormentors, we will gladly listen."
[20:17] <Kotono> "His name...is Sylian, he who sought to vie with the Unspoken Chaos...His name...is Mudan Scylion...master of undeath..." He breathes, "Of those two...Sylian...treats with the Unspoken Chaos, the Pale Mother of Demo...gorgon. Long did I oppose the Pale Mother's plans...finding that the Dark Six...are tied to her goals."
[20:18] <Alicia> That's two more names for the six, leaving only two others unknown. "What goals are those?" she asks.
[20:20] <Kotono> "I found...only after my death...they revere what should not be...it claims to be a Godling, yet is Neverborn." The image flickers back and forth, "The Pale Mother...I know not how deep the connection goes, but I know this. For as long as the sacrifice of the innocent children of loving chaos...continues in Her realm...Bleak Rendor...shall never be seen. Such is the pact of the Pale Mother."
01[20:21] <Seira> "We can't even get there unless we achieve what generations of celestials have tried and failed to bring about?" Seira asks incredulously.
[20:23] <Kotono> "There...is...hope." His breath seems to blow past you, his image flickering like a candle in the winter wind. "The keys...to the freedom of the lost children...lies in your hands. I feel it's nightmarish might...the orb...one of the orbs of the Dark Six...keys of the pact. I paid for this knowledge with my life. In your hands...you have...the chance to free them."
01[20:24] <Seira> Seira's eyes widen at this tidbit, and she nods at the apparition. "We'll continue your quest, rest assured of that."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Then it looks like we'll be returning to the Abyss after all, for all that Gurlan retains his reprieve," Alicia nods her head resolutely. "I did sense immense power in the orb, for all that it troubles me... if it can be used to free Pale Night's captives, so much the better."
[20:27] <Kotono> "It is the key...but I have faced the Pale Mother's machinations long...you will face horrors...before you have your chance. Be brave and true, for the Triad...will protect you..." With a gaze to Alicia, "The curse...the spiteful wrath...of Glaciante Devarim pollutes you...be warned, that magic will be immortal to your words...until it is undone."
[20:28] <Alicia> "What do you mean immortal?" Alicia asks in confusion, as Antenora helpfully casts remove curse on her.
[20:30] <Kotono> "That you will never be able to undo magic...until it is undone." The spirit sighs, as Alicia feels no different after the remove curse. "Go now. Finish freeing those souls...and free...the children from Pale Mother's...grasp. Please."
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 knowledge arcana for any helpful info on such curses?
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 knowledge arcana for any helpful info on such curses? and gets 26." [1d20=12]
01[20:31] <Seira> "You should get going towards your own reward, then, too," Seira tells him. "You've certainly earned it."
01[20:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[20:33] <Kotono> The images fades away. As it leaves, "Androlynne..." Antenora murmurs, "Right back into the Abyss."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Not until we've cleansed this pit from top to bottom. We don't want any of the Dark Six to find anything useful here after we've left," Alicia says briskly, deciding she'll figure out what to do about this curse once they're back home.
01[20:35] <Seira> "If I got it right, it's almost ingenious," Seira voices. "Each party has a weakness, but they're using the other side to cover for it. I'm somewhat baffled they can trust each other to such a level, but once you get past that...."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Hmm?" Alicia cocks her head, looking at Seira for her to elaborate on her insight.
01[20:36] <Seira> "I might be overanalyzing it, but it sounds like the eladrin children can't be freed as long as those keys exist. And the keys were taken to Bleak Rendor, which in turn cannot be accessed for as long as the children remain prisoner and are slowly being sacrificed."
06[20:37] * Seira shrugs. "If I'm anywhere near the target here, as long as both sides stick to their agreement, they serve as the other's immunity for their one weakness."
[20:38] <Kotono> Antenora's face explodes into a scowl, "I have trouble believing a demon could stick to it's word for so long," A deep growl comes out, "Yet...if you're correct, it's a scheme worthy of a devil."
01[20:39] <Seira> "Maybe Malcanthet is more active in her cursed child's life than we were lead to believe?"
[20:39] <Kotono> "Maybe. The Pale Mother meant Pale Night, right?" Amaryl asks, "The demon princess of Androlynne?"
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 planes, relations between mal-chan and pale night?
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 planes, relations between mal-chan and pale night? and gets 43." [1d20=20]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[20:43] <Alicia> "Pale Night surely gets something out of the deal. As for Malcanthet?" Alicia looks somewhat uncomfortable, knowing more about the Queen of Succubi than she'd honestly like, but given her interest it's unavoidable.
[20:43] <Alicia> "She and Pale Night have nothing to do with each other. Malcanthet is very involved in Abyssal politics, but Pale Night holds herself above it all. She's... different, than the usual tanar'ri. Older."
01[20:43] <Seira> "At the risk of derailing the conversation, Alicia," Seira then mentions, having thought on the issue for a while until then, "Ajan may be able to remove this curse, much like he was able to break the chains that bound me to the ground. As we'll see him soon enough, you could inquire with him, and perhaps negotiate something."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Well, we'll see," Alicia shrugs, not particularly enthused about putting herself in debt to the ancient wyrm. "For now lets focus on the task at hand?"
01[20:46] <Seira> "Of course," Seira agrees. "On the matter of Pale Night, aside from the obvious, does she gain benefit from slaying and converting the crusaders that come to try and free the captive eladrin? Is there a way to channel all that senseless sacrifice into power?"
[20:47] <Kotono> "I don't know," Latha says as she utters naother Holy Word, more spirits freed, "That's the most salient question - what does Pale Night gain from this?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "I don't know," Alicia shakes her head. "The story I got from Marie was just that she tormented them for amusement. Considering demonic behaviour it's easy to see why such an explanation would be accepted."
01[20:48] <Seira> "The obvious would be tribute, spoils of war, training her forces and amusement," Seira voices.
[20:49] <Kotono> "If that's just a cover," Antenora's color drains, "The thought of an ancient demon able to manage that level of subtle plotting is a nightmare."
01[20:49] <Seira> "Well, if anyone has the patience to plot like that, it would be an ancient demon, right?"
01[20:49] <Seira> *any demon
[20:50] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia looks askance at Antenora. "They're not all foaming-mouthed idiots."
[20:50] <Kotono> "I suppose I can accept that in rare cases," Antenora looks right back at Alicia. "No matter. Let's finish this affair before we lose our heads in the clouds of scheming?"
[20:50] <Kotono> As Latha finishes, the spirits have faded away. The song is gone now, only blackness and a peaceful silence left behind in the wake of the spirits.
06[20:51] * Seira hardly has anything else to contribute, observing as she is. Once the song fades away, she jerks her head towards the entrance to the corridor. "Let's move on?" she proposes.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Where to? Back above? But I haven't seen any stairs," Amaryl asks, "How are you supposed to move about here otherwise?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "We never explored all the way past the field of corpses," Alicia notes. "But we can always just go back up the tunnel, anyway."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Dimensional Door, maybe?" Seira voices. "And we can search more. Perhaps even one of the rooms with the forcefields actually has something, hiding itself amongst others appearing just like it."
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: So going to go back and search the forcefield rooms, then go ahead back to the room of corpses?
[20:54] <Alicia> OOC: sure
01[20:54] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 40, others can probably boost it to the 45-50 area?
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:56] <Kotono> Thus the party searches the forcefield rooms - nothing of note is found. Each of them seem to be exactly as they advertise. On heading back to the room of corpses, you find most of them have burnt off. The stench of death lingers in the room as you proceed on. After a few minutes of walking down this vast corridor, Seira finds hidden door on a side wall.
06[20:56] * Seira gives the room a far closer look, gesturing for the others to stay back in case it is trapped.
01[20:56] <Seira> OOC: 40 again to search traps
[20:57] <Kotono> The door is not trapped.
01[20:58] <Seira> Just the same, Seira makes sure she is the only one in the vicinity before saying, "Okay, here goes, I'm opening it," and following her own words.
[20:59] <Kotono> The door is opened! Inside is a chamber of black metal. Six skulls are embedded into the back wall, the room only ten feet deep and wide. In each skull's mouth, six strange, sickly, bloody scrolls rest.
06[20:59] * Alicia naturally is alert to point out any magic or evil auras present.
06[21:00] * Seira is on the lookout for evil as well, and resolves to keep at it until they return to Balmuria.
01[21:01] <Seira> "Do the scrolls seem explosive?"
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[21:02] <Alicia> "They're thick with vile necromantic magic," Alicia replies distastefully. "Might not explode but could suck the life right out of you."
06[21:02] * Seira examines the door, and whether it would block Lagann's power when closed right back.
[21:04] <Kotono> The door is thick, solid metal. It would block detect spells and the like due to sheer thickness. Metal doesn't generally block Lagann's powers.
06[21:04] * Alicia moves to look over the leftmost scroll, being careful not to touch it.
01[21:05] <Seira> "I think I'll just burn the whole thing. Are you sure you want to look at them?"
[21:05] <Kotono> "I do like Seira's suggestion. The fact that they're here suggests they're to raise the undead," Latha hangs back, out of the room.
01[21:05] <Seira> "I'm usually very curious, but in this case, I can live with the not knowing. Emphasis on live."
06[21:07] * Alicia pauses. "Very well," she relents. She'd hoped to find useful information, but they'd hardly write a journal on paper so rife with necromancy. Stepping back out of the room, she lets Seira do the honours.
06[21:08] * Seira takes six of Amaryl's remaining fiery arrows, breaking off the tips, and tosses them into the room, closing the door behind them. "Lagann, make sure these get to their destinations?" she instructs the sentient orb.
[21:08] <Kotono> Thus Lagann works! You can faintly smell a horrible stench of burning, competeting with the lingering aura in here, but it soon passes.
06[21:08] * Seira opens the door again after a few more moments.
[21:10] <Kotono> There is only ash where thes crolls were.
01[21:10] <Seira> If the aura of evil is now safely dissipating, Seira will search the room like all the others!
01[21:11] <Seira> "A bit disappointing, but better safe than sorry."
[21:11] <Kotono> "Infinitely better," Antenora wrinkles her nose, "Let's continue on?"
01[21:11] <Seira> OOC: 40 to search traps
01[21:12] <Seira> OOC: then 40 to search, if no traps
01[21:12] <Seira> "Yeah, we can safely move on," Seira agrees after her brief glance of the room.
06[21:13] * Alicia nods and proceeds onwards, alert for any magical or evil auras as they go, leaving Seira to identify anything hidden beyond her sight.
[21:13] <Kotono> After about ten minutes of walking, you find the burnt corpses and room comes to an end. No sign of anything of note, Seira's searching not turning up much besides a dead end. Alicia's magical eyes find little of note as well.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Looks like we'll have to head back upstairs... it's rather wasteful if he has to teleport everywhere, though, isn't it?" Alicia muses, turning around. "That lich we killed, it was the same one that sealed up Lagann?" she double-checks with Hell Striker.
01[21:15] <Seira> "Well, this is definitely strange," Seira admits. "Want to try digging down as well as up?"
[21:15] <Kotono> "You know, that's not a bad idea. If they use magic to get around..." Latha looks down at the ground.
01[21:16] <Seira> "Huh." Seira looks at Latha speculatively, and then at Antenora. "What if it wasn't wasteful at all, but something he had readily available, like those smites?"
[21:17] <Alicia> "Fair point," Alicia agrees with Seira. "Anyway, I'll try digging a tunnel down when we get back to the corridor? It's probably more likely to hit something there."
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: REturning to the tunnel?
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[21:18] <Kotono> The party returns to the tunnel without incident.
06[21:20] * Alicia steps to the side of the corridor, and after Latha drops a pair of dispel evils on her she aims downwards at a slight angle to make a slope rather than a vertical drop as she excavates a 280 feet deep path!
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 10d8 DC 24
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d8 DC 24 and gets 45." [10d8=4, 6, 5, 5, 1, 8, 5, 1, 4, 6]
[21:21] <Kotono> Thus Alicia fires in! The spellfire burrows deep...Alicia can see light below, then more light then...with a woosh, the spellfire is returning BACKWARDS, coming back up the tunnel like a ball on the rebound bounce!
[21:22] <Alicia> "Dive!" Alicia yelps, diving to the side and out of the line of fire, although with everyone spaced it shouldn't threaten anyone else.
06[21:22] * Seira dives towards Amaryl, shielding her with her body!
[21:23] <Kotono> The party dives out of the way! The spellfire bursts in this room, hitting the ceiling before fading, leaving a slight, ten foot indent in it.
[21:23] <Kotono> Antenora looks up from being face down, coughing, "What...how?"
01[21:23] <Seira> "How about we dig in all directions... but with less power?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "I really don't know..." Alicia peers down the newly excavated tunnel. "I think that's enough, though."
[21:24] <Kotono> "How about we explore first?" Latha dusts herself off, "If this gets us far enough, no need to risk further tunnels."
06[21:24] * Seira looks down the fresh passage, absent-mindedly refreshing the extended spell keeping her healthy and safe.
[21:26] <Kotono> A faint light comes from sixty feet down, a black floor below seen.
06[21:26] * Seira flips a golden coin!
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d2
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
01[21:26] <Seira> "Waukeen says up. Works?"
[21:26] <Kotono> Past that, the hole continues, down 120 from your place, something only glimpsed.
[21:27] <Alicia> "We're going to cover it all eventually, but we can go back up first, yes. Lets clear out the rest of the treasure we found with our belongings?" Alicia suggests, flying up into the ascending tunnel and starting to climb.
[21:28] <Kotono> You return to the room of black velvet, flying up with Seira giving Amaryl a lift. There's a door you haven't gone in, as well as the opposite door that leads to the treasure room and four other unexplored doors.
06[21:29] * Alicia heads to the left, flying over the pit with a golem somewhere at the bottom.
06[21:29] * Seira certainly doesn't mind flying with Amaryl in her arms, keeping safely in the center.
[21:31] <Kotono> You return to the center room without incident. There are six doors, one came through and one leading to th etreasure room. There are four other unexplored doors here.
06[21:31] * Alicia goes to the treasure room, all the wealth before that was ignored in favour of their own possessions now regarded with a critical eye.
[21:31] <Alicia> OOC: any magic/evil?
01[21:31] <Seira> "Get the treasure while I check the doors for traps?" Seira proposes, doing her part.
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: Any evil? Also, taking 10 for 40 again on traps.
[21:33] <Kotono> (Line coming after PMs.)
[21:35] <Kotono> Seira doesn't find any traps, just great piles of wealth. A shard of glass crusted with diamond, a beautiful ceramic doll of an elf child, a painstaking flagon of crystal, wine still inside, a blue diamond with a green, pupil-less eye inside, the silver deathmask of a dwarf. Yet there are terrible things in it as well. A circle of pure obsidian can be opened, showing Shar sacrificing and violating Mystra. Another is of a unicorn, a tentacled m
[21:35] <Kotono> showing Shar sacrificing and violating Mystra. Another is of a unicorn, a tentacled mass ripping it's body apart into insane angles and distortions. Of the magic items, there are six: (More)
[21:37] <Kotono> A scroll, a set of green chainmail, glowing, a black book with nine points of red on the cover that radiates strong evil, a heavy crossbow, an ornate crown and a golden armband.
01[21:38] <Seira> "If the curse that hit you is in that book, it might be even easier to devise a counterspell to it," Seira muses.
[21:39] <Alicia> Pretty much everything gets shuffled into the portable hole to be dealt with later. However, Alicia exercises her art critic side and makes a point of shattering the pieces she finds objectionable. Shar vs Mystra and Zetsubokou's work on a unicorn among them. "Perhaps. We can sort through it all in detail when we return to Balmuria."
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 9d8
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d8 and gets 38." [9d8=3, 3, 2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, 1]
[21:40] <Kotono> On touching the black book, a deathchill passes through Alicia as she sweeps things into her hole! OOC: 38 cold damage.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Brrr!" Alicia pulls back her suddenly numb hand and gives it a shake. "Make sure you're protected against cold if you read that book."
01[21:41] <Seira> "I hate magical books. They have these magical book cooties that just hate me."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Cooties..." Antenora shakes her head, "By Mystra, sometimes I wonder about you, Seira. The archmage of the Baronies speaking like that."
01[21:42] <Seira> "You haven't been hated by books as I have," Seira states sagely.
[21:43] <Alicia> "Well, don't expect this one to befriend you," Alicia rolls up the hole and stands up. "Lets check the other rooms?"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Yeah, I'd be worried if it did," Seira agrees, already on her way to examine the next door clockwise.
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: 40 for traps?
[21:44] <Kotono> Thus the party returns out. The next door is not trapped or locked.
06[21:44] * Seira opens it, taking a peek past it.
[21:45] <Kotono> Inside is a chamber of skulls. The walls are nothing but skulls, layer on layer of them. The ceiling is black oblivion. The floor is bone-white stone, unfinished. Here and there bone-white sand lies in small piles.
[21:45] <Kotono> The room radiates overwhelming evil and strong magic to those who are scanning.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 27." [1d20=4]
01[21:46] <Seira> "I've got nothing," Seira admits, glancing at Alicia. "Some kind of evil sand room?"
[21:48] <Alicia> "This is probably where they made corporeal undead," Alicia muses, grimacing at the overwhelming taint emanating from within. "Let me find out just how far reaching Glaciante's curse was," she adds, a glowing white field of holy energy surrounding her as she steps into the room and discharges it into the magic, seeing if Dispel Evil works where Dispel Magic fails.
[21:51] <Kotono> The dispellation fizzles away, Dispel Evil coming to nothing.
[21:53] <Alicia> "Hmph..." Alicia glowers. "Well played," she mutters, deriving no small amount of satisfaction from the fact that she ripped the arrogant lich to shreds not half an hour ago. "Latha, could you do the honours?"
[21:54] <Kotono> Latha steps in, glowing with holy energies! Reaching out, the magic in the room shatters! Immediately, the skull walls start to crumble! The ceiling groans, the floor withering! OOC: Make a reflex save for Latha?
06[21:55] * Seira is ready to try and get Latha out of there at the groaning sounds of failing architecture!
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:56] <Kotono> Fortunately for all, Latha moves out of the way like a bullet! The room collapses into itself, a vast groan as the room is now utter emptiness, save for a single spot of pure black in the air, standing out from the other oblivion with a terrible intensity.
01[21:57] <Seira> "Good job!" Seira says approvingly, closing the door and moving on to the next one.
[21:57] <Alicia> "Er, Seira?" Alicia puts out a hand to hold the door open, indicating the umbral blot in the room. "We should probably figure out what that is, first."
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: Such as, is it magic or evil?
01[21:58] <Seira> "Creepy black spot?"
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: You two can make K:A here.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 sure
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 sure and gets 24." [1d20=11]
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 right
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 right and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:01] <Kotono> "Um..." Antenora looks ahead, "It's alive. Intelligent."
[22:01] <Alicia> "I..." Alicia takes half a step back. "We really don't want to touch that. I think it's a sphere of annihilation..."
01[22:02] <Seira> "Sounds about right," Seira agrees. "Can we close the door now? Maybe it'll go away."
[22:02] <Kotono> As yo uspeak, the orb begins to advance towards you! OOC: Roll init.
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 20." [1d20=12]
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 8." [1d20=8]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 20." [1d20=12]
03[22:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Antenora(25)>Amaryl=Latha(20)>Spot of black(11)>Alicia=Lagann(8)'
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: What a strange init.
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: ?You two are up.
06[22:04] * Seira decides to try that which has worked consistently in the past and kill it with fire!
01[22:04] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 and gets 53." [8d8=1, 8, 4, 6, 7, 2, 7, 8][2d8=7, 3]
01[22:05] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:05] <Kotono> Fire bathes the sphere, washing over it! It smokes and smoulders, making no effort to dodge! OOC: Antenora.
06[22:05] * Seira steps back after that, drawing the Resort.
[22:06] <Alicia> Antenora throws up a blade barrier to fill the doorway, hoping it'll somehow stop the thing with the scary name from coming any closer!
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl and Latha.
01[22:08] <Seira> Amaryl retreats from the scary blot as well, trying her luck with the arrows at her disposal.
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 107." [4#1d20+18 = 26, 19, 37, 25]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1d8+6+1d6+1d6+6d6
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+6+1d6+1d6+6d6 and gets 30." [1d8=1][1d6=5][1d6=1][6d6=3, 1, 5, 1, 5, 2]
01[22:09] <Seira> OOC: I moved 30ft back, she'd move 40ft.
[22:09] <Kotono> The arrows fly past it! One hits, burrowing into it for a split second, before it's utterly vaporized into nothingness! The spot of black advances at this, through the blade barrier! OOC: Roll damage.
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 15d6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 and gets 45." [15d6=2, 4, 6, 1, 4, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 1, 5]
[22:11] <Kotono> As it passes through, the blade barrier vanishes! It continues on it's path, going straight for Antenora!
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 touch
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 touch and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Fort, Antenora.
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 20d6 full damage but no more.
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 full damage but no more. and gets 71." [20d6=3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 1, 5, 6, 3, 6, 2, 5]
[22:11] <Alicia> OOC: Latha would like to go now
[22:12] <Kotono> Antenora dives quickly out of the way! Only her arm is grazed, but he entire body nearly vaporizes! She screams, black racing all over her nearly fading body! OOC: Whoops, sorry, go.
[22:14] <Alicia> "Our attacks do nothing, we must retreat!" Latha suggests urgently, moving over behind Antenora and preparing to plane shift once everyone joins her.
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. In the meantime, Lagann and Alicia can go.
01[22:15] <Seira> Lagann hardly cares either way, but as long as he's in combat, the sentient orb flings magic missiles at the hateful blot.
01[22:15] <Seira> roll 5d4+5
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=4, 1, 4, 2, 1]
[22:16] <Kotono> The missiles hit the orb, slamming into it and vanishing a split second later! OOC: Alicia.
[22:16] <Alicia> Alicia things Latha's onto something, but on the off chance this thing is from the negative energy plane she attempts to banish it back there before she moves over to take the deva's hand. "Return to whatever void you came from!"
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: Turning it?
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will, +/- difference between my hd and its (currently 17 here)
[22:17] <Alicia> OOC: Dismissal
[22:17] <Alicia> OOC: No need to save if it's native, obviously
[22:17] <Kotono> The magic flows...but nothing happens! OOC: Seira and Antenora are up.
[22:18] <Alicia> Antenora heals herself and smites it, taking Latha's hand and preparing to be plane shifted away from the void that hungers!
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 5d8 since it's clearly not an outsider, DC 22
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 since it's clearly not an outsider, DC 22 and gets 23." [5d8=6, 2, 3, 7, 5]
06[22:19] * Seira doesn't particularly likes this plan, and thus proposes, "What if I try to use dimension door to get us to where we started?" The blot may not be able to detect them at a distance, and likely wouldn't find them.
[22:19] <Kotono> The smite bursts over the orb, washing over it before the light itself vanishes!
[22:20] <Alicia> "Just so long as we're away from here," Antenora replies worriedly, not liking the look of things.
06[22:20] * Seira waits for Amaryl to shoot the orb and rejoin Latha, which the elf swiftly does!
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 116." [4#1d20+18 = 34, 23, 27, 32]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: No hits.
[22:21] <Kotono> The arrows simply fade away before touching the orb, undamaging to it! OOC: Seira, taking your held action now?
06[22:22] * Seira is the last one to the group, and then attempts to shift them away. She can move them for a bit over a thousand feet, and will do so for a safe spot far beyond sight.
[20:12] <Alicia> * Seira doesn't particularly likes this plan, and thus proposes, "What if I try to use dimension door to get us to where we started?" The blot may not be able to detect them at a distance, and likely wouldn't find them.
[20:12] <Alicia> <Kotono> The smite bursts over the orb, washing over it before the light itself vanishes!
[20:12] <Alicia> <Alicia> "Just so long as we're away from here," Antenora replies worriedly, not liking the look of things.
[20:12] <Alicia> * Seira waits for Amaryl to shoot the orb and rejoin Latha, which the elf swiftly does!
[20:12] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 4#1d20+18
[20:12] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+18 and gets 116." [4#1d20+18 = 34, 23, 27, 32]
[20:12] <Alicia> <Kotono> OOC: No hits.
[20:12] <Alicia> <Kotono> The arrows simply fade away before touching the orb, undamaging to it! OOC: Seira, taking your held action now?
[20:12] <Alicia> * Seira is the last one to the group, and then attempts to shift them away. She can move them for a bit over a thousand feet, and will do so for a safe spot far beyond sight.
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: Small ret-con: The orb touched Antenora, but somehow she resisted it. What direction are you going in with the TP, Cor?
01[20:14] <Seira> OOC: If the middle level we originally appeared at is within ~1100ft from us, there. If not, as far back as 1080ft takes us at this level, into a spot out of sight. It's DD, so it'd work flawlessly unless blocked.
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: You mean the level where you fought Melancton?
01[20:15] <Seira> OOC: No, the one with the lich and the corpses
[20:23] <Kotono> Woosh! In a moment, you appear in the battleground below, where Amaryl gave her life and the wraiths were once againd efeated.
[20:24] <Alicia> "Lets hope it stays put with nothing to get its attention, now?" Alicia offers hopefully, glancing upwards. "If it really is a sphere of annihilation I'm not sure how we can destroy it, or even hold it in place."
01[20:24] <Seira> "So it's possible to travel like this here, at least," Seira says upon noticing their whereabout and then studiously ignoring them. "I was worried outright escape from this prison wouldn't work, much like with that returned spellfire."
[20:25] <Kotono> "Hmph," Antenora looks upward, then to downward hole Alicia made, "How about we explore downwards then?"
[20:25] <Kotono> Amaryl looks about, before simply sliding closer to Seira.
[20:25] <Alicia> "Considering I can't dispel any anchoring magic, it would place us in a sticky situation," Alicia agrees. Nodding to Antenora, she starts heading down the hole.
01[20:26] <Seira> "I can manage a few tries," Seira muses. "But we're not there yet, I think. And if we do have to face that thing again, it's sufficiently different from a sphere of annihilation that we might simply wear it down."
[20:27] <Kotono> Alicia leads the party down the slopes hole. After sixty feet of this, you come out in a vast, long corridor. It's ten feet wide, somewhat cramped. Yet it stretches farther than you can see in either direction. The wallsa re lined with a strange, flesh colored parchment, each one about five feet wall and two wide, lined up to each other so that almost none of the real wall is seen. Each one is covered with writing in Abyssal, Draconic, Elven,
[20:27] <Kotono> the real wall is seen. Each one is covered with writing in Abyssal, Draconic, Elven, Ignan, Auran, and a dozen other scripts of past, present and planar origins.
[20:27] <Alicia> "The only thing I can think of that might harm it would be the First Resort. Any melee weapons would likely be destroyed on contact, and spells didn't seem to affect it," Alicia muses, looking over the text thoughtfully.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 4." [1d100=4]
01[20:28] <Seira> "How about your own dagger?"
[20:28] <Kotono> This particular bit of text is on refuting the will of the Gods. It instructs the supplicant on being an apostate, promising near invincibility to divine magic. It is only one of many, nearly endless parchments spread about.
[20:29] <Alicia> "Well I don't really want to lose it," Alicia replies distractedly as she reads, before snorting. "Garbage," she summarises, starting to head down the corridor to the left.
[20:29] <Kotono> Antenora happens to glance at once as well.
[20:29] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 62." [1d100=62]
[20:30] <Kotono> Antenora takes her spear, ripping down one of the parchments roughly, sending it tumbling down in a few pieces. "Seira, would you burn this?"
01[20:30] <Seira> "An artifact wouldn't be so easily lost," Seira muses out loud, breathing a flame narrow enough to set the requested parchment ablaze. "And maybe a channeled spell in a blade that can strike into the sphere and discharged within would work better."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Lets not torch the place until we leave?" Alicia suggests, not keen on breathing smoke. "It's not something I really want to test, Seira. Not when the First Resort offers a far less risky option."
[20:32] <Kotono> The parchment burns, a stench of must, dust and and meat filling the air. As you walk along, you find the corridor to continue for quite some time. Walls covered with profane knowledge, coming to a door after a few minutes. It is a door with four skeletal arms shielding it, written in Abyssal carved into those arms, "Death comes eternal!"
[20:33] <Alicia> Is it magic?
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia Strong magic.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=17]
[20:35] <Alicia> "The magic will drain the life out of anything that tries to open the door," Alicia summarises, stepping back. "I don't believe Lagann would suffer from it."
06[20:37] * Seira places Lagann on the ground, within range of the door, and steps back to let him try it.
[20:38] <Kotono> Lagann pulls at the door! The hands reach out, but touch nothing as the door is pried open on it's own merits! Inside you see a room divided into six layers, each layer six feet tall. Each one has small bookshelves about, the middle layer full of scrolls in six scroll cases. The room radiates overwhelming magic all over, dazzling.
01[20:39] <Seira> "This would be their library?" Seira states rather needlessly.
[20:40] <Kotono> "It's likely a nest of knowledge that has no place in this world," Latha peers inside, "Of secrets best cast down into the deepest Pit."
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 spellcraft
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 spellcraft and gets 35." [1d20=12]
06[20:41] * Alicia chuckles slightly to herself. "Hold on, no one go in just yet," she holds up a hand.
01[20:41] <Seira> "How do you expect to fight them if you don't know their methods?" Seira asks Latha at that puzzling statement. "How can you hope to counter their vileness if you just throw it away?"
06[20:43] * Alicia casts a spell upon the room, subverting the evil summoning spell and turning it to something altogether more pleasant before she steps inside.
[20:43] <Alicia> OOC: Perfect Summons
[20:46] <Kotono> For a moment, dreadful things appear! They appear almost to be...balors! Balors with wings of bone and claws, heads of skulls! They roar, but the light around Alicia flares! Instead, three visions of utter perfection light up the room. The books hiss with pure white steam, darkness retreating. Dazzling, overwhelming light fills the room at each of these majestic figures. Each bears six wings, a vision of light and perfection. "We have been cal
[20:47] <Kotono> these majestic figures. Each bears six wings, a vision of light and perfection. "We have been called to this place...yet this place reeks of vile darkness!"
01[20:47] <Seira> "Help us burn it down?" Seira can't help but ask.
[20:48] <Kotono> Another speaks, flames of searing white playing around her face. "It shall be."
[20:49] <Alicia> "My apologies, exalted ones," Alicia bows her head respectfully. "The owners of this vile library sought to summon balors to defend it against interlopers such as ourselves, but I subverted their trap and you were called instead."
[20:49] <Kotono> The third turns to Alicia, "Very well. Stand aside - the evil in this cursed place must be purified in sacred fire and light."
[20:51] <Alicia> "That is what we were in the process of doing," Alicia therefore has no qualms in stepping back out of the library to make way for the solars.
01[20:51] <Seira> "Can you wait just a tiny moment with that, please?" Seira requests. "One of those books holds the curse that one of the Dark Six cast on Alicia before she slew him. We believe that to remove the curse, we should know its specifics, unless you could help direct us into a better direction?"
[20:52] <Kotono> Latha does the same, a deep bow as she does so. Antenora follows along. Two go out into the halls, the parchments bursting into white flame. The third turns to Alicia, offering a hand. "A curse? Come to me, celestial. It shall not stand."
06[20:53] * Alicia approaches as invited, taking the offered hand. "Glaciante Devarim cursed me such that any attempt I make to dispel magic will always fail. A remove curse spell didn't seem to have any impact on it," she volunteers.
[20:56] <Kotono> The words that come are of Celestial, so pure that your hearts throb with love. "Look not to the dark scrawlings of this blasphemy. I shall remove this curse myself. In the name of the Heralds of Holiness, I call on all that is just and right to break this curse!" What comes next is a pulse of raw power, of golden light passing through Alicia's body! OOC: The curse is gone and the -4 to your ability scores is restored.
01[20:57] <Seira> "Wow, that's great!" Seira exclaims at the lightshow. "I actually hate going through evil books that hate me right back, so this is pretty awesome! Thanks!"
06[20:57] * Alicia smiles in relief as she feels something inside her return to rightness once more. "You have my thanks - my name is Alicia Reynes and I am in your debt," she tells the solar so he can find her if he ever needs to collect.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Now then," Turning his gaze to the room ahead, "I shall purge this taint. There is no debt - the blasphemy in this place saddens my soul. It is my utmost honor to destroy it. Each of you, I thank you for this chance." He turns towards the room of books and scrolls, aura flaring intensly bright.
01[20:59] <Seira> "Hey, feel free to come and visit us back home in Balmuria," Seira adds with a bright smile, as she tends to. One day a solar might even take her up on that offer and come.
[21:01] <Kotono> The being of light stops. "Balmuria, you said?" It turns, "Romiel has spoken of that city. Your name as well, Alicia Reynes, is familiar. Fortuitous. I am Zankamaiel. I am helping to prepare for the assault on fallen Duke Agares."
06[21:03] * Seira waves. "Seira, here. Give that ex-Duke hell, bad pun intended."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Oh?" Alicia brightens even more at that. "Well, we'll be working together soon. Hopefully we can resolve things with the Dark Six first, though - we're going to be heading to Androlynne after this, since apparently this group is the key to Pale Night's imprisonment of the eladrin children."
[21:03] <Alicia> Since these liches thrive on secrecy, Alicia has utterly no qualms at all about disseminating all their findings so they can be spread far and wide.
[21:06] <Kotono> "I understand." At that word, the library behind him explodes in holy fires, gold and white. "Until that time...be well." With a word of power, your words and fatigue vanish! OOC: MAss heal on all of you, CL 23.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Farewell, Zankamaiel," Alicia waves to the helpful solar, ready to go see what lies at the other end of this blasphemous corridor.
01[21:08] <Seira> "Since we're exchanging information, do you mind helping us one more time, Zankamaiel?" Seira wonders out loud. "We've come across some ancient, evil, sentient sphere of annihilation-like being. Any chance you'd know how we could deal with it?"
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 and gets 46." [1d20=13]
[21:10] <Kotono> "A Blackball?" Now the angel's expression is grave, "A rare calamity. They are spots of un-being on the cosmos, moving about through the Realms material and spiritual as they please. The only mercy is that they seldom stay in one place or realm longer than a few minutes. The realities themselves cannot bear to have them, they burn through and past them at whim."
[21:11] <Alicia> "So it might already be gone?" Alicia asks, glancing upwards. "But where to, then?"
01[21:11] <Seira> "Run away and keep it from the kids. Got it." Seira nods. "I'll be sure to thank you again for all you've done for us when we go kick the duke's ass."
[21:13] <Kotono> "To whatever realm chance takes it to. They have no pattern," The solar says, "We shall meet again then. Until that time..." With a flash of light, the celestial is gone.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Well, that was altogether productive," Alicia smiles as he departs. "I knew that spell was going to come in handy one day."
[21:15] <Kotono> Antenora smiles as she looks at all the burnt heresy, in the room and in the hall. "Superb. Shall we continue on below now?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "Lets see what we can find at the other end of the corridor first," Alicia suggests, starting off in that direction.
01[21:16] <Seira> "Wouldn't it be funny if it had the exact same setup?"
[21:17] <Kotono> You walk down the now denuded hall. All the parchments are gone. You walk past the hole, coming to the other end. Here an untouched door sits. It is plain metal, with a pull ring.
[21:17] <Alicia> Any magic?
06[21:18] * Seira looks for traps!
01[21:18] <Seira> OOC: 40 it is
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 38." [1d20=13]
01[21:19] <Seira> "Don't pull the ring," Seira, master of the obvious that she is, states and moves back.
[21:20] <Alicia> "Get Lagann to open it from a distance?" Alicia suggests, moving back. It's a metal door, after all.
01[21:22] <Seira> "I've actually been meaning to practice my skills at disarming things from a distance," Seira returns, withdrawing to thirty feet away from the door before attempting to disable the trap!
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 (dc goes up by 5)
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 (dc goes up by 5) and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[21:22] <Kotono> Seira works hard, the trap on the door surprisingly easy to disarm!
[21:23] <Alicia> "Always good to stay in practice," Alicia nods agreeably.
01[21:23] <Seira> Gleeful at her success, Seira checks the doorway for further traps! If ancient gnomes could do it, so would ancient liches.
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: Another 40
06[21:24] * Seira gets Lagann to open the door, nodding to herself.
[21:24] <Kotono> Ahead is a room lined with shiny silver. Most of it is a large circular pool of mercury or strangely silver water, perhaps, with a pair of metal plates at the front of it. Each one has a space to put a human sized hand in.
[21:25] <Alicia> Any magic?
06[21:26] * Seira checks for horrible, evil auras.
[21:28] <Kotono> No evil, though it radiates moderate divination.
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora peers in, "Silver? Different." She takes a few steps in, looking about. "Does any of this mean anything to either of you?"
01[21:30] <Seira> "I thought of that ingot Alicia's got, but that's about it. Just because they're evil doesn't mean the liches can't be practical, right?"
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 arcana
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 arcana and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:32] <Alicia> "It's some sort of divination pool - I think it's for predicting future events. Although clearly it's less than infallible, given what happened to the resident lich..." Alicia explains.
[21:32] <Kotono> "Like that forest of time you visited?" Antenora kneels next to the pool, peering down into it.
[21:33] <Kotono> "I remember that...wasn't it a mirror that showed our future selves, potentially?" Amaryl speaks up, "The same sort of magic?"
01[21:33] <Seira> "By observing the future, you interact with it and alter it," Seira reasons. "So it can't be useful as more than a guideline, really. Still, can't hurt to have a look, right?" And she does.
[21:34] <Kotono> Seira looks down in the pool - but nothing happens. It's simply a silvery pool of liquid to her eyes.
[21:34] <Kotono> Looking sidelong at Alicia and Seira, "If you wish to try it, how to you activate it then? The hand-plates on the ground?"
06[21:34] * Alicia isn't sure and defers to Seira's wisdom on activating unknown magic items.
03[21:35] * Mystia is now known as Mystia_LennierBuiltMyHotrod
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 mirror, mirror on the wall....
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 mirror, mirror on the wall.... and gets 29." [1d20=3]
01[21:37] <Seira> "I think it was designed for--" Pausing, Seira steps to one of the metal plates. "Amaryl, think you can touch the other one? Let's see the future together!"
[21:37] <Kotono> Amaryl does so and advances, the two placing hands down! OOC: Both of you roll concentration checks?
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
01[21:39] <Seira> OOC: Amaryl would take 10 for 24, and +2 for me for 22
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[21:40] <Kotono> The mirror you see a beautiful, sunwarmed day. Seira and Amaryl watch Balmuria from the windows of their room, sunlight spilling in. The hold hands and watch, quietly living another peaceful day. Such can be seen in the silvery pool, bubbling with the images.
[21:40] <Kotono> *pool
06[21:41] * Seira observes, in case the images changes further, a smile coming on her face.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Pleasant. Better than I can say of most here." Antenora looks down, "Perhaps we an try it as well?" Antenora look sto Latha and Alicia. "Even if it's the mundane, seeing a future may prove insightful."
[21:41] <Kotono> The images stay that way, showing the warm day. Amaryl smiles as well, watching. After about twenty seconds, the images fade away, the pool returning to normal.
01[21:42] <Seira> "Wanna give it a try with me, Alicia?" Seira offers.
[21:43] <Alicia> "I prefer the future to remain unknown until I get there," Alicia shakes her head. Those mirrors in the Quarut's museum even got it right about her, which is somewhat eerie when she thinks about it. So she prefers not to.
03[21:44] * Nikkolai (~chatzilla@76.177.147.50) has joined #dunes
06[21:44] * Seira pouts. "Antenora? You were eager to try it, at least!"
03[21:44] * Nikkolai is now known as Zephyrus
[21:44] <Kotono> "I'll try it, if you please," Antenora volunteers, "I admit, I find the future fascinating these days. Hope is a wonderful thing." Amaryl steps aside to let Antenora have the other hand slot.
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: Both of you make concentration checks?
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+8
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[21:47] <Kotono> Heat is all around Seira and Antenora. The fire caves of Mihail are here, a pool of pure molten lava. The two women are unclad, Seira murmuring magic before the two dive in, swimming into the fiery depths. They chatter idly as they do, talking away.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Innocent enough," Antenora peers down, "Though doing this has been suspended by circumstance."
01[21:48] <Seira> "Not as much as you'd think," Seira comments. "All I need is one spell to allow us to breathe down there, and we should be reasonably safe even without the extra precautions.. How long can it possibly take?"
[21:49] <Kotono> "Depends on how deep and complex the lava depths are," Antenora watches as the image fades away.
06[21:50] * Seira shrugs, and glances at Latha. "Wanna see if we're taking a completely innocent bath together some time in the future?"
[21:50] <Kotono> Latha suppresses a slightly amused chuckle, chuckling into her hand. "I have no wish to treat with the magic here, innocent or no."
[21:51] <Kotono> "If that's it then," Antenora says, "Let's see the next level and what bounced back the spellfire?"
01[21:51] <Seira> Mildly disappointed, Seira nods, stepping away from the device, unless Amaryl wants to rope Antenora into trying it again.
06[21:51] * Alicia nods, not having any desire to destroy this particular magical artifice since it seems so inoffensive.
01[21:52] <Seira> "I do wonder just what they were really using it for," Seira mutters to herself. "Surely not with each other...."
[21:52] <Kotono> "
[21:53] <Alicia> "Perhaps it was an experiment that didn't work out as they hoped?" Alicia muses as they head back to the burrowed tunnel.
[21:53] <Kotono> "A curiosity," Latha shrugs as the party goes back. Descending down another 60f eet, they come to the bottom. The ground here is slightly charred but nothing else. Everything here is on the walls - painting of myraid undead marching ahead, marching ahead and dragging the dying, dead and living with them. Farther ahead, a pure blackness pollutes everything, blocking vision.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Can you see through this darkness, Antenora?" Alicia asks the reformed baatezu.
[21:56] <Kotono> "No." Antenora squints and rubs her eyes, blinking several times. "I can't see anything at all. She takes af ew steps forward, "No, it's just nothing at all. I can't see into it."
06[21:56] * Alicia tries casting Daylight to see if it can rival the darkness. Be nice if the spell was actually good for something.
[21:57] <Kotono> The light of the day sun fades at the darkness, failing to illuminate it.
06[21:57] * Seira draws a small dagger and hands it over to Lagann to manipulate into the darkness and through it, in order to see whether his control over it and ability to detect it remains.
[21:58] <Kotono> Lagann takes the dagger into the darkness! Lagann can sense there is a stairway in the center here, going straight down.
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft, it's clearly magic
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft, it's clearly magic and gets 35." [1d20=10]
01[22:00] <Seira> "Last time I saw something like this was in that nasty temple, right above the elevator to the shadow dragon," Seira mutters. "Seems like there's a way down, too, a bit into the darkness."
[22:01] <Alicia> "Unfortunately it would sap away at your life force, just like being on the negative energy plane," Alicia explains. "We can't pass it without protections, and it's too strong for antimagic to block out. I could put my newly rediscovered dispelling skills to use on it, though." And she attempts just that.
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[22:03] <Kotono> The magic doesnot break to Alicia's power.
01[22:03] <Seira> "It just so happens I might have the protections necessary," Seira mentions. "I could check it out briefly, and if need be, teleport right back to the rest of you."
[22:04] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia nods, deflating and not bothering to waste more spells. "Hopefully it won't take you out of message range, so keep us posted?"
[22:05] <Kotono> Thus Seira heads into the oblivion! She can't see anything once she steps in, utterly blind.
01[22:05] <Seira> "If it takes me out of telepathy range, then we just might have a bigger problem on our hands," Seira responds with a snort, tentatively stepping into the darkness and using Lagann to navigate over to the stairway.
[22:07] <Kotono> Using Lagann, Seira reaches thes tairway! But...she just can't advance. Her body freezes solid, refusing to obey her commands.
06[22:08] * Seira tries to command it to retreat.
[22:08] <Kotono> Seira finds her legs working, retreating away from the stairway.
06[22:09] * Seira leaves the zone of powerful magic with a scowl on her face. "Either it managed to override my mental commands to stop me from going down the stairway," she reports, "or just did it the old-fashioned way. Either way, I had no prayer of resisting, and the change came very suddenly."
06[22:10] * Alicia slips off a silver ring from her hand. "This should help with that," she offers it to Seira, also slipping off the black headband from her brow. "This'll also let you see despite the darkness."
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: iron ring, actually
06[22:11] * Seira nods, and also requests the ring of teleport from Amaryl, so that she might have an escape route if her body freezes outright, but she is still able to marshall her magic. "Another try, then!"
[22:12] <Kotono> Thus Seira advances in! The blindsight lets her see - the stairway goes down and down and down into oblivion. Yet on reaching the stair...Seira simply can't move. Her body refuses to move forward, utterly frozen in place. As she stands there...she hears something. Crying. Thesound of something crying.
06[22:13] * Seira tries to see if there's anything the blindfold helps her sense, or if Lagann is getting a clearer reading from their perspective. She doesn't dawdle, however, returning to regroup once more.
01[22:14] <Seira> "My only other guess is that something here, perhaps that skull orb, would serve as the key, but I don't much feel like testing that theory right now," she elaborates upon return.
[22:15] <Kotono> "It could be, or perhaps..." Latha says, "Bleak Rendor can't be entered as long as the eladrin children are captive?"
[22:16] <Alicia> "Perhaps it leads to a Gate there?" Alicia finishes the thought. "Well, we'll just have to leave it for now. Back upstairs?"
06[22:17] * Seira finishes returning her borrowed accessories, and nods. "I figure it's been more than enough."
[22:18] <Kotono> The party returns to the black velvet room without incident. The air is quiet and stagnant now.
[22:19] <Alicia> Deciding it best to wait a bit in case the blackball has lingered, Alicia goes to open the door on the right-hand side of the room.
01[22:20] <Seira> OOC: I'll take ten on searching for traps for every single entrance/doorway/room for the score of 40, please
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> * Seira tries to see if there's anything the blindfold helps her sense, or if Lagann is getting a clearer reading from their perspective. She doesn't dawdle, however, returning to regroup once more.
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> <Seira> "My only other guess is that something here, perhaps that skull orb, would serve as the key, but I don't much feel like testing that theory right now," she elaborates upon return.
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> > "It could be, or perhaps..." Latha says, "Bleak Rendor can't be entered as long as the eladrin children are captive?"
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "Perhaps it leads to a Gate there?" Alicia finishes the thought. "Well, we'll just have to leave it for now. Back upstairs?"
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> * Seira finishes returning her borrowed accessories, and nods. "I figure it's been more than enough."
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> > The party returns to the black velvet room without incident. The air is quiet and stagnant now.
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> <Alicia> Deciding it best to wait a bit in case the blackball has lingered, Alicia goes to open the door on the right-hand side of the room.
[20:08] <Catgirl_Ko_Army> <Seira> OOC: I'll take ten on searching for traps for every single entrance/doorway/room for the score of 40, please
03[20:09] * Yomi is now known as Seira
03[20:09] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
03[20:13] * Catgirl_Ko_Army is now known as Kotono
03[20:21] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:21] <Kotono> The door is not trapped, Seira finds. Alicia opens the doorway! The room ahead is full of large, human size measuring scales, scaled of silver and brass and pitted iron. The scales are filled with chunks of rotted meat, each one measuring in the balance against each other. Arms, legs, torsos, chests, heads, and other parts unidentifable of a dozen skin colors and shades are all about in the scales.
06[20:22] * Alicia looks faintly sickened at the implications of this room, not particularly eager to explore it further if there's no passageways beyond it. "Lets just burn everything?" she suggests.
01[20:23] <Seira> "This can only be cleansed with fire," Seira agrees, her face twisting.
[20:23] <Kotono> "Let's," Latha says, as a jet of flame from the heavens strikes one of the scales. Acrid smoke bunrs immediately, flames spreading. "Seira, if you would help?"
06[20:24] * Seira is already burning down anything to the left of the entrance with her breath.
[20:25] <Kotono> Flames sweep over the scales and meat! The stetch spreads rapidly, a terrible odor that seems to assail your senses! OOC: Make fort saves, everyone.
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Alicia
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Alicia and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Anty
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Anty and gets 48." [1d20=16]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 A
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 A and gets 32." [1d20=13]
01[20:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[20:26] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
06[20:27] * Alicia backs off a bit at the stench. At least it's not as bad as downstairs in the half-mile long chamber of cadavers, but it's a small mercy.
06[20:28] * Seira staggers back from the room, truly sickened.
[20:28] <Kotono> Latha closes the door, a hand over her arm, "Filth," she coughs several times, "Let us leave it to burn away in it's own offal."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Lets see if the blackball has gone?" Alicia suggests, moving to fly over the passage formerly spanned by a corridor of force with a golem at the bottom.
[20:30] <Kotono> Thus you return to the six doored circle. Here there is no Blackball or any signs of it - just quiet emptiness like it was before you saw the blackball.
01[20:30] <Seira> "I just can't get over people existing, who consciously chose to commit such acts," Seira states, shaking her head. "Every time we see another example of their work... it's just...."
[20:31] <Kotono> "It's why we live," Latha looks about, hand on her mace as she does so. "Astral Devas are created to defeat these evils and protect existance from these abominations of thought, mind and deed."
01[20:32] <Seira> "But how can it happen?" Seira insists, stuck on that same thought. "Were they born rotten? What... what can possibly make a person turn out like this?"
[20:32] <Kotono> "When you only care about yourself, only care for your power and profit, what's everything else?" Antenora's armored shoulders shrug, "Evil lacks the slightlest compassion for others. If you do that, killing a dozen to youraims, it's merely worthless pawns being lost for your benefit."
[20:34] <Kotono> "A question for the sages," Latha's own smile becomes gentle, going over to Seira. "Demons, devils, yugloths are 'born' evil. But mortals..." She shakes he head, "Some by circumstances, some by choice. Mortals have the choice to do this. Everyone has the choice to take these paths. Why...as to why, the wisdom of it is beyond me."
01[20:35] <Seira> "I don't know if we can really guide people unless we understand," Seira says sadly.
[20:35] <Alicia> One minute it's freezing here the next it's boiling? So annoying. Alicia nods to Seira as she wipes her brow. "They're insane. They cut themselves off from the real world in live out their arrogant power fantasies, shuttering himself off from the consequences. Fiends are born from such minds."
06[20:36] * Seira nods slowly, acknowledging Alicia's words and weighing them.
06[20:37] * Alicia goes to open the next door to the left of the one they found the blackball in.
[20:39] <Kotono> "I don't know about other evils, but I was completely sane when I was a devil. That made it far worse." Antenora goes to another door, studying it briefly, then deferring to Alicia. Seira checks this door over, finding no trap on it. Thus the door opens...inside, you see a metal table. It is stained dark all over, a pentagram drawn in the center of it. PAst that is another door, this one carved of long leg bones and sinews, wrapped together in
[20:39] <Kotono> PAst that is another door, this one carved of long leg bones and sinews, wrapped together in a mold of steel.
06[20:41] * Alicia opens her mouth to say something before pausing, bracing her hand against the doorframe. "I feel sick..." she suddenly announces woozily.
01[20:42] <Seira> "You too?" Seira asks, closing her eyes altogether to stave off the vertigo and lowering herself to the ground as best she can manage. "Magic?"
[20:42] <Kotono> "Alicia?" Antenora hurries to her side, supporting her other side with her body, "What's wrong?" Even as she does so, she murmurs, "Let me sooth it."
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Could you have Antenora roll a CL check on cure disease?
[20:43] <Alicia> "Fever," Alicia gasps, throat raw. "Dizzy..."
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:43] <Kotono> Latha hurries over to Seira as well, kneeling next to her. "I feel fine," she glances back to Alicia, "Let me try this and see if it's pestilence. LAthander only knows what lurks here."
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Make one for Latha as well.
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 words of creationing it up
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 words of creationing it up and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:45] <Kotono> The feverish pain leaves Alicia...but continues to burn in Seira. Her vision begins to tint dead white, everything around her cold as ice. But her body burns like an inferno! OOC: Another point of wisdom and charisma damage, Seira.
[20:46] <Alicia> "Oooh... That's better," Alicia blinks away the blurriness in her vision, straightening up. "Thank you, Antenora."
[20:46] <Kotono> "Seira!" Amaryl eeps, coming behind her, kneeling down behind her back. "Do you feel better now?"
[20:47] <Kotono> Antenora sighs in relief, "Good." Helping Alicia straighten herself, "Seira?"
01[20:47] <Seira> "Dying here," Seira mutters, slamming her head against the ground woozily.
[20:48] <Kotono> "Antenora, with me!" Latha calls, "Mine seems to have failed!" Antenora nods, the two going to hold and touch Seira! OOC: MAke CL checks for both of them, please?
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 words of creation, it's personal for Latha
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 words of creation, it's personal for Latha and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:48] <Kotono> The freezing, burning agony leaves Seira. Her vision returns to color, her temperature returning to normal.
01[20:49] <Seira> "Death averted," Seira reports, gulping in deep breaths. "Thanks, guys."
[20:50] <Kotono> Amaryl hugs Seira from behind, "Gave me a scare there. I don't think both of us need to see Waukeen today."
[20:50] <Kotono> As she stands up, "Was it the wounds we suffered? The exposures to the energies here? This room? The foul smoke?" Latha considers, "Still, shall we press on while we can?"
[20:51] <Alicia> "I wonder if we breathed something bad in from all that burnt flesh?" Alicia muses, before narrowing her eyes, "But a mundane sickness wouldn't resist magical healing... By Mystra these liches are obnoxious."
[20:52] <Alicia> "I started feeling bad just after we burnt that room, but I didn't think it severe till just now when it nearly bowled me over," she then tells Latha.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Mystra help me, I hope in a few thousand years I've devised the same amount of goodness as these liches have vileness," Antenora steps into the room, glancing at the metal table. "Alicia, can you make any sense of anything in here?"
[20:52] <Kotono> "Quite possible." Latha says, "If you begin to feel that way again, speak up immediately."
01[20:52] <Seira> "I like the heat, so I didn't think much of it at the time," Seira says, nodding to Latha. "Sure thing."
[20:53] <Alicia> "I will," Alicia promises, moving into this new room and checking it over for magic.
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[20:57] <Alicia> "There's some minor necromantic magic attached to that pentagram," Alicia points it out, walking around it. "I think it would kill a very sick person within, but it's not dangerous to a healthy person. Might as well destroy it, anyway, though." She draws Hell Striker and proceeds to severely deface the pentagram, carving through the floor like a hot knife through butter.
[20:58] <Kotono> The pentagram is thus impaled, it's symbols destroyed.
01[20:58] <Seira> "What's the purpose of it?"
[20:58] <Kotono> The ground shakes! Abruptly, the entire floor quivers! It's a faint shaking at first, then much much stronger, tossing you about wobbling to keep your balance! OOC: Balance checks, all.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+4 Latha
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+4 Latha and gets 5." [1d20=1]
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 7." [1d20=2]
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 A
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d6 damage to all
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 damage to all and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[21:01] <Kotono> The shaking sends the party falling and bouncing around, like little gnats on the back of a giant! The shaking continues, the entire group prone as it goes on! OOC: You're all prone and it's obviously going to be tough getting up. Go ahead.
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Except Seira, sorry, saw the 3 and forgot you actually have ranks!
06[21:02] * Seira uses her ability to remain steady in the face of shaking rooms to help Amaryl to her feet and keep her on them!
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl can make a second balance check with a +5 bonus.
[21:02] <Alicia> "That wasn't me!" Alicia insists, having seen no magic to indicate the area's structural stability was tied to that piddly little bit of necromancy. Bracing Hell Striker into the floor to act as a lever, she tries to haul herself back up to her feet. If it doesn't stop in a few seconds they may want to leave...
[21:03] <Kotono> Latha and Antenora are both prone, struggling to get up! OOC: Balance checks, you three.
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 A, actually miscalculated by 3 before
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 A, actually miscalculated by 3 before and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Alicia
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Alicia and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+4 Latha
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+4 Latha and gets 9." [1d20=5]
[21:04] <Kotono> Antenora is able to get up as well, while Alicia and Latha are both being tossed around, up and down, slamming into the ground!
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d6 damage you two (more)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 damage you two (more) and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[21:05] <Kotono> As Antenora leans on her spear and wobbles, the shaking intensifies! It's as if the earht itself is revolting! Creeping into th eroom, you can see a bleak mist beginning to arrive!
01[21:05] <Seira> "Oh come ON!" Seira exclaims at the shoddy construction, and leaves Amaryl by the doorway for extra balance, returning to aid Alicia.
[21:05] <Alicia> Does the mist look like the same mist they saw after round one with Melancton?
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[21:06] <Kotono> Antenora goes to help Latha at the same time! OOC: Balance checks you two, +5.
[21:06] <Alicia> Is it magic?
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Alicia
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Alicia and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 Latha
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 Latha and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d6 DAMN, Alicia. You are unbalance.d
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 DAMN, Alicia. You are unbalance.d and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[21:07] <Kotono> But Alicia and Latha are still prone, as the shaking gets worst! The mist gushes into the room now, starting to obscure your vision! You feel a crackling cold lick at you!
[21:08] <Kotono> "Alicia, get up," Antenora calls, "Below us, wraiths are coming I think!"
01[21:08] <Seira> "This is ridiculous!" Seira exclaims. "Ignore the stupid mist for a bit and try to get up one more time?"
[21:09] <Alicia> "If the ground would just stop moving!" Alicia grumbles as she struggles some more to haul herself upright, spreading her wings to balance on air rather than treacherous floor.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Checks +5 again, yout wo.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Alicia
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 Latha
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 Latha and gets 17." [1d20=8]
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 concentration
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 concentration and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[21:10] <Kotono> Amaryl casts shield, as Alicia and Latha are barely able to rise! As the world itself quakes around you, "They're coming!" Antenora calls over the din, mist swirling in! OOC: Init.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 19." [1d20=11]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 Anty
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 Anty and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
03[21:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Latha=Amaryl(19)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)'
03[21:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Wraith 2(24)>Wraith 1(20)>Latha=Amaryl(19)>Wraith 3(18)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)'
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[21:13] * Alicia waits for the first wraith to appear, wondering if this shaking is ever going to end. Or if the whole place will collapse and entomb them. One of the two.
[21:13] <Kotono> A wraith bursts from the floor, lunging up for Amaryl! OOC: Alicia, you can act just before it if you like.
06[21:13] * Alicia flies over to the wraith, her burning blade arcing down to meet it!
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 knowledge
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 knowledge and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -10pa
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -10pa and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[21:14] <Kotono> Alicia surges forward, but her blade cuts only air, the wraith too fast as it goes for Amaryl!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 touch
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 touch and gets 21." [1d20=6]
01[21:15] <Seira> OOC: AC 24!
[21:15] <Kotono> But a field of force blocks the wraith, appearing in front of Amaryl's face! Another wraith emerges up, going right for Latha!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 touch
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 touch and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 8." [2d6=5, 3]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[21:16] <Kotono> The thouch is terrible, but Latha avoids the worst of it, enduring! OOC: Latha and Amaryl.
[21:17] <Alicia> Only three wraiths isn't enough to justify using her trump card, so Latha instead brains the nearby wraith with her mace!
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 3#1d100
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d100 and gets 192." [3#1d100 = 17, 75, 100]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. A 100, too!
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 2d8+24+4d6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+24+4d6 and gets 41." [2d8=3, 4][4d6=6, 1, 1, 2]
01[21:18] <Seira> Amaryl takes a hesitant step back!
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+9 balance
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 balance and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[21:18] <Kotono> With a massive slam of her mace, Latha knocks the wraith a step back!
01[21:18] <Seira> And then proceeds to unload six arrows into the wraith assaulting her!
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 120." [4#1d20+19 = 30, 33, 37, 20]
01[21:18] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 57." [2#1d20+14 = 24, 33]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits. d100s.
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 4#1d100
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d100 and gets 215." [4#1d100 = 32, 48, 36, 99]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. 99. Scary.
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d8+6+1d6+1d6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+6+1d6+1d6 and gets 11." [1d8=1][1d6=2][1d6=2]
[21:20] <Kotono> Amaryl's arrows fly, one of them grazing the wraith's ghostly body and slightly wounding it! OOC: Wraith 3.
[21:20] <Kotono> A third wraith erupts up, this one darting right for Seira! OOC: Using any immediates?
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, flatfooted. Nevermind.
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: Can't
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 crit
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 crit and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted touch?
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: Hits me
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 4d6 and fort
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and fort and gets 10." [4d6=3, 1, 1, 5]
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[21:21] <Kotono> Seira is caught right on the throat! The wraith nearly rips her vocal cords out, but Seira takes a deep breath and shoves it off her ,narrowly averting disaster! OOC: Seira and then Lagann.
06[21:24] * Seira waits on Lagann to distract the wraith attempting to gouge out her throat, and while he stabs what passes for its back with the Sun Blade, she breathes fire at it, taking a step back and drawing the Resort.
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 L
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 L and gets 29." [1d20=5]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 fire+holy
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 fire+holy and gets 42." [8d8=8, 3, 2, 6, 6, 7, 3, 3][2d8=1, 3]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d10+4 Lagann
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+4 Lagann and gets 6." [1d10=2]
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d4 rounds
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 rounds and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:26] <Kotono> Fire and sword burn the third wraith, singing it's unholy body! OOC: Antenora.
[21:27] <Alicia> "Really, you should wait for me before wasting your attacks," Antenora scolds good naturedly, loosening her rope once more which comes alive and coils around the first wraith to appear
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 ranged touch
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 ranged touch and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[21:28] <Kotono> The wraith is surrounded by the rope, entangled in it entirely and solid!
[21:28] <Kotono> As this happens, the mist freezes terribly cold around you!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 6d6 cold damage
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 cold damage and gets 22." [6d6=3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
03[21:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Wraith 2(24)(roped)>Wraith 1(20)>Latha=Amaryl(19)>Wraith 3(18)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)'
[21:29] <Alicia> "I thought it was worth a try," Alicia replies irritably, taking her frustrations out on the now much easier target.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5pa
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5pa and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -5pa
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -5pa and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -5pa crit check
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -5pa crit check and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5pa crit check
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5pa crit check and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -5pa crit check
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -5pa crit check and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[21:30] <Alicia> roll 10d4+135+6d6+3d6+3d8
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+135+6d6+3d6+3d8 and gets 208." [10d4=2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1][6d6=5, 4, 6, 4, 1, 3][3d6=3, 5, 2][3d8=6, 7, 6]
03[21:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Wraith 1(20)>Latha=Amaryl(19)>Wraith 3(18)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)'
[21:31] <Kotono> Caught helpless in Antenora's rope, the wraith is utterly shredded apart, vanishing away to it's final rest! The first wraith whirls on Latha, striking her again!
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 6." [2d6=1, 5]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[21:32] <Kotono> The touch is poison to Latha, but her holy spirit once again endures! OOC: Latha'n'Amaryl.
02[21:32] * Mystia_Dead (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-68-153.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[21:33] <Alicia> Latha holds her mace back a little and gives Antenora an expectant smile.
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: waiting till Anty can rope it
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Amaryl
[21:33] <Kotono> .
01[21:34] <Seira> Amaryl would love to wait and have a better target, but opts to try and shoot the wraith that has yet to attack Seira, as Latha and Alicia would have no problem dealing with the other undead once Antenora's done her part.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 108." [4#1d20+19 = 22, 28, 28, 30]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 65." [2#1d20+14 = 32, 33]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 5#1d100
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d100 and gets 270." [5#1d100 = 12, 77, 61, 59, 61]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 and gets 77." [4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 = 16, 20, 20, 21]
[21:35] <Kotono> The wraith is shredded with arrows, impaled over and over in the storm! As this happens, the wraith that struck Seira creeps forward, going for Seira again! OOC: Any immediates?
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: Deflect!
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:37] <Seira> OOC: Latha's +6 aura brings it up to 30
[21:37] <Kotono> Seira rolls back out of th eway, it's blow deflecting away from her at the same time as she utteres an arcane word! OOC: Seira.
06[21:38] * Seira lets Lagann lead, swiftly following her familiar's weapon!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 25." [1d20=1]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 me
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 me and gets 43." [1d20=19]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d10+4
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+4 and gets 6." [1d10=2]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 4#1d100
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d100 and gets 214." [4#1d100 = 33, 48, 45, 88]
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 1d6+2+2d8
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+2+2d8 and gets 12." [1d6=2][2d8=6, 2]
[21:41] <Kotono> Seira bites and stabs at the wraith, knocking it bad in a furious frenzy of offense! OOC: Antenora.
[21:41] <Alicia> Returning Latha's smile, Antenora commands her animated rope to sneak up on the wraith in melee with the deva and ensnare it!
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 ranged touch
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 ranged touch and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[21:42] <Kotono> The wraith is covered with rope again, bound and held! OOC: Alicia.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Wait.
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 9d6 cold
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6 cold and gets 23." [9d6=2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 6, 1]
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: Latha takes her held action first
[21:43] <Kotono> The cold in the room grows sharper, ice covering the walls and heat leeching from your bodies! OOC: Go ahead, Latha.
[21:43] <Alicia> With the wraith now an easy target, Latha brings the hammer down!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
03[21:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Wraith 1(20)>Amaryl(19)>Wraith 3(18)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)>Latha'
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 3d8+36+6d6
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+36+6d6 and gets 76." [3d8=5, 8, 6][6d6=2, 3, 6, 1, 3, 6]
[21:44] <Kotono> The wraith is maimed badly, beaten body slumping and semi-dissipating under the assault! OOC: Alicia.
[21:45] <Alicia> Alicia scoots over to support Latha, hopefully finishing off her bound target with a single strike!
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -6pa
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -6pa and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 -6pa crit check
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 -6pa crit check and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 4d4+58+2d6+1d6+1d8
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+58+2d6+1d6+1d8 and gets 94." [4d4=3, 3, 4, 4][2d6=3, 6][1d6=5][1d8=8]
03[21:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(25)>Amaryl(19)>Wraith 3(18)>Seira(17)>Lagann(6)>Antenora(4)>Latha'
[21:46] <Kotono> The wraith is vaporized again, Alicia's blade sending it to final rest! OOC: Amaryl.
01[21:46] <Seira> Just one last chance before Seira is threatened again!
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+19
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+19 and gets 137." [4#1d20+19 = 34, 35, 33, 35]
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 and gets 49." [2#1d20+14 = 23, 26]
01[21:46] <Seira> roll 5#1d100
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d100 and gets 330." [5#1d100 = 68, 18, 64, 87, 93]
01[21:47] <Seira> And four of the arrows make their way all the way through!
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 and gets 70." [4#1d8+6+1d6+1d6 = 22, 14, 22, 12]
[21:47] <Kotono> Under that assault, the wraith withers but barely survives, lunging for Seira again! OOC: Immediates?
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: Deflect, again
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 2d6 and fort
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and fort and gets 6." [2d6=3, 3]
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:48] <Kotono> Once again, Seira fends off the wraith with her claws, holding it back! OOC: Seira.
06[21:49] * Seira waits for Antenora to pitch in, while Lagann has no such compunctions, hoping to finish the wraith off as its blade lunges forward recklessly!
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 38." [1d20=19]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 crit?
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 crit? and gets 23." [1d20=4]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 3d10+12
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d10+12 and gets 34." [3d10=8, 9, 5]
01[21:49] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, minus 9
[21:49] <Kotono> With those final stabs of sunlight, the wraith breaks apart into nothingness! OOC: Free act after this roll.
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: No worries, itw as nearly dead anyway.
[21:50] <Alicia> Latha and Antenora both promptly turn their attention to dispelling the magical cold mist!
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
06[21:50] * Seira takes off the ground, flying over to the spot she had left Amaryl at.
[21:50] <Kotono> The room continues to shake as the mist envelops everything, not dispelling at all! (More)
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 12d6 cold and 1 dex damage
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6 cold and 1 dex damage and gets 33." [12d6=6, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 5, 2, 2, 3, 1]
[21:51] <Kotono> The freezing cold leaves ice over everything, your limbs slowing and growing numb under the assault! Antenora shivers, "Starting ot feel it too?"
[21:51] <Alicia> Alicia also tries to dispel it with her greater magic! "It's getting worse every second!"
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[21:52] <Kotono> But the mist resists even this, not bowing or breaking to Alicia's words of power, as Seira flies over to Amaryl, as the room shakes and twitches!
06[21:53] * Seira focuses on helping Amaryl leave the room and its deathtrap, intending to return afterwards for the others if the problem persists. "Forget about the mist and let's just leave for now!" she calls over.
[21:53] <Alicia> "Latha, take us somewhere nice," Alicia agrees, going to convene by the deva and taking her hand, holding her other out for someone else to take so they can form a circle.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 sure why not
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 sure why not and gets 32." [1d20=17]
01[21:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[21:56] <Kotono> Antenora flies over, taking Latha's hand, "Retreatin gthen?" she nods, "All together!"
06[21:57] * Seira alters her course at that, heading towards the others as well with Amaryl in tow. "Unless we want to use dimension door again. Either way, let's leave."
[21:57] <Alicia> "The whole place is shaking apart, we should leave altogether," Alicia supports a temporary full retreat.
[21:58] <Kotono> With that, Latha calls on the Planes themselves to take them! In a flash, you stand hip deep in wine-dark waters. Above you, a glorious mountain rises, higher than you can see. Light sheds from it, illuminating your souls! Flocks of Lantern Archon fly and play in the air above and above and above.
[21:59] <Kotono> "Ah." Antenora sighs in deep, long relief. "Should we return to Balmuria now, or rest a time here an consider what to do next?"
01[21:59] <Seira> "Nice call," Seira congratulates the deva, before turning towards Alicia. "You really think the entire place will be destroyed? It had that gate we couldn't come through, and the throne room. Would they really build something that collapses on itself like that?"
[22:01] <Alicia> "Ahh, this is nicer," Alicia smiles, splashing a bit in the warm water and sloughing off the frost that had gathered on her form. "Why don't we see if we can find someone to heal our undead-inflicted ailments before heading back to see if the shaking has stopped?"
[22:01] <Alicia> "I don't know, Seira - the shaking certainly wasn't natural, since an earthquake would have made it collapse and crushed us within seconds," she extrapolates from her experience with spellfiring structurally unsound caverns.
01[22:03] <Seira> "I don't really think it's because of that pentagram being destroyed, either," Seira adds, trailing a hand through the waters slowly. "But maybe it was something-- Antenora, was there a sentience, a mind behind the mist?"
[22:05] <Kotono> "Not that I felt. For my two copper, I suspect it was simply a counter attack from the Dark Six. We took the base, but they weren't going to let us keep it easily." Washing herself as well in the warm, holy waters, "But we did damage, looted it and defeated Devarim. It's a good bit of progress."
01[22:05] <Seira> "We didn't burn it all down to the ground, either," Seira grumbles. "It's not quite a full victory without leaving the place utterly in ruins."
[22:06] <Alicia> "The shaking may have been building up to ruining it utterly to deny us any further benefit from going over their belongings," Alicia points out, starting to wade towards the beach. "We'll return later and see if there's anything left to see?"
[22:06] <Kotono> "I can get us aid to heal our afflictions," Latha begins to fly just over the water and forward, "From there, we can decide on our next move?"
[20:07] <Kotono> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[20:08] <Kotono> The Seven Heavens of Celestia are peaceful and restorative. Latha is able to lead you to friends to get healed, this taking two hours. Once done, Latha transports the party back to the Prime Material!
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 5d100
[20:08] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 139." [5d100=8, 11, 42, 70, 8]
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 7." [1d9=7]
[20:09] <Kotono> You appear in mountains, in a jagged cleft in the rocky ground! Around you, spots of electric blue light up the faint sunlight that reaches here. Shocker Lizards crawl about, voltage traveling between them.
[20:09] <Alicia> "Hmm. I suppose it's not all desolate wasteland after all," Alicia remarks, pointing out the ubiquitous lizards. "I suppose if anything can thrive in the worst of climates it would be those."
[20:10] <Kotono> "Like cockroaches," Antenora has her spear in hand, "If you would, before we have to eliminate them?"
01[20:10] <Seira> "I was just about to say magical cockroaches," Seira agrees, smiling at Antenora.
[20:11] <Alicia> "Right," Alicia nods, recalling her image of the room with all the doors that was half ravaged by spellfire when she sent the golem plummetting. "It's not the best mental image but I'll do my best," she promises, teleporting the group.
[20:11] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 33." [1d100=33]
[20:13] <Kotono> Alicia calls on the words of magic...but nothing happens! Around you, more electricity crackles, shocker lizards staring at the party!
01[20:13] <Seira> "Want to try for a more familiar location and aim for the shore by the original entrance?"
[20:14] <Kotono> "Something, rather fast," Amaryl shrinks back from a crackle of lightning.
[20:14] <Alicia> "That's odd... alright, I'll give it a shot," Alicia nods, trying that instead.
[20:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 60." [1d100=60]
[20:15] <Kotono> The shoreline is bitterly cold as you stand on it. The wastelands behind you stretch on, the ocean waters ahead lapping against the half frozen beach.
[20:17] <Alicia> "Time to get wet again?" Alicia concludes, resisting the urge to sigh as she starts wading into the water.
06[20:17] * Seira nods, following her in.
[20:19] <Kotono> Thus the party takes to the water again! As you swim down, you find the water bitterly cold, small chunks of ice floating about as you descend.
[20:20] <Alicia> "It was cold but not that cold before... do you think maybe the freezing fog leaked through the portals?" Alicia asks as they swim downwards.
01[20:20] <Seira> "They might've destroyed the entire base," Seira suggests. "If they can't have it, no one can?"
[20:22] <Kotono> "If they did that, I hope it means we've shaken them," Latha whispers as they continue to swim into the frozen depths. Coming to the bottom, you find the sea floor nothing but a thick sheet of rock and ice. The platform lies there, shattered apart amid grasping bursts and pillars of frost.
[20:22] <Alicia> "I think we can call this theory confirmed," Alicia notes, eyeing the ice. "That'll be why it wouldn't let me teleport inside, since it's frozen solid. A pity we couldn't search it more thoroughly, but we got what we needed at least."
[20:23] <Kotono> "Now what?" Amaryl says as she shivers in the water, a small floe of ice floating past the party, "Return to Balmuria?"
01[20:24] <Seira> "Yeah, let's retreat for now," Seira agrees. "When Marie returns, she could try and take a look, perhaps? Or I could see if Abagail's location spell could be adapted to determine just where the place itself was located."
[20:25] <Alicia> "I'm willing to bet Balmuria is too far away for me to teleport us," Alicia admits. "Seira, could you perhaps see if you can get us to that place you explored in the wastes south of the desert and then I'll get us the rest of the way home?"
01[20:27] <Seira> "I could do that," Seira agrees quite readily, calling up the image of the fortress her father claimed for himself after Irenes's defeat and teleporting them all to its main entrance.
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 64." [1d100=64]
[20:29] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears amid the wastelands! The stairs into Irenes' old fortress go down, as bitter cold blows about you. In the sky, black lightning plays, criss crossed with vivid, bruiselike clouds that whiz by as fast as a fallen angel plummeting from the Heavens.
06[20:30] * Alicia pauses a moment to look around, curious since she's never been here. But she doesn't hold things up overly long, only taking the time to dry everyone off with prestidigitation before she teleports to her house.
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[20:31] <Kotono> Thus you appear in Alicia's house. It's quiet here, no one immediately about. Antenora takes a long breath, "Home. Shall we go see if Saul and the others have returned?"
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: can I sense Marie?
06[20:31] * Seira figures Alicia would be the first to know, and thus looks expectantly towards her.
[20:35] <Alicia> "They're definitely back, I can sense Marie," Alicia confirms, assuming Jessica and Dawnhope have went somewhere with Hugo. She's not sensing any alarm from her familiar that would indicate anything bad's happened. "Lets go to the garrison and see from there? If Noonbreath is around we might as well tell him what happened with Melancton."
[20:38] <Kotono> Thus the party meets together at the garrison. The garrison itself is swollen - soldiers, outsiders and more, bustling and preparing Balmuria for the worst. Getting Noonbreath is done, as well as Saul, Eudard and Marie. With Commander Oberuth listening and watching in one of the meeting rooms, ""Alicia, Seira," A nod to them, "Report first."
01[20:45] <Seira> "Sir," Seira says, saluting. "As the result of investigating the location retrieved by Alicia, we found a portal to a stronghold of the Dark Six, who were as the result confirmed as our enemies without any shred of doubt. Once there, we have faced Melcanton, who refused to be swayed to surrender." She looks towards Noonbreath as she continues.
01[20:45] <Seira> "Regrettably, we were unable to subdue him in that situation."
[20:46] <Kotono> Noonbreath's face darkens with sadness, but he nods none the less. "I do not fault you for it. There are few worse foes than a titan. Was his death final or will his soul spirit back to the Outer Realms to reform?"
06[20:47] * Seira hesitates, before nodding slightly. "There is that possibility. Once we pressed on further into the base, we have encountered a spectre of Alice, despite Elle Stronger ensuring that she would be able to pass on. Given Elle's skill and knowledge, she would not have made a mistake in that."
[20:49] <Alicia> "I wouldn't be surprised if his soul was claimed by the Neverborn, in which case it will be irrevocably gone," Alicia interjects. "If he were to reform anywhere, though, it would likely be in Pale Night's care."
[20:49] <Kotono> As Commander Oberuth scowls, Noonbreath nods slightly, "If you come across his path again and can capture him, we will be greatful. Ah, Pale Night? Has she come into this again?"
01[20:51] <Seira> "We believe a connection might exist, yes," Seira affirms. "A slain hero's spirit we've encounterd in that place, after freeing the captive souls, insisted that the keys to freeing those eladrin children were held by the Dark Six, and that in turn as long as the sacrifice was ongoing in her realm, entry to Bleak Rendor, their place of power, was impossible."
[20:51] <Alicia> "And we have one of those keys right here," Alicia takes a moment to unfurl her portable hole, taking out the orb and holding it up for all to see.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Events are coming to a head," Noonbreath sits back in his seat, "Are you aware more celesitals have been traveling to - oh!" He stares at the orb. As Alicia holds it, skulls writhe within!
[20:53] <Alicia> "It's a really nasty thing," Alicia admits, putting it away after a few seconds. "It has a will and tries to tempt me with power whenever I touch it, but given how it empowered the spells of Glaciante Devarim, I'm not particularly interested in using it that way."
[20:54] <Kotono> Saul peers at it, "It should be identified, if not analysed. If it is as you say it is, you may hold a true artifact in your hands."
[20:56] <Kotono> After clearing his throat, "It truly is. But, on the subject I was, are you familiar that more celestials are headed to Androlynne? On discussing this matter with Queen Morwel," He pauses here, "She passes this information on and asks that it stays in your confidences. Not that itw ill be a great surprise to you now, I think."
[20:56] <Alicia> "We'll likely be following them shortly anyway," Alicia nods. "Go on?"
[20:57] <Kotono> After that, "The eladrin children in Androlynne are beginning to die out. Omens and portents have warned the Court of Stars that a great evil is coming to them. They are unclear, but meaning is abundant."
01[20:59] <Seira> "The Neverborn might be making its move, then, whatever it is," Seira voices. "At least we should have a way to counter it, now. The first thing we should should be identifying the workings of that orb, I feel."
[21:00] <Alicia> If they were all dead that would satisfy the conditions for reaching Bleak Rendor just as much as freeing them. Not that Alicia cares to so much as suggest this. "We have precious little time. If we can get the orb and any other magic items we recovered analysed today, we might be able to depart tomorrow?"
[21:00] <Alicia> She pauses a moment to regard Noonbreath, "We retrieved Melancton's belongings as well - is there anyone back home who would want them?"
[21:01] <Kotono> "Yes. We would like them." He agrees to Alicia, "Also to ensure that he never uses them again."
[21:01] <Kotono> At this, Saul considers, "Seira, the two of us should work on that once this is finished, then."
01[21:02] <Seira> "It'll have to be scrolls, but that works well enough for me."
[21:03] <Kotono> "As for our end of things?" Saul clears his throat, "We succeeded in meeting with Talos. We received information about the Neverborn, as well as a weapon assured to be able to wound it."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Also, don't even think about going near it without death ward magic," Marie speaks up for the first time. "Even if you survive the aura, you'll be horrendously weakened."
[21:04] <Kotono> "You'll need living weapons beyond mortal craft to wound it," Eudard says, drawing his own blade. It's like lightning, pure electricity crackling as forged steel.
[21:05] <Kotono> Saul clears his throat, "There is another concern as well. Namely, Malcanthet."
06[21:05] * Seira is far too aware of lacking one, but her father's words draw her attention. "How so?"
[21:05] <Alicia> "Does that describe you well enough, Hell Striker?" Alicia asks her sword hopefully. It certainly did a good job on the lich! Her expression darkens at Saul's interjection. "What about her?"
[21:07] <Kotono> "Talos warned us that she would be interested in this matter." Saul looks to Alicia, face blank and without expression. "He warned us that if we choose to parley with her, she is a serpent of wily and cunning. He warned us if we choose to ignore her, that her machinations are sure and devastating." Folding his hands together, "It does propose an unfavorable idea, but one worth considering. Namely, to come to some sort of understanding with her
[21:07] <Kotono> "It does propose an unfavorable idea, but one worth considering. Namely, to come to some sort of understanding with her, rather than her scheming and interfering becoming tangled with our own efforts."
[21:09] <Alicia> "If she tries to interfere she'll end up entangled with Pale Night, the Dark Six, and us. Would she really want to risk that?" Alicia asks hopefully, disheartened at her sword's lack of reply.
[21:10] <Alicia> Oh, there it is! She chooses to believe he's tough enough, and pats the hilt reassuringly.
[21:11] <Kotono> "I wouldn't put it past her." Saul answers right back, "I find the idea near folly, but..." At this, "The Abyss is Chaos. Perhaps we can use one arm of it to attack the other, or at least not bother us."
[21:11] <Kotono> Now bowing his head to rub his temples, "I also fear more trouble that we already have."
[21:12] <Kotono> "She's a demon," Antenora's own smile is dark and grim, "I wouldn't put the stupidity of it past her, nor the self important malice to do so. On the other hand, why bother? She's our enemy as well, just not an active one."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Interestingly, the demons sided with the Gods, while the devils did not, regarding the past war here," Noonbreath clears his throat, "I would have expected the other way, so perhaps there are more wrinkles to this as well."
01[21:14] <Seira> "We shouldn't get involved," Seira states her own opinion. "Regardless of success, at its core the idea to approach Malcanthet means that we won't be able to use that time and energy to focus on our real enemies."
[21:15] <Alicia> "We don't have time to go begging other demons to please leave us alone. This will likely see us coming into direct conflict with Pale Night as it is," Alicia seconds Seira.
[21:15] <Alicia> "If Malcanthet wants to try knocking over Pale Night while she's distracted with us, good for her. I'll wish her luck and stand clear. If she decides to go after us instead, well two demon queens against us isn't much different from one."
[21:16] <Kotono> "Agreed." Oberuth slams a hand down onto the table, "Unless we have no other choice, we won't go pissing around the Abyss, hoping for cursed help. If Malcanthet gets in our way, she'll be dealt with. Now then, Seira, Saul, get on that orb."
[21:17] <Kotono> "In a way, I'm glad you didn't listen," Saul says with the faintest smile, "Even if it's the wrong choice, it's the better one as far as I care." Standing now, "Let's go to to the Countess' shop, Seira. We'll do it there."
06[21:18] * Alicia takes the time to fish out Melancton's armour, hammer, and jewellery, letting Noonbreath have them before she follows Seira and her dad to get the big bag of magic items inventoried.
[21:50] <Kotono> ---
[23:02] <Kotono> -------
[23:04] <Kotono> That evening, everything is said and done. In Seira's room, Amaryl comes up. She wears a soft green nightgown, going to sit next to Seira. She puts her head on Seira's shoulder, closing her eyes. "This day. Has there every been another day like this, at least for me?"
01[23:05] <Seira> "It's something most people never experience," Seira responds quietly. "Something you never should have gone through."
[23:08] <Kotono> Amaryl's body breathes in and out, a soft sigh that is felt from contact. "It wasn't so bad. I mean...everyone's afraid to die, aren't they? But it was like waking up from a bad dream, nothing worse. I've seen the Heavens now and I've died and...I'm not afraid of it. I...I almost want to go back, just to be there. It's so right there, Seira."
01[23:12] <Seira> "For most people, the order is reversed," Seira responds with a snort. "Yeah. I don't really fear death, either. But you know, strange as it might sound, I think it's more about who you leave behind. People who depend on you, those who love you. They're the ones who'll suffer if you die, and that's why...." She trails off with a helpless shrug.
[23:13] <Kotono> "I know. That's why I came back," Amaryl whispers into Seira's ear. "For you, for Donald, for everyone. But," She curls up against Seira, "I can see why few come back from beyond the grave. The happiness there is superior to the greatest joy I've felt while alive. It was transcendant."
01[23:15] <Seira> "But more for me than for Donald, right?" Seira teases.
02[23:15] * Mystia (~Melanchth@pool-96-231-68-153.washdc.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[23:17] <Kotono> "Of course. With the choices I had...Heaven or Seira. Hmmm." Giggling to that, "I mean, Heaven or Seira and three angels running around naked," With a tint of red to her cheeks, her giggles increasing, "I'm lucky to have you...though it seems everyone in the Guard is very beautiful."
01[23:20] <Seira> "They are," Seira agrees, admiring Amaryl.
[23:21] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, her green gown cascading down her body, clinging around her hips and body. "Is it true that good is beautiful and evil is ugly?"
01[23:23] <Seira> "I think it speaks of spirit, really," Seira muses in response to the question. "There are certainly plenty of breathtaking fiends out there, but I wouldn't consider even for a moment to spend my life with them."
[23:24] <Kotono> "Hm. Of course." Amaryl's blush lingers, "...but Seira, can I ask you something?"
01[23:26] <Seira> "Anything," Seira responds, even as her hand draws to Amaryl's side, trailing up lazily.
[23:27] <Kotono> "Am I...pretty enough. Alicia, Antenora, Latha...you...all of you were like watching Goddesses. I...I'm smaller and..." she murmurs, looking down. "Am I pretty enough for you?"
01[23:35] <Seira> "I worried quite a bit, myself," Seira says in a seeming nonsequitur, drawing Amaryl closer. "About our social positions, or if I would be seen by you as most elves do, even when they're trying to be kind. I also worried for a time that there were people you liked more. Then, there was the added worry of having you right there beside me as we face things that no one should ever have to face.
01[23:36] <Seira> But if there's anything I learned from all that, is that I shouldn't think about it like that, because that's my doubt talking, trying to mask itself as some sort of analysis. You're beautiful, Amaryl. There is no need to compare yourself to anyone, but if you'd like to, then yes; you're wrong to list yourself as being in a different league from the resident celestial team.
01[23:36] <Seira> And, as an added bonus, the Guard's only getting prettier with time, so us vain people are certainly in the right place for a makeover or two!"
[23:36] <Kotono> With a warming red glow to her face, "Oh...thank you," Amaryl hugs Seira tightly, squeezing her.
01[23:38] <Seira> "Don't you draw your share of lovestruck stares when you walk through Balmuria's streets?" Seira asks Amaryl in a light tone of voice. "I find that hard to believe."
[23:41] <Kotono> "Well..." Amaryl merely blushes even hotter. "Still..." Fiddling with her dress, "Seira, do you have the energy for..." Pressing her fingers together, "There was a lot of visual...ah, appeal to the day."
01[23:43] <Seira> "I'm weak for beautiful people seducing me," Seira affirms, although she ends up blushing herself at the end. "In fact, if they happen to be my girlfriend, I don't think I could possibly resist."
[23:45] <Kotono> "Good," Amaryl's own heat turns her entire face red, "Then..." Amaryl reaches up and...OOC: Good to cut there, Seira?
[19:45] <Kotono> ---
[19:47] <Kotono> There's many a way to wake up. Seira has had the good and the bad ways...and this is a good one. Having Amaryl's warm, soft body curled against your side is a lovely thing to wake up to. Doubly so is the smell of eggs, porridge and bacon, a bowl on a table moved right besides the bed. "Morning," Amaryl murmurs into your ear.
03[19:48] * Yomi is now known as Seira
01[19:49] <Seira> "Morning," Seira returns with a smile, just lounging for now. "Sleep well?"
[19:51] <Kotono> "Well." Whispering and rubbing against Seira, warmth spreading all over, "Donald said that Elle wants to see you when you wake up and have breakfast. Mmm." She closes her eyes, holding ot Seira as she smiles in contentment.
01[19:52] <Seira> "In an hour, then," Seira announces lazily. "If it were urgent, they wouldn't wait for me to wake up on my own."
[19:54] <Kotono> "Mm-hmm," Amaryl curls into you, "We're going to the Abyss today?"
01[19:56] <Seira> "So it seems. I never thought we would get a chance to do something about that problem so soon, but maybe if we can help in solving it, the issues we're dealing with here, on our world, would feel more manageable."
[19:59] <Kotono> "Mmmm." Amaryl murmurs something, lost between the sheets and body heat. "Before we go, Seira..."
06[20:00] * Seira shifts until she's facing her. "Before we go?"
[20:03] <Kotono> "Let me rest against you a while longer," she replies, doing just that. "We may not have a chance for a time if we spend it in the Abyss."
01[20:04] <Seira> It's exactly why she is in no hurry to pay Elle a visit that morning. Seira hardly objects, using this chance to relax.
[20:06] <Kotono> All good things do eventually pass in the mortal realms. Seira gets dressed and begins her day. She finds Elle in her shop, still clad in mourning black. "Good morning," she says to Seira, face drawn, tired. She leans against the wall of her shop, back slumping.
01[20:08] <Seira> "Morning," Seira responds, nodding in greeting, before she takes another look at Elle's devastated appearance and asks spontaneously, "You'd tell me if you needed anything? If there was anything I could do for you?"
[20:12] <Kotono> "I feel...a little better today. It was just sobbing my eyes out half the night." Wearily straightening up and going to a chair, "I'm going to go back to sleep after this. I know I can't mope around forever, and wandering like a sleepless zombie won't do anyone any good."
01[20:14] <Seira> "I think... it's normal to break down when you lose someone," Seira finds herself saying. "Even if you know you shouldn't, you can't help it."
[20:18] <Kotono> "Yeah." Looking away, "I wanted to ask you - are you prepared and equipped adequately for the coming battles?"
01[20:19] <Seira> "To fight demon queens at their home ground, or even undead godspawn?" Seira asks rhetorically.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Who ever is? Are you equipped as well as you can be, then?"
[20:20] <Kotono> Elle runs a hand over her face, "Are you going to face Pale Night herself?"
01[20:23] <Seira> "Hard to say, isn't it? I like to think not, but her level of involvement would depend on how interested and invested she is in her scheme. If entertainment is truly key to her, perhaps not. If there are far more practical reasons at play, well...."
06[20:23] * Seira shrugs. "I don't know about facing her, but to face her higher tier servants adequately, I was going to wonder if you had any rods of metamagic available. It would be a bit of a gamble, to see if I can use that as an invesment and make good on it."
[20:24] <Kotono> "I do." Elle goes back behind the counter, "What do you need?"
01[20:25] <Seira> "Vanilla flavored, pretty much. Empower and maximize. You can't go wrong with the classics, can you?"
[20:26] <Kotono> "I do," With a weak, watery smile, "You're welcome to borrow them under the circumstances."
01[20:28] <Seira> "I'm hoping to outright buy them, when we've secured our future and our currency is stable," Seira admits. "On my own, I'm not really a match for any of the things that threaten us, so this is the way I came up with of keeping up."
[20:32] <Kotono> "Then it's a loan until then," Elle gets a pair of staves out, one carved of smooth blackwood and the other made of iron with lines of silver plated in. "Take them."
01[20:39] <Seira> There is so much she wants to say. That Alice's last words were to Elle, and that she always kept on thinking about her. That Seira herself understand what she is going through all too well. But she just takes the staves and nods. "I'll return. I'll definitely return," Seira promises.
[20:40] <Kotono> Elle's smile is tired, worn, drawn. It's the smile of a woman exhausted, but it's one that matches the eyes that meet Seira's. "You will. You're too stubborn to die, even if it's Pale Night herself. I'm absolutely sure of it."
01[20:42] <Seira> "I still have a mark to leave on the world, don't I?" Seira muses with a small smile of her own. "A Mythal to build, one to protect Balmuria and its residents for all time? You're right. I can't die before I accomplish at least that."
[20:43] <Kotono> "By the Gods, yes." Elle reaches out, patting Seira's shoulder, "Go show them that you hvae a lot to live for. We aren't going to go under to a horde of undead tyrants."
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[21:02] <Kotono> That morning, as Seira prepares, Donald knocks and peeks into Seira's room. "Hey Seira," he calls, "Got a visitor. Some guy, looks nad smells like a traveler. Want do you want me to do withhim?"
01[21:04] <Seira> "I'll see him in my library," Seira responds, tapping her lips thoughtfully before glancing at Donald askance. "Unless he smells really badly? Then please use prestidigitation, first."
[21:06] <Kotono> "Eh, just like the road. He's not going to burn your delicate nostrils off," Donald makes a flippant gesture, going out. Soon Seira is in her library, Donald leading the man in. He has short blonde hair, cut slightly unevenly but very short. He's perhaps twenty, wearing a brown cloak andtravel stained clothes. He offers a small bow to Seira, "Thank you for taking the time to meet me."
01[21:07] <Seira> "I generally try to see those who come to meet me, if I happen to be home," she responds, gesturing at a comfortable armchair opposite her. "Would you like something to drink?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "Water." He sits down, resting his legs and sinking deep into the chair. "I'd heard the stories from all the way down in Malmuth, about an elf-dragon archmage."
01[21:09] <Seira> "A few of them good, I hope?"
[21:10] <Kotono> "Heh, heh. They got better once I got into the Barony of Valandia," Donald gets him a glass of water, sipped down in a few sipping gulps. "How true is that? Are you truly dragon blooded?"
06[21:12] * Seira studies the man a moment longer, before replying, "I have draconic blood, if that is the question, even though it might seem improbable."
[21:13] <Kotono> "I do admit, I thought dragons were bigger." He answers back, a slight stubble on his cheeks. His features are well defined and sharp, his body showing hinted muscle beneath his clothes. "Then again, the Bard's more bawdy tales insist that dragons are, ah, adaptable."
06[21:14] * Seira shrugs. "Dragons and mages can shapeshift, whenever it suits them, which is adaptable enough."
[21:17] <Kotono> Rubbing his chin and grinning, "Ah yes, that's how the stories go. So, what sort of dragon are you? Red? Gold?"
01[21:18] <Seira> "A sane red dragon. Gold ones are nice enough, but they tend to have a horribly uptight manner, from observation."
[21:20] <Kotono> "Really?" He considers that, "Well, there's that old bard's tale about the red and gold dragon that fell in love."
01[21:21] <Seira> "I'm hoping I get to meet them, one day," Seira says, sounding happy at the topic being discussed. "They sound like a very nice couple!"
[21:23] <Kotono> "They're still alive...then again, I hear dragons live forever. If you can find one." Finishing off his water, "I've never actually seen a giant flying dragon. I hear there was one here years back, but the Crimson Guard slew him."
01[21:25] <Seira> Has it really been years? Seira almost shakes her head, before leaving it be. "There's been a few of them, but we only managed to deal with the reds and golds. It seems every other dragon is either a nasty piece of work or just happened to be driven insane by the passage of time."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Curious." Thinking on that, "Are any other dragons known of and sane?"
01[21:31] <Seira> "There's plenty across the planes, for one," Seira muses, thinking of several examples that would qualify. "But if you had such magic available, you wouldn't need me to tell you that. There is Ajan, the father of the red dragon in the legend you brought up. Aside from those two, he's very nice and quite mentally stable."
[21:32] <Kotono> "Could I meet him, perhaps?" The man's eyes narrow a little, "If he'd be willing to, of course."
01[21:33] <Seira> "Not for a year, at least, I'm afraid," Seira says regretfully. "He intends to settle on a new home before even considering such matters as visitors, and it should take that long."
[21:35] <Kotono> "Ah. A pity." The man cocks his head at an angle, "Do you know of any others more receptive to visitors?"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Dragons tend to be secretive and reclusive, but if I knew, perhaps, why you wished to have this audience with them, it could be arranged," Seira responds, hedging her words.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Who doesn't want to see a dragon!" With widenening eyes, "They're creatures of legend. Anyone can go find a goblin or a troll in the Barbarian Lands, but a dragon?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "Oh, I'm sorry." Seira raises a hand to stop him. "What I really meant was, is there a good enough reason for an ancient dragon to see a human? They might not take kindly to being exhibits or curios for mortals."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Oh." He stops there. "...well, I'll need to think about that, won't I?"
01[21:44] <Seira> "Yes. Because to a dragon, you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
[20:10] <Kotono> -----
[20:13] <Kotono> That late morning, the party gathers together in Seira's inn. Amaryl is dressed in her battle clothes, quiet and resolute. Latha sits and waits patiently, while Antenora paces near the fireplace, waiting for the time to go. OOC: Ball's in your court, go ahead.
01[20:14] <Seira> "No time like the present," Seira voices, herself ready to depart, adorned in the latest fashions of Kelara.
[20:15] <Alicia> "Before we go, perhaps we could get Lord Saul to cast another divination on Glaciante's orb?" Alicia suggests. "It might reveal hidden legends or forgotten lore that would help us properly use it as a key in Androlynne."
01[20:16] <Seira> "That shouldn't be too hard," Seira agrees. "He usually keeps a spell like that ready, just in case."
[20:18] <Kotono> "Let's do that, then," Latha rises, "Go over to Malmuth and bring him back to do it?"
01[20:18] <Seira> "We can just head there, and it won't take us much time," Seira proposes in return. "It hardly matters where we leave from."
[20:21] <Kotono> Thus the party heads to Malmuth. A small slice of the city is restored, magic wrought each day to repeal the ravages of the Dark Six. You find Saul resting in one such house, his spellbook in front of him. On coming to him, "This orb?" He asks, "Let me see it."
06[20:22] * Alicia takes it out of the portable hole and hands it over. "Careful, don't let it tempt you into using it," she cautions.
[20:26] <Kotono> Saul takes the orb, his eyes widening. "Waukeen's treasury...!" He gasps, his gaze locked into the orb! Skulls and screaming faces can be seen inside, as very slowly, Saul puts it down. He rubs his hands together, "So cold. It's like holding a heart of ice." He shuffles, taking out a few ivory sticks. "Be quiet. This isn't a hard ritual, but it's one of the longer ones."
[20:26] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[20:29] <Kotono> IT takes Saul the better part of an hour to work his magic. At the finish he grasps the orb with both hands, then puts it right back down. "Long ago, a dark wizard took on the name Sylian. He rose into the sky to face the Unspoken Chaos. From her the secret of hateful chaos was learned, and woe onto existance, for in those are the Eyes of Oblivion, the end of life."
[20:30] <Alicia> Flowery, but not particularly helpful. "Anything else?" she asks hopefully.
01[20:30] <Seira> "Chaos is a girl?" Seira asks, unable to move past that one herself.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Why not?" Marie asks. "Were you hoping she'd be a hermaphrodite?"
01[20:32] <Seira> "Hoping is a bit much. I don't expect concepts to have gender. Or physical form."
[20:32] <Kotono> "Eladrin," Rubbing his temples at that, "Be silent." Saul then clears his throat, "There are two more legends."
[20:32] <Alicia> Marie pouts as only a physical embodiment of good and chaos can, but allows herself to be lectured by the elf and dutifully pipes down.
[20:33] <Kotono> "I believe it's referring to Pale Night," Latha glances back at Seira. "Didn't the spirit we met in Silence mention the Unspoken Chaos was the Pale Mother, who is likely Pale Night?"
01[20:36] <Seira> "I'm actually relieved to hear this."
[20:40] <Kotono> "The second is this: Bleak Rendor is where life ends, a legendary ground that is the terminal point for all life. It is said that a dread lich tamed even this, encasing it into physical form. Doing so is said to have caused the downfall of six righteous empires into civil war and anarchy."
[20:41] <Alicia> It seems like they're only getting background on the Dark Six and nothing on the device in question... hopefully legend number three is more helpful.
01[20:41] <Seira> "How would one follow from the other?" Seira inquires curiously.
[20:45] <Kotono> "It's a legend." Saul shrugs, "It's truth or what it refers to is beyond the scope of the spell. As for the third? An eladrin prophet spoke of the coming of 'Sixfold Eyes. When they are as one in death made blessed ground, a miracle shall happen. But if not and they see what must not be seen, The End comes in a sacrifice of the righteous.'
01[20:46] <Seira> "So this implies we need the other five keys to actually do anything?"
[20:46] <Alicia> That perhaps puts a crimp in their plans. "Does this mean there are five other orbs and we require all six of them?"
[20:48] <Kotono> "Perhaps. It's only a legend, though..." Saul rubs his hands now, wringing warmth into them, "A sacrifice of the righteous sounds like what you're going off to prevent. Those eladrin children?"
01[20:49] <Seira> "We might learn more by virtue of going there," Seira muses. "We don't know if a single orb is enough to break the curse on those children. Well, what if neither do our enemies? Once we head there, they will inevitably show up to stop us, and we'll get our hands on more of those orbs, or discover more information about their plans in the process."
[20:50] <Alicia> "That was the plan," Alicia nods. "The spirit we met in Glaciante's desmense said the orb was a key that could free them, and until they were freed Bleak Rendor would be forever barred. Seira's right, we need to lure them out somehow."
[20:51] <Kotono> "Then if Androlynne and Pale Night are a part of it, it follows that we go threaten her plans there. If we can turn the tide and threaten Pale Night's plans, the Dark Six will likely intervene, no?" By the end of it, Antenora's starting to smile, "It's rudimentary, but it's a plan."
[20:52] <Kotono> "If we seek more insight," Latha says, "There are still questions to be answered, spoken from what we've learned and the prophecy Helm passed to Demedais. Perhaps these can shape our actions further and refine them?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "Perhaps," Alicia allows, for all that she dislikes trying to puzzle out purple-prosed-prophecies. "Shall we depart, then?"
06[20:54] * Seira thinks that if Helm is aware of something that caught Waukeen by surprise and actually wants them to act to prevent it, he could just say so directly. "All for it, once I've cast my spells," she says out loud, casting her almost-day-long spells at this point.
[20:55] <Kotono> "It's probably best. Once we get the situation in Androlynne, we can add that into what we know and see what directions we should take," Antenora readies her spear, "Marie, over here," she says, tapping her head.
[20:57] <Alicia> Marie obligingly settles herself on Antenora's head.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Are we ready then?" Amaryl asks, voice quiet.
06[20:59] * Seira is prepared.
[20:59] <Alicia> "As we'll ever be," Alicia affirms, taking Latha's hand and then Amaryl's as they form up.
[20:59] <Kotono> "Then...Celestia's light guide us," Latha intones, the party vanishing! (More)
[21:01] <Kotono> Trees? Trees. The forest spreads out all around you. Trees large and small, some twisted into strange, alien shapes. Splashes of vivid green, red and yellow are the leaves, so intense as to make your eyes water, as if those colors were distilled down to the ultimate essence they possess. You stand amid the trees, appearing without incident. In the center of your hand-holding circle, a tall, impossibly slender tree reaches high above.
[21:02] <Kotono> In the center of your hand-holding circle, a tall, impossibly slender tree reaches high above.
01[21:03] <Seira> "Let's go and find someone?" Seira proposes with a shrug.
06[21:04] * Alicia takes a quick look around, confirming they're alone. "Better than the last Abyssal layer we visited, but appearances can be deceiving," she warns. "We'll try and make contact with local eladrin and get the lay of the land from there," she agrees with Seira.
[21:04] <Kotono> "We dont' need to go far," Antenora peers about, "I can sense minds all around. The trees are alive."
01[21:04] <Seira> "If you ask them nicely to guide us, will they help?"
[21:04] <Alicia> At that comment Alicia naturally checks if the trees are evil.
[21:06] <Alicia> "They seem inoffensive..." Alicia murmurs, letting the telepaths handle actual communication.
[21:06] <Kotono> "Alive and around..." The tree in the center of all of you sing songs...? A barkskinned, somewhat female form pokes it's head out of the tree, writhing up and down it as she spins around, taking in the party. "We welcome you to Androlynne and the Boldybingian Woods! You have come ot protect the lost children?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "We have," Alicia approaches the head poking out of the tree. "And perhaps even more. Can you tell us where we can find them?"
01[21:07] <Seira> "Or where whatever that wishes to harm them is," Seira adds, likewise coming closer.
[21:09] <Kotono> "To the southeast lie Eddleston's Blessing and Melantonberg," The woman answers, "Were the children and the defenders live. To the north is Hoppenstain Run, a fearsome river where many battles rage. North of that lies the demons."
[21:10] <Alicia> "So that becomes our first decision. Do we confer with the defenders first, or plunge into battle and hope to make an impression?" Alicia turns to her friends for their thoughts.
01[21:12] <Seira> "I vote for battle," Seira states. "By being there, we might alter its outcome. We lose nothing by meeting with the defenders at a later time, but missing the chance to help turn a battle around would definitely be a shame."
06[21:13] * Alicia smiles and nods her agreement with Seira's reasoning. "I was thinking much the same thing."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Both are appealing choices, but I believe Seira is right. If a battle is going on right now, let's turn that tide then find out what we need." Latha starts to walk now, "Let us not tarry."
01[21:14] <Seira> "How far away is it?" Seira asks the helpful tree. "Can we teleport over?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "About ten miles north," It points in that direction, "You can't miss the river, or the hordes of demons and eladrin preparing for, on defense or in battle."
[21:17] <Alicia> "We'd best get moving, then," Alicia nods, starting to walk in the indicated direction.
[21:18] <Kotono> "The eladrin prevent teleportation magic," Going no now, the spirit twists towards Seira, "So that the hordes of the Abyss cannot appear right by the children to slaughter them."
01[21:18] <Seira> That's all Seira needs to start heading for the battle on foot!
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Who's on point?
[21:21] <Alicia> OOC: I'll go
01[21:21] <Seira> OOC: I'll cast extended heroism on myself and Lagann on Amaryl
01[21:22] <Seira> OOC: I'll also stick with her near the back
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: And an extended dragonskin, because why not
[21:24] <Kotono> The woods stretch a little farther. You walk out of it without problem. But as you walk to the edges of the forest, flat plains full of wildflowers of every color ahead...(More)
06[21:28] * Seira raises a hand and rubbery tentacles rise out of the ground, snaking up to ensnare her quarry, while she calls out, "Three Molydeus-like demons, one hundred and fifty feet ahead!"
01[21:29] <Seira> OOC: Black tentacles on the group
01[21:30] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+26 grapple
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+26 grapple and gets 105." [3#1d20+26 = 33, 33, 39]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 1
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 1 and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 2
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 2 and gets 46." [1d20=14]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 3
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 3 and gets 41." [1d20=9]
[21:30] <Kotono> A field of tentacles springs upa head on the open, flower filled planes! They seem to grapple at something unseen, whipping back and forth! OOC: Something's obviously up. Roll init?
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 1
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 1 and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 2
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 2 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 3
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 3 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
01[21:31] <Seira> "Spell's centered on the one in between, the others flank him by about ten feet!" Seira reports, drawing the Resort.
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 28." [1d20=20]
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 3." [1d20=3]
03[21:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Molydeus 3(29)>Molydeus 2(19)>Alicia(18)>Marie(17)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)'
03[21:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Molydeus 3(29)>Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira(19)>Alicia(18)>Marie(17)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
[21:34] <Kotono> Seira can see one of them sprint forward, coming to within 70 feet! It abruptly appears to all, as a lightning bolt comes from it's axe, arching in the air towards Seira! OOC: Ref, Seira.
01[21:34] <Seira> OOC: Half speed
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: I'm aware of how the spell works and that's how far they move under the circumstances. >_> Ref save.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[21:36] <Kotono> Seira simply sidesteps through the lightining bolt, whipping amid the very crackles of it as she avoids being even shocked slightly! OOC: Amaryl.
01[21:37] <Seira> Amaryl roughly knows where the lightning bolt came from, and aims for its point of origin, hoping for the best!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+25
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+25 and gets 123." [4#1d20+25 = 30, 26, 32, 35]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+20
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+20 and gets 76." [2#1d20+20 = 36, 40]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+15
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+15 and gets 38." [2#1d20+15 = 22, 16]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 crit?
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 crit? and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: One normal hit.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6 and gets 30." [1d8=1][4d6=2, 3, 4, 4]
[21:40] <Kotono> The arrows fly in a hail, one of them sticking into the arm of the visible molydeus! It's skin is dead white, like a porcelin doll instead of a fearsome demon! It makes not a sound as it advances! OOC: Molydeus 2 and Seira are up.
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+26 grapple
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+26 grapple and gets 66." [2#1d20+26 = 32, 34]
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 1
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+32 2
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 1 and gets 49." [1d20=17]
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+32 2 and gets 36." [1d20=4]
[21:41] <Kotono> Seira is able to see the second one advance to within seventy feet of the party as well, about ten feet away from the first, but still invisible ot the rest! OOC: Seira, go.
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01[21:46] <Seira> Unfortunately, her magic's failed to stop any of the demons, but Seira hardly lets that bother her. Instead, she leaves the Resort in Lagann's care and clads herself in acid.
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL, didn't roll before
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL, didn't roll before and gets 18." [1d10=8]
[21:47] <Kotono> A sheathe of acid surrounds Seira, shielding her! OOC: Alicia, you're up, then Marie. One Molydeus is visible, taken an arrow wound. You can't see the other one.
[21:51] <Alicia> Three Molydeus? Really? Alicia can scarcely believe it. "Did they know we were here?" she wonders aloud, the trio of greater demons representing a stunning show of force far beyond anything she'd expected to find outside of Pale Night's throneroom.
[21:51] <Alicia> Still, they're not the only ones that can play the stealth game, and with a word Alicia vanishes from sight, moving sixty feet forward and planting herself between the wolf-headed fiends and the rest of the group.
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection and gets 37." [1d20=18]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection and gets 35." [1d20=16]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 CL echecks for Nondetection and gets 38." [1d20=19]
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: Go Marie.
[21:52] <Kotono> Alicia advances forward, coming to within ten feet of the pai rof greater demons!
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 can I see her?
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 knowledge planes, how likely are molydeus to summon stuff?
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 can I see her? and gets 24." [1d20=6]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 knowledge planes, how likely are molydeus to summon stuff? and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[21:54] <Alicia> Marie holds for the moment, protecting Amaryl and waiting for any tell-tale signs of demon summoning that she can promptly divert into calling friendly reinforcements instead.
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to cast perfect summons if any demons try to summon stuff
[21:55] <Kotono> The first Molydeus advances out of the tentacles, hanging back 80 feet from the rest, 20 feet away from Alicia! OOC: Antenora and LAtha.
01[21:56] <Seira> "The second's ten feet to the right -- our right -- from the first, the third is hanging ten feet back," Seira updates them, given that the other two have yet to reveal their presence.
[21:57] <Alicia> Latha drops a flame strike on the visible molydeus, coincidentally catching the one behind it, before she flies forward to support Antenora's advance, positioning herself above Alicia while Antenora charges the visible target!
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: No luck on the SR. Antenora, more coming before you resolve.
[21:58] <Kotono> Antenora charges in! As she does, she feels unsettled, the air around the porcelin-like demon unnatural and wrong! OOC: -1 morale to your attack.
[21:59] <Alicia> Despite the unnaturalness, Antenora is bolstered by the holy auras of both Latha and Alicia nearby and attacks fearlessly, savagely driving her spear into the target!
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -6pa charge flying furious strike
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -6pa charge flying furious strike and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 2d8+74+2d6+2d6 -1 con
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+74+2d6+2d6 -1 con and gets 94." [2d8=5, 3][2d6=4, 3][2d6=1, 4]
[22:01] <Kotono> Antenora darts ahead, impaling the molydeus in the chest! It stands there, wounded and yet healing, bringing it's axe up in revenge! OOC: Go Lagann.
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 planes
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 planes and gets 25." [1d20=10]
01[22:02] <Seira> Lagann directs the Resort forty feet ahead, advancing it to its maximum range as it holds its ground protectively between Seira and the demons!
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 arcana
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 arcana and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Visible 'deus is up then.
01[22:04] <Seira> "So some powerful wizard changed these demons, and they just happened to come across us," Seira calls out. "Coincidence? Don't think so!"
[22:05] <Kotono> The visible one takes a single five foot step forward, it's height roaring as it slashes right for the invisible Alicia, looking to sever her in twain!
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 crit and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Alicia?
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: AC 36
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 This one hits DR
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 This one hits DR and gets 26." [3d6=4, 2, 6]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 This one bypasses DR.
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 This one bypasses DR. and gets 23." [3d6=2, 3, 4]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 snake
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 snake and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 wolf bite
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 wolf bite and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:06] <Kotono> Alicia is axed in the gut, a followup strike hitting her in the face with the flat of it's blade! A split second later, a lightning bolt crackles out from it's snake head, arching up at Antenora in the air!
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 SR
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 SR and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: What's Anty's SR?
[22:07] <Alicia> OOC: 25
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 10d6 ref half
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 ref half and gets 32." [10d6=1, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 1, 6, 5, 3]
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Halved.
[22:08] <Kotono> The lightning bolt arches through Antenora's leg, a light but shocking injury to her flesh! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:09] <Seira> With a whispered word, Amaryl steps back twenty feet, positioning herself with a direct line to the sole visible molydeus. She pauses only long enough to draw three arrows, but once launched, they twin, each seeking its blood!
01[22:09] <Seira> OOC: sniper shot it is
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+25
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+25 and gets 235." [6#1d20+25 = 35, 38, 33, 42, 44, 43]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6 and gets 36." [1d8=5][4d6=2, 1, 6, 6]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6 and gets 40." [1d8=8][4d6=1, 6, 3, 6]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6+6d6
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6+6d6 and gets 54." [1d8=4][4d6=4, 6, 3, 6][6d6=6, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1]
[22:12] <Kotono> Slammed with arrows all over it's body, the molydeus rocks on it's heels, yet utters not a sound as it fights on! OOC: Molydeus 2 and Seira.
06[22:13] * Seira advances, both to support the rest of her friends and to give Lagann a fighting chance, calling for an orb of acid to strike the molydeus receiving all this abuse without fail!
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch, lesser orb
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch, lesser orb and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:14] <Seira> roll 5d8+5
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8+5 and gets 31." [5d8=6, 5, 7, 2, 6]
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: moving 30ft forward
[22:15] <Kotono> Behind the visible molydeus, pentagrams burn into the ground, a terrible howling of the wind! OOC: Marie, if you're going to try PErfect Summons off that, go ahead.
[22:15] <Alicia> Marie immediately expends some of Alicia's borrowed magic, creating a forty foot wide zone centred on that pentagram that will divert away any demons and call in friendly celestials instead!
03[22:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Molydeus 3(29)>Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira=Ghaele(19)>Alicia(18)>Marie(17)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
03[22:17] * Alicia changes topic to 'Molydeus 3(29)>Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira=Ghaele(19)=Marie>Alicia(18)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
[22:17] <Kotono> Besides the pentagrams appear an elf without flaw, jaw set in determination, uttering forth a word of the most profound holy power!
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Whoops, too low on the CL check but the 1 makes it moot
[22:18] <Kotono> .
[22:18] <Kotono> But nothing happens! OOC: Seira, go.
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, you did. Duuuur.
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you're up.
[22:19] <Kotono> "Defiler! You shall be punishes for your wickedness," it declares, "Submit to the righteous power I wield!"
06[22:20] * Alicia hides her surprise at being attacked, the ring of eternal celerity finally running out of juice so it seems. But she has a few tricks of her own, and meets the demon's challenge head on, her falchion scything out to rend flesh from its arm before she flicks upwards through the writhing snake at its neck and down again to impale its chest!
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 49." [1d20=14]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike crit check
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 3rd level arcane strike crit check and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Three normal hits.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 6d4+81+6d6+6d6+3d6+9d4
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+81+6d6+6d6+3d6+9d4 and gets 169." [6d4=2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3][6d6=1, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6][6d6=1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 3][3d6=3, 1, 1][9d4=3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 3]
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira=Ghaele(19)=Marie>Alicia(18)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
[22:23] <Kotono> The molydeus is ripped apart! It falls on it's knees, fading away with nary a sound. Only a bit of a strange, gummy paste is left in it's wake, it's axe dissolving into a puddle of black ichor! OOC: Molydeus 1.
[22:23] <Kotono> Unseen until now, the first molydeus takes a slight step forward, using it's reach to assault the summoned Celestial!
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 crit and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 15d6+70
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6+70 and gets 125." [15d6=6, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 3, 4, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5]
03[22:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira=Marie>Alicia(18)>Molydeus 1(12)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
[22:26] <Kotono> The ghaele's arm is severed, as a strkoe goes upwards! It continues, cutting it's head in two as it's body abruptly vanishes! A second later, it gestures at Amaryl! OOC: TK attempt to send her bow flying. Opposed rolls.
[22:26] <Alicia> Marie looks like someone just gave her a pony and then told her it was lame and had to be put down.
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
01[22:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[22:29] <Kotono> Amaryl's bow is nearly ripped from herhands, but her iron grip lets her hold on, despite nearly being sent flying along with it! OOC: Antenora and Latha. The one that attacked and killed the poor Ghaele is visible now.
[22:32] <Alicia> Antenora would probably say something mean about eladrin right now if she were that way inclined, but settles for simply charging into the molydeus as Latha hits it with a holy smite!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR for Latha
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR for Latha and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa charging, divine succor on Alicia
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa charging, divine succor on Alicia and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[22:33] <Kotono> But Antenora's spearthrust misses by a hair, bouncing off the porcelin skin like it's steel, as Latha's spell fizzles around the molydeus! OOC: Lagann.
01[22:33] <Seira> Happy that he's finally in range to stab himself some demons, Lagann directs the Resort to sink into the visible molydeus's thigh!
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 charge~
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 charge~ and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Bare miss.
[22:35] <Kotono> Lagann flies out, but the molydeus is a hair too fast for it! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:35] <Seira> Since that molydeus wants her bow so much, Amaryl retraces her steps, and empowers her three cold iron arrows with magic to strike with surprising force!
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+25
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+25 and gets 229." [6#1d20+25 = 36, 43, 40, 30, 39, 41]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 4d8+64+16d6+12d6
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d8+64+16d6+12d6 and gets 179." [4d8=6, 8, 3, 8][16d6=2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 1, 5, 2, 4, 1, 1, 6, 3][12d6=6, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3, 2, 3]
[22:39] <Kotono> The molydeus gets arrowed all over, shafts embedded all about it's albaster skin! OOC: Second 'deus and Seira and Marie are up.
01[22:40] <Seira> Dismayed that the freakishly strong demon remains standing, Seira steps ten feet closer to it, and releases a powerful orb of acid it won't be able to deflect!
01[22:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch, impromptu sneak attack, orb of acid
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch, impromptu sneak attack, orb of acid and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[22:40] <Kotono> OOOC: Hit.
01[22:41] <Seira> roll 15d6+15+5d8 acid+sa
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6+15+5d8 acid+sa and gets 84." [15d6=1, 2, 3, 2, 6, 1, 4, 6, 4, 2, 5, 4, 1, 4, 3][5d8=8, 7, 1, 4, 1]
01[22:41] <Seira> OOC: Now 30ft away from it
[22:42] <Kotono> The second molydeus, unseen by all but Seira, whirls! It goes for Alicia in one charging, visible as it appears strike of utter destruction!
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 flatfooted AC, Alicia?
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 flatfooted AC, Alicia? and gets 39." [1d20=8]
[22:43] <Alicia> OOC: not that
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 DR catches this
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 DR catches this and gets 25." [3d6=4, 3, 4]
[22:43] <Kotono> Alicia gets stabbed in the back, an axe penetrating shallowly between her shoulderblades and wings! OOc: Marie? It's visible now that it struck.
[22:44] <Alicia> Flying up for a better line of fire, Marie fires a barrage of arrows into the one that Seira and Amaryl have thus far ravaged, hoping to kill it and free Alicia to concentrate on the newcomer!
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[22:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: This is really not Marie's day.
[22:45] <Kotono> The arrows fly, but they plink off the molydeus like raindrops on an armored knight! OOC: Alicia.
[22:47] <Alicia> Surrounded, Alicia has little choice but to call upon her magic items for help. Arms suddenly blurring with uncanny speed, she flicks her blade out in a dismissive backhand slash to disembowel the arrow and acid-ravaged fiend before focusing her full wrath on the new arrival, flaying its porcelain flesh and shattering its bones!
[22:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 2
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 2 and gets 47." [1d20=9]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1 and gets 43." [1d20=5]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1 and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1 and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1 crit check
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 bracers, divine might, 6th and 2nd level arcane strike Molydeus 1 crit check and gets 48." [1d20=20]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 2d4+27+2d6+2d6+1d6+8d4 deus 2
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+27+2d6+2d6+1d6+8d4 deus 2 and gets 69." [2d4=4, 4][2d6=1, 2][2d6=6, 5][1d6=3][8d4=1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 8d4+108+6d6+6d6+3d6+24d4 deus 1
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+108+6d6+6d6+3d6+24d4 deus 1 and gets 239." [8d4=1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4][6d6=5, 2, 6, 4, 6, 2][6d6=2, 2, 1, 5, 2, 3][3d6=3, 6, 1][24d4=3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4]
03[22:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Molydeus 2=Seira=Marie>Alicia(18)>Antenora=Latha(11)>Lagann(3)'
[22:50] <Kotono> The wounde dmolydeus crumbles away, leaving behind only a strange smear of paste and the ichor of it's melting axe! The other is maimed badly, porcelin chest torn open, yet it does not relent! OOC: Antenora and Latha.
[22:53] <Alicia> Inspired by Alicia's example of furiously tearing the hell out of the wounded molydeus long after it actually died, albeit puzzled by her failure to do much about the more pressing threat, Antenora charges the remaining demon!
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine succor on Alicia
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine succor on Alicia and gets 50." [1d20=20]
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine succor on Alicia crit check
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine succor on Alicia crit check and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: Battle's over, it's dead. Roll damage as a formality.
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 4d8+124+2d6
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+124+2d6 and gets 147." [4d8=6, 2, 8, 4][2d6=2, 1]
[22:54] <Kotono> Antenora charges dead ahead, inspired by Alicia! She impales the neck of the last one, as it collapses into oblivion! It leaves behind only a strange smear and the ichor of it's axe, like it's previous two friends! OOC: Free act.
01[22:54] <Seira> "So, uh, Lagann's upset he didn't get to kill anything," Seira voices, looking about for any other invisible fiends. "We don't believe this was a coincidence, right?"
[22:54] <Kotono> Flicking her spear clean of blood, "How in the hells," Antenora scowls, "Seira, you said these werew wizard enchanted?"
[22:55] <Alicia> Latha makes a point of calling on her magic to see the invisible, while Marie and Alicia settle for simply detecting magic, the latter far more efficient than the former at it. "They didn't look normal, but that's all relative for demons," Alicia offers.
01[22:55] <Seira> "Pretty serious magic. Past me. Yet."
[22:56] <Kotono> "Such insane resistance." Latha shakes her head, "To face this level of opposition, I fear the Dark Six is trying to end us before we can interfere further."
[22:56] <Alicia> "I feel so bad about that poor Ghaele..." Marie whimpers, disconsolately flying over to join the group. "He must be feeling so awkward right now."
01[22:56] <Seira> "Well, they wanted to stop us from getting to that river and the battle taking place? I'm thinking, this means we're on the right path."
[22:57] <Kotono> "He did what he could," Antenora pats the top of her head, "It was a lucky shot."
[22:57] <Kotono> "Perhaps. Let's hurry?" Latha starts to press forward.
06[22:58] * Alicia also dismisses her invisibility, since it's plainly worthless, while Latha heals her and Antenora a little. "Three molydeus, enchanted or not, is a massive commitment for any demon to make," she observes as Marie consoles herself by hugging Antenora's scalp.
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 Alicia
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 Alicia and gets 8." [1d8=3]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 Anty
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 Anty and gets 11." [1d8=6]
01[22:58] <Seira> Linking arms with Amaryl, Seira proceeds after Latha. "Those arrows, an excellent investment," she compliments her quietly. "Marie's definitely onto something there. Maybe we should even get a few banishing ones!"
[22:59] <Kotono> Reaching up to pat Marie, "If it's Pale Night, she's serious abouts topping us. If it's the Dark Six...who knows? They seem to have deep resources. If it's another or mere bad luck...Mystra only knows."
[23:01] <Alicia> "For greater demons like them to be modified by arcane magic I can only think of one possibility," Alicia muses. "Considering how Glaciante was so focused on death, I wonder if another member of the group has talents more suited to altering living creatures - a necromancer could never have bred those mighty remorhaz, after all."
[23:02] <Kotono> "It makes sense that each one would have different fields of specialization. The Guard has the same de-facto setup." Antenora hums to herself, "We know at least a bit about several members, too."
[20:06] <Kotono> --------------------------
[20:09] <Kotono> Thus the party hurries along! Hoppenstain Run is a long, winding river ahead, muddy banked and surrounded by wild flowers of all colors. The ground is overwhelmingly beautiful, so many incredibly vivid sights drawing your eyes. But over the river and ahead, you see battle in the air above it! Courre eladrin and pixies fire arrows from one bank, as a swarm of quasits attempt to break through them! Behind the vast swarm is a woman wrapped in fla
[20:09] <Kotono> Behind the vast swarm is a woman wrapped in flaming wings, hair like tendrils flowing in the wind. She watches, jet black lances erupting from her hand to weaken the lines further!
01[20:11] <Seira> "Break the leader, and the attack will collapse?" Seira states, already moving towards the woman to engage her!
[20:12] <Kotono> "Smash them!" Antenora calls, "Those of us with effective magic, break holes in the quasit formations!"
[20:12] <Alicia> "Latha, you help defend the coure, the rest of us attack!" Alicia seconds, drawing her sword and flapping her wings to take off!
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init. You guys are about 140 ft away from the river and courre/pixie line and about 150-200 ft away from the quasits, and 210 from the woman. Go.
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 11." [1d20=3]
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 22." [1d20=14]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 11." [1d20=3]
01[20:13] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 17." [1d20=17]
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 quasit swarm
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 quasit swarm and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 pixie/courre swarm
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 pixie/courre swarm and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 woman
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 woman and gets 19." [1d20=17]
03[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie(22)>Alicia(20)>Seira(18)>Amaryl=Latha(11)>Antenora(6)'
03[20:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie(22)>Alicia(20)>Woman(19)>Seira(18)>Lagann(17)>Pixie/Courres(16)>Quasits(14)>Amaryl=Latha(11)>Antenora(6)'
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 knowledge devotion in general, what's the woman?
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 knowledge devotion in general, what's the woman? and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: MArie, you start.
[20:17] <Alicia> "Why do we keep seeing mutant succubi in battle?" Alicia wonders aloud as they move to engage. Marie starts things off by flying closer to the friendly lines, calling up an illusion of thick black smoke surrounding the spellcasting succubus to slow her down a little!
[20:19] <Kotono> Smoke wells up amid the succubus's face, shielding her from view and vice versa! OOC: Alicia.
[20:19] <Kotono> A few pixies look back, "Reinforcements! Lady Honeydip sent reinforcements, everyone!" A high pitched, girlish voice cheers.
06[20:20] * Alicia follows Marie and then overshoots her, covering 120 feet to place her within the lines of pixies and eladrin. "We'll make short work of these demons," she confidently assures the flying archers.
[20:21] <Kotono> The succubus flies out 20 feet ahead and out of the smoke, waving her hands in front of her face! With a scowl she looks haead, and with a gesture, snaps off a lance of utter darkness at Antenora!
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 touch and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[20:22] <Kotono> But the quick fired bolt is errant, whizzing down and splashing into Hoppenstain Run well short of anything at all! OOC: Seira.
01[20:24] <Seira> Given the large presence of archers, Seira decides to act as their support, gesturing at the succubus in mid-flight with her clenched fist as a luminous ray stabs out at the demon's face suddenly! "Take that bitch down!" she calls out to the pixies. "Do it, and the rest will fall in place!"
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch, targetting ray
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch, targetting ray and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: CL check if that allows SR, by the way.
01[20:25] <Seira> OOC: No
01[20:25] <Seira> OOC: +5 insight bonus on any ranged attack to all my allies (and me)
[20:25] <Kotono> The luminous ray hit sthe succubus in the forehead, aiming right for her and hitting! OOC: Okay. Lagann.
01[20:26] <Seira> Lagann waits! He is still too far from the battlefield, but his time will come!
01[20:26] <Seira> OOC: I'm 30ft closer, he's holding
[20:26] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Pixies/courre are up.
[20:26] <Kotono> "Let's finish 'em, guys!" A courre calls, "For the children!" With that ,a great swarm of arrows flies at the succubus!
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 24#1d20+11
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 24#1d20+11 and gets 534." [24#1d20+11 = 24, 23, 31, 29, 29, 27, 12, 27, 16, 15, 24, 31, 24, 23, 22, 16, 21, 25, 22, 15, 21, 13, 20, 24]
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 18d4+36
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 18d4+36 and gets 77." [18d4=1, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1]
[20:28] <Kotono> The succubus is riddled with arrows! She throws her arms up over her face as tiny, pionty arrows embed into her! Covered in them she sags in the air, bleeding profusely! The quasits counter, pushing ahead!
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 24#1d20+8
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 24#1d20+8 and gets 447." [24#1d20+8 = 11, 27, 9, 25, 27, 23, 22, 18, 22, 21, 16, 14, 24, 11, 15, 18, 26, 21, 10, 21, 9, 20, 12, 25]
[20:29] <Kotono> roll 13d3-13
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 13d3-13 and gets 13." [13d3=3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3]
[20:29] <Kotono> The courre and pixies are pushed back, several bloodied by the near mindless charge of the quasits, but few go down for good! OOC: Amaryl and Latha.
[20:32] <Alicia> Latha flies forward faster than Marie and with less effort than Alicia, stopping just a short distance behind the lines of eladrin defenders before she calls upon a bright aura of holy white light to surround spearhead of the quasit advance, protecting the defenders!
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Holy Aura on herself or the defenders or...?
01[20:33] <Seira> Amaryl decides to spread her fire evenly as she observes the situation, first seeking to put down the succubus for good and then distributing the rest of the fire on the various quasits closest to their leader.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+32
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+32 and gets 92." [2#1d20+32 = 42, 50]
[20:33] <Alicia> OOC: the defnders of course!
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Both hit, Amaryl.
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+16+4d6
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+16+4d6 and gets 70." [2#1d8+16+4d6 = 34, 36]
03[20:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Marie(22)>Alicia(20)>Seira(18)>Lagann(17)>Pixie/Courres(16)>Quasits(14)>Amaryl=Latha(11)>Antenora(6)'
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+27 quasit #1
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+27 quasit #1 and gets 70." [2#1d20+27 = 29, 41]
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+16+4d6
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+16+4d6 and gets 65." [2#1d8+16+4d6 = 33, 32]
01[20:34] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+22 quasit #2
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+22 quasit #2 and gets 62." [2#1d20+22 = 30, 32]
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+16+4d6
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+16+4d6 and gets 64." [2#1d8+16+4d6 = 28, 36]
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+17 quasit #3
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+17 quasit #3 and gets 37." [2#1d20+17 = 19, 18]
01[20:35] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6 and gets 39." [1d8=8][4d6=5, 5, 2, 3]
[20:36] <Kotono> The succubus screams as Amaryl's arrows penetrate her! She utters nary a word, vanishing into foul black glass that shatters on the top of the riverwater! Meanwhile the front of the allied lines now glow with holy auras! After, Amaryl fires arrows into the quasits, downing a trio of them! OOC: Antenora.
[20:37] <Alicia> Antenora flies forward alongside Marie and hits the flank of the quasit lines with a holy smite, counting on Latha to have done her bit to protect the centre!
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22 will
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 will and gets 35." [10d6=6, 1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 2, 4]
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: No saves needed, they still croack even on half.
[20:38] <Kotono> Several quasits evaporate in pure holy power! The lines of fey and eladrin cheer, "Push 'em back, in the name of General Honeydip!" A cry goes out! The quasits have holes in them now, several of the foul beasts down! OOC: Marie.
[20:38] <Kotono> "And what reinforcements!" Another calls, "Angels! Astral Devas! Elves! Dragons!"
[20:41] <Alicia> Marie sends forth a desultory flurry of arrows that might put one or two quasits down if she's lucky, resisting the urge to look enviously at Amaryl now that she's been so thoroughly eclipsed.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 47." [1d20=18]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 8." [1d4=1][1d6=1][1d4=3]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 11." [1d4=1][1d6=5][1d4=2]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 12." [1d4=2][1d6=5][1d4=2]
[20:43] <Kotono> Arrows fly, another quasit going down! The numbers are thinning out rapidly! OOC: Alicia.
06[20:44] * Alicia follows Antenora's example, blasting the next biggest concentration of quasits from existence with a holy smite of her own!
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 and gets 36." [10d6=2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 3]
[20:45] <Kotono> More quasits fall! IT's less ofa line and more of a scattered smattering now, several more vaporised! OOC: Seira.
01[20:45] <Seira> "It doesn't look like you'll have anything to do here as well, little buddy," Seira tells Lagann affectionately, blasting the largest concentration of demons she could get without harming the pixies and other defenders, gaining altitude to help her aim better.
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 10d6 dc19 fireball
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 dc19 fireball and gets 37." [10d6=3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 4#1d20+6 Fire res
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d20+6 Fire res and gets 65." [4#1d20+6 = 17, 11, 22, 15]
[20:47] <Kotono> The fireball roasts most of what remains, only a handful left at all, and one of them terribly scorched! The pixies and courre shoot more arrows at that into the ranks! The few remaining quasits fall down in a tumble of arrows, a cheer going up amid the host! OOC: Freeact.
[20:48] <Kotono> One of them flutters up to Seira, a female pixie, "Thank you! The children thank you!" She gushes, "Where is Lady Honeydip?"
01[20:48] <Seira> "Back where she is supposed to be, at a guess?" Seira voices. "Southeast with the children, isn't that so?"
[20:48] <Kotono> Another courre flutters over to Marie, "Soala," he offers a hand out, "Are you a replacement for our line?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "We weren't sent by her," Antenora alights to the ground, "We're new here."
[20:49] <Alicia> "Oh, no. I'm her familiar," Marie replies demurely, gesturing towards Alicia who's currently landing on the bank of the river.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Marie," she adds belatedly.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Ooooooooh." Nodding, "Thank you!" With a giggle she hugs Seira's neck, spinning around on her.
[20:50] <Kotono> Antenora glances over to Alicia, "So now what, then?"
[20:50] <Kotono> Amaryl smiles and watches the scene ahead, giggling. "Donald would fit right in here, wouldn't he?"
01[20:50] <Seira> "Don't suppose we could talk to whomever's in charge?" Seira asks the pixie, rolling her eyes and gliding down to the ground, while keeping her passanger stable and safe.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Ooooh, nice to meet you," He offers to Marie anyway. "Lucky you...an angel-wizard's familiar. That's so prestigious!"
[20:51] <Kotono> "Lady Honeydip is in Pascorel to the west," Pointing that way, "It's not far from here. One of us can escort you there if you like," The pixie replies.
[20:51] <Alicia> "She lets me cast spells for her and everything!" Marie gushes happily. "She prefers to be called a witch, though," she adds, with an uncaring shrug.
[20:52] <Alicia> "Do you know of any other places that might need our help, first?" Alicia asks on the off chance they've heard of further demon assaults.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Really?" Scratching his head, "That rhymes with rude words too well. Do demons ever taunt her with that?"
[20:52] <Kotono> Latha merely chuckles to all of this, holding her quiet despite a few pixie and courre fluttering around her.
[20:53] <Alicia> "If they do then those would be their last words!" Marie declares proudly.
[20:53] <Kotono> "We haven't heard or seen anything, but there's been a lot of attacks. Lady Honeydip would know if anyone," The pixie replies to Alicia, "She and Lady Champion Alana send out the reinforcements."
01[20:54] <Seira> "We might need to go see her, but can you guys handle the healing?" Seira interjects. "Some of you were mauled pretty badly by the quasits, it looked like."
[20:54] <Kotono> A wincing look comes from a few wounded, "The reinforcements are supposed to bring the healing," one whimpers.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Line up, then," Alicia offers indulgently, ready to oblige as needed. "Most wounded first."
01[20:54] <Seira> "I can help some," Seira announces. "I'm good for about three."
[20:55] <Kotono> "You guys are really strong? Are you going to try and defeat one of the eney leaders?" Marie gets asked, "You completely obliterated the quasits!"
[20:55] <Kotono> About eight pixies and courre line up in all, from badly bloodied to lightly thumped about.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Probably. We ran into three Molydeus on our way here. Are they common around here?" Marie asks.
[20:55] <Alicia> OOC: I'll use spellfire, assume 2hp per charge as average on a d4 and I'll subtract as many as needed?
[20:56] <Kotono> That stops everyone cold. The goodly horde stares at Alicia, gapemouthed. "M-M-Molydeus?!?!?!!??!?" raises to the skies as one shout of terror. "THREE OF THEM, BEHIND OUR LINES?!?!
[20:56] <Kotono> "
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: That's fine, 8 ranks of spellfire then.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Oh, don't worry, we killed them," Marie assures the group, smiling blithely.
[20:57] <Kotono> "R-really?" One asks Marie in a tiny little voice.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Chopped and shot and stabbed and melted into disgusting white goop," Marie nods earnestly. "Right down to their ugly limb-removing axes!"
[20:59] <Kotono> The silence is like a fog for a brief time, then, "Yaaaay! We're saved! Paragons and true champions have come to beat up the demons! We'll advance on Colmendicoria and raze it to the ground!"
[20:59] <Kotono> Smiling, Antenora watches this.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Well we'll do our best," Alicia promises, not wanting to raise hopes needlessly by mentioning their true goal here. "But for now we could use an escort to see Lady Honeydip and confer with her on the situation."
[21:00] <Kotono> "Me!" The female pixie raises her hand, going down and taking Seira's hand, "I'll lead you to Pescorel!"
[21:00] <Kotono> *pascorel
01[21:01] <Seira> "Lead on!" Seira agrees, giving her a smile.
[21:05] <Kotono> Thus you are lead along. The sky is full of gigantic, puffy purple clouds. They stretch as far as you can see, the ends turning into screaming faces, shapes of angel's wings, furniture, or dozens of other things. Wildflowers lie all about, full of verdant life and vitality. Ahead, after about an hour of travel, you come to a large city not far from Hoppenstain Run. It's dozens of classical village houses, well built and kept. Cobblestone stree
[21:05] <Kotono> It's dozens of classical village houses, well built and kept. Cobblestone streets are about, fairy-glass windows of candy colors and raidance. The streets are full of both mortal and immortal, many soldiers and men at arms. Yet about them are bursts of innocence - little gaggles of elf-like children, running and playing. The others often smile at them. Your guide points at thatm, "Oh yes, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Sunni! You see the ch
[21:05] <Kotono> Your guide points at thatm, "Oh yes, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Sunni! You see the children there?"
[21:06] <Alicia> "They're the ones we're all here to protect?" Alicia surmises, smiling wistfully and glad they're able to find some happiness even in the Abyss thanks to the efforts of such selfless defenders/
01[21:07] <Seira> "They don't grow old, while trapped here?" Seira asks, her eyes lingering on the playing children.
[21:15] <Kotono> "They don't," Sunni bobs her head, as a pair of children play tag around a group of soldiers sharpening longspears. "Eternal children, trapped in Androlynne. It's so sad, but..." Lowering her voice, "Leave them be for now, there's ground rules about how to treat them, and Lady Honeydip can tell you them!"
[21:16] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia nods, not wanting to do anything that could trouble these poor innocents.
01[21:16] <Seira> "Let's meet with all due haste, then," Seira relents, tearing her eyes away.
[21:19] <Kotono> You are lead to a grand building in the center. It is made of gingerbread, crafted to rise high in an impossibly tall and narrow tower spire. The windows are frosted white, the doorway the shade of honey. You are lead inside, lead past grand rooms of playful statues and full of wooden blocks and toys. A room where two women pour over a map. One is only a little bigger than Marie, yet has long blonde hair about three feet long, far longer than
[21:19] <Kotono> yet has long blonde hair about three feet long, far longer than her height. It twitches in the air, reaching out to point to things on the map on occasion. The other is a tall humanoid with pale gold skin, wearing the pelt of a lion. She towers to nearly nine feet in height, hands like giant blocks of stone. On your entry, the small pixie looks to you...
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[21:20] <Kotono> "Sune's Light!" She exclaims, "Has the vaunted Crimson Guard come to this sanctuary to lend aid to us?"
[21:20] <Kotono> The giant of a woman cocks her head, "Famous heroes? Hail and well met," She comes around, offering a hand out, "I am Alana, champion of the Court of Stars."
01[21:21] <Seira> "Do you think anyone will notice if I take a bite?" Seira whispers to Amaryl quietly, before she guiltily turns towards the golden-skinned woman. "Seira of the Crimson Guard. I wish I could say it was nice to be here, but given the circumstances...."
[21:21] <Kotono> "I'm hungry now..." Amaryl whispers back as she blushes, nodding away towards both women.
[21:22] <Alicia> "How famous are we?" Marie whispers quietly to Antenora as Alicia shakes hands with the large woman.
[21:22] <Alicia> "Alicia Reynes," she offers.
[21:23] <Kotono> "We've made a reputation for ourselves," Antenora whispers back to Marie. "I daresay it means we're doing well for ourselves."
[21:23] <Kotono> Her hand is soft and gentle, yet matches Alicia's strength perfectly. "Welcome to Pascorel. Have you come to aid in the battle for the children?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Alicia always says you can tell you're doing a good job by how many people try to kill you..." Marie mutters quietly.
[21:24] <Alicia> "We have, and perhaps more," Alicia nods, hoping they don't get brushed off for offering something others have likely tried and failed in the past. "We may have found the key to Pale Night's dominion that keeps the children here captive."
01[21:24] <Seira> "Certainly, while we're here," Seira responds, stepping forward. "But perhaps, we could do even more. We hold a key, you see, which might be able to shift the status quo around these parts."
[21:25] <Kotono> "Snuff out the brightest light and the smaller ones will be swalloed by your darkness," Antenora whispers back, quiet.
06[21:25] * Seira raises an eyebrow, a smile playing across her lips. "As you can see," she adds, "we are very much in sync over this matter."
[21:26] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip gestures, chairs moving ahead. They move of their own volition, legs scampering them towards you. "Sit down. Many have made that claim, but to our lamentation, none have followed through. Speak then, speak of what you will."
01[21:26] <Seira> "First, might I ask what you know of the cabal of liches known as the Dark Six, and their pact with the Pale Night?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Very little. The name of the Dark Six has been mentioned by a few seekers across the millenia," Honeydip sits on a tiny chair, one that runs up the side of the table and onto it for her to sit on. Her hair curls around her like a shawl. "Never any more than that, and the rare few either leave or cross the river, seeking answers. None have ever come back. Be it because of what they seek or simply the dangers past Hoppenstain Run...only Pale Ni
[21:29] <Kotono> Be it because of what they seek or simply the dangers past Hoppenstain Run...only Pale Night herself may know."
06[21:29] * Alicia takes a seat, Marie going to settle on her head. "Our world has recently been attacked by the Dark Six, serving a Neverborn created from the union of Talos and Malcanthet," Alicia elaborates. "The titan Melancton served them as well, if that name means anything to you."
[21:29] <Alicia> "We recently defeated one of the liches and retrieved from him a magical orb that a captive spirit indicated was key to the captivity of these children - and that so long as the children remain captive, the way to the fortress of the Dark Six will be forever barred."
[21:30] <Kotono> "Heavy. Your swords are as heavy as fate." Alana sits in a chair, one that sweats and strains with her bulk. She leans forward, chin supported by one fist. "I know of the traitor Melancton, though a Neverborn is a word I do not know...but mercies of the Stars, I know of Malcanthet and Talos."
06[21:31] * Seira takes a seat at one of the proffered chairs as well, adding, "It is unknown to us at the time whether other orbs are necessary to do anything or not, but we have good reason to believe that our mere appearance here has stirred the Dark Six into deeper involvement. If they do come, then so would more keys."
[21:31] <Kotono> "Events are showing signs of reaching a cresendo," Honeydip admits, "Within the past six years there has been a slow but marked increase in the danger poised to the children, and..."
[21:32] <Alicia> "We encountered three magically altered molydeus not long after arriving here in the Boldybingian Woods. I can't imagine such creatures are common even here," Alicia supplies.
[21:33] <Kotono> "And the children are starting to lose their hope and energy," Alana finishes, "It is a well kept secret so far, but...what?" Now standing up out her chair, "Three molydeus in the Boldybingian Woods?!"
[21:33] <Kotono> "Three of them got past our defenses?" Honeydip grimaces, "Terrible. That could have been a catastrophic occurance. The last time greater demons snuck through, we lost dozens and dozens of volunteers."
[21:34] <Alicia> "They were invisible and came directly upon us," Alicia nods. "Fortunately we were able to defeat all three of them, but it makes us suspect they were looking for us."
01[21:34] <Seira> "You have measures against teleportation in place, so it shouldn't be much more difficult to do something about common invisibility, would it?" Seira inquires.
[21:35] <Kotono> "We've struck at the Dark Six and they've shown the ability to mount devastating attacks and counter attacks," Latha's voice is heavy, nothing but a serious look adorning her face. "They were likely meant to slay us, but the fact is they did penetrate far past Hoppenstain Run."
[21:36] <Kotono> "We use invisibility as well, for one point. The pixies love it," Ticking off fingers, Alana shakes her head, "Secondly, the enchantment against teleportation in place is great magic woven long ago. We can't easily alter or expand it."
[21:37] <Kotono> Clearing her throat, "If I may a moment?" Honeydip says. "I believe there is a salient matter here to all our attentions."
01[21:37] <Seira> "By all means," Seira agrees.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Let's combine our information. Once that is done, there is a matter going on here that may be relevant to your interests...and I would personally request that you take the request that comes with it. Tell us of the Dark Six and the pact they have with Pale Night."
[21:41] <Alicia> "The exact words the spirit gave us..." Alicia has to think for a moment. "As long as the sacrifice of the innocent children of loving chaos continues in her realm, Bleak Rendor shall never be seen. Such is the pact of the Pale Mother."
[21:42] <Kotono> "The Pale Mother is an archaic name for Pale Night," With a faint frown, Honeydip leans back and closes her eyes. "If true, this Bleak Rendor is tied to all of this? What is Bleak Rendor? What role does it play with Pale Night and the petty act of revenge by the Obyrith that imprisoned the Eladrin?"
01[21:42] <Seira> "As Alicia has mentioned, we believe that the two side have struck a mutually-lucrative deal," Seira responds. "Sacrifice here of the innocent children prevents anyone from accessing Bleak Rendor, and we further believe that as long as Bleak Rendor, the realm of the undead abomination born of Talos and Malcanthet, remains isolated, the keys to keeping the eladrin children chained to this place are there."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Bleak Rendor is a place in the Negative Energy Plane. Very little is known, but the Dark Six and the Neverborn make their home there, and a few references speak of it as being a terminus of all life," Alicia volunteers the scant information they have on it.
01[21:44] <Seira> "On top of any power and prestiege they might draw from such an arrangement, the phylacteries of the liches, their one and only weak point, are forever protected. From their side, at least, it's easy to see why they would cooperate, don't you think?"
[21:44] <Kotono> "I see." Alana slams a fist into her open palm, "Perhaps now some of the truth comes to light, and truth will set you free...to be punished righteously." Cracking her neck after, "It sounds like a good scheme. More of a yugoloth's scheming than a demon's, but it's good."
[21:45] <Kotono> "I thought it was more diabolical," Antenora has a slight upturn of her lips, "But no matter what, the Dark Six are not to be underestimated. This entire situation is a near perfect defense."
01[21:45] <Seira> "Before we go any further, perhaps we should show the orb we've mentioned to you?" Seira proposes.
[21:45] <Kotono> "Go ahead," Honeydip inclines her tiny head.
06[21:45] * Alicia nods to Seira and unfurls the portable hole, reaching in for the cold orb and placing it on the table with a slight shiver.
01[21:46] <Seira> "We've managed to learn all we could from it, but our world was cut off from the planes for millennia," Seira elaborates. "Perhaps, a fresh outlook might reveal more to us all."
[21:46] <Kotono> The orb's faces scream inside, as Alicia's hands turn numb as ice from the contact. Honeydip looks into it for several moments, before throwing her hands over her face and jerking her head away. "Terrible! Cursed thing!"
[21:46] <Alicia> "It promises great power, but its vileness is physically palpable," Alicia agrees gravely.
[21:46] <Kotono> Alana growls, "It despoils this room with the stench of EVIL." Her fists ball up, "Put it away."
01[21:47] <Seira> "So I guess the first question is, what happens if we break it?" Seira voices. "Do we open that very path we seek to, or lose our only shot at getting to Bleak Rendor?"
[21:47] <Alicia> Without further ado, Alicia places the orb back into the hole and furls it up again.
[21:48] <Kotono> "That...perhaps we can help you with," Honeydip says, "But first, listen."
06[21:48] * Alicia gives the small general her undivided attention.
[21:51] <Kotono> "This information must stay secret at all costs. About 500 years ago, I had the occasion to become friends with a green slaad. As insane as it was - as insane as any slaad is - it seemed eternally fond of the children here, staying for a time and never once raising a hand to them. Years later, we recieved a message from it, outlining plans of attack that let us route the demon attacks for a time. Since then, every few years he'll do so, ensuri
[21:51] <Kotono> Since then, every few years he'll do so, ensuring a temporary reprieve for our forces. Last month, he sent special word - he was in Golmendicoria and he needed to meet to meet with one of our agents there. His message promised that he had found something important out...about a cursed orb. We sent the agent out, but alas, he has not returned."
[21:52] <Alicia> Sounds like a good lead. "Do you think the slaad is still in there?"
01[21:55] <Seira> "Perhaps we could use a Sending to ascertain his location, and willingness to meet us?"
[21:58] <Kotono> "Magic to contact him or find him has failed, which only raises our concern. We believe so, yes." A nod to Alicia, "This information dovetails with what you've told us. If you can sneak to Golmendicoria and find him, it would be a boon to us. With fortune, it will aid your own cause as well."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Tell us about Gomendicoria," Alicia asks, leaning forward. "How might we find one slaad in a city of demons?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "It is where the demons gather and ready attacks to overwhelm us. It is a nightmare city of cracked cobblestones, tilted towers and demons walking the streets. It is mostly populated by demons, but other creatures are said to have set up camps there as well. A single slaad will not be as easy to find as you may think."
[22:03] <Kotono> Alana growls after, "The agent to go was Starrel, my teacher. He was a mighty champion...and yet...he is feared lost. It will not be a trifling affair."
[22:04] <Alicia> "If the agent is lost and the slaad doesn't respond to Sendings, it doesn't look good," Alicia admits. "At best we might just have to hope for finding the information he held on our own, which would be no mean feat."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Very likely. His name is Tiririramt, though if he is marked or was marked, spreading his name lightly may be a mistake. Slipping in as you are will be difficult, however, we can provide some aid. A pair of rings that will mask the innate goodness you shed, so that the simplest divinations cannot reveal you for what you are."
[22:09] <Alicia> "I'm already protected against divination, although some greater demons are able to overpower it," Alicia holds up her right hand briefly, the inconspicuous ring of eternal celerity glinting on her finger.
[22:09] <Kotono> "With two more and apt magic, maybe..." Antenora considers, "Still, should all of us go, or should we focus on a smaller group suited to inflitrate?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Just to clarify, you don't believe there's any other approach for us but to sneak in there?" Seira voices, mulling over what they had been told about the unfortunate slaad.
[22:10] <Kotono> "Force, even if it works, will be a pitched battle against thousands of demons. If anything is there and knows you, it would expose you completely." Honeydip says, "Few among us can defeat a hundred worthy demons, let alone an entire blighted city of them."
01[22:11] <Seira> "And I don't suppose there's any other contact in that city? You did mention not all residents were demons, and if that nice slaad frequented it, perhaps he was not the only one?"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Not to mention if Starrel or Tiririramt are held prisoner then arriving in force could seal their fates," Alicia notes.
[22:13] <Kotono> "No active ones. Most contacts don't last very long," Honeydip admits, "If we had any, we'd be using them to try and find out more."
06[22:15] * Seira glances at Alicia askance. "It might be worth the try. If we're exposed, we can certainly withdraw."
[22:16] <Alicia> "Hopefully," Alicia nods. "So the question is, who goes?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "How many will go, too," Latha follows up, "I can change my shape to go, and Alicia can do the same with magic. Surely Seira can as well."
01[22:18] <Seira> "I could, if need be," Seira assers with a shrug. "With rings capable of masking our presence, this process becomes simpler."
[22:18] <Kotono> "Perhaps three and three, in case some of us ar eneeded to defend the children?" Amaryl murmurs, "Or four and two?"
06[22:20] * Seira nods in agreement. "You and Latha should stay on defense. You would accomplish far more for the sake of the eladrin than by sneaking around."
[22:21] <Alicia> "There's no one here sneakier than Marie," Alicia reaches up to pat her familiar. "So, Seira, myself, and Marie attempt the infiltration. Latha, Antenora, and Amaryl hold the fort here?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "That works then," Antenora says, "Careful over there."
01[22:22] <Seira> "We'll see about that," Seira teases. "I can't already be rusty at my age!"
[22:23] <Alicia> "You can't help it, you're just too big," Marie tells Seira comfortingly.
[22:23] <Kotono> "Golmendicoria is to the northwest, past Hoppenstain Run," Honeydip says, "It shouldn't be hard to find, the roads lead to it."
01[22:24] <Seira> "Is the dimensional travel forbidden there as well by the ancient ward you've mentioned?" Seira inquires, mentally running through her available spells.
[22:25] <Kotono> "Teleportation isn't valid throughout the entire layer, usually. I've heard of a couple of greater fiends teleporting, but I've never seen it with my own eyes." Alana says, "It may be possible to overcome to the north, where our presence is far far weaker."
01[22:26] <Seira> "So plane shift, if an escape is absolutely needed, or ethereal travel?"
[22:26] <Kotono> "Plane shifting should work," Honeydip nods, "When will you want to leave?"
01[22:28] <Seira> "As soon as we know enough about what to expect, I'd imagine," Seira returns. "Are there tieflings in Golmendicoria, or would one seem out of place?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "There's all sorts of rabble there from reports, including tieflings."
06[22:30] * Seira nods. "There's my disguise, then. Any rules we should abide by? Sunni, our guide, mentioned that there was a code of conduct for all that comes to the eladrin children. I'd like to learn of it, of course, as well as if you'd know of any laws the demon city might have in place."
[22:31] <Kotono> "Treat them with respect and innocence - and don't mention the darker goings on. Don't plane shift around them. We're worried they might give into despair and it would strike a terrible blow against us. As for the demon city? Strength rules. If you're not strong, you're a slave or a corpse. Obey the stronger and dominate the weaker.'
01[22:32] <Seira> "How much strength can be shown, before it gains the wrong sort of notice, then?"
[22:33] <Kotono> "Hard to say," With a little shrug, "It's something you feel out. Don't make big displays or attract attention, mostly."
[22:33] <Alicia> "Do you have any maps of the city?" Alicia asks hopefully.
[22:34] <Kotono> "Nothing current. When towers fall over, I hear that they revise that part of the city, so it's not entirely stable regardless."
[22:35] <Alicia> "We'll just have to feel our way around, then," Alicia settles back. "How far away from the river is it?"
[22:36] <Kotono> "
[22:36] <Kotono> "About fifty miles. It's over a day by foot and less by air. Once you're over the river, be wary of anything you come across. We'll direct you to the best crossing that has minimal battles going on, so you can slip in as smoothly as possible."
[22:38] <Alicia> "We'll want to fly. The journey will push our spells as it is," Alicia decides. "That being the case we should probably leave while the day's still young."
[20:16] <Kotono> ----
[20:17] <Kotono> Thus the party heads north and a bit to the west. Sunni leads you along to a quiet bank of the Hoppenstain Run, only a few pixies on one side and nothing in sight on the other. She points ahead, "Nothing's happened here lately. You should be able to cross fine. Be careful!"
[20:17] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4 spellfire healing before we leave
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+4 spellfire healing before we leave and gets 14." [4d4=3, 3, 2, 2]
[20:18] <Alicia> "Okay, time to disguise ourselves," Alicia prepares to cast some heavy duty magic, having put Marie's bow and the sword of the sealed gate away in the hole as neither are needed for this. "Any requests?"
[20:18] <Alicia> "Surprise me!" Marie beams in reply.
01[20:20] <Seira> "And you," Seira tells Sunni, waving for good measure, before pondering Alicia's question. "How about stylish horns and a tail? Demonic, but nothing too slutty?"
[20:20] <Alicia> "More alu-fiend than succubus?" Alicia checks with Seira.
01[20:23] <Seira> "Sounds like it could be a fun experience."
[20:27] <Alicia> "Alright, here we go." Taking a deep breath, Alicia casts! "Weave of deception, surround our forms! Delude the senses and let our foes see that which mirrors themselves!" As the spell completes, Alicia's form is concealed by the illusion of a muscular amazon-like figure with jet black skin, her wings bat-like and sinister and her eyes glowing red below slicked black hair with two small horns poking out.
[20:27] <Alicia> Hell Striker changes from an elegantly curved falchion to a wicked looking lightning bolt of jagged steel, looking more at home in a balor's hands, while her armour changes appearance to black full plate adorned with baroque spikes and ornamentation.
[20:27] <Alicia> Marie undergoes a far more horrifying transformation, becoming a grotesque parody of a dead pixie, bones poking out from putrescent skin while her delicate gossamer wings are replaced by ragged scraps of tattered flesh that flail behind her, keeping her aloft in defiance of their useless appearance.
[20:27] <Alicia> Seira gains a few inches in height, becoming a statuesque and pale-skinned figure, her hair now a lurid purple in shade while her wings become more delicate in aspect. She nonetheless retains her claws and fangs for all to see, a prehensile and narrow tail flicking out lazily from her bottom.
[20:30] <Alicia> Seira also has gently curving ram's horns coming out of the side of her head, as requested.
06[20:31] * Seira takes out Lagann to admire herself in its shiny reflection, posing this way and that before nodding in satisfaction. "It's an interesting new look!" she tells Alicia in approval.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Why do I feel I got the short end - ahhh, my voice!" Marie cries in a scratchy echoing voice of the damned, as if rasping out from beyond the veil. "You put way too much thought into this," she accuses bitterly, landing her disgusting form on Alicia's head.
[20:32] <Alicia> "Get off," Alicia gives Marie a nudge. "You're an undead puppet now, so act the part. Come on, the sooner we do this the sooner we can go back to normal."
[20:33] <Alicia> OOC: strike the bit about Marie's altered voice
01[20:33] <Seira> "Oh, I don't know," Seira muses, mulling it over. "I might just keep this look for a while, when we finally get back home."
[20:34] <Alicia> "I can keep it up as long as I concentrate but as soon as I'm distracted the clock starts ticking for nineteen hours. Should be more time than we need," Alicia affirms. "Goodbye, Sunni," she gives the pixie a little wave, taking off and flying over the river with Marie close behind.
[20:37] <Kotono> Thus the party flies ahead! For the first hour it's mostly quiet, the terrain growing sparser of flowers, cracked and weathered, gray dirt. About an hour and a half in, you spot something below. A bellowing Hezrou holds several chains, dozens of shambling dretch walking in chain gangs. The hezrou screams curses in Abyssal you can hear even from here, demanding the dretch hurry up.
06[20:39] * Alicia ignores it, flying level a hundred feet above. They'll likely see far worse before they get to Golmendicoria.
06[20:39] * Seira doesn't intend to intervene, but if it looks like the hezrou is headed towards the river and into battle, she'll just signal Amaryl with the details.
[20:41] <Kotono> The hezrou is heading in the direction of the river, yes.
01[20:43] <Seira> It's certainly time to report all the details, such as heading, speed and the amount of dretches the hezrou has chained up, then.
[20:44] <Kotono> Thus the party flies along. About a half hour later, they spot a twisting, cracked road. It slowly leads along. A little bit past it, only a few minutes, there are tall metal spikes on the ground. Each one is like a shish-kebob stick, lined with hundreds of green, bloody eyeballs, crammed thick and heavy onto the sticks. From here, the pattern of the sticks almost seems to make some sort of pattern, something about it catching your eyes.
06[20:45] * Alicia looks down from above as they pass, vaguely curious as to what the pattern resolves into but certain it won't be anything good.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Make an int check, Alicia
[20:45] <Kotono> .
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 what int
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 what int and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Make a will save?
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 +2vs evil
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 +2vs evil and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: K:P check.
06[20:47] * Seira can't help but wonder if the pattern signifies some sort of early warning system, in case the celestials push their advantages too far.
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[20:50] <Alicia> "Don't look down," Alicia earnestly tells Marie and Seira, turning her gaze back up and flying a little bit faster. "It's a trick, you don't want to look at it."
[20:51] <Alicia> Marie obeys, flying above just behind Alicia and matching pace.
01[20:52] <Seira> "A defensive line?" Seira wonders, gaining a bit of extra speed by trading some of her altitude for it.
[20:53] <Alicia> "A portal," Alicia tells Seira. "Made by ancient demons, just looking at the design from above can induce madness even when it isn't active. We don't want anything to do with it, trust me."
01[20:54] <Seira> "Demons can be so pointlessly creepy," Seira mutters in response, content to put the portal behind her as fast as she is able to.
[20:56] <Kotono> Thus the party flies on. You see one or two groups of least demons below on occasion, mostly dretches and manes shambling along towoards the south, occasionally with a hezrou herding them along. The skycolors turns to a glaring, ugly purple-gray, the clouds twisting into faintly comprehensible screaming faces. More roads can be seen below, crooked, jagged and often going off in no direction at all or having no useful start or end. (More)
[20:56] <Kotono> direction at all or having no useful start or end. (More)
[20:59] <Kotono> Far ahead, you begin to see it. On the horizon are twisting towers, leaning at obscene, impossible angles as they twist into the sky, the tops shrouded with purple-gray clouds. Spots of them are taken up by strange patches of color, vibrant colors identical to the wildflowers farther south, and yet...and yet...so beautifully repellent. You begin tos ee more demons below, mustering and gathering. Occassional tents are about, scattered here and
[20:59] <Kotono> mustering and gathering. Occassional tents are about, scattered here and there. Once in awhile there are solid houses too, or things best described as houses...maybe.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Should we start here or get into the city centre before we start searching?" Alicia asks ambivalently.
01[21:02] <Seira> "Before that, I was thinking we'll need names, just in case. I'll go by Xerandalla," Seira mentions. "How about you? Lyssa?"
[21:05] <Alicia> "I've used that too often," Alicia makes a slight face at Seira's needlessly complex name. "How about Miline?" she picks randomly.
[21:05] <Alicia> "I'll just be a mindless corpse," Marie adds cheerily.
01[21:07] <Seira> "Don't forget to moan and shamble occasionally!"
[21:08] <Alicia> "I vant to suck your blood!" Marie cackles, holding up her decaying skeletal arms in a threatening posture.
06[21:09] * Alicia clears her throat. "Anyway. City or outskirts?"
01[21:10] <Seira> "Wrong undead," Seira cheerfully points out. "And outskirts. Let's observe as much as we can."
[21:11] <Alicia> "Alright. Lets all make sure to speak like natives, then," Alicia says in Abyssal, starting to descend and look for a place to land.
[21:12] <Kotono> One can land pretty much anywhere they wish to, be it on an empty spot in the roads, behind a building, atop one, on the gray ground, wherevere.
[21:14] <Alicia> The road is good enough for Alicia! Marie sticks close as only a hideous undead parody of the natural order can, her every movement seeming like a spasm of tortured agony. Naturally Alicia is entirely unsympathetic.
[21:14] <Kotono> Thus the party lands...OOC: What's your basic thing going to be? Just walk and listen? Walk and gather information? Walk and watch? What?
01[21:16] <Seira> OOC: Let's walk and listen and watch for half an hour or so?
06[21:17] * Seira glides towards the ground, touching down lightly just past Alicia ignoring Marie's deathly form altogether, while her attention is seemingly consumed with everything around her.
[21:20] <Kotono> Thus the three wander the streets. Out here it's mostly riff-raff, one can note. Dretches, Manes, miscellanious mortals. They congregate about, in talk, trade and vile things best not looked at. The buzz is about a dozen different things - killings, murder, hatreds, backstabbings and othersuch things. As you walk down the road, past a giant stone that's been hacked into to form a house of sorts, a great beast comes stomping down the path ahea
[21:20] <Kotono> a great beast comes stomping down the path ahead. A hezrou leads six succubi, each one with it's beauty shattered. Their faces are scarred and ruined, blinded with metal spikes driven through their eyes. They weep tears of a brown, foul bile that sizzles on the ground. "Out of the way!" The hezrou barks ahead, as lesser demons scurry out of the way.
06[21:22] * Alicia isn't inclined to get into a fight here, so angles her path a bit to the side so she can bypass the procession without looking like she's scurrying aside in fear.
01[21:22] <Seira> With daintly steps, Seira places herself well outside the hezrou's path before she would even be forced to move by his approach.
[21:24] <Kotono> Thus the hezrou goes past. As it does, a few people nearby mutter, "Balalm's at it again," A quasit hisses, sitting on the shoulder of a pale looking, emancipated elf. "Such a waste of beauty..." The elf retorts, coughing.
01[21:26] <Seira> "Serves them right for not knowing when to scurry out of the way," Seira comments quietly, introducing herself to the conversatoin between quasit and elf.
06[21:27] * Alicia doesn't particularly care how one demon chooses to abuse other demons, but since Seira's talkative she sidles up behind her, looming over the elf and quasit while her familiar flaps spasticly in the air beside her.
[21:28] <Kotono> The elf's eyes bore into Seira as he coughs. "Serves 'em right for crossing Balalm." He smothers another cough, as the quasit eyes Marie first, then Alicia and then Seira. "It always serves them right! Chaos Seargeant Balalm will crush you if you get in his way!"
[21:29] <Alicia> "The weak get crushed by the strong. What else is new?" Alicia asks disinterestedly, folding her armour-plated arms.
06[21:29] * Seira looks surprised. "They actually went out of their way to cross him?" she asks incredulously, her eyes widening slightly.
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: Make diplo, Seira?
01[21:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+39
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+39 and gets 57." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Kotono> "Oh yeah." With a smirk now before he coughs, "Saw it myself by Arrentock. Threw 'em outta about the third story then came falling out, wrestling with a marilith. Ripped the marilith in half then got to punishing the succubi." With a twisted smirk before he coughs hard, his quasit picking up, "Only idiots try to kill Balalm!"
01[21:33] <Seira> "A marilith?" Seira whistles, sounding impressed.
[21:35] <Kotono> "Yeah, Balalm's said to be old for a hezrou. Really old, like this realm." Kicking his foot at the ground, the elf rubs his pale temples, his hair a thinning, balding line of brown.
01[21:35] <Seira> "And just a sergeant, at that? Can't imagine what sort of insane assassination attempts a general'd be dealing with."
[21:36] <Kotono> "The whispers are that Malcanthet or Demogorgon's trying to take him down," The quasit leans into Seira, it's rotting, meat fouled breath assaulting her nose.
[21:37] <Kotono> The elf smothers another cough, wiping his nose with the back of his arm. "Strange one. Strange, old and dangerous. Really dangerous. No one tells a demon what to do, but you especially don't tell Balalm what to do."
[21:38] <Alicia> "The snake surely thought differently. If those rumours are true then he'll get something worse next time," Alicia comments roughly, looking around in seeming disinterest. So much for no Malcanthet involvement...
01[21:38] <Seira> She survived the Dark Six's fortress of the damned, and far fouler things. The quasit's disgusting odor is nothing to her, nothing she can't block out with her mind. "Trying?!" she all but exclaims, and it is all she can do to keep her voice down. "Now you're just fooling with me. Come on, Malcanthet and Demogorgon, trying? Against a hezrou, however strong?"
[21:39] <Kotono> "You don't know the Seargeant," The quasit insists, poking at Seira's nose. "No one gets in his way!"
[21:40] <Kotono> "His days might be numbered or they might not." With a grin that makes his breath wheeze out, "He's formidible to have lived this long."
06[21:41] * Alicia snorts. "Lived this long keeping tabs on children and fairies," she notes in an entirely unimpressed tone. "If he'd lived that long fighting baatezu I might be impressed."
01[21:42] <Seira> "He surely fights the fodder that's being ground down pointlessly trying to save them," Seira points out, waggling her finger.
[21:43] <Kotono> "Your mistake to make," The elf shrugs as his breathing calms back down. "Spent some time in the Blood War myself. It took a lot of devil-powre to take down a marilith. Anyone who can kill one then deal with a bunch of succubi after isn't to be crossed."
01[21:43] <Seira> 'Are you in a situation where you could talk?' Seira mentally asks Amaryl, even as she listens to the elf.
[21:44] <Kotono> 'Yes,' Amaryl answers back, 'We're playing with some of the children...well, more as Antenora and Latha are right now. They're trying to get them see who can win a sky-race. What's going on?'
[21:45] <Alicia> "Maybe..." Alicia concedes, returning to bored disinterest and looking elsewhere as she waits on Seira finishing up.
01[21:45] <Seira> 'There's this name that's come up already. Some hezrou going by chaos sergeant Balalm. Supposed to be pretty strong, having drawn the attention of Malcanthet or Demogorgon, and existed for as long as this realm has been here. Did our friends come across the name? Any truth in these rumors?'
[21:46] <Kotono> 'I'll ask, hold on.' Amaryl replies.
[21:46] <Kotono> The elf coughs again, "Need to be going," he says, starting to walk away. "Cross 'em if you wanna see oblivion."
01[21:47] <Seira> "Oh, I'm sorry, am I keeping you?" Seira asks Alicia, noticing her disinterested look. "You were looking to get more of those things, were you?" she asks, gesturing at Marie's undead form.
[21:49] <Kotono> 'Lady Honeydip says that he's a known demon involved in Golmendicoria,' Amaryl answers, 'A very strong hezrou, but still just a hezrou...but he's never gone down, so don't underestimate him, either. He can take more pain than most balors.'
[21:49] <Alicia> "Skin's almost all fallen off this one," Alicia agrees grudgingly, not quite sure where Seira's going with this. Does she want to split up?
01[21:51] <Seira> "Want me to ask around, so we don't waste time just wandering?" Seira offers, figuring that if any of the Dark Six are involved, their main trade might have left a trace for them to find.
06[21:54] * Alicia takes a moment to grasp Seira's meaning before she smiles and nods. "Probably best off heading into the city proper. Doubt anyone here knows a devourer from a mohrg."
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: Roll GI, Seira. Alicia, you can assist.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 aid another
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 aid another and gets 19." [1d20=11]
01[21:56] <Seira> "Your wish is my command," Seira asserts with a grin, strolling further into the city.
01[21:57] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 24, which becomes 26 with the aid?
[22:01] <Kotono> Heading further into the city, it seems to spring up around in a single step, from outskirts to city. Buildings of all sorts of twisted types are here, towers rising higher and higher and highest at points. Terrible things of all sorts walk about, mostly lesser demons and mortals. Buildings are sometimes sane, brick and normally constructed. At other times they seem to be of things you can't quite pin down, somehow wrong and shifting. Occasion
[22:01] <Kotono> things you can't quite pin down, somehow wrong and shifting. Occasionally wildflowers grow on the wall of a building, painfullly bright with color. (More)
[22:02] <Kotono> At some point in this living un-reality, you find yourselves in a back alley. A smirking succubus wears a leather bustier and panties, something standing behind it in the shadows. Something huge, menacing and yet not quite visible, only massive arms glimpsed, escaping your vision. "Ah, the undead," the succubus purrs. "I know just the place."
01[22:04] <Seira> "How delightful," Seira responds, matching her pleasant, happy tone quite well.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Of course," She slinks against a wall of red brick, "What's it worth to you?"
01[22:06] <Seira> "Do it for the satisfaction of doing a good deed?" Seira suggests, her voice thick with sarcasm.
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check?
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+37
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+37 and gets 44." [1d20=7]
[22:06] <Alicia> "What kind of undead?" Alicia asks, not being entirely belligerent on account of the large shadowy presence, "We don't care about some Orcus-loving hedge wizards strapping together old bones and making them dance."
[22:07] <Kotono> "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The succubus throws her head back, roaring with laughter. The unseen THING growls low in it's throat, a palpable feeling of menace from it, as if it soaked into the marrow of your boens and was born into your bloodstream. "Moxie, little creature," the succubus purrs, going to stroke Seira's chin, while looking to Alicia. "Any and all horrors you can imagine, and many you can't."
[22:07] <Kotono> "Any and all horrors you can imagine, and many you can't."
06[22:09] * Seira smiles at the succubus, batting her eyes at the lovely fiend coquettishly. "That sounds like what we're looking for, alright. What would you like, then?"
[22:09] <Alicia> "I can imagine a lot," Alicia demurs, reaching up to pet Marie who makes a terrifying noise that sounds like someone in high heels just stepped on a cobra in the process of eating a cat.
[22:11] <Kotono> "Your soul would be good," Going to pat Seira's cheek and run a sharp nail down it, almost enough to cut her flesh open, "But I'll settle for gold. Say..." She reaches up, twirling a bit of Seira's hair around her horn, "600 gold coins or so."
06[22:12] * Seira thinks it's fairly reasonable, but intends to let Alicia speak for them here.
06[22:14] * Alicia is quiet for a moment because she thought Seira was handling this negotiation, but as the silence stretches on with the succubus fondling Seira's illusory horn she finally picks up. "I'll give you a ruby worth four hundred," she haggles as a matter of course.
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo check.
[22:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 48." [1d20=14]
06[22:15] * Seira leans into the succubus's caress, smiling innocently at her. "Pretty please?"
[22:16] <Kotono> "Hmph, fine, on one condition." The succubus answers, eyeing Alicia now. "I have someone offering good money to find another person. Tell me if you know this person or where they are."
06[22:16] * Alicia shrugs. "Haven't been here long, but go on," she allows.
[22:17] <Kotono> "Her name is Lissa, or perhaps Alicia." Thinking just amoment, "She's a human, but she has magic to change her shape. If you can give me goo dinformation, you'll be VERY," A lean into Alicia, whispering into her ear, "Well rewarded."
06[22:19] * Alicia rolls her eyes at the fiend's misguided charms. "Don't know any humans by that name," she replies with perfect honesty. "But if she can change her shape that hardly means much, does it? What's so special about her, anyway?"
[22:20] <Kotono> "Honestly, I don't know. But you can make an easy 10,000 gold or other...special...things if you can tell her where she's found. Just don't kill her, she's wanted alive." Smiling now as she slinks back, "If you know, come find me."
[22:21] <Alicia> "Sure, whatever," Alicia replies disinterestedly, reaching into her money-bag and fishing out a small oval-shaped ruby. "So, what about our question?"
06[22:22] * Seira looks confused, and looks between Alicia's disguised form and the succubus, though her eyes brighten up at Alicia's actions.
[22:23] <Kotono> "Go find Graylung Ordorory. It's that ways - there's a lovely skeleton who stands outside the door, colored like the flowers here. Tell them O sent you." With a teasing smirk, "Have fun."
[22:24] <Alicia> "Oh, we will," Alicia leers, petting Marie once more who makes another vicious hiss in reply as her ravaged form quivers in the air. Tossing the ruby over with her free hand, she starts to back out of the alleyway.
06[22:26] * Seira waves at the nice succubus, lingering behind just enough to need to skip after Alicia to catch up.
06[22:27] * Alicia is content to move on in silence, not intending at all to talk about the interesting request made by the succubus where anyone can hear.
[22:28] <Kotono> Thus for a time you walk. Eventually through the chaotic streets you come to a single story, small building about the size of a small house. Standing outside of it is a skeleton, colored a vibrant gree and blue. The door inside is closed, heavy stone.
06[22:29] * Seira is far too dainty to push a heavy, stone door open!
06[22:31] * Alicia knocks on the door, naturally.
[22:32] <Kotono> The door opens as you knock on it, moving aside like mist. Inside you see a pair of hezrou dominating, the stentch of them headily offensive. Past them, you can just glimpse a stairway going down. They eye the opening door and say not a word.
[22:33] <Alicia> "This Graylung Ordorory?" Alicia asks the fiends, enduring the stench. "O sent us."
[22:33] <Kotono> Without a word, the two step asid eenough to allow passage. A steep stone stair goes into darkness, not a single spot of light to be seen.
06[22:34] * Seira looks upset at the overwhelming smell, but doesn't say anything either, ready to follow Alicia within.
06[22:35] * Alicia relies on her ability to see in the dark to proceed down the stairs, Marie fluttering erraticly behind her.
[22:37] <Kotono> The stairs are little better than a straight drop down, so steep that if you couldn't fly, it would be easy to tumble down them. After going down and down and down and down, you find yourselves in a small square room. A pair of red eyes can be seen far ahead, and a steady, dispassionate voice speaks. "What do you seek here?"
06[22:43] * Alicia gauges the strength of their host. Better than her, but no match for the Dark Six. "Information. We've heard rumours of great necromancers visiting this realm, ones who have transcended death and crafted works of flesh and spirit far beyond what most would even dare to dream of," Alicia explains.
[22:43] <Alicia> "As we have an interest in such matters," she gives Marie a fond smile, "We decided to come and investigate for ourselves."
[22:44] <Kotono> The voice is ever so faintly silibant as it continues, "What makes you think I know of this matter?"
01[22:45] <Seira> "How could you not, being in the trade?" Seira asks, joining the conversation.
[22:47] <Alicia> "I can tell of your learning just from looking at you, master of the eighth circle," Alicia replies respectfully. "More than perhaps any other who dwells here, you might perhaps have an inkling of whom I speak."
[22:47] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo check, one of you.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+39 sure
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+39 sure and gets 41." [1d20=2]
[22:49] <Kotono> "Even if so, information is not free." The eyes are motionless in the air, as the voice continues. "No, information is the most valuable thing in all the cosmos."
01[22:50] <Seira> "So it is," Seira agrees. "And what if we should hold some of that valuable currency, readily available for trade?"
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft for fun
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft for fun and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[22:51] <Kotono> "Then, what valuable information do you offer?" The voice asks.
01[22:52] <Seira> "Since we are still negotiation, you know of what we seek," Seira responds. "As we have come here to inquire about that matter, it stands to reason that we also know something of relevance. In the end, I believe we could all benefit from an exchange of information."
01[22:52] <Seira> *negotiating
[22:54] <Kotono> "Yet I see nothing to tempt be, beyond vague promises. Speak truer, lest you waste my time, seeker of knowledge."
[22:54] <Kotono> *me
01[22:55] <Seira> "We are here, at your domain," Seira states reasonably. "We are hardly about to cut and run after hearing the first tidbit, even if it weren't certain to annoy someone as powerful as yourself. We have far less reason to hold back on what is known to us. However, what if I were to start with by saying that this rumor and the one we heard from O are perhaps related?"
[22:57] <Kotono> "This rumor O spoke of, tell me." The voice demands now, "What is she blathering on?"
06[22:57] * Alicia keeps quiet to let Seira handle this, trusting her ability to spin a tale.
01[22:59] <Seira> "Would you agree to the simplest of exchanges of information, then?" Seira inquires. "A question to be asked by either side, one following the other. At any point that an equal amount of questions had been answered by both side, any of them would be able to call for a pause. Would that be acceptable? If so, I will consider that your first question, and answer it."
[23:00] <Kotono> You feel a chill in the air. "Unacceptable. You will answer MY question first, then we will talk. What is O doing? You will tell me...NOW."
06[23:01] * Alicia decides to cut to the chase rather than play games with their source of information. "She talked of a reward for information about a shapechanging human called Alicia." It's surely common knowledge.
[23:02] <Kotono> The room grows colder, the eyes flaring. "How DARE she not tell me this? Why? Why is she looking for this Alicia?"
01[23:03] <Seira> "Then you might find this part of interest to you," Seira responds. "I did say both rumors seemed connected, did I not? I've heard of an Alicia featuring in tales involving the party of interest to us, usually taking the spot of an antagonist."
[23:03] <Alicia> "She only said that someone else was offering good money to find her," Alicia shrugs apathetically.
[23:05] <Kotono> There is utter silence, then, "Leave now. We shall barter in good faith come the morrow, of that you have my word. I have matters to attend to," It's voice is rough, clipped, gurgling with anger.
06[23:06] * Seira can't help but wonder whose words brought on this reaction, but finds the arrangement proposed agreeable enough, and glances at Alicia sideways for confirmation.
06[23:06] * Alicia really wants to push it, but considering he isn't even physically here it's not like they can do much. "Very well," she demurs, making to head back up the stairs.
01[23:06] <Seira> "Of course," Seira agrees for her part, and follows Alicia on her way out.
[23:06] <Kotono> Thus you climb back outsider. The hezrou stand aside to allow you back out without incident, back into the chaotic streets.
[23:07] <Alicia> "An unfortunate delay," Alicia remarks when they're back on the street.
01[23:09] <Seira> "But an unavoidable one and, all things considered, worth the wait," Seira counters, before proposing, "We could pass the time looking further into those rumors. That reaction wasn't normal, so there might be more below the surface."
[23:11] <Alicia> "We've little else to do," Alicia agrees with a shrug. Maybe Ebony hasn't given up on revenge after all, but why ask for information in the Abyss of all places?
01[23:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 GI on Alicia rumors
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 GI on Alicia rumors and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[23:13] <Kotono> Seira pokes around for about two hours, listening and chasing leads. But nothing useful comes up at all during this time. OOC: 2 hours passed.
01[23:14] <Seira> Looking dejected, and sighing for good measure, Seira spreads her arms in a gesture of helplessness. "The matter must not be as widely-known as we've suspected."
06[23:15] * Alicia eats some dry rations for lunch as they come up empty on chasing her tail. "Only information brokers know it, I suppose. We could try asking around about the slaad, but I'd rather be more subtle," she suggests quietly. "Lets look around, see if we can find a prison or dungeon or something like that?"
01[23:16] <Seira> "Actually, let's get acquainted with our surroundings, first. Catch up on the local powers, the recent history, say the past two months?"
01[23:16] <Seira> There's nothing against approaching the problem from a different angle, after all, and it might not be that conspicious.
[23:17] <Alicia> "That works too," Alicia nods agreeably.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 aid
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 aid and gets 26." [1d20=18]
01[23:18] <Seira> OOC: Amusing! I'll take the +1 ignorance bonus and 10, for a result of 25.
[20:11] <Kotono> -----
03[20:11] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:12] <Kotono> Two hours pass as you gather information. Knowledge comes easily, a chaotic mess of truth, lies and everything in between as follows:
[20:12] <Kotono> - Golmendicoria has swollen with hordes lately. Something big is happening, that much everyone agrees on. As to what? Some claim Pale Night's will is that the eladrin are finally taken now. Others claim a war is in the offing, that Demogorgon is going to attack and take the eladrin for his own pleasure. Yet others claim Jubliex wants the flowers of this realm to create a great slimy doom. A babau who always stares and smirks at you says he has
[20:12] <Kotono> A babau who always stares and smirks at you says he has the real truth: A dragon born of chaos is going to take this city over. A whispering tiefling insists instead that war is going to break out between various factions. A laughing succubus murmurs that Malcanthet will take this layer, using the eladrin as the base for a new race of succubi and a second Abyssal paradise. Scribbed on a wall in vivid green paint is a claim that 'THE GENERAL OF
[20:12] <Kotono> Scribbed on a wall in vivid green paint is a claim that 'THE GENERAL OF GEHENNA COMES!' (More
[20:12] <Kotono> )
[20:12] <Kotono> - In whispers, you hear that more balors have been seen in Golmendicoria lately.
[20:12] <Kotono> - Word is that an attack that will rival a Blood War battle is about to happen at Pale Night's command. Several mercenaries believe that great riches are to be given out on victory.
[20:12] <Kotono> - A drawn, pale faced man holds a book of scripture to his chest. He murmurs to you that a great reconciliation is at hand. The love of the eladrin will redeem the entire layer, transforming the demons into celestials and taking Androlynne to Arborea as a new layer. Praise be to the Seladrine!
[20:12] <Kotono> - A ragged dretch mutters over and over to you that the 'Crimson Guard is coming...' before tumbling down and alley as if all the terrors of the Abyss were after him.
[20:12] <Kotono> - There are rumors that a new breed of demons has been seen. Blessed by Pale Night, they are without color, like murderous dolls. Any who see them have been torn apart with perfect, uncaring glee. Many repeat it, yet none can attribute it to themselves.
[20:12] <Kotono> - The tower of Pinura has been profaned. It is said you can see Mother's Mountain with perfect clarity there, so much that even demons have gone mad staring at it.
[20:12] <Kotono> - A pierced, bare chested humanoid with gills cackles to you. The whores have all been looking for a few certain people. Important, powerful people, people worth a fortune in gold and pleasure.
[20:12] <Kotono> - Malcanthet is coming. Thus a smirking Marilith assures you. She will mate with Pale Night herself, the two spawning a pair of horrors that will drag the eladrin then all the multiverse into oblivion.
[20:13] <Kotono> - A nervous, twitching tiefling trusts you with this knowledge: Gehenna is collapsing. The celestials, the devils and the various factions are in an all out war. Any 'loth worth his skin is getting out for awhile. Word is the Oinoloth's shuffled off this mortal coil, too. The 'loth have a plan, though! They're going to take some of the Abyss for themselves as a temporary home and Androlynne is going to be one of them.
[20:13] <Kotono> - Scribbed on a scrap of paper nailed to an alley wall is a skull, with six pentagrams in it's gaping mouth.
[20:16] <Alicia> "That was entirely unhelpful," Alicia remarks as they take a breather after taking in the rumours. "Every thing we hear from one person gets disputed by the next." Not to mention nothing about their wayward slaad.
01[20:17] <Seira> "Not quite," Seira begs to differ. "I'd say it means that we won't find him in any jail. Whatever happened, it probably wasn't public."
[20:21] <Alicia> "I hope we get something useful tomorrow. There aren't many leads we can use right now," Alicia considers their situation. "I wonder where people go when those in charge here want them to disappear quietly?"
01[20:22] <Seira> "Since there's no unified authority, my guess would be the other factions willing to take them in? Barring that, away from this place."
[20:25] <Alicia> "Maybe we could follow up something in more detail - those doll-like demons, for example?" Alicia suggests, tossing ideas around. "We suspect someone other than Pale Night is responsible for them, after all."
06[20:27] * Seira considers the suggestion. "And if so, that skull drawing might well be related to the same group, but it might well be better to wait until tomorrow to learn about that. What if we try to look up information on the most powerful individuals in this city before making our next move?"
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: was there any magic in the alley with the skull/pentagram drawing?
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: No, the drawing was nonmagical.
[20:29] <Alicia> "Might as well know who's likely to come down on us when the time comes," Alicia agrees softly.
01[20:30] <Seira> "That, and we know that it has to be someone with clout and strength to silence our target," Seira comments just as quietly.
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 GI
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 GI and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 aid
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 aid and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[20:34] <Kotono> Two hours pass as you follow basic leads. Eventually you find yourselves in a building, where animals are butchered, demons feasting the still warm meat. A Mercane watches all of this with utter, dispassionate disinterest. "An interesting query." he says, keeping his voice very low. "Quick quick quick or slow slow slow? The choice is yours for as much time as you want to invest into it? But I like you three," he eyes you, "Three's a very luck
[20:34] <Kotono> want to invest into it? But I like you three," he eyes you, "Three's a very lucky number."
06[20:35] * Seira is momentarily overwhelmed by the innate weirdness the Mercane projects, opting to indicate that she's listening and see where it takes her.
[20:36] <Alicia> "We have some time," Alicia nods slowly. "Better to be thorough than hasty when it comes to learning."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Right. Wise words." The Mercane glances away, as a small horde of dretch set on a still convulsing deer, it's life going out a split second before they devour it, bones and all. "Pale Night is the first, yet she is rarely if ever seen. Just as well. There's no profit or no gain in dealing with a demon lord like that."
[20:39] <Alicia> "Very hard to deal with such beings, yes," Alicia agrees. "We're more interested in the more immediate powers."
01[20:40] <Seira> "Unless, of course, other demon lords appear here in person from time to time," Seira adds quietly.
[20:42] <Kotono> "Well." He strokes his chin with his long, spindly fingers. "There's the balor Lsyscrea. He 'runs' the Golmendicoria War College. When the demons care to attempt to organize a big action, a bunch of high demons are usually there. He's a classical balor, it's all about the rage, killing, raping, torturing. A renaissance demon. He stays too busy to make too much trouble about, as long as his warbands get enough fodder. Of course, cross them and
[20:42] <Kotono> as long as his warbands get enough fodder. Of course, cross them and you'll end up dead, deader, and deadest."
[20:45] <Alicia> Sounds like a good target if they want to hurt the demons' ability to make war on the eladrin across the river, but sadly not a current priority. "Sounds like we should be able to avoid him easily enough, at least."
[20:47] <Kotono> "Mmm-hmm. Then there's the marilith Asdroba. She used to work for Lsyscrea but they've parted ways. Amazingly, it didn't end in murder and violence. She's recruiting demons, or so the stories go. I hear there's a new demon lord who made a name for himself...and get this. It used to be a devil, if you believe the stories. Still, 'recruiting' can mean anything from buying mercenaries to demons just vanishing in the night."
01[20:48] <Seira> "What's the name he's made for himself?" Seira inquires, wondering if it could somehow be her old pal, the crazy pit fiend.
[20:48] <Alicia> "The former devil isn't Zquujaj, is it?" Alicia asks. "I heard of a pit fiend causing a lot of trouble teaming up with demons in Avernus last year but he's dropped out of sight since then."
[20:49] <Kotono> "His name is Zquujaj, I think. I-oh yes. I heard the same. The stories are that he gave Bel a good thrashing before being forced back. He's a Blood War Super Hero. No one's gotten that far before. It takes a devil to beat a devil, maybe, but...don't let any demon hear you say that." With a faint look of disgust as he lowers his voice, "She works out of the Shrieking Dungeons beneath the city."
01[20:51] <Seira> It is her old pal! Ah, what a small world she lives in. "And she recruits demons for the same purposes as Lsyscrea, or as fodder to take another shot at Bel?"
[20:51] <Alicia> "I take it you just follow the shrieks to find it?" Alicia asks the obvious question.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Not quite. Lsyscrea is about the eladrin here, Zquujaj is doing whatever he does, be it another shot at Bel or internal politics." He stops then, waving his hand. A dead cow is brought in, a pair of vrocks tearing into it. "Sometimes. It's below ground, so it's more of knowing where to look. Easy enough to find, though. It's th biggest dungeon in the city."
[20:54] <Alicia> "The city have many dungeons?" Alicia asks offhandedly.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Of course. Speaking of, there's the lilitu Estaci. She runs the Screaming Pleasure, the biggest brothel in town...and a respectable dungeon is tied into it, too, for pleasure and for more mundane use. She doesn't out and out swear loyalty to Malcanthet, but I hear she's been seen in Malcanthet's realm before. She's not directly involved in the eladrin hunt, but she has a lot of swing in this city. Lsyscrea tolerates her...and shows it by occa
[20:58] <Kotono> Lsyscrea tolerates her...and shows it by occasionally dragging her out and, ahem, violating her in the streets. Demons." Snorting and running a hand down his blue face, "There's some sort of arraingment there, or maybe that's the sort of display that's normal for a balor's love life. I don't try to think about it."
06[20:59] * Alicia makes a face. Even if she's trying to act like a native there really are limits. "Yes, lets hope we don't get the pleasure of seeing that while we're here."
01[21:00] <Seira> And that's where the bounty on Alicia must have come from. "So those three would be the true powers?"
[21:01] <Kotono> "Do be careful though. The upshot to the entire affair is that Estaci has several spawn from Lysyscea at her beck and call. They're...just avoid them," The Mercane bids. "Moving on, there's the Graylung Ordorory. Graylung is a potent wizard - lich or mortal or something else, no one's quite sure and no one questions a wizard of that power."
[21:02] <Kotono> "Graylung is the forth," A slight nod to Seira. "They're the four biggest powers that are remotely stable here. There's a lot of ebb and flow, so don't assume those are the only heavy hitters around, but merely the ones you can expect to run afoul of."
[21:04] <Alicia> "Graylung must do well for himself to have such standing here without being a demon," Alicia notes. "Does he take any active interest in the city or keep to himself?"
[21:06] <Kotono> "Lsyscrea commissions things best left unsaid from him. I've seen one of them and..." The Mercane nearly doubles over, shaking his head. "No one's going to cross a powerful wizard that's an ally of a balor. I hear he's on friendly terms with Estaci and has succubi visit his shop often. Another thing I prefer not to think of." Coughing there, "So he's established and tolerated."
01[21:06] <Seira> "Pale Night, Malcanthet, Zquujaj." Seira lists. "There's been a lot of talk about Demogorgon also aiming for a piece of the pie, so does he sponsor someone as well? That wizard, perhaps? Or it's all just unsubstantiated rumor?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "Rumor. Of course, if someone's in town..." He spreads his hands wide open, "Or maybe one of those four is a turncoat. It wouldn't be the first time in Abyssal history."
01[21:10] <Seira> "I would be shocked, yes," Seira agrees dryly.
[21:12] <Kotono> "Now then," Ticking off three fingers, "Three is a very lucky number. There are three of you, and there just happens to be something I could use some good luck to help solve."
[21:12] <Alicia> "We heard rumours about yugoloths looking to move in as well. Sounds like all sorts of fun's in the offing, there," Alicia sighs before regarding the Mercane curiously at his request. "Go on."
[21:14] <Kotono> "The yugoloths...who knows?" The Mercane smiles a little, "I hear a new Nether Fiend has risen. But...nevermind that." Clearing his throat, "A mercenary captain has pled poverty to a debt he owes me. I do believe a dose of good luck would help to remedy his misfortunate poverty."
[21:16] <Alicia> "You're looking for us to shake the poor sap down?" Alicia cuts through the double-talk.
[21:16] <Kotono> "If need be, or find a way to see his debt resolved. He owes me 500 gold." Flexing his fingers now, "The sooner I get it, the sooner everyone's luck improves."
06[21:18] * Seira is quite happy that he didn't think they came from a brothel and sought his good fortune that way. "Who is he, and where can we find him?" she asks as eagerly as only a demon could while contemplating the imminent humiliation of lesser fiends.
[21:19] <Kotono> "His name is Baram Bloodstar, leader of the Eager Ravens mercenary band. They're holed up in the Piteous Wailings inn at the edge of the city."
[21:23] <Alicia> "You've been helpful to us, I suppose we could do you a turn," Alicia shrugs. Who knows, maybe their luck will improve as well from it?
[21:23] <Kotono> "Good. May your luck improve in turn as well," The mercane nods, "Good hunting."
[21:24] <Alicia> "What was your name, so we can tell him who the debt is owed to?" Alicia asks before they leave.
[21:24] <Kotono> "Vann." The mercane ever so slightly tilts his head towards Alicia.
06[21:25] * Alicia nods and departs, Marie fluttering erraticly alongside her.
01[21:26] <Seira> "We need an inn to stay at, as it is," Seira comments, skipping lightly alongside Alicia. "Piteous Wailings sounds like a great name for an inn, doesn't it?"
[21:27] <Alicia> "Sounds cheap," Alicia grunts in reply.
[21:33] <Kotono> You walk down a crooked, jagged street of cracked cobblestones. This one happens to be quiet as you do, until a door flies open. What comes stomping out is big - bigger than Demedais with extra muscles, brutish face scowling. It's fists are the size of small boulders, slamming into the wall next to the door. "DAMMIT!" The creature bellows, wearing dirty, tanned leathers. "DAMMIT!"
06[21:34] * Alicia stops as the man mountain bursts out before her. "Problem?" she asks dryly as he throws his temper tantrum.
06[21:35] * Seira does her very best to look intimidated and hide halfway behind Alicia.
[21:35] <Kotono> "Stolen! My fucking hammer was stolen!" He whirls on Alicia, "That's what's fucking wrong!"
[21:37] <Alicia> What does he expect living among demons? Still, Alicia isn't going to provoke him by being unhelpful. "Was it a special hammer?"
[21:38] <Kotono> "Yes! It's handle was forged from the ivory of the heaven-blessed elephant! It's iron was mined from the iron within the bones of a hundred vrocks! It's irreplacable!"
[21:40] <Alicia> "Sounds distinctive, alright. You should hire a wizard - I hear there's magic that's good for locating lost objects, especially if they stand out like that," she suggests helpfully.
01[21:40] <Seira> At that prompting, Seira quietly calls upon such a power out of sheer curiousity, to find out whether the hammer in question is still in range.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Of course, a wizard can do it," Growling now, "Guess I won't paste ya...thanks." With that, the giant starts to stomp off. OOC: Link me?
[21:43] <Kotono> Seira can sense it about six hundred feet away, to the rough north-northeast.
06[21:44] * Seira nudges Alicia subtly, a feat quite easy to achieve given the way she's using her form to hide behind, and indicates the northeast with a light nod of her head.
[21:45] <Alicia> "As it happens, my shy friend here knows the spell I just mentioned," Alicia calls after the giant. "Perhaps we might be able to assist you."
[21:46] <Kotono> The giant turns and whirls, "Can you find it?" He asks, coming up, "Can you really?"
01[21:46] <Seira> Drawing in upon herself, Seira nods hesitantly.
[21:47] <Alicia> "Perhaps afterwards you might even be able to help us," Alicia smiles, baring her needle-like teeth.
[21:47] <Kotono> "I'll help!" The giant says, "I'll help if I get my hammer back!"
[21:48] <Alicia> "Excellent," Alicia nods in satisfaction. "Why don't you lead the way, Xerallana?"
06[21:50] * Seira steps out of Alicia's shadow, glancing at the giant briefly before lowering her eyes, and then returns her gaze towards Alicia. Nodding briefly, she starts heading down the street, seeing to close the distance between herself and the unique hammer in question.
06[21:50] * Alicia shadows Seira closely, since she's acting so vulnerable and meek right now.
[21:51] <Kotono> Thus Seira leads to an alley between two dark, rickety-leaning houses. In the shadows, one can see a cloaked humanoid kneeling, running his hands over a great hammer. It's carved with designs and lines, glowing a soft blue as the humanoid touches it. On that, "You THIEF!" The giant screams, rushing ahead, "Give it back!"
06[21:52] * Seira quietly checks for the presence of evil in the immediate area, melting into the shadows to stay out of battle.
[21:54] <Alicia> "Perhaps you should return what was stolen before you're ground into paste?" Alicia interjects softly as she enters the alleyway, voice carrying nonetheless.
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-4 PA)
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-4 PA) and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d4+11
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+11 and gets 13." [1d4=2]
[21:56] <Kotono> Your giant friend doesn't listen. Instead he charges in, slamming the cowled man into the wall with his bare hands! The hammer falls to the ground in the meanwhile!
[21:56] <Kotono> "How..." Coughing, the man's voice is weak, "S-s-spare me! Take it!" He whimpers, "Damn you!"
[21:57] <Kotono> The cloaked man is tossed ahead and out of the alley, the giant going for the hammer with both hands, grabbing it up and looking it over immediately.
[21:57] <Alicia> "Let it go," Alicia sidles up behind the giant. "He's learned his lesson, and he'll tell all the other thieves what happens when they steal from you..." she turns a dark look towards the thief. "Won't you?" she adds with an edge of menace, hoping he takes the hint.
[21:58] <Kotono> The thief hears Alicia's words midflight, landing and nodding, before running off as fast as his feat will take him.
01[22:00] <Seira> "It is a very pretty hammer," Seira states, appearing by Alicia's side once more as the danger has passed.
[22:01] <Kotono> Turning to them, "You got my hammer back. What do you want me to do for you?" The giant smiles, hefting it onto his shoulder.
[22:04] <Alicia> Hopefully this is serendipity, since Alicia doesn't want this to have been for nothing. "Nothing more than information," she smiles toothily. "You see, we were looking for a green slaad, but no one in this city seems to know anything about him... or maybe they just don't want to talk. But I had a good feeling when I saw you, my friend. So can you help us as we helped you?"
[22:05] <Kotono> O
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, +15 modifier?
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+49
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+49 and gets 51." [1d20=2]
01[22:06] <Seira> OOC: I'll aid?
[22:07] <Kotono> The giant abruptly stops there, color draining, "Um..." He bites his lip, "I do. Have you heard of the Screaming Pleasure? I get gold by working as an enforcer there."
[22:07] <Alicia> "The Lilitu's brothel?" Alicia nods, still smiling encouragingly.
[22:09] <Kotono> "A few weeks ago, we all gathered up. It wasn't to deal with a bad customer, but to go raid a house. It was really secret, we were unseen...what's the name of it? In...insomething." Snapping his fingers, "We get there, find a deep basement and get into a big fight there. Nasty fight...but we hold them off while the sneaky ones come back dragging a green slaad out, then we all get unseen again and run away. We took the slaad back to the Screami
[22:09] <Kotono> then we all get unseen again and run away. We took the slaad back to the Screaming Pleasure and downstairs, then haven't seen him since."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Oh. Well, I suppose he's long gone by now," Alicia affects a disappointed look. "Nevermind, at least you helped us. Thank you, and do enjoy your hammer," she forces a smile back on.
[22:11] <Kotono> "Maybe," With a slight scratch of his head, "People go down in the dungeons and don't come out for a long time sometimes, but I hear Estaci talking about a slaad sometimes still. When we're not supposed to be listening."
01[22:13] <Seira> So just the slaad was taken, and not the one set to meet him? It might be useful to know the house this took place at, but it's probably not worth it to show such open interest here, so Seira remains quiet.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Maybe, but it's probably best if we just forget about it," Alicia shakes her head. He might like them but she can hardly trust his discretion around a lilitu so it's best if he forgets about this. "Nevermind, I suppose we can just go to Limbo and look for a slaad there."
[22:14] <Kotono> "Okay," nodding to that, "I'll forget about it too. Don't tell Estaci. She's been in a really bad mood lately, too."
[22:15] <Alicia> "We won't be patronising her establishment, fear not," Alicia assures the giant, giving him a little wave before they go their seperate ways.
[22:16] <Alicia> "This isn't the usual type of dungeon we deal with..." Alicia mutters to Seira, grimacing once they're away from the giant.
01[22:17] <Seira> "It seems good luck has been with us ever since we accepted the Mercane's job offer, at least?" Seira responds with a shrug. "Since applying for a job is tedious and humiliating, we won't do that, right?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "Certainly not," Alicia shudders at the thought of it. "We'll sneak in."
01[22:20] <Seira> "Probably better then going as customers," Seira agrees. "Tomorrow, then?"
[22:21] <Alicia> "Before or after our meeting with Graylung?" Alicia asks. She's not sure if they might be headed for a trap there, all things considered.
01[22:22] <Seira> "After. That's the only reason to stick around that long, but it's well worth it."
[22:25] <Kotono> The Piteous Wailings is a wood and stone affair, shaped at odd angles and nearly falling apart. Inside you step straight into a tap room, full of mostly mortals of all stripes and shapes. Few pay you any mind as you enter, a thick aroma of booze and sweat mingling into your noses. Card cames go on, dice games as well. Lying in a corner is a deadman, a knife through his throat and left to bleed out on the floor.
[22:26] <Alicia> "You sure you want to stay here?" Alicia quietly asks Seira as they head in the door, eyeing the corpse dubiously.
01[22:28] <Seira> "Might as well," Seira responds. "I'm not made for the high-profile places, and we can hardly stay on the streets or rent a lovely, happy torture suite at one of the dungeons."
06[22:30] * Alicia nods in resignation and heads fully inside, her undead companion flapping close to her. Hopefully their appearance will deter the foolhardy from trying anything.
06[22:31] * Seira thinks much along the same lines, except she counts more on Alicia's menacing amazonian figure to do all the deterring.
[22:32] <Alicia> Bypassing the tap room, Alicia looks to find out who's on duty here so they can arrange a room.
[22:33] <Kotono> Thus the three blend in. A few looks bu tnothing more. Towards the back there's a surly looking, grotesquely fat creature, it's stomach yellow and distended larger than a pregnant woman's belly at the very end. Tiny horns dot it's head. "Looking' for a room?" He asks, "5 gold for one, 15 for a nice one."
06[22:34] * Seira can't help but wonder if the Mercane tricked them for some reason. Would beggars really be staying here at such prices?
[22:38] <Alicia> "We'll take a nice one," Alicia fishes into her money-pouch, putting the requisite number of coins on the counter in Kesse currency, and then takes out a single platinum coin, letting the fat demon see. "You could also help us out by telling us which room Baram Bloodstar is staying in."
[22:39] <Kotono> The platinum coin is eyed, "Room 33." He answers, "Room 33."
[22:40] <Alicia> "You're a prince," Alicia smiles sweetly, giving him his bribe. "Which room's ours?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Room 49," He answers, "Just keep going and going and going and going and going down the hall."
06[22:42] * Alicia nods to Seira and starts down the hall, Marie hissing briefly before she flaps wildly after her.
06[22:42] * Seira falls into step, looking this way and that as she seeks out both rooms.
[22:44] <Kotono> You pass Room 33 first. It's a solid wood door, quiet and dark. Only a red painted on 33 lets you know it's room 33. Past that a ways, you can come to room 49 as well, much the same on the outside.
06[22:44] * Alicia heads inside to see what half of a United Baronies Captain earns in a month can buy them.
06[22:44] * Seira slows down ever so slightly as she passes room 33, using both her own senses and relying on Lagann to take a peek past the door.
[22:50] <Kotono> Inside is a comfortable room. The chairs and tables are kept well, a fire burning in the fireplace. It only smells mildly bad here, and the bed looks clean. Not bad at all.
01[22:51] <Seira> "Not bad," Seira voices her thoughts, dropping into one of the chairs.
[22:52] <Alicia> It'll do. Alicia closes the door behind her and goes to take a seat, producing some food and water from her survival pouch and flavouring them into something more appetising with a cantrip before she dines. "It'll do," she agrees. "So what's your plan for Baram?"
01[22:53] <Seira> "It was to rest up, prepapre for a beautiful new day and then sneak in," Seira reports cheerfully. "But I don't think anyone's home right now, so maybe now's the best time to sneak in after all?"
[22:54] <Alicia> "But will there be anything worth taking right now?" Alicia asks.
01[22:55] <Seira> "I doubt that very much, but knowing the lay of the land might help. I doubt I'll need it, however, and there is the slight risk of tipping our hand. Let's just stick to the original plan, then?"
06[22:57] * Alicia nods agreeably. "I can secure the place before we sleep, and my familiar can keep watch over us as well," she offers, idly scanning the room for any magic besides what they came in with.
01[22:58] <Seira> "My little buddy doesn't need sleep. Or any maintenance, really. So between the two of them and magic, we should be well-protected."
[23:00] <Alicia> "We can hope, anyway. I might as well do it now - it's a long lasting spell and things seem quiet." At that, Alicia gestures and calls upon powerful magic to ward them from intrusion.
[23:00] <Alicia> OOC: Limited Wish to cast Greater Alarm (SpC 8), mental alarm. Won't trigger for us four.
[19:27] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> ---
[19:28] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> Thus Seira is ready. Alicia has message up as asked, while Marie flutters about in the late 'night', as much as any part of the Abyss has a night. OOC: Ball's in your court.
01[19:29] <Seira> A single charge from a wand she's carrying is enough to give her three minutes of grace, and that should be enough unless the paupers are a lot more skilled than she had imagined. Becoming hidden from curious eyes and enabling herself to see magical signatures, Seira steps out of their shared room and makes her way towards room thirty-three.
01[19:29] <Seira> OOC: Invis and DM are up
[19:32] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The hall is mostly quiet. A few doors down, at room 40, a woman is slumped against the door. Her face is bruised and bloodied, her gaze a thousand miles away. Past her, you can see Room 33 has no one outside of it or anythign maiss?
[19:32] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The hall is mostly quiet. A few doors down, at room 40, a woman is slumped against the door. Her face is bruised and bloodied, her gaze a thousand miles away. Past her, you can see Room 33 has no one outside of it or anything amiss.
06[19:34] * Seira has to wonder whether it really is a mortal woman, and finds herself giving her more than a cursory glance as she looks for that unmistakable taint present in evil outsiders.
[19:35] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> OOC: Make an MS check for reference?
01[19:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[19:37] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The woman radiates faint evil. She makes no sign of stirring as Seira looks at her. She wears a torn dress, filthy. Perhaps long ago it was a beautiful gown, but now it's in tatters, stained with myriad filths.
06[19:41] * Seira finds herself at a loss over what to do for a moment, but then resolves to follow one basic guideline. As long as a person asks for help, or makes an effort to extract themselves from an unpleasant, perhaps inescapable life, she would be there to support them. On her own, however, she can't just keep on intruding and forcing such change to appear, not in the Abyss and with so much at stake.
01[19:41] <Seira> With the woman unlikely to see past her cloak of invisibility, Seira finally makes her way to her destination and observes the door for traps and alarms both mundane and magical.
[19:42] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> OOC: Search check?
01[19:42] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10 for 40, please
[19:42] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The door isn't trapped. I tis locked, however.
06[19:43] * Seira asks Lagann to glance past the door for any concentrations of metal, while she does the same, searching for evil auras. It's always possible the room's occupants are too good for this sinful place, but such an occurence would test her disbelief too much.
[19:45] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> There's a small concentration of gold inside. No evil, though.
01[19:47] <Seira> Well, then. Either she's in luck, or... preferring not to think too much, Seira fiddles with the lock quietly.
01[19:47] <Seira> OOC: Open Lock, I'll take 10 for 25?
[19:48] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> Click! It's not allt hat great a lock, Seira able to do undo it without overt difficulty.
06[19:50] * Seira gives it a slight push, splitting her attention between the listless woman further down the hall and the room she's breaking into.
[19:51] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The woman does not stir. The door opens a bit at the push. The room inside is dark, quiet. On a very casual glance it looks much like your room.
06[19:54] * Seira would have expected them to be using a cheaper room. Or to actually be staying in it at such an early hour. Still, she gives it a cursory glance, scanning the grounds with her eyes while trying to match the location Lagann had pinpointed with the information now available to her.
[19:56] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> Half tucked under the bed is what looks to be a heavy burlap sack. It bulges slightly, the entire thing tied closed with a bit of string.
01[19:57] <Seira> Seems like things would go as easily as she had expected, Seira muses to herself, nevertheless checking it for both magic and traps before even considering opening the string.
01[19:59] <Seira> OOC: 10/40 for search, again, if needed
[20:00] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> The bag is trapped. There's some sort of powder ready to puff out of the bag is opened.
01[20:01] <Seira> This is all about making sure her skills don't rust, so Seira attempts to work around the trap, disabling its mechanism.
01[20:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 DD
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 DD and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[20:02] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> Seira is able to circumvent the powder, able to carefully and safely open the bag if she wishes.
06[20:03] * Seira checks it once more methodically, and only opens it if she is certain no second layer of traps exists.
[20:07] <Ko-Nightmareof1691> No more traps. Inside, past a little bit of arrayed powder, is a pile of gold. There are several heavy, oversized gold coins. A balor's face is engraved into them, eyes of raging flame. Beneath those are several small, golden sticks, no bigger and longer than a slice of carrot. They are unadorned.
06[20:08] * Seira checks for magic once more, in case the seemingly-innocuous bag was preventing magical detection previously, even as she mentally tallies up the sum held by the golden bars.
03[20:09] * Ko-Nightmareof1691 is now known as Kotono
[20:09] <Kotono> No magic. OOC: Appraisal check.
01[20:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[20:12] <Kotono> The coins are each worth about 30 GP each. The tiny slivers of gold are worth about 15 each. All together, it's about 350 GP or so.
01[20:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 K:N
06[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 K:N and gets 22." [1d20=5]
01[20:16] <Seira> Luck's on her side, then. Seira gets the sack, tying it closed once more, and then searches for a more mundane metal in the room. Lagann's talents at shaping metal would come in useful for what she has in mind, should she discover a surface large enough to write across.
[20:16] <Kotono> There's not much of note. A few screws in the table and bed, that sort of thing, but it's mostly wood.
01[20:18] <Seira> Time for her to leave, then. It is a shame, but Vann would have to live without a message proclaiming the debt owned to him was collected. If the goons in question have any intelligence to their name, they'll draw the right conclusion on their own.
[20:21] <Kotono> Thus Seira slips back without incident, reaching her room safely...OOC: We'll wait for Eb now, I also have ot sec anyway.
03[20:28] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-5445f5bc.lns4-c13.telh.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[20:28] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
03[20:31] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:32] <Kotono> ---
[20:32] <Kotono> Thus the night passes. Come to what morning Androlynne has, the two awaken. It was a sleep...a sleep servicable but little more, anxiousness gnawing at your dreams. OOC: Ball's in your court for what to do and stuff.
[20:34] <Alicia> First thing Alicia does in the morning is imbue Marie with a selection of spells to use on her behalf, then cast Veil to replenish their disguises, with no material changes. Then she chooses to take a leisurely breakfast and pass the hour in relative peace until her spellcasting faculties are fully restored.
06[20:35] * Seira intends to head over to the Mercane and be done with returning the favor to him, before focusing on the more immediate concerns of meeting with Graylung.
[20:39] <Kotono> The hour passes peacefully enough, with nothing quite terrible happening.
[20:41] <Alicia> Then naturally its off to see the Mercane.
[20:42] <Kotono> The Mercane is found where he was before. Amid the rending feasts of the demons he awaits, patient and watching them.
06[20:43] * Seira hands over the sack of ill-gotten gains, its trap ineffective. "This should be close enough to cover the debt owned to you," she voices, while waiting for him to inspect it.
[20:44] <Kotono> He takes the sack, hefting it. "It's heavy as gold," He agrees, "Good. Has your luck turned for the better now?"
[20:45] <Alicia> "I'd say things are looking up, yes," Alicia agrees, wondering how much the inscrutable merchant knows.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Outsandingly good luck." Smiling now as he nods to them, "Perhaps you'd like to further curry good luck?"
[20:47] <Alicia> "I'm not sure how much longer we'll be here, but more luck never goes amiss. We're listening," Alicia inclines her head slightly, not committing just yet but willing to hear him out.
[20:51] <Kotono> "Ah, excellent choice." With a slight nod to Alicia, "One can have the luck to find a jackpot of wealth if they're diligent and persistant. There are certain parties searching for a few people. A female human named Alicia Reynes, who may go by Lissa. A human warrior in full plated armor by the name of Demedais, a servant of the God Helm. An angel named Antenora, a servant to Alicia. A half dragon magiciant with a jeweled blade and fiery breath
[20:51] <Kotono> An angel named Antenora, a servant to Alicia. A half dragon magiciant with a jeweled blade and fiery breath named Seira. A human woman archer, very skilled, named Polly." He smiles to them, "If one can find them, I'm sure they'd have outstanding luck...not to mention the large reward offered would be a jackpot."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Funny. We heard someone yesterday was looking for a human called Alicia," Alicia remarks, not giving anything away.
01[20:52] <Seira> "How large?" Seira asks, equal parts curiousity and being obliged to inquire about the sum.
[20:53] <Kotono> "Ah yes." With a nod, "Such a bounty naturally creates many an interested party. I believe it's around 10,000 GP per head...but oh yes, they must be brought alive. Especially Alicia."
[20:53] <Alicia> "What's so special about her?" Alicia asks, frowning as if displeased at the thought of bringing anyone in alive.
[20:54] <Kotono> "I don't know. The instructs are what they are. Perhaps she has offended the offerer of the bounty?"
[20:55] <Alicia> "Who's offering, anyway? One of the four you told us about yesterday?"
[20:56] <Kotono> With a serene smile, "This party has taken discretion, but from the avenues of the word spreading, I would suspect it is Estaci or someone tied to her works. The succubi of Golmendicoria seem to have had the information first."
06[20:58] * Alicia nods shortly. "That's who we heard the first name from yesterday," she admits. "Well, we'll keep an eye out for them, I suppose. Sounds like a lot of cash if we can get all five... how tough are they supposed to be?"
01[20:59] <Seira> "But how realistic is any of this?" Seira asks at Alicia's words. "I mean, what, angels and humans? What's the chance of just stumbling upon them here?"
[21:00] <Kotono> "Well, that is the question. It would take both skill and much good fortune to defeat them. Have you heard of the Crimson Guard, a group of mortals from the Prime? They are quite skilled from all stories. Also, if word comes here, I suspect it is quite possible they will come here. Where there is smoke, there is fire."
01[21:00] <Seira> "Draw them in with the persistent rumors of them?" Seira muses. "Might actually work, given how humans operate."
[21:01] <Kotono> "Naturally." With a faint smile now, "May your luck continue to rise."
01[21:01] <Seira> "And yours," she returns with that same smile playing across her own lips.
Session Close: Fri Nov 06 21:02:45 2009
Session Start: Fri Nov 06 21:02:45 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:02] * Disconnected
02[21:02] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[21:02] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[21:02] * Topic is 'Marie(22)>Alicia(20)>Seira(18)>Lagann(17)>Pixie/Courres(16)>Quasits(14)>Amaryl=Latha(11)>Antenora(6)'
03[21:02] * Set by Kotono on Tue Nov 03 20:40:55
01[21:03] <Yomi> <Seira> "And yours," she returns with that same smile playing across her own lips.
[21:06] <Kotono> The streets of the city are bustling and busy, mindrending sights glimpsed as your eturn to Graylung's Ordorory. Yet nothing of note occurs on the way, the hezrou standing aside to allow you ingress deeper in without incident.
06[21:07] * Alicia heads downstairs without fear, even as she half-expects a double-cross.
02[21:07] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-82-81-151-184.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (fantasy.dejatoons.net betamax.dejatoons.net)
03[21:07] * Yomi is now known as Seira
03[21:07] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
06[21:08] * Seira doesn't think they've tipped their hand, or they wouldn't have been allowed to leave the day before, likewise displaying no fear as she ventures further inside.
[21:12] <Kotono> Thus you ascend down! You find the bottom as you left it, the eyes peering ahead at you once more. "The filth dared to entertain the notions and command of another," Graylung's voice can be heard, spitting out every word with disgust. "I thank you for bringing this information to me. She will be re-educated to her proper role."
01[21:14] <Seira> Make one friend, lose another. Seira figures the succubus deserved whatever fate she'd drawn.
[21:15] <Alicia> And so ends the story of O? "If you are able to help with our question from yesterday we will consider that to be thanks enough," Alicia replies respectfully to the necromancer.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Ask them anew. I confess that my righteous indignation has blotted some of what you asked from my memories." THe eyes stare ahead at you all the while, motionlessly peering into your own eyes.
[21:18] <Alicia> "We are interested in a conclave of extremely powerful necromancers, whom we suspect have had dealings with this layer of the Abyss," Alicia restates their question, more plainly than yesterday. "There are six, all told, but we do not know how many have actually visited here or the full extent of their involvement."
[21:20] <Kotono> "Ah. I have heard rumors of such," He begins, "But if they are here, I have not heard or seen them. OF course, such rumors are as likely to be worthless scuttlebutt as anything else.
[21:20] <Kotono> "
01[21:22] <Seira> "Perhaps so," Seira admits, "but our main reason to suspect their involvement is the rumors of magically-augmented demons, pale and powerful. We have heard such rumors before, and in those other cases, there was correllation between the augmentation and the conclave in question."
[21:24] <Kotono> "I have not heard much beyond rumor of this as well. My guess is that the Abyss once more mutated demons, rather than the works of intelligent wizards. Pale, powerful beings would be to the fancy of the Pale Mother, no?"
06[21:25] * Alicia nods. "It seems rumours are all we have... in any case, thank you for granting us your time, Graylung," she offers him a short bow as she makes to leave.
01[21:27] <Seira> Well, that was shorter than she had expected, but if that's the way things turned out....
[21:27] <Kotono> "If that is all, good travel to you. If you have business to be done, my doors are open to you."
06[21:30] * Seira nods at the offer, and walks outside, as the interview had come to an end.
[21:31] <Alicia> Leaving the necromancer's abode, there's little else to do but go check out Screaming Pleasure, intending to get a good look from the outside at its surroundings before anything else.
[21:34] <Kotono> Your trip to the Screaming Pleasure is mercifully without incident. The building is a grand, sprawling miniature palace within th ecity. IT is painted soft pink and gold, four stories of utterly rich, decadent stonework. There are grand doors leading inside, surrounded by statues of Mariliths, bare chested and alluring as they make come hither motions with all six hands. There are no windows, notably.
06[21:35] * Seira is somehow able to resist their charms, perhaps due to being severly creeped out.
06[21:37] * Alicia just shakes her head in despair. Aren't these things supposed to be the brilliant generals of the Abyss? Not one she's met has lived up the billing, and this just makes them even sadder. "I have a scroll of locate creature," she whispers to Seira as they stop halfway down the street leading to the ostentatious brothel. "It should give us an idea of where he is, if he's down there."
01[21:38] <Seira> "Didn't the divinations fail, before?" Seira asks, relying on Message to carry her words while making them impossible to overhear.
[21:40] <Alicia> "I thought it was just sendings they tried?" Alicia replies. "In any case, it doesn't hurt to try. If it works it makes things a lot easier for us, if not then we've lost nothing."
01[21:42] <Seira> "Certainly, we should try it," Seira agrees, before thinking to Amaryl, 'Is this a good time? It would be helpful to know if our friend had any sort of unique weapons or possessions I could magically look for.'
06[21:43] * Alicia fishes out the scroll as she steps into a nearby alley to be screened from curious onlookers, casting the spell to direct her to any green slaadi within 680 feet.
[21:43] <Kotono> '...mmm....Seira?' Amaryl's voice is sleepy, 'Mmm, I tranced off! Gaah. What time is...' After a few moments, 'Oh, Seira! Um, say that again? Sorry, the children wanted to play late last night.'
[21:43] <Kotono> Alicia casts the spell...but she doesn't sense any green slaad nearby.
06[21:44] * Seira positions herself in such a way as to shield Alicia from curious eyes, should anyone choose to pay them any attention. 'Anything the nice slaad had in his possession that Locate Object might work on.'
[21:44] <Alicia> Well, they're still a ways from the actual brothel, so now Alicia starts walking towards it, intending to circuit the building.
[21:45] <Kotono> As Alicia circles, she senses no green slaad. As this happens, 'Hold on...' After a few minutes, 'No. How is it going over there, Seira?'
01[21:46] <Seira> 'Still a mixed bag. The chat with the necromancer didn't go anywhere, though it turns out Alicia's not the only one with a ten thousand gold bounty on her head. There's also one for Antenora, Demedais, Pollyanna and myself. Go figure.'
[21:46] <Kotono> 'Careful,' Amaryl sends back, 'I'll tell Antenora and Latha that. Anything else ot pass on?'
06[21:47] * Alicia shakes her head to Seira after completing her circuit. "Going straight in the door is too obvious, but a dungeon is sure to have secret exits and things. Why don't we try and look for hidden doors or things like that in the area around it?"
01[21:49] <Seira> "That's something I can do," Seira agrees, paying extra attention to such things as they linger near the building. And Lagann could pitch in as well, even if it's a metal lock so well concealed she can't see any traces of it. 'There's this brothel, the Screaming Pleasure, run by a lilitu called Extasy or something. We think the slaad's there.'
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Just looking/scouting, basically, and having Lagann search for metal?
01[21:51] <Seira> OOC: Yeah. I don't need to paw stuff for search, right?
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: It doesn't say, but I generally assume you do. I'll let you do it at -10 here and you have Lagann going to help, so it's possible.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 (-10 calculated in)
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 (-10 calculated in) and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:55] <Kotono> Between this and Lagann, it's not too hard to find two hidden doors. On the far back side of the brothel is a hidden door, slotted into the back almost flawlessly and with a metal lock. On the right side, underneath a pleasant hedge and wildflowers, is another metal lock and a trapdoor.
01[21:56] <Seira> After completing her survey of the building, Seira estimates which one is better hidden, and farther from any main roads. It would hardly be serving its true purpose otherwise.
[21:58] <Kotono> The back one is away from any roads, there werne't any demons about. The side one is within sight of a road, various horrors and mortals shambling along towards and away from the brothel.
01[21:59] <Seira> Shielding her mouth from view, Seira mouthes, "Two more doors in, one by the side, and another in the back, away from sight. If I had to guess, the latter's the real back entrance."
[22:01] <Alicia> "The door at the back will come out in the ground floor, though. The trapdoor's more likely to lead down into the dungeon," Alicia reasons. "We could have Marie scout them both before we commit, though."
01[22:03] <Seira> "I question the existence of a secret door where those using it would be in plain sight while coming and going," Seira muses, "but I suppose if invisibility and the means to detect it aren't as common... yes, it's certainly worth a try. Let's go for it now?"
06[22:05] * Alicia goes to find an alleyway in sight of the pretty hedgerow and wildflowers, settling just inside it. "I'll turn you invisible," she whispers to her familiar. "Go incorporeal and make a quick in and out through both doors. Don't go any further, just check what's there and come back."
[22:06] <Alicia> At Marie's nod of assent, Alicia casts greater invisibility on her familiar, holding out a hand to collect the ring that drops when she turns incorporeal and dashes low across the street and through the trapdoor!
01[22:06] <Seira> "How about connecting us all telepathically?" she suggests.
[22:07] <Alicia> Marie abruptly stops and comes back so Seira can cast that spell.
01[22:08] <Seira> Telepathic Bond should hold for more than enough time, and Seira links the three of them with it!
[22:08] <Alicia> Once that's done Marie jets off once more!
[22:09] <Kotono> Thus Marie flies to and through the trapdoor! It leads to a 10 foot drop, with only a few iron rungs on the wall, then a hallway can be seen sloping sharply downward.
[22:09] <Alicia> Marie bobs down the ten feet so she can see where the hallway slopes down to.
[22:11] <Kotono> The hallway slopes down about thirty feet, coming to a wooden door, plain and unadorned.
[22:12] <Alicia> Seems clear, so Marie flies back up to ground level and circles around to the hidden door at the rear, before phasing gently through it to take a peek.
[22:15] <Kotono> Inside you see a largish room, a few crates about. A table is near the back, a few doors on the rear wall. Sitting at the table is a dark skinned man, playing cards with a slightly old, ugly woman with a long, demonic tail. An arrow demon has bows at it's side, arms crossed as it glares at the door MArie came through. "Three aces and a dragon," The man says, scooping up a pile of silver and gold coins in the center of the table."
[22:17] <Alicia> Marie promptly retreats, having seen all she needs to, and flies back to Alicia, turning corporeal and sitting on her mistress's hand as she replaces the magic ring on her finger. "Back door's guarded by an arrow demon, and two others playing cards," she relays quietly. "Trapdoor leads down to a steep passage before another wooden door, it's empty."
01[22:20] <Seira> 'How about we just try to sneak through the trapdoor under cover of invisibility?' Seira suggests. 'Marie could stay ahead and warn us of anything lying ahead. I have plenty of casting of it, each lasting three minutes, which should get us far enough in, and leave enough to get out afterwards.'
[22:22] <Alicia> 'Sounds good to me,' Alicia agrees, remembering to take advantage of telepathy. 'Before we go in can you get Amaryl to check with Lady Honeydip if Tiririramt has any code words to recognise friends of the eladrin, or something we could ask that only he knows? I don't want to end up rescuing a demon plant.'
01[22:24] <Seira> 'On it,' Seira responds, before thinking to Amaryl, 'We're about to go in and search for the slaad with the unpronounceable name. Do our hosts know of a way to tell him from any shapeshifted fiend that's been placed there as a decoy?'
01[22:24] <Seira> After a brief pause, she adds, 'And the same for the one sent to contact him, in case they're held together.'
[22:26] <Kotono> 'Hold on...' Amaryl thinks, 'Ask either of them what the secret of Applelight is. They should answer 'A big smile'.
06[22:27] * Seira snorts. 'I bet there's a story behind that. Tell me when I get back?' To Alicia and Marie, she dutifully relays the phrase and the answer. 'And if we have any doubt, or a chance our thoughts are being read, I'll ask Amaryl for something new as a follow up on the spot.'
[22:30] <Alicia> 'I should be able to tell if anyone's using magic, but it's best to be sure,' Alicia nods. Taking a moment to ensure no one's too close, she casts a shield spell. 'Ready to go?'
01[22:33] <Seira> 'Just about,' Seira responds, her own preparations involving a Keen Edge spell placed on the Resort, and storing one of her Unicorn Arrow spells into a matrix. That done, she uses her wand of Invisibility to bestow it to the three of them.
[22:34] <Alicia> Now safely invisible, Alicia and Marie head over to the trapdoor nestled amidst the pretty hedges.
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL and gets 13." [1d10=3]
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d6 lesser spell matrix
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 lesser spell matrix and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[22:34] <Kotono> Thus ready, the party sneaks over to the trapdoor without incident. IT awaits them, as at the street a little away, demons and mortals come and pass. A dim buzz can be heard, drifting in and out of audible range.
01[22:35] <Seira> 'No magic?' Seira mentally asks Alicia, examining the lock for traps.
01[22:35] <Seira> OOC: Search, 10/42?
06[22:36] * Alicia checks.
[22:36] <Alicia> 'Clear.'
01[22:37] <Seira> 'Lagann, open the lock as quietly as you can, please?' Seira requests.
[22:38] <Kotono> Quietly as possible, the lock undoes! It shifts a bit, af ew soft clacks of metal as Lagann works.
01[22:40] <Seira> 'Let's go,' Seira relays to the others. 'I'll enter last, and try to close it so no one suspects a thing.'
[22:41] <Alicia> 'Got it,' Alicia nods, hopping down the hole and landing with cat-like grace at the bottom, while Marie flies down after her. They then make way for Seira, Alicia scanning down the sloping passage for magic or evil.
06[22:42] * Seira is the last to drop down the passage, instructing Lagann to repair the lock to stand to a cursory inspection, in case someone patrols around the building routinely.
[22:42] <Kotono> The door ahead radiates no magic, though you can see several auras of strong and overwhelming evil ahead.
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[22:45] <Alicia> 'There's a magic alarm on the door,' Alicia reports, 'And three evil beings on the other side, one a lot stronger than the others.'
01[22:47] <Seira> 'Thinking of trying to dispel it and then go in?'
[22:48] <Alicia> 'That'd be a bit pointless since they'd hear me casting and then see us as we open the door,' Alicia observes dryly. 'You should be able to disable it more quietly if we want to go down that road.'
06[22:49] * Seira doubts it somewhat, but decides to first see if she can tell the trap is even there.
01[22:49] <Seira> OOC: Search, 10/42?
01[22:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 DD
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 DD and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[22:50] <Kotono> Working quietly, Seira disables the trap!
01[22:50] <Seira> As always, Seira checks for a second layer, even as she relays this to Alicia and asks her to look at things from an arcane viewpoint.
[22:53] <Alicia> 'Marie, take a peek through - don't go through the door, go through the wall so it's less obvious,' Alicia instructs her familiar, catching the ring of mind shielding as Marie goes incorporeal and skirts the wall, poking just a little bit out to see into the room beyond.
[22:54] <Kotono> In the room beyond, Marie sees a dark, forgotten dungeon room. Chains are on the walls, a spiked coffin resting against a far wall. The door out is pure metal, a scampering succubus hurrying out of it. Another one stands behind a towering beast, a foul, sour looking hezrou, who stares at the door while cracking his knuckles.
[22:57] <Alicia> 'There's a hezrou and a succubus. Another succubus is running out the far door,' Marie reports. 'They're looking right at the door, so I don't think we're as hidden as we'd like.'
01[22:59] <Seira> 'Shame, that. Even with invisibility and the rings... well, let's not keep the nice hezrou waiting?'
[23:00] <Alicia> 'Is the door locked?' Alicia asks Seira while Marie keeps an eye on things through the door.
01[23:01] <Seira> 'Lagann, open the door,' Seira commands, as Alicia's question is about to become moot.
[23:01] <Kotono> OOC: So Marie's poking through the door to - well, hold that thought anyway.
[23:02] <Kotono> Lagann opens the door! The hezrou stares ahead, "The hell?" it growls, as it's stench hits you like a load of bricks. "Can't see a damned...who goes? Who goes?"
06[23:02] * Seira slips into the room, ready to back up Alicia and cut off the retreat routes, if the succubus decides to flee.
[23:03] <Alicia> 'Let's try to sneak around them if they really can't see us?' Alicia suggests, unsure if Marie's suspicion was justified. She pockets Marie's ring of mind shielding before creeping after Seira.
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: Make MS checks?
01[23:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[23:05] <Kotono> "Footsteps," Growling low in his throat...OOC: Go ahead and roll init here so we see in what order things resolve.
01[23:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
01[23:06] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 9." [1d20=8]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 12." [1d20=4]
03[23:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hezrou(14)>Lagann=Alicia(13)>Marie(12)>Seira(10)>Succubus(9)'
[23:09] <Kotono> The hezrou gestures, a pentagram burning into the ground!
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 4d10
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10 and gets 10." [4d10=3, 3, 3, 1]
[23:10] <Kotono> About a dozen dretches appear all about the room, feebly sniffing and eyeing about! "One warning," The hezrou growls, "Then they'll use your bones to pleasure themselves after I rip them out of you!" OOC: LAgann.
01[23:11] <Seira> Seira warns Lagann to bid his time!
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: So he holds
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[23:14] <Alicia> 'Lets just go through the far door then block them off with a wall. They can't teleport through it,' Alicia suggests, creeping around the demons and through the metal door at the opposite end of the room.
[23:15] <Kotono> The metal door is ajar, a bit of soft light coming through it as Alicia reacehs it! OOC: Marie then Seira.
[23:16] <Alicia> Marie follows after Alicia, flying through the metal door and holding position there, ready to place a wall of force to block off pursuit once Alicia and Seira catch up.
[23:17] <Kotono> Marie flies through! This leads to a small little antechamber, essentially empty. Five feet ahead is another door, this one open as well, leading into a nicely lit, rich hallway. OOC: Seira.
06[23:17] * Seira likewise follows, her footsteps light, and once she's made her way out of the room signals, 'I'm out.'
01[23:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 do I see Alicia?
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 do I see Alicia? and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[19:29] <Kotono> ---
[19:29] <Kotono> <Alicia> 'Lets just go through the far door then block them off with a wall. They can't teleport through it,' Alicia suggests, creeping around the demons and through the metal door at the opposite end of the room.
[19:29] <Kotono> > The metal door is ajar, a bit of soft light coming through it as Alicia reacehs it! OOC: Marie then Seira.
[19:29] <Kotono> <Alicia> Marie follows after Alicia, flying through the metal door and holding position there, ready to place a wall of force to block off pursuit once Alicia and Seira catch up.
[19:29] <Kotono> > Marie flies through! This leads to a small little antechamber, essentially empty. Five feet ahead is another door, this one open as well, leading into a nicely lit, rich hallway. OOC: Seira.
[19:29] <Kotono> * Seira likewise follows, her footsteps light, and once she's made her way out of the room signals, 'I'm out.'
[19:29] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+18 do I see Alicia?
[19:29] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 do I see Alicia? and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[19:29] <Kotono> OOC: Succubus is up.
[19:32] <Kotono> "Aaaah!" The succubus hides behind the hezrou, nearly hanging off it's gigantic arm! It takes a step forward, uttering a terrible word of vileness...but you've moved too far, too fast, the spell doing nothing to you! OOC: Lagann'n'Alicia.
06[19:33] * Alicia follows Seira through the door. 'I'm through... it's a metal door, can Lagann jam it so they can't open it?' She asks in order to save Marie a spell.
01[19:34] <Seira> 'He'll do his best!' Seira promises. 'But can't the hezrou can't bash it down?'
[19:34] <Alicia> 'It'll buy us some time and Marie or I can use walls of force if it becomes necessary.'
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Marie's up, by the by.
[19:35] <Alicia> OOC: Marie will wait to see how Lagann resolves?
01[19:36] <Seira> Sounds reasonable enough. 'Lock the door we just came through and keep it that way!' Seira relays to her familiar.
[19:38] <Kotono> Thus Lagann acts, the door slamming shut as the lock tinkles! OOC: Marie.
[19:39] <Alicia> Marie scouts ahead, going through the door past this small antechamber the party finds itself in.
[19:42] <Kotono> Ahead is a rich, beautiful hallway. Fine stonework, inlaid with pink and peach colored paints, stretch in either direction. The floor is a carpet so thick you could backstroke in it. Ornate pillars are about, carved with frolicking nymphs, succubi, dryads, elves, fey and other such, often with exaggerated features, yet each one is beautiful. The air smells exceedingly sweet, like perfume distilled down. The doors dotted about are all ove long,
[19:42] <Kotono> The air smells exceedingly sweet, like perfume distilled down. The doors dotted about are all ove long, tall slits in the wall. OOC: Seira.
01[19:44] <Seira> Nothing for her to do but to proceed onwards! They're committed, now, and if this path leads to their quarry, the best they could do is to reach is as quickly as possible.
[19:44] <Kotono> Thus Seira heads out! Then...
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[19:45] <Kotono> roll 1d8+6
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+6 and gets 10." [1d8=4]
[19:45] <Kotono> The door is hit! It buckles a bit, but doesn't immediately give. OOC: Alicia/Lagann, go.
06[19:46] * Alicia follows Marie into the sumptuous hallway, looking around quickly for any magical signatures. 'Marie, check all the doors on the right hand side, just sweep the rooms - we don't have much time,' she instructs her familiar.
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and free act for the moment, people.
01[19:47] <Seira> 'Let's sweep the rooms for the strongest sources of evil, and take them out before they mobilize?' Seira suggests.
[19:47] <Kotono> At one far end of the hallway is an archway that narrows into a slit passage beyond, gauze yellow curtains blocking vision further. At the other end is a more mundane, normal door, mostly covered with a crimson silk curtain.
[19:48] <Alicia> Marie obediently phases through the first door on the right-hand side and then simply flies parallel to the hallway and through the intervening walls to quickly scan all the rooms on this side in one pass.
[19:50] <Kotono> Marie quickly sweeps the right hand side! One has a pair of succubi, currently giving lavish attentions to a grizzled looking human. Another is empty, but has a man and a woman chained to the walls, unclad. The next is a room full of food on tables, a small company of mortals eating...except the tables are artfully posed succubi.
[19:51] <Alicia> 'We can't afford to get bogged down fighting, lets try to stay invisible as long as possible,' Alicia flies to the far end of the corridor to avoid leaving footprints in the plush carpet as she nears the door covered in crimson curtains. Marie doesn't linger, just coming back out. 'This isn't the real dungeon, I think we have to go further down,' she reports.
01[19:52] <Seira> 'How about you taking a look straight down, Marie? Maybe you'll see a way up that's concealed from this end.'
06[19:53] * Seira for her part takes a bit of time to search for any such concealed passageways or doors.
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: Taking 10 or...?
01[19:53] <Seira> OOC: Yeah
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: Total?
01[19:54] <Seira> OOC: 42
[19:54] <Alicia> Back in the centre of the hallway, Marie flies down thirty feet (or as far as needed to reach another open space) to take a quick look around for any ascending stairs to tell what direction to go in before she pops back up to report her findings!
01[19:54] <Seira> At Alicia's initiative, Seira also casts Pass Without Trace upon herself, to lower any chance of tracking her down, even should she be forced to walk.
[19:56] <Kotono> Seira makes a quick search of things, finding the pillars all have hollow interiors. Inside each rests a curious red powder.
[19:57] <Kotono> Marie flies down twenty feet, finding herself in a darkened hall. A pair of hezrou stand a little ahead, arm crossed and foul. There are cell doors, and to the direction of the crimson curtain above is a door, to the direction of the slit-door is twisting path that sinks into the ground deeper.
[19:58] <Alicia> 'Door by the crimson curtains goes down! Two hezro down there as well,' Marie reports, Alicia attempting to open said door.
01[19:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[20:01] <Kotono> Alicia finds the door locked.
06[20:01] * Seira heads towards the door past the crimson curtains, having heard Marie's message.
[20:01] <Alicia> 'Seira, can you unlock this door?' Alicia asks, reluctant to bash it down.
06[20:01] * Seira checks the door for traps or alarms!
01[20:02] <Seira> OOC: 42
06[20:03] * Seira has Lagann open this lock as well, drawing her jeweled blade in its altered, dull, scimitar-shaped form.
[20:04] <Kotono> IT is not a terribly difficult lock, undone! Ahead is a short hall, leading to a plain iron door thirty feet away. Strange, pink shaded patterns cover the door.
[20:05] <Alicia> OOC: Magic?
06[20:06] * Seira ensures that the path down the hall is safe, and only afterwards examines the iron door as well.
[20:09] <Kotono> The door radiates strong magic. Seira checks it over, finding the door is indeed warded.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 44." [1d20=16]
06[20:09] * Alicia steps in and closes the door behind her before examining the magic on the door.
06[20:10] * Seira idly has Lagann to lock it behind them.
01[20:12] <Seira> 'My turn?' Seira asks Alicia. 'Or it's a trap that's easier to open with magic?'
[20:13] <Alicia> 'It'll make you want to become a customer,' Alicia gives a mental snort at the concept. 'Marie's aura should block it, but if you have Lagann open the door while we stand back at the far end of the hall it won't reach us anyway. Twenty foot radius.'
06[20:15] * Seira can't argue with that suggestion, following it to the letter.
[20:15] <Kotono> The door opens, the pink letters glowing bright! Nothing happens as the way ahead is revealed. It's a simple stairway going down and around in a u-turn, twisting.
06[20:16] * Alicia advances to the stairs and starts heading down, Marie in tow as she keeps an eye out for magic.
06[20:17] * Seira brings up the rear, watchful for anyone descending after them, and once she is at Lagann's maximum range, has him close the door back, so nothing would seem out of place.
[20:17] <Kotono> There's no magic here as you plunge down! Walking to the bottom, you find a simple iron door here, leading onward.
01[20:17] <Seira> OOC: 10 for 42 search
[20:20] <Kotono> Seira does not find any traps, but it is locked.
01[20:20] <Seira> 'Opening it,' Seira relays, and sends the command to Lagann.
[20:21] <Kotono> The lock is undone! Ahead you see the hall MArie saw, the way ahead completely blocked by two beefy, smelly hezrou 50 feet from where you are. They peer ahead, like giant boulders.
01[20:22] <Seira> Are they peering at us?
[20:23] <Kotono> They look to be peering ahead in general. "Who goes?" One calls out, "Mistress?"
01[20:24] <Seira> 'Let's take them down while they're distracted?' Seira suggests, moving out of the way and almost melding to a wall. 'I can blast them with two fireballs at once.'
[20:24] <Alicia> OOC: what's the light level here?
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: Very dim. There's a bit of ambient light here and there without any source, but it's not much at all.
[20:26] <Alicia> 'Marie, distract them,' Alicia asks, her familiar producing an illusion of a bezekira flitting through the shadows briefly as it stalks towards the hezrou, its form only barely visible thanks to the darkness. 'Lets see if we can distract them, or at worst mislead them as to who's here.'
[20:27] <Kotono> "Devil SCUM!" One of the hezrou roar, as the both pounce at the bezekira, trying to smash the illusion apart!
06[20:27] * Seira decides to sneak ahead, as hostilities might yet be averted.
[20:28] <Alicia> Alicia likewise tries to sneak around while they're busy, Marie able to move more swiftly without care for stealth, keeping her focus on the illusion to make the cat move like lightning to avoid their blows!
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: MS checks, all. Since they're really distracted I'll give you a +6 bonus to them.
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: Marie is perfectly silent by default while incorporeal
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Oaky.
01[20:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 34." [1d20=5]
06[20:32] * Seira glances into the cells as she passes them by, ready to command Lagann to unlock them if those held within can be determined to help their efforts.
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Hezrou are ridiciously good at listening
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Hezrou are ridiciously good at listening
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Hezrou are ridiciously good at listening and gets 41." [1d20=18]
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Hezrou are ridiciously good at listening and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[20:34] <Kotono> The hezrou slam and stab at the cat, finding the blows to go through it, hitting the illusion as the party passes! They glance about back and forth, mostly in the direction of the party! OOC: Goa head and act.
[20:35] <Kotono> The doors don't have little windows into thetm or anything, just heavy metal barring the way. One would need to peer past or go into the cells to see what's inside.
01[20:36] <Seira> 'How about letting the jailers face the inmates?'
[20:37] <Alicia> 'Marie, check the cells. Quickly,' Alicia requests as she advances to the far door, ready to invoke a wall of force to block off pursuit if it becomes necessary. Marie does as asked, using her superior speed and maneuvrability to quickly flit through the walls of the cells in one big circuit.
[20:38] <Kotono> Marie finds the cells are about half full. Common mortals, nude and often looking haggard and pale, lie about listlessly. Meanwhile the hezrou snarl, "Devil scum?" One calls, "Over there!" He points in the general direction of the party, the two starting to stomp forward.
01[20:40] <Seira> 'Lagann, there's all that metal in the doors, when it could be put to better use by stabbing the hezrou guards,' Seira thinks to her familiar. 'Isn't that just wrong?'
[20:40] <Alicia> 'No slaad, and it'd end messily if any of them had to face a hezrou,' Marie reports as she rejoins the party.
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Make a pair of attack rolls with Lagann then, Seira?
01[20:45] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+19 the doors come alive!
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+19 the doors come alive! and gets 52." [2#1d20+19 = 32, 20]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 6d6
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 and gets 28." [6d6=6, 3, 5, 2, 6, 6]
[20:47] <Kotono> Iron from the doors goes flying, stabbing and impaling the hezrou all over like a thousand needles! They roar at this, striking out at the flying steel with claws!
06[20:47] * Seira uses chance to sneak further down the hallway and out of their detection range.
[20:48] <Kotono> Further down the hall is a twisting stairway, going deeper and deeper down.
01[20:48] <Seira> 'Down the stairway, while they're distracted?'
06[20:48] * Seira is already following her own advice.
[20:49] <Alicia> 'Lets hurry,' Alicia agrees, heading down the stairs with Marie on her heels.
[20:50] <Kotono> Thus the three travel downstairs! At about halfway down, roughly 30 feet, the last of the light vanishes. It's pitchblack to the bottom of the stairs, where you find a door. It's hazy, a luminous, rainbow colored wall shimmering in front of the passage ahead.
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 this is surely magic (spellcraft)
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 this is surely magic (spellcraft) and gets 37." [1d20=9]
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: And as always, a search for 42
[20:52] <Alicia> 'Wall of chaos,' Alicia reports. 'It won't hurt but might block me - you two should be fine and I can probably bear it,' with that confident assertion she attempts to breach the wall!
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 will
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 will and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:54] <Kotono> Seira finds the Wall of Chaos. There's not any traps besides the obvious one here.
06[20:55] * Seira decides to try and brave it!
[20:55] <Alicia> Marie certainly isn't bothered by the chaotic wall and follows Alicia without complaint.
[20:57] <Kotono> Alicia feels sa if she's forcing herself through solid steel, but somehow emerges on the other side! You find yourself in another hallway - yet here...silver. The walls and doors are made of silver. Alicia feels her skin crawl and itch. Cell doors are on either side, with the end having a slightly raised metallic circlein the ground.
[20:57] <Alicia> Any magic?
[20:58] <Kotono> Each of the cell doors are enchanted, as is the raised platform.
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: take 10 for 38 spellcraft on all of them
06[20:59] * Seira tries to concentrate on what's important during what seems to be the final stretch, examining each and every cell door.
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: More searching, taking 10 for 42
06[21:00] * Alicia shudders a bit as she enters this hallway. 'Marie, check the cells?' she asks, her familiar phasing throuh the silver wall and performing a circuit to lap all the cells once more.
[21:01] <Alicia> They really don't want devils or archons or modrons down here, do they? 'The doors are basically harmless, but I don't know what that circle does - something transmutation,' she reports.
[21:02] <Kotono> Seira finds each cell door is warded against law by a magic circle. The rooms have various things - a barbazu in one, a Marut in another, a hound archon in a third, a cornugon in a fourth, a gelugon in a fifth, another Marut in the sixth. Regardless, each creature is pinned into the wall, often with heavy spikes, barely able to move at all.
[21:03] <Alicia> 'No slaad,' Marie reports. 'A bunch of devils and an archon in the third and an inevitable in the sixth.' At that, Alicia walks up to the third cell, hoping she can see through the bars.
[21:03] <Kotono> The door has no bars. It's solid silver.
01[21:03] <Seira> 'Quite a bit of hatred for law, yes,' Seira agrees. 'So, let's get the archon out and see if he's not a plant?'
[21:04] <Alicia> 'We should help the Marut, too,' Alicia suggests. 'Can Lagann open those two doors? Marie, take a quick check through the floor to see if there's anything further below.' Marie obediently phases down through the floor to investigate.
[21:05] <Kotono> Marie phases below, but stops cold at 20 feet. She can't seem to press any farther down.
[21:05] <Alicia> Is there a magical wall of force blocking her way?
01[21:05] <Seira> 'Stand back,' Seira requests, likewise making her distance, before commanding Lagann to melt the doors to the cells holding the maruts and the hound archon, to gather at the sides of each doorway.
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: What senses does Marie have to detect such?
[21:06] <Alicia> OOC: detect magic
[21:06] <Alicia> OOC: and +27 spellcraft
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: roll it?
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[21:08] <Kotono> Seira destroys the three doors! At this, one of the Marus crackles lsightly, "Sensory imput...who goes...?" It asks, wihle the Hound Archon starts to snarl, "Demon," it pants, "Show...your vile flesh...!"
[21:09] <Alicia> Makes sense for eladrin, Marie reckons. Floating back up she studies the circle in hopes of upstaging Alicia. 'Chamber below is blocked by wall of force and dimensional lock,' she reports.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 on circle of transmutation
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 on circle of transmutation and gets 31." [1d20=4]
01[21:09] <Seira> "I'll get right on that," Seira says sarcastically. "This is a jailbreak. You don't want to rot in here for all time, do you?"
[21:10] <Kotono> "Who...are you..." The hound archon stares into the invisibility, seeing nothing. "If you speak true, free me!"
[21:10] <Kotono> "We must...finish our objective," The Maruts state as one, "We must be freed to continue our objective."
[21:10] <Alicia> "We're here to help," Alicia whispers to the archon, approaching him. "Hold still while I remove these spikes, I'll heal you in a moment." With that promise she works to extricate the archon from his predicament.
01[21:11] <Seira> "Let's save the introductions for once we're out," Seira suggests. "Are there more imprisoned?"
[21:11] <Alicia> 'Marie, check the walls for any hidden passages leading down. I can use spellfire if we have to but I want to avoid that,' she adds to her familiar, who proceeds to phase into the walls and circle the perimeter of the chamber for a path downwards.
06[21:12] * Seira proceeds to observe the raised platform in the meantime, studying it.
01[21:13] <Seira> 'Do we want to know what the devils are here for?' Seira consults with Alicia. 'Anything to thwart their plans or this lilitu's.'
[21:15] <Alicia> 'Have Lagann free them as we leave? It'll lend credence to the seed we planted with the bezekira illusion, and they can cause some trouble to distract the demons while we carry out our mission,' Alicia replies while carefully releasing the hound archon.
01[21:16] <Seira> 'Oh, certainly,' Seira agrees. 'But I was thinking of questioning them, at least as to their masters and purpose here.'
[21:16] <Alicia> 'We really don't have time,' Alicia shakes her head despite the invisibility. 'The demons upstairs are surely mobilising as we speak.'
01[21:17] <Seira> 'Any idea whether this place is shielded from planar travel? We could just use that to escape, if not.'
[21:17] <Alicia> 'It isn't here but the level below is,' Marie replies.
01[21:19] <Seira> 'Think you could ask the devils for their names and who they serve, while I try to find a way below?' Seira suggests to Marie. 'If nothing else, it might lead credence to trying to find the one we're here to free.'
[21:20] <Kotono> The spikes are driven deeply into the archon, but they are slowly removed. Once freed, it looks about, "My thanks...is there a blade about? I must attempt to end them, even if it ends with my soul racing back to Celestia." (More)
[21:20] <Alicia> Marie is busy searching for secret passages and if she finds one she doesn't want to waste time chatting up devils.
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft, Seira.
01[21:22] <Seira> "Or you could just help us and return there on your own," Seira mutters loudly enough for the archon to overhear, even as she focuses further.
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[21:27] <Kotono> Marie sweeps about, finding no passages save one. The ground underneath the raised metallic rise is electric, passing through Marie harmlessly.
[21:27] <Alicia> OOC: Solid ground or a tunnel?
[21:28] <Kotono> "As you wish." The archon says, it's body bleeding. "Is there a weapon I can use?"
[21:28] <Kotono> The maruts march out, despite injuries to their frame. "Which way is out? We must continue our mission immediately."
01[21:29] <Seira> "Any chance anyone knows what's going on with this platform?" Seira voices.
06[21:31] * Alicia decides the archon and inevitable would likely be too obvious and a liability on their mission. "I'll banish you both home - please don't resist my dismissal spell," she requests, hesitating a second in case either can help Seira before she starts casting.
[21:31] <Kotono> "We can report on that," A marut speaks up, marching towards Seira, it's heavy metal body clinking against the silver floor. "Fiends walk to it and then speak words of Abyssal and then there is a sound, much like something melting."
01[21:32] <Seira> "Weird. What were the words?"
[21:32] <Alicia> Marie pops back up. "It probably phases them downstairs, but the electricity would hurt you two," she comments.
[21:32] <Kotono> In Abyssal, "Open the gate to seclusion."
01[21:33] <Seira> "Well then, let's try it?" Seira suggests. "As for you two, we could send you back, and you'd be able to pick your mission once you got healed and all that."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Alright, hold still while I dismiss the three of you," Alicia requests, starting with the archon. "I'll ward us against electricity before we try it."
[21:34] <Kotono> The Hound Archon speaks now, "Unseen saviors, heed my words. I was sold to a succubus as a plaything after being captured defending the innocent children here. The lord of this foul place, Estaci, may have ties to Malcanthet, for I have heard this name spoken by the fiends here."
01[21:35] <Seira> "That's what we think as well," Seira agrees.
[21:35] <Alicia> "We've heard the same. Worry not, things are going to change here hopefully," Alicia asserts before attempting to banish him back to the safety of Mount Celestia.
[21:36] <Kotono> With a momentary wink, the Hound Archon is gone.
[21:36] <Kotono> "We must continue our mission, though being sent back to Mechanus for repair and refocus is acceptable," The maruts agree.
[21:37] <Alicia> "What is your mission?" Alicia asks before dismissing them, in case it intersects their own. 'Seira, can Lagann weld the walls together to seal this chamber off at the doorway? I'm worried about how long this is taking.'
[21:37] <Kotono> "We must slay the wizard Graylung." The maruts answered, "For he has profaned against the laws of life."
01[21:38] <Seira> "A minor setback is better than certain death and failure," Seira voices. "Good luck." Alicia's idea is a good one, and all that silver is now just going to waste, so she commands Lagann to mobilize it towards the doorway, making layers upon layers of silver over it.
[21:38] <Kotono> At Seira's command, the door leading back up now has layer after layer of silver stacked and pressed into it.
[21:39] <Alicia> "Be more careful next time, or come with a larger force," Alicia suggests before dismissing the first Marut, and then the second.
[21:39] <Kotono> The Maruts are gone, send back to whence they came.
06[21:40] * Alicia then wards herself and Seira against electricity before she approaches the disc. Marie turns corporeal and lands on her shoulder. 'Release the devils and then we'll activate this?' she asks Seira.
01[21:41] <Seira> 'Free the fiends once I speak the words,' Seira commands Lagann, saying the Abyssal phrase for activating their means of transporation.
[21:43] <Kotono> Seira sees metal flying for a moment, then...the ground rise sup, enveloping you! You are propelled down, electricity rippling through you as you do! (More)
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 15d6 no save but res 30 helps
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 no save but res 30 helps and gets 51." [15d6=6, 4, 1, 6, 3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 5, 6, 2, 1, 3, 5]
[21:45] <Kotono> You feel shocked to the bone, bodies thrashing! But you endure it, landing hard. Ahead of you is an open room, large. Crumbling pillars and broken metal chains lie about. You hear a clapping, a hooded woman about 50 feet away. She wears a hooded robe, hands a beautiful, pure white. A split second later, a monstrosity steps in front of her! (More)
[21:48] <Kotono> It has the roaring, furious head of a balor. Fire burns around it's body, it's wings short and stunted. Writhing from it's burning back are tentacles, thrashing and licking out, six in total. It's body is beautifully, overwhelmingly masculine and human, covered in scarlet red bodypaint, obscene symbols drawn in. It wields no weapon, wears no armor or clothes. With a roar, "Dogs of the Dark Six...die!" It bellows at the top of it's lungs, in ho
[21:49] <Kotono> "Dogs of the Dark Six...die!" It bellows at the top of it's lungs, in howling Abyssal! OOC: Init. It looks -very- unfriendly, even for a demon.
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 26." [1d20=15]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 20." [1d20=20]
03[21:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Tentacled man-balor=Hooded woman(27)Seira(26)>Marie(24)>Lagann(20)>Alicia(14)'
[21:52] <Kotono> The woman approaches, a hand on the monster. The creature looks confused, "Why?" It asks to her, then, furrowing it's brow, "Your names!" It points at Seira. "Tell me your names!"
01[21:54] <Seira> Oh please. Seira merely raises an eyebrow, invisible as she is.
[21:56] <Alicia> Given the vast bounties on their names, Alicia isn't particularly inclined to give them. It's best if they never have a clue just who's responsible here. "We're no dogs of the Dark Six, but that won't make us friends to you," she retorts, since invisibility isn't helping them anyway.
[21:58] <Kotono> There is another pause, the monstrosity roaring. But the woman puts another hand on it's side. It looks to them again, "My Mistress says that if you oppose the Dark Six, there is no reason to fight." It bites those words off, "This is not right! There is only violence and rape!" It turns to her, but immediately turns away from her, face pale. It quickly adds, "T-there is no reason to fight i-if you oppose the Dark Six."
[21:58] <Kotono> "T-there is no reason to fight i-if you oppose the Dark Six."
01[21:59] <Seira> Since those idiots can't decide what to do with them, Seira takes this chance to look around, curious as to whether they fell into a trap or there actually is a cell of sorts here.
[21:59] <Kotono> Past the chains and broken pillars there is a heavy door, engraved with shifting, hissing runes of Abyssal.
06[22:00] * Alicia doesn't particularly like this setup. At all. "Be that as it may, the green slaad held here has important information about the liches. We're here for Tiririmant."
[22:01] <Kotono> The demon cowers before the hidden woman. It speaks after a pause, "S-show yourselves to her if you wish to see him."
[22:02] <Alicia> 'Seira, the invisibility isn't helping so you might as well end it. I'll keep the veil up, though,' Alicia suggests telepathically.
01[22:03] <Seira> 'I actually think it might be helping against the woman, at least, but I can always recast it. Let them think we've lowered our guard,' Seira responds, relinquishing her control over the invisibility cloaking them.
[22:13] <Kotono> On appearing, the woman laughs. Her voice is absolutely thrilling, dazzling with it's mirth and utter perfection. She draws back her hood - a gorgeous woman, crimson red hair and flawless white skin. The image of a scourge superimposed over a pair of red lips burns on her forehead. Her every movement is intoxicating to watch, as if wine itself was made into motions. "I am G'Renna, blessed of Malcanthet. The Queen has an interest the affairs of
[22:14] <Kotono> "I am G'Renna, blessed of Malcanthet. The Queen has an interest the affairs of the Dark Six, and I am here to represent her interests in Androlynne."
01[22:15] <Seira> "So what would those interests be?" Seira inquires.
[22:16] <Alicia> Oh, dammit! Alicia is fortunately spared from commenting by Seira beating her to it, but damn if this doesn't put a crimp in her plans.
[22:17] <Kotono> "LEt us meet like civilized people," Stretching back, her cloak covering her body, G'renna walks forward. "Now then. If you'd introduce yourselves...or should I do it for you?" With a smirk that reaches her eyes, "The undead pixie is cute, but she's such a giveaway."
01[22:19] <Seira> "Shouldn't you show us yours, now?" Seira counters. "We're visible, so where's that slaad?"
06[22:19] * Alicia resists the urge to sigh and dismisses the veil, revealing her true angelic form. "It seems we've both moved up in the world since our last meeting, G'renna," she tells the succubus in a measured tone.
[22:21] <Alicia> Marie promptly turns incorporeal, since she's rather naked without the veil.
[22:21] <Kotono> "Behind us. We can meet with him at our leisure." With warm eyes, "Ah, Alicia. How you're risen!" She approaches, going to lightly run her fingers over her feathery wings. "The stories we could tell each other about how we reached these points would be worthy, no?" Turning away, "Myskretch, begone." she says in a word, the symbol on her forehead writhing with fire. The masculine creature takes a fearful step back, retreating away behind a brok
[22:21] <Kotono> The masculine creature takes a fearful step back, retreating away behind a broken pillar. "But just for you, Alicia...let's go see the slaad first."
06[22:22] * Seira looks at Alicia in disbelief, but doesn't say a thing.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Do I have you to thank for the bounty we've been hearing about as well?" Alicia asks the succubus archly.
[22:24] <Kotono> "Oh no. Estaci is such a petty woman. To think, she's threatened by her Queen sending good wishes and help." Twirling her fingers around one of Alicia's feathers, "Love," She leans in closer, "It's all petty politics. Pay it no mind. As long as the symbol of Malcanthet's favor is mine, she will not openly oppose me."
06[22:25] * Seira coughs into her fist. "To get us back on track, Malcanthet wants the Dark Six reach their final death?"
06[22:26] * Alicia fluffs her wings out and away from G'renna's touchy fingers. "Regardless, we're here for Tiririrmant, not to play Abyssal politics. Let us leave with him and that will be the end of it - we can use the information he has against the Dark Six and Malcanthet won't have to involve herself."
[22:27] <Kotono> "You're welcome to try talking to him, but...well, you'll see. Alicia," She murmurs, "There is no need to be defensive. I bear you nothing but good will. Why, if you had found me or contacted me, I would have saved you the trouble of sneaking in." Thereafter she smiles brightly to Seira, "That is one of her wishes. You are familiar with what the Dark Six are doing?"
01[22:28] <Seira> "Working with Pale Night, from what we could tell. Is there more to it?"
[22:29] <Alicia> "You helped me before, but I wouldn't want to push your good nature," Alicia replies with a half-smile, knowing how important it is to keep on her guard with this particular succubus above any other.
01[22:30] <Seira> If they had relied on the nice succubus to achieve their goals, there would still be a tortured hound archon left behind, not to mention a pair of inevitables. Seira figures that alone makes the sneaking in worth it.
[22:31] <Kotono> "For you, most interesting sainted angel of all," G'renna stays close to her, but doesn't touch, "My good will is endless. My help is yours for free. You've piqued me like none other." After, slowly walking towards Alicia's side, "Malcanthet's spawn is tied ot the Dark Six. She objects to his particular fate. Who dares to take a useful servant from her and allow him to operate without her guidance?"
06[22:32] * Seira blinks at the revelation. "We honestly didn't imagine she'd care. Our mistake!"
[22:33] <Alicia> "I'd think Ao bears ultimate responsibility for that," Alicia remarks. "But one might as well aim for what's in reach."
[22:35] <Kotono> "Exactly." To both she smiles like silk, "So you are Seira of the Crimson Guard, and you're Marie? Why Alicia, you keep deliciously beautiful friends. I see why Malcanthet sees potential in you yet again. But...let us talk of that later. Of the slaad, we found out he had information, but do did other forces. By the time we tracked him down, the other side had taken a go at him. He's here for his own protection, for what they did to him is terr
[22:35] <Kotono> He's here for his own protection, for what they did to him is terribly unpleasant."
01[22:36] <Seira> "Oh, please, you are far prettier. Your beauty has taken on a life of its own, that's how much of a difference exists," Seira compliments the exceedingly nice succubus. "And I'm fairly confident we could protect him and make use of that information towards our mutual benefit."
[22:37] <Alicia> It perhaps sounds somewhat plausible, but Alicia isn't quite sure. "Lets see what state he's in. If it's possible we'll heal him and take him somewhere even safer," Alicia suggests, hoping he hasn't shared Lord Drake's fate.
[22:38] <Kotono> "Malcanthet's blessings enhance me deeply...but yet, I can still appreciate the fine elven beauty of your form, or the delicate, energetic features of the eladrin." Reaching out for Alicia's hand, "I believe we could be of much mutual...benefit to each other, hm?"
01[22:40] <Seira> "Is that an unusual euphemism?"
[22:40] <Alicia> "Well, at least you don't have many angles," Marie replies grudgingly as Alicia lets her hand be taken. G'renna's new station makes her ultimate loyalties far clearer, but despite it all she wants to give the demon a chance based on their history.
[22:41] <Kotono> Thus you are lead ahead ot the door. Taking out a golden key, G'renna undoes the lock. "Oh yes. The four of us together...so many...mutually beneficial things happening..." With a lick of her lips, "Alicia has an inkling of the pleasure I can provide."
01[22:42] <Seira> Seira's eyebrows climb through the roof at that. "Maybe in another lifetime," she responds. "So who were the goons you rescued this slaad from?"
[22:43] <Alicia> "Lets focus on business, G'renna?" Alicia asks hopefully. "There's a cabal of exceedingly powerful liches and their undead godspawn leader out there who want us all dead, after all. Not to mention the owner of this layer might not approve of what we're doing."
[22:45] <Kotono> G'renna chuckles as she opens the door. "Local servants of Lsyscrea, the balor lord of this city. Through disorganization or subterfuge, they had not taken the slaad to an inassaultable position." Ahead is a simple cell, a lush bed out of place with the broken, empty feel of the room. Lying on it is a green, toad like creature. He stares up at the ceiling, "Red blue scentless the river world sin bloodied diamond diadems glowlight tripled..." i
[22:45] <Kotono> "Red blue scentless the river world sin bloodied diamond diadems glowlight tripled..." it's voice is steady, word after discoherent word coming out.
[22:46] <Kotono> G'renna stands aside, "Slaad are insane. But this goes beyond any slaadi whims and incomprehensible works I have ever seen."
01[22:46] <Seira> "And what about his celestial contact? Was he driven insane as well?"
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: Any magic on the slaad?
[22:47] <Kotono> "A celestial contact?" G'renna raises an eyebrow, "That I know nothing of. Perhaps he was with the slaad and taken elseware, or slain?"
[22:47] <Kotono> "Sunday Monday mercenary feast it crow-blackbird," The slaad continues without a pause for breath.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 sense motive laf
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 sense motive laf and gets 33." [1d20=17]
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
01[22:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[22:49] <Alicia> "It's relatively simple to cure insanity with magic. If you let us leave with him we can see to that, and then use what he knows against the Dark Six," she asks her favourite succubus.
[22:50] <Kotono> G'Renna leans in, going to hug Alicia. "Try, by all means there are. We have, but the normal counters have failed." Goin to whisper into her ear, "I'll be very, very pleased with all of you if you succeed."
01[22:51] <Seira> "We don't have to beat up on the defenders on our way back, do we?" Seira asks, making a face. "Is there another way out of here that doesn't require bullying?"
[22:51] <Kotono> "Oh, no fighting. When you walk here with me, you will be as Goddesses. None will dare raise a hand to you," G'renna smiles to Seira. "Not even Estaci will dare."
01[22:52] <Seira> "That must make her so angry!" Seira exclaims. "I'm all for seeing it."
06[22:53] * Alicia returns the hug, giving G'renna credit for not forcing a confrontation here after all. "We can plane shift away once we're out of the dimensional anchor in this room. There's no need to expose ourselves and risk any unpleasantness."
01[22:53] <Seira> "But I want to ask her about the bounty!"
[22:54] <Kotono> "Hahahaaaaa." Smirking to Seira, "Oh yes. We could go right in front of Estaci and she could only stand there, impotent. I could give Alicia all the pleasure she denies herself in front of her, and she could only watch," Running a finger down Alicia's cheek, "But if that's what the two of you wish."
06[22:55] * Alicia coughs delicately. "Thank you, G'renna. Really, that's almost sweet," she mutters. "But I think it's best if we leave more subtly. Not everyone here would be cowed by Malcanthet's shadow, even if Estaci is."
[22:56] <Kotono> "Of course, but..." G'Renna's eyes twinkle, "We'll all leave with plane shift then."
01[22:56] <Seira> "Is there a way to drop the shielding on this chamber for a few moments for us to do that?"
[22:56] <Alicia> "All?" Alicia catches that.
[22:59] <Kotono> "Oh, of course I'm going with you. If anyone can defeat the Dark Six, it's the legendary Crimson Guard. It only furthers Malcanthet's wishes..aaaaand..." Drawing the last word out, "Such incredible purity, Alicia! Most mortals are nothing compared to you, burning brighter than Lathander! I am a moth, caught drawn to the fires. Oh, we will go...and oh, the seduction. Every battle, every step, the intoxicating, overwhelming back and forth. I hav
[22:59] <Kotono> Every battle, every step, the intoxicating, overwhelming back and forth. I have only shown you the very beginnings of my depths. I will make every waking moment a bliss that even the Heavens feel futile envy for. Plus your friends...oh yes. Seira, you interest me as well." Then she reaches up, going to stroke Marie's head, "Even you...and the others I have heard of...oh Alicia, I will show you true happiness."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Ah... G'renna, not that I don't appreciate your good graces, and that you really do think I'd be better off following your example, the fact remains that I don't really see much long term happiness in serving Malcanthet," Alicia demurs. "Not to mention the friction you'd cause among my friends who don't quite know you as I do."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Plus you'd get hurt by all the holy smites we throw around when fighting the undead!" Marie chimes in.
[23:04] <Kotono> "So? The seduction is not one sided," Going to play with a bit of Alicia's hair, twirling it ot the side, "Seduce me to the light...would surely not your Gods of the Heavens wish you to do so? There is already another you told me of, Alicia. Surely it is a task they have given the Crimson Guard?"
01[23:04] <Seira> "Maybe she'd like it," Seira whispers to Marie.
[23:06] <Alicia> "Turning to the light is generally less a warm and inviting seduction and more a bitterly painful and hard ordeal that makes you long for the brutal simplicity of the Abyss even as you come to loathe it and yourself," Alicia returns with a smile of her own that doesn't reach her eyes. Marie meanwhile bobs in the air in the approximation of a nod to Seira.
[23:08] <Kotono> "Alicia. Why such hardness in your eyes?" Going to look Alicia in the eyes, "Must all the eternal wards of light and dark be bitter and full of hate? Cannot love blossom together? Is there no place for passions in your heart? Surely you...you...and you...and the others," G'renna looks to each of them, "Would be worthy members of this seduction, no? Besides, painful, hard...what is that to a succubus? Perhaps Seira has the right of it there."
[23:08] <Kotono> .what is that to a succubus? Perhaps Seira has the right of it there."
01[23:09] <Seira> "Alright, much as I hate to cut through all the sappy stuff, here, I don't care if you want to pretend to follow Alicia into the light or whatever fancy words you use for that," Seira states. "Our world, our rules. The same applies for anywhere we go. As long as you can accept that, it really depends on whether Alicia wants to put in the effort. I'll get our higher ups to accept it."
[23:12] <Alicia> "It's not for the faint hearted, G'renna," Alicia shakes her head. "If you were to follow my path, you would find it very difficult and so easy to slip off. If you were to lead me down yours, conflict would be inevitable."
[23:12] <Alicia> Putting her hands on the fiend's shoulders and willing her to listen and understand as she meets her eyes, she concludes, "I said the last time it would be best if we never met again, and this is why. Whatever we have together, it can't endure. You won't reject Malcanthet any more than I'd betray Mystra.""
06[23:13] * Seira wishes she were a bard as she observes silently.
[23:15] <Kotono> "How will we know if we won't try. I saw how much Malcanthet's charms tempted you." Going to look Alicia in the eyes, "You felt it, did you not? How hot your love burned, how wet you grew. You cannot deny it. Yet...would I be drawn to you so much if the light's warmth did not intrigue me? Would I, truly? And even if we fail...so what? What is life if you live it without chasing your passions? What is existance without striving for your dreams?
[23:15] <Kotono> What is life if you live it without chasing your passions? What is existance without striving for your dreams? Alicia, my dream is you. Tell me...tell me you have not dreamed of me. Tell me that you hold nothing in your heart for me and I will let you go."
[23:17] <Alicia> "Oh, yes, I dreamed of you," Alicia replies, on a far more even footing now. "A few months ago, you promised all sorts of fun... then I checked for magic as soon as I woke up and saw it hanging off me like a cloud."
[23:17] <Kotono> "A pleasant reminder, wishing you were here," G'renna merely smiles.
[23:23] <Alicia> "Uh huh," Alicia returns dryly. "It won't work, G'renna. I'd have to stand against you the moment you jeapordised our mission, or hurt an innocent."
[23:23] <Alicia> "And much as I like you, I know it would come to that - even if you avoided the temptation to sow a little disorder on our way, I'm sure Malcanthet has some plan to bring her offspring to heel that you're part of, and that would conflict with our goals. It's better for us both to part."
01[23:24] <Seira> "Well, then. You'll have other chances?" Seira tells G'renna, looking apologetic.
[23:26] <Kotono> "Naturally she does, but Malcanthet gave me a great deal of...discretion to acheive her goals." Looking into Alicia's eye, "But you never said what I asked, did you? What are your reason and logic to the passions of the heart? Besides, I can...sweeten the deal."
[23:29] <Alicia> "Please, G'renna," Alicia shakes her head. "Don't resort to bribery. Heaven help me, but I like you. And I don't want to be put in a position where I'd have to hurt you - that's what my feelings say."
[23:32] <Kotono> G'Renna smiles, leaning in to kiss Alicia's cheek. "Once again, you prove that I'm never going to forget you. Your will power is extrodinary." She steps away, pulling up her hood. "Malcanthet's original desires were to not care of what the Dark Six did. But your words on Ebony's failings had inspired me to return to the Razor Throne and Her Court. I had returned into Her favor and spoke strongly to intervene...for your sake."
06[23:35] * Alicia inclines her head. "I do appreciate your concern, G'renna. And I trust your motives, at least in regards to me." It's just everyone else she's worried about. "Out of curiousity, how is Ebony, anyway?" She's been wondering for a while, and Marie's theory about the blackrock triskelion seems shot.
[23:37] <Kotono> "She has fallen on harder times. Malcanthet agreed she mishandled you. As news of your successes reached Her ears, they became all the more damning." Chuckling now, "She is ill in the Queen's Favor, scrambling to regain it before it is too late." After a moment then, pulling her hood back down, "As part of an attempt to seduce you to Her wishes, Malcanthet gave me a sacred treasure she had seduced away long ago. I am only supposed to give it t
[23:37] <Kotono> Malcanthet gave me a sacred treasure she had seduced away long ago. I am only supposed to give it to you on cooperation, but...to choose between you and Malcanthet on this matter, I choose you."
[23:39] <Alicia> "You don't need to give me anything, G'renna, especially if it puts you at risk," Alicia shakes her head. "We're only interested in Tiririmant."
[23:40] <Kotono> "I want to give it to you." G'renna shakes her head, "Alicia, can you trust me on this one matter? It is the purified love of a solar and his passions. Up to six of you can bask in it. The charismatic beauty it would bestow on you would be legendary."
[23:42] <Alicia> "I take it it would harm a demon?" Alicia guesses as to why it's never been used.
[23:43] <Kotono> "Naturally. Seira can benefit from it, Marie can...your dearest Antenora can...Demedais can, any of you can." With a little smirk teasing at her lips now, "It is in my private villa in Malcanthet's realm. Worry not, it is safe and I can take you there. I only ask one thing in return. Alicia, spend a night with me talking. I wish to grow to understand you."
[23:46] <Alicia> "We're pressed for time at the moment, with the Dark Six attacking at will and Glaciante likely to reform his body any day now," Alicia admits. "But you've earned some trust, G'renna. When this is over we can talk."
[23:47] <Kotono> "Good. Come." G'Renna goes to the slaad, picking it up with ease and carrying it. "Let us go above, and we will planeshift there, so you can return to it when it's the proper time?"
01[23:48] <Seira> "Since you're being so nice, would it be too much to ask you to free everyone held in the cells at the level above that?"
[23:49] <Kotono> "The playthings of Estaci?" With a shrug, "A simple order, and one that will cause her a certain anguish." Smirking at that, "Naturally, I will ensure that she has to pay for them to be planeshifted away, so that they can't interrupt Malcanthet's plans."
06[23:51] * Seira smirks back. "You've read my mind. Let's go?"
[23:52] <Kotono> G'renna stops and hesitates as you walk to whence you came, "As I'm sure you noticed, the trip up will be somewhat discomforting. Can you endure it again?"
01[23:53] <Seira> "Can the slaad? That's the only real question."
06[23:54] * Alicia smiles a little at that, almost reconsidering her decision to reject G'renna's help. Maybe someday... but for now, Marie turns corporeal and settles on Alicia's head. "We're warded against electricity but some got through. I can do the same for Tiririmant and heal us once we're through. We might want to leave quickly if the devils are still up there, though."
[23:54] <Alicia> Leaning over to G'renna, she proceeds to ward the slaad against electricity.
[23:55] <Kotono> "His physical wounds are not serious," G'renna replies, "They have healed." G'renna returns Alicia's smile, "Then..." With a few words of Abyssal, you rise up, electricity snapping at you!
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 66." [15d6=5, 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 2, 1]
[23:55] <Kotono> OOC: Thematic.
[23:56] <Kotono> The lightning blasts and scorches you, but you emerge up! A cornugon is not far away, even as G'renna calls, "Ready, let's go now!"
06[23:59] * Alicia does not resist G'renna's spell, if it turns out to be a dominate spell instead then that's what Marie's here for.
[00:00] <Kotono> G'renna takes your hands, concentrating! In a moment, the scene is gone! You stand amid a orange and yellow feast, a sunset. You stand in front of a window, a breattaking view of a rocky shore and sea below. The air is warm, smelling of cinnamon and perfume. You feel a warmth briefly crawl over your bodies, as G'renna sets down the slaad. "Welcome to The Vines Manor."
Session Time: Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 2009
[00:02] <Alicia> Ahh Shendilvari. At once so inviting and so disquieting... at least she's not sticking around long enough to kill anything this time. Taking a look around to familiarise herself with the area, Alicia slips on her ring of plane shift to replace the freedom of movement one.
[00:02] <Alicia> "I bought this after my first visit here, to ensure I could get away easier after future portal mishaps," she confesses. "I'll stop by after we've settled things with the Dark Six."
06[00:03] * Seira picks up the slaad, waving at G'renna despite her burden. "Take care!"
[00:03] <Kotono> G'renna turns, going to wrap her arms around Alicia's shoulders, "If you have even a free night, come earlier," she promises. "When you have a moment, bring yourself and five others you wish for the gift."
06[00:04] * Alicia isn't even sure if she'll accept the gift. "Until then," she squeezes the oddly nice fiend back, before she heals the slaad and shifts them back to Androlynne, hopefully on the eladrin side of the river.
[00:04] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[00:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 23." [3d8=3, 4, 1]
[19:26] <Kotono> ----
[19:29] <Kotono> As the momentary haze of plane shifting leaves you, you find yourselves standing in the Boldybingian Woods, in what looks to be aroughly the same place as last time.
06[19:31] * Alicia replaces the plane shift ring for the freedom of movement one and gives the portable hole to Marie so she can recover her clothes. "Want to do the honours, or shall I?" she asks Seira, indicating the babbling slaad.
01[19:32] <Seira> "I guess this is where everyone gets deposited when they plane shift for that destination," Seira mutters, placing the slaad down and alerting Amaryl to their return. "I've got it, let me try?" she tells Alicia in response to the paladin's prompting, and calls upon the highest magic in her possession to cure the unfortunate victim!
[19:36] <Kotono> The green slaad buckles and thrashes as Seira invokes primal magics! It's storm of babbling ceases as it sits straight up, holding it's head between it's clawed hands. For a long while it just sits there, as the trees erupt with dryads! They stare on at the scene, a few murmuring, "Who calls on such magic here?!"
01[19:37] <Seira> "That would be me," Seira says absent-mindedly, observing the slaad with a critical eye. A wish, even a limited one, should not have failed with cases of insanity and variants.
[19:37] <Alicia> "Tiririmant?" Alicia looks at the frog with concern. "Are you alright?"
[19:38] <Kotono> Tiririmant coughs as it shakes it's head, "Throbbing. Head throbbing," it says. "Like crystals of ice were stuck into my eyes."
[19:39] <Alicia> "I think the demons did something to affect your mind. Lets check your memory," Alicia asks with an ulterior motive, "What's the secret of Applebright?"
01[19:39] <Seira> "Ah, so it worked!" Seira almost exclaims, but manages to calm herself lest she aggravate the slaad's headache. Those can be quite the pain, especially after evil mind control.
[19:41] <Kotono> "Her smile," The slaad rubs his temples, "Hahahahahaa...the eladrin sent you, eh?"
06[19:42] * Alicia smiles herself. "Yes, you're among friends now. If you're fit to walk we can take you to Lady Honeydip - they got your message about the orb, but it sounds like Starrel wasn't able to meet you and you were captured yourself."
01[19:43] <Seira> "This is actually a good question. Do you know if he, too, were taken?"
[19:52] <Kotono> "I don't. My mind...my mind feels clear now." The slaad stands, "A dead man walking carries an orb that is a living nightmare. The saga of Androlynne is about to reach it's climax. We must hurry to Honeydip."
01[19:53] <Seira> "No time like the present, then."
06[19:53] * Alicia looks around at the lingering dryads. "Can one of you guide us to Pascorel? I think I know the way but I'd rather not risk getting lost in these woods."
[19:54] <Kotono> "We can't leave our trees," One of the rubbernecks says, "If you get lost, head north to the Hoppenstain Run and find a defender there."
06[19:54] * Alicia nods. "Oh, well, I think I remember the way Sunni led us," she remarks, setting off. "I'm Alicia and this is Seira," she introduces them to the slaad.
[19:59] <Kotono> Fortune is with the party, for they travel back to Pascorel without incident. You are whisked into see Lady Honeydip immediately, your friends joining you as well. As the six of you settle in with Lady Honeydip and the slaad, "I will speak first. My mind is not right. It is clear, but it is not right." It says, standing before all of you in the gingerbread house.
06[19:59] * Alicia settles in patiently to listen.
01[20:00] <Seira> "We can try to see about helping you after you've spoken," Seira agrees, likewise listening.
[20:00] <Kotono> Amaryl sits next to Seira, listening as well. Antenora and Latha sit by themselves, quiet and waiting.
[20:02] <Kotono> "About three months ago, fortune lead me to falling into the good graces of Lsyscrea, balor lord of Golmendicoria's War College. I was able to hear much of the being's ruminations; at first it was what a demon would think of. But within the past month or so, Lsyscrea grew anxious, different. His demeanor was near silent in private, the few words he spoke being ones of gloating and demonic exultation."
[20:02] <Kotono> gloating and demonic exultation."
06[20:03] * Alicia wonders if this will lead to the balor being in the Dark Six's pocket. She certainly wouldn't mind an excuse to trash the war college.
[20:07] <Kotono> "A month ago, Lsyscream called several of his cowed servants to his private chambers. He was waiting there, a dead man walking, like a rotted white doll. In his hands was an orb, an orb of death. The demons howled and cackled when they saw it, but I could only stare."
[20:07] <Kotono> *Lsyscrea
06[20:08] * Alicia would wager that's the lich responsible for the freakish molydeus from yesterday as well, but doesn't interrupt until Tiririmant is finished.
03[20:08] * Adahn (WinNT@user-514c08c9.l1.c5.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
06[20:09] * Seira can't help but wonder how someone decent could befriend an unrepentant balor in the first place, but it would probably be rude to ask. Not to mention that she would be interrupting.
02[20:09] * Alicia (WinNT@user-514c08c9.l1.c5.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Adahn))
03[20:09] * Adahn is now known as Alicia
03[20:09] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
[20:10] <Kotono> "He spoke in the Dark Speech. He spoke it with more purity and hate than a demon, every word making the souls within his orb scream. Oh, the things he spoke of...such marvelous, perfect chaos married to sublime hate. He spoke that the end of Androlynne was coming in due time and that at last they would all be sacrificed at the right moment."
[20:10] <Alicia> "All? Does that include the demons as well?" Alicia clarifies uncertainly.
[20:13] <Kotono> "It wasn't specificed, but the meaning was clear - the long time prey of Pale Night. The demons grew happy, a demonic howl of hunger and pleasure rocking the rooms. Over them he spoke in the Dark Speech: In three months the final battle comes. On that day Pale Night shall triumph."
01[20:14] <Seira> "In person?"
Session Close: Mon Nov 09 20:20:07 2009
Session Start: Mon Nov 09 20:20:07 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[20:20] * Disconnected
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01[20:21] <Seira> "Let's move on to the way they're going to do it, and how to prevent it, then?" Seira suggests, rather than keeping in with the gloominess. "It all comes back to that orb?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "There is still some time, but I would not wish to test it to it's limits." Latha murmurs.
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[20:28] <Alicia> "Did he give any details about how they would triumph, what they were planning?" Alicia asks hopefully. If not they're probably going to have to kidnap and interrogate a balor.
[20:32] <Kotono> "No." As the slaad shakes his head, Lady Honeydip frowns, sitting in her tiny chair. "This is is going to be bad...if we have to assail Mother's Mountain? No one's ever come back from challenging it's peaks. It's said that Pale Night herself resides within."
[20:34] <Alicia> "One more thing, Tiririmant," Alicia braces herself, opening up the portable hole and reaching inside, her skin crawling as she takes out Glaciante's orb. "Was the orb you saw like this one, or are there differences you can percieve?"
[20:34] <Kotono> "We'll need all the might we can muster if we're to face a demon lord," Antenora says, half ot herself, but her voice carries.
[20:34] <Kotono> Tiririrmant recoils back, "That...that orb! How did you...
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
01[20:35] <Seira> "Can we return to the creepy dead person, too, for a moment?" Seira requests. "It might help if you described the one you saw, so we could tell if it's the same one we took it from."
[20:35] <Kotono> Tiririrmant recoils back, "That...that orb! How did you..." Transfixed as he stares at it even as his body reacts, Alicia's mind filled with whispers promising arcane power, her soul turning to ice as she holds it, "It is very much like it!"
06[20:36] * Alicia nods, not holding onto the horrid thing for much longer before she puts it away again. "We took it from a lich on the prime material named Glaciante Devarim - we believe him a colleague of youe doll-faced lich."
[20:36] <Kotono> "He was like a doll, a rotting doll. His flesh was like an expensive, delicate doll a mortal noblewoman might own. His voice was quiet, but there was an air about him. An air of unnaturalness. He wore black robes and had a heavy iron necklace-pendant, with whatever it held behing hidden beneath his robes.
[20:36] <Kotono> "
01[20:38] <Seira> Creepy, as expected. "Allow us to fill you in," she tells Tiririmant. "We strongly believe that this orb, or others like it, are somehow key to freeing the trapped children. Does that make any sense to you?"
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01[20:38] <Yomi> Creepy, as expected. "Allow us to fill you in," she tells Tiririmant. "We strongly believe that this orb, or others like it, are somehow key to freeing the trapped children. Does that make any sense to you?"
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[20:39] <Kotono> "The power they have cannot be denied, and he who spoke of the end of Androlynne held one. It would make sense," the slaad answers as he tears his gaze away once Alicia puts it back in the hole.
01[20:40] <Seira> "I don't suppose the how part makes sense, too?"
[20:41] <Kotono> "That is beyond me," Tiririmant says, rubbing his head. "But I do not doubt his words."
06[20:43] * Seira glances at Lady Honeydip in puzzlement. Rescuing an ally of theirs was vital and she does not regret doing it one bit, but wasn't he supposed to have news to help them, not deliver more doomsday prophecies to hang over their heads?
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[20:43] <Kotono> "It may be wise to take some time to think about this. We know the Dark Six are here now beyond a doubt. We know that this Lsyscrea is a part of it and that Mother's Mountain is going to have a part in this. If it's so mysterious and now cited, odds are that it'll be a place of importance to us."
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
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06[20:44] * Seira glances at Lady Honeydip in puzzlement. Rescuing an ally of theirs was vital and she does not regret doing it one bit, but wasn't he supposed to have news to help them, not deliver more doomsday prophecies to hang over their heads?
[20:44] <Kotono> "It may be wise to take some time to think about this. We know the Dark Six are here now beyond a doubt. We know that this Lsyscrea is a part of it and that Mother's Mountain is going to have a part in this. If it's so mysterious and now cited, odds are that it'll be a place of importance to us." Antenora ticks off fingers as she goes over points, "And if the legends are true, Pale Night has influence there."
[20:45] <Alicia> "It's possible simply retaining the orb we hold will thwart their objectives, but it's no guarantee and I think we can aim for better than a stalemate," Alicia shakes her head. "But we need more information, and it looks like Lyscrea is the one who holds it."
01[20:46] <Seira> "Or we could ask Malcanthet," Seira suggests, just so that it's there. "She's nasty, but she wants to meddle in Pale Night's affairs due to a weird grudge, so why not let her?"
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[20:46] <Kotono> "It's also possible that Lsyscrea will have powerful protections, and perhaps even draw the wrath of the Dark Six if we take him," Latha turns in her chair to Alicia, "If we have two months, perhaps we should strengthen and prepare before we challenge them again?"
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01[20:46] <Seira> "Or we could ask Malcanthet," Seira suggests, just so that it's there. "She's nasty, but she wants to meddle in Pale Night's affairs due to a weird grudge, so why not let her?"
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[20:50] <Kotono> "A distinctly unattractive option," Antenora scowls, voice dripping with disgust. "I would like that to be an absolute last resort."
[20:51] <Kotono> "It's a risk, but it's another option versus a blind attack on Mother's Mountain," Amaryl murmurs, glancing up at Seira.
01[20:51] <Seira> "It makes far more sense to abduct a balor from a demon city, or worse," Seira agrees, nodding.
01[20:51] <Seira> *than to
[20:52] <Kotono> "Both of those options are bad," Latha cracks a smile to Seira, "But are better than inaction."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Besides, let's be realistic, here. She's already meddling. That can't be stopped. Do you want to storm some mountain while that capricious bitch decides to nurse a grudge against us instead?"
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[20:54] <Kotono> "There is a third option, though it's not directly addressing the issue," Latha's own smile goes away slowly, "The idea of the ruins was bandied around. We'll need strength and more strength in the coming trials. While we consider our options, perhaps the best one is to use the time constructively and grow mightier?"
[20:54] <Kotono> "What ruins?" Lady Honeydip's brow furrows. "Are those related to Androlynne at all?"
06[20:55] * Seira blinks at the non sequitur. "Well, yes, we could do that." Or go on a crusade on some plane to grow stronger, or any number of things.
[20:55] <Alicia> "Anything's better than going cap in hand to a demon and begging for help," Alicia frowns at the suggestions of going to Malcanthet.
[20:55] <Alicia> "No, it's gnome stuff on the Prime," Marie tells Honeydip.
[20:56] <Kotono> Antenora smiles warmly at Alicia. "Alicia's right. If we absolutely have to consider it, we'll do it then. But otherwise, courting Malcanthet's help is a gamble with a terrible risk."
[20:59] <Kotono> ""We could," Latha agrees, "If we fight Pale Night, we'll need all the powers at our command to have a chance to survive. If we have some time before this reaches a head, preparation is only wise."
01[21:02] <Seira> "So where is this mountain, anyway?"
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes, sure why not
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes, sure why not and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[21:04] <Kotono> "To the east and north of Golmendicoria, past haunted Lake Lambrador." Lady Honeydip flies out briefly, coming back with a scrap of parchment, "Here. The map is very rough, but it'll give you a good idea of how things tend to lie here."
01[21:08] <Seira> "What if we just forced Lyscrea out by a strong advance towards Golmendicoria that shatters the demon lines and pushes them back?" Seira suggests, studying the parchment. "With his pride on the line as the one who had trained those forces and their commanders, as well as us threatening a city he had claimed for his own, he might appear on the front lines himself."
[21:08] <Kotono> "That would be a major committment of our forces," Lady Honeydip points out, "It might work, butw e'd be gambling a lot to try and draw him out. If we fail and left the eladrin children unprotected..."
01[21:10] <Seira> "Harsh as this might sound, how would our worst case projections differ? A loss now rather than two months from now?" Seira states firmly. "If we don't try to alter the status quo, it will remain so until our enemies make their move."
[21:11] <Alicia> "And with no guarantee he'd appear in person?" Alicia adds. "If our advance succeeds, and if he chooses to come and meet it... it's not to count on."
01[21:12] <Seira> "It needn't be a rigid plan; we could see how the demons react and adjust our own advance or lack thereof by it. If nothing else, we have a couple contacts in that town, now, that if need be we could call upon to find out the state of things."
[21:14] <Alicia> "I don't see why we need to throw hundreds of lives away in a pitched battle," Alicia shakes her head. "With Tiririmant here to tell us all about the inner workings of the war college, it makes far more sense to attempt an infiltration to catch Lyscrea by surprise and then spirit him away somewhere safe to be interrogated."
01[21:25] <Seira> "A battle is already being fought here ceaselessly, and will continue to be fought until the situation has been resolved," Seira points out.
[21:26] <Kotono> "Even if we try an attack, it will take several days to prepare. This army is defensive, not mobile," Honeydip points out, leaning forward and resting on her tiny fist to her chin. "The risk is there. We fight low-risk because we can't afford to lose, for the children. A possible deadline to this does change the situation somewhat, though..."
01[21:31] <Seira> "Being a guest, my best bet is defaulting to the generals here on the scene," Seira says at last, looking towards the celestials in charge.
[21:33] <Alicia> "You're in charge of the children's defence, Lady Honeydip, the decision is ultimately yours," Alicia deflates. "Still, I advise against committing to an all out assault for only the possibility of drawing out a single demon."
[21:33] <Kotono> "If we have to try and wage an offensive war, we can. But it's an absolute last resort; we're here to protect the children. If we lost or even suffered a hard victory, we'd leave them exposed and vulnerable to the Abyss." Honeydip shakes her head, "Try any other means at your disposal first."
[21:37] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia turns to the slaad. "Tiririmat, what can you tell us about Lyscrea and his war college?"
[21:39] <Kotono> "It's full of demons and untrapped, but highly guarded. Besides Lsyscrea, he has two marilith generals who devise plans for him, a smattering of hezrou and other demons as lieutenants and seargents and squaling heaps of least demons. Getting in is easy, but be wary of statues of Lsyscrea. They're enchanted to see through all illusions, and if they see certain things they'll react, alerting the demons. A recent addition, after an elven prince s
[21:39] <Kotono> alerting the demons. A recent addition, after an elven prince stole critical warplans a few hundred years ago."
01[21:41] <Seira> "So sneaking in is basically impossible?"
[21:41] <Alicia> Sounds like it'd be tricky to catch him easily inside. "What about his habits? How often does he leave?"
[21:42] <Kotono> "It's not impossible. I know of a few back doors. He's in there most of the time, save when he goes out to walk Golmendicoria. He usually has various underlings with him, including some most can't see or detect. His quarters are deep within - six suites of rooms in all."
[21:42] <Kotono> "I'd say he goes out a few times a week, though there's no pattern or rhyme or reason to it. He goes out when he desires to."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Maybe we could catch him when he's busy with Estaci?" Marie suggests, looking faintly ill.
01[21:44] <Seira> "Thank you for that lovely image," Seira mutters, making a face.
[21:44] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip gags, "Ugh...I've heard of those stories. That is a terrible thought!"
[21:45] <Kotono> "The last thing I want is to have to worry about flaming balor cock," Antenora scowls at Marie, "Let's pretend you never said that."
[21:45] <Alicia> "He'd certainly be distracted, but it wouldn't be pleasant for anyone involved," Alicia agrees sternly. "Tell us about these back doors?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "Or you." Seira grimaces, turning to the slaad to listen about the war college's inner design some more.
[21:46] <Alicia> "At least you're immune to fire," Marie mutters at Antenora.
[21:47] <Kotono> "There's some underground passages into the dungeons of varying levels of guarding and usefulness. There a literal back door, but it's not hard to find and it's well guarded. There's a few places where the construction has crumbled and you could sneak in if you were smaller." Thinking, "Any of those would be better but still have their own problems."
01[21:49] <Seira> "Could a path be plotted from one of such spots of entry towards his private chambers?"
06[21:49] * Seira blinks. "That doesn't go past the statues, that is."
[21:52] <Kotono> "The statues are an outer defense. The interior it's more about demons who can detect the invisible and the illusions of others," The slaad continues, "Getting past the statues can be done. The best way..."
[21:55] <Kotono> "We'd have to go through the bottom. I know where we can slip in...we'll need to be able to overwhelm three hezrou and three vrocks almost immediately - vrocks that can see the unseen, no less. We'll travel underneath - it's not as well guarded past that, since the water drippings of Golmendicoria rain down, foul and poisonous to non-demons. You'll need to have a way to protect yourself. We can slip inside and from there..."
[21:55] <Kotono> We can slip inside and from there..."
01[21:57] <Seira> "I should be able to get the drop on two, maybe three," Seira muses. "Unless we resort to strong area attacks. Would the passage hold, in that case?"
[21:58] <Kotono> "We'll head through the halls. It's still a fairly long trip from there and there's fair odds of running into one of the mariliths or a greater demon, but we'd have a shot of reaching his quarters. Then, if he's in and you make it that far, you could overpower him and grab him. He's a demon - you won't catch him asleep or unawares."
[21:59] <Alicia> "Probably pointless to ask, but is there any time we're more likely than not to catch him there?" Alicia asks.
[22:00] <Kotono> "No. He's patternless." With a smile, "Patterns for creatures with locked minds."
06[22:00] * Alicia smiles thinly. "I thought as much."
[22:01] <Kotono> "It could work," Antenora says at last, "If there's no way to draw him out or cut through this, then we'll have to try this and hope our luck holds."
[22:01] <Kotono> "The passage is sturdy enough. It shouldn't crumble easily."
01[22:02] <Seira> "It would certainly work," Seira muses in response to Antenora, nodding at the slaad in gratitude. "If we make it all the way to his inner sanctum, slaying his guards, and not find him there, we can just leave him a note. He would be bound to come after us, then, or lose face. Even demons worry about this, don't they?"
[22:03] <Kotono> "If he appears weak to his lessers, they'll think they can take over," Lady Honeydip agrees, "Demons think lik ethat."
01[22:05] <Seira> "What if he were abducted?" Seira raises the question. "How soon before can we expect a response? Which forces would be mobilized, and in what ways?"
[22:06] <Kotono> "It depends? Will his forces stay loyal, will someone ust try and take over?" Lady Honeydip smiles a little, "We've seen turnover in the high ranks before. The response varies wildly each time."
[22:07] <Kotono> "Of course, if the Dark Six are involved, I doubt they'll let him just sit in our hands," Antenora coughs, clearing her throat. "Demons may not be rational, but they seem to be."
[22:07] <Alicia> "I doubt any demons would care enough to rescue him, but I can see the Dark Six trying to silence him," Alicia agrees with Antenora.
01[22:09] <Seira> "In that case, how about questioning him as we capture him, rather than taking him all the way back? The longer we travel with him, the more there's that chance an assassin sent by the Dark Six would succeed in silencing Lyscrea."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Well, staying in the college invites disaster, but we could plane shift elsewhere to interrogate him, then return to the Abyss to kill him once we've got what we need?" Alicia suggests, glancing to Latha, "What about your friends who took Esthan off our hands - could they help with this?"
[22:12] <Kotono> "If we can get him there, yes." Latha smiles, "If."
[22:14] <Kotono> "Unless any of us have a better idea?" Amaryl asks, "It sounds like our best one."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Sounds like a pretty decent plan to me," Seira agrees, shrugging. "How many of these rings do you have in store?" she asks Lady Honedip.
[22:15] <Kotono> "The two are it. When an agent doesn't come back..." She merely spreads her hands out, "A ring is lost."
[22:17] <Alicia> "They might be lesse necessary with us not being so enmeshed with the populace, but there's probably other magic we can use to accomplish the same result," Alicia posits.
01[22:17] <Seira> "Nondetection, say?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Those could work. When will we do this?" Antenora asks, "Now? After a night's rest? Later?"
01[22:23] <Seira> "I'm good with either. Heading out the next day will let us prepare better, but we could try an assault even as we are now and have good odds of success."
[22:24] <Alicia> "Or undetectable alignment or misdirection. They're more limited but simpler spells, assuming we can find someone to cast them or provide potions for us," Alicia shrugs. "I suppose that will determine whether we go today or after we've acquired them?"
01[19:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[19:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 aid
06[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 aid and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[19:13] <Kotono> After some chatting around Pascorel, you find a wizard who can sell you the potions or scrolls you wish at normal market price. If you want them, post the purchases in the loot topic.
[19:17] <Kotono> -------------
[19:17] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yes, who's going? All of you or just you three again or..?
01[19:18] <Seira> OOC: All of us, hence the scrolls
[19:18] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:18] <Kotono> Thus the six prepare and gird themselves, scrolls obtained. As they gather at the edge of Pascorel, "So we'll go over again?" Antenora asks, "How long do the spells last and how long does it take to get there?"
01[19:19] <Seira> "These ones?" Seira asks, gesturing at the scrolls. "Through the day. It'll be more than enough."
[19:19] <Alicia> "Took about four-five hours for Seira and I flying. Although if we have to walk it'll take longer, I imagine, and it'll be harder to avoid trouble on the way," Alicia replies.
[19:21] <Kotono> "Well, all of us can fly except Amaryl," Latha looks sidelong at her, "Two of us could carry her, I suppose?"
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01[19:24] <Seira> "It wouldn't even take two," Seira muses, proceeding to activate the scrolls in sequence.
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+30
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+30 and gets 252." [6#1d20+30 = 40, 50, 36, 39, 44, 43]
[19:25] <Kotono> The scrolls are invoked one after another. "Who carries me then?" Amaryl blushes, looking about, "Seira, if you can and you don't mind..."
01[19:25] <Seira> "It would be my pleasure!"
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: What's your str, Seira?
01[19:25] <Seira> OOC: 20?
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: That should be fine, Amaryl's a female elf and should weigh less than that even with gear.
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: I figured you were right on the border.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC: Which one of you is casting Veil?
[19:28] <Alicia> OOC: I will when we get to the river
[19:30] <Kotono> Thus the party flies to the Hoppenstain Run. Being on the friendly side of things, the trip is without incident. You come to a quiet spot on it, pixies an dcourre on patrol...
06[19:32] * Alicia reassures any nearby fairies not to be alarmed before she casts her spell to veil their forms. Since according to G'renna she gave herself away by being too clever last time, now they all just get generic demon forms. Amaryl's an arrow demon, Seira's a vrock, Marie's a quasit, and the three angels become nabassu.
[19:33] <Kotono> "Revolting, so let's not tarry," Latha takes to the air, "To Golmendicoria?"
[19:34] <Alicia> "We'll pass some pillars forming a symbol on the ground as we go - I'll tell you when. Make sure not to look down at them," Alicia cautions, flapping her wings and taking off over the river.
01[19:35] <Seira> "Even without them, there's not much to see," Seira tells Amaryl quietly, picking her up and taking off after Alicia. "Just nothingness and demons."
[19:37] <Kotono> Thus the party flies for a time. They pass by the pillars without incident, only seeing a few demons below. But not long after...OOC: Spot checks, all.
01[19:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 A
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 A and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 Alicia
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Anty
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Anty and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[19:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Latha
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Latha and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[19:41] <Alicia> Latha starts in alarm at realising a massive reptilian demon has suddenly appeared right on top of them with no warning, and alerts anyone blind enough to have missed it by pointing with a clawed finger to the right.
[19:43] <Kotono> As Latha starts, Antenora turns as well! Amaryl eeps, "D-Dragon!"
[19:43] <Kotono> The creature is purple with spines, flying from the right towards you and about 50 feet above. It's face is twisted into a howling grimace, madness shining in it's eyes as it flies closer.
01[19:44] <Seira> "Let's take a detour," Seira suggests, already veering off to the left.
06[19:45] * Alicia starts moving down and away from the dragon, but if it looks like it's trying to intercept then she'll stand her ground.
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[19:46] <Kotono> The dragon barely seems to notice the party, flying above and past them with barely a glance at the 'demons'.
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: Relevant people ned to roll wills aves for dragonfear, it flew above you.
06[19:47] * Seira waits until it is long gone, and then waits some more before grimacing and muttering, "A genuinely insane, creepy dragon."
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Alicia
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Alicia and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Marie
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Marie and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 Latha
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 Latha and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Anty
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Anty and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: How many HD does Marie have?
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: 19
01[19:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+14 A
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 A and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 4d6 Antenora, Amaryl and Marie are shaken for this number of rounds.
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 Antenora, Amaryl and Marie are shaken for this number of rounds. and gets 14." [4d6=4, 2, 3, 5]
[19:49] <Kotono> "C-Celestia help us...!" Antenora stares at it in rapt terror, hands shaking all over. "T-t-that dra-dragon...!"
[19:49] <Kotono> "Seira!" Amaryl cries, burying her face into Seira's chest.
01[19:50] <Seira> "It makes you crazy by just being near. Let's not be near," Seira states succintly, holding Amaryl comfortingly.
[19:50] <Alicia> Marie latches onto Alicia's side in fear, hoping she'll be safe here. Latha more calmly calls upon her innate ability to ward others from the effects of supernatural fear.
[19:50] <Alicia> "At least it didn't want to trouble us," Alicia watches it go. "Come on, lets not get distracted."
[19:51] <Kotono> Latha does so, taking a calming breath as her defenses against fear soothe everyone. "We have a mission, but..." She watches it go, "Such a terror will not allow others to live freely and without suffering. Perhaps this is a chance to remove a nightmare from existance?"
[19:52] <Alicia> "I doubt we could even catch it now with how fast it's going," Alicia shakes her head. "Besides which, Lyscrea is more important right now. We should avoid battle if we can until we reach the balor."
[19:53] <Kotono> "Alicia's right," Antenora flies closer to her, "But I wonder what it's doing here? Is it joining with Golmendicoria's forces, or perhaps it owes alleigance to Pale Night...or the Dark Six?"
01[19:54] <Seira> "It's not really heading for the front lines, anyway, unless I'm misjudging its course," Seira comments. "As for what it's doing outside of Pandemonium, no real idea. Who knows how crazy dragons think?"
[19:55] <Alicia> "Could be a mercenary, like the dragon working for Agares during the invasion in the desert," Alicia guesses.
[19:56] <Kotono> "It may not even be connected. Logic is a shaky proposition in the Abyss. Still, if we must face it later, at least we won't be surprised. What sort of dragon was it?" Latha starts to fly on again.
01[19:58] <Seira> "The Howling kind. Destroys your mind, uses sonic attacks. Pretty nasty piece of work," Seira fills her in. "Just in case we come across it again for some weird reason."
[19:59] <Kotono> "Coincidences are plots you haven't found out about yet," Antenora's chuckle is a grim one, "Perhaps it is mere fortune, but I sincerely doubt it."
01[20:01] <Seira> "Look on the bright side! If by some chance it does attack the defensive line, we might actually be there in time to stop him, since we're not flying all the way back."
[20:01] <Kotono> "Small consolation," Latha continues her flight. "To review, we're sneaking into the underground and into the War College, yes?"
01[20:02] <Seira> "I suspect there would be an attempt at sneaking followed by quite a deal of hitting demons."
[20:03] <Alicia> "We'll maintain stealth as long as possible. The passage is well guarded from what Tiririmant said, but I still think it's our best chance at doing this cleanly, or at least with the fewest obstacles to get past."
01[20:04] <Seira> "Our sneaking attempt starts with the need to disable or destroy six of the guards, doesn't it?" Seira wonders. "But maybe we can continue to sneak after that."
[20:05] <Alicia> "We have to get into the passage without raising a fuss first of all," Alicia shrugs her gargoyle-like shoulders. "After that the gloves are likely to come off."
[20:06] <Kotono> "There's that poison water to deal with as well," Antenora rubs her eyes, her disguisted form scraping scales against yellow pupils, "Any ideas there?"
01[20:06] <Seira> "Poison water?" Seira asks, momentarily drawing a blank.
[20:07] <Alicia> "Seeping down from the ground above," Alicia reminds Seira. "I have a potion of neutralise poison if anyone needs it."
[20:07] <Kotono> "The water drippings of Golmendicoria. He mentioned that the passage had that and that the drippings were toxic to non-demons." Antenora says, "Did anyone bring anything to stop that? I'd rather not be half dead from poison when we get there."
[20:10] <Kotono> "We will endure," Latha flies on, "Onward to this cursed city?"
01[20:11] <Seira> "Mmm. Poison, right? I have a potion to delay it, if someone succumbs, and there's always Wish."
[20:13] <Kotono> AS you fly, it happens. You are above the outskirts of Gomendicoria in a blink of an eye, the cracked, twisting roads below showing tents and a few buildings. You have reached the outskirts of the city without incident, the scum of mortal and demonkind below.
[20:15] <Kotono> "Where is our entry-point to underground," Latha's eyes swep the horizon.
06[20:15] * Alicia follows Tiririmant's directions to the secret entrance to Lyscrea's private chambers at the war college, leading the others to their destination.
[20:17] <Kotono> You come to a pair of ramshackle buildings, surrounded by twin wobbling, vast towers that reach far into the purple-gray nightmare sky. They look unremarkable, neglected but not falling apart. Only a few dretch are nearby, being whipped along by a hezrou.
01[20:19] <Seira> Dretch and hezrou alike would be gone soon enough, and Seira waits for them to pass before casting a few spells in preparation.
[20:20] <Alicia> While circling the area in the air, Alicia casts shield on herself and puts away Marie's belongings, the disguised courre turning herself incorporeal for safety during the impending assault. A casting of heroism is added to enhance her abilities, Latha doing the same, before they head down to the secret entrance.
[20:20] <Kotono> They barely seem to pay attention to the party, the pained least demons lead along by the massive, foul creature. The street looks to be relatively quiet as they descend...
[20:24] <Kotono> "Well then?" Antenora alights ot the ground, glancing about. "This seems like our best chance."
06[20:25] * Seira decides to proceed, searching for the entrance specified by the slaad.
[20:28] <Kotono> You find a forgotten, dusty door in the back of the side walls, tilting downward as if built at the wrong angle. A thick layer of dust and grime coats it.
[20:28] <Alicia> Any magic?
[20:29] <Kotono> The door isn't magical.
06[20:29] * Alicia opens the door up!
06[20:29] * Seira pushes it open, taking a glance past it.
[20:31] <Kotono> Beyond is a solid stone stairway, leading down into a dim basement. Looks normal enough ot a glance, but there should be a hidden door on the far wall.
06[20:32] * Alicia heads down the stairs, Marie floating beside her as she scans for any magic before approaching the supposed hidden door.
01[20:32] <Seira> If it's there, Seira will find traces of it! She lets everyone step inside, before closing the door behind her and moving towards the front once more.
[20:34] <Kotono> The back wall is thick, heavy stone. Finding the secret door is easy enough, near the center. It can be opened if one wishes. Marie can detect magic past the wall.
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft, it's Alicia
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft, it's Alicia and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[20:39] <Alicia> "There's evocation magic behind the door, but I think it's a sending derivative. Probably to warn someone when anyone comes this way," Alicia comments.
01[20:40] <Seira> "Want to disable it, as we head in?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "Latha and Antenora can try," Alicia suggests, the spell not seeming that powerful.
[20:42] <Kotono> LAtha does that, stepping forward to cast Dispel Magic!
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[20:42] <Kotono> Regretably for her, it doesn't seem to work.
06[20:43] * Seira nods, preparing to get the hidden door opened the moment this succeeds, in case someone happens to be keeping tabs on the spell.
[20:44] <Alicia> "The door itself blocks any attempts to dispel what lies beyond until it's opened," Alicia interjects gently.
[20:46] <Kotono> Latha turns very red, "Ah...it seems my attentions are on the glorious battle ahead..." she replies.
[20:46] <Alicia> "Marie, I'll place an antimagic field on you and you can go ahead for us?" Alicia asks her familiar, casting the spell on her familiar which proceeds to suppress their illusions - at least until Marie flies through the door.
[20:50] <Kotono> Thus Marie flies through - the next room is a stairwell in the center of earth, leading deeper down. A red gem slightly sparkles in the wall, where the aura was coming from.
[20:51] <Alicia> Once the magic aura winks out from Marie's presence as she settles above the gem, Alicia opens the door!
[20:51] <Kotono> The door opens without incident, the stairway ahead.
01[20:51] <Seira> "Is it keyed to the door being open?" Seira asks. "Or just to presences nearby?"
06[20:52] * Alicia shrugs. "Couldn't tell you. Lets close the door and go down the stairs a bit before Marie catches up?" she suggests, advancing ahead and alert for further magic.
06[20:54] * Seira nods, and spends a few moments observing the suppressed gem as everyone files into the room, intending to close the door behind everyone and follow herself.
[20:54] <Alicia> Marie waits till Seira's went down the stairs before following.
[20:55] <Kotono> Thus the party descends downward! The stairs go down and down and down for a time, until you come to a damp, stone basement. Here a single heavy, solid metal door looms, the walls natural, crudely cut out thick stone.
[20:55] <Alicia> Any magic?
[20:56] <Kotono> None on the door, Alicia can't detect past it.
01[20:56] <Seira> "Same as before?" Seira suggests.
[20:57] <Alicia> "No magic," Alicia reports.
06[20:58] * Seira opens the door!
[21:02] <Kotono> Thus the door ahead opens! Beyond, you see them - terrible things! Three hezrou lie in wait, three vrocks besides them! The deadly creatures are waiting, lying in wait! They stand at the beginning of a long tunnel, foul water lingering on the ground, dripping down from the ceiling! OOC: Go ahead and roll init then?
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 12." [1d20=4]
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 21." [1d20=13]
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 3." [1d20=3]
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
03[21:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Amaryl(21)>Alicia(16)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Lagann(3)'
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 17." [1d20=17]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 21." [1d20=19]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 6." [1d20=4]
03[21:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Amaryl(21)>Hezrou 2(20)>Hezrou 1(17)>Alicia(16)>Hezrou 3(14)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Lagann(3)'
03[21:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Vrock 1=Amaryl(21)>Hezrou 2(20)>Hezrou 1(17)>Alicia(16)>Hezrou 3(14)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Vrock 2(6)>Vrock 3(5)>Lagann(3)'
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Latha starts.
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: How close are they?
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Closest is 20ft away, farthest is 40. They're reasonably well packed together.
[21:09] <Alicia> How nice of them to bunch up close like this, Latha only has to step through the door and slightly to the side to let the others through after her before they're treated to the unusual sight of a nabassu speaking in the words of creation, a single clear word to censure the demons!
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 4d4 nonlethal
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4 nonlethal and gets 7." [4d4=2, 1, 1, 3]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 SR
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 SR and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 holy word if that hits anything
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR and gets 27." [1d20=19]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR and gets 9." [1d20=1]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 vrocks have shitty SR and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: 10 HD, calculate from there.
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 1d10 minutes paralyzed
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d10 minutes paralyzed and gets 1." [1d10=1]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 2d4 rounds blinded
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 rounds blinded and gets 5." [2d4=3, 2]
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d4 rounds deafened
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 rounds deafened and gets 4." [1d4=4]
03[21:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Vrock 1=Amaryl(21)>Hezrou 2(20)>Hezrou 1(17)>Alicia(16)>Hezrou 3(14)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Vrock 2(fucked)(6)>Vrock 3(5)>Lagann(3)'
[21:12] <Kotono> One of the vrocks reels back, staggered and down on the ground, twitching from the Holy Word! OOC: Amaryl and Vrock 1.
01[21:12] <Seira> Absolutely not wishing for the hezrou and their inherent stench to get anywhere near any of them, Amaryl singles out one of them, unleashing a hail of cold iron upon him!
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+28
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+28 and gets 169." [4#1d20+28 = 38, 48, 40, 43]
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+23
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+23 and gets 70." [2#1d20+23 = 34, 36]
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+18
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 44." [2#1d20+18 = 25, 19]
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 crit?
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 crit? and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: All hits save the single 19.
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 6#1d8+17+4d6
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d8+17+4d6 and gets 222." [6#1d8+17+4d6 = 40, 36, 32, 42, 34, 38]
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+17
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+17 and gets 58." [3#1d8+17 = 20, 18, 20]
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 4d6
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4d6 and gets 11." [4d6=4, 1, 3, 3]
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 222+58+11
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 222+58+11 and gets 291."
03[21:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Vrock 1=Amaryl(21)>Hezrou 2(20)>Alicia(16)>Hezrou 3(14)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Vrock 2(fucked)(6)>Vrock 3(5)>Lagann(3)'
[21:18] <Kotono> The hezrou is penetrated with as torm of holy, anti-demon arrows! It's body shatters apart like glass on the impact, obliterated! THe vrock screams, charging right at Latha and letting loose a dreadful screetch! OOC: Will all.
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Er fort.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Alicia
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Alicia and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Latha
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Latha and gets 31." [1d20=7]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Anty
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Anty and gets 35." [1d20=3]
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 A
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 A and gets 23." [1d20=2]
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: 25 for Amaryl
[21:21] <Kotono> The screetch is terrible, but the party endures it! OOC: Hezrou 2.
[21:21] <Kotono> The second hezrou curses, approaching as well and barking off a word of blasphemy! OOC: What's Amaryl's HD?
01[21:21] <Seira> OOC: 14
[21:23] <Kotono> But nothing happens, the vile power not enough to faze the party! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:25] * Alicia follows Latha, stepping out to the other side of the door before she casts her spell, causing a riot of vibrantly coruscating colours to tear through the tunnel, assaulting the demons' senses with visions to sear the eyes and brain alike!
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will half
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will half and gets 47." [15d6=5, 6, 1, 3, 1, 6, 5, 4, 1, 1, 3, 1, 5, 1, 4]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d6 dazed/dazzled if saves
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 dazed/dazzled if saves and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vrock 1
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vrock 2
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 vrock 1 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vrock 3
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 vrock 2 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 vrock 3 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 hezrou
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 hezrou
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 hezrou and gets 17." [1d20=6]
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 hezrou and gets 28." [1d20=17]
03[21:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Latha(23)>Vrock 1=Amaryl(21)>Hezrou 2(dazed 1 round)(20)>Alicia(16)>Hezrou 3(14)>Antenora=Marie(12)>Seira(9)>Vrock 2(fucked x2)(6)>Vrock 3(5)>Lagann(3)'
[21:28] <Kotono> The radiant burst leaves the demons staggered and wounded, disoriented! The third hezrou falls back, a hammer of pure chaos striking out at the party!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 SR check
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 SR check and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Will Alicia/Seira/Amaryl.
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 A
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 A and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Alicia
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Alicia and gets 43." [1d20=11]
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 10d6 Alicia halve this
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 Alicia halve this and gets 28." [10d6=3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 6, 2, 6, 1]
[21:31] <Kotono> roll 5d8 Amaryl is chaotic and immune, whoops, Seira quarters this
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 Amaryl is chaotic and immune, whoops, Seira quarters this and gets 18." [5d8=4, 3, 1, 7, 3]
[21:32] <Kotono> The hammer strikes, leaving minor wounds over the party in it's aftermath! OOC: Antenora andMarie.
[21:33] <Alicia> Antenora follows Alicia and Latha through the door, calling down a flame strike atop the demons and healing Alicia besides!
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 23 reflex half
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 23 reflex half and gets 53." [15d6=1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 4, 4]
[21:34] <Alicia> Marie hangs back for now, but if she sees any demon about to summon anything she'll race in and put a stop to that with her antimagic field.
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Pretty pressed together still. There's not a ton of space here.
[21:36] <Kotono> The flame strike slams down, burning away more demon flesh and staggering the entire group of demons! OOC: Seira.
06[21:38] * Seira follows through with a sudden burst of cold, and before the fiends can even feel the chill settling into their bones she advances to within fifteen feet of the hezrou, culling it down further with her fiery breath!
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 sr
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 sr and gets 38." [1d20=17]
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 15*6 cold
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15*6 cold and gets 90."
01[21:38] <Seira> roll 10d8+2d8 fire+holy
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d8+2d8 fire+holy and gets 62." [10d8=5, 2, 8, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 6, 6][2d8=4, 7]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 62*1.5
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 62*1.5 and gets 93."
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: There's no point in rolling, all off this is wretched overkill.
01[21:39] <Seira> OOC: DC for breath-- ah, okay
[21:40] <Kotono> Under a devastating volley of fire and ice, the demons are eradicated before some of them can even react! OOC: Go ahead, that was brutal.
[21:41] <Alicia> "That's the first line," Alicia remarks, waving for Marie to fly ahead of them and take the lead with enough distance for her aura not to interfere with anyone, before she starts walking ahead once more, alert for magic and evil.
06[21:42] * Seira pauses just long enough to call upon Stoneskin, and ward Amaryl with Blur, opting to bring up the rear together with her.
[21:42] <Kotono> Ahead, the dark passage is full of foul, dripping water coming down here and there, like a haphazard rain of brown filth. The stench is terrible, filling your noses and stomachs with nausea.
06[21:43] * Alicia pulls up her hood - not that it's seen under the illusion - hoping that will keep the foulness off of her as they advance.
[21:49] <Kotono> Thus the party walks down the passage for a little time! It's long, narrow and foul, the waters drip-dropping off! The smell is absolutely wretched, your bodies feeling miserable! OOC: Make fort, all. Bonuses against poison apply, but not evil.
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Alicia
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Alicia and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Anty
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Anty and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 34." [1d20=12]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 A
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 A and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d6 dex damage Seira
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 dex damage Seira and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d2 wis damage
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 wis damage and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[21:52] <Kotono> You walk for a time, progressing through as best you can. Somehow most of you endure the utter filth of demonkind all about you, but Seira feels her body weaken. Her hands shake all over, her mind addling with pain.
01[21:52] <Seira> "I hate the Abyss," Seira mutters miserably, fumbling for her sole potion of countering the effects. "Does anyone need it more than I do?"
[21:53] <Kotono> "I'll be okay," Antenora's smile is shaky, "I'll never bow to chaos in any form."
[21:53] <Alicia> "I'm okay," Alicia replies, seeing Seira has the situation in hand and reserving her own potion in case anyone else comes down later on.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Take it if you need it," Latha advises, her wings wrappeda round her body.
06[21:55] * Seira sips it down and pockets the empty vial, keeping track of the time she has before her body metabolizes it and her condition begins deteriorating once more.
[21:58] <Kotono> Thus you continue to walk. The filth is overwhelming, your bodies recoiling from it. Ahead the ground sinks into a vile lake of filth, the shores of it lapping ahead. Past it the path continues on.
06[22:00] * Alicia continues on the path, naturally, not inclined to go swimming here.
[22:01] <Kotono> As the party starts to walk around the lake, one can notice the air getting warmer - going from tepid to warm/hot.
[22:03] <Alicia> Until she sees any magic or evil, Alicia just assumes it's 'natural', and it's not yet hot enough to justify protective measures. Does wonders for the smell, though. Yuck.
[22:05] <Alicia> Oh, check that. "Trouble," Alicia warns. "Something in the pool." She draws her sword with one hand and casts a spell to ward off the heat with the other!
[22:06] <Kotono> Antenora jerks her head towards the pool, "What is it?" she asks quickly, readying he rspear.
06[22:06] * Seira steps in front of Amaryl, her own sword ready at her side for Lagann's use.
[22:06] <Kotono> The air becomes blazing hot, an inferno! Filth boils away into a miasma of foul colored smoke! The pool of filth lights aflame, burning into pure magma within a single breath! A dreadful earthquake strikes and rising up from the newly formed pool of magma...(More)
[22:07] <Kotono> The creature that rises out of the lava pool towers above you like a mountain. It ignores the mere confines of space, mocking physics as it looms over you! It's skin is the color of boiling bronze, insectoid body with four extrodinarily long, muscled arms protruding out. No words are said, but you feel in your very bones that you have arrived at your grave.
[22:07] <Alicia> OOC: knowledge to ID it?
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Planes.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 lets ask Marie instead
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 lets ask Marie instead and gets 24." [1d20=1]
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 How about Latha?
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 How about Latha? and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Anty
01[22:08] <Seira> "Abyss-damned dragon wannabe," Seira hisses, glaring at the insectoid monster.
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Anty and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[22:10] <Kotono> "I never...thought..." Antenora holds her spear, "I've heard of these! They're called the Abyssial Guardians! They're said to be formed out of the hate of the Abyss itself, to kill those who stand a chance of truly weakening the chaos or evil of the Abyss!"
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Roll init, there's a giand vile horror trying to do things to you best left unsaid.
[22:10] <Alicia> "How flattering," Alicia remarks, readying her sword. "Lets kill it." She killed Death a few days ago. She is not impressed.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 9." [1d20=1]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+3
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+3 and gets 19." [1d20=16]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 23." [1d20=15]
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 10." [1d20=10]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25." [1d20=20]
03[22:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Abyssal Guardian(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(19)>Alicia(13)>Lagann=Antenora(10)>Marie=Latha(9)'
[22:13] <Kotono> Raging from the distorted ceiling and taking the miasma of filth as a coating, the four fists of the terror slam down at Alicia, Seira, Latha and Amaryl!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Alicia
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=4]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Seira
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Seira and gets 48." [1d20=14]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Latha
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Latha and gets 37." [1d20=3]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Amaryl
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Amaryl and gets 54." [1d20=20]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Amaryl ow
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 flatfooted AC Amaryl ow and gets 47." [1d20=13]
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: Not... that
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: Yeaaaah.
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: 41 for Latha (uncanny dodge), 29 for me
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: She has blur, though!
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 48." [1d100=48]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 6d6+20 Alicia does not beat DR
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6+20 Alicia does not beat DR and gets 34." [6d6=1, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3]
[22:14] <Kotono> roll 6d6+20 Seira Ditto
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6+20 Seira Ditto and gets 41." [6d6=4, 3, 1, 2, 5, 6]
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 12d6+40 Amaryl ow
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6+40 Amaryl ow and gets 89." [12d6=6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 5, 5, 6, 3, 5, 3]
[22:17] <Kotono> The slams send the women reeling before they have a chance! Alicia is hit back into the wall, ribs cracked! Seira is knocked to a knee, winded! AMaryl is caught right under a dreadful fist, nearly driven intot he ground, vision swimming from the titantic strike! A moment later, the creature raises it's hands to the unseen sky! Pentagrams erupt around you!
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 2d5
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d5 and gets 10." [2d5=5, 5]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 2d4
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=1, 3]
[22:17] <Kotono> Four Babau appear, forming from filth and magma, striking in pairs - two on Antenora, two on Seira!
[22:17] <Alicia> OOC: DC 20 will or gtfo losers
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
03[22:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Abyssal Guardian=Babau 1(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(19)>Alicia(13)>Lagann=Antenora(10)>Marie=Latha(9)'
[22:18] <Kotono> But all but one disappear, only one getting to strike at Antenora!
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 flatfooted?
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 flatfooted? and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[22:18] <Alicia> OOC: 32
[22:18] <Kotono> But Antenora blocks with her spear, deflecting the claw away! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:20] <Seira> Amaryl hurriedly retreats as far as forty feet! Her head clearing, she sends three arrows back at her assailant, calling out an arcane word that guides their path!
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+25 sniper shot
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+25 sniper shot and gets 213." [6#1d20+25 = 45, 29, 30, 28, 36, 45]
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+25 you can be critted, right?
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+25 you can be critted, right? and gets 72." [2#1d20+25 = 43, 29]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: It can. One crit, one normal hit.
01[22:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+48+4d6+6d6+1d8+16+4d6
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+48+4d6+6d6+1d8+16+4d6 and gets 144." [3d8=8, 3, 2][4d6=6, 6, 2, 2][6d6=4, 5, 4, 6, 5, 3][1d8=5][4d6=3, 6, 4, 6]
[22:23] <Kotono> A swarm of arrows go into the impossibly huge giant, leaving deep wounds that start self sealing almost instantly! OOC: Seira.
01[22:26] <Seira> Pushing back from her kneeling position, Seira angrily roasts it with golden, holy flames!
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 8d8+2d8 DC is negligible
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8d8+2d8 DC is negligible and gets 43." [8d8=2, 7, 4, 2, 8, 7, 1, 1][2d8=5, 6]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[22:27] <Kotono> The flames lick at the behemoth before you, the Abyssal Guardian holding it's arms out, as if beckoning you into it's embrace! OOC: Alicia.
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Also I forgot, each one of you slammed takes one point of vile. Dur.
06[22:30] * Alicia remains where she is, channelling an enervation spell into her blade before she swings underarm and sends it flying at the guardian, Hell Striker now eminently more suited for killing demons than devils of late, and hopefully this paragon of abyssal-kind will feel its sting!
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 divine might
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 divine might and gets 50." [1d20=16]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34 divine might crit check
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 divine might crit check and gets 40." [1d20=6]
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR for enervation
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR for enervation and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 4d4+56+2d6+2d6+1d6
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+56+2d6+2d6+1d6 and gets 82." [4d4=2, 2, 1, 1][2d6=5, 1][2d6=6, 2][1d6=6]
[22:32] <Kotono> Alicia's blade scythes through the Abyssal Guardian, hacking into one of it's arms and loyally returning to her! Blood falls into the burning pool, hissing and sending terrible stenches about! OOC: Lagann/Antenora.
01[22:33] <Seira> With a shriek only Seira can hear, Lagann launches the Resort at the Abyssal Guardian's arm that dared to bring Seira to her knees, however briefly!
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 CHARGE
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 CHARGE and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:34] <Seira> roll 3d8+6+2d6
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+6+2d6 and gets 28." [3d8=8, 3, 3][2d6=6, 2]
[22:35] <Alicia> Antenora bravely charges the demonic guardian, her spear thirsting for tanar'ri blood, healing Alicia as she goes!
[22:35] <Kotono> The Third Resort dances amid the arms of the insectile beast, striking hard and cutting into it's resistant flesh!
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -9pa smite charge
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -9pa smite charge and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -9pa smite charge crit check
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -9pa smite charge crit check and gets 39." [1d20=6]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: On the number crit. Lucky you.
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 4d8+192+2d10 and -2 con. It counts as good and epic, should it matter.
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+192+2d10 and -2 con. It counts as good and epic, should it matter. and gets 210." [4d8=4, 3, 7, 1][2d10=1, 2]
[22:39] <Kotono> Antenora charges in with all the energy she can muster, taking a weak spot! With a hole in it's chest from one of Amaryl's well aimed arrows, she dives into it's burning form! Her spear penetrates deep, ripping out to the side as burning blood falls like a waterfall, yet even as the wounds try to repair! OOC: Marie/Lath.a
[22:40] <Alicia> Marie wonders how its physics defying attributes would react from some good old fashioned antimagic. Hopefully it won't turn into a many-angled horror and drive her insane, again, but she wants to find out. So she flies up to the demon's face. If nothing fun happens she'll retreat again so as not to interfere with everyone else's spells.
[22:40] <Alicia> roll 2d6 additional Anty love
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6 additional Anty love and gets 10." [2d6=5, 5]
[22:40] <Kotono> Marie flies in...but the antimagic seems to have no effect at all on it's dimensions, as impossible as they may be!
[22:41] <Alicia> So she flies back again, disappointed and with nothing to do.
[22:42] <Alicia> Latha goes to help Amaryl, since her arrows have the best chance of killing this thing, barring lucky charges from Antenora, and promptly heals her to almost full health.
[22:42] <Kotono> Latha retreats back, mending Amaryl's terrible wounds shut! OOC: It's up and it's pissed.
[22:43] <Kotono> The Abyssal Guardian focuses on Antenora! Two fists slam out at her, while the other two go for Alicia and Seira!
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 slam Antenora (-5 PA)
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 slam Antenora (-5 PA)
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 slam Antenora (-5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=8]
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 slam Antenora (-5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 slam Alicia
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 slam Alicia and gets 44." [1d20=15]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 slam Seira
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 slam Seira and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC ACs?
01[22:44] <Seira> Images spring all over Seira in hopes of fooling the abomination!
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d7 Seira
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 Seira and gets 5." [1d7=5]
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: 33 for Anty, 38 for Alicia with deflect. Latha has abandoned us.
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 cleave
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 cleave and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d6 Seira
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 Seira and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 great cleave
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 great cleave and gets 35." [1d20=6]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Seira?
01[22:45] <Seira> OOC: Just a few below it, sadness
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Rotten luck.
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 12d6+60 Antenora
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6+60 Antenora and gets 95." [12d6=2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 1]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 6d6+30 Alicia
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6+30 Alicia and gets 54." [6d6=2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 3]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 6d6+30 Seira
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6+30 Seira and gets 54." [6d6=1, 6, 6, 6, 2, 3]
[22:47] <Kotono> The heroes are slammed terrifically! Antenora is caught between two fists, dragged downt o the surface of the lava and gushing blood from a shattered arm! Alicia and Seira are driven into the wall, wind knocked out of them! Then it turns to Amaryl, gesturing! A dusky red fireball comes from it's hands, racing at her!
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch Amaryl
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ranged touch Amaryl and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC, Amaryl?
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: Touch AC would be 24 near Latha, but maybe Blur will help at least now?
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 20d6 fire no save for Amaryl
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 fire no save for Amaryl and gets 62." [20d6=6, 2, 3, 6, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 10d6 fire radius Latha, ref for half.
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 fire radius Latha, ref for half. and gets 26." [10d6=6, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 5, 1]
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: No SR?
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: It's an SU.
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Halved.
[22:50] <Kotono> The dark red fireball erupts around Amaryl, scorching her to the bone! Latha is lightly licked by these fires, but she has the speed toa void the worst of it by flying ahead! OOC: Amaryl.
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, Babau.
[22:50] <Kotono> The surviving Babaumakes itself useful by running at Alicia and trying to claw her!
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[22:51] <Kotono> But misses, bouncing off her armor and scraping only steel! OOC: Amaryl
[22:51] <Kotono> .
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[22:54] <Kotono> As the babau uselessly attacks Alicia, Amaryl sees the fireball coming! She hurls herself flat, the dusky red orb flying past her! Further down the hall, a massive detonation of fire erupts out! OOC: Amaryl now.
01[22:55] <Seira> After shielding her eyes from the fiery storm, Amaryl continues her attempts at pinpointed strikes to turn the guardian into a pincushion!
01[22:55] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+26 she's moving 30ft back to be within 30ft
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+26 she's moving 30ft back to be within 30ft and gets 231." [6#1d20+26 = 31, 41, 44, 28, 43, 44]
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, four, sorry.
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: 2, 3, 5, 6. So two skirmish and two non skirmish.
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+17+4d6
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+17+4d6 and gets 136." [4#1d8+17+4d6 = 36, 35, 35, 30]
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 136+12d6
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 136+12d6 and gets 184." [12d6=3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 5, 3, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1]
[22:59] <Kotono> The Abyssal horror can take no more! Under a hail of arrows it sinks back into the pool of magma! A crust of rapidly drying lava-stone seals it off, yet the netire floor begins to shake! OOC: Go ahead and act, all.
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, forgot the Babau. Dur. Go Seira. I blame the weather.
06[23:01] * Seira turns on the babau that doesn't know when to quit, sending her claw straight through it in an attempt to pierce its heart!
01[23:02] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[23:02] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 claw the second, should've been higher
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 claw the second, should've been higher and gets 36." [1d20=15]
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 2#1d4+3+5d8
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d4+3+5d8 and gets 66." [2#1d4+3+5d8 = 24, 42]
[23:03] <Kotono> OOC: Hit again. Roll reflew saves for both for acid.
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+25
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+25 and gets 67." [2#1d20+25 = 33, 34]
[23:04] <Kotono> Seira deftly avoids it's acid, slaying the babau in one pierce into it's chest, ripping out it's heart before the entire thing vanishes away! OOC: We'll stay in init. Alicia, go. No visible enemies, but there is that shaking.
02[23:05] * Nikkolai (~chatzilla@173-98-14-55.pools.spcsdns.net) Quit (ChatZilla 0.9.85 [Firefox 3.5.5/20091102152451])
[23:05] <Alicia> "Everyone, hurry - we need to get out of this section before it collapses!" Alicia calls as the reality defying physics start to fail without the demon backing them up. She dismisses Marie's antimagic now in case they need Latha to plane shift them away, but hopefully if they beat feet they can get to comparative safety without such drastic measures.
[23:06] <Kotono> OOC: Which direction are you going? Back the way you came with Amaryl/Latha, or ahead past all this?
01[23:07] <Seira> "Read my mind!" Seira calls back, giving Lagann mental instructions to shift them home should she become incapacitated and this becomes a necessity.
[23:07] <Alicia> OOC: Ahead! If it collapses we'll be blocked off from our goal!
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Antenora's up then, as is Lagann.
01[23:08] <Seira> Lagann acknowledges the order, and helpfully sheathes the Resort!
[23:08] <Alicia> Antenora converges on Alicia and waits for Latha and Amaryl to catch up.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Marie and Latha.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: How far ahead did you move? 120ft?
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia hasn't moved. She's waiting on the others.
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[23:08] <Seira> OOC: And I'm next to her so far
[23:09] <Alicia> Marie and Latha both hurry over to Alicia, the latter ready to plane shift the group if they can't avoid a collapse.
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: Guardian is 'up'.
[23:10] <Kotono> Latha hurries along. But at this, there is a terrible burp! In a great gusting gasp of fire and stone, the entire pool of magma erupts out in a filling burst, everything turning to flying rock an dhellish fire! OOC: Reflex saves, all, unless you're going to have Latha plane shift you - do note Amaryl is out of range, though.
[23:10] <Alicia> Some fire isn't enough to persuade Latha to leave so suddenly. Only a complete cave in would do that.
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Reflex saves all.
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Latha
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 24." [1d20=8]
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[23:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Anty
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Anty and gets 28." [1d20=4]
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 A
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 A and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 10d6+10d6 fire and bludgeoning, respectively. Everyone but Latha passed. Seira has evasion so she takes zappo.
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6+10d6 fire and bludgeoning, respectively. Everyone but Latha passed. Seira has evasion so she takes zappo. and gets 80." [10d6=2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 4, 6][10d6=4, 5, 2, 2, 5, 4, 4, 6, 3, 5]
[23:14] <Kotono> In the aftermath the fire and stone are gone. The lake of filth is besides you, undisturbed. Not a bit of damage to the passage can be seen, nor anything else or remnants.
01[23:15] <Seira> "I hate the Abyss," Seira repeats with feeling.
06[23:15] * Alicia node in firm agreement as she heals herself as much as she can.
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 56." [18d4=3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3]
[23:15] <Kotono> Antenora gets to her feet, "Ugh..." Coughing several times, "Abyssal Guardian. Legends have it that they're...wait, I said that." Shaking her head, "What's important is that they're said only to appear when true good or true law can be inflicted on the Abyss. In other words, something important."
01[23:16] <Seira> "I'm thinking, it was afraid of you," Seira tells Amaryl with a wide grin, healing her wounds.
01[23:16] <Seira> roll 3d8+15 A
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 A and gets 29." [3d8=5, 5, 4]
[23:17] <Alicia> "Looks like we're on the right track, then," Marie observes as Alicia continues to heal herself.
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 40." [9d4=3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3]
[23:17] <Kotono> Antenora goes over, rubbing Alicia's shoulders with her healing touch. "I think you're right, Marie."
[23:18] <Alicia> "I'm fine, heal yourself," Alicia suggests to Antenora, helping her out with some of her own healing.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=2, 8, 2]
[23:18] <Kotono> Antenora does the same, healing her wounds. As Latha brushes off her clothes, "I'll third that. There is not a thing of value in this wretched Abyss."
06[23:20] * Alicia mends Latha with her healing hands as well, since at least they seem to have time to recover after this unpleasant battle.
[23:20] <Kotono> "Besides stolen things, like the eladrin." Antenora stretches out, flapping her wings clean. "Nothing but chaos and evil farther than any rational mind can comprehend. Gods help me, Baator's right about that much - The Abyss is worthless, yes."
01[23:22] <Seira> It goes against her hoarding desires, but this is one spot where her Heal scroll would be at its most useful, and so Seira tries to get it to work!
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 wis
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 wis and gets 34." [1d20=6]
01[23:22] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 go
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 go and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[19:51] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
[19:51] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 40." [9d4=3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3]
[19:51] <Kotono> > Antenora goes over, rubbing Alicia's shoulders with her healing touch. "I think you're right, Marie."
[19:51] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm fine, heal yourself," Alicia suggests to Antenora, helping her out with some of her own healing.
[19:51] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
[19:51] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=2, 8, 2]
[19:51] <Kotono> > Antenora does the same, healing her wounds. As Latha brushes off her clothes, "I'll third that. There is not a thing of value in this wretched Abyss."
[19:51] <Kotono> * Alicia mends Latha with her healing hands as well, since at least they seem to have time to recover after this unpleasant battle.
[19:51] <Kotono> > "Besides stolen things, like the eladrin." Antenora stretches out, flapping her wings clean. "Nothing but chaos and evil farther than any rational mind can comprehend. Gods help me, Baator's right about that much - The Abyss is worthless, yes."
[19:51] <Kotono> <Seira> It goes against her hoarding desires, but this is one spot where her Heal scroll would be at its most useful, and so Seira tries to get it to work!
[19:51] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+28 wis
[19:51] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 wis and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[19:51] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+28 go
[19:51] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 go and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[19:51] <Kotono> Using the scroll of heal, Seira's wounds and poisonings fade into memory!
06[19:53] * Seira proceeds to commandeer a wand of healing and restores Amaryl to full health before looking for anyone else who might benefit from it.
01[19:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 umd
06[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 umd and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[19:54] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[19:54] * Alicia asks Latha to cast dispel evil on her a few times so she can absorb it as spellfire energy to heal her and Antenora some more.
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
01[19:54] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+24 umd
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+24 umd and gets 59." [2#1d20+24 = 26, 33]
01[19:54] <Seira> roll 2d8+2
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+2 and gets 12." [2d8=6, 4]
[19:54] <Kotono> Latha does so and while doing that, "Ah, Marie?"
[19:55] <Alicia> "Yes?" the floating orb of light asks, approaching the angel while Alicia heals her.
[19:55] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 37." [10d4=2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4, 4, 2]
[19:55] <Alicia> Antenora gets the next set which leaves Alicia all but depleted once more.
[19:56] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 65." [18d4=3, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2]
[19:59] <Kotono> As your wounds are restored, "What abilities to do you ahve at your command?"
[19:59] <Kotono> OOC: Ack, strike.
[19:59] <Kotono> As your wounds are restored, "What spells to do you ahve at your command?"
[20:00] <Alicia> "Well, aside from the same stuff every courre gets, I can make illusions, and Alicia's given me the ability to cast telekinesis, enervation, wall of force, and perfect summons for her," Marie rattles off her abilities proudly.
[20:02] <Kotono> "Mmm, good. I'm considering our options, but...let's go before this filth does any more harm to us." Latha hurries along at this.
[20:02] <Alicia> "If the Abyss cares enough to send a guardian after us, I wonder if it cares enough to have warned Lyscrea?" Alicia wonders as she sets off herself, Marie now remaining close now that she no longer radiates antimagic.
01[20:03] <Seira> "Wouldn't that just be too structured for it?" Seira asks with a shrug. "Plus our plans align with at least those of some high-placed demons, so why would the Abyss favor one faction over another?"
[20:04] <Kotono> "Why not?" Antenora shrugs back, "This sort of wrathful chaos doesn't need a logical reason to have or have not done something. It just will."
[20:05] <Alicia> "Because it's fine for demons to hurt other demons, but the second someone else steps in they all forget their differences!" Marie cries. "It's like that couple who always fight and belittle each other, but heaven help anyone else who says something unkind about one of them."
06[20:06] * Seira entertains a brief notion of the bickering couple of Pale Night and Malcanthet.
[20:07] <Kotono> "That reminds me of a happy courre eladrin and a grumpy spear thrusting astral deva," Latha chuckles, "But relaly, let's hurry."
01[20:08] <Seira> "Hmm, what?" Seira blinks. "Ah, right, let's hurry."
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and make fort saves, all? Bonuses against poison apply. Make one as well Seira, even though you won't be immediately effected even on a failure.
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Alicia
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 Anty
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 Anty and gets 29." [1d20=1]
01[20:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 A
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 A and gets 25." [1d20=2]
[20:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 37." [1d20=15]
01[20:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d6 dex damage Anty and Amaryl
01[20:11] <Seira> OOC: Actually 29 for me, my bad
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 dex damage Anty and Amaryl and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d2 wis damage for those two as well
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 wis damage for those two as well and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[20:12] <Kotono> Thus yo uwalk for a time in the filth. Illness fills you, your bodies feeling weak, drained, full of impurity. But at last you come to a stairway, the dripping slowing and stopping as you approach it.
[20:12] <Kotono> Antenora looks deathly pale, using her spear to help her along. "Absolute filth," she mutters under her breath
[20:13] <Kotono> Amaryl stays close to Seira, her hands shaking.
06[20:13] * Alicia notices Antenora's and Amaryl's difficulties and reaches for the potion she brought along, wishing she had more. "Do either of you need an antidote?"
01[20:13] <Seira> "Do you have the means to cure the poison altogether, or just delay it?" Seira inquires with Alicia, looking at Antenora and Amaryl worriedly.
[20:14] <Alicia> "It's a cure, but I only have the one."
01[20:15] <Seira> "I have lesser restorations, and a stronger variant if we need it," Seira says, taking out the potions. "Let's use what we have now?"
[20:15] <Kotono> "Amaryl can have it," Antenora shakes her head, "I can endure."
06[20:15] * Alicia nods to Antenora and hands the potion to the elf.
01[20:16] <Seira> "And this is something to help with the enduring," Seira agrees with a curt nod, handing over a pair of potions.
[20:17] <Kotono> The potions are drank down!
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d4 Antenora dex
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 Antenora dex and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d4 Amaryl dex
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 Amaryl dex and gets 4." [1d4=4]
06[20:19] * Seira hands Antenora the remaining two potions of restoration, for when the poison tries to make a comeback.
06[20:19] * Alicia draws her sword once more and starts up the stairway now that everyone seems more or less ready, alert for any magic or evil as she ascends.
[20:20] <Kotono> Thus you climb up! The stairway twists around at ninety degree angles, requiring dizzying changes of direction to follow! Around and up and around and down and around and around and around and up it goes! At last you come to an end, a small carved in room with a heavy stone door. The face is carved with that of a gargoyle, grimacing in pain.
[20:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:22] <Alicia> "Orb of force trap," Alicia indicates the gargoyle. "Think you can disable it, Seira?"
01[20:23] <Seira> "I can certainly try," Seira admits, although she checks whether the trap is a resetting one, since she could safely trigger it otherwise.
06[20:24] * Seira gets her tools of the trade, and after ensuring everyone is far enough away, attempts to work her magic on the trapped gargoyle!
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 DD, instant locksmith
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 DD, instant locksmith and gets 46." [1d20=17]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d6 dex Antenora, can't scare up a good fort save today
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 dex Antenora, can't scare up a good fort save today and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:25] <Kotono> roll 1d2 wis
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 wis and gets 2." [1d2=2]
[20:26] <Kotono> Seira bypasses the trap, disabling it entirely! As she works, Antenora's color turns waxy, wobbling on her feet before shaking her head and coughing.
06[20:27] * Alicia gives Antenora a worried look. "Take a moment to drink another restorative draught?" she suggests.
[20:29] <Kotono> "I feel...like something's crawling inside of my body..." she fumbles for a potion, deftly grabbing it anyway and drinking it down.
[20:29] <Kotono> roll 1d4 dex
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 dex and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[20:30] <Kotono> After a few moments, Antenora carefully puts the first empty potion bottle down and swigs down the second.
[20:30] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
01[20:31] <Seira> "That better be a bad choice of words," Seira mutters, eyeing Antenora warily.
06[20:31] * Alicia looks somewhat alarmed at Antenora's commentary. "Try drinking this?" she hands over her vial of Evergold water. It won't cure anything, but if something's really... incubating, inside of her, it should kill it.
[20:32] <Kotono> "I hope it is," Antenora says, drinking down the water! After a moment her eyes widen and...OOC: Make a fort save?
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[20:33] <Kotono> Antenora holds her stomach, falling to her knees as she vomits. From her mouth comes smoking Evergold water, with it vileness! There are perhaps eighteen to twenty of them, each barely the size of a gumball. They are faces stitched together, demonic faces one and all, leering in agony. In the center of each, a twisted, hideous face can be seen - Antenora's.
[20:34] <Kotono> Amaryl holds her mouth and turns away in a blur of blonde hair!
01[20:34] <Seira> Even though she's not normally fazed by much, Seira is reduced to staring in stupefied horror.
[20:35] <Alicia> "Ewwww!" Marie looks as disgusted as any quasit can.
[20:35] <Alicia> "Oh... Gods above..." Alicia crouches down to pat Antenora's back, helping her purge herself.
[20:35] <Kotono> "..." Latha says nothing, but takes her mace. Down and down it goes, smashing each faceball into a mere smear. Once does a Holy Smite comes, vaporizing anything that remains.
[20:36] <Kotono> "I feel...If eel better," Wiping her mouth clean, "Oh Mystra..." Antenora leans into Alicia, "It makes sense...it's the run off of the entire filthy damned city. Hehehehhe...it's almost like it's an abyssal stew waiting to turn you into a demon hive..hehehhee..." At that she bends over again, throwing up once more. A few more half formed balls come out, but only a few.
06[20:38] * Alicia wants to throw up herself. She's never seen anything so disgusting. She's compelled to cast a cantrip in order to clean off the dribbling vomit from Antenora's chin and mask the vile smell. "Lets take a moment before going on," she suggests, not wanting to leap into combat after that horrible scene.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Hehehehe..." Antenora coughs up a few more times, but no more faces come. She leans forward on her hands and knees, a few wretched tears forcing their way out of her clenched shut eyes. Her breathing is heavy, only slowing after quite a few tough breaths. "I'm...Mystra hear me...going to kill each and every demon in this city before I'm done."
06[20:42] * Alicia holds Antenora until she's well enough to stand on her own, a rather odd scene for two nabassu to be seen in, unable to dispute the sentiment behind her words. After being violated in such an obscene manner, she deserves all the vengeance she can take.
[20:42] <Kotono> "I second that to happen one day. For now, no matter how unjust it is, our mission is Lsyscrea." Latha finishes clean up, looking ot the disarmed door ahead. "There will be a day when the entire Abyss will be brought to answer for it's crimes, but that day is not this one."
[20:43] <Kotono> Antenora just leans on Alicia as she stands, being quiet.
01[20:43] <Seira> "Says who?" Seira suddenly speaks. "Let's grab him and then kill as many as we can before we're surrounded and have to plane shift."
[20:43] <Kotono> Amaryl finally looks back, pale as a sheet. "L-let's just go..." she murmurs.
[20:44] <Alicia> "We can make a start, at least," Alicia declares, hoping they're not right next to the balor's quarters, since he'll surely have heard that entire scene and had plenty of time to prepare. "We get Lyscrea and we're gone. The information he has is too important to risk losing him in the melee." With that, she goes to open the door.
06[20:45] * Seira goes invisible with a flick of her wand.
[20:54] <Kotono> The door is opened! It opens to a dark, plain enough hall, leading further along before twisting in a curve to the right.
[20:55] <Alicia> Still alert for magic or evil, Alicia takes the lead down the hallway towards the curve.
[20:56] <Kotono> Ahead and around the bend, you see a few dretch chained to the walls. They stare ahead, thrashing against them. A pair of quasits hop around them, leaping and flying about as they jab them with tiny, pointed needles. "More, more, more, more, more!" they carol!
[20:58] <Kotono> "Begone!" Antenora snaps, a holy smite bursting around the small fiends!
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 33." [10d6=3, 3, 6, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6, 1, 1]
[20:59] <Kotono> In a flash of holy light, the demons are reduced to nothing but scorched goo against the floor, the chains going quiet.
06[20:59] * Alicia nods in approval at Antenora's decisiveness and continues onwards!
[21:03] <Kotono> After a time you come to another door, this one made of well polished red stone. It sparkles almost like a gem, a smooth handle to open it.
[21:03] <Alicia> Any magic?
[21:07] <Alicia> "Here we go," Alicia mutters, calling upon her power to surround everyone with a protective holy aura in readiness for the foes on the other side and giving everyone else a second to prepare before she opens the door!
06[21:07] * Seira prepares with a sheath of acid!
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d8+5 Latha should've healed herself ages ago
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+5 Latha should've healed herself ages ago and gets 9." [1d8=4]
06[21:08] * Seira also decides to grant the Resort autonomous control, given that Lagann's duties would lie elsewhere here.
[21:09] <Kotono> Amaryl takes this moment, invoking the magic of shield to protect her obdy!
[21:09] <Kotono> *body
[21:11] <Kotono> "Well then," Latha whispers, "Are we ready?"
[21:11] <Alicia> With no one else taking any prepatory action, Alicia deems it to be so, and opens the door!
[21:14] <Kotono> Ahead is a large hall - a grand hall, carved and pretty. But all of this is immediately secondary, for ahead of you? Blackboards. A few simple blackboards are here, mounted on wooden pedestools. A pair of hezrou draw on them with chalk, battle formations. Chained to wooden stakes are..succubi? Their wings lie on the floor, bloodied and ripped away. Winged dretch drool as they work with scapels, grafting on extra arms to them, while others work
[21:14] <Kotono> grafting on extra arms to them, while others work on severing their legs.
06[21:17] * Seira seeks to annihilate this creepy scene, and the best way to cleanse it is by fire.
[21:17] <Alicia> Alas, none of the overwhelming evil she detected happened to belong to a balor. Oh, well. Stepping inside, the nabassu surrounded in holy energy draws her sword. "Where's Lyscrea?" she asks, more as a formality than anything else.
[21:18] <Kotono> The hezrou turn, scowling, "Holy..." It scowls, "Slaughter them! Take their arms and use them as grafts!" The demons spit, as the dretch slaver and wobble in the air, starting to fly at you! The succubi cry out in utter agonies, mindless screams of pain! OOC: Let's roll init here.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 24." [1d20=16]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26." [1d20=20]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 19." [1d20=11]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20 hezrou 1
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 hezrou 1 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20 hezrou 2
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 hezrou 2 and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: 22 for Anty
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 dretch
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 dretch
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 dretch
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 dretch and gets 10." [1d20=9]
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 dretch and gets 6." [1d20=5]
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 dretch and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: -1 dretch, dur.
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi if it matters
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi if it matters
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi if it matters and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi if it matters
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi if it matters and gets 9." [1d20=7]
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi if it matters and gets 21." [1d20=19]
03[21:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(26)>Latha(24)>Antenora(22)>Amaryl(19)>Lagann(18)>Alicia=Marie(17)'
03[21:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(26)>Latha(24)>Succubi 1=Antenora(22)>Succubi 3(21)>Amaryl(19)>Lagann(18)>Alicia=Marie(17)>Hezrou 2(13)>Dretch 1(10)>Succubi 2(9)>Dretch 2(6)>Hezrou 1(5)'
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
06[21:24] * Seira changes her mind at the last moment, drawing a rod to augment her arcane might as she marches towards one of the succubi, Resort floating obediently next to her. Acid gathers in the palm of her free hand, and she discharges it to destroy the nearest hezrou, even as her sword strikes at the neck of the bound fiend by her side!
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 empowered orb of acid
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 empowered orb of acid and gets 29." [1d20=9]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d6+15+5d8 acid+sa
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d6+15+5d8 acid+sa and gets 120.5." [15d6=6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 1, 4, 3, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4][5d8=3, 7, 6, 6, 1]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+35 Resort
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+35 Resort and gets 41." [1d20=6]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 28." [3d8=4, 3, 6]
03[21:26] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(26)>Latha(24)>Succubi 1=Antenora(22)>Succubi 3(21)>Amaryl(19)>Lagann(18)>Alicia=Marie(17)>Hezrou 2(13)>Dretch 1(10)>Succubi 2(9)>Dretch 2(6)'
[21:26] <Kotono> The hezrou is ripped apart, body dissolved by an orb of acid! As it's body melts into the floor, the succubus nearby is bloodied, her neck partially cut! OOC: Latha.
[21:27] <Alicia> Latha keeps it simple and calls upon a holy smite in the centre of the room to hit all the demons present as she walks in after Seira!
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 19
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 19 and gets 29." [10d6=2, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, 6, 1, 4, 5]
03[21:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(26)>Latha(24)Antenora(22)>Succubi 3(21)>Amaryl(19)>Lagann(18)>Alicia=Marie(17)>Hezrou 2(13)>'
03[21:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(26)>Latha(24)Antenora(22)>Amaryl(19)>Lagann(18)>Alicia=Marie(17)>Hezrou 2(13)>'
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 hezrou
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 hezrou and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:29] <Kotono> The burst of light vaporizes the dretch into nothingness! Under this, the maimed succubi melt away, grafted arms catching afire and falling away! But the arms live yet! They burn from fingers to upper arm stump, a face erupting out of said stump! Each face is distorted, in agony, screaming, "Free us...free us...free us..." they wail! OOC: Antenora.
[21:31] <Alicia> Antenora snarls and charges through the door at the hezrou, leaping high and making her leathery seeming wings fan out behind her as she plunges her spear into its face!
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 -17pa furious strike charge
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 -17pa furious strike charge and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 2d8+140+2d6+1d6
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+140+2d6+1d6 and gets 158." [2d8=5, 2][2d6=4, 4][1d6=3]
[21:34] <Kotono> Antenora pounces like a jungle cat starving, her spear impaling the hezrou through the face! It breaks apart into a dozen tiny hezrou which break apart into a dozen tinier hezrou who break apart into a dozen tinier hezrou who break apart into a dozen tinier hezrou who break apart into a dozen tinier hezrou into forever, each one screaming in agony! OOC: Free act.
[21:34] <Kotono> (More)
01[21:34] <Seira> "Creepy even in death!" Seira exclaims in dismay.
[21:35] <Kotono> The brief echos of battle echo around. This hall is long, with several passages on either side. In the center, far ahead, a muscular, angel winged elf hangs, it's flayed flesh glowing with red writing.
[21:35] <Kotono> "Free us...free us...free us..." Theb urning arms writhe on the ground, distorted faces crying out!
[21:36] <Alicia> "Burn them," Alicia suggests to those with such abilities, walking through the macabre classroom and looking around to see if she can discern the strongest nearby evil aura through the walls.
06[21:36] * Seira can't let a prisoner of this place remain captive, though she makes sure he doesn't radiate any evil himself as she approaches cautiously.
[21:38] <Kotono> The flayed elf doesn't radiate evil, as Latha uses Flame Strike to finish off the arms. Alicia sees several evil auras through various walls, ranging from moderate to overwhelming. Getting closer, Seira can see that the runes are in Abyssal. It looks like some sort of directory, while the elf's face twists in agony.
06[21:39] * Seira mentally commands Lagann to find the best way to lower the elf from its imprisonment, while channeling healing energies into the unfortunate prisoner's body.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 19." [2d8=3, 6]
06[21:40] * Alicia follows Seira, grimacing as she realises the elf is alive, and being used as a grisly signpost. "Latha, perhaps you could send him to Ysgard?" she suggests, his wounds seeming more than they can care for properly here.
[21:40] <Kotono> Lagann undoes chains holding the elf, as heailng magic restores it's flesh a miniscule amount! In a heap as it looks up, "Who...are you...?" it asks, "If...if there is any mercy in your soul...end my suffering in this realm..."
01[21:41] <Seira> "I'll do it," Seira says tersely. "This realm? Sure. Don't resist, alright?"
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: Sorry, strike
[21:42] <Kotono> The elf reaches out, "The court of thes tars...will bless...you..." he says towards Latha as she approaches. "But before...quickly...what are you doing here? If you are righteous behind the face of lies..."
01[21:42] <Seira> "We'll send you somewhere you could recover," Seira tells him tersely. "I know it's bad, trust me. I do. But it will be alright in the end, if you don't give up!"
[21:43] <Alicia> "We're here for Lyscrea. He has vital information we need that could determine the final fate of the children," Alicia tells him. If he has anything useful to tell them based on that, she'll hear it before he goes somewhere better.
[21:44] <Kotono> "That way...he went that way..." Pointing ahead, "To the War Library and Chamber of Chaos..." His gaze goes to one passage i nparticular, "Burn the vile texts...and be wary of the room with the tarot cards...they are...his twisted amusement to put lesser demons through...heaven or hell, all on chaos."
[21:46] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia nods her bestial face. "He'll get what's coming to him. Now let Latha send you somewhere your wounds will be healed."
[21:46] <Kotono> "Mercy on you," Latha says, as the poor being vanishes away!
[21:47] <Alicia> Clocks ticking on her holy aura, so Alicia immediately sets off in the indicated direction!
[21:48] <Kotono> Thus you hurry down the hall! The walls are made of rocks of various types, blending together in a war of stones. After a twist and a turn, and a short stairway down(3 rounds), you come to a door. Here a single man with red eyes stands guard, a polearm and a scowl. "Who goes?" he challenges.
01[21:49] <Seira> "Your death," Seira tells him, as seems appropriate, surging forward!
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: If it's gonna be like that, roll init. <_<
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[21:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 Anty
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 Anty and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 20." [1d20=12]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 19." [1d20=8]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 19." [1d20=11]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 11." [1d20=11]
03[21:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Guard(27)>Marie(20)>Seira=Amaryl(19)>Antenora(14)>Alicia(12)>Lagann(11)>Latha(9)'
[21:51] <Kotono> The guard spins his polearm, sending it through the hall like a whirling scythe of oblivion and death, striking at all of them!
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Alicia
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Alicia and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Antenora
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Antenora and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Latha and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Seira
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Seira and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Amaryl
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Amaryl and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Latha crit if that hits her flatfooted
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Latha crit if that hits her flatfooted and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[21:52] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[21:53] <Alicia> OOC: 41 for Latha, 37 for Anty, 40 for Alicia
01[21:53] <Seira> OOC: Hits me since I'm flatfooted, Amaryl's is 35
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d12+12 Latha DR does not apply for her
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12+12 Latha DR does not apply for her and gets 13." [1d12=1]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d12+12 stoneskin applies to Seira if she has that up.
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12+12 stoneskin applies to Seira if she has that up. and gets 23." [1d12=11]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d12+12 Amaryl
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12+12 Amaryl and gets 22." [1d12=10]
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: Please roll her blur
[21:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[21:54] <Kotono> The polearm dances and flies through the hall, ending up behind the party and dripping with blood! Now bare handed, the guard gestures forward with one hand, "Then find your death with me!" OOC: Marie.
[21:55] <Alicia> "No we won't!" Marie sing-songs as an enervating ray of crackling red energy blasts out from the little quasit at him!
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR if it matters
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR if it matters and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:56] <Kotono> The crackling ray leaves the guard staggering back, his arms withering even as he tries and fails to defend himself from the ray! OOC: Seira'n'Amaryl.
06[21:58] * Seira hangs back for just the barest of moments as Amaryl foregoes attempts at pinpoint damage in lieu of getting an utter swarm of missiles out there and en route to her target!
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+28
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+28 and gets 153." [4#1d20+28 = 34, 44, 32, 43]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+23
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+23 and gets 62." [2#1d20+23 = 27, 35]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+18
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 58." [2#1d20+18 = 27, 31]
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: 3 hits.
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: 35, 44 and 43 hit.
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+17+4d6
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+17+4d6 and gets 116." [3#1d8+17+4d6 = 43, 37, 36]
[22:00] <Kotono> Riddled with arrows, the man groans and goes down, bleeding out! "Damn...it..." he hisses, crumpling! OOC: free act.
01[22:01] <Seira> "See?" Seira asks, even as she's somewhat disappointed she never got a chance to melt his face off. Instead, she has to console herelf with examining the door.
[22:01] <Kotono> The door is a heavy stone door. It has a pull ring to open, made of iron. It isn't trapped as far as a quick, casual examination can tell.
[22:02] <Alicia> Unless there's magic on the door Alicia doesn't delay in yanking the door open!
[22:02] <Kotono> The door is yanked open! Ahead...(More)
[22:06] <Kotono> Bookshelves are everywhere. The walls are lined with huge ones, stretching up for what seems to be miles. Small ones are about here and there on the floor, only a foot or two tall at most, parchments and books jammed in, making the floor more like a hodge-podge of speedbumps. (More)
[22:11] <Kotono> Ahead ten feet and straight ahead are two dretch. They stand about and wobble, weeping tears of pus. Thirty feet ahead and ten to either side are two more, fanned out. 60 feet ahead is a clearing. Here three succubi walk about, carrying books to and fro. 80 feet ahead a giant pile of books is about, a figure poking through it. It's canine face is offset by the beautiful blue and black robes it wears - you've faced this before, an arcanaloth. 1
[22:12] <Kotono> - you've faced this before, an arcanaloth. 120 ahead lies a great throne of books. At one side of the throne is a marilith, hissing and scowling at the pile of books. At the other side of the throne is a hezrou, arms crossed and waiting. Sitting on the throne...it is a balor. A sword of bleached bones sits on it's flaming lap, black metal bands on it's arms and wrists. It leans forward, intently staring at the pile of books ahead as the arcan
[22:12] <Kotono> intently staring at the pile of books ahead as the arcanaloth picks through it.
[22:13] <Kotono> He looks up at the door opening, "Who DARES to disturb me?" he bellows like the Abyss screaming in madness, "Explain yourselves!"
[22:15] <Alicia> Well, this is certainly going to be a tough fight. But that's what they came here for, so Alicia doesn't hesitate in striding forth. "We'll explain when we have you in chains," she replies confidently. "The rest of you... run or die, we care not."
01[22:16] <Seira> "Dying is preferable," Seira adds with a smirk, stepping into the library proper after Alicia.
[22:16] <Kotono> "Hah! Celesitals have come this far to suffer and die!" Rising from his throne, sword of bone in hand, "Slaughter them! Rape them! Burn them! Make them cry out for all eternity!" OOC: Init then if your'e gonna be that way about it.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
01[22:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 glory or death?
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 18." [1d20=11]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=20]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 glory or death? and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+3 Anty
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+3 Anty and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 18." [1d20=10]
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 28." [1d20=20]
01[22:17] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 20." [1d20=20]
03[22:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira(24)>Alicia(18)'
03[22:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Lagann(20)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Antenora(14)'
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20 dretch 1
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 dretch 1 and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20 dretch 1
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 dretch 1 and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20 dretch 3
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20 dretch 4
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 dretch 3 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 dretch 4 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
03[22:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Lagann(20)>Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 succubi
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi and gets 6." [1d20=4]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi and gets 22." [1d20=20]
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 succubi and gets 8." [1d20=6]
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Lagann(20)>Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Arcanaloth
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Arcanaloth and gets 32." [1d20=20]
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Arcanaloth(32)>Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Lagann(20)>Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Marilith
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Marilith and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 hezrou
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 hezrou and gets 14." [1d20=13]
03[22:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Arcanaloth(32)>Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Marilith(21)>Lagann(20)>Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 balor
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 balor and gets 19." [1d20=8]
03[22:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Arcanaloth(32)>Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Marilith(21)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:26] <Kotono> Shuffling ahead and with a bow, "Good day," The arcanaloth greets the party, "Be pleased to know that your death will grant me wealth and prestige, so your lives are not completely wasted. Farewell!" With that, a strange mist forms around Alicia! OOC: Will save, -4.
[22:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[22:28] <Kotono> But Alicia resists a strange, lightheaded feeling! A moment later, the arcanaloth shakes it's head! A gusting wall of winds appear in front of it and the pile of books, swirling madly! OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:30] <Seira> Stepping into the room and then banking to the left, Amaryl advances to just shy of a hundred feet of the balor, and sends three arrows towards it with hopes of catching the fiend off guard, and a bit of magic to ensure they hit close to target!
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+26 sniper shot
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+26 sniper shot and gets 244." [6#1d20+26 = 45, 41, 42, 34, 41, 41]
[22:31] <Kotono> The arrows fly true until the hit the airy wall! A gust of wind sends them upward, hopelessly missing and flying up out of path! OOC: Windwall deflected the arrows. Seira and Latha are up.
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
06[22:35] * Seira concentrates on the Arcanaloth, calling on Waukeen's aid to advance just about close enough to drive a fiery orb right through its skull!
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: How close is that?
01[22:36] <Seira> OOC: 30ft away from it, sorry, was going to type it into the attack
[22:36] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:36] <Kotono> OOC: Almost everything is flatfooted so it hardly matters. Carry on.
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 maximized orb of fire, impromptu SA
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 maximized orb of fire, impromptu SA and gets 31." [1d20=13]
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 90+5d8 fire
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 90+5d8 fire and gets 107." [5d8=8, 1, 6, 1, 1]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[22:46] <Kotono> The orb of fire flies true, the 'loth burnt badly and it's robes sizzling! OOC: Latha.
[22:46] <Alicia> Latha flies deep into the room, just past the centre so she's in reach of almost every fiend except from the balor himself, who won't be bothered by this, and issues forth a clarion call in the words of creation to make them see the error of their ways!
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 4d4
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4 and gets 12." [4d4=4, 1, 4, 3]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 CL 18 holy word
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 CL 18 holy word and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 -4 will saves
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 dretch
[22:47] <Kotono> The orb of fire flies true, the 'loth burnt badly and it's robes sizzling! OOC: Latha.
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 dretch and gets 4." [1d20=5]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 dretch
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 dretch
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 dretch and gets 0." [1d20=1]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20-1 dretch
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 dretch and gets 17." [1d20=18]
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 dretch and gets 8." [1d20=9]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 succubi
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 succubi
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 succubi
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 succubi and gets 23." [1d20=20]
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 succubi and gets 7." [1d20=4]
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 succubi and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 arcanaloth
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 arcanaloth and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Wait, what are latha's HD?
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: 17, she used words of creation to boost it to 18
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Marilith
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Marilith and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[22:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 hezrou
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 hezrou and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: roll up.
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d10 minutes paralyzed if 13hd or lower
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d10 minutes paralyzed if 13hd or lower and gets 6." [1d10=6]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 2d4 rounds blinded if 17hd or lower
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 rounds blinded if 17hd or lower and gets 3." [2d4=2, 1]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d4 rounds deafened if 18hd or lower
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 rounds deafened if 18hd or lower and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:50] <Alicia> OOC: 8hd or lower dies
[22:51] <Kotono> The word of power is a devastating one! The marilith and the hezrou are both turned white eyed by it, while the arcanaloth fall sto it's knees! The dretch are paralysed, unable to even move! OOC: Succubus 2 is paralysed. Marilith is up.
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[22:53] <Kotono> The marilith growls, "Filthy tricks!" she intones, as a pentagram burns intothe ground beneath her...but nothing happens!
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann.
01[22:54] <Seira> "I don't see any better!" Seira taunts it. "Must have been good enough in your case!"
[22:54] <Kotono> "Hehehhehehee..." The balor growls low in it's throat, "A real fight's come to me? Good." It cracks it's neck to an obscene angle, springing right back!
01[22:55] <Seira> Lagann, meantime, decides to try and finish the Arcanaloth with magic missiles!
01[22:55] <Seira> roll 5d4+5
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d4+5 and gets 20." [5d4=4, 3, 1, 4, 3]
01[22:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[22:56] <Kotono> The blinded arcanaloth is missiles, body racked but it continues to cling to it's existance on this foul, chaotic plane! OOC: Lsyscrea.
[22:57] <Kotono> Standing now, a full 18 feet tall and with wings of screaming fire on it's back, a pentagram burns on the ground! From the depths another one comes - a screaming balor, holding a lightning sword and flaming whip! With the fury of all the Abyssal hatreds ever known, it charges ahead at Latha!
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Arcanaloth(32)>Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Marilith(21)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Balor=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35 (-5 PA, charge)
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 (-5 PA, charge) and gets 39." [1d20=4]
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Latha?
[22:59] <Alicia> OOC: 41
[23:00] <Kotono> A moment later, the balor follows it up with a dreadful word of utter blasphemy, uttered in a second! OOC: Will saves -4, Seira and Latha, you two are close enough to be in range of the blasphemy.
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 CL check for SR
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 CL check for SR and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: Just Seira then.
[23:01] <Alicia> OOC: Seira has SR too
[23:01] <Kotono> But even that power comes to naught, nothing happening! OOC: Dretch 1 is paralysed. Marie andAlicia.
06[23:01] * Alicia approaches within twenty feet of the summoned balor, ready to dispel it if the sword of the sealed gate can't do the job for her.
[23:02] <Alicia> OOC: DC 20 will
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[23:02] <Alicia> "Begone!" she calls, gesturing to it and unthreading the magic that brought it here!
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 dispel
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 dispel and gets 31." [1d20=10]
03[23:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Arcanaloth(32)>Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Marilith(21)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[23:03] <Kotono> In a wink of crumbling magic, the balor is sent back towhence it came! OOC: Marie.
01[23:03] <Seira> "Well, that was effective!" Seira says cheerfully. "Are all balors this mighty, or are you two just special that way?"
[23:04] <Alicia> Marie meanwhile flies into the room and decides she really doesn't like Lyscrea hanging onto that sword made out of dead children, and so tries to telekinetically grab it away!
[23:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 disarm
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 disarm and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+44 it's attack rolls are nuts, sadly you just found it out now.
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+44 it's attack rolls are nuts, sadly you just found it out now. and gets 63." [1d20=19]
[23:05] <Kotono> The sword is going nowhere fast, unmoving from Marie's magic! OOC: Dretch 4 isn't doing shit. Antenora.
[23:06] <Alicia> Antenora charges into the fray to spear the arcanaloth, sending it back to Gehenna and hopefully into the mace of some crusading Helmite.
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -6pa divine succor on Latha
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -6pa divine succor on Latha and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 2d8+74+2d6
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+74+2d6 and gets 93." [2d8=4, 6][2d6=4, 5]
03[23:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Marilith(21)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[23:08] <Kotono> Stabbing intothe wounded 'loth's face, the arcanaloth crumbles into nothingness! Meanwhile the hezrou stomps about in blindness...
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 81." [1d100=81]
[23:08] <Kotono> But nothing happens! OOC: Dretch'n'fetishes aren't doing shit. Amaryl.
01[23:11] <Seira> It would be insanely more difficult to do anything about the balor, now, so Amaryl decides to forego him as a target. She deftly steps through the barrier of wind and targets the marilith, hoping that the battle-crazy balor would take Seira's challenge instead.
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+25 sniper shot
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+25 sniper shot and gets 210." [6#1d20+25 = 43, 33, 41, 34, 26, 33]
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Owwwies.
01[23:12] <Seira> OOC: except the 1, but yes
01[23:12] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+16+4d6
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+16+4d6 and gets 169." [5#1d8+16+4d6 = 30, 37, 36, 34, 32]
01[23:12] <Seira> roll 169+12d6
06[23:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 169+12d6 and gets 219." [12d6=6, 6, 5, 6, 1, 6, 1, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4]
03[23:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Suc 2(22)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Suc 3(8)>Suc 1(6)>Dretch 2(3)'
[23:13] <Kotono> The marilith is pierced by cold arrows over and over, it's body obliterated into tinyd ead snakes! As it lies there, dying...OOC: Seira and Latha.
06[23:14] * Seira calms her heart with a glare at the balor, before proceeding to summon a searing fireball in its face, hoping to tag the hezrou while she's at it, too!
01[23:15] <Seira> OOC: Assay spell resistance, empowered+searing/fiery fireball
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Go fo rit.
01[23:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 balor SR
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 balor SR and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
01[23:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 hezrou SR
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 hezrou SR and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC: Success. Roll damages.
01[23:16] <Seira> roll 1.5*10d6+10 FIERY FIRE
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*10d6+10 FIERY FIRE and gets 65.5." [10d6=6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 4, 6]
[23:16] <Alicia> Latha decides to remove the succubi before they can cause any problems by calling down a flame strike atop their curiously prim yet titillating forms!
[23:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[23:16] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 22
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 22 and gets 44." [15d6=1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 3]
[23:17] <Alicia> And also immolating lots of books into the bargain!
01[23:17] <Seira> OOC: Oh, dc is 26
[19:35] <Kotoro> > The marilith is pierced by cold arrows over and over, it's body obliterated into tinyd ead snakes! As it lies there, dying...OOC: Seira and Latha.
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Seira calms her heart with a glare at the balor, before proceeding to summon a searing fireball in its face, hoping to tag the hezrou while she's at it, too!
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Seira> OOC: Assay spell resistance, empowered+searing/fiery fireball
[19:35] <Kotoro> > OOC: Go fo rit.
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Seira> roll 1d20+29 balor SR
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 balor SR and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[19:35] <Kotoro> > OOC: Success.
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Seira> roll 1d20+19 hezrou SR
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 hezrou SR and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[19:35] <Kotoro> > OOC: Success. Roll damages.
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Seira> roll 1.5*10d6+10 FIERY FIRE
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*10d6+10 FIERY FIRE and gets 65.5." [10d6=6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 4, 6]
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Alicia> Latha decides to remove the succubi before they can cause any problems by calling down a flame strike atop their curiously prim yet titillating forms!
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 22
[19:35] <Kotoro> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 22 and gets 44." [15d6=1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 3]
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Alicia> And also immolating lots of books into the bargain!
[19:35] <Kotoro> <Seira> OOC: Oh, dc is 26
03[19:36] * Alicia sets mode: +ov CC Hatbot
[19:42] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+24 balor ref
06[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+24 balor ref and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[19:43] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+8 hezrou ref
06[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+8 hezrou ref and gets 15." [1d20=7]
03[19:44] * Kotoro changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Dretch 2(3)'
03[20:12] * CC is now known as Seira
[20:13] <Kotoro> Fire bursts around the library! Succubi burn alive, screaming in estastic death as their forms roast into ash! Bookshelves burn, racing up and up and up as a crown of fire spreads! Lsyscrea is momentarily disoriented by the fireball, turning to glare at Seira! His own aura of flame intensifies, cracking as hot as any of the burning fires here! OOC: Lagann.
01[20:18] <Seira> Lagann decides to wait and see if Lsyscrea does anything that could be interrupted by shoving sharp, pointed metals into its eyes.
[20:19] <Kotoro> Pure whirling energy surorunds Lsyscrea! His aura of fire blazes searing hot as...
[20:19] <Kotoro> roll 1d6
06[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
03[20:19] * Kotoro changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Seira=Latha(24)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea(CD)=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Dretch 2(3)'
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraftin' this
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraftin' this and gets 41." [1d20=13]
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[20:22] <Kotoro> Lsyscrea hurls himself at Seira, covering the ground in the barest instant before he is on her, bone sword looming above before coming down in a blow that promises oblivion and death!
01[20:23] <Seira> Though it will likely be futile, Seira boosts her protections at this onslaught, images of her springing up at the last moment!
01[20:23] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[20:24] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+34 (-5 CE, true seeing renders the images moot)
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+34 (-5 CE, true seeing renders the images moot) and gets 46." [1d20=12]
01[20:24] <Seira> OOC: That hits!
[20:24] <Kotoro> roll 3d6+18+1d6 (1d6 is lightning)
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 3d6+18+1d6 (1d6 is lightning) and gets 32." [3d6=6, 4, 3][1d6=1]
03[20:24] * Kotoro (~kokokoko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has left #dunes
03[20:25] * Kotoro (~kokokoko@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
03[20:26] * Seira sets mode: +o Kotoro
[20:27] <Kotoro> The blow cuts deep into Seira's arm, ripped away at the last moment! Lightning crackles through the wound, making it sear and burn around the edges! Looming over Seira and taking up all her view, as fire surrounds it, blade raised high, "Suffer and perish, fool!" OOC: Dretch 1 isn't doing shit. Marie'n'Alicia.
[20:27] <Kotoro> The acid splashes on the balor, barely even sizzling on his skin or reacting!
[20:28] <Alicia> Marie hopes his distraction with Seira will make it easier for her to take away his horrible weapon, and claws out with telekinetic force to tear it from his grasp!
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 disarm
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 disarm and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[20:28] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+38
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+38 and gets 43." [1d20=5]
[20:28] <Kotoro> Yet the blade is yanked back after a moment, the balor having a death-hold on it's blade! OOC: Alicia.
[20:31] <Alicia> Well, at least she tried. Alicia meanwhile draws upon the magic of her boots to slow the passage of time, allowing her to prepare properly to deal with this balor. Although she doesn't appear to change, still masked in the guise of a Nabassu, she draws upon the might of the planetar as she positions to flank him with Seira.
[20:31] <Alicia> Then she casts true strike and channels an enervation into her blade, already starting to swing as time reasserts its flow, aiming to avoid any major arteries or organs to merely hurt and disable without killing, before she quickly backs away to avoid retaliation!
[20:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 knowledge
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 knowledge and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+44 -4 nonlethal, -15pa, raging
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+44 -4 nonlethal, -15pa, raging and gets 51." [1d20=7]
[20:33] <Kotoro> OOC: Hit.
[20:34] <Kotoro> OOC: How far are you backing?
[20:34] <Alicia> OOC: 40ft
[20:34] <Kotoro> OOC: Okay.
[20:34] <Alicia> roll 2d4+61+2d6+2d6+1d6 nonlethal
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+61+2d6+2d6+1d6 nonlethal and gets 84." [2d4=3, 1][2d6=2, 3][2d6=6, 2][1d6=6]
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR for enervation
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR for enervation and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[20:35] <Kotoro> OOC: No love on enervation.
[20:36] <Kotoro> The blow slams the balor between it's monsterous, burning wings! It staggers with it, glancing back before turning it's attention back to Seira! OOC: Antenora is up.
06[20:36] * Seira looks up at the monster with ill-disguised scorn.
[20:37] <Alicia> Antenora flies over Seira to stab deep into the creature's chest, bringing succor and respite to the half-dragon with her intervention!
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -7pa charge divine succor paladin smite
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -7pa charge divine succor paladin smite and gets 39." [1d20=4]
[20:38] <Kotoro> OOC: Whiiiif.
[20:38] <Kotoro> The balor brings it's arm up, catching the speartip in it's hand! It presses hard, flames flaring in it's hand as the spear is knocked away, out of it's grasp, leaving the demon unscathed! OOC: Hezrou can't do much. Amaryl.
01[20:39] <Seira> Amaryl takes very careful aim at Lsyscrea, launching her iron-tipped arrows in four staggered waves.
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 and gets 74." [2#1d20+28 = 43, 31]
[20:41] <Kotoro> OOC: No hits there.
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 and gets 75." [2#1d20+28 = 37, 38]
[20:41] <Kotoro> OOC: No hits there.
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+23
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+23 and gets 69." [2#1d20+23 = 30, 39]
[20:42] <Kotoro> OOC: No hits there.
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+18
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 52." [2#1d20+18 = 31, 21]
[20:42] <Kotoro> OOC: No hits there.
01[20:42] <Seira> OOC: Lagann would like to act on my init
[20:42] <Kotoro> With a gush of flame that sends the library books burning faster, the arrows melt in mid-air! They turn to ash and slag, splattering all about like sizzling rain! OOC: Seira'n'Latha.
[20:43] <Alicia> Latha shifts a bit to the side of the developing melee so she won't threaten Seira or Antenora, before she unleashes waves of energy-sapping magic to sap Lyscrea's vigor!
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 2d4 using words of creation
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 using words of creation and gets 8." [2d4=4, 4]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 SR for waves of fatigue
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 SR for waves of fatigue and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[20:44] <Kotoro> OOC: Bare success.
01[20:45] <Seira> It is unfortunate, and just a bit troubling, but Seira doesn't dwell on such matters. Giving Lagann a command to support her with a dagger easily liberated from her boot, Seira gestures at the balor, siccing the floating Resort at him!
01[20:45] <Seira> Without waiting to see the results of her action, she tumbles back and imbues her allies with Haste, before grimly returning to the melee, so that she could work in tandem with Antenora and Alicia.
[20:45] <Kotoro> The waves radiate from Latha, perhaps slowing down the demon leader, though it still stands strong and insanely powerful! OOC: Seira?
01[20:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+36 dancing blade
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+36 dancing blade and gets 54." [1d20=18]
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+36 dancing blade critted?
[20:46] <Kotoro> OOC: How far are you tumbling back by the way?
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+36 dancing blade critted? and gets 55." [1d20=19]
[20:46] <Kotoro> OOC: Crit. Geeez.
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: Just out of reach so that he doesn't AoO me
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 3#3d8+16
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#3d8+16 and gets 86." [3#3d8+16 = 25, 31, 30]
[20:47] <Kotoro> OOC: Just roll all the dice together on crits, Seira.
01[20:48] <Seira> OOC: Sure. 86 this time.
[20:48] <Kotoro> Lagann charges in as Seira speeds up her allies, landing a deep blow into the balor's side! In retort, it bellows a word of profound, dreadful blasphemy! OOC: Will saves -4 Seira/Latha/Antenora.
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: SR first
[20:49] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+22
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:49] <Kotoro> OOC: Ahem.
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Latha
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Latha and gets 22." [1d20=3]
01[20:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Anty
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Anty and gets 38." [1d20=8]
03[20:49] * Kotoro changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Lagann(20)>Lsyscrea(CD)=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Dretch 2(3)'
[20:50] <Kotoro> OOC: #evil, Seira.
[20:50] <Kotoro> roll 1d6 CED
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d6 CED and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[20:51] <Kotoro> In a flast of profane power, Latha and Seira are gone! With a triumphant roar, the Balor settles on Antenora, closing in to obliterate her!
03[20:51] * Kotoro changes topic to 'Amaryl(28)>Lsyscrea(CD)=Dretch 1(19)>Marie=Alicia(18)>Dretch 4(16)>Antenora=Hezrou(14)>Dretch 3(9)>Dretch 2(3)'
[20:51] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+33 (-1 fatigued, +1 CD, -5 CE)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+33 (-1 fatigued, +1 CD, -5 CE) and gets 41." [1d20=8]
[20:51] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+28
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+28 and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+23
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+23 and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+18
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+31 bite
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+31 bite and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+31 wing
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+31 wing and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+31 wing
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+31 wing and gets 36." [1d20=5]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+31 wing crit
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+31 wing crit and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[20:52] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+31 gore
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+31 gore and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[20:52] <Kotoro> OOC: AC?
[20:53] <Alicia> OOC: 35, DC 26 fort or blinded for every hit it makes, though (which may stop subsequent hits going through)
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 Alicia checks vs SR first, actually
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 Alicia checks vs SR first, actually and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[20:53] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 1s
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 1s and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 2 and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 4
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 4 and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 4 for real
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he 4 for real and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he bite
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he bite and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he wing crit
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+27 fort 1 mostly seeing if he wing crit and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[20:54] <Kotoro> roll 1d100 gore still hits even with blind penalty 50/50
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d100 gore still hits even with blind penalty 50/50 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
[20:55] <Kotoro> OOC: All swords hit, bite hit, crit wing hit, gore hit. Fort save if Antenora is still breathing afte rthis.
[20:57] <Kotoro> roll 9d6+54+3d8+12+4d6+12+2d8+6 and fort, penetrates DR.
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 9d6+54+3d8+12+4d6+12+2d8+6 and fort, penetrates DR. and gets 149." [9d6=2, 3, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4][3d8=3, 2, 5][4d6=3, 6, 2, 1][2d8=2, 4]
[20:57] <Kotoro> roll 3d6 lightning, competes against lightning res 5.
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 3d6 lightning, competes against lightning res 5. and gets 9." [3d6=2, 6, 1]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[20:59] <Kotoro> Antenora is impaled! With it's bone-sword it slams her into the ground, biting into her wing and taking away a chunk of feathers in it's mouth! A wing gouges into the back of her skull, exposing white bone beneath! One of it's horns stabs into the back of her neck, a jet of blood gusing out! Even as it's eyes glaze over with white, "Scream for me! Suffer, suffer, suffer!" OOC: Marie'n'Alicia.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Like hell!" Alicia snarls. "Antenora, back off - we can pick him apart now that he's blinded!" With that she flies in to slash her blade through his thigh before she veers off and flies to the side, up and away twenty feet from the fiend! "Marie, block the door so we can finish this!"
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -8pa divine might
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -8pa divine might and gets 42." [1d20=7]
[21:01] <Kotoro> OOC: Hit.
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6 and gets 77." [2d4=4, 1][2d6=3, 5][2d6=4, 1][1d6=4]
[21:02] <Alicia> Marie meanwhile does as she's told and places up an impenetrable barrier of pure force over the doorway!
[21:07] <Kotoro> The balor is brained and stabbed in it's flank, a burst of flaming blood burning about the sizzling library! Meanwhile Marie throws up a wall of force, blocking entryway into the library! OOC: Antenora's up.
[21:08] <Alicia> Antenora nods to Alicia, stabbing the fiend once and gaining solace from the act before she turns and flies up, fifty feet away from the fiend and high enough to scrape the ceiling of the library!
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 divine succor on self
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 divine succor on self and gets 39." [1d20=7]
[21:10] <Kotoro> OOC: Whiff.
[21:10] <Kotoro> Antenora takes a parting stab, but misses against it's toughened skin! She retreats back up and up to safety! OOC: Amaryl.
01[21:13] <Seira> Amaryl decides to continue at her best course of action, sending four staggered waves of arrows at the blinded balor and then stepping sideways, should he choose to charge at the source of the attacks.
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 and gets 76." [2#1d20+28 = 44, 32]
[21:14] <Kotoro> OOC: One hit.
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 32." [1d8=7][4d6=2, 3, 2, 1]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 and gets 80." [2#1d20+28 = 45, 35]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 39." [1d8=6][4d6=6, 6, 3, 1]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+23
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+23 and gets 53." [2#1d20+23 = 27, 26]
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+18
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 64." [2#1d20+18 = 33, 31]
01[21:17] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+29 can't believe forgot haste
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+29 can't believe forgot haste and gets 89." [2#1d20+29 = 45, 44]
[21:17] <Kotoro> The balor endures even this, riddled with a pair of arrows in it's side as it's eyes are unseeing, unfeeling! In this catastrophic fury, it's rage is announced as a singluar roar, fires bursting all over, massive jets of flame! OOC: Fire storm. It has enough cubes to blanket 22 10x10 cubes of space and is smart enough to know you guys are likely aireborn. I'm going to call it 50/50 if a cube is on either of you, 51+ hit and save as normal. Doe
01[21:17] <Seira> roll 2d8+34+8d6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+34+8d6 and gets 64." [2d8=4, 8][8d6=6, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1]
[21:17] <Kotoro> OOC: Strike my line.
[21:18] <Kotoro> roll 1d100 irrelevant now but curious Alicia
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d100 irrelevant now but curious Alicia and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[21:18] <Kotoro> roll 1d100 irrelevant now but curious Antenora
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d100 irrelevant now but curious Antenora and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[21:18] <Kotoro> roll 1d20+22
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[21:19] <Kotoro> The last arrow, fired just as flames begin to rage about, staggers Lsyscrea! It falls to it's knees, the entire abyss quaking! Down he goes, the fires in the library burning hotter, screaming with faces of utter fury! OOC: Free act.
[21:19] <Kotoro> Antenora watches, coughing up blood and the back of her armor and face drenched, "Celestia damn him," she starts sagging down in the air, "Help..."
[21:20] <Kotoro> Smoke is starting to clog the open air, Amaryl coughing as she steps back, looking about at the stunned, dazed few surviving demons.
[21:20] <Kotoro> A moment later, Seira and Lagann reappear in a flash of warm light!
[21:21] <Alicia> "Antenora, kill the Hezrou. I'll prepare Lyscrea for transport," Alicia instructs her friend, channelling an alter self spell and going to land beside the balor before she hits him hard on the head to ensure he stays down and to turn him into an inoffensive lemure.
[21:21] <Alicia> Antenora is thus able to heal herself by charging the hezrou!
06[21:22] * Seira takes in the scene, before burning those books still not on fire with her breath. "This was a lot less dramatic than I expected," she admits, giving Amaryl a quick wave.
[21:22] <Kotoro> OOC: She's out of combat, I'm going to rule she can't spam divine succor out of battle, as that's how I've ran it.
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 4d4+62+2d6+2d6+1d6 nonlethal coup de grace
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+62+2d6+2d6+1d6 nonlethal coup de grace and gets 96." [4d4=2, 1, 2, 2][2d6=6, 6][2d6=6, 4][1d6=5]
[21:22] <Kotoro> OOC: Helpless enemy=/=combat.
[21:22] <Alicia> OOC: It's blind, not paralyzed
[21:22] <Alicia> OOC: And it'll stop being blind in a few seconds
[21:23] <Kotoro> OOC: Oh yeah, okay.
[21:23] <Kotoro> "We won. Let's go," Amaryl runs back to Seira, "It's getting hard to breathe!" Meanwihle Antneora finishes the hezrou, snarling and coughing, "Lament in oblivion!"
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -12pa charge on hezrou
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -12pa charge on hezrou and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[21:23] <Kotoro> OOC: Oh wait, that was Alicia's attack. Got confused. Hit anyway, it's not going to pass the forts ave short of a 20.
[21:23] <Kotoro> roll 1d20
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotoro rolls 1d20 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 2d8+110+2d6
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+110+2d6 and gets 130." [2d8=5, 5][2d6=5, 5]
[21:24] <Kotoro> OOC: At least it's HP is out.
[21:24] <Kotoro> OOC: Or that would've been funny.
06[21:24] * Seira trusts in Lagann to gather any of the weapons dropped carelessly during this assault, asking Alicia, "Ready to go and meet Latha and her friends, now?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "How did you get back, anyway?" Alicia asks Seira, about to sheathe her blade before Marie appears beside her.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Destroy his sword, Alicia! It's made from the bones of an eladrin child and its bound soul!" she urges desperately.
[21:25] <Kotoro> OOC: Your weapons? He can't grab Lsyscrea's weapon, it's not made of metal.
01[21:25] <Seira> OOC: I like the polearm that was dropped. It must be awesome, and Waukeen made me greedy.
[21:25] <Kotoro> OOC: Okay.
[21:25] <Alicia> OOC: wall of force is in the way of that
06[21:26] * Alicia nods to Marie and brings Hell Striker down savagely onto the boneforged blade of the balor!
01[21:26] <Seira> "I used a Wish," Seira responds. "Didn't know if it'd work, but I had to try."
[21:27] <Kotoro> OOC: Alicia makes a salient point, no halberd then.
[21:27] <Kotoro> Antenora half flies, half staggers over. "Are we leaving now?" she rasps, "Before something else happens."
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -15pa divine might
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -15pa divine might and gets 45." [1d20=17]
06[21:28] * Seira looks longingly at the entrance, but finds herself nodding. "Just waiting for Alicia to free that soul."
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 2d4+61+2d6+2d6+1d6
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+61+2d6+2d6+1d6 and gets 82." [2d4=4, 2][2d6=2, 1][2d6=2, 4][1d6=6]
[21:29] <Kotoro> The bone-blade shatters apart! Golden light flares around you, sparkles of joy! You hear a faraway laughter as the sparkles manifest around Marie, before fading away.
[21:31] <Alicia> Marie nods in satisfaction, turning corporeal as Alicia dismisses the veil before they go back to Celestia - hopefully before Latha has to explain looking like a nabassu to anyone there. Then she slips on her plane shift ring and arranges everyone in a circle.
[21:31] <Alicia> "Lift Lyscrea up high so he won't melt in the ocean when we arrive," she asks, taking one of his flabby melted hands and holding his limp body up in the air.
06[21:31] * Seira has no problem holding a fiery balor, even if he burns through her protections, dismissing the magics on her.
[21:32] <Kotoro> The party holds up the lemure-balor, gathering together!
[21:32] <Alicia> And leaving the library to burn to the ground behind them, they vanish off to Celestia!
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 5d100 if it matters, think we have to arrive on the beach anyway
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 if it matters, think we have to arrive on the beach anyway and gets 234." [5d100=68, 79, 12, 60, 15]
[21:33] <Kotoro> The beaches are calm and cool. Celestia's wine dark waters lap around you, the rising mountain of growing perfection shining like a holy beacon against a starry sky. Antenora falls to her hands and knees in the water.
01[21:34] <Seira> "What now?" Seira asks. "Do we wait for someone to show up, or use a Sending to Latha?"
06[21:35] * Alicia wades up to the pristine beach before she drops Lyscrea onto the sand and starts retrieving Marie's clothes for her so she can get dressed. "Hmm... we could try and make our way to the fortress of Barachiel. I think that's where Latha primarily works from."
[21:37] <Kotoro> "Let's do that?" Amaryl breathes in the air, looking skyward, up at the mountain.
01[21:38] <Seira> "Just as long as she doesn't get any ideas like going back after us," Seira agrees. "Stupid, that."
[21:39] <Alicia> "She wouldn't be able to without a wish of her own. That spell normally prevents returning to the plane you were banished from for 24 hours," Alicia replies. "I'll try and get her by sending after I teleport us to the fortress. Is everyone ready?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "Good to go."
[21:40] <Kotoro> "Let's go," Antenora rises, trotting over to join the others.
[21:41] <Alicia> Marie takes a moment longer getting dressed, but soon everyone is ready and Alicia teleports the group along with their diabolical looking yet demonic prisoner to the outside of Barachiel's fortress. One doesn't go straight into such a place uninvited, after all.
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[21:44] <Kotoro> It is like the light parting, ac urtain of radiance giving way to another. Each of you lies on a soft, deep bed in a room of gentle warmth and light. The lemure is nowhere to be seen, but you feel light pulse over your bodies, removing your pain and misery. Coming forward amid the light is Romiel, "Lord Barachiel sensed your coming and arrainged succor for your injuries. The demon has not been lost. Come with me when you are ready." OOC: HP re
[21:44] <Kotoro> The demon has not been lost. Come with me when you are ready." OOC: HP restored, ability damage recovered.
06[21:46] * Alicia gets up, faintly surprised at the diversion but not displeased by it. "Nice to see you again, Romiel. Does Latha know we're here? We were seperated during the battle, but she should be in Celestia as well."
[21:47] <Kotoro> Romiel closes his eyes a moment, "She will be brought forth. Was she banished or slain?"
01[21:47] <Seira> "What a pleasant surprise," Seira says, speaking her mind. "Latha? Just banished, she should be fine."
[21:47] <Kotoro> Antenora doesn't get up at first, only rising up to her elbows after a rest. "Banished, I believe."
[21:48] <Alicia> "She subdued many demons with her voice, but Lyscrea was able to banish her in turn with his own," Alicia talks up her friend's performance to her boss.
[21:48] <Kotoro> "Then she will be found." With a slight look to the side, Romiel's eyes trace into pure light beyond your vision. Walking out from it is Latha, blinking before kneeling. "My Lord? Alicia? Seira?"
[21:49] <Kotoro> "It is good," Romiel slightly nods to Alicia, "Rise, Latha. Join your friends, for they bring triumph with them."
06[21:49] * Seira gives Latha a nod. "Good to see you again."
[21:49] <Alicia> "Hello, Latha," Alicia gives the deva a smile. "Amaryl was able to subdue Lyscrea just after he banished you, and we have him in custody now."
[21:50] <Kotoro> "Success." Standing where she is, "What shall we do now? Try and find the information that we need from him?"
01[21:50] <Seira> "Naturally, and then keep him imprisoned or slay him back on his home plane. The latter would actually be prefereable, due to his crimes."
[21:50] <Alicia> "We need to know everything he knows about the Dark Six's plans for the eladrin children," Alicia agrees. "Hopefully he won't be as deadly to question as Esthan was."
[21:51] <Kotoro> "Rest here." Romiel fades into the light, "We shall ask Lsyscrea to confess his crimes...for the good of his soul, and the good of other suffering souls."
01[21:52] <Seira> "It would also be helpful to know what exactly he or the Dark Six fear," Seira muses. "If the Abyss thought we were capable of disrupting some demonic plans, then we might just have the key already, and just don't know how to use it right."
06[21:53] * Alicia nods to Romiel, confident that he'll get what they need from the demon and feeling that they've earned some rest after the day they've had. She sits back down on the bed she woke up on. "Quite a battle, wasn't it?"
01[21:54] <Seira> "Quite the journey," Seira corrects her. "It was far more horrible than even what this insanely strong balor could bring to bear."
[21:54] <Kotoro> Antenora undoes her breastplate, setting it down, then runs her hands through her hair. Removing her cloak and battle bear before she lies in her underclothes, "It's fortunate that Holy Aura smote his eyes. If not, I fear we may have lost that battle."
06[21:54] * Seira shrugs. "It would've just meant I would get to make my grand entrance. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all for not making one necessary."
[21:55] <Alicia> "I'm not so sure. Amaryl put him down before you or I could do much, anyway," Alicia remarks, glancing at the resident elf. "In all our battles today she's carried us through."
06[21:55] * Seira gives Amaryl a thumbs up at her efforts finally being acknowledged so firmly.
[21:55] <Kotoro> Amaryl starts to speak then burns fire-red, "I-I..." She looks down and away, "It's...it's Seira's work, she's the one that encouraged me to study the forms of evil out-outsiders and demons, and how to shoot my bow better..."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Even if she encouraged you, you're the one that actually did it," Alicia tells her. "I thought Pollyanna was impressive when she used the resort, but you went even further, and without the benefit of an artifact weapon."
06[21:59] * Seira would say something here, but Amaryl has heard enough encouragements from her. This particular part of her confidence in her skills and herself wouldn't be aided much by that. But she still can't resist it entirely! "It's talent, hard work and determination. Amaryl promised to protect me, and I'm lucky to rely on her."
[22:00] <Kotoro> "I....thanks..." Blushing even more as she looks down, "All of you encourage me, too. Marie's so happy and optimistic...Antenora's so quick in the air, you're so powerful with your magic, Alicia...and Seira...well..." Another blush there as she shakes her head back and forth. "There's so much about all of you I admire."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Not even magic can match up to blotting out the sky with a rain of deadly arrows!" Marie cries, throwing out her arms expressively.
[22:03] <Alicia> "That's a funny thing for a servant of Mystra to say," Alicia glances sidelong at her familiar.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Yeah, well... I like archery," Marie replies, cradling her bow possessively.
01[22:04] <Seira> "Archery has a very strong allure," Seira agrees with a smile.
[22:08] <Kotoro> "It's not for everyone," Antenora snorts, smiling as she sits up. "I could have followed that path, but something more direct suits me."
[22:09] <Kotoro> Giggling, "And that's why you tease Antenora? Because she gave up the way of the bow, Marie?"
06[22:11] * Seira reminisces on her earlier training as she says, "I could have followed it, too, but I studied a style different from Amaryl's, and it was really difficult for me to see my friends get attacked while I would hide and skulk about. Maybe if I'd been taught differently from the start, so I could actually properly be on the battlefield, but with a bow...."
[22:12] <Alicia> "I suppose it depends. I mean, I've never seen Antenora use a bow, but I've seen other erinyes, and there's really no comparison with what you do, Amaryl," Marie replies. "Of course, I'm not much better than they are, I suppose... At least Alicia lets me cast spells now."
[22:13] <Alicia> "Lets? You talk as if I've been deliberately depriving you before," Alicia sniffs. "I only just mastered the ability to transfer my magic like that a few days ago."
[22:13] <Kotoro> "It's very specialized work," Amaryl admits very quietly, "When Seira first had me start to study the bow in Pallanth...I used my family's resources to get the best lessons and the best texts on bowmanship."
01[22:14] <Seira> "If it's not the ideal way to use one, it's pretty close to it," Seira muses. "And with even more practice, it won't be just the fiends that would learn to fear your swarm of arrows!"
[22:15] <Kotoro> "Poor Marie, deprived by the cruel taskmaster Alicia," Grinning now, "I know Alicia can be hard and mean, but it's for your own good, Marie. I can't imagine you throwinga round spells until now, you weren't honed and responsible enough."
[22:16] <Kotoro> "It's...it's like a storybook dream. No one back at court...except maybe Celebrimbor would believe even a little of my story these past few days..." Amaryl looks down, "Who goes to the Abyss itself and WINS?"
[22:17] <Kotoro> "We do," Latha murmurs, "Because we have to."
01[22:17] <Seira> "Just ask whoever's stupid enough not to believe you on a friendly duel?" Seira suggests. "That might be fun!"
[22:19] <Kotoro> "Celebrimbor could just move the bow out of my hands...but maybe the others..." Murmuring that as she blushes, looking to Seira, "But why use force when you don't have to? I didn't enjoy killing those demons, but...I had to do it."
06[22:20] * Seira shrugs. "You just sometimes need to use force with old people too set in their own ways to make them see reason. But I suppose there are other methods that could work."
06[22:21] * Alicia hopes something of Celebrimbor still remains to have that conversation with Amaryl, but she's not about to bring her down by mentioning her fears for the old elf. It's enough to make her fall silent, at least.
[22:22] <Kotoro> "I suppose..." Looking down and away again, and pausing before she looks back at Seira, hands over her chest. "But we won, and that's good enough for now. What do you think we're going to do from here?"
01[22:23] <Seira> "Get the information we need from him, and follow it wherever that takes us. Be that some creepy mountain Pale Night uses as her home, or elsewhere. I do hope, however, that we can help the children before taking the fight further to our enemies."
[22:30] <Kotoro> Thus rest comes. Time passes here in a strange, blinking way, Romiel returning in due time. He gestures you forward, "Come with me. There is a complication to this affair as well."
01[22:30] <Seira> "Not a fatal one, I hope?" Seira asks, paling slightly.
[22:31] <Alicia> Isn't there always? Alicia really hopes Lyscrea isn't mouthing off names that kill all who hear. Getting up, she pulls on her armour while Marie helps quickly fasten it for her, preparing herself to go now that their rest has ended.
[22:32] <Kotoro> "No." Romiel gently smiles, "There was no harm to anyone, more of a very sturdy protection. Are you familiar with dark magics, created of vile energies and used to maim, corrupt and torment?"
[22:32] <Kotoro> Antenora re-garbs as well, standing besides Alicia after.
[22:32] <Alicia> "In a very general sense," Alicia replies, it not being a field she's studied in great detail.
01[22:33] <Seira> "Like Dark Speech?" Seira hazards, to see if she's on the right direction.
[22:34] <Kotoro> "The Dark Speech is used in some vile magic, but that is it's own tongue altogether. A cursed one. In contrast, sanctified magic and the Words of Creation stand in opposite of it. Ancient Celestial legends say that the Words of Creation were spoken by He who created Mount Celestia, and we speak only the palest shadow of it's purity. The fiends, in jealously and hatred, brewed forth the Dark Speech in mimickry." (More
[22:34] <Kotoro> brewed forth the Dark Speech in mimickry." (More)
06[22:35] * Seira actually thought it was the other way around, but quickly dismisses those notions as fiendish propaganda.
[22:37] <Kotoro> "Vile magic is corrupting, terrible and forbidden but to those who throw their lives into darkness. One such spell in particular is called Forbidden Speech. It prevents an afflicted creature from uttering or communicating in any way about a chosen subject of the caster's choice. It is usually used to protect identities, obscure justice and cause torment. A rapist who wishes for his prey to never be able to identify him, a cult who wishes to se
[22:37] <Kotoro> A rapist who wishes for his prey to never be able to identify him, a cult who wishes to seal away a voice who would decry them..." Romiel leads you into the light as you walk, "That is what we are dealing with, I believe. I cannot detect the magic in question, but all the signs of it are there in regards to the Dark Six."
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft, have I heard of this and is it dispellable?
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft, have I heard of this and is it dispellable? and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:39] <Alicia> "Sounds like they must have modified it to prevent it being detected. That could also make it difficult to remove," Alicia frowns. "They cover their tracks well."
[22:40] <Kotoro> "My attempts to dispel it have failed. My next step is anti-magic, which is a gift I do not possess. I came to ask if any of yo uwere so skilled."
[22:41] <Alicia> "In fact I am," Alicia smiles at that.
[22:42] <Kotoro> "We shall try then. But before that," As you walk through perfect, near blinding light, bands float to your side. The bands the balor wore, Romiel turning to regard them. "These are not simple jewelry."
[22:42] <Alicia> "Well, they're hardly attractive to look at," Marie remarks, eyeing them as she flutters along.
01[22:43] <Seira> "What are they, then?" Seira asks the obvious question.
[22:44] <Kotoro> The bracers fade into near invisibility. In their place a screaming image appears. A beautiful creature with six wings...or would be. It's wings are skeletal and burning with flame, it's flesh crackling with molten magma dripping from open sores. It's large, powerful body looks to be on the verge of collapsing, yet refuses to die. "The bands are not bands, but the soul of a Fallen, forged into power."
06[22:46] * Alicia just shakes her head at that. If an angel wants to run with demons it shouldn't be surprised to get burned. "Destroying it would be an act of mercy."
[22:47] <Kotoro> "It's name is Oraga, Fallen from the Court of Stars. To what led it to this fate is unknown." Romiel gestures, the image fading and the bands reappearing. "Destroying the bands would send the Fallen's soul to oblivion. As they are your victory, it is your choice on his fate."
[22:47] <Alicia> "He seemed to like making his belongings out of souls," Marie adds queasily, recalling the poor child forced into the form of a nightmarish sword.
[22:48] <Kotoro> "He won't any more. We've brought him to justice." Antenora goes over to Marie, offering her hand out to her.
01[22:48] <Seira> "What other choice is there?" Seira inquires. "Can that soul be restored or saved somehow?"
[22:50] <Kotoro> "I don't know." Romiel gazes at the bands, "I do not know his story, nor what drove him to the depths of the Abyss. It would be a challenge with an uncertain reward to attempt to save his soul. It may be kindest to let him embrace oblivion and pass from this existance, knowing nothing but hatred now."
[22:51] <Alicia> "Wait... even leaving aside redeeming him, it's possible to rescue the soul from this form?" Marie asks, falling leadenly onto Antenora's palm. That means the child didn't have to die...
[22:52] <Kotoro> "It would be difficult and deeply uncertain. Restoration from such a state is the task of the greatest of us. Even Antenora's restoration took considerable power bestowed into Latha, and her might i...was nothing compared to that of a solar." Solemn and quiet, "Even if you redeem his soul, he may be forever cursed to stay in the form you see him in now."
[22:54] <Kotoro> Antenora's eyes widen as she stares at the bands, but stays quiet.
01[22:54] <Seira> "Could you keep them safe, then?" Seira requests. "I don't want to give up, if it is possible, but there is just no chance of me trying it at this point. Perhaps after a bit of time, but now...."
06[22:54] * Alicia looks somewhat ill as she realises exactly what Marie's thinking of. She killed a child for no reason... "We... we can try to communicate with him, if it's possible," she manages, swallowing.
[22:55] <Kotoro> "Seira's right. I second that motion. When matters have calmed, let us try. No soul is completely beyond hope," Antenora is quiet, "If we fail, so be it, but we must try."
06[22:57] * Seira is, even now, not entirely clear on the behavior of souls, either for outsiders or otherwise. Killing them seemed like it was just sending them back to be reborn, except in special cases, and if this is one of those where some form of recovery might yet be possible, it would be worth the attempt.
[22:57] <Kotoro> "Very well. Let us put it aside then." Romiel turns, meeting Alicia's eyes. "What troubles you now? Great grief and pain show."
[22:59] <Kotoro> Antenora holdsMarie in her hand, gently reaching to stroke her tiny head.
01[22:59] <Seira> "If I had to guess," Seira says carefully, "the reason is a misunderstanding about the choices trapped souls have."
[23:00] <Alicia> Looking stricken to be called on it, Alicia averts her eyes. "As Marie intimated, this was not the only soul Lyscrea had bound. His sword was made from the bones of an eladrin child, its soul bound in torment... it only sought release, which I granted, but... it wasn't necessary, was it? It could have been restored, just as this Oraga might."
[23:04] <Kotoro> "Perhaps, perhaps not." Romiel looks to Alicia, gently going to her. "You freed the child's soul from it's pain and did it's wishes. In the Abyss...even the most sincere acts of good can feel tainted and ruined. Even a saint or an angel finds despair and loss in his good works there."
[23:06] <Alicia> "I acted hastily and without thinking things through. It was stupid and can't ever be undone," Alicia shakes her head bitterly. "It was happy for the release, but it did not know there was another option. I should have thought things through."
01[23:08] <Seira> "We would have all done the same thing in your place," Seira states firmly. "You can't call something stupid because you simply didn't have the right information at the time."
[23:08] <Kotoro> "You can't." Antenora goes over, putting an arm around Alicia. "You can't make the past better by being bitterly unhappy abou it. You make it better by making tomorrow better."
[23:12] <Alicia> Doesn't change the fact that she murdered a child. "I never even tried to look for another way." She takes a deep, shuddering breath. "I swear, I won't ever do anything like that again." Marie looks utterly wretched at Alicia's guilt-tripping, since it was her idea in the first place, but she remains quiet.
[23:14] <Kotoro> "Then learn from it." Romiel states with a shining light in his eyes, "Wisdom comes from mistakes."
01[23:15] <Seira> Calling it a mistake would be wrong, but Alicia's sentiment is right, at least. Dragging it out in this setting can't possibly help, as far as Seira can tell.
06[23:16] * Alicia nods miserably. "Lets just go question the balor," she tries to get things moving.
[23:18] <Kotoro> Thus the group walks along. You come to a brilliant point of light, in which Lsyscream floats. He is only semi-concious, eyes mostly shut and the fires raging around his body down to the dullest roar.
06[23:20] * Alicia takes a deep breath, casting antimagic field. "Any magical restraints will also be affected by the aura, so I hope he's bound physically as well," she cautions before approaching the demon.
[23:21] <Kotoro> "The bonds here are made to endure many sorts of dispellations without yielding," Romiel stands a little away, "Anti-magic will not be the death of them. They come from the finest immortal smiths of Jovar."
[23:22] <Alicia> Nodding at that, Alicia approaches so she stands within ten feet of Lyscrea, a bit to the side so as not to be between him and the others. Hopefully someone who's head is more together can question him while she just stands here and resists the urge comfort herself by taking his head off.
[23:23] <Kotoro> Antenora stays close to Alicia, holding Marie and not really paying attention. Romiel steps forward, "Do you know the Dark Six?" he asks.
06[23:24] * Seira approaches, until she is next to Romiel, ready to assist with the investigation.
[23:24] <Kotoro> Amaryl stays in step with Seira, but doesn't say much.
[23:25] <Kotoro> The balor opens his mouth several times, before, "I do."
[23:26] <Kotoro> "Tell us about them," Romiel continues, "Tell us which ones of them you know."
[23:27] <Kotoro> "He calls himself Alabaster...or Dralen. He is the chosen Herald of the Unspoken Chaos and He who sits in the sky."
01[23:28] <Seira> "Tell us what you know of the deal between the Dark Six and your mistress," Seira asks matter-of-factly, in a voice expecting to be answered.
[23:30] <Kotoro> "He who sits in the sky with the Unspoken Chaos made a pact with her. In it she shall give birth to a new Demon Lord, over the slaughter of the eladrin and the end of those that oppose us."
[23:31] <Kotoro> (More)
[23:34] <Kotoro> "The time comes in two months. When it comes, all that opposes us shall end. At last, Androlynne shall be ours!"
[23:35] <Kotoro> "Which one is the one that went into the sky to vie with the Unspoken Chaos?" Amaryl murmurs, "Sylian, I think?"
01[23:36] <Seira> Wasn't it theirs to begin with, and Pale Night just trapped the children for her own amusement? Strange how things go around. "Does this slaughter give birth to the new demon lord, or is one going to be created in two months' time, thus starting this massacre?"
01[23:37] <Seira> To Amaryl, she nods. "There was mention of him contesting the Unspoken Chaos, yes," she says quietly.
[23:39] <Kotoro> "One shall be born to the Unspoken Chaos. In him will come the end of our enemies. In him will come victory! The celestials will be laid low! The devils will suffer to a man and die! The Gods themselves will fall! All shall fall into the Abyss, and the Abyss will be all!"
06[23:39] * Alicia sighs at all the loud and unhelpful propaganda, but doesn't interrupt the balor's diatribe.
01[23:40] <Seira> "What is the Unspoken Chaos, then?"
[23:42] <Kotoro> "The mother of chaos. Your impure name for her is Pale Night, she who sits in the Citadel of Bone and within her Mountain."
01[23:43] <Seira> These immortal freaks have just too many names. That can be the only reason she is going insane right now. "Huh," Seira says intelligently. "So rather than a partnership, the Dark Six were essentially adopted by Pale Night?"
[23:46] <Kotoro> "I know not. Dralen is Her herald." His answer is short, then Romiel clears his throat. "Seira, does all of this help you at all so far? We can try another line of questions if you like."
01[23:47] <Seira> "It made certain things clearer, though we'd better move on for now," Seira responds, then focusing on the balor once more. "Tell us all you know about the keys to enter the realm of the Dark Six, Bleak Rendor."
[23:55] <Kotoro> "Bleak Rendor is where the child of Pale Night lies. It is the realm of death, where the death of all awaits."
[23:57] <Alicia> "Is Pale Night claiming the neverborn get of Malcanthet and Talos as her own?" Alicia is finally compelled to ask, turning to face the demon.
[23:57] <Kotoro> "Now that's interesting." Latha steps forward, "Any guesses on who that is, Seira?"
01[23:57] <Seira> "That was mine," Seira voices. "That, or something between it and Pale Night."
[23:58] <Kotoro> "No matter what, something we can't let happen." Latha says, "If that's the Neverborn's motivation...then what does Pale Night get out of it? What about the Dark Six?"
Session Time: Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 2009
01[00:00] <Seira> Given that interesting questions had been asked, Seira waits for the balor to answer them all, first.
[00:04] <Kotoro> "Surely the Unspoken Chaos will revel in the destruction of all her oppose her! I know not what motivates the wizards."
01[00:05] <Seira> "But just pretending it is her child does not make it so. Has she taken any steps to forge a bond between herself and the neverborn?"
06[00:06] * Alicia has an idea, but it's altogether too disgusting to want to talk about.
[00:10] <Kotoro> "I know not." The balor answers, as Latha's brow furrows. "That is..." she mutters, "Can we take a moment from this questioning?"
01[00:10] <Seira> "You mean, move to a new topic?"
[00:13] <Kotoro> "Yes. I have an entirely too disquieting idea of what this means."
01[00:14] <Seira> "Don't we all?" Seira grimaces. "Alright. Tell us the best way to disrupt these plans. In fact, also tell us of any major offensives you or your mistress and your allies have been plotting."
[00:17] <Kotoro> "We are to prepare in Golmendicoria for the coming assault in two months. Allies from across the planes will come to this final battle, where we shall triumph! My steed has come this day, ready to bear me into glorious battle!
[00:17] <Kotoro> "
01[00:18] <Seira> "So, say, if we had one of the keys the Dark Six use, we couldn't do a single thing with it to ruin your glorious day of carnage and conquest?"
[00:18] <Alicia> "Yeah, it'll be going riderless I'm afraid," Alicia snorts, crossing her arms. "What about those magic orbs the Dark Six like to carry around? What do youy know about them?"
[00:20] <Kotoro> "The keys to Mother's Mountain." Answering that, "The sign of the pact."
01[00:21] <Seira> "Be more specific about the ways in which they are keys, and the difference in approaching the mountain with and without one."
[00:22] <Kotoro> "Without one, you cannot enter the true heights of the sky and Mother's Mountain. The caves within...nothing...nothing but traps for the foolish!"
[00:23] <Alicia> "So only the Dark Six can go there, since they have the keys? Anyone else, even a demon like yourself, would be barred?" Alicia asks curiously.
01[00:23] <Seira> "And how many would a single key serve?" Seira adds.
[00:24] <Kotoro> "I went with Dralen...oh...the power..." Shuddering, Lsyscrea goes on. "The gate keepers are of no form, yet they destroy the mind of the unworthy. The true home of the Unspoken Chaos lies infinite, to her Throne, where all reality ends."
[00:27] <Kotoro> "I know not. The key was sufficient for Dralen and I."
01[00:28] <Seira> "How was it used? Did he have to maintain contact, like with transportation spells?"
[00:29] <Kotoro> "The key is presented at the false top of Mother's Mountain, to the sky. Dralen said it is how Sylian did it long ago. The way opens and the key unlocks the door."
01[00:30] <Seira> "Easy enough, at least. What other obstacle remain in the path, those not diverted by the key?"
[00:33] <Kotoro> "The ghosts of Pale Night, those she took to her kingdom. They shall strike down any that oppose her!"
01[00:33] <Seira> "And does a path exist to Bleak Rendor from the top of the mountain?" Seira chances, since that would be one explanation of how the orb can be used to save the children.
[00:35] <Kotoro> "I don't know." Thus the balor answers, as Antenora blinks away a reverie, puts Marie atop her head and steps forward.
[00:36] <Kotoro> "I'd suspect three or six per orb, if there's a limit. Also, this reminds me of something."
01[00:36] <Seira> "Oh?" Seira turns to look at Antenora with interest, giving the angel her attention.
[00:39] <Kotoro> "Then end of reality and destroying sanity. That reminds me of HER, that accursed bitch-creature of tentacles and sanctimonous hate."
01[00:40] <Seira> "Didn't she get her mind broken at an entirely different yet just as horrible place?"
[00:40] <Alicia> "Yeah, we thought she might've been an ancient demon like Pale Night for a while, didn't we?" Marie nods from above Antenora's head. "But the Abyss and the Far Realm are two different realms of mind-melting horror."
01[00:41] <Seira> "Here's a question I need an answer on," Seira speaks up. "Would your abduction cause Pale Night's plans with the Dark Six to be sped up? Can they even be sped up?"
[00:42] <Kotoro> "Maybe it's a coincidence, but we're already dealing with an unborn god-child, a demon queen and Gods only know what else. The Far Realm would complete the trifecta of miserable realms trying to ruin our lives." Antenora crosses her arms, "I hope I'm just overthinking this."
[00:42] <Kotoro> "They cannot be sped up, but the wrath of Pale N ight shall surely come! I am her most valued servant, of course!"
01[00:43] <Seira> "Was."
01[00:44] <Seira> "Mmm." Seira mulls over potential questions, before settling on a fresh line of inquiry. "Which other servants are key to Pale Night, and their removal would be a setback to her in certain matters?"
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> <Alicia> "Yeah, we thought she might've been an ancient demon like Pale Night for a while, didn't we?" Marie nods from above Antenora's head. "But the Abyss and the Far Realm are two different realms of mind-melting horror."
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> <Seira> "Here's a question I need an answer on," Seira speaks up. "Would your abduction cause Pale Night's plans with the Dark Six to be sped up? Can they even be sped up?"
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> > "Maybe it's a coincidence, but we're already dealing with an unborn god-child, a demon queen and Gods only know what else. The Far Realm would complete the trifecta of miserable realms trying to ruin our lives." Antenora crosses her arms, "I hope I'm just overthinking this."
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> > "They cannot be sped up, but the wrath of Pale N ight shall surely come! I am her most valued servant, of course!"
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> <Seira> "Was."
[19:26] <Kokokokokoko> <Seira> "Mmm." Seira mulls over potential questions, before settling on a fresh line of inquiry. "Which other servants are key to Pale Night, and their removal would be a setback to her in certain matters?"
[19:31] <Kokokokokoko> "Graylung has crafted worthy undead servants for her and for me. Estaci...the children my rapings of her have spawned will slaughter the eladrin! Her assassin Ankveza will strike down all in Golmendicoria who may oppose her wrath!"
01[19:33] <Seira> "Nothing we didn't know about, then," Seira muses, feeling drained from the interrogation and what it had revealed.
[19:34] <Kokokokokoko> "I have a suggestion. What forces are in opposition to Pale Night and in danger of destroying her plans?" Latha cocks her head over ot Seira, "If one side of the coin isn't telling, perhaps the other is?"
[19:35] <Alicia> "We should probably see if Lady Honeydip can spare someone more versed in the strategic situation on Androlynne to come here, they might be able to get more relevant information from the balor," Alicia adds, but doesn't directly question him, waiting to see what he has to say for Latha.
[19:38] <Kokokokokoko> "The celestial pests gathered in defiance will never stop us!" Lsyscrea continues to lie half comatose, speaking without fury or anger. "But the shadows...Malcanthet's tendrils extend into Androlynne, but soon her servants will be assassinated. The baatezu lurk and watch...the cold banner of Mephistopheles...but they to have been only tolerated, unhidden to us, until it is most profitable to obliterate them."
[19:39] <Kokokokokoko> "Someone who can wring out the details and know the right questions to ask," Antenora agrees, though her eyes narrow as Lsyscrea continues.
01[19:39] <Seira> "Can Pale Night be killed without resorting to god-slaying weapons?" Seira asks quietly, although this question she addresses to Romiel. "It is difficult to see this matter get a resolution while she still exists, considering how much she had vested into it."
[19:40] <Alicia> Well, at least G'renna got out while the going was good.
[19:41] <Kokokokokoko> "You speak of slaying a being of such caliber with cavalier ease." Romiel's face bears a quirky, bright smile. "I do know that Pale Night has always horded her secrecy and the few that have fought her have not triumphed."
[19:41] <Kokokokokoko> OOC: Gah.
[19:41] <Alicia> "These new demons," Alicia begins, addressing the balor as she comes more into the conversation, "The pale doll-like ones. Were they made by Alabaster? What do you know of them?"
[19:43] <Kokokokokoko> "You speak of slaying a being of such caliber with cavalier ease." Romiel's face bears a quirky, bright smile. "I do know that Pale Night has always horded her secrecy and the few that have fought her have not triumphed." Turning back ot Lsyscrea, "I don't know. The greatest weapons of cold iron blessed by good and able to strike even ghosts may be able to wound her. But do not think Pale Night weak. She is older than the tanar'ii and ha
[19:43] <Kokokokokoko> But do not think Pale Night weak. She is older than the tanar'ii and has survived countless aeons. I would bring the strongest weapons you have to bear and pray to any sacred patron that will listen to bolster your magics."
[19:44] <Kokokokokoko> "They are his servants. They speak not...for they are crafted in reverence of the Unspoken Chaos. They fear nothing, fighting any who oppose them."
[19:45] <Alicia> "Do they have any weaknesses besides that set them apart from normal demons?" Alicia asks. They're imperfect copies, so hopefully there's a way to quickly dispose of them besides the usual.
[19:49] <Kokokokokoko> "Weaknesses?" The demon murmurs, "Demons have no weaknesses!"
[19:50] <Alicia> "You know what I mean," Alicia replies irritably. "Holy or lawful weapons, cold iron, that sort of thing."
01[19:51] <Seira> "Lack of sanity," Seira mutters none too quietly.
[19:51] <Kokokokokoko> "Demons as designed," Antenora smirks.
[19:52] <Kokokokokoko> "Dralen said they bear no weaknesses gained, only pure strength. They are resistant to the cold and of stronger flesh."
[19:53] <Alicia> So much for that, then.
[19:54] <Kokokokokoko> "Any other ideas for questions right onw?" Latha looks to everyone.
06[19:55] * Alicia shakes her head silently.
01[19:56] <Seira> "We should let someone with more relevant knowledge to question him, and then form a plan," Seira responds for her part. "The way I see it, we can either press on straight away, or use most of those two months to try and get some sort of edge."
[19:57] <Kokokokokoko> "Yes." Latha nods, "Let's go spend some time talking and thinking? We have a lot to digest and now is the time to let our brains do the heavy work."
[20:02] <Kokokokokoko> Thus the party goes to private chambers, a pleasant realm of light and warmth. Here you sit around a table, bits of perfectly grown and made food available to eat. Latha sits down, "We have a lot to think about. According to what we've found, we have about two months to work with. We also have a lot of disparate information, a prophecy to refer to and choices to make. What do we do from here?"
01[20:03] <Seira> "You were likely right, Latha," Seira tells her. "We need a quick boost in resources, and opening a seal back at the ruins on Prime would accomplish that faster than anything else."
[20:04] <Alicia> "Assuming it doesn't kill us, but when has that stopped us before?" Alicia agrees dryly.
[20:04] <Kokokokokoko> "I want to go back over that...heheh." Antenora chuckles there, turning into a throaty laugh. "When has it?"
[20:05] <Kokokokokoko> "..." Amaryl coughs, looking right at Antenora.
06[20:05] * Seira doesn't look amused, for her part.
[20:06] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora's laugh dies in her throat, a faint coloring of her cheeks. "Apologies. As I was saying, I'd want to go back over that prophecy. Just as these orbs are the keys ot Mother's Mountain, I suspect the information on the Dark Six is the keys to much of Demedais' prophecy. We could find guidance in what needs to be done in there."
[20:06] <Alicia> "Oh... well..." Alicia looks abashed. "Moving on. Aside from breaking another seal, we can try to help out around Androlynne by hindering the demon, and possibly luring out Alabaster or another member of the six if we can."
06[20:08] * Seira nods, glad to move on herself. "As well as defending Prime, in case of another attack. Even if not by the demons or the liches, some opportunistic group might wish to take advantage of the situation. I would like to prevent that from happening."
[20:08] <Kokokokokoko> "All of those are worthy." Latha finds herself nodding along, "Seira's right. Even if they're not interfering, Lsyscrea's words remind us that Baator is surely watching this situation. If we appear too weak, perhaps they'll try to subvert it to their gain."
[20:10] <Alicia> "Hopefully nothing's happened back home the last two days - no one's contacted us, and Demedais is there," Alicia opines hopefully. "Still, I wouldn't want to neglect things myself."
01[20:10] <Seira> "My preparation pretty much includes ensuring it's possible for nations to both stay in touch and aid each other in a conflict."
[20:10] <Kokokokokoko> "You know...there's that Blood War, isn't there?" Amaryl looks down at her hands, "Devils and demons hate each other, don't they?"
01[20:10] <Seira> "Quite a bit," Seira agrees, waiting to see where Amaryl is going with this.
[20:11] <Kokokokokoko> "Hopefully we have the Dark Six reeling or at least unable to take offensive initiative," Antenora cracks her knuckles, turning to gaze at Amaryl. "They do. I was never involved in the Blood War, but I stilled hated - well no, I still hate - demons."
[20:13] <Kokokokokoko> "I noticed something. It's all about chaos, isn't it? The Dark Six and demons working hand in hand...slaadi, eladrin. Is it as much a struggle against good and evil as chaos against law?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "Devils capable of actually contributing would be savvy enough to realize we need their help to come to them like that, and would ask for a price for such help," Seira says with a grimace. "I just don't see this working well. Mechanus might actually care, though."
[20:16] <Alicia> "We did rescue those two Maruts," Alicia nods to Seira. "Hopefully they'll be back soon and in stronger force to remove Graylung from the equation."
[20:17] <Kokokokokoko> "We could leverage that into getting an audience with a higher up in Mechanus?" Thoughtfully playing with her fingers, Antenora speak sslowly. "They broke the divine rules about our world in the Prime and the Inevitables were already after someone sort of related to them. Certainly that should be enough ot infuriate Mechanus."
[20:18] <Kokokokokoko> "Asking for infernal help would be akin to morgaging our eternal souls to pay a month's rent. It's foolishness...it's foolishness when Esthan offered it for his dread master, it's foolishness now." Latha gently frowns to Amaryl. "Some deals are not worth making."
[20:22] <Kokokokokoko> Amaryl bites at her lip, "I know, but...I'm scared." Murmuring this, "It's as if our task grows more and more unreachable with every hurdle we clear."
[20:24] <Alicia> "We just have to jump higher each time. If our foes are able to reach such dizzying heights of power, why shouldn't we?" Alicia reasons.
[20:26] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora cocks her head to the side, smiling, "We defeated a powerful, unique balor in his home realm head on. We're already at dizzying heights of power. We'll just have to go even higher to finish them off, but we will."
[20:28] <Kokokokokoko> "Speaking of power, there are the ruins. Are there any other ways to strengthen ourselves? Any favors or the like to call in?" Latha looks about, "As this situation grows more serious, I may be able to request aid. Privately, Romiel has told me that between preparing for the attack on Agares and the situation in Gehenna, our free forces are somewhat strained."
01[20:30] <Seira> "Ysgard, at a thought?" Seira says uncertainly, glancing at Alicia.
[20:32] <Alicia> "I could ask Strength of Light if he can offer any help, I suppose," Alicia nods.
[20:32] <Kokokokokoko> "That's a good thought. Have Strength of Light reinforce Androlynne and be ready to knock some demonic skulls around?" Antenora says with a slight smile.
[20:32] <Kokokokokoko> "Also...we should ask Mystra," Antenora turns right to Alicia. "Grave situations call for grave measures."
[20:33] <Alicia> "Mystra is already helping. That's what we're for," Alicia replies sternly. Her Goddess isn't someone to go running to for favours.
[20:34] <Kokokokokoko> "What about that roc you freed," Amaryl looks to Seira, "Could you talk him into going to Androlynne or helping us?"
[20:34] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora crosses her arms, "Better to go to her than to go sniveling to Baator or Malcanthet's bosom."
01[20:35] <Seira> "There is no harm in asking," Seira admits, "though it would likely be better to just have him aid in our home's defense instead. Or that of our allies."
[20:36] <Kokokokokoko> "Then if we can get a few reinforcement sfrom the roc and perhaps the Earth Elementals there, we can free up a bit more of the guard to help around?" Amaryl considers. "Agathaiel as well, perhaps we can make a summoning pact with her?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "If Mystra wishes to intervene moreso than she already is - through ourselves, who happen to be doing quite a bit - then that is Her perogative. I would not presume to dictate terms to the Mother of all Magic," Alicia tells Antenora. Moving away from that heretical topic, "We could investigate forming an alliance with the forest giants, if necessary. They could help secure Balmuria."
06[20:38] * Seira nods thoughtfully to Amaryl. "Considering Waukeen sent her to us when we merely asked a few questions, it might well have been a hint on her part."
[20:40] <Kokokokokoko> Clearing her throat, "I like both of those," Latha speaks. "Any other ideas along those lines?"
01[20:40] <Seira> "Some, generally along those very lines. I'll give those a try once we return."
[20:41] <Kokokokokoko> "If we need to buy or encourage help, we have plunder and treasures aplenty from our battles," Amaryl points out, "Though I hope most are willing to help because it's the right thing to do."
[20:41] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora bows her head down and goes silent.
[20:41] <Alicia> "What about that shrine to Dagon we found at sea the other day, Latha?" Alicia asks the deva. "Admittedly it's a long shot, but perhaps in cleansing that we might find those who've been victimised by servants of the demon and could be allies."
[20:43] <Kokokokokoko> "We could consider that - though under the circumstances I'd hold it as a card to be played later, as we know more about our basic circumstances and how matters will settle." Latha considers, "Though dealing with the shrine has a strong, immediate appeal."
[20:46] <Kokokokokoko> As the conversating winds down, "Alright. So we return to Balmuria now and begin to work on appeals and pacts before going to the ruins?" Latha asks.
[20:47] <Alicia> "That suits me," Alicia nods. "Tomorrow, anyway."
[20:56] <Kokokokokoko> Thus, the party gathers together! Latha invokes the magic to return home!
[20:56] <Kokokokokoko> roll 5d100
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokoko rolls 5d100 and gets 321." [5d100=70, 30, 49, 78, 94]
[20:56] <Kokokokokoko> roll 1d9
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokoko rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[20:57] <Kokokokokoko> Ships are nice. The rolling deck, the smell of the sea, the tanned muscular sailors(If that's your thing)...though perhaps it's not so nice when you appear on one dead smack in the middle, several sailors staring in a momentary, complete shock.
[20:57] <Kokokokokoko> "Teleport?" Latha says tersely.
06[20:58] * Seira blinks in surprise, looking around to see which nation the ship belongs to.
[20:59] <Alicia> Every time. Every single time they always end up at sea. "Don't mind us," Alicia tells the sailors, promptly teleporting the group to her front room.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 57." [1d100=57]
[20:59] <Kokokokokoko> Before Seira has much of a chance to look about, the party is at Alicia's house. Jessica and Roald are there, watching Hugo sit on the floor and read a book. "Hm...Sister?" Jessica looks up.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Hello, everyone," Alicia gives the trio a smile. "Hope we're not interrupting, we just got back. Miss anything while we were away?"
[21:01] <Kokokokokoko> "The city's been quiet - the guard's been going crazy with patrols and cleaning up the mess." Jessica smiles, "Are all of you safe?"
[21:02] <Kokokokokoko> Hugo looks up, "Alicia! Seira! Antenora! Marie!" Burbling that out, "I'm reading!"
[21:02] <Kokokokokoko> "G-good afternoon," Roald nods briefly, more than a little wide-eyed.
[21:02] <Alicia> "What are you reading, Hugo?" Marie asks, flying over to sit on his shoulder.
01[21:02] <Seira> "Sorry for the intrusion," Seira tells him, giving Hugo a friendly wave.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia nods to Jessica. "We'd better check in with Commander Obureth, anyway. You can stay with Hugo, Marie," she tells her familiar, ready to get the formalities out of the way quickly.
[21:03] <Kokokokokoko> "Ele..el..ellementary magic!" He stumbles over it, pointing at Jessica. "Jessica's."
[21:04] <Kokokokokoko> Antenora wanders off and leaves the rest behind without a word.
[21:04] <Kokokokokoko> "Let's," Latha smiles to Hugo. OOC: Ready to move along?
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: please
[21:06] <Kokokokokoko> Going to the garrison is without incident. Balmuria is semi-busy, as if the city is shaking itself into life. Guards are everywhere, patrols stepped up. On occasion you catch glimpses of the divine - courre eladrin or elven celestials. On reaching the garrison, Commander Oberuth takes you into the meeting room. Once there, "Report," He says.
06[21:09] * Alicia summarises what they learned from Lyscrea about the Dark Six's presence in Androlynne, the impending attack in two months, and their theory about how Pale Night intends to make use of the Neverborn which might result in it gaining godhood or becoming a demon lord.
[21:11] <Kokokokokoko> With complete conciseness and a queasy look, "So all of this begs the question - if they're working on that, why in blazes attack Balmuria and the rest of the world?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "That's the link we haven't found," Alicia admits. "Clearly they want the resorts for something, but no one in the Abyss seems to know anything about their activities on the prime. It's all focused on Pale Night and the eladrin children there."
01[21:12] <Seira> "Setting aside the impossibility of this being a desperate cry for help and just wanting to be stopped, maybe they're after the Fairest Star?"
[21:22] <Kokokokokoko> "Possibly. My guess would be that it's needed for this rebirth or for power in general? Perhaps it's even the price Pale Night wants to birth the Neverborn?" Latha considers this, "The exact pieces we aren't sure on, but."
01[21:24] <Seira> "What remains to be seen is whether they will try again or not, and this is what we would like to prepare for as our allies work on a plan to counter the machinations of Pale Night."
[21:32] <Kokokokokoko> "Then we have a two headed dragon to wrestle. We can't let them get the Resorts, while at the same time stopping them." Nodding along to that, "This makes sense. Continue on then."
[21:34] <Alicia> "For now we're going to try and gather allies to better resist subsequent attacks while building our strength for when we take the fight to Pale Night," Alicia explains. "But it's been a long day already, and that can wait till tomorrow."
03[21:39] * Kokokokokoko is now known as Kotono
[21:39] <Kotono> --
[21:39] <Kotono> Thus Alicia and Marie gather. Jessica and others are busy with Hugo, while Antenora's nowhere to be found. The two have artifacts in front of them, ready to cast...OOC: Go for your castings?
[21:42] <Alicia> Manipulating the raw forces of magic to divine the truth of the artifacts they carry, Alicia invokes her spell to finally find out about the secretive ring of eternal celerity. Marie mostly just learns about the third resort for the hell of it.
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4*10 minutes Alicia
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4*10 minutes Alicia and gets 10." [1d4=1]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4*10 minutes Marie
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4*10 minutes Marie and gets 10." [1d4=1]
[21:48] <Kotono> Alicia learns the following: Long ago a ring was forged out of human potential, the greatest research of a long-lost wizard. It is said to be able to be worn by no living man, yet it has been worn by the strongest. (More)
[21:52] <Kotono> Old legends long forgotten say the ring was tossed far away in a cataclysmic battle. Forgotten tools of a long gone war, ready for the strongest and to cull the weakest. (More)
[21:53] <Kotono> It was said that the ring has no set powers. It's magic draws out the strength in whomever is mighty enough to wear it. The ring itself is disagreeable, seeking to break the user or strengthen them trying. It strives constantly for potential, and it is said those that survive wearing it will reach heights never imagined. (More)
[21:55] <Kotono> Marie finds out: In ancient times, a star fell from the heavens. This Fairest Star was claimed by a gnome, who forged part of it into legendary weapons. (More)
[21:57] <Kotono> This dagger is said to be a key to an ancient mystery. Six keys, but be wary of six, for six is a number of catastrophy and misfortune...but three is a number of truth. Perhaps it is some of both? (More)
[22:00] <Kotono> Long ago, a vision was had by a mad priest. He claimed that the six will inspire a new world: Bow, sword, dagger, ring, shield, star.
[22:01] <Alicia> Marie and Alicia share their findings with each other, which admittedly wasn't very helpful in either case. But, curiousity sated, they go to spend some quality time with Jessica and Hugo to kill the rest of the evening before bedtime.
[22:02] <Kotono> That evening, just before Alicia settles down to pass into sleep, there is a knock on her door.
06[22:03] * Alicia sits up, drawing her nightgown about her. "Come in?"
[22:03] <Kotono> Antenora enters in. She is without her weapon and wearing a simple gown of pure white. "Evening," she says quietly to Alicia, closing the door behind her.
[22:05] <Alicia> "Hello. Wanted to talk?" Alicia surmises, adjusting her wings so she can sit up with her back against the headboard.
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yeah." Wrapping her wings around her, Antenora smiles as she looks down. "I always thought it was august and magnificent went Pit Fiends did this with their wings. It looks like a royal red cloak for them." After a moment of studying her feathers, "I wanted to apologize for what I said to to you today."
[22:08] <Alicia> "You've got nothing to apologise for," Alicia asserts, shaking her head.
[22:09] <Kotono> "I think I do." Antenora goes to sit next to Alicia. "I felt out of balance after being in the Abyss. You were right and it wasn't my place to make the remarks about sniveling to Baator and Malcanthet that I did."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Antenora... for me to be offended by that I'd have to have actually considered either," Alicia points out. "Unless... you didn't actually think I would, did you?" she's compelled to ask.
[22:12] <Kotono> "At the moment it made sense. Now I know it was just foolishness." Antenora turns to Alicia, smiling a little bit.
06[22:14] * Alicia is a bit disappointed that Antenora could think that of her, really. "It was," she nods. "Right from the start, when Seira's father first suggested it, I've been against involving Malcanthet. And the thought of asking devils for help, after all they've put us through? Not a chance," she shakes her head firmly.
[22:17] <Kotono> Antenora sighs, going to lean against Alicia. She rests her head against Alicia's shoulder, closing her eyes. "I know. But that Abyss...I kept thinking those...things...were my unborn children. I couldn't get the thought out of my mind, and my stomach kept churning. I barely remember anything until Lsyscrea was on me, nearly ripping me apart. Then...I just don't know. I needed some time."
[22:19] <Alicia> Suddenly feeling guilty as she recalls Antenora's horrible experience being poisoned in that passage, Alicia puts a comforting arm around her. "I'm sorry, it must have been horrible... we didn't give you much time after that, did we?"
[22:20] <Kotono> "It wouldn't have gotten better there." Antenora just rests there, "I knew that in my heart and soul. We had to keep going. But...I kept remembering that...and the story of the Neverborn. Those could have been my babies and..."
[22:22] <Alicia> "They weren't," Alicia asserts firmly. "They were mindless parasites that would have eaten you alive from the inside given any chance. You know how Kytons like to demoralise their foes by changing their faces? It's exactly like that, nothing more."
[22:22] <Kotono> "I pray it was." Antenora nuzzles into Alicia's shoulder, "I prayed to Mystra it was. But the Abyss has a way of hurting you like you never thought you could be hurt."
[22:25] <Alicia> "I know," Alicia agrees to that wearily. "You have to be strong, that's all you can do."
[22:25] <Kotono> "I will be. How are you and Marie? I tried to cheer Marie up...but I didn't do a very good job. All my squawking about filthy chaos can't have helped, either." Antenora says.
06[22:30] * Alicia sighs softly. "We'll live. That reminds me we need to see what we can do for Oraga... I'll look into those bracers tomorrow. Anyway, all we can do is ensure nothing like that ever happens again. Now that I know what's possible, I won't make the same mistake... small comfort though it is."
[22:32] <Kotono> "Thanks." Antenora opens her eyes, smiling to Alicia. "When you hurt in Hell, yo uwere alone and you ignored the feelings until you could suppress them. Being able to talk to someone and rest on their shoulder...thank you, Alicia. Let me comfort you, too."
[22:35] <Alicia> "You do," Alicia reassures her. "It's nice to know you're looking out for me. Marie appreciates it as well."
[22:39] <Kotono> Antenora sniffles. "What are you going to do tomorrow, Alicia?"
[22:41] <Alicia> "We need to go report to Lady Honeydip, but it won't be till mid afternoon that Latha can actually return there. I suppose I'll have a look at those bracers first thing... I should have divined them instead of the third resort when I had the chance earlier," Alicia replies thoughtfully.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Mmmm." Antenora listens to that, "We need to try at least. We may not succeed, but we have to try. Did the divinations turn up anything?"
[22:46] <Alicia> "Nothing we didn't know before, in respect of the ring of eternal celerity," Alicia shakes her head. "As for the resort? Hmm... it hinted that there was something seperating it from the other resorts, but nothing particularly clear or helpful."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Mmmm." Antenora half sighs, though it's light and restful. "It's..mmmm." She closes her eyes, "I should get up before I fall asleep here...shouldn't I?"
[22:49] <Alicia> "Still half a week till you can go back to your shortened sleep pattern?" Alicia teases. "Go to bed, Antenora. You deserve a rest."
[22:50] <Kotono> "I know." Antenora smiles, "It's just warm here...you're soft...and you smell nice." She sits up nonetheless, "It would give Marie all the wrong ideas if I fell asleep here, though."
07[22:50] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[22:51] <Alicia> "Good night, Antenora," Alicia doesn't rise to the bait. "Sweet dreams."
[22:52] <Kotono> With her own easy smile, "Sleep well, Alicia." OOC: It's nearly work so let's pause here.
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> -----
03[22:59] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia, refresh me on your agenda here?
[23:00] <Alicia> Most important thing is to visit Honeydip, but Latha's travel embargo means I have most of the day to kill, so the first thing I'll do in the morning will be to cast a Limited Wish-ed Legend Lore on Lyscrea's bracers.
[23:02] <Kotono_Ibis> Okay. Going to back to Celestia and ask to see 'em?
[23:03] <Alicia> Oh, we didn't take them with us? If Romiel held onto them I don't care enough to go back and get them, so scratch that.
[23:03] <Kotono_Ibis> Okay.
[23:04] <Kotono_Ibis> Yeah, they were left, no one took them or anything.
[23:05] <Kotono_Ibis> Then what's on your agenda?
[23:05] <Alicia> Okay. Instead I'll use Limited Wish to cast See Invis on Marie. Then an hour later I'll use Limited Wish to cast Permanency and make it stick.
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> Okay, that'll go without incident.
[23:07] <Kotono_Ibis> Add it to her sheet.
[23:08] <Kotono_Ibis> Then what?
[23:09] <Alicia> Done.
[23:11] <Alicia> Next... I'll go to Kelara and see how things are over there, and if any progress has been made on brewing regeneration potions.
[23:12] <Kotono_Ibis> Go ahead and roll TP for it.
[23:12] <Kotono_Ibis> Going alone by th eway or?
[23:12] <Alicia> I'll bring along Marie so I can make a sidetrip, and anyone else who wants to come along. I'll be disguised in aasimar-form myself.
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 road outside of Kelara
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 road outside of Kelara and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[23:16] <Kotono_Ibis> Jessica'll tag along. Antenora will stay with Latha for th emoment.
[23:16] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Outside of the city or close to your parents house, 'licia?
[23:17] <Alicia> OOC: Closer to the city, want to visit the church first
[23:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Woosh! Alicia appears close to Kelara! The city gates are wide open, travelers and country-carts coming and going freely. A soft drizzle falls, the ground squishy and muddy. It's quite chilly, on the border of everything freezing over. There's not a drip-drop of sunlight to be found.
[23:19] <Alicia> Honestly, it's rather refreshing compared to the ever-present corpse-stench Balmuria has developed of late, so Alicia refrains from her customary complaints about the weather and starts heading to the gates.
[23:21] <Kotono_Ibis> Jessica shivers and draws her cloak tighter, "Is Kelara truly always like this," she asks, as the sisters head into the city. A few guards give yo ua very cursory glance but let you by without a challenge.
[23:23] <Alicia> "Mostly. It gets really hot in the for two weeks in the Summer but that's about it," Alicia replies as they head for the temple of Mystra. "I don't really understand, considering how close it is to the desert."
[23:24] <Alicia> "You probably steal all their rain," Marie remarks, resting on Jessica's shoulder rather than flying in this drizzly weather.
[23:25] <Kotono_Ibis> "Magic?" Jessica shrugs, "History gets fuzzy very quickly. Maybe the God-King did it or someone before him?"
[23:27] <Alicia> "Could be. It's certainly more livable than any of the areas surrounding it, so perhaps it was blessed by Chauntaea?" Alicia wonders idly.
[23:29] <Kotono_Ibis> "After a couple of hundred years, all the human histories get remote and diluted. The elven histories are better, but even a few thousand years turns things to bardtale and fancy." Jessica pulls her cloak tighter as you approach the Mystra's sacred temple. "You know, I had an idea about that. I've been reading a lot...I wonder if it's intentional? The world lost so much before, maybe it's heritage and memory are a part of that?"
[23:29] <Kotono_Ibis> The world lost so much before, maybe it's heritage and memory are a part of that?"
[23:32] <Alicia> "That honestly bothers me a little, about the elves," Alicia frowns. "Take the war with the gnomes, two thousand years ago. For humans that's an immensely long time - something like thirty full human lifetimes. It's no wonder all our stories of them were distorted or forgotten. But for elves it's what? Three, four lifetimes? They have to have made a deliberate effort to hide things."
[23:34] <Kotono_Ibis> "Yeah, that didn't seem right." Jessica pauses just at the door of the temple, shaking her hair dry. "From what I've heard mentioned from you and what I've inferred, I think the elves felt guilty for it. Maybe some of it is intentionally forgetting?"
[23:34] <Kotono_Ibis> Biting her lip, "It's not much different than what you said, but...there is a difference, I think."
[23:37] <Alicia> "It's a reasonable explanation," Alicia agrees, wiping her feet and pushing her hood off before they enter Mystra's home. "It's just surprising that they were so successful at it - by their standards it really hasn't been that long at all."
[23:39] <Kotono_Ibis> "That's why I don't think it's all their fault." Jessica stamps her feet dry after Alicia, "If it is what I think it may be, only the Gods could know, but..."
[23:40] <Alicia> "How do you mean?" Alicia asks curiously. "You think their... racial memory, was tampered with?"
[23:42] <Kotono_Ibis> "I think..." Jessica pauses, "I don't think it was natural. I don't know if it was magic or could be magic, if it was divine intervention of the acts of beings we can't hope to understand..." With a long shrug, "But I don't believe it's natural."
[23:43] <Alicia> "You should ask Latha sometime," Marie suggests. "Isn't she three thousand years old? So she was already ancient even when Daa-vid was stomping around. I bet she could tell you all about the march of history."
[23:44] <Kotono_Ibis> "That's a good idea," Jessica snaps her fingers together, "I'll do that later today."
[23:44] <Alicia> "Could be interesting to hear her perspective on it," Alicia agrees, looking around for any sign of the elven dweomerkeeper.
[23:46] <Kotono_Ibis> No sign of her about, just a few priests working and a few worshippers about. Looks quiet this morning, with the scent of incense in the air.
06[23:47] * Alicia has no qualms about asking one of the clergy as to her whereabouts. If she's busy it's no problem to wait.
[23:50] <Kotono_Ibis> The priest smiles at Alicia, bowing deep. "Honored one, she performing spiritual rites of healing now. If you would wait here for a time she will return soon, in Mystra's time and wisdom."
[23:51] <Alicia> "There's no rush," Alicia demurs, choosing to kill time by finding a comfortable spot to continue discussing history with Jessica while they wait.
[23:53] <Kotono_Ibis> Settling into a few pews near the altar, Jessica sits down. "The current dating system is just shy of four hudred years...but we're talking about events in the thousands of years." Jessica dusts off the pew before sitting, "What do you think?"
06[23:54] * Alicia tries to recall what happened four hundred years ago to kick off the new calendar...
[23:54] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: K:H check.
[23:55] <Alicia> OOC: I'll take 10 for 12, since without ranks I can't know anything above DC 10 anyway
[23:56] <Kotono_Ibis> It has something to do with...Malmuth, Alicia thinks. She thinks. It's been a long time since her history tutor taught her lessons!
[23:57] <Alicia> "Wasn't it set by the formation of the Malmuth Empire?" Alicia hazards. "Probably some warlord will set up their own huge empire within the next few centuries and start a new calendar to reaffirm their greatness. What did we base our calendar on before that?"
[23:58] <Kotono_Ibis> "I...don't know offhand," Jessica bites down on her lip, "I think it was the Malmuthian Empire, yes, for the currenrt one."
Session Time: Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 2009
06[00:02] * Alicia smiles dryly. "I admit I've been so focused on learning obscure planar esoterica these last few years I've neglected the history of our own world. But even four hundred years is an immensely long time to contemplate... and yet we live with two people who were already old when some bright-eyed king decided to make himself an emperor."
[00:03] <Kotono_Ibis> "It puts it all into perspective." Jessica settles back into her seat, shifting every few moments against the wooden pew. "Six hundred is old for an elf, and Antenora claims she's newly born. Latha...3,000 years is an amazingly long time."
[00:08] <Alicia> "Even Taldeer here is in her mid two hundreds. It's just on a completely different scale than we deal with," Alicia nods. "You can't expect Latha or Antenora to know much about what was happening here while they had other concerns over their long lifetimes, but there must still be thousands of elves still alive who were around when Malmuth became an Empire. It's not history for them."
[00:14] <Kotono_Ibis> "You can..." Jessica begins, then thoughtfully stops. "What if she doesn't remember, too?"
[00:17] <Alicia> "That's a fair point," Alicia admits, considerate of her sister's limited frame of reference for memory deterioration over a scale of decades. "There's a lot I can't remember from twenty years ago, myself. I mean, the generalities are there, the big events, but a lot of specifics..." she shrugs, smiling. "Maybe I should have kept a diary?"
[00:19] <Kotono_Ibis> "These days, couldn't you just wiggle your fingers and..." Jessica smiles slightly, "I know that wouldn't be easy magic, but surely you could conjure up a way to refresh your memories of childhood?"
06[00:22] * Alicia is silent for a moment as she gives the suggestion some serious thought, and after a moment she nods happily. "You're right, actually, I could. Memory manipulation isn't something I've ever been able to learn before, but I could easily emulate it with the Limited Wish spell."
[00:24] <Kotono_Ibis> "What could you remember? Your best day of your life? The first time you had a crush on someone? Being a happy toddler? Could you even remember before you were born?" On that, Jessica thinks, "Say Marie, what's the first thing you remember?"
[00:30] <Alicia> "Oh, I can remember the moment I was born," Marie replies proudly. "I was in this big flower in one of the gardens in Dweomerheart, and the petals unfolded as I opened my eyes for the first time - and I could see lots of people clustered around."
[00:30] <Alicia> "They were all happy to see me, and I knew in my heart that they were my friends. I took off and joined in a game of Dodgespell straight away - I won, too! Although I think they let me win, because that's what I always do when I see a new arrival."
[00:31] <Kotono_Ibis> "You were born in a flower?" Scratching her head, "I always imagined you were a pea sized baby held by a mother courre. Though that's a really strange image now that I think about it..." Jessica frowns as she thinks, "So new outsiders just appear in the gardens there?"
[00:33] <Alicia> "That's how we courre normally appear, anyway," Marie nods her head up and down. "After, y'know, shuffling off the mortal coil. Others can manifest in different ways, but whatever the method you always arrive to a sea of friendly faces!"
[00:36] <Kotono_Ibis> "You know," Going to look at her hand and arm, "Am I going to wake up one morning in a flower now? Or is Alicia going to pop out of a tree in Dweomerheart? How does it work when it's not the normal process?"
[00:40] <Alicia> "I dunno how it'll work for Alicia, I've never met an exalted chosen one like her before," Marie waves blithely in the direction of said exalted being. "But for most people it's really happy and pleasant. I may have died in tremendous agony while screaming my head off, but I don't remember any of that!" she grins inanely,
[00:40] <Alicia> "I think the arrival tends to be a bit more dramatic for true outsiders as opposed to petitioners - not even mentioning expressly created divine servants, but everyone generally slots right in easily. The point is for you to end up where you're supposed to be, after all."
[00:43] <Kotono_Ibis> "It makes cases like Latha and Antenora more interesting. Even the divine isn't perfect." Thoughtfully starting to think, "I've read some on outsiders, what books we have and the various more explicit books you've brought home, sister."
[00:49] <Alicia> "It's really just a continuation of life as we know it, taking myriad new forms," Alicia surmises.
[00:49] <Alicia> "We've got Marielle here, a typical example of a devoted worshipper who earns a place serving her goddess in the hereafter. Latha's an example of one created whole-cloth by her god to fulfill a specific role. And Antenora's one who was born from a mother and father much as any mortal might be. It just shows how far the possibilities range."
[00:50] <Kotono_Ibis> "Endless possibilities, save until oblivion." Jessica looks to Marie now, "If an outsider is slain on their home world, they die forever, or so the legends say? No afterlife for them? How do you deal with that?"
[00:53] <Alicia> "Your essence gets absorbed by your home," Marie replies philosophically. "It's not glamourous, and I prefer to be active and thinking, but there's a small comfort to know that if worst comes to worst then a little piece of Dweomerheart will be all me."
[00:55] <Kotono_Ibis> "I..." Jessica shakes her head, "I like thinking too much to ever want that to happen. Thinking, living, feeling, doing, touching, tasting, breathing, loving...all of it's too much to give up to join with some plane."
[00:58] <Alicia> "It's not as good as my current existence, no," Marie agrees. "But some people just get tired, and it offers them a release... of course, being immortal, there's nothing to stop you just hibernating for a few centuries if you're really tired. You might find something fun when you poke your head back up again!"
[00:59] <Kotono_Ibis> "What a fascinating conversation," Dweomerkeeper Taldeer's voice carries over, "Marielle, Iw asn't aware courre could hibernate."
[01:03] <Alicia> "I heard another story," Alicia volunteers. "That- ah, Taldeer!" she stops, turning to greet her mentor.
[01:03] <Alicia> "Well, I've never met any who actually did," Marie admits. "But we could! And we wouldn't even need to stock up on nuts, first!"
[01:04] <Kotono_Ibis> "Story, what is-" Jessica stops as well, "Ah, Dweomerkeeper!"
[01:04] <Kotono_Ibis> "You are a creature of many hidden talents." With a thin, small smile, "What can I do for you today, Alicia?"
[01:06] <Alicia> "I'll tell you later," Alicia promises Jessica, rising to her feet. "Two reasons, really," she then answers the cleric, "I was curious how things were progressing on duplicating those potions I gave you, and also I felt you could stand to know what's happening in the world - it's been chaos to the East."
[01:07] <Kotono_Ibis> "I received sendings on the matter, but a more indepth view would be welcomed," Taldeer escorts th ewomen back to her quarters. Once there, seated in comfortable chairs and warmed cider poured, "So go on, Alicia. Tell me of the east first"
[20:07] <Kotono> > "What a fascinating conversation," Dweomerkeeper Taldeer's voice carries over, "Marielle, Iw asn't aware courre could hibernate."
[20:07] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I heard another story," Alicia volunteers. "That- ah, Taldeer!" she stops, turning to greet her mentor.
[20:07] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Well, I've never met any who actually did," Marie admits. "But we could! And we wouldn't even need to stock up on nuts, first!"
[20:07] <Kotono> > "Story, what is-" Jessica stops as well, "Ah, Dweomerkeeper!"
[20:07] <Kotono> > "You are a creature of many hidden talents." With a thin, small smile, "What can I do for you today, Alicia?"
[20:07] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'll tell you later," Alicia promises Jessica, rising to her feet. "Two reasons, really," she then answers the cleric, "I was curious how things were progressing on duplicating those potions I gave you, and also I felt you could stand to know what's happening in the world - it's been chaos to the East."
[20:08] <Kotono> > "I received sendings on the matter, but a more indepth view would be welcomed," Taldeer escorts th ewomen back to her quarters. Once there, seated in comfortable chairs and warmed cider poured, "So go on, Alicia. Tell me of the east first"
03[20:12] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:14] <Alicia> "The twenty five word limit makes meaningful discourse difficult," Alicia agrees as she takes a seat. "It began in Malmuth a few days ago, when the city was attacked by a dozen remorhaz that abruptly teleported within its walls."
[20:14] <Alicia> "I've heard of such beasts, and while fierce they shouldn't pose much threat to a well armed and disciplined group of warriors. These were different, though - any one would rival the fabled sand worms of the desert fiefdoms. With a dozen raging throughout the city, you can well imagine the devastation."
[20:21] <Kotono> "Mystra above," Taldeer gasps, "How badly was Malmuth devastated? That force could lay low an entire army."
[20:26] <Alicia> "The city was ravaged, with thousands killed and many more displaced by the resulting evacuation. All the temples, regardless of which deity they venerated, were completely razed to the ground," Alicia nods grimly. "What's worse is that all those killed in the city, their bodies vanished... only to be seen scant hours later as a horde of undead attacked the Citadel of Light in Pallanth."
[20:28] <Kotono> Taldeer's color turns waxen at that, "No...such a blasphemous act is impossible!"
[20:29] <Alicia> "I wish it was... unfortunately things get worse," Alicia sighs. "Do you need a moment before I continue?"
[20:30] <Kotono> "No. Tell me." Taldeer shakes her head, "Tell me all of this woeful tale onw."
06[20:35] * Alicia nods. "The attack in Pallanth was repulsed more easily than the one in Malmuth, although their temples were similarly ruined, and Lord Celebrimbor Drake was abducted. Again, any who fell in the chaos had their bodies disappear. Balmuria was targetted next, with the dead of Pallanth joining the dead of Malmuth in the assault."
[20:35] <Alicia> "It seems there had been enough time to understand what was happening, however, for servants of all the deities represented in Balmuria's churches were dispatched to aid us in fighting off the assault. Although the fighting was fierce, and many fell, the temples remained intact, and the dead remained where they fell."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Attacks in Valandia and Arad ended similarly, although my knowledge of what happened in those two places is less."
[20:35] <Kotono> "Nothing here...thank Mystra. How is the temple in Balmuria? How is Shankar and the others?"
[20:39] <Alicia> "Most are well, including Shankar," Alicia nods. "The temples saw the greatest fighting but were also the most fiercely defended, and the consecrated ground lent an edge to the defenders." She breathes out, concluding merely the introduction to recent events. "As you can well imagine, we found ourselves reeling from the attacks, at a loss as to who was attacking us or even why."
[20:40] <Kotono> "It was a nightmare." Jessica nods, "I helped defend the temple, and if Alicia had not reutnred when she did, it would have been far worse."
[20:43] <Kotono> "Who then?" Watching then, "Keep going if you know more," Taldeer bids.
06[20:46] * Alicia nods, recalling the vicious duel she had with the shadow that had been attacking her sister. "Shortly afterwards, though, Seira and I were contacted by a Titan who wished to negotiate the return of Lord Drake and a priest of Lathander similarly abducted during the fighting in Valandia, for the artifact weapons of the gnomes - their resorts."
[20:46] <Alicia> "Negotiations unfortunately broke down, and shortly afterwards Lord Drake was delivered to Seira... his body was, at least. Something had sucked his soul out, leaving only an empty husk. Nonetheless we were able to learn a bit from it, which was coupled with a vision I received from Umberlee of all things."
[20:46] <Alicia> "From these we learned that our foes are the Dark Six, a cabal of ancient liches who dwell in Bleak Rendor, on the negative energy plane, and serve a being called a Neverborn - the offspring of Talos and Malcanthet that was cursed to unlife by Ao before it was even born. Umberlee also showed me the location of a hidden fortress on the Prime Material used by them."
[20:48] <Kotono> With wide and wider eyes as she listens, "Mercy...these words...are more fantastical than the boldest bard. You challenged this fortress?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "We did. First we slew the Titan, Melancton - once a champion of Arborea, he had vanished six thousand years ago while fighting to save the eladrin children trapped in Androlynne. We first discounted the connection, assuming he had merely found a new set of masters after losing his way and that was that - but I'll come to that later."
[20:53] <Alicia> "In any case, we were challenged by the lich Glaciante Devarim to meet him at his throne - after a portal had stripped us nude and deposited us in a force-wall bound cell. Fortunately Mystra's gifts allowed me to free us and find our equipment - as well as thousands of corpses in a hall nearly a mile long."
[20:53] <Alicia> "Nonetheless, we defeated the lich and brought peace to the souls trapped in his redoubt. It was one of those spirits who told us that an immensely powerful magical orb we had taken from Glaciante was the key to the captivity of Androlynne's eladrin children, showing that Melancton's one-time quest wasn't mere coincidence."
[20:55] <Kotono> "The story becomes more and more entangled. Androlynne...the Abyss, yes? The pit of vile darkness where demons come from?" Frowning deeply, "Then what?"
[21:00] <Alicia> "It's horribly complicated, yes," Alicia agrees. "So naturally we went to the Abyss to see what we could learn firsthand on Androlynne. We still lack the complete picture, but what we've gathered thus far is that the Dark Six are working together with Pale Night, and a great slaughter of the remaining children is planned in two months,"
[21:00] <Alicia> "that will herald the rise of a new demon lord. We *think* this involves the Neverborn somehow gaining the power that was its birthright, though what Pale Night or the Dark Six gains from it - other than the favour of a nascant Power - we don't know. Nor are we certain how the orbs might be used to free the children."
[21:00] <Alicia> "All we know so far is that one of the Dark Six used the orb to safely traverse Pale Night's private sanctuary on the layer. Perhaps our answer lies there, but we don't know for sure..." she trails off and breathes. "And now you're as up to date on things as I am."
[21:01] <Kotono> "Mercies above." Bowing her head into prayer, "Mystra's work for you is truly unimaginable. Such dreadful events of destiny going on..."
[21:02] <Kotono> "I've only seen a few of them, Dweomerkeeper, and they're sweeping in scope and range. Things of truly incredible magic and sorcery are happening. Even I, just from being close to Alicia and the others, am feeling the impact of them." Jessica smiles a little fondly, "Kelara is lucky that it's not involved."
[21:03] <Alicia> "There's always something," Alicia agrees. "Right now we're scrambling to prepare ourselves as best we can before time runs out, either to penetrate Pale Night's sanctuary or to hold off the attack when it comes. Which brings me back to the potions I entrusted to you a few months ago..."
[21:06] <Kotono> "We have had some successes." Taldeer rises, "Stay here. I'll return momentarily." With that Taldeer walks out.
[21:08] <Alicia> "One of those potions kept me alive when facing Agares... long enough for you to save me, at least," Alicia tells Jessica, a bittersweet smile at the memory. "A few of them could help immensely in the days ahead."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Yeah..." Matching Alicia's smile with her own, "...Alicia. Are you confident you'll win?"
[21:11] <Alicia> "Against the Dark Six?" Alicia qualifies, taking a moment before nodding, "Yes. They're skilled and powerful, but overconfident and fragile. Against the Neverborn?" she hesitates a bit longer, "Maybe. It's unknown, but we have the tools we need. Against Pale Night?" here her expression dips and she shakes her head. "Not a chance."
[21:13] <Kotono> "Then...if you have to face Pale Night in the Abyss, how will yo uwin?" Jessica looks down at her feet, "How?"
[21:20] <Alicia> "By denying her victory," is the best Alicia can offer. "The gulf in power is too great to defeat her in a straight fight. So I'll do everything I can to take away all her pawns - she wants to use the Neverborn for her own ends? We kill it and win by default."
[21:24] <Kotono> To that Jessica can only sigh. "What if you have to face her then? If I were them, I'd make sure that you couldn't get to them without facing Pale Night. As I understand it, you can only reach Bleak Rendor if you free the eladrin children Pale Night has contained?"
[21:26] <Alicia> "That's what we've been led to believe," Alicia nods. "There's nothing I can really tell you, though, sister. I'm a match for balors and pit fiends, but you don't get to be a demon lord by being weak enough to be killed by such. All I can do is try to avoid such a suicidal confrontation."
[21:28] <Kotono> "Here we go," Taldeer returns, carrying a few carved porcelin vials and containers. "It's hard work, but all the tools and money you provided helped, sa well as prayer to Mystra. The process isn't quite perfect yet, but we're working on it."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Regeneration, yes?" Alicia confirms, making sure none of them are species changing or fertility/lust potions.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Of course." Smiling a little, "I doubt lust or a change of body would be too useful here, hm?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "If you could get the lost one to work as a gas you could throw it then run away really fast in the confusion!" Marie suggests brightly, earning a swat on the head from Alicia.
[21:36] <Alicia> "Thank you, Taldeer. I don't have as much money as they're worth at the moment, but we recovered a lot of valuables from Glaciante's fortress that we haven't had time to sort through. I'll give you some gems and gold to cover ten thousand gold's worth for now?"
[21:36] <Kotono> Jessica snickers but holds her tongue.
[21:38] <Kotono> "They're half price, since they're only about half effectiveness. See, we've worked out that one of the components is the flesh and blood of a regenerating creature. I suppose devils use...themselves or others for this, I'd rather not linger on it. We've substitued troll parts for it. The solution is inelegant, but it works."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Well, it's a self replenishing resource..." Alicia is compelled to admit. "Does this mean the regenerative effect can be broken by acid or fire in this case?"
[21:41] <Kotono> "Yes." A nod to this, "We haven't figured out how the devils negated a way to have good or silver negate the regeneration the original gave. The potion works, but it's very much a bastardization."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Just have to avoid any balors while using them, I suppose," Alicia muses, opening up the portable hole and fishing out some appropriate currency for Taldeer, stacking a small treasure trove on her table before she claims the potions. "I'll pay you back the rest once we've sorted out what to do with proceeds from our recent excursions," she promises.
[21:44] <Kotono> Three are passed over in total. "You're doing Mystra's work. I have every confidence you'll reinburse us."
[21:47] <Alicia> "I will," Alicia agrees as she folds up the portable hole once done. "That over with, how have things been around here lately?"
[21:49] <Kotono> "Peaceful. The nobles are making some progress and it's winter. Everyone's waiting for spring, preferably with a warm body next to them." With a slight, patient smile, "Alicia, have you found anyone over in the Baronies? I know Jessica has."
[21:52] <Alicia> Oh, this conversation suddenly took a vexing turn. Still, she can't help but fondly recall a pleasurable evening in Ysgard recently... "Not as such, no," she replies honestly. "I'm not really looking, though."
[21:53] <Kotono> With a small chuckle, "That's fair. I only tease...Mystra knows the mood needs ot be lightened a little after your story. How long are you going to be in Kelara?"
[21:55] <Alicia> "Not too long," Alicia admits. "I'll be going back to the Abyss later today to update the general of the celestial forces - a Lady Honeydip, if you can believe it - on our recent findings. We'll be stopping by to visit our parents before we leave, though."
[21:56] <Kotono> "Then go." Taldeer steps aside, "I won't detain you; come back when it's over and we'll spend an evening in front of the fire talking about all this."
[21:57] <Alicia> "I'll look forward to it," Alicia smiles as she stands up. "Until then, Taldeer," she offers a small wave as they depart.
[21:59] <Kotono> Thus you head outside, into the same misty drizzle and chill wind. Jessica shivers once outsider, "Say, sister." Jessica asks, "Do you mind if I ask you a question about your family?"
[21:59] <Alicia> "They're your family, too," Alicia reminds gently. "But go on."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I mean about your husband and child," Jessica's own tones are gentle and soft. "...do you still miss them?"
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
05[22:01] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[22:01] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
03[22:01] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[22:03] <Alicia> "I do," Alicia confirms without hesitation. "It's not as hard as it once was, but... I do."
[22:04] <Kotono> "Mmm." Jessica walks down the cobblestone roads, past a few people out. The streets aren't too busy, most people seeming to eschwe the miserabl eweather.
[22:04] <Kotono> "Just thinking about it, that's all. The Dark Six seem hellbent on hurting people...on hurting us."
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 spot/listen the same for Marie
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 spot/listen the same for Marie and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Jessica
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Jessica and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[22:06] <Kotono> "I..." Jessica stops abruptly, leaping back, "DUCK!"
[22:06] <Alicia> "You're worried a-" Alicia abruptly shuts up and ducks as told, while Marie flies down to ground level in a hurry as well!
[22:07] <Kotono> Woosh! A swift buffet of air passes by Alicia's head, a few strands of air cut away from Alicia's head, falling down in a rain of black! Alicia feels an unearthly, disquieting aura around her! OOC: Init.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ????
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ???? and gets 34." [1d20=20]
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Jessica>Marie>Alicia'
[22:09] <Kotono> Alicia feels a breeze whirl by her side, then...
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 flatfooted AC?
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 flatfooted AC? and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[22:10] <Alicia> OOC: 25 (+2 vs evil)
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d6+17+6d6 DR applies
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d6+17+6d6 DR applies
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+17+6d6 DR applies and gets 43." [1d6=4][6d6=4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 3]
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+17+6d6 DR applies and gets 43." [1d6=4][6d6=6, 2, 5, 5, 3, 1]
[22:10] <Kotono> OOC: Two fort saves.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 +2vs evil
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 +2vs evil and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 +2vs evil
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 +2vs evil and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[22:15] <Kotono> Alicia's back is mauled! Her side is torn open twice! As it happens, the blood leaking out turns to white alabaster! AS her face twists in pain, her body flashes! Alabaster climbs her body, her flesh turning to porcelin! She is frozen in place, weapons and armor intact on her transformed body, frozen in place! In the air, the outline of an axe can be seen! It flies in the air, swirling upwards before it lands twenty feet away, standing in plac
[22:15] <Kotono> It flies in the air, swirling upwards before it lands twenty feet away, standing in place in the drizzle! By it, rain ever so slightly rolls down a body, unseen! OOC: Jessica's up.
[22:19] <Kotono> Jessica darts in front of Alicia, drawing her rapier. "Alicia?!?" She calls to her porcelin sister, "Alicia! Stay away from her!" Jessica snaps! OOC: Jessica's trying to shield Alicia for the moment. Go ahead and go, Marie.
[22:21] <Alicia> Marie gapes at the sudden attack. Alicia seems insensate but she hasn't felt a sudden weakening so she must not be dead... though that'll change if they don't do something soon. Since Alicia can't defend herself at all, though, Marie hovers protectively over Jessica and tries to telekinetically grab the axe!
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 disarm if an invis dude is wielding it, grapple if it's an animated axe I guess
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 disarm if an invis dude is wielding it, grapple if it's an animated axe I guess and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[22:25] <Kotono> The axe almost breaks free, but whatever has it has a deathgrip on it, not quite able to lose it! Then, the axe whirls in the air again, landing close before the bloody outline hacks at Marie!
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25snerk
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25snerk and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=12]
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:25] <Alicia> OOC: 29, +2 vs evil
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d6+17+6d6 isn't Marie immune to petrification as a good outsider?
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+17+6d6 isn't Marie immune to petrification as a good outsider? and gets 41." [1d6=5][6d6=5, 5, 1, 3, 3, 2]
[22:26] <Alicia> OOC: she is
[22:28] <Kotono> The axe misses the flying eladrin by an inch, then Marie gets her leg grazed, blood coming out quickly! Then the axe flies ten feet back, hovering in the air! As the few people about gasp at stare, "Marie...run!" Then in a low voice, "I have an idea! My bracelet..." she hisses to her, then louder, G"et out of here!"
[22:28] <Kotono> Jessica promptly turns tail and retreats into an alleyway at full speed! OOC: Marie.
[22:32] <Alicia> Marie has an idea of what Jessica's up to, but she doubts it'll work. This thing tracked them here somehow, and given the protection Alicia is supposedly afforded by the ring of eternal celerity, it wasn't Alicia it followed. Maybe she can offer some sort of distraction to buy time, however.
[22:32] <Alicia> "Come get me!" she taunts, flying over the oddly visible axe and conjuring up a wall of force between it and Alicia so it can't just run over and shatter her into so many shards of junk.
[22:33] <Kotono> There ia moment, then a white porcelin bottle shatters on the ground. The axe ascents a few feet into the air! OOC: Marie, you're up. Jessica's busy running like hell.
[22:35] <Alicia> Marie would like to see what she's dealing with and hopefully weaken it with a few enervations before she tries the telekinesis trick again - assuming it's not undead - and so she paints the area around the axe with faerie fire!
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 inevitable sr
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 inevitable sr and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: No SR, actually.
[22:36] <Kotono> The image is of -roughly- what looks to be a female woman. She wears a tight fitting dress and has long hair. An oddly shaped axe is on one hand. OOC: Anything else or are you done for the round?
[22:36] <Alicia> OOC: that's it
[22:42] <Kotono> The figure rises in the air, flying up as it's axe manages to swipe at Marie!
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d6+17+6d6
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+17+6d6 and gets 39." [1d6=2][6d6=2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 5]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d6+17+6d6
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+17+6d6 and gets 48." [1d6=5][6d6=6, 6, 5, 1, 6, 2]
[22:47] <Kotono> The axe blows cut into Marie deeply, greviously wounding the poor, brave courre! A momment later, Alicia vanishes! OOC: Go Marie.
[22:48] <Alicia> She's probably doomed, but there's a chance incorporeality might protect her where nimbleness failed, so Marie transforms into a glowing ball of light, her clothes, bow, and arrows all dropping to the ground beneath her before she flies sixty feet straight up, her maneuvrability another potential saviour.
[22:49] <Kotono> The figure advances up 30 feet, but not in range of Marie's lightbulb body! OOC: Go Marie.
[22:50] <Alicia> Marie punishes it with some negative energy before flying another sixty feet up!
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:51] <Kotono> The beam strikes the outlined woman! She makes nary a sound, but what little you can see vanishes away, blurring into two and then gone. OOC: Free act.
[22:51] <Alicia> Crap, she hopes the bitch hasn't already went after Jessica. Forgetting all about her easily replacable gear, Marie flies off in the direction Jessica fled, looking down the alleys to try and spot her irreplacable mistress.
[22:52] <Kotono> The allies are empty. Marie flies about a few of them, until she a door left ajar, a bit of light spilling out.
[22:54] <Alicia> Jessica's a smart roguely type. She surely wouldn't be stupid enough to leave a door open behind her while fleeing? On the other hand she's not seeing much of anything else helpful, so she flies down to have a look.
[22:55] <Kotono> The door inside leads to a kitchen. A few women are cooking here, a few kegs of ale stacked up. It's warm and pleasant enough, but no sign of Jessica offhand.
[22:57] <Alicia> Leaving that, Marie continues searching. Jessica both carries a few distinctive magical items, so hopefully she'll spot their auras even if she can't see the woman herself.
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: Any particular place/pattern or just searching randomly?
[22:58] <Alicia> OOC: pretty randomly
[22:59] <Kotono> Marie flies about here and there. There is no success, until a voice sounds in her head. "Marielle." A man's voice, unknown to her, calls, "Return to the Temple of Mystra at the Dweomerkeeper's request."
[23:01] <Alicia> Maybe Jessica went there? She knows Alicia isn't dead at least, so flies off in that direction, stopping by where the fight was on the off chance her belongings haven't yet been stolen.
[23:01] <Kotono> A few guards are kneeling down, examining the gear. A few civilians watch, while another babble sto another guard, "A fairy and a statue and I just don't understand!"
[23:02] <Alicia> Marie floats down to the group. "Um, hi. Those are mine," she announces, bobbing around above her things.
[23:03] <Kotono> The ball of light gets stares, "What in the name of Kelara?!" One gapes, while another says, "The light! It's aw ill o' the wisp!" He cries!
[23:04] <Alicia> "No, I'm a courre eladrin!" Marie retorts. "Anyway, could you turn your backs real quick? I need to get my clothes back on."
[23:05] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, since this entire thing is so out there for them.
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[23:07] <Kotono> After a pause, the guards turn and shrug, "O-okay," one stammers, turning around, the other following suit.
[23:08] <Alicia> "Thanks," Marie lands and turns corporeal, quickly throwing her now slimy and muddy silk dress on and shuddering, before clasping her bracelet to her wrist and grabbing her bow and quiver, taking flight as she refixes them and makes haste to the temple.
[23:09] <Kotono> Marie races to the temple! She finds Taldeer, Jessica and Alicia in Taldeer's quarters, priests standing outside. Alicia is still porcelin, Taldeer examining her all over. Rapping a finger against Alicia's cheek, "...not fatal. However, it's likely permanent until a counterspell is cast. This isn't impossible, I'm having acolytes search our vaults for such a spell. It's quite advanced, but we may have a copy."
[23:10] <Kotono> Jessica sits down, sneezing and looking up with a sniffle. "It's so creepy. I was just talking to her about...and then...If I hadn't been quick...would it have mattered? The first strike missed, buut it attacked like lightning!"
[23:12] <Alicia> The blood mingling with mud and rainwater on Marie's clothing agrees with Jessica's assessment, Marie in quite a bit more pain and discomfort now that she's corporeal. "Alicia put a spell on me just this morning to see invisible things, because she was afraid of something like this," the eladrin adds morosely. "It didn't do any good at all, though!"
[23:13] <Kotono> "Come here," Turning to Marie as she speaks, "You look like death! I'll have your wounds healed immediately, Marielle."
[23:13] <Kotono> Jessica turns, "You made it! I was worried...All I could think of is using the bracelet Alicia gave me and retreating to safety."
[23:14] <Alicia> "Thanks..." Marie flutters limpidly over to Taldeer. "Even with the spells Alicia gave me to cast, I couldn't do anything useful... the only one here with the magic to undo this is the one who needs it," she looks at Alicia's porcelain form before shuddering and looking away, immensely creeped out by the sight.
[23:15] <Kotono> Marie's wounds are healed!
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 4d8+12
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 4d8+12
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 4d8+12
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 24." [4d8=1, 1, 5, 5]
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 26." [4d8=4, 1, 4, 5]
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 33." [4d8=7, 3, 3, 8]
[23:15] <Kotono> Once Taldeer finishes with her spells, "If not I'll arrainge transportation back to Balmuria for the three of you. Alternately, perhaps another plane?"
[23:17] <Alicia> "I could find someone in Dweomerheart to fix this easily enough... she's not dead, at least," Marie nods. "I think she still has her plane-shift ring, actually, and it's before midday..." Flying over, Marie roots around in Alicia's belt pouches before retrieving the odd ring of various strange metals and materials twined about each other.
[21:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Thanks..." Marie flutters limpidly over to Taldeer. "Even with the spells Alicia gave me to cast, I couldn't do anything useful... the only one here with the magic to undo this is the one who needs it," she looks at Alicia's porcelain form before shuddering and looking away, immensely creeped out by the sight.
[21:16] <Kotono> > Marie's wounds are healed!
[21:16] <Kotono> > roll 4d8+12
[21:16] <Kotono> > roll 4d8+12
[21:16] <Kotono> > roll 4d8+12
[21:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 24." [4d8=1, 1, 5, 5]
[21:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 26." [4d8=4, 1, 4, 5]
[21:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 and gets 33." [4d8=7, 3, 3, 8]
[21:16] <Kotono> > Once Taldeer finishes with her spells, "If not I'll arrainge transportation back to Balmuria for the three of you. Alternately, perhaps another plane?"
[21:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I could find someone in Dweomerheart to fix this easily enough... she's not dead, at least," Marie nods. "I think she still has her plane-shift ring, actually, and it's before midday..." Flying over, Marie roots around in Alicia's belt pouches before retrieving the odd ring of various strange metals and materials twined about each other.
[21:17] <Kotono> "We'll be safer there too. We don't know if the assassin is going to attack again," Jessica sits up, "Let's go then and get Alicia fixed, Marie?"
[21:19] <Alicia> "Depends where we end up," Marie replies cautiously. "Only Latha and Antenora knew where we were going, and even if they got captured they wouldn't break so quickly. I think one of us is being scried on..." she trails off as she realises something fundamentally obvious and proceeds to look around for any nearby magic. The scrying sensor would be plainly visible if present.
[21:20] <Kotono> Marie doesn't detect any unusual magic around. "Scrying? If Alicia's warded, then it was me or you?" Jessica frowns now, "...was Alicia even the main target?"
[21:23] <Alicia> "Her warding doesn't work so well against the sort of things we face nowadays. Anyway, I can't sense anything, but honestly I don't even trust that after what just happened..."
[21:23] <Alicia> "I'll just have to hope we don't arrive in the middle of nowhere," Marie explains, slipping the ring on which works more as an armband on her, before she gingerly curls her hand around Alicia's frozen one, shuddering at the cold lifelessness she feels. "Take her other hand?" she asks Jessica, holding out her free one to complete the circle.
[21:29] <Kotono> Jessica does so, looking at Alicia. In a small voice, "It's okay, sis. You looked after me, I'll look after you now."
[21:32] <Alicia> "We'll let you know once everything's okay, Taldeer," Marie reassures the priestess, before she takes them to Dweomerheart. Knowing the inherent inability to land precisely with this thing, she simply aims dead centre on Mystra's realm and hopes things sort themselves out from there.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 295." [5d100=55, 86, 68, 41, 45]
[21:38] <Kotono> The three of you appear in a bright room. You stand within a glowing magic circle, symbols whirling and spinning about. Ahead of you is a vast statue, hundreds of feet tall. It is of Mystra, filled throughout with bookshelves. Above light comes, glorious warm light that you can't see the end of. Approaching the circle is an old, weathered man. He has a long gray beard and wears soft, tassled robes of royal blue. Distinctive on his otherwise hu
[21:38] <Kotono> tassled robes of royal blue. Distinctive on his otherwise human body are a pair of angelic wings. He walks with a gold tipped staff, "Marielle?" He asks, the voice of a quiet student.
[21:38] <Alicia> Marie tries to place the angel. She knows lots of people back here, after all, and he clearly knows her.
[21:40] <Kotono> He's vaguely familiar - he's likely an honored petitioner of some sort, given his body and allowed to keep his mortal memories. Marie can't pin down a name offhand.
[21:42] <Alicia> Darn, she'll have to be rude. "Oh, hi!" the bedraggled and bloody eladrin graces him with a smile. "Uh, sorry if you have me at a disadvantage, but you wouldn't happen to know where to find some stone salve around here? Or someone who can cast stone to flesh?" Alicia's sorry state should speak for itself.
[21:43] <Kotono> "I can cast those spells. Come to me first," He extends a finger out, "I'm Naeys, favored of Mystra. I'll explain more once I take care of you and Alicia."
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 planes, ring any bells?
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 planes, ring any bells? and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[21:46] <Alicia> "I've already been mostly healed, it looks a lot worse than it is," Marie smiles as she flies into reach. "I guess Mystra must have made sure we ended up here, if you can help. Alicia would be able to break that sort of spell herself, but... she'd need to talk and move her arms, which as you can see she can't!"
[21:46] <Kotono> Healing energies run through Marielle as her wounds mend!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 10d4+10
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d4+10 and gets 32." [10d4=3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 2]
[21:47] <Kotono> "Yes, that's essentially correct." Once Marie's wounds are salved further, he approaches over to Alicia. "My apologies, full introductions can wait until your sister is restored."
[21:48] <Kotono> Jessica steps away with a smile, "Please. I want Alicia back.
[21:48] <Kotono> "
[21:48] <Alicia> "She's gonna be so annoyed at getting caught out so easily," Marie remarks as she flies over to Jessica, bracing herself for the impending emotional assault once Alicia's faculties return.
[21:50] <Kotono> Murmuring a few words and running hs hands over Alicia's porcelin shoulders nad arms, "Magic, relent! IN the name of She who watches the Weave, repeal your changes of stone!"With that, Alicia's stone fades back to flesh tones! Her eyes open, awareness returning! OOC: Alicia, the last thing you remember is the pain of the wound and a momentary stiffening, then you're here.
[21:52] <Alicia> Instinctively Alicia's hands move to her sword's hilt, intending to draw it and bisect the miscreant who attacked her! Luckily she doesn't get as far as unsheathing the blade before reality registers. She quickly notices Jessica and Marie are present, but there's also a stranger and she has no idea... wait, the soothing aura of Dweomerheart is felt readily enough. "What happened?"
[21:53] <Kotono> "Alicia!" Jessica sighs in deep relief, "There was an assassin. When it wounded you, you were transformed into...I'm not sure what it was. Like a fancy doll. We had to take you here to have the magic undone.
[21:53] <Kotono> "
[21:54] <Kotono> Naeys steps back, "The magic that transformed you was not unlike petrification magic. The same words of power undid it. I am Naeys, favored of Mystra. You are in Dweomerheart."
[21:54] <Alicia> "It must have been someone working for Alabaster," Marie suggests, the doll-thing too much to be a coincidence. "They vanished after I hit them with an enervation, then we came here since there wasn't anyone in Kelara who could fix you."
[21:56] <Alicia> "Then I'm in your debit, Naeys," Alicia bows her head to him, shock registering at just how effortlessly she had been defeated. Perhaps she shouldn't have talked up her chances quite so solidly to Jessica when they were chatting earlier...
03[21:57] * Cidward is now known as Sierra_DEAD
[21:57] <Kotono> "I did not think we would meet quite so soon, but such are the vagaries of chance." He bows his head slightly, "Mystra has instructed me to prepare to meet you and guide you for your coming transitions, and to act as liason to Her. Restoring you was Her will."
[21:58] <Alicia> "I can't really do much as a statue," Alicia agrees in an unsettled tone with her benefactor. "What would you have of me, then?"
[22:00] <Kotono> "We shall break bread together before you return to the realities of the living. Come with me." Naeys leads the three women along. Away from this statue you go, into grand halls. Chandeliers hang here, made of pure light and mystic energy, fires of silver burning in endless candles. Through these halls you come to a feast table, a great spread laid out. Outside, one can see the radiant glow of Dweomerheart, the vast city of magic stretching ou
[22:00] <Kotono> the radiant glow of Dweomerheart, the vast city of magic stretching out below.
06[22:01] * Alicia heals her now bleeding wound as they go and casts prestidigitation so she can clean and dry poor Marie, somewhat focused on necessities before she can take in the splendour of the afterlife.
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 59." [18d4=1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2]
[22:06] <Kotono> Alicia's wounds heal and Marie's sorry state is mended. Naeys nods to this and goes to sit near the window, taking in the view for a moment before his attention returns to Alicia. "I've heard the stories about you. - you faced down a horror from beyond the Veil of Madness? But please, sit and rest."
[22:09] <Alicia> "I wasn't out long, was I?" Alicia asks Marie as she takes a seat.
[22:09] <Alicia> "It's been less than half an hour," Marie assures her as she lands on the table.
[22:09] <Alicia> Accepting that, Alicia goes back to Naes, "You'd think such a thing would be the worst anyone could face in a lifetime, wouldn't you?" she asks in a melancholy tone.
[22:11] <Kotono> With his own solemn pause and nod, "Yes. Those that come from beyond reality are mind and world rending, but the horrors that are of reality can be even worse. The spirit isn't meant to endure the torture that facing those abominations is, and yet subsist on the bread and water that the Prime Material is to the soul."
[22:11] <Kotono> Jessica sits, taking a few cuts of meat and some strange purple fruits, sniffing them before taking a bite. Her eyes widen before she takes another, happily eating away.
06[22:14] * Alicia follows Jessica's example and helps herself to some of the food, Marie likewise grabbing a few small nibbles. "It's where all the action is, for better or worse," Alicia muses.
[22:17] <Kotono> The food is very good - better than anything Alicia's had recently. The tastes are strong and full, each bite fresh. "It is your fate for the time. Just don't neglect what fills your soul with light." Naeys abstains from the food. "Marielle and Antenora have served you well?"
[22:19] <Alicia> "They're both very helpful, and good friends," Alicia emphasises. She knows she is in effect their superior but she's not inclined to lord it over them.
[22:21] <Kotono> "Mystra understands your path is a hard one. I walked it long ago." With a moment to look out over Dweomerheart, "It is not a path you should walk alone. Should it become too difficult for you to walk alone, do not hesitate to ask for help."
06[22:24] * Alicia interprets that as a hint and is happy to follow up on it. "Given my dismal performance today, I'd be lying if I said I was doing fine on my own," she admits. "So, what help can I find here?"
[22:25] <Kotono> "The assassin overtook us before we could do anything. Despite all our awareness and defenses, it nearly killed us." With a very long shake of her head, Jessica sighs. "I couldn't have hoped to stop it."
[22:27] <Alicia> "Pretty sad, too, since she was invisible. How many precautions against that do we have now? Four? For all the good they did us," Marie shakes her head.
[22:27] <Alicia> "Some of them aren't practical to maintain all the time, although I'd thought the spell I cast on you this morning would solve that..." Alicia looks at Marie, trying not to show her disappointment.
[22:29] <Kotono> "For the moment, simply eat and put your worries aside. Rest your spirits and restore yourselves in Dweomerheart's happiness. As for you Jessica?" Naeys turns to her, "You could help your sister more, if you are willing to take on the burden of doing so."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Nondetection, I've studied enough magic ot know that was almost certainly involved. That or Mind Blank...but if Mind Blank was...there was no helping it at all. Hm?" Stopping her quiet thoughts to Naeys,
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
06[22:30] * Alicia looks conflicted. Jessica's been happy living peacefully and only doing a modicum of training with her and Antenora... but anything that would let Jessica help her would naturally also let her defend herself if the need arose. But then she'd be more likely to seek out trouble...
[22:30] <Kotono> "Nondetection, I've studied enough magic ot know that was almost certainly involved. That or Mind Blank...but if Mind Blank was...there was no helping it at all. Hm?" Stopping her quiet thoughts to Naeys, "Of course I want to help Alicia!" Picking up her voice, "I can't imagine to think of what I'd be if she hadn't nearly died to save me."
[22:31] <Alicia> "You saved me, we can call it even," Alicia assures her sister with a wry smile.
[22:31] <Kotono> "You want to. But if you do," Going to shake his head back and forth, "Alicia lost her love and her child. It is a life lived for others, subsuming the pains in her heart so that others can live what she is denied."
[22:32] <Kotono> Jessica's eyes widen, "Roald?" She says in a tiny, tiny whisper. "Are you saying...?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "That doesn't have to happen," Alicia says firmly, suddenly disliking where this is going. "In fact, it's a terrible example. Hans and Felix died because I stopped helping others, because I stopped practicing my skills."
[22:35] <Kotono> "No. As far as I know, his destiny is to live long and prosper in his mortal life. But, the sacrifices you would make would distance you from him as you life your live for others." With a pause to nod to Alicia, "Do not think of it that way. There is no shame in living for others, to becoming a wife and a mother. Are not some of your happiest memories of those bygone days? They died because of the greed in the hearts of desperate, dark men."
[22:35] <Kotono> They died because of the greed in the hearts of desperate, dark men."
[22:37] <Alicia> "Well... you know how often I'm away from home," Alicia concedes, nodding to Jessica.
[22:40] <Kotono> "I can cause what has begun in you to reach it's apothesis and apex." Naeys looks Jessica in the eyes, "Your life as Jessica Reynes, human being, would conclude. You would find glories greater than any mortal kind can offer, and take up the burdens we carry out of the noble emotions within our souls. But for Jessica Reynes, spirit of light, hearth and home may be an impossible dream for quite some time."
[22:43] <Kotono> "I...don't know." Jessica starts to speak before blurting that out, "You mean...I...Mystra..." Softing uttering those words, "I have no idea how to respond to that."
[22:43] <Alicia> "This isn't something that should be decided quickly," Alicia interjects. Or at all, she thinks. "Think very carefully about what you want, Jessica."
[22:44] <Kotono> "I...I love Roald...but I love Alicia, too." Shaking her head back and forth, "I'd become a celestial like Alicia and the others?"
[22:46] <Alicia> Doesn't Naeys understand how cruel this is, Alicia wonders in horror. "You don't have to do anything, Jessica. Don't think of this as a choice between Roald and me, it's not. It's a fundamental change to *you*. Think about what you want, that's all that matters."
[22:47] <Kotono> "Yes. You would begin a third life - Beth Reynes, human and Jessica Reynes, human would be both at rest. You would take holy orders to serve Mystra's will and aid Alicia. But be warned - the path of the light is a terribly hard path. Evil is an easy path, luring you into it's embrace with promises and pleasure. Our path is one of stones, blood and tears. We live in glory and face the worst of existance, so that all that are innocent and unblem
[22:47] <Kotono> worst of existance, so that all that are innocent and unblemished can live in peace."
[22:48] <Kotono> "I don't know WHAT I want," Jessica shakes her head back and forth again. "I'd do anything for Alicia...but to give up Roald and the life we have ahead? Why such a difficult choice? Why? Why would you seperate me from what I love?"
[22:50] <Alicia> "It's a cruel choice to force on someone," Alicia agrees, regarding Naeys sternly. She may be indebted to him, but this is too much.
[22:52] <Kotono> "It's horrible!" Jessica now look sup, anger in her eyes. "Alicia has Antenora and Latha ilving with her, happy as can be! They have Hugo and Marie with her! We're a family...but for me, you'd cut what I care about the most away? Have I sinned against Mystra? Am I unworthy of happiness with Her?!"
[22:54] <Alicia> Marie remains silent but she privately hopes this is one of those obscure moral tests that the high ups like to indulge in from time to time, rather than a venerated servant of Mystra really being so clueless.
[22:57] <Kotono> Naeys begins to smile, "No, you have done nothing to displease Her. Mystra preaches that the Her power is best used with wisdom, not with greed and recklessness. I cry your pardons," He bows his head deeply to them, "One who would toss away love and loved ones for the promise of power is not worthy to serve her."
[23:00] <Alicia> Marie nods in vindication, but Alicia is still rather nonplussed - for all that she's tested Antenora similarly in the past. "It's not my place to forgive," she inclines her head to her sister. "But I do not feel causing such upset was necessary."
[23:09] <Kotono> "You are an asshole." Jessica crosses her arms, sourly glaring. "Do you think I wouldn't read Mystra's scripture? I've spent days just reading and talking with the head priest of the Balmurian temple! Not to mention I've see our house grow livier and livier, fuller with more souls." Jessica bites down on her lip fierce, a few drops of blood running down to her chin. "You're forgiven. I understand the point of what you were getting at. What's t
[23:09] <Kotono> "You're forgiven. I understand the point of what you were getting at. What's the bit of scripture, 'True wisdom is knowing when not to use magic?'"
[23:10] <Alicia> "Alicia's terrible at that part, anyway," Marie interjects, hoping to lighten the mood.
06[23:10] * Alicia just shrugs, not even going to try and deny that one.
[23:12] <Kotono> Chuckling to this, "I apologize again." With another deep bow, "My offer is not a false one. I could make you into a celestial. My words also have a grain of truth in them; for these duties would often take you from your love and family. Do not choose between Alicia and Roald, but choose what you wish to be. Do you wish to be a housewife and mother first, or a protector first?"
[23:14] <Kotono> Jessica bites down again, wincing. She goes to her lip, rubbing away the little bit of blood there. "I really don't know. I've been wrestling with this recent change. Can I talk to my siste rand Marie privately?"
[23:15] <Kotono> Naeys stands up, "Have as much time as you need. I will be just outside." With that he leaves the room, the three women having themselves and no others to talk to.
06[23:16] * Alicia reaches over to brush a finger across Jessica's lip and heal the self-inflicted cut, waiting for her to gather her thoughts.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: 1hp lay on hands
[23:17] <Kotono> Exhaling hard enough to make a small gust of wind over Alicia's finger, "Hells." She buries her hands in her face, rubbing them back and forth. "You know, I read stories where an angel or a spirit gave the hero a test of virtue. I always thought it looked so easy!"
[23:20] <Alicia> "I did things like that to Antenora from time to time... Jezebel, too, although she failed the first one," Alicia admits. "Hard to feel sympathy for a devil, though."
[23:20] <Alicia> "It is if you think it through as an observer. It's harder to do that when you're put on the spot yourself, though," Marie chimes in.
[23:23] <Kotono> With another, far softer exhale, "Another lesson learned. Alicia...what's it like to be what you are now?" Turning ot her, eyes wide and curious, "Tell me."
06[23:32] * Alicia belatedly dispels her alter self spell to let her wings loose, adjusting her seating to give them room. "Compared to how I was right before the change?" Alicia asks, thinking back to her initial impressions. "I don't feel different in the same sense Antenora did after her baatezu nature was shorn away - my sense of morals and ethics seems the same as always, near as I can tell."
[23:32] <Alicia> "The wings are frequently annoying, although I've learned to work around them where I can, and flying is very much worth it. Antenora says I'm smarter than I was, although I haven't noticed a great difference... clearly the change was a subtle one. I still need to sleep and eat, although from what Naeys said that might not be the case for you."
[23:32] <Alicia> "I can see in the dark, but you already know all about that... I've got a few magical abilities that come to me more easily than my spells do, but they're less powerful, so it evens out, and I picked up similar abilities long before I got the wings. Likewise my toughened skin."
[23:32] <Alicia> "I suppose for me it's been more of a gradual accumulation of things, even if the wings were the most visibly dramatic. It creeps up too slowly to ever really be a shock to the system. I mean, I've had magic in my veins since I was little more than a girl.
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[23:36] <Kotono> "It's always been natural to you." Jessica looks at her own hands, "I've learned some of Mystra's Arts, but each step is a rigorous test of the mind." She is quiet after that, staring down at her hands. They open and close, clenching. "You're still Alicia. That's what I thought. I wondered...was Beth scared? Did she realize she was going to forgot who she was as the Styx closed in around her? I want to be ME, not another person. I don't want B
[23:36] <Kotono> around her? I want to be ME, not another person. I don't want Beth's memories or to lose what I am now." (More)
[23:38] <Kotono> "But I don't know. I won't lose myself, but...I don't know. Before I choose, I need to know what the two people dearest to me think. Alicia...should I?" Going to reach her hands, "Tell me what you feel. I beg of you, hold nothing back."
[23:38] <Kotono> After a moment more, "And if you tell me that it's my choice, I'll drag us both into the Styx and pray to Mystra we aren't reborn nearly as stubborn as we were.'
[23:42] <Alicia> "Deprive me of my easy out, why don't you," Alicia grumbles, looking away briefly. "I don't think you should do it," she concludes fairly readily, nonetheless. "If you really want to fight as I do, you can learn like I did as well. Train more often with me and Antenora, even Latha and Marie."
[23:42] <Alicia> "That way you can come into power at a steady pace, building on what you know and able to stop at any time instead of having it all dumped on you and finding it more than you're prepared to handle. And if you don't want to fight? That's perfectly fine too - you haven't had to up till now, and it hasn't come between us"
[23:44] <Kotono> Jessica smiles to that, "No easy outs here." After the rest of it, "There is one more thing. Alicia, honestly, everything else aside - do you want my help?"
[23:49] <Alicia> "You already help - it was as much you as Marie that saved me today," Alicia points out, before sighing and shaking her head. "But that's dodging the question, isn't it? Honestly, Jessica, I'm not even sure."
[23:49] <Alicia> "We can work well together, I know it - when we raided the Halls of the Vanquished together it was tense and lots of things went wrong, but we adapted and would have come out flawlessly if not for a damned Duke of Hell stopping by."
[23:49] <Alicia> "On the other hand, it makes me really happy to see you living a peaceful and normal life, and being perfectly happy with it. I don't think they have to be mutually exclusive, but it would be an additional strain that could close some doors even as others open."
[23:51] <Kotono> "I think you slew the dragon there. A big door is opening on the side of my path. The path I'm on now will fade farther away if I choose to go through it, taking me off the course my life has chosen." Jessica looks skyward, "I wonder what Mystra thinks...but She's not in the habit of telling us the answer to our problems. But still...before I make any choice, I need to talk to Roald. I'm going to ask Naeys if we go, and if you'res till needed,
[23:51] <Kotono> I need to talk to Roald. I'm going to ask Naeys if we go, and if you'res till needed, to be transported back to Balmuria ahead of you."
[23:52] <Kotono> *if we can go
[23:53] <Alicia> "If you decide to accept then doing so without consulting him could cause a rift," Alicia agrees. "I know you two have made lots of plans together, and those shouldn't be discarded lightly."
[23:54] <Kotono> "Yeah." Jessica says, "I'll be back if you're free to go too." With that Jessica gets up and goes, heading out of the the room with the forgotten feast.
[23:54] <Kotono> "Wait." Jessica stops and turns back around. "Marie?"
[23:55] <Alicia> "Yes?" the eladrin looks over with a smile.
[23:56] <Kotono> "What do you think, too?" With a critical look at Marie, "You've been quiet throughout this entire discussion."
Session Time: Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 2009
[00:02] <Alicia> "You never asked," Marie points out. "Anyway, I'm pretty suspicious of the whole thing. It sounds like he's planning to make you into some sort of high tier celestial, and that just isn't done. I've been a courre for twenty years and I've paid my dues, but I'll still be one for a lot longer. Latha's been an astral deva for three thousand years and she's only just creeping up on promotion."
[00:02] <Alicia> "Everything has a price, Jessica. I don't mean that in a sinister 'bad things happen to balance out good' way, but in a 'hard work gets you places' way. You'd be skipping out on all the intermediate stages, though. It's just weird and not done. It could be things are more desperate than we realise, though..."
[00:04] <Kotono> Jessica grimaces, "That's a disquieting thought. Thanks, Marie." With a nod, Jessica leaves out of the room. She's gone a few minutes, before Naeys returns. He goes back and sits, "Jessica asked to return to Balmuria to talk to her fiancee."
06[00:04] * Alicia nods. "So you need us to stay," she fills in the obvious blank.
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[00:07] <Kotono> "I wanted to talk." With a slight nod, "Jessica asked me this, but..." Naeys simply nods his head. "The situation is not good, no. I'm aware of what you've learned of the Dark Six and I know of one of them. This is not idle threats, I believe every word that they intend to triumph completely and beyond our most terrible nightmares.
[00:07] <Kotono> "
[00:11] <Alicia> "Glaciante was a blunt instrument, vicious and immensely destructive, but entirely lacking in subtlety. Alabaster seems more cunning, and more successful given what happened to me earlier. And there's still four more unaccounted for?" Alicia nods heavily.
[00:11] <Alicia> "If they had been barred from our world by the seals until those with sufficient power to match them could arise naturally... but such wishes are futile fancy."
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[00:14] <Kotono> "They have circumvented the seals on your world. How I can only speculate, but it changes not the fact that what is happening has happened. Glaciante seems to be nothing more than an attack dog for them. A relatively minor threat. But the one I know?" (More)
[00:15] <Kotono> A nod, "I know of Adammal. His name now seems to be Sylian; I knew of him over five thousand years ago when he had just taken the name Adammal, leaving the name of Perith behind. Even then he was old beyond my reckoning and an archmage."
[00:16] <Alicia> "That would have been after Melancton vanished," Alicia comments. "I wonder if he was loaned to them by Pale Night? Anyway, go on?" she dismisses her meanderings.
[00:18] <Kotono> "We did battle over the heart of a mortal wizard, half slaad. Adammal desired the chaos within the wizard's heart for his own, but Mystra had designs on him as well. I was empowered as her proxy to deal with the matter. In the battle that followed neither of us could gain an advantage."
[00:19] <Alicia> Obsessed with chaos even then... "What happened?"
[00:20] <Kotono> "The half slaad joined the battle. He always loved a good spellfight," With a quirky smile, "He tried to take us out at once and got right in the middle. Powerful wizard or not, the consequences of his action was a foregone conclusion."
[00:21] <Alicia> "Killed in the crossfire?" Alicia assumes.
[00:24] <Kotono> "Yes. With our battle meaningless, we both withdrew. But the lesson is a grim one. As an archmage with Mystra's power within me, I could only match Adammal." Naeys now frowns deeper, "With Pale Night's aid, I shiver to consider the might he has at his command. The situation...Mystra has decreed that you are her sword in this matter, but the situation is not an easy one."
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[00:26] <Alicia> "No, it's really not," Alicia is forced to agree. "The Neverborn is potentially even more powerful, although likely more limited in capabilities. As for Pale Night should she take a personal hand... really, I'd consider myself lucky to just die and have my soul end up here."
[00:28] <Kotono> "Jessica's offer isn't one we'd make under normal conditions. But the truth is you need the help...but it's not a choice to force on Jessica. If she is worthy, we'll offer the chance to her."
[00:28] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[00:30] <Kotono> "Jessica's offer isn't one we'd make under normal conditions. But the truth is you need the help...but it's not a choice to force on Jessica. If she is worthy, we'll offer the chance to her." Taking this moment to look out to Dweomerheart, "If the Neverborn is born...none of us know exactly what will happen. Ao's judgment has never been trumped before. Let alone whatever the Arbiter is and his role in your world."
[00:33] <Alicia> "Clearly they don't care," Alicia folds her arms angrily. "They are capricious and whimsical beings who enact and ignore edicts at will, beholden to no one for their actions. But," she exhales slowly, "Would it really matter what Jessica did? Even if she were granted the power of a solar, would it be enough to match this group?"
[00:36] <Kotono> "Perhaps, perhaps not." Naeys relents there, "It is her choice to make in the end. I believe the Dark Six can be defeated, as can the Neverborn...but Pale Night is the masterstroke. That is what I believe the key to this entire affair is. Set Pale Night and her machinations aside and victory i s within reach."
[00:40] <Alicia> "A pity we weren't able to quickly follow up on our victory over Glaciante to hit the others. He'll likely have reformed himself by the time we face them, and be wiser for the experience," Alicia notes. "Do you have any idea how those magical orbs of theirs tie into the eladrin children of Androlynne?" she changes the subject.
[00:40] <Alicia> "We originally had it implied they were key to freeing them, but from what Lyscrea's said it sounds more like they're a way into Pale Night's sanctuary. Certainly killing her would likely do the trick, but I was hoping for something more direct and less suicidal."
[00:42] <Kotono> "I don't. I suspect any way to reverse this is within her sanctuary, so in a way they are likely th ekey to freeing them."
[00:43] <Alicia> "Hopefully something that doesn't involve directly facing her, although why she wouldn't confront us if we threatened such I can't imagine," Alicia sighs.
[00:44] <Kotono> "Perhaps a diversion?" Questioning with a thought, "Pale Night has a citadel elseare in the Abyss. If she's busy with a great threat there, then perhaps...?"
[00:48] <Alicia> "It would be suicide for anyone who went," Alicia notes morosely. "Which doesn't mean it's not the best option I've heard, mind you."
[00:49] <Kotono> "Mmmm." Naeys nods solemnly to that, "That means it's a damned hard choice. Who wants to die in the Abyss?"
[00:51] <Alicia> "I honestly doubt there'd be any shortage of volunteers to make the sacrifice if it meant saving the children of Androlynne," Alicia admits. "Doesn't make the call any easier, though."
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[20:38] <Kotono> > "Perhaps, perhaps not." Naeys relents there, "It is her choice to make in the end. I believe the Dark Six can be defeated, as can the Neverborn...but Pale Night is the masterstroke. That is what I believe the key to this entire affair is. Set Pale Night and her machinations aside and victory i s within reach."
[20:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "A pity we weren't able to quickly follow up on our victory over Glaciante to hit the others. He'll likely have reformed himself by the time we face them, and be wiser for the experience," Alicia notes. "Do you have any idea how those magical orbs of theirs tie into the eladrin children of Androlynne?" she changes the subject.
[20:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "We originally had it implied they were key to freeing them, but from what Lyscrea's said it sounds more like they're a way into Pale Night's sanctuary. Certainly killing her would likely do the trick, but I was hoping for something more direct and less suicidal."
[20:38] <Kotono> > "I don't. I suspect any way to reverse this is within her sanctuary, so in a way they are likely th ekey to freeing them."
[20:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Hopefully something that doesn't involve directly facing her, although why she wouldn't confront us if we threatened such I can't imagine," Alicia sighs.
[20:38] <Kotono> > "Perhaps a diversion?" Questioning with a thought, "Pale Night has a citadel elseare in the Abyss. If she's busy with a great threat there, then perhaps...?"
[20:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "It would be suicide for anyone who went," Alicia notes morosely. "Which doesn't mean it's not the best option I've heard, mind you."
[20:38] <Kotono> > "Mmmm." Naeys nods solemnly to that, "That means it's a damned hard choice. Who wants to die in the Abyss?"
[20:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I honestly doubt there'd be any shortage of volunteers to make the sacrifice if it meant saving the children of Androlynne," Alicia admits. "Doesn't make the call any easier, though."
[20:39] <Kotono> "There are many who would do so to ensure the freedom of the oppressed." Naeys agrees, steepling his hands together, "Yet the loss of life to attempt so is staggering to consider. The Bone Citadel lies within the Endless Maze, which alone will be difficult to tranverse."
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, bone citadel and/or any important places of Pale Night's that she couldn't ignore a determined attack on
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes, bone citadel and/or any important places of Pale Night's that she couldn't ignore a determined attack on and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[20:44] <Kotono> The Bone Citadel is Pale Night's fortress in the Endless Maze. Most of the layer is ruled by Baphomet, though it used to be ruled by Pale Night long ago. The Bone Citadel is said to be all that's left of that ancient, long forgotten time. If Pale Night has anything of importance known to all but the rarest few, it's that.
[20:50] <Alicia> As if Alicia hasn't had enough of Abyssal mazes for one lifetime. "It would probably require a Gate spell to bypass the maze and move any sort of meaningful force into position for an assault on the fortress," Alicia ponders as she mulls over the suggestion.
[20:53] <Kotono> Naeys nods solemnly, "A gate into the Bone Citadel itself is foolhardy. Further, if Baphomet cares to intervene, he could stop a gate before it gets much traction. This is not insurmountable, but if Baphomet chooses to intervene, the battle will grow tha tmuch more difficult."
[20:55] <Alicia> "Then what way is there? I can't imagine an army could successfully navigate the maze and arrive in sufficient strength to challenge the defences of the citadel." Given how disastrously her plan to use the Endless Staircase to circumvent Gurlan's defences went, she's not even going to bother thinking of portals.
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[20:56] <Alicia> "Then what way is there? I can't imagine an army could successfully navigate the maze and arrive in sufficient strength to challenge the defences of the citadel." Given how disastrously her plan to use the Endless Staircase to circumvent Gurlan's defences went, she's not even going to bother thinking of portals.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Mmmm." After some moments of thought, "As loathe as I am to consider it due to the risks, perhaps this is th etime to turn evil against evil." Naeys speaks slowly, looking to Alicia. "If we face the Abyss as a monolithic whole, we will only crumble into the dust of history."
[20:59] <Alicia> "You mean ask devils or rival demons to help us?" Alicia can't quite believe what she's hearing. "That sounds like an invitation to be betrayed and lose everything."
[21:03] <Kotono> "We would need to have it be in a demon's interest...but the Abyss is nothing but divided. Demons lords contest against each other and the rest of the cosmos for all eternity. We oppose Pale Night, who brings Baphomet to her side. Who opposes them? Who might be tempted into a timely attack into them? For with every demon opposes other demons, it is one less celestial that will pay dearly for less gain."
[21:08] <Alicia> "Or our supposed ally could turn on us at the most critical moment, or betray our plans to Pale Night," Alicia counters. Still, it's pretty obvious where he's going with this, so she calls him on it rather than continue dancing.
[21:08] <Alicia> "I could easily ask the Queen of Succubi for her help, but given her interest in subverting me into her own service I can't possibly see such an arrangement being beneficial for us."
[21:12] <Kotono> With a darkening face, "I am aware of your dealings with the spawns of Malcanthet. I am..." He considers, face darkening, "If you are willing I would not say no. However, my thoughts were to manipulating other demon lords instead. Yeenoghu has an ancient fued with Baphomet that could be exploited. Perhaps another demon lord could be lured with promises of victory and power."
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, abyssal politics, who in particular dislikes Pale Night or Baphomet and is inclined to get violent about it
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[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes, abyssal politics, who in particular dislikes Pale Night or Baphomet and is inclined to get violent about it
[21:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 planes, abyssal politics, who in particular dislikes Pale Night or Baphomet and is inclined to get violent about it --> [ 1d20=18 ]{42}
[21:16] <Kobot> Alicia rolled 1d20+24 planes, abyssal politics, who in particular dislikes Pale Night or Baphomet and is inclined to get violent about it --> [ 1d20=3 ]{27}
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[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Ignore Kobot's roll.
[21:19] <Kotono> Baphomet is loathed by Yeenoghu, an ancient rivalry said to be so long and so bitter that both demons have forgotten what started it. Malcanthet has a longstanding, low intensity dislike of Pale Night as you've heard already. By extension, Demogorgon and other loose allies of Pale Night may or may not support Malcanthet in her disdain. For Yeenoghu, he has the support of a lesser demon lord, Doresain, formerly a servant of Orcus.
[21:19] <Kotono> For Yeenoghu, he has the support of a lesser demon lord, Doresain, formerly a servant of Orcus.
[21:21] <Alicia> Having thought over what she knows, Alicia then regards Naeys once more. "So how would you propose to contact Yeenoghu and entice him to distract Baphomet in a manner that does not hinder us?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "An artifact in Mystra's possession will allow us to contact him. I plan to arrainge a meeting between a servant of Mystra and a servant of Yeenoghu on a neutral ground, where the bartering shall take place. That's the plan I have, if you have a suggestion or a better one, by Mystra's mercy I am happy to listen."
06[21:32] * Alicia shakes her head bitterly. "I hate the idea of involving demons at all, but if it is to be done I've no better way of doing it."
[21:34] <Kotono> Naeys takes a glass and raises it, before drinking deep. "Desperate circumstances call for desperate measures. Two thousand years ago, the Abyss stood with us while Baator schemed. It is a deplorable business, but the strategy of the Dark Six is too strong."
06[21:37] * Alicia can't bring herself to drink to this. She feels filthy already. "Is there anything else?"
[21:39] <Kotono> "Let me bless you before you go." Naeys stands up, putting her drink to the side with a soft clink of glass. "I ask that you do the same for me after. The disgust on your face..." Naeys sighs, "I feel it too well myself."
06[21:41] * Alicia isn't really much for the ceremony but she can probably just copy whatever he does to bless her. "Any victory we earn this way will be just as tarnished as the victory over Daa-vid was," she notes as she gets up.
[21:44] <Kotono> "We couldn't let Daa-vid win, either." Naeys says with a heavy voice. "Nor can we allow the Dark Six to triumph."
[21:47] <Alicia> "No... no we can't," Alicia agrees wearily. But Daa-vid's defeat came with the genocide of an entire race, and the sundering of a world from the cosmos, crippling it for the future and leaving it easy prey for the likes of the Dark Six. And Daa-vid even still lives, after a fashion. It would not be termed a good victory in her estimation.
[21:50] <Kotono> Naeys forms a seven pointed star over Alicia's body, each time momentarily glowing with silver fire. "Mystra, Lady of the Weave, I ask that you grant us your wisdom in the coming trials. Bless us, oh Weave!"
06[21:53] * Alicia watches carefully what he's doing, her eyes glowing blue to perceive the flows of magic so she can trying and figure out if she can copy it.
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[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: spellcraft.
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{39}
[22:07] <Alicia> Since he asked for a reciprocal blessing, Alicia grants it by conjuring her own spellfire star above him. "Mother of all Magic, help us see the correct path in the days ahead, that we be not misled."
[22:07] <Kotono> ""Amen." Naeys says, "Do you require transport back to your world?"
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[22:08] <Kotono> ""Amen." Naeys says, "Do you require transport back to your world? I shall be in contact come the next day, once the artifact if used and a meeting is set up.:
[22:10] <Alicia> Since the plane shift ring hasn't recharged yet, Alicia accepts the offer. "Please. If you can send us to Kelara, I should let Taldeer know I'm well again."
[22:12] <Kotono> With a few murmurs of magic, Alicia finds herself stnading in Kelara once more! She is where she left, Taldeer and two priests within. They are talking in low tones.
[22:16] <Alicia> Hopefully Marie is here too, even if she has been rather quiet of late. "Hello, Taldeer," she waves, not recalling when she was here last on account of being petrified at the time. "Just popping back to let you know I've recovered."
[22:16] <Alicia> She can't help but sound embarrassed, still horrified at the ease of her defeat. It wasn't like when Esthan toyed with her and ground her nose in her weakness, but she honestly can't decide if that actually makes it better.
[22:18] <Kotono> Marie is here as well. "Alicia!" Taldeer stands up ,coming over to her. "Ah, you've recovered quickly."
[22:21] <Alicia> "We found someone in Dweomerheart who countered it easily enough, I'm good as new," Alicia confirms, flexing her fingers. "Sorry about worrying you. I really didn't expect to get attacked here."
[22:21] <Kotono> "It's deplorable!" Taldeer shakes her head back and forth, "Where's Jessica?"
[22:26] <Alicia> "She went home ahead so she could be with her betrothed," Alicia replies, not wanting to say anything about Jessica's offer until everything is settled. "I really should be used to things like this."
[22:26] <Alicia> "A couple of years ago I had to worry about invisible assassin devils coming after me - it's why I got this blindfold that grants blindsight," she taps the black band running through her hair. "I'd wear it all the time but not being able to 'see' anything past thirty feet carries its own problems."
[22:28] <Kotono> "Mystra above they seem to hate you." With a warm smile now, "There hasn't been any sign of the assassin. I had a priest go over to your parent's manor, just in case, and nothing's turned up."
[22:30] <Alicia> "Marie says she chased it off, hopefully we'll be safer in Balmuria - I'd better head back there now, anyway. I'll let you know how things turn out?"
[22:31] <Kotono> "Be careful," Taldeer bids. OOC: Go ahead and make TP rolls back then if you're returning?
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home
[22:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d100 home --> [ 1d100=39 ]{39}
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Going to do anything at home immediately or bide your time?
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: I'll put in an order with Elle for a dose of stone salve then I'll wait for Latha's timer to expire so we can go back to Androlynne.
[22:36] <Kotono> Thus noon comes and goes, time trickling by. Latha and Antenora are resting on the couch as the minutes pass. Hugo is asleep in a chair, curled up. "It should be time," Latha rises up, "Who is going to Androlynne?"
[22:38] <Alicia> "How about just us two?" Alicia suggests to Latha. "Marie and Antenora should be able to keep things safe here, right?" she checks with those two.
[22:38] <Alicia> "You bet!" Marie happily agrees, glomping onto the back of Antenora's head.
[22:40] <Kotono> Antenora reaches up and pets Marie's head, "We won't burn the house down. Maybe Marie and I can even fix dinner for yo utonight, Alicia. Jessica said she might not be back until late."
[22:42] <Alicia> "We should be back by mid afternoon, unless we get sidetracked," Alicia affirms, going to Latha. "Shall we?"
[22:45] <Kotono> Latha comes forward, "Until then," she says, and thus the duo leave for Androlynne! You appear in the forest once more, Latha looking about before walking. As they pass through the forest, "Alicia, what happened today? Jessica was acting unusual."
[22:50] <Alicia> "Well, you know about us being attacked and having to go to Dweomerheart to fix me," Alicia begins, looking for a nearby dryad to enlist for directions to Pascorel. "While we were in Dweomerheart the conversation turned to Jessica's own fate, since her nature has already changed from living with us."
[22:50] <Alicia> "It's not really my place to say any more, though. She'll probably want to talk with you about it herself after she gets back from Roald's."
[22:51] <Kotono> A dryad does come as Alicia looks. "Hi? Pascorel? Thatway!" Pointing along, "Good luck! You keep coming back here!"
[22:52] <Kotono> Latha doesn't reply, only a curt nod. "Let us not worry about it then. To Lady Honeydip?"
[22:54] <Alicia> "Thanks," Alicia gives the tree spirit a little wave, heading off towards the bastion of light in the Abyss. "Keep an eye out for anything invisible as we go? It didn't work for Marie earlier, but it might not be infallible, and I'd rather not get blindsided like that again."
[22:55] <Kotono> "As you wish," With this, you head ot Pascorel! It is a peaceable trip, coming to meet Lady Honeydip in a room of spun gingerbred and pink glass, the fairy commander working away on a slice of apple, eating it with a tiny crystalline fork and knife on a plate. "You return! How did your efforts go?"
[22:57] <Alicia> "Successful," Alicia affirms. "Lyscrea was captured and is being held in Celestia now - we interrogated him as to what's happening between the Dark Six and Pale Night, and I can tell you what we learned, but it would be a good idea for one of your commanders to speak with him as well - they'd know best what questions to ask about things here in Androlynne."
[22:58] <Kotono> "Oh, absolutely!" Her fork and knife go down with a tiny tinkle, "Good on you! Lsyscrea's long been a thorn in our side."
06[23:01] * Alicia takes a seat. "Okay. First and foremost, they're planning a final attack in two months - the demons are gathering their forces and Lyscrea was confident all opposition was accounted for."
[23:01] <Alicia> "They plan to slaughter all the children as part of some sacrifice or ritual that will see the birth of a new Demon Lord. We suspect Pale Night will bear the Neverborn or something like that to attempt this apotheosis."
[23:06] <Alicia> "As to the magical orbs of the Dark Six, they seem to allow free passage to Mother's Mountain. Our best guess is that something there acts as the focus for binding the children here, so if we can breach the mountain to find and destroy it, that would set them free."
[20:05] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Thanks," Alicia gives the tree spirit a little wave, heading off towards the bastion of light in the Abyss. "Keep an eye out for anything invisible as we go? It didn't work for Marie earlier, but it might not be infallible, and I'd rather not get blindsided like that again."
[20:05] <Kotono> > "As you wish," With this, you head ot Pascorel! It is a peaceable trip, coming to meet Lady Honeydip in a room of spun gingerbred and pink glass, the fairy commander working away on a slice of apple, eating it with a tiny crystalline fork and knife on a plate. "You return! How did your efforts go?"
[20:05] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Successful," Alicia affirms. "Lyscrea was captured and is being held in Celestia now - we interrogated him as to what's happening between the Dark Six and Pale Night, and I can tell you what we learned, but it would be a good idea for one of your commanders to speak with him as well - they'd know best what questions to ask about things here in Androlynne."
[20:05] <Kotono> > "Oh, absolutely!" Her fork and knife go down with a tiny tinkle, "Good on you! Lsyscrea's long been a thorn in our side."
[20:05] <Kotono> * Alicia takes a seat. "Okay. First and foremost, they're planning a final attack in two months - the demons are gathering their forces and Lyscrea was confident all opposition was accounted for."
[20:05] <Kotono> <Alicia> "They plan to slaughter all the children as part of some sacrifice or ritual that will see the birth of a new Demon Lord. We suspect Pale Night will bear the Neverborn or something like that to attempt this apotheosis."
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[20:05] <Kotono> <Alicia> "As to the magical orbs of the Dark Six, they seem to allow free passage to Mother's Mountain. Our best guess is that something there acts as the focus for binding the children here, so if we can breach the mountain to find and destroy it, that would set them free."
05[20:05] -fantasy.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
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[20:06] <Kotono> "A way to end this misery ta last?" Honeydip's eyes alight, "But it seems that it's coming to an end soon no matter what. WHat are you going to do to this?"
[20:09] <Alicia> "We think our best bet would be to ascend Mother's Mountain and hope we can find whatever's responsible for the binding and destroy it."
[20:09] <Alicia> "The problem of course would be if Pale Night were present to personally stop us, I doubt we could muster any force capable of overcoming her," Alicia begins, seeing if Honeydip happens to have any ideas herself besides a suicidal diversionary attack backed up by demonic double-dealing.
[20:10] <Kotono> "Our options are limited," Latha does consider this, with a long sigh. "To face Pale Night would be apocalyptic. Even if we triumphed over her, the battle would perhaps destroy Androlynne."
[20:12] <Kotono> "Hmmm." Honeydip is silent for a time, "A grand war council is absolutely vital now. But...there may be one other option, too."
[20:14] <Alicia> "Go on?" Alicia asks interestedly. He might be an honoured servant of Mystra, and it might even make some rational sense, but she can't help hating Naeys idea of working with Yeenoghu and making a suicidal attack on the Bone Citadel.
[20:16] <Kotono> "Long ago, our forces came in possession of an artifact. It's power was exhausted, but if it were restored, it is said to be able to weaken and repulse chaos tinged evil." Now looking to Alicia, "It's not something many of us can use properly, it's an artifact of Celestia. Further, it lies dormant, having lost most of it's power. Worse, it's damaged - were it to be repowered, it may not survive long intact."
[20:19] <Alicia> "Well, we wouldn't need it for long. Assuming it were repowered, would it be strong enough to repulse Pale Night, though?" Alicia asks, latching onto this idea.
[20:20] <Kotono> "It is known as the Liath-Flail," Honeydip says, "I beileve it would be, at least for a time."
[20:21] <Kotono> Latha emits a startled little noise, "The legend was that demons destroyed it," her eyes are hard, "Why was it not returned to Celestia?"
06[20:22] * Alicia is sure Honeydip has a good reason and maintains a more pleasant expression than Latha as she waits on the explanation.
[20:26] <Kotono> Honeydip turns to Latha, and with grace and humility, sticks her tongue out at her. Once that's done, "We made a choice that we needed it more as a possible trump card come disaster. Celestia can go hang itself as long as the children are safe."
[20:27] <Alicia> Well. Perhaps not that good a reason. "But you said it doesn't work - I think the first thing we're going to do is go to Celestia to see about repairing it, so you could have saved time by doing that in the first place," she can't help but observe.
[20:28] <Kotono> "Celestia would want it back if there isn't a pressing reason not to immediately return it," Honeydip and Latha glare at each other, Latha crossing her arms. "It's important to them."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Ladies," Alicia tries to play peacemaker, "We can return it to Celestia for good after its served its function here, for it won't be needed after that anyway."
[20:29] <Kotono> "It is. The hand of Zaphkiel turned the light of Chronias into a weapon to give to Xerona, guardian of the Bridge of al-Sihal. It's proper place is in her hands." Latha's voice is chilly.
[20:33] <Alicia> Well. That certainly does sound like a weapon to be reckoned with. "I hope we don't have to go to Chronias to regenerate it - I've never heard of any returning," Alicia muses, trying to move along from recriminations. "Regardless, we can investigate when we go to Celestia to take one of your staff along to see Lyscrea."
[20:34] <Kotono> "Exactly." Honeydip says, "The way we understand to recharge it would make getting it back except in an emergency impossible. It has to be taken to al-Sihal and bathed in the light of Chronias a step before entering the Seventh Heaven."
[20:36] <Alicia> "This constitutes an emergency, so hopefully we'll be allowed to borrow it... what do you think, Latha?" Alicia asks the native deva.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Probably. We have no desire to see Pale Night triumph, and we all hav esympathy for the eladrin trapped." Yet still Honeydip and Latha exchange chill glares. "But it is not a simple matter. Reaching the Bridge of al-Sihal is a spiritual trial even to the purest; to pass Xerona is to pass into the true enlightenment that awaits all. Who could turn away from perfection when you stand but a step away from it?"
[20:42] <Alicia> "Let us hope that sympathy for the plight of the children ranks higher than achieving enlightenment on our list of priorities?" Alicia suggests. "Besides, my destiny is in Dweomerheart." For all that the talk of dealing with Yeenoghu continues to gnaw bitterly at her.
[20:43] <Kotono> "We'll need to make our councils and consult with Lsyscrea," A faint smile here, a vengeful one, "Before we commit to this. Give us a day's time and return. I doubt little that we'll grant you the Liath-Flail, but we swore a pact that we would only allow it to be freed by our combined agreement, so it could not be spirited away if the Abyss corrupted one of us"
[20:43] <Kotono> .
[20:45] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia smiles, standing up. "Until tomorrow, then."
[20:47] <Kotono> Standing as well, "Our emnity aside, I hope the children are saved." Latha turns away, "My words are harsh, but you have done Celestia a disservice, no matter what your reasoning. But let us not pursue it, unless we fall to the same malices that consume devils and demons."
[20:49] <Kotono> Honeydip stands silence. As you head out of the gingerbread house, Latha sighs. "Damnations and light. Let us not focus on this and give the Abyss a chance to gnaw on our souls. Shall we return to Balmuria?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "Oh, before we go," Alicia suddenly remembers something to ask the eladrin general. "Have you ever heard of a fallen solar once of the Court of Stars named Oraga?"
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Strike my line.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Oraga? The name's familiar," Thinking a few moments, "Ah yes. I heard he came to Androlynne, but that's the last I heard of him. Apparently he had a grudge against the eladrin. Fortunately, nothing came of it...or has it?"
[20:51] <Alicia> "Apparently he ran afoul of Lyscrea first," Alicia doesn't quite laugh at the irony. "His soul was bound into the balor's bracers."
[20:52] <Kotono> "Irony," With a disgusted look, "What of him now?"
[20:54] <Alicia> "We'll see if we can free him from his confinement and if there's any hope of him mending his ways. What happens to him ultimately depends on him," Alicia responds resolutely.
[20:55] <Kotono> "Good fortune with that," Honeydip says.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Thanks. We'll see you tomorrow, then," Alicia nods, heading out with Latha before they plane shift home.
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 199." [5d100=22, 22, 94, 43, 18]
[20:56] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 4." [1d9=4]
[20:57] <Kotono> You appear in rolling, nearly flat hills and fields. It's sunny here, Latha basking in the sunlight before, "Let's return?"
[21:00] <Alicia> "I expected we'd arrive at sea, to be honest," Alicia remarks, taking a brief look around before preparing to teleport home. "You raised an interesting point about the flail, though," she comments before doing so. "I wonder if Hell Striker has any former owners still extant who would like him back?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "Hmm. Ask him?" Latha considers, "Magical items tend to be plunder or liberated...oftentimes it's easy to forget others may wish them back."
[21:10] <Alicia> Even if it were the case, the former owner would be expecting a two-bladed sword. Still, "Well, Hell Striker?" she rests her hand on the hilt, knowing he'll have heard her musings.
[21:13] <Alicia> "He doesn't seem to care," Alicia admits to Latha after the consultation. "I suppose he has a choice in the matter, though, unlike other artifacts. Anyway, I'll take us the rest of the way home, now."
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d100 home
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 home and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything at home or just biding your time now?
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: lets wait till tomorrow.
[21:20] <Kotono> The evening is quiet. Jessica returns, quietly taking Antenora and then Latha aside and talking to them. As dinner passes, it's serene. Latha and Antenora sit on the couch, Antenora dozing, her head resting on Latha's shoulder. Latha merely reads a book of Celestian scripture in peace. Hugo and Marie are playing with an old dwarven stone puzzle. Amid all this, Jessica comes to Alicia. "Hey." She says, hands behind her back, "We need to talk ag
[21:20] <Kotono> Jessica comes to Alicia. "Hey." She says, hands behind her back, "We need to talk again."
[21:22] <Alicia> "Lets go into the kitchen?" Alicia returns, putting down her own book of spell theory and getting up so they can talk in private.
[21:26] <Kotono> Once in there, Jessica gets a bottle of wine out. Reynes family special, pouring a glass for herself. She takes a few sips, looking into the winecup. "Well, I talked to Roald. He didn't believe it at first. Ah, I don't blame him. When I insisted, well...we fought. It turned into a screaming fight, so stupid. I was so mad I slammed the door in his face and slumped against it, sobbing. Then...he came in the window. Climbed right up and looked me
[21:26] <Kotono> his face and slumped against it, sobbing. Then...he came in the window. Climbed right up and looked me in the eye. "Jessica, I love you. I don't want to lose you to the Heavens or the Hells." He dried my tears with his hand and held me.""
[21:34] <Alicia> Awww, young love. "It's nice to inspire that sort of devotion," Alicia smiles sappily.
[21:36] <Kotono> Jessica blushes, "We...we, ahem, made up after that." Taking a drink of wine and swiftly moving on, "After, we just talked and talked and talked. I ended up babbling everything to him. How worried I was, how conflicted I was, how afraid that I was going to be torn, about people I love being hurt...and he said that as long as I'm with him, he'll be happy." With a half smile, "Asshole. He just had to give me an answer like that. At the time it s
[21:36] <Kotono> With a half smile, "Asshole. He just had to give me an answer like that. At the time it seemed like the nicest thing he'd ever said."
[21:39] <Alicia> "Most women would go weak at the knees for that sort of thing," Alicia smiles indulgently. "He's a nice young man."
[21:41] <Kotono> "I really do love him...but what I need is firmness. I still didn't want to make this choice myself." Jessica drains her glass of wine, pouring another. "I talked to Latha. She said that she'd support me if I chose to take this and she felt it was my choice, that no one else could make it. Antenora said she thought that I'd have a chance to reach happiness unimagined if I took it." Swirling her refilled glass about, "You notice how no one real
[21:41] <Kotono> if I took it." Swirling her refilled glass about, "You notice how no one really wants to make this choice? Hells, I don't want to. It's a huge one."
06[21:44] * Alicia nods. "It's like Marie said, it's not the sort of thing anyone is ever given a choice about. It's something built up to over potentially thousands of years of experience. Even I wasn't given a choice - not that I disapprove, since it's something of a natural step on the path I walk, but I was never explicitly asked to choose it," Alicia reasons.
[21:44] <Alicia> "It's so far outside the norm that everyone's thrown off, I think."
[21:45] <Kotono> "I'm no saint, either." Jessica drains her second glass in one long swallow, eyeing the bottle of wine. "Bleh. It's no fun ot get tipsy alone." She gets up and puts the bottle away, recorking it. "Why me, then? Is it because this is inevitable because of my friends and family? Are the rest of you going to drag me along to Dweomerheart?"
[21:49] <Alicia> "Sorry," Alicia's eyes look mirthful as Jessica puts away the booze. "I wouldn't say we'd drag you there - you seem happy venerating Mystra in your own way, so you'd likely end up there on your own one day. Although Latha would surely prefer if you went to Celestia. I've honestly never heard of a situation quite like this before, though."
[21:49] <Alicia> Taking a breath, "I think Marie's right. They're desperate. And unlike the Dark Six, it looks like Mystra is still bound by the rules of the Arbiter, otherwise she'd just send one of the Stars of Mystra out to back me up. I'm guessing there's no rule against empowering you, and that's Her loophole."
[21:56] <Kotono> "Mystra's loophole..." Jessica cracks a smile at that, "If The Lady of Mysteries had ever called me, I would think it would be something more sacred than a loophole. Hi, I'm Jessica, loophole of Mys..." At this Jessica cracks up laughing, doubling over. Her speech is lost, laughing long and loud. "Oh Mystra...forgive me for the blasphemy...but..." she wheezes, before breaking into mirth once more! Long does she go, recollecting herself, wiping
[21:56] <Kotono> she wheezes, before breaking into mirth once more! Long does she go, recollecting herself, wiping away tears. "That just...the entire situation put like that...it is funny."
06[21:58] * Alicia can't help but laugh a little as well at her sister's infectious mirth, for all that the situation is near enough the exact opposite of funny as near as she can tell. "It's not really the divine majesty one would expect, no," she has to agree as she calms herself.
[22:01] <Kotono> Jessica cleans her face off, lost in it as she slows her breathing. "I know. The situation is that bad...if that's what Mystra thinks is proper...Alicia, you're right, I do appreciate Mystra. I..." Jessica stands up, pacing about. "Do you really think it's Mystra's will that I take this on?"
[22:06] <Alicia> "The offer couldn't have been made otherwise. Naeys is acting as Mystra's representative, but the power that's required to effect this sort of transformation could only come from Her," Alicia nods. "Pray before you go to bed, maybe you'll get a sign?"
[22:07] <Kotono> Jessica rises at that, "I'll do that. Come the morning I'll make my choice. Good night, Alicia."
[22:09] <Alicia> "Good night, sister," Alicia gives her sister a smile, seeing her off to the stairs and then going back to the living room to settle in with the other inhabitants of the house for another hour or two before her own bedtime.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d1000
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d1000 and gets 118." [1d1000=118]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 and gets 18." [1d20=17]
[22:12] <Kotono> Dawn. Alicia has awakened, beginning her morning prayers and refreshments. Her door opens without knocking, Jessica entering. "Good morning, sister."
[22:16] <Alicia> "Morning," Alicia returns, standing up to greet her sister. "Sleep well?"
[22:19] <Kotono> "I dreamt of Dweomerheart." Jessica goes to the window, basking in the sunrise. "I dreamt of it and kept thinking about those I love. Yet I couldn't reconcile it...I kept thinking of Roald. He's just a normal person compared to us. Then..." Jessica looks skyward, "Amid all the wonders, there was a simple building amid them. A glass window for a front wall, a perfect bakery. Roald was there with me..." Blushing now, "Roald and I will be togethe
[22:20] <Kotono> Roald was there with me..." Blushing now, "Roald and I will be together, no matter which path I choose."
[22:21] <Alicia> Awww even more. "Sounds like you get the storybook ending," Alicia remarks, shaking her head and smiling warmly.
[22:23] <Kotono> "Alicia..." Smiling now, "Let's go. Me, you, Antenora, Marie, Latha, Roald. Let's go to Dweomerheart. I'm going to give him the best dowry anyone could dream of."
[22:26] <Alicia> "Do you want to go after breakfast?" Alicia asks, happy enough with Jessica's decision if she's happy with it. "Latha and I will need to go back to Androlynne this afternoon, and then we'll likely have to go to Celestia for a little while, so I'm not sure when we'll all be free after today."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yeah." Smiling now, "I need to go visit Roald and then Seira if she's in town. She offered to help fund Roald opening a second shop. We imagined Valandia, not Dweomerheart."
[22:31] <Alicia> Whoops. Looks like Alicia needs to think of a new wedding gift in that case. Although she's horrified that Jessica's thinking of moving to Valandia, given how little she'd like to go back there herself. Oh, well, one thing at a time. "Ask Donald at her inn, she normally leaves him with details if she's away," she suggests. "I'll have breakfast ready in an hour if you want to go get Roald now?"
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[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Ready to move on a bit then?
[22:34] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[22:36] <Kotono> Breakfast passes. Everyone gathers together in a circle, Jessica dressed in her armor and her finest clothes. Roald wears the fancy clothes he wore in Kelara. "I'm ready," Jessica says aloud, the two lovebirds holding hands. "Shall we go?"
[22:38] <Alicia> With Hugo now under the dubious care of Dawnhope and the less dubious watchful eye of Shankar at the temple of Mystra, Alicia hands Marie the plane shift ring so she can repeat her attempt of yesterday to take Jessica and her guests to Dweomerheart.
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 5d100 if it matters
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 if it matters and gets 357." [5d100=26, 97, 64, 74, 96]
[22:39] <Kotono> Thus you appear in the white circle as before. What you hear first is Roald's gasp, looking about and up at the vast statue of Mystra. "Beautiful..." he breathes in a voice of utter reverence, "Everything is so beautiful here."
[22:40] <Kotono> Naeys approaches, staff in hand. "I understand your choice," he says, offering a hand to Jessica. "Are you ready?"
[22:40] <Alicia> "Mystra takes care of those who serve her, and they create beautiful works in turn," Alicia agrees, sidling up alongside Roald.
[22:41] <Kotono> "I will be." Jessica doesn't take the hand, "First...It's Mystra's will that we're together. Once this is done, you'll help Roald here with a bakery?"
[22:41] <Kotono> Antenora is hanging back, looking around and taking it all in.
[22:42] <Kotono> "Magic is our gift to command from the Lady of Magic. We will weave a good home for you and Roald." Naeys agrees, "As Alicia said, we will create a beautiful work here."
[22:43] <Kotono> Roald's eyes are wide, "Is this...is this what perfection is? Oh Jessica, I never IMAGINED it was like this!"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Your soul is drawn to Dweomerheart and Elysium. It is a sublime joy." Latha smiles widely to Roald, "It is the end of suffering and the beginning of love and mercy."
06[22:44] * Alicia smiles, wishing she wasn't quite so jaded. Much as she loves it here, she can't muster the same sort of wide-eyed wonder as Roald's showing, and part of her regrets it.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Then," Jessica takes Naeys' hand in her own, "I accept."
[22:46] <Kotono> "You must be purified first. This will take about an hour; when it is done, you will be taken to the chamber where the ceremony is to be done. Until then, if the rest of you would like to rest?" Naeys says, leading Jessica along. OOC: We can skip along if you like or yo ucan chat or whatever else strikes your fancy.
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: Unless anyone has anything vital to say we can skip along
[22:47] <Kotono> An hour of bliss and peace passes. You are brought to a room full of light and fire. Here spell fire and silver fire dance, everything centered around a body sized altar to Mystra. "Stand no less than twenty feet away from the altar," Naeys instructs, "Jessica will be arriving shortly and the ceremony will begin then."
06[22:49] * Alicia takes a spot facing the altar at the requisite distance, Marie settling onto her head as they wait. She wonders exactly what will be changed in her sister from all this.
[22:50] <Kotono> As the resident celestials do so, Roald stays close to Alicia. "It's so beautiful here..." he repeats himself again, "Isn't it?"
[22:51] <Alicia> "This is a reward for the faithful," Alicia whispers back. "There are many heavens, each wondrous in their own way, but for me this is the best."
[22:52] <Kotono> Entering the room is Jessica. She wears fine robes of silken white, covering her body loosely. Her face is annointed with glowing lights, eyes closed as Naeys leads her by the hand ahead. Motes of spellfire surround her like ioun stones in orbit, each enscribed with words of Celestial. She is lead to the altar, Naeys helping her lie there. He folds her heands over her chest, dabbing clear water onto her forehead.
[22:53] <Kotono> "For this I would serve Mystra forever..." Roald says with spellbound emotion, "How could one not?"
[22:53] <Kotono> "Shhh," Antenora murmurs, eyes on Jessica.
[22:53] <Kotono> Roald turns his attention to his fiancee, watching with rapt attention.
06[22:54] * Alicia peers at the motes, trying to read what they're saying as Jessica is positioned. It's a lot more ceremonial than what happened to her... but the Goddess can get away with dispensing any formalities She pleases. She forgoes replying to Roald so as not to upset Antenora.
[22:55] <Kotono> They are words of creation, of purification, of love, of transcendance over the dust of mortality. Each one is a powerful sigil, if unbound, they would release energies of such a pure nature that anything impure would be burned away in righteous light.
[22:58] <Alicia> Well, depending on your standard of purity its probably best if they remain bound, then. Keeping quiet, Alicia is content to observe, although to satisfy curiousity her eyes glow blue so she can take in the flows of magic and appreciate all aspects of the transformation. This is likely a once in a lifetime event.
[22:58] <Kotono> In Celestial, in words of creation and words of power that turn the light and spellfire in the room into a blinding glow that yet does not disturb your vision, Naeys begins to pray. "In your name, in your love, in your compassion, in your wisdom, in your guidance, in your power, in your magnificence...I call on the Sacred Lady of Magic. Weave, take my call to Her ears! Let her will be done through me!" OOC: Make spellcraft.
[22:58] <Kotono> Let her will be done through me!" OOC: Make spellcraft.
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[23:01] <Kotono> The motes of fire glide over the robes Jessica wears. The white silk catches aflame, burning with silver! Her body becomes wreathed in Silver Fire, Naeys placing his hands on her stomach. "From toes to temple, spread. Spread Mystra's will...let the third life begin. Let it live to it's number, be a life of truth and power!"
[23:03] <Kotono> The silver fire reaches a pitch, and in an instant, consumes Jessica! The mass of fire rises, only leaving a pile of dust in it's wake. The dust blows away on a breeze, scattering into nothingness. "Now, be born in Her image!"Naeys calls to the heavens above! The silver fire flashes hot, blinding! (More)
[23:06] <Kotono> A beam of light appears in front of Roald. It reaches high and higher. From it out steps a beautiful woman. Her features are unscarred, perfect. Jessica wears her armor and clothes, annointed with silver. Dove's wings flap on her back, feathers falling away and sizzling into silvery flames. Jessica reaches out to Roald, the two staring into each other's eyes. For long they do this, until gliding into embrace. They kiss, losing themselves in ea
[23:07] <Kotono> until gliding into embrace. They kiss, losing themselves in each other.
06[23:08] * Alicia tactfully averts her eyes, much as she'd like to get a good look at Jessica's new look. Marie shamelessly does not.
[23:09] <Kotono> As they kiss, Roald's flesh glows. Slowly it begins to change, from flesh tones to shiny gold. So long do they kiss, lost in each other. When they do seperate, they speak at the same time. "You kept your promise," They both say at once. Then Jessica, "I did..." she whispers to him. Roald looks to her, "And I always will."
[23:12] <Kotono> Antenora finds herself smiling as she looks on, "Love, eh..." she murmurs softly.
[23:13] <Alicia> Well, looks like Roald's a petitioner, now. Of course, this being Elysium he'd surely become one within a few weeks if he stayed anyway. "Do you two want to spend some time alone?" she offers tactfully.
[23:14] <Kotono> Slowly they let the embrace go, "No. Not right now." Jessica comes to Alicia, taking her hands into hers. "I heard Mystra's voice there."
[23:14] <Alicia> "And?" Alicia asks as her hands are taken.
[23:16] <Kotono> "The choices ahead will be hard ones. But no matter which you choose, she trusts you to do Her will. Go ahead without sorrow, because you do Mystra's biddings. For as long as magic and the Weave exist, tomorrow will be a little brighter."
[23:19] <Alicia> That's nice and comforting. She got a similar reassurance after Esthan beat her up and things turned out okay there, too. "I'm glad to hear that. What about you, though?" she presses on her sister's condition. "How do you feel? What's changed?"
[23:20] <Kotono> "Such light is within me now. How could I have hated, lied, cheated...but yet, there is a responsibility on me. I know there are things I must do now."
[23:23] <Alicia> "And what are you going to do now, then?" Alicia asks, assuming it's an initial rush. If Latha can still have questionable feelings she's sure Jessica isn't beyond them either.
[19:18] <Kotono> <Alicia> Well, looks like Roald's a petitioner, now. Of course, this being Elysium he'd surely become one within a few weeks if he stayed anyway. "Do you two want to spend some time alone?" she offers tactfully.
[19:18] <Kotono> > Slowly they let the embrace go, "No. Not right now." Jessica comes to Alicia, taking her hands into hers. "I heard Mystra's voice there."
[19:18] <Kotono> <Alicia> "And?" Alicia asks as her hands are taken.
[19:18] <Kotono> > "The choices ahead will be hard ones. But no matter which you choose, she trusts you to do Her will. Go ahead without sorrow, because you do Mystra's biddings. For as long as magic and the Weave exist, tomorrow will be a little brighter."
[19:18] <Kotono> <Alicia> That's nice and comforting. She got a similar reassurance after Esthan beat her up and things turned out okay there, too. "I'm glad to hear that. What about you, though?" she presses on her sister's condition. "How do you feel? What's changed?"
[19:18] <Kotono> > "Such light is within me now. How could I have hated, lied, cheated...but yet, there is a responsibility on me. I know there are things I must do now."
[19:18] <Kotono> <Alicia> "And what are you going to do now, then?" Alicia asks, assuming it's an initial rush. If Latha can still have questionable feelings she's sure Jessica isn't beyond them either.
03[19:18] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:20] <Kotono> "There are so many people suffering. Those who use the Weave for greed and evil, those who use Her gifts as a perversion. They must not stand!" Jessica takes Alicia's shoulders, "They cannot stand!"
[19:24] <Alicia> Especially the ones that are actually better at magic than she is. Alicia really hates that. Still, she'd been hoping for something a bit more specific from her sister. "Well, for now why don't we do some sparring and see how you shape up, then Marie can help you and Roald get settled here while Latha, Antenora, and I go to Celestia to recharge the Liath-Flail?"
[19:24] <Kotono> "Let's," Jessica agrees to this, as...OOC: Do yo uwant to skip ahead here?
[19:25] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[19:25] <Alicia> OOC: I'll tell Naeys to put a hold on the Yeenoghu negotiations since Honeydip had a better idea
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:27] <Kotono> Thus Alicia, Antenora and Latha gather together. Antenora looks on at Jessica as she and MArie head off, a half smile lingering on her face. "To think, from damned assassin to this."
[19:29] <Alicia> "If Beth had a grave she'd be spinning in it," Alicia deadpans. "Or maybe not. She seemed to like the idea of becoming an angel of hell when it was on the table. Anyway, shall we return to Androlynne?"
[19:39] <Kotono> Latha steps forward, "Let us go." With that, she invokes the words of power to return to Androlynne! Fortune is with you again - you reach Androlynne without incident, appearing in the woods and reaching Lady Honeydip without problem. Lady Honeydip is there, dressed in a fancy breastplate, tiny and shining like crystal. A delicate longspear of air and light rests in her hand. Before her lies a sealed box, dingy and plain.
[19:39] <Kotono> Before her lies a sealed box, dingy and plain.
[19:40] <Alicia> "Lady Honeydip," Alicia greets the fairy general with a respectful nod. "How did your council go?"
[19:41] <Kotono> "As I expected," With the tip of her spear, she taps the box before stepping back. "The Liath-Flail is inside; the wards are deactivated. Further, we decided that I'm going to Celestia with you."
06[19:44] * Alicia can understand that the eladrin would want to keep an eye on them and make sure they don't just give the flail away as soon as they get back. Still, she didn't bring Marie along on this ride for a reason... oh, well. Telling her familiar what to do and telling a respected general what to do are two different things.
[19:44] <Alicia> "We'd be honoured by your company. Will you be going to interrogate Lyscrea or coming with us to replenish the flail?" she asks diplomatically.
[19:46] <Kotono> "I want a few rounds with Lsyscrea," Lady Honeydip says with a touch of fierceness, before stopping to clear her throat. "A bit of diplomacy may not hurt things, either."
[19:47] <Alicia> "Alright. Latha, why don't you carry the flail and transport us to Celestia, then I'll bring us to Barachiel's fortress?" Alicia asks the friendly deva.
[19:48] <Kotono> Latha goes to the box, slowly opening it up. She peers inside, a faint blue light flashing on Latha's face from the box. With a soft gasp Latha stares, reaching down into the box.
06[19:49] * Alicia peers over, curious what this weapon made of Celestia's purest light could look like, even in its depowered state.
[19:52] <Kotono> Within the box is a tiny orb. It is perhaps the size of a particularly large pea, utterly soft blue in color. It is marvelous to look at for no reason Alicia can decipher.
06[19:53] * Alicia thinks that she should be disappointed, for all that she feels compelled to stare. "It's... it's really something," is about the best she can manage to convey her conflicting feelings.
[19:56] <Kotono> In Latha's hands, her entire body glows blue. "Oh!" Latha holds it within her hand, closing her eyes tight. For perhaps a moment she stays like this, before dropping the Liath-Flail back into the box. Latha collapses down, the blue light fading from her body.
[19:56] <Kotono> "Latha?" Antenora drops to her knees, her spear clattering on the floor.
[19:57] <Alicia> "What happened?!" Alicia looks alarmed at this development, rushing over.
[19:59] <Kotono> Latha lies on the floor, staring up at nothing at all. Her eyes are dilated and distant. "Truth. So much TRUTH!"
[20:03] <Alicia> This could be a problem - it'll surely be even worse when the weapon is in its prime condition, and she'd thought Latha of all people would be perfect to bear it. "It's alright, Latha, we're here. Focus on the now," she encourages, crouching over the fallen deva and lifting her into a sitting position. With her other hand she pulls the lid back down on the box over the pea-sized flail.
[20:04] <Kotono> Latha looks straight ahead, "For a moment, I knew the truth. I knew everything! I saw the truth we all climb the mountain for! It is GLORIOUS!"
06[20:06] * Alicia is absolutely certain that all Latha has now is just a vague recollection of knowing the truth and doesn't actually know what said truth is. It's always the way. Still... "Do you remember what it is?"
[20:09] <Kotono> "I...there aren't words. It's not something our words can describe, Alicia! Celestial lacks the proper words to frame it." Latha turns to her, "I don't think words have ever existed to describe it. Touch it, Alicia. See the truth yourself. You'll understand it better than if I spent eternity describing it."
[20:11] <Alicia> "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Alicia asks uncertainly. Still, Latha doesn't seem to be displaying unhealthy longing to repeat the sensation... "What if I'm not ready for the Truth?"
[20:12] <Kotono> "Alicia, the truth is what we live for." Latha looks to her, smiling, "This is everything."
[20:14] <Alicia> "Well... alright. Just a peek before we leave?" Alicia glances briefly at Honeydip, wondering what she's making of all of this before she opens up the box and carefully lifts the orb in her fingers.
[20:18] <Kotono> Honeydip just shrugs, waiting patiently. As Alicia touches the orb...reality ends. Light surrounds her, as her body breaks apart into light. She is surrounded by love, a great sea she joins. She feels the touch of her husband, holding her close. Her child hugs to her legs, as utter bliss fills her. As she feels that...she understands. The reason for life, death, suffering, evil, good...why she has fought for so long. The truth fills her, an un
[20:18] <Kotono> why she has fought for so long. The truth fills her, an understanding that fills Alicia to the brim. (More)
[20:23] <Kotono> Alicia finds herself slumped on the floor. The truth is with her...a truth of unity, a truth she can't entirely grasp, but she feels with all her heart. A complete, contented peace overwhelms Alicia.
06[20:24] * Alicia takes a moment to gather her wits much as Latha did, and can only nod to the deva afterwards. "Antenora, you need to experience this!" she tells her friend eagerly.
[20:26] <Kotono> Antenora kneels next to Alicia, taking the box and sitting next to her. "If that's what you want," she agrees, settling down before reaching into the box! She blues a rapt blue, eyes going wide! She holds the Liath-Flail for a mere moment, before collapsing against Alicia. She starts to silently cry, shaking all over. "Oh...Alicia...!" she says in a choked voice. "It's perfect!"
06[20:30] * Alicia hugs Antenora while she composes herself. Of course it would be more profound for a repentant devil. "Isn't it," she agrees. "Take a moment to let it all sink in."
[22:41] <Kotono> Antenora rests on Alicia for a long while, softly spilling her tears. She reaches up to wipe them away, "It's...it's definintely the Liath-Flail, if there was any doubt. The legendary promise of Chronias, atop Mount Celestia..."
[22:44] <Alicia> "It's hard to imagine how potent it could be when restored to its full glory. I actually feel hopeful for our chances, with this," Alicia nods, waiting for Antenora to compose herself before she replaces the lid on the box and helps her upright, handing the box to Latha before addressing Honeydip. "Sorry we got all distracted..."
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora stays with Alicia, leaning on her to help herself get up. Latha looks with warm eyes at Honeydip, "You know this wasn't yours. Celestia is dimmer without it in Xerona's hands; it's akin to stealing away the heart of Queen Morwel."
[22:47] <Kotono> With complete calm and reserve, "I get it. I'm a horrible demon in training for not giving it back. Go complain to Queen Morwel." With a wave of her hand, "Let's go to Celestia and not worry about the distraction? The sincerity of your reactions makes it entirely excusable."
[22:50] <Alicia> Even if she now has an inkling of the item's import, Alicia can't really blame Honeydip for keeping it after no doubt thoroughly punishing the demons who originally stole it. Her goals are ultimately self-sacrificing and worthy of respect. "Indeed, there's no need for recriminations when we all want the same thing in the end. Lets go."
[22:52] <Kotono> With this, Latha gathers all of you together! In an instant, the Abyss is left behind! You stand in the cool waters of Mount Celestia, the mountain shining high in the sky. As you feel the coolw aters lapping at your legs, a trumpet note of flawless clarity sounds from the heavens.
06[22:53] * Alicia looks up at the sound. "I wonder if someone already knows what we brought back?"
[22:56] <Kotono> The sky begins to dim - for it a darkness, but one brought by masses. Angels and archons fill the skies, a celestial host coming. Even as they do, Latha steps forward. "The Liath-Flail's return is felt throughout the holy mountain."
[22:58] <Alicia> "So much for doing this quietly..." Alicia steps onto the beach, waiting for the host to come to them and hoping they don't rebuke the general of Androlynne too harshly.
[22:58] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip steps forward as well, rubbing her neck and rolling it back and forth. "This is going to be fun..." she mutters.
[23:00] <Kotono> From the massed horde one approaches, the others hanging back. Romiel ascends down, his eyes on the box that holds the Liath-Flail. "After so long!" His voice exults, "You have found the Liath-Flail! How? Had the Dark Six stolen it away?"
[23:02] <Kotono> "Yes." Lady Honeydip clears her tiny throat, "To get to the truth of the matter, we've had it for a long time now. Before you start feeling the calling of righteous justice, listen to me. We kept it as an ace to protect the children of Androlynne after Celestia let demons steal it. We're going to need to use it before it returns to you, to help assist in defeating Pale Night."
06[23:03] * Alicia nods in support of Honeydip. "The guardians of Androlynne recovered it from the demons who stole it, and kept it safe for this day. If its power can be used against Pale Night, the children might soon be freed of the Abyss forever."
[23:04] <Kotono> "Sir," Latha steps forward, "While not defending the theft nor condoning it, we are aware of the situation with the Dark Six and Pale Night. This theft must be answered, but let it be put aside until the crisis has passed."
[23:06] <Kotono> "Plus, it needs to be restored since it's mostly drained of power." LAdy Honeydip states this, "If you didn't know that. Our legends and stories say that it needs to be presented to the highest point of Jovar, a step before passing into Chronias. We need that full power to repulse Pale Night."
[23:09] <Kotono> Romiel makes a gesture of his hand to the sky. In an instant, you are in another place. You stand in a white marble hall, globes of pure gold light shining. "We will discuss your actions later, fey." Romiel's voice is polite, "Though the legends I know speak of the same. But only the most pure and innocent can stand before Chronias and not be obliterated or step forward into the Seventh Heaven. Were you, Alicia, Latha, Antenora or even I to do
[23:10] <Kotono> Seventh Heaven. Were you, Alicia, Latha, Antenora or even I to do so, we would be unable to resist the ascension. Further, one does not simply travel to Jovar! One ascends Mount Celestia to the top. It is a journey of growth, not an adventure to obtain power. To even reach the Bridge of al-Sihal is the cumulation of a mortal and immortal existance."
06[23:12] * Alicia therefore suggests the most logical course of action. "Could we not simply ask someone who is qualified - someone perhaps already resident in Jovar - to come here and take the flail to be replenished for us?"
[23:14] <Kotono> "The Liath-Flail is not so simple. It's power can only be held and wielded by one pure enough to fulfill it's sacred energies and restore it. Xerona could do so, but her duty binds her to al-Sihal for eternity. For the others there, to take those final steps is the fulfillment of life's journey, drawing them to the Seventh Heaven."
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[23:15] <Kotono> "The Liath-Flail is not so simple. It's power can only be held and wielded by one pure enough to fulfill it's sacred energies and restore it. Xerona could do so, but her duty binds her to al-Sihal for eternity. For the others there, to take those final steps is the fulfillment of life's journey, drawing them to the Seventh Heaven." Romiel continues on now, soft in tone and word.
[23:16] <Alicia> "So... even if we restore it, none of us are qualified to wield it, and no one in Celestia who is able to wield it would be able to come and help us in the final battle of Androlynne?" Alicia concludes, her earlier optimism entering a shattering nosedive.
[23:18] <Kotono> "It is not meant for mortal or immortal hands. It is too bright for those save ascending to the Seventh Heaven." Romiel shakes his head, "It would take a hero of legendary standing and will to fulfill your wishes. It is not impossible, but..."
[23:22] <Alicia> "But what?" Alicia presses, "Isn't there anyone in Celestia who can take up this burden? The defining moment fast approaches - in two months we will have either stolen the children away from the Abyss and given them the life they deserve, or they will all be dead, fed to sate the gluttonous hunger of a creature that was never to be born. We need this, Romiel."
[23:24] <Kotono> "Alicia," Antenora turns sidelong to her. "Maybe the person to do it isn't in Celestia to begin with? I have an idea."
06[23:25] * Alicia turns to Antenora curiously, wondering if she speaks of some celestial paragon imprisoned in Baator.
[23:27] <Kotono> "Do you remember how the prophecy spoke of a child of life? It said the child would have power beyond any blade. That certainly strikes me as what the Liath-Flail may have if restored."
06[23:30] * Alicia has to wrack her brain for a moment to sift through all the obtuse verse Demedais gave them before that one comes to her. "Was that the one about a crown of salt and roses, worn by a smiling child?" she asks, furrowing her brow.
[23:32] <Kotono> "Yes." Antenora inclines her head a little, "When we consult the verses at the right time, information and guidance has been revealed. Helm has left us more help in those verses coming? Instead of a difficult quest to hope we find someone who can use the Liath-Flail, the information we need is in front of us?"
06[23:34] * Alicia would honestly prefer a daring assault on some hellish fortress than puzzling over more riddles, but they might as well take what they can. "I don't suppose a crown of salt and roses means anything to either of you?" she asks Honeydip and Romiel.
[23:34] <Kotono> "The children of Androlynne love wildflowers. You see how they grow all about Androlynne? Roses are included." Honeydip eyes them as she hovers in the air, leaning back to half recline while she flies.
[23:37] <Kotono> "Salt. Tears?" Romiel speaks, "Of this prohecy I do not know, but that is what comes to mind.'
[23:39] <Alicia> "Demedais had them all written down somewhere but I'm having to go from memory. I hate prophecies to begin with, which makes it doubly hard," Alicia admits, shaking her head and crestfallen. "But unless anyone in Celestia is able to help us as we need, I suppose it's all we have to go on, scant as it is."
[23:39] <Kotono> "If theyr'e to take the Liath-Flail, they'd need to be pure and innocent, too," Latha points out, "Perhaps a child, as fitting to Androlynne?"
[23:40] <Alicia> "But the seventh heaven is the epitome of both good and law. That wouldn't match up with an eladrin child," Alicia reasons.
[23:41] <Kotono> "Another child." Latha says, "An eladrin child from there couldn't leave anyway. Or perhaps innocent as a child?"
[23:41] <Alicia> "Even leaving aside that we can't bring any of Androlynne's children here, since if they could leave we would have no need to begin with."
06[23:41] * Alicia looks askance at Latha. "Hugo?"
[23:42] <Kotono> Latha blinks, "...perhaps so. His innocence is overwhelming and he is a child at heart. Despite his yugoloth heritage, he is the purest child I've ever met, mortal or immortal."
[23:43] <Kotono> "Nothing as impure as a yugoloth could enter Chronias," Latha continues on, "Even a half blooded one. But perhaps with his angelic side, he could come close enough, bearing the Liath-Flail...?"
[23:45] <Alicia> "His past is worthy of many tears... but roses?" Alicia mulls that over. "Well, we could interpret tears as being from his fiendish parent, for they often inspire those. His mother could be represented by a rose, if she were an angel perhaps? Even assuming he could stand on those steps, though, I'm not sure he's capable of making the journey up the mountain alone."
[23:46] <Kotono> "Is he?" Antenora crosses her arms, "Jessica told me about how he stood in front of the dread wraith at the Temple of Mystra, unafraid." Holding herself as she thinks, "That stuck out to me. A normal child would be terrified."
[23:49] <Alicia> "He did, I was there," Alicia agrees with Antenora. "But the journey is very long, and with so much to distract a person on the way. He could get lost, or end up falling in with other celestials along the way, losing sight of his goal. He'd need a guide."
[23:51] <Kotono> "That person would have to go the Bridge of al-Sihal. It would not be a journey to be taken lightly," Romiel states this, "The journey may take some time as well. Who would guide him?"
[23:51] <Alicia> Realisation comes to Alicia as she adds. "And if he did it, he'd still be the only one able to bear the replenished flail. He'd have to face Pale Night. We can't let him do that," she shakes her head firmly.
[23:52] <Kotono> "Maybe," Antenora now looks to Alicia, "He wouldn't face her alone and he'd have great power in hand. And...if it is Helm's wisdom that Hugo faces Pale Night, is it right for us to deny that?"
[23:54] <Alicia> "We could be misinterpreting the prophecy," Alicia counters. "If Helm truly wanted it this way, he could have said so clearly. Sending a child to ascend Mount Celestia and sending him to battle the Mother of Demons are two different things."
[23:55] <Kotono> "Yes, but it fits too well," Antenora counters right back. "A pure child despite yugoloth blood, brave, innocent, safe until we found him..." Now Antenora looks slightly peeved, "Alicia, it makes sense. I don't want any of us to face Pale Night, but let's look at it this way. Let's see how he reacts to the Liath-Flail and if he warms to the idea? If he doesn't like it, we'll know we're wrong then."
[23:56] <Kotono> "I'm not sure Hugo is correct," LAtha says, "I think Alicia has a very strong point, but on the other hand, the power of the Liath-Flail would surely protect Hugo from Pale Night."
[23:58] <Alicia> "We're doing this to protect children - I won't do that by putting another in danger," Alicia puts her foot down. "Aside from Pale Night there will be innumerable other demons, and whatever the Dark Six can muster. He won't be anywhere near all that if I have any say in it."
[23:58] <Kotono> Antenora takes a long breath, "Then who? Do you have any other ideas to who could bear the Liath-Flail?"
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[00:01] <Alicia> "You never outright answered when I asked if there was anyone else in Celestia who could wield it and wasn't unable to leave," Alicia remarks, turning back to Romiel.
[20:41] <Kotono> ---
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Maybe," Antenora now looks to Alicia, "He wouldn't face her alone and he'd have great power in hand. And...if it is Helm's wisdom that Hugo faces Pale Night, is it right for us to deny that?"
[20:41] <Kotono> <Alicia> "We could be misinterpreting the prophecy," Alicia counters. "If Helm truly wanted it this way, he could have said so clearly. Sending a child to ascend Mount Celestia and sending him to battle the Mother of Demons are two different things."
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Yes, but it fits too well," Antenora counters right back. "A pure child despite yugoloth blood, brave, innocent, safe until we found him..." Now Antenora looks slightly peeved, "Alicia, it makes sense. I don't want any of us to face Pale Night, but let's look at it this way. Let's see how he reacts to the Liath-Flail and if he warms to the idea? If he doesn't like it, we'll know we're wrong then."
[20:42] <Kotono> > "I'm not sure Hugo is correct," LAtha says, "I think Alicia has a very strong point, but on the other hand, the power of the Liath-Flail would surely protect Hugo from Pale Night."
[20:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> "We're doing this to protect children - I won't do that by putting another in danger," Alicia puts her foot down. "Aside from Pale Night there will be innumerable other demons, and whatever the Dark Six can muster. He won't be anywhere near all that if I have any say in it."
[20:42] <Kotono> > Antenora takes a long breath, "Then who? Do you have any other ideas to who could bear the Liath-Flail?"
[20:42] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You never outright answered when I asked if there was anyone else in Celestia who could wield it and wasn't unable to leave," Alicia remarks, turning back to Romiel.
[20:51] <Kotono> "Only those worthy of passing to Chronias step into the light at the end of the Bridge of al-Sihal. None have ever returned from Chronias except for Zaphkiel. That, in essence, is the problem. The Liath-Flail is not meant to be taken around the Cosmos lightly, but to rest in the hands of Xerona. If I could counsel you better I would, Alicia, but the Bridge of al-Sihal is the very last refuge before the legendary top of Celestia. It is a step a
[20:51] <Kotono> last refuge before the legendary top of Celestia. It is a step away from perfection. Perhaps..." (More)
[20:54] <Kotono> "If you petitioned Sealtiel at Pax Exaltea, he could aid you if any in Mount Celestia can. He is the closest to the peak of Celestia save for Zaphkiel; bearing the Liath-Flail will easily gain you admittance to his presence."
06[20:57] * Alicia wonders how demons could have gotten a hold of it in the first place if no one ever left the last step of Mount Celestia with the thing, but she's growing too weary of this argument to even bother asking. "It seems that's our only option. What do you think, Lady Honeydip?" she defers to the general in charge.
[21:01] <Kotono> "As lon gas it saves the children, you can take it to Jovar or Baator for all I care." Romiel and Lady Honeydip exchange long looks, but neither comments to one another. Instead she goes on. "If it works, I'll accept it.
[21:01] <Kotono> "
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes, what do I know about Sealtiel/Pax Exaltea?
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes, what do I know about Sealtiel/Pax Exaltea? and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:07] <Kotono> Sealtiel is the patron of warden archons and the ruler of Jovar, the Glittering Heaven. He is charged with organizing celestial armies and preventing the impure from reaching Chronias. Pax Exaltea is his fortress, the sixth terrance of a seven terrance ziggurat in Jovar. It rests nearby places such as the Radiant Arsenal and the Exequisher of Souls, where the greatest weapons of archonkind lie and where archons are judged to be promoted, resp
[21:07] <Kotono> weapons of archonkind lie and where archons are judged to be promoted, respectively.
[21:09] <Alicia> "Alright. Lets go see Lyscrea before setting off, then?" Alicia asks, so Honeydip can pump the balor for info she can use to better their defences in Androlynne.
[21:10] <Kotono> "You wanted to come along for that?" Lady Honeydip glances back, "I had assumed you'd have sped off instead by now."
[21:12] <Alicia> "Oh. I thought you were going to come with us," Alicia admits. "Alright then, we'll start heading up the mountain. Hopefully when we next speak it will be with good news."
[21:13] <Kotono> "All the way up to Jovar? No, I'm needed elseware," Lady Honeydip says, "Besides...well...it's just a bad idea for me to go that far."
[21:14] <Kotono> "I will guide us," Latha steps forward, "To climb Celestia is a journey of the spirit - I believe the both of you have reached Mercuria before?"
[21:15] <Alicia> "I understand," Alicia nods, before turning to Romiel. "Probably best not to take Oraga that far either, so will it be okay to leave him in your care for a bit longer?"
[21:16] <Kotono> "It is no danger. Here, he is safe from all others, and all others are safe from him." Romiel nods, "I wish you well, Alicia, and that my words were not so hard and unhelpful."
[21:17] <Alicia> "We can only work with what we have. I know you're doing the best you can," Alicia nods her head magmanimously before turning to Latha. "You took us to meet a sage there who told us about Zetsubokou, yes."
[21:17] <Kotono> "There is one hole in all of this," Antenora gently clears her throat, "How was the Liath-Flail stolen in the first place? If Xerona had been defeated and it taken, surely it would be a known legend."
[21:19] <Kotono> "The first ascent will be simple, you need not prove yourselves again. But beyond?" Latha smiles, "I pray that with the Liath-Flail and our own purity that the trip will not be a long one."
06[21:19] * Alicia was simply being polite and not asking, but since Antenora has she might as well hear the answer.
[21:21] <Kotono> "The legends are ancient. The vairous legends disagree on the specifics, but it is said a yugoloth spoke a lie so powerful and so vile that the Liath-Flail was needed to counter the threat it posed to Creation. During this time, the Liath-Flail was stolen...some day a devil, some day a demon, some say enterprising mortals. No matter what the truth of it, it was known to pass into the Abyss before it was lost beyond magic to recover."
[21:21] <Kotono> to pass into the Abyss before it was lost beyond magic to recover."
[21:23] <Alicia> "I hope we can be as convincing as to our need, and it will not be lost afterwards, then," Alicia concludes from that.
[21:23] <Kotono> "I suppose that does make sense. When I touched the Liath-Flail, I grasped absolute truth." Antenora finds herself nodding to Alicia's words, "I'm confident we'll succeed."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Let's go then," Latha turns away, "We should not dally."
[21:27] <Alicia> "Well, time's wasting - even if Lyscrea said we have two months I wouldn't be surprised if they move up their timescale now that we've got him in our hands, so the sooner the better," Alicia agrees.
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Move along?
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC; yes
[21:31] <Kotono> Traveling through the lowest layer is a peaceful reverie. You lose yourself in the warm feelings of belonging here, your conversations light and airy. Worry bleeds out of you as you ascend up, passing through the gates to Mercuria. Here the golden air and hills roll, the paths ahead steep but easy to climb for you. You progress for some time in the golden light, trekking higher and higher. As you wind up a mountain path, a globe of warm light
[21:31] <Kotono> trekking higher and higher. As you wind up a mountain path, a globe of warm light cascades down from the heavens, approaching the path you walk at fast speeds.
[21:32] <Alicia> "Looks like we have a visitor," Alicia comments to her companions, looking up towards the lantern archon.
[21:33] <Kotono> As it gets close, you see it isn't a lantern archon. It's a simple globe of light, flying down. It flies down and hits the ground, passing straight through it and down. At this, Latha watches it with a smile. "Do you know what that was, Alicia?"
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes, do I?
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes, do I? and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[21:35] <Kotono> This is a Tear of Celestia. They are said to be prayers that rise to the highest heavens, enlived with holy energy and returning to the mortal world. They are said to cause miracles. Seeing one as you ascend Celestia is held to be a sign of favor and good fortune.
[21:37] <Alicia> "A tear of celestia?" Alicia asks, thinking back to a story she heard once. "A good omen, so I understand." She then cocks her head, "For a second, though, I almost wondered if it was a courre when it went through the ground."
[21:38] <Kotono> "A courre of Celestia? We would have to take it to Marie, it would do her some good," Antenora's lips are firmly upward, her smile light and glowing.
[21:38] <Kotono> "A very good omen. Those above approve of our journey." Latha continues to walk, "Let us continue onward, faster."
[21:39] <Alicia> Energised by this positive sign, Alicia picks up the pace as they tirelessly ascend the mountain.
[21:45] <Kotono> Thus you climb. In due time, you come to a man. He stands without motion, hands tied behind his back. His eyes are covered with a heavy blindfold, his mouth clogged with bronze. In silence he asks you without speaking, "See no evil...hear no evil...speak no evil...?"
06[21:50] * Alicia cocks her head, vaguely recalling those two arguing spirits they met in the fey woods. "Are you asking us which is preferable?" she asks uncertainly. It's a proverb she's familiar with, but the interpretation she always got that someone who saw or heard no evil would therefore speak no evil.
[21:55] <Kotono> Latha steps back, "This is not a matter I can intervene in. It is not my place as your guide to. Enlightenment must come from yourselves."
[21:56] <Kotono> The blindfolded figure stands silent, unmoving and unreacting. Antenora looks to him, "Perhaps which is least, or a judgment on it?"
[22:02] <Alicia> "It felt like a question, even if not phrased as such," Alicia remarks thoughtfully. "It's a common proverb but I've heard different conclusions based on it. In Kelara people take it to mean that the innocent - those who neither hear nor see any evil, will therefore never speak evil."
[22:02] <Alicia> "But in the Fiefdoms it refers to those who wilfully ignore evil - they refuse to hear it, see it, or speak about it even when it stares them in the face."
[22:02] <Alicia> "Both are valuable lessons, but I don't think that's what we're being asked... but then, I'm not quite sure what exactly is being asked, no."
[22:03] <Kotono> "For my money?" Antenora looks to Alicia, "I like the second one the most. No matter how you blind yourself to evil, it exist. If you refuse to hear it...the only thing evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
[22:05] <Kotono> The man is silent, blind and bound. He speaks nothing.
06[22:07] * Alicia nods. "It's debatable what the value of goodness in isolation is," she agrees with Antenora. "To truly mean something, it must be tested. It's easy to be a saint in heaven, after all," she smiles wryly. Deciding to go with this approach, she addresses the bound man. "Your maxim is the code of the apathetic and the ignorant. It has no place here."
[22:10] <Kotono> The rope around the man's hands fall away, his arms swinging free. The bronze in his mouth melts, running down his flesh. His body turns to a bronzed shade, clad in a white kirtle and little else. The blindfold falls away, eyes of luminous light ahead. "Spoken with truth. Bearers of the Liath-Flail, continue." The man bows deeply to the three. "Ahead you will find the portal to Venya."
[22:12] <Alicia> "Mystra bless you," Alicia smiles in turn, matching his bow before they continue their advance.
[22:13] <Kotono> As you begin your climb anew, Antenora smiles, "That one was a trifle to us...though it a lesson we've learned well."
[22:14] <Kotono> "I did not think the answer would elude you long," Latha rejoins you with a quickened pace, "Vigilance against evil, a sword that shall cleave the darkness. Domiel, ruler of Mercuria, is said to have such a sword."
[22:15] <Alicia> "I was mostly just confused because I wasn't sure exactly what was being asked at first," Alicia admits. "That sounds like a fitting weapon."
[22:17] <Kotono> Antenora smiles and takes a long breath in. "Aaaah. Just walking this path, I find my soul brightening." As she talks, you see an arch ahead. It is an arch of pearl, glowing with golden and silver radiances. Before it stands a mighty warrior, clad in full armor and with a sword that throbs with golden fire.
[22:20] <Alicia> Hopefully the guardian will let them pass after they resolved that test just now, so Alicia approaches without hesitation. "Greetings," she calls, stopping ten feet away, "Does this path continue on to Venya?"
[22:20] <Kotono> The guardian salutes the three with his blade, "Venya does lie ahead." His voice rumbles in his armor, echoing out. "You may continue your journey."
[22:22] <Alicia> "We shall, thank you," Alicia nods, ascending now the highest she's been up the mountain.
[22:26] <Kotono> Thus you pass into the portal! In an instant, you feel closer. You feel closer to unity and the truth, the brightness of the mountain growing. You stand in mountain slopes, lined with light dustings of snow. About you the mountains rise higher, your breath coming out as soft white mists. Several fast moving mountain streams can be spotted about. "Come. We'll proceed on, though...it may be warranted to take a side trip here."
[22:26] <Kotono> "Come. We'll proceed on, though...it may be warranted to take a side trip here." Latha is already moving, moving ahead in the air.
[22:27] <Alicia> "Whatever you think is best," Alicia agrees readily, happy to trust Latha's judgement as she takes wing after her.
[22:28] <Kotono> "The Glass Tarn is an icy lake. If one offers up something of true value to themselves and tosses it into the lake, a prophecy shall rise up from the depths. It is your choice; I recall your opinion on prophecies."
[22:32] <Alicia> "I'll decline," Alicia agrees. "Antenora, do you want to try it?"
[22:33] <Kotono> For a time Antenora considers, then shakes her head. "If we return, I may indulge in it. I have enough with one prophecy to untangle for now. Let us see about the Liath-Flail now."
[22:42] <Kotono> Thus you journey on for a time. You journey over smooth, snowy peaks and past brooks. You pass terranced fields and tall domes, cities dotteda bout the pristine surface. After some time, exacts lost in the exultation of ascension, you come to a small keep. It lies in a super narrow valley, blocking the way ahead. Waterfalls roar down in front of it, a vast lake before it. A bridge of latticed silverwork lies ahead, fragile looking, yet standin
[22:42] <Kotono> a vast lake before it. A bridge of latticed silverwork lies ahead, fragile looking, yet standing true.
[22:44] <Alicia> They could surely fly over it, but Latha's probably guided them this way for a reason. "Do we go through the keep?" Alicia asks.
[22:45] <Kotono> "It is in our path. Let us see who is inside?" Latha walks onto the lattice, the silver unbending under her weight. "Nothing in Celestia is met without purpose."
06[22:49] * Alicia assumed as much, and lands on the bridge behind Latha. "I remember when we thought like that in Brightwater and ended up knocking on some random petitioners door. He wasn't too impressed," she remarks in amused chagrin.
[22:50] <Kotono> Antenora follows, the waterfalls roaring ahead. The spray of them wets you as you pass, the crystal-clear waters washing away sweat and filth. By the time you reach the gates inside, you feel as clean as if you bathed. As you approach the gates, they open wide. Inside is a room crafted of nothing but pearly stone, a further gate ahead parting. Inside there is a throne, an angelic figure of surpassing beauty and perfection watching you. It's e
[22:50] <Kotono> an angelic figure of surpassing beauty and perfection watching you. It's eyes shine with love and wisdom, felt readily. It wears heavy armor head to toe, yet seems unburdened. Great white wings sprout from it's back, six in total. A delicate, twisting rod of pearls lies against the throne.
[22:51] <Kotono> "Knowing that part of Brightwater, we probably interrupted something inti..." Antenora pauses here, taking in the view. Her words cease as she watches.
06[22:53] * Alicia bows before the armoured angel after they enter the keep. "Greetings. We three travellers seek to climb the slopes of Mount Celestia, in hopes of replenishing the Liath-Flail that it's power might save the lost children of Androlynne," she explains their quest, anticipating another challenge here.
[22:56] <Kotono> The being rises from his throne, rod in hand. "Approach. I am Orythis, seer of Erathaol. The weaving paths of time have brought you to my domain. You are Alicia Reynes, servant of Mystra. I bid you fair welcome. You are Antenora the redeemed, servant of Mystra. I bid you fair welcome. You are Latha, servant of the Heavens. I bid you fair welcome. In you I see truth and righteousness."
06[22:57] * Alicia straightens up and approaches. "Thank you, Orythis. We seek justice in all things," she affirms their commitment to the proper application of order tempered by benevolence.
[23:01] <Kotono> "Those who find their way to my realm are offered a gift. Each of you may see a vision of the future if you choose to. Close your eyes and concentrate on one thing, and a vision will come related to that. It may be anything, as far as to my vision can reach."
[23:04] <Alicia> Since they brought up his hypothetical role in prophecy earlier today, Alicia can't help but be curious how Hugo's going to turn out, so she closes her eyes and thinks of the innocent half-angel/half-yugoloth who likes nothing better than drawing pictures with Marie on her living room floor.
[23:13] <Kotono> Alicia's mind swirls. In a gray void, an elf wanders. He is bloodied, a broken sword in hand, the tattered remnants of metal armor hanging off his body. He limps ahead, coughing up blood. He wobbles on his feet, pitching forward to fall face down...but he stays up. A ghostly hand rests on the elf's shoulder, righting him. Hugo goes to the elf's side, supporting him with his body. As he does, the elf's wounds repair, flesh smoothing over and bl
[23:13] <Kotono> supporting him with his body. As he does, the elf's wounds repair, flesh smoothing over and blood returning to where it should be. "The nightmare is over. You can go rest now." (More)
[23:14] <Kotono> "Who...are...you...?" The elf's voice is broken, but his eyes widen. He reaches ahead past Hugo with a cry, vanishing away. Hugo smiles for a moment, before walking ahead into the gray, lifeless void.
[23:17] <Alicia> Well, it's utterly lacking in context, but it shows two things. Hugo will continue to learn and develop, mentally maturing as anyone else would, and that he'll help a mysterious elf in a grey void. It seems like an act of kindness, and so Alicia is happy with what she's been shown.
[23:18] <Kotono> Alicia's eyes open. Antenora has a strange look on her face, while Latha approaches. "I thank you for your gift," she says to Orythis, reverant voiced.
[23:19] <Kotono> "Remember, the stream of time and the future is ever mutable. What is seen is only one potential, as much as my power can understand it. It is up to every living being to make a better future."
[23:19] <Kotono> OOC: GAh.
[23:20] <Kotono> "Remember, the stream of time and the future is ever mutable. What is seen is only one potential, as much as my power can understand it. It is up to every living being to make a better future." Orythis raises his rod briefly, the back wall of his keep vanishing, the path ahead seen. "Proceed on."
06[23:21] * Alicia nods to Orythis. "A Quarut recently showed me a vision of the future where I had wings like these," she notes, flexing her white-feathered new limbs. "It came true sooner than I expected. Thank you for showing us what you could," she concludes, starting back on the path.
[23:23] <Kotono> "I thank you," Antenora heads along with Alicia. As they leave it behind, she breaks the silence first. "What did you see, Alicia?"
[23:26] <Alicia> "I saw Hugo helping an elf in an empty grey space," Alicia replies, smiling. "He looked the same but it was clear he'd grown up. After our earlier conversation about prophecy I couldn't help but be curious how he'll turn out. What about you two?"
[23:28] <Kotono> "I thought of the Child of Life. I saw only hazy images, indistinct. I thought it was a man at first, then I was certain it was a woman...then a man with longer hair, then a child. Then a giant of a creature...Nothing definitive, or perhaps telling in it's own right." Latha says this as you walk along, feet crunching in the light snow beneath.
[23:29] <Kotono> "Empty gray space?" Antenora considers that, "The Gray Wastes, maybe?"
[23:30] <Alicia> "I suppose it's hard for you to see the future of a being if you don't know who the being is," Alicia guesses in response to Latha. "I don't know, Antenora - it was more like the astral plane except gray rather than silver. There was no terrain at all. What did you see in yours?"
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[23:35] <Kotono> "I thought of love. Jessica and Roald looked so happy together." Antenora's lips tug with a faint smile, "I saw...a possibility."
[23:37] <Alicia> "We'll have to visit Dweomerheart more often now to stay in touch with them if they're going to live there full time," Alicia notes pleasantly, before cocking her head at Antenora's addendum. "Did it show someone in your own future?"
[23:39] <Kotono> "It did." Antenora looks skyward, walking along before answering further. "A man who loved me very much. I could not see his face, but I felt the love he held for me."
[23:40] <Alicia> "I suppose it's like Latha's vision, limited by your own knowledge. That means it must be someone you haven't met yet," Alicia assumes, grinning. "You'll have to keep an eye out."
[23:43] <Kotono> "If we are to meet, we'll meet. If we are not to, we'll not." Antenora grins right back, "That sort of love and devotion...I know a shade of it with you. But to know it with a man, to add that dimension of affection, attraction and bonding..." Antenora's voice is thoughtfully distant, "At first I had dismissed it as impurity. You and Marie upbraided me for it, and with wisdom that I can appreciate now."
[23:48] <Alicia> "I'm glad you see it that way," Alicia nods approvingly. "Any man would be lucky to have you."
[23:50] <Kotono> "From that love would come children....children that would have a warm home and parents. Ones who would be raised right." Antenora goes on, hands to her stomach. "A love that can create sacred life..."
[23:52] <Kotono> "It's Lathander's word that life creates life." Latha now smiles warmly, "A mother's joy is sacred as the air we breath now. When the time is right, embrace this role."
[23:53] <Alicia> "Feeling broody?" Alicia asks warmly. "I can't blame you. For all that I was exhausted and sore in ways I hadn't yet imagined, the moment I first held my son was the happiest of my life..."
[23:55] <Kotono> "For an erinyes, childbirth is a procedure. It's to continue tyranny; a child's innocence has no place in Hell. A child is to be broken and abushed, punished, raped, tormented and driven to dominate others. Unless a child falls into this role, they are worthless to Hell." With a soft smile, "Folly. That love in your eyes, Alicia, I want to have it in my own with my own baby."
06[23:57] * Alicia doesn't dwell on what Antenora says about erinyes childhood, focusing instead on the last part as she pats her friend's arm. "One day you will," she promises. And silently to herself she vows to do everything she can to ensure Antenora never feels the pain of losing her child the way Alicia did.
[23:57] <Kotono> "To pervert this process is a sin against the natural order. It is no wonder at all that Lathander bid me to destroy any Neverborn I ever come across. The sickening blasphemy they represent offend me, an insult to every loving mother.'
[23:58] <Kotono> Antenora looks into Alicia's eyes, "And, when the time is right, for you to find this once more as well." With a crooked smile, "We can raise children together. After the ordeals we've been through, it would be a vacation of love."
[23:59] <Kotono> Then she turns back to Latha, a somberness overtaking her, "Yes, absolutely so. Ao...why? If the Overgod is better than a cruel demon...what could motivate him to do what he did?"
Session Time: Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 2009
[00:05] <Alicia> Alicia's expression falls as they turn to the disagreeable topic of the Overgod. "It's maddening. Ao is a being with the power to crush all of Asmodeus's schemes, or lay waste to the heavens, or anything else you could imagine. But he doesn't. He simply imposes edicts and punishments according to his nonsensical whims,
[00:05] <Alicia> and randomly chooses whether to let violations to his own rules pass or not. He could have stopped Daa-vid's apotheosis at the first step, instead he let it proceed, allowed all the madness and devastation that followed, and then when he was finally brought to heel by everyone else did he step in and sever our ruined world from the rest of the cosmos."
[00:05] <Alicia> "To be honest, I suspect Ao has more in common with Zetsubokou than with any other Power that we know."
[00:06] <Kotono> "You know..." Antenora does a double-blink, "Zetsubokou was supposed to be almost immune to divine power, no?"
06[00:08] * Alicia nods. "She was from 'outside' of the Planes. Can either of you tell me which plane Ao or the Arbiter dwell upon?"
[00:09] <Kotono> "It's unknown..." Latha now looks at Alicia, "Are you saying that Zetsubokou and Ao are related?"
[00:10] <Alicia> "Obviously I don't *know*," Alicia replies. "But you can't tell me it doesn't make some sense."
[00:10] <Kotono> "The Far Realm is said to be beyond the Outer Planes. If Ao does not dwell in reality as we know it, then perhaps he dwells beyond it?" Antenora's voice lowers sharply, "That abomination we slew...could be possibly of the same stock as him?"
[00:11] <Kotono> "Then if that is true," Latha's face is turning into a scowl, "It's not reason, but incomprehensible madness that drives him? No better than a demon?"
[00:15] <Alicia> "It may only seem like madness because we lack his perspective, but... well, look at what happened with Daa-vid. Look at what's happening now with the Dark Six. Look at the Neverborn he creates from some godly couplings while allowing others to pass."
[00:15] <Alicia> "What plan, what order, can you see in these actions?" Alicia asks. "Saying he's alike to Zetsubokou is disingenous, for one they are orders of magnitude seperated in power and scope. But I can well imagine a commonality."
[00:19] <Kotono> "This is profoundly disturbing to ponder." Antenora says with wonder in her tone, "But to research it would take us to the Far Realm. Utter folly for any who dare. But yet, if the truth laid within that madness, it would be a greater temptation than all of Hell's fruits."
[00:21] <Kotono> "Even if you're right, what does it matter if a few of us guessed what he is? If the Gods can do nothing to him, our thoughts are meaningless to him. But to imagine something like that is ruling Creation..." Latha stops, "Lathander, I wish to purify myself immediately."
[00:24] <Alicia> "It's immensely depressing, isn't it?" Alicia nods glumly to Latha. "The best we can hope for is that he limit his involvement, but to know everything we do is merely at his sufferance, and looking at his track record..."
[00:25] <Kotono> "If we ever confirmed this...if we ever had proof...would we use it and perhaps drive all living life into a crusade of madness to the Far Realm, or keep this vile secret?" Antenora sighs deeply, "Perhaps when this is done we should discreetly seek information on the Far Realm? There is the matter of the breech in Gehenna, too."
[00:30] <Kotono> "You know what's worse? I'm starting ot draw grandiose, multiverse spanning schemes in my mind now. Well, more than usual." With a distinctly unpleased look, "Puppetmasters of madness manipulate the Cosmos for fun and laughs."
[00:31] <Alicia> "I don't normally counsel hopelessness, but in this case I'm not sure Ao could be harmed even if every power in the wheel turned their might against him. And it is only supposition on my part... still, Far Realm or not, I do not consider Ao's actions that I'm aware of to be commendable," Alicia concludes. "Though I regret raising the topic for how it's disheartened us."
[00:33] <Kotono> "Then even if the rest of the world is hopeless, we'll find light and love within ourselves," Antenora goes to Alicia, hugging her. "Like that. Even if the worst is true and everything is a sick game for insane octopus-like creatures, the light within us won't die."
[00:34] <Kotono> "That's right. Let us turn our minds to holiness, not the whispers of despair." Latha proceeds along now, "This gloom is not suitable for the holy slopes of Celestia."
06[00:36] * Alicia nods, embracing Antenora back. "For all the sadness and horror that can be found in existence, there is still peace and beauty," she agrees, giving the reformed baatezu a fond squeeze before parting. "There is much we have to do here in the realms we know without concerning ourselves with what lies beyond."
[20:28] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I don't normally counsel hopelessness, but in this case I'm not sure Ao could be harmed even if every power in the wheel turned their might against him. And it is only supposition on my part... still, Far Realm or not, I do not consider Ao's actions that I'm aware of to be commendable," Alicia concludes. "Though I regret raising the topic for how it's disheartened us."
[20:28] <Kotono> > "Then even if the rest of the world is hopeless, we'll find light and love within ourselves," Antenora goes to Alicia, hugging her. "Like that. Even if the worst is true and everything is a sick game for insane octopus-like creatures, the light within us won't die."
[20:28] <Kotono> > "That's right. Let us turn our minds to holiness, not the whispers of despair." Latha proceeds along now, "This gloom is not suitable for the holy slopes of Celestia."
[20:28] <Kotono> * Alicia nods, embracing Antenora back. "For all the sadness and horror that can be found in existence, there is still peace and beauty," she agrees, giving the reformed baatezu a fond squeeze before parting. "There is much we have to do here in the realms we know without concerning ourselves with what lies beyond."
03[20:29] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:30] <Kotono> Thus you continue to walk. You are ascending up a long, winding slope, climbing and climbing the great mountain. As you do, a sound pierces the crystal clear air. A mewling, a meowing, throaty and lonely.
[20:32] <Alicia> "A cat?" Alicia cocks her head, trying to locate the sound.
[20:32] <Kotono> It's coming from ahead and to the side, "It sounded like one," Antenora looks about as well, pointing ahead. "I think it came from over there."
[20:35] <Alicia> "Lets have a look?" Alicia suggests, heading the way Antenora pointed. It's probably a disguised angel like the fox in Ysgard, so she won't be taking her clothes off this time!
[20:37] <Kotono> Ahead and past a few rocks lies a cat. It's reddish fur is mussed, bloodie din several places. It's teeth are fierce, whiskers sharp and cutting through the air. The cat's face is sinister, it's eyes like that of a demon. It mewls again, it's back legs dragging behind it, broken. It lies on it's stomach now.
06[20:40] * Alicia approaches carefully, wondering if this is what a bezekira looks like without its invisibility. "Can you understand me?" she asks, her hands outstretched in a calming gesture and away from her sword.
[20:41] <Kotono> The cat hisses, but at the same time, it's wounds bleed. Blood trickles from it's body as it tries to rise but fails.
[20:42] <Kotono> 'It's so helpless,' Antenora stays back from Alicia, 'Isn't it?'
[20:43] <Alicia> 'I'm reminded of a parable about a mouse and a lion. But I'm no mouse,' Alicia replies, continuing to inch towards the wounded feline. "It's alright," she tries to soothe it, "I won't hurt you. Just relax..."
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Make a charisma check?
[20:45] <Kotono> 'You're the lion, not the cat.' Antenora chuckles, 'Besides, it's apperance is likely deceiving. No fiendish animal or hellspawn would simply lie here so easily, no?'
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[20:46] <Kotono> The cat eyes Alicia and hisses again, snapping it's teeth, even as it's body strains forward. Another splurt of blood comes from it's wounds, and with a grunt, it crumbles entirely down and hard, thumping into the rocky path.
06[20:49] * Alicia winces, and takes advantage of the cat's momentary stunning. Smoothly moving from gentle creeping to a few quick steps forward, she positions herself to its side so it's awkwardly positioned to bite or claw at her, before she places a hand on its nearest hind-leg, channelling healing energies.
[20:49] <Alicia> Her other hand is positioned on the scruff of its neck to hold it back if it does twist to snap at her.
[20:49] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay on hands
[20:52] <Kotono> The wounds of the cat heal! It's body returns to vitality immediately! As it does, it grows and grows! From the size of a housecat to a great lion of gold, it's mane fire dancing with light. "In kindness, the present washes away the taint of evil in the future." It's voice rumbles, "A lesson I sense you know well."
[20:54] <Kotono> "In time Alicia taught me this virtue," Antenora melts into a smile, "I half suspected the truth of it, but you are right. It is a lesson we know well."
[20:56] <Alicia> "Despite your appearance, you did not act like a wicked creature," Alicia admits as she pulls back and smiles at the great cat. "Still, I am perhaps not as kind as I could be, and the lesson is well taken," she inclines her head, recalling her initial harsh treatment of Antenora.
[20:58] <Kotono> The lion steps back, body winking away in a pillar of bright glory. "One can always improve as they ascend the mountain. Bear this in your heart, and you will come closer to the perfection of Chronias."
[20:58] <Kotono> "Another lesson I've learned well. Why, even today..." She stops at that, words ceasing as the lion has vanished.
[20:59] <Alicia> "I'm sure he just didn't want to take up more of our valuable time," Alicia consoles Antenora as her conversation is abruptly cut off.
[21:00] <Kotono> The former erinyes is smiling despite it, "Still..." she stretches back, "It reminded me of myself. Was I so pathetic at first, trying to bite and snap even as my own sins tore me asunder?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "You could be quite obnoxious, when you weren't transparently trying to flatter me," Alicia agrees without rancor, patting her on the back.
[21:03] <Kotono> Patting back and with a roguish grin, "Now I imagine myself as a cat, wanting the fish you hold while rubbing against your legs and purring - no matter how long it goes or how irritating it is that I won't stop."
[21:05] <Alicia> "You're lucky I'm more of a cat person," Alicia banters back, hopping over the rocks and back onto the path to resume their journey.
[21:11] <Kotono> Latha looks to the two and just chuckles, keeping her peace. After al ittle more walking, you come to a rising pearly stair. It ascends farther than you can see, built into the mountain. At the foot of it stands a newborn child. Yet it's face is the face of an old man, ancient and whitebearded. Four circles float around it's brilliant, glowing body, each one full of more eyes than you can count. It speaks in a multitude of voices at once, each
[21:11] <Kotono> each one full of more eyes than you can count. It speaks in a multitude of voices at once, each the same but different. "You who seek Solania, listen. Ahead is a realm of comtemplation and purification, domain of Pistis Sophia."
06[21:12] * Alicia can't help but be a little unsettled by the appearance of this particular archon, but does her best not to show it in her expression as she patiently listens.
[21:14] <Kotono> "The path of the ascetic is one of sacrifice. The Pearly Stair will not take you unless you sacrifice something of the worldly realm to further yourself towards enlightenment." The being's body is difficult to look at for long..the eyes-wheels are the eyes of thousands. Each one glows with righteous wisdom, too pure to contemplate with mere vision. "What you choose is your own choice; a worthy sacrifice will be accepted by Pistis Sophia."
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes to ID this dude
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes to ID this dude and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[21:22] <Kotono> "I am," The being speaks, a slight gentleness, "My existance akin to Quaruts."
[21:23] <Kotono> Antenora eeps ever so slightly, burning a rosy red. "...you overheard?"
06[21:23] * Alicia blushes slightly, wondering if it's reading her mind or if it saw a potential future where they asked.
[21:24] <Kotono> "I see the unified past. You are of the worst future turned to the shining best." The being's many eyes gaze on Antenora with love, "Many a future kept you in the Pit, or into the endless oblivion. You choose your future wisely, deva."
[21:25] <Kotono> Then to Alicia, "I see the future. I see shining futures for you, servant of righteousness. But be wary, for not all future end in light. From the highest peak, the falls are all the more damning and tragic."
[21:27] <Alicia> "All I can do is strive to make the best future for myself. I have not fallen yet, and hopefully will not in the future," Alicia replies, refusing to be drawn on her darker potential. "In any case..."
06[21:27] * Alicia considers for a moment, thinking of something valuable she can sacrifice but wondering if it might cause offence... Is it really a sacrifice if it's something she never wanted in the first place? "What I have to sacrifice is valuable, true," she begins as she opens up the portable hole.
[21:27] <Alicia> "But I never wished to have it. If Pistis Sophia does not wish it, I can offer something else," she concludes as she takes out a tome gifted to her by Esthan that would supposedly empower her charisma, and carried no hidden side effects as far as Seira could tell.
[21:31] <Kotono> The book flickers a rumbling black! "The futures I see from this book...are all abominations of tyranny and evil!" The spirit hisses as it's eyes swirl around it's body, circles rotating at a rapid pace. "And yet I can see no past from it! The book you carry has been touched by a being of supreme evil. Lay it down. Pistis Sophia accepts it, so that it may be removed in righteous fire!"
[21:33] <Alicia> Well... that's going to be an awkward conversation with Seira and Demedais... "I see," Alicia coughs. "Forgive me, but the creature who gifted me with that tome also gave similar ones to two of my friends, and they had no reservations about accepting those gifts. Can you tell how they might be affected?"
[21:33] <Alicia> She then places the book down on the ground and takes a step back.
[21:34] <Kotono> The being steps forward, staring at the book before touching it. "I...believe it to be safe. Yet...even the touch of such a creature pollutes the future of this book. Do you know of the creature that so tainted this book? One of the Lords of the Nine or another archdevil?:
[21:36] <Alicia> "An archdevil that supposedly rivals the Lords and seeks to usurp Asmodeus," Alicia nods. "Forgive me but I cannot say the being's name, the last time it was uttered outside of a specially warded area, several archons were slain simply from hearing it."
[21:38] <Kotono> At this, white fire descends from above! The book explodes outward in fire, dissipating in a mere second! "His agent gave us this book as an attempt to curry favor. He resides in righteous imprisonment now."
[21:39] <Kotono> "It is good. Alicia, you may walk ahead. Antenora and Latha, what shall your offering be?"
06[21:40] * Alicia nods at permission being granted but waits for Latha and Antenora to make their offerings before advancing.
[21:40] <Kotono> "I don't know yet," Antenora says it aloud, "Does it have to be a material thing or can it be more symbolic?"
[21:45] <Kotono> "It must be of the worldly realm, though you may propose what you wish." is the answer back. Antenora thoughtfully looks to Alicia, 'Any-' She stops there, "Any ideas, Alicia? Worldly desires? Pistis Sophia is the ascetic, perhaps that would please her."
06[21:50] * Alicia is half tempted to suggest the ring of sustenance, but giving up that means being forced to partake of more food and sleep, which doesn't sound right. Besides, it was the first thing she bought Antenora after she relinquished her diabolical nature, so there's sentimental value there.
[21:50] <Alicia> "It's more meaningful to choose yourself, but how about the Mantle of the Storm?" she nods to the cloak Antenora wears.
[21:53] <Kotono> "I think so, but..." Antenora merely takes off her cloak, lying it on the ground. "I took this from a trial in our world. It has value to me, for I fought bravely with Alicia and my friends to win it. I offer it so that I can grow greater in the wisdom of sacrifice."
[21:54] <Kotono> The cloak floats into the air and vanishes! "Pistis Sophia is content with your offering, Antenora. Latha?"
[21:56] <Kotono> Latha steps forward, placing her mace down. "This weapon has served me well. But for enlightenment, I will shed it and the bloodshed it embodies, righteous or not."
[21:57] <Kotono> The mace floats in the air and vanishes! "The three of you may continue," the being says, "The fourth mountain is above us."
06[21:58] * Alicia feels a bit guilty at not having given up anything of value, unlike her two friends, and resolves to take the hit if further sacrifices are called for further up the mountain, or at least reimburse them. "Thank you," she nods, smiling at her friends before starting onwards.
[22:02] <Kotono> Thus you walk up. You find yourselves in fog. From walking up pearly stairs to standing in a luminencent fog, glowing like heaven's splendor. Above you, a burnished silver sky glows. You stand on grassy ground, soft soil beneath your boots. You feel peace inside of you, a desire to close your eyes and reflect.
[22:03] <Alicia> "This reminds me of the first time I went to Uatu," Alicia remarks, taking a deep breath as she stops and closes her eyes, just for a few moments. They can't afford to delay too long, but would be remiss not to appreciate all that Celestia has.
[22:04] <Kotono> "I know," Antenora takes a few steps ahead, "It's a sweet, sweet lulling, but one we can't indulge in."
[22:05] <Kotono> "There may be time yet. Let us see how our path takes us," Latha walks through the fog, "In the light of Solania, wisdom will come to us. I am certain of it."
[22:07] <Alicia> "You're right," Alicia nods at length, opening her eyes and walking after the other two. "We shouldn't get distracted, but neither should we be too focused on our goal at the expense of the journey. That doesn't seem to be Celestia's way."
[22:10] <Kotono> Thus you walk. You seem to be proceeding downhill into a valley, the fog thick and bright. You walk for a time; ahead lies a stream. Sitting on a large flat rock near it is a woman of blue, as if made of indigo. Her body is genderless, yet with faint traces of feminimity. A single pair of blue-white wings adorn her back, body untouched by clothing. A look of serene, self satisified contentment brings peace to your souls. She watches you approa
[22:10] <Kotono> A look of serene, self satisified contentment brings peace to your souls. She watches you approach, beckoning you closer.
06[22:12] * Alicia approaches without reservation, stopping a little under ten feet away. "Greetings," she ventures. "My name is Alicia, and these are my friends, Antenora and Latha."
[22:14] <Kotono> "I am honored," Latha bows to her, going to kneel. "My Lady, you honor us with your exalted presence in our journey to Jovar."
[22:16] <Alicia> Wait a second... Alicia clues in from Latha's reaction just who they're dealing with, and blushes before following her example by kneeling as well. "Truly, it's an unexpected pleasure."
[22:16] <Kotono> Antenora quickly follows suit, "M'lady," she adds in.
[22:17] <Kotono> "I am Pistis Sophia." With a smile of content love, "Would you walk with me through the valley here?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "Of course, the honor would be ours," Latha answers immediately, words nearly tumbling out.
[22:18] <Alicia> "Gladly," Alicia echoes the sentiment, taking it as permission to rise if they're going to go for a walk.
[22:25] <Kotono> Thus you walk ahead. The path is an easy one, all downhill as you are surrounded by the light fog. It glitters, casting everything in glowing radiance and motes of light. As you do, Pistis Sophia takes the lead with the walk, turning back to speak. "Physical possessions bring about unhappiness and greed. Only in the pure spirit, unbridled by these things, can find true contentment. What do you think of this, favored of Mystra?"
06[22:34] * Alicia smiles kindly in reply. "Surely you know that the Lady of Mysteries holds great love for magical artifice..." she trails off and shakes her head, "But you asked for my opinion, not the philosophy of my church. I somewhat lean to your view, for the perils of greed are all too abundant, and the ascetism you espouse appeals in its simplicity."
[22:34] <Alicia> "But even if we can condemn a greedy hoarder of treasure, who could begrudge an honest craftsman who makes works of beauty? I do not think physical possessions need be cast aside in their entirety, for with the proper appreciation and moderation they can enrich our souls as much as sacrifice and meditation."
[22:40] <Kotono> "You seek a balance in things." You walk along, the stream nearby burbling along. In it are pure waters, "This is a question you have struggled with at? On you is enough wealth to end poverty and want in the United Baronies. In your hands have passed wealth enough to make a dragon miser envious. You understand that none of it brings contentment to you?" She says it all with a smile.
[22:42] <Kotono> "Exalted one," Antenora speaks with her head bowed, "I have no love for wealth. This question has plagued me at times...the money I have invested into my armaments could do much good if spent elseware. If I could face what I do without them, I would."
[22:46] <Alicia> "It keeps me alive," Alicia replies calmly. "With it I can stand against the worst the Abyss or anywhere else has to offer. Without it, well..." she glances at Antenora, "It's been some time since I last won a sparring match with Antenora."
[22:49] <Kotono> "Those who walk my path learn to do without, but it is a difficult path." She smiles to them, "I would not have you walk this path if you are not willing and capable. A vow of poverty not a mere committment, but an entire life to be lived."
[22:49] <Kotono> Antenora colors, "Alicia, you more than surpass me with magic involved, let alone your equipment."
[22:51] <Kotono> "Were my fate different, it is a path I would be glad to walk," Latha chimes in with that, "My Lady, I do not dissent with what you preach, but I bow to the face of neccessity to fight evil. Were evil defeated, your words would only be common sense."
[22:55] <Alicia> "True, but I don't use magic when we spar. In physical terms you surpass me in most respects," Alicia tells her friend without blame before she addresses Pystis Sophia. "I confess I am intrigued by what I could be capable of with such dedication as you possess, my Lady, but I must demur, for both the practical and philosophical grounds I have said."
[23:00] <Kotono> "I respect your choices." Ahead you see the bottom of the valley. Here lies a small shrine of stone, barely as wide as Alicia is. Inside lies a small altar of carved stone, angels of stone carved to hold it up. "If any of you wish to partake of a little of the path I walk, you may lay worldly possessions down on this shrine. If you refrain, there is no harm done."
03[23:00] * Kotono is now known as Kotono_Ibis
[23:11] <Alicia> "The sacrifice I made to enter Solania felt insincere, compared to what my friends gave up," Alicia admits. "If nothing else, my honour demands I make some form of redress." Unbuckling the sheath for her secondary sword, she holds the Sword of the Sealed Gate up.
[23:11] <Alicia> "I worked hard to reforge this once broken sword. And aside from one notable incident it has served me well - indeed it was pivotal in our victory over the creature we now know as Zetsubokou." Taking a deep breath, she reverently places it on the altar. "I sacrifice it to you, Pystis Sophia, Lady of Solania."
[23:11] <Alicia> "I ask that you accept it, and that it mean something more than a salve to my pride. Please, let it enrich Celestia, or find its way to someone worthy of it."
[23:18] <Kotono_Ibis> Pistis Sophia goes to the altar, the sword on it gleaming in the fog. She runs her fingers down the blade, "It has served you well, truly. It is accepted." Alicia feels dazzling light grow in her body, overtaking her!
[23:27] <Alicia> A cloudy halo of golden light coalesces around Alicia, a familiar sight for both Latha and Antenora. But it grows steadily brighter, soon shining like the sun! Alicia stares at herself in wonder for a moment before she favours Pystis Sophia with a reverent bow. "Thank you. You do me great honour," she gushes.
[23:28] <Kotono_Ibis> "You have done yourself your own honor," Returning the bow to Alicia, "If either of you wish to as well?" Pistis Sophia offers to them.
[23:30] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora steps forward. In her hand is a famiilar ribbon, placed onto the altar. "This was gifted to me by Alicia a long time ago. She spent her own money on a creature she had every right to consider no better than treacherous trash, hoping against hope to save her." Gently letting go over the ribbon as it falls to the stone altar, "I give this, for I have no more need to hide myself in shame. No more does every right-thinking soul recoi
[23:30] <Kotono_Ibis> No more does every right-thinking soul recoil from the corrupting in my breast."
[23:30] <Kotono_Ibis> *corruption.
[23:31] <Alicia> Straightening up, Alicia tamps down on her glowiness and smiles fondly at Antenora, seeing this as another step on her path of redemption.
[23:32] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora's sking glows with a sapphire blue-indigo light, shining for a moment like metal. "Your gift is accepted. No more do you have to hide yourself, Antenora. Be content in that you are a vision of salvation, hope and righteousness now."
[23:34] <Kotono_Ibis> "Thank you!" Antenora kneels before Pistis Sophia, "I am ever greatful."
[23:35] <Kotono_Ibis> Latha considers for a time, before demurring away with a shake of her head. "My Lady, I am honored, but at this time, I cannot. For as much as you admire your path, I cannot risk myself or my friends falling in battle because I cannot protect them with my aura."
[23:37] <Kotono_Ibis> "Travel onward," Pistis Sophia smiles, "The Liath-Flail calls to me, your journey must continue. May you find what you seek above."
06[23:38] * Alicia looks up at Latha's silver halo and nods. "That was something you crafted with your own hands, as part of your own trials in Ysgard. Its creation has as much spiritual significance as any sacrifice," she encourages the deva, before bowing once again to Pystis Sophia. "Thank you for the pleasure of your company. It has been enlightening for us all."
[23:38] <Kotono_Ibis> "I thank you. For what my blessings me, I give them to you. Bless you," Antenora says humbly.
[23:39] <Kotono_Ibis> Pistis Sophia smiles, before walking away into the luminous fog, gone from sight. Latha watches her go and a little longer, "A lesson to be learned. For all that we need money...for all that greed lurks in our hearts...money is only a tool at best. What matters is the emotion and happiness we have."
[23:40] <Kotono_Ibis> "Alicia taught me that, too. The friends I have and love I have are what make me happy, not a slightly more magical ring or spear." She looks to Alicia, "You, Marie, Latha, Jessica, Hugo, Seira, Demedais...everyone...that's what I get up in the morning for."
[23:42] <Alicia> "Hell Striker makes me happy," Alicia grins and pats her laconic sword. "For the rest it's simple practicality. It's not as if we live in the lap of luxury, do we?"
[23:44] <Kotono_Ibis> "It's a humble home. It's getting a little too small for all of us," Antenora grins right back, "We might need to start sharing rooms if we get any more guests."
[23:45] <Alicia> "I expect Jessica's room will become available rather soon," Alicia admits starting to continue on their journey.
[23:46] <Kotono_Ibis> "Truth." Latha walks along, silent for the next little set of steps. "Admittedly, there may be a practical benefit to sharing rooms. Better security during sleep, with more than one person in a room."
[23:48] <Alicia> "Half of us don't sleep at all and one of us only sleeps a little, though," Alicia reasons. "Also, I could probably put up some magical wards now, although they're tricky to gauge properly."
Session Time: Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono_Ibis> "It's worth considering," Latha murmurs, but conversation dies away. You find yourselves walking through valleys, up and down them. In time, you come to a rough path. A plain wooden sign has been affixed here, three paths to choose from.
06[00:01] * Alicia has a look at the sign to see if it has any suggestions as to which path is best for them.
[00:03] <Kotono_Ibis> Each path is named. "To Mount Erraiel," is one, the second is, "To Solania's Mercy Cathedral," and the last is, "To the Order of Perfection."
[00:04] <Alicia> In this case it's best to defer to their guide. "Which way should we go, Latha?"
[00:06] <Kotono_Ibis> "Mount Erraiel is known for being a place of silent meditation and communion. Hermits go there to further reflect." Tapping the sign as she reads, "The Mercy Cathedral is a religious order devoted to restoration, as a whole body and a whole spirit go hand in hand. The last is an order of ascetics, forsaking everything material as they ponder Pistis Sophia and her wisdom."
[00:06] <Kotono_Ibis> "None of them lead directly to our goal, but all of them could be in our path."
[00:08] <Alicia> If one's as good as any other... "Lets go via the Cathedral, then?" Alicia asks, since it sounds most interesting to her.
[20:25] <Kolunch> > "It's worth considering," Latha murmurs, but conversation dies away. You find yourselves walking through valleys, up and down them. In time, you come to a rough path. A plain wooden sign has been affixed here, three paths to choose from.
[20:25] <Kolunch> * Alicia has a look at the sign to see if it has any suggestions as to which path is best for them.
[20:25] <Kolunch> > Each path is named. "To Mount Erraiel," is one, the second is, "To Solania's Mercy Cathedral," and the last is, "To the Order of Perfection."
[20:25] <Kolunch> <
[20:25] <Kolunch> Alicia> In this case it's best to defer to their guide. "Which way should we go, Latha?"
[20:25] <Kolunch> > "Mount Erraiel is known for being a place of silent meditation and communion. Hermits go there to further reflect." Tapping the sign as she reads, "The Mercy Cathedral is a religious order devoted to restoration, as a whole body and a whole spirit go hand in hand. The last is an order of ascetics, forsaking everything material as they ponder Pistis Sophia and her wisdom."
03[20:25] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:25] <Kolunch> > "None of them lead directly to our goal, but all of them could be in our path."
[20:26] <Kolunch> <Alicia> If one's as good as any other... "Lets go via the Cathedral, then?" Alicia asks, since it sounds most interesting to her.
[20:28] <Kolunch> Thus you walk along the path. It leads into another valley, the fog thickening. It's like walking through veils of shimmering radiance, each one passed through as you proceed deeper. As you do, "Latha," Antenora cocks her head towards the angel, "You had to sacrifice to ascend to this layer as well?"
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[20:33] <Kolunch> "We practice what we preach," Latha says by way of reply, "If it is to be, Celestia will provide me with another weapon in time. If not, I will find another."
[20:35] <Alicia> "We still haven't done anything with all the things we grabbed on our way to the Green Castle or in Glaciante's lair. I'm sure once we do you'll be able to commission a suitable replacement," Alicia offers supportively.
[20:36] <Kolunch> "I can fight with my bare hands until then," Latha smiles to Alicia, "Thank you."
[20:38] <Alicia> "I doubt we'll need to fight while we're here, anyway. It's not like Ysgard," Alicia adds as they stroll through the misty valley.
[20:39] <Kolunch> After some time, you come to a rising mountain out of the valley. The fog thickes deeper, visibility plunging ot near zero. As you stumble ahead, you abruptly burst out of the fog. Nestled into a plateau in the mountains ia massive classical cathedral. Stained glass windows show Pistis Sophia and Illmater walking amid the hurt, bringing wisdom and healing.
[20:41] <Alicia> "This must be Mercy Cathedral," Alicia states unnecessarily, taking a moment simply to appreciate the grandiose architecture. "Shall we pay our respects?"
[20:43] <Kolunch> Arches rise high into the sky, crafted of golden stones and supported by silver archways. Walkways to pinpoint towers soar above, celestials flying about in those lofty heights. On the ground level, a small plaza of stone is before the actual entrance, clean and free of debris. fourteen men and women sit in song and prayer, chanting in Celestial. They sing a hymn of recovery and meditation, wearing naught but blue facepaint.
06[20:47] * Alicia sedately walks into the plaza, going around the circle of singers so as not to disturb them as she leads her group into the cathedral itself.
[20:53] <Kolunch> Inside the Cathedral you find a vast, airy center. Here silver light from the sky creeps in. Celestial song can be heard far above, it's beauty complimenting all around it. It dwarfs normal song, as if to make the noises of the mundane world too impure to ever be heard again. On the polished stone floor, many sit, lie or rest. Most are asleep or in meditation. A few celestials walk amid them, including a single lantern archon. This one drifts
[20:53] <Kolunch> A few celestials walk amid them, including a single lantern archon. This one drifts towards you, and in a deep, baritone voice, "My sisters in spirit, welcome."
[20:57] <Alicia> Not much like the childish lanterns of Venya she's more familiar with. "Thank you for the welcome," Alicia nods gracefully. "We were just admiring the cathedral - it's so fitting for this level of the mountain; beautiful and elegant without being ostentatious."
[20:58] <Kolunch> "Thank you," Latha gives a slight bow of thanks, "It is pleasing to my eyes as well."
[20:58] <Kolunch> "You are free to admire as you will." The lantern archon bobs once, "Do you seek spiritual guidance and retreat as well?"
06[21:02] * Alicia shakes her head. "We don't have the time for a retreat, and while guidance is never amiss, we are not so much in need as to pull any here from their duties," she explains. "We simply wished to see this cathedral as we were passing."
[21:03] <Kolunch> "Be well then," The lantern archon blesses you, floating away.
[21:04] <Kolunch> "A shame." Antenora considers, "Were we not so hurried, a few weeks of retreat could be illuminating."
[21:05] <Alicia> "Perhaps after matters in Androlynne have been resolved?" Alicia offers. "We've been walking or flying all day, so why don't we take a short break here before continuing on?"
[21:06] <Kolunch> Antenora stretches and nods, "We can find a pleasant valley or dale and set up camp? Our ascent is not taking as long as I thought it would..." Now to Latha, "Are all ascents so quick?"
[21:08] <Kolunch> "No. They take the time they take. For some, a single layer is the effort of ten lifetimes. Being celestial creatures, our ascent will be much faster, but even then...this is swift." Latha, after a moment, smiles. "The Liath-Flail, perhaps."
[21:11] <Alicia> "The need is dire," Alicia notes gravely. "In any case, lets see if we can dine here at least, then continue on a few more hours before setting down for the night?"
[21:11] <Kolunch> OOC: Going to get some food here then continue on?
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: yep
[21:14] <Kolunch> Food is obtained for free - it's simple fruits, vegetables and a thick, warm porridge. Thereafter the party sets out. They eventually find a valley with a still lake and treets, giving cover and fresh water. "I'm going to eat, bathe and sleep." Antenora says, "Likewise, Alicia? I don't think we need a watch here."
[21:16] <Alicia> "Doubtful, but Hell Striker will be alert regardless. Will you sleep, Latha?" Alicia asks the deva as she works the fastenings on her armour.
[21:16] <Kolunch> "I have no need." Latha replies, "So I'll keep a watch as well."
[21:18] <Alicia> "Whatever suits you," Alicia smiles, taking off her armour and setting it down before she starts gathering some fallen branches to set a fire so they can warm themselves by it after a dip in the lake.
[21:21] <Kolunch> OOC: Content to skip along here or do you wanna R?
[21:21] <Kolunch> OOC: RP?
[21:22] <Alicia> OOC: Might as well skip along
[21:25] <Kolunch> That night, Alicia lays her head down to sleep. She starts to stir, awakeness coming through the veil of sleep. Something is poking into her body - it's not uncomfortable, but it's enough to rouse her from sleep.
[21:27] <Alicia> It doesn't seem urgent, so Alicia doesn't fly into alertness as she's often forced to do when someone tries to kill her in her sleep. "Mmm?" she makes a soft questioning noise while instinctively shifting away from the poke, opening her eyes to see who's disturbing her.
[21:33] <Kolunch> A small child rests against Alicia's body, curled into her. The child is swaddled in soft blue clothing, content in face and innocent. Tiny, soft white wings flutter erratically on his back.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Hey..." Alicia murmurs softly so as not to disturb Antenora, briefly looking to see where Latha is before she reaches down to pat the child's head. "Where'd you come from?" He's lucky he's not a few years older, or her reaction would be far less muted.
[21:37] <Alicia> Or she?
[21:38] <Kolunch> Alicia doesn't see Latha about. It's a he - soft dark hair and beautiful features. His eyes open, looking into Alicia's. With a loving smile, "I am what may be."
[21:43] <Alicia> Well at least he's too young for her to think he's trying to get fresh. At least he looks too young... hard to tell with some outsiders. "I think we're a level too high for that sort of talk," she observes dryly, nonetheless somewhat charmed by the cute and friendly child. "So do you make a habit of cuddling up to sleeping women in these valleys?"
[21:45] <Kolunch> The child smiles now, "One does not leave behind the lessons of the layers below. I rest with those who are important with me. For, I am but one potential future of yours, mother. I am a possibility."
[21:47] <Alicia> Alicia's breath catches in her throat, eyes widening as she looks, really *looks* at the boy's features, her hand hesitantly reaching to cup his chin as she searches for signs of herself and Hans in his face.
[21:50] <Kolunch> Alicia sees her nose on his face, and her own dark hair. He resembles her very strongly, as a matter of fact. His eyes are warm with love, felt into Alicia's soul as he gazes into her. "Father says that no matter what your future and what choices you make, he will always love you."
06[21:54] * Alicia has seen many things in her three decades of life. Wonders to inflame the heart and horrors to chill the soul. But this... nothing could have prepared her for it. Tears streaming down her cheeks, she wraps her arms tightly around her cruelly slain son, hugging him to her bosom and rocking him as if to never let go, unable to even find the words.
[21:59] <Kolunch> The child rests against Alicia, hugging her back. "I'm proud of you too. It wasn't in vain, mother. None of it ever was. Godmother is proud of you, too."
[22:03] <Alicia> It takes a lot of sniffling and shaking for Alicia to bring herself under enough control that she even trusts herself to speak, and even then it's hard. "I'm so suh-sorry, Felix," she gets out, voice hitching raggedly. "I w-wasn't there for you. Must've been so scared..."
[22:07] <Kolunch> The child looks into Alicia's eyes. Only love is there. "I love you." He says, curling into her tighter. "Mother, you don't need to say that. I've forgiven you. Listen to me, please, mother? I am one possibility from the future. The future lies in your hands." Felix reaches down, placing his tiny hands into Alicia's, "Mommy. In your hands you can make a better future for everyone. Put the restless child to peace, then continue making a world
[22:07] <Kolunch> Put the restless child to peace, then continue making a world where children won't be hurt in anymore."
[22:11] <Alicia> "One possibility?" Alicia repeats dumbly as she tries to blink through her tears, not understanding. Isn't this the spirit of her son?
[22:23] <Kolunch> "I am the Felix that may be." Felix answers this with a smile, "One of many futures. In the current time, Father and I are safe and watching you with love...I remember. Mother. You have the potential to defeat death through your words and deeds. The holy mountain's miracle has brought me to see you this night."
[22:27] <Alicia> Now Alicia's just confused. All the things she wanted to say evaporate in the unreality of the situation. "But why... why not the 'current'... you?" she struggles to articulate in the face of this bizarre situation.
[22:31] <Kolunch> "Because right now, we rest in Her arms and protection, watching you." With a smile of warmth, "Not in this realm. The holy mountain cannot draw souls from beyond it's borders. Mother, I am as real as you are. I am what the future can hold."
[22:35] <Alicia> "So... you might become an archon one day?" Alicia asks hesitantly. "You mentioned a Godmother before, too..." she then cuts herself off and shakes her head. "I'm sorry, son, me asking all these questions surely isn't what you expected. I'm just having a hard time understanding."
[22:39] <Kolunch> "She who has watched over you and us. She who has been with you for every step you have taken." Felix dries Alicia's tears, "My future could be many. But...you know that death is not the end, Mother."
[22:45] <Alicia> "No, but it's still a parting... I did not think I'd ever see you again unless I pulled you back," Alicia admits, feeling a terrible pang of guilt at not using the scroll Shankar gave her to do just that.
[22:49] <Kolunch> "Worry not. The futures you can make...I am confident they will be good ones. Mother, you are surrounded by light. Take their love in all the forms they give it to you. Be strong...for a serpent whispers in your ear. A serpent that would bring all you are to nothing, but in your light and hands, even a serpent may find peace."
[22:50] <Alicia> "Little boys shouldn't worry about things like that," Alicia scolds weakly, having an inkling of whom he refers to.
[22:51] <Kolunch> "Sorry, Mommy," With a bright smile, "I'm growing tired." Curling into Alicia, "Mother...would you tell me a bedtime story?"
[22:53] <Alicia> "What kind of story would you like, little one?" Alicia asks fondly as they cuddle.
[22:55] <Kolunch> "Tell me about Aunt Antenora and Marie." Resting into Alicia now, his voice tiring, "Those stories are always so funny."
[23:00] <Alicia> A funny story about Antenora and Marie? Alicia can oblige that readily enough, and so she regales the possibility of her son with the story of a contest that would forever determine the balance of law and chaos across the planes, a secret that would bring the Blood War to a standstill were it known, and a resolution that would surprise no one.
[23:00] <Alicia> Naturally she rounds things out with a few dramatic flourishes, concluding with the two majestic sandcastles being washed away by the tide after the bickering pair had left, and wondering if perhaps there might be a lesson in that.
[23:02] <Kolunch> To this story Alicia feels herself drifting. She hears her son's giggles and the warmth of his body. A peace overtakes Alicia as she floats away...floating away as her eyes open. Silver light shines in the sky above, as she feels a warmth within her. Distantly, she can hear Antenora's voice.
[23:04] <Alicia> Must have fallen asleep again. Moaning softly, Alicia opens her eyes and turns towards the chattering former erinyes.
[23:05] <Kolunch> As Alicia moans and stirs, she sees Antenora and Latha talking, kneeling next to a campfire. Antenora is in her underclothes, "Oh Alicia!" She says in excited words, "Did you dream, too? I had the most blessed dream last night!"
[23:07] <Alicia> A dream? Alicia looks at the bedroll she lays on for any sign of the depression Felix would have made curled up against her last night...
[23:09] <Kolunch> There is no imprint. However, as Alicia looks, she finds a small scrap of light blue cloth lying there.
06[23:11] * Alicia smiles longingly and wraps her hand around the scrap as she pushes herself up into a sitting position. "Maybe a dream, maybe something more," she replies softly. "I saw my son... or a possibility."
[23:13] <Kolunch> Holding the cloth, Alicia feels safe. A faint shimmering feeling of pure love races through her body...she can almost feel Felix in her arms. "I had the same." With eyes wide with wonder, "I dreamed of my children that may be."
[23:14] <Alicia> "Children?" Alicia raises her eyebrows as she clasps the fabric tightly, holding it against her chest. "How many?"
[23:18] <Kolunch> "I saw three that may be. A boy and two girls." Antenora sniffles, wiping at her eyes. "They told me I was part of the group that can change everything for the better, once the restless child is put to peace. Beth, Hans and Celeste. Each of them was...was...perfect."
[23:19] <Kolunch> Latha smiles with complete warmth, coming over to Alicia. In her hands is a cup of water, "Celestia spoke to the both of you."
06[23:22] * Alicia accepts the cup in her free hand and takes a sip. "I was told the same, but to be honest I was more wrapped up in seeing him than listening about the future," she confesses.
[23:24] <Kolunch> Antenora comes over as well, sitting next to Alicia. "How was it?" she whispers.
[23:30] <Alicia> "He was adorable... but talked as if older than he looked," Alicia replies. "He asked me to tell him a story about his Auntie Antenora," she then adds with an amused smile. "You and Marie are funny, allegedly."
[23:31] <Kolunch> Crossing her arms with a wide smirk, "Really? Celeste wanted to hear about Auntie Alicia's adventures."
[23:34] <Alicia> "I can only pray that you did me justice," Alicia retorts with mock seriousness, before sighing wistfully. "I wanted so badly to bring him back, after he was killed. Then when I finally got access to the sort of magic that could do it, I'd come to terms enough to know I shouldn't pull him from his proper place in the heavens. Now I just don't know... I didn't think he'd even remember me."
[23:35] <Kolunch> "The answer will lie above," Latha says, "The answer to all questions can be found as we ascend higher into Celestia."
[23:38] <Alicia> "Mmm, you're right. We should get moving, after breakfast," Alicia nods to Latha, producing rations from her survival pouch since she doesn't trust the portable hole to store food while Glaciante's orb is in there. Handing a trail bar to Antenora and munching on her own, she asks, "Did your potential children give you any clues as to the other half of their parentage?"
[23:43] <Kolunch> "They said it was better if I wasn't spoiled...though I know Beth's father already, apparently. It sounds as if each is merely a potential one I may have...or I may be married much, or Marie somehow convinces me to get into an eladrin styled relationship."
06[23:47] * Alicia mulls over that as she chews, trying to see Antenora with anyone they know... nobody springs to mind, though. "Well, no telling what the future can bring," she shrugs. "Did you find anything left behind?"
[23:54] <Kolunch> "Indeed. With magic and promotions, it may not even be a man now." Antenora shakes her head, "If it happens, it happens. On and..." Antenora takes out a scrap of light blue cloth. "I found this in my lap."
[23:56] <Alicia> "Hm. Exactly the same," Alicia uncurls her fingers to show the scrap she has. "It matches what Felix wore."
[23:57] <Kolunch> "It's the same color asthe Liath-Flail, or close to it," Latha looks at the two scraps, "Symbolic?"
[23:58] <Kolunch> "When I touched the Liath-Flail, I felt truth." Antenora closes her hand around her scrap, "I felt the love of my children, and I have no doubt of that truth."
[23:59] <Alicia> "Possibly. Blue's a nice colour, anyway," Alicia smiles as she finishes off her breakfast and starts getting dressed, tying the scrap of fabric around her amulet of natural armour to keep it close.
Session Time: Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kolunch> Antenora takes a few bites of breakfast, rising. "Let's go?"
[00:01] <Alicia> Putting away their bedrolls into the portable hole and putting out the fire after she's gotten dressed and equipped, Alicia nods. "Onwards and upwards."
[00:04] <Kolunch> Thus you walk. Hours pass as you find a mountain path rising up and up and up. In due time, you come to an archway. It is covered in translucent silver, ascending up into clouds. At this gate stands a man. He is gorgeous, naked and build like a statue. He has no wings, but waits without a weapon, in patience. He bows as you approach, "Bearers of the Liath-Flail, ahead lies Mertion, land of crusaders."
[00:04] <Kolunch> "Bearers of the Liath-Flail, ahead lies Mertion, land of crusaders."
06[00:06] * Alicia keeps her gaze above the waistline, thank you very much. This coming level sounds right up her alley, at least. "Thank you," she nods to the man. "It will be sad to leave Solania behind, but duty calls us forward."
[00:07] <Kolunch> One can notice Antenora's gaze slips down, though not for long. "We are crusaders at heart. It will be a level we are well suited to. Thank you."
[00:08] <Kolunch> Latha travels ahead, "No matter how well suited, truths will make themselves known as we proceed. Thank you, guardian."
[00:09] <Alicia> "No doubt we will learn something new," Alicia agrees, following after the deva.
[00:11] <Kolunch> Thus you walk! In a dazzle of platinum light, you stand amid great planes. Here mountains are in the distance, ahead of you well traveled roads. In the distance great golden domes and castles can be seen, hazy. At the edge of your hearing, you can hear battle hymns, indistinct but the meaning obvious. You feel a fire in your blood, valor rising within.
[00:12] <Alicia> "Reminds me of Ysgard," Alicia remarks, feeling quite at ease here and content to follow Latha's lead as it's served so well thus far.
[00:17] <Kolunch> For a time you walk. You pass by archons of all stripes, warbands mixed with mortals. After a time, you come to a side path and away from most of them, quieter. A few trees are ahead, near the small dirth path. Yet what sits in the path is remarkable. A Pit Fiend sits beneath a tree there, obvious to all. Sitting opposite him, 5 feet away, is an absolutely ancient woman. Her body is wrinkled, her pointed ears drooping. She wears armor that
[00:17] <Kolunch> Her body is wrinkled, her pointed ears drooping. She wears armor that should break her elderly body in two, heavy plate. Yet she sits upright, her back unbent. This woman and the Pit Fiend converse, going back and forth.
[00:19] <Alicia> A reformed pit fiend? Alicia glances at Antenora, since this should plainly be of interest to her.
[00:20] <Kolunch> Antenora immediately walks ahead, "Hail," she calls.
[00:20] <Kolunch> The ancient woman slowly turns to the side, "Hail," she returns the call, "Have you come to witness our battle?"
[00:21] <Kolunch> The Pit Fiend glares at Antenora, nostrils flaring and smoke escaping from the corners of it's mouth. A noxious stench of brimstone pollutes the clean air. "To see your tenets broken apart on the cold logic of Baator?"
[00:22] <Alicia> Perhaps not so reformed after all. "We were mostly curious to see someone else from Hell here," Alicia chimes in as she approaches behind Antenora, surmising this pit fiend is more like Strength of Light's not so friendly molydeus.
[00:23] <Kolunch> The ancient woman chuckles deep in her throat, "One of you hails from the Pit? None of look like Arsolyan's friends."
[00:24] <Kolunch> "I am." Antenora steps forward, "I am Antenora, former Erinyes, now a deva in the service of Mystra. What of you, devil?"
[00:25] <Kolunch> "A masterful gambit," With a deep, dreadful smile that makes the platinum light from above flicker for a moment of terror, "Are you, angel?"
[00:28] <Kolunch> "Nyrella is my name. Antenora, Arsolyan and I have been waging a battle of words in this spot for many, many, many years." Nyrella now smiles at Antenora, "She is. Lying is a flaw of those who cannot accept the truth. Look at her - you can see she has accepted the truth and cast off her sin. It is a point."
[00:29] <Alicia> "So, you two are scoring points off one another in moral debate?" Alicia asks curiously. "Who's winning?"
[00:29] <Kolunch> "The truth is whatever we decide it is." With a dismissive snort of sulphur from it's nose, the Pit Fiend glowers at Antenora, "A traitor to Baator? Running as high as you can go to prolong bloody vengence visited to you?"
[00:30] <Kolunch> "It is tied. 1,492 to 1,492." The Pit Fiend smirks, "This game has gone for 380 years, 39 days and 4 minutes. Not once as Nyrella taken a of more than a point."
[00:31] <Kolunch> "And you have never taken a greater lead, either. At this pace, we will be here for all of eternity." Nyrella smiles at the fiend, "Celestia's light will fortify me for as long as it takes to win our contract, Arsolyan."
[00:33] <Kolunch> "I have eternity. It will be far less time before your soul falls screaming into Nessus." Arsolyan then merely glances at Antenora, "She is nothing more than a devil brainwashed and broken. Commendable tactics; the light is learning how to be effective?"
[00:33] <Alicia> Some outsiders have far too much time on their hands. "An unorthodox way of keeping a greater devil out of trouble," Alicia offers with a polite bow to Nyrella. "What would it take to win the contract?"
[00:34] <Kolunch> "A nine point lead," Nyrella says, "Should I win...his soul will fly to the sea of Mount Celestia. He will cast aside his sin and climb the Holy Mountain. Should he win, my soul is forfiet to Baator."
[00:36] <Alicia> "A curiously lopsided arrangement. You must be confident, then," Alicia surmises, not rising to the fiend's baiting.
[00:37] <Kolunch> "If we had not made a contract of mutual agreement...both of our causes would have suffered far more than the loss of us." Nyrella smiles, with a glint in her eye, a hard glint. "Our seperation from the war was in both sides best interests. Not even he could argue it."
[00:38] <Kolunch> "I am confident in my inevitable victory. The logic of Baator is unassailable as the Iron Tower of Dispater." The Pit Fiend glares at Antenora, utter contempt in that gaze.
[00:40] <Kolunch> "A tower of pitted iron and rusted scraps." Antenora steps forward, kneeling face to face with the Pit Fiend. "The fear of oblivion, always watching your back, all while endless propaganda makes you think this is the right order. You love this...as long as the argument goes, you're safe. No worries of oblivion for you. No backstabbing minions, no bosses who can order your torment with a word."
[00:41] <Alicia> If Alicia were keeping score she'd have to award a point to Antenora for that one. But the girl would know how a devil's mind works, wouldn't she?
[00:42] <Kolunch> "I fear nothing!" The Pit Fiend laughs, "Fear is for the weak, the lost, the inferior." With a grand wave of it's red scaled arm, "I am supreme. My triumphant return to Baator with her screaming soul will herald my ascent into true nobility."
[00:43] <Alicia> "Your own words mark you as inferior," Alicia interjects. "So any 'true noble' would attest."
[00:45] <Kolunch> "For you." Antenora smiles now, a deathly cold smile. "Your lies fool none. Your superior is furious at your dissaperance. A Pit Fiend going off to sit in Celestia and debate? Utter weakness! Your minions have taken your spot, there is nothing for you. You'll be called a lost rogue, with an order for your imprisonment and torment your only reward." Reaching out, Antenora traces a finger down the beast's ear, "The hot lead burning as your hard
[00:45] <Kolunch> Reaching out, Antenora traces a finger down the beast's ear, "The hot lead burning as your hard scales become soft blubber. The Pain Devils will flay every scrap of priviledge you've earned away over 999 years. All that will be left is a blind, deaf and dumb Nupperibo. Nothing but fodder for a lesser demon to squash beneath it's hooves."
[00:46] <Kolunch> "If you were superior, you would have taken Nyrella's screaming soul in your claws and delivered it to your master! To sit down and engage her like this?" Antenora throws her head back and laughs, "What devil would waste the time with it? Who needs to justify Baator's truths to the inferior! They are to be crushed beneath you forever! They are to be your puppets! Ah, you're going soft. You've forgotten that, or you never knew it?"
[00:47] <Kolunch> You've forgotten that, or you never knew it?"
[00:47] <Kolunch> roll 1d20+17
06[00:47] * Hatbot --> "Kolunch rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
06[00:48] * Alicia looks at Antenora with respect as she concludes her verbal tearing apart of the pit fiend. Reformed and devoted to what's right she may be, but she hasn't gone soft.
[00:49] <Kolunch> The Fiend's eyes go sharply narrow, hissing with green smoke. His hand rises up, but goes no farther, as if to smack, but not following through. "Perhaps you are a devil...a delusional one to think that you can talk to a superior like this, erinyes!"
[00:52] <Kolunch> "I'm not a devil. I'm a deva." Antenora smirks, "Inferior," Her voice goes even colder, going to bat his hand down. "If you had any hardness in you, your teeth would be tearing apart my soul now. But you refraint...because of your contract, I'm sure." Antenora stands and turns her back, walking away. "You can't bear to break your contract with Nyrella. You can't bear to lose...or to lose her, hm? You haven't been able to conquer her in all th
[00:52] <Kolunch> r torment with a word."
[00:52] <Kolunch> <Alicia> If Alicia were keeping score she'd have to award
[00:52] <Kolunch> You haven't been able to conquer her in all this time? Anger, fury, resentment? I know those. I also know what follows as she endears herself to you through grudging respect."
06[00:53] * Alicia doesn't even bother interjecting now, since Antenora is handling this so masterfully. Nothing she could say would have nearly the same impact.
[00:53] <Kolunch> "You care about her. Oh, you hide it in the right words that Baator teaches you, but you care about her. You respect her. You consider her an equal. After all, she's held you at bay for three centuries. Who else but an equal could hold against you? An inferior little warrior mortal can't be stopped by a paragon of Baator?"
[00:55] <Kolunch> Now Antenora turns around, "I love Alicia. You love Nyrella in your own misguided way. Once that spark has begun, you can't put it out. Now that is the truth. You've already lost. How long you deny it is up to you." With that Antenora gives a frozen smile to both, before walking away.
[00:57] <Alicia> "Anything I could say at this point would be utterly redundant," Alicia gives the pair a wry smile. "Enjoy the rest of your debate, though." With that she heads off after Antenora. "You really worked him over good," she remarks admiringly.
[00:58] <Kolunch> "Thanks Alicia," With a shaky grin, "Did I...Did I just tell off a Pit Fiend? Truly?" Antenora gushes out, "All the way to the bone?"
[01:00] <Alicia> "You completely tore him down," Alicia nods enthusedly. "I was really impressed."
[01:00] <Kolunch> Blushing a little Antenora nearly glomps Alicia, "All thanks to you. I just started talking and I couldn't stop. I made that up on the spot and it kept building on itself."
[01:01] <Kolunch> "It takes a devil to know a devil." Latha glances back behind her shoulder, "Celestia willing, we have made a difference for the better in that battle."
[01:04] <Alicia> "If nothing else he'll be more likely to second guess himself, but honestly I think you'll have had a more drastic effect. You spoke with passion and truth, Antenora," Alicia squeezes her friend's arm, "There's power in such words."
[01:05] <Kolunch> "I know. Your words swayed me so,"
[01:05] <Kolunch> OOC: Gah.
[01:05] <Kolunch> "I know. Your words swayed me so," Antenora gazes into Alicia's eyes, "Thank you, Alicia. Once again."
[01:10] <Alicia> "You're a good friend, Antenora. That's all the thanks I need," Alicia replies happily.
[01:11] <Kolunch> "Ahem." Latha clears her throat, "You know, I must say, I never thought a devil would have that degree of...touch-friendliness to her. You seem to love touching your friends so, Antenora."
[01:13] <Kolunch> "Touching feels good." With a radiant smile, "Touching means pain or abuse in Baator. Just touching my friends..." With a wistful look, "It's very reassuring. It feels very good. I can't really put it into words...but you know what it feels like?"
[01:14] <Alicia> "She was actually like that when we first met. Kept rubbing against me on the dragon-flight down from the mountain," Alicia remarks dryly. "I wasn't particularly appreciative, though."
[01:15] <Kolunch> "I was trying to provoke you," Antenora turns very red, creeping down to her neck.
[01:15] <Kolunch> "I know how it feels." Latha just chuckles as Antenora turns even redder and redder.
[01:16] <Alicia> "Well, it's all water under the bridge," Alicia lets it drop with a smile. "Lets press on?"
[01:17] <Kolunch> Antenora seperates from Alicia, crossing her arms. "You know, angels should be above reproach and hiding their words. You could have said that out loud," Antenora manages a glare at Latha, undercut by her heavy redness.
[01:17] <Alicia> "There's something to be said for discretion," Alicia remarks, glancing between them. "Dare I ask?"
[01:21] <Kolunch> "I think you want physical contact in other ways but are suppressing it. Gods only know why." To this shrug of her own, Latha hurries on. "I apologize for my blunt words, but this is a place of truth. Find someone who you can do this with and get started on making your family then. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Half blooded celestials are common enough."
[01:24] <Kolunch> "It's not..." Antenora starts to stammer, "Aren't you supposed to be polite and kind?" she glowers towards her.
[01:25] <Kolunch> "I'll ask for an Absolution by the very next priest I see," Latha shakes her head. "Or at least work on your social boundaries a bit. For a devil that was supposed to be a manipulator, your senses in that area are somewhat oddly atrophied."
[01:25] <Alicia> That was blunt! "I don't think it's necessary to cast aspersions," Alicia sticks up for Antenora. "Some people are just naturally more touch-y, and her reasons make sense."
[01:27] <Kolunch> "Even if I like teasing, so what?" Antenora's even redder now, "If there's nothing wrong with it, then why are you complaning?"
[01:29] <Kolunch> "I apologize," Latha's voice softens, a more restrained tone. "We even notice it. Do you remember when Alicia wondered aloud if you and Marie were flirting? Even I, a spirit of light, love and compassion, is starting to wonder despite your denials."
[01:32] <Kolunch> Antenora's blush somehow grows brighter, her entire face consumed. "You don't have to be that blunt about it. I've never seen you act like this? Why now?"
[01:33] <Alicia> "That's just Marie," Alicia waves that off. "She flirts with Antenora all the time, so we can hardly blame her for throwing a bit back at my flirtatious familiar."
[01:35] <Kolunch> "I've been wondering lately, that's all. The way you went at Alicia there, it was like a wife hugging her long lost husband." Latha now smiles very softly, "Antenora, Lathander emphasizes creating new life in all forms, as well as love. Really, there's nothing wrong with it and I know you have Celestia knows how many issues. In a place of truth, let yourself see the truth and confront them."
[20:54] <Kotono> > "It's not..." Antenora starts to stammer, "Aren't you supposed to be polite and kind?" she glowers towards her.
[20:54] <Kotono> > "I'll ask for an Absolution by the very next priest I see," Latha shakes her head. "Or at least work on your social boundaries a bit. For a devil that was supposed to be a manipulator, your senses in that area are somewhat oddly atrophied."
[20:54] <Kotono> <Alicia> That was blunt! "I don't think it's necessary to cast aspersions," Alicia sticks up for Antenora. "Some people are just naturally more touch-y, and her reasons make sense."
[20:54] <Kotono> > "Even if I like teasing, so what?" Antenora's even redder now, "If there's nothing wrong with it, then why are you complaning?"
[20:54] <Kotono> > "I apologize," Latha's voice softens, a more restrained tone. "We even notice it. Do you remember when Alicia wondered aloud if you and Marie were flirting? Even I, a spirit of light, love and compassion, is starting to wonder despite your denials."
[20:54] <Kotono> > Antenora's blush somehow grows brighter, her entire face consumed. "You don't have to be that blunt about it. I've never seen you act like this? Why now?"
[20:54] <Kotono> <Alicia> "That's just Marie," Alicia waves that off. "She flirts with Antenora all the time, so we can hardly blame her for throwing a bit back at my flirtatious familiar."
[20:54] <Kotono> > "I've been wondering lately, that's all. The way you went at Alicia there, it was like a wife hugging her long lost husband." Latha now smiles very softly, "Antenora, Lathander emphasizes creating new life in all forms, as well as love. Really, there's nothing wrong with it and I know you have Celestia knows how many issues. In a place of truth, let yourself see the truth and confront them."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Marie is just Marie. Let's worry about what's above us and not about idle speculation." Antenora's pace rises, her red face hidden as she takes the lead and hurries.
[20:58] <Alicia> What Latha doesn't know is that she and Antenora have had this conversation before, and there is absolutely nothing more that need be said. Hopefully she'll at least take the hint so poor Antenora doesn't need to be embarrassed further, but Alicia decides to help things along with a distraction.
[20:58] <Alicia> "I wonder what Seira's up to, now? I think she was intending to travel to the astral plane for some reason, wasn't she?"
[21:02] <Kotono> "I think so," Latha slows down, letting Antenora take a large lead ahead. "She was pursuing her draconic heritage, I believe?"
06[21:04] * Alicia nods. "There was some sort of dragon conclave or something like that. She used to talk about having to go fight them, but she's gone to try and negotiate instead. Of course, it being the astral there's no telling how long she'll take..."
[21:06] <Kotono> "I confess draconic matters are not my specialty. Though perhaps, she'll return more of a dragon? The pride she takes in her draconic blood is always evident when she talks about it." Latha continues at a fairly sedate pace, "Do you think she'll be successful?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "Seira could sell snow to a yeti," Alicia laughs a little. "I think she probably will."
[21:12] <Kotono> With that the party progesses on. For the most part Antenora stays ahead for a good time, rejoining the other two once her compsure has recovered. AFter some time you find yourselfs climbing the mountains once more, the paths ahead higher and higher. As you do, something can be seen in the platinum sky. A great, shimmering ziggurat can be glimpsed, glowing with the energies that would put Lathander's sun to shame. It glitters with the colors o
[21:13] <Kotono> glowing with the energies that would put Lathander's sun to shame. It glitters with the colors of the rainbow, as if gems were wrought into light to shine forever. "There," Latha points, a quiet reverence in her every word, "We can begin to see Yetsira, the heavenly city."
[21:16] <Alicia> "It actually reminds me of Dweomerheart a little, up on the plateau like that," Alicia remarks as they gaze at the shining beacon in the distance. "Is the Pax Exaltea there?"
[21:18] <Kotono> "The sixth terrace is Pax Exaltea. The seventh is where the Bridge to al-Sihal lies. To meet with Sealteal is to be a step away from the truth." Latha's pace becomes faster, her gaze affixed to the heavenly city. "
[21:20] <Alicia> "Of course, it's still on the next level, isn't it? I'm sure Mertion has challenges for us before we get that far," Alicia smiles as she trots after Latha.
[21:23] <Kotono> Thus you continue to ascend. Soon the ground below becomes only faint things, the planes of battle below. In time, you come to an arch in the path. IT is an arch of carved angels of battle, woven so that they appear to be linked together in some vast combat. Here a Hound Archon stands, clad in golden armor. "Hold, warriors!"
06[21:24] * Alicia comes to a stop. "Yes?" she asks with a patient smile.
[21:25] <Kotono> The archon bears no weapon, his hands empty. "Draw your weapons," he says, "For a test of valor begins now. Worry not about being harmed, for in this place, none can be truly injured." The hound archon crosses his arms, "Come at me."
06[21:27] * Alicia first reaches into a sheath slotted in the lining of her right boot and produces an ornate dagger which she offhands and passes to Latha, before she draws forth Hell Striker in a slow deliberate movement. "Three against one is hardly valourous... unless you're the one being tested?"
[21:28] <Kotono> With a slight smile, "Try."With that, he gestures the party forward! OOC: Roll init then?
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: Will I handle Anty and Latha?
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[21:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
03[21:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound Archon(30)>Antenora=Alicia(23)>Latha(21)'
[21:30] <Kotono> The Hound Archon strides forward, going right for Antenora like a dart!
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 47." [1d20=17]
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 7d10+70 nonlethal Antenora
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 7d10+70 nonlethal Antenora and gets 103." [7d10=10, 1, 2, 3, 6, 2, 9]
[21:31] <Kotono> A pair of open handed blows rock Antenora! One slams into her stomach, sendint her wheeling back and flat down, seeing stars! The Hound Archon looks to the other two, gesturing them at him! OOC: Sec, Antenora and alicia are up. Antenora's knocked prone.
06[21:41] * Alicia mentally considers several spells she might cast here, but decides to keep things simple, hopefully buying some time for Antenora. Lashing out with a wide horizontal sweep at the archon, she reverses her grip swiftly to slash back and forth across his armoured form,
[21:41] <Alicia> a curtain of fire erupting between herself and the archon as she completes the attack to hopefully keep him from capitalising on his attack while Antenora recovers!
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 knowledge
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 knowledge and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 49." [1d20=14]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 41." [1d20=6]
[21:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers crit check
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa divine might 7th and 6th level arcane strike, bracers crit check and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 SR for wall of fire
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 SR for wall of fire and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: 49 hits, rest don't. Sr succeeds.
[21:44] <Alicia> roll 2d4 fire damage (he'll take 2d6+20 if he tries going through it)
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 fire damage (he'll take 2d6+20 if he tries going through it) and gets 3." [2d4=2, 1]
[21:44] <Alicia> roll 2d4+35+1d6+13d4
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+35+1d6+13d4 and gets 80." [2d4=4, 2][1d6=5][13d4=2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3]
[21:46] <Alicia> Hoping the wall of fire gives her some grace against further attacks, Antenora picks herself up to her feet...
[21:46] <Alicia> OOC: provokes AoO, but he'd have to punch through fire
[21:47] <Kotono> Charging ahead, the crackling flames strike hard at the archon, the blade hitting home! The archon rocks back withthe blow, the flat of the blade catching him in the side! His armor glows bright as the rest of the blows come, the strikes lost in golden glory! "You hit me?" With a raised eyebrow, his other hand lashes out at Antenora, burning even as he slams at her!
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 yeah, he'll take the damage for an AoO.
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 yeah, he'll take the damage for an AoO. and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 yeah, he'll take the damage for an AoO. ow
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 yeah, he'll take the damage for an AoO. ow and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 2d6+20
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+20 and gets 27." [2d6=1, 6]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 14d10+140 nonlethal
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d10+140 nonlethal and gets 221." [14d10=10, 5, 8, 9, 3, 10, 1, 1, 7, 10, 7, 1, 6, 3]
[21:49] <Kotono> With one swift blow burning with fire, Antenora is knocked seventy feet into the air on a massive uppercut! She flies up and lands down in a heap, utterly senseless and knocked cold! Even as fire burns on his arm, the Hound Archon turns to Alicia. "Want next?" OOC: Latha.
[21:50] <Alicia> "We're not done yet," Latha protests, retreating towards Antenora's insensate form and healing her to rejoin the battle, hoping that Alicia can last a bit longer in melee with this uncommonly powerful hound archon before help arrives.
[21:51] <Kotono> Antenora stirs, managing to bring some sense to her aching, dazed head! The Hound Archon is on Alicia then, paired blows going right for her head!
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 50." [1d20=20]
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 ow
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 ow and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:51] <Alicia> OOC: AC 30
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 21d10+210 nonlethal DR does apply for what THAT'S worth
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 21d10+210 nonlethal DR does apply for what THAT'S worth and gets 317." [21d10=9, 5, 7, 10, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 6, 8, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 6, 10, 6, 6, 10]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 2d6+20 more fire, for what that's worth
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+20 more fire, for what that's worth and gets 27." [2d6=4, 3]
[21:52] <Kotono> Alicia is slammed right on the chin, spinning over and over and over even as the archon continues to burn! She lands on her stomach, completely out! OOC: Antenora and Latha.
[21:53] <Kotono> "Still here?" The archon cracks it's neck back and forth, "Your battle's hopeless. You'll never reach Jovar like this."
[21:58] <Alicia> "We'd be even less likely to reach it if we ran away!" Antenora retorts, flying at the archon to stab him in passing before ascending up out of reach, healing Alicia a little as she goes. If she can stall for enough time they might be able to bring her back into the fight!
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 40." [1d20=12]
[21:59] <Kotono> Antenora swings well and quick, but the goldena rmor shines, her spear deflecting away from the archon! "Brave, eh?" The hound archon challenges, cracking his knuckles! OOC: LAtha.
[22:00] <Alicia> Latha follows Antenora's stalling plan, cocooning the archon in a globe of force-blades that whirr and slice through the air threateningly, preventing him from moving if he wants to avoid being eviscerated! Her voice sings out Celestia's praises as she enacts her magic, bolstering it further!
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 3d4 words of creation
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4 words of creation and gets 8." [3d4=4, 1, 3]
[22:00] <Alicia> As her magic takes hold, she flies into the air out of immediate reach hopefully.
[22:05] <Kotono> The archon attempts to ascend up through the air and chance the barrier! OOC: SR check on the barrier, Latha.
[22:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Damage
[22:06] <Kotono> .
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 21 reflex half
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 21 reflex half and gets 58." [15d6=1, 2, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 3, 4]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[22:07] <Kotono> The archon is hacked by the flat of the wall of blades, bruised up and battered! But yet his ascent is perfect and relentless, going right for Latha this time!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 49." [1d20=19]
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 42." [1d20=12]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 owww
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 owww and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Latha?
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 35 unless he's secretly evil
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 14d10+140
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d10+140 and gets 239." [14d10=9, 6, 10, 9, 9, 10, 9, 7, 10, 1, 8, 7, 1, 3]
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 3d6 she was 30 feet up
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d6 she was 30 feet up and gets 16." [3d6=4, 6, 6]
[22:09] <Kotono> Under a hail of twinned blows, Latha collapses to the ground, unmoving after impact! The archon looks to Antenora now, "Still want to try? It's hopeless." OOC: Antenora.
[22:12] <Alicia> "Not yet," Antenora swears through gritted teeth, setting her grip on her spear and charging the archon with everything she has, praying to end things in a single decisive strike!
[22:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 ignorance, divine succor on self, charge
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 ignorance, divine succor on self, charge and gets 60." [1d20=18]
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 2d8+30 -1 con
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+30 -1 con and gets 38." [2d8=7, 1]
[22:16] <Kotono> The archon staggers wth the blow, eyes going wide! He takes a gasping breath, "Another hit...guh.." Shaking it off, "A congratulations to you." The archon's blow's follow, "My strength is the reflection of your own! To strike me shows your potential reaches even higher!"
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 50." [1d20=20]
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 you know, the crits are nuts here
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 you know, the crits are nuts here and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 14d10+140 and a (more) coming
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d10+140 and a (more) coming and gets 215." [14d10=6, 10, 3, 4, 7, 9, 2, 10, 1, 1, 4, 2, 8, 8]
[22:17] <Kotono> Antenora's vision turns black as she feels herself falling...OOC: (More)
[22:18] <Kotono> Alicia's head hurts. Her vision is blurry, her body aching. She's cold, shivering. Her head is throbbing with the mother of all migraine headaches, like her brain wants to explode out. OOC: Your nonlethal damage is down to (100) in total.
06[22:19] * Alicia moans and clutches her head, her eyes slitting painfully open as she tries to make sense of her last few memories...
[22:20] <Kotono> Her head is a jumble. Fighting...a burst of pain...then this. Her vision begins to try and clear, but the slitting makes it hazy ta best. She's...it's somewhere the color of platinum, she thinks, the light that hits her eyes making her head complain all the louder.
06[22:20] * Alicia channels spellfire energy into accelerating her healing, pushing herself upright and looking around once it hits and she feels better.
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 66." [18d4=3, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3]
[22:22] <Kotono> Her pain fades into a dim echo of itself. She lies in caves of rock like polished platinum, run through with veins of a crumbly white chalk. Ahead of her lies a lake, it's waters glowing faintly. In the opposite way, the cavern stretches ahead.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Antenora? Latha?" Alicia looks around for any sign of her friends first of all. If they were defeated and dumped here... it hardly bears thinking about.
[22:25] <Kotono> No sign of them at all, nor any reply.
[22:25] <Alicia> What about her belongings? Has she lost any of them?
[22:26] <Kotono> Her belongings are still with her. Her blade lies besides her.
06[22:27] * Alicia hopes Latha still has the Liath-Flail, wherever she is... if it's lost then this was all for nothing. "Hell Striker?" she picks up the sword, using it to help in climbing to her feet. "What happened? Where is everyone?"
[22:27] <Kotono> 'After the battle, the archon landed and kneeled. Then we were here.'
[22:29] <Alicia> "Must have teleported us all seperately... remind me not to go easy the next time an oddly confident single warrior challenges the three of us?" Alicia sighs, stepping over to the lake and peering into its depths first of all.
[22:30] <Kotono> The lake is quite deep. It's clear as crystal, allowing you to see a bottom full of what looks to be gold dust. Occasional balls of light drift out from the bottom, diffusing into the waters.
[22:32] <Alicia> Doesn't seem to be anything helpful down there. She'll probably have to explore the caves... but first of all, she employs some of her greater magic to mimic a sending spell and contact Latha. "Latha? Where are you? Do you still have the Liath-Flail? I'm in a platinum cave by a lake with gold-dust at the bottom."
[22:34] <Kotono> The answer is, "I do. By a portalway and a waterfall. Dazed."
[22:37] <Alicia> That's one small relief. Sadly she can't contact anyone magically for another hour, so she's going to have to explore. Maybe this is some sort of consolation test since they failed the combat round? Spelunking? Carefully using Hell Striker, she carves her name into the platinum rock at her feet, and an arrow pointing towards the far end of the cavern.
[22:37] <Alicia> If Latha and Antenora are both down here as well they might be able to meet up again. Marker left, she sets off in that direction.
[22:42] <Kotono> Alicia follows the cavern for a time. After about five minutes of walking, it turns and narrows into a worked corridor. Bricks of platinum make up the walls, your path continuing. Ahead lies a small square room, slightly raises to that a few steps have to be climbed to reach it. You can't see the other side of it because of this, and the fact that a snowy white bier lies. Resting on it is a woman with golden skin, wrapped from toes to chin in
[22:42] <Kotono> Resting on it is a woman with golden skin, wrapped from toes to chin in white linen.
[22:44] <Alicia> "Hello?" Alicia greets the woman as she approaches, sheathing Hell Striker so as not to appear threatening.
[22:46] <Kotono> Climbing up, Alicia sees that a stairway on the opposite side goes down, the path continuing. The woman lies there, eyes closed and not responding to Alicia's greeting.
[22:48] <Alicia> While it would be polite to leave her sleeping, Alicia could really do with knowing where she is, so she gives the woman a light shake on the shoulder.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Make a will save.
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[21:08] <Koaway> <Alicia> If Latha and Antenora are both down here as well they might be able to meet up again. Marker left, she sets off in that direction.
[21:08] <Koaway> > Alicia follows the cavern for a time. After about five minutes of walking, it turns and narrows into a worked corridor. Bricks of platinum make up the walls, your path continuing. Ahead lies a small square room, slightly raises to that a few steps have to be climbed to reach it. You can't see the other side of it because of this, and the fact that a snowy white bier lies. Resting on it is a woman with golden skin, wrapped from toes to chin i
[21:08] <Koaway> > Resting on it is a woman with golden skin, wrapped from toes to chin in white linen.
[21:08] <Koaway> <Alicia> "Hello?" Alicia greets the woman as she approaches, sheathing Hell Striker so as not to appear threatening.
[21:08] <Koaway> > Climbing up, Alicia sees that a stairway on the opposite side goes down, the path continuing. The woman lies there, eyes closed and not responding to Alicia's greeting.
[21:08] <Koaway> <Alicia> While it would be polite to leave her sleeping, Alicia could really do with knowing where she is, so she gives the woman a light shake on the shoulder.
[21:08] <Koaway> > OOC: Make a will save.
[21:08] <Koaway> <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
[21:08] <Koaway> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[21:08] <Koaway> Alicia touches the body! A shiver runs across her flesh as the woman does not respond.
06[21:10] * Alicia pauses. Is she even breathing? For that matter, her eyes shine blue as she checks for magic on the woman or in the vicinity.
[21:11] <Koaway> The woman radiates strong magic. She is not breathing at all.
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:18] <Alicia> Curious. Alicia takes a look around the plinth the woman rests on, looking for anything identifying her or why she was frozen like this.
[21:19] <Koaway> There is an inscription below the woman's head. In Celestial, "Langris Champion. May she sleep until the ivory sun rises."
06[21:20] * Alicia decides it best to leave her be. She was surely placed this way for a reason, and unfreezing her could have detrimental effects without knowing her exact condition. Leaving Langris alone, she starts down the stairs on the other side, continuing down the corridor.
[21:22] <Koaway> Alicia walks for another ten minutes, down the platinum brick corridor. She comes to an intersection of sorts. The path continues ahead, but a wide vent ascends upward, lit with candles.
[21:24] <Alicia> Wide enough for her to fly up?
[21:24] <Koaway> Alicia could fly up it if she so chose.
[21:25] <Alicia> Drawing her blade, Alicia scratches her name and the word 'up' into the floor directly below the vent. Sheathing her sword once more, she flaps her wings and takes off upwards.
[21:28] <Koaway> Alicia flies up the vent! It goes up maybe two hundred feet, opening up into a wide chamber. It is a natural cave here, the walls smooth and metal-like. Around the room white candles lie, hundreds of them. The entire room reflects the soft sheen of candlelight, bouncing it around. Lying on the ground amid the candles is a helmet, rusted and old. There is a door to pass through to your left, as well an archway behind Alicia.
[21:28] <Koaway> as well an archway behind Alicia.
06[21:29] * Alicia goes to open the door on the left first and have a look at what lies beyond.
[21:30] <Koaway> Beyond the door lies a stairway of ivory rising up twenty feet, carved out of solid stone. Atop it is a dead end, yet the wall of it shifts like water, rippling.
[21:31] <Alicia> That's clearly magic!
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[21:33] <Alicia> Hmm. Dare she? Alicia decides not to go that route just yet, and instead carves her name and an arrow pointing to the arch in the ground before she heads off in that direction.
[21:37] <Koaway> Alicia heads down the archway! She finds the way full of statues of the many. Angels, celestials, mortals, ki-rin, a few Inevitables, golden dragons and other such beings. The statues are of superb quality, well made and lifelike. Past a ten minute walk of these is another archway, which leads to another cavern room. In the far corner are stairs going downward, a door on the back wall and on the side wall. The room's contents are simple - a la
[21:37] <Koaway> a door on the back wall and on the side wall. The room's contents are simple - a large golden cage hangs in the air like a bird's nest. Inside is a simple dove, resting on a perch far too large for it.
[21:39] <Alicia> Is the dove magical?
[21:39] <Koaway> The dove radiates no magic.
[21:40] <Alicia> Well, on the off chance. Ever since Syala lectured her on taking things at appearances it's been a bit of a sore spot... "Hello?" Alicia tries greeting the dove. "Can you understand me?"
[21:42] <Koaway> The dove speaks in pure Celestial, "Hello." It flies over to Alicia, passing through the too large gaps in the birdcage with ease. The dove alights on Alicia's shoulder, "I am Hope."
[21:43] <Alicia> Good. And she didn't take her clothes off or anything! "Hello, Hope," Alicia turns her head towards the dove, smiling. "My name's Alicia. I'm afraid I'm a little bit lost - do you know where we are?"
[21:45] <Koaway> "Within the mountains of Mertion lies the Platinum Revere." The dove's wings close around it's body, it's beak close to Alicia's ear to speak into it.
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 I know lots of stuff about the planes, maybe I know this
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 I know lots of stuff about the planes, maybe I know this and gets 37." [1d20=13]
06[21:50] * Alicia nods. "It looks like I'm undergoing a trial then, since I lost a fight with a hound archon," she can't help but sigh a little upon admitting her defeat. "I don't suppose you've seen anyone else in similar straits?"
[21:52] <Koaway> "Oh yes. Only the strong come here," Hope flutters on Alicia's shoulder, "Many cannot believe they lost, yet they all come here."
[21:54] <Alicia> "He was very strong," Alicia agrees. "Unfortunately I wasn't told the particulars of my trial. Have any ideas yourself?"
[21:55] <Koaway> "You must find and achieve an act of true bravery within the Revere." Hope rests onto Alicia, "Fear not, for I will keep you company."
[21:57] <Alicia> "That might be difficult - it seems rather safe, thus far," Alicia murmurs, looking around. "Is it dangerous in other parts?"
[21:57] <Koaway> "It can be. Don't worry - you'll find what you need." Dove says, "Continue ahead and find your bravery!"
[21:59] <Alicia> "Simple advice is often the best," Alicia laughs a little, going to open the door on the back wall, first.
[22:00] <Koaway> This door leads to a hall of platinum bricks, stretching on ahead.
06[22:01] * Alicia then goes to open the side door before committing to a path.
[22:03] <Koaway> The side door leads directly into another room. Here seven swords lie atop a slab of stone - one of iron, one of steel, one of silver, one of gold, one of platinum, one of diamond and one of pure glowing light.
[22:05] <Alicia> "Interesting progression," Alicia notes, looking over the increasingly more valuable materials used in blade construction. "Is there any significance?" she asks her guide.
[22:06] <Koaway> "I wonder...what sort matches you the most?" With a look to Alicia, "Seven swords, no less."
06[22:08] * Alicia looks over the weapons with a practiced eye, studying their construction and design to decide which one does in fact suit her.
[22:09] <Koaway> OOC: Make a wisdom check?
[22:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[22:16] <Alicia> "Much as iron is nice for demons and silver for devils - makes me feel bad too, though - I have an odd feeling that the platinum sword is most suited for me," Alicia replies after thoughtfully studying them, reaching over to pick it up and give it a practice swing and a stab.
[22:17] <Koaway> Alicia takes the sword! The other blades vanish into nothingness! As she swings, the platinum sword melts into the air! It makes a cut, a softly spreading cut into an obvious portal. It's depths shimmer.
06[22:19] * Alicia pauses a moment. "Didn't expect that," she admits. "But it's an obvious invitation. Do you mind coming through with me, Hope?"
[22:29] <Kotono> > "I wonder...what sort matches you the most?" With a look to Alicia, "Seven swords, no less."
[22:29] <Kotono> * Alicia looks over the weapons with a practiced eye, studying their construction and design to decide which one does in fact suit her.
[22:29] <Kotono> > OOC: Make a wisdom check?
[22:29] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+2
[22:29] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[22:29] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Much as iron is nice for demons and silver for devils - makes me feel bad too, though - I have an odd feeling that the platinum sword is most suited for me," Alicia replies after thoughtfully studying them, reaching over to pick it up and give it a practice swing and a stab.
[22:29] <Kotono> > Alicia takes the sword! The other blades vanish into nothingness! As she swings, the platinum sword melts into the air! It makes a cut, a softly spreading cut into an obvious portal. It's depths shimmer.
[22:29] <Kotono> * Alicia pauses a moment. "Didn't expect that," she admits. "But it's an obvious invitation. Do you mind coming through with me, Hope?"
03[22:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'RP room '
03[22:29] * Kotono sets mode: +s
[22:31] <Kotono> "I think you've found a path." Hope flutters off, "I'm sorry we didn't get to see each other long, but you're headstrong. I can tell. You have plenty of hope in you."
[22:32] <Alicia> "Alright. If you see a blonde deva called Latha or a black-haired one called Antenora can you tell them I went through a portal here, then?" Alicia asks.
[22:32] <Kotono> "I will," Hope promises.
[22:33] <Alicia> "Thank you. I'm sorry we couldn't spend more time together, too," Alicia smiles at the friendly dove, giving it a little wave before she steps through the portal.
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[22:35] <Kotono> Alicia...it's hot! Alicia feels warmth overtake her body. She stands before a pool of bubbling platinum! The molten metal is a vast lake ahead of her, about 50 feet away. You see an angel standing at the edge, dripping with sizzling platinum, her entire body covered. About twenty feet away and stacked into a neat pile is Antenora's gear.
[22:37] <Alicia> Oh, please say she didn't... just because she's immune to heat, that's just... why would anyone actually want to do that? "Antenora?" she calls over at the metal-covered figure. If someone hit her with a freezing spell she'd be in a lot of trouble right now!
[22:39] <Kotono> Antenora shakes all over, sending platinum flying about. She wipes her face clean, "...hi." Antenora looks on, one fist balled up. "Would it be too frivious to ask for some water?"
[22:42] <Alicia> "You'll become a statue!" Alicia protests. But then, how else would one get molten metal off? Who knows! Most people would be too dead to care! Shaking her head, Alicia reaches for her decanter of endless water regardless, "Let me try and ward myself from heat before I come any closer, at least."
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d100 spell failure
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 spell failure and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[22:43] <Alicia> "Tch," she tuts as it fails. "Hold on. I had to use a limited wish spell to contact Latha earlier so now my magic's like pulling teeth," she explains, trying again.
[22:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100 spell failure
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 spell failure and gets 61." [1d100=61]
06[22:44] * Alicia exhales in relief as the baking heat is reduced to a more managable level, approaching Antenora and using the decanter on a medium setting to hose her down.
[22:46] <Kotono> Antenora has the good sense to blush slightly as water sends great gouts of steam from her. She sloughts off half melted platinum as she does, the heavy metal passing off her body. "There was a good reason."
06[22:48] * Alicia is careful to douse her very thoroughly, not wanting her friend to be stuck with any solid platinum that needs to be chipped of, although there's not much she can do about the nooks and crannies... Once her torso and limbs are cleared off Alicia hands the decanter to Antenora and turns around. "You can manage the rest while you tell me about it," she offers.
[22:50] <Kotono> Antenora does so, splashes of water heard. "I wandered into this room through a portal. I heard someone calling for help in the pool, a hand reaching out. When I went into chase, I couldn't find anything...but this was in my hand when I crawled out." Antenora opens it, a small length of fine platinum chain in her hand.
[22:51] <Kotono> "I..mmm." Antenora pauses a moment. "Hold on."
06[22:51] * Alicia waits patiently until Antenora's done. "Best to be thorough," she recommends earnestly.
[22:54] <Kotono> You hear a lot more water splashing, Antenora grunting. "Ah. Thought it was going to be..." she mutters, sighing. "I wasn't too worried about a trap - it is Celestia and there has to be a purpose to it."
[22:57] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia nods. "Apparently we're in the Platinum Revere - a place of testing. Our objective is to perform an act of true bravery. Going to the aid of someone in molten metal would be very brave for most people who have to worry about things like being melted."
[23:00] <Kotono> "Right idea, wrong test?" Antenora uses the bottle some more, or it sounds like it from the splashing. "Mmm, molten lava. This reminds me...the vainer erinyes would bathe in boiling blood, magma, lead or worse, whatever they thought would enhance their beauty and ability to charm. It's said to give your skin an alluring luster."
[23:02] <Alicia> "I think Jezebel said something about blood," Alicia grimaces, unseen. "Magma I could see, since the rock would act as an exfoliant, but blood is just disgusting."
[23:04] <Kotono> "It depends on what you wanted to allure or seduce." Antenora splashes a little more, the soft clinkle of metal on the ground. "To a creature of carnage, blood is charming, perhaps even an aphrodisiac."
[23:05] <Alicia> "That's something I could have happily lived without knowing," Alicia remarks dryly.
[23:06] <Kotono> "Avoid mindless carnage fiends once a month?" Antenora's laugh is light, as you hear no more water, instead the sound sof Antenora walking. "Have you seen Latha? We fought hard, but that archon was beyond us."
[23:09] <Alicia> "I would have used more magic had I realised he was so strong," Alicia agrees, turning round now that it's safe. "I contacted Latha with a Sending after I woke up. She said she was by a waterfall and still had the Liath-Flail, but that's all I know."
[23:14] <Kotono> Antenora sits next to her gear, wringing out her hair of water. "He hit like nothing I've felt. One blow was like being hit full on by Lsyscrea! Did we fight Raziel in disguise?"
[23:17] <Alicia> "I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that was the case," Alicia replies. "No hound archon, no matter how skilled, would have the physical ability to hit that hard. Metantron, Lyscrea, Agares... none of the heavy hitters we've fought before even came close."
[23:19] <Alicia> *Melancton
[23:21] <Kotono> Wringing out more water from her hair and then wincing, holding her side where a large bruise has risen, "It would make sense. If he felt the passing of the Liath-Flail, he would want to see it himself. We met Pistis Sophia, and perhaps we've met the others without realising it?"
[23:22] <Alicia> "Oh, you're hurt! Sorry, I should have done this earlier," Alicia apologises, hurrying over and gently placing her hand over the ugly bruise as she uses spellfire to heal Antenora.
[23:22] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[23:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 31." [9d4=3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 1, 3]
[23:24] <Kotono> Antenora sighs in relief, Alicia finding her body boiling hot to the touch, her magic protecting her. Antenora sighs, going to rest on Alicia for a moment. "Yes, the heat soothed the bruises, but I confess that I'm tempted to lie here and take a long, healing rest."
06[23:26] * Alicia heals Antenora some more as she supports her. "We need to find Latha and pass our trial here before we can rest," she encourages.
[23:26] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 32." [3d8=8, 2, 7]
[23:31] <Kotono> "Yes, I know." Antenora rights herself up, going for her clothes and then gear. Dressing, "I'm not too clingy, am I?"
[23:35] <Alicia> "The only person I know that's more touchy than you is Marie," Alicia reasons as she patiently waits. "But some people are just more tactile than others. It's not like you've ever done anything inappropriate."
[23:36] <Kotono> Antenora finishes dressing. "Sorry. The truth is...I just get insecure sometimes. Occasionally I still feel like I don't belong here. Touching is so reassuring." Coming over to Alicia and taking her hands, she presses the platinum chain into Alicia's palms. "Go ahead and hold onto this? I don't think it'll meant much to mei f you're right. I wasn't brave to take this, I was never in any danger."
06[23:40] * Alicia doesn't accept the chain, clasping Antenora's fingers around it. "You still could have drowned - molten metal can't be easy to swim through. We can probably do something even more foolhardy before we leave, though," she grins, before looking around for any exits.
[23:43] <Kotono> Antenora grins back at that, "For all the wisdom given to us from above, we do the stupidest things sometimes." The cavern continues away from the lake of molten platinum, stretching on.
[23:45] <Alicia> "I wouldn't say that," Alicia doesn't quite pout, starting off on the path away from the molten lake. "We normally have some sort of basis for anything we do."
[23:47] <Kotono> "Like all the dangers of the world, or going into the Abyss, or getting drunk on fermented ambrosia and having a dalliance with a chaos angel, or facing the Dark Six?" With her own lopsided smile now, "I wish I could think of something more profound to say than, 'I never imagined it would be like this and tha tit would be soo good, but...'"
06[23:49] * Alicia looks sidelong at Antenora. "Only one of us had that dalliance, unless there's something you're not telling me. And I wasn't drunk when I did it."
[23:52] <Kotono> Antenora grins wider, "It may not have been drunk as we know it, but we were impaired. Besides, chaos inside of you?" Antenora shakes her head back and forth, "Was it worth it? Something so wild and so chaotic as that?" Turning away as you walk along, the cavern starting to narrow down ahead into tunnels sloping up, "You know. You feel order as well as good, don't you?"
[23:56] <Alicia> "I've said it before, Antenora, I'm not particularly devoted to law over chaos in the same way as I oppose evil. I'm personally drawn that way but I'm not committed ideologically," Alicia explains. "And I don't know about wild and chaotic, but lets just say that he knew what he was doing and leave it at that, shall we?"
[23:59] <Kotono> "I had wondered if you'd feel the calling of perfect order as well as perfect good as you ascend." As you walk along, you find the walls washed smooth, perfectly sleek and shiny. "Heh heh. If you had a good time...that's what matters, I suppose. Still." Antenora glances at Alicia, "A child of pure law and pure chaos...who knows? Would they end up in the middle or be tormented by the seperate callings?"
Session Time: Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 2009
[00:02] <Alicia> "We saw the offspring of a brachina and a lilitu in those gnome ruins in the jungle. She... was like any other fiend, I suppose," Alicia's expression twists slightly. "Anyway, don't get me wrong, Antenora. I like it here. But I can respect that what's right for me in this case isn't right for everyone. Law/chaos just isn't an important difference compared with good/evil."
[00:04] <Kotono> "Alicia...I love you like no other, but you're wrong. Arborea and Celestia work together because they are good and in spite of law and chaos." Antenora walks on, "I love Marie, too, in spite of her being chaotic. I...no, you don't really understand. I'm not an angel who happens to like order. I'm an angel of order and good. As much as I care for Marie, the chaos she embodies is difficult for me to accept. It is simply not my nature."
[00:05] <Kotono> accept. It is simply not my nature."
[00:08] <Alicia> "But that's for you," Alicia argues. "Can you honestly say that Marie is unhappy, though? We've spent a lot of time in Arborea and Ysgard, and seen lots of people there. Are they all truly in need of structure and guidance?"
[00:11] <Kotono> "In the end, I believe they'll come to see the wisdom of law and good married together." Walking further head, you come to a pool of cool blue water. It bars the path for ten feet, quite deep. Past it on the other side the path continues on. "Then again, perhaps law is not the path Mystra wishes for you to walk on. Perhaps I am meant to pull you in one direction, Marie another while you ultimately follow Mystra's own inclusive path?"
[00:15] <Alicia> "Maybe... all I know is that this is how I've always been and it suits me just fine," Alicia replies, peering down into the water. "I don't necessarily think a balance is needed, I'm just open to others having their own preferences."
[00:17] <Kotono> The water goes long and deep, stretching far. Alicia can'ts ee the bottom. "Yes, I suppose." After a few beats, "Let's change the subject. You said you dreamed about Felix?"
[00:19] <Alicia> "Uh huh," Alicia invites Antenora to go on, holding off on deciding whether to go for a swim or continue this path while they chat.
[00:22] <Kotono> "Alicia, have you decided yet?" Antenora stops as well, going to kneel before the water. She takes a sip, then a few handfuls.
[00:24] <Alicia> "Decided what?" Alicia blinks at the abrupt non sequiter.
[00:26] <Kotono> "On if you want to try and bring him back. You said you weren't sure." Antenora takes one more mouthful of water, "It's cold and pure if you're thirsty."
06[00:29] * Alicia sits down and scoops up some water for a drink, since she hasn't had anything since breakfast. "I... I don't think I will," she replies. "He's safe and happy where he is now. If he were alive, though... look at how often I have to leave Hugo. I wouldn't make a very good mother anymore," she concludes sadly.
[00:31] <Kotono> "Alicia, that's the biggest load of celestial bison shit I've ever heard." Going to take Alicia's hands after she drinks, "Alicia...you're a good mother figure. I can testify to this beyond any compare. That's your guilt talking."
[00:37] <Alicia> "Maybe," Alicia isn't sure. "You know, he said they were watching me. Him and Hans," she stares off down the corridor. "I wonder what my husband thinks about my dalliance, as we put it earlier."
[00:38] <Kotono> Antenora follows Alicia's gaze, "What were your wedding vows? To love each other until you pass from this mortal coil?"
[00:41] <Alicia> "Till death do us part, yes," Alicia nods. "As much as it hurt, it was still easier to accept that they were gone. Even if I know a thing or two about the planes, I was sure that whatever existence they now held would be one where I wasn't even a memory."
[00:42] <Kotono> "Then there's nothing to be ashamed about. If they're safe and put aside, then surely whomever did so would enlighten them to this? I mean...they love you." Antenora puts a hand on Alicia's shoulder, "They've also seen the good you've done and the pain, struggle and trials you've faced."
[00:45] <Alicia> "Even so, wouldn't it hurt?" Alicia asks, turning to face Antenora. "I think it's human nature, to hope that we'd both wait, that we could pick up where we left off when I passed on myself."
[00:46] <Kotono> "Maybe, but they'd understand." Antenora comes closer to Alicia, staring into her eyes as she holds her close. "Don't make yourself suffer, Alicia. Felix said he loved you, didn't he? If it was a vision of the future, then that means it's just water under the bridge?"
[00:52] <Alicia> "For him there's nothing to forgive. For a child there's nothing as constant as a mother's love," Alicia smiles wistfully. "But for a man and a woman? I can't help but feel I betrayed Hans... I mean, I'm not even really thinking of bringing him back - I can't go back to the way things were."
[00:53] <Kotono> "Accept who you are. Alicia, if he's at peace and gone...that's not reason deny yourself forever. Didn't you and Marie both give me this speech?" With a wry smile, "If you do bring him back, just pick up where you left off. Alicia, if he loved you, I don't think he'd want ou to be alone and chaste forever."
[00:58] <Alicia> "Maybe not intellectually, but the heart is a tricky thing," Alicia shrugs. "Anyway, that's the rub, Antenora - I don't want to pick up where we left off. I've moved on. I'll always treasure the memories, but I'm not the girl he married anymore." Grimacing, she stands up. "It's never like this in the stories, is it?"
[00:59] <Kotono> "Devils don't become angels in the stories, either." Antenora stands up as well, "Alicia. There's nothing wrong with living for your own happiness..." With a long look to her, "If I need to, I'll drag you by the hair to Ysgard."
[01:02] <Alicia> "You don't need to," Alicia returns dryly. "Anyway, I know that right now they're both safe and happy, with each other and with Mystra. That's all I can ask for."
[01:05] <Kotono> "Good. I was hoping I wouldn't have to make the shapechanging magic demand if you still balked." Looking ahead, "Want to try swimming down or going on ahead?"
[01:07] <Alicia> "I really don't want to know," Alicia just shakes her head. "Anyway, I think we should go for a swim. You're already soaked through anyway, so it won't make too much difference."
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[01:19] <Kotono> "Exactly. Gear or no?" Antenora looks down into the depths, "Can you let us breathe water?"
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[01:22] <Alicia> "My magic's still a bit sketchy, but with my ring of freedom of movement I don't have to worry too much. Anything you don't want weighing you down we can put in the portable hole," Alicia offers.
[01:25] <Kotono> Antenora removes everything but her magic rings and her spear. "I still don't think we're in true danger, but I can't risk drowning because my armor and gear's too heavy."
[01:27] <Alicia> Considering how psychoticly strong Antenora is and her armour being made of mithral, it's all Alicia can do not to roll her eyes at that. "Fair enough," she nods, opening up the hole to put said heavy items away.
[01:27] <Alicia> "I'll risk my magic if things look really bad, but if we can't find anything within a minute it's probably best to turn back." With that, she jumps in and starts swimming downwards, pacing herself so as not to get too far ahead of her companion.
[01:32] <Kotono> Antenora swims down as well! Thus the two women descend for 5 rounds! At this point you come to a bottom. At the bottom is a swirling pool of stone and water, rippling. Over the pool are criss-crossed iron bars, thick and blocking further passage.
[01:33] <Kotono> 'Portal?' Antenora asks, pointing down at it.
06[01:34] * Alicia was about to go back up before Antenora's suggestion, but promptly checks for magic - it could come out by the waterfall Latha was at if it is a portal!
[01:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[01:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[01:44] <Alicia> 'It is,' Alicia confirms, checking to see if the grate can be lifted or if it's welded in place.
[01:45] <Kotono> The gate looks welded in place. It won't come away without some effort. OOC: 6 rounds underwater now.
[01:45] <Kotono> 'Want to spellfire it away, or go back up?'
[01:47] <Alicia> 'I'll just chop it up,' Alicia replies, drawing Hell Striker without any impediment from the water and proceeding to violently hack apart the grating!
[01:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12 -15pa
06[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 -15pa and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[01:47] <Alicia> roll 2d4+44+1d6
06[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+44+1d6 and gets 52." [2d4=4, 1][1d6=3]
[01:48] <Kotono> OOC: Single attack or FAing?
[01:49] <Alicia> OOC: I'll make more attacks if one is insufficient
[01:49] <Kotono> Alicia carves through the metal! It's tough, but a single blow carves much of it out! There is a passage to pass through now if one wishes!
[01:50] <Alicia> 'Lets go - it might come out in the waterfall Latha was at,' Alicia tells Antenora, descending into the portal!
[01:52] <Kotono> Ack! Water! Water's falling on you! You're standing in mid air, just starting to fall and be pushed down! You're under a great cascade of water!
06[01:54] * Alicia remains holding her breath as she flaps her wings and kicks her legs, trying to get out from the deluge!
[01:55] <Kotono> Antenora does the same! OOC: Str check for Antenora, Alicia's okay due to freedom of movement.
[01:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 she is very strong
06[01:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 she is very strong and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[01:58] <Kotono> The two come bobbing out of the water, dripping wet but intact! Ahead of you is a cavern, coming to a flat, sheer wall going 50ft up. Atop it are two tunnels proceeding deeper into the mountain.
06[02:00] * Alicia lands on the cavern floor and looks around for any signs Latha might have left.
[02:05] <Kotono> You find a scratch into the ground, pointing to the left side tunnel. Besides you Antenora shakes off, "Can I get my things back?"
[02:07] <Alicia> "Of course," Alicia opens up the hole and lets Antenora do her thing, taking a moment herself to take off her boots and empty them of water before putting them back on.
[02:07] <Kotono> Once the two are dressed and dried, Antenora points to the left tunnel. "Flight will make going that way trivial. Let's go?"
[02:08] <Alicia> "As it surely was for Latha," Alicia agrees, flying up to said tunnel and starting down it.
[02:08] <Kotono> The tunnel is just wide and tall enough to walk through. You follow it for a way, coming to another intersection, with a side path going to the right. An arrow dug into th wall points straight ahead.
06[02:10] * Alicia is glad Latha was so thoughtful and continues going straight ahead. "Did you leave any markers where you went?" she asks Antenora conversationally.
[02:11] <Kotono> Antenora blinks, then laughs. "No, I didn't even think of it. Then again, I probably would've dripped platinum if you a hdn't found me when you did."
[02:13] <Alicia> "I left a few myself. It's a good idea when seperated like this," Alicia opines as they follow Latha's trail.
[02:14] <Kotono> You continue down the tunnel, taking a side turn as Latha left an arrow. Back to platinum brick halls now, shiny but not too descript. "I wonder what Jessica and Roald are doing now? Besides the obvious answer to that."
[02:16] <Alicia> "They might've went back to Balmuria to pick up their things to move into their new home?" Alicia muses. "I left the plane shift ring with Marie."
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[02:20] <Kotono> "Mmm. I guess I envy them a little now. Having someone to wake up to, to be close to, to live together with...it appeals more and more." Antenora says as you continue down the path.
[02:23] <Alicia> "It is nice," Alicia agrees. "The best I get these days is to wake up with Marie sitting at the foot of my bed and staring at me long enough for her to inform me that I had a strange dream before she flies off."
[02:24] <Kotono> Antenora giggles to that, "Like a cat wanting you to pet it when you wake up?"
[02:27] <Alicia> "I don't know what to make of it," Alicia just sighs. "I suppose it must be strange for her to sense my feelings while I'm dreaming, but it's not as if she's telling me anything useful."
[02:28] <Kotono> "Maybe she doesn't know? It's just dreams and feelings. Then again, she's on board for all types of dreams. Sweet dreams, sexy dreams, nightmares..." Shrugging her shoulders, "Have you asked her how much she gets from dreams?"
06[02:31] * Alicia nods. "Just the base impressions of my emotions, but sometimes it's stronger than others. I think she's concerned because things sometimes change when I have particularly vivid dreams - like after we met Kossuth."
[02:33] <Kotono> "Yes. The impressions transcendant beings and events leave on us," Antenora looks sideways, "I've had all sorts of strange dreams since I've started to sleep. Some good, some bad, some embarrassing, some incomprehensible. You make a flattering dwarven seamstress."
[02:35] <Alicia> "If you say so," Alicia looks sidelong at Antenora. "Some people like to try and analyze them for deeper meaning, but I think most are just nonsense."
[02:37] <Kotono> "I think they're either of mystical importance or junk." Looking forward as she chuckles, "Oh, I remember the best one. Marie and I were arguing about something...and for some reason, we ended up pulling you like a tug-toy, both trying to take you. Amusing...certainly somewhat transparent, but amusing."
[02:39] <Alicia> "The meaning there is fairly obvious," Alicia concedes. "My favourite ones are the ones that play out like stories. Even if the narrative makes no sense when I try to piece it together the next day, I still feel entertained when I wake up."
[02:42] <Kotono> "Oh yes. I've not had one like that to be remembered, but..." Antenora laughs now, "The nightmares are rare now. For a little while, I had terrible visions of my return to Baator...not a welcome one."
[02:44] <Alicia> "I'm glad you're over those, then," Alicia smiles. "That place shouldn't have any hold over you any longer."
[02:45] <Kotono> "It doesn't. That pit fiend saw that first hand." Antenora's smile grows wider as you come to another intersection, with an arrow pointing ahead. As you pass it, "If there's no one else who can hold the Liath-Flail, what do we do?"
06[02:46] * Alicia continues straight ahead as instructed - poor Latha's had a rather boring path thus far it looks like.
[02:47] <Alicia> "Then we try to arrange a diversion with as much strength as we can muster... unless there's any other similar artifact we could locate within the next few weeks," Alicia muses.
[02:50] <Kotono> "...Alicia." Antenora stops now. "What if this is Hugo's destiny? A child of a yugoloth and an angel is something that should never be born. But there he is, purer than anything I've ever seen. Is it right to take away the reason he was born? It just fits to well. It really does."
[02:52] <Alicia> "I won't send a child against the mother of demons," Alicia declares firmly. "He wasn't born to be a sacrifice in a fight he won't even fully understand."
[02:56] <Kotono> "I don't think the Heavens would make him just to die. Maybe just..." Shaking her head back and forth, "Alicia. Felix died. I just..." She looks away, "I don't know. Maybe I'm just too lawful to see the universe as anything but plans and schemes, but Hugo defies all the rules. He's someone's gambit. This person may have given us a way to stop Pale Night isntead of resorting to despertae compromises and be far more effective than a demon lord."
[02:56] <Kotono> compromises and be far more effective than a demon lord."
[02:57] <Kotono> "And you know what? I'd like to think there was a damned reason to Hugo besides some sadistic gnomes violating the rules of the multiverse," Antenora turns bakc to Alicia, stiffening her shoulders.
[02:59] <Alicia> "Even if he doesn't die, he'll see things that no child should ever have to see in the Abyss," Alicia argues. "I'm not about to throw him to the wolves just to give us an advantage - he deserves better than that, regardless of what brought him into being."
[03:00] <Kotono> "He'll hold the power of Celestia. He'll be safter than in our home holding the Liath-Flail. I have more confidence in the power of Celestia than I do a howling demon lord." Antenora argues right back, "You felt the truth of the Liath-Flail without it's power! Imagine it recharged!"
[03:04] <Alicia> "And with all that power, the forces of the Abyss were still able to wrest it from its former owner and diminish it into a shade of its former glory," Alicia points out logically. "He's just a child, Antenora. What right do we have to force him into battle? How can we safeguard the eladrin children on one hand while offering up Hugo with the other?"
[03:07] <Kotono> "I think it's his destiny. Alicia, if he is this Child of Life...I think he'd be the most suited person in existance for this." Now with a bit of heat in her voice, "I refuse to believe this prophecy, Hugo and everything is just chaotic happenstance! Who are we NOT to let him fulfill his destiny? If it's what he's meant to do, it's not our place to stop him, either."
[03:12] <Alicia> "Screw destiny!" Alicia retorts fiercely. "If it wasn't for that thrice-damned prophecy, we wouldn't even be having this conversation! Instead of basing our decisions on the situation at hand and proper logic, you'd have everything come down to poetry!"
[03:14] <Kotono> Antenora's voice raises several levels, approaching a shout! "If it wasn't for that prophecy, we wouldn't be where we are! We'd be behind, or dead at the hands of the Dark Six, or worse!" Pointing at Alicia, "Why do you resist this so much? You'd walk into Hell with a word from Mystra and nothing else! Why can't you put any faith into this?"
[03:16] <Alicia> "If Mystra demanded that I use a child to shield myself against an enemy," Alicia's voice drops coldly, "She wouldn't be the goddess I swore myself to."
[03:18] <Kotono> Antenora comes a little closer, "Alicia, it's not like that, dammit! You're not going to watch another child die because you couldn't protect them! Do you think that Helm or Celestia would let someone doomed to be a sacrifice throw themselves into the Abyss?! Do you think I would argue this if I thought that for a minute?!"
[03:23] <Alicia> "Do you think it's guaranteed, Antenora?" Alicia asks, not giving any ground. "That so long as we dance to prophecy's tune it doesn't matter what we do, everything will turn out okay? That there's no room for our own personal initiative, or a flash of insight or stroke of freakish luck from our enemies?"
[03:23] <Alicia> "I can't believe that - what we do matters. The cosmos isn't a book with the ending already written. And if I drag Hugo into the Abyss to face off against Pale Night, I can't be sure he'll come back out unscathed."
[03:27] <Kotono> "I think that it's the best damned choice we have in a sea of shitty ones!" Antenora's arm lashes out, cutting the air. She's close enough that her fingers graze against Alicia's armor, slightly breaking her momentum. "I think that we all have fates to live up to make this Creation a little better than we found it!" Antenora's voice is raising into a shoult now, "And I think that it's our place to make sure it happens right - by Hugo and by en
[03:27] <Kotono> place to make sure it happens right - by Hugo and by ensuring Hugo comes back safely, if that's what's meant to be! I know full well how destiny can be broken! I also know how important it is! Look at what you've become, Alicia!" Reaching out and grabbing Alicia's wing roughly, "But tell me that Mystra never had a plan for you. Tell me that your life is meaningless luck!"
06[03:33] * Alicia winces slightly, even if she's gotten more used to the sensations from her new limbs that somewhat smarts. "It's not meaningless!" she fires right back. "It's drive, determination, and yes, it's luck! You think anyone expected us to kill Zetsubokou? There were no prophecies there - but we did it all the same, and that's what earned us these wings!"
[03:33] <Alicia> "The only fate is the one we make, Antenora, and I refuse to have mine come down to making a child fight my battles for me! He'd have been better off in that prison than made to face Pale Night!"
[03:35] <Kotono> "Then how come the prophecy was right?" Antenora drops Alicia's wing, right in her face now. "How come we're the ones to assemble the Resorts and face the God-King? Do you believe that everything is just a cosmic gamble that came up sevens, as if Creation was a game between a couple of bored slaad?!"
[03:41] <Alicia> "I'd rather be the result of a gamble than a puppet who never really had a choice to begin with," Alicia replies. "I wonder how many prophecies the Crimson Guard heard at the start of their quest that mentioned nothing about a paladin of Mystra but lots about a druid of Mielikki?" she then asks rhetorically, since Antenora brings up the whole business with the resorts and god-king.
[03:43] <Kotono> "I don't know, but I do know that the Gods have helped us time and again. I do know we have the prophecies in front of us. I do know that we don't have margin for error, unless a horror beyond comprehension is born." With a lower, softer heat, "And like hell if I refuse to believe that you weren't meant to at least find me, Alicia. I refuse to beilive the most importance person in my life was a fluke occurance."
[18:11] <Kotono> > "Then how come the prophecy was right?" Antenora drops Alicia's wing, right in her face now. "How come we're the ones to assemble the Resorts and face the God-King? Do you believe that everything is just a cosmic gamble that came up sevens, as if Creation was a game between a couple of bored slaad?!"
[18:11] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'd rather be the result of a gamble than a puppet who never really had a choice to begin with," Alicia replies. "I wonder how many prophecies the Crimson Guard heard at the start of their quest that mentioned nothing about a paladin of Mystra but lots about a druid of Mielikki?" she then asks rhetorically, since Antenora brings up the whole business with the resorts and god-king.
[18:11] <Kotono> > "I don't know, but I do know that the Gods have helped us time and again. I do know we have the prophecies in front of us. I do know that we don't have margin for error, unless a horror beyond comprehension is born." With a lower, softer heat, "And like hell if I refuse to believe that you weren't meant to at least find me, Alicia. I refuse to beilive the most importance person in my life was a fluke occurance."
[18:16] <Alicia> "So who decides?" Alicia asks, spreading her arms. "Was it Helm? Is everything we've ever done on Helm's say so? Is everything everyone ever does predetermined? If not Helm then who - Asmodeus? Selune? Tymora? Maybe it's all down to Ao. I refuse to believe that nothing we do matters, because it all has to go according to script anyway."
[18:23] <Kotono> "And I refuse to believe this is some cosmic game of dice!" Antenora retorts hotly. "Do you want your change to be removing what could be the key to our victory over the Dark Six and Pale Night? Do you want your grand gesture against fate to be the damnation of millions?"
06[18:35] * Alicia glares at Antenora, hating her for forcing her into this awful position. "Alright," she bitterly gets the words out, almost choking on them, "You want to follow a higher authority, fine. As soon as my spells come back, I'll ask Mystra. If She says that Hugo is the child of life, we finish up here, go get him, and start over from Venya. If he isn't, I won't hear another word about it."
[18:35] <Kotono> "Fine!" Antenora snaps, eyes going wide at that, before narrowing into tiny slits. She whirls away, turning her back to Alicia, not saying a word.
06[18:38] * Alicia turns and starts walking down the path left by Latha once more. If nothing else she can respect that Antenora held her position, for all she hates it. "This can count as your act of uncommon bravery, I suppose."
[18:39] <Kotono> Antenora doesn't even remotely answer to it right away. She lets a silence fall, "If that's what I was fated to do, I wish you were right." Her voice is flat, with an undercurrent of anger.
[18:42] <Alicia> Not even knowing how to respond to that, Alicia doesn't bother. Mystra can have the final word.
[18:43] <Kotono> The next several minutes are full of utter, dead silence. Antenora doesn't reply to anything, a tension filled, brooding pace. As you walk down a halll, you catch sight of relief. Latha is heading your way, "Alicia! Antenora!" she calls.
[18:45] <Alicia> "Latha. It's... good to see you," Alicia manages, too thoroughly put out right now to muster much enthusiasm.
[18:46] <Kotono> Antenora doesn't say anything. Latha smiles, "Finally. Are the two of you recovered from the battle?"
[18:48] <Alicia> "Somewhat. I've found out that we're in the Platinum Revere, a place of testing," Alicia supplies. "Have you found anything of interest?"
[18:48] <Kotono> "The same information. The way ahead is ultimately a dead end, I'm returning to the waterfall to try another passage there." Latha shakes her head back and forth, "We're supposed to accomplish and act of uncommon bravery."
[18:49] <Kotono> After a moment, "Are you still hurting? I have some minor healing if that would soothe you?" Latha frowns, "You look a bit drawn."
[18:50] <Alicia> "It's nothing too bad," Alicia shakes her head. "Anyway, Antenora has convinced me to reconsider whether Hugo should be doing this instead of us. So I'm going to ask Mystra if he is the one spoken of in the prophecy as soon as my magic returns to normal."
[18:51] <Kotono> Antenora turns away as Latha looks to her. Latha then looks back to Alicia, "Truly? Did our defeat dishearten you on our chances of reaching Jovar?"
[18:53] <Alicia> "No. I'm still confident we could get that far. But it's possible that we would still be unable to do anything with the Liath-Flail," Alicia concedes unhappily.
[18:53] <Kotono> "Let's go. We can talk later." Antenora grunts, turning back around and starting to walk.
06[18:57] * Alicia acquieses to that and follows after Antenora.
[18:57] <Kotono> "I see." Latha looks between Alicia and Antenora again, following in silence for a time. As you walk, 'Do you want to talk about it?' Latha asks in Alicia's mind.
[19:01] <Alicia> 'It's rude to do so when the object of our discussion is standing three feet away,' Alicia demurs. 'I just feel I've done something terrible in even allowing for the possibility. And what if it turns out Hugo is the object of the prophecy? Antenora has far more faith than I in our ability to protect him.'
[19:04] <Kotono> 'I don't know.' Latha answers as her expression does not change, the tension still in the air around the three. 'If he is, then...that's why there are miracles, Alicia. A child should be easy prey for Pale Night. If he's meant to hold the Liath-Flail, then I believe that a miracle will occur. If not...we'll make one.''
[19:06] <Alicia> 'I'd rather make a miracle without putting him in harm's way to start with. It won't be long till my magic returns to normal, then we'll know one way or the other.'
[19:08] <Kotono> 'I hope so. Antenora's not answering me.' Latha's voice sighs in your mind. 'A victory that cost more than it was worth.'
[19:11] <Alicia> 'She was very determined, but looked hurt as soon as I compromised. I wonder if she's disappointed that I couldn't stick to my ideals?' Alicia wonders as they trudge onwards.
[19:12] <Kotono> Latha lets that question sit. Thus you walk back out to the waterfall, reaching the other tunnel. At this Latha points ahead, "I know not what lies in this path, so if the two of you are ready?" she looks between both women. "Or if you need some time first?"
[19:13] <Alicia> "Lets go. I should have my magic returned to me within a quarter of an hour," Alicia says, flying over to the unexplored passage.
[19:21] <Kotono> Antenora remains silent as the two ascend into the tunnel! It stretches for a little time, turning into platinum bricks ahead. Ahead lies a room full of mirrors, like a slightly enlarged hall. Reflections dance about wildly, the path continuing on ahead. You can see yourselves in a dozen different ways and angles of angels.
06[19:22] * Alicia pauses for a moment in the mirrored hallway, confirming if there's any magic present.
[19:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
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[19:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[19:25] <Kotono> Latha looks about, going to one of the mirrors. "Not what I anticipated. Archons have little need for vanity."
[19:26] <Alicia> "Hmm. The mirrors act as portals - if you step through one you come out of another, but something happens at the one you went through originally," Alicia explains. "Precisely what I'm not quite sure. Still, it bears investigating." She calls forth a medium fire elemental and sends it through the closest mirror.
[19:28] <Kotono> The fire elemental steps throught he mirror, appearing on the other side of the hall! Yet in front of the first mirror the same elemental stands out! The far one looks about in confusion, it's flames dimming! The other's flames roar into radiance!
[19:30] <Alicia> "How do you feel?" Alicia asks both elementals in their native language. Seems like the original is diminished to create a copy?
[19:31] <Kotono> The one in front of the first mirror growls words of anger, while the other murmurs phrases of repentenence.
[19:32] <Alicia> "Hell Striker, do they seem any different to you?" Alicia asks her sword, since it can see into the hearts of men. Or elementals.
[19:37] <Alicia> "Hmm... You go through that mirror and you go through that mirror," she tells each elemental to traverse the mirror opposite the one it just came out.
[19:38] <Kotono> The two elementals go through the mirrors! From another mirror, only one elemental comes back out.
[19:38] <Kotono> "Some sort of cloning or division?" Latha watches this entire back and forth, "Got an idea, Alicia?"
[19:38] <Alicia> "Do you feel normal now?" Alicia asks the solitary elemental in Ignan.
[19:40] <Kotono> The elemental answers in the affirmative.
06[19:42] * Alicia dismisses it with a wave of her hand. "It seems that if you go through the mirror you're split into two. From what the elementals were saying and how they looked, one comes out weakened and repentant, the other is angry and more powerful. If both go back through any two mirrors, they return to one normal individual."
[19:49] <Kotono> "Hm. Some sort of self examination?" Latha looks into a mirror and her reflection, "Perhaps so different facets of a personality can clash against one another? A very literal self analysis."
[19:50] <Alicia> "Since both elementals remained under my control I can't tell for sure how the two sides might interact," Alicia admits. "Want to give it a try?"
[19:51] <Kotono> "Do you?" Latha murmurs decline, "Not in particular. It's interesting to see, but splitting myself apart holds no interest."
06[19:53] * Alicia shakes her head. "It could be confusing. What about you, Antenora?" she looks over at the brooding deva.
[19:55] <Kotono> Antenora's gaze is looking down at the ground. She doesn't reply, lingering a little back.
[19:58] <Alicia> "Antenora?" Alicia prods, stepping closer, thinking she looks more sad than angry. "Is there anything you want to say?"
[19:59] <Kotono> "I said enough." Antenora brushes past Alicia and walks ahead past the mirrors. Her voice is quiet, but projected well.
[20:02] <Alicia> "Very well," Alicia lets it rest for now, continuing onwards herself.
[20:03] <Kotono> Latha doesn't advance, letting Alicia go past her. "You know, you two don't need to reply to this," she says, taking up the rear, "But watching you two act like this is a tragedy."
[20:09] <Alicia> "It's not often we can't reconcile our differences," Alicia admits. "But this is important enough to stick to what we believe in, even when we believe differently."
[20:12] <Kotono> Antenora stops, her back turned to them. "It is important, but dammit, Alicia! I didn't want to see you full of bitter resignation because I complained and bitched at you until you gave in! How the hell am I repaying you if I make you feel like that?"
[20:18] <Alicia> "I never wanted you to be an obedient lickspittle," Alicia sighs. "Even if I think you're in the wrong here, I know I'm not perfect. Maybe you are right - about fate and about Hugo. I don't want you to be, but... we'll find out soon, anyway."
[20:23] <Kotono> "Alicia. Sorry. Even if I'm right, I'm sorry that I lost my temper and fought with you. It wasn't the right way." Antenora turns, going up to Alicia. "I wish I could dedicate my life to making you happy. You have so much responsibility - from fate or from choice or both - and you deserve better."
[20:26] <Alicia> "Don't apologise," Alicia tells her firmly. "If you apologise then you were wrong, and the whole thing was for nothing. You argued for what you believe in, and I can respect that even if I can't agree."
[20:27] <Kotono> "Yeah. It's not that, just how I did it." Antenora goes to Alicia, gazing into her eyes. "Next time, tell me to spare the anger?"
[20:30] <Alicia> "I'll try to remember that. Anyway, lets move on - I'll let you both know when I'm ready to cast my spell," Alicia suggests.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Thanks." Antenora murmurs, falling in step with Alicia! Thus the women move on - ahead is a triple passage. It continues ahead, splits off to right and left branches, and has a vent to fly upward and downward in the center of the intersection.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Any preferences?" Alicia asks her companions.
[21:00] <Kotono> "Let's go up. It's our goal in the long run?" Antenora looks into the shaft.
[21:01] <Alicia> "Going up worked well for me last time," Alicia agrees with that, flapping her wings to take off and up the vent.
[21:03] <Kotono> Alicia, Antenora, LAtha. An ascending column of angels flies high! You fly up for about two minutes , ascending higher! You come out in a great circular dome, full of light. Here rests an orb of glowing energy the size of a small house, chains attached to the outer layer, holding it to the ground. Words of profound purity and goodness echo all about.
[21:03] <Kotono> "Words of Creation?" Latha alights to the ground, "I know a few of those."
[21:04] <Alicia> "What does it say?" Alicia asks, studying the flows of magic hereabout.
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft surely relevant
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft surely relevant and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[21:05] <Alicia> "The magic seems to revolve around creating something, but I can't offer more than that," Alicia supplies after a second.
[21:06] <Kotono> Latha kneels, bowing her head. "Creating. Alicia, what we see is the beginnings of a solar's life. A force has set into motion it's creation."
[21:08] <Alicia> "Oh, my..." Alicia gazes at the orb with new appreciation. "We should leave it well alone, then. Does it say anything about what duty the solar will fulfill?" she can't resist a little curiousity.
[21:10] <Kotono> "No." But Latha's words are lost in yet more noise. Words of Creation of unheralded purity erupt around you! Your flesh regrows in a moment, wounds sealed! The room bursts into light, blinding you! Amid this inferno of glory, you can see a the faintest outlines of a face. "This sacred place is not meant for you. Return to whence you came." OOC: Your nonlethal damage is healed for all three of you.
[21:10] <Kotono> three of you.
[21:11] <Alicia> "I'm sorry, we meant no offence," Alicia lowers her gaze hurriedly and flees back to the vent.
[21:14] <Kotono> Thus the party flees down from the impossible, overwhelming light! The vent down passes in the daze, the three women back to the intersection in a few moments.
[21:14] <Kotono> Rubbing her eyes, "What was that? It was overwhelming. Not to mention my bruises are gone!" Antenora squints out of bloodshot eyes.
[21:17] <Alicia> "A lot of positive energy must go into the creation of a being as mighty as a solar - I suspect we simply received some overflow," Alicia reasons. "I hope our presence didn't disturb things too greatly."
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[21:18] <Kotono> "Let's try going straight ahead?" Latha gestures and starts to walk, "I have no idea what it was, Seira. There are secrets to Celestia that even we aren't knowledgeable about."
[21:18] <Kotono> *Antenora.
[21:19] <Alicia> "Before that," Alicia holds up a hand, "My magic is back to normal. I can ask Mystra if Hugo is the child of life spoken of in Demedais' prophecy, now."
[21:19] <Kotono> If that's your choice," Antenora goes to sit down, resting against the wall.
[21:22] <Alicia> "It will only take a moment," Alicia takes a deep breath before channelling her magic to emulate a cleric's ability to commune with his or her deity. Not wishing to pester her goddess, she only has but one question. "Is Hugo the child of life spoken of in the prophecy given to Demedais by Helm?"
06[21:30] * Alicia shrugs as she repeats the answer. "Perhaps. Fate is potential, not iron bonds." Pausing a moment to make it clear that's the answer to the question before she continues with her own thoughts. "That being the case, I wish to explore all further avenues before placing any burden upon Hugo. Let us see what answers we find at the Pax Exaltea."
[21:31] <Kotono> "Fate is potential, not iron bonds...is that saying that Hugo has the potential to be this child?" Antenora's voice is thoughtful as she starts walking ahead, "Or that others may have the potential, or we do to make the choice?"
[21:32] <Alicia> "I'd take it to mean that others have the potential as well," Alicia replies. "It's why prophecies always have lots of room for interpretation, so that no matter the outcome you can look back with hindsight and say 'yes, see! It all fits!'"
[21:35] <Kotono> Latha snickers, hiding her smile with her hand. "How cynical of you, Alicia."
[21:35] <Kotono> Antenora mutters something quietly, "I still say Hugo fits from this end, not even to consider hindsight."
[21:36] <Alicia> "Perhaps so," Alicia concedes to Antenora. "And if it's a literal child then I won't be satisfied no matter who the hand of prophecy points to in the end. Unless, of course, it resolves in a manner that doesn't put the child in harm's way - the prophecy says nothing about the child entering battle, after all."
[21:38] <Kotono> "It could be worse. We could be having this argument over a literal baby - Namor." Antenora glances back, "He crossed my mind as well, but Hugo fits so much better."
06[21:40] * Alicia nods. "Given all that happened, I'm sure Namor has a destiny of his own, but his will likely lie under the sea with his people."
[21:42] <Kotono> Thus you walk along. You come on a slight downward slope for about twenty minutes, coming down into a basin. Seventy feet ahead rises another tunnel, continuing on. It's seventy feet off the ground as well, no path to it visible, only sheer cliffface.
[21:43] <Alicia> "Onwards and upwards?" Alicia asks, already taking off towards the tunnel up the cliff.
[21:44] <Kotono> But as Alicia and company fly forward...!!! OOC: Make STR checks.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Latha
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Latha and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 Anty
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 Anty and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> But you feel a force pushing you down! The three are pressed down to the ground, unable to resist!
[21:47] <Alicia> "Oohf," Alicia lands heavily on her feet, crouching for a moment before she rights herself. "Perhaps we're supposed to climb rather than fly?"
[21:54] <Kotono> Looking at the sheer cliff-face, "Do any of us have skill climbing?" Latha looks up to the top, "I confess I'm used to flying and not particularly trained at it."
[21:57] <Alicia> "I used to be quite good at it, but ever since I learned the fly spell a few years ago I fell out of practice," Alicia admits. "I still have my old climbing gear in the portable hole, though. I could climb up then toss it down for the next of us and so on."
[21:58] <Kotono> "Anything to make it easier." Antenora says, peering up. "I don't fnacy trying ot make the climb, either, without rope and support."
06[21:59] * Alicia glances sidelong at Antenora. "How good are you at animating rope for things besides lassoing enemies?"
[22:02] <Kotono> "Not very. I can do that, but we don't have the ability to animate rope any further than that. I have to be aiming it at a foe to work." Peering up, "Do you have a grappling hook in there with some rope? If you can toss it high enough, maybe?"
[22:03] <Alicia> "No grappling hook," Alicia shakes her head. "Tell you what, I'll climb up, then you can toss the rope up after me and I'll tie it to something solid," she suggests, opening up the portable hole to retrieve her long neglected climbing spikes.
06[22:08] * Alicia then sets herself to methodically climbing up the cliff, seeking out the best handholds as she goes.
[22:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[22:08] <Kotono> Alicia starts to climb...she makes a bit of progress but then slinks back down, her first effort not going anywhere.
[22:10] <Alicia> "That was... odd," Alicia remarks after sinking off the cliff-face. "Hmm... actually, why don't we all climb together?" she suggests, handing the climbing gear to Latha.
[22:11] <Kotono> "At once?" Latha asks, "If you like. Will it help?"
[22:13] <Alicia> "It's just a theory," Alicia temporises, finding a spot on the wall to start from and beginning to climb up with her bare hands once the other two are ready.
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Make climb checks all.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 Anty
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 Anty and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Did you include ACP?
[22:23] <Alicia> OOC: None for me and Latha. -1 for Anty
[22:24] <Kotono> The women manage to climb up ten feet! They're off the ground now, sixty feet away from the tunnel. The climbing is slow, steady and sure.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOX: GAh.
[22:28] <Kotono> The women manage to climb up ten feet! They're off the ground now, sixty feet away from the tunnel. The climbing is slow, steady and sure. The feeling of pressure and gravity comes and passes as you cling to the walls.
06[22:31] * Alicia holds on tightly, making sure to have three limbs braced securely at all times as she slowly climbs upwards. "Don't rush, take your time to find the best handholds," she encourages her less practiced friends as they ascend.
[22:31] <Kotono> OOC: Climb checks again.
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[22:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Anty
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Anty and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[17:08] <Kotono> Antenora continues to make progress, twenty feet up! Alicia about holds her place, not moving ahead or making progress. Latha's grip slips, sending her falling to the ground!
[17:08] <Kotono> roll 1d6 ow
06[17:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 ow and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[17:09] <Alicia> "This isn't going too well," Alicia remarks. "You okay, Latha?"
[17:10] <Kotono> "The fall was minor," Latha stands up, dusting off her knees.
[17:11] <Kotono> "I'm getting closer. Let me see if I can reach the top," Antenora calls down. "I can use my ghost rope and lower it down from there."
[17:11] <Alicia> "We'll keep trying, anyway - go up the same path as Antenora, it might be easier," Alicia tells Latha as she searches for some handholds that'll let her progress.
[17:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[17:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[17:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[17:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[17:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Anty
06[17:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Anty and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[17:13] <Kotono> Antenora and Latha don't make any progress, while Alicia's grip slips! With a start of surprise, she finds herself falling back to the ground!
[17:13] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[17:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 4." [1d6=4]
06[17:16] * Alicia sighs and dusts herself off, joining Latha in trying to catch up with Antenora.
[17:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Alicia
06[17:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Alicia and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[17:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Latha
06[17:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Latha and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[17:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Anty
06[17:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Anty and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[17:17] <Kotono> No progress by anyone at all, but at least Antenora doesn't fall! Antenora echos Alicia's sigh, "This damned wall is going past obvious metaphor and into aggrivation."
[17:19] <Alicia> "New plan," Alicia decides. "Antenora, toss me down your rope. Latha, give me the third resort."
[17:19] <Kotono> "All the way or hold onto it," Antenora asks.
[17:19] <Kotono> LAtha hands over the third resort without incident.
[17:19] <Alicia> "All the way," Alicia confirms.
[17:19] <Kotono> Antenora's long rope tumbles down into a pile at the bottom of the wall.
06[17:22] * Alicia takes the rope and proceeds to tie it tightly around the hilt and crossguard of the dagger, tugging it to ensure it's secure. Once that's done, she aims up at the roof of the cave-mouth where the tunnel starts above them, and with a prayer to Mystra for it to fly truly, she hurls it upwards to try and get it lodged securely into the platinum rock!
[17:22] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 15 on use rope
[17:22] <Alicia> roll 1d100 casting true strike
06[17:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 casting true strike and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[17:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 ranged attack with -14 range penalties
06[17:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 ranged attack with -14 range penalties and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[17:23] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[17:23] <Alicia> roll 1d4+10+3d6+3d6
06[17:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+10+3d6+3d6 and gets 35." [1d4=4][3d6=1, 4, 1][3d6=6, 4, 5]
[17:29] <Kotono> Clunk! With a deft throw, Alicia gets the knife embedded into the ceiling! The rope dangles down, the last bits pooling on the ground.
06[17:31] * Alicia grabs hold of the rope and lifts her body off the ground, making sure it'll support her weight without coming loose.
[17:33] <Kotono> The dagger seems pretty well embedded in. It doesn't give to Alicia's weight.
06[17:33] * Alicia nods in satisfaction and lets go. "Okay, Antenora, why don't you grab the rope and use it to get the rest of the way up? Then Latha and I will follow."
[17:34] <Kotono> With the rope, it's elementary for Antenora to climb up! She reaches the top, then waves down. "Made it!"
[17:35] <Alicia> "Latha?" Alicia lets the blonde deva go first.
[17:37] <Kotono> Latha climbs up the wall as well! She scurries up without a problem.
[17:37] <Alicia> Once Latha's safely at the top, Alicia follows!
[17:39] <Kotono> Alicia climbs up without problem!
[17:40] <Kotono> "Finally...we made it up together because we helped each other. Or I suppose that's the lesson we're meant to take," Antenora looks to Alicia, "We couldn't just glide our way to enlightenment."
[17:40] <Alicia> Now safely at the top, Alicia reaches up to grab the hilt of her dagger and jiggle it around to try and work it loose from its secure placing. "Maybe it's just about not giving up in the face of adversity?"
[17:42] <Kotono> OOC: STr check.
[17:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[17:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[17:42] <Kotono> "No matter what, thanks," Antenora rests a hand on Alicia's shoulder, a hesitant smile on her face. Meanwhile, the dagger is stuck in pretty hard. It's not coming out.
06[17:44] * Alicia gives Antenora a smile to show that there's no hard feelings. "You can thank me by pulling the dagger out. I got it in really tight and you're stronger than I am," she suggests lightly, letting go of the embedded artifact.
[17:46] <Kotono> With a quirky smile and a chuckle, "I'll try." With that, Antenora gives it a tug!
[17:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[17:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[17:46] <Kotono> But it's stuck pretty hard. Her efforts don't go anywhere, either.
[17:47] <Alicia> "Try jiggling it around a bit," Alicia suggests, "It should be able to cut the hole wider if you do it that way."
[17:48] <Kotono> Antenora winces visibly but tries that, trying to get ti loose!
[17:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[17:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[17:49] <Kotono> Nope. It's just not moving - completely stuck, it looks like.
[17:51] <Alicia> "Hang on," Alicia asks, drawing Hell Striker and working its blade flush with the third resort, using it to cut up the platinum rock and widen it enough for the dagger to fall out. "Hold onto the rope so it doesn't fall back down to the bottom."
[17:52] <Kotono> "Got it," Antenora nods, "This reminds me too much of trying to remove a broken blade from a wound."
[17:54] <Alicia> "At least it was secure enough for us to climb on. I was worried it would just fall right back out," Alicia admits as she carves up the rock.
[17:55] <Kotono> The rock is unusually tough here, Alicia slowly hacking through! With this Antenora is able to get the dagger out, gathering back her rope. "Strong stone."
[17:56] <Alicia> "It is," Alicia nods, blowing the dust off of Hell Striker before sheathing it. "Anyway, lets see what's down this path?"
[17:59] <Kotono> Thus the three women take down this path! After about ten minutes of following it, they come to a stairway ascending up. Freezing cold air blows down, the cave opening wide into fresh air. Snow litters the steps all about, gold-tinted snow.
[18:00] <Alicia> "Looks like we're close to the surface," Alicia opines, starting up the stairway.
[18:01] <Kotono> Thus you climb! You are enveloped into a blizzard as you do! The chill is overwhelming even a few steps up! Amid the steady winds and blasts of cold, Latha yelps. "W-what is this?! I'm s-shaking!"
[18:04] <Alicia> Isn't Latha immune to cold? "It must be magic!" Alicia calls over the wind, reaching out to take Latha's hand so they don't get seperated in the storm. "Hold hands and stay close, we can get through this!"
[18:04] <Kotono> Latha is shivering all over, shaking like a leaf. "M-M-magic!" she groans, as Antenora takes Alicia's other hand! "I will be s-strong!"
[18:07] <Alicia> It's pretty frosty for Alicia too, but if it's bad for Latha there's no point trying to ward off the cold. "Come on," she encourages, holding tightly to her friends to draw warmth from them and offer the same in turn as she pushes up the stairs through the blizzard.
[18:09] <Kotono> You walk and walk and walk and walk. You are lost in the blizzard, numbness creeping it. At first Alicia can't feel her feet quite right, then the fingers of her friends feel like icicles. Antenora's shoulders slump down as she miserably shivers, "So cold..." she says amid the golden snow. No end in sight, just more stairs ascending.
03[18:12] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
06[18:12] * Alicia glows brightly with holy radiance, though it carries no heat it's a psychological boost, and makes it easier to see even in the storm. "Think of something warm," she suggests amidst her own shivers, rubbing their hands together to generate heat by friction.
[18:15] <Kotono> "Warm fire...lava...curling up against a body..." Antenora intones, as golden light plays amid the snow! Thus further do you walk, your eyes starting to coat over with ice, eyelashes frozen stiff. Ice begins to coat your armor, hanging off it like the hand of death. Yet higher and higher you go, as your cheeks go numb. It's starting to become harder to walk. OOC: Make fort saveS?
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Alicia
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Alicia and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Latha
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Latha and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 Anty
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 Anty and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[18:17] <Kotono> The angels endure thestorm as best they can. "I...I can keep going, but I'm not sure for how long," Latha says,s truggling to speak.
[18:17] <Kotono> "We're getting nowhere," Antenora's voice is sleepy, her head shaken back and forth, bits of ice and snow falling off. "What the hell is the point of this?"
[18:20] <Alicia> "It's a challenge - we can't give up so easily!" Alicia exhorts, letting go of Latha's hand long enough to grab Hell Striker and ingite its flames before she presses the hilt into Latha's other hand and resumes her grip. "Hold onto Hell Striker, Latha. Its flames will help."
[18:21] <Kotono> The heat of Hell Striker stands alone in the blizzard, the warmth of it banishing a bit of the chill around you. "My thanks, Alicia," Latha puts her face close to the flames, as if to melt away the golden ice there. Thus you continue to walk! Alicia begins to feel sleepy...and warmer. Her eyes want to close as you put one foot in front of the other. On and on you go, as...OOC: Fort again.
[18:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Alicia
06[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Alicia and gets 33." [1d20=11]
[18:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 lets say Latha cast heroism after the first fort save
06[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 lets say Latha cast heroism after the first fort save and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[18:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 Anty
06[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 Anty and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[18:23] <Kotono> Thus the party endures! Antenora's shoulders are bent low, her feet shuffling to continue climbing. "...sleepy." A hand goes up to feebly rub at her eyes, "..licia...wanna go to sleep," she turns back, "Gotta keep going. Have to keep going. We're almost there. Have to be."
[18:24] <Kotono> "Perhaps...we need to admit defeat? Magic out?" Latha struggles to put the words together, the flames of Hell Striker keeping her face clear at least. "Or do something?"
[18:26] <Alicia> "Hold on, let me try and cast something," Alicia asks, letting go of Latha's hand for a second. "It's hot but don't try to resist it," she adds as she calls upon purifying flames to surround her body!
[18:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 spell failure
06[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 spell failure and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[18:27] <Kotono> But Alicia's magic can't focus, the spell fizzling.
06[18:27] * Alicia keeps trying after the first failure.
[18:27] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[18:27] <Kotono> OOC: What spell?
[18:27] <Alicia> OOC: Fires of purity. 15 fire damage to anything I touch (or touches me). Flames don't hurt me but hopefully they'll keep me warm.
[18:29] <Kotono> Warmth spills from Alicia's body! Latha stays close, while Antenora stops and presses against Alicia. She sighs deeply, "So warm...!" The fire seems to lift the sleepy reverie that gripped you, ice melting away from your body, your mind clearing it's haze.
[18:30] <Alicia> As bright orange flames surround Alicia, she draws close to Latha, but is careful not to burn her with too much contact. She doesn't worry so much about Antenora who swims in molten metal for fun. "It doesn't last too long, so lets press on hard while we've got it," she encourages, working up the stairs in step with the glomping deva.
[18:31] <Kotono> Like this you climb a little longer. The fires last nealry two minutes, enough to chase away much of the chill. But abruptly, as they finish, a massive buffet of cold air stops your progress! A howling wind is followed by crystal clear trumpet blasts! Ahead, coming from the golden mist of snow, a figure approaches. It's too far away to make anything out but a shadow.
[18:48] <Alicia> "We're almost there," Alicia encourages her friends even as her flames gutter out and the cold makes its presence felt once more, taking the figure's approach as a good sign as she forces her feet to keep moving.
[18:51] <Kotono> The blizzard roars stronger! The figure ahead is impossible to look at. You can see eyes like the heart of a maelstrom of snow. The light...the light from the being staggers you back, a light that offers no warmth. "Advance not a single step more!" he bellows, "I see dying fools ahead of me, waiting to slip into the oblivion of cold!"
06[18:53] * Alicia stops, although he could've asked more nicely. "It'll take more than bad weather to stop us," she asserts. "But if we're not welcome here, so be it. We'll leave."
[18:56] <Kotono> "Should we?" Antenora glares up at the icy light, "You talk with arrogance and condescension!"
[18:59] <Kotono> "Leave." With a harsh bidding cry, "You are unworthy to be here!"
03[19:00] * Kotono is now known as Tiny_Ko_Army
[19:05] <Alicia> "Whatever tests you are here to take, you won't get far on them with that attitude," Alicia tells the harsh voice icily, not rising further to its baiting as she turns. "Come. Lets leave him to his frozen solitude."
[19:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus Alicia and Latha follow. The cold numbs you as you begin the ascent down. "Ugh..." Antenora grunts deep in her throat, "Are you sure, Alicia?"
[19:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let him rot, test, tester or fool." Latha rubs her hands together, "These caverns are vast. We will find what we seek elseware."
[19:09] <Alicia> "We're here to be tested on bravery. Picking a fight with someone for simply being rude does not meet my definition," Alicia states simply. "Also, the third resort produces fire as well, so we can use that to warm ourselves on the way back in addition to Hell Striker."
[19:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus the two ascend down! It is a long walk, your bodies frozen entirely by the time you reach the bottom. Not enough to feel sleepy, but you're iced to the bone by the time you reach the relative warmth of the caverns! "Can you use your camp kit to make a fire?" Antenora asks, "Or burst aflame again, Alicia? Or can we go back to the molten platinum?"
06[19:13] * Alicia nods and reaches into her survival pouch, tossing down a small bundle of sticks which forms into a merrily burning campfire. "A pity going up that cliff and through that blizzard was a waste," she remarks, turning to fan her frozen wings over the fire. "Maybe there was another thing like the solar's birthplace further up?"
[19:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora goes to lie down, face down into the edge of the fire. She sighs in contentment. "Maybe, or maybe it was a trial or..who knows? I'm curious, but loathe to make the climb again because we changed ourminds."
[19:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha stays close to the fire, her hands dripping water as ice melts. "We still have a few paths at the last intersection, don't we? Still, we went to all this trouble to get up that damned wall."
[19:25] <Alicia> "Maybe it was a trial against foolhardy stubborn-ness, which we failed and that's why he was so irate with us?" Alicia suggests, unable to keep a grin off at the suggestion as she turns around to warm her front.
[19:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora flips over, face up now. A bit of soot lies on her face, laughing. "Hahahahhaa. At least you thought through it well. Iw as on the verge of summoning holy fire just to warm us, no matter how it burned." Antenora looks to Alicia, "Using the fires around your body was inspired."
[19:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As ice drips down Latha's body, melting away, "I truly envied you there. If fire did not burn me, I would've done exactly what you did."
[19:30] <Alicia> "I would have just cast cold resistance if it wasn't for Latha being cold as well. Just a pity I had to struggle with it - be a while till my magic goes back to normal again," Alicia replies, flexing her fingers as the numbness recedes. "In retrospect I could've weakened it enough to not burn you, Latha, but that would've also made it last half as long."
[19:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "No harm's done." Latha smiles a little bit.
[19:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Still, this isn't so bad." Antenora nuzzles her head into the burning sticks, "It reminds me of the time we spent in Ysgard. Getting away from it all, just the three of us...it's almost like a respite from the horrors going on around us."
[19:35] <Alicia> "It's not so bad," Alicia agrees. "What I'm wondering is just how we can accomplish anything truly brave here. I mean, it's not like there are any terrible threats to battle in Celestia - it just makes things rather artificial, so no matter what we do I wonder if it's out of bravery or just because it's expected for the test."
[19:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It isn't." Antenora closes her eyes, "It lacks the seemingly fated occasion for us to step through a gear stripping portal or need to otherwise end up naked, but perhaps Celestia is far less hung up on that." After a yawn there, flicking embers over her face for good measure, "Maybe we need to be brave by forsaking the test? Blast our way out with spellfire?"
[19:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Perhaps we're meant to make our own bravery?" Latha lies back now, ice gone from her body. "Something that signified bravery to ourselves?"
[19:39] <Alicia> "It's a holy site for pilgrims as well as a place of testing," Alicia chides. "I'm not going to cause any reckless destruction. Anyway, if everyone's warmed up shall we go back to one of the junctions on the earlier path that remains unexplored?"
[19:39] <Alicia> "Besides, I could just teleport us out," she adds as an afterthought.
[19:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We could try that as an option to remember?" Latha says, "I'll follow your lead, Alicia."
06[19:42] * Alicia starts heading back, gliding down the cliff and then continuing towards the vent with the gestating solar at the top. And this time she leads the group down through said vent.
[19:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus the party ascends down! AFter a long flight down, you begin to see whisps of white rising up around you. You hear glorious celestial song, and a bliss fills your mind. You feel Antenora's thoughts...she feels the joy, relaxing as perhaps nothing will threaten Alicia. You feel Latha's thoughts, pondering the minds she feels. You feel others...so many others, asleep, dreaming of glory.
[19:51] <Alicia> This is different than their usual telepathy. "Latha, do you know what this?" she asks the deva who's surely more familiar with celestial mechanics.
[19:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I do. You'll understand better if you see." Latha says, as you feel her thoughts reflect the same, thinking of the souls purifying below. With a small, glorious laugh, she thinks that Alicia won't be so surprised anyway.
06[19:53] * Alicia isn't so sure. She expects it probably has something to do with petitioners, perhaps the souls of holy crusaders rest here? She resolves to be especially respectful in that case.
[19:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora recalls a burning pit of fire, her thoughts abruptly tearing away from it. A flush of embarrassment passes over her mind.
[19:56] <Alicia> Having an idea of what Antenora's thinking of, Alicia gives her a slight smile. She can see the parallel on some level, for all that they're diametrically opposed. "We won't be disturbing anything with our presence, will we?" Alicia checks with Latha, not wanting to risk any trouble like when they barged in on the gestating solar.
[20:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As you ascend down, you come into an endless cavern. Below, a sea of white rests. In it countless spirits swirl, minds and souls felt. Alicia is bombarded by the memories of them...countless lifetimes of valor. She feels Latha...the light within her, like the Sun itself. The righteous fury she feels even now to strike down the Neverborn and Dark Six, the protective love she feels for her friends here. You feel Antenora...memories of places and horrors..
[20:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You feel Antenora...memories of places and horrors...deeds best never done or contemplated...but overwhelming that, the loyalty and love she feels towards you, vast in depth and breath. You feel them connected with you, feeling you as surely as you feel them. You feel Latha's thoughts...the will of the souls here draws minds into them. Into the glory and togetherness they are blessed with. Amid this, you see that Astral Devas fly about. A few help spiri
[20:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amid this, you see that Astral Devas fly about. A few help spirits out, as they shape into Lantern Archons or angels. One of the devas approaches you, "Hail."
[20:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Strike, go ME.
[20:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's safe," she speaks, "We will draw closer, but as celestials, we are in no danger. Our souls are already shaped and in harmony."
06[20:06] * Alicia doesn't think she's quite all the way there, but Latha would say if there was any problem so she accepts that. "I was more worried on behalf of others, but if you think it's fine then that's enough for me."
[20:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As you ascend down, you come into an endless cavern. Below, a sea of white rests. In it countless spirits swirl, minds and souls felt. Alicia is bombarded by the memories of them...countless lifetimes of valor. She feels Latha...the light within her, like the Sun itself. The righteous fury she feels even now to strike down the Neverborn and Dark Six, the protective love she feels for her friends here. You feel Antenora...memories of places and horrors..
[20:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You feel Antenora...memories of places and horrors...deeds best never done or contemplated...but overwhelming that, the loyalty and love she feels towards you, vast in depth and breath. You feel them connected with you, feeling you as surely as you feel them. You feel Latha's thoughts...the will of the souls here draws minds into them. Into the glory and togetherness they are blessed with. Amid this, you see that Astral Devas fly about. A few help spiri
[20:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amid this, you see that Astral Devas fly about. A few help spirits out, as they shape into Lantern Archons or angels. One of the devas approaches you, "Hail."
06[20:09] * Alicia hopes her friends can feel the same affection and protectiveness she feels for them, especially Antenora who perhaps needs reassurance that there's no hard feelings. "Greetings," Alicia returns, flapping her wings to hover in place. "We only wish to pay our respects, I hope we aren't any bother."
[20:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Welcome, my sisters," The deva says, as white whisps fly up all around you. "The souls of the brave rest here, beginning the process of eternal reward. You are welcome to stay here for a time; there is a chance you will find wisdom and valor."
[20:13] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia nods. "It's something I might never experience, so I'd like to take in what I can."
[20:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You feel Antenora, knowing that Alicia is the bravest person she's ever known, her wisdom unmatched. You feel Latha, simply agreeing and clearing her soul to meditate. "Focus...perhaps you will be so blessed. You may, you may not be."
[20:17] <Alicia> Fanning out her wings, Alicia lets herself glide on the eddies in this vast cavern, moving among the souls of kindred spirits, some perhaps taken before their time, others hopefully at the end of a long and productive life, all of them starting a new journey to continue bringing light to the darkness.
[20:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora stays close...wanting to protect her, and feel what Alicia does. Latha stays a little more distant, as you float about the sea of souls...OOC: Make a wis check for all three?
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 Alicia
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Latha
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Latha and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[20:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Anty
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Anty and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[20:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Roll a d100, Alicia.
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[20:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> White light surrounds Alicia! The radiance fills all about, covering you with light! OOC: More, PM.
[20:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Light bursts everywhere! The souls sing a note of profound beauty as one, Latha and Antenora's senses overwhelmed as Alicia's are, feeling each other's joy.
[20:39] <Alicia> "Bless you all," Alicia smiles giddily, caught up in the feeling of joyousness. "We'll carry your blessings forward in the fight against evil, wherever we go," she tells the souls as she flies amongst them.
[20:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Oh Alicia...!" Antenora is on her, hugging her. Her joy is overwhelming, intense as she is close to Alicia.
[20:42] <Alicia> That makes flight a little bit more difficult, but Alicia does her best to adapt. Antenora at least seems to have little difficulty. "They're all heroes, and even like this they can make a difference," she continues gushing. "It's inspiring."
[20:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "They're inspiring, and so are you," Antenora gushes right back, Alicia feeling the same. There is a radiance to her, a new magnitism beyond what she possessed before.
[20:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha is slower flying over, "Celestia approves of our mission. We are purified further, ready to face the horrors of the Abyss."
[20:48] <Alicia> "Lets not make this all about me, Antenora," Alicia gently chastises her friend, spending a moment calling forth her inner magic without it reaching the surface, instead converting it to spellfire. Once she's gathered enough, she extricates herself from Antenora and flies into the centre of the cavern,
[20:48] <Alicia> releasing the magical power amidst the souls as seven bright stars, hoping her own blessing offers something to help them on the start of their celestial journey. "Accept the blessing of Mystra, may the Lady of Mysteries watch over you all on the path to enlightenment!"
[20:06] <Kotono> > "They're inspiring, and so are you," Antenora gushes right back, Alicia feeling the same. There is a radiance to her, a new magnitism beyond what she possessed before.
[20:06] <Kotono> > Latha is slower flying over, "Celestia approves of our mission. We are purified further, ready to face the horrors of the Abyss."
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Lets not make this all about me, Antenora," Alicia gently chastises her friend, spending a moment calling forth her inner magic without it reaching the surface, instead converting it to spellfire. Once she's gathered enough, she extricates herself from Antenora and flies into the centre of the cavern,
[20:06] <Kotono> <Alicia> releasing the magical power amidst the souls as seven bright stars, hoping her own blessing offers something to help them on the start of their celestial journey. "Accept the blessing of Mystra, may the Lady of Mysteries watch over you all on the path to enlightenment!"
[20:10] <Kotono> Mystra's spellfire flares, the light joining the other lights within the sea! Alicia feels a warmth within all the minds, within Antenora, within Latha. It feedback and reverbates within her, felt in so many ways.
[20:14] <Alicia> Perhaps it's only a trifle, perhaps not. Symbolism and intent matter in such places. Still, aside from Mystra's blessing the presence of the Liath-Flail perhaps means something to the gathered souls here. "We shouldn't linger here too long," she suggests quietly as she returns towards Latha and Antenora. "Lovely as it is, we weren't blessed to stand around."
[20:15] <Kotono> Alicia feels Antenora's resolve, obeying you mixed with affection. Latha is calm, collected as she begins to wordlessly ascend out.
06[20:17] * Alicia flaps her wings and ascends up after Latha, wishing the best to the gathered souls here and resolving to be worthy of the faith they're showing in her.
[20:20] <Kotono> As you fly up and out, you regain yourself. You lose the feeling of the souls, then of Antenora and Latha. As you fly out, "...that was...we were almost united as one." Antenora says, "I felt you, Alicia. I felt you as well, Latha."
[20:22] <Alicia> "I did as well," Alicia confirms wistfully. "No barriers or words, just pure emotion. It was... sublime," she finishes after taking a moment to settle on the best word for it.
[20:24] <Kotono> "In that state, the souls blend into each other. All that matters is virtuous emotion." Latha looks to both, "It's a form of pure love for your fellow being, tearing down the barriers."
[20:24] <Kotono> "You felt how much I care about you...and I felt how you feel." Antenora's smile is shaky and longing, "A union of the soul."
[20:28] <Alicia> "I never doubted it even before," Alicia reassures Antenora as they land back on the path where the vent intersects. "I'm glad I got to experience it, even a little. Since I'm skipping the intermediate stages," she fluffs out her wings, sweeping a hand over her feathers.
[20:30] <Kotono> "I've never felt it. It was transcendant and intimate." Antenora goes for Alicia's wings as well, smiling to her. "That sort of love for everyone...it makes evil seem so foolish and petty."
[20:33] <Alicia> "You have to be receptive to the message. I think if you had felt this back when we first met you would have scorned it as similarly foolish," Alicia considers. "But you're a wiser person now than you were then," she concludes approvingly.
[20:38] <Kotono> Antenora hugs Alicia, "Thank yo ufor that," she whispers into her ear, before parting. "Let's try one of the intersections to the side now?"
06[20:41] * Alicia nods. "We'll try the right-hand one," she decides. That being 'right' from the direction of the waterfall they started at rather than the direction they just came from.
[20:47] <Kotono> Thus you walk this way. It leads into a little cavern, with a pair of silver pillars. In the center rippling air can be seen, shaped into a loose circle.
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft, it's probably a portal
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft, it's probably a portal and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[20:49] <Alicia> "Looks like a portal," Alicia informs her companions, going to walk around the pillars, checking them for any writings.
[20:51] <Kotono> There aren't any writings. Antenora peers at the portalway, waving her hand inf ront of it. "Want to go through?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "I think we should," Alicia nods after confirming there's nothing to read. "All the others I've went through have worked out well." With that she steps between the pillars!
Session Close: Mon Nov 30 20:59:12 2009
Session Start: Mon Nov 30 20:59:12 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
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02[21:00] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
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03[21:00] * Topic is 'RP room '
03[21:00] * Set by Kotono on Fri Nov 27 22:37:04
03[21:00] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Yomi
02[21:01] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-79-182-74-4.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
03[21:01] * Yomi is now known as Seira
[21:06] <Kotono> There is a momentary swirling and feeling of dizziness.
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: GAaaaah.
[21:07] <Kotono> There is a momentary swirling and feeling of dizziness. You stand in front of the Hound Archon before the path ahead, it's golden armor gleaming bright. "You've returned?"
06[21:10] * Alicia blinks. "So I have," she replies inanely, taking a step to the side to make room for Latha and Antenora if they're following. Gathering her wits about her, "I'd like to know the name of the one who defeated me so soundly," she asks respectfully.
[21:12] <Kotono> "I am Araiel, Guardian of the Path. I did not defeat you, not in earnest. The armor I wear strengthens me in accordance to the strength of those that climb towards me."
[21:15] <Alicia> "Ah. So if I were to use my magic to strengthen myself then you would gain similar power to maintain the gulf?" Alicia nods, chewing over that. "Well met, in any case, Araiel. My name is Alicia Reynes."
[21:15] <Alicia> Seeing still no sign of Latha or Antenora, "I came here via a portal between two silver pillars in the Platinum Revere - I thought my friends right behind me. Could it have redirected them or closed itself after I went through?"
[21:16] <Kotono> Antenora steps through a moment later, Latha following. "They are there...perhaps they tarried a moment. No matter. The three of you have proven your bravery to the mountain. Pass onward to Jovar."
[21:18] <Alicia> "A painful lesson, but worth it in the end," Alicia smiles lopsidedly, recalling the shattering impact of his fist on her face before blackness consumed her. "Thank you, Araiel." With that she continues on the ascendant path.
[21:35] <Kotono> As you walk past, Latha catches up and glances back. "So we all proved our bravery? Do you know how, Alicia?"
[21:38] <Alicia> "He didn't say, but I suppose the Revere wouldn't have let us out if we hadn't," Alicia replies. "Perhaps when we mingled with all those souls the truth in our hearts was seen and it decided that further proof wasn't necessary?" she suggests. "Certainly we've all done many brave things in the past, and it's not really the sort of thing you can sincerely test when you know you're being tested."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Perhaps." As you continue to ascend, Antenora ruminates on it. She furrows her brow and stays quiet. "It's always hard being back on the Prime Material after being in Celestia or Dweomerheart. Is it hard for you, Alicia? Do you still feel a connection to the Prime?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods. "It's home, and that can't be cast away lightly. Besides, it needs me more."
[21:46] <Kotono> There is quiet to that, the conversation dying off. But it is perhaps just as well, for the vista above draws your attention. You find yourselves walking into brightness. Above you are hills of jewels, shining with utter Goodness. In them you can see virtue, calling to your immortal spirit and cleansing your mortal heart. Atop the hills is a vast ziggurat of light and gems, an endless column of radiance atop it, reaching infinitely high into t
[21:46] <Kotono> an endless column of radiance atop it, reaching infinitely high into the sky. You feel as if you step closer you will reach those hills, so close.
06[21:48] * Alicia breathes deeply of the impossibly fresh air this high up the mountain, taking a moment to simply savour it. "That's not to say I don't appreciate places such as this," she appends to their earlier conversation.
[21:50] <Kotono> Antenora looks up, "Jovar." Her hand reaches, as if to touch the celestial paradise so close to you.
[21:51] <Alicia> "Come," Alicia nods her head forward as she starts walking towards the ziggurat. "We're close, now."
[21:56] <Kotono> With a step forward, you stand amid the hills! In Celestial, you hear voices of the utmost beauty sing. They sing of lives well lived, reciting the tales of martyred heroes and faithful saints. For a crystal clear moment the voices sing as one, a single note of joy! "The Flail!" Latha's voice cries, a flash of blue light dazzling your eyes.
06[21:58] * Alicia turns to Latha in alarm at that sudden cry, squinting her eyes at the sudden glare. Has it disintegrated the box?
[22:00] <Kotono> The box is simply gone, no trace of it. The Liath-Flail glows, floating in the air. It begins to fly ahead...as it does, you feel an overwhelming compulsion to follow it.
[22:01] <Alicia> Even without the compulsion, Alicia doesn't want to lose their best shot at holding off Pale Night, so she hurries after it!
03[22:05] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
[22:16] <Kotono> You walk along - no, you run. You run through the celestial hills with Latha and Antenora. It is ab reathless run, your energy flowing at an endless tap. You dont' stop, following the Liath-Flail. You find yourselves climbing a great stair, climbing the ziggurat, climbing higher and higher! Archons are at either side, endless numbers of champions standing in reverence. Into the ziggurat, a blur of light and beauty! (More)
[22:16] <Kotono> Into the ziggurat, a blur of light and beauty! (More)
[22:20] <Kotono> You stand before a throne. A throne crafted of light, sat on by a figure. You cannot look at it, the glow too much for you. The Liath-Flail floats in front of you. It's voice speaks in hymn-song.
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC:G Ah
[22:20] <Kotono> .
[22:21] <Kotono> You stand before a throne. A throne crafted of light, sat on by a figure. You cannot look at it, the glow too much for you. The Liath-Flail floats in front of you. It's voice speaks in hymn-song. "The Liath-Flail has returned! Humble servant of Mystra, speak your heart."
[22:35] <Alicia> Okay. This is it. What she says here will probably determine what they can do against Pale Night, so she better make it good. Kneeling down with one hand on her knee and the other on the ground before her, Alicia speaks. "Long ago the Liath-Flail left Celestia on a mission of dire importance. It was stolen by demons, their vileness reducing it to the shade it is now."
[22:35] <Alicia> "But rather than languishing amidst the worst of the Abyss for eternity, it was saved from that fate by the guardians of Androlynne. They kept it, not to selfishly hoard its power, nor to enrich themselves. They kept it as a desperate hope that its power could one day be used to save the innocent children they watch over, to bring light in the darkest hour."
[22:35] <Alicia> "That hour draws nigh. Within two months, probably less, Pale Night will launch her final attack. Up until now the children have been made sport of, picked off little by little far away from their birthright. This time she will stop at nothing until all are dead, a generation lost, along with countless noble hearts who would seek to defend them even against hopeless odds."
[22:35] <Alicia> "Even worse, this slaughter will mark the birth of a new power in the Abyss, a creature that was never to be born yet has existed anyway, nursing its nihilistic hatred against all life for millenia and now close to its chance at even greater power, whether for its own ends or to serve Pale Night."
[22:35] <Alicia> "The one chance we have is to penetrate Pale Night's sanctum at Mother's Mountain using the keys of the Dark Six to find that which binds the children to Androlynne and destroy it, setting them free to their proper home. Yet, brave and strong as we are, none of Androlynne's defenders can stand against the Mother of Demons in battle."
[22:35] <Alicia> "With the Liath-Flail, however, we believe we will have a chance at repelling her long enough to avert this tragedy. It's power, the light of Chronias, is our last best hope."
[22:36] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check, +7 bonus?
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+41
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+41 and gets 43." [1d20=2]
[22:42] <Kotono> The light is so bright. Alicia feels it envelope her! "Only a few could hold the Light of Chronias. I sense you know this truth; many who would do so would pass into Chronias and not return. If you desire a champion to withstand the Light and wield the Liath-Flail, it must be a person of supreme willpower and purity."
[22:48] <Alicia> "Are there none in Celestia who can help?" Alicia risks desperately as she looks up. "For thousands of years this terrible wrong has gone challenged but never righted - with the keys of the Dark Six we finally have a chance, but if we fail then it will be over for the children, consumed to create a new power to strengthen the Abyss even as this tragedy will diminish all of us!"
[23:04] <Kotono> "Xerona could...but to have her go would prevent any other from climbing to Chronias as long as she is gone. Another could bear her burden for the time, but they would be changed forever."
[23:09] <Alicia> "It is a sacrifice worth making," Alicia replies simply. She wouldn't hesitate for even a second if the chance was there, and she can scarcely believe that a more enlightened exemplar of Celestia would balk at the chance to right this gross injustice,
[23:10] <Alicia> whether it means sitting around Jovar a little longer until Xerona gets back or taking up her burden to strike a blow against the Abyss that would resound across the cosmos.
[23:14] <Kotono> "The three of you have climbed high to reach this pinnacle. You have fought well - any of you would be worthy of taking on Xerona's mantle for a time. The three of you know the gravity of what is happening more than any other being. Will any of you make the sacrifice?"
[23:16] <Kotono> "I would," Latha is bowed, "Alicia and Antenora have callings to another. I serve only Celestia, my heart will not be compromised by this. I have been placed in the Crimson Guard's service; I leave the question to her."
[23:18] <Alicia> Well, she clearly has to put her money where her mouth is. "It is a small price to pay. I would do it gladly, if the Mountain finds me suitable," Alicia confirms. She hopes whatever temptations Chronias offers can be resisted by recalling Mystra's touch on her soul after the battle with Zetsubokou - as Latha says, her ultimate loyalties lie elsewhere. "In the end, it is Celestia's decision."
[23:19] <Kotono> "I...I will do what Alicia asks me of me and follow her." Antenora vows. "She is my reason to live. If that takes me to al-Sihal or the Abyss, I will rejoice either way."
[23:23] <Alicia> That's that, then. "As you see, any of us would do what is required. Latha is the most logical choice, however, for the reasons she has said. She *knows* Celestia better than Antenora or I."
[23:23] <Kotono> "Latha. Alicia and Antenora, your hearts are vowed to another. I agree. Go...fly to al-Sihal and hand Xerona the Liath-Flail. Your destiny awaits, Latha."
[23:25] <Kotono> "My lord," Latha kneels, rising in one motion. "Let's Celestia's work be done." She does not hesitate, turning away and walking back out.
06[23:26] * Alicia stands up and nods once to the incandescent figure before she follows Latha.
[23:28] <Kotono> As you walk out, the Liath-Flail follows, going into Latha's hands. As you walk out, bathed in blue light, "Alicia. Antenora." She stops and turns, "It seems that a martyr is unavoidable. I had wished to see you grow into fine celestials over time, but now..." She goes to each, bestowing a soft kiss onto their forehead. "Bless each of you."
06[23:30] * Alicia suddenly feels a terrible sinking in her stomach at the finality of Latha's words. "You speak as if we'll never see you again..."
[23:33] <Kotono> "Alicia." Latha smiles, "The light of Chronias is not a trifle to be seen and tossed aside. I can only imagine what standing as it's guardian, basked in it's light, will do to me."
[23:37] <Alicia> Grabbing Latha, Alicia embraces her fiercely. "If you feel you're ready, if you've truly reached enlightenment and seen all this mountain has to offer... Mystra knows, you deserve it," she whispers. "But don't take that final step just because it's close. Not if you still have things you want to see and do across the rest of the planes.""
[23:39] <Kotono> Latha returns the embrace. "So do I...but I know that the truth that waits there is the most important thing in Creation. I've known it as long as I've served Celestia. If I can return to the Crimson Guard, I will with all might heart." Latha parts back a, a pair of tears coming down her face. "I want to go see Seira again, to fence with Demedais or watch Pollyanna and Amaryl shoot practice. But I know that this may not hold me, Alicia. There
[23:39] <Kotono> But I know that this may not hold me, Alicia. There may not be a force that can."
[23:39] <Kotono> *my heart
[23:41] <Alicia> "What good is the truth if you can't share it?" Alicia asks, her heart twisting at Latha's tears. "Why do I feel like I've condemned you?"
[23:43] <Kotono> "The truth is open to everyone...but it's a truth you have to reach on your own. No one can climb the mountain for you." Latha looks into Alicia's eyes, deep and glowing despite her tears. "No one can become Good by the wishes of another. Antenora is your proof of that, Alicia."
[23:46] <Alicia> "We came this far together - we lifted each other up every step of the way," Alicia asserts. "Chronias may shine brighter for having you, but the rest of creation would be that little bit dimmer."
[23:47] <Kotono> "Your light will compensate for it." Latha's smile meets Alicia's, "Take care of everyone for me. Remember what the mountain has shown you, for it is truth. Do not forget the love you have felt, the courage you have done, the visions you have been granted." With that Latha seperates from Alicia, going to Antenora. The two embrace as well, Antenora sniffling. They look at each other, no audible words for a time. "I know. I will." Antenora says
[23:47] <Kotono> They look at each other, no audible words for a time. "I know. I will." Antenora says with her twisted smile, "Mystra help me, I will."
[23:49] <Kotono> "As long as you live up to yourself, you've won." Latha agrees, parting from Antenora's embrace. She then walks out of the hall, into the light that spills out and above. "Come...al-Sihal is above us."
06[23:52] * Alicia lets Latha and Antenora say their goodbyes without interfering, knowing how close they are. She wants to be happy, recognising as Latha said the importance of the Truth... and yet, shouldn't it come when she's ready, after having accomplished all she wanted to and grown herself towards it? Not simply tossed at it as an emergency measure to battle the Abyss.
[23:52] <Alicia> "Whatever you decide, Latha, I'll always be glad I knew you," she concludes softly as they step into the light and take wing to the bridge.
[23:54] <Kotono> You fly. You find yourselves atop a vast ziggurat in a mere moment. Ahead lies a great pillar of light, it's movement mesmerizing you. It is...it is....OOC: Make a will save, Alicia/Antenora.
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Alicia
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Alicia and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Antenora
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Antenora and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Kotono> Alicia feels her senses go aloft. She is completely fascinated by the pillar of light...she is lost in it. Ahead...she can see it. She can see the barest edge of it. The truth! Alicia can see the very beginning of the reason for everything. The answers to all the multiverse! Yet she can do nothing but stare in rapture. It is at least a hundred years of staring until her vision goes dark. Latha's voice whispers into her ear. "Close your eyes. L
[23:57] <Kotono> vision goes dark. Latha's voice whispers into her ear. "Close your eyes. Let me take the final steps on my own, lest you come with me."
06[00:01] * Alicia abruptly closes her eyes and feels a surge of self-loathing for almost losing herself and ignoring Latha's sacrifice. She calls upon her memories of being one with the Weave alongside Mystra, seeking something of more personal importance on a similar spiritual scale to diminish the temptation before her.
[00:01] <Alicia> "If this is it, then we will see you again after freeing the children," she promises. Latha will at least have to stay out of Chronias proper until then.
[00:04] <Kotono> "Latha...Until we meet again," Antenora's voice is like a dreamwhisper, as Latha's love is felt to you. You feel it within you, illuminating your heart. Then...light. So much light! You are dazzled by everything, a sensation that defies words. How long this goes on...none could say. But Alicia finds herself lying in sand. Dark, wine colored waters lap against her, the great mountain rising into the vast heavens above her.
[00:04] <Kotono> the great mountain rising into the vast heavens above her.
[00:05] <Alicia> Venya once more... Alicia simply spends a moment staring up at the impossibly tall mountain dominating the sky above her, her feelings badly mixed on account of Latha's sacrifice.
[00:06] <Kotono> Antenora lies besides you. She stares up as well, her hand finding yours, taking it tightly. "Did someone have to sacrifice themselve sfor the Liath-Flail? Hugo or Latha or another person? Does this holy power need a martyr?"
06[00:09] * Alicia clasps Antenora's hand in her own. "We shouldn't think of it as a sacrifice. Latha's only getting a leg-up on the same thing every archon on this mountain is working towards." She lets that settle for a moment before turning her head towrads Antenora. "And yet I can't feel happy about it."
[00:10] <Kotono> Antenora stares into Alicia's eyes. "It's not the way it's meant to be. Even now, the chaos of the Abyss subtly affects everything else. It's not Latha's time!"
[00:12] <Alicia> "All we can hope is that she'll want to come back instead of ascending when this is over," Alicia concludes glumly. "There's still a chance, so long as she doesn't take that final step."
[00:12] <Kotono> "The martyr, she who gives herself up so that others may be saved, is a sacred path to walk. Latha gave herself so that others will be saved." The voice that speaks is that of a young girl, filled with a complete serenity. "The power of the Liath-Flail is not to be had lightly. The truth must always be earned. For Latha's fate...she will make the choice when the time is right."
06[00:14] * Alicia sits up and turns towards the voice. "Xerona?"
[00:16] <Kotono> A young girl stands before you. She wears a gossamer dress of white, blowing in the wind. Long blonde hair cascades down, her eyes pure light. It is the light of the bridge, of Chronias. In her eyes you see the Truth for a moment. Her head is bedeckoned with colorful wildflowers, every shade of the beautiful rainbow seen. In one hand sits the Liath-Flail, ablaze like the sun! "I am Xerona."
[00:19] <Alicia> She looks so unassuming, on a glance. Somehow Alicia finds it appealing for one of Celestia's mightiest guardians to appear that way. "Since we haven't been formally introduced, I am Alicia and this is Antenora." She climbs to her feet and dusts herself off. "Thank you for helping us. Together I hope we can make Latha's sacrifice a meaningful one."
[20:07] <Kotono> > "The martyr, she who gives herself up so that others may be saved, is a sacred path to walk. Latha gave herself so that others will be saved." The voice that speaks is that of a young girl, filled with a complete serenity. "The power of the Liath-Flail is not to be had lightly. The truth must always be earned. For Latha's fate...she will make the choice when the time is right."
[20:07] <Kotono> * Alicia sits up and turns towards the voice. "Xerona?"
[20:07] <Kotono> > A young girl stands before you. She wears a gossamer dress of white, blowing in the wind. Long blonde hair cascades down, her eyes pure light. It is the light of the bridge, of Chronias. In her eyes you see the Truth for a moment. Her head is bedeckoned with colorful wildflowers, every shade of the beautiful rainbow seen. In one hand sits the Liath-Flail, ablaze like the sun! "I am Xerona."
[20:07] <Kotono> <Alicia> She looks so unassuming, on a glance. Somehow Alicia finds it appealing for one of Celestia's mightiest guardians to appear that way. "Since we haven't been formally introduced, I am Alicia and this is Antenora." She climbs to her feet and dusts herself off. "Thank you for helping us. Together I hope we can make Latha's sacrifice a meaningful one."
03[20:07] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:08] <Kotono> "We will." Xerona holds the Liath-Flail to her chest, "We must hurry to Androlynne. The Dark Six must be stopped."
03[20:11] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
06[20:17] * Alicia opens her mouth to reply then abruptly stops as she receives a sending. Taking a second to compose her reply she holds up a hand to indicate she's preoccupied before speaking. "Attacked in Kelara, turned to stone and went to Dweomerheart to be fixed. Gained ally in Celestia to hold off Pale Night, back soon."
[20:17] <Alicia> She then nods in satisfaction and explains. "That was Seira, she was attacked by the same creature that went after me recently, but didn't have any trouble herself." Then addressing Xerona, "We did have some other preparations to do, but you're right that haste is desirable - our foes could easily move forward their plans since Lyscrea was captured."
[20:17] <Alicia> "Do you want to come to the Prime with us to gather our forces first before moving on to Androlynne?"
[20:19] <Kotono> "My coming to the Prime with the Liath-Flail would threaten to upset the laws of creation." Xerona demurs, "I can head to Androlynne and wait briefly. I shall meet with you there."
[20:21] <Alicia> She should at least be able to take care of herself alone, so that's not really a worry. "We'll endeavour to join with you as soon as possible. If you go to Pascorel Lady Honeydip should be able to fill you in on the situation there." The sooner they get this done the less time Latha spends being tempted by Chronias, so that's even more reason to hurry.
[20:22] <Kotono> "Be safe and hurry." Xerona is gone lik ethat, an aura of light left behind, only fading away after several moments.
[20:23] <Kotono> "So it's time. Mystra help us," Antenora stands besides Alicia, "If we can free the children of Androlynne now, we can end this before it gets out of hand and the Dark Six crush us completely."
[20:25] <Alicia> "It's only the first step. We still have to go to Bleak Rendor and face the Neverborn... I hope Latha can be with us when we do," Alicia comments, the weight of expectation heavy upon her.
[20:25] <Alicia> "Without Latha to plane shift us I'll have to cast dismissal, which means you'll need to wait in the hole a moment so we don't get seperated," she then explains apologetically, opening it up. "Careful of the orb."
[20:26] <Kotono> With a long look at Alicia, "Thank Mystra Marie isn't here, either," she smiles a bit, walking into Alicia's hole.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Less said the better," Alicia concludes, furling it up once Antenora's inside before she casts dismissal upon herself, naturally not resisting it.
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d100 20% chance of missing prime
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 20% chance of missing prime and gets 88." [1d100=88]
03[20:27] * Yomi is now known as Seira
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 93." [1d100=93]
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100 sub TABLE
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 sub TABLE and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[20:30] <Kotono> Ack! Sand! Sand is blowing all around Alicia, flaying at her flesh and winds threatening to knock her about! She stands in a maelstrom of wind and sand, nearly sent flying in it!
[20:31] <Alicia> Guh. She'd intended to release Antenora immediately but she can wait to teleport out of this. Using her wings to shield herself she teleports to the hill Seira's inn and Elle's shop rest upon in Balmuria.
[20:31] <Alicia> OOC: concentration check?
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Concentration, yes.
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully, I see it a lot
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully, I see it a lot and gets 97." [1d100=97]
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 4." [1d10=4]
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 10." [1d10=10]
[20:32] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 3." [1d9=3]
[20:34] <Kotono> Hm. This won't do. Alicia stands in the forest. She's o na flat rock in a bustling river, water gushing below her. The rock is big enough for her to stand on and not much more, slippery.
[20:35] <Alicia> Oh, it's good enough. She quickly flies over to the bank and then lets Antenora out of the hole. They were just lying on a beach so the sand covering her hopefully won't draw any questions.
[20:42] <Kotono> Antenora comes out, taking a breath of the air. "The Barbarian lands or...?" she glances about.
[20:43] <Alicia> "Could be anywhere, but I don't care to stay and explore," Alicia shrugs, rolling up the hole once more and dusting herself off a bit before she tries another teleport back to Balmuria.
[20:43] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[20:43] <Kotono> This time you appear on the hill without incident! Theair is cold and clean, smelling of the sea. Soldiers are on patrol, Elle's shop quiet.
[20:44] <Alicia> "Seira's either in here or at the garrison, so lets go have a look," Alicia suggests, heading briskly inside.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Elle's shop you mean?
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: My home!
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: Seira's inn.
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur. I'll intro you in #evildunes in a few, Alicia.
[18:06] <Kotono> -----
01[18:06] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
[18:06] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d10+10 FL --> [ 1d10=1 ]{11}
06[18:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL and gets 12." [1d10=2]
03[18:06] * Kotono sets mode: +m
03[18:06] * Kotono sets mode: +v Kobot
[18:07] <Alicia> Oh, Marie will test to see if benign transposition works on Androlynne while we're resting. Does it?
[18:08] <Kotono> OOC: It's a teleportation effect so it fails.
[18:09] <Kotono> A night's rest passes in peace. The following morning Pascorel is alive! Soldiers, celestials and the heavenly host about are girded for battle, the children of the city laughing and playing around them. On meeting with Lady Honeydip and Xerona, you find the former clad in a breastplate and carrying a spear. "We're ready to strike; the Court of Stars will bless us."
06[18:11] * Alicia nods. "We'll wait till the diversion is under way before we fly high and straight to the mountain," she suggests. "Once we accomplish our mission, we'll contact you immediately just in case it isn't felt, and you can handle the withdrawal?"
[18:12] <Kotono> "We have means in place to," Lady ?Honeydip nods tersely, "Is there anything else? I fnot, we're going to begin immediately."
01[18:13] <Seira> "Nothing we didn't take care of, yet," Seira responds. "Best of luck to us all."
06[18:14] * Alicia spends a moment empowering the weapons of Antenora, Donald, Jessica, and Amaryl. "May the heavens smile upon us, today."
[18:16] <Kotono> Thus Lady Honeydip hurries away. You are left alone for a time, and as you settle in, Xerona is in front of you. She holds the Liath-Flail in her hands, eyes closed. Glorious light spills forth from the Liath-Flail! "The power of Celestia's light will shield you for the battles ahead. Most of my energies will be in controlling and protecting us with the Liath-Flail, so I will invest what power I can into you."
[18:16] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia bows her head. "We will make sure that any demon who can approach despite the flail will not be able to disrupt your focus."
[18:17] <Kotono> The light from the Liath-Flail fills your bodies, energies strenghtening you and protecting! OOC: All of you gain a +7 sacred bonus to AC and saves and a +3 sacred bonus to constituion.
[18:19] <Kotono> "This..." Antenora's words cease as the light fills her body. "Chronias...?"
03[18:21] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
[18:21] <Kotono> "I feel like energy was just magicked into my blood," Donald flexes a nd rubs his neck, "Much better."
[18:24] <Alicia> "It's hard not to feel confident with such power on our side, but a lot will still come down to our own skill and will," Alicia resolves as they wait to hear word that the demonic forces are engaged.
[18:25] <Kotono> Thus time passes in anticipation. But soon enough, a pixie flies in! "Ma'ams!" She calls, "Lady Honeydip sends word that the battle is to be joined!"
[18:26] <Alicia> "Lets go, then," Alicia steps outside. "Agathiel, would you be able to carry Amaryl?" she asks the resident deva, sadly not the one she's used to, though. "We're going to have to fly as fast as we can, now."
01[18:27] <Seira> "It shouldn't be a problem," Seira muses, eyeing the deva and then Amaryl.
[18:29] <Kotono> "I can do so," Agathaiel goes to Amaryl, picking her up. "You are not heavy enough to be a burden."
[18:29] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes but simply nods.
[18:29] <Kotono> "Then let's go." Antenora is heading for the doo rout, "Today we're going to strike a blow that the entire Abyss feels!"
06[18:30] * Alicia nods and takes off once out the door, ascending as she heads North. "Lets try and stay at least three hundred feet up, that way we shouldn't be troubled by anything on the ground."
[18:33] <Kotono> Thus you fly ahead! At first, the vivid backdrop of Androlynne is gorgeous in it's wildflower colors, magnificient below! The light of the Liath-Flail glows warmer around you, Xerona flying in the center of the formation, holding the Liath-Flail to the sky. Hoppenstain Run is quiet - faraway you can see shadows running away from the banks, momentary things that are lost into crevices and crannies. (More)
[18:33] <Kotono> crevices and crannies. (More)
[18:37] <Kotono> As you fly ahead, the ground below becomes emptier. The sky begins to twist and turn a dulling gray. The air is cool and without heat, yet your path is unopposed. On the horizon, you can begin to see it. A vast mountain reaching higher than any of Golmendicoria's towers, going so high into the sky that your eyes cannot find it's peak. Before it lies an endless vast lake before the mountain, still a way's away. IT's waters are pitch black, the surface unmoving
[18:37] <Kotono> still a way's away. IT's waters are pitch black, the surface unmoving.
01[18:38] <Seira> "That's our destination?" Seira asks, peering ahead. "And nothing's come to greet us yet?"
[18:39] <Alicia> For now Glaciante's orb remains safely inside the portable hole, in case Alicia needs both her hands to fight. That will change once they get closer to the mountain, though. "We're a long ways off yet, Seira. Just enjoy it while it lasts."
[18:39] <Kotono> "Which only means it'll be worse when something does come." Donald says, "Even I can figure that one out."
[18:50] <Kotono> As you continue to fly, drawing closer and closer to the vast Lake Lambrador...OOC: Make spot checks? For the sake of expediencey just have the people with goodchecks make them first?
01[18:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 Amaryl
[18:51] <Kobot> Seira rolled 1d20+23 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=10 ]{33}
[18:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 I'll roll for Anty
[18:51] <Kobot> Alicia rolled 1d20+23 I'll roll for Anty --> [ 1d20=8 ]{31}
03[18:52] * Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has left #dunes
03[18:52] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
03[18:52] * Kotono sets mode: -m
[18:53] <Kotono> Amaryl looks downward, "Seira..." she murmurs, "Look at the waters of the lake!"
[18:54] <Kotono> Antenora, meanwhile, turns her eyes upward. She squints, "A star...?" she mutters under her breath.
06[18:54] * Seira peers below at the prompting, drawing closer to Amaryl and Agathaiel.
06[18:54] * Alicia glances upwards at whatever Antenora's looking at.
[18:56] <Kotono> Below, Seira can see the waters of the lake are starting to move. Just below the surface she can see transparent faces bubbling up, yet unable to quite reach the surface.
[18:56] <Kotono> Above, Alicia can see a slowly growing dot of light far in the sky, like a star descending downward.
01[18:57] <Seira> "Creepy faces in the lake," Seira mutters in disgust. "Let's gain some more altitude?"
[18:57] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes glow blue to better perceive the flows of magic as she draws Hell Striker. "Could be trouble from above, too," she replies to Seira, nonetheless ascending another fifty feet.
06[19:02] * Seira ascends as well, calling upon defensive magic to protect her, should a fight break out soon.
[19:02] <Kotono> As the party ascends, the lake bubbles with faces just below the surface! Above ,th epoint of light grows bigger and bigger, racing down towards the ground in a suicidally fast plummet! It glows with white alabaster light, even as Antenora readies her spear. "Will this be the first line of defense?"
[19:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 45." [1d20=19]
01[19:04] <Seira> "Death from above and below? If that's what it is, I'll take my chances in the air," Seira says with a bravado which is not entirely false, drawing the Resort.
[19:06] <Kotono> Donald ascends as well, even as he has his sword and shield ready. He starts to speak, but the falling star glows brighter! In time with it, the lake below erupts in a chorus of cries! Voices all screaming out as one, of orgasmic bliss and indeniable agony!
[19:08] <Alicia> "Something terrible will come from the lake!" Alicia calls in alarm, suddenly flaring with bright undead-slaying light, trying to get a bead on the star and intending to try and core it with a blast of spellfire when it gets within two hundred feet. Maybe if they destroy it before it hits the lake...?
01[19:10] <Seira> "Terrible how?"
[19:11] <Kotono> Antenora peers down at the lake, spear on guard! Donald glowers at Alicia, "Terrible...what Seira said! Can we do anything abou tit?"
[19:13] <Alicia> Does it matter? Good Mystra, do they want her to tell them exactly how many tentacles it will have or what? "A horrible amalgamation of tortured souls bent on consuming us to be digested for all time in endless torment?" she replies irritably, trying to keep her focus on the falling star. "Maybe if we stop the star it might not finish forming."
[19:13] <Kotono> The star continues to plummet, coming closer and closer, within Alicia's range as it races for the lake!
[19:13] <Alicia> As soon as the chance appears, Alicia lets loose with a powerful beam of pure magical force in hopes of destroying it or knocking it off course or at least weakening it.
[19:14] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 27 reflex half
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 27 reflex half and gets 71." [18d8=3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 8, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5]
01[19:15] <Seira> Knocking the star off course gives her something to fight, and Seira charges a spell of her own, waiting to first see the results of the spellfire before committing herself fully.
[19:18] <Kotono> CRACK! The 'star' stops in midair, exploding out! Debris rain down all over, shattered alabaster rock!...for merely a moment, then it floats around the light like a protective ward! The light floats where the stone was, dimming. Within it is an old elf - his body is immaculate, a perfect doll-white. It's figure is ghostly and transparent, a ruby-red smile painted onto his face. Diagrams of magic are tattooed into it's ghostly form, each one a heresy of madnes
[19:18] <Kotono> Diagrams of magic are tattooed into it's ghostly form, each one a heresy of madness. With ghostly eyes that stare into your souls, Celebrimbor begins to advance towards the party! OOC: Roll initiative.
[19:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[19:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 Marie
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 Marie and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[19:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 6." [1d20=1]
01[19:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 A
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 A and gets 14." [1d20=6]
01[19:19] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 7." [1d20=7]
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Agatha
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Agatha and gets 9." [1d20=1]
01[19:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 me
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 14." [1d20=11]
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 me and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 ghost
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 ghost and gets 6." [1d20=3]
03[19:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(20)>Marie(19)>Amaryl(14)>Lagann(7)>Antenora(6)'
03[19:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(20)>Marie(19)>Seira(15)>Amaryl=Donald(14)>Agatha(9)>Lagann(7)>Antenora=Ghost(6)'
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, you start.
[19:22] <Kotono> "C-Celebrimbor!" Amaryl cries out, "Seira, that's...!"
06[19:23] * Seira just stares in shock, the tip of her sword dipping.
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[19:26] <Alicia> "Don't call him that!" Alicia hisses sharply, knowing it could cause a fatal hesitation. "It's an abomination that wears his face as a mockery!" Flapping her wings, she flies sixty feet closer and prepares some magic missiles for when he tries to cast, deciding it the most efficient spell she has against a ghost.
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC: Marie.
[19:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Jessica init
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Jessica init and gets 31." [1d20=18]
03[19:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(31)>Alicia(20)>Marie(19)>Seira(15)>Amaryl=Donald(14)>Agatha(9)>Lagann(7)>Antenora=Ghost(6)'
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica then Marie then Seira. Anyway, sec.
[19:29] <Alicia> Jessica flies close to Xerona. "I know you said you need to keep your focus on the flail, but Mystra has granted me the power to borrow the magic of others. If you'd allow it, I could use one of your abilities against our foes here," she suggests delicately, not sure how the manners on this go.
[19:29] <Alicia> Marie meanwhile flies up alongside Alicia, ready with her own magic missiles.
01[19:29] <Seira> "That's not it, either!" Seira exclaims. "We can't let those bastards keep his soul, like they did with Alice! Agathaiel, dispel this heresy, please!"
[19:33] <Kotono> "As you wish it." Xerona speaks softly, her eyes closed as blue radiance flares about you! Meanwhile, Agathaiel holds Amaryl, "Take Amaryl then, Seira!"
06[19:34] * Seira has little problem with complying, and she could still cast in a pinch.
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl and Donald are up.
[19:34] <Alicia> Jessica taps Xerona to borrow her ability to unleash holy smites, preparing to use it herself!
[19:35] <Kotono> Donald holds back for the moment, readying magic!
01[19:36] <Seira> Amaryl will wait, delaying the decision to attack until the last possible moment in the hopes it won't be necessary.
01[19:36] <Seira> OOC: She'll ready an action as well
[19:36] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Agathaiel. Go ahead and run her, Seira, she's a stock astral deva.
01[19:38] <Seira> Calling upon her divine power, emboldened by Xerona's radiant presence and the righteousness of their quest, Agathaiel seeks to destroy the vile chains keeping Celebrimbor's soul in such bondage!
01[19:38] <Seira> OOC: Dispel evil, yes
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Dispel evil is a touch and he's just about 200 feet away before he moves. She'd have to move for more than a round to reach him.
01[19:41] <Seira> OOC: I see, 200ft. She can't charge if it's a touch?
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: It takes a standard action to cast it, Cor. Charge is a full round.
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: She could hold until he moves and hopes that's enough to eliminate the distance problem.
01[19:43] <Seira> And first, Agathaiel moves until she is close enough to reach out and touch the spirit.
01[19:44] <Seira> OOC: She'll double move 200ft, then
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann.
01[19:44] <Seira> OOC: He'll likewise hold
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora and the ghost are up. What's Antenora planning on doing?
[19:45] <Alicia> Antenora flies one hundred and fifty feet closer, intending to use her rope at the first opportunity!
[19:46] <Kotono> Celebrimbor looks to Agathaiel! Words of terrible blasphemy and arcane might t umble from his ghostly mouth! OOC: If any of yo uholders are going to act...
[19:47] <Alicia> A furious barrage of magic missiles suddenly erupt from both Alicia and Marie to hammer at the ethereal elf and steal away his arcane focus!
[19:47] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 34." [10d4=3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1]
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+35
06[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+35 and gets 41." [1d20=6]
[19:48] <Kotono> Under a hail of magic missiles, Celebrimbor's ghostly body rocks! The magic words are disrupted, energies fizzling about him! OOC: Any other holders going or is that it?
01[19:49] <Seira> Amaryl waits until the last possible moment to see whether Alicia and Marie's efforts would mean she doesn't have to stop Celebrimbor's ghost from attacking them.
[19:49] <Kotono> Celebrimbor's dead eyes stare at Agathaiel! OOC: Make will, Agathaiel. Bonus against evil applies.
01[19:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
03[19:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(31)>Seira(15)>Amaryl=Donald(14)>Agatha(9)>Lagann(7)>Alicia=Marie=Antenora=Ghost(6)'
[19:51] <Kotono> Agathaiel feels overwhelmed, but shr esists the terrible sensation! OOC: Initiative ticks over. Jessica?
[19:52] <Alicia> Jessica channels the awesome might of a solar onto Celebrimbor, a pure white smite of holy power encompassing him!
[19:52] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC I dunno
06[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC I dunno and gets 27." [5d8=4, 8, 6, 4, 5]
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: Snerk.
[19:55] <Kotono> The blast of pure holy radiance sends Celebrimbor's soul spinning in the air, dazed! OOC: Seira.
01[19:56] <Seira> Neither Seira nor Amaryl will do anything to jeopardise Agathaiel's attempt to purify Celebrimbor's soul, although that may well change if even she is unable to save him.
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: Agatha then.
01[19:57] <Seira> Having looked into the face of death point blank and stood firm, Agathaiel reaches out to drain the vile heresy from the spirit!
[20:00] <Kotono> Celebrimbor screams as Agathaiel touches him! His eyes fill with pain and life, his hands going to his head! Amid his cry of agony, "SEIRA!" he calls out.
01[20:00] <Seira> "I'm here!" Seira instantly calls back. "She's trying to save you! Fight against the Dark Six and their magic!"
[20:03] <Kotono> "It hurts..." Celebrimbor shakes all over, "The mist is creeping in my mind...I can feel it moving in my thoughts!"
01[20:08] <Seira> "What if... what if..." Seira says, frantically searching for an idea. "I've got a gemstone, a pure ruby! If you-- it might hold your soul! We'll cure you!"
[20:10] <Alicia> Since Seira seems to have Celebrimbor handled, Alicia chances a glance down at the lake, not wanting any unpleasant surprises from that direction.
06[20:10] * Seira approaches, still holding Amaryl. Agathaiel can keep the vileness dispelled from Celebrimbor's form, and if they save his soul, not all is lost!
[20:11] <Kotono> The lake roils below, the faces jus tbelow th esurface! They stare up, pleading silently! OOC: Make a diplo check, Seira?
01[20:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+37 this is one check I never expected to have to make
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+37 this is one check I never expected to have to make and gets 47." [1d20=10]
[20:16] <Kotono> Celebrimbor's eyes are full of pain, but his body moves! It drifts ahead, soaring towards the ruby gemstone!
06[20:17] * Seira holds it out towards the spectre, hoping that Celebrimbor's days of suffering are close to an end.
[20:26] <Kotono> Celebrimbor flows into the gemstone! The white rocks fall away below as the gemstone turns white! Little cracks begin to line the surface of it, the ruby bulging!
06[20:28] * Seira looks at the process with growing concern, trying to estimate whether the ruby will break. And if so, how long it might last them.
01[20:32] <Seira> "We don't have much time," Seira says tersely. "If someone has a purer gem than this, it's really the time to say so."
[20:33] <Alicia> "If you're doing what I think you're doing, not a chance," Alicia shakes her head. "All my currency together wouldn't be enough."
01[20:34] <Seira> "Two options, then. Either Agathaiel plane shifts someone back to Prime, along with my ring of teleportation, so that Elle could put his soul back into his body before the gem breaks... or a Wish, even a Limited Wish, to reinforce the construct. What do you think? I like the former option more."
[20:35] <Kotono> "I can go alone," Agatha says, "Any more than that will weaken our assault on Pale Night, won't it?"
01[20:35] <Seira> "You could just send someone over, which is just as good."
[20:36] <Kotono> As you talk, the gemstone buckles, more cracks running up and down it's surface!
[20:36] <Kotono> "Uh, I think someone needs to go sooner rather than later," Donald eyes the gemstone, "Before we'd doging ruby fragments."
[20:40] <Kotono> *we're dodging. Man.
[20:40] <Alicia> Seeing that Seira seems unwilling to let Agathiel go, Alicia sacrifices her familiar. "Marie, you go," she tells the courre, who promptly flies over to Seira so she can receive the ring and the ruby.
[20:41] <Kotono> "I'll teleport you to the Prime," Agathaiel takes Mari'es hand, "From there you'll have to reach Balmuria on your own as fast as possible."
06[20:41] * Seira promptly hands those over, along with a pair of teleportation scrolls. As Marie has the ability to cast Alicia's magic, she might be able to call upon one of the teleport variants as well.
[20:42] <Alicia> She really can't, and has her hands full with the ruby anyway, so declines the scrolls after putting on the ring and handling the ruby, flying over to Agathiel to be sent back to the prime.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Someone who can teleport will need to go," Agathaiel points ou tnow, "Plane Shift isn't accurate and you need to reach a specific location."
[20:43] <Alicia> "That's why Seira gave me the ring of teleportation," Marie replies. "Hurry, I don't want this exploding on me!"
[20:43] <Kotono> With that, Agathaiel takes Marie! Marie and the ruby vanish, leaving the rest behind! OOC: #evil, Marie.
[20:44] <Alicia> And so they are diminished, even in victory... "Come on, lets hurry to the mountain before something else tries to stop us," Alicia says, starting to fly onwards!
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora sighs deeply, "Mystra guide her," she says, "For all our sakes."
[20:47] <Kotono> Amaryl looks to Seira, carried by her. "Marie will make it. Right?"
01[20:48] <Seira> She won't forget this, not in a hundred years. However things work out, Seira will try to do something nice for Marie for helping her during such difficult times. "Of course," she lies easily to Amaryl. "Let's catch up to Alicia."
[20:49] <Kotono> Thus the party flies along! Below, the lake is silent now. Yet it burbles with suppressed faces as you draw closer! Ahead, Mother's Mountain looms high and higher and highest! The peaks stretch up endlessly, looming above! The sky is a dead, empty gray. No clouds, nothing.
[20:50] <Alicia> As they draw closer to the mountain, Alicia sheathes her sword and unfurls the portable hole, reaching in to withdraw Glaciante's orb. "We've a lot of ground to cover, so we'll start at the base and move quickly," she suggests. "Anyone who can detect magic, do so - whatever's binding the fell magic of this realm, it won't be subtle."
01[20:51] <Seira> "If it's there, I'll do my best to find it," Seira agrees, calling upon the magic to do so.
[20:52] <Kotono> As Alicia takes out the orb, her body grows dead as ice! The heat is gone from her body...but she can feel it. Power. Power at her fingertips. Seira can feel it too. She wants to take the orb, hold it. So much power is there for the reckoning, waiting to be taken. The orb begins to turn a dead gray, whirling like the sky in a blender!
06[20:53] * Seira is already reaching for it before she realizes what she is doing and stops herself.
06[20:53] * Alicia is almost used to to the orb's unpleasant temptations by now, and does her best to ignore them, even hanging back a little to catch the light of the Liath-Flail in her field of vision as they draw ever closer, counting on this key to let them reach the mountain itself.
[20:53] <Kotono> "Fear not," Xerona's voice carries, the light of the Liath-Flail growing stronger. "We will not be stopped. Ignore the temptation of evil, for our calling is righteous."
[20:56] <Kotono> Thus the party begins to ascend! Within moments, the ground below is gone! Below you is only a gray haze of indistinctness, the mountain looming higher and higher! As you fly, higher yet by 100 feet! The sky begins to cry out! The side of the mountain throbs and explodes out, a thick wave of blood splashing over from you! Amid the rubble, several pairs of red, glowing eyes can be glimpsed...
[20:57] <Alicia> Jessica and Antenora both use their own Mystra-granted ability to detect magic, and do their best to ignore the plethora of nearby artifacts so as not to be distracted from any powerful magic they might see on the mountain.
06[20:58] * Seira calls for water to cleanse the blood away from them as swiftly as she can.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft and gets 29." [1d20=3]
06[21:00] * Alicia is about to draw the third resort as the only one-handed weapon she has right now, before remembering she left it with Latha. Not wanting to discard the orb in case they're not past the barrier yet, she has to settle for spells and turns her gaze towards the glowing eyes, trying to identify what they belong to.
01[21:00] <Seira> "This... is just too much," Seira admits, shaking her head even as she proceeds to try and find something unique. "Almost on a level of divinity, wherever I look."
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: K:P check, Alicia.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 planes
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 planes and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[21:02] <Alicia> "Can you hold this?" Alicia asks Seira, offering the orb to her. "I think we're going to have to fight..."
[21:03] <Kotono> What comes from the hole is myriad! Each one is the size of a ball, dominated by two large red eyes! They are like tiny orbs of moaning discomfort! Like a storm of terror, they cascade down towards the party! OOC: Roll init here.
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Jessica
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Jessica and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[21:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 10." [1d20=5]
06[21:04] * Seira accepts the orb with a simple nod, leaving her sword in Lagann's care.
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 13." [1d20=5]
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Agatha
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Agatha and gets 10." [1d20=2]
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 swarm
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 swarm and gets 29." [1d20=14]
03[21:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia(19)>Seira(15)>Jessica(14)>Amaryl(13)>Antenora(10)'
03[21:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Swarm(29)>Donald(23)>Alicia(19)>Seira(15)>Jessica(14)>Amaryl(13)>Antenora=Agatha(10)>Lagann(1)'
[21:07] <Kotono> Like a shot, the swarm is over everyone, ravaging the warriors! OOC: Fort all.
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 me
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 me and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 Amaryl
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 Amaryl and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 Alicia and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 Anty
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Agatha (+4 vs poison)
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 Anty and gets 53." [1d20=16]
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Agatha (+4 vs poison) and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Jessica
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Jessica and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 10d4 beats DR evil and nothing else.
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d4 beats DR evil and nothing else. and gets 29." [10d4=1, 3, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d4 wisdom damage Jessica
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 wisdom damage Jessica and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[21:09] <Kotono> The passage of the strange orbs leaves you feeling drained! You feel a grayness overtake you, a ghostly emptiness! You can feel yourselves becoming lighter, more like airy apparitions with each moment, ready to abandon the mortal shell for eternal wandering torment! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20 Donald save dur
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Donald save dur and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[21:11] <Kotono> OOC: Just damage for him too.
[21:11] <Kotono> Donald holds for themoment, fending for himself in the swarm! OOC: Donald knows he can't do much to a swarm. Alicia.
[21:13] <Alicia> OOC: are they undead?
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: For KD? Yeah.
[21:14] <Alicia> roll 1d4 also damage from my holy radiance (-1 to a bunch of stuff from consecrated presence, too)
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 also damage from my holy radiance (-1 to a bunch of stuff from consecrated presence, too) and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, carry on.
06[21:16] * Alicia tries to focus despite the flapping horrors whirling all about her, a holy smite bursting over the swarm!
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 concentration
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 concentration and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 1.5*5d8 DC 22
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1.5*5d8 DC 22 and gets 43.5." [5d8=6, 5, 8, 2, 8]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Where's the 1.5 from?
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: Swarms take 50% more damage from area effects
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Oh right. Okay.
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[21:18] <Kotono> The swarm is blasted hard by Alicia's holy power, buckling under it but not giving at all! They flail against the light of the Liath-Flail, even as they ravage against you! OOC: Seira.
06[21:19] * Seira sears a section of the swarm with her fiery breath, using the carnage to cover a tactical retreat as she flies twenty feet back to better position herself!
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 10d10+2d8 fire+holy
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d10+2d8 fire+holy and gets 74." [10d10=6, 8, 1, 10, 10, 4, 9, 7, 6, 6][2d8=5, 2]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 33." [1d20=12]
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1.5*74 at least
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*74 at least and gets 111."
01[21:19] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:19] <Kotono> The blazing fire and holy light leaves the swarm even more decimated! It remains, torn up but not out from Seira's blast of breath! OOC: Jessica.
[21:21] <Alicia> Jessica still remains close to Xerona, and once again borrows her holy smite to use for her own ends.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl, sorry, was a moment.
01[21:24] <Seira> Amaryl can't do much against a swarm, but every little bit helps, and she tries to put four of the horrible, undead orbs out of their misery!
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+26
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+26
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+26 and gets 67." [2#1d20+26 = 30, 37]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+26 and gets 89." [2#1d20+26 = 46, 43]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 and gets 62." [2#1d20+21 = 33, 29]
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 and gets 60." [2#1d20+21 = 25, 35]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Does her weapon have energy damage or anything like that at all?
01[21:25] <Seira> OOC: It's sacred, which directly hurts undead, but nothing past it
01[21:27] <Seira> OOC: Doesn't help here?
[21:27] <Kotono> The arrows fly into the swarm, perhaps downing a few more of the myriad pests! OOC: Antenora and Agatha and not really no. Swarms are a bitch to damage.
01[21:29] <Seira> Agathaiel smites the swarm right in the middle, certain in the knowledge that the righteous will be spared the purifying flames!
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Concentration check.
[21:29] <Alicia> Antenora follows Alicia's example with a smite of her own!
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 concentration
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 concentration and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on, Antenora.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1.5*5d8 DC 22
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1.5*5d8 DC 22 and gets 45." [5d8=4, 8, 7, 7, 4]
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 concentration
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 concentration and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:30] <Kotono> AGathaiel finds her concentration shatter under the assault, but Antenora manages a smite! The swarm buckles even more, almost gone, vast holes in it from another holy smite! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:31] <Seira> Lagann rages at the inability to do more than carry Seira's sword for her.
[21:32] <Kotono> At this, the gap in the mountain twists! A flash of hot red pulses through the air! A split second later, it towers above you like Death incarnate! A purple, vast dragon - you've seen this before! The howling dragon roars insane fury! Perched atop it's back is a six armed marilith, snarling and snapping! "Tothe flanks! Crush them and listen to the lamentations of their souls!"
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+0 OH FUCK DRAGON
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+0 OH FUCK DRAGON and gets 15." [1d20=15]
03[21:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Swarm(29)>Donald(23)>Alicia(19)>Dragon=Seira(15)>Jessica(14)>Amaryl(13)>Antenora=Agatha(10)>Lagann(1)'
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 14." [1d20=10]
03[21:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Swarm(29)>Donald(23)>Alicia(19)>Dragon=Seira(15)>Marilith=Jessica(14)>Amaryl(13)>Antenora=Agatha(10)>Lagann(1)'
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Swarm is up.
[21:33] <Kotono> "Dragon!" Donald gasps, as dragonfear washes over the party! OOC: Those who need to save against, it, get saving.
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 Alicia
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 Alicia and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 Anty
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 Anty and gets 39." [1d20=2]
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Jessica
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Jessica and gets 27." [1d20=7]
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 Agatha
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 Agatha and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[21:34] <Alicia> OOC: wait, those were fort saves vs swarm
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 Amaryl
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Just roll out the fort saves first then.
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 Amaryl and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 Alicia dragonsave
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 Alicia dragonsave and gets 54." [1d20=19]
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 Anty dragonsave
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 Amaryl, fort
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 Anty dragonsave and gets 36." [1d20=1]
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 Amaryl, fort and gets 47." [1d20=20]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 me, fort
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 me, fort and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[21:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 Jessica dragonsave
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 Jessica dragonsave and gets 20." [1d20=2]
01[21:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Agatha, fort
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Agatha, fort and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: DC 30 for the swarm, DC 33 for the fear. I'll let you guys detangle it and hash it out.
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 10d4 swarm damage
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d4 swarm damage and gets 21." [10d4=2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d4 wis damage if applicable
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 wis damage if applicable and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 4d6 rounds shaken if you fail dragonfear.
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 rounds shaken if you fail dragonfear. and gets 10." [4d6=2, 2, 2, 4]
[21:37] <Kotono> The waves of agony and fear pass through the party, leaving them shaken and wounded! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:38] <Kotono> Donald promptly concentrates and flies up, enduring the swarm as...
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 concentration checks
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 concentration checks
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 concentration checks and gets 32." [1d20=12]
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 concentration checks and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ranged touch this only misses on a 1
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ranged touch this only misses on a 1
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ranged touch this only misses on a 1 and gets 13." [1d20=13]
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ranged touch this only misses on a 1 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 SR screw you bot.
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 SR screw you bot. and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:40] <Kotono> Donald flies up, enduring as enervations fire out at the dragon! One strikes right into it's gullet, withering it's form and body deeply! OOC: Alicia.
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d4 I hurt undead by my mere presence
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 I hurt undead by my mere presence and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[21:41] <Alicia> OOC: 1.5*3 for 5, I guess?
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hilariously, it had 3 HP left.
03[21:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Donald(23)>Alicia(19)>Dragon=Seira(15)>Marilith=Jessica(14)>Amaryl(13)>Antenora=Agatha(10)>Lagann(1)'
[21:41] <Kotono> Under Alicia's light, the last of the swarm sputters out and collapses! They fall away, freeing the party from this torment!
[21:42] <Alicia> Knowing how poor dragons are at flying, Alicia hesitates a moment, intending to throw up a wall of force directly in front of it, which will stop any breath attacks it tries as well as cause a painful crash and send it plummetting to the ground!
[21:43] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to fuck with dragon
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Dragon and Seira. Go ahead and go first, Seira.
01[21:48] <Seira> Regrettably, Seira can't really fly up quickly enough to do much, and so she chooses to return back to Agathaiel and heal her up as much as she is able to.
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 36." [3d8=7, 7, 7]
[21:50] <Kotono> The marilith barks a word of Abyssal! "Fall!" It demands, and thus, the dragon simply stops it's wings, plummeting to the party like a giant ballista shot of draconic fury! OOC: Aliica, if you want to Wall of Force or something, this might be a fine time. Since you have a freaking dragon falling your way. A biiig ass dragon.
[21:52] <Alicia> Alicia can't make a wall of force anything but vertical... on the other hand, just what would happen if a several ton behemoth were to fall directly onto an impossibly thin wall of force from directly above? Alicia bets it wouldn't be pretty, so she quickly completes the spell in her mind and conjures the wall positioned to potentially bisect the dragon and its rider straight down the middle!
[21:54] <Alicia> She's also ready to cast feather fall if any large chunks look about to hit the group painfully after it passes the wall.
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 I think a fortitude save is going to be involved here.
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 I think a fortitude save is going to be involved here. and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[22:01] <Kotono> Thus the dragon falls! It whistles through the air, as if a large chunk of Balmuria was plummeting at the party! And then...the gush of blood is a waterfall that dretches all of you, pouring down! The dragon's body is cut terrifically apart, marilith screaming as it is send flying down adn down and down! The dragon roars as it falls, nearly half it's body gone! It's one wing tries to flap and ascent but fails!
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and free act.
[22:02] <Alicia> "Oooh... nasty," is about all Alicia can say to that as she finally hands the orb over to Seira, before healing her sister.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 and gets 23." [3d8=4, 1, 3]
[22:03] <Kotono> Antenora stands there, stone still. She stares at where the dragon was. "...Alicia..."
06[22:03] * Seira shivers in disgust, calling upon waves and waves of water in futile attempts to cleanse them, while Agathaiel removes the unnatural fear some of them are feeling.
[22:03] <Kotono> Amaryl jerks her vision away, "Even killing things is wrong in the Abyss."
[22:03] <Kotono> Xerona's body flashes with light, the filth gone from her. "Let us ascend further. Evil will cut itself apartin front of us."
01[22:04] <Seira> "Stupid things have stupid deaths," Seira responds quietly to Amaryl, trying to sound flippant about it.
[22:05] <Alicia> "More and more I see that the marilith reputation for tactical genius is entirely undeserved," Alicia comments, scanning the mountain as she flies onwards.
[22:05] <Alicia> "Do you have any restorative magic I could borrow?" Jessica asks Xerona, twitching a little as she tries to keep pace with the youthful solar. "That swarm didn't just scratch my skin."
01[22:06] <Seira> As they ascend, Agathaiel tries to help each of them recover a bit, applying light healing magics as she is able to.
[22:06] <Kotono> "I do," Xerona agrees as you continue to fly. Antenora cracks a shaky grin, "Of course it's undeserved. Demons aren't anything ot us."
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 7#1d8+5
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 7#1d8+5 and gets 59." [7#1d8+5 = 8, 6, 11, 6, 13, 7, 8]
01[22:07] <Seira> OOC: Ah, Anty isn't hit. Donald can take two of them, then. I'll edit it all.
[22:07] <Alicia> Jessica proceeds to borrow a lesser restoration and cast it on herself, and then another for good measure.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 2d4
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4 and gets 5." [2d4=1, 4]
[22:07] <Alicia> And a third for luck!
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d4
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[22:12] <Kotono> Thus you ascend higher and higher up the mountain! As you do there seems to be no end in sight - it roars and races up above you, each moment up taking you closer, yet seeming to show almost no progress at all. But yet as you do, the orb of the dark six glows colder in SEira's hands! She can feel th epower within it! The power to open the way ahead, if she only taps into the orb...
01[22:13] <Seira> "To open the way ahead, I need to use the orb's power," Seira warns, coming to a halt. "Alicia, is this the way the orb was trying to trick you into using it, or a genuine thought?"
06[22:14] * Alicia casts heroism on herself as they fly, turning to Seira. "The orb wanted me to use it with my spells. This could be what Lyscrea was talking about, although in truth I had thought we'd already breached that defence."
01[22:14] <Seira> "Wish me luck, then," Seira requests, tapping into the orb to allows them to proceed fully into Pale Night's sanctum!
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: roll a d100.
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[22:23] <Kotono> In a moment, you feel as if you have ascended higher! Seira feels cold from tip to toe, as if she has never been warm. But higher ahead...the mountain starts to narrow! You can almost see something ahead...a peak?
06[22:26] * Seira shivers, careful not to dislodge Amaryl. "The sooner we can put this away," she says, referring to the orb, "the better. Let's get to the peak."
[22:27] <Alicia> "The fiercest defenders are yet to come," Alicia remarks, healing Jessica and herself some more. And casting Heroism on her sister to boot.
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9 me, 20hp lay on hands Jessica
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 me, 20hp lay on hands Jessica and gets 38." [9d4=2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2]
06[22:28] * Seira uses a wand as she hangs near the back, healing up Amaryl and Agathaiel.
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 5d8+5
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8+5 and gets 31." [5d8=4, 3, 8, 5, 6]
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Agatha
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Agatha and gets 5." [1d8=4]
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Agatha x2
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Agatha x2 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Amaryl x2
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Amaryl x2 and gets 4." [1d8=3]
01[22:29] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Amaryl x3
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Amaryl x3 and gets 6." [1d8=5]
[22:29] <Kotono> Thus you ascend higher! As you do, you feel ripples in the air. A soft voice calls, "Higher...I want to see you with my own eyes."
[22:31] <Alicia> "Is that her?" Alicia asks, glancing to Xerona with a feeling of momentary trepidation.
06[22:31] * Seira shivers again, this time directing the healing energies towards herself.
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 5d8+5
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8+5 and gets 23." [5d8=2, 3, 6, 3, 4]
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 4." [1d8=3]
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[22:32] <Kotono> Xerona's gaze is upward, "I feel an evil almost without par...but it is not Pale Night. Her voice would be far worse than that."
01[22:33] <Seira> "An evil she-lich, then?"
[22:33] <Alicia> "One of the Dark Six then... or the Neverborn," Alicia concludes, steeling herself and unsheathing Hell Striker as she continues upwards.
06[22:36] * Seira makes her own preparations by extending Shield and Bear's Endurance to their limits, still intent on bringing up the rear along with Amaryl.
[22:36] <Alicia> Noticing Seira hasn't done her customary buffing of her girlfriend, Alicia steps into the breach and tries to offer a similar service, casting another Heroism. Her arrows are likely to win this for them, once she's set on solid ground at least.
[22:37] <Alicia> And she follows Seira's example by casting shield on herself, before finally deeming herself ready and focusing solely on the flight upwards.
[22:38] <Kotono> Thus you ascend to the peak of Mother's Mountain! Here is is perfectly flat - wide, about 500 feet. In the very dead center rests an altar of bone. "Come." A voice whispers again, "Come to your destiny."
06[22:39] * Seira lands on the platform, midway to the altar.
06[22:40] * Alicia keeps an eye out for any magical signatures that could mark an invisible creature or illusiory hiding place as she floats over the table-top like summit. "So which one are you?"
03[22:46] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[22:46] <Kotono> As the party lands 250 feet away from the altar, there is a shifting of light. Five of them...five stand. Six molydeus, each as alabaster as a doll. They kneel in deep reverence, axes in hand. Resting against the altar, lying back against it as if a toy left by a bored child, is a skeleton. It wears steel braclets around it's wrists, clad in perfect, unfrayed white robes. It's face is that of a doll, painted into a cheerful smile that reaches far too much upw
[22:46] <Kotono> It's face is that of a doll, painted into a cheerful smile that reaches far too much upward. It's lips barely move as it speaks, "You've broken so many of my toys to reach here? You crave a magnificient demise so much?" (More)
[22:47] <Kotono> *Six of them stand, whoops.
[22:49] <Kotono> "But you won't have it. Celebrimbor wasn't a very good toy, his soul is too old and frayed for me. But yours...youth, vitality and energy! Oh, the toys you'll make!" It's head bobs with a laugh. OOC: Any of you with detection spells up, make a caster level check.
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 Anty
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 Anty and gets 24." [1d20=7]
01[22:49] <Seira> "You're a horrible stain on the universe and we're here to remove you. One day, it will happen for good," Seira tells the skeleton acidly, taking in the situation.
01[22:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+19
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 Jessica
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 Jessica and gets 28." [1d20=14]
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 Agatha?
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 Agatha? and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[22:52] <Alicia> "Shut up and get ready to join Glaciante," Alicia challenges, in no mood to humour this arrogant corpse.
[22:52] <Kotono> "Your time is over, heretic. You abuse Mystra's gifts for such vile peversity!" Antenora takes a single step forward, "Beg to whatever demon who cares to claim your soul for mercy!"
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> "You're a horrible stain on the universe and we're here to remove you. One day, it will happen for good," Seira tells the skeleton acidly, taking in the situation.
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> roll 1d20+19
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 Jessica
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 Jessica and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Seira> roll 1d20+12 Agatha?
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 Agatha? and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> <Alicia> "Shut up and get ready to join Glaciante," Alicia challenges, in no mood to humour this arrogant corpse.
[19:46] <Kotono_Ibis> > "Your time is over, heretic. You abuse Mystra's gifts for such vile peversity!" Antenora takes a single step forward, "Beg to whatever demon who cares to claim your soul for mercy!"
[19:48] <Kotono_Ibis> In front of Dralen an orb appears. It is a familiar orb, screaming with the souls of the fallen! His bony hands play over it, caressing the vile artifact. "Here I am. I have six dolls prepared for you to to play with!" With a snap of his bone fingers, the molydei rise as one, axes at the ready! OOC: Let's just roll init here, say.
[19:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[19:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Jessica
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Jessica and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[19:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 25." [1d20=20]
01[19:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 me
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 me and gets 23." [1d20=17]
01[19:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Agatha
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Agatha and gets 23." [1d20=15]
01[19:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 17." [1d20=9]
01[19:49] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 6." [1d20=6]
03[19:49] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alicia(17)'
03[19:50] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Lagann(6)'
[19:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 8." [1d20=5]
03[19:50] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[19:50] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 6#1d20+10 molydei
06[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 6#1d20+10 molydei and gets 118." [6#1d20+10 = 18, 17, 19, 27, 20, 17]
03[19:51] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
03[19:51] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>M4(27)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>M5(20)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[19:51] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+9 Alabaster
06[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+9 Alabaster and gets 23." [1d20=14]
03[19:52] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>M4(27)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M5(20)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[19:52] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Jessica opens.
[19:52] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Remember, they're all 250ft away from the party. There's a lot of space to play with here.
[19:55] <Alicia> A pity these things can pierce her invisibility, so Jessica has few realistic options to contribute. So she decides to borrow one of Xerona's greater dispel magic abilities for future use, sticking close to the solar for now.
[19:58] <Kotono_Ibis> The fourth molydei sprints forward 80 feet, coming to within 170 feet of the party! As it does, a tendril of force strikes at Alicia's weapon! OOC: Disarm checks.
[19:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[19:59] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:00] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia's startled grip isn't strong enough to hold onto Hell Striker, sending the jeweled blade clattering to the ground a few feet away! OOC: Antenora.
[20:01] <Alicia> Antenora flies fifty feet straight up before erecting a barrier of whirling force blades in a large sphere just barely surrounding the lich and five molydeus around him!
[20:02] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Alabaster+Seira+Agatha are up. I'll go ahead and resolve himf irst.
[20:03] <Kotono_Ibis> Holding the vile orb in his hands, Alabaster murmurs words of profane power. "Play now...play, play, play, play!" So he calls, a white mist creeping out to the party, engulfing them! OOC: Fortitude saves all except Antenora, who flew high enough away to miss it.
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 Alicia
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 Alicia and gets 41." [1d20=6]
[20:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Jessica
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Jessica and gets 32." [1d20=10]
01[20:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 Amaryl
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 Amaryl and gets 47." [1d20=18]
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 me
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 me and gets 40." [1d20=13]
01[20:05] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Agatha
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Agatha and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[20:05] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+26 Donald
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+26 Donald and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[20:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 10d6 cold, all of you take full but no other effects except to Agathaiel.
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 10d6 cold, all of you take full but no other effects except to Agathaiel. and gets 36." [10d6=5, 2, 6, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5]
[20:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6 dex damage to Agathaiel
06[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6 dex damage to Agathaiel and gets 6." [2d6=1, 5]
[20:08] <Kotono_Ibis> The mist leaves you frozen and profoundly slowed! It's difficult to move after that, Agathaiel seems almost stuck! Her flesh is tinted with icy alabaster, droopings terrifically down! A moment later, Dralen snaps his fingers!
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 dispel check on blade barrier, Antenora's CL?
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 dispel check on blade barrier, Antenora's CL? and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:09] <Alicia> OOC: 17
[20:09] <Kotono_Ibis> The barrier blinks away, the magic untangling and whirling wall of cutting gone! OOC: Seira and Agatha. Agatha resolves at the same time so the dex damage doesn't bother her until after this.
01[20:11] <Seira> Agathaiel decides to follow Antenora's example, and tosses a barrier of her own on its outer range!
[20:12] <Kotono_Ibis> Another blade barrier springs into being! Alabaster laughs at this, doll-face rocking! "Persistent play?" OOC: Seira.
01[20:12] <Seira> Seira briefly contemplates charging into melee or tossing an orb, but instead can't ignore everyone clustered so nicely together, and so calls for an insanely-powerful fireball to erupt in the midst of the pale-faced freaks!
01[20:13] <Seira> OOC: Maximized empowered fireball, SR?
[20:13] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Yes. Demons and all that.
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 FIRE
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 FIRE and gets 21." [1d20=2]
06[20:14] * Seira cloaks herself in stoneskin at the same time.
[20:15] <Kotono_Ibis> The fireball bursts with the fury of a sun, charring the ground - but the molydei are untouched, Alabaster unburnt! OOC: Anything else this round, Seira?
01[20:15] <Seira> OOC: I'm good. Shame on the fire.
[20:15] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hatebot.
[20:15] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Antenora, roll a CL check for the blade barrier. SR.
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: Agatha!
[20:16] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Oh, dur. Sorry
[20:16] <Kotono_Ibis> .
01[20:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[20:18] <Kotono_Ibis> The three molydei who erupt next endure the barrier, magic refusing to slice their bodies! They fan out loosely, burst of telekinetic force assailing the party! The first one slams at Seira's weapon! OOC: Disarm check.
[20:18] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 and gets 38." [1d20=10]
01[20:18] <Seira> OOC: I'm not holding a weapon, just the orb
01[20:18] <Seira> OOC: Lagann's got the resort
[20:18] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Nevermind then, dur. It'll disarm Antenora then.
[20:19] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Disarm check, Antenora?
[20:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 36." [1d20=2]
[20:23] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora's spear is sent flying down to the flat mountaintop, wreched out of her hands! A moment later, the second one tries the same with Lagann!
[20:23] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 and gets 44." [1d20=16]
01[20:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[20:24] <Kotono_Ibis> The resort is send down and out of Lagann's grasp as well! A second later, Amaryl's bow is the third victim!
[20:24] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
01[20:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+34
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 and gets 37." [1d20=3]
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl's bow is the last victim in ths warm of disarmings, the molydei relentless even from far away! OOC: Alicia, Amaryl and two 'dei. I'll do the molydei first.
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> The last two molydeus emerge, fanning out as Donald and Jessica are targetted by the disarming force as well!
[20:27] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28 Jessica first
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 Jessica first and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[20:28] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28 Donald
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 Donald and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[20:28] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28 Donald's roll, he's kinda has a chance
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 Donald's roll, he's kinda has a chance and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:29] <Kotono_Ibis> Jessica's rapier is disarmed as well, while Donald manages to hold onto his weapon, despite it nearly jerking entirely out of his hand! OOC: Alicia and Amaryl areu p.
01[20:32] <Seira> Amaryl casts a shield about herself, picking up her bow afterwards.
06[20:39] * Alicia grumbles as she picks up her sword, freezing time for a moment to do some things. Said thing effectively entails flying at full speed across the battlefield until she comes to a stop adjacent to Alabaster around the same time that everyone else speeds back up to normal. Then she casts antimagic field and grins in a not a all reassuring manner should you be a wizard on the end of it.
[20:42] <Alicia> OOC: wait a sec
[20:42] <Alicia> OOC: wait, no. Carry on.
[20:44] <Kotono_Ibis> Alabaster smells of paint and rot, a heady stench that is enough to make Alicia's head spin. His face is still a smile as he watches Alicia close, the Orb of the Dark Six writhing in his hands! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:01] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald takes to the air and flies like a blur, racing over the molydei and ground, coming to within 50 feet of Alicia and Dralen! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:04] <Seira> Although he regrets it, Lagann can do no more beyond picking up the Resort and hoping to do better next time.
[21:04] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+33
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+33 and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[21:04] <Kotono_Ibis> "...Behind me!" Xerona's voice calls from the rear, "There is a foe behind me!"
03[21:04] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to '????(34)>Jessica(32)>M4(27)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M5(20)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[21:04] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Go Jessica.
01[21:05] <Seira> "On it!" Seira calls back.
[21:06] <Alicia> "How far?" Jessica asks as she bends down to collect her rapier, intending to use the solar's dispel magic on whatever it is.
[21:06] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Any sort of scanning magic up, jessica?
[21:07] <Alicia> OOC: detect magic
[21:07] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Caster level check.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[21:07] <Kotono_Ibis> But Jessica doesn't see anything behind Xerona! "Twenty feet behind me," Xerona calls, "A figure of white, with an axe!"
[21:08] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Make a check as well, Seira.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 RAGE
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 RAGE and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[21:08] <Alicia> With a shudder, Jessica recalls exactly who that is, and promptly unleashes an area dispel centred twenty feet away, just far enough not to bother Xerona and herself but hopefully nail the would be assassin.
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:09] <Kotono_Ibis> To your eyes, the assassin appears! She is clad in a tight fitting leather dress, face as a doll. She is expressionless, a dreadful ice-axe in hand as approahces Xerona from behind! OOC: M4 is up then.
[21:12] <Kotono_Ibis> The fourth molydei advances ahead another 80 feet, coming to within 90 feet of the party! This time it sends a crackling lightning bolt at Amaryl! OOC: ref, Amaryl.
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 10d6 electric halve this
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 10d6 electric halve this and gets 33." [10d6=3, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5, 1, 2, 5, 5]
[21:13] <Kotono_Ibis> The bolt grazes Amaryl as she yelps anddives down, avoiding the worst of the electric shock! OOC: Antenora.
[21:15] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Strike.
[21:15] <Kotono_Ibis> The bolt flies out, but crashes against the aura around Agatha, fizzling out! OOC: Antenora.
[21:16] <Alicia> Antenora drops down to where her spear has landed, healing Jessica with righteous vigour as she calls a holy smite down atop the remaining Molydeuses that are still clustered together!
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 and gets 36." [10d6=3, 3, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1, 2, 5, 1]
[21:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
[21:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[21:18] <Kotono_Ibis> The smite of holy power blasts amid the demons! It flays at them, yet the greater demons are far too strong to yield to only a single one! OOC: Alabaster/Seira/Agatha.
06[21:27] * Seira follows Antenora's example as she discharges another powerful fireball in the midst of the clustered molydeuses, moving resolutely to stand in front of Xerona, shielding her from the assassin's attack. "If it isn't the one who got away," she tells the doll mockingly, willing her to combust. "Come on, let's play."
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 fireball (empowered/maximized)
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 fireball (empowered/maximized) and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[21:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 vs assassin, channeled pyroblast
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 vs assassin, channeled pyroblast and gets 34." [1d20=15]
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 9d4 fire, dc27 ref/half on the pyroblast
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d4 fire, dc27 ref/half on the pyroblast and gets 21." [9d4=1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3]
01[21:29] <Seira> In the meantime, Agathaiel shields everyone she can possibly reach with a holy aura.
[21:40] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+27 sadly ref is it's really damned good save
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+27 sadly ref is it's really damned good save and gets 44." [1d20=17]
01[21:41] <Seira> OOC: I'll use soothsayer's spite to call for orb of fire next round
[21:41] <Kotono_Ibis> Fires of intense flame burst, as the assassin is charred! She leaps into the air, avoiding the worst and landing othewrise undamaged once the flame of storms is gone! Meanwhile Agathaiel turns the party aglow, holy energies transforming the heroines nearby, save for Donald, Antenora and Alicia! OOC: Okay. Molydei are up en masse
[21:42] <Kotono_Ibis> .
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: Anty's back in the middle of the group herself
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Okay, Antenora's in it then.
[21:43] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Oh wait, sorry, strike. Forgot him in my comingbackness.
[21:44] <Kotono_Ibis> Dralen looks up at Alicia menacing over him, "You want to play, child?" he asks with his smile, as the Orb of the Dark Six flares into life unde rhis hands! OOC: Make a will save.
[21:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia dies. Her breath is gone, her body rots. In it's place is a walking corpse, a feelingless agony gripping her bones...but no! Somehow Alicia's light glows brighter, barely resisting a fate worse thna death, her body whole and intact! OOC: Lucky on that save. Molydei swarm.
[21:49] <Kotono_Ibis> The three molydeus advance another 80 feet as well! As one, three lightning bolts arc out, going right for Amaryl! OOC: Three ref saves, Amaryl.
01[21:49] <Seira> OOC: Unless they're lvl4+....
[21:49] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Strike, sorry, brain fart.
[21:50] <Kotono_Ibis> The three molydeus advance another 80 feet as well, in position to strike the next round! OOC: Go ahead and go, Amaryl/alicia.
[21:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 knowledge
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 knowledge and gets 31." [1d20=16]
01[21:52] <Seira> 'Reduce their numbers, I'll do something about the assassin!' Seira thinks to Amaryl, which makes the latter's choice easy. She picks the nearest molydeus to her, and calmly unloads iron-tipped arrows into its hateful form!
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+28
[21:52] <Alicia> With the lich safely in the grasp of her antimagic field, Alicia sets herself busily to disarming and tripping him so he can't cause any more trouble!
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+28 and gets 169." [4#1d20+28 = 42, 39, 48, 40]
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+23
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+18
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+23 and gets 72." [2#1d20+23 = 35, 37]
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 71." [2#1d20+18 = 35, 36]
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 crit?
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=5]
01[21:56] <Seira> roll 4#1d8+16+4d6 if ac 39
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d8+16+4d6 if ac 39 and gets 132." [4#1d8+16+4d6 = 34, 35, 33, 30]
[22:01] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: 39s and up hit.
[22:01] <Kotono_Ibis> The molydeus is riddled with arrows, unrelenting and stonefaced under Amaryl's assault! Alabaster looks up at Alicia with amusement, even as she strikes! OOC: Go Alicia.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 disarm orb, raging
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 disarm orb, raging and gets 42." [1d20=7]
[22:03] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 all things said he's suprisingly able at this.
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 all things said he's suprisingly able at this. and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 melee touch for trip attack
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 melee touch for trip attack and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 opposed str/dex
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 opposed str/dex and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[22:04] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+10
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 melee touch x2 for trip attack
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 melee touch x2 for trip attack and gets 29." [1d20=8]
[22:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 opposed str/dex
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 opposed str/dex and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[22:04] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+10
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+10 and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[22:05] <Kotono_Ibis> Alicia knocks the orb away with one sweep of her blade! THe Orb of the Dark Six bounces away, rolling along the ground! Dralen avoids the rest of her strikes, hopping about and bowing after. "A lovely dance for fun, child." OOC: Other two deus.
[22:07] <Kotono_Ibis> The other two molydeus do the same, though these both sent telekenetic force at Amaryl again!
[22:07] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+28 disarm 1o n Amaryl
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+28 disarm 1o n Amaryl and gets 41." [1d20=13]
01[22:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[22:08] <Kotono_Ibis> Amaryl's bow goes flying once more! OOC: Donald.
[22:10] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald races ahead towards the lich in all due haste, his speed slowing as he nonetheless slashes at it as he passes into Alicia's field of magic!
[22:10] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+21
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Kotono_Ibis> But Dralen sidesteps the blow with surprising grace, parrying it away from his body! OOC: LAgann.
01[22:11] <Seira> This time, Lagann is positioned quite well to kill the opposition! It matters not whether that opposition is undead, demonic or just plain creepy, and so Lagann stabs the assassing with the Resort!
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 charge~
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 charge~ and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[22:11] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
01[22:11] <Seira> roll 3d8+4
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4 and gets 16." [3d8=2, 4, 6]
[22:14] <Kotono_Ibis> Lagann strikes quick on the assassin, drawing blood on it's arm with a ripping slash down! The assassin tumbles to the side of Lagann, racing for Xerona against the glowing light of the Liath-Flail!
[22:14] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 and gets 47." [1d20=17]
[22:14] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[22:15] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Strike.
[22:15] <Kotono_Ibis> Lagann strikes quick on the assassin, drawing blood on it's arm with a ripping slash down! The assassin tumbles to the side of Lagann, racing for Xerona against the glowing light of the Liath-Flail! Seira is in the way, so it's blade goes for her! OOC: Any immediates? If so I'll reroll the attack rolls since that alters the situation enough to warrant it.
01[22:16] <Seira> A translucent shield springs up before Seira, warding her from the first, more dangerous strike!
01[22:16] <Seira> OOC: Deflect
[22:16] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[22:17] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[22:17] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: AC?
01[22:17] <Seira> OOC: 52 vs first attack, 48 vs second
[22:19] <Kotono_Ibis> But both blows deflect off Seira's field of force, whizzing away from her body! OOC: Jessica.
01[22:19] <Seira> "Now you're talking!" Seira calls to the doll-faced assassin. "Ready to die, yet?"
[22:20] <Alicia> Jessica promptly turns herself invisible and then sneaks up next to the assassin, preparing her own sneaky attack!
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 move silently
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 move silently and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[22:21] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+27 listen
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+27 listen and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[22:21] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Molydeus 4.
[22:21] <Kotono_Ibis> At lastin range, this molydeus charges ahead, going right for Antenora, looking ot hack her apart!
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 (-5 PA, +2 charge)
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 (-5 PA, +2 charge) and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[22:22] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: AC?
[22:22] <Alicia> OOC: 44
[22:23] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora's far too quick, stopping each blow with a quick counter-spin o fher spear! OOC: She's up.
[22:23] <Alicia> Actually Antenora hasn't picked her spear up yet, but she does that now!
[22:23] <Alicia> OOC: AoO
[22:24] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[22:24] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Carry on.
[22:24] <Alicia> And she then counters with a stab of her own, healing Amaryl into the bargain!
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 42." [1d20=12]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d8+17+2d6
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+17+2d6 and gets 31." [1d8=5][2d6=4, 5]
[22:27] <Kotono_Ibis> Antenora lands a blow that struggles to slay the 'deus, her spear not going too much past a flesh wound into it! OOC: Seira/Agatha, go first. I'll do Alabaster last.
01[22:27] <Seira> The air heats around Seira's free hand to a degree that would be uncomfortable to anyone else. She merely watches it burn merrily, before tossing it at the assassin on a curve the doll would be hard-pressed to defend against!
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 orb of fire
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 orb of fire and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[22:28] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Just barely a hit.
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 15d6+15 barely is fine too, fire damage, fort 31 please
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 15d6+15 barely is fine too, fire damage, fort 31 please and gets 70." [15d6=4, 1, 3, 4, 6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5]
[22:29] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+17
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+17 and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[22:29] <Kotono_Ibis> The assassin is staggered with the orb of fire, clothes set ablaze and body merrily charring black! Yet even in this, it does not die, but clings to what life it has! OOC: AGathaiel.
01[22:31] <Seira> Agathaiel doesn't like her options much, but positions herself so that no molydeus can reach her just yet, trying to smite the one Amaryl had shot at earlier.
01[22:31] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 sr
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 sr and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:32] <Kotono_Ibis> But the magi fizzles out in front of the greater demon! As it does, Dralen regards Alicia and Donald. "Now we can play!" His blows rain out with strength and speed, "If that's what you like, we'll play until I break you!"
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 Donald
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 Donald and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20 Donald wow
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 Donald wow and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 Alicia
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 Alicia and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15 Alicia ...
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 Alicia ... and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[22:33] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: ACs?
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: AC 26
[22:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+10 hit one alicia
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+10 hit one alicia and gets 16." [2d6=2, 4]
[22:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 2d6+10 hit two alicia
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 2d6+10 hit two alicia and gets 16." [2d6=3, 3]
[22:34] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 4d6+20 Donald
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 4d6+20 Donald and gets 35." [4d6=4, 3, 4, 4]
[22:35] <Kotono_Ibis> The blows are surprisingly hardy, striking both warriors with massive intensity and bruising impact! OOC: Molydei swarm is up but I gotta BRB. Back in 3.
[22:48] <Kotono_Ibis> The molydeus surround Antenora and the others, one of them able to take as wing at her as the rest position!
[22:48] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+32
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+32 and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[22:49] <Kotono_Ibis> But this swing is wild as well, erring by! OOC: Alicia and company, go.
[22:50] <Alicia> Deciding to eschew further fancy footwork, Alicia puts her sword to its intended use in hacking Alabaster into boney shrapnel, Hell Striker's divinely enhanced power not at all troubled by the antimagic field as she positions to flank with Donald while striking!
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 crit check
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 crit check and gets 46." [1d20=13]
[22:50] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: One hit but it's a crit.
[22:51] <Alicia> OOC: +2 on each, forgot bane.
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 4d4+36+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 for the crit
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+36+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 for the crit and gets 76." [4d4=1, 3, 4, 1][2d6=6, 5][2d6=5, 4][1d6=1][2d6=3, 2][1d8=5]
01[22:52] <Seira> It is only her upbringing that prevents Amaryl from cursing at having to pick her bow up once more. She resists the urge, however, and then targets the same molydeus all over again with a cold iron arrow that she hopes will count.
01[22:52] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+30
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+30 and gets 88." [2#1d20+30 = 50, 38]
01[22:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 crit?
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 crit? and gets 47." [1d20=17]
01[22:53] <Seira> OOC: +1 to attacks due to being within 30ft now
[22:53] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: No help on the bane Alicia, but that is a crit Seira.
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 3d8+51+4d6+1d8+17+4d6 it counted!
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+51+4d6+1d8+17+4d6 it counted! and gets 109." [3d8=4, 7, 1][4d6=3, 2, 5, 1][1d8=5][4d6=1, 1, 5, 6]
03[22:54] * Kotono_Ibis changes topic to '????(34)>Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M5(20)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> With a perfect shot, Amaryl gets the molydeus right in the eye! It falls back and shatters apart into white alabaster, obliterated! OOC: Donald's up.
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald draws back his blade, "Oh yeah? Dodge THIS!"
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+20
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+15
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+10
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[22:55] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d10+5
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d10+5 and gets 10." [1d10=5]
[22:56] <Kotono_Ibis> Donald closes in and hacks, but his blade has trouble doing anyd amage at all, sliding off and not cutting his thick bones! OOC: Lagann.
01[22:56] <Seira> OOC: 20!
01[22:57] <Seira> OOC: So cool!
01[22:57] <Seira> Lagann tries to get a shot in, just like everyone seems to be able to!
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
01[22:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[22:58] <Kotono_Ibis> As it dodges blows, the assassin tumbles to the side, going to hack Seira apart again! OOC: Any immediates?
01[22:59] <Seira> OOC: Another Deflect on the first attack
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 flat footed
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 flat footed and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[22:59] <Kotono_Ibis> OOC: Hit.
[23:00] <Alicia> roll 1d6+5+6d6 2 str damage
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+5+6d6 2 str damage and gets 25." [1d6=3][6d6=2, 1, 1, 5, 4, 4]
[23:00] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30 Yes, it's using finessee but owwies Seira attacks resolve now
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 Yes, it's using finessee but owwies Seira attacks resolve now and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[23:00] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+25 ACs Seira?
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+25 ACs Seira? and gets 40." [1d20=15]
01[23:00] <Seira> OOC: 52 vs first, 48 vs second
[23:01] <Kotono_Ibis> The slashes and hacks with her axe are inaccurate, as you fight against Xerona's back! The angel holds the Liath-Flail, it's blue light radiating all about! OOC: Jessica.
[23:02] <Alicia> Jessica moves over to continue her assault on the rival rogue!
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 flat footed
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 flat footed and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[23:02] <Alicia> roll 1d6+5+6d6 2 str
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+5+6d6 2 str and gets 31." [1d6=1][6d6=2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4]
[23:04] <Kotono_Ibis> Leaping over, Jessica impales the assassin throughthe stomach! It's blood stains it's dress, but it continues to live despite being torn, stabbed and thrust through! OOC: Antenora.
[23:06] <Alicia> Beset by Moledeus on all sides, Antenora drops a holy smite on top of herself to hit them all before she flies up out of range before they can all start pummelling her!
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 concentration DC 19
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 concentration DC 19 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 and gets 32." [10d6=2, 3, 6, 3, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4]
[23:06] <Alicia> OOC: AoOs for any who aren't blinded by this
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+18
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
[23:06] <Kotono_Ibis> roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 33." [1d20=3]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 34." [1d20=4]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:35] <Kobrb> <Alicia> Beset by Moledeus on all sides, Antenora drops a holy smite on top of herself to hit them all before she flies up out of range before they can all start pummelling her!
[20:35] <Kobrb> <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 concentration DC 19
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 concentration DC 19 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[20:35] <Kobrb> <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:35] <Kobrb> <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 and gets 32." [10d6=2, 3, 6, 3, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4]
[20:35] <Kobrb> <Alicia> OOC: AoOs for any who aren't blinded by this
[20:35] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+18
[20:35] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+18
[20:35] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+18
[20:35] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+18
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:35] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[20:36] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[20:36] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
[20:36] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
[20:36] <Kobrb> > roll 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins
[20:36] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[20:36] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[20:36] <Kobrb> * Hatbot --> "Kotono_Ibis rolls 1d20+30 AoO swarm begins and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:36] <Kobrb> * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
[20:36] <Kobrb> <Ebiris> OOC: Anty heals Seira as she goes, forgot divine succor
03[20:36] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
03[20:38] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:39] <Kotono> Amid the blasts of holy light, the Molydei swing back at Antenora! She glides up through the air, dodging each of them as one's eyes blaze with white flame! OOC: Alabaster and Seira and Agatha. Go ahead and go first, Seira/Agatha.
01[20:44] <Seira> Mace in hand, Agathaiel resolutely moves towards the pale-faced assassin, ending between the woman and Xerona, while she attempts to use the same ability to dispel evil that helped when they encountered Celebrimbor's trapped spirit. There might always be a chance the assassin is also being controlled in some form.
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Melee touch to otuch her with dispel evil.
01[20:44] <Seira> OOC: That wasn't only for the second power?
01[20:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 okay
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 okay and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[20:46] <Kotono> The assassin is touched...but nothing seems to happen! Her attacks do not falter in the least! OOC: Seira.
01[20:46] <Seira> 'Let's trade,' Seira suggests curtly to Amaryl, extracting herself from this engagement and meeting the molydeuses slightly over halfway, while she calls upon the magic to boost her next spell sufficiently enough to count!
01[20:47] <Seira> OOC: Tumbling to get away from the assassin, if needed, moving to be about 20ft from Xerona and between she and the molydeuses, true casting
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Anything else
[20:48] <Kotono> ?
01[20:48] <Seira> OOC: I'm good
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: Ah, yes. Sorry. Gonna be using greater fireburst next round, soothsaying thing.
[20:52] <Kotono> Meanwhile, as Seira tumbles ahead, Alabaster parries another blow and then flips backwards! He lands 20 feet away, kneeling down. "A lovely bit of play, but..." Flaring into life with a word of slippery power, a radiant sphere of the rainbow surrounds Alabaster, brililant lights dazzling to the eyes! OOC: Okay Seira. 'dei swarm is up.
[20:53] <Kotono> With a new target tumbling into range, the molydei fall onto Seira, surrounding her and looking to hack her into bits! OOC: Any immediates, Seira?
01[20:54] <Seira> OOC: I can take it (famous last words)
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 spellcraft, I think I know what that is but best to confirm
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 spellcraft, I think I know what that is but best to confirm and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 39." [1d20=9]
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[20:55] <Seira> OOC: 48, stoneskin is on
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 and gets 25." [3d6=3, 6, 2]
[20:56] <Kotono> An axe blow cuts into Seira's side as she's surrounded, the molydeus all over her now! They try to cut her apart, as Seira endures and defends herself as best she can, ducking and rolling with the blows! OOC: Two more 'deus, Alicia and Amaryl. Goa head and go first, yo utwo.
01[20:59] <Seira> Amaryl isn't quite sold on Seira's plan or even knows what it entails, but since Seira is already committed to it, Amaryl moves farther from the swarm of greater demons and brings herself closer to the assassin, where she proceeds to release three arrows that swiftly become six!
[20:59] <Alicia> "That restricts him as much as us," Alicia whispers to Donald. "Don't touch it, but get ready to attack if he pokes his head out."
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+27 manyshot
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+27 manyshot and gets 235." [6#1d20+27 = 43, 33, 28, 41, 47, 43]
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to attack if he emerges from sphere
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 a twenty, I see
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits, Amaryl. 41 and up are the hits.
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 a twenty, I see and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: No crit.
01[21:02] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+6d6++1d8+17+1d8+17+6d6+1d8+17
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+6d6++1d8+17+1d8+17+6d6+1d8+17 and gets Error: Check syntax." [1d8=2][6d6=2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2][1d8=8][1d8=7][6d6=4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 6][1d8=6]
01[21:02] <Seira> OOC: 128
01[21:03] <Seira> OOC: Ah, no. Moment.
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: 100
[21:05] <Kotono> The assassin is riddled with arrows, rocking back hard! Blood stains her alabaster skine verywhere, her body wobbling from each arrow! BUt it seems to live, despite pouring it's lifeblood out with every breath! OOC: Last two 'dei are up.
[21:06] <Kotono> The last two molydeus come closer, both barking a word of profane power at Seira! OOC: Two will saves vs blasphemy, remember the modifier.
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 holy aura SR
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 holy aura SR
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 holy aura SR and gets 23." [1d20=4]
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 holy aura SR and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Or one save, okay.
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 (-4, right?)
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 (-4, right?) and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[21:08] <Kotono> Seira resists the vile intonation, rocking but not defeated by the utterance! OOC: Donald's up.
[21:09] <Kotono> Donald holds back, "Right," he says, peering at the prismatic sphere! OOC: Lagann.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
01[21:10] <Seira> OOC: Amusingly enough, Holy Aura dc for her is 23
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Wrong save, that was will not for.t
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: It's fort is +21, so.
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann is up.
01[21:11] <Seira> Lagann sends the Resort flying to stab the blinded molydeus, hoping for good fortune!
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 44." [1d20=19]
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 crit?
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 crit? and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit. So close.
01[21:12] <Seira> OOC: Come to think of it, is the one Anty blinded in melee with me?
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: It's in the vicinity.
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 3d8+6+2d6
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+6+2d6 and gets 23." [3d8=6, 4, 1][2d6=3, 3]
[21:16] <Kotono> Lagann stabs into the blinded molydeus, wounding it further as they struggle! Meanwhile the assassin, despite it's wounds, tumbles to the side of Agathaiel and tries to shred her apart!
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 37." [1d20=12]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:16] <Seira> OOC: 37 due to dex damage
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d8+17+6d6
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+17+6d6 and gets 41." [1d8=6][6d6=5, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 fort blind
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 fort blind and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d8+17+6d6
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+17+6d6 and gets 44." [1d8=3][6d6=4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 4]
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 fort blind
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 fort blind and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:17] <Kotono> Agathaiel is dreadfully wounded, each axe slice cutting into her celestial form! Her blood stains the ground, the hacks critically wounding her - but yet, her body stays as it was created! OOC: Jessica.
[21:20] <Alicia> Wishing that doll-like axe murderer would stay still, Jessica moves after her, positioning herself between Agathiel and her elusive quarry, making a more careful stab since she's giving her position away this time and might suffer reprisals.
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 flat footed, -5 combat expertise
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 flat footed, -5 combat expertise and gets 23." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Kotono> Despite her thrusting speed, Jesscia can't land a finishing blow! Instead she misses by an inch, rapier hitting the blue glowing air around! OOC: Antenora.
[21:23] <Alicia> Antenora descends upon the leather-fetish-doll like the vengeance of heaven, spear striking down to explode her head like an over-ripe melon covered in white mould! The power of her simile is such that even Agathiel feels invigorated and refreshed by it!
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 charge
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 charge and gets 40." [1d20=8]
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: +1 for attacking from above!
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 2d8+30 -1 con
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+30 -1 con and gets 39." [2d8=7, 2]
03[21:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M5(20)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[21:24] <Kotono> Antenora impales her head straight through! The assassin crumples to the ground, not a word spoken as her axe falls besides her slain form! She bleeds only a little more, lying in a pool of her own life! OOC: Alabaster, Seira and Agatha. Goa head and go first you two.
06[21:25] * Seira takes a step back, as if still reeling from the blow she took earlier, yet that is but a feint. She gestures grandly, and the air itself seems to fill with flame. It consumes Seira hungrily, and not content to immolate her alone, spreads outwards in every direction faster than the eye can see, burning the flesh off the demons gathered around her!
01[21:25] <Seira> OOC: Maximized greater fireburst, I'll 5ft step/tumble in a direction that will give me as few AoOs as possible while still getting them all
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: I'll say one due to the blindness that has two of them. Going to basically just take the AoO for casting or cast defensively or what?
01[21:26] <Seira> OOC: I'll take the AoO
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 fingers crossed
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 fingers crossed and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 fingers crossed crit!
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 fingers crossed crit! and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:27] <Seira> OOC: Geez, 48
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: Terrifuckingble luck this fight.
[21:27] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 and make a concentration check after DR applies
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 and make a concentration check after DR applies and gets 28." [3d6=6, 2, 6]
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: DC 28.
01[21:28] <Seira> OOC: I pretty much can't. Well, it's not like I've been useful so far.
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: What's your concentration modifier, curiously?
01[21:28] <Seira> OOC: +7, if it matters
01[21:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[21:30] <Kotono> OOC: Your lucky day. Carry on.
01[21:31] <Seira> OOC: It seems to defy belief, but this succeeds. Damage is 150+15, dc is 28+4. I'm assuming both soothsaying benefits apply when the spell has a save and deals damage? Ref half, fire.
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, basically.
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: Roll low, pls
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28." [1d20=11]
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: 3 pass, 2 get the full 165 damage
01[21:33] <Seira> OOC: And that lamer should roll fort for hitting me
[21:33] <Kotono> The blats of hellacious fire leaves two of the molydeus nearly dead and melted, while three deftly avoid the flames entirely! In the aftermath of the fire blast...OOC: Agatha's up.
01[21:34] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 belated sr, but this should autopass, right?
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 belated sr, but this should autopass, right? and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Also, one of the deus is down from previous damage on top of that.
03[21:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M3(19)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
01[21:37] <Seira> Agathaiel sees no better option than to try to smite the melted demons!
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:41] <Kotono> But the magic fizzles around them! Meanwhile, if Alabaster does anything, it's unseen! OOC: 'deus swarm is up.
[21:41] <Kotono> The blinded deus barks a word of blasphemy!
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Save Seira.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+28 (-4)
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 (-4) and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[21:43] <Kotono> The seeing ones attempt to continue to rip SEira limb from limb! The one that AoOed her goes first, looking to shred her entirely! OOC: Any immediates?
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: I'm good
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: AC 48
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 bite
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 bite and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 bite snake head
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 bite snake head and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[21:44] <Kotono> But all the blows are in vain, Seira's defense almost impossible to breach! Another comes forward, going to take a singles wing!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (This is actually one of the two on Alicia's same tick, but eh, I'll just resolve them now since it's a nice lump of them.)
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (This is actually one of the two on Alicia's same tick, but eh, I'll just resolve them now since it's a nice lump of them.) and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[21:45] <Kotono> The last is blind, but manages a word of power as well! OOC: Blasphemy save if it makes SR.
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[21:46] <Kotono> But Seira endures even this! OOC: A and A are up.
01[21:46] <Seira> Amaryl decides to return her attention to the demons, first dealing with the ones who faces Seira melted off. She very carefully picks her targets, ready to switch as soon as one gives up the ghost.
01[21:46] <Seira> OOC: Is she within 30ft of them?
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28 melted face #1
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 melted face #1 and gets 71." [2#1d20+28 = 38, 33]
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: She could be easily enough, ifs he wants.
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: +1 if so
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: One hit then.
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 31." [1d8=2][4d6=1, 5, 4, 2]
03[21:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M1(18)>M6=M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+28 melted face #2
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+28 melted face #2 and gets 74." [2#1d20+28 = 30, 44]
01[21:48] <Seira> OOC: Bah, +1 again, but still
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 36." [1d8=8][4d6=3, 1, 2, 5]
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Last set.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+24 got two more after this!
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+24 got two more after this! and gets 78." [2#1d20+24 = 38, 40]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 30." [1d8=2][4d6=6, 1, 2, 2]
03[21:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M1(18)>M2=Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+19 blinded
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+19 blinded and gets 53." [2#1d20+19 = 32, 21]
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: One hit on no xed blindness.
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6 and gets 36." [1d8=8][4d6=4, 1, 2, 4]
03[21:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Alabaster=Seira=Agatha(23)>M1(18)>Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[21:50] <Kotono> The wounded molydeus are picked off like ducks on the pond, three of them finished off in the wake of Seira's fiery detonation! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:52] * Alicia continues patiently waiting for Alabaster to poke his head out - his forces are being gutted by Amaryl so she's no need to concern herself with them, and he's bound to poke his head out sooner or later, if only to see what's happening outside his impenetrable opaque barrier.
[21:52] <Kotono> Donald holds as well, "Come on out, chicken!" he cries! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:53] <Seira> Encouraged by the carnage, Lagann attempts to tackle the last demon together with Seira!
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 flankings
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 flankings and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:53] <Seira> roll 3d8+6+2d6
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+6+2d6 and gets 28." [3d8=7, 6, 3][2d6=2, 4]
[21:53] <Kotono> With a powerful stab, Lagann staggers the last molydeus! It's bad off, bloodied but surviving yet! OOC: Jessica.
[21:57] <Alicia> Not liking her chances against a molydeus, even wounded, Jessica returns to Xerona's side to respectfully borrow another greater dispel.
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Right-o. Antenora.
[21:58] <Alicia> Antenora charges the last remaining molydeus, attempting to skewer it right through its blackened heart!
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa charge
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa charge and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: heal agatha
[21:59] <Kotono> But Antenora's aim is errant, all of her holy power missing even as Agatha's wounds further meand! OOC: Alabaster/Seira/Agatha, go ahead and go first yout wo.
01[22:00] <Seira> Agathaiel continues to practice her smiting!
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[22:01] <Kotono> But her smiting continues to fail! OOC: Seira.
06[22:02] * Seira decides to use this chance to try and draw attention from Antenora and onto herself, confident that Amaryl will destroy this fiend soon enough!
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: Aid another to boost Anty's AC
01[22:02] <Seira> roll 1d20 not one?
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 not one? and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. The last 'deus is up.
[22:03] <Kotono> The molydeus retorts, attempting to rend Antenora limb from limb!
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 uh oh
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 uh oh and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 bite 1
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 bite 1 and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 bite 2
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 bite 2 and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: 46
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 3d6+14 does not beat dR
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+14 does not beat dR and gets 28." [3d6=5, 5, 4]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 hly aura
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 hly aura and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[22:05] <Kotono> Antenora dodges as Seira distracts it, but a blow still lands! Not a deep one, only leaving ab it of blood down her leg! Perhaps if it had driven deeper... OOC: Alabaster's going now, he held briefly.
03[22:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>M1(18)>Alabaster>Alicia=Amaryl(17)>Donald(8)>Lagann(6)'
[22:06] <Kotono> To the side, Alabaster emergies from the Prismatic Sphere! His wounds are gone, his body whole and intact in undeath as...OOC: ARe you guys going?
06[22:06] * Alicia immediately rushes in to position herself between Alabaster and his sphere, Hell Striker lashing out to replace those wounds!
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -3pa
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -3pa and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 2d4+22+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+22+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 and gets 57." [2d4=2, 2][2d6=3, 6][2d6=5, 5][1d6=2][2d6=2, 6][1d8=2]
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 concentration
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 concentration and gets 54." [1d20=12]
[22:08] <Kotono> As Alicia charges in, disrupting his magic, Donald pursues and does the same thing!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 chaaarge
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 chaaarge and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[22:08] <Kotono> But even like this, Donald's quick movements aren't enough, his attack missing! OOC Amaryl.
01[22:09] <Seira> Amaryl shoots the molydeus until it dies from it! The time for finesse is over!
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>M1(18)>Alabaster=Alicia=Donald>Amaryl(17)>Lagann(6)'
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+29
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+29 and gets 161." [4#1d20+29 = 42, 33, 49, 37]
01[22:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 I see
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 I see and gets 40." [1d20=11]
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d8+17+4d6+3d8+51+4d6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+17+4d6+3d8+51+4d6 and gets 115." [1d8=4][4d6=5, 5, 3, 3][3d8=5, 5, 5][4d6=4, 6, 1, 1]
03[22:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(32)>Antenora(25)>Seira=Agatha(23)>Alabaster=Alicia=Donald>Amaryl(17)>Lagann(6)'
01[22:11] <Seira> OOC: She has 4 more attacks
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head.
01[22:11] <Seira> Now that the demon is dead, Amaryl attempts to target the distant arch-lich, even though it may be a forlorn hope.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+19 (-2 for range)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+19 (-2 for range) and gets 61." [2#1d20+19 = 30, 31]
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+14 (-2 for range)
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+14 (-2 for range) and gets 50." [2#1d20+14 = 26, 24]
[22:13] <Kotono> OOC: It's -4 for range, Seira. Two range categories, -2 each.
01[22:14] <Seira> OOC: My bad
[22:15] <Kotono> The arrows come flying, lthe last molydeus slain! More arrows travel much farther, but fail to quite connect with the lich! OOC: Lagann.
01[22:17] <Seira> Lagann obediently returns the Resort to Seira.
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica and Antenora.
[22:18] <Alicia> "I'm going to use your magic to try and take down whatver spell he's put over the top of the mountain," Jessica explains for the child-like solar's benefit as she remains next to Xerona, attempting to dispel the overwhelming magical aura that's suffusing the entire area!
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[22:20] <Kotono> With that, the entire peak shakes! Great bursts of magic fade out, passing into oblivion! OOC: Antenora.
[22:20] <Alicia> Antenora meanwhile puts all her effort into flying across towards where the battle is occuring with the lich, not able to enter the fray just yet.
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Seira and Agatha.
01[22:23] <Seira> Agathaiel debates what to do, a choice made easy when Seira calls, "Protect Xerona!" over her shoulder and rushes after Antenora.
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Go ahead and go first Alicia, gotta get up a sec.
01[22:24] <Seira> OOC: Agatha will hold in case Xerona hears another attacker or something, I'm running to get closer.
06[22:28] * Alicia continues her vicious and unrelenting assault on Alabaster, attempting to dismember the gussied-up cadaver!
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 lets flank with Donald
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 lets flank with Donald and gets 51." [1d20=16]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 lets flank with Donald
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 lets flank with Donald and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 lets flank with Donald
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 lets flank with Donald and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 lets flank with Donald crit check
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 lets flank with Donald crit check and gets 53." [1d20=18]
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 lets flank with Donald crit check
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 lets flank with Donald crit check and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: All hits, your luck yday.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 10d4+90+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+90+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8 and gets 208." [10d4=4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2][6d6=5, 5, 4, 5, 3, 6][6d6=5, 1, 4, 2, 4, 3][3d6=5, 5, 5][6d6=5, 3, 1, 2, 5, 1][3d8=5, 7, 5]
[22:34] <Kotono> Alicia cuts into Alabaster hard, staggering him back! His body is shredded, yet as he does, "In one blow..." he intones, "LEt this play end!"
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 on Alicia
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 on Alicia and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: 28
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Fort, -6.
[22:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[22:36] <Kotono> The blow is nigh overwhelming, but yet Alicia endures it! A dreadful feeling of stasis comes and passes, as if she was frozen between seconds! Donald charges in, going for it as well!
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 22." [1d20=7]
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[22:36] <Kotono> But he can't land a single decisive blow, either!
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl.
01[22:38] <Seira> Amaryl likewise runs towards the melee, overtaking Seira along the way.
01[22:38] <Seira> OOC: 160ft closer it is
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Lagann.
01[22:39] <Seira> OOC: He'll hold
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica'n'Antenora.
[22:39] <Alicia> Jessica looks around, trying to discern if any other inordinately powerful magical auras remain.
[22:40] <Alicia> OOC: concentrating on detect magic, next round she'll get aura strength
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Antenora.
[22:40] <Alicia> Antenora charges Alabaster from above, braving the anti-magic to do so!
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 charging, airborne
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 charging, airborne and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: Bare hit.
[22:41] <Alicia> OOC: -1, forgot to subtract her weapon enhancement
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Bare miss then.
[22:42] <Kotono> Antenora plunges down with all her might, but once again can't quite connect! OOC: Seira'n'Agatha.
06[22:44] * Seira can only continue to run, hoping to close in and contribute soon. Agathaiel, for her part, requests of Jessica and Xerona to point out any vile magics she could tear down with Dispel Evil, fully aware of her capabilities and feeling no shame in admitting any perceived shortcoming in not being able to detect such effectively.
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: This is 240ft I've traveled already, so I should be in melee or damn near it
[22:44] <Alicia> "All the magic's way over there," Jessica points to the battle near the altar. "Which is farther than I can detect magic," she then shrugs apologetically.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: You can, yeah.
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and go Alicia, sec again.
[22:48] <Alicia> "Just die!" Alicia snaps as she rolls back from the skeleton-punch with a bisecting upwards strike before she reverses her grip to slash downwards and then across, thoroughly sick of his ridiculous resilience to harm even when bereft of magic. Undead wizards are supposed to be fragile, no matter what martial arts secrets they might have!
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 and gets 55." [1d20=20]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[22:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 crit check
06[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 crit check and gets 44." [1d20=9]
[22:49] <Kotono> OOC: Hits.
[22:50] <Alicia> roll 8d4+80+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+1d8 should've been +100 not +90 on last round so feel free to toss that in
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+80+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+1d8 should've been +100 not +90 on last round so feel free to toss that in and gets 176." [8d4=2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4][6d6=4, 3, 4, 6, 1, 6][6d6=5, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5][3d6=3, 1, 1][6d6=1, 6, 3, 4, 1, 4][1d8=2]
[22:51] <Kotono> Thrusting forward with all she has, Alicia leaps up in an upward strike! IT severs Alabaster in twain, his body curmbling to dust, bracelets landing on the ground! His skull hovers in the air, cackling, "Beautiful play...oh, we'll play again...!" And thent he skull is gone to, cracking into dust! OOC: Free act.
01[22:51] <Seira> "Maybe we'll crush his phylactery before he reforms," Seira mutters in disgust.
[22:52] <Kotono> Antenora lands on the ground, "Two of them down."
[22:52] <Alicia> "Oh, I hope so," Alicia grimaces, dispelling her antimagic and looking over towards that altar for any magic.
[22:52] <Kotono> The altar radiates overwhelming magic.
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraftin' 'dis
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraftin' 'dis and gets 39." [1d20=11]
01[22:53] <Seira> "I'm thinking, the altar needs to go?" Seira muses, eyeing it with distaste.
03[23:20] * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
03[23:28] * Kotono is now known as Kowork
Session Time: Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 2009
02[00:40] * Ebiris (WinNT@95.146.4.32) Quit (Quit: bedtime -=SysReset 2.55=-)
03[07:17] * Kowork is now known as Kotono
03[08:13] * Kotono is now known as Xornko
03[08:50] * Merc is now known as Merc-zzz
03[15:30] * Xornko is now known as Kotono
03[19:58] * Ebiris (WinNT@95.146.4.90) has joined #dunes
03[19:59] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Ebiris
03[20:00] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:15] <Kotono> > Thrusting forward with all she has, Alicia leaps up in an upward strike! IT severs Alabaster in twain, his body curmbling to dust, bracelets landing on the ground! His skull hovers in the air, cackling, "Beautiful play...oh, we'll play again...!" And thent he skull is gone to, cracking into dust! OOC: Free act.
[20:15] <Kotono> <Seira> "Maybe we'll crush his phylactery before he reforms," Seira mutters in disgust.
[20:15] <Kotono> > Antenora lands on the ground, "Two of them down."
[20:15] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Oh, I hope so," Alicia grimaces, dispelling her antimagic and looking over towards that altar for any magic.
[20:15] <Kotono> > The altar radiates overwhelming magic.
[20:15] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraftin' 'dis
[20:15] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraftin' 'dis and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:15] <Kotono> <Seira> "I'm thinking, the altar needs to go?" Seira muses, eyeing it with distaste.
06[20:19] * Alicia begins the process of invoking her holy aura but absorbs it as spellfire instead of allowing it to manifest. She then raises her hand over the altar and channels Mystra's power to neutralise the altar much as she'd done with the altar to Shar in Kesse that displayed a similar potency.
[20:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[20:22] <Kotono> Alicia channels the spellfire in! Yet as she does, the altar glows a pale gray! The spellfire crackles around the altar, fading into ethereal mist! At this, the flesh of the party crawls. The hairs on the back of your necks rise, your hearts skipping a beat.
06[20:22] * Seira backs away from the altar.
06[20:24] * Alicia chances a glance at Xerona, seeking reassurance from the presence of the Liath-Flail. Between it and her own consecrated presence supposedly cutting off any divine connection, this altar must be something very special... or the one its dedicated to is very close. "I'll try it the old fashioned way," she decides, taking a half step back before attempting to dispel the magic upon the altar!
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 K:R
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 K:R and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 32." [1d20=11]
[20:25] <Kotono> Xerona steps forward. "I feel the evil ahead." The LIath-Flail's light clashes horribly with that of the altar, as Alicia magic fails to undo the magic on the altar.
06[20:25] * Seira enhances the edge on the Resort at that, and decides to use the brief time they have to prepare for the inevitable confrontation.
[20:26] <Alicia> "I had hoped to suppress it... but perhaps we're letting ourselves be distracted," Alicia shakes her head. "The altar is not responsible for binding the children here - we still haven't found our goal."
01[20:27] <Seira> "Pale Night wouldn't let it be destroyed, I suppose," Seira reluctantly agrees. "Listen, we got here with one key. That creep had another, right? Maybe we need both to proceed onwards."
01[20:27] <Seira> roll 1d6
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6 and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[20:28] <Alicia> Since Seira's still got Glaciante's orb in hand, Alicia nods to where Alabaster dropped his. "Pick it up and see if having two of them makes any difference?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "There has to be some point to this altar, Alabaster fought to the death to defend it," Amaryl comes closer, looking over Seira's shoulder.
06[20:29] * Seira entrusts Lagann with her sword once more, and attempts to see if having both orbs together makes any sort of difference.
[20:30] <Kotono> Seira holds both orbs! OOC: Make an immediate will save, -6.
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 40." [1d20=14]
06[20:33] * Seira forces herself to move towards the altar, placing the orb on it.
01[20:33] <Seira> *orbs
[20:34] <Alicia> "Seira?" Alicia asks cautiously, hoping she knows what she's doing.
[20:38] <Kotono> In a moment, the light of the Liath-Flail is gone! Mist surrounds you - a gray, endless mist. Decay, death, perversion, ruination...you are all those things. You feel it, alongside an endless wrath of nothingness. It pollutes you, overwheming- The light of the Liath-Flail shines like the sun, cutting through the fog! Xerona is incandescant, entire form blazing glory. "Pale Night is close!" Xerona's voice roars louder than a dragon's rage, "Blasphemer of spiri
[20:38] <Kotono> Xerona's voice roars louder than a dragon's rage, "Blasphemer of spirits, I abjure you! In the name of He who sits atop the Mountain, BEGONE!" There is a titanic shake, sending you all to your knees. Ahead, you see a path...a path in the mist? A path towards a gate, Xerona lighting the way. "Go! As long as Pale Night contends with the Liath-Flail, she can do nothing else!"
[20:40] <Alicia> Still this damnable mountain continues? Will four more liches bar their way before they find what they seek? If it is to be so, Alicia swears that her blade will taste their marrow before the day is done. "You heard her, lets move!" she barks, taking point on the path ahead.
06[20:41] * Seira takes a shuddering breath, teaching her lungs how to take in air all over again. "Lock opened," she says as she follows after Alicia, woodenly at first but then far more normally as feeling returns to her extremeties.
[20:46] <Kotono> Thus the party hurries down the path! Ahead lies a wrought iron gate. It is tall and pointed, crafted of iron faded into a misty gray. Shawls hang from bars, wrapped around them like bandages. As you come closer, there is a roar that shakes the heavens! Coming out from the mists and in front of the gate are two twin terrors! A pair of balors, each carrying a flaming whip and a sword like lightning! Each has an open forehead, as if it's top was cut off. Inside
[20:46] <Kotono> A pair of balors, each carrying a flaming whip and a sword like lightning! Each has an open forehead, as if it's top was cut off. Inside tiny children are bound, tormented by crawling maggots. One raises it's lighting-blade to Alicia on point, "I will watch your soul scream in terror for an eternity before I deign to eat your spirit!"
01[20:47] <Seira> "You will die the most painful of deaths!" Seira declares, launching a spell at the horror that dared to speak and drew her attention and ire.
[20:47] <Alicia> For all her resolve, Alicia can't help but shudder at the sight presented within the brow of these two balors. Raising her curved flaming blade in response, she steels herself, "Only oblivion awaits you!"
[20:48] <Kotono> Amaryl makes a little cry, averting her gaze for a moment as she steels herself! Antenora growls deep in her throat, pouncing ahead with her spear drawn! OOC: There's really no chance of parley here, let's just do init.
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 27." [1d20=19]
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Agatha
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Agatha and gets 15." [1d20=7]
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 me
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=13]
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 me and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 20." [1d20=15]
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Jessica
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 2." [1d20=2]
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Jessica and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Donald
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Donald and gets 16." [1d20=13]
03[20:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(33)>Amaryl(27)>Antenora(22)>Alicia(20)>Donald(16)>Agatha(15)>Lagann(2)'
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 b1
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 b2
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 b1 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 b2 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
03[20:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(33)>Amaryl(27)>Antenora(22)>Alicia(20)Balor 2(19)>Balor 1(17)>Donald(16)>Agatha(15)>Lagann(2)'
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Jessica, go.
03[20:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(33)>Amaryl(27)>Seira(22)>Antenora=Alicia(20)Balor 2(19)>Balor 1(17)>Donald(16)>Agatha(15)>Lagann(2)'
[20:54] <Alicia> Jessica flies forward a bit off the path, moving to engage the Balor on the left before it can react, no matter if it can see through her invisibility. She strikes carefully, paying focus to defence and relying on the bulk of her target to shield her from attacks by the other fiend.
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5 expertise flat footed go
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5 expertise flat footed go and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: HIt.
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d6+4d6+2d6 -2str, -6 sr, stealing Dominate Monster
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6+4d6+2d6 -2str, -6 sr, stealing Dominate Monster and gets 29." [1d6=1][4d6=4, 4, 6, 3][2d6=6, 5]
[20:56] <Kotono> The blow leaves the balor only slightly bloodied, the children within it's head chattering, "Thief, thief, thief...!" The sob as one, "It hurts, you thief! You took our precious!" The tiny voices plead and beg, "Give it back!" OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:57] <Seira> Steeling herself, Amaryl ignores the terrible chanting and advances until she is within optimum range, before she targets the wounded balor with a swarm of iron-tipped arrows.
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+25 should be right, within 30ft
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+25 should be right, within 30ft and gets 231." [6#1d20+25 = 45, 43, 33, 31, 43, 36]
01[20:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 crit?
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 crit? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: All hits. Balors aren't all that great on defense flatfooted.
01[20:59] <Seira> roll 3d8+51+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6+1d8+17+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6+1d8+17+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6 okay
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+51+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6+1d8+17+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6+1d8+17+4d6+6d6+1d8+17+4d6 okay and gets 340." [3d8=8, 6, 8][4d6=4, 5, 3, 6][6d6=4, 6, 5, 3, 1, 4][1d8=8][4d6=6, 2, 4, 5][1d8=3][4d6=5, 2, 3, 6][6d6=5, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2][1d8=3][4d6=1, 3, 1, 2][1d8=7][4d6=6, 2, 6, 5][6d6=3, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6][1d8=6][4d6=1, 2, 3, 4]
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(33)>Amaryl(27)>Seira(22)>Antenora=Alicia(20)Balor 2(19)>Donald(16)>Agatha(15)>Lagann(2)'
[21:00] <Kotono> The balor's body crumbles in a swarm of arrows! It burns away to ash, save for the maggots and children! They hover int he air, screaming as one, "Nmo...no...we don't want to die...you..." A heartrending cry echos, before they all melt into a black goo and gushes about! OOC: Fort saves all.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 Amaryl
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 Amaryl and gets 36." [1d20=7]
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35 Alicia
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+35 Alicia and gets 36." [1d20=1]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 Donald
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 Donald and gets 29." [1d20=8]
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 me
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 me and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 Jessica
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 Jessica and gets 20." [1d20=2]
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Agatha
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Agatha and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 Anty
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 Anty and gets 46." [1d20=9]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
03[21:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(33)(1 rnd)>Amaryl(27)>Seira(22)>Antenora=Alicia(1 rnd)(20)Balor 2(19)>Donald (1 rnd)(16)>Agatha(15)>Lagann(2)'
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: 1 point of wisdom drain to Jessica/Donald/Alicia. More.
[21:05] <Kotono> The goo flies about! Most resist a strange senstation, but Alicia and Donald look staggered, horror-stricken! Jessica is the same, falling down as her wings seize up, plummeting into the grey mists off the path! OOC: Seira.
01[21:08] <Seira> She would have liked to save them as her trump card, but Seira has several of those already as is. She strides forward, boots splashing in the disgusting, horrifying goo, finally coming to a stop before Amaryl, shielding the elf with her body. "Abominations like you should never have existed," Seira declares, sending two waves of ghostly unicorns crashing straight on against the remaining balor.
01[21:08] <Seira> roll 10#1d20+18 ranged touch
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10#1d20+18 ranged touch and gets 295." [10#1d20+18 = 33, 36, 32, 21, 28, 37, 35, 27, 20, 26]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: All hit it's touch flatfooted. Damage.
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 10#1d8+8+5d8
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10#1d8+8+5d8 and gets 333." [10#1d8+8+5d8 = 30, 31, 28, 39, 34, 34, 36, 33, 36, 32]
[21:12] <Kotono> Before it can act, the second balor is cut apart by flying unicorns! It expldoes out, it's body gone! The same thing happens as before, children pleading as they explode and burst out! OOC: Fort for all the non-stunned people.
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 Amaryl
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 Amaryl and gets 44." [1d20=15]
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 me
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 me and gets 28." [1d20=1]
01[21:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Agatha
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Agatha and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 Anty
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 Anty and gets 49." [1d20=12]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: 1 wis drain to Seira/Agatha. See PM too.
[21:15] <Kotono> In a flash, the battle is over! The balors are torn apart, the path to the gate unprotected, even as Seira and AGatha fall to their knees! OOC: Free act. Everyone but uh...Amaryl and Antenora are stunned ar ound.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Seira!" Amaryl hurries to Seira's side, as Antenora flies out! "Jessica," she shouts, diving.
06[21:19] * Alicia shudders, releasing her hands from gripping the side of her head as she comes to her senses. "Not real..." she reassures herself, before noting the balors are gone, along with Antenora and Jessica. "What... what happened?" she asks with a sinking feeling of dread.
01[21:19] <Seira> "It was the best way," Seira insists, voicing the mantra she had been chanting in her head.
[21:23] <Kotono> Donald looks up, "Damn..." He holds his head, saying nothing else at all.
[21:24] <Kotono> "The balors exploded and Jessica fell. Antenora dived after her," Amaryl explainds, holding Seira and pointing out into the mist where Jessica was.
06[21:25] * Alicia picks up her sword from where it was dropped when she had her panic attack. "I better make sure they're okay," she states, deciding four remaining here will be safe enough but worried for the other two. "If we're not back in a minute then go on without us," she instructs, descending into the mist below where she last saw her sister.
[21:26] <Kotono> Thus Alicia dives into the mist! OOC: #evil.
[21:27] <Kotono> Agathaiel is shaking, "Vile magic. Filthy, poor magic." She picks her own weapon back up, "But those balors barely lasted ten seconds. Your powers are without peer."
06[21:27] * Seira nods curtly as Alicia departs. "If we stop here, after going so far and forcing a direct confrontation with Pale Night, the children we're here to save will be slaughtered," she states. "Donald, Amaryl, can you keep guard while I check the gate?"
[21:28] <Kotono> "Got it," Donald readies his sword and shield again, "Lathander will kick our asses in the afterlife if we fail now. No way we're going to."
06[21:29] * Seira snorts. "The thing you've wanted to do all your life? Be Lathander's holy vessel? This is it, Donald. I can't think of anything more 'it' than this."
[21:30] <Kotono> "No shit!" Donald calls, "Get going, Seira!"
01[21:31] <Seira> If she weren't still depressed over the loss of those children, she would be introducing Donald's behind to her boot right now. Instead, Seira proceeds to examine the gate blocking the way ahead, as she had intended to.
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Going to attach a search or other check to that?
01[21:33] <Seira> OOC: Search traps, then normal search, yes
01[21:33] <Seira> OOC: Taking 10 gives me 40
[21:35] <Kotono> The gate isn't trapped or locked. It could be pulled open if one wishes. Ahead in the mist past it the path continues, towards a hazy, vast citadel. Far far away, Seira can hear the crying of children.
01[21:41] <Seira> It is not trapped, or if it is, the mechanism is far too advanced for Seira to truly grasp, the analytical part of her realizes. "Until the minute has passed," she voices, counting.
[21:42] <Kotono> 12...13...14...15..."Damn it," Donald keeps his gaze out, "See them yet? Anything, Seira?"
01[21:42] <Seira> "Alicia asked for a minute. She'll get her minute, no matter what," Seira snaps back.
[21:44] <Kotono> "I know that!" Donald snaps right back, "I mean have you seen them come out or heart anything? Something?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "You're the one on the lookout! Idiot!"
[21:46] <Kotono> "It's not like they don't communicate with magic and telepathy!" Donald snaps right back. With an obscene gesture, "Of course they'd contact you before me!"
01[21:46] <Seira> "It takes ten minutes to cast! Why would anyone bother?!"
06[21:47] * Seira can at least do something productive, however, and that is to use her wand to help them recover as they wait.
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and dole out a few.
01[21:48] <Seira> roll 10#1d20+24 umd
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10#1d20+24 umd and gets 331." [10#1d20+24 = 25, 40, 35, 42, 28, 32, 33, 29, 25, 42]
01[21:48] <Seira> OOC: Amusing, but I have two wands of CLW, so this works.
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: You notice the first one is a natural 1. Snort.
01[21:48] <Seira> OOC: And the 9th, yes
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and switch to another wand then.
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+1
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Agatha, those were to Amaryl
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Agatha, those were to Amaryl and gets 2." [1d8=1]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Agatha again
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Agatha again and gets 7." [1d8=6]
01[21:49] <Seira> roll 1d8+1 Agatha again
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+1 Agatha again and gets 9." [1d8=8]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 2d8+2 Donald
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+2 Donald and gets 17." [2d8=7, 8]
[21:53] <Kotono> The wounds given heal further! "Damn it, Alicia..." Donald stares down, "Antenora, one of you come back up!"
06[21:56] * Seira waits by the gate, now-useless wands tucked away. "Just ten more seconds, and we press on," she announces. "Get ready."
[22:00] <Kotono> Just as a minute is reached, Antenora and Alicia ascend up! Antenora carries Jessica up, as they fly back to the path!
06[22:01] * Seira exhales, nodding at Alicia, even as she asks Antenora, "Is Jessica alright?"
[22:02] <Kotono> Jessica makes a loud groan, "I'm okay..." as Antenora puts her down, "It was strange. I didn't know what I was seeing...but it terrified me and drove me into despair. It was cold everywhere, ice and gelugons and devils. They were all around me and I couldn't get away."
[22:03] <Alicia> "Thanks for waiting," Alicia tells the others, dismissing her antimagic as they land. "The mist, it gets into your head... you don't want to go into it, trust me," she warns the others before turning her attention to her sister. "I'd say you're safe now, but Hell or the Abyss..." she can only shrug, reaching over to hug Jessica.
[22:04] <Kotono> Antenora smiles, "It almost worked on me. When I saw you as an erinyes, Alicia...I knew it was a lie." Smiling briefly to Ailcia before turning ahead, "Can we proceed on?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "A few more seconds, and we would've left," Seira responds. "We would've tried to return for you afterwards, but I don't think we can divert here, for whatever reason."
[22:05] <Alicia> "We should," Alicia nods, before noticing Jessica is bereft of her sword. "We can't go back for your sword, though," she tells her sister, instead producing a shortbow from her survival pouch, along with a quiver of arrows. Casting greater magic weapon on it, she hands it over. "We'll have to make do for now."
01[22:06] <Seira> "I have a sword you could use," Seira also offers. "And so does Amaryl, if she doesn't mind."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Really, let's move." Donald peers ahead, "I don't want any more exploding mind destroying balors with children."
[22:07] <Kotono> "You can use my sword," Amaryl volunteers, "I'm going to be using my bows anyway."
[22:08] <Alicia> Letting Jessica pick her weapon of choice, Alicia continues onwards...
06[22:09] * Seira is in the lead this time around, pushing the gate open to proceed.
[22:12] <Kotono> Jessica takes the sunblade, then follows along. As the gate is opened, a deep creak follows! In a spilt second they appear within. Within a fortress of white bone and gray stone interlaced. The walls writhe, twisted wildflowers of colors like blood, bile, acid, pain, dischord and six other things compressed into colors that must not be, growing out of the wall all over. Gently you hear singing, far away down the hall ahead. "Mother...watch over us Mother..."
[22:12] <Kotono> Gently you hear singing, far away down the hall ahead. "Mother...watch over us Mother..." Giggling. So much giggling.
01[22:14] <Seira> And so many more still alive, who could still be saved. That thought gets Seira to refocus on her priorities.
06[22:14] * Alicia draws her sword once more - it just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it? Paying loose attention to the magic around them, Alicia advances down the hallway.
[22:15] <Kotono> "Completely wrong...!" Antenora growls from deep within her throat, spear at the ready as she follows along.
[22:20] <Kotono> Thus you walk ahead. You walk through twisting halls and straight curves, up downward slopes and down upward climbs. Upside down you pace through the ceiling, dancing through solemn halls. As you do, passing through incorporeal walls and solid air, "Turn back...or come play..." Voices whisper, children giggling inanely. "Mister Alabaster taught us how to play with you...but if you aren't serious, go home! We only want serious people to play with us!"
01[22:23] <Seira> "They were driven insane," Seira whispers in disbelief. "Just killing them wasn't enough, they had to be twisted into... into this."
[22:23] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes are narrow, tears leaking out of her eyes, "Twisted into...insanity and chaos. It's never enough for a demon. Burning the entirity of Creation on a pyre isn't enough for a demon."
06[22:24] * Alicia is starting to grow seriously concerned that they've walked into a maze. It was bad enough when their task consisted of searching a mountain, but this... where the hell are they? Xerona's fighting desperately to buy them time to find something they don't even know to recognise, and they're waltzing through some architectural nightmare without any sense of direction.
[22:24] <Alicia> "We don't want to play," she speaks back, recalling the lich's nature.
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[22:29] <Kotono> Twisting. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. You stand in bile and waste. Everything around you is filth. 100 feet up and 60 feet away chains hold up a vile thing. It was perhaps once a succubus, but it is fat and bloated, the size of a titan. It's stomach is transparent, children digesting within her. Her maw is stuffed with children, acrid stenches coming from her. "No fun...no fun...no fun..." The children chant from within her stomach, "No play?"
[22:29] <Kotono> The children chant from within her stomach, "No play?"
[22:32] <Kotono> Antenora's mouth moves as if to speak, but only a mask of furious anger shows. "Kill it."
06[22:32] * Seira avoids the question, avoids the conversation, as she rakes her mind for a way -- any way -- to save these children.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: K:A
[22:32] <Kotono> .
01[22:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:33] <Alicia> "Is this it? This is what binds them here and captures their souls?" Alicia asks in horror. In retrospect she should have been prepared, but she'd expected some clean and neat artifact or structure, not... this.
[22:34] <Kotono> "It is gorgeous," A soft voice whispers, magnificent and chill. "It is Her masterpiece, one of many."
06[22:34] * Seira nods grimly. "Antenora is right. Killing it is our best chance of freeing them from this torment."
06[22:36] * Alicia looks around at the sound of that incongruous whisper, not fitting in with the maddened requests to play from the children...
[22:38] <Kotono> The voice is everywhere. Nowhere. In you, outside of you. "I could waste a thousand demons to weaken you, but yet...what meaning is there in senseless death? You have overcome Glaciante and Dralen, let me see if you can overcome this."
[22:38] <Kotono> The succubus groans through her mouthful of children! "Hungry...more...more...more!" The children inside of her that are still mostly intact bang against her stomach, looks of agonized panic on their faces as stomach acid rises up to consume them!
[22:40] <Alicia> Dralen? Wasn't that one called Alabaster? Bah, it hardly matters, really... "Lets not give it one second more of existence," she resolves, taking flight towards the receptacle, preparing to rend it asunder with her blade!
01[22:40] <Seira> "More talk is pointless!" Seira cries out, calling upon the magics to destroy the fell, twisted container of the souls.
[22:42] <Kotono> OOC: Let's roll init then.
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 Alicia
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 Alicia and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 Anty
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 Anty and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 Jessica
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 Jessica and gets 21." [1d20=8]
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Amaryl
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Amaryl and gets 12." [1d20=4]
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+8 Agatha
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+8 Agatha and gets 16." [1d20=8]
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d20 L
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L and gets 13." [1d20=13]
03[22:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Alicia(9)'
01[22:43] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 Lagann uses nerveskitter on me
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 17." [1d20=14]
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 Lagann uses nerveskitter on me and gets 19." [1d20=8]
03[22:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Alicia(9)'
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[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 bloated succubus
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 bloated succubus and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ?
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ?
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ? and gets 17." [1d20=11]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ? and gets 25." [1d20=19]
03[22:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
03[22:45] * Kotono changes topic to '?2(25)>Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Alicia(9)'
[22:46] <Kotono> From all about, howling ghosts writhe! The twisted faces of children strike out at Seira, engulfing her!
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 touch ac, flatfooted(Yeah yeah I know.P)
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 touch ac, flatfooted(Yeah yeah I know.P) and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 10d6 force and fort, Seira.
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 force and fort, Seira. and gets 41." [10d6=4, 3, 2, 1, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6, 4]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d4 if they're ghosts they can take damage from my aura
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 if they're ghosts they can take damage from my aura and gets 2." [1d4=2]
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: MA and Shield are +4 each, sacred is 7 more, so flatfooted touch ac vs ghosts should be about 25?
01[22:48] <Seira> OOC: 26 if insight counts
[22:48] <Kotono> Howling ghosts roar around Seira, buts omehow they deflect away from her and leave her unwounded! OOC: Jessica.
[22:51] <Alicia> Wielding Amaryl's sunblade, Jessica sweeps it through the swarm of ethereal spectres surrounding Seira!
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5 expertise
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -5 expertise and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[22:52] <Alicia> roll 2d10+12
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d10+12 and gets 29." [2d10=7, 10]
[22:53] <Kotono> The spectres flicker slightly in the golden glow of the sun, a bit of the unnatural gloom clinging to you held back at bay! The faces writhe and mock, laughing and crying in pain! OOC: Antenora.
[22:54] <Alicia> Healing Alicia as she takes off, Antenora makes good use of her aerial mobility to charge straight up at the receptacle, her spear stabbing into its stomach to puncture it!
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 -8pa charge
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 -8pa charge and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[22:55] <Alicia> roll 2d8+86+2d6 -1 con
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+86+2d6 -1 con and gets 97." [2d8=2, 1][2d6=3, 5]
[22:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hold on a sec, topic crapped out.
03[22:55] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Alicia
03[22:56] * Kotono changes topic to '?2(25)>Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
[22:57] <Kotono> Antenora charges ahead and up full steam, speaing out to impale the succubus! Her overflowing fat does nothing to resist the blade, a jet of greasy blood gushing out! The blood hisses in the air, splashing at Antenora! OOC: Ref, Antenora.
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 6d6 acid halve this
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 acid halve this and gets 22." [6d6=3, 6, 2, 6, 4, 1]
[22:58] <Kotono> Antenora twists out of the way of the blood, only her wings grazed by the hissing brew of blood! OOC: Seira.
03[23:02] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
06[23:04] * Seira thinks for longer than perhaps necessary, before deciding to focus solely on the destruction of the unnatural succubus to the exclusion of all else. She tries to dart past the ghosts surrounding her to find a freer spot closer to her target, and summons a swarm of unicorn to bash the succubus from above and, perhaps, to knock her from the chains holding her.
01[23:04] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+18 ranged touch, sniper shot
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+18 ranged touch, sniper shot and gets 123." [5#1d20+18 = 28, 20, 20, 24, 31]
[23:05] <Kotono> OOC: She's flatfootd and huge. Eaaasy hits there.
01[23:05] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8 and the bullrush dc is 29
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 and the bullrush dc is 29 and gets 170." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 28, 42, 34, 27, 39]
[20:30] <Alicia> * Seira thinks for longer than perhaps necessary, before deciding to focus solely on the destruction of the unnatural succubus to the exclusion of all else. She tries to dart past the ghosts surrounding her to find a freer spot closer to her target, and summons a swarm of unicorn to bash the succubus from above and, perhaps, to knock her from the chains holding her.
[20:30] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 5#1d20+18 ranged touch, sniper shot
[20:30] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+18 ranged touch, sniper shot and gets 123." [5#1d20+18 = 28, 20, 20, 24, 31]
[20:30] <Alicia> <Kotono> OOC: She's flatfootd and huge. Eaaasy hits there.
[20:30] <Alicia> <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8 and the bullrush dc is 29
[20:30] <Alicia> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 and the bullrush dc is 29 and gets 170." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 28, 42, 34, 27, 39]
03[20:30] * Seira changes topic to '?2(25)>Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: No bullrush, she's chained up really tight. Damage stands though.
01[20:31] <Seira> OOC: Aww, chains don't break?
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: The bad guys clearly invested in sturdy chains.
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Considering they're holding a titan sized bloated succubus..
[20:34] <Kotono> Seira's unicorns flash out! The vast whale of a woman is impaled over and over, chains shaking as she's slammed hard! The chains seem to withstand the pressure amazingly well, staying strong and sturdy! Gushes of blood come from the beast's wounds, splashing out at th enearby Antenora! OOC: Ref again, Antenora.
[20:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 44." [1d20=15]
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 6d6 halve this
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 halve this and gets 12." [6d6=3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1]
[20:36] <Kotono> More steaming acid erupts from the demoness, Antenora dodging the splashes as she can, only lightly singed by the hissing, foul substance! OOC: Donald and ?1 are up.
[20:37] <Kotono> Donald flies up and closer, closing the distance! As he does, he fires a pair of black beams off at the bloated woman, barking words of power desperately!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 CL
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 CL
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 CL and gets 24." [1d20=9]
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 CL and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[20:38] <Kotono> But both spells wither away on her, the children inside of her laughing and screaming endlessly! Her stomach bulges as the acids eat away at them! Meanwhile, howling ghosts appear around Antenora, striking all about her!
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 touch
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 touch and gets 29." [1d20=14]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 10d6 and fort
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and fort and gets 46." [10d6=5, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 2]
[20:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Just the damage.
[20:39] <Kotono> The howlings rip through Antenora, writhing through her! For a few moments her skin breaks open, blood pouring! The wail of the children comes out through her, a face erupting out of her mouth! OOC: Agath and then Lagann.
01[20:40] <Seira> Agathaiel calls upon the holy powers invested in her by Waukeen, surrounding those of her friends still on the ground with an inner radiance that pushes away at the madness of Pale Night's sanctum.
01[20:40] <Seira> OOC: Holy Aura, yes
01[20:40] <Seira> OOC: Lagann will hold
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:42] <Seira> Amaryl judges the succubus to be the biggest threat, dangerous as ghosts have been to her before. Taking steady aim, she unleashes a hail of arrows at the suspended monstrosity!
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+26 (-2 range)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+26 (-2 range) and gets 133." [4#1d20+26 = 29, 36, 32, 36]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21 (-2 range)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 (-2 range) and gets 68." [2#1d20+21 = 39, 29]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+16 (-2 range)
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+16 (-2 range) and gets 41." [2#1d20+16 = 21, 20]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 1d8+16+4d6
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d8+16+4d6 and gets 33." [1d8=2][4d6=3, 6, 4, 2]
[20:44] <Kotono> The arrows fly, one of them getting the succubus in the stomach! A jet of acid erupts out, splashing the nearby Antenora again! OOC: Ref.
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 this is becoming tiresome
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 this is becoming tiresome and gets 34." [1d20=5]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 6d6 halve this
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 halve this and gets 20." [6d6=6, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2]
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora blocks with her arms this time, skin hissing as most of the acid splashes away from her! OOC: Succubus.
[20:46] <Kotono> The succubus leans forward, it's bulk writhing in the chains! It's mouth opens as wide as Antenora is, a writhing red tentacle lashing out! It is covered with serrated barbs all over, lashing out at the deva!
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 and gets 55." [1d20=19]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 crit?
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 crit? and gets 41." [1d20=5]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 second attack AC Antenora?
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 second attack AC Antenora? and gets 55." [1d20=19]
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 second attack AC Antenora man
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 second attack AC Antenora man and gets 51." [1d20=15]
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: 40
[20:48] <Kotono> 12d6+40 Dr applies, two fort saves.
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6+40 Dr applies, two fort saves. and gets 81." [12d6=3, 6, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 2, 6, 6]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 51." [1d20=18]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 40." [1d20=7]
[20:49] <Kotono> The tongue cuts across Antenora like a whip, drawing sprays of blood as it feasts on her flesh! As this happens, the vast stomach splits open! The children wail out, intenstines coming to hold them against the wall of the stomach! With a great burbling gush, a long spray of acid flies out at Seira! OOC: Ref.
01[20:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 42." [1d20=9]
[20:51] <Kotono> But Seira leaps high, the acid sizzling in the bile beneath her instead of on her flesh! The bloated fiend's stomach slams shut, a fleshy clank as it returns to normal! OOC: Alicia.
01[20:52] <Seira> "Oh you did not just do this!" Seira screams up at the freakish fiend.
06[20:54] * Alicia decides to focus on the ghosts assailing Seira at the moment, wading into their midst with several sweeping strikes from Hell Striker!
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might bracers
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might bracers and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa divine might bracers
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa divine might bracers and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -4pa divine might bracers
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -4pa divine might bracers and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[20:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -4pa divine might bracers
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -4pa divine might bracers and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[20:55] <Alicia> OOC: it's undead which I can crit, but also a swarm which I can't, right? So no crit check?
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: No crit check, no.
[20:55] <Kotono> OOC: All hits.
[20:55] <Alicia> OOC: +2 on all those, forgot bane
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 4#1d100 incorporeal miss chance?
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d100 incorporeal miss chance? and gets 264." [4#1d100 = 76, 77, 20, 91]
[20:56] <Alicia> OOC: are they chaotic evil?
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 6d4+84+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+84+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8 and gets 181." [6d4=1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3][6d6=2, 6, 4, 6, 3, 2][6d6=5, 3, 6, 3, 6, 5][3d6=1, 2, 1][6d6=2, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4][3d8=1, 7, 3]
03[20:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
[20:57] <Kotono> With Alicia's blade, the ghostly images are torn apart! They fade back away, plauging Seira no more! They are gone, but yet howls can be heard...OOC: Jessica.
[20:59] <Alicia> Jessica starts flying upwards after Antenora and Donald, but lacking the former's aerial mobility she can only cover sixty feet.
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora then.
[21:01] <Alicia> Calling down a holy smite atop the bloated fiend and the spectres surrounding her, Antenora backs off a healthy fifty feet from the chained succubus, buying room for another charge.
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 DC 19 concentration casting defensively
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 DC 19 concentration casting defensively and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR if applies
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR if applies and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 10d6 DC 22 for outsiders
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: Success, continue on.
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d6 DC 22 for outsiders and gets 40." [10d6=6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 6, 5, 3, 4]
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 22 for undead
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 22 for undead and gets 21." [5d8=4, 2, 5, 4, 6]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 succubus
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 succubus and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[21:03] <Alicia> OOC: divine succor on self
[21:03] <Kotono> The holy smite shines like a candle in the eternal night, striking at the evil! Both relent slightly, but do not fall! The succubus writhes, tentacle-tongue lashing! "Food...food...food!" OOC: Seira.
06[21:03] * Seira gestures at the mockery of a succubus, and her hand is suffused with light briefly, before it elongates into a beam to stab into its center of mass.
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+18 ranged touch, targetting ray
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 ranged touch, targetting ray and gets 34." [1d20=16]
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: +5 insight on any ranged attack vs her
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: For any of us
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Anything else Seira?
01[21:04] <Seira> OOC: I'm good
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Donald and ?1.
[21:05] <Kotono> Donald scowls, but gestures a final black ray as he holds his position!
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ranged touch
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ranged touch and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[21:06] <Kotono> This time the black beam hits the succubus in the gut, the flesh shrinking back like rotted fruit! Meanwhile, the ghosts around the demon fly out, charging for Antenora and bursting around her!
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 10d6 and fort
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and fort and gets 36." [10d6=6, 3, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1, 5, 1, 2]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 mettle <3
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 mettle <3 and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[21:07] <Kotono> But again, Antenora glows white! The spirits recoil back, unable to touch her! OOC: Agatha and Lagann.
01[21:07] <Seira> Agathaiel calls upon Waukeen's glory to smite the swarm of ghosts bothering Antenora!
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 sr?
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 sr? and gets 32." [1d20=20]
01[21:07] <Seira> roll 5d8
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 20." [5d8=1, 3, 7, 4, 5]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
01[21:07] <Seira> OOC: dc19
[21:08] <Kotono> The ghosts buckle again, the crying voices howling the agony of holy fury! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: He's holding until further notice
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Amaryl.
01[21:09] <Seira> Invigorated by Seira's support, Amaryl attempts once more to put the nasty fiend down with extra prejudice!
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+31 (-2 range)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+31 (-2 range) and gets 159." [4#1d20+31 = 32, 43, 35, 49]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+16 (-2 range)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+16 (-2 range) and gets 46." [2#1d20+16 = 21, 25]
01[21:10] <Seira> OOC: +10 to each of those
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21 (-2 range)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 (-2 range) and gets 55." [2#1d20+21 = 32, 23]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+16+4d6
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+16+4d6 and gets 67." [2#1d8+16+4d6 = 31, 36]
[21:12] <Kotono> TWin arrows stab into the succubus' leg, the entire bloated thing gushing acid! Yet no one is close enough to be sprayed, thankfully! The succubus howls as it's stomach opens up, a great jet of acid heading towards Amarylt his time! OOC: REf, Amaryl.
01[21:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Does she have evasion?
01[21:12] <Seira> OOC: No
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 12d12 acid halve this
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d12 acid halve this and gets 69." [12d12=6, 5, 8, 2, 5, 12, 1, 9, 7, 4, 3, 7]
[21:18] <Kotono> Acid nicks Amaryl's side! Her flesh dissolves to it almost immediately, searing agony as it eats away at her! It's mouth opens wide in the meantime, a vile phrase of utter hunger directed at Antenora!
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 SR check
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 SR check and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Fort.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Isn't Antenora's fort higher?
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Doesn't matter but.
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: +33 should've been
[21:19] <Kotono> Antneora's flesh tries to rip away, but she glows with sacred protections once more! The magic recoils away from her, her flesh staying still! OOC: Alicia.
06[21:20] * Alicia flies up alongside her sister and follows Donald's example in sending a ray of negative energy at the bloated hanging fiend!
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 knowledge
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 knowledge and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 ranged touch
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 ranged touch and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d4 and 3 negative energy damage
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 and 3 negative energy damage and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[21:22] <Kotono> The black beam leaves a mark on the succubus's throat, weakening her further as she coughts up bile and flesh! OOC: Jessica.
[21:24] <Alicia> Seeing everyone is favouring ranged attacks and honestly not keen to get too close herself, Jessica sheathes Amaryl's sword and flies up to come within thirty feet of the succubus, readying the bow Alicia loaned her as she goes.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora.
[21:24] <Alicia> Antenora charges to stab the succubus in the face, hoping that there wouldn't be any stomach acid coming out of there.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -4pa charge, divine succor on self
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -4pa charge, divine succor on self and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[21:33] <Kotono> Antenora's charge this time is errant, missing by the side of the succubus! OOC: SEira.
06[21:33] * Seira sears the succubus's head with a fireball she calls into being without much effort, willing the flames to reduce it to cinders!
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 sr, SLA
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 sr, SLA and gets 34." [1d20=14]
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 10d6 dc19, can she even dodge?
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 dc19, can she even dodge? and gets 40." [10d6=4, 6, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 4, 5, 5]
[21:34] <Kotono> The blast of fire scorches her face, leaving her front a charred mess! OOC: Donald and ghosts are up.
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[21:35] <Kotono> Donald channels searing rays into his hand, firing them away! They hurtle towards the demon, but simply cease to be a foot away from her, harmless! Meanwhile, the ghosts charge ahead, this time going for Jessica!
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ow
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 ow and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 20d6 and fort owwies
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 and fort owwies and gets 69." [20d6=2, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 4]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Just the damage.
[21:37] <Kotono> Jessica is slammed hard by the ghosts, erupting throughout her and all over! She staggers in the air, nearly dropping odwn into the filth! OOC: Agatha and Lagann.
01[21:39] <Seira> Agathaiel smites the ghosts as persistently as they attack her companions, while Lagann continues to wait in case something decides to sneak up on his mistress and stab her in the back.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 sr
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 sr and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[21:40] <Kotono> But this time, the smite dissipates around the abomination chained in the air! OOC:Amaryl.
01[21:41] <Seira> Amaryl steadily improves her aim as she has more time to estimate the proper distance to her target, and she hopes for better results this time as she releases her arrows towards the succubus!
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 4#1d20+31 (-2 range)
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 4#1d20+31 (-2 range) and gets 151." [4#1d20+31 = 35, 32, 39, 45]
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+26 (-2 range)
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+26 (-2 range) and gets 79." [2#1d20+26 = 38, 41]
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21 (-2 range)
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 (-2 range) and gets 56." [2#1d20+21 = 29, 27]
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 3#1d8+16+4d6 she really is improving by one hit per round
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d8+16+4d6 she really is improving by one hit per round and gets 103." [3#1d8+16+4d6 = 37, 34, 32]
[21:43] <Kotono> The succubus is riddled with arrows! They pass through her stomach, the entire mass groaning! With a shudder, it simply falls apart! The great blobs of flesh fall, chains splashing down into the filth below! In a moment, reality twists! (More, but everyone make a will save first.
01[21:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+21 Amaryl
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 Amaryl and gets 32." [1d20=11]
01[21:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+32 me
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+32 me and gets 34." [1d20=2]
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 Agatha
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 Agatha and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+36 Alicia
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+36 Alicia and gets 40." [1d20=4]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 Anty
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 Anty and gets 48." [1d20=17]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Jessica
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Jessica and gets 31." [1d20=9]
[21:49] <Kotono> The room shatters into a trillion pieces! You stand...above? ABove you it roils. Endless gray chaos, malevolence unchecked bringing pure terror to your veins. You stand on a stone platform, a vast island in this sea. Ahead of you, below the cursed sky, lies a single seat. A skeleton sits there, pondering the sky above. It wears finery of gold and black, lost in contemplation. It's eyes...it's eyes lure you inexorably. It's voice is smooth and commanding, po
[21:49] <Kotono> It's eyes...it's eyes lure you inexorably. It's voice is smooth and commanding, possessing an unearthly dignity and command. At his side they flicker - Abyssal hordes. Endless hordes of abominations new and familiar both, straining against the air.
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20 let's see if Donald' sin the blalpark
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 let's see if Donald' sin the blalpark and gets 4." [1d20=4]
[21:50] <Kotono> Donald falls to the ground next to you, twitching violently! His limbs jerk apart, a twisting smile manifesting on his face!
01[21:52] <Seira> Agathaiel immediately tries to cast the evil out of Donald, kneeling next to him!
[21:54] <Kotono> Donald cackles as Agathaiel calls on the removal of evil! Yet even as she does, "It is no use. His mind cannot comprehend chaos." The skeleton looks to you...those eyes...those eyes are endless, endless, endless. Empty and yet endless, possessing more than you can put to words. "To cope with chaos, his mind has shattered into inanity."
01[21:55] <Seira> Agathaiel rolls her eyes at the answer supplied to her so readily, and casts Heal upon Donald's shaking form!
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
01[21:56] <Seira> "So which one are you, number three?" Seira asks the skeleton far too casually.
[21:56] <Kotono> Donald's shaking and cackling stops, as meanwhile Antenora averts her gaze from the skeleton like a dart, her face twisting.
[21:57] <Kotono> "I am he who sits at the side of Chaos, Sylian." The lich holds in it's hands death and insanity, cascading as pure force down his armbones. "Even with the aid of the Liath-Flail, being able to maintain your sanity in this place is far from a trivial feat."
[21:58] <Alicia> "We've seen that which lies outside reality," Alicia speaks confidently. "This chaos may seek to mimic such, but in the end it is only an imitation."
01[21:58] <Seira> "Yes, you're so insane it's infectious, it is true," Seira agrees, for her part. "Are you insane enough to give us what we sick and commit suicide in the most painful way you can think of?"
01[21:59] <Seira> *seek, sigh
Session Close: Wed Dec 09 21:59:53 2009
Session Start: Wed Dec 09 21:59:53 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:59] * Disconnected
02[22:00] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:00] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:00] * Topic is 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
03[22:00] * Set by Kotono on Wed Dec 09 21:05:05
03[22:00] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Yomi
[22:00] <Kotono> With a bonerustling chuckle, "Yes, you are well versed. But the Beyond is not the subject on which you came to discuss. Or is it?"
[22:01] <Alicia> "No, it is not," Alicia confirms, stepping forward. "We will end Pale Night's binding of souls that were never to be hers, and kill that which was never to be born. If you stand in our way, you will only meet the same fate as your two colleagues."
01[22:02] <Yomi> "I'm pretty certain it's going to happen," Seira asserts. "But I still wouldn't mind to be pleasantly surprised."
02[22:04] * Seira (~corwin@bzq-109-66-1-186.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (eldrasia.cv.uk.lunarnet.org obsidian.ab.ca.lunarnet.org)
03[22:04] * Yomi is now known as Seira
[22:06] <Kotono> "Very well." Sylian steps back, "I will surrender this place and the Orb given to me by the Neverborn, removing myself from the rest of this affair. With the seal of Androlynne defeated, Bleak Rendor lies open to the cosmos. Not even Ao's curse will protect him now. However..."
01[22:08] <Seira> "However?" Seira obediently asks.
06[22:09] * Alicia tensely waits for the other shoe to drop. Chaos being unpredictable is one thing, but she can't believe it would be this simple.
[22:12] <Kotono> Pointing to Alicia, Antenora and Seira, "A drop of each of your blood is required. Fear not, I have no desires to waste it on petty revenge, nor would I need it to do so."
Session Close: Wed Dec 09 22:12:04 2009
Session Start: Wed Dec 09 22:12:04 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:12] * Disconnected
02[22:13] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:13] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:13] * Topic is 'Jessica(21)>Antenora(20)>Seira(19)>Donald=?1(17)>Agatha(16)>Lagann(13)>Amaryl(12)>Bloated Succubus(11)>Alicia(9)'
03[22:13] * Set by Kotono on Wed Dec 09 21:05:05
03[22:13] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[22:13] <Kotono> Pointing to Alicia, Antenora and Seira, "A drop of each of your blood is required. Fear not, I have no desires to waste it on petty revenge, nor would I need it to do so."
[22:13] <Alicia> "Our blood can be found easily, spilled across the battlefields we have crossed on our way here," Alicia comments, frowning thoughtfully. "Yet that would not suffice, would it? It must be freely given. There is power in such things... even if not used against us, I would question its ultimate purpose."
06[22:14] * Seira just directly asks, "What would you use it for?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "You spoke of the Beyond? Truly, this is but a pale reflection." Sylian looks to the sky, "Ask no more. The madness of my answer will be a curse you will lament to have never heard."
01[22:18] <Seira> "I might consider it if we get the full deal," Seira tells Sylian. "The way to break the seal, once and for all, without having to fight three more of your pals. Can you deliver that, in the here and now?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Here, the magic of the pact is vulnerable. Should I leave, none will be able to defend it." The hordes of demons flickering around Sylian howl, reaching out, so close to you and yet not touching! "Sanctify this place and the souls shall race free."
06[22:23] * Seira glances at Alicia and Antenora before shrugging. "As long as it doesn't harm me or mine, or is used to create creepy duplicates of me in any form, I don't particularly care if a lesser evil goes free while we save the children. That's where I stand."
06[22:26] * Alicia recalls how when devils wished to capture their souls, it required the use of a specialised artifact keyed solely to them and would only work should they die within a small radius of said artifact. Whereas the Dark Six seem capable of claiming the souls of all they slay, indiscriminately and effortlessly.
[22:26] <Alicia> The thought of what they could do with her blood freely given, though... "Nothing good can come of this," she shakes her head, a primal thrill of terror coursing through her as she absorbs the possibilities. Even if he cares nothing for revenge, the things he might do for perverse curiousity, or to defend himself should they have cause in the future to go after him...
[22:28] <Kotono> "It is your choice...you can face me here, in the seat of my power." Sylian's eyes are utterly terrible, portals of utter incomprhensibility. "For as long as I am here, your goal is impossible. Yet, your goal is impossible if you raise arms against me."
01[22:30] <Seira> "I sincerely doubt it is impossible," Seira protests. "Incredibly difficult, yes. But merely that."
[22:30] <Kotono> Antenora looks to Alicia, "...damn it." She shakes her head, "Bloodsheed or giving up our blood. Alicia, I will support you no matter your choice."
01[22:34] <Seira> "Sylian, since negotiations haven't broken down, I'll need to know more about this deal. Are you planning on betraying your buddies?"
[22:36] <Kotono> "My business with them is concluded. If you wish to call that betrayal, then yes," Sylian's eyes bore into Seira. Visions of things her mind can't process plague her, things...things...things...no words, only utter terror.
01[22:38] <Seira> "Please don't look at me, you're beyond horrible," Seira insists, though she doesn't quite avert her own gaze in some gesture of surrender. "We wish to attack Bleak Rendor. Does this mean you won't lift a finger to aid the others or impede us?"
[22:38] <Kotono> "That is correct."
03[22:38] * Zeph|Zzz is now known as Zephyrus
01[22:38] <Seira> "Amaryl has beautiful blood. Why don't you want it?"
[22:40] <Kotono> His gaze burns into you, through Seira, into her. "Her blood is not of interest to me. The blood of the three of you now...the answer is one you are happier never knowing."
01[22:41] <Seira> "I thrive on mysteries. You can tell it to me telepathically if you wish to not offend anyone's sensibilities."
[22:41] <Alicia> "You said it had to do with Beyond," Alicia asks, being pulled along by Seira's questioning, her words tumbling out as she realises this could all be a ploy to stall them while Xerona weakens. "Would it only involve that and nothing within the planes?"
[22:42] <Kotono> With a curved, dark smile, "You took part in the slaying of the creature from Beyond. It has nothing to do with your matters in Creation. Your blood is rich in the matter of the Beyond, having slain it."
01[22:43] <Seira> "Are you going to go there and never come back? Or try to bring some of it back here?"
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[22:47] <Kotono> "What happens will not trouble you or the planes,"Sylian promises with a look that makes Seira's souls cream.
01[22:48] <Seira> "This is where one directly implores Waukeen and Mystra, I feel," Seira says in a seeming nonsequitur, pausing afterwards as she finally finds something more interesting than Sylian to observe. "So we get the orb you have, you leave, and sanctifying this place will break the seal and free all the children of Androlynne?" she asks.
[22:49] <Alicia> "Tch..." Alicia scowls as she nods. "You're a fine match for whatever horrors lie there. I'm willing to accept, if it will ensure ruin for Pale Night and the Neverborn's machinations."
[22:49] <Kotono> "That is correct," Sylian answers, and cocks his head. A smile passes his face, "Even with the Liath-Flail, Xerona cannot last forever against Pale Night in her realm. If you accept, come. Let us conclude this, so that Pale night does not have freedom to come here."
01[22:50] <Seira> "I just have one last question," Seira responds. "Why is it that I strongly believe that all of the orbs must be destroyed for the seal to break, and not just yours?"
[22:51] <Kotono> "The best lie has a kernel of the truth. To destroy the pylacteries of the other liches, you will need to destroy the Orbs in the right place. Yet that lies in Bleak Rendor...no matter what information others may have given you to mislead you. Here, the Orbs are at their strongest."
06[22:51] * Alicia looks between Sylian and Seira, unsure what to think, now...
[22:52] <Kotono> "Come," Sylian extends a hand out, Xerona's strength is beginning to waver."
06[22:53] * Seira nods curtly. "I don't doubt I'll regret this in a personal sense, but I don't mind making the attempt. I'll save you the threats for if you pointlessly double-cross me, so just give me the orb, tell me where to destroy them all, and we'll proceed."
[22:55] <Kotono> An orb appears in front of Seira! It is another Orb of the Dark Six, the souls within writhing! Sylian waits, patient. "Within Bleak Rendor. There is a sphere there - the seventh sphere of the Dark Six. Within lies the phylachteries of the others. Gather the six orbs there and consecrate the ground in the name of a God, any God. That will end them."
[22:57] <Alicia> "What of freeing the children of Androlynne?" Alicia asks, having gotten a little lost sadly and not sure how it all fits together anymore.
[22:57] <Kotono> "When I am gone, sanctify this ground. That will suffice."
01[22:57] <Seira> "Last time I took one of those, it tried to stop my heart," Seira states, imbuing herself with magical confidence before grasping the sphere in question. "Where do you need my drop of blood? And just so it's clear, I'm not signing over my soul or anything dumb like that."
[22:58] <Kotono> "Of course not." The orb chills Seira, her mind going nearly blank! But yet...Sylian opens his hand, a tiny strip of parchment there. "On this."
01[23:00] <Seira> 'I'm sorry if this is a trick. If he turns me against you, destroy me without reservation,' Seira thinks to Amaryl, biting lightly on her thumb before proceeding towards the parchment to let a drop of her blood fall on it, licking the wound clean afterwards.
[23:01] <Kotono> The blood falls onto the parchment, staining it red! "Excellent. Alicia?"
06[23:01] * Alicia approaches after Seira, her own presence consecrating the ground as she walks. Running her thumb against the sharp blade of her sword, she holds the cut digit above the parchment and lets a drop fall. Out of politeness she reduces the glow of her holy light to not harm the lich, but she doesn't let up on her consecrated presence at all.
[23:03] <Kotono> Antenora follows, biting her thumb and doing the same. She stares a momen tinto Sylian's eyes, but jerks her head away. On all three droplets being there, "It is done." Sylian is simply gone there, "Consecrate this ground and..." But a split second later, a howling takes over the sky! The chaos spins and twirls about, a shattering heard from horizon to horizon!
[23:04] <Alicia> Treachery?! Alicia immediately raises her blade, staying focused on the lich who better start explaining right now.
[23:06] <Kotono> Sylian is gone. The chaos screams as one, as...laughter. You hear joyful, delirious laughter all around you. The chaos-sky turns golden, light shining bright! Around you, motes of white light begin to rise up, rising high into the golden sky!
01[23:08] <Seira> "Lagann, we must contact Waukeen," Seira states instantly, forgetting to resort to telepathy. "Ask her, please, if we have succeeded in our mission!"
[23:08] <Alicia> "Seira, can you use Limited Wish to get a sending to Xerona? I'll do the same for Honeydip then we can leave," Alicia turns to the colonel, hoping this really is it and not a masterful bluff.
[23:08] <Alicia> "Or that," she appends.
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > Antenora follows, biting her thumb and doing the same. She stares a momen tinto Sylian's eyes, but jerks her head away. On all three droplets being there, "It is done." Sylian is simply gone there, "Consecrate this ground and..." But a split second later, a howling takes over the sky! The chaos spins and twirls about, a shattering heard from horizon to horizon!
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> Treachery?! Alicia immediately raises her blade, staying focused on the lich who better start explaining right now.
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > Sylian is gone. The chaos screams as one, as...laughter. You hear joyful, delirious laughter all around you. The chaos-sky turns golden, light shining bright! Around you, motes of white light begin to rise up, rising high into the golden sky!
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Seira> "Lagann, we must contact Waukeen," Seira states instantly, forgetting to resort to telepathy. "Ask her, please, if we have succeeded in our mission!"
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> "Seira, can you use Limited Wish to get a sending to Xerona? I'll do the same for Honeydip then we can leave," Alicia turns to the colonel, hoping this really is it and not a masterful bluff.
[20:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> "Or that," she appends.
06[20:14] * Seira is silent for a moment, before she exhales. "Waukeen answers to the affirmative."
[20:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Then let's leave this Gods forsaken place now!" Antenora turns back, "...how do we get out of here, though?"
[20:15] <Alicia> "Can you contact Xerona?" Alicia asks as she immediately casts her own Limited Wish to mimic a sending spell to Honeydip. "The seal is broken. Start getting everyone out of here - we're leaving ourselves."
06[20:16] * Seira focuses all her mind and will into creating a path back to the altar with Xerona, intending to tap into the orb she received to make one, if necessary.
[20:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Make an intelligence check, Seira?
[20:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Got it...things are going insane here!" Honeydip answers, "The demons are screaming and the sky's gold!"
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 (I'll use the +1 ignorance bonus here)
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 (I'll use the +1 ignorance bonus here) and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[20:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The sky burns brighter, the heaven shining! The chorus of laughter grows brighter! As Seira concentrates, a path appears behind you, laughing cries of bliss coming from it. "Hurry!" A child's voice beckons.
[20:19] <Alicia> "Honeydip understands - demons are flipping out all over," Alicia relays to the others, before looking hopefully at Seira so she won't have to risk another Limited Wish to tell Xerona it's time to bug out.
01[20:19] <Seira> "Let's go, then!" Seira calls out, following the path immediately. "We have to get those orbs, too, but no more than one per person!"
06[20:20] * Alicia digs out her scroll of haste and casts it, hitting Seira, Amaryl, Antenora, and Donald, since they're all the slowest under normal circumstances. Then she starts flying down the revealed path as fast as she can!
[20:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora slows, "I can take one," she offers? "What about the third?"
01[20:23] <Seira> "Alicia handled it just fine before!"
06[20:25] * Alicia has no objection to this suggestion and focuses primarily on reaching Xerona before it's too late.
[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora takes one of the orbs! Her flesh crawsl openly, a grimace as her eyes narrow. But she holds it, teeth clattering as she starts to run out with the others. Alicia's own skin crawls as she holds an orb, as does Seira's! As they feel so cold, they rush along! Within moments they find themselves before Xerona! She kneels atop Mother's Mountain. She coughs up blood, her body transparent. The Liath-Flail burns like a star in the night, each wave
[20:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> She coughs up blood, her body transparent. The Liath-Flail burns like a star in the night, each wave of power pushing back a silent, overwhelming gray mist.
06[20:27] * Alicia rushes over to Xerona, shuffling the orb in the crook of her arm a moment to swap on her plane shift ring before taking the solar's hand and then Antenora's. "Everyone join hands quickly, we're leaving!"
06[20:28] * Seira takes Xerona's other hand, holding onto Amaryl and leaving Donald and Agathaiel to close the circle.
[20:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Success..." Xerona pants, "Pale Night's power...is overwhelming in her...realm!" She holds the Liath-Flail high, "To the shores of Celestia! Hurry!"
[20:29] <Alicia> As soon as everyone's linked, Alicia whisks them away! She'd wanted to go straight to Jovar to find Latha more quickly, but doubts other first timers would be allowed that high, so defers to Xerona's advice and goes to the shores of Lunia.
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 5d100 if it matters
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 if it matters and gets 280." [5d100=9, 46, 68, 100, 57]
[20:35] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> For a moment, the magic screams and stops! The light of the Liath-Flail pauses, the dark mist running into you...but you vanish just in time! You appear on the shores of Celestia, the holy waters glowing bright. Immediately Xerona is solid again, standing true. She stands as an impossibly tall Solar, glowing with all the overwhelming light of Chronias! To look at her is to fele awe, her gaze looking skyward. "I must return to my duty. Latha has stoo
[20:35] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> her gaze looking skyward. "I must return to my duty. Latha has stood before Chronias...if there is any hope of her turning away, it is with those she cares of. Will you come with me?"
[20:36] <Alicia> "Of course!" Alicia replies, as if there was every any doubt. That was why they rushed through this whole thing to start with!
[20:37] <Alicia> Hopefully she won't be shamefully distracted by the light herself this time and make things worse...
01[20:37] <Seira> "I think I can table the victory celebrations that long," Seira responds with a roll of her eyes, immediately adding, "That means 'of course, no question'."
[20:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "If you have not been to before Chronias before...those who are not of order and purity are not meant to see this light. You may come, but be prepared for what it may do to you." Xerona bids.
01[20:39] <Seira> "I could keep my eyes closed?" Seira says with less certainty.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I'll go, no matter what," Donald says, "Latha needs us."
[20:40] <Alicia> "That does help," Alicia nods to Seira. "But regardless, I want to see Latha."
[20:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Brace yourselves, then," Xerona says, "If you are to come, step forward."
01[20:42] <Seira> "We all risked everything for success, and there's still the part about getting her back remaining. I signed up for it knowingly, and I'll keep at it," Seira states, stepping forward. "See you in a few, Amaryl?"
[20:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl blushes, hesitating...and stepping forward with Seira. She takes her hand but says nothing else.
06[20:43] * Alicia steps forward without reservation.
[20:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora steps forward, "Close your eyes...it overwhelmed us. It was...it was like a century." Thus as the party steps forward...OOC: More, are you going in eyes closed or open?
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: I'll close my eyes
06[20:45] * Seira decides to close her eyes, having already considered it before and submitting to Antenora's expert advice.
[20:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Jessica steps forward as well, her eyes closed. Thus the party is transfixed! Through your shut eyes, you feel an unimaginable radiance, overwhelming! Even through this, you can feel the TRUTH. You can feel truth, so close and...OOC: Will saves except for Alicia and Antenora. All of you closed your eyes so you get a +5 bonus.
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 Jessica (+7 if Xerona's buff is still in effect)
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 Jessica (+7 if Xerona's buff is still in effect) and gets 17." [1d20=1]
01[20:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+40 (sacred, aura, greater heroism, +5 bonus)
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+40 (sacred, aura, greater heroism, +5 bonus) and gets 60." [1d20=20]
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+26 Amaryl
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 Amaryl and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[20:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20 donald he prettymuch needs a 20 here.
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20 donald he prettymuch needs a 20 here. and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[20:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> How long you endure in this beauty is unknown. Seira feels...she feels an understanding, yet maintain herself somehow. A voice cuts through into your minds, Xerona speaking. "Speak to Latha...she is here! Speak your hearts to her!"
[20:53] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Damn it..." Donald's voice is faraway, "I...Latha...just come back!" he calls, "It's so beautiful here, but...please!"
01[20:53] <Seira> "If you're waiting for a confession, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, Latha," Seira says, trusting in Xerona's words. "But I want you back! No amount of pretty words and dressing them up fancily will change this basic truth! It may not be the same as the one we have here, but I think it's worth coming back for!
01[20:53] <Seira> I think it matters more than anything else in the world, and giving up on this is beyond saddening. I don't want to lose a friend, not like this!"
[20:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Latha...we still need you. I still need you, Alicia still needs you." Antenora's voice is a whisper, projected loud and far. "Perfection doesn't. Please...for us."
[20:55] <Alicia> "Latha, we've freed the children of Androlynne. Xerona can resume her duties and you can resume yours," Alicia begins, daring to open her eyes, wanting to see her friend if she really is intending to vanish into Chronias forever. "I know you feel the pull of Chronias, and how important it is to you."
[20:55] <Alicia> "But there's still so much for us to do! We need your help, facing the Dark Six and the Neverborn, learning how to be angels. We'll always be grateful for all you've done for us, but there's still so much more we can do! I won't begrudge you if you follow this path, but I'd rather you walked ours."
[20:56] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Latha..." Amaryl gasps, "I...come back to us! There's still so much to see and do in the world!"
[20:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+35
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+35 and gets 40." [1d20=5]
[20:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Alicia can see the light. The glorious relevations of Chronias, Latha standing at the edge of that light. Her gaze looks towards the party, conflicted. "I..." She speaks a single letter of beauty, like ethereal music.
01[21:02] <Seira> "You're the most hands-on angel I've seen on Prime," Seira says suddenly. "You were always doing thankless chores, because helping people and striking down fiends seeking to enslave and entrap them was its own reward. Don't tell me a feisty deva like that wants to stand in a light, motionless for all of time!"
[21:03] <Alicia> "It's your choice, Latha," Alicia concludes heavily as she seems struggling to decide. "You'll probably have regrets no matter what... maybe that's the real price of our victory. What I can say is Chronias will always be here, if you give it up today it doesn't mean you'll never get a chance at it again. But if you do go there now, that will be forever, with no turning back."
[21:06] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+35
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+35 and gets 51." [1d20=16]
[21:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I..." Latha extends a hand out, reaching out towards the party. "I..."
06[21:07] * Alicia steps towards the stairway to heaven, offering her hand towards Latha but letting her make the final move. She wouldn't want to drag her out, after all.
01[21:08] <Seira> "It might be your choice," Seira speaks, "but I'll do everything in my power to make sure you never regret staying with us, if you do."
[21:09] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+35
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+35 and gets 47." [1d20=12]
[21:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I..." Latha takes Alicia's hand! She takes a single step forward then...you stand on the beaches of Celestia once more. The gentle holy waters splash against your feet, cool and restful. Latha simply collapses down, splashing into the water.
06[21:10] * Seira risks a peek, since there definitely was no water back at the light.
06[21:11] * Alicia sinks to her knees along with Latha, embracing her. "Thank you, Latha. I know this was the right choice," she reassures.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Victory is so sweet, isn't it?" Seira asks with a wide grin.
[21:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Amaryl stands besides Seira, eyes closed and mouth slack-open.
[21:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora joins Alicia, smiling and watching.
06[21:14] * Seira gently pushes Amaryl's jaw back, nudging her side.
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Donald stands, eyes open and utterly, utterly glazed over. Amaryl blinks and looks to SEira, dazed.
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I..." Latha tries to speak, but rests against Alicia instead.
[21:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "We won." Antenora smiles broadly, "That's good enough."
01[21:15] <Seira> "Let's welcome Latha back?" Seira suggests, hoping that the daze will pass and leading them into the surf, towards Latha's resting form.
[21:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Jessica blinks slowly several times, "Oh Mystra..."
[21:16] <Alicia> "Take some time to relax. We're not going anywhere," Alicia tells Latha, supporting her without complaint and using her knee to slightly nudge away the nasty evil orb she dropped a moment ago, not really wanting to be in contact with it during an ostensibly happy occassion.
[21:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> For a time Latha is silent around everyone. After some time of this she stands up, "Alicia, give me your hand."
06[21:19] * Alicia stands up and presents her right hand to Latha palm up without question.
[21:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Latha's eyes are transfixed, far distant and glowing with a golden light. Alicia feels a slight fatigue overtake her as Lathas queezes her hand! She then turns to Seira, "Seira, give me your hand." OOC: 7 damage to Alicia. DR does not apply.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Oww," Alicia winces at the harsh squeeze, looking at Latha questioningly. Is she angry at them nagging her away from the end of the archon's journey?
06[21:21] * Seira does more, enveloping Latha in a hug. "It's good to have you back! I'll say it as many times as I have to!"
[21:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Latha embraces Seira, a slight fatigue overtaking her! Latha lets SEira go after, "Antenora, give me your hand." OOC: 7 damage to Seira. DR does not apply if you have stoneskin up.
01[21:22] <Seira> OOC: I do, and okay
06[21:23] * Seira looks puzzled at this, but she'd taken worse, much of it just minutes previously, in fact.
[21:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Antenora does the same, sagging slightly. Then it goes ot Amaryl, Donald, Jessica and Agathaiel. Once done, "And I am seven." she finishes, kneeling in the sand, waves lapping against her. She begins to mold the sand, forming it with her hands into what looks to be a mace.
06[21:26] * Alicia had planned on finding a new bludgeoning implement for Latha but perhaps it won't be necessary after all... Opening up her portable hole, she dumps the evil orb inside and gets the other two in after it, not wanting their presence to taint what Latha's doing.
03[21:29] * Merc (~kayeich@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus does Latha work, forming it out of sand wetted by the sacred waters of Celestia. When it is done, Latha picks it up and holds it to the sky! It does not crumble, but instead pulses bright! "The power that brought me back and lays evil low...let this be my cudgel to punish evil!" In her hand is a mace of metal, plain and unadored. Yet in Latha's hand is is the sun, glowing so bright as to make everything else dim.
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> glowing so bright as to make everything else dim.
01[21:31] <Seira> "Evil is definitely gonna get punished," Seira mutters appreciatively.
06[21:32] * Alicia smiles, glad to have had a part in replacing Latha's weapon of choice. "It's good to have you back with us," she says earnestly.
[21:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "In all of you my strength shall grow," Latha now smiles back, "Let us return to Balmuria. We must rest and prepare."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Before that, Jessica lost her weapon recently as well - can you give her the third resort?" Alicia asks, before glancing at her sister. "It'd be a good fit for you, I think. Better than that rapier."
[21:35] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The Third Resort is passed over without incident. OOC: Are you guys otherwise ready to move along a bit? Also sec.
[21:35] <Alicia> OOC: lets
01[21:35] <Seira> "We can touch base with Lady Honeydip later, at her leisure," Seira agrees to Latha's suggestion.
[21:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Also, are you guys aiming to do anything else this day or just heal/rest up?
01[21:44] <Seira> OOC: Not this day, but the next one I'll go see my smith and have Lagann help him finish the armor
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: lets see how Cel's doing!
[21:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus the party returns to the garrison. Inside Celebrimbor's room you find Marie, Elle and Gilartal. Celebrimbor lies on his bed, face smooth and calm. He snores gently. Elle sits next to him, head drooping. "Don't worry," Elle says around a yawn, "We did it."
01[21:48] <Seira> "I trust you blindly and without reservation," Seira insists, taking Elle's hand. "Once we got Celebrimbor over to you, I knew it would turn out alright."
[21:48] <Alicia> "You look exhausted," Alicia tells Elle, going to take a seat next to her. "If you want to get some rest, I'll take over keeping an eye on him."
[21:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It took a lot of magic," Elle says with a faint, tired smile. "Gilartal's up because he had a restoration left over..."
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> With a thin smile, "Sir Drake will be fine, we think. We'll want to have him watched for a few days, but it appears the enchantment on him is broken."
01[21:50] <Seira> "You can get through the most horrible of experience if your closest friends are with you, there for you," Seira insists. "He will be just fine, yes."
06[21:51] * Seira fishes out a pearl. "In the immediate range, however, Gilartal could help ensure you get home and to your bed without falling asleep along the way."
[21:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Gilartal does so, handing the pearl back after. Elle perks up, "I still need to go rest," she declares, "Come see me tomorrow?"
01[21:53] <Seira> "Without a doubt."
[21:53] <Alicia> "We will," Alicia nods, settling in while Marie alights on her head. "Good night, Elle."
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Hop into #evil, Alicia?
[21:55] <Alicia> OOC: sure
[21:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> A little later, Donald, Amaryl and Seira head home. The streets are busy, the memories of the dead walking seeming very far away now. As you head towards Seira's inn Amaryl is quiet. But Donald..."You know," he says out loud, checking his arms, "I'm not starting ot sprout white feathers or anything now, am I?"
01[21:56] <Seira> "...no," Seira drawls out, giving Donald a confused glance. "Does it feel like you're sprouting feathers in any color?"
[22:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I dunno. Jessica sprouted wings. I wonder if it's catching." Donald hits his hand against his breastplate, "Say Seira, what about you? Going to add angel to your impressive diversity?"
01[22:04] <Seira> "Is it really that impressive? There's mom and dad, and all that they brought me into the world with, and then there's me, my own achievements here. Please don't make me sound like some chimera. On a more practical note, the dragon blood is too strong to be compatible with fey, but who knows about celestial ties?"
01[22:04] <Seira> And then Seira feels the need to tug on the closest of Donald's wings to her. "Speaking of feathers. Might be too late."
[22:05] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "OW!" Donald glares at Seira, jerking back, "Those are sensitive, you know!" As you walk along you reach home, Donald stopping outside. "You two wanna go back and have some time to yourselves? I was going to get something to eat out front."
06[22:06] * Seira smirks. "I think we'll keep you in suspense." Her expression softens as she places a hand on his shoulder. "You did good today. I didn't expect anything less, but it still needs to be said."
[22:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Oh yeah, I know." Donald grins now, taking off his helmet and placing it under his arm. He shakes his sweaty hair free in the cold winter wind, "Kicked ass and inspired fear in paragons of evil. Just another day for us."
01[22:12] <Seira> "We altered basic facts on a cosmic level. It's a little more than that," Seira chides him, before she grins suddenly. "If you can't find a nice girl to settle down with after all this, you are truly beyond help!"
[22:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Raising his voice to a high pitch, "But it's too soon! I'm not even 200 yet! Egads!" Laughing now, Donald heads in. "I'm going to go rest. See you, Seira."
06[22:22] * Seira gives him a wave, before directing all of her attention to Amaryl. "The light, the battle, Celebrimbor or just everything put together?"
[22:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "And then some." Amaryl murmurs, "Can we go to our room before we talk?"
01[22:24] <Seira> It's certainly a sensible request, and Seira has no problem with it whatsoever.
[22:26] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Once back, Amaryl sits down in a soft, deep chair, looking out the window. It's cold and dim, night coming. "Every time I think of that...that...woman, I want to be sick. Those child-" Amaryl holds her mouth, shuddering.
01[22:28] <Seira> "It's not an easy thing to deal with," Seira says heavily. "But I was able to focus, because I wholeheartedly believe that destroying her gave us a chance to save those very children. I think we did it. Not just release those trapped, but managed to help those tortured as well. Think of that if you reflect on it all."
[22:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "It heartens me, but yet..." Amaryl breathes in and out, dropping her hands. "By Waukeen, let us never go to the Abyss again. Everything there was a nightmare."
01[22:32] <Seira> "I can't make that promise," Seira admits with a wince. "There is still Gurlan, and I both owe him my vengeance, and I gave my word to the dragons we met on the Astral plane that I would destroy him." She pauses. "But if you don't want to come along to Greenrot with me, I'm one of the few people who can truly understand why and wouldn't let it bother me."
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "I...can I say that I don't want to think about that right now?" Wanly smiling up to Seira, "Why is there a place like that in existance? Why is there so much evil like thta?"
01[22:35] <Seira> "I couldn't say. If one was to blame, perhaps that Ao? There must be something in place, some set of rules that prevents our side from winning decisively, that prevents the gods from destroying their kind once and for all with their power."
[22:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Maybe. Maybe they can't...one book I read said that if one side had the power, they would win. Maybe it's because good and evil are divided by law and chaos." Amaryl shrugs as she gazes out the darkening window. "Maybe it's just the way the universe is. But I don't like any of those answers."
01[22:41] <Seira> "There is one answer I can give you," Seira says, deep in thought. "You may not like it, either, but.... Determination. Far too many either leave doing the right thing to others, or stray from their path. Perhaps they lack in commitment, perhaps in moderation. But when things align just right, the balance can be upset in a very profound way."
06[22:41] * Seira comes near Amaryl, hugging her from behind. "We've changed the world for the better today. If we keep at it, then one day, perhaps, another such blow will be dealt to evil. And another. And the end might even be in sight."
[22:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "An end. The End. It's what the scary prohecies of religion talk about." Amaryl sighs softly, leaning into Seira. "We've seen a lot of ends...many at our own hands. Wouldn't it be funny if we're the ones who do it? Wouldn't it?"
01[22:45] <Seira> "We certainly get plenty of chances," Seira agrees, before shaking her head. "But what I mean is a victory for our side. One so decisive that Hell and Abyss become merely abstract terms. It might be a goal beyond the impossible, but there's no harm in working towards making it happen."
[22:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Maybe. But for right now, I just want to dream. To dream of the day after tomorrow, of snow and sunshine. Isn't that a wonderful thought? To look out this window and watch the day go by in peace." Amaryl's eyes close shut, "Something to look forward to."
01[22:50] <Seira> "It's wonderful," Seira wholeheartedly agrees. "And if we get bored, or the weather isn't right, we should just pick a direction and travel there. Go towards the horizon, or teleport towards a place we have only read about. A quiet, happy way to pass the time."
[22:51] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Somewhere in the world..." Amaryl murmurs, "There's an ancient legend I remember. Do you remember an old childhood story about the garden of the Gods?"
06[22:52] * Seira begins to recall it... before she shakes her head once more. "Tell me about it?" she requests instead.
[22:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "There's an old, old story an ancient bard wrote. That beyond the sea, sky and ground there is a garden. It is a paradise, where the Gods come to enjoy all the wonders of the world." Smiling a little bit now, "Long, long, long ago the bard left to find it, never to be seen again. It's a fun story...and a metaphore, no?"
01[22:55] <Seira> "Yet somewhere out there, a real paradise fit for the gods exists, no doubt," Seira remarks with a smile of her own. "In fact, I am certain of it. Shall we make discovering it our goal, Amaryl?"
[22:56] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Taking Seira's hand and clasping them to her bosom, Amaryl closes her eyes again. "Yes. Let's chase that impossible dream past the sun and sky. Let's find where everything stops and go beyond it."
01[23:01] <Seira> "Going beyond the impossible? You're a girl after my own heart!" Seira agrees happily.
[23:03] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Until then...let's dream, Seira. Let's sit here and dream?" Amaryl gazes out the window, as the sun sinks below the horizon, the Bay of Sparkling Stars glittering with green-red light dancing on it's surface.
[00:03] <Kotono> -------
03[00:03] * Euphie is now known as Seira
03[00:03] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[00:04] <Kotono> Thus Alicia and Seira head to the garrison. They meet with Commander Oberuth in his private office. A bottle of strong whiskey is out, "Have some if you like," he offers, "This meeting is informal. Nothing I'm saying here is going to be on the record as the Commander of Balmuria."
01[00:05] <Seira> "In that case, don't mind if I do," Seira says perkily, helping herself to the whiskey.
[00:05] <Alicia> To be polite, Alicia pours herself a measure and takes a sip, but mostly nurses it since she's in no hurry to have more.
[00:14] <Kotono> Oberuth takes a shot and sips it as well, putting it down. "I remember before the Crimson Guard was formed. We needed an elite force, our own heroes. Ones grown ourselves, indepenedant of the war. So we did it, we did what needed to be done. We've kept on doing that since then."
06[00:15] * Alicia nods slowly, not interrupting. She wasn't there, after all, so has nothing useful to interject.
01[00:15] <Seira> "The growth of the new class's graduates is quite fast," Seira agrees. "Their competence is not to be cast into doubt."
[00:16] <Kotono> "From goblins to trolls...to Malmuth...to creatures beyond reality." He takes his glass and finishes it. "They're a testament to our city and those who have worked to develop them. Cheers to that." Raising his empty shot glass, "But I think it's time we do what need sto be done again."
01[00:17] <Seira> "And what is it that needs to be done?" Seira inquires, almost tagging on 'Sir' to the question.
[00:18] <Kotono> "We have power." Commander Oberuth makes a fist, gazing at it. "We have the power to protect not just Balmuria, but far more. We must embrace this and change ourselves accordingly."
[00:20] <Alicia> "Change ourselves how?" Alicia asks, wondering what specifics he has in mind.
01[00:20] <Seira> "I agree, on a personal level," Seira responds to that. "My overtures towards Kesse and its neighbors should make that clear to anyone. But were you thinking of something else?"
[00:23] <Kotono> "The Crimson Guard isn't a mere guard force, patrolling a hostile border. Not anymore. We challenge threats to ourselves andothers across the known world and beyond it. Fate, the Gods, random chance...maybe all of them...have given us this power. We have to use it to our fullest advantage now. Before the dead walk Balmuria once more, or that devils come to blight all our souls."
01[00:24] <Seira> "There are arcane ways of preventing that," Seira muses, "but they're still somewhat far from our grasp. Other than that and training as many capable defenders in the meantime as we can, taking the fight to the enemy is all we can do, really."
[00:25] <Kotono> "It's also a matter of organization and recruitment, as well as our role. Also, how many owe the Crimson Guard favors now? It may be time to call in those favors." Now Commander Oberuth lowers his hand, "A complete reorganization from top to bottom."
[00:26] <Alicia> That sounds nice in theory, but Alicia can't see how they could possibly have stopped the Dark Six from launching their initial attack. Still, he seems to have clearly put a lot of thought into this, so Alicia simply stays quiet and lets him lay it all out.
06[00:29] * Seira thought they had already called in what markers were easily called, and decides to listen for now for the full plan to be unveiled.
[00:29] <Kotono> "We need a certain freedom from the Baronies, first of all. I'm not talking full secession, but an understanding with Lord Salman." Ticking off a finger, "Then we need an internal reorganization and ways to support ourselves. We lack there - your salaries are...inadequate." A pause here, a look to both.
01[00:30] <Seira> "An adequate salary for my lifestyle would make me ashamed at cashing it in, anyway," Seira states with a shrug.
[00:31] <Kotono> "The payments don't have to be only coin. But no matter," Going on from there, "We need the tools to do so as well as proper trappings. This garrison has served it's purpose, but...it's still just a soldier's home. Then we need to expand, making agreements with other nations as well as beyond the planes. I want to make the Crimson Guard a force, here and beyond our reality."
[00:33] <Alicia> "The eladrin presence here over the past week shows a good start, and given what occured yesterday I think our links with them can only strengthen," Alicia agrees, starting to turn things around in her head now that she knows what Obureth is aiming at.
06[00:33] * Seira glances sideways at Alicia, before shrugging once more. "I joined the Guard because of you, Sir," she says, intentionally using that form of address. "My loyalty to Lord Salman is an extension of my loyalty to you. As long as you work within the framework of our law and for the betterment of our citizens, I would follow you in whatever choices you might make."
[00:34] <Kotono> "That's what I need to hear. Before this goes any further, I need your support." Oberuth looks to both women, "You two are as much the heart of the Guard as I am. If you do not support this, it can't go forward."
01[00:35] <Seira> As long as Hellman Oberuth doesn't declare himself the insane god-king of that unbearable mirage she had once glimpsed while at the gnomish ruins, Seira would support him, so this is pretty tame by her standards. She nods at him.
[00:46] <Alicia> "I joined solely to earn clemency for my sister from Lord Salman," Alicia replies, looking off to the side and swilling her drink around in its tumbler. "It was a hasty decision borne of desperation, and not something I wished as a lifetime commitment."
[00:46] <Alicia> "I would like to think the debt has been paid by now, but remaining here best serves my goals as a representative of Mystra... and I've grown fond of the place and the people, regardless." Knocking back her drink, she sets it down on the table and turns to face Obureth.
[00:46] <Alicia> "Politics is not my forte, Commander, but I know a thing or two. I grew up in an independent city state, and I've seen how weak and irrelevant it is to the rest of the world. I would not wish to see Balmuria travel down the same road. You'll have to tell me more of how we'll govern ourselves, and how we'll deal with our immediate neighbours."
[00:52] <Kotono> Stopping to halfway refill glasses, going light on the whiskey, "We all serve for our own reasons...but what we do is the same. We protect ourselves, our friends and those who cannot protect themselves. The Crimson Guard has to rise beyond simple, petty national wars. I've seen them all my life and what are they good for? Death, misery and hate!" With a strong clink as the bottle is placed back down, Oberuth leans forward, hands on the table. (More)
[00:52] <Kotono> placed back down, Oberuth leans forward, hands on the table. (More)
[00:56] <Kotono> "First, we cannot be a the servants of one nation, the Crimson Guard. We must be the Crimson Guard and only the Crimson Guard. We've welcomed people in from beyond the Baronies as friends and allies and it has only strengthened us. Amaryl...Antenora...Eudard...Alicia...Claris. For the Crimson Guard, we have to be beyond one nation."
01[00:57] <Seira> "We can certainly get the power to be relevant," Seira muses, draining her second glass of whiskey easily.
01[00:57] <Seira> "What does Demedais think of this, incidentally?" she feels the need to ask, then.
[00:59] <Kotono> "We've discussed this. He has duties keeping him busy, but he has agreed to all of this," Oberuth stops to drinkhis own glass down.
[00:59] <Alicia> Now he's talking her language. Fighting against Malmuth rankled her, and she has utterly no desire to fight a bloody war of secession. "I did not learn to wield a blade to fight in wars," Alicia agrees as she takes a drink.
[01:00] <Alicia> "So, we would be independent, yet open to all? Ready to lend our might to any worthy cause and defend the innocent, no matter where?" she phrases things to fit her own ideological slant.
[01:00] <Kotono> Oberuth nods, "Not fully independant - I don't want a civil war with the Baronies - but a strong understand with Lord Salman. Balmuria would become more of a free city. Our location is perfect for it, along trade routes and with an excellent sea port."
[01:03] <Alicia> "Like Tash, then?" Alicia thinks back to the Desert Fiefdom's own free city. It wasn't particularly impressive to her, but this is being done with more worthy goals.
01[01:03] <Seira> "Our capabilities in matters of trade and diplomatic relations are superb," Seira agrees with him. "How would we act if there is no clear side that's innocent?"
[01:05] <Kotono> "Close enough." Oberuth agrees again, sitting back down. "We'll do what we can. We'll have ot make hard choices; we've had to make plenty already. Once that's done, we need a complete reorganization. Reform our ranks and resort them, as well as increase our member roles and establish agreements with other sources. I already have Countess Stronger and a working agreement with her if we go forward."
01[01:06] <Seira> "Abagail is ambitious enough to follow me," Seira mentions. "And Agathaiel contracted to work with me, not the Baronies, so that should not be an issue."
[01:10] <Kotono> A short nod there, "Working relationships with the temples about the city as well. Allies woh can give us the support we need, mystical and mundane."
01[01:11] <Seira> "There is not a single person in Balmuria who made it their home, and would hold greater loyalty to the Baronies than it, I feel," Seira voices, nodding back.
[01:12] <Alicia> "I think it would be best if we avoided purely political conflicts," Alicia speaks of one of her biggest reservations, knowing of Seira's interest in Kesse. "Certainly we should act against atrocities, but if two armies are going to battle over borders or similar disputes, I don't think it's our place to pass judgement."
01[01:15] <Seira> "If there is something we can do to avert a war from breaking out, it would be a worthy achievement," Seira muses. "Regardless of circumstances, if inaction leads to death, carnage and orphans on both sides, should we really stand on the sidelines?"
06[01:19] * Alicia answers that by turning back to Obureth. "Commander, how would you have felt if the elves of Pallanth had demanded a halt to your first war of independence against Malmuth?"
01[01:21] <Seira> "Would there have been any harm in them attempting to mediate?" Seira voices in surprise. "Perhaps, they might even have brought both sides to the table and reached a compromise acceptable to all."
[01:27] <Kotono> "Perhaps, perhaps not." Commander Oberuth shakes his head, "There may be time where it's reasonable ot intervene in wars and times where we should allow events to go as they will. We can't become too entangled in politics - we need to be our own force, not another army fighting over ground and pride."
[01:28] <Alicia> "Mediation is fine," Alicia shakes her head. "What I cannot countenance is taking sides in such conflicts where there is no right or wrong, nor exercising our own force to simply halt the conflict and maintain the status quo."
[01:28] <Alicia> "There will be those on both sides who insist their cause is worth fighting for, that conflict is their last recourse to correct an injustice. We shouldn't deny them that option."
01[01:30] <Seira> "I must say that I disagree, but debating it here would get us nowhere. There is no conflict in the present or future that I wish to resolve by fighting on one side or another, after all, so the question itself becomes moot." Seira shrugs. "We certainly agree on mediation being an acceptable recourse,
01[01:30] <Seira> and if we ever disagree on that as well, as long as the option to act individually without representing Balmuria is available in such cases, I see no problems in the future."
[01:36] <Kotono> "But once we do all that, it's a matter of strenghtening ourselves. We need a protected, stronger base of operations. Frankly, we have many a being that owes us, or knows we're good for a favor. We need a powerful, safe place and one that will serve as a symbol."
01[01:37] <Seira> "I'm afraid I don't follow, here," Seira admits. "The city is not enough? Or... you wish to relocate it?"
[01:39] <Kotono> "The city is fine. The garrison..." Commander Oberuth smiles now, a very small one. "It's served us well, but I feel we've outgrown it."
01[01:41] <Seira> "I know Demedais is using the temple of Helm as a training base, and it's both larger and far better protected. Is that along the lines you were thinking of?"
[01:41] <Alicia> "You'd prefer something more symbolic? Something inspiring to look upon, that can be seen from any part of the city as reassurance of our commitment to defending all who dwell here?" Alicia asks with a smile, her tone light but not entirely joking.
[01:46] <Kotono> "You're both on the right track. For practical and inspirational reasons. A garrison...it's just not, ah...impressive." Now breaking his own smile bigger, "Something that will stand as a symbol."
01[01:47] <Seira> "In that case, how about aiming for a floating, upside-down mountain top?" Seira voices eagerly, leaning forward. "I've always wanted to have a flying fortress like that!"
[01:48] <Alicia> "The first time some rowdy wizard casts dispel magic on it we'd all regret it," Alicia notes with a wince, before moving on. "Between us two and Elle," she gestures between herself and Seira, "We have the magic to speed construction of something new, if we can get the materials. The Earth Elementals in the Galkass Mountains might help at that for getting things like adamantine."
01[01:49] <Seira> "It wouldn't be a very good flying fortress if someone could just defeat it with dispel magic," Seira mutters quietly.
[01:50] <Kotono> "You have a good point, Seira," Smiling slightly now, "Further, we have beings of incredible power who we can consult for guidance and aid to further our effort in a productive manner."
01[01:56] <Seira> It's true enough, although she can't think of specifics at the moment.
[19:40] <Kotono> <Alicia> "You'd prefer something more symbolic? Something inspiring to look upon, that can be seen from any part of the city as reassurance of our commitment to defending all who dwell here?" Alicia asks with a smile, her tone light but not entirely joking.
[19:40] <Kotono> > "You're both on the right track. For practical and inspirational reasons. A garrison...it's just not, ah...impressive." Now breaking his own smile bigger, "Something that will stand as a symbol."
[19:40] <Kotono> <Seira> "In that case, how about aiming for a floating, upside-down mountain top?" Seira voices eagerly, leaning forward. "I've always wanted to have a flying fortress like that!"
[19:40] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The first time some rowdy wizard casts dispel magic on it we'd all regret it," Alicia notes with a wince, before moving on. "Between us two and Elle," she gestures between herself and Seira, "We have the magic to speed construction of something new, if we can get the materials. The Earth Elementals in the Galkass Mountains might help at that for getting things like adamantine."
[19:40] <Kotono> <Seira> "It wouldn't be a very good flying fortress if someone could just defeat it with dispel magic," Seira mutters quietly.
[19:40] <Kotono> > "You have a good point, Seira," Smiling slightly now, "Further, we have beings of incredible power who we can consult for guidance and aid to further our effort in a productive manner."
[19:40] <Kotono> <Seira> It's true enough, although she can't think of specifics at the moment.
03[19:40] * Yomi is now known as Seira
03[19:41] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[19:41] <Kotono> "More than anything else, we have to grow again. Once the Dark Six are defeated, we can begin this labor." Oberuth looks to both of them now, "ARe both of you content with following this path?"
[19:43] <Alicia> "For now I'm on board," Alicia inclines her head. "But as you say, we have more pressing concerns to deal with at the moment."
01[19:43] <Seira> "Again, yes, although I don't think I can contribute significantly until the plan is more than a vague idea stating intent," Seira responds.
[19:44] <Kotono> "We'll make this more official once the Dark Six are defeated. For now...go. There's still much to do."
[19:53] <Kotono> ---
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, who's going with yo ufor the armor? Any prep you need to make?
01[19:55] <Seira> After gathering Amaryl, Seira intends to use the portal to Malmuth and ask her father to accompany them. The finishing touch requires a spell he has, after all, and she supposes she would like to have him there. Agathaiel had also followed them the entire time; in fact, getting the armor was a sort of test, and so Seira has little doubt the deva would like to see this through as well.
[19:57] <Kotono> Thus the four gather. As everyone is ready, "Who's going to teleport us?" Amaryl asks.
01[19:58] <Seira> "I've prepared for this!" Seira declares proudly, and thinks of their destination, that alone enough to teleport them all over.
[20:00] <Kotono> Woosh! The party appears over in a split second! You stand outside the smoky smithy, the scent of smoke in the cold air. A golden smoke coils about out, streaked with lines of black soot.
01[20:01] <Seira> "Let's go see our friend so that an enormous dragon appearing suddenly doesn't startle him?" Seira suggests, heading inside.
[20:06] <Kotono> Inside you find the smith working. He hammers away at the set of chain mail! It glows hot as a tinder in the fire, like gleaming red-gold links sewn together. Occasionally electricity, water or lines of darkness roil over, draconic roars echoing with each hammerfall. In the gleam of the light from the armor, you can see fragments of memory - Demedais standing before Kondrux, Alicia standing before a giant black skeleton that absorbs all the li
[20:06] <Kotono> Demedais standing before Kondrux, Alicia standing before a giant black skeleton that absorbs all the light around it, Seira facing down a Nightwalker alone.
01[20:08] <Seira> 'Somehow, it will be either really impressive, or really creepy,' Seira can't help but think. "Probably the former," she voices absent-mindedly, waving at the smith. "We're back," Seira further says to alert him to their presence.
[20:09] <Kotono> Turning away and holding his hammer aloft, "It's almost done," he calls, "You're early!"
01[20:11] <Seira> "The fell forces of undeath and evil were weaker than anticipated?" Seira calls back with a laugh. "I've tried to show up earlier just so that we could summon a dragon to breathe life into the armor as you're almost done with it."
[20:15] <Kotono> "You're really seirous about this?" Wiping his brow with the back of his hand, "I'll have it ready in a few minutes then."
01[20:16] <Seira> "I think it would be a suitable send off, and Lagann doesn't disagree," Seira responds, shrugging. "If you think otherwise, we won't do this, of course."
[20:17] <Kotono> "I'll give it a try," As the smith calls bakc, Amaryl watches the armor. "Oh, it looks so magnificent, Seira!"
01[20:18] <Seira> "Doesn't it?" Seira happily agrees. "I know you'll do it justice. Why, I can see the bard tales of your exploits wearing it proudly to battle evil!"
[20:19] <Kotono> "Bard song - true immortality, that," Saul observes, hands within his robes as he watches the smith ework.
01[20:20] <Seira> "Don't listen to Dad, he's just jealous," Seira tells Amaryl loudly enough for Saul to overhear.
[20:22] <Kotono> "Why, in my day, we have to EARN our bardsong," With crossed arms, "We didn't get it by dressing up in fancy armor and looking pretty."
[20:23] <Kotono> Amaryl giggles lightly, but otherwise holds her tongue.
06[20:24] * Seira eyes her father skeptically, but otherwise just waits for the armor to near readiness, so that their Dragon Ally spell could be cast.
[20:25] <Kotono> After several more hammer blows, "It's ready," the smith calls, "Let's take this outside then...dragons are huge, aren't they?"
01[20:26] <Seira> "That's what I'm thinking!" Seira responds, nodding at her father.
[20:27] <Kotono> As the armor is carried with hot tongs outside, everyone relocates. Agathaiel steps back, as does Amaryl. "Well then." Saul cracks his neck, "Are we ready?"
01[20:27] <Seira> "The moment is upon us," Seira agrees.
[20:34] <Kotono> Saul steps forward, kneeling to the ground. He draws an arrow like pattern into the ground with lines of fire, sizzling in the dirty. As he chants it expands out, from an arrow into a vast line of fiery breath. Saul tosses handfuls of gold and minor gems in every minute or so, invoking new and different names! With the last syllable, the sky cracks open! Before you a large dragon flies in the air. It is of a shiny, glossy golden color, gleami
[20:34] <Kotono> It is of a shiny, glossy golden color, gleaming and steaming in the cold air. "You have drawn me forth, wizard. Why?"
01[20:35] <Seira> "It was done at my request," Seira calls up to the golden dragon. "In the hopes that as fellow servants of Waukeen, we could come to an agreement benefiting us both and Her cause at the same time."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Her words are mostly correct. The task is a simple one, we ask you to bathe this armor here with your flaming breath. That is all, you will be properly compensated," Saul tosses several gemstones into the fire, "Once you do this you are free to return whence you came."
01[20:40] <Seira> "A simple, much-appreciated request," Seira adds to that.
[20:40] <Kotono> "Very well." The dragon turns to the armor, rearing back onto it's hind legs! Fire gathers around it's mouth ,a white hot inferno of heat! With a roar that shatters the heavens above you into a sonic explosion, the flaming breath engulfs the armor! (More)
[20:52] <Kotono> The dragon is gone, scorched ground where the flaming arrow and breath where. Sitting on the ground in a halo of burning fire sits the armor. Silver and gold links are formed together into chainmail, the shoulders the scales of a golden dragon. Arm bracers attach to the armor, tiny claws of blue, sea green and shadowy black wrapping together to serve as wrist guards.
06[20:53] * Seira comes closer, running her finger over the nearest bracer.
[21:02] <Kotono> The armor is hot to the touch, but the metal is firm.
01[21:06] <Seira> "It's done, and just in time, too," Seira says, largely to herself, before raising her head to look at the smith. "Again, our thanks. Words don't quite seem adequate for all of your help."
[21:08] <Kotono> "You're welcome." The smith rubs his hands and shoulders, "I think that's my best work yet."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Oh Seira..." Amaryl stares at the armor, "It's...beautiful."
01[21:09] <Seira> "And Dad's speechless, because we all know you're going to look so stunning while wearing it!"
[21:13] <Kotono> "It's impressive. All it took were a few irrelplaceable artifacts and enough money to feed Malmuth for a few weeks," With a lopsided smile, "It's good work, Seira."
01[21:15] <Seira> "If that money signified the life or death of people in Malmuth, I have several reserves I can liquidate for that purpose," Seira suggests, ready to do just that if the answer is an affirmative. "For now, want to try it on and see how it fits you, Amaryl? And Dad, we're taking the fight to the liches first thing tomorrow, if everything aligns just right. We could really use you with us there."
[21:21] <Kotono> Saul makes a motion to sigh, "Of course, of course. Finishing this is only proper."
01[21:22] <Seira> "And your own legend might grow!" Seira adds brightly, intent on teleporting them all back home once they are done.
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: If you're using normal TP roll it?
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d100 home
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 home and gets 65." [1d100=65]
[20:42] <Kotono> -----------
[20:42] <Kotono> Thus everyone gathers to gether. An entire squad of heroes mustered together in Seira's reading room. Lady Honeydip looks over everyone, "Gods, you're building an entire squadron here?"
01[20:43] <Seira> "We're leaving the second one in reserve," Seira responds. "But you did mention having an army, so if we're going to make an impact, we better do our part as well, right?"
[20:44] <Kotono> "Well, I think I can take all of you. Gather around me," Honeydip waves and gestures, "Make a circle enveloping me."
01[20:45] <Seira> "Once we get back, could I have a moment of your time?" Seira asks, offering Honeydip her left hand. "I know you must be busy, but it wouldn't take long."
02[20:45] * Alicia (WinNT@95.146.3.175) Quit (Ping timeout)
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[20:46] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip inclines her head forward, "Once all of this is done."
03[20:46] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Alicia
06[20:48] * Alicia takes her part in the circle readily enough.
[20:50] <Kotono> Thus everyone joins hands around Lady Honeydip! The reality as you know it shifts and spills over black! You stand in oblivion, consumed in nothingness!...until pure radiance envelopes you. You stand amid vast wartents and towers, siege engines and vast piles of gear about. All around you are eladrin and celestials, girded for war. Past this radiance is utter oblivion, a lightstorm of rainbow colors cascading far above, at the edges of the lig
[20:50] <Kotono> a lightstorm of rainbow colors cascading far above, at the edges of the light and the edges of the oblivion. (More)
[20:53] <Kotono> Past all of this it stands out like a throbbing wound. The oblivion falls deeper and deeper into itself, an endless spiral into a circle. It is far away, but stands out in your vision as if you were close enough to touch it. A castle of oblivion, formed of death and hate. Riders of oblivion clash with celestials of the purest light above it, Abyssal War Engines challenged by brave eladrin charges. Throughout it, blasts of magic and power duel
[20:53] <Kotono> Abyssal War Engines challenged by brave eladrin charges. Throughout it, blasts of magic and power duel, routinely sending out shockwaves that fizzle away once they touch the light.
06[20:55] * Alicia is reminded of her part in assaulting the fortress of slime and rot on the astral plane, for all that this isn't really what she'd expected - she'd thought this would be a raid rather than a siege. "Will Gwynharwyf be taking the field herself?" she asks Honeydip curiously, never having thought she'd live to see someone like that in direct combat.
[20:55] <Kotono> "Welcome to oblivion..." Donald murmurs, watching the far away conflagrations. "That's Bleak Rendor?"
06[20:56] * Seira expected to be taken to their base of operations, alright. She just didn't expect it to be so deep in enemy territory.
[20:59] <Kotono> "Lady Gwynharwyf will see you and speak for herself," Lady Honeydip shimmers, transforming back into a pixie. She takes the lead, taking you to one of the tents. A tent of desert sand and churning silk, blowing as if a gale had enveloped it. Within stands a tornado of sand, an endless maelstrom...no. Within stands a tanned woman of elven height and splendor, wearing a loincloth and bra...no...within is a screaming storm of light...no...it is a
[20:59] <Kotono> wearing a loincloth and bra...no...within is a screaming storm of light...no...it is all of them and more. From it the light that bathes you spills out. (More)
[21:02] <Kotono> Looking at her, you feel undenial urges. Urges to live, to battle, to feast on the bounty of life. To change yourself for the better, always changing. The ideas of several personal reformations soar through your mind in an instant, like a Fiefdoms sandstorm blasting grains of sand into your face. Lady Honeydip bows, going to the ground and kneeling. "My honored patron...Queen-Consort to Morwel, the Righteous Queen of Fury, Gwynharwyf."
[21:02] <Kotono> like a Fiefdoms sandstorm blasting grains of sand into your face. Lady Honeydip bows, going to the ground and kneeling. "My honored patron...Queen-Consort to Morwel, the Righteous Queen of Fury, Gwynharwyf."
01[21:05] <Seira> Queen-Consort? That sounds kind of nice. Seira shakes her head clear of such things, and bows before Gwynharwyf. "Seira of Balmuria," she introduces herself afterwards.
[21:07] <Alicia> As someone who used to do lots of diplomatic work in Arborea, Marie knows the routine well enough to follow right behind Honeydip in the genuflecting and introducing her own patron. "I present Alicia Reynes, honoured servant of Mystra and captain in the Crimson Guard." She even avoids making a face at mentioning Alicia's embarrassingly low position in the mortal world.
06[21:07] * Alicia follows with a more sedate bow of her own, still on her feet. "We are glad to join forces with yours to bring an end to the atrocities of the Dark Six and Neverborn for all time."
[21:12] <Kotono> The rest of the party follows suit. From this everchanging maelstrom a strong voice speaks, the voice of a roar over the battlefield. In a moment the woman shape becomes predominate, no larger than Alicia or Seira. "Well met, champions! Our fury assails the walls of Bleak Rendor like a a typhoon. Joining our crusade will hasten when those walls collapse."
[21:15] <Alicia> There's about a foot in difference between Alicia and Seira, so that's rather vague. "We are at your disposal and eager to take the battle to the enemy. Where can we be of most use?"
[21:18] <Kotono> Gwynharwyf looks the party over, "We need another assault team, while our secondary forces attacking the flanks need reinforcing as well. The assault team may breach the walls of Bleak Rendor and will certainly face vile guardians. The flankers will be supporting the main force and distracting."
01[21:19] <Seira> "What do you know of the opposition we might meet?" Seira inquires.
[21:19] <Alicia> "I have experience at such assaults," Alicia volunteers for the first task. "Mystra's spellfire will shatter their walls no matter what they're made of."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Undead of all stripes, bolstered so close to the oblivion that gives them energy," Gwynharwyf's voice drops to the quiet whispers of the finished battlefield, when only corpses and victory remain. "Summoned creatures as well, mostly demons with a smattering of slaadi and yugoloths. Abberations on occasion as well."
01[21:22] <Seira> "We might need some support in the form of Death Ward," Seira muses out loud. "The rest shouldn't be a problem, I believe."
[21:23] <Alicia> "Death Ward will be vital when facing the Neverborn, but as for the plane itself, I assume you have some wide area protection against it - does it cover the fortress as well?" Alicia asks. It'll help those summoned demons too, but it's a price she's willing to pay.
[21:24] <Kotono> "No." Gwynharwyf states, "The protection is my own, I have not been able to advance any closer to Bleak Rendor. A force repels me, preventing me from leading the charge myself. Death Ward can be provided."
01[21:25] <Seira> "It would be appreciated," Seira admits. "Other than that, direct us towards the point you wish us to breech?"
[21:27] <Kotono> "Some of you are needed to support the flanks, though I leave the question of dispositions to you to solve."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Who goes with who then?" Antenora looks about, "We have a substantial force of our own.
[21:29] <Kotono> "
01[21:41] <Seira> "Alicia and myself will take charge of the team to breach the walls of the castle," Seira says after a moment's thought and a glance in Alicia's direction. "Latha, Marie, Donald, we would appreciate your presence there." Turning slightly, she addresses Antenora as she continues, "Antenora, Amaryl, please lead the rest of our forces in support of the flanks of our allies."
06[21:42] * Alicia looks to the second group. "Look after each other out there," she asks them, focusing particularly on her sister and Antenora.
[21:42] <Kotono> "We will," Amaryl promises, the groups sorting themselves in two. As Donald walks over to Seira, "So we're going to charge teeth-in, eh?"
[21:42] <Kotono> Antenora and Jessica exchange looks, with Jessica smiling, "We'll come back in one piece, Alicia. Both of us."
01[21:43] <Seira> "As long as they lose all the teeth there are to lose?" Seira returns with a shrug.
[21:44] <Alicia> "I'll move up to the wall and breach it with spellfire, while you all cover me with ranged spells before we regroup and advance inside?" Alicia suggests a plan of action.
01[21:45] <Seira> "Sounds good," Seira agrees, using this chance they have to ward herself with spells before it's too late for that.
[21:45] <Kotono> "I can do that. Scorching Ray...Enervation won't work so well here." Donald mutters something, "If I could just figure out Polar Ray of Chain Lightning...damn, Ic ould really let them have it."
01[21:46] <Seira> "We'll work on the good stuff once we get back?" Seira offers to Donald, before drifting closer to Amaryl and asking her about borrowing the Sun Blade, just in case.
06[21:47] * Alicia casts a few spells to improve other's chances of success, along with shield on herself, before deeming herself ready.
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl hesitates, "Do you need it Seira?" she asks, "I'd really like to have it close here. This is where all the undead come from, right?"
01[21:48] <Seira> "In that case, not as much. And unless they blocked it, I'll be just a teleport away, so tell me if you need me?"
01[21:50] <Seira> "Better yet...." Seira mentally asks Lagann to imbue Amaryl with the skill to use the blade in question, if she really needs it.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Okay," Amaryl smiles. OOC: What spell/ability, Seira?
01[21:51] <Seira> OOC: Heroic Aspirations, which is basically weapon finesse for 180min on her. I'll subtract a potion of cat's grace.
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:54] <Kotono> "Well, ready to go kick some undead around?" Donald asks brightly
[21:54] <Kotono> .
06[21:54] * Seira prepares to annihilate anyone approaching Alicia with ill intent, while waiting on her to do her thing!
06[21:58] * Alicia casts mirror image for good measure.
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d4+6
05[21:58] -obsidian.ab.ca.lunarnet.org:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:58] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d4+6
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+6 and gets 10." [1d4=4]
[22:00] <Kotono> So prepared, Antenora and Amaryl's group heads off. AFter they're gone, Lady Honeydip flutters up. "I'll direct you to the battlefield," she offers, "We'll get enchnated on the way."
06[22:01] * Seira is quite ready to follow, of course.
[22:01] <Alicia> "Lead on," Alicia agrees, wondering why Honeydip bothered to make herself big while they were in Balmuria if she's going to remain small for the actual battle. It's not like anyone wouldn't take her seriously just because of her stature.
[22:07] <Kotono> You are lead out. A pair of eladrin enchant the party, bestowing Death Ward on the party. Once that's done, Honeydip points ahead, "Follow me." Thus she leads you along - into the darkness, ahead! You feel the chill of oblivion grip you as you race forward, flying towards the fray! Death explodes all about you as you advance, coming close to Bleak Rendor! You currently fly through a scrapyard of broken bone and flesh, several defeated foes lit
[22:07] <Kotono> You currently fly through a scrapyard of broken bone and flesh, several defeated foes littering the way. Farther ahead is Bleak Rendor and the bulk of the battle...but as you do, the air ahead of you throbs. It throbs again, like a wound pulsing with infection.
06[22:10] * Alicia pauses slightly at the strange sight before them, trying to figure out what it portends if it's a natural feature of the negative energy plane...
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 planes if relevant
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 planes if relevant and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[22:11] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip pauses her flight, spear brandished. "Careful! On your toes," she barks out.
[22:13] <Kotono> Donald's sword is drawn, a few blue wisps of fire dancing across it's tip. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. Time to crack something into pieces?"
06[22:14] * Alicia draws Hell Striker and approaches, shedding her own glow of holy light, her presence disruptive to any undead who would dare approach. "Negative energy elementals are going to spawn around us any second... the very plane itself protects our foes," she growls.
06[22:15] * Seira leaves the Resort to Lagann for the time being, ready to take hold of it herself should she need to. "They'll regret it, naturally," Seira promises. "Any weaknesses outside of positive energy? Any immunities?"
[22:16] <Alicia> "Treat them the same as any other undead," Alicia replies, moving closer to the expected spawning point so she can savagely lay into them the moment the coalesce their vile bodies into being.
[22:17] <Kotono> As the party prepares, the air around you throbs! Three titanic shapes of black, vaguely human shaped with gaping, broken skulls appear forth! Three of them twist into being! They are silent, yet move to strike you down! OOC: Init here. +12 bonus from Honeydip's Motivate Dexterity.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Donald
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Donald and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 Honeydip
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 Honeydip and gets 46." [1d20=20]
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 Anty
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 Anty and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 29." [1d20=9]
03[22:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Alicia(29)>Seira(27)'
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d4 damage for any within 10 feet of me
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 damage for any within 10 feet of me and gets 4." [1d4=4]
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)'
[22:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 32." [1d20=12]
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)'
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 1
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 2
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 1 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 3
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 2 and gets 13." [1d20=8]
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 3 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
03[22:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)>Elemental 1=Elemental 3(23)>Elemental 2(13)'
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20 L, honestly, he wasn't going to be acting here, but....
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20 L, honestly, he wasn't going to be acting here, but.... and gets 3." [1d20=3]
03[22:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)>Elemental 1=Elemental 3(23)>Elemental 2(13)>Lagann(3)'
01[22:21] <Seira> OOC: That's +12, laf
[22:21] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip moves like a flash, barking out orders, "Attack! Attack! Attack!" She gestures with her spear, voice spitting fire! "Now! Crush them beneath your weapons!" OOC: Motivate attack, +4 to melee attack rolls.
03[22:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)>Elemental 1=Elemental 3(23)>Lagann(16)>Elemental 2(13)'
[22:22] <Kotono> Donald charges in before anything else, going after the behemoth of death on the left, taking a quick swipe!
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 (-5 PA)
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 (-5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d10+15
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+15 and gets 24." [1d10=9]
[22:23] <Kotono> Quickly striking away, Donald's blade gashes into the conglomerate of death! In the flashing light of the sword, you can see Donald lying on the ground, bleeding out as a bearded devil stabs into him! OOC: Latha's up.
[22:25] <Alicia> Sheltering the party with her aura, Latha calls a holy smite to burst around the elementals, hurting and disorienting them!
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 19
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 19 and gets 31." [5d8=8, 6, 5, 7, 5]
[22:25] <Alicia> OOC: remember -1 from consecrate!
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:27] <Kotono> The blast of holy power makes the elementals fade slightly, light shining on the impure death before you! OOC: Marie and alcia.
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:28] <Alicia> Getting over her surprise over how healthy Honeydip's lungs are, Alicia follows the enthusiastic advice given and lays into the elemental that had the misfortune of manifesting adjacent to her, hacking it apart with several powerful sweeps before it has a chance to react!
[22:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -7pa divine might
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -7pa divine might and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7pa divine might
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7pa divine might and gets 43." [1d20=18]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -7pa divine might
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -7pa divine might and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -7pa divine might crit check
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -7pa divine might crit check and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7pa divine might crit check
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7pa divine might crit check and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -7pa divine might crit check
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -7pa divine might crit check and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 12d4+252+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8 assuming evil but not chaotic
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+252+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8 assuming evil but not chaotic and gets 367." [12d4=1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1][6d6=3, 2, 5, 3, 5, 4][3d6=4, 6, 2][6d6=4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 6][3d8=7, 7, 8]
[22:33] <Alicia> Sticking close to Alicia, Marie fires a small barrage of arrows at the one that Donald wounded!
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1+1d6+1d4 I know one hit
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1+1d6+1d4 I know one hit and gets 9." [1d4=3][1d6=2][1d4=3]
03[22:38] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)>Elemental 1=Elemental 3(23)>Lagann(16)'
[22:40] <Kotono> With a fury borne of shouting and skill, Alicia's gemmed blade severs the elemental apart! In one great slash she cuts it in twain, breaking it right back to the plane that birthed it! Meanwhile Marie fires off a few arrows, landing a single hit! OOC:Seira.
06[22:41] * Seira takes flight, flanking past Alicia to catch the two remaining elementals together in one fiery burst of flame!
01[22:41] <Seira> roll 10d10+2d8 fire+holy dc22
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d10+2d8 fire+holy dc22 and gets 65." [10d10=10, 9, 6, 4, 7, 6, 4, 6, 4, 3][2d8=3, 3]
01[22:41] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 they're not that great at ref at least.
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 they're not that great at ref at least. and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 they're not that great at ref at least.
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 they're not that great at ref at least. and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[22:43] <Kotono> Sizzling golden fire cascades the two elementals, the black deaths trying to dodge as they endur ethe storm! Set on, the first elemental rears back and slams it's fist at Donald!
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA)
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA) and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA) crit?
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA) crit? and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA)
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=11]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 3d6+33
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+33 and gets 44." [3d6=1, 4, 6]
[22:45] <Kotono> WHAM! Donald is caught by a blow right in the body, slammed back so hard that his armor nearly merges into his skin! The second one turns to Alicia, slamming at her!
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA)
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA) and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:45] <Alicia> roll 1d4 for coming within 10 feet
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 for coming within 10 feet and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:45] <Alicia> OOC: 39 vs evil
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 hit 2
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 hit 2 and gets 39." [1d20=9]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 3d6+33 just not Alicia's day, does not beta DR.
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+33 just not Alicia's day, does not beta DR. and gets 41." [3d6=2, 1, 5]
[22:46] <Alicia> OOC: wait, 41 AC thanks to Donald
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: Nevermind then.
[22:47] <Kotono> Alicia's too quick, bringing her sword up! White sparts of holy protection cascade from the blows, both of them deflected away! OOC: Lagann.
01[22:47] <Seira> Lagann decides to try and hack the one bothering Donald apart.
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[22:48] <Seira> roll 3d8+4 not in full attack range, right?
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4 not in full attack range, right? and gets 19." [3d8=4, 6, 5]
[22:49] <Kotono> Lagann surges forward, managing a cut into the side of the giant elemental! Lady Honeydip whirls through the air, flipping past the fist of the death elemental slamming Donald, going for it's head! "You heard me! Rip them apart! Shred them like a glabrezu caught in the grasps of a coautl!"
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d6 chaos devotion
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 chaos devotion and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[22:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+38 (+4 motivate attack, +2 charge, +5 chaos devotion, -10 PA)
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+38 (+4 motivate attack, +2 charge, +5 chaos devotion, -10 PA) and gets 58." [1d20=20]
[22:51] <Kotono> roll 1d6+45
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+45 and gets 49." [1d6=4]
[22:52] <Kotono> Honeydip lands right on it's head, plunging her spear into it! She stabs into the top of it's head over and over, making persistant wounds into it! OOC: Donald.
[22:53] <Kotono> Donald settles himself, cracking his neck back into place, before grinning and returning the attack!
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA again)
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA again) and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-5 PA again)
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-5 PA again) and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d10+15
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+15 and gets 20." [1d10=5]
[22:53] <Kotono> Donald manages to land a solid blow as he dodges it's fists, ripping into it's leg! OOC: Latha.
[22:54] <Kotono> roll 1d10+15 that would be another hit, yeah.
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+15 that would be another hit, yeah. and gets 20." [1d10=5]
[22:54] <Alicia> Latha joins the assault on the one Donald is tangling with, striking from below as Honeydip attacks from above!
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -8pa
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -8pa and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:55] <Kotono> Latha closes in, but her blow is a little too powerful! She misaims, missing the bottom of the beast as she has to retreat back from a flailing kick! OOC: Marie/Alicia.
[22:56] <Alicia> Since another elemental has stepped into the breach vacated by the one she just killed, Alicia happily does it the honour of dismembering it!
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -7pa
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -7pa and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 -7pa
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 -7pa and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -7pa
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -7pa and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[22:57] <Alicia> OOC: +2 from bane but if 30 misses...
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 2d4+34+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+34+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 and gets 61." [2d4=3, 3][2d6=2, 1][1d6=2][2d6=2, 6][1d8=8]
[22:58] <Alicia> Since she's already just out of range of the elemental's fists, Marie uses her bracelet of transposition to switch places with Alicia and save her from taking the brunt of its full attention in reprisal, then she flies away back to Alicia and hovers protectively nearby.
[22:58] <Kotono> Alicia lands a deep blow into it's stomach, flying up to swirl her blade through and through, then vanishes! Marie repeats the same retreat a second later, falling back! OOC: Seira.
06[23:00] * Seira positions herself in a good spot to flank with Alicia, adopting a more defensive style of fight than she is used to as she swipes a claw at the elemental.
01[23:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 (-2 for fighting defensively, right?)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 (-2 for fighting defensively, right?) and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[23:01] <Kotono> Seira closes in, but her blow is poorly timed, missing as she readjusts too far! The first elemental roars up, a slam at Honeydip and a slam at Donald as it writhes about!
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Honeydip
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Honeydip and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Donald
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Donald and gets 49." [1d20=19]
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Donald ow
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Donald ow and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 3d6+33 Honeydip ow
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6+33 Honeydip ow and gets 41." [3d6=1, 6, 1]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 9d6+99 This is not Donald's day. At all.
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 9d6+99 This is not Donald's day. At all. and gets 133." [9d6=2, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 5]
[23:04] <Kotono> Honeydip is clubbed, sent away from her head stabbing and wobbling in the air! Donald is hit dead on! The sound of breaking bone and metal cascades through the air as he gasps out, a splurt of blood, flesh and broken bone sent right out of his mouth! The third elemental squares with Seira, extending a hand out to touch her...
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20 touch AC, it's not going ot miss unless it rolls shit.
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 touch AC, it's not going ot miss unless it rolls shit. and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[23:04] <Kotono> It's hand touches Seira! Her body turns ashen, but then her armor glows, it's hand knocked back and away! OOC: Honeydip's up
[23:04] <Kotono> .
[23:05] <Kotono> "Shut up and die!" Honeydip pounds down on it's head for all she's worth!
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d6 chaos devotion
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 chaos devotion and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 (+4 motivate attack, +5 chaos devotion, -10 PA)
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 (+4 motivate attack, +5 chaos devotion, -10 PA) and gets 48." [1d20=12]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[23:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 24." [1d20=3]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d6+45
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d6+45
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+45 and gets 49." [1d6=4]
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+45 and gets 46." [1d6=1]
03[23:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(46)>Donald(35)>Latha(32)>Marie=Alicia(29)>Seira(27)>Elemental 3(23)>Lagann(16)'
[23:06] <Kotono> Plunging down, Lady Honeydip explodes out it's shattered skull of a head, giong down and down! She tears it's throat and chest through with one plunge, coming out of it' slower chest as the entire death elemental breaks asunder! OOC: Donald.
[23:07] <Kotono> Donald staggers back, retreating and in full defensE! OOC: Latha.
[23:07] <Alicia> "Donald, wait!" Latha calls, flying after him to heal him and sadly depriving everyone else of her protective aura.
[23:07] <Alicia> OOC: CL check?
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: It's spellcraft, actually.
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: haha, she lacks it. Spell fizzles?
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: actually she'd surely know better
[23:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[23:09] <Alicia> OOC: strike, then
[23:10] <Alicia> Approaching the last elemental, Latha attempts to banish it to the positive energy plane with a touch!
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 melee touch
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 melee touch and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[23:10] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 will vs plane shift
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 will
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 will and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[23:13] <Kotono> The elemental is touched, but it refuses to leave this plane! OOC: Marie/Alicia.
[23:14] <Alicia> "Back into the fray, Marie," Alicia orders her familiar who zips towards the elemental and then trades places, restoring Alicia's prior position as she does her level best to chop the last elemental apart!
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -9pa divine might
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -9pa divine might and gets 50." [1d20=18]
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -9pa divine might
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -9pa divine might and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -9pa divine might
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -9pa divine might and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -9pa divine might crit check
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -9pa divine might crit check and gets 51." [1d20=19]
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 4d4+92+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+92+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 and gets 116." [4d4=1, 3, 2, 2][2d6=4, 1][1d6=2][2d6=3, 3][1d8=3]
[23:15] <Kotono> With a final blow, the elemental is cleaved aprt! It falls into nothingness, the way clear! OOC: Free act.
[23:16] <Kotono> Donald tumbles end over end, throwing up blood. "Help..." he groans.
[23:16] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip scans around, "It's clear. Well fought!"
06[23:16] * Alicia then goes towards Donald and does her best to heal him with spellfire. "Hang on. Healing magic doesn't work right here, but this should do," she reassures, touching his stomach as she channels healing energy into him.
[23:16] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[23:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 58." [18d4=2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2]
06[23:16] * Seira draws closer to Donald protectively. "I did say they're the ones who should be losing, right?"
[23:16] <Alicia> "Nice lungs!" Marie gives Honeydip a thumbs up.
06[23:17] * Alicia follows up with some more healing before she requests Latha start casting holy aura on her to recharge.
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 33." [9d4=2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault and gets 62." [16d4=2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2]
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > With a final blow, the elemental is cleaved aprt! It falls into nothingness, the way clear! OOC: Free act.
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > Donald tumbles end over end, throwing up blood. "Help..." he groans.
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > Lady Honeydip scans around, "It's clear. Well fought!"
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Alicia then goes towards Donald and does her best to heal him with spellfire. "Hang on. Healing magic doesn't work right here, but this should do," she reassures, touching his stomach as she channels healing energy into him.
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 58." [18d4=2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2]
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Seira draws closer to Donald protectively. "I did say they're the ones who should be losing, right?"
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> "Nice lungs!" Marie gives Honeydip a thumbs up.
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Alicia follows up with some more healing before she requests Latha start casting holy aura on her to recharge.
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 33." [9d4=2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3]
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault
[20:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault and gets 62." [16d4=2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2]
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[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > > With a final blow, the elemental is cleaved aprt! It falls into nothingness, the way clear! OOC: Free act.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > > Donald tumbles end over end, throwing up blood. "Help..." he groans.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > > Lady Honeydip scans around, "It's clear. Well fought!"
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Alicia then goes towards Donald and does her best to heal him with spellfire. "Hang on. Healing magic doesn't work right here, but this should do," she reassures, touching his stomach as she channels healing energy into him.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 58." [18d4=2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2]
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Seira draws closer to Donald protectively. "I did say they're the ones who should be losing, right?"
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > <Alicia> "Nice lungs!" Marie gives Honeydip a thumbs up.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Alicia follows up with some more healing before she requests Latha start casting holy aura on her to recharge.
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > <Alicia> roll 9d4+9
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 9d4+9 and gets 33." [9d4=2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3]
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> > * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 two holy aura's worth of healing on Donald, then I'll take 3 more to tank up for the assault and gets 62." [16d4=2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2]
[20:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "T-thanks," Donald hacks again, "Felt like my chest got caved in."
03[20:40] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[20:41] <Alicia> "Don't mention it," Alicia gives Donald a smile before she approaches the stoic Honeydip and heals her wounds, not wanting the little general to fall over during their assault.
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 and gets 22." [6d4=2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 3]
[20:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Once mended, "We need to keep going!" Lady Honeydip levels her spear ahead, "The walls of Bleak Rendor await!"
[20:43] <Alicia> "I just hope no more of those things get spawned," Alicia looks over to the rest of the battle as she advances. Elementals of such power would surely plow a bloody path through most opposition.
06[20:45] * Seira has confidence in Amaryl and those left with her, and their ability to destroy elementals such as these, not worrying for now. Although she does pass a brief message about encountering them, and the ways to take them down, just in case.
[20:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus the party flies ahead! You pass into the battle, horrors to your side and ahead! Thew alls of Bleak REndor rise high, balls of utter oblivion flying above, raining death down! Before the wall stands a figure of radiant vileness, it's giant skeletal body topped with six skulls, each of them speaking uncontemplable blasphemies. In it's hands are oblivion as a cloak, the nightmare about 100 feet away from the party, right in front
[20:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> the nightmare about 100 feet away from the party, right in front of the wall.
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 religion what is it?
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 religion what is it? and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:54] <Alicia> "Looks like someone doesn't want us getting in," Alicia remarks, hefting her blade. "We'll have to kill it before I bring down the walls."
01[20:54] <Seira> "We want to go through the wall," Seira says reasonably. "Why not go through this thing as well, while we're at it? Two for one!"
[20:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Works for me," Donald grins, "Let's obliterate it?"
[20:56] <Alicia> "Ranged attacks to cover me, then. I'll move in to blast it with spellfire - move back a bit to stay out of range," Alicia recommends, surging forward to release her spellfire blast!
[20:56] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Let's roll init here then to sort everything out.
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 31." [1d20=12]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[20:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+15 Donald
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+15 Donald and gets 16." [1d20=1]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 L
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 L and gets 18." [1d20=6]
03[20:57] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Alicia(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(29)>Seira(25)>Lagann(18)>Donald(16)'
[20:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+12
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
03[20:58] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Alicia(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(29)>Seira(25)>Lagann=Blasphemy(18)>Donald(16)'
[20:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+5
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
03[20:58] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Alicia(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(29)>Seira(25)>Lagann=Blasphemy(18)>Donald(16)>???(12)'
[20:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Go Alicia.
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: Honeydip?
[20:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Oh wow.
[20:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+26
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
03[20:59] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Alicia(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(29)>Honeydip(28)>Seira(25)>Lagann=Blasphemy(18)>Donald(16)>???(12)'
[21:01] <Alicia> Since she was already in the lead, Alicia is fairly sure the others behind her are out of range, so she flies forward quickly,
[21:01] <Alicia> stopping forty feet from the walls ahead when she suddenly erupts in a massively expanding sphere of all-consuming magical force that washes right over the blasphemic undead and disintegrates the walls behind it, exposing whatever shelters behind the now worthless fortification to the same arcane fury!
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 27 reflex half
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 27 reflex half and gets 68." [18d8=1, 2, 5, 7, 7, 3, 1, 6, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 7, 2, 8, 8]
[21:03] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[21:04] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The spellfire gushes outwards! The abomination is staggered back, the wall behind it disintegrating! Beyond it you can see death - dozens of horrors, only glimpsed, waiting ot spring forth! All of them are directed by tiny, rotted babies. They speak as one, whispering the death of all of creation, one soul at a time! OOC: Marie.
[21:06] <Alicia> Marie flies forward fifty feet, sheltering Alicia as she uses some borrowed magic to unleash a trio of blazing lightning bolts at the massive undead monster!
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 ranged touch
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 ranged touch and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 ranged touch
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 ranged touch and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[21:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 ranged touch
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 ranged touch and gets 41." [1d20=14]
[21:06] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: What spell?
[21:07] <Alicia> OOC: moonbow
[21:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: All hit, anyway.
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 27d6 electrical
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 27d6 electrical and gets 105." [27d6=6, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1, 4, 6, 6, 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 6, 5, 3, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 1, 3, 6, 6, 4]
[21:08] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The electricity rocks the abomination, shaking it's six skulls as it writhes with lightning! The bolts turn black as they cascade around it, forming an armor of black currents around it's body! The lightning forms curious runes, each one a word of Abyssal! OOC: Latha.
[21:10] <Alicia> Latha flies forward herself, placing herself next to Alicia and summoning down a blast of holy flame to ravage the multi-headed skeleton and any of the monstrous infants behind it that have now been exposed to view!
[21:10] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 20 reflex half
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 20 reflex half and gets 47." [15d6=2, 6, 6, 2, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5, 4]
[21:10] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: any that are in range of the 10ft radius, anyhow
[21:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+27
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
[21:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> For a moment Oblivion glows with sacred fire, the abomination burnt and one of the nightmare-children catching aflame! Yet with a word that violates everything good in the cosmos, the fire retreats back, the utterance spat out by the abomination! OOC: Honeydip's up
[21:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> .
[21:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: She'll hold, actually.
[21:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Go ahead and go Seira.
06[21:13] * Seira thinks Latha's idea is spot on, and follows up with a much wider, orange-shaded fireball to consume both the unnatural thing facing them down and the horrors lurking behind it! She's comfortable right where she is, though, and her relative speed wouldn't let her catch up easily as is.
01[21:14] <Seira> OOC: 90 fire from maximized empowered fireball, dc27
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[21:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 3#1d20+17
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 3#1d20+17 and gets 70." [3#1d20+17 = 24, 19, 27]
01[21:15] <Seira> OOC: I'll use another fireball next round, for soothsaying purposes
[21:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The fireball explodes out in all directions! It lights the darkness, scorching away! The children and abomination still stand, burning, but stille xisting! OOC: Lagann's up, go ahead and resolve before the big guy.
01[21:16] <Seira> Lagann will intercept anything attacking Seira, intending to guard her with the Resort. As long as nothing is nearby, however, he'll just resort to waiting for his chance.
[21:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The abomination roars as one! From it's mouths come a word so terrible that your very souls retreat! OOC: Alicia/Marie are in range, so make will saves the both of you.
[21:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Latha as well, sorry.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Latha
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Latha and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Alicia
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Alicia and gets 41." [1d20=9]
[21:27] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Then the abomination surges forward thirty feet, before a chilling black blizzard bursts around Seira and Donald! OOC: Ref you two.
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[21:28] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+16 Honeydip
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+16 Honeydip and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[21:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll d20+12
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls d20+12 and gets 20." [d20=8]
[21:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 16d6 Seira nulls
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 16d6 Seira nulls and gets 59." [16d6=1, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 6, 4]
[21:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Donald takes full.
[21:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The blizzard leaves Donald and Honeydip frozen, shivering in it's wrath! Seira flutters away, avoiding it entirely! OOC: Donald.
[21:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Donald advances twenty feet ahead, befor efiring off scorching rays of burning heat!
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21." [1d20=3]
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[21:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 12d6
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 12d6 and gets 43." [12d6=6, 2, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 6, 1, 1, 4, 4]
[21:32] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The heat leaves a few holes more in the abomination's skeleton, continuing to burn it alive! OOC: ???? is up.
[21:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> From the children within, calls and magic come forth! The magic around Alicia attempts to breka! OOC: Greater Dispel Magic on you, Alicia.
[21:37] <Alicia> OOC: spellfired
[21:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> As Alicia absorbs that, a lancing ray of cold and oblivion lances out at Latha!
[21:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+20 SR check
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+20 SR check and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[21:38] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Sr, Latha? Exalted SA would apply.
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: 39 vs evil
[21:39] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The beam hits Latha but scatters apart, broken! Another beam flies out from the horde, this one at Alicia!
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20 touch AC here soooo
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20 touch AC here soooo and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20 touch AC here soooo ow
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20 touch AC here soooo ow and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: mirror image save me~
[21:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d9 oh wow, I completely forgot you had Mi up. Dur.
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d9 oh wow, I completely forgot you had Mi up. Dur. and gets 5." [1d9=5]
[21:41] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The beam slams into an image, utterly turning it into frozen oblivion and dust! Behind, many of the horrors shrink back, leaving only three of the babies, as others rush out of the hole and to the side, going to join the battles around you! OOC: Alicia.
[21:43] <Alicia> "Marie, get me behind it so Latha and I can flank it!" Alicia orders her familiar, who quickly zips around behind the giant monster and promptly trades places with Alicia, who attacks at the same time Latha moves in to club it with her new mace!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 Latha first
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 Latha first and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d8+13
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+13 and gets 16." [1d8=3]
[21:43] <Alicia> OOC: +4 for that attack, forgot Honeydip's buff
[21:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Hit.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa and gets 54." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa and gets 48." [1d20=15]
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Latha would provke an OoO though.
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: AoO.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: in that case she can attack after I do, in case I kill it first. -2 on my three attacks there.
[21:45] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Okay. All hits.
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check and gets 53." [1d20=15]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check and gets 44." [1d20=11]
[21:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 divine might 4th level arcane strike -6pa crit check and gets 34." [1d20=6]
[21:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: One crit.
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: is it chaotic?
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: also, +2 on all my attacks since I forgot bane again. The crit confirm rolls are accurate without any modification.
[21:47] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: It's chaotic.
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 8d4+164+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8+12d4
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+164+6d6+6d6+3d6+6d6+3d8+12d4 and gets 310." [8d4=4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 1][6d6=5, 6, 3, 6, 5, 4][6d6=1, 5, 1, 1, 6, 1][3d6=4, 4, 4][6d6=1, 3, 1, 5, 6, 2][3d8=7, 4, 3][12d4=4, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 4]
03[21:48] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Alicia(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(29)>Honeydip(28)>Seira(25)>Lagann>Donald(16)>???(12)'
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> With the abomination already battered and burned, Alicia is able to cleave through it's form! It falls apart, it's bones bursting into oblivion-stuff that fades into the miasma all about! OOC: Latha's up.
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: any babies within 40 feet of Latha?
[21:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Three, yeah.
[21:50] <Alicia> Latha counters the unholy chanting of the horrible babies with a bright clarion call in the words of creation, channelling the choir of Celestia into her voice!
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 3d4 nonlethal for CL 18 Holy Word
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4 nonlethal for CL 18 Holy Word and gets 9." [3d4=4, 3, 2]
[21:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> But the children are unmoved by the celestial power Latha calls forth! OOC: Honeydip.
[21:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Lady Honeydip advances slightly, to be without shouting range of everyone, "Go go go!" she calls, waving her spear ahead, "Break inside!" OOC: Seira.
01[21:54] <Seira> It's a horrible, horrible place of death and decay, yet Seira can't quell the growing happiness she feels from destroying her fell enemies with fire! "Oh, source of all power," she chants, gesturing towards the clustered mockeries of babies, fire gathering in the palm of her hand. "Light which burns beyond crimson, let thy power crush the vile ones. Fireball!"
01[21:54] <Seira> OOC: 100 fire, dc31
[21:54] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 3#1d20+17
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 3#1d20+17 and gets 89." [3#1d20+17 = 36, 20, 33]
[21:55] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Crimson hot fire explodes inside Bleak Rendor, leaving the babies terrifically burning, the cries of words that should never be spoken mixed with the crackling of undead flesh! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:55] <Seira> OOC: He still holds
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Donald advances up to Alicia, holding his action as he stands on guard! As he does, he draws more lines of power, scorching rays firing forth!
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+18 crit
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+18 crit and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[21:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 16d6
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 16d6 and gets 55." [16d6=4, 5, 5, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 6, 3, 2, 5, 2]
[21:58] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Already burning merrily, one of the undead children bursts aflame with those beams, exploding into ashy oblivion! OOC: The two survivors ar eup.
[21:59] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The two babies blink and vanish away! OOC: Free act, the babies 'ported.
01[22:00] <Seira> "That's cheating!" Seira calls in their wake, catching up to Alicia.
06[22:00] * Alicia waits for the others to catch up, Healing Donald first when he arrives, then Honeydip.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 3d8+15 Donald
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+15 Donald and gets 30." [3d8=4, 4, 7]
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Honeydip
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+6 Honeydip and gets 20." [6d4=4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1]
[22:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: D8s?
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 belated spellcraft for my cure serious
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 belated spellcraft for my cure serious and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[22:02] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Lady Honeydip stares within, "We have a hole! Let's get inside!"
[22:02] <Alicia> "I just wonder where those things retreated to..." Alicia worries as she nonetheless advances into the massive breach gouged into the walls of Bleak Rendor.
01[22:03] <Seira> "Just one more fireball and I'd have had them," Seira mutters to herself, looking around in case something invisible tries to ambush them as they breach the walls.
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Thus you enter in! You stand in oblivion, the way back lost in shadows. You stand on a cool floor of reflective stone. Ahead 60 feet is a great stairway, ascending higher than you can see. Each step is forged of twisted runes of Abyssal, reflecting angry red light every few seconds. At the foot of the stairway something begins to swirl! One of the Orbs! It is surrounded by a dimly shaped force, a skeleton of mostly invisible bone. It
[22:07] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> It is surrounded by a dimly shaped force, a skeleton of mostly invisible bone. It's breathing can be heard, each breath a long, drawn out thing. "Oblivion...you come to meet Oblivion...?" Dimly seen hands race over the Orb, screaming faces within crying out.
01[22:07] <Seira> "We've come to kill the Dark Three," Seira responds. "Are you one of them or a minion?"
[22:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The hands crackle over the orb. AS he speaks, two...things slither down the stairs above! They are vast snakes, yet have a woman's face. Each one is stripped of flesh on it's face, blood splattered bone showing out. "I am...Oblivion...join me in nothingness...your crusade...ends....here!" OOC: Roll init guys?
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[22:11] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+15 Donald
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+15 Donald and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[22:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+26 Honeydip
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+26 Honeydip and gets 42." [1d20=16]
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 nerveskitter via Lagann
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 nerveskitter via Lagann and gets 24." [1d20=1]
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 L, of course
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 L, of course and gets 29." [1d20=17]
03[22:12] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Latha(31)>Donald(28)>Marie(26)>Alicia(24)'
03[22:12] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Latha(31)>Donald(28)>Marie(26)>Alicia(24)'
03[22:12] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Latha(31)>Lagann(29)>Donald(28)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)'
[22:12] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+27 Oblivion
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+27 Oblivion and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[22:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+14 nagathing 1
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+14 nagathing 1 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[22:13] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+14 nagathing 2
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+14 nagathing 2 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
03[22:13] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Lagann(29)>Donald(28)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Naga 2(16)'
[22:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Honeydip readies herself for Oblivion! A split second later she flies ahead, going to try and stab at it!
[22:14] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+35 (+2 charge, -4 PA)
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+35 (+2 charge, -4 PA) and gets 44." [1d20=9]
[22:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d6+23
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d6+23 and gets 26." [1d6=3]
[22:15] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> With a quick charge Honeydip flies forward...but her spear passes through Oblivion harmlessly! Her eyes start to widen then...(More)
[22:16] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Oblivion is gone! He now stands behind the naga on the stairs! In his place is a Marilith, one who takes this chance to try and hack Honeydip to pieces!
03[22:17] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Lagann(29)>Donald(28)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Naga 2(16)'
[22:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+27
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+27 and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[22:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+22
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[22:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+17
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:17] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+12
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+25 and gets 29." [1d20=4]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+25
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+25 and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+25 and gets 37." [1d20=12]
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+22
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+12 crit check
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+12 crit check and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[22:18] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 4d8+18
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 4d8+18 and gets 40." [4d8=4, 6, 4, 8]
[22:19] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Lady Honeydip defends herself as best she can, hacked and cut, but her speed lets her avoid the worst of the storm! OOC: Naga 1 i sup.
[22:20] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The first naga stays where she is! A crackling bolt of red comes and appears around everyone below for a split second, before it explodes into a nova of red hatred!
[22:21] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+21 SR
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+21 SR and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[22:21] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Ref all but Latha and Honeydip, who SRed it. No piont for you Seira since you're fire immune.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 Marie
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 Marie and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[22:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+16 Donald
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+16 Donald and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[22:22] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 20d6
06[22:22] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 20d6 and gets 83." [20d6=6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 1, 6, 6, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 3]
[22:23] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 83*1.5 Alicia half, Donald full, Marie none. Fire resistance applies.
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 83*1.5 Alicia half, Donald full, Marie none. Fire resistance applies. and gets 124.5."
[22:24] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The burst of fire is like a nova exploding around all of you! It leaves Donald burning alive, hair gone and body nearly cinders! His armor molds to his form, everything about him half melted! Alicia is in pain but surviving, only endurable burns over her, while Marie somehow avoids all of it! OOC: Latha.
[22:25] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> "Damn!" Honeydip looks back in alarm, "Someone do something about those naga or we're going to roast alive!"
[22:26] <Alicia> "I'll deal with them," Alicia calls, wincing at Donald's state. "Latha, get Donald out of here - we can't heal him right now!"
[22:29] <Alicia> Latha nods and turns to Donald. "Don't resist," she tells him gently. "You'll be safe in Lathander's house - we'll come find you soon." And with that she touches the fey/elf/former human, sending him to his God, but without the messy business of dying first.
03[22:29] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Lagann(29)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Naga 2(16)'
[22:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Lagann.
[22:29] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Donald is gone, winking away in a slight flash of light!
01[22:30] <Seira> Lagann can only wait his chance!
[22:30] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Marie.
[22:31] <Alicia> Marie bides her time, preparing to blast anyone who tries to cast a spell with yet more electrical death!
[22:31] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Alicia and Seira.
06[22:32] * Alicia meanwhile calls upon one of her most powerful spells! "Radiance of sun, stars, and moon, whirl and clash at my call!" she intones as a burst of furious rainbow colours erupt all around the nagas, demon, and lich!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 (+2 vs fiend) SR
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 (+2 vs fiend) SR and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 25 will
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 25 will and gets 49." [15d6=4, 2, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 2, 6, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4]
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d6 dazed if fail save, dazzled if pass
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 dazed if fail save, dazzled if pass and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[22:33] <Alicia> OOC: rounds that is
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+14 Marilith
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+14 Marilith and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+20 naga 1
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+20 naga 1 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+20 naga 2
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+20 naga 2 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[22:33] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+20 Oblivion
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+20 Oblivion and gets 22." [1d20=2]
03[22:34] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(Dazed six rounds)=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Lagann(29)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Naga 2(16)'
[22:35] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The burst leaves the naga slightly irritated, but Oblivion rocks back, it's dim form collapsing down around the Orb, twitching! OOC: Seira.
06[22:35] * Seira chooses a far more specific target, advancing on the slow naga with determination not to give her a chance to react to their intrusion! "East winds that blow, have you as their source. Into my hands, ignite all their force!" Seira chants, six arrows of fire appearing in front of her, immediately seeking out the naga in question!
01[22:36] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+26 twinned empowered scorching ray, yes!
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+26 twinned empowered scorching ray, yes! and gets 209." [6#1d20+26 = 37, 41, 40, 29, 27, 35]
[22:36] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: All hit but the 27 which is a natural one. SR applies if it does to scorching ray, I forget if it does offhand.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 SR
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 SR and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[22:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: I think the secon dspell does it's own SR check at least
[22:37] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> .
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 1d20+19 true
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+19 true and gets 39." [1d20=20]
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 2#1.5*4d6 hatbot, I hate you so much
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1.5*4d6 hatbot, I hate you so much and gets Error: Numeric values only." [4d6=6, 6, 3, 3]
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 10d8 sa
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d8 sa and gets 46." [10d8=3, 1, 6, 8, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3]
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 1.5*8d6
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*8d6 and gets 58.5." [8d6=6, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 2]
01[22:38] <Seira> roll 46+58
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 46+58 and gets 104."
[22:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The naga is blasted with rays of fire, it's body screaming back as it now has holes into it's body! Inside you can see emptiness, rotted flesh beneath the surface! OOC: Naga 2 is up. Wasn't someone holding for a caster casting? I think that was Marie.
01[22:40] <Seira> OOC: Lagann as well!
[22:40] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: If you two wanna go now say so.
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft, is it casting? If so what?
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft, is it casting? If so what? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[22:41] <Seira> Lagann angrily stabs at the naga that had miraculously escaped fiery annihilation, finally within range of it!
01[22:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 CHARGE
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 CHARGE and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[22:42] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Lagann charges at the naga, but manages to narrowly miss it somehow! OOC: Marie?
03[22:42] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(Dazed six rounds)=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 3#1d20+29 ranged touch moonbow
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d20+29 ranged touch moonbow and gets 117." [3#1d20+29 = 34, 46, 37]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 SR
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 SR and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[22:42] <Alicia> roll 27d6 zap
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 27d6 zap and gets 101." [27d6=3, 5, 2, 1, 4, 4, 6, 5, 6, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 2, 5, 5]
[22:43] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: No check, it can't pass.
[22:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The powerful wisps of fire that gather around the naga shatter apart, it's spell ruined! Lady Honeydip withdraws back, tumbling in the air and upwards, mostly avoiding the naga and repositioning! OOC: Honeydip needs a round to prevent from being pureed. OBlivion's dazed. Naga 2 is up.
[22:44] <Alicia> OOC: marilith?
03[22:44] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(Dazed five rounds)=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Marie(26)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[22:44] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: The marilith first, I mean. Dur.
[22:45] <Alicia> OOC: Marie's at the end of init, too
03[22:45] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(Dazed five rounds)=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[22:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> The marilith whirls and gestures, a knotty circle of blades wrapping around Latha!
[22:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[22:46] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> But the spell completely fizzles, Latha able to mov ethrough unharmed! OOC: Now the naga's up.
[22:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> WIth a vile word...
[22:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+21 SR for Latha first
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+21 SR for Latha first and gets 36." [1d20=15]
[22:48] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: SR LAtha? Exalted SA would apply.
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: 39
[22:49] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Will saves for Alicia, Honeydip and Marie. Seira's still hanging back and out of range.
[22:49] <Alicia> OOC: but neither me or Marie have moved, so we're still next to Seira.
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: I should be closer, if anything. I moved the 30ft forward to be 30ft away from the naga.
[22:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Okay then Seira and Honeydip need will saves.
[22:50] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> roll 1d20+17
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Infinite_Ko_Loop rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[22:52] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> Both Seira and Honeydip glow white as they resist! But at the same time, Oblivion and the nagas regroup! Their injuries vanish, Oblivion rising! OOC: Latha.
03[22:52] * Infinite_Ko_Loop changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion=Marilith(37)>Naga 1(34)>Latha(31)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[22:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 who needs to die?
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 who needs to die? and gets 44." [1d20=16]
01[22:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 I want to know as well
06[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 I want to know as well and gets 44." [1d20=14]
[22:57] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Latha's up.
01[22:57] <Seira> "Concentrate on one at a time and take it down?" Seira suggests to the others, eyeing the naga with rising anger at being able to undo the effects of her beautiful fiery rage.
[22:57] <Alicia> OOC: spellcraft wasn't good enough to tell who their mysterious benefactor is?
[23:00] <Alicia> Latha decides to wait until the next naga is about to cast before she calls down a flame strike atop them all!
[23:00] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: Okay. Alicia'n'Seira.
01[23:02] <Seira> "I'll keep on going after the same one!" Seira calls out as she draws Elle's gift to her and the aptly-named Staff of Fire, conjuring up a storm of rays to lance the naga in question, channeling the energy of life itself in the process!
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+19 sr, first (twinned fiery/searing scorching ray)
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+19 sr, first (twinned fiery/searing scorching ray) and gets 55." [2#1d20+19 = 24, 31]
[23:03] <Infinite_Ko_Loop> OOC: One got through,s ec.
01[23:03] <Seira> roll 3#1d20+26
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+26 and gets 119." [3#1d20+26 = 43, 41, 35]
01[23:04] <Seira> roll 1.5*12d6+12 fire with no resistance!
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*12d6+12 fire with no resistance! and gets 69." [12d6=3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 3]
06[23:04] * Alicia flys to the side of the rightmost Naga and hurls her sword through all three snake-themed female monsters!
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 knowledge demons
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 knowledge demons and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Marilith
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Marilith and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 1
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 1 and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 2
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 2 and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 2d4+52+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith if it hits while I can remember the math
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+52+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith if it hits while I can remember the math and gets 80." [2d4=4, 4][2d6=4, 5][2d6=6, 4][1d6=1]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d6 naga if it hits while I can remember the math
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d6 naga if it hits while I can remember the math and gets 96." [2d4=1, 3][2d6=6, 4][2d6=6, 4][1d6=3][1d8=4][2d6=4, 6]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 6d4 forgot arcane strike, marilith
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4 forgot arcane strike, marilith and gets 15." [6d4=2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3]
[23:08] <Alicia> roll 6d4 forgot arcane strike, naga
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4 forgot arcane strike, naga and gets 18." [6d4=3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 1]
03[23:12] * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
Session Time: Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 2009
[00:40] <Ebiris> OOC: forgot whirling blade works on cha rather than str, so +2 to those attack rolls and +3 to damage rolls
[00:40] <Ebiris> roll 1d4 holy radiance damage for adjacent naga, too
06[00:40] * Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 holy radiance damage for adjacent naga, too and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:21] <Kotono> <Seira> "I'll keep on going after the same one!" Seira calls out as she draws Elle's gift to her and the aptly-named Staff of Fire, conjuring up a storm of rays to lance the naga in question, channeling the energy of life itself in the process!
[20:21] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 2#1d20+19 sr, first (twinned fiery/searing scorching ray)
[20:21] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+19 sr, first (twinned fiery/searing scorching ray) and gets 55." [2#1d20+19 = 24, 31]
[20:21] <Kotono> > OOC: One got through,s ec.
[20:21] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 3#1d20+26
[20:21] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#1d20+26 and gets 119." [3#1d20+26 = 43, 41, 35]
[20:21] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1.5*12d6+12 fire with no resistance!
[20:21] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*12d6+12 fire with no resistance! and gets 69." [12d6=3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 3]
[20:21] <Kotono> * Alicia flys to the side of the rightmost Naga and hurls her sword through all three snake-themed female monsters!
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 knowledge demons
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 knowledge demons and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Marilith
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Marilith and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 1
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 1 and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 2
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -13pa divine might 6th level arcane strike Naga 2 and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 2d4+52+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith if it hits while I can remember the math
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+52+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith if it hits while I can remember the math and gets 80." [2d4=4, 4][2d6=4, 5][2d6=6, 4][1d6=1]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d6 naga if it hits while I can remember the math
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+55+2d6+2d6+1d6+1d8+2d6 naga if it hits while I can remember the math and gets 96." [2d4=1, 3][2d6=6, 4][2d6=6, 4][1d6=3][1d8=4][2d6=4, 6]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 6d4 forgot arcane strike, marilith
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4 forgot arcane strike, marilith and gets 15." [6d4=2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3]
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 6d4 forgot arcane strike, naga
[20:22] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4 forgot arcane strike, naga and gets 18." [6d4=3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 1]
[20:22] <Kotono> * Alicia is now known as Ebiris
[20:22] <Kotono> <Ebiris> OOC: forgot whirling blade works on cha rather than str, so +2 to those attack rolls and +3 to damage rolls
[20:22] <Kotono> <Ebiris> roll 1d4 holy radiance damage for adjacent naga, too
[20:24] <Kotono> With exploding fire and furious blades, the foes are plummeled! Blood flies and burnt flesh smoulders in the wake of these attacks! OOC: Marie, Lagann and the second naga.
06[20:25] * Seira winces at the sudden upset, and the lack of effectiveness of the rays she had put so much faith into. 'We're going with the first combat plan, Lagann,' she thinks to her familiar, closing the distance to the naga threatened by the Resort and drawing the Flash herself.
01[20:25] <Seira> Understanding instantly, Lagann moves the Resort to flank with Seira, while calling on the strongest magic imbued into him to call Waukeen's divine power into his master!
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Marie?
[20:27] <Alicia> Marie fires a barrage of arrows at the Naga already wounded by Alicia's whirling sword!
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 2d4+2+2d6+2d4
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+2+2d6+2d4 and gets 19." [2d4=3, 2][2d6=4, 5][2d4=1, 2]
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Or wait, hold on.
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Carryon.
[20:31] <Kotono> Arrows come flying, perforating the naga, burnt and bleeding! It weaves and gestures at Seira, an icy beam coming for her! OOC: Any immediates?
06[20:32] * Seira surrounds herself with images!
01[20:32] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 9." [1d4=4]
01[20:32] <Seira> OOC: So 8 of them
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20 let's be honest, nat 1 or hit.
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 let's be honest, nat 1 or hit. and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 9." [1d9=9]
[20:35] <Kotono> The beam explodes at Seira, but suddenly there are many SEiras! It hits one, leaving the other eight untoucheD! OOC: Honeydip.
[20:36] <Kotono> Regrouping herself, Lady Honeydip flies down, tumbling in a near dive to try and impale and finish the Marilith!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA)
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA) and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[20:37] <Kotono> Diving between the slashing blades, Honeydip thrusts for it's throat...but misses by an inch, only piercing the air! OOC: Oblivion and Marilith are up.
[20:38] <Kotono> The marilith snarls and hacks into Honeydip!
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 40." [1d20=13]
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:38] <Kotono> rikk 1d29_22
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 crit thread
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 crit thread and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 3d8+27
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+27 and gets 37." [3d8=2, 3, 5]
[20:39] <Kotono> Honeydip gets hacked and slashed, bloodied but not seriously! Meanwhile Oblivion raises his orb in ghostly hands! A howling scream cascades everywhere! OOC: Fort saves, all.
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 Alicia
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 Alicia and gets 40." [1d20=16]
01[20:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Latha
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Latha and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 Marie
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 Marie and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 10d6 sonic damage, half for everyone except Seira
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 sonic damage, half for everyone except Seira and gets 30." [10d6=6, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 5, 2, 2]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[20:42] <Kotono> roll 4d6 er
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 er and gets 15." [4d6=5, 4, 1, 5]
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Seira is stunned for 1 round and deafened for 15 rounds.
[20:43] <Kotono> The sound explodes everywhere! It leaves everyone a bit freeling, eardrums screaming in pain! A moment later, Oblivion glows pure black, threads of oblivion gathering all around him, black and heartless! OOC: Naga 1 is up.
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
03[20:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion=Marilith(1)(37)>Naga 1(1)(34)>Latha(31)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
02[20:47] * Sierra_Workhell (~Melanchth@71.178.103.55) Quit (Ping timeout)
[20:47] <Kotono> The blast of sound leaves the Naga reeling as well! OOC: Latha.
[20:48] <Alicia> Latha flies forward to protect Honeydip, Seira, and Alicia with her protective aura as she slams her mace into the marilith's face!
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 -5pa, sun devotion
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 -5pa, sun devotion and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d8+30
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+30 and gets 33." [1d8=3]
[20:50] <Kotono> The marilith is hit hard enough to be rocked back, staying where she is and bloody-faced after that slam! OOC: Alicia'n'Seira.
06[20:50] * Seira drops her sword in shock and stares blankly at the naga.
[20:51] <Alicia> While she wants to attack Oblivion, the sad fact is that his minions are too dangerous to leave alone, so Alicia keeps up the pressure on them with another whirling blade through the front line!
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -9pa marilith
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -9pa marilith and gets 34." [1d20=4]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -9pa naga 1
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -9pa naga 1 and gets 39." [1d20=6]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -9pa naga 2
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -9pa naga 2 and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 -9pa naga 2 crit check
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 -9pa naga 2 crit check and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit.
[20:52] <Alicia> OOC: on all 3?
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 2d4+36+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+36+2d6+2d6+1d6 marilith and gets 59." [2d4=2, 1][2d6=5, 5][2d6=3, 1][1d6=6]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: The first naga is stunned so yes.
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 2d4+39+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 naga 1
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+39+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 naga 1 and gets 74." [2d4=3, 1][2d6=1, 5][2d6=4, 3][1d6=6][2d6=6, 4][1d8=2]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 2d4+39+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 naga 2
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d4+39+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 naga 2 and gets 75." [2d4=3, 3][2d6=4, 2][2d6=6, 4][1d6=5][2d6=6, 2][1d8=1]
03[20:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(37)>Naga 1(1)(34)>Latha(31)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[20:53] <Alicia> OOC: +3 damage on each, forgot cha to damage
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d4 holy radiance on adjacent naga
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 holy radiance on adjacent naga and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[20:54] <Kotono> The marilith is cut apart, fading away! The two naga are wounded even worse, bloodied terrifically with rotting flesh! OOC: The nagas are pretty torn up. Marie/Lagann/Naga 2, go ahead and go you two.
01[20:54] <Seira> Lagann focuses all his rage at his mistress being brought so ignobly low by hacking the naga into as many pieces as he is able to!
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 32." [1d20=2]
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[20:56] <Alicia> Marie flies up towards Latha, protectively hovering just behind her as she puts a trio of arrows into the most wounded naga, trying desperately to put it down before it can cast again!
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 constant guardian on Latha
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 constant guardian on Latha and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 constant guardian on Latha
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 constant guardian on Latha and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 constant guardian on Latha
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 constant guardian on Latha and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: ARe you hitting the unstunned or the stunned naga?
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: which one looks more damaged?
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Stunned one.
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: then that one
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: All hit, stunned kills AC.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 3d4+3+3d6+3d4 die
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4+3+3d6+3d4 die and gets 32." [3d4=3, 2, 3][3d6=4, 4, 3][3d4=4, 3, 3]
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(37)>Latha(31)>Alicia=Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[21:01] <Kotono> With a few more arrows, the stunned naga collapses and breaks into rotted flesh, crumbling away! The second naga parries Lagann's attacks as it rears back, touching itself as it's wounds heal! OOC: Honeydip.
[21:02] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip disengages, flying up and going after the second naga now!
[21:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=10]
[21:02] <Kotono> But she narrowly misses, all power and not quite enough of a hit to work itself out! OOC: Oblivion.
[21:04] <Kotono> From Oblivion, pure strands of negative energy form into a potent weave of magic, a spark of red exploding it outward! It buffets all of you, rocking through you like a scything wind! "Die..here! Bodies rot into...dust, souls scream into nothingness!" OOC: Fort all.
01[21:04] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 Alicia
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 Alicia and gets 45." [1d20=15]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Latha
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Latha and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 Marie
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 Marie and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[21:09] <Kotono> The blast is largely resisted! Alicia shimmers and starts to vanish, but she surges ahead and stays solid! Seira turns to a ghost for a moment, but the image passes! Latha glows with all the sun's radiance, while Honeydip darts about! But Marie is caught flatfooted! Her body blows away like dust in the wind, leaving behind a ghostly courre! OOC: Latha.
[21:10] <Alicia> "Don't get me wrong, it's nice to turn incorporeal without being stripped nude, but this is not what I had in mind!" Marie cries indignantly.
[21:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft Alicia, wtf is this and how do we reverse it
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft Alicia, wtf is this and how do we reverse it and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[21:13] <Alicia> Since Marie seems somewhat on top of things, and Latha can't do much anyway, the deva settles for smashing the naga's face in with her mace!
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -2pa
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -2pa and gets 35." [1d20=4]
[21:14] <Kotono> But Latha can't land a blow, her mace hitting a dead, hard part of it's snaky body instead! OOC: Alicia'n'Seira.
[21:15] <Alicia> "I'm fine, go kill the guy with the unimaginative name!" Marie encourages Alicia upon her questioning look, the paladin nodding and directing her attention to Oblivion. "Mystra's gift perverted, I withdraw her blessings from you!" she intones stridently, stripping away all the magic from the lich!
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: targetted greater dispel. How many?
[21:15] <Kotono> OOC: Six.
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 6#1d20+21
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d20+21 and gets 193." [6#1d20+21 = 25, 30, 26, 40, 31, 41]
[21:17] <Kotono> Oblivion blinks and whirls! A skeletal body appears in it's place, clad in transparent armor of a dull gray, whirling as if caught in a hurricane gale! OOC: Seira.
01[21:18] <Seira> As she comes back to her senses, Seira waits just a moment to regain her bearings. Two of the minions are out, and the remaining one is surrounded. With Alicia dispelling the protections on the lich, Seira decides to dart past the naga, grab the Resort from Lagann's care and charge their main nemesis outright!
01[21:18] <Seira> OOC: Tumble?
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: I'll also move into melee with him after my dispel, actually
01[21:19] <Seira> OOC: It's only 20ft away, move so you flank?
06[21:19] * Alicia flies to Oblivion's side after dispelling him.
01[21:19] <Seira> OOC: I'm staggering my init to be after yours but before Lagann's
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d4 radiant damage
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 radiant damage and gets 1." [1d4=1]
03[21:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Oblivion(37)>Latha(31)>Alicia>Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Okay to both, go for it.
01[21:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+37 charge, spellruin
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+37 charge, spellruin and gets 39." [1d20=2]
01[21:20] <Seira> OOC: +4 from Honey
01[21:21] <Seira> OOC: Actually, sec
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: You hit anyway.
01[21:21] <Seira> OOC: Sure. +4 from greater heroism, +4 from Honey. Forgot to calc them, right.
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+12+2d8
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+12+2d8 and gets 36." [3d8=5, 2, 6][2d8=8, 3]
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 2d4 spell charges/memorized spells
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d4 spell charges/memorized spells and gets 3." [2d4=2, 1]
[21:23] <Kotono> The skeletal form of Oblivion is hacked into, the bone soft and easy to cut away! The lich shrinks back, skull-face twisting into a rigor-grin! OOC: Marie/Lagann/Naga.
[21:24] <Alicia> "My arrows might be incorporeal, but I can still do THIS! Haha!" Marie cries as she hurls an array of wildly spiralling magic missiles at the lich, keeping up the volume of her own banter to drown out those irritating voices.
[21:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 SR
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 SR and gets 23." [1d20=4]
01[21:24] <Seira> As Lagann is still within range, if barely, Seira's familiar picks up her dropped sword and completes the swap, stabbing at the naga as angrily as before!
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+31
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 and gets 51." [1d20=20]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+26
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+26 and gets 36." [1d20=10]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+21 and gets 39." [1d20=18]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Mms get through, all hits Seira.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+31 crit?
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 crit? and gets 35." [1d20=4]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait sorry, was hitting the Naga.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 20." [5d4=1, 4, 3, 4, 3]
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: One normal hit, Seira.
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d6+1
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1 and gets 5." [1d6=4]
[21:28] <Kotono> The naga is hacked, a new light wound on it's body! Meanwhile Oblivion is wounded greviously, ribbones shattering to those magic missiles! The naga hisses, moving close to reach Oblivion! OC: This provokes an AoO from you, Seira and from Honeydip as well.
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+45
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+45 and gets 65." [1d20=20]
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+45 die
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+45 die and gets 55." [1d20=10]
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[21:28] <Alicia> OOC: Latha as well?
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, she's hitting it too.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -2pa
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -2pa and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[21:29] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 1d8+24
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+24 and gets 25." [1d8=1]
01[21:29] <Seira> roll 9d8+36
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+36 and gets 81." [9d8=3, 1, 2, 5, 8, 5, 6, 7, 8]
[21:30] <Kotono> The naga is wounded and slammed terrifically by these, but stumbles forward and touches Oblivion! His injuries vanish away! To this, Honeydip takes to the air, spiraling down to try and shatter Oblivion apart!
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA going for the throat)
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+4, +2, -15 PA going for the throat) and gets 45." [1d20=17]
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d6+45
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+45 and gets 49." [1d6=4]
[21:32] <Kotono> The spear shatters Oblivion's hip, one of his legs falling away like broken chinaware! The lich intones words as it's armor whirls about it, "You will...die!" it rasps, breathless breathing tinging it's words as a freezing ray aims for Honeydip!
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 SR
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 SR and gets 28." [1d20=5]
01[21:33] <Seira> "You'd know about dying, won't you?" Seira calls to the lich. "Don't worry, that last great adventure is just around the corner, for you."
[21:33] <Kotono> But the magic fails to penetrate her innate resistance, breaking like waves on the rocks! OOC: Latha.
[21:33] <Alicia> Latha advances mercilessly after the beleagured naga, pummelling it once more!
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 -4pa charge
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 -4pa charge and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[21:34] <Kotono> But Latha can only close in, unable to find a chance to land a crushing swing! OOC: Alicia.
[21:36] <Alicia> "First Glaciante, then Alabaster, now you!" Alicia intones as Hell Striker whips out to bisect the lich and end his unlife once and for all!
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking and gets 53." [1d20=11]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking and gets 44." [1d20=7]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking and gets 52." [1d20=20]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking and gets 50." [1d20=8]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking crit check
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 -6pa 4th level arcane strike, bracers, flanking crit check and gets 46." [1d20=14]
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 10d4+165+8d6+8d6+4d6+8d6+4d8+16d4
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+165+8d6+8d6+4d6+8d6+4d8+16d4 and gets 344." [10d4=4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4][8d6=4, 4, 6, 4, 1, 2, 6, 6][8d6=5, 2, 4, 6, 6, 3, 3, 1][4d6=6, 1, 6, 4][8d6=1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 1, 4, 2][4d8=1, 4, 4, 6][16d4=2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3]
03[21:38] * Kotono changes topic to 'Honeydip(42)>Latha(31)>Alicia>Seira(24)>Marie=Lagann=Naga 2(16)'
[21:39] <Kotono> With pure fury, Alicia shreds Oblivion apart! He explodes into a cloud of bone dust, his orb and armor falling to the ground! In a whisper, "Oblivion...nothingness..it's coming...hehehhe...fore veryone!" OOC: SEira.
01[21:39] <Seira> Denied any sort of meaningful revenge, Seira turns her ire towards the lone surviving minion.
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+43
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+43 and gets 54." [1d20=11]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+38
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+38 and gets 40." [1d20=2]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+33
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33 and gets 46." [1d20=13]
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 35." [1d20=7]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 3#3d8+12+5d8
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3#3d8+12+5d8 and gets 157." [3#3d8+12+5d8 = 52, 50, 55]
[21:40] <Kotono> With a furious anger and wraith, Seira rips the last naga apart! It's shredded body hits the ground, crushed and left to ruin! For the moment, the stair is clear! OOC: Free act.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Let's take the orb and destroy that freak's buddies?" Seira suggests, ordering Lagann to aid her in looking for anything of value to take as well, since they won't likely be going back this way.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 my obligatory search
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 my obligatory search and gets 45." [1d20=11]
[21:42] <Alicia> "Honeydip, would healing spells work if we fell back to the eladrin encampment?" Alicia asks the general with a worried look at her familiar, who's currently humming very loudly to herself. "I think we need to regroup before advancing further."
[21:43] <Kotono> "Maybe. Let's just fall back," Honeydip agrees. Seira doesn't find anything of note, beyond the orb and the armor left behind. Unless naga bodies interest her.
01[21:43] <Seira> Disappointed, she nevertheless offers the orb to Alicia, intending to take the armor next.
06[21:43] * Alicia opens up the portable hole and tips the orb in, making that four. "Come on, Marie. A heal spells hould fix you up," she reassures her familar, starting to move back out the way they came.
01[21:44] <Seira> "Wait, why are we returning?" Seira asks in surprise.
[21:45] <Alicia> "Some of us are wounded, and my familiar has been turned into an insane ghost," Alicia replies deadpan.
[21:45] <Alicia> "Only a little insane!" Marie insists. "I hear the voices but I don't listen!"
01[21:46] <Seira> "She does seem a little ghostly," Seira admits, peering closer at Marie. "When did this happen?"
[21:46] <Kotono> All of you(save Seira) hear a ghostly wailing from up the stair. It echos about, words of Abyssal, "Come...pain...bring...warmth..."
[21:47] <Alicia> "The lich cast a spell on all of us, but it only really stuck on Marie," Alicia explains as Marie turns this way and that.
[21:47] <Alicia> "Really, I'm incorporeal half the time anyway. It's not that big a deal," she waves off the concern.
01[21:47] <Seira> "I bet Dad can fix this. He's really good at that sort of thing. So, heading back for that?" Seira asks. "The others also retreated. They're all alive, if wounded."
[21:48] <Alicia> "We've ruined their fortifications and killed one lich. It's a good result for a first sortie, but we're best off regrouping and returning at full strength," Alicia nods, waving for Marie to get moving as she starts flying back to the bastion of light and life on the negative energy plane.
[21:49] <Kotono> Heading back out, you find that the battle has moved away slightly. An open corridor into this blast-hole has been established, eladrin maintaining a perimeter. A group of Tulani and Planetar meet you just outside, glowing with holy radiance. "We're going in," one of the Planetar calls, "What resistance lies ahead?"
[21:51] <Alicia> "We killed one of the liches along with two extremely powerful undead naga," Alicia reports. "There was also a marilith but it might have been summoned - we heard Abyssal from up the stairs but need to regroup first. If you can cast a heal spell on my familiar," she indicates Marie who giggles loudly and waves, "We can re-enter battle that much quicker."
[21:52] <Kotono> The planetar steps forward, "Come to me, courre."
[21:53] <Alicia> Marie flies over. "It's not a huge deal, really, but the voices are annoying," she admits.
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:53] <Kotono> To this, Marie's body returns!
[21:54] <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia turns to Latha. "Can you start casting Holy Aura on me again so I can use spellfire to heal myself and Honeydip?" she asks the deva while Marie curtseys to the helpful planetar.
[21:55] <Kotono> The planetar smiles before he and his group plunge in! At this the holy auras are given without hesitation.
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 for Honeydip
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 for Honeydip and gets 54." [16d4=4, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 for myself
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 for myself and gets 58." [16d4=3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 8d4+8 for Honeydip
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+8 for Honeydip and gets 25." [8d4=2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1]
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 8d4+8 for myself
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+8 for myself and gets 31." [8d4=2, 1, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1]
[21:56] <Alicia> Less than forty seconds later, Alicia declares herself ready to re-enter the fortress! "We can follow this group, or we can make another hole to take advantage of the distraction. What do you think?" she looks between Seira and Honeydip.
[21:59] <Kotono> "We should consider falling back and regrouping on one hand, but if we have the strength to go on, penetrating deeper is a good chance." Honeydip considers, "How are your resources, wizards?"
[21:59] <Alicia> "I have plenty of spells left," Alicia nods.
[21:59] <Alicia> "I have a few," Marie seconds.
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia turns to Latha. "Can you start casting Holy Aura on me again so I can use spellfire to heal myself and Honeydip?" she asks the deva while Marie curtseys to the helpful planetar.
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > The planetar smiles before he and his group plunge in! At this the holy auras are given without hesitation.
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 for Honeydip
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 for Honeydip and gets 54." [16d4=4, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3]
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> roll 16d4+16 for myself
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 for myself and gets 58." [16d4=3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4]
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> roll 8d4+8 for Honeydip
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+8 for Honeydip and gets 25." [8d4=2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1]
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> roll 8d4+8 for myself
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d4+8 for myself and gets 31." [8d4=2, 1, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1]
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> Less than forty seconds later, Alicia declares herself ready to re-enter the fortress! "We can follow this group, or we can make another hole to take advantage of the distraction. What do you think?" she looks between Seira and Honeydip.
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> > "We should consider falling back and regrouping on one hand, but if we have the strength to go on, penetrating deeper is a good chance." Honeydip considers, "How are your resources, wizards?"
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "I have plenty of spells left," Alicia nods.
[18:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> <Alicia> "I have a few," Marie seconds.
03[18:08] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
03[18:08] * Corwin is now known as Seira
06[18:09] * Seira takes a moment longer to decypher the conversation, before she responds, "I'm still in the game. Let's breach the walls at another spot and proceed."
[18:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let's go then," Honeydip agrees, "While the iron is hot!"
[18:10] <Alicia> "Right, lets fly up and around and we'll make an entrance from above," Alicia suggests, getting Latha to put two more holy auras into her to be absorbed as they fly over the nearby breach and to a likely looking spot on the top-side of Bleak Rendor.
[18:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus you fly up! From above, Bleak Rendor is towers and deep well of flatness! Eladrin and glowing angels assail storm engines of terrible darkness and skeletal warriors below. There are several gaps below to aim at, including a few with scorched remains of foes and counters.
06[18:13] * Seira hangs slightly back, ready to storm the new entrance Alicia is about to make in the fortress.
[18:14] <Alicia> "There," Alicia points at a spot between two large towers that thankfully lacks any six-headed skeletons in the way. "Remember, stay seventy feet back and get ready to cover me if anything comes rushing out." With that warning she flies over, positioning herself on top of the roof of the main fortress before spellfire blasts out, ruining the roof and surrounding towers, and whatever lies within!
[18:14] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 27 for anything in the way
06[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 27 for anything in the way and gets 89." [18d8=3, 8, 2, 3, 1, 6, 6, 2, 1, 8, 7, 4, 5, 8, 5, 5, 8, 7]
[18:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Around Alicia destruction rains! Towers and buildings collapse, a buffet of pure spellfire doing it's work! Below you see an inky darkness! Millions of eyes stare up at you from it before retreating back! Below you can see some sort of grand hall, decorated with some sort of tanned leathers on the floor.
[18:17] <Alicia> "It's clear - move in," Alicia calls, waving and waiting for the others to catch up before descending into the hall, eyes glowing blue as she scans for magical defences before touching down.
06[18:18] * Seira doesn't need further incentives to follow!
[18:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As you touch down, the party sees that this is a pillared hall. Ahead lies a gaping face of a giant succubus. It's mouth is stretches so far as for a titan to be able to walk through into it's black depths. Frescos of rotted babies hugging and resting against the face can be noted. The darkness radiates overwhelming magic. As the party looks at it...OOC: Will saves, all. Bonuses against fear apply.
01[18:20] <Seira> OOC: Immune right now
[18:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraftin' this
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraftin' this and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[18:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 Alicia will
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 Alicia will and gets 45." [1d20=13]
[18:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Latha will
06[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Latha will and gets 26." [1d20=3]
[18:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie will
06[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie will and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[18:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+21
06[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+21 and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[18:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The party resists the feeling of terror! Your soul, your mind, your body all recoil! Your hearts throb painfully, beating so fast as to bruise your inner chest.
[18:24] <Alicia> Latha immediately casts remove fear to bolster the party against such attacks in the future!
[18:26] <Alicia> "Something powerful ahead, but I'm not quite sure what," Alicia gestures in the direction of the succubus mouth, checking the hall for any other paths.
06[18:27] * Seira decides to breathe fire in said direction, in case something there is waiting.
[18:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Behind you the path goes backwards. It leads to an arched double door, held closed by statues of headless titans.
01[18:27] <Seira> roll 10d10+2d8 burn~
06[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d10+2d8 burn~ and gets 55." [10d10=2, 8, 1, 3, 9, 3, 9, 6, 3, 1][2d8=4, 6]
[18:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The fire flickers into the mouth! The succubus face is charred now, burnt.
[18:28] <Alicia> Are said statues magical?
06[18:29] * Alicia decides to head into the disturbing breach, leading the way down the succubus's throat.
06[18:29] * Seira is just a step behind.
[18:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus you enter in! You stand in bleak nothingness. Your bodies begin to rot, the life leaving them! Amid this there is a gentle serenade, soft cries interspersed with, "Mother...Father...Mother...Father..." Each one of the four appears sixty feet ahead of you. The tiny babies float in the air, sobbing, lamenting. Behind them two eyes stare at you. A dead hand reaches out, as if to grasp you from far away. A face...Gods, far too big. Too
[18:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A face...Gods, far too big. Too big. A face with tears running down it's face. "Sylian...you made Sylian leave me!" (More. All of you suffer a negative level, this bypasses your protections.)
[18:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Everything...He said he'd let me be born! You've ruined everything! Father and Mother abandoned me, and now you made him do it too!" It's voice twists with choking anger, "Everyone leaves me! Everyone leaves me to go live! Why? Why do you hate me wanting to be alive!?"
[18:38] <Alicia> "Impudent," Alicia glares at the thing, refusing to be cowed. "You seek your own life at the cost of how many others?" she demands, thinking of all the tormented eladrin children on Androlynne, the thousands killed on cities across the Prime by the Dark Six's unprovoked attacks.
[18:38] <Alicia> "I may not agree with what was done to you in the beginning, but I'll be damned if I let you continue to exist! Submit to oblivion and an end to your torment!"
01[18:38] <Seira> "I would sympathize," Seira says curtly, "but you're also an undead abomination that's killed countless people out of selfishness, so I'm low on said sympathy. Are you ready to die a final death?"
[18:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You'll get the peace of oblivion!" Lady Honeydip growls, "I've seen an entire generation nearly wiped out all for you! If you'd had any capacity to look past your own sorrow, maybe someone besides an unholy abomination would have saved you!"
[18:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Everyone hates me..." The Neverborn shrinks back in the darkness. "Then I'll make everyone die! If I'm not going to get to live, no one can! You...the eladrin...Pale Night...MOTHER...FATHER...SYLIAN...!!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL! IF CAN'T HAVE IT, NONE OF YOU WILL! IF THAT'S AO'S CHOICE, HE'LL WATCH A DEAD EXISTANCE WHERE I LORD OVER EVERYTHING!"
[18:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A crash of lightning sounds far away, the face seen clearly in a flash of light. It's face is beautiful but rotted, beautiful as a succubus on the hunt. "EVERYONE WILL BE AS COLD AND LONELY AS I AM! IF CAN'T BE BORN, THEN NO ONE WILL BE HAPPY!"
01[18:43] <Seira> "Or you'll die," Seira responds succinctly, pointing the Resort at it. "I'm thinking, right about now."
[18:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Go to sleep then, child."Latha glows with the fury of the sun, "All we can do is at least end your suffering!"
[18:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Go ahead and roll init.
[18:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[18:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+26 Honeydip
06[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+26 Honeydip and gets 44." [1d20=18]
[18:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[18:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 38." [1d20=18]
03[18:45] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Alicia(24)'
03[18:46] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Marie(38)>Latha(36)>Alicia(24)'
01[18:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+6+12-4
06[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6+12-4 and gets 22." [1d20=8]
03[18:46] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Marie(38)>Latha(36)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)'
[18:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9 scion 1
[18:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9 scion 2
[18:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9 scion 3
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 scion 1 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 scion 2 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[18:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9 scion 4
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 scion 3 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 scion 4 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[18:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+14 Neverborn
06[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+14 Neverborn and gets 19." [1d20=5]
03[18:47] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Marie(38)>Latha(36)>Scion 3(26)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Scion 2(16)'
03[18:47] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Marie(38)>Latha(36)>Scion 3(26)>Scion 4(25)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Scion 2(16)'
03[18:48] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Marie(38)>Latha(36)>Scion 3(26)>Scion 4(25)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Neverborn(19)>Scion 2(16)'
[18:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Like a dart of fury, Lady Honeydip charges ahead! She goes right for the abomination, spear going for it's chest!
[18:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+37 (+6 bonuses, -6 PA)
06[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+37 (+6 bonuses, -6 PA) and gets 44." [1d20=7]
[18:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6+27
06[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6+27 and gets 31." [1d6=4]
[18:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> But her spear barely has any impact at all! It hits it's body, point nearly splitting in two against it's flesh! OOC: Marie.
[18:51] <Alicia> Marie hesitates a moment, preparing to unleash a storm of arrows on any of the undead infants that tries to cast a spell.
[18:51] <Alicia> OOC: or an SLA
[18:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Okay. Latha.
[18:52] <Alicia> OOC: how far apart are the scions?
[18:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Fairly close together.
[18:53] <Alicia> Latha unleashes a holy smite atop all of the scions, perhaps catching the big baby if it's close enough, and then flies forward to shelter Honeydip with her protective aura, shining like the sun!
[18:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 SR if applicable
06[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 SR if applicable and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[18:53] <Alicia> roll 5d8 DC 20 will
06[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d8 DC 20 will and gets 27." [5d8=6, 8, 2, 8, 3]
[18:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27
06[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[18:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27
[18:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27
06[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 and gets 35." [1d20=8]
06[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[18:54] <Alicia> OOC: sorry, DC 19, not that it matters
[18:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27
06[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[18:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The holy light burns bright, bursting around the unborn children! They are battered by it, slightly purified by holy energies! OOC: Scion 3 is up.
[18:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Marie, you wanted to interrupt a casting?
[18:55] <Alicia> Seeing one of them focusing on its innate magic, Marie tries to interrupt it with some pointy bits of metal!
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 33." [1d20=3]
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[18:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hits.
[18:56] <Alicia> roll 3d4+3+3d6+3d4
06[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d4+3+3d6+3d4 and gets 26." [3d4=2, 3, 1][3d6=1, 3, 6][3d4=1, 3, 3]
03[18:56] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Latha(36)>Marie=Scion 3(26)>Scion 4(25)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Neverborn(19)>Scion 2(16)'
[18:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+25 concentration DC 36
06[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+25 concentration DC 36 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[18:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The arrows fly true, thudding into the rotting child! It cries in pain as it's magics are disrupted, black beams of ice fizzling away! The 4th one isn't so deterred, a black beam of ice arching out for Honeydip!
[18:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch
06[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[18:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[19:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The magic wraps around Honeydip, but fizzles away around her form! It then swiftly speaks a word of utter blasphemy!
[19:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> But nothing happens! OOC: Alicia.
[19:02] <Alicia> Now it's time to pull out all the stops, so Alicia calls upon the power of her boots to speed her up such that everything and everyone seems frozen around her! Taking advantage of this brief respite, she first infuses herself with the power of a planetar, skin tinting green and vibrant despite the draining aura all around, while she flies towards the Neverborn.
[19:02] <Alicia> Next she activates Elle's gift to provide some help should anyone find their Death Ward dispelled, while taking a position to flank the Neverborn with Honeydip.
[19:05] <Alicia> As time's flow slips back to normal, she immediately lays into the undead god/demonbaby with all the fury she can muster, Hell Striker doing its part by summoning a wall of raging flame around her that bisects it from the side even as her blade cuts in again and again!
[19:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge
06[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[19:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+47 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+47 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 61." [1d20=14]
[19:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+42 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+42 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 54." [1d20=12]
[19:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 -6pa divine might raging flanking 6th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 42." [1d20=5]
[19:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 SR for Wall of Fire
06[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 SR for Wall of Fire and gets 23." [1d20=2]
[19:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Two hits.
[19:08] <Alicia> roll 4d4+52+4d6+4d6+2d6+4d6+2d8+28d4
06[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+52+4d6+4d6+2d6+4d6+2d8+28d4 and gets 188." [4d4=4, 3, 1, 1][4d6=5, 6, 1, 5][4d6=4, 2, 3, 4][2d6=1, 4][4d6=1, 4, 3, 4][2d8=2, 7][28d4=4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2]
[19:09] <Alicia> OOC: +52, forgot to double static damage
[19:09] <Alicia> OOC: so 240
[19:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The Neverborn is hacked from behind! It's body is bloodless, it's back ripped open! IT whirls to face Alicia, oblivion in it's eyes! "Everyone hates me! Even you! WHY?" OOC: Seira.
06[19:10] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's aid, taking flight and speeding towards the Neverborn! Her weapon is unlikely to do much to damage the unnatural thing, she is fully aware, but it can still maim the undead monstrosity and weaken it!
[19:10] <Alicia> "Because you hurt others without even caring!" Alicia replies fiercely over her gleaming blade as it slices the atrocity!
01[19:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+33+4+4+2+1 charge, maim
06[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33+4+4+2+1 charge, maim and gets 47." [1d20=3]
[19:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hit.
01[19:11] <Seira> roll 2d4+2 charisma and 1 damage, then
06[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d4+2 charisma and 1 damage, then and gets 9." [2d4=3, 4]
[19:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The blow barely touches the Neverborn, yet it's entire form writhes! It screams at the top of it's non-existant lungs! OOC: Scion 1 is up.
[19:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With everone close, the first scion emits a pair of cones of cold, freezing everything around them! OOC: Two ref saves, Seira/Alicia/Honeydip.
[19:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20
[19:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
01[19:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
01[19:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 30." [1d20=1]
06[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 40." [1d20=11]
[19:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[19:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[19:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half Honeydip and Alicia, full Seira.
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half Honeydip and Alicia, full Seira. and gets 51." [15d6=5, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2, 5]
[19:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira.
06[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira. and gets 62." [15d6=2, 6, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 4]
[19:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The blistering bursts of brutal chill leave everyone iced over! Your bodies numb from this breath of cold air! The Neverborn continues to scream, all while reaching out with it's rotted hands!
01[19:16] <Seira> "How does it feel to be the one attacked all of a sudden in your home?!" Seira screams back at the Neverborn.
[19:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+30 CL on True Seeing
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+30 CL on True Seeing and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[19:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Alicia
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Alicia and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[19:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Seira
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Seira and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[19:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Honeydip
06[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Honeydip and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[19:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8 Alicia got lucky today
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8 Alicia got lucky today and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[19:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 2d6 con damage Seira
06[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 2d6 con damage Seira and gets 7." [2d6=5, 2]
[19:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 2d6 con damage Honeydip
06[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 2d6 con damage Honeydip and gets 3." [2d6=1, 2]
[19:19] <Alicia> roll 1d4 forgot my radiant damage
06[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 forgot my radiant damage and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[19:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The touch of the Neverborn leaves Seira and Honeydip feeling as if Death has come for them! It's body glows with radiant life-energies, repairing itself! A split moment later, it's eyes glow black! Three black beams fly out, striking at Alicia!
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Alicia 1
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Alicia 2
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Alicia 1 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Alicia 2 and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+24 touch Alicia 3
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+24 touch Alicia 3 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d7
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d7 and gets 7." [1d7=7]
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[19:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d5
06[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d5 and gets 2." [1d5=2]
[19:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With a rasping voice, "DIE!" it howls at Alicia, an intense wave of cold buffeting around her! OOC: Ref.
[19:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[19:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15*6
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15*6 and gets 90."
[19:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 90*1.5
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 90*1.5 and gets 135."
[19:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 135/2
06[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 135/2 and gets 67.5."
[19:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: 67 damage Alicia.
[19:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The cold leaves her devastated, numb all over and barely able to move! OOC: Scion 2.
[19:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The second scion turns as well, sending blasts of cold to buffet everyone around the Neverborn! OOC: Two ref saves you two.
[19:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Three, I mean. Dur.
[19:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20
[19:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 and gets 40." [1d20=20]
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[19:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 33." [1d20=4]
01[19:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 44." [1d20=15]
[19:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira.
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira. and gets 60." [15d6=3, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6, 2, 2, 4, 1, 4, 6, 6, 4]
[19:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira.
06[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half honeydip and Alicia, none Seira. and gets 53." [15d6=5, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5, 2, 1, 5, 1]
[19:25] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The cold leaves Alicia even worse off, while Honeydip flutters down int he air, "Getting massacred..." she says between chattering teeth! OOC: Honeydip.
01[19:25] <Seira> OOC: Moment
03[19:26] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Latha(36)>Marie=Scion 3(26)>Scion 4(25)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Neverborn(19)>Scion 2(16)>Lagann(1)'
[19:26] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Lagann then.
01[19:27] <Seira> Lagann liberates Seira's Flash and prepares to stab one of the abominations in the hope of preempting them.
[19:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Okay. Honeydip.
[19:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Honeydip withdraws back safely, barely able to keep herself flying! "We need...regroup..." she grinds out as she coughs up frozen blood! OOC: Latha.
[19:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 4#1d20+20
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 4#1d20+20 and gets 122." [4#1d20+20 = 34, 34, 28, 26]
[19:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Strike.
[19:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Honeydip stays where she is, all the chill around her falling away! "We need a better plan!" she calls, holding her action for the moment! OOC: Latha.
[19:29] <Alicia> "Latha, put a wall of blades around the little ones! I can keep them out of the fight!" Marie cries desperately, glad Alicia had the foresight to give her this particular spell. Latha nods in agreement and conjures a wall of whirling blades of force in a sphere surrounding the scions without actually touching any of them!
[19:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Okay. Scion 3 and Marie are up.
[19:31] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The third scion continues it's assault on the three...OOC: Lagann, you have a held action.
[19:31] <Alicia> Marie immediately follows up with a yell of "You like ice? Play all you want in my blizzard then!" as a massive snowstorm erupts all around the smaller dead babies, hopefully cutting them out of the fight unless they brave the blades hidden amidst the snowflakes to escape!
01[19:31] <Seira> Lagann doesn't miss his chance to manipulate sharp, pointy objects!
01[19:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+33+4+2-1
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+33+4+2-1 and gets 44." [1d20=6]
[19:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hit.
03[19:32] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(44)>Latha(36)>Lagann=Marie=Scion 3(26)>Scion 4(25)>Alicia(24)>Seira(22)>Scion 1(21)>Neverborn(19)>Scion 2(16)'
01[19:32] <Seira> roll 1d6+1
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+1 and gets 6." [1d6=5]
[19:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+25 concentration check
06[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+25 concentration check and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[19:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Even as the blades come out and a snowstorm erupts, the scion is able to keep it's concentration! A pair of cones of cold erupt out! OOC: 2 ref saves you three, +2 bonus due to cover from blade barrier.
[19:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20 Honeydip
[19:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20 Honeydip
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 Honeydip and gets 38." [1d20=18]
06[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 Honeydip and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[19:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 does wall of fire have any effect on this, btw?
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 does wall of fire have any effect on this, btw? and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[19:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 does wall of fire have any effect on this, btw?
01[19:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+31
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 does wall of fire have any effect on this, btw? and gets 31." [1d20=3]
01[19:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+31
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 and gets 38." [1d20=7]
06[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+31 and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[19:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Walls of fire go down to cold damage, and further, they don't stop things that go through it, just deal damage. AS it's an effect the damage isn't really relevant.
[19:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half Alicia none Seira
[19:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 half Alicia none Seira
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half Alicia none Seira and gets 52." [15d6=2, 4, 5, 2, 4, 2, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 1, 3, 3, 3]
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 half Alicia none Seira and gets 54." [15d6=2, 2, 2, 6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 6, 3, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2]
[19:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The cold devastates Alicia even further! As her eyes glaze over with black frost, SEira again and again dives past each one! She avoids the very smallest bits of ice, utterly untouched bythe barrage! The fourth scion begins to move out, braving the blades! OOC: CL check for Blade Barrier, Latha.
[19:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[19:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Success. Damage.
[19:38] <Alicia> roll 15d6 DC 21
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 15d6 DC 21 and gets 44." [15d6=1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 5, 4, 6, 1, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2]
[19:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+11 ref
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+11 ref and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[19:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The baby comes out, hacked and shredded! Yet it still flies, as it directs a cone of cold to envelop the heroes again!
[19:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[19:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Ref you two.
01[19:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[19:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 48." [1d20=20]
[19:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 None Seira and half Alicia.
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 None Seira and half Alicia. and gets 55." [15d6=6, 2, 3, 6, 1, 3, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4]
[19:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A moment later, the magic of the sleet storm is assailed!
[19:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20 GDM
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 GDM and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[19:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The sleet storm vanishes away, as if it never was! OOC: Alicia.
[19:45] <Alicia> "Everyone on Honeydip! We're retreating!" Alicia calls, seeing no point in continuing as things stand - even if she manages to take down the Neverborn, they'll be killed in short order by its minions. Flying around the giant baby as Marie and Latha quickly fly over, she teleports the group back to Gwynharwyf's tent!
[19:45] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[19:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Woosh! In an instant you are bathed in light. Your wounds linger deep and painful, yet the radiance around you soothes them. OOC: The negative level is gone.
[19:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha exhales, "That strategy won't work. We'll be massacred by the cold. I could withstand it, until the Neverborn gets to me."
[19:47] <Alicia> "Latha, can you try healing me?" Alicia asks, knowing only magic and rage sustains her right now, and quickly casting a spell to resist said cold on herself. Hopefully heal spells work properly here.
01[19:48] <Seira> "What if we destroyed his minions, first?" Seira suggests, her hearing returning.
[19:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha goes to Alicia! Her wounds heal! OOC: Her heal for the day.
[19:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The light speaks to you, a voice of righteous fury. "The battle is going well. Another of the Dark Six has been encountered and forced back, though not slain. Your allies are fighting well, though Antenora and Eudard are greviously wounded."
01[19:50] <Seira> "Can you heal their wounds?" Seira cuts straight to the chase.
[19:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "They are being tended to." Gwynharwyf's light envelopes you! Your wounds are soothed, your body restored! OOC: HP restored, con damage undone.
[19:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Maybe we should quickly grab one or two of them?" Honeydip considers, "We'll need more power if we're to defeat that abomination."
01[19:53] <Seira> "To be practical at the risk of sounding callous, Eudard's weapon is one of few capable of harming that abomination. If I could carry it into battle, we might fare better. If Amaryl wants to help bring it down, I'd also gladly welcome her help."
06[20:08] * Alicia casts resist cold on Honeydip as well. "Are they nearby? I'd like to return quickly while my spells remain and before it can regroup."
[20:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "They are a tent away," The voice of raging light speaks. "Regrouping."
[20:10] <Alicia> "Lets find them, then?" Alicia asks, determinedly setting out. Retreating as an unfortunate necessity, but she'd like to return to the fray as quickly as possible.
06[20:13] * Seira fully agrees with this sentiment!
[20:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Hurrying out, you head to the next tent. Here your friends rest! Antenora's stomach is gone, a vast hole in the middle. She cries out in agony, a Planetar tends to her wounds. Each invocation of magic slightly repairs the injury, but only slightly. Jessica sits next to her, holding her hands in her own. Eudard sits up, bloodied all over. Amaryl is next to him, as Saul works on his wounds with magic.
06[20:14] * Seira winces, making her way towards Antenora.
06[20:14] * Alicia wonders if it's a vile wound and quickly makes her way over to Antenora in the hopes that her presence will aid in healing. That she's alive at all with such a wound...
[20:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The wound doesn't heal any faster. Antenora looks up at Alicia, "What...are yo udoing here..." she hacks, "I'll...live. Is the Neverborn still alive?"
[20:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Seira!" Amary looks over as Eudards wounds slowly mend as well, "Are yo ualright?"
01[20:16] <Seira> "In a fashion. We're going back after it," Seira responds, looking down at her. "Just focus on getting better." She smiles at Amaryl, then. "Another close call, but that's it."
[20:16] <Alicia> "We had to make a retreat, but we're about to return," Alicia replies gently, taking out one of the regeneration potions Taldeer made. "Don't worry about that - drink this, it'll help," she soothes, uncorking the bottle and presenting it to her friend's lips, being careful not to choke her.
[20:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Abomination of Fate. That was the name of it," Eudard looks up to them, "It's wounds aren't healing right."
[20:17] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "How goes the battle? Did you find another of the Dark Six? We found one of their more powerful minions," Amaryl says, "But we kept the line from collapsing."
01[20:18] <Seira> "We killed Oblivion. He was all talk, although his minions had to be seen to be believed."
[20:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora drinks down! The wound heals very slightly and very slowly, as bits of the elixir splash out of her wound, as if going to her stomach that's obliterated. "Good," Antenora's lips are wet with red blood, "Not going to die...won't let myself die here. Go on, go back. I'm safe here."
06[20:20] * Seira gravitates towards Amaryl. "We're going to face the most horrible of abominations in existence. It would be extremely dangerous. Want to come?"
[20:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "If youre going back," Eudard slowly rises, "I can still fight."
[20:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "If you n-needme," Amaryl clasps her hands to her chest, "You found the way to the Neverborn?"
06[20:21] * Alicia squeezes Antenora's shoulder. "Rest, we'll be back after we've won," she reassures, before going to first ward Eudard against the cold, and then Amaryl. "You'll need this, trust me," she tells them.
01[20:22] <Seira> "Luck, destiny, take your pick." Seira shrugs. "I'm sure that if it dies for good, we won't need to be troubled by the undead for a good long time."
[20:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let's go," Honeydip calls now, "While there's still time! Surely it won't sit in it's throne room forever, will it?"
06[20:24] * Seira snorts, and lights herself on blue fire, before calling for Haste to envelop them. "Time for round two?"
[20:25] <Alicia> "I'm teleporting us back - there weren't any wardings against it that I saw. Be ready, we're about to land right in combat - keep those little ones busy unless you've got a special weapon or magic that can hurt the big one," she gives last minute instructions before teleporting the expanded group back into the fray!
[20:25] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: off target
[20:25] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d10
[20:25] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d10
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d10 and gets 3." [1d10=3]
06[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d10 and gets 2." [1d10=2]
[20:26] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Woosh! You appear in oblivion, Bleak Rendor and the battle in the distance! This is notably not the Neverborn's room!
06[20:26] * Alicia makes a face at wasting one of her more powerful spells. "Sorry, I was preoccupied when I was there," she explains away her lack of a clear mental image, trying once more.
[20:26] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[20:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus you appear! Ahead of you, a Planetar collapses! "For...Ab..." she tries to raise her greatsword, but collapses into icy ruin! About you angels and celestials lie obliterated, the Neverborn with a pair of white wings in it's hands! The four babies fly around it, battered but intact. "KILL THEM! KILL EVERYTHING!" He howls! OOC: roll init.
01[20:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
01[20:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 A
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 25." [1d20=5]
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 A and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[20:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
[20:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+26 honeydip
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 35." [1d20=15]
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+26 honeydip and gets 45." [1d20=19]
01[20:29] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 L
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 L and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[20:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18 Eudard
06[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 Eudard and gets 25." [1d20=7]
03[20:30] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Marie(25)'
03[20:30] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Marie(25)'
03[20:30] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Lagann(16)'
[20:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9
[20:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[20:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9
[20:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+9
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
03[20:31] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Scion 4(21)Scion 1=Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)>Scion 3(12)'
[20:31] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+14
06[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+14 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
03[20:31] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Scion 4(21)Scion 1=Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)>Scion 3(12)'
[20:32] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Honeydip holds her action for now! OOC: Latha'n'Alicia.
[20:33] <Alicia> Latha waits for the first sign of spellcasting from any of the smaller ones before she will attack and take revenge for the celestials who were just slain here!
06[20:34] * Alicia meanwhile waits for Marie, relying on her familiar to get her into melee with the Neverborn itself so she can start attacking properly.
[20:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Seira, go, Sec.
06[20:35] * Seira calls upon the energy of life to bolster her, drawing forward to use an assortment of ghostly unicorns to tear one of the scions apart, before drawing ten feet back into Latha's protective envelope!
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 5#1d20+32 ranged touch, maximized unicorns~
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d20+32 ranged touch, maximized unicorns~ and gets 232." [5#1d20+32 = 41, 45, 48, 48, 50]
[20:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: All hit.
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 5#16+5d8
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#16+5d8 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [5d8=2, 8, 1, 6, 1]
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 20d8+80
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 20d8+80 and gets 168." [20d8=4, 7, 7, 1, 8, 1, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 8, 8, 7, 8, 2, 1]
01[20:37] <Seira> roll 5d8
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 14." [5d8=2, 5, 3, 2, 2]
01[20:38] <Seira> OOC: If it survives, I hope to knock it into one of its pals with bullrush
03[20:38] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Scion 4(21)Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)>Scion 3(12)'
[20:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The scion is speared from all directions, bursting into a mist of bloodless flesh and rot! OOC: Amaryl.
01[20:40] <Seira> Amaryl gets a similar idea, staying right where she is and releasing a hasted swarm of arrows at another scion with all the fury she can muster!
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+30
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+30 and gets 247." [6#1d20+30 = 33, 47, 50, 39, 47, 31]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+25
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+25 and gets 64." [2#1d20+25 = 30, 34]
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+20
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+20 and gets 49." [2#1d20+20 = 26, 23]
[20:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: All hit but the last two.
01[20:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 crit?
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 crit? and gets 43." [1d20=13]
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 8#1d8+12+1d6
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 8#1d8+12+1d6 and gets 157." [8#1d8+12+1d6 = 15, 21, 22, 20, 18, 21, 19, 21]
03[20:45] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Latha=Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Scion 4(21)Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)'
[20:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Wounded already, the baby is perforated with arrows! It falls to the ground, unnatural form mauled to a second true death by Amaryl's arrows! OOC: Neverborn is up.
[20:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With it's gorgeous face locked in a stare of hate, "I'll watch all of you die!" it screams, "IT'S NOT FAIR! NONE OF IT'S EVER FAIR FOR ME!" Oblivion quakes around you, a white, static energy cascading from it's body! A vast storm of lightning races out, bursting around the party! OOC: Ref saves all.
01[20:48] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 me
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 me and gets 38." [1d20=9]
[20:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+20 Honeydip
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+20 Honeydip and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 Alicia
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 Alicia and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 Marie
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 Marie and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+14 Eudard hates ref saves
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+14 Eudard hates ref saves and gets 26." [1d20=12]
01[20:49] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 A
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 A and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[20:49] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 Latha. SR?
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 Latha. SR? and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[20:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Su.
[20:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 12d12 damage all of you made the ref except Marie. Lightning damage, which I think she's immune to anyway.
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 12d12 damage all of you made the ref except Marie. Lightning damage, which I think she's immune to anyway. and gets 60." [12d12=12, 1, 1, 5, 12, 6, 6, 2, 2, 10, 1, 2]
[20:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The lightning storm crashes around the party, bursts of pure eletricity leaving ozone trails and burns all over you! A moment later, the beauty of the abomination' face grows too much to look away from! In particular, Alicia...OOC: Will Alicia.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[20:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Eudard and Marie. Go mArie
[20:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> .
[20:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft, I want to know for sure
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft, I want to know for sure and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[20:55] <Alicia> Relieved that she didn't fall for it, Alicia reminds Hell Striker to take control from her if she does anything stupid like trying to protect the Neverborn as Marie flies forward to position herself behind the Neverborn, before the duo switch places and Alicia lashes out with her blade once more to hopefully finish the job!
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+48 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+48 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 51." [1d20=3]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+48 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+48 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 50." [1d20=2]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+43 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+43 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 54." [1d20=11]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike and gets 57." [1d20=19]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike crit check
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 -4pa divine might raging 7th and 2 4th level arcane strike crit check and gets 54." [1d20=16]
[20:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: One hit and one crit.
[20:58] <Alicia> OOC: +2 on all, forgot undead bane
[20:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Doesn't change any.
[20:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: yes, yo ugot the crit on the number. Your lucky dya.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 6d4+162+4d6+4d6+2d6+4d6+2d8+30d4
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d4+162+4d6+4d6+2d6+4d6+2d8+30d4 and gets 332." [6d4=1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4][4d6=5, 6, 4, 6][4d6=6, 2, 5, 1][2d6=4, 4][4d6=3, 1, 6, 6][2d8=7, 6][30d4=3, 1, 1, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3]
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 1d4 radiance
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 radiance and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[21:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The Neverborn's side and back are nearly destroyed! It screams but endures even this, "I WON'T GO AWAY! NOT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DEAD TOO! EVERYONE WILL LOVE ME WHEN THEY'RE ALL DEAD!" OOC: Eudard's up.
[21:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard rushes ahead, blade crackling with the fury of Talos! "By all that's ever been, begone!" he cries, as his body surges with strength, "Back to the Abyss of nothingness with you!"
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+37 (+2 charge, +2 bull's strength, +4 honeydip, +4 smite)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+37 (+2 charge, +2 bull's strength, +4 honeydip, +4 smite) and gets 52." [1d20=15]
01[21:02] <Seira> OOC: He can totally flank with Alicia!
[21:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Oh yeah, good point.
[21:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+15+3d6
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+15+3d6 and gets 30." [1d8=4][3d6=3, 5, 3]
[21:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard plunges his blade into the chest of the abomination! Lightning runs up and down it's body, the Neverborn's head peering up, "FATHER! WHY?!" OOC: Scion 4 is up. Anyone have a held action?
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: Latha
[21:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Shec an take it if she wishes to interrupt it.
[21:04] <Alicia> Latha charges over to club this scion with her mace as it marshalls its unholy energies!
03[21:04] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Latha=Scion 4(21)Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)'
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -8pa charge sun devotion
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -8pa charge sun devotion and gets 45." [1d20=18]
[21:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hit.
[21:05] <Alicia> roll 1d8+36
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+36 and gets 41." [1d8=5]
[21:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Can't make the check, no point in rolling.
[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The scion is clubbed hard, it's fragile body and the magic around it disrupted! It cries out as it's magic faulters! OOC: Scion 2.
[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The second scion emits a cone of cold at Eudard and Alicia, looking to freeze them! OOC: ref.
[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+13
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[21:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 15d6 full Eudard half Alicia
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 15d6 full Eudard half Alicia and gets 40." [15d6=2, 2, 2, 6, 1, 4, 6, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4]
[21:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The freezing is far less devastating this time, only doing some pain instead of an utter obliteration! OOC: Lagann.
01[21:08] <Seira> Lagann is in range, if barely, and decides to strike with the Resort at the wounded scion in an attempt to finish it off!
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+36 charge, smite
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+36 charge, smite and gets 39." [1d20=3]
[21:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hit.
01[21:09] <Seira> roll 3d8+4+6d8
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+4+6d8 and gets 46." [3d8=2, 6, 5][6d8=1, 3, 7, 6, 5, 7]
03[21:09] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Alicia(35)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie(25)>Latha>Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)'
[21:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The scion is impaled through the center, falling apart around the blade! OOC: Honeydip's up.
[21:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Lady Honeydip takes this chance, charging the last scion and looking to end it!
[21:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+37 (-6 PA)
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+37 (-6 PA) and gets 56." [1d20=19]
[21:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6+27
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6+27 and gets 30." [1d6=3]
03[21:11] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Honeydip(45)>Seira(32)>Amaryl(29)>Neverborn(28)>Eudard=Marie=Alicia(25)>Latha>Scion 2(20)Lagann(16)'
[21:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> She spears it directly, dealing a deep wound into it! OOC: Seira, forgot to adjust Alicia in init.
06[21:13] * Seira returns those ten feet she retreated previously, charging up the most powerful of her orb spells!
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 impromptu SA, maximized empowered orb of acid on the Neverborn
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 impromptu SA, maximized empowered orb of acid on the Neverborn and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[21:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Hit.
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 5d8+135 acid
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8+135 acid and gets 158." [5d8=5, 4, 6, 4, 4]
[21:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The acid flies true! The Neverborn's body is covered in it, dissolving away! Sparks of light erupt from it's hissing, melting body, the abomination falling to it's knees! "No...NO! WHY!? WHY!? WHY WAS I BORN JUST TO SUFFER?!" It's body hisses away, it's head falling to the ground! A rush of energy surges past all of you, "WHY?!...why....mother...father...momma...I'm ...scared...don't let me die..." (More)
[21:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> I'm ...scared...don't let me die..." (More)
[21:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Ao...please....let me dream...about how warm momma was...inside..." The head cries in a voice choking with despair, the head crackling apart into light! The light whirls about, before fading away into the Oblivion all around you! The surviving scion screams, body crackling and apart and fading away, pulled towards the whirling, fading light!
[21:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Free act.
01[21:20] <Seira> "So... damn... creepy."
06[21:20] * Alicia relaxes, dropping to the ground and letting her swordarm lower. "In the end, oblivion is kinder than anything Ao offered. But we still have two liches to kill."
01[21:21] <Seira> "One is even wounded!" Seira agrees, perking up.
01[21:22] <Seira> But first, she tries to heal Eudard's many wounds.
01[21:22] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 28." [3d8=1, 8, 4]
[21:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's almost over," Lady Honeydip looks about, "Are we fit to continue? The victory is ours...we can fight slower now if we need to recover."
01[21:22] <Seira> "They are so going down," Seira declares. "We won't give them a chance to escape!"
[21:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard's wounds heal. He looks down at where it was, sword still crackling with vicious lightning. He doesn't say anything for a little time, "There's two more to slay. In the name of Helm, let them meet judgment as well."
06[21:23] * Alicia nods in agreement, also healing Eudard some as she looks to see if this chamber has any other exits.
[21:23] <Alicia> OOC: 20hp lay onhands
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 43." [1d20=13]
[21:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Both heals go through.
06[21:25] * Seira restores some of Amaryl's vitality, in turn, before looking around to for anything of interest as Waukeen commands her to!
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 2d8+10
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 and gets 20." [2d8=8, 2]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+30
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 and gets 48." [1d20=18]
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 search
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 search and gets 35." [1d20=1]
[21:26] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Farther back in the darkness is a throne. It is a throne of incredible craftsmanship, forged of adamantine and cold iron, studded with black opals. It weights tens of tons, but is surely valuable.
06[21:26] * Alicia hardly cares about that. With only one exit to use, she starts jogging back the way they came.
06[21:27] * Seira isn't about to break furniture apart, and follows Alicia out in search of more liches to take down!
[21:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As the party heads out, you find a glowing Tulani and six Courre Eladrin. With hands full of light, "The disturbance we heard and felt - was it the end of the Neverborn?" He asks, beautifully elven and muscled, wearing golden armor and carrying only light in his hands. "The forces outside wailed as one, many scattering to the four winds."
[21:28] <Alicia> "It's dead," Alicia confirms, her green skin flowing away and reverting her to her normal colouring and muscle tone. "There are still two liches left, unless others have had success elsewhere?"
01[21:29] <Seira> "Even some news of lich sightings would help!" Seira pitches in.
[21:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I heard one was encountered, but it fell back. We're going to secure the way you came - we're supposed to occupy as much of Bleak Rendor as we can." With a slight msile to that, "Reinforcements are coming. The battle has turned decisively in our favor."
[21:30] <Alicia> "We need to find the other two liches, as well as the central phylactery to ensure none of the ones already defeated can regenerate themselves - likely as not that could be where the last two have fell back to, anyway. Has anyone encountered any fixed orbs like the ones the liches carry?"
[21:31] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "No, but we're still exploring Bleak Rendor. I am in contact with Lady Gywnharwyf. She is advancing now, she is no longer barred from approaching." Reporting this, "IT is only a matter of time until Androlynne is avenged."
01[21:32] <Seira> "So it is, but we can't just leave it to everyone else, sit back and relax," Seira says. "Alicia, how about those double doors we saw earlier? Let's see if we can break them down?"
06[21:33] * Alicia looks towards the titan-covered doors. She'd assumed that was where those unfortunate celestials they saw with the Neverborn came from, but they might have come in the breach in the ceiling.
[21:33] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The doors are ajar now. No light comes from the cracked doors.
[21:34] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Let's use restraint now. With Lady Gwynharwyf on the way, we can afford to retreat if we find resistance. There's no sense dying in the last moments of war," Honeydip floats towards the ajar doors.
06[21:34] * Alicia heads towards the doors as well - there might still be areas past there that are still being fought over, or remain unexplored.
01[21:34] <Seira> "I think we've demonstrated a capacity for that when we withdrew earlier," Seira voices, following.
[21:35] <Alicia> "Good luck, guys!" Marie gives her fellow courre a jaunty wave as she flies off.
[21:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Ahead, you find a narrow hall. Doors are on eithe rside twenty feet ahead, then a heavier door twenty more feet straight ahead.
[21:35] <Alicia> "Don't get turned into ghosts!" she adds.
[21:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Huh?" One female courre turns with a puzzled look.
[21:36] <Alicia> "One of the liches had a spell that did that," Marie explains, flying backwards. "Wasn't much different than being a ball except I had hands, but the creepy voices were annoying. Heal spell fixes it right up, though!"
[21:36] <Alicia> Are any of the doors in sight unopened?
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The back door is ajar. Side doors aren't.
06[21:37] * Alicia goes to open the sinister door!
[21:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Which one?
06[21:37] * Seira checks one of the closed doors, glowing with blue flames, while Alicia does that.
[21:37] <Alicia> OOC: left
01[21:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 search
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 search and gets 40." [1d20=6]
06[21:38] * Seira opens it, suppressing the desire to just kick it in.
[21:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The door leads to an open hall. Statues of undead stand about at attention. It leads ahead sixty feet, coming to an end at some sort of black colored pool of liquid.
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: any magic?
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 spellcraft
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 spellcraft and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[21:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Seira opens the right door! She finds a narrow hall, leading to six doors on a wide back wall.
[21:41] <Alicia> "Don't drink the water," Alicia deadpans, doubting anyone would be stupid enough to do so as she turns to see what's behind Seira's door.
01[21:42] <Seira> "Is it horribly transformative?" Seira asks, checking and then opening the first door in a clockwise pattern.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+34
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 and gets 39." [1d20=5]
[21:43] <Alicia> "It'll kill you and make your body keep moving," Alicia confirms, letting Seira open the next set of doors.
01[21:44] <Seira> "I don't think we need to worry, since Donald's kicking back in Lathander's realm," Seira says happily, not seeing any traps and opening the first door.
[21:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> All six doors lead to one vast room. Here a great sphere of bone and metal whirls in the air, glowing with a black radiance! A skeleton is marvelously complex robes of blue and black looks up at it, an Orb in his hands. He turns to look at Seira, unexpressive. "Marching ahead, the victors come to claim what is theirs?"
01[21:45] <Seira> "There's that, too," Seira agrees. "But mostly we just want you all to die horribly."
[21:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We were doomed from the beginning. Sylian...all his plan, it seems." Behind him, you see a face in the sphere - a ghostly image of Glaciante, howling in fury! "What I always feared, yet could do nothing to stop."
01[21:47] <Seira> "How about not attacking innocent people or teaming up with abominations? I bet that would've been conductive to longevity."
[21:48] <Alicia> "Maybe you should have tried harder, then," Alicia tells him, raising her sword. "Now you will die as you should have long ago, and be damned to whatever Hell will take you."
[21:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It matters not now." Holding the Orb out, "A simple agreement - we do no matter, I leave this place and the Orb behind with you. Do what you will to the fools within. Otherwise...oh, you may defeat me. But I know I'll take at least one of ou down to the Abyss with me."
[21:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> *we do no battle. Wow.
01[21:49] <Seira> "Wouldn't you die when we destroy your phylactery, anyhow?"
[21:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With a grim, grim smile, "It's why I was here instead of in the battle, child. I am safe. Come then if you wish to try and kill me. It matters little, ultimately. Sylian used all of us."
01[21:51] <Seira> "I think you're probably lying. Plus I hate the lot of you, so killing you sounds like a really great idea."
[21:53] <Alicia> "I think you overestimate your chances," Alicia replies. "If you wish to surrender I'd accept it, but you would not go free to commit further atrocities. Instead you would be given over to Kelemvor's judgement - which may be harsh, but perhaps better than your other fate. Choose."
01[21:53] <Seira> Neverending torture in death, or in undeath. Seira finds herself approving.
[21:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> With a chuckle, dark energies flare around the lich! "I am Mayna. Rue this as your soul is violated in the endless madness!" OOC: Roll init.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Alicia
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Alicia and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Marie
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Marie and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 Latha
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 Latha and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[21:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+26 honeydip
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+26 honeydip and gets 32." [1d20=6]
[21:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18 Eudard
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 Eudard and gets 31." [1d20=13]
01[21:54] <Seira> "I've heard it all before!" Seira exclaims, the fire about her spiking.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 A
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 A and gets 39." [1d20=19]
01[21:55] <Seira> roll 1d20+12 L
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 L and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+18 Mayna.
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+18 Mayna. and gets 23." [1d20=5]
03[21:55] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Seira=Alicia(34)>Honeydip(32)>Eudard(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(28)'
03[21:56] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Amaryl(39)>Seira=Alicia(34)>Honeydip(32)>Eudard(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(28)>Lagann(23)'
[21:56] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Go Amaryl.
01[21:56] <Seira> Amaryl decides to follow the same pattern as before, holding her position and assaulting the lich with a storm of arrows it would be hard-pressed to weather!
[21:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Wait, forgot to add him.
03[21:57] * Tiny_Ko_Army changes topic to 'Amaryl(39)>Seira=Alicia(34)>Honeydip(32)>Eudard(31)>Marie(30)>Latha(28)>Mayna=Lagann(23)'
[21:57] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Carry on.
01[21:57] <Seira> roll 6#1d20+31 she's so smiting him
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6#1d20+31 she's so smiting him and gets 219." [6#1d20+31 = 32, 41, 33, 38, 32, 43]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+26
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+26 and gets 71." [2#1d20+26 = 38, 33]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 2#1d20+21
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d20+21 and gets 64." [2#1d20+21 = 31, 33]
[21:58] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Two hits, d100 on both.
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 2#1d100
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d100 and gets 131." [2#1d100 = 80, 51]
[21:59] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Two hits.
01[22:00] <Seira> roll 2#1d8+20+1d6
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2#1d8+20+1d6 and gets 59." [2#1d8+20+1d6 = 28, 31]
[22:00] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The arrows slam into Mayna, hitting his bony body and ripping his robes with twin holes! OOC: Seira'n'Alicia power hour.
[22:01] <Alicia> "By Mystra's will, unbind the dweomer that protects the unworthy!" Alicia calls, stripping away Mayna's magical defences before she flies overhead, landing behind the lich with sword at the ready!
[22:01] <Alicia> OOC: how many checks to dispel?
[22:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: 10.
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 10#1d20+21
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10#1d20+21 and gets 292." [10#1d20+21 = 25, 24, 27, 27, 39, 31, 35, 26, 22, 36]
[22:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Some of the magic around Mayna cracks apart, falling away! Yet mighty magics still cloak and protect him! OOC: Seira.
06[22:02] * Seira grimly steps closer to her enemy until she is just over fifteen feet away from Alicia, boosting her magical might against the lich, before exploding into a brilliant, all-consuming fire!
01[22:02] <Seira> OOC: Assay spell resistance, empowered greater fireburst
[22:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Go for it.
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+29 SR
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 SR and gets 45." [1d20=16]
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1.5*15d10 flames~
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*15d10 flames~ and gets 129." [15d10=7, 10, 5, 9, 2, 9, 6, 10, 6, 5, 4, 1, 4, 1, 7]
[22:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Devastating fires erupt around Mayna! His bones burn, robes scorched away! He holds onto the Orb of the Dark Six, even as he is charred! OOC: Honeydip.
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Lady Honeydip takes this chance, charging with all she has!
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+30 (-13 PA)
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+30 (-13 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=2]
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> But she manages to miss the easy target, flatfooted as he is! OOC: Eudard.
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard draws in his breath, sword readied, "For the crimes against existance, Helm sentences you to death!" With that, his blade seeks the lich!
[22:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 bull's strenght, +3 quickened divine favor, +4 smite, +4 honeydip, +2 flank -12 PA)
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+28 (+2 charge, +2 bull's strenght, +3 quickened divine favor, +4 smite, +4 honeydip, +2 flank -12 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+30+3d6
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+30+3d6 and gets 42." [1d8=3][3d6=6, 2, 1]
[22:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The crackle of lightning is too much! The bony wizard breaks apart, it's skeleton collapsing! All that's left is a pile of bone, the Orb, and a single metal ring gleaming on one finger. OOC: Free at.
06[22:07] * Alicia cracks a brief smile. "So much for all his talk," she comments, opening up her portable hole and kicking orb number five within.
01[22:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+39 K:A
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+39 K:A and gets 53." [1d20=14]
01[22:07] <Seira> "Empty boasts, that's all he was!" Seira agrees, helping Alicia kick the rest of anything salvageable in.
[22:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The only other thing of note is a metal ring on it's bony fingers.
01[22:08] <Seira> Then that's what gets taken home!
[22:09] <Alicia> "One last lich to find and then we can end this," Alicia remarks as she furls up the hole. "Lets keep looking for him?"
[22:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "What about that?" Honeydip gestures to the sphere of metal and bone. "That's our other goal too. Maybe we should keep someone here, so that the last one doesn't repeat this?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Yeah, Mayna or however he called himself probably tried to transfer his soul elsewhere. Gimme a moment to look at this sphere, first?"
[22:10] <Alicia> "Amaryl or Seira, perhaps?" Alicia suggests. "Since you two are in constant telepathic contact?"
[22:10] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl blushes at this.
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard kicks one of the bones, "Well fought," he turns to Alicia and then Seira.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+39 K:A
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+39 K:A and gets 46." [1d20=7]
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+30 spellcraft
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+30 spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=9]
01[22:14] <Seira> "This is the seventh orb!" Seira exclaims. "The remaining lich's trying to break free even as we speak! Let's go and kill his sorry ass!"
[22:15] <Alicia> "He can do that remotely? Does it give any clue as to where he is?" Alicia asks.
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: I'll reline!
01[22:19] <Seira> "This is the seventh orb!" Seira exclaims. "That loser, Mayna, is trying to break free even as we speak! But he'll be weakened if we get the last orb and destroy them while the process is taking place, so let's find the remaining lich and put him out of our misery?"
[22:21] <Alicia> "Won't that kill all of them, though?" Alicia asks, not liking how this sounds. If he can just escape and respawn elsewhere, even weakened, it rather tarnishes things.
01[22:21] <Seira> "He'll be weakened for millennia," Seira elaborates. "While I'll try to track his sorry soul down, and we'll take him out as he's all weak."
[22:22] <Alicia> "Will it still kill the others, at least?" Alicia asks hopefully.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Oh yes, definitely!"
[22:22] <Alicia> "That'll have to do, then," she nods. "Will one of you watch here for the return of the last lich while the rest of us hunt through Bleak Rendor?"
[22:22] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We knew Sylian was going to get away...but let's hurry so that another one doesn't!" Amaryl says, "Right?"
01[22:22] <Seira> To Amaryl, Seira whispers, "You can stay here to guard the orb, if you'd like. Lagann could even turn you invisible."
[22:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Okay," Amaryl agrees, "I won't let anything happen."
01[22:23] <Seira> "Call me at the first sign of... anything, really. I'll teleport right back!" Seira promises, as Lagann casts greater invisibility upon Amaryl.
[22:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As you talk, a faint light glows in the room. A warming light, a light that stirs change and hope within you. It's distant and dim, but felt nonetheless.
01[22:25] <Seira> "And there's the cavalry!" Seira says happily, proceeding out of the room and towards the remaining door they are yet to check.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Gwynharwyf must approach," Alicia surmises at the presence of the light, jogging back out to the main corridor and heading down the untravelled doorway.
[22:26] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The light grows warmer as you head out! As you do, "Seira!" Amaryl calls out, "Come back!"
06[22:26] * Seira returns in an instant!
06[22:26] * Alicia does an about turn and runs back!
[22:27] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Within the sphere, a face whirls! A skeletal face unknown to you, howling in fury before fading into it.
06[22:28] * Seira instantly checks to see whether there is now one more essence residing within the sphere!
[22:28] <Alicia> "Someone just killed the last lich?" Alicia guesses. "In that case we should find them to retrieve the last orb and end this."
[22:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Good! Glad tos ee the rest of them caught up a bit," Lady Honeydip goes to rest on the floor, "The fastest few of us should go?"
01[22:28] <Seira> "Oh yes!" Seira agrees. "That's definitely the last lich biting it."
[22:30] <Alicia> "Latha and Marie, then?" Alicia suggests.
[22:30] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes,"Latha starts flying out of the room immediately.
01[22:30] <Seira> "I'll use the time to try and track down Mayna, then," Seira proposes, getting to it.
[22:30] <Alicia> Marie is right there with her!
06[22:31] * Alicia opens up the portable hole and starts setting the five orbs they've collected thus far in a circle around the big sphere.
[22:33] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The light grows stronger! Shortly, Marie andLatha return! Walking with them is utter radiance. A furious warrior approaches the sphere, the last Orb in her hands. Gwynharwyf looks to it, "Justice has come for the forgotten children. Alicia and Seira - you two above all others are responsible for this. Take this orb and end those who have done so much evil."
06[22:33] * Alicia is already handling the consecration, so she nods to Seira for her to do the honours with the last orb.
06[22:34] * Seira accepts the orb, and turns towards Alicia. "Do you think you could try a Divination, first? It should be the best way to track down Mayna."
[22:34] <Alicia> "You mean you want me to scry on him?" Alicia clarifies.
01[22:36] <Seira> "I thought of the actual spell, but this might work even better," Seira agrees. "And if this fails, well, we'll track him down yet."
06[22:36] * Seira places the last orb to complete the circle, in the meantime.
06[22:38] * Alicia conescrates the area to Mystra by her very presence, so no special action is required to end things in the manner Sylian said would occur. She picks up one of Mayna's bones and some ash from his fancy robes to use as a focus, employing her last seventh circle spell to mimic the effects of a scrying spell on the lich.
[22:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The last orb is put in place! At this, Alicia glows with pure white light! It shines throughout the room, the six orbs rising! They spin around and around, shattering apart! As they do, cracks run up and down the seventh orb! Four tormented faces are seen within! "No...Noooo!" Glaciante's voice calls, "This isn't possible!" Dralen's laughter can be heard, "Play...I'll play with yo uagain...even if I have to crawl up from being a dretch!"
[22:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Play...I'll play with yo uagain...even if I have to crawl up from being a dretch!" Oblivion's raspy howling echos about as well, and another voice calling, "This isn't possible...Ogremoch...give me your pow-" Then it all ends. The last orb shatters into shards, exploding out! The souls vanish away, gone!
[22:39] <Alicia> OOC: DC 25 on my scrying, -14 from possession/body part
[22:39] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+11
06[22:39] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
01[22:39] <Seira> "Good luck with that," Seira tells the insane lich as it disappears. "Have fun with all the torture."
[22:40] <Alicia> "So it was one of those guys that sent the black rock triskithing!" Marie points accusingly.
[22:41] <Tiny_Ko_Army> You can see ahead. A ruined, blasted room. A fire reds ky burns above, the ground foul. In these ruins, a skeletal form appears! It is half transparent and flickering, an arm and both legs missing! Mayna lies there, groaning!
[22:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 planes, can I tell what plane he's on?
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 planes, can I tell what plane he's on? and gets 41." [1d20=13]
01[22:42] <Seira> "You know, I do still have the teleport ring," Seira says in a conversational tone of voice. "If we need to get to Mayna after plane shifting, say."
[22:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Gwynharwyf peers at Mayna, "Dispatch him," she commands, "Will you need magic to take you to him?"
[22:43] <Alicia> "He's in the Abyss," Alicia gestures to the illusory image generated by her scrying. "He should be weak and we can surely kill him quickly and depart."
01[22:43] <Seira> "Let's go," Seira says, taking Amaryl's hand and offering the other to Alicia. "No time to waste, right?"
06[22:43] * Alicia takes the offered hand and takes her familiars in the other. "Latha, if you'd do the honours?"
[22:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Latha does so! You appear below a fire-red sky, nothing but endless ruin as far as you can see. In the distance, a swarm of babau lurk, climbing up and over a ruined pile of rubble.
06[22:45] * Seira calls upon the power of her ring as soon as they arrive, seeking out the lich's whereabouts!
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d100
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d100 and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[22:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus you appear around Mayna! He struggles to rise, but cannot. His body flickers between real and ghostly, a gemmed vial held tightly in one hand.
06[22:47] * Seira announces her arrival with as many ghostly unicorns as she can summon!
06[22:47] * Alicia doesn't hesitate in bringing Hell Striker down to sunder him in twain!
[22:47] <Alicia> OOC: init?
[22:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Go ahead, he's helpless right now.
01[22:47] <Seira> roll 10#1d8+8+5d8 glee~
06[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10#1d8+8+5d8 glee~ and gets 362." [10#1d8+8+5d8 = 45, 43, 46, 37, 23, 38, 26, 32, 30, 42]
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 4d4+100+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 coup de grace
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4+100+2d6+2d6+1d6+2d6+1d8 coup de grace and gets 144." [4d4=4, 1, 4, 1][2d6=3, 5][2d6=5, 5][1d6=4][2d6=4, 1][1d8=7]
[22:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Between unicorns and sword, the body and placytery are obliterated! Mayna screams as the ground reaches up, taking his fading body in! It rumbles deeply, a swelling lump appearing where his broken body and broken plyactery were.
06[22:49] * Alicia looks around briefly for any magic. If this was his backup place to respawn he might have left useful supplies here, or a spellbook.
01[22:49] <Seira> "Seems like you'll be starting from the bottom of the food chain, too," Seira mutters as the lich is destroyed, joining Alicia in her search.
01[22:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+34 plus normal search, why not?
06[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+34 plus normal search, why not? and gets 44." [1d20=10]
[22:50] <Alicia> "Nothing here. It must have been a last minute thing," Alicia remarks. "Latha, take us back to the negative energy plane and I'll return us to Bleak Rendor?"
[22:50] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As Seira searches, she finds the swollen lump breaks apart. Crying in pain, a mane claws out, wet and bloody!
06[22:51] * Seira destroys it with yet more unicorns, in case it's the lich, reborn.
06[22:51] * Alicia recoils briefly at the sudden arrival of a new mane. A more graphic example of the Abyssal rebirthing process she could not have asked for.
01[22:51] <Seira> roll 5#1d8+8+5d8 die a final death please
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5#1d8+8+5d8 die a final death please and gets 174." [5#1d8+8+5d8 = 33, 41, 33, 29, 38]
[22:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> It is torn apart by the unicorns, ripped in shreds in a moment! LAdy Honeydip looks away, "I've had enough of the Abyss for eternity. Let's go...let's go back to Arborea? You're heroes there...let me take you to the Court of the Stars."
[22:53] <Alicia> "If you don't think we're needed to clean up at Bleak Rendor," Alicia looks uncertain. "I'd rather see to Antenora and the others we left at the camp, too."
01[22:53] <Seira> "There's also the matter of Donald. Let's go wherever we can regroup the easiest?"
[22:54] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We can go there if you wish, but Lady Gwynharwyf is there and at full power now. Bleak Rendor is surely taken care of." Lady Honeydip relents. "Let's return to Antenora and the others then?"
06[22:54] * Alicia nods. "We can return to Arborea with everyone else," she agrees, taking Latha's and Marie's hands.
[22:55] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus Latha returns you to the Negative Energy Plane! You appear in the nothingness, utter chill and emptiness all around you.
01[22:56] <Seira> "I can only muster a short-term teleport," Seira tells Alicia, relying on her to get them to their destination.
[22:57] <Alicia> "I've got two chances... should've left Marie there for better accuracy," Alicia admits, eliciting an apologetic shrug from her familiar as she attempts to teleport to where they left Antenora, Jessica, and Saul.
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 1." [1d100=1]
[23:01] <Alicia> OOC: lets call that my magic failure roll
[23:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen once
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen once and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[23:02] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Thus you appear in the tent! Jessica is holding Antenora's hands, Antenora's head resting in her lap. Her side is bandaged, somewhat better looking at a glance. Saul is resting near them, eyes half closed. The light here is dimmer, but still radiant.
06[23:02] * Alicia goes to take a seat next to her sister, not waking Antenora. "It's over. We won," she announces in quiet satisfaction.
[23:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "We felt it." Jessica says with open happiness and relief, "Antenora rested easily once she did."
01[23:03] <Seira> "The last of the innocent souls have been released, and all the liches here destroyed," Seira agrees, just as satisfied.
[23:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul sighs, "Good. There was far too much powerful magic being thrown around for anyone's good." Pushing his hood back, "I think Mystra is almost onto something, talking about using magic only when you need to. This was excessive."
[23:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Amaryl sinks down to her knees, lying down. "Let's take a long rest. Ever since this started...the attacks...the Abyss...this..."
01[23:05] <Seira> "Hmph. It's not the magic but how you use it," Seira insists, before asking Honeydeep, "There was a priest of Lathander abducted from our land. Did any of the other teams manage to find out what happened to him?"
[23:05] <Alicia> "I've never been very good about that part myself," Alicia admits, fidgeting. "But having so many irresponsible wielders of magic vastly more powerful than my own rankles something fierce."
[23:05] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I'll go find out," Honeydip flies off.
[23:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "....mmm..." Antenora's eyes open, "Jealous?" A light grin shows on her face, "Good work, Alicia."
01[23:06] <Seira> "Five less of them, now, and another gone off beyond the rim or wherever it is the crazy people go."
[23:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You go back to sleep," Jessica leans over, thwapping Antenora's forehead, "You came within a few drops of blood to dying."
[23:06] <Alicia> "Hush you, you're supposed to be resting," Alicia gently chides her friend.
[23:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Good." Saul closes his eyes, "Yes, yes I know. I'm getting too old for this."
01[23:07] <Seira> "That's what you always say. It only manages to make you sound old."
[23:07] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You're right by me...of course I can rest safe..." Antenora lets her eyes close back, "I feel better already, the potion helped some. Jovaiel thinks the only think that will heal the wound entirely is time, but the worst of it's gone."
[23:08] <Alicia> "And you're practically a baby compared to some of those here!" Marie tells Saul as she settles on Antenora's pillow.
01[23:08] <Seira> "Yes," Seira finds herself agreeing. "Listen to the nice person and go out and find a sexy angel to comfort you."
[23:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Soon Lady Honeydip returns, "There's freed prisoners. One of them is Claris Brightsun," she says, "Gwynharwyf has sent him along to Lathander's realm. There is...need of him for spiritual healing."
[23:09] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul just glares at Seira, but settles back.
[23:10] <Alicia> "When you say he went to Lathander's realm, is he whole or is it the passing of his soul?" Alicia asks delicately.
01[23:10] <Seira> "Prisoners mean live people, right? That's how it normally goes?"
[23:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "He's alive." Honeydip goes to sit on the ground, shifting to human sized. "Yes. AS well as myriad souls freed."
06[23:11] * Seira nods. "Whatever he needs and we can provide, just let us know. Please."
[23:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> After another moment, "They've found the laboratories, too. They're dealing with those, destroying the profane and harvesting knowledge we may need or may be useful and untainted."
[23:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Honeydip sharply nods to Seira, "Yeah. He's a cleric of Lathander, I'm sure Lathander will make sure he'll recover."
[23:12] <Alicia> "He must have suffered terribly... it's hard to believe it's been barely over a week since they revealed themselves so brutally upon our world," Alicia shakes her head.
[23:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Longest week of my life," Amaryl rests her head on one hand, "Wasn't it?"
01[23:12] <Seira> "There is another of their prisoners, back in Balmuria," Seira continues. "He is slowly healing, but would it be better for him to heal elsewhere, you think?"
06[23:13] * Seira nods slowly at Amaryl's words. "Can't think of a longer one, try as I might."
[23:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Millenias of preparations and it all ends in 9 or so days," Jessica murmurs, "We stand changed for it, but unbowed."
[23:13] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I can't say from here," Honeydip admits, "I can ask about it."
01[23:14] <Seira> "While you do ask, do you have that moment now?" Seira inquires. "I've been meaning to check something with you."
[23:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Dragging us..." Antenora yawns but opens her eyes, "Making sure all of us smite evil with you, Alicia?" Cocking a smile as she sits up slightly, "Jessica's going to be with us now after we're done in the Prime."
[23:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Yes, this way," Lady Honeydip starts to fly outside of the tent, "Let's go talk then."
01[23:15] <Seira> "I'll try to keep it brief," Seira promises, flashing Amaryl a smile and following Lady Honeydip.
[23:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You're supposed to be asleep, but you've never been gooda t that," Jessica thwaps Antenora's nose.
[23:15] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Evil Seira.
[23:15] <Alicia> "Well, she has a bakery and soon to be husband in Dweomerheart to look after," Marie points out as Alicia watches Seira and Honeydip leaving curiously.
[23:16] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Mmm-hmm..." Antenora smiles up at Marie, "You're thrilled I bet. Free bread and another place to have funa nd make pranks, hm?"
[23:18] <Alicia> "Well, it does give us an excuse to visit Dweomerheart more often, so I can't complain about that," Marie smiles sweetly. "While you two were tromping up that mountain, I was showing Jessica and Roald all the sights!"
[23:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Eudard has been quiet this time, going to sit with his sword across his lap. He watches everything without comment, until, "Alicia."
[23:18] <Alicia> "Yes?" Alicia turns to regard the recently converted paladin of Helm.
[23:18] <Alicia> *three
[23:19] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You'd just love to show me all around Dweomermerheart, wouldn't you?" Antenora's own laugh is a strong one, but shallow as she idly rests a hand on her wound. "Ride atop my head while directing me this way or that."
[23:20] <Alicia> "Oh, you say that like you wouldn't have fun yourself," Marie pouts, giving the side of Antenora's head a little shove.
[23:20] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It was good to fight with you. I still owe the Crimson Guard a debt...and a personal one to you, for my curlish actions to you and your ward." With a slight bow of his head, "You've improved greatly."
[23:21] <Alicia> "For lending us your strength here, I consider the debt settled," Alicia inclines her head with the same formality. "Well fought, Eudard."
[23:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora turns and looks at Marie, "I can see you calling me Golem Antenora and pretending you're a mighty wizard directing me down Dweomerheart's streets. I know you'd have fun, at least.
[23:21] <Tiny_Ko_Army> ""
[23:22] <Alicia> "And a very well-formed golem you'd be, too!" Marie laughs. "If a little bit weak around the stomach," she adds more worriedly. "Be more careful next time, okay? I want to show you Dweomerheart as you are now, not as a new petitioner."
[23:23] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "You too." Eudard softens his words, then comes to offer a hand out to Alicia. "I came to you the first time in friendship. I'd like to try and rekindle that. You're a worthy warrior and person."
[23:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Don't worry. I won't die. I can't leave Alicia alone, and you'd just be heartbroken if I died," With a slight smirk, "I wouldn't do that to either of you."
[23:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Saul watches everything and shakes his head, murmuring something under his breath
[23:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> .
06[23:26] * Alicia stands up to shakes Eudard's hand back. "Our initial rancor was spurred by forces beyond our control. I'd be proud to call you friend," she affirms graciously, ignoring the antics of her familiar.
[23:26] <Alicia> "Good!" Marie crosses her arms. "Because if you die I'll make sure you're dressed in something really embarrassing for the funeral!"
[23:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> His grip is firm, "I feel like I've found a calling here. The truth has been given to me, as well as a chance to be part of something greater."
[23:28] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora smirks even more, "Like a maid costume? You like those, don't you?"
[23:30] <Alicia> "Or a jester's outfit," Marie considers mischeviously.
[23:30] <Alicia> "For all the horrors we've seen, at least it provides something unambiguous to wield our blades against," Alicia nods thoughtfully at Eudard's words.
[23:33] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "To that, I thank Helm." Eudard smiles.
[23:33] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Hmph," Antenora glowers at Marie, "How about a tavern singer? I can at least carry a note now."
[23:34] <Alicia> "They don't really have a unique form of dress, though," Marie tells Antenora. "Anyway, the point is you're not supposed to die, so I won't have to pick anything out!"
[23:35] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Mmm." Antenora rests back now, "Shades of gray...all of this was pitch black. It makes for good enemies and clear cut choices."
[23:35] <Alicia> "I wouldn't go thanking anyone for this," Alicia gestures vaguely in the direction of Bleak Rendor as she sits down again. "But if the blame is to lie at anyone's feet, it would be Ao."
[23:36] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Hm?" Antenora sits right back up, "Thinking about that again, Alicia?"
[23:36] <Alicia> "Lie down," Alicia briefly glares at Antenora, not relenting until she resumes resting like a good girl.
[23:37] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora sits up instead, holding her side but looking Alicia rightin the eyes. "I'm fine. Go on. What's bothering you about that?"
[23:39] <Alicia> "I'm not brooding if that's what you mean," Alicia replies exasparation at Antenora's wilful disobedience. "But it was Ao who created the Neverborn, and his edict that supposedly cut our world off from beings as powerful as the Dark Six, which conveniently failed around now. The facts speak for themselves."
[23:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Hm?" Jessica stares at Alicia, "I don't follow."
[23:40] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's complicated." Antenora slides over, resting against Jessica's side, her head on JEssica's shoulder. "It's just a theory we have going around now."
06[23:41] * Alicia looks at Jessica in surprise, since that was pretty clear cut in her head when she said it. "Ao created the Neverborn," she repeats. "He didn't want it to be born, so instead of just killing it outright, he turned it into an undead abomination of monstrous power and set it loose on the cosmos."
[23:42] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Oh." Jessica said, "Why do you think it conviently failed now, then? Do you think Ao meant for all of this to happen? That's what I don't get."
[23:44] <Alicia> "It's either that or the Dark Six had some way of getting around Ao's power where Gods and Archfiends fail," Alicia replies. "Really, I don't even know why they attacked our world to begin with, though - it served no purpose towards their deal with Pale Night, and only served to draw our attention to them and resulted in their ultimate defeat."
[23:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Perhaps we'll find out what pieces connect together when Bleak Rendor is sacked." Antenora is thoughtful now, "There's several hanging questions."
[23:47] <Alicia> "Maybe we will," Alicia replies. "But for now would you please lie down and rest? You just had a hole put through your middle."
[23:47] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Perhaps, but...can we let this go? Can you two go back to making doe eyes at each other, while Alicia and the rest o fus chat," Jessica's voice is weary, "It has been a very long week. Why rehas...exactly, Alicia."
[23:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Antenora glowers, but rests her head back down.
[23:48] <Alicia> "So... big party in Arborea, right?" Marie chirps, eager to move onto more cheery subjects. "In fact, it'll probably be the biggest party ever."
[23:51] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A night of rest comes and passes, the party recovering. The next morning dawns, Honeydip back with you. "Okay, Bleak Rendor's been mostly sacked," she announces, "Lady Gwynharwyf will want to talk to you about it, but until after we return to Arborea." OOC: Recover spells/HP.
[19:10] <Kotono> A night of rest comes and passes, the party recovering. The next morning dawns, Honeydip back with you. "Okay, Bleak Rendor's been mostly sacked," she announces, "Lady Gwynharwyf will want to talk to you about it, but until after we return to Arborea." OOC: Recover spells/HP.
01[19:14] <Seira> "There's nothing more for us to do here," Seira agrees.
06[19:14] * Alicia looks towards Antenora with some concern. "Are you fit to travel?" she asks, wondering if she feels up to a party.
[19:15] <Kotono> Antenora's wound has healed somewhat more, her steps steady. "I've fought with far worse. A party will be...nothing."
[19:16] <Kotono> Lady Honeydip bobs in the air, back to pixie size. "I'm sure you'll find the energy in the Court of the Stars, anyway."
01[19:16] <Seira> "Alicia, what if we tried to cast a Limited Wish together to assist in Antenora's recovery? There's something to be said about the brute force approach."
[19:17] <Alicia> "I couldn't use it to copy anything stronger than Heal, and that's already been tried," Alicia points out. "The experts have already said real rest is what she needs."
[19:18] <Kotono> "I'm fine. I'm not going to shatter because I'm wounded. We've all been hurt before," Antenora looks to both, waggling a finger, "Do I look that bad off?"
01[19:19] <Seira> "I might need to lie to answer that," Seira says with a smile. "But you certainly seem lively, so we can go. If you feel tired, let us know and we can try to alleviate that, at least?"
06[19:19] * Alicia resists the urge to poke Antenora's stomach to make a point. It'd be vulgar and mean-spirited, for all that it would surely work. "You know yourself best," she temporises. "But if you get tired and want to go home, just say so."
[19:20] <Kotono> "Ahem." Lady Honeydip clears her throat, "Well, if that's settled, are you ready to go?"
[19:21] <Alicia> "As we'll ever be," Alicia nods to Honeydip.
[19:23] <Kotono> "Then step forward with me. We'll leave this cursed place behind!" Lady Honeydip hovers, before starting to fly forward!
06[19:25] * Seira wraps an arm around Amaryl's waist, and follows!
03[19:27] * Cid_Samson is now known as Ciddead
[19:30] <Kotono> With a step the realm of oblivion is left behind! You step forward into a forest. Here stately trees provide shade. Above you can see a brilliantly starry sky, unfamiliar constellations as bright as paint on an artist's canvas. The air is warm and comfortable, stirring within you. Saul looks about with one eye shut, starting to grin. Amaryl looks about and gasps, "Oh...my!" Farther away you can hear festive music, drifting through the woods.
[19:31] <Kotono> "Oh...my!" Farther away you can hear festive music, drifting through the woods.
[19:32] <Alicia> "Oooh!" Marie grins and settles on Alicia's head. "I like this place - I don't think I've been here before!"
[19:33] <Alicia> "Arborea's a big plane," Alicia replies, nonetheless smiling at the good vibes emanating off her familiar. "Didn't you say you normally went to Arvandor when you came here before?"
[19:34] <Kotono> Antenora gazes about with a hand on her good hip, "It's very nice." She starts to follow Honeydip.
01[19:35] <Seira> "A welcome change from all the places we've been to this week, isn't it?" Seira whispers to Amaryl, slowing down. While she's following Honeydip, there's no rush, as far as she's concerned.
[19:35] <Kotono> Eudard takes off his helmet, running a hand through his hair. He smiles and follows.
[19:37] <Kotono> As you travel ahead, you come to a clearing. Here courre are all over! Several of them play tiny instruments, flying about and carrying water, flowers, laurels and other such things. Here a few celestials linger, being annointed and tended to by the courre. As the party enters, they courre cry as one. "More heroes!" they call, "The heroes of Mother's Mountain!"
06[19:39] * Alicia waves a little at all the fuss, just a little bit embarrassed but bearing it with dignity. "A pity Xerona can't be here to receive her due as well," she remarks.
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01[19:40] <Seira> "She struck me as the person who'd know and appreciate it. If humbly?"
[19:40] <Kotono> Courre flock around the party, an absolute swarm of them! "It's such an honor!" "You did it! You saved all of them!" "Can I be your apprentice?" one asks Marie, "Oh, you're so beautiful and brave," one settles onto Eudard's shoulder, wihle others flock about. "Here, here, here! Flowers and water for them too!"
[19:41] <Kotono> "She has the light. I don't think she needs anything else or wants anything." Antenora says quietly, as a courre lands atop her head and starts dabbing her ears and temple with water.
[19:42] <Alicia> "Even so, her contribution should be recognised," Alicia replies to Antenora as Marie considers the offer of apprenticeship.
[19:43] <Alicia> "I already have one back home," she admits, "But tell you what, if Alicia says its okay then I'll take you on as well!"
06[19:43] * Seira personally finds it quite boring, but doesn't question whatever makes others happy. Instead, she observes Amaryl. "Beautiful and brave, was it?" Seira murmurs. "I think that hits spot on."
[19:44] <Kotono> The party is annointed with water, the courre braiding wildflowers into their hair. As the courre work, Amaryl breaks into giggles. "Oh Seira...!" She goes to her and hugs her, a few eladrin in her hair yelping and holding on as they work.
[19:44] <Kotono> "You know, at this rate, we may as well start asking Arborea if we can have some courre spawn in Alicia's house instead of here," Antenora observes, eyeing Marie.
[19:45] <Alicia> "Spawn?" Marie repeats, wide-eyed. "You make it sound so sordid! We're not frogs!"
06[19:46] * Seira laughs at the exchange, unable to stop herself.
[19:46] <Kotono> "Aren't you? My mistake," Antenora smirks, as Saul follows suit. Laughter ripples amid everyone, spreading like ink in water.
[19:46] <Kotono> Around her own mirth, "Marie's so small she could use a frog as a mount. She may not be a frog, but maybe a frog knight?"
[19:47] <Kotono> Around her own mirth, "Marie's so small she could use a frog as a mount. She may not be a frog, but maybe a frog knight?" Jessica says.
01[19:48] <Seira> "Do you know I still can't believe it?" Seira admits quietly to Amaryl. "Being a part of something so grand. I never expected it, not in my wildest dreams."
[19:48] <Alicia> "You could use magic to enlarge a frog if you needed a mount," Marie counters. "Maybe one of those jungle ones with the hallucinogenic slime?"
[19:50] <Kotono> "It's like living a dream," Amaryl whispers back, resting against her. Amid the swarm of warmth and laughter, the courre beckon the party on now. "There's more ahead! Go on," the courre insist.
[19:51] <Kotono> "I suppose, but...Alas, I don't have Alicia's head to rest on." Antenora starts giggling again, "I suppose I have to hunt my own mount instead of having an ideal one ready and free."
[19:52] <Alicia> Now suitably anointed for the party (although hardly dressed for one) Alicia proceeds in the beckoned direction. "You can fly anyway, so it's not like you really need one unless you're being lazy," she comments, giving Marie a nudge but not quite managing to remove her.
01[19:54] <Seira> "Or a legend," Seira returns. "One for the ages! I can't think of anything more inspiring for future generations at the top of my head."
[19:56] <Kotono> Thus the party heads along! You walk through more forest, coming to another clearing. Here you find ghaele, perfect celestials of radiant beauty. They wear courtly gowns and garb, each one bowing to the heroes. "We welcome you. For the children, we thank you," they speak. One each comes to Saul and Eudard, whispering to them and leading them away into the woods.
01[19:57] <Seira> "Thank you for keeping them safe all this time," Seira responds earnestly. "Thank you for holding the line against Pale Night so bravely and for so long!"
[19:59] <Kotono> Female ghaele step forward, the male ones fading back into the woods. They carry cloth of black, glittering with dots of white light. "Let us put aside your instruments of war for the gown of festival and celebration."
06[20:00] * Alicia briefly glances in the direction of the two men being led off with a raised eyebrow before responding to the thanks. "We were only able to succeed due to the Dark Six revealing themselves. It was circumstances more than anything special on our part."
[20:00] <Alicia> At the invitation to get changed, she pats the hilt of her blade, "You don't mind missing the party, do you Hell Striker?" she asks the laconic blade.
01[20:02] <Seira> "Lagann can come, right?" Seira asks pleasantly. "He's like a sentient ball of light. Just... tangible, and not very glowy. Usually."
06[20:02] * Alicia nods in agreement with her sword, opening up her portable hole for easy storage of her belongings as she starts to remove her armour, Marie taking off from her head.
[20:06] <Kotono> The party disarms and disrobes. As they do, "He is welcome to come then." Once the requisite undressing is done, the women are wrapped in the black cloth! It shifts to them, forming magnificent gowns! Alicia's glows with dots of silver and purple against black, while Seira's is black tinted with a fiery red. Antenora's is white and black, while Jessica's is a soft blue and black and white. Amaryl's is a forest green and black, while Latha's is
[20:06] <Kotono> Amaryl's is a forest green and black, while Latha's is pure white. "These are a gift from the Lady of the Stars."
01[20:08] <Seira> "They're lovely, thank you," Seira murmurs, doing a twirl in her new gown. "How does it look?"
[20:09] <Alicia> Marie makes do with her lovely red silk dress in the style of Empress Sulia. "She has very good taste then," Alicia remarks, smoothing out the fabric of her fetching off-the shoulder gown.
[20:10] <Kotono> "I like yours," Antenora looks to Alicia. "It's very evocative."
[20:10] <Kotono> "It's lovely," Amaryl gushes, her gown like the forest wrapped around her.
[20:10] <Alicia> "It's as black as your soul!" Marie agrees brightly, before clapping her hands over her mouth, "Er, I mean, it brings out your eyes!"
[20:12] <Kotono> "Thank you," Latha makes a slight bow, otherwise returning to her quiet. At this, the two men return from the forest. They wear clothes of light and night-black, shining on them.
01[20:12] <Seira> "We would both stand out," Seira tells Amaryl, running a hand down the forest-green adornment of her gown. "In different ways, maybe, but I think we compliment each other nicely!"
[20:12] <Alicia> "You both look rather dashing," Alicia smiles at the two men, ignoring her familiar who pouts and goes to land on Antenora's head.
[20:13] <Kotono> "I like Seira's a lot too. It's very suiting. Very fiery." Antenora chuckles, going to pat Marie very gently atop her head.
01[20:13] <Seira> "It's lively, with a hint of fire!"
[20:16] <Kotono> "Go on now," The ghaele bid, stepping aside. "The Court of the Stars awaits ahead."
[20:18] <Alicia> Alicia sets off as requested while Marie takes off and falls in line with Honeydip. "No fancy new clothes for you, either?" she commiserates.
[20:19] <Alicia> OOC: strike
06[20:19] * Seira takes Amaryl's hand, walking alongside her father.
[20:20] <Alicia> Alicia sets off as requested, looking towards the fairy general of Androlynne. "Will your gown change size to match your other form?" she wonders curiously.
[20:22] <Kotono> "I'm sure it will." Honeydip gushes, turning back to look at the party as they walk. "Do you know what an honor this is? Tulani allure pieces of the starry sky down to make this cloth! We're wearing the sky of the Court!"
[20:22] <Alicia> Marie abruptly giggles at that but foregoes further comment.
01[20:22] <Seira> "So we're skyclad?" Seira asks, unable to resist.
[20:23] <Alicia> Marie's laughter gets louder and she nods her head up and down at Seira's comment.
[20:23] <Kotono> Antenora starts to laugh, "That sounds amazing and not the slightest bit naughty."
[20:23] <Kotono> "From my studies of Tulani, I could believe it. Romancing the very sky?" Saul shakes his head back and forth, "Absurd, but yet here we are."
[20:24] <Alicia> "It is very comfortable to wear," Alicia allows, smoothing the fabric over her stomach. "And everyone looks so good in it."
01[20:24] <Seira> "You need to expand your horizons," Seira states sagely to Antenora. She glances sideways at her father. "I've been wondering when you'd say something. How's being a hero treating you? It's been a while, right?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "They use bardic music!" Honeydip laughs as well, "Beautiful music!"
[20:25] <Kotono> "It suits me fine. You look like you don't know how to appreciate it." Saul slowly walks ahead, breathing in the air.
[20:25] <Alicia> "I'm sure we'll hear lots of beautiful music at the festivities here, too," Alicia adds. "I remember going to a wedding party in Arvandor a few months ago. It was lots of fun, but this will probably be on a whole new level."
[20:26] <Kotono> Antenora turns red at that, kicking at the ground. "That party was...enjoyable."
01[20:26] <Seira> "I'm a fast study, I'll be fine," Seira says dismissively.
06[20:27] * Seira then swerves to stare at Antenora. "What did you do? I smell an embarrassing story!"
[20:27] <Alicia> "Don't scuff your feet," Alicia chides the blushing angel as they walk.
[20:27] <Kotono> Antenora turns redder, "None of your business!"
01[20:28] <Seira> "Come on, tell me!" Seira pleads. "Now I just know it'll be a good one!"
[20:29] <Alicia> "All she did was dance and be sociable," Marie huffs. "You'd think she seduced the best man and the bridesmaids the way she carries on."
06[20:30] * Seira nods her head rapidly at Marie's words. "Yes, you would think just that!"
[20:30] <Kotono> "AND the bridesmaids?" Antenora looks up to glare atMarie, "What sort of perverted mind do you have in there?"
01[20:31] <Seira> "You mustn't discriminate against the pretty bridesmaids!" Seira chides Antenora.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Well if it was just the best man it would hardly deserve the sort of mortification you're showing," Marie replies reasonably.
[20:32] <Kotono> "I don't disc...I mean...just..." Antenora settles for hurrying along, not answers.
06[20:32] * Seira holds her laughter in to not embarrass Antenora past a critical point where it ceases to be fun.
[20:33] <Alicia> Marie takes off to give Antenora a chance to compose herself, going to bless Jessica's head with her bottom for a little while.
[20:35] <Kotono> Thus you walk ahead. Through the forest you go, coming to an end to the trees! Ahead is a great horde - eladrin small and large, a great host of celestials. They are garbed in beautiful clothes, one and all clapping and cheering. A path through them leads ahead to a great palace. It sit sbeneath the starry black sky, the starlight making the palace glimmering and glow! (More)
[20:37] <Kotono> The palace is of tall, impossibly slender and beautiful towers rising above a vast palace. Spires of marble meet with rises of gingerbread, with vines of sugar and light growing on them. Music of unearthly beauty can be heard in snatches and bits.
[20:38] <Alicia> "Gingerbread?" Alicia eyes one of the spires as they walk. "Is this a normal feature or is it here in recognition of your work on Androlynne?" she turns to Honeydip, recalling her house.
01[20:38] <Seira> "You know, this reminds me," Seira voices, her eyes lighting up like a child's. "Is it really difficult to make your own replenishing gingerbread house? Purely hypothetically speaking, here."
[20:39] <Kotono> "This realm was my inspiration, not the other way around," Lady Honeydip laughs as she walks along.
01[20:40] <Seira> "Then the design can be copied!" Seira exclaims happily.
[20:40] <Alicia> "What happens when it rains, though?" Alicia wonders curiously. "Doesn't it get all soggy?"
01[20:41] <Seira> "Magic!"
[20:42] <Alicia> "There's a tavern in Dweomerheart where everything's made of flavoured ice, that always stays cold even when it's warm out," Marie agrees with the marvelous powers of magic.
06[20:44] * Seira gives Marie a thumbs up, proclaiming grandly, "You'll always be welcome at my magical gingerbread house!"
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[20:50] <Alicia> "So, male wizards build huge towers, female wizards build nice little gingerbread houses. There's something in there but I just can't quite grasp it..." Alicia muses philosphically.
01[20:51] <Seira> "I already have a tower," Seira says somewhat cluelessly. "It's not really huge, but it's really nice and the kids like living there."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Yes, but you're exceptional that way," Marie replies with a grin and a glance at Amaryl.
[20:51] <Kotono> "Maybe if you wanted to build a nice, deep cave it would make more sense?" Antenora eyes Alicia.
[20:52] <Kotono> Amaryl turns very red at this. She coughs, "Um...shouldn't we get going....instead of talking about this?"
06[20:52] * Seira huffs in annoyance. "Fine, mock the wizard who can hear you."
[20:52] <Alicia> "Now you're just being lewd," Alicia chastises Antenora.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Like you weren't." Antenora grins right back, "Marie's rubbed off on you, Alicia."
[20:53] <Alicia> "I was more subtle about it, though," Alicia shighs, shaking her head as they walk through the cheering throngs.
[20:53] <Alicia> *sighs
[20:54] <Kotono> "Mock away," Saul says lightly, as you head along! You are lead through grand gates inside! A vast hall goes on and on and on! On either side are doors, of carved vines, leaves, trees and wood. Some are open, showing glimpses of forests, caverns, glades, balconies and more.
01[20:54] <Seira> "A house really is just a house, sometimes," Seira reassures Amaryl, ignoring her father altogether. "In fact, a house is a house most of the time!"
[20:56] <Kotono> "You don't need to be subtle with me, Alicia." Antenora follows in step with her, looking about. Her attention strays, looking this way and that. Ahead of you lines of ghaele and tulani are assembled, bowing in respect as you pass.
[20:57] <Alicia> "Wit is a dagger, not a club, Antenora," Alicia explains pleasantly, smiling to the various eladrin as they continue along the clearly delineated path.
06[20:57] * Seira smiles at the nice locals, quickly putting everything else out of her mind, waving happily at them.
[20:59] <Kotono> "I know, but sometimes meaning is best said clear." As Antenora says this, Eudard matches pace with Seira. "I can feel the nightmarish black infinity fading from my mind here. Is it the same with you?"
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[21:01] <Kotono> As the party walks, a beautiful elf comes forward. He wears noble's clothes, a rich green cloak and tunic. He bows deeply, "Hail, heroes of Mother's Mountain."
01[21:01] <Seira> "I'm very good at compartmentalizing under most situations," Seira returns, continuing to smile and wave. "I try not to think about the horrible, unnatural things I come across too much. If you start, you might never stop." She pauses. "But you're right, it's pretty pleasant here."
[21:01] <Kotono> "I know." Eudard murmurs back, but stops as the elf approaches.
[21:02] <Alicia> "Hello," Alicia smiles at the elf, responding with a little bow of her own.
06[21:03] * Seira curtseys, smiling pleasantly.
[21:05] <Kotono> The rest of the party follows suit. "I am Malinaal." With his own bow again, "The Lady of the Lake offers her greetings to the Court of the Stars. Come with me."
[21:08] <Alicia> "Lead on, Malinnaal," Alicia allows, offering introductions along the way.
01[21:08] <Seira> "It's an honor to be here," Seira voices, once she is introduced.
[21:14] <Kotono> Thus you are lead farther in! You pass cheering eladrin and elves and fey, deeper and deeper in! You come to a door, carved with fish and stars. Here several elves in armor loiter about, singing and laughing. Malinaal goes to the door, "Ahead lies the Lake of Morwel."
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes, help me out here if explanations aren't forthcoming
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes, help me out here if explanations aren't forthcoming and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[21:17] <Alicia> "Is this where we'll meet Queen Morwell?" Alicia asks in faint surprise. It doesn't sound like a place for a party, although perhaps it's just a private audience prior to the festivities.
06[21:18] * Seira is properly confused, since even after titles such as Lady of the Lake, she didn't expect there to be an actual lake to meet the lady at. But she hides it really well!
[21:20] <Kotono> Thus the gates ahead are opened! What lies beyond is a vast cavern, stretching farther than your eyes can see. Globes of courre light fly above, like stars radiating light down. Pacing about are tulani and ghaele deep in conversation, while firre sing and make merry. Elves lie about in discussion and contemplation. Ahead, far ahead, is a lake. It's waters are utterly serene, yet ripple without moving. In them you can see flashes of images, spl
[21:20] <Kotono> yet ripple without moving. In them you can see flashes of images, split second glimpses.
01[21:21] <Seira> If the consort didn't have a set shape, and was almost beyond comprehension, Seira supposes she should've expected the same to apply to the Queen as well. She decides to react rather than act, until she gets a proper bearing for this.
[21:21] <Alicia> Marie glances up at the floating coure and wonders how they felt when they suddenly lost the ability to keep their clothes on in that form last year. Alicia glances curiously at the water, having heard of its strange flow through time.
06[21:23] * Seira decides to follow Alicia's lead here, looking at the waters with equal curiousity.
[21:24] <Kotono> Malinaal leads the party to the lake as they watch. The conversation begins to go quiet, a peace gripping the cavern. As you reach the shores of the lake, "My beloved lady..." he whispers. To this, the waters ripple all over! She stands atop the lake, walking across it's surface. She wears a gown of diphanous white, held together by the stars of the sky. She is elven, hair chestnut brown and long. As you look at her...(More)
[21:24] <Kotono> hair chestnut brown and long. As you look at her...(More)
[21:26] <Kotono> Saul stares and gasps, before sinking down to one knee.
[21:26] <Kotono> Antenora watches her with utterly transfixed eyes, her jaw going slack.
[21:27] <Kotono> "My lady...!" Eudard kneels as well, his head bowed low.
[21:27] <Alicia> "Your majesty... it's an honour," Alicia averts her eyes, wanting desperately to stare but feeling that to do so would be deeply improper and disrespectful.
[21:28] <Alicia> Marie has no compunctions about ogling freely from atop Jessica's head, however.
01[21:28] <Seira> Seira's eyes widen, and she flushes darkly. Her head begins to turn away, but she can't quite avert her gaze from her object of admiration.
[21:28] <Kotono> Jessica abruptly bows down, while Amaryl is frozen, lost in her view.
[21:30] <Kotono> Closer and closer she steps, the lady of the lake approaching it's edge. With a single step she puts a bare foot onto the ground! The air and ground sing of her beauty, yet are irrelevant to her voice. "Heroes of Mother's Mountain. I thank each of you for your heroic deeds in defeating the Dark Six and freeing the lost children of Androlynne."
[21:31] <Alicia> "It..." Alicia swallows around her suddenly dry throat, "It was only the right thing to do," she manages modestly, studying Morwel's foot now that she's drawn close.
06[21:31] * Seira desperately tries to focus on the conversation, but all that really matters is that the impossibly beautiful queen is showing some leg.
[21:32] <Kotono> Morwel kneels next to Seira, "My blessing on you," she whispers, kissing Seira's forehead. The love within Seira swells into a tidal wave of emotion, even as the Queen rises.
06[21:32] * Seira swoons, clasping her hands before her chest girlishly!
[21:33] <Kotono> She then goes to Alicia, kneeling down in front of her. "My blessing on you,' she whispers, kissing Alicia's forehead. The love with Alicia explodes into a nova, dazing her as the magnificent beauty rises.
06[21:34] * Alicia sways unsteadily, struggling to keep her composure before this wondrous being. It's like the Truth of Celestia in how overwhelming it is, but hitting an entirely different part of her soul. "Thank you," she whispers raptly, unable to keep from grinning.
[21:35] <Kotono> Then she goes to Antenora, doing the same. Antenora's cheeks wet with tears, "...thank you..." she manages, then to Jessica. Jessica says nothing, her eyes overflowing. Then to Marie, "My blessings on you," she whispers, kissing thet op of Marie's head, as the feelings of love overwhelm the little eladrin.
[21:37] <Alicia> Marie giggles and clasps her hands to her suddenly red cheeks, for one joyous moment feeling as if she's the only eladrin in the world for Queen Morwel, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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[21:39] <Kotono> Latha silently takes the blessing, then to Amaryl. Amaryl smiles back ot Morwel, trying to speak but unable. Saul takes it with a wide smile, while Eudard bows his head thankfully. "Lady Honeydip, welcome home," Queen Morwel says instead, and then she retreats back to the edge of the lake. "Now, let us celebrate!" In a flash, you stand in an festival hall! The table stretches farther than you can see, crystal and silver formalware laying on it
[21:39] <Kotono> The table stretches farther than you can see, crystal and silver formalware laying on it. Music lays, tulani and beings of glorious light sitting and feasting. Near where you stand, one familiar figure has a goblet and drinks from it. Donald turns, "Finally!" he calls, "What took you so long?"
06[21:40] * Alicia wants to just take a moment and savour the still pure feelings of love coursing through her... so of course Donald has to interrupt and ruin it. "We were somewhat preoccupied," she tells him dryly. "But I'm glad you've found your way here - I'd worried you might miss all the fun by the time I'd be able to pick you up."
[21:41] <Kotono> "Things worked out!" With a wide grin, "Come on, sit and drink! This is the best food I've ever had!"
06[21:42] * Seira still can't quite regain her composure, whispering to Amaryl while fidgeting, "If Queen Morwel wants to take us as consorts, it's only proper that she asks first, isn't it?"
[21:43] <Kotono> "The honor...oh Seira...it would be as if Waukeen herself took us!" With a girlish giggle, "If she would only ask!"
[21:44] <Kotono> Antenora smiles stupidly for quite awhile, settling for sitting down.
06[21:44] * Seira can't help but giggle at the happy thoughts as well!
06[21:44] * Alicia goes to grab a drink before seating herself next to Donald, her mood still buoyant. "Sorry I had Latha send you away in the thick of things, but you looked in really bad shape at the time and I didn't think we'd be able to heal you quickly enough," she explains.
[21:44] <Kotono> "It's fine!" Donald grins from ear to ear, "I'm having more fun than Seira in Tiamat's horde here!"
[21:44] <Alicia> "That was kinda like when we went to Evergold, wasn't it?" Marie asks Jessica, remaining on her head. "Maybe even better!"
[21:45] <Kotono> "So much better..." Jessica sighs wistfully, "Were she to ask... Mystra help me, I would bow to her."
[21:45] <Kotono> Saul sits as well, "It's magic...but damned if it's not incredible magic. I think this calls for enough food and drink to be full and drunk."
[21:46] <Alicia> "A pity she already has two consorts," Marie muses. "But I'm sure Roald will be relieved!"
06[21:46] * Seira notices enough going on around her to give Donald a friendly wave, before finding a spot at the table.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Three's a special number. Perhaps she can consider three consorts," Donald says around a deepd rink, "I know what you mean! I met her already."
[21:49] <Alicia> "She is very admirable," Alicia emits a loving sigh of her own as she swishes her drink around before taking a sip.
[21:50] <Kotono> The meal passes. It is a dream - as you eat and drink, everything becomes bright and hazy. Emotion burns in you like tidal waves, everything super-real. Yet everything outside of your immediate view settles into a pleasant blurriness. Song and food and drink and talk and and and and and...time slips by like a thief in the night. Amid this, "Seira..." Amaryl sing-songs, "See that over there?" she turns and points.
06[21:50] * Seira turns to look, of course!
[21:51] <Kotono> You can see an archway to a marble balcony outside. The starry sky can be seen, as well as the forest below. Amaryl rises, "It's so romantic...let's go out there, Seira!"
06[21:55] * Seira glances at the others, before nodding lightly. "I don't think we'll be missed, and there's no one else I'd rather sneak out with!"
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira.
[21:56] <Kotono> Thus Seira and Amaryl head off. Once they do, Saul glances behind. "...huh..." he murmurs, getting up. Lady Honeydip turns as well, "You see that..." she whispers, the two rising up and going.
06[21:57] * Alicia glances curiously after Saul and Lady Honeydip. That's a pairing she never expected, and she comments on such when they're out of earshot. "I've barely heard them say two words to each other..."
[21:58] <Kotono> Antenora tries not to giggle and fails, "So? It's a place of maaagiiic!" She drinks down from a golden goblet. "Besides, wouldn't Seira love Honeydip as a stepmother?"
[21:59] <Alicia> "She could do far worse," Alicia agrees, taking another sip of her drink before casting a speculative eye towards the dance floor. "It's just surprising."
[21:59] <Kotono> Jessica starts to laugh at that, but stops. She peers to the side, "Say..."
[22:00] <Alicia> "Hm?" Alicia turns to her sister and then follows her gaze.
[22:00] <Kotono> Eudard turns as well, "I see...Lord Helm...?" Eudard gets up, as Jessica goes to follow. One can see an open archway, leading to what looks to be an underground waterfall, cascading down into a cavern.
[22:01] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia now looks somewhat weirded out as they get up and run off together without any explanation. "Where are you two going?"
[22:01] <Kotono> "It's lovely, isn't it?" Jessica calls back as her and Eudard go off. Antenora blinks and shakes he rhead, "It is odd...but I doubt it anything harmful, Alicia."
[22:03] <Alicia> Just looks like a cave to her... "It looks like everyone's pairing off..." she slowly sweeps her gaze across Antenora, Marie, and Donald as the only ones left here with her.
[22:03] <Alicia> "Jessica wouldn't do that to Roald!" Marie insists quickly. "She barely even knows Eudard!"
[22:04] <Kotono> "I don't think she would, either," Donald drains another goblet, "There's probably some reason for it, right?"
[22:07] <Alicia> "Well, they're all grown ups," Alicia relents, still a little bit dubious. "Anyway, I'm getting bored sitting around. Who's up for some dancing?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "Want to?" Donald asks, as Antenora also looks at Alicia.
[22:10] <Alicia> "I'll take that as a yes," Alicia stands up and takes Donald's hand, "No one ever invites me to dance at these things, so it seems like I've got to use my own initiative."
[22:11] <Alicia> "Want to go with them?" Marie invites Antenora.
[22:12] <Kotono> Donald takes Alicia's hand, "You're so beautiful and intimidating. It's like you're a fearsome warrior princess. Plus you have Antenora there, and she's the same way." The dance floor is full of eladrin and elves, parting way to allow the two in.
[22:13] <Kotono> Antenora considers, smiling, "Who am I to ruin a romantic dance between the two," she drinks from her glass, "Let's just watch them, Marie?"
[22:15] <Alicia> "Maybe someone will come and pick up the two nice unescorted ladies now that we're alone, anyway?" Marie suggests impishly.
[22:15] <Alicia> "It's a carefully cultivated image," Alicia tells Donald seriously as they make their way onto the dance floor, guiding one of his hands to her hip before resting hers on his shoulder and taking the other as they slot in to the flow of dancers. "In a perfect world it would attract a brave and confident man, but it never works so I'll settle for you," she grins.
[22:16] <Kotono> "Perhaps." Antenora swishes a golden wine about, "On Celestia, I dreamed of the children I may bear some day. It makes you think about things like that."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Yes... Hans, Beth, and Celeste?" Marie repeats the names she heard, eyeing the former erinyes. "I'd say you're not very good with names, but you came up with Antenora all on your own so that counts for something."
[22:17] <Kotono> Donald takes the lead at this, grinning right back as you settle in. "Y'know, I've asked guards and soldiers about that. There's a bunch that think you or Seira are gorgeous beyond words, but..." with a pfft sound, "They say it would be like asking out an angel. Figuratively speaking. Of course, I'm brave and confident, so I'm immune. As you've demonstrated on me before."
[22:18] <Kotono> Antenora flicks a bit of wine at Marie, her laughter like a steady stream of mirth. "The first two are homages. The last...well, I can't dispute that one. At least I didn't choose Marie?"
[22:20] <Alicia> "The problem with the guards is that they had no respect for me at first, so I had to cow them into the right state of mind," Alicia laughs. "Once I might have been a pretty poster-girl for the Crimson Guard, but I quashed that image with some healthy fear instead."
[22:20] <Alicia> "There's nothing worse than naming someone after someone else who's still around - parents who name children after themselves are the worst!" Marie affirms vociferously.
[22:21] <Kotono> "They're a lot better now," Donald dances along the floor with Alicia, "You can be very fearsome, too."
[22:22] <Kotono> "What's wrong with that? No Marie the second in your future," Antenora has a lopsided smile on, "Too static and unchaotic for you?"
06[22:24] * Alicia nods agreeably. "It's what I am, so there's no sense hiding it - I'd only be interested in someone who isn't bothered. What about you?" she cocks her head curiously after completing a little spin in time to the music under Donald's arm. "What do you look for in a woman?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "It's confusing is what it is!" Marie shakes her head as she wipes wine off her nose. "Someone comes to the door and asks to see Marie, and you're all 'Duh, I dunno. Which one?'"
[22:25] <Kotono> Spinning Alicia and then gazing into her eyes, "Someone beautiful, who appreciates me for who I am. I admit...sometimes that makes it a hard, hard search." Donald sighs slightly, though with a smiling face. "That's what I wish for. One day...I have a lot of time I guess, and Amaryl keeps trying to drill into me that I have plenty of time."
[22:26] <Kotono> "So?" Antenora sips wine before breaking to a laugh. "You're precious Marie. You really are. Who else but you thinks of those things?"
[22:28] <Alicia> "Hmm..." Alicia smiles. "Someone who's happy to have you around at any time, who's driven and strong but with a warm and caring side underneath... and has red hair?" she surmises.
[22:28] <Alicia> "Someone has to," Marie huffs, before reaching for her own proportionate sized drink. "Still, you'd probably have cute kids no matter what you called them. What were they like in the dream?"
[22:30] <Kotono> "Do you have someone in mind," Donald raises an eyebrow, "It sounds like you do!"
[22:30] <Kotono> "They were...perfect. They were my children..." Antenora smiles into her glass, "Say Marie. You don't have a brother that' sabout 6 feet taller than you, do you?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "Oh, don't play coy with me," Alicia banters easily as they dance. "I've seen how you look at Elle, and you certainly spend enough time at her shop when I know you're not looking to buy."
[22:32] <Alicia> "I might, but he's probably really ancient and grey and could keel over any day now!" Marie replies. "Or maybe he's already dead and is out there somewhere as an outsider or petitioner," she waves her hand vaguely.
[22:33] <Kotono> Donald doesn't even blush, "Ahem." Donald clear shis throat, "...is it that obvious...?"
[22:34] <Kotono> "Pfft." Antenora considers, "Ah well." After a pause, "Marie, what do you want from the future now?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "I'm not one to gossip, but I haven't heard anyone else mention it," Alicia replies, lowering her voice tactfully for all that no one around them would care. "Have you said anything to her?"
[22:35] <Kotono> Looking down a bit now, "I haven't. I...I think she has an idea recently, but with all that's happened, it's been put aside. It's hard to try and ask someone for a courtship when you're off killing skeletons and demons."
[22:37] <Alicia> "I dunno, I mostly just live in the moment," Marie shrugs. "I'll tell you what, though!" she perks up, "I can see about swapping my gender when I get promoted to deva or ghaele when the time comes, if you don't mind waiting!"
[22:37] <Alicia> "Oh, definitely," Alicia nods sympathetically. "Still, things are a lot quieter now - I was thinking some of us could perhaps go somewhere peaceful for a short break now that we have the chance. I already invited Elle, and you're welcome as well of course."
[22:38] <Kotono> "Sorry," Antenora bats her eyelid,s "I doubt I'll be available THAT long."
[22:39] <Kotono> "That's...that's a good chance. And..." Donald's quiet, "You never really talk about yourself, Alicia. What do you want? It's always about what I should do, or what the guard should do or what have you."
[22:39] <Alicia> "Maybe I'll do it anyway, just to see if I can seduce you," Marie replies with a grin.
[22:40] <Kotono> "Tsk-tsk," Waggling a finger in front of Marie, "What celestial encourages infidelity?"
[22:42] <Alicia> "Hmmm," Alicia gives the question the consideration it deserves. "I'd like to say I want a peaceful life, but I'm not sure that's wholly accurate."
[22:42] <Alicia> "Certainly I'd like some respite - perhaps after the matter with Daa-vid is resolved I can take some time to teach others instead of fighting myself. But I'm not sure I'd want to do that forever - eventually I'd need to take action myself. But a rest would be nice," she concludes wistfully.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Maybe I'll just sabotage all your relationships so that when the time comes you'll be available and desperate?" Marie laughs before drawing up short. "And wow, that sounds really creepy. Lets talk about something else! What was your favourite level of Celestia?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "I can dance to that," Donald murmurs, holding Alicia closer.
[22:44] <Kotono> "You're a creepy eladrin." Antenora grins, "It's part of your charm."
[22:46] <Alicia> "I suppose if anyone can appreciate creepiness it would be you," Marie agrees seriously.
06[22:46] * Alicia lets things lapse into companionable silence, dancing a few more loops around the dancefloor before breaking off. "Now, I've monopolised enough of your time and I'm sure there's no end of lovely maidens here who'd love to do a twirl or two with one of the heroes of Mother's Mountain," she suggests pleasantly.
[22:49] <Kotono> "Mmm." Antenora goes quiet for a bit. Meanwhile, Donald parts away from Alicia on the arms of another...OOC: Are you staying on the floor, Alicia?
[22:50] <Alicia> OOC: I'll linger for a moment in case there are any takers, if not I'll go back to join Anty and Marie and we can all moan about no one inviting us to dance
[22:51] <Kotono> Coming to Alicia is an elven man, clad in a regal finery and jewelry. He bows to Alicia, "May I take this dance, M'lady?"
[22:51] <Kotono> "Can you guess what I want, Marie?" Antenora asks after a bit of silence.
06[22:53] * Alicia isn't particularly discriminating, since a dance is just a dance, so it's first come first served! "Happily," she gives the man her hand and a smile. "I'm Alicia," she introduces herself, moving back onto the floor.
[22:53] <Alicia> "You want to serve Alicia, see her happy, find love and a family of your own, and smite evil," Marie lists off, extending a finger each time. "I miss anything?"
[22:57] <Kotono> "Paenal, Count of the Seelie Court." He leads Alicia along into a slow dance, "It is my great honor to dance with a pure maiden as you."
[22:58] <Kotono> "You make me sound like a one note bore," Antenora now glares at Marie, "Can't you think of anything else?"
[22:59] <Alicia> "I prefer to see you as someone with strong priorities," Marie counters easily. "Come on, Antenora, everyone has lots of little wants and urges, but you can't deny those are the driving motivations in your life."
[22:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes, have I heard of him?
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[23:03] <Kotono> "Yes, well..." Antenora looks away with a humph, "At least you didn't say something inapproriate!"
[23:03] <Alicia> "You perhaps flatter me, but the compliment is well taken," Alicia demurs as she waltzes with him, not being a maiden by any means. Well, she was close enough to befriend a unicorn, so that counts for something.
[23:05] <Kotono> As he leads the dance with easy grace and dexterity, "I've heard of the Crimson Guard's deeds. Brave mortals that are proving themselves worthy champions of righteous causes. I'm very impressed."
[23:07] <Alicia> "As an organisation the Crimson Guard is devoted primarily to the safety of the United Baronies. It's just fortunate we're given a lot of leeway to pursue our own goals," Alicia explains easily, before adding with a waggle of her wings, "And not as many of us are mortal as were in the beginning."
[23:07] <Alicia> "Why would I do that?" Marie asks, wounded. "We were having a serious and heartfelt discussion!"
[23:08] <Kotono> "Beautiful wings," He says appreciatively, "Your feathers are well kept, m'lady. I must say I am not surprised that such a champion of good is so blessed."
[23:09] <Alicia> "They can sometimes get in the way, but on the whole they aren't too hard to look after." Alicia nods. "Mystra has honoured me."
[23:09] <Kotono> "Being inappropriate is in your blood and soul," Antenora counters right back, "You see scandal in innocence and humor in all."
[23:10] <Kotono> "It is not a bad thing. Your back is marvelous to see as well," Paenal confesses, looking deep into Alicia's eyes. His eyes are a sea-blue, meeting Alicia's. "You serve the Lady of Mysteries?"
[23:10] <Alicia> "Well yes, but sometimes I like to defy expectations by not acting on it," Marie replies unperturbed. "Mostly it's just funny to see people's reactions, and it's all harmless fun."
06[23:12] * Alicia nods to Paenal. "Seeing the perversion of Mystra's gifts by the Dark Six troubled me greatly. It gave me great satisfaction to deliver Her judgement to them."
[23:12] <Kotono> "I know. I like the same, though the Code limits me." Antenora thoughtfully watches Alicia dance with a new partner, "Perhaps just as well. Sometimes..."
[23:13] <Alicia> "A little mischief lies in all of us," Marie grins, briefly turning to follow Antenora's gaze. "I wonder if he asked her or if she asked him?"
[23:13] <Kotono> "I'd consider it even odds either way," Antenora watches them, "He's cute."
[23:14] <Kotono> "A righteous thing. Magic used wrong is wasteful." Takin ga pause to twirl Alicia out, drawing her close after, "I have never had the chance to study Mystra's doctrine deeply."
[23:17] <Alicia> "He is, but Alicia prefers sturdier types... he probably asked her," Marie concludes, nodding.
[23:17] <Alicia> "I'm not the best person to ask," Alicia confesses, drawing close without any qualms and appreciating Paenal's skill. "I'm more comfortable acting as Mystra's sword than Her voice. And this isn't the venue for a sermon."
[23:18] <Kotono> "Probably so. For all Alicia seems comfortable around elves, she never seems to like them that way." Antenora gets another goblet, drinking and watching. "I wonder if she likes him at all?"
[23:18] <Kotono> "It isn't. But perhaps...we could discuss these matters and other points of interest in a more intimate setting?" With a smile as he holds Alicia close, "You captivate me."
06[23:23] * Alicia knows a seduction when she's the target of one, but for all that Paenal's a good dancer and a handsome man, she has no interest in seeking a romantic encounter tonight (unless Queen Morwel asks). "Perhaps at some time in the future," she demurs gracefully, "But I'm looking to enjoy the festivities without any deeper entanglements... you do dance very well, though, Count Paenal."
[23:23] <Alicia> "Mmm..." Marie studies them a moment longer. "Nahh. It's just a shallow encounter I bet."
[23:23] <Kotono> "Then again, if eladrin are any consideration... a shallow encounter can be quite...penetrating, hm?" Antenora raises an eyebrow.
[23:24] <Alicia> "Ugh..." Marie makes a face. "Way too obvious!" she protests, waving her hands at Antenora.
[23:24] <Kotono> "Of course, m'lady," With another twirl of Alicia back, "It is my honor to respect your wishes."
[23:25] <Kotono> "Really? I've been trying to be more obvious lately. So many comments go unnoticed." With a slight sigh as she blows air out, "It's not working, is it?"
[23:28] <Alicia> "When you're too obvious it makes people just feel awkward and try to pretend they didn't hear anything," Marie lectures Antenora.
[23:28] <Alicia> "Good," Alicia smiles. "Now, if you'll excuse me I'm a little bit parched - thank you for the dance," she curtsies as she backs away.
[23:28] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora mutters, "It's so hard to walk the line between subtle and obvious."
[23:29] <Alicia> "You're a clever girl, I'm sure you'll figure it out," Marie reassures.
[23:31] <Kotono> Thus the night passes in a blur. The dream continues on, on and on and on and on. Alicia blinks as the morning sunshine comes in through her window. The dream...she remembers...the dream. Dancing and laughing, of a beautiful queen and her realm. Marie lies next to her, yawning and rubbing her eyes.
06[23:32] * Alicia can't help but yawn upon seeing her familiar do the same, sitting up and rubbing her eyes as she tries to figure out where she is and how she got there.
[23:33] <Kotono> She...can't remember. Dancing and dancing and laughing and laughing and...hm? Her gown...she's still wearing the gown! The gown of black and purple and white, while Marie wears hers as well.
[23:35] <Alicia> Oh, she slept in it? That's no way to treat such a fine garment! Marie agrees, and after a mumbled good morning to each other they proceed to disrobe, Alicia using a cantrip to clean them both up and then smooth out the rumples in their lovely new clothes before they get dressed in more mundane attire. Then it's time to see to everyone else in the house and make breakfast!
[23:36] <Kotono> You find Antenora sitting out there, wearing her gown yet. She is radiant, Latha besides her. Latha is quiet, having changed out. Jessica's out there as well, making breakfast. "Good morning, Alicia!" she calls.
[23:37] <Alicia> "How do you always get up first..." Alicia eyes her sister before letting it slide. "Did everyone have a good time last night?"
[23:39] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Jessica turns, a face full of serene calm. "It was wonderful! Alicia, do you feel it?"
[23:40] <Alicia> "Depends what 'it' is," Alicia admits. "But I did have a lovely evening, that's for sure."
[23:40] <Kotono> "The blessing." With a vague smile, "I feel the magic inside of me. A calming magic."
[23:43] <Alicia> "Hmm?" Alicia tries to think if she feels anything like that, concentrating on the welspring of magic that courses through her veins as a fundamental part of her, trying to percieve anything different about it.
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[23:45] <Kotono> Alicia feels nothing different about her. Antenora smiles, "I feel it inside of me as well. A warmth, like positive energy magic mending wounds."
06[23:47] * Alicia shrugs apologetically. "I don't feel anything particularly different," she admits. "Anyway, where did you run off to with Eudard? We never saw you all night after you left."
[23:48] <Kotono> "We went to a waterfall. It was beautiful...we talked. I talked about how I wanted all of us to be happy and safe, while Eudard talked about how he needed the strength to serve Helm's will."
[23:49] <Alicia> "Well, I suppose it's nice if you made a new friend," Alicia smiles. "How about you, Latha?"
[23:50] <Kotono> "I couldn't focus on any of it," Latha admits in a low voice. "I kept thinking of the light of Chronias. The night feels like a pale specter compared to that."
[23:52] <Alicia> "Ah," Alicia winces inwardly, still unsure whether she should feel guilty for pulling Latha away from that or not. "Well, in any case," she moves briskly along, "The Dark Six and the Neverborn are no more. Hopefully things will be quiet around here for a little while and we can take some time to recover from the past week."
[23:52] <Kotono> "I think it will be." Jessica says, her voice banishing worry and bringing a deep serenity ot the room. "Marielle, did you find anything different about yourself, either?"
[23:53] <Alicia> Marie looks up from where she'd been doing some introspection and answers Jessica...
[23:55] <Alicia> "Yes! I'm even closer to meeting Antenora's criteria!" she announces gaily.
[23:55] <Kotono> "Huh?" Antenora blink=blinks at that, "What do you mean?"
[23:56] <Alicia> "A ball of light isn't my only other form, now," Marie replies smugly, parking herself on the kitchen table.
[23:57] <Kotono> "...oh." Antenora shakes her head, "Oh yes...THAT conversation. Are you serious?"
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[00:00] <Alicia> "Definitely," Marie nods. "I'll even demonstrate!" she flies off the table and positions herself over an empty spot of floor, rapidly expanding as her feet descend to touch the floor and her wings vanish, leaving her looking just like the aasimar-form Alicia occassionally grants her, except with this change her clothes have enlarged to fit instead of simply falling off and leaving her nude.
[00:00] <Alicia> "I can take on other forms too, but this one's familiar," she adds, looking down at herself.
[00:01] <Kotono> "...I'm not sure if this is a blessing or if the Court has a sense of humor, or both and more." Antenora stares.
[00:02] <Alicia> "Well, that'll save me a few spells here and there," Alicia replies, utterly unperturbed even as Marie makes a kissy-face at Antenora before reverting to her standard form and flying over to land on Antenora's head.
[00:02] <Kotono> Antenora sinks her face into her hands, "Mystra help me..."
[00:04] <Alicia> "Anyway!" Alicia briskly moves the conversation on. "I was thinking that now we've cleared away our current set of problems, we should enjoy a nice holiday while there's a chance. I have a few ideas of my own, but do any of you have recommendations for places we could visit? The whole cosmos lies open to us!" she encourages.
[00:08] <Kotono> "Hmmm." Jessic aturns, a ladle in hand. "Arborea again, or Brightwater or Dweomerheart? Alternately, somewhere secluded on the Prime?"
[00:09] <Kotono> Antenora considers, "The Prime sounds better. We've been out on the planes so much lately."
[00:10] <Alicia> "There was this lovely deserted island I found completely by mistake while we were exploring those gnome ruins in the jungle," Alicia offers. "I don't know what else is there, but the weather was nice and the beach was lovely. No civilisation to speak of, though, but it would be nice for getting away from things entirely."
[00:11] <Alicia> "What about those endless plains?" Marie volunteers. "No one knows us there, so we could relax more and still enjoy the benefits of civilisation. The people are all very friendly, and we could find out if Mizin had any luck?"
[00:12] <Kotono> "Mmm." Antenora hums, "We could do both. Get a tan for a few days then go visit? I'd like to do something completely relaxing and free first, I think."
[00:13] <Alicia> "What do you think, Latha?" Alicia essays a hopeful look to the deva, somewhat worried by how insular she's been of late.
[00:16] <Kotono> Latha smiles, "I'll go where yo ugo. Alicia...just give me some time. That's all."
[00:17] <Alicia> "Okay, but if there's anywhere you want to go, anything you want to do... just say the word, okay?" Alicia asks earnestly. "It might not be Chronias, but there's still meaning to be found out there."
[00:18] <Kotono> "I know." Latha says with her own smile.
[00:18] <Kotono> "What sort of clothing should we bring to a beach or the endless plains, Alicia," Jessica turns back to look to her.
[00:22] <Alicia> "Something light and airy for both - it's quite warm in both places," Alicia replies, smiling as she gets into this idea. "So, that's us five. We should bring Hugo and Dawnhope as well, and ask Seira and Amaryl. I already invited Elle, and Donald last night. Anyone I'm missing?"
[00:23] <Kotono> "That sounds good. Too many people spoil things," Antenora points out, "We could also look up Ysgard at some point, now that I think about it."
[00:24] <Kotono> "A tan would be nice...can we tan?" Jessica frowns then, "Do angels tan, I mean?"
[00:24] <Alicia> "I want to ask Syala how she does that trick with her aura of light," Alicia nods, now that her own aura has gotten brighter it might be something she can learn. At Jessica's question she defers to Latha's superior angeling experience.
[00:25] <Kotono> "We can." Latha says absently, "You can get as much or as little a tan as you like. We don't sunburn, the sun's light isn't enough to burn us."
[00:27] <Kotono> "Lava doesn't burn me. The sun's nothing," Antenora says dismissively, "The warmth of the sun sounds good after the Negative energy plane."
[00:28] <Alicia> "The inner planes are generally unpleasant all around," Alicia concludes. "Air and Water are the only ones I'd honestly consider nice places."
[20:58] <Kotono> ---
[20:59] <Kotono> The morning passes. After lunch, Antenora, Marie and Alicia take a long break, sitting down and falling into idle conversation. The simple lulls of life are like an enchantment all their own. Antenora leans back, closing her eyes. "Alicia...?"
[21:00] <Alicia> "Yes, Antenora?" Alicia asks genially, enjoying the chance to simply relax and switch off for a while.
[21:01] <Kotono> Queen Morwel's voice makes your heart surge with love, coming from Alicia's voice. "Dearest Heroes of Mother's Mountain. I communicate through Antenora to contact you directly."
06[21:04] * Alicia sits up straighter at that, wondering why Morwel needs to resort to such an opaque means of communication. "I'm listening," she responds quickly, looking at Antenora as she fights the urge to blush at the sudden surge of affection.
[21:05] <Alicia> Marie swoons a little but likewise pays attention.
[21:07] <Kotono> "By right of combat and bravery you won these. By virtue of knowledge and learning, they should be yours." Antenora's hands sparkle with light as she draws scrolls on the table! Thus they appear, sitting there, dusty and sealed with black wax. "Magic the Dark Six called on, taken from Bleak Rendor."
[21:09] <Alicia> "We already claimed two artifacts of the liches while we were there," Alicia explains, feeling guilty at accepting a gift from one she loves so dearly. But to refuse would be far more rude, "But if it is your will, Lady of the Lake, we will accept and put them to better use than their former owners ever could."
[21:11] <Kotono> "In this knowledge I am proud of all of you," Antenora reaches out, touching Alicia's cheek. "Be valiant and brave, as the heroes you are."
06[21:12] * Alicia shivers a little at the contact - although the fact that it's Antenora's body makes things rather awkward. "We'll always strive to live up to your faith in us," she promises earnestly.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Be well, heroes." With that Antenora blinks and turns as red as magma, "Oh my..." she sits back, hand dropping away. "She...she has a way with things...doesn't she?"
[21:14] <Alicia> "That she does," Alicia nods with a blush of her own.
[21:14] <Alicia> "She was inside of you!" Marie accuses with a jealous point at Antenora, before her voice drops to a desperately curious tone, "What did it feel like?"
[21:15] <Kotono> "I...I..." Antenora tries to speak but it's a hopeless battle. She sighs dreamily, "Her hand was on my shoulder and she was all around me. She asked if she could use me a moment...and of course I agreed!"
[21:18] <Alicia> "Who wouldn't?" Alicia sighs. "It's... I don't think it's magic or anything, she's just so... incredible!" she struggles for words to articulate the marvels of Morwel.
[21:19] <Kotono> "I know!" Antenora sighs as well, "She's absolutely incredible. Were law not so perfect and immutable, I would join the Court of the Stars with all my vigor. To think she can almost compare to the purity and perfection of order!"
[21:23] <Alicia> "Mystra was almost as overwhelming the first time I saw Her, but She did something to make it easier on me," Alicia muses at the comparison. "It's different, though - Queen Morwel's so unrestrained. Pistis Sophia was just like any other angel when we met her, but I think she was deliberately occluding her true splendour. Queen Morwel just... is."
[21:24] <Kotono> "She wasn't hiding herself at all." Antenora gushes out, "Pistis Sophia was humble. Queen Morwel...that's what she is." Closing her eyes, "I can see her face when I think about it, vivid as the sunshine. Like us to the common folk, perhaps?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "She's a Queen. She's entitled," Marie nods sagely. "Anyway, you going to take a look at those scrolls?" she asks, prompting Alicia to reach over and pick them up to take a quick look through and identify them.
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: taking 10 for 36 on spellcraft throughout
[21:28] <Kotono> The spells are as follows: True Meteor Swarm, Miracle of Health, Summon Black Rock Triskelion, Alabaster Perfection, Glaciante's Spiteful Ward, Enviolate Spell. Alicia can learn more about them if she cares to read them.
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[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: Since I don't recognise any, I guess I will!
[21:29] <Kotono> As Alicia skims through them, "Anything interesting," Antenora comes to sit right next to her.
[21:30] <Alicia> "They're all beyond the ninth circle," Alicia replies flatly as she skims them. "I'm not even impressed anymore. Not after being on the receiving end so many times - it's no different than the gulf between third and fourth circle."
06[21:31] * Alicia starts with Glaciante's Spiteful Ward, since she's almost certain she was on the receiving end of that one/
[21:37] <Kotono> Thus Alicia reads! (PM)
[21:38] <Kotono> "What's it do," Antenora continuesto watch, "Perhaps so, but the skill involved is immense. I tried the basic magics and cantrips at the temple once - I couldn't even get those right."
[21:42] <Alicia> "Well, at least I know it cost him three thousand gold to temporarily keep me from dispelling anything," Alicia hands the spiteful ward to Antenora. "You probably could learn - considering what you are, magic is in your blood as much as mine. But you'd start out as a novice and it would take years of focus to get where I am. Your other skills would probably atrophy."
[21:42] <Alicia> "Just focus on your personal development," Marie reassures Antenora. "Lots of the higher celestials in Dweomerheart attain significant arcane power that way."
[21:44] <Kotono> "True." A burst of white energy explodes around Antenora's hand. "Some of it's already there."
[21:45] <Alicia> "That's the spirit," Alicia smiles as she looks up Miracle of Health - it doesn't sound like the spell a lich would use but she suspects it has something to do with those monstrously overgrown remorhaz sent against Malmuth.
[21:46] <Kotono> "I almost would prefer divine power, like a Planetar or Solar." Antenora rests back, "Calling on the wrath of Mystra to heal and strike down the wicked." Starting to smile, "Surely you've dreamed of that before, Marie?"
[21:47] <Alicia> "There are a few like that in Dweomerheart," Marie confirms, "But the arcane wielding ones are a specialty of Mystra, which makes them all the more exotic and exciting!"
[21:48] <Alicia> "This one could stop a plague in its tracks, and... can only be used by priests," Alicia blinks as she hands Miracle of Health over, starting to frown. "They must have taken it as spoils after slaying a very powerful cleric..." She lingers on that thought for a moment before sighing and looking up True Meteor Swarm.
[21:49] <Kotono> "Booty, yes." Antenora crosses her arms, "A useful scroll to have if the plague breaks out again."
[21:50] <Kotono> "That makes me thankful that we're the ones here. That it isn't others that are looking at Hell-Striker in the future and wondering who carried that before they fell to them," Antenora half smiles, half frowns, shifting back and forth. "A chilling thought."
[21:51] <Alicia> "He doesn't talk about his previous owners at all," Alicia notes sombrely. "Well, what will be will be. We're here now," she resolves. "This is an improvement of the meteor swarm pit fiends are fond of. Nothing truly imaginative," she concludes, moving on to Alabaster Perfection.
[21:53] <Kotono> "What will be will be, because of us. No more heroes forgotten in the mists of time." Antenora's face settles on a smile, "Even when you're being like that, you're inspiring to watch, Alicia. The way you command and draw yourself..."
06[21:55] * Alicia raises an eyebrow at Antenora's compliment. "I wasn't even trying," she admits, "Because believe me, when I do try it takes a lot of effort. Anyway, this one I think was what was on the invisible axe-maiden who gave us so much trouble," she waves it in the air before passing it over. "Nice protective benefits but very unsettling side-effects."
[21:56] <Kotono> "Like?" Antenora raises an eyebrow back at Alicia. "That's just how you are. You're magnetic, alluring, radiant. A casual motion by you can be more powerful than a stormy rant from a common human."
[21:59] <Alicia> "Well I suppose I am a rather uncommon woman," Alicia smiles amusedly. "Anyway, it makes your skin like porcelain. Cold and very hard - and also very unsettling. It lasts forever once cast, too."
[21:59] <Alicia> "I'll pass," Marie makes a face as she leans over to look at the scroll. "People confuse me for a doll often enough."
[22:00] <Kotono> "Maybe so..." Looking right ot Marie, "I think you'd make an adorable doll."
[22:01] <Alicia> "I'm adorable already!" Marie insists, flying up over glomp onto Antenora's upper arm. "And don't you prefer me with a soft and warm body?" she croons.
[22:02] <Kotono> Antenora's expression is amused as she reaches up to pluck Marie off her arm, "Caina was freezing cold. One can learn to appreciate cold things there."
[22:03] <Alicia> "And yet still you left," Marie points out as she allows herself to be plucked as Alicia coughs and moves on to read up on Enviolate Spell - she suspects this one will go in the bin based on the name.
[22:07] <Kotono> Antenora places Marie in her arms, cradling her close. "What's that one do, Alicia?"
[22:09] <Alicia> "Converts all the wounds inflicted by a spell into vile injuries," Alicia replies, making a face. She promptly scrunches it up and tosses it into the fireplace. Nothing good can come of such knowledge.
[22:11] <Kotono> From the scroll plumes of acrid black smoke gush out! The stench of death and fire fill the air, like a smog trying to choke every drop of air out of your lungs.
[22:17] <Kotono> Antenora coughs, "Smells like Hell. Fitting."
[22:17] <Alicia> So much for consecrated ground preventing any nasty side effects. "Who makes such shoddy scrolls?" Alicia coughs and grimaces, standing up and flapping her wings to beat back the vile smoke, casting a cantrip to help her in cleansing the air.
[22:17] <Kotono> The air is so cleansed! Antenora rises and does the same, the air soon clean and clear once more.
[22:20] <Alicia> Once the living room is back to its previous homey smell and bereft of cloying smoke, Alicia sits back down and looks up the last scroll, the rather obvious 'summon black rock triskelion'.
[22:23] <Kotono> Antenora sits, holding Marie close. "So is that what summoned that abomination of Ogremoch to fight us?"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Wow..." Alicia's eyes widen. "Remember those two Black Rock Triskelions that were sent after us while we were fixing that gate to the Plane of Earth? It cost two hundred thousand gold for the liches."
[22:23] <Alicia> "That's stupid!" Marie blurts out. "You could bind a ton of pit fiends for that!"
06[22:24] * Alicia turns to stare at her familiar, who shrinks back. "Or, y'know, other comparatively powerful outsiders. The going rate's the same, I guess."
[22:25] <Kotono> Antenora holds Marie closer. 'I think the value is in summoning such an obvious avatar of evil. We didn't choose to go down that route, but Ogremoch would have been a distraction for little gain, I think."
[22:26] <Kotono> After a moment, "I think I'm also redundant today, I think." With a grimace, "I think."
[22:27] <Alicia> "I do that too, sometines," Alicia replies supportively, patting Antenora's leg before she crumples up the scroll and tosses it into the fire, already magically controlling the air around the fireplace to keep smoke from suddenly billowing out and removing any incipient foul odours.
[22:28] <Kotono> The scroll burns away! "That's all of them. Fascinating to see what the Weave can do with such a level of power."
[22:31] <Alicia> "It's mostly uncharted territory. While I've made a few innovations, most of my spells are modelled on existing ones that are fairly common across sorcerers and wizards everywhere - it's far easier to learn that way," Alicia explains. "When I reach that level of understanding I'll have to make my own way, but I doubt I'll look to any of these for inspiration."
[22:31] <Alicia> "Seira should get more use out of them, at least - assuming she doesn't want to use any in the short term. She'd probably like Alabaster Perfection."
[22:43] <Kotono> "Yes." Looking down atMarie thoughtfully, "I wonder...not Amaryl, but I wonder if she might try it on Donald."
[22:45] <Alicia> "I thought she might use it herself. If Donald or Amaryl want to use it that's their choice," Alicia shrugs. "I'll let everyone know about these scrolls and we'll hold onto them unless anyone wants to use one immediately."
[22:46] <Kotono> "Sounds right." Antenora sits back now, letting her eyes close. "You know...let's just let those scrolls sit here a time. Sitting here, talking and letting the day drift by is real happiness to me right now."
[22:49] <Alicia> "There's no great rush," Alicia agrees, opening up her portable hole and dropping the scrolls inside lest Hugo accidentally read one, before furling it up again and settling back on the couch to relax.
[22:50] <Kotono> "Now if only Marie was a cat...." Antenora sighs, "A purring cat would complete this, wouldn't it?"
[22:52] <Alicia> Marie grows up all of a sudden, Antenora finding a fully grown and well-formed elf draped across her lap with her arms around the deva's neck. "I can purr if you stroke me just right," she carols, batting her eye-lashes coquettishly.
[22:59] <Kotono> Antenora turns faintly red, "Marie!" she manages to sputter out. "Alicia, control your familiar!"
06[23:01] * Alicia sighs and turns a lazy gaze on her familiar. "Down girl," she commands without much heat. Marie pouts but nonetheless shrinks back to her normal form, remaining on Antenora's lap nonetheless.
[23:02] <Alicia> "Ironically if I'd known I'd have my wish granted I would've asked for awesome sexy hair like Honeydip has," she comments, entirely unaffected by the brazen display she just put on.
[23:03] <Kotono> Antenora exhales out, her breathing slowing down. "Honeydip's larger than life. Someone you could wnat to grow up into, Marie?"
[23:04] <Alicia> Marie nods brightly. "She's really impressive. People like to write us fairies off because we're so small and easy to overlook, but no way she'd let anyone overlook her!"
[23:06] <Kotono> "I wonder how she got to be a general at Androlynne?" Antenora looks to Alicia now, "She seemed to know the Lady of the Stars. Maybe she guided her along?"
06[23:06] * Alicia furrows her brow and tries to think back on what she's learned of Androlynne's history before answering Antenora...
[23:06] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 planes
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 planes and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[23:12] <Alicia> "From what I've heard about her she earned a place of honour in the Court for her skill at arms before she was given her position in Androlynne," Alicia replies after a moment.
[23:12] <Alicia> "She told me that she used to have a human-sized form that retained her pixie traits, but lost it from lack of use while fighting in Androlynne. Queen Morwel let her regain the ability after she left the Abyss, so might have granted it in the first place."
[23:12] <Alicia> "She knows her stuff, though, no doubt about it. You didn't get the chance to fight alongside her, Antenora, but she easily kept up with us in skill at arms, and her leadership had us fighting together better than we've ever done before. She's a force to be reckoned with, no doubt about it."
[23:13] <Alicia> "Hah, you did it too!" Marie points. "You weren't kidding about being redundant!"
06[23:14] * Alicia makes a face but doesn't contest the point.
[23:14] <Kotono> "An inspiration...though with the Queen helping her of course..." Antenora sighs wistfully. "And...yes, you did." Starting to laugh, "We seem to have gotten in a habit of repeating ourselves."
[23:16] <Alicia> "Not very inspiring, is it?" Alicia asks, before shrugging. "Anyway, Honeydip got where she is on merit. Queen Morwel wasn't there in the Abyss while Honeydip spent centuries battling against endless hordes of demons. Many who'd try what she did would either die or succumb to the evil of the Abyss themselves. Anyone who can't see past her small stature is a fool."
[23:18] <Kotono> "Doubtless." Antenora then emits another sigh, "Alicia, the charisma those beings radiate, the statue and skill...am I like them? You fit in with them so well, as does Seira."
[23:20] <Alicia> "What brought this on?" Alicia asks in faint surprise. "You've always pulled your weight in battle - Jessica and I would have certainly been lost to Pale Night if it wasn't for your actions on the mountain. And you're no slouch yourself in terms of the presence you convey."
[23:23] <Kotono> Smiling now, "Nothing. It's just that you've grown even more powerful in the crucible of trial. I have to make sure I stay worthy to serve you."
06[23:27] * Alicia just shakes her head. "Don't worry so much about things like that, Antenora."
[23:27] <Alicia> "Besides, you're not the one that got left at home to miss out on all the adventures over the past few months," Marie points out, looking up from Antenora's lap. "I'm just lucky that crown thing worked for me and Hell Striker both!"
[23:28] <Kotono> "I'll be at Alicia's side for eternity," Antenora vows, "I can make up for you when you're playing homemaker, Marie." With a gentle smile and stroking the top of her tiny head, "I know I shouldn't worry about those things. I do anyway."
[23:32] <Alicia> "Oh... speaking of helping you out, Marie," Alicia glances at her familiar, "I made an arrangement with a slaad we met in Greenrot to bestow the power of chaos upon you, but I think I lost since we got sidetracked by the Dark Six before I could meet my conditions for the wager. I should probably contact him to pay up..."
[23:32] <Kotono> "It's a slaad. It'll be along when it pleases it," Antenora shrugs, "Not that we should evade our debt, of course, but a paragon slaad like that is going to do what it will."
[23:34] <Alicia> "Awww. What did you wager?" Marie asks curiously.
[23:34] <Alicia> "The template ingot - not like I had a real use for it," Alicia shrugs. "But he has no real way to contact us, so I should probably make the first contact myself. Although perhaps I should find out what happened in Jova first, since he might have failed on his end, too."
[23:37] <Kotono> "A sending?" Antenora rests back, "That's the most direct means I can think of."
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[23:45] <Alicia> "He could lie... but if he does I'll eventually find out and and express my displeasure at being tricked," Alicia muses, sitting up straight and calling upon her magic to whisk her voice across the planes and to the ears of Snnjssi! "We were sidetracked by events on Androlynne, and Gurlan still lives. If you believe the bet is won, name the place to receive your due."
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d100 since he's probably not on the prime
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 since he's probably not on the prime and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[23:54] <Kotono> "Nunnan's Rock." That's the answer Alicia gets back.
[23:56] <Alicia> OOC: any relevant knowledge to help me figure that cryptic response out?
[23:56] <Kotono> OOC: Planes.
[23:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[23:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[23:57] <Alicia> "Either of you ever heard of Nunnan's Rock?" Alicia asks Marie and Antenora, frowning at receiving such a terse reply. She remembers him being a lot more gregarious when they first met.
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 Marie
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 Marie and gets 33." [1d20=10]
[23:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20=22
06[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=22 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=18]
[23:59] <Kotono> "I have. Distasteful, nothing but chaos. It's a hunk of chaos that fell into a portal from Limbo. Slaad are seen there sometimes." Antenora makes a deep gagging sound, "Not a place I care to spend much time at, butsuch is duty."
Session Time: Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 2009
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[00:00] <Alicia> "Do you know the way to it well?" Alicia asks. "It being the astral we could end up there for weeks if we're not careful."
[00:08] <Kotono> "I do," Antenora agrees, "Want to go today?
[00:08] <Kotono> "
[00:10] <Alicia> "Lets give it a try - I'll cast a greater magic weapon spell on your spear before we leave and if it's worn off before we get there we'll come home and figure something else out," Alicia nods. "I don't want another repeat of our first trip to Greenrot."
[00:11] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Antenora rises, "Ah well. Peace and quiet dull the senses of battle."
[00:12] <Alicia> "I just want to get this out of the way so it's not hanging over us while we're trying to decompress," Alicia replies, giving Antenora the plane-shift ring since she has the best idea of where they're going. "Lets tell everyone where we're off to and then go?"
[16:57] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Do you know the way to it well?" Alicia asks. "It being the astral we could end up there for weeks if we're not careful."
[16:57] <Kotono> > "I do," Antenora agrees, "Want to go today?
[16:57] <Kotono> > "
[16:57] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Lets give it a try - I'll cast a greater magic weapon spell on your spear before we leave and if it's worn off before we get there we'll come home and figure something else out," Alicia nods. "I don't want another repeat of our first trip to Greenrot."
[16:57] <Kotono> > "Oh yes." Antenora rises, "Ah well. Peace and quiet dull the senses of battle."
[16:57] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I just want to get this out of the way so it's not hanging over us while we're trying to decompress," Alicia replies, giving Antenora the plane-shift ring since she has the best idea of where they're going. "Lets tell everyone where we're off to and then go?"
[16:57] <Kotono> OOC: Basically going to give Oberuth and company a heads up then shift over?
[16:58] <Alicia> OOC: Sure. I'll invite Latha as well if she wants to keep busy and do something, but if she's not interested I won't push her.
[17:00] <Kotono> OOC: Latha'll pass. She still has a lot of stuff she's working through.
[17:01] <Alicia> OOC: just the three of us, then
[17:01] <Kotono> Antenora, Alicia and Marie make the required notifications, then gather back. "Ready?" Antenora asks.
[17:01] <Alicia> "Just a moment," Alicia reaches over to cast a spell on Marie's longbow, the duration of which will let her keep time in the astral.
[17:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 spell failure
06[17:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 spell failure and gets 4." [1d100=4]
06[17:02] * Alicia frowns as the spell fizzles. "Hate when that happens," she mutters, trying again.
[17:02] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[17:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
06[17:02] * Alicia keeps trying until it sticks.
[17:02] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[17:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[17:02] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[17:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[17:03] <Kotono> After several tries, Marie's bow is enchanted.
[17:03] <Alicia> "That was entirely too much effort," Alicia complains, wringing out her fingers. "Now, keep an eye on that spell - it'll last nineteen hours. If we haven't found the rock by then we'll just come home and arrange another meeting. I've no desire to spend another few weeks wasting away in the astral."
[17:05] <Kotono> "Agreed." Antenora stretches back, before using the ring! For a moment every around you shifts, before you stand in the Silver Sea! It's endless depths stretch before you, farther than you could ever hope to see. Antenora hovers in the air, pointing in a direction and beginning to fly.
06[17:06] * Alicia follows right after Antenora, while Marie sits on her head since for once she's the slowest one here.
[17:07] <Kotono> Thus, timeless time passes! On and on and on you fly! As you make more distance, "It's galling that circumstances cost us against this damned slaad so much." Antenora says out of the blue.
[17:09] <Alicia> "I'm trying not to be bitter about it," Alicia replies magmanimously. "Just look on it as paying him for killing the ruler of an Abyssal city."
[17:13] <Kotono> "I suppose." Antenora looks back to Marie as they fly, "If you need power, there's always order to turn to."
[17:16] <Alicia> "Is that a bribe?" Marie asks curiously. "Seems rather underhanded... besides, Alicia's a representative of order and I get loads of power from being her familiar, anyway."
[17:17] <Kotono> "Just that order would be happy to have you," Antenora says with a warm smile, half flying backwards to turn to MArie.
[17:19] <Alicia> "You can have me any time you like, Antenora," Marie banters back cheekily. "In fact, how about you help me try out my new shapechanging abilities when we get home? I bet we could have lots of fun!"
[17:21] <Kotono> "Well, with order, you don't just rush into things like that!" Antenora shakes her head, "You get to know the person, there's a long formal courtship, you visit parents - not that we can here -, you sign contracts and have a wedding...then you get to what you're talking about. IT's all very well controlled."
[17:23] <Alicia> "We've known each other nearly two years, now," Marie points out as Alicia resists the urge to sigh. "And given what you've said about baatezu cuisine, it's probably best I don't meet your parents. And isn't it silly to wait until after everything's formalised before even finding out just what you're getting into? Seems pretty reckless, to me," the courre chides.
[17:24] <Kotono> "The point is that you don't rush into these things!" Antenora retorts right back with a smile. "Haste makes waste. Doing things properly makes the best results."
[17:26] <Alicia> "I guess you must have a different definition of what constitutes a rush when you've seen six centuries," Marie pouts.
[17:27] <Kotono> "The wisdom of time," Antenora nods along, "Alicia, don't you agree with me?"
[17:29] <Alicia> "I got married when I was twenty to a man I'd known for a little over a season," Alicia replies almost too brightly.
[17:29] <Kotono> Antenora crosses her arms and gives Alicia a long, long, long look.
06[17:32] * Alicia shrugs unapologetically. "I was young and in love. I don't think either applies to you and Marie, though."
[17:32] <Alicia> "Ouch," Marie cries laughingly. "My delicate maiden's heart has been maligned!"
[17:33] <Kotono> "I'd have thought you would have had more of a courtship." Antenora's looming frown fades, "Your family's faux-nobility, wouldn't they have insisted on it?"
06[17:35] * Alicia laughs a little at the faux-nobility phrase. It's far too accurate. "It had little to do with my family. Why do you think we went to live in a village on the outskirts far away from them?"
[17:37] <Kotono> "A good point." Antenora flies along in the timeless sea, "Your life before I met you fascinates me. Did the events of your life forge you what you're into today, or were you born with this talent?"
[17:43] <Alicia> "Well, obviously I was born with magic in my blood - not like I'd ever so much looked at a spellbook before it first manifested in me. I was far more interested in swordplay, but was never particularly religious for all that I've held strong morals since I was a child," Alicia explains, content to elaborate on her origins to kill the time as they travel through the void.
[17:43] <Alicia> "My parents mostly venerated Lathander and Chauntea, and I paid some lip service. The temples of Kelemvor and Mystra in Kelara held little appeal for me when I was growing into womanhood. It almost makes you wonder where I'd have ended up if Kelara had any organised devotion to Torm or Tempus..."
[17:44] <Alicia> "Scary," Marie shivers at that possibility.
[17:46] <Kotono> Antenora frowns at that as well, "Thankfully Mystra was there. You would make a powerful champion of evil or destruction." Looking down a bit, "I could tell that when I first saw you. ..say, Marie, what did you think when you first saw Alicia?"
[17:50] <Alicia> "I got a pretty good briefing on what I was going to be in for, so it's not like I was surprised," Marie admits. "Still, it did surprise me that she always wears so much black. I mean, that's got bad connotations for paladins!"
06[17:50] * Alicia sighs. "Alright, Marie. Next time we go into battle, I'll wear a pristine white dress. I think the superiority of black clothing will be readily apparent by the end of things."
[17:51] <Kotono> Antenora giggles at that, "Alicia the Bloodflier..." she murmurs, "Alicia looks good in black sa well. Practicality and appeal rolled well into one."
[17:52] <Alicia> "It's a colour that goes with anything. Besides, my armour is shiny enough," Alicia raps her gleaming and form-fitting mithral breastplate.
[17:54] <Kotono> In the distance, Alicia can begin to see something. It looks like something brown and gray, hovering in the Silver Sea. "At least for Marie now color's not important. She can change to match her clothes. You can alter yourself if it's important. I suddenly feel so...limited." Antenora starts to pout, a smile cracking it. "Regulated to one hair color and body shape."
[17:56] <Alicia> "You might eventually get a similar ability as you become more and more like an astral deva," Alicia reassures, before pointing ahead, "Is that the rock, by the way?"
[17:57] <Kotono> "Oh!" Antenora turns back, "I think so. Let's go find him."
[17:58] <Alicia> "We made good time," Alicia smiles in relief. "I don't want this errand to cut into our relaxation any more than necessary, so hopefully he's around to accept his winnings and then we can go home."
[17:59] <Kotono> Thus you fly closer! It's a vast, jagged rock! Atop it lies all sorts of vegetation. As you fly, you see a vast tree has been felled. Atop it's point sits a white slaad, waiting.
[18:01] <Alicia> "Snnjssi!" Alicia waves, her translation magic helping her pronounce the tongue-twisting slaad name without too much impediment as she flies up to the top of the tree. "I hope we didn't keep you waiting too long."
[18:01] <Kotono> The slaadi waits, "Time means nothing here, except when it means everything. I had thought you died, for Gurlan stayed untoppled!"
[18:04] <Alicia> "It was unfortunate but a few hours after we met you our world was suddenly attacked by a cabal of liches called the Dark Six. We've spent the past week fighting them across the Prime, Androlynne, and the Negative Energy Plane. Gurlan sadly dropped down our list of priorities," Alicia explains regretfully.
[18:04] <Alicia> "Given the time that's passed, I've little doubt you'll have accomplished your side of the bet, so I might as well pay up."
[18:06] <Kotono> "The mummy lord fell, but it was really a vampire lord reincarnated into a death knight demon lord," With a smile, "The hordes suffered and perished, and I was pleased." His gaze travels to Antenora and then Marie, "One is not like the other. You chose companions well."
[18:07] <Alicia> Marie gives a little wave while Alicia smiles at the compliment. "They're both good friends and true allies," she agrees, taking off her backpack and reaching inside for the template ingot, which she holds up towards Snnjssi. "To the victor goes the spoils, though."
[18:34] <Kotono> The template ingot is taken, shifting like wildfire in the slaadi's hands! "A fine contest." With that the slaad ripples into the silver sea, gone!
[18:36] <Alicia> "Right, we're done. Lets go home?" Alicia turns to Antenora and Marie.
[18:36] <Kotono> With that, the ring is activated!
[18:36] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 179." [5d100=5, 14, 59, 68, 33]
[18:36] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 2." [1d9=2]
[18:37] <Kotono> You stand in a forest. The scent of salt and air tinges your nose, a faraway but steady lapping of waves heard.
[18:38] <Alicia> "We didn't land in the sea for once, but we're close!" Marie remarks, craning her head towards the sound of waves.
06[18:39] * Alicia looks up at the sky to try and gauge what time it is.
[18:39] <Kotono> "The beach?" Antenora sniffs her nose, "A small miracle. The beach, the waves, the sand...the sandcastles...We do seem drawn to the sea muchly."
[18:39] <Kotono> It's daytime. Alicia can't quite tell from here - too many trees. She could tell with a better view of the sky.
[18:41] <Alicia> Well, it didn't take too long regardless, so they can be home for lunch or dinner. "I don't really understand it, but almost every time we plane shift to Balmuria we arrive at sea. Anyway, lets go home and see about getting something to eat," she suggests, teleporting the trio to their house.
[18:41] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 1." [1d100=1]
[18:46] <Kotono> Thus you arrive home for an early dinner. As the three settle in, odds and ends since JEssica isn't around, "I didn't think of it before, but," Antenora asks aloud, "What are we going to do on that island?"
[18:48] <Alicia> "Swim, play games, talk, laze around, maybe explore a little," Alicia lists off easily, "The main point is just to be somewhere quiet and peaceful where we can relax."
[18:50] <Kotono> "Mmmhmm." Antenora sips water, "Since there's so many of us, I imagine we'll tend to splinter off into groups?"
[18:52] <Alicia> "Probably be unavoidable," Alicia admits. "Still, everyone knows everyone, so we should all be able to get along."
[18:55] <Kotono> "Oh yes. I'm not saying it's bad," Taking a bit of meat and starting to chew on it, swalloing before she goes on, "I'm sure Seira and Amaryl will slip away at least a few times, for example. I'm just thinking of how to have the most fun with this. Shush Marie," With a lazy gaze at the eladrin, "Think it, don't say it."
[18:56] <Alicia> Marie looks up from where she's sitting at the table like a normal person, enjoying a full-sized portion the same as Alicia and Antenora. "We should have a sandcastle building competition with everyone," she suggests breezily, ignoring the implication.
[18:57] <Kotono> Antenora twitches, "Which means I'll naturally win, right Alicia? A well planned sandcastle will triumph over all."
[18:59] <Alicia> "Latha might give you some competition in that regard," Alicia replies cooly, a faint smile teasing her lips. "But I think Hugo's the one to watch out for, at least once he gets the hang of it."
[19:00] <Kotono> Starting to rub her chin, "A very good point. I should talk to Hugo now and instruct him on how to properly plan this out."
[19:03] <Alicia> "At least wait until we get there," Alicia chides.
[19:06] <Kotono> "Maybe." Antenora looks up, "Hmph." Stopping to look down at her food, "Should we bring special food and drink? Perhaps we could get some of the fermented ambrosia Strength of Light had? Oh, and speaking of...how is that venture of yours in Wetwind Harbor doing?"
[19:10] <Alicia> "Ambrosia isn't safe for most people to drink, remember," Alicia points out. "As for Wetwind... I normally check in on it and go on buying trips every other week, but we're now looking at over a month because of all that time we wasted trying to get to Greenrot. Considering how the books looked, I'm actually pretty worried that it's been able to stay solvent."
[19:10] <Alicia> "Why don't we go look in on it after dinner?" Marie suggests. "Right now they'd be in the mid-afternoon lull, so it'd be a good time to see how things are going."
[19:12] <Kotono> "Yes, but some of us can have some one evening as the sun sets and get drunk on happiness. A fine way to end a day," Antenora points out in return. "That's a fine idea. There should still be plenty of sunlight there...though..." Starting to frown, "That is something I've been wondering about. You notice how day and night vary as you travel very far very fast with magic?"
06[19:13] * Alicia nods to Antenora. "Since the sun rises in the East then dawn happens earlier the further East you go."
[19:14] <Kotono> "Ah, that makes sense. I wonder if you go far enough East...could you find the Sun or Lathander's Realm? Perhaps a portal to it?" Thoughtfully pausing, "Past those mountains is a cursed land, as Seira told it then...?"
[19:16] <Alicia> "You'd eventually end up where you started," Marie chimes in, pushing her plate away and patting her belly in satisfaction at the objectively biggest meal she's ever eaten. "The Prime's just a big ball when you get right down to it."
[19:18] <Kotono> "Really?" Antenora pushes her plate away, food mostly nibbled on. "I heard a story once about a man from the Prime, who sailed so far he fell off the edge of the world and landed in Baator."
[19:19] <Alicia> "He probably just had the bad luck of sailing over a portal into the Styx," Alicia surmises, gathering the plates and going to wash them. "Although I do wonder just what it looks like from Selune's vantage in the sky."
[19:20] <Kotono> "You know..." Antenora stops there, "With the proper magic...perhaps a vacation on Selune herself?"
[19:22] <Alicia> "That sounds rather presumptuous - I doubt She'd approve," Marie comments. "But you could always visit the Gates of the Moon - didn't you have fun there the last time?"
[19:25] <Kotono> "Perhaps it is, but the idea is strangely appealing." Standing up as she does, "We did. Frolicking an dplaying like children. That reminds me of the beach as much as anything."
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[19:27] <Alicia> "We were on the beach when we did that, too," Alicia adds as she puts away the now clean dishes and utensils. "Anyway, if we're going to go to Wetwind I'll need to get changed into my usual disguise. Want me to just disguise your wings, Antenora?"
[19:28] <Kotono> "Make my disguise a little more interesting this time," Antenora says. "I know, that's why I think of the beach."
[19:32] <Alicia> "Interesting like exotic but still humanoid, or do you want to be a mephit or something?" Alicia clarifies.
[19:33] <Kotono> "Surprise me," Antenora says, "Something new, something different." Then with a slight pause, "Perhaps the Queen's touch is making me a bit impulsive, but why not?"
[19:37] <Alicia> Marie remains as she is, quite smug in her apparent elf-iness while Alicia goes upstairs to get changed. When she returns she's a severe and frumpy looking middle-aged human woman with greying hair, dressed in shapeless black robes and carrying a quarterstaff.
[19:37] <Alicia> Tapping Antenora with it, the former erinyes is transformed into a water genasi, keeping most of her proportions but turning her skin aqua blue while her hair looks more like strands of green kelp. She even has small vestigial wings, diaphonous and bringing to mind the flaps of jellyfish.
[19:38] <Alicia> "Oooh," Marie marvels at the transformation. "Better than when you turned me into a zombie pixie!"
[19:38] <Kotono> Antenora looks at herself, checking over her arms. "Well enough. This will fit in there?"
[19:40] <Alicia> "I don't care what anyone says, I was proud of that one," Alicia tells Marie, before shrugging in response to Antenora. "Not really. It's by the sea, but genasi are rare wherever you go. Although I think we'll see a lot more of them around the bay here in coming decades if Oolu has his way..."
[19:41] <Kotono> Snickering a tthat, "Oh yes. Perhaps a few more aasimar as well, doubly so with the eladrin passing through."
[19:43] <Alicia> "Anyway, it should be fine for where we're going - the Reveller's Oasis has built its reputation on its connection with the planes, given all the exotic cuisine I acquire for it. Are you both ready to go?"
[19:43] <Alicia> "Ready!" Marie springs to her feet.
[19:44] <Kotono> "On your mark," Antenora stands besides Alicia.
06[19:44] * Alicia then proceeds to teleport the three of them to the back office at Marie's establishment.
[19:44] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[19:47] <Kotono> Woosh! The teleport is without incident, appearing in the plain but well kept office.
06[19:48] * Alicia now defers to Marie, who opens the door to head out of the office in search of her staff!
[19:49] <Kotono> Heading out, Marie finds the place reasonably busy. Marie knwos that they're preparing for the evening rush, girls scurrying back and forth. Gathering them could be done if she wishes.
[19:51] <Alicia> Marie looks for any sign of her assistant manager as the one who's left to handle all the day to day running. If she's not in sight she settles for grabbing the nearest girl and asking for her!
[19:53] <Kotono> The assistant manager is found, stopping to take a breath. "Ma'am," she smiles, "It's been a time! How are you?"
[19:58] <Alicia> "Good," Marie smiles brightly, taking the girl's shoulders to steady her as she catches her breath. "I don't know if you heard about all the troubles to the East but we were caught up in that for a while," she gestures to the aging witch she normally drags around as well as the never before seen aquatic woman lingering nearby.
[19:58] <Alicia> "Only just got out of it - I can tell you girls all about it since it might be something interesting to share with customers, spread a bit of news from the wide world, that sort of thing," she rattles off breezily before cocking her head, "And now I'm just rambling. Of course, I came to see how all of you were doing! Everything still running smoothly, Nasira?"
[20:00] <Kotono> The girl nods briskly to that, "Things are running good! We're getting more business, and one of the Pasha's servants has begun to patrionize us!"
[20:01] <Alicia> "Oh, excellent!" Marie claps her hands together gaily, every bit the eager businesswoman. "How are stocks holding up then?"
[20:02] <Kotono> "We're running low." With an agreeable smile right back, "We can last another week and a few days if we stretch things."
[20:04] <Alicia> "I never thought they'd last that long to begin with," Marie admits as Alicia busies herself watching the stage being set up. "Have you gotten local suppliers to supplant things?"
[20:05] <Kotono> The girls work on the stage, hurrying about. A few others prepare tables and do general cleaning. Antenora watches as well, and in a whisper, "They seem to be doing alright."
[20:06] <Kotono> "We've stretched it like that," Nasira agrees. "We're learning how to survive on less."
[20:09] <Alicia> "Better than I'd hoped," Alicia agrees quietly. "I'll want to check over the books, but it's reassuring so far."
[20:09] <Alicia> "That's good to hear," Marie nods. "I'll get my two friends to go pick up some new stock... I'm thinking Arborean sounds like a good theme. While they're gone, I can tell everyone what's been happening in the rest of the world."
[20:12] <Kotono> "That's what you want, ma'am," Antenora says with humble respect, "We'll go do that."
[20:15] <Alicia> "And today was meant to be relaxing," Alicia grumbles. "I suppose a quick trip to Brightwater or the Quarter of the Great Wheel wouldn't be too hard on us."
[20:18] <Kotono> "It'll be fun. What part of Brightwater do you want to go do? Any preference?" Antenora asks back, "They're all various types of fun."
[20:19] <Alicia> "The great market - I've been there a few times for things like this, and we passed through it on our way to Evergold," Alicia replies quietly.
[20:20] <Alicia> "Great!" Marie grins. "Lets just step into my office before you go, then I'll get everyone caught up here while you two go shopping." Heading back into the back office, Marie reverts to eladrin form so she can retrieve her Star dress, shimmying into it before she goes back to elven form, the dress shifting with her.
[20:20] <Alicia> "I'll want to dress to impress if I'm gonna be sticking around here all night while you two shop," she explains. "Since I haven't been around much."
[20:21] <Alicia> "You'll probably have nobles begging to buy that thing off of you," Alicia warns Marie. "Anyway, we'll be at least two hours, probably longer, since I need to use Limited Wish to plane shift, now."
[20:29] <Kotono> "Let's go then," Antenora whispers back. "Walk back and then shift?
[20:29] <Kotono> "
[20:33] <Alicia> "We can go from here - everyone's used to me teleporting around," Alicia replies easily as Marie gives them a little wave and flounces out with all the dramatic presence she can muster to go regale everyone with exciting tales of armies of the dead and brave heroes. Maybe she can even convince the girls to put on a play to show what really happened! Alicia would love that!
[20:33] <Alicia> Blissfully ignorant of such plans, Alicia plane shifts herself and Antenora to the great market bordering Tymora and Sune's realms. Or as close as she can get.
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 263." [5d100=96, 49, 98, 4, 16]
[20:34] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[20:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
[20:35] <Kotono> You stand in rich, verdant hills. A passion red sunset sky flares above you, the air sweet and warm. The grass is a vibrant, throbbing green, soft beneath your feet.
[20:36] <Kotono> Antenora sniffs the air and stretches, "Missed a bit?"
[20:37] <Alicia> Picking at random, Alicia just starts walking towards the direction opposite the sunset. "You always do with Plane Shift. I can teleport us to the marketplace in an hour - for now we might as well just enjoy the walk," she replies easily, not in any particular hurry.
[20:39] <Kotono> Antenora begins to walk as well. For a little time it's peaceful, simple, restful. But as you crest another hill, "You know Amaryl and Seira, Alicia? They're as close as a man and a woman? Will they have some sort of marraige or something akin to it?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "I don't know," Alicia admits. "Since Amaryl... and actually, Seira as well, are both nobles, it's not the usual thing. They need to keep the bloodline going, after all. But Seira's hardly one to be bound by convention."
[20:43] <Kotono> "Yes. What are they going to do, tell the archwizardress she can't do it? Especially when she can probably appeal to Waukeen, or at worst, change one of them to the right gender?" With a slight chuckle of amusement, "The rules are important, but power changes the rules and clarifies them for your own use. Turned on the wrong side and it's a baatezu saying: Power clarifies and absolute power clarifies absolutely."
06[20:47] * Alicia snorts. "I'm more familiar with a different version of that saying, but it sounds appropriately diabolical. They're both very young, anyway. There's no telling what the future holds for either."
[20:49] <Kotono> "A week for us was lifechanging events and battling what should have never been. How are we going to be in a century?" Antenora stops atop the hill, going down to sit. "Now that we have time to think and reflect...what we fought for was a future that wasn't dominated by a reborn abomination demon-god."
[20:51] <Alicia> "I rather like that, the Dark Six spent many thousands of years plotting and scheming, and then everything they worked for came crashing down in just a week once they attacked us," Alicia admits as she sits down as well, waiting out the hour for her magic to return. "It should serve as a very pointed object lesson to others in the future with similar plans."
[20:52] <Kotono> "It should. There's more to that than meets the eye, I'm certain of it. But..." Antenora smiles, turning to Alicia. "Do you remember the offer Pistis Sophia made to us?"
[20:55] <Alicia> "I did," Alicia nods. "I considered it - such a simple life, it does appeal on a primal level. But I think it's too simplistic to reject all possessions - there are many beautiful and wondrous things in this world, and the fact that they can be ascribed monetary worth does not diminish them."
[20:57] <Kotono> "I know. A simple life...forsake everything and live by deed." Antenora looks down, "Yet here we are, spending piles of gold so we can fight better and supply our interests. Pistis Sophia was so free, so unburdened."
[21:00] <Alicia> "I sometimes thought about what I'd be like as an old woman, once I'd gotten too old to actively fight," Alicia admits. "I'd probably end up giving away all of my equipment to up and coming young heroes."
[21:02] <Kotono> Antenora smiles at that, "That wasn't your destiny, but...a charming image. Sometimes though..." Antenora pauses as she laughs. "Old Alicia. Mystra would grant you a long life to teach the new generation. But...to give it all away. To simply be as you are. Being nude is so often sexual, especially to mortals. But to her, it's the ultimate sign of her freedom. She needs nothing, not even false modesty."
[21:06] <Alicia> "Well, she's a pure exemplar of a dimension of Celestia. For her it's the simplest and most natural thing in the world," Alicia replies. "But I think it's worth bearing in mind that the levels above and below hers are quite happy with all of their possessions. She teaches an important lesson about avoiding excess, but there's room for moderation."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Excess can lead to damnation." Antenora agrees. She leans back on her elbows staring up at the sunset sky. "I'm contrasting something I did before with her, if you didn't gather. Even if I eschewed material possessions as an erinyes, there was nothing holy about it. My body was to allure, distract and tempt. Giving away money was only to draw souls closer to my grasp. Being ascetic only hid the greed that burned within my cold heart."
[21:08] <Kotono> Being ascetic only hid the greed that burned within my cold heart."
[21:11] <Alicia> "You mentioned something like that before about Mephistopheles," Alicia nods thoughtfully. "Are you thinking about retaking the ascetic path in Pistis Sophia's example?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "That old legend about him? IT came to mind." Antenora looks to Alicia, "Right now...no. As much as it appeals, I need my spear, my armor, my belt." Tapping the breastplate she wears, "If Mystra ever remade me into a form more suited to it - one who controls the arcane as you mentioned, perhaps? - I would strongly consider it."
[21:15] <Kotono> "As to Mephistopheles, I know not. The most obvious answer is that he continues to change himself to try and oppose Asmodeus. The truth of it is beyond my ken. Perhaps...we can find out one day, should we lay him low?"
[21:16] <Alicia> "It's possible," Alicia considers, focusing more on the first part than talk of archfiends. "Most of Mystra's tenets emphasise the joy of creating magical artifacts, which tend to naturally be very valuable. But there might be room for an exemplar of pure self-willed magic in Her service."
[21:18] <Kotono> "What the future may hold. Perhaps it will be you instead?" Crooking her position to eye Alicia a little bit more, "We're alike. Neither of us has much deep use for wealth and are more devoted to doing good. You seem not to mind going with little or even nothing when the circumstances beg for it. You were the most capable of us when Glaciante's magic robbed us of everything we had."
[21:21] <Alicia> "To be honest, I enjoy the challenge," Alicia smiles. "You remember when we had to go face the spawn of Jormungandr in Ysgard? I had lots of fun with that, relying purely on my own power, crafting improvised weapons with whatever we could find... it was very satisfying. But it's a gamble I'm more hesitant about taking when lives are on the line."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Another reason to go to Ysgard? Strength of Light could arrainge something like that for us." With a poke at Alicia's side, "Running around like that might have different connontations if he's around, though, hm?" Antenora's smile is like a cat's, pouncing.
06[21:27] * Alicia blushes, which looks altogether unfitting of her current frumpy appearance. "He's handsome, strong, and kind. But it was just a one time thing - we have our own lives and he isn't the type to settle down," she explains embarrassedly. "Besides, didn't he offer to let you bear his children when we first met him?"
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora blushes right back, "Yet he planted his seed into you." Poking Alicia's side again, "Were the tides and moon slightly different, you would be growing his child within now."
06[21:34] * Alicia doubts a child would have survived long in her belly through her recent battles with the Dark Six, but that's far too depressing a thing to say. "Well I'm not. Anyway, speaking of relationships, did you meet anyone at the party in Arborea?" she offers to move the subject along.
[21:34] <Kotono> "One..." Antenora blushes all the way and then smiles, "But you met her, too."
[21:36] <Alicia> "A pity I don't think any of us match up to Queen Morwel's standards," Alicia smiles a little herself. "Nevermind, I'm sure there's an eladrin out there for you somewhere," she adds with a poke back.
[21:38] <Kotono> With a smirk and poking back, "Marie could just as well fit into you now, you know. Or we could be torn, wondering who should love the wonderful shape changing courre who has captured our hearts. In fact...Seira and Amaryl have a mindlink, just like you and Marie. You're like twins!"
[21:39] <Alicia> "That's different - we can just pick up on moods when we're nearby. Seira and Amaryl are in constant telepathic contact no matter how many leagues or planes seperate them," Alicia points out. "To be honest I don't know how they do it. I'd go insane with that, no matter how much I liked the other person."
[21:41] <Kotono> "I know." Antenora chuckles, her mirth dying down. She leans close, looking into Alicia's eyes. "Sometimes I even get a bit sick of you. A rare occurance, but it happens...and sometimes I feel like I want to join spirits with you, to merge into you and become one. I truly don't understand how Seira and Amaryl do it."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Yes, just imagine how much I could have tortured you if we'd made such a link while we were at the 'sanctimonious preaching' stage of our relationship," Alicia smirks, picking up her quarterstaff and standing up. "Anyway, my legs are getting stiff. Why don't we walk a bit more for the next quarter of an hour until my magic returns to normal?"
[21:45] <Kotono> Antenora laughs at that, standing up as well. Dusting herself off, "It's fun talking to you now. I can say outrageous things like that and not get mortified looks or a bevy of sardonic jokes."
06[21:49] * Alicia starts down the rolling green hill, idly swinging her staff besides her as she walks. "I've gotten used to your little quirks. Besides, I don't get half as much trouble as you and Marie give each other. She's a good distraction."
[21:51] <Kotono> "To a human, this level of devotion must seem to be...many things, some of them not complimentary." Following along, "Never tell her this, but about Marie...I really, really like teasing her. The way we argue just flows so naturally. The spark of rivalry I feel with her..."
[21:53] <Alicia> Sighing in a put upon manner, "As always I'll keep your hidden love for my familiar a secret," she affirms. "And quite frankly our current relationship is far less disturbing than having a hateful but utterly obedient baatezu at my beck and call."
[21:56] <Kotono> "You know, I might even consider if I though Marie was capable of forming an eternal relationship and if she matures a few ranks?" Antenora trots along, keeping just behind Alicia. "It's just...were our biologies or tastes different, this joking would acquire a far more meaningful subtext. I...feel filthy for saying it, but I wonder if my mate will end up being..." In a tiny, weak little voice, "Unordered."
[21:56] <Kotono> weak little voice, "Unordered."
06[21:58] * Alicia laughs at how Antenora puts it. And weren't you earlier gushing over Queen Morwel?" she asks.
[21:59] <Kotono> "Queen Morwel is special! I don't normally swoon over women that aren't beautiful, charismatic paladins!" Antenora turns red and then redder, sputtering. "Besides, you were ready to leap into her arms, too! I felt how warm your skin was when she touched you!"
[22:01] <Alicia> "I won't deny it," Alicia agrees. "But it's not just that she's unbelievably beautiful, is it? There's far more to her than that. And she's emblematic of the eladrin race, the ultimate expression of everything it is to *be* an eladrin, just as Asmodeus represents devils. So is there any shame in respecting, or even loving, someone who takes after her?"
[22:03] <Kotono> "But she's chaotic..." Antenora blushes and shivers, "That's so degenerate...but yes, I love her just seeing her." Now taking a breath out, "I really do wonder if Pistis Sophia has it right. Stop worrying about everything, forsake possessions and live in the light of goodness for it's own sake."
[22:06] <Alicia> "That came out of nowhere," Alicia remarks blandly. "Anyway, if Marie were here she'd probably give you a lecture on the wonders of tolerance and how chaotic it is. But I'm not sure if it's strictly that, rather, I think it's in the middle."
[22:06] <Alicia> "Mystra has no particular attachment to Law or Chaos, and if she can love someone like me and someone like Marie equally, I can do no less. People like Marie, Honeydip, Syala, Strength of Light, even Donald - they're all admirable and worthy of respect."
[22:07] <Kotono> "I know, I know. It's just...chaos..." Antenora shivers. "You don't understand, Alicia. Truly, you don't grasp it at all. Perhaps if Mystra chooses to infuse law into you you will."
[22:09] <Alicia> "She hasn't even infused me with good, yet," Alicia shrugs, before reaching over to take Antenora's wrist. "Anyway, we're about to go to a chaotic marketplace, so are you ready to face that?"
[22:10] <Kotono> "With great fortitude!" Antenora smiles back, "Shall we?"
[22:12] <Alicia> "Be strong," Alicia smiles, teleporting them to the memorable looking raised plaza set up to give easy teleport recognition for incoming travellers - the merchants do all the can to make life easy on their customers, at least.
[22:12] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[22:18] <Kotono> ---
[22:18] <Kotono> Who all is going, by th eway?
[22:20] <Alicia> Alicia, Seira, Anty, Latha, Jessica, Hugo, Dawnhope, Marie, Donald, Elle, Amaryl, Abagail... I miss anyone? Jessica can bring Roald if he's allowed to leave heaven.
01[22:20] <Seira> You didn't miss anyone I wanted to bring, no
[22:24] <Alicia> Lagann!
01[22:24] <Seira> He autocomes
[22:24] <Kotono> ...
01[22:25] <Seira> What?
[22:25] <Kotono> ---
[22:26] <Kotono> In a flash of light and magic, everyone vanishes on the wings of teleportation. You appear on a soft, warm beach. The sun is high in the sky, waters lapping against thes andy beach. Ahead of you lies an unspoiled beach. Abagail takes a step ahead, wearing a soft red dress. "I've read of beaches, but never one so well developed."
[22:27] <Kotono> Donald steps forward, sword on a leather sheath strapped to his back. He wears an old tunic and frayed worker's pants. "Teleportation accidents can take you to amazing places. Just ask Seira about efreet!"
01[22:28] <Seira> "That was actually a pretty terrible accident all around," Seira voices, clad in her red-highlighted gown and not much else.
[22:28] <Kotono> Latha steps forward, "It reminds me of the bottom of Celestia. Have you ever read of it, Abagail?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "Yes, the resemblence is there." Abagail sets a pack down, "Aaah, the sun is so warm here! I declare, it's like spring and summer here."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Yeah, yeah." Donald shrugs, "Horrible accident, heroic battle, I can barely tell the difference any more." Donald hurries to the edge of the water. "The water's warm too!"
[22:30] <Alicia> "It wasn't specifically a teleportation accident, even if I wasn't really in my right mind when I first brought us here," Alicia admits with a trace of embarassment, wearing a gauzy blue wrap that barely covers her torso and little else. "There's no beaches like this anywhere near Kelara, and not even the ones near Balmuria can compare."
[22:32] <Kotono> Antenora wears a white tunic cut off to her lower chest and a short skirt of white. "There's not many real beaches in this area. The shorelines don't favor it."
[22:32] <Kotono> Saul steps forward, wearing only a single layer of robes, "So shall we do something to start this?"
[22:33] <Alicia> "Well, we could start off by making our shelter for tonight so it's done and we can relax the rest of the day," Alicia suggests. "There's plenty of wood past the beach," she points to the tree-line, a volcano seen in the distance past it, "If we want to do it the old fashioned way, or we could make something with magic."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Magic!" Hugo cries, going to run towards the water.
[22:35] <Kotono> "I'm going to go rest in the sun," Antenora says, starting to wander off, "I'll be a ways down this way if anyone needs me," Gesturing ahead, she flies off, staying low to the ground.
[22:35] <Alicia> Marie flies along with Hugo to look after him, maintaining her usual form because it's still the best. "Or we could run around and lie down and relax and not worry about it until later," Alicia smiles gamely.
[22:36] <Kotono> "We could!" Elle steps forward, wearing a scarlet red dress, her hair loose. "Magic can take care of it when we want to sleep."
[22:37] <Kotono> "Hey Seira!" Donald calls, "Let's go swimming!"
01[22:38] <Seira> "Between us all, I'm sure we'll manage," Seira agrees with a snort. "I think I'm going for a swim, myself-- great minds think alike. And so do we, Donald!"
[22:38] <Kotono> Elle starts to smile, "I'll go with you," she falls in step with Seira. Saul lingers back instead, "Ah, Alicia."
[22:39] <Alicia> "I'm going to set up a court for a game we can play if anyone's interested," Alicia offers, going to find a piece of driftwood to mark the boundaries before pausing as shehears her name. "Yes, L- Saul?" she keeps herself from using her title since the setting is informal.
[22:40] <Alicia> *his title, even
[22:40] <Kotono> Saul joins along, helping Alicia. Dawnhope stays close in the meantime, as Jessica goes to follow Antenora. "How well do you know Mystra's scriptures?"
[22:41] <Kotono> OOC: #evil, Seira?
[22:42] <Alicia> "I had to learn a lot of them by heart before I was allowed to take my vows," Alicia replies, smiling breezily. "Any in particular you're curious about?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Just thinking about something - a bit of a debate SEira and I had not long ago. I don't intend to have it right now, these sort of discussions are best whent he moon has risen and revelry is in full swing." Instead he helps Alicia along, "Seira never changes, does she?"
[22:45] <Alicia> "She's changed a lot in the short time I've known her, and I don't just mean the dragon thing," Alicia replies curiously as she marks out a large rectangular boundary with a line down the middle. "I would have thought the change even more pronounced from an elven standpoint."
[22:46] <Kotono> "Perhaps the more things change, the more they stay the same." Saul says as he turns to watch Seira and company run ou tinto the water. "Her attitude hasn't changed much. She's more impulsive now, but she's always been like that."
[22:49] <Alicia> "She's always been impulsive, but I think that's been tempered with experience over the years," Alicia replies, looking over at the group frolicking in the water, then down at her simplistic but neglected volleyball court. Alas, no one besides her cares about a good fun structured team game... "What was she like as a child?" she then asks curiously.
[22:56] <Kotono> "Very curious. A prodigy who hated repeating things. She got it done once and that was it. She liked to be a leader." Saul thinks back, "She grew up so quickly, but in some ways...she's always been very headstrong and stubborn."
[22:56] <Kotono> Dawnhope giggles, "Spilling it all about your daughter to her friends? She's going to be maaaad!"
[22:58] <Kotono> Latha lingers by herself, stepping away and watching. She sits in the shade of the trees, wearing simple peasant clothes.
[22:59] <Alicia> "He hasn't said anything embarrassing," Alicia points out to Dawnhope. "Still, that does sound like her. It must have been hard, though, growing up so quickly among elves."
[23:01] <Kotono> "She didn't make many friends. She tried and she did make a couple, but exceptions ot th erule." As the court is finished, "She'd come home upset when she ate her lunch alone, or when she was the odd one out at a party. Some of it was being a half-blood."
06[23:04] * Alicia nods. "I remember the first time I visited Pallanth, people looked at me the way a goblin might get looked at in Kelara," she admits. "Things are a lot better now, though - the last few years have helped open things up a good deal. And Seira can take a lot of the credit for that."
[23:04] <Kotono> "She's doing well." Dusting his hands off, "What sort of game is this? I'm not familiar with human games."
[23:06] <Alicia> "You have two teams on either side," Alicia explains genially, pointing to either side of the divide she made, "And you toss a ball across the middle at each other. You're only allowed to hit it with your hands and not grab it, and if it touches the ground on the opposite side that's a point for your team. We'd need at least four people to make a game of it, preferably more."
[23:07] <Kotono> "Ah. A fun enough diversion." Tapping his chin, "Some sort of wager between the teams would make it better."
[23:08] <Kotono> "Sounds fun...I guess I can't play, though," Dawnhope sags a litlte in the air, "Can I be a judge then?"
[23:09] <Alicia> "I've had bad luck with bets recently, but something fun and harmless wouldn't go amiss," Alicia nods, before turning to Dawnhope. "I'm perfectly capable of changing your shape the way I do Marie's, Dawnhope," she smiles nicely.
[23:09] <Kotono> "Oh! Great!" Dawnhope lands right on Alicia's head, "Turn me into the cutest girl here, a gaming champion!"
[23:09] <Kotono> "What would be good..." Saul begins to think, pacing, "Hmmmm...Losers make the winners dinner?"
[23:12] <Alicia> "I've brought along plenty of food for everyone, but that sounds fun - make it so they have to prepare it using only things they can find here," she suggests with a smile to Saul before giving Dawnhope her attention.
[23:13] <Alicia> Reaching into her abbreviated garment, she puls out the portable hole and unfurls it before she reaches in to retrieve her robes of the plainswalker. "You'll need clothes, of course," she tells Dawnhope as she puts the hole away. "Come on, we'll go to the trees so you can change privately?"
[23:13] <Kotono> "I'll go gather people up. Do you want me to go drag your sister and Antenora back? They went off by themselves." Saul glances back.
[23:14] <Alicia> "Get as many as you can - the more the better," Alicia grins before she heads over to the trees near where Latha is. "We're going to play a game, do you want to join in?" she hopefully asks the deva.
[23:14] <Kotono> Latha starts to speak, but then stands up. "I will."
06[23:17] * Alicia smiles with some effort, still rather uncomfortable with Latha's recent depression. "It's a simple team game, so hopefully we'll all have fun. If you have any ideas, anything people might do on Venya, please suggest them for later," she offers encouragingly.
[23:18] <Kotono> "I will." Repeating herself, Latha's smile slips a little. "I'm sorry."She steps forward, "This is a good idea."
[23:21] <Alicia> "I hope so..." Alicia wants to say more, but can't see any platitudes holding much meaning. "We'll have fun," she simply declares, nodding firmly at the resolution. That's the whole point of this, and she won't let anyone feel down or broody on her watch! "I'll just help Dawnhope get changed then we'll go sort teams with whomever's playing."
[23:22] <Kotono> "Yay!" Dawnhope flies in front of Alicia, "Do it then!"
06[23:24] * Alicia picks up a handy fallen branch to use as an impromptu club, channelling an alter self spell into it and then gently bonking Dawnhope's head to turn her into an aasimar version of herself, fanning out her wings to provide something of a privacy screen against the rest of the beach while she hands over the abbreviated red robes to wear.
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[19:50] <Kotono> Thus everyone gathers together! Sandy and soaked, salty and sunned. Shaking her head clear of sea water with a hand on her hip, "So this game...two teams of six, say?"
[19:51] <Kotono> Abagail is dusting her knees off, sand falling away. "That requires team leaders, doesn't it?"
01[19:53] <Seira> "Want to be one?" Seira suggests, taking in the game's grounds.
[19:53] <Kotono> "Ah, of course. Leading is child's play," Abagail agrees, "Who would be the other one then?"
06[19:55] * Alicia idly tosses the coconut sized leather ball in her arms. "Dawnhope, you can be the other team leader," she suggests to the freshly transformed courre. "Just take turns picking until everyone's on a team - you can toss a coin to see who gets first pick."
[19:55] <Kotono> "I can do it," Dawnhope raises her hand up, "Pick me-Yay!" Hopping over, Abagail and Dawnhope stand in front of the others. "Anyone got a coin?"
[19:55] <Kotono> "Several!" Saul calls, "Copper, silver, gold or platinum?"
[19:56] <Kotono> "Coins? Why?" Donald looks at Saul sidelong, "Looking to buy the island?"
06[19:56] * Seira is glad someone volunteered, because she certainly isn't hiding her purse on her.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Not yet." Saul tosses over a copper, caught by Abagail. "Heads, heads"! Dawnhope calls, "I have heads!" Abagail starts to speak then settles for simply tossing the coin.
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d2
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[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d2
[19:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d2 --> [ 1d2=1 ]{1}
[19:58] <Kotono> With a soft plop, the coin lands heads up! A shining image of King Lorthan can be seen on the copper coin, as Dawnhope cries out. "Yay, got it! So this game's about hitting the ball and moving...oh, Jessica!" She points at the new angel, "I'll take her first!"
06[19:59] * Alicia and Marie, currently in her elf form, congregate around Hugo to explain the rules again to him to ensure he knows them. It's a simple game, at least!
[19:59] <Kotono> Abagail sniffs, "Seira's my first choice." She looks over the others, as Hugo smiles and nods along. Antenora stands a little back, sand coated on her knees and elbows and back and wings. Donald's grinning.
06[20:00] * Seira waves back at Abagail with a grin. "You're too kind!"
[20:00] <Kotono> Dawnhope starts pacing around, looking at everyone, before snapping her fingers. "Amaryl, of course!" she points at her.
[20:00] <Kotono> "...me?" Amaryl looks at Seira despite saying that.
[20:01] <Kotono> Saul chuckles to that, hiding a smile with his hand.
01[20:01] <Seira> "I won't hold back, no matter the opponent!" Seira promises.
[20:01] <Alicia> "Oh, you've broken up the dream team!" Marie laments, laughing.
[20:02] <Kotono> "Well then," Abagail sends a steely, even look to the polymorphed eladrin. "Elle. Do you think you can beat three of the best wizards in the Baronies, pixie? Absurd!"
[20:02] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes and scuffs at the sand, "Okay..." she murmurs, reddening all over. "It'll be fun!"
[20:03] <Kotono> Dawnhope rubs her chin, eyeing who's left. "Alicia," she points right at her, "Definintely Alicia!"
[20:03] <Alicia> "Your spellbooks won't help you in this contest," Alicia tells Abagail, grinning as she goes to join her sister.
[20:04] <Kotono> "Really?" Antenora raises an eyebrow, "So you won't transform into a Planetar here, Alicia?"
[20:04] <Kotono> "That would be boring," Jessica chides, a serene smile, "We don't want to be boring here, do we?"
[20:04] <Alicia> "Of course not!" Alicia looks offended at the suggestion. "It's just a fun game... except the loser cooks dinner."
[20:05] <Kotono> Abagail paces about, eyeing the remander. "You'll do. You thinking good," With a curt gesture at Antenora, "She's my fourth."
[20:05] <Kotono> As Antenora trots over, Dawnhope goes over to Marie, "You'll be my fifth, won't you," she asks.
01[20:06] <Seira> "Oh, just pick Donald," Seira suggests to Abagail, sliding over to her.
[20:06] <Kotono> "Ah, the mighty warrior. Capable of facing a marilith head on and winning...and going near last." Donald sighs dramatically, throwing his hands up. "Unappreciated by all."
01[20:07] <Seira> "Talk back when it's a balor."
[20:07] <Kotono> As Seira gets a rude look, Abagail nods. "Fine. Donald."
06[20:07] * Seira gives Donald a thumbs up as he gets picked on the same team as she and Elle.
[20:07] <Alicia> Marie skips over as she's picked.
[20:08] <Kotono> "WAit..." Dawnhope looks about at Hugo, Latha and Saul. "I think we miscounted. There's three left and teams are even...Um, can we have uneven teams?"
[20:08] <Kotono> "I'll excuse myself," Saul steps back, "It wouldn't be fair for me to compete."
01[20:08] <Seira> "Dad is old and frail," Seira instantly agrees.
[20:09] <Alicia> "You just want to get out of cooking," Alicia tells Saul with a gleam in her eye. "You can be the umpire, then. Be fair in Waukeen's name!"
[20:09] <Kotono> "I can be fair," Saul chuckles right back, "Fine, I'll umpire. You won't get any special treatment, Seira. Back in my day, we showed respect to our elders."
[20:09] <Kotono> "Right," Dawnhope skips along, "Latha, I'll take you! That means Hugo's with Abagail's team!"
[20:10] <Kotono> As Latha and Hugo join the sides, Antenora gazes at the other team, "Ready to lose?"
01[20:11] <Seira> "That implies I either need it or to bribe you!" Seira tells her father with a roll of her eyes. "Just sit tight and watch how it's done~"
[20:11] <Alicia> "Good luck, Hugo! Make us pay for underestimating you!" Alicia cheers supportively, feeling bad since he was picked last. Trotting over to the far corner, she hefts the ball in her hand. "I can't wait to see what you'll cook tonight, Antenora," she tells the deva with a sweet smile.
[20:11] <Kotono> "No, ready to win..." Amaryl murmurs, but it carries. "I'm going to win...Seira's good at cooking, too!"
[20:11] <Kotono> "I'll settle for eating what you give me!" Antenora grins back, as people trot over! OOC: Do any of you have ranks in anything remotely relevant ot this, by the by?
[20:12] <Alicia> OOC: tumble, maybe?
[20:18] <Kotono> Thus the game begins! The first few sets are simple, with Seira leaping high and blocking the sun as she spikes the ball down! Antenora dives a little later, jiggling and sending sand everywhere as she saves a point! Back and forth it goes, point after point! Elle falls over with the ball once, but Donald is right behind her, saving it even as he gets a faceful of sand! Alicia uses her wing to block the next point! (More)
[20:19] <Kotono> block the next point! (More)
[20:21] <Kotono> Amaryl sends the next play right into the sand, spiking the ball at Seira's feet to win the point, leaping up high with a battle cry! Latha glows with the light of the sun as she makes the next play, diving to edge the ball over the net! Thus it continues to see-saw, sweat and cries of effort becoming more and more apparent! (More)
[20:23] <Kotono> But at last, it's the final point. The score is tied! Everyone is sweaty and sandy, clothes dripping white sand and effort spread out all over. The ball is served, and...! OOC: Roll your checks.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38 initial showing with dex
[20:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+38 initial showing with dex --> [ 1d20=16 ]{54}
[20:23] <Alicia> OOC: -1 sorry
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 but can we keep up this pace? con
[20:23] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+19 but can we keep up this pace? con --> [ 1d20=20 ]{39}
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
01[20:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+21
[20:24] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{28}
[20:24] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+21 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{40}
[20:27] <Kotono> Back and forth it goes! At the final point, Alicia hits it up and back! Seira dives back to knock it back to the other side, the ball flying at the edge of the field! It lands in the sand, Saul peering at it! "Well..." he begins, as the teams turn to stare at him. "I got a good look at it! The winner is..." he pauses.
[20:28] <Kotono> "Well?" Amaryl is unwinded, sweaty and staring intently at Saul. "Tell us! It was out, wasn't it?"
[20:28] <Alicia> "Are you pausing to see which of us will bribe you?" Marie asks cheekily at his attempt to be dramatic.
01[20:28] <Seira> "If you're waiting for a donation, save your breath," Seira mutters.
[20:29] <Kotono> "Too bad," Saul snaps his fingers, "Waukeen would smile on someone so selfless as to donate to her clergy now. But..." He looks between Alicia and Seira. "It was too close to call. It's a tie."
[20:29] <Kotono> "Oh, bullSHIT!" Donald calls immediately.
06[20:29] * Seira rolls her eyes.
[20:30] <Kotono> Amaryl stares at Saul, "...that's not possible! It was either in or out!"
[20:30] <Alicia> "In that case we invoke the secret rule!" Marie declares, pointing accusingly. "In the event of a tie, the umpire makes dinner!"
[20:31] <Kotono> Elle wipes sweat from her brow, undergarments jiggling as she does so. "That is a cop out...ah, check that. I think Marie has the right idea."
01[20:31] <Seira> "I'll cook something," Seira states. "I've read cookbooks when I was bored, I should be able to reproduce something nice. Let's not subject us to harsh and unusual torture."
[20:31] <Kotono> "I'll join you then," Antenora says, "You shouldn't have to do it alone, Seira."
06[20:32] * Seira shrugs. "After a quick soak, then? We could use one."
[20:32] <Kotono> Amaryl continues to stare at Saul, who just smiles and stands up. "A soak sounds good. I think I'll go wading."
[20:32] <Alicia> "It's still early," Alicia nods, stretching her arms out until a crick comes from her back. "But it was a good game - lets take some time to relax until dinnertime."
[20:33] <Kotono> "How anti-climatic, though the game was fun," Jessica walks over to Alicia, then in a low voice, "Sandcastles?"
[20:33] <Kotono> "Aaaw, I wanted to win!" Dawnhope grumps, before going to lie down in the sand. "Oh well, a nap sounds good too!"
01[20:33] <Seira> "Likewise," Seira agrees with Jessica, offering Amaryl her hand. "Let's go? I'm conceding our contest, if not for our team at large."
06[20:33] * Alicia glances between Marie and Antenora before replying in the same low voice, "I think we've had enough competition for one day. You don't want to get her started."
[20:34] <Kotono> "She went off to practice those." With a slight note of disbelief, "I don't even want to know. I thought she was going to be alone or do something private, but on. Practicing sandcastles."
[20:35] <Kotono> Amaryl goes to Seira and then slowly smiles, "It was...it was really fun when I got into it. Like battle, but not so depressing and deadly."
[20:35] <Alicia> Unable to keep herself from laughing at that, Alicia holds her sides. "Really? Oh, you better not tell Marie. They'll never shut up about it, then."
[20:35] <Kotono> "What's so funny?" Elle turns to Alicia as she goes to sit down in the sand, murmuring a few words that make all of the sand fall off her body.
01[20:36] <Seira> "You took to it quite well. A natural, I'd say," Seira assesses. "And the challenge was nice, although I was disappointed from the very start, in a way. I hoped to be in a team with Alicia, to be perfectly honest."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Nothing," Jessica glances back quickly, "Just sister stuff."
[20:36] <Kotono> After that Jessica frowns, "...hm...it comes easily even now, but..." Jessica turns away. "Strange."
[20:36] <Kotono> "Alicia? Why?" Amaryl wipes her forehead clean of sweat and sand.
06[20:38] * Alicia calms her mirth somewhat, going over to sit by Elle. "Marie and Antenora have a little rivalry going on involving sandcastles. Remember when Antenora went off to sunbathe? She was actually practicing her skills," she whispers.
01[20:38] <Seira> "I don't like to see her on the opposing team, even if it's just a game." Seira shrugs. "It's strange, because I don't mind it if you and I enter into a contest sometimes. Your guess might be as good as mine, here."
[20:39] <Kotono> Donald lingers, "You know," he says quietly, "Maybe you have a small crush on her, Seira?"
[20:39] <Kotono> "..." Amaryl turns to Donald, pointing. "Away. Now."
[20:40] <Kotono> "...oh my." Elle just laughs, "How childish."
[20:41] <Alicia> Marie picks up the discarded ball and tries to get Latha and Hugo involved in a simple game of catch, ignoring the sensation of her ears burning.
01[20:41] <Seira> "I'm more likely to have a crush on you, Donald," Seira dismisses the claim. "If you must know, she's how I would imagine having an older sister is."
[20:41] <Kotono> "Now you sound like Antenora. 'Oh Alicia...Oh Alicia...oh big sister Aliciaaaaaaaa!" Raising his voice to a keen by the end, Donald laugh sand hurries off to the water.
01[20:42] <Seira> "Please cease such foolishness until you see me sigh as I gaze as her with misty eyes."
06[20:42] * Alicia looks over at the sound of Donald crooning her name, but just shrugs it off when he starts running. "I don't even want to know."
[20:42] <Kotono> Elle sighs a tiny bit, "I need to see about making another way to increases his hardiness and his wisdom."
01[20:42] <Seira> "His har-- wait, I misheard."
[20:42] <Kotono> "Let's...just...take a walk!" Amaryl takes Seira's hand, hurrying away.
06[20:43] * Alicia coughs delicately at Elle's phrasing. "You two do seem to be getting along very well lately," she offers tamely.
06[20:43] * Seira laughs as she is lead away by Amaryl.
[20:44] <Kotono> Thus the afternoon passes. With dinner comes sunset, the beach stained in colors of the setting sun. Everyone sits around a campfire Alicia and Marie assembled, bowls of food all about. People lie about and chat, the mood light. "This is so pleasant," Abagail lies up, looking at the sunset, a blanket draped over her. "I may fall asleep on the ground like a peasant, but it's...nice."
[20:45] <Kotono> Antenora sits near Seira and Amaryl, playing with a stick, carving into the sand and occasionally sticking it into the fire. "More of our days should be like this and not like they have been. The upper planes are about enjoyment and happiness, as much as stopping evil. Easy to forget that in an imperfect mortal world."
[20:45] <Alicia> "The weather's so nice we hardly even need to worry about shelter," Alicia agrees, leaning back and watching the crimson sunset as she scoops out a bisected coconut, licking the milk off her fingers.
[20:46] <Kotono> Donald lies on his stomach, snacking on this and that. His gaze turns to Alicia, watching her. "It's very nice."
[20:46] <Kotono> Dawnhope sits atop Alicia's head, "This is more like Arborea than the Prime. I didn't think places this nice existed here!"
[20:47] <Kotono> "What we need," Elle giggles, "Is some wine or better. It seems like such a waste to be completely sober, no?"
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[20:48] <Kotono> "Spirits are a vice and a luxury...useful on occasion, but..." Latha shakes her head, "Intoxication is largely a mortal sin. Not that the Heavens are excempt from it."
01[20:48] <Seira> "There's plenty of reality-reshaping magic, ready to be cast," Seira notes, standing up and walking the few steps towards Abagail. "Do you have the strength to move in you?"
[20:49] <Alicia> "Neither did I, really," Alicia admits to Dawnhope. "I was just teleporting randomly, and I visualised a perfect beach in my head - this is where I wound up," she smiles, licking her fingers clean before she opens up her portable hole.
[20:49] <Alicia> "I picked up more than a few drinks for the trip," she tells Elle, fishing out bottles of various celestial spirits, including a very small bottle of Ambrosia, which she tosses over to Latha.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Maybe," Jessica just smiles, "The eladrin love to drink, and I heard about fermented Ambrosia from Marie. Still, drink is only some o fit. We need something else ot have fun with while we get tipsy."
[20:50] <Kotono> Latha looks down at the bottle, "Subtle." she eyes alicia right back.
[20:51] <Kotono> Abagail sits up, tossing her blanket off. "If I must."
[20:51] <Alicia> "We enjoyed it last time we drank together," Alicia tells Latha. "But if you're not interested, that's your decision."
[20:51] <Kotono> "What can we do then?" Doanld turns, "I'm all for some drinking, but yeah, you usually talk or do something or another while you do."
[20:52] <Alicia> "I'd suggest ghost stories, but we did just live through one," Marie opines, laying back in her elf form and kicking her legs idly in the air.
[20:52] <Kotono> Latha considers, before uncapping it and swallowing the bottle down.
01[20:52] <Seira> "It's been a good day. It's hard to recall another like it in recent memory, so it made me choose to do thus now," Seira tells her, extending a hand to help her up. "Plus, this place, those here... there's a certain ambience, a symbolism that would be lacking elsewhere."
[20:53] <Kotono> "Let's see..." Elle thinks, "We're mostly girls here...we could talk about men!" She says brightly. "Okay, no. We could gossip, we could pass around dares? We could try some sort of competition or gambling?"
[20:53] <Kotono> Standing, "What do you have in mind," she says as Seira helps her up.
[20:53] <Kotono> Antenora chokes on her words as Latha chugs, "...well."
06[20:54] * Alicia winces as Latha polishes off the bottle. She'd hoped to pass it around a bit... oh, well. She shoots Antenora an apologetic glance for not bringing more. But if anyone here needs it...
[20:54] <Kotono> Antenora smiles a little, 'It's okay, Alicia. I'm not above drinking wine. Are you going to abstain or join in?'
[20:56] <Alicia> 'I'll join in. There's a few nice ones where you can't really taste the alcohol, so I'll stick to them,' Alicia replies, popping the cork off a bottle of fruity wine and taking a drink before passing it over to Jessica.
[20:56] <Kotono> As Jessica akes her own drink, "I'm fine with any of those suggestions. Once you're drunk, anything like dares is fun, though. You lack the sense to pass on the ones you'll regret, which is what makes it so fun."
06[20:58] * Seira leads Abagail slightly out of the way, giving Lagann a mental command. A moment later, the Flash of Heaven appears in her hand. "I could do this while dressed properly, if this," Seira gestures at her bathing suit, "gets in the way. But the point is that this may not be the blade to cut down a horrible abomination of beyond, but it is a symbol.
01[20:58] <Seira> It stands for many things, such as our friendship with Pallanth, or the victories it had witnessed... but most of all, it stands for our triumph against all threats, from within and without. I could think of no one else assosiated with the Guard whom I'd rather have this."
[21:00] <Kotono> Donald starts to talk, but his attention drifts to Seira instead.
[21:00] <Kotono> Abagail blinks once, "Your backup sword...the one Pallanth gave you, you're giving it to me?" Her voice cracks slightly, "Seira...I'm honored!"
[21:01] <Alicia> "Speech!" Marie catcalls.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Speech!" Donald seconds! "Speech! Get her something to drink, too!"
01[21:02] <Seira> "Backup makes it sound like it sat in its sheath all this time," Seira says with equal measure indignation and amusement. "Why, I'll have you know I used it as recently as in the assault of Bleak Rendor!"
[21:03] <Alicia> "I've never seen you without it," Alicia admits as she passes around a bottle of firewine to make its way to Abagail.
01[21:04] <Seira> "It... is very important to me," Seira admits in response to that, using the present tense.
[21:05] <Kotono> Abagail turns red as she takes the sword, holding it in shaking hands. She also takes the bottle, taking a swig before turning. "I...thank all of you!" she gushes out. "Thank you, Seira! I..." she starts to sniffle, wiping at her eyes with a free finger, "Commander Oberuth told us the stories about how the elves gave you this blade as a mark of honor and trust. He said you always carry it at your side. It's...it's mine now...I have a lot to live up to!"
[21:05] <Kotono> carry it at your side. It's...it's mine now...I have a lot to live up to!"
[21:06] <Kotono> Antenora, Donald...everyone starts clapping, a few cheers passing through. The bottles are raises up, "Cheers!" Latha calls brightly.
06[21:07] * Alicia claps at Abagail's short but heartfelt speech. "Congratulations," she seconds the overall sentiments.
06[21:09] * Seira offers Abagail a smile, having said all that she intended already.
[21:10] <Kotono> Abagail turns to Seira, bowing deep to her. "I promise you I'll honor this blade, Seira."
[21:10] <Kotono> "Um..." Elle starts blushing, standing up. "I think I have an announcement, too."
[21:11] <Alicia> It's all coming out, now! Alicia can't help but glance over at Donald before she looks up at the standing redhead.
[21:11] <Kotono> Donald is starting to blush, but stands up and walks over to Elle. "I'll do it," he says, taking her hand. "Well, the truth is...we're..."
[21:12] <Kotono> "You're what? Siblings?" Saul calls back. "Spit it out."
[21:13] <Kotono> "We're courting each other," Elle finishes, turning redder and not rising to the bait. "For a couple of days now...we may as wellm ake it official."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Good for both of you," Alicia smiles, pouring some wine into her mostly emptied coconut shell to use as an impromptu glass which she raises in toast. "May Sune bless your union!"
01[21:14] <Seira> Having heard this earlier, Seira is hardly surprised, but she joins in on Alicia's toast, seizing the opportunity.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Sharess, too!" Latha calls, raising her own cup and giggling. "Don't forget Sharess!"
[21:15] <Kotono> As the two blaze red, "T-thanks," Elle murmurs, sitting back down.
[21:15] <Kotono> Dawnhope sighs, "Ah, young love...! Anyone else have anything to announce? This is fun!"
06[21:16] * Seira looks pointedly at Antenora.
[21:17] <Kotono> Antenora turns her half lidded gaze at Seira. "Yes?" she asks quite calmly.
01[21:17] <Seira> "Would you like to confess now?" Seira asks her. "You've been holding it in all day long, haven't you?"
[21:18] <Kotono> Donald looks at Antenora, scratching his head...and then looks at Alicia. He mouths 'oh'.
06[21:19] * Alicia looks curiously between Seira and Antenora, wondering where this is going.
[21:19] <Kotono> "Confess what?" Antenora says with calm sweetness.
01[21:20] <Seira> "You can't go to sleep without building the sandcastle to end all sandcastles! I know your dirty little secret!" Seira says in triumph.
[21:21] <Kotono> "...that's a new word for it..." Donald says, staring at Seira.
[21:21] <Alicia> Marie bursts out laughing. "She can't build a sandcastle without doing a ten page plan, first!"
01[21:21] <Seira> "But you have been planning all this time, haven't you?" Seira insists, peering at Antenora.
[21:21] <Kotono> "Oh...oh...oh!" Antenora t urns red as an apple, whirling onto Marie. "Lies! My planning is simply the steps requried to show you that planning is infinitely superior to haphazardly making it up as you go along!"
[21:22] <Kotono> "Wait, Marie...how would that...and building a sandcastle..." Donald mutters, "Is that even POSSIBLE?"
[21:22] <Kotono> "Shhh," Elle puts a hand over Donald's mouth.
01[21:23] <Seira> "As the neutral party here, I am fully qualified to judge any hypothetical contest," Seira volunteers. "Or join in and beat you both, since moderation trumps extremism every time!"
[21:24] <Alicia> "You need imagination to make a thing of true beauty! You need to follow the muse of creativity!" Marie insists, sitting up and clasping her hands over her bosom. "You need heart! You need soul!" she croons dramatically. "There's no room for dry empty plans in my world!"
01[21:26] <Seira> "The best outcome is from the marriage of planning and spontaineity!" Seira argues. "A solid foundation to ensure it stands firm and supports its own weight, the artistic design atop that to make certain it attracts the eye and captivates everyone! Only then do you have the perfect sandcastle!"
[21:26] <Alicia> "Now there's three of them..." Alicia moans into her drink.
[21:29] <Kotono> Jessica takes the bottle back, drinking down deep. "Sis...maybe this'll be amusing if we're drunk? I say we can at least find out and hope."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Both of those are completely wrong, and I'll prove it!" Antenora says, "Sandcastles at twenty paces!"
[21:30] <Alicia> "That's probably the best idea," Alicia agrees, pouring more into her coconut as Marie stands up and glares at Antenora.
[21:30] <Alicia> "You're on! I beat you before and I'll beat you again!" she insists hotly.
[21:30] <Kotono> "You lost last time!" Antenora challenges right back, "And you'll lose again! You and your little Seira, too!"
[21:31] <Kotono> Throwing her hands up, "I'll show you why an ordered view is the right one!"
[21:31] <Kotono> Watching all of this, Saul starts to laugh. He goes for his own drink, "This happened before?" he asks Alicia.
01[21:32] <Seira> "And that's why you'll lose!" Seira crows. "You've already lost sight of the target!"
[21:32] <Kotono> After amoment, "You know," Saul calls out, "If you're going to do this, you should also make a wager. It makes things mor einteresting."
[21:32] <Alicia> "It's like their own mini Blood War," Alicia nods, sighing.
[21:33] <Kotono> "It's like a microcosm of living with them. It's like they're an old married couple bickering over dinner." Jessica swigs down another drink, "Law chaos...law chas...law chaos! All day long when it gets bad!"
[21:33] <Alicia> "What should we wager, then?" Marie asks, sizing up Seira and Antenora in turn.
[21:33] <Kotono> Antenora has her hands on her hips, "Something you don't mind losing to me?"
06[21:34] * Seira looks back confidently, but Antenora's words make her laugh.
[21:34] <Alicia> "Losers have to act as maids for the winner for all of tomorrow!" Marie snaps, pointing at them both.
[21:35] <Kotono> "I think I'll second that drink," Saul says, "I can understand good and evil, but law and chaos? It's like arguing about how to arrainge a room: A pointless waste o ftime."
[21:35] <Kotono> "Fine!" Antenora snaps right back, "You still have your outfit I bought you, Marie?"
06[21:35] * Alicia just shakes her head as Antenora tells everyone about her habit of dressing up the courre.
01[21:35] <Seira> It sounds like fun, so she'll probably dress as one regardless of outcome. "You're on! Now we need an impartial judge-- ah, Dad, how about you?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "...." Saul watches them, "Alicia, you have the strangest celestial...me?" Blinking, "Very well." He stands up, taking one of the bottles with him.
[21:36] <Alicia> "As if I'll need it," Marie laughs, flouncing over to an empty part of the beach to get to work.
[21:36] <Alicia> "Why doesn't everyone judge?" Alicia suggests. "We can all give marks out of ten and total them up to see who wins?"
[21:36] <Kotono> "...." Jessica sighs again, "Alicia, sometimes I wonder what people think of our home."
01[21:36] <Seira> "But it means far more people to bribe!" Seira complains.
[21:37] <Kotono> "Exactly. If there's bribing, I'm going to be the one being bribed, thank you," Saul calls back. "Now then, why don't the three of you get started?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "It means you can't all focus your resentment on one person," Alicia counters easily.
[21:37] <Kotono> Antenora humphs, "Fine! Everyone or one person judges, it won't change how good mine is!"
[21:37] <Alicia> "But if you want to accept all their hatred for yourself, Lord Saul, by all means..."
[21:37] <Kotono> "I'm used to it," Saul calls back, "Let them do what they will."
06[21:39] * Seira picks an area with the kind of sand suitable for her plans, already going through and rejecting designs!
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and make craft checks? All of you are untrained in sandcastle making, so it's a straight int check. Remember none of you have gear on.
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Antenora hope for a 20!
[21:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Antenora hope for a 20! --> [ 1d20=7 ]{9}
[21:39] <Alicia> Kneeling down, Marie starts gathering sand to form the base, her petite fingers working artistically over the sand to create intricate designs and fine detail on her stereotypical fairy-tale castle of many spires and arches.
[21:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+1 Marie relies on the luck of chaos
[21:39] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+1 Marie relies on the luck of chaos --> [ 1d20=19 ]{20}
[21:40] <Kotono> Antenora begins to work and plan, lining everything up just so and taking her time!
06[21:41] * Seira follows through with a fairly boring arrangement of the foundations, picking a castle she's most familiar with, but as soon as she has the basics down, she begins to draw more and more inspiration from her surroundings, as the castle begins to take on a character of its own, built solely for the friends spending this evening with her.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+9 I actually have my circlet since losing it means losting spells, but sure, I'll roll without it
[21:42] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+9 I actually have my circlet since losing it means losting spells, but sure, I'll roll without it --> [ 1d20=18 ]{27}
[21:43] <Kotono> It's not Antenora's day. For all her work, nothing really shapes up well. She works frantically to recoup, but nothing quite stays in place! Marie does a fine job, this way and that! Her sandcastle is excellent, airy and well done...but yet Seira's is outstanding! A draconic themed castle, precise and yet flowing, going with it's own notions. When it's finally over, the sun set and the fire providing light to see, Saul paces around all of them. "Alright." He
[21:43] <Kotono> When it's finally over, the sun set and the fire providing light to see, Saul paces around all of them. "Alright." He step sback, "I've decided the winner."
[21:44] <Kotono> Antenora is covered with sand all over, sweaty and frantic. She looks at her own effort and then the other two, biting he rlip.
[21:45] <Alicia> Marie seems quite confident, smirking at Antenora's sorry effort. But the sight of Seira's masterpiece works the smile from her lips in a hurry.
[21:48] <Kotono> Saul claps his hands together. "I have to say, Seira's is the best. I suppose it's because she had motivation...she does seem to like maids." Looking over Marie and Antenora, "The outfit will look smashing on both of you."
06[21:48] * Seira blushes. "Well, who doesn't?!" she exclaims.
[21:49] <Alicia> Marie sighs and glares half-heartedly at Antenora. "At least I still get to see you suffer," she looks on the bright side.
[21:49] <Kotono> Antenora looks at her effort and emits a silent sigh before returning the look to Marie. "At least you'll be doing the same thing with me."
06[21:49] * Seira pats Antenora's shoulder to gain her attention. "Maybe you can make a little compromise next time? I'm sure it'll make all the difference."
[21:50] <Alicia> "Until tomorrow, then... mistress," Marie gives Seira a wink before she flounces over to join Alicia and help herself to some wine.
[21:50] <Kotono> "Well, what are yo ugoing to make them do?" Donald calls, "I think having a pair of maid girls in really short skirts and nothing els ewould be great here! Really exotic!"
01[21:50] <Seira> "You're right, Donald. Want to be the third maid girl?"
[21:52] <Kotono> Antenora sighs, "Thanks..." Drawing herself up and with a sultry smile, "Why thank you, Mistress," she purrs, "I live to serve you." With a wink she smiles and trots off, getting a bottle and working on draining it down.
[21:52] <Kotono> "I'm good," Donald calls right back.
06[21:52] * Seira returns the winks, smiling coquettishly.
[21:54] <Kotono> Thus drink continues to flow! Laughter fills the air as more and more is consumed! Kicking her feet near the fire, Amaryl looks up, "Say...did any of you feel bad for the Neverborn?"
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[21:56] <Alicia> "Sort of," Alicia allows. "It should never have been brought into existence that way. If it was never meant to be born, fair enough, but surely its birth could have been prevented without turning it into an undead abomination." She knocks back some more wine, "Not that it excuses any of its actions."
[21:57] <Kotono> "It...I think most evil has something to pity about them," Antenora drains down more wine, a blush ot her cheeks and words a bit slurred. "I was so pathetic...trying to tempt souls...and Alicia...with emptiness. The Neverborn never had a chance to be what it should have been...but pity doesn't mean you can excuse evil."
[21:58] <Kotono> "It was not the only creature at fault. Slaying it was a mercy," Latha says with a glowing smile - literally, sunshine coming from her lips. "I pitied it's final words. A nightmare to the end, but one..."
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01[21:59] <Seira> "It wasn't his fault he became what he was," Seira admits. "But I don't know if I should feel bad. He could feel sorrow and pain, yet still inflicted it on others without hesitation. Should I be sorry because Ao made an unfair, heartless decision, because his parents abandoned him?
[22:00] <Kotono> "Sometimes..." Amaryl looks down and quiet, "I wonder if the God-King was onto something," She sips at her own drink, words still mostly clear. "For all the peaks, the valleys of existance are so deep...wipe it away and make a better existance."
01[22:00] <Seira> Even if the world itself was turned against him, it doesn't excuse--" Seira pauses. "I just don't know. I'm rambling."
[22:01] <Kotono> "With enough pain, anyone will do anything. Pain Devils love that phrase." Antenora hics and takes another long drink. "I can't imagine the misery and torment that child was in. I...I just think...maybe, if someone loved it, this could have been averted."
[22:02] <Kotono> "Then it would have been born as a demonspawn at best." Latha smiles warmly, "Slaying it was the only reasonable mercy. Let oblivion be it's comfort, it's mother and it's father."
01[22:02] <Seira> "And if the God-King fought against Ao, I probably wouldn't have minded," Seira admits. "But that's not what he did, so I don't think he was onto anything in particular. He was a greedy, vicious mage who lost himself to power and cruelty. His deeds are far more terrible than the Neverborn's."
[22:02] <Kotono> "Not like Malcanthet gave a damn," Antenora spits out, "Demons. Worthless trash. She'd probably fuck it and then mock it away."
[22:03] <Alicia> "It never really had a chance," Alicia swirls her coconut around. "It just seems so arbitrary, though. The Neverborn was prevented from being born because it would have been a terrible demon god? So why is letting it exist as a terrible undead abomination any better?"
01[22:03] <Seira> "Shar's such a nice, cuddly goddess, too," Seira adds bitterly.
[22:04] <Kotono> "That's the image I'm going to drink to forget," Saul raises his glass at Antenora. "I can't comprehend the normal Gods, let alone one who stands over them. It's like a fly moaning the choices of an archmage: meaningless, because it'll never understand."
[22:04] <Kotono> "Ah, bullshit," Donald leans back against Elle, the two snuggling together. "I understand how much the children of Androlynne suffered. I understand the celestials who died to save them."
01[22:04] <Seira> "I only really need to understand it on a level it concerns me. As long as Ao's actions directly affect me and mine, I'll damn well judge him by what way I can."
[22:05] <Kotono> "It never had a chance...there wasn't one." Jessica agrees. "Yet just being with Roald makes all of this seem insignifigant. Maybe we really don't have the perspective to see this. Maybe the demonspawn would have done so much more harm that this was the good choice?"
01[22:06] <Seira> "When I'm an all-powerful archdeity," Seira proclaims, "I'll make sure the good choice really is a choice which is good."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yeah," Antenora looks to Seira, "Mistress, you're right about that. Excuses don't mean that evil isn't evil."
[22:06] <Alicia> "It's depressing, though, isn't it? To know of the existence of such a being that enforces such whimsical judgements upon creation that not even the Gods we devote ourselves to, or the highest paragons of the planes, can oppose it. I'd be happier if I never knew of Ao's existence."
[22:07] <Alicia> "Yeah, but wouldn't it have been better to just snuff it out all in one go rather than make it into an incredibly powerful undead?" Marie asks Jessica.
06[22:07] * Seira raises a glass to toast Marie's simple yet efficient argument.
[22:07] <Kotono> "I wonder why we do know about it and the Arbiter...or both...or whatever's going on there," Antenora waves her hand, scooting over next to Alicia. "Why is such a being known to us? If it's so above us, why let us even worry about this?"
[22:08] <Kotono> "I know..." Jessica sighs, drinking down and wiping a few tears away. "There's surely some reason, but we don't know it."
[22:09] <Alicia> "This took a decidedly maudlin turn," Alicia asserts. "Lets play another game. Anyone have any ideas?"
[22:09] <Kotono> "Something fun," Antenora voices.
[22:10] <Kotono> "We're all at least halfway off our bar stools, so it's a good time for something creative and drunk!" Elle sits up, "Dares, attached to something?"
[22:10] <Kotono> "Didn't you suggest that before," Donald looks to her, a handa round her.
[22:10] <Kotono> "Well yes, but it's a good idea!" Elle retorts swiftly.
01[22:10] <Seira> "This reminds me of that matter with Esthan and Helm," Seira says suddenly. "And there can certainly be plausible reasons for having an evil counterpart, and making arrangements to deal with them. But at the end of the day, Esthan's been defeated and taken prisoner.
01[22:10] <Seira> What I'm taking from this, is that we can make an actual change, and shift the balance over to good, if only we make the attempt, and ancient agreements made by others to stay on the sidelines be damned."
[22:11] <Alicia> "I think Elle really wants to make some of us do things," Alicia eyes her suspiciously. "Still, I'm game. Why don't you get us started, Elle?"
06[22:11] * Seira looks embarrassed as the topic switches to dare, and shrinks in on herself. "Or we could embarrass ourselves with alcohol."
[22:11] <Kotono> "Marie's the one good at that," Antenora waves at the pixie-alike. "And you're right again, Mistress," Nearly purring, "I like the way you think."
[22:11] <Alicia> "It's not tomorrow yet, you suck up!" Marie cries at Antenora.
[22:12] <Kotono> Antenora sticks her tongue out at Marie.
[22:12] <Kotono> Giggling back and forth, "Seeeira," Sing-songing that. "Apperentence, I have a dare for you!"
01[22:12] <Seira> "You're allowed to call me Mistress and even dress as maids outside the agreed upon time as well," Seira says magnanimously. She then turns to give Elle her full attention. "Of course!"
[22:13] <Kotono> "I dare you to tell us all the people you've ever had crushes on!" With more giggles, "Did you have one on the brooding vampire? I bet you did!"
[22:14] <Kotono> "She's really drunk, or can't hold it," Jessica murmurs under her breath.
06[22:14] * Seira flushes, ducking her head. "No, not on him..." she admits. "I viewed him as my fated nemesis, and was really looking forward to the moment I had proof of his villainy to confront him in an epic battle for the ages."
[22:15] <Alicia> "Sorry," Alicia tells Seira, not sounding all that sincere.
[22:15] <Kotono> "I remember him...asshole," Donald grouses, "The reason I rode into Balmuria."
[22:15] <Kotono> Elle nods, "Well, he got what was coming to him at least. Well, who then?"
06[22:17] * Seira shrugs. "It happens. I got to send Irenes to a lifetime of hateful pain, so that was nice." She peers back at Elle inquisitively. "Did you have any particular reason to ask me? Some lingering feelings, perchance?"
[22:17] <Kotono> Elle turns red, "N-no! It's just a fun dare!" She holds her hands up, "I bet you get crushes on everyone!"
01[22:18] <Seira> "Not everyone!"
[22:18] <Kotono> "Just the pretty girls, Mistress?" Antenora says as she starts to grin widely.
[22:19] <Kotono> Dawnhope flie sover, perching on Seira's head. "It's okay. It's normal to feel like that for a lot of people!"
01[22:19] <Seira> "If you must know, the Commander." Seira sighs. "He never noticed, even till this day! It is so mortifying! I was oh so very obvious about it...."
[22:20] <Alicia> "Really?" Alicia's eyes widen. "I had no idea!"
[22:20] <Kotono> "...really?" Donald repeats that at the same time as Alicia. "Wow."
[22:20] <Kotono> "I thought you might," Elle says, smirking as she leans into Donald. "There's a good reason, too."
01[22:21] <Seira> "He saved my life, and I joined the first class for the Guard right after," Seira then says, removing the mystery from it. "I was also, what... thirteen?"
[22:21] <Alicia> "Talk about your early starts..." Marie shakes her head in surprise at Seira's hidden past being revealed.
[22:22] <Kotono> "Entirely normal." Saul's voice is light and warm, "You could have chosen worse. He's a brute of a human, but he's stron genough to protect you. If you need protecting."
[22:23] <Kotono> "Oh, you like men too?" Dawnhope smiles, "You're like an eladrin at heart!"
[22:23] <Kotono> Amaryl starts blushing very very much.
[22:23] <Kotono> Jessica smiles warmly, "A childhood crush! It's the stuff of stories!"
01[22:24] <Seira> "I couldn't defend myself well against groups, back then," Seira says with another shrug. "How about a similar question, only to Marie? Is there anything to all the teasing I keep on seeing from your direction... towards everyone, really?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "Sure," Elle agrees, "The person who answers gets to ask the next one."
[22:26] <Alicia> "Aww, you want me to pierce my own aura of mystery," Marie pouts. "Well, it's mostly just how I am. But most of the people I tease that way are really nice, so if it gets their attention then it's good for both of us!"
01[22:28] <Seira> "So you're fishing!" Seira exclaims, laughing. "I wish you the best of luck!"
[22:28] <Kotono> "Mostly?" Donald calls, "Hiding a real flame in there, Marie?"
[22:28] <Kotono> Hugo listens, "Flame..." He shrugs before yawning and curling up near the fire.
[22:29] <Alicia> "You won't need luck tomorrow," Marie grins back at Seira, before scanning her gaze around at everyone else, waggling a finger at Donald. "Now, now, it's not your turn to ask any questions. But just for that - Donald! Tell us about your first kiss!"
06[22:29] * Alicia scoots over and puts a hand on Hugo's back, gently rocking him as he settles down to sleep.
[22:31] <Kotono> Donald smiles, "It was back at the seminary...I was...8? 9? There was a girl who came with the milkmaid. Her name was Sylvia. She had these buck teeth...I kept staring at them." Laughing with a rueful grin, "So one day I asked her to play doctor!"
[22:32] <Kotono> "She agreed and I wanted to see her mouth, and she said grown ups do that, but they do it by getting mouths close together." Donald's smile is soft now, "What happened next was really weird. It wasn't all you'd think. Just...kind of wet and smelling like oats and porridge. But after that she cried and ran off."
01[22:33] <Seira> "Donald, making girls cry since he was nine. In a bad way."
[22:33] <Kotono> "He's a natural," Abagail says with resigned mirth, raising her glass to him.
06[22:34] * Seira leans over to touch her glass to Abagail's before settling back.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Start as you mean to go on," Marie snickers.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Thank you," Donald bows, then after a few moments, "Alicia, tell us a secret about yourself. Something juicy - don't chicken out."
06[22:36] * Alicia blinks. "Any secret? You don't want to narrow it down at all?" she clarifies.
01[22:36] <Seira> "It's Donald, so he surely means a sexy secret."
[22:36] <Kotono> "Something good! Something that'll be a bit scandalous and make us laugh! Not something stupid or smug!" Donald calls, "You know what juicy means!"
01[22:36] <Seira> "See?"
[22:38] <Kotono> "It's like he's making up for no other men being around," Amaryl mutters to Seira.
06[22:39] * Seira laughs, and eyes her father, excusing Hugo from this scrutiny.
06[22:40] * Alicia coughs, her cheeks tinting red. "I posed as a prostitute in Tash, once," she begins simply. "I didn't actually do anything!" she then hastens to add, "But I had to keep up appearances where people could see me. There was this serial killer and I was trying to catch him..." she trails off lamely, looking down between her knees and blushing.
[22:41] <Kotono> "Ah. G'renna must have sensed that," Antenora says with a smug sagacity.
[22:42] <Kotono> "Wow..." Looking Alicia over, Jessica boggles. "I can't imagine that."
[22:42] <Alicia> "Ouch, that's a dagger in the back," Marie briefly glares at Antenora, before cracking a smile. "It's a funny image, though. Did you get many would-be customers?"
[22:42] <Kotono> "Everyone does strange things when there's need," Elle murmurs, "Or not does, in this case!"
01[22:43] <Seira> "I could!" Seira exclaims. "It's easy, you just take Alicia and overlay the hooker clothes over her and I will shut up now."
[22:43] <Kotono> "I'd be more worired if she didn't," Antenora starts to laugh, "Alicia is a gorgeous, gorgeous woman."
[22:43] <Kotono> "This is why I wish I had illusion magic," Donald sighs dramatically, getting a thwap on the head from Elle.
[22:44] <Kotono> "It's true. Succubi are the paragons of prostitution. They can sense one from across a plane. Even acting like one probably gets them interested in you." Antenora says, Erinyes, if they have to deal with that, use control and taste instead."
[22:44] <Alicia> "I got enough," Alicia mutters, shaking her head. "I only had to do it for a few days, at least. Anyway! Moving on!" She looks up and looks between everyone. "Hmm... Amaryl," she settles on the elven princess, "Your family must have arranged a few suitors for you over the years. Tell us about the worst one!"
[22:45] <Alicia> "But a business transaction like that sounds far more lawful..." Marie remarks innocently as she stares at Antenora.
[22:46] <Kotono> Amaryl turns very red. "...not...not as much as yo uwould think. Because I ended up Scion to the surprise of everyone, my situation was unique."
06[22:46] * Seira is tempted to ask Antenora if she meant the control and taste literally, but this question draws her attention far more.
[22:47] <Alicia> "Worst date, then?" Alicia offers sensing this well to be dry.
01[22:47] <Seira> "Everyone was just too intimidated or too old?" Seira adds curiously.
[22:49] <Kotono> "In theory, you can't make a scion ...well, it's complicated." Amaryl says, "That one I can answer, though! Heyer Salharp. He wanted to takem e to the blossoming of the roses one year...and insisted on going, een in a torrential downpour. He was rude, terrible and I went home soaking wet! His parents m ust have hired a troll to teach him manners!"
06[22:49] * Alicia laughs at Amaryl's pique, finding this answer entertaining enough to justify the question.
[22:49] <Kotono> "See, the troll's to teach you combat, not manners. Trolls can fight!" Donald rubs the back of his head, "Not that one really keeps up with me anymore."
01[22:50] <Seira> "I'm sure a spell or two could fix that on the troll's side...."
[22:51] <Kotono> "Hmm..." Amaryl looks about, settling on Latha. "Latha, are all celestials as...well...pretty as you?" With a heavy blush, "Your body is captivating."
[22:52] <Kotono> Latha's relaxed smile crooks higher, "We are. We are born without the marring and imperfections mortals strive and overcome. We are stronger, faster, tougher...and more beautiful thana ll but a few mortals. Remember, most of us were mortal long ago."
01[22:53] <Seira> "So asking Waukeen to make us her divine servants is the same as asking her to give us a makeover?"
[22:53] <Kotono> "It's why there's half-celestials, too!" Saul observes, "That beauty isn't unappreciated."
[22:54] <Alicia> "If you're good you get to be a charming celestial, if you're bad you get to be a flabby fiend~" Marie sing-songs. "Unless you end up as an erinyes or succubus, I guess... but they just try to copy how nice we are!"
01[22:54] <Seira> "Oh! Oh! Latha, please ask Dad if that is an idle comment, or based on his admiration of a certain celestial!"
[22:55] <Kotono> "A spiritual and physical remake, yes. Alicia has begun hers at Mystra's hands." With a slight nod to the paladin, "Hmmm. Very well Saul, that."
[22:55] <Kotono> Saul just smiles, "There's nothing to it. Why, your frail and fragile old man is too old for that sort of fancy, wouldn't you say, Seira? Or do you want a brother or sister?"
[22:56] <Kotono> "Not quite, Erinyes are special," Antenora glances sideways at Marie, "You don't incarnate into one. Beth...nevermind, it's not important. Just think of the pretty celestials, Marie."
01[22:56] <Seira> "You've been evading me about Honeydip ever since that party! I don't believe you!" Seira pauses, tilting her head. "And I actually would want one, yes, but that's irrelevant to the question!"
[22:57] <Kotono> "Ah. I'll remember that." Turning to Marie, "Go ahead and take my dare, I need to get up for a few minutes." Saul rises, "I'll be back soon, go on without me."
[22:59] <Alicia> "He's awfully secretive, isn't he?" Marie remarks, thinking as she's once again given the dare to play with. She turns to Abagail who's yet to be called on, "Abagail! Put all that book learning to good use and tell us the dirtiest joke you know!"
01[23:00] <Seira> "If I might interfere, might you ask something else?" Seira requests. "I've grown to dislike such jokes."
[23:01] <Kotono> "A noble lady doesn't know dirty jokes!" Abagail retorts, "What do you think I am, a low born strumpet? But, regardless of that, let's adhere to Seira's request here."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Oh, alright," Marie relents. "Hmm... you're a summoner, aren't you? What's the most frivolous thing you've ever summoned a creature to help you with?"
01[23:02] <Seira> "Is this a way of asking Abagail whether she can summon the midtier fiends, yet?"
[23:04] <Alicia> "Well, I hope she doesn't summon fiends at all!" Marie replies quickly, "But I'm just hoping for a funny story like using a monkey to get a pot off a high shelf or something."
01[23:04] <Seira> "I thought it was just a sneaky continuation of your first request," Seira admits.
[23:05] <Kotono> "I had a summon get me a glass of water." Admitting this with a hearty blush, "It was raining and I didn't want to get my gown wet, even if a cantrip would dry it."
01[23:06] <Seira> "How about a cantrip to summon the water in the first place?" Seira wonders. "You have the ability to spontaneously call upon your spells, don't you?"
[23:06] <Alicia> "What mighty paragon of the outer planes did you call upon to aid you in this perilous quest?" Marie asks, giggling.
[23:07] <Kotono> "I had used it already." Scratching at her head, "A mephit."
[23:07] <Kotono> After a few moments, "Donald, do you like people thinking you're an uncultured boor?"
[23:09] <Alicia> "It's worked for him so far," Alicia remarks, nodding her head towards Elle.
01[23:09] <Seira> "Some people just like to tackle on grand, epic projects."
[23:09] <Kotono> "Sure, it's fine." Donald smiles a little, "It's fun to do...all of you take things so seriously!" With a look, "There's times and reasons to, but all of it..." With a shrug, "Besides, some of it is way too easy."
[23:09] <Kotono> "We all have our weaknesses," Elle curls deeper into Donald with a happy smile.
[23:11] <Kotono> "Oh?" With a look at Donald, Jessica half-mock glares. "What's too easy?
01[23:13] <Seira> "He goes out of his way to be a pain, sometimes."
06[23:13] * Seira blinks. "What, you didn't know?"
[23:13] <Kotono> "Everything." Donald points to each in turn, "Seira's so worried about this or that and can't take even a simple joke sometimes, Amaryl's so shy and easy to provoke about anything elven and me that it's like taking candy from a goblin, Antenora and Alicia...I don't know what you call it, but you two look closer than the Amaryl and Seira, Saul's a sarcastic old man without much patience, Latha...well...Latha's okay, Abagail's prissy...those are the easy ones,
[23:13] <Kotono> Abagail's prissy...those are the easy ones, I think."
06[23:14] * Seira would nod at the part about Antenora's attitude towards Alicia, but she's not that drunk yet.
[23:14] <Kotono> "I prefer grumpy," Saul returns, sitting down by himself.
[23:15] <Alicia> "That's a horrible thing to say about Seira and Amaryl," Alicia reprimands Donald. "Antenora and I are close friends, but it's an entirely different sort of relationship."
[23:16] <Kotono> Antenora turns faintly red, "I love Alicia...but not like that. You wouldn't even begin to appreciate how much I owe her!"
01[23:16] <Seira> "And here Donald demonstrates that it's not all feigned," Seira says in an attempt to calm things down. "Just pick someone to be next?"
[23:16] <Kotono> Making a pfft sound with his tongue, "Please. Oh Alicia," With a high pitched, thin voice, "I dedicate myself to you!" In a slightly deeper voice, "Oh Antenora, I'll save you from Hell!"
[23:17] <Alicia> "I do not sound like that," Alicia complains petulantly.
[23:17] <Kotono> Latha looks at Donald with a cocked head, "You would think the most powerful women in the Prime would occur more respect from you?"
[23:17] <Kotono> "Do too." With wide, starry eyes and that voice again, "You two give each other these looks and talk just like this...oh Alicia...oh Antenora...oh Alicia...Oh Antenora...OH ALICIA! OH ANTENORA!" Going back and forth, "Come on now."
[23:18] <Kotono> Amaryl scoots several feet back and away from Donald.
[23:18] <Kotono> "Dear," Elle sits up, "I think you're going a lot too far. Quiet now." With a note of sharpness in her words, "Now."
01[23:18] <Seira> "Moments like this, I wish I could teleport away," Seira mutters to Amaryl in embarrassment, among other things. "And hey, I can. Wanna come with?"
[23:19] <Alicia> "Now you're just making things up to fit your perverted worldview," Alicia scoffs.
[23:20] <Kotono> "You're just jealous," Antenora crosses her arms and grumps. "For Mystra's sake, if we were interested in that, you think we would have done that by now?"
[23:20] <Kotono> Donald starts to speak, but Elle clamps over his mouth. "Im' sorry you too. Alicia, why don't you take the next one?"
06[23:22] * Alicia sighs at the easy cameraderie they'd been enjoying moments ago being disrupted so thoroughly by Donald's shit-stirring. "Jessica," she turns to her thus far neglected sister, "What's the nicest thing Roald's ever done for you?" Yes, it's a saccharine softball question, but hopefully it'll lighten the mood.
[23:25] <Kotono> "Hmm..." Jessica starts to smile, "He...he supported me in my change. He gave up his mortal life so that I wouldn't have a divided heart and so that all I could care about is protected."
[23:26] <Alicia> "Awww," both Marie and Alicia smile sappily.
[23:26] <Kotono> Antenora smiles warmly, "That's so romantic!"
06[23:26] * Seira doesn't have the full story, there, but decides it must be properly romantic indeed.
[23:26] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes and curls up next to Seira, "That's just perfect!"
[23:28] <Kotono> "I love him." With that, Jessica considers before turning to Amaryl. "This is for Seira too, but what's it like being in constant contact wth each other?"
06[23:30] * Seira has been expecting a question like that, really, and so her answer is fairly ready. "It might mean something else to Amaryl, but to me, it means I am never, ever alone. I can't be left alone, no matter the opposition, or the trouble I get into. I always have someone there for me. It means the world, and I couldn't live without that."
[23:31] <Kotono> "I always have someone to talk to, to lean on...for confidence and support. I...I couldn't live with that, either. Seira's always just a thought away." Amaryl blushes.
06[23:33] * Seira decides to add, "For those who don't fully know how the spell works, it's not the same as not having privacy or a thought of my own. It's rather... like a door you can always open and talk through."
[23:33] <Kotono> "Mmm....this is running nice, but...what about dares of actually DOING things," Elle speaks up now, "It's all secrets, and some variety is good too."
[23:33] <Alicia> "Don't you ever get sick of it and want some privacy, though?" Alicia asks curiously. It sounds nice the way they say it, but it can't be roses all the time!
01[23:34] <Seira> "If you mean some quiet time for myself, we sometimes ask for that," Seira muses. "But no. I really don't want to be alone, ever."
[23:35] <Kotono> "It's that. We can take time, but..." Amaryl shakes her head. Then with a quizzial look to Elle, "Like what?"
01[23:36] <Seira> "How about you make Elle reenact her first meeting with me, playing both parts?" Seira suggests to Amaryl. "She seems so earnest and willing!"
[23:36] <Kotono> "Something interesting! Something...that isn't justinner feelings! Come on, something spicy! Some meat next to your potatoes!" Waving a hand, "Think up something!"
[23:38] <Kotono> Amaryl thinks for some time, "...I'm not very good at that," she admits, "Seira, you try instead?Do that one or another one?"
01[23:39] <Seira> "Okay, since it's up to me... Marie, tell us about the most outrageous person you flirted with, only act it out and use magic to illustrate the rest for us?"
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[23:45] <Alicia> "To be honest, the devil over there is probably the most outrageous person for any eladrin to be flirting with," Marie admits with a gesture over at Antenora. "But you all know her, so instead I'll tell you all about Nexumbra, the brass dragon who wants me to bear his children in a hundred year's time, instead!"
[23:45] <Alicia> She bounces to her feet and reverts to fairy size, conjuring an illusion of a massive brass dragon sitting by the shoreline and looming over the party, a playful expression on its wyrm-like features as Marie flutters besides it and roleplays both sides of their long and rambling conversation together, deepening her voice for all the dragon parts.
[23:45] <Alicia> "Do you like dragons? Half dragons with celestial blood make superb heroic champions, you know, and one with eladrin blood would have a good sense of humor while opposing all that's wrong in creation!"
[23:45] <Alicia> "IT would be so much better than some stuffy angel who's more worried about this or that, or an archon who would rather spend a few lifetimes reading a law book!"
06[23:46] * Alicia puts her head in her hands. "They just would not shut up, either of them," she mutters, recalling that conversation.
[23:46] <Kotono> "I'm hurt," Antenora sniffles, "You choose a dragon to flirt with over me?"
[23:46] <Kotono> Jessica shivers, "Mystra's throne...I...pray that the draogn never comes here!"
01[23:47] <Seira> "I'll flirt with you," Seira promises comfortingly, reaching out to Antenora.
[23:47] <Alicia> "Oh, don't be like that!" Marie dismisses the illusion and goes to rejoin the campfire. "He was a real sweetheart!"
[23:47] <Kotono> "Mistress is nicer than you," Antenora turns away.
[23:48] <Kotono> "A brass dragon...half celestial...a curious mix." Elle shakes her head, "Insane. Well, you're up, Marie, choose someone."
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[23:54] <Alicia> "Hmm," Marie considers, trying to think of a good dare. Inspiration strikes, and she steals Alicia's coconut, before pouring a bit of every single drink present into it. "I dare you to drink the witch's brew!" she cackles, presenting it to the redhead. "No sipping it, all in one go!"
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[23:54] <Kotono> "Wow..." Elle stares at the drink, "Sure, why not?" With that she drinks it right down!
[23:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[23:55] <Kotono> OOC: Can we get a miko up in here?
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[23:56] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[23:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
[23:56] <Kotono> Elle coughs and hacks after! He eyes widen and she starts to giggle! "..w...woaaaaah..." she breaths, wobbling as she holds onto Donald. "That's..." Gasping for air, "Intense!"
[23:57] <Alicia> Marie laughs and applauds Elle's courage! "Good job!"
[23:57] <Kotono> Antenora chuckles, "She's completely drunk now, I think."
01[23:58] <Seira> "Elle is a true champion," Seira says sagely.
[23:58] <Kotono> Elle grins, then, "Then I dare everyone to drink the s-same! Woah...let's all...get complete...drunk!"
01[23:58] <Seira> "This leads to a drunken orgy, so my offer to teleport away still stands," Seira tells Amaryl.
[23:58] <Alicia> "Challenge accepted!" Marie giggles as she starts mixing up more deadly drinks!
Session Time: Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Kotono> Amaryl just blushes hotly. Antenora looks to Alicia, "Going to partake?"
[00:00] <Kotono> Donald waves Marie over, "May as well go all the way!"
[00:00] <Kotono> Latha shakes her head, "I'll pass."
[00:01] <Alicia> "It's mean to only have Elle do it, but I'm not going to down it like that," Alicia replies as Donald is provided with his drink. "There's no point getting completely out of our heads."
[00:01] <Kotono> Donald guns it all down, falling back after! "Aaah...wow...uh..."
[00:02] <Kotono> "Thenlet's take the shots together?" Antenora offers, crawling over to Alicia.
01[00:02] <Seira> "I suppose I can ask Lagann to painfully hurt Donald if he gets out of hand," Seira muses with doubt in her voice, reaching for a drink after all. "Don't say I didn't warn you all!"
[00:02] <Kotono> As this goes on, "S-since I drunk it first," Donald calls up, "Seira! Give someone a good dare!"
06[00:03] * Alicia takes the drink provided by Marie and sips once, before pursing her lips in distaste. There's no escaping the taste of alcohol there... Yuck.
06[00:05] * Seira downs her own drink in one gulp, tilts her head and peers at Latha inquisitively. "Thoughts of you streaking come to mind...." She sways, before shaking her head, only swaying harder as a result. "I dare you to cuddle with the person you feel closest to, in whatever degree of innocence you'd like."
[00:07] <Kotono> Antenora takes her own drinks, opting to simply slam them down fast. She grimaces after the first one, less after that.
[00:08] <Kotono> "Well..." Latha considers, looking about everyone. "My body or my love?" With a faint, little smile, "It's difficult to choose between a few people. Do you care if I have to think about it? I'm very fond of Alicia, Marie, Jessica and Antenora. I spend a lot of time with them."
[00:09] <Kotono> "S-Seira..." Amaryl looks up from her own drink and MArie bringing it along, turning red, "Just because...I mentioned it...in front of everyone?"
[00:10] <Kotono> Meanwhile Hugo sleeps peacefully by the fire, at rest and unaware of what happens. Saul is quiet - in fact, if one looks, he's left his spot, out of sight. Donald nad Elle are giggling and watching, lying back. Abagail's quiet, watching for now.
01[00:11] <Seira> "You can spend your time cuddling with them all," Seira offers, before glancing at Amaryl. "What? Oh. No. A party on the beach just seems to call for it, you know? And Latha wouldn't drink...."
06[00:11] * Alicia smiles back at Latha, debating whether to use a cantrip to improve the taste of her drink, but deciding against it. Alcohol is supposed to taste bad and she shouldn't cheat that. Another gulp goes down and another curdle of her lips before she decides she just can't take any more, putting her drink aside.
[00:11] <Kotono> "W-well, if you wanted us naked, you shouldn't have invited Donald and your father!" Amaryl pouts, cutely frowning at Seira.
06[00:12] * Seira points an accusing finger vaguely in Alicia's direction.
[00:12] <Kotono> Latha goes over to Marie, curling up next to her, clinging. She rests and closes her eyes, "That means I'm up with a dare now?"
01[00:12] <Seira> "Yes, but be nice! I was!"
[00:12] <Alicia> "No one's going to get naked around Hugo," Alicia speaks up defensively, hovering over the slumbering hybrid.
[00:13] <Alicia> "Awww!" Marie hugs back, "Make it a good one, even if most people aren't paying attention anymore!"
[00:13] <Kotono> "There's nothing sinful about the body," Latha says from her position on Marie, "Only what you do with it."
01[00:14] <Seira> "Sure, I'll buy that," Seira agrees with a shrug, shuffling over to hug Amaryl. "Latha says it's okay," she stage-whispers.
[00:15] <Kotono> Latha considers for a few, "That dare was a little more...mature than the others. Do you really want to go in that direction with these?" Latha asks about. "Or drunk enough to want to?"
01[00:15] <Seira> "I tried to prevent it, but I've resigned to this cursed fate."
[00:16] <Alicia> "I don't and I'm not," Alicia shakes her head. "Besides, half of us have wandered off or passed out. I think we can call the game at this point."
[00:16] <Kotono> "That's wisest," Latha agrees, "Unless you really want to get naked?" With a half teasing smile to Seira, "Even if not...you have two maids tomorrow if you want to look at those sort of things."
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01[00:17] <Seira> "Nah, I was just kidding," Seira admits. "It's really not the same if there's even a chance you're not in your right mind, you know?"
[00:17] <Alicia> "We'll do anything you say for tomorrow," Marie smiles sweetly, but it then turns predatory, "The day after, though... well, you better hope you haven't mistreated your maids too badly!" she trails off into giggles.
[00:17] <Kotono> Antenora yawns, her face splitting, "Pr'bly. Seen me naked, all of you have. I mean, you've all seen me like that. Mystery's long gone. Know how every little part looks."
[00:19] <Kotono> "Aw," Amaryl says softly, "Too bad. All of you are so pretty..."
[00:19] <Kotono> "Let's get some sleep," Jessica says, "Sis, want to take a walk before bed?"
01[00:19] <Seira> "Let's take a raincheck," Seira says sleepily. "Another time, another beach...."
[00:20] <Alicia> "Sure," Alicia nods to her sister, gently patting Hugo one last time before she gets up, assuming Jessica has something she wants to talk about in private.
[00:21] <Kotono> "..night..." Antenora waves, curling up in the sand. Jessica stands, more or less stable on her feet. She starts to giggle, walking down the shore line. "C'mon, sis."
06[00:22] * Alicia trots along after Jessica, having imbibed in moderation tonight and merely merry rather than drunk as she catches up. "Something on your mind?"
[00:23] <Kotono> Once the fire is left behind, darkvision reigns. As you travel down the long, smooth beach, "My wedding. Roald and I want to move it along...the sooner the better. I...well...we want to stay chaste in Dweomerheart until we're officially married. So..."
[00:25] <Alicia> "So you want to get married as quickly as possible," Alicia concludes with a knowing smile. "Well, it's your decision more than anyone else's. Will you have the ceremony in Dweomerheart or Balmuria?"
[00:26] <Kotono> "Naeys said we can have it in Dweomerheart...there's a spell he can cast to reduce the effects of the realm, so it's not so enthralling to Roald's family." Smiling as you continue along, "So can you be prepared by then? Dresses, transportation, everything?"
[00:28] <Alicia> "Just give me a date," Alicia nods, smiling. "Speaking of family, what about our side?"
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[00:29] <Kotono> "A week." A nod there, "We need to go home...Alicia, have you told mother and father about..." she takes a pluck at her wing, a white feather let loose to whirl into the sea.
[00:30] <Alicia> "Never really been a good time for it," Alicia admits. "But I suppose now's appropriate. We'll probably spend two more days here, then we'll get started on making preparations for everything. Mother would be horrified at doing it all so quickly," she giggles, "But it can be done if you're properly motivated."
[00:31] <Kotono> "Yes. As for these..." Flapping her wings, "How do you think she'll take it?"
[00:32] <Alicia> "Once it registers that we're not actually dead, as most people have to be before getting them?" Alicia asks dryly. "Probably be something to brag about to her friends."
[00:33] <Kotono> "...far too akin to my own thoughts." Jessica laughs, filling th enight air with her amusement. "I suppose it is, in a way."
[00:35] <Alicia> "It's something to be proud of," Alicia agrees. "Mother normally thinks in more down to earth terms, but even she can't not be impressed at having two angels for daughters."
[00:36] <Kotono> "Many more allies, too." Jessica says wistfully, "There's something else, too."
[00:37] <Alicia> "Hmm?" Alicia cocks her head, inviting Jessica to go on.
[00:38] <Kotono> "I think we should set Antenora up with someone," AFter a pause to say this, "I think it's an important step for her...she's been talking about motherly things with me in recent times. She certainly has the capacity to be a wife and a mother now, don't you agree?"
[00:40] <Alicia> "She has a lot of love to give," Alicia admits, "But do you have someone in mind? I don't think it'd be doing any favours to push too hard."
[00:41] <Kotono> "Right now? Not in particular," Jessica admits, "She's a special woman, she needs someone just as special. Any ideas?"
[00:44] <Alicia> "Not really. Antenora herself would surely disapprove of me saying so, but love should be spontaneous - it needs a special spark to kick things off," Alicia considers. "Her and Marie have been flirting a lot more, but Antenora told me she doesn't think Marie's mature enough, so there's no point looking in that direction."
[00:47] <Kotono> "Mmm." After some more silent walking, "You know, I'm not sure if those two in a relationship would be a good or a bad thing. It could fall either way. Imagine those two having an intimate current to their bickering." With a chuckle, "I suppose with Marie's new gift it's actually possible now, though."
[00:48] <Kotono> "Any others that come to mind at all? Maybe we shouldn't be, but match making is fun! Antenora could use this." Taking off into the air a few feet, wings flapping, "Even just a good time."
[00:50] <Alicia> "I don't know. At the Court of Stars she spent all night just sitting and talking with Marie," Alicia notes in faint disgust. "Then again, didn't you and Eudard do the same? I think Donald and I are the only ones who did any actual mingling."
[00:51] <Kotono> "It just felt right at the time. I don't feel anything for Eudard. It was like a dream..." Playing a hand through her hair, "A beautiful dream."
[00:53] <Alicia> "It was an odd way for them to send us home," Alicia admits. "I remember Antenora did say that Eudard was handsome when we first met him, actually... of course, he hated her on account of the whole being a devil thing. Still, he's mellowed a lot. What did you think of him?"
[00:53] <Kotono> "A fanatic, what the storybooks think a paladin is many a tale." Jessica ascends a little bit, "fly with me, Sis? Anyway, he's cute and he's on our side."
06[00:56] * Alicia flaps her wings, ascending upwards. "Stereotypical? To be honest, she confessed to me that she wondered if she might end up with someone chaotic eventually. I think that might even be good for her."
[00:57] <Kotono> That gets Jessica to laugh heartily, weavingin the air like a wild woman! "Oh my MYSTRA! She actually said that? Seriously?"
[00:58] <Alicia> "She sounded so ashamed, too!" Alicia laughs herself. "I think we can mostly blame Queen Morwel for it."
[00:59] <Kotono> "I'm almost wondering if that was some sort of indirect way of trying to tell you she's fallen for your familiar," Jessica continues to laugh, struggling to get those words out. "Unreal."
[01:01] <Alicia> "Like I said, they've been flirting a lot more," Alicia shrugs. "Maybe they'll even get together in a few centuries time."
[01:04] <Kotono> "I wondered a bit if becoming an outsider would make those two make sense." Jessica slowly calms down, ascending up in a lazy spiral. "No such luck.:"
[01:07] <Alicia> "I think you have to be aligned the way they are," Alicia considers. "We've been changed somewhat, but our base natures are still the same - we're not fundamentally made of law or chaos or even good the way they are."
[01:08] <Kotono> "I''ve grown to appreciate how completely those things tinge them. I'm not sure that Antenora can't be ordered or Marie can't be chaotic...except Antenora changed once already." Below you the island is dark, the faraway campfire a dot of illumination. "Strange."
[01:11] <Alicia> "It takes a lot of effort for them to defy their inherent natures," Alicia replies. "Maybe one day they'll meet in the middle, maybe they'll just keep arguing till the end of time. There's little harm in it, really."
[01:12] <Kotono> "You know..." Jessica continues to rise and riseand rise, "Alicia. One day good will defeat evil for all time...right? What about Law and Chaos?"
[01:15] <Alicia> "I don't know that it will," Alicia admits honestly. "The planes are expressions of the souls of men. As long as there are those who yearn to forcefully dominate others, there will always be Hell. It's like a bush that you can prune, but the roots will always grow back. The only way to stop it from ever doing so would be to uproot the whole garden, destroying all the other bushes with it."
[01:17] <Kotono> Jessica hovers here, looking down. "It shouldn't be that way. One day, evil should finally stop. Man's soul should become better and leave evil behind. There shouldn't be an eternity of strife and misery."
[01:20] <Alicia> "I'd like that," Alicia smiles wanly, "But it's never happened yet. The best I can do is keep pruning the bad bushes and hope the good ones will outgrow them."
[01:21] <Kotono> "What do you think of that, sister? Is that right?"
[01:22] <Alicia> "It's how I see things from my perspective," Alicia shrugs.
[01:23] <Kotono> "That's not answering the question?" Jessica floats over to Alicia, "What do you think of it?"
06[01:24] * Alicia wears a confused frown, not understanding what was so unsatisfactory about her answer. "That's really what I think, though," she insists.
[01:26] <Kotono> "Mmmph." Jessica flies a little more, "Nevermind it then. It's also getting later and later...let's go rest, Alicia?"
[01:27] <Alicia> "Right," Alicia nods, still not sure what was wrong with her answer as she starts spiralling back down to where they left everyone else.
[19:20] <Kotono> -----
05[19:21] -eraniss.tx.us.lunarnet.org:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
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[19:21] <Kotono> Ah, a beautiful day in paradise. Everyone is resting and comfortable - right now only Alicia, Seira, Antenora, Marie and Abagail are on the beach. The others are swimming and about, everything serene. As the morning sun warms everything, "Well then," Antenora says brightly, "Mistress, what do you have planned for us?"
01[19:24] <Seira> "I have plans for the afternoon, but for now all I will say is that a proper maid knows how to cater to her Mistress's every whim without being prodded or having her every move be controlled," Seira announces sagely.
[19:25] <Kotono> "This is true. Good servants know these things," Abagail adds in, lounging ack on the sand.
01[19:26] <Seira> "For now, I think we should just spend some time enjoying the sun," Seira muses, glancing at Abagail sideways. "It can be a pleasant way to spend an hour or two, but could the experience be made even better, I wonder...?"
[19:26] <Alicia> Marie nods sagely as she kneels by Seira's feet, lifting one of them to give her a footrub. "Old Mistress says I give very good footrubs, New Mistress," she smiles saccharinely.
[19:27] <Alicia> "Old Mistress..." Alicia snorts, shaking her head and getting up. "I'll leave you to your fun," she decides, going to join the aquatic tag game in progress.
[19:27] <Kotono> Antenora goes to Seira's side and turns around, using her wings to send gentle waves of breeze across Seira. "Footrubs, Alicia? Really?" Antenora calls.
[19:28] <Alicia> "I have very nimble hands," Marie asserts as she works the pads of Seira's feet, smiling up at the half-dragon. "Don't I?"
01[19:31] <Seira> "As nimble as I expected from seeing you during the game yesterday," Seira agrees, reclining to stare up at the sky, enjoying the warm rays of the sun. She raises one hand, brushing is slowly against Antenora's wings as they come into her range. "That talent just goes to waste normally, it seems. Why don't we ever relax like this while fighting evil?"
[19:33] <Kotono> "All the tension and focus, Mistress," Antenora's wings are softer than they should be, but hard on the edges. "We fight the good fight so that no one else has to suffer?"
[19:34] <Alicia> Of course it's relaxing when you have two maids devoting themselves to you! Marie doesn't say this, mind you, since it's not a maid's place to speak out of turn.
01[19:35] <Seira> "I'm sure it would be possible to fit in a good hour of relaxation even those times," Seira responds lazily. "Maybe a spell could be developed. A spell to summon maids...."
[19:37] <Alicia> "Isn't there an invisible servant spell, Mistress?" Marie asks as she switches to the other foot.
[19:37] <Kotono> "There have been fanciful uses of magic before, Mistress," Antenora says, and then with a sudden chuckle, "Summon Maid instead of Summon Monster?"
[19:38] <Kotono> Meanwhile Abagail dozes in the sand, and in the water, most everyone else is at aquatic play. Jessica rises out of the water, holding a coconut sized ball, as Donald leaps up after her.
01[19:38] <Seira> "It's just not the same," Seira laments. "A proper maid must wear a proper maid uniform for her Mistress, wouldn't you agree, Marie?" She nods at Antenora's direction. "Although I would really prefer it to summon more than one, yes."
[19:41] <Kotono> "Mistress, why do you like maids?" Antenora keeps flapping in the meantime, "You're so fond of them."
01[19:42] <Seira> "The reason is simple! They are beautiful girls in a pretty uniform who are all too happy to cater to your every wish, as long as it's appropriate!"
[19:43] <Kotono> "Your standards of approriate are surely different than Alicia's," Antenora continues to flap away. "What will you want to do later in the day, Mistress?"
01[19:44] <Seira> "I'm sure that even Alicia must appreciate the elegance of a maid uniform!"
[19:45] <Alicia> "Alicia likes uniforms in general, but she's just funny that way," Marie laughs. "The clothes she wears day in day out might as well be her uniform. I prefer a bit of variety, but maid outfits can be nice."
01[19:46] <Seira> "Maid uniforms can see a surprising degree of variety, too," Seira speaks animatedly, "but I find that the best part comes from the maid herself. Her motivations, her background, the subtle character quirks she brings with her. It's all oh so ever exciting!"
[19:48] <Alicia> "They're just normal people who have jobs as servants, aren't they?" Marie asks, slacking off in her footrub as the conversation progresses.
[19:48] <Kotono> "It's a shame Alicia's not here to share this with us," With an overdrawn sigh, "She would like a maid's uniform. Marie is absolutely correct." Antenora doesn't stop her wingflapping, as a gush of water explodes into a geyser, the game still going on ahead of you.
01[19:50] <Seira> "Well, if you want to analyze it, most of them clearly are," Seira admits, her face falling slightly. "But part of the enjoyment is in pretending. It's almost like an elaborate game or, perhaps, a show being put on for the Mistress's sake. This would depend on the level of closeness, I suppose. But as long as both sides play along, the mystique remains...."
[19:51] <Kotono> "Ah of course, Mistress," Antenora says softly, "I understand."
[19:51] <Alicia> "Hey, Seira," Marie asks after a wicked grin in Antenora's direction. "Does Amaryl have a maid outfit?"
01[19:53] <Seira> "She doesn't own one, but she has many maids," Seira says proudly. "They always treated her nicely, so when she left, I asked her if we could offer them all jobs at our new home! Kind maids have such a strong appeal!"
[19:54] <Kotono> "Truly? I would think Mistress would have Amaryl to have one...or even have one of her own," With a wicked smile right back at Marie, "MIstress seems fond of them."
01[19:54] <Seira> "If we're getting into the area of thinly-disguised sex jokes, I must remind all present that the two of us are not the ones who keep maid outfits for each other."
[19:56] <Alicia> "Antenora doesn't actually have one," Marie admits with a sigh. "I suggested it one time but then she got me one instead. It's fun to wear around the house, though."
01[19:56] <Seira> "Maybe I should try it, too," Seira muses. "I'll need to make arrangement to ship Donald somewhere, first, though, or he might just ruin all the fun."
[19:57] <Kotono> "Marie doesn't really get the pocket money to buy much," Antenora goes on, "She's never included in how we divide up wealth liberated from evil. Hmmm..." Looking to Marie, "Why is that?"
01[19:57] <Seira> "For a maid, pleasing her Mistress is its own reward, Antenora!" Seira exclaims. "The reason is made obvious."
[19:58] <Kotono> "Well, we could go and you could use magic to do it?" Antenora suggests brightly, "We'd be happy to humor you well away from Donald, Mistress, in finding your happiness."
[19:59] <Alicia> "It's because I'm classed with Alicia," Marie tells Antenora. "The two of us are one glorious whole! Her wealth is my wealth, and so on and so forth."
06[20:01] * Seira turns over to lay on her stomach, placing her head on her hands. "So how do the two of you normally see this?" she inquires curiously. "Most people I breach the subject with just seem to keep a dirty mind, not understanding the true, innocent appeal of a maid."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Maid uniforms tend to be pretty flattering," Marie notes, deciding to just kick back and relax since Seira isn't making her do any work. "I figure it's a way for the master to show off - 'Look at what attractive servants I have, aren't you jealous?' so there's an aspect of titillation there."
[20:03] <Kotono> "I understand completely." Antenora cocks her head to look at Seira over her shoulder. "There's glory and happiness in serving another. I've sworn my eternity to being at Alicia's side as her servant."
01[20:04] <Seira> "Literally?" Seira asks, peering at Antenora askance from her prone position.
[20:05] <Kotono> "Yes. As a baatezu, I yearned to advance by any means. I had to crawl down deeper into the Pit. Now? I understand that position isn't happiness. Being where you are and being happy is. I've vowed myself to Alicia and I've never been happier."
[20:09] <Alicia> "So you're the perfect maid. Except with a nasty pointy spear," Marie comments dryly. "And you never do any housework."
[20:10] <Kotono> "Exactly!" Antenora claps her hands together, "I'm so glad you understand and do the housework."
06[20:11] * Seira can't really find a response of any kind to that, although it doesn't seem to be a problem for Marie, who saves her the need to. She decides to just enjoy their friendly bickering and have her maids give her a full body oil massage for the nearest while, after which they can just relax together until they have the strength to go and look for some hot springs.
[20:20] <Kotono> Lunch comes and goes. After, "About those springs, Mistress," Antenora says, "What's our plan? Fly over the island and look for natural springs around the volcano?"
06[20:23] * Seira considers the appeal of winged maids demonstrating their graceful flying, and nods in approval. "An excellent suggestion!"
[20:24] <Alicia> Marie reverts to her natural form, since there are sadly no winged humanoids in this world, and flutters upwards. "Even if we can't find one, I can use my special maid magic to make one!" she promises.
01[20:25] <Seira> "I'm counting on you, then, Marie!"
[20:25] <Kotono> "At absolute worst, Seira and I can go take a lava bath," Antenora says as she ascends, "Oh yes, there's still the matter of the lava beneath Balmuria, Mistress."
01[20:25] <Seira> "I've been thinking about that," Seira responds. "And I have an idea, but it's a bit silly."
[20:27] <Kotono> As the three take to the air, leaving the sunbathers behind, "What is it, Mistress?"
01[20:28] <Seira> "We have lava to supply the heat, and we have plenty of water. Land's not much of an issue, either, so why not create our very own hot springs?"
[20:29] <Alicia> "Can you do that safely?" Marie asks. "I've always found it a bit worrying that half the city is built over a huge pit of lava."
[20:30] <Kotono> "I believe Countess Stronger has been familiarizing herslef with them," Antenora says as you ascend up. Ahead the volcano and island forest shrink as you go higher.
01[20:31] <Seira> "I hope that it would, in fact, make the city safer," Seira responds. "Elle has been working on this situation, and I've been meaning to go diving in the lava to try and see just how far it extends, and whether there's an actual gate to, say, a volcano on the plane of fire."
[20:32] <Alicia> "Well, you guys are the geniuses," Marie allows.
[20:33] <Kotono> Thus you get higher and higher! You fly to the volcano...OOC: All three of you make spot checks?
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[20:34] <Kotono> "Hold on," Antenora starts to descend down the volcano, "This way - I think I saw a bit of steam coming from an opening in the side of the volcano."
06[20:38] * Seira starts gliding down slowly on Antenora's trail, before having a change of mind and asking out loud, "Antenora, could you check on that? We'll wait here for you."
[20:38] <Kotono> "I can, Mistress. Why just me, though?" Antenora hovers in midair.
[20:38] <Alicia> Marie starts to follow Antenora but stops at Seira's command, curious why they're being split up. Is mistress planning to seduce her while they're alone?!
01[20:39] <Seira> "You can swim in lava itself if it comes to that," Seira gives as the obviously fake yet impossible to challenge reason. "Don't worry, I'm sure Marie will serve me properly in your absense."
[20:39] <Kotono> "As you wish," With that, Antenora flies off, leaving the two alone! OOC: If you two wanna chat or do anything, go ahead.
01[20:41] <Seira> "One of the great parts about maids is that however ridiculous the excuse, it is always accepted," Seira says with a smile as they are left alone.
[20:41] <Alicia> "It's pretty obvious you wanted me alone, but a bet's a bet," Marie replies, looking curiously at Seira.
01[20:43] <Seira> "I really wanted to have a few words with you about Antenora," Seira elaborates. "I've thought about this, and you're really the best person to ask. Amaryl was thinking that it might do Antenora some good to go out on a few dates, and just enjoy herself normally. What do you think?"
[20:45] <Alicia> "Oh, but I want her all for myself!" Marie simpers immediately. With that out of the way she responds seriously, "She's been feeling pretty broody lately, but it entirely depends on her finding someone nice. You can't just set her up with some random schmuck like Donald."
06[20:48] * Seira laughs. "After just one evening she'll come demanding vengeance and wreck my inn, I bet! But that's not really what we were talking about, either. I don't think we can find Antenora her soulmate, but experiencing a normal date, and not Baator's excuse for one, could be good for her. It might even help her with her funk, or define better just what it is that she's looking for in a person.
01[20:48] <Seira> I get the feeling she really doesn't know herself, and just clinges to some textbook description she keeps on quoting out loud."
[20:51] <Alicia> "You never know who you're looking for until you find them," Marie declares sagely. "Anyway, it probably wouldn't hurt. At worst Antenora would waste an evening and her unfortunate date goes home traumatised. I don't really know anyone in Balmuria myself that's too appropriate, but I've got some old friends in Dweomerheart I could point her way at Jessica's wedding."
01[20:52] <Seira> "It could be a great start," Seira agrees. "I know some people as well, although they'll be more down to earth types."
[20:55] <Alicia> "Anyone I know?" Marie asks curiously, idly recalling the time she tried to point Rods at Antenora... pity he didn't fall for it, it would've been hilarious.
[20:56] <Kotono> As you talk, "SEIRA! MARIE!" Antenora's voice calls, the angel poking her head out of the cave.
01[20:57] <Seira> "Remember Umut?" Seira asks in turn. "I've enjoyed spending time with him, and he's a good person. It would be good for Antenora, too, if she managed to get along with him." She shakes her head, a wry smile on her lips. "If he managed to cut through my self-pity and remain my friend, he might also do something about her rigidly-set patterns." At Antenora's call, she gestures towards the cave. "Let's go?"
[20:59] <Kotono> As you reach the cave entrance, you can feel it's a bit warmer her. Occasional burps of steam leak out, dissipating. "Inside...you'll see," Antenora says.
[20:59] <Alicia> Marie doesn't remember Umut, sadly, so foregoes comment as she flies down.
06[21:00] * Seira catches Marie's eye to signal that she'd like to continue that talk at some later date, before following Antenora's voice to its source.
[21:08] <Kotono> Inside the cave it goes around a gentle curve. Ahead the walls turn to stonework! Fine stonework, untouched by the years. Smooth bricks of black volcanic rock, polished to mirror sheen. As you see dozens of reflections of yourselves in the bricks, a door lies ahead. It's decorated with celebrating efreeti. A stone slab lies embedded into the wall besides the door, held in the mouth of a great roaring dragon scuplture. There is writing on the slab. "See?"
[21:08] <Kotono> mouth of a great roaring dragon scuplture. There is writing on the slab. "See?"
06[21:09] * Seira gapes, having thought this would be a natural occurence!
[21:09] <Alicia> "Ohh... you found a dungeon!" Marie cries accusingly. "Some holiday this turned out to be!"
[21:10] <Kotono> I dunno if you can see this, my monitor may have just died.
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: shake the cable!
01[21:11] <Seira> "No, wait!" Seira exclaims. "It might be a dungeon whose owners have long since passed on, but not before dismantling their traps and defenses, while leaving their belongings behind!"
[21:11] <Alicia> "When does that ever happen?" Marie scoffs, turning to read the writing on the slab.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Efreeti are all insane?"
[21:13] <Kotono> "Well, I did wonder why this island was warm in thew inter," Antenora considers as Marie reads the slab! It reads the following in several languages, such as Ignan, Common and others: WARNING. PROHIBITED ENTRY: DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT AHEAD.
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[21:14] <Alicia> "It's dangerously hot... which I guess isn't a problem for you two," Marie comments, folding her arms.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Would changing into a ball of light help you, Marie?" Antenora glances her way.
01[21:15] <Seira> "The eastern mountains of Pallanth are always freezing while the land just past them is temperate," Seira says with a shrug. "I could try to ward you from the heat... or that, I suppose."
[21:15] <Alicia> "It's worked before... okay," Marie shrugs, turning into a ball of light and causing her maid outfit to fall to the ground now that nothing is there to hold it up.
[21:16] <Kotono> "Curious," Antenora reads the slab herself, "A warning? That's not very dungeon or defense-like at all"
[21:16] <Kotono> .
06[21:16] * Seira expects Antenora to pick it up like a proper maid, and fearlessly strides through the door.
[21:17] <Alicia> "Especially since it's written in Ignan - most things that speak that like the heat," Marie agrees as she follows Seira.
[21:17] <Kotono> Antenora doesn't, instead following Seira! A blast of steam and boiling air comes out as the hot doors open! It doesn't hurt any of them, feeling rather pleasant to Seira. Ahead is more of the black mirror-bricks, a brief stairway going down before leading deeper in.
[21:18] <Kotono> "It doesn't make sense that it's hostile, unless this is a mind game. Maybe it's a relic of the past?" Antenora starts forward, "I'm detecting faint magic all over the bricks."
[21:19] <Alicia> "Maybe insulation?" Marie suggests, pausing a moment to study the magic herself.
01[21:19] <Seira> "I place warnings kindly asking intruders to reconsider on account of extreme danger at the restricted areas of my home," Seira muses. "But I'm also aware most people don't bother. We might as well proceed and see what lies past this."
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 34." [1d20=9]
[21:20] <Alicia> Bobbing in the air, Marie follows Seira. "A pity I asked Alicia for maid magic instead of adventure magic, this morning..."
01[21:20] <Seira> "Oh? What sort of wondrous maid magic do you come equipped with?"
[21:21] <Kotono> Down the stairs you go! You walk a few minutes down this mirror sheened hall, your images reflecting over and over! You come to an end - here, there is a crater in the ground, the area widening out into an open cavern of mirror brick. A rope barrier surrounds it, great belches of heat coming out. Several holes in thew all suck in the hot air, as if a force was drawing it deeper in.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Cleaning, cooking, entertainment, transport, that sort of thing," Marie replies. "So I won't be blasting anything with electricity or protecting us with walls of force, today."
[21:24] <Kotono> Antenora goes up to the barrier, peering down. "There's magma well down there, I can see the glow. It's a ways, though."
01[21:24] <Seira> "I should be enough for that, or Antenora if we need to fight off creepy pursuers, while you'll get us out if it comes to that?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "As you command, mistress!" Marie affirms lightly.
[21:25] <Kotono> "Want me to take a look down there?" Antenora offers, "Or send Marie through one of the holes, S...Mistress," Correcting herself with a smile, "What do you think?"
06[21:25] * Seira frowns cutely as she peers down after Antenora. "Is this a sauna, then? I haven't been to one in a long while...."
[21:26] <Kotono> It's a deep chasm. You can see it's smooth, melty rock below, a red glow seen deep in the deep tunnel down. "It doesn't look like it's meant to soak in the heat here. A human who went here would be melting about now."
01[21:29] <Seira> "I would be pleased if my beautiful, capable maids explored," Seira agrees brightly. "As long as they keep their safety and the safety of their uniforms paramount!"
[21:30] <Alicia> "Well, I'll just stick close and you lead the way?" Marie hovers by Antenora's head.
[21:30] <Kotono> Antenora ascends up, "I'll scream if anything bad happens," she says, before flying down the hole.
[21:32] <Alicia> Marie is right with her fellow maid!
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Going down with Antenora?
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: har. Yes, she said she'd stick close while Anty leads the way
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: ....completely unintended! Okay.
[21:35] <Kotono> Down and down and down the two go! As you descend, you see a bubbling pool of magma at the bottom, hissing and popping! About 50 feet above it, and 200 feet from where you are, a small platform has been carved into the rock. The platform radiates moderate magic.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Strike the magic bit, you're outta range.
[21:37] <Kotono> "See that?" Antenora points, "Definintely more signs of intelligent hands. Any idea what to make of it?"
[21:37] <Alicia> Marie hums idly and follows along as only an intangible ball of light can. If anything needs cooking or cleaning, though, she's all over that! "What's it doing here, though? I mean, who'd want to stand on it?" she asks as they descend.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Bored efreet?" As you reach within sixty feet, you can detect stronger magic from the platform.
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=11]
01[21:38] <Seira> "Found anything?" Seira calls down, sounding slightly bored.
[21:38] <Kotono> Seira's voice wildly echos down! Antenora cups her hands and calls up, "Magma and a platform! Hold on!"
[21:39] <Alicia> "Looks like a ward to keep certain creatures away," Marie comments. "Can't tell what specifically from the dweomer, though. Lets get closer and see if there's anything on the platform itself?"
[21:40] <Kotono> Thus the two advance! As they do...OOC: Make a will save, Marie?
[21:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 Antenora
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 Antenora and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 +2 vs evil
06[21:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 +2 vs evil and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[21:41] <Kotono> Antenora flies down without problem! Marie stops cold for several seconds, only just barely able to push through an unseen force! As the two land, they see a door is set into the wall the platform connects to. Antenora glances back, "Did you feel a little something?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "Like an antipathy spell," Marie confirms. "Eudard had something like that at his temple, except way stronger and nastier. It must be set to block out celestials?" she checks for evil on that note.
[21:43] <Kotono> "Perhaps," Antenora goes to the plain door, "Hover a bit above, just in case it sends out flying death or magic?"
[21:43] <Alicia> "Sure," Marie remains five feet above the platform. "Didn't sense any other magic, though. Should we go get our beloved mistress before exploring further?"
[21:44] <Kotono> "Eh..." Antenora shrugs, "Your call. I was hoping I could talk her into being a maid instead of us doing it, but it's never quite worked out."
[21:45] <Alicia> "Just take your punishment like a woman," Marie tells her, before shouting up loudly. "Seira! We found a door! We think there's treasure behind it!" she yells, thinking that should work to summon the half-dragon in a flash.
06[21:46] * Seira glides down at those words, looking quite happy. "You know just what to say!" she compliments Marie. "Even if it turns out to be wrong, I still felt really excited!"
[21:46] <Kotono> Seira glides down tot he platform without incident. "The door's there," Antenora gestures.
06[21:47] * Seira looks it over, par for course!
01[21:47] <Seira> roll 1d20+29
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+29 and gets 48." [1d20=19]
06[21:48] * Seira opens the door to potential riches!
[21:49] <Kotono> Inside the room are a pair of switches, heavy and made of black rock. They're set into the wall, about three feet long each. A metal cabinet is set against the side wall, closed.
[21:50] <Alicia> Marie goes to have a look inside the cabinet, phasing through its doors.
06[21:50] * Seira is far too happy to examine the contents of the cabinet, even as she asks Antenora and Marie, "So if one of you were to serve the other for a day, what's the one request you simply had to ask for?"
[21:51] <Kotono> Inside you find baked clay tablets, three of them. EAch is covered with spidery, light writing.
01[21:52] <Seira> It is surely writing Seira can read!
[21:52] <Alicia> "I dunno, I'm not really shy about asking for things anyway," Marie admits distractedly as she scans the writing on the tablets. "There's no fun in sexually harassing someone who has to do what you say."
[21:52] <Kotono> It's arcane words. It looks to be three scroll-alikes, each one for Wall of Force.
01[21:53] <Seira> "So that's where you first thought goes?" Seira asks, snorting. "Figures. What about your second choice, then?"
[21:53] <Kotono> "A fascinating place your mind goes," Antenora chuckles, "Sometimes I wonder about eladrin and why a tide of eladrin and half celestial children haven't overrun Creation."
[21:54] <Alicia> "Those aren't very portable scrolls," Marie huffs. "Still, I guess it counts as treasure. But there's really nothing to ask for - I mean, we're friends and Antenora's normally happy to indulge any reasonable thing I request to start with. If I had the power to make her do unreasonable things I wouldn't want to use it."
[21:55] <Kotono> "Mmm..." Antenora considers, "I'dask Marie to be as lawful as she could for a day." With a wicked grin, "That would be amazing."
[21:55] <Alicia> "Despite what Saul says, relationships between celestials and mortals don't work out so well," Marie adds before 'turning' to Antenora. "I could be lawful for a day. That's just the sort of unpredictable thing that chaos is all about!"
01[21:56] <Seira> "That's an interesting way of looking at it," Seira admits to Marie. "What about me? If I were the one you could bid, and not Antenora?" At Antenora's words, she snorts anew. "No, didn't see it coming. Figures, times two."
[21:56] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora glowers cutely, "What about the giant switches," Looking to them, "Going to try our luck on them?"
06[21:57] * Seira puts her considerable knowledge of strange and unusual machinery into studying them, even as she voices, "Marie, could you take a look behind them to help me figure out how they work without taking them apart?"
[21:57] <Alicia> "I'd ask for three wishes! Or however many times you can prepare that spell, anyway," Marie replies brightly. "Actually, since you're a wizard your magic is a lot more versatile than Alicia's, so there's no end to the possibilities."
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: What knowledges do you have, Seira?
[21:57] <Alicia> "Sure," Marie agrees, floating down through the brickwork behind the switches.
[21:58] <Kotono> Beneath seems to be a series of interlocking stone plates. If they shift, they'll put pressure into the back, which is a giant press plate.
01[21:58] <Seira> OOC: UMD could totally apply, Architecture and Engineering, Dungeoneering, Arcana, search/disable device, pure int, take your pick.
[21:58] <Alicia> Marie explores past the giant plate to see what it presses!
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: AnE.
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[21:59] <Kotono> PAst it, it leads to a tunnel full of reddish, sludgy magma. Half solidified, half not.
01[21:59] <Seira> "And you, Antenora?" Seira asks, as she waits for Marie to return.
[21:59] <Alicia> Marie returns. "It looks like they put pressure on a passage filled with magma," she reports. "Or reduce pressure, I don't know."
[22:00] <Kotono> "I'm not sure." Antenora looks sidelong at Seira, "I'd have to think about it."
01[22:00] <Seira> "Let me know by the time we get back?"
[22:00] <Kotono> "Of course, Mistress!" Antenora says brightly, voice rising.
01[22:03] <Seira> "Speaking of getting back, I'd like us to prepare dinner for Amaryl come evening," Seira relates. "Just so that you could plan, if you'd like. We can even make a competition of it, and the luckiest chef wins a special prize~"
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03[22:04] * Adahn is now known as Alicia
03[22:04] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Alicia
[22:05] <Alicia> "What's her favourite food?" Marie asks curiously.
06[22:07] * Seira tries to use the mechanism to bring the magma level down, informing Marie and Antenora of her actions, so that they could see what this leads to. If there is indeed treasure to be found, perhaps by forcing the magma to retreat, it could be found!
[22:07] <Kotono> Seira pulls the left level down! There is a rumbling, the ground lightly shaking all over.
01[22:07] <Seira> "Fruits and honey. And when they're combined, the sum is better than the parts, it seems," she responds.
[22:08] <Kotono> "Thta sounds very elven and eladrin," Antenora starts to say, but stops at the shaking. "What was that?"
[22:09] <Alicia> "I'll check the magma chamber?" Marie suggests, scooting back through the wall beyond the levers.
01[22:09] <Seira> "The magma level dropping," Seira repeats. "Please do!"
[22:09] <Kotono> Marie finds that the magma tunnel she glimpsed a few moments ago has pushed forward.
[22:10] <Alicia> Marie returns. "It's been pushed forward, so I guess it's getting compressed?" she dutifully reports.
06[22:11] * Seira checks the mechanism over once more, to ensure that its at its lowest setting at the moment.
[22:11] <Kotono> It is at it's lowest setting, Seira thinks.
01[22:11] <Seira> "Let's see if there's any difference outside?" she suggests, walking out the door and looking around.
[22:12] <Kotono> Going out, you see that the magma below has sunk away. The tunnel continues down, cherry hot, but not full of magma anymore.
01[22:13] <Seira> "Does the tunnel lead anywhere?" Seira asks Antenora, deferring to her superior vision.
[22:13] <Kotono> "I'll find out, Mistress," Antenora says, "If you don't mind me flying down to see?"
01[22:13] <Seira> "Remember, safety first!"
[22:14] <Kotono> Antenora soars down! After a little bit, "Come on down!" Antenora's voice can be heard from far away.
[22:15] <Alicia> "You'd think she could at least tell us what she's found," Marie remarks, nonetheless flying downwards.
01[22:15] <Seira> "Antenora really likes the suspense," Seira responds. "Surprisingly so."
06[22:16] * Seira follows Marie down, of course.
[22:16] <Kotono> A few puddle of still hot magma lie at the bottom, Antenora's feet kicking one of them about, sending hissing and starting to cool magma all about. At the bottom are several tunnels in the bottom, lined with black-charred iron. "Intricate, no?" Antenora kneels next to one, "It reminds me of Irenes' work...but why here?"
[22:17] <Alicia> "Must be strong metal to have not melted," Marie opines, checking for magic down the tunnels.
01[22:17] <Seira> If it's a mage's work, another mage can make sense of it! And Seira certainly tries.
[22:18] <Kotono> *Mihail
[22:18] <Kotono> Faint magic down the tunnels.
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: K:A.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+24
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[22:21] <Alicia> "The surfaces are all warded against the heat," Marie informs the others should they care, content to follow their lead in exploring further if they want to.
01[22:22] <Seira> "I think pulling that lever down might be dangerous in the long term," Seira muses with slight worry. "While raising it all the way up all but eliminates any future risk of a volcanic eruption. Marie, can you examine one of the passages if it's filled with magma, or would it be too difficult and uncomfortable?"
[22:22] <Kotono> "Makes fine sense," Antenora looks back, "So now what? Is this it, or are there more places here to find?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "Okay, back in a sec," Marie bobs in the air before going down the middle passage.
06[22:25] * Seira spends the time she waits by examining the passages. Are they all entirely the same, or does one stand out from the rest in some way?
[22:26] <Kotono> The passage goes down a few hundred feet. It opens out into a deep, deep pool of magma! As Maire basks in this, 'Wake...me...' A deep voice sound sin her head. 'Wake me...from my dreams...'
[22:27] <Alicia> 'Uh... who are you and why can't you wake yourself up?' Marie asks in the usual telepathic manner.
[22:28] <Kotono> Marie has an image in her mind - an eye opening, a large, slitted eye of red and green. 'Wake me...' THe eye slowly closes, 'Wake me...'
[22:29] <Alicia> Marie descends a bit closer, getting within forty feet of the magma and checking for any signs of evil.
[22:30] <Kotono> No evil. The image of the eye closes in her mind, then vanishes from her mental vision.
[22:31] <Alicia> Best to discuss this with Seira and Antenora, since they'll know better what to do, so Marie flies back up. "There's a big magma chamber down there and I got a telepathic message from something wanting me to wake it," she reports breathlessly. Despite currently lacking lungs.
[22:32] <Kotono> "Oh ho. Now it gets interesting, Mistress!" With a rising smile, "Something sealed away, like other problems we've faced? Except we're early this time!"
01[22:32] <Seira> "The carvings listed efreeti and a dragon, didn't they?" Seira asks. "And it's a fact most dragons like mountain caves with lava." She looks dejected at the news. "I don't suppose we can take a raincheck on the maidly bet? I really think the seriousness of the situation calls for this."
06[22:33] * Seira thinks to Amaryl while she waits for them to respond, 'Am I interrupting anything?'
[22:34] <Alicia> "I saw an eye in my mind. It was red and green but I couldn't see what it belonged to," Marie replies, trying to recall what colour and texture the eyelid had when it closed.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Certainly," Antenora says gamely, "Red and green, hm?"
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 are you a dragon?
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 are you a dragon? and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 Marie has knowledge
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 Marie has knowledge and gets 33." [1d20=19]
01[22:40] <Seira> "Maybe it's the child of the lonely green dragon and a proud red dragon?" Seira suggests uncertainly. "In any case, let's see if we can wake whatever it is. Antenora's right, and in case it's a foe, we might as well deal with it now. If it's not, we have to offer our help once someone asks for it."
[22:41] <Alicia> "I didn't sense any evil but I didn't get too close. But if someone bound it here and put up wards against celestials, that could mean it's a nice dragon," Marie guesses. "Or maybe it's a bad one who put up its own wards to keep celestials away while it was resting?"
[22:42] <Kotono> "Maybe." Antenora considers, "Marie, it contacted you below? That probably means it's below us somewhere and you got closer to it."
01[22:42] <Seira> "We really can't tell, so let's explore some more. You mentioned transportation, right? Should anything happen, teleport over to Alicia and fill her in. Amaryl has our teleportation ring, so between us all we shouldn't be in exceeding danger."
[22:43] <Alicia> "Sure," Marie bobs in the air, happy to follow Seira and Antenora's lead for now.
06[22:43] * Seira heads down the tunnel Marie explored earlier.
[22:45] <Kotono> Thus the three go deeper in! The heat becomes explosively hot here as you descend down! Seira can see a vast pool of magma below, waiting to invite them within.
01[22:46] <Seira> "Who are you?" Seira calls down, opting to use Draconic for this purpose. "How do we wake you up?"
[22:47] <Kotono> No reply.
[22:47] <Kotono> Antenora looks on, "Want to go deeper in, Marie? You're the best suited for this."
[22:48] <Alicia> "I heard about you swimming in molten platinum," Marie replies to Antenora, nonetheless descending towards the magma, staying alert for magic and evil.
[22:49] <Kotono> "I doubt my clothes would survive, and I can't breathe lava," Antenora sallies back as Marie dives in! She goes deep within, exploring the magma pool. After several rounds of submertion, she detects strong magic ahead.
01[22:50] <Seira> "I could dive down, but you would have to stay behind to keep my lovely clothing safe, Antenora" Seira admits. "Let's see if Marie gives me cause to do that?"
[22:51] <Kotono> "Have you ever swam in magma before," Antenora turns back.
01[22:51] <Seira> "No, but I've made plans in case I ever had cause to."
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 spellcraft
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[22:52] <Kotono> "Unless it's a certain type, it's a lot harder going than water. It's like swimming through semi-solid sludge." Antenora goes to just above it, kicking it with her big toe. "Rock isn't nearly as easy to move through as water, even if it's supermelted."
01[22:53] <Seira> "I'm not as strong as you, but I should manage," Seira muses thoughtfully.
[22:54] <Kotono> "I can't imagine how hard it would be to cast magic in it without support, either," Antenora says, "If you go in, make sure you have a surefire way to get out."
01[22:54] <Seira> "Dimension Door and Teleport. That's really it, barring Marie getting Elle and Alicia to get me out with a limited wish."
[22:56] <Kotono> "Be careful then." Antenora replies, "Especially if the lava starts to cool at all. Getting trapped in newly formed rock can even kill a devil."
[22:56] <Alicia> Marie descends further, into the magical field itself to try and figure out what's what since the specific magic remains opaque to her.
01[22:57] <Seira> "That, at least, won't be a problem for as long as I draw breath," Seira states confidently.
[22:58] <Kotono> Marie descends further down!
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 82." [1d100=82]
[22:58] <Kotono> Marie descends further down! She hits a solid barrier of something, bouncing back.
[22:59] <Alicia> Well, that's about all she can do, so Marie flies back. "There's fading abjuration magic down there, but I can't tell what it does. Also some invisible barrier blocked me a bit further on."
[23:00] <Kotono> "You don't happen to have a dispel magic on you," Antenora looks to Marie.
[23:00] <Alicia> "No, but Antenora does."
[23:01] <Kotono> "Well, can you make me breathe in that?" Antenora points.
01[23:02] <Seira> "A barrier makes our options clearer," Seira admits. "This is simply ill-suited for our present level of preparation. Let's restore the lever and ensure the safety of the island, and then plot our next move." At Antenora's words, she patiently says, "Well yes, as I've said before. But only one of us two could go there right now."
[23:04] <Kotono> "Fair enough then. Shall we," Antenora starts to fly up, "By oursleves or do you want to invovle the others?"
01[23:05] <Seira> "We'll certainly share what we've stumbled upon, but the three of us are best suited for this sort of exploration," Seira muses. "Alicia or Elle might scry on one of us to keep track of our progress, though."
[23:09] <Kotono> "Let's go then? WE'll fly down and catch up with them?" OOC: Going to shut the lever then fly out for them, basically?
01[23:10] <Seira> All of Seira's knowledge and experience is telling her to pull the lever all the way up and secure it. Once that's been taken care of, they can leave with their strange scrolls in tow.
[23:13] <Kotono> With that done, the three fly out! As they return, they can see two things. Most of the party is playing on the beach, though a few are a ways away, past some large rocks. Looks like Alicia and Jessica for sure, based on the wings.
01[23:14] <Seira> "Let's go and fill them in?" Seira offers, before pausing and glancing at Marie. "Amaryl was sleeping. Do you know if Alicia is, so we don't disturb her rest needlessly?"
[23:15] <Alicia> "Pretty sure she's awake," Marie nods, back in her fairy form.
01[23:16] <Seira> "Let's go tell her about the not-dragon thing?"
[20:44] <Kotono> ----
[20:44] <Kotono> Thus the three teleport, appearing at the bottom of the lava shaft! BEfore them is hot magma, hissing with steam!
01[20:48] <Seira> "I wonder if it'll add to our tan, or ruin it," Seira wonders, before gathering the clay she brought along. Water would evaporate, but she can produce enough of it as a component for the spell she wants to start the exploration with. "Antenora, can you lower the level all the way through again?" Seira requests. "I'll try to get at least the initial progress to go easier."
[20:48] <Kotono> Antenora goes and does just that, which goes without incident.
01[20:51] <Seira> The conditions don't quite fit the way this spell is normally used, Seira muses to herself, but the principle behind it is fairly simple. Even if the rocks within the magma aren't in their normal, solid state, the transmutation cast upon them should make their descent smoother.
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d8+7 Anty
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+7 Anty and gets 8." [1d8=1]
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d8+7 Marie
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+7 Marie and gets 11." [1d8=4]
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: 1d8+7? Then just use the +15 from Greater Heroism
[20:51] <Kotono> As they head down, "So we're going to just dive in and see if we can make it all the way down?" Antenora asks.
01[20:52] <Seira> "Yep! We'll try to get past any barriers in the way or dispel them, and see if we get close enough for you to sense whoever's sleeping down there. Simple, right?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "Works for me," the incorporeal ball of light known as Marie agrees as they descend.
[20:53] <Kotono> Thus the two reach the bottom! Antenora stops just before it, "Ready to cast?"
01[20:53] <Seira> "Go for it," Seira agrees.
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: Strike
01[20:59] <Seira> Summoning water to her as the final component, Seira lets it mix with the clay even as it evaporates furiously, willing for the magma to grant them access!
[21:00] <Kotono> The magma looses and turns redder! Soupy lava is now ahead! Antenora puts a finger in and whirls it, before kneeling down and diving in!
[21:00] <Alicia> Alert for magic and evil, Marie follows close with Antenora.
06[21:01] * Seira rolls her eyes at Antenora's antics, Seira brings up the rear!
01[21:01] <Seira> *and brings
[21:02] <Kotono> Thus the trio dive into red! Head and fluid rock surround you! Your lungs burn as youb reathe, somehow surviving breathing the stuff in and out! OOC: Make swim checks, Seira/Antenora.
01[21:02] <Seira> OOC: I'll take ten for 28
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Antenora'll take ten too.
[21:03] <Kotono> It's hard, long going! But with everything so fluid around you, the trio is able to swim down! Down and down you go, until you stop! You press against something in the redness, preventing you from going any further.
01[21:04] <Seira> 'This is where you shine,' Seira thinks to Antenora.
[21:05] <Kotono> Antenora concentrates her innate magic, willing the Weave to shatter!
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[21:05] <Kotono> But nothing happens! 'Trying again!' Antenora sends.
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
01[21:05] <Seira> 'We can spend as much as a minute here,' Seira agrees.
[21:05] <Kotono> This time...'It's gone,' Antenora sends, 'Let's keep going while we can.'
06[21:06] * Seira doesn't need to be told twice, taking the lead!
[21:06] <Alicia> Marie tries to proceed downwards at that affirmation.
[21:08] <Kotono> Thus the pair goes down a little further! As you do...your minds feel a presence! A red and green eye opens in your mind's vision, 'Come...closer...closer...the barriers are breaking! I can feel them!'
06[21:08] * Seira shivers, trying to think back, 'Who are you?'
[21:11] <Kotono> 'Hurry...' As you swim forward, you reach something. A cool layer of what looks to be...ice? You press your faces against chilly ice, lava all above you.
01[21:12] <Seira> 'Can you get through, Marie?' Seira thinks curiously.
[21:12] <Alicia> Marie tries!
[21:14] <Kotono> Marie passes through the icy barrier! She comes out at the top of a deep chamber. The icy roof above her is transparent from this side, boiling magma and the faces of SEira and Antenora seen pressed into the ice. Below are piles and piles and piles of treasure! Gold, gems, art, statues, metal...endless piles of it! Amid it, a great dragon lies! It's body is red, save for it's face and neck, which are splashed with a vivid green. It's eyes are
[21:14] <Kotono> It's body is red, save for it's face and neck, which are splashed with a vivid green. It's eyes are closed, face in deep, disturbed concentration.
01[21:16] <Seira> roll 1d20+28
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+28 and gets 48." [1d20=20]
[21:16] <Alicia> "Hello?" Marie tries calling out verbally now that she's through the ice.
[21:16] <Alicia> Also! Is the dragon evil?
01[21:17] <Seira> 'Did you make it?'
[21:17] <Kotono> No evil. The dragon does not move, but in Marie's mind, 'Hurry...break the magic! I can almost move!'
[21:18] <Alicia> 'Yes, there's a red dragon here with a green face, sleeping in a pile of treasure,' Marie reports. 'It wants me to break the magic, hold on while I try and figure it out... can you two dimension door through?'
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 spellcraft
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 spellcraft and gets 36." [1d20=7]
01[21:18] <Seira> 'I could, or I could burn through the ice. How thick is it?'
[21:19] <Alicia> 'Wouldn't that drown the dragon and its vast hoard of treasure underneath thousands of tons of magma?' Marie responds.
[21:19] <Alicia> 'Actually, the ice isn't melted by all that magma, so burning it probably won't work.'
01[21:20] <Seira> 'My breath might work, and you've got the wall of force, right? But I can use Dimension Door, I just need the thickness of the ice to target.'
[21:21] <Alicia> 'Walls don't work that way. It's less than a foot thick, anyway. I think one of you just needs to dispel the seal on the dragon and that's that.'
06[21:22] * Seira gropes for Antenora until she's certain she has a hold on her, before trying to shift the two of them into the chamber containing both treasure and dragon!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d10
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 and gets 1." [1d10=1]
[21:22] <Kotono> OOC: How many feat down?
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: One foot, since Marie said it's less than one all the way through, and we're pressed to it
[21:24] <Kotono> In the air next to Marie, Seira holds onto Antenora from the side! Antenora flaps her wings, straightening and banging her hea dinto the ice! "Ah!!" With a cry her head bounces back down, falling down a bit until she gets her bearings in the air.
06[21:25] * Seira winces for Antenora's sake, but observes the chamber and the dragon, looking for the curse placed upon it.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Hi!" Marie chirps. "So, one of you going to dispel the dragon so we can have a proper talk with him or her?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "Hmph." Antenora glares at the ice before looking down. "I can."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Wait a bit," Seira requests, still not ready.
[21:26] <Alicia> "It's not evil, if you're worried about that," Marie reports, floating down towards the wyrm, trying to guess its age based on size.
[21:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 arcana if needed
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 arcana if needed and gets 25." [1d20=7]
01[21:27] <Seira> "No, just trying to come up with the right counter-spell. I've got several, and would rather not break something just using a dispel."
[21:30] <Alicia> "You're the archmage," Marie bobs in the air in her incorporeal equivalent to a shrug, waiting.
[21:31] <Kotono> Antenora hovers, "Well, if you wan me to try and dispel it, say the word." She says. "A dragon's horde in front of us. My, you must be excited, Seira."
06[21:31] * Seira decides to go with the flashy, tried and true Break Enchantment. "I'm actually really excited to be doing this," Seira admits. "I suppose I was looking for it to be more than just the casual Dispel Magic."
06[21:31] * Seira shrugs. "Would you believe me saying that the magical part and the meeting a unique, old dragon part trump that?"
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Make your roll for break enchantment?
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: Just one? Okay
[21:32] <Kotono> "I can just see Saul now," Antenora cracks into a grin, "Seira, you're no daughter of mine! Waukeen is dissapointed!"
01[21:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
01[21:33] <Seira> "Tell that old fool I said it and I'll know it came from you two!" Seira threatens. "Waukeen actually understands, she loves the pursuit of knowledge and increasing our understanding."
[21:34] <Alicia> "Fools rarely prosper," Marie opines sagely.
[21:34] <Kotono> The dragon's body reacts! It's wings spread out, it's neck raising! It bellows a roar that fills the cavern with a din that shakes the rock! "Freedom! Freedom!" The dragon turns around, stomping! "The seal is gone!"
01[21:35] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets the excited dragon. "I'm Seira, are these are Antenora and Marie! How are you? Who are you?"
[21:37] <Kotono> "I am Caesin." It speaks in Common, "I am freed. That is enough."
01[21:37] <Seira> "Fair enough," Seira agrees, wrapping her arms around herself. "We are pleased to meet you, Caesin."
[21:38] <Kotono> "Well met," Antenora says politely.
[21:38] <Alicia> "It's a pleasure!" Marie adds as she bobs in the air besides Seira.
[21:38] <Kotono> "It has been so long, frozen in the midsts of time. How has my island faired?"
01[21:39] <Seira> "It's very pretty. So it's yours? We've thought it abandoned, until Marie heard your voice in her mind."
[21:40] <Kotono> "It has been that long?" The dragon leans forward to inspect the three, "An angel, a courre eladrin and a half blood dragon? So did the Heavens win the war?"
01[21:42] <Seira> "Ah, so it's been two millennia for you," Seira voices, unable to contain her surprise. It quickly turns to excitement, however, as she responds, "Sort of. You mean the war against Daa-vid, don't you?"
[21:43] <Kotono> "Yes. I had heard of it from guests. Before I investigated, great magic overtook me. Since that time, I have been sealed here. Yet no one came for my defenseless horde?"
01[21:44] <Seira> "Remember how I said 'sort of'?" Seira asks. "The world was devastated, and the gods and their servants withdrew until just a handful of years. Rebuilding took a great while, and it's still an ongoing progress."
[21:46] <Alicia> "Powerful creatures like dragons were sealed up like you were," Marie adds. "The world was reduced to a shadow of its former self in many ways."
06[21:47] * Seira nods. "Did you know Ajan? Kangap? Goldan?" she lists the friendly and potentially-friendly draconic names.
[21:47] <Kotono> "In that case...hmph." The dragon's eyes peer into SEira, crackling with red fire. "Ajan the Traitor."
01[21:48] <Seira> "What's the story behind that?" Seira asks curiously.
[21:49] <Kotono> "In short, Ajan created a group of dragons beyond the world, a spiritual sect. He tossed them aside when it was convienent."
01[21:50] <Seira> "On the Astral Plane?" Seira clarifies, leaning in closer. "They were lead by an enormous red dragon that easily dwarfed a city, but I never got his name."
[21:52] <Kotono> "Ixen. Draconic for fire. You know of them?"
01[21:53] <Seira> "We're negotiating," Seira responds. "It's an ongoing, humbling process."
[21:54] <Kotono> The dragon rears back, wings spread. "Very well. Come to me, climb into my back. I wish to see the open sky and breathe the open air once more."
01[21:55] <Seira> "Want me to teleport us, then?" Seira kindly suggests, since her magic is telling her Caesin cannot use dimensional travel on his own at this time.
[21:56] <Kotono> "I can manage. Now that the seal is broken...my lair is not even protected, my abjurations long passed."
[21:57] <Alicia> "It's remote enough to avoid casual notice, at least, and none of the people with us would try to steal from you," Marie assures the wyrm.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Good. Come to me then." Caesin says.
01[21:57] <Seira> "As long as the lava doesn't eat through the ice, your belongings should be safe," Seira agrees, flying over to land on the dragon's back.
[21:58] <Kotono> Thus the three women perch on the dragon's back! It utters a word of magic...
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[21:58] <Kotono> The warm air blows against your naked skin. You fly on the dragon's back, above the island! Caesin picks up speed, soaring over above, "Air! Fresh air!"
[21:59] <Alicia> "Wheeee!" Marie cries out gleefully, this being her first dragon-ride.
[22:00] <Kotono> Antenora's hair blows behind her, "Congratulations on your freedom. Freedom can never be underestimated."
01[22:01] <Seira> It's certainly a guilty pleasure to be enjoying flying on the back of a dragon once more, and Seira does so quietly.
[22:02] <Kotono> Thus you fly over the island! "So no guests remained? How are the caves and facilities? Are they intact?" Caesin asks.
01[22:02] <Seira> "Facilities?" Seira asks back. "We just found the mechanism to control the magma flow."
[22:04] <Kotono> "You didn't find the mansions? The warming springs? The pleasure dome?" With a craning look back, "Truly?"
[22:05] <Alicia> "We must have missed them - there's a lot of the island and volcano we haven't seen," Marie replies, crawling up Antenora's back. "Pleasure dome, by the way?"
01[22:06] <Seira> "We're just here for a nice vacation," Seira admits. "Not really to explore."
[22:06] <Kotono> "That is the purpose of my island. Rather than deal with the endless battles of dragon kind, let others be entertained. For happiness, creatures far and wide will pay huge piles of gold and treasure."
01[22:07] <Seira> "It's a great purpose!" Seira says in admiration.
[22:07] <Alicia> "That's really clever!" Marie laughs. "I don't know if the markets the same in the world today, but it'd be great if you could keep it up."
01[22:08] <Seira> "We could send plenty of customers your way," Seira agrees.
[22:09] <Kotono> "It took a century to build it up properly." Caesin starts to descend slightly, casting his shadow over the island. "I will need to see how they are myself...further, I am in your debts for freeing me. Name your reward. My horde has treasures from across Creation."
[22:10] <Kotono> After am oment, "There is a custom many creatures follow. It is called clothing. Has it fallen out of fashion in this time?"
01[22:11] <Seira> "Antenora and I didn't want to lose it to all the lava," Seira responds, smiling mischievously. "Marie just loves flashing people."
[22:12] <Alicia> "Yeah, you know how eladrin can change their forms?" Marie asks as she hangs onto Antenora's shoulder, "Recently something changed so now everything we carry just drops off onto the floor when we do. It's really annoying!"
[22:12] <Kotono> "That's true. Why, Marie let me look at her all the time like that! You might think she likes that!" Antenora grins.
[22:12] <Kotono> "...I see." Caesin flies towards the center of the island.
01[22:15] <Seira> "We could have gotten closed once we were close enough to teleport into your sanctum, but freeing you took priority," Seira elaborates, before calling upon her most powerful magic to cloth the three of them in replicas of the clothing they brought to the island.
[22:17] <Kotono> Thus you are garbed as you head to the center of the island. Caesin flies to the volcano, descending into the crater. From far above you can see it's deep, the inside with walkways lined with old velvet ropes. Doors are carved in all about, often fine bits of artistry. Hovering in the upper center, "Fly off to the nearest walkway."
[22:18] <Alicia> Marie detaches from Antenora and flies to the closest walkway as requested. "Seems well preserved."
[22:19] <Kotono> Antenora follows. Caesin growls, "Magic to ward off the need for maintenence and repair lasts well and long. Protective magics are seldom so enduring."
06[22:21] * Seira follows suit, admiring the promises.
01[22:21] <Seira> *premises, what is WRONG with me
[22:22] <Kotono> Caesin begins to shrink! As he does he goes to the walkway! When it's over, only a man wearing a red jerkin and tights remains. His red hair is streaked with green. "This way." He goes for the nearest door.
[22:24] <Alicia> Marie flutters along right behind him, "It's funny how we came here for a relaxing vacation, and we find out that it's the home of a dragon who used to run a resort long ago. Shows we picked a good spot!"
[22:24] <Kotono> "How did you find this island?" Going past a door of carved efreet frolicing in steam, "If it's abadoned, and Is ee no ships...?"
01[22:24] <Seira> "Caesin, can we bring the others who came with us?" Seira asks. "They've never seen a dragon's recreational facilities, either!"
[22:25] <Alicia> "My mistress came here when she was randomly trying to teleport to a nice beach," Marie explains. "She didn't stay, but she remembered it and suggested it a few days ago when we had some time to spare on relaxation."
01[22:26] <Seira> "It makes sense, looking back," Seira muses. "It really must be the nicest beach, since it was guided that way with magic."
[22:28] <Kotono> "How many others are there?" As you travel ahead, you come into a carved room. Here pillars show dryads at play,f raming around an empty, large tub of sorts. Ceramic tile lines the tub.
01[22:29] <Seira> "Just our friends. A pair of teleports should cover the group?"
[22:29] <Kotono> "Let me see what shape everything is in," Caesin says, "Where are yo ustaying on the island?"
01[22:30] <Seira> "We just picked a nice section of the beach, and the weather was nice enough we didn't need to call on magic for shelter. Certainly close enough for us to fly over to the volcano to inspect it."
[22:31] <Kotono> "I'll come to the beach then. Think well on a reward - I can offer you almost a nything from across all the Planes."
01[22:32] <Seira> 'We didn't do it for the reward, but Dad really will smite me with Waukeen's might if I refuse, and he'll be right this time, too,' Seira thinks to Antenora and Marie.
[22:33] <Alicia> 'He'll feel obligated to us if he doesn't square things with some form of compensation. It's quite alright to accept anything he offers,' Marie replies. 'We should probably discuss it with the others and pick something good for the whole group, though.'
[22:33] <Kotono> Antenora laughs ever so little, 'It's your choice - I have more than enough plunder from the Dark Six. No need to take more for a common good deed, as fara s I care.'
01[22:34] <Seira> 'Get something nice for Latha, then?' Seira suggests, even as she mentally nods at Marie's reasonable suggestion.
[22:35] <Kotono> "We'll think about it. Thank you for your generosity," Antenora says.
[22:41] <Kotono> Thus the three fly back! On the beaches you catch sight of Saul and Amaryl, finishing up lunch and chatting back and forth. Mos tothers are about here and there.
01[22:41] <Seira> Seira's first thought is to get her real clothes back, and get properly dressed, so that's what she does.
[22:42] <Kotono> As this is done and the three take care of this matter, "So...Mistress, when will you be calling in the rest of your bed?"
[22:42] <Kotono> *bet
01[22:43] <Seira> "Some time after Caesin shows us around?" Seira responds. "We might've had a reason for not being clothed, but dressing up as maids after that might just give him the wrong idea."
[22:44] <Kotono> "Indeed. Let's rest and wait?"
06[22:45] * Seira gives Antenora a wave, before trying to spot Elle around.
[22:45] <Kotono> Elle's off in the shade, having a chat with Alicia. They're eating an orange and by themselves.
06[22:46] * Seira decides to make her way over, after making sure her gown sits properly on her.
[22:46] <Kotono> OOC: #evil.
[22:49] <Kotono> Thus Alicia finds Jessica by herself, looking up at the sky. "Hey Sis." Shes ays lazily, "Did you see that dragon?"
[22:50] <Alicia> "His name is Caesin," Alicia informs her sister as she takes a seat. "Apparently he ran a pleasure resort here in ancient times... never pictured a dragon doing such a thing, but there you go. Marie says she knows a dragon who owns a bar in Dweomerheart, so I suppose it takes all types."
[22:58] <Kotono> "It's a good island for a pleasure resort." Jessica agrees as she soaks in ray after ray of sunshine. "I'm going to be in Dweomerheart a lot more once we're married. I can go back to Balmuria with a thought, but you and the others will need to fend for yourselves more at home."
[23:00] <Alicia> "We'll manage," Alicia reassures her sister, "You'll need to look at starting your own family, not worrying about us."
[23:00] <Kotono> "I know, I know. I taught Antenora a bit of cooking. She's a fast learner." Jessica looks up, "Shankar said that the temple would be happy to provide hot meals whenever you need them. In more flowery words about sustaining the saint."
[23:02] <Alicia> "Jessica," Alicia begins flatly. "I'm nearly thirty one years old. I'm perfectly capable of looking after the house."
[23:02] <Kotono> Jessica smiles a bit, "Alicia, I know, I know. But what about when you run all about the world and need a hot meal when you trudge home? You don't have to be a hero and a housewife at once."
[23:05] <Alicia> "Nor do I have to rely on others to cater to me," Alicia retorts. "Really, Jessica, I'm quite capable. I know you've taken on a lot of the housework, and I appreciate it, but I can pick up the slack when you're not around."
[23:07] <Kotono> With a calm smile, "I don't mean to say that you can't, but you deserve for people to help you. You do so much for other people. Why begrudge someone cooking you a warm dinner or doing your laundry?"
06[23:08] * Alicia laughs softly. "I can hire a maid if I really need to. Or just get Marie to do it - it's not like she sleeps."
[23:09] <Kotono> "Marie loves that outfit, too." Jessica falls into her own laughter. "I can't wait for my wedding...I'm getting weak in the stomach when I think about it."
[23:11] <Alicia> "Ah yes," Alicia nods, chuckling. "You know, you might even be onto something with that whole chastity thing you mentioned - it is a brand new body, after all, so I suppose you could still be pure in it."
[23:12] <Kotono> "...I never thought of that." Jessica eyes Alicia, "Why, was yours?"
[23:13] <Alicia> "Uh," Alicia glances downwards, "I never regrew my maidenhood if that's what you mean. But that's not important, just that your old body - the one that did all those things - was burnt to ash. And now you have a new body that's never yet... experienced, things. Even if your mind has, this body," she tugs on Jessica's wing, "Is brand new."
[23:16] <Kotono> "Thanks," Jessica ruefully smiles, "This time..." She closes her eyes, "I feel th esun on me and the lapping of the waves. I feel like it's special. Like a raindrop that we only see a moment as it falls past our eyes, before it breaks apart on the ground."
[23:18] <Alicia> "Every moment that passes is gone, never to be repeated... maybe. Some of the things I've seen I wouldn't even be sure of that," Alicia muses. "Ah, well," she pats Jessica's back, "Soon it'll be your special day, and you and Roald can spend the rest of your lives making each other happy."
[23:19] <Kotono> "Very long lives." Jessica smiles now, "Naeys said we have a long time to look forward to."
[23:20] <Alicia> "As long as you need," Alicia affirms, nodding.
[23:20] <Kotono> "Still..." Jessica yawns, "I've been meaning to ask you. What's entropy? Naeys mentioned it."
[23:22] <Alicia> "Death. Decay. Oblivion," Alicia recites. "You set fire to a tree, it turns to charcoal, then to ash, then to dust. It's when things break down. What did Naeys say about it?"
[23:24] <Kotono> "I asked him what a servant of Mystra opposes. He spoke of Shar and entropy together." With a longways look to her, "That manner of thing."
[23:26] <Alicia> "Shar is the Goddess of entropy, yes," Alicia nods. "Her ultimate goal is to break everything down until there's nothing left. Just an empty, meaningless, void. What should happen, though, is that when that tree burns down its charcoal provides fertiliser for new growth, so that even as one thing breaks down, it feeds the growth of another. Shar naturally eschews that balance."
[23:27] <Kotono> "Hmmm. Naeys said that entropy was one of the greatest dangers of Creation." Yawning again as she stares up, "Shar's that bad, I remember the stories about Kesse."
[23:30] <Alicia> "Entropy is everywhere, that's why Shar is such a threat," Alicia nods. "She doesn't just watch over things running down, she actively encourages it, she works to cause hoplessness and despair in people so they stop working to make things better."
[23:30] <Kotono> "But it's okay. Entropy will lose to life and energy, won't it?" Jessica smiles to Alicia, "Shar will lose to Mystra and Selune?"
[23:32] <Alicia> "There's more forces arrayed towards creation than against it," Alicia nods. "Shar's lonely struggle is futile, in the end."
[23:33] <Kotono> "Good." Yawning a third time and curling back, "Say Sis..." Looking to Alicia, "When we were children, did we share a bed?"
[23:34] <Alicia> "No," Alicia shakes her head. "The house was big enough for us to have our own rooms. Which we jealously guarded from each other," she laughs, recalling their more innocent childhood bickering.
[23:35] <Kotono> "Mmm...Stories have children sharing beds, laughing and playing and falling asleep together. A pity we missed that."
[23:37] <Alicia> "We played, we laughed, we even fell asleep together at times," Alicia reassures. "But our rooms were our kingdoms... not that we were able to do much to keep each other out, but we'd fight about it. Really, it wasn't a bad childhood."
[23:40] <Kotono> Giggling, "Our forts? Our piillow forts and castles?"
[23:42] <Alicia> "Charles once made a fort like that and insisted no girls were allowed. He sounded so smug and sure, denying us the wonders of his little castle. So we made our own girls fort and within ten minutes he was begging to come and play with us," Alicia giggles at one particularly fond memory of sibling cooperation from their younger days.
[23:42] <Kotono> "Hahahahaa..." Jessica breaks into giggles again, "Did you smite him for being a jerk?"
[23:43] <Alicia> "No, I let him in. I was normally the peacekeeper - being a middle child is hard," Alicia sighs wistfully. "If you have more than two children, spoil the middle one for me, will you?"
[23:44] <Kotono> "Aaaaw!" Jessica starts to giggle, "You didn't give him a pillow smite! You let me down, sis!" Playfully making as if to hit her with an invisible pillow. "I will. Children..." Looking down, "I can't wait."
[23:44] <Alicia> "You'll be a fantastic mother, I'm sure of it," Alicia encourages warmly.
[23:46] <Kotono> "I hope so...I hope...I hope Antenora, Marie, latha...even you...have cihldren around the same time. Children need family and cousins to grow up with."
[23:47] <Alicia> "Who knows what those three will be doing," Alicia just shakes her head at that.
[23:47] <Kotono> "I know. That entire thing..." Throwing up her hands, "I wonder if Antneora went a bit around the bend there. She was a step away from doing something lewd with Marie in front of us. Outsiders...I'm one and all of you still make no sense."
[23:49] <Alicia> "I know, the whole thing was terribly perverse," Alicia agrees. "I just hope they don't end up having a horrible falling out when the threesome ends. What's wrong with just being friends?"
[23:50] <Kotono> "I have no idea." Jessica looks right to Alicia. "I'd say Antenora might just be repressed, but Latha was the one who started it and Marie...well, I had thought she was interested in Antenora. Still."
[23:52] <Alicia> "You were the one who was talking about getting her to date more, weren't you?" Alicia asks dryly. "At least I can count on Marie and Latha to do their best not to hurt her, but... I don't know. All three of them together?"
[23:54] <Kotono> "To be honest, I wonder if they're all just looking for lovemaking." Jessica chuckles.
[23:55] <Alicia> "Well, I'm not one to pass judgement on that," Alicia shrugs. "Still, they should remember that they have to see each other every day, unless this ends up breaking the group apart... I really hope they don't let that happen."
[23:56] <Kotono> "I hope not." Jessica says, "Keep up with it and make sure that doesn't happen?"
[23:57] <Kotono> After amoment, Jessica facepalms hard.
06[23:57] * Alicia makes a face, but then gives Jessica a funny look before replying. "What?"
[23:59] <Kotono> "I just had the thought of Antenora's voice, 'Oh Marie...make me dirty with your chaos!'" With a sigh, "I can completely see that happening, too. It's like she's an elf defying everyone by dating a goblin. In her eyes, anyway."
Session Time: Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Alicia> "Urgh..." Alicia groans at that image. "Anyway, I don't want to impose on them. Marie's my familiar, and you know Antenora would do whatever I told her to. I'd rather let them work this out for themselves."
[00:02] <Kotono> "Yes. If you need to spend the night out of the house, you can sleep at our new place in Dweomerheart...oh, you haven't been over yet, hae you?" Snapping her fingers, "Drop by when you have a bit."
[00:02] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia smiles, heartened by the offer. "I will. I'll come by and look you up once I've finished up my own business there."
[00:03] <Kotono> "Good!" Another pause, "Sis? IS there anything else you want from this vacation?"
06[00:05] * Alicia shakes her head, turning her gaze to stare out over the surf. "I really just wanted to get away from things for a few days. Relax and forget about liches and fiends and bloodshed. It's been good for that."
[00:08] <Kotono> "Mmm-hmm..." Putting that aside, "You know...I love you, my dear sister." With a gentle, warm smile at Alicia. "I worry every time ou throw yourself into the crucible of battle."
[00:12] <Alicia> "I don't want to worry you," Alicia turns back to Jessica, "But it's not really the safest life, and you'd probably get offended by any reassurances I might give..."
[00:12] <Kotono> "I know. I wanted to tell you. Just in case."
[00:14] <Alicia> "I never doubt it," Alicia scoots closer and puts an arm around her sister. "But since we're sharing, I love you. You're my sister, Jessica Reynes, and I love you and want you to find happiness whatever you do," she affirms, planting an affectionate kiss on the side of Jessica's head.
[00:15] <Kotono> Jessica returns it, ruffling Alicia's hair with a hand. "I like to think that if there's a soul of any part of me that is still Beth, she's happy now too."
[00:18] <Alicia> "I hope so..." Alicia nods slowly. "She had a very sad life, thinking on it... at least what I know. There were many years we were seperated, and she didn't talk much about them. Or at all. I'd have probably just been cruel and judgemental, anyway..."
[00:19] <Kotono> "I think she was like the Antenora I remember at the very beginning and that I see every once in a moon now. Angry at herself and unable to control it. Guilt and unhappiness..."
[00:24] <Alicia> "I sometimes wonder where it all went wrong, if I could have done something different when we were children... but I don't know. I was a child, the little sister, what could I have done?" Alicia sighs and shakes her head. "We'll never know. But you are right about carrying Beth's soul, so whatever happiness you feel, she can have as well," she concludes, turning to smile at Jessica.
[00:26] <Kotono> "Likewise." Jessica returns that smile. Then, she giggles, "I wondered one time if she likes Roald much. Gods, wouldn't that be terrible if she didn't?"
06[00:28] * Alicia looks indecisive for a moment, wondering if she should be sharing this, but then she decides there's no harm in it. "She liked the bad boys when she was younger. She'd probably complain about Roald being boring, but I think he's exactly what she'd need."
[00:28] <Kotono> "Aha! I thought that was it!" Jessica snaps her fingers, "Someone to calm her down and bring her into line. Someone to make her feel like a woman."
[00:30] <Alicia> "Someone she can count on," Alicia concludes. "Those bad boys are never around when you really need them, and they just dump all their problems on you."
[00:32] <Kotono> As you talk, you can hear Amaryl shouting. Something about Elle, seduction and cuddling. It sounds very angry.
[00:32] <Kotono> "I know. Roald's so responsible." Jessica sighs. "it's nice."
[00:32] <Kotono> *It's.
06[00:32] * Alicia winces and quickly takes Jessica's hand before standing up to lead her away down the beach. "We don't want to get in the way of those two," she whispers.
[00:33] <Kotono> "Oh." Mouthing that as she hurries away, "Let's. I suddenly wonder if you can magic up some wine."
[00:33] <Alicia> "I could, but not right now since I used a wish on curing Elle's hangover. At this rate I'll be some alcoholic fairy godmother," Alicia mutters as they rapidly make tracks to get out of earshot of the burgeoning lovers' tiff.
[00:34] <Kotono> As the two hurry away, "In this case I think Mystra will approve. Oh Mystra..." Jessica prays, "Help Amaryl and Seira work out their problems..."
[00:34] <Kotono> roll 1d1000 since why the fuck not for once?
06[00:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d1000 since why the fuck not for once? and gets 685." [1d1000=685]
[00:34] <Alicia> "Better off sending that prayer to Sune, sister," Alicia suggests.
[00:35] <Kotono> "Shit!" Jessica whirls back around, "Where's Hugo!? We can't let him hear this entire spat!"
06[00:35] * Alicia looks for Hugo, although hopefully Dawnhope will have had the sense to do the same as they're doing right now.
[00:35] <Kotono> You can see Dawnhope leading Hugo away, towards the forest, while sending quick, panicked glances back at the shoreline.
[00:36] <Alicia> "There," Alicia points. "Lets go join them, the more the merrier I think," she adds, starting to jog after the duo to help distract Hugo.
[00:37] <Kotono> Thus the four meet int eh forest. Dawnhope is sitting atop Hugo's head, while, "Why are they fighting?" Hugo asks.
[00:37] <Kotono> "They're talkinga bout adult things. Adults argue sometimes," Dawnhope says quickly, "Hugo, let's play a game!"
06[00:39] * Alicia sits down next to Hugo and embraces him in a motherly hug. "Amaryl's sad because she's worried Seira doesn't love her," she explains, knowing he'll be curious.
[00:40] <Kotono> "Like a yugoloth?" Hugo smiles to Alicia. "Like the Red Prison? No one loves in the Red Prison."
[00:40] <Alicia> "Have you been to the Red Prison?" Alicia asks, wondering how Hugo knows this and seeing it as a nice segue into another subject.
[00:41] <Kotono> Hugo smiles, "It's in here," Tapping his head, "My new friend tells me it."
[00:42] <Alicia> "Who's your new friend?" Alicia asks pleasantly, worry starting to crawl up her spine. If some fiend's been trying to manipulate Hugo it is in for an utter world of pain.
[00:43] <Kotono> "He says he's me." With a content smile, "I know he's trying to do bad things to me. I know he's sad, angry and afraid." Hugo takes Dawnhope into his hands, patting her head. "He woke up recently...he says complicated things, so I have to try hard to understand what he's saying."
[00:44] <Alicia> "Is he inside the Red Prison? Inside of you, Hugo?" Alicia asks, wondering if this is instead a symptom of his dual heritage manifesting.
[00:46] <Kotono> "He's in here," Hugo touches his head again. "I know he's a liar. My first thought was that he lied in every word." Smiling happily as he plays with Dawnhope, "Liars burn in Hell. Liars burn in Gehenna. I can send them there." He continues to play with Dawnhope, mussing her hair up.
[00:47] <Kotono> "You aren't a liar, are you, Dawnhope," Smiling now as he holds her, "Lies are very bad things."
[00:48] <Alicia> Marie lies all the time, but this isn't the time to broadcast that. "Has he ever spoke to you before? When you were with the gnomes?" Alicia asks, delicately broaching the subject of his confinement.
[00:48] <Kotono> "Uh..." Dawnhope is eloquent, tripping over her tongue. "Um...Let's play something else, Hugo! How about Hide and Seek?"
[00:48] <Kotono> Letting Dawnhope go, as the eladrin flies away to behind Alicia's head, "No, just recently."
[00:49] <Alicia> "What sort of lies does he tell?"
[00:50] <Kotono> "How much fun it would be to pop Dawnhope between my hands, then lie and say that I haven' seen her." With a sunny look at Alicia, "He says that lying is everything and everyone lies."
[00:54] <Alicia> Alicia's expression becomes grave. "It wouldn't be fun, though, would it?" she asks. "Dawnhope would cry and hurt, and then you'd never be able to play with her again. He's telling you a very mean lie by saying that it would be fun."
[00:55] <Kotono> "I know. He's a liar. Not everyone lies." With a big smile, "I don't!"
[00:57] <Alicia> "That's right," Alicia kisses Hugo's forehead, "You're an honest and kind boy. But you know, Hugo, if he tells you those sorts of mean lies, is he really any sort of friend?"
[00:57] <Kotono> "HE's a liar." Smiling back at Alicia, "He's a very mean liar. But that's why I'm his friend. HE doesn't have anyone else to talk to."
[01:01] <Alicia> "That's how kind you are," Alicia smiles, lowering her voice and leaning close as if to confide a secret, "You know, Antenora used to be very mean as well. Maybe if you're his friend, he might realise he doesn't have to lie to you and say such horrible things. I know you're a good boy, Hugo, and if your friend is inside of you, I think he could learn a lot from you."
[01:02] <Kotono> "I know." HUgo looks in Alicia's eye, "He hates you, Jessica, everyone...and especially Antenora." His eyes burn red, furious. "He wants to poison her and watch her die."
[01:04] <Alicia> "But he can't, can he?" Alicia asks, meeting Hugo's gaze, "All he can do is tell you lies... it must be very sad. So angry and isolated. I don't think he even realises how lucky he is to have you and not someone who'd silence him forever."
[01:05] <Kotono> "I know. He's very angry." His eyes change away from that hellish fire, "Can I go play hide and seek with Dawnhope now?"
06[01:07] * Alicia nods. "If Dawnhope wants to play," she allows. "If he ever upsets you too much, Hugo, I want you to tell me, okay? I can make him go away, if he becomes too bad."
[01:08] <Kotono> "Okay!" As Dawnhope gives hugo a wary eye, she nods! Hugo runs off, Dawnhope following. Once they're gone, "...Mystra..." Jessica says in a quivering voice.
[01:09] <Alicia> "This bears watching," Alicia murmurs, standing up. "I'm half tempted to just root it out and destroy it right now. But I have to trust Hugo - it's a part of his mind, his soul. I believe he's strong enough to overcome his demons, more literal as they may be."
[01:10] <Kotono> "What's his other half? Do you know the parent?" Jessica watches him go, "Any idea what sort of fiend we're dealing with?"
06[01:11] * Alicia shakes her head. "Yugoloth, but specifically I'm not... hmmm, actually, hold on a second," Alicia pauses, fidgetting to retrieve her portable hole and take out the gnome study crystal. "Maybe there's records in here," she wonders, focusing on the gem and requesting all information on Hugo.
[01:13] <Kotono> OOC: Make an K:P check with teh bonus it provides?
[01:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
06[01:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[01:13] <Kotono> To this, Alicia sees a beautiful angel of glorious light...and yugoloth. Alicia knows this sort of fiend, able to read the gnomish beneath - an ultroloth.
[01:14] <Alicia> What type of angel?
[01:14] <Kotono> Looks like a planetar.
06[01:17] * Alicia whistles. "A planetar and an ultroloth... I wonder if the one I fought there was actually his father?" she considers. "There's a lot of power in his blood, but I'd bet on a planetar over an ultroloth any day of the week if that means anything," she smiles while putting the gem away. "We have to trust him. He's a sweet child."
[01:18] <Kotono> "Hmm...so innocent. His proper side of his heritage must have won out," Jessica smiles as well. "I pray so."
[01:20] <Alicia> "The gnomes tried their best to unlock any evil inside him and failed, but they also wrote him off as simple when that's clearly not the case," Alicia starts ambling down the treeline, still away from Seira and Amaryl. "And we're doing our best to give him a loving home. I'm confident he'll be okay."
[01:21] <Alicia> "I do feel sorry for Dawnhope, though," she adds with a wince, "She didn't need to hear that."
[18:56] <Kotono> * Alicia shakes her head. "Yugoloth, but specifically I'm not... hmmm, actually, hold on a second," Alicia pauses, fidgetting to retrieve her portable hole and take out the gnome study crystal. "Maybe there's records in here," she wonders, focusing on the gem and requesting all information on Hugo.
[18:56] <Kotono> > OOC: Make an K:P check with teh bonus it provides?
[18:56] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+29
[18:56] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 and gets 39." [1d20=10]
[18:56] <Kotono> > To this, Alicia sees a beautiful angel of glorious light...and yugoloth. Alicia knows this sort of fiend, able to read the gnomish beneath - an ultroloth.
[18:56] <Kotono> <Alicia> What type of angel?
[18:56] <Kotono> > Looks like a planetar.
[18:56] <Kotono> * Alicia whistles. "A planetar and an ultroloth... I wonder if the one I fought there was actually his father?" she considers. "There's a lot of power in his blood, but I'd bet on a planetar over an ultroloth any day of the week if that means anything," she smiles while putting the gem away. "We have to trust him. He's a sweet child."
[18:56] <Kotono> > "Hmm...so innocent. His proper side of his heritage must have won out," Jessica smiles as well. "I pray so."
[18:56] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The gnomes tried their best to unlock any evil inside him and failed, but they also wrote him off as simple when that's clearly not the case," Alicia starts ambling down the treeline, still away from Seira and Amaryl. "And we're doing our best to give him a loving home. I'm confident he'll be okay."
[18:56] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I do feel sorry for Dawnhope, though," she adds with a wince, "She didn't need to hear that."
03[18:56] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[18:56] <Kotono> "Certainly not," Jessica goes to sit down against the trees, "At least we aren't hearing screams or explosions."
[18:58] <Alicia> "From Dawnhope and Hugo or from Seira and Amaryl?" Alicia asks dryly.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Either." Glancing back towards the beach, "I remember Elle saying something about Seira passing at her." STopping to rub her forehead. "I hope they work it out. Drunkard mistakes are terrible."
[19:01] <Alicia> "I think everyone's just gotten a little bit crazy," Alicia concludes. "The business with the Dark Six and Neverborn was hard on all of us."
[19:02] <Kotono> "Mmm." As you lie there, resting, "Ho!" A voice calls from ahead, a man's voice.
[19:03] <Alicia> Well, there's lots of men on the island right now. More than they started with! Thanks to Marie and Latha. Alicia turns to see who's calling, since it's not a greeting she'd expect from any of them, to be honest.
[19:05] <Kotono> Going through the forest is a vision of red. Red hair, red tunic, red tights. He blazes out, yet his eyes are a vibrant green-red. He looks quite human on a glance. "Are you friends of Seira, Antenora and Marie?"
[19:06] <Kotono> "We are. The lovely friends of Seira, Antenora and Marie. I'm squire J and that's squire A." Jessica stays sitting.
[19:07] <Alicia> "I'm Alicia Reynes and this is my sister, Jessica," Alicia elaborates, giving Jessica a funny look and shaking her head. "Are you Caesin?"
[19:07] <Kotono> "We are going crazy..." Jessica mutters back.
[19:08] <Kotono> "Ah, charming. I am Caesin." He comes forward, switching to Celestial. "I come bearing good will and gifts."
[19:11] <Alicia> "That's gracious of you," Alicia smiles. "Most of the creatures that were sealed away at the end of the great war have tended towards being hostile, so it's a refreshing change, even."
[19:12] <Kotono> "This great war, tell me more of it? I only heard remote fragments before time paused." He offers a hand out to the two, "A gnome rose up against the Heavens?"
06[19:14] * Alicia accepts the hand and shakes it with a firm grip. "We weren't around ourselves, so our story will be scant on details, but we'll tell you what we can. Lets walk and talk?" she suggests, intending to head down the beach away from Seira and Amaryl while gathering up the rest of the group.
[19:14] <Alicia> "It began with a gnome called Daa-vid, who acquired something called the Fairest Star. It was, in essence, the seed from which an entire material plane would be born. He suborned it for his own use, and gained godlike power in the process."
[19:14] <Kotono> "Oh, that's what it is?" Jessica glances sidelong at Alicia, "I never heard that part."
[19:15] <Kotono> "A grave matter of affairs," Caesin speaks gravely.
[19:17] <Alicia> "The Magus of Time told us that part," Alicia nods to Jessica. "We pick up little pieces here and there of the whole story and have to try and fit them together."
[19:17] <Alicia> "Anyway, Daa-vid consolidated all of the gnomes under his power, mostly using mind control - he was *very* good at that. And then they started making war on the rest of the world. The forces of Hell were bound into service of the gnomes, and apparently everyone else - from Ilmater to Cyric, arrayed themselves against the gnomes, such were their power."
[19:19] <Kotono> "The rest is a sad tale, which I've heard," Jessica tsks, as you walk out. Ahead of you, you see Amaryl and Antenora hurrying away to a grove a little ways away, holding hands and staying very close together. "The Gods were rebuffed, until a mortal carrying a sword of death was able to wound and seal away the God-King?"
[19:19] <Kotono> *Seira
[19:22] <Kotono> "From then, the world was left in ruin?" Caesin asks, "A tale of woe."
06[19:22] * Alicia nods. "The battles were terrible, and changed much of creation. Vast parts of the world were turned into desolated wastelands, empires fell into ruin such that I don't think you'd recognise any kingdom today from what you knew before, and the Gods themselves shifted and changed."
[19:22] <Alicia> "Torm's greatest champion, Zariel, was dominated by Daa-vid into striking the Fury, and for this was cast down into the Hells, where she rose to become ruler of Avernus. And in turn was deposed by Bel, who now rules there. Torm went from a steadfast champion of justice, to a ravening berserker lashing out in fury with no discrimination. But in the end, Daa-vid was defeated as Jessica tells it."
[19:25] <Kotono> As you walk o ut, "Look," Jessica whispers to Alicia, nudging her ribs as she glances as the two heading away. "Call them?"
[19:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+14 sense motive, do Seira and Amaryl look like they'd appreciate being called on?
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+14 sense motive, do Seira and Amaryl look like they'd appreciate being called on? and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[19:27] <Kotono> "I will have to study this then, to gauge clients." Looking about the beach, "How many more of you are there?"
06[19:28] * Alicia gives Jessica a 'are you mad?' look and shakes her head. "They're busy," she states flatly. "Oh, look, I think Elle's over there with Saul!" she points down the beach, picking up their pace. "On the island here? Thirteen."
[19:31] <Kotono> Thus everyone but Seira and Amaryl are gathered. "Sorry," Elle makes a little curtesy to Caesin, "I think those two will be a bit indisposed for awhile."
[19:32] <Kotono> Antenora lies back in the sun, her skin a warm bronze shade of tanned. "Caesin insisted on giving us a gift for freeing him."
[19:33] <Kotono> "Wealth is a minimal concern if you care for it, as is magical lucre." Caesin stands amid all of you, "I can offer you almost anything from across the Planes. Speak your heart's desire if you have one and I can grant it from my horde."
06[19:35] * Alicia considers that, glancing around everyone else. "Isn't it always the way, when someone says 'have whatever you like' your mind just goes blank?" she asks while wracking her brain for something they can all enjoy.
[19:35] <Kotono> "I know!" Elle throws her hands up, "When I offer material gatherers that, they say the same thing."
[19:36] <Alicia> "Oh, I know!" Alicia brightens. "Commander Obureth talked about rebuilding the garrison, do you have anything that can be used to aid construction and development on a large scale?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "Done." With a snap of his fingers, a beautiful lyre appears before you. It is made of gold and polished white stone, a carved earth elemental on the side of the harp.
[19:40] <Kotono> "Ah." Saul goes to look over the lyre, "A fine piece. This will aid labors?"
[19:40] <Alicia> "Does it play rousing music to inspire workers to act with the strength of ten men?" Alicia asks curiously.
[19:40] <Kotono> "It would be useful in Malmuth now." Latha speaks, "For they need it far more than us."
[19:41] <Kotono> Caesin goes to it, "Observe." Thus he kneels before the harp, running his fingers amid it to weave beautiful music!
[19:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
06[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 31." [1d20=10]
[19:43] <Kotono> As you watch, the music plays! It is a tune of sublime, earthen beauty! As the time passes the sands of the beach rise up, forming into hot glass that cools as water flies to it! During this time Seira and Amaryl come back to the group, watching and holding hands. After about a half hour, a small manshion of colored glass sits on the beach.
[19:43] <Alicia> "Oh, this is perfect!" Alicia claps her hands. "In fact, I can take it to Malmuth now and let them use it until we need it."
[19:44] <Kotono> "Be warned, it can only be used once a day." Standing up now, "It also requires considerable skill with music to properly use. Come then, let's go inside."
[19:44] <Alicia> "Ah," Alicia nods. "Well, tomorrow then. Thank you, in any case, it's a generous gift."
[19:44] <Kotono> "It's...say," Antenora grins, "Could that make a house out of gingerbread and candies if those were provided?"
01[19:45] <Seira> "How do you use it properly?" Seira asks curiously. "If you want to shape stone and not glass...." And she trails off as Antenora speaks, eyes widening.
[19:45] <Kotono> "Woow..." Donald stares at it as he walks ahead, "So we can't throw any stones in here?"
[19:47] <Kotono> "Musical training. The more obscure and fantastical the design, the harder it is to play." A door of purple and rose colored glass is opened, revealing a dining hall within. On tables of wooden colored glass sits several delicacies. "This mansion is yours to do with as you please."
01[19:47] <Seira> "It even makes food? Out of sand and water?"
[19:47] <Kotono> "That was my work to do so. That is not ordinary food." Caesin walks ahead, "Let us take each dish in turn."
06[19:48] * Alicia follows after the dragon, seeing no reason to distrust any of the fare he offers.
[19:48] <Kotono> Amaryl looks on from Seira, hugging to her. She hums a wedding march to herself, smiling.
01[19:49] <Seira> "Thanks!" Seira comments, and then catches up Caesin and whispers quietly to him, leaning over, "Do you think you have a small gem you could sell me on a really short notice? Something forest green?"
[19:49] <Kotono> The first plate has four fruits on it. Each one is about the size of a pear, lava-red. They burn and crackle with smokeless fire. "This is fire fruit from the garden of the Sultan of the Efreet. To those who can withstand it's intense heat, it is a delicacy. To those who cannot, it tastes evne sweeter, but to consume it risks burning alive."
[19:50] <Alicia> "Antenora, Seira, these have your names on them," Alicia chuckles, giving them a miss.
[19:50] <Kotono> "I can," he murmurs back.
[19:50] <Alicia> Marie settles on Jessica's shoulder and quietly mimics Amaryl's humming.
[19:50] <Kotono> "I've heard they're delicious." Antenora does step forward, "The Grand Sultan gifts them to elite baatezu who visit the City of Brass."
[19:51] <Kotono> Jessica looks to Marie, "Excited for the wedding," she whispers.
06[19:51] * Seira is indeed intrigued, but her Dad would scold her yet again if she just jumped on the first deal to come knocking. "Gold is not an issue," she whispers back.
[19:51] <Kotono> "I understand," he whispers back.
[19:51] <Alicia> Marie just cocks her head towards Amaryl. "Maybe I am, but I wonder what Amaryl's excuse is?" she whispers.
[19:51] <Kotono> "Well, I kick elite baatezu ass," Donald steps forward, "So that qualifies me to have one, right?"
01[19:52] <Seira> "Well, we do know fire resistance and healing spells," Seira mutters at this.
[19:52] <Kotono> Jessica looks to Amaryl and then Seira. "...Ah, Seira." With a warm, serene smile to her, "You and Amaryl look to be in a good mood."
[19:52] <Kotono> "May I?" Antenora asks, to which Casein nods.
06[19:53] * Seira decides to follow Antenora's example after all to delay the questioning at least long enough for Caesin to arrange the gem in question.
[19:54] <Kotono> Antenora takes one of the fruits, taking a small bite. Her eyes fly open! She holds the fruit back and stares at it, before going after it! In two bites the pear is gone, Antenora licking her fingers clean!
[19:54] <Alicia> "She never eats our cooking like that, does she?" Marie sniffs in Antenora's direction from Jessica's shoulder.
[19:55] <Kotono> Saul looks at them, "Eating fire? Seira's dream come true."
[19:55] <Kotono> Jessica sniffles and wipes at her eye.
[19:56] <Kotono> Thus Seira takes a bite! Her mouth explodes in heat! It's as if she's eating heat, the taste unbelievably good! She swallows it, tasting it as it passes deeper into her body! Her entire form quakes with the taste from the single bite! Meanwhile Antenora grabs another fruit, tearing into the third one.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Imvwedible," Antenora gets out between a huge mouthful of fruit.
06[19:57] * Seira closes her eyes, eating the pear-sized fire slowly and quietly.
[19:58] <Kotono> Donald goes for the forth, tossing it hadn to hand as it's flames burn at his hands, "Hot! Hot!" he says, trying to get it to his mouth!
[19:58] <Kotono> "Oh, that's probably not such a good idea..." Amaryl whispers.
[19:58] <Alicia> "I hope Elle prepared resist energy today," Alicia muses as she watches Donald.
06[19:58] * Seira takes a look around at Amaryl's words, and snatches the fiery treat from Donald's hands.
[19:59] <Kotono> Donald take sa moment, murmuring a few arcane words! As he does, Seira snatches the fruit! "HEY!" Donald whirls, "That's mine and it's the last one!"
[20:00] <Kotono> Antenora finishes her, going to the bowl and running her fingers on the bottom, gaterhing a bit of ashy juices and sucking them down.
01[20:00] <Seira> "You will thank me later," Seira states, placing it back on the plate. "If you can pick it up now and take a bite without wincing, go ahead and finish it."
[20:00] <Kotono> Donald does just that, grabbing it and taking a big bite!
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[20:01] <Kotono> roll 1d10 con damage ow
06[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d10 con damage ow and gets 6." [1d10=6]
06[20:01] * Seira works on consuming her own fruit, even as she prepares to cast her healing magics as need be.
[20:01] <Kotono> Donald swallows the bite down! For several moments his face turns redder and redder, sweat coming down. "It's g-g-g-goo..." With a great burp, Donald belches out fire! Fire leaks from his eyes, his nose snorting out liquid flame!
[20:02] <Kotono> "Kyah!" Amaryl skitters back, "Donald, you really ate it?!"
01[20:02] <Seira> Seira's hand flashes, neatly severing the part where Donald bit into the fruit, before finishing the rest of it for him, as he doesn't seem to be in mortal peril.
06[20:02] * Alicia sighs at the theatrics, even if they do look tasty from how eagerly Antenora's going at them.
[20:03] <Kotono> Caesin goes further down, bringing a glass of water and splashing it in Donald's face. It bursts into steam, as Donald gives a thumbs up. "Best...things...ever eaten..." He coughs after, hacking up burping balls of fire.
[20:04] <Kotono> Elle buries her hands in her face, "Oh my poor Donald." She stands close to him after muttering a few words of magic, drawing signs of fire repellation over her body.
06[20:04] * Seira looks vaguely disgusted, but fire given tasty form quickly restores her great mood.
[20:05] <Kotono> "That's...that's food." Antenora stares down at the bowl, "Alicia, we will have to get more the next time we go shopping. We will."
[20:06] <Alicia> "I suppose it's not like you'll eat much else," Alicia muses. "Really that good?"
01[20:06] <Seira> "Best fruit I've ever tasted," Seira voices. "And naturally so, without the good feeling eating in elysium would give you, too!"
[20:07] <Kotono> "Let's move along," Caesin helps Donald walk along. Ahead are rich red cucumbers and apples. "Here is a bounty from the gardens of dedacdent Sharess, bred for pleasurable taste for all eternity."
[20:07] <Kotono> "I've never eaten anything nearly as good," Antenora answers, "Alicia, you should cast magica nd try one next time, too."
06[20:08] * Alicia helps herself to an apple. "I'll do that if we can buy some more some time," she answers before biting down.
06[20:08] * Seira gets one as well, offering it to Amaryl.
[20:09] <Kotono> The taste is like rich, smooth silk. He envelopes her mouth, spreading like a warming caress. It travels down her throat like fingers teasing at her skin. A bite of sweetness follows, an aftertrail that makes it taste all the better. OOC: roll will, Alicia.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[20:10] <Alicia> Marie floats off of Jessica and enlarges to her elf form, picking up a cucumber and caressing it as she grins mischeviously in Antenora's direction. "Oh, Anty... wanna share?" she offers impishly.
[20:10] <Kotono> Amaryl takes an apple as well, biting from it. "It's...oh, it's sweet after!"
[20:10] <Alicia> "These are good," Alicia smiles warmly, continuing to munch on the apple.
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
06[20:10] * Seira bites into it, grinning at Amaryl.
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: Make will as well, Seira.
[20:11] <Kotono> Amaryl leans into Seira, "Oh..yes...that is very good," she says.
01[20:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 my food is making me roll saving throws
06[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 my food is making me roll saving throws and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[20:12] <Kotono> Antenora smirks at Marie, "In front of everyone? My, aren't you bold?"
[20:12] <Kotono> Elle giggles at that, but refrains from taking an apple or cucumber.
[20:12] <Alicia> Marie just smiles, taking a bite off the end with a loud crunch before she offers it to Antenora.
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Will, Marie.
[20:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:13] <Kotono> Antenora takes the cucumber, taking a bite off thes ame end as Marie!
01[20:13] <Seira> "You're right," Seira agrees quietly, bringing her arm around Amaryl's waist and pulling her slightly closer.
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:15] <Kotono> Antenora passes it back, "Oh my, this is...mmm." Antenora starts to giggle, "This food is far more fun than mundane food."
[20:15] <Kotono> Jessica stands next to Alicia, "Planar food is supposed to be exotic and special, yes."
01[20:15] <Seira> "It must be worth a small fortune," Seira says in admiration.
[20:16] <Alicia> Marie shivers a little, batting her eyelashes at Antenora. "It's what I miss most about Dweomerheart. This stuff is high cuisine even there, but even so, almost every food you can get back home is something special."
[20:17] <Alicia> Marie takes another bite and then offers the cucumber to Latha.
[20:17] <Kotono> Antenora smiles at Marie, "I feel good all over after that." Antenora takes an apple, taking a bite from it. She bats her eyelashes right back.
[20:17] <Kotono> Latha smiles slightly, "The food of Sharess, does it have side effects?" she asks Caesin, even as she indulges as well.
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[20:17] <Alicia> "Definitely picking up on the decadence," Alicia nods as she puts down her apple core now that she's finished, not willing to gorge herself here by partaking of more.
[20:18] <Kotono> "...my word." Latha eats the rest of the cucumber, "I see."
[20:19] <Kotono> "It makes you feel good, like after a massage or other pleasurable activity. It engenders desire, though it is not overwhelming, only condusive." Caesin says.
[20:19] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes here, but keeps her mouth shut.
06[20:20] * Seira decides to try eating a cucumber as well, considering Latha's reaction.
[20:20] <Alicia> "It is nice, isn't it?" Marie sweeps her beaming gaze between Latha and Antenora.
[20:21] <Kotono> The cucumber is very good as well, Seira finds.
06[20:22] * Seira shares half of it with Amaryl!
[20:22] <Kotono> Latha is turning fairly red, "If you excuse me," he says, turning aside and heading for outside.
[20:22] <Kotono> Amaryl nibbles at teh cucumber, blushing harder and harder.
[20:22] <Kotono> Caesin steps ahead, "Are you ready to continue on?"
01[20:22] <Seira> "Not overwhelming, right?" Seira inquires, just in case.
[20:23] <Alicia> "Please," Alicia is happy to move on, although Marie catches Antenora's eye and nods her head in Latha's direction as the deva flees.
[20:24] <Kotono> Ahead lies a plate of what looks to be mutton chops. "Meat from the wild horses of the Outlands. Eating it will give you the vigor of a wild animal, removing tiredness."
[20:25] <Kotono> "I am tired," Saul admits, going to feast on the meat.
[20:25] <Alicia> "I did just cast some draining magic recently," Alicia gives Elle a glance before she helps herself to a chop.
[20:25] <Kotono> Antenora turns away and follows Latha. "We'll be back," she calls to Alicia.
06[20:26] * Alicia doesn't question as Marie hurries along with Antenora.
[20:26] <Kotono> Eating the chop, Alicia feels energized! Her fatigue is gone, as if she slept well! OOC: You gain 5 temporary hit points. #evil, Marie?
[20:26] <Kotono> "It is quite good," Saul finishes his off, "I feel like I used magic to rest."
01[20:26] <Seira> "Want to try it as well?" Seira asks, glancing at the blushing elf by her side.
[20:27] <Kotono> Donald sweats, whimpering and taking a chop. He takes little bits, struggling to swallow, as Elle brings him water.
[20:27] <Kotono> "If you like," Amaryl smiles warmly.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Mmmm," Alicia smacks her lips. "I've never been that fond of horsemeat, but this is nice," she approves.
06[20:28] * Seira gets two at the affirmation, one for each of them.
[20:28] <Kotono> Jessica takes a chop, "It's a little too gamey for me, but I feel so much better. It feels like the last of that hangover's gone."
06[20:29] * Alicia uses a napkin to clean her fingers and dab at her lips. "You really do put on quite a spread, Caesin," she compliments the dragon. "Has all of this been preserved while you were asleep?"
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: Everyone who eats one gains 5 temp HP.
01[20:31] <Seira> "You did mention how this sort of charms remains effective for much longer than protections," Seira muses.
[20:33] <Kotono> "Yes. I traded a Quarut information in exchange for an item that would preserve delicacies." Caesin continues on, the next plate a bowl with ice. In it is a single tall, brown glass bottle. "Limbo Brandy. It comes from a section of Limbo...it is quite good, but very intoxicating."
[20:34] <Alicia> "Liquors disagree with me," Alicia passes on this one.
[20:34] <Kotono> "I'll try some," Jessica steps forward.
[20:35] <Kotono> "Only take a sip." Caesin warns, as Jessica takes the bottle and does just that!
[20:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
06[20:35] * Seira snorts. "I wish I could bring a glass back to Demedais," she says, deciding to try the brandy after Jessica. If she's such a lightweight she'll do something stupid afterwards, Amaryl really deserves to find out now rather than over five years.
[20:35] <Kotono> Jessica takes that sip, putting the bottle down! She looks about, smiling like a silly frog. "Wooow...!" OOC: Make fort, Seira.
01[20:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
01[20:37] <Seira> "It's certainly strong," Seira admits with a audible disappointment, returning the bottle in turn.
[20:37] <Alicia> "You half look like a slaad," Alicia chuckles at Jessica's bug-eyed look. "Good?"
[20:38] <Kotono> "Y-yes!" Jessica starts giggling, "Take some, Sis!"
01[20:39] <Seira> "I think it's safe to skip this one," Seira whispers to Amaryl.
[20:39] <Kotono> "I'll pass. That last hangover was crippling," Elle holds her hands up.
[20:39] <Kotono> "Y-yes," Amaryl whispers right back to Seira
[20:39] <Alicia> "Brandy isn't for me," Alicia shakes her head, patting Jessica's arm.
[20:44] <Kotono> Thus everyone continues ahead - Jessica wobbling about, eventually just using Alicia for support. What looks to be lettuc elies on a bowl. "Arboreal cross-lettuce. The taste is good and it leaves one feeling very relaxed."
06[20:45] * Alicia takes a leaf for herself and considers Jessica. "I'm not sure if getting any more relaxed will do you much good," she chides gently before biting down.
01[20:45] <Seira> Lettuce and relaxation sound about right after the wine, which means Seira will try it.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Fort if you're trying it.
01[20:45] <Seira> OOC: I think it's safe to autofail, famous last words?
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 34." [1d20=12]
01[20:47] <Seira> "It's... the fey... how I see the world," Seira tries to explain, starting over again. "Just more."
[20:47] <Alicia> "Mmmm..." Alicia sways, closing her eyes happily. "Feel like I could just drift away..."
[20:48] <Kotono> Elle goes for a leaf as well, nibbling on it! Her eyes go so wide as to turn to all pupil! "...it's...I see...everything...!"
01[20:50] <Seira> "Try it?" Seira suggests to Amaryl. "To see how... to taste the colors?"
03[20:50] * Merc (~k@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
[20:52] <Kotono> Amaryl does just that!
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[20:53] <Kotono> Amaryl settles back, "Oh...oh...!"
[20:54] <Kotono> There is one more bowl ahead. A golden material is within. "My most elite gift. Pure ambrosia," Caesin offers, "It will strengthen the imbiber. If you split it up the effect is small, if one person takes it all, the effect is large."
[20:55] <Kotono> "Hey sis," Jessica says, "Did you see it?"
[20:55] <Alicia> "Isn't that addictive for non-celestials?" Alicia asks in a somewhat spacey tone. "What, Jessica?"
01[20:55] <Seira> "Ambrosia? What Latha drank?" Seira asks, keeping herself to short sentences.
[20:56] <Kotono> "I prepared it, as I was under the impression this was a celestial group. Non-celestials should be very wary on imbibing it." Caesin warns.
[20:56] <Kotono> Jessica holds up her hand, "Do you see it? Do you see it? The VEINS, ALICIA!"
01[20:56] <Seira> "Wary?" Seira asks, unable to really find it within her to worry.
[20:56] <Alicia> "Mmm... Three of them ran off, and..." Alicia furrows at the 'happy' thoughts coming from Marie, "Won't be back for- what? Veins?" she turns to Jessica, staring.
[20:56] <Kotono> Amaryl looks at it, "It smells like yellow," Amaryl observes.
[20:57] <Kotono> "Three what?" Jessica giggles, "Veeins...you see them?"
[20:57] <Kotono> Saul steps forward now, "If I may. If this ambrosia will hold, perhaps it would be prudent to save it until our facilities have recovered?"
06[20:57] * Alicia furrows her brow, staring a bit longer. "No..." she replies before turning away. "Anyway, lets save the ambrosia for when the other three get back, maybe?"
[20:58] <Kotono> "Oh Seira!" Amaryl gasps, "I can see it! Ic an see our wedding!"
06[20:59] * Seira looks at Caesin in helpless pleading, since she might still make it if he helps her right now!
[20:59] <Alicia> "Mmm... while we wait, I can tell you what you've missed the last two thousand years?" Alicia offers graciously to Caesin, leaning on Seira. "Ask me anything!"
06[21:00] * Seira throws Alicia a quick, questioning look, before her attention returns fully to Caesin.
06[21:03] * Alicia realises she mistook Seira for Jessica and quickly goes back to supporting her sister!
[21:07] <Kotono> Jessica is on the floor at this point, staring up. Amaryl smiles at Alicia unevenly, "What about the two thousand years?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "It is prudent," Caesin steps back, the ambrosia left. "I'll leave all fo you to your devices then with my thanks."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Oh! Good!" Hugo can be heard behind the party.
06[21:09] * Alicia helps Jessica up, throwing her sister's arm over her shoulder. "Sorry... I think the lettuce disagreed with me," she apologises embarrassedly, now realising with mounting horror she has nothing to distract her from Marie's increasingly happy feelings.
[21:09] <Kotono> "Oh yes, Seira. I'll be back to you shortly," With a nod to her, Caesin is gone.
01[21:09] <Seira> Excellent!
[21:09] <Kotono> "Stars in the sky...colors in the sky...alicia, let's sing about the colors in the sky!" Jessica sing-songs.
01[21:10] <Seira> "More apples for dessert?" Seira suggests to Amaryl with a giggle.
[21:10] <Alicia> "Red and yellow and pink and green! Orange and purple and blue!" Alicia carols agreeably.
[21:11] <Kotono> "Blue too!" Hugo says, "Lettice good! Is it okay if I eat more of it?"
[21:11] <Kotono> "All the color sof the rainbowwww!" Amaryl joins in! "I can see our wedding in the rainbow, Seira!"
[21:13] <Alicia> "I can sing a rainbow, you can sing a rainbow too!" Alicia goes on before trailing off. "Don't eat too much of that, Hugo. Come and sing with us," she gestures for him to come along and join their hug/singalong.
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[21:13] <Kotono> Hugo settles in next to Alicia, "Red and crimson, red and crimson rainbow. Throat rainbow..." Hugo giggles.
[21:14] <Kotono> "I can se eit too, Amaryl...but...girls don't marry other girls!" Jessica gestures and in an overdone whisper, "Girls marry guys!"
[21:15] <Kotono> "I marry a girl!" Amaryl shoots back, "I'm marrying Seira!"
[21:15] <Alicia> "Ohh... is your friend giving you those lyrics?" Alicia asks Hugo mournfully. "They're really bad."
[21:15] <Kotono> "Yep! He's so so so black right now!" Hugo laughs, "Blaaack!"
01[21:15] <Seira> "We'll start a new trend!" Seira supports her, mock-glaring at Jessica. "Angels don't marry mortals, too, so you're starting another trend!"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Oh, okay," Jessica says, "Then where to half celestials come from?"
01[21:16] <Seira> "Illicit beach affairs."
[21:16] <Kotono> Donald whimpers, "From Antenora, Mari...dammit, Seira?" Coughing out smoke as he and Elle stand a bit apart.
[21:16] <Kotono> "Ooooooh. So they'll give birth all the half-celestials ever?" Jessica drawls, "They're the mothers...and fathers and...wiat, that doesn't make sense..."
06[21:17] * Seira snaps her fingers, showering Donald with fresh water, which prestidigitation quickly removes, giving Donald's hair a wash along the way.
[21:17] <Kotono> "Thanks." Donald shakes his hair off, "Feel like I'm on fire!"
[21:17] <Kotono> "All of them...aren't there lots?" Amaryl whimpers, "How could they all get out at once?"
[21:18] <Kotono> "Maaaagiiiccccccc!" Jessica breaks into rougher giggles, "Mystra will provide everything, because I can see her! She's so many colors!"
[21:19] <Kotono> "Alicia, look, you can see Mystra too!" Jessica tugs on her shoulder, "Can't you?"
[21:19] <Kotono> Saul look sall of them over, then makes a quiet sigh.
[21:19] <Alicia> "Anyway, sing along with Alicia, Hugo," Alicia tells Hugo, ignoring the others as she picks up once more, "The sun is yellow, the grass is green! Look how the sky is blue!" She then turns to Jessica, "Shhh! I'm trying to teach Hugo some good songs. You should be helping."
[21:21] <Kotono> Some time passes. You think. It's all so awesome and colorful and...and...you're hungry. No. Alicia and Seira are both starving. Their stomachs rumble nonstop as some form of coherency returns. Saul watches them, "Are you all done acting like fools now?"
01[21:22] <Seira> "Nothing lost, happiness gained. I'd consider it a net win, Dad," Seira returns evenly.
[21:22] <Alicia> "It was the lettuce," Alicia complains. "At least some ambrosia should clear things up nicely..." she tries to figure out if Marie's done yet based on empathic feedback.
[21:23] <Kotono> "There's a few more meat chops left," Saul gestures as well. "The ambrosia should be used carefully, if I understand what it does right."
01[21:23] <Seira> "It was dangerous or something like that?" Seira asks, trying to recall what she knows about it. "How so?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Marie, Latha, and Antenora should be back soon, at least. Then we can split it up," Alicia concludes, taking a seat. "This'll be a special treat for you, Hugo! It's the sort of thing your friend would never be able to eat, so make sure to tell him all about how tasty it is, okay?"
[21:24] <Kotono> "Alicia mentioned it was addictive." Amid you is the palace of glass, everything peaceful.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Strength of Light had some when we visited him in Ysgard, but he wouldn't give me any until after I changed," Alicia explains, gesturing to her wings.
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: You can make a K:P check here Seira.
01[21:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 sure
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 sure and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[21:26] <Kotono> As they talk, Antenora, Marie and Latha return. Antenora and Latha are holding hands, while Marie idles atop Latha.
01[21:26] <Seira> Seira's first impulse is to take the risk blindly, but then she glances towards Amaryl for a second opinion.
[21:27] <Kotono> Amaryl is rubbing her head. "Starving...Seira, could you get me one of those chops...?" She stops there, "Hm?"
06[21:27] * Alicia is not going to ask, instead, "We've eaten most of the food already, but there's some ambrosia as well. I was thinking we could split it up between us celestials, since it's dangerous for anyone else," she tells the trio.
06[21:27] * Seira does so, getting one to sate her own appetite, even as she asks, "Do you think the risks outweigh the potential fun from drinking it?"
[21:27] <Alicia> Marie giggles headily. "I doubt I could feel much happier, but okay!"
[21:28] <Kotono> Antenora is blushing, but smiles slyly.
06[21:30] * Alicia sets about dividing the ambrosia up into seven equal portions for herself, Latha, Marie, Antenora, Jessica, Dawnhope, and Hugo.
[21:32] <Kotono> "Fermented ambrosia got us terribly drunk in the bets way possible," Antenora answers, "Strenght of Light did say it's best avoided by mortals, but..." she eyes Seira. "Has that ever stopped you before?
[21:32] <Kotono> "
[21:33] <Alicia> "I really don't recommend it," Alicia puts in her opinion. "It may feel fantastic when you drink it, but I suspect you'll feel absolutely terrible afterwards, with a craving that only more ambrosia would satisfy."
06[21:36] * Seira would be falling back on the lusty cucumber option, then, it seems, and shrugs so that those waiting for her response could proceed.
[21:37] <Kotono> Thus the ambrosia is feasted on! Alicia feels utter happiness explode within her! Her cares, worries and sorrows are vaporized. Joy sweeps her away in a tidal wave, bringing tears of bliss to her cheeks.
[21:37] <Kotono> Amaryl goes with Seira, and lowering her voice, "Seeeira...can we tell them? I mean, make an announcement?"
[21:38] <Alicia> Passing out the ambrosia to everyone for whom it's safe to drink, Alicia raises her glass. "Cheers," before tossing it back, smiling in joyous contentment as she looks to Amaryl for her announcement, wiping away at her tears.
[21:38] <Kotono> Thus they drink!
[21:38] <Kotono> Antenora looks all about, a smile radiant on her face. "I love all of you so much," she blurts out. "All of you...I can never thank you enough."
01[21:38] <Seira> "I know, I'm sorry!" Seira whispers back. "I'm still waiting for Caesin to come back, because it'll be better, then!"
[21:38] <Alicia> OOC: nevermind, Amaryl was whispering, I don't look at her
[21:39] <Kotono> Jessica goes to hug Alicia, "Oh sister!" she says, then goes to Antenora, Latha, Hugo and around.
06[21:39] * Alicia gleefully wraps everyone up in a satisfying group hug. "I love all of you, too!"
[21:41] <Kotono> As everyone does so, Caesin returns. He goes to Seira, pressing something hard into her palm. "My final gift," he says to her.
01[21:42] <Seira> "I'm very grateful," she responds quietly, promising, "I'll pay you back." Without wasting time, Seira then takes Amaryl's hand and covers it with her other one, asking Lagann to reshape the ring for them.
[21:43] <Kotono> Lagannd oes so, as Antenora turns to Marie and Latha. "I love both of you, too," she smiles sweetly.
01[21:43] <Seira> "It suits you, now," Seira says, bringing Amaryl's hand to her lips.
[21:44] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, "Tell them, Seira," she whispers to her.
[21:45] <Alicia> Marie wordlessly returns Antenora's sentiments with a heartfelt glomp.
01[21:45] <Seira> "Sooo," Seira says to get everyone's attention, raising her voice. "The official elven courting period is five years, so see you all at the wedding then?"
[21:46] <Kotono> Jessica turns, "Oh, are the two of you..." she sniffles, "Are you...?"
[21:46] <Kotono> Hugo eats his ambrosia, smiling butkeeping quiet.
01[21:47] <Seira> "It might take longer if we want to avoid a scandal," Seira admits. "We haven't known each other for, oh, a century, after all."
[21:47] <Alicia> "Congratulations," Alicia goes over to give Seira and Amaryl a hug in turn, utterly unsurprised that elves allow for lesbian weddings.
01[21:47] <Seira> "Thanks!"
[21:48] <Kotono> "Oh," Antenora looks to them, "congratulations!"
[21:48] <Kotono> Latha starts to clap, "May you be happy forever!"
[21:48] <Kotono> Amaryl blushes, "Thank you...we want to spend our lives together now."
[21:50] <Kotono> "This calls for drinks..." Jessica giggles, "Or would if we weren't out of everything but that brandy."
[21:51] <Kotono> Donald comes forward to Seira. "Hey, Seira." He says, offering a hand out to her.
[21:51] <Alicia> "We are paying for yesterdays excesses," Alicia agrees with Jessica as she gives the newly betrothed couple their space.
01[21:52] <Seira> "Not everything calls for drinks," Seira says to that, smiling. "Just all of you being happy for us is enough." She takes Donald's hand, pulling him closer to her as she whispers, "It might be even sooner, to be honest. I really want to stir up the Citadel with a nice, juicy scandal!"
[21:52] <Kotono> Donald gives her a rough hug back, "I get it, you can't keep your hands off of her. Take care of her."
[21:53] <Kotono> Antenora hangs back, going to Latha and Marie. "You two...thanks," she whispers to them.
01[21:54] <Seira> "You're alright," Seira tells him. "Thanks!"
[21:54] <Alicia> "You're only allowed to thank us if we thank you," Marie whispers. "It was a team effort from what I remember."
[21:55] <Kotono> Saul steps forward then to Amaryl. He sternly looks to her, "You'd better take good care of my daughter!"
[21:56] <Kotono> "Let's talk later," Latha whispers, "Let Seira have her moment."
[21:56] <Kotono> Amaryl looks Saul in the eye, "We'll take good care of each other...father."
[21:56] <Alicia> Marie nods and flies over to join in congratulating Seira and Amaryl.
[21:56] <Kotono> Saul smirks, "You're about 100 years too old for that."
[21:57] <Kotono> Elle comes over next to Donald, "We're going to have to give you the best pre-wedding celebration of all time! It's a good thing we have plenty of time to prepare for it and rest from this one, though."
[21:58] <Kotono> Abagail joins them, "Seira, be well. Congratulations!"
06[21:59] * Seira peers doubtfully at her father. "Tell us another one, old man. There's no way you're as young as my beautiful bride!" And then she puts him out of her mind as she embraces Abagail and Elle happily.
[22:01] <Kotono> ---
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia, do you want to RP dropping off the harp, first of all?
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: I don't strictly need to. I'll go to the restaurant with Marie as Alicia, while Marie can retain her usual persona as owner of the place, and pick up whomever has the most ranks in perform (string instrument) to bring to Malmuth with some healthy bonus pay for the trouble, and offer the lyre as a loan to Tant to help rebuilding, with the girl to play it.
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, that's fine. Then what?
[22:06] <Alicia> OOC: Assuming everyone who needs to has gotten home to Balmuria, I'll go with Jessica to Dweomerheart to see her new place and then I'll look up Naeys to enquire about my problem.
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:06] <Kotono> ---
[22:07] <Kotono> Thus you appear! Dweomerheart sings around you, the realm and throne of the Mother of All Magic bringing bliss to Alicia's soul. You stand on one of the many streets here, the sky above alive with magic. A glass windowed store front shows racks of bread of all types - from mundane to bread that glows with magic, writhing as it changes shape, or made of pure light, stone, metal and other things. White lettering on the window says, "Jessica and
[22:07] <Kotono> metal and other things. White lettering on the window says, "Jessica and Roald's."
[22:08] <Kotono> Jessica inhales the air here, the scent of baking bread hanging like warm fruit. "Naeys helped us get started right away. It's so...Oh Alicia, I couldn't wait for us to have our own shop and home and onw..."
[22:09] <Kotono> Around you walks a wizard in green robes and carrying a staff in hand, murmuring a few gruff words of apology as he hurries past.
[22:09] <Alicia> "I like the name," Alicia smiles at the signboard as she moves out of the wizard's way. "It's homey. Nice and unpretentious."
[22:10] <Kotono> "It's like a dream. We don't even have to charge anything. We get the ingredients for nothing." Jessica leads Antenora to the front door, made of glassa nd with a tinkling bell as it opens. It smells so good in here, Alicia's stomach pleased by the odors. "And the bread we can make now...oh!"
[22:11] <Alicia> OOC: Antenora?
[22:11] <Kotono> *Alicia. Antenora's taking people over today, I don't get it.
06[22:12] * Alicia follows Jessica inside, not intending to stay overly long but she doesn't want to dash off abruptly. "Think I could get a pastry before I go?" she asks.
[22:13] <Kotono> Roald is inside, talking with an old man. He has a bushy white beard, wearing old, fancy robes. The two are chatting away like old friends, the man having a loaf of bread tucked under one arm. "Certainly," Roald stops to give Alicia a friendly wave, as Jessica goes behind the counter. "Our home's upstairs. I'll grab you one and we'll go see it."
06[22:14] * Alicia waves back to Roald, not interrupting his conversation as she follows along with Jessica.
[22:18] <Kotono> Jessica goes behind, coming back with a large pastry. Red jam is inside, little angelic wings made of white icing atop it. It's passed over with a napkin. "Everything's magic here so close to Mystra. Roald...he can do a sort of magic now when he bakes."
06[22:19] * Alicia reserves judgement on said magic until she's had a bite!
[22:20] <Kotono> The jam is sweet and spicy at once, the two flavors somehow smooth together. It's not so sweet as to be candy, but enough to bring the taste of sugar to your mouth. The icing is cool like mint, leaving you with a strange hot-cold taste in your mouth, all of it sweet.
06[22:21] * Alicia swallows the first mouthful and smacks her lips, nodding in approval. "That's a kind of magic I can get behind. Good work, Roald," she gives him a salute with her half-eaten treat, working on the rest in short order.
[22:22] <Kotono> Thus you go in the back, up a set of stairs. Here is a suite of rooms - a large kitchen, a few living rooms, three bedrooms and a bathroom. It's not very decorated besides a large, soft bed. "We haven't had achance to decorate." Jessica admits, "We're going to do that over our honeymoon."
[22:23] <Alicia> "It's big..." Alicia remarks as she sweeps around the dwelling, "Lots of space... won't just be the two of you for very long, will it?" she asks, looking at Jessica out of the corner of her eye.
[22:24] <Kotono> Jessica blushes, "No. I hope not. We both want children once we're married...Roald really came out in favor since he came here. Little miracles, he calls them." Going ong, "Naeys said that petitioners can't usually have children, but he told me it'll work out for us."
[22:27] <Alicia> "I should hope so," Alicia nods. "You haven't left everything behind the way petitioners have, you deserve that."
[22:28] <Kotono> "Yes." Jessica goes to sit in a plain wooden chair in the kitchen, leaning back. "Everything's so different here. Money's a lot less important and anything essential is free. Food, water, clothing...Mystra takes good care of her worshippers."
[22:30] <Alicia> "It's heaven," Alicia concludes simply. "All our earthly concerns and worries are left behind, that we might focus fully on our dreams and ideals."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Hmm-hmm." Nodding ot that, "Should I make some tea, sister? Will you be styaing long?"
[22:31] <Alicia> "No," Alicia shakes her head decisively. "I shouldn't procrastinate any further. I'll come back here once I'm done, whatever happens - we can have tea then."
[22:32] <Kotono> "Mystra with you," Jessica goes to Alicia, giving her a hug. "Good luck."
[22:34] <Alicia> "I could teleport, but is Naeys' home nearby? He said it was his job to help guide me, so I think I should go to him first and see from there," Alicia goes on as she returns the hug. How impertinent does someone have to be to demand an audience with her goddess? Maybe Naeys can take her directly to Hans and Felix... she's already starting to get cold feet about this.
[22:35] <Kotono> "Teleport, he's several miles away." Jessica answers, "We were going to be closer, but we fell in love with this street. Next door there's a fancy cheese and dairy shop, and across the street is a happy elf that sells child's trinket sof magic.
[22:36] <Alicia> "Sounds like it'd be fun to explore the neighbourhood some time," Alicia muses as she parts from Jessica, taking a deep breath. "Well, wish me luck," she asks before teleporting to the balcony of Naeys' abode. She never saw the front door and doesn't want to barge right in.
[22:36] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[22:37] <Kotono> Thus Alicia appears after several seconds of nothingness. Naeys stands near her, "Good morning," he bids her, "I bid that you may be blessed by the Weave." After that, he smiles. "Congratulations on your victory over the Neverborn."
[22:39] <Alicia> "Sorry to drop in unannounced," Alicia offers, for all that she suspects she was expected. "It was a hard fought battle, but Mystra lent me the strength to prevail."
[22:41] <Kotono> "Your bravery as the sword of Mystra exemplary." Naeys leads Alicia inside, and as they walk, "What is your business here today?"
[22:41] <Kotono> *is exemplary.
06[22:44] * Alicia takes a deep breath as she walks with Naeys. "I once had a husband and a son," she explains, getting right to business. "They were murderered nearly ten years ago. While I was ascending the slopes of Mount Celestia, I was granted a vision that told me they were here," she gestures to encompass Dweomerheart, "And have not forgotten me."
[22:44] <Alicia> She rallies her courage before concluding, "I would like to see them."
[22:46] <Kotono> Naeys stops, then simply looks to Alicia. His face is without much expression at all. "Ah. Celestia has...stepped on Mystra's toes. Did anyone in particular grant the vision?"
[22:47] <Alicia> "No one claimed credit, but it was while I walked in the realm of Pistis Sophia," Alicia replies, meeting his expressionless gaze.
[22:48] <Kotono> "On occasion, even the Heavens may have some conflict. This was in poor judgment by Celestia. It was not their place to reveal this." Neays has a slight glower on his face, eyebrow bunched together. "Mystra's plans have been revealed. In this case...take my hand."
[22:49] <Alicia> More perturbed than ever, Alicia clasps her hand around Naeys's.
[22:50] <Kotono> "One can walk Mystra's palace for eternity and never find her if she wills it. Or one can take a step forward and find themselves in her light." Naeys begins to walk, "Pray to Mystra to act on your behalf, for she has dominion over the souls of Dweomerheart. She will take the action She sees fitt o."
06[22:53] * Alicia closes her eyes as she walks with Naeys, praying to Mystra to set her heart at ease, to make sense over why her family has not followed the path all others must walk upon their deaths, to understand what is expected of her.
[22:56] <Kotono> You stand in a ball room. An elegant, open air ballroom. Thes tarry sky of Dweomerheart shines, Naeys letting go of your hand. "Mystra has spoken. From here, I am not needed, for Mystra will guide your step. If you pardon me...I must go to Celestia now."
[22:58] <Alicia> "Celestia only showed me the truth, you cannot begrudge that," Alicia opens her eyes, looking to Naeys as they let go of one another. "I don't want there to be a conflict on my account."
[22:59] <Kotono> "There still must be answers for this." Naeys says, "Even if this choice does no damage, undermining Her works and plans is dangerous. But worry not of this."
06[23:00] * Alicia nods. She's expressed her wishes and it's out of her hands. "Until we next meet, then," she allows, starting to walk through the ballroom.
[23:02] <Kotono> As Alicia walks, she hears music. A stately waltz, slowing weaving around her. She finds herself admiring the music, as, "May I have this dance...Alicia?" His voice is as Alicia remembers it. He stands besides her, his presence unmistakeable.
[23:07] <Alicia> Glad she eschewed bearing arms and armour to Dweomerheart, even if she didn't put on an appropriate dress, Alicia turns and fiercely embraces her husband - for all her talk about being unsure where the marriage stands, she's hardly so cold and unfeeling as to get right into that immediately on their reunion!
[23:07] <Alicia> For that matter, she isn't sure at all *what* to say, so settles for holding him tightly, memories of how his body felt flooding back as the years melt away. "Oh, Hans..." she murmurs against his shoulder, "I've missed you."
[23:09] <Kotono> His arms keep Alicia close to him. The embrace is like iron, holding Alicia close. "It's been forever, my love." He whispers to her, "I've been able to watch you grow. My heart swells with how proud of you I am. My death was a mockery of our life together, but you've avenged it and prevented more heartbroken widows."
06[23:12] * Alicia wonders if he's been working out since he died or something, since he was never that strong. Reaching up, she caresses his cheek and chin, everything feeling as she remembers it... and then she presses her lips to his, venting nearly a decade's worth of loss into a single soul-searing kiss, expressing her feelings better than words ever could.
[23:14] <Kotono> Alicia feels herself flow into Hans, Hans flowing into her. The kiss takes her away, feeling everything. Hans returns it with a passion like the Weave aflame, holing Alicia to him! When it ends, a life time later, looking into her eyes.
06[23:16] * Alicia pulls her head back slowly, satiated as she presses her fingertips to his lips briefly while releasing a shuddering breath. "I never thought I'd see you again," she confesses. "You or Felix. You were gone, and nobody could bring you back..."
[23:18] <Kotono> "It is a story you need the answer to," Hans gazes long into her eyes, holding her hands in his. "I have been able to watch you for a long time, Alicia...let me begin with that. When you traveled to liberate the Fourth Resort from the Magus of Time, you came on a vision of Entropy?"
[23:20] <Alicia> "Entropy?" Alicia looks confused, wondering how something that happened less than a year ago relates to events of a decade ago. "He showed me a vision where you and Felix never died," she tells him what she remembers most from that.
[23:22] <Kotono> "No. A vision of how everything ends, where Entropy wins." Hans goes on. "Shar's dream."
[23:23] <Alicia> "I think I remember," Alicia manages a small nod, although it's a dim recollection, other things more prominent in her memories of that time. "But what does that have to do with this?"
[23:26] <Kotono> "Shar's works have lurked deep in the world." Going on now, very gentle, "It was by Shar's indirect hand that the bandits came to our house. Her hand brought about the chaos in Kesse, aimed to decipate the Crimson Guard. Her hand stole mothers away from daughters, parents from crying children."
06[23:29] * Alicia tenses, her grip on Hans like iron. "What?" she asks, a cold fury starting to blaze behind her eyes. Now she has a new target for her vengeance.
[23:29] <Alicia> But worse than that is confronting the utterly horrific extent of Shar's petty vileness - even in a time when the Gods were all but absent from their world, she took the time to destroy the life of someone who might as well have been an apostate from Mystra's church anyway? How could any being possibly be so perverse?
[23:31] <Kotono> "Shar is afraid of you...afraid of the Crimson Guard and Balmuria. In all of you, she sees hope. Like Baator, she cannot withstand hope. Mystra's plan for you..." Hans holds Alicia tighter, "It was not yet time, not until the God-King was settled. But you have come now."
[23:33] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia looks at her dead husband with a pleading expression as she compartmentalizes the raging need for vengeance, not wanting it to consume her right now, "It's been *ten years* Hans. Why, after all this time?"
[23:48] <Kotono> "It is a very long story." Hans says gently, "Listen to me now, my love."
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[18:10] <Kotono> All around Demedais the rebuilding of Malmuth has progressed apace. Slowly the shattered city has begun to rebuild itself, day after day involved in caring for those who have lost everything. Day in and day at, mostlyworking with Saul and Pollyanna. It is evening, a frigid-cold night blowing in. Snow blows outside, rivulets of white spraying amid the ruins. (More)
[18:11] <Kotono> You stay in a room in one of the restored buildings, given to you by Queen Tant. Pollyanna has already retired for the night, going abed. But Demedais can't seem to quite fall asleep. There is a restlessness to him. A faint but inexorable urging, a pull. He feels not the least bit sleepy, long thoughts lost as he stares into the fireplace.
06[18:14] * Demedais looks at the fireplace quietly, mentally gauging the pull before deciding to head outside and walk, first bundling himself in somewhat warmer clothes before doing so. Perhaps there would be some work he could aid in... little help in calming his thoughts, but perhaps it would be a distraction.
[18:16] <Kotono> The streets outside are quiet. The snow is only light, but ther eis a bitter cut to the air tonight. The buildings about are packed to over capacity, yet a vast tent city remains outside. But as Demedais walks...his footsteps take him into the ruins. Away from everyone else, away from warmth and into the heart of Malmuth. Not a pull, a need. A need to step forward, to keep going. It tickles the back of his mind.
[18:16] <Kotono> It tickles the back of his mind.
[18:18] <Demedais> "...then guide my steps again..." Demedais mutters, turning toward the center of Malmuth, still glancing around at the reconstruction as he does so.
[18:22] <Kotono> Each step the pull strengthens. As Demedais walks he finds himself at the center of the city. In this ruined place, where Alicia, Antenora and Latha faced one of the remorhazes and a powerful magical disturbance, is silence. But it is not a silence to be heard alone. He is there. He stands within the ruins, an old, fearsome warrior. His presence is unmistakable, yet He does not look at Demedais. He instead looks out into the ruins.
[18:22] <Kotono> yet He does not look at Demedais. He instead looks out into the ruins.
06[18:25] * Demedais observes the warrior carefully, already guessing at the proper answer but not yet certain. After a few moments, refusing to break the snow's silence, he simply quietly advances toward the old man, his own attention split between the man and the devastation.
[18:27] <Kotono> In the devastation is life. In it shards of images pass - of days and nights, of people coming through and living. From an open field to a small city to a burgeoning capital to a mammoth city like none other in a split-second. Then...again things are built. The city thrives in a heartbeat...and in another, shatters into flames...in another...fades into nothingness...in another, a Lord is crowned within...in another, life merely goes on. (More)
[18:27] <Kotono> fades into nothingness...in another, a Lord is crowned within...in another, life merely goes on. (More)
[18:29] <Kotono> He takes the images into His hand, "Past, present, future. The wheels continue to turn, every moment of existence a war over which shall be." The images are gone into His hand, "The battle of eternity."
[18:31] <Demedais> Demedais is silent a moment longer, before kneeling, a few steps behind the warrior. "And no respite for those made weary by it - when the elephants clash, it is the grasses that suffer most..."
[18:33] <Kotono> "As long as the eternal battle wages, there never will be. Good and evil, law and chaos, life and death." The warrior turns to Demedais, "As long as we have Duty, we can strive so that the next day is a better one than the last. In our Duty, we will prevail." He approaches Demedais, "Rise, my servant."
06[18:34] * Demedais bows his head, before rising, maintaining a respectful silence.
[18:37] <Kotono> "Amid ourselves, we call Creation the Competition. A competition to define what Creation is and what must be." Helm begins to walk, "Walk with me, my servant. Hold your head high, for you have no shame to keep it hung."
[18:39] <Demedais> "Thank you, Ever-Vigilant One." Demedais replies, following at Helm's side.
[18:43] <Kotono> The city is silent - the snow is paused. It hangs in the air, midfall. The wind has ceased. "Our purpose is three. We guide mortal kind, shepards of souls. We belief and concepts, while mortal kind defines us and what we are to those concepts. Our third is to determine what Creation will become. The third is the truth that matters above all. In this our war, our Competition, wages for eternity. Each mortal life that is born becomes a part of t
[18:43] <Kotono> wages for eternity. Each mortal life that is born becomes a part of the Competition."
[18:44] <Kotono> *we define
[18:46] <Demedais> "... I see." Demedais says quietly, continuing to look forward. "And this Competition is between all the Gods, and I presume the outsiders as well?"
[18:49] <Kotono> "Yes. There is less difference between us and those who call themselves the lords of ethos - Asmodeus, Demogorgon, Queen Morwel, Zaphkiel - than is commonly believed. We all compete for the same goal." After that and a moment to reflect, "Free will is what drives the Competition. We cannot see the future, only possibilities. In this endless wheels turn within wheels within wheels."
[18:54] <Demedais> "...and from that source..." Demedais nods, closing his eyes a moment.
[18:56] <Kotono> "Yes." A pause here. You are not in Malmuth. You stand in Balmuria, a frozen night of snow. You stand atop the hill near Elle's shop and Seira's inn. The sea and ships can be glimpsed, the city sprawilng out. "You have been my primary instrument in this world. You have served me well...even in the direst hour, for when the Neverborn menaced, none of us could act. Through you and your wisdom a prophecy came, one that aided the Neverborn's intef
[18:56] <Kotono> Through you and your wisdom a prophecy came, one that aided the Neverborn's inteference from succeeding."
[18:57] <Demedais> "A task they were able to complete, while your call led me to stay in Malmuth and aid both in reconstruction and in diplomatic stability..." Demedais nods quietly.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Yes. A sign...for it is time for you to ascend to a higher wheel." With a look out to the sea, "The future continues to form as we pass through eternity. Uatu's survival was merest chance, but I the piece in play is one that will bring our believes strength. Through him..." Demedais feels Helm's presence looking at him, "Uatu is non-linear. He sees beyond this world, beyond the normal flow of time."
[18:59] <Kotono> beyond the normal flow of time."
[19:00] <Kotono> *beliefs
06[19:01] * Demedais is silent for a long moment, his eyes on Balmuria. "... I have but one question, for my own sake; my answer will be the same regardless."
[19:01] <Kotono> "Ask." Helm speaks.
[19:02] <Demedais> "Will I still be aiding the Crimson Guard direct through this, or will my duty then lie elsewhere?" Demedais, at this, turns to Helm calmly.
[19:04] <Kotono> "You will be aiding the world. In this you will be a compatriot to the Crimson Guard. For you see..." You stand before Uatu now, in the mists. "On one wheel of the game, Shar has been making a long play to snuff out hope amid those it matters the most to. Her machinations have touched many...her work saw the end of Alicia's family, the hopelessness and poverty that lead Shamal's parents to sell her, the death of Seira's mother...and yet far mo
[19:05] <Kotono> the hopelessness and poverty that lead Shamal's parents to sell her, the death of Seira's mother...and yet far more." (More)
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[19:06] <Kotono> "Many other who may have answered the call in this age died or gave into despair by her deeds. In despair she took to swallow those souls. This cannot be, not any more...and the time has come to where a remedy can be obtained.
[19:06] <Kotono> "
06[19:07] * Demedais nods at this. "Very well, then. What shall I do?"
[19:09] <Kotono> "You...my servant." Helm turns, "When you hold Uatu...Uatu controls passage beyond worlds. With your potential and vision and his power, a new method of passing souls along past death can be made. One that is safe, orderly and controlled."
[19:10] <Demedais> "One that prevents her from taking any more into her grasp?" Demedais muses.
[19:12] <Kotono> "Ones that are not hers fairly won," Helm looks to Uatu now, "I have had a long understanding with Kelemvor; this will shatter it. A war will likely come of it, but it is what needs to be done."
[19:12] <Kotono> (More)
[19:18] <Kotono> "You have seen the threat evil is to the souls of mankind. You will be a shield, able to protect those across all the vast world, helping to limit the depravities of the Realms Below and the wastes of chaos."
[19:23] <Demedais> "A shield... Very well." Demedais nods, before pausing. "I will do it. However... may I ask a question regarding Kelemvor, as well?"
[19:23] <Kotono> "Ask," Helm says. "Ask what you will, my servant. Satiate your curiosity, for you have earned it."
[19:29] <Demedais> "If this safe road, so to speak, is established, then it seems likely that Shar will attempt to break it with all she has. In her actions, she also would have gone against Kelemvor's judgment in the diversion of souls to a place undeserved. Would it, then, not make sense to request Kelemvor's aid in protecting this safe road, thusly ensuring that Shar loses this benefit permanently?" Demedais hazards.
[19:30] <Kotono> "Why yes. That is..." Helm smiles, "Exactly as planned, and how I plan to end the war between us. Shar is no friend of Kelemvor."
[19:31] <Demedais> "... ah. My apologies, then." An embarrassed grin creeps up Demedais' face. "I should have presumed you would see that, but I felt the possibility should be ventured just in case."
[19:32] <Kotono> "Your observation speaks of your wisdom, my servant." After another moment, turning back to Uatu, "When Torm fell...I knew my heart that my duty to my friend required that I take his fallen banner. I may take his cause, but I am not Torm."
[19:35] <Demedais> "I had often wondered if that is what happened." Demedais says simply, looking to Uatu himself.
[19:37] <Kotono> "In you..." You stand before Pollyanna now, "I see myself, the question of good being weighed. Your divided nature - you smite evil and see chaos - represents that. The answer to your question is one you will come to answer when the time is right."
[19:37] <Kotono> Pollyanna sleeps in her bed, hair tassled and loose.
06[19:39] * Demedais nods to this, looking now to Pollyanna. "Is... Pollyanna to accompany, or to continue aiding the Crimson Guard?"
[19:39] <Kotono> "What is your will there?" Helm asks back, as Pollyanna tosses in her sleep. "Mmm...Demedais..." she mutters, clutching a pillow and rolling back over.
[19:45] <Demedais> "... When I was in the grasp of prophecy, that was all I could see. Even if the power becomes easier to control, it will still take most of my will for a long while to continue its governance, I suspect." Demedais is silent for a long moment. "It is not that I do not wish her there with me - but I will not be there with her, wherever she is." (More)
[19:48] <Demedais> "If I can gain control and understanding over what Uatu and I can together do, then perhaps I will be able to be there. Then, perhaps, I will be ready, and she will be more so." Again, a silence. "Uatu controls the path between worlds, across worlds. When it is time, distance will be no concern; when the safe road is stabilized, perhaps then my attentions will turn, though that will be something I always guard."
[19:49] <Kotono> "So be it then." Helm looks to Pollyanna, "Demedais. I will come again at midnight tomorrow, twenty four hours from now. In this time, conclude your affairs here. The two Resorts you bear must be given to the Crimson Guard, but the rest of your possessions are yours to keep. This power will allow you to do what you wish to do in this time."
[19:51] <Demedais> "Very well. This being said, where I go... minimal possessions will be needed. Thank you, Ever-Vigilant One."
[19:52] <Kotono> In that, Helm is gone. Pollyanna sleeps on the bed, as if nothing at all has happened.
06[19:54] * Demedais is quiet for a moment, looking over at Pollyanna. "Sleep for now, dear. The day will be enough time to tell you and to explain what I do." With that, he wills himself to his room in the Temple of Helm, in Balmuria.
[19:55] <Kotono> Demedais appears there a moment later, the room dark and serene.
06[19:58] * Demedais efficiently moves to package all documents together and to place all remaining items in his haversack. A moment of quiet, before Demedais steps out to find Father Ceiar or the High Priest, at least one of whom should be helping with the nightly rounds.
[19:59] <Kotono> Father Ceiar is just coming from outsider, shaking snow out of his hair. "Ah, Demedais...when did you get in?" he asks.
[20:00] <Demedais> "Just now. Father Ceiar..." Demedais pauses for a moment, swallowing. "...Thank you."
[20:01] <Kotono> "Hm?" With a curious look, "For what?"
[20:02] <Demedais> "... Helm has requested my aid. Directly." Demedais says slowly, advancing to Father Ceiar. "...This'll be the last time I'm directly around for a while, though given where I'm going you may see more of me than I anticipate."
[20:05] <Kotono> Father Ceiar's face drops for a moment, before he smiles. It's a sad smile, "Those truly worthy never stay as long as the foolish and wicked." Father Ceiar takes Demedais by the shoulder, "Helm has called you to him. I rejoice."
06[20:07] * Demedais takes Father Ceiar's other shoulder, before hugging him. "I'll be back by sometime. I promise that. It's more a case of being gone for... well, longer than any of the rest of these trips have been."
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[20:09] <Kotono> In the embrace, "I knew you wouldn't be here long. Helm's shown he has great designs on you. Walk with him, Demedais."
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[20:12] <Demedais> "And you as well, Father." A moment longer, before Demedais breaks the hug. "I, sadly, have little time. I've cleaned my room and assembled the notes - perhaps some may be of interest... Do me one favor, however, and wait until midnight tomorrow or later before entering. I may be in and out if I need to sort through things." A pause, before he laughs. "That broke the mood, didn't it. Sorry."
[20:13] <Kotono> "I will keep your request." Father Ceiar says, laughing as well.
[20:15] <Demedais> "Thank you, Father." Demedais says, still grinning. "Take care, and I -will- be trying for visits when I can, though it may be a while. I've got to go drop off the shield and ring with Oberuth, so."
[20:17] <Kotono> "Helm walk with you," Father Ceiar bids.
[20:18] <Demedais> "And with you, Father." Demedais nods, heading out into the streets of Balmuria for the short walk to the garrison.
[20:20] <Kotono> The night is snowy. Going to the garrison, you get Commander Oberuth - eventually. He's tousled from his sleep and wearing warm winter clothes as he sits. Drinking something from a flask and shaking his head, "It has to be good if you're waking me up for it on this sort of night. Report, Demedais."
[20:22] <Demedais> "I have but two things to report, sir, but both are of interest to the Crimson Guard, I believe. The first leads to the second, and as such: I must humbly step down for now as a member of the Crimson Guard, though I would be honored to still be considered one informally, Sir." Demedais says quietly and with a slight smile.
[20:22] <Kotono> Oberuth stops and puts aside his drink, face solemn. "Then get to the second."
[20:25] <Demedais> "I am still on the first, if only in part. The reason for this is because Helm... has requested my aid directly. This will be the last time I will be directly in Balmuria - or, indeed, capable of fulfilling my duties as a member of the Crimson Guard - for a while."
[20:29] <Kotono> "Hmph." Now crossing his arms. "Dammit all." Sighing out, "...yes, I remember when you first came to the guard. We were sure that Helm sent you this way to replenish our ranks. I suppose that this is expected too."
[20:32] <Demedais> "Your ranks swell, at this point. And while I may return... it will not be for a while. I'll still be fighting, though, but it'll be a... far different battle. Which leads me to the second point." Demedais takes off the ring and unprops the shield. "The Crimson Guard still has ownership and need of these. And perhaps when they're all finally used, I'll be able to assist as well. For now, however... they belong back in the han
[20:33] <Demedais> "For now, however... they belong back in the hands of the Crimson Guard." (More)
[20:34] <Demedais> A slight pause. "This isn't how I expected things to go, but if this works I think we'll be one step solidly closer to something resembling a true peace. I can't not move toward this."
[20:37] <Kotono> "Alright. I can't keep you," Oberuth grumbles, offering his hand out. "Take good care of yourself doing Helm's work. You're welcome back here or in the Guard whenever you come here."
[20:39] <Demedais> "Thank you. Helm watch over you, and I'll see about stopping by sometime." Demedais takes his hand and shakes it, nodding after a moment. "It has been a great honor, ... Commander." Demedais grins awkwardly, before beginning to lope back out to visit his father.
[20:40] <Kotono> Croger is found in a room at the Temple of Helm, having been put up there. As befitting the late hour, it takes a few minutes of knocking to get him awake. He opens the door, "Who...what...oh, Demedais," Rubbing his eyes clean, "You're back from Malmuth?"
[20:42] <Demedais> "For a short time." Demedais nods slightly. "May I come in for a moment?"
[20:43] <Kotono> You are lead in. The room's fairly spartan, save for a few holy symbols for Ilmater and the Triad. Smothering a yawn as he sits onto a chair, "How are you? You've been occupied so much."
[20:45] <Demedais> "I have, I'm afriad. And... that's going to be even more the case from here on." Demedais says, looking up to Croger. "Helm's requested my aid. I... won't be around for a while, not directly."
[20:46] <Kotono> With a slightly cocky smile, "Yes? That long, but so be it. After all I've seen since I met you, I'm not worried." He goes to Demedais, "Son, you took me to the Heavens to save my life."
06[20:49] * Demedais nods slightly, smiling. "Heh. I... yeah. Mainly just feel bad for the disconnect, but... I should be able to stop by again sometime, after what needs to get done is done." With that, he embraces Croger. "Do take care of yourself, especially if you go on that pilgrimage to Ilmater. Alright?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "I'm going to. Triad save both of us," Croger says softly. "Be well, my son."
[20:50] <Demedais> "I will be. Talk to you later, alright? ...Love you." Demedais says softly.
[20:52] <Kotono> "Bless you and love you," With a whisper back, Croger parts.
06[20:54] * Demedais nods. "And remember, don't get cursed by random disguised devils who I've been annoyed at for a while!" With that and a grin, Demedais shakes his head.
[20:55] <Kotono> "I'll try my hardest," Grinning back, "Let's hope Esthan was the only one."
[20:56] <Demedais> "Indeed. But you know where to turn if not." With that and a wave, Demedais steps out and heads back to his room, thinking a bit before teleporting to Engan's doorstep.
[20:59] <Kotono> Engan's house is warm. There is light coming from inside, the door shut.
06[21:00] * Demedais listens to see if there is any company. The message can wait, but he'd like to finish these errands before the day broke in Malmuth, if at all possible.
[21:01] <Kotono> There's relative quiet in the hou se, it sounds like.
06[21:02] * Demedais knocks, then!
[21:03] <Kotono> After a few moments, the door open. Engan peers at Demedais, "Oh, c'min," he bids. "Weren't you off in Malmuth?"
[21:04] <Demedais> "I was, but... well. I had something I needed to do here, including stopping by." Demedais nods, stepping in.
[21:06] <Kotono> Inside you are takento a warm fireplace, a bottle of strong booze open. Engan pours Demedais a shotglass of it, "To ward off the cold."
[21:07] <Demedais> Suspecting that it would be hard to get him drunk tonight, Demedais accepts the glass. "Thank you. I presume the training is still going well for them?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "Yeah." Swallowing his drink down as liquid warmth travels through Demedais. "This cold winter's been good for teaching them how to endure cold."
[21:09] <Demedais> "A valuable lesson." Demedais nods, before falling into a quiet for a moment. "Engan, thank you for all that you have taught me, and for continuing to teach others here in Balmuria."
[21:09] <Kotono> "You're welcome...so you're going somewhere? You're saying goodbye?"
[21:11] <Demedais> "For now, yes." Demedais nods. "...Helm's requested my aid directly, so... it'll be a while before I can swing back in again, though I intend to. Take care of yourself and toughen those kids up, alright? Don't have the time to say hi to them, but... tell them that Helm will watch over them, and that I'll be back sometime."
[21:14] <Kotono> "Yeah, I will. When someone comes in on a night like this and thanks you, it's a sign." Cracking his knuckles, "Good luck then."
[21:16] <Demedais> "Thank you. And..." Demedais grins. "If this is excuse enough for a double workout tomorrow, presuming they're around, do it."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Hah!" With a big grin back, "It is."
[21:24] <Demedais> "Excellent. Later, then." Demedais nods, stepping out and closing the door. After a moment, he closes his eyes and imagines the outskirts of the city where he visited for the orphanage.
[21:25] <Kotono> In a moment, Demedais is there. It's quite sunny and warm, the sun high in the sky.
06[21:27] * Demedais pulls out a bag, filling it with small gems before put the bag inside the handy haversack again. With that, he opens the door, peering inward.
[21:30] <Kotono> Inside you can see children playing, running around in fun and joy. Sister Julia works amid them, keeping order amid the storm of child-chaos.
06[21:31] * Demedais grins at seeing all this, before walking gingerly over to Julia. "It is good to see you, Sister."
[21:33] <Kotono> Julia turns, "Ah! S-Sir Demedais!" She whirls, "Holy man, we are honored by you coming to us again!"
[21:34] <Demedais> "It is only a short visit, I am afraid." Demedais smiles sadly. "However, the opportunity arose, and I decided I would take it. Everything has been well since I left?"
[21:35] <Kotono> "Yes!" With a quick nod, "The..." A pause as children run by, laughing. "Demedais!" One of them call, pointing, "He's here!"
[21:36] <Demedais> "Hehe..." Demedais looks at kids with an easy, if still somewhat sad, grin.
[21:36] <Kotono> "Children! You can play with him later!" Sister Julia commands, the children backing away.
[21:37] <Demedais> "You were saying, Sister Julia?" Demedais asks as the children back off.
[21:37] <Kotono> "The orphanage is doing better now." With a warm look, "How are you?"
[21:39] <Demedais> "I am alright, but... I will be undergoing a task that will take the majority of my time for a while. As such, I won't be able to stop back in until it's resolved. I figured I'd visit while I had the chance." Demedais replies.
[21:40] <Kotono> "Ah, of course. A holy man such as you has important deeds," Sister Julia looks down and blushes, "T-thank you for coming."
[21:43] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais shakes his head. "Knowing these children will be safe allows me one less burden to carry as I move forward."
[21:44] <Kotono> "They'll be well cared for!" Sister Julia says immediately, "I vowed it."
[21:47] <Demedais> "I know. Thank you." Demedais says with a smile, before taking the bag out of the haversack. "Wait on opening it until after I leave, but... it should help the orphanage and its works. I'd rather invest my own energies into it, but this is the best I can do for now - and I'm sure it will be used wisely."
[21:50] <Kotono> "T-t-thank you," Making a deep curtesy to Demedais, "Thank you so much! The children thank you!"
06[21:55] * Demedais bows in return. "I'm simply sorry I cannot do more, or stay longer. But Helm will watch over you all, I am confident, and with you here I have no fears." With that he rises. "I... I'm afraid I probably should go - my journey's got more yet to go. Take care of yourself, Sister Julia, and I hope to be able to come back again soon."
[21:56] <Kotono> "So soon..." With a momentarily longing look, "Of course, holy man. Thank you."
[21:56] <Demedais> "Take care." Demedais says, before stepping outside and just out of view of others... before disappearing, planeshifting to where Uatu is.
[21:57] <Kotono> Woosh! Demedais appears before Uatu instantly. It is misty and cool, as it always is here.
06[21:58] * Demedais looks around for any of the priests, uncertain if what he wants to do is feasible enough to do.
[21:58] <Kotono> Two of them stand guard at the edge of the platform, before the mists reachy, Uatu well beyond them.
[21:58] <Kotono> *misty
06[22:01] * Demedais walks to the guards from behind in a bit of embarrassment. "Excuse me."
[22:01] <Kotono> "Yes?" Both salute Demedais.
[22:04] <Demedais> "Is there a section of crystal from the steps that would be removable?" Demedais asks simply.
[22:05] <Kotono> "You may do so, honored one," They gesture at the stairs leading up.
[22:06] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais nods in gratitude, ascending and looking for such a step.
[22:06] <Kotono> There are steps. Lots of steps. They all look very crystal. Demedais could try pulling or hitting one or whatever.
06[22:07] * Demedais kneels down near one where an outjut looks thin, and attempts to pull it first.
[22:07] <Kotono> The crystal is easily pried up by his hands, coming out without any effort.
06[22:08] * Demedais nods and bags it, bowing to the guards before vanishing again (and feeling bad for not lingering), appearing... at Elle's doorstep.
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Her shop or home?
[22:10] <Demedais> OOC: Shop first, using "should be slightly earlier in Balmuria" excuse for Deme if he's wrong and the shop is closed.
[22:10] <Kotono> It's still nighttime. You can hear faint sounds inside of of Elle's shop. Sounds like laughter.
06[22:11] * Demedais knocks on the door of the shop, listening.
[22:11] <Kotono> The laughter slows down, and quietly, "This late?" Donald's voice can be heard muttering. Then aloud, "We're closed!" Elle calls, "Come back tomorrow!"
[22:12] <Demedais> "It's Demedais!" Deme calls back, suddenly feeling somewhat amused. "I have a request... well, for both of you, actually!"
[22:13] <Kotono> Donald can be heard cursing, then the sound of feet pounding. Elle's footsteps are far lighter as she calls, "Hold on." Nearly a minute passes before the door opens, Elle wearing her normal red clothes. Her hair is a bit out of shape, though, cheeks flushed and giggles going through her. "Good evening." In the air behind her is an image of Marie, Seira and a green dragon."
[22:16] <Demedais> "Good evening. Sorry to disrupt festivities, but my time is somewhat limited." Demedais says, pulling out the chunk of crystal.
[22:16] <Kotono> With a word the image vanishes. Elle steps aside, "Quartz? Go on then."
[22:16] <Kotono> As this happens Donald waltzes out from back, whistling, "Oh, Demedais," he says evenly. "Out late?"
[22:18] <Demedais> "Yeah. Gotta return to Malmuth and finish up some things there, before... well, let me start at the beginning. Helm's requested my direct assistance in a manner. This means I won't be around for a decent while." Demedais starts.
[22:18] <Kotono> "Oh. Congratulations!" Elle says warmly, while Donald just nods.
[22:20] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais says, shaking his head. "The favor I wanted to ask of you, Elle, was this. I don't know if this crystal has any latent properties - perhaps not - but I'm hoping that I can use it to aid you guys once I settle down, as it's from where I'm going to be placed at. A pin, brooch, or amulet made out of these materials for... well. The Crimson Guard and close allies, mainly. I'll make a list quickly for referen
[22:21] <Demedais> " The Crimson Guard and close allies, mainly. I'll make a list quickly for reference." Demedais says. (More)
[22:24] <Demedais> "If it can be enchanted or something to further aid Seira and the crew, that'd be great, but... for now, mainly just need that and I'm not sure where else to turn." Demedais notes. "Especially since everyone stops in to see you." Turning to Donald, "And my request for you... well, it's something I don't think I need to say, but will anyway."
[22:24] <Kotono> "I'll try," Elle says, taking the crystal. Donald just smirks, "Yeah?"
[22:26] <Demedais> "Protect Seira and Alicia." Demedais says simply. "I think you'd do this anyway, but... You're the person I trust the most to do that. Keep them safe, alright? You can't save them from everything, but if you're there... do what you can."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Yeah, sure," Donald smirks, "Iknow, they need a lot of it. Women, running off to ba-ow!" Donald stops as Elle tugs at his long ear.
[22:27] <Kotono> "He says thank you," Elle says with a sweet smile.
[22:28] <Demedais> "Gotcha." Demedais grins. "Thank you, Elle. The payment for this - I'll have Father Ceiar drop it off. Take care, you two. And have a good night."
[22:31] <Kotono> "Night," Elle calls as Demedais leave.s
06[22:33] * Demedais muses, before heading out to find Seira and Alicia as the next-to-last leg.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Which one first?
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Or are you going to get the two together and then talk to them?
[22:34] <Demedais> OOC: That'd be easier, yeah, preferably.
[22:35] <Kotono> Alicia is found before she goes to bed, and the two head to SEira's inn. They settle in with warm drinks against the cold, windy night...
[22:36] <Demedais> "Sorry to keep you two up so late." Demedais starts, a bit hunched over the table.
[22:37] <Alicia> "It's alright, you get used to keeping odd hours," Alicia waves it off as she nurses her warm cider. "We haven't seen each other in almost a week but it feels like longer, so much has happened."
[22:37] <Alicia> *over a week
01[22:40] <Seira> Exiting the back room with a giggle, Seira pauses as her eyes catch sight of Demedais, before she skips over to the table. "Demedais! How is it going?" she asks happily, commandeering a chair for herself.
06[22:40] * Demedais waves to Seira. "It's... okay. There's something really big I need to tell you two, though."
01[22:42] <Seira> "Ooh! Me too!" Seira exclaims, before nodding magnanimously. "You first."
06[22:42] * Alicia covers a smile at Seira's excitement, silently nodding for Demedais to go on.
[22:43] <Demedais> "...Mine will ruin the mood. You first, Seira." Demedais says simply.
06[22:44] * Seira tilts her head in confusion. "Ah. Alright." Her good mood takes over, then, and she leans over to whisper conspiratorially, "Amaryl and I cordially invite you to our wedding, in five years or so. Be there!"
[22:46] <Demedais> "... heh. Hopefully that is a promise I can keep." Demedais nods in return, before his face regains the sad smile. "As for me... Helm came to me directly. He wants me to aid him... personally... and the task I'll undertake means I won't be able to fight by your sides for a while. Hopefully it's not too long, but."
[22:48] <Alicia> "What?" Alicia blinks. "But what about Daa-vid? Wasn't that our big task from the gods? What does Helm need you to do?"
01[22:48] <Seira> Many questions appear in her mind at the news, as well as a silent curse at Helm, but she only asks, "What about Pollyanna?"
[22:50] <Demedais> First turning to Alicia, "Helm... thinks he has a way to limit Shar's influence, and I'm to be the one overseeing it. I think I'll be able to return and aid you for the fight against Daa-vid, perhaps, but the resorts are all under our control. That part, we've won, pretty much." Demedais says simply.
06[22:51] * Seira can't prevent a hiss from escaping at Shar and her vile influence being named so casually.
[22:52] <Alicia> "Shar... oh, anything that hurts her gets my full support," Alicia responds venomously. "Is there anyway we can help you, then?"
[22:52] <Demedais> Then, to Seira, "...Pollyanna will be continuing to aid you two for now. I'd take her with me, but... frankly, until I gain control of what I'm doing, I'm not really going to be able to be there for her as I want to be. Better she feels she has some ability to help you two than to be by my side and not able to do much of anything as it stands." (More)
[22:54] <Demedais> "...when I can, I'll come back for her. And that should be about when I'm able to aid you guys again. Until then, take care of her. I don't like this decision, but I feel it's the better one." A shrug to Alicia. "If help is needed, I'll call. Elle's making some pins for people - I'm hoping I can use them to assist you guys, even from a distance."
01[22:54] <Seira> "Or you could give her a son," Seira says bluntly. "I've got a potion that'll help!"
06[22:55] * Alicia turns to stare at Seira.
01[22:55] <Seira> "Well, I do! What, did you think I used it?"
06[22:56] * Demedais spits his drink out. "... I... ......" After a moment, he begins laughing. "Okay, that was good. But I don't think it'd help much, and... well, I'd like to be there for the kid too, Seira."
06[22:57] * Seira grins. "Don't want to miss all the sleepless nights and the changing and feeding and toothing?"
[22:58] <Alicia> "They're worth it," Alicia interjects wistfully. They're all she's got of her son, so she'll be damned if she doesn't appreciate them.
06[22:59] * Demedais looks to Alicia with a regretful grin. "It's more a case of... if I'm responsible for something, I should be there for it. In this case, I'm being called to deal with... her. So I'd rather not be able to not help Pollyanna... which leads into my one request. Please protect her, if you can. I know the life of an adventurer - walked it with you guys. But... if you guys can... I'll do what I can on my end." Demedais nods
01[23:01] <Seira> "Did you ask her?" Seira voices, smile slipping slightly. "You really should, instead of making the decision for her."
[23:02] <Demedais> "...yeah, I know. Going to. I decided I'd like to spend the final day with her, which is why I'm doing my errands now for the most part."
[23:02] <Demedais> "Or do you mean inviting her along?"
01[23:03] <Seira> "I'll do what I can," Seira promises, "although I don't know if she'd eagerly welcome my help. And yes. Your decision should be taken together, Demedais." She smiles again. "Aren't you proud of how wise I'm becoming?"
[23:04] <Alicia> "Whatever happens, we'll keep her safe," Alicia promises, reaching over to clasp Demedais' hand. "All I ask is that you make Shar bleed," she concludes, fiercely looking into his eyes.
06[23:06] * Demedais accepts Alicia's hand. "If it works as Helm thinks - and I think it should - it won't be swift, but it will be harsh." Then, to Seira, "Yes, honestly. And..." A quiet pause. "I think Helm will allow it, if my mind changes. But for now, I think it's best if one of us continues to aid you, and... as I said, I can't be there for her. I don't want her to have to stew there."
01[23:07] <Seira> "Convince her of it, then, instead of presenting it as a done deal?" Seira suggests, reaching across the table to pat Demedais on the shoulder.
[23:07] <Alicia> "If you can stay together you should find a way," Alicia suggests earnestly, giving his hand a squeeze. "I think it would be best for both of you."
[23:09] <Demedais> "...we'll see, yes. Thank you, both of you." Demedais nods. "I'll leave my belongings for the most part with Father Ceiar, as I don't think I'll have much need of them. The shield and ring are with the Commander, and Elle's got the crystal for the brooches. Please do take what you need, as... well, as I said, I won't have much need. Maybe sometime I'll ask to repay the favor, but for now..."
[23:11] <Alicia> "We won't just sell your belongings to buy shiny things, Demedais," Alicia chuckles. "They'll be put to good use or kept safe until you have need of them again."
01[23:11] <Seira> "Don't tempt me like that," Seira chides Demedais with a pout. "That's mean!"
06[23:14] * Demedais shrugs. "I figured that they'd be able to see some use, if not amongst you two than with whoever else you bring along. But if there's only use in selling them, do it. The only things I'm keeping outside of those, for now, are the armor and my sword. The armor will be in storage at the Temple, and the sword will be with me."
[23:17] <Alicia> "We're not that desperate for money," Alicia shakes her head. "Don't worry, your things will still be here when you get back."
06[23:18] * Seira nods, because treasure just isn't the same if you don't take it fairly off your enemy's cooling corpse.
06[23:18] * Demedais holds up his hands. "Just saying. I figure Pollyanna will take some of it, but."
[23:19] <Alicia> "That's her right, if you two are going to be parted," Alicia agrees. "She'll know she'll see you again, at least."
[23:21] <Demedais> "Yes." Demedais nods. "...Yeah, that's about it. I'm confident in you guys - else I wouldn't think about doing this - and I should be able to aid you from there, given time."
01[23:21] <Seira> "So where's there? And what are you going to be doing?" Seira can't help but wonder.
[23:22] <Alicia> "You haven't been very specific," Alicia agrees.
[23:23] <Demedais> "Heh. I've given you a few hints... but yeah. I'm going to be working with Uatu further." Demedais elaborates slightly. "What I'm doing... I don't know how to describe it too well. But Shar's been getting power illegitly, so to speak - we're going to try and slam that door closed. It requires someone attuned to Uatu... and I fit the bill."
06[23:24] * Seira can't see why Pollyanna can't hang out with Uatu, either, but doesn't voice her thoughts at this time.
[23:25] <Alicia> "She's been a busy thing, hasn't she?" Alicia mutters acrimoniously at Shar's illicit power-grabbing.
06[23:26] * Demedais nods. "Should keep her off your backs for a time, at least."
01[23:26] <Seira> "Whatever hurts the bitch's good enough for me," Seira agrees.
06[23:28] * Demedais nods, before looking outside. "I'll get back to Pollyanna before daybreak. Helm granted me a boon to be able to say goodbye and settle affairs for today, so I won't need help getting back... but if you want to see how reconstruction is going, you can."
[23:30] <Alicia> "I was in Malmuth a few days ago - how's Tahani doing with that lyre of construction I dropped off?" Alicia asks interestedly.
01[23:31] <Seira> "Visited Dad a couple of times," Seira voices for her part. "I'm sorry our paths never crossed at the time. But Amaryl and I will drop by tomorrow, if we won't get in the way?"
[23:32] <Demedais> "Oh, you were the provider?" Demedais asks. "It's working wonders for getting the city back on its feet." To Seira, "It should be fine, though knock before entering tomorrow. Normally wouldn't ask, but, um."
06[23:32] * Seira pretends to think about it.