[21:16] <Kotono> The door is sealed. It only opens to creatures with the devil subtype. It could be forced but it would be obviously noisy, or proper Use Magic Device could fool it.
[21:16] * Muirfinn explains such to Lief.
[21:16] * Lief does his best!
[21:17] <Lief> roll d20+33 UMD
[21:17] <Serith> Lief roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=11]
[21:23] <Ithea> ooc: Can I help with the check at all? I figure not something I roll against him and see who rolls best, but not sure if I can assist?
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+28 UMD assist (if yes, otherwise ignore)
[21:23] <Serith> Ithea roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=18]
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: Was a sec, sorry. Can you aid another with UMD? Checkr eal quick.
[21:24] <Ithea> ooc: I wasn't sure, that's why I was asking! But I'll check
[21:25] <Ithea> ooc: don't see anything in SRD, just says you can make same kind of skill check to aid another. It says 'In many cases, a character's help won't be beneficial, or only a limited number of characters can help at once.' so I think it's DM call
[21:25] <Ithea> ooc: So I turn it back to you once more!
[21:27] <Kotono> OOC: That's fine, we'll just roll with it.
[21:28] <Kotono> Using his skills, Lief is able to project onto the door. He's fairly sure it should work for them now.
[21:29] <Lief> "I think I got it!"
[21:29] * Lief attempts to open the door!
[21:29] <Muirfinn> "Well done!"
The door opens with a loud creak. The sound fills the air, disrupting the serene silence of the Astral. A fairly large room lies ahead, a rectangle 20ft long and 30ft wide, as well as 15ft tall. The walls are the same obsidian as the building is perched on. Regular clusters of 9 symmetrical runes are spaced out on the walls, shedding a red light that casts everything in a light akin to that of cooling lava.
Stand there is a squad of nine barbazu, 5ft ahead and in a 3 by 3 square. In the air directly above them is a squad of 9 erinyes. Glaives are at the ready and bows nocked with arrows. One of the erinyes glares at them and barks, "Identify yourself!"
OOC: Unfortunately, it seems the devils are wise enough not to trust a mere two barbazu on guard duty. This isn't roll initiative time quite yet, so discussion is possible. If you go hostile, I'll call for initiative rather than allowing a hostile action to go through. You have no chance of surprising them and can at best hope for reacting faster via initiative. Conversely, they've squandered any chance for a surprise by talking instead of firing blindly on the door opening.
Also, if someone can summarize any relevant spells in effect from #thecauldron, that would be helpful for all of us. Include those in the info summary of your posts since it's relevant.
I'm not posting anything yet. My strongest social skill here is Diplomacy, which even at my huge modifier probably won't get us out of combat here. I'll leave this up to Lief, for a Bluff setup. Instead, posting current stats.
The Cauldron: I have nothing posted by us from here. I'll need to take castings from #d.
Active Spells
Muirfinn: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance
Lief: Nondetection
Ithea: No Active Effects
Keep your active effects updated at the bottom of each post, update as needed.
Okay, cool. So noted. That puts the ball in your court unless you wanna try something, Ithea. Sylvie has a +45 mod to bluff (before factotum shenanigans) as well, should Lief wish to demure.
Sylvie DOES have 21, which makes any bluff extremely difficult for her to pull off. Not impossible, but she has to think fast and hope no one pokes even the slightest hole in it that she has to answer truthfully.
OOC: I have no issues with a bluff set up. Sylvie could assist. I'm not sure what roll for relevant information I'd need to make a believable bluff for some kind of infiltration team reporting back, if any. I also probably won't be able to post again until tomorrow.
Knowledge (Planes) could help there. Since you're not able to post today, I'll check your sheet and make the roll. Or I would, but you don't have any ranks in it.
So you can try that blind or one of you can try something else.
OOC: LUNCH POST! Could Sylvie or Ithea, who do have ranks in K:Planes head it and use my huge bluff mod to assist, or would that not be effective/efficient?
OOC: I don't believe we could help, as we'd then have to whisper the info to you to make use of it. Either you or Sylvie would have to make a bluff attempt on your own. While we wait for you, have a map.
(http://i.imgur.com/DgbXtns.png)
Yeah, no chance or situation to pass the info on. You need to react and don't have a chance to do anything else.
OOC: Okay, I'll kick it off. Trying to bluff that we're an infiltration team returning.Lief glares right back at the Erinyes that spoke. "Infiltration team returning to report, as ordered. Who are *you?* And put that damn bow away. You should have been expecting us, but you obviously weren't. Who fucked up and when do I get to rip their hide off?"
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
Okay, make a bluff check and post the results here. ...but since you don't seem to be around, I'll roll it for you.
> roll 1d20+33
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=10]
The bows don't lower, the glaives stay raised and ready to strike the party down. "Access code," he demands, glaring right at Lief.
OOC: Okay, I really don't know what I can do to figure out an access code, or even get a hint for it. So instead of making another bluff check completely blind, I'm going to hold off and see if anyone else has suggestions/ideas for it.
> roll 1d20+54 K:P
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=6]
"Of course we don't know the access code," Sylvie scowls, "We just got here. What do you think will happen if you attack us?"
> roll 1d20+67 (+22 inspiration, 11/12 left for encounter)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 73 > [d20=6]
She's trying to bluff within the bounds 21 sets for her. Nothing she said here is a lie.
There's a long stare-off between the party and the devils. Tension seems to crackle in the room, long moments of absolute silence passing. Sylvie pauses only to crack her knuckles, the sound disrupting the silence of the stand off.
> roll 1d20+42 (+22 inspiration 10/12 left for encounter) intimidate
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=13]
Sylvie's running with it and trying to set up an intimidate. Anyone else is free to chip in with their own intimidate roll or try and turn it into another direction.
OOC: Don't have intimidate, but I've got a bow and bluff!
Lief grins at Sylvie's actions and draws his own bow, taking aim at the devil Sylvie's focused on.
"I'd listen to her. She tends to not leave much more than paste. She takes her time with it, too."
> roll 1d20+33 Bluff
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=4]
OOC: Lending my aid where I can without bluffing!
Muirfinn closes his eyes and huffs out his nose, channeling his frustration with his own failures earlier. "Look, we all have more important fights to pick, and fighting here will only get the lot of us into trouble." He glares at the group and the devils meaningfully. "All of us."
[19:38] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 diplomacy
[19:38] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 54 >12 [d20=14]
Diabolical eyes go from Sylvie to Lief and finally to Muirfinn. Finally, he says in Infernal, "Yaromos, get the Sub-Commander." One of the erinyes in the back flies off and away, down a hall mostly hidden by the other devils. It gives you time - not much, for within a minute the erinyes returns with a gelugon. A familiar creature to the party, one carrying the spear typical of the caste. It walks around them and to the party...
> roll 1d20+23 knowledge check
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=3]
The creature hisses, mandibles clacking together as it raises its spear up, "AURORA!"
Things that don't help sneaking by? Being famous anti-devil terrorists known to Baator. Roll init here, everyone.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 gelugon initiative
[20:59] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=8]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 erinyes squad init
[20:59] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 6 > [d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 barbazu squad
[21:00] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=17]
[21:01] <Harley> roll d20+22 init Ithea
[21:01] <Serith> Harley roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=12]
[21:03] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+17+5 Muirfinn init
[21:03] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=18]
[21:05] <Harley> ooc: oh right, +5 from Lief, so 39 for Ithea
[21:11] <Harley> roll d20+24+5 init Sylvie
[21:11] <Serith> Harley roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=15]
OOC: Sylvie (44) > Muirfinn (40) > Ithea (39) > Barbazu Squad (23) > Gelugon (13) > Erinyes Squad (1)
[20:03] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+17+5 Muirfinn init
[20:03] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 40 >12 [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+21
<Serith> Rhaqa roll for Serith < 39 > [d20=18]
Sylvie (44) > Muirfinn (40) > Ithea=Lief (39) > Barbazu Squad (23) > Gelugon (13) > Erinyes Squad (1) is init. Sylvie opens, but she'll hold in favor of Muirfinn and do any mopping up that's needed. Go Muirfinn.
"Borealis!" Muirfinn replies, ice and hail blasting from his mouth and spraying across the devils.
OOC: Cone of Cold. Reflex half DC 29. SR applies. Let me know what I need to roll pls.
HP: 300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance
Form: Normal
Yes to SR, though you'll autopass so no need. Roll damage as normal, I'll handle saves.
[18:51] <Muirfinn> roll 15d6
[18:51] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 54 >12 [d6=2,5,3,3,1,3,6,6,6,3,1,4,3,6,2]
> roll 1d20+9 barbazu squad
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d20+13 erinyes
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=9]
Gelugon is immune, I usually run them as cold immune. Always thought that was a rules oversight for ice devils to not be immune to cold.
With a single word of power, frigid cold envelops the squads before him. Two barbazu are frozen solid, nothing but icy statues that buffer the worst of it from the others. An erinyes is likewise frozen, crashing to the ground and smashing into bits of bloody ice. As the devils are frozen solid...
Ithea and Lief are up. Go.
As a reminder, make sure to include the information (hit points, armor class, ect) that was requested back in nagging's post examples. Yuth, if you can edit that into your post declaring the cone of cold while I deal with other stuff, that would be great.
"Well here we go. Kill everything. Unless they want to give up and give us information."
OOC: Targeting the Gelugon for the following attacks:
> roll d20+44 ATK 1 (Spellstoring Arrow - Sword of Conscience: CL 21)
> roll d20+44 ATK 2 (Spellstoring Arrow - Holy Smite: CL 21)
> roll d20+39 ATK 3
> roll d20+34 ATK 4
> roll d20+29 ATK 5
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 63 > [d20=19]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=16]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 56 > [d20=17]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=17]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=1]
> roll d20+29 ATK 5 Crit Fail confim
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=13]
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
We don't use crit fails, so that 1 is just a plain miss. However, all of the others hit. Roll damage.
In the future, feel free to roll damage and include that if you think you hit. At worst, I tell you that you're wrong and the damage roll is ignored.
OOC:
> roll 4#1d6+23+8d6+2d6+2 Damage
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 69, 61, 73, 65 >
Total is 268.
Spellstoring property is ignored, as that overkills the gelugon. They're there, but it's a matter of overkill rather than anything relevant. Ow.
Lief floats up and positions, the silence of the Astral perfect for his concentration. In that moment he's in the zone, snapping off arrows at the devil oppressor before it can even react. The insectoid devil is struck four times, arrows going right through its heart one after another. It topples back like a broken doll, mandibles clacking loudly together as it screams, a sound like rustling insect legs. It dissolves before it hits the ground, becoming fragments of melting black ice under the arrow storm.
It was a gelugon 16//fighter 16, a powerful foe that's still well below the party's might. Ithea, you're up. New initiative is:
Sylvie (44) > Muirfinn (40) > Ithea=Lief (39) > Barbazu Squad (23) > Erinyes Squad (6)
Ithea raises her glaive and lightning arcs through her hands and the weapon's shaft as chains of lightning explode out the blade and into the devils as she oversees the damage, letting most of the electrical damage concentrate itself on one of the far back erinyes and jumping from there onto the remaining erinyes and the barbazu.
Then immediately after, she follows up with a series of swipes from her glaive, slashing away at the remaining survivors as needed.
Ithea is using quick cast to cast chain lightning, focused on one of the back erinyes. She can target all of the other devils as secondary targets.
Chain Lightning: Spell Resistance / Reflex DC 26 (Pass = Half Damage) / Secondary targets take half damage of main target.
[21:14] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+28 CL to beat SR
[21:14] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=18]
[21:15] <Sailor_Mercury> roll 1.5*20d6 chain lightning, reflex DC 26
[21:15] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 121 > [d6=4,4,6,4,2,4,4,6,5,4,5,3,6,4,2,6,1,4,5,2]
[21:15] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+42 K:Planes for Devotion (should autopass outside of a 1, but hey)
[21:15] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=5]
Following that, she's full attacking against survivors. Focus will be three of the Erinyes in the middle row (she can't quite get to the back row due to 3D distance multiplication. Curses!) and a Barbazu from middle row. If something in the middle row is dead, she'll target stuff on the front row.
Dune, please note Ithea has cleave, if it matters.
[21:16] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+45 Full Attack #1
[21:16] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=6]
[21:16] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+40 Full Attack #2
[21:16] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=3]
[21:16] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+35 Full Attack #3
[21:16] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=9]
[21:16] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+30 Full Attack #4
[21:16] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=2]
HP: 346/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1,
Rogue: Mimic 0/1,
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 0/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 0/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 1/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 0/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 1/14
The attacks all hit. Roll damage for your full attack. Also, make an attack for cleave.
OOC: Damage -
[21:23] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d10+15+3d6 Holy Power Atk #1
[21:23] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 33 > [d10=7][d6=4,3,4]
[21:23] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d10+15+3d6 Holy Power Atk #2
[21:23] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 37 > [d10=10][d6=2,5,5]
[21:23] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d10+15+3d6 Holy Power Atk #3
[21:23] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 31 > [d10=7][d6=2,3,4]
[21:23] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d10+15+3d6 Holy Power Atk #4
[21:23] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 31 > [d10=6][d6=2,2,6]
Also:
[21:24] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+30 Cleave (assuming lowest attack cleaves, add +X as necessary)
[21:24] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=4]
[21:24] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d10+15+3d6 Holy Power Atk #Cleave
[21:24] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 37 > [d10=10][d6=3,4,5]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 3 > [d20=3]
> OOC: +13 for ref, so a total of 16. A rousing failure of a saving throw for the erinyes squad.
> roll 1d20+9 barbazu reflex save
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=10]
The flash-frozen devils and the slain gelugon leave the remainder stunned for the split-second they have to react. The party falls on them like the wrath of the heavens, manifesting in Ithea's lightning spell. The erinyes are decimated by it, the spreading chain lightning causing them shudder and convulse, falling and dissolving into oblivion. Amid this, the barbazu shuddering and barely holding their ground, Ithea springs in. A slash there, an arm severed. A stab follows, a devil impaled. A third and a fourth, swings that cut through devil flesh as easily as paper. Lightning is joined by holy radiance, exploding around Ithea and the falling devils. In mere moments all that is left is the empty room before them.
As seen before, there is a single door leading on. It is a normal looking door, carved of the same black obsidian as the walls of the fortress. However, you can feel it rapidly getting warmer, going from neutral to warm to hot in a mere second. The heat is rising - fast!
Free act, the enemies were wiped out. Good security, but merely good security doesn't stop heroes of your stature. Act.
Sylvie steps in, looking about briefly and brushing a bit of blonde hair out of her face. "Damn, Ithea. You didn't even leave me anything to mop up."
"What did you expect from barbazu and erinyes?" Ithea comments with a roll of her eyes.
She briefly eyes the corpses before shrugging. Unlikely that they have anything worthwhile to spend even seconds for a quick search probably.
"Well, they know we're here. Guess we can forgo the sneaking around and jump to the storming the castle part," Ithea notes, as she steps further into the room and starts moving towards the door on the other side, examining it.
Turning to the pixie, "Any traps, Lief?" she asks before she does her best to open it.
*Lief eyes the area.*
"Give me a second to look everything over. Try and figure out what that heat is. Oh, and look for any good loot."
> roll 1d20+64 Spot/Traps
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 78 > [d20=14]
"We wiped out, like, two squadrons of devils, in the time it took them to say 'Oh no! It's Aurora! We're fucked!'. Do you really think they're going to have -any- good loot?" Ithea asks.
"No, but they could have a key or something."
Lief can tell the door isn't trapped, strictly speaking. Nothing so crude. It's simply rigged up not to open under certain circumstances. Lief lacks the grounding in spellcraft to fully analyze it, but he can tell it's tied to the runes and rising temperature. Which is rising past a hot summer day rapidly, becoming painful and uncomfortable.
> roll 2d6 fire damage
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 4 > [d6=2,2]
The room is starting to shimmer with heat as it becomes rapidly intolerable. It's becoming hot enough to burn flesh already, enough to boil water. Fortunately, Lief can tell that it might be possible to disable the magical trap on the door and open it.
Meanwhile, Sylvie grimaces at the heat, "Ithea, resist energy? They might have something practical like a key," she agrees, going to check that.
> roll 1d20+14 search untrained int check
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 31 > [d20=17]
Make sure to note any fire resistance any of y'all have in your next post, along with an HP count if you're taking damage from it.
"That'd be a very poor defense if they just carry the key on them, but sure, Sylvie, why don't you humor Lief while I handle the heat," Ithea says, casting Resist Energy on the four of them to protect them from fire. Won't help permanently, but will at least protect against some of the damage.
OOC: Resist Energy (Fire 30) on all.
"Hmm... It's something to do with these runes... I *think* I may be able to get it, but magic isn't really my forte... Still..."
*Lief sets himself to work.*
> roll 1d20+28 Disable Device
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=9]
Time matters here, so in what order are you enhancing people, Ithea?
Muirfinn shimmers and turns into a small gold dragon.
HP: 300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, immune to fire damage
OOC: Forgot to post HP. And I figured I was using the touch/duskblade trick to spread it to everyone at once? Unless it doesn't work like that here, in which case Ithea > Lief > Sylvie > Muirfinn
HP: 342/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1,
Rogue: Mimic 0/1,
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 0/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 0/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 1/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 1/14
I honestly forgot about that, so carry on.
As Muirfinn takes a more draconic form, the heat washing off him, Lief concentrates on the lock. It's hard to at first, but the pain is stopped by Ithea's protective spell. He's able to do his job with clarity of mind, working on the locked door. But he's not able to do it this time, but nor does he make it worse.
> roll 4d6 getting hotter but protected
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 15 > [d6=3,4,3,5]
*Lief moves to wipe the sweat off of his brow from the heat, but instead simply blinks it away and redoubles his efforts on the lock.*
> roll 1d20+28 Disable Device
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=17]
As Lief works, "Nothing worthwhile," Sylvie gets up from checking over the dropped equipment, "Standard hell-forged equipment."
Meanwhile, Lief works away. He's able to force the door open, swinging it aside. Ahead is pure flame - whatever's ahead is filled with a massive, blue-white fire that sheds enough heat to physically knock Lief back. Sylvie holds her crossed arms up over her face, turning away from the door, "I think we need to do something more than ignoring it with protections!"
> roll 6d6
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 25 > [d6=6,1,5,2,6,5]
"Can you dispel the effect, Muirfinn? If not, can you explore ahead and see if you can find a way to turn it off further ahead while we step back since you currently have immunity to the flames?" Ithea asks the current dragon.
"I can try." Muirfinn says, giving the flames a look with Detect Magic.
[21:24] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+50 Spellcraft
[21:24] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 57 >12 [d20=7]
Muirfinn can tell the flames are indeed magical. Super-hot but tolerable to devils. It's a powerful enchantment but one that could be dispelled. Going through is unwise, since it'll likely be strong enough to penetrate your protections, not to manage making sight impossibe.
Muirfinn attempts to dispel the flames, or at least suppress them!
[21:48] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+20 dispel
[21:48] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 36 >12 [d20=16]
Calling on the Weave to unravel, Muirfinn masterfully undoes the magic before him. The blue-white flames unravel like string pulled apart, though the ambient heat still continues to rise. Ahead lies two hallways going to the north, one to the northeast and one to the northwest. Both are tall and wide, going ahead 30ft to doors on each end.
"Of course, they can't label a thing," Sylvie hurries along, "Whoever did the defenses here was a paranoid devil, alright."
> roll 8d6 this may deal damage past resistance 30 if it rolls well
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 30 > [d6=1,4,5,4,5,4,2,5]
The heat continues to increase and is reaching levels that's pressing your protections. On the other hand, the blue-white flames are down.
Ithea also hurries forward while the flames are down, and quickly eyes the two hallways to identify differences and possibly which is the best path to take.
ooc: [23:19] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+51 spot
[23:19] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 57 > [d20=6]
Ithea can tell the hallways are identical. Disturbingly so, down to being without a single mar or discerning difference. It's like someone spent days ensuring the hallways are flawlessly symmetrical.
Make an K:P check here and post the results, Ithea.
ooc:
[23:25] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+42 K:Planes
[23:25] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=2]
Ithea's able to put a few pieces together here. The paranoia of the design and defenses are one thing. The sheer perfection of the hall and symmetry is another. It points to an odd thing - these are the hallmarks of the Lord of the Seventh, Beezlebub. But by all rights, this should be an operation under the Lord of the First, Bel. The two don't like each other either, so why is a design like this in a place like here?
Ithea shares this insight as she heads for the left hallway! Not having a better reason to pick one over the other, left seems a good option!
Sylvie will comment on this and make her own K:P check, but that'll wait to give Lief and Muirfinn a chance to act and comment first.
Rolling K:P
[23:12] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+22
[23:12] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 33 >12 [d20=11]
> roll 1d20+54 K:P for Sylvie
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 72 > [d20=18]
Never doubt an epic factotum's ability to completely destroy skill checks.
Muirfinn thinks a moment. That information checks out to him. But why would Beezlebub be interfering with Bel's duties? There's a few possibilities. This station has been infiltrated or a greater authority (Asmodeus) ordered it to be so are the most likely possibilities.
Sylvie meanwhile hums at that, grimacing as the heat continues to rise. "Could be," she follows with Ithea to the left, "Bel's regime's been under fire, look at what happened to Abigor." But her words are cut off as more heat buffets the party.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Infinite_Ko_Loop roll for Serith < 40 > [d6=2,5,6,4,5,5,5,2,1,5]
That's 10 fire damage to y'all after Ithea's resist energy spell. Except Muirfinn, as he took a fire-immune form with shapeshift.
OOC: Ithea should have reached end of hall. Can she open the door? Is there anything stopping her from opening the door? Besides possible traps and such? Probably worth just going for it. So making sure. Also did anyone go right? Did anyone follow me?
Oh sorry, derped on that. Thank you for correcting me. Sylvie's following you, Lief and Muirfinn haven't chimed in yet.
Ithea reaches the end of the hall at the meantime. This door is like the last one - it seems securely shut, just like before. It doesn't open to a casual effort.
Since she doesn't have the ability to open the door outside of trying to brute force it open, Ithea casts Detect Magic and tries to examine the runes and possibly figure out a way to turn them off or set them to cool again.
ooc:
[20:25] <Merc-zzz> roll d20+40 spellcraft
[20:25] <Serith> Merc-zzz roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=10]
ooc: Is there a way to UMD the runes off? Dispel? Or is disable device the only way outside of finding an actual mechanism further in as far as I can tell?
*Follows after Ithea!*
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
Ithea's study of the runes comes, but heat continues to blast the party.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d6=1,3,1,3,2,6,2,4,6,5]
3 more fire damage to all but Muirfinn. This isn't enough to warrant a Concentration check, as you'll auto pass it.
But Ithea is able to work past the burning pain, ignoring the scorching of her skin, slowly progressing. She thinks the runes could be dispelled, but you'd need to find the source of them. Studying them, you can tell they're just extensions of the main source of the enchantment - which, interestingly, you can follow and tell it's somewhere past the door to the right. Once there, you could dispel it or perhaps UMD it or disable device, it'll depend on how exactly its set up.
"Look," Sylvie calls as she grimaces, skin reddening, "We need to move or fall back, before we end up baked alive."
Muirfinn nods along, eyeing the door. He shifts back to tortle form, raises a wand to the door on the right and speaks a command word.
Crumble on the door.
> roll 10d8 for Yuth
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 52 > [d8=1,8,8,8,1,5,4,8,6,3]
HP: 300/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11, all spells Energized
What book is crumble in, tortle?
"Maybe not. The source of the runic enchantment seems to be on the other side of the door on the right hallway. If we get to it, we can disable or dispel it. Failing that though, we definitely should retreat then," Ithea explains her findings as she starts backtracking to the other hallway, casting a disintegrate at the right door as it comes into view, deciding not to waste any time on it.
OOC: since int-based speed at the moment, should easily be able to reach the right door even going back down the left hall and then down the right hall.
[11:57] <Merc> roll d20+30 ranged touch
[11:57] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 41 > [d20=11]
[11:57] <Merc> roll 40d6
[11:57] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 140 > [d6=2,3,1,5,2,2,6,3,3,2,6,5,1,1,1,2,3,4,1,5,6,6,4,2,4,5,4,4,2,5,6,5,3,6,1,3,6,4,4,2]
Ithea's HP: 329/346
Few things. First of all, reroll since your damage is wrong. The version in the SC (which trumps the CD version) is 1d8 per level, to a max of 10d8. Secondly, just tell me the book next time instead of telling me to look in chat. Easier for me.
Just to keep things updated accurately:
-Everyone should have taken 4 damage from first fire burst. Muirfinn shapeshifted after that.
-Everyone else should have taken an additional 13 damage (total 17).
So HP should be:
-Ithea 329/346
-Lief 341/358
-Sylvie 273/290
-Muirfinn 296/300
HP: 329/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1,
Rogue: Mimic 0/1,
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 0/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 0/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 1/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 2/14
Thank you, that's correct. I'm keeping Sylvie's HP in my notes.
People, please remember to include the requested information in your posts. HP, armor class, ect.
Calling for a reroll of 10d8 please. Will edit post. Also, updating post to c/p for the future.
> roll 10d8 for Yuth
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 52 > [d8=1,8,8,8,1,5,4,8,6,3]
Work, so I'll post again when I get home.
Between Muirfinn's spell and Ithea's disintegration, the door disintegrates, even as the party is basted in heat. As you sizzle, you see ahead. Pure, pitch black darkness that Ithea and Lief can't see through. However, Muirfin's true seeing allows him to see through. This room is full of runes like the previous room, as well as silver orbs that hang in the air. They float a few feet off the ground and sizzle in the heat. But that's not the problem. The problem is that there are a dozen erinyes standing there, bows ready.
At the same time Sylvie's eyes widen, "Look-" she begins, before waves of greasy, sickening darkness envelope the party, save for Lief, who is still hanging back.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d6=6,1,4,3,2,6,2,1,3,3]
1 more point of fire damage to all. Includes tortle this time, as he shifted to humanoid form.
> roll 1d20+13 caster level check
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=16]
This does not penetrate Ithea's spell resistance. Pick your benefit from the spellwarped template, Ithea. Muirfinn and Sylvie need to make Will saves, as they don't have spell resistance. As Yuth isn't here, I'll roll his Will save.
> roll 1d20+46 (+14 inspiration 11/12 left for encounter)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 63 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+31 Muirfinn Will
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=3]
> roll 20d8 halve this Sylvie
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 89 > [d8=1,5,3,7,3,4,8,5,4,6,2,7,7,3,1,3,8,2,7,3]
> roll 40d6 halve this Muirfinn
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 137 > [d6=2,5,6,1,2,2,3,4,6,5,1,2,5,6,2,5,3,3,2,2,4,5,5,3,3,3,4,3,4,4,5,3,6,1,1,3,2,4,4,3]
44 damage to Sylvie and 68 to Muirfinn.
Okay, time to roll initiative. Clearly the devils are letting you get (in theory) baked by the fire and battered down by defenses.
Gain temp HP, which is 5x spell level.
[20:54] <Kotono> Unholy blight is 4th, but the mass of them bumps it up to a 6th level spell.
Ithea gains 30 temp HP.
Ithea's at 328+30/346.
She uses Nerveskitter to gain +5 to init on top of Lief's +5.
[20:57] <Merc> roll d20+22+10 nerveskitter+Lief bonus to Ithea
[20:57] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=2]
Muirfinn shifts quickly back to dragon form, shaking off the darkness and growling.
[23:04] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+20 init
[23:04] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=6]
HP: 232/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11, immune to fire
> roll 1d20+21 Lief
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+29 Sylvie (+5 Lief's aura)
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 41 > [d20=12]
* Merc is now known as Merc-zzz
> roll 1d20+7 Erinyes squad
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=16]
Init order is: Sylvie(41) > Ithea(34) > Muirfinn(26) > Lief=Erinyes Squad (23) > Environmental Damage (Heat) (0). Sylvie opens and she'll go first this time.
"Ugh," Sylvie grimaces in pain, diving forward and out of the darkness. She lands in a roll and on her knees, springing to her feet moments later. "Damn it, Ithea, your luck's spreading." She dives right into the enemy ranks, fists a flurry of blurred blows.
> roll 1d20+36
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d20+36
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+31
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+40 (+14 inspiration 10/12 left for encounter)
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+40 (+14 inspiration 10/12 left for encounter) crit?
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+35 (+14 inspiration 9/12 left for encounter)
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=17]
> roll 3d10+28 hit 1
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 51 > [d10=8,7,8]
> roll 3d10+28 hit 2
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 38 > [d10=1,6,3]
> roll 6d10+56 hit 3 crit and gets 1/2 of the damage as temp HP
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 95 > [d10=8,9,3,5,5,9]
> roll 95/2
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 47 >
> roll 3d10+28 hit 4
<Serith> Kobrb roll for Serith < 42 > [d10=5,7,2]
One erinyes gets a jab to the throat, collapsing as it claws at its neck. Another is kicked in the head, a loud crack as her roundhouse snaps neck and skull equally. As she wades in, a burst of glowing white life-energy coming from the neck-broken erinyes and into her fists, "We need to finish this fast and keep going. Come on!"
Ithea, you're up.
Ithea eyes the silver orbs, giving them a quick examination to identify if they're the source of the runes' heating enchantment and if a good burst of lightning handled the right way could shock them into lightening the heat output. After making a quick decision based on her analysis, she shoots aims the head of her glaive at the erinyes squad and fires a chain lightning spell, letting the spell jump from erinyes to erinyes, and depending on her finding, towards the silver orbs as well. On the other hand, if her findings say to leave the orbs alone until the erinyes are dead, then that's what she'll do.
OOC: Skill checks to decide if attacking the orbs is a good idea and if so, controlling effect to lower heat or at least not increasing more.
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+42 K:A
[08:35] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=9]
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+40 Spellcraft
[08:35] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=20]
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+28 UMD
[08:35] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=20]
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> ooc: Well, that's a good sign
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> ooc: Hopefully one applies
OOC: Chain Lightning
[08:35] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+28 CL to beat SR
[08:35] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=10]
[08:36] <Dark_Mercury> roll 1.5*20d6 chain lightning, reflex DC 26
[08:36] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 94 > [d6=4,3,2,4,2,2,4,3,4,3,5,2,1,1,1,3,3,4,6,6]
Ithea studies the orbs, momentarily ignoring the carnage that erupts around the party. The orbs aren't tied to the rising heat at all. Whatever is lies further down this way. In any case, the orbs are little magical clusters, ready to discharge when a set condition is reached. In this case, each orb is keyed to a spell that will create a large amount of lava in the room. The condition for setting them off is a non-devil being in the room for 1 round. One can note Sylvie's already in the room.
Studying the orbs is a standard action. Chain lightning is a swift action thanks to the Astral's auto-quickening.
> roll 1d20+14 Erinyes squad
<Serith> Kozzz roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=7]
The blast of lightning hits one erinyes and fries it like an overcooked egg, smaller bolts ravaging the rest. Several fall and others are are spasming from it, the enemy in disarray but not down.
Muirfinn.
ooc: Given the information from the skill checks, can it be assumed that the chain lightning also targets the orbs? Note that in above post, Ithea was intending to target the orbs along with the erinyes if there was no indication that doing so was bad, and nothing in your description seems to have said 'leave orbs alone'.
ooc: She should be able to target some/all (not sure how many orbs there are), since chain lightning can hit up to 20 secondary targets and there should be 9 erinyes (12 erinyes originally, minus main target and minus two dead by Sylvie's hands)
"Those orbs will summon lava into the room soon if we don't disable them!" Ithea warns the others, hoping the warning can help them react if the worst happens. "If we can't disable them in time, be ready to get out of the room and avoid the lava somehow!"
ooc: Also, forgot astral does auto-quicken, so Ithea shouldn't have used up a quick cast in the last fight. Reminder for self for next time I update spoiler block
Certainly so.
As the erinyes stumble and fall, lightning crackles amid the orbs. A few shudder and break, smoking as they fall - but there's still more. Perhaps four or five left, hovering in the back.
"That was really rather rude." Muirfinn says, lunging onto the room to Sylvie's side, talons and teeth flashing.
No distance was mentioned, so assuming I can just full attack along with Sylvie.
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+44 Unarmed
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+44 Unarmed
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+39 Unarmed
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+34 Unarmed
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+29 Unarmed
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 Claw
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 Claw
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 Wing
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 Wing
[13:37] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 Tail
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 48 >12 [d20=4]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 55 >12 [d20=11]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 43 >12 [d20=4]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 44 >12 [d20=10]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 36 >12 [d20=7]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 52 >12 [d20=12]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 57 >12 [d20=17]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 59 >12 [d20=19]
[13:37] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 50 >12 [d20=10]
[13:39] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+40 bite (secondary)
[13:39] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 51 >12 [d20=11]
HP: 243/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Fast Healing 11, immune to fire, SR 27
All hit. Feel free to roll damage at the same time. At worst I tell you some of the rolls aren't needed.
[15:35] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 71, 72, 61, 74, 62 >
[15:35] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 53, 38 >
[15:35] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 31, 35 >
[15:35] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 46 >12 [d6=5,1,6,4]
[15:35] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 38 >12 [d8=7,6,2,6]
581 total.
Returning into dragon form, Muirfinn dives into the decimated erinyes. The few who are not down are torn asunder by claw and teeth, becoming naught but mist and smoke on the still air of the Astral Plane. The foes are slain, yet a handful of orbs remain in the back. The darkness of the room continues to cloak all, save for those with magically enhanced sight.
Init order is: Sylvie(41) > Ithea(34) > Muirfinn(26) > Lief (23) > Environmental Damage (Heat) (0)
Small mistake that I just didn't catch for whatever reason, despite having it mind: There's magical darkness in the room that prevents you from seeing, Ithea. Sylvie and Muirfinn have true seeing so they bypass it, but you don't. Since it's already done and I don't want to slow this down any further, I'll give you a pass on it this time. We'll say the light of Sylvie's bodyfeeder crit flashed a moment and you capitalized on it.
What I'll do in the future is make sure to include conditions like that in bold text at the top of my posts. This one's getting chalked up to getting used to how post-gaming runs, since I'm still used to IRC. On IRC, I would've kept a note in the buffer so I wouldn't forget. Here I meant to remember and forgot since I didn't have that.
No enemy but the orbs, but they are a concern and on an unclear timer. Lief, go. As the above so clearly notes, you can't actually see into the room.
Lief is up. Go.
Conditions: Ongoing heat damage (10d6 a round), astral flight (10ft speed per point of Intelligence, perfect maneuverability), automatic spell quickening (spells are automatically quickened), timelessness (time does not pass normally, creatures do not age/hunger/thirst, items do not decay, wounds do not heal without magic).
These will be included as a header to my posts now, so there isn't a problem with anyone forgetting them.
*Quickly shoves a hand into his scroll case, his lack of sight being a terrifying condition to the archer as he hears sounds of combat rip through the room, and pulls out a scroll of Greater Dispel Magic, intending to blast the magical darkness away with it!*
> roll 1d20+33 UMD Check
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+20 Greater Dispel Magic @ CL20
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=9]
OOC: Going to hold off on my other actions until this resolves.OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 341/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion[/i]
Conditions: Ongoing heat damage (10d6 a round), astral flight (10ft speed per point of Intelligence, perfect maneuverability), automatic spell quickening (spells are automatically quickened), timelessness (time does not pass normally, creatures do not age/hunger/thirst, items do not decay, wounds do not heal without magic).
Lief whips out one of his Afina-created scrolls, throwing all the power he has into making it work. The words burst into fire as the scroll crumbles to ash, the darkness collapsing before them. Ithea and Lief can see into the room now. You can see there's two doors on the back wall, behind the last of the orbs.
Remember to italicize your rolls, Lief. Finish your turn now.
*Moves into the room with the others, at least not wanting to be left if they blast through another door or something... But he'll hover near the ceiling to keep as far away from the soon-to-be lava as possible.*
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 341/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
> roll 10d6 heat damage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d6=3,5,1,5,6,1,6,5,1,5]
8 more fire damage to all but Muirfinn.
As the party continues to slowly roast in the blazing heat of the Astral outpost, Sylvie takes her chance. She positions in front of the orbs and opens her hand, a burst of freezing cold coming out in the shape of a cone of ice. It envelopes the orbs as...
8/12 inspiration left for encounter, used cone of cold from arcane dilettente
> roll 15d6
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 63 > [d6=4,6,4,1,3,6,6,3,1,3,6,3,6,6,5]
Under the frozen assault, the orbs crackle with cold. Great gouts of steam come from them as they're cracked like eggs, falling to the ground. They're down, no lava coming from them. At the same time, you can hear the sliding of metal. Along the roof little slits open up, the glitter of red-hued arrow heads as murder holes are revealed. Sylvie looks up, "Oghma damn it!" she mutters, "Above us!"
The orbs acted after the next turn of the creature that triggered them. Murder holes are joining init, which is:
Sylvie(41) > Ithea(34) > Muirfinn(26) > Murder Holes (25) > Lief (23) > Environmental Damage (Heat) (0)
Ithea is up. Go Ithea.
"Muirfinn, can you handle the arrows?" Ithea asks as she examines the runes, determining which door to disintegrate to find the mechanism for the heat.
OOC: [16:13] <Merc> roll d20+42 K:A
[16:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=18]
[16:13] <Merc> roll d20+40 Spellcraft
[16:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=3]
[16:13] <Merc> roll d20+28 UMD
[16:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=10]
[16:14] <Merc> roll d20+30 ranged touch
[16:14] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=20]
[16:15] <Merc> roll 40d6 disintegrate
[16:15] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 145 > [d6=2,5,4,5,5,3,6,1,2,2,4,2,5,3,5,5,1,5,4,2,4,6,6,5,3,3,1,4,3,4,5,4,3,6,3,1,4,4,2,3]
[16:16] <Merc> roll 40d6 disintegrate crit damage, assuming 2x since it's an attack roll spell so should be able to crit?
[16:16] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 146 > [d6=5,4,4,1,6,5,4,1,6,4,2,3,1,5,4,3,2,3,2,3,2,5,3,5,2,2,1,5,5,6,1,6,6,6,6,4,3,3,4,3]
HP: 329+22/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1
Rogue: Mimic 0/1
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 1/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 0/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 0/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 4/14
Conditions: Ongoing heat damage (10d6 a round), astral flight (10ft speed per point of Intelligence, perfect maneuverability), automatic spell quickening (spells are automatically quickened), timelessness (time does not pass normally, creatures do not age/hunger/thirst, items do not decay, wounds do not heal without magic).
Spellcraft is relevant here and you can't crit objects. You'd also need a crit confirmation check if you could, but that's academic.
Studying the runes further, Ithea can discern that the right door leads on towards the source of the heat. The door crumbles to dust, revealing a stairway winding down.
"How much do you want to bet that the source of this is as far away from our goal as possible," Sylvie gripes as she starts to fly forward.
Muirfinn, you're up.
"Well, that or we'll find them, but end up so roasted that Dana will be about as jealous as when she missed out on melting to Jormugandr's poison," Ithea replieas as she prepares to fly down the stairway as well.
"It'll be worth it just to see her turn green again."
"As long as we don't actually die this time around. Last time we were in Ysgard. Astral's not going to be that helpful. So hey, let's do our best not to die horribly to arrows from above or bursting into flame because we can't find the source of the runes in time."
Muirfinn shifts back, casting a spell as he forces the murder holes to fill in with the surrounding stone!
Stone Shape to fill in the holes.
HP: 254/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11
On Muirfinn's spell, the murder holes gum up with spreading stone. They are sealed and ruined, a tremendous thudding as the arrows hit newly formed stone.
Free act. This round's fire damage incoming.
> roll 10d6
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 10d6 --> [ 10d6=34 ]{34}
4 fire damage to all, including Muirfinn this time.
"Well, we better take care of whatever causing this damnable heat before we sweat to death..."
*heads down the new stairway, pulling up his invisibility, taking point and watching for more traps.*
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 337/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
The moment Lief steps into the hall, its like his body is lead. Gravity is suddenly there again and stronger than ever.
Strength check, Lief.
> roll 1d20+1 Str Check, go splat
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 12 > [d20=11]OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 337/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
> roll 1d10 damage, DR applies
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 2 > [d10=2]
So no damage.
A cry comes from Lief as he's slammed down onto the ground, gravity pinning him there. It's hard to even move is head slightly, let alone stand. He's pinned down by the sheer weight, a sudden and sharp need to breathe. Yet even breathing is an ordeal, his lungs barely able to move to do so. It's like he's slowly being choked.
Ithea flies after Lief, and noticing the effect on him takes care to land before entering the room. Trusting her strength to keep her up, and using Lief's apparent visible suffering as a guideline for what to expect, she searches for what would be causing the gravitational effect and hopefully understanding it.
OOC:
[16:39] <Merc> roll d20+22 Str check to go splat
[16:39] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=7]
[16:40] <Merc> roll d20+51 spot
[16:40] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=2]
[16:40] <Merc> roll d20+40 spellcraft
[16:40] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=15]
HP: 329+18/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1
Rogue: Mimic 0/1
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 1/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 0/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 0/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 4/14
Ithea is able to stay up, walking forward slowly and carefully. The magic is tied to the heat - and you can't dispel it from here. The source is further down, same direction as the heat.
Sylvie and Muirfinn, make listen checks in the meanwhile.
> roll 1d20+19 Listen check Sylvie
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=11]
OOC: Is Ithea straining with the gravity? If she's not struggling, she'd like to pick up Lief or drag him along. Hopefully get him past the enchantment in the room.
Yes, but she's strong enough to be able to move. She'd have to try picking him up to see how viable it is. Hold that a sec, as what Muirfinn does/makes on his check will matter.
OOC: I shall wait for Muirfinn before attempting to drag Lief around then!
Muirfinn carefully makes his way toward Lief, staying wary for any further surprises.
[20:08] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+33
[20:08] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 34 >12 [d20=1]
HP: 261/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11
Yuth, you may want to read Ithea's action and my reply to it first.
> roll 10d6 fire damage first
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 42 > [d6=3,3,6,2,4,4,5,6,3,6]
12 fire damage to all, dealing with this round's iteration of this now.
Yuth, make a Strength check if you're going into the hall.
[20:22] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+7
[20:22] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 8 >12 [d20=1]
Here we go!
Muirfinn is slammed down just like Lief, barely able to move his hands, let alone his head or body. He's pinned hard by the gravity, as suddenly a wall of ice forms, separating the three from Sylvie. A split second later...
> roll 1d20+28 save 1 Sylvie evasion
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+28 save 2 Sylvie evasion
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=16]
No damage since she made both Ref saves.
Sylvie's voice can still be heard, muffled by the icy barrier. "Back attack!"
Initiative here. None of you can see what's up since there's a wall of ice taking the place of the disintegrated door. Lief and Muirfinn, you can't move due to the gravity, but you can make a Strength check each round to overcome it.
[20:30] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+20
[20:30] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 22 >12 [d20=2]
[21:30] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+22+5 init
[21:30] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 39 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+21 Init
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=16]
Conditions: Ongoing heat damage (10d6 a round), astral flight (10ft speed per point of Intelligence, perfect maneuverability), automatic spell quickening (spells are automatically quickened), timelessness (time does not pass normally, creatures do not age/hunger/thirst, items do not decay, wounds do not heal without magic).
> roll 1d20+24 Sylvie
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+5 1
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+6 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 12 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d20+9 3
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=4]
Initiative is: Ithea (39) > Lief (37) > Sylvie (26) > Muirfinn(22) > ?1 (19) > ?3 (13) > ?2 (12) > Environmental Damage (0)
Open Ithea. The wall of ice stops you from seeing anything of what's going on. Ahead is the hall and the stairs going down, all heavy with unnatural gravity. Notably, the Astral's flying property is suppressed in the hallway due to the gravity, though normal means of flying can still fly.
Ithea flings another disintegrate at the wall, grumbling under her breath as she does so. Then she attempts to aid Lief and Muirfinn with the gravity.
OOC: Posting disintegrate rolls as the quickened spell action. Not sure if I just roll strength or what to help the two out with their own troubles. If I can't help them, I'll probably just keep moving forward and let Sylvie drag the devils in or have her come in and Muirfinn/Lief lock them out.
[21:49] <Dark_Mercury> roll d20+30 ranged touch
[21:49] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=3]
[21:49] <Dark_Mercury> roll 40d6 disintegrate
[21:49] <Serith> Dark_Mercury roll for Serith < 138 > [d6=5,6,1,3,1,1,2,1,4,5,3,3,3,5,5,4,6,1,2,5,6,4,5,5,6,5,2,3,4,3,2,4,3,3,2,3,3,2,3,4]
You can help them, it'll grant both of them a +3 bonus on the Strength check or one of them a +5 bonus. Up to you on how you split that up.
OOC: Do I roll anything? Strength check?
No, it's automatic. You're doing alright with the gravity and with your modifier, you can't fail the roll.
OOC: Fair enough. I'll help Lief only. He needs the help much more, and Muirfinn can probably get dragon strength going too.
A quick blast of magic dissolves the wall of ice before you, turned into dust. As you go to help Lief, you can see three figures. Three gelugons in the entrance to the chamber, flanking the party from behind.
Lief, you're up. Go.
OOC: He's not up yet! He still has to roll! ^_~
*grunts with effort as he strains to rise with Ithea's help!*
> roll 1d20+1+5 Assisted STR
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=13]OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 325/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
With a great deal of effort and struggle, Lief stands up. He's able to function despite the crushing gravity, weakened but not down.
That was a move action. You can take the rest of your turn normally -a standard action and a swift action. Note that spells and SLAs are automatically quickened in the Astral.
*Uses Ithea's help to rise up, and spotting the incoming threats, snaps a flight of arrows off!*
OOC: Targeting the devil nearest to Sylvie, I guess.> roll 1d20+44-8 Manyshot ATK 1
> roll 1d20+44-8 Manyshot ATK 2
> roll 1d20+44-8 Manyshot ATK 3
> roll 1d20+44-8 Manyshot ATK 4
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 49 > [d20=13]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=7]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=16]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=8]
> roll 4#1d6+23+8d6+2d6+2 Damage
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 66, 61, 72, 71 >OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 325/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
The swarm of arrows flies true, one in each eye of the first gelugon. The insect-like eyes shatter like glass instead of popping like flesh, as a third goes through the throat of the devil. It gasps and stumbles - just in time for the last arrow to go right into its forehead, all the way through and out. The devil dissolves into melting black ice, dead.
Sylvie whistles lowly, a sound that carries in the burning air. "You know what? I'm tired of devils already." She withdraws a book from nowhere, opening it up and reading three otherworldly, powerful words from it.
> roll 21d12+21
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 157 > [d12=8,7,2,10,7,3,7,5,4,7,5,12,3,11,4,8,8,8,9,1,7]
> roll 1d20+15
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+14
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=19]
The beam of light that comes causes the devils to fade away like the last shadow of night before the dawn. 21 vanishes from her hands after, "I was going to tell you to go ahead while I hold the flank, but that works too."
Free act. Environmental damage incoming.
> roll 10d6 fire damage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d6=3,2,4,2,3,4,1,5,2,5]
A whopping 1 fire damage this round.
*continues straining against the gravity with Ithea's help, waiting for someone to get rid of the damnable spell.*
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 324/358
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
"I figured, if your luck seems as terrible as it's been that you're getting stuck behind, I might as well help out. You're having worse luck than I normally do, you know," Ithea replies as she starts heading back in the direction of the enchantment source, helping Lief along.
"Just go," Sylvie calls, "I'll hold down the flank. Knock out that heat enchantment already, we're on a clock." Sylvie turns to the door, falling into a fighting stance.
Waiting on Muirfinn now.
Muirfinn shifts back to dragon form, grunting as he pushes himself off the ground.
[10:06] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+17 str check
[10:06] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 37 >12 [d20=20]
HP: 270/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Fast Healing 11, immune to fire, SR 27
Conditions: Ongoing heat damage (10d6 a round), heavy gravity (-2 to Balance, Climb, Jump, Ride, Swim and Tumble checks, -2 to attack rolls, ranged weapon ranged halved, falling damage increased to 1d10 per 10ft), astral flight (10ft speed per point of Intelligence, perfect maneuverability), automatic spell quickening (spells are automatically quickened), timelessness (time does not pass normally, creatures do not age/hunger/thirst, items do not decay, wounds do not heal without magic).
With added draconic strength, dragon-Muirfinn is able to stand up and move. It's still hard, but he's up and mobile. Thus the party heads down the stairs. The gravity is heavy here, making it difficult to breathe and slow going. You're up but moving, heading down the stairs. Or starting to. Ahead you can see slits in thew all opening. From them gushes of lava erupt out, spraying all about the steps. From the roof more murder holes open, blue-green gas leaking out.
> roll 10d6 fire damage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d6=1,1,3,5,2,5,4,2,3,5]
1 more fire damage to all but Muirfinn.
OOC: Can I polar ray the lava to turn it back to rock/block the lava? How much time do I think that would buy us? Also, as asked in #elysium, do we still have astral flight, or was that overwritten by heavy gravity? Your previous posts implied it. If overwritten, do we still move at 10ft/Int just without flight, or do we move as normal for land?
1. Yes, though not all the lava's connected and there's only so much a single ray could do. Something with a radius would work better.
2. You think how much time it would buy you would depend on the spell and how far it goes. The stronger the cold damage, the better.
3. Conditions has been updated to reflect that flight is currently offline.
OOC: I'll wait for Muirfinn to act, since he has better spells for environmental hazards. My only area-based spell involves fatigue and lightning. I don't think I can make the lava fatigued.
Muirfinn's scales shift to silver as he blasts the area filling with lava with a torrent of ice and snow!
[23:10] <Muirfinn> roll 22d6 cold
[23:10] <Serith> Muirfinn roll for Serith < 63 >12 [d6=3,3,5,6,3,4,2,3,2,1,6,1,4,2,2,2,2,2,1,4,4,1]
Could this potentially drop the ambient temperature for a time?
The blast of super-cooled air freezes the lava solid, turning it into long strings of volcanic rock instead. It hits the ground hard, the sprayers clogged by this sudden change. Steamy fog explodes out everywhere, obscuring the way ahead.
No heat damage this round due to the sudden cooling. Act, y'all.
Muirfinn boldly heads forward!
Let's all hope that gas isn't bad news.
Ithea follows afterwards, hoping to navigate the fog quickly to the next room. Hopefully the blue-green gas was dispersed enough within the resulting fog to be ineffective, and its own holes plugged as the lava ones were. Just to be a bit safer, Ithea takes a deep breath before plunging into the fog and down the stairs.
The group muddies through the passage, foggy and half blind. As they do...
Fort saves all. Ithea, you get a +4 bonus for holding your breath.
OOC: [12:12] <Kotono> Itsa kitty.
[12:13] <Merc> roll d20+36+4+11 fort+inspiration
[12:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 56 > [d20=5]
Requesting a roll!
OOC: Rolling for Yuth as requested
[13:55] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+36 fort (draconic ravager - Muirfinn), immune to poison/disease/exhaustion
[13:55] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=9]
OOC: Just remember, Iddy. When you want to hurt someone, Dune told me to do this.
[13:57] <@Kotono> Roll for Lief as well sinc ehe's at work.
[13:58] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+31 fort (lief), get +3 vs poison if applicable
[13:58] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=1]
[13:58] <Sailor_Mercury> ...ouch
[13:58] <Sailor_Mercury> Man, I don't want to paste that
OOC: Rolling for Yuth as requested
[13:55] <Sailor_Mercury> roll d20+36 fort (draconic ravager - Muirfinn), immune to poison/disease/exhaustion
[13:55] <Serith> Sailor_Mercury roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=9]
Total roll of 51 after Superior Resistance added (It's always active, I always burn a slot for it.), which I forgot to add to my effects. Updating.
The party advances on. Muirfinn and Ithea endure well, getting on down. But as Lief does, he feels groggy, his head full of sand.
> roll 1d8+1 int damage Lief
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 4 > [d8=3]
Racing down the stairs, you find walls of black, shiny stone. The runes continue here, throbbing with heat. Amid the head waves and distortion, you can see a small pedestool with a glass orb sitting on it. The heat waves seem strongest around it.
Ithea examines the room altogether, with most of her focus on the pedestal's orb, but wanting to ensure she understands how the runes interact so she can make the correct decision on how to handle the heat.
OOC:
[20:40] <Merc> roll d20+40 spellcraft
[20:40] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=11]
Also, just so I don't lose track: HP is at 329+5
Muirfinn shifts to gold, providing himself protection from intense head as he prepares to head forward.
Waiting on Ithea's results first.
HP: 300/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11, immune to fire, SR 27
Form: Gold Draconic Ravager
Ithea braces and studies the room. The orb is the source of this heat...or so everything's set up to see. You can just barely discern that it's a trap, the orb is not it at all. If you break the orb or try and dispel it, a massive torrent of magical energy will rip you into shreds. The real source is further along, somewhere past the wall that serves as a dead end ahead.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d6=5,1,4,1,6,6,4,1,1,2]
1 more fire damage, all y'all.
"Ignore that orb, it's a trap. The real source is behind the wall," Ithea says, pointing at the wall.
She'll leave it to Muirfinn to break it down, as she keeps her sight on the wall and checking for any further surprises once something new is revealed.
"Can we just go past it then?"
"Yes, just don't break it or dispel it, and I'd probably recommend against touching it."
Muirfinn dutifully edges around the orb!
HP: 300/300
AC: 70
Active Effects: Camouflage, Primal Instinct, Superior Resistance, Fast Healing 11, immune to fire, SR 27
Form: Gold Draconic Ravager
The orb is edged around. Nothing happens save for the continued beating of the heat on your bodies. Ahead is a dead end, a rune-covered wall of black stone.
> roll 10d6 heat damage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d6=5,5,4,1,1,3,2,2,3,5]
1 more point of fire damage.
Ithea is impatient, and just disintegrates the fake wall while Muirfinn lumbers carefully around the orb.
OOC:
[22:29] <Merc> roll d20+30 ranged touch
[22:29] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 39 > [d20=9]
[22:29] <Merc> roll 40d6
[22:29] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 147 > [d6=6,6,2,2,6,5,5,6,4,6,1,6,3,6,5,4,1,3,5,5,1,3,2,6,1,1,3,2,2,5,6,6,2,4,1,6,4,2,1,2]
The wall ahead is disintegrated. It vanishes, revealing a little 5ft by 5ft chamber in here, barely a square. In here sits a glass orb, identical to the glass orb that you just bypassed for being a trap.
Ithea eyes this orb too! Just to make sure it isn't a second layer trap!
[22:36] <Merc> roll d20+40 spellcraft
[22:36] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 59 > [d20=19]
Muirfinn blinks as the beam flies past his head. He turns slowly and gives Ithea a baleful draconic eyeballing. "...warn me next time."
"I'm not going to hit you by accident, you know."
"Still." Muirfinn says, turning back and edging carefully around the newly-revealed orb.
> roll 10d6 meanwhile
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 45 > [d6=5,1,6,3,6,6,3,6,4,5]]
15 fire damage, y'all.
Pain as the heat bored into you. Roasting heat that could flash-fry an unprotected mortal in seconds. But you stand against it, studying the magic ahead. This orb controls the heat, you're sure of it. Problem is, it's connected to the previous orb. If it's touched, disturbed, move or affected by any magic, it'll trigger the trapped orb. You might be able to overcome this with Use Magic Device or Disable Device, with the latter being easier.
Ithea shares the information with Lief! "Think you can handle it, Lief? I can give it a shot otherwise," Ithea asks.
*Eyes the trap...*
"I think I'll be able to get it... But be on stand-by in case something goes wrong and firey."
> roll 1d20+28-1 Disable Device, Int Damage
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=11]OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 307/358, -3 Int (Damage)
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
Lief works. He works and works and works, trying to finesse it...no. He doesn't trip it, but he doesn't succeed, either.
You're free to try again, you didn't fail by enough to cause a catastrophe.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 39 > [d6=6,1,6,1,6,5,2,2,4,6]
9 more fire damage.
*Keeps working, trying to ignore the blistering heat... And the blisters it causes.*
> roll 1d20+28-1 Disable Device, Int Damage 2.0
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=13]OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 298/358, -3 Int (Damage)
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
As Lief's skin blisters under the searing heat, he ignores the pain and focuses. The weave of magic and the mechanical elements, trying to interweave and unlace them into safety. It is a great, terrible struggle - but with a gasp, he finishes. The trap is disarmed.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 29 > [d6=2,2,3,1,1,5,5,4,2,4]
No damage this round.
Ithea keeps examining the magic of the orb.
ooc:
[19:44] <Merc> roll d20+40 spellcraft
[19:44] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=4]
Ithea thinks she now has an opening to dispel or break the orb. Breaking it will do it but cause an explosion. Dispelling it will be temporary but not cause an explosion. Either way, the previous fake orb shouldn't be triggered.
"Okay, the trap is gone but the orb will still cause an explosion when we break it. Dispelling will only temporarily stop the heat. Might be worth it anyway, especially if we can leave someone or something to break it after we get out of the way. Do you have some summon maybe that could be left with a command to break it, Muirfinn?" Ithea asks. "Alternatively, Lief, do you think you can make a shot from the room entrance?"
Muirfinn delicately picks up the orb from the pedestal, turning it over and over.
It's a simple glass orb. It's hot as anything here, scaldingly so. Besides the magic around it, it seems unremarkable.
> roll 10d6
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 45 > [d6=2,5,5,5,6,4,4,6,2,6]
15 fire damage this round.
While Muirfinn examines the orb, Ithea hightails it out of the room and back towards Sylvie. Muirfinn can handle things at this point!
ooc HP: 293
"Will the orb explode, or the room!?" Muirfinn calls after Ithea.
OOC: Ko, do I know Yuth's answer? I think it's just the room?
The orb will explode if broken, as said previously.
"It's the orb that'll explode!"
"Right. Okay." Muirfinn takes the orb in scaly claw and heads out through the disintegrated wall. Once past the original pedestal, he takes the orb and throws it with all his strength at the furthest wall.
The orb is thrown, an explosion thereafter. It rocks the hidden chamber, but the oppressive heat fades away at last. The pain of the burning is finally gone.
Muirfinn gives a small cheer.
Ithea continues speeding back to Sylvie, just to check up on her if nothing else!
Ithea reaches where Sylvie stands guard. She's in a defensive position but otherwise nothing has changed. "Not a thing," Sylvie reports, "I'd bet they're gathering their power or waiting on reinforcements. "This entire fortress screams that they're buying time...on the Astral. Which means there's probably a portal in here somewhere." She purses her lips, "I'd bet on it. Stall and bring out the serious defenses in case Aurora attacks."
"Well then they just started running out of time to reinforce. The heat enchantment orb is dead in the water. And since they know we're here we don't need to be quiet at all. So lets run them all out of here."
Meanwhile, Muirfinn looks about, seeing if there is anything of interest for looting, or possibly any valuable intelligence.
"Yeah, let's finish this," Sylvie says with a sharp smile, "Ready to hunt, Ithea?"
Meanwhile Muirfinn looks around. There's bows and swords from the slain erinyes, while the gelugons dropped nothing. Looks like 21 dissolved whatever they carried.
"Yes."
Ithea then starts heading towards the untaken door. New path, new devils, new carnage! New fun awaits!
Muirfinn shakes head, heading back toward the girls.
Okay, how far back are y'all going?
Wherever Sylvie is.
You're already there, as that's where you went and Ithea is chatting with her.
OOC: To the other split off path? We took left, correct? So time for the right side.
The party heads to the untaken door. It opens into a curving hallway of black stone and red runes, no opposition immediately present. Yet as you look ahead, you feel a chill crawl across your bodies. The hallway is unassuming and leads to another door.
"Something's ahead," Sylvie grimaces, turning away from the door. "Something strong."
*Preps some spell-storing arrows and readies himself.*
"Before we go in there, are we sure those runes are inactive? And if something strong is down there, should we heal up first?"
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside.
AC: 33, HP: 283/358, -3 Int (Damage)
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
"If they're preparing something," Sylvie shakes her head, "We need to hurry before it gets any worse. This entire facade was designed to slow us down and distract us. This sort of force can't stop Aurora and they have to know that by now. If Hell's really determined..." Sylvie trails off, "You know what they can bring to bear."
Do we have a couple rounds to spell up?
Nothing is immediately menacing you, so if you want to take time to cast spells, that's your call.
Ithea decides to heal up, and offers some to Lief as well, since he probably doesn't have anything besides a wand or scroll. Sylvie can fend for herself, and Muirfinn looks like he's healing fine as well.
Although unlikely to be needed, she also casts a spell so she can see through invisibility, and once again makes a mental note to pick up something with True Seeing. Unfortunately, she'll probably forget again once back in Aurora as soon as Stille greets her with some fancy dinner and kisses. Damn distracting boyfriends!
OOC: Using four uses of Opportunistic Piety, two for herself, two for Lief (46 HP healing). Ithea goes from 293 to 339/346 HP.
Muirfinn shrinks down to his normal self and rapidly casts spells, offering the same to his companions.
Casting:
Self: Owl's Wisdom (+10 Wis for 1 hour), Halo of Sand (+4 deflection bonus for 2 hours), Sheltered Vitality (Immune to ability damage/drain for 20 minutes), Death Ward (20 minutes)
Pipe in if you want anything?
OOC: Ithea would like the last two. I'd have to check on Halo, I think she already has deflection bonus. What type of bonus is owl's wisdom? I'll confirm in an hour or so for both those spells.
Edit: Ithea will pass on the first two. She has deflection +5 already, and Owl's Insight is enhancement bonus, same as Belt of Magnificence which is a +8 bonus for Ithea. Doesn't seem worth it.
(Owl's Wisdom is a flat +4, Owl's Insight from MoF is the one that's half your caster level, so I assume you meant that. Wouldn't it give you +11 btw?)
Sheltered Vitality and Death Ward are both still appreciated. By everyone, I think, actually.
Owl's Insight is Personal. I only had 1 Sheltered Vitality. I have 2 Death wards remaining!
OOC: Hrm...Give the Death Wards to Iddy/me and the Sheltered Vitality to Sylvie? Neither Sylvie nor Iddy should need Owl's Wisdom or Halo of Sand either.
Sounds like a plan.
As the party prepares and casts spells, the chill suddenly intensifies. A horrid sound tears through the party, countless voices crying out in unspeakable torment. Rusty iron chains appear around you, trying to drag you down.
Will saves, all.
ooc:
[00:01] <Merc-zzz> roll d20+33 will save
[00:01] <Serith> Merc-zzz roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=18]
[00:01] <Merc-zzz> roll d20+40 Spellcraft to identify source of will save? (+42 if K:A or K:P or K:R apply better)
[00:01] <Serith> Merc-zzz roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=3]
[23:37] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+42 will
[23:37] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 43 >12 [d20=1]
Please note that I am immune to Mind-affecting effects per Medi's potion.
Also, Merc: I had one Sheltered Vitality. I used it on myself.
Rolling Lief since Iddy isn't around,.
> roll 1d20+24 Lief
<PlushieIthea> Ko-Kappafear roll for PlushieIthea < 30 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d20+32 Sylvie
<PlushieIthea> Ko-Kappafear roll for PlushieIthea < 47 > [d20=15]
A wave of terror passes through the party. Something is wrong. Your nerves scream at you, only sheer willpower keeping down unthinkable horror. Through the fear, Ithea can pinpoint one thing: Something horrifying has arrived. Something akin to a Nessian or worse. Its presence is toxic, as toxic as the bits of Abigor that infected Jaela and Adrian. It naturally beats down and terrifies those that dare oppose it.
For Lief? He shakes. It's back. He remembers the faceless ones in the Gray Wastes, being alone and vulnerable as he struggled to survive. It all comes back in a torrent, a hundred forgotten nightmares coming to mind at once. They're coming for him again and he can't stop shaking, can't stop can't stop can't stop. His breathing quickens as he starts to choke on air, as he feels the fingers of the 'loths on him again, whispering about how Baator will be so happy to have him back, to take him to the lemure pits that the others escaped from.
Ithea and Sylvie made the save. Muirfinn's immune thanks to the potion. Lief is panicked.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Panicked
"Lief, get a hold of yourself! We're all here with you, and you know we've beaten anything that's fought against Aurora! We're going to be fine!" Ithea exclaims, trying to unpanick Lief. "We can take whatever's arrived!"
She tries her best not to sound uncertain and to project the certainty of victory that both Afina and Jaela would have in this situation (Adrian would probably be in the same shoes as her at least).
OOC: I'm going to assume Lief and Sylvie got the Death Wards. I'll manage on my own somehow, or suffer for it as might come.
To prove to Lief that everything will be fine, she opens the door! (Though hopefully he recovers with her speech/actions, or Muirfinn or Sylvie have something to calm his nerves)
Ithea advances through the curved hall and goes to the door ahead. Quite predictably, it's locked.
"Sylvie, do you think you can unlock it, since Lief doesn't look up for it right now? And can either you or Muirfinn do something to help Lief calm down? Worst case, I'll disintegrate the door as well or try to force it open the old fashioned way."
"Lief?" Sylvie turns to the pixie, starting to reach out to him, but stopping. "You in there?"
To Ithea she says, "Yeah, no more time to waste. Let's go."
First note, Lief and Sylvie did get death wards.
> roll 1d20+36 (+22 inspiration 11/12 encounter)
<PlushieIthea> Kotono roll for PlushieIthea < 48 > [d20=12]
She eyes the door briefly, giving it a quick check before she slams the lock then fiddles with it, before she turns, "It's unlocked," she falls back, "Ready?"
"Ready," Ithea says, moving forward, while helping Lief along. If he puts up too much of a fight...well, hopefully he shakes it off or something, with what's behind the door she probably can't hold onto him and watch out for him.
*shivers in fear, darting to land on Ithea's shoulder and trying to use her neck and hair to hide, glancing around with wide-eyes in a hyper paranoia*
"I.. I'm here.... the things... it's the same as H-hades.... keep them away... KEEP THEM AWAY!"
Biting off a curse at that reaction, Sylvie flies back and touches Lief on the shoulder. "Get it together," she says, magic flowing into the pixie. "You're here, not there."
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/heroismGreater.htm
A variety of bonuses, including immunity to fear. That overrides the current fear, Lief.
"Thanks, Sylvie," Ithea says, opening the door. "You good now, Lief?"
*begins to struggle at the sudden touch, but then inhales sharply as the magic hits, then shudders and exhales in relief*
"I.. I'm good. Thanks, Sylvie.. I'm not sure how much longer I could have held on..."
*closes his eyes and breathes in deep to try and focus himself*
"Okay.. Okay... What was it you needed me to do?"
"Be ready to fight - about now," Sylvie drawls, as Ithea opens the door. Ahead is a door 10ft ahead, while to your right the entire space opens up into a large chamber. Here a hall extends towards the green spire you saw outside. The spire is now cracked and with blots of red and black spreading over it in a repeating pattern. Nine dots in the same pattern, over and over and over again.
You can hear voices. Hundreds of voices crying out in pain, echoing in your minds like a nightmare that won't go away with the dawn. Amid it you can hear a paean being sung in Infernal, offering praise to the Serpent Throne.
Ithea's eyes narrow and her grip on her glaive tightens as she advances forward, watchful of any ambushes.
*holds his position on Ithea's shoulder, covering her blind spots and readying himself for an attack*
> roll 1d20+54 Sylvie will try K:P for something here
<PlushieIthea> Kotono roll for PlushieIthea < 67 > [d20=13]
"There are walls of force, but they're fading away? Eh?" Sylvie flies forward, "Something extremely powerful is undoing the magic around them. I think....I think we've played into whatever scheme the maker of this fortress had in mind. The song is worse, it's only sung in Nessus. It's at least Nessian Pit Fiends. We either run and conceded victory to them, or we face them with all the advantages on their side."
"Well... I'm not one for a fight stacked against us, but if you think we take them on, I'm down for it. I have scrolls and that poison... I can probably take at least one out of the fight pretty quick."
OOC: Spells/Poisons: http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,101754.msg1059635.html#msg1059635
I'm down for suggestions on how to load up for this fight if we have time to.
"On the better side, they respect us enough to stay to the defensive," Sylvie remarks as she bites on her lip, "They know by now that strike teams don't work."
Ithea pauses, grimaces a bit out of stubbornness, then asks, given Sylvie's observations: "What can we expect if we push on? Is this something we can't handle if we don't also pick up Jaela, Afina, Adrian, and some other back-up? Too small a group?"
Okay, got nabbed all day by family in town. Sylvie & Lief get Death Ward.
"If we are outmatched too badly, I can get us out of here. Whether we proceed or not, they know we're here. The only difference our choice makes is who gets to react to it first, us or them. We're here now, and they can only prepare so much for us." Muirfinn says.
"Whatever Hell thinks can stop us and more." Sylvie shakes her head, "But two problems with that idea. If we run away, it'll take us time to get to a portal out of the Astral. Two, they'll have all the time in the world to reinforce. Also, Afina and Jaela are preparing their own assault, remember? We need to win this to enable them."
"I can Gate us out, but yes. Not proceeding would be a poor choice."
HP: 300/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Camouflage (+10 circ to Hide), Primal Instinct (), Superior Resistance (+6 to all resistances), Owl's Wisdom (+10 Wis for 1 hour), Halo of Sand (+4 deflection bonus for 2 hours), Sheltered Vitality (Immune to ability damage/drain for 20 minutes), Death Ward (20 minutes)
Passive Effects: Fast Healing 11, immune to disease & poison
Form: Tortle
"Then we need to hurry before it gets any worse," Sylvie says, "Time isn't on our side."
"Unless there are any other objections, let's proceed."
Marching order here? It's relevant. Let me know how you're advancing ahead.
I shall lead! In dragon form!
Sylvie's content being in the middle or the rear guard, depending on Ithea's circumstances.
OOC: Let's go with Dragon-Muirfinn > Lief > Sylvie > Ithea
HP: 339/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1
Rogue: Mimic 0/1
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 1/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 4/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 0/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 1/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 0/18
Lv 5 - 6/14
"Alright, lead on Muirfinn. Lief, keep an eye out for any traps or ambushes. I'll focus on the rear."
Muirfinn takes point, shifting into the form of a silver dragon and leading the way!
*takes flight from Ithea's shoulder and falls into position, flying high so he can shoot over and past Muirfinn if need be*
Thus the heroes advance towards the spire. As you approach it, you can see a tall, wide pair of doors that lead into it. When you're 20ft away, they swing open. Ahead is an emerald chamber stained red and black. 10ft in and 30ft away are two of them - the massive pit fiends that are so much more. Nessian Pit Fiends, each armed with an axe that seems carved out of dark metal.
But that is not what captures your attention. As horrifying as they are, choking the air from your lungs, there is more. It is 15ft behind the Nessians and 45ft away from the party in total. It is a pit fiend - a cornugon - a gelugon - more. All of them. A grotesque mismatch of body parts, stitched together into one whole. It is as large as a giant and whispers in a chill voice, "Aurora." It is a voice Muirfinn recognizes - the voice of Prince Lixer. It comes from the abomination before you. "Crush them." At this, the Nessians spring forward, a blur of red and black that advance on you faster than you can perceive.
Init here.
OOC:
[21:18] <Merc> roll d20+22+5 init
[21:18] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=15]
[20:35] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+17 init
[20:35] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 28 >12 [d20=11]
> roll 1d20+21 Lief Init
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d20+29 Sylvie
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+17 Nessian 1
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 27 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+17 Nessian 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+21 Legion
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+20 ????
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=16]
Initiative is: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > ??? (36) > Nessian 2 = Legion (34) > Lief (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27)
Sylvie opens.
Sylvie takes a step back, 21 appearing in her hands. She dashes besides Muirfinn, opening 21 up and speaking three words of power.
> roll 21d12+21
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 163 > [d12=12,8,5,1,7,7,11,8,2,1,5,9,6,9,7,8,6,5,11,11,3]
> roll 1d20+33 Nessian 1
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+33 Nessian 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+30 Legion
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=13]
The blast of 21 rips through the Nessian Pit Fiends, causing both of them to dodge back. One is only grazed, while another loses most of its left wing to the blast. Legion takes it head on, buffeted back and dozens of mouths appearing to silently cry in pain. Before they can react further, she channels healing into her body, wounds mending.
"21. Crush her," Lixer's voice is cold and dispassionate, even as the being it comes from writhes and silently screams.
Swift action heal spell to patch herself up to full hP. Ithea, you're up.
"So hey, how's the old Castle Crumbling doing these days? Find any good help to replace Malagon?" Ithea asks Lixer as she focuses on the closest of the Pit Fiends, giving a showy twirl of her glaive as she steps to the side to avoid Muirfinn's large frame with a click of her heels and then slashes away at her chosen target with holy empowered strikes. "Come on, SHARE!" she shouts out the last part, empowered with magic.
OOC: Arcane Strike Lv 4 spell, haste activated, full attack on closest Pit Fiend, and a Shout spell targetting it and the Pit Fiend behind it.
For Knowledge Devotion and any useful trivia
[22:13] <Merc> roll d20+42 K:Planes (Nessians)
[22:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=4]
[22:14] <Merc> roll d20+42 K:Religion (Legion)
[22:14] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 59 > [d20=17]
[22:20] <Merc> roll d20+49 atk #1
[22:20] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 65 > [d20=16]
[22:20] <Merc> roll d20+49 atk #2
[22:20] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 61 > [d20=12]
[22:20] <Merc> roll d20+44 atk #3
[22:20] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 61 > [d20=17]
[22:21] <Merc> roll d20+39 atk #4
[22:21] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=6]
[22:21] <Merc> roll d20+34 atk #5
[22:21] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=19]
[22:21] <Merc> roll d20+34 atk #5 confirm
[22:21] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=18]
[22:22] <Merc> ooc: and forgot +1 from haste, so +1 to all those. Might make a difference on the 45
[22:22] <Merc> Assuming they all hit...
[22:24] * Quits: Nephrite (~ryan.scud@97-97-130-179.res.bhn.net) (Quit: )
[22:25] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 (4d4=Arcane Strike / 3d6 = Holy Power) Attack #1
[22:25] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 59 > [d10=8][d4=1,4,4,2][d6=6,5,4]
[22:25] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 (4d4=Arcane Strike / 3d6 = Holy Power) Attack #2
[22:25] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 43 > [d10=4][d4=3,1,2,3][d6=1,2,2]
[22:25] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 (4d4=Arcane Strike / 3d6 = Holy Power) Attack #3
[22:25] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 54 > [d10=5][d4=3,4,4,1][d6=5,4,3]
[22:25] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 (4d4=Arcane Strike / 3d6 = Holy Power) Attack #4
[22:25] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 45 > [d10=9][d4=1,3,1,1][d6=2,2,1]
[22:25] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 (4d4=Arcane Strike / 3d6 = Holy Power) Attack #5
[22:25] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 49 > [d10=6][d4=2,1,2,1][d6=6,2,4]
[22:26] <Merc> roll 2d10+50+6d6 (6d6 = Holy Power) Attack #5 (if crit, this is bonus damage)
[22:26] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 86 > [d10=9,7][d6=6,2,1,1,6,4]
Shout Spell targets both Pit Fiends (Fort Save halves, DC 26)
[22:26] <Merc> roll d20+34 CL to beat SR
[22:27] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=16]
[22:27] <Merc> roll 5d6
[22:27] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 18 > [d6=2,6,4,1,5]
[22:27] <Merc> roll 2d6 rounds
[22:27] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 4 > [d6=3,1]
Ithea throws all her fury at the Nessians, attacking all out. Blow after blow swings - and a barrier of force appears around them, armoring them. It looks like mage armor but far more, stopping Ithea's strikes cold.
"Hell awaits you!" The Nessian bellows as Ithea's assault fails. But she rears back and flings off a quick shout spell.
> roll 1d20+31 Nessian 1
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d20+31 Nessian 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=2]]
Both endure it well, the sonic blast mildly ruffling them. As this happens, a dreadful sense of inevitability comes over all of you. The clanking of chains is heard, the phantom touch of hot iron wrapping around your limbs.
As the party endures that strangeness, the first Nessian raises its axe, stepping forward to try and cut Ithea in half. It looms over Ithea, blotting out all the light around her.
> roll 1d20+57 axe
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 62 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+52 axe
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 72 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+52 axe crit?
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 71 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+47 axe
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+42 axe
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 62 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+42 axe crit?
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+57 bite
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 73 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d20+57 wing
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 71 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+57 wing
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 76 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+57 tail
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 66 > [d20=9]
> roll 12d6+51+4d6+17+4d6+17+6d6+8+2d6+3d6+8+2d6+3d6+8+2d6+3d8+8+2d6 penetrates Ithea's DR of silver
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 283 > [12d6=44][d6=16,21,21,4,14,9,9,3][d8=18][d6=7]
Also requires two fort saves. Will you use inspiration on them, Ithea? Probably should've used it for defense too.
OOC:might have used for def if I hadnt thought it'd be dead or at least seriously injured. Jeez, not a single hit? I'm pretty much incapable of hitting them physically then. That's gonna suck balls.
Anyhow, yes, I'll use inspiration on those saves. You can roll 'em for me, I wont be home for another 3hrs or so.
[16:13] <Merc> roll d20+36+11 fort #1
[16:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=13]
[16:13] <Merc> roll d20+36+11 fort #2
[16:13] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=13]
Edit: Actually, I can possibly use the counterstrike gloves to AOO it. Can't check what type of action that is though I assume an immediate. Let me know if I can?
Edit #2: Rolling and making AoO through use of counter gloves, burning a use of counterstrike.
[16:15] <Merc> roll d20+50+4 AoO
[16:15] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 73 > [d20=19]
[16:15] <Merc> roll d20+50+4 AoO confirm
[16:15] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=1]
[16:16] <Merc> blah.
[16:17] <Merc> roll d10+25+4d4+3d6 AoO damage if hits (and 1 neg level). d4s = arcane strike / d6s = holy
[16:17] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 58 > [d10=6][d4=3,4,4,1][d6=6,5,4]
HP: 56/346
AC: 56 , 39 (Touch), 56 (Flat-footed), 77 (CMD)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 0/1
Rogue: Mimic 0/1
Factotum: Inspiration 2/6, Nerveskitter 1/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 4/9
Duskblade: Attunement 1/14, Quick Cast 0/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 0/1
Gear: Counterstrike 1/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 1/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3
Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 1/23
Lv 2 - 0/23
Lv 3 - 1/23
Lv 4 - 2/18
Lv 5 - 6/14
[16:21] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=2]
[16:21] <Merc> bah"Not...yet. Not yet it doesn't!" Ithea bellows right back as she slashes against the Nessian Pit Fiend as a counter to one of its missed attacks, trying to take out its eye even as she's ravaged by its axe, trying to understand what its protections are and making sure the others get as much information as they can to dispel whatever they might be.
Ithea can tell that the spell is epic mage armor.
To save you looking it up in custom spells, it's +20 AC.
Ithea is ravaged horribly, torn open and bloodied by that axe. Her insides ache when it touches her, a throb deep in her heart. Her blood flies everywhere - and goes right into the axe, soaking in instantly. She staggers and stays up, even as the fiend's side is gashed open. It points at Ithea and utters, "It's useless." Suddenly the magic around her crumbles like a sandcastle in the tide.
You're getting dispelled as its swift action SLA. What spells do you have active on you?
OOC: Ithea right now has GMW active on weapon (not sure if that counts on her or on weapon), haste from the boots, and RE(fire). And all of her gear is enchanted with whatever passive enchantments, of course. Those three are the passive effects.
> roll 1d20+30
> roll 1d20+30
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43 > [d20=13]
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+30
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 31 > [d20=1]
GMW is gone, as is haste. Resist energy remains.
As magic crumbles aorund Ithea, she can dimly hear Sylvie call out. But her world is pain and collapsing sight, her vision bloody red and her breathing labored. Meanwhile, Legion points at Muirfinn next. "You will not escape again." Lixer intones, as suddenly all the magic around him goes into flux, attacking him rather than protecting him.
You're also getting dispelled. What spells do you have on you, tortle?
See Active Effects, also beat my puny SR for additional fun!
HP: 300/300
AC: 80
Active Effects: Camouflage (+10 circ to Hide), Primal Instinct (), Superior Resistance (+6 to all resistances), Owl's Wisdom (+10 Wis for 1 hour), Halo of Sand (+4 deflection bonus for 2 hours), Sheltered Vitality (Immune to ability damage/drain for 20 minutes), Death Ward (20 minutes)
Passive Effects: Fast Healing 11, immune to disease & poison, SR 27, Immune to cold
Form: Dragon
Thank you. Unfortunately, dispels don't check SR.
> roll 1d20+25 vs camouflage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 35 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+25 vs primal instinct
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+25 vs superior resistance
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+25 vs owl's wisdom
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+25 vs halo of sand
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 39 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+25 vs sheltered vitality
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+25 vs death ward
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=13]
> roll 18d6 damage
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 66 > [d6=5,1,1,5,6,3,4,6,3,4,6,5,6,2,1,3,1,4]
Everything but superior resistance is mulched.
As dozens of mouths on Legion silently howl invectives, the magic around Muirfinn explodes. It scalds and freezes him, ravaging his body as his woven protections succumb. Then dark mist begins to gather around the strange creature, thickening and growing heavier all around it.
Initiative is: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > ??? (36) > Nessian 2 = Legion (34) > Lief (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27)
Go Lief.
Muirfinn looks around himself as magic goes insane. "Well, that was uncalled for."
*sees things go badly for the others and focuses on the main cause, Lixer. He calls upon some of his innate magic to help guarantee his next shots hit, and draws arrows for his attack*
OOC: Using True Strike, Quickened
> roll d20+44+2+4+20 ATK 1, Greater Dispel CL 20
> roll d20+44+2+4 ATK 2, Sword of Conscience CL 20
> roll d20+39+2+4 ATK 3, Holy Smite CL 20
> roll d20+34+2+4 ATK 4, Holy Smite CL 20
> roll d20+29+2+4 ATK 5, Holy Smite CL 20
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 75 > [d20=5]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 58 > [d20=8]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=8]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 54 > [d20=14]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 49 > [d20=14]
> roll 5#1d6+23+8d6+2d6
> roll 3#10d6 Holy Smite
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 52, 67, 62, 51, 62 >
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 31, 40, 39 > OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside, Death Ward, Greater Heroism
AC: 33, HP: 283(+20 Temp HP)/358, -3 Int (Damage)
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
Caster level check on the SoC and two of the smites.
> roll 1d20+20 CL: SoC
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 1
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 2
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=12]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=20]
Success on SoC and the second smite. Roll the Int/Wis damage, it's 2d8.
> roll 2d8 SoC Ability Damage
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 5 > [d8=3,2]
Lief fires away, arrows peppering Legion as holy power bursts through it. The gestalt creature is knocked back, bits of flesh raining down like meaty dandruff. Bursts of blood follow, coming out in splattering gushes. But Legion isn't put down by Lief's barrage, "Pathetic," Lixer says coldly, as...
Muirfinn, you're up. Best make this one count.
"Well, if you want to play rough, we can start with this." Muirfinn shifts, abandoning his draconic form and whipping a staff from his back. A command word in Terran later causes the area next to the lead pit fiend to heave as a great monolith of earth and stone pulls itself from the aether and smashes into the pit fiend menacing Ithea, interposing itself between the two!
Elemental Monolith. Earth. He unhappy. If there are any protections against summoning, let me know and I will edit post. Otherwise, rolling to hit. Probably just going to be a meatshield until I get my motor running next round.
[23:11] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+42 slam
[23:11] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 45 >12 [d20=3]
[23:11] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+42 slam
[23:11] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 53 >12 [d20=11]
Muirfinn
HP: 300/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Superior Resistance (+6 to all resistances)
Passive Effects: Fast Healing 11, immune to disease & poison
Form: Tortle
Earth Monolith
HP: 489
AC: 25
Active Effects: None
Passive Effects: Augment Summoning
1. Update your active effects after that dispel-o-thon.
2. The area next to the lead Nessian has a problem - Ithea's there and getting maimed after to death.
1. Updated.
2. We're still outside the building right? Just put the elemental in the nearest open space.
You're in the hall leading to the green spire, yes. The problem is that an elemental monolith is a gargantuan creature and you have Ithea up in the Nessian's face. There's not really room for it to cut in like that.
Oh, fair enough. Where IS there room? Between the two devils?
They're side by side, so no. There's just not room there to summon a gargantuan elemental monolith. There is some room for something smaller between Ithea and then - nothing bigger than Medium. A horizontal wall could also work.
[20:04] <Yuthirin> how tall is the ceiling?
[20:04] <Yuthirin> And how wide is the distance between the walls?
The ceiling is 25ft tall. Plenty of room up there. There's 50ft of distance in the hall - quite wide, but as the Nessians show, building big makes sense on the planes.
"Well, if you want to play rough, we can start with this." Muirfinn shifts, abandoning his draconic form and speaking a word in Auran, like thunder. Abruptly behind the pit fiends appear a line of three living storms, each a towering whirlwind of lightning, wind, and chaos reaching from floor to ceiling and looming menacingly.
By my math, that means a Huge creature would fit nicely. Waiting to see if there are summoning defenses before having them act.Muirfinn
HP: 300/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Superior Resistance (+6 to all resistances)
Passive Effects: Fast Healing 11, immune to disease & poison
Form: Tortle
Greater Storm Elemental
HP: 262 HP
AC: 22
Active Effects: None
Passive Effects: Augment Summoning, Ashbound
Greater Storm Elemental
HP: 262 HP
AC: 22
Active Effects: None
Passive Effects: Augment Summoning, Ashbound
Greater Storm Elemental
HP: 262 HP
AC: 22
Active Effects: None
Passive Effects: Augment Summoning, Ashbound
There aren't anything that would directly interfere, so continue.
So, distance check. How many feet is it between Ithea/Muirfinn and the elementals?
20ft.
As one, the elementals lash out with thin bolts of lightning. The bolts strike the pit fiend that attacked Ithea.
Three separate attacks, each dealing 10d4 non-lethal damage. Fort 28 halves each.
[21:12] <Yuthirin> roll 10d4
[21:12] <Yuthirin> roll 10d4
[21:12] <Yuthirin> roll 10d4
[21:12] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 19 >12 [d4=1,3,2,1,3,2,3,1,1,2]
[21:12] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 23 >12 [d4=3,4,2,3,3,4,1,1,1,1]
[21:12] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 25 >12 [d4=4,1,3,1,2,3,2,4,4,1]
> roll 1d20+31 1-1
> roll 1d20+31 1-2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 35 > [d20=4]
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+31 1-3
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=7]
> roll 1d20+31 2-1
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+31 2-2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 51 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+31 2-3
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=14]
The blasts of lightning hit the Nessian, who twitches slightly from the onslaught. It merely glances as the elementals as the magic around the violently shudders and breaks.
> roll 1d20+30 elemental 1
> roll 1d20+30 elemental 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=16]
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+30 elemental 3
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d20=8]
What's the caster level of your spells, tortle? DC to dispell is 11 + that.
24. DC is 35. They gone.
"Resistance is useless!" The second Nessian declares, a wave of stilling will washing over the party.
Will saves. This is paralysis and a mind affecting enchantment. If you're immune, post saying so instead of a save.
> roll 1d20+24 Will Save
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20 for Ithea, if it's a 1 it auto fails and otherwise it probably passes. I'll do the math if she rolls low enough where it's relevant
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d20=11]
For Ithea.
> roll 1d20+32 Sylvie
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=14]
Sylvie.
To finish, Muirfinn's immune.
Initiative is: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > ??? (36) > Nessian 2 = Legion (34) > Lief (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27)
The wave of magic nearly sends the party to immobility, but Ithea shrugs it off with a force of will. Lief is next, clearing his head and body. Finally, Sylvie just stands her ground, letting it wash off of her. The blonde then explodes into action, flying behind Ithea, just a hair out of reach of the Nessian. Her hand goes out, restoring Ithea. "This may not be a battle we can win," she tersely whispers to Ithea, "We may need to get out of here before we're overwhelmed."
Heal x2 on Ithea for +300 hit points of healing.
Ithea's wounds reverse before your eyes, flesh becoming whole and wounds knitting back together. Ithea's vision clarifies, reality no longer a mishmash of pain and suffering. Meanwhile, Legion's mouths begin to silently sing, as Lixer's voice is heard. "Now, Taelfagn."
Ithea, go.
Given how well they're being countered, Ithea nods in agreement. At least they saw some of what to expect in a future encounter once they're a bit more prepared and Lixer a bit less so. Rubbing the bracelet that Sylvie had previously gifted her, she summons up a gate targeted to Ysgard, rather than Aurora. "We're leaving, everyone."
ooc: If it comes up, CL of the Gate is 17. I'll hold on my move action until I see others going through. If Muirfinn can drag Sylvie through, I'll move with Lief. If not I will wait for Sylvie. Can Sylvie cast gate or just Yuth in case it is dispelled?
Ooc edit: Also I will spend an inspiration for AC, and use inspiration as needed on saves during this round.
The caster level does indeed matter.
> roll 1d20+17 vs ???
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 35 > [d20=18]
But before that, I need a location for the gate. Where is it appearing?
ooc: I can't recall the names of locations in Ysgard, but I'd want someplace relatively safe from where we could get back to Aurora without much difficulty. If you really need some place specific/named, then I suppose maybe Brightwater instead as a destination? On phone so don't want to go through logs searching for locations.
I mean on the battlefield.
Aaaah, then just behind us (Sylvie/Ithea)
The portal appears - and as you see Ysgard, you begin to see chains start to creep over the portal. "I think not," A new voice is heard from all around you. "It is not fated for you to escape here. Aurora, your fate is to perish here. Your Crusade's time is up and only Hell awaits."
Will saves, all.
ooc as mentioned previously, using inspiration on saves. So d20+44 for Ithea's will if someone can roll for her. Add +4 if its a fear effect.
Immune to Mind-affecting, if it matters. Assuming it doesn't, so requesting a roll at +37. Also, I can Gate twice if needed. And also dispel. And wide-area nuking that will probably kill everyone. Let's not use that if we can avoid it.
> roll 1d20+44 Ithea
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=2]
Ithea's roll.
> roll 1d20+37 Muirfinn
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 39 > [d20=2]
Muirfinn's roll.
> roll 1d20+28 Lief, +4 greater heroism
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=5]
Not my best rolls for y'all ever. Sorry.
> roll 1d20+46 Sylvie (+14 inspiration)
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 59 > [d20=13]
Next post shortly, getting this up right now.
It's a sensation like drowning. You need not breathe on the Astral, yet you feel your lungs filling with fluid. There is the sensation of your limbs being bound by iron chains, vertigo follows as you struggle against the growingly intense feeling that you're falling. Plummeting. Walls close in around you. A terrible inexorability pummels you from all sides, a hideous thing.
There is no escape. Hell awaits. There can be no other conclusion.
Somehow Ithea brings to mind flashes of better things. Arguing with Adrian, talking with Sylvie, spending time with Stille. The Crusade. She gasps and takes a breath, the feeling leaving her. Lief and Muirfinn are not so lucky.
Lief and Muirfinn, you two are cursed. You suffer a -6 penalty to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, ability checks and skill checks.
"Your portal is useless," The Nessian declares, raising his axe to one more END Ithea. She feels drawn to the axe, watching as it comes down to claim her head. As it does, it utters a profane word that tears through your ears and the room, dictums of unthinkable evil appearing in red letters before your eyes.
Will saves. This is an evil spell so bonuses against evil apply.
ooc: that was terrible rolling and I'm not sure if I want you back rolling anymore for me, sir! ...but yeah still need someone to roll for me so if you have to, you have to.
Same modifier (+44), I have no bonuses vs evil but using inspiration.
If it comes up, I'm at full HP thanks to Sylvie, my AC is currently 67 vs the Nessian and counting this will save I've used 5 of my 6 inspiration for encounter.
Is everyone needing a new set of will saves or just me?
Everyone. I'll roll fo ryou if no one's rolled for you by morning.
> roll 1d20+44 Ithea
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 59 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+22 (+4 greater heroism, -6 cursed) Lief
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=8]
> roll 1d20+31 (-6 cursed) Muirfinn
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+46 Sylvie (+14 inspiration)
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 63 > [d20=17]
But the word of blasphemy echos through them, rather than laying the party low. Then his axe comes, seeking Ithea's head.
> roll 1d20+57 axe
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 75 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+52 axe
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+47 axe
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 62 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+42 axe
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 57 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+57 bite
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 75 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+57 wing
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 76 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+57 wing
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 69 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+57 tail
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 74 > [d20=17]
> roll 4d6+17+6d6+8+2d6+3d6+8+2d6+3d6+8+2d6+3d8+8+2d6
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 152 > [d6=5,4,2,4,1,5,3,6,2,3,2,4,1,3,2,6,2,4,6,2,2,4][d8=8,7,5][d6=6,4]
Still beats Ithea's damage reduction/silver.
Ithea is beaten and slashed, front ripped open again as more blood spills. The axe greedily sucks it all up, as the Nessian's bite ravages her, not to mention its tail and wings.
Two Fortitude saves, Ithea.
> roll 1d20+36 Ithea fort 1
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=11]
> roll 1d20+36 Ithea fort 2
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=12]
Ithea is battered and beaten again, bloodied. But she's still up despite the chill that overtakes her body, as if all the warmth is being drained from her. As Ithea tries to stand, the voice of Lixer is heard, "There is no escape. Not this time." At the same time, all the mouths of Legion howl, as suddenly a wave of weakness washes over the party.
Will saves, all.
> roll 1d20+24+4-6 Will Save
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 41 > [d20=19]
[11:21] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+31 immune to Mind-Affecting
[11:21] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 51 >12 [d20=20]
ooc same +44 will and that uses up the last of my inspiration.
> roll 1d20+44 Ithea save
<Serith> Sunshine_Ko roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=3]
To be resolved sometime tonight, since I have work shortly.
A wave of weakness passes over, as if your very energy is being siphoned out. It's hard to do anything but wither under this, vision tinting black as each of you staggers. But you withstand the worst of it, bodies pale and shaking, but alive.
300 negative energy damage, halved to 150 since everyone made the save. This can't reduce you to below 1 hit point. If any of you are immune from the buffs Muirfinn cast, say so and you're off the hook. Post your updated HP after that, since what happens next may depend on that.
If anyone wants to identify the spell, roll spellcraft.
ooc: i am at 44/346 HP. Sylvie and Lief are immune due to death ward. Noclue on sheltered vitality and Muirfinn. I would also like to roll spellcraft. Can you do so for me? +40 spellcraft
Thanks for the update, Ithea. Muirfinn's sheltered vitality got dispelled so that's out.
> roll 1d20+40
<Kobot> Kowork rolled 1d20+40 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{51}
The spell is mass harm or a variant. Ithea can tell it siphons the life force out of a creation through overwhelming negative energy. Based on the spell work, it's likely modifi-oh, she gets it now. It's going to repeat next round and the round after. A double repeat spell, which means it'll happen again next round and the next round after.
Meanwhile, the dark mists around Legion grow stronger. They're getting heavier, providing the creature with a degree of concealment as more accrues.
Initiative is now: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > ??? (36) > Nessian 2 = Legion = Repeating Mass Harm (34) > Lief (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27)
OOC: Assuming it is now Lief's turn? Is the portal to Ysgard still up? Devils said it was useless but I didn't really see it getting dispelled so I assume that was just them trash-talking?
Edit: scratch that forgot the chain thing. Are they blocking it or only starting to do so? Can the chains be dispelled/removed? Can we still pass through or were the chains quick to block it?
Lief's up, forgot to say so explicitly last post. My bad.
The chains are still creeping around the portal, Ithea. It's not fully blocked but they're working on that. You aren't sure about dispelling them, one could find out by trying. You might be able to get through the chains if you're fast about it.
*Lief sees something going on with the portal, and not trusting it, leaves it to the others to deal with. In the mean time, Legion retains his attention. As such, he lines up another volley, deciding to make this one hurt.*
OOC: Throwing a dose of Purified Jormugandr's Breath into the mix this time. Let's see what happens!
> roll d20+44+4-6 ATK 1 Purified Jormugandr's Breath, SoC
> roll d20+44+4-6 ATK 2 Holy Smite
> roll d20+39+4-6 ATK 3 Holy Smite
> roll d20+34+4-6 ATK 4 Holy Smite
> roll d20+29+4-6 ATK 5 Holy Smite
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=5]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=13]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=10]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=14]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=13]
> roll 5#1d6+23-6+7d6+2d6
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 54, 50, 58, 50, 47 >
> roll 4#10d6 Holy Smite
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 37, 30, 29, 36 >
> roll 1d8 Initial Con:Jormugandr's, DC 46
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 4 > [d8=4]
> roll 1d20+20 CL: SoC
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 1
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 2
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 3
> roll 1d20+20 CL: Holy Smite 4
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=5]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=12]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=16]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=5]
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=1]
OOC: Nondetection in effect, targeted one of the barbazu outside, Death Ward, Greater Heroism
AC: 33, HP: 283(+20 Temp HP)/358, -3 Int (Damage)
Damage reduction 10/cold iron, damage reduction 5/-,spell resistance 38, improved uncanny dodge, improved evasion
> roll 1d20+10 vs epic poison ow
<Serith> Diseased_Ko roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+39 vs holy smite 1
> roll 1d20+39 vs holy smite 2
> roll 1d20+39 vs holy smite 3
<Serith> Diseased_Ko roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=9]
<Serith> Diseased_Ko roll for Serith < 56 > [d20=17]
<Serith> Diseased_Ko roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+39 vs holy smite 4
<Serith> Diseased_Ko roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=11]
Arrows again fly, raining down on Legion. But the first arrow lands right in Legion's middle, almost missed amid the holy s mites hitting Legion? It begins to smoke and smoulder, the many mouths of Legion again silently howling - until they burst aflame, golden flames that sear the faces into charred masses. "You dare - the power of Jormugandr?" Lixer hisses in a whisper, Legion starting to burn all over. "Taelfagn, end them!" The Prince of Undeath manages to get out as Legion crumbles into a pile of ash, which is burnt into absolute nothingness.
"It shall be as My Prince commands." The voice sounds closer now, darkly amused. "It seems a destined meeting is at hand, Aurora."
Initiative is now: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > ??? (36) > Nessian 2 = Repeating Mass Harm (34) > Lief (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27)
Go Muirfinn.
Things are not improving! The Duke of Destiny is coming now?
That chain thing that went over the Gate spell. Specific to the spell or obvious Dimension Anchor or Spellcraft to ID?
Spellcraft as well as K:P.
[21:20] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+22 KP
[21:20] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 30 >12 [d20=8]
[21:20] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+50 SC
[21:20] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 55 >12 [d20=5]
Muirfinn isn't clear on precisely what the chains are and how they work, but he can tell that it's altering where the portal will take you. It's not complete yet and you might still end up in your original destination. Maybe.
"Well, it's been fun. Farewell!" Muirfinn snaps off a quick spell, and the group blinks away!
Plane Shift (Water)
I thought I was being clever. Damn. Muirfinn would know that too. Okay, scratch. This'll require some thought.
Questions: How fast are the chains covering the portal? Can Muirfinn bodily grab Ithea and chuck her through the portal and follow himself, without provoking an AoO?
Problem: Normal teleportation and shifting doesn't work on the Astral, as noted before. Gate does since it creates an actual portal, but lesser means are ineffective. You need a portal or color pool to get out.
Scratched, see prior post.
Fairly fast. Just roughly, you expect they'd cover it in a few more seconds. Some time in the next round. You could grab her safely, but she'd provoke an AoO from them for being moved.
ooc: Just as a reminder, I did hold my move action as I wanted to see if the portal dispelled or something bad happened (which it did). Since I can still move, Sylvie and/or Lief are probably better targets to grab. Wouldn't say no to some quickened healig if you've got any though. Might fuck up tumble and if do eat an AOO, my health margin is sucky.
"Well, first," Muirfinn says, reaching out via extra-magical means and healing Ithea.
Heal on Ithea. +150 HP. "And second," He fires off a dispelling at the chains covering the portal!
Greater dispel. Let's see what happens! Probably nothing!
[18:28] <Yuthirin> roll 1d20+20
[18:28] <Serith> Yuthirin roll for Serith < 23 >12 [d20=3]
Muirfinn
HP: 161/300
AC: 50
Active Effects: Superior Resistance (+6 to all resistances)
Passive Effects: Fast Healing 11, immune to disease & poison
Form: Tortle
Ithea's injuries immediately heal, the worst of them fixed and her vitality once again returning. But the chains don't stop, Muifinn's spell doing little. "Enough resistance," The second Nessian strides to the side, a momentary opening to Ithea has he positions within reach of her, Muirfinn and Sylvie.
You can AoO, Ithea, thanks to your reach shenanigans.
Ithea attempts to whack him with a glaive.
ooc:
[20:35] <Merc> roll d20+45+4 AoO
[20:35] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 61 > [d20=12]
[20:35] <Merc> roll d10+25+3d6 AoO damage if hits (and 1 neg level)
[20:35] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 40 > [d10=7][d6=1,3,4]
I'm sure it misses, but never let it be said I didn't take the shot.
Ithea stabs out, managing to shallowly wound the Nessian. It's just a graze in its stomach, hardly slowing it at all. Its axe begins to burn with infernal fire, "Bow to the King of Hell!"
> roll 1d20+65 (+8 smite good)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 78 > [d20=13]
> roll 4d6+54 and CMB incoming
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 65 > [d6=1,4,3,3]
> roll 1d20+73 vs Ithea's CMD of 77
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 88 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+57 free attack for tripping
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 66 > [d20=9]
> roll 4d6+17 freebe, both attacks beat your DR
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d6=5,4,5,3]
The blow hits Ithea head on, a smack with the broad side of the axe. It sends her sprawling, giving the Nessian a chance to stomp down on her rather hard, ribs cracking beneath its clawed foot. At the same time, a foe appears behind you, back at the entrance of the way you came. It is a classical devil, fire red skin and standing around 10 feet tall. He's broad and lean, a smirk firmly planted on his face.
He wears rich finery of green and gold, elegant and immaculate. A length of heavy chain serves as a bracelet on his right wrist. He carries no visible weapon, but smiles on seeing you. "Aurora," The same voice as before, "Rejoice! Few foes warrant a personal battle with a Duke of Hell. Go screaming into Hell knowing that you are singularly honored mortals." As he speaks, two pit fiends come from behind him, forming a defensive line 10ft in front of him. They are not Nessians, at least, but 'merely' normal pit fiends.
> roll 1d20+12 pit fiend init
> roll 1d20+12 pit fiend init
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=18]
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=6]
Initiative is now: Sylvie (43) > Ithea (42) > Duke of Destiny (36) > Nessian 2 = Repeating Mass Harm (34) > Lief = Pit Fiend 1 (30) > Muirfinn (28) > Nessian 1 (27) > Pit Fiend 2 (18)
Taelfagn is 90ft behind the party and blocking the way out. Sylvie's up and will be in the next post.
Ithea grimaces as she rights herself with feline grace (OOC: Using Back on Your Feet, immediate action, to stand up after trip), and she turns to Sylvie, "Can you use 21 to destroy the effect on the Gate? Return it to its true purpose, getting us out of here and to Ysgard?"
"On it," Sylvie shouts back, 21 appearing in her hands. She utters three profound words of power, a blast of light hitting the chains and portal.
> roll 1d20+21
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=13]
Light washes over the chains, shattering them like nothing more than cheap glass. Sylvie takes this chance, diving through the portal, uncaring of the opening it provides.
> roll 1d20+57 AoO1 vs AC of 55 needs a 1 here
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 70 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+57 AoO1 vs AC of 55 needs a 1 here
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 64 > [d20=7]
> roll 4d6+17+4d6+17
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 59 > [d6=2,4,1,4,4,3,3,4]
Sylvie's hacked as she dives through the portal, vanishing through it and away.
Ithea, go.
Ithea takes a brief second to heal before carefully committing to memory the locations of the enemies and their possible attack options and withdrawing through the portal after Sylvie. "Stay alive and make it through, you two!" Ithea demands of Lief and Muirfinn.
OOC: quickened Cure Critical Wounds (Healing Touch SLA / swift from Astral) + Withdraw action (full round)
[21:54] <Merc> roll 4d8+20 healing touch
[21:54] <Serith> Merc roll for Serith < 24 > [d8=1,1,1,1]
[21:54] <Merc> ooc: ...
[21:55] <Yuthirin> HAHAHAHA
[21:55] <Merc> shush
[21:55] <Kowork> Oh wow.
HP is now at 85.
Ithea escapes through the portal - and the Duke of Destiny chuckles. "Enough then," He raises a hand, the magic of the portal shuddering as if squeezed.
> roll 1d20+40
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=12]
Like that, the portal goes out entirely, dispelled. Taelfagn spreads his arms wide, "And now, the fated hour!" At this words, chains erupt from thin air all around the two, going to engulf them.
> roll 1d20+55 CMB vs Lief's CMD
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 67 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+55 CMB vs Muirfinn's CMD
<Serith> Kowork roll for Serith < 71 > [d20=16]
Lief and Muirfinn are seized by chains. There is no escape, no hope, no resistance. They are dragged down into screaming, beckoning darkness. A chorus of agonized moans greets them as darkness consumes all.
Ithea into a new topic, Lief and Muirfinn into another new topic. This topic is finished.
Ithea's topic is here: http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,103695.0.html
Muirfinn and Lief's topic is here: http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,103696.0.html