Where hope dies (Afina, Surarruthru, Calleigh)

[Anastasia]

Wand says not a word, but shakes as if chuckling. From it an orb of fire gathers, hot and intense, before flying off right at the second wraith.

> roll 1d20 ranged touch, will look up Surarruthru's modifiers if it has a non 1 roll that's low enough to make missing plausible
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 ranged touch, will look up Surarruthru's modifiers if it has a non 1 roll that's low enough to make missing plausible --> [ 1d20=16 ]{16}

That's a hit without even glancing at the numbers.

> roll 15d6
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 15d6 --> [ 15d6=47 ]{47}
> roll 46/2
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 46/2 --> {23}
> roll 23+47
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 23+47 --> {70}

The second wraith is hit, body bursting aflame. It boils like oil, ghostly form cooking off before your eyes. Ethereal smoke rises up, a half smelled scent of decay as its body crumbles before you.

Initiative order is now: Afina (38) > Sylvie (34) > Surraruthru (32) > The Master (28) > Dread Wraith 3 (23) > Psicrystal (22) > Tryll (20) > Tannin (18) > Calleigh (14)

The Master is up.

With one foe down, the Master slips ahead and goes for his last opponent. His expression is serene, face calm and at peace. He charges as fast as an arrow, closing the distance in a moment.

> roll 1d20+20 (+1 heroes feast, +1 haste, +2 charge, -20 PA, going for the proverbial home run)
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 heroes feast, +1 haste, +2 charge, -20 PA, going for the proverbial home run) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{27}
> roll 1d100
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=53 ]{53}
> roll 4d8+34
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 4d8+34 --> [ 4d8=18 ]{52}

His blow strikes the wraith hard in the face, a silent shattering of its jaw and cheeks. Ghostly blood floats in the air around it, unconcerned with gravity and joined by a few of its smoky teeth. In return, the dread wraith gathers itself, spitting out more blood before its empty face glares at the party. It raises one ghostly hand and concentrates, as it draws a six pointed star in the air. The space around it warps, twisting like a sickened man's stomach. The points of the star glow bright with green light, casting everything around it in shades of emerald as it vanishes into that warped space, gone.

Auto passes the Concentration check.

Free act. Haste will be expiring shortly, so I'm removing that now.

[spoiler]

Sylvie

HP: 290+11/290
Effects: Heroes Feast (CL20), Overland Flight (CL22), Deeper Darkvision (CL22), Greater Mighty Wallop (CL22), Endure Elements (CL22), Attune Form (CL22)
Boosts: Immune to fear and poison, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and Will saves, immunity to planar conditions (Note, her normal boosts aren't included since they're factored into her main stat block.)
Resources used: Arcane casting: 1st: Endure Elements 3rd: Deeper Darkvision, Greater Mighty Wallop 4th: Attune Form 5th: Overland Flightx3
Other: Current inspiration: 11/12

Master

HP: 295+15/295
Effects: Heroes Feast (CL20), Overland Flight (CL22), Attune Form(CL22)
Boosts: Immune to fear and poison, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and Will saves, immunity to planar conditions
Resources used: -
Other: -

Tannin

HP: 218+11/218
Effects: Heroes Feast (CL20), Overland Flight (CL22), Attune Form(CL22)
Boosts: Immune to fear and poison, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and Will saves, immunity to planar conditions
Resources used: -
Other: -

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru looks around the area for any lingering threats and waits quietly from his hiding place for the others to get going.

[Anastasia]

Make a quick Spot check, Surraruthru.

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+33 Spot
<Kobot> Rhaqa rolled 1d20+33 Spot --> [ 1d20=6 ]{39}

[Ebiris]

That was unproductive, Afina thinks irritably as the last wraith flees. "We need a diversion," she breathes through the Message spell, since merely doing their best at stealth doesn't serve. "Everyone to me. Calleigh, get ready with that silence once we teleport," she instructs, calling on her connection to Water to call forth a collection of large elementals!

[17:26] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4 elemental swarm (water)
[17:26] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 2d4 elemental swarm (water) --> [ 2d4=5 ]{5}

As five towering creatures of water appear she whispers in aquan for them to hear. "Scatter, hide." And as they go off to do that she follows up by calling on her connection to Fire for a similar group.

[17:27] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4 elemental swarm (fire)
[17:27] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 2d4 elemental swarm (fire) --> [ 2d4=4 ]{4}

"Close your eyes. Wait twenty seconds then hunt and kill," she rasps out in ignan for the fire elementals to hear. Then without further ado she teleports herself and the party via dimension door 1,300 feet in a direction two o' clock from their current position.

Spoiler: ShowHide

Afina: 208+14/208, heroes feast (CL 20), greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), resist energy (cold) (CL 23), resist energy (acid) (CL 23), shadow form (CL 23), message (CL 23)
AC 60, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, immunity to fire, water, disease, poison, fear
Spell charges: 6/10/7/7/8/8/8/8/6/7

[Anastasia]

No sign of problems right away, at least that Surraruthru can see.

"We do," Tannin seconds, catching up with the others.

The elementals all appear as commanded, before the party winks and vanishes away through a dimension door. Once there, Sylvie gestures ahead, quickly and silently advancing along.

[Anastasia]

To be clear, we're waiting on Calleigh's silence effect.

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh sets an aura of Silence about herself with a wand! "It won't last long, three minutes tops! I can refresh it each time though! Shoulda done this before!"

Silence
3 minutes
20-foot radius in all directions from Calleigh.

[Anastasia]

Is this a psionic power or something else?

[Yuthirin]

Safe to assume that all wands produce magical effects, yes?

[Anastasia]

It's a wand? Okay, I'll note how many charges you blow. CL 3?

[Anastasia]

Under true, perfect silence, the party advances. Between your stealth and magic, you manage to eliminate any sounds at all, advancing onward. Not even the magical silence seems to stop all noise somehow, this realm capturing the slightest thing. Yet when stealth is added, you can eliminate these and advance forward safely.

> roll 1d100-20 vs 79
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100-20 vs 79 --> [ 1d100=96 ]{76}

20 wand charges spent.

It takes a good hour of silent travel. At last you see something ahead - the subtlest change in darkness, hinting at great towers and slinking buildings ahead. They are oddly flat, not sloped at all, as if something managed to stop the ever-present sharp downward plunge of the realm. Have you found Hopelorn? About 500ft away, you can see what may be the start of the town. No gates, just a few roads that simply stop and open up into the sloped land. No fences, no walls, no visible form of defense at all.

Tannin nods and points at it, while Sylvie grimly massages her knuckles and matches that nod. The Master very slowly breathes in and out, then begins to advance forward.

[Ebiris]

Well on the plus side whatever additional eyes and ears will be looking for them in the city should be more than offset by increased ambient noise, blocked sightlines, and echoes off all the buildings. She can't comment under Calleigh's helpful silence, but as they approach she pays more mind to keeping out of sight rather than simply keeping her noise down. This stretch is the most dangerous after all, exposed as they are before they can get lost amidst whatever alleys and structures Hopelorn offers.

[Anastasia]

Okay, make Hide checks then, y'all, if you're trying to sneak in.

[Ebiris]

[17:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+41 hide
[17:59] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+41 hide --> [ 1d20=1 ]{42}

+4 to that from shadow form for 46