Journey abroad (Jaela)

[Corwin]

"Alright!" Jaela reaches over for the merman. Propping him out, she starts heading out of the room. "You get to show us where the sub-basements are, plus to point out your boss! Oh, and along the way you can tell us about the mermaid in the skirt. Is she his beautiful but tragically evil daughter?"

[Anastasia]

He can't put up much defense to you, "No, she's the maid!" The merman complains, struggles completely in vain. Down you go, into another level. This one's plainer, a barred door of sedimentary stone on one wall and another door opposite it.

[Corwin]

"Directions, please," Jaela requests, trusting in Mirima to open the path for them.

[Anastasia]

Mirima tries one door at random, "Locked," she reports tersely, before cutting through the lock.

> roll 1d20 just checking for miss
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 1 > [d20=1]

Perhaps its the waters and her own fiery nature, but Mirima really doesn't get much behind the swing. She manages to miss the lock completely. Meanwhile Ellese comes forward, a gesture and a word of twisting, writhing Infernal before a cone of acid comes from her hand, hitting the door right on.

Energy substituted cone of cold, then energy admixture (acid) for an 8th level spell.

> roll 30d6 acid
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 99 > [d6=5,3,3,3,5,4,2,5,2,3,3,5,1,6,2,2,3,6,6,1,5,1,2,6,1,1,3,3,4,3]

The door dissolves before your eyes. Within you see a small room stuffed to the brim with weapons as well as some light armor and shields. Despite the water, none of the iron here looks rusted as all, though many weapons look made of stranger substances or stone.

"Other door," The merman says, "Just keep going down two more floors, then through the fake wall under the banner of a bonfire."

[spoiler]

Mirima

HP: 285+19/285
Spells Active: Water Breathing (CL24), False Life (CL9), Greater Mage Armor(CL9)
Bonuses: Water breathing, +6 armor bonus to armor class
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used:

Ellese

HP: 422/422 (regeneration 5)
Spells Active: Water Breathing (CL24), Mirror Image(CL21)
Bonuses: Water breathing, 8 images.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used:

Spell like abilities

1/day-scorching ray. Caster level 20th. The save DCs are 19 + spell level.

Mirima casts as a 9th level sorcerer. The save DCs are 19 + spell level.

[6/day]0: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Prestidigitation, Read Magic, Resistance.
[9/day]1: Endure Elements, Fist of StoneSC, Magic Missile, Shield, Weapon ShiftSC.
[6/day]2: False Life, Ray of WeaknessSC, Resist Energy, Whirling BladeSC.
[6/day]3: False GravitySC, Fly, Greater Mage ArmorSC.
[7/day]4: Greater Invisibility, Orb of Force
[5/day]5: Wall of Force


Ellese casts as a 21st level sorcerer. The save DCs are 18 + spell level. Her metamagic options are Empower Spell (+2), Energy Substitution(Acid) (+0), Maximize Spell (+3) and Energy Admixture (+3). Once per day she may automatically maximize any spell. Twice per day she may declare a spell a smiting spell, dealing an extra 13 points of damage.

[6/day]0: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Prestidigitation, Resistance.
[8/day]1: AberrateBoVD, Protection from Good, Seething EyebaneBoVD, C, Shocking Grasp, StuporBoVD.
[7/day]2: Darkness, Devil's TongueBoVD, C, Mirror Image, Scorching Ray, Summon Swarm.
[8/day]3: Devil's EyeBoVD, Lightning Bolt, Love's PainBoVD, C, Rage.
[8/day]4: Absorb StrengthBoVD, C, Black Tentacles, Damning DarknessBoVD, Wall of Ice.
[7/day]5: Call Lemure HordeBoVD, Cone of Cold, Feeblemind, Morality UndoneFC1, Wall of OozeBoVD.
[7/day]6: Acid Fog, Chain Lightning, Freezing Sphere, Harm.
[7/day]7: Delayed Blast Fireball, Fiendish ClarityFC1, Rapture of RuptureBoVD, Whirlwind of TeethBoVD
[6/day]8: Create Greater Undead, Fire Storm, Horrid Wilting, Polar Ray.
[6/day]9: Apocalypse from the SkyBoVD, Eternity of TortureBoVD, MindrapeBoVD, UtterdarkLoM.
[3/day]10: Body SofteningHome, Gathgorian's FireballHome, True Meteor SwarmHome

[Corwin]

"Two more floor it is," Jaela agrees, heading through the other door.

[Anastasia]

"Hmph," Mirima glances over at the weapons, "We can take trophies later."

You go down two more floors. The water here is clear now, and you're lead into the room you were in before, thena nother door, "Uh, t-this way," The merman says, "The master's probably downstairs now."

[Corwin]

Happy with her decision to take a local guide, Jaela follows his advice!

Another Sign precast.

[Anastasia]

The next room over is full of banners of all kinds. Various heraldry and coats of arms adorn them. One stands out as your guide points it out - a black banner with a bonfire on it. It hangs high, plenty of wall beneath it. "There, that'll take you in," he says.

"A lack of subtlety. The devil feels this position is secure. If our foe is a greater devil, he will have summoned minions to oppose us, as well as whatever retainers and allies he can call on. I suggest overwhelming force to crack open his defenses before we can be slowed by them." Ellese says.

"Now you get it," Mirima grins, sword out and ready. "We'll hit them so hard they can only gawk and die."

[Corwin]

"I can do that," Jaela agrees, kicking the door open.

[Anastasia]

There's no door there, he did mention a fake wall beneath that banner, though.

[Corwin]

I thought the door was hidden behind the tapestry. Okay!

After a fairly useless kick at the wall, Jaela rears back and throws the trident as hard at the fake wall as she can, ready to follow up the attack with a spell should it not be enough.

[22:35] <@Siri> roll 1d20 21pa, divine might, I can't really miss the wall except on a 1
[22:35] <Penuche> Siri invokes Penuche's magic: < 9 > [d20=9]
[22:37] <@Siri> roll 1d8+42+11+12
[22:37] <Penuche> Siri invokes Penuche's magic: < 67 > [d8=2]

[Anastasia]

Throwing things underwater is of iffy value at best. But after a kick, the fake wall's clearly been loosened, for the trident hitting it opens the way. Ahead is open air and a stairway coming down. After a moment, warmth and the scent of brimstone hits you like a charging cornugon. The stench of Hell, wafting up from below.

[Corwin]

Jaela opts to charge down the stairs, taking two and three at a time!

[Anastasia]

With a laugh, Mirima follows, a mere step behind Jaela. Ellese hurries along, trying to keep pace as she races on down. It's a long stairway that clings to the walls of a large chamber, a rough circle drilled into the ground below. You're 40ft from the ground but have a clear view. At the bottom of the stairs stands two barbazu, glaives out and barring the way. 20ft down and 40ft away are two erinyes, bow and arrows at the ready, aimed up at the approaching heroes.

The floor itself is one massive pentagram, flaming ruby inlays sizzling. Standing in the center of it, 40ft down and 50ft away is a simple merman. He's dressed in noble finery and carries a spear in hand. "Ah, thank you, thank you," he calls, "Your donation of your treasures and soul will be most appreciated!"

Init here.

[Corwin]

"I accept your terms!" Jaela responds with matching cheer, dropping her drained guide. "We'll use all your stuff for good once we've dealt with you!"

[06:35] <@Siri> roll 1d20+16
[06:35] <Penuche> Siri invokes Penuche's magic: < 31 > [d20=15]