Amnesia (Jaela)

[Corwin]

'Strike,' Jaela orders Ellese and Finnegan. Ellese could cut loose without worry, and then Finnegan would be there in melee and destroying this fiend!

"Tell Gisgal to draw back our vanguard," Jaela tells the runner, repeating her intentions so there is no confusion. "The gates are clear, and Styx is in retreat. We'll regroup inside."

It's a matter of priorities, and she only thinks back to Mirajane after the immediate matters have been dealt with. 'Have Vul'lath assist you. If it's a tug of war, keep the pressure on. How soon before Baleruk arrives?'

Should both Ellese and Finnegan fail to interrupt the pit fiend's spell, I will counterspell myself. But not before they act.

[Anastasia]

Finnegan's there in a blink, closing the distance as lesser devils move in from the fog, trying to protect their master.

Activating divine wrath as a free action, +6 sacred to attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws. Also grants damage reduction 5/-. Note that I used +3 instead of +6 on the roll, so that's being corrected.

> roll 1d20+42 (+2 charge, +3 divine wrath, +5 smite infidel, -15 PA)
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+42 (+2 charge, +3 divine wrath, +5 smite infidel, -15 PA) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{60}
> OOC: That should be +6 from divine wrath.
> roll 2d8+182+3d6+1d6 and 1 negative level
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d8+182+3d6+1d6 and 1 negative level --> [ 2d8=14 3d6=14 1d6=5 ]{215}

The devil isn't fast enough. Finnegan's spear impales it through the left eye, divine lightning striking from above at the same time. It screams like the bellows of a forge ruptured, before crumbling into tiny shards of glass.

Meanwhile Baleruk emerges, "Who DARES DEMAND MY PRESENCE?!"

Free act for the moment, though Finnegan's gonna be busy up there and so's Sylvie.

[Corwin]

"Baleruk!" Jaela exclaims happily. "Good to hear from you!"

Turning towards the devils that don't dare approach her and the glowing nimbus of holy power surrounding her, she calls out, "Lixer, you dickless cum dumpster! Stop hiding behind Daddy's skirts and come at us!"

Casting Recitation (myself and lots of people around me) and Divine Power (myself) this round.

[Anastasia]

Chaos again.

Baleruk's roar joins your call of defiance as you weave spells around myself. The armies clash in the fog as challengers approach. All those who attack Finnegan - mostly masses of spinagons - are skewered and ended fast as you can blink. Ellese flings magic around, spell created acid scarring devils and forcing them back. Meanwhile a runner comes out, "The vanguard's in retreat, elements will be getting here soon, ma'am!" he reports to Jaela, "Hold long enough to get everyone back in."

At the same moment you feel a bone-chilling surge, one that makes your head begin to throb. Your teeth and jaw ache in time with it, vision blurring as...

Fort, Jaela.

[Corwin]

"The devils won't get through!" Jaela states as fact, so firmly that those that hear her can't help but be filled with her determination.

[19:02] <Tohsaka> roll 1d20+50+7+3
[19:02] <Rei-chan> Tohsaka rolled : 1d20+50+7+3 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{69}

[Anastasia]

You resist...something? You aren't sure, the memory of it slipping through your mind's fingers. A whole-body coldness envelops you, Jaela shaking as if it were the coldest day of winter. She feels an overwhelming sense of worthlessness, unworthiness, contempt. It passes in a split second but leaves her cold and queasy.

Meanwhile Baleruk goes into foggy melee, savaging any devils who do not flee before him. Your line here seems to be holding, and indeed, you begin to see a few tattered lillend fall back into sight.

'Jaela!' Tepen's voice shouts in your mind, 'They've breached Aurora's sphere of force from behind. Squads of overgrown gelugons and cornugons are forcing their way in. There's a pit fiend with them that's spraying Styx-water everywhere. Get everyone in as soon as possible so we can escape and contain this!'

[Corwin]

"Hold the fort for me a sec!" Jaela calls out to Baleruk, before sending herself across to just outside Aurora's other side!

DD if I can manage the range, Greater Teleport otherwise.

[Anastasia]

Greater teleport.

No good - you reappear a moment later, not having moved. You know teleportation magic enough to know a block when you see one. Someone's set up something to stop a teleport there. Probably dimensional lock, zone of respite or something like that, but you'd have to go there to be sure.

[Corwin]

'Mirajane,' Jaela thinks at that. 'Order Sylvie and Ellese to rush through the Aurora and support the defenses. They need to take the pit fiend with the Styx water down, hard. Baleruk and I will hold the fort on this end.'

Then, she leaps in action, using her superior speed to impale the lesser devils in her way upon her lance. It would take a pretty powerful specimen to survive, and any who dare to strike at her get swatted aside through her retaliations as Jaela proceeds to dominate the battlefield at the entrance to the Aurora!

[Anastasia]

'It will be done,' Mirajane promises, as you tuck into the battle before you.

Make a normal attack roll for reference.

[Corwin]

16:30 <Marianne> roll 1d20+43+3+5+2+4 Gae Dioltas charge!
16:30 <Rei-chan> Marianne rolled : 1d20+43+3+5+2+4 Gae Dioltas charge! --> [ 1d20=16 ]{73}
16:31 <Marianne> +5 more for 78
16:31 <Marianne> roll 1d20+43+3+5+2+4+5 Gae Dioltas AoO retaliation (x8)!
16:31 <Rei-chan> Marianne rolled : 1d20+43+3+5+2+4+5 Gae Dioltas AoO retaliation (x8)! --> [ 1d20=15 ]{77}
-2 more since not charging for 75
16:35 <Marianne> roll 3d8+87+12+42+15+24+2d6+2d6 holy+goldenfire damage (silver/good/epic vs devils)
16:35 <Rei-chan> Marianne rolled : 3d8+87+12+42+15+24+2d6+2d6 holy+goldenfire damage (silver/good/epic vs devils) --> [ 3d8=16 2d6=4 2d6=11 ]{211}
Marianne

[Anastasia]

Uh, I just needed one roll for reference, but hey, damage rolls are always nice.

You wade into the battle. Spinagons are obliterated before you, bursting into golden fires or skewered into oblivion. You hold the line on one side, Baleruk on the other, as forces fall back. You quickly have your side cleared, many retreating - yet from ahead, a wave of black water comes for you. A wave reaped from the sea, looking to engulf you in the waters of the Styx.

Act.

[Corwin]

'Status on Sylvie and Ellese with that pit fiend?' Jaela asks Mirajane. Most of her attention is occupied by that unnatural wave, however, and she quickly snaps off a pair of dispels in the time it would take most casters to use one while her armor shifts into robes that allow for easier casting!

16:51 <Marianne> roll 1d20+36 dispel
16:51 <Rei-chan> Marianne rolled : 1d20+36 dispel --> [ 1d20=4 ]{40}
16:51 <Marianne> roll 1d20+36 dispel if the previous failed
16:51 <Rei-chan> Marianne rolled : 1d20+36 dispel if the previous failed --> [ 1d20=5 ]{41}

Intent is to use the Dispel Evil SLA if the wave continue and washes all the way up to me.

[Anastasia]

'They're on it,' Mirajane says, as you throw your power against it. The wave is stopped, crumbling to water that plunges below rather than splashing you.

React but I need a few to catch up the other thread, since that matters here.

[Corwin]

Jaela charges down into the nearest concentration of devils and calls upon the Triune's name! Meanwhile, the spot she'd touched lightly before venturing forth becomes a holy area where mind control and summoned creatures are repelled!

Holy Word, 40ft radius, no save, probably autopass my SR. Hallow on the area before our gates, to boost up our defense and the path of retreat some.