Infiltrators (Surraruthru, Tryll)

[Ebiris]

She's reasonably sure she's oriented towards the centre on this path, and down makes sense for the most protected location so she continues on ahead and down the stairs. 'Tryll, I'm inside now and heading to the centre of the fortress and the lower levels. Does that match with your position?' she sends.

[Yuthirin]

'Er, yes. Somewhat.' Tryll glances about.

are there any exits or entrances into this room?

[Anastasia]

Yes, one behind you.

Meanwhile Afina advances on, down the stairs and through a door. She's here! She's in the orb room, coming to a stop there as she catches her breath a moment.

Chance for you two to chat a bit but your turn's over, Afina. Devils are up.

Dana, Misalea and Bubbles are in sight, just in time for a wave of unholy blights to crash into them.

> roll 1d20+18 caster level check
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=5]

Oh, none of them have SR so no matter.

> roll 1d20+39 Misalea Will
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+30 Dana Will
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+28 Bubbles Will
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=5]
> roll 10d8 Misalea and Bubbles halve this
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 49 > [d8=4,3,5,6,7,8,7,3,2,4]
> OOC: Dana takes the same but quarters it instead.

As darkness envelopes them the devils hold position, as...

C&T, go.

[Yuthirin]

'Yes, hello again. I'm keeping this from exploding and killing everything for right now, but I need assistance in breaking the circles and removing the sphere. If we can't do that, I will eventually falter and this will end in tears. We have ten minutes. Or so. Ideas?'

[Anastasia]

Afina is holding pending her own chance to Spellcraft. Misalea.

Misalea meanwhile takes the assault and rushes headlong, charging the devils.

> roll 1d20+47
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d10+15
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 22 > [d10=7]

She dances about in the air as she charges a barbazu, slicing deeply into him. She garners attention as...

Surraruthru.

[Iron Dragoon]

Suraruthru continues speeding after Afina to reach Tryll same as before, but sends to the others, 'Some hamatula are giving orders to reinforce the line and kill everyone. If you target them, you may put the defenders into disorder.'

[Anastasia]

Those hamatula are also directly in the doorway and blocking it, Surru, as noted. How do you plan to get around them?

[Iron Dragoon]

Oh, I thought they had continued walking past. Hm. Is there enough space like between their legs or over their heads to slip through unnociticed?

[Anastasia]

Sure, would require an Escape Artist check (or a Dex check if you lack ranks).

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+7 Dex Check
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=12]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d8+6 damage to Surru
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 12 > [d8=6]

Damage reduction applies.

You manage to squeeze through, hooks ripping at your skin. But you're through and to another door, which you throw open. Ahead is hallway with several doors and a stairway going down. You barely have a chance to look as...

Init is ?!?!?!?! (65) > Afina (44) > Devils (27) > Calleigh = Tryll = Misalea (22) > Surraruthru (21) > Bubbles (14) > Dana (13)

What the NPCs are up to is out of sight now since none of you are with them. Wish them luck. Afina, you're up.

[Ebiris]

"Let me have a look for myself so I can better advise you," Afina says, studying the arcane setup.

[21:24] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+47 spellcraft
[21:24] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 66 > [d20=19]

[Anastasia]

You get the same info Tryll did during his various checks. Additionally, you can see how you could help his checks as well. Two sets of hands will help here, since time is of the essence.

[Ebiris]

"No easy way to disjoin it, is there?" she frowns as her fears are confirmed. "I'll assist you. We're trying to redirect the flow of magic from above away from the sphere, correct?" she asks, flying to the opposite side of the circle from Tryll so her efforts will better balance his own.

'Tepen, there's something in the city directly above this fortress that's feeding magic into the anchor that will detonate and destroy the city. We're working to stabilise it but we can only stall. You need to send forces to the area and find whatever's feeding power down here to get rid of it.'

[Yuthirin]

'Yes, of a sort. The sphere itself appears to be the power source, and I believe it contains a number of souls. 999 is most likely. I'm merely interrupting the flow of power from the sphere to the wards, and vice versa. I'm really just stalling, since time forced my hand.'