The Rime Tower (Afina, 86 days left)

[Corwin]

"Weren't we supposed to have come to our deaths?" Jaela repeats curiously, unable to resist.

[Anastasia]

"Hardly a challenge," Crystal says, looking down, "Do you think Mala survived that?"

[Ebiris]

"I sincerely doubt she was in the tower personally," Afina says. "She's an inveterate coward to the core, she'd never be anywhere near a battle if she could help it. Still, Balyss did say divinations were blocked here today specifically, powerful enough to affect Selune. Maybe we should investigate before its all consumed." She dismisses the Gate on that note and flies towards the shattered tower.

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Afina 329+20/329
active spells: glaciante's spiteful ward (CL 29 attached to epic mage armour), heroes feast (CL 20), mind blank (CL 17), fortunate fate (CL 15), planar tolerance (CL 7), epic mage armour (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 29), greater heroism (CL 25), afina's perfect vision (CL 27), shield (CL 27), death ward (CL 20), sublime revelry (CL 31), good hope (CL 30), control winds (CL 27), interplanar telepathic bond (CL 26), haste (CL 27), recitation (CL 30), planar bubble (CL 27)
defences: AC 97 (touch 60), spell resistance 42, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear, mind-affecting, critical hits, negative energy, 50% miss chance, freedom of movement
perceptions: blindsight 200, low-light vision, darkvision 60, all-around vision, see invisible/ethereal, spot +70, listen +70
spell slots: 6/9/10/8/7/9/2/8/8/7/6/0/3

[Corwin]

Jaela telepathically asks Tepen, 'Has Balyss's divination changed? Can you check whether Mala perished and we need to dig her out?'

[Anastasia]

'Asking now,' Tepen says.

You can see the tower is slowly melting, sinking slowly into the exposed magma. It's quite a wreck. No sign of devils - but they can teleport, so that means little. Bugs of all kind emerge from cracks in the tower, flying in every direction.

[Ebiris]

Those bugs are summarily shredded by the winds which pick back up into tornado force around the tower. "Someone scan for magic, I'll feel it out with blindsight," she asks, descending close enough where her long ranged blindsight can perceive through the cracked and shattered walls to map what she can of the layout that isn't yet submerged in magma, and pick out any notable creatures still trapped within.

[Anastasia]

How close is that, Afina?

[Ebiris]

We'll get to about 50 feet above so it's within easy range for detect magic.

[Corwin]

Take 10 for me, please. I have greater heroism for +4 above sheet value.

[Anastasia]

Cool, Jaela.

As Afina flies in, Jaela stud - !!!!

The entire tower is glowing with a new surge of powerful magic. It's going to gather up all the power in the tower, mix it with the magma and turn it into a torrential blast of pure hellfire, a fire that will even burn Afina to ash.

Chance for Jaela to react here.

[Corwin]

"Afina, back!" Jaela calls out in warning, thrusting Gae Bolg in the direction of the ruined tower and channeling her magic!

[20:53] <@Annerose> roll 1d20+41 superb dispell
[20:53] <Rei-chan> Annerose rolled : 1d20+41 superb dispell --> [ 1d20=12 ]{53}

[Anastasia]

The magic surging in the tower winks out under your dispel, the tower beginning to fall apart anew. Hunks of it fall off and sink into the magma, the entire structure melting down that much faster now.

[Ebiris]

"Well there's definitely nothing there now," Afina flies back up. "I take it that was a last-ditch trap? More proof Mala can't have been here."

[Anastasia]

"Yes. Let's go before trouble returns," Crystal agrees.

[Ebiris]

Afina makes another gate back to Elysium and flies through it.