Moonwatching (Jaela; 86 days left)

[Corwin]

Jaela puts a stop to that nonsense right away, narrowing her eyes at the robed minions!

[21:15] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+35 counterspell
[21:15] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 49 > [d20=14]

[Anastasia]

The spell shatters against Jaela's magic, broken into tiny pieces. They glitter in the air, little crystals of spellfire that soon snuff out into dust.

Jaela.

[Corwin]

Those spellfire crystals are drawn towards Gae Bolg as Jaela points it at the robed devils, tip glowing! Before they can so much as move, each of them is tagged with a bolt of light that is followed by another right on its heels!

[21:21] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+34 SR
[21:21] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=11]
[21:22] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+43+25 ranged touch, moment of prescience, twinned burst of glory
[21:22] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 70 > [d20=2]
[21:23] <@Luiza> roll 30d12+4d6 goldenfire-boosted burst of glory
[21:23] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 214 > [d12=10,12,6,2,1,11,4,3,12,9,8,11,12,7,3,1,10,11,6,6,11,1,6,4,10,2,11,6,2,5][d6=2,4,3,2]

Total damage of 428 to each robed devil, no save.

[Anastasia]

The Master's subject to this too since it hits every creature in range and he's neutral. Okay with that?

[Corwin]

Since I haven't taken my move action and I go before him (and am standing ahead of him) let's say I use my ridiculous speed to maneuver to exclude him from the radius.

[Anastasia]

Okay.

The blast slammed into the robed figures, each of them knocked over and burnt terribly, falling in heaps and not getting up. Victory?

Free act.

[Corwin]

'I've got Mala,' Jaela thinks to the others as she picks up the downed pit fiend. 'Master, mind grabbing one of the flunky corpse? We're heading out.'

[Ebiris]

'No telling what sort of anti-teleport defences are down here, we'll gate out at the same point we came in,' Afina agrees, leading the way back up through the phase door.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 36 > [d100=36]
> roll 1d100
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 96 > [d100=96]

The three of you hurry back out - and you find a figure waiting there. A lithe, red pit fiend clad in a tight-fitting black dress, feminine in body and form. She is semi transparent and has ears with a slightly elven tilt. 'Thus, Mala falls," she observes, "Welcome, Aurora. I want to talk."

[Ebiris]

Afina slows and drifts close to Jaela so that she can plane-shift them away in a hurry. "We'll gladly host you for a very long talk, Velasca," she says, taking a gamble on this being the elf traitor.

Again I have godly senses right now so is she actually here or is this a projected image or the like?

[20:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+70 spot
[20:09] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 88 > [d20=18]

For reference.

[Anastasia]

It's an illusion, a projection and nothing more.

"It's all gone to Hell, hasn't it?" The elf sneers, "All of this and we can't kill a few refugees. It's all going to fall apart because of one idiot mistake."

[Corwin]

"Is this your way of asking for sanctuary?" Jaela wonders out loud. "Surrender to us here and now, and you will be treated well."

[Anastasia]

"In so many words, yes. I want out," Velasca says, "Taelfagn can't stop you with all his power, what chance do I have now?" The pit fiend gives both of you a long, disgusted look, "I'll give you my sigil in exchange for sanctuary, freedom and other benefits. I have no intention in spending the rest of Creation in a cell or embracing oblivion. You want this world back, you can have it. Hell's promises are empty. Bel is a doddering fool that has sealed his own destruction."

[Corwin]

Jaela nods. "You got it. Your sigil and information on your remaining friends, and I'll let you slink away. Or offer to personally keep you safe at Aurora until we're done with the Lifasan campaign, whichever your preference."

[Ebiris]

"We're not going to stay here and parlay when reinforcements could arrive at any moment," Afina cuts in. "But your offer is of some merit. Come to Elysium and present yourself at our gates - if you're half the sneak Yian thinks you are you should be able to slip your handler's leash well enough for that. And unlike Mala we do honour parlay, this won't be used as an opportunity to capture you."