The lost fortress (Afina, Jaela; 85 days left)

[Corwin]

Jaela nods in acknowledgement of the request, taking a closer look.

K:Architecture, taking ten for 32.

[Anastasia]

With a place like this? Avoid the roof and the walls, aim for something less protected like a tower.

Granted, magic is afoot here so shenanigans could ensue.

[Corwin]

"Go for a protrusion like a tower, that seems like the best target. Sort of like the joints on a building."

[Ebiris]

Afina agreeably picks out a squat looking tower and disintegrates a chunk out of the side!

[20:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 1 check
[20:16] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 9 > [d20=9]

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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), recitation (CL 30), sublime revelry (CL 31), death ward (CL 30), good hope (CL 30), interplanar telepathic bond (CL 26)
defences: AC 98 (touch 62), spell resistance 42, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear, mind-affecting, critical hits, negative energy, death effects, half damage from melee/ranged attacks
perceptions: blindsight 200, low-light vision, darkvision 60, all-around vision, see invisible/ethereal, spot +70, listen +70
spell slots: 5/9/10/10/7/9//8/8/8/7/2/3

[Anastasia]

You hit the tower and it shudders, the stones thinning out but no more. Far less than a normal disintegrates effects, little gaps in it rather than actual holes. Additionally, you can see those holes slowly filling in, repairing itself.

[Ebiris]

"That's like Aurora's walls," Afina is moved to comment before asking Jaela, "Phase door?"

[Corwin]

"We lose nothing by trying," Jaela agrees, using the spell.

[Anastasia]

Jaela casts phase door, a passage in the stone walls appearing at your command.

[Ebiris]

Afina leads the way through the newly created passage!

[Anastasia]

You stand in a tower room. The interior walls glow a brighter red, the area within hot. Unpleasantly so - at least for a mortal, for all of you it's hardly a problem. The room has ancient furniture and twisted things about, half merged into the walls. There's a stairway going up as well as down here, as well as a door on the wall to the right.

[Ebiris]

"I think we should focus on getting down and towards the middle of the place, that makes the most sense as to where the abomination is sealed and where Apasa would be trying to release it," Afina says, and unless anyone has any better ideas she'll take the stairway down.

[Anastasia]

"Logical, if not somewhere in a basement," The Master says, "Also, fiends go down, rather than up. It leads me to suspect the lowest floor or a basement as well."

Mei merely follows Jaela in the meantime, at the ready.

[Corwin]

Agreeing with Afina, Jaela waits for her to lead the way. She can't beat Afina's keen senses, but she would be right there to assist if she needs to.

[Anastasia]

Down the party goes. You go down a dozen steps before a problem - the wall arches out, sealing the way ahead, stairs twisting into it and elongating, like ribbons of stone taffy stretched out and far.

[Ebiris]

"How many more phase doors can you make?" Afina asks Jaela, coming to a stop before this new obstacle.