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

[Ebiris]

It makes sense that one could use fabriciate to turn a broken item into a fixed item, since the raw materials are right there, right?

Afina immediately gets to work fixing some of those chains as she flies closer!
Round 2: Cast fabricate on chains to fix them!
Round 3: Cast fabricate on chains to fix them!
Round 4: Cast ferocity of sanguine rage
Round 5: Cast spell enhancered many moments of prescience
Round 6: Cast searing delayed blast fireball on line of devil mooks
Round 7: Cast searing delayed blast fireball on line of devil mooks

[20:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+33 searing fireball SR
[20:05] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=15]
[20:05] <@Ebiris> roll 27d6
[20:05] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 95 > [d6=4,2,5,2,5,5,2,5,3,2,1,6,5,4,3,1,3,4,2,3,2,2,6,4,4,5,5]
[20:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+33 searing fireball SR
[20:05] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=17]
[20:05] <@Ebiris> roll 27d6
[20:05] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 103 > [d6=6,2,5,4,4,5,5,4,6,3,2,6,2,5,3,2,2,6,1,1,6,3,6,5,1,3,5]
Ignores resistance/immunity, DC 35 ref half

As time reasserts its flow, Afina is floating above Apasa and she proceeds to stab him mercilessly while fireballs detonate in the background. She's less interested in taking him alive than she is in stopping this thing from being released, so she's not particularly careful in her stabbings.

[20:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+71 12th level arcane strike
[20:10] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 72 > [d20=1]
[20:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+71 12th level arcane strike
[20:10] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 80 > [d20=9]
[20:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+66 12th level arcane strike
[20:10] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 78 > [d20=12]
[20:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+88 12th level arcane strike moment of prescience
[20:10] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 105 > [d20=17]
[20:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+83 12th level arcane strike moment of prescience
[20:11] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 93 > [d20=10]
[20:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6+12d4 and 2 negative levels
[20:12] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 108 > [d4=4][d6=5,3,6,4,6,3,5,2,3,2][d4=1,2,4,4,3,4,2,1,4,1,3,4]
[20:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6+12d4 and 2 negative levels
[20:12] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 88 > [d4=1][d6=2,3,6,3,1,2,2,4,4,2][d4=2,2,4,2,1,1,2,4,1,1,2,4]
[20:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6+12d4 and 2 negative levels
[20:12] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 98 > [d4=2][d6=2,1,6,4,3,4,1,6,1,4][d4=4,1,2,3,2,3,1,4,1,3,4,4]
[20:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6+12d4 and 2 negative levels
[20:12] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 102 > [d4=4][d6=1,4,1,3,3,6,4,3,5,4][d4=1,2,4,2,3,4,3,1,4,2,4,2]

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Afina 329+4/329
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), 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), haste (CL 27), ferocity of sanguine rage (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 29)
defences: AC 99 (touch 63), 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, 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: 5/9/10/8/7/7/4/8/6/8/6/1/0
1 moment of prescience left

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+26 ref 1
> roll 1d20+26 ref 2
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=7]
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=7]

It seems its your lucky day, steam pixie.

Fireballs explode amid the devil line, devastating it as it holds nonetheless, erinyes aflame and cornugons burning. You stab deep into Apasa, fields of force around him parting before your blade like the wind, nothing more. You stab into the traitor over and over, his chanting disrupted as he falls to a knee, bleeding and holding his devastated shoulders. He's down but not out, bleeding profusely as...

Jaela and Master.

[Corwin]

Jaela drains what little water the burning devils have remaining in their bodies, before time stops!

[22:37] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+25 SR
[22:37] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=11]
[22:37] <@Luiza> roll 20d6 Fort DC33 half
[22:37] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 77 > [d6=1,6,5,1,6,3,4,4,6,1,3,5,4,4,6,1,6,4,5,2]

Quickened Twinned Horrid Wilting on the mooks, so 154 damage.

Now! Round one! Standard: Moonlight Revelation. Swift: Divine Favor, Swift: Divine Power.

Once her temporal magic takes hold, Jaela swiftly makes her way over to Apasa to a position that makes it easy to flank with Afina, and swaps her weapon for Gae Bolg as she sheds a silvery light to illuminate the chamber.

[Ebiris]

Nodding to Jaela as time stops around them, Afina rebuilds some more chains using this reprieve!

I'll just cast fabricate each round of the time stop to fix more chains. 3 castings I believe.

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Afina 329+4/329
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), 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), haste (CL 27), ferocity of sanguine rage (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 29)
defences: AC 99 (touch 63), 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, 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: 5/9/10/8/7/4/4/8/6/8/6/1/0
1 moment of prescience left

[Corwin]

Jaela imbues Gae Bolg with the power to break through any of Apasa's remaining defenses, and taking no chances calls upon the favor of the Heavens. Then, properly prepared, she strikes at him as soon as time resumes its rightful course!

Superb Dispelling channeled into Gae Bolg. Celestial Valor cast on myself and Afina. True Strike as time prepares to return, and now the attack!

[22:49] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+53+13+20-4 true strike, divine might, nonlethal, his ac is at -5
[22:50] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 84 > [d20=2]
[22:50] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+41 superb dispelling
[22:50] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=19]
[22:51] <@Luiza> roll 4d8+40+11d6+23+4d6
[22:51] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 137 > [d8=7,4,3,2][d6=6,5,3,6,3,1,4,5,1,6,5,5,4,3,1]
[22:52] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+53+13+2-4+14 true strike, divine might, nonlethal, his ac is at -5, forgot flanking before, smite
[22:52] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 84 > [d20=6]
[22:52] <@Luiza> roll 4d8+40+11d6+23+4d6
[22:52] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 119 > [d8=5,2,7,1][d6=2,2,2,1,1,1,5,1,2,5,2,6,2,4,5]
[22:52] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+48+13+2-4+14 true strike, divine might, nonlethal, his ac is at -5, flanking, smite
[22:52] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 89 > [d20=16]
[22:52] <@Luiza> roll 4d8+40+11d6+23+4d6
[22:52] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 133 > [d8=5,3,8,5][d6=6,3,3,2,1,5,2,6,2,2,1,5,1,5,5]
[22:53] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+43+13+2-4+14 true strike, divine might, nonlethal, his ac is at -5, flanking, smite
[22:53] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 75 > [d20=7]
[22:53] <@Luiza> roll 4d8+40+11d6+23+4d6
[22:53] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 136 > [d8=5,5,1,3][d6=5,3,2,5,1,5,3,5,4,5,6,5,5,1,4]
[22:53] <@Luiza> roll 1d20+38+13+2-4+25 moment of prescience, divine might, nonlethal, his ac is at -5, flanking
[22:53] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 79 > [d20=5]
[22:53] <@Luiza> roll 4d8+40+11d6+23+4d6
[22:54] <Serith> Luiza roll for Serith < 143 > [d8=3,8,5,6][d6=1,6,5,2,4,3,3,6,1,3,6,5,6,1,6]

Also the mooks save vs my spell at -4, forgot that. So effective DC is actually Fort 37 half for them.

[Corwin]

If he drops from one of the earlier strikes I won't spend all the smites and MoP here, so let me know?

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+25 fortitude
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 40 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+25 fortitude
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=12]

Init is Afina (34) > Jaela = Master (27) > ??? (25) > Devils (24)

Devils shudder and collapse as you turn then into dried out husks, but that's not important. You slam Gae Bolg into Apasa twice, knocking him down and out. He collapses as time resumes, a horrid moment as magic erupts all around Apasa and the chained creature, chains straining even as you dispel magic and...

Caster level check, Afina. You two may just have a shot at stopping this with those actions.

[Ebiris]

[17:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+27
[17:57] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=1]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+27
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=9]

The chains shudder, snap - but there's too many of them as the magic crumbles. Barely, just barely the head and red light dims and the battlefield goes still. Witht he devils routed, Apasa defeated and no further manifestations from whatever it is...have you won?

Free act.

[Ebiris]

Not taking anything for granted, Afina speeds herself up and repairs a bunch more chains in the blink of an eye!

10th level time stop for 5 rounds, and 5 castings of fabricate to do repairs

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Afina 329+4/329
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), 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), haste (CL 27), ferocity of sanguine rage (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 29)
defences: AC 99 (touch 63), 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, 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: 5/9/10/8/7/0/3/8/6/8/5/1/0
1 moment of prescience left

[Corwin]

'We've won,' Jaela declares to her friends and Vul'lath back on Aurora. 'I'm grabbing Apasa, can you get his book, Afina?'

She also makes sure to part Apasa from his ring to store it safely.

[Anastasia]

Done and done. As Mei catches up, the Master approachs, "Yet only one question remains: Can we leave this place beyond, for other devils to journey to?"

[Ebiris]

Afina looks to see how those chains are holding up, and compares her repaired ones with the ones that managed to survive unsnapped entirely so she can determine how secure this thing is now.

[Corwin]

Jaela studies any present or fading magic in the area! And takes a look at the book Apasa was using afterwards.

[Anastasia]

Spellcraft, Jaela.

The chains look to be intact enough - holding and the pressure on them is slackening.