All That Glitters

[Nephrite]

"Let us proceed." Moore says as he moves ahead. He seems to not even care that the murder holes exist.

[Anastasia]

Indeed, you receive no attacks from them as you stride forward, throwing open the next gate.

Or you would, but abruptly...

> roll 1d20+60
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 66 > [d20=6]

AC, Moore?

[Nephrite]

78, 68 if we're talking Flatfooted.

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Active Spells: Superior Resistance (CL 24), True Seeing (CL10), Bibliotecha Arcana (CL27), Mind Blank (CL15), Surge of Hope (CL30), Tyche's Touch+3 (CL30), Greater Improvisation (CL30), Mass Death Ward (CL27)
HP: (44)408+20
AC: 64 (78), 47 (49)(63) touch, 54(68) flatfooted 20% miss chance, SR 45, 30 resist all to elements
35/35 Bardic music uses 2/3 Refrain

Improv Points: 45/90

Spells:

Bard
0th - 4/4 (DC 22)
1st - 8/8
2nd - 7/7
3rd - 7/7
4th - 6/7
5th - 6/7
6th - 4/6
7th - 6/6
8th - 6/6
9th - 5/5
10th - 2/2

Favored Soul:
0th - 5/5
1st - 9/9
2nd - 9/9
3rd - 9/9
4th - 9/9
5th - 6/8
6th - 8/8
7th - 1/8
8th - 8/8
9th - 6/6

[Anastasia]

Guh! At the last moment you react instinctively, dodging to the side as a grasping hand of stone, larger than Hanna easily, erupts out and tries to grab you. It retreats back a moment later, deprived of its prize.

[Nephrite]

"Rumbling Slide again, I wonder?" Moore shrugs. "We have more important matters to attend to than him, so we should continue forward."

Can you advise when it's been 10 minutes from when they left Crystalle's Palace? I'll redo the songs if I can.

[Anastasia]

I will when it has been.

You throw open the doors ahead. Here is a massive central space, dominated by iconography of the Eye of Shar. HEre cultists, shadows and huge, looming black -things- in the shape of oversized humanoids do war. They are fighting earth elementals and Xorns, the entire field a combative mess. There's doors further in in all directions, but everything is combat ahead.

Chance to act on this how you will and possibly leading to init.

[Nephrite]

If Crystalle wanted them to aid his allies, he would have given them a missive to do so.

"Let us avoid engagement here if we can and make our way to the source of the dissonance." Moore says with a look to Xandra. "Can you still hear it with all of this going on?"

[Anastasia]

"Straight ahead, forward and then forward more," Xandra cries over all the noise, "We have to push through all of this, clear the way!"

[Nephrite]

"Then let's push forward!" Moore says.

They can try and fly over if they can otherwise just punch through if they need to.

[Anastasia]

Okay. Make Dex checks, +4 bonus for every 10ft your base fly speed is above 30ft. So +4 if 40, +8 if 50 and so on.

[Nephrite]

Don't forget my Aura also gives +14 to dexterity checks! Yahoo!

So... my speed is 90 with Haste, so that's... 4x6=24.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+48 : 9 + 48, total 57[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+73 Cresiel
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+73 Cresiel --> [ 1d20=18 ]{91}
> roll 1d20+44 Xandra
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+44 Xandra --> [ 1d20=9 ]{53}

The three of you move like lightning. Fortunately, there's almost no aerial action to get in your way, the two of you flying over all of it - as you see Rumbling Slide grab two cultists, pulling them into earth. Sharrans pounce on a Xorn, stabbing it over and over until it goes still. Darkness ripples out from a cultist, turning an earth elemental to dust and a few pebbles. A shadow is hit by a particular elemental with glowing blue fists, dissolving it with an unearthly wail. But all of that is behind you, a door ahead and a chance to barge on through.

[Nephrite]

Moore waves a hand and emits a yell to try and break the door into pieces!

Cacophonic Burst around the door, DC27 Reflex.


[blockquote]Rolled 15d6 : 2, 5, 3, 3, 1, 1, 6, 2, 6, 5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 4, total 51[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

The door shatters immediately, the sonic blast cracking it and sending stone shards flying inward. Past here is a hall of pitch darkness, only your magically treated vision allowing you to see past it. A hall of pure emptiness, where Eyes of Shar are painted on every surface, glowing with purple light swallowed by the dark.

At the far end is a stairway going up slightly, onto a raised floor that continues onward.

K:R.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 99. Scary!