A Faraway Victory

[Anastasia]

"Congratulations!" Jessica claps, "You look amazing, Marie!"

Syala appears before Marie, sweeping her into a hug, "Of course we did. Congratulations, all the way to tulani?"

"Marie!" Antenora sweeps into the room, running full blast. She gets in on that hug, "Stunning."

[Ebiris]

"Eeep, watch out I'm still delicate!" Marie giggles as she's hugged two ways, Alicia rising up to join it.

"A promotion that's richly deserved. Well done, Marielle," she praises.

"Thanks!" Marie blushes prettily, snaking her arms out amidst the goddess-hug to return it. "Oh, and I'm not just a tulani though. Mystra showed me the weave, she showed me secrets, secrets I was always destined to know because it had been foretold in ancient prophecy," her voice drops in timbre to take on a dramatic cast. "Everyone laughed and called me mad, but now I've seen through the veil of reality and discerned the truth of that greatest of spells. Now whenever anyone hears of magic missile, their lips will tremble and the name 'Marie' will tumble forth in awe and rapture."

Then she abruptly brightens, so much she seems to sparkle. "So hey, do you have anyone you need to go fight so I can show off, or do I have to take Antenora to Mechanus now?"

[Anastasia]

Antenora's eyes narrow just a bit, "Marie, I'm taking you to Mechanus, not the other way around." Then she smiles again, "Congratulations, Marie. I'm proud of you."

Syala laughs a bit, "As a matter of fact, we are. A little trip to a Limbo stronghold being built by a succubus and company."

[Ebiris]

"Aww. See, we get to go to Limbo and Mechanus!" Marie says, nudging Antenora with her elbow. "I'd say everybody wins but I actually hate Limbo, unlike your bizarre love affair with Mechanus."

"Well since we're all here now I'd say there's no time like the present," Alicia says, pulling back from the hug. "Lets meet back up in half an hour so we've time to prepare and then go to Limbo?"

[Anastasia]

Okay, let me know who is going and the prep for it.

[Ebiris]

Squad will be Alicia, Marie, Syala, and Antenora. No particular prep beyond expected combat buffs, I'll see about having spoiler blocks up tomorrow.

[Anastasia]

Sounds like a plan.

[Ebiris]

Other than the spells they cast on themselves, Alicia casts the following on everyone.

Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (extra attack like haste, +3 morale to attack/damage), CL 31
Recitation (+2 luck to attacks/saves (+3 for Alicia worshippers), CL 31
Death ward (immunity to negative energy/level drain), CL 32
Greater Heroism (+4 morale to attacks/saves/skills, +20 temp hp) CL 31

Marie is also happy to offer her epic mage armour to anyone who wants it, that's +22 armour to AC. Alicia takes her up on it.

And Alicia uses divine familiar on Marie, because no one says she can't. This gives Marie +16 natural armour, improved evasion, and 2 familiar spell epic feats. She takes limited wish and radiant assault.

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Alicia: 644+20/644
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 32), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 32), dance of the unicorn (CL 32), spell turning (CL 32), greater visage of the deity (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 32), extended ray deflection (CL 32)
Defences: AC 87 (touch 37), CMD 87, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 47)
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +12 armour, +3 morale damage, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 Str, +2 Dex, +4 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +1 natural armour, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +84
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/10/9/9/8/9/7/8/8/8/7/6/6/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/12/10/10/6

Marie: 515+20/515
Active spells: Extended superior resistance (CL 31), extended mind blank (CL 31), greater arcane sight (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), bibliotheca arcana (CL 31), sensual blessing (CL 31), extended ray deflection (CL 31), extended nondetection (CL 31)
Defences: AC 93 (touch 19), CMD 62, spell resistance 43, energy immunity (electricity, negative energy), energy resistance 10 (acid, cold), status immunity (protection, death effects, energy drain) protective aura, ray deflection, nondetection (DC 46), improved evasion
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 deflection AC vs evil, +3 morale damage, +11 shield AC, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +16 natural armour
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, blessed sight 120, see invisibility, greater arcane sight, scent, low-light vision, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +70
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/8/8/6/8/6/6/6/7/6/5/4
Limited SLAs available: Limited wish, radiant assault, heal, meteor swarm, time stop

[Anastasia]

Antenora adds divine protection for +1 morale AC to all, CL 31st. She casts voice of the archon on herself, CL31.

Syala will make everyone immune to lightning with mass energy immunity, in case the demons try that (as they're immune to it).  CL31. She drops power of the huntress on Marie. CL 31st. See below. She'd like the mage armor in return for +22 AC. CL31?

This spell channels the fell instincts, speed and power of a stalking dire tiger into the spell's targets. The target gains a +10 enhancement bonus to strength, dexterity and constitution, a +8 enhancement bonus to natural armor, a +20 competence bonus to hide and move silently checks and a +6 bonus to initiative checks. You cannot be flatfooted for the duration of the spell and you gain the benefits of the Combat Reflexes feat. Finally, you gain the scent special quality.

Anything else or is this good to roll with?

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 744/744
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Voice of the Archon (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class,  +10 enhancement bluff, diplo, intimidate, immunity to electricity.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Divine Protection, Voice of the Archon,

Syala
HP: 589/589
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31), Epic Mage Armor (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class, immunity to electricity, +22 armor bonus to armor class.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 13th level spell, 1 11th level spell.

[Ebiris]

That's good, Marie is grateful and happily gives Syala her amped up mage armour in return. CL 31, yes.

Alicia will gate us from Ysgard to the opposite side at the same distance from the fortress as Jessica departed from.

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Alicia: 644+20/644
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 32), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 32), dance of the unicorn (CL 32), spell turning (CL 32), greater visage of the deity (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 32), extended ray deflection (CL 32), divine protection (CL 31), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 31)
Defences: AC 88 (touch 37), CMD 88, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold, electricity), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 47)
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +12 armour, +3 morale damage, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 Str, +2 Dex, +4 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +1 natural armour, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +1 morale AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +84
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/10/9/9/8/9/7/8/8/7/7/6/6/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/12/10/10/6

Marie: 515+20/515
Active spells: Extended superior resistance (CL 31), extended mind blank (CL 31), greater arcane sight (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), bibliotheca arcana (CL 31), sensual blessing (CL 31), extended ray deflection (CL 31), extended nondetection (CL 31), divine protection (CL 31), power of the huntress (CL 31)
Defences: AC 102 (touch 25), CMD 73, spell resistance 43, energy immunity (electricity, negative energy), energy resistance 10 (acid, cold), status immunity (protection, death effects, energy drain) protective aura, ray deflection, nondetection (DC 46), improved evasion
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 deflection AC vs evil, +3 morale damage, +11 shield AC, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +16 natural armour, +1 morale AC, +10 enhancement strength/dexterity, constitution, +3 enhancement natural armour, +20 competence stealth, +6 initiative
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, blessed sight 120, see invisibility, greater arcane sight, scent, low-light vision, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +70
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/8/8/6/8/6/6/6/7/6/4/4
Limited SLAs available: Limited wish, radiant assault, heal, meteor swarm, time stop

[Anastasia]

Chaos.

It is an endless whirl around the four of you. Chaos whirls and twists. Fire, ice, land, sea, air, up, down. Everything swirls around you in an endless fury that means nothing, yet the barest look from Syala causes none of it to touch you.

Before you it is seen, amid the snow and baking sunlight, piercing through the fog and penetrating the mountains. A massive slab of pure earth, massive and stony. Atop it sits a fortress, far away and distant. You have some going ahead to reach it, glimpses of it as the chaos stuff swirls. Yet with your divine sight you can see it. There is a gate on this side, closed shut.

The outer walls are thick and tall, made of stone and manned, just as Jessica said. There's no immediate threat to you from here, at least.

"I've been looking forward to this," Antenora says in a rich voice, "Let's show them how far we have come, let Malcanthet we are more than pawns to tempt in her realm."

"Let's," Syala agrees, Blessing of the Twelve in hand. She tosses it hand to hand, smiling. "Last time was too foreign and Far Realm for my tastes. Let's go make a different and cut off this horror before it blossoms."

[Ebiris]

"Remember we need Jade alive. Otherwise don't hold back," Alicia says, starting to drop towards the fortress, a change in her personal gravity allowing that to do the work, Marie following her example.

[Anastasia]

Your divine soon sees them when you're about 3000ft out from the fortress. Great mares, winged and bloated, carrying githzerai. They are nude save for pants and bodies are twisted. Some have multiple limbs. Another has a second head. One is metallic gray, while another yet had a second set of eyes, nose and mouth growing out of its bare stomach. Thus they're coming your way - one group dead ahead and one from your left flank. The group ahead is 5 strong and 500ft away while the flanking group is 6 strong and 400ft away.

Limbo twists around you, a blizzard of fire and stone raging all around you.

Chance to act, will go to init as needed.

[Ebiris]

"Syala, maintain Limbo for us?" Alicia asks casually as they plummet, hair whipping above her head. "I'll try and keep the horses intact for you. Marie, take our flank, I'll take the front. Antenora clean up."

We're gonna go to init, yeah.

[18:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+24 Alicia init
[18:15] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+24 Alicia init --> [ 1d20=1 ]{25}
[18:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+16 Marie init
[18:15] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+16 Marie init --> [ 1d20=15 ]{31}

Nerveskitter for both.

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Alicia: 644+20/644
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 32), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 32), dance of the unicorn (CL 32), spell turning (CL 32), greater visage of the deity (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 32), extended ray deflection (CL 32), divine protection (CL 31), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 31)
Defences: AC 88 (touch 37), CMD 88, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold, electricity), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 47)
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +12 armour, +3 morale damage, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 Str, +2 Dex, +4 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +1 natural armour, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +1 morale AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +84
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/9/9/8/9/7/8/8/7/7/6/6/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/12/10/10/6

Marie: 515+20/515
Active spells: Extended superior resistance (CL 31), extended mind blank (CL 31), greater arcane sight (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), bibliotheca arcana (CL 31), sensual blessing (CL 31), extended ray deflection (CL 31), extended nondetection (CL 31), divine protection (CL 31), power of the huntress (CL 31)
Defences: AC 99 (touch 22), CMD 70, spell resistance 43, energy immunity (electricity, negative energy), energy resistance 10 (acid, cold), status immunity (protection, death effects, energy drain) protective aura, ray deflection, nondetection (DC 46), improved evasion
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 deflection AC vs evil, +3 morale damage, +11 shield AC, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +16 natural armour, +1 morale AC, +10 enhancement strength/constitution, +4 enhancement dexterity, +3 enhancement natural armour, +20 competence stealth, +6 initiative
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, blessed sight 120, see invisibility, greater arcane sight, scent, low-light vision, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +70
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/8/8/8/6/8/6/6/6/7/6/4/4
Limited SLAs available: Limited wish, radiant assault, heal, meteor swarm, time stop

[Anastasia]

"My favorite position," Antenora agrees as...

> roll 1d20+11 Antenora
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 Antenora --> [ 1d20=2 ]{13}
> roll 1d20+10 Syala
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+10 Syala --> [ 1d20=7 ]{17}
> roll 1d20+5 flight 1 (ahead)
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 flight 1 (ahead) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{24}
> roll 1d20+5 flight 1 (flanking)
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 flight 1 (flanking) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{11}

Init is Marie (31) > Alicia (25) > Charging Bloat Mares (25) > Syala (17) > Antenora (13) > Flanking Bloat Mares (11)

Open.

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 744/744
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Voice of the Archon (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class,  +10 enhancement bluff, diplo, intimidate, immunity to electricity.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Divine Protection, Voice of the Archon,

Syala
HP: 589/589
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31), Epic Mage Armor (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class, immunity to electricity, +22 armor bonus to armor class.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 13th level spell, 1 11th level spell.