Dark Rumblings

[Anastasia]

Syala, rather.

There's a secret panel on the wall to the left, hidden but not well enough to your sight.

Syala smiles at that, "Yes, but on focus. We may yet have battles to wage, Latha."

[Ebiris]

Alicia pauses to open that panel!

[Anastasia]

To your shock and awe, another bloody tome sits within here.

[Ebiris]

She pulls it out to have a look.

[18:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+31 CL if relevant
[18:38] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+31 CL if relevant --> [ 1d20=9 ]{40}
[18:39] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+46 spellcraft
[18:39] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+46 spellcraft --> [ 1d20=17 ]{63}

[Anastasia]

Another fake, though this one uses half elf blood instead.

This one also has deeper magic in the pages. Magic to ensnare any that read it, to slowly poison their minds with hatred and alienation from others.

[Ebiris]

"We're up to four now. This is getting ridiculous," Alicia tosses it to the floor like the garbage it is, continuing down the stairway.

[Anastasia]

"Infuriating is what it is. Alicia," Syala says, "I believe a more magical solution is called for."

[Ebiris]

"Mmn," she makes a soft grunt. "I'd wanted to take that daemon alive, just asking him would have simplified matters. I suppose we could reconstruct his head and try speak with dead?"

[Anastasia]

Syala has the grace to cough and look embarrassed. "Let's."

[Ebiris]

Thus Alicia turns and goes back to where they killed that yugoloth amidst his swarm a moment ago.

[Anastasia]

Done and then done. You have an intact yugoloth head, reformed through divine will.

Go ahead with the questioning.

[Ebiris]

Since our alignments don't match he gets a will save, but I guess we can also spam it until he fails.

"Where is the Warrior's Spelltome?" Alicia demands, clutching the top of the daemon's skull in her hand and holding its corpse off the ground to look at the cadaverous face.

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Avatarlicia: 644/644
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), extended repelling shield (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), greater heroism (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), dance of the unicorn (CL 31), keen edge (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), ray deflection (CL 32), magic vestment (CL 31), greater magic weapon (CL 31), mass energy immunity (CL 32, cold), mass energy immunity (CL 31, fire), extended latha's sunmantle (CL 32), seira's arcane thesis (CL 31)
Defences: AC 81 (touch 32), CMD 86, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 47), ray deflection, damage reduction 20/-, 20 damage to anything striking in melee
Stat buffs/penalties: +13 armour, +9 shield, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +3 luck attack/saves, +25 competence perception, doubled crit range, +2 insight AC/reflex, +1 enhancement attack/damage, +8 str, +4 con, -2 dex, +2 natural armour, -1 size. +10 CL vs SR, +5 DC on spells
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, arcane sight, low-light vision, scent, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +73
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/12/12/10/7/7/11/4/2/0/5/3/2/1
Duskblade spell slots: 6/17/17/10/1/4
Quick cast: 0 left.

[Anastasia]

That's basically it, yeah. You have him and he's helpless, so sooner or later...

"Beneath the entrance to this chamber, within the earth and 30 feet down."

[Ebiris]

"What defences does it have?" she asks before they do any reckless digging.

[Anastasia]

"A stillness that will devour the unworthy. It can wound anything." Is your answer.