Getting the band together

[Corwin]

18:41 <CC> roll 1d20+14
18:41 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 34 > [d20=20]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+8
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 23 > [d20=15]

You won init. Open.

[Corwin]

Being a large and scary dragon, Seira breathes upon the golem! And should any of the riches melt off its form, may they keep on being drawn to her bag of holding!

20:20 <CC> roll 18d10 goldenfire Ref DC43 half
20:20 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d10=1,3,10,4,1,9,5,7,1,7,7,6,2,5,5,5,9,5]
20:20 <CC> roll 1d4
20:20 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 1 > [d4=1]

I also have a couple swift actions, but first I want to know what that thing is via K:A 10 for 102, K:P 10 for 102 and Spellcraft 10 for 102

[Anastasia]

It is a construct - not a true golem, you believe. A unique creature, controlling the wealth as a shield. That hardly requires serious intellect, as you see a barrier of gold and gems come together, shielding against your breath. It blocks it and chunks of it melt away into a slurry rich metals and ruined gems, raining down to the ground.

It's likely not as difficult to injure with magic as a powerful golem is. On the other hand, any powers it has are a complete mystery to you - except one little bit of a story comes to mind. An old efreet tale, of Emir Safar, who crafted a construct to guard his treasures. It wielded them like a shield, or so the stories say, and could not be stopped without destroying the same treasure that thieves valued.

As the story goes, the construct was destroyed by another emir who simply wished to hurt him and bankrupt the emir, rather than steal his hoard. You even recall the name with your perfect memory: Akil bin Faheem, Emir of the Flametongued. It is said he destroyed it with a spear of the hardest metal. In the end, the emir lost his fortune and ultimately vanished from the tales of history.

[Corwin]

Easy come, easy go. Seira can't quite help her dismay as she shifts into her usual form and activates the armband of the spark.

[Anastasia]

The great construct brings both hands together, a massive double fit, draws them apart...and slams them together hard, a titanic BOOOOOOM hitting you like a rampaging balor. The walls crack all over, your ears ringing as...

Fort.

[Corwin]

20:55 <CC> roll 1d20+78
20:55 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 94 > [d20=16]

[Anastasia]

> roll 36d8 sonic damage
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 139 > [d8=1,5,1,4,6,5,3,2,1,8,5,6,3,6,6,7,3,3,3,5,1,4,5,6,5,1,3,2,3,4,1,8,2,2,1,8]

Sonic damage and you made the save, so halve that. Secondary effect as well but you're immune to it.

The blast momentarily checks you back, both arms raised as the blast is endured. You'd have worse by lots, but you still feel that one. At the same time, a dozen golden coins narrow and a dozen tiny dots of gold, floating around the golem in orbit, begging to glow a pale white.

And yet the come around the corner and begin to approach. A trio. The first is a fall, muscular efreet in ornate red plate armor, face covered by a full helmet. He carries not a scimitar but instead a heavy club of pure steel. "Seira Aryn," He whispers it, but even from here your healing is sufficient to pick it up. "I've not yet fought a deity. Will your body break in the same way as others?"

The second walks on the efreet's left side, a woman with generous proportions. She wears naught by a tight fitting bodysuit of thin cloth and a full metal helmet. A longsword is in each hand. From her proportions she could be human, a taller elf or half elf or several other things. She's human shaped, but not an inch of flesh can be seen and her face is hidden.

The third walks at the efreet's left side. "So noisy," he murmurs, an efreet, muscular but not overwhelmingly so. He chuckles on seeing the battlefield, eyeing the golem. "Even warded against fear I can't stop the butterflies in my stomach," he declares, slender and with a thick black beard jutting out from the bottom of a full helmet. He wears chain with plate reinforcement, his front breastplate displaying a sigil of a torch against a blue background. "To face a deity like this is a suicide mission."

"Victory will come because the Sultan wills it!" The first declares, "We will present her head to the Grand Sultan's throne!"

Chance to react then adding them to init.

[Corwin]

Sound res 30, so 69-30=39 damage. 66 temp hp, so undamaged with with 27 temp hp left. What's the glow all about, I think?

"I'm afraid you are already dead," Seira cheerfully tells the bearded efreet while ignoring his suicidal companion. "Though I'd like to point out that I do accept surrenders."

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+16 (+4 sign) greatclub
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 23 > [d20=7]
> roll 1d20+22 (+5 nerveskitter) swords
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 28 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d20+`8 (+5 nerveskitter) beard
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 6 > [d20=6]
> OOC: 18, so total of 24. They bombed init.

Init is Seira (34) > Swordwielding Woman (28) > Beareded Efreet (24) > Treasure Construct = Greatclub Efreet (23)

Go.

Based on your arcane knowledge, you believe those coins are charging up with force, to strike probably something like a magic missile or an orb of force, or a similar spell.

[Corwin]

And Seira is off in a flash! She blitzes the loudmouthed efreet, some of her fiery trail coalescing into elementals that aid her attack even as she sets Dragon's Grace upon the unfortunately slow braggart!

Fiery leap through the club-wielding efreet:
21:53 <CC> roll 1d20+37 SR
21:53 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 49 > [d20=12]
21:53 <CC> roll 15d6 goldenfire Ref DC37 half
21:53 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 53 > [d6=5,3,3,4,3,4,2,3,3,3,5,3,4,6,2]

First strike:
21:40 <CC> roll 1d20+61+10 efreet #1
21:40 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 73 > [d20=2]

Chain Dispel discharged upon hit:
21:53 <CC> roll 16#1d20+35 dispels
21:53 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 53, 51, 52, 39, 48, 37, 44, 54, 37, 41, 55, 40, 40, 41, 44, 51 >

Continuing attack routine:
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+61+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 90 > [d20=19]
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+61+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 73 > [d20=2]
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+61+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 74 > [d20=3]
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+56+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 71 > [d20=5]
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+51+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 75 > [d20=14]
21:48 <CC> roll 1d20+46+10 efreet #1
21:48 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 76 > [d20=20]
21:49 <CC> roll 4#1d20+56+10 efreet #1 natural attacks
21:49 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 85, 69, 73, 75 >
21:49 <CC> roll 1d20+61+10 crit1
21:49 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 81 > [d20=10]
21:50 <CC> roll 1d20+46+10 crit2
21:50 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 60 > [d20=4]

Damage if 7 hits:
21:50 <CC> roll 7#1d6+93+18d6+10+2d6
21:50 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 173, 174, 171, 181, 185, 175, 181 >

Damage for the 2 crits (attacks 2 and 7 respectively):
21:51 <CC> roll 2#2d6+186+18d6+20+2d6 if crits
21:51 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 288, 285 >

Natural attacks damage:
21:52 <CC> roll 1d8+91+16d6+10+2d6 bite
21:52 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 172 > [d8=8][d6=1,3,5,1,5,3,2,6,6,3,2,3,6,4,3,2,5,3]
21:52 <CC> roll 1d6+86+16d6+10+2d6 claw
21:52 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 166 > [d6=6,5,4,1,3,2,2,1,3,5,5,3,6,3,4,4,3,5,5]
21:52 <CC> roll 1d4+86+16d6+10+2d6 wing1
21:52 <CC> roll 1d4+86+16d6+10+2d6 wing2
21:52 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 152 > [d4=2][d6=5,6,1,6,5,4,6,2,1,1,4,2,3,2,2,1,1,2]
21:52 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 161 > [d4=1][d6=3,4,5,2,1,5,2,6,1,1,6,4,4,3,4,5,5,3]

I will end my turn in Gambit.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+61 ref (+5 ???, +3 ???, +6 ???, +1 ???, +1 ???, +5 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 81 > [d20=20]

Init is Seira (34) > Swordwielding Woman (28) > Beareded Efreet (24) > Treasure Construct (23)

A burst of magic, a blast of goldenfire, a blur of blade, fist and claw.

When it all passes, the leading efreet is sliced in twenty or so pieces, a gurgling cry of, "Sul..." before he fades away. The bearded one takes a careful step back at that display of savagery, "I hate suicide missions," he mutters. "How can anyone but a deity stop a deity?"

[Corwin]

"It's certainly possible," Seira tells him cheerfully. "There are a number of efreet I can count on the fingers of my left hand that I would think twice about charging like that, your Sultan being one of them. Then again, while I was infiltrating Lixer's castle on Avernus and found him in the inner sanctum of his base of power, he was the one who chose to flee after I stabbed him, not the other way around. Just saying, in case you're reconsidering that surrender."

[Anastasia]

"Sorry," The efreet says, sounding genuinely regretful in that moment. "I have someone I'm fighting for."

[Corwin]

"I'm not the unreasonable sort," Seira tells him, flicking the blood adorning her blade clear of it. "We all know the reason I'm here, and once I've freed all the slaves I intend to leave. If you cooperate instead of delaying me by a few seconds, I will take every efreet here prisoner rather than ending their existence, regardless of their best attempts to murder me."

She shifts her stance to face this nameless opponent while appearing to ignore both the massive construct and the voluptuous woman. "If the one who sent you here to die for good to buy a few seconds isn't even here, then it is a futile death, for I control time as I need to. Those seconds and more will be regained with a burst of will, and that makes your sacrifice meaningless. Someone who understands those facts but still chooses to throw a subordinate's life away is a person not worthy of being served with loyalty.