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[Anastasia]

8.

[Ebiris]

[18:46] <@Ebiris> roll 21d6 cold, DC 36 fort half
[18:46] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 84 > [d6=6,6,4,5,3,4,6,6,2,1,4,3,2,5,4,4,5,5,2,6,1]

[Anastasia]

A freezing rain falls, magic crumbling and revealing the babau - who even with speed are slower now, bombarded and attacked, as more demons yet fall. Yet a few advance - as you spy the golden tailed marilith going on as well, advancing on and on. They'll be to the clearing soon, numbers falling but not enough.

Latha is at the ready as...

Oh look, the remainder had a few surprises, but they're no match for me. Your end going well?

[Ebiris]

We're close to engaging.

She'll be able to swing her sword over the heads of everyone else to reap through the demons as they come up the hill too, but she'll reserve her blades until they're needed.

"Bolster yourselves," she orders her casters to start using their short duration boosting spells on themselves and their comrades in place of blasting, the earthworks giving the front rank demons some cover against most of it anyway.

She herself uses Righteous Wrath of the Faithful on those around her, leading by example.

[Anastasia]

On and on - and it is a ragged bunch that reaches the hill, perhaps 300. They are lead by Hyl, snarling and screaming, brandishing a long sword as he leads the charge, "To her! To her!" she cries. At this Latha smiles, walking forward to meet him, radiant in sunlight.

"Demon! I come for your head!" Latha's voice is heard across the battlefield.

Hyl's answer is one of pure fury, a twisted smile on his face as he charges ahead.

[Ebiris]

"Brace!" Alicia orders the rest, bolstering them further and letting the front ranks of warriors have the honour of defending their goddess while Latha duels the biggest demonic threat on the field.

More of her magic goes into augmenting the rest of her forces with Recitation so they can cut down this bedraggled charge and be ready to endure the next, since there's still a lot of demons to come.

[Anastasia]

Your forces brace, magic filling them as you stand.

"For Sylica!"

"VICTORY!"

"Cut them all down!"

Cheers come from your troops as they do just that, now all focused on the demonic horde. Latha and Hyl charge forward, light clashing into dark and...

Did you cast any of those spells on Latha?

[Ebiris]

Yeah, they hit all allies in range so she'd be covered.

+3 morale attack/damage, an extra attack like haste, +3 luck AC/attack/saves.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+57 (+3 luck, +3 morale, +2 charge)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 62 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+33 SR
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 52 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+43
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 48 > [d20=5]
> roll 20d10 half lightning half divine
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 111 > [d10=6,1,4,6,1,3,8,7,6,3,4,6,7,4,7,10,7,6,5,10]
> roll 1d20+60 (+2 charge, +3 ???, +1 ???, +2 bane)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 61 > [d20=1]

Light and fire, hate and glory. The two meet in a clash of mace against weapon - Latha's mace is blocked and blocked in turn, the two crashing together in deadlock. That is, before a bolt of divine wrath strikes down, slamming into the balor. It barely phases him but is enough to put him a step back, as demons crackle and burn under Latha's aura.

> roll 7d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 32 > [d6=4,4,4,3,6,6,5]

[Ebiris]

"Brace!" Alicia calls to her first rank who're waiting to receive the demonic charge flowing around Hyl and Latha. She leaves her champion to handle the balor without interference, trusting her to handle it and focusing on the grander battle.

"Third rank, keep up the barrage!"

[Anastasia]

You have tremorsense?

[Ebiris]

Yeah, she'd have sensual blessing up. 60 feet.

[Anastasia]

As this happens, you feel something stirring deep in the earth beneath you, coming up towards you steadily.

[Ebiris]

"Tunnelers from below. Second rank move back and prepare!" Alicia orders, levitating herself to make a little space before she summons some elementals to glide down into the earth and intercept it.

Summon Monster X cast

[16:56] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 elder earth elementals
[16:56] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 3 > [d3=3]

[Anastasia]

As your elementals are summoned and go down?

> roll 1d20+33 SR
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 46 > [d20=13]
> roll 20d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 80 > [d6=6,4,2,1,5,3,6,5,2,6,6,3,6,5,3,4,3,5,4,1]
> roll 80+40
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 120 >
> roll 120*2
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 240 >
> roll 1d20+45 Will
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 50 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+33 SR
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 53 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+43
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=11]
> roll 20d10
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 126 > [d10=7,5,3,10,3,6,10,3,7,8,5,6,9,3,6,8,10,5,5,7]

> roll 1d20+30 SR
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 37 > [d20=7]

The two meet again, Latha leaping back as the army is momentarily stopped, the charged checked due to the impact and bombardment. As general chaos erupts, holy power descends from above, the balor boiling as if water on the fire, entire nature rippling as he detaches part of its own flesh, hurling it at Latha. Yet Latha's radiance burns it away, holding her own as demons scream, those coming to help catching ablaze.

> roll 7d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 25 > [d6=3,4,5,5,1,1,6]

For the moment, all's going as planned.