Destiny now lies in the hands of...

[Ebiris]

They're going!

[Anastasia]

Down this passage and around another bend. It stops in a drop, a chasm plunging deeper in. The sides are lined with sharp, jagged crystals, growing out several feet in lattice-works of pale white, almost salt colored crystal.

[Ebiris]

"I'm reminded of Seira's misadventures on Salt with that dragon," Alicia notes, peering down the chasm. Seeing no better options she starts flying down it as well.

[Anastasia]

There's space, but it's tight.

"I mentioned Tor Salinus a few years ago in passing to her," Syala remarks as you all go down, as Syala takes up the rear, "It still infuriates her."

[Ebiris]

Alicia shrinks herself down to normal size so she can better fit. "It's an open wound, she's never gotten closure."

[Anastasia]

As you fly down, your keen eyes notice the crystals are suddenly starting to grow, little barbs and hooks reaching out for all three of you.

[Ebiris]

"Lets hurry things up," Alicia says, a beam of spellfire down one side shearing off those grown hooks to give them a bit more breathing room on the way down.

[Anastasia]

Give me damage? It matters mechanically here.

[Ebiris]

[18:00] <@Ebiris> roll 40d10
[18:00] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 189 > [40d10=189]

DC 47 ref half.

[Anastasia]

They're unable to take Ref saves so full.

You shear away one side as Antenora calls, "Down!" For the other sides are reaching out, new barbs and blades forming as they try and get the three of you.

Ref saves. Antenora and Alicia autopass the save, so only Syala here.

> roll 1d20+46 Syala
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=8]

Evasion doesn't matter here, but she made the save.

Down the three of you go, down further. The crystal thins out ahead, the party safe.

"Some sort of living crystal?" Antenora speculates as you three continue down. "Perhaps something animated by the blood of Jormugandr?"

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 840/840
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+5 (+3 luck, +2 strength), Damage+3 (+3 strength) AC+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 39/39 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 13/13 Channel Energy 16/17 Lay On Hands 490/490 Remove Disease 10/10 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 24/25 Divine Blast 15/17
Spells Used: Healx2, Opal Protection, Opal Fury
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36), Opal Fury (CL36)
Notes: Can always inflict nonlethal with attacks, spells, SLAs and abilities.
Smite Notes: +2 damage/paladin level on a charging smite. Each point of favored PA on charge is worth 9 points of damage, post charge multiplier (15 on crit).
Typical Charging Numbers: 35 for base smite damage, 70 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 105 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+138+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Syala
HP: 700/700
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+24 (+3 morale, +3 luck, +18 armor), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Rage 7/7 Divine Blast 14/14 Family Domain 2/2 Wrath Domain 2/2 Add Twin 7/7 (non epic only)
Spells Used: 1 8th level spell, 1 9th level spell, 1 10th level spell, 1 11th level spell, 1 12th level spell, 1 14th level spell.
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Energy Immunity(Fire)(CL35), Epic Mage Armor (CL35), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
Notes: Automatically converts vile damage to normal damage.

[Ebiris]

"Something that seeks out the blood of others anyway," Alicia says once they're past, continuing to go deeper.

[Anastasia]

You head further down and to the bottom. Here a pool of ice-choked waters awaits you. Cold is heavy in the air as you look about. There's smaller burrow tunnels here - one to the east and one to the southwest.

Also, on one of the bigger ice floes sits a rough, crude hut of stone.

[Ebiris]

"If Jormungandr doesn't let anyone else here, other than the children that spawn, what's that for?" Alicia asks curiously, pointing at the hut.

[Anastasia]

"It doesn't make sense," Antenora agrees, "Unless one of the Children built it?"

"Why would a snake make a hut?" Syala says, "Giant snakes don't need houses." Frowning even more, "You're right, it makes no sense, nor does a trap."

[Ebiris]

"Well, we just have to investigate." She goes down to land on the ice floe.

Any magic? Anything felt with tremorsense?