The duty to live

[Anastasia]

Go ahead and give me an Intimidate check here.

[Ebiris]

[18:56] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+66
[18:56] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+66 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{85}

[Anastasia]

The elf screams in terror, stumbling back while the hound whimpers.

Init is Alicia (Supreme) > Antenora (31) > Wind (30) > Sulia = ???2 (28) > Marie (13) > ???1 (10)

"I take that as a surrender," she agrees, gazing at them. The elf throws down his mace and the hound just hides his face with his paws.

Free act for now, that encounter went amazingly well.

[Ebiris]

"Good. In that corner, we'll be back," Alicia directs them into the corner, Marie hemming them in with a wall of force before Alicia blasts through floor/wall with silver fire to reach the next cluster of activity.

[Anastasia]

"My, how feeble," Sulia observes. "I suppose that even this has minions."

Quick damage roll, would you?

[Ebiris]

[19:44] <@Ebiris> roll 40d10 DC 51 ref half
[19:44] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 40d10 DC 51 ref half --> [ 40d10=207 ]{207}

She's actually not trying to hit someone this time.

[Anastasia]

A larger hall. You barely get a glimpse because you see it - a great balor surges forward, just after your beam cleaves out. It is a vast thing, raw hate and fury battering against you. It looks on at you with contempt and fear, a roar of defiance as it charges and... - !

Open, you have Supreme Init, I'll do init after your turn.

[Ebiris]

Between one breath and the next, Alicia is in the charging balor's space, smaller than it as she maintains normal humanoid proportions but still able to slice it apart with a neat flurry of magically augmented swipes of her double-bladed sword!

[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+80 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d20=5]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+80 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 100 > [d20=20]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+80 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d20=5]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+80 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 97 > [d20=17]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+75 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 82 > [d20=7]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+75 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 77 > [d20=2]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+70 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 90 > [d20=20]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+70 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 79 > [d20=9]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+65 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 71 > [d20=6]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+65 blinding speed, 1st level arcane strike, channelled vivacious/maximised/enhanced combust
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 82 > [d20=17]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+80 crit check
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 87 > [d20=7]
[17:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+70 crit check
[17:04] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 71 > [d20=1]

[17:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+50 SR
[17:05] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 66 > [d20=16]

[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 403 > [d12=5][d4=2]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 409 > [d12=11][d4=2]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 402 > [d12=3][d4=3]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 412 > [d12=12][d4=4]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 402 > [d12=4][d4=2]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 407 > [d12=7][d4=4]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 404 > [d12=6][d4=2]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 407 > [d12=8][d4=3]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 2d12+72+1d4+720 if 100/87 critted
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 812 > [d12=11,8][d4=1]
[17:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360 if not
[17:06] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 404 > [d12=6][d4=2]
[17:07] <@Ebiris> roll 2d12+72+1d4+720 if 90/71 critted
[17:07] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 815 > [d12=11,10][d4=2]
[17:07] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+36+1d4+360 if not
[17:07] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 407 > [d12=8][d4=3]

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Alicia HP: 956+20/956
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), dance of the unicorn (CL 36)
Defences: AC 90, CMD 119, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +3 morale AC,  +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/14/9/9/5/8/5/7/7/6/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/22/22/23/11/7/16

Marie HP: 830+20/830
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 36), extended nondetection (CL 36), greater heroism (CL 36), greater arcane sight (CL 36), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), repelling shield (CL 36), freedom of movement (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), bibliotheca arcana (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), superior invisibility (CL 41), project image (CL 41)
Defences: AC 98, CMD 97, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (electricity, fire, sonic, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 51), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +25 competence perception, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +15 insight knowledge, +3 morale AC, +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort
Perceptions: Greater arcane sight, true seeing, 1 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +81
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/10/10/8/8/9/9/7/7/8/7/5/6/7/4

[Anastasia]

Okay, quick Ref save since you don't have evasion, I'll resolve it all at once.

[Ebiris]

[17:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+71 ref
[17:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 87 > [d20=16]

[Anastasia]

> roll 28d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 123 > [d6=3,6,4,3,6,4,4,4,5,2,1,6,3,6,6,3,6,4,2,5,6,6,5,3,5,6,5,4]

You halve this.

Your sword strikes true, even before the balor can reach you. The explosion is massive around you and yet you endure, battered but little else. You stand in a large hall and there's more. More like him. Balors. The lead normal demons, great horrors lined up like mere minions. An impossibility for most - but perhaps not for one as feared and powerful as Demogorgon. Over three dozen loom ahead, blades and whips at the ready. On each one's forehead two sets of gleaming eyes is tattooed on, and in that you feel it.

The faintest resonation. A resonation of dust and death, of the void and the choking nature of this plane. But most of all you feel the faintest feeling of divinity. Far less than an avatar or proxy, not true divinity as much as a mere taste of it. Your knowledge whispers to you that these are beings gifted with a single drop of Demogorgon's blood, Godsblooded, normally a ritual reserved to mortals. Similar to how beings such as Jaela of Aurora have ingested a single drop of divine blood and been gifted for it.

Amid this place you find the walls and ceilings, yet not the floors, engraved with drawn on eyes. Each is a two set of two eyes for four each, eyes that move about, drawn and yet alive, perhaps seeing what lies in this room or in some other eldritch place. The color of the eyes varies wildly, not the same even between pairs. In spite of the explosion the hall is not damage in the least, nor are the other balors.

The hall is dominated by those demons, each one ready to come at you, to reave the life from you and your friends, to drag your souls screaming into the madness that is their home.

Unfailable knowledge checks skipped. Chance to react and do anything else this round with your swifts.

[Ebiris]

Alicia endures the explosion with barely a ruffle, looking over what's arrayed before them. This at least looks more interesting. "Try and endure this," she gestures ahead and a flurry of bright multi-coloured blasts cascade down the hallway, nothing spared.

12 20 foot radius radiant assaults is hopefully enough to hit everything here.

[17:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+43 SR
[17:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=16]
[17:45] <@Ebiris> roll 38d6 radiant storm, DC 42 will half
[17:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 133 > [d6=4,2,1,2,6,2,5,4,5,6,3,4,2,1,4,1,3,3,2,2,5,2,2,5,4,5,3,6,3,3,4,2,6,6,6,2,6,1]
[17:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 rounds dazed or dazzled if save made
[17:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 3 > [d6=3]

Done for the round.

[17:46] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+17 Marie init, nerveskitter
[17:46] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 36 > [d20=19]

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Alicia HP: 915/956
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), dance of the unicorn (CL 36)
Defences: AC 90, CMD 119, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +3 morale AC,  +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/14/9/9/5/8/5/7/7/6/2
Duskblade spell slots: 6/22/22/23/11/7/16

Marie HP: 830+20/830
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 36), extended nondetection (CL 36), greater heroism (CL 36), greater arcane sight (CL 36), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), repelling shield (CL 36), freedom of movement (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), bibliotheca arcana (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), superior invisibility (CL 41), project image (CL 41)
Defences: AC 98, CMD 97, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (electricity, fire, sonic, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 51), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +25 competence perception, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +15 insight knowledge, +3 morale AC, +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort
Perceptions: Greater arcane sight, true seeing, 1 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +81
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/10/8/8/9/9/7/7/8/7/5/6/7/4

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+35
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 45 > [d20=10]

The light rakes the balors, but it isn't enough. Not nearly enough as your allies pour in and...

Init.

> roll 1d20+14 Antenora
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 32 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+14 Also Sulia
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 24 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+24 the balors are not slow
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 28 > [d20=4]

Init is Alicia (Supreme) > Marie (36) > Antenora (32) > Balors EVERYWHERE (28) Sulia (24)

Go Marie.

[Ebiris]

Marie is still safely outside the building, but her all too real seeming projected image flies down behind Alicia and casts a spell that sends a massive barrage of magical projectiles splashing over the balors and assorted lesser horrors that might have survived Alicia's attack before changing her song to a fresh one with the same lyrics going!

Inspire courage, +14 morale attack/damage. Inspire greatness will keep going for 5 minutes because divine bard.

[18:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3+32 sandalphon's amazing barrage, repeat/fell drain/twin/entangle
[18:18] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 34 > [d3=2]
[18:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3+32 sandalphon's amazing barrage, repeat/fell drain/twin/entangle/quicken
[18:18] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 34 > [d3=2]

So 136 damage and 4 negative levels and entangled for all balors and misc demons present.

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Alicia HP: 915/956
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), dance of the unicorn (CL 36)
Defences: AC 90, CMD 129, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +3 morale AC,  +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort, +14 morale attack/damage
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/14/9/9/5/8/5/7/7/6/2
Duskblade spell slots: 6/22/22/23/11/7/16

Marie HP: 830+20/830
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 36), extended nondetection (CL 36), greater heroism (CL 36), greater arcane sight (CL 36), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), repelling shield (CL 36), freedom of movement (CL 36), recitation (CL 36), true seeing (CL 36), bibliotheca arcana (CL 36), death ward (CL 36), sublime revelry (CL 36), opal protection (CL 38), superior invisibility (CL 41), project image (CL 41)
Defences: AC 98, CMD 107, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (electricity, fire, sonic, negative energy), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 51), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/saves, +25 competence perception, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +15 insight knowledge, +3 morale AC, +5 bonus hd, +5 competence attack, +4 competence fort, +14 morale attack/damage
Perceptions: Greater arcane sight, true seeing, 1 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +81
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/10/8/8/9/9/7/7/8/7/5/4/7/4

[Anastasia]

Walk me through how Marie does all of her actions? Are both spells quickened or is the bardsong quickened?