Shake the dust off your feet

[Anastasia]

"That's a good plan. Normal measures against time stop won't stop that, either," Syala smiles tightly.

Jessica's more thoughtful, "It seems good. This should work, sister, if all goes right."

[Ebiris]

"We'll have to spend a day or possibly two in the Abyss just waiting mind you, that's not a small opportunity cost for us," Alicia says. "And I'd feel more comfortable if there was something distracting Talona at the same time. I don't want her showing up to bail him out."

"What about that knife she was excited about?" Marie asks. "If we could find that, then tie her up in some nonsense negotiations for it?"

"Hard to find and arrange, especially in the time we have though," Alicia says, frowning in thought. She doesn't think any of their other fiendish trophies would be of much interest to Talona either.

[Anastasia]

"It's a good idea, but it's not practical," Syala agrees, "Better to do this right than to try and do it all in a rush. It would be helpful, but it's not essential."

"Unless we have a good idea where the knife is?" Jessica turns to Marie, curious.

[Ebiris]

Marie shakes her head. "We know she was looking for it in Pandemonium but it's possible she's already gone back and found it since the time you fought her there."

"We don't have anything we can realistically use, so we'll just proceed as is," Alicia says, pointing at the illusion. "When we strike, Marie and I get in first, you two teleport to the edge of her teleport block, stay hidden and in reserve. If someone else shows up or if Yarus manages to make a run for it, you can pounce. Otherwise? Just kill or get rid of Yull - he'd be a prize but I don't want us to lose out on Yarus by trying for him. Our priority is to disable and capture Yarus. Killing him and denying him the Abyss to work on would be a paltry victory, we need to remove him from contention entirely."

[Anastasia]

"Syala," Jessica begins, "You know Antenora would be better at this sort of first-"

"I know." Syala agrees without rancor, "But no way I'm giving up a chance to smash this bastard's face in. Let's hope the strongest anti divinations we have can stop them from foreseeing an ambush, and we crush them like the bugs that they are."

"Anyway," Jessica goes on for that, "I'm fine with that. You two make a good pair."

[Ebiris]

"It's important we all stay in shape!" Marie says cheerfully.

"And I'm quite good at blocking divinations. Now lets prepare and go. They could return any moment and I'd rather not miss this," Alicia says, starting to brush up on their long duration wards before they set off.

Alicia using divine familiar bullshit to give all of us:

Nondetection (CL 41), DC 56
Many Moments of Prescience (CL 40)

Everyone also has:

Energy Immunity (Acid) (CL 41)
Energy Immunity (Fire) (CL 41)
Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL 41)

This is mass energy immunity, she cast it earlier on Marie and Jessica's avatars and could've gotten everyone else who was around, so that saves a few slots.

Marie tosses in:

Epic Mage Armour (CL 39), +22 armour to AC

Everyone should alter reality the following:

Greater Heroism (CL 38), +4 morale attack/skills/saves, immunity to fear, +20 temp hp.
Freedom of movement (CL 38), freedom of movement, +15 CMD vs grapples

[spoiler]
Alicia HP: 801+20/801
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 41), extended nondetection (CL 41), greater heroism (CL 38), epic mage armour (CL 39), sensual blessing (CL 40), divine insight (CL 38), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 41), energy immunity (fire) (CL 41), energy immunity (acid) (CL 41), greater anticipate teleportation (CL 40), greater foresight (CL 40)
Defences: AC 94, CMD 110, spell resistance 53, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, imprisonment, banishment, and fear), nondetection (DC 56), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref
Perceptions: tremorsense/blindsight/scent 6 miles, see magic, clearsight 60 feet, perception +88
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/10/9/9/14/9/9/8/8/2/7/4/7/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/23/11/7/16/5

Marie HP: 760+20/760
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 41), bibliotheca arcana (CL 38), extended nondetection (CL 41), greater heroism (CL 38), epic mage armour (CL 38), sensual blessing (CL 38), divine insight (CL 38), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 39), energy immunity (fire) (CL 39), energy immunity (acid) (CL 39), neutralise poison (CL 38), life's grace (CL 38), duelist's friend (CL 38)
Defences: AC 84, CMD 85, spell resistance 53, energy immunity (electricity, fire, acid, sonic negative), status immunity ((petrification, polymorph, form-altering, energy drain, ability drain, ability damage, mind-affecting, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, fear, death effects and disintegration), nondetection DC 56
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception
Perceptions: Greater arcane sight 120ft, tremorsense/blindsight/scent 1 mile, perception +83
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/10/10/10/9/9/8/8/8/8/7/4/6/7/5/4

[Anastasia]

Any sort of disguise or invisibility?

[Ebiris]

Once their protections are all cast, they'll plane-shift themselves to the astral plane, Marie will cast greater invisibility on everyone and they'll plane-shift themselves to within 4 miles of the Dead Rat's Nest demiplane portal entrance where they can set up a blind to watch the place.

Also it doesn't matter too much because they're friends, but does Clearsight automatically beat Undeniable Illusion or does Alicia need to win a rank check against Marie first?

[Anastasia]

Paste me the text of Undeniable real quick?

[Ebiris]

UNDENIABLE ILLUSION
Prerequisite: Illusion Domain, Bluff 30 ranks
Benefit: Marie's illusions deceive the senses and confound magical detection, appearing as entirely real to all forms of inspection. Unless the observer succeeds on either an opposed rank check or a sense motive against a bluff check made by Marie which adds the level of the illusion spell used to her result, they will be unable to see through the illusion regardless of the means used.

[Anastasia]

I'm going to mull this one over, it's a tough question because it's a matter of how two SDAs that are both very good should interact.

In the meantime I'm going to point out that even if Alicia needs it, Marie could just choose to fail the roll so Alicia sees past it anyway. It allows me to sidestep the issue and give it the time it needs without slowing this down further.

[Ebiris]

I was purely asking to set a precedent in case they interact with hostile deities with similar abilities but okay! Do they make it safely to Pazunia?

[Anastasia]

Fair enough, I just want to mull it over the weekend. Ask me Tuesday.

You arrive in the wasteland of Pazunia. Nothing immediately explodes around you, perhaps a small blessing there.

[Ebiris]

Making sure they all have a good line of sight towards the portal unimpeded by any of the huts or tents, and that no one's nearby to notice what they're doing, Marie creates an illusory chunk of rock big enough to encompass the four of them. Letting invisibility fade, Alicia takes her vantage within and keeps an eye on the area around the portal.

Marie uses persistent image for the rock which she'll refresh every half hour, her bluff check for undeniable illusion is +101.

Alicia can use her craft (landscaping) skill to help Marie make sure the rock fits in with the terrain so people don't notice, take 10 for 71

[Anastasia]

It's not too hard. It's not quite private but it's hardly public, either. A small semi respite in the Abyss, a few moments together as you all prepare.

Perception checks, all.