Smith (Jaela, Calleigh, Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

No good. It's like a new muscle that's a bit sore, just not quite up to it.

[Corwin]

"Baleruk, we're heading out again!" Jaela calls out, raising her voice.

[Anastasia]

Quick question, what's your general marching order for PCs now?

[Nephrite]

"Ah, sorry, I think I'm just a bit too new at this to do much else right now." Moore says with a frown. "I'll try again later if we need it, but will we be okay without the bridge?"

[Corwin]

"Just work with Baleruk and help him out," Jaela tells Moore.

Ithea, Jaela and Surraruthru together. Tryll nearby, Moore further up ahead to support Baleruk.

[Anastasia]

Thus the army advances into the obsidian nightmare. Rooms of emptiness, then twisted furniture, then writhing walls that move on their own. Through it they push, the way silent now that the undead have been silenced. You soon come to the back wall of it. A wall that squirms like moving flesh, one that constantly vibrates erratically. Many of the sharper eared members of the army can hear extremely muffled sounds past it - of what you aren't sure, but it's a lot.

[Corwin]

Jaela calls Baleruk over, and once all three Anarchs are present she says, "I have this idea, so tell me how plausible it is. We wall ourselves off in a massive, bastardized prismatic sphere-inspired shell. A sturdy outer wall, and another wall past it, except transparent. One way if we can make it, so we can look out. A third that's fully see through, and anyone determined enough to go through our walls might end up breaking their charge upon it. Then one more with tiny murderholes for spells and ranged ammunition, but difficult to hit properly from the other side. Then, once we're ready we break through an opening to lure the enemy into a maze filled with burning walls and twisting paths so they can't charge past the gauntlet fast enough." She pauses. "Thoughts?"

[Anastasia]

Baleruk gazes at Jaela coolly and says, "How do we move it?"

[Corwin]

"It's not for moving. It's my proposed defensive formation when we know we're about to fight an onslaught of enemies. To figure out how feasible it is I need to know if you can form it as Anarchs, and if so how long something this detailed would take."

[Anastasia]

Baleruk flaps his wings, winds buffeting the army. He ignores the grumbling from it and peers at Jaela, head coming in to be within inches of her. She can see nothing but rainbow colored dragon eye as Baleruk says, "Difficult. A typical anarch struggles with that complexity. BUT I AM NOT TYPICAL!" Baleruk roars, drawing back after the blast of sound nearly knocks Jaela over.

[Corwin]

"Glad to hear it," Jaela responds, although she'd want Ithea's confirmation before settling on such a plan. "Next is the whispering past the fleshy wall. Any good means of figuring out what's there without forcing contact? Turning a tiny part of the wall see-through one-way?"

[Nephrite]

"It's worth a shot." Moore says to Jaela's plan. "I really couldn't say how long it would take, but it seems like anything Ithea or myself has done so far is pretty fast, so... I'd guess just a few moments."

He considers Jaela's question. "I can try and make it like a one-way mirror, but they might notice."

[Corwin]

"Ithea, if you're good with this idea then let's create the first transparent perimeter wall first, then take a peek. If it's all me worrying for nothing, we could proceed. But if there's enemies just past, we'll build up our defenses and then open up a path into the gauntlet for them."

[Merc]

Ithea nods in agreement and attempts to focus on the requested task. "Let's try it then."

Someone roll the d20+8+8 anarch roll for me.

[Ebiris]

[19:01] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8+8
[19:02] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+8+8 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{21}