Ausk uses his spirit sight also
The party edges hesitantly down to the bottom of the stairs. Vilesse notes faint evocation aura's coming from the fires burning in the mouths of the stone demon faces and from the pool of fire.
The voice echoes throughout the chamber again, laughing. You are right to be wary mortals, for I, the mighty Maughuxin, shall feast well on you ashes this day!
Though you cannot see the source of the voice, Wilf notes that it seems to be coming from within the pool of fire.
"There's something in the pool of fire. "
Come now spirit of Fire! Come and do your worst! Ausk taunts, dancing a totemic dance meant to enrage the foul creature.
Sheeha sensing danger, flies to perch on a nearby outcropping of rock.
"So Maughuxin, if you are so mighty, why don't you show yourself?
Ha,ha,ha. The mighty Maughuxin sees through your feeble taunting, mortal! But very well... look upon the Keeper of the Abyssal Flame and know despair!!
A small demonic creature emerges from the flaming pool - much smaller than its booming voice suggests. It has thin, leathery wings, small horns protruding from its forehead and clawed hands. It springs into the air and flies straight up into the shadowy heights of the vaulted ceiling.
Ausk sees the creature
Ausk retrieves a piece of bark from his waist pouch.
Spirit of Fire! Curse this being! Tie his hands and salt the earth!
Ausk recognizes the creature as a Mephit; obviously one associated with the element of fire. He recalls that they are able to spew cones of flames at their enemies.
[dice=Initiative "Maughuxin"]1d20+6[/dice]
no rush apparently
Vilesse smirks at the little demon. "You have made a mistake attacking us, little demon. You will regret it."
Wulfric holds his action waiting for it to come within range.
Round 1
The Mephit laughs at the party’s continued taunts, supremely confident in its “demonic” superiority. It flies directly above them, still well out of reach, and breaths a fiery rain down upon them
Ausk and Vilesse respond by throwing curses and hexes at the little creature…
Seeing that the party faces a flying foe, Tomi starts summoning a totemic ally.
Vilesse jumps away from the cone of flame, managing to only come away with a painful singe. She glowers at the little monster, sending out a baleful wave of mental energy. "Come down, demonling. Come down and play."
Ausk stamps his spear down and chants, summoning a small cloud to surround the Mephit.
Being at the centre of the blast Wulfric is unable to get out of the way of the flames, however he manages to get his shield in the way, and is only slightly singed.
" Keeper of the Abyssal flame, pssh don't make me laugh, i have lit farts more powerful than that"
Fire Mephit – breath weapon attack
Wulfric (24/26 HP) – , passed breath weapon save; held action; no target
Ausk (17/17) – cast doom, failed
Vilesse (11/13) – passed breath weapon save; cast evil eye, success
Wilf (14/23) – failed breath weapon save
Tomi (18/22) – begins casting summon monster / celestial eagle
Round 2
The mephit snarls and retreats back to the shadowy heights of the cavern’s high ceiling. You have not yet begun to feel my wrath! Now, my pets! Strike them down! Writhing flames fill the demon’s open maw. Suddenly a bolt of fire bursts forth from the writhing flames filling the open maws of each of the four carved demon faces on the walls.
= Miss
=Miss
; = Miss
; = Miss
Wilf and Wilfric manage to avoid the jets of fire and the party responds: The mephit slowly loses confidence in the face of Wulfric’s constant verbal jabs. Ausk, envelops the creature in a distracting cloud of rain and sleet. The mephit flies out of Vilesse’s range before she can hit it with her fey sleeping curse (. Finally, Tomi completes his summoning chant and a silver winged eagle bursts into existence and flies straight towards the mephit with a screech.
There doesn't appear to be anything I can do. I don't have a ranged weapon and nothing is in reach. I'll hold my action.
Vilesse moves closer to hex the mephit. "I'm sure those blasts of flame made you tired. You should rest."
Vilesse brazenly rushes forward past the fire belching demon faces to work her fety charms on the mephit…
= Fail
The mephit succumbs and tumbles out of the air, splashing down into the pool of fire..
Tomi’s eagle circles about the pool, unwilling to brave the flames to get at its intended target.
Fire Mephit - -2 to saves (2/8 rnds); concealment; shaken (1/3rnds); moved, put to sleep, woke up after fall
Wulfric (24/26 HP) – demoralize
Ausk (17/17) – cast storm burst
Vilesse (11(20)/13(22)) – cast slumber hex
Wilf (14/23) – held action
Tomi (18/22)[/ooc] – held action
Eagle ( 1/10 rnds) – moved into room
Round 3
The mephit who may or may not be Maughuxin sputters and spits as it recovers from its unseemly fall, cursing at the party incoherently, but too frightened to leave the concealing safety of its pool .
Meanwhile, the demonic heads continue to spew jets of flames at the intruders…
Most of the fire jets are wildly inaccurate. One of them comes dangerously close to Wilf, but Wulfric manages to interpose his shield at the last minute and deflect the blast.
"Wilf smash the statues and stop these flames."
Then putting his words into action against the nearest statue, Wulfric swings his polearm.
Ausk studies the statues, searching for a way to turn off the fire!
"Ayup"
Wilf will move to try to smash one of the statues.
power attack
While Wilf and Wulfric move to opposite end of the room to start trying to break the stone plinths that the demon heads are mounted on, Ausk studies them more closely. Each is identical and depicts the classical representation of the demon lord Maughuxin ( which looks nothing like the mephit cowering in the flaming pool) Each statue has black ony gems for eyes. Ausks notes that there is plentk of room behind the moths of the statue to conceal a hidden compartment or reservoir, but not way to turn off the fire is apparent.
While both Wilf and Wulfric take mighty swings at their respective plinths, it becomes obvious that it will take several minutes of work to demolish one.
Vilesse pulls her sling out and starts lobbing stones at the cowering mephit.
Vilesse lets fly a sling stone at “Maughuxin, which disappears harmlessly into the flaming pool. Tomi also tries to snipe at the little creature from his position on the steps…
= Miss
Round 4
What are you doing?! Stop that! The mephit shouts at Wulfric. How dare you defile the Abyssal Flame! He wiggles his spiny little fingers and casts a spell at the armor clad man.
The demonic heads are undeterred by the efforts of Wilf and Wulfric and continue to spew jets of flames at the closest intruders… finally finding their marks
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=miss
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Tomi snarls and lets his rage take hold and charges at the mephit with his short sword, trying to strike at him from the edge of the pool…
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...but fails to connect
Bolstered by its summoner's bravery, the celestial eagle swoops down and tries to attack the mephit as well...
...without success
If Ausk can get into position to stab the creature with his spear
If not, he continues to search the statues for a way to stop the fire...including reaching into the mouths of the statues.
Will will move away from the mouth of his statue and keep trying to smash it.
Ignoring the mephit's magic, Wulfric abandons the statues and moves to strike the mephit with his guisarme.
Will save
Vilesse continues to launch stones at the mephit hiding in the lava pool.
Wulfric shakes of the effects of whatever spell the mephit attempted to cast on him and charges to the pool, landing a heavy hit on the mephit within, who squeals in pain…
Wilf tries to move around the side of the statue while he continues to bash at it, but due to its recessed position atop a raised plinth, he cannot avoid the fiery breath within, though he does send another series of cracks lacing through its base as he strikes it again with all his might.
Ausk cannot find an opening to safely get to the mephit without having to step into the flaming pool, so he hangs back, studying the room and the statues for any other clues, but to no avail. He does note that “Maughuxin’s wounds seem to be slowly knitting back together as he draws energy from the flaming pool he hides in.
Vilesse is unable to find her mark with her sling, especially now as her allies crowd around the edges of the pool.
Tomi and his eagle continue to attack the mephit..
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...Tomi cannot find his target through the hazy flames of the pool. His eagle has better luck but its attack fails to pierce the little creature's dense hide
Round 5
The mephit backs away to the other end of the pool . You cannot defeat the power of the Abyssal Flame! he chortles melodramatically, and belches forth another cone of fire, engulfing Wufric and Tomi …
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.. Though again the results are underwhelming.
The four stone heads continue to belch out thin jets of flame at the party with mechanical dispassion. . .
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Although managing to block most of the flames, Wulfric begins to feel the heat coming through his armour and scorching his arms. Angry he moves to strike at the mephit again, hoping to end this quickly.
Vilesse shakes her head at the pointless sling and puts it away. Now that her companions are nearby, she returns to attacking magically. "I would surrender if I were you, little demon. These people know how to hurt you."
Will will continue to strike at the statue since he cannot reach the mephit.
Wulfric follows the mephit around the pool, stabbing at him with his pole arm, but the creature darts away from the attack.
Vilesse layers on more bad luck . . .
Wulfric takes another mighty swing at the stone plinth. He estimates it will take another three or four blows like that the send the statue tumbling down.
Tomi rushes around the other side of the pool to strike at the mephit while its back is turned, his eagle following suite…
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Round 6
Surrounded on all sides, the Mephit screeches and takes to the air..
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... weaving through the blades of Tomi and Wufric and hovering in the shadows about twenty feet above them. From there he yells out an abyssal incantation, and a searing bolt of flames strikes down at Tomi...
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..The bolt catches the Halfling square in the chest and brings him to his knees.
The statues continue their relentless assault...
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...While Vilesse shelter's behind Wulfric's shield, Wilf is burned again, and Tomi's eagle is singed.
Wilf can't do much beyond what he is doing now, especially with the critter airborne.
Ausk lays his hands on Tomi, healing him. Mother Forest, regrow flesh and knit bone!
"You're only prolonging the inevitable. Give up!" She wills more baleful energy at the tiny demon.
Unable to reach the mephit, Wulfric takes a smack at the same statue as Wilf.
Seeing Tomi almost struck dead by the mephit’s searing bolt, Ausk rushes into the room to aid him, but falls short .
Vilesse continues unravelling the strands of fate around the mephit . . .
... the demonic creature resists her efforts
Wulfric changes tactics, joining Wilf in demolishing one of the stone heads, and between the two of them they finally manage to sunder the plinth it rests on. The statue tumbles to the ground and shatters, sending burning vitriol splashing about.
Tomi keeps raging. He draws his sling and lets fly at the mephit as it spirals up and away…
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Though the blow does little damage through the mehits etra planar hide, it does knock him off balance and he drops about 10' out of the air, barely managing to stay aloft.
Tomi’s eagle pursues the mephit into the air…
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...but the mephit manages to right himself and avoid the bird's attack.
Round 7
The Mephit squeals in rage as the statue falls, and rends Tomis eagle…
=success
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... tearing it apart and sending it back to whence it came.
The remaining three stone heads continue to pelt the party with fiery bolts….
= Hit;
= Hit;
; = Miss
...burning Vilesse and Tomi.
Move to the next stone head to smash it.
Wulfric moves to add his attacks to the same statue.
Vilesse sweeps her hand up at the ceiling, a glittery trail of dancing motes of light spreading from her fingertips to coalesce into a quartet of multicolored lights that zip up to the ceiling to reveal the mephit to Tomi and his sling.
Wilf and Wulfric move on to the next plinth and begin bashing away at it while Ausk heals the nearly unconscious Tomi.
Vilesse launches her fey lights into the the air, effectively eliminating the mephitis shadowy cover and giving a Tomi a clear shot at the frustrating little beast.
Tomi takes another shot…
… but despite the new illumination cannot find his mark.
Round 8
The mephit flaps back into the heights of the vaulted chamber. You are tough, for mortals, I’ll give you that. But your doom is inevitable! The Abyssal Flame WILL overcome you! Despite his boasting you note that he stays well away from any of your group.
The three remaining statues continue their assault…
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... But everyone manages to evade the fire bolts this time.