Crissor's arrow hit the demon.
0th: Create Water, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Light
1st: Calm Animals*, *Faerie Fire, Faerie Fire, *Endure Elements, *Endure Elements, Cure Light Wounds
2nd: Feather Fall*, *Bull's Strength, Bull's Strength, *Barkskin, *Reduce Animal, Reduce Animal
3rd: *Fly*, Delay Poison, *Greater Magic Fang, Daylight
4th: *Summon Nature's Ally IV*, *Freedom of Movement, Neutralize Poison
A goat legged man with horns appears and Hallf orders,
"Demon, suggest it stop fighting for time, since it kill us anyway, and stay still to tell us about the other things in this place."
The Satyr nods and readies himself setting its pipes to its lips and as soon as the Shadow Demon emerges again it plays and suggests,
"Since you are bound to kill us anyway demon, I suggest you stop attacking for a while stay put and tell us of the other inhabitiants of this place we shall never see."
Wracking his brians for something else he can do against this vaporous shadow monster Hallf decides to try wreathing it in faerie fire and twisting green flames envelop the shadow thing.
Kenan readies himself to shoot an Cold Iron Daybreak arrow to at the demon once he appears.
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After removing any signs of Asmodeus, which unfortunately necessitated breaking the stained glass window and thus allowing another avenue of ingress, Sigmund paces the walls of the church chanting prayers to Iomedae and holding her symbol aloft. A feeling of holy goodness fills the space as it becomes consecrated. When he is finished the noonday sun still blazes in the sky outside.
Not more than a minute later a loud knocking comes at the chapel's outer door. "Is there anyone inside?" comes a call from without. The language is Common and the accent of Mendev. "Hellooo? Anyone home? If nobody answers I'm coming in..."
"Who wants to enter? We ready for deceit of demons..." Hallf replies, frustrated by his inability with this common tongue.
"Oh, there is someone inside! My name's Raina. I'm a crusader. How do I know you're not a demon?" The group inside the temple can hear a sword being drawn.
Who send you to this vile place?
"My company and I were heading for that old hellknight fort up ahead when we were ambushed by demons and undead. Keavar, our cleric, was destroying the undead, but some kind of bird looking monster ripped his head off. Then this shadowy thing came and everything went black. I got knocked over, and heard the screams of Ajax and Refurth...." After a brief pause she continues "It shames me to admit it, but I crawled away. I was too frightened to fight any more. As soon as I could see, I started sprinting and didn't look back. Please, I'm hurt and alone. Let me in before they come after me, I need a place to hide."
"Cannot turn away, but ready to strike and split up so any devilment can only take one of us. We detect magic, detect evil, smell for truth and maybe make gargle of holy water?" Hallf whispers, placing his ghost sound by each of his comrades ears in turn.
Sigmund eyes the woman warily, but thinks of all the deadly encounters he's experienced. He moves to let her in, bringing out his holy symbol. As he cracks the door, he channels divine energy, using it to test her as Hallf suggested.
Kenan spans his bow and composes some arows in front of him to rest them quicker.
We'll let you in. But I warn you, one false move and you'll accompany your friends.
Kenan makes an asking gesture if anyone could open the door.
Sigmund opens the door and the the group sees a female knight in plate armor standing there with light brown hair, a steel shield and a longsword in hand. As Sigmund's channeling passes over she makes no outward reaction. However something's not right. Not right at all. Sigmund's mind breaks through whatever illusion is cloaking this "Raina" to see that it is not a woman that he just let in, but rather a fifteen foot tall, scaled, four-armed demon. It's head is like a scaly wolf, it's upper arms the pincers of a massive crustacean. The rest of the group perceives her as nothing but a woman unharmed by Sigmunds channeling. The demon sees the look on his face however and says, "Pity. At least you're smarter than the other group. REVERSE GRAVITY!"
At its words, the party finds themselves rocketing upwards to slam into the ceiling of the chapel as if they had just fallen twenty five feet.
Crissor:
Peitry:
Sirhan:
Sigmund:
Kenan:
Hallf:
Monster:
Initiative
Kenan 23
Sirhan 22
Peitry 14
Monster 12
Hallf 11
Sigmund 9
Crissor 7
Kenan arranges his readied arrows in his bow hand once more, challenges the female knight and fires 3 cold iron arrows at her.
"The good news is we now know her intentions. Crissor remarks grimly.
Crissor will stand up on the ceiling and prays for the power to smite the knight. He then draws and fires an arrow.
Kenan stands up and fires an arrow, which misses the woman.
Sirhan stands and begins to cast a spell, but an invisible force slams into him. Sigmund can see him getting attacked by one of the demon's huge pincers. It appears to have reach to nearly the whole room due to its huge size.
The blow clangs off his armor but he completes his spell anyway, undamaged. A spiritual longsword appears to attack the woman.
Peitry also stands, and attempts to cast a spell.
Sigmund sees the monster swipe at him, but the demon misses again. Peitry finishes his spell and everyone can feel themselves speed up significantly.
Raina looks at Hallf and says "You look stunned." looking at Peitry she says, "And you seem confused."
Hallf stands there, unable to move, mouth slightly agape. Yarra looks to her master unsure what to do.
Hallf still in his nimble dinosaur form can do nothing as events unfold about him, and rage as he might inside his own head he can do nothing!
Outside Yarra blinks at the woman by the Church, but goes back to sniffing around, the small ones often make odd sounds and Hallf would surely call if he had need of her...
"It's a giant demon with four arms!"
Sigmund will cast from where he lies on the ceiling to smite the demon.
Raina winces a bit at Sigmund's spell, but not much. "Oooh. I bet you're the one who's been going around sanctifying all my churches. You're the reason I killed half that other group, aren't you?"
"The good news is we now know her intentions." Crissor remarks grimly.
Crissor will stand up on the ceiling and prays for the power to smite the knight. He then draws and fires an arrow. She steps casually out of the way.
Kenan further tries to shoot at the demon, aiming now more thoroughly.
Two of Kenan's arrows stick into Raina, and he can now see her true form. That of the huge four armed demon.
Sirhan fires his steel scarf at the demon.
The blade simply ricochets harmlessly off the demon. The spiritual longsword moves to strike it as well.
The blade strikes the demon and shatters, doing nothing. The spell disappears.
Peitry tries to cast a spell defensively.
Two rays of green acid spring from his fingers towards the demon.
The rays fizzle out on the demon's hide.
Raina looks at Sigmund and says, "Are you sure you're not feeling confused?"
Kenan and Sigmund can see the demon tearing into Peitry with its claws.
The rest of the group just sees Peitry explode into half a dozen bloody chunks, which come to rest eerily against the ceiling. "Oops!" Raina says.
"By Erastil...what insane power"
Crissor growls an focuses on his bow, feeling the divine bond with it ready to fight
He then attacks
Face to face with the thing he came to the Worldwound to find - a glorious death - Sigmund discovers that no death is glorious, and that this one would be horrific.
Splattered with gore, holds his symbol aloft and prays with all his might
"Iomedae, save me!"
Hallf utterly appauled by his own inability to act struggles furiously against the cage of his own mind, but to no avail!
Face to face with the thing he came to the Worldwound to find - a glorious death - Sigmund discovers that no death is glorious, and that this one would be horrific.
Splattered with gore, holds his symbol aloft and prays with all his might
"Iomedae, save me!"
"By Erastil...what insane power", Crissor growls as her focuses on his bow, feeling the divine bond with it ready to fight. He then fires off three arrows, two of which stick into Raina. They don't seem to slow her down much though.
Kenan further tries to shoot at the demon.
One of Kenan's arrows finds its mark, joining the others sticking out of the demon Raina.
Sirhan struggles in vain to reach the demon. Peitry, no!" he growls, but the thing being immune to everything he throws at clearly has him terrified. He holds up his sword in a defensive posture.
Those who have peirced the illusion see the demon turn its attention on the oracle now, bringing claws and teeth to bare.
Sirhan manages to parry one claw, but the rest of the demon's natural weapons tear into him. When she's finished he is badly injured. "Why don't you put down that pesky bow, you seem confused." She says to Crissor.
Hallf remains trapped in his own mind.
Crissor begins to babble incoherently.
Channel Energy 6/8
Touch of Glory 8/8
Touch of Good 7/8
Spells. CL 7. DC 15/16/17/18. Conc +12. * = cast.
0th: create water, detect magic, light, stabilize.
1st: (6+1) shield of faith (D), bless, hide from undead, remove fear, *sanctuary, weapons against evil x2
2nd: (4+1) bless weapon (D), *consecrate, ghostbane dirge, remove paralysis, weapon of awe
3rd: (3+1) heroism (D), daybreak arrow, daylight, searing light
4th: (2+1) *holy smite (D), death ward, restoration
Sigmund makes his way unsteadily across the roof to Sirhan and channels divine energy to heal the group, praying that his sanctuary is strong enough.
Crissor babbles like a lunatic.
Kenan further tries to shoot at the demon.
Initiative
Kenan 23
Monster 12
Hallf 11
Sigmund 9
Crissor 7
Sigmund heals Sirhan, and then the demon tears Sirhan to bits despite his efforts, she tries to attack Sigmund but his sanctuary protects him. Kenan lands another arrow in Raina, who looks rather annoyed with him. She turns her attention to Sigmund again.
"Ah, the little sanctifier. The plans I have for you..." she muses, before turning her hideous claws on Sigmund.
Hallf watches helplessly as Sigmund is knocked unconscious. Crissor stabs his bow into his other eye. . Kenan puts another couple of arrows into her. "Stop it!" she exclaims stepping over towards him.
Hallf sees her knock out Kenan, then Crissor, then kill Yarra. Finally, just as he is shaking off the stun effect the flurry of claws and a headbutt knocks him unconscious as well.