Against the Whispering Tyrant in his own backyard.

Game Master Vrog Skyreaver

one last post for now, I swear

As the smoke clears from the destruction of the statue, you see a much smaller circle etched into the floor that your group's collective knowledge identifies as a permanent, if currently inactive, teleportation circle. Given that you know that teleportation effects only work within the various wards, it would seem that this circle goes somewhere within gallowspire.

feel free to roll knowledge checks as you will, and I'll give you more knowledge.

Baergar has evasion, so I don't think he took any damage since he passed the reflex save. Right?

Also, During the Will save where a failure measn losing Mythic power, we should have had the chance to use mythic surge to force our saves higher before the reults were revealed. EX: seeing a 28, I would have surged to gain a higher roll. If your are going to allow this, my rolls are:

Mythic Surge (Spending two points): 2d12 ⇒ (12, 7) = 19 This brings Baergar's Will Save to 47.

Instead of surging, Mythic Character have Force of Will that let's us reroll a D20. If you'd rather let us use that: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (17) + 26 = 43

If we need to stay away from Mythic, can we use Hero points to reroll? I'd use the same D20 roll from above.

If that doesn't work, my Cape of Free Will allows for the reroll of one will save per day: I'd use the same D20 roll from above.

If you're not allowing Surges, Force of Will, Hero Points, or items, then butts. :)

I'm fine with using non-mythic stuff to reroll, but thematically what is happening is that your "mythic circuits" are being overloaded, so using mythic stuff won't help you here.

As per her Hierophant capstone ability, Lorelei promptly gets a point of mythic power right back since she took more than 20 damage after DR.

So I use my cape and/or a hero point and I'm still Mythic?

yes Baergar.

Anybody got a heal spell? Lefty asks, looking a bit singed.

He'll check out the teleporter, and try to note any symbols, anything written on or near it, and try to guess how old it is.

knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 38 ⇒ (9) + 38 = 47
knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (1) + 31 = 32
knowledge (history): 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (10) + 31 = 41
knowledge (nobility): 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (7) + 31 = 38
knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (18) + 31 = 49

"Stab me in the back a few times, Mr. Lefty, and I'll have them ready in good time."

Lefty can bypass Star's DR with his sword, and as long as he does over 20 damage, she gets a point of mythic power back. She'll totally drop her guard to let him hit her. Most of her AC is based on her dodging.

Baergar looks incredulous at Star's request.

I think the magic is suppressed...

Star cracks a cheeky grin and utters her signature giggle. "Oh, I would ask for you do it, Your Majesty, but you hit like the Tarrasque! Mr. Lefty can do it without knocking my soul to the next life. Trust me~ A hard enough blow always seems to renew some strength."

"As you say.." Baergar states unsurely.

I think it uses my save if I'm holding it, right? I'll burn a point.

will: 1d20 + 23 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 23 + 10 = 36

Useless.

Hiram looks to his sword and tries to waken it yet again. The blade remains silent and he frowns. No battle-hymn on the edge of his mind or rush of power at his beck and call. The sword that had served him in good stead for his very very eventful life was but a shadow of its former self. He takes a deep breath and lets it out, feeling greatly weakened by the loss of such a companion. Even without its true nature revealed to him it had been as steadfast as any one of his friends.

Welp, I'm currently down not only the weapon I based my build around but the mythic power I had invested in that blade. If we get into any combat situations I'm pretty much a stack of hit points at the moment.

Hiram, use a hero point to resolve?

Hero Point and Mythic Surge: 1d20 + 21 + 1d12 ⇒ (16) + 21 + (8) = 45

That statue blowed up real good!

Oh dear, that hurt. Manisha shakes herself a bit as the shadowstaff dissolves and disappears. No big loss, I think it was more trouble than benefit anyway.

So, the explosion damaged appears to have just preceded the mythic energy. I also would have attempted to mitigate the failed reflex save. I have also removed shadowstaff from my effects.

mythic surge on reflex, need 4: 1d12 ⇒ 12

As such, I would have had a 48 reflex save, and with evasion, not taken any damage.

Actually, I could have burned a TB point to add 10 to my save, just making it when the thing exploded. I'd have taken no damage, either.

Le bump.

just to be clear, you want lefty to stab you a bunch? "interesting" tactic.

Close your eyes!

atk: 1d6 + 2 + 7d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (6, 5, 5, 2, 1, 1, 3) = 30

Manisha quickly pats herself down, huh, not even a flesh wound!

Baergar winces as lefty stabs Star. "There must be another way..."

Just realized something. Since Star has evasion, it seems that she would have dodged the explosion as well. So she is effectively at zero mythic points of power, but she has full HP.

Lorelei giggles lightly as Lefty's sword sinks an inch or two into her back. While the weapon doesn't seem to do as much damage as it should, Lorelei seems slightly rejuvenated.

"I'm open to suggestions!" Lorelei chirps innocently. "I mean, I can just heal these nicks off. Granted, with some of my spark back, if we can spare an hour, I can totally recharge. Might not be bad for the rest of you to rest up either. Otherwise, again! Oh, who needs healing the most? Wasn't that you, Hiram?"

Basically, Lefty Stabs, Star Mythic Heals, Rise and Repeat as long as we can.

HP: 243/263

However, this might be the best time to try and rest.

Sustained by Faith (Su): You require no food, water, or sleep. If you have abilities or class features that require rest before they can be regained, you can choose to regain them once per day by spending 1 hour in uninterrupted meditation. You can expend one use of mythic power in order to also not need to breathe for 24 hours.

Unlike Recuperation, it seems to me that Lorelei can recover mythic power through this ability.

Well, we've got 20 minutes or more until that teleportation circle works again. I'd like to use that time to prep a couple spells and see what clues we can gather before Tar-Baphon gets here.

Lefty looks to the magical ladies.

I'm sure that between the two of you, you can see what's what. This'll take fifteen, at most. Then, we may want to put some distance between ourselves and Lord Stinky's murder hole, here.

sorry, just noticed that I missed Lefty's rolls on the teleportation circle. basically, a 5th level spell will reactive it, which will send it to the other side (wherever that is).

You mean it will send itself to the other side, negating the portal?

I'll share this observation with the others.

Somebody want to burn a spell and lose this portal? I could, but I'd rather not. I'd have time to prep a couple of Greater Teleports, which could come in handy.

The elf pauses.

I'm sorry I didn't prep them beforehand, but I had no idea where we'd be.

no, I mean it will activate the portal and then let you teleport to the other side.

Mkay. Scratch that, then. Maybe we should go through it now. We might catch TB with his pants down, so to speak. Then again, he may be well prepared for this eventuality.

"Then keep stabbing! You know my cosmic time crash sphere? I want one of those handy. It wrecks the undead."

Lorelei glances at the circle.

"Don't worry about it. I can cast it. I know plenty of teleporting spells."

Lorelei needs five points of mythic power to use Mythic Augmented Sands of Time at full power. Thanks to Lefty, she currently has one.

As you wish.

Stabby, stabby...

You need to hit 30 damage or more to renew the mythic power. Star has DR 10/epic, and I think Lefty's sword is still suppressed from the Disjunction.

@Vrog: Did the Disjunction wipe out buffs?

yes, buffs are down, but we'll spare you guys rolling for your equipment. just assume your equipment was spared.

Well, that lets Lefty bypass her DR then. His sword is collectively above +6 enhancement. So she's at 233/263 HP.

Lefty, no reason not to totally recharge Star then. She'll just Mythic Heal every time she gets below 100 hp.

OK. I'll try whacking her with the dragon rune staff. It may be epic. As long as I'm adding sneak attack, I can average 30 per hit.

EDIT: Nevermind!

before you get to far, I realized I should have said something after his first attack. let me fix that:

As lefty's blow lands on you, you don't feel the surge of extra power that you would normally feel. The energy is still there, but like a muscle over-exercised, it has no ability to effect anything.

In short, the only thing that will let you get back your mythic power is rest.

"Huh. Didn't work," Star grumbles as nothing happens. She looks at the teleportation circle again and asks Lefty, "So what was that about Tar-Baphon coming down to get us? I thought the circle was dead."

I'm thinking it'll work again when the disjunction wears off. Maybe we should get away from here and rest.

Break the circle? Just scratch a line through it.

"I get us out of here. I have one last Miracle for the day. It can transport us all somewhere safe. I am not sure if I can tunnel or Phase Door us out. Waiting in this room wouldn't be the best idea; there are a ton of wraith-like undead up there."

Star points up at the dark ceiling.

Moving you and your allies, with all your and their gear, from one plane to a specific locale through planar barriers with no chance of error.

@Vrog: Once the group has decided what to do, with my last Miracle for the day, I would like for Rose to transport the entire group to a safe spot near but still outside of the first barrier of Garrowspire (basically where the first battle happened). As shown above, this request is very similar to an explicitly written ability of Miracle. Heck, it's probably less taxing because there isn't any plane shifting. Even within the barriers, Rose has been working perfectly as long as her Miracles have been within the written limits. Does that request sound reasonable?

If that doesn't work, I could try a Passwall, too.

@Lorelei: given what you've learned so far, you don't think that you could leave via magic. Unless you were a god. Otherwise, Tar Baphon would have left a long time ago.

Let's just find a defensible position and recharge. How about downstairs?

"Sounds good. Let's see if we can tunnel out."

@Vrog: I suppose Lefty and Star will be using their Passwall, Stone Shape, and Phase Door spells to try and get downstairs. Alternatively, since that spell still works, Star can D-Door the party down.

After several attempts to pass through the area where the door used to be, you discover that nothing will let you go through the wall.

With no other options, Lorelei will cast Antimagic Field, extend it to 24 hours, and sit on the teleportation circle. That should keep it suppressed while we rest. She will also cast the Screen spell around the group so that it looks like nothing is there. It will be a DC 37 will save to disbelieve.

Again, she only needs an hour to fully recharge.

EDIT: See the new plan in my next post below.

I take it your plan is to try and rest in this room, or another one? if so, what is your watch order (if any)?

Since we can't leave the room, we might as well try and rest here. Let me reverse the order of the spells. Screen first. The party and all their assorted gear is what she will excluded from being observed. Then 24-hour Antimagic Field. Star couldn't cast Screen otherwise. If she can't stack them (if the AMF brings the entire thing down as opposed to just suppressing 10 ft. of the total 30 ft. dome and leaving another 20 ft. of illusion), Lorelei will have the party sit somewhere closeby in the Screen while she sits perfectly still on the circle.

From what I understand, Star only needs an hour to regain everything via Sustained by Faith, so she can take watch after that. If someone else can grab the first hour, then she can catch from there.

I'll watch whenever. :)