HP 101/101
AC 26/29, touch 18, flat-footed 21/24
Fort +13*, Ref +11*, Will +15*; CMD 28
Divine retribution (DC 18) 0/6; Judgments 2/4; Bane 5/12; Discern lies 0/12
cold iron arrows 0/21; elf-bane arrows 0/3; human bane arrows 0/4
Spells: 0/6 (first-level); 5/6 (second level); 2/5 (third level); 1/3 (4th level)
Consumables: Gravity Bow ring 0/3
Effects: Deadly judgment (+4); Justice judgment (+3 to hit; +6 to confirm criticals);
Calla snarls, realizing she needs to kill this thing quickly. She again calls on her goddess' power, infusing her arrows with destructive power.
Try to free blondie," she growls through her gritted teeth to her companions.
While dwarven stock is hardy, it isn't quite robust enough to resist against Abyssal poison.
Kel prays for Bruendor's liberation when the tail wraps around him.
Kel moves forward and blesses the party with a fervor.
With this blessing, you call your allies to move forth and empower them to conquer and become victorious. Each round for the duration of this spell, each of your allies can choose one of the following bonuses for that round at the beginning of its turn (their choice).
Increase its speed by 30 feet.
Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
These effects are not cumulative with similar effects, such as those provided by haste or a speed weapon, nor do they actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round. Blessing of fervor does not stack with haste.
Lefrik, realizing he's already in position thanks to the demon's, lets his anger come to him and brings his sword to bear, using Kelendra's magic to strike even more quickly
"Get the elemental on the other side of it, AB!" Bruendor calls, hoping to set up a flank as he pulls his cold iron longsword and calls on its speed.
aoo
Lefrik hacked away at teh demon snake, tearing through the diamond-hard scales and ripping open huge rents in the flesh. Bruendor's attacks were more of a distraction, as his blade barely nicked the demon. One of Calla's arrows managed to hit a spot where Lefrik had knocked away some scales, driving deeply into the demon.
Anklebiter directed the fire elemental to move behind the snake, and the creature did so blindly, ignoring the terrible attack that it opened itself to. The goblin pulled a scroll from his pouch and read it hastily, coincidentally invoking that very spell.
The snake struck at Lefrik again, driving its fangs at the less-armored foe with the terrible sword. Then, the tails slammed into the fire elemental, ignoring the flames and smothered the creature entirely. When they uncurled, only a wisp of smoke was left of the creature from the plane of fire.
Lefrik is bitten for 15 damage (after DR) and must make a DC 25 Fort save or be poisoned.
Everyone is up!
R3: snake, kelendra, lefrik, anklebiter, calla, bruendor
anklebiter 77/77
bruendor 91/110
calla 92/92
kelendra 91/91
lefrik 138/168 (poisoned?)
snake demon -107
HP 101/101
AC 26/29, touch 18, flat-footed 21/24
Fort +13*, Ref +11*, Will +15*; CMD 28
Divine retribution (DC 18) 0/6; Judgments 2/4; Bane 5/12; Discern lies 0/12
cold iron arrows 0/21; elf-bane arrows 0/3; human bane arrows 0/4
Spells: 0/6 (first-level); 5/6 (second level); 2/5 (third level); 1/3 (4th level)
Consumables: Gravity Bow ring 0/3
Effects: Deadly judgment (+4); Justice judgment (+3 to hit; +6 to confirm criticals), BOF (+2 to hit, AC, Reflex), Haste (+1 to hit, AC, reflex)
Letting her bane go now that Lefrik and Bruendor are in the fight, Calla continues to fire arrow after arrow at the creature, the power of Kelendra's spell helping her aim as AB's spell speeds her shots.
Bruendor begins to circle the demon, trying to get it into a more disadvantageous position. Considering its immense size, it's a longer stride than he's able to make, so he makes a few feints at the beast before delivering his true strike.
Wracking his brain for something, anything useful he could do, Anklebiter goes for broke... Stepping forward, the Goblin raises a single hand and starts to intone a lengthy spell.
Kel watches Lefrik absorb the poison...
...and she breathes a sigh of relief as the barbarian seems unfazed. Calling on any aid for the party, she prays for Desna to bless every strike.
Blondie continues his raging assault, the sword seeming to seek out the fiend's weakest spots on its own.
The relentless pounding of Calla's arrows coupled with Lefrik's mighty blows are enough to down the snake-demon, who looks down at the great wounds in its body with surprise before keeling over. The floor trembled slightly as the massive form slumped to the ground, and Bruendor and Lefrik had to leap aside to avoid the coils of snakeflesh that spilled outward. One tail kept twitching long after the rest of the body was stilled, making an eerie staccato of raspy scales on stone floor.
To the south, an opening in the wall led to an underground river of black blood. To the north, another set of double doors with the now-familiar glyphs on them led deeper into the temple.
Calla looks around before moving on, as the others heal.
Bruendor stabs the snake demon in the skull just to be sure it's dead, and assists Calla in searching the area.
There is little here, other than the exits you have already noticed, though your scouting did reveal that the hole in the wall leading to the underground river was also warded with glyphs.
Anklebiter completes his spell, and a bralani azata appears.
"Please grant your healing power to my injured friends," Anklebiter requests. "Then give us all the benefit of your blur and mirror image magics before we move into the next room."
Kel wrinkles her nose at the river of black blood and follows Calla through the doors. "What a horrible river, what could be the source of such foulness?"
Bruendor managed to disable this rune, making the way clear for Lefrik to kick the door in. He stepped back and you finished your preparations before Lefrik flung the door open.
The sound of chanting was so loud it made you wonder why you hadn't ehard it, even through the thick door. Thirteen drow - nine soldiers and four priestesses - stand in a semicircle facing what can only be the Master Glyph, floating 15-feet in the middle of a large hall. Roosting on snake-bodied pillars around the room are more vrocks, four of them.
A female drow that can only be Allevrah herself stands directly beside the Master Glyph, wearing shimmering chainmail, wielding a demonic shield in one hand and a writhing scaly whip in the other. In the arcane spectrum, she fairly glows with protective and offensive magics. To teh visible eye, she merely smiles like a lover reunited with one she hasn't seen in ages. She didn't pause her chanting, but jerked her chin at you. The nine soldiers spun, weapons coming to hands, and prepared the attack. On the pillars, the vrocks lifted their wings and prepared to swoop in as well, leaving Allevrah and her priestesses to continue the rite.
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The sound of chanting was so loud it made you wonder why you hadn't heard it, even through the thick door. Thirteen drow - nine soldiers and four priestesses - stand in a semicircle facing what can only be the Master Glyph, floating 15-feet in the middle of a large hall. Roosting on snake-bodied pillars around the room are more vrocks, four of them.
A female drow that can only be Allevrah herself stands directly beside the Master Glyph, wearing shimmering chainmail, wielding a demonic shield in one hand and a writhing scaly whip in the other. In the arcane spectrum, she fairly glows with protective and offensive magics. To the visible eye, she merely smiles like a lover reunited with one she hasn't seen in ages. She didn't pause her chanting, but jerked her chin at you. The nine soldiers spun, weapons coming to hands, and prepared the attack. On the pillars, the vrocks lifted their wings and prepared to swoop in as well, leaving Allevrah and her priestesses to continue the rite.
R1: vrocks, priestesses, bruendor, soldiers, calla, kelendra, lefrik, allevrah, anklebiter
current status:
anklebiter 91/91
bruendor 155/155
calla 109/109
kelendra 99/99
lefrik 198/198
vrock (yellow) -0
vrock (white) -0
vrock (teal) -0
vrock (red) -0
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Before the group opens the door, Anklebiter chants a series of spells: "Communal darkvision! Communal protection from acid! Communal protection from arrows! Communal protection from cold! Communal protection from electricity! Communal protection from fire!"
The little Goblin claps a hand to Lefrik's back, continuing to chant: "Stoneskin!"
To himself: "Extended shield! Mirror image!"
Next, he pulls out a bottle and drinks, belching as the Potion of Heroism takes effect, and he releases a pulse of protective energy upon the group.
"Let's go," he says, drawing a wand.
Bruendor spies the dark elf behind all this madness on the far side of the room, and reaches into a pouch to withdraw a gem. "Time to see what's inside this baby," he mutters, throwing it into the room.
confirm
Bruendor pulled a gem out of his pouch and lobbed it into the room behind the vrocks. The crystal smashed and a large earth elemental erupted from it. The elemental came up swinging, and while the first attack missed, the second caught the vrock in front of Bruendor right on the beak and cracked it.
The soldiers, unable to get to the door because of the vroacks, all pulled hand crossbows and fired at Bruendor and Lefrik. A series of clicks can be heard, but neither Lefrik or Bruendor is hit by the missles as the vrocks completely fill the doorway.
R1: vrocks, priestesses, bruendor, soldiers, calla, kelendra, lefrik, allevrah, anklebiter
current status:
anklebiter 91/91
bruendor 155/155
calla 109/109
kelendra 99/99
lefrik 198/198
vrock (yellow) -0
vrock (white) -0
vrock (teal) -18
vrock (red) -0
Kel chants and a blessing drapes over the party while she draws a gem from her haversack.
With this blessing, you call your allies to move forth and empower them to conquer and become victorious. Each round for the duration of this spell, each of your allies can choose one of the following bonuses for that round at the beginning of its turn (their choice).
Increase its speed by 30 feet.
Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
These effects are not cumulative with similar effects, such as those provided by haste or a speed weapon, nor do they actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round. Blessing of fervor does not stack with haste.
Feeling the fervor of the Oracle's blessing fill him, Lefrik snarls at the Vrok before him, "You're standing in my way!" and he tries to take the demon before him down fast. He lets the rage flow like a snow frosted mountain suddenly unleashing volcanic fury!
plus Bane
plus Bane
plus Bane
HP 109/109
AC 26/29, touch 18, flat-footed 21/24
Fort +13*, Ref +11*, Will +15*; CMD 28
Divine retribution (DC 18) 0/6; Judgments 3/5; Bane 5/13; Discern lies 0/13
cold iron arrows 0/21; elf-bane arrows 0/3; human bane arrows 0/4
Spells: 0/6 (first-level); 5/6 (second level); 2/5 (third level); 1/3 (4th level); 1/1 (fifth level)
Consumables: Gravity Bow ring 0/3
Effects: Destruction judgment (+5 damage); Justice judgment (+3 to hit; +6 to confirm criticals); heroism (+2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks); greater magic weapon (+1/+2 to bow)
"Allevrah!" Calla calls. "Calistria calls you to account!"
She moves forward, casting a spell as she touches Lefrik.
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Kelendra's quickening spell hasted the movemnts of all, and Calla shared her Judgements with Lefrik. The barbarian felt odd as an unusual sense of cruel judgement warped through his mind. The saying 'an eye for an eye' never felt quite so...personal before. He began hacking wildly at the vrock in front of him. The first blow tore deeply into the vrock's chest, but Lefrik was unable to capitalize and rip the thing's heart out.
On the dais, Allevrah's smile grew wider at Calla's words, but she barely hesitated in her chanting to throw up another protective spell.
anklebiter is up!
R1: vrocks, priestesses, bruendor, soldiers, calla, kelendra, lefrik, allevrah, anklebiter
current status:
anklebiter 91/91
bruendor 155/155
calla 109/109
kelendra 99/99
lefrik 198/198
vrock (yellow) -0
vrock (white) -66
vrock (teal) -18
vrock (red) -0
Anklebiter raises a hand in a gesture of command and barks a single word in an arcane language. Even though the word itself may be alien, its meaning is crystal clear: ""
Next, the little Goblin shouts at the earth elemental: