Taedric wordlessly directs Knave forward, then, once clear of the throng, draws on the strange power that fills him, using it to speed him as rushes toward the Brimorak in the rear.
The combined combat power of Kelden, Thrall, Alorah and Sapphiria are enough to tear Brimorak 5 apart. And incinerate him.
While they're doing that, Taedric's charge lanced Brimorak 6 and pinned him against the crenelations as it died.
The battle is over.
When you're ready to proceed, there are several ways into the Citadel of Drezen from the parapet you're on.
There is a double door to the NW, there is an open passageway to the West, and there are three smaller doors to the west and south.
Searching the parapet reveals only seige artillery pieces that really needs to be refurbished before they can be used again.
"We should check the three doors on this side at least before heading down the passageway, and likely the steps." Alorah suggests once the silence spell is nullified. "The last thing we want is someone coming out of them and following is, trapping us between two enemies."
Peeking into the NW double door, you find a well used stairway leading down and south.
Peeking into the southern doorways, you find a couple of long since looted and disused rooms that connect to an internal hallway.
Taedric releases his rage and slumps slightly in the saddle, then calls out, "Well done!", before starting to laugh as the magical silence eats his words.
He simply extends a thumb up... but then, as he starts hearing sounds again, he offers, "Just need a brief moment to rest."
"Sounds like a plan Miss Alorah. Who wants to watch our rear?"
He began moving torwards the direction Alorah had indicated.
Sapphiria makes a wiggling hand gesture at Taedric followed by a shrug, as if to ask if he needs magical assistance with his fatigue.
Thrall nods to Alorah's words and goes to check the stairs.
Taedric shakes his head, then signs, Just...need... a.... moment.., before following Thrall, lance in hand.
Creeping down the stairway, you encounter empty and unfurnished rooms. Some have mounting brackets for equipment that had not been installed yet, and you recall that the dwarven citadel had not been entirely completed at the time it was betrayed.
Coming to a set of double doors, you peek through to see a room with a lot of bunks. There is an armored man shackled to one, unarmed, but twitching and mumbling to himself. A knights sword lay on another bunk, just out of reach of the man.
There are three doors to the west and one to the south.
There is nothing else in this chamber.
Taedric takes a moment to detect evil on the shackled man.
He thrashed about, snarling and foaming at the mouth, his eyes wide and glassy.
"Master Staunton will eat your flesh and use your skeletons as bodyguards..." He raved.
Taedric sighs, "Well, that one's been touched by something bad."
Sapphiria signs something like... putting something into a bottle shape, such as sticking a spirit into a body.
"He's possessed?" Thrall asks looking alternatively at his companions and the man. "Can you fix it?"
Sapphiria shrugs—just a guess.
"I can test that theory, or at least the determination of whether he himself has been corrupted, or if what you see is a result of something else." Alorah says stepping into the roo and studying the chained man.
"Careful" Thrall warns, and he walks into the room with Alorah to present a cover if something undesirable happens.
"The soul fire I wield, if he is a god person, they will heal some of his wounds, if evil, they will burn him." she says, raising a hand the becomes limned in golden flame.
"I promise you, no harm will come to you if you still walk the righteous path"
Kelden's examination is interrupted as Alorah's ray of Heavenly Fire touched the poor shackled crusader...
Abruptly the man screamed like he was being dipped in acid! His form twisted and suddenly there was a beautiful bat winged woman with white hair and horns, her face half melted and twisted with rage! With a blur of movement, she circled the room to just behind Sapphiria, the sword appearing in her hand and menacing Sapphiria.
"Don't just stand there you idiots! GET THEM!" She screamed.
You start hearing (and smelling) Brimorak demons in the halls outside this room...
Round 1__________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Taedric spins his lance and charges the Brimorak coming through the door to the west , even as he releases the angelic power in his blood to give him strength.
For a moment his heart leapt in his chest. Despite everything, despite knowing they were in a demon stronghold he had thought for a moment it was an innocent crusader possessed by the enemy. He should've known better. As the creature flew he slashed at it with his sword.
His slash was slow. As the demon flew over and around Sapphira. He clutched at his holy symbol and chanted, pointing his sword at the white haired demon.
"I'll try to slow them down Alorah... what the hell is she?"
The surprise of the reaction is enough that Alora's hurried swing with her mace comes nowhere close to hitting, as the fiendish woman runs by her.
Even as she drops her mace, swinging her loaded crossbow around to follow the woman's path and take a shot, her mind catalogs the woman's features, trying to determine her nature.
Sapphiria is only momentarily surprised by the transformation, but not afraid to mix things up. She brings up her heavy blade to ward off the demoness!
Thrall tries to follow the demon woman, but she's to fast. However, when she points her sword to Sapphiria, he takes the chance at a swing.
Round 1 completed__________________
Taedric charges the Brimorak coming through the door to the west (#3).
His charge took the Brimorak demon in the chest and flung him back, dealing massive damage and leaving him staggered. Boiling blood burst from the wound spraying the area, leaving sizzling droplets making burn marks on the shaft of his lance.
Kelden Sunblade
As the creature flew he slashed at it with his sword, but his slash was slow.
He clutched at his holy symbol and chanted, pointing his sword at the white haired demon.
The Searing Light reached out and penetrated her spell resistance, she hissed as some of her flesh burned and charred.
"I'll try to slow them down Alorah... what the hell is she?"
The surprise of the reaction is enough that Alora's hurried swing with her mace comes nowhere close to hitting, as the fiendish woman runs by her.
Even as she drops her mace, swinging her loaded crossbow around to follow the woman's path and take a shot, her mind catalogs the woman's features, trying to determine her nature.
The shot missed.
Sapphiria is only momentarily surprised by the transformation, but not afraid to mix things up. She brings up her heavy blade to ward off the demoness!
She caught succubus for minor damage with her first attack, but she missed the second.
Thrall tries to follow the demon woman, but she's too fast. However, when she points her sword to Sapphiria, he takes the chance at a swing, but she wards it off with a clash of blades and shower of sparks.
(npc) Grey ducked out of sight under a bunk, breaking line of sight and readying an action.
Brimorak 1 charged in to attack Taedric.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
Brimorak 2 charged in to attack Alorah.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
Brimorak 3 just stood there, staggered.
Brimorak 4 charged in to attack Taedric.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
Brimorak 5 full attacked Kelden.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
for a possible bludgeoning plus fire damage.
Brimorak 6 moved up and attacked Kelden.
for a possible slashing plus fire damage.
Kiranda (the succubus) smiled at the prospect of violence, and attacked Sapphiria with her frost rapier.
for a possible slashing plus cold damage.
for a possible slashing plus cold damage.
Then she glanced and Thrall and made a blurred motion with her off hand.
”Such a big strong warrior; don’t you want to help me?” She whispered in honeyed tones.
Charm Monster is cast on Thrall. Will DC22 to negate.
Round 2__________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Smoke Breath: A brimorak’s breath surrounds it to a radius of 5 feet. A creature who begins its turn in this area must make a successful DC 17 Fortitude save or become sickened for 1 round.
Kelden, Alorah and Taedric and Knave have to make saves vs the Brimorak's smoke breath.
Taedric drops the lance and draws Radiance, the sword's light blazing in his hands. "Knave, strike,", he directs, then swings the blade a second after the wolf's attack.
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Thrall relaxes his grip for a second while the succubus' phrase penetrates his mind. Help? Yes, he's here to help.
But not demons.
Thrall shakes his head and the charm goes off. A malice smile shows his tusks. "Not today, b$~!$."
Round 2 completed__________________
Taedric drops the lance and draws Radiance, the sword's light blazing in his hands. "Knave, strike,", he directs, then swings the blade a second after the wolf's attack.
Knave bit Brimorak 1 hard for serious damage and tripped him prone.
Knave also takes burning blood damage.
Then Taedric stabbed the demon while he was prone for serious damage.
Taedric also takes burning blood damage.
Thrall relaxes his grip for a second while the succubus' phrase penetrates his mind. Help? Yes, he's here to help.
But not demons.
With an Immediate, Mythic Surge: Thrall shakes his head and the charm goes off. A malice smile shows his tusks. "Not today, b**#!."
Kiranda merely had to sway a little as Thrall’s mighty swing whiffs.
(npc) Kelden, fighting defensively, gave a moderate wound and a miss to Brimorak 5.
Kelden also takes burning blood damage.
(npc) Alorah feinted with her mace and fired a Ray of Cold at Brimorak 2, and is a little surprised to inflict a moderate wound on it;
(npc) Grey rolled smoothly into flanking position with Taedric on Brimorak 1 and back stabbed it for 20.
Grey also takes burning blood damage.
(npc) Sapphiria took a step out of reach of Kiranda and cast Bless on the Party.
Brimorak 1 stood up…
AoO-Knave missed.
AoO-Taedric killed him dead. Taedric also takes burning blood damge.
Brimorak 2 trip attacked Alorah with a burning hoof.
Success = Alorah prone.
IF Alorah is prone, he stabs down at her with a burning longsword.
for a possible slashing damage plus fire damage. for a possible extra slashing damage.
Brimorak 3 is still staggered.
Brimorak 4 breaths a gout of burning blood at Taedric, Knave and Grey.
Damage is fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
Brimorak 5 full attacks Kelden
for a possible slashing damage plus fire damage.
for a possible slashing damage plus fire damage.
Brimorak 6 full attacks Kelden
for a possible slashing damage plus fire damage.
for a possible slashing damage plus fire damage.
Kiranda sighed at Thrall. ”Too bad big boy, we could’a had some fun…” She sneered.
She lashed out at Thrall three times with her frost rapier, almost faster than he could see.
for a possible piercing damage plus cold damage.
for an auto miss, almost stabbing herself in the foot.
for a possible piercing damage plus cold damage.
Round 3__________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Smoke Breath: A brimorak’s breath surrounds it to a radius of 5 feet. A creature who begins its turn in this area must make a successful DC 17 Fortitude save or become sickened for 1 round.
He yelped in pain, as fire erupted along his skin and he growled at the creatures. His pain faded and turned into a scowl of anger when he saw Alorah go down.
"Not today monsters not Today!"
He moved To stand over Alorah giving her a break from the Brimoraks He channeled positive energy.
Thrall's frustration grows higher everyone he misses a blow. "That's what she wants." He takes breath deeply and stops for a second, refocusing.
"You know it's unavoidable" he says, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Thrall's blow seems to be to slow, but the focus he put into it allows him to change the speed of the blade mid-air, surprising the crafty succubus and confusing her dodge.
Kicked off her feet and viciously struck by the Brimorak, Alorah, sudden shocked intake of air from the impact leaves her susceptible to the vile fumes surrounding her attacker.
Reeling from the blow, the battle trained sorceress falls back on honed instincts, desperately fighting for her life as she tries to focus enough to unleash a quick but powerful sonic scream.
Realizing that it may not be enough, that her life likely depends on her next few moments, she draws upon the power that has filled her since the destruction of the wardstone, magic flowing through her mind and to her fingertips, faster than ever before, completing the spell as her hand shoots out to grab the demon's ankle, her hand covered in a layer of rime and ice as she channels freezing cold.
Sapphiria shifts slightly (5' step) and gestures a mystical sign that casts a simple charm against sickness.
Round 3 completed__________________
Kelden moved To stand over Alorah giving her a break from the Brimoraks He channeled positive energy, healing 9.
Thrall's frustration grows higher everyone he misses a blow.
He takes breath deeply and stops for a second, refocusing.
Thrall's blow seems to be to slow, but the focus he put into it allows him to change the speed of the blade mid-air, surprising the crafty succubus and confusing her dodge.
Kiranda casually parried Thralls greatsword, but the enormous power behind it crashed through her defense and slammed her backward into the stone wall behind her. Blood gushed, but she turned her head up to Thrall again, clearly angry now.
Alorah, kicked off her feet, the sudden shocked intake of air leaves her susceptible to the vile fumes surrounding her attacker.
Reeling from the blow, she tries to focus enough to unleash a quick but powerful sonic scream.
The demon clapped his hands over his ears in agony, dazed from the scream.
She draws upon the power that has filled her since the destruction of the wardstone, magic flowing through her mind and to her fingertips, faster than ever before, completing the spell as her hand shoots out to grab the demon's ankle;
The Frigid Touch froze the demon solid; and in toppling over, shattered into a dozen pieces.
Sapphiria shifts slightly (5' step) and gestures a mystical sign that casts a simple charm against sickness.
Cast remove sickness on Taedric. This should suppress the effects of the brimorak breath.
(npc) Grey ran over to Alorah and levered her to her feet.
(npc) Taedric lashed out at Brimorak 4 dealing moderate damage, but Knave missed.
Brimorak 3 breaths a gout of burning blood at Taedric, Knave and Sapphiria.
fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
Brimorak 4 breaths a gout of burning blood at Taedric and Knave.
fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
Brimorak 5 breaths a gout of burning blood at Kelden.
fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
Brimorak 6 breaths a gout of burning blood at Alorah.
fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
Kiranda darted forward at Thrall, her rapier licking out almost faster than you could see.
Miss.
Miss.
for a possible piercing damage plus cold damage.
Round 4__________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Smoke Breath: A brimorak’s breath surrounds it to a radius of 5 feet. A creature who begins its turn in this area must make a successful DC 17 Fortitude save or become sickened for 1 round.
Thrall grinds this teeth, taking the flurry of slashes and cuts worth better result than expected. He quickly turns around, giving momentum to his blade and striking while the succubus still hasn't regained her stance.
Once more, he notices the demon sidestepping away and gives an extra effort to the strike.
Capitalising from the inertia, he keeps on spinning and lets the sword itself launch another slash.
Quickly thanking Grey for the help up, and still affected by the vile miasma of the demon-breath, Alorah takes a step backward, drawing raw magical power and unleashing it in a blast of arcane projectiles against the Brimorak she was facing.
Taedric whistles as the sword does it work, feeling the power in the blade resonating within him, the headiness almost causing him to swing it again before his wolf's attack -- almost.
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Round 4 completed__________________
Thrall grinds this teeth, taking the flurry of slashes and cuts worth better result than expected.
He quickly turns around and attacked. His tremendous swings blast through Kiranda’s parrys crashing into her twice dealing enormous damage (though you got the sense she didn’t take a fair amount of what you dished out.) and sending her crashing back into the wall. But she’s still alive.
Alorah takes a step backward, drawing raw magical power and unleashing it in a blast of arcane projectiles against the Brimorak she was facing. The missiles struck hard, dealing critical damage.
(npc) Grey rolled behind the demon facing Alorah, backstabbing it for critical damage. It falls dead, spraying 12 points of fire damage over Grey as it fell.
(npc) Kelden swung on Brimorak 5, hitting it once for serious damage.
Taedric whistles as the sword does it work, feeling the power in the blade resonating within him, the headiness almost causing him to swing it again before his wolf's attack -- almost.
The series of attacks, trips and attacks flattens and kills both Brimorak 3 and 4. The boiling blood sprays from the wounds, dealing 8, 5, 10 and 6 fire damage to both Taedric and Knave.
(npc) Sapphiria moved up behind Kelden and subjected Brimorak 5 to the effects of the Interstellar Void. The creature freezes solid, then topples over and shatters.
Kiranda, seeing which way the winds were blowing, snarled at Thrall and threw herself intangibly back through the wall behind her…
This battle is over.