The only wrinkle there is that Torque acts after the Mistress, so if you wait you won't be in reach of her attacks you won't be close enough to interfere if she casts something.
Because you (collectively) were essentially trying to surprise her with the charm monster spell and she spotted it/wasn't surprised. So Senja's surprise round action was casting the spell, and you all got the same kind of action. If there's an issue with that, I really wish you would have said something two days ago when I laid out how I was going to run this.
Me, mostly, but that's because I was still waiting on comments--if no one objects, I'll stick with the surprise round as is, and we can retcon later if necessary.
The devil spins and slashes out at Eva with a claw that nearly disembowels the monk. Operating on instinct alone she manages to twist free as the devil tries to grab her but she still takes 37 HP.
Torque casts his spell.
Round 1:
Initiative order
Asvald-
Eva-
Kali-
Mistress-
Torque-
Senja-
Unsure of what diabolic resistances the creature possesses, Kali nevertheless casts a Snowball spell and sends it towards the devil. Appearing glum when the spell appears to miss, she steps into a flank with Eva.
Sensing the need for moar powah, Asvald sheathes his sword and cracks his knuckles before doubling over. When he stands up again he's a bit taller and a lot hairier.
Using a ki point as a swift action to increase the bonus from Iron Limb Defense to +4 (shield bonus to AC/CMD). Current AC: 26 + prot. evil (if applicable)
Initiative order
Asvald-acted
Eva-acted
Kali-acted
Mistress-acted
Torque-
Senja-
Eva strikes rapidly at the diabolical foe, hitting solidly the first time before the Mistress dodges the other two. The monk's attempt to daze her opponent is countered with almost contemptuous ease, and Eva also learns a painful lesson in the penalty for striking at one of Hell's jailers: the barbs and spines on the Mistress' body are long enough that her strike against the devil caused her hand to impact them for 9 HP. It lands a shallow blow on her immediately afterwards for another 8 HP.
You are so effing lucky, Eva--four attack rolls (two claws, one confirmation roll, one grab attempt) resulted in 19, 1, 5, and 2. And then I made the average with the previous round's crit confirmation damage....
Barbed Defense (Su) A creature that strikes a hamatula with a melee weapon, an unarmed strike, or a natural weapon takes 1d8+6 points of piercing damage from the devil's barbs. Melee weapons with reach do not endanger a user in this way.
Torque moves up and lays a hand on the giant bar, infusing him with the sheer power of Law and Justice!
Touch of Law. Once per day, Torque can touch a willing creature as a standard action, infusing it with the power of divine order and allowing it to treat all attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws for 1 round as if the natural d20 roll resulted in an 11.
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Senja darts down the hallway away from the fight, approaching the nephelim and saying, "You want to get back at the Mistress, right? Let me take you into the fight!"
He reaches a small hand out to the towering figure, then blinks them both into the space beyond the glowing emerald pillar!
Assuming the nephelim is a willing creature, will cast dimension door to take us both behind the Mistress. And if the nephelim doesn't want to go or we're in one of the many places Paizo likes to say that teleportation spells don't work, then I'll find that out.
Way too slow to get back to this--combination of system instability and RL.
The nephilim nods and holds out his hand. Immediately upon their appearance behind Eva, Jherao squeezes between the wall and the Spire core to get close enough to the Mistress to strike at her past Eva. He hits her once, solidly.
Round 2:
Initiative order
Asvald-
Eva-
Kali-
Mistress-
Torque-
Senja-
Jherao-
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Hope it's okay I looked at the dice rolls, Carbide, not sure if you spoiler them for secrecy or tidiness - but did you include a flank bonus for the nephilim?
That looks like one hit, Eva, unless I've missed something.
Round 2 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Asvald-
Eva-acted
Kali-
Mistress-
Torque-
Senja-
Jherao-
Eva hits with what she thinks should be a solid blow, but it rebounds from the devil with a clang and does not leave a mark. Unless you have a good-aligned weapon, anyway. In the meantime, take 14 HP from her spines.
Initiative order
Asvald-acted
Eva-acted
Kali-acted
Mistress-acted
Torque-
Senja-
Jherao-acted
Kali casts a spell and touches the devil (taking 11 HP), but its otherworldly nature enables it to resist the spell. It claws twice at Eva, but the monk dodges both blows. Back to this again...a 4 and a 3. The nephilim chops furiously at the Mistress, but in its efforts to avoid Eva and squeeze around the Spire core it can't take advantage of her distraction at multiple foes.
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Now that everyone is nicely lined up to fight the Mistress, Senja spins his spindly fingers around each other faster and faster, then flicks the magical energy he's conjured at his companions!
Move up a little and cast haste on allies, can get everyone but Torque.
Kali focuses her ki long enough to turn invisible, then casts Snowball. Hoping that the creature cannot see through invisibility, she then tosses the cold projectile at the enemy, promptly returning to sight afterwards.
If the creature took some cold damage and isn't immune to being staggered, then she needs to make a DC 18 Fort save or she will be staggered for 1 round.
Initiative order
Asvald-acted
Eva-acted
Kali-acted
Mistress-acted
Torque-
Senja-
Jherao-acted
The Mistress' ill luck is contagious, as Asvald only hits twice and Eva misses with all four attempts. Eyes blazing with furious intensity, the devil attempts to finish off Eva before the party's combined attacks inevitably bring her down. One claw hits for 16 HP. Jherao chops at her again, hitting her once.
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Wait, blessing of fervor is up? I had no idea, which is why I cast haste last round. But I guess we can use the extra attack from haste and the attack and AC bonuses from BoF, right? It's only similar effects of those two spells that don't stack, as I understand it.
