DM Sockmonkey's Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master keith goudreau

@ Prof the Hyena poofed out of existence at the end of the quasit's last turn.

Since that's the case, I have removed the hyena from the map.

Utnapishtim neither Shifted nor Acid Splashed. He simply moved out of the room.

Ark and Tik both move toward the door. Ark reaches out his hand to grab Prof's dagger with a cocky tone of frustration. The quasit finishes her spell and conjures a bloody human skeleton next to Zol. The skeleton swings his bloody fleshless hands attempting to flay Zol's skin away, but neither clawed hand finds squishy tissue. The quasit casts another spell at Zol, and nothing happens. Ark hands the dagger back to Prof, clearly he is setting himself up for a charge of sorts.

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

prof knowledge religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Zol's knowledge religion / bardic knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 7 If with your bonuses you can beat a DC 12 knowledge religion you can know what Prof knows

This is a bloody skeleton Feel free to look at the stat block, you had a high enough roll.

Zol's will save VS DC 12: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
prof's spell craft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Zol's knowledge / spellcraft VS DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 6 What is your spellcraft bonus, did not see it

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AC 23, +8 vs mind affecting spells

He raises his thin bladed sword in a defensive posture.

Zol is not currently trained in Spellcraft. He also does not have bardic knowledge. He is a cleric-lite with a few bardic performances.

"I'll keep the skeleton busy. Tik, fire your crossbow at the Quasit. It's our only hope until Ark finds a leash for it."

• No move action
• Free action to maintain Inspire Courage and speak
• Standard action for full defense

Close that door or this annoying bat lady will fly out! Give me something to throw at it!

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Move Action: Utnapishtim closes the door.

Standard Action: Utnapishtim starts summoning.

Summoning is a full round action. Since I spent a move action this round, I believe I can spend my standard action this round AND next round to complete my summons.
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Init order
Tik
Zol
Ark
Prof
Baddies

Zol begins to set up a tacticle plan to combat the quasit and her minion, as Prof closes the door and begins to cast a spell. Ark charges forward and destroys the bloody skeleton in one hit of his mighty flail cracking bone and leaving a bloody pile on the floor. Tik takes out her crossbow and loads it. The quasit throws her dagger at Ark and it misses wildly.

Tik-
Ark or Zol use my crossbow.
Either have a better to hit.

Ark's charge attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Ark's damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

quasit attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 Miss

Ark takes 2 damage

This is the last round of Inspire Courage.

Zol moves to Tik, borrows her loaded crossbow and fires it at the quasit.

"Please hand me your bolts. I'm going to eat quasit tonight."

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 201d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

• Move to Tik and accept crossbow
• Free action to maintain Inspire Courage and speak
• Standard action to range attack

If you can find a rule then we can use the rule and keep it official.

Sure! It's from the Core Rulebook. Here is the rule as requested.

Start/Complete Full-Round Action

The “start full-round action” standard action lets you start undertaking a full-round action, which you can complete in the following round by using another standard action. You can't use this action to start or complete a full attack, charge, run, or withdraw.

Bolding added for readability and to focus in on the relevant text.

Thank you for the clarification as I had the same assumption as our GM.

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Prof you are all set, thank you again for the clarification.

No prob! Glad that I had the reference handy. :-)
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Prof:
- Standard Action: Prof's summons finishes.
- Move Action: Prof opens the door.
- Free Action: "Go, celestial eagle! Attack the quasit!"
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Summoned Celestial Eagle (round 1 of 3):
- Swift Action: Smite quasit
- Full-round action: Charge
Charge Attack: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 25
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3 Bypasses all DR because of smite.
- Free Action: The celestial eagle shrieks with the thrill of striking true and with righteous vengeance in its eyes.
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Well, dang. Look at the eagle go! I'm going to name him Stephen Colbert. LOL :-)

Zol's shot strikes true and strikes the glittery bat woman in the stomach, she lets out a long squeal and pulls out the bolt as black icor dribbles to the floor below. My Dress! My Dress! Just then Stephen Colbert, the celestial republican eagle of justice, is summoned to deal with this liberal fiend. It charges forward talons first and scratches at her face drawing more icor causing the dribble to be a steady stream to the floor below. Ark runs back to Prof and without asking takes his dagger, he moves closer and lets steel fly. The dagger catches her dress but misses the true target, she screams with more discontent at the new tear to her garment. Tik stays by Zol's side and reloads the crossbow for him, handing it back when it is loaded. The quasit unleashes her tiny dagger at the eagle and strikes blood. Her own wounds begin to close ever so slightly.

Ark's attack roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 Miss
quasit's attack roll on Stephen Colbert: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 damage: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Prof can you let me know Stephen's AC please? I am assuming AC 20 hits the republican champion.

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To All, On going if you are summoning or bring in something that has stats please provide a url link or basic stats. (ie: AC, HP, Fort, Ref, Will, Perception). Thanks.

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Whoops! Sorry about the eagle stats. Linked! :-)

Yes, a 20 totally hits. Stephen Colbert is now down to 4 HP out of 5.

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 5 - 4 - 4 = 11d8 ⇒ 2

"Get'em boy! Scratch its eyes out!"

Assuming soft cover from the eagle, but not sure. It's a miss regardless.

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

Stephen Colbert full attacks the quasit, again bypassing its DR:
Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
(round 2 of 3 for the eagle)

Utnapishtim begins another summons.

Summon Minor Monster. I'm just about out of spells. All I have left is Mage Armor and Magic Missile. My 0-level spells are utilitarian; they're useless for combat.

Number of Minor Monsters summoned: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Next round, three celestial hawks will appear, smite, and charge the quasit.

I had written out a long post but it got eaten, so here is the quick recap.
Zol's attack misses.Stephen Colbert hits with one of his attacks. Tik takes back her Crossbow shots misses reloads and hands it back to zol. Ark runs over grabs the Dagger off the floor and throws it up at the bat lady, his hit strikes a critical area and draws lots of black icor. The quasit throws her Dagger at Ark and hits.

Ark hits the quasit for 14
She hits him for 2

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1) Stephen Colbert's full attack, bypassing DR:
Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 , Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Then Stephen disappears as the spell's duration expires.

2) The three hawks (Larry, Moe, and Curly) smite the enemy and then charge:
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 , Damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 , Damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 , Damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage

3) Utnapishtim:
- Move Action: Walk into the room
- Standard Action: Attempt to intimidate any remaining enemies
Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 16
- Free Action: "By Desna, we shall be victorious in the battle against evil! This, I swear!"

:-)

Larry's crit check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Larry crits! new damage: 2d4 - 2 ⇒ (3, 3) - 2 = 4

vs prof's intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 20
I am allowing all the birds to have flanking so please add a +2 to all their rolls

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Everyone else to go.

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 5 - 4 - 4 = 11d8 ⇒ 6

Assuming soft cover from the eagle, but not sure.

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

The celestial hawks are smiting, so they bypass all DR.

They are size tiny, so they cannot flank.

They provoke an attack of opportunity by charging in.

Using the intimidate skill to demoralize has a static DC: 10 + the target's Hit Dice + the target's Wisdom modifier. (Link) The target doesn't get an opposed check.

:-)

That is funny, the quasit is shaken for the round because of Prof, Good job!

Prof's avian entourage of celestial defenders attack without mercy. The birds rip into her skin and dress as she begins to cry no longer about her dress but in pain! Zol fires the crossbow misses, reloads and hands it off to his awaiting teammate. Tik follows Zol's lead and does the same actions as him, including the missing. Ark runs over to the dagger and throws it up at the quasit hitting her square in the face forcing an eyeball from her socket. As soon as the dagger falls from her face her eye globe re enters her skull and she throws a wild throw mostly shaken from Prof's words and recently dislodged viewing orb.

Tik's attack: 1d20 ⇒ 9 miss damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5
Ark's attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Hit Ark's damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
shaken quasit attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 Miss damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2

@ Prof: Do Larry, Moe, and Curly get AOO's (because they are tiny) for her throwing a ranged weapon? If so you can make them.

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That is funny, the quasit is shaken for the round because of Prof, Good job!

Thanks! :-)

@ Prof: Do Larry, Moe, and Curly get AOO's (because they are tiny) for her throwing a ranged weapon? If so you can make them.

Yes, ranged attacks still provoke. It's Christmas in August!

Larry, Moe, and Curly AoOs:
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 ; talon damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 , Yay! 1 lethal damage!
Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 ; talon damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 , Yay! 1 lethal damage!
Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 ; talon damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 , Yay! 1 lethal damage!
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This round:
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Larry, Moe, and Curly Full Attack:
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 , Yay! 2 lethal damage!

Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage

Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 , Yay! 1 lethal damage!
Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage

That was round 2 of 3 for the hawks.
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Utnapishtim's Action:
- Standard Action: Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Bolstered by the quasit's reaction to his admonishment, the wizard continues, "Back to the depths of the Abyss with you!"
- Move Action: (nothing)
- Swift Action: (nothing)
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W00+! :-)

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 4 - 4 = 61d8 ⇒ 4

Assuming soft cover from the eagle, but not sure.

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

Tik's attack: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Ark's attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Quasit moves 5 feet then throws her dagger at Moe.
shaken quasit attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 damage to moe: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Both Zol and Tik miss with the shared crossbow, and Ark misses with the wizard's dagger. The celestial birds continue to rip into the demon's flesh doing minor damages. She moves backwards and throws her dagger to strike Moe the hawk. Prof continues to proselytize the power of Desna and keep the quasit shaken. The quasit looks to be on deaths door.

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@ Prof; you should have a holy symbol of Densa for things like this, it would be like the scene from the exorcist, "The power of christ compels you! The power of christ compels you!

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@ Prof; you should have a holy symbol of Densa for things like this, it would be like the scene from the exorcist, "The power of christ compels you! The power of christ compels you!

LOL! :-)

Larry, Moe, and Curly move 5 feet and full attack, taking advantage of the ongoing smite:
(provoking AoO from quasit!)
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Larry: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage

Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage
Moe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 , minimum 1 nonlethal damage

Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 ; talon 1 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 , Yay! 1 lethal damage!
Curly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 ; talon 2 damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 , Yay! 2 lethal damage!

That was round 3 of 3 for the hawks. Poof! They're gone.

Utnapishtim's Action:
- Standard Action: Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 17
"The power of good compels you! Begone! In the name of Desna, begone! In the name of the Starsong, begone! In the name of The Great Dreamer, I command thee, foul demon, BEGONE!!!"
- Move Action: (nothing)
- Swift Action: (nothing)

How high is the Quasit?

It is possible that the quasit is down after the hawks' last attack.

Her ankles are 15 feet off the ground ceiling 20 feet tall. You being over 6 feet tall are about 7 feet short (+2 feet arms above head).

Wow! She's still up? On my next turn, I'm going to announce that I'm going to cleanse the water in the other room. That will be my intimidate attempt:

Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 19

"By the power of Desna, I shall cleanse the filth of Lamashtu from this place!"

LOL!

Arkus takes a short run adn tries to grab on to her.
Move and jump attempting to grab her. Incurring an AOO.
Acrobatics, for jump 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 2 = 3
Grapple if he makes it 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 2 = 21

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d8 ⇒ 5

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

Sorry for the delay, work has been nutty.

Tik's attack: 1d20 ⇒ 2
quasit attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Prof continues to scare her with the threat of holy vengeance. The two Crossbow bolts from Zol and Tik miss there target. Ark trips on his run attempt to get at the quasit almost falling into the water pool. The quasit throws her tiny Dagger at Ark and hits. Her Dagger returns to her and her wounds slowly begin to mend a little.

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@ Ark, hey I think you forgot to level, should be level 2.

Is there anything in this room or the previous room that would help against the quasit?

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Survival: 1d20 ⇒ 1

"Surrender, demon! Yield now, and we may end you quickly. Else you will feel the full wrath of our righteous vengeance!"

Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Hoping it is still intimidated from the previous rounds of high rolls.

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d8 ⇒ 2

"The little devil just won't surrender."

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

lol I'm fighting at level 1? lol I'll do it after this fight. I'm kinda looking for my books heh heh.

Ark what do you want to do?

@ Prof, there were some cobble stones from a broken wall you could throw at it. Otherwise nothing to note.

Thanks. I might think about gathering some cobblestones next turn, if things don't turn around for us soon.

Ark having missed his intial action, attempts to do so once more!
His arms flaiing about in the air.

Move and jump attempting to grab her. Incurring an AOO.
Acrobatics, for jump 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 2 = 14
Grapple if he makes it 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 - 2 = 16

If Ark's grapple is successful, Utnapishtim will attempt to Aid Another.

Aid Another: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

...and he will fail. :-(

The DC for the jump check is 4 / 1 foot jumped. So 7 feet X 4 =28. If I did that wrong please rule in. Do not have my books with me and ruling from online materials.

Tik: 1d20 ⇒ 16 miss
quasit attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 miss

Everyone misses this round.

Prof continues to preach the good word, then his voice croaks and he coughs, just a tickle in the throat but it stops his verbal assault for the moment. Both Zol and Tik fire her Crossbow missing wildly. Ark again runs and jumps trying to grab at the quasit missing again. The quasit throws her tiny Dagger at Ark but misses.

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Arkus glares.
One more round to fatigue ends.
Taking a deep breath, he repeats his action, his concentration focused on bringing down that flying pest.
Acrobatics 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 2 = 20
Grapple (CMB) 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 2 = 21

Zol refires the borrowed crossbow at the quasit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d8 ⇒ 4

"WHY WON'T YOU DIE!"

• Move action to reload crossbow
• No free action
• Standard action to range attack

Here's a visual hilarity...

Utnapishtim, seeing Ark's intent, folds his fingers together to help give the barbarian a leg up for his next Acrobatics attempt.

Aid Another: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18

Yay! Ark gets a +2 on his next attempt to jump!!! :-)

Another round of misses by the group and Ark gets hit with the tiny dagger again. Then on the second round Zol strikes a nasty critical hit.

Tik: 1d20 ⇒ 14
quasit attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 Arks damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2 Ark 2 damage

Ark's jump check with Prof's aid: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 Not Enough
Prof's aid Ark for next time: 1d20 ⇒ 2 Not Enough
Zol's crossbow attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 confirm the crit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 Crit confirmed
damage: 2d8 ⇒ (6, 7) = 13
Tik's attack: 1d20 ⇒ 6 miss
Quasit attack on Ark: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 Miss

Completed an extra round because this fight is almost in stalemate. If any of you guys wanted a different action just speak up. Or describe the next few actions and I can do a fast version.

Ark take 2 damage
@ Ark, take the level of hit points you missed

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Bump

Goes to the next room to gather some stones. On subsequent rounds, will alternately:

- throw stone
- intimidate

Until we decide to leave the room.

My plan was to keep firing my crossbow and obscenities hoping for a critical hit.

Ermmm Jump check? isn't that covered under acrobatics? Just to check here.

@ Ark yes it is.

I am making an executive decision here to move the story along. She has a handful of hit points left and I would like you guys to finish the dungeon so we could get our new player involved.

Prof runs from the room in search of the cobble stones and rock debris he spied earlier. Zol continues to fire Tik's Crossbow as she runs about the room collecting the bolts that missed and delivering them back to Zol to fire back. As Ark runs about the room trying to get enough speed to get a decent jump to grab the small demon throwing her returning Dagger at him.

amount of rounds it takes to defeat the quasit and who lands the telling blow: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

LOL, low roll indeed!

Prof leaves the room and finds a hearty supply of good sized rocks he quickly gathers them into his pack. Zol continues to fire Tik's recycled bolts with little success. Ark too finds no luck with the flying demon. Her wounds begin to heal and she gets a new confidence on the situation being played out in front of her. With thematically broad gestures she flails hers arms and wings back as if already declaring her victory.

Bow and tremble to my wrath and glory! Living hot bloods, know that you will be reformed in the majestic image of my goddess's will. You will be the spawn of wrathful sin. You will be the first in my army that will crawl from this hole to conquer the land above. The land the of daytime light will burn and suffer by my hands and my goddess's will! I will Herald a new... ugh.

Her last grand gesture of premature victory slammed her into the stone ceiling with such force the loud cracked could be heard by everyone in the room. She falls to the ground dazed from the injury and in less time than it takes to blink Ark is at her with his mighty axe. His heavy chops cut through the dress and her flesh to damage the floor below with massive divits. He continues to pulverize the demon as she raises her hands up in defense but no pity is taken on her. His axe strokes continues to disassemble the demon leaving more damage to the floor. Tik and Zol stand awestruck at the barbarian's rage. Prof enters just in time to see his hero slaying the mighty foe. More hefty axe strokes and Ark eventually stops fatigued from his victory. With inspection of the black bile puddle the only items that can be found are the tiny Dagger she used on the group and her dress that is nothing more than a rag.

Prof knows that the quasit must of been summoned somehow and most likely is in the abyss plotting her revenge on the group.

Questions comments side bantor?

@ Ark this used a round of rage

After the puddle is examined what would you folks like to do?

How would you like us to meet the new player? I'm out of spells and wouldn't mind a break.

On the other hand, I also don't mind pushing forward.

Up to you guys.

Want to bring him in after the dungeon is completely finished.