Turg mounts Snave for a airlift around the well, leaving Lore on the original balcony to contemplate her next move.
Chochok fires his musket once at the closest human.
A magical field appears faintly around the man, glowing with multicolored hues but the bullet pierces and strikes him full in the shoulder.
Undoubtedly, the musket then misfires, to the grippli's dismay.
Lore moves to join the fray.
In the combat, the first cultist, being entangled pulls out a vial and drinks the contents causing some of his wounds to close.
His comrade eyes Chochok and moves slowly 10' forward due to ice binding his limbs. He swings at the frog-man.
"Lissala smite thee!"
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The woman with the flaming whip advances slowly into the center of the room.
She calls out, directing her attention towards Chochok and Maximo.
"Lissala shall judge you infidels harshly for intruding on this place. You will wish you were dead!"
She cannot quite reach Caradeum on the ceiling so opts to snap the whip at Chochok instead.
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Meanwhile down in the well the jangles brothers move towards the rope (and Eadie). One is within reach of her, but does not appear to know exactly where she is.
This closer one shoots a length of chain upwards to wrap and grab the rope and he attempts to start climbing up the wall spidery fast.
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Deciding not to let Dangles and Tangles try to take her friends by surprise in the rear AND because she hasn’t hit anything for ages … AND because she loves the drama, Eadie drops her invisibility cover, takes an AoO on Dangles, followed by a 5' step to the south-west and a full attack with her hammer.
The warrior then calls up, up, up …
Caradeum draws his blade and flies downward towards the flaming whip wielding woman. She sees him coming reacts quickly, snapping her whip at him as he moves into melee range.
"Oh you will have to be faster than that...ouch, you ba$tard elf!"
Whip AOO on Caradeum
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She misses with her whip as Caradeum descends and cuts her deep across the side of her head.
Then as Chochok tries to move away to pull his net, she lashes out again with her whip.
Whip AOO on Chochok
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But she is unable to recover her whip properly transitioning from high to low, and the grippli escapes untouched and hurls his net at the other cultist, entangling him again.
Lore peers down the steps and directs another ball of flames into the room to hit the 3 visible foes.
The entangled man takes the full brunt of the flames as does his brother. The flame woman appears to dodge some of the flames.
There are also a pair of yells of pain from beyond the wall behind where the three emerged.
"Blasted gnome! Not again!"
Maximo then steps up and finishes off the entanled man, slicing him nearly in two with a vicious hack from his greatsword. The body falls without a sound.
Meanwhile, down in the well, Eadie casts caution to the wind and breaks her invisibility, smashing at bojangles.
She hits him hard with the blow from invisibility and then calls upon divine luck to hit him again. However, he is able to barely react to her third strike at the last moment.
Then she calls up to Lore...but Lore is pretty far from the edge of the well, and may not be able to hear her plea.
Lore is able to make out the outline of a hallway south beyond the illusory wall. She also sees a couple of humans she recognizes as previously having shot crossbows at her.
Finally, she is able to hear Eadie from above the din of battle.
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Turg, having trouble keeping track of where everyone is, but responds approvingly to the appropriate title use.
Turg
Snave
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If the Fey Queen and her mount can successfully hear and navigate to where the plea is coming from, Turg will go with the full-round cast of a Nature's Ally II for mites (aiming for flanks if possible, as a pre-post note.) "Pugs are for the spell-like only, I'm afraid. Once again, Snave's existence disappoints everyone."
You killed my brother! Lissala will smite you for this insolence you fop!"
The remaining cultist charges forward to attack Maximo.
@Maximo Melee
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Likewise, the two burnt newcomers both charge into the melee.
Get the casters! Charge in before they blast us again!"
@Lore Melee
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@Caradeum Melee
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Meanwhile the flaming female will step and snap her whip at Caradeum.
"You will feel the fires of Lissala, elf-ling!"
@Caradeum Whip
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Down in the bottom of the well, a different battle is beginning.
The original Mr. Jangles (double) moves closer from behind Eadie.
The closest (injured) Bojangles steps forward, with 4 barbed chains from his armor swinging them to strike at Eadie.
The other one follows up and commands the razor sharp chains in his possession to coil and strike at her from beyond.
"Quickly destroy the wench, then we can get the others!"
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Lore steps back and releases her magic upon the cultist on the stairs. He drops, unconscious before her with the pair of rays.
Caradeum slashes down on the woman and draws blood twice. She likewise drops to the ground, the flames flickering on her whip.
Lissala take me..."
Maximo heals himself and hacks into the brother cultist while Chochok reloads.
Eadie hammers home on the diabolic menance facing her, and finishes him off with a well aimed second swing after the first just misses wide. This has her facing two jangles, one before her and one behind.
Turg summons reinforcements.
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Mites appear! Their end goal and summon distribution has the goal of making them human fae cover for the Reach warrior. They attempt to help her first to-hit (though given focusing fire, this likely only means two attempts.
Meanwhile, (if I'm reading the map right) Turg has a non-provoking flight path where she can cast Fly -> Snave moves once 25' -> Turg delivers the spell to Eadie -> Snave takes the rest of his "only 60 feet to prevent concentration checks" distance away from anything that might stab the Queen of the Fae.
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Turg summons mites to aid Eadie.
Ignoreing the mites, the chain gang of two continue to focus on Eadie
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The original jangles steps forward and controls 4 chains of his fallen buddy and
those chains also attack.
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almost forgotten, the last cultist cannot reach the flying elf so charges Maximo in desparation.
Die!
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Eadie is very relieved to receive Turg's gift of flight. "Thank-you so much, Turg! I owe you TWO buckets of blood-and-bone AND a big kiss!"
Careful to avoid passing through any green rune rings, Eadie flies out 20' NW-NW-W from the ledge above the lake and lunges at the original Bo-jangles from 15' away.
Caradeum floats down and with a quick slash, cuts the cultist deep. Chochok finishes the man with shots from his musket.
The jangles brothers take their swings at Eadie as she tries to fly the coop.
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Eadie easily smashes one with her silver hammer of smashiness.
Lore rushes to the balcony to see her warrior sister flying in the well.
The jangles brothers look at the flying swordswoman and shriek.
"You have not escaped us yet missy!"
jangles and bojangles each cause 4 lengths of their carried chains
to grow 15' and adds razor sharp barbs
as they reach out into the well to try and reach Eadie.
Dancing Chains (Su)
A kyton can control up to four chains within 20 feet as a standard action, making
the chains dance or move as it wishes. In addition, a kyton can increase these chains' length by up to 15 feet and cause them to sprout razor-edged barbs.
These chains attack as effectively as the kyton itself.
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The young warrior stares open-mouthed as the infernal creatures lash out at her with lengthened chains, cutting her twice.
Ugh ... overconfidence will be the death of me one day.
Eadie hefts her hammer, as she lies through her teeth great helm. "Au contraire! It is YOU who have failed to escape me!"
Maintaining altitude to avoid the rune-rings, Eadie withdraws 50' through the air to the opposite side of the well.
The jangles brothers try to evade Lore's blast of holy power which penetrated their planar resistance.
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The previously injured bojangles appears to avoid some of Lore's damage and retains his sight.
"It burns....it burns. She burned my eyes. Blast her!!!"
The original jangles (south) takes the full blast to the face and yells out in rage at the gnome's holy power.
Chochok leans over, aims and shoots at one of the outworldly chain gangers from 90' above.
Eadie flies around level within the bands of the well's glowing green runes of dispellingness.
Maximo, in true form, dashes down the stairs into the southern room. Seeing a set of stairs beyond he continues.
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Mites are blasted back as quickly as they arrived, but Turg simply maneuvers the eidolon away from anywhere she's be able to be attacked from.
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Caradeum leans over the ledge and fires an arrow. It just misses its mark and ricochets down into the water below.
The mites dissappear and Turg guides Snave away from the reach of the chain gang.
Maximo continues his solo charge down the chambers surrounding the well.
Unlike the rooms above, this level shows every sign of being lived in. Dirt and grime have been cleansed, revealing an opulent suite even the most jaded decadent could call home. Firepelt rugs cover parquet flooring in the main chamber of a communal living area. Around the room stand fine mahogany tables, desks, and gilded chairs, and recessed shelves on the walls hold a trove of books and scrolls. Cloth-of-gold wall hangings show images of a serpentine goddess raining bounty upon her worshipers. An arch to the north overlooks the well, while smaller arches west and east contain downward and upward staircases. A number of closed doors lead off from the main room as well.
This room is dominated by a long wooden table with matching benches on either side of it. The table is long enough to fit a dozen or more diners at once, though less than half a dozen places are set at the moment. To the south, a wide counter stretches across the length of the room, broken by a half-door midway across. On the other side of this barrier a kitchen is arranged around a central fire pit. A sideboard contains a number of stacked plates and flatware. Stairwells provide exits from this room to the northwest and southeast.
Max and Eadie can see into this room from their new locations...
The scent of blood seasoned with herbal and floral notes assaults the nostrils. This room is laid out for function, not aesthetics, the walls hewn from dark granite and lined with hanging chains and manacles. The floor is bare but for a path of runes laid down the center, painted crudely in a dark brown pigment. A rack on the wall contains several varieties of whips, ranging from simple knotted lengths of rope to cats-o’-ninetails and knouts. Two arches lead to stairs at opposite ends of the room. A southeastern opening overlooks the well shaft, egress blocked by iron bars. From these bars hang three human forms, hands chained above their heads, facing out on the well. Patterns of half-healed runic scars decorate their naked backs.
Jangles yells up to bojangles to the north. Both move 60' along the ledge. One further south and down and the other back to their original room and up/north.
"Cut her off! Keep her from the offerings!"
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Hearing movement in the ‘offerings’ room, Eadie calls “HALT, WHO GOES THERE? ADVANCE AND BE RECOGNIZED – IF YOU’RE GOOD LOOKIN’!”
Without waiting for a reply, Eadie climbs into the air to the SW at a 45 degree angle, while drawing the dead tiefling’s potion. Once in position she flips up her visor like a Technic League plasma-welder and downs the tube’s contents, like her life depends on it.