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Mel tries pulling out the Everburning torch. If it makes enough light for him to see, he'll cast Fly on Quiella. If it makes no light, he'll then drink his potion of darkvision instead of casting the scroll.
Mel makes a mental note to ask the Doctor if it is possible to create a scroll with runes that are visible in darkness.... :P
Valik remains stationary while he continues to offer up helpful advice.
Melufiuos pulls out his Everburning Torch and the darkness invading the area dissipates. He uses his other hand to utilize a scroll to cast Fly on Quiella.
The drow leader attempts to cast defensively, but cannot concentrate with the bats around her and loses the spell.
Initiative (Round 3)
2 Fiendish Creatures {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [20 Damage; 25 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [Life link with Quiella]
Valik [35 Damage]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Vailis [51 Damage; 46 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella; Prone.]<= Up
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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Knowing he will not be able to survive another sneak attack, Vailis carefully reacts attempting to block the demon with a sheet of ice. The half-elf casts wall of ice trapping the northern corridor.
Once the ice protects him, and covering from the other demon behind Valik, Vailis stands up and steps back.
The augmented celestial dire bats keep flying around the drow and attacking it.
Vailis casts an Ice Wall that blocks off the northern fiend, then stands up and steps away from the other fiend.
Two of Vailis' summoned bats manage to bite the drow leader and, with their celestial nature, cause extra injury to the evil elf.
Zephyrus prepares his bombs with another extract to make them less splashy.
The red/black fiend behind the ice wall teleports to threaten the group once again, while the white/blue veined enemy first attempts to bite Valik, then moves back to attack with a longspear. None of these attacks come close to striking the prepared Monk.
Initiative (Round 4)
2 Fiendish Creatures {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Quiella [20 Damage; 25 on her turn] <= Up
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [Life link with Quiella]
Valik [35 Damage]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis [51 Damage; 46 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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Heccan, trying desperately to even the odds, attempts to magically alter one of the fiend's minds. A loud powerful voice from the darekend cave bellows to the reddish fiend.
"Your danger is great! Return to your native plane before you peril is fulfilled!"
School enchantment (compulsion) [language-dependent, mind-affecting]; Level bard 2, medium 2, mesmerist 2, occultist 3, psychic 2 sorcerer/wizard 3, witch 3; Domain charm 3; Subdomain corruption 2, devil (evil, law) 3, innuendo 3
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, M (a snake’s tongue and a honeycomb)
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one living creature
Duration 1 hour/level or until completed
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
You influence the actions of the target creature by suggesting a course of activity (limited to a sentence or two). The suggestion must be worded in such a manner as to make the activity sound reasonable. Asking the creature to do some obviously harmful act automatically negates the effect of the spell.
The suggested course of activity can continue for the entire duration. If the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends when the subject finishes what it was asked to do. You can instead specify conditions that will trigger a special activity during the duration. If the condition is not met before the spell duration expires, the activity is not performed.
A very reasonable suggestion causes the save to be made with a penalty (such as -1 or -2).
Quiella moves towards the sounds of bats while hovering 5 feet off the ground. She also takes a moment to heal herself.
As Heccan begins to cast a spell, the fiend evidently can see him and makes an attack of opportunity that misses. Then, perhaps more frustratingly, the red-veined creature seems to mentally resist Heccan's Suggestion spell. Indeed, afterwards the Sorcerer hears inside his head, 'You'll die next.'.
The male drow rubs his eyes in vain to make the blind go away as he stumbles to the south.
Initiative (Round 4)
2 Fiendish Creatures {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [9 Damage; 14 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Valik [35 Damage] <= Up
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis [46 Damage; 41 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
Valik and Melufiuos move into a flank formation around the red/black enemy. Valik punches the fiend in the head which injuries the creature, but does not stun it. After striking the creature, Valik finds a small chemical burn on his hand from the acid on the enemy's skin.
Melufiuos casts Mirror Image to give him some additional protection from the fiends and hits the red/black creature with his rapier. The creature both resists most of the damage of the rapier attack and appears completely immune to the electricity of his Shocking Grasp spell.
The Drow leader concentrates for a moment and the entire area around her turns dark once again. With their blindsenses, the bats can tell she moves down, then to the east.
Initiative (Round 4)
2 Fiendish Creatures {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [9 Damage; 14 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [3 Images; Life link with Quiella]
Valik [36 Damage]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Vailis [46 Damage; 41 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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Observing the new born darkness Vailis comments dull "Ugh, remind me to pack a daylight oil on next expedition..."
The half-elf casts haste empowering his companions around, but unable to reach Quiella.
The augmented celestial dire bats sense the drow moving away and pin point its new location thanks to their echosense. They clumsily fly towards and attempt to find it with their bites in the middle of the darkness.
Melufiuos recognize these creatures as Babau demons. He remembers they are resistant to damage that isn't cold iron or good and also resist acid, cold, and fire.
Zephyrus attempts to acrobatically escape an opportunity attack as he moves, but isn't quite nimble enough and he gets stabbed by a longspear for his efforts.
The doctor then tosses a bomb at the same enemy that hit him and it becomes awash in flames. It resists some of the fire, but not the majority.
Vailis casts Haste on the group with the exception of Quiella, while his bats use their blind senses to pinpoint the location of the drow leader. The drow leader does make a successful opportunity attack on the red bat as it moves forward.
The bats then attack the drow leader, with the first and second taking large bites out of her.
The blue/white babau moves into a flank with the other demon and attacks Melufiuos with a claw that makes it past his images to hit. The red/black enemy then attacks Mel with a claw and bite that also hit despite his extra images. To make matters worse, the bite is a critical hit that drops Melufiuos dead.
Initiative (Round 5)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Quiella [9 Damage; 19 on her turn] <= Up
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [Dead 70 Damage (-22 HP). 3 Images; Life link with Quiella]
Valik [36 Damage]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [11 Damage; 6 on Quiella's turn. 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis [46 Damage; 41 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
Heccan steps back and casts another Glitterdust spell on the demons. The Red/Black fiend seems unaffected, but the Blue/White babau is blinded.
Quiella uses a wand to strengthen her defenses as she flies back to the edge of the darkness to aid against the demons
The blinded drow with the crossbow stumbles forward five more feet, before finally overcoming his Glitterdust blindness.
Initiative (Round 5)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [19 Damage; 29 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Melufiuos [Dead 70 Damage (-22 HP). 3 Images; Life link with Quiella]
Valik [36 Damage] <= Up
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [6 Damage; 1 on Quiella's turn. 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis [41 Damage; 36 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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Valik’s mouth drops as he sees his friend collapse in a pool of his own blood. Tears start to form, but he stifles them back as he knows that now is not the time for sadness, as his life is in perilous danger as well.
He lashes out twice towards the enemy before him, while choking out inspiring words.
Valik attacks the red babau with a flurry of blows, with the second attack hitting and doing full damage.
"One elf dead, killed when a demonic longspear pieced his heart." The drow leader says clinically from her position hidden in the darkness. She then casts a spell and the red and green bats get doused in flames. The red bat is destroyed by the divine fire, while green is merely hurt. Afterwards, the drow moves away five feet.
Initiative (Round 5)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [19 Damage; 29 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Valik [36 Damage]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [6 Damage; 1 on Quiella's turn. 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Vailis [41 Damage; 36 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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"Mel!!!!!" Vailis shouts desperate as the elf falls down. Noticing the defense of the rear line depends on the now badly injured Valik, the half-elf tries to find bravery and casts infernal healing then steps to the front to touch the valiant monk as he focuses to block one attack after the other.
Vailis then retrieves his wand of healing.
The remaining bats follow the flying drow guided by their special senses, and inspired by Valik's words, attempt to bite deep on her.
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The body of the magus lies there perfectly still, except for an occasional twitch (as is common for freshly dead things), his lifeless eyes staring into the abyss. The dark red pool around him grows slowly. As there is no beating heart to pump the blood, it just seeps gently out of his veins and into the earth. It would be an almost peaceful scene if not for the fierce struggle for life going on around him.
Vailis casts Infernal Healing on Valik, while his bats move up to the drow leader and make two bite attempts that miss.
Zephyrus then fires three arrows at the red babau, but they all also miss.
Although still blinded, the white/blue babau makes a longspear attack against Quiella that does not hit. Afterwards, its vision appears to return.
The red/black enemy steps back and attempts to hurt Valik with its weapon, but both of its attacks miss.
Initiative (Round 6)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Quiella [19 Damage; 29 on her turn] <= Up
Drow Minion {No Border}
Valik [40 Damage; Infernal Healing 9 Rds. left]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [6 Damage; 1 on Quiella's turn. 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis [41 Damage; 36 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
Quiella strikes the blue/white babau with her greatsword, injuring it for the first time with a weapon. Afterwards, she heals herself.
Heccan pulls out a Runestone of Power to cast a Magic Missile spell at the blue/white babau. The spell hits, damaging the demon further.
The male drow moves into a flank with the blue/white babau as he drops his crossbow and draws a rapier. He then proceeds to attack Quiella and completely misses.
Initiative (Round 6)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [13 Damage; 18 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Valik [39 Damage; Infernal Healing 8 Rds. left] <= Up
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 HP Damage; 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis/Bats [36 Damage; 31 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
Valik makes a series of punches at the Babau next to him, hitting with his third strike. He fortunately pulls his hand away in time to avoid getting it coated in acid.
From her dark shelter the drow leader casts a spell, touches the blue bat with it, and instantly kills the summoned creature. "Celestial Bat's life force snuffed out with the powers of the Abyss." She adds clinically afterwards.
Initiative (Round 6)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [13 Damage; 18 on her turn]
Drow Minion {No Border}
Valik [39 Damage; Infernal Healing 8 Rds. left]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 HP Damage; 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Vailis/Bat [36 Damage; 31 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
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Vailis coughs in pain as he feels another of his creatures being instantly slain by the priestess "Quick! She is almost done with the bats!"
Observing Quiella's bad situation, Vailis produces a small shovel miniature and says arcane words casting create pit under the feet of the demons, trying to force them break up the flank and maybe making them lose some time They will teleport like they did before, but this might build some time for us...
Meanwhile, the last bat valiantly faces the priestess.
Zephyrus continues to fire a barrage of arrows at the red/black enemy, with only the first arrow hitting its mark this time.
Vailis casts a spell creating an extradimensional pit under the demons' feet. Surprised by the tactic, the red babau fails to jump out of the way and falls to the bottom. Blue, however, manages to hop away.
The remaining bat attempts to take another bite out of the drow leader, but misses her despite its advanced senses.
The red babau stands up, then teleports himself right in the center of the arcane characters to the north. Meanwhile, the blue babau bites at Quiella, then steps back 5 feet to attack her twice with his longspear. All three attacks miss the well-protected gnome.
Initiative (Round 7)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella] <= Up
Quiella [13 Damage; 18 on her turn] <= Up
Drow Minion {No Border}
Valik [39 Damage; Infernal Healing 8 Rds. left]
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 HP Damage; 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis/Bat [36 Damage; 31 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves
Quiella attacks the blue babau twice, hitting once with her first attack.
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Heccan, exhausted and struggling as if in agony, summons the last of his arcane energy. Being mindful of the fiend that just appeared a mere few feet from his location, and the fiends deadly long spear, he tries to aid Quiella with his last bit of power. He spies the drow minion and unleashes a spell, sending two scorching rays at the drow lackey.
School evocation [fire]; Level sorcerer/wizard 2
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect one or more rays
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
You blast your enemies with a searing beam of fire. You may fire one ray, plus one additional ray for every four levels beyond 3rd (to a maximum of three rays at 11th level). Each ray requires a ranged touch attack to hit and deals 4d6 points of fire damage. The rays may be fired at the same or different targets, but all rays must be aimed at targets within 30 feet of each other and fired simultaneously.
Heccan casts a Scorching Ray spell that hits the nearby male drow twice, with the second being a critical strike. With the damage he took earlier from Zephyrus' bomb, the drow falls unconscious on the ground.
Initiative (Round 7)
2 Babau demons {Red, Blue Borders}
Heccan [Life link with Quiella]
Quiella [18 Damage; 23 on her turn]
Valik [38 Damage; Infernal Healing 7 Rds. left] <= Up
Drow Leader {Purple Border}
Zephyrus [1 HP Damage; 1 Con Damage. Life link with Quiella]
Vailis/Bat [31 Damage; 26 on Quiella's turn. Life link with Quiella]
Group Effects
Inspire Courage: +2 to rolled attacks/damage, Fear and Charm saves