Seeing that this is a fight about time, Alies speeds up time for all her compatriots!
The Acolytes finally attack, laying into Valrar and Dora with their longspears.
Valrar parries the Acolyte's attack and launches a devastating riposte, driving his rapier through the outsider's chest. It bleeds glowing mathematical symbols!
The other acolyte injures Dora twice with its spear, slamming into her right shoulder and left abdomen. Its icy aura of law does not harm her, though the spear itself does.
Vector suddenly appears behind Luna and attacks, slamming his powerful piston-driven legs into her stomach!
STATUS
Valrar - 136 (+11)/136 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Ambassador Paracletus) - 63(+11)/67 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Dora - 81/106 hp - Extended Heroism, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Rusty the Wolf) - 41/66 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Wynnreyell - 82/93 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Alie - 89(+5)/116 hp - Extended Mage Armor, Extended False Life, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Overland flight, Haste
Rurik - 177(+4)/177 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
UNWAVERING PATH ACOLYTES (A:70 damage - STAGGERED 1 round; B:75 damage)
VECTOR (257 damage) - Blur, Regenerating
Luna - 68/133 hp - Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste, EXHAUSTED
(David) - 26 damage, Haste
Luna threw up a protective dome of force just in time to counter Vector's attack.
Meanwhile, Valrar is done with being gentle. He deftly beats aside the Acolyte's spear and repeatedly slashes and stabs until the mighty creature of law can stand it no longer and fades to a mere mist of glowing numbers.
STATUS
Valrar - 136 (+11)/136 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Ambassador Paracletus) - 63(+11)/67 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Dora - 81/106 hp - Extended Heroism, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Rusty the Wolf) - 41/66 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Wynnreyell - 82/93 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Alie - 89(+5)/116 hp - Extended Mage Armor, Extended False Life, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Overland flight, Haste
Rurik - 177(+4)/177 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
UNWAVERING PATH ACOLYTES (B:75 damage)
VECTOR (257 damage) - Blur, Regenerating
Luna - 73(+18)/133 hp - Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste, Emergency Force Sphere - EXHAUSTED
(Luna's Emergency Force Sphere) - 111 hp remaining
(David) - 21 damage, Haste
David smashes into Vector from behind, crushing the mighty inevitable to the ground. Wynnreyell follows with a flurry of arrows that pincushion the time master. It does continue to regenerate, however.
Meanwhile, Dora and Rusty battle the final Acolyte, cutting it many times and finding its skin very difficult to harm.
TATUS
Valrar - 136 (+11)/136 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Ambassador Paracletus) - 63(+11)/67 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Dora - 81/106 hp - Extended Heroism, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Rusty the Wolf) - 41/66 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Wynnreyell - 82/93 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Alie - 89(+5)/116 hp - Extended Mage Armor, Extended False Life, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Overland flight, Haste
Rurik - 177(+4)/177 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
UNWAVERING PATH ACOLYTES (B:113 damage)
VECTOR (334 damage) - Blur, Regenerating - UNCONSCIOUS
Luna - 73(+18)/133 hp - Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste, Emergency Force Sphere - EXHAUSTED
(Luna's Emergency Force Sphere) - 111 hp remaining
(David) - 21 damage, Haste
Alie's horrid spurt of acid injures the Acolyte, but the outsider manages to spin out of the way of the worst of it at the last second!
"You fight against time and inevitability," says the Acolyte, in tones more of disapproval than of certainty. "Surrender to the truth!"
STATUS
Valrar - 136 (+11)/136 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Ambassador Paracletus) - 63(+11)/67 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Dora - 81/106 hp - Extended Heroism, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
(Rusty the Wolf) - 41/66 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Wynnreyell - 82/93 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
Alie - 89(+5)/116 hp - Extended Mage Armor, Extended False Life, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Overland flight, Haste
Rurik - 177(+4)/177 hp - Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste
UNWAVERING PATH ACOLYTES (B:130 damage)
VECTOR (334 damage) - Blur, Regenerating - UNCONSCIOUS
Luna - 73(+18)/133 hp - Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Heroes’ Feast, Planar Adaptation, Haste, Emergency Force Sphere - EXHAUSTED
(Luna's Emergency Force Sphere) - 111 hp remaining
(David) - 21 damage, Haste
COMBAT OVER!
With Vector's demise, Ranginori manifests fully into the chamber (see image in the map link). With a gesture, he takes back all the elemental energy he infused into you and sweeps up the shards of the Untouchable Opal. With a second gesture, he whisks all of you away to a ruined castle on the Elemental Plane of Air before any more enemies can arrive.
"My saviors. Much have I seen and heard yet I do not know even so much as your names. Tell them to me, that you may be remembered and that I may thank you properly."
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Rurik stands with his hammer resting on the floor before him. The holy symbol of Torag clearly visible upon the hammer head. He grips the hammers hilt with both hands as he speaks. "I am Venture Captain Rurik of the clan Delver from the Five Kings Mountains. No thanks is truly needed. There was a chance to set right a wrong done long before our time and we took that chance and got lucky enough to succeed."
Rurik looks at his companions as he finishes his brief statement. He gives his beard a stroke and turns back to look at Ranginori once more. He contemplates the significance of what they have accomplished here this day while listening to the other speak.
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Alie’s cheeks flush slightly as she gives her ‘formal’ title. ”I’m Dame Alie Saechel, known in some circles as ‘the Stormtamer,’l she smiles, thinking of her past misadventures aboard that one particular vessel. ”We are all members of the Pathfinder Society. And we are only too happy to have helped you gain freedom.”
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Dora likewise provides her introduction
”I am Dora. I have been called many things, and not all kind or true.
It was truly an experience and privilege to have been of assistance this day.
But you probably have far more knowledge of the significance of the events than we can know. Any pearls of wisdom you share will be well received.“
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Dora likewise provides her introduction with a deep bow.
”I am Dora. I have been called many things, and not all kind or true. Battle Herald of the Society and Oracle of Erastil. Most notable as a Champion of the Ruby Phoenix. All pale in comparison.
It was truly an experience and privilege to have been of assistance this day.
But you probably have far more knowledge of the significance of the events than we can know. Any pearls of wisdom you share will be well received.“
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Valrar steps up, looking interested but still overall his aloof self."Valrar the second, bearer of many ill-suited noble titles. More fitting are my accomplishments, such as the founding of the Two Matron's Lodge in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings. Freeing you seemed a worthy and difficult task, and one that would create still more change and conflict. Hopefully for both our betters."
When Wynn asks him his plans, Ranginori says "First, I will rebuild my realm here in the Plane of Air. Perhaps I can seek to free my entrapped brethren. Then , mortal lifetimes from now, perhaps some balance will return to the inner planes. But for now I have many enemies and I am not that strength which once shook the heavens. Even a god must at times be patient."
"The Pathfinder Society I owe many favors, and all shall be repaid. And you personally most of all. You I shall send rings of great power that will permit you to command the creatures of the air with my blessing."
CONCLUSION
Once the PCs have spoken with Ranginori, he gratefully returns them to Lodehollow, where he passes all but a few pieces of the Untouchable Opal to Sorrina Westyr for permanent and irrevocable burial in the darkest corners of the cosmos. The newly freed elemental lord then makes his first public appearance to the inhabitants of Lodehollow, promising that this monumental event shall be the first of many to come, for all creatures of the Elemental Planes must unite to stand against tyranny. The local oreads and shaitans struggle to make sense of quite what’s happening, but it’s clear that Ranginori has no intentions of remaining idle—perhaps the first kernel of truth to support Vector’s warning of chaos in the days to come. Even so, Sorrina assures the PCs that they’ve done the right thing.