Vandomir commences to launch arrows at the succubus...
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Rexandi flings a web bolt at the glistening succubus, hoping that this will slow her down a bit.
Aster casts another quick liberating command on Abbo.
Bazzle tosses a dagger through the vines, but given that he's yet to even see the succubus, he really has no idea what he's aiming at. His best guess is to throw just ahead of where Abbo is fighting. He lets the dagger fly, and surprisingly, he hears a yell of pain! And it isn't Abbo! But it also is a man's yell, so it wasn't the succubus.
[ooc]might be the vines? The blurb on the place says they offer total concealment from anyone greater than 15 feet away.[/b]"
Aster starts casting a summoning spell.
Abbo steps forwards, getting to the end of his so-called leash. He tries to struggle free, but the vines have him wrapped up firmly. Aster quickly frees Abbo with another casting of one of Milani's preferred spells. Vandomir looses two arrows, with the first being a clear miss. The second hits its mark, but Vandomir notices that it barely scratches the demon.
Xyl the succubus says something in a foreign language.
"Ostovites, go get your chariots and join this fight for real."
Bazzle crouches along the south wall and moves in the direction that Abbo went.
A celestial spider the size of a man appears next to the succulen--horrible demon witch and takes a snap at her with its jaws. Poorly but it is just a spider after all, but a spider does not find the thing attractive, no not one bit.
Aster then uses her magic to attempt to take away that whip she is carrying.
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Though Bazzle is quite sneaky, the succubus is very hard to fool. "I can see your aura Baby. Don't worry, I like short men too."
Aster summons Anansi, the Celestial Spider into combat. Anansi immediately smites the succubus and tries to bite her. Xyl quickly dodges out of the way. Aster tries to pilfer the whip out of Xyl's grasp, but Xyl grasps the hilt firmly.
Rexandi moves closer, but the vines continue to obscure her vision. In an effort to get vision of the succubus, she double moves.
During her dance, the succubus strikes a pose, and a blast of fire shoots out in every direction. Anansi is reduced to ash and dust, while Abbo and Rexandi get a pretty bad burn.
Xyl says "Are you sure you can handle this?" Before walking further into the lair, her hands held to the back of her head as she struts away.
The ostovites swim deeper into the lair, abandoning the fight. The vines try to wrap around Aster and Vandomir, but both of them simply ignore the attack.
Abbo, Rexandi, and Bazzle look down the flight of mossy stairs to see the succubus walking towards an open set of double doors. Inside stands a Tiefling, covered from head to hoof in ornate plate armour. A magical shield floats around him.
Vandomir continues his assault on the succubus...
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Crit confirm...
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Aster moves forward and touches Abbo "She is rather irritating isn't she?" a whispered prayer later a lot of his burns dissappear.
Vandomir's second shot arcs down the stairs to hit Xyl mid-torso. The shot seems to have only a minor effect, but Xyl gasps dramatically. Immediately she says "Baru! Are you gonna let them do this to me?"
"No, my Love!" The heavily armoured man shouts, and his eyes start to glow red behind his helmet.
Aster casts a healing spell over Abbo, taking care of the majority of his wounds.
Bazzle pulls out the Crack of Lightning and takes a shot at the new armored guy.
Having pushed through some of the mass of... whatever stuff... to try to reach the succubus, Rexandi's definitely feeling the burn from the various attacks and decides to relieve some of her own wounds.
Abbo charges the succubus, not knowing any better... Still in his Shikigami Style.
If he hits, we will try to disarm her.
Though Bazzle's attack does nothing against the new guy, Bazzle does realize that the man's armour is an illusion. He's wearing chainmail, not full-plate. Rexandi heals her wounds, while Abbo charges in.
Abbo charges forwards, but suddenly, the heavily armoured man rushes in to intercept the charge. He yells "I'll protect her with my life!" And he does so, because Abbo's shovel brains him over the head so hard that blood shoots out from the wound, as well as a fragment of skull (which is done through his helmet, so obviously it's an illusion). The man collapses on the ground, bleeding out terribly.
The succubus doesn't even flinch, but rather smiles. She moves back a bit and tries to trip Abbo with her whip. Abbo hops over like a jumprope, but then she manages to strike him once to inflict a minor wound.
The Ostovites continue to swim away. Meanwhile, the vines continue their attack. Rexandi gets entangled in the vines, but Aster disbelieves it. In truth, Aster can see that Rexandi is actually caught on one of the hooks dangling from the ceiling. The more Rexandi struggles, the more likely she'll be caught on more hooks.
Abbo holds a bit before moving - particularly, since he's hurt, he waits for his companions to see if any new healing is coming.
Once his companions acted, then, the hurt brawler moves ahead. As moves, he dances, trying to feint against the enemy.
He wants to pass directly by her, and position himself after the demon. He will tumble as he doesn't know if he feinting worked.
Finally, as he stops, he will try to attack her with his shovel.
Late but not least, in the unlikelihood that he actually succeeds to hit her despite his weak swing, he will try to disarm her.
.Vandomir keeps firing arrows at Xyl...
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"I really don't want to get close to... IT... but..." the oracle gestures to Rexi to help her get unhooked. then she rushes forward to help flank with Abbo.
Xyl isn't fooled by Abbo's zigzagging. She strikes back with a lash of her tail, which although does very little to hurt Abbo, gives him an odd sense. He kind of enjoyed the snap of the tail lash, and he'd kind of like to feel that again.
Turning around, Abbo strikes hard against Xyl with the end of his shovel. It's a strong hit, but as Vandomir has been learning, the damage is minimal. The attempt to disarm her is thwarted, however.
Though Xyl's dancing has been slower and less difficult to hit, Vandomir still has to contend with the vines (ropes). His arrows get through the tangles, skipping just over the top of the stairway to hit Xyl down below. Both shots meet their mark, each dealing middling damage. Aster hobbles down the stairs as best she can, in an attempt to help Abbo flank. Her spell to free Rexandi succeeds.
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Bazzle rushes down the stairs and slinks into place next to Abbo.
Rexandi struggles with the vines, thinking that they must be writhing about to grab her, which is why she can't get away, when the liberating command spell once again pops her free. She does her best to keep making her way down with the team to support Abbo and the other against the succubus, though she knows she has little to add.
Assuming she can see Xyl, she tries to throw a misfortune hex on the demon.
Bazzle slides down the banister for some extra speed, before moving right into melee. Rexandi targets Xyl with a hex, but Xyl seems unaffected.
The succubus giggles and says "You smart little mortals. You're trying to flank me." She slaps Abbo with her tail, which hurts so bad it stings. "But not this time. I'll play with you more in a bit."
Suddenly, there's a burst of flame, and where Xyl once stood is nothing but a scorch mark.
"The crazy wench will be back on us soon. We past a Dottari. When his charm where's off. He is going to go for help!"
"So shank him and let's see if we can get rid of the charm on the priest of Milani. Once he's freed he'd probably help us!"
Bazzle smiles . . . "Well yeah." He moves in the direction of the Dottari.
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With no obvious targets to shoot, Vandomir surveys their status...
I see Rex is injured, no one remains grappled, right? Anyone else injured? If it is only Rex, I'll move to her and heal her.