+ = 33
Allison and her 5 duplicates gesture in sync and as a complex hypnotizing pattern of alien light flies forth nauseating the Argus.
+ = 26
Initiative
Will save vs DC 16 frightful presence
Initiative
Will save vs DC 16 frightful presence plus surge succeeds....
You think you can stand against the FIERCE ONES beast?! Today you meet your end!
Koran's eyes blaze and he opens his jaws in a terrifying roar. A string of some demonic language fills the room.
The argus has constant true seeing, so the illusionary veil has no effect on the giant!
The argus stomps forth 15 ft, bringing it within reach of the FOs' front line, and swipes at Koran with its massive claw , dealing slashing damage.... Grab ....snatching the giant tiefling up in a vice-like grip, and constricting for more damage! (50 total damage!)
Drop him, you big, ugly bastard!!
MJ 5-ft steps up to the argus and unleashes a speedy flurry of blows....
Speedy powerful furiously focused Sword of Sif deals slashing plus holy plus acid and electricity damage.... Confirm for critical slashing damage!
Speedy powerful furiously focused Sword of Sif deals slashing plus holy plus acid and electricity damage....
Speedy powerful furiously focused Sword of Sif misses....
Speedy powerful furiously focused Sword of Sif deals slashing plus holy plus acid and electricity damage.... Confirm fails to crit....
The argus' grip on Koran relaxes as it collapses in a gargantuan heap, groaning out a long, final breath.... A spreading pool of dark blood leaks from the three fatal gashes in its carcass....
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.... And the more they bleed....
Well congratulations, the six Dr. Jones said as they walked to the key, More blood has been shed for our cause, but hopefully it was the right thing to do.
They grabbed the key and proceeded to unlock the door for the next area.
As Allison unlocks the door and it slowly swings in into another torchlit hall, 60 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 30 ft high, a pair of monstrous arachnoid shapes can be seen about 30 ft down the hall!
The large, crab-like horrors hiss and begin to scuttle toward the FOs!
DC 24 Knowledge (planes) to identify these monsters....
Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
"I believe the saddest part is that since Mikey killed the Argus, his death was pointless."
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"Strange creatures."
Strange doesn't cover the half of it... They are creatures born of painful, violent deaths. The products of insanity who now live to only seek carnage. It would be a kindness to put them down and save them from this existence... the six Allisons say in solemn unison.
The Allisons cast Mythic Color Spray on the Derghodaemons .
DC 24 Will save or knocked unconscious, blinded, and stunned for rounds, then blinded and stunned for rounds, then stunned for 1 round.
Will save vs DC 24 mythic color spray
Will save vs DC 24 mythic color spray
Both daemons collapse to the hallway floor!
Sieg walks over to one and bashes its skull in, assuming there are no other threats.
"Simple enough."
One derghodaemon is knocked unconscious for rounds, the other for rounds....
Koran crosses to the other daemon and crushes it's skull. He nods respectfully at Sieg.
Good job again, Dr Jones.... Your magic is making this Hall of Trials a lot easier than I expected!
MJ grins approvingly at Allison before joining Sieg and Koran to thrust the Sword of Sif into each derghodaemon's corpse a few times, to be sure they are both dead....
As the FOs begin moving past the dead daemons to proceed into the next area, they hear the familiar buzzing voice of the talking fly again....
Huzzah, brave heroes! Truly, thou art formidable! But the next trial will test thy sense of humor! The next trial is called.... The Trial of the Dour Dwarf! In the next area, a dour and humorless old dwarf sits in a chair. Thou must make this humorless old dwarf laugh to open the door to the next area! How this daunting task is accomplished is left to thee, whether with jests, or tickles, or spectacles hilarious.... Good luck, heroes!
The fly buzzes ahead to the east, where the corridor opens into another vast chamber, 50-ft-square, with 50-ft-high ceiling, lit by torches. The chamber is empty except for an ornately carved oak chair with high back and armrests, in which an elderly, long-bearded dwarf with a grumpy expression sits, arms folded across his chest.... He glowers at the FOs as they enter....
The dour dwarf looks at the FOs as they enter....
Harumph!
OOC: A successful DC 30 Performance (comedy) or Charisma check will make the dour dwarf laugh, or grappling and pinning him (CMD 36) represents a successful tickle. A hideous laughter spell would also work.
Koran unleashes his inner cub upon the dour dwarf. Leaping across the room on all fours he tackles the dwarf out of his chair like a playful lion and tickles him ruthlessly until he laughs.
Aaaah! Get yer paws off me, you...
The dour dwarf tries to escape.... Grapple .... And succeeds!
You'll need to grapple him and then pin him (a second successful grapple check).... Obviously, it won't be easy--the dour dwarf is a skilled grappler himself!
Haha! Get 'im, Koran!
MJ chuckles at the sight of Koran wrestling and tickling the angry-looking dwarf....
Oh I thought it was only one. In that case I will use amazing initiative to pin him in the same round.
S-stop that! HAHA! HAHAHA!! Dammit!
As the dour dwarf breaks down in laughter, the door in the east wall swings open! Success!
Another torchlit hall runs 60 ft east to the next area, an exceptionally vast chamber, 80-ft square, with a high ceiling (80 ft) lost in shadows....
Torches in the corners and at 20-ft intervals along the north and south walls light this vast chamber, which has an ominous, beastly odor in the air....
The talking fly speaks: Now thou hast come to the final trial, bold heroes.... The Trial of Combat Dire! Good luck!
A terrible demoness with the upper body of a six-armed, horned woman with glowing red eyes on a long serpentine lower body brandishes six wicked blades and hisses as the FOs approach.... She is not alone....
Initiative
Location: Near the chamber's center, about 40 ft east of the entrance....
A towering, four-armed, canine-headed demon with monstrous pincers on two arms and wicked claws on the other two growls and slavers....
Initiative
Location: About 20 ft north of the marilith....
Finally, a huge, grossly obese, ape-like demon chuckles evilly at the FOs as they enter the vast chamber....
Initiative
Location: About 20 ft south of the marilith....
Initiative result 25
Initiative result 18
Koran releases the laughing dwarf and immediately resumes his usual angry quiet habits.
Dr Jones recognizes the nalfeshnee and the glabrezu as greater demons of the Abyss, and can guess as much about the marilith, but knows little else of their powers....
Sieg!
Daisy!
Allison!
Nalfeshnee!
Yingzen!
Koran!
Mikey!
Glabrezu!
Marilith!
TBD: al'Torac! Derrik! Radsworth!
Eeeeeek! Eeeeeek!
Daisy attempts to dismiss the glabrezu back to the Abyss....
Caster check vs glabrezu's SR just makes it....
Back to the stinking pit you came from, foul demon!
Will save vs DC 21 dismissal succeeds!
No, mortal b!~&~! I think I'll stay awhile and feast on your pretty entrails! Muahahaha!!
Sieg sizes up the crab clawed demon.
"I'll hold its arms while one of you punches it in the gut?" he says, and gives a small chuckle.
He sprints over to it and leaps onto the creature, grabbing it and slamming it to the ground, then attempting to pin it and do the same again.
The glabrezu is grappled and pinned by Sieg, but proves difficult to slam into the ground.... Only the final attack is successful, dealing 21 damage after DR....
The first surge is not necessary (CMD 34)....
Fort save vs DC 18 succeeds....