The cannon hums, deep and reverberating, as it draws more energy. It could only fire once every 6 seconds, so Radsworth gained a little altitude. Observing the situation, he is pleased. Another likely route for the fierce ones.
At this point he conserves spell-power, pleased with how well everything fell into place.
Marcus makes a moue of disappointment as the Shoggoth shrugs off his fire.
"Completely forgot about that pesky fire resistance, must be slipping."
Marcus shrugs and drifts down a bit closer.
He hits a Gug with the mental urge to attack its nearest ally.
Sieg grins as two Gugs close in on him.
He grabs one by a leg and swings him at the other.
Confirm claw crit on Derrik fails....
Confirm claw crit on Mikey fails....
Confirm claw crit on Mikey fails....
Confirm bite crit on Sieg for damage....
Will save vs murderous command succeeds! The gug resists the urge to murder his fellow gug....just as Sieg shoots at its legs, snatching a hairy limb and using the gug as a club to bludgeon his fellow gug!
Both take 30 damage....
The sickened shantaks make withdraw actions from the FOs and fly up into the starry sky, evidently intent on waiting out their sickness before engaging in combat....
Derrik's armor plate lets the attack run from his body like rain, barely feeling the insignificant attacks. He approaches both of the Gugs like a Harbinger of Death and Destruction.
Dawnbringer and Excalibur carve into the first Gug leaving a cross pattern in the chest much like the enemy before. Runic etching appearing as his entire body and weapons Glow , the next three strikes empowered by his divine might.
Blood and gore paint his armor as Derrik seeks to eviscerate the next Gug, slowly cutting a swath down into the various Gugs and Cultists.
Two more gugs topple before Derrik's relentless onslaught!
Scootchy bootchy!!
Jones!
Derrik!
Mikey Jay!
Cultists!
Radsworth!
Marcus!
Daisy!
Sieg!
Koran!
Shantaks!
Yingzen!
Al'Torac!
Eeeeeek! Squeaaaaak!
The last of the cultists suddenly turn and scatter, fleeing in different directions down the mountainside, and taking withdraw actions and evasive maneuvers to avoid AoOs....
The shantaks also recognize a superior force, and fly further away in the cold night sky....
I guess we showed them what's what.... Should we go inside their glow-in-the-dark club-house-from-space?
MJ glances with a little trepidation at the towering green crystal fortress....
What about the innocents? Shouldn't we get them to safety?
Oh, yeah, right....
Koran looks at the fleeing cultists for a moment and smiles. He dives down at the nearest one and proceeds to mow them down until none are left.
Derrik Heals himself after the chaos had died down and seeked the condition of the innocents during all that fire and lightning; He wanted to register their condition and if they knew anything upon awaking
" Daisy.. Get down here and tend to the wounded..Someone get on Koran just in case he goes Wild.. I don't want the innocents becoming a target by mistake. "
Derrik healing one upon the alter, his mind still full of the raging battle he just received.
Daisy comes to ground by the altar and channels, healing all within 30 ft (including the innocents) of hp....
Mikey helps Koran hunt down the fleeing cultists, cutting them down with the Sword of Sif or shoving them off the mountain to fall to their deaths in deep mountain ravines....
A few minutes later, Koran and Mikey return from hunting down and slaying the fleeing cultists, and Daisy has returned the four innocents to consciousness.... They are groggy and bewildered, apparently having been sedated in some fashion....
They've been drugged or enchanted into a stupor.... I don't think we'll get much info from these poor souls.... Should we take them to Alfheim?
Strangely, the ramp remains down and the huge doorway open.... And no reinforcements seem to be forthcoming.... Though a faint vibration or humming seems to reverberate throughout the massive green crystal edifice....
Mikey looks at the humming crystal fortress and it's open doorway for a long moment....
Imitating Admiral Ackbar: It's a trap!
He scratches his back with the crossbars of the Sword of Sif....
Somebody wants us to go in there.... Then that ramp is gonna snap shut like the jaws of doom, and we'll find outselves in an interstellar Thunderdome....
Imitating Mr Spock: If we don't fight, Jim.... They will kill us....
yingzen moves carefully to the ramp and looks out over
The base of the green crystal fortress is approximately 200 ft in diameter. The upper towers and central dome atop the crystal reach a height of some 500 ft. The ramp and doorway are both 20-ft-wide-by-30-ft-long/high. A pale green luminescence glows throughout the green crystal, and the humming vibration causes the spiny projections of crystal to subtly quiver, giving the entire edifice a blurred, dreamlike appearance....
Yingzen detects arcane glyphs suggesting teleportation magic etched in discreet places on facets of the crystalline walls just inside the doorway, on a 20-ft-wide-by-30-ft-high hallway leading up a 25-degree incline some 30 ft before opening into a brightly-lit chamber beyond....
Rad looks at the survivors and seems to be in thoughts. A calculated measuring of the value of spellpower expended versus a need to immediately remove a civilian from danger.
He relents finally, and nods to Daisy.
"I'll take them."
A few moments later, Rad and the survivors blink into nothingness and.... all are delivered back safely to Alfhiem.
Shortly after, Rad leaves the survivors and safely back to the FO's. He would need to conserve Mythic Power at this point to get them all back home.
Looking up and down the green tower, he considers it carefully.
Finally, he looks at the magic coming from the tower, and tries to guess as to any effects it might have on them.
Radsworth determines that the crystal fortress is of extraplanar origin, imbued with magics pertaining to extradimensional and interstellar travel, and buttressed by magics that increase it's durability....
there are some glaphs up there,everyone hang here while I take care of them yingzen slowly walks towards the glyphs
Yingzen carefully fills the etched glyphs with an alchemical puddy formulated for the purpose, rendering the magical teleport trap inert....
torac paces around on edge, eager for battle
From somewhere within the green crystal fortress comes a long, low whistling or hooting call of indeterminate origin, lasting several seconds before tapering off.... About ten seconds later, it is repeated....
Derrik watches with heightened senses as he approaches the entrance. He was fairly uharmed and would be the best in case something happened to the person who entered the sound upsetting to him only due to the fact he was not aware of its origin.
" We don't want to keep the master of this place waiting. Let us be respectful guests. Let us give them the Fierce Ones' Blessing " as he walks into the entrance after Yingzen disabled the beginning trap
Herr Mikey, I am eternally grateful to mein vatter for forcing me to vatch many English shows... Otherwise I may never understand vat you are saying...
The doctor looked around, Before ve proceed, is everyone ok? I am a doctor after all.
Before following the others inside, Allison shores up her defenses casting corruption resistance and false life .
Fly
Mirror Image (5 remaining)
Aura of Doom
Corruption Resistance (15 points of protection)
False Life (13 temp HP)
MJ follows Derrik up the ramp and into the corridor....
Daisy follows the others into the crystal fortress....
I learned much of what I know about the world from watching TV.... I know, scary....
MJ winks at Dr Jones.....
Radsworth follows as well, keeping close track of time remaining on his functioning spells.
About ten minutes due to Koran and MJ hunting cultists, Radsworth teleporting innocents to Alfheim and returning, Yingzen disarming teleport trap, et cetera.....
Once all of the FOs have entered the corridor, the ramp quickly raises, sealing them within the green crystal fortress, just as Mikey half-jokingly predicted! Suddenly, the slightly inclined corridor pitches violently and swiftly, the end nearest the now-sealed entrance rising to form a slide that deposits the FOs rather suddenly in a 30-ft-diameter domed chamber at the far end!
Reflex saves or Acrobatics checks vs DC 20 can be made to avoid landing prone at the end of the slide!
An instant later, there is a brief flash of green light, and all can attempt a DC 30 Will save to avoid teleporting (at the risk of possibly getting split up)....
MJ decides to forgo a saving throw....
See!? Thunderdome....
Acrobatics .... Mikey lands on his feet....
SHIIIITTT!!!!
Reflex save
Daisy lands prone.... She forgoes a Will save, not wanting to possibly divide the party....
Derrik relies on his reflexes as his legs were not quite ready to leap correctly.
" Are we Mad Max then..? "
The FOs find themselves in the center of a vast arena, circular in shape, approximately 140 ft in diameter, enclosed within 30-ft-high walls of glossy black mineral, with an apparently open top under a starry sky above....
Above and beyond the surrounding walls are tiers on which what must be some three-hundred or more spectators are seated.... Spectators of a great variety of monstrous and humanoid species, of all shapes and sizes!
It appears that Mikey Jay might have guessed correctly!
A terrible, alien roar erupts from the motley crowd of spectators!
The largest of the spectators are three titanic horrors that must tower over 30 ft tall when standing, are of bipedal form, with heads like massive octopuses, dragon-like wings, rubbery green hides, and clawed hands.... They sit together in a massive balcony projecting over one side of the arena, an apparent seat of honor....