The Avalon Chronicles

Game Master lynora

I feel incompetent now.

*Hums*

Gustav was puzzled as the new students appeared to be fighting the weres. Body and paper flew against claw and tooth. Manifesting Force Screen first to raise his AC (to 30), the black-haired boy considered his options. He couldn't get close enough to do Emphatic Transfer. No crystals to do Bend Reality. He wasn't allowed to cut loose with Energy Wave or Disintegration. Astral Constructs, Energy Walls, Wall of Ectoplasm, Ectoplasmic Shamblers - all were useless in such tight quarters. Ah. Gustav knew a power that could strike precisely on enemies alone, leaving friendies unhurt. Smiling, Gustav began staring at each lycan in turn, including clusters of them, doing what nonlethal but aggressive damage he could.

Gustav began singing in a low bass, almost under his breath. Invisible force bubbles the size of tennis balls began exploding soundlessly on the lycans' hides.

(Concussion Blast, 9 pp each, 4d6 nonlethal damage, 4 targets at a time that are no more than 15 feet apart, targeting those on Jeran Darkclaw and closest to Gustav first. Since he can target 4 at a time, Gustav will overlap the non-lethal damage as possible.)

"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" 4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 4, 4) = 17 nonlethal
"Nobody knows my sorrow" 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 2) = 16 nonlethal
"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 1, 5) = 12 nonlethal
"Glory hallelujah!" 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 5) = 18 nonlethal

"Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 3, 6) = 20 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 2, 2) = 13 nonlethal
"Sometimes I'm almost to the ground" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 6) = 20 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 2) = 10 nonlethal

"Although you see me going 'long so" 4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 4, 6) = 16 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 4) = 18 nonlethal
"I have my trials here below" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 3, 5) = 14 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 1) = 9 nonlethal

"If you get there before I do" 4d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 6, 3) = 17 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 6) = 16 nonlethal
"Tell all-a my friends I'm coming too" 4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 6) = 17 nonlethal
"Oh, yes, Lord" 4d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 2) = 10 nonlethal

(I.e., one to four of them are getting 243 nonlethal force damage, if one falls move onto the next.)

Fei gets some solid hits in against the totem spirit. It smiles at him. He gets the impression that the damage he did was only a small fraction of its health.

Fei once again does nothing to avoid the blows from the totem spirit, taking every hit it lays against him and absorbing the energy.

As it slips past him and hits Jeran again (who is subsequently healed by Oneiro), the young monk yells out over the din:

"Jeran, if you cannot hurt this creature, then focus your efforts on the woman who caused all of this! I will keep it occupied!"

Finally getting into the flow of battle, only one of Jim's punches manages to connect with the whirlwind of attacks that is Ta'Su. Eyes flash as injuries heal by themselves.

Renewed Vigor:5d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 4, 1) + 3 = 19
Regernerating Vigor(Gain Fast Healing 2)

Not seeming to care or even notice, he continues his battle dance, intent on slashing and cutting into Jim.

Fort vs Hoarfrost:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

5 hits from Phaz's projectile statues, 3 explosions, 1 at full power. Ouch
1d20 ⇒ 7
1d20 ⇒ 3
1d20 ⇒ 17
1d20 ⇒ 15
1d20 ⇒ 6

31d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 2, 5, 2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 2, 5, 6, 3, 1, 6, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 3) = 105

If it weren't for the fact he was already in a corner, the mage would have been thrown across the room from the sheer power of the 3 exploding statues. It still does not stop the pain that courses through his body though.

"Ta'Su, we're leaving *bloody cough* it's too late to break them all in time anyway." Managing not to cough up blood again, Mage casts a spell that makes both vanish.

DC 21 Spellcraft: Getaway

Dang it. You left while I was confirming my crit.

"45 seconds and counting. I love that even when you were breaking the statues you simply added more power to the rest. So, who wants to party after the world ends, hmm?"

Using a device of Telekinesis to throw statues from one wall at statues onto another, 15 at a time, if Ta'Su is disengaging. He'll also order his homunculus to sstart throwing statues out of his chest cavity.

Ryleh grounded herself within the enchantments of Agartha, deep in the earth underneath her. They weren't as strong as they used to be, but there had been only her to maintain them for so long. She tried to do as her grandfather taught her, but it was meant to be a group ritual. She pulled in Aananda, Ephebe, and James into a link with her, using Vai, Krays, Tamrin, and Fieri as anchors to keep them all anchored within their bodies. She sent her consciousness into the wards towards the building energy, pulling the others along with her and using their strength to help her try to dissipate the energy.

Gustav's efforts are definitely hampering the lycans. Three of them are bludgeoned into unconsciousness.

Jeran looks like he's going to argue and then he just nods and leaves the totem spirit to Fei, knocking out Rintol on his way to Ssrena, making sure to pull his punch so that he didn't actually kill the weretiger.

"The challenge was from you, Ssrena, so you're the one who should be fighting me," he growled.

::Hello, Grandmother.:: Ryleh hears when she first starts trying dissipating the energy. ::Ephebe tainted this energy with bad luck. It might not be a good idea to tamper with it further.::

::Hello, Grandmother.:: Ryleh hears when she first starts trying dissipating the energy. ::Ephebe tainted this energy with bad luck. It might not be a good idea to tamper with it further.::

::This is my home Taron. Did you not expect me to defend it? You know better than that.::

"Okay guys, you know what statues to save. Hurry!" Alton says as he turns away from the screen for a moment. He turns back and chants out a spell, filling in all the empty holes in the walls with statues again. A moment later, a small swarm of fire rats swarm into the room and begin crawling up the walls.

EDIT: Those with true seeing can tell the new statues are just illusions.

::I do know that. But what I don't know is how this bad luck is going to change what happens. Things could go horrible wrong.::

Jim continues using telekinesis to pull statues off the walls, directing them at any statues that appear to be being taken away.

::They always do, child. I've never let that stop me before.::

Could I spellcraft, and maybe determine that some are illusions, albeit not which ones?

I would say that when you try to throw them and they don't move, you would know some aren't real.

Jim continues using telekinesis to pull statues off the walls, directing them at any statues that appear to be being taken away.

One of the smaller fire rats, not much bigger than a mouse, turns towards Jim and breaths more fire than it's body should have.

Fire Damage:2d10 ⇒ (5, 10) = 15
Dc 15 Reflex save for half

::They always do, child. I've never let that stop me before.::

::This family has a certain quality for that. Thirty seconds, Grandmother, and the more power you try to get rid of the worse the outcome becomes.::

Ryleh does seem to be making some progress in dissipating the energy.

Reflex1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

Armigers take 1/4 damage on a made reflex save. SO, 3 damage. Negligible.

258/402

Jim continues with the destruction of as many statues as possible. Packmate continues tossing them out Jim's chest cavity which is open right now.

::I'm afraid I can't trust you on this Taron. You made sure of that.::

Ryleh continues to guide the other in dissipating the energy as quickly as they can manage.

Phaeze Manifests Temporal Acceleration, giving himself three rounds to act in which time does not flow. He can interact with the staues during this time as they are "unattended objects," but he cannot be detected or interacted with in any way by anyone. While speeded up his second mind does not get to act, but his psycrystal does.

In the first round Phaeze Dismisses Body of Iron, Manifests a quickened Solicit Psycrystal allowing his psicrystal to take over one of his Telekinetic Force powers, he then casts True Seeing. 15 real statues go boom.

In round two, he manifests a new Telekinetic Force and 30 statues go boom.

In round three, 30 more satutes go boom.

When he returns to real time, 15 more statues go boom as his second mind takes it actions.

That is 90 of the real statues. How many more are there?

A rat actually jumps up to catch a thrown statue in mid-throw, disappearing in a puff of ash and smoke, statue and all. Several more try the same thing, but aren't nearly as successful.

Jim yells to Phaez: "You keep doing that, I'll take care of the rats."

Jim will run around with a device of Cone of cold, catching as many rats as possible with each cone.

First one, DC 20 reflex for half:15d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, 6, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4, 3, 1, 5) = 53

There was one for every person in the school, including those that left recently. Just guessing, but that would be somewhere in the hundreds. Just going to roll for the 45 destroyed.

1d20 ⇒ 6 Hamrless energy release.

How big is this room, and do the statues cover the walls?

EDIT: Also, how much damage does it seem to take to break the statues?

Ssrena dodges the first few punches moving so fluidly it seemed like there were no bones in her body. When she tries to hit back, Jeran grabs her fist. The sounds of bones crunching was audible as he crushed her hand, but she was oblivious to the pain. She laughed wildly.

Reflex:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

The four smallest rats freeze to death outright and Alton is suddenly about ten feet in front of Jim, eyes burning with rage.

"How could you?! They were babies!" He screams. The door slams shut as fire erupts from his body to fill the room in fiery retribution.

Incendiary Cloud
Dc28 Relfex from everyone not immune to fire in the room. The cloud also obscures all sight.
6d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 1) = 23

1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

Again, 1/4, so 5.

Cone of cold in the direction Jim saw Alton in. DC 20/half

15d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 6, 5) = 51

253/402

Fieri was barely aware of her surroundings given how much energy she was expending keeping Jiminy connected to his body, but she suddenly felt the comforting warmth of fire and she felt refreshed and energized. She didn't think it was enough fire to cause her Jiminy any actual harm, but just to be on the safe side she sent the extra energy to him while he was helping the others getting rid of the energy.

How big is this room, and do the statues cover the walls?

EDIT: Also, how much damage does it seem to take to break the statues?

A Gargantuan creature would fill this room completely. 16 squares on a typical grid map. The statues don't seem to take much to break.

Immune. Are Fieri and Jiminy in this room too?

So I has a question, after Enre swung some more he seems to have been forgotten. He is still hitting Lycans or they dropped yet?

Phaezeriel wrote:

How big is this room, and do the statues cover the walls?

EDIT: Also, how much damage does it seem to take to break the statues?

A Gargantuan creature would fill this room completely. 16 squares on a typical grid map. The statues don't seem to take much to break.

Oh wow. I didn't realize the room was so small. These cones of cold take up quite a bit of this room, then.

I've got to go to my game now. See y'all later.

Immune. Are Fieri and Jiminy in this room too?

Yes, they were still in the room when Ryleh started the energy stuff and right now Jiminy is not really able to move.

Agarthian Storyteller wrote:

Phaezeriel wrote:

How big is this room, and do the statues cover the walls?

EDIT: Also, how much damage does it seem to take to break the statues?

A Gargantuan creature would fill this room completely. 16 squares on a typical grid map. The statues don't seem to take much to break.

Oh wow. I didn't realize the room was so small. These cones of cold take up quite a bit of this room, then.

That could be a problem. Fieri is vulnerable to cold and in no position to be dodging. :(

Fieri and Alton are both firebirds so what hurts Alton will most likely hurt her too.

::I'm afraid I can't trust you on this Taron. You made sure of that.::

Ryleh continues to guide the other in dissipating the energy as quickly as they can manage.

::I did indeed. Something changes, and Ryleh's progress starts to slow down...

So I has a question, after Enre swung some more he seems to have been forgotten. He is still hitting Lycans or they dropped yet?

Apologies. There seems to be a miscommunication. Enre can easily wade through the lycans leaving a trail of wounded and unconscious behind him. If you want to engage the totem spirit in combat, feel free. You've had more than enough time to get there. Sorry for not making that clear before.

Rylehtin'akksavith wrote:

::I'm afraid I can't trust you on this Taron. You made sure of that.::

Ryleh continues to guide the other in dissipating the energy as quickly as they can manage.

::I did indeed. Something changes, and Ryleh's progress starts to slow down...

Ryleh tries to get the rate to speed back up, throwing everything she had into it, but things were moving too fast and they were running out of time.

Vakkler attempts to break away from the combat, headed for his shack.

Reflex Save:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29
No damage taken.
Knowledge(Arcana) to Identify Warforged:1d20 + 37 ⇒ (14) + 37 = 51

"You're dead, Jim." Comes the eerily calm voice of someone dangerously angry. Three daggers fly at Jim through the flames one after another

Dagger:1d20 + 27 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 27 + 5 + 5 = 53
Damage:1d4 + 15 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 5 + 5 = 29
Dagger:1d20 + 22 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 22 + 5 + 5 = 47
Damage:1d4 + 15 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 15 + 5 + 5 = 28
Dagger:1d20 + 17 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 5 + 5 = 30
Damage:1d4 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 5 = 24

ok. here are my next set of actions, as I need to go for a few hours.

Telepathy to Jim, Fieri, and Jiminy, ::I am going to move you with telekinesis. Do not resist please.::

manifest Temporal Acceleration. Again for three rounds.

round 1: psicrystal hurls 15 statues at 15 other statues. 30 go boom.
primary mind will cast reverse gravity.

round 2: psicrystal makes another 30 go boom.
primary mind casts limited wish to modify reverse gravity, expanding the area to encompass the whole room and placing the center of gravity in the center of the room. Phaeze is wanting to draw all the statues to the center of the room.

round 3: psicrystal catches jiminy with telekinetic force, keeping him in his current position.
primary mind casts delayed blast fireball centered in the middle of the room. 1 round timer; it will detonate on all the remaining statues at the end of the round in which time returns to normal.

return to normal time. Secondary mind will catch fieri and hold her where she is.
primary mind will manifest a quickened telekinetic force to catch Jim and hold him where he is.
At the end of the round the DB Fireball detonates inflicting 16d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 5, 6, 6, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6) = 71 fire damage to everything within a 20 foot radius of the center of the room.

If phaeze cannot use wish to accomplish that modification to reverse gravity, he will instead use limited wish to cause all of the statues to edge out of their cubbies, falling to the floor of the room, which should break many of them. his secondary mind and his psycrystal, for this plan, will use telekinetic force to move jiminy and fieri to a safe corner of the room, and he will telepathically tell Jim to move there as well. he will then use temporal acceleration and will fly about using multiple castings of stormbolts to hit everything in the 30 radius around him except jim, fieri, jiminy and inflicting 15d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5, 2, 4, 2, 6, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 5) = 49 lightning damage to everything, which should cause the statues to break.

The problem I can see with this plan is the fact incendiary cloud obscures like fog cloud, which means you can't see more than 5ft.

Phaeze, yes, you can use limited wish that way, and the fireball would actually be helpful to Fieri and Alton since they're both healed by fire.

Edit: Yes, visibility might be a problem. Would the fact that time isn't moving for him mitigate that at all?

Jeran looks like he's going to argue and then he just nods and leaves the totem spirit to Fei, knocking out Rintol on his way to Ssrena, making sure to pull his punch so that he didn't actually kill the weretiger.

Covering Jeran's withdrawal, Fei then launches into another thunderous flurry of blows to keep the spirit off balance (hopefully).

Flurry of Blows (touch attacks) using Dragon Strikes the Waves augmented with kinetic force energy

It is cool. I have no idea how many lycans there are that is why.

After making his way through the lycans Enre, sees Fei fighting something. He watches as Fei tries to unleash a flurry of blows at the thing.

Yes I had flurry of blows no I do not mean the ability it is what Fei is doing.

Ryleh tries to get the rate to speed back up, throwing everything she had into it, but things were moving too fast and they were running out of time.

::I did warn you about bad luck. Ryleh can now feel three anchors on Taron's side. Two have a magic signature similar to Taon while the third feels more like a storm.