Symon's bolt flies true, smacking through the molten lava body of the creature just as Drusellia's arcane missiles strike... Kaspar though, maybe less effective hovering over the lava pool, misses.
Reflex:
His clothes on fire, Symon drops to the ground and rolls in an attempt to quench the flames.
Reflex:
Luther steps back to summon more friends to help.
Dru sends another fusilade of missiles in that direction.
Spells: U/5/5/6/4
Drusellia's salvo of missiles crashes into the fiery creature... sparks fizzing from its molten form...
Eldar, standing right at the edge of the promontory, lunges forwards at the lava creature but it is too far from the edge of the magma pool for Eldar to reach it. And, in retaliation, the creature tosses an orb of molten rock at the heavily armoured warrior. Glancing against Eldar's heavy armour, the molten rock dissipates to spatters of mud and steam...
Dru throws another trio of magic missiles at the creature.
Spells: U/4/5/6/4
Symon recovers from his brush with fire and shoots at the magma creature. Kaspar also attacks, attempting to drain the monster's strength.
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Kaspar Attack:
Damage: STR
Again Drusellia launches a salvo of missiles which, unerringly fizzing across the haze of the magma pool, crash into the fiery creature... moments before Symon's arrow pierces its crust. Floating across the pool, Symon's shadowy companion strikes... its withering touch diminishing the intensity of the beast's glow...
Luther directs his small air elementals to attack.
+4 to CON AND STR of below stats
+2 to FORT
CR 1
XP 400
N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar
Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size)
hp 17 (2d10+6)
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +0
Defensive Abilities air mastery; Immune elemental traits
OFFENSE
Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect)
Melee slam +6 (1d4+1)
Special Attacks whirlwind (DC 12, 10-20 ft.)
STATISTICS
Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 15
Feats Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Weapon FinesseB
Skills Acrobatics +7, Escape Artist +7, Fly +17, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +11
Languages Auran
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Air Mastery (Ex)
Airborne creatures take a –1 penalty on attack and damage rolls against an air elemental.
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ECOLOGY
Environment Plane of Air
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none
Air elementals are fast, flying creatures made of living air. Primitive and territorial, they resent being summoned or doing the bidding of mortals, and much prefer to spend their time on the Plane of Air, swooping and racing through the endless skies.
Although all air elementals of a similar size have identical statistics, the exact appearance of an air elemental can vary wildly between individuals. One might be an animated vortex of wind and smoke, while another might be a smoky bird-like creature with glowing eyes and wind for wings.
An air elemental prefers to attack flying or otherwise airbone targets, not only because its mastery over flight gives it a slight advantage, but also because it detests the thought of having to touch the ground. An air elemental can move underwater, and although it is an elemental and thus runs no risk of drowning, it has no ranks in Swim and loses much of its speed and mobility when underwater.
A small air elemental is 4 feet long and weighs 1 pound.
Suddenly buffeted by the winds of the elementals, the lava creature swats at the air... trying to fend off the attacks...
Hoping to try and end this creature, or perhaps persuade it to abstain from attacking them further, he swings his sword once more
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Once more Eldar attempts to swing at a creature well beyond his reach... and is somewhat surprised by the lava lurker suddenly fleeing the battle - movement beneath the lava seeming to panic it...
The friends, momentarily relieved by the disappearance of the lava lurker, have precious little time before the movement that Eldar had seen reveals itself... erupting in a wave of lava and the sound of beating wings, what is undoubtedly a dragon, lazily pulls itself clear of the magma. Roaring, it turns towards the group at the edge of the pool, and pours a gout of fire over the friends...
Dru throws herself to one side, avoiding the brunt of the attack, but still suffering a serious burn on her left side. Realizing that she cannot survive another blast like that, she draws a scroll tube from her belt and opens it, unfurling the contents and reading the spell aloud.
As soon as the ray hits (assuming that it does), she begins looking for any cover that she can hide behind and will get behind it post-haste.
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"By the power of the great kings of old!" he yells, and as he charges forward, his almost instantly doubles in size as he tries to attack the dragon
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Reflex save: Evasion = no damage
Dodging out of the way, Symon disappears into the shadows and then turns and fires at the dragon.
Stealth:
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Drusellia's Ray strikes the dragon across its flanks...
...but it has no effect upon the monstrosity beating its wings above the pool. Eldar, suddenly larger than he should naturally be, tries to charge... but, mistiming his attack, slips at the wrong moment. Symon, taken aback by Eldar's failure, slips as he tries to hide... and, stumbling, misses with his attack...
Avoiding the worst of the dragon's fire, Luther staggers backwards and raises his holy symbol aloft... calling upon Abadar to guide his friends, he attempts to turn the battle in the favour of his friends. Galahad, badly burnt, curses as he misses the huge target in front of him - and, as quickly as he can, starts stringing another arrow...
In the heat haze over the magma, the dragon unleashes a living hell of tooth, claw and violently swinging tail against the elementals moving around it... within seconds, Luther's summons are naught more than dissipating wind...
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Luther channels healing to his allies as the elementals are dissipated.
"Watch the bunching, the breath may come again!!"
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Dru stays under cover, assuming that she was able to find some, and throws a trio of magic missiles at the dragon.
Spells: U/3/5/6/4
Struck twice by Eldar's blows, the dragon turns to face his heavily armoured, and outsized, attacker...
...and as Luther heals his friends, Drusellia attempts to use her magic once more - but the dragon is a magical beast and not vulnerable to such ineffectual conjurations...
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Symon again attempts to gain advantage by hiding and firing at the dragon, while Kaspar moves forward and attempts to sap the strength from the beast.
Stealth:
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Kaspar attack: (incorporeal touch)
Damage: STR
The arrow fired from behind the rock where Symon is hiding smacks into the tough hide of the dragon... and then, bouncing uselessly from a bone spur, falls into the magma pool. Kaspar too, maybe with so few shadows above the glowing lava, also struggles to land any kind of blow...
Letting loose with an arrow, Galahad barely watches the flight of his shot as he drops the bow, draws his blade and stands next to Eldar...
Shrugging off the attacks, the dragon swoops at Galahad - it's claws reaching for the hapless half-elf... and, even as Galahad swipes with his glaive, he finds himself being lifted off of his feet.
Dru intones a prayer and tries yet another magic missile, hoping against hope to damage the dragon. She sighs and swears under her breath as her magic does nothing to the beast.
Spells: U/2/5/6/4
Drusellia's magics seem ineffective against such a magical beast... three small darts of light fading to nothing as they strike the creature...
Cursing his bad aim, the dragon's tough hide, and everything else about this battle, Symon firing at the dragon, while Kaspar tries to get close and touch the beast.
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Kaspar attack: (incorporeal touch)
Damage: STR
Hus resolve to end this threat not wavering, he continue his onslaught on their draconic attacker
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The dragon is a fearsome beast... and, in melee neither Eldar nor Symon's shadowy compatriot can land a telling blow. Symon's arrows however finally strike - steaming blood spraying in fountains above the magma pool...
Seeing his friends falter, Luther once more calls upon the grace of Abadar...
...whilst, precariously held near the ledge of the magma pool, Galahad furiously attempts to break free of the dragon's powerful grip...
...and, as the dragon attempts to pull Galahad to a fiery doom, the fated fighter strains one last time... and drops to the floor, free of the beast's grasp. Roaring, the dragon moves back out towards the centre of the cave... smoke belching from it's nostrils...
In a state of desperation, Dru gets an idea. Knowing that it probably will not work, she decides to try anyway. She casts lipstitch on the dragon!
The thread created by lipstitch can be burst with a DC 20 Strength check as a standard action or can be sliced open with a piercing or slashing weapon (wielded by the target or an ally) as a full-round action. Cutting the thread provokes attacks of opportunity, while making a Strength check does not. Either option causes 1d6 points of damage and 1 point of bleed damage. The target has a 20% chance of failing to cast spells with verbal components until the bleeding is stopped. The effects of multiple castings of this spell do not stack. Optionally, the thread can be removed more carefully over the course of a minute with a DC 20 Heal check. If the check fails, the target takes damage and bleeds as described above. If the check succeeds, the stitches are removed with no harm. Creatures with no mouths are unaffected by lipstitch. Creatures with multiple mouths lose the use of only one mouth per casting—the particular mouth is chosen by the caster.
Spells: U/2/4/6/4
Still hiding, Symon again fires at the dragon while Kaspar attempts to drain it of some of it's strength.
Stealth:
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Kaspar attack: (incorporeal touch)
Damage:
This time, Drusellia’s spell takes hold… and black webbing starts to weave itself across the closed jaw of the dragon… roaring in disbelief, the huge beast strains against the tightening threads…
Bursting the stitches before they take hold, the dragon simply swats away Symon’s arrows… and, once more, the shadowy figure of Kaspar fails to connect as he reaches for the quickly moving beast.
Luther grabs his holy symbol and creates a gateway to the celestial plane. lantern archons appear to help the besieged holy warrior.
Brackets apply as Luther has improved summoning
Lantern Archon
CR 2
XP --
LG Small outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +4 Aura aura of menace (DC 13)
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+4 natural, +1 size; +2 deflect vs. evil)
hp 13 [17] (2d10+2) [2d10+6]
Fort +4 [+6], Ref +3, Will +0; +4 vs. poison, +2 resistance vs. evil
DR 10/evil; Immune electricity, petrification
OFFENSE
Speed fly 60 ft. (perfect)
Ranged 2 light rays +3 ranged touch (1d6)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd):
At Will—aid, continual flame, detect evil, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only)
STATISTICS
Str 1 [5], Dex 11, Con 12 [16], Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 10
Base Atk +2; CMB -4 [-2]; CMD 6 [8]
Feats Improved Initiative
Skills Diplomacy +5, Fly +14, Knowledge (planes) +3, Perception +4, Sense Motive +5
Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal; truespeech
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Gestalt (Su)
Nine lantern archons can fuse together as a full-round action, becoming a single Large entity that is more powerful than the individual archons that make up its parts. Looking like a whirlwind of dancing firefly lights, the gestalt has all the powers and abilities of a Large air elemental plus the following: archon, good, and lawful subtypes; archon traits (aura of menace DC 16); 2 light rays (2d6); DR 5/evil and magic. The archons can remain in this form for 2d4 rounds. When the gestalt separates back into individual lantern archons, its remaining hit points are divided evenly among them; if it had less than 9 hit points, some of the component archons die when the gestalt ends.
Aura of Menace (Su)
Any hostile creature within a 20-foot radius of an archon must succeed on a Will save (DC 13) to resist its effects. The save DC is Charisma-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus. Those who fail take a –2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon's aura for 24 hours.
Light Ray (Ex)
A lantern archon can fire beams of light to damage foes. These light rays have a maximum range of 30 feet. This attack overcomes damage reduction of any type.
Augment Summoning: Items in brackets [] represent the spell being cast by a character with the Augment Summoning feat.
Cursing as the dragon moves out of melee once more, Galahad picks up his bow and attempts to fire another arrow into his charred sides… but as he pulls the bow back, the string – calamitously, snaps!!!
And then, even though Eldar moves in front of the archer, hoping to use his impressive size and armour as cover against the dragon's attacks, a trio of white-hot arcs sear across the cavern and silhouette Galahad in stark relief. As the temperature in the cavern soars, there is a blood-curdling scream of agony… and Galahad drops to the floor…
"Noooooooo!" Dru screams in anger. Desperate now for any edge, no matter how small, she tries again to lipstich the dragon.
(DC 16)
Spells: U/2/3/6/4
Luther directs his celestial beings, and they shine a divine light at the dragon, the divine light cares little for the tough hide of the dragon.
The beams of light seem to have problems striking the dragon.
Luther grabs his holy symbol, and chants. The portal opens for more lantern archons.
Stairing in disbelief as their friend is cut down, Symon growls and takes aim at the dragon.
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Kaspar attack: (incorporeal touch)
Damage: STR
One of his charges has been taken by the gods. It was regretable. But he had no time to do the rituals. The dragon who had caused this needed to meet the gods too
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The dragon's head jerks around in frustration as Drusellia's webbing tangles around its maw... Symon's series of attacks, his bow fired from the dark and his companion moving to stroke the dragon with his dark fingers, weaken the beast enough for its flight to veer into Eldar's blade...
Enraged, the dragon crashes into Eldar... a torment of claw and flailing limbs almost universally fended off by the warrior...
Dru decides, with the luck of the lipstich working, to try one more time with a magic missile.
Spells: U/1/3/6/4
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Another arrow from the Fetching and his shadow companion attempts to continue weakening the dragon with his deadly touch.
Attack-ranged:
Damage:
Sneak:
Kaspar attack: (incorporeal touch)
Damage: STR