I can't do s@++ here. Time for some reinforcements. Eugeni begins to concentrate, calling out to his friend from the earth plane, "Mr. Rumblepants, come quick, I need you buddy."
Seeing Nualia appear through the inky mists, Zoli calls out, "Kala, here, I'll make room for you."
Swallowing her fear, Zoli spins and weaves closer to the priestess of monsters, lashing out with her scimitar but not managing to pierce Nualia's armor.
Aargh! Why didn't I swing for her unarmored midriff?!?
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HP 15/25
Luck 2/8
Panache 1/4
Charmed Life 2/3
Buffs Luck (round 2/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 4/10)
Morythine drops his quarterstaff, favouring fists and feet as he launches all he has at Nualia. A boot finds her unarmoured midriff.
"You're awfully bashful for a bugbear-f~*!ing, demon-worshiping madwoman. And a terrible host! Living in a goblin chief's basement, at that. Maybe you should consider calling it a day. Go back to the drawing board. Contemplate what series of idiotic decision-making landed you in these dire straits." Xamarath continues goading the woman, while stretching out to infuse Kala with more energies from the rapidly draining wand.
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Kala steps forward, into Zoli's former spot, drawing her shortsword in the process, and takes two swings at the demonic woman, both aimed at her exposed midriff. Nualia, however reacts with great speed to avoid both attacks, twisting to deflect them with her chausses and breastplate, as if she expected to be attacked there and had already learned to compensate.
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I can't do s~+$ here. Time for some reinforcements. Eugeni begins to concentrate, calling out to his friend from the earth plane, "Mr. Rumblepants, come quick, I need you buddy."
Seeing Nualia appear through the inky mists, Zoli calls out, "Kala, here, I'll make room for you."
Swallowing her fear, Zoli spins and weaves closer to the priestess of monsters, lashing out with her scimitar but not managing to pierce Nualia's armor.
Aargh! Why didn't I swing for her unarmored midriff?!?
Morythine drops his quarterstaff, favouring fists and feet as he launches all he has at Nualia. A boot swings past her unarmored midriff.
"You're awfully bashful for a bugbear-f@~&ing, demon-worshiping madwoman. And a terrible host! Living in a goblin chief's basement, at that. Maybe you should consider calling it a day. Go back to the drawing board. Contemplate what series of idiotic decision-making landed you in these dire straits." Xamarath continues goading the woman, while stretching out to infuse Kala with more energies from the rapidly draining wand.
Kala steps forward, into Zoli's former spot, drawing her shortsword in the process, and takes two swings at the demonic woman, both aimed at her exposed midriff. Nualia, however reacts with great speed to avoid both attacks, twisting to deflect them with her chausses and breastplate, as if she expected to be attacked there and had already learned to compensate.
Her eyes seething with rage, despite the lack of emotion in her face, speaks volumes. Nualia closes her clawed fist and opens it again, another pulse of vile energy waving out over the people around her.
Morythine and Orik can barely catch a glimpse of Lyrie approaching through the mist, though her form is distorted and several copies of her are pulsing around and through her.
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Xamarath utters a small cantrip and a flock of squawking crows begin to sound above Nualia, beating wings and eager for a taste of demonic-lady-eyeballs. Feeling the pressure from the negative energy, Xamarath then retreats further into the room, away from her profane attacks.
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Kala swings high with her longsword, a maneuver which is deftly blocked by Nualia, but it gives the warrior an opening to slash at the exposed flesh of the cleric's abdomen. Kala's blade finds purchase, though it's a rather light hit for her standards.
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Mr. Rumblepants erupts from the ground in front of Eugeni, through a small portal to the earth elemental plane. He looks up to his friend, and waiting for instructions. Eugeni points through the mist at the wall to the hallway. "Hope you remember my friends from Sandpoint. Don't smash any of them, but smash everyone else," he instructs the elemental. He knows Rumblepants can't understand him, but he trusts the elemental's memory. The little guy pops through the wall, and out into the hallway behind Lyrie. It combines its arms into a hammer like protrusion, and swings at Lyrie as hard as it can. It misses her.
Eugeni meanwhile retreats from the mist, trying to get away from the successive pulses of negative energy frying his organs.
Zoli feels her knees wobble as the life force is sucked out of her but she continues to dart and weave around the corrupted aasimar, and manages to nick a smooth line across her scarred abdomen.
"Ha!" she calls defiantly...though not feeling quite as confident as she sounds.
HP 13/25
Luck 2/8
Panache 1/4
Charmed Life 1/3
Buffs Luck (round 3/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 5/10)
Xamarath utters a small cantrip and a flock of squawking crows begin to sound above Nualia, beating wings and eager for a taste of demonic-lady-eyeballs. Feeling the pressure from the negative energy, Xamarath then retreats further into the room, away from her profane attacks.
Kala swings high with her longsword, a maneuver which is deftly blocked by Nualia, but it gives the warrior an opening to slash at the exposed flesh of the cleric's abdomen. Kala's blade finds purchase, though it's a rather light hit for her standards.
Mr. Rumblepants erupts from the ground in front of Eugeni, through a small portal to the earth elemental plane. He looks up to his friend, and waiting for instructions. Eugeni points through the mist at the wall to the hallway. "Hope you remember my friends from Sandpoint. Don't smash any of them, but smash everyone else," he instructs the elemental. He knows Rumblepants can't understand him, but he trusts the elemental's memory. The little guy pops through the wall, and out into the hallway behind Lyrie. It combines its arms into a hammer like protrusion, and swings at Lyrie as hard as it can. It misses her.
Eugeni meanwhile retreats from the mist, trying to get away from the successive pulses of negative energy frying his organs.
Zoli feels her knees wobble as the life force is sucked out of her but she continues to dart and weave around the corrupted aasimar, and manages to nick a smooth line across her scarred abdomen.
"Ha!" she calls defiantly...though not feeling quite as confident as she sounds.
Orik and Shalelu lash out with their blades, unable to land a blow. Morythine, meanwhile, delivers a powerful roundhouse kick to Nualia's head that rocks her back momentarily, but he misses with a follow up blow that she managed to evade.
Nualia casts her eyes to the ceiling briefly at the sound of cawing crows, resulting in receiving the vicious kick, but again releases a pulse of dark energy that washes over the party. This one is more intense, and screams of pain echo out through the chamber.
Beyond the fog, Xamarath and Eugeni can clearly see the wave of dark energy pulse out of the smoky haze, and briefly think they will be hit with it's energy, but it does not manage to wrap around the corner they hide behind.
Lyrie wheels around and looses a pulse of energy fire from her wand at the elemental attacking her. It collides with the outsider, causing chunks of rock and earth to be blasted away from it's form.
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Sweating and gritting her teeth as more of her life force is sucked away, an increasingly ashen Zoli nonetheless manages another nick across Nualia's belly, crisscrossing the first.
She then pulls out her own potion, her thumb resting on the cork.
HP 9/25
Luck 1/8
Panache 1/4
Charmed Life 0/3
Buffs Luck (round 1/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 6/10)
Having sustained heavy damage, Kala takes one swipe at Nualia before stepping into the mist, dropping her shortsword and pulling out the healing potion in her belt.
The elemental takes another swipe at Lyrie, but misses entirely, while Eugeni works some of his divine magic as he prepares his own potion.
Sweating and gritting her teeth as more of her life force is sucked away, an increasingly ashen Zoli nonetheless manages another nick across Nualia's belly, crisscrossing the first.
She then pulls out her own potion, her thumb resting on the cork.
Xamarath hits himself with a charge of his wand, feeling its dark energies wash through him.
Orik delivers a powerful slash into her normal, human arm that opens up an artery. Shalelu opens a cut on Nualia's ribs, and then narrowly misses a second strike.
Nualia, the look of rage hardly diminishing in her eyes, unleashes another pulse of dark energy.
Lyrie locks eyes with Orik, and fires a blast from her wand directly into his face.
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Kala pops the stopper from her potion with her thumb, drinks it, and drops the bottle, its positive energy washing over her. She then leans down, scoops up her shortsword, and steps back into position. "Hold fast! We can win this battle!" she shouts.
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Xamarath unrolls a clasped scroll and begins chanting the arcane formula contained thereon. As he concludes, a swirling mass of crows appear behind Orik before careening towards Nualia. Unfortunately, several of them pass directly through her without any appreciable effect.
Morythine continues to reign blows down on Nualia, but fails to hurt her.
2 rounds left.
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Through the fog Zoli notices that her skin is looking more like Morythene's than her own. She hesitates one long moment, but decides to tumble away from Nualia for a moment in order to drink her potion before risking death completely.
As the cool liquid runs down her throat she feels the refreshing tingle of positive energy reattaching her soul to this plane. Hang in there gang, I'll be back in a moment!
HP 17/25
Luck 1/8
Panache 1/4
Charmed Life 0/3
Buffs Luck (round 2/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 7/10)
Kala pops the stopper from her potion with her thumb, drinks it, and drops the bottle, its positive energy washing over her. She then leans down, scoops up her shortsword, and steps back into position. "Hold fast! We can win this battle!" she shouts.
Xamarath unrolls a clasped scroll and begins chanting the arcane formula contained thereon. As he concludes, a swirling mass of crows appear behind Orik before careening towards Nualia. Unfortunately, several of them pass directly through her without any appreciable effect.
Morythine continues to reign blows down on Nualia, but fails to hurt her.
Through the fog Zoli notices that her skin is looking more like Morythene's than her own. She hesitates one long moment, but decides to tumble away from Nualia for a moment in order to drink her potion before risking death completely.
As the cool liquid runs down her throat she feels the refreshing tingle of positive energy reattaching her soul to this plane. Hang in there gang, I'll be back in a moment!
Orik flails wildly at the crows that he thinks are accosting him. Shalelu opens a fresh cut on Nualia's demonic arm.
Eugeni, seeing Zoli emerge from the smoke, barely alive, growls with rage and grips his greatsword as he charges in. He narrowly misses Nualia with the blade, and snaps his jaws in an attempt to rip her throat out, but she steps away from his onslaught.
Given the vast number of wounds she has sustained, and the renewed vigor in her foes, Nualia snarls, then turns and bolts down the hall, disappearing into the dark cloud still roiling around her. The oscillating images in the form of Lyrie appear clearly as the smoky air clears the chambers, though she seems equally as enraged as Nualia had.
She reaches down to her side and removes a small sliver of butter from her component pouch, and recites an incantation. A layer of slippery grease appears in front of her and beneath the feet of Orik, Kala, and Eugeni, causing both Kala and Eugeni to fall flat on their backs as Lyrie darts into the cloud behind Nualia.
From the passage beyond, a loud, metallic crash can be heard followed by the sound of Nualia's voice yelling, "DAMNIT!"
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Morythine skips over the greased floor and pursues, jabbing a kick at one of Lyrie's images.
Eugeni stands up, his fur covered in grease.
He slips about comically, unable to get off the patch of grease. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa!" he roars in frustration. "She's getting away!"
Seeing the villains start to retreat, Zoli runs after them.
With a "Pardon me!" she leaps between Kala and Orik, over the patch of grease. Landing in the doorway she tears off down the hall. Seeing Baern lying still in the mist she has a cold feeling in her gut but continues, dodging past the shimmering Lyries.
She sees Nualia caught in her own pit and laughs as she sails overhead, landing with her scimitar extended on the other side.
"You might as well just stay down there." She says to Nualia. "As Tuala says to Rommund in The Horrors of Caliphas, 'You've reached the end of your road, monster.'"
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Eugeni stands up, his fur covered in grease.
He slips about comically, unable to get off the patch of grease. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa!" he roars in frustration. "She's getting away!"
Morythine skips over the greased floor and pursues, jabbing a kick at one of Lyrie's images, which shimmers into nothingness as Morythine's foot passes through it.
Kala stands up and carefully walks out of the magically slippery area, stopping just behind Morythine.
Seeing the villains start to retreat, Zoli runs after them.
With a "Pardon me!" she leaps between Kala and Orik, over the patch of grease. Landing in the doorway she tears off down the hall. Seeing Baern lying still in the mist she has a cold feeling in her gut but continues, dodging past the shimmering Lyries.
She sees Nualia caught in her own pit and laughs as she sails overhead, landing with her scimitar extended on the other side.
"You might as well just stay down there." She says to Nualia. "As Tuala says to Rommund in The Horrors of Caliphas, 'You've reached the end of your road, monster.'"
Lyrie's eyes fill with hate and rage as Zoli charges past her in the hall. She completely disregards Morythine and turns to face the direction Zoli bounded.
"LYRIE! Kill this whelp so I can climb out!" Nualia commands.
Flames burst through the cloud and wave towards Zoli, who gasps and manages to duck out of the way of most of them, but still gets herself some burns.
The flames also seem to burn away the cloud over top of Nualia, though the smoky haze still seems to pulse around her.
Orik carefully gets up and makes his way into the hall just off the greased area, while Shalelu squats down then leaps forward and charges down the hall just past Zoli and wheels around, reinforcing the position beyond the pit.
Meanwhile, Xamarath moves up and looks over the greased area, relaxing somewhat now that the villainess is on the run and no longer threatening him.
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With Lyrie distracted by the halfling, Morythine rains down more blows, but unable to conclude which of the flitting images actually is his foe, his flying fists and feet find nothing.
Even dodging the worst of the flame from Lyrie's blast, Zoli feels her eyebrows singe and her face red and swollen.
Determined to finish Nualia while she's in the pit, Zoli swings low -- but not low enough and the aasimar easily just ducks lower into the hole.
"Dodge all you want!" She calls out, "You're never getting out of that hole alive!"
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HP 12/25
Luck 0/8
Panache 1/4
Charmed Life 0/3
Buffs Luck (round 3/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 9/10)
With Lyrie distracted by the halfling, Morythine rains down more blows, but unable to conclude which of the flitting images actually is his foe, his flying fists and feet find nothing.
Kala tries to kick Lyrie in the chest to shove her into the hole, but only connects with her final image.
Even dodging the worst of the flame from Lyrie's blast, Zoli feels her eyebrows singe and her face red and swollen.
Determined to finish Nualia while she's in the pit, Zoli throws a dagger down at her, but the blade clatters harmlessly off the stone wall.
Eugeni slips and slides more on the greased floor, unable to make headway.
Orik and Shalelu maintain their ground. Meanwhile, Lyrie's rage has only intensified as she levels the wand at Zoli once again. It puts a fresh bruise on the Zoli's left shoulder, to go with the rest of the wounds she has suffered this morning.
Nualia snarls at Zoli as the dagger continues to clatter about at her feet. She points a finger the halfling's direction and says, "One way or another, Zoli, your soul will belong to Lamashtu! I promise you that!" her words dripping with hate Zoli never expected to come from the once quiet, shy girl of the temple she remembered. The words are laced with dark magic, and she feels a shiver crawl up her back, but is able to resist the fear that threatened to overtake her.
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Zoil shakes her head at Nualia's anger. "Father Tobyn was a decent man, dedicated to Desna. I'm glad your father never had to see you like this -- and I'm going to make sure the pain you've inflicted on him and the town he loved ends now!"
With that, Zoli somersaults into the air over the pit, bringing the force of her descent to bear as her scimitar digs into the side of Nualia's neck.
The young halfling lands on her feet on top of the fallen angel. Looking up through the dissipating mist she says "Lyrie, it's over now. Drop the wand. Nualia's evil schemes have come to an end."
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HP 11/25
Luck 0/8
Panache 2/4 *regains one by killing Nualia
Charmed Life 0/3
Buffs Luck (round 2/3) +2 to hit, dam, saves, & all skill rolls
IH (round 10/10)
"You killed Tsuto! I'll never stop until you are dead! All of you!" Lyrie furiously screams.
Eugeni, bow in hand, tries again to escape the grease.
His feet claws finally get purchase on the slick stone and he moves off the grease down the hallway, past his companions. With no room in the hallway he's forced into the room where Nualia and Lyrie were originally.
"You killed Tsuto! I'll never stop until you are dead! All of you!"
Morythine does his best to stop her, but can't land a solid hit.
Zoli shakes her head at Nualia's anger. "Father Tobyn was a decent man, dedicated to Desna. I'm glad your father never had to see you like this -- and I'm going to make sure the pain you've inflicted on him and the town he loved ends now!"
With that, Zoli somersaults into the air over the pit, bringing the force of her descent to bear as her scimitar digs into the side of Nualia's neck.
The young halfling lands on her feet on top of the fallen angel. Looking up through the dissipating mist she says "Lyrie, it's over now. Drop the wand. Nualia's evil schemes have come to an end."
"You killed Tsuto! I'll never stop until you are dead! All of you!" Lyrie furiously screams.
Eugeni, bow in hand, tries again to escape the grease.
His feet claws finally get purchase on the slick stone and he moves off the grease down the hallway, past his companions. With no room in the hallway he's forced into the room where Nualia and Lyrie were originally.
Morythine does his best to stop her, but can't land a solid hit.
Xamarath carefully makes his way across the Greased area to examine the pillar more closely, while Kala eagerly waits for an opening in the hallway to take a shot at Lyrie.
"Lyrie, just surrender! There is no sense dieing for someone who is already dead!" Orik calls out, hoping to sway Lyrie one final time, though she does not react to his words.
Lyrie lunges across the pit and rains down yet another blast from the wand into Zoli, this one hitting her in the throat, nearly causing Zoli's esophagus to close off.
Shalelu takes a swing with her sword, but misses the nimble mage. However, Lyrie was not anticipating Shalelu's own reflexes, who quickly spun round and thrust the sword into Lyrie's thigh, eliciting a grunt of pain from the wizard.
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