Mira picks up and quickly identifies the Crown. My, what an interesting trinket, just where did you pick this up? Is there anything you would like us to bring you when we come and visit? Maybe news of the outside world or entertainment. I could bring a selection of games if you like. That is, once we have averted the impending doom of course!
Ariston takes up the crown and holds it over his head as if to put it on. Then he chuckles and hands it to Trer. "I couldn't wear something like that with a straight face."
With one eye on the filling globe, he adds to the conversation, "My lady, I was planning to visit you in days or weeks, not decades. And despite Varan's servants and most outsiders not being welcomed to the Mechanosanctum... I suspect that if we manage to save our world, the Exarch will be compelled to make a few exceptions. So don't be surprised if I pop through this gate in the near future." He nods at Mira's suggestion, "Yes! Is there anything you miss from our world that might please you to have?" He adds playfully, "I'm told it's rude to show up without a gift at a lady's home."
Krowys nods at Ariston's timeframe, "Yes, the same is true here as well. I was planning on visiting you in days to months, depending on other factors, but not decades." He looks at the crown, knowing what it does, decides Ariston is right that it should presumably go to Trer. Again, Krowys and Liber remain light on words, with Krowys nodding along to the others' suggestions.
"If you have anything else suitable for playing underwater... or sparring is also welcome," she adds, looking at Trer.
The charybdis grumbles with an echoing, burbling sigh. "And something for Chary to eat, I suppose. Not good company when he gets ravenous, poor thing. Oh goodness, I've forgotten how to do this conversation thing. What are your names by the way? I'm Nisia."
Nisia has little else to add of substance but while you fill the sphere is happy to chatter on, and asks how the world has rebuilt itself in 1,000 years, the way might when one hasn't had a conversation with someone in a 150 years or so.
The portal back to the Mechanosanctum is now open and yours to take when you are ready to go. The next place to go is Earth, and you have to hope there is a passage to Fire from there since the Fire gate in the sanctum is still closed.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Nisia. I'm Ariston."
A pleasure indeed, I am Mira. I tend to change appearance fairly often so I may look different when I come to visit.
"Pleasure to meet you as well, Nisia. I am Krowys the Translator, Pact Witch of Axis, hence the Arbiter", after which Krowys motions to the floating/swimming arbiter familiar, which responds only with a simple name: "Liber".
Lazur smiles and says "I am Lazur Anil. It is a pleasure to meet you." He continues with small talk filling her in on the general goings on and more specifically the things learned about more recently from the Senator.
"I wasn't going to mention it as I don't want to get my hopes up again, but if you have any experience in closing major elemental plane portals, maybe we can chat another time about getting me out of this predicament all the sooner. But go now. Save the world."
==You see a room built out of coral, its structures and furnishings even grown straight out of the coral itself. Shelves are adorned with bizarre devices you cannot identify and clamshell shaped items you somehow perceive as books. The room is beautiful, but, despite padded coverings over chairs, hard and cold as the material it is made from.
A woman--elven, perhaps--lies on a bed, struggling with the familiar pains of labor. She has dark blue hair and a bluish tint to her skin, made all the more pale by evident bloodloss. There are closed gills on her neck, but the room you are in is dry and she is breathing air as any humanoid would.
You look down at your own hands, the hands of the midwife attending her--an ancient and always necessary role--seeing the hands of a woman's, slender, but strong. The baby is coming. You look in the eyes of the woman that go from deeply pained to a deep peace, acknowledging the truth you both know and must accept. You deliver the babe safe into the world, even as its mother dies. You hold it, crying its first gulps of overworld air, and while you know all newborns cry this way, somehow you hear in it the acknowledgement of loss.
A man storms into the room, the same race, wearing armor also of coral, shaped and molded somehow to fit him perfectly. He wears an amulet with a symbol of curling waves and a hand coming out of it. You/the midwife stutter that the Baroness has died, and he goes over to the mother's form, bathed in her own blood. He looks in silence, almost reverently... but then suddenly, he picks up her body and throws it to the ground. He looks up at you, glaring at you as you gasp. "She has performed her duty and is otherwise useless to the cause. It would be a waste of the priests' resources to raise the body. Dispose of it." He reaches out to take the infant in his arms, and you are terrified he will be too rough with it. You know he will be, now and always. "This one," he says, "Will be raised to lead us to victory over all." ==
You pass through the newly opened door and find yourselves in a lower corridor in the sanctum and walk back to the machine to deliver the new orb. You can feel the room vibrating.
Mara Twitchfiddle is standing on her automaton's shoulders as she is using magic to mend cracks in the walls and columns supporting the chamber that you are sure were not there just the 15 or so minutes you were gone. She accepts the sphere with a deep look of relief and air walks over to screw it back on. The room shakes a little harder. "No time to talk, that way's the Earth portal!" she points. She does not respond to further requests for conversation, going back to mending cracks.
Trer seems pleased by this. She makes a mental note to get Mira or Krowys to cast some waterproofing spells on some calligraphy materials so that she can teach Nisia how to do brushwork. She'd only suggested sparring since it was doable under the water. She grunts, pleased with the thought.
Ariston notes the damage to the sanctum and wonders if the long-term solution will require the destruction of this edifice. "Let's press on."
Lazur uses his enlarge person and long arm extracts and is ready to go.
As both Trer and Lazur are enlarged, they cannot step through together, so the Mighty Trer steps through first. She is instantly met by a pair of individuals with earthen skin mottled with flinty, rock-like scales over parts of their face and hands: oreads. They yawp in surprise as she steps through. They are speaking in a language that sounds heavy, with clicks and dings, like stones and crystals striking one another.
They cower, but can't step back far as the Wellspring is right behind them. They continue to speak in fear and alarm.
They are wearing simple leather tunics and are all carrying hammers or picks, the tools of miners. They have no other weapons, but lift what they carry nervously in a defensive posture.
There are other oreads in the area--two to what we will call "north" and two to the southwest, where some boxes are stacked. All of them react with alarm and pleading.
The area itself is a 40 to 50 foot chamber, carved out of walls of solid, densely packed dirt and stone. The ceiling is only about 10 feet high, so being enlarged your head nearly reaches the ceiling. After being in the endless expanses of air and water, it feels comparatively claustrophobic. A much narrower tunnel leaves to the north, and to the northwest (though it is hard to see given the direction Trer is facing) is a swirling, rippling cloud of flame.
The portal from the sanctum deposit those coming out from it to the southeast, facing the Wellspring, which is just a few feet away. Many parts of the spring, including the spout for the fuel dispenser, is covered in a thick crystalline growth.
Trer will need to move to allow the others to come through. She can also safely return back through into the Mechanosanctum if she prefers.
Trer takes another step forward, to let other people move through. "That's not Orcish. I speak Orcish. Do you speak Alvan? Neen?"
The moment Krowys steps through the portal, he switches to Terran upon seeing Oreads.
"I assure you, we mean you no harm"
He then points to Trer and Lazur, before continuing.
"These two have enlarged themselves in advance of any possible threats. Assuming you are not going to attack us, we will not attack you."
He then looks at the crystallized area around the Wellspring's fuel dispenser, assuming it's not normal.
"We are here regarding the Wellspring. I take it the crystalline growth there is not normal?"
Mira taps her foot impatiently on the air as she waits for the others to go through. Following behind she bumps into people and snorts in frustration.
Make room people! comes a voice from the air behind you. Its all a bit cramped in here.
Spotting the Oreads (I dont think she can fail to ID them) she switches to Terran.
To the party she says, Do any of you not speak Terran? I can fix that for you if you want.
When the aphorite steps through, they eye him warily though seem responsive as he assures them in their own language that they mean no harm.
Then, as a ghostly voice begins to rapidly demand what they have been doing here and if they have tampered with the Wellspring, they scream in terror.
The two standing by the Wellspring, try to run around you and toward the swirling fiery portal, and the two standing near the tunnel also move in that direction. Meanwhile the two standing by the crates turn and face you, linking arms, standing protectively in front of some crates, though they shake in visible fear. One of them stares particularly at Liber, who is close by.
As it is very cramped by the Wellspring, you could try to block their passage or grab one as they pass, although it's hard to say if that would help or hinder your conversation.
As they are obviously running in terror, Trer resists the urge to take her AoO's with tremendous effort. "We ain't got time for this. Just tell them to get out of the way, and let's keep moving."
Mira promptly decloaks from invisibility.
Ariston squeezes through the gate as well and maneuvers around his allies and a few oread "Are we in the market square? What a crush."
Maybe things are what they seem, but perhaps not...
The cleric is observing the oreads closely, trying to determine if they are on the level. Then another thought occurs to him. "That growth on the machine. That might be a creature. If I recall rightly, there are several nasty crystal-like monsters. Best be wary."
Krowys points to the decloaked Mirabelle, before responding in Terran:
"I can confirm what she says. We are not here to punish you."
Following Ariston's word, the two of them investigate the crystals from afar.
Liber stares back at the Oreads, trying to discern their motives.
The crystals: The crystals on the Wellspring appear to be natural and very inert mineral growths. It looks a lot like how saltwater creates a growth of salt crystals in certain conditions (but the crystals are not salt; something hexagonal, probably quartz or something like it). Both Ariston and Krowys, now that they've looked at what they are dealing with, can make a reasonable presumption that if the Wellspring has been abandoned for awhile, it is just something to do with the Earthy nature of the plane interacting with the presence of the Wellspring over time.
Both Krowys and Ariston notice that some of the crystals have been chipped away at, probably recently, like someone was trying to get them off of the Wellspring's mechanisms.
Oreads' motives: These are very simple miners as they appear to be, and not difficult at all to read. Now that you get a look at them, they are covered in dust and sweat, and they look exhausted, like they've been on the move for awhile. The vast majority of them are now standing near the fiery vortex arguing about whether they should talk to you or go through the vortex and take their chances (with many pointing out there is no way they can survive the heat of that realm). Your group utterly surprised them, but their skittishness cannot have been caused solely by you (as intimidating as the appearance of a giant Trer might be).
Krowys, you are particularly noticing the ones standing near the boxes and while they are similar to the others, they look very much like they don't want you to see whatever it is behind them (and being very bad at concealing that intent), and resolved in protecting whatever it is.
Once Mira reveals herself, the oread standing closest to Trer and Ariston says:
"Please, mighty planeswalkers, we did not mean to transgress in your temple." He waves his hands, indicating the room you are standing in as what he means by "temple." " Indeed, we could use your help if you claim to mean us no harm. We are just miners in the service of her Crystalline Beneficence, Sultana Ashadieeyah bint Khalid of the Opaline Vault, sent to explore what we had believed to be ruins abandoned by the Xiomorn Vault Builders. But the ruins were not abandoned, and its Keepers attacked us. We fled, but they pursued us without tiring. We have a device that identifies portals to help us navigate the realm, and we few survivors detected both gates in this room and tunneled into it. We were just trying to analyze both portals to determine which one might be safer to flee into; our device was detecting extreme danger on the other side of both portals. We thought you might be the danger through the one. We want and know nothing of your spring, we swear, we haven't even touched it! Or the... well, never mind. We just want to escape the Vault Keepers alive, and we fear they may still be after us."
As he finishes speaking, you hear an ominous rumble from further down in the tunnels that lead into this chamber.
Mira glances down the tunnel the ominous noise is emerging from. I think we may have company soon.
You could instead take the portal we came through. It will take you to the material plane but the city it lies within is currently suffering from severe environmental destruction. If we are successful here we will forestall any more damage and you may be able to help the citizens there deal with the issues. Choose quickly and if you go through our portal make sure to tell the priest there we sent you.
Now, I am going to turn invisible again before these builders arrive, do NOT panic.
Make any preparations quickly she says as she once again vanishes.
"Were those oread chipping the crystal off the device? It would be lovely if they got the spigot free while we deal with whoever is coming up the hall. They can keep whatever they chip off."
Presuming someone translates for Ariston, the lead miner speaking starts to say, "We haven't touched the-" before someone gives him a hard look. "Uh, we might have picked at it... we can remove it. Though they will try to kill us if we stay..."
Lazur looks at the creatures and says in Terran "You are not telling us something but there isn't time for this. We'll deal with you later. Now get out of here!" He then starts moving forward "Trer would you care to move forward to fight these things? Ariston would you move back some."
Well, these things are vicious. They can calcify you, control stone, have powerful SR and need adamantine bludgeoning weapons. I recommend killing them quickly.
With that Mira Hastes the entire group (including the Oreads except the bottom two who are out of range) and moves off to the back of the caves, out of the way.
Ariston moves back and casts Shield of Faith on himself, preparing for a serious fight.
HP: 105 / 105 | AC:28 / T:14 / FF:24 | CMD:27/23
TEMP TOTAL -> AC:35 / T:19 / FF:30 | CMD:27/23
Channel Energy (11):
Quick Bit of Luck (3):
Bit of Luck (8): xx
Dimensional Hop (170’): 20
Daylight (1):
Agile Feet (11):
Good Fortune (2):
Brilliant Spell Prep (1):
Boots of Speed (10):
Pearl of Power 4th (1):
Wand of CLW (50):
9th Spells
> Implosion:
> Miracle:
8th Spells
> Antimagic Field:
> Fire Storm:
> Moment of Prescience: x
> Stormbolts:
7th Spells
> Destruction:
> Holy Word:
> Resurrection:
> Spell Turning:
> <Brilliant Open Slot>:
6th Spells
> Find the Path:
> Heal (2):
> Mass Planar Adaptation (3): xx
5th Spells
> Breath of Life:
> Commune with Plane:
> Life Bubble:
> Spell Resistance:
> Teleport: x
> True Seeing:
4th Spells
> Freedom of Movement:
> Holy Smite:
> Communal Protection from Energy (3):
> Restoration:
> <Open Slot>:
3rd Spells
> Aura Sight:
> Dispel Magic (2): x
> Fly: x
> Invisibility Purge:
> Prayer:
> <Open Slot>:
2nd Spells
> Aid:
> Blinding Ray:
> Communal Endure Elements:
> Grace:
> Ghostbane Dirge:
> Spear of Purity:
> Spiritual Weapon:
1st Spells
> Bless:
> Murderous Command:
> Remove Fear:
> Shield of Faith (3): xx
> True Strike:
Effects:
Ring of Force Shield = Indefinite
Shield of Faith = 17 mins
** spoiler omitted **
Presuming someone translates for Ariston, the lead miner speaking starts to say, "We haven't touched the-" before someone gives him a hard look. "Uh, we might have picked at it... we can remove it. Though they will try to kill us if we stay..."
** spoiler omitted **...
Krowys does indeed translate, largely fueled by instinct and reflex at this point. He's been doing so practically all his life, he isn't about to stop now.
Krowys, knowing that anything relating to the plane of Earth has tremorsense, starts to hover a few feet above the ground. It's enough distance to be comfortably off the ground, but enough to where his head is not hitting the ceiling of the cave. Liber hovers a bit behind Krowys, even if the Arbiter has regeneration, there's still a fair bit of the timid fox in them that gives away their nature as a familiar rather than a direct servant of Axis like most Arbiters.
While translating for the others, he raises his buckler since he doesn't know what spells to cast until he sees the creature. .
"Probably a good idea to kill them quickly, yes," Krowys responds to Mira.
The clicking and pounding increases as two tall creatures enter the tunnel that leads into the chamber you are standing in, and are already shouting in Terran that they've found the interlopers. The creatures have an insectoid look, bipedal with four arms, and crystalline "eyes" all around their head, but their bony/chitinous-looking frames are in fact mineral in nature. They are aware of you, you then, and they are clearly preparing to fight, as are you, so...
Mirabelle: hp 180/172| Init +10/14; Perc +37, Darkvision, Blindsight 40' | AC 25/24 (T16 FF19) | CMD 20 | Fort +19 Ref +18 Will +22 (+3 vs mind affecting) | Mind Blank, Freedom of Movement, invisibility, 8 mirror images, life bubble, overland flight, darkvision, mage armor, ant haul, false life, greater shapechanger's gift, echolocation, heroism, resist fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)haste
Krowys: hp 121/121 | AC 32/31 (T20 FF26) | CMD 27 | Fort +12 Ref +15 Will +15 (+2 v. Poison & Mind-Affecting) | Resist 5 Electricity | Resist Fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation), overland flight, haste
... and Liber: hp 60/60 | AC 20 T15 FF 17 | Fort +12 Ref +15 Will +15 | SR 22
Lazur Anil: hp 156/156 | AC 32/31 (T19 FF27) | CMD 34 | Fort +13 Ref +18 Will +15 (+1 versus enchantments; roll twice vs mind-affecting) | Immunities: Illusions that allow a save | displacement, freedom of movement, life bubble, resist fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)haste
Someone ????
The Mighty Trer: HP:167+15/195 |AC:36/35 T:19 FF:26 (+1 if opp is bigger)|CMD:45 CMB:26|Fort:21 Ref:14 Will:11 (+3 will when rg, +2 vs enchantment) | life bubble, ant haul, enlarge person, resist fire 30, haste, bit of luck, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation), haste RAGING
Oreads Each has 12 hp, AC 15/14, Fort +4, Ref +3/+2, Will +4, resist acid 5, speed 20 ft. haste
Vault Keeper 1 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Vault Keeper 2 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Ariston: HP 105/105 | TEMP AC 35/34 (T18 FF30) | CMD 27/23 CMB +13 | Fort +15 Ref +15 Will +23 (+2 vs charm/compulsion) | Resist: Acid/Cold/Electricity 5 | Ring of Force Shield, Shield of Faith, Fly, resist fire 30 resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)
"This space is tight, so by Axis, let this be quick," Krowys booms in a monotone Terran, grabbing a copper rod from his spell component pouch and holding it aloft, as electricity begins to crackle everywhere in a 30ft sphere, shaking the ground around him, except for the areas where the Oreads and the party (Liber as well!) are, raining bolts of lightning nearly everywhere within the sphere (also not the Wellspring, don't want it to blow up or anything). "And if anyone is hiding, I advise you to come out now." (also in Terran)
Myra raises an eyebrow at Krowys. Just a translator she says at the cavern resounds with the noise of thunderous electricity. Maybe I can do something similar...
With that she quickly intones a powerful spell. If you could see her you would see electricity arc and coruscate around her before exploding out at the two vault keepers.
*1.5 for 93 electricity to both
Mira appears as the two vault keepers are briefly illuminated by a massive blast of electricity.
"In terms of occupation and my daily life, yes, I am just a translator.", Krowys responds to Mira over the sound of numerous arcs and bolts of electricity flying in every direction, "In terms of capabilities, however, it turns out that entering a pact with an entire plane grants a considerable amount of power."
Lazur sees the first vault keeper in the opening and launches a flurry of attacks at it.
Ohp, if we're having Liber be able to locate the Custodian, then Krowys is not going to target the guy. They want to know their deal, not one-shot them! That 61 damage would knock out Liber with their buffed health-pool from being a familiar, it'd fry a normal/variant Arbiter!
Upon noticing something, Liber jumps a fair bit into the air, from the air. The familiar pokes Krowys with their cold, clawed hand, and then announces something to the rest of the group. "I advise you come out now, as there are spells which target areas that both Krowys and Mirabelle have used, and we do not want to target you incidentally. You are no Protean, we do not want to harm you without reason."
Mira glances over at the boxes, Really, it might be better for you to stay where you are for now until all the spellcasting and weapon swinging is over and done with. Just dont try and do anything...surprising.
Lightning arcs around the chamber and through the xiomorns, igniting the crystals within their body and causing unpleasant reactions with the minerals within. Lazur and Trer easily finish them off, and for a split second all seems fine, but there is more noise coming from down the tunnels.
Still fearful, however, the four oreads not standing by the boxes flee into the portal into the Mechanosanctum. The other two, look around at the lightning flying through the air and look like they are tempted to join their brethren, but hold their axes in hand defensively. As Krowys and Mira speak to the creature sensed to be inside one of the boxes, one says in Terran,
Meanwhile just as the first two xiomorns crumble into dust, another appears in the edge of the tunnel, shouts what amount to coordinates in Terran, and then it gestures.
The material making up the plane from the ceiling and floor near Lazur and Trer shifts, rumbles, and moves, and four-inch-thick walls of stone rise, blocking off the tunnel and surrounding the two enlarged combatants. The south side of the box rises 10 feet from floor to ceiling, merging directly with the existing terrain. The east, west, and north sides of the box are only five feet high, although the east side is not really passable as it merges with the existing wall. .
Then three more xiomorn vaultkeepers appear in the room near Ariston and Krowys, having teleported in. They maneuver themselves slightly to position themselves, a pair flanking Krowys.
Ariston: HP 105/105 | TEMP AC 35/34 (T18 FF30) | CMD 27/23 CMB +13 | Fort +15 Ref +15 Will +23 (+2 vs charm/compulsion) | Resist: Acid/Cold/Electricity 5 | Ring of Force Shield, Shield of Faith, Fly, resist fire 30 resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)
Mirabelle: hp 180/172| Init +10/14; Perc +37, Darkvision, Blindsight 40' | AC 25/24 (T16 FF19) | CMD 20 | Fort +19 Ref +18 Will +22 (+3 vs mind affecting) | Mind Blank, Freedom of Movement, invisibility, 8 mirror images, life bubble, overland flight, darkvision, mage armor, ant haul, false life, greater shapechanger's gift, echolocation, heroism, resist fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)haste
Krowys: hp 121/121 | AC 32/31 (T20 FF26) | CMD 27 | Fort +12 Ref +15 Will +15 (+2 v. Poison & Mind-Affecting) | Resist 5 Electricity | Resist Fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation), overland flight, haste
... and Liber: hp 60/60 | AC 20 T15 FF 17 | Fort +12 Ref +15 Will +15 | SR 22
Lazur Anil: hp 156/156 | AC 32/31 (T19 FF27) | CMD 34 | Fort +13 Ref +18 Will +15 (+1 versus enchantments; roll twice vs mind-affecting) | Immunities: Illusions that allow a save | displacement, freedom of movement, life bubble, resist fire 30, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation)haste
The Mighty Trer: HP:167+15/195 |AC:36/35 T:19 FF:26 (+1 if opp is bigger)|CMD:45 CMB:26|Fort:21 Ref:14 Will:11 (+3 will when rg, +2 vs enchantment) | life bubble, ant haul, enlarge person, resist fire 30, haste, bit of luck, resist acid 20 (from mass planar adaptation), haste RAGING
Oreads Each has 12 hp, AC 15/14, Fort +4, Ref +3/+2, Will +4, resist acid 5, speed 20 ft. haste
Vault Keeper 3 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Vault Keeper 4 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Vault Keeper 5 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Vault Keeper 6 hp 200/200 | AC 28 T19 FF19 fast healing 5 DR 10/adamantine AND bludgeoning| Fort +12 Ref +18 Will +14| SR 25, elementals: Immune to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stunning; not subject to critical hits, precision damage/sneak attack, or flanking
Ariston practically jumps away from the monster that teleports in next to him. Offensive spell-casting wasn’t really his specialty but the others seemed to have great success with lightning, so he decides to follow suit. He unleashes a torrent of bolts at the three monsters nearest him and flanking Krowys.
Please, Varan, don’t let me embarrass myself here.
HP: 105 / 105 | AC:28 / T:14 / FF:24 | CMD:27/23
TEMP TOTAL -> AC:35 / T:19 / FF:30 | CMD:27/23
Channel Energy (11):
Quick Bit of Luck (3):
Bit of Luck (8): xx
Dimensional Hop (170’): 20
Daylight (1):
Agile Feet (11):
Good Fortune (2):
Brilliant Spell Prep (1):
Boots of Speed (10):
Pearl of Power 4th (1):
Wand of CLW (50):
9th Spells
> Implosion:
> Miracle:
8th Spells
> Antimagic Field:
> Fire Storm:
> Moment of Prescience: x
> Stormbolts: x
7th Spells
> Destruction:
> Holy Word:
> Resurrection:
> Spell Turning:
> <Brilliant Open Slot>:
6th Spells
> Find the Path:
> Heal (2):
> Mass Planar Adaptation (3): xx
5th Spells
> Breath of Life:
> Commune with Plane:
> Life Bubble:
> Spell Resistance:
> Teleport: x
> True Seeing:
4th Spells
> Freedom of Movement:
> Holy Smite:
> Communal Protection from Energy (3):
> Restoration:
> <Open Slot>:
3rd Spells
> Aura Sight:
> Dispel Magic (2): x
> Fly: x
> Invisibility Purge:
> Prayer:
> <Open Slot>:
2nd Spells
> Aid:
> Blinding Ray:
> Communal Endure Elements:
> Grace:
> Ghostbane Dirge:
> Spear of Purity:
> Spiritual Weapon:
1st Spells
> Bless:
> Murderous Command:
> Remove Fear:
> Shield of Faith (3): xx
> True Strike:
Effects:
Ring of Force Shield = Indefinite
Shield of Faith = 17 mins
Liber floats over closer to the boxes , if she were still a fox, she would be looking concerned right now, but there's not really a face on an Arbiter to convey that emotion easily. Over the sound of electricity and melee, she tries to reason with the other inevitable and the Oreads. "We only want to understand what happened to cause all this. We have no authority with the Mechanosanctum nor Axis, so we would not be able to punish you. We have only recently even entered the Mechanosanctum."
Krowys merely looks at the Vault Keeper, while re-raising his Mithral Buckler, after side-stepping away from both of them. A chill goes through the air as ice envelops the Vault Keeper, with the Axiomite-like markings all over his body flaring and growing more intense while Krowys performs the hex.
The ice entombs the Vault Keeper, rendering them unconscious and paralyzed (immune to that) encased in a veritable tomb of ice (20 hit points) as Krowys continues to make eye contact with the entombed Vault Keeper. "Hexes bypass creatures' innate resistance to spells," he deadpans after seeing magic almost warp around one of the other Vault Keepers from Ariston's Casting. Afterwards, the crystalline dust making Krowys up (more-or-less) begins to flow around him, forming miscellaneous runes and mathematical symbols, making it harder to hit Krowys.