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Look good - thanks again Abraham.

I am just about to put up a recruitment for a game (Ire of the Storm) - if you're interested I would definitely reserve a spot

Where did you post them?

I think you did a really good job with it as well. There was a lot going on tactically here and a dynamic subsystem with a time limit is pretty tough for pbp.

Aura of Justice: its good

Ali looks at Sinuhotep. He still had his theory that Surma was behind the state of the man. The great metaphor of his faith - the artist presented with the warped member of its clan. An opportunity was being presented to do as Shelyn attempted. An opportunity to save Zon-Kuthon. With Surma still on the loose Ali would have no choice but to stand sentinel anyhow.

Very well. You may come with us. Gamin says to trust even the most twisted remnant of humanity, knowing well that it can be redeemed.

Ali then moves - wonderfully embracing the scorpions as fellow artists Make mine purple if you will

you should probably take another flurry from your delayed act last turn too Sajan

Yeah high is always good - that's actually my table rule when I GM and I forgot you didn't have a similar one in place

Ali decides to avert his gaze, not trusting himself in his cursed state to resist the stunning curse

Aversion: 1d100 ⇒ 76

Archimedes closes his eyes and attempts once more to fly to safety

Reflex: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 - 2 = 16

If successful he attempts to fly to safety.

Ali then waits for Shel to fire her bow again so as not to obstruct her shot and then makes haste for his target flying twenty feet straight in the air, his smite still on his weapon.

Smite with Gamin and haste: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 15 + 4 + 1 = 401d8 + 13 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 11 = 29

Miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 34

Smite with Gamin and haste confirmation: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 15 + 4 + 1 = 351d8 + 13 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 11 = 28

As he reached this height he feels somewhere out of sight Sajan getting hurt and falling unconscious

I have no idea if I am within 30 feet of Sajan but if I am I would lay on hands burning my Phylactery of the Good shepherd I placed there at the beginning of the scenario to do a ranged lay on hands

Lay on Hands on Sajan via Phylactery of the Good Shepherd: 8d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2) = 18

reminder that if thats the first hit for Shel that she adds another 11

If you need my action to be one that made sense at the time it actually happened let me know

well the way I see it, I ,effectively due to posting order, made the decision to close my eyes and delayed for the spell, then she jumped down the cliff at which point I can open my eyes and I can go down around the cliff and reclose my eyes when I get back into her eyeline. I am on the ground.

Ali shuts his eyes - he saw what happened to Shel and doesn't want Gamin dropping into a pit like that.

He instead will chase Surma down her descent to where she will land next turn ready to open up on her.

Meanwhile Archimedes closes his eyes and tries once more to escape Reflex: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 - 2 = 12 and continues to be stuck in the whirlwind

Ok so I have a number of rolls to make and I will try to do them in order

Archimedes Fly to escape the whirlwind: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Archimedes will then close his eyes and try to fly to a safe spot.

I will accept the Fireball on Archimedes

Archimedes: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

and then I will reroll that reflex save on the whirlwind

Reflex reroll: 1d20 + 10 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 5 + 1 - 4 = 25

What would Archimedes have to do to escape the whirlwind? A Fly check?

I had indicated that Archimedes was basically being put away when he got nauseated. If you don't want to allow that that's fine though. You got his stats right

Ali chooses to keep his eyes on the prize, perhaps paying dearly for it.

Fort: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 4 = 25

He flies with Gamin toward Surma and rears back powerfully with Gamin. He uses his swift action to activate Fire of Entanglement on his next attack (which will proc in a moment)

Gamin + Smite + haste: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 15 + 4 + 1 = 261d8 + 13 + 11 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 11 + 11 = 38

You have corrupted a mind that was once a work of art. For that among many other offenses, Shelyn judges you!

you just need to be able to see him, the effects will last.

Shel and Chasik PLEASE use your smites. I used a lot of resource on that for you guys.

I will move you but PLEASE use your smite.

So what I have granted you is a USE of my smite evil.

What you DO get when you use it is a +4 to hit, Deflection to AC, and +11 to damage. It doesn't effect saves, I misremembered that.

You need to be able to see the Div to use the ability, but it will take a swift act

Did the fly that Sard cast on me expire? Just for my own refence?

Fort Save Ali: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Fort Save Archimedes: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Archimedes begins to vomit on Ali's shoulder and moves himself under the paladins cloak to protect himself.

Ali activates his Aura of Justice

This allows everyone within 10 feet of Ali, so everyone but Sajan, to use my Smite Evil this turn. Please be sure to use it if you make your saves, to bolster your saves as much as anything else.
Unfortunately since you lack line of sight at the moment you cannot apply this bonus to the upcoming fort save....but I believe in you!

The paladin moves out of the cloud, calls upon Shelyn to smite the Div and Gamin gleaming in hand stands to threaten the Tornado elemental.

Gamin uses his guidance ability to further bolster Ali's saves.

Ali reluctantly agrees to help fight off the Div.

Depending upon how long this Div has been trying to corrupt Sinuhotep, it could be the case that his extreme behavior is the result of that corruption. Possibly.

Ali may still need to strike down Sinuhotep some day.

Fine. Let's just get this over with

Archimedes will cast Aid on Ali granting, Temp HP: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Immediately after Sinuhotep finishes the calling ritual, he will cast unbreakable heart on himself.

I am happy with how our 2 file arrangement is set up. if we are allowed to spread out, I will be in the center of the formation so that as many people as possible are covered by my auras.

We asked them repeatedly to stand down. They did not listen to reason. We let them live - merely bound while we perform our business. We did not cut out their hearts and devour them for purely personal gain. We will repent. We were wrong and we recognize it. You flaunt it. You are a being of evil. A perversion of the noble goals of our order. Your Sage Jewel would be better served in the hands of another.

Ali draws Gamin, handling it gingerly in his hands. He wants so bad for Sinuhotep to be worthy of redemption. Like the misunderstood Gamin and Kalkamedes. Instead he taunts him. Flaunts his misdeeds. Shelyn would judge him harshly for suffering him to live. I would have been grateful had you passed that knowledge down the generations as had happened with the Sapphire sages. Or had you handed off the jewel to a long lived individual such as the leader of our order, Tahonikepsu or the elven monk Dhiara. Instead you chose selfishness. You chose evil. You have perverted everything. Do you even care what you did to Saruna? Does she mean nothin to you?

Knowledge Religion via Archimedes: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18

I would like to know about the culture/ motives of Aghash Divs. Beyond that, Resistances and Special Defenses of both liches and Agash divs.

Ali's mind is spinning. What is the greater evil, the murderer or the one who placed a curse on the man manipulating him into murder.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28

Ali looks to Gamin. Gamin too was broken when Ali found him. Of course Gamin was also not a murderer who chose to pervert life itself.

This creature was a creature of evil. Both the div and Sinuhotep. Both detestable. Ali figured the only thing to do would be to end both of them.

Ali hesitated. Shelyn was still able to find it in her to try and forgive her brother, even after he had become the evil Zon-Kuthon. Would she want him to try to forgive this despicable man.

Ali really did not know. I am sorry but no knowledge is worth the evil you have committed. Repent before Shelyn and I might be able to consider a temporary alliance. I simply at this point cannot judge whether you or this div pose the greater evil.

I think that I literally cannot agree to work with Sinuhotep or else I am going to fall for helping he who has literally harmed innocents and does not even seem remorseful in any way.

Consequently, Ali votes to kill Sinuhotep, barring something exceptional in his response.

Ali steps forward into the room The Satrap? Of Qadira? What year do you think it is?

He taps his head We came because the order of the Jeweled Sages is back. They want you. But...you are a monster are you not. A Lich? Judging by the mechanism in the other room. What you did was extreme. Very extreme. Shelyn has a word for people who would do what you did to Saruna.

His eyes are unusually cold. His golden skin radiating. Needless to say, this is a tense situation. Explain yourself.

Thanks for the help Sard, yeah thats gonna be necessary

Ali and Archimedes fly the gap and waits for Shel to turn the key.

Oh right, I keep forgetting about the curses, who all had them? And what were the effects? I have cursed as one of my mercies, I just forgot about it after how long this last scene was.

Presuming the potions fail of course.

Ali bursts a channeled heal onto the group.

Channel Energy: 7d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 6, 2, 2, 1, 5) = 28

He will wait for Chasik to finish getting himself healed and then make for the newly revealed staircase.

Come now Gamin. There are mysteries yet to be solved.

Ali puts the torc and the tablet onto the tables in the proper place and upon hearing Shel's body comment....

Ali will lay on the remaining table.

It's starting to look like we are gonna miss the end date due to this dice.

Archimedes flies over to Sajan and saves his life with another lay on paws

Lay on Paws: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 3, 4, 6) = 32

Meanwhile, Ali charges across the room at the green Ghul

Gamin + Charge: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 15 + 2 = 371d8 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Gamin + Charge: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 2 = 261d8 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

Ali directs Archibald over to Chasik, who seems to be in a bad way to try and keep in him good health

Lay On Paws: 8d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4) = 22

Meanwhile Ali himself continues to tear into the blue Ghul

Attack with Gamin: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 161d8 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Attack with Gamin: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 171d8 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
Attack with Gamin: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 111d8 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Attack with Gamin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d8 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

HAHAHAH, well ok then!

Ali nods to Archimedes Save Sajan will you friend!

The angel flies over to the monk and a warm golden glow comes off his tiny golden hands restoring some of Sajan's health Lay of Paws: 8d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 1, 1) = 18

Wow....awful roll there sorry Sajan.

Ali nods regretfully at his role in destroying the statue. His duty to protect life trumps his duty to protect art but it still broke his heart. He would have to beg Shelyn for forgiveness later.

Upon seeing the ghuls though, he calls upon the HOLY POWER of Shelyn to help destroy the new threats, starting with the Yellowish one currently attempting to threaten him.

Gamin seems RELIEVED to be dealing with undead with their soft, possibly incorporeal forms rather than another hard stone.

SMITE EVIL with Gamin + higher ground (the 2nd +11 only applies on the first hit): 1d20 + 15 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 3 + 1 = 231d8 + 13 + 11 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 11 + 11 = 42
SMITE EVIL with Gamin + higher ground (the 2nd +11 only applies on the first hit): 1d20 + 15 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 3 + 1 = 281d8 + 13 + 11 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 11 + 11 = 40
SMITE EVIL with Gamin + higher ground (the 2nd +11 only applies on the first hit): 1d20 + 10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 3 + 1 = 171d8 + 13 + 11 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 11 + 11 = 42
SMITE EVIL with Gamin + higher ground (the 2nd +11 only applies on the first hit): 1d20 + 5 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 3 + 1 = 241d8 + 13 + 11 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 11 + 11 = 41

Ali continues to rear into the statue trying to end that threat before moving on to the ghuls

Gamin once more in exasperation protests to having to hit stone like this.

Gamin, + haste: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 1 = 251d8 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Gamin, + haste: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 15 + 1 = 291d8 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
Gamin, + haste: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 = 251d8 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Gamin, + haste: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 111d8 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Is there enough clearance for me to get above it? 10 ft of altitude is easily within the movement speed of my current fly speed even if I will need to take a square of horizontal movement with it to avoid needing to make a fly check, assuming that there is room enough for that I will be where I am now on the map, but 25 feet of altitude

Ali flies into a position to take advantage of Chasik's positioning and tries to strike with Gamin while holding the massive stone torc in his shield hand (probably not as an effective shield!)

Damnable living Statues, every single time! Gamin grumbles. He didn't particularly like being slammed against stone.

Ali offered a small apology and then swung gamin with a loud boyish grunt. Ali waits to hear from Archimedes about whether there is evil in the room, possibly emanating from the statue but then strikes.

+2 Allying Mithral Sword, Flank: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 15 + 2 = 371d8 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
+2 Allying Mithral Sword, Flank Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 = 241d8 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

We have to hurry!

(AC is probably down to 24 ATM unless the Torc does function as some kind of shield)

EDIT: Forgot I had to take a move action to pull my sword

Aligets a bit frustrated and uses the final charge on his flying boots and moves to try and help with the torc by attempting to dead lift it.

Str Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Assuming he is successful he will bring it to the ground and slot it into the table with all the ouroboroses on it.

Would someone else please inspect the third table and figure out its use?

Ali leaves the rebirth tablet on the rebirth table and hopes to see something happen.

Archimedes flies up to Sard, casts guidance on him as he flies, and then attempts to help lift the tablet.

Aid Another: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (20) - 4 = 16

Archimedes Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Archimedes speaks up excited Ali Baba bin Scarab - these tablets sound related to the concept of rebirth and over on those tables there were three slots! Perhaps these can be used to calm the device!

He switches into a pair of bracers and applies a MERCY with the ability to remove fatigue to Sajan

You are probably the best climber of us all! Archimedes will try to help you too ! The little angel nods and casts guidance on him.

Ali grabs the tablet and runs back to the tables and begins to try and slot the tablets into the table I think this is what we were needing - Sajan go and get that torc off of the statue, hurry!

Ali himself moves from study to try and help put Shelf 4 together

Str: 1d20 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 5 = 25

Fort Save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

Meanwhile, Archimedes hurries over to shelf 6 to begin study

Linguistics: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 5 = 32

Ali begins to catalogue the shelf on Mirrors (aka shelf 5)

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 20 + 5 = 35

Archimedes helps!

Perception: 1d20 + 14 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 5 = 23

Ali quickly leaves Archimedes to finish up his cataloguing and moves quickly to shelf 5 finishing moving it about so someone can begin to catalogue it. It is about mirrors after all and there are mirrors in the other room!

Archimedes knowledge religion: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 5 = 24

Ali Strength + Gamin: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 = 15

Ali and Archimedes begin to pour over the contents of shelf 3.

Archimedes being an angel guardian sent to educate Ali on the ways of religion is well acquainted with these topics, while Ali himself is an accomplished linguist.

Knowledge Religion, angels have truespeech and thus understand all languages: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 15 + 5 = 22

Linguistics, Ali knows both languages + Gamin: 1d20 + 15 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 15 + 5 + 1 = 27

Ali activates his boots for a second time and attempts to lift the Torc from the statue.

Strength + Guidance from Gamin: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13

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Phase 1

Regardless of his level of success he wanders over to help with the library.

Ali will move to Shelf 3 and tries to lift it and move it aroung

Strength + Guidance from Gamin: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11

His familiar will turn into its small humanoid form and tries to help

Strength Aid: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (12) - 4 = 8

Ali will then PUSH himself to be more effective

For Save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26

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Phase 2

Ali continues working on shelf 3.

Strength + Guidance from Gamin: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 = 21

Archimedes in small angel form tries to help!

Strength Aid: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (20) - 4 = 16

Ali notes the table with the ouroboros and remembers the torc that the statue is wearing. He runs back to the statue to see if the torc can be removed somehow and brought to the table.

Ali will call over Shel Mistress Whispertongue - I think I found the source of the problems! Can you come over here and inspect?

Ali will then bolt over to try to help her in any way he can by going to the tables.

Realizing he doesn't really have time to mess around with the mess, Ali then quickly cross the room again, to go look at the weird altar looking thing.

Knowledge Religion (Archimedes: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Ali notes that This is a fertility goddess of some kind... pity about how. The ouroboros bit is sort of odd as are all the mirrors. This isn't any particular goddess however.

Knowledge Plane: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

Also that's a Shaitan Genie, which I guess maybe explains all the stone shaping?

Recognizing that he probably won't be of any more help working on the statue, he goes over to the library looking area.

Yes exactly, though I lack the skills

I was just wondering if it could be Use Magic Deviced or Disable Deviced

Ali accompanies her to the Statue, Gamin drawn the light shedding from his mithral form. Time was short. Must find the sage.

Seeker Stone? Like my Sage Jewel or....

Ali holds the stone out to Shel Can you...can you make it stop?

I do have extend auras as a spell that I sometimes prep but I just wasn't thinking about it