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Ardriel moves into the room as well, taking a position behind Leothar before he casts a spell and reaches out to touch the Dwarf's shoulder. "Yuelral, grant this warrior the spirit of courage and strength as we cleanse the abyssal taint from this place!"
Ardriel concurs with Ian's plan. "Let's enter from the breech, then."
Armed with some extra magical power in the form of a few wands - especially one of daylight - Ardriel quietly said, "It is possible that the final demon fled on foot, or snuck out and has already infiltrated the army. Regardless, I believe there was a temple of Torag in the keep that had some enemies in it we should find?"
As the others discussed healing, Ardriel, having come through the fight relatively unscathed, heads for their supply stash, trying to see what they have that they might be able to use. He grabs a couple of wands that are in there, including one of daylight that would have been very useful to have previously, and some arrows with a holy enchantment on them.
Okay, the post with the wand of daylight was all the way back in 2020, on page 33 of Gameplay or so. I'm putting the wand of daylight on my sheet, along with a wand of magic missile from that post. EDIT: I think Ian took the most negative levels after Dadna, so he should probably get the Restoration. Also, on the Grey Garrison tab on the Loot Sheet, there's a scroll of restoration listed. Did we use that? EDIT 2: Everyone with negative levels, sound off with how many you have.
"Back to camp it is. We can bring some guards in, and we'll search further for the last succubus once we return."
Ardriel, in the best shape of everyone, covered the others as they journeyed back to the Planetar. Indeed, he may be the strongest of the party at the moment - a relatively unpleasant thought.
"We have intelligence that there may still be a succubus who poses as a spy lurking somewhere."
Ardriel covers Ian as he enters the room, ready to fire at any evil creatures that remain.
Fortunately, Dadna's spell fills him, and he breaks free of the hold. He pursues the demon, firing yet another arrow at it.
Ardriel begins to stiffen quite a bit.
I have posted my action, with an alternative if Leothar finishes off Orange.
Ardriel moved after Ian, able to see as he advanced and took a position behind the other. He then fired an arrow at the demon he had previously smote
Ardriel sighed in irritation. "I don't see anything else that can hold the door shut. I could channel some magic and cause one of the doors to hold in place. It will only last for about 10 minutes, though. One moment."
Ardriel looks around for something they can use to spike the doors.
I thought I remembered seeing something about that, but since it wasn't on the loot sheet or my sheet I thought I was misremembering. I can use it with UMD.
I can attempt to Dispel the Silence field with my Legendary Item spellcasting. As long as we are within Ian's Daylight aura, anyone with Darkvision can see. That now includes me, and the original Nabasu is still my Smite target. We could also spike the doors closed so the original Nabasu can't get out, wait until the Enervations wear off, the Summoned Nabasu dissipates, and the spell durations run out, and then try and catch the original Nabasu off-guard.
Not sure how far you will try to move before using Wild Arcana. I moved my token on the map to my new location.
Sorry, Leothar. Ardriel doesn't have darkvision natively, so he couldn't have seen your motion and movement. I moved him a different direction that I felt made the most sense based on his location. If I made it out of the silence radius, he does have darkvision now, however.
Engulfed in darkness yet again, Ardriel considered his options, then moved backwards to try and leave the darkness and the silence. Moving around the corner, he channeled a burst of mythic power into a spell that would allow him to see in the darkness.
So, obviously my readied Glitterdust will not be going off, because the trigger called for seeing the demon, and I cannot see. I'm also feeling a bit confused about what's currently happening. Here is my understanding: 1. Ian and Enos opened the doors.
Do I have that understood correctly?
I had two Protection from Evil's prepared in spell slots, and I can use Divine Source for a third.
As the Dwarves prepared to open the doors, Ardriel stood behind Dadna, ready to try and blind the nabasu if he sees it.
With Leothar in front of one door and Dadna in front of the other, Ardriel said, "Unlock the door in front of Leothar, then the one in front of Dadna, so we can open both at the same time. Either he'll be behind one of them, or he'll be in the middle and Dadna and Leothar can flank."
Ardriel unloads two more arrows into the Nabasu, trying to bring it low.
With a direct line of fire to the demon, Ardriel knew he didn't need to worry about the front line. Instead, he called upon Yuelral to grant him the power to smite it, and then unloaded a couple arrows into it. He then aimed an arrow at the demon, ready to fire if it tried to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability.
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"They could be invisible. Does anyone have a way to check that?"
"Have they all fled, I wonder?" Ardriel checked the door on the west side of the room.
Bow in hand, Ardriel stands at the back of the group, an arrow nocked to the string, ready to fire if need be.
Ardriel goes and checks the door all the way to the north.
Ardriel reaches out to Ian and channels power a moment, granting him protection against a potential succubus's charms. He then casts a spell on himself to do the same. After a moment's consideration, he expended yet more power, aligning his bow with the forces of good.
"I'd wager these cells were used for holding incredibly powerful, high value prisoners. That abyssal heretic must have been imprisoned here." The elf looks at the butterflies and words on the walls. "How long was this heretic held prisoner, I wonder? It takes time to scratch messages and words into rock."
"Wasn't there some succubus heretic or something like that that escaped and had Staunton worried? Maybe she was held here?" Ardriel activates his detect magic ability and begins scanning the runes, while also attempting to understand them.
Strep throat is not fun. Also, I had strep throat. I'm better, although not quite done.
As Enos went to check the barred doors at the end of the hallway, Ardriel cast a spell to protect his mind from evil influences.
Sorry all, I was on vacation and had less time to post than expected. Back and catching up now.
"Would an arrow shaft be sufficient for a stake? I could break the head off one of my arrows and jam the wooden shaft into it? Otherewise we need someone to break a piece off of one of the torture racks?"
Ardriel decides that either the pale crusader is either a vampire really good at faking being dead or actually dead, so he turns his attention to the half-orc, loosing two arrows at it.
Ardriel narrows his eyes, studying the half-orc. Frowning, he concentrated a moment and began scanning the room for evil auras, in case the "dead" crusader was the actual vampire and the half-orc was an illusion.
Ardriel nods. "That is an excellent plan. If we can keep close, my protective spell can help keep us safe from any tricks the vampire uses."
Ardriel sees the babau, then takes aim at the one straight ahead of him and says, "Drezen is once again in crusader hands. Your evil will be removed from this place." He glows with a righteous light as he looses two arrows at it.
Ardriel places an arrow to his bowstring, ready to draw and fire if there was an enemy on the other side of the door. It could also just be nothing, but they couldn't afford to take chances here.
Ardriel groaned as he felt some of his energy drain from him. Fortunately, the others finished off the spectre. Despite clearly looking paler than normal, Ardriel said, "I am alright to continue for now. I don't believe there are any other creatures capable of phasing through the walls, so as long as I don't rush forward, I should be okay."
Ardriel readies another arrow to fire at the same spectre when it showed itself - unless it was right next to him!
Ardriel pulls out a special arrow he'd prepared in case of incorporeal creatures like this, and readied to shoot the first one that came close to them.
Sorry for my delayed posting, the Crowdstrike outage has me running all over. Squeezing a quick one in.
"I believe that the dungeons are back that way, where the vampire and his spawn are located. There was also some sort of 'abyssal heretic' or something that was imprisoned and escaped. It may be worth examining to make sure there isn't an alternate exit in there. There is magic that can allow one to pass by undead without them noticing, but I don't think any of us has the necessary spell."
Ardriel stands behind the rest. He is woefully inadequate in his knowledge of the undead, so he keeps his mouth shut so that he doesn't derail anyone's thought process.
Ardriel, bow in hand, says, "The vampire and his spawn are behind these doors, correct?"
Ardriel winces at the grating noise. He nods to Ian's suggestion they stay close, and then feels...something...compel him to pulse a burst of magic from him. A circle of faint, ghostly jewels emanates from him, including those closest.
"Though the banner is not in immediate danger, there may be demons roaming the halls who would attempt to take it if it were unguarded. Your assistance in guarding it will help ensure that we can find and finish them before they can cause further troubles." Refreshed, Ardriel said, "Yes. Let's clear out the basement, and then we can see what remains on this floor."
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