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Bellum would like the statue to be enchanted so that his expression changes every day. Preferably, based on the weather.

A slew of VOs!

I'll PM you. Thanks again for GMing. You did an awesome job.

Totally. I have...quite a bit of Prestige on this character.

Oh! What if I spent 6 Prestige to get a +4 on the skill check? (1 for the cost, 5 because we are outside a settlement.)

Hmmm. Let me see if I used my GM re-roll.
Edit: Yup. On the Vrocks.

Well, there's just going to be a portal open to the Abyss then. Six 34's in a row are hard to make without optimizing for it and/or using shenanigans. We'll just have to clean it up in 2E.

Okay, ritual time. I think it's best if I make all of the checks. Looks like Frag is a secondary caster.

If there's a benefit for having secondary casters, Bellum would ask others to participate. If not, Bellum would tell them, "I've never tried to close a portal to the Abyss before; anything could happen! You might want to stand back a bit."

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25
Knowledge (geography): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (3) + 31 = 34
Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36
Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36
Knowledge (geography) Re-roll: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27 Blood Under Absalom boon

Is there any benefit to having secondary casters if they aren't doing checks? If they aren't helping, it would probably be better if I did them alone in case there is a backlash.

"It sounded to me like Nikolai would enjoy the Abyss! Really some space to explore some new ideas." Bellum looks at his virtuous companions. "And contain any horrifying evil he spawns, of course."

I don't mind being the primary caster. (I'm Arcana: +18, Geography: +16, Religion: +31, Planes: +18) Does anyone have any spells that would help on skills? Anyone's skills better?

I'm glad we got him the way we did. Save or lose has its place, but beating the boss encounter the old-fashioned way is more satisfying.

Bellum will draw his pickax, (enchanted to +3 from his scabbard) and join in the fun. (After casting heal on himself, I suppose.)

Did KV have freedom of movement, out of curiosity? I was a little to busy healing to cast chains of light, but I was legitimately wondering if it was an option.

I'm into a nice, quick coup d'grace for this guy, but I don't know how everyone else feels. Great job, all.

Also, a million kudos, Andrew. Very well-run combat.

As far as the channel goes, I think most of us are looking pretty ragged right now.

Gotcha. I thought it had to target him specifically. I'm fine with meteors, then.

I think we might have to do acid, considering the radius of the effect. (Easy to cook ourselves with meteors.) If I'm looking at the map right, we could maybe do an acid blister at the top of the cliff that would only get KV.

Yes, I'll use Divine Interference with a 7th-level slot.

Bellum weaves shadows into the facsimile of creatures, setting the shadow creatures created by the spell to wait to attack until KV moves

SM III: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Three shadowy eagles appear. Bellum moves near Nikolai to the spot where his quicken rod fell.
I'll take the +2 AC, Reflex, attacks.
I think I put those eagles in the appropriate spots.

Do I need to wait until after someone attacks, in case he moves?

My quicken rod is on the ground, as I dropped it when I died. I'd be up to trying chains of light, but I'd be a little surprised if he didn't have freedom of movement. (I don't feel like that's metagame-y. We used it to prepare. /shrug)

I can set up a chain of shadow conjured creatures if we need to.

Bellum will stand as a swift action, move over and cast breath of life on Hendric.

Breath of Life: 5d8 + 14 ⇒ (8, 7, 8, 2, 6) + 14 = 45

He'll then use his remaining mythic power to activate his spectral shroud and become incorporeal.

"Wha? Oh, I had the most frightening dream!" Bellum looks around. "Oh, right."

I'll wait until Nikolai goes to act. I can get Hendric back up.

Even though it would mess up charging, I'm for lifting him up. Unless something weird happens, that should stop anyone from getting full-attacked. (Of course, I'm not someone who uses charging, so...)

Could we make a pillar that lifts KV up? Would that Abyssal fire block LOS? Maybe we could have it spread to his square.

Okay, I'm fine with holding off. You want a barrier between you and him? Maybe we could do something that blocks both you and KULIK.

I'm fine with meteors. Light him up!

Frag and Sir Hendric were out of the area when that was cast. Taking down one of the Glabrezu before he could Stun anyone.

Whoops, my bad.

Don't forget about blessing of fervor!

You're right, it's only weapon damage. Though, I think even with 5 temp HP I should be at +2. (120-154+36?)

I think I was at 128 before the attack, counting my temporary hitpoints--You had me clocked at 5 temps, but I think I had 10, unless I missed something. Also, do you think stoneskin would apply against the fall damage? (Since I can earthglide right now due to my ring of stony flesh, I might make the argument that I'm landing on a soft surface--at least to me--but...that seems like a little bit of a stretch.)

Nah, we can just continue.

I think I'm up at 10 HP after that BoL. (Thanks Kurik!) I'll wait for Hendrik to go and see what happened with the cultists before I decide what to do.

I'd rather take out the glabrezu. (Preferably with the acid) We can always kill the cultists manually if we like, and it would be nice to let everyone focus-fire KV

I'll do that then.

"Goodness, what a time for a nap!"
Bellum will take the 30 ft. speed increase from the blessing, cast heal, then fly up to Frag and heal him.

I think with a 90 ft. fly speed I can make it without any shenanigans. Let me know if you think otherwise.

I'm pretty suspicious about those cultist-looking people. Anyone want to take them out with Abyss shenanigans? Otherwise I'm into another acid bubble.

Yeah, sorry to complain. I just need to finish my coffee. ::sips::

I would drop my quicken metamagic rod. Am I stunned for 5 rounds or 8?

Also--and this isn't a knock against you, at all, GM, you're running it really well--but the use of abilities by the author that completely take people out for multiple rounds is unfun. I'm glad we are doing this PBP. If we were at the table, I would have spent almost all of the fights in this scenario waiting for other people to resolve their turns. I know that Hard Mode is "use the tricks the PCs use," but the GM at least gets to do stuff unless we daze/stun the whole team of bad guys. End rant.

Acid Bubble on the green and orange glabrezu seems like a decent option.

Bellum will cast blessing of fervor, targeting himself, KULIK, Kurik, and Nikolai. He'll then fly up 30 ft. in the air and cast quickened, extended shield of faith on himself.

Sorry, couldn't get everyone with blessing!

If it helps move things along for you, GM, the first thing I'll do on my turn (if I'm able to act) is gain true seeing as a free action, so you can include that in your description if you want. Also, any indication what is going on with those robed figures?

I'll re-roll that.
Foritude save (reroll): 1d20 + 15 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 15 + 4 = 38

I'll take a hit of that false life.
UMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
False Life: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

I suppose acid seems like a likely danger for planar adaptation.

Day Job (Diplomacy): 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (16) + 28 = 44

I wouldn't say no to a fly in case I need to get over to someone to heal them. I'll also activate my ring of stony flesh to get CL11th stoneskin and cast extended mirror image on myself.
Mirror Image: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Just as a note, I can get true seeing from a class ability if we need it. Also remember, I cast extended communal delay poison on everyone before that last fight--I think that it got lost in the flurry of buffs. Duration should be ~4 hours.

I'm willing to cast whatever I need to from scrolls. Maybe the GM can tell us if Talisman of Reprieve does anything.

The Rankin/Bass "The Hobbit" was pretty good. Saw it not too long ago and it still stands up. (Not "The Last Unicorn" good, but pretty good.)

The Rankin/Bass "Return of the King" was dreadful.

Agreed. (Other than the "I am no man" scene in Return of the King, which I love.)

If you feel strongly about it, I will defer to you, Nikolai. This adventure is still pretty on-theme for my character, so I'm enjoying it--even without becoming super evil. :)