Dioneo II Starnon's page

The chronicle looks great! Thanks again Otha for GMing this one for us. I had really a lot of fun. I like how you handled this scenario. Thank you!

As a chelaxian lesser noble and rebel house, Dioneo has his mind set already. He kneels before Zarta and puts a gloved fist on the ground.

"My lady. Cheliax has long awaited your return. Smaller houses wait for this. Only a word and house Starnon of Westcrown is yours to be bound. Become our Queen."

However, Dioneo isn't a member of cheliax/dark archives precisely because he comes from a traitor house.

Smirking, Dioneo draws a rod bearing elemental runes from the plane of air. He says a few arcane words and a ball of lightning erupts from where Leventi stands.

I'm trying not to have anyone else inside of it. Lightning fireball, Ref DC 21 for half.

SR?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21 I think it's good but not sure.

Lightning Ball: 10d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4) = 42

That is correct :)

Fort save DC 23: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Ref save DC 25: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Dioneo resists boldly the pain but is engulfed in flames. His natural and magical protection allows him to avoid most of the damage, however.

He gathers magical energy and expands a magical aura towards his allies and towards Leventi.

Casting PRAYER, will it affect the devil? SR check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29... Yes it will!

Fiery wings unfold in the Baron's back and he flies away from the group.

Dioneo sighs, letting his arms fall beside his body. He breathes heavily and cocks his head up with a defiant look.

"I am not ready to accept the terms of this one." he says.

"Lies and deceit. Each breath you take is an injure to this plane. And to the material as well. What says that you won't break your word? My kin suffered enough from devils." he declares, peeling off his gloves to show deeply scorched hands.

Dioneo's eyes begins to water but he tries to gulp it down. Coughing to regain his composure, the Baron sighs.

"Powerful indeed. I could feel the stench of its breath... Let's move on." he declares.

NP ^^ that's actually pretty acurate RP-wise as Dioneo is pretty afraid of powerful devils.

I hope everything went well, GM.

Grinding his teeth, the Baron makes a fist of his scorched hand and raise it in the air.

"Leventi, show yourself. You have to answer to your guest." he says, making sure queen Erecura's pin is plainly visible.

Nice!

Dioneo casts again a resistance against fire on himself. He'll use a protection against evil only in the last instance.

Will save DC 19: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Dioneo cowers in fear, hiding behind the Croc. He seems to suffer post-devilic trauma...

GM:I casted lesser resto twice on the croc

Dioneo stops focusing on his spell, landing softly on the ground. After a little while 9 round, the pattern disappears and Ophelia and the lurker are not fascinated anymore.

Smirking, the Baron shrugs.
"Well, we have a job to do, Pathfinders."

Dioneo will offer to heal Ridley with a CLW wand.

On the way, Dioneo takes the time to analyze Leatherhead's wounds. He'll cast two spells to dissipate the wounds.

Lesser resto 1: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Lesser resto 2: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Dioneo claps his hands together several times and embers begin to glow inside of them, appearing out of aether. Cupping his hands, the ifrit blows the ember, starting a fascinating ray of red, yellow and orange light. The pattern fixes itself on the two interlopers before Jack.

Casting Rainbow Pattern!, will save DC 21 for both of them if their total HD isn't above 24. If they fail, they're fascinated.

Dioneo opens wide his arms as fiery wings sprout from his back. He mutters: "Speed."

A fiery aura covers the party, enhancing its speed and reactions. He then moves quickly upwards.

Casting Blessing of Fervor as a standard, everyone should be inside. Swift to activate the wings.

I take the +2s

Dioneo, startled by the casting and the information tries to look around but isn't as deft as Sorrow. He furrows his brow and thinks quickly. He has no spells that he can use silently, thus chooses to wait to see what happens. He takes his own metamagic rod of elemental spell.

Dioneo chuckles lightly and shrugs.

"If we promise to help you on this task, I believe we couldn't be devils. However, as my companion said, what do you have to offer?"

Diplomacy, aid: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 19 + 2 = 39

Having no means to bypass the other checks, I let you run your magics ^^

Dioneo nods slowly.

"Interesting. I do not have this ability, however." he says, turning towards the other magic users in the group.

Nice job, everyone!

Dioneo looks at the evidence with disdain. "A naughty little devil he is, this one!"

Upon hearing Zarta's message, he nods at the others. "Let's go back to the place!"

Sorry for my absence. Tough times.

Dioneo goes along with Sorrow and Ridley. He tries his best to convince the devil. Not the bluffing type, he however finds difficult to articulate anything in the pathfinders' favor...

Bluff aid: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 - 4 = 6

Dioneo looks with amusement but suddenly has an idea.

GM: could Dioneo use his Heaven's leap hex on the souls? It teleports them 30 feet forward in space. I can do it once on each soul.

Dioneo has been silent for all the time of the dialogue. His inner self twisted between helping the Hellknights or letting them to their fate. Those didn't seem like the Hellknights he's met before, though.

"Yes... we'll do our best. Let's hit the library, guys."

Dioneo agrees.
"Let's head towards the ghetto indeed."

Dioneo smiles at Zarta's word. "Thank you, my lady. Now, I also think it is time to head towards the room Artinean has for us. Should we stay on our guards during the night?"

On the way, the baron asks Zarta: "Why makes you think Hellknight Teena Forester has something for us?"

Knowledge local to see if Dioneo knows of this hellknight?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Dioneo nods, grinning.
"Sometimes, growing up in the lesser political sphere of a twisted country helps. Thank you."

Dioneo thanks the imp, gives him a glove with the crest of his house, a gargoyle on the top of a tower, revealing a scarred and tremendously burnt hand.
"We shall keep our word, then. Onward to meet our lovely contact!"

Dioneo raises an eyebrow.
"Gellius Thrune? Then our interests match, as we are seeking his soul. The more information you give us, the closer you are to Gellius' soul."

Dioneo nods. "We need to know more about a previous owner of yours, Leventi. You have our word, if you answer, then you'll have your freedom indeed."

Lowering his tone, the Baron asks: "We heard he behaved strangely lately, and against the interests of Hell. We need proof of that. Can you provide?"

Diplomacy, enhanced, hell: 1d20 + 19 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 19 + 2 - 4 = 30 plus any aid roll

So, who gives the imp a piece of clothing once the discussion is over? xD

Dioneo joins Edgar and kneels next to the cage, looking at the imp.
"Yes, as my colleague here says. Hello, Tholvinus. My name is Dioneo Starnon. Once we have those questions answered and your word that it is true, you can have... your freedom back. Do we have a deal?"

Dioneo looks at the party and shrugs. "Well, let's take kind Tholvinus to Zarta to ask some questions. What do you say?"

I'm okay with talking to the imp and going to the library.

Dioneo waves his rod, stores it and smirks, oblivious to Cerinthiel's remark.
"Well, thank you, kind lady. As for the prize, we'd like the imp Tholvinus. "

Do we fight for more items or do we resume our quest?

RL is getting slowly but surely back to "normal" in my European country, so I can post a bit more often :)

Dioneo brushes dust off his clothes, scoffing at the remaining erinye.
"May the stars swallow your forces." he simply says, crossing his arms on his chest, looking deep into the confused creature's eyes.

As the Baron utter his wish, dust begin to cling to the erinye's skin and head, blocking its sight.

Using "Stardust". This stardust causes the target to shed light as a candle, and it cannot benefit from concealment or any invisibility effects. The creature takes a –3 penalty on attack rolls and sight-based Perception checks, no save. However, since it's a spell-like ability, I think I need to roll SR...

SR red: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 Well nevermind :D

boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Dioneo grits his teeth as his lightning ball is only partially effective. Feeling the arrows deep in his chest, the Baron enrages.

"How DARE YOU attack ME? Take THIS, filth!"

Thanks to his fiery wings, the Baron hovers towards the southern part of the arena and unleashes another ball of lightning on the red erinye and the devil.

Lightning Ball, ref DC 22: 10d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 2) = 31

SR devil?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
SR red: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Covered in flames and lightning, Dioneo's shadow gets bigger and bigger to cover the erinye's figure.
"KNOW YOUR PLACE, SCUM! YOUR PLACE IS IN ASH AND CINDERS, THE MERE MEMORY OF YOUR INSIGNIFICANT EXISTENCE VANISHED!" he shouts.

Intimidation (demoralize): 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24

Using Dioneo's trait "omen" to demoralize the erinye as a swift action.

As I read TK charge, it is an immediate action outside of your round. You still should have your rounds' actions, Croc.

Smirking, Dioneo approaches on a gentle pace. He brandishes a rod and begins casting a spell. As he casts, the rod seems to interfere in the way the words come out of his mouth, like a strange echo...

"Sulfur and ash Light and ash!, reduce to cinder petrify the limbs of those impudent fools!"

As he finishes his incantation, red and blue arcane energy swirl around his rod and a small orb is fired towards the center of the battlefield, zapping with lightning the two erinyes.

Lightning ball, ref DC 22 for half: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2, 4, 5) = 35

SR yellow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
SR red: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Fireball, CL 11 for the damage thanks to "spell specialization", and +2 vs SR thanks to "spell penetration", lightning damage instead of fire thanks to elemental spell rod.

No probs, folks. Dioneo never ran out if spells in 9 levels. Those resources are here to be uses! :)

So Ridley used a resource of his own for the fire resistance? Just to know how much spells Dioneo used.

Please let me know if, like Jack, your character would like to recieve a fire resistance 20 prior to the fight.

Dioneo opens his arms wide and wings of fire sprout from his back.
He laughs and, with a little move of his index, chants arcane words.
"Quicker! Faster! Run around and, to the ground, toss them all!"

He casts Blessing of Fervor. Please, do not forget to pick your boon at the beginning of your turn!

Dioneo picks the +2's.

Dioneo nods.
"Very well."

I'm ok with lethal force with nobody dying. I'd prefer the 1pp per PC.

After the talking, he casts a simple spell on each willing pathfinder.
"Who wants and needs a ward against fire?"

Resist energy fire 20 for 90 minutes.

Actually, Jack is right. I posted in haste yesterday evening but I think Dioneo will use best his abilities with lethal blasts.

Dioneo seems to ponder what Jack said ans nods.
"You speak the truth, my friend. And even if I don't think we will lose, I don't even want my decision to tie any of us with a dark bargain. I vote for lethal."

Dioneo scoffs.
"My good... lady. Lethal fights are so overrated. These are things from yesterday! We have so much to offer when non-lethal becomes available!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

Dioneo listens Ridley attentively.
"Perhaps we could try to look at a fight before taking part in one. It could be of use. What do you think?" he asks the party.

knowledge local: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Dioneo nods.
"My deep knowledge of fire grants me a mean to fly, however not eternally."

Looking around, he searches for a way to enlist the party to fight into the arena.

Dioneo nods.
"I agree, let's see how we can get this imp!"

Dioneo doesn't flinch and grins wider. He points at the tome Arenthea is currently reading.
"Well, it seems to me that you have a particular interest in the mortal realm, scholars and secrets."

The Baron marks a pause, looking deep in the erynies' eyes. He raises his head, putting a lock flaming hair behind his ear. As he does, he begins to glow soflty. casting enhanced diplomacy
"We are interested in informations about this devil's latest actions around here."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 2 = 41 well, thanks, bot!