Etna Agnes's page

I can just echo what the others have said: this is the best game I've played on this boards*, and I'm always up to resume if (hopefully when!) you want to pick the games up, DMD. :D

*Well, I've played Pathfinder only on these boards (DMing my live game), so I guess this is the best game I've ever played period!

Please do not forget us Greeks. If nothing else we seem to always be in the running where such contests are concerned.

Don't forget about us, too!

In the meantime, as our fellow posters have illustrated quite nicely, this is sure providing a lot of fodder for comedy.

Agreed, even if it's more of the "laugh while shifting nervously on the chair" variety. :P

Yup, Etna can't enter: IC she'll be able to Bluff her way out no problem. :P

So, let's try making a list of things to do so when DMD's back we're ready.

1) Get the sacrifice started: we need daily doses of Unholy Water, but we can make it here (I don't remember in which room).
2) Etna can teleport back to Farholde ASAP to start organizing someone to see how much/what we need to fortify the horn, and to see how the Bound Flame is doing. Also making the place livable.
From there, we should start building a line of defense:
3) Raise some undead guards for the upper floors.
4) Strike a formal deal with the Boggards: we give them food, they try to eat whoever goody adventurer comes close to the Horn.
5) Maybe down the road get some human guard in the Horn for finer guarding work.
6) Cover/trap the chimney so people can't sneak in and eliminate the plant/make that Tkaara's room.
7) Let's try to keep Hexor and Vexor on our good side: maybe buying them decent beds? :P

Anything to add?

So, what's the plan: start out ASAP, or first get the horn in decent shape?

The matter of Tkaara's food is something we should consider, too: how much can she go without blood, and does she have to kill someone in one shot when she drains him/her?

As I've posted in gameplay, what now? I think we should start by making the place at least decent (i.e. fixing the main possible security breaches that we've found, making the Horn habitable) and having some guards move in, before we start the ritual.
PS: remember that Etna can teleport herself 2 times a day, so when we need to contact our allies we can do so with minimal problems. Same with giving orders to the Bound Flame.

"Well, with this, we should have cleared the temple of any hostiles that may interfere. Now..." Etna sighs, avoiding the shower of electric particles "Where should we begin? It will take months to complete the ritual, and I'd personally prefer if we started making this place suitable for defense...and living, as we'd have to conduct the rituals daily. Where should we start?"

Remember about Haste, everyone!
Etna smiles satisfied when her companions attacks land on the creature. Gesturing at the creature, she conjures forth a ray smelling lightly of sulfur toward the elemental, trying to weaken him.

DMD, how's the trip going? We didn't hear in more than a week, getting a little worried. D:

One problem, though: I have just been called away with work to the other side of the world (like 8 time zones away). I'll be travelling today and will have intermittent access to email.

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Woah! Safe travels!

You live to see another day, Lighting Elemental!

Well, I started shooting, hopefully everyone will follow. :P

And for mapping, I advise to make the map as normal, but note separately at how much distance someone is up in the air: that should be enough.

Once everyone is in position, Etna opens her mouth, as if to issue an order, but the elemental is the only one to hear it, as it echoes trough its ears.

Etna's Mage armor lasts for 7 hours, and she has plenty to spare. Same for fly, only that lasts either 7 or 6 minutes.

We don't have to roll initiative yet, we've still got the surprise round! From what Felrin said, I'm assuming is getting in position and then we're attacking?

Casting Mage Armor on who needs it, plus Fly on Erevan and Felrin.
I don't think this elemental is going to last very much. :P

While they ascend the stairs, Etna chants a spell, and a translucent veil of energy shimmers around her for a moment. Once they've reached the top of the stairs and are ready to attack, the ifrit gestures toward her companions, and the air fills with the smell of sulfur: even with its pungency, if fills them with vigor.

I think we're going to leave quietly without upsetting the giant ball of thunder, get a rest, and come back to kill the elemental. Once that's done, we can start planning on how to fix the horn.

If Etna or Tkarra spill that they can't enter, Taty would put those points into evocation-related things.

You won't be hearing that from Etna, you can be sure. :P

Ascending the great flight of stairs, Etna stops on the first of the steps, visibly bothered by the aura around the room.
"We knew that a powerful seal had to be in place to hold a Daemon prince, but it is certainly worrying to have such an overwhelming aura just above our head." the ifrit comments, looking to the ceiling "Do you think we should dispatch this elemental above here, first and foremost?"

Hhhm, it looks like the spiral staircase exits right in the middle of the room: where do we and Tkaara have to stop because we can't go further?
This is going to be difficult to explain IC. :P

I think that the ring of Mind Shielding could be something that we pass around by the situation: me and Tkaara are both face characters, and both of us ping like a Christmas tree on Detect Evil radars.

About raising undead, I think it's a very good idea to have some as guards/laborers! Though, I think that between them and the Boggards we'd still need some human(oid) guard, too.

Etna carefully picks up the Metamagic Rod disguised as a walking stick, marveling at the craftsmanship.
I have to say, I didn't expect anything this tasteful from the Horsemen.
Seeing Felrin prostrating himself and praying to the Dark Lord, the fire-haired woman stays silent for a bit, before uttering a prayer to Asmodeus herself. She had never done so before, but it was plain to her that she wouldn't have been here if it wasn't for the Lord of the Ninth and his agents.

3-9
"This room is curious. I wonder what purpose it had." Etna says, moving closer to the circle at the center of the room "The word in this circle 'nen', doesn't make any sense like those on the thrones."

Got it!
And anyway, that's a lot of money! Like I said in gameplay, however, I have the suspicion that a lot of those are going to be used to get the horn back in working conditions, so I propose that we wait to split it until we got an estimate of the work required to make the building at least decent.
For the magic item loot, does anyone else want the Acid Metamagic Rod?

"From what Hexor and Vexor told us, if the Elf was with the others and ran away, he simply wasn't the one that was able to talk Daemonic. That, or he was uncouth and didn't try to introduce himself to our friends." Etna smiles, examining the last Eye of Vetra-Kali without touching it. "In any case, it appears we have all of the eyes now. Once we've finished exploring all of the floors, we can start securing this place and start the preparations for the ritual." she gesture at the trove of the Sons "We have no shortage of funds, it appears."

I'm fairly sure we're using the Unchained bonus progression here, too, so that would just be a pretty belt.

"It is strange, however." Etna muses "The elf ended up being Hexor and Vexor's dinner, but the rest of them perished here. I wonder if they got here separately..."

As they enter the room, Etna tries to discern the nature of what spell had made it possible, but doesn't reach the conclusion until Tatienne explains it. On the other hand, the Ifrit has no problem understanding what the coalescence of malice says, and tries to reason with it after a curtsy.

Keep saying Hail Vetra Kali while we press the eye buttons?

Etna Agnes wrote:

That's the first time we've seen an image of Vetra-Kali, right? What does he looks like?

Actually, there've been several statues/bas-reliefs of Vetra-Kali; he looks something like this.

Oh, got it! I had forgot we had seen other images of him.

Taking an hold of herself, Etna gets back on her feet, dusting her dress
"I-I apologize for the unseemly display." the ifrit apologizes, slightly embarrassed, as she moves toward the newly opened door. "Hail Vetra-Kali, Hail Vetra-Kali, Hail Vetra-Kali..."

Entering the seemingly empty room, the Ifrit focuses to Detect Magic, in case they had missed something.

That's the first time we've seen an image of Vetra-Kali, right? What does he looks like?
"Looks like the Mitrans didn't reach this place." Etna comments, as she looks at the bas relief on the walls and ceilings "I have to say, the subject isn't as boring as the Mitrans', but the decor is starting to look a little too gaudy."

The Ifrit nods at Tkaara's findings. "Yes, let's looks first for another way to proceed, but I too think that that inscription could be-Felrin?" the fire-haired woman starts, before she's interrupted by the Tiefling's flight. She's about to ask him what in the world had taken over him, but putting together his reaction and Tkaara's lack thereof (what with her condition and all), the Ifrit assumes that a spell was probably involved. Steeling herself, Etna moves for the bas relief, to investigate any detail of it or the altars.

Even at several feet of distance from the image of Vetra-Kali, Etna's hair already start to lose their bright color, slowing their movements in the air and growing to a pale orange.
I can't be stopped by something so trivial...we've faced much fearsome thing than this...
Despite what she's saying to herself, the Ifrit's hearth starts beating like mad, and her breath grows short.
And I, in particular, have been to That place. No spell cast by some raving cultist could ever manage to conjure something more terrifying than those screams!
For a moment, Etna strides again with confidence toward the bas relief, her hair flaring back up brighter than before, before she freezes.
But if this spell wasn't just conjuring fear, but could actually harm me. Does...does that mean that there's a chance it could harm me, that I could die? Am I going to go There, even after all I've been trough? I should have become something more than I was, and still here's my hearth beating like a drum in my chest, even if I'm not sure still to have one.
In one moment, Etna's hair are completely snuffed out, turning into a dull grey as they fall onto the Ifrit's shoulders.
Am I going to become just another scream into that hellish cacophony?
AAAAAAAAH!
Etna's scream of utter panic echoes trough the others' ears, giving them the sensation that an hot poker was held a few centimeters from their head; as you were looking at her back, you're not really sure if she actually opened her mouth, but nonetheless the Ifrit flees into a corner and cowers in panic, her arms over her head.

3-1
"I have means to fly, too, and can provide them for you, too. Unfortunately, I do not know if I can muster the concentration to cast the spells twice for both me, Felrin, Erevan, and the Doctor." the ifrit says, as she tries to make sense of the convoluted script in demonic.
"Shall we first try to check the other doors on this floor, or try to fly up now? We may find others means to get on the upper floor from the inside, possibly."

Etna nods to Felrin, and waits for the door to be opened.

So, they cooked his stuff, too?

3-13
Etna has barely the time to look around the room, trying to see if she recognized the symbols on the walls, when the Daemons appear. Listening to them, her hair light up a little when Hexor and Vexor mention the elf.

"It seems the Kyonyn elf of the Seventh Knot was here, with was being the important part: Hexor and Vexor made short work of him, but I've asked them if the elf had any journal or such on him, so that we may know what happened to the rest of the Knot." the Ifrit explains to the others.

Know.(Planes?): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

I'd say we go up! We used absolutely nothing of our resources, and we don't even know how many floors are left.

2-19
"Well, a simple Flesh to Stone spell will do, but it is not something that I'm able to cast unfortunately. A scroll will do...even if there is the possibility that our Daemonic worshiper could die in the process." the ifrit furrows her brow "Still, at least we'd have the Eye."

2-19
"I wouldn't discard the flesh, either: we just have found a sacrifice for Vetra-Kali. We were quite lucky" the fire-haired woman smiles pleased "We will have no problem to provide a scroll to turn him back."

2-18
"How bothersome." Etna says, examining the shrine "We will have to properly desecrate this shrine as soon as we can, and I'm not saying that just because I hate the idea of having a Mitran shrine this close to where I'll sleep."

2-19
"There is a strong evocation aura coming from the belt pouch of that statue." the ifrit says as she points to it "We will do well to handle it with care."

2-21
"With what they did to this floor, you would think that defacing murals is an important and respected Mitran tenet." Etna chuckles as she glances at the murals as they walk across the corridor.
"I did not know that the Horsemen had such a long history." she comments "I thought the cult originated in Talingrade, but I suppose it makes sense for them to come from the mainland. I could study their whole history, but I think that for the time being it will do good to us to study it from the summoning of Vetra-Kali onward: maybe we will gleam some useful informations."

Tkaara, are you going to name the two plant Oozes Cleopatra and Cleopatra the second?

"It looks like the Mitran did us at least an unwitting favor, at least." Etna nods at the proposal of keeping the oozes as guardians.
"We will just have to make sure that no one accidentally enters the room...but if it will be Tkaara's, I hope that no one would be as uncouth as to enter her room without permission." the ifrit smiles wickedly "And if they do, well, disturbing a lady's privacy is reason enough to become that lady's next breakfast."

Without Tkaara having a physical form to point in the direction of the "something, Etna shakes her head.
"I can't see anything, either, but if they tried to knock us asleep and drag us in that direction, I doubt they are harmless."

Oh, understood! Seeing three of us get knocked asleep and dragged away made me think we were being attacked. <.<

"Of course. If I'm not mistaken, I'm fairly sure this is the third time in a week that foliage and assorted pants tried to attack us." Etna nods to Tkaara, drawing her dagger.

Moving to the Doctor, the ifrit first tries to wake him from his sleep, and then proceeds to cut the vines to free him. If nothing goes awry, she proceeds to do the same for Tatienne and Felrin.

Ottakar is really starting to hate plants.

Become a vegetarian. Make them suffer everyday.

By the way, what's the turn order? Can we peek under the DM spoiler for the rolls?

Grats on the promotion!

I've been thinking on how we can do the resurrection sacrifice thing, but I doubt we have the means: he's been dead for way too much. No poetic sacrifice :/

Though, where can we find a Daemonic cultist? Unless Hexor and Vexor have some ideas, the only thing I can think of is to find new Daemonic converts.

Etna tries to look as apologetic as possible as she replies to the two well-dressed gentledaemons.

"They are ecstatic to know that their lord can be brought back, but I'm explaining to them that we will need first to fortificate the Horna and find a Daemonic follower to sacrifice to proceed." Etna translates for her companions, nodding to Tatienne. "Let us first explain the situation to them, and then I'd be happy to ask them specifics for you."

Etna smiles and curtsies again to the Daemons.

Tatienne Talbot wrote:

Taty stifles a yawn, covering her mouth politely, and then she hums a little tune, a fine Chelish opera, as she fiddles with her parasol.

While I recognize this was just a post for posting's sake, I for one am very glad you posted - I had no idea Taty had a parasol.

Important stuff!

Well, of course Taty has a parasol: how would she fly if she didn't?

And these two Daemons/Teleporting bugbears/ are adorable! Can we keep them as butlers?