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So what's going on? We seemed to have stalled.
Everon takes the possessed body and flies it high into the air, then plummets straight down at top speed. A fraction of a second before it hits the earth, Everon returns to his body. "Well, I think we are unprepared for an army. Let's leave before this gets ugly."
Everon sighs. "Fine. Hold my body, I will return to it momentarily." He reaches into his pack, taking out a large, transparent crystal. "Arcaniss mircahallin!" Everon slumps over and the crystal flares for a moment.
"I think with our illustrious dwarf on the retreat, we should follow. We aren't prepared for a war." Everon gently suggests to Tomaru.
Everon floats silently behind the others, face reserved, ready for this all to blow up in their face.
We gonna fight, lie, or sneak our way past the fort?
I don't think we will be able to plan who with who, since in the heat of combat it may be difficult to stay with that plan. I would say Tomaru takes whoever he can, and then Everon can pick up the rest since he can move quickly wherever he needs to with his constant flight. Also, I think I may possibly speak for all of us when I say "I don't even know where to begin". Perhaps an idea of what options we may have?
We just need to identify a spot on the outskirts of the city we could teleport to safely if need be. Then simply step in/out of the boundary, and teleport again if need be.
"Many greater giants enslave their lesser cousins. The benevolent ones refuse, often giving their lives to do so. They may have been enslaved, but there is no innocence in them that deserves our remorse." Even while saying this the smell of burning giant flesh reached Everon's nose and he turned, eyes watering.
Everon makes the bones of one of the storm giants rattle!
Everon floats out of reach of the giants, but his spectral hand flies down to touch the first one coming out of the tunnel. "Chikohk mamiss!"
I will be largely unavailable starting tomorrow until the following Monday, so about the next 10 days. I may be able to check in briefly on my phone but won't be able to do any long or complicated posts. Please GMPC me as needed.
Wow that's a high set of dice, even if he makes his fort save he still loses 9 strength and dexterity. On a failure that's 18. Oof
Everon winces as the boulder comes at him, but it bounces off his defenses. Everon looks up at the giant that hit him, a startlingly fierce frown on his face. He retrieves a small bird bone from his spell component pouch and keep his gaze on the giant. "Loerchik xtirl." He snaps the bone in his hand, and from his helm fires a piece of dark grey dust at the giant.
Spells Indeed, although my build focus tends to be on crippling debuffs, my 8th level spells that are regularly prepared are Horrid Wilting and Destruction. Although do note that I'll get a few more 8th level spells to pick from...I may just pick up some utility stuff at this point though. Greater Teleport? Greater Scrying? I've considered Death Clutch, but unfortunately it's evil so definitely off the table. Not sure why it's evil to be honest, doesn't appear particularly nasty or mean compared to my other options. There's Irresistible Dance, which even on a save causes a target to lose at least an entire round of actions and provoke from everybody around them with a reduced AC. Moment of Prescience is always an option, basically guarantees that I can make a single check when I need to. Can be a little tricky with PbP though. Trap the Soul...ah, Trap the Soul. That may be a wise decision to pick up to ensure when we kill the big bad that we can actually keep him dead. However we would need a gem worth probably over 20000gp in order to actually use it. Hexes Regenerative Sinew certainly isn't bad, but I figured with a cleric in the party it wasn't particularly needed.
Part of me is also considering just burning all my 8th level spells on Nine Lives on the other party members. It would take away my biggest nuke spells...but wow would it make us really really hard to kill.
Everon Level 16 HP: 4 (base) +3 (con) +1 (FC) = +8 hp (total of 130 now)
Just need to pick a hex and some spells and I'll be good to finalize my level up!
Also, taking build recommendations for the next level. For my next Major Hex...perhaps Retribution?
Through a very bizarre set of circumstances in a Kingmaker campaign our level 17 gestalt characters were confronted by a horde of boggarts. In the original encounter it was like over 50 boggarts, definitely not able to be handled, and the idea is that you had to be diplomatic or flee. But my level 17 wizard created a cloudkill and summoned a massive air elemental who used his tornado ability to fly around and chuck the boggarts into the cloudkill, who had HD so low that they all died instantly upon contact with it. Pretty brutal.
Everon, despite his racing heart, had slowly floated to an upright position as his brows furrowed in preparation. But when the fey revealed their intentions he gave an audible sigh. A powerful force indeed, not one to be trifled with. He inclines his head respectively to her, trying to keep himself from trembling. "Their goals align with others, so I am here to help them in the last leg of their journey." He says vaguely.
Everon wakes fitfully, eyes heavily bagged and sunken in, and gazes at the figure with his arcane sight.
Welcome back! Doing well, have not been able to contribute much due to some poor rolls and the party's intense damage output, but I'm sure I'll get a moment to shine soon enough :)
As the wendigo erupts through the ceiling and bites Lym, Everon cries out. "Don't let it flee with her!" He reaches out a clawed hand towards the wendigo. "Yobhakcho chikohk!" A dark pulse is felt through the room as Everon grasps his hand closed.
GM I haven't acted in round one. I posted a knowledge check and was waiting on the results before deciding a course of action.
Holy and smiting vs evil target. Ranged paladins certainly pump out the DPS, especially at high levels, and really shine vs evil targets, but typically get slightly outpaced vs targets they're not smiting.
Everon floats closer to the ground, but not quite touching it, and casts spectral hand in preparation for whatever monstrosity was about to burst through.
Everon looks very taken aback. "Oh sorry...just making some magical humor is all. Besides I could always restore it back." He offers with a sly grin.
"If you would like I can remove your ability to feel." Everon offers with a charitable smile.
Everon meekly floats back down to the others, and his heart is quickly stricken by fear again.
Everon decides to keep ascending. No point staying near that monstrosity.
"Let me at least take a brief glance around the area. I would not want to start hauling this body only to be assaulted by something and risk losing it." Everon ascends, getting a birds-eye view to check out if there were any threats in the area.
"The living should not suffer for the dead. We should press on until our mission is complete, then return once we have the time to do so. But I will bow to all your wishes on the situation."
Everon drifts slightly higher into the air, almost unconsciously. "Yes, let's continue on through the clearly not undead infested graveyard."
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