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Gotcha! Thanks for explaining.

Firewarden Yanda wrote:

Shiva Parashurama wrote:

Song of Arcane Manipulation, two 4th level spell slots and 4 rounds of raging song to counterspell as an immediate action.

Why 2 4th level slots? I think you could do 1 4th level slot or 2 2nd level slots, as long as the total is 4 spell levels. The example in the ability description only has the charcter expending 1 3rd level slot to counter a 3rd level spell.

because I don't have a 4th level evocation spell yet. It's one spell if I match or two if I don't. 11th level my greater counterspell will let me counter 1 to 1 regardless of school.

Moving to discussion...

I'm trying to parse the ability as shown below. Nowhere does it say that you expend two spells of one level less if you do not have a spell of the level being dispelled, only that it may take more than one spell slot. Frankly, I just assumed the sum of the lost spell levels had to match the dispelled spell level. In these cases I am usually missing something. Why do you think it takes 2 3rd level spells to dispel the 4th level spell? Is it somewhere I am not reading? Did you find an explanation elsewhere on line? Am I just missing something in that paragraph?

Song of Arcane Manipulation (Su): At 10th level, a spell warrior can sacrifice his own rage magic to counter an opponent’s spell. When using raging song, he can counterspell as an immediate action without interrupting his raging song. However, in addition to expending a spell slot (or spell slots) to attempt to counter the opponent’s spell, the skald must expend 1 round of raging song per spell level of the opponent’s spell (for example, if attempting to counterspell a 3rd-level spell, the skald must expend one of his own 3rd-level spell slots and 3 rounds of raging song). This ability replaces the dirge of doom raging song.

Song of Arcane Manipulation, two 4th level spell slots and 4 rounds of raging song to counterspell as an immediate action.

Why 2 4th level slots? I think you could do 1 4th level slot or 2 2nd level slots, as long as the total is 4 spell levels. The example in the ability description only has the charcter expending 1 3rd level slot to counter a 3rd level spell.

Yanda flies up next to Mykel (and above him), takes out a Holy Weapon Balm, and applies it to Mykel's weapon of choice (assumedly his rapier).

Taking a breath now that she is out of the smoke, she says, "Mind if I add this to your weapon, Mykel? It should help against the mummy."

Frankly, lobbing bombs when there is a large miss chance is not the best idea.

Seeing that the creature has resistance to fire, Yanda perhaps alters her strategy. If you would have used a different bomb or resource after seeing the fire resistance feel free to retcon that, though it only matters for your resource management since it was a auto-fail regardless from the nat 1.

she would have used a concussive bomb on the second try doing 15 splash damage.

will vs. fear, heroism: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 = 22
will vs. evil evocation, heroism: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 = 25
+6 vs. poisons - alchemist poison resistance
+1 vs. earth/acid - boon from The Cosmic Captive
+1 vs. water/cold - boon from The Cosmic Captive

20' increment on the bomb, thus the -2 to hit, 10' increment on the alchemist fire, thus the -6 to his on that. Both were include in the rolls.

The alchemist fire does 10 splash damage and the bomb does 15, thanks to good hope. Only the bomb provides a reflex save for half, the alchemist fire does full damage.

The one that actually hit (the only one I did not roll a nat 1 on) does 25 and causes the mummy to catch fire.

Yanda, you don't actually have line of sight to Red from where you are. Would you like to revise this to a move into the room and a single bomb? Also, I forgot to mention but you can see through the door that the bearded devils are wielding glaives (reach weapons). In case that matters.

Yanda fired and then stepped out of line of sight. When she started her turn and fired she was right in the doorway and 40' from the mummy

Please add 2 to Yanda's damage and splash damage for good hope and +1 to the to hit for haste. Adding an additional attack for haste here:

Targetting a creature wrapped in old cloth with fire makes a good bet, so...

Yanda launches her alchemist's fire and then a bomb at the 'mummy'. Then she floats back to make some room (fly skill is at +21 so no roll needed).

Why do I feel like Firewarden Yanda and Onjatan swapped dice?

knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

I just reread this lately. For a knowledge roll a successful check allows you to remember a bit of useful information about that monster. For every 5 points by which your check result exceeds the DC, you recall another piece of useful information. So if that DC 15 is the target Yanda would get an answer to what are its resistances, which will probably affect her action.

Taking an acid flask in hand and crossing her fingers, Yanda opens the door.

@Mykel
Where do you want to be dropped? I'm thinking dealing with a lock and/or traps would be difficult while carrying him.

Yanda moves to examine the door and the locking mechanism, also checking for traps.
perception, heroism: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 2 = 31

Clarifications needed.

The door we came through slammed shut. Did the oil that is filling the room break through that door and make its way into the pit, or should we retcon that bit? How thick is the door and how hard would it be to break through it, assuming it is still a barrier.

Approacing the scene with Mykel in tow, Yanda asks, "How can we help, Onjatan?"

So we are waiting for Onjatan to take his standard action?

Is there any visible reason we could not go through the far door? Is the pool of oil going down as it flows into the room, or is it being fed even as it is emptying? Is it flowing out the door into the pit area?

Yanda eats an air crystal and 'steps' towards the source of the fire. She won't be breathing for a while.

The haste has worn off, right?

"Anyone want a lift?"

Yanda drinks a potion of resist energy (fire).

in case something is planes related...
kn (planes): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

she also has arcana, so
kn (arcana): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Yanda dumps Mykel and rushes trough to get away from the snakes. Yea, yea, eels. SNAKES! She resists the urge to slam the door before the others can get through too.

Yanda will retrieve Mykel and shake off a few eels on the way.

Yanda can also carry someone since she has ant haul. Well, someone light enough. She can carry an additional 500 pounds.

"You know, I'm thinking that glowing rock is that light spell rock we tossed in. That would explain why it never reappeared."

"I'll go get the thing on its back. But first, anyone have something free that would take care of those eels?"

Once the eels are taken care of, Yanda flies after it and lands on its back. She will use a dagger to pry it off she then fly back if all goes well.

If nobody has a free way of zapping the eels she will toss an acid flash at them.

Yikes is right. Not only did the author have a thing against buffs, he/she also hated armor? Double yikes!

Is the spider thing considered adjacent to Yanda now? How much room is available over Yanda's head, i.e. can she move 5' straight up form here. If not, I'd like confirmation she could move 5' north and 5' up.

Yanda hears a voice in her mind, "I'm a demon spider, not a snake!" It seems angry.

"The eel things! About as snake like as it gets, complete with poisonous fangs," she responds verbally before realizing that it spoke in her mind.

Did Yanda's previous blinding bomb manage to blind the thing?

Yanda begins her rapid fire of bombs at the creature.

I could exclude your square, but that might not burn off the webbing enough. Could Onjatan's familiar duck into your backpack or something and stay out out the rest of the battle? I'm thinking, though, that it can weather the 13 splash damage DC 20 save for half (or 0 if evasion).

@Onjatan
If you are not free by next round and Yanda is able to make a full attack, I will have her use one of her bombs to incinerate the webs.

Forgot that good hope increases damage, so add 2 to the damage Yanda did.

Yanda downed a false life potion in this post so I'm thinking it would have absorbed the damage, even it was converted to NL?

I decided to fly through the pit room to the other side, trying to stay 20' away from the critter.

It's only huge, so Yanda takes a chance and flies above Mykel and the others to the other side, keeping 20' away from the creature, and tosses a blinding bomb down on the hideous thing.

Thanks. I decided to fly across since I'd rather she provoke while moving than while tossing. But knowing there was some clearance made the decision easier.

Yes you could fly through your friends' squares and then through the doorway and then fly up. Although you can't see it from your current position, Onjatan could relay to you that the ceiling appears to be 40' above. Though clearly there are some shenanigans afoot since that is also where the rocks that fell down into the depths would reappear.

I'm actually asking if Yanda could just fly 5' straight up or 5' forward and 5' up and be above Shiva and STOP THERE and not share a square with Shiva because Yanda is occupying the square 5' above her. And if she did would she have an unobstructed shot at the creature. Though I suspect if she went too close to the creature that she would invite an AoO which, in light of the DO NOT GET hit suggestion might be a bad idea.

Basically, how high is the ceiling where she is now and above Shiva and Mykel. If it is 10' high I think Yanda can do it.

Is there room for Yanda to fly up a bit and get over the other player characters, thus avoiding cover penalties and getting her out of any line AoE attacks. I.e., how high is the ceiling to the north of the pit?

@Shiva
Isn't starting a performance a move action? I'm thinking you could cast a spell too or something. You have a couple useful buff spells :)

kn planes: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

"Look at the size of that thing! Anyone know if it is resistant to fire?"

"Well, it's just that after raining down stones and obliterating a bunch of the eels, and after they fell for a while, stones and eels started raining down from the ceiling. Sure seems to me that at the bottom of this very deep pit, there is some kind of teleportation effect that sends things to the ceiling and they fall all over again. If I'm right, we would see another flurry of stones and eels in a bit if Onjatan had not intercepted them. But he is right, that first rock never appeared. It could have gotten caught on something or an eel might have intercepted it though. Odd. Maybe we did something that triggered the effect?"

While Onjy is doing his thing, Yanda quaffs her fly extract figuring she is going to need it.

"It looks like things are being teleported from the bottom back up to the top, doesn't it?"

Considering her recent luck, Yanda holds back at first. She contemplates using her spider climb potion or her fly extract, wondering whether there might be an anti magic thing going on over the pit. She would if she were using a pit as a barrier, well, if she could which she could not.

To test her theory she casts detect magic, then holds holds her potion of invisibility over the pit to see if the enchantment fades.

Yanda will down a false life and shield extract.

temp HP: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Just look for unopened doors on the map. The 'time dialation trap' happened in the ladder shaped area where, no matter how long you walked you ended up back where you started. Part of the trap is that the door to the west back to the spire can NOT be opened or bypassed in any way. We are hoping once we conquer the rest of this area, it will open for us.

So we can go to one of the doors that lead to the blanked out north section, which will most likely not offer a solution, but should be explored out of thoroughness, or one of the doors leading to the southeast blanked out section where, I am assuming, the BBEG lives.

I can afford 5 minutes, but...

"I think we should hurry on to the next room and come back here later to search. All my enchantments are slipping away. How about that door?" She points to the door to the south.

Now that would be useful. Now, it is just something to be added to the amorphous loot pile, like rings of protection +1 when you are 10th level.

Yanda will explain the properties to the others. "These bracers enhance your eyesight and make you a better shot at a distance. Unfortunately, they are only usable after they are worn for 24 hours so not likely to come into play unless we do a night-long rest. Even then it just casts the falcon aspect spell once per day. Anyone want them?"