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Hadjii immediately orders the earth elemental to stop smashing the columns! He goes ahead with his plan for the now lifeless golems, though — he directs the air elementals to drop ‘em in the water (or whatever that fluid-lookin stuff is) filling the corridor to the north...
The Hadj telepahically listens to Findlay's argument: he sure doesn't like the idea of taking off the mask -- but even worse is Hakotep getting the mask! He morphs human, and holds action until Findlay appears; then he doffs the mask and hands it to the arcanist for protection... He also yells in auran, directing the air elementals to bring their captives over to where he is...those without a captive are to try grabbing the little man there!
four of the whirlwinds continue to beat on their occupants, as they move through the room... the other 2 sweep through Hakotep's space, forcing the "god" to check for a nat '1' on two saving throws... ________________________________ the big earth elemental squeezes forward 10', and tries smashing another pillar:
all but one of the elementals is blinded! However, they will just continue to Whirlwind: I don't think they need to see for that -- especially if their quarry is blind too... I particularly hope Hakotep rolls a nat '1' on his saving throw! Note that because Hadjii has Flyby Attack, he can cast his spell, and continue his move -- ducking back where few can see him...
Hadjii completes his conjuration, summoning the augmented greater earth elemental into the antechamber. Gesturing to the north, he orders the elemental in the terran language: "Smash the pillars with writing on them! Bring that chamber to the north of you down!" he then flies along the ceiling, and peers into the throne room. If he sees any of his air elementals accomplish their task (attempting to pick up baboons), he will wait until they finish. Then he will cast his Sunburst on the back wall, right behind Hakotep. (if none of the elementals manage to grab a baboon, Hadjii will remain silent and undetectable...)
the big earth elemental reaches through the opening there (15' reach), and starts Power Attacking the nearest pillar...
meanwhile, the air elementals try to follow their previous orders -- but this time, if they are not blocked, each elemental has enough move to swirl through every baboon's square! Each baboon must save against every elemental! Thus, each baboon must make SIX DC23 Reflex saving throws: those that fail take 2d6+8 damage -- and must roll a 2nd saving throw. If one fails both saves, it is picked up and carried to 25' up the back wall, (we can just number the elementals from north to south)...
got a couple of long days, that start early, tomorrow and Thursday (July 25th and 26th) -- no posting until the evenings...
seeing the fireball go off against a barrier, Hadjii will indeed eschew his casting of Sunburst -- thus remaining invisible/nondetectable. He still orders the elementals to whirlwind attack, and observes that the barrier blocks both spells and creatures. The undetectable Hadjii-elemental then flies out, and finally uses his action to start another conjuration -- using one of his two prepared Summon Nature's Ally 7 -- to bring forth a greater earth elemental, around the middle of his next turn...
Hadjii's conjuration completes at the beginning of his turn, and he places the 6 elementals 60' forward of his position. for his action this turn, he'll cast his prepared <Sunburst>, centered on the wall behind Hakotep. (Reflex save DC is 29 -- those who fail take full damage and are *BLIND*)
if there's any undead in the 80' radius, they take:
he then orders the huge augmented elementals to try whirlwind on the baboons... for his move action, the now visible elemental dashes out, through the antechamber, and into the room to the east. ___________________________________ the huge Augmented Elementals try to pick up each baboon with their <whirlwind> attack: three go down the right side, and three go down the left side. Thus, each baboon must make three pairs of Reflex Saves: the first save is to avoid whirlwind damage -- if they take damage, then they save to avoid getting picked up. (if they succeed on the first one, they don't need the 2nd saving throw). the Reflex save DC is 23.
if any baboons are picked up by whirlwinds, the elemental will fly up the back wall and hold 'em 25' up in the air...
counting on the distraction, the otherwise undetectable Hadjii begins quietly conjuring -- using his prepared Summon Nature's Ally VIII to bring forth augmented huge air elementals next round...
Hadjii will slide undetected along the ceiling, into the northwest corner
a whisper from nowhere -- but certainly Hadjii's voice -- has a bit of a tremble in it: "Let's do this!" the huge, undetectable air elemental will glide along the ceiling into the throne room...
Hadjii will cast his prepared Freedom of Movement on Canaan, with Enduring Blessing to make it last all day. He'll also cast his prepared Echolocation on his own self. "I think communal Protection from Evil would be a very good idea, Ama..."
"Thank you for the Invisibility, Findlay!" Hadjii will cast his prepared Communal Spider Climb (as usual), plus Communal Resist Energy to give everybody 30 resistance vs acid; he'll use four prepared StoneSkin spells to give everybody who doesn't already have good DR some good DR (I assume Canaan already has good DR) -- with Enduring Blessing to make it last all day! He'll also cast his prepared Death Ward on Canaan, and Death Ward from the Mask of the Forgotten Pharaoh on himself... Finally, he'll cast his prepared True Sight on Hemket.
I've been kinda glad to take a break before getting killed by a god...
no. Ama must swap out her old headband of CHA +6 for the new one... as Findlay swaps out his cloak for hers, the elemental glowers at Findlay -- but he is invisible and undetectable, so nobody can even sense his disdain. "I would like your old ring, Canaan..."
the Hadj is rather keen on that +5 cloak -- it would be a nice step up from his +4 cloak! the mask takes up his headband slot...
Hadjii is now 17th level: he now has IMPROVED Lightning Reflexes, and can cast 9th level spells. (he has prepared 2 castings of Mass HEAL...)
Saturday I should have time to properly level
the huge, undectable air elemental will fly around the black sphere and through the gap he created, then cast one of his two his prepared <Death Wards> on Canaan, before the fighter suffers any more life drain... by way of Flyby Attack, Hadjii will continue his move into the corner...
each of the three elementals fly through the mummy's square in <whirlwind> form, hoping she fails the DC20 Reflex save; they each return to their starting position over the pool after their Flyby Attack -- carrying her along if she happens to fail one of her three saving throws, and ejecting her into the pool when they get over it!
Hadjii will cast his prepared Stone Shape, using Faith's Reach to touch the wall of stone, and create a nice wide opening for flying and shooting through... the undetectable druid's voice speaks in auran: "Avoid the tentacle beasts, and go spin that mummy...if you get a chance, drop her in this pool of water..." the three elementals race through the gap, and go the long way around to avoid AoOs on their way to the mummy; they each try their whirlwind attack on her. On the off chance she rolls a nat '1' on one of her three saving throws , that elemental will pick her up and carry her over the water, and drop her in. using Flyby Attack, after the whirlwind attempt each elemental moves up to the ceiling over the water...
Hadjii would know he failed to dispel the Polar Midnight, so he would not end his move inside the effect...
I just noticed I applied Findlay's Potent/Surge Lucky Surge ability to Hadjii -- the druid does not have that! the surge on his saving throw would succeed no matter what, but the surge on the caster level check was only a 3 -- thus, Hadjii only dispels Polar Midnight if her caster level is 16 or less, and the tentacles are gone if her caster level is 20 or less...
the elementals wouldn't venture into the darkness if they cannot see , so they line up 10' from the edge, and get ready to strike anything emerging from the dark... also: I cheated, using the Rod of Quicken Spell on Summon Nature's Ally VII -- it only works on up to 6th level! So I scratch off one prepared SNA VI instead, and only got elementals...
the way <Greater Dispel Magic> reads, I think Hadjii can do a targeted dispel on up to 4 spells he has identified. I believe the spells don't even have to be in the same area -- the way it reads to me, it should play like 4 separate Dispel Magics (the caster could even dispel one spell to the north, one to the south, one to the east, and one to the west of his/her position)
the dispel works it way from highest to lowest:
guessing the fiend's caster level is greater than 13, he'll surge the Caster Level Check:
so Polar Midnight only drops if her caster level is less than 19 (if Black Tentacles is still there, Hadjii really gets worried!)
elementals have darkvision: they see four targets and four of them, so they split up evenly: (going from left to right) … …
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-- surge that,
He tries to determine what effect is making those tentacles:
and will attempt to dispel it, using a Mythic Point to cast Dispel Magic as an 18th level caster (via Inspired Spell) :
then he flies over the pool for a better look, and uses his Rod of Quicken Spell to cast one of his two prepared Summon Nature's Ally VII:
before anyone enters the room, Hadjii will cast <Communal Resist Energy> on everyone -- TWICE: once for FIRE resistance, and once for LIGHTNING resistance. . (30 minutes each) As Canaan moves in, Hadjii will cast <True Seeing> on the mighty fighter! . (15 minutes duration)
Hadjii does like to have Communal Spider Climb going -- and, of course, StoneSkin on himself (with Enduring Blessing, so it's on all day)...
Hadjii will dismiss the useless giant
Hadjii will ponder what would happen if water hits that plasma:
if that check tells him it's not too dangerous, the druid/elemental -- mostly out of curiosity -- will use his <Create Water> cantrip to generate 32 gallons of water right into the plasma field where the giant's blade is being held...
ignoring any pain it might cause, the storm giant will reach into the burny-blasty ooze's plasma field, and try to grab what's left of his weapon back out of the ooze's clutches: "HEY! YOU GIMME DAT BACK!!"
after the ooze zaps Canaan, Hadjii will start conjuring, finally using his highest-level summons -- to eventually bring forth a full-on augmented <storm giant>!
"If only we could harness this thing -- I believe it would make a great TV display! 'Live programming' would have a whole new meaning..."
the huge air elemental simply flies forward enough to touch Canaan and use a charge from his wand of Cure Moderate Wounds:
then he flies back to his starting position (Flyby Attack)...
The Hadj will use his standard action to drop the Obscuring Mist, and fly along the ceiling to a position above and behind the party -- glancing around the area when he gets there...
is that enough to spot the secret door? is the stuff on the altar just debris? anything notable there?
Hadjii will use a Mythic Surge to succeed at that save! he takes half of damage...
the giant swings his Morningstar at the southeast target:
... ... ______________________________________________ Hadjii flies south along the ceiling, then holds action until he sees that his giant has attacked the statue -- then he'll say: "My apologies for this, sir!" with that, he'll use a Mythic Point to cast <Sunburst!> -- all the badguys (and the giant) must make a DC 30 Reflex save or be blinded... save for half
Hadjii will call out to the giant: "MR GIANT, GOOD SIR, YOU MAY START SWACKING THOSE STATUES!"
the cloud giant will swing his morningstar into the southeast statue, using <Awesome Blow> to knock it 10' over into the southwest statue, so he might have the option to use Cleave on the adjacent pair in the future...
__________________ for his surprise round action, Hadjii will burn a Mythic Point to cast <Sunbeam> at the northwest statue:
Hedjii pulls out his scroll of <Obscuring Mist>, drops to the floor for a moment, and casts the spell -- creating a big fog bank (10' radius around a huge figure) that will prevent the 4 to the south from seeing the north half of the great hall... "A fine idea, Ama..." then he moves north and up to the ceiling...
(telepathically) "I agree..." Hadjii will start conjuring (his last Summon Nature's Ally 7) -- several seconds later, a friendly <cloud giant> will appear...
Hadjii will examine the blood closely, trying to determine if it was left in the last few days, or long ago:
Hadjii will be last through, as he was using the wand to cast Stoneshape on the wall north -- and if there is another room north, he is glancing in there before he enters the teleport.
"Well, hello there! What are you fine folks doing here?"
Hadjii will flow through his little tunnel into the chamber, and scan around:
then he'll use his and again, on the north wall
Hadjii will enter the room: if he is not attacked, he will use his wand on the north wall (as indicated) -- guessing there is a room to the north...
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