Isabella Monstrance's page

Note that when we have time and money, Isabella can make magic arms, armor, and wondrous items!

Oh, I see what you mean. Well, next in the queue is angelic aspect, so that I can fly up and get killed again.

@Isabella: alas, the bonuses for Divine Favor and Divine Power do not stack; both luck bonuses. If you want to change one spell or the other that is fine by me.

But it does give me 10 temp hp and a bonus attack each round when I make a full attack.

Isabella keeps doing prep and casts divine power.

"Thanks, Kizzy. I hope I don't regret this."

Isabella casts divine favor.

Should have shield of faith added to my buff tracker. I updated my stat line with my AC with the deflection bonus.

Isabella takes a few fast breaths to hype herself up. Last time she tried to fly into battle with a dangerous creature, it ended badly.

She casts shield of faith on herself.

Spell resistance huh?

Caster level check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Isabella surfaces at the edge of the pond and then pivots and is done messing around. She hurls a flame strike down onto the beast.

Flame strike damage: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 3, 2, 4, 6, 3, 2, 6) = 36 DC 20 Ref save for half damage.

Huh, somehow I missed the reset of the round.

Since she can breathe water, Isabella just walks along the bottom of the lake until she reaches the shore.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

Since the dragon is taking its time in coming back around, Isabella takes the opportunity to unleash some healing energy to revitalize the team after the acid attack.

Channel energy: Healing: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 5, 6, 5) = 21

Will save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Isabella resists the dragonfear and, only a few seconds too late, manages to cast a communal resist energy on the team to protect against acid.

Thanks Kizzy!

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Level 10: Cleric of Reymenda 10

+1 BAB, Fort & Will saves
+7 hit points
+1 4th & 5th level spell slots

Skills: +1 each of: Diplomacy, Heal, Knowledge (religion), Spellcraft; Knowledge (history), Linguistics

Language learned: Infernal

I'm gonna assume that Isabella cast water breathing on the party, as previously discussed! In case someone winds up overboard!

Updating now; was away from home for the last few days, and spouse was in the hospital today.

"We'd better prepare for another fight. I can cast water breathing in case we're concerned about the boat capsizing," says Isabella.

If y'all think we should prep for a water fight, I'll start with that.

Sounds right. We can deal with whatever creepazoid is causing the pall over the place.

Isabella is a bit tired upon arrival at Bitter Hollow, in spite of the magical protections making the journey survivable. Mostly she's worried about the state of her companions, who had to put up with the biting cold on the first day before they made proper preparations for overland travel. She is delighted to take a seat and have some stew.

As she pokes at the warm stew with a wooden spoon she asks, "What kind of ill-tempered swamp dwellers besides boggarts? Thunder lizards? Lizardfolk? Wisps?"

Yep. And while I could cast a second one to get us through eight hours of the day, that would then cancel the marching chant (duration: concentration), so I'd have to renew both of them. It would essentially eat up my 2nd level slots.

But if that's the best way to go overland, then that's what we should do.

On line 106 in the treasure tracker we bought camping gear for the group. I think it included cold weather gear. Note: (communal) endure elements is a second level cleric spell so Isabella could protect the most vulnerable of us.

Since the trip is taking so long, Runt will not be casting spells on herself until they get near the town. Once the bridge comes in sight she will do her full suite of spells

Since the hike is 2 days, on day 2 Isabella prepares communal endure elements for the team. See here.

I like doing support roles, so don't worry about giving me room to swing a blade. (We saw what happened last time I tried.) I have the Healing domain, so I should be doing a lot of healing!

Those are all great choices. Always keep an eye out for a spell that lets you do something that nobody else in the party can do!

Fortunately, the survival check is DC 15!

Fort save, cold weather gear, bonus from survival: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 2 + 2 = 15

Isabella shrugs off the cold weather due to the combination of good trail planning by Runt and Forest, an extra layer of clothes, and her own natural resistance.

When she realizes that the hike is going to take an extra day, she prepares for the following day appropriately, with a communal endure elements spell in addition to another marching chant.

Still waiting for Runt's survival roll to see if we get that +2 bonus on the Fort save. Looks like Forest did make an Aid on that roll, giving Runt a +2 on the skill check.

Then Kizzy will definitely be taking Marching Chant as her new 2nd level spell!!

Kizzy will sing an inspirational cadence that helps them keep a steady pace!

I already had it prepared! Since bards only get a limited suite of spells, consider if you want that one or something else!

As it becomes clear that the group is going to be moving overland for some distance, Isabella starts to intone a marching chant.

Basically we move at double speed until we stop.

Isabella has Cold Resistance 5, so she is unlikely to be affected by natural cold, but she doesn't currently have endure elements prepared.

Isabella's mouth quirks to one side for a moment and then her cheek trembles slightly, in the fashion of someone who is trying hard to control their facial expression.

Finally she chokes out, "I have... sympathies for one who has lost the love of their life."

"Yes. Let's get back to the mayor and report. If I need to use magic to help control the water around the town, I'll do what I can."

"I don't think we even know who built it in the first place. This level of engineering is either magic or dwarves, I guess. Um... I guess we have to do some history research, find out how the dam was made, who might be able to oversee repairs if necessary."

"I can do a little with make whole spells if we stay here for a few days, but in the long run it's going to need more maintenance."

"Sending devils back where they belong makes it a good day," says Isabella in agreement.

"Should we see if we can find a spot from which to view our handiwork? Like up atop the spillway? It would be good to confirm that we've diverted what could be a catastrophic flood of the town."

"I'm not sure, but maybe we just need enough to open the sluiceway. If it doesn't automatically close afterward, that should do a controlled release of the overflow, right?"

"Could one of Runt's summoned monsters provide motive force?"

Isabella pauses to get her balance.

"Dam's overloaded. We need to figure out how to trigger the sluiceway releases."

"Time for us to move on," says Isabella after she bandages her arm.

"The line of my blood will hopefully act as an additional deterrent."

Along the portcullis is fine.

"Nothing we can learn from this entity is going to be worth the cost."

Isabella nods and says, "Just cut the outside of my arm slightly. I'll heal it up after. I just want a small amount of my blood in a cup."

Once Kizzy cuts her, she squeezes the wound and winces slightly as she drips some blood into a small cup from a mess kit, and then she uses her healing kit to bandage the wound. She stirs the blood a bit and then pours it in a circle around the devil.

"You just stay put, now."

Isabella has the Angel Blood feat, which means her blood causes damage to fiends. This is mostly cosmetic, as she's not splashing it, but it's kind of like... she's insulting it.

"Of course Kizzy, I'm here," says Isabella.

"Kizzy, Izzy... never noticed that until now."

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Isabella places a hand on Kizzy's arm.

"As much as I would like to have a private conversation, the entity in question already said that it watched our fight with the ogres and trolls, so I doubt we will have much privacy here. In any case, Runt is correct that releasing this entity has a much higher cost than the value of what we might hope to gain."

Isabella removes one of her gloves and does her best to pull up her sleeve.

"Kizzy, if you wouldn't mind? Just a half a cupful of my blood should do."

When Kizzy inevitably gives her a quizzical look, she says, "Just use a dagger. Um, just make sure the blade is clean first."

"Since I'm not an engineer, I'm not sure how any of this works. Might be worth checking to see if there's some kind of trap on or under the skull-pile?"

"Probably a magical connection to the motive forces that operate the dam?"

Isabella may not be able to fight the troll, but she can certainly keep Forest on his feet. She moves into the space directly behind him to help steady him.

Cast defensively: Concentration DC 19: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
Cure moderate wounds, student of faith trait: 2d8 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (6, 8) + 9 + 1 = 24

If I had fire magic, or a decent AC, I would. But I do not.

Sometimes the right move is to let the people with the right tools take care of the job.

Can't really think of anything to help with the troll without risking getting torn apart.

"I do have a water breathing spell prepared, if someone wants to go for a dip."

Probably hold to heal. Otherwise I have to get inside the troll's reach and eat an AoO and he might not even come out of the water.

"Sadly, I do not."

Runt, you and Bert got the water troll under control, or you want I should... wade in?

"Who builds these kinds of places, anyway?"

"Isa! ISA! Didn't you say to had a spell to help with the water?"

"Control water, yes. It'll only last for an hour and a half but I could significantly lower the water level."

"Fire! We need a fire to keep these trolls down."

Isabella casts shield of faith as she starts preparing for combat.

Moving closer to the building, now Isabella sees a perfect opportunity for her flame strike spell. She drops a roaring column of sacred fire on the trolls.

Marked on the map, orange circle. 10' radius, so it should hit all four of them and miss Runt.

Flame strike damage: 9d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 1, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4) = 37 (DC 20 Ref save for half)