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Thanks for taking us this far, I really enjoyed the ride. <3

Disturbed by the sound of her familiar's cries of distress, Jisara retaliates by trying to directly snuff out the devil's spark of life. Then, with a click of her tongue, she summons Thatch back to her side and scoops him up onto her shoulder.

Void, Curse of Death Stage 1, DC 32 Fort: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 6, 6, 1, 5) = 27
Stage 2: 27 + 4d6 ⇒ 27 + (5, 5, 2, 6) = 45

Jisara
◆◆ Cast curse of death on Blue
◆ Command Thatch
Thatch
◆ Stride

Jisara immediately casts a spell to heal her familiar as Thatch bounds forward toward the devils, hissing and spitting the whole way. She follows slightly after, a magical shield held in front.

Jisara
◆ Cast life boost on Thatch
◆ Cast shield
◆ Stride
Thatch
◆ Stride

Looks like they are in no hurry to approach. Should I just move forward? Or maybe move back into the first room to force them closer?

I say rush them, they seem less powerful than they look. And they're outside the range of most of my spells, anyway.

Heads up that I will be traveling from June 10th through June 17th. I very much doubt I'll be able to get any posts in during that time!

"Well, let's encourage them to get a move on," Jisara replies, swiftly conjuring a swirling vortex of biting wind and sleet amongst the devils.

Cold, DC 32 basic Reflex: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 1) = 25

◆◆◆ Cast howling blizzard

Another hail of silver barbs emerges from Thatch's mouth, embedding into the devil harassing Edrakk.

Needle Darts vs Blue: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 22 + 1 = 32
Piercing, Silver: 9d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2) + 1 = 24

◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆ Cast needle darts from Thatch's position

Jisara switches tactics a bit, shouting a command to her familiar as she hurls a cloud of silvery needles at the retreating devils.

Slashing from Stitching Strike vs Red, DC 32 basic Reflex: 12d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 5, 1, 4, 3, 5, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6) = 55

Needle Darts vs Red: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 22 + 1 = 40
Piercing, Silver: 9d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2) + 1 = 20 Maybe a crit? 7 persistent bleed if so.

Jisara
◆ Command Familiar
◆◆ Cast needle darts
Thatch
◆◆ Stitching Strike vs Red

There's def some major differences, but I think it's pretty neat how close they are!

Jisara flings another bit of electrified metal, this time switching targets to support Vitalis.

Live Wire vs Red's Reflex DC: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 22 + 1 = 29
Slashing: 4d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 2) = 12 plus Electricity: 4d4 ⇒ (4, 3, 3, 2) = 12

◇ Shadow Signet
◆◆ Cast live wire vs Red
◆ Cast shield

Jisara raises an eyebrow at Vitalis, her expression a mix of surprise and approval. She incants a spell as Thatch bounds forward onto one of the couches and opens his mouth, spitting out an electrified wire at the closer devil.

Live Wire vs Blue: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26
Slashing: 4d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 1) = 4 plus Electricity: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 3) = 9
On a regular failure, still takes the full electricity damage

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆ Cast live wire

Purchases/spending: Gouging Claw 1gp
Live Wire 1gp
Shadow Signet 920gp
Wand of See the Unseen (Rank 5) 1500gp
Quenching (greater) 1000gp

Total of 3,422gp spent.

1 day of shopping, 2 days of setup, 4 days of crafting.

Arcana to learn gouging claw, DC 15: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (2) + 26 = 28 1gp

Arcana to learn live wire, DC 15: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (2) + 26 = 28 1gp

Crafting for shadow signet, DC 27: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45 500gp to start, 4 days working saves a total 80gp off the 1,000gp price

I'll take it!

Burned, bloodied, and bruised, Jisara limps over and leans on her staff for support.

"He was just a man," she mutters to herself, echoing something she said a long time ago. "And a man can be killed." She looks back up at Rexus and Jackdaw's approach.

"There's always something on the horizon. We'll deal with whatever's next, but first things first: what are we doing for the injured?"

Jisara, cackling in triumph, sends another spell through the conduit she shares with her familiar to undermine the dragon's concentration and reflexes.

◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆ Cast laughing fit on Rivozair, DC 32 Will

Jisara makes good use of the breathing room she's bought for herself, weaving together a whirlwind of shadows that bite and stab and harry Barzillai and Rivozair both. Breathing hard, she hopes it's enough of an edge to turn the tide. Something within Thatch stirs, and the familiar erupts with light that reaches across the space between to tear at Barzillai's armor and the frail human beneath it.

Piercing from shadow raid, DC 32 basic Reflex or Will: 6d8 ⇒ (6, 2, 1, 8, 1, 3) = 21

Slashing from Stitched Familiar, DC 32 basic Reflex: 12d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 4, 3, 5, 3, 2, 5, 5) = 47

Jisara
◆◆◆ Cast shadow raid
◇ Cast patron's puppet
Thatch
◆◆ Stitched Familiar vs Barzillai

Jisara throws a bit more healing magic Vitalis's way, then teleports down the bridge again and out of Barzillai's reach.

"Over here, you dumb bastard!" she shouts back, hoping the distance buys her enough time.

◆ Cast life boost on Vitalis
◆◆ Cast 5th-rank translocate
(Thatch) ◆ Stride

"Was that a sore spot?" Jisara asks, her voice full of mock concern, "It's very common for men of your advanced age, you know." And then she's gone, suddenly standing at Thatch's side again, where she casts another spell and withdraws her knife from its hiding place.

Thatch just squeezes himself against the wall, trying to avoid the dragon's notice.

◆ Cast time jump
◆ Cast life boost on self
◆ Interact to draw corset knife
(Thatch) ◆ Take Cover

Jisara's head whips around at the woman's scream, and hesitates for only a moment before making a pre-emptive counterattack. A yawning sphere of black nothingness forms in the air in front of the dragon and seem to pull in the light around it before violently detonating. Without checking to see the results of her spell, she and her familiar bolt for cover in opposite directions, not wanting to be caught in whatever hideous breath weapon Rivozair has in store for them.

Eclipse Burst, DC 32 basic Reflex
Cold: 8d10 ⇒ (3, 4, 9, 8, 2, 4, 1, 7) = 38 and
Void, for living creatures: 8d4 ⇒ (3, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3) = 21 for 59 damage, plus anything that crit fails is blind permanently

Jisara
◆◆ Cast eclipse burst
◆ Stride
Thatch
◆ Stride

Round 1

Jisara's look of stunned disbelief at Barzillai's reappearance is wiped away by the inquisitor's shout of rage and indignation. Instead, she begins giggling, the laughter intensifying to an almost hysterical cackle.

"Look at him! So embarrassing, so impotent, so weak!" she shouts, pointing a mocking finger at Thrune. The sentence is punctuated by an enormous blast of lightning that rushes through him, the dragon, and the crowd of devils attacking the celebration.

Chain Lightning, DC 31 basic Reflex: 8d12 ⇒ (11, 11, 11, 3, 3, 12, 12, 6) = 69

Jisara
◆◆ Cast chain lightning, targeting Thrune, Rivozair, and then (mostly for flavor, probably) every devil she can reach with the spell
◆ Cast discern secrets on Jisara and Chance about Rivozair. Arcana(?) +26
Thatch
◆ Take Cover

Standing on the span of a bridge that, a year ago, she wasn't allowed to cross, Jisara smiles. Not a cruel smirk or gritted teeth, but an actual smile, a genuine expression of joy and hope. She wanders freely through the crowd, speaking with any who approach her, though she pays special attention to her fellow cambions and seems to take a particular pleasure in flaunting her infernal heritage whenever speaking with the city's aristocracy.

We did it, Jisara thinks to herself, her mind already looking to what's next. For her, for Kintargo, for the people of the Devil's Nursery.

I appreciate everything you're doing, and I am genuinely enjoying playing with y'all. I feel like most of the posting issues are mine, directly and indirectly, and I'm working on it. Part of it is I just have a hard time asking for help before it becomes a problem. So I understand if folks are running out of patience on that, so while I will be bummed out, I won't be upset with anyone if y'all decide it's just too much. But I'd like to continue if it's possible!

Oops, goofed on the save.
Also, Vitalis: we're concealed to it, but it isn't concealed to us.

Jisara and Thatch assault the creature in quick succession, trying to weaken its defenses before the cat's teeth and claws swarm over it.

Slashing from Stitched Familiar, DC 32 Reflex: 12d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 5, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 3) = 39

Jisara
◆◆ Cast fear, DC 32 Will
◆ Command Familiar
Thatch
◆◆ Stitched Familiar

When Vitalis draws a blank on the significane of the severed arm, Jisara turns to look down at Thatch, who returns her gaze with a slow, lazy blink. She kneels down to whisper something in his ear, and a soft energy washes over the cat. Casting timely tutor on him, plus discern secrets, hoping Aroden Lore can apply even if it wasn't specifically listed.

Thatch, Aroden Lore, Discern Secrets: 1d20 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 18 + 1 = 39

Thatch circles around the case several times as he examines the arm, and eventually he turns back to address the party.

"This belonged to the Temple of Aroden's final high priest, Andax Tasetas, before the Asmodeans seized control of the temple for their own purposes. Beyond serving as another example of their grotesque and puerile interior design philosophy, it has no other significance."

Fight time!

When faced with an enemy that uses light itself as a weapon, Jisara knows just which tool to use. Both her and her familiar move in unison, reaching for the shadows hiding in the corners of the room and weaving them into a whirlwind that swarm over the creature and tear at its flesh.

Slashing damage, DC 32 basic Will: 6d8 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3) = 13

◆◆◆ Cast shadow raid, centered on the upper-right corner of my space.

Thatch creeps forward, just close enough for Jisara to channel another spell through him. She reaches a hand out toward the distant Asmoden and pulls, trying to slow the monster through sheer force of will.

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆ Cast slow on Asmoden, DC 32 Fort

Thatch darts between the legs of the last remaining bellringer, trying to trip it up in tandem with Vitalis's powerful swings, while Jisara channels her last bit of healing magic through the cat and into Shelyn's champion. She then reaches out with an invisible hand to the bell next to her, teeth gritted in anticipation.

Stealth vs Bell #4, DC 33: 1d20 + 25 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 25 + 2 = 29
World's a Stage Reroll: 1d20 + 25 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 25 + 2 = 45 lol just a bit better

Jisara finds herself in her old flat, writing at her desk, Strea sitting on her tattered sofa with Thatch dozing in her lap. She barely has time to take in the scene before it is ripped away and pulled into an apparition of Thrune, but Jisara manages to keep her wits about her.

Grabbing Strea by the wrist, she leads her fellow cambion through narrow alleyways and packed warehouses, keeping one step ahead of the illusion's hungry eye, until they reach the relative safety of the Ravens' base and she returns to reality.

She blinks once to clear it from her mind, then she's back in the fight.

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆ Cast life boost on Vitalis
◆ Interact with Bell #4

Thatch's sigils flare up again as Jisara's magic begins to knit his wounds closed, distracting "Asmoden" just as Vitalis launches a flurry of attacks. For her part, Jisara inches ever closer to the closest remaining bell.

◆ Familiar Conduit
◆ Cast life boost on Thatch
◆ Sneak (Stealth +25)
I'll get you next round, Vitalis!

Jisara
◆ Stride
◆◆ Cast 4th-rank invisibility on self
Thatch
◆ Stride

"Oh, piss off," Jisara hisses as one of the undead closes in on her. She ducks past him before casting a spell to hide herself from view in hopes it'll buy her some much needed breathing room.

Not knowing exactly is waiting, Jisara casts a pair of protective spells before laying her hand onto the bell in front of her. What she finds is...the last thing she'd have expected. For a moment, all she can do is stare, but she does what she came to do. She explains her goal, her methods, and how she's used everything she's learned from her patron to get this far. And hopes that it's enough to earn Her favor.

DC 33 Arcana: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (19) + 26 = 45

◆ Cast life boost on self
◆ Cast shield, AC 32 Hardness 20
◆ Disable Bell #5
↻ Shield Block

Jisara takes advantage of the breathing room Vitalis's attack gives her, dropping down to take cover behind one of the bells. Thatch joins her, landing on her shoulder, as she tries to unravel the magical weakness they've been inflicted with.

Dispel Magic vs Enfeebled effect, 6th-rank: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (15) + 22 = 37

◆ Fly [to ground level]
◆◆ Cast 6th-rank dispel magic
↻ Coven Spell
Vitalis, if you're so inclined, you can cast lay on hands on me at a distance, and I can spend my reaction to use Familiar Conduit, letting you use Thatch as the origin point. Since he's in my square, I'd then be in range.

Jisara rolls to the side, narrowly dodging the mace, and manages to bark out a spell as sound returns to the world. The world slows enough for her to get back to her feet, dust herself off, and lift herself up and out of "Asmoden's" reach.

"Thatch, tie that thing up!" she commands, while another spell whispers secret knowledge about the damned bells to her allies.

Slashing from Stitched Familiar vs Asmoden, DC 33 basic Reflex: 12d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 5, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 5, 2, 2) = 38

Jisara
◆ Cast time jump (◆ Stand, ◆ Fly 10 feet up)
◆ Command Thatch
◆ Cast discern secrets on Chance and Vitalis
Thatch
◆◆ Stitched Familiar vs Asmoden

I can prep fly if we're resting, though if I give that to all of us then that takes up all my 4th-rank slots.

Jisara plants her feet in defiance of the old man's ghost, gritting her teeth through the mental assault before finally collapsing to the ground in a mixture of relief and exhaustion.

"We really did it," she breathes, a note of laughter creeping in. "We really screwed them up this time!"

Yay!

I got Defensive Robes, 7th-rank spells, and Weapon Specialization.
Ancestry Feat: Slip Sideways
New Spells: eclipse burst and shadow raid
Skill Increase: Stealth to Master

"Thatch, tear them to pieces!" Jisara shouts, as the cat jumps and ducks and weaves through the flurry of spectral maces that all try in vain to squash him flat. One of his leaps carries him high into the air, where he transforms into a storm of teeth and claws that washes over the assembled priests.

Slashing from Stitching Strike, DC 30 basic Reflex: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 4, 5) = 37

As this happens, Jisara wards herself against further reprisal and creeps ever closer to the fray.

Thatch
◆ Stitching Strike vs Priesthood
Jisara
◆ Command
◆ Cast shield
◆ Sneak (+21)

Changed my mind, I choose violence lol

Void from Curse of Death, Stage 1: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 4, 6) = 20 plus fatigued
Stage 2: 20 + 4d6 ⇒ 20 + (3, 2, 3, 6) = 34

Jisara's mind races through a series of tactics that could disadvantage one enemy or another, but settles on something much simpler: just killing the bastards. She throws another hex through her familiar, targeting the old man that all the others Asmodeans have been looking to.

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆ Cast curse of death on Grivenner, DC 30 Fort

Vitalis, do you care if I drop a stagnate time on your current position? You're already slowed 1, so it's unlikely to make your situation worse, but it might mess up some of those guys bothering you.

Thatch surges forward toward the munagola as Jisara channels a spell through her familiar. She reaches out with an invisible hand that clenches shut, just as a cloud of ethereal barbed chains appear around the devil and try to bind it in place.

Piercing: 4d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 3) = 12+Void: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 4) = 12=24

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆◆Cast vampiric maiden (DC 30 Fortitude) on Munugola

Thatch continues to bound down the steps, where Jisara uses him as the origin point of another healing hex for Vitalis before trying to gingerly make her way down the steps.

Thatch
◆ Stride
Jisara
◆ Familiar Conduit
◆ Cast life boost on Vitalis
◆ Sneak (Stealth +21)

Hey everyone, I'm going to be traveling for a conference this week, so I will be gone from Wednesday through Sunday (15th-19th).

Fort save, Hero point: 1d20 + 20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 20 + 2 = 34 Better than nothing.

Fort save vs Sickened: 1d20 + 20 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 20 - 1 = 26 Does Devil's Advocate apply on this, too?

Jisara gags, trying to fight down the nausea rising from the pit of her stomach, then rushes through an incantation that shields her from view.

◆ Retch
◆◆ Cast 4th-rank invisibility on self
Thatch: ◆ Stride

Thatch hacks and gags next to Jisara, while she weave two spells simultaneously: one to heal her familiar's injuries, and another to unravel the barrier protecting the Asmodeans from her allies. Her face is set in an expression of pure focus.

Thatch Retch vs Sickened 1: 1d20 + 20 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 20 - 1 = 20
5th-rank Dispel Magic vs Barrier: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40

Thatch
◆ Retch

Jisara
◆◆ Cast 5th-rank dispel magic on barrier
◆ Cast life boost on Thatch

Jisara makes a swirling gesture with the hand holding her knife, which swiftly translates into a sudden storm of ice and sleet that pounds the assembled ritualists. Pleased with her handiwork, she turns to the rest of the party and bows.

"After you."

Howling Blizzard, DC 31 basic Reflex, Cold: 10d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6, 3) = 45

GM Xavier wrote:

And that means Vitalis must spend all his Hero Points to avoid going to dying 4 and dying. So he is currently at 0 HP, stable, and without either dying or wounded.

Ouch! I may be stable now but those persistent damages are looming.

How will Vitalis get out of this one? Tune in next week to find out.

Unfortunately, life boost is all the healing I've got, and I already cast it on you. :(

I can cast raise dead, though, I got it from a feat a while back. Resurrect is cheaper and won't penalize you as much (maybe not at all!) but it also might go very wrong lol.

Jisara screams wordlessly in rage as Vitalis is knocked to the ground, reaching a clawed hand out as if to crush Thrune's neck despite the distance. Almost simultaneously, Thatch leaps at the inquisitor, transforming into a flurry of runes that slash and tear at him.

Stitching Strike vs Thrune, DC 30 basic Reflex, Slashing: 10d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 2, 5, 4, 4, 1, 6, 5, 5) = 42 Immoblized for 1 round or until he Escapes against the same DC

Jisara
◆◆ Cast laughing fit, DC 30 Will
◆ Command familiar
Thatch
◆◆ Stitching Strike vs Thrune

Jisara darts past the inquisitor, reuniting with Thatch on the edge of the field of razors. She then pivots again, hurling a jolt of electricity that leaps from one enemy to the next before ending with Thrune.

Chain Lightning, DC 30 basic Reflex: 8d12 ⇒ (8, 11, 1, 6, 10, 5, 11, 10) = 62 Start with Blue, then Hell Hound, then Green, and then Thrune. If anyone crit succeeds then the chain ends there.

Jisara
◆ Stride
◆◆ Cast chain lightning
Thatch
◆ Stride

Jisara turns her focus entirely to Vitalis, healing his wounds and hastening his steps simultaneously. Thatch retreats from the hell hound, fur bristling.

◆ Cast life boost on Vitalis, fast healing 12
◆◆ Caste haste on Vitalis

”My sincerest of apologies, Silver Ravens, it has been quite some time since my last inquisition…” Barzillai ◇ snaps his fingers and his iconic mace, which has been notably absent this whole time, suddenly appears in his hand. ”…I may be a bit rusty!”

"Very poor choice of words," Jisara says, raising her dagger high and hurling it into the air. As it tumbles, the weapon flies apart, transforming into a densely packed tangle of rusted wires, covered in silver tipped thorns.

◆◆◆ Cast field of razors, made of silver
↻ When someone takes slashing, piercing, or persistent bleed damage inside the spell's area, expand its radius by 5 feet.

Before going in, I'd like to cast see the unseen from my staff and also cast 4th-rank resist energy on me and Edrakk for fire resistance 10. I'd also probably drink that bravo's brew as well. Thanks, Edrakk!

"It was always violence!" Jisara shouts back, her eyes blazing. "More than seventy-five years of your family's boots on our necks. Seventy-five years of blood and misery and terror, of scrabbling in the mud and dirt for scraps, just to live one more day in this nightmare you've built."

"I want more than just survival. I want you to feel a fraction of the suffering you've inflicted on the people of this city, I want you to know that what's about to happen to you is your fault, and most of all I want you to know that you've lost to some gutter trash from the Devil's Nursery."