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Using the intensified rod she pulled earlier, Messa calls on Desna's brilliance to smite the witch.

Casting Intensified Burst of Radiance, targeting the yellow star on the map. DC 19 saving throw vs blindness.

ioun stone caster level boost: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

SR check, dwoemer's essence: 1d20 + 20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 20 + 5 = 35

Damage (no saving throw, good and light): 10d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1) = 18

Actually, there is a 'fix' for that in the Great Archery Arms Race (TM).

Cyclonic ammunition deals with those pesky wind problems ;-)

I've had GMs argue that since cyclonic doesn't say "even magical winds" that it doesn't counter wind spells.

My Zen Archer who was shut down by Fickle Winds had a minimum of
3 separate wind-effect reducing tricks (trait, racial bonus, at least 2 magic items, etc.), and the GM ruled that only the silver nocking point applied. At that point, she was 20-fishing.

(I won't say who the GM was, but he is someone that 4 five-star GMs at the table deferred to. This wasn't a random "let's mess up the players" kind of ruling.)

Zen Archer really changed the game as far as player power level, and nothing written without it mind can cope. And anything written specifically to cool a Zen Archer would probably make things difficult for any party that lacks one. It's part of why they created 2nd edition. :)

(Finally catching up on the discussion thread.)

Actually, Wind Wall and Fickle Winds both shut any archer down completely, with little impact on anyone else. There is only one item that I'm aware of (the Silver Nocking Point) that can get an arrow past those spells, and that comes with a -8 to hit penalty.

The Lob Shot feat would definitely beat Wind Wall, but it only works outdoors or in 55-foot caverns ("You can’t use this feat unless you have headroom equal to at least half the attack’s range."). And it would probably take you a couple of shots to figure out how high the wall goes.

You could argue that Lob Shot should overcome Fickle Winds, but that depends on whether the GM reads "column of air" to have a "roof" on it.

Messa takes a 5 foot step to make sure everyone is in range, then casts Hunter's Blessing, designating the current terrain and target for the bonus. +2 sacred bonus attack and damage rolls and bluff, stealth, and sense motive checks, +4 on Perception and survival checks.

Move action to designate Baba Yaga as the chosen target for Freebooters Bane: +1 untyped bonus on attack and damage.

That balances out 3 of the -4 at least.

Would you allow Aid Another on Linguistics? Both Rinaldo and Messa give extra bonuses, and they are both trained.

Messa frowns at the dragon's story. So the witch imprisoned two creatures for this curse: you and the elemental. That's unusual. She pulls a couple of books from her haversack and begins flipping through them.
Unless someone suggests otherwise, Messa starts looking through the Pathfinder chronicles--she'll use Kreighton's Perusal to "read" the books that boost her knowledge Planes and knowledge Arcana checks. (As a Bellflower agent, she's committed to freeing enslaved creatures...)

I have also had some experience with curses. How can we help?

Messa has several anti-compulsion/confusion spells ready. It's amazing what you carry in your repertoire when your party includes a gargantuan wooly mammoth...

knowledge Planes, clear ear, Heightened Awareness: 1d20 + 18 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 18 + 2 + 2 = 23

Messa is so startled by the large number of large creatures in such a tiny room that all knowledge flees her head.

Without any good understanding of the creatures, she falls back on things that have always worked in the past. She points at the largest creature. Rinaldo, Tuwo, that big ugly one is probably your first target. Desna bless us all.

Move action for Freebooter's Bane on the big guy, +1 attack and damage (untyped) on all attacks against him. Standard action to drop Bit of Luck on Tuwo.

Messa drops Bit of Luck on Tuwo. She'll wait for him to make it through before she tries.

Bit of Luck will last one round. If it's a move action to go through, Tuwo might get two tries at it in each round. Messa will burn through as many as it takes. (She has a total of 11.)

Forgot to mention: Messa has scrolls of Restoration (regular, not lesser) if she or Rinaldo need it.

Messa goes into the room and starts to channel. Her channel area is actually 35 feet, so she should have no issue getting all the statues.

channel to harm, excluding party members: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 4, 1, 5) = 31
channel to harm, excluding party members: 8d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 5) = 30

She turns to Aurelia. Do you think that does it? Or should I go again?

fort save: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35

Oof! See, Rinaldo, Desna teaches me what happens when I try to help you. Messa winks at her cousin. Let's see if we can teach these wraiths what happens when they mess with the Flutterfoot clan...and our very capable friends.

channel to harm, DC 23 will save: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 6, 4, 4, 2, 5) = 29
Messa excludes everyone in the party but herself, Colwyn, and RInaldo, just in case. (She knows the three of them will be OK.)

She smiles at the archers. Maybe that will help soften them up for you.

Well, cousin, you always did like to be the center of attention...

Dodging the spirits, Messa chants a quick spell to bolster Rinaldo.
Casting defensively (+28 vs. DC 23), Messa casts Death Ward on Rinaldo, then draws her wand of Sanctify Corpse, just in case.

Messa shows Aurelia a wand of Kreighton's Perusal. If we find anything worth looking at more closely, Master Kreighton Shane developed the handiest spell--it lets you read a book just by touching it.

If there are any interesting books, Messa will pass the wand around to anyone who can use or UMD it.

Messa aims to be in the middle of the party so she can reach anyone who needs healing or other help.

If they're the queen's soldiers, she may appreciate having them back, Rinaldo. It isn't the first time we've done body retrieval.

Messa will run/fly in beside Aurelia and grab a body, also.

Edit: Messa prepped Extended FoM, but I don't see where I said she cast it. She'll cast it before she runs in..

Messa watches the group slaughter itself, then turns to Gaius. What...was...that? I've never see a spell like that.

If the Life Bubble doesn't work for some reason, Messa has Calm Emotions prepared and several scrolls of Remove Poison.

We could try to talk to giants, but the ogres will likelypose a problem. Messa sighs. I'm generally loathe to kill creatures out of convenience, and Rinaldo and I have actually tamed winter wolves in the past... Mean old GM wouldn't let us keep them.

I recommend we target the ogres and the giant leader first, the others might be more willing to back down. And the animals will be more likely to just run away, or I can try a Calm Emotions spell.

"And my wand of Mage Armor if you would? Others may use it as well if they wish. Though it will not cover us all for a full day. Much appreciated both of you."

Messa takes the wand. We can use this if we see any ghosts. Until then, let me make your clothing better. Messa concentrates on a pearl of power for a moment, then casts again.

- Magic Vestment on Tuwo
Slotted ioun stone CL bonus: 18 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 18 + (1) - 1 = 18
+4 enhancement bonus to his armor class for 18 hours
This won't stack with Mage Armor. It lasts longer, but it won't count against incorporeal touch attacks.

Messa, if we each cast Extended Life Bubble, we can cover the entire party including the wolf, the tiger, and Daosvaria for 15 hours. Surely that should be sufficient?

Messa grins. Let's hope!

Before stepping on the circle, Messa casts the following spells:
- Extended Life Bubble (ioune stone is not slotted for this one)

- Greater Magic Weapon on Tuwo's Bow
Slotted ioune stone CL bonus: 18 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 18 + (1) - 1 = 18
+4 enhancement bonus for 18 hours

- Magic Vestment on herself
Slotted ioune stone CL bonus: 18 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 18 + (2) - 1 = 19
+4 enhancement bonus to her armor for 19 hours

- Deadeye's Lore
Slotted ioune stone CL bonus: 18 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 18 + (4) - 1 = 21
Of course she gets over 20 on the one that's only duration!

- Longstrider from a wand (and then passes it to whomever wants to use it)

- Heightened Awareness from a wand (passing to whomever wants to use it)

She also takes a dose of Clear Ear.

Just FYI: Messa casts at base CL 18: cleric 15 + 2 for Magical Knack, +1 for orange prism ioun stone. When the ioun stone is slotted, she adds 1d4-1 to her caster level.

For transmutation, creation, divination, and teleportation spells, she has reagents to increase the caster level by 1 (mainly for duration or range only).

She also has the Wanderlust racial trait, so she treats her CL as 1 higher "when casting spells or using abilities that provide or enhance movement".

@Messa - Aurelia is a Dhampir. Please do NOT target her with Cure spells as they will not have the intended effect. Please do exclude her if you are channeling to harm undead. She does carry a wand of Inflict Light Wounds in a wrist sheath for use in emergencies.

Ah! Good to know!

Do we need to grab some scrolls of Inflict Serious or Harm for her?

Enemy interruptions:

Messa has divine interference, which lets her sacrifice a spell to force an enemy to reroll an attack roll. The level of the sacrificed spell level becomes a penalty on the reroll (e.g., if she sacrifices a 3rd level spell, the enemy takes a -3 penalty on the roll).

In most combats, she'll try to force an enemy to reroll a 20.

The halfling cleric looks up from a Pathfinder Chronicle. My wand of Endure Elements is about 80% full, and I usually prepare Life Bubble for expeditions.

That said, are there any spells you'd like me to prepare? Since Desna is generous with her magic, I see no need to be stingy with it.

Messa usually preps Hunter's Blessing, and she has a wand of Endure Elements with a lot of charges.

Mass Fly is great!

Messa's main shenanigans are
- Bit of Luck: for the next round, target rolls all d20s twice and takes the betters
- Dimensional hop: 30 five-foot increments
- Door sight: look through doors or walls

She's Exploration Domain, so she has some teleport spells and Locate object/creature, too.

She carries a LOT of utility scrolls that she's collected over her career. One of her favorites is Nap Stack: the party only needs to sleep for 2 hours to regain abilities.

Messa also uses Dweomer's Essence to help with SR, and different reagents as power components for different spell schools (from the Alchemy Manual).

Messa also currently has components for:
- 2 castings of Raise Dead
- 4 castings of Restoration (level 4, with 1k diamond dust)

dot!

I have no doubt that our friend Tuwo can put you down, Bth-Zgragg, but there's no need for us to keep fighting.

Casting Calm Emotions behind the shantak so that only the mount is in the area. DC 18 will save to negate.

Move action to activate Freebooter's Bane against Izmiara (+1 untyped bonus to attacks and damage).

Standard action to cast Flame Strike against Ismiara and her mount, using Dweomer's Essence to add +5 to the SR check.

SR check, with dweomer's essence and Ioun stone: 16 + 1d4 - 1 + 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 16 + (2) - 1 + 5 + (9) = 31

Flame Strike (reflex 21 for half): 15d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 4, 6, 1, 5, 1, 1, 6, 4, 4) = 56

Just FYI, Locate Create lasts 10 min/level, so if Osprey is within 1100 ft, Mess should be able to find him.

Assuming she's a demon, Hunter's Blessing should apply: +2 sacred bonus to attack and damage.

Knowledge planes(?): 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 2 = 41

Messa sighs. Well, if we can't come to an agreement, I hope Desna will help us. She draws a scroll of Prayer and casts it.

Off of a scroll, Prayer lasts 5 rounds, +1 luck bonus on attacks, damage, saves, and skill checks. (Looking for a 20 on the SR check, I'm guessing.) We'll still get the buff, though.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

In all the prisoner groups that we've rescued, have we actually recovered all of our target people? If so, do we want to try to work out a deal instead of fighting?

Messa drops Bit of Luck on Tuwo.

A wand appears in Messa's hand, and she she throws a spell at one of the glabrezu (yellow).

Messa casts intensified Burst of Radiance at the yellow demon. She can't fail the concentration check to cast defensively, but I don't know what the DC is to cast a spell with the Good Descriptor (or if it's a blanket failure chance).

ioun stone for caster level: 1d4 - 1 + 16 ⇒ (1) - 1 + 16 = 16
Burst of radiance: 10d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2) = 23

DC 18 to avoid being blinded, no save vs the damage.

Is there a knowledge check or a sense motive check on the screaming man? Mendevian soldiers don't typically ally with demons...
Messa was in the Siege of Diamond City, defending Mendev against the demon invasion (at the start of Season 5, along with Wrath of the Righteous). If those events have already occurred in this timeline, she'll use that information to try to use diplomacy on the soldier.

After the battle, Messa uses pearls of power to recover Unbreakable Heart and Burst of Radiance. She uses wands to cast Longstrider and Heightened Awareness.

Knowledge plane: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36

Glabrezus--not my favorite but not that bad. Hunter's Blessing should help, and good-aligned weapons will overcome their damage reduction.

The halfling calls on Desna to bless the archer. Dropping bit of luck on Tuwo.

Come on, pathfinders, we can do this! Get that marilith!

Move action to drop Freebooters Bane against the marilith: all allies within 30 feet get +1 untyped bonus on attack and damage. Then she drops Bit of Luck on Tuwo.

knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Messa moves up and calls out to her cousin in halfling. Rinaldo--she has displacement. Hit her with the faerie fire?

Then she channels to heal, selecting out the Marilith.

channel to heal: 7d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6) = 26

"Do we have a good answer to all of the vampires?"

I have several channels left--after that, I start casting healing spells on them. But your bow seems to be fairly effective, too, as long as they can't drain your life.

Messa moves up and casts Death Ward on Tuwo.

As soon as Messa can actually see the multi-armed woman, she'll make a knowledge planes check and tell the others what she knows.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34

Messa casts expeditious retreat and moves up to be with everyone else. Next round, she might have to double move to catch up.

I can't help with finding our adversary since I never actually saw her. I can, however, find our friends.

Casting Locate Creature (level 4, so the angels' aura isn't a problem), looking for Osprey. Messa has met him in a couple of scenarios.

When she gets a change, Messa will still plan to use the scroll of Daybreak Arrow. It lasts 10 min/level, covers 50 pieces of ammunition, and adds 1d6 damage per shot.

FYI, Messa still has Invisibility Purge up.

Over the next two rounds, Messa will move up next to Tuwo and cast Daybreak Arrow on Tuwo's quiver.

Round 1: Messa moves up and draws a scroll of Daybreak Arrow.
Round 2: Messa steps up and casts Daybreak Arrow on Tuwo's quiver.

(If a vampire hits an ally within 30 feet of her, Messa can use Divine Interference to force a new roll.)

Messa double moves to get back with the group.

Hang on, Tuwo, I can help. The halfling casts a spell, and magic emanates from her to fill most of the room. Then she disappears and reappears beside the archer.

ioun stone for caster level: 16 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 16 + (1) - 1 = 16

Casting Invisibility Purge, then using 23 increments of Dimensional Hop to teleport beside Tuwo as a move action. (See blue line for line of effect on the teleport.) The effect of Invisibility Purge gets most of the way down the hallway (see the yellow line for the radius.)

A door? Yaaay! Messa has Doorsight as her Exploration domain power.

Well, if you like, I can look through the door and see what's on the other side. Messa cautiously approaches the door. If nothing attacks her, she'll lay her hands on the door and use Doorsight to see through it.

With Good Hope active, Messa can't fail the DC 20 knowledge check.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

Oh, lovely. Vrocks. Wrath demons that spew spores...my favorites... Messa sighs. Still a good lesson in not holding onto anger, I suppose.

Messa used a scroll of Life Bubble on the party right after the Pools of Sin (sickening mist) fight. Will that protect against the spores? If so, she'll drop Bit of Luck on Rinaldo. If not, she'll ready to cast Bless (from a scroll, CL 1) if anyone is hit by the spores.

Do the gibbets have bodies in them? If so, are those bodies either still alive or undead? (If any were alive in the area of Messa's channel, they would have been healed, also.)

Messa will also use her cure light wand to heal the dragon the rest of the way.

Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

12 charges for 60 points. Only slightly under average this time...

Knowledge planes, with Good Hope: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21

How odd...shadow demons aren't usually this BIG...or incorporeal, for that matter...

A rod appears in the cleric's hand, and she carefully casts a spell, adding an extra pinch of herbs from her spell component pouch.

5 foot step out of the way, free action to recover the intensify rod from her glove of storing, full round action to cast Intensified Burst of Radiance, using Dweomer's Essence to increase her caster level against the demon's SR. She can't fail the concentration check to cast defensively.

ioun stone for caster level: 16 + 1d4 - 1 ⇒ 16 + (3) - 1 = 18

caster level check vs SR, plus dweomer's essence: 1d20 + 18 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 18 + 5 = 42

I'm going to guess that that beats whatever SR it has.

Intensified burst of radiance: 10d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2) = 20
DC 18 to avoid being blinded, no save vs the damage. The damage is "good/light" so no energy resistance applies (usually).

Messa will delay until after the dragon

The last step of the plan was to heal the dragon back to consciousness. Messa will start with a channel since she's got some damage, too.

Channel to heal: 7d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 2, 5) = 23

That gets Messa fixed up. If the dragon is still unconscious, she'll use her wand to cure light wounds just enough to bring it around.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34

This looks like it might be a magic jar spell, so if this plan doesn't work, we can try to dispel it.

Let's try the Protection of Evil plan first, since it doesn't require a caster level check.

Is everyone ready? Messa waits for Rinaldo to start performing, then asks Desna to bless the dragon with luck. Now, Xanaphia!

When Xanaphia casts protection from evil, the dragon gets a new save with a +2 morale bonus. With Bit of Luck, it rolls 2 dice and takes the better.