Mihai follows after Kragnir, looking to keep pace with him while still being a half-dozen steps behind him.
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Seeing the flashing claws and jaw of the transformed Nim, Mihai extends the gift of the Walker unto him.
Unwilling to be isolated Mihai hustles forward from his position to nestle into Wic's flank.
Mihai follows in Kragnir's ever lengthening shadow and instills his movements with the surety and grace of his patron. A murmured "Walk strong" bids him forth... to blood and ruin.
Mihai follows with caution at the rear of the trailing group, looking to Nim for guidance.
Mihai abstains from the precision of the decision forward, instead proffering "Wherever you walk I will follow your footsteps"
Nodding Mihai confirms "If you can Nim... it would help to know what surrounds this place... and whether any of the other 'teams' have already arrived."
Levelling a flat and untroubled gaze at Nim "And to leave it stand would invite the ire of the Walker... Kragnir?" gesturing for the dwarf to attempt to rend the orb asunder.
The presence of the onyx obelisk deeply concerns Mihai. His jaw sets resolute and he growls "We should destroy this abomination."
Danger now passed Mihai looks to Kragnir to assess how badly his soul is diminished...
Cleric 5 -> Cleric 6
New Domain ability: Good Fortune (Ex): At 6th level, you can reroll any one roll that you have just made before the results of the roll are revealed. You must take the result of the reroll, even if it’s worse than the original roll. You can use this ability once per day at 6th level, and one additional time per day for every six cleric levels beyond 6th. I'll be re-picking spells as well, so need to update that part of my profile.
"I can restore only some of his spirit this day." Lesser Restoration: ability damage removed "As for the cheater of death... he should be put to rest with his abominations."
Shrugging his shoulders, Mihai does as asked.
Mihai sees fit to extend the grace of Sinishakti unto Kragnir...
Mihai holds his action, watching to see how the battle unfolded for a span before committing to one direction or another.
Christmas period is being brutal to me - flying back to KL tomorrow, then should be back on board with everything on December 31.
Mihai continues the flood of warming health washing over his allies...
Seeing a need to salve Kragnir's hurt, but unwilling to draw too near to the practitioner of dark magics, Mihai holds back and sends forth a wave of warming energy to bolster the dwarf...
Mihai skirts the edge of the pit to bring himself closer to Kragnir. Though the mighty dwarf reels with the beast's blows... he remains their best hope in seeing it swiftly ended. He therefore extends the grace of the Walker unto him once again...
Holding his position Mihai sees a quick resolution to the conflict as the best path forward, and extends the will of Sinishakti unto ____ to that effect.
"There would seem to be little risk to disposing of them given their restraint... Balani?"
Keeping his eyes warily upon them Mihai speaks softly "I would see them freed if we can..."
Perception: Speaking in a low voice "They are not men... their steps are no longer their own, raised from the sanctity of the grave to a half-life."
Mihai measures the man, before giving a slight bow and extending a hand to clasp. "You are welcome to walk beside us Jawn, late of Eleder and Osirion before. I am Mihai, of the Walker and wherever my feet lead me."
Mihai crosses his hands across his chest and comes forward, warily speaking "We are of an advance group... from where and whom did you come, and who is it you're seeking now?"
I'd suggest not being a Red Mantis... that would be awkward.
Weary and sorrowful as his tenuous harrowed link had been severed to two of his companions this night Mihai shakes his head at Balani's question "I do not know Balani... it seemed a creature of shadow and death, but I know not it's name." and with that, Mihai moves to continue tending to Tragershen and the two fallen guards. Turning to the other guardsmen he asks "Would they meet their end in the earth or be put to flame to join the air?"
As Kragnir's blow makes Mihai's intended sacrifice moot, he is left once again at an impasse. Closing his eyes a moment he casts a mental plea for guidance and feels an intangible pull back towards his companions. Sighing with resigned tone, Mihai sweeps back along the path he took and seeks to sustain Kragnir's belligerence...
Channel Positive to Heal: excluding the demon
Aye - it would do full damage - which is 1d8+1, but Mihai would need to roll an attack to hit it at +8 each round - which is less of a sure thing.
Spiritual Hammer? - if you're letting us take 3.5 stuff then I've got a few more tasty things on my list :P Spiritual Weapon on the other hand... would have a 55% chance of outright failure from SR, followed by 50% miss chance on each attack and even after all that would only deal 1d8+1... Sure, worth it... and maybe Mihai could've considered it if he had any idea we'd be facing a demonic shadow. Funnily holy water would be even more useless... if the demon was in melee Mihai would need to hit a natural 20 to even make contact :P
The inherent problem with 'surrounding' the shadow demon is that it's impossible. Given the incorporeal nature and perfect fly speed it would be able to escape through the dirt or through the air any time it wanted. The options really depend on what happens next:
2) It stays and kills everyone else, which potentially results in a live Mihai. The first is really the only one that offers a 'play it out' scenario. Though since Corbius is still booking it as well there's a chance he might not be dead. The thing that annoys me about how I assume it's written into the AP is where's the foreshadowing? How were we to know that we were potentially walking into shadow demon territory? It was a bit of a fluke that it lasted as long as it did, since if Mihai didn't have daylight memorized we would have been in deeper darkness the whole time. Ultimately I'm happy to flow with the group. I've got character concepts that I could fold into whatever, or we can at least play this out and see what's left over.
Demon's got a +12 to Sense Motive, so even with the -4 penalty there's a 40% chance he sees through the ruse... then it's a question of whether it's 14 Int is enough to realise that it can just kill the rest of you now and chase me at it's leisure.
Mihai quickly realises that this creature is far beyond them... to stand would be to die... and with a heavy heart realizes that there was a path that needed to be walked... alone... Calling upon all the grace his patron provides...
It's a CR7 creature that's incorporeal, with high DR, that casts shadow evocation as a 10th level caster 3 x per day... and has the ability to magic jar... or in other words, not really CR 7 (at least in my book). If you were really playing him 'well' you'd be fireballing from the air where we would have even less chance of returning fire :P
Soooooo.... we dead right? How is this ever an appropriate 5th level foe?
Willpower:
Feeling the press of the flames despite his ability to disbelieve them, Mihai channels to attempt to salve some of the wounds suffered...
With the departure of Kragnir at least foretelling which direction the enemy lies, Mihai stumbles that way. Drawing nearer to the fray, he extends Sinashakti's hand to guide the dwarf.
And back to reality again...
Fellow Ape Bashers,
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