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"The corruption of the priesthood occurred at the precise moment in which it changed from a minority organised to impart knowledge into a minority organised to withhold it.

This horrible transformation will occur at the exact instant at which journalists realise that they can become an aristocrat...."

― G.K. Chesterton

chutney all over

Mai-ia-hii,
mai-ia-huu,
mai-ia-haa,
mai-ia-ha ha!

Vrei sa pleci dar nu
ma, nu ma iei
nu ma, nu ma ieinu ma, nu ma, nu ma ieichipul tau si
dragostea din tei

"Even Hell has its Fnords."

"Listen, I came here to do some business, not shoot the breeze. If you want to expound your personal philosophies, write another Fnord."

"You know I wouldn't screw you unless there was a good reason: money, Fnord, business. Other than that, you can relax."

“His Fnord was his whole world. Now it's just a painful memory.”

“There have been men who have been burned alive or disemboweled for just a Fnord of what you are about to witness.”

“The man who wrote this book did so in alliance with the Devil, and went to the Fnord for it.”

“There's nothing more reliable than a man whose Fnord can be bought for hard cash.”

“I don't have to like you, you're a client and you Fnord well.”

“Don't f+~~ with Fnord!"
"...I thought I already did.”

I want another slice of rhubarb tart
I want another lovely slice
I'm not disparaging the blueberry pie
But rhubarb tart is oh-so-very nice!

If however you're a beekeeper, accountancy, Sir-General-in-Command,
Our advice to you is always go to work
On a slice of Rhubarb Taaaaart!!!

"Paracountess. This is not a decision to make lightly. Should you succumb to the desire to sate your vengeance, what then? What fills that void?"

As if on cue, an eerie but familiar voice replies:

"A long vacation amongsst the more-underappreciated layers of the Abyssss can do all manner of wonders for 'filling voidsss'!"

Lucija's freakish Protean vizier emerges literally from out of nowhere...now covered from teeth to tail in finest garishly-colored Abyssal cherry/chocolate/pistachio mush.

Once again, his(?) second head bursts out before the larger can close its mouth:

"ENTROPY FOR FUN AND PROFIT, AND-TRIPPY FOR PUNS AND TOPHETS! LAYER 438,114 SUBLAYER ϐ, ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! RECENT RUMORS OF INFERNAL INSURGENCY ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED BY DUMB, SCARED INEVITABLES WHO'VE NEVER BEEN! YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR NOODLES, SIR! PATRICK THE MAD BLASPHEMER IS NOT A REALM OF HOPLITES! ANYWHOO, MANY A DEMON CAN MOST ASSUREDLY FILL ANY VOID IN AN ANTHROPOID, AND VERILY FOR SUCH A WH-mphbphmph...!" The lesser head finishes as the larger sucks it back up like a succulent, crazed noodle before continuing:

"...My point being, why not have and do it all? Revenge is not as bad for the soul as some of the sillies in Heaven may claim. I do not believe that one such as you truly wishesss only to lurk in a Dark Archive for the rest of her time on this orb. STRANGULATE your old burdens, free yourself to climb a new mountain, and leave a void of thine own to be filled imminently by an altogether new face for us to test, try, and taunt!"

Again, the smaller head escapes the larger's maw, this time looking in Eadie's direction:

"BOOOOOOOOO LITTLE BEARS! LONG WORMS AND PRETTY SPIDERS, HURRAH!!!"

"Very well, have fun at the markets. Oh, and you might want to dismiss your pet there unless it's absolutely necessary. Creatures like that aren't welcome here."

"Believe me, Msssssss. I wasn't about to-"

"HEY, YOU WANNA GO TO SPUMONI-WORLD, 2,468,642ND LAYER OF THE ABYSS?!?"

"Would I ever?! Count me in!"

With that, the freakish protean sucks itself into nothingness like noodles down a drain - abandoning Lucija of his own accord for the first time ever.

Naghamadi gingerly approaches the tankard, circling around it, savoring it - then his second head shoots out and devours it tankard and all.

"The stark sincerity of the Abyss, by contrast, has a civilization to it all its own," Adds the terrible serpent-being.

Before he(?) can fully close his maw, another, smaller second head shoots out.

"DEVIL BRAINS TASTE LIKE STALE GAMEFOWL MARINATED IN HYSSOP OIL ILL-REAPED! YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" It helpfully adds in a shrill voice before the larger head sucks it back up.

*twists into the shape of a letter 'E'...*

FORM 'E'...!

Okay, well, since you confirmed The Implacable Beast was immune to poison, and consisted mostly of Demonburger, I likely would have summoned a hound archon, who'd have cast aid (CL 6th) on everyone:

Lucija: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Naghamadi: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Torrag: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Qatala: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Silvermane: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Chaine: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Emyla: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Riddywipple: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Also, don't forget whatever the effects of the last round of celestial aid would have been!

Please move Lucija and I to L-15 - and 15' in the air!

Bodyguard, In Harm's Way should Lucija be attacked:
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 5

Bodyguard (and that's all) should Qatala be attacked
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 12

readied bite, aid, haste, magic fang, 'higher ground' against first enemy to come within 10': 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
'magic' damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (1) = 9

Again, remember my clay skin.

Also, even though I didn't see anyone volunteer a wand charge or whatever, can I take it for granted that I got my last 2-4 ticks of damage healed at some point by now?

You forgot about the aid the lantern archons cast on us - if it's only been upwards of 2 minutes, we're still blessed by it. That means both that I'm only down -6, but Lucija is currently up +44.

As a matter of fact, they can follow along and do so again for everyone as a 'parting gift' before returning whence they came!:

Aid, CL 3rd, on:
Naghamadi: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Lucija: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Emyla: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Riddywipple: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Qatala: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Torrag: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Chaine: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Silvermane: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

also, IF anybody is willing to use a cure light wounds wand on Naghamadi...: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

NOW:

Naghamadi hovers a good 15 feet in the air, Lucija atop him, coiled in anticipation to strike or defend....

Bodyguard, In Harm's Way should Lucija be attacked:
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 16

Bodyguard (and that's all) should Chaine be attacked
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 15

readied bite, aid, 'higher ground' against first enemy to come within 10': 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (6) = 15

Don't forget my clay skin.

Naghamadi wrote:

YOU get a prayer! And YOU get a prayer! Even I get a prayer! Everybody gets a PRAYER!

As far as I could find sifting through d20PFSRD and the Paizo forums, the only way you can share potion effects is through a Volatile Vaporizer; otherwise the imbiber is the only target of the potion even if the spell is normally able to affect multiple targets. If you can show me something that indicates otherwise, I would be happy to share the spell effect around.

If I'd known that, I would have chosen a different potion effect - let's say it was clay skin instead - and Naghamadi would have tried heading for the golem as much as he could.

I also must profess that I have a rather amusing mental image of how Naghamadi is opening a potion bottle without hands (the outer head holds the bottle while the second head nips the cork out?), and I won't look too deeply into it for the sake of my sanity.

I do have a nice tail that could help....

With insane courage, Naghamadi jets toward the horrible golem (please move me to U-15) and takes a snap at it.

Acrobatics to avoid attack of opportunity, you may roll more for me if I'd need to make them: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

bite, aid, haste, magic fang: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31
magic damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Undead Armada bonus: 1d8 ⇒ 7 X10 = 70? Or 40? Exact same question as above.

...after which Naghamadi takes to the sky, and uncorks the potion they'd been awarded earlier: More of an effervescent perfume, it sublimes upon opening, and an ethereal lavender mist spreads throughout the battlefield.

YOU get a prayer! And YOU get a prayer! Even I get a prayer! Everybody gets a PRAYER!

Place Naghamadi between 15'-30' in the air (trying to avoid the reach of the demonflesh golem, but also not risk ruining what I'm trying to do presently), and somewhere on the map from where a 40' radius burst could catch as many beings as possible.

Move me to J-15, and 10 feet up in the air...

Naghamadi advances fearlessly but cautiously...

readied bite vs first enemy to get within 10 feet: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
damage plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (1) = 5

...while Naghamadi drifts ominously downward, waiting - hoping - to strike.

Please move us to P-12 and 5' in the air. Remember that Naghamadi has reach with his bite(s).

readied bite, haste, higher 'ground', magic fang: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
magical damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (1) = 11

Bodyguard, In Harm's Way in case Lucija is attacked:
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 18

...while Naghamadi takes her to a better position.

Please move us to M-14 and 15' skyward.

Bodyguard, In Harm's Way in case Lucija is attacked:
just don't roll a '1': 1d20 ⇒ 8

...and Naghamadi continues his Chaotic, fiery flailing, he and Lucija looking like something out of some mad Oracle's eschatological revelations.

bite, haste, flank, higher 'ground' vs green: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (2) = 10

bite, haste, flank, higher 'ground' vs green: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + (3) = 10

bite, haste, flank, higher 'ground' vs green: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (2) = 10

tail slap, haste, flank, higher 'ground' vs green: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (5) = 14

...while Naghamadi waits for incoming 'playmates'.

Exchange Boon Active: All weapons increase enhancement bonus by +2 or mundane weapons gain a +2 enhancement for the encounter.

Does this apply to those of us who didn't ask to invoke it now? Does it apply to "natural" weapons? If so, increase the following attacks by +2:

Reflex save, Evasion #1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Reflex save, Evasion #2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Naghamadi loops bizarrely around in the air, completely evading the first gout of flame, only to arrive in the middle of the other!

He edges closer to the remaining rider (moving 5 feet downward if necessary to be adjacent, and into a flank)...

bite, haste, flank: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + (6) = 13

bite, haste, flank: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (2) = 10

bite, haste, flank: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (1) = 5

tail slap, haste, flank: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + (4) = 10

...which he thrashes for nearly all he's worth!

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

A bit too disoriented to recognize where he is off-hand, Naghamadi whirls through the air like some sort of out-of-control giant squid, stopping with unnatural abruptness over the gorgon's head, which he gives a taunting nip with his second mouth...which also happens to seethe with phosphorescent energy.

Red Queen's Eidolon to M-15...and 15 feet up in the air.

bite, haste vs what-is-surely-a-gorgon: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (5) = 10

Urgent Repairs: CMB, guidance: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

It is being pulled aloft by a nightmarish striped serpentine monster that floats lazily through thin air with greater ease than a fish swims through water. It looks down at the assemblage in the courtyard with a maniacal expression. It opens its maw...

...only for another, smaller second head to shoot out with its own maniacal expression.

"THE SERPENT HAS LANDED!" It shrills, before zipping back inside the maw.

"You will forgive us," The larger head then speaks in an alarmingly cultured tone, "for being...fashionably-late?"