Shadows of the Past 4.5

[AlanBruce]

@Tarith: These are Anzaril's most relevant stats.

Anzaril, Glaistig sorcerer 8/mindbender 7
Female medium fey
HP: 276
Initiative: +9
Speed: 30ft. Swim 50ft.
AC: 31 (+4 natural, +4 bracers of Armor +4, +4 ring of protection +4, +4 shield, +5 dexterity), touch 19, flatfooted 26
BAB/Grapple: +10/+18
Attack: +16 +2 keen dagger (1d4 +4 17-20/x2)
Full Attack: +16/+11 +2 keen dagger (1d4 +4 17-20/x2)
SA: Beguiling Song, Blood Drain, Spells, SLA, Push the Weak Mind 2 times /day, Eternal Charm 2 times /day, Dominate
SQ: DR 5/Cold Iron, low-light vision resist cold and fire 10, water breathing, water simbiosis, Telepathy, Mind Read 4 times /day, Enchantment Spell Power +2
Fort +14 Ref +20 Will +23
Str 18 Con 21 Dex 20 Int 19 Wis 21 Cha 35
Skills: Balance, Bluff +37, Climb, Concentration +24, Diplomacy +32, Disguise +23, Escape Artist +15, Hide +26, Intimidate +29, Knowledge (Nature) +23, Listen +15, Move Silently +14, Search +14, Sense Motive +32, Spot +14, Spellcraft +19
Feats: Imp. Grapple, Ability Focus (Beguiling Song), Imp. Initiative, Spell Focus (Enchantment), Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment), Chain Spell, Sanctum Spell, Arcane Preparation
CR: 13


SLA CL 8th: At will- Dancing Lights, Fog Cloud, Hypnotism (DC 23), suggestion (DC 25). 1/Day: water breathing

Spells CL 13th and 15th when casting Enchantment spells: DCs for spells are 22+ Spell level, enchantment spells are 24 + Spell level

Spells/Day: 6/9/9/9/9/7/5

Spells Known:

0: Detect Magic, Read Magic, Daze, Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation, Touch of Fatigue, Light, Mending

1st: Shield, Obscuring Mist, Magic Missile, Grease, Protection from Law

2nd: Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, Blindness/Deafness, Glitterdust, Touch of Idiocy, Phantasmal Assailants

3rd: Bands of Steel, Hold Person, Blink, Slow

4th: Phantasmal Killer, Confusion, Dimension Door

5th: Baleful Polymorph, Teleport

6th: Transfix

Beguling Song: DC 25 Will negates

Push the Weak Mind: Twice per day, Anzaril may use a suggestion Spell that lasts 20 hours. DC 27.

Mind Read: Four times per day, Anzaril may read surface thoughts of anyone within 100ft. DC 26

Eternal Charm: Anzaril may charm up to two targets permanently. Dispel Magic won’t release them from the charm, but Break Enchantment will. DC 28

Dominate: Once per day, for 24 hours, Anzaril may dominate one creature within 100ft. DC 33

The cloaked intruder stands in place as a second golden blade emerges from his left sleeve.



Target acquired... secondary target- Negligible

[Archmage1]

[roll0] init

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: The cloaked figure is quick, delivering a single thrust in your direction. The blade goes straight for your leg.

I believe she would be considered flatfooted in this case.

Attack1: [roll0] damage [roll1] plus [roll2] magebane plus [roll3] Fortitude DC= damage dealt plus DC 19 reflex or be tripped (cannot react to trip back)

[Archmage1]

Impaled by the sword, Anzaril staggers, almost blinded by the pain
[roll0] fort save(probably vs staggering strike)
[roll1] reflex
"Rosalind, come to me, now"

After Rosalind arrives, Anzaril casts Dimension Door, moving to a location 450 feet distant, in plain sight, still within her sanctuary

(Verbal only, so not sure if concentration check is needed, but hey... defensive casting)
[roll2]

87 damage dealt
189 hp left

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: Rosalind hurries to your side and you hold on to her arm as you focus to be somewhere within the lake, as far away from this assassin as possible.

In a flash leaving behind a small burst of water, you reappear on a mud islet looking at the shore. The caped assassin turns his head in your direction and starts walking towards the water.

"Who is he? What does he want, Anzaril?"

[Archmage1]

"I don't know."
Range?

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: 450 ft away. He could close in in a few rounds.

[Archmage1]

still 490 after he moved? Remember, Anzaril only teleported 490 feet

[AlanBruce]

Sorry, 350 feet distance.

Also remember she has used 2 teleports today. One to go get the crystal ball. Another to come back to shore.

[Archmage1]

Anzaril sings to the stranger, drawing him to her.
(will 25, or take most direct route to her)

(lack of teleports is irrelevant. After all, she only needs one.)

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: You begin singing and the hooded figure stops.

Knowledge Nature [roll0]

The creature begins walking towards your direction.

Bluff: [roll1]

Taking the fastest route (double move).

[Archmage1]

Sense Motive: Auto success.
Also, no will save? if it is a construct, Anzaril is screwed
distance 290?

[Archmage1]

Also, walking on water?

[AlanBruce]

More like gliding on water.

If Anzaril can make a Know. Arcana, she might be able to tell what it is.

He moved 100 ft. first. Then a double move (200 more feet).

[Archmage1]

Outcome of the sense motive(she succeeds on a nat 1)
Also, where is her charm person? Required for mindbender

[AlanBruce]

She has it. I must've erased it when I was editing her.

Sense Motive outcome: He's playing possum.

[Archmage1]

can't make know arcana check successfully.
[roll0] (Assuming similar to nature)
Is she in her sanctuary?

Anzaril casts water breathing on Rosalind


(if the next spell has no effect, retreat is the only option. she only has 5 spells
useful: transfix: 250, paralyze, dc 30 mind
d-door-> movement
slow: 230, dc 25 mind
glitterdust: 230, dc 24
blind/deaf: 230, dc 24 living

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: You watch the cloaked assassin move in and realize your song has no effect on him. You touch Rosalind's neck and gills grow immediately, aching to breathe underwater.

The hooded man swiftly retracts his blade arm and takes out a wand, pointing it at Rosalind.

Dimensional Anchor Ranged Touch Attack: [roll0]

[Archmage1]

no can do. Range on a wand of dimensional anchor is 170 feet. he is 290 feet out. not happening.
also, no GDM? she did cast it, after all

Anzaril watches as the unknown individual makes a mistake, as his spell fizzles harmlessly over 100 feet away.

She then contacts Xander
Xander, what is this?
She sends an image(hoping Xander can ID, determining some tactics)

[AlanBruce]

You dimensioned doored 490 ft. away. he struck and moved 100. Then you sang, he bluffed and moved 200 more ft. as a double move. That would leave 190 ft. distance.

[Archmage1]

100 foot per round move rate? that is fast.
still, 190>170, so the spell still goes fizzle.
I was assuming 30 foot move rate.
Still, need the knowledge check from Xander, as if it is what I think it is, Anzaril has no way to win. at all.

[AlanBruce]

Xander can communicate telepathically, but not send visual images. She can warn hi of what's going on.

And what do you think it is?

And here I thought it was a 5th level spell.

[NathanB1486]

Just what is happening here, do not do anything hasty, you and Rosalind's safety is more important than you defeating it, the two we went after were sent by the same group as the lich that desecrated the Fey Woods, that one may be one of them as well.



k deleted my roll, didn't see Alan's post, assuming Anzaril will warn Xander about it or will delete the response as well.

[Archmage1]

construct, probably a modified kolyurat. Could be wrong, but it is immune to mind affecting, which means Anzaril is gone, as she has precisely one effect that will work on it, and it is high enough level that she isn't going to beat the will save.

"Rosalind, once more, we are teleporting."

Anzaril readies a dimension door, to trigger when it takes a standard action

[Archmage1]

for the Xander conversation(since he decided to come and look anyway)
She can describe it in great detail, letting him make the know check.

[NathanB1486]

I was originally just reading to keep entertained, but you posted something to Xander, then posted you were waiting on Xander, figured I would post something as I doubted you or Alan were going to roll, or contact Anzaril for him.

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: You watch the creature 190 ft. away and this one charges with one of his blade arms at Rosalind.

Charge: [roll0] damage [roll1] plus [roll2] magebane and Reflex DC 19 or be tripped.

[Archmage1]

Assuming Rosalind survives
"My dear, I am sorry. Please hold on"

Once more, Anzaril dimension doors to her starting location, retrieving her orb.
defensive casting: auto success

[AlanBruce]

Hold on... crit time!

Confirm crit: [roll0] if hit, we'll just double those numbers, for ease.

[Archmage1]

in other news, I should have had the readied action trigger on movement.
and... Rosalind goes splat, I believe.
Still, Anzaril will take the body with her when teleporting

[AlanBruce]

@Anzaril: The cloaked figure comes at you with blade ready. Shining under the rays of the sun. Before you have a time to react and vanish with Rosalind, the rapier goes through her heart, as the magic takes place and you are back at the shores of the lake.

Rosalind lies on your arms, covered in blood. The wound was fatal. The young bride never even had a chance to react. You close her eyes and look out to the lake as the cloaked assassin turns its head in your direction.

Target confirmed dead. Proceeding with delivery.

The hooded killer raises his hand, waving it at you. You hear his voice. It sounds quite cheerful. Almost human.

"Mistress Anzaril! I have something for you!"

[Archmage1]

Alas, Dantie does not have revivify prepared, so not much point in teleporting to him.
However, I suppose the counter here was to have Rosalind standing behind Anzaril, but sadly, we must deal with the world as it is

Xander, it killed Rosalind. Tell Dantie... Tell him I am sorry.

not sure how Anzaril would respond to having a friend killed in front of her, but probably not well. She also knows she can't win the fight. So.

Anzaril retrieves the orb, and teleports to her lair, activating her defenses, and observing Xander, readying an action to teleport herself, and rosalind, to them
(yes, she can't breath, but she can hold her breath for a while(10 rounds min), and she can still cast, so no worries)

[Archmage1]

or... [roll0] sense motive

[AlanBruce]

Anzaril? Of course she can breathe underwater. She's amphibious. Rosalind is dead, so no worries there.

@Anzaril: You listen to the killer's quaint words and teleport to your lair beneath the lake. As Rosalind floats besides you, you send the message to Xander and focus on the man above. This one flies to your location and leaves what appears to be a small wooden chest. Then, he disappears entirely.

Now we can move to the regular IC.

[Archmage1]

RIP Rosalind, although, not for long, seeing as there is this nifty thing known as raise dead, revivify, reincarnation...
And Tarith, of course, knows the duke will have kept at least one diamond...