Annals of the Azlanti

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R3T18: Rezah will focus on the light of Sarenrae and channels 14 PE outward towards only his allies, healing Lilim and giving Gek'k some respite.

R3T17: The column attacks Gek'k and hits him in his left knee with its stony double-headed guisarme for 11.

R3T12: It's not Gek'k's strong point, and not part of his training, but the grippli notices that grappling the columns hasn't caused The Scribe or Brand any pain. He moves in to grapple, deflecting the column's AOO and wraps around the enemy and squeezes for 3 mod.

R3T10-9: Brand tries to keep his hold but slowly looses his grasp. The column counters and slams Brand hard in his left knee (what is it with hitting small guys in left knees?) with a resounding clang but it just wasn't strong enough to power through the mithral casing.

R3T7: Teofilo continues to play his lute to heal 12 on Gek'k.

R3T5: Lilim? What do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Rezah in the hole, Fallon is delaying ...

Rezah, feel free to take your action now as well ...

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*** Glitterdust til end R5T25.
Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (18:50). The Scribe, Rezah. AOO used. GRAPPLED by Gek'k!!!
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1. Grappling CC1.
Brand: 10.
CC2: 9. (33:50). Brand, Lilim.
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes.
* Check for 2d4+4 acid damage to CC2 for rounds 3 and 4.
CC3: 1. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!

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R3T5: Lilim opens herself up and likewise goes to grapple the column. The column cuts well past her armor but the tiefling's hard skin almost gives to the blow ... almost. Lilim now grapples the column for 4 mod. The spot where she hit with the acid arrow sizzles for a mere 2 acid (min), but against these opponents every little bit counts.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T25: Fallon continues to delay ...

R4T24: The Scribe goes to capitalize on Gek'k's hold and starts a dogpile, though he just barely manages a hold as well, doing 1 mod. He then continues on maneuvers to do another 2 mod.

R4T18: Rezah, what do you do?

That column on deck, Gek'k in the hole ...

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*** Glitterdust til end R5T25.
Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (15:50). Rezah. AOO used. GRAPPLED by The Scribe & Gek'k!!!
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1. Grappling CC1.
Brand: 10.
CC2: 9. (27:50). Brand. GRAPPLED by Lilim!!! AOO used.
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes.
* Check for 2d4 acid damage to CC2 for rounds 3 and 4.
CC3: 1. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!

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R4T18: Rezah touches Gek'k to fill him with health and vitality (7 via lay on hands).

R4T17: The column isn't strong enough to get rid of The Scribe and Gek'k.

R4T12: Gek'k does 2 mod and tries to wiggle around further but loses his hold and is no longer grappling.

R4T10: Brand latches onto the column; though grappling he is unable to squeeze hard enough to damage it.

R4T9: In turn, that column shrugs off both Brand and Lilim.

R4T7: Teofilo continues to play his lyre to give Gek'k 12.

R4T5: The last bit of Lilim's spell sizzles her opponent for 7 acid. Lilim, you no longer have a grip on the column. What do you do?

Fallon delaying, The Scribe on deck, Rezah in the hole ...

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*** Glitterdust til end R5T25.
Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (13:50). Gek'k, Rezah. GRAPPLED by The Scribe!!!
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1. Grappling CC1.
Brand: 10.
CC2: 9. (20:50). Brand, Lilim.
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes.
CC3: 1. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). BLINDED by glitterdust!!!

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R4T5: Lilim comes in for another grapple, and just barely manages a hold, but it's still enough to squeeze for 5 mod.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T25: Fallon continues to delay, and in the meantime, the remains of her golden fairy dust go away.

R5T24: The Scribe continues to put the squeeze on the column but can't get through the stone, and on the second attempt he loses his hold.

R5T18: Rezah, what do you do?

CC1 on deck (Gek'k, Rezah, Scribe), Gek'k in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (13:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1. Grappling CC1.
Brand: 10.
CC2: 9. (15:50). Brand. GRAPPLED by Lilim!!!
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. Grappling CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R5T18: Rezah attacks the column twice. The first hit looks like it would have been good, but the stone is too tough for the slender blade. The mithral blade, likewise, is too supple and strong to be damaged.

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Note that you have two attacks with a FAA.

R5T17: The column counterattacks but Rezah blocks with his shield.

R5T12: Gek'k ... you, Rezah, and the Scribe are attacking a column. Hitting it is just asking to shatter your hands (again), so grappling has been the order of the day, even though you aren't that skilled at it. What do you do?

Brand on deck, 2nd column (grappled by Lilim) in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (13:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10.
CC2: 9. (15:50). Brand. GRAPPLED by Lilim!!!
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. Grappling CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R5T12: Gek'k goes in to grab the column again (AOO missed) and holds for 1 mod, but loses his grip on the second attempt.

R5T10: Brand latches onto his opponent and with two tries manages to do 1 mod.

R5T9: "She" fails to get out of the Brand-and-Lilim squeezathon.

R5T7: Teofilo continues to play, and Gek'k's hands have fully knit (and he is full health).

R5T5: Lilim, you and Brand currently have a grapple on your opponent. What do you do?

Fallon (delaying) on deck, The Scribe in the hole, followed by Rezah ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (14:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe. AOO used.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (14:50). GRAPPLED by Brand & Lilim!!!
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. Grappling CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R5T5: Lilim continues to hold, but tries to change the business end of her squeezing to her vulturine beak. Not only has it been growing some, but it instantaneously grows in length to be a terrifying vulture-like beak and she latches on and crushes with her beak for 10 mod (max), and the column crumbles at the bite point, and major cracks go all throughout it. The column looks like another good hit or two might finally destroy it.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T24: The Scribe goes in for another hold and squeezes for 4 mod; maneuvering to continue damaging keeps his hold, but he doesn't squeeze hard enough the second time to do anything.

R6T18: Rezah, Scribe has a good hold on the column for you. While you aren't doing much (so far) to the thing, it does look like it can't take too much more of this. What do you do?

CC1 (Scribe, Rezah, Gek'k) on deck, Gek'k in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAYS!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes. GRAPPLING CC1.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (10:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe (grappling). AOO used.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (4:50). GRAPPLED by Brand & Lilim!!!
Teofilo: 7.
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. Grappling CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R6T18: Rezah stabs the held column. The point hits but does no damage, but the rapier flexes uncomfortably with the strength of the mithral just barely holding the damaging quality of the column in abeyance. He hits again more carefully, but while no chance of dinging the blade it is also an ineffectual graze.

R6T17: The column fails to escape the Scribe.

R6T12: Gek'k adds to the grapple and does 5 mod (max). He keeps his hold as it is, instead of allowing a chance of loosing the hold on a second.

R6T10: Brand squeezes for 2 mod.

R6T9: The column manages to escape Lilim's grasp (only just), but not Brand's.

R6T7: With Gek'k now fully healed, Teofilo floats there, delaying ...

R6T5: Lilim, Brand has ahold of the column. What do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Rezah in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAY!!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes. GRAPPLING CC1.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (5:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe (grappling). AOO used.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (2:50). GRAPPLED by Brand!!!
Teofilo: 7. DELAY!!!
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R6T5: Lilim almost splattered Brand with acid, but misses both.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T24: The Scribe grapples for 1, and then looses his grip.

R7T18: Rezah, the column is ungrappled. What do you do?

Column 1 on deck, Gek'k in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAY!!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes. GRAPPLING CC1.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (4:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe (grappling). AOO used.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (2:50). GRAPPLED by Brand!!!
Teofilo: 7. DELAY!!!
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R7T18: Rezah trusts in the power of mithral over stone and attacks again. The first hits ineffectually, but the second hits for 2 mod; it doesn't seem like a lot, but at this point he gouges out a large chunk from it. This thing should go down with one more good hit.

R7T17: The column counterattacks with a blow to Rezah's left shin for 9.

R7T12: Gek'k, Rezah's gouge of stone from a rapier gives you some hope that the thing should go down. What do you do?

Brand on deck, CC2 in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAY!!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
CC1: 17. (2:50). Gek'k, Rezah, The Scribe. AOO used.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (2:50). GRAPPLED by Brand!!!
Teofilo: 7. DELAY!!!
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

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R7T12: Gritting his teeth, Gek'k puts his energy into a strike with his fist in the gouged section. It gets right into the spot, blasting the section, sending cracks throughout, and ice forms in the cracks, further shattering the column from the inside out! He manages to withdraw quickly enough to only take 9, but only one active column.

R7T10: Brand just tries to maintain the hold, doing no damage.

R7T9: The column manages to shrug off Brand with its superior size and leverage.

R7T7: Teofilo never stopped playing his lyre, it's just that he didn't infuse it with healing magic. But he does so again and Gek'k once again is fully healed.

R7T5: Lilim, this last column is free. What do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Rezah in the hole ...

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Fallon: 25. DELAY!!!
The Scribe: 24. CC1. Shield of faith for 5 minutes.
Rezah: 18. CC1.
Gek'k: 12. Bull's strength. CC1.
Brand: 10. Grappling CC2.
CC2: 9. (2:50). GRAPPLED by Brand!!!
Teofilo: 7. DELAY!!!
Lilim: 5. Heroism (incl +2 skill checks). Bear's endurance for 5 minutes. CC2.
CC3: 1. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!
CC4: 0. (50:50). NON-THREAT!!!

DESTROYED: Caryatid column (1).

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Rezah, you spin around to find that both of the columns that hadn't acted before just stepped down off of their mounts. As you are processing this, they both seem to look right at you and ignore you as they turn inwards to the teams in the room to the team that moved further into the room first - and is closest - Fallon and Lilim. They thud over to stand right in front of the two women and the columnar maids have their double-headed stone guisarmes horizontally held out in front of them as if to stop the girls from moving further, but they don't attack. It would take you 20' to get to the girls if you go there. Rezah, what do you do?

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CC1: 17.
CC2: 13.
Rezah: 3.

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Begin Round One ...

R1T31: Sinxia, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21.
Rezah: 20.
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12.
Lilim: 5.
Erima: 3.

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R1T31: With absolutely unbelievable reflexes, Sinxia steps back to get a little distance in preparation for Sorshen's retaliation, firing two shots into the newly awakened Runelord for 15 total.

R1T21: Teofilo gains 10' height above Sorshen, and seems ready to play something on his lyre ...

R1T20: Rezah, it would be a 5' step to move next to the sarcophagus where Sorshen is sitting upright. This is considered "prone," but is offset by the fact that she has cover. Your scimitar is assumed to be out and shield readied. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21. READIED to countersong anything Sorshen might do!!!
Rezah: 20.
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12.
Lilim: 5.
Erima: 3.

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R1T20: Despite possibly being the one to spur The Scribe to his committed action, the half-orc Sarenite holds his action.

R1T16: Fallon fires off a quick ray of frost at the surprised Runelord, hitting her in the chest for 2 cold. "What the -- ?? I hit her perfectly where I wanted to, and that's it?"

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Erima, you know people pretty well, and even though Fallon can be surprisingly tricky, she really seems shocked that she only did what you happen to know is about average for such a simple cantrip, making it more confusing as to why it should be a surprise to Fallon. What the heck was she expecting?

R1T12: The Scribe's burns into Sorshen. "Runelord Sorshen, I am Alianum; Last Prince of the Principality of Shazarahnil of Ancient Azlant; Son of Prince Azaavelnis; Only Child to Princess Ardrimme. With the ancient ranseur Xin-Rithux - Doom of the Hateful - you shall not revisit your witchery upon this land! Your reign has ended!"

To back up his dire pronouncement, his first strike is a critical into Sorshen's right upper arm for a whopping 36 as both weapon and master focus all of their hatred against the ancient witch. Yet so wild is his parry-dodge-spin that he throws himself entirely out of sorts on his second attack that he appears dazed.

R1T5: Lilim, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21. READIED to countersong anything Sorshen might do!!!
Rezah: 20. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12. DAZED til end of next turn. FRA required to gather composure.
Lilim: 5.
Erima: 3.

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R1T5: Lilim casts a spell, she seems to be interrupted by something in her throat, but it is revealed to be part of the effect of the spell when she finally hocks out a nasty, sizzling loogie at Sorshen's eyes. Sorshen sees it too late when it hits her full in the face, practically melting her layers of skin and getting in her eye to blind her while doing 29 acid!

R1T3: Try as she otherwise might, Sorshen screams terribly in excruciating pain from the acid and the blindness! Sorshen/Erima, it might just be because you woke in a new body, but your reflexes seem diminished ... you are responding slower than before, and you couldn't duck away from that acid. You are blind, and you are sitting upright in a sarcophagus. Sorshen/ Erima, what do you do?

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Please provide me with any inner-monologue that is going on (despite things happening so very quickly), even if it is instinct, and no matter how "obvious" it might be.

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21. READIED to countersong anything Sorshen might do!!!
Rezah: 20. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12. DAZED til end of next turn. FRA required to gather composure.
Lilim: 5.
* Acid spit currently on Sorshen. She'll take 14 acid R2T5, and then 7 acid R3T5.
Erima: 3. Taking acid spit damage, and BLINDED til end R3T5!!!

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R1T3: Raising her hands, Sorshen desperately tries to say, sprinkled with the pain of acid eating her face and in as neutral a manner as possible given that terrible pain: "Very well, I surrender. But you better be quick to heal me, else you're going to kill your prisoner, Rezah... I wasn't aware we were supposed to attack unarmed people, though."

There is indeed no weapon to be seen here. Of course, when history's greatest enchantress is involved, such things would be silly, no? Especially when everything she said after "surrender" seemed to take on an almost otherworldly quality. (Think "the Wyrding way" of the nuns from DUNE.)

Rezah ... you've been delaying. What she says is a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

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So much so, in fact, that you failed your save against the suggestion. Even if you can think of counter-arguments as TickleMeTemplar, Rezah - even with his amazing Will save - is affected by this. Do ... not .... meta.Feel free to take your action if you post before meemaas. He who posts first wins in doing their action.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T31: Sinxia, Sorshen just doomed herself by using obvious enchanting magic; well, obvious to you. You note with your trained eye reading people that Rezah seems favorable to what she said. Acid is eating away at Sorshen's face, and she's right, if not healed she will die. It's a race against the clock to end her quickly before your fellow Sarenite's soul and the party's lives are put in peril to the power of a prestidigitator who is plying her will on the paladin. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21. READIED to countersong anything Sorshen might do!!!
Rezah: 20. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12. DAZED til end of next turn. FRA required to gather composure.
Lilim: 5.
* Acid spit currently on Sorshen. She'll take 14 acid R2T5, and then 7 acid R3T5.
Erima: 3. Taking acid spit damage, and BLINDED til end R3T5!!!

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R2T31: Sinxia sighs and pulls one last arrow, aiming it dead for Sorshen's heart softly. She spoke calmly as she did. "You made one mistake Sorshen. I might have spared you if you didn't try to enchant my comrades. Now DIE!!!" With the last word, she raises her voice in anger, letting the arrow loose as a sudden gust of wind launches out behind the arrow, propelling it even faster than the first one. While not in the proper center of the heart, it still is in center of chest for 15.

R2T21: He hadn't done anything before, Teofilo finally acts. From his higher vantage he throws down an arc of lightning that hits Sorshen in the belly. Finally, the Runelord clone falls back in her sarcophagus as her entrails are splattered within and the acid eats into her face and working to what's behind it. It's unknown if that (and the continuous acid) has finished her off or if she is not quite dead.

R2T20: Rezah, Sorshen's suggestion (and thus your adherence) still holds, and the need for healing is dire. What do you do?

Fallon on deck, The Scribe is dazed, Lilim in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 31.
Teofilo: 21.
Rezah: 20. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 16.
The Scribe: 12. DAZED til end of next turn. FRA required to gather composure.
Lilim: 5.
* Acid spit currently on Sorshen. She'll take 14 acid R2T5, and then 7 acid R3T5.
Erima: 3. Taking acid spit damage, and BLINDED til end R3T5!!!

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The assumption is that Sinxia is assisting Rezah somehow ...

Everyone hears rustling in the sarcophagus!

Standing to her full height of an even 6' (a little taller than Erima was), and with a fantastic build with womanly curves that brings her to about 135 lbs., is perfection and beauty like you never really had the chance to notice before. It is Sorshen, again, but this time on her feet (standing in the sarcophagus). She is completely naked. Her raven-black hair and green eyes are like anything you have ever seen before.

But everyone in this group is hyper-vigilant, none having relaxed their guard! They killed her once and Lilim destroyed the body, but here she is again.

Sorshen lifts her hands and she looks like she is about to cast a spell.

R1T24: The Scribe, dumbounded, recovers quickly. He steps forth a little, but still at a distance of 10'. He makes a terrible thrust to her right knee (just above the sarcophagus' upper edge) for 15, but everyone sees that something isn't right. It's a stunning thrust in itself, but that thrust should have done ... more. His second strike is to the side of her head; for this strike, it seems like he connects with the tip, and yet has to "push through" a little to draw blood for 16. Obviously using every bit of martial prowess and focus he thrusts yet again into her right forearm for 13.

Spoiler: Sorshen-Erima

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Not only do you have natural armor, but that first knee strike most assuredly should have been a critical hit ... and yet unlike in the first battle you take the pain of a great blow, but not a critical strike.

R1T23: Sinxia .... what do you do? You are 10' from Sorshen. You put your bow away (or down) to assist with funerary rites.

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Scribe: 24.
Sinxia: 23.
Sorshen: 22.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 10.
Teofilo: 10.
Rezah: 2.

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R1T23: Sinxia grabs her bow and knocks an arrow, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, speaking a litany of her god to grant her the power to smite the Runelord.

R1T22: Erima, you have never seen or heard the spell Sinxia just cast as she now has a bead on you. And yet, you recognize the spell for what it is, it's mechanics, and what is capable of doing. It is litany of righteousness. Interestingly enough, if you were the Runelord Sorshen and you were evil, this arrow would be even more deadly, and illusory auras (such as misdirection) and thinks like mind blank just can't stop fate from knowing the truth. Also, the caster of the spell knows when their magic does more damage (and therefore recognizes that their target was, in fact, evil) so the result of the damage isn't "hidden" from the caster [Sinxia, if she shoots.]

What do you do?

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Scribe: 24.
Sinxia: 23.
Sorshen: 22.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 10.
Teofilo: 10.
Rezah: 2.

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R1T22: Even with her new-found toughened skin, what was a terrible thrust is enough for his thrust to just manage to hit the clumsy woman's attempt to step over the edge of the sarcophagus, just getting her lower belly. But with catching her there, he is able to thrust in for 16. Sorshen, though now badly wounded again, manages to step out and over and down. Now out of the Scribe's reach, Sorshen-Erima gathers her rage and begins to cast a spell but is cut short when Sinxia's arrow hits her just below center-neck for 12. Sinxia recognizes that Sorshen suffered no additional effect from the holy power of her litany. Although her spell is broken by the arrow hitting her, Sorshen smiles in a predatory way and shouts, "Is that proof enough for you?"

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Stepping out of the sarcophagus and down on the ground was difficult terrain, so it was a MA ... which is why Scribe tagged Erima. No casting defensively while bloodraging makes sense.

Sinxia holds her hand up to her comrades, as if asking them to hold. "My magic can't have failed. Either you're not Sorshen, or there's a lot more to what's going on than we know. Unless...Scribe? Do you know of any ways to fool my spell? And you!!!" She keeps her bead on Sorshen. "Hands in the air, no magic of any kind, and just stay put. I won't hesitate to gut you if I think you're up to something funny."

"I doid't recognize your spell," admits the sage (sheepishly).

R1T20: Lilim, you don't know what spell Sinxia has cast, so you don't know the implication of her having been affected by it. What do you do?

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Scribe: 24.
Sinxia: 23.
Sorshen: 22. RAGING!!!
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 10.
Teofilo: 10.
Rezah: 2.

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R1T20: She doesn't admit not knowing the spell, but can tell something has definitely changed. She keeps her face taut and says to Sorshen, "Go ahead. Wiggle your finger, speak an arcane word, or do anything my twitchy spell-finger interprets as a threat. I won't keep your body parts in a single spot this time - dissolved in acid or not."

R1T2: Rezah draws his scimitar and readies his shield.

End Round 1, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: "Everyone, stop!" shouts The Scribe. Though he is not "flat-footed" he doesn't have his ranseur pointed at Sorshen's heart anymore. "The Runelord of Lust might be enraged if her plans went awry, but to actually tap into primal rage seems entirely against the control needed by an archmage."

"You, whomever your are in Sorshen's body, identify yourself."

R2T23: Sinxia, what do you do?

Sorshen on deck, Lilim (readied with an attack) in the hole ...

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Scribe: 24.
Sinxia: 23.
Sorshen: 22. RAGING!!!
Lilim: 20. READIED TO ATTACK!!!
Fallon: 10. READIED TO ATTACK!!!
Teofilo: 10. READIED TO ATTACK!!!
Rezah: 2.

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There must have been a flaw in the first arrow Sinxia shoots. The wooden shaft shatters right in front of her face and gets pieces of wood in Sinxia's eyes - enough to blind her (no damage). Operations take a right quick halt there as Sinxia tears up and Rezah works to help her flush her eye of this embarrassing development.

Sinxia, your eyes finally clear. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Fallon: 27.
The Scribe: 25.
Rezah: 18.
Glass Golem: 13. (118:150).
Lilim: 12.
Teofilo: 10.
Erima: 3.

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Lilim ... it's a big glass statue.

Begin Round One ...

R1T31: Having recovered, Sinxia sends two arrows at the glass statue. Both arrows hit and shatter, but also do some damage to the statue.

R1T13: And of course, because life can't be simple, the glass statue steps down from the shallow pedestal. It moves off the island and onto the water. Not, mind you, into the water, but it advances walking on the water as if it were land. It comes to within 10' of the boat, and "she" looks dangerous. As she swings one of her limbs at Sinxia, the PCs boat can't help but notice that this thing has more damage on it than just what Sinxia's two arrows did, but not enough time right now to analyze.


Though out of reach of any melee weapons the PCs have (10'), her limb comes down at Sinxia, slamming her in her upper left arm for 8. While it is a bludgeoning attack, it breaks the skin enough that she suffers 5 bleed.

R1T12: "Glass golem!" calls Fallon to the PCs' boat. "I don't have anything better to tell you than that to tell you, but I do have something that'll get it."

Fallon casts a spell and a little tart flies at the golem, bounces off its hide, and flies back to hit Fallon square in the face! She is utterly shocked by this, and starts to laugh hysterically and falls into the boat laughing (and useless).

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DM: "BWA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHHHAAAAA!" Really, one of the best goofs, ever.

R1T11: The Scribe looks down into the boat and shakes his head, not even trying to figure out how this just happened, or why she tried to drop a mind-affecting spell on a golem.

"Yeah ... bloody wounds it leaves, and can reflect some spells at the sender. You need adamantine weapons to fully affect it, and cold hurts it," he calls over. He poles the boat over next to the PCs boat and hands the pole to Teofilo.

R1T10: Rezah lays hands on Sinxia for 8 and stops the bleeding.

R1T9: Lilim, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Glass Golem: 13. (97:150). Can't use spell reflection again until end R4T12.
Fallon: 12. Affected by her own hideous laughter til end R7T12!
The Scribe: 11.
Rezah: 10.
Lilim: 9.
Teofilo: 8.
Erima: 3.

Sinxia, poling Boat #1

• Erima
• Rezah
• Lilim

Scribe, poling Boat #2

• Fallon
• Teofilo

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R1T9: Perhaps its the sudden shifting about of the boat on the water, but Lilim tries to cast a spell carefully and it fizzles.

R1T8: Teofilo, inches to the back of the boat since The Scribe gave some range, and then tosses a magically-formed icicle at the golem, hitting it for 8 cold. It's a big lumbering thing, however beautiful it might be, but it seems to be affected suddenly by the heavy mass of glass of which it is constructed, severely impeded in its movement.

R1T3: Erima, you are 10' from this thing and it is attacking from reach over the water, so you really can't "step forward" without going into the water. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 31.
Glass Golem: 13. (89:150). Can't use spell reflection again until end R4T12. SLOWED til end R4T8!!!
Fallon: 12. Affected by her own hideous laughter til end R7T12!
The Scribe: 11.
Rezah: 10.
Lilim: 9.
Teofilo: 8.
Erima: 3.

Sinxia, poling Boat #1

• Erima
• Rezah
• Lilim

Scribe, poling Boat #2

• Fallon
• Teofilo

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R1T3:

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Erima's mind flood with knowledge of the glass golem .. it's strengths, weaknesses, how it's built, exactly what it's capable of, and so forth. Given that Erima had no previous arcane knowledge, and now has encyclopaedic knowledge of ... well, constructs in general but the glass golem specifically is a bit overwhelming. A word comes to mind, though Erima knows not why: "Ashimantallu."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T31: Sinxia, the thing is 10' from you, but it has reach. What do you do?

Glass golem on deck, Fallon laughing hysterically in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 31.
Glass Golem: 13. (89:150). Can't use spell reflection again until end R4T12. SLOWED til end R4T8!!!
Fallon: 12. Affected by her own hideous laughter til end R7T12!
The Scribe: 11.
Rezah: 10.
Lilim: 9.
Teofilo: 8.
Erima: 3.

Sinxia, poling Boat #1

• Erima
• Rezah
• Lilim

Scribe, poling Boat #2

• Fallon
• Teofilo

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R2T31: Sinxia growls a little. "Why does it have to be Adamantine?" She draws out a pair of regular arrows and focuses on her target, using the knowledge Fallon and the Scribe called out to target it's weaknesses with her shots (for a total 34 mod), but not before getting hit in her left upper leg for 16 (and the wound is now bleeding).

R2T13: It comes at Sinxia with its other limb and pounds against the Sarenite inquisitor, this time hitting her in left lower arm for 17.

R2T12-11: While Fallon continues to laugh hysterically at the bottom of the other boat. He focuses on being defensive and picks up his ranseur even as a glass limb comes down and smashes part of the gunwale of their boat, taking on a little water.

R2T10: Rezah shifts his scimitar to his shield hand and converts stone shape to CSW to give Sinxia 17 healing.

R2T9: Lilim, what do you do? The Scribe apparently made it use its AOO for this new round, so unless it is a construct with something like Combat Reflexes or a like ability, you should be good.

Teofilo on deck, Erima in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 31. 1d8 BLEED!
Glass Golem: 13. (55:150). Can't use spell reflection again until end R4T12. SLOWED til end R4T8!!! AOO Used!!!
Fallon: 12. Affected by her own hideous laughter til end R7T12!
The Scribe: 11.
Rezah: 10.
Lilim: 9.
Teofilo: 8.
Erima: 3.

Sinxia, poling Boat #1

• Erima
• Rezah
• Lilim

Scribe, poling Boat #2

• Fallon
• Teofilo

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R2T9: Lilim thinks about what she knows about golems in general, and what she can observe (or has observed thus far) with the glass golem, and decides brute force is the way to go. She tail whips the thing to put a crack in it for 7 mod, and her right claw does 2 mod.

R2T8: Teofilo pays his lyre, and Sinxia receives 12 healing.

R2T3: Erima, what do you do?

Sinxia on deck, golem in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 31.
Glass Golem: 13. (55:150). Can't use spell reflection again until end R4T12. SLOWED til end R4T8!!! AOO Used!!!
Fallon: 12. Affected by her own hideous laughter til end R7T12!
The Scribe: 11.
Rezah: 10.
Lilim: 9.
Teofilo: 8.
Erima: 3.

Sinxia, poling Boat #1

• Erima
• Rezah
• Lilim

Scribe, poling Boat #2

• Fallon
• Teofilo

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Begin Round One ...

R1T27: The Scribe moves up and opens the northern half of the gate (inwards), moving just to the side and then releasing the gate door (which is now wedged at his back and part of the non-doored-gate) and threatening a general area with his ranseur.

R1T21: Fallon moves in as the Scribe, but opening the southern half of the gate, and likewise completing the arc of the gate so that it is also held at her back against the metal bars of the "fence".

R1T19: Sinxia, what do you do?

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The Scribe: 27.
Gnaeus Gnaru: 25.
* Bear's endurance. Bull's strength.
Fallon: 21.
Sinxia: 19
Teofilo: 12.
Lilim: 7.
Erima: 6.
Rezah: 5.

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R1T19: Sinxia draws her bow and knocks an arrow, and then moves into the room carefully.

R1T7: Lilim moves in 10', and gives her description of what she sees.

R1T6: Erima, what do you do? The map follows. Assume you're in any empty square there.

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The Scribe: 27.
Gnaeus Gnaru: 25.
* Bear's endurance. Bull's strength.
Fallon: 21.
Sinxia: 19.
Teofilo: 12. DELAYING!!!
Lilim: 7.
Erima: 6.
Rezah: 5.