DrK Wrath Righteous Reboot IC

[DrK]

The second Vermleck demon, inhabiting the now partially consumed and grotesque body of the former mayor doesn't stand a chance. With the flair of Mong's holy music flowing through them Gashur, Mong, Jessica and Leonius converge on the demon and with a savage flurry of blows cut the obese form down and then hack the worm like demon into chunks as it tries to crawl out the former Lord's distended throat.

Before they can celebrate the doors to their right swing open wide, both of the double doors pushed open revealing the foyer beyond. Along the northern wall of this room, a frieze depicts a line of
mounted crusaders crashing over a horde of twisted demons. The crusaders' faces have been obliterated and vile graffiti is carved over the entire scene. Fresh blood stains the floor and surging out the door are a squad of heavily armoured cultists of the demon god Deskari - the locust of despair! The six men, all garbed in green banded mail bear heavy war scythes all have the look of veterans



The doors open as they pour out, however Talisin stands ready and the first four of them begin to slip and slide on the thick grease that he summons on the doorway. Two of the cultists go down in a pile of limbs and heavy wooden sycthes. Two others manage to find purchase and leap out moving to engage the nearby Leonius and Mong. The two others at the back begin to intone dark magics, one uttering a dark blessing that circles the cultists blessing their blades, the second calling doom upon you all and filling the air with a dark pall that seeks to drag down your skills and mood.

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Doors open and 6 cultists appear!
Talisin's readied action drops two, two save and move out to engage with Leonius and Mong
Two at the back cast spells
#5 Casts Bless on him and his friends
#6 Casts Bane on You all. Will DC 13 or -1 on attack rolls and fear saves

#3 attack Mong (1d20+5)[18] dam (2d4+3)[9]
#4 attack Leonius (1d20+5)[20] dam (2d4+3)[7]

[u-b]

Gashur moves to where he can target both prone persons* and tries to catch one's head between the hammer and the ground...

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*Assuming this does not provoke, I guess.
Power attack (1d20+8)[23] vs prone AC for (1d12+18)[22] bludgeoning cold iron (incl. +2/+2 rage, -1/-0 bane, -2/+6 power attack)
AoO (conditional, like if the other attempts to stand up) (1d20+8)[10] for (1d12+18)[26] bludgeoning cold iron (incl. +2/+2 rage, -1/-0 bane, -2/+6 power attack)
AC 13 for the round

[farothel]

Jessica felt the dark energy wash over her, but with a push of her mind she pushed it away. Activating her scale, she rushed the one who tried to cast the dark energy on her and her friends, moving around the other enemies with a grace she wouldn't be able to pull off without the magic.. Swinging with her glaive, she tried to take him down.

Spoiler: OOC round 2

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swift action: activate scale to cast grace on myself (no AoO when I move and if I move 20ft or more to a target previously not in reach, I attack vs his flat-footed AC).
move: move closer to #6
attack vs flat-footed AC: (1d20+9)[22] for damage: (1d10+7)[17]

[Spore]

Leonius Caela Telum Aasimar Cleric AC: 19 HP: 21/28 touch: 10, ff: 18, CMD: 14 Conditions: Blessing of Vigilance (Lesser Age Resistance, 24h), Seize the Initiative (1/7 used), Spiritual Weapon (Longsword, 2/3 rds ) Leonius grunts and bears the deep cut. Trying to shift his body to where he can hit the two standing cultists he leaves the vile troglodyte to deal with the cleanup on the ground. He shakes his head to throw out the curse thrown at him and steps aside, slicing up the side of a Deskarite. Spoiler Show Spiritual Weapon 16 to hit for 3 damage 5ft step Longsword 24 for 11 damage

[TankLaser007]

Talisin Caiseal
Init 2, HP 24/24.5, DR -, Speed Land: 30' AC 16, Touch 12, Flat-footed 14, CMD 16, Fort 5, Ref 3, Will 5, CMB 5, Arcane Points 6 / 8
Conditions: Arcane Enhancement: 8/10 rnds; Rage Song: +2 Str/Con, +1 Wil Sv

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Talisin finishes his spell as the six cultists appear in the open door, two cultists tumble to the grease laden cobles, as two more rush out to engage his companions, its the two remaining that catch his attention as they cast spells, he feels the baleful energies reach out towards his mind and immediately recognises the similarity between the hexes he had learnt from similar cultists in his youth. Thanks to the rousing song of Mong he's able to resist the effects of the curse. Those casters are dangerous.

He focuses his mind on the arcane bond he shares with his bow, enabling him to bring the keenness of his mind to bear on the task at hand. Drawing an arrow he calls a simple spell to mind, and lets the first arrow fly at one of the casters, before he is able to see if its found its mark, he releases the cantrip, binding the energies of the spell to the second missile and enveloping it in an sickly green aura of acidic energy before releasing it.

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Swift action to use Arcane Accuracy adding Int bonus to all attacks until end of turn.
5' step towards the caster if it is needed to come with 35' of the casters or within 30'
Full Round to use Ranged Spell Strike.
Attack 1 - (1d20+9)[25] +1 if within 30', Damage 1 - (2d6+2)[13] +1 if within 30'
Attack 2 - (1d20+9)[20] +1 if within 30', Damage 2 - (2d6+2)[13] + Acid Splash - (1d3)[1] Acid Damage, +1 if within 30'

[Starbuck_II]

Mong is ready to face the troubles. He pops a goodberry and slashes with his sword at a bandit.

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Status: Ragesong 0 useage (2 used today earlier), (8 Str/Con, +2 Will), grants party (+2 Str/Con, +1 Will), Lesser Celestial Blood: While raging, melee attacks bypass DR, +1d6 points of Dam on evil outsider, Bane (-1 hit, fear)
AC: 16 () HP: 34/43
touch: 12, ff: 13, CMD: 19
Saves: +9 (+4)/+4/+7 (+2)

sword - (1d20+10)[22]
dam - (1d8+8)[9]

[DrK]

The narrow doorway rapidly turns into a scene of slaughter (for the deluded followers of the locust prince. Gashur leaps forward after missing on the leaped out the door and brings his hammer down crushing his head like a ripe melon. Beside him Jessica with unnatural grace leaps through the doorway past numerous surprised cultists to stab the one that had cast bane and cuts hw down with a single slash. His spell casting friend falls a moment later as a pair of arrows thud into his chest ending his life.

Outside the doors Leonius and Mong and the floating spectral longsword finish off the other two with a series of well timed thrusts and stabs and the last manage slipping and sliding on the grease, a look of deluded faith to the demons who had taken his soul on his face rises only to be cut down in a welter of opportune attacks...

Effective round, 5 dead and the last prone guy I'll just rule as "dead" as he'd just spend a round triggering AoOs and die anyway

The battle, so fast and effective, an excellent ambush! Does not seem to have alerted anyone else and as Jessica stands in the befouled entrance hall she can see through the open doors to her left a large meeting hall. The faces of the portraits that hang on the walls of this room have been slashed. Two marble planters lie smashed in pieces on the ground, and mud streaks across the white stone floor, a series of chairs and table are strewn around with meats (of a nature best not investigated) and drinks on them - clearly a guard room of sorts.

To the right is the way deeper into the Gray garrison. Again the open door letting Jessica and the others peer into the adjoining room. A bracket shows where a longsword once hung over a stylized gold sunburst affixed to the south wall. Lines of strange runes are carved into the walls on both sides of the sunburst. Dried blood and excrement have been smeared across the sunburst and a short bench for kneeling that sits on the floor. A door leads to the north of the room and another further east of which both are currently closed. The small knelt bench and the filth covered sunburst and alcove clearly a small shrine to welcome to those who enter the Gray garrison.

Spoiler: If you can speak celestial

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The writings on the wall are prayers to Iomedae and several repeated lines "“Let us inherit thine arms, Iomedae.”"

[Spore]

Leonius Caela Telum Aasimar Cleric AC: 19 HP: 21/28 touch: 10, ff: 18, CMD: 14 Conditions: Blessing of Vigilance (Lesser Age Resistance, 24h), Seize the Initiative (1/7 used) Leonius repeats the words written on the welcoming shrine. “Let us inherit thine arms, Iomedae.” he says and raises his blade towards the dais. Looking around only seeing himself and Mong injured, he decides not to invoke his blessings of healing yet. We have to hurry. the Garrison will not stay on low alert forever.

[farothel]

Jessica couldn't read the runes, but she did recognise the symbol. She knelt in front of it (not on the bench) and offered a quick prayer to Iomedae for strength.
"Agreed," she said to Leonius, "we best move as quickly as possible from this point on and try to finish all others just as quickly."

She looked around in the first rooms.
"I think some cleaning, both spiritual and worldly, will be needed before this can be used again."

she would let the scouts take point again, following to provide heavy hitting should there be a need.

[u-b]

Gashur, who hasn't had time to turn into a troglodyte between the waiting and the rushing forward, holds the dragonscale and does so. He moves quickly, but stealthily, to peek into the rool to the left, then the room to the right, then gently tests the door to the second room to the right, to see if it would open if handled. He also sees if it could be barred from his side (it probably cannot be, but checking anyway).

Spoiler: If it seems like it could be easily opened

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Gashur makes sure everyone is ready and opens it.

Spoiler: If it seems like it could NOT be easily opened

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Gashur similarly tests the door leading north.

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Stealth at full speed: (1d20+13)[27]
Perception: (1d20+7)[9]

[TankLaser007]

Talisin Caiseal
Init 2, HP 24/24.5, DR -, Speed Land: 30' AC 16, Touch 12, Flat-footed 14, CMD 16, Fort 5, Ref 3, Will 5, CMB 5, Arcane Points 6 / 8
Conditions: Arcane Enhancement: 7/10 rnds; Rage Song: +2 Str/Con, +1 Wil Sv

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Talisin followed the rest through, already having drawn an arrow and nocked it, he saw the cleric and paladin paying their respects at the defaced shrine, and was loath to think what they might find as the progressed through the defiled keep. Seeing the Gashur and Lady Jessica eager to keep up the momentum, a tactically sound move, he half drew his bow and keep pace with the half-orc as he went to open the door, staying far enough to be able to fire into the fray should it erupt yet keeping close to the wall to allow Mong, Jessica and Leonius a clear path in should they need to charge.

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Going to follow Gashur but keep around 35' behind him and try to move with him keeping that range in mind, while leaving room for others to move past.

[DrK]

Gashur, now a scaly reptilian troglodyte scouts a little ahead of the others. A quick dart into the the makeshift barracks room to the left reveals nothing obvious before slips through the entrance hall heading east into the small shrine. A quick look at both the door leading north and the door leading further east show little in the way of locks, indeed both doors look damaged from the assault and bear heavy cracks.

From the east door is a faint clatter of banging but indistinct through the iron bound wood. Peering through the door as he slides it open shows a large room that stretches some 30ft north and 20ft south of where you enter from the wester wall, its also wide, ~20ft with a high arched ceiling. This room was once some sort of museum, but its contents have been smashed and scattered across the room-even the shelves have been shattered and torn apart in places. The decapitated bodies of two knights, their armor and bodies broken and mangled, lie in the ruins. THe location of the heads is clear as Gashur can tortured squeaking in celestial as a pair of vile looking deformed, horned, hunchbacked humanoids with forked, ratlike tail and two thumbs on each taloned hands to match a savage ratlike head each hold a head in one of their hands like a twisted puppet. The abrikandilu demons both sniff the air and look around at the door opening 25ft from them and hiss loudly.



Licking their lips they throw the heads to one side and eagerly flex their claws!

Spoiler: Know (planes) DC 13

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Known as wrecker demons, abrikandilus delight in destroying beauty, be it by rending a fine painting to shreds, reducing a magnificent statue to rubble, or scarring a lovely face. Abrikandilus are formed from the souls of mortals who vandalized art or defaced objects of exquisiteness, particularly those whose acts of destruction were born from jealousy.vAll abrikandilus loathe only one thing more than beauty—their own reflections. Curiously, the faces of other abrikandilus do not vex a wrecker demon, but the sight of its own deformed shape drives an abrikandilu into a furious, brutish anger, impelling it to focus all of its energy on breaking the object, usually a mirror, in which it can see itself.

They are medium demons with standard Tanari immunities (Immune to electricity and poison), Resistance to Fire/Cold/Acid

Spoiler: Know (planes) DC18

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They are vulnerable to Cold Iron weapons
They can easily smash objects with spells (shatter) or their own sundering claws

Spoiler: Know (planes) DC 23

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Their bite can mutilate those they bite dealing Charisma damage!

Initiative

Tali, Mong, Jessca
DEMONS
Talisin, Gashir, Leonius

[farothel]

Figuring they have been found out, Jessica didn't waste time and just charged in. She managed to get to one of them with they glaive and tried to chop it to pieces. Normally she would have shouted a battle cry, but as there might be other critters and they better meet them in small groups than in one mass.

Spoiler: OOC round 1

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move to nearest demon. With 20ft move and a reach weapon, I should be able to get there.
attack: (1d20+9)[16] for damage: (1d10+7)[8]

[TankLaser007]

Talisin Caiseal
Init 2, HP 24/24.5, DR -, Speed Land: 30' AC 16, Touch 12, Flat-footed 14, CMD 16, Fort 5, Ref 3, Will 5, CMB 5, Arcane Points 6 / 8
Conditions: Arcane Enhancement: 6/10 rnds; Align Weapon (Good) 190 rnds; Rage Song: +2 Str/Con, +1 Wil Sv

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Talisin pressed against the wall as the paladin charged by, recognising the creatures he quickly drew the scale of the city's guardian, Terendelev, and brushed it against his bow. May your goodness strengthen our arms and allow us take retribution on your murderers.

Abrikandilus. Recognosing these foul beasts he shouted a warning to his comrades, "Lady, Jessica! Beware their bite, it can damage and mar both the body and the soul! They hate their own reflections, they're compelled to attack and destroy mirrors and reflective surfaces! They're weak to cold iron!"

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Standard action to use the scale to cast Align Weapon (Good) on my bow.

[Starbuck_II]

Mong prepares moving close with his sword ready and by starting his song of strength, "Remember, in the end good guys win!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiKNdcGMl44

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Status: Ragesong 1 useage (3 used today earlier), (8 Str/Con, +2 Will), grants party (+2 Str/Con, +1 Will), Lesser Celestial Blood: While raging, melee attacks bypass DR, +1d6 points of Dam on evil outsider, Bane (-1 hit, fear)
AC: 16 () HP: 43/43
touch: 12, ff: 13, CMD: 19
Saves: +9 (+4)/+4/+7 (+2)

[DrK]

As the doors swing open and the rat faced demons shriek with glee Jessica is fast moving into the room her long glaive cutting into the nearest of the demons... the blade hits home and blunts on the demon's unnatural skin. Behind her Mong strikes up a song as he strides into the room as well. Around the pair of abrikandilus demons suddenly springs up large and impressive shimmering mirrors as Tali calls them into being.

One of the rat faced demons spits in contempt as its beady eyes see through the illusion (that its distracted by Jessica chopping at it!). The other one freezes and launches itself at the illusory mirror with a savage almost feral display of self loathing. The one that was not distracted steps into towards Jessica clawing at the young paladin before trying to sink its teeth into her face!


abrikandilus 1: 5ft to Jessica
claw (1d20+7)[14] dam (1d4+2)[4]
claw (1d20+7)[14] dam (1d4+2)[5]
bite (1d20+7)[26] dam (1d6+2)[6] + DC13 Fort save of -1 on Cha checks for 24 hours

abrikandilus 2
Distracted by the mirror and unable to see through the illusion it attacks the mirror


Even as Jessica and Mong race into the room Talisin brushes a hand across Terendelev's scale, the bow in his hand thrumming and glowing with a whisper of her power


Gashur and Leonius to go, and then also Mong / Tali / Jessica at the start of Round 2

[RCgothic]

"Mirrors, I'm on it!" Tali confirms in response to Talisin's information, conjuring a pair of shimmering mirrors into being in front of the demons with a crease of concentration.

With one of the demons undistracted, she redirects the second mirror to the demon that appears disabled by it's own reflection, so that both mirrors appear to dance just beyond its reach whilst reflecting its horrible visage.

As the combat develops she maintains concentration on her spell.

[u-b]

Gashur just moves in and whacks a demon, careful to keep some distance from the other one.

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Power attack (1d20+8)[13] for (1d12+18)[23] bludgeoning cold iron (incl. +2/+2 rage, -1/-0 bane, -2/+6 power attack)
AC 13 for the round

[Spore]

Leonius Caela Telum Aasimar Cleric AC: 19 HP: 21/28 touch: 10, ff: 18, CMD: 14 Conditions: Blessing of Vigilance (Lesser Age Resistance, 24h), Seize the Initiative (1/7 used), If they are not deterred by your magics, they might instead be distracted by me! Leonius announces and advances in a measured manner amidst the beasts. Spoiler Show Fighting Defensively as a Standard Action You can choose to fight defensively when attacking. If you do so, you take a –4 penalty on all attacks in a round to gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC until the start of your next turn. No Rage Song yet. Fight defensively (1d20+2)[20] (1d8+2)[3]

[Starbuck_II]

Mong glides forth and smashes his sword heavy with both hands onto a demon, "Wargh"

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Status: Ragesong 1 useage (4 used today earlier), (8 Str/Con, +2 Will), grants party (+2 Str/Con, +1 Will), Lesser Celestial Blood: While raging, melee attacks bypass DR, +1d6 points of Dam on evil outsider,
AC: 16 () HP: 43/43
touch: 12, ff: 13, CMD: 19
Saves: +9 (+4)/+4/+7 (+2)

Sword - (1d20+11)[15]
SwordAttk - (1d8+11)[14]

[farothel]

Feeling the demon bite, she let the Skald's song envelop her, feeling the rage inside her. While this was the first experience with this particular ability and it felt a bit strange, anything that could help her against these demons and that wasn't evil was something to use. She swung her glaive again, trying to take the demon down so they could then focus on the other one.

Spoiler: OOC round 2

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will save: (1d20+9)[27] EDIT: no problem on the charisma checks
attack: (1d20+10)[26] for damage: (1d10+9)[11]
if needed: move to other demon (before or after the attack, depending on if the demon was killed by the others or by me).

[DrK]

Gashur, Mong and Leonius assail the wounded one and even though Gashur's blow goes wide and Leonius's defensive blow does little mroe than scratch it Mong is able to drive his blade into its demonic heart and kill the hulking rat beast. The second one looks around in shock, its self-preservation instinct kicking in as it see's its friend getting killed by the attacks, but even as it lunges forwards the blow from Jessica lands in its skull and with the wounds already taken it topples forward a glaive wedged in its skull!

With the thick walls there are no sounds of alarm, clearly the rat demons destruction in this room as they destroyed thearmour of the knights and descrated the bodies had meant the sound of combat was similar to the normal sounds of the room. Although in the corner by a crumpled and ruined shield with the eagle of the Eagle Knights upon it once is a well made morning star of dark star metal that gleams with faint magic (+1 adamantine morning star)

Looking about there is little else of value in the library....

[farothel]

"This went quick," Jessica said, "I hope all fights go this well."
She looked at the morning star when someone indicated it was magical.

"I already have a magical weapon," she said, "anybody else who needs a magical heavy hitter?"

[RCgothic]

With the demons defeated and no sign of an alert, Tali collapses the images of the mirrors into tiny pinpricks of light in her hand before causing them to wink out.

"We should press on," she says with determination.

[TankLaser007]

Talisin Caiseal
Init 2, HP 24/24.5, DR -, Speed Land: 30' AC 16, Touch 12, Flat-footed 14, CMD 16, Fort 5, Ref 3, Will 5, CMB 5, Arcane Points 6 / 8
Conditions: Arcane Enhancement: 5/10 rnds; Align Weapon (Good) 189 rnds; Rage Song: +2 Str/Con, +1 Wil Sv; Sheild of Faith (Gashur): 40/40 rnds

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Talisin followed the rest of the party, keen not to loose momentum yet hanging far back enough not to get in the way of Lady Jessica, Mong, Gashur or Leonius. He touched Gashur as he passed imbuing him with a protective shimmering aura.

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Cast Shield of Faith on Gashur grants a +2 Deflection bonus to AC for 4 minutes (40 rounds)

[u-b]

Gashur nods at Talisin, takes the magical adamantine morning star because it was good loot and could even be useful to smash some thing sooner or later, then moves along to the remaining door. He listens at it, then, if it is unlocked, opens it.

[Spore]

Leonius Caela Telum Aasimar Cleric AC: 19 HP: 21/28 touch: 10, ff: 18, CMD: 14 Conditions: Blessing of Vigilance (Lesser Age Resistance, 24h), Seize the Initiative (1/7 used), These beasts pose little danger to us who are with Iomedae's blessing. Leonius responds to Tali. Besides those were two lowly beasts. Conserve your magicks a bit, we are yet to face the alchemist and the cult leader. Still, you being unhurt and in control of the flow of battle is our best asset. The aasimar draws his blade and touches Tali's shoulders. Suddenly she is enveloped in a transparent orb. It is rigid, and yet benevolent. Lead on, warriors of Iomedae! Spoiler Show If we do minute long prebuffing, I use Prot. from Evil on Tali.

[farothel]

Jessica will follow the party, letting the sneaky members do their thing without her clanging screwing it all up.

[DrK]

Leaving the library the heroes head back to the east to the small defiled entry shrine. As the hastily drawn map showed the door to the north leads to a small bare room. Burnt wood on the floor and bare patches on the wall, now daubed with blood and other bodily matter indicate where tapestries to the inheritor once stood. There are two doors here, one to the left (west) that has a stout lock and from the crude map you know leads to the stairs up to the next level, the other door leading north into what was once the main temple shrine and room of worship...

A look around reveals no obvious signs of enemy in the bare room although a faint gurgling and scratching of claws upon stone can be heard faintly from the locked door leading to the stairs when Gashur presses his ear to it. Nothing can be heard to the North.

[u-b]

Gashur points at the door leading west, then tries to quietly open it.

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Not sure if Gashur can remain unnoticed opening the door, but in case he can: (1d20+18)[19] on Stealth