Epic Problem : Return to Power

[Nephtys]

Ijazim takes some deep breaths, squares his shoulders, and relaxes. It had been too close, far too close for his liking, but now it seemed he'd managed to disable her for a while. Of course, a being of her power should be able to hack her way trough the barrier within seconds. And even if she could teleport out now when he might have Disjoined the Dimensional Anchor (ooc: did he? He aimed for the AM Field, hoping to avoid disjoining his own spells.) she still couldn't teleport deeper into the temple. She could, he supposed, simply teleport away and alert her allies of his arrival. But her pride and self-interest would make that most undesirable for her. No, if she wasn't still within the Wall she was probably just outside the temple, preparing for another attempt at getting past him. She had after all, he recalls with a self-ironic sneer, only suffered minor injuries at his hands.
He listens by the Wall of Stone for a moment, then watches the sky and the Mirror's gateway trough the temple doors, using a Pearl of Power to regain his cast Miracle.

 

[Avalon®]

ooc: Are we still on? Where's Jemal?

 

[Jemal]

ooc:was busy. BTW, Panarchus, Jool and Xis arrive at the temple at the end of this round (Actions for next round, please). The rest will arrive at the end of next round.

As Ijazim listens near the wall, he hears her thin, maniacal laughter from within, followed after a second by a second, deeper chuckle as the statue of Galidor begins to pulse. As Ijazim backs away, the wall of stone itself begins to pulse in time with the statue. As he glances back at the door, using his pearl of power, he sees Panarchus, Jool, and Xis arriving.

[sblock=Panarchus] When you land in front of the temple, you notice with your Arcane Sight that the entire area glows with powerful magics, The Statue in particular glows with Caster level 22 magics of various types.[/sblock]

 

[Nephtys]

Ijazim bows slightly to his arriving allies, hiding his embarrasment as well as he's able. "My Lady. Gentlemen. I give you the Disciple. She's all yours." Moving to the side he drops a Maximized Flame Strike on the hemispherical Wall of Stone surrounding the Disciple and her little friend. If the Flame Strike is not sufficient in bringing down the Wall he follows up with an Earthquake. If the Flame Strike alone brings down the Wall he casts the Earthquake on the statue.
Once the Wall is down he throws a ray from his still active Bolts of Bedevilment on the Disciple's pet. "Try not to kill this one. He knows too much to die." And regains his Disjunction using his second to last 9th level Pearl of Power.

 

[Voidrazor]

Panarchus prepares to reach into the temple with Sorrow to smite the statue of his rival, with the full force of colossal diving weight. Shortly before striking, he takes a split second to channel his divine energies into an abjurant force.

Casts Mage's Disjunction spontaneously, Quickened via rod and Rapid Metamagic feat. Full power attack against statue with one miss (I'm assuming anything but a 1 hits the statue). Damage is 119 + 1 Fire + 6 Frost + 5 Electricity, 114 + 3 Fire + 2 Frost + 3 Electricity, 115 + 3 Fire + 2 Frost + 6 Electricity, 113 + 3 Fire + 6 Frost + 3 Electricity, 119 + 5 Fire + 6 Frost + 6 Electricity. 15 damage to self (assuming the backlash damage from Vicious bypasses Epic DR).

 

[Avalon®]

Landing on the ground near his companion, Xis remarks: "Where is the Disciple, Ijazim?"

Ijazim bows slightly to his arriving allies, hiding his embarrasment as well as he's able. "My Lady. Gentlemen. I give you the Disciple. She's all yours." Moving to the side he drops a Maximized Flame Strike on the hemispherical Wall of Stone surrounding the Disciple and her little friend. If the Flame Strike is not sufficient in bringing down the Wall he follows up with an Earthquake. If the Flame Strike alone brings down the Wall he casts the Earthquake on the statue.

He then notices Panarchus attacking one of the statues. "What in the hell are you doing Panarchus? The Disciple's over there." He points to the area indicated by Ijazim.

"Allow me Ijazim. You're taking too much time." Waving his hands in arcane gestures, Xis casts 2 orb of sounds at the hemisphere of stone. If the hemisphere is destroyed, he instead casts an enhanced field of icy razors (burning a 4th level spell use in the process. DC 24) on the Disciple and a Repulsion on himself (10 ft radius. DC 22).

 

[Nephtys]

"Oh, don't bother trying to incapacitate or kill the half-breed directly." He turns to Xis, but speaks for everyones ears. "She's more or less impervious to anything that attacks her will or her fortitude. Massive firepower, well without the actual 'fire' component, or sheer force of arms is the only practical way to win against her."

 

[Guest 11456]

Jool the Drogorn

Jool lands and looks for a target outside the temple. Not finding one she wonders if the news of the winged woman was an exaggeration.

 

[Avalon®]

"Shall we send in our lady dragon then? Just hold him in place. I'll ensure that the Disciple will soon number among the dead."

 

[pallandrome]

*runrunrun*