(CSDGH) Demon with a Glass Hand [IC]

Shard thumps her staff on the ground and points it at Iantia.

"Put your sister down!"

A crackling black bolt of energy bursts from the sapphire and sizzles across the room directly at the blue, four-armed giantess!

(Ray of Enfeeblement! +9 to hit with a ranged touch. 1d6+5 as a penalty to target strength. Also! On review of the past, I find that while I have been leaving rolls up to you, others have been using Invisible Castle. Do you have a preference?)

I have a mild preference that the player rolls because it makes my job slightly easier, but in general I don't mind any particular method.

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Oy! And we haven't had a chance to rest yet, have we?
[/sblock]Haros appears genuinely stunned by this turn of events. Hesitant to do harm to such hallowed figures, Haros quickly formulates a plan that he hopes will prevent further discord. He rushes past the guard until he thinks he is close enough and says "We make our fate sister; let us not be swept along with it," as he begins to intone a spell.[sblock=actions]
Move up to M11 and casts Mass Resurgence (grants new save against an effect the victim is under) to include Iantia.

If this does, in fact, allow a new save, I will expend my psychic focus and use my fate domain ability to grant her a +12 to the roll.
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OOC: has Iantia actually grabbed the gauntlet yet, or has she just grabbed Dian (thus leaving the gauntlet lying on the altar)?

She just has Dian.

"So much for finding shelter in the Virtues," Suvarion thought with the mental equivalent of a heavy sigh. Still, if this item could tempt even such a being, perhaps they were the right ones to take custody of it- for none of her companions had been ensnared (yet). She exerted her will upon the very air itself, moving pieces of this great puzzle...

OOC: [sblock] Overland Flight, Personal Mind Blank, Dispelling Buffer, and Inertial armor should still be active (all 14+ hours). Initial PP 68 of 221, HP 48 of 64; move (airborne by a foot or so) to P 12, expend psionic focus to manifest Quickened Telekinetic Force, snatching up the gauntlet and pulling it towards her (it says 20 feet per round, so I'd guess 10 feet in her remaining action, putting it at roughly L 8 from the center of the altar). PP left now 57 (68 -11). [/sblock]

Thalnil is surprised by the four armed giantesses turn, hoping that a servant of the virtues can be reasoned with, but fearing that they will have to shed blood in this holy place, Thalnil draws his blade and moves forward.

Shouting as loud as he can, "STOP THIS! YOU ARE THROWING AWAY EVERYTHING!" then slight less loud "Do not make us stop you."

Speaking loudly, but not shouting. "Put your weapons down and your sister and let us talk about this."

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HP 109 (of 148)
AC 23
PP 27 (of 58)

Moves up to H11 as a move action, drawing his blade as part of that action. He will ready an action to pursue her if she attempts to leave.

I changed the color of his speech because the gray I was using could be hard to read on the dark background.[/sblock]

Initiatives
Haros 20
Suvarion 19
Dian 18
Shard 16
Thalnil 12
Iantia 10
Guard Captain 5

Haros: Haros attempts his mass resurgence, but Iantia resists the resurgence preventing the second save. (Was a great idea though.)

Suvarion: Suvarion wills the gauntlet away from the huge woman. (Also very clever.)

Dian: Dian casts a protective ward on herself, or at least tries. She makes her concentration check and succeeds in bringing up a shield of faith.

Shard: Your target your ray of enfeeblement poorly and the attack doesn't land (nat 1).

Thalnil: You move into position ready to act.

Iantia: Succeeds on the opposed grapple check to move with sister in tow with the -20 penalty. She yells across the room at Suvarion "Give me the hand! I mean nothing ill, but it must be taken away before Undine notices it. She will surely want it destroyed!"

She attempts to move after Suvarion, going north around the altar and then around the pillars. At the end of her move she uses a spell-like ability. (Spellcraft DC 19 to recognize) She grows slightly in size from the spell.

Guard Captain: "Fighting in the cathedral! And started by our own no less. I'm sorry my-lady but I cannot tolerate this!" He charges, able to avoid the reach of the giantess by just enough to avoid any early attack on her part. During his movement he unsheathes a large sized greatsword. He attacks with the broad-side, attempting to deal subduel damage. He hits, dealing 27 points of non-lethal damage.

"Haros, catch!" Suvarion knew that her power could not bring the gauntlet to her before the large woman arrived- but another of her compatriots was closer, and already she had some trust in his abilities.

OOC: Too sick for lots of flavor text right now. I hope this works...- maybe he can delay, then fling it to Thalnil or Shard (high stakes keep-away). Far hand can get the gauntlet to Haros' square. Then take 5 foot step to O 13, getting another pillar between her and Iantia

Shard pouts and changes tactics. She murmurs under her breath and draws herself up a bit, staring imperiously across the room at the giantess.

"Iantia, she says, and her voice sounds to everyone as if it was being spoken directly into their ears from immediately in front of them. Strong and resonant, forceful in a way that her normal voice couldn't begin to be. you know what you are doing is wrong. Greed. Corruption. Your mind is clouded.Surrender now and you will be cleansed of the taint that has perverted your judgement."

(Voice of the Dragon! Using the Suggestion power on the bold words. DC 21 will save.)