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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5355859" data-attributes="member: 86793">Hekthesh attempts to parry Sir Exsixten's axe, but the stubborn steel knight's swing smashes the dark one's shortsword aside with ease and cleaves into his side, bolstering the clockwork hero's already healthy ego and strengthening his resolve.One of the tendrils lashes Alnar with its fell sting as he runs past to unleash a spray of flames at the denser cluster of shadows, but Alnar is distracted by something he notices on the altar and his attack only manages to momentarily weaken one of the tendrils.***For a moment the sorcerer looks as though he is about to call out to his companions, but just then the three tendrils swoop down on him with a vengance, writing around Alnar's body and lashing him repeatedly until he falls to the ground.[sblock="Alnar, once you've regained conciousness, or Arcana 20 (no action)"]The strange mirror, from which a woman's voice emanates, echoing Dhakanmirrs words, appears to play a significant part in maintaining the ritual. You sense an invisible, but strong filament of magic stretching from the mirror to the spot above the well where all the shadows in the room appear to be coalescing.You suspect that a well placed, targeted (melee or ranged) strike might be able to destroy the mirror, but it seems solidly built, and would likely resist breakage from a blast or burst.[/sblock]A lone tendril breaks off from the group and unleashes its caustic vapors, which eat away at Sir Exsixten's tubing, causing him to spring several small leaks.These prove distracting enough to give Hekthesh an opening. Roaring incoherently now, the dark one hews at the mechanical knight savagely, completely amputating one of Sir Exsixten's shoulder plates. Satisfied that he's given as good as he got, Hekthesh then pivots quickly and retreats to a safer distance from which to harry the party.Dhakanmirr meanwhile, his concentration somewhat disrupted by Cyr's force of will stutters for precious moments before he recalls the words to the ritual. He lifts the tjurunga of Wititj the python and submerges it in the bowl of dark fluid, chanting another verse in the strange language, which the woman in the mirror echoes:[sblock=Primordial]"Illusions of this world will peel; Wiping away wounds that never heal."[/sblock]As he completes the verse, you hear a sharp crack, followed by a hissing sound. The room brightens momentarily, and you notice that every shadow cast by every torch in the chamber seems to be flitting across the floor to gather in a writhing mass above the great well.Dhakanmirr gives a wild cackle. "Do you see adventurers? You're fight is hopeless. Witness the power of the Submerged Eye! The Eye that sees through the illusions of this world, the illusions of your lives," the warlock raves as he slices the air with his blade, bringing forth a wall of shadowy tendrils that block Cyr's path to the altar, and sending several more streaking toward Jezebel.[sblock=Enemy Actions]Dhakanmirr - Minor: used to complete another step of the ritualMinor: used to complete another step of the ritualStandard: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/r.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ranged:" title="Ranged    :ranged:" data-shortname=":ranged:" />Eyes of the Vestige vs. Jezebel = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733784/" target="_blank">miss</a>Free: Action PointMinor: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/c.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":close:" title="Close    :close:" data-shortname=":close:" />Summon Tendrils of Darkness = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733786/" target="_blank">7</a> tendrilsHekthesh - Immediate Interrupt: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" />Shadow Parry vs. Sir Exsixten = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733651/" target="_blank">miss</a>Dark Arc recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733772/" target="_blank">fail</a>Standard: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />MBA vs. Sir Exsixten = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733773/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 18 damageMove: Darkstep to AK 21, triggering OA from Sir X vs. Hekthesh's AC+4 = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733780/" target="_blank">miss</a>   Rotshadow Tendril 5 - Incorporeal Form = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733660/" target="_blank">success</a> | Shift one square east; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733762/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 5 damage; takes 2 fire damage and diesRotshadow Tendril 6 - Shift one square east; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733762/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 5  damageRotshadow Tendril 7 - Shift one square east; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733762/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 5  damage, and Alnar goes downRotshadow Tendril 9 - OA vs. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733657/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 5 damage | Fly to AP27; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/c.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":close:" title="Close    :close:" data-shortname=":close:" />Fetid Breath aimed north = hits Sir X610 for 5 damage, misses Ferris <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2733753/" target="_blank">(roll)</a>. Sir X610 must save or contract filth fever.[/sblock][sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]PCs and AlliesAlnar -  AS21; -2/31 HP, dying; 0/8 surges; prone Cyr - AQ20; 22/26 HP; 3/7 surges Ferris - AN28; 20/29 HP; 0/8 surges Jezebel   - AP23; 27/37 HP; 3/12    surges Sir Exsixten - AN26; 13/33 HP, bloodied; 4/13 surges; grants CA to Hekthesh; exposed to filth fever  EnemiesDhakanmirr - AT14? Max HP; AC: ?; Fort, Ref, Will ?Hekthesh - AN25; 48 damage taken; Dark Arc   used, Shadow Parry used; marked by Sir Exsixten ? Max HP; AC: 20, <s>see also Shadow Parry</s>; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17[sblock=Shadow Parry]Hekthesh will interrupt the first successful melee       attack against him with <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" />Shadow Parry       against the triggering creature (Attack: +10 vs. AC; Hit: 2d6+6     damage   and Hekthesh shifts one square and gains total concealment  till    EONT).   Recharges when bloodied.[/sblock]Rotshadow Tendril 5 - deadRotshadow Tendril 6 - AS20Rotshadow Tendril 7 - AT21Rotshadow Tendril 9 - AP27; Fetid Breath usedRotshadow Tendril 10 - AR16Rotshadow Tendril 11 - AQ16Rotshadow Tendril 12 - AS16Rotshadow Tendril 13 - AT16Rotshadow Tendril 14 - AQ22Rotshadow Tendril 15 - AQ23Rotshadow Tendril 16 - AP22Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 136 tendrils destroyed[/sblock][GM]Special Rules for this Battle: The ritual is almost complete! Steps to completion: 2/5Dhakanmirr needs to complete only 5 more steps to finish the ritual,   causing untold havoc on the island of Kythira. Each round, Dhakanmirr   can spend a minor action to complete another step of the ritual. He can   still make attack and move actions as normal in addition to this minor   action, though he must be adjacent to the altar in order to make   progress on the ritual.Once on each of your turns, if you are within 6 squares of Dhakanmirr,   you can as a minor action make a skill check vs. DC 18, using any skill   you can justify, to stall Dhakanmirr's progress. Each successful skill   check will increase the number of minor actions Dhakanmirr must spend  on  his turn to complete the next step by 1. Each failed skill check  will  decrease the number by 1, to a minimum of 1. If the number of  minor  actions Dhakanmirr is required to spend exceeds the number he has   available, he cannot make any progress on the ritual that round. Using  the same skill check in consecutive rounds will incur a -2 penalty for  the check.You may also take a minor action to Aid Another with any of these checks   using the standard rules as presented in the errata.We will use the same rules for movement into/through the canal as last   time.[/GM][OOC]PCs are up![/OOC]</blockquote>

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