Brave New Planes

[Paxus Asclepius]

Sandorel smiles in cruel, cold anticipation as his gamble succeeds and they appear unhindered inside the magical barrier. His smile turns into a frustrated sneer when the Seer disappears, just before they would have finished him off. Looking around, the True Seeing spell still active, he scans the small space for anything of possible importance. (Spot, Search: 12 (untrained))
Finding nothing (presumably) he takes the Adamantine vessel of blood and, after closing its lid securely, places it in his Handy Haversack. Then he studies the Angel for a moment and if Abd Ratep is capable of communicating he will adress him.
"Know me, Angel. I am Sandorel Ilazar, Cleric of Freedom and Godlessness, and you are free once more by my hand. I release you to do as you will, to serve whomever you will or noone if that is what you will. Your God has abandoned you and can no longer place a rightful claim on your soul.
I give you this advice, though. Power and righteousness are not dervied from divinity, but from the strength and moral fortitude of ourselves. I am only one of many evidence that we do not need Deities to do what is right and good, or to have the ability to do it. Faith in ourselves is enough. Let yourself be guided by your own conscience, your own will. Don't ever again allow any being to enslave you. Be free."
He casts Polymorph any Object to turn the chains and the iron frame holding the Angel into air. If the chains happen to be magical (his Detect Magic is still active) he'll direct the spell against the part of the ceiling holding them (Preferably without doing enough damage to collapse the ceiling).

OOC: The vessel has no lid or other closure device apparent. It resembles a flat-bottomed amphora with a mouth slightly over a foot wide. The angel's wrists are still bound by the silvery manacles, in addition to the stouter chains used to suspend him. Sound does, indeed, travel past the barrier.

Abd-Ratep lands heavily on his chest, unmoving. His blood continues to spill out over the floor, a spreading crimson pool that shows no signs of stopping.

 

[Endur]

OOC: Only one of the five chains? The Cimmerian has Great Cleave, and an attack should so 60 or so points of damage (40 power attack + 15 str + 1d8) and ignore hardness.

The Cimmerian plunges forward through a purple-tinted screen of energy, leaping at the chains which bind the frame to the ceiling. His sword slashes in a brilliant arc, severing one of the five, and prompting a lurch from the frame that redirects the flow of blood directly onto the Seer.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

OOC: Only one of the five chains? The Cimmerian has Great Cleave, and an attack should so 60 or so points of damage (40 power attack + 15 str + 1d8) and ignore hardness.

Great Cleave doesn't apply to attacks on inanimate objects that I'm aware of, and their separation would require Supreme Cleave to reach more than two. Recall that the angel is ten feet tall, so the frame is a good 15 feet across. One attack certainly demolishes one chain, the problem was reaching any of the others on a charge.

 

[Endur]

ooc: I didn't realize that the chains were seperated too far for reach. Even Supreme Cleave wouldn't help with seperate chains (since you can't move again after charging). I overlooked the part about how cleave is restricted to creatures.

 

[Serpenteye]

ooc: Since Abd-Ratep was in no condition to speak, the words in the earlier post were never spoken.

ooc: Could a Dispell Evil or Dispell Magic cast on the manacles render then non-magical for a short time and allow them to be sundered? Strictly hypotetically, of course .
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Sandorel looks at Brystasia askance, lifting one eyebrow in surprise. "Whatever we decide about his fate, we must surely remove him from the reach of our enemy. We cannot allow him to conduct this ritual another time. I am reluctant to simply kill Abd-Ratep without at least talking to him first."
He crouches down above the Angel and casts Heal on the dying celestial.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

ooc: Since Abd-Ratep was in no condition to speak, the words in the earlier post were never spoken.

ooc: Could a Dispell Evil or Dispell Magic cast on the manacles render then non-magical for a short time and allow them to be sundered? Strictly hypotetically, of course .
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Sandorel looks at Brystasia askance, lifting one eyebrow in surprise. "Whatever we decide about his fate, we must surely remove him from the reach of our enemy. We cannot allow him to conduct this ritual another time. I am reluctant to simply kill Abd-Ratep without at least talking to him first."
He crouches down above the Angel and casts Heal on the dying celestial.

Abd-Ratep stands as his wounds vanish. His face is dull as he says "Without the key, I am as trapped now as I ever have been."

A sudden wave of confusion seems to wash over Sandorel, his thoughts drifting oddly, as if in a drug-addled stupor.

OOC: Those chains are pretty impressive pieces of work. A Disjunction would do for them, but you doubt anything less would dent them.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Brystasia Purelove: Half-Nymph/Female (Avenger/Favored Soul/Heartwarder)

Brystasia looks relieved as Sandorel’s spell heals the angel, Good maybe we can get out of here. With the Seer having escaped theirs no safe place in his territory.

She flashes a smile at the angel glad to see him well once again, “Abd-Raten, it might take awhile for us to free you but with Sune’s love and guidance it will not be nearly as long as your previous prison.” She nods her heard hoping to coax a reply from him, "Okay?”

 

[Endur]

The Cimmerian will attempt to sunder the remaining chains that bind the Angel.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

The Cimmerian will attempt to sunder the remaining chains that bind the Angel.

The only chain remaining is the silvered manacles, which the Cimmerian knows to be heavily enchanted.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Brystasia Purelove: Half-Nymph/Female (Avenger/Favored Soul/Heartwarder)

As the Cimmerian moves to free Abd-Ratep Brystasia turns to Vilya, “The Seer has escaped and we are not safe in till we have dealt with him or we have escaped from his grasp. I’m going to watch the passage way but keep an eye out for trouble.”

Brystasia moves back the way they came looking for the best place to observe the chamber but still within the field.

OOC: If she cannot see the passage way from with in the field, she should be able to “see” the field by finding out where the spell effects comeback into effect, she won’t venture out into the passage way.