covaithe's E1: Death's Reach

[covaithe]

[sblock=ooc]Right, then Massacre makes two arcana checks. +4 to the first one (Kylek and Sarenax) and +8 to the second one from everyone. [/sblock]

 

[CaBaNa]

Massacre spends a moment reinforcing his mental defenses, When am I again? Massacre looks at Batin expectantly.

Batin, who sees the flows that link the theres as easily as he sees himself, gently prods the lich in the right direction.

OOC: Batin will assist, though he's got the same Arcana as Massacre. He cannot fail a DC 10 check, so he assists.

Ah! Zvomarana... nowish.

Kylek thought on the complicated process for a moment, then pointed to various places on the ritual diagram associated with maintaining the integrity of the portal.

Perhaps you can manipulate the rituals supports to do that.

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Will aid Massacre and continue to do so until we succeed (hopefully).

He'll auto succeed on the DC10 for the aid. (Does it seem kind of odd to anyone else that once you hit level 21 you can never fail in an aid other check even in an untrained skill attached to your weakest stat?)

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Ritual?

Batin continues to aid the lich, knowing his mastery would be of use.

OOC: Aiding.

Massacre looks from Batin to the ritual circle, and back, I thought Anostor was around here somewhere... Kylek has the theory correct, it's just doing it.

Sarenax turns his attention to aiding the lich's plan, lending a mental hand where needed.
[sblock=OOC]I'll aid Massacre as well and continue doing so each round. Seems the best way to not mess things up

It is interesting that you can't fail an aid another check after 21st level ... though we are epic. Perhaps it was semi-intentional? I think it would be kind of odd that epic level characters couldn't lend a helping hand with anything, to be honest.[/sblock]

Suddenly Massacre feels a comfortable wall of death pushing back at the filth that had been clouding his mind, Ah, that's better, thank you Sarenax. with the mental intrusion lifted and cleaned, the ritual becomes clear to Massacre, he easily identifies a way to strip the spell of it's potency.

Batin and Kylek have the best solution already, we can "braid" the lines here, Massacre draws at a crucial junction, and here, he creates another rune entirely by connecting the two. A one-way valve, now we pour the filth back in, and it can't drip this direction anymore.






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[sblock=ooc]Right, then Massacre makes two arcana checks. +4 to the first one (Kylek and Sarenax) and +8 to the second one from everyone. [/sblock]

Arcana for skill challenge
45 first roll
46 second roll
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[covaithe]

Bolstered by his comrades, Massacre quickly reasserts the dominance of his powerful mind over reality. Weaving the flows of magic quickly and deftly, he seals the corruption into a shimmering lattice of permanent magical structure, braiding it back on itself through extradimensional space; to empty back out of the same hole through which it entered this plane of reality.

The dark stain on the pool begins shrinking and diffusing before your eyes, washed away by the pure, holy water of the font. Soon, its replenishing qualities will be restored.

[sblock=ooc]Success! The waters of the font are now purified. Once per day, any living creature who spends a healing surge within the font gains an extra 1d10 HP. Also, anyone who bathes in the font gains +1 to all skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws made for the duration of your stay in Zvomarana. I'll assume you all want to do that, yes?

Unexplored paths: There is one way on from this area, and two more ways from the first gate.
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[renau1g]

With the waters purified, Kalas nods his thanks to the lich, his first non-hostile act towards the creature.

Stepping out of the water, Kalas points to the path ahead. "Let's keep moving forward, then we can return to investigate the other paths"

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Too bad Kalas isn't living
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[stonegod]

Batin nods as Massacre directs the folds as Batin saw them. When all was right, he bathed in the pool, ready for whatever was next.

Batin simply nods as Kalas' suggestion.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

Sarenax doesn't say a word or offer a gesture, congratulatory or otherwise, to anyone after the counter-ritual is completed. The dragonborn merely makes his way to the pool, bathes in the holy waters to gain his Queen's blessing, then steps out ready to move to the next obstacle.

"Both sections of this temple we have visited have been corrupted by the foul touch of Orcus. Let us end his influence in the next, as well."
[sblock=OOC]I was going to use a healing word on Sarenax while in the pool ... until I noticed that an average roll would have wasted 20 points of healing. This boy is a healing machine! [/sblock]

 

[CaBaNa]

Massace nods back at Kalas, then Batin. If we move forward now, we would be judged wanting. But do lead on, striding toward Lucy, Massacre raises a bony hand, and lays it on the wyvern's snout, OH, who missed daddy? YOU did. Come on then, HUP! Massacre gives the mounting command, and swings a leg over her saddle. Lucifa just prances along, until the command to be still is ordered, and she dips down scooping Massacre up.

 

[Oni]

Well done. Seems breaking it will not be necessary, Kylek had said, clapping Massacre on the back so hard his bones rattled.

Their task finished, the massive dragonborn regarded the pool, weighing if its use could be construed as a sign of weakness. After a moment he snorted and went to the pool. Better to appear weak, than to be foolish.

Kylek studied the creature that had once been Kalas as he bathed in the pool, Kalas...is right, we should forge ahead.

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Do we need to spend the healing surge to gain the bonus to checks from the pool?

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[CaBaNa]

Massacre giggles a bit, Hrm, sorry, new sensation...

 

[covaithe]

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Do we need to spend the healing surge to gain the bonus to checks from the pool?

No.
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