[e20 PF] And with strange aeons...

[Shayuri]

Thorn shook her head dizzily, and with some relief noted she still had her sword and wand, and the inky shadowy darkness still followed her...sealing off the silver light of the plane and strengthening her connection to the shadowlands.

It took a second, but she managed to arrest her backwards motion, then start accelerating towards Thaddeus.

A Balor. Great. And her stuck with a dragonslaying sword.

"Xanfire!" she shouted as she recognized him, though not the other one with him. "It's going after Thad! We gotta save him or we'll never get outta here!"

 

[Scott DeWar]

Despite him being out numbered by the Balor, Hedron continues to try and retrieve thad's body as his primary goal! ! ! !

 

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Technically, you should be on-par with a Balor, as it's CR20, right? No worries? Thorn: what is your action other than warning the others. Are you going to charge the Balor or fight more of the Astral-spawn-things? Or something else?

Hedron reaches Thad, colliding with his immobile, unconscious form. However, the ranger quickly realizes he must now stop his motion somehow, or fly directly into the clutches of the powerful Balor.

OOC: Wisdom check to change directions, please! If you fail, you'll be within range of the Balor on his turn.

Rook spends a moment to empower himself for the coming battle, drinking a potion as well as glowing slightly from his rings as some kind of spell begins to affect him.

Thorn: (talk only? Or charge?)

Xanfire casts his spell upon the party, granting them the protection of fervor. A warm glow empowers each of them. The priest likewise lets himself fly towards the new foe.

Malacarus: (post your action here, pls)

((Balor et al move when you lot go first. They'll be going last.))

You all feel exhilerated at falling towards your foes (unless you're flying), as it's very much like sky-diving rather than the magical flight you may be used to. You get the sense that if you fall too far you may take falling damage!

 

[Shayuri]

Hedron had Thad, Thorn saw.

Great. I guess that leaves the giant flaming demon to me. Thanks a pantload, Hed.

She drew her brand new blade, Skycutter as she plummeted headlong towards the balor, wreathed in magical darkness...like some kind of black comet on a collision course. After a moment though, the darkness engulfed her...and she was lost within it, all but impossible to see.

Carefully Thorn adjusted her fall to carry her past the demon within sword range...to take one swipe at it before she was carried out of reach.

(OOC - Okay, she's going to 'fall' towards the balor and attack, to try to distract it from Hedron and Thaddeus. Because she'd rather not die in the process, she'll be making a stealth check, using Hide in Plain Sight, as she moves before she reaches the balor. If successful, this will make the attack a sneak attack. I'm going to make my rolls assuming successes.)

Note 1: Thorn's sword does not defeat Balor DR. Subtract 15 from its damage. However, its wounding property inflicts 1 Bleed.
Note 2: Thorn can Hide In Plain Sight even if the Balor's True Seeing negates the darkness from her wand. Subtract 10 from her roll in this case however. (Due to Hellcat Stealth feat)
Note 3: If the balor sees her coming (succeeds its perception vs her stealth) it'll get an AoO before she can hit it. Her AC is 46 on this due to Mobility.
Note 4: If it does NOT see her, it will get an AoO on her as she flies past UNLESS you rule that this qualifies as her using her Spring Attack feat, in which case her movement does not incur AoO's.
Note 5: If it does not see her, and this is therefore a sneak attack, the balor takes 2 Strength damage from her Crippling Strike.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Hedron concentrates to veer out of the way of the creature looming up before him.

OOC: uh, not good- does he get a standard action any way?

 

[Thaven]

Speaking quietly to Xanfire, "Is the fallen wizard your ally?"

He already knows the answer to his question...and he also knows what he must do, once given the opportunity.

 

[WarlockLord]

Malacarus emerges from the wreckage of what was once a swarm of thriving creatures.
"I am the vessel of what shall be"
"I am the vessel of what shall be"
"I am the vessel of what shall be"

The party notices his voice is different, as though a multitude spoke with one voice.

[sblock=actions]

Move: move away from party after loosing spell barrage.

waves of exhaustion on as much of the party as I can

I will drop a quickened enervation on Xanfire. Ranged touch attack +12, 1d4 negative levels on hit.

Order the balor to summon a marilith, ware rogues in darkness.


[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=Mal]: You're far away from Xanfire (so no touch attacks unless you get in close. Note: he's next to Rook, the armored guy from some Empire who's fairly buff).
Please post your actions like this:

Move Action:
Standard Action:
Free Action:
Quickened Spells:

That lets me keep track of what's happening when.

Also: on second thought, the Shade Poison would attack them this round, as you'd cast it last round.[/sblock]

Everyone: A black mist made up of some kind of shadowy liquid surrounds Xanfire and those in the vicinity. (roll a saving throw, please)

 

[WarlockLord]

[sblock=Mal]: You're far away from Xanfire (so no touch attacks unless you get in close. Note: he's next to Rook, the armored guy from some Empire who's fairly buff).
Please post your actions like this:

Move Action:
Standard Action:
Free Action:
Quickened Spells:

That lets me keep track of what's happening when.

Also: on second thought, the Shade Poison would attack them this round, as you'd cast it last round.[/sblock]

Everyone: A black mist made up of some kind of shadowy liquid surrounds Xanfire and those in the vicinity. (roll a saving throw, please)

ooc: my bad, enervation is a ranged touch.

 

[Thaven]

Rook is looking very confused. Who is this Wizard? A black ray whizzes past his face and strikes the cleric beside him.

"What treachery is this?"

[sblock=GM]

Carataras: <Isn't that the necromancer of the west? What is he doing here?>

Endoril: <He's from the east you uncivilized cretin.>

Cartaras: <Regardless, he's very familiar looking. I feel like I killed him once.>

Endoril: <Hrmph. Always a story.>

[/sblock]
"It seems as though there is more to this that we at once believed. Lord Cleric, who should I attack? Can you handle that Wizard?"