(IR) The 3rd IR, Turn 4 (thread 1)

[Kalanyr]

When we are capable and we have fixed as much as possible (and reasonable) the damage to our mountain and its Mythal we will rejoin the fray. Kalanyr,Escavadra,Xaene,Iggwilv,Lyzandred,Ivid (and his Tarrasque),Keraptis and Zuggtmoy will try and reach the Demon Lords and face off against them, Kalanyr himself will face off against Demogorgon or Tharzidun if possible.

JohnBrown-(Hey Iuz, I could use a Demipower here if he has some spare time)

Anyone else with Demipowers or Forrester-thats an open invitation to you too.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Serpenteye, count yourself lucky that even half your force can still see.

Forrester, you took heavy casualties against the Shade, along with all the others who were fighting them.

Alzem is taking heavy losses against the robots on the northern front.

Now, you are sending a new force in to fight the demons attacking the fleeing forces of Keoland and Kevellond.

Very well.

Your forces meet an onslaught of hurled Red Goo and hurled ochre jelly.
Followed by the frying power of Abyssal Flame.
Followed by the wrath of Tharizdun, who is personally directing the assault.

Your people start to die. In great numbers.
Better get more people in there, and quick.
That 28 PL force is fully intact, and it's on a bender.

 

[Forrester]

EDENA -- an Edit.

If half my force is blinded, then I teleport that half back to Lyrn, where they get healed up while we wait for the Sandstorm to subside.

50PL that were fighting the Shade (not blinded), and 200-->100PL from Toril/Realmspace go after Demogorgon and company.

That's 150PL of crack troops with insane offense/defense bonuses.

We land in front of them, allowing the other armies to escape.

Let's rock, boys.

 

[Mr. Draco]

Well, seeing how he's not needed on the southern flank, Kas is going to teleport over to the battle against the demons, and do his best to help destroy them. Also, if any of them want a duel with him, he'd be more than happy to accept. Kas is actually eager for the battle, it seems that after killing the most powerful lich in history, he wants to see how the demon-lords compare to Vecna.

[edit]- i think i'll borrow a little of Anabstercorian's exp greed here... Kas is looking to become a demipower after all this, IF he survives, (hey, he deserves something from killing Vecna more than the 2 levels everybody got, after all, they didn't kill Vecna, did they?)

 

[Forrester]

Just read your post, Edena.

FINE, Demon-boys. BE THAT WAY.

I bring in 400-->200PL from Toril/Realmspace.

Protected from Red Goo by their armor + 10th level magic (which you said kind of gave the same bonuses, without the negative effects).

6 attack.
6 defense.
200PL worth. Plus all those not blinded by the Shade.

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya on your way out of Oerth, demon boys.

EDIT: I *am* doing heavy scrying to make sure that this isn't some sort of dumb-ass trap. And prepare to teleport my forces out if something stupid happens. Hell with the City of the Gods -- I'm there right now.

 

[Uvenelei]

Kalanyr: Zagyg's busy at the moment, but he'll accept your invitation as soon as the robots are dealt with. Hopefully that won't take long, what with Forrester and the faerie doing their best.

Edena, salvage of the destroyed robots begins by the militia. The golems and Shocker Lizards, unable to keep up with the fully functioning robots, will be put to work destroying any partially damaged robots left in Lyrn.

 

[Serpenteye]

Strong forces are put to protecting the wounded (20pl) and the remainder of our forces push on against Acererak. As many as possible teleport ahead to seice strategic positions. The Sahuagin force, after taking the Lordship of the Isles, go on against the Tilvanot.

The DU army orders a large quantity of shades (the glasses, not the monsters) from the lensmakers of Hexpools.

 

[Kalanyr]

Kalany looks up and waves at the reinforcements

"Hi guys, want to send these freaks back where they came from? For Freedom! Charge!"

 

[Mr. Draco]

"Indeed Kalanyr, for freedom, for victory, and for OERTH!!!"

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

And so the drow join the battle.

Powerful fiends face off against powerful champions of good, and the fight is on.

Eclavdra is swept up by Jubilex, and eaten.
Then Lyzandred blows Jubilex to bits.
The bits start to reform into Jubilex, but Kalanyr is able to dispel them to the Abyss.

Tharizdun retaliates by killing Lyzandred.
Lyzandred shrieks as black power engulfs him, and his skeletal form is eaten away as if by acid, until nothing is left.

Xaene the Two Headed lich makes good work of one balor, only to have one of his heads sliced off by the sword of another.

Xaene falls back out of the battle, his one head screaming, while he cauterizes the stump with his power.

Demogorgon faces off against Ivid the Celestial King and his Tarrasque.
The Tarrasque roars and leaps on Demogorgon.
This does not work - Demogorgon teleports on top of the tarrasque, and sweeps his staff at Ivid.

And Demogorgon laughs.

Traitor to your own side, and now traitor to ours!
Your soul is MINE!

With that, he smotes Ivid with his staff, and Ivid screams, red flame enveloping him, burning his insubstantial flesh to ash.
His soul, distinct and greyish, is grabbed by Demogorgon, who eats it.

Then Kalanyr faces off against Demogorgon, who has leapt off the confused tarrasque.

Kalanyr brings his blade to bear, and Demogorgon his staff.
Fire flashes and crackles as sword meets staff, and the 10th level might of Kalanyr is a match for the abyssal power of Demogorgon.
Again and again the two clash, and fall apart.
Demogorgon hurls one telepathic attack after another against Kalanyr, while Kalanyr hurls back one spell after another against Demogorgon.
Soon, both of them are bloody and blackened.

Yet Kalanyr has survived the great flash, and his armies are pouring onto the field to aid Forrester, and it seems unending vigor and strength is with this drow who has turned away from evil.
Kalanyr's sword is every faster, and Demogorgon is ever slower.
Wounded more badly, Demogorgon gives back, his two heads looking dismayed, then panicked.
Finally, Demogorgon flees the field.

Meanwhile, Tharizdun has chopped down Zuggtmoy, who he considered a traitor.
He is standing atop her dead body in glee, his sword held high.

The demons launch themselves into Forrester's force and Kalanyr's force with heedless fury, not caring about survival, only caring about killing and rending and devouring.

 

[Forrester]

Shees. Like this should be a contest!

28PL of Demons.

300PL+ of 10th level magic supported warriors -- two thirds of which are genetically modified superwarriors with 1940s technology.

I stifle a yawn in their general direction. And after victory is assured, go back to loot the City of the Gods. I expect that there may be others there as well . . . I will keep an eye out for them. Don't want anything nasty happening to me and my force while we're there.

 

[Mr. Draco]

An elderly mage, with the knowledge of generations, teleports into the City of the Gods.

Seeing Forrester he speaks "Be not alarmed mighty one, I am an emmissary for the Suel People of the Arcane Age as I believe you call it. My name is Jyrtd Neghli, and I hold a position that I believe you would call 'librarian.' For the legions of Kas are not all undisciplined barbarians as many would call us. There are those of us who hold our past in great importance. I am one of those."

He looks around before continuing. "When I first heard of the emergance of this city, somehow it seemed familiar. Through my searches of our literature, i have discovered this," and he holds up an ancient book, seemingly hundreds of thousands of years old, "contained in it are pictographs of beings, or rather, constructs." He holds it open, revealing images of what look very similar to the robots of the city, and amazingly, they are side-by-side with humans. "This, one of the oldest books of Suel knowladge, will serve as my evidence that it is the people of my lord Kas, the Suel people, that are the descendants of the beings that built this city, and thus, we lay our claim to it."

His speech finished, he begins to walk around and examine the city, not touching anything, and remaining fairly close to Forrester and his entourage.
-----
Any mind-reading shows that he truly believes every word he said.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

The Sahuagin were not blinded by the explosions, but many of them were killed.
The hits in the water produced titanic shocks that killed a lot of the sea people.

They also produced more than a few undersea mudslides.
And that means, they produced several tsunamis.
The eastern coastline of the Flanaess is treated to these tsunamis, and the cities along the coast are buried in water 20 feet deep.

The forces of the Dark Union whelm the Iron League, driving Acererak's remaining forces underground.
The undead flee into the Iron Hills, into the deep Underdark, and finally they flee so deep into the bowels of the world that the Union soldiers dare not follow.
If they do, they risk being lost forever in the endless, lightless maze 10 miles under the surface.

In this way, much of Acererak's force escapes, although the Iron League falls entirely to the Dark Union.

The Scarlet Brotherhood, seeing the situation, flees across the Tilva Straits into Hempmonaland, and disappears into the endless expanse of tropical rainforest.
Even the great armies of the Dark Union won't be able to locate them easily, or get to them easily, there.
In this way, the Scarlet Brotherhood is able to save a large amount of it's PL, although the Tilvanot Peninsula is lost to the Dark Union.

The tropical forests of Hempmonaland are, of course, on fire.
But the monks of the Scarlet Brotherhood can deal with fire and smoke, being monks.
The regular troops of the Union will have a harder time.

Thus, Hempmonaland remains under Maudlin's control.

- - -

In the north, the Robots are finally able to do enough damage to the Faerie to force them out of the way.
The assault on the central Flanaess begins in earnest now.

News of the approaching disaster reaches the great Torilian forces as it is heading to Oerth - heading to fight the demons.

Now, that force COULD transport up to fight the Robots, and thus save the northern heartlands of the Flanaess.

It is up to Forrester.

Alzem's forces are already fighting for their lives against the robots, and Black Omega's forces have been pushed aside.

 

[Rhialto]

The Black Hand cries out to his horde.

"Mangos, mangos, mangos! Slaughter all! Let the Vicious Spiral grow! Friends, brothers, countrymen, lend me your ears, or whatever item serves that function! The Black Hand is among you! The end is nigh! Or if not nigh, than a reasonable facsimile! Let loose the dogs of war--Fear, Terror, and Mr. Fu-fu Pants! Victory and defeat are one! The moment is all!"

 

[Forrester]

An elderly mage, with the knowledge of generations, teleports into the City of the Gods.

Seeing Forrester he speaks "Be not alarmed mighty one, I am an emmissary for the Suel People of the Arcane Age as I believe you call it. My name is Jyrtd Neghli, and I hold a position that I believe you would call 'librarian.' For the legions of Kas are not all undisciplined barbarians as many would call us. There are those of us who hold our past in great importance. I am one of those."

He looks around before continuing. "When I first heard of the emergance of this city, somehow it seemed familiar. Through my searches of our literature, i have discovered this," and he holds up an ancient book, seemingly hundreds of thousands of years old, "contained in it are pictographs of beings, or rather, constructs." He holds it open, revealing images of what look very similar to the robots of the city, and amazingly, they are side-by-side with humans. "This, one of the oldest books of Suel knowladge will serve as my evidence that it is the people of my lord Kas, the Suel people, that are the descendants of the beings that built this city, and thus, we lay our claim to it."

His speech finished, he begins to walk around and examine the city, not touching anything, and remaining fairly close to Forrester and his entourage.
-----
Any mind-reading shows that he truly believes every word he said.

Hah! If this is YOUR City, old man, then you will be paying reparations to the millions and millions killed by YOUR robots in the last twenty-four hours.

Now get the hell out of my way.

<loots>

Forrester

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

While Forrester is making up his mind whether to fight the approaching Robots from the north, or the defiant minions of Tharizdun, along with their bad language ...

The robots swarm down out of the shattered Vesve Forest, and proceed to ray and beam the city of Crockport to the ground.
Every last man, woman, and child is killed.

A few robots are left behind to make sure of this, using special sensing equipment to check for those hiding underground, while the main force pours into Furyondy and Veluna.

The leading edge of the attack approaches Dorakaa.
The humanoids and demons of Iuz are waiting for them.
What may be the final battle for Dorakaa begins, as the humanoids and demons loyal to Iuz fight a hopeless battle against their opponents from the era of superscience.

 

[Kalanyr]

Edena: To paraphrase one of Anab's lines "How much experience is a Demogorgon worth?"

Edit- And does beating on THE Abysal lord help my plans towards ascension any?

 

[Forrester]

Now, that force COULD transport up to fight the Robots, and thus save the northern heartlands of the Flanaess.

It is up to Forrester.

Alzem's forces are already fighting for their lives against the robots, and Black Omega's forces have been pushed aside.

Questions, Edena. Questions.

1) How much PL of robots are fighting the faerie? How many did they take out?
2) Has the uber-sandstorm subsided/are all (or vast majority) of the robots in Lyrn dead/stopped/malfunctioning? I would imagine so. Those were some pretty big bombs.
3) My blinded forces -- given my magical capabilities, and the fact that their genetically engineered bodies are resistant to such nonsense, how soon can I get them their sight back?

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

GO TO THE NEW THREAD.
THIS THREAD IS FULL.

THE NEW THREAD HAS BEEN CREATED.
GO TO THE NEW THREAD.

 

[Rhialto]

Hah! If this is YOUR City, old man, then you will be paying reparations to the millions and millions killed by YOUR robots in the last twenty-four hours.

Now get the hell out of my way.

<loots>

Forrester

Ahh, the bastion of good that is Forrester...


I do hope you all see now why I want evil to win...