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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9227053" data-attributes="member: 6696971">4/4 Successes (0 Hard DC Available)/1 Failure/0 Secondary Skill AvailableResolved Goal: Journey Across the Astral Sea to The Far Realm Breach.* A wave combat (every 3 rounds another Standard worth of enemies) of base Level +4 with another embedded Level +3 C1 SC to "Close the Breech" as denizens of The Far Realm pour through.BOON:  +2 Initiative All for this combat.COMPLICATION:  Material World Combat at Palace encounter budget begins at Level +6 with an additional Bladeing Horde Standard at outset as "waves" move to beginning of every odd round (1, 3, 5, etc) rather than every even round.[HR][/HR]The Astral Mote floats stably at the base of The Far Realm Breach.  Small, stone walls encircle crystalline gullies.  A pair of singularities bend the space and time of the Astral Sea, generating a lensing effect that obscures all beyond their reach.  Bipedal horrors skulk about; bodies pleated by exoskeletal hooks, hands and feet ending in claws, alien faces with tentacles, mandibles, horns, and predatory eyes.  The Breach itself spills Caiphon's Corruption into The Astral Sea (unknown to the immortal inhabitants) and it oozes like a translucent river of malovelence.Something lurks there.  A guardian?  Who can know this Far Realm denizen's alien machinations.  Perhaps it has made a home of The Breach itself.  Whatever it is, it is as a barnacle or a mollusk; unmoving...moored...a maw of dripping acid, oozy flesh, and an invitation to gaze within its depths...TERRAIN/MECHANICS* Waves:  Rounds 3, 6 (etc) will see a Standard (500 xp) worth of creatures (either 1 Standard or 4 x Minions) pour through the Breach.* SEAL THE FAR REALM BREACHSKILL CHALLENGE LVL 13/COMPLEXITY 1 (4 Success/3 Failure/1 Secondary Skill as Minor Action/DCs 14 and 20)TRIGGER:  The Entity of the Breach is defeatedEFFECT:  Seal the Far Realm BreachACTIONS:   ✦ Repair the Distortion: Dungeoneer (standard action, range 5).✦ Heal the Astral Flow:  Heal (move action, adjacent, take 5 psychic damage).✦ Adjure Caiphon's Presence: Arcana, Nature, or Religion (standard action, range 5).✦ Escort the Mind Across the Breech:  Teleport the Mind to the square left of the A file or Perception + (move action, both PC and The Mind are adjacent, take 5 psychic damage).Effect:  The Mind completes the Sealing of the Breach.  Your silvery cords sever.  Survive one round vs the remaining enemies/waves and then materialize back in your world.* Illumination: Fully.  The Astral Sea is a place well lit by twinkling motes both near and far.  However, see Astral Singularity's Effect.* Altitude: Squares of altitude will be denoted by ^ #.  All creatures have fly 2 (clumsy, hover).  Note (!):  Clumsy tag means a -4 penalty to attack rolls and all defenses (so you take these penalties if you are in the air when attacking or attacked).* Walls/Cliffs (dark purple; Blocking Terrain): Climb Medium DC 3 squares up (15 ft).* Caiphon Aurora (Hindering Terrain; its actually purple, but needed to use green for map contrast!): Effect: Caiphon Aurora is difficult terrain and is at altitude 0 to altitude ^4. A creature that enters a Caiphon Aurora square or starts its turn there takes 7 acid damage and is exposed to Caiphon Corruption.Caiphon CorruptionStage 0: The target recovers from the disease.Stage 1: Initial Effect: The target takes a -4 penalty to Will.Stage 2: The target grants combat advantage.Stage 3: Final State: Unless prevented from doing so, the target moves toward the Far Realm Breech or the Material World Nexus. The target gains the keyword aberant and is dominated by Caiphon until the disease is cured.Check: At the end of each extended rest, the target makes an Insight check if it is at stage 1 or 2.14 or lower: The stage of the disease increases by one.15-19: No Change20 or higher: The stage of the disease decreases by one.* Astral Crystal Nexus (fantastic terrain):  A creature in a square can use a move action to teleport to another crystal nexus that corresponds to its size (small x 5 are in northern section of map, large x 4 are in southern section of map).  Usage exhausts both nexus nodes.* Astral Mushroom Patch (fantastic terrain):  A creature in a square can use a minor action to gain a +2 power bonus to hit and damage in exchange for -2 defenses all UtEoYNT.  Usage exhausts the current patch.* Astral Singularity x 2 (S1 & S2 on map at altitude ^4)Large HazardLevel 10 Elite ObstacleXP 1000Initiative +8Trigger:  This hazard begins the encounter active.AttackStandard Action      Close burst 3Target:  All creatures in or within 3 squares of the singularity.Attack:+13 vs. AllHit:  For each defense hit, the target takes 1d8 damage and is pulled 1 square. If the creature ends within a square of Astral Singularity, it is slowed (SE) at altitude 2.Effect:  The singularity and all squares adjacent to it are difficult terrain. It and the squares of its burst continuously block both line of effect and line of sight.Triggered Actionsᗕ Event Horizon ✦ At-WillTrigger: An enemy within 3 squares of the singularity willingly moves away from it.Attack (Opportunity Action): Close burst 10 (the triggering enemy in the burst); +13 vs. FortHit: 5 damage, and the target is immobilized and gains vulnerable 5 to all damage (save ends both).    Aftereffect: 10 damage.Countermeasures✦   Warp - Arcana DC 21 (Standard Action): You or an adjacent ally gain +4 Defenses against the Astral Singularity's attacks and gain immunity to its line of effect/sight blocking effect UtEoYNT.  Sustain Minor.* The Entity of the Breach (Gargantuan aberrant immortal, standard, controller): 106 HP, AC 24, Fortitude 22, Reflex 21, Will 23, Init +7.* Meenlock Stalker x 2 (Small aberrant humanoid, standard, controller/leader): 105 HP, AC 24, Fortitude 21, Reflex 23, Will 22, Init +7.* Meenlock Spewer x 4 (Small aberrant humanoid, artillery, minion): 1 HP, AC 24, Fortitude 22, Reflex 23, Will 21, Init +8.* DEFENDER SQUARES: Pick any 4 Y squares (including atop walls/cliffs).Chanvati (C) in Y17The Mind (T) in Y14Bita-Bousseh (B) in Y5Pa'avu (P) in Y4* INITIATIVE:Chanvati r18+11+2=(31)Spewers (27)Pa'avu r14+10+2=(26)Bita-Bousseh r10+7+2=(19)Stalkers (18)Dread Star Plasmoids (18)The Mind r8+4+2=(14)Astral Singularities (14)The Entity of the Breach (12)[HR][/HR][ATTACH=full]342110[/ATTACH]ROUND 1[HR][/HR]Chanvati Monster Knowledge checks (No Action):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Religion vs Entity of the Breach, r20+14=34 Defeats Hard DC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeoneering vs Meenlock Spewers, r16+10=26 Defeats Hard DC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeoneering vs Meelock Stalkers, r13+10=23 Defeats Medium DC.</li> </ul>The Entity of the BreachGargantuan aberrant immortalLevel 10 Controller (Leader) XP 500HP 106; Bloodied 53    Initiative +7AC 24, Fortitude 22, Reflex 21, Will 23    Perception+8Speed 0    DarkvisionImmune dazedTraitsCorrosive Proximity (Aura 1)Any creature that ends its turn in the aura takes 5 acid damageStandard Actions(⚔) Breech Bite (acid) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 2 (one creature); +15 vs. ACHit: 1d8 + 2 damage, and ongoing 5 acid damage and the entity slides the target 2 squares.➶ Gaze into the Breech (charm, psychic) ✦ At-WillAttack: Ranged 10 (one creature); +13 vs. WillHit: 2d6 + 10 psychic damage, and the target takes a –2 penalty to attack rolls on attacks that include the entity as a target (save ends).    First Failed Saving Throw: The target also is dazed (save ends both).ᗕ Psychic Shackle (psychic) ✦ Recharge ⚄ ⚅Attack: Close blast 3 (creatures in the blast); +13 vs. WillHit: 2d8 + 7 psychic damage, and the target is restrained until the start of the entity's next turn.Immediate Actionsᗕ Thrall Sacrifice (Immediate Interrupt) ✦ EncounterTrigger:  The entity is hit by a melee attackEffect: Close burst 5 (one ally in the burst); the entity slides the target to a square adjacent to the entity and the attacker and the target suffers the attack instead of the entity.+++++++++++++++++++++++Meenlock Spewer x 4Small aberrant humanoidLevel 10 Minion Artillery XP 125HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.    Initiative +8AC 24, Fortitude 22, Reflex 23, Will 21    Perception+11Speed 6 5 Fly 2 (clumsy, hover) Darkvision Standard Actions(⚔) Puff (acid) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +15 vs. ACHit: 6 acid damage and the spewer gains concealment.(➶) Spew (acid) ✦ At-WillAttack: Ranged 10 (one creature); +17 vs. ACHit: 9 acid damage, or 11 acid damage if the spewer has concealment.+++++++++++++++++++++++Meenlock Stalker x 2Small aberrant humanoidLevel 10 Controller/Leader Perception+5Speed 5 Fly 2 (clumsy, hover)    DarkvisionResist 5 Acid, Immune Caiphon CorruptionKeywords:  charm, disease, psychic, teleportation, Caiphon Corruption[HR][/HR]Recognizing the immensity of the challenge before them, CHANVATI, Merchant-Prince of Bantouk, but also Psionic Sojourner of the Astral Sea, does what comes naturally to him: he activates the crystal nexus at his feet and is transported across the alien mote into another patch of crystal. He withdraws the war horn gifted him by the young Githyanki warrior and blows upon it a single, clarion note.Instantly, ISHKA AND KUSHKA-VARRA appear, hovering in the alien landscape, the red dragon's mighty wings beating slowly, and largely unnecessarily, in this unearthly realm."Young warrior, noble steed, I greet you both!" Chanvati calls out. "When last we met, you spoke to me of finding what is sacred and nurturing, what gives shape and purpose to life in our realm. In truth, I always knew this thing of what you spoke. It is the impetus for an exemplar of her people to stand beside and before me as bodyguard; it is the blind confidence the Helltouched barrister places in me time and time again, despite the many risks to her own safety; it is the immediate answer to my call made by The Mind, finally willing to take action of its own accord in fulfillment of an ancient covenant. And your response, as well. Trust, Ishka, trust and loyalty are the best of our kind, and with it we will defeat Caiphon, the Illithid Empire, and whatever other alien infection might threaten what binds us together!"Ishka cocks his head curiously. Kushka-varra rears backward, and without a motion, using merely the force of his mind, the Githyanki hurls his silver blade toward the Entity of the Breech, drawing its notice as surely as does the wasp stinging at the beekeeper's flesh.Meanwhile, THE MERCHANT-PRINCE directs his focus to the Meenlock Stalker upon the bridge. This foe he knows so little about. But perhaps crushing it with telekinetic force will prove effective, at the very least slowing its advance![SPOILER="ISHKA & KUSHKA-VARRA DEFENSES AC 26, F 21, R 23, W 25"]Summon Ishka and Kushka-varraWith a mighty blow of the githyanki warhorn, the githyanki and red dragon swoop in to attack.Single-Use ✦ SummoningMinor Action Ranged 10Effect: You summon a large dragon in an unoccupied square within range. The dragon has a speed of 6 and fly 8. It has a +2 bonus to AC and a +2 bonus to Fortitude. You can give the pair the following special commands.Standard Action (Telekinetic Silverblade): Ranged 10 (no OA); targets one creature; level +3 vs. Will; 1d8 + 1/2 level psychic damage, and the target is marked by the I&K-v until the end of your next turn. Until the Telekinetic Silverblade mark ends, if the target makes any attack that does not include I&K-v as a target, it takes a -2 penalty to the attack roll and you can spend an immediate reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage.Standard Action (Breath Weapon): Close Blast 3; creatures; level +3 vs Ref; 1d10 +1/2 fire damage.Opportunity Attack (Tail Lash): Melee 2; targets one creature in range that makes an attack that doesn't include I&K-v; level +5 vs. AC; 1d8 + 1/2 level damage, and the target is marked by I&K-v until the end of your next turn.Instinctive Effect: If you haven't given I&K-v any commands by the end of your turn, it uses Breath Weapon if two enemies and no allies are in the blast or, if not, it attacks an enemy with Telekinetic Silverblade if it can. Otherwise, it moves its speed to a square adjacent to an enemy.[/SPOILER]* Move: Activate crystal nexus Y17: teleport to crystal nexus L20 (15 ft elevation on cliff). Both crystals exhausted.* Free: Battle Harness Armor: draw stowed item (Ishka's horn)* Minor: Daily Consumable Power: Summon Ishka and Kushka-varra in F20 ^6* Standard:  Force Grasp vs. S2, r(10)+13=23 vs 21 Fort. Hit, r(2)+7=9 force damage & S2 Slowed UEoCNT.* Instinctive Effect: Ishka and Kushka-varra use Telekinetic Silverblade R10 on EotB, r(19)+13=32 vs 23 Will. Hit. r(5)+5=10 psychic damage and EotB is Marked by I&K-v UEoCNT. If it makes an attack that does not include I&K-v, can use Immediate Reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage to EotB.LOCATION: C in L20 (15 ft elevation on cliff); I&K-v in F20, ^ 6DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 10 to EotB, 9 to S2CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: EotB Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.  S2 Slowed UEoCNT.CURRENT HP: 60/60CURRENT BUFFS/DEBUFFS: na; crystal nexuses Y17 and L20 exhausted. Summon Ishka and Kushka-varra Consumable used.SURGES: 7/7PPs: 5/5[HR][/HR]The leering MEENLOCK SPEWERS detect subtle vibrations as the Astral Crystal Nexus is activated.  They hear the blare of the warhorn and the mighty, beaten wings of Kushka-varra.  Alien faces surveil the landscape.  Chanvati's position on high is obstructed by high terrain and Astral Singularity so the creatures hone in on the prey available to them.Three triangulate the familiar, crystalline presence of a shardmind...a rare delicacy in these Astral outskirts.  The charge and fling acid, leaving The Mind to defend itself with its mental might and limited physical prowess.The fourth rushes the meaty (earthen?...mmmm...tastey morsel...) exterior of the near-giant Pa'avu.  She swats its attack trivially as she hones in on her surroundings.M (R19)* Standard:  Charge to X15 and MBA Puff (M1) vs M's AC; r(6) +15 +1 (charge) = 22.  Miss.M (Q14)* Standard:  Spew (R10) vs T's AC; r(15) +17 = 32.  Hit; 9 acid damage to T.M (X12)* Standard:  Spew (R10) vs T's AC; r(16) +17 = 33.  Hit; 9 acid damage to T.M (Q4)* Standard:  Charge to X5 and MBA Puff (M1) vs P's AC; r(2) +15 +1 (charge) = 18.  Miss.LOCATION: X15, Q14 (15 ft elevation on cliff), X12 (15 ft elevation on cliff), X5DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 18 to TCURRENT BUFFS/DEBUFFS: na[HR][/HR]PA'AVU uses her negligent swatting off the spewer to move through its space to a better strategical position. Then, after successfully confusing its attention between the tiefling it still faces and the larger entity that just invaded its space, the goliath swings her trusty Velmech'ti at its tentacled head.Immediately the head is severed from its strange body of bones, its rolling and bouncing calling Pa'avu's attention to another, sneakier Meenlock beyond, and she lopes over to it, sure that the barrister will give instruction, as she is wont to do.* Standard Action: Pressing Strike vs. M(X5): Shift 2 squares from Y4 to V3; ATK: r20 +16 = 36 vs. 24 AC/Hit; Damage: M(X5) Killed* Move Action: 6 squares from V3 to P5LOCATION: P5DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M(X5) KilledCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 85/85CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naSURGES: 10/11[HR][/HR]BITA-BOUSSEH nods approvingly as the Half-giant beside her moves with surprising agility and cuts down the alien entity before it has further opportunity for assault and then advances upon their next foe with similar menace."Your master proves wise in placing his trust in you, Goliath!" she exclaims. "Now, follow through with another blow." Emboldened by the Tiefling's words, Pa'avu slips around the meenlock and strikes it a resounding blow.The Barrister moves across the astral landscape almost as if in a dream. She turns her infernal gaze against two foes, managing to strike down one of the meenlocks atop the cliffside that struck their bizarre Shardmind ally. But the will of the meenlock at Pa'avu's flank is iron, and she is unable to penetrate its defenses.* Move: 6 squares Y5 to R5* Minor: Bedevil the Fray: Slides P 3 squares P5 to M6 and P makes MBA vs S1, r(14)+16 -2 (Cover) = 28 vs 24 AC. Hit, r(7)+9=16 damage.* Standard: Infernal Glower R10 (one or two enemies): ATK vs S1, r(8)+13=21 vs 22 Will. Miss. ATK vs M(X12), r(18)+13=31 vs 21 Will. Hit. M(X12) KILLEDLOCATION: R5, P to M6DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: P does 16 damage to S1, M(X12) KILLEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 69/69 (heh heh)CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naSURGES: 8/8[HR][/HR]Taking abominable delight in the sizzle on the skin of Caiphon's dread aurora, the pair of MEENLOCK STALKERs link themselves psychically to Pa'avu and Chanvati.  The suffering is gladly, for generations of successful hunting strategy has foretold that their prey will soon experience the same but amplified multifold!  One even goes so far as to bait the business end of a blade across its bony protrusions for the tradeoff as it slinks into the welcoming embrace of Caiphon's Aurora! Pa'avu evades the terrible hooked bones flung in her direction as Chanvati momentarily succumbs to maddening whispers invading his mind!S1* Minor: Horrid Link on P UtsoS1NT or it uses horrid link again.➶ Horrid Link (psychic) ✦ Recharge ⚃ ⚄ ⚅Effect: The stalker forges a link with one creature within 10 squares of it. The link lasts until the start of the stalker's next turn or until the stalker uses horrid link again. The first time the stalker takes damage, the target of its horrid link takes 1d10 + 6 psychic damage, after which the link ends.* Move: 4 sq to R10 TRIGGER; PROVOKES OA FROM P; MBA vs S1's AC; r(14) +15 = 29.  Hit.  r(2) +9 = 11 damage.  TRIGGER; HORRID LINK ON P; r(4) +6 = 10 psychic damage and Horrid Link ends.TRIGGER; STALKER ENTERS CAIPHON AURORA; takes 7 - 5 (Resist) = 2 Acid damage.* Standard: Bone Fling R5 (one creature) vs P's Ref: r(2)+13=15.  Miss.(➶) Bone Fling ✦ At-WillAttack: Ranged 5 (one creature); +13 vs. RefHit: 2d8 + 4 damage, the stalker slides the target 1 square and the target grants CA (SE).S2* Start of Turn:  Take 7 - 5 (Resist) = 2 Acid from Caiphon Aurora.* Minor: Horrid Link on C UtsoS1NT or it uses horrid link again.* Standard: Maddening Whispers R10 (one creature affected by this stalker's horrid link) vs C's Will: r(17)+13=30.  Hit.  r(3) +5 = 8 psychic damage and C is dazed (SE).LOCATION: S1 in R10, S2 in F14DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: P takes 10 damage.  C takes 8 damageCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES:  C Horrid Link UtSoSNT (look at interaction with Caiphon Aura!), C is dazed (SE)CURRENT HP: S1 76/105, S2 94/105CURRENT DE/BUFFS: S2 Slowed UEoCNT, S1/2 Horrid Link on recharge[HR][/HR]The crystal matrix that comprises THE MIND's form is attenuated by the acid spew of the Meenlocks, bringing an acute awareness of its physicality that normally is not part of the shardmind's ontology. So when one of the creatures menaces him directly in close proximity, The Mind reacts with an innate response not usually so primed. It instantly morphs the structure of its arm into a dazzling crystal blade and plunges it through the Spewer, which promptly collapses, sliding off his skewer-arm like a melting jelly.Then The Mind deliberately navigates across the valley towards the Scylla and Charybdis ahead.* Standard: Shardblade vs M(X15), r(12)+15=27 vs 24 AC. Hit. M(X15) KILLED* Move: 6 squares Y14 to R18LOCATION: R18DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M(X15) KILLEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 40/58CURRENT DE/BUFFS: na[HR][/HR]The temporal and spatial regions around the ASTRAL SINGULARITIES flex, bend, fold.  What is outside of these regions cannot interact with what lies within.  What is inside of these regions cannot interact with what lies without.AS1 Standard Action      Close burst 3Target:  All creatures in or within 3 squares of the singularity.Attack:+13 vs. AllHit:  For each defense hit, the target takes 1d8 damage and is pulled 1 square. If the creature ends within a square of Astral Singularity, it is slowed (SE) at altitude 2.Effect:  The singularity and all squares adjacent to it are difficult terrain. It and the squares of its burst continuously block both line of effect and line of sight.* Chanvati w/in CBu3.  Attack vs AC, Fort, Ref, Will: r(19, 11, 2, 3) +13 = Hit AC and Fort.  r(1, 5) = 6 damage and pulled 2 squares to L18 at and slowed (SE) at altitude 2.  Effect:  The singularity and all squares adjacent to it are difficult terrain. It and the squares of its burst continuously block both line of effect and line of sight.AS2Effect:  The singularity and all squares adjacent to it are difficult terrain. It and the squares of its burst continuously block both line of effect and line of sight.DAMAGE TO CREATURES: C takes 5 damage.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: C is pulled 2 squares to L18 at and slowed (SE) at altitude 2.  C has no LoE or LoS to creatures outside of the Effect and no creatures have LoE or LoS to C.  C is flying w/ clumsy tag; -4 penalty to attack rolls and all defenses.[HR][/HR]The ENTITY OF THE BREACH ripples its incomprehensible, stupendous form.  Something that a mortal or a creature of the Astral Sea might interpret as a mouth gapes.  Ishka and his mighty Red Dragon are forced to gaze into the impossible depths of the Far Realm.The pair have seen worse in their young lives.  The githyanki rider spits an epithet at the creature "Ushk-vlemt" and the dragon beneath him snorts as if in approval.* Standard: Gaze into the Breach R10 (one creature) vs I&K-v's Will: r(9)+13=22.  Miss.DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 96/106CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.[HR][/HR]EotB     96/106   Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.MS1     76 /105MS2     94/105   Slowed UEoCNT[ATTACH=full]342711[/ATTACH]ROUND 2 (Beginning of next round, a Standard xp budget worth of Far Realm enemies emerges from The Breach)[HR][/HR]Yuri told CHANVATI repeatedly that he should read The Astral Codicil to the Fables of Genga, but the Psion refused, dismissing the text as apocrypha. But apocrypha or no, perhaps Yuri was correct, for the detailed episode of the eponymous heroine's grapple with and escape from an Astral Singularity would no doubt prove of some use right now.Desperate, grasping at straws, the Merchant-Prince ponders his options, none of them good. The exterior plane has disappeared from sight in a lacuna of dull, dim black. No one to help him, Pa'avu far across the battlefield. That was unwise. He frowns. Reaches out with ki energy to imbue the blankness with some palpable reality, warping the singularity's vast devouring for a moment, at least. The Astral Plane returns to view, and he struggles to break free of the singularity's awesome gravity. But it pulses at his first movement, an event horizon that paralyzes him, body and mind.The young Githyanki, mounted upon his terrifying steed, expresses confusion. His ally, the human Psion was there one moment. Now he is gone. So be it. He shall continue his assault upon the Entity of the Breach, for in that action lies honor!* Starts turn: Dazed (SE), Slowed (SE), Fly (clumsy) ^2; Superior Will grants Save vs Dazed, r(14). Saves.* Standard: Warp Countermeasure vs AS1, Arcana r(17)+16=33 vs 21 DC. Succeeds.  Effect: +4 defenses vs AS and avoid its LoE/LoS effects UtEoYNT (Sustain Minor).* Minor: Mind Shroud, Superior Cover & Slowed UEoCNT* Move: Run 4 squares L18 to H22. TRIGGERS OA FROM AS1 Event Horizon, r16+13+2 CA - 5 SC = 26 vs 19 Fort (-4 clumsy negated by Warp). Hit. 5 damage and Immobilized and C gains Vulnerable 5 all (SE both).  TRIGGERING MOVE ACTION FOR "RUN" IS LOST BUT DOESN'T RESOLVE (so no CA nor -5 to hit USoCNT debuff for Run action).* Instinctive Effect: Ishka and Kushka-varra use Telekinetic Silverblade R10 on EotB, r(18)+13=31 vs 23 Will. Hit. r(1)+5=6 psychic damage and EotB is Marked by I&K-v UEoCNT. If it makes an attack that does not include I&K-v, can use Immediate Reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage to EotB.* Ends turn: Save vs Immobilized & Vulnerable, r(20). Succeeds.  Afteraffect:  10 damage to C.  Save vs Slowed, r(5). Fails.POSITION: L18DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 6 to EotBCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: EotB is Marked by I&K-v UEoCNT. If it makes an attack that does not include I&K-v, can use Immediate Reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage to EotB.CURRENT HP: 37/60CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Slowed (SE), Warp UtEoYNT (Sustain Minor), Flying ^2 (clumsy), Superior Cover UEoCNTCURRENT PP: 5/5SURGES: 7/7[HR][/HR]MEENLOCK SPEWERS hunt in packs, triangulating prey and funneling them into a "kill box" like so many pack hunters on the various cosmological and material planes.  What works here works there...and there...and there...and there...However, with its packmates winnowed entirely, the lone Spewer is left to solitary predation measures...spew at the prey!The Mind feels the weight of its assault as the crystalline creature works its way across the alien battlefield of the Astral mote, but the acidic volley strikes the intervening cliff terrain instead.M (Q14)* Standard: Spew (R10) vs T's AC; r(6) +17 -2 (Cover from The Mind's position relative to The Spewers position and the intervening heigh and Blocking Terrain of the cliff) = 21. Miss.LOCATION: Q14DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT BUFFS/DEBUFFS: na[HR][/HR]PA'AVU takes a moment to somehow find her l'pahb'gin in this strange and alien place. As she feels the comfortable familiarity of being one with the Earth they are psychically separate from, the sense of being (almost literally) grounded gives her weight and balance in her thoughts and actions. Seconds ago she felt the psychic panic of her gosb'tar, and now nothing. Nothing but the plan he put into action before it all went ... well ... crazy and surreal. She feels as if she can see everything and nothing and that seeing here is not always with your eyes. So, she listens to the waves of instinct her l'pahb'gin sends in the vibration of her skin.Pulling out from her blood, skin, guts, instinct the movement of crane's wings, the goliath soars over everything for a moment: the two singularities (her mind puzzles briefly over the idea of the uniqueness of two before letting it brush past her with the featherweight of one of Chanvati's thoughts), the purple haze of the Caiphon Aurora - beautiful and poisonous, Bita-Bousseh, the besieged Mind, and her targets. She pierces the Aurora, ignoring much of the acidic sizzle of her stoneskin, and lands next to one of the stalkers. She thwacks it with Velmech'ti, slicing between several of the skeletal protective plates of its skin and severing what she believes are tendons. She has caught its full attention. She will not be ignored.* Minor: activate One with the Earth (Recharge 6): Resist 5 All UEoPNT* Move: Crane's Wings Movement: make Athletics check to jump w/ + 5 power bonus/distance of jump not limited to speed: r10,20 (Powerful Athlete) +16 +5 = 41; 8 squares cleared vertically and horizontally (enough to clear both Astral Singularity's Event Horizon and Caiphon Aurora, but land in the latter). Begin in M6, End in G14, triggering Caiphon Aurora: 7 -5 OwtE =2 Damage* Standard: Rage of the Death Spirit vs. S2: r10 +16 = 26 vs 24 AC/Hit; Damage: r3,3 +9 = 15 Damage & S2 is Weakened (SE); effect: Enter Rage of Death Spirit: 1st action each turn, free action: mark enemies w/in 2 squares UEoPNT. P get +2 ATK vs marked enemies.  TRIGGER:  S1's Horrid Link w/ C goes off.  However, there is no LoE from S1 to C due to Event Horizon as C is not occupying the same spatial/temporal dimensions as S1 presently, so C takes no damage.LOCATION: G14DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 15 Damage to S2CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S2 is Weakened (SE)CURRENT HP: 73/85CURRENT DE/BUFFS: One with the Earth: Resist 5 All UEoPNT (Recharge 6)SURGES: 10/11[HR][/HR]The Barrister watches as Pa'avu gives a great leap and is gone, clear over the miasmic aurora of Caiphon's spew, beyond the disturbances in spacetime that warp all reality around them, folding her vision back in on itself. BITA-BOUSSEH looks around her: walls and cliffs hedging her in; the only creatures in sight those disgusting Meenlocks."Eff this!" she thinks to herself. "How is it that, time and time again, I am abandoned on the battlefield to face my enemies alone? What does it say about me as a person that I allow this to continue?"She directs the full force of her Infernal Glower upon her foes, shattering the will to live in the Spewer atop the cliff-face. But the Caiphonian Aurora gives meaning and method to the Meenlock Stalker lurking within, and it is unaffected by the Glare of the Hells.Then, the Barrister begins to hustle out of Dodge!* Starts turn: Roll to Recharge Bedevil the Fray, r(1). Fails to Recharge.* Standard: Infernal Glower R10 (one or two creatures), ATK vs M(Q14), r(15)+13-2 Cover=26 vs 21 Will. Hit. Killed. ATK vs S1, r(6)+13=19 vs 22 Will. Miss.* Move: 6 squares R5 to K5LOCATION: K5DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M(Q14) KILLEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 69/69CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naSURGES: 8/8[HR][/HR]The Dread Star's acid sizzle on the bone-spiked, mangled flesh of the MEENLOCK STALKER hunting Bita-Bousseh doesn't even register.  It scoops Astral Fungus into its insectoid maw and sprints with drug-induced vigor after the tiefling barrister.  As the creature's claws nearly tear out her jugular she thinks "I could be home, sipping tea, rummaging through case files.  Why am I being hunted by an abomination in the Astral Sea again?"Near the converging Event Horizons of the Astral Singularities, Pa'avu is certainly aware at just how near she is to being shunted from this spatial dimension, this timeline, to another...The creature before her flings bone matter from its forearm at her and her evasion nearly sends Pa'avu to "a place and time out of place and time."  Suspended awkwardly in the air, she can feel the dilation of time and the distortion of space tickling at her being.S1* Starts Turn:  In Caiphon Aurora; 7 acid -5 (Resist) = 2 acid damage.  Horrid Link Recharge; r(5) Recharges.* Minor: Horrid Link on B UtsoS1NT or it uses horrid link again.➶ Horrid Link (psychic) ✦ Recharge ⚃ ⚄ ⚅Effect: The stalker forges a link with one creature within 10 squares of it. The link lasts until the start of the stalker's next turn or until the stalker uses horrid link again. The first time the stalker takes damage, the target of its horrid link takes 1d10 + 6 psychic damage, after which the link ends.* Minor:  Use Astral Mushroom Patch (sq R10 exhausts); +2 power bonus to hit and damage in exchange for -2 defenses all UtEoS1NT.* Standard:  Charge to L6 and MBA (Claw) vs B's AC: r(17)+15 +1(Charge) +2 (AMP) =35. Hit.  r(6, 6) +8 +2 = 22 damage.(⚔) Claw ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +15 vs. ACHit: 2d6 + 8 damage.S2* Start of Turn: Take 7 - 5 (Resist) = 2 Acid from Caiphon Aurora.  Horrid Link recharge; r(2) Fails to recharge.* Move: Shift 1 sq to E14.* Standard: Bone Fling R5 (one creature) vs P's Ref: r(15)+13 =28.  Hit. r(6, 4) +4 = 14 - 5 (Resist) = 9/2 (weakened) = 4 damage and the stalker slides P 1 square to H13 (flying w/ hover but clumsy tag until back on ground) and P grants CA (SE).* End of Turn:  Saving Throw vs Weakened; r(4) Fails.LOCATION: S1 in L6, S2 in E14DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: B takes 22 damage. P takes 4 damageCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: B Horrid Link w/ S1 UtSoSNT (look at interaction with Caiphon Aura!), P is in sq H13 flying (hover and clumsy) and grants CA (SE)CURRENT HP: S1 74/105, S2 79/105CURRENT DE/BUFFS: S1 +2 power bonus hit/damage and -2 defenses UtEoS1NT, S1/2 Horrid Link on recharge, S2 weakened (SE).[HR][/HR]THE MIND is no stranger to the phenomenon of Astral Singularities. So when Chanvati disappears in the pulse of gravitational weight, the entity knows it must continue on its task alone for now. Stoically, for it knows no other way, it crosses the alien mote, then discorporates its body into a thousand shards that reappear atop the cliff.* Move: 6 squares R18 to N21* Move: Shardsward Encounter Power: Effect: Each enemy adjacent to The Mind (none) grants combat advantage until the end of The Mind’s next turn. The Mind then teleports 3 squares. N21 to K21, elevation 3, atop cliff.LOCATION: K21, atop cliffDAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 40/58CURRENT DE/BUFFS: na[HR][/HR]The temporal and spatial regions around the ASTRAL SINGULARITIES flex, bend, fold. What is outside of these regions cannot interact with what lies within. What is inside of these regions cannot interact with what lies without.AS1* Chanvati w/in CBu3. Attack vs AC, Fort, Ref, Will: r(1, 7, 13, 14) +13 +0 (Warp and Clumsy cancel) -5 (total concealment) = Miss all.Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:AS2Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE: DAMAGE TO CREATURES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:[HR][/HR]Beset by the dragon-riding githyanki youth, the ENTITY OF THE BREACH again reveals the Far Realm mysteries to its assailants.  Four purple plasmoids of various shape undulate toward the gaping rift, preparing to cross into The Astral Sea by dictate of The Dread Star.  The githyanki rider and the dragon regard the creatures and ready for their odd, spasmic "charge," but the insanity of The Far Realm beyond doesn't even give them pause.* Standard: Gaze into the Breach R10 (one creature) vs I&K-v's Will: r(9)+13=22. Miss.DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 90/106CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.[HR][/HR]Four purple DREAD STAR PLASMOIDS (Minions) undulate through the gaping maw of the rift and the Entity of the Breach!Initiative r(8) +10 = 18EotB     90/106   Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.MS1     74/105MS2     79/105   Weakened (SE)[ATTACH=full]342766[/ATTACH]ROUND 3[HR][/HR]Chanvati Monster Knowledge check (No Action):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeoneering vs Dread Star Plasmoids, r(8)+10=18 Defeats Medium DC.</li> </ul>Dread Star Plasmoid x 4Medium aberrant magical beast (blind, cold, ooze)Level 10 Minion Skirmisher XP 125HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.    Initiative +10AC 24, Fortitude 23, Reflex 22, Will 22    Perception+6Speed 6, Fly 6 (hover)    Blindsight 10Immune acid, cold, blinded, gaze, Caiphon Corruptionkeywords: acid, cold.[HR][/HR]Deep within the Astral Singularity, CHANVATI has an epiphany. He need not rely upon the model of others, even those heroes of his childhood. He is Chanvati, Merchant-Prince of House Audaseie and Psion Varipotent! He shall enact his own escape!And so, exploiting his own mental warping of the singularity's gravity, he opens a dimensional shortcut between two points in space, one between him and The Mind, a second atop a nearby cliff, beyond the singularity's pull. The two psionic practitioners exchange a glance and moment of relief. "I knew I had this!" Chanvati reassures himself, as much as the shardmind, and shakes any lingering effects of this unfortunate incident from his mind. Won't give it another thought. Definitely won't make his memoirs.Then, calling upon the potency of the Psistaff, he unleashes two bursts of spatiotemporal distortion. Chanvati, too, masters space and time! Two of the Plasmoids fall to the power of his mind, and the Entity weakens.ISHKA is glad fate has given him this opportunity to serve Queen Vlaakith in her defense of the githyankis against their alien enemies. He projects his silverblade telekinetically into the Entity of the Breach once again, a resounding blow. KUSHKA-VARRA roars in triumph, and the blade returns to the young gith's hand.* Begins turn: Slowed (SE), Warp UEoCNT, Flying ^2 (clumsy), Superior Cover UEoCNT* Move: Dimensional Shortcut Daily: Close burst 3, Target: You and each ally in the burst, Effect: Choose a square within 20 squares of you (F22). Each target can teleport to a square within 3 squares of the square you choose as a free action. C TP to E21, TM TP to E23* Minor: Inspiring Word on Self, Heals Surge (15) +r(6,6)=27 HP.* Free + AUG2: Staff of Psicraft Daily to expand burst to 2 and retain Daily power* Standard: Dimensional Scramble ABU 2 on A18, ATK vs EotB, r(9)+13=22 vs 22 Fort. Hit. ATK vs M(A20), r(6)+13=19 vs 23 Fort. Miss. ATK vs M(A18), r(12)+13=25 vs 23 Fort. Hit. ATK vs M(A16), r(3)+13=16 vs 23 Fort. Miss. Damage=r(5)+7=12 to EotB, M(A18) KILLED* AP: Dimensional Scramble ABU 1 on A15, ATK vs EotB, r(3)+13=16 vs 22 Fort. Miss. ATK vs M(A16), r(7)+13=20 vs 23 Fort. Miss. ATK vs M(A14), r(20)=CRIT. M(A14) KILLED* Instinctive Effect: Telekinetic Silverblade R10 vs EotB, r20=CRIT for 13 psychic damage and the target is marked by the I&K-v until the end of your next turn. Until the Telekinetic Silverblade mark ends, if the target makes any attack that does not include I&K-v as a target, it takes a -2 penalty to the attack roll and you can spend an immediate reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage.* Ends turn: Save vs Slow, r(12). Succeeds.LOCATION: C E21, TM E23DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 25 to EotB, M(A14) KILLED, M(A18) KILLEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: cannot TP EotB, marked by the I&K-v until the end of your next turn. Until the Telekinetic Silverblade mark ends, if the target makes any attack that does not include I&K-v as a target, it takes a -2 penalty to the attack roll and you can spend an immediate reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage.CURRENT HP: 60/60CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Warp ends, Superior Cover ends, no longer FlyingSURGES: 6/7PP: 3/5[HR][/HR]PA'AVU lands next to the strange otherworldly beast - a patchwork of all the animals she has ever seen, and then some. But she is of the natural world, and as such she will again be one with the Earth and the Stone and the Water. But for now, she will see her way through the sky and the stars, such as they are here in this strange purple haze. With the power of the Death Spirit raging through her blood, she can see with great calculation the various components of this pieced-together being. The goliath roars and brings Velmech'ti down upon its boney hide with a flurry of rock-hard blows, slicing and bruising. The Stalker lifts its scaly arms to defend its tentacled face, turning away, but the Stoneblessed warrior presses ever forward, controlling the bridge and its players.* Begins turn in Caiphon Aurora: takes 7 Acid - 5 Resist All (OwtE) = 2 Damage* One with the Earth recharge: r4/does not recharge* Free Action: Rage of the Death Spirit effect: first action of each turn P can mark each enemy within 2 squares of P UEoPNT: Marks S2* Move: Fly 2 squares from H13 to land at F14* Standard: Howling Strike vs. S2: r8 +16 +2 RoDS = 26 vs. 24 AC/Hit; Damage r6 +r1 +9 = 16* No Action: Iron Soul Flurry of Blows Melee 1: Trigger: hit w/attack during turn: target takes 2 + 3 (Con Mod) = 5 additional Damage, and cannot Shift USoPNT* Minor: Rain of Hammers Daily power: Make an at-will attack against enemy already hit w/attack during this turn: Pressing Strike vs. S2: Shift 2 squares to D14; ATK: r9 +16 +2 RoDS = 27 vs 24 AC/Hit; Damage r2 +r2 +9 = 13 & S2 is BLOODIED & Pushed to F14* Free Action: CBU 1: Trigger: your attack bloodies an enemy: each enemy in burst (S2): 3 Thunder Damage; TOTAL DAMAGE TO S2: 37* End of Turn: Saving Throw vs CA.  r(11) succeeds.LOCATION: D14, S2: F14DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 37 Damage to S2 & BloodiedCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S2 Weakened SE, cannot Shift USoPNT, Marked by P UEoPNTCURRENT HP: 67/85CURRENT DE/BUFFS: One with the Earth ends with turn; In Caiphon Aurora, Rage of Death Spirit: +2 ATK vs. Marked EnemiesSURGES: 10/11[HR][/HR]BITA-BOUSSEH is seriously considering her life decisions right now. Sipping tea? She needs something stronger than that! And so, what the hey, she emulates the Meenlock's action, steps back, grabs a handful of astral mushrooms, and feels their expansive effect before her saliva even begins to break them down into component elements. A sizzling ferocity, a neglect of self! She glowers at the Meenlock Stalker, propelling it over the edge of the embankment to hover there in a sparkling astral eddy.Her head is buzzing now, most painfully, though be it the effect of the mushrooms or the Meenlock's horrid link is hard to say.* Move: Shift 1 square K5 to L4* Minor: Consume astral mushrooms (exhausts), +2 ATK & damage, -2 Defenses UEoBBNT* Standard: Infernal Glower vs S1, r(13)+13+2=28 vs 22 Will. Hit. r3+10+2=15 damage & slides S1 3 squares, L6 to J8. TRIGGERS: Save vs slide off ledge, r3. Fails. TRIGGERS: Horrid Link: BB takes r(1)+6=7 psychic damage; Horrid Link ends.LOCATION: L4, S1 in J8 Flying (clumsy)DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 15 damage to S1CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S1 Flying (clumsy, hover)CURRENT HP: 40/69CURRENT DE/BUFFS: +2 ATK & damage, -2 Defenses USoBBNTSURGES: 8/8[HR][/HR]The MEENLOCK STALKER facing Bita-Bousseh flies down to the astral mushroom patch, consumes its empowering essence and charges her with wild abandon again.Unnerved by the real danger of the Goliath Barbarian before it, the second MEENLOCK STALKER uses its mastery over space to bend it, transporting it instantly next to Chanvati where, like its partner, it consumes empowering mushrooms and leads with a flurry of terrible claws.S1* Starts Turn:  Horrid Link Recharge; r(3) Fails.* Move:  Fly 2 sq to L7 and land.* Minor: Use Astral Mushroom Patch (sq L7 exhausts); +2 power bonus to hit and damage in exchange for -2 defenses all UtEoS1NT.* Standard: Charge to L5 and MBA (Claw) vs B's AC: r(15)+15 +1(Charge) +2 (AMP) =33. Hit. r(3, 2) +8 +2 = 15 damage. B BLOODIEDS2* Start of Turn: Take 7 - 5 (Resist) = 2 Acid from Caiphon Aurora. Horrid Link recharge; r(3) Fails.* Move: Dimension Step to Teleport 7 sq to F21Move ActionsDimension Step (teleportation) ✦ Recharge ⚃ ⚄ ⚅Effect: The stalker teleports 8 squares.* Minor: Use Astral Mushroom Patch (sq F21 exhausts); +2 power bonus to hit and damage in exchange for -2 defenses all UtEoS1NT.* Standard: Claw vs C's AC: r(10)+15 +2 (AMP) - 2 (marked by P) =25. Hit. r(4, 2) +8 +2 = 16/2 = 8 damage* End of Turn: Saving Throw vs Weakened; r(13) Succeeds.LOCATION: S1 in L5, S2 in F21DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: B takes 15 damage (BLOODIED). C takes 8 damageCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES:  naCURRENT HP: S1 59/105, S2 40/105CURRENT DE/BUFFS: S1/S2 +2 power bonus hit/damage and -2 defenses UtEoS1NT, S1/2 Horrid Link on recharge, S2 Dimension Step on recharge, S2 cannot Shift USoPNT, S2 Marked by P UEoPNT[HR][/HR]Oozing and undulating with ease through the Astral Sea, the amorphous DREAD STAR PLASMOIDS carry out Caiphon's will, harrying Chanvati and his githyanki and red dragon companions with acid that freezes and scours flesh and blood!M (A20)* Move:  Fly 3 sq to D21 (hover).* Standard:  Slam (M1) vs C's Fort: r(16) +12 +2 (CA) = 30.  Hit.  9 acid and cold damage.Standard Actions(⚔) Slam (acid, cold) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +12 vs. FortitudeHit: 9 acid and cold damage.M (A16)* Move:  Fly 5 sq (circle to avoid OA) to F18(hover).* Standard:  Slam (M1) vs I&K-v's Fort: r(7) +12 +2 (CA) = 21.  Miss.LOCATION: flying in D21 and F18 (hover)DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: C takes 9 damage.CURRENT BUFFS/DEBUFFS: na[HR][/HR]Impressed by the resourceful Psion's wielding of the Chronotope, THE MIND recognizes the efficacy of spatiotemporal manipulation. The shardmind reaches with its consciousness into a web of strings emanating from the Meenlock besetting Chanvati and withdraws one possible future--wherein the Breach Healers have already won--and inserts it into the Stalker's present. The creature's alien mind reels under the probabilities of this future. The nearby Dread Star Plasmoid cannot withstand such a thing. It implodes in a collapse of plasma and magnetic fields.* Standard: Take from the Future (ENC, Zone): ABU1 on E21 (enemies in burst), ATK vs S2, r13+14=27 vs 20 Will (mushroom debuff); ATK vs M D21, r11+14-25 vs 22 Will. r7,1+7=15 psychic damage and Dazed (SE). M D21 DESTROYED.Effect (ORANGE): The burst creates a zone that lasts until the end of the encounter. When any enemy ends its turn within the zone, The Mind can slide it 3 squares as a free action.LOCATION: E23DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 15 to S2, M D21 DESTROYEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S2 Dazed (SE)CURRENT HP: 40/58CURRENT DE/BUFFS: na[HR][/HR]The temporal and spatial regions around the ASTRAL SINGULARITIES flex, bend, fold. What is outside of these regions cannot interact with what lies within. What is inside of these regions cannot interact with what lies without.AS1Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:AS2Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:DAMAGE TO CREATURES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:[HR][/HR]The depths of The Far Realm are a strange thing to the perception of creatures alien to that unfathomable place.  So when The Dread Star's Plasmoids pour through the ENTITY OF THE BREACH's terrible maw, the view of deranging spatial relationships becomes much more potent.  The githyanki rider and his dragon companion momentarily succumb to the impossible things they see within...* Standard: Gaze into the Breach R10 (one creature) vs I&K-v's Will: r(16)+13=29. Hit.  r(2, 4) + 10 = 16 psychic damage, and I&K-v take a –2 penalty to attack rolls on attacks that include the entity as a target (save ends).    First Failed Saving Throw: The target also is dazed (save ends both).DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 16 damage to I&K-v (14 HP remaining).CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES:  I&K-v take a –2 penalty to attack rolls on attacks that include the entity as a target (save ends).  First Failed Saving Throw: The target also is dazed (save ends both).CURRENT HP: 65/106CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.[HR][/HR]EotB     65/106   Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.MS1     59/105MS2     25/105   Cannot Shift USoPNT, Marked by P UEoPNT[ATTACH=full]342896[/ATTACH]ROUND 4[HR][/HR]As the young githyanki and his noble steed are assaulted by the mindbreaking realities of the Far Realm, CHANVATI attends to matters nearer to hand: the vile Meenlock to his flank. The Chronotope is fluid here, no doubt the warping influence of these Astral Singularities, and so the Psion has an easy time of folding space in upon itself, shunting the Meenlock deep within the Singularity's pull.Then, Chanvati draws upon the magic within his healer's sash to break the spell ensorceling Ishka and Kushka-Varra. Their minds are rejuvenated, and Ishka is primed to once again assault the Entity of the Breach, though that moment awaits a further opportunity.* Free: Staff of Psicraft Daily AUG2 (to retain use) to expand Burst by 1* Standard: Dimensional Scramble ABU2 on H19, ATK vs S2, r11+13=24 vs 21 Fortitude. Hit. ATK vs M, r7+13=20 vs 23 Fortitude. Miss. r5+7=12 damage and S2 teleported to K16 (square adjacent to burst, in DT)* Minor: Healer's Sash Daily Power on I&KV: C loses 1 surge and I&KV regain 14 HP (C's Healing Surge value)* Instinctive Effect: Telekinetic SIlverblade R10 (no OA) vs EotB, r6+13 -2 (GitB) =17 vs 23 Will. Miss.* End of Turn:  I&K-v saving throw vs GitB; r(2) Fails.  + Dazed (SE)LOCATION: C in E21, I&KV in F20 ^6, S2 in K16DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 12 damage to S2CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S2 teleported to K16, in DT and burst effect area, adjacent to ASCURRENT HP: C 43/60, I&KV 28/30CURRENT DE/BUFFS:  GitB to I&K-vPP: 1/5SURGES: 5/7[HR][/HR]She knows she has a chance in hell,  but PA'AVU still likes her chances. After all, has she not already been in hell?  Or at least in hellish places? Taking a deep breath into her l'pahb'gin and hoping that Stoneroot has refreshed his gift to her (he did!), the goliath prepares to leap into the unknown. It seems she will fly here, but does she really know? As her feet leave the surface of the bridge, she can feel her stoneskin harden protectively, her lithoderms growing, the gray color deepening. Arriving next to the Entity, she finds her mind fighting to comprehend what she is looking at. Pulling her senses back into herself, she becomes one with Velmech'ti, and together they scream and swing and slice into ... whatever the Entity is. The scent of ... blood? Ichor? ... the blade cuts deeper.And once again Pa'avu hovers, feeling an unfamiliar sense of awkwardness.* At start of turn, take 7 damage from Caiphon Aurora & roll to recharge One with the Earth: r6. Recharges* Minor: activates One with the Earth: Resist 5 All UEoPNT (recharges)* Move: 4 squares to the Entity including Jump: Athletics check: r17,16 (Powerful Athlete) +16 = 33/clears 3 squares. Move from D14 to D15 & jump (clearing C16, B17), landing in A18 (out of the Aurora)* Standard: Rage Strike Melee (expending Rage of the Crimson Hurricane/5th level Rage) vs. The Entity: r16 +16 -4 = 28 vs. 24 AC/Hit; Damage: r3,3,9,7 +9 =31 to Entity; THE ENTITY BLOODIED* Ends Turn in EotB Corrosive Proximity (Aura 1):  5 acid damage - 5 (Resist) = 0 damage.LOCATION: A18 (Flying)DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 31 to The Entity, BLOODIEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 60/85CURRENT DE/BUFFS: One with the Earth UEoPNT; Rage of Death Spirit: +2 ATK vs. Marked Enemies; ClumsySURGES: 10/11[HR][/HR]BITA-BOUSSEH's head swims. These astral mushrooms are SOMETHING. Her head buzzes with lights, connective tracers between objects. But, then again, these phenomena are typical of the Astral Sea anyway, or so she's been told. But more to the point, she now sees possibility where none was before.She steps back from the menacing Stalker and reaches down. "Why not? A girl's gotta live a little." She scarfs down a mouthful and the already-luminous terrain is aswim with light and tracers."Off with your head, monster! I've got a very important date ... with my consort ... on the other side of reality. ORANGE MARMALADE!" The Barrister glares at the creature with all the fury of The Hells. It reels and stumbles to the side from her assault.Move: Shift 1 square L4 to M3Minor: Consume astral mushrooms (+2 ATK & damage, -2 Defenses UEoBBNT; exhausts M3 square)Standard: Infernal Glower R10 vs S1, r16+13+2=31 vs 22 Will. Hit, r10+10+2=22 damage and Slides S1 1 square L5 to K4. S1 BLOODIEDLOCATION: M3DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 22 to S1, S1 BLOODIEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S1 slid to K4CURRENT HP: 32/69 BLOODIEDCURRENT DE/BUFFS: +2 ATK & damage, -2 Defenses UEoBBNTSURGES: 8/8[HR][/HR]The MEENLOCK STALKER facing Bita-Bousseh finds its situation growing increasingly desperate, yet the meal on its mind still overrides its basic survival impulse.  It imbues her with the horrid imagery of its abominable mind and twists her psyche, forcing her to reel terribly close to the event horizon of one of the Astral Singularities!The second MEENLOCK STALKER, lost to time and space, attempts to move away from its impossible predicament on rote proprioception.  The Astral Singulartiy swallows it, sending its matter to its fathomless collecting pool.  S1* Starts Turn: Horrid Link Recharge; r(5) Succeeds.* Move: Shifts 1 sq to J5.* Minor:  Horrid Link (Psychic) on B.  Effect: The stalker forges a link with one creature within 10 squares of it. The link lasts until the start of the stalker's next turn or until the stalker uses horrid link again. The first time the stalker takes damage, the target of its horrid link takes 1d10 + 6 psychic damage, after which the link ends.* Standard:  Twisting Whispers (charm, disease, psychic) R10 (one creature affected by this stalker's horrid link) vs B's Will.  r(20) = Crit.  6 +2 (Astral Mushroom) = 8 psychic damage and the stalker slides B 3 squares to I5 (no BA as no target near). The target is then exposed to caiphon corruption.S2* Start of Turn:  Horrid Link Recharge; r(5) Succeeds.  Dimension Step Recharge; r(1) Fails.* Move: 1 sq to J16 TRIGGERS AS1 EVENT HORIZON OA (Trigger: An enemy within 3 squares of the singularity willingly moves away from it) vs S2'S FORT; r(14) +13 + 27.  Hit.  Hit: 5 damage, and the target is immobilized and gains vulnerable 5 to all damage (save ends both).    Aftereffect: 10 damage.* End of Turn: Saving Throw vs Event Horizon; r(18) Succeeds.  Aftereffect:  10 damage.  S2 SLAIN.LOCATION: S1 in J5, S2 SLAINDAMAGE TO ENEMIES: B takes 8 damage.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Slide B 3 squares to I5 and expose to Caiphon's Corruption, Horrid Link with B.CURRENT HP: S1 37/105CURRENT DE/BUFFS: S1 Astral Mushroom ends, S1 Horrid Link on recharge.[HR][/HR]Perhaps the DREAD STAR PLASMOID hears a telepathic call from the Entity or perhaps it moves upon an alien volition that is too inscrutable to even consider.  Nonetheless, it disengages with the dragon-riding githyanki youth and charges Pa'avu and her stone-bulwarked flesh!M (F18)* Minor Action:  Magnetic Field (Encounter).  Shift 2 sq to D17Minor ActionsMagnetic Field (Encounter)Effect:  The plasmoid shifts 2 squares.* Standard: Charge to B18 and Slam (M1) vs P's Fort: r(17) +12 +1 (charge) +2 (CA) = 32. Hit. 9 -5 (Resist) = 4 acid and cold damage.Standard Actions(⚔) Slam (acid, cold) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +12 vs. FortitudeHit: 9 acid and cold damage.LOCATION: flying in B18 (hover)DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: P takes 4 damage.CURRENT BUFFS/DEBUFFS: na[HR][/HR]Observing the Goliath's furious assault upon The Entity of the Breach, THE MIND recognizes its moment: In those [huge number] possible futures foreseen when Taking from the Future, [large percentage] showed its own debilitating of the Entity to set up a killing blow. The Mind acts. Reaching out with its own, formidable psionic capability, it attempts to stun the Entity and bind it to The Mind's will. It does not succeed ; the Entity's own psychic protections are profound.Of those manifold possible futures, this unhappy outcome was not absent.* Standard: Psionic Puppet R10 (one creature) vs EotB, r3+14=17 vs 23 Will. Miss: The target is dazed until the end of your next turn. This effect also ends if the target is attacked. NEGATED by EotB's Immunity to Dazed condition.LOCATION: E23DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 40/58CURRENT DE/BUFFS: na[HR][/HR]The temporal and spatial regions around the ASTRAL SINGULARITIES flex, bend, fold. What is outside of these regions cannot interact with what lies within. What is inside of these regions cannot interact with what lies without.AS1Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:AS2Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:DAMAGE TO CREATURES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:[HR][/HR]The depths of The Far Realm are a strange thing to the perception of creatures alien to that unfathomable place. So when The Dread Star's Plasmoids pour through the ENTITY OF THE BREACH's terrible maw, the view of deranging spatial relationships becomes much more potent.The githyanki rider and his dragon companion momentarily succumb to the impossible things they see within...* Standard: Breach Bite M1 (one creature) vs P's AC: r(10)+15 +2 (CA) -2 (marked) =25. Hit. r(7) +2 -5 (Resist) = 4 psychic damage, and ongoing 5 acid damage and the entity slides P 2 squares to A16 (into Caiphon Aurora).  TRIGGER (C iMMEDIATE ACTION) EoTB TAKES r(4) PSYCHIC DAMAGE FROM I&K-v MARK.(⚔) Breech Bite (acid) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 2 (one creature); +15 vs. ACHit: 1d8 + 2 damage, and ongoing 5 acid damage and the entity slides the target 2 squares.DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 4 damage to PCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: I&K-v take a –2 penalty to attack rolls on attacks that include the entity as a target (save ends). First Failed Saving Throw: The target also is dazed (save ends both).  P in Corosive Proximity (Aura 1), OG 5 acid damage (SE), and slid 2 sq to A16 into Caiphon Aurora.CURRENT HP: 30/106CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.[HR][/HR]EotB 30/106 Marked by I&K-v; if it makes attack that doesn't include I&K-v, take 1d8 psychic damage.MS1 37/105[ATTACH=full]343077[/ATTACH]ROUND 5[HR][/HR]Impressed by the mighty attack of his Pa'avu, CHANVATI recognizes he cannot match her sheer output of damage to the Entity of the Breach. But perhaps he can make her job somewhat easier. The Psion folds time in upon itself and outwards again, hoping to damage the Entity and collapse the Plasmoid in an implosion of spacetime. But something goes wrong! The former surely occurs, but the warping proximity of the Astral Singularity foils Chanvati's assault upon the Plasmoid. It lingers, to threaten Pa'avu with its very existence.To the Psion's great surprise, however, Ishka throws off the enchanting effect of the Entity's presence long enough to pick Chanvati up by blasting the Plasmoid with his telekinetic silverblade, destroying it. Kushka-varra gives another roar.Chanvati looks over and nods to the young warrior in appreciation, which Ishka returns in kind.* Standard: Dimensional Scramble ABU1 on A18, ATK vs EotB, r15+13=28 vs 22 Fortitude. Hit. ATK vs M, r3+13=16 vs 23 Fortitude. Miss. Damage=r1+7=8, EotB Immune to teleport.* Instinctive Effect: I&K-V use Telekinetic Silverblade on M, r17+13=30 vs 22 Will. Hit. M DESTROYED* Ends turn: Ishka & Kushka-Varra Save vs Dazed. r15. Succeeds. No longer Dazed.LOCATION: C in E21, I&KV in F20 ^6DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 8 damage to EotB, M DESTROYEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: EotB Marked by I&KV UEoCNT. Until the Telekinetic Silverblade mark ends, if the target makes any attack that does not include I&K-V as a target, it takes a -2 penalty to the attack roll and you can spend an immediate reaction to deal 1d8 psychic damage.CURRENT HP: C 43/60, I&KV 30/30CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naPP: 1/5SURGES: 5/7[HR][/HR]PA'AVU pushes the strange otherness of hovering in liquid purple space and so close to this ... whatever-thing ... to the back of her mind to focus on the task at hand. The Entity is so unbelievably enormous that she can still attack its ... shell? ... though she has been slid back into this Caiphon haze. She breathes deeply into her l'pahb'gin for whatever help Stoneroot can send. To bypass the confusion and mistrust of her senses, the goliath roars and once again allows Velmech'ti to take the lead, hacking and slicing at whatever dwells within the Breach. And it disintegrates, melts away to nothing. There is an emptiness that Pa'avu realizes she must reach into, although every ounce of her psyche rebels, ferociously and with great vigor. But she holds her hand there, eyes almost closed, the lithoderms in her stoneskin feeling as hot as molten rock. Her l'pahb'gin is clearly using  her body as a conduit of healing from the Primal Magicks of Stoneroot. Her mind momentarily reels from the attempt to comprehend the possibilities of such a thing. Then, the goliath feels as if someone were calming her as one would a horse, and the moment passes - and the thoughts with it.* At start of turn, take 7 - 5 Resist All = 2 Damage from Caiphon Aurora & roll to recharge One with the Earth: r3. Does not Recharge.* Standard: Rage Strike Melee (expending Tyrant's Rage/1st Level Rage) vs. The Entity: r18 +16 -4 Flying = 30 vs. 24 AC/Hit; Damage r5,6,3 +9 +2 GoB = 25 Damage/The Entity KILLED.  TRIGGER:  The Entity of the Breach is defeated.  EFFECT:  Seal the Far Realm Breach (SC available).* Move: Heal the Astral Flow: Primary Skill Heal check: r19 +11 =30 vs. 20 DC, take 5 - 5 Resist All = 0 Psychic Damage. 1 Success in SC;  Seal the Far Realm Breach.* Ends turn no longer in The Entity's Aura because ... Dead; One with the Earth ends.LOCATION: A16, FlyingDAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 25 to The Entity, KILLEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 54CURRENT DE/BUFFS: One with the Earth ends; Rage of Death Spririt: +2 ATK vs. Marked Enemies; Clumsy; in Caiphon Aurora[HR][/HR]BITA-BOUSSEH can feel the Meenlock in her mind, projecting its horrid proclamations of suffering and death. She had been warned of the danger of astral mushrooms, but this is definitely turning into an unpleasant sojourn! Time to end this.And so, with the deft footwork learned among the thronging courtrooms of Bantouk's Justiciars, the Tiefling skips away, beyond the easy grasp of the devouring singularity, shooting the Stalker the most baleful of glowers, her eyes ablaze with the fires of the Hells. The creature staggers back away from her in response, but it moves within the pull of the singularity, caught within its dreadful orbit. Bita-Bousseh reels as the creature's fear at its impending demise reverberates in her own mind, shooting pain and streaks of violet light.And then her head clears and she has her wits about her once again.* Starts turn: Rolls to Recharge Bedevil the Fray (I've forgotten this three turns running!), r6. Recharges. Huzzah! Even if she has no allies nearby...* Move: Lawyer's Dodge, shifts 3 squares I5 to L6.* Standard: Infernal Glower R10 vs S1, r8+13+2 astral mushrooms=23 vs 22 Will. Hit. r5+10+2 astral mushrooms=17 damage & BB slides S1 3 squares J5 to G8 (within Singularity's burst area). TRIGGERS Horrid Link, r1+6=7 psychic damage to BB. Horrid Link ends.LOCATION: L6, S1 in G8DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 17 to S1CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S1 slid to G8, subject to full range of AS burst aura, Horrid Link endsCURRENT HP: 17/69 BLOODIEDCURRENT DE/BUFFS: astral mushrooms buff endsSURGES: 8/8[HR][/HR]The MEENLOCK STALKER facing Bita-Bousseh finds itself shrouded in darkness, out of space and time.  There is a pull exerted against its entire body from seemingly all directions so it acts on instincts and removes itself from space and time.  Stepping out of the dimensional portal, the meenlock scoops a pile of astral fungus at its horrid mandibular region and engulfs them.A shrill cry later and it has hurled itself violently at a very surprised Bita-Bousseh!S1* Start of Turn: Horrid Link Recharge; r(2) Fails.* Move:  Dimension Step; Teleport to L2.* Minor:  Use Astral Mushroom Patch (sq L2 exhausts); +2 power bonus to hit and damage in exchange for -2 defenses all UtEoS1NT.* Standard: Charge to L5 and MBA (Claw) vs B's AC: r(12)+15 +1(Charge) +2 (AMP) =30. Hit. r(4, 2) +8 +2 = 16 damage.  TRIGGER B's INFERNAL WRATH (FREE ACTION; CBU10.  TRIGGER:  An enemy within 10 squares of her hits Bita-Bousseh): r(7) +8 = 15 fire damage to S1.The Stalker emerges from the pull of the singularity to the Barrister's great surprise. "I thought I had it!" As it charges her, a fury of claws and whatever passes for spite among the weird of the Beyond, BITA-BOUSSEH returns outrage for injury, allowing the fires of the Hells to flow through her, scorching her foe.LOCATION: L5DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: B takes 16 damage.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: S1 5/105CURRENT DE/BUFFS: S1 Astral Mushroom UtEoS1NT, S1 Horrid Link and Dimension Step on recharge.[HR][/HR]Their foes defeated, for now at least, THE MIND cocks its head quizzically at The Breach. The crystal networks of its brain pulse at undetectable frequencies, arcane matrices being read and analyzed at a speed unfathomable to all but the most skilled of mortals.<<Interesting,>> it projects telepathically to Chanvati. <<Unless I am mistaken, the planar fabric here has been corrupted through inverse piezoelectrical charging. If I can reverse its oscillation, that should allow me to pass through to the other side and close The Breach. Permanently.>>The Shardmind's head explodes outward some six inches in a rain of crystals yet still retains its general shape and form. Visible pulses of ruby energy reverberate through the astral swirl between The Mind and The Breach.<<There,>> The Mind notes matter-of-factly. And then launches itself to close the gap between it and The Breach by half.* Minor: Secondary Skill Arcana check to analyze the breakdown in planar fabric, +14 vs 14 Easy DC = Autosuccess for +2 forward to* Standard: Primary Skill Dungeoneering check to Repair the Distortion, r9+14+2=25 vs 20 Moderate DC. 2nd Success in SC;  Seal the Far Realm Breach.* Move: Fly 2 squares E23 to C21LOCATION: C21DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naPROGRESS TO SKILL CHALLENGE: 2/4CURRENT HP: 40/58CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Flying ^2 (clumsy)[HR][/HR]The temporal and spatial regions around the ASTRAL SINGULARITIES flex, bend, fold. What is outside of these regions cannot interact with what lies within. What is inside of these regions cannot interact with what lies without.AS1Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:AS2Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:DAMAGE TO CREATURES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Effect and Event Horizon Effect UtEoE:[HR][/HR]Four purple DREAD STAR PLASMOIDS (Minions) undulate through the gaping maw of the rift between the Far Realm and the Astral Sea!* Same Initiative of 18MS2     5/105[ATTACH=full]343225[/ATTACH]ROUND 6[HR][/HR]CHANVATI delays.[HR][/HR]As purple clouds of the acidic Aurora swirl around and against her stoneskin, nibbling at the lithoderms within, PA'AVU digs deeply into her l'pahb'gin once more. Caiphon is so vast, so powerful, that she needs the weight of Stoneroot in her refuting its corrosive presence.She meditates inward for a moment, gaze cast downward, focus soft, palms touching. Then the goliath throws her arms outward and brings her palms together in a thunderous, sweeping CLAP.The echoes of her clap reverberate for a long moment in the strange purple Aurora. Then the clouds in the Aurora begins to shiver and shake.* Begins turn in Caiphon Aurora (takes 7 acid damage) & roll to recharge One eith the Earth: r5 (does not recharge).* Free Action: Rage of the Death Spirit: mark each enemy with 2 squares of P (Ms in A17, A15, & A18) UEoPNT.* Minor: Earthen Renewal encounter power: spend 1 surge, for +2 power bonus to Primary Skill Nature* Standard: Primary Skill Nature check to Abjure Caiphon's Presence: r14 +12 +2 = 28 vs. 20 Moderate DC. 3rd Success in SC;  Seal the Far Realm Breach.* Move: Shift 1 Square from A16 to B17LOCATION B17, FlyingDAMAGE TO ENEMIES: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: M A18, M A17, M A15 marked by P UEoPNTCURRENT HP: 48/85CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Rage of the Death Spirit: +2 ATK vs. Marked Enemies; Clumsy, in Caiphon AuroraSurges: 9/11[HR][/HR]CHANVATI knows what is to come, and he does not relish in it. But he accepts that The Mind fulfills its destiny here, and that its sacrifice will spare the lives of many thousands back in the mortal realm.<<Your kind is alien to mine, Shardmind,>> he sends telepathically. <<But I think in our short time together I have grown to know something of you that I would not have guessed: your patience and equanimity are virtues indicative of your bravery and self-sacrifice. Your actions here will not be forgotten, for I will ensure that the tale of The Mind is known and remembered down across the human ages to come. Thank you for your trust, my friend.>>And with that, the crystal creature roused by Chanvati's praise, the Psion folds and unfolds space. Two plasmoids are obliterated, and if The Mind could give a gasp of pain, it surely would as it is teleported across The Breach and into the Far Realm Beyond.Out of the corner of his eye, the Merchant-Prince catches a flash of Ishka's silverblade whizzing past him, but the distorting effects of Caiphon's influence save his targeted plasmoid the worst of the young githyanki's attack. Kushka-Varra roars in frustration.* Minor: Rousing Words on The Mind; TM spends 2 surges 40 --> 58 HP* Free: Adept's Insight AUG1 to buff ATK roll vs TM, r1+1=2* Free: Staff of Psicraft Daily Power to boost burst by 1* Standard: Dimensional Scramble ABU2 on A19. ATK vs TM, r17+13+2=32 vs 23 Fortitude. Hit. ATK vs M A18, r16+13=29 vs 23 Fortitude. Hit. ATK vs MA17, r17+13=30 vs 23 Fortitude. Hit. Damage=r6+7=13. TM takes 13 damage and is teleported across The Breach (4th and final Success in SC;  Seal the Far Realm Breach.). M A17 and M A18 DESTROYED.* Instinctive Effect: I&KV use Telekinetic Silverblade on M A15, r4+13=17 vs 22 Will. Miss.LOCATION: E21, TM teleported across the BreachDAMAGE: 13 damage to TM, M 17 & M A18 DESTROYED.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: C 43/60, I&KV 30/30CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naPP: 0/5SURGES: 5/7[HR][/HR]Alright, that's a wrap.  SKILL CHALLENGE RESOLVED AND COMBAT OVER.  There are no longer sufficient threats to our heroes and they'll have an Extended Rest (per prior) recharge upon return to the material world.  BB will survive this round no matter what happens and the DSP aren't enough of a threat to finish anyone.  So, in that case, you guys can just do a quick vignette of your goodbye to The Mind as it crosses, goodbye to I&K-v and tangling with your remaining enemies as your ghostly cords connecting you to The Astral Sea are severed and you all end up back in the barricaded Dome of Illumination with Hazard and the children.Don't forget your saving throws vs Caiphon Corruption; -4 Will Defense for this final, Heroic Tier encounter and it will also come into play in our next encounter if you contract it![HR][/HR]And (to anyone following along), we are not going to tip our collective 40s to this combat because of all of the various misplays for us.  Forgetting recharge rolls and my Minion being 1 square away from CBu5 so I missed out on using Thrall Sacrifice against Pa'avu's big damage attack!  Terrible misplay!</blockquote>

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