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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9472676" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Alright, well... [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] has chosen the below:* Once the runic circle binding it is broken, [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] has a choice to make; does Ibhea succumb to the seduction of power embedded in the ancient creature, become one with it, and reveal himself the villain?! If yes, darkbard builds Vruk as a Fighter and plays him for this conflict and I take Ibhea and convert him into a Solo.So Ibhea is the baddie.  I'm taking control of him now and, with that, a glimpse into how it seems this all might have come to fruition:[SPOILER="VRUK"]An interesting fellow with a mysterious past, Vruk's clan is rightful heirs to Storm Giant throne, deposed and forced to wander the planes, making contacts hither and thither.Vruk 2.0, level 14Goliath, Fighter, Goliath JuggernautFighter: Combat SuperiorityFighter Talents: Tempest TechniqueBackground: Natural - Follower of Kord, Recent Life - Lost in the Feywild, World Walker (+2 to Streetwise)Theme: MisshapenFINAL ABILITY SCORESStr 22, Con 13, Dex 20, Int 9, Wis 15, Cha 11.STARTING ABILITY SCORESStr 16, Con 12, Dex 16, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 10.AC: 31 Fort: 31 Reflex: 29 Will: 25HP: 116 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 29TRAINED SKILLSAthletics +21, Streetwise +14, Intimidate +24, Acrobatics +18UNTRAINED SKILLSArcana +6, Bluff +7, Diplomacy +7, Dungeoneering +9, Endurance +7, Heal +9, History +6, Insight +9, Nature +11, Perception +9, Religion +6, Stealth +11, Thievery +11FEATSLevel 1: Master of the FistLevel 2: Ki Focus ExpertiseLevel 4: Mark of StormLevel 6: Mobile ChallengeLevel 8: ConnectedLevel 10: Natural IntimidatorLevel 11: Improved DefensesLevel 12: Deadly DrawLevel 14: Lightning SoulPOWERSFighter at-will 1: Grappling StrikeFighter at-will 1: Dual StrikeMisshapen attack: Grasping LimbFighter encounter 1: Takedown AttackFighter daily 1: Comeback StrikeFighter utility 2: Forceful DragFighter encounter 3: Rain of BlowsFighter daily 5: Dancing DefenseFighter utility 6: Kirre's RoarFighter encounter 7: Come and Get ItFighter daily 9: Rain of SteelFighter utility 10: Fighter's GritFighter encounter 13: Stranglehold (replaces Takedown Attack)ITEMSMonk Unarmed Strike, Forked Lightning Ki Focus +3, Screaming Earthhide Armor +3, Circlet of Arkhosia (paragon tier), Rhythm Blade Short sword +1, Elven Chain Shirt (heroic tier), Periapt of Cascading Health +2, Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier), Rushing Cleats (heroic tier), Cincture of the Dragon Spirit (heroic tier), Southern Star Ring the Bell, Adventurer's Kit, Javelin (2)Combat Superiority                                                                   Opportunity AttackRhythm Blade Short sword +1 +24 vs. AC, 1d6+16 lightning damage (+2 vs Bloodied), enemy stops moving, slide 3Monk’s Unarmed Attack +24 vs AC, 1d8+16 lightning damage (+2 vs Bloodied)At-Will         WeaponStandard Action      Melee 1Target: One creatureAttack: Strength + Wisdom modifier (+2) vs. ACHit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage.Additional Effects: Forked Lightning Ki Focus, Ki Focus Expertise, Mark of Storm, Rushing Cleats, Misshapen L10 Feature, Combat Superiority, can use Grasping Limb or Stranglehold.Can substitute either Grasping Limb or Stranglehold for an OA. Also, the creature stops moving and Vruk can slide it up to 3 squares (Mark of Storm, Rushing Cleats, Misshapen). The below damage calculations assume his Forked Lightning Ki Focus + Lightning Soul for +3 damage.[/SPOILER][HR][/HR]Countless millennia ago, long before recorded history, a comparatively small stellar core remnant orbits a vast star like a small boy following his mother.  In his endless circle, he strays very far from his beloved mother sometimes.  Very far.  Far enough that other influences, fell influences, beset him.A mighty purple celestial object from an alien realm of madness and undoing, its surface writhing with aberrant possibility, sees a white speck in the distance.  It tracks it like a wolf to prey.  In its flyby it offers freely of itself to the small white star.  Purple tidal disruption accretes onto the star that has strayed so far into the vastness of the celestial landscape.  The density of the alien material is great...too much.  The stellar remnant collapses in on itself.  No longer what it was.Now a Shadowed Sun.A small urchin-boy on the streets of Bantouk, long-abandoned and bereft of parental investment, runs from pursuit.  His legs suddenly find no purchase on firm ground.  He is weightless.  He falls physically and emotionally to what lies below; a pit with a menacing cobra... a night stricken with terror as fear piles without end.The boy wakes in cold sweats, now a man.  A man of priestly vestments.  Having waken from this nightmare a thousand times before, he reaches for his drink.  He consumes it in full just as his obsession with the idea of death and total abnegation of self has consumed him.  In these dreams and in these moments hereafter, visions of that dark star, The Shadowed Sun, have spoken to him...have called to him.  He pursues.In the ruins of Itirilmish, he finds the books.  He finds the truth.  He can read very little of it, but the little he can read only entices him further.  What he reads in the book:The self gives way to nothingness. In this nothingness we cast our fear, our despair, our hope. Now we are free.What the book actually says:There is no nothingness. All is form and life and undoing and death. Undo and destroy lest you be undone and destroyed.What he could not "read" pained him beyond measure.  From the moment he pulled forth the ancient tome from its ruined housing, like an ember burning in his mind, a voice called to him constantly; "I can show you the fullness of The Word.  Find me...set me free...I will set you free in return."  He doused the endless prodding of that infernal flame with araq, but after his turn to abstinence upon Gan’s death, the creature’s will took greater and greater hold on him....until now..."I set you free," Ibhea says to the Dawnflame as he undoes the runic circle of binding.  As the primordial flame takes him, the warlock pulls forth the book and thumbs the pages with impossible speed.  "I see the words."  He looks up at his former allies.  "Now we are free."Fire consumes Ibhea's form, undoing him.  The mighty priest accepts the undoing, destroying what he once was, and joins with the eternal enmity of the Dawnflame.  A hand ablaze reaches for the perfect polished skull on its hip.  The fallen hero of The Battle of the Dolgs, Gan the Subjugated, manifests next to the inferno that is now Ibhea.The earth below the feet of the heroes and their fallen ally opens, threatening to draw the heroes in.  They fall back as a Shadowed Sun Rift nearly swallows them.  The ceiling of the Umbral Cathedral's depths explodes in several places.  Sunbeam and Moonmote filter in.  Ibhea recoils.[HR][/HR]* ILLUMINATION: Full.* DAWNFLAME BURNPATCH (Orange, Hindering Terrain): When a creature enters a square of dawnflame burnpatch, it takes ongoing 10 fire damage (save ends).* SHADOWED SUN RIFT (Black, Hindering Terrain): Any enemy of Ibhea who begins their turn within 2 squares of the shadowed sun rift is pulled 2 sq and is slowed until the start of their next turn.  Any enemy of Ibhea who begins their turn within the shadowed sun rift, takes 10 necrotic damage.* MOONBEAM MOTE (Sky Blue, Fantastic Terrain): Free Action, Personal, Exhaust sq activated.  Effect: Gain 5 THP and all attacks deal an additional 1d6 cold damage until the end of your next turn.* SUN'S FERTILE GROUND (Yellow, Fantastic Terrain, Hindering Terrain): If a creature in this terrain spends a healing surge, it regains an additional 4 hit points.  If a creature vulnerable to radiant damage enters a square of sun's fertile ground, that vulnerability increases by 5 until the end of their next turn.* LAST RITES FOR IBHEA (Novel Complexity 1, Level 14 Skill Challenge), Trigger:  Ibhea is Bloodied):✦ Purge the Dawnflame x 1 (DC 25): Arcana, Nature, Religion (standard action, adjacent to Ibhea).  Effect: Ibhea loses Dawnflame Aura and Dawnflame Emnity.✦ Adjure Caiphon's Influence x 1 (DC 30): Heal (standard action, adjacent to Ibhea, Ibhea must have 70 or less hit points).  Effect: Ibhea temporarily regains his sanity and passes peacefully from this world into the bosom of Omthala and Maba.* Ibhea the Undone (large, elemental, humanoid, fire, necrotic, Skirmisher, Solo) = HP 560, AC 28, Fortitude 26, Reflex 27, Will 25.* Gan the Subjugated (medium, natural, animate, undead, Soldier, Leader Standard) = HP 141, AC 30, Fortitude 26, Reflex 24, Will 25.* Place Characters in columns F through H and Initiative.* Initiative:Arunny (A) r(15, 14)+18=33Qamra (Q) r16+10=26Vruk (V) r14+12=26Ibhea the Undone (I) 22Gan the Subjugated (G) 20Xin Mae (X) r8+7=15[ATTACH=full]381615[/ATTACH]ROUND 1[HR][/HR]* Monster Knowledge: AUTOMATICIbhea The UndoneLarge elemental humanoid (fire, necrotic)Level 14 Solo Skirmisher XP 5000HP 560; Bloodied 280    Initiative +14AC 28, Fortitude 26, Reflex 27, Will 25    Perception+16Speed 8, fly 8 Immune fire, necrotic, Vulnerable 5 cold, 5 radiant (see frozen undoing and radiant undoing)Saving Throws +5; Action Points 2TraitsFrozen UndoingWhenever Ibhea takes cold damage, he suffers a -2 penalty to damage rolls until the end of his next turn.Radiant UndoingWhenever Ibhea takes radiant damage, he suffers a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of his next turn.Undone and UndoIbhea automatically succeeds on saving throws against any effects that slow, immobilize, or restrain that a save can end.☼ Dawnflame (fire) ✦ Aura 1When first bloodied during an encounter, Ibhea gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls and this aura activates. Each enemy that enters or starts its turn within the aura takes 15 fire damage.Standard Actions⚔ Eldritch Strike (fire, necrotic, weapon) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 2 (one creature); +19 vs. ACHit: 2d8 + 5 fire and necrotic damage.⚔ Madness Made Manifest ✦ At-WillEffect: Ibhea shifts 3 squares and makes an eldritch strike attack, then shifts 3 squares and makes a second eldritch strike attack, then shifts 3 squares and makes a third eldritch strike attack.ᗕ Event Horizon (necrotic, zone) ✦ Recharge when first bloodiedAttack: Close burst 3 (creatures in the burst); +17 vs. FortitudeHit: 4d10 + 5 necrotic damage and the target is pulled 2 squares and slowed until the end of its next turn.Minor Actionsᗕ Dawnflame's Enmity (fire) ✦ Recharge ⚅Attack: Close burst 3 (creatures in the burst); +17 vs. ReflexHit: 2d8 + 5 fire damage and the target is blinded until the end of its next turn.Acrobatics +18---------------------------------------Gan the Subjugated HeroMedium natural animate (undead)Level 14 Soldier (Leader) XP 1000HP 141; Bloodied 70    Initiative +12AC 30, Fortitude 26, Reflex 24, Will 25    Perception+11Speed 6 Immune charm, fear; Vuln 5 radiantTraitsHeroic Will EternalWhile Gan is not bloodied, attack rolls against him take a -2 penalty.Standard Actions(⚔) Fallen Blade of the Dolgs (weapon) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +19 vs. ACHit: 3d6 + 12 damage.Effect: The target is marked until the end of Gan's next turn.⚔ Last Stand Strike (psychic, weapon) ✦ Recharge ⚄ ⚅Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +19 vs. ACHit: 4d8 + 15 psychic damage, and Gan gains 10 temporary hit points.Triggered ActionsCall to Arms ✦ At-WillTrigger: An enemy marked by gan and within 2 squares of him uses an attack power that doesn't include gan as a target.Effect (Immediate Reaction): Close burst 5 (one ally in the burst). The target can take a free action to shift up to 3 squares and make a melee basic attack against the triggering enemy.Athletics +18[HR][/HR]ARUNNY feels a pit in her stomach as the event she has foreseen in her nightmares comes to fruition: her once-friend and former travel companion succumbs to his fate -- sadly one of the possibilities written in the stars -- and to the Dawnflame. Tears well up in her eyes and blur her vision.Then beams of Radiance slice through the Umbral gloom of the Cathedral, and focus returns to Maba's Piercing Eye. The priestess looks across the chamber, and her resolve hardens as her gaze takes in Gan's skeleton manifesting next to the figure of Ibhea Dawnflame. Such a travesty for the Martyred Hero of Olsolis. No, this is not the end of Gan's story. Nor is it the end of the Tale of the Whiskey Priest. They must now write his true fate ... the one of his return to the Mother, the one they will have to inscribe, now that he no longer is able to.And with that moment of communing with the Heofoncandel (or at least the two parts she knows, for what -- in fact -- is the third part of that Triune?), Arunny accepts the Lunar gift of ice and takes the offense to her erstwhile ally. Pulling motes of sunlight and moonbeam, she writhes them around her fingers and flings radiance at both opponents. As both figures flinch aware from the dangerous rays, she strides forward with just vengeance and slams her morningstar on the floor of the cathedral.Clearly, both Gan and his dark master are made off-balance from her assaults, for they each shudder where they stand, Ibhea Dawnflame in particular. The Seer's mouth tightens in grim satisfaction as she watches Omthala's Radiance and Maba's Ice pour over and bleed into his enormous and fiery form.Then the Searing Voice calls out to their new and equally enormous companion, "Vruk! Help Qamra to attend to the Martyred Skeleton!"* Start of Turn: within a square of Moonbeam Mote (H12): Free Action: activates & exhausts the square. Effect: Gains 5 THP & all attacks deal an additional 1d6 cold damage UEoANT.* Standard: Hand of Radiance (R10) vs Reflex (Target 1, 2 or 3 creatures): ATK: vs G: r6+18-2 Heroic Will Eternal (HWE) = 22 vs 24 Reflex/Miss; vs I: r2+18=20 vs 27 Reflex/Miss* Move: 5 sq to M14* AP for Standard (Enc, Manifestation of Preservation (MoP): Slide Vruk 1 sq to I2): Thunder of Judgment vs Fort (Target 1, 2 or 3 creatures): ATK: vs G: r18+18-2 HWE = 34 vs 26 Fort/Hit, D: r1+9+r4 Cold = 14 Cold Damage to G; vs I: r20+18=38/Critical vs 26 Fort, TRIGGERS: SOLITAIRE (QUARTZ LENS) POWER: Effect: TRIGGERING ATK DEALS RADIANT OR FIRE DAMAGE IN ADDITION NORMAL DAMAGE TYPES: D: 6+9 Thunder & Radiant +6+3 Cold + 5 Vulnerable Cold + 5 Vulnerable Radiant + r6,6,5 Unforgettable Cudgel = 51 Thunder, Radiant, & Cold Damage to I; both G & I are Dazed UEoANTLOCATION: A in M14; slides V to I2DAMAGE: 14 Thunder & Cold damage to G; 51 Thunder, Radiant, & Cold damage to ICONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: G & I Dazed (UEoANT); Frozen Undoing UEoINT, Radiant Undoing UEoINTCURRENT HP: 89/85 5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Superior Fort (Resist 6 OG), Uncanny Dodge (CA: no +2 to hit); Moonbeam Mote: 5 THP & +1d6+6 Cold Damage UEoANT; Prophetic Action (extra move action)SURGES: 7/11DAILIES EXPENDED: Cast Fortune (roll utilized), Lucky Charm, General's Belt, Fourfold Invocation of Doom, Moment of Glory[HR][/HR]As the young warrior hears her mentor's shout to the Hill Giant, QAMRA snaps out of stupor and returns to her usual alertness, if not quite so carefree. Thinking about the loss of Ibhea -- a loss that was already in progress even before they entered this ill-fated city -- is something better done in the future. Not now. Not in this present time, filled with fire and skeletons and ... deep aching sorrow.Immediately recognizing Arunny's intent, the Radiant Shamishar swallows her feelings and charges the animated skeleton ally of the fiery-creature-that-once-was-her-friend, scimitar held high.* Start of Turn: within a square of Moonbeam Mote (H4): Free Action: activates & exhausts the square. Effect: Gains 5 THP & all attacks deal an additional 1d6 cold damage UEoQNT.* Move: 5 sq to M2 (avoiding K4)* Standard: Ardent Strike M1 as Charge ATK vs G: move 3 sq to P4; ATK: r8+17-2 HWE +1 Charge +2 Dazed = 26 vs 30 AC/MissLOCATION: P4DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 108/109 5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Moonbeam Mote: +1d6+3 Cold Damage UEoQNTSURGES: 9/12DAILIES EXPENDED: Virtue[HR][/HR]VRUK’s brow wrinkles at this turn of events. Was not the warlock in service to a mad god his ally just moments ago? The Giant shrugs. Alliances switch readily in this world. Witness Bagna the Fomorian Witch.“Ibhea bad man now!” Vruk shouts and races toward their foes. As he passes through a mote of moonbeam, he feels an invigorating frost surge across his form, reminding him of his homeland’s fabled Ice Baths of Bjorisdun. He swings his short blade about, menacing any enemy who would approach.Before he can reach the warlock-priest, engorged in flame, however, he must dispatch this man of bones that Ibhea has called forth to serve him. Vruk swings his blade about wildly, the man of bones forced through a patch of flaming ground and around the Giant to avoid his mighty blows. But Vruk connects on his final swing nonetheless, lightning crackling across his whole body as he drives the man of bones down so that its kneecaps rattle and scratch against the stone.* Move: 6 sq to O4 via Moonbeam Mote in O2* Free: Extinguish Moonbeam Mote in O2 for +5 THP and +1d6 cold damage to attacks* Minor: Rain of Steel; Effect: You assume the rain of steel stance. Until the stance ends, any enemy that starts its turn adjacent to you takes 1[W] damage, but only if you’re able to make opportunity attacks.* Standard: Rain of Blows vs G, ATK 1, r1=automiss; ATK 2, r5+22 -2 Heroic Will Eternal +2 CA=27 vs 30 AC. Miss. ATK 3, r15+22-2+2=37 vs 30 AC. Hit. r2+10 lightning +r2+7 cold=21 damage, G marked UEoVNT, & slides G 2 sq to P3 via Q4.  DAWNFLAME PATCH HINDERING TERRAIN TRIGGERS SAVING THROW FOR PRONE IN P5; r(2). FAILS. G takes 10 OG fire damage.* Free: Drive Them to Their Knees, r2+10 lightning +r5+7 cold= 24 damage and G proneLOCATION: V in O4, G in P3DAMAGE: 45 damage to GCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: G prone & OG 10 fire (SE), G marked UEoVNT.CURRENT HP: 116/116 +5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: +1d6+10 cold damage to attacks UEoVNT, adjacent enemy that starts its turn adjacent takes 1d8+10 lightning damageSURGES: 7/7DAILIES EXPENDED: Rain of Steel[HR][/HR]"You dare," whispered simply from the former ally, now IBHEA THE UNDONE, the words sizzling from his burning lips.What once was Ibhea is a blaze of form and movement, eldritch sweeps of molten steel oozing with necrotic seep.  Blades in desperate parry ring out as Qamra and Vruk can barely trace the impossibly fast...creature (for that is what he now is) before them.Now screaming maniacally, the chamber's masonry straining under the acoustic assault, "DAWNFLAME PURGE YOU.  CELESTIAL LORD OF THE VOIDSTAR UNDO YOU!"* Starts Turn:  Dazed UEoANT.* Standard:  Madness Made Manifest, shift to R6 (IMMUNE FIRE) > Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs Q's AC > shift to R3 > Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs Q's AC > shift to R2 Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs V's AC: r(14, 12, 20) +19 -2 (RU) = 31, 29, CRIT.  Hit Q x 1.  CRIT V.  r(4, 2) +5 -2 (FU) = 9 fire and necrotic damage to Q.  19 fire and necrotic damage to V.LOCATION: R2DAMAGE: 9 fire and necrotic damage to Q.  19 fire and necrotic damage to V.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 509/560CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Dazed UEoANT, Frozen & Radiant Undoing UEoINT, 2/2 APs[HR][/HR]Just as the sacrificing hero he was in life, the skeletal GAN THE SUBJUGATED eternally guards his charges.  Staring yet another death in the face, he neither flinches nor buckles.  His blade swings with the weight of life's memories, finding no purchase due to the stalwart defense of his allies turned tragic enemy.* Starts Turn: Dazed UEoANT, OG 10 fire (SE)* Standard: Last Stand Strike (psychic, weapon) vs V's AC: r(4) +19 -2 (prone) = 21.  Miss.* End of Turn: Saving throw vs OG 10 fire; r(13).  Succeeds.LOCATION: P3DAMAGE: 10 incoming fire damage to G.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 72/141CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Dazed UEoANT, prone.[HR][/HR]XIN MAE's stomach has turned sour. First almost killed by the "friendly fire" issues by Delban's Messenger! And now this betrayal and ... transformation. What does this mean for the nature of the deity and the worship he has helped rekindle? Truly, the scrivener has been plunged into an existential crisis, a metaphorical black hole of despair.And so he can only take a few weak steps towards the battle being waged, head in a fog. "Vruk, smite down those unholy remains of the Hero of Dolg Olsolis" he tries to declaim. But his words falter. No one heeds his exhortation.* Move: 2 sq to I9* Standard: Smite Our Foe! R5 on V: V MBA vs G, r6+22+2 CA -2 Heroic Will Eternal = 28 vs 30 AC. Miss.LOCATION: I9DAMAGE: noneCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: noneCURRENT HP: 87/87CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Distracting Monologue: Enemies within the aura 2 grant Combat Advantage.SURGES: 1/7DAILIES EXPENDED: none[HR][/HR]ItU  509/560  Dazed UEoANT, Frozen & Radiant Undoing UEoINTGtS  72/141   Dazed UEoANT, prone, marked by V UEoVNT[ATTACH=full]381811[/ATTACH]ROUND 2[HR][/HR]The eyes of the Priestess of the Heofoncandel narrow at the words and actions of her Undone companion ... if she can still call him ... it ... that. Resolutely pushing that thought deep down into her vast cavern of thought, ARUNNY stalks toward the skirmishers, lips moving in furious prayer, rumbles of thunder shielding the sound of her feet and her lips, and great and Awful Power growing within. As she steps forward, Moonbeam and Sunmote light her way,Omthala's Searing Voice slides into place next to her Nightmare and allows that Awful Power to be released. Through her breath, through her pores, it pours out and -- transforming into rainbows of icy, sonic energy -- slams into both the Dawnflame and its skeletal Servant.Dazed by the backlash of sound, a shaking Arunny continues to stare, openmouthed, before a refreshing moon-wind returns her to her senses.* Move: 5 sq to R10* Prophetic Move: 5 sq to S5* Minor (Enc): Boots of the Fencing Master Power: Shift 2 sq to S3* Standard (Daily, MoP: Slide XM 1 sq to I8): Divine, Implement, Thunder, CBl 3 (each creature in blast): ATK: vs. IU: r16+18+2 CA = 36 vs 26 Fort/hit; vs. G: r16+18+2 CA -2 HWE = 34 vs 26 Fort/hit; D: r5,3+9 Thunder+ r4+3 Cold = 24 Thunder & Cold to G BLOODIED/HEROIC WILL ETERNAL CANCELLED; +5 Vul Cold = 29 Thunder & Cold to IU; both Stunned (SE); Effect: A Dazed UEoANT TRIGGERS CREST OF VIGILANCE DAILY IMM INT: Effect: A makes a Save vs Dazed: r2/FailsLOCATION: A in S3; slides XM to I8DAMAGE: 24 Thunder & Cold damage to G; 29 Thunder & Cold damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: G & IU Stunned (SE); IU: Frozen Undoing UEoINT; G BLOODIEDCURRENT HP: 89/89 5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Dazed UEoANT; BotFM (+1 AC/Reflex UEoANT), Superior Fort (Resist 6 OG), Uncanny Dodge (CA: no +2 to hit)SURGES: 7/11DAILIES EXPENDED: Cast Fortune (roll utilized), Crest of Vigilance, Lucky Charm, General's Belt, Fourfold Invocation of Doom, Moment of Glory, Silent Malediction[HR][/HR]Hearing and feeling the icy wall of righteous Thunder heading in her general direction, QAMRA uses her Goddess's influence and her precious scimitar to transform some of that energy into an explosion of Fire and Radiance and the Coldness of judgment, directing it into and through the skeleton before her, passing into the Horror behind it.* Standard: Coronal Flare M1 vs G: ATK: r5+19+2 CA = 26 vs 24 Reflex/Hit; D: r1,4,4+7 Fire & Radiant + r4+4 Cold = 24 Fire, Radiant & Cold damage to G, & 1 creature w/in 10 sq (IU) takes 5 Radiant + 5 Vul Radiant damage: IU takes 10 Radiant damage & -2 ATKs UEoQNTLOCATION: P4DAMAGE: G: 24 Fire, Radiant & Cold; IU: 10 RadiantCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: Radiant Undoing UEoINT, -2 ATKs UEoQNTCURRENT HP: 104/109CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naSURGES: 9/12DAILIES EXPENDED: Virtue[HR][/HR]VRUK observes his new comrades' powerful attacks against their foes. Servants of the Sun and Moon these allies are. In time, he must show them the power of The Storm. But not yet. The Giant still feels the frigid touch of the moon goddess surging throughout his body. This he too can use against their foes.Without a word, the Giant reaches out with his beefy fist and grabs the man of bones and shakes. Shakes and crushes. The frigid touch of the Moon Goddess turns the bones brittle, and they crumble within his grasp. There is something like an audible sigh as the bones clink like shards of ceramic against the floor. But then a few fragments float away and magically reassemble on the warlock's belt."You let man of bones die!" Vruk bellows. "I make you!" He steps forward and grabs Ibhea, still reeling from the potent malediction uttered by Arunny. The Giant feels the frigid touch of the Moon Goddess combat the flames of Delban, and the creature sizzles and hisses in his grasp!Vruk whips his sword about him, lightning crackling along its length. Yes. Time to unleash The Storm.* Standard: Grasping Limb M2 vs G, r14+20+2 CA=36 vs 24 Reflex. Hit. r7,6+11 +r4+9 cold = 33 cold damage to G. G DESTROYED.* Move: 2 sq to P2* Free: AP for Standard: Grappling Strike vs IU, r5+22+2 CA=29 vs 28 AC. Hit. r6+13 +r6+7 +5 Vulnerable cold = 31 cold damage to IU. IU Grabbed (ends automatically EoVNT)LOCATION: P2DAMAGE: 24 damage + 9 cold damage = 33 damage to G; G DESTROYED, 13 damage +18 cold damage = 31 damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU Marked & Grabbed & adjacent to V for Rain of Steel SoTCURRENT HP: 102/116CURRENT DE/BUFFS: adjacent enemy that starts its turn adjacent takes 1d8+10 lightning damageSURGES: 10/10DAILIES EXPENDED: Rain of Steel[HR][/HR]"FRIEND_NO_MORE!"Massive Vruk scowls, lightning rimming his form from his eyes, to his teeth, to his clenched fist, and finally to his blade.  The giant unleashes a devastating torrent of storm upon this fiery apotheosis of his former ally as WHAT-WAS-IBHEA, his mind addled by Arunny's prayer, can do little but surveil the violence from afar.Ibhea The Undone's consciousness fully succumbed to the inevitability of his destiny, in his fractured mind he substitutes a different material reality for his own. Quietly, he murmurs “behold, the dark star…I become without form…”* Starts Turn: Stunned. V's Rain of Steel; r(4) +10 = 14 lightning damage.* End Turn: Saving Throw vs Stunned; r(9) +5 = 14. Succeeds.LOCATION: R2DAMAGE: 14 incoming lightning damage to IU.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 425/560CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked and Grabbed by V UEoVNT, 2/2 APs[HR][/HR]The scrivener moves quickly from despair to rage. A rage none of the assembled had even the vaguest hint existed within that prim form."This is more than betrayal, Ibhea!" XIN MAE shouts. "This is heresy! And you are an abomination! I shall undo each and every act made in the name of your false god. I shall remove the wool from the eyes of your duped converts! And above all, I shall destroy the last copies of The Shattered Sun so that none may follow your footsteps into madness!"The aged but spry scholar warily skirts the void rift in the center of the chamber with its nearly irresistible pull, passes uncomfortably close to the unholy fire of the Dawnflame issuing forth from the chamber floor, and moves to stand with his comrades against the deranged and fallen hero."Vruk, you mighty lug, you, throttle the false prophet!"The Giant is only too happy to comply, squeezing the warlock's throat in his beefy fist. Lightning erupts from his clenched fist and the hair of his head and beard stands on end with the surge of static. He seems truly a being of the storm-wracked mountaintops now."What a wonder of mystery is this creature," Xin Mae thinks. "And powerful almost beyond belief!"* Move: 6 sq to L3, avoiding hindering terrain* Standard: Smite Our Foe! R5 on Vruk; Vruk MBA vs IU, r20=CRIT. 8+16+r2,1,6=31 lightning damage to IULOCATION: L3DAMAGE: 31 lightning damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: noneCURRENT HP: 87/87CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Distracting Monologue: Enemies within the aura 2 grant Combat Advantage.SURGES: 1/7DAILIES EXPENDED: none[HR][/HR][ATTACH=full]382877[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]382876[/ATTACH]ROUND 3[HR][/HR]ARUNNY's eyes widen in momentary surprise at the Lightning flaring from the ferocious attacks of their new companion. <A fitting accompaniment to my Thunder!>Then she returns her focus to the No-Longer-Whiskey-Priest, desperately hardening her sorrowful heart. The dance between Radiant Thunder and Lightning continues as the Seer -- still in somewhat of a daze -- shifts her body to face Vruk. Then -- with what focus she has -- Omthala's Searing Voice lets loose a scream and a slam from her morningstar, the better to chastise the creature between them.* Start of Turn: Dazed UEoANT* Standard: Brand of the Sun M1 vs IU: ATK: r20+20= 40/Critical Hit vs 28 AC; D: 10+9+5 Vul Radiant = 24 Radiant damage, and IU is Dazed (SE) (Unforgettable Cudgel Critical: +1d6 per plus, or target is dazed (SE)).* End of Turn: no longer Dazed, BotFM property no longer in effectLOCATION: S3DAMAGE: 24 Radiant damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: Radiant Undoing UEoINT & Dazed (SE)CURRENT HP: 89/89 5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Superior Fort (Resist 6 OG), Uncanny Dodge (CA: no +2 to hit)SURGES: 7/11DAILIES EXPENDED: Cast Fortune (roll utilized), Crest of Vigilance, Lucky Charm, General's Belt, Fourfold Invocation of Doom, Moment of Glory, Silent Malediction[HR][/HR]Focusing solely on the enormous smoldering creature that once was her friend, QAMRA steps nimbly forward to give it ... them ... it a taste of the coronal flare that had eventually led to the (sadly temporary) demise of Gan. She gives a feral snarl as she watches the radiance flare up the monstrous body.* Move: shift 1 sq to P3* Standard: Coronal Flare (divine, fire, radiant) M1 vs IU: ATK: r15+17+2 CA = 34 vs 27 Reflex/Hit; D: r3,3,1+7+5 Vul Radiant = 19 Radiant damage to IU, & one creature w/in 10 sq (IY) takes 5 +5 Vul radiant damage & a -2 penalty to ATK UEoANT: total D: 29 Radiant to IU, -2 ATK UEoQNT, Radiant Undoing UEoIUNT.LOCATION: P3DAMAGE: IU: 29 Fire & Radiant damageCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: Radiant Undoing UEoINT, -2 ATK UEoQNTCURRENT HP: 104/109CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naSURGES: 9/12DAILIES EXPENDED: Virtue[HR][/HR]VRUK shakes the now-Giant-sized warlock and bellows."Yes! That's a good Vruk, a mighty Vruk," urges Xin Mae from over his shoulder. "The creature is vulnerable to the plots of land blessed by the Radiant Mother. You can imperil our foe by exposure to the sanctified earth!"When Vruk tilts his head quizzically and does not act, the scrivener simplifies: "Drag Ibhea through the glowing patch of ground!"Vruk propels himself into action, pushing past a startled Arunny and dragging their erstwhile ally along with him, flinging him to the ground as he enters the sanctified space.Vruk's impressively embellished armor crackles with lightning, and Ibhea cowers on the ground at the Giant's feet. Vruk reaches down to grasp the warlock once more by the throat, but something stops him. The warlock looks so pitiful there, eyes betraying his loss to madness."Ibhea friend?" the Giant asks with too much hope in his voice.* Move: Forceful Grab; Requirement: You must have a creature grabbed. Effects: You move your speed. For each square you move, you slide a creature grabbed by you 1 square to a square adjacent to you. The creature remains grabbed, and you do not provoke an opportunity attack from the grabbed creature for this movement. At the end of the move, you can end the grab to knock the creature prone. IU Dragged to U3, Grab ends to knock IU Prone. IU Moves through SUN'S FERTILE GROUND = radiant vulnerability increases by 5 UEoIUNT* Minor: Screaming Armor Encounter Power on IU: Effect: An enemy within 5 squares of you takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn* Standard: Stranglehold vs IU, r1= AUTOMISSLOCATION: V5DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU -2 ATK (stacks with Radiant Undoing), Prone, Marked & adjacent to V for Rain of Steel SoTCURRENT HP: 102/116CURRENT DE/BUFFS: adjacent enemy that starts its turn adjacent takes 1d8+10 lightning damageSURGES: 10/10DAILIES EXPENDED: Rain of Steel[HR][/HR]"BEHOLD!  DO YOU NOW SEE?!," screams the wild-eyed, burning form of IBHEA THE UNDONE, as Vruk drags him into the sacred ground of Omthala and throttles the fire elemental all the while.  Vruk's eyes are averted or perhaps the visions simply mean nothing to him.However, Arunny glimpses hate eternal in the flame...animosity somehow surviving...thriving from the very first age.  A creature as decent as she cannot help but succumb momentarily to such impossible enmity.* Starts Turn: Dazed (SE), Prone, adjacent to V's Rain of Steel; r(2) +10 = 12 lightning damage.* Minor: Dawnflame's Enmity (CBu3; creatures, fire) vs V's, A's Ref: r(1, 15) +17 -8 (CF, SA, RU, prone) = Automiss, 24.  Hit A.  r(7, 6) +5 = 18 fire damage and A is blinded until the end of A's next turn.  DAWNFLAME'S ENMITY HITS A TRIGGERS X's Look Out! Immediate Interrupt. Ranged 10. Trigger: An ally within 10 squares of you is hit by an enemy's attack. Target: The triggering ally. Effect: The target can make a basic attack against the attacking enemy as a free action, dealing 1d8 extra damage on a hit. A Eldritch Strike vs IU, r15+20+2 CA=37 vs 28 AC. Hit. r6+9+r4=19 damage to IU. Eschew Slide 1.As Ibhea the Undone raves and manifests Dawnflame's Enmity, XIN MAE anticipates the warlock's next move. "Look Out!" he cries. "The flames will sear your eyes!"Before the warlock unleashes these flames upon her, Arunny seizes the moment and strikes a solid blow with her morningstar. Alas, it is not enough to prevent what comes next.* End Turn:  Saving Throw vs Dazed; r(6) +5 = 11.  Succeeds.LOCATION: U3DAMAGE: 12 incoming lightning damage + 19 incoming damage = 31 damage to IU.  18 fire damage to A.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: A is blinded until the end of A's next turn.CURRENT HP: 329/560CURRENT DE/BUFFS: -2 ATK (CF) UEoQNT, Prone, -2 ATK (SA) UEoVNT, Marked by V UEoVNT, starts turn adjacent to V for Rain of Steel, -2 ATK (Radiant Undoing) UEoINT, SFG increase Radiant Vuln to 10, 2/2 APs[HR][/HR]As the literal fiery blast of Dawnflame's Enmity erupts from Ibhea to wash over Arunny, XIN MAE boldly advances to stand beside Qamra at the periphery of the fray. "Now, Vruk! Again, throttle the elemental!"But the Giant had averted his eyes, instinctively at the scrivener's earlier cry, his attention only now returning to their shared foe, the opportunity to strike lost.* Move: 4 sq to P2* Standard: Smite Our Foe! R5 on V; V MBA vs IU, r2+22+2 CA=26 vs 28 AC. Miss. IU Marked by V UEoVNT.LOCATION: P2DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU Marked by V UEoVNTCURRENT HP: 87/87CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Distracting Monologue: Enemies within the aura 2 grant Combat Advantage.SURGES: 1/7DAILIES EXPENDED: none[HR][/HR][ATTACH=full]383274[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]383273[/ATTACH]ROUND 4[HR][/HR]As the veil of unseeing falls over her eyes, ARUNNY tilts her head, listening to her other senses. She apprehends that her Undone Friend still lies at her feet, so she opens her mouth to allow Omthala to speak to him, using her Searing Voice:"Despite your efforts, the Sun will not turn into darkness, nor the Moon into blood: instead, your undoing of Our servant Ibhea (be it his misguided choice or no), this act of yours, most-cursed Dawnflame, will be your own Undoing. This is the Sacred Promise of the Radiant Heofoncandel."As these words are spoken, the eyes of the Seer seem to glow a inky blue, forcing the Dawnflame-Ibhea to cower and shield their eyes. Qamra moves toward her mentor, a painful hope visible on her face. Closing her blind eyes, the priestess trusts in her Goddess and -- raising her morningstar -- slams down onto the fallen undone-priest. Sensations of love, warmth, strength, and protection immediately flood into herself and her allies, while shrieks of pain are torn out of Ibhea-that-was.* Start of turn: Arunny is Blinded UEoT* Minor (Enc/MoP: slides Q 1 sq to Q3): Prophecy of Doom Divine Oracle ATK 11:  CBu5; Target: One creature (IU); Effect: BEoANT, the next time A or an ally misses the target, that ATK hits instead. NOTE: this is a House-Ruled variation of Prophecy of Doom* Move: shift 1 sq to S2; BotFM: +1 Item Bonus to AC/Reflex* Standard (Enc/MoP: slides Q 1 sq to R3): Awakening Sun M1 vs IU: r12+20+2 CA -5 Blinded = 29 vs 28 AC/Hit; D: r5,4+9+5 Vul Radiant= 23 Radiant Damage to IU, & Radiant Undoing UEoINT; Effect: A & each ally w/in 5 sq of A (Q, V, & XM) gains 10 THP.LOCATION: S2DAMAGE: 23 Radiant damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: Radiant Undoing UEoINTCURRENT HP: 76/89 10 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: BotFM (+1 Item bonus to AC/Reflex); Superior Fort (Resist 6 OG), Uncanny Dodge (CA: no +2 to hit)SURGES: 7/11DAILIES EXPENDED: Cast Fortune (roll utilized), Crest of Vigilance, Lucky Charm, General's Belt, Fourfold Invocation of Doom, Moment of Glory, Silent Malediction[HR][/HR]QAMRA -- in sync with her mentor -- sends prayers to the Maiden and channels Her Radiant Blessing into the area of Omthala's Fertile Ground on which lies the Dawnflame that swallowed Ibhea. Instantly a zone of Silver Moonlight and Flame shoot up surrounding them. Then Omthala's Radiant Shamishar steps into place and completes the triangle surrounding the fallen figure."May the Flames of Radiance and Moonlight cleanse you in fire and sustain us all!" her young voice sings out.* Standard (Daily): Warding Flame (divine, zone): ABu2 w/in 10 sq (R-V/5-1; RED SQUARE); Effect: The burst creates a zone of silver flame that lasts UEoQNT. Q & each ally w/in the zone (A & V) gain Resist 10 Fire, Resist 10 Radiance, & a +2 Power bonus to all defenses. Each enemy w/in the zone (IU) gains Vulnerable 5 Fire & Vulnerable 5 Radiant, & takes a -2 penalty to all defenses. Sustain Minor.LOCATION: S4DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: Vul 5 Fire, Vul 5 Radiant, & -2 all defenses UEoQNTCURRENT HP: 104/109 10 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Resist 10 Fire/Radiant, +2 all defenses UEoQNT (Sustain Minor)SURGES: 9/12DAILIES EXPENDED: Virtue, Warding Flame[HR][/HR]In the swirl of activity around him--bellowed harangues, colleagues shifting about, the palpable hate emanating from the warlock gone mad (or the creature within)--it takes all of VRUK's resolve to focus on the task at hand: smashing this foe.Sensing Ibhea's imminent explosion, Vruk's skin reflexively hardens with the stone crust of all true Giantkind.He reaches out and grabs the warlock by the throat, lifting him off the ground in his mighty fist. He squeezes. Ibhea's eyes bulge. Lightning crackles through Vruk's knuckles and finger tufts.Flames build and threaten to erupt from his target.* Minor: Stone's Endurance; Gain Resist 10 All UEoVNT* Standard: Grappling Strike vs IU, r14+22+2=38 vs 28 AC. Hit. r2+16=18 lightning damage & IU Grabbed. IU BLOODIED. ACTIVATES DAWNFLAME AURA. TRIGGERS LAST RITES FOR IBHEA SC.LOCATION: V5DAMAGE: 18 lightning damage to IU, IU BLOODIEDCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU Marked, Grabbed, & adjacent to V for Rain of Steel SoTCURRENT HP: 102/116 +10 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: In Warding Flame Zone (resist 10 fire, resist 10 radiant, and a +2 power bonus to all defenses), Resist 10 All (Stone's Endurance); adjacent enemy that starts its turn adjacent takes 1d8+10 lightning damageSURGES: 10/10DAILIES EXPENDED: Rain of Steel[HR][/HR]IBHEA THE UNDONE clashes with the massive Vruk yet again, tasting the sting of his blade born of lightning, but the fiery being wriggles free from the giant's grasp.The creature writhes and moves with the speed of primordial fire, Vruk's eldritch steel ringing out in aggressive parries as the violent assault that besets.  All the while, the Dawnflame now speaks directly through this twisted, infernal form of Arunny's former friend."You fool.  Your time is marked by years.  My time is unmarkable for it began before time was kept.  You cannot comprehend my will, yet pretend to be possessed of the means to subvert it!"* Starts Turn: Prone, in SFG (Vuln 10 Fire), adjacent to V's Rain of Steel; r(6) +10 = 16 lightning damage.  Dawnflame's Enmity Recharge; r(2). Fails.* Move:  Escape Acrobatics vs V's Ref; r(12) +18 = 30.  Success.* Free (Action Point for Standard):  Stand from Prone.* Standard:  Madness Made Manifest, shift 3 to X4...TRIGGERS ARUNNY'S BATTLE AWARENESS IMMEDIATE INTERUPT (ENC.): An enemy that is adjacent to A SHIFTS or makes an attack that does not include A as a target; EFFECT: A makes a MBA: Eldritch Strike: r20+20+2 CA = Critical vs 28-2 Def=26 AC/Hit; D: 10+9+ r1,2,4 = 26 damage to IU, forgoes slide.As ARUNNY's sight returns, Maba's Piercing Eye quickly reacts to the creature's movement. With an eldritch shriek, she slams her morningstar into the side of its head, causing smoldering flames to glow in its eyesockets.SAME TRIGGERS V's COMBAT CHALLENGE (ADJACENT ENEMY SHIFTS) vs IU's AC: r(4) +22 = 26.  MISS.  TRIGGERS A's Prophecy of Doom, Effect: Before the end of your next turn, the next time you or an ally miss the target, that attack hits instead. Vruk's CC damage = r1+18 (Bloodied) = 19 lightning damage vs IU and V shifts 1 sq to W6 (Mobile Challenge; After you hit an enemy with a melee basic attack granted by your Combat Challenge class feature, you can shift 1 square.).After the mad creature slips his grasp and Arunny makes it pay the price for its blasphemous turn, VRUK lashes out with his short blade as Ibhea the Undone attempts to navigate around him."You stay here! Face Vruk! And power of storm!"Lightning explodes as the blade connects against the demented warlock...cont > <s>Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs V's AC</s>...TRIGGERS QAMRA's DIMENTIONAL VORTEX IMMEDIATE INTERRUPT (ENC) R10: An enemy hits an ally with a melee attack; ATK: r8+17 (possibly more modifiers depending upon where IU shifts after first attack) = 25 vs 25 Will/Hit: Teleport IU 5 sq to W2. IU then makes its Melee ATK against a creature Q chooses. If no creatures are w/in range of target, ATK IS EXPENDED.  IU IN SQ W2QAMRA is pure instinct as she creates a dimensional vortex to contain and relocate her former ally... hopefully far enough away from her new ally, but still within Her zone of Silver Flames....cont > shift 3 to U5> Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs V's AC > shift 2 to X4 > Eldritch Strike (M2, fire, necrotic, weapon) vs V's AC: r(2, <s>19</s>, 15) +19 -2 (RU) = 19, <s>36</s>, 32.  <s>Hit V x 1.  r(5, 4) +5 = 14 fire and necrotic damage to V.</s>LOCATION: IU in X4, V in W6DAMAGE: 61 incoming lightning damage to IU. <s>14 fire damage to V.</s>CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES:  V begins turn in Dawnflame Aura 1CURRENT HP: 194/560CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Marked by V UEoVNT, starts turn adjacent to V for Rain of Steel, -2 ATK (Radiant Undoing) UEoANT, SFG increase Radiant Vuln to 10 UEoIUNT, 1/2 APs[HR][/HR]Sensing the satisfaction of ending the blasphemous life of their former friend--his mentor in faith!--nearing, XIN MAE closes in, stepping behind the Golden General, and exhorts their Giant ally to strike Ibhea again.Vruk holds his short blade aloft--short in his beefy fist but truly the length of a man's height--and it crackles with lightning. The Giant strikes the mad warlock-priest and the weapon explodes with electricity.* Move: 2 sq to R2* Standard: Smite Our Foe! R 5 on V; V MBA vs IU, r8+22=30 vs 28 AC. Hit. r5+16+2 Bloodied=23 lightning damage to IU and IU Marked UEoVNT.LOCATION: R2DAMAGE: 23 lightning damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU Marked by V UEoVNTCURRENT HP: 87/87CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Distracting Monologue: Enemies within the aura 2 grant Combat Advantage.SURGES: 1/7DAILIES EXPENDED: none[HR][/HR][ATTACH=full]383594[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]383593[/ATTACH][HR][/HR]Through the Silver Flames of Qamra's Warding Zone, ARUNNY carefully observes the liquidity of molecules surrounding Ibhea-Dawnflame. Is she merely practicing wishful thinking, or is she truly seeing a slow leak of flame from the wound she has just given the creature. Is there a crack in its skull? Is this the way to exorcise the Dawnflame from Omthala's fallen whiskey priest?Maba's Piercing Eye steels her nerves and follows with her feet the slow leak to its fiery source. The heat of its aura is incredibly intense, but the Seer feels only warmth, confident in the Divine protection they are all receiving through Qamra's actions and through her own. The Heofoncandel protects its own. Arunny lifts her hand up as if to cup her former companion's face, but instead she calls upon the Moon to use Her magnetism to pull the tides of Dawnflame out of the priest and to purify its fire through the filter of the Silver Flames dividing her from Ibhea-that-was-and-who-will-again-be-Omthala's.Then, drawing her hand straight back, Arunny becomes Maba's surrogate, drawing the Dawnflame out and through that fiery barrier, purifying its toxins, and releasing the molecules into the air.* Move: 3 sq to V2, entering IU's Dawnflame Aura 1, taking 15 Fire - 10 Resist Fire = 5 Fire Damage.* Standard: Spend 1 of 2 Advantages in conflict to step down the DC of Purge the Dawnflame from DC 25 to DC 18 (Arcana, Nature, Religion; Standard Action, Adjacent to Ibhea):  Arunny makes a Nature check to exorcise the Dawnflame from Ibhea: r18+13=32 vs DC 25/Success; Effect: Ibhea loses Dawnflame Aura and Dawnflame Emnity.ARUNNY ENDS HER TURN WITHOUT MAKING AN ATTACK TRIGGERS X'S MIND OUR ENEMIES NOW! Immediate Reaction; Ranged 10; Trigger: An ally within 10 squares of you ends his or her turn without having made an attack. Target: The triggering ally. Effect: The target can either make a basic attack or charge an enemy as a free action, even if the target is dominated or stunned. If the attack hits, it deals 1d10 extra damage. A ELDRITCH STRIKE VS IU, r2+20=22 vs 28 AC. Miss.Observing the priestess demonstrating mercy to their betrayer, XIN MAE's blood boils. "No, Arunny!" he shouts. "Strike him down where he stands. This filth does not deserve forgiveness!"But the Golden General does not strike. In fact, her shoulders slump a little in her shining armor, and she casts her eyes downward momentarily in dejection at the hatred in the breast of her friend.LOCATION: V2DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Dawnflame PurgedCURRENT HP: 72/85 5 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: Superior Fort (Resist 6 OG), Uncanny Dodge (CA: no +2 to hit); w/in Warding Flame ZoneSURGES: 7/11DAILIES EXPENDED: Cast Fortune (roll utilized), Crest of Vigilance, Lucky Charm, General's Belt, Fourfold Invocation of Doom, Moment of Glory, Silent Malediction[HR][/HR]With the eager eye of a diligent student, QAMRA watches the actions of her mentor and nods -- to no one in particular -- her understanding of what she must do.With a murmur of thanks to the Heofoncandel in keeping their protections in place, the Radiant Shamishar races through and out of the Silver Flames and into battle aside her mentor. Those Flames -- still drawn to the young warrior -- lick at her heels, holding at arms length the more harmful fire of the attacks from Ibhea the Undone.Omthala, surely eager to reclaim the soul of Her lost priest, lends Her Coronal Flare to the swing of Qamra's scimitar, and surely would burn the retinas of its victim, if the creature still had them.* Minor: Sustain Warding Flame Zone* Move: 5 sq to X2, avoiding any OA's* Standard: Coronal Flare (divine, weapon) M1 vs IU: r14+17+2 CA =33 vs 27 Reflex/Hit; D: r2,2,5+7 Fire & Radiant +5 Vul Radiant = 21 Fire & Radiant to IU, & 1 creature w/in 10 sq (IU) takes 5 Radiant +5 Vul Radiant =10 Radiant damage & -2 penalty to ATKs UEoQNT; Total Damage: 31 Fire & Radiant damage to IULOCATION: X2DAMAGE: 31 Fire & Radiant to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU: -2 ATKs UEoQNTCURRENT HP: 104/109 10 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: WFZ (Resist 10 Fire/Radiant, +2 all defenses UEoQNT) (Sustain Minor)SURGES: 9/12DAILIES EXPENDED: Virtue, Warding Flame[HR][/HR]So much is going on. The scholar shouts and fumes. The priestess extinguishes the warlock's flames. The warrior radiates light so bright it hurts his eyes and makes VRUK squint. Still, the Giant knows his task. It is to bring the power of the storm to bear upon their foe. Vruk holds his bare hand aloft, lightning playing across his fingertips. "Look," he says as he wiggles his fingers in imitation of a flying creature. "Stormhawk takes flight! And lunges at foe!"He darts his hand down with incredible speed and grasps the warlock by the neck once again. Ibhea sputters and coughs, his airways cut off by the Giant's grasp.* Standard: Grappling Strike vs IU, r6+22+2 Flank=30 vs 28 AC. Hit. r4+16+2 Bloodied=22 lightning damage & Grabbed. Marked UEoVNT.* Ends turn: Stone's Endurance ends.LOCATION: W6DAMAGE: 22 lightning damage to IUCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: IU Marked, Grabbed, & adjacent to V for Rain of Steel SoTCURRENT HP: 102/116 +10 THPCURRENT DE/BUFFS: adjacent enemy that starts its turn adjacent takes 1d8+10 lightning damageSURGES: 10/10DAILIES EXPENDED: Rain of Steel[HR][/HR]The Dawnflame having mostly been exorcised from his corporeal remains and Delban seeming so very far in his most desperate moment of need, IBHEA THE UNDONE draws upon the remnant power of his apotheosis.  But its not enough...The heroes stand.  United.  Powerful.  Radiant.  Unbending.How could it have come to this?  How is Ibhea not among them and challenging some terrible foe?  How is Ibhea the terrible foe?  The man, somewhere tucked inside the labyrinthine madness, feels small. He disconnects from what is before him.  He's the boy...the abandoned street urchin curled in a rotted urban alley...covered in filth...empty belly agrowl wondering when its next meal will come...looking up at a dark night sky that bears no celestial succor.* Starts Turn: Adjacent to V's Rain of Steel; r(2) +10 = 12 lightning damage. Dawnflame's Enmity Recharge; r(6). Recharges.* Move: Escape Acrobatics vs V's Ref; r(6) +18 = 24. Fails.* Standard:  Event Horizon (CBu3; creatures, necrotic, zone) vs V, Q, A Fort: r(11, 4, 17) +17 -2 (RU) -2 (CF) = 24, 17, 30.  Miss all.LOCATION: X4DAMAGE: 12 incoming lightning damage to IU.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 106/560CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Dawnflame Aura and Dawnflame's Enmity removed, Event Horizon Exhausted, Marked and Grabbed by V UEoVNT, starts turn adjacent to V for Rain of Steel, -2 ATK (Radiant Undoing) UEoANT, -2 ATK (Coronal Flare) UEoQNT, 1/2 APs.[HR][/HR]THIS COMBAT IS A WRAP. The PCs are sufficiently fortified and healthy that I can neither challenge nor threaten them. The only matter left to be resolved is whether Arunny is able to Adjure Caiphon's Influence (DC 30): Heal (standard action, adjacent to Ibhea, Ibhea must have 70 or less hit points).  Effect: Ibhea temporarily regains his sanity and passes peacefully from this world into the bosom of Omthala and Maba.[USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER] will make that move in a subsequent post which also will vignette the resolution to the Paragon arc of play for these characters.We'll then cut back to Pa'avu and Chanvati et al to resolve their Paragon arc of play.[HR][/HR]Intense real life schedules for the next month. This game will be on hiatus until early December (when we’ll vignette this and cut back to P & C et al).</blockquote>

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