Artifact Hunters

[BlueWizard]

Arha, still in the Landing Chamber, gets the attention of the falling, flaming demons, as she casts her spell and becomes wreathed in black flames. They can't see her through the doorway yet, but heard the voices. She hears a voice in her head, "Join us now. Or die!"

Anduran has to wait momentarily as the falling demons come closer to him....
He will strike with full attack ability against the demons when they close in on him... right now the demons are considered falling in mid-air, near the ceiling, at the top of thick columns.

Tevrier is near the back of the group, and won't be able to get there in time. He can prepare bolas or get ready some other way. {Can be retro'd} He will hold until the demons land and he can see them better over the group.

Raven is right there as Anduran steps through into the dark columned chamber. His fear-stricken minds recalls these beasts as servants of the Balor. They were failed Balors, the Palrethee, now in constant torment in eternal burning fire. This obviously did nothing to them, neither did poison nor electricity. Not much for that matter, but he thinks somewhere in the back of his tormented thoughts that they might be vulnerable to cold! And pain!
The mighty duskblade leaps high into the air in a mighty jump and chops deeply into the closest one. The red demon screeches in pain as Raven's sword rips the red one in two and it bursts in a small explosion of green and yellow fire sending it back to the Abyss. The explosion does nothing to Raven, but he does take fire damage from the flames that licked him as he struck the demon in mid-air. {dam: 92, 20 did not go through.... though it was good enough to kill it from the material plane. Fire damage to Raven:13}

The blue screeches in horror, "Killing us only makes us stronger! We will return!"

The blue demon nears Anduran and he swipes brutally at it as Raven lands gracefully nearby in the great hall. All deflect off the demons strange natural armor. He manages to avoid getting burnt, because of his misses.

Tevrier's bola strikes the demon with a toss over all your heads, but the palrethee manages not to get tangled in the metal balls and cord.

Sonny slams into it, but deflects off it. He takes some fire damage, from the demon wreathed in blue-white hot streaks. {d:11}

When the blue demon finally lands the terror of it's presence settles in!
{Fear saves}
success: {all shaken for 1 round}
Ramona 20+2
Tevrier 18+5
Sonny 12+4
Raven 13+6-2
Sharon 11+6

failed: {must flee!}
Anduran 2+4
Arha 8+6
Valimar 6+3-2 {Overcame SR}
Illanee

Feeling its fear aura emanate from it, it boldly ignores frightened Anduran, and moves to slay the human that destroyed its partner's mortal form. "You I will feast upon now!" The beast swings around and slams Raven over the head with a fiery long sword it had hidden in the flames around it. {d:12 + 2 fire} The flaming sword also causes the heroic duskblade to catch fire! {reflex save: 7+3-2; d:4} This will also cause some of Raven's items to catch fire as well! Raven is now burning in white-blue flames!

Sharon targets the demon with a magic missile, but the spell fizzles on its spell resistance!

Ramona can get herself ready and armed as she pushes to the front of the group to squash this beast. But, it is a very crowded chamber in which she must push through.

Illanee heads up the stairs and flees the battle, but does so carefully, as she doesn't like where she is now either, surrounded in the evil, swirling stairwell again!

Valimar is at least not far to help sprint by any demons here. He and Illanee are only 30 feet up, before the slow their escape. They are frightened, but leaving the group now would only get them more killed.... and they were all still alive. But for now the drow were frightened. Even her husband Raven's endangerment is magically pushed out of her conscious thoughts!

End Round 1-------------------------------->

{OOC- For future battle notes also post the material your sword is made of, it matters. }


Initiatives:
Arha 13+7 fear!
Raven 14+4 {-2} {hp 9/40} is ON FIRE
Anduran fear
Tevrier
Sonny {d:11}
Fiery Demons!!!!!!!!
Sharon 4+3
Ramona 5+2
Illanee fear
Valimar 1+4 {-2} fear

[Roland St. Jude]

Raven

Raven drinks a potion, though it seems for an instant as if he may douse himself with it. Then he flees the demon while cursing in some language none of you have ever heard him speak before. Some of you may recognize it as Draconic.

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Drink potion of Cure Serious Wounds for (3d8+5)[20]
Run ahead, away from the demon, if possible.

AC: 24
HP: 29

[Ruik]

Valimar Kil'ana

Despite the magically induced fear coursing through him, Valimar is not unaware of the danger his friends are in, and attempts to master himself long enough to make use of his arcane powers.

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Ok, so not sure if Valimar is still running scared or not. If possible, he will cast Haste on Raven.

[androgial]

anduran

anduran flees in the fastest mode possible to him, he flickers and vanishes.

[amanodel]

Sonny

The large thug follows the demon that attacked Raven, and tries to drive his sai at it's back.

Attack, damage, sneak attack damage (1d20+8=10, 1d4+4=6, 3d6=15)

[wxdruid]

Arha hears the voice but the fear overwhelms any thoughts of fighting and she goes back towards the stairs.

[BlueWizard]

Arha becomes the most frightened anyone has seen her, and retreats up with the two drow.

Raven retreats five feet and drinks the potion and retreats. The action will unfortunately draw an attack from the blue Palrethee if Raven moves farther. {AoO}

Anduran makes a safe retreat away from the demon, and toward the stairs, brushing by Ramona on her way out. Anduran can tell a strange chaotic magic is in the air that may hinder any magical portation powers here. Something even worse could happen to him if he uses any powers like this.


The way is clear for Tevrier with nearly half the group retreating. He whips up his scythe and charges up to the currently unengaged demon. {7+13+2 miss} Tevrier strikes the beast, but merely scrapes the tough demon's flesh, and blue-white flame licks Tevrier a bit. {fire d:11}

Sonny slides around the man-sized demon, opposite where Tevrier attacked. His sai misses the demon, but he avoids the encircling blue-white flames.

With Sonny and Tevrier only on him, and the nearby Raven healing up, the demon decides to attack the meanest of the two men, Sonny. The flaming blade whips twice around Sonny, the quick, big man avoids one flaming slice, but not another! Sonny manages to pull away before the flames caught him on fire, but the hot blade did cause some pain! {d:9 + 6 fire}
Raven will take a little more fire damage as the flames continue to lick his body. {d:2}

Sharon will flip out her heavy bedroll, and wrap it around Raven. A complete action of this will extinguish the flames on Raven. {OOC- DM action. Sharon's bedroll is now fire damaged, though.... perhaps, Raven can buy her a nice soft silk one... someday.}

Ramona is waiting nearby the monster to step in and get her full attacks. Now she engages! She does hold in her rage... for now. {7+11 miss; 18+6 d:13; 4+11 miss} Ramona can see the wound she did make close up, as if her magical weapon didn't bother it at all! She does take some fire damage! {d:13 and 11 fire}

Illanee and Valimar are huddled in the stairwell with heads tucked into one another. It is the only way they feel safe... that and the sounds of their friends fighting below them. {OOC- Valimar is panicked and can only use spells to escape.} Arha will come upon this scene and begin to relax a little, she too is panicked, but knows rushing up alone would only get her killed. Anduran is still at the bottom of the stairwell at this point of his panicked state.

End Round 2------------------------------------->

Initiatives:
Arha 13+7 fear!
Raven 14+4 {-2} {hp 27/40}
Anduran fear
Tevrier 45/56
Sonny {hp 12/38}
Fiery Demons!!!!!!!!
Sharon 4+3
Ramona 5+2 {48/72}
Illanee fear
Valimar 1+4 {-2} fear

[androgial]

anduran

anduran climbs the stairs to the rest of the huddled group affected by the fear and stops. he cant leave men behind.

weapons

longsword +2, made of steel
short sword +2, made of steel
longbow, made of yew
arrows, made of hawthorn or elm (whichever was most plentiful when he crafted them back in menga)

[BlueWizard]

OOC- Hahah... I meant special materials.

[wxdruid]

Arha stops where the others are huddled, she doesn't touch anyone, her spell should still be active.

[Roland St. Jude]

Raven

Raven is comforted by Sharon's aid, and not just because he isn't on fire anymore. Oddly calm, at least on the outside, he steps back once more, drinking another potion, if time permits, and then casting a spell that makes him flash blue briefly. Despite his outer calm, one can see that his hands still shake.

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5' step, drink potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (2d8+3)[15], and cast Resist Energy (20, fire, 70 mins).

Still shaken.
AC: 24
HP: 42

[Severedevil]

Tevrier

Tevrier recoils in surprise at the pain of striking the creature, but Ramona's charge reaffirms his determination. Stepping around to pin it against Ramona, he makes two quick strikes with his adamantium scythe, first for the demon's torso and second for its base of stability. Tevrier grits his teeth against the burning pain that's sure to come.

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Attack 1d20+15=25, damage. 2d4+10=14. The second attack is a trip attack, touch attack 1d20+10=19, Strength check to trip 1d20+10=30!

Tevrier's weapon is a +1 adamantine scythe. It's also aberration bane, of course, so on the off-chance that these 'demons' are actually aberrations he gets a +2 attack/damage bonus and +2d6 damage to his attacks.

Between travel and sickness, Severedevil has been inactive for a while. My apologies; I've returned properly now.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Sharon

Sharon, figuring that ice will help combat fire demons, sends a sphere of ice winging towards one of the demons. She seems more eager to enter this fight than others she had engaged in previously, although not so much so that she would neglect her allies' needs.

(Back, hopefully for the duration.

Sharon casts Lesser Orb of Electricity (cold substitution). Ranged touch attack +6; 4d8 damage. No spell resistance.

Also, in addition to the everburning torch, Sharon's wearing her goggles of night.)

[BlueWizard]

Arha is near the two drow in the stairway. She keeps her distance, and they all stare in fear at the walls.

Raven remains back as others in the front-line try to fend that last beast off. When he drinks the potion he looks 100%. He feels the fire resistance click in, and feels confident he can finish this beast.

Anduran finds the 3 other frightened allies in the stairwell.

Tevrier strikes the beast with the adamantium scythe, he rips open flesh, which quickly seals itself up. He is also singed in the process! {d:13} The trip merely clips off the strong legs, and he is once again burned! {d:9} He looks pretty singed, but still standing.

With Sonny barely standing, {DM action} he backs away and attempts to use his wand to cure him. He fails, and for now doesn't draw the attention of the demon. {He is still only 5 feet away.}

The demon looks at the big half-orc wielding the two-headed axe as if its a toothpick, and wail into her. Her chain-shirt protects her from the first attack, but a mighty come-back swing slashes and burns her right arm. {d:10 fire 4} She manages to pull away before the blue-white fire envelops her.

Sharon aims a small orb of frost at the demon, {13+6 d:10 -Two 1's, but doubled to twenty!} it explodes painfully on the beast and it howls horribly as the ice dissipates to steam. Sharon has now drawn its attention.

Ramona hits the beast three times across the demon's chest and only one blow did any harm.

Illanee and Valimar are still frightened, but slightly comforted by the presence of their companions.

End Round 3----------------------------------->

Initiatives:
Arha 13+7 fear!
Raven 14+4 {-2} {hp full/40}
Anduran fear
Tevrier 23/56
Sonny {hp 12/38}
Fiery Blue Demon!!!!!!!!
Sharon 4+3
Ramona 5+2 {34/72}
Illanee fear
Valimar 1+4 {-2} fear

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Sharon attempts the same trick, backing up (either five foot or further, if possible to do so without drawing an AoO) before lobbing another blob of ice at the demon.

(Unless of course, the demon drops her into negative HP, in which case, I expect she bleeds.)

[Roland St. Jude]

Raven

Raven's hands still shake, but he leaps forward, blocking the demon's path to Sharon, and hacking at it with his greatsword. "Begone!" he cries channelling all this fear and anger into his sword arm, and his voice.

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Still Shaken

Charging Leap Attack/Power Attack
jump - (1d20+27)[36]
atk - (1d20+12)[22]
dmg - (2d6+35)[41] x 2 Valorous = 82

AC: 17 (7 power attack penalty shifted to AC via shock trooper)

[androgial]

anduran

they are still fighting....must run from demon....cant leave men behind while still fighting.........do something anduran do something

anduran makes an attempt to do something other than run away, he sheathes his longsword and pricks his index finger with his short sword.

attempting to change the writing on the wall with his own blood.(i figure a will save to do something other than run, another vrs the runes already there, and a third to try to change them into asgardian runes of courage and protection)(will save +4, +2 from mirror vrs fear/insanity)

[amanodel]

Sonny

Angrily, Sonny drops the wand that failed him, and with a weird sommersault, he jumps back Tumble - (1d20+10)[16] out of the demon's reach. Seeing that his sai cannot damage the monster at all, he pulls Ymelda's magical bow, and places an arrow upon the string, aiming for the demon. He leaves the meelee for his companions with significally bigger weapons.

[wxdruid]

Arha is still scared, but worries about Sharon.

[BlueWizard]

Arha is still frightened.

Raven on his recovery has stepped out into the greater darkness of the chamber and charges again with his leaping attack and a clear path. However, his mighty blow deflects off the tough flesh of the blue demon. It roars with laughter as Raven takes more fire damage. {d:12}

Anduran is in fear with the others.... {OOC- Saw the rolls }
He fails to even look at the walls or do anything, but focuses only on the allies around him.

Tevrier tries a serious of slashes and trips again, but again fails to fell the strong demon.

Sonny tumbles safely away from combat, but he needn't worry, at the moment the demon looks only to Raven.

The demon lashes out violently, missing Raven once, but clipping the duskblade with the fiery blade on a second jab. Raven burns again! {d:11 fd:6} The white-blue flames jump from the sword and engulf Raven, he is on fire again! {d:1}

Sharon lobs another ice orb at the distracted demon's head. It is a direct hit, and kills it instantly. {20+6, confirm 20+6, kill 18+6; only allowed for PCs } The steamy explosion sends the dead, headless, blue demon back to the Abyss.

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Less than a minute later everyone else will have overcome the magical fear effect. Not much time will be given to recovery, as the sound of frantic foot steps running comes from the great darkness ahead of you all.

Raven can be put out with help from a burnt up bedroll....

[amanodel]

Sonny

The thug quickly picks up his healing wand, and tosses it to Tevrier. Scratching his burnt wounds, ha says: Rangers can use this mojo better than me, as far as I know.

Hearing the advancing footsteps, he readies his bow, aiming into the darkness, waiting for something to appear.

[Roland St. Jude]

Raven

[OOC:Fire Resistance 20 should negate the fire damage and being on fire, right? I cast energy resistance in round 3.]

Raven remains on edge, but once the demon is destroyed, he stops moving entirely. He returns to looking about in a paranoid fashion and grips his sword tightly.

[BlueWizard]

OOC- Raven has taken no fire damage.

[androgial]

anduran


with the overwhelming fear from those two demons gone anduran rushes back to the fighters that managed to stay fighting, just in time to hear the approaching footfalls.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Sharon appears quite gleeful about the death of the demon, even emitting a short laugh before going to check on Arha and the others. She whips her head around as she catches the sound of the approaching footsteps, a few seconds later than the others, peering into the dark beyond the circle of light from her torch.

[Roland St. Jude]

Raven

Raven sips gingerly at a potion of cure light wounds and turns to put his blade between himself and the new noises.

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clw - (1d8+1)[3]

[wxdruid]

Arha goes back to join Sharon. Her Death Armor has 2 rounds to go.

[BlueWizard]

About two minutes after Sharon destroyed the last demon, the loud footsteps are so near you can now see who sprints toward you from the great chamber.

It is the woman in pink dragon armor, she is weeping and distraught, "No! No! No! Don't go on! The dragon will kill you! she is coming now to kill me! Go, and take me with you!"

The pink dragon-armor clad woman emerges into the lowlight. Her helmet is off, and red hair bounces wildly. She is quite sexy and imposing in the armor, but clearly upset.

She will bound to Sonny's feet and prostrate herself before him, "I love you, and will serve you until the end of my days. I don't know why... but I trust you." This fine noble woman shames herself publicly, as she kisses Sonny's dirty boots., and says this before you all. "Hurry... SHE comes... hurry!"

[Ruik]

Valimar Kil'ana

Still staying close to Illanee, the shaken Valimar once again tries to pull himself together to face this new threat.

[Toliudar]

Ramona
AC 19. HP 34/72

Aching from the flames and the weird demon-thing's claws, Ramona is having trouble focusing on the miserable pink woman's pathetic display.

What IS it with these "civilized" girls. There's GOTTA be some middle ground between trying to kill a man and kissing his boots. And...oh, great! The big steamer again.

Quickly slipping her axe back into its loop, Ramona draws and tests her bow. Then, remembering the special item she'd stumbled on back in the city, she reaches into the brown bag at her belt and tosses a small ball of fur onto the ground. Quickly, it expands to become a bear, glistening thick fur, more than 4 feet tall at the shoulder. Glancing around at group, the bear focuses on Ramona.

Go, uh, stand off ta the side by the doorway over there. Bite something if'n it comes in here.

Shrugging to Tevrier, Ramona turns her attention to Sonny and the drama unfolding with the woman in pink.

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Tan bag of tricks (1d100=2)