Bastion of Broken Souls [IC]

[Ellas Aramond]

Even with Edmund's almost unbreakable concentration, the attack proves no match for the forces of random chance, letting the blade cut through the air as the fiend blinks through the attack.

Completely ignoring the attempted attack, the six-armed creature continues it's assault on Aedras, letting her barbed chains fly at the rogue. (165 damage)

A few seconds later, Aedras falls to the floor in a bloody heap, the life flayed from his body.

Lothar's Turn

[Qualia]

Lothar

The man in the harlequin rags makes his way towards the bar staff shouting "Come to me and you'll be safe."

After a few incantations, he conjures a Magic Circle vs Evil.

He studies the creature, seeking to determine whether it is indeed a foul demon from the pits of hell, or an elaborate illusion.

Know - planes (1d20+12)[17]
Know - arcana (1d20+12)[14]

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Sorry for posting out of order

[Ellas Aramond]

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Don't worry about it, I actually had completely forgotten that you had. PMing knowledge results.

Vedin's Turn

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Vedin the Grey steps out of the bathroom to see the creature in the room, the tattooed wizard doesn't appear to be phased by it, however, and in fact he wears a small smile as he gazes at the creature. The wolf is gone, but a sickly green quasit sits smirking on his shoulder, chittering in amusement. "Kezzu barr'sk Cathezar? Zazzrik vuukath ghaal'kell athk, merru kazra. Heh... Makra jeeu'luuk, Cathezar."
"Vaak vennok! Screhehehehe..."
After the demonologist and his sinister little imp speak a malign set of words that none of you understand, Vedin holds out his hand to the beast and the light grey in his eyes becomes supernaturally piercing as he gazes at the creature.

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Using my Dominate Demon class feature, it ignores spell resistance. DC 27 Will save or this bitch is mine.

[Ellas Aramond]

The fiend glares at Vedin, shrugging off his feeble attempts at control."Gengraath ningen. Mak'de askann fragan dul'summoth!"

Zhang's Turn

[WhiteKnight777]

Zhang Zhi

With a grim gleam in his eye as he saw his comrade fall, Zhang gave a sudden shout. Dropping into a subtly different stance, he began to strike out at the demon with his fists, a deep azure aura surrounding him as he move, trailing after him and leaving searing afterimages on the eye as he struck with all the weight of ages behind his blows.

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Activating Unstoppable Fist of Time, using Perfect Mastery so it lasts multiple rounds, just in case...

"Attack 1" - (1d20+25)[44]
"Attack 2" - (1d20+20)[38]
"Attack 3" - (1d20+20)[39]
"Attack 4" - (1d20+20)[24]

"Damage 1" - (1d8+6)[11]
"Damage 2" - (1d8+6)[7]
"Damage 3" - (1d8+6)[8]
"Damage 4" - (1d8+6)[12]

"Disintegrate Damage 1" - (36d6)[134]
"Disintegrate Damage 2" - (36d6)[131]
"Disintegrate Damage 3" - (36d6)[118]
"Disintegrate Damage 4" - (36d6)[122]

Demon needs to make 2 fort saves for every attack that hits - one for the disintegrate spells, one to avoid dying instantly. All DC's are 31.

[Ellas Aramond]

The feral snarl of the many armed fiend becomes a cry of pain as Zhang's strikes deliver a wave of life ending energy straight into its body. After a few moments, it falls to the ground, dead.

Battle Over! 3,240 XP each

As everything settles, a particularly handsome man steps out from a far corner, applauding. He is dressed in dark clothes, and carries a short sword belted at his side.

"Bravo!" He says as he approaches. "Bravo! And here I thought that one such as the Cathezar wasn't beaten so easily. But I will admit, at the start, it looked like you needed a little help; so I was preparing to step in."

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Vedin turns to the newcomer, his expression barely changing. He doesn't speak yet but his quasit familiar spits some kind of brown ichor and utters a curse in abyssal, "Yacha Craw'lekk!" He closed his eyes and laughed ever so quietly.
"Pardon Ikkor... he is ever so intentionally anti-social. But he can hardly be blamed..." He approaches the newcomer. "...you're new. He does not like anyone new." He holds his muscled demon arm up to allow Ikkor to perch on it and stare at him with a malign look to him.

[Qualia]

Lothar

Lothar walks over to Aedras and checks on the condition of his old ally.

"It seems some of us did not survive the conflict as well as others. That foul Marilith may not be alone. I need to resurrect Aedras but this will take some time. Can you stand guard whilst I attempt to call him back to us, for we have work to do and none may shirk it so quickly.."

[The Demented One]

"So just what the hell is a Cathezar?" Edmund asks, annoyed he was unable to hit it. "And why do they teleport into perfectly good bars and make people throw down perfectly good mugs of ale to go kill them? And speaking of which, just why the hell couldn't we hit it?" His annoyance sated, he goes over to Lothar.

"I can back you up while you get Aedras back up amng the living."

[WhiteKnight777]

Zhang Zhi

Zhang Zhi held his pose for a seemingly endless moment. His fist had barely touched the Marilith, but where it had impacted, the weight of ten thousand years had fallen all at once upon the demonic creature. Even it's immortal body could not stand the impact, and it slumped to the ground. Zhang allowed himself no satisfaction, however. Once of their companions had passed beyond the veil, if only temporarily. After a moment, he slowly relaxed his pose, and moved to stand guard over their fallen comrade and his savior.

I, too will stand guard, and I, too wonder what this creature was, and what it's motives were.

[Ellas Aramond]

"What is a Cathezar?" The man eyes Edmund, "Well, there is only one of them. It is an agent of a demon lord of the Abyss known as Aamenul. My question is, what have the five of you done to anger a demon lord?"

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Vedin stood there with just a tiny smirk. "I havn't the slightest."

[Qualia]

Lothar

Lothar kneels over his fallen friend, tidying up the body as best he can. He clears a circle, and places candles in the four cardinel directions. Drawing sacred runes around the body, he begins to intone in a low voice, calling Aedras back to his body.

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Cast resurrection

[The Demented One]

"Well..." Edmund says, thoughtfully. "There was this one time me and Vedin released the imprisoned soul of a saint-martyr from the Abyss, but that was years ago. Demons don't hold grudges, do they?" he asks, directing the question towards Vedin.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

He looked over at him for a few moments with a blank expression, and answered with as little feeling to his voice as possible, "Yes. Yes, they do."

[WhiteKnight777]

Zhang Zhi

The monk's face was inscrutable as he spoke "The demons walk a path to mu, to emptiness... and are intent on dragging all with them. For that, though, they hold exceeding grudges. Still, it would be odd, would it not, for a demon to revenge an insult on another without some motive of its own. So which demon lord was it whence you rescued the captive soul? " Zhang asked in a manner that indicated he already knew the answer, and was only asking the question to provoke thought.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

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The DM might ought to post...

[Ellas Aramond]

After a few minutes, the flayed corpse of Aedras' body glows with a pure, white light. Slowly the glow fades, revealing your comrade back in full health once again, if not a little worse for wear.

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Aedras is back.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

"I know not the demon lord, but the balor in guardianship of the captured soul so long ago is now under my binds. Perhaps an interrogation is in order." Vedin has an unsettling smile on his face and his quasit chitters with twisted joy.

[Regord_Silentflame]

Aedras groans, getting wearily to his feet, and stretching out his muscles
"I wish I could say that's the first time that's ever happened"

[Qualia]

Lothar

The cleric wanders over to the bar and grabs two mugs of ale. He hands one to Aedras 'Get this down you son'. He takes a swig from his mug,wiping the froth away with the back of his hand.

'Thank you for the information friend, this could prove most helpful. Can I ask your interest in this matter, and how you come to be so knowledgeable about the pit.'

[Regord_Silentflame]

Aedras accepts the drink, and sits down at a table, watching everyone else with not so much scrutiny as curiosity.

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Vedin the Grey looks over Lothar quickly. "When one stares into the Abyss, the Abyss stares back. I, however... watched it from within for a longer time than I could have ever hoped. Luckily I came back with knowledge and... more." He clenches his claw as he looks at it.

[WhiteKnight777]

Zhang Zhi

Zhang Zhi looked sanguine, as always. however, he was concerned, and he gave voice to those concerns It would be wise to remember, however, that demons are fundamentally creatures of untruth... I hope you have a way to compel from the demon some unnatural semblance of honesty, friend Vedin.