Scene III: Into Elysium

[artemis]

Xianna is wracked with pain as Jocyl shares the bebilith's wound with her.

"Mother of Mephistopheles! Ow, that sodden burns!" Xianna exclaims as the pain rushes through her.
This fight had gotten way out of control. She moved herself away from Jocyl and the bebilith, she certainly wasn't gonna fall for that again.
Backing away from melee, and away from the newly gated in daemons, she begins to cast what she hopes is an effective spell against the Nycaloth.
Inish:
[dice=10+2]
Melf's Acid Arrow:
[dice=20]
Dam:
[dice=2d4]
lasts 2 rounds
Lower opponents' magic resistance: 9%
[whisper=Stix,artemis]Xianna realizes that today is not the day to destroy the power, she just wants to live through this fight.[/whisper][rand=2354148913001825642447889449287839073971968480276980744149613989]

[artemis]

OOC: well I messed that post all up. I'm a lil sick and feverish sooooooo.....sorries!

[Stix]

Nycaloth initiative
[dice=10+3][rand=5182483259108565558827410773918228358926720580598873307656552211]

[Stix]

(I'm gonna call round 4 to a close so we can keep the action moving.)

As the blows are turned aside by its armor and fiendish hide, the greater yugoloth's form seems to collapse in upon itself, leaving a foul, smoky shape roughly the same size in its place. Xianna's arrow flies right by it, and the continued assaults from Nuuko, John and Tllith pass through it without harm.

Meanwhile, the wedge formation of mezzoloths tromps toward the group, their weapons at the ready.

Abaia raises her head to spy the advancing fiends... one razor-tipped limb twitches, slicing the ground beneath her as she surveys the yugoloths.


Round 5

Mezzoloth group initiative
[dice=10+8]

Abaia initiative
[dice=10+10][rand=124040337228415016795487565809266320756572063511558182683965157]

[TheGratefulNed]

As the fiend's form becomes insubstantial Gl'Fnak remains behind the smoky shape, keeping a close eye on it to see if it starts to turn. Making a few more furtive and subtle hand gestures, the tiefling smiles revealing slightly pointed white teeth.

Round 5
Initiative: +3 casting time, -1 Cipher bonus
[dice=10+3][rand=229688744987789683003250267092453063968777338084379408147977134357]

[TheGratefulNed]

((Oops, that should have been a +2 modifier. Init = 7))

[Tllith]

Tllith, round 5, turns and breathes a cone of sleep on the conveniently-arranged mezzoloths.

[dice=10+3][rand=80591803009331973952047862675216570126649866282616713435562943199]

[john]

John frowns as the Nycaloth apparently becomes a vapor, and roars to Hadrian, "I'll hold the small fry, see if you can't figure a way to baffle the big bastard!"

[dice=10+7]

And at that, after Tillith's flame, he charges headlong, smashing into the mezzoloth's formation center, the morningstar battering away at them, trying to make a swift and decisive impact on them.

[dice=20] attack 1

[dice=20] attack 2

damage 1
[dice=6+7]

damage 2
[dice=6+7][rand=54366814063933537808873675566739274538256281948609775814151764772]

[skelterjohn]

Jocyl remains where he was, sword drawn but unmoving. A nervous eye angles toward Abaia, eager to see what the spider-like fiend might do if and when its wrath is arised.

Defending, will attack a fiend if it presents itself.

[TheGratefulNed]

As the fiend becomes insubstantial and his swords pass through where it once stood, Nuuko curses it in githyanki. "Damnable coward!" Even as he says this, the Athasian exchanges his bone sword for the broadsword at his waist. Wheeling around to face the half dozen approaching mezzoloths, the Godsman holds his swords up defensively while examining the newly arrived enemies.

Round 5

[exile]

Hadrian blinked uncertainly at the suddenly insubstantial form before him. In his entire arsenal of spells there was little he could do to contain or disrupt it. If there was any hope at all it was in attacking the arcane energies themselves.

Init.
[Dice=10+3]

Dispel Magic Roll
[Dice=20]

[Stix]

Mezzoloths' saves vs. sleep

[dice=20][dice=20][dice=20][dice=20][dice=20][dice=20][rand=9219689410348677827693661090472371772932382983984922394863229851]

[Stix]

The lead mezzoloth with the fiendish shield and the axe-wielding one bringing up the rear drop in their tracks, splitting the formation into two flanks, which continue advancing.

Abaia takes long strides over the battlefield, hefting her armored bulk over the heads of her protectors and closing with the left flank alongside John.

As one fiend in the right flank notices their compromised numbers, he turns without hesitation on his comrade-in-arms, laying into him with claws bared. The betrayed mezzoloth is all too eager to return the gesture.


All Mezzoloths: AC -1, THAC0 11

Mezzoloth #2 attack John
[dice=20+3]
Mezzoloth #3 attack Abaia
[dice=20+3]
Mezzoloth #4 attack #6
[dice=20+3]
[dice=20+3]
Mezzoloth #6 attack #4
[dice=20+3]
[dice=20+3]

Abaia: AC -5, THAC0 9
Attack #3
[dice=20]
[dice=20]
[dice=20][rand=619225121204496646161900780064188853969143450487780744291026773]

[Stix]

#2 damage vs. John
[dice=6+7]
#3 damage vs. Abaia
[dice=8+8]
#4 damage vs. #6
[dice=6+6]
[dice=6+6]
#6 damage vs. #4
[dice=6+6]
[dice=6+6]

Abaia damage vs. #3
[dice=4][dice=4][dice=4][dice=4][rand=1190137746751589542864810127480576937741220191463408593047594559]

[Stix]

The lower-planar combatants all tear into each other, except for the nycaloth, who takes to the air in flight just as its shape-changing magic is dispelled.

(Those who were remaining in melee range of the nycaloth and not using spells, breath weapons, or psionics -- Xianna, Jocyl, and Sirocco, by my count -- can get a free attack of opportunity against it as it leaves the ground.)

John is wounded in the arm by a wickedly-honed short sword, the blows to the mezzoloth squaring off with him deflected by its quick reflexes and chitinous exoskeleton.


Round 6 -- accumulated damage
Nycaloth: 18
Abaia: 23
Mezzoloth #4: 19
Mezzoloth #6: 20
John: 12
Xianna: 4

Mezzoloth group initiative
[dice=10+8]

Abaia initiative
[dice=10+10][rand=024471963851107280001919682780996412381334368915971728164646846762142]

[skelterjohn]

Seeing two of the Mezzoloth's collapse from Tllith's gas attack, Jocyl runs over to them while keeping as wide a berth as possible from the two fighting each other, figuring Abaia and John will occupy the remaining two. Using his innate arcane sight he quickly examines the weapons they're holding and attempts to carefully gather up anything that catches his eye as being "special" in some way. Otherwise, he'll grab their weapons one by one and toss them away from the fight as far as he can.

Move silently check, in order to not wake the sleeping 'loths (skill is 45%)
[dice=100]

Initiative
[dice=10][rand=84337833430618054912198325619101574519656505435733492898009717464]

[TheGratefulNed]

As the greater yugoloth takes wing, Gl'Fnak lets out a small grumble. Wasting no time, the ashen-skinned tiefling charges forward to engage the mezzoloth squaring off against Abaia.

Round 6
Initiative: Weapon speed 3, -2 Quickness bonus, -1 Cipher bonus
[dice=10][rand=8240356686467128336300057550710725301881816087997406344955064581]

[TheGratefulNed]

Nuuko watches as two of the approaching mezzoloths succumb to the little dragon's attack and as two of the others turn on each other. In a few long, quick steps the Athasian draws himself up beside the vulture-helmed Taker and joins John in attacking his opponent.

Round 6
Initiative: Weapon speed 5
[dice=10+5][rand=91189437966515655056431866754609476806116868721546195792545571929]

[john]

John spares a nod to Nuuko, then returns to the business at hand, getting his own pound of flesh from the Mezzoloth that stabbed him with the shortsword, raking the morningstar down, trying to batter in the face of the foul creature. As they begin turning on one another, he cracks a bit of a smile at their lack of combat discipline. Turning on one another in the face of a foe. Pathetic, really.

[dice=10+7] Init

[dice=20] attack

[dice=6+7] damage. [rand=4594387413253407784056110031723575197182137232449319983152421957]

[TheGratefulNed]

Round 6
Gl'Fnak attacking Mezzoloth #3
AC: 4
THAC0: 17

Attack:
[dice=20+4]

Damage:
[dice=8+6]


Nuuko attacking Mezzoloth #2
Longsword (specialized)/Broadsword (magic, unidentified)
AC: 2
THAC0: 16

Attack 1: Longsword
[dice=20+1]

Attack 2: (Unidentified) Broadsword
[dice=20-1] +?

Attack 3: Longsword
[dice=20+1]

Damage 1:
[dice=8+2]

Damage 2:
[dice=4][dice=4]

Damage 3:
[dice=8+2][rand=5745351867203587658527402139798445725251292128096590726457053909]