In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 325):

Ayeesha makes the DC20 Will Save. (Should of added another +2 for Rage)

12:59, Today: Ayeesha rolled 20 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 15.  Will save VS Andaisin command to Fall..

"Never!"

Ayeesha looks to double moves to W35 but stops when Kyra interjects with her question and coin gift.  She instead waits and takes Kyra's coin and activates it instead, if DM permits.

18:01, Today: Ayeesha rolled 16 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 9.  Reflex ST +7 vs coin.

She makes the catch!

"Thank you! Kyra"
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 Bireli wished he had the same force of will displayed by Ayeesha, but he is shaken to his core by the imperious command. The fox-man takes a knee, and has to use all the strength of his psyche to find the will to get up again, wasting precious time as he does so...
(move action to get back up)

 Having felt the impressive arsenal of magic protections on the Priestess, he tries his luck again... preventing her from being airborne or from evading the tentacles would help tremendously...
 Cast Dispel Magic

 Beril rolled 20 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 8.  dispel magic again.
 Beril rolled 10 using 1d20+08 with rolls of 2.  Will Save

Kraw feels his knees buckle at the powerful command. But the nimble birdman springs up from that position to try to nail the pallid woman from below and behind. He says "bleed before your master."


10:14, Yesterday: Kraw rolled 16 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 11.  Will save.

01:32, Today: Kraw rolled 38 using 1d20+19 with rolls of 19.  Acrobatics, leap up to attack.

01:31, Today: Kraw rolled 14 using 1d20+13 with rolls of 1.  Dagger attack, flanking.

01:31, Today: Kraw rolled 6 using 1d4+5 with rolls of 1.  Dagger damage.

01:30, Today: Kraw rolled 20 using 4d8 with rolls of 7,2,5,6.  Sneak stab damage.

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With some difficulty Kyra ignores the compulsion to throw herself down on the flow. Instead she fishes out a coin from her pocket and imbues it with some of her magic. "Ayeesha, over here!"

I am not sure I can use Lighting bolt without frying one of us, so I'll go with this. 5' step to X24, full round action to use Hex Trade to transfer my Flight hex (say, 5 minutes worth) into a coin. The idea is to give Kyra's Flight hex to Ayeesha next round, so that she can close in with Andaisin.

Ayeesha, can Kyra maybe stop your action before you charge in to take the coin from her instead? Unless you have some other way of reaching Andaisin up in the air?

Ayeesha and Kyra are able to resist the command but Beril finds his knees buckling and his palms hitting the stone. A minor frustration, he thinks, as he tries to pick himself back up but when he tries to stand back up he finds the pressure from Lady Andaisin's magical command still bearing down on him with heavy force.
It's Greater Command so it lasts until you make the save.

Ayeesha moves back while Kyra mentally transfers her ability to fly into a small coin. Once the transfer is complete she drops the coin into Ayeesha's hand who activates it and prepares to rush forward.
OOC: On review the issue is that as a full-round action Kyra can't take anything more than a full round action BUUUUT dropping an item held is free. Picking up a dropped item is a move action so basically this turn Ayeesha moves back to pick up the coin and then next turn she can commit a charge action to get her attack in next round. There was a LOT of ways to do this but I think this is strategically one of the best ways to handlet his hand off within the game mechanics. Other options could involve Kyra moving forward or even throwing the coin.

Kraw likewise finds the pressure of the command too compelling as well and finds himself stuck to the floor.

Laughing to herself Lady Andaisin steps back down the invisible stairs to hover 5' above Kraw. When she lowers herself Alpha, who had chosen to guard Kraw, snaps at Lady Andaisin but with a sweep of her scythe she sends Alpha dodging away. In this momentary open she slashes at him with her scythe. While he might normally be able to dodge it being stuck to the floor makes him a sitting duck and she opens up a gash down his back. There is the first sensation of the blade piercing his flesh and then there is a second wound as the blade seems to pierce his soul. Kraw can feel his very lifeforce leaking out leaving him cold and numb in a way he has never experienced before. Meanwhile on Lady Andaisin in the very same spot on her back a light bruise starts to form.
Kraw takes 7 points of slashing damage and then 6 more that is untyped. Lady Anadisin takes 5 damage.

Kraw & Beril, make your DC 20 will saves again to resist the command.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 330):

Ayeesha will conduct a flying Charge directly at Lady Andiasin arriving at the same elevation at X34 and attack with a Vital Strike buffered with (Charge +2, a Furious Focused Power attack 0/+4 damage, Rage +2, Destined Strike +3, BAB +7, Str +4, Great Sword +1 for +22 to hit and 4d6 +16 damage.)


07:26, Today: Ayeesha rolled 42 using 1d20+22 with rolls of 20.  Charge attack against Adiasin +22.

Critical Threat.

07:26, Today: Ayeesha rolled 38 using 1d20+22 with rolls of 16.  Critical confirmation .

Confirmed for Critical hit at 4d6+32 damage plus Vital Strike 2d6.

07:27, Today: Ayeesha rolled 50 using 6d6+32 with rolls of 6,1,3,5,1,2.  Critical Damage to Lady Adaisin.

50 point of damage.

"Laugh at this!"

Did my second Dispel Magic manage to break anything?

 Bireli struggled, but eventually manage to get ahold of his senses again. He lifted one knee, leaned on it, and propped himself up. He would not bow again.

 He rose just in time to see Ayeesha fly through the air and nearly chop the priestess in half with her greatsword!
  "Shall we just let her wrap things up here?" he asked with a hint of admiration in the voice. The young woman proved very efficient at dishing out death with her tools of destruction...

  "Or maybe I'll help..." he muttered, and proppelled himself up, gliding on fiery wings.

 He tilted on his side, and stopped just behind the evil lady in relation to where Ayeesha was. ( flanking position)

 Getting into position, he attempted to strike her. But he's pathetic! He's not a fighter... what was he thinking? Well hopefully getting in position would distract the enemy enough to give the others a chance to strike...

---

Beril rolled 27 using 1d20+08 with rolls of 19.  new will save!
Beril rolled 9 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 2.  attack cane
 (move: fly 50ft in flanking position, standard: attack

At the back of the party Kyra casts another spell before she moves any closer.

Casting Paragon Surge, selecting Extra Hex: Healing as my feat. Then move to X27.
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Try as he might, Kraw cannot get his legs under him. Fearing that blade, he immediately rolls away using what acrobatic skill he possessed. Once outside that range he erects another Shield spell.



13:04, Today: Kraw rolled 10 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 5.  Will save.

13:05, Today: Kraw rolled 20 using 1d20+14 with rolls of 6.  Acrobatics to avoid AoO rolling away.

Pow

Coming up out of seemingly nowhere the high priestess of Urgathoa barely has time to register the death charging her way before Ayeesha is on her. With one giant swing Ayeesha shatters through all the spells and protections on Lady Andaisin and opens her up. Armor crumples, leathers are sliced open and her skin follows suit. Below her Kraw and Alpha are splahsed with blood that rains down like a torrent.

Lady Andaisin coughs up blood but despite the grievousu wound she doesn't seem to show any signs of stopping. Likely at this point it is pure adrenaline that is keeping her going but going she is as she snarls in defiance and swings her scythe around rapidly to drive Ayeesha away.

Beril shakes off the enchantment and moves forward to assist Kraw and Ayeesha.

---

Enraged Lady Andaisin swings her scythe again at Ayeesha furiously. The attacks are wild and have no real chance of striking but they are enough to put some space between them giving Andaisin a chance to bring her magical abilities to bear. Ayeesha realizes almost too late that Andaisin is chanting as one of her hands begins to grow with dark energy that causes Ayeesha and everyone else's stomaches to sink. It looks sinister and everyone in the room can feel the power being channeled into the priestess' hand. Almost as bad is the sinister grin that Andaisin has on her face.

"I was toying with you before. Now I finish it."

She suddenly lunges at Ayeesha, hand outstretched with dark necromantic energy. Energy that would likely snuff out the soul of a lesser enemy...but Ayeesha is anything but. Thinking fast Ayeesha lets go of her sword and with an open palm smacks the shit out of Andaisin's face. It isn't damaging but leaves an angry red mark on the side of her face and, critically is so audacious and unexpected that it breaks Andaisin's concentration. Like a candle being snuffed out the connection her hand to foul energies or dark planes winks out of existance.

The shock on Andaisin's bloody face is memory Ayeesha will treasure for the rest of her life.

To clarify, Andaisin tried to cast Slay Living defensively and failed (nat 1) so...yeah. That happened...

Round 3

Emboldened by Ayeesha's attack, Kraw finds the fortitude to overcome the Command. Springing up, he leaps up behind the Urgathoan priestess, but fails to connect with his magic dagger.




18:48, Today: Kraw rolled 25 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 20.  Will save.

18:49, Today: Kraw rolled 30 using 1d20+19 with rolls of 11.  Acrobatics Leap up.

18:50, Today: Kraw rolled 14 using 1d20+13 with rolls of 1.  Dagger attack, flanking. Flub!!

18:50, Today: Kraw rolled 7 using 1d4+5 with rolls of 2.  Dagger damage.

18:50, Today: Kraw rolled 21 using 4d8 with rolls of 3,7,6,5.  Sneak stab damage.

In reply to Kraw (msg # 336):

Ayeesha grabs her sword with both hands and focuses her energies into a single attack looking for a vital strike to end her life.

"Time to die!"

Power attack with +1 GS using Vital Strike and Maybe Flanking?

Raging Strength +6, BAB +7, Furious focused Power attack -0, GS +1, Flanking +2?

for +16 to hit and 2d6+16 + 2d6 Vital Strike.

06:02, Today: Ayeesha rolled 28 using 1d20+16 with rolls of 12.  RFFPAWGSWFALA +16 to hit.

06:02, Today: Ayeesha rolled 30 using 4d6+16 with rolls of 3,4,2,5.

Ayeesha finds her mark and delivers another 30 points of damage!

Beril remains in position to provide flanking to the others.

He casts an other Dispel Magic spell, defensively to avoid attracting the priestess’s attention.

Beril rolled 30 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 18.  Concentration.
Beril rolled 26 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 14.  Dispel Magic: Air Walk.
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Kyra moves a bit closer so she can focus her magic on the priestess.

Move to U32, Slumber. Given she likely has high will saves that's a bit of a long shot, but she might get unlucky again on her roll.

To add insult to injury, Beril's magical probe finally undoes the enchantment that is keeping Lady Andaisin floating in the air. She is acrobatic enough to land on her feet but it seems she will no longer be walking on air for this fight.

Kraw kips up and stabs at the priestess as she falls but even while distracted her magical enchantments are powerful enough to turn Kraw's blade harmlessly to the side.

Ayeesha lands another strike cutting through magic and armor to splash the floor with more of the priestesses blood.

Kyra tries to hex the priestess but as she suspected the fanatic of Urgathoa's will is iron and unbending.

---

The priestess takes a step to the side to get out from between Kraw and Ayeesha and lets loose a visceral cry. The chamber seems to resonate and dark tendrils of energy suddenly emerge from the central pool grasping at Ayeesha, Beril, and Kraw. Where the tentacles touch leaves their skin white and cold, or in Kraw's case, the feathers stiff and brittle.

<orange>Channel Negative energy - 17 damage, Will vs. DC 15 for half damage.


Round 4

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 340):

06:26, Today: Ayeesha rolled 22 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 15.  Will ST vs Channel negative energy.

Ayeesha will 5' fly to X34 to set Kraw up for a 5' step to flank.

She lets loose with another Vital Strike Attack.

Raging Strength +6, BAB +7, Furious focused Power attack -0, GS +1.

for +14 to hit and 2d6+16 + 2d6 Vital Strike.

07:13, Today: Ayeesha rolled 31 using 1d20+14 with rolls of 17.  +14 GS a LA.

07:14, Today: Ayeesha rolled 31 using 4d6+16 with rolls of 2,4,4,5.  Vital Strike GS damage 4d6+16.

"Die Vile one!"

Kraw briefly staggers as the necromantic energy hits, then he sloughs it off as the aura of protection negates the energy.

(The Harrow point Kraw expended granted DR 3/- and 14 temp hp, which offsets the 17 damage)

06:13, Today: Kraw rolled 7 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 2. Will Save.

He steps to X36 and slashes with both daggers. One sinks deeply into the priestess(unconfirmed crit).


06:22, Today: Kraw rolled 15 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 4.  Dagger attack, flanking. Miss!

06:21, Today: Kraw rolled 6 using 1d4+5 with rolls of 1.  Dagger damage.

06:21, Today: Kraw rolled 22 using 4d8 with rolls of 7,3,6,6.  Sneak stab damage.


06:19, Today: Kraw rolled 31 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 20.  Offhand dagger attack, flanking. Threat!

06:20, Today: Kraw rolled 18 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 7.  Crit confirm. No crit.

06:19, Today: Kraw rolled 6 using 1d4+2 with rolls of 4.  Offhand dagger damage.

06:18, Today: Kraw rolled 25 using 4d8 with rolls of 4,8,8,5.  Sneak stab damage.



The priestess takes 31 damage. Until the end of next turn, she is -2 AC vs everyone (-4 AC vs Kraw)

 Bireli remained airborne, a dozen feet or so above the evil priestess, making sure to remain out of sight.

 From his satchel he brought out a wand, and pointed it at the back of her head.

 Biding his time, he waited for her to start casting a spell, chanting, or whatever else she would have planned, and produced a magic missile at this point to interrupt her.

 
Ready action to cast Magic Missile when the priestess does, well pretty much anything, in an attempt to interrupt her.
 5 damages !

Despite not having much faith in it working, Kyra again focuses her magic on the priestess.

Move to U31, Slumber again (thanks to Accursed Hex feat).

As the party's final blow lands on Lady Andaisin, she falls to her knees, her body wracked with pain and blood spilling from her wounds. Her once-beautiful features twisted in rage and desperation, she gasps for breath as she struggles to cling to life.

With a shaking hand, she reaches out towards the party, her fingers curling in a final, futile gesture of defiance. Her voice rasps out a final threat, her words dripping with venom and malice.

"You may have defeated me, but the curse of Urgathoa will not be denied. You have sealed your own fate, fools. The darkness will come for you, and when it does, you will wish you had never crossed me. Urgathoa will avenge me. Korvosa is dead...you have changed...nothing."

As she speaks, the air around her seems to grow colder, and a foul stench fills the air. The shadows in the room seem to writhe and twist, taking on a life of their own at Andaisin's final words.

With a final shudder, the priestess's body goes limp, her eyes staring sightlessly at the ceiling. The room falls silent, save for the faint whispers of her curse echoing around the room.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 345):

Ayeesha Relaxes as the last vestige of her Rage abates leaving behind a wave of fatigue.

"Finally!, The Bitch is dead! Lets see what we can find."

19:01, Today: Ayeesha rolled 28 using 1d20+10 with rolls of 18.  perception check to examine the corpse and room.

Kraw casts Detect Magic, then starts viewing the room and the priestess with new eyes.



00:41, Today: Kraw rolled 20 using 1d20+14 with rolls of 6.  Perception.


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Not sure what just happened, but not liking it all the same, Kyra stays on alert for more trouble.

What did happen here? A curse of some kind? Would Know: Arcana or Spellcraft help figuring this out? If so, DM can just make a roll for Kyra.

Beril gently falls to the ground, still carried by 5 golden fiery wings.
 "Dunno, but I don't like it! Reckon she got something in store for us still..."

 The fox man alnds close to Ayeesha, and carefully casts a healing spell. He wastes no time, half-expecting something dire to attack them in retaliation for killing the priestess.
  Beril rolled 16 using 2d8+7 with rolls of 5,4.  cure moderate wounds.

As the party takes in the gravity of Andaisin's words, they can feel the weight of her curse settling upon them. The air seems to grow heavier, and an eerie silence fills the room.


Suddenly, the ground begins to tremble beneath their feet, and the walls around them start to shake. Dust and debris rain down from the ceiling as the temple begins to collapse around them.

Amidst the chaos, the party hears a haunting, otherworldly laugh echoing through the tunnels. It is a sound that chills them to their very core, a reminder of the malevolent forces they have been fighting against.