The bubble surrounding Otbium fades away. He shoves Vazo'yn back like a child and glares at Riven, who has teleported to the exposed pillar. Riven feels a darkness wash over his mind.
DM: Riven, please make a Charisma Saving Throw, DC 20. On failure, you will use your Reaction to walk 40ft toward Ylis and make an attack against her with your Longbow. On success, you banish the darkness from your mind.
Without warning, his hand betrays him, fingers reaching back, almost automatically, to draw another arrow. His feet shift, pivoting his body, not toward Otbium, but toward Ylis.
No.
The compulsion, is sweetly seductive and brutal at the same time.
The arrow aligns with Ylis’s chest.
This isn’t me. This isn’t me.
His jaw clenches, teeth grinding together. He plants his feet, forcing his breath into a slow exhale and retreats into that stillness.
The darkness presses harder.
He remembers her laugh. The ridiculous carrot. The staff that turned into butterflies.
She’s not the threat.
With a surge of will, Riven snaps the bow upward, sending the arrow arcing uselessly into the misted sky. He stumbles a half-step, sweat beading at his brow despite the cold. His breath is ragged, heart hammering like a drum in his ears.
The darkness begins to recede from his thoughts.
He glances toward Ylis, chest rising and falling. She’s unharmed. Good.
He turns his glare back toward Otbium, eyes narrowed, voice low and cold as winter steel.
"...Try that again," he mutters, "and I’ll show you what I do to things that try to use me."
Charisma Saving Throw (Lucky) Nat 20,2) +2 (+6 I believe I fall in a 30ft radius of Joy) =28
Otbium cocks his head in surprise and mild frustration. The Fellowship also notes that the visible damage Otbium had received begins to fade from his body.
The bubble protecting the pillar shimmers as the magic field destabilizes and then winks out of existence. Otbium's attention is pulled away from Riven to land on Jack.
"You are a resilient bunch. Let's change that."
Otbium stretches his arms out to the side, as if preparing to deliver the himbo-est of himbo hugs, and a blast of white light radiates out from him before dissipating. Every caster can feel that the Weave is perverted in some way. It is still there, but it is twisted in an unnatural way.
Joy feels an ache of guilt in her heart for not healing the others immediately, but knows she can't let this chance to destroy the pillars for good pass. Steeling herself, she activates her Sun Blade and hurries to the one Vazo'yn bravely de-bubbled, doing her best to avoid Otbium's reach.
+10 HP from Imbued Aura
Bonus Action: Activate sun blade
Action: Sun Blade on pillar to hit nat 20+11=31, damage 10 + 2 radiant strikes= 12 radiant damage.
Extra attack to hit 20, damage 10 + 3 radiant strikes = 13 radiant damage.
(If this destroys the pillar, she will Blink Step 30 ft closer to the other exposed pillar. If not she'll stay where she is.)
DM: I believe Joy's magical shield gives her the Advantage, which, to her horror, she sees is not currently functioning.
Joy is able to navigate around Otbium, passing around the daggers that he is glaring at Jack. The Sun Blade also fails to activate, which saves Joy her spell slot, but requires her to think of other options.
DM: I won't make you commit to the attacks unless you want to take them with what is effectively a mundane sword. I will allow you to reassess and make other choices if you wish.
Now that she is aware of it, Joy notices that none of her magical items function beyond their most mundane purposes. Nigh invincible adamantine plate is mere plate. The rest of the Fellowship glances down at their favored items. They appear to the naked eye to be unaffected, but your attunement to certain items you all carry seems disrupted. They are not damaged, but your connection to them is. The rest of the party can sense their connection teetering on the edge at the moment.
DM: For everyone else, any attempt to benefit from your items or to cast a spell, for the moment, requires one Wisdom Saving Throw, DC 22 before those benefits can apply.
((Um...Good thing she also brought a non-magical flail, I guess. She'll use that instead. Only difference is her attack rolls would be 2 lower. She already failed her Wis save so won't bother with a bonus action.))
DM: To Naiya: The bubble that surrounded Otbium, which causes WST after attacks on his person has faded, if that is what you are referring to. That was a Lair Action and those switch after a round, the most recent of which you resisted (and burned my entire Lair Action) when you refused to kill Ylis for me. >:(
Joy batters the pillar with her flail. The impacts pulverize the stonework, marring runes. The remaining runes flicker threateningly, but settle back into being illuminated.
"NO! STOP! You'll destroy us all, you fool!" Otbium shouts.
DM: 23 to hit on the second roll. Teleport away!
As Ylis moves to the bubble surround the pillar closest to her, she notes that the bubble resists the suppression by the Antimagic Field.
DM: A really beautiful idea that just can't work in this specific fight. I love the attempt and delivery so much, I am giving you Heroic Inspiration.
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"Phooey! Stupid god stuff!" Ylis stamps her foot.
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The bubble surrounding Otbium fades away. He shoves Vazo'yn back like a child and glares at Riven, who has teleported to the exposed pillar. Riven feels a darkness wash over his mind.
DM: Riven, please make a Charisma Saving Throw, DC 20. On failure, you will use your Reaction to walk 40ft toward Ylis and make an attack against her with your Longbow. On success, you banish the darkness from your mind.
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Riven’s breath catches in his throat.
Without warning, his hand betrays him, fingers reaching back, almost automatically, to draw another arrow. His feet shift, pivoting his body, not toward Otbium, but toward Ylis.
No.
The compulsion, is sweetly seductive and brutal at the same time.
The arrow aligns with Ylis’s chest.
This isn’t me. This isn’t me.
His jaw clenches, teeth grinding together. He plants his feet, forcing his breath into a slow exhale and retreats into that stillness.
The darkness presses harder.
He remembers her laugh. The ridiculous carrot. The staff that turned into butterflies.
She’s not the threat.
With a surge of will, Riven snaps the bow upward, sending the arrow arcing uselessly into the misted sky. He stumbles a half-step, sweat beading at his brow despite the cold. His breath is ragged, heart hammering like a drum in his ears.
The darkness begins to recede from his thoughts.
He glances toward Ylis, chest rising and falling. She’s unharmed. Good.
He turns his glare back toward Otbium, eyes narrowed, voice low and cold as winter steel.
"...Try that again," he mutters, "and I’ll show you what I do to things that try to use me."
Charisma Saving Throw (Lucky) Nat 20,2) +2 (+6 I believe I fall in a 30ft radius of Joy) =28
Otbium cocks his head in surprise and mild frustration. The Fellowship also notes that the visible damage Otbium had received begins to fade from his body.
DM: Beautiful post. Jack, it is your turn.
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Dispel Magic on closest pillar.
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Cha check: 25
Cha check: 25
The bubble protecting the pillar shimmers as the magic field destabilizes and then winks out of existence. Otbium's attention is pulled away from Riven to land on Jack.
"You are a resilient bunch. Let's change that."
Otbium stretches his arms out to the side, as if preparing to deliver the himbo-est of himbo hugs, and a blast of white light radiates out from him before dissipating. Every caster can feel that the Weave is perverted in some way. It is still there, but it is twisted in an unnatural way.
DM: Joy, you are up!
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Joy feels an ache of guilt in her heart for not healing the others immediately, but knows she can't let this chance to destroy the pillars for good pass. Steeling herself, she activates her Sun Blade and hurries to the one Vazo'yn bravely de-bubbled, doing her best to avoid Otbium's reach.
+10 HP from Imbued Aura
Bonus Action: Activate sun blade
Action: Sun Blade on pillar to hit nat 20+11=31, damage 10 + 2 radiant strikes= 12 radiant damage.
Extra attack to hit 20, damage 10 + 3 radiant strikes = 13 radiant damage.
(If this destroys the pillar, she will Blink Step 30 ft closer to the other exposed pillar. If not she'll stay where she is.)
DM: Joy, please make a Wisdom Saving Throw, DC 22.
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Joy Wis save: 29 if advantage (assuming this is a magical effect), 21 if not
is that accurate damage for a nat 20? just checking. :)
Yup -.-;; That's what smites are there for, but my BA was used up.
DM: I believe Joy's magical shield gives her the Advantage, which, to her horror, she sees is not currently functioning.
Joy is able to navigate around Otbium, passing around the daggers that he is glaring at Jack. The Sun Blade also fails to activate, which saves Joy her spell slot, but requires her to think of other options.
DM: I won't make you commit to the attacks unless you want to take them with what is effectively a mundane sword. I will allow you to reassess and make other choices if you wish.
Now that she is aware of it, Joy notices that none of her magical items function beyond their most mundane purposes. Nigh invincible adamantine plate is mere plate. The rest of the Fellowship glances down at their favored items. They appear to the naked eye to be unaffected, but your attunement to certain items you all carry seems disrupted. They are not damaged, but your connection to them is. The rest of the party can sense their connection teetering on the edge at the moment.
DM: For everyone else, any attempt to benefit from your items or to cast a spell, for the moment, requires one Wisdom Saving Throw, DC 22 before those benefits can apply.
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((Um...Good thing she also brought a non-magical flail, I guess. She'll use that instead. Only difference is her attack rolls would be 2 lower. She already failed her Wis save so won't bother with a bonus action.))
[OOC: Clarification: Wisdom ST to use “Magic” in conjunction with a wisdom ST after an attack?]
DM: To Naiya: The bubble that surrounded Otbium, which causes WST after attacks on his person has faded, if that is what you are referring to. That was a Lair Action and those switch after a round, the most recent of which you resisted (and burned my entire Lair Action) when you refused to kill Ylis for me. >:(
Joy batters the pillar with her flail. The impacts pulverize the stonework, marring runes. The remaining runes flicker threateningly, but settle back into being illuminated.
"NO! STOP! You'll destroy us all, you fool!" Otbium shouts.
DM: Randa, it is your turn.
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Randa tries to pull herself together.
DM: Riven, the time for vengeance is now.
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