"Should we, for example, put the hair barrettes parallel to the snake?" Abraxas says. "The marbles where the dots are on the drawing of the circle? The sticks could form an "X." Abraxas collects the components from the others and lets Jove know where he thinks they should go. He is happy to hear from the others and plans to tip the final block into place with mage hand if and once everyone and everything seems ready.
Harmony had waited before hearing that Abraxas and Jove would be handling the circle instead. She gave the hair barrettes to Abraxas, honestly not sure how to go about this either but it sounds and looks like right to her as she nodded. "Ready!" she called out, preparing herself for whatever will happened once the portal is finished.
(Readying Action: Dodge once the portal is finished)
Abraxas watches the others while he puts the hair barrettes parallel to the snake in a way that resembles the drawing. He places the seven marbles where the dots are and crosses the thin sticks to form the "X."
He crouches behind a tombstone within 30 feet of the circle. For a moment he tries to remember everything he knows about demons and devils and summoning and circles. Perhaps they have been a tad over confident? There is only one way to find out for sure. Waiting until the others are ready, Abraxas uses mage hand to tip the letter "U" into place.
Abraxas first plants the barrettes and marbles in locations that resemble the symbol found on the back of the page of Elzerina's book. Placing one, then two sticks to form the X on the symbol, he starts to move back toward a nearby tombstone.
However, the altar suddenly flares with life. The party watches as an angry, orange outline carves its way through the unmarked stone, forming an unholy symbol of Asmodeus - complete with a glowing U that forms next to the misplaced alphabet block. A small, clawed hand emerges first from the stone, with a long pitchfork clutched in its grasp, followed soon by a set of wings and the rest of a spiny, purple devil.
Looking around with a mischievous grin, it speaks in a gritty, high pitched tone. "At last, Koluchki has arrive to herald the start of a new era! Which one of you is Elzerina?"
Harmony watched as the others were assembling the circle and then doing the last bit of it. She was stunned to see the orange outline appear on the stone and making the symbol of Asmodeus. She was quick to move defensively, now seeing a clawed hand come from the stone holding a pitchfork before seeing the wings and the whole of a spiny purple devil. She listened as it talked about how Koluchki has arrived to herald the start of a new era before asking which one of them is Elzerina. Now Harmony was so glad that they left Elzerina back at her home and knowing that this would have been really bad if this thing got the real Elzerina. "I am Elzerina." she called out as she stepped forward, moving up towards the devil but still 10 feet away from it. "It'll be okay guys." Harmony said to her friends, acting as if she was accepting of her 'fate' to the devil. She figured that they all were looking at her right now, activating Mantle of Inspiration while the devil would be hopefully convinced by her act. Please let this act work, not sure what the devil will try to do to her though since she is pretending to be Elzerina.
Movement: 15 feet to now being 10 feet from Koluchki
Bonus Action: Mantle of Inspiration - grant temporary HP to a number of creatures (up to +3) you can see and that can see you within 60 ft. Each creature can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed, without provoking opportunity attacks. So 5 temporary hit points to Abraxas, Jove, and Halsen and you all can immediately use your reactions to move up to your speed with provoking.
Abraxas tries not to look startled. Harmony is risking so much. He's inspired by her bravery and readies magic missile, watching for the devil to take any threatening action toward her.
He wonders if destroying the stone the devil emerged from will close the gate and consults his arcane knowledge to see if this might be correct: 13
OOC: Abraxas, Jove, and Halsen have been given 5 temporary HP. Jove, if you would like to use your reaction to move up to your speed, please do so in your next post.
The devil's tail twitches as it stares at Harmony's approach. "What is this? You were supposed to be a small child; and alone. Explain yourself!"
For Abraxas:
From your arcane knowledge, you know that a sigil like this, once formed, holds no dependency to the altar it was formed on, and can only be deactivated by dousing it with holy water. If left undisturbed, it will certainly continue to summon creatures like Koluchki.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Bolting over to the devil and holding my holy symbol to Sune, I call out, “Your presence is an abomination to Sune” And I make an unarmed attack then I will spend a ki point to use flurry of blows.
Attack: 6 Damage: 5
Flurry of Blows
Attack: 15 Damage: 4
Attack: 14 Damage: 3
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Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A) Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter -Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5) Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Harmony was surprised as the devil questioned the fact that she isn't a child and is not alone either, demanding an explanation. "I-I am a child at heart, I'll have you know! But my name truly is Elzerina, just like the girl in the story. I-" she started lying, making up excuses for why she isn't a child and about to make up something for why the others are here with her. But then she had been shocked as Halsen went up and started beating up on the devil before she could say anything else. It looks like lying and pretending won't work anymore, quickly stepping back 15 feet away from Koluchki and taking the Dodge action as they have to fight this devil now.
Jove is going to give his inspiration to Harmony. I really think that the demon/devil thinking she is Elzerina may benefit us somehow, or at least take the fire off of her.
He will use his movement to get some cover behind a tombstone. He will cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter with his action. The bad man has to make a DC 13 Wis save.
Tail Spine vs. Halsen: 22 Tail Spine vs. Halsen: 6
Koluchki snaps his head to the side and hisses at Halsen as he sprints forward. The devil flaps his wings, flying out of the monk's range, and lashes its tail through the air twice, loosing two small spines from its tail, one of which pierces Halsen's shoulder. A slight burning sensation accompanies the spine's entry, dealing 6 piercing damage and 1 fire damage.
Spined Devil WIS Save: 18
Harmony retreats, crossing paths with the wizards as they step forward together. Jove's spell does not take hold in the mind of the devil, but three glowing darts of mystical force fly from Abraxas's fingers, slamming into the flying creature from the side. "Grraaaaah, wizards!"it hisses, staring them down as they dart back behind some nearby tombstones.
Round 1 Order: Spined Devil Players <===== Only Halsen is still to act in Round 1
Tracking: Koluchki is 20 feet in the air above Halsen. The others are 10 feet from Halsen and 20 feet below Koluchki.
OOC: Giving Halsen a chance to change his action since Koluchki beat him to initiative and flew out of range. Any other actions posted will be resolved for Round 2.
Ignoring the slight pain in his shoulder, Halsen pulls his bowstring back, loosing an arrow through the air. The arrow meets its target, snapping Koluchki's head to the side and sending the devil tumbling to the ground. It lands face first, sending a plume of white snow into the air, ending the threat almost as soon as it began.
However, the sigil of Asmodeus continues to burn strong, its orange glow permeating the darkness of the night.
Jove uses telepathy to speak to Harmony. "I am going to surprise him with a show of power make a grand gesture and command him to stop. You AKA Elzerina brought him here. Make it known she can easily send him back. He seems incapacitated, not dead. Tell him to never return" (Also keep in mind you have the inspiration.)
Jove uses silent image to create a sphere of spears, tridents, and other pole arms that glow with a bright holy energy that all point in his direction, as if to pierce him at any moment.
"We need to douse the sigil with holy water. I believe that will close the portal," Abraxas says. "If it remains open, we are likely to have more visitors." He pauses for a moment. "Why was that creature expecting to meet a female child? How did it know her name?"
"Should we, for example, put the hair barrettes parallel to the snake?" Abraxas says. "The marbles where the dots are on the drawing of the circle? The sticks could form an "X." Abraxas collects the components from the others and lets Jove know where he thinks they should go. He is happy to hear from the others and plans to tip the final block into place with mage hand if and once everyone and everything seems ready.
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Halcen, looking over the map, exhales slowly and states, "Ready here."
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Harmony had waited before hearing that Abraxas and Jove would be handling the circle instead. She gave the hair barrettes to Abraxas, honestly not sure how to go about this either but it sounds and looks like right to her as she nodded. "Ready!" she called out, preparing herself for whatever will happened once the portal is finished.
(Readying Action: Dodge once the portal is finished)
Abraxas sets some pieces of the circle in place while the group discusses how to best finish its setup.
Altar's Current State:
Arrow - Wooden snake
Letters - Alphabet blocks (U is not in place yet)
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Abraxas watches the others while he puts the hair barrettes parallel to the snake in a way that resembles the drawing. He places the seven marbles where the dots are and crosses the thin sticks to form the "X."
He crouches behind a tombstone within 30 feet of the circle. For a moment he tries to remember everything he knows about demons and devils and summoning and circles. Perhaps they have been a tad over confident? There is only one way to find out for sure. Waiting until the others are ready, Abraxas uses mage hand to tip the letter "U" into place.
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Abraxas first plants the barrettes and marbles in locations that resemble the symbol found on the back of the page of Elzerina's book. Placing one, then two sticks to form the X on the symbol, he starts to move back toward a nearby tombstone.
However, the altar suddenly flares with life. The party watches as an angry, orange outline carves its way through the unmarked stone, forming an unholy symbol of Asmodeus - complete with a glowing U that forms next to the misplaced alphabet block. A small, clawed hand emerges first from the stone, with a long pitchfork clutched in its grasp, followed soon by a set of wings and the rest of a spiny, purple devil.
Looking around with a mischievous grin, it speaks in a gritty, high pitched tone. "At last, Koluchki has arrive to herald the start of a new era! Which one of you is Elzerina?"
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Harmony watched as the others were assembling the circle and then doing the last bit of it. She was stunned to see the orange outline appear on the stone and making the symbol of Asmodeus. She was quick to move defensively, now seeing a clawed hand come from the stone holding a pitchfork before seeing the wings and the whole of a spiny purple devil. She listened as it talked about how Koluchki has arrived to herald the start of a new era before asking which one of them is Elzerina. Now Harmony was so glad that they left Elzerina back at her home and knowing that this would have been really bad if this thing got the real Elzerina. "I am Elzerina." she called out as she stepped forward, moving up towards the devil but still 10 feet away from it. "It'll be okay guys." Harmony said to her friends, acting as if she was accepting of her 'fate' to the devil. She figured that they all were looking at her right now, activating Mantle of Inspiration while the devil would be hopefully convinced by her act. Please let this act work, not sure what the devil will try to do to her though since she is pretending to be Elzerina.
Movement: 15 feet to now being 10 feet from Koluchki
Bonus Action: Mantle of Inspiration - grant temporary HP to a number of creatures (up to +3) you can see and that can see you within 60 ft. Each creature can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed, without provoking opportunity attacks. So 5 temporary hit points to Abraxas, Jove, and Halsen and you all can immediately use your reactions to move up to your speed with provoking.
Readying my action.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Abraxas tries not to look startled. Harmony is risking so much. He's inspired by her bravery and readies magic missile, watching for the devil to take any threatening action toward her.
He wonders if destroying the stone the devil emerged from will close the gate and consults his arcane knowledge to see if this might be correct: 13
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OOC: Abraxas, Jove, and Halsen have been given 5 temporary HP. Jove, if you would like to use your reaction to move up to your speed, please do so in your next post.
The devil's tail twitches as it stares at Harmony's approach. "What is this? You were supposed to be a small child; and alone. Explain yourself!"
For Abraxas:
From your arcane knowledge, you know that a sigil like this, once formed, holds no dependency to the altar it was formed on, and can only be deactivated by dousing it with holy water. If left undisturbed, it will certainly continue to summon creatures like Koluchki.
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Bolting over to the devil and holding my holy symbol to Sune, I call out, “Your presence is an abomination to Sune” And I make an unarmed attack then I will spend a ki point to use flurry of blows.
Attack: 6 Damage: 5
Flurry of Blows
Attack: 15 Damage: 4
Attack: 14 Damage: 3
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Harmony was surprised as the devil questioned the fact that she isn't a child and is not alone either, demanding an explanation. "I-I am a child at heart, I'll have you know! But my name truly is Elzerina, just like the girl in the story. I-" she started lying, making up excuses for why she isn't a child and about to make up something for why the others are here with her. But then she had been shocked as Halsen went up and started beating up on the devil before she could say anything else. It looks like lying and pretending won't work anymore, quickly stepping back 15 feet away from Koluchki and taking the Dodge action as they have to fight this devil now.
Movement: 15 feet back, now 25 feet from Koluchki
Action: Dodge
Jove is going to give his inspiration to Harmony. I really think that the demon/devil thinking she is Elzerina may benefit us somehow, or at least take the fire off of her.
He will use his movement to get some cover behind a tombstone. He will cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter with his action. The bad man has to make a DC 13 Wis save.
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Abraxas steps behind a tombstone seeking cover. He casts magic missile at the devil: 2, 5, and 4.
He coughs politely. "Does anyone have any holy water, by chance?"
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DM Screen:
24
Initiative:
Abraxas: 14
Halsen: 20
Harmony: 11
Jove: 16
Average: 15
Spined Devil: 9
Tail Spine vs. Halsen: 22
Tail Spine vs. Halsen: 6
Koluchki snaps his head to the side and hisses at Halsen as he sprints forward. The devil flaps his wings, flying out of the monk's range, and lashes its tail through the air twice, loosing two small spines from its tail, one of which pierces Halsen's shoulder. A slight burning sensation accompanies the spine's entry, dealing 6 piercing damage and 1 fire damage.
Spined Devil WIS Save: 18
Harmony retreats, crossing paths with the wizards as they step forward together. Jove's spell does not take hold in the mind of the devil, but three glowing darts of mystical force fly from Abraxas's fingers, slamming into the flying creature from the side. "Grraaaaah, wizards!" it hisses, staring them down as they dart back behind some nearby tombstones.
Round 1 Order:
Spined Devil
Players <===== Only Halsen is still to act in Round 1
Tracking:
Koluchki is 20 feet in the air above Halsen.
The others are 10 feet from Halsen and 20 feet below Koluchki.
OOC: Giving Halsen a chance to change his action since Koluchki beat him to initiative and flew out of range. Any other actions posted will be resolved for Round 2.
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OOC: Thanks.
Halsen watches as the Spiked Devil flies into the air, draws his bow and unleashes an arrow toward the dangerous looking foe.
Attack: 9 Damage: 5
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Ignoring the slight pain in his shoulder, Halsen pulls his bowstring back, loosing an arrow through the air. The arrow meets its target, snapping Koluchki's head to the side and sending the devil tumbling to the ground. It lands face first, sending a plume of white snow into the air, ending the threat almost as soon as it began.
However, the sigil of Asmodeus continues to burn strong, its orange glow permeating the darkness of the night.
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“Balin. - the clerics of Sune can consecrate water by use of their holy symbol. Did they teach you how to make holy water? “
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Jove uses telepathy to speak to Harmony. "I am going to surprise him with a show of power make a grand gesture and command him to stop. You AKA Elzerina brought him here. Make it known she can easily send him back. He seems incapacitated, not dead. Tell him to never return" (Also keep in mind you have the inspiration.)
Jove uses silent image to create a sphere of spears, tridents, and other pole arms that glow with a bright holy energy that all point in his direction, as if to pierce him at any moment.
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"We need to douse the sigil with holy water. I believe that will close the portal," Abraxas says. "If it remains open, we are likely to have more visitors." He pauses for a moment. "Why was that creature expecting to meet a female child? How did it know her name?"
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