Harmony continues to quickly Dash, heading towards where the others and the portal should be at, keeping an eye out for any of those mephits like they had fought earlier.
Movement: Dash another 60 feet through the City of the Dead
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Halsen Damage: 8
Halsen watches his arrow lead his target well, but it only seems to graze it, causing it to veer slightly as it flies away. Jove launches a blast of energy across the sky, but the force of it is weakened by his simultaneous running and casting. Nevertheless, it strikes the devil in its back. Its feet dangle limply and its tail droops as it continues its flight toward the city.
Round 2 Order: Players <===== Abraxas and Balin are still to act in this round Spined Devil
Tracking: The spined devil is badly wounded and 80 feet away from the party (50 feet away from Jove), 20 feet in the air.
Harmony is still Dashing her way through the City of the Dead, just now remembering how long it had taken all of them to go through here and get to the portal the first time. But hopefully she should be getting there soon with how fast she has been going, relieved to have not run into any mephits or such so far. She hoped that the others are doing okay, fighting off any devils that may have or been coming here through the portal.
Movement: Dash another 60 feet towards where the portal should be at
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Abraxas considers his spells and wonders what else might arrive. He knows Burning Hands won't help against these things. He moves about 25 feet toward the devil and casts Ray of Frost:18 to hit and 8 for damage.
The devil's flight ends almost as quickly as it began as a burst of cold energy soars from Abraxas. The blast sends the devil plummeting to the ground, futilely trying to flap its frozen wings to halt its fall. It lands fifty feet from the party, mangled in death.
Just a few minutes later, Harmony arrives at the scene, panting from the exhausting sprint from the city.
Harmony was panting, exhausted from all this running before finally she sees all of the others and waves at them. "Hey guys! I got the Captain to help me get the holy water." she had said as she pulled out the bottle of holy water. That was when she saw a devil dead on the ground, different from the one they had beaten before. "I guess that devil must have come through the portal while I was gone. Do you all need any healing?" Harmony then asked each of them, imagining that they had fought hard against it and hopefully didn't get too hurt while she was gone.
Jove runs up, panting. "I think... Oh gosh. Wheeeww. I'm not used to all that. Okay. I think we are all pretty healthy, if I am not mistaken. With some foolery, we managed to scare it away and kill it while it was running. We should definitely get back to the portal and stop them from coming about. My heart can't take much more of this intense action."
Harmony had heard the others, very glad to know that they are all pretty healthy still, having scared and killed the devil while it was running away. She nodded back in agreement to getting back to the portal and stopping more of those things from coming through. "Yeah, let's go!" Harmony said before she quickly Dashed towards the portal, needing to close it right away now that they have the holy water.
"Harmony," Abraxas says, "dosing the sigil with the holy water should close it." He looks from her to the sigil and readies Ray of Frost for anything hostile that come through it.
Harmony had heard Abraxas, nodding back as she made her way toward the portal. "Please let this work!!" she said as she then doused the sigil with the holy water, hoping that this will do it.
The sigil flares as Harmony pours the bottle of holy water over the unmarked altar, tracing the orange lines that form the circle. The glow fades wherever the water crosses its path. The letters ASMODEUS catch flame themselves and seem to scream as the water makes its way over them, and aside from the sizzle, the only sound that can be heard is a low growl, quiet but clear as it rumbles, "This will only slow me, adventurers..." And then it fades away. The stone altar is unmarked once more. Where once the sigil was etched into the platform, is now only dust and ash left from the remains of Elzerina's toys.
A crinkling sound reveals a piece of parchment, fluttering from a pouch and into the air. The torn page from The Wooden Girldisintegrates before your eyes.
The summoning circle, set into place by an unwitting child, is no more.
OOC: Each character has received 450 XP for putting a stop to the meddling of Asmodeus.
Harmony watched as the glow fades, surprised when the letters screamed and sizzled, hearing the growl of how this would only slow him. That must have been Asmodeus, thinking that he would definitely be stopped by them or any other adventurers out there, no matter what. She saw as there was only ash and dust where the sigil and toys had been, noticing the page with the story flew and then disintegrated. Harmony smiled as she heard Jove, nodding back in agreement. "Yeah, we certainly did it! We should definitely go to the Captain and tell him. Now the city will be safe once again! Then we can go back to enjoying the festivities!" she said back, happy as could be since now it should be safe for the Gala to continue on, eager to get back and help Aria with their song too.
Running up 25 feet, Halsen notches up and releases an arrow:
Attack: 16 Damage: 19
Upon release of the arrow, Halsen spends a ki point to use Patient Defense
OOC: Pretty sure I fat fingered damage on that since there is no way a plain arrow will do 15 dmg.
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 continues to quickly Dash, heading towards where the others and the portal should be at, keeping an eye out for any of those mephits like they had fought earlier.
Movement: Dash another 60 feet through the City of the Dead
Jove says "Oh no. This is bad." He rushes forward at his full walking speed and fires off an eldritch blast: 11 Damage: 3
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Halsen Damage: 8
Halsen watches his arrow lead his target well, but it only seems to graze it, causing it to veer slightly as it flies away. Jove launches a blast of energy across the sky, but the force of it is weakened by his simultaneous running and casting. Nevertheless, it strikes the devil in its back. Its feet dangle limply and its tail droops as it continues its flight toward the city.
Round 2 Order:
Players <===== Abraxas and Balin are still to act in this round
Spined Devil
Tracking:
The spined devil is badly wounded and 80 feet away from the party (50 feet away from Jove), 20 feet in the air.
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Harmony is still Dashing her way through the City of the Dead, just now remembering how long it had taken all of them to go through here and get to the portal the first time. But hopefully she should be getting there soon with how fast she has been going, relieved to have not run into any mephits or such so far. She hoped that the others are doing okay, fighting off any devils that may have or been coming here through the portal.
Movement: Dash another 60 feet towards where the portal should be at
Abraxas considers his spells and wonders what else might arrive. He knows Burning Hands won't help against these things. He moves about 25 feet toward the devil and casts Ray of Frost:18 to hit and 8 for damage.
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The devil's flight ends almost as quickly as it began as a burst of cold energy soars from Abraxas. The blast sends the devil plummeting to the ground, futilely trying to flap its frozen wings to halt its fall. It lands fifty feet from the party, mangled in death.
Just a few minutes later, Harmony arrives at the scene, panting from the exhausting sprint from the city.
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Harmony was panting, exhausted from all this running before finally she sees all of the others and waves at them. "Hey guys! I got the Captain to help me get the holy water." she had said as she pulled out the bottle of holy water. That was when she saw a devil dead on the ground, different from the one they had beaten before. "I guess that devil must have come through the portal while I was gone. Do you all need any healing?" Harmony then asked each of them, imagining that they had fought hard against it and hopefully didn't get too hurt while she was gone.
“Let’s hope the holy water does the trick. Those devils are working up quite a thirst in me.”
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 runs up, panting. "I think... Oh gosh. Wheeeww. I'm not used to all that. Okay. I think we are all pretty healthy, if I am not mistaken. With some foolery, we managed to scare it away and kill it while it was running. We should definitely get back to the portal and stop them from coming about. My heart can't take much more of this intense action."
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The sigil continues to glow its deep orange glow on the altar.
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Harmony had heard the others, very glad to know that they are all pretty healthy still, having scared and killed the devil while it was running away. She nodded back in agreement to getting back to the portal and stopping more of those things from coming through. "Yeah, let's go!" Harmony said before she quickly Dashed towards the portal, needing to close it right away now that they have the holy water.
Movement: Dash 60 feet towards the portal
Abraxas runs next to the others back toward the sigil. He looks ahead, hoping nothing else has come out of it.
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The sigil has quieted for the time being, still glowing, and still active.
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"Harmony," Abraxas says, "dosing the sigil with the holy water should close it." He looks from her to the sigil and readies Ray of Frost for anything hostile that come through it.
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Harmony had heard Abraxas, nodding back as she made her way toward the portal. "Please let this work!!" she said as she then doused the sigil with the holy water, hoping that this will do it.
The sigil flares as Harmony pours the bottle of holy water over the unmarked altar, tracing the orange lines that form the circle. The glow fades wherever the water crosses its path. The letters ASMODEUS catch flame themselves and seem to scream as the water makes its way over them, and aside from the sizzle, the only sound that can be heard is a low growl, quiet but clear as it rumbles, "This will only slow me, adventurers..." And then it fades away. The stone altar is unmarked once more. Where once the sigil was etched into the platform, is now only dust and ash left from the remains of Elzerina's toys.
A crinkling sound reveals a piece of parchment, fluttering from a pouch and into the air. The torn page from The Wooden Girl disintegrates before your eyes.
The summoning circle, set into place by an unwitting child, is no more.
OOC: Each character has received 450 XP for putting a stop to the meddling of Asmodeus.
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Jove yells "we did it!" and hugs Balin, who seems usually stoic.
"So... I guess we go back to the Guard and tell them, then what?"
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Harmony watched as the glow fades, surprised when the letters screamed and sizzled, hearing the growl of how this would only slow him. That must have been Asmodeus, thinking that he would definitely be stopped by them or any other adventurers out there, no matter what. She saw as there was only ash and dust where the sigil and toys had been, noticing the page with the story flew and then disintegrated. Harmony smiled as she heard Jove, nodding back in agreement. "Yeah, we certainly did it! We should definitely go to the Captain and tell him. Now the city will be safe once again! Then we can go back to enjoying the festivities!" she said back, happy as could be since now it should be safe for the Gala to continue on, eager to get back and help Aria with their song too.
"We did do it!" Abraxas says. "Outstanding!" He smiles, relieved. "We should let the Gaurd know, certainty."
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