The Tower of Wands (D)

[jaidurn]

Karin couldn't comprehend anything coming out of the girl's mouth at this point. It was like trying to train fish to sing the Bohemian Rhapsody. Pretty impossible, but if it was ever accomplished, then it would probably be one of the best things ever.

"Maybe you could go find someone who would be willing to give you their heart. I'm sure Gnoryc doesn't need one. Pester him."

[Regantor]

As soon as Karin had turned around to confront her, she realized that Eros had already mysteriously dissipated.

There was a small pile of spare organs on the floor where she had been standing, through.

They were wrapped in a little pink bow.

[Kodos]

Everything was ready and prepared, the group was ready.

Karin, of course, spent the night with her two new friends. Fortunately for the Human woman, she only needed four hours of sleep.

***

Viola's 'tower' consisted of a central keep supported by four eleven-floor towers/pillars each named and modeled after one of the suits of the tarot. The tarot was kind of her thing.

The Tower of Wands was to be their way in. Ten floors of Fire Elementals and then an eleventh floor with Efreet, including one Efreeti Amir who would grant Karin three wishes. She'd already explained the need for the party to take it alive for that purpose, and that if they ever wanted to get some wishes from the other noble Djinn in the other three towers they better not fuck this up for her.

As a Diviner, though, Viola would of course know the group was coming and, most likely, their position within her tower.

***

As the group entered the Tower of Wands, a number of glass orbs fitted into the ceiling of the room, one in each corner, flickered to life with arcane eyes focused on them. Karin recognized them - watchful eyes. Arcane devices which allowed one to scry on a location, infallibly, rather than a individual. Viola already knew they were here. And, like the proper spell Scrying, one could channel Telepathy, among other spels, through it.

"Still dressing like a slovenly trull, I see." Viola's haughty voice rang out in Karin's head. "I mean, you did literally whore yourself out in Harkinia back there. You know collecting all those venereal diseases wont accomplish anything - you never learned those sorts of magics. I know." She always was kind of an insufferably smug asshat.

"I knew Mai wouldn't get the job done." She went on, her voice in all their heads now. "Which is, of course, why I have taken the liberty of hiring more ninja. You can't win this, Karin. I taught you, I suffered through your presence, remember? I'm still the best at what I do and you're still the overconfident little bimbo who thinks that dressing like some Elf wench and acting all high and mighty will fool people into thinking she's not really a cow-titted harlot, but actually some great wizard." She always was kind of jealous of Karin's body. "Bitch." Okay, really jealous.

Before the group, a single Fire Elemental flickered into being.

"I know how this ends, Karin. I think even your empty little head does, too."

MAKE A COMBAT BE.


So I want this shit moving. You each have 24 hours to post after the last post. I don't care about initiative for this. Fire Elementals go last. You'll probably kill the fucker before he goes, this round. Succubi go on Karin's turn, so Jai get in touch since I am letting you control them. If you can post before you can get in touch with me, I'll take care of them. The map is, I think, self-explanatory.
As for the Fire Elementals, their stats are all the same, and here they are:

SPOILER! :

HP: 40
AC: 16 (+3 Dex, +3 Natural)
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +1
Fire Elementals are immune to critical hits and, obviously to fire. Also to poison, sleep, and stunning.
If you hit the Fire Elemental with a natural weapon - claws or bite or whatever - you have to make a DC14 Reflex Save or catch on fire for 1d4 rounds. Each round you are on fire is 1d6 damage.
Fire Elementals are weak to cold and take +50% damage from Cold spells or effects.

[Evil_Cake]

"Dat it?" Gnoryc pointed at the fire elemental. "I'll take care o dis."

SPOILER! :

Gnoryc used LEAP ATTACK
jump check http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4094695/ = 33
attack http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4094699/ = 21
damage http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4094702/ = 26 (+8 from leap attack)


Fire elemental has 14 hp

He jumped forward at the fire monster, his scimitar gripped with both hands, and cut the thing.

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[Regantor]

"Guys! Guys! I gonna sing ah sung!"

Nobody was listening to Eros, nor paying attention to her writhing around on the floor like an enraged boneless cat, sucking her thumb and periodically squashing the bag full of kobolds on her back.

But no, today day, that good mood was extra good. And she had to let the others know it. Had to let them super know it.

An epic yarn was spun of the great tunnelings, as she burrowed through time and space with multi-coloured eyeballs of ethereal humour, scraping the last scraps of depression from the skulls of those around her and soothing them into a sweet unthinking patte of contentment. An infection of lovely bug-eyed Eros heads gurgled and exploded in unition. Spagetti fingers were all reaching and most uplifting. The squeeky mouse-pitched lyrics were not words or sounds but pureform sins bleeding out onto reality.

In other words, their brains did the best they could to erase that experience from memory.

But the taint of feeling really super nice did linger still.

Maybe it always would.

SPOILER! :

Eros cast prayer. Everybody who actually bothered to read that gets +1 on all attack rolls for 15 rounds. Enemies conversively get -1 on all attack rolls.

A thinking was been.