How The Mighty WIll Rise: Search for the Nether Scrolls

[Comrade Tortoise]

The sage nodded, right before he noticed the room they now occupied.

It was an antechamber. It had vaultied cielings, the only door was noticable as an indent in the wall with the outline of a door carved into it. On the door was an inscription. The larger lettering was legible from where they stood. It was in a celestial dialect and it took Vincent a few moments to figure it out

"All ye who wish to pass, read ye here and stand thee fast"


Never one to pass up an inscripetion, the mage made a carefull check of each step he took. FInding nothing, he eventually made his way toward the wall

"In the clear clean forest pool, your souls are reflected. Meet the dark side of yourselves, or you will be rejected." As soon as Vincent finished the inscrption, the writings began to glow and he immediatly knew his mistake

"It is High Magic! I cannot stop it" vincent said just as the crypt began to shake slightly. Soon they all found themselves in the forest again. But this forest was a dark and evil version of the one they had just come from.

Standing not three hundred feet away was a party of fellows identical to themselves, but something was wrong.

Roll initiative.

[Shark Bait]

Tormenta who was now hanging from a tree branch looked around at his new surroundings before jumping down as he landed he crossed his arms and tapped either side of his chest (Activated tattoos +5 wisdom +5 AC).

Initiative 14+10=24

[LadyTevar]

((Improved Int+4= Dex 7+ Roll 18= 29))

Jernei's eyes narrowed as she looked across the clearing to the SeaElf double standing there, twirling her trident as she met Jernei's gaze.

"Blackclaw... didn't we go thru this once before...?" Jernei muttered to her friend. "Remember how we got out of it?"

[SirNitram]

[15+6=21)

"Yea." Blackclaw hissed as he unsheathed his blade, eyeing up 'Whiteclaw'. "Last time, we ate 'em. Oh well."

"Bahamut... Guide my blade... Let me crush my foes! Now.. Give me the power of the ancestors!" He screamed. As he did so, his body shifted, elongated, bulked up. Long, sinuous wings extended, 'whiskers' extended from his face. A Gold Dragon, no more than ten feet long from base of tail to head, clutched the greatsword in it's dexterous claws. He watched his 'twin', sure he would be seeing it growing in size and changing shape.

[Alter Self: Gold Dragon]

[The Village Idiot]

INIATIVE ROLL: 14 + 10 DEX + 2 CLASS ABILITY = 26

[The Village Idiot]

Caden thought to himself....this could get real bad real quick. he knew he was gifted with a bow, and hoped he had enough to crush is other half before he could do to much damage.

Edit: OOC: sorry if my posting becomes a bit short...will try and edit it for better detail and content when i get moments

[Comrade Tortoise]

Behold your glorious initiative order

Evil Jernei: 31 (she goes first, rolled a crit)
Evil Caden 30 (also rolled a crit)
Good Jernei 29
Evil Tormenta 28
Good Caden 26
Whiteclaw 25
Good Tormenta 24
Blackclaw 21
The mages go last simultaneously. Woe betide you.

The evil Jernei did not stay in her fey form for long. SHe held her tident for but moments before setting it aside and shifting. her body became elongate and her green skin turned black as a moonless night. her eyes sunk in and forward gorwing horns sprouted from her head as great black wings emerged from her back. She was a Black Dragon.

The monstrous creature roared a challenge to the good Jernei, and interposed herself between the other group, and Vincent's evil clone to give him the time he needed to work his dread magics.

Caden was fast on his feet as well. He stepped to the side and got partially behind a tree for protection all the while unleashing a volley of his deadly arrows at his counterpart. Three of the four hit their mark, the first one imbedding itself in his throat, the other two in his chest. The last one whistled by his ear and missed by a few milimeters.

57 damage total: post edited to reflect crit immunity



Good Jernei, it is your turn.

[LadyTevar]

Jernei snarled at her double. "A BLACK?! You DARE!!!" With a flash from her ring, she also grew, elongating into her Bronze dragon form.

But she was being smart. They were still too far for anything but arrows and spells. If this was her double.. then she had very little to work with. Silently, Jernei cast her first spell, tracing a simple symbol in the air to protect herself from arrows. Three hundred feet. Even Blackclaw would have trouble charging that... "Hold your ground.. let them come to us," she warned her companions.

((the DM has informed me that when I *do* use my breath weapon, the 39 damage and breath recharge 1 will stand))

[Comrade Tortoise]

The evil tormenta didnt waste any time. He seemed to move as fast as lighting and was in front of Vincent in the blink of an eye (abundant step, acts as dimension door) Moving that quicklyhowever took a bit out of him and he would not be able to act for a couple of seconds. This however, left him open to attacks from the dragon next to the mage.

[LadyTevar]

One attack of opportunity, just as she'd expected the monk went for their mage. She was ready for it, her head snaking around and snapping at the monk.

((25 + 10=35. why do I think that's not enough... :(
Damage 10+7=17))

[Comrade Tortoise]

The monk just shifted his body and effortlessly evaded the dragon's bite. He made it look like he had been dodging dragon-bites for the better part of his life.

[The Village Idiot]

With a grin Caden knew this was going to be interesting, activating his boots of haste he moved behind a tree a close by (10 ft minimum) and unleased a hail of arrows first at white claw

36 + 16 = 52 , Damage 15+6+4+5+3+6+4 = 43
36 + 15 = 51 , Damage 15+7+5+3+3+2+6 = 41
36 + 18 = 54 , Damage 15+6+4+4+4+3+2 = 38
36 + 13 = 49 , Damage 15+4+2+6+6+3+1 = 37 total = 159 and 1 point of con per hit

Rapid Shot, Many shot on evil Caden
36 + 19(chance roll = 16) Damage 15+8+6+3+3+6+5= 46 x3 if crit = 138
36 + 15 = 51 damage = 15+5+4+4+2+1+4= 35
36 + 10 = 46 damage = 15+5+6+2+4+2+3= 37
36 + 9 = 45 damage = 15+8+6+4+3+2+1= 39

total w/o crit = 157 with crit 249 1 point con per hit

Edit: crit multiper change, damage adjust, ect...

[Comrade Tortoise]

Whiteclaw takes everal arrows to the abdomen, punching through his armor and scales

83 damage total

Evil caden takes an arrow to his shoulder, chest, groin, and stomach

86 damage total

Whiteclaw will be posted shortly

[Comrade Tortoise]

Whiteclaw activaed his boots of haste by clicking them together and screamed a psychotic sounding call to Tiamat. His form also began to lengthen in a similar way to Blackclaw's but instead of a gold dragon, he transformed into one which was blood crimson in color, holding it's greatsword in it's claws, it took flight. Timing it's wingbeats to avoid trees it charged toward it's opposite number with evil intent.

You know how this works... but I am going to be evil and not take ten.

The first two atacks struck home, the red dragon's greatsword slashing deeply into Blackclaw's flesh twice, once across his stomach, the other sloashing through his arm. Blackclaw managed to parry the third blow, but the last one powered through his defenses and slashed into his left thigh.

253 damage total

[LadyTevar]

The nasty thing about dragons? They have lots of reach. The nasty thing about entering their reach? They get an opportunity to attack you.

Jernei may have missed on the false monk, but she knew what it cost BlackClaw to make a wide open attack like his double just did. It left him nearly defenseless against her.

The supple neck swung around quickly, her jaws spread wide to bite the mock-red dragon/kobold in two.

((25+10=35 vs AC 17.
BOXCARS!!! 12+7=19))

[Comrade Tortoise]

The bit took him on the shoulder, biting deep into his flesh as the little bastard screamed in pain

[Shark Bait]

Tormenta took a page from his evil double’s book but actually performed the action properly, he teleported himself into the trees to a spot approximately 90ft to the side of the evil Caden. He was behind a tree giving him full cover from the elf’s arrows and he would wait there till he could launch his attack.

[SirNitram]

Blackclaw rocked with the blows; each enough to kill a lesser being outright. He shrugged it off, though, his organs shifting inside him to avoid being skewered by the relentless blows. Whiteclaw had opened himself up for attack, depending on the sheer brutality of his charge to kill his opponent before he, himself, died.

This was a fatal mistake. Blackclaw didn't open himself up even a bit, as his boots sped him up. He swung hard but not accurately, knowing his opponent had left himself as open as possible. Blow after blow, harder than most orcs could land, rained in reply to the flurry that had clawed into him. As Jernei held the doppleganger in place, four brutal sword-swings rained down. As the last one fell, Blackclaw's elongated neck snapped out, biting deep into Whiteclaw's neck, and ripped.

[Power Attack: 24 from BAB to Damage. Weapon Supremacy: Take Ten. Weapon Supremacy: +5 to last attack with Greatsword.

Attacks: 30, 7 + 5 + 48 + 5 + 14 = 72
25, 10 + 4 + 5 + 48 + 5 + 14 = 81
20, 5 + 1 + 5 + 48 + 5 + 14 = 73
20, 6 + 2 + 5 + 48 + 5 + 14 = 75

Bite Attack
Natural 20 + 14 - 5 = 29(NO CRIT; Whiteclaw is immune)
7 + 14 + 48 = 69.

Total damage to Whiteclaw: 370. Vapour.]

As the flurry ended, Blackclaw didn't slow down, tossing his neck back as he charged the brief distance to the enemy monk, ripping into him with the same fury, minus the sheer brutality.

[No power attack, no reckless charge. Take Ten. +5 to last attack.

55, 10 + 1 + 14 + 5 = 30
50, 9 + 6 + 14 + 5 = 34
45, MISS
45, MISS]

[Comrade Tortoise]

I have internet at the bus stop for a few minutes

The good and evil Vincents glared at each other for a split second, before they both thought the same thought and cast the same spell at exactly the same time. Their hands wove in deft motions and their voices invoked such words of power that their point of temporal reference sped up drastically.

Much to both of their horror, the other mage was still active. There was no time to waste, one of them had to take the other down. Both of them knew that mind effecting spells were worthless against themselves.

Vincent's voice invoked powers of protection and encased himself in a protective spell which would render him immune to the lower power spells his counterpart could cast instantly, evil Vincent did the same, and they both took the time to render their mage blurry enough that it would be difficult to hit them with direct attack spells.

End timestop round 1


Evil Vincent then opened up with his first attack spell, His hands wove in frenzied motion and electricity arced from his fingertips, sending a blast of lighting at the real Vincent, who dove out of the way flawlessly, only catching the blast of lighting on his legs, but his resistance against magic absorbed and redirected the energy regardless and he was completely unharmed.

Vincent rolled to his feet and a spell was already on his lips. From his outstretched hand a green ray of energy blasted toward his evil counterpart, piercing through the obfuscation and pounding through his spell resistance, only to be warded off by the bastard's body's stubborn refusal to disintegrate. It still hurt through, and Vincent followed up with a hastily spell which would silence his opponent, or at least force him to move out of his defensive spell in order to cast further.

End timestop round 2

Evil vincent acted in the only way he could and still remain alive. He moved out of the radius of the Silence spell, and opened himself up to attacks by lower levels spells, which the real Vincent happily provided by throwing up his hands and expelling 5 shiny blue balls of energy toward his evil double, but they too failed to penetrate the bastard's spell resistance

he returned the gesture by Silencing the area the good Vincent was in as well, but instead of using a low powered easily cast spell when Vincent left his protections, he blasted him with a ray of utter cold. Vincent was caught blindsided by the spell and would have been frozen solid if not for the fortuitous intervention of his magic resistance, he returned the favor though. Calling upon one of his more powerful spells four globes of energy exploded from his outstretched hands, slamming into the area around the Evil Vincent, who was caught vulnerable from finishing a powerful spell of his own. His spell resistance failed, and the only thing which saved his life was the ring on his finger, which glowed brightly absorbing a good portion of the spell'senergy. His skin was black and charred, and his hair was burned off and he stood in what was now a blackened crater.
(65damage)

End timestop round 3

That attack would not go unanswered, the evil Vincent unleashed magic missiles at his foe, penatrating his spell resistance and bludgeoning Vincent with tiny malicious globes of force, followed up by the same Meteor Swarm spell, which vincent also failed to avoid. This time however, his spell resistance was not penetrated and the spell did no damage.

(17damage)

Vincent saw his chance, his opponent was weakened. He uttered a single word, a word sp terrible that if it penetrated spell resistance the fiendish version of him would be killed instantly. It struck true. The sound of the word caused the wicked double to scream in pain and terror, and be suddenly silenced.

End timestop round 4

In the last few moments of the spell's effect, Vincent wove his hands in a frenzy and released a delayed blast fireball, set to go off on the location occupied by the evil Caden and the wicked Jernei

Neither of them were able to avoid the attack and caught in the blasted

Evil Jernei: 54 damage
Evil Caden: 35 damage

After that explosion, Vincent was bruised and bleeding, but there was a smoking crater where his evil counterpart had been, as well as puddles of water where the Polar Ray spell had melted.

[Comrade Tortoise]

Evil Jernei, in her full black dragon form, and no longer having a wizard to protect took wing. She powered toward the real jerne, but before she reached her, pulled up released a spray of her acidic breath toward the good dragon

32 dmage DC 23 for half

The evil Caden did not waste any time. The dragon provided complete cover for the mage, but the dragon herself was not so heavily guarded. He took aim and unleashed the mighty power of his bow. All of the arrows struck and bit deep into the dragons flesh, causing massive bleeding to occur

138 damage 4 points of con damage, total of 184 points of damage

However when he moved, he managed to catch sight of the monk out of the corner of his eye. He turned and fired another volley of arrows, but his aim was too hasty and they struck the tree rather than pierce the monk

[LadyTevar]

((AHEM! I'd cast Protection from Arrows, hon. Did you take that into account?

And my Ref Save vs Dragon Breath 17+9=26 Half Damage 16dam to me))

[Comrade Tortoise]

(Yeah, I did. Protection from arrows is a damage reduction spell. magical arrows bypass it, they really did nerf damage reduction in 3.5)

(YAY half damage. And dont worry, there will be healing spells this upcoming round)

[LadyTevar]

((Ok hon. 13Con for now. Time to finish this quick))

Jernei avoided the line of acid, the magic of her Boots of Swiftness lending her the ability to evade it entirely. The arrows were another matter, as they smashed into her side. She could feel herself get weaker from them, but she had to get airborne.

Once again using the magic of her boots, she leapt into the air, giving herself a boost of haste as her wings took her up higher than where the black now hovered. In aerial combat, height ruled. It also gave her a chance to dive, using her hasted speed to plan a double attack.

First, her own breath weapon was given a boost with a magical gesture, spitting a cone of multiple fingers of lighting down upon the black's dorsal side, magically enhanced to blinding brightness.

((Breath Weapon 39 damage, Ref Save 23 for half, if no save Dazzled for d6+5 = 9 minutes))

But her dive did not stop there, as Jernei hurtled down upon top of her double to crush herbefore he could do more damage to herself or her companions.

((Time to Unload, I think. 4 bite attacks, plus all four claws since I'm damn near landing on her. AC 33

Bite:
25+13=38 Dam 7+8=17
20+19= 39 Dam 7+6=11
15+15= 30 (miss)
10+7 =MISS

Claws
25+10=35 Dam 7+4=11
25+17=42 Dam 7+2=9
25+15=40 Dam 7+3=10
25+12=37 Dam 7+6=13

Total: 71 + Breath Damage))

[Comrade Tortoise]

The black dragogon didnt registered her Bronze counterparts movements until it was too late, the problem with being a black dragon was that you werent as smart as a bronze. She looked even more dumbfounded when the breath hit and she took the full force of the cone of lighting and was slamed into by a bronze dragon. She screeched a horrible call of pain and agony as her counterpart's claws and teeth bit into her over and over again.

[Comrade Tortoise]

Evil tormenta pressed the attack on the mage for the time being. He activated the boots of switfness and trust his open palm into VIncent's chest he hit the exhausted wizard effortlessly with his quivering palm attack and willed him to die. His body however, did not believe in Ki, and managed to resist the attack on his life force.

(fort save 13+17=30 DC was 26) (23 damage regardless)

He didnt even wait to see of the mage had falledn before turing his attention to Blackclaw and unleashed a withering burst of attacks. The first three attacs struck home. A punch to the throat, followed by a kick to the stomach and then to the sternum. The other two were a bit off balance and failed to connect solidly with their target.

48 damage total