The other angel was barely yet managing to tear away his eyes from Kass and overhead to the groans of his fellow, when he found he could see nothing at all. Before he'd moved, Aria was dive-bombing from the ledge above towards wher ehe stood upon the rubble. She kicked the blind pseudo-celestial in the crown of his skull, and as his head whipped forward, she slashed the kukri in a V across the exposed back of the throat, separating vertabrae.<br/><br/>The creature dropped across the rubble, and Aria briefly knelt to pluck up the crab figurine, informing Kass, "Magic weapons, armor, packs, and some rings or something..."<br/><br/>Behind and above her, in the upper chamber and just behind where the upper 'angel' had fallen, a huge silvery orb levitated into view, probably rising out through the rightmore of the opened floor-doors.<br/><br/>Its surface rippled, like a pond might if its surface could somehow be stretched back around into a sphere, as vocalizations filled the air.<br/><br/><strong>You are judged by your actions.</strong><br/><br/>The sphere began to morph, fluidly like liquid mercurcy and just as shiny, into a hovering set of balancing scales, like those used by appraisers.<br/><br/><strong>Guilty</strong>.<br/><br/>A third angel-man rose from the opened threshold just to its left, probably having overheard all this while inspecting the destruction in the sarcophagus-vat chamber. He showed impressive manuerabiliy with its broad angel wings, and seemed just about to tilt into a sword-first dive of his own.<br/><br/>Aria met him first with her own, shooting up, crossing two kukris now before herself, then, as she flew over his sword, uncrossing the blades in outward crescends which opened his throat.<br/><br/>The silvery scales seemed not so much to levitatate through the air as<em>flow</em>, like liquid mercury pouring about in defiance of gravity; it almost seemed to try to bludgeon Aria with itself with a waterspout, but she phased out and reappeared after it moved past her and over the center of the lofty chamber.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>(oh, so one thing I like about a full-attack charge, is it's about the only way I know of to get a full attack on a surprise round, or when under a status effect like slow/stagger. Originally I wasn't sure if one could, but for example the Dire Charge feat specifically refers to getting a full attack charge on a surprise round.)<br/>Aria: charge, full attak with kukri as main hand, same mods (+1 for attacking from higher ground)<br/>mh http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990819/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990819/)<br/>oh http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990822/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990822/)<br/>mh1 99-10<br/>oh1 nat1<br/>mh2 101-10<br/>oh2 97-10 knocked out<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Initiative</span><br/>Aria 38<br/>NPCs 17<br/>Kass 10<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Aria</span><br/>charge the third angel, draw kukri for off-hand weapon<br/>mods 48/... and 44/..., dmg 1d4+20 and 1d4+15<br/>(she has to ascend in flight - which, since that's slower for less-than-perfect manueverability, would normally inhibit a charge. I infer that part of swash's Acrobatic Charge class feature is the ability to do so - it says "she may charge over difficult terrain that normally slows movement or allies blocking her path" and gives steep stairs as an example.)<br/><br/>mh http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990828/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990828/)<br/>oh http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990829/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2990829/)<br/>mh1 crit 105+47-10+2str,con<br/>oh1 crit 91+41-10+2str,con, slain<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Sphere</span><br/>flyby attack at Aria<br/>phaseout<br/><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/><br/>A Aria<br/>K Kass<br/>m' third man<br/>S sphere<br/><br/>2nd floor<br/>(the dK is the directly above where Kass is, for reference for her relative to the 2nd dloofr)<br/><br/>X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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X X . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . X X . . . . X X . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . X X . . . . X X . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . X X . . . . X X . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X<br/>12 X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . X X . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . d d . . . X X . . . . X X . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . X X . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . d d . . . X X . . . . X X . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X<br/>   X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d d . . . . . . . . . . . D D D X X X X<br/> 6 X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . D D D X X X X <br/>   X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . D D D X X X X<br/>   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X<br/>   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X<br/>   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X d d d d X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X<br/> 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X d d d d X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X<br/></span><br/><br/><br/>Charges update:<br/>(feel free to correct)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Kass</span><br/>2 stunning surge<br/>10 BMs used I think (3 snowflake, 3 inspire courage, 3 inspire heroics, 1 fascinate)<br/>2/3 circlet charges used<br/><br/>spell slots used<br/>0th: Detect Magic (oh, when she Detect Magic'ed, the auras of the 'door runes' were moderate transmutation)<br/>1st: Feather Fall<br/>2nd: Invisibility<br/>3rd: Haste<br/>4th: 3x Dim Door, Resonating Bolt<br/>5th: Cacophonic Burst, Gr Blink, 2x Gr Dispel, Teleport<br/>6th: Heaven's Trumpet, Mass Charm Monster, Ray of Light x2<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Aria</span><br/>used golem strike 4/5, haste 10/10, sniper's shot 10/20, deathstrike bracers 3/6, healing belt 3/3, 'anklet' of translocation 1/2, quicksilver boots 1/2<br/>lesser vigor wands: 6 and 5 charges left (from the two she started with; the Sharrans' looted ones all still are unused)<br/>(most recent uses were 2 for self and 14 for Kass after Belias fight; 3 for Anya after giantess outdoors, and 16 for self after the sky battle)<br/>lesser restoration wand: 42 charges<br/><br/>staff of gr. plane shift / gr. teleport: 6 charges left; 1 scroll of gr. teleport left.<br/>