<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d0/Sullen_succubus.jpeg)<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Quick stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP:</strong> 304/304; <strong>AC:</strong> 40(50); <strong>Ini:</strong> +36(+49)<br/><strong>Spot/Listen:</strong> +35; <strong>Hide/Move Silently:</strong> +36<br/>Darkstalker, Mindsight 300 ft., Blindsight 30 ft.<br/><em>mass death ward</em> (16 mins), <em>sublime revelry (https://dndtools.net/spells/book-of-exalted-deeds--52/sublime-revelry--14/)</em> (16 mins), <em>align weapon</em> (good)(16 mins), <em>ghost touch weapon (http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/spell-compendium--86/ghost-touch-weapon--3899/index.html)</em> (16 mins), <em>mass resist energy (http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/complete-arcane--55/resist-energy-mass--447/)</em> (fire 30) (2 hours), <em>superior resistance</em> (24 hours), <em>greater mage armor (http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/spell-compendium--86/mage-armor-greater--3888/)</em> (16 hours), <em>mass fire shield</em> (16 rounds), <em>unholy aura</em> (16 rounds), <em>cloud of knives (http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/players-handbook-ii--80/cloud-of-knives--2920/)</em> (16 rounds), <em>body outside body</em> (1 minute)<br/><br/><strong>Immune:</strong> All death spells, magical death effects, energy drain, and any negative energy effects, mind-affecting spells and effects, possession and mental influence.<br/><br/>Targets of <em>sublime revelry</em> take only half damage from all melee and ranged attacks for the duration of the spell<br/>Orpheus grants +7 Moral to Attack, Damage, and saving throws against charm and fear (does not stack with current +2 morale to attack from Bloodthirsty), +13 to Dex based skills and checks. (+11 circumstance +2 morale), +7 Profane bonus to fort saves, +1 circumstance bonus to all saves, +3 spell penetration, +2 Morale bonus to all skill and ability checks (already included for Dex based ones) and +12 untyped to charge damage rolls, +2 morale bonus to all saves (does not attack with the +7 morale to charm and fear)<br/>Fire resistance 30<br/>Resistance bonus to all saves increased by 2<br/>1d6+16 sonic damage to any who strike Torahime in melee, half damage from cold<br/>+4 deflection bonus to AC, if a good creature succeeds on melee attack against Torahime, DC 37 Fortitude vs 1d6 temporary Strength damage<br/>Free action knife attack 1/round, attack roll +31, 1d6+5 damage, 19-20/x2 crit<br/><br/><br/>5 Caligrosto summoned, providing <em>keen</em> (17-20/x2 crit) properties to slashing weapons</div></div></div><br/>Torahime stepped up from her own spot at the table as Echidna and her children began their preparations, attempting to stand closer to both them and Ungrath for both ease of communication and to better receive the powerful defensive and enhancement spells that Echidna and were progeny were weaving.  Seeing that others were beginning to weave enhancement effects of their own, she drew on some of her innate power as well, not yet manifesting the shorter-duration boosts that she was capable of applying, but instead reaching out across the planes, out to the Abyss and calling out to a set of servants she had acquired.  She felt the call being answered...<br/><br/>Within seconds, five flashes of light briefly illuminated the room around her, and five different, ornately-designed swords clattered to the ground.  Already beginning to rust and corrode away upon having been removed from the layer of the Abyss that had spawned them, they were quickly vacated by their inhabitants, beings invisible to the naked eye, though those able to see invisibility or with true sight would see vaguely humanoid-shaped forms shrouded in mist, and flecked with incorporeal lighting.<br/><br/>"Caligrosto demons,"  Torahime explained simply, before giving a telepathic command to one.  It flew towards the sheaths that hung at her side, flowing into and visibly merging with Muramasa.  "Loumara demons that can possess slashing weapons and imbue them with the keen property."<br/><br/>"It always feels a bit cramped when one of'em squeezes in here with me, but they love a good fight."  Muramasa added in, providing his own opinion.  "Aside from the one riding shotgun with me, how many did you summon?"<br/><br/>"There are four more, if anyone else wishes to use their power."  And then, turning to face Ungrath, Torahime gave her tactical opinion.  "Ungrath, I feel that we should wait until the angels reach the skies above the castle before launching our attack."<br/><br/>"Yeah, give the spellcasters a little more time to lay down those sweet, sweet buffs,"  Muramasa added in, this time speaking in a slightly more authoritative tone.  "I'm speaking from long experience when I say this.  You want to get as much of an edge as possible if you're going to go head to head with a pack of angels.  Vholdran, can you give us a good description of their formation?  I'm pretty sure I know where my Princess wants to go, so if Solana and Johan are flying within 20 feet of each other, that'll suit us just fine."<br/><br/>A little closer to the moment when the angelic attack force would arrive, the succubus began working in her own shorter-lasting enhancements, once again cloaking herself in an aura of dark power and causing that cloud of knives to appear around her upper body.  She steadied Muramasa's sheath with one hand and placed the other firmly on his hilt, and when the time arrived, she teleported out with the rest of the group, aiming to appear directly between Solana and her Planetar cohort, though she would appear closer to the Solar if they both weren't in the range she wanted.<br/><br/>Reacting with lightning-quick reflexes after they appeared amidst the enemy's formation, she launched into her assault wordlessly, kicking things off by drawing deep on her innate magical abilities and casting a spell-like effect that she only had the power to draw upon once per day.  Body outside body, what she considered to be her most powerful technique, conjuring three magical duplicates of herself within 10 feet of her position.<br/><br/>And then came what would have undoubtedly appeared to watchers to be a veritable storm of blades as, close to their targets or not, Torahime and her three clones all teleported, moving directly across the battlefield next to the Solar and the Planetar, and launched an intense flurry of carefully interwoven strikes.  It was a deadly dance of sharpened steel, carefully coordinated, taking full advantage of the unique cursed properties of the demon sword Muramasa, allowing him to magically appear in the hands of any of the four of them at any time that they attempted to draw forth one of the other swords at their waists and strike at their foes.  So rapid were their draws and strikes, it almost appeared as though the cursed sword itself was in four places at once as they struck.<br/><br/>"Ohhhhh yeah..."  The sword himself commented, once the flurry of blade strikes was finished, his voice sounding slightly euphoric as the original, true Torahime drew him forth one last time, then twirled him around in an elaborate flourish before sheathing him.  "Oooh, every time you do that, Princess, it's like I'm falling in love all over again!"<br/><br/>A telepathic order from the main Torahime had her duplicates draw on their own power, cloaking themselves in that same unholy aura that she was protected by, and then she turned her attention to her opponents once more.  Looking directly at Solana, whom she had been striking at alongside one of her magical duplicates, she sent a single knife out of the small cloud of them that she had conjured lancing out, aimed directly at the Solar's form.<br/><br/>"So much for your vaunted Heavenly Baptism,"  She commented to Solana, though the taunt was likely wasted, as both her foe and the heavenly general's Planetar cohort were probably both unconscious by this point.  On the bright side, she and her clones had all made each and every strike with the flat of the blade, so it was unlikely that they were dead, at least.<br/><br/>Now she just had to figure out what to do about the fact that the enemy's own holy defensive aura had struck her blind on that very first blow she'd landed...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls and Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Torahime summons 1d6+2 regular 8 HD Caligrosto Result: 3 + 2 = 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115004).  One goes to boost Muramasa, using its innate Infuse Weapon special ability to grant him the <em>keen</em> property.  <br/><br/>Starting on Round 7, Torahime casts <em>unholy aura</em>, then <em>cloud of knives</em>.<br/><br/>On round 10, assuming no-one suggests a better plan and that that's the round the enemy arrives above the castle, she <em>greater teleports</em> out to greet them alongside Ungrath, ideally appearing within 10 feet of both Solana and Johan, though she will prioritize appearing within 10 feet of Solana over Johan if she has a choice between the two.<br/><br/>Assuming that this takes up the surprise round (and that Echidna and her children teleport along at the same time), initiative roll 9 + 49 = 58 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115005).  I doubt that any on the enemy side will be able to match or exceed this initiative check.<br/><br/>Torahime uses her standard action on <em>body outside body (http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/complete-arcane--55/body-outside-body--454/index.html)</em>, creating 3 duplicates of herself that last 1 minute.  If Solana and/or Johan are within 10 feet of her upon arriving, she will make sure to summon her duplicates next to them, allowing the duplicates to use Strike With No Thought to get in surprise attacks of their own.  Note that if only one of the two is within 10 feet of Torahime, she'll only be able to summon two duplicates within melee range of the target.<br/><br/>Attack rolls, 3, 2, 9 = 37, 36, 43 total (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115006), or 42, 41, 48 if Orpheus is along and still singing.  Not necessarily the best rolls, but likely enough to hit flat-footed enemies.  Also, note that Torahime is taking a -4 penalty to deal nonlethal damage on all attack rolls.<br/><br/>Iaijutsu Focus rolls 4, 16, 8 = 44, 56, 48 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115007) for a total of +7d6, +9d6 and +8d6 bonus damage.<br/><br/>Weapon damage rolls 8, 10, 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115008) + Psychokinetic property rolls 2, 3, 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115009) + 15 bonuses from Strength and weapon enhancement bonus = totals of 25 damage, 28 damage and 21 damage, respectively.<br/><br/>25 + Iaijutsu Focus 7d6 Result: 25 + 26 + 15 Cha = 66 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115010) damage (73 damage with Orpheus' boost)<br/>28 + Iaijutsu Focus 9d6 Result: 28 + 33 + 15 Cha = 76 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115011) damage (83 damage with Orpheus' boost)<br/>21 + Iaijutsu Focus 8d6 Result: 21 + 31 + 15 Cha = 67 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115012) damage (74 damage with Orpheus' boost)<br/>Fort saves vs Holy Aura (+34 bonus w/Orpheus): 39/50/46 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115144)<br/><br/>Regardless of whether or not they get this surprise attack, Torahime and her three duplicates then move to attack Solana and Johan, two Torahimes per target, as Torahime wishes to take them both out immediately before they can bring their spells and spell-like abilities to bear.  They each use their free action Dimension Door, and full-attack via Astral Blade Technique.<br/><br/>Torahime main body attack rolls +38/+33/+28/+23; 7/10/17(crit!)/11 = +41/+39/+41/+29 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115013), or +46/+44/+46/+34 with Orpheus<br/>Torahime 1st duplicate attack rolls +38/+33/+28/+23; 13/15/10/15 = +47/+44/+34/+34 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115014), or +52/+49/+39/+39 with Orpheus<br/>Torahime 2nd duplicate attack rolls +38/+33/+28/+23; 6/13/15/14 = +40/+42/+39/+33 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115015), or +45/+47/+44/+37 with Orpheus<br/>Torahime 2nd duplicate attack rolls +38/+33/+28/+23; 20(crit!)/8/2/12 = +54/+37/+26/+31 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115016), or +59/+42/+31/+36 with Orpheus<br/><br/><del>Crit confirmation rolls 6 + 28 = 34; 3 + 38 = 41 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115022)</del> No need to confirm crits on Solana, as she's immune to those.<br/><br/>Next, rolling for Iaijutsu Focus bonus damage...<br/><br/>15+40=55(9d6), 14+40=54(9d6), 5+40=45(8d6), 19+40=59(9d6), 11+40=51(9d6), 8+40=48(8d6), 6+40=46(8d6), 9+40=49(8d6), 12+40=52(9d6), 17+40=57(9d6), 14+40=54(9d6), 7+40=47(8d6), 6+40=46(8d6), 14+40=54(9d6), 20+40=60(9d6), 19+40=59(9d6) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115024)<br/><br/>Torahime main body's damage vs Solana:<br/>4d10+30 damage per hit=39/35/37/31 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115033) + 35d6=32/30/34/28 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115035) + 4d4=1/2/2/2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115036) = 72/67/73/61, or 79/74/80/68 with Orpheus' bonus.<br/>Fort saves vs Holy Aura (+40 bonus): Natural 1 (auto-fail)/56/43/45 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115142); Torahime suffers no miss chances on her attacks because Muramasa provides her with 30 ft blindsight<br/><br/>Torahime 1st duplicate's damage vs Johan:<br/>4d10+30 damage per hit=35/31/31/39 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115037) + 33d6=40/19/23/29 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115038) + 4d4=1/1/1/4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115041) = 76/51/55/72, or 83/58/62/79 with Orpheus' bonus.<br/>Fort saves vs Holy Aura (+34 bonus): 37/50/41/50 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115141)<br/><br/>Torahime 2nd duplicate's damage vs Johan:<br/>4d10+30 damage per hit=40/40/32/32 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115044) + 35d6=28/44/30/26 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115046) + 4d4=2/4/2/2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115048) = 70/88/64/60, or 77/95/71/67 with Orpheus' bonus.<br/>Fort saves vs Holy Aura (+34 bonus): 36/53/49/48 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115140)<br/><br/>Torahime 3rd duplicate's damage vs Solana:<br/>4d10+30 damage per hit=35/40/35/34 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115049) + 35d6=25/28/27/32 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115050) + 4d4=1/2/1/2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115052) = 61/70/63/68, or 68/77/70/75 with Orpheus' bonus.<br/>Fort saves vs Holy Aura (+34 bonus): 44/41/36/53 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115143)<br/><br/>Each duplicate then uses their standard actions to set up <em>unholy aura</em> on themselves, boosting their ACs by 4.<br/><br/>Finally, Torahime's main body will target Solana with the free action <em>cloud of knives</em> shot she gets once per round, seeking to deal further non-lethal damage to her.  No -4 on this attack roll, as the spell cannot bypass Solana's regeneration or DR.<br/><br/>1d20+31, Crit! Result: 51 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115054)<br/><del>Crit confirmation roll = 39 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115056) or 44 with Orpheus' bonus</del><br/>1d6+5=10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=115055) damage, or 17 with Orpheus' bonus.  That comes out to an extra 0 or 2 nonlethal damage to Solana after DR.<br/><br/>If the Solar and Planetar are now unconscious, Torahime quick-draws her sword to bring it back to her main body, then sheathes it with a flourish.  If they're still awake, she takes up a ready stance.</div></div>