<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; <strong>Ini:</strong> +36<br/><strong>Spot/Listen:</strong> +35; <strong>Hide/Move Silently:</strong> +36<br/>Darkstalker, Mindsight 300 ft., Blindsight 30 ft.<br/></div></div></div><br/>"Ah, it's as I feared, my Lord,"  Alactra responded, looking intently through the image projected in Vholdran's scrying crystal.  "Those are most definitely the remains of a<em>simulacrum</em>, and more specifically the kind created by Mirror Mephits.  Either Grimjaw has the ability to create<em>simulacra</em>of other creatures from their reflections, or else he has access to a Mirror Mephit ally who can do so for him."<br/><br/>On the bright side, now that they knew what to look for, it would be quite easy in the future to tell whether the Grimjaw they faced was real or a<em>simulacrum</em>.  Lord Methu's vision was easily sharp enough to see through any disguise, and Lord Galyxx's lifesense would be able to tell from the strength of the lifeforce whether any future Grimjaws they encountered were fake or the real thing.  Undoubtedly, many of the other Archfiends in their little group had their own ways of telling a<em>simulacrum</em>apart from the real thing as well.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>While Alactra escorted the newly-captured prisoners down to their cells, Torahime drew Muramasa forth again, her main body consulting briefly with the blade, a quick telepathic exchange of their various tactical options.  After a few seconds had passed, she nodded to the sword, and then Muramasa himself took advantage of the castle's innate telepathic communication ability to communicate the plan to their allies.<br/><br/><em>My little Princess is going to be sending her three duplicates to aid in the fight against Graz'zt's legion.  While they're out head-hunting commanders, somebody should probably try convincing those shifty Yugoloth bastards to start up their sudden-but-inevitable betrayal now, rather than later.</em><br/><br/>And then, after a quick consultation with Vholdran to learn the location of the most vulnerable of the remaining Cerebrilith commanders, whichever one was currently surrounded by the fewest troops, Torahime gave her telepathic orders to her duplicates, and they quickly gathered together, wings beating and sending them soaring through the air to the same central point.  One of their number gathered her power, and they blinked out of existence, reappearing in a flash of light above the heads of the commander who was to be their prey.<br/><br/>A shorter-range and much faster teleport brought each of them directly up next to the large, hunched-over demon and its exposed, pulsating brain, and once more, Muramasa disappeared from the main Torahime's lap, passing from one duplicate to the next in a whirlwind of steel and blood as one of the enemy forces' remaining commanders fell.  The three duplicates had deliberately remained close enough to make contact with one another as they teleported in, and one of them channeled her power for another long-range jump out, after they had brought down their target.<br/><br/>Afterwards, floating high up above the battlefield, the duplicates looked around, searching for their next few targets, while the main body, sitting comfortably in the central throne room of the castle, reached out to communicate to the remaining Cerebriliths on the field.<br/><br/><em>Your general is dead, as are three among your number.  Every six seconds that pass, another one of you will die.  Retreat now, and tell Graz'zt of Brymril's folly.  I will not warn you again.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Down in the dungeons below, Alactra decided not to begin the fun immediately.  It would still take a little time before the Solar woke up, and she wanted her to be fully awake and cognizant of everything that was happening, before she truly got to work on the angel.  That said, that didn't mean that the fallen archmage couldn't make some preparations for the fun times to come.<br/><br/>The first thing to go would definitely have to be the heavenly general's clothes.  Admittedly, having been beaten into unconsciousness, her body was currently covered in a large number of rather ugly bruises, but they were already healing fast, as the priestess of Vholdran stripped the angel down.  She made sure the heavenly general was well-restrained, as well, securely bound in those heavy, enchanted manacles and chains, ideally entirely unable to move on her own.<br/><br/>And then, just to soften her up, she walked over to the closet, looking over the various implements of torture and pleasure that hung within.  She wound up selecting a string of enchanted beads that was on display, a wondrous item that would begin vibrating gently with the use of a command word.  She took great pleasure in slowly working each bead, one at a time, up and into the unconscious angel's body, and her voice took on a soft, seductive tone as she spoke the command word and set them vibrating.<br/><br/>She wouldn't do anything further after that.  If it worked, the Solar would awaken to find herself naked, restrained, and feeling an unwanted and thoroughly humiliating amount of physical pleasure, and the fallen archmage would simply be able to tease her over that until the council of dark lords that she served came down to entertain their new, heavenly guest personally.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls and Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Torahime's Body Outside Body duplicates take a move action to gather together, then one of them uses Greater Teleport to send them out across the battlefield to the first of the Cerebrilith commanders.  All three of them will then Dimension Door up to full-attack it, which should lead to it dying fairly quickly.  Given Torahime's stats and the fact that all three of them will be focusing on the same target, I won't bother rolling for it unless I'm told that I need to. ^^; Afterwards, one of the duplicates with a standard action left will teleport them up into the air, hopefully far enough to be out of range of any retaliation, and the other one will use her standard action on a Spot check to see if she can pick out any other Cerebrilith commanders across the battlefield.<br/><br/>Spot check 1d20 + 35 = 47 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=116077)<br/><br/>And, for the main body of Torahime, I think she'll take the time to make an intimidate check, more for social purposes than to demoralize.<br/><br/>Intimidate check 1d20 + 36 = 42 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=116078)<br/><br/>The duplicates of Torahime each have 76 HP and AC 44, if any of their enemies still have a means of attacking them.</div></div>