The titanic form of the obyrith lord flew backwards from the paladin's mighty blow - then stopped, halting in midair from sheer force of will. The unnatural cyclone around them faded, leaving only the plane's own tempest, Garamorosh as well becoming faintly translucent as it released its tenuous hold on physicality for the time being. For the briefest of moments, it hovered silently, observing the flame-wreathed warrior with all four eyes - then moved, surging up close with jaws inside jaws wide in an instant.<br/><br/>Time seemed to slow for Alexander Anderson, the world appearing to move at a crawl - this close to an ancient obyrith unleashed, reality itself strained at its seams. A mighty tentacle swept down, transparent as a ghost, but still striking with all the force of a titan's hammer even as it passed through his body and wrap of fire.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">&lt;Insignificant gnat.&gt;</span></span><br/>The obyrith's psychic voice was a cacaphony of warped, maddening screams blending together into one coherent sound.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;You trespass upon my waters.&gt;</span></span><br/>Another fleshy arm, then another, struck down against Anderson.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;You bare steel in my presence.&gt;</span></span><br/>More arms, a seemingly endless supply of them, striking from every direction and coming away only singed.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;You preach the words of light, as if light had any meaning here.&gt;</span></span><br/>The creature's massive beak crashed shut on Anderson's waist, tearing his flesh without leaving a scratch on his armor even as the extendable jaws within lunged forth to do the same.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;I was ancient when the words you hold dear were yet to be thought of.&gt;</span></span><br/>A brief moment of respite, and then the hammer blows began again, each strike slivering away a fragment of the paladin's own soul.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;You know not the folly you have committed, to challenge me here on my own ground.&gt;</span></span><br/>Over, and over, and over again, the vicious and festering limbs of Garamorosh bore down through the paladin's defenses, dealing bloodless wounds more terrible than the worst of blades inside and out.<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">&lt;Nor will you ever know, save knowing as your death looms before you. Now die, gnat, and be forgotten.&gt;</span></span><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Suppress Control Winds, transition to Incorporeal.<br/>Activate Belt of Battle, 1 charge, extra Move action. Moving adjacent to Anderson.<br/>Full-round action for Time Stands Still maneuver, two full attack actions. Loss of my amulet drops my attack bonus and damage bonus by 5 each, but attacking versus his incorporeal touch AC.<br/>Hits:<br/>Touch 51: 25 damage +1 vile<br/>Touch 51: 22 +1 vile<br/>Touch 52: 26 + vile<br/>Touch 52: 25 +1 vile<br/>Touch 53: 34 +1 vile<br/>Touch 53: 35 +1 vile<br/>Touch 55: 18 +1 vile<br/>Touch 57: 25 +1 vile<br/>Touch 57: 18 +1 vile<br/>Touch 58: 17 +1 vile<br/>Touch 58: 37 +1 vile<br/>Touch 59: 27 +1 vile<br/>Touch 59: 18 +1 vile<br/>Touch 60: 29 +1 vile<br/>Touch 61: 18 +1 vile<br/>Touch 62: 22 +1 vile<br/>Touch 63: 29 +1 vile<br/>Touch 64: 17 +1 vile<br/>Touch 65: 35 +1 vile<br/>Touch 65: 24 +1 vile<br/>Touch 67: 26 +1 vile<br/>Touch 67: 19 +1 vile<br/>Touch 68: 24 +1 vile<br/>Touch 68: 17 +1 vile<br/>Touch 69: 37 +1 vile<br/>CRIT Touch 69: 17, +1 vile<br/>CONFIRM Touch 60: +23+1 vile, total 40+2 vile. Unlikely.<br/>Every hit also does 2 Wisdom Drain (not Mind-Affecting, needs a Sheltered Vitality spell on him to be protected) and a DC38 save vs. Paralysis (needs to be Immune to Paralysis).<br/><br/>I don't know how much DR he has (I strike as Chaotic, Evil, and Epic). I guarantee I've pinpointed his Touch AC, though, unless it's less than 51. It's 641 damage plus 26 Vile damage if everything hits and he's crit-immune, spread over 26 attacks, dealing me 156 divine damage if everything hits (assuming 12 each, halved from incorporeal),  draining either 0, 26, or 52 Wisdom Drain depending on if he brought a Sheltered Vitality to the fight and/or has a Strongheart Vest soulmeld, and up to 26 saves vs. Paralysis at DC38.<br/></div></div>