The illithid never had time to turn back towards Kass; the sword opened the side of its rubbery head and sheared away several of the tentacles with it. The creature flew to the ground, rolling over several times and leaving a trail of ichor behind the collapsed heap of stained robes it was reduced to.<br/><br/>Aria faced the nearest of the charging centaur-constructs, activating one of her magics for understanding the anatomy (if it could be called that) of such creatures; with a sudden sense of the creature's clockwork makeup, she fired force arrows at perceived weak points. Force arrows lanced into the creature and unnatural metallic snapping and whirring sounds issued from within; after three the creature's head popped off and it slumped to the black stone surface with a clang. Aria quickly shot at a further construct, watching as the arrow ricocheted off its armor-like body.<br/><br/>"CEASE," the creature declared in an inorganic but intelligent and imperious voice, a deep metallic voice of unyielding order and unending pursuit. "DEAD OR LIVING, YOU WILL CEASE. YOU WILL COME WITH US OR YOUR CORPSES WILL BE THUSLY DRAGGED."<br/><br/>"SURRENDER OR SUCCUMB," another declared, its human-shaped metal face expressionless and pitiless as any statue. "IT IS YOUR CHOICE."<br/><br/>"YOUR ONLY CHOICE," concluded the third.<br/><br/>It and the other two completed their charges, whipping their humanoid arms overhead and causing spiky chains to uncoil from just behing their wrists. The creatures swept, whipped and raked at the tielfing, catching her in a material component, but, like a girl amidst a game of jump rope, she hopped the first chain sweep and then ducked the other two.<br/><br/><br/>heehee yep sometimes it becomes a game of 'when will I roll a natural 1...' the Fortunestones and rings of nine lives are a degree of 'plot armor' against those.<br/><br/>The +1 is from nymph's kiss I take it....what's the +4?<br/><br/>Kass hits; mindflayer dying<br/><br/>Aria: 5' sw, cast golem strike, ranged fa at sw construct<br/>mods 34/29/24/19 (before +2 for blink)<br/>figured out how to do attack and damage rolls all in one go!<br/>http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2948664/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2948664/)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [3] = (3)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [3,3] = (6)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [6,2,1,1,6,6,1,4,2,2,4,22] = (57)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [13] = (13)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [4,3] = (7)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [1,5,5,3,3,2,6,2,6,4,1,22] = (60)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [19] = (19)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [6,3] = (9)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [6,4,1,5,1,2,4,6,3,5,4,22] = (63)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [6] = (6)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [5,3] = (8)<br/>1d20.extra(20);1d8+3;11d6+22 → [5,3,4,6,6,1,6,2,3,3,6,22] = (67)<br/><br/>1st dmg 63<br/>2nd dmg 67<br/>3rd dmg 72 destroyed<br/>at se construct:<br/>4th miss<br/><br/>Other three constucts: each charge Aria, attack with spiked chain (15' reach)<br/>all pass blink miss<br/>atk 38<br/>atk 36<br/>atk 38<br/>misses<br/><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/><span class="bbc_u">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span><br/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . c c c . . . m . . . . 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